Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 5, 2023 i New Zealand Woman's Weekly

Star news Who caught our eye this week The rest of the royal family haven’t had much to grin about of late. However, Zara Tindall and her husband Mike are far, far away from the controversy surrounding claims made by her cousin Prince Harry in his memoir Spare, and look like they’re making the most of being out of the fray. The parents of Mia, eight, Lena, four, and Lucas, one, have been in Australia fulfilling Zara’s duties as an ambassador for the Magic Millions equestrian events, and couldn’t stop smiling as they horsed around in front of the cameras at a race day on the Gold Coast. The loved-up pair, who celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary last year, weren’t shy about smooching in public or pulling silly poses as…

Weekly tribute One became a member of the British royal family; the other was the only child of a music legend. On paper, Sarah, Duchess of York, and Lisa Marie Presley, had very little in common. But both knew what it was like to live life in the spotlight and to have been married to men embroiled in sex scandals. Those shared experiences led to the duchess and the King of Rock ’n’ Roll’s daughter becoming friends. One of the most surprising details to emerge in the wake of Lisa Marie’s tragic death on January 12 is just how close the pair were, and how their friendship was built on the support they were able to provide for each other, having been through the trauma of an ex-husband (Prince Andrew…

The wrap up... The Stewart clan is expanding! Liam, the youngest child of Rod Stewart and Rachel Hunter, shared the happy news that he and partner Nicole Artukovich are expecting a baby boy in May. The 28-year-old’s large, blended family – he is one of eight siblings on his famous father’s side – couldn’t contain their excitement when Liam posted the announcement on social media. But none were more delighted than Rachel, 53, who enthused, “Love you guys. I’m so excited – the best Mum and Dad ever. I can’t wait! Finally, I get to tell everyone.” After a tough 2022 for Rod following the death of two of his brothers only months apart, his new year has begun with joy. His daughter Ruby, 35, from his marriage to Kelly…

Slowly but surely, Princess Charlene of Monaco has been finding her feet after taking a year out to deal with her health issues. Now, the European royal is preparing to celebrate a significant milestone – her 45th birthday. And she’s planning to do it in style. “I feel full of energy right now,” shares the princess, who spent most of 2021 in South Africa, away from her husband Prince Albert, 64, and their young twins, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella. “I’ve had an active year and it’s done me a lot of good,” she shares. “My health remains the most important thing to me, along with the love of those I hold dear.” Palace insiders say Zimbabwe-born, South Africa-raised Charlene – a former Olympic swimmer – is planning her own…

A cup of tea with... New Zealand national surfing champion Paige Hareb, 32, is a professional surfer who competes internationally and hopes to surf at the next Olympics. She fits in a quick cuppa with the Weekly while travelling the world to surfing competitions. You spent last year competing as a professional surfer around the world. What has been the highlight for you? It was my first full year competing again around the world since being home in New Zealand for two years because of Covid. I wasn’t that happy with my results, but just to travel the world again was such a freeing feeling, and I made the most of it by taking time away from the ocean and exploring new places and countries that I wouldn’t normally go…

Fried chicken sandwich MAKES 4 PREP + COOK TIME 25 MINS 4 chicken thigh fillets (about200g each) 1/3 cup (80ml) low-salt soy sauce¼ cup (60ml) Shaoxing wine1 cup (150g) plain flour1 teaspoon each finely groundwhite pepper and onion powderPeanut oil, for shallow-frying8 slices fresh bread, butteredHot sauce, for serving COLESLAW 400g cabbage, shredded¼ cup (75g) whole egg mayonnaise½ small red onion, thinly sliced 1 Combine chicken, soy sauce and Shaoxing wine in a medium bowl. Marinate for 5 minutes. 2 Combine flour, white pepper and onion powder in a medium bowl with a good pinch of sea salt flakes. Dip chicken into flour mixture, then return to marinade to coat. Repeat to coat thickly in flour mixture. 3 In a large heavy-based frying pan, heat enough oil to shallow fry…

It’s a real achievement to secure an interview, so it is important to take a moment to acknowledge this and celebrate. Your CV has obviously demonstrated the appropriate skills and experience needed in the role you have applied for. Now, to nail the meeting! Dress the part Dress appropriately for the job, such as business clothes for an office job or tidy casual clothes for a labouring job. A rule of thumb is to always dress professionally whatever the role, regardless of whether it’s for an interview in person or via video. Highlight your skills An interview gives you the opportunity to sell your skills, knowledge and experience to the employer, and what value you would bring to their organisation. It is just as important not to overemphasise your current…

PISCES Feb 20 – Mar 20 There is a financial discussion and you will be a little hesitant with what is being asked of you. It seems someone needs urgent cash; the amount may be small, but it’s not something you can risk. Either give it as a gift or say no. If you’re in a team sport, get ready to take on a key position. ARIES Mar 21 – Apr 20 Telling a secret is a powerful act. You’re going to be in a position where if you do repeat private information, it will save someone some embarrassment. The fact you like and respect this person is reason to do so. But please double-check the facts and make sure you understand the situation. If you’re not sure, don’t tell.…

A great chat with the queen of talk back Well! What a fabulous city Melbourne is! You may already know this, if you have family or friends in Melbourne, but the city was a revelation to me. The only time I’ve visited was some years back, when I was asked to turn my book, Short Fat Chick to Marathon Runner, into an audio book. I flew to Melbourne, was put up in a hotel near the recording studio – which was in an industrial area of the city – and I spent the weekend in the studio putting my story into words. I saw nothing of Melbourne’s attractions. But this time… I was totally Tina the Tourist! My friends (one of whom is my former Dancing with the Stars partner)…

DARWIN’S SUPER-POOPING WORM SPECTACULAR (Allen & Unwin, $27.99) For younger children, this is the fascinating story of how Victorian-era naturalist Charles Darwin came to discover that the humble earthworm is one of the most important species on our planet as it sustains and enriches the soil that our food grows in. Told in an amusing style, with pull-out panels to add fun to the facts, kids aged six to nine will never look at earthworms in the same way again. THE STARS DID WANDER DARKLING by Colin Meloy (HarperCollins, $19.99) A suspenseful horror story set in 1980’s Oregon that is aimed at younger fans of the TV show Stranger Things. Archie Coombes lives in a sleepy seaside town. Suddenly, the adults there have started acting strangely. He and his friend’s…

Star WEEKLY The hottest celebrity scoop Little Red Riding Hood, eat your heart out! Screen goddess Margot Robbie, 32, set the red carpet on fire at the UK premiere of her new movie Babylon and to complete her look, she had none other than her handsome co-star Brad Pitt, 59, by her side. The pair have been traversing the globe promoting their new movie, attending awards shows as the film – which has divided critics – has been raking in the nominations. Despite their busy schedule, Brad and Margot are clearly having a lot fun together. Margot enthused of the A-lister, “It’s the third film we’ve appeared in and we’ve never acted together until this film. So that was a wonderful gift. He’s so, so wonderful.”…

When the New Year’s Honours were announced earlier this month, I was thrilled for Miranda Harcourt, who was appointed a Dame. Regular Weekly readers will have seen her in our pages throughout the years – most recently our 90th birthday special issue and when her mum, Dame Kate, turned 95. I sent Miranda a message congratulating her and asking if she would do a story with us about her new honour, and she agreed, but I was surprised to read that she was worried she may not receive it due to an incident in her past. I also think it’s incredible that they now have two Dames in the family – a fact Miranda had to keep a secret until the announcement – but Kate’s joy, captured on camera by…

It’s not something many of us will experience in our lifetime, but being appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit hasn’t changed acting coach Miranda Harcourt one iota. Life continues as normal, but she says the lead-up to her award was an interesting six weeks. Firstly, she couldn’t tell anybody that it was going to happen in the New Year’s Honours list and secondly, she had a skeleton in the closet which she thought might get in the way. “They send you an email saying that you have been recommended, but stress that it still has to be approved by King Charles and his team, who sign off these awards,” says Dame Miranda, 60. “They run checks on you and they might find you’ve got a…

When Debbie Ngarewa-Packer sits down to speak to the Weekly from her South Taranaki home, she has just finished Sunday family lunch. Whānau is everything to the Māori Party co-leader, which is why she and husband Neil bought a 3.8 hectare block of reclaimed land near her tiny home town to live on with their children and grandchildren. Away from the hustle of politics, it’s an intergenerational sanctuary where Debbie, 56, helps raise her mokopuna and grows food to share with the community. Surrounded by the land and people she loves most, Debbie has everything she’s ever dreamed of. But the hard-working wahine will never forget the tough times she’s overcome on the way. In her own words, she openly shares her life experiences, from escaping an abusive relationship to…

On the walls of the East Coast Bays Rugby clubroom, amongst framed pictures of hallowed players who went on to become famous All Blacks, is a photo of another star: Hollie Beattie. She didn’t play rugby for long, but the nine-year-old made a lasting impact on others, mostly for her bravery, resilience and spunk. Hollie passed away last May from a rare, aggressive form of cancer called neuroblastoma. Before her death, she made headlines when Kiwis generously donated more than $600,000 to send her to Spain, where a trial treatment targeted the cancer in her brain and spinal fluid. Sadly, it didn’t give the family the potential cure they had hoped for. “Neuroblastoma is a really tough one to beat and we knew the odds were stacked against us,” tells…

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The beloved broadcaster’s reflections on life Funny, the things we miss. Why don’t our vegetables come wrapped in newspaper any more? I miss unwrapping a cabbage or cauliflower and having a headline suddenly catch my eye. Usually they were headlines you wouldn’t have heard about on the TV or radio – New Toilet for Mana Station. Or from the court pages – Local Clown Loses Licence. The family meal might even be held up as you worked your way through the creased newsprint to get to the bottom of a story. I don’t know why veges aren’t wrapped in newspaper any more. Did plastic take over? There was concern that something nasty in the newsprint might rub off onto the veges. But I don’t recall anyone getting newsprint poisoning. Fish…

Letters to the Editor ● Winning letter SPARE US, HARRY Who can forget the memory of Princess Diana, William and Harry enjoying water rides – the fun, the laughter, the love? Such a contrast from previous photos of the royal family and no doubt far removed from the childhood of Prince Charles. Then the compassion and empathy we felt for the bereaved 15- and 12-year-old lads following behind the coffin of their beloved mother. Harry’s body language said it all. I was in total disbelief, imagining what this incomprehensible action would have and how it would affect him later on. When the Sussexes left The Firm to forge a life of their own in another country, I wished them well. Editor Marilynn’s wise and well-chosen words (NZWW, Jan 23) summed…

After a devastating year in which she’s been hit with tax fraud charges that carry the threat of jail time – in addition to the end of her 12-year relationship – pop star Shakira has snapped. The Colombian singer, 45, recently released a diss track called Out of Your League, in which she lambasts her ex-partner, football pro Gerard Pique. And last week, she set up a terrifying life-sized witch doll on the balcony of her home in Barcelona, Spain, which reportedly overlooks her former mother-in-law’s apartment, and played the track at full volume. In the song, the hitmaker sings, “You left my mother-in-law as my neighbour, with the press at the door and the debt in the Treasury”, and she also taunts her former flame and his new paramour…

Everyone has a moment they will never forget that changed the trajectory of their life forever. For Lucy Lovegrove, that moment was landing the role of one of Chris Warner’s long-lost triplets on New Zealand’s favourite soap opera. “Shortland Street changed my life in every imaginable way,” the 32-year-old shares from her home in Melbourne. “It’s one of those classic actor stories. I was working in a bookshop in Melbourne and I literally had 30 cents in my bank account when I got the role. Suddenly, I had a one-year job and I had to move to another country in six days.” Lucy packed up the apartment she had recently moved into with her boyfriend Josh, 31, and set up a new life in New Zealand, while navigating the busy…

Kate Winslet has spent most of her adult life keeping her children out of the limelight – so much so that her two eldest kids had no idea their mother was a world-famous star until they were teenagers. How times have changed! Kate and her 22-year-old actress daughter Mia Threapleton are now blazing up the screen together. The mother-and-daughter duo have starred in a feature-length film called I Am Ruth, which recently aired on British TV, and Titanic star Kate, 47, confesses she didn’t consider her girl for the movie until she was a long way down the track of creating the script with director Dominic Savage. “I suddenly went, ‘Oh, my gosh. Mia could definitely do it, but you’d have to meet her and talk with her, and see…

Margherita bagel pizzas PREP + COOK TIME 15 MINS SERVES 2 2 bagels, halved horizontally2 tablespoons olive oil¹⁄³ cup (95g) garlic, onionand herbs pizza sauce8 cherry bocconcini, halved100g mixed baby heirloom orcherry tomatoes, halvedBasil leaves, to serve 1 Preheat grill to high. Position shelf to sit in the top third of the oven. Line an oven tray with baking paper. 2 Brush bagel halves with half the oil and place on tray. Grill for 1 minute each side or until golden. Cool slightly. 3 Spread each bagel half with pizza sauce. Top with bocconcini and tomatoes. Drizzle with remaining oil. Grill for 3 minutes or until cheese is melted and tomatoes are softened slightly. 4 Top pizzas with basil leaves to serve. Swap it Use your favourite pizza base instead…

The way you apply your eye make-up can make or break an entire beauty look. Choice of eyeshadow shades, placement of eyeliner and even prep steps can be the difference between eyes that look tired and small, or youthful and bright. And as the eyes are often the first place to show signs of ageing, the techniques we learnt in our twenties may not work as well as we get older. Here are some new tricks to enhance, rather than hide, and some of our favourite products to get the job done right! USE A CONCEALER THAT DOES MORE THAN JUST COVER When aiming to conceal darkness and lines near the eyes, a hydrating formula or one with light-reflecting particles is always a great idea. Using a separate concealer to…

Forget dull, utilitarian work stations that belong hidden out of sight. The expansion of office design reflects the changing nature of working from home and with many of us living in smaller spaces, the home office can now be in any room. As such, furniture companies are seeing greater demand for items that are well-designed, ergonomic and functional but look good, whether you work in a corner of your kitchen, a living room or a study. Follow the trend Expect natural timber pieces such as desks with warm timber tones, and chairs that pair a wooden frame with soft cushioning and upholstery to dominate this year. But remember to welcome splashes of bright, bold colours to bring energy and joy. There’s less emphasis just on function and more on style…

Musings from our favourite Kiwi funnywoman I ’ve decided I only want to work when the weather is lousy. Fortunately, it’s another grey old day out there, so I’m more than willing to stay indoors and elaborate. Think of this as my personal contribution to the global movement towards Flexible Working Hours. FWH looks like it will be the biggest change to how we arrange our lives since the invention of the eight-hour working day in 1840. So not exactly a sudden move, right? But significant. Which is why I want to get in on the ground floor while we’re still designing how FWH works in practice. The current thinking goes that for lots of workers, being present in the workplace from nine-to-five, Monday to Friday, is less important than…

Reflections from a stand-up guy I promise you will enjoy this article. Ooooh. Do you feel that? The slight extra tension? Suddenly the stakes have been raised. Normally, if you found my regular scribbling a bit dull, you would probably think a tiny “Meh” and move on with your day. Not this time: a promise has been made! Now you will be most indignant if not satisfied. You will feel lied to. You might even track me down, confront me and tell me, with the tone of a hurt child, “But you promised!” Because we’ve endowed the idea of a promise with magical qualities. Last week, my daughter said if I gave her an extra hour on her iPad, she would go to bed on time. Detecting some scepticism from…

Sinister, playful and addictively good, this is not your run-of-the-mill crime thriller. Instead, it’s a puzzle box, a story within a story within a story, fairly complex, yet somehow never too clever for its own good. Adele Rafferty used to be a semi-famous soap star back in Ireland, but then things went wrong with her career and now she’s working as a motel receptionist in LA, struggling to break back into acting. She is at the point of giving up when she’s offered the chance of a role in a top-secret horror movie being shot deep in a forest in West Cork. The lead actress has dropped out and they need Adele straight away. It seems like the answer to her problems and she impulsively hurries home to Ireland. Arriving…