Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 41, 2021 i New Zealand Woman's Weekly

After a decade in the making, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened last week and invited some of the biggest names in Hollywood for its opening night gala. The new museum features collections of some of cinema’s most iconic artifacts, an Oscars Experience simulation which transports patrons onto the stage of the famous awards show and, of course, a movie theatre. The evening was also a chance to celebrate some of the people who have helped shape the world of cinema with the Museum’s Visionary Award, which is granted to “artists whose work has advanced the art of cinema”. Among the honourees were Sophia Loren, 87, Tom Hanks, 65, and Annette Bening, 63. The night ended with a showstopping performance from Lady Gaga, 35. She lent her powerhouse voice…

With the newest James Bond offering No Time to Die about to hit New Zealand screens, in London, a glamorous red-carpet event saw royalty and celebrities attend its premiere. For his fifth and final outing as the famous 007, Daniel Craig rubbed shoulders with Kate and William, as well as Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The movie, which has been delayed for release three times due to Covid, has been an emotional ride for the shaken, never stirred secret agent. “A year ago, I didn’t think that was going to happen,” the 53-year-old shares. “It’s such a great relief. It was so important to me to come and celebrate with all the other cast and crew, and to get it into the cinemas –and now we’re here.” And…

Just when it seemed Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s divorce couldn’t get any messier, the estranged couple is now in a legal spat over their $233 million French estate. On September 21, Fury star Brad filed court documents accusing Angelina of trying to sell off her 50 percent stake in Château Miraval, the couple’s sprawling rural idyll in the South of France, without giving Brad the first option to buy her out. Sources say as part of their agreement, the former lovebirds had undertaken to ask each other for permission if they ever wanted to sell their shares in the property. “It’s pretty upsetting that she would behave this way considering Brad was the one who did all the work on building Miraval,” says an insider. After their shock split…

It bore all the hallmarks of a typical royal tour – the police escorts, the fleet of SUVs with blacked-out windows, meetings with dignitaries, hugging small children. But the visit of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex to New York last week was not an offi cial visit on behalf of the Queen, as they are no longer senior royals. While fans of the couple in the US were delighted to see them on their first major outing together since moving across the Atlantic last year, back in the UK they’ve copped flak for the high-profile jaunt. Royal author Anna Pasternak says while the visit was conducted with the swagger of a royal tour, there was no influential institution behind it, so it was just a PR exercise. “Who…

‘That’s me – fancy Champagne and chips. Nobody wants my cooking’ Taranaki-born author Jacqueline Bublitz became one of New Zealand’s most internationally successful debut novelists ever with the release of her book Before You Knew My Name earlier this year. The book is set in New York and is about the connection between a dead girl and the woman who finds her body. It was a number one bestseller here for many weeks and Jacqueline, 44, is now busy working on her next novel. She talked to the Weekly during lockdown. Your first novel received rave reviews by such celebrated authors as Marian Keyes. How has that changed your life? It’s outwardly changed everything but not what had come before. I came back to New Zealand from Melbourne when my…

Carolyn McKenzie & son Harry Beginning the journey to motherhood at the age of 41 came with a multitude of challenges for Carolyn McKenzie. Not only did she decide to welcome her son Harry as a single woman, but the determined mum-to-be endured multiple rounds of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in Australia, before using her younger sister’s eggs and a sperm donor. “I always wanted a family of my own, and my mother laughed at me because I said that if I got to 40 and hadn’t met Mr Right, I was probably going to do it by myself,” says the Otago GP, 45, who celebrated her boy’s first birthday in July this year. “Once I said aloud to my family that I was going to do IVF, my parents…

Banoffee ice-cream tart PREP + COOK TIME 40 MINS (+ REFRIGERATION, FREEZING & STANDING) SERVES 10 170g butter 250g plain biscuits 3 cups (750ml) vanilla ice cream ½ cup (110g) firmly packed brown sugar 395g can sweetened condensed milk ⅓ cup (115g) golden syrup or treacle ⅓ cup (80ml) milk 1 cup (250ml) thickened cream 3 small bananas, sliced thickly TOFFEED PECANS ¼ cup (55g) caster sugar 2 tablespoons water 5g butter ½ cup (60g) pecans 1 Melt 100g of the butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Process biscuits until fine. With the motor operating, add melted butter, processing until combined. Press mixture over base and side of a 22cm round loose-based fluted tart tin. Place tin on a tray. Refrigerate for 15 minutes. 2 Place ice cream…

PINK RIBBON STREET APPEAL Grab a bucket, get pinked-up and join thousands of volunteers collecting around New Zealand on October 29 and 30. PINK RIBBON WALK Walk 5km or 10km for the ones you love in Christchurch (November 6), Wellington (November 13) or Auckland (November 20). PINK FOR A DAY Join hundreds of workplaces that go Pink For a Day during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, and start conversations about breast health and wellbeing. SHOP FOR GOOD Buy a Pink Product from one of the Breast Cancer Foundation NZ’s generous sponsors (including Estée Lauder, Bobbi Brown, ghd, Sealy and Griffi n’s), where a portion of sales will go towards the foundation’s life-saving work. Visit breastcancerfoundation.org. nz to see all the different ways you can make a difference this October.…

As the enormous buds of deciduous magnolias start to unfurl, petal by petal, you know that spring can’t be far off. These gorgeous flowering trees jump the gun on their springtime rivals, blooming from late winter onwards and making a truly spectacular display. The colour range includes numerous shades of pink, as well as reddish-purple hues and soft creamy white. Opening on leafless branches, the large goblet-shaped blooms give tons of garden impact and, with many fabulous new varieties appearing over recent years, it’s hard to stop at just one. How to grow them CLIMATE Deciduous magnolias like a chilly, moist winter followed by a warm (but not too hot) summer. They thrive in North and South Island conditions, as long as winters are cool enough to induce dormancy and…

“She argued that his gran was so old, she was going to die anyway. When I miss being in bars, I think of this stranger and get over that quite quickly” It has taken a while, but I am learning to live with Covid-19. By which I don’t mean I have decided to give up on lockdowns and staying home and saving lives. “Learning to live with it” for me means I have accepted that, for the foreseeable future, my life will be very different from the way I would like it to be. What I’d like to do is go back to work, do some shows, earn some money, see my daughter and grandchildren, and have enough certainty to plan things to look forward to. Instead, here I am…

VACCINATION U-TURN • Winning letter My parents were antivaxxers in the 1950s, when polio was rife. Despite being considered pariahs in an age when everyone got vaccinated, my parents held out. It was only when I was an adult that I thought about whether or not vaccination was a good idea. What changed for me was when a friend noted sardonically, “The only reason you didn’t get polio was because all of the rest of us did get vaccinated!” I’ve had both Covid shots. For sure I don’t want to get Covid. Being vaccinated, I’m less likely to end up in hospital or to die from it. I want to live for the sake of my children and grandchildren. But I also got vaccinated to return the favour others gave…

Not gummed up Quite a collision happened at the corner of the street one evening as it was getting dark. A large case fell off a truck and was broken – goods being scattered over the footpath and road. What appeared to be chewing gum flew everywhere and it was soon pounced upon by dozens of people who had gathered in the neighbourhood. They began hungrily chewing the stuff when a policeman came along and flashed a large torch on a packet, discovering it was a well-known laxative. He chuckled to himself and went off smiling, saying, “You will all be feeling very sorry for yourselves tomorrow.” Valmac The tooth hurts Little Johnnie had an aching tooth. “Oh, Mummy,” he exclaimed. “If only my tooth were a false one like…

She lives in San Diego, California, with her husband and two children. She worked in finance before becoming an author and in 2016 was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. This is her third novel. This novel was inspired by… My own life. Much like Anna, I was stuck rewriting the beginning in endless loops because nothing could compare to my past work. Like Anna, tragedy struck my family and I fell mentally sick in response. Much of 2019 and 2020 are a blur to me, until I came to the realisation that I needed to get help. With the aid of my psychiatrist and medication, I gradually improved, and as I did so, I found myself analysing what I’d gone through and trying to figure out the why of it…

Still got it After almost 40 years in the modelling business, Naomi Campbell, 51, proves she is very much at the top of her game as she struts her stuff on the Versace runway. Scary ride Buffy the Car Vampire Slayer! Sarah Michelle Gellar, 44, gets her Halloween celebrations started early on a visit to Cars Land in Disneyland California, which has undergone a spooky makeover for the holiday. Apple of her eye Gwyneth Paltrow, 49, posts a rare photo of her daughter Apple, 17, to celebrate National Daughters Day after the teen banned her from posting pictures on her social media. Double the glamour Elizabeth Hurley, 56, and Damian, 19, are the most fashionable mother/son duo as they sit front row at the Versace fashion show during Milan Fashion…

Just wow! That’s all I could think when I saw the jaw-dropping images of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge walking the red carpet at the premiere of the new James Bond film last week. Kate worked so hard during the long months of the English lockdown, trying to keep spirits boosted from behind the scenes, and now, after some time off with her gorgeous family, she has made a dramatic return, looking every bit the queen she will one day be. Don’t miss more stunning photos and the details of what she’s been up to in the past few weeks – including a casual lunch with her delightful children at an English pub! We also sit down for a chat with Act leader David Seymour, who shares the details of…

Supermodel Linda Evangelista is suing the makers of a cutting-edge cosmetic procedure which she says has left her “brutally disfigured” and “unrecognisable”. The 56-year-old, who throughout the ’90s ruled the catwalk for Chanel, Versace and Valentino, has filed a $70 million lawsuit against the makers of a procedure called CoolSculpting, which cools fat to a temperature so low that dead fat cells are excreted out of the body through the liver. Linda says she had a rare reaction to the procedure, which she underwent five years ago to contour her thighs, stomach, back, flanks and chin, but instead of shrinking, her fatty tissue increased. The mum-of-one claims she had not been made aware of the risk before having the procedure and it “has not only destroyed my livelihood, it has…

‘I can go to them for any sort of advice. Well, I don’t really ask, I just receive it!’ Victoria Seymour loved a glass of bubbles. So when the 50-year-old chief pharmacist of Northland DHB found herself feeling yet again like she couldn’t stomach a glass of wine, she knew there was “something wrong”. The devoted mum-of-three stopped off at the chemist to get a pregnancy test, which subsequently turned positive. But, as a scientist – and knowing she couldn’t be pregnant – it confirmed her hunch that something more sinister, a tumour, was giving her a false positive result. Five months later, just before succumbing to liver cancer, Vicki asked one request of her younger sister Nicola Faithfull and her best friend from primary school Penny Swarbrick – “Please…

‘The expression of shocked surprise frozen on his face still tickles me even now’ When it comes to show business, there’s never been a star quite like Miriam Margolyes. The hilarious actress has graced chat-show host Graham’s Norton’s couch more times than she can remember and has starred in everything from Blackadder to The Age of Innocence. “However successful I am,” laughs the British star, “I will go to my grave best known for playing Professor Pomona Sprout in two of the Harry Potter movies. But if I’m honest, I fell asleep during the premieres of both films!” At the age of 80, Miriam has written an eye-popping memoir, This M Much is True, packed w with iintimate details of her own life and shockingly candid stories of the A-listers…

Chicken salad with tamarind dressing Whisk 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar, 1 tablespoon tamarind puree, 2 tablespoons fish sauce, 1 crushed garlic clove and 1 thinly sliced long fresh red chilli in a bowl. Add shredded Basic Poached Chicken and long thin strips of cucumber and carrot. Toss gently to combine. Serve salad on a leaf of purple wombok. Basic poached chicken SERVES 4 PREP + COOK TIME 25 MINS 1 cup (250ml) chicken stock 1 cup (250ml) water 2 stalks celery tops 6 black peppercorns 1 fresh bay leaf 500g chicken breast 1 Place stock, the water, celery tops, peppercorns and bay leaf in a small saucepan. Bring to the boil. 2 Add chicken and reduce heat until liquid is barely simmering. Cook, uncovered, for…

Gentle touch Made in New Zealand, vegan-friendly and cruelty-free, new Essano Sensitive Support Ceramides Concentrated Serum helps ease discomfort and improve the appearance of skin. This special formulation has been developed for reactive and delicate skin to cool discomfort and sooth dryness. It’s made with natural ingredients that are gentle on skin and help to settle the feeling of irritation. Rrp $29.99, it is avaialble at supermarkets and essano.co.nz Home helper Sick of the black mould that spoils the silicone in your laundry, bathroom and kitchen? Silicone Mould Hero is an easy-to-use product that gets rid of mould without the silicone being replaced. Silicone Mould Hero is applied wet, then sets dry, locking the treatment in place, completely killing the mould that has penetrated deep into the silicone. The drying…

1. Clinique Smart Clinical Repair Serum, $139, helps fight wrinkles by tackling them from three angles – hydrates to re-plump fine dry lines, resurfaces to help minimise the depth of wrinkles and boosts natural collagen for visibly repaired skin. 2. A’kin Brightening Glow Clay Mask, $39.54, decongests to reveal a brighter complexion thanks to Australian kakadu plum, caviar lime and rosehip oil. 3. Essano Advanced Brightening Vitamin C Serum, $29.99, is a supermarket favourite with a serum for every skin need. This one is great for pigmentation and boosts collagen. 4. La Roche-Posay Anthelios Invisible Fluid Facial Sunscreen SPF 50+, $34.99, protects skin all year round with its broad spectrum SPF. 5. Trilogy Vitamin C Moisturising Lotion, $52.99, locks in hydration with two percent brightening vitamin C and helps all…

• Breast cancer is the most common cancer for Kiwi women and the third most common cancer overall. • More than 3300 women across the country are diagnosed with breast cancer every year (that’s nine women a day). One M˘ori woman a day will be diagnosed. Twenty-five men are diagnosed each year too. • We still lose more than 650 Kiwi women a year to breast cancer. • Breast cancer in younger women is less common, but it does tend to be more aggressive. Out of the 3300 women in NZ diagnosed every year, around 11% (350) of them will be under 45. • W¯hine M˘ori are 35% more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer and 65% more likely to die. Yet when cancers are found on a mammogram,…

YOU WILL NEED • Large selection of washi or coloured tapes in varying widths • Frame and matting board with cut-out circles (ours was custom cut) •1 sheet of A3 art paper for artwork, plus extra for card • Ruler and pencil • Scissors • Firm cardboard for card • Wooden skewers • Craft knife • Hot glue gun and glue sticks CIRCLE ART 1 For the circle artwork, start by choosing a frame and the number of circles you would like to feature. A grid of nine looks really effective and draws attention to the delicate patterns of the washi tape. Go to your local picture framers and ask if they will cut the circles on a matting board to fit your frame. Ours were 6cm rounds with a…

LIBRA Sep 24 – Oct 23 A lover would like to take things further, but really needs to dig a little deeper in your eyes. They have been neglectful just lately and although they seem to be able to justify that neglect, you feel more of an effort could be made. This is not the time to fall into their arms, but to stand back and see if they do make a concerted effort. And they will! You are truly valued and loved. Singles will have someone trying to get to know them, so be open. SCORPIO Oct 24 – Nov 22 Someone is looking at you right now. You have something they need and they are trying to figure out the best way to approach you. Basically, you are…

Family treasures Kevin’s article really resonated with me this week. I too miss my mum and dad every day. As my life goes on, I often find myself wishing they could see where we are now. I so wish they could see the successes in our family’s lives, in careers, producing children and building families. As I look at our grandchildren, I feel so sad that they never got to meet them. However, they are with us in our memories and they are often mentioned in family conversations. They left a legacy of caring, support and love, and for that we will be forever grateful. Thank you, Kevin, for putting my thoughts into words. It’s good to know another 72-year-old feels this way, too. Penny Love notes I, too, am…

The worst thing about our sensible new habit of wearing masks is not the fact that my one makes my glasses steam up so much I can hardly see what I’m buying at the supermarket, though I do enjoy the surprises when I get home and unpack. No, the worst thing is that we can’t see each other smile. I am one of those creatures who tends to smile at strangers who catch my eye, but now it’s all a waste of muscle movement. The broadest smile will barely move your mask. If this goes on too long, we might all forget how to smile altogether. And meantime, lipstick sales have plummeted, men have stopped shaving and kids have ceased to brush their teeth because no one can see what’s…

A mellow yellow Demi Moore couldn’t help but give her co-star Nicolas Cage a big squeeze on the set of their new movie recently – and insiders say the Ghost star was giving Nic support over his latest scandal. The A-listers are filming their new movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent in LA, but it has recently been revealed that Nic, 57, was allegedly involved in a drunken brawl in Las Vegas on September 13. A witness says the Con Air star was thrown out of a restaurant, adding, “He was in a really bad state and was walking around shoeless. We at first thought he was homeless.” Nic has confessed in the past that he needs to keep working to stay out of trouble – and with gorgeous…

‘Everything Kate does, she does with grace, warmth, charm and dignity’ In her decade as a royal, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge has shown time and time again what an asset she is to Britain’s first family. And last week she stepped it up even further, pulling out all the stops at a series of events that culminated with a stunning appearance at the premiere of the new James Bond movie, No Time to Die. For Kate, 39, it was clearly no time to be a shrinking violet – the duchess dazzled in a golden gown by designer Jenny Packham and sported an elegant updo to create a look that had some observers describing her as the ultimate Bond girl. “She made an unforgettable entrance and choosing to wear such a…

Tell us about a favourite memory of your mum? It was when we travelled to Italy in 2006 for her 50th, a year before she died. Italy suited her to a tea because she was so vivacious and stylish. It amused me that she developed an obsession with Italy. When I was studying at Auckland Uni, she started studying Italian 101 there and getting A-pluses, while continuing to work. She learned the language, made my dad Breen cook Italian meals and even started putting paintings of various Italian scenes throughout the house. She was committed. When you go for a meal at your surrogate mums’ houses, do you do the dishes? I always sstack the dishwasher. It was my job as a kid, too, which earned me two dollars a…

‘I’d go to work, then come home and go to bed. I became so tired’ For most people, being diagnosed with an incurable illness is a challenging time, but when The Breeze radio host Hilary Muir was diagnosed with Addison’s disease, she felt relief. After years of mysterious health issues, she finally had an explanation. “I thought, ‘I’m not going crazy imagining things and feeling like my life will never be the same.’” Addison’s disease is a rare disorder that occurs when the adrenal glands don’t produce enough cortisol, the hormone that gives instructions to virtually every organ in the body. Eventually, the immune system starts attacking the body. Symptoms come on gradually over time, which makes it diffi cult to diagnose, and, as Hilary shares, it also makes it…

On MasterChef Australia, judge Jock Zonfrillo has won hearts as the charming Scot whose wealth of dad jokes is almost as extensive as his knowledge of food. Now, the three-hat chef is letting fans into his life with a deeply personal new memoir. When the Weekly chats with Jock, 45, and his wife Lauren, 40, they are nervously awaiting the release of Last Shot. It’s a raw and honest retelling of his life, and he admits it was challenging rehashing some of his worst life choices. “Certain points were dreadful,” he shares. “I’ve made some pretty poor decisions that had a big impact on people around me, so I found it diffi cult sitting there recounting those moments and relationships in my life.” Though he says it feels very vulnerable…

BLOUSEY BLOOMS The blouse’s feminine detailing is ideal for dressing up a more casual look. Soft gold accessories keep the outfit contemporary. BOHO BOUQUET These wide-leg pants have many patterns, so layering with a plain tank top and a cropped cardigan lets them be the standout piece. PETALLED TIERS Tiered skirts will continue to trend throughout the warmer months. Tuck your top in for a flattering silhouette. DARLING BUDS This statement dress will work on any body type. Try wearing with a wide belt or even wear it undone over tailored pants and a simple tee.…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There are loads of different ways to get involved – from being breast-aware, to helping to raise vital funds for breast cancer research, education and patient support. MAKE TIME FOR MAMMOGRAMS Mammograms can save lives by finding breast cancer early before it spreads. You are more likely to survive breast cancer if it is found early and is still small. Mammograms can show changes inside a breast before they can be felt. While some cancers develop quite slowly over years, others can grow more quickly. It’s important to find any cancer as early as possible before it spreads. That’s why it’s important to get a regular mammogram every two years – it gives you the best chance of picking up any changes. Eligible women…

“The entire glass canopy over our cabin pinged off. We got a hell of a fright” Let me tell you a funny story involving Kerre McIvor. Well, it was funny for Kerre, less so for me. We’d both just published books. Hers was a crack-up account of running the Paris marathon. Mine was a memoir of my life up until leaving television. We were touring New Zealand together promoting our books. While in Wanaka, we were generously offered a flight in a magnificent helicopter. To give you an idea, it had leather seats designed to look like the interior of a vintage Italian racing car. We were flown around dramatic mountainsides and onto tiny islands – the places wealthy brides and grooms have their wedding photos taken. We were in…

Out of order Oh, the joys of lockdown online grocery shopping! Of course, you won’t need your groceries until a week from now, the first available delivery spot. So you have to carefully estimate how much your hungry (and bored) confined-to-barracks teenagers are going to consume in the next seven days. For sure if you buy a king-size box of Weet-Bix, the kids will decide Nutrigrain is the only cereal they will eat. And you find that burglars have broken in and stolen the treats you hid behind the paper towels on the top shelf of the pantry. At least that is what the kids assure you happened to the stash. Finally, there’s great excitement as the long-awaited order arrives. Except for reasons only known to the hugely under-pressure supermarket…

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It’s week six of the lockdown here in Auckland and I was struggling to come up with anything to write about. I like these columns to be happy and cheery, and I hope to be able to turn little life moments into a story that might amuse you. But when you haven’t had any life moments beyond work and home for more than a month, and when I’ve been writing the column for so many years, I feel I’ve probably mined every life moment I’ve had on the planet! In desperation, I fired off an email to Penny, our lovely lifestyle editor, and asked if she had any ideas. “Write about pinch-me moments,” she advised. “That’s what I’m doing to preserve my sanity. Times that were so perfect that I…

There are lots of novels around about people who are on the autism spectrum and I’ve read a fair few of them, but it wasn’t until The Heart Principle that I began to understand what the reality must be like. This is a romance novel, but the opposite of light and frothy, as it is about a relationship forged amid diffi culty and suffering. Anna Sun is a violinist who has become famous thanks to a YouTube video that went viral. That overnight success has crippled her, and she has spent six months practising the same piece of music over and over, never satisfied with her playing. Anna can’t get past her creative mental block. And then her boyfriend Julian makes everything worse by telling her he wants to put…

THE RIVIERA HOUSE by Natasha Lester (Hachette, $34.99) A sweeping historical drama that will transport you to Paris and the French Riviera. In 1939, Eliane Dufort is working at the Louvre art gallery when she falls for talented artist Xavier. Then the Nazis occupy her city and she joins the French Resistance on a dangerous mission to record all the priceless art treasures the Germans are stealing. In the present-day, Remy Lang arrives at a private estate in the Riviera. There she discovers a catalogue of stolen artworks and is shocked to see a painting that hung on her childhood bedroom wall. Who is her family really? Full of intrigue and a real page turner with art, fashion and a sumptuous French setting. THE WOMEN OF PEARL ISLAND…