Innehållsförteckning för Issue 42, 2025 från New Zealand Woman's Weekly

Who caught our eye this week It has been a busy season for Emma Stone as she promotes her latest collaboration with director Yorgos Lanthimos. But at the BFI London Film Festival for the Bugonia premiere, the 36-year-old admitted she has come up with a creative strategy to navigate her life in the public eye. “As a coping mechanism, there’s the person who comes here and then there’s a person I am with all my friends and family.” The talk of the festival, however, was Kate Moss, 51, who worked behind the scenes with the makers of the movie Moss & Freud, to tell the story of when she posed nude for artist Lucian Freud after they became friends. The Serpent actor Ellie Bamber, 28, plays Kate in the film…

Awwwwww big love ladies. – Antony Starr  Three of my all-time favourite faces!! – Jenny  Wow, the West ladies are back together again, oh my god this is so beautiful. – Andrew  These women raised me. – Reece  Oh, I love this so much. I constantly get Outrageous withdrawals, wish I could watch again but I can’t find anywhere in Australia where I can. You three ladies are my favourites. – Elizabeth Thoroughly enjoyed this article. Thank you for reuniting these three fantastic women. Outrageous Fortune was a must-watch in our household – a series with so much heart, great acting and, at times, so completely hilarious. – Sarah  Fantastic series, great to see them all together again! – Trish Such a brilliant show and all of the actors in…

New couple alert! Pop princess Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have taken a voyage on their own personal love boat! The unlikely couple confirmed they’re more than friends when they were spotted kissing and cuddling on Katy’s yacht Caravelle off the California coast recently. Katy, 40, who announced her split from fiancé Orlando Bloom, 48, in June and Justin, 53, who separated from his wife of 18 years, Sophie Grégoire, 50, in 2023, were first linked when they were spotted sharing an intimate meal in Montréal earlier in July. The pair’s steamy display of PDA off the coast of Santa Barbara suggests they’re now in full Firework mode! Says a source, “They haven’t been able to spend a lot of time together as she’s on tour,…

No one is more surprised than Nikki Hart, 56, that she’s ended up in a public speaking role, simplifying nutrition advice for New Zealanders through the media. With a stutter since childhood, the registered nutritionist of 30 years has regularly appeared on our screens, sharing ways to ensure realistic, lifelong positive changes in our eating. The bubbly Auckland mum-of-two daughters (Amelia, 20, and Elyse, 17,) shares with the Weekly that she has a no-nonsense approach to food. Yes, she drinks blue milk because “you cannot milk an almond” and only had three rules for her children growing up: no eating standing up, no eating in front of a screen and no eating in a car so food didn’t become a mindless activity. Tell us about your journey with stuttering. I…

‘I would often get asked if I got in on the quota system’ When lawyer Tiana Epati’s King’s Counsel appointment was announced, the phone began to ring with friends, mentors and family calling to celebrate, including her first employer, former Crown Solicitor Simon Moore. “Tiana, the waitress!” he laughed down the line, still delighted by the memory of how their paths had first crossed decades ago. Back then, Tiana was a University of Auckland law graduate, waiting tables and wondering how on earth she’d land her first legal job. “One day, a group of lawyers came in for lunch, all in a rush and very stressed. I had to coordinate the whole thing, have taxis waiting for them and manage the different personalities.” Then Crown Solicitor Moore was so impressed…

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Five ways to keep costs down 1 CHECK THE UNIT PRICE Every price tag on the shelf contains two prices: the promoted price (often large and in bold) and a smaller price (in fine print) that lists the cost per unit (100g or 100ml). We’re measuring the nutrition of a product per 100g, so it makes sense to measure the price in the same way. This means that when you look at the prices, you’re comparing apples with apples. Otherwise, you’re likely to find yourself instinctively drawn to the “cheaper” price, but you may be receiving less. 2 BUY IN BULK Identical products can vary dramatically in price depending on the total (net) weight. We’re accustomed to planning our weekly shop based on a weekly budget, so we tend to…

Before ending my columns about our time in Britain, I want to tell you about some special places we dined at in London. We spent nearly all our time in the now fashionable east side of the city, around famous Shoreditch haunts like Brick Lane and Club Row. Linda used to go with her dad as a child to the weekend live-animal markets in Club Row back then. He bought her a monkey that caused problems climbing the curtains. We crossed to the West End of London only once. It was to celebrate 50 years together, dining at Julie’s in ritzy Holland Park. I took Linda there in 1975 on our first date, though it was Julie’s Wine Bar back then. It hadn’t changed much, and we whooped it up…

As you no doubt know, moving house has been scientifically proven to be the third most stressful experience in the universe. I don’t know what one and two are, but probably base jumping and war. Our event occurred three months ago, so the panicked juggling of keys, payments, moving trucks and bedroom selection is a distant memory, replaced by the ongoing stress of a number of boxes still standing around accusingly, like cardboard Daleks, in what should be relaxed, spacious living areas. No matter how many we cart away, the number remains stubbornly at “heaps”. I think they might be breeding. It’s a constant reminder to us that we’re not finished and a flashing neon sign to any visitors that we’re lazy, messy, disorganised and have little respect for feng…

Down-on-her-luck diva When a singer loses her voice, everyone pays! Sense of humour is a funny thing. I’ve seen this novel described as hilarious, but didn’t find myself engaging with it like that at all. Rather than funny, I found it insightful, interesting and sometimes infuriating. Very Impressive for Your Age is a story about success versus ordinary life and what people want versus what they need. Evelyn’s on track to major international success as an opera star. Until one evening, mid-performance, her voice fails her for no reason at all. Evelyn can speak but she’s lost the ability to sing. It doesn’t matter what she tries, nothing makes any difference. With her career in tatters, Evelyn has to go back to her hometown Sydney and live with her parents…

This week, our cover story with Dame Jacinda Ardern sparked plenty of conversation in the office about mums returning to work after having a baby. When Neve was just four months old, images of the former prime minister’s young family at the United Nations General Assembly in New York travelled the world. This worried her deeply. In our chat, she said it was very important to her that people understood that yes, she was a mum, but she wasn’t doing it on her own. She had Clarke, family and many others around her – that all-important ‘village’ of support. It’s a reminder of how crucial it is to have people you can call on when your children are small – and, for those of us whose kids have grown up,…

Once upon a time, it was a briefcase that travelled everywhere with Dame Jacinda Ardern. Packed with papers and letters that would shape New Zealand, it also dictated how she spent her weekends. Now, almost three years since stepping back as prime minister, her life allows more time for what matters most to her: being a mum to Neve. Propped up against a bedhead from an AirBnB in London, earpods in, and with a big – if not slightly weary – smile, Jacinda beams into the Weekly’s office via Zoom, here to talk about her latest book, Mum’s Busy Work. “I’m good – it’s been a busy day,” she says, laughing and apologising for where the interview is taking place. “I’ve been doing work for the Earthshot prize, and we…

Brad Pitt has taken the next step in his relationship with jewellery designer Ines de Ramon, with the pair moving into the A-lister’s new mansion in the Hollywood Hills. “They’re happier than ever,” says an insider. “She’s no drama, very supportive, and they’re doing really well. She wants to be there for him, and Brad is very much letting her be that person.” Brad, 61, and Ines, 32, began dating in 2022 and are excited to start a new chapter after Brad sold his $9 million Los Feliz mansion and purchased a $21 million Spanish-style estate. Brad’s legal wrangling with ex-wife Angelina Jolie, 50, over their Château Miraval in France, however, is still ongoing. Brad is suing Angelina for selling her half share of the historic estate to a Russian…

They know they’re in a unique position that allows them to reach a global audience of millions. And the Prince and Princess of Wales are more determined than ever to use that incredible platform to have as significant an impact as possible – even if that means baring their emotions to the world. In the latest example of one of the Waleses demonstrating they’re not afraid to show how much they care while using their powerful reach as a force for good, Prince William was in tears as he spoke to a woman who lost her husband to suicide. The heartbreaking conversation with Rhian Mannings appears in a film to mark World Mental Health Day and while William, 43, could have asked for that part to be cut out, he…

Alice Taylor never planned to become a chef. With a Masters in politics and her eyes on a career in academia, she imagined a future filled with policy debates and university lectures. That all changed when she came third on MasterChef New Zealand. What began as a side interest in food quickly became something more – a way to connect with people, address real issues like food insecurity and inspire change from the kitchen up. “When I became a chef, a lot of people were confused,” the 25-year-old laughs. “I always thought about doing a PhD thesis on the politics of food. So when I started posting the cheap recipes, I realised this is how I can combine the two things.” Though she knows how to create picture-perfect dishes after…

On balconies storeys off the ground, in pocket-sized townhouse courtyards, in narrow strips along suburban drives or slender window ledges, vegetables are being grown. This is a pastime and way of life that can be easy, healthy, fun and so rewarding – and one that proves size isn’t everything. Whether they’re in containers or in the ground, vegetables require four primary requisites to grow – soil, water, sun and warmth. SOIL Most garden soil is adequate for your first crops of easy-to-grow, unfussy vegetables. Just pull out all the weeds, roots and all, and break up big clumps of dirt before sowing or planting seedlings. While proprietal potting mix is the easiest for pots, incorporating dirt from the garden or hummus (decomposed leaves and other detritus found under trees) will…

Small things can change your life. Case in point: the step-stool I bought for 10 bucks after seeing one at a friend’s house in August. Hers was chic, grey and black, in keeping with the tranquil colour scheme of her home. I intended to buy one just like it, but at the hardware store, I was distracted by another in turquoise with white polka dots. It clashes brilliantly with my orange laundry, where it now lives beside the washing machine. It provides the exact 22cm leg up I need to find lost socks in the bottom of my wall-mounted dryer. Not just socks – whole garments are invisible to me there, and I’m too short to reach in with my hand and blindly feel around. Prior to this, I could…

The results of surveys are always being sent to me. Some of them have gauged the opinions of New Zealanders on the most esoteric of subjects, which leave me scratching my head wondering how I’d be expected to make a radio show out of that. However, this one appealed to me. It was from a food kit company who had surveyed parents on the importance of teaching children how to cook. The report authors talked about the erosion of skills taking place among our young ones that reflected wider pressures on family life – we’re time poor, there are so many more convenience food options than there used to be and we don’t have the same household routines we used to. And yet as clinical psychologist Jacqui Maguire points out,…

Talent quest As the host of Germany’s Next Topmodel, Heidi Klum, 52, takes her job seriously, taking to the streets of Berlin to search for new stars. SILVER FOXES He’s a sucker for her! Nick Jonas, 33, took a break from his world tour with his brothers to celebrate the start of the Diwali season with his wife Priyanka Chopra Jonas, 43, in New York. All smiles! The film may be called Bad Day, yet Cameron Diaz, 53, looks likes she’s having anything but, as she was spotted on set of the family flick in New Jersey. Star gazing After receiving his accolade on the Hollywood Walk of Fame seven years ago, Jack Black, 56, showed Naomi Watts, 57, how it was done at her ceremony in Los Angeles. Family…

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After becoming the fastest-selling show in Auckland Theatre Company’s history, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express is to make a comeback in the 2026 season. The company also promises its first musical in eight years with a season-closing production of Cabaret. Kiwiana, however, hasn’t gone astray: the group will also the world premiere of Helen Clark in Six Outfits, a satirical play retracing the footsteps of New Zealand’s first elected female prime minister as she negotiates everything from her choice of clothes to the public’s disapproval of her lack of children. Theatre icon Jennifer Ward-Lealand, 62, plays Helen in her later years.…

Being famous is not everyone’s cup of tea. It was certainly not something Shaun Wallace aspired to when he was growing up in London and dreaming of a career as a barrister. But thanks to his skill at answering random general knowledge questions and his good fortune in landing a side job on the hugely popular UK TV show The Chase, he has ended up becoming very well-known both at home and overseas. And Shaun – who’ll be visiting New Zealand next month to help raise money for Kiwi charity Cure Kids – says he’s thankful for that. “I didn’t ask to be famous, but I’m grateful that I am, and that I can use it in a positive and altruistic way,” he shares. “It’s an honour that I can…

Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse never planned on becoming the faces of justice for the Pike River mine tragedy. But when their beloved husband and son lost their lives, the South Island women found their voices. It’s a fight that’s taken them all the way to the Supreme Court and now onto the big screen with the upcoming release of the highly anticipated Pike River film. “The first time we saw the movie, we cried our eyes out the whole way through,” shares Sonya, 66. Sonya’s 21-year-old son Ben and Anna’s 54-year-old husband Milton were among the 29 miners who died in November 2010 when a series of deadly methane explosions ripped through the West Coast mine. In the years afterwards, Sonya and Anna refused to be silenced. For 107…

Tomato coconut dal with baked fish PREP 40 MINUTES COOK 15 MINUTES SERVES 4 4 × 200g firm, white fish fillets, skinless, boneless (see tip) ½ teaspoon paprika Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to season Extra virgin olive oil, to drizzle and serve 1 quantity tomato coconut dal (see right) Basmati rice, Greek-style yoghurt, coriander sprigs (optional), lemon wedges, to serve 1 Preheat oven to 180°C/ 160°C fan. 2 Season fish fillets with paprika, sea salt and a little olive oil. 3 Place the tomato coconut dal in a shallow, ovenproof dish and nestle fillets into dal. 4 Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the fish is just cooked through and softly poached. 5 Serve with basmati rice and a dollop of yoghurt. Top with some black pepper…

Peach, please The new Red Bull Summer Edition White Peach has landed – just in time for warmer days and longer nights. Bursting with juicy white peach flavour, lifted with hints of citrus and floral notes, it’s the perfect pick-me-up to keep you powering on. Available from supermarkets. Instant icon Looking for a special piece for yourself or a loved one? Local jewellery designer Cathy Pope’s new summer collection MODA channels the sleek sophistication of the 1960s jet-set era, where glamour met effortless style. From the onyx gold studs ($109) and rose quartz earrings ($249) to the sweet gold necklace ($249), there’s a timeless treasure for everyone. See cathypope.co.nz Loaf at first bite Ploughmans Bakery has unveiled a delicious new range to help you rise to any occasion. Baked with…

1 Buy “ugly” produce: Same taste, cheaper price. 2 Treat savings like a bill: Auto-transfer money into savings the day you’re paid. 3 If you enjoy pickles, don’t throw away the pickling liquid when you finish the jar. Just add hard-boiled eggs or another batch of chopped up fresh vegetables. 4 Ask for loyalty discounts and negotiate bills regularly: Internet, insurance and phone companies sometimes lower your bill if you simply ask. 5 Host game or movie nights at home: It’s cheaper than cinemas. 6 Revive last year’s insect screens instead of buying new ones: Clean with a brush, then wipe with a damp cloth sprinkled with eucalyptus oil – it removes dust and deters insects at the same time. 7 Batch cook and portion freeze. Makes takeout less tempting.…

What to do with old or plain glass vases Lace vase You will need ● Tall glass vase ● Cake stencil in a lace pattern ● Resene testpot in your choice of colour. We used Resene Redemption Blue ● Testpot brush or sponge ● Masking tape 1 Tape the stencil around the vase. 2 Lightly apply your Resene testpot colour onto the stencil using a gentle, dabbing motion so as not to spread the paint underneath. 3 Once dry, remove the stencil and fill with freshly picked blooms. Your beautiful lace vase is all ready to use. Tips Use a Resene FX Metallic to add sparkling bling to your vase. Opt for old glass bottles instead of a jar and use the lace effect on them. Endless uses! Turn your…

SCORPIO Oct 24 – Nov 22 This week brings a powerful sense of renewal. You’re shedding what no longer serves you and feeling ready to begin again. Don’t be rushed into any decisions to do with money. Self-discipline around rest and nutrition should restore your focus. SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 – Dec 22 A reflective mood encourages you to pause before leaping into action. Give yourself time to finish tasks before starting something new. A past friendship or opportunity may reappear with fresh potential. Love feels supportive and sincere, reigniting your unstoppable optimism. CAPRICORN Dec 23 – Jan 20 Your ambitions are strong and your determination is sharp. A career breakthrough could appear through teamwork – keep communication professional and grounded. In love, a small gesture could impact feelings. Energy levels…