Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 5, 2024 i New Zealand Woman's Weekly

LEONA LEWIS Action-spy movie Argylle is the latest must-see film – and the guest list at London’s Leicester Square’s red carpet was awash with stars. The storyline, which follows an introverted novelist whose book apparently starts to play out in real life, stars Henry Cavill, 40, Dua Lipa, 28, Bryce Dallas Howard, 42, and Samuel L. Jackson, 75. Supermodel Claudia Schiffer, 53, who is married to the film’s director Matthew Vaughn, 52, accessorised her Versace dress with a backpack containing her pet cat Chip on the red carpet! In the movie, Elly Conway (played by Bryce Dallas) is “a reclusive author in a series of bestselling espionage novels, whose idea of bliss is a night at home with her computer and her cat Alfie.”…

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen is mourning the loss of her mother. Vânia Nonnenmacher, 75 – who once appeared with her famous daughter on the cover of Vogue Brasil – passed away in hospital after a battle with cancer. Gisele, 43, had not shared details of her mother’s illness. Two years ago, however, she celebrated Vânia’s birthday on social media, posting photos and declaring, “I am forever grateful for all that you have done and continue to do for us. Thank you for always loving, inspiring and teaching us. Thank you for giving me life.” Vânia was a retired banker and had six daughters, Gisele and her fraternal twin Patricia, Rafaela, Raquel, Graziela and Gabriela. “I grew up witnessing my mother always trying her best at doing all she could for…

On New Year’s Eve as the clocked ticked over to midnight, Wilhelmina Shrimpton counted down with friends, enjoyed a toast and later, quietly, had a cry. It was the realisation of making it through the hardest year of her life – where she “met both the saddest and happiest versions of herself”, coupled with an appreciation of coming out the other side. “If you had said to me at the start of 2023, ‘So, this is what’s going to happen…’ I would have said, ‘You’re insane!’” smiles the awardwinning journalist. “Within eight months, I lost my job, separated from my husband, went to India to work, launched my own business, met someone special and had to find a new place to live. Everything that could’ve changed, changed. They say variety…

The Bremner family trophy cabinet is bursting at the seams with the awards, medals and accolades that come with having two Black Ferns in the family. But for rugby superstars Chelsea and Alana Bremner, their 2022 Rugby World Cup medals are nestled right alongside their first big awards – their Weet-Bix Kids Tryathlon medals. “Mum’s still got all the medals and the photos,” says Chelsea, 28. “We did five Tryathlons when we were kids and she’s kept it all.” It’s the Kiwi-est of sporting starts, and for the super sisters, who grew up in the tiny town of Little River (about an hour outside of Christchurch), sport has been the thread that’s bound them as they pursued their own passions – with elder sister Chelsea only starting to play rugby…

Wrap it Place rocky road in cellophane bags or storage tins and tie with pink or red ribbon. Wrap it Present these sweet melting moments in a glass storage jar or cookie tin. Wrap it Nestle truffles in a lined gift box or mini tin and tie with string. Wrap it Divide shards among paper bags with the tops rolled over. Secure with a heart-shaped sticker, if you’d like. Wrap it Bundle sablés in a new linen napkin or tea towel and tie the corners with a knot.…

By my calculations, those of us with kids and grandkids will have had a moment to chisel the Weet-Bix off our curtains, fish under beds for missing socks and maybe have a full thought process now that schools and kindergartens are open again. It’s always a stop-start thing, the beginning of the year, punctuated as it is by Waitangi Day and some regional anniversary weekends. But I heartily recommend making the most of any spare moments because there’s that long stretch between Matariki in June and Labour Weekend in October when you’ll be dreaming of any kind of break. Maybe you’ve had the chance to work out if your New Year’s resolutions are going to hold. I realised eons ago that any plan I’d made in January to “stop doing…

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THE HABIT REVOLUTION by Dr Gina Cleo (Murdoch Books, $37.99) Willpower doesn’t work. If you want to lead a healthier life, then you need to retrain your brain and reprogramme your habits. So says Dr Gina Cleo, the founder of the Habit Change Institute and an expert on breaking free from unwanted habits – from unhealthy eating to phone scrolling. In this book, she shares simple steps, practical insights and exercises, empowering readers to make lasting change. YOUR POCKET THERAPIST by Dr Annie Zimmerman (Hachette, $37.99) Ever wished you had a therapist by your side to help you better understand your thoughts and feelings, or get through difficult periods in your life? Psychotherapist Dr Annie Zimmerman became a social media star as @_ your_pocket_therapist and now she’s written a book.…

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s time for our annual love issue, with plenty of feel-good stories to warm your heart. Journalist and businesswoman Wilhelmina Shrimpton shares that despite how difficult 2023 was – “everything that could change, did change” – she’s embraced overused clichés such as “the universe only gives you as much as you can handle” because she’s found them to be true. She has taken risks and is looking forward to the year ahead. Good luck, Wils! Our Weekly People section features three beautiful love stories, including a couple who first met each other on their wedding day! They had won a radio station competition and, 20 years later, they’re still in love. Our editorial director Sarah Henry was thrilled to see the story because…

When your parents are both sporting professionals, the chances of growing up being physically active are pretty high. It seems Zara Tindall and her husband Mike have encouraged their kids to exercise from an early age, with their middle child Lena enjoying joining her dad in a charity fun run. Five-year-old Lena jogged alongside former England rugby international Mike at the event held by charity Rugby For Heroes, which helps servicemen and women transition from military service back into civilian life. Mike, 45, is the patron. Lena’s siblings, Mia, 10, and Lucas, two, don’t appear to have been involved, and mum Zara, 42, was competing in an equestrian event, so Lena got to have her dad all to herself.…

Newly minted supermodel septuagenarian Christie Brinkley has better things to think about than her wrinkles. The Uptown Girl, who turned 70 on February 2, says she’s left behind her “sexy sixties” and is now embracing her “sensational seventies”. “I want to accept certain wrinkles,” shares Christie. “That’s the way I’m approaching ageing. Sometimes when people get older and they overdo it, they can look waxy and – I don’t know what the word is – preserved or something. I want a little life to show on my face.” The Sports Illustrated cover girl says she still gets an injectable to smooth some of the lines around her mouth, “but probably just once a year, as opposed to back in the day when I would go in several times during the…

From Pretty Woman to Ticket to Paradise, Julia Roberts has starred in more than her fair share of romantic comedies over the decades. But her greatest love story by far has been her own. “It all starts with Danny Moder, you know?” the Hollywood A-lister shared recently of the life she’s built with her cameraman husband Danny Moder and their three teenage kids. “He’s just really our anchor and our person. And in the most beautiful way, the captain of our ship. And it’s not, like, giving it all away to him. It’s just that for me, understanding how deeply felt life could be really started with him.” This year, Julia, 56, and Danny, 55, will celebrate 22 years of wedded bliss, and the Oscar winner says she was fortunate…

Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds Blake and Ryan’s 11 years of wedded bliss might seem like small-fry compared to most of the couples on this list, but the pair’s relationship is the envy of starwatchers all over the globe, mostly due to their hilarious history of trolling each other. In 2018, for example, they celebrated Valentine’s Day by jesting back and forth on social media about being on different dating apps. Ryan, 47, however, is quick to celebrate his wife, once saying, Blake, 36, is “like MacGyver had a baby with Brigitte Bardot. The most interesting thing about me is her.” They share four children, aged eight, seven, four and one, and, says Ryan, “We don’t split up. I shoot movies and my wife shoots movies, and we go travel…

A full and active life has been at the heart of the 53-year marriage between real estate king Garth Barfoot and his wife Judy. From their early days tramping together, to completing the Rotorua Marathon and later successfully taking on the challenge of the Coast to Coast, activity has sustained the 87-year-old grandparents throughout their rich and full lives. Now living at Bert Sutcliffe Retirement Village in Beach Haven on the North Shore, the pair are still just as active. Garth – who for six decades worked for Barfoot and Thompson, the real estate agency cofounded by his father – is in training for the 2024 Rotorua Marathon in May, followed by the New York City Marathon in November. Meanwhile, Judy regularly walks and swims. Given their shared passions, it…

February is an important month for matters of the heart because of Valentine’s Day, so why not take this opportunity to learn more about your heart’s health? Heart disease is the number-one cause of death in New Zealand and it takes the life of more than 55 women every week. In fact, cardiovascular disease is the number-one killer of women globally. Here, cardiologist Ashleigh Dind explains how to keep your ticker in tip-top condition. Common misconceptions It’s often thought that if you feel healthy, you won’t have a heart problem. While most people who develop heart disease have traditional risk factors such as high blood pressure or raised cholesterol, about 20 percent of people who experience the most serious type of heart attack don’t have any traditional risk factors at…

PISCES Feb 20 – Mar 20 You want to get started, but there’s resistance from people in authority who want more paperwork – more than you think is necessary. Go through all your paperwork, check off the list again and just crack on. There seems to be a deadline here as well, so you’ll want to move quickly. ARIES Mar 21 – Apr 20 If someone has a genuine grievance, you’re more than happy to listen and discuss what can be done, and if you need to make changes, you will. That is part of who you are. But a colleague or client is trying to blow something out of proportion to cause drama. TAURUS Apr 21 – May 21 Intuition is something we all have and yours is finely…

I have a friend who has no sense of smell. This doesn’t seem to hold him back at all. He wears cologne. He likes to smell good for other people, but he told me he had trouble choosing the right smell. He’d have to get shop assistants to describe the particular pongs of the various aftershaves. I told him he smelt good. “Is it woody?” he wanted to know. “This cologne is supposed to be a bit woody.” I assured him that, in a dark room, he might actually be mistaken for a tree. I also am a man who prefers a touch of perfume about him. Like my dad before me with his Old Spice, I have a bottle of something I like to smell of. I won’t be…

The King might be forced into putting his feet up while he recovers from surgery, but at least he has the consolation of knowing three of his nearest and dearest are keeping calm and carrying on on his behalf. His wife, Queen Camilla, has stepped up as the most senior royal family member while Charles, 75, has been out of action. His Majesty’s sister Princess Anne and sister-in-law Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, have also been holding down the fort, with Anne doing an investiture ceremony in place of the King, who is recuperating after a procedure for an enlarged prostate. With his daughter-in-law the Princess of Wales also out of action because of her own surgery for abdominal issues, and his son Prince William taking time out to look after…

A glamorous French art dealer could be the key to revealing the truth about Prince Andrew’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, after it was noted that she flew with them both on the notorious Lolita Express. Alexia Wallaert’s name appears 12 times in the flight logs of Epstein’s private planes, including the one nicknamed the Lolita Express because it transported young women as part of his sex-trafficking ring. The logs, which were among documents recently released as part of a court case, show that one of those trips was a flight from New York to Florida with late sex offender Epstein, his friend Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew, 63. Alexia, 51, who was on the plane in May 2000, has been urged to speak to the police by British lawyer Mark…

Shannen Doherty has revealed some good news amid her battle with stage four cancer, saying that a new infusion programme has had positive results. “After four treatments, we didn’t really see a difference and everyone wanted me to switch,” revealed the Beverly Hills, 90210 star, 52, on her podcast Let’s Be Informative. “I was like, ‘We’re going to keep going with this and see.’ After the sixth and seventh treatment, we really saw it breaking down the blood brain barrier. “Do I call that a miracle? For me, that happens to be a miracle right now,” she adds. “I sort of rolled the dice and said, ‘Let’s keep going.’” The Charmed actor revealed last year that the breast cancer she was diagnosed with in 2015 spread to her brain and…

Petra Bagust Presenter and Grey Areas podcast host Petra, 51, has been married to Hamish Wilson since 2000. “The most romantic thing, to be honest, is watching Hamish care for my father – he is love in action. Hamish’s care of our whānau makes me love him more and more. This Valentine’s Day, he’s coming to our first Grey Areas live filming in Auckland – so while he’ll technically be working (thanks darling!), we’ll be together, finding out about keeping intimacy and connection alive in our mid-life season. The perfect date for me is the luxury of enjoying time in a beautiful outdoor setting, focused on each other, with nothing to do but chat and eat – maybe a sunset picnic by the beach, with cushions and blankets and a…

In January 1953, there was some big news in the little Coromandel village of Te Puru. One of their locals, a talented 12-year-old girl called Kay Davis, had won the essay competition in the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, which scored her a new summer wardrobe and photoshoot. It was the talk of the town. “Mum had just picked me up from my piano lessons and we were walking home when the town store keeper came bounding out, shrieking, ‘She won! She won!’” recalls Kay, now 84. “We didn’t know what he was talking about. Apparently, he’d told the whole village before I knew! “The news had come by telegram through the post and, as he was the postmaster as well, he’d written out the telegram to deliver it to me.…

Note Dry pineapple slices in a low oven, turning occasionally until semi-dried. Note Confectioner’s rice paper (not to be confused with Asian rice paper) is available from specialist cake shops. Tip Nougat should be stored at room temperature and will dry slightly over time. Note Make the tart base ahead of time and assemble it when you’re ready to serve. Using the camera on your phone, scan here for more Valentine’s Day recipes.…

Paint the town red Going from your desk to a date? The perfect red lipstick is the Swiss army knife of any beauty bag, swiftly transforming any look in one quick swipe. Red lipsticks come in various undertones, such as warm, cool or neutral. Don’t be afraid to experiment to see which complements your skin tone best and makes you feel most confident. Opt for a moisurising, long-wear formula for a perfect pout all night long! Charlotte Tilbury K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick in So Red, $59 Nude By Lust Lipstick in Daring, $35 MAC Cosmetics Lovestruck Luck Lustreglass Sheer-Shine Lipstick in Powerfully Potent, $54 L’Occitane Rose Hand Cream, $21 Sundae Body Whip Moisturiser, $44.95 Urban Jungle Grime Fighter Body Wash $40, and Midas Touch Body Lotion, $42 Main squeeze Look your best…

Letters to the Editor LESSONS FROM OPRAH ● Winning letter To me, Oprah Winfrey will always be young at heart. I enjoyed your article “Oprah’s wisdom at 70” (NZWW, January 29) and was pleasantly surprised to see how glamorous she looked. At 70, she looks more like a 50-year-old! She has always been an inspiration to me and will continue to be so, I am sure. I was disappointed in her interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, though – I don’t think she did herself any favours there. As a person who admires the royal family, I was shocked and sad at the outcome. To me, it just wasn’t Oprah. But your article restored my faith somewhat, especially when she said, “I start and end my day with a thank…

About two weeks after everybody else, I’m finally back at work after one last glorious hurrah in the Hokianga. The transition back to work after my lovely long summer holiday has been made easier by the fact that a) I really enjoy my job and b) the first two weeks back are short ones, with Auckland Anniversary Weekend and Waitangi Day. It also helps we’re enjoying such a gorgeous summer. When the tides are right and you can fit in a swim after work, splashing around at the beach makes you feel like you’re still on holiday. I do hope those in the tourism industry got a boost – especially those businesses in the smaller centres. I went into Kaikohe (population 4980) when I was up north. I wanted to…

Someone gets us! Meet your new best friends in this tale of ageing Regrets, grief and longheld secrets are all in the mix with this novel about female friendship and family dynamics. It centres on two women in their seventies, so there are themes such as ageism and feminism bubbling along. An emotion-packed read and also a convincing one, Whenever You’re Ready takes a clear-eyed look at how it is to grow older. Lizzie and Alice are reeling from the sudden death of their best friend Claire. Everybody loved Claire and she was the glue that held a diverse mix of people together. But there was more to their friend than most people knew and in the aftermath of her dying, the real story begins to emerge. Some people are…