Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 16, 2025 i New Zealand Woman's Weekly

HERE’S LEXI! The young singer’s a Rebel Rebel She’s the daughter of David Bowie and supermodel Iman, but Lexi Jones is ready to carve her own path in the world. Following the release of her debut album Xandri last week, Alexandria Zahra Jones, who now goes by Lexi, put out an impassioned poem about her desire to step out of the spotlight of her famous father. The first line of the poem, entitled David Bowie’s Daughter, reads, “I’m the daughter of a legend, but I’m more than just his name. They see the blood, they hear the sound, yet fail to see me, don’t feel the same. I’m not a copy, not a shadow. I’m just a girl that’s as confused as you... I’m not trying to fill his shoes.…

When author Josie Laird took her son Sam to a local A&P show in Pukekohe, a town south of Auckland, the young lad was entranced with the beekeeping display. “We always encouraged Sam’s interests, like when he was into rock tumbling and made jewellery to sell to our friends!” says Josie of that chance encounter 14 years ago. “So when he saw the display hive and was asked if he could spot the queen, he announced that he’d like to keep bees.” Wary of letting a 12-yearold loose with the buzzy creatures, Josie, a former scientist, signed up for a night class with a local beekeeping club. “It was a little late at night for Sam, so I went along and came home and shared what I’d learned,” she recalls.…

Crunchy club sandwiches PREP 15 MINUTES SERVES 4 1 cup cooked chicken, shredded 1/3 cup mayonnaise 2 tomatoes 4 multigrain bread slices 8 white bread slices 1/3 cup spreadable butter 4 slices leg ham 4 small lettuce leaves Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to season 70g salted crinkle cut potato chips 1 Combine chicken and mayonnaise in a medium bowl. Season. Mix well with a spoon to combine. 2 Thinly slice tomatoes. Toast multigrain and white bread slices. Using a butter knife, evenly spread butter over one side of white toast. Top 4 slices of buttered white toast with ham, tomato slices and lettuce. Season. 3 Place a piece of multigrain toast on top of lettuce, then top with the chicken mixture, a few crinkle cut chips and the…

I’ve been looking back, light-heartedly, over Easter. If things hadn’t changed since I was being brought up a good Catholic boy, I’d be going to church right now and confessing to the priest: “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. I ate at least a dozen hot cross buns before Good Friday.” Eating hot cross buns before the big day may never have been, strictly speaking, a sin. But through all my growing-up years, I wasn’t allowed to eat hot cross buns until Good Friday. And never did. It was a kind of Lenten sacrifice, like keeping lollies you were given in a jar until Easter Sunday. And though everything’s changed since those days, I found myself stuck in that abstinence way of thinking. It made sense, sort of. If…

Letters to the Editor LOST LOVE ● Winning letter I loved Kevin’s column about giving up sleeping in front of his open fire (NZWW, April 7). It made me think about something small but sentimental I had to give up. The year was 1953, and I was 14 years old and was dating a 13-year-old girl named Audrey. On a day trip to Scarborough, Yorkshire, she found a machine that if you put 3p in, you could print a message on a circular aluminium disc. She put 6p in and printed two discs. One said “William loves Audrey TRUE 1953” and the other read “Audrey loves William TRUE 1953”. She gave me one and kept the other. When we split up, she wanted her disc back and gave me hers.…

The view from the platform was sensational. Standing on the third highest point on Auckland’s Waiheke Island, it felt like you could see forever. Now all I had to do was step off the platform and enjoy the ride. I whimpered inside. Except it was audible to those around me. “For heaven’s sake,” I told myself firmly as my fellow zipliners looked at me pityingly. “You knew what you were signing up for.” When Kim, who was organising the charity lunch to raise money for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, asked if I’d like to join her on the zipline at Man O’ War the day before the event, I was in. When I was emceeing the event last year, the zipline that starts high up within a kauri forest and…

A deadly dynasty Sydney’s wealthiest family is not above murder! There’s an enduring appeal to stories about rich people behaving badly and See How They Fall is a satisfying mix of ostentatious wealth, dirty secrets and sheer nastiness. If you enjoyed the Netflix series The Perfect Couple, then you’re going to relish meeting the Turner family. When Skye married into the Turner dynasty, she had to learn how to play by its rules, although she still doesn’t really fit in. With the death of the family’s patriarch, Skye’s husband Duncan and his two brothers are set to inherit his business empire, and so gather the clan for a weekend at their coastal retreat. Complicating things further is that two outsiders are amongst them. Duncan’s illegitimate son has come to meet…

How wonderful it is to have David Lomas and his partner Clarinda back in the Weekly. Their special bond shines through the pages as they talk about their latest adventure overseas for David’s work. It’s the first time in their seven-year relationship that Clarinda has joined him on one of his assignments, experiencing firsthand the emotional journey of David Lomas Investigates. I really enjoy his show – even though there are tears (from me!) in almost every episode. In royal news, we find that, just like his mother before him, King Charles isn’t one to cut back on his workload because he loves it so much. As he continues treatment for cancer, he and Queen Camilla have recently travelled to Rome and Ravenna, and met with the Pope among many…

Celebrated Kiwi artist Dick Frizzell is one heck of a happy man. Married for 61 years to his beloved wife Jude, the young lovebirds met in 1960 while studying at Ilam School of Fine Arts. “I arrived in Christchurch a gormless boy of 17 and all the girls looked like Joan Baez, then I saw Jude,” recalls Dick, 81. “We even had our first baby at art school, which was a bit of a bohemian thing to do.” Six decades on, Dick and Jude are still going strong. Proud parents of Juliet, Josh and Otis, at last count, they had five grandchildren and two great-grandkids, Florence, four, and Violet, one. Dick is also chipper because his memoir Hastings: A Boy’s Own Adventure has been released – and it is charming.…

1. Prince Williamiam $2.29 BILLION The heir to the throne is the richest royal, thanks to being the beneficiary of the Duchy of Cornwall. William, 42, inherited the duchy – a massive estate that includes land, property perty and investments – from his father when his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, died in 2022, 22, and he became Prince of Wales. Established in 1337, the duchy is worth more than $2 billion and provides an annual income of around $52.5 million. Wills was already doing okay financially – he inherited around $21 million from his mother, Princess Diana, and $15 million from his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother. 2. The King $1.9 BILLION Charles III is not far behind his eldest son when it comes to money. As monarch, he receives the…

The neck and décolletage are often the first places to reveal signs of ageing. Collagen breakdown, sun exposure and the everyday movement of looking down all contribute to premature wrinkles plus sagging. And while make-up can mask pigmentation or uneven tone on the face, it tends to crease and sit awkwardly on neglected neck skin. Put simply, if you invest in skincare for your face and skip the neck, you’re only doing half the job. Elevate your routine, make neck care a non-negotiable and you’ll thank yourself in 10 years’ time – and so will your lower necklines, ponytails and off-the-shoulder tops. The golden rules of neck care EXTEND YOUR SKINCARE DOWNWARD The easiest first step is to take everything you do for your face – cleanser, serum, moisturiser, SPF…

Don’t have a partner, friend or family to travel with? Don’t let that stop you! Whether you’re a seasoned solo traveller or want to gently nudge yourself out of your comfort zone, the Lonely Planet team shares their expert advice for women who are embracing adventure while doing it on their own terms. 1 Seek out female hosts (ideally with pets) If I’m booking accommodation online, I tend to opt for women owners (preferably with pets in their host photos!). This is partly psychological, but I’ve also found that women tend to think about things like where to go to avoid crowds or safer alternatives to more touristy places. It’s nice how protective women are of each other, especially when we’re travelling alone. – Akanksha Singh 2 Ease into it…

People driven a little crazy by orange traffic cones now have somewhere to vent their frustration – in addition to neighbourhood Facebook pages, obviously – with the Government’s recent announcement of a hotline for the public to “report on excessive road cone use”. Because it seems wherever they go, politicians constantly hear voters talk about this “sea of cones”– that there are too many of them overstaying their welcome, sometimes placed in spots that pose little risk, like conical boys crying wolf. Hence the Road Cone Hotline where you can talk to someone from WorkSafe (rather than badger your local MP) and they’ll pass your complaint to the relevant authorities. But wait! Not everyone is against the humble orange witch’s hat. Those in the business of caring for the safety…

WEEKLY STAFF EDITOR Marilynn McLachlan LIFESTYLE & BEAUTY EDITOR Anna Lee SENIOR WRITER Catherine Milford CHIEF SUB-EDITOR Denise Bowden SUB-EDITOR Darren Bevan ART DIRECTOR Mirella Monteiro  DESIGNERS Anna Pétursdóttir, Béla Trussell-Cullen, Debby Wei, Hayley Pearce PHOTO EDITOR Kellie Blizard CONTRIBUTORS Donna Fleming, Elisabeth Easther, Fleur Guthrie, Kasia De Vydt-Jillings, Leigh Matheson, Megan McChesney, Nicky Pellegrino, Rebekah Hebenton ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR Claire Chisholm claire.chisholm@aremedia.co.nz SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Chloe Jordan, Amy Madden ACCOUNT MANAGER Sara Grace Aldis  SENIOR COMMERCIAL BRAND MANAGER Angela Wei angela.wei@aremedia.co.nz COMMERCIAL BRAND MANAGER Georgia van Koningsveld  DIRECTORY SALES MANAGER Kim Chapman 021 673133 classifieds@xtra.co.nz ARE MEDIA GROUP MANAGEMENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Jane Huxley  GENERAL MANAGER Stuart Dick  EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Sarah Henry PRIVACY NOTICE New Zealand Woman’s Weekly is published by Are Media Limited (Are Media). Are Media may…

For the past seven years, Clarinda Franklin has become used to bidding her partner David Lomas au revoir regularly as he spans the globe, reuniting disconnected Kiwis with lost family members. However, when school holidays aligned with the filming schedule of a trip to Lithuania and Greece for the new season of David Lomas Investigates, the Auckland principal bought herself a plane ticket and was welcomed as part of the crew. Well, David came up with a more official – if not endearing – title for her while on the road. “She was the ‘bag lady’,” he chuckles. “Usually, it’s just me and cameraman Ivars Berzins. So when he’s filming me walking down a busy street, we keep the camera bags close, but they’re unattended, and it’s hard keeping an…

Prince Harry’s claims that his UK police protection was withdrawn as part of a plot to force him back into the royal family have raised plenty of eyebrows. But now sources close to The Firm say his behaviour has become so concerning, they fear what he’ll do if he loses his court case to have his security reinstated. Harry, 40, is trying to sue the British Home Office because it won’t spend taxpayer money on roundthe-clock bodyguards for him and his family whenever they’re back in the UK. A judge turned down his attempt to get the government department to change its mind, but Harry appealed. He flew to the UK for a hearing into that appeal and after some of the evidence was heard in private, he told journalists…

She’s currently lighting up screens in TV series Mobland, playing a hardened crime boss, and matriarch Cara Dutton in 1923. But instead of putting her feet up, she’s plunged head-first into her new project, filming the cosy mystery movie The Thursday Murder Club. At 79, Helen Mirren is quite possibly the hardest-working septuagenarian in Hollywood. Just don’t mention it to her! “I’m older,” muses the White Bird actor, who turns 80 in July. “I’m sure I’ll go all pear-shaped soon. But I’m not interested in being young. I’m interested in being exactly who I am. “I never thought I’d be 79. I’m not full of youth but I am life full. I much prefer that phrase.” Since 1991, when she began her 15-year star turn as Detective Jane Tennison in…

As a teenager, Sydney-anne Martin would have given anything to have her own camera and study photography. But fostered by multiple families through a church, she didn’t feel there was anyone to buy the equipment she needed to take the class. “You had to have your own camera and it didn’t enter my brain that someone would help me get one,” recalls Sydney-anne. Now 31, she’s working in her dream job as the creative and communications content lead for VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai, an organisation working to advocate and improve outcomes for children and youth in care in New Zealand. Sydney-anne goes out of her way to ensure other teens in similar situations to her don’t miss out on opportunities. “Not a lot of people trust kids in care with…

1 What’s your ideal way to spend a Sunday? ❍ A. Attending a charity polo match, naturally ❍ B. Tending to my garden and fixing things around the house ❍ C. Taking the kids to a fun but educational day out ❍ D. Brunching somewhere trendy with a stunning view 2 Your approach to fashion is… ❍ A. Classic, with impeccably tailored suits and timeless pieces ❍ B. Whatever’s practical – I’m not fussed ❍ C. Smart-casual with a touch of designer ❍ D. Chic and high-end, with a touch of Hollywood glamour 3 You inherit a large sum of money. What do you do first? ❍ A. Invest in something that will last for generations ❍ B. Save it. You never know when you might need it ❍ C.…

FIERCE FINISH Accessories are the perfect way to add an animal touch to any outfit, whether it’s a snakeskin belt cinching the waist for a fierce silhouette or a leopard bag making a bold statement. WILD WRAPS From leopard sneakers to snakeskin mules, bring the paw-fect look to your footwear choices. These prints offer the perfect playfulness to any ensemble. PAWS ON POINT Animal prints are making a bold statement in outerwear this season, with snake-print blazers adding an edge to power dressing. Leopard coats remain a favourite. ROAR STYLE Zebra-print coordinates bring bold, graphic vibes to your wardrobe, perfect for making a statement. Pair a snakeskin leatherette e pleated skirt with a tucked-in blouse for a sleek and stylish look. JUNGLE GYPSYY Floaty bohemian style blouses in animal prints…

GEMINI May 22 – Jun 21 Your inner world’s louder than usual and your intuition’s speaking up. Don’t drown it out with distraction. It’s a good week to carve out some quiet, even if it’s just for a few minutes each day. A dream, memory or feeling you’ve pushed aside may want your attention. Don’t scatter your energy too widely. CANCER Jun 22 – Jul 23 Friends, networks and group energy are in focus now. You might find yourself drawn to a new community or cause that aligns with your heart. Don’t worry about fitting in – you bring something valuable just by being you. Midweek could bring an unexpected invitation. TAURUS Apr 21 – May 21 Happy birthday to the early Tauruses. The spotlight is on you this week…

We were enjoying a family weekend away recently when a strange thing happened. After dinner on Friday, while we were sitting letting our skin stretch, our eldest daughter, who’s 14, suggested we play a family board game. Time froze, jaws dropped and a wave broke in the distance. Impressive considering the time-freezing thing. “How about Monopoly?” she asked an indifferent sister and two incredibly stunned parents. She never does this. She generally resists being present for the dinner part, let alone any extracurricular activity. Her suggesting we play a game after dinner’s like your dog suggesting you sit and talk instead of going walkies. A true sign of just how earth-shattering this was is that Megan agreed enthusiastically and immediately, as if the magic moment might disappear or our daughter…

Since making Bryn and Ku’s Singles Club, what do you make of dating? It’s a really fun and interesting scene to be a part of. I’m enjoying meeting a range of people and practising the art of dating. Like most vulnerable practices, the joy of dating fluctuates and I’m learning how to be a proactive dater when I’m feeling up to it, and letting myself chill when it doesn’t feel so fun! What’s the one thing you’ve discovered about yourself? I’ve really enjoyed the ability to celebrate being single and changing my mindset around it being something that needs to be “fixed”. I feel much more relaxed and at ease about my single life, and excited for what’s to come. Does being on shows like Taskmaster NZ and Shortland Street…

She’s had a 20-year career as a lawyer but always dreamed of being a writer, so studied for a Masters of Creative Writing at the University of Auckland. This is her debut novel. This novel was inspired by… The power of the mother/ child bond. As a mum of three, I couldn’t imagine a more compelling or emotional premise for a story than a mother trying to protect her young child. When I sat down to write Skye’s story, it poured out of me because the fears she is forced to confront are the worst fears of any parent. Then I imagined how terrifying it would be if the threat to your child’s welfare came from within your own family – someone you and your child thought they could trust.…

Monster return You have to “hand” it to her – Lady Gaga is the queen of theatrics! Dubbed “The Art of Personal Chaos”, the singer, 39, put in a two-hour performance at Coachella – her first appearance at the festival since 2017. Bring it on! Actor Gabrielle Union, 52, stepped out at the Fashion Trust US Awards just days after speaking about the difficulties of working in Hollywood as a Black woman. No grudges It was a Mean Girls reunion as The Four Seasons star Tina Fey, 54, and Long Bright River actor Amanda Seyfried, 39, teamed up at the NBCU Emmy Kick-Off Luncheon in Beverly Hills, California. And just like that It was a SMASH-ing family night out for Matthew Broderick, 63, twins Tabitha and Marion, 15, and Sarah…

Can you guess who’s real? MARIAH CAREY ZOË SALDAÑA HEIDI KLUM RICKY MARTIN ANGELA BASSETT ED SHEERAN DAME HELEN MIRREN GWEN STEFANI…