Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 15, 2022 i New Zealand Woman's Weekly

It’s a night that will go down in Oscars history – and not just because of the altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock. Ariana DeBose completed her clean sweep of the awards season, adding the Oscar to her very full trophy cabinet for her stunning performance as Anita in West Side Story. The 31-year-old is only the second Latina to win an acting Academy Award, the first being Rita Moreno 60 years ago for the exact same role. A decade after her first nomination, Jessica Chastain, 45, was overjoyed to finally receive the Best Actress gong. And Coda star Troy Kotsur, 53, had the room in tears after becoming the first deaf male actor to win an Oscar. He dedicated the award to “the deaf community, the Coda community,…

Former magazine editor and broadcaster Wendyl Nissen has left the city behind and forged a new simpler, healthier life in the Hokianga with her husband Paul Little plus a menagerie of chickens, dogs and cats. She has also written a new book, Natural Care, filled with inspiration to help New Zealanders look after ourselves and our land. What inspired your latest book about natural living? To be honest, I didn’t think I had another one in me. I’d already done The Natural Home and A Natural Year. But then the pandemic hit and I realised that caring for yourself and other people was going to be even more important. I had started reading some worrying things, like if you’re overweight then you’ll get Covid-19 more severely. Also, my mother died…

Right from the start, Madonna has insisted on controlling every aspect of her career. From her first hit single in 1983 to her most recent Madame X tour, the Queen of Pop has orchestrated everything down to the last slinky bra strap. So it should be no surprise to her millions of fans that the Material Girl is making sure every detail of a new movie about her life is up to her exacting standards. ‘I had a few nervous breakdowns worrying that I was going to be fired’ The iconic hitmaker, 63, is currently on the hunt for an actress to play her younger self in the yet-to-be-named biopic she has both co-written and plans to direct. “It’s Madonna boot camp,” an insider says of the 11-hour-a-day audition process…

Halle Berry & Van Hunt After a string of unhappy relationships, Halle Berry can’t stop singing from the rooftops about her love for her musician boyfriend Van Hunt, 52 – and their slow courtship during the pandemic has something to do with it. “Because of Covid, we spent four months talking on the phone. We were forced to only let our brains connect and discover if we had a connection before our bodies decided to get involved,” X-Men star Halle, 55, shares. “I’d never done it this way. We talked for hours and hours and hours and hours, and never got tired. I fell in love with his mind, his conversation. I really believe I’ve found my person. I fell in love with him before I even met him.” Patrick…

Butterflied roast chicken & braised leeks SERVES 6 PREP + COOK TIME 1 HOUR 45 MINS 1kg potatoes, cut into large pieces ¼ cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil 50g butter, softened 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind 1 x 1.8kg whole chicken 3 small leeks, trimmed 2 garlic cloves, bruised 2 sprigs fresh thyme 1 cup (250ml) chicken stock GREMOLATA DRESSING 1 cup loosely packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped 1 small garlic clove, chopped finely 2 tablespoons finely chopped cornichons 1/3 cup (80ml) extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan bake. 2 Place potatoes in a saucepan of salted cold water over high heat and bring to the…

It’s probably been a while since you played with your blusher brush and bold lipstick shades. But if the changing weather has you wanting to play with some autumn make-up looks, we don’t blame you. Summer is about less-is-more make-up – now it’s time to have some real fun with ccolour again. Softly does it For a subtle way to bring attention to your eyes, go for a pearly blend of pink, soft bronze and beige shadows. Look for natural tones that catch the light, like Kosas 10- Second Eye Gel Watercolor Eyeshadow in Blaze, $25, for a neutral bronze. The formula glides on like gel and makes your eyes instantly pop. Don’t forget to nail it Ardell has extended its Nail Addict range and Bordeaux, $22, is the perfect…

When women get together, we talk about pretty intimate stuff. We’re not necessarily banging on about sex, periods and menopause all the time, but if someone wants to chat hot flushes or borrow a tampon, we’re open to it. And though we talk about men a lot less than they think we do, we might squeeze them onto the agenda somewhere after our professional wins and losses, what we’re reading, and our hopes and dreams for the future. Tell you what we rarely talk about, though – money. I know a lot about my friends – their allergies, favourite holiday destinations, whether they like their martinis made of vodka or gin – but I have no idea how much money they earn or what is in their KiwiSaver. Which seems,…

BEST-DRESSED • Winning letter I enjoyed the new-season autumnal skirts in the Weekly very much indeed. “Tiered up” was of special interest to me as I had already bought the top from The Warehouse when it was in your article. And it looks gorgeous teamed up with the ruffl es. So keep up the good work, Leigh, because I just love to read the fashion pages to see what’s trending! Audrey…

Well, what would you do? My husband  was working his hands carefully around the roots of our new potatoes. We had estimated they would be ready for Christmas, but having drawn one out fairly matured, we decided we could not wait. We were already savouring in anticipation the delicious flavour. My husband procured a quarter of a bucketful, not very large, certainly, but smooth and creamy skinned; not a blemish on them. He stood admiring them while he brushed the soil off his hands. Seeing our rather absent-minded neighbour pruning a shrub, he crossed over and with great pride, held the bucket over the fence, saying, “Hello, Sam, look at these, the first of the season. Not bad, are they?” Sam took the bucket, admired them and, to…

She lives between northern England and Italy, is the mother of two grown-up sons and started writing fiction after attending a creative writing course. She has sold more than five million books and this is her 24th novel. This novel was inspired by … My love of writing about families and in this instance, as the title suggests, I wanted to explore the relationship between a widowed mother and her two daughters. What interested me most was what would happen to that relationship when it was put under unexpected pressure. The most fun thing about writing it was … The setting. It takes me a year to write a novel and so I spent a wonderful 12 months during the first year of the pandemic living at Anchor House, with…

When it comes to horsing around, the Tindalls make it a royally fun family affair! While the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, 40, competed at the Cheltenham Horse Trials, her former rugby star hubby Mike, 43, happily took care of their brood, Mia, eight, Lena, three, and baby Lucas, one. Mia ensured everyone knew the family pecking order with her cute “big sister” T-shirt and when lookalike Lena wasn’t enjoying an ice cream, she was riding high on the shoulders of her famous dad. The family live at Zara’s mum Princess Anne’s Gatcombe Park estate and Zara – who won silver at the London 2012 Olympics – recently described how lucky she felt to have her horses close by during lockdown. She has yet to announce whether she’s aiming for the…

It’s been on our telly for an amazing 45 years and this week we celebrate the people whose faces we came to trust on Fair Go throughout its long history. Our cover star Pippa Wetzell opens up about her 10 years of standing up for the underdog on the consumer rights show, as well as recovering from Covid and getting her kids involved in filming the show from home! Elsewhere, our Weekly columnist Kevin Milne has some hilarious – and one rather frightening – memories of his 27 years working on the popular programme. It’s hard to believe it is just a year since Prince Philip passed away, aged 99. As you’ll remember, due to the global pandemic, there was a pared-back ceremony but last week, with restrictions lifted, the…

It was a moving, respectful and totally fitting tribute to the late Prince Philip that saw the usually stoic Queen in tears several times. But the memorial service to Her Majesty’s husband, who died last April, was overshadowed by the grieving widow’s decision to give her disgraced son Prince Andrew a prominent role in the proceedings. The monarch’s second son, who no longer carries out official engagements after he was sued for sexual assault by Virginia Giuffre, travelled to the service with the Queen, 95, and walked his mother into Westminster Abbey. They left together afterwards, returning to Windsor rather than attending any of the receptions in Philip’s honour. Royal experts say the Queen’s decision to let Andrew, 62, play a pivotal part would partly have been due to practical…

Even when she was going through her painful split from ex-husband Ben Affl eck, Jennifer Garner somehow managed to stay upbeat. “He’s the most brilliant person in any room, the most charismatic, the most generous. He’s just a complicated guy,” the actress said philosophically when the ink was hardly dry on the couple’s divorce papers. With an outlook like that, it should be no surprise that the Hollywood A-lister is approaching her 50th birthday with the same buoyancy. “I’m excited,” the mother-of-three shares of her milestone anniversary coming up on April 17. “I like it! I don’t know why I’m surprised that I’m turning 50, but I do have the sense of, ‘What the heck? It’s really here?’ “I like the idea that, all of a sudden, I’m allowing myself…

1978 Aged 20, Madonna dropped out of college and moved to New York to pursue a career in show business. 1983 In 1983 she had her first top-10 single with Borderline. 1984 The star had a career-making moment when she appeared at the VMAs singing Like a Virgin in a wedding dress, while writhing on the floor. 1985 In the movie Desperately Seeking Susan, Madonna played a whimsical version of herself. 1987 Madonna began her Marilyn Monroe phase, copying the legendary actress’ signature scarlet lips and platinum blonde mane. 1989 The singer shocked the world again with the video for her song Like a Prayer, which drew the ire of the Vatican and prompted Pepsi to cut ties with her. 1990 She wore her infamous cone brassiere during her Blond…

When it comes to bathroom renovations, there’s no denying that tearing out the old to make way for the new may be a costly venture – you can just spend, spend, spend! So, if you’re going to make the investment, you want to get it right. Let the inspiration of this real-life reno wash over you and pick out your favourite ideas... 1 Up your styling game and increase storage by leaning a towel ladder against one wall. Oh, and check out these floor tiles! Have your tiler lay a jumbled mix of patterned hexagon beauties, grounding the contemporary grey tones of the room. 2 Wash under a fabulous and generously sized waterfall head. If you’re keeping an existing shower cavity, make sure your shower screen can contain all the…

ARIES Mar 21 – Apr 20 There are times when you might want to declare war on whoever comes your way this week. You will look sideways at everyone and wonder what their intention is. Sure, it is a little paranoid, but you cannot always feel fabulous and wonderful. Accept that your inner warrior is expressing itself. Make sure people are warned of the danger zone – friends, of course, will love you anyway. There will probably be some fallout but you can charm your way out of it next week! TAURUS Apr 21 – May 21 Try not to spend too much time on the phone or email, or in fact any electronic form of communication. Sometimes face to face is better. That does mean a trip into the…

I think I was born way before people regularly went to the movies. Or maybe it was just that we lived too far away to go to the cinema? We didn’t even have electricity where we lived. Jean Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I still love it! They didn’t refer to the cartoon characters as “Cartoons”, they always called them Toons. I would laugh when they’d say something about Toons! I ended up getting “Died Laughing” on my high school leavers shirt, which is something funny from the movie... no one understood! Wanetta The Sound of Music. And as a teen, all of Elvis’ movies. Kay Another vote for The Sound of Music. I still play Edelweiss on the piano. Carol Shirley Temple films – they were probably the only movies…

Recently a friend shared a photo of a beach crammed with surfers in Dubai. I presumed it was something he’d found online and was posting it for the surfer in the group. My jaw dropped when he revealed he had taken the photo and was in Dubai, breathing Dubai air, doing Dubai stuff. I’ve grown so accustomed to nobody travelling that the thought of someone being overseas was new, exciting and exotic. Travel has regained its mystique, its mojo. So, inspired by the idea of flying to an exhilarating foreign destination, our family recently took a trip to Blenheim! The voyage had it all: parking, embarking, disembarking and everyone looking like ants. I’ve always enjoyed flying, but there’s a new novelty to it. To balance out my bragging, let me…

It’s still likely to be a while before King William V is on the throne. But in the last week, we’ve seen the kind of monarch Prince William will be when he takes on the job he was born to do. He had to face up to negativity during his and wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge’s tour of Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas, and the criticism that their visit “harked back to the days of colonialism” has helped to convince the future king that there needs to be a royal revolution with old-fashioned traditions ditched, say palace sources. The backlash has prompted William, 39, to make plans to change the way things are done when he is king. He called crisis talks with his aides on his return to the…

As a radio host, Jolene James has made a career connecting with people from all walks of life. For the past five years, she has been the voice that wakes Tauranga up as the local Breeze breakfast host and has built a caring community of listeners. Now, Jolene is using her gift of the gab and her big heart to help families through one of the most difficult times in life as a funeral celebrant. “I absolutely love it and it’s made me realise that a lot of people don’t want to talk about death. It’s still quite a taboo subject.” It was a series of sad losses in Jolene’s own life that made her realise her desire to become a funeral celebrant. Jolene’s mum Thelma was only in her…

After a longstanding career as a public health doctor, Cathy Pikholz has ditched the white coat and stethoscope for a needle and thread, and following her passion for sewing and making fashion accessories for our four-legged friends. The 61-year-old has started her own business, Sew Cathy Sew, which she operates from her inner-city Auckland apartment, making bandanas for dogs and collar covers for cats. “With colourful collar covers, birds can see cats coming and have time to fly away,” says Cathy. The animal enthusiast was making clothes even as a young child growing up in the town of Paarl in South Africa. Her mother, Dorothy Brooks, taught her how to sew and she was making lined tailored suits as a teenager. Cathy says she would have loved to pursue a…

Meringue kisses in the garden MAKES 45 2 large egg whites, at room temperature ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar 1 cup plus 1 teaspoon caster sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (optional) Gel food colouring (optional) 1 Preheat oven to 110°C. Line two baking sheets with baking paper. 2 In a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat egg whites on medium speed until foamy, about 3 minutes. While mixer is still running, add cream of tartar and sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time. 3 Once meringue forms soft peaks, about 1 minute, add vanilla and/or food colouring, if using. Continue to whisk until meringue holds stiff peaks, about 8-10 minutes. 4 Transfer meringue to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Press tip to a prepared baking…

Chocolate is a sweet treat most of us love. Unfortunately, what’s delightful to us can be a whole gobble of trouble for our furry family members. Sharing is caring, but check out what’s toxic to your animals before you let them join the Easter hunt! While there is a lot your pets can eat, chocolate should never be on the menu. It contains the compound theobromine, which is poisonous to dogs. The darker the choc, the more dangerous it is – with the ability to cause vomiting, seizures and much more. Milk and dairy-based foods can also cause digestive upset and diarrhoea in pets. The problems are not just with processed foods either – grapes and raisins can cause kidney failure in dogs, macadamia nuts can create all sorts of…

It’s a conundrum. Now that smoking’s no longer cool, what do we do with the cool paraphernalia that sometimes went with it, like cigarette lighters and ashtrays? Some hold special family memories. Take the 1960s cigarette lighter I’ve photographed. It was a promotional gift given to my travel-agent dad by Pan American World Airways, popularly known as Pan Am. It stands nearly as high as my cellphone and it’s a miniature of Pan Am’s famous skyscraper in New York’s Manhattan. “They could take the elevator to the top floor, have a beer and meal at the penthouse restaurant and be choppered off to any of NewYork’s airports” In the ’60s, I thought Pan Am represented everything chic in international air travel. Even the spaceplane in my favourite movie, Stanley Kubrick’s…

Our readers had many well wishes for the happy newlyweds Sam and Sarah Wallace. Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your happy day with us – your dress is just exquisite, Sarah. And how beautiful are your wee ones?! Sarah Absolutely beautiful. Congratulations to you. I purchased the magazine especially to see your beautiful wedding. Ann-Marie Congratulations, Sam and Sarah. May you have many more happy years together. Elaine Sam needs to be on the telly. He is awesome. His wife would be great beside him too. Angela Beautiful couple! Congratulations and God bless. Santa Bella Two very nice people. Congratulations. Linda Oh, my goodness, so beautiful. I love this family. How gorgeous and loving do they look?! Jo Looking at New Zealand…

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Finally, I can tell you! After years of politely declining the opportunity to appear on Dancing with the Stars – in fact, I think I wrote a column a couple of years ago as to the reasons why I simply couldn’t bring myself to say yes, even though I absolutely love the show – I have finally succumbed. I said yes. I will almost certainly be the oldest and sturdiest contestant ever. My poor darling dance partner will have his work cut out for him, trundling me around the dance floor, and there is the very real possibility I will make an absolute idiot of myself. But meh. I’ve embarrassed myself before and lived to tell the tale. It’s a wonderful opportunity to get back into exercise and, most importantly,…

While I love a twisty novel as much as anyone, stories about ordinary people dealing with normal life events can be equally compelling. Their hopes and heartbreaks, the secrets they hide from one another and the challenges they face all add up to a lot of story. Joanna Trollope used to be the queen of what was dubbed the “Aga saga” – producing novels about mostly middle-class folk navigating their lives. But these days she has some hot competition. Best-selling author Erica James writes similarly absorbing family dramas. This one is about 63-year-old Naomi Miller and her two grown-up daughters, Martha and Willow. Naomi has been recreating herself after the sudden death of her husband Colin, a powerful personality and always the life of the party. She has stayed in…