Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 44, 2021 i New Zealand Woman's Weekly

She’s been to more parties than she’s had hot dinners, but Liz Hurley says she’s now ready to stay home and deadhead her roses. The Bedazzled star, 56, has credited lockdown with making her realise her home is where her heart is. “I’ve found time to remember what my instincts were telling me to do rather than being on a constant treadmill of flying once or twice a week, packing endlessly, juggling jobs, juggling everything, not really having much time to ever, I don’t know… just sit down,” shares the star. “I’ve been to enough parties to last anyone a lifetime. Frankly, I could stay home and deadhead my roses forever and it would be fine.” Liz passed the Covid pandemic at her $11.5 million Herefordshire mansion – which boasts…

He’s conquered the rugby field and received a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, now Sir Wayne “Buck” Shelford wants to be the next Celebrity Treasure Island champion. And though at 63 he’s the oldest member of the star-studded cast, the All Black legend knows he will be a force to be reckoned with in the demanding physical challenges. “I like going to the gym and keeping fit,” Buck shares. “When I was the coach on Match Fit [a show getting former All Blacks back into match shape], working out with those guys was easy! Some of the guys were saying to me, ‘How can you still do this? You’re 15 years older than me!’” In fact, Buck jokes the only preparation he did for Celebrity Treasure Island was, “I…

Facing each other down as a tormented mother and daughter duo in the Netflix drama Maid, actresses Margaret Qualley and Andie MacDowell look every bit like they’re related. With their perfect bone structure, long dark tresses and onscreen chemistry, in fact, fans could easily be forgiven for believing the pair truly are mother and daughter. As it turns out, they are. Margaret, 26, is the youngest daughter of Four Weddings and a Funeral star Andie, 63, and the pair say they couldn’t believe their luck when they were both cast in the critically acclaimed drama, in which Margaret plays Alex, a down-on-her luck single mum who struggles after leaving an abusive relationship, and Andie plays Paula, Alex’s free-spirited artist mother who suffers from undiagnosed bipolar disorder. For Andie, stepping into…

She may be 76 years old, but Trish Clapham loves to don a long beaded gown, her shiny heels and take to the dance floor – but she didn’t always feel this way. Twenty years ago, when her now-late husband Barry declared he was going to start taking lessons, she let him go on his own. But down the track, when he convinced her to join him, Trish was surprised to discover she was the one with the natural ability. Now, as almost the oldest on the Pro-Am ballroom dancing circuit, Trish practises for 10 hours a week, has competed internationally and concedes dance has been “a gift” in coping with the grief from Barry’s death last year. “It’s been the one thing that has pulled me through losing him…

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Strapped for time and cash? Dive into your kitchen cupboards and you might find some key ingredients to make up your own beauty concoction like a body scrub. Here’s a quick, easy recipe for coffee lovers to pamper and prepare their pins for smooth legs this spring. Ingredients • 1 cup of coffee grinds • ½ cup olive or coconut oil In a resealable container, add the coffee grinds and slowly mix in your choice of oil until it reaches a honey-like consistency and you’re done! Apply to damp, not wet skin and rub in gently in circular motions before rinsing off in the shower.…

It’s a fact we need friends – they’re essential for wellbeing. Positive friendships can help add years to your life, speed recovery from illness, reduce risk of depression and even improve mental acuity. Good friendships add meaning and purpose to life, especially as we age, when connectedness is vital. Sharing everything from the mundane to the momentous, they help shape us, ground us and guide us. They support, celebrate, commiserate and call just to shoot the breeze. They get you, they let you be you. They make you feel loved and valued. Bad friends, on the other hand, just make you feel like, well, bad! GETTING A CLUE All take and no give = bad friend. Don’t be that person! Of course, it’s not always so black and white. Our…

Yesterday, I was discussing with a fellow septuagenarian why sausage rolls taste so good at funerals. It’s the sort of thing septuagenarians talk about. We concluded sausage rolls fell squarely into the category of comfort food and nowhere is comfort more sought than at a funeral. Sausage rolls are such a hit at funerals, they’re considered responsible for “grim eaters” – people who turn up at strangers’ funerals, just to fill up on the food. Somewhere I read that 63% of oven-fresh sausage rolls are taken off plates at funerals even before they get to the table. The writer suggested waiters carry tasers and riot batons to fend off ravenous guests. What, then, is the right sausage roll for a funeral? I see there are online recipes for “Funeral Sausage…

Queen’s trials Thank you for the very interesting updates on the Prince Andrew sex saga. His liaisons with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein have certainly put the Queen in a very diffi cult position. The poor Monarch has met a lot of challenging shifts and changes during her long reign, but to have her much-loved son embroiled in such an unsavoury scandal must be very painful and troubling for her in her senior years. The Queen must have moments when she feels that her lifelong service has become simply too hard to cope with. She has said that she will never abdicate, but she must sometimes envy other senior citizens who get to potter in the garden and knit woollies for their grandchildren. Di We asked: What is the household…

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Well, my little home has taken shape quickly and just in the nick of time too, as my family is making their way North next week to settle into what I hope will be their own forever home. They have the upstairs and I have the downstairs – two bedrooms, a bathroom, a tiny kitchenette and a lounge. And as I’ve unpacked my boxes, put my precious things out, the art has gone onto the walls and the new couch and the new bed have arrived, it’s feeling very much like my own haven. I’ve been helped out enormously by an old mate of mine who I used to work with in television, back in the Fair Go days. She was a very good director, but retrained some years ago…

Intense and sinister, this slow-burn story is set in the ballet world. About a glamorous but troubled family, it is laced with secrets and ominous atmosphere. Sisters Dara and Marie are very different in many ways, but both have been dancers their whole lives. Dance dominated their childhood and now they run the ballet school that their late mother founded. Each year, they put on a spectacular production of The Nutcracker for their pupils to perform in. This year, the preparations for the show are especially fraught. Marie has moved from the rambling old family home she used to share with Dara and her husband Charlie, and is living upstairs at the ballet school. One night, her heater sparks a fire that devastates one of the studios. There is no…

Hip-hip hooray After coming out of hip surgery, Sir Elton John, 74, gets the best news ever as he tops the UK music charts for the first time in 16 years with his latest single featuring Dua Lipa. Seal’s little pup! It was bring your daughter to work day as Seal, 58, was accompanied by daughter Leni Klum, 17, to the premiere of new movie The Harder They Fall, which features some of his music. VEGAS, BABY! Lady Gaga, 35, is the quintessential showgirl as she takes to the stage for her Las Vegas residency Jazz and Piano, performing stripped down versions of her own hits as well as beloved tunes from the Great American Songbook. Take a shot! Former 007 Pierce Brosnan, 68, ditches the trademark martini for something…

She may not be one of the most famous faces of the royal family, but Sophie, Countess of Wessex is certainly one of the most hard-working. This week, we look at the important work she does bringing awareness to global issues affecting women. And I couldn’t help but be entranced by the details of her special relationship with our Queen. The Monarch is known for her sharp wit and sense of humour, so reading about her watching the popular – but sometimes controversial – TV series The Crown with her daughter-in-law made me wish I was a fly on the wall to hear what the pair had to say about it! You can read all about it from page six. Elsewhere, don’t miss Nicky Pellegrino’s lovely chat with stars Stacey…

Angelina Jolie has long been a human rights champion and has given a voice to so many people who have been ignored, but with the release of her latest film the actress has, at last, become a real-life superhero. It was a special night for the 46-year-old walking the red carpet at the Eternals premiere with her children Maddox, 20, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, Vivienne and Knox, both 13, by her side. Pax, 17, was not in attendance. It was made even more memorable by the fact that much of her brood was wearing pieces from Angelina’s closet, including Zahara, who wore the star’s 2014 Oscar’s gown. Angelina stars as Thena, an elite Eternal warrior, and being a superhero, Angelina of course had to don the trademark spandex suit, which…

‘You need a flow chart to understand our family, but we’re really close’ When Stacey Morrison was a kid growing up in Christchurch, she would often hear people whispering as they walked by – “That’s James Daniels’ daughter”. Back then, her dad was the radio star and Stacey never imagined following in his footsteps. “It was a pain in my butt growing up that Dad was famous,” she admits. “It was probably when I got to intermediate school that he was well known and then it became quite a big deal.” These days, James is more likely to get people saying, “That’s Stacey Morrison’s father”. She is the one with the higher profile, presenting a drive-time show on The Hits, writing books and making podcasts, as well as having a…

As the new batch of bakers begin their journey on The Great Kiwi Bake Off, the Weekly catches up with the first two winners of the show, Trevor Hall and Annabel Coulter, to see what they’ve done since taking out the competition. From judging baking competitions to attending prestigious cooking schools, the talented pair show a Bake Off trophy can really sweeten the deal. TREVOR HALL It’s been almost two years since Trevor Hall won the second season of The Great Kiwi Bake Off and the father-of-three says people still come up to him in the streets asking for his expert baking opinion. “Sometimes when I’m in a rush doing my groceries, I try and avoid the baking aisle because I get stopped by people and they want to talk…

‘She was marrying into an upper-class family and she was considered a shop girl’ With her skinny-ribbed sweaters, key-hole dresses, go-go boots and geometric hairstyles, designer Mary Quant sure made an impact on the world in the 1960s. At a time when women weren’t even allowed to have their own bank accounts in her native Britain, the young art school graduate burst onto the fashion scene like a supernova, changing the world’s sartorial landscape forever. Out went the waist-clinching corsets, scratchy suspender belts and toe-squeezing stilettos of the staid post-war era – and in came tights, round-toed shoes with clumpy heels, and hemlines raised to audacious heights. The Beatles might have provided the rebellious soundtrack for the “youth-quake” that reverberated around the world in the 1960s, but it was Mary…

Gourmet bacon butty PREP TIME 5 MINS COOK TIME 10 MINS SERVES 4 2 tbsp cooking oil 2 packs Farmland Grillmaster BBQ Bacon Thick Cut with BBQ Glaze 2 tbsp mayonnaise 4 brioche-style buns, sliced open 125g brie or camembert, sliced ½ cup store-bought caramelised onion relish A handful Superb herb Basil 1 Preheat the barbecue on medium heat. 2 Drizzle one side with oil and cook bacon to packet instructions, or to your liking. 3 Spread some mayonnaise on the brioche buns, then place brie/camembert slices on. Place buns cut-side up on the other side of the barbecue and close the lid to warm the buns and to melt the cheese. 4 Serve buns slathered in caramelised onion relish, perfectly cooked bacon and some basil leaves. Delish! Chilean completo…

• Value face-to-face time • Share air time without feeling the need to one-up the conversation • Call or text just to touch base • Understand that life gets crazy sometimes • Remember important dates in your life • Ask how your is family doing • Remember you were having scans/a job interview/a tough time with your kids • Offer honest, non-judgemental feedback • Don’t care if your house/hair is a mess • Let you cry or whinge without needing to “fix” you • Pick up where you left off even if it’s been a while • Are truly happy for you when good things happen…

YOU WILL NEED • Straight-sided plastic drinking glasses• Coarse sandpaper• Textured glass bead gel paste (various textured gel reliefs are available from art supply shops)• Wooden spatula• Hot glue and glue gun• Small wooden craft dowels (longer than the tumblers)• Tile and grout adhesive• Small decorative stones• Disposable gloves• Paintbrush and paint in various colours. We used Resene Quarter Alabaster, Karen Walker Blanched Pink and Karen Walker Beryl Green PEBBLE RELIEF The hardest and messiest of all three but well worth the effort. 1 Repeat Step 1 of Paste Relief, sanding the tumbler. 2 One 250g tube of ready-to-use tile and grout adhesive was just enough for our tall tumbler. Wear disposable gloves to protect your hands. Start at the bottom edge, placing a layer of stones all the way…

My world is wonderfully full of arty-farty creative types. Our family has always been chock-full of musicians, singers, actors, writers and photographers, and my work life is teeming with performers of all kinds. So I really notice it when people who aren’t artyfarty creative types have a crack at the money invested in people who are. Generally men in suits with a penchant for spreadsheets, they can almost make a sport of it. Though not an actual sport because when sport gets funding, people with spreadsheets tend not to make a fuss. The game plays out this way: when arts practitioners apply for grants to create a thing – a show, a play, a novel, a dance – that proposed thing will be poopooed as a waste of taxpayers’ money.…

CONGRATS, CONRAD! • Winning letter I loved reading about how a trip to Kenya has changed the lives of Conrad Smith and his wife. While we are battling lockdown stresses and worrying about the impact of our efforts at home-schooling on our children’s education, in Africa there are 100 million children not able to go to school at all. The situation for girls is even worse. If a family can only afford to educate one child, it is always a boy. The problem may seem overwhelming, but like the story of the starfish on the beach that gets thrown back into the sea, when you help one child, you are changing that child’s life for ever. I loved the photo of the Kenyan girls looking oh-so-proud to be at school;…

Not so sweet I read with interest the pars of “Silly Sal” and “Christchurch Lass” about the romantic New Zealand male. It prompts me to write of my own husband, who, when our first baby – a girl – arrived, brought me a beautiful box of chocolates to the home. When our second baby arrived, another girl, a very excited and pleased husband came to see me, bringing another big box of chocolates. Just before our third baby arrived, he said, “If it’s a boy, I’ll bring you two boxes of the nicest chocolates I can buy!” And I jokingly said, “If it’s a girl, I suppose I can expect a shilling’s worth of boiled lollies!” Our third daughter arrived and husband came to the maternity home to see me,…

Born in Detroit, she has a PhD in literature and has taught at universities. She writes crime fiction, short stories and screenplays. This is her 11th novel. This novel was inspired by… As a child, I started taking ballet at a studio run by two sisters. We students were all obsessed with them. They seemed to embody all the power and contradictions of womanhood. So elegant and remote and perfect, and behind that all the work and sacrifice and discipline. They inspired the sisters at the centre of the novel. At the same time, I wanted to write something about the way women can be the harshest judges of other women, particularly when it comes to romantic and/or sexual choices. The most challenging thing about writing it was… Getting the…

Hue said she’s not a style icon? Victoria Beckham – aka Posh Spice – has taken New York by storm! The popstarturned-fashion-designer, 47, was in the Big Apple recently to promote the latest addition to her beauty range, a blush named Cheeky Posh, and there was no doubt she was reddy for action! For an appearance on Good Morning America, she wowed the audience with her eye-catching outfit of golden slacks, a vivid red top and a lime green Bottega Veneta handbag. And a day later the Stop singer almost brought traffic to a halt in an off-the-shoulder tangerine dress with matching Manolo Blahnik stilettos. The mum of Brooklyn, 22, Romeo, 19, Cruz, 16, and Harper, 10, confirmed during her visit that she will not reunite with the Spice Girls.…

It’s no secret that of all her family members, the Queen is probably fondest of her daughter-in-law Sophie, Countess of Wessex. Over the years, the pair have become incredibly close, spending many hours in each other’s company. But what hasn’t always been recognised is that Sophie’s more than just Her Majesty’s confidante – she’s emerging as one of the family’s leading campaigners, unafraid to speak out about topics normally considered off limits for royals. With the encouragement of her mother-in-law, Prince Edward’s wife is not only stepping up to help cover the gaps left following the departure of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, but she’s been addressing subjects like menopause and sexual violence. Sophie first spoke out about sexual violence in 2019 when she gave a speech at…

Susan Sarandon has revealed she is haunted by her final phone call with her former lover David Bowie. The Thelma and Louise star, 75, starred with music legend David in the 1983 movie The Hunger, and 30 years later it was disclosed that they had, in fact, been lovers. During the Ziggy Stardust singer’s battle with liver cancer in 2015, the pair reconnected. “I was fortunate enough to be closer to him right before he died,” shares Susan. “He did find me again. We talked to each other and said some things that needed to be said.” Just before David’s death in January 2016, aged 69, he called her one more time. “I wasn’t sleeping so I took a pretty strong sleep aid,” tells Susan. “And I had this dream…

Sarah Snook doesn’t do things by halves. The Australian star has thrown her career into high gear with her role as sardonic media heiress Shiv in the savagely funny US dramedy Succession. And with her life on fast forward, even lockdown couldn’t get in her way. With borders closing all over the world, the actress didn’t just hunker down and wait things out. No. She hunkered down, fell in love and got married! “At the beginning of the pandemic last year, I got locked down in Melbourne with one of my best mates and we fell in love,” shares Adelaide-born Sarah, 33. “We’ve been friends since 2014, lived together, travelled together, always excited to see each other, but were totally platonic. We’ve just never been single at the same time.…

In her 40-year career as an entertainer, Ruby Wax has done it all. She’s performed on prestigious stages as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company, she’s reached the height of comedy working alongside the likes of Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French, and has even hosted her own BAFTAnominated chat show. But these days, the loud, brash TV darling has left behind the glitz and glamour of showbusiness, and has instead become a passionate advocate for mental health awareness in the UK and was even awarded an OBE in 2015 for her work. The change in direction was inspired by the 68-year-old’s search for ways to deal with the depression that plagued her during the height of her fame, sometimes leaving her bedridden for days. “For months I researched what treatments…

Fruit salad cheesecake slice SERVES 12 PREP + COOK TIME 45 MINS Cooking oil spray, to grease 250g plain sweet biscuits 130g butter, melted 2 x 250g block cream cheese, chopped, softened ½ cup icing sugar Finely grated zest of 1 lemon 2 eggs 300ml thickened cream, whipped Edible flowers, to serve FRUIT SALAD 125g punnet raspberries 125g punnet blueberries ½ x 250g punnet strawberries, hulled, roughly chopped 1 orange, peeled, diced ½ lime, cut into thin rounds, then into wedges Pulp of 4 passionfruits 1 tbsp small mint leaves 1 Grease a 1cm x 27cm slice tin with oil, then line base and sides with baking paper. Put biscuits in the bowl of a food processor and process until they resemble fine breadcrumbs. Add butter and process until combined.…

1 Brush morning, night and in between when necessary. Brush along the gum line and the inner, outer and chewing surfaces in a gentle, circular motion. Too rough and you risk damaging enamel and injuring your gums. 2 Run the brush over your tongue a couple of times as well. This helps reduce bacteria in your mouth and freshens your breath. Swish with a swig of a good mouthwash, too! 3 Floss – it’s not an optional extra! By neglecting to floss, you miss cleaning the surfaces between your teeth where food debris hides, making plaque build-up more likely. If you’re not a fan of traditional floss, try a powered water flosser instead. 4 Replace your manual toothbrush, or the head of your electric brush, when you notice the bristles…

• Are expert at the subtle dig or put-down. If you point it out, they’ll say they “didn’t mean it that way” or suggest you can’t “take a joke” • Are needy and attention-seeking, so leave you feeling drained after seeing them or even just speaking to them on the phone • Always have a bigger, better “me too” story to share • Indulge in mean-girl gossip (you better believe they’re gossiping behind your back, too) • Betray confidences • Break promises • Something always comes up at the last minute to derail getting together (you’re just the back-up plan) • Are often late but always have a great reason (aka little respect for your time)…

You will need... • Ruler• Pencil• 32mm half-round clear pine• Hand saw• Sandpaper• Paint or wood stain (optional)• Sharp scissors• Magnetic tape• Superglue• String• Leather strap• Baking paper• Heavy book Magnetic force 1 Measure the width of your artwork or poster. Measure and mark 4 pieces of half-round wood to this length. Double-check the marks match up exactly with the width of your artwork. 2 Use a hand saw (or drop saw if you have one) to cut through marks as neatly as you can. Give the ends a good sanding to smooth them off. Paint or stain the wood if you wish and leave to dry completely. Or leave as it is. 3 Cut 8 strips of magnetic tape, each about1/8 the length of the wood. Take a piece…

SCORPIO Oct 24 – Nov 22 Expect the unexpected and then some! This is especially relevant when it comes to new relationships and romance. You have your “type”, but this person will be way beyond your comfort zone. For some reason, you love it – you are attracted to this person, and you need to keep an open mind, be spontaneous and jump in at the deep end. This is quite an adventurous love affair; everyone needs one of those in their lifetime. This is yours. SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 – Dec 22 Be a little diplomatic when you are telling everyone how fabulous life is or telling people good news about something you have achieved. There is someone close to you who is not quite so happy and is not…

I’m a Banana. If your reaction to this news is a sympathetic, “Awww”, it’s possible you, too, are a Banana. That’s because we Bananas care about others and want to keep the team connected. We’re also not good at saying no. Yes, it’s a personality test. You know the ones. There was ‘Which colour are you?”, “Which thinking hat are you wearing?” and more recently, Tinder. The latest in this long line of pigeonholing is the Fruit Quiz. You can go take the test yourself right now if you like! Come back and finish this column later. Most likely, I just got rid of the Apples. They’re direct and straight to the point. Decisive. They’ve rushed off to discover their Apple-ness. You can also be a Mango or a Lime…

THE EDIBLE BACKYARD by Kath Irvine (Penguin Random House, $50) If you’ve decided you are finally going to turn your lawn into a productive patch, this is the book to get you started. New Zealander Kath Irvine runs workshops from her permaculture home garden and has been growing veges to feed her family for a couple of decades. This book distils all her knowledge to help Kiwis design their own food forests, with year-round advice on everything from planting to managing pests. It is based on organic and permaculture gardening methods, and is beautifully illustrated. HOW TO DEAL WITH IDIOTS (AND STOP BEING ONE YOURSELF) by Maxime Rovere (Allen & Unwin, $27.99) Idiocy is everywhere, but what do you do about it? This book offers tools…