Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 11, 2023 i New Zealand Woman's Weekly

There’s been much speculation over the title Camilla, Queen Consort, will use now that her husband Charles is King. But there’ll be no more debate once the coronation has been held on May 6 – she’ll simply be known as Queen Camilla. The palace has already started to make subtle changes – for example, the charity Camilla founded to encourage a love of books has had an official name change from The Duchess of Cornwall’s Reading Room to the Queen’s Reading Room. It’s also understood the Court Circular – the official register of royal engagements – will be updated to reflect the change. Since Elizabeth II died last year and Charles, 74, became monarch, Camilla, 75, has been referred to as Queen Consort, as it’s the proper title for the…

The wrap up... Lady Gaga is keeping a Poker Face after being slapped with a lawsuit by one of the people involved in the theft of her dogs. The Born This Way singer, 36, was devastated in February 2021 when her dog walker was shot while out with her three French bulldogs, Asia, Kohi and Gustav, in West Hollywood. The dog walker, Ryan Fischer, 40, was rushed to hospital with a bullet wound to the chest and two of the dogs, Kohi and Gustav, were bundled into the thieves’ car and driven away. Gaga was in Italy at the time, filming crime drama House of Gucci, and the next day the 13-times Grammy winner issued a “no questions asked” reward of more than $800,000 for her pets’ safe return. Soon…

They had one of the most expensive weddings in history – but behind the scenes, it appears the day Brooklyn Beckham said “I do” to heiress Nicola Peltz was less dream and more nightmare! Now, the full drama of the couple’s $5.5 million nuptials has been laid bare in a shocking 188-page lawsuit. Within the pages of the legal documents, excruciating details have been revealed, including an assertion by Nicola’s billionaire father Nelson Peltz that the wedding should have been cancelled and claims that the Peltz family gave firm instructions to their wedding planners to keep the Beckhams in the dark about the chaos leading up to their eldest son’s big day. “This lawsuit epitomises the world of the uber-wealthy,” says a source, “and it’s not always a pretty picture.”…

‘Everyone has skills they can offer’ Micki Michau and partner Jack Jensen are a force for good, determined to help others, spread positivity and prove anything is possible. When Cyclone Gabrielle devastated their Hawke’s Bay hometown, they leapt into action, assisting with rescues, and in the coming days coordinating a mammoth and ongoing volunteer effort. “We were straight into manual labour,” says Micki, 27. “Jack’s been in there with a spade from day one doing whatever needs doing, even picking up deceased stock. It’s hard work, but he just got straight in.” Sharing the recovery efforts on social media, Jack, 26, was inundated with people wanting to help, so partner Micki came up with Hawke’s Bay Helping – a simple website where people can post asking for help and be…

Italian meatballs base recipe PREP & COOK TIME 45 MINUTES SERVES 8 (OR 4 WITH LEFTOVERS, RECIPES FOLLOWING) 1 cup (70g) fresh breadcrumbs 1/3 cup (80ml) soy sauce, plus2 tablespoons extra500g pork mince500g beef mince1 egg1 onion, grated or finely chopped1 teaspoon fennel seeds¼ cup chopped flat-leaf parsley¼ cup chopped sage leaves2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil2 x 400g cans finely chopped tomatoes¾ cup (180ml) water2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan. Place breadcrumbs, soy sauce, pork, beef, egg, onion, fennel seeds, parsley and sage in a large bowl. Season with freshly ground pepper and mix well to combine. 2 Roll approximately 2 tablespoons of the mixture into meatballs. Transfer to an oven tray or plate in a single layer and refrigerate for 15 minutes, to firm…

STATEMENT MIDIS With its flattering length and chic silhouette, an on-trend midi frock suits all body types. These options can be dressed up or down by switching accessories to suit your destination. ACCESSORISE UP Elevate your ensembles with a patterned accessory. Don’t worry about clashing prints and patterns, this is the vibe right now, so dip in and try something new. TAILORED SEPARATES When looking for tailored pieces, stick to solid colours and user-friendly textiles so you can mix and match with other pieces in your wardrobe. FANCY FEET Break out of the mould with some stylish footwear. Look for textured styles that offer a point of difference to any outfit. CHECK IT OUT Step out of plain trousers and get into a pair of checked ones instead! Style with…

Baby blues are feelings of sadness you may experience after having a baby. Although it differs across countries, it’s very common to experience the baby blues. However, it’s estimated that between 10 and 20 percent of mothers are affected by the more serious condition postnatal depression, and in very rare instances the even more severe postpartum psychosis. The onset of postnatal depression occurs within six weeks of giving birth, although it can emerge up to a year after the baby is born. Important note When it comes to the baby blues, and especially postnatal depression, it is important to remember that you are not at fault. What you are experiencing is an illness and not a reflection of you as a mother or as a woman. Did you know? Up…

ARIES Mar 21 – Apr 20 It’s time to network. Go to every meet and greet you can and join online groups in your industry, sport or culture. The more people who see your name, the more opportunity comes your way. If you’re dipping your toe into online dating, a good photo is all-important. TAURUS Apr 21 – May 21 Mix it up and bring your different groups of friends together. You have many interests, and you have different friends and acquaintances from each one. Most have never met. Be brave and instead of throwing a couple of parties as you usually do, throw one big one. You’ll be surprised at how everyone gets on. GEMINI May 22 – Jun 21 A hoody and track pants is great for a…

A great chat with the queen of talk back And finally, finally Mum is in her new apartment at The Orchards. I have just this minute left her, happy as a bivalve, sitting in her new armchair in the place she can now call home. Craig, the lovely maintenance man, has hung all her paintings and photos. Her clothes are stowed away neatly, the fridge is full and everything is arranged just so. To be honest, though, it felt like home the first time we walked through the door, even before we’d unpacked. Mum walked in and gave me a hug, and said, “Oh, Kerre! It’s even better than I remembered!” Which is just as well, really. She’d only seen the apartment once, for about 20 minutes, and couldn’t really…

Digging up truths Life isn’t a bed of roses for three intriguing women If ever there was a time that we needed stories to escape into, this past summer has been it. And I particularly liked escaping with this novel. Love, glamour, secrets, broken hearts and a beautiful garden – it’s the perfect recipe for a distracting and enjoyable read. It opens in 1981, the year that Princess Diana married Prince Charles. However, the upcoming royal nuptials are the last thing that Libby Mortimer wants to think about. She has just caught her fiancé in bed with her best friend and her own wedding plans are in tatters. Libby does the only sensible thing – runs away. She goes to stay at Larkspur House with her great-aunt Bess and Elfrida…

It’s been just six months since Catherine became the Princess of Wales and in this week’s issue, we look at how she is creating her legacy. Whether she is dressed to the nines, on a sports field or flipping pancakes, Kate seems to radiate confidence and caring. From page six, find out how she’s making a mark on her role. In our Weekly People pages, we have a special feature with some of those who have been impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle. We meet helicopter pilot Joe, who has saved multiple lives in rescue missions, volunteers who are doing what they can to help, as well as Te Kīra, whose cat alerted her to the imminent danger. Our hearts continue to go out to all those who are still affected, and…

Paris Hilton has revealed she didn’t tell her family about the arrival of her first baby until a week after his birth. Phoenix Barron Hilton Reum was born in January by surrogate and Paris, 42, says she and her entrepreneur husband Carter Reum, 42, wanted to keep his birth as private as possible. “Not even my mum, my sisters, my best friend knew until he was over a week old,” shares the hotel heiress. “It was really nice to have that with Carter, be our own journey together. I just feel like my life has been so public and I’ve never really had anything be just mine. “We were just nervous because if you tell a person, then they tell someone and all the sudden it’s on TMZ… When I…

She might recently have turned 85, but there’s no keeping Jane Fonda down. Last year, the Grace and Frankie star revealed she was battling a form of blood cancer called non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. But the Hollywood icon has confirmed she’s through the worst of it. “Sometimes my energy just gave out,” shares Jane of her fight to restore herself to optimum health. “Normally I can hold a push-up for a couple of minutes. When the chemo was in me, after 30 seconds I’d collapse.” The star, who shot to fame in the 1968 movie Barbarella, underwent her last chemotherapy treatment in mid-November. The good news is, she’s now in remission – and just in time, with three movies to promote in the first half of this year. “Even at the height…

As Tina Cross prepares to make her grand return to the stage this month in a production of Wicked the Musical, she can hardly believe it’s happening. But after three years of preparation thanks to Covid cancellations, Tina thinks this could be her finest performance yet. “I’m so excited it’s really going to happen!’ enthuses the chart-topping singer. “I feel like I have some unfinished business to attend to.” While she has been on an emotional roller-coaster ride with the postponements of the show, Tina appreciates how Wicked has been one of the constants in her life during a period of personal upheaval. Two years ago, Tina’s marriage ended and though they are on good terms, in March last year she packed her things and moved to Sydney in search…

Cyclone Gabrielle special report Woken by the constant miaowing of her cat Kore at 5.45am on Tuesday, February 14, Kezia-Joy Whakamoe had no idea what she was about to experience or that the early wake-up call was potentially lifesaving. As she headed to the bathroom, the single mother-of-one, who chooses to go by her Māori name Te Kīra, could hear the strangely loud rushing of water below. One look outside her Waiohiki Arts Village home and she knew they were in trouble. “We were submerged like we were in a lake,” recalls Te Kīra, 46, who wasn’t worried about the approaching Cyclone Garbrielle when she went to sleep the night before. At that time, she says it was raining and a bit windy, “but we’d had much worse before”. But…

US-born theatre producer Daisy Remington decided she needed a new name on social media when she went from raising her family in Auckland to becoming a farmer. “I thought because I was moving to the farm, I needed a farming name,” she explains. “Then one day in winter I was feeding the cows and thought, ‘Whenever I’m out working in the paddock, I always end up getting hay all over me.’ So, I decided to change my online profile to ‘A Pocket Full of Hay’ because that’s literally what farming is all about.” Raised in Orange County, in the “well-irrigated deserts of Southern California”, Daisy, 41, moved to New Zealand with her Kiwi husband Russell Clarke in 2007. Growing up in the US with an African-American father, a European mother…

Fundraiser chocolate cake PREP + COOK TIME 1 HOUR 15 MINS 2 cups (500ml) water3 cups (660g) caster sugar250g butter, chopped¹/³ cup (35g) cocoa powder1 teaspoon baking soda3 cups (450g) self-raising flour4 eggs2 tablespoons vegetable oil2 teaspooons vanilla extract FUDGE FROSTING 140g butter, chopped½ cup (125ml) water¾ cup (165g) caster sugar2 ¼ cups (360g) icing sugar½ cup (50g) cocoa powder 1 Preheat oven to 170°C/150°C fan. Grease a deep 26.5cm x 33cm (14-cup) baking dish. Line base and sides with baking paper. 2 Combine water, sugar, butter, sifted cocoa powder and baking soda in a medium saucepan. Stir over heat, without boiling, until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to a large bowl of an electric mixer. Cool to room…

Eyebrows are one of the most important – but also the most underappreciated – features on our face and they just don’t get the credit they deserve for their ability to truly transform. When our brows look good, we usually don’t notice them. What we do notice is that the whole face looks wonderfully lifted. TOP TIPS FOR TWEEZING As we age, our brows naturally thin out. This is mainly due to the fact that as years of tweezing or waxing accumulate, the hair follicles become weaker and the hairs grow back more slowly, if at all. The good news is that we don’t have to tweeze as often, but a magnifying make-up mirror is a must! Try to tweeze after taking a shower as the warmth relaxes the pores…

The beloved broadcaster’s reflections on life Remember antique and colonial furniture? Many of us had much-loved pieces in the house. The most eye-catching would’ve been a grandfather clock in the hallway. But more practical were solid dining tables with turned legs or the classic sideboards we hunted down at auctions. But it seems the appeal of antiques has waned. When my wife Linda and I downsized, we offered an old railway clock, six 100-year-old Bentwood chairs and an old framed artwork to one of my sons and his girlfriend. They’d moved to a larger house. They gave it all due consideration and politely declined the lot. Didn’t suit their house. Too dark. Too cheerless. And I think theirs was a good call. What’s happened to antiques, the “sturdy furnishings of…

Letters to the Editor DITCHING THE DEBT ● Winning letter I loved Lynda Moore’s story “I lost everything... Now I’m a Financial Whizz” (NZWW, March 6). Having had similar experiences (communication gridlock, financial crisis, marriage breakdown and a series of deathbed redemption scenes), I just wish I knew then what I know now. I’m sure there’s plenty to learn from Lynda’s book. Lynda (and I) found that our failures can be stepping stones to success. Trials like this can be the catalyst for a paradigm shift, but it’s a harsh life lesson. Lynda’s book will have valuable insightful advice for other couples who are grappling with similar challenges. Di. This week’s winning letter writer receives an Ísey Skyr prize pack, complete with a Sunnylife cooler bag and Ísey Skyr vouchers,…

Winning combo While Cate Blanchett, 53, is well on her way to winning her third Oscar with Tár, it was Mindy Kaling, 43, who was in the spotlight at the Producers Guild Awards in Los Angeles. The Office star and six-time Emmy nominee was honoured with the Norman Lear Achievement Award for her contributions to television. Good medicine After publicly criticising the UK government over the National Health Service’s long wait times, rocker Sir Rod Stewart, 78, put his money where his mouth was and paid for a full day of scans at a hospital in Essex to help reduce pressure on the service. SI STER ACT Almost 30 years after her first Sydney Pride appearance, Kylie Minogue, 54, was on hand to close the WorldPride celebrations with the help…

Royal update It’s being hailed as the crowning glory of the coronation weekend, but the concert in honour of Charles III could prove to be a fizzer as many of the UK’s top stars have had to turn down the invitation to perform. The King was said to be keen for Adele and Ed Sheeran to headline the show, which will be held at Windsor Castle the day after the coronation at Westminster Abbey. However, Shape of You singer Ed can’t make it as he’s performing in Texas the night before, and Adele is also unavailable due to other commitments. Longtime royal favourite Sir Elton John was also on Charles’ list, but will be in the middle of gigs in Germany. Grammy winner Harry Styles – performing in Auckland this…

They’re Hollywood royalty – and now they’ve got the palace to prove it! Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas have reportedly snagged themselves an apartment at St James’ Palace in London, where King Charles, Queen Consort Camilla, Princess Anne and Princes Beatrice also have digs. “It’s just perfect for their requirements when they’re visiting the capital,” says a source. In 2015, it became possible for non-royals to rent at the palace and an insider tells, “In theory, anyone can apply, but all prospective tenants are subject to security and background checks.” No Reservations actress Catherine, 53, and Michael, 78, already own properties in New York, Majorca, Bermuda and Canada, but their rental pad in London brings with it an array of blue-blooded neighbours. Says Welsh born-and-bred Catherine of the Queen Consort,…

Local talent Walking out onto the rugby field at the start of a new season is a big moment for any player, but none more so than Charmaine Smith. After coming back from being medically retired in 2020, the mum-of-one is making the most of her second chance. “Every time I go to a training or I have to go for a run in the rain, I think, ‘This is so cool that I’m able to do this,’ because I know what it feels like to not have it,” tells the Black Fern. “My biggest goal is to show my daughter that she can be anything she wants to be. It’s okay to fail, as long as you’ve tried as hard as you can.” At the start of 2020, Charmaine…

Cyclone Gabrielle special report In the weeks since Cyclone Gabrielle hit Hawke’s Bay, helicopter pilot Joe Faram has seen it all. From terrified families huddled together on rooftops waiting for him to save them, to rural outposts completely cut off from the rest of the region and multi-storey homes buried in silt. The local legend is responsible for rescuing a huge number of people as raging floods tore through towns on February 14 and since then has been overrun flying vital supplies, assisting with restoring power and communications networks, plus doing welfare checks. “I’m no more the hero than any of the other local pilots who jumped into action,” says Joe humbly. “We all flew 10 to 11 hours that day, and together rescued well over 300 people and lots…

Spatchcock, harissa & cavolo-nero SERVES 2 1 spatchcock chicken (see note)½ lemon, grilled10g extra virgin olive oil HARISSA 4 red capsicums,1 onion10 cloves garlic6 red chillies Olive oil1 tbsp ground cumin2 tsp ground coriander1 tsp ground caraway1 tsp ground peppercorns3 tbsp tomato passata or pasta sauce SAUTÉD CAVOLO-NERO 30g cavolo-nero spinach10g extra virgin olive oil½ clove garlic, thinly sliced5-7 slices large red chilli 1 To make the harissa, roughly chop all the vegetables and sauté in a pan with olive oil. Add spices, but not tomato passata, and cook really slowly until all moisture has gone. Add passata, cooking out all moisture. 2 Blitz in a mixer or use a hand blender until smooth. Set aside. 3 Grill spatchcock in the oven on 180˚C, starting on the skin side. Turn…

YOU WILL NEED ● 50g Sirdar Snuggly 8ply (DK) (55% nylon, 45% acrylic, 50g/165m) 1 ball each of lilac and light grey (or colours of your choice) ● 3.75mm knitting needles ● Tapestry needle TENSION 26sts and 30 rows to 10 x 10cm in garter stitch, using 3.75mm needles. MEASUREMENTS Size: 6-12 months – sole is 11.5cm long. BOOTIES (MAKE 2) Cast on 35sts loosely in lilac. Row 1: (K1, P2, K2) to end. Next row: (P2, K2, P1) to end. Next row: Repeat first row. Next row: (P2, k2tog leaving the 2sts on the needle and knitting into the first st again before slipping sts off needle, P1) to end. Repeat these 4 rows another 3 times, then the first row only. Next row: (K1, P1) to end. Next…

Musings from our favourite Kiwi funnywoman For a while – and this is no longer true – but for about a year, I had a hairdresser who hated me. Hate is a strong word. I mean, he looked bored when I arrived at the salon, could barely summon the energy to cover me with a cape. Rolled his eyes when I told him what I’d like done. Muttered instructions to the colourist in the tone of someone sharing an insult. Meandered back later with scissors to disagree with me about the length and shape of my fringe. And right at the end – my favourite bit – he’d do a sort of sarcastic flourish in the mirror as we both looked at the final effect, as if to say, “Ghastly!…

Reflections from a stand-up guy You’re possibly reading this thinking, “Hey, I’ve got a few minutes spare, I’ll have a quick read of what my mate Corby has been up to. Then I’ll get on with my day.” And that’s all I can hope for. Once you’re finished reading, you move on and our transaction is done. Communication ceases until next time you decide to grant me some of your valuable time. Thanks, by the way. I’m finding this is often not the case in my interactions these days. Somehow, in the last few years, companies have become just a little needy. Hotels, airlines, ride companies, online services and banks to name a few. Sometimes, only minutes after making use of their services, they’re back in touch via email, asking,…

Not a lot of people know this about me, but… I’m very good at playing knuckle bones using my left hand. And yet, I’m right-handed – go figure. The song I listen to when I need a pick-me-up is… Give You Blue by Allen Stone. I heard it the first time when me and the kids were in Melbourne for my brother’s wedding. A brilliant weekend full of wha¯nau, kai and ko¯rero [conversation]! The shops I can’t walk past are… Service Depot and Kowtow in Wellington and The Shelter in Auckland. I love [designer] Jimmy D – he is totally awesome, so I have his website on speed dial. Big fan… And if I’m buying overseas brands, there is an amazing website Matches based in the UK. My dream Sunday…