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FRONT LINE TALES OF SURVIVAL AND BRAVERY RISE FROM THE FLAMES AND ASHES

A koala on Kangaroo Island and a kangaroo near Sydney (below) receive first aid.

Below right: Helen Okey had a close call.

t looks like hell on earth – walls off flames stretching high intto the air, incinerating everythin ng in their path as they sweep accross tinder-dry tracts of Australia a. Animals and humans alike are being forced to abandon everything to the mercy of one of the worst firestorms in modern history.

“We’ve never had fires like this,” says Adele Lewis, a Kiwi who fled the flames threatening her home near Byron Bay. “It’s ghastly hearing the screams of the koalas. It’s a very strange and eerie atmosphere.”

As many expat Kiwis seek refuge in New Zealand, a fresh wave of our firefighters last week bolstered the exhausted Aussie fire teams who had been battling more than 100 blazes.

So far 26 people have lost their lives, with more still missing. An estimated one billion animals, including farm stock and wildlife, have also died in the uncontrollable fires that span more than 15 million hectares, combined.

Armed forces from around the world are helping out with the large-scale operation to quell the flames, which have been raging since September last year in some states. This includes the New Zealand Defence Force, which has also supplied three air force helicopters to support relief and recovery efforts and two army combat engineer sections.

In total, 179 Kiwi firefighters are now standing beside their Aussie counterparts.

Victorian Country Fire Authority deputy chief and former Otago woman Stephanie Rotarangi says there’s no immediate end in sight to this “unprecedented” fire season.

“The fuels are so dry and the

fires so large that there is little opportunity to put these fires out.” The vast scale has also seen the blazes terrifyingly create their own weather and move in an unpredictable manner. The New South Wales coastal town of Mallacoota bore witness to the ferocity and volatility of the fires on New Year’s Eve. With no time to evacuate, thousands were forced to take refuge in the sea as a firewall bore down and sunlight gave way to darkness in apocalyptic scenes.

While there are many months of work still ahead, morale among firefighters is still strong.

“People are trying hard to look out for each other. Kicking though the ash of a home that belongs to a firefighter who is out there protecting someone else’s home is profoundly difficult, but then you get the best of the human spirit with that as well. It really does shine through,” tells Stephanie.

Kiwi expat Helen Okey (51) has been helplessly watching events unfold from her parents’ home in New Plymouth. She lives in Rosedale, south of Sydney, where 60 homes are reported to have been lost.

She flew to New Zealand for Christmas and said it had been surreal tracking the path of the fires. Her partner Steve had

remained behind, and spent time at an evacuation centre.

“When I left the South Coast, I wondered aloud if it would look the same when I returned.

Steve reckoned there was a 50/50 chance I would have a house to return to.”

They were lucky. The fire destroyed a neighbouring property but theirs was spared.

Adele (61) has lived at Iron Pot Creek, inland of Byron Bay, for 30 years. She fled to her sister’s home in Wellington and says she is unlikely to return to Australia because of the fire threat.

“We’re on standalone solar and tanks. We couldn’t afford to keep buying water. The property is safe at this stage, but if fires reignite, there would be no water to fight them.

“What’s there [then] to go back to?” #

Gutted houses in historic Mogo Village in NSW. The total damage bill is estimated to exceed $5 billion.

Left to right: Firefighters struggle under the threat of windblown embers near Nowra, NSW; a soldier keeps watch for evacuees from a military helicopter; emotions spill out at a shelter in Cobargo, NSW.

Frightened but relieved, families are evacuated from Mallacoota by helicopter and Navy ship (above).

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ON THE COVER CHARLES’ VISION FOR THE ROYALS IS HEIR! 2 KIWIS IN AUSTRALIA TELL ‘We’ve never had fires like this’ 10 NIGELLA’S HEARTBREAK ‘I felt like I betrayed my mum’ 12 DOWN UNDER DREAM Zara and Mike’s Aussie idyll 20 CORO BOMBSHELL The exodus continues 32 BERRY DELIGHTFUL Nici’s slices of heaven 57 CONSUMER 58 HEY JUDE 60 TRAVEL 62 TRAVEL BITES

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WHY THE NEW DECADE MARKS A TURNING POINT FOR THE ROYALS

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t’s a charming photo that obviously has historical significance. But royal experts say the recent shot of the Queen and her three heirs – Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George – is more than just a nice family portrait.

Taken to mark the start of a new decade, the photo is only the third official shot of the quartet. The other two were taken at George’s christening in 2013 and to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday in 2016.

The formal shot was taken at Buckingham Palace by Ranald Mackechnie on the same day that more casual pictures were snapped of the four generations making Christmas puddings together as part of an initiative supporting the Royal British Legion.

While it may not seem unusual to have taken the opportunity to get the current monarch and the future kings together for a snap, royal watchers say the posed picture is sending a very important message about the future of the royal family.

“It’s very likely that this photograph is a sign of Prince Charles’ desire to see the

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monarchy significantly slimmed down,” says one royal source.

“The other photos released of the four generations have been taken to mark particular occasions such as George’s christening and a milestone birthday for the Queen.

“This picture is supposedly in recognition of the start of the 2020s, but it is more likely to be Charles’ way of saying, ‘This is the future of the royal family in this new decade – we are the ones who matter.’”

The heir apparent has made no secret of the fact that he thinks the royal family should be pared down. Charles (71) is said to be keen to “shave off” members who are not immediate heirs to the throne in a bid to cut costs.

This will save the taxpayers money because via the Sovereign Grant they fund royals carrying out official duties, with their travel and staffing expenses, in particular, high.

But it will also save money for the monarch. The Queen herself funds living expenses for those in the family who don’t get payments from the public purse via the Privy Purse, and that’s something Charles may want

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Portrait of a ruler! The Queen, Charles, William and George don’t have many pictures together as just the four of them, except (clockwise from above left) in 2013 for George’s christening; in 2016 to mark Her Majesty’s 90th birthday; and this year to mark a new decade and royal order.

to streamline by the time he becomes king. For example, the Privy Purse, funded by the Duchy of Lancaster (a portfolio of land, property and assets held in trust for the reigning monarch), contributes towards living expenses for Charles’ siblings Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Prince Edward, along with extended family members.

Charles pays for himself and sons William and Harry and their families from his Duchy of Cornwall, which he earns an income from as the Duke of Cornwall. The two duchies bring in more than $80 million

a year, but the expenses they have to cover are huge.

Cost-cutting measures have been taking place for quite a few years now. In 2011, Andrew (59) was said to be furious when the nearly $1 million to pay for police protection for daughters princesses Beatrice and Eugenie was cut. Around the same time he asked for his girls to be full-time royals, funded by the Sovereign Grant, but his request was turned down by the Queen (93), who was apparently backed by Charles.

At the time Charles was said to be keen on a royal family

HEIRS TO THE FUTURE!

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centred around what was then known as “the Magnificent Seven” – the Queen, Prince Philip, himself, his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Harry. William’s children were expected to join the exclusive “club” once they were older.

It’s now the “Fab Four” who are in the spotlight as things have changed since then. Prince Philip has retired and stays out of the limelight. Harry has married Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and they have chosen not to give their son Archie a royal title.

There were already signs that the Queen’s other children were considered less important when they weren’t invited to stand on the balcony at Buckingham Palace as part of Her Majesty’s 60th jubilee celebrations in 2012.

Only Charles and his family appeared with the monarch.

Anne, Edward and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex all work tirelessly, carrying out official engagements on behalf of the Queen. But Anne’s children Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall aren’t working royals, and the Wessex children, Lady Louise and James, Viscount Severn, are also unlikely to have the same sort of roles as their parents.

And now the fact that Andrew has had to step down from his

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For most events, such as Trooping the Colour (above, last year), the entire royal family gather on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, but for other occasions, such as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (top, in 2012) the line-up has been markedly different.

duties following the Jeffrey Epstein scandal means the focus is more firmly on Charles and his descendants. His brother’s dramatic fall from grace has only firmed Charles’ resolve to cull the family.

“Charles was pushing the Queen to have Andrew step back from his royal duties.

When it’s all said and done, the monarchy will be Charles and his children, and their children,” says royal writer Brittani Barger.

William (37) has always known he will have a pivotal role and has been preparing to step up to that all his life. George (6) will also be primed to be a key member of the family.

“George’s parents are trying to give him and his siblings as normal a childhood as possible,” points out another royal watcher.

“But there is no getting away from the fact that he will be king one day, and with the recent photo, the process of showing who the truly important royals are is definitely underway.” # Judy Kean

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nprecedented, unrepentant – unsurprising?

The Duke and Duchess of Sussexes’ statement announcing their retreat from royal life and partial relocation to North America has caused shockwaves in Britain as palace officials scramble to handle the fallout, with the Queen said to be blindsided and “disappointed” by the move.

Just one day after returning to Britain following their extended six-week break from duties, Harry and Meghan announced via their Instagram page that “after many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution.

“We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the royal family and work to become financially independent, while

Meghan and Harry made a series of private and public appearances on their first day back in the UK before announcing the next day that they would step back from being senior members of the royal family.

rogue! continuing to support Her Majesty, the Queen.

“We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to The Queen, the Commonwealth and our patronages. This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity.”

The couple’s stunning decision comes after a turbulent 2019 where they attracted significant amounts of public criticism and clashed with a number of media outlets. The BBC has reported that no members of the royal family, including Her Majesty, were consulted before the pair announced their intention.

Royal Communications says,

“Discussions with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are at an early stage. We understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through.”

The move propels the royal family into unchartered territory.

While other members have stepped down from royal duties, such as Edward VIII’s abdication and the more recent furore surrounding Prince Andrew, Harry (35) and Meghan’s intention to retain certain royal privileges whilst embarking on private ventures will be a hard circumstance to balance.

Just a few weeks ago, the phrase ‘Sussex Royal’ was trademarked for a number of products and services, including clothing, calendars, posters, magazines and greeting cards, as well as charitable fundraising, education and social care initiatives.

This could be how the couple plan to achieve “financial independence” – something Harry has never previously had to worry about. He receives almost $4 million from the Sovereign Grant each year to conduct his official duties, and is further supplemented by his father’s personal coffers, which are funded by two separate duchies.

Of course, Meghan (38) has her private wealth, accumulated from her career as an actress.

But using their royal titles in a commercial sense could prove to be rather tricky, insiders say, and one that will come under great public and family scrutiny.

And the British taxpayer wouldn’t quite be off the hook, with insiders speculating any move to a foreign country could cost more than $1.2 million a year in security costs.

However, the move was clearly done out of necessity for the pair, who struggled under

the burden of royal duty, especially after welcoming son Archie (eight months) last year.

Announcing their intention to base themselves in North America for at least part of the year also gives the couple flexibility as to purchasing property in both the United States, Meghan’s native country, and Canada, where she spent several years while filming Suits.

While fans of the duke and duchess have welcomed the announcement, others have criticised the move, and placed the blame squarely on Meghan for “tearing Harry away from his family”.

Their most vocal critic, TV personality Piers Morgan says, “People say I’m too critical of Meghan Markle – but she ditched her family, ditched her dad, ditched most of her old friends, split Harry from William and has now split him from the royal family. I rest my case.” #

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CELEB UPDATE

FOOD IS GOING ON THE BACKBURNER!

CLEANSING HER PALATE

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Nigella’s new direction at 60

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Nigella and Cosima step out for a birthday lunch.

Above right: The TV chef posted a photo of a toasted marshmallow and rhubarb cake to mark her big day.

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igella Lawson has a complicated relationship with birthdays.

While she naturally shies away from celebrating turning another year older – and really, isn’t the same true for most of us? – the celebrity cook’s attitude is rather complicated by the fact she watched her mother Vanessa and husband John Diamond pass away in their 40s and one of her sisters, Thomasina, at just 32, all from cancer.

But on her 60th birthday, the domestic goddess says her milestone has made her realise and appreciate the best things about ageing.

“I now see the rest of my life as a great, unfurling mystery,” she says.

“For the past three decades, as I grew up, established a career, had children and so on, I pretty much knew what the shape of my life would be, day to day. Now I feel that anything could happen.

“I’m happy with my life as it is, happier than I thought I would be from the anxious vantage point of my twenties, but now I feel so much more open to anything and everything. And that’s a wonderful way to walk into the future.”

endorsement deals to dry up, and though she’s told pals she’s writing more recipes, there’s no word yet of a follow-up to 2017’s At My Table.

In fact, she has even hinted that a dramatic career change might be on the cards, saying in 2018 that she’s “interested” in the idea of abandoning her foodie career to work with people who are terminally ill. “It really interests me, that sort of work,” she mused.

“In many ways, I feel I didn’t choose this life. But I guess that’s what happens if you go on TV.” Nigella has often commented on her inherent shyness – which is perhaps at odds with her sexpot public persona. But it’s because of her natural nervousness that she turns on the Nigella charm, she reveals.

These days she embraces her introversion. She no longer drinks and she indulges in a bit of reformer Pilates, and if she doesn’t get at least six hours of reading in on a weekend, she deems it “a waste”.

“My greatest delight is being tucked up with a

In a candid essay to mark her 60th, Nigella has admitted she’s had to fight against feeling ashamed of her age and guilty about surpassing her mother Vanessa’s ultimate age of 48, adding that turning 49 was the “hardest birthday” she ever had.

“When you have seen people you love die young, the idea of complaining about getting older is just revolting.

“Turning 50 was a doddle…

I was rather relieved to no longer be 49, the year that made me a traitor to my mother.”

Despite her aversion to birthdays – for the last few years she has been in Australia filming MasterChef on the big day, and got away without mentioning it – the beloved foodie conceded a bit of a celebration, and was spotted heading to a late celebratory lunch with her daughter Cosima (25) in London.

For the last few years, family time has been front and centre – she also has a son, Bruno (23).

Though she’s filmed guest spots on MasterChef, launched a food photography app and regularly posts to social media – she acknowledged her Nigella at six (left) with birthday by posting Thomasina and her parents, a cake recipe – she’s who divorced in 1980. taken time away Above right: She adored her from her own first husband, the late John. shows and books.

“As far as her career goes, Nigella’s view is that she’s done it all, really,” says a friend. “She doesn’t feel the need to reinvent the wheel. The fact that the last two books were essentially a rerun of her previous books kind of says it all.”

She has allowed some lucrative

pile of books by 7.30pm. If I’m not suitably banked by books, I start twitching. I’m a binge reader. Now my children are grown up, I regard the weekends as reading days.”

She also says she’s found immense joy in solitude.

“I found it hard to enjoy my own company when young, but now I relish it. Put like that, it sounds remarkably self-satisfied, but I don’t care how it sounds.

I just feel so happy it’s the case.

“Solitude is as important to me now as food.” # Vivienne Archer

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ROYAL UPDATE

Looking for a sea change

ZARA &

HAPPY

THE ROYAL REVEALS THEY’D LOVE TO CALL AUSTRALIA HOME!

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Zara is aiming to ride out as part of Great Britain’s Tokyo Olympic team in July.

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plashing in the shallows of a Surfers Paradise beach, the little family were the picture of normalcy.

The mum, trying to quieten a crying baby; a dad bodysurfing through the waves; a boisterous little girl, clad in a rashie, wanting to be just like her dad. But it was no normal family frolicking in the sun – it was the Queen’s granddaughter’s.

Zara and Mike Tindall, accompanied for the first time by five-year-old Mia and 18-month-old Lena, were clearly having a ball as they enjoyed a summer’s day out, so it’s come as no surprise that the outdoorsmad family are considering a move Down Under.

Speaking to The Australian Women’s Weekly, Zara admits she can see a future for her brood in Australia once she’s finished her career as an Olympic eventer.

“Probably not while I’m

MIKE’S

PLACE competing – that would be a little bit hard commuting.

But after that… yes, I think if an opportunity came up we’d definitely think about it,” the 38-year-old says.

Zara and Mike now refer to Australia as their “second home” after travelling to the country every January since 2012 for Zara’s duties as an ambassador and patron for the Magic Millions polo tournament.

The laid-back Antipodean way of life – plus the sun and surf – are massive pulls for the Tindalls. While the pair are part of the royal family, they have no official duties thanks to Zara’s lack of title, which leaves her much freer than cousins princes William and Harry to make her own life decisions.

“Early January is bleak over here [in England], so it’s nice to be able to go and have a bit of sun,” Mike says. “I love the lifestyle of Australia and the ability to get up early and go

Princess Anne (below, in 1976 with Prince Philip) and former husband Mark (below right, in 1972) passed their passion for horses down to Zara, who is passing it on to Mia (left).

to the beach – especially for the kids.”

Zara and Mike travelled to Australia just after Christmas – which they reportedly spent with Mike’s family, rather than attend the royals’ traditional gathering at Sandringham – with Mike enthusiastically sharing pictures of their holiday on Instagram, including Sydney’s famed New Year’s Eve fireworks display.

“Sydney isn’t a bad way to see in the New Year!” Mike posted – later showing off his dancing skills They may not have been at Sandringham but Zara and Mike did attend the Queen’s annual Christmas lunch, with Mike sharing previously unknown facts about the day, including that there were no Christmas crackers on the table.

“The family lunch, there must have been about 70 of us – there are seven tables and the kiddies have their own little one in a different room. I was on Prince Charles’ table. It was lovely, really good.”

However, the start to the new year wasn’t entirely smooth

Will they or for Zara, with won’t they? Zara the royal and Mike hit the banned from beach on the Gold Coast with driving for six Lena (above) and months after Mia (right). An being caught Aussie lifestyle is one they’d speeding. She love to embrace. accumulated too many points what I love about being part of on her licence and was handed the sport. Everyone has bad an automatic ban. days and everyone has good Still, Zara and Mike (41) are days. It’s really humbling. said to be favourites of the “At the end of the day, we Queen thanks to their lowall do it because of our love of aintenance approach to life. horses and competition; trying But Zara admits that 2020 for to get to the top, trying to be her family will be a busy one, at the top. But that partnership as she hustles to make it on to Great Britain’s Olympic eventing you have with the horse is the main reason.” team for the Tokyo Games And it’s a passion that looks later this year. to have continued into the next Her passion for horses and generation, with both Mia and riding is well known. Both of Lena showing signs they love her parents − Anne, Princess being around horses.

Royal and Captain Mark Phillips “Mia does like horses,” her – also represented their country, proud mum says. with Mark winning Olympic “She rides a bit, and they’ve gold in Munich in 1972. both been on ponies. But, "Working with horses, especially, is not easy,” she tells. again, it’s more about giving them that experience and that “Everyone has to work as hard relationship. The experience as the next person. So that's that we had when we were young − being with an animal, learning how to treat an animal, learning how to look after an animal. All those things that are great for them as they’re growing up.

Being outside, too.

“All those life skills.” # Vivienne Archer

CELEB UPDATE YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE SHE IS MAGIC: ARISE, DAME OLIVIA

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er shelves are full of awards, but Olivia Newton-John’s latest accolade has extra significance.

The Grease star received a damehood in the British New Year Honours, and says she’s delighted with the recognition.

“I am extremely excited, honoured and grateful beyond words to be included with such an esteemed group of women who have received this distinguished award before me,” says Dame Olivia (71), who thanked the Queen “for graciously approving me as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire”.

“As a girl born in Cambridge, I am very proud of my British ancestry and so appreciative to be recognised in this way by the United Kingdom.”

Olivia, a granddaughter of German Nobel Prizewinning physicist Max Born, moved to Australia when she was six after her father Wilfred, a former MI5 officer, became a professor of German at the University of Melbourne.

As a teen, she won a TV talent quest, with a

OLIVIA’S HONOUR She’s the dame that we want!

trip to England as the prize.

She launched her career there, finding success in the early 1970s with songs such as Banks of the Ohio, Let Me Be There and I Honestly Love You, but it was playing Sandy opposite John Travolta in 1978’s Grease that catapulted her to superstardom. She quickly capitalised with back-to-back hits Magic, Xanadu and Physical, and also starred in the Xanadu movie.

She was honoured not just for services to the entertainment industry, but also for her tireless work as a cancer campaigner.

After developing breast cancer in 1992, she set up the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre in Melbourne and has raised millions of dollars for research and awareness.

She was clear of the disease for many years but in 2013, after a car accident, doctors found cancer in her shoulder. In 2017, the singer revealed the cancer had again returned, this time in her spine, and was stage four.

In an interview last year, Olivia said she didn’t want to know what her life expectancy was. “When you’re given a cancer diagnosis or a scary illness diagnosis, you are suddenly given a possibility of a time limit. If you believe the statistics, you’re going to make them happen.”

She added, “I’m so lucky that I’ve been through this three times and I’m still here.

Every day is a gift now.” # Judy Kean

“I’m still here!”

Cancer sufferer Olivia refuses to discuss her life expectancy.

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t was a problem faced by many women that first made Naomi Watts truly consider the inevitabilities of ageing.

While making the TV series Gypsy in 2016, the BritishAustralian beauty first noticed something wasn’t right with her skin – 16-hour days, hot lights and multiple re-applications of make-up had wrought chaos on her face, and she was dealing with a severe case of rosacea.

In that moment the actress found herself pondering implications that were more than skin deep. “I think for many women, from their mid40s, life can become more complicated – [because of] ageing, hormones, anxiety, sleep, the whole thing,” she tells.

“We get more vulnerable. We get more delicate and fragile as we face our mortality. I know it’s dark thinking, but it’s honest.

“The idea we’re invincible – that’s long gone in my world. I definitely operated on that level of thinking for a long time, and possibly abused myself in the

She may be in a relationship now with Billy (above), but Naomi and Liev (far right) always put their sons, Sasha (inset back) and Kai (inset front) first.

process with not enough sleep and being resilient for the sake of determination. Now I have to force myself to not operate like that, and give myself a break and let myself admit that I’m not going to be on my game at all times.”

Naomi’s certainly been through the emotional wringer in the last few years – the King Kong star split with longtime partner Liev Schreiber in 2016 after 11 years together. While the divorce was of course tough, Naomi says she’s “pretty proud” of their continued friendship, and how they’re parenting children Sasha (12) and Kai (11).

“We’re doing things very differently,” she nods. “We’ve made it our absolute priority to be good and kind to each other and we’re absolutely committed to that.”

Though she’s now happily in a relationship with fellow actor Billy Crudup (51), Naomi and Liev (52) still spend time together – both with and without their kids – and are

often spotted on coffee runs together in New York.

“Having a good relationship has always been our endgame,” she says. “We’ve put a lot of energy and effort into making that so. It’s not always a cakewalk, as they say in America, but it makes absolute sense, because it really matters to the children. You can see how there are so many things that can make a kid feel anxious, and knowing that their parents can be in the same room, and joyfully, means a lot to them.”

As well as thinking of her kids, Naomi has also recently been putting a lot of effort into herself – both aesthetically, and entrepreneurially. Not only has she put in some of her best performances of late – her role as Gretchen Carlson in miniseries The Loudest Voice has been critically lauded – Naomi’s also branched out into business, helping to found ONDA, a “clean beauty” brand.

“I’m 51 and I haven’t spent a lifetime looking after my skin,” she says, referencing Australia’s harsh climate. But what she and her business partners quickly realised is that, along with a growing desire for natural products, women in their 40s and 50s were looking for a chance to “recalibrate” – just like Naomi herself was.

She’s gone down the therapy route – “I’ve definitely... got some proper help at points of crisis,” as she calls it, referring to a chaotic childhood where her father, a sound engineer for Pink Floyd, died of a heroin overdose, and she moved frequently with her mother around England and Wales, ending up in Australia.

Though she generally feels on an even keel today, Naomi says she’s going through the same issues any 51-year-old woman suffers through – including the onset of menopause, describing it as a “journey”.

“Menopause should not be a dirty word. It’s such a shame that society has made it so,” she tells. “We need support from each other, and not made to feel like unsexy, infertile, crabby old ladies that should be sent out to pasture.

“We actually have wisdom and compassion that far outweighs youthful arrogance.

Along with some mood swings and floods of tears on the side.”

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CELEB UPDATE Though she’s a bit “creaky” now, Betty’s still all White!

THE ACTRESS IS LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO 98!

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t’s a very happy 98th birthday to the legendary Betty White!

The Golden Girls star is doing “really well” and will celebrate her big day on January 17 surrounded by her closest friends at a wee shindig.

“She still likes to drink, laugh and tell stories,” says a pal.

“It will be at her home with longtime friends and stepchildren. She’s still close with them and their children. They’ll order food in and have fun.”

The star, who first rose to fame on US game shows and a self-titled talk show before

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joining the cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, adores her birthdays and spent the day last year eating cake and playing poker.

Betty, who has been single since the passing of her third husband Allen Ludden in 1981 – “once you’ve had the best, who needs the rest?” she once said – has a large group of friends, and spends her time either socialising, reading or completing a crossword.

“It’s all about your mental attitude,” she says. “So many of us start dreading age, [but]

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make the most of it – it’s better than the alternative!”

While the actress is a little slower than she used to be, she has no major health problems, the pal tells.

“She says she’s a little ‘creaky’.

Walking is a bit of an issue and she uses a walker at home, but she’s okay. And she’s still quick with a one-liner.”

Betty’s also continuing to work and appear in public, albeit sporadically – she lent her voice to last year’s Toy Story 4 and accepted a lifetime achievement award at the

70th Emmy Awards in 2018 where she received a prolonged standing ovation from the audience.

Indeed, while her family would like her to retire to her beach house in Carmel, California, Betty refuses. “Hollywood is in her blood. She likes to be close to the action, even at her age.”

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here aren’t many people who would go to their boss with the sole intention of talking themselves out of a job. But that’s exactly what Katie McGlynn did when she asked the producers of Coronation Street to kill her off.

The result was her recent cervical cancer storyline, where viewers saw Katie’s character Sinead Osbourne die following a year-long battle with the illness in some of the bravest and most heartbreaking scenes the Street has ever shot.

“When they first told me about the story, they weren’t sure if it was going to be terminal,” Katie (26) tells.

“But I said, ‘I think she should die.’ I said that knowing it would mean I didn’t have a job.

But I wanted to show real life.

There’s not always a fairytale ending and people do die.

Some TV shows fear the sad ending, but I wanted to make it as real as possible.”

Which it absolutely was.

The unnerving time jumps, edgy camera work and focus on Sinead’s breathing made those final scenes extremely intense to watch, and Katie says she’s proud to have been a part off it all. ll But, um, what about her mortgage? “I’ve got savings, I’m not completely daft,” she la hs. “It’s a bit scar to not have a b, but I’m okay for now.”

The truth is, Katie started getting itchy feet a couple of years ago, frustrated that Sinead was plodding along wit any major drama. She a ed a meeting with -producer Kate Oates talk through her issatisfaction and h intention to quit.

“I’d ust turned 24 and was on this big show, but I wasn’t doing much,” she says candidly. “I felt a bit lost. I’d come from a lot of drama at my previous job on Waterloo Road, d where

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I was getting big, challenging storylines left, right and centre.

I went to Coro, and pinched myself that I was there, but the character took a while to develop to make her the quirky girl she became.

“I didn’t feel Sinead was reaching her full potential, and unless something really bad happened to her I didn’t think there was anywhere for her to go. She was too sweet, her life was very normal and I wasn’t sure what to do.”

It was during that meeting Katie was told producers were in the early stages of planning a cancer plot and asked her to consider staying on to do it.

“I was very open with her [Kate] about feeling lost and not knowing if I should still be there.

And that’s when she put this storyline to me and I thought, ‘Well, I can’t leave now.’

“I said, ‘Yes please, let me do it!’ And I said that I wanted Sinead to die.

“Selfishly, I wanted a big story but I also wanted it to get women going for their smears, because it felt like the Jade Goody effect had gone.”

Reality star Jade died of

cervical cancer in 2009 and the publicity around that tragedy saw an upsurge in the number of women attending routine smear tests. But the impact was short-lived and by last year the number of screenings had reached an all-time low.

While Sinead’s story played out, GPs reported that those figures started to climb again.

“I was really shocked, touched and humbled by the reaction,” Katie says. “I’m so proud that we’ve raised awareness. We invested a lot of time in it and the research team was amazing. We wanted to make sure we got it right.”

The intense plot also gave Katie’s confidence in her acting abilities a boost, after the quieter years of playing Sinead allowed self-doubt to creep in.

“I’ve been so out of practice for four years, I didn’t know if I could still do the serious scenes.

It’s given me my confidence back again.”

In some welcome relief after such a draining storyline, Katie spent the festive period playing Tinker Bell in panto Peter Pan. But she is the latest in a long line of Coro stars to leave

‘I wanted to get women going for their smears because it felt like the Jade Goody effect had gone’ Sinead’s refusal of treatment for cervical cancer for the sake of her unborn baby devastated husband Daniel (back left, Rob Mallard) and father-in-law Ken (back right, William Roache).

Clockwise rom le t: Katie’s first big role was as Scout on Waterloo Road; Katie’s mum Ruth helped her to overcome shyness with acting classes; and she joined Coro in 2013.

the Street − Kym Marsh (43), Lucy Fallon (24) and Beverley Callard (62) are just a few others who have also quit − amid rumours of major unrest and low morale, mainly due to increased working hours since new producer Iain MacLeod arrived in 2018.

“It’s a coincidence,” Katie insists. “My storyline was written so far in advance so it’s been more sporadic rather than everyone suddenly deciding [to leave] all at once.

“People want to try other opportunities, it’s not that they’re fed up of working there. It’s actually a really lovely place to work.

“The Street always goes on, no matter what. Coro has nothing to worry about.”

The recent move to six episodes a week in the UK (with reports this could soon increase to seven) has undoubtedly placed more pressure on the cast and crew, and the jury is definitely still out as far as the viewers are concerned regarding whether it’s overkill.

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back at a more manageable three or four episodes a week?

“Probably, yes. I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s a chore for the audience, but it is a big commitment. And upping it makes everyone have to work even harder to get the episodes out, as well as people at home working harder to keep up.

“But I guess that’s the way the media is going now. With Netflix and dramas, you can watch a box set in a week.

Coro is trying to chase that and I don’t blame them.”

Rochdale-born Katie is the youngest of five siblings and first started drama classes at the age of seven in a bid to combat chronic shyness.

“My mum wanted to help me overcome that and make some friends. I joined Carol Godby’s [theatre school in Bury] and that was it.”

She got her first job at 16 on Jimmy McGovern’s Moving On and then won the part of the troubled Jodie ‘Scout’ Allen on Waterloo Road, where she stayed until Coronation Street came calling in 2013.

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“I did my A levels while I was filming Waterloo Road, and it was just a case of doing the exam then getting into a cab to go and film.

“My parents have always supported me,” she continues.

“They knew I was passionate and that I had a fire in my belly for this career. It was about helping me get there.”

Katie admits she was an awkward, self-conscious teen but has grown much more comfortable in her skin with age.

She tries not to let social media trolling get to her, preferring to deflect it with humour.

“Someone posted on one of my pictures, ‘Are you pregnant?’

And I replied, ‘No, I’m just fat.‘ That’s how I deal with it, I flip it. There will always be bitter people who want to ruin other people’s lives.

“Me 10 years ago was a completely different person.

Becoming a young woman in today’s society is hard. I’d love to tell that girl to stop worrying about what other people thought, stop comparing yourself. It’s about having confidence and faith in yourself.”

That said, she’s currently working with Ultimate Performance in Manchester, after gaining about 6kg during the filming of Sinead’s final months. “I wanted them to crack the whip with the nutrition side of things,” Katie tells.

“I just didn’t feel like myself and I wanted to get back to me... It’s about finding balance without getting obsessed.

“I think everyone feels a certain pressure with social media. We all see those edited and gym-honed bodies. Yes, I’m in the spotlight, but I think any young woman is under that same pressure today.”

Katie’s been single since splitting with boyfriend Benji Roberts at the start of the year Katie’s split from Benji (below) was done quietly. Since Sinead’s storyline, she’s kept herself busy with assistance from the team at Ultimate Performance, who are helping her get back in shape.

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and says she’s quite happy being on her own.

“To be honest, I’ve not had time for any of that. I’m so laid-back, I don’t go searching for it. I know some women feel like they’re on a clock, but I’m not bothered. I live on my own and I love having my own space.

“I’m actually really good on my own, and I think that might be my problem. I enjoy my own company too much and I also have really high standards, so if anyone wants to come into my life, everything has to be ticked off. It all has to click and if I have even one doubt then I don’t really want to waste my time.”

As for the future, there are some top-secret talks going on for projects this year and Katie has been back on the audition trail as she lines up post-Coro work. Her schedule is unlikely to include reality TV, though, despite having been offered the opportunity.

“Never say never. I’ve been offered a lot of the dating ones, but it’s not my comfort

zone. And at this time in my life I want to focus on acting, that’s what I know.

“It’s scary, but in a good way.

I’ve never once doubted it or worried about what I’ve done. I love not knowing what’s going to happen next week.

“I’d like to think I left at the right time. I tried to choose a good time to leave and hopefully the stars have aligned.”

Katie adds, “I think Coro has been such a big part of my life and I’ll never forget it, but now I want to draw a line under it and see what else is out there.” # Beth Niel

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lip, slop, slapping isn’t the first thing that springs to mind when discussing all things pig. But then King Curtis wasn’t any old hog. The large white is one of several boars that longtime friends – twins Catherine and Emma Sharpin and Annabel Askin – have exhibited since their compeitition debut at Christchurch’s A&P Show in 2017.

King Curtis was, as the three women put it, just “porker”.

Unfortunately, he also needed bucket-loads of sunscreen to stop his light-coloured flanks from sunburn.

“It blew our budget,” says

Catherine with a laugh.

Lesson learned and the three women, who go by the syndicate name The Pork Pullers, are now looking to show only Berkshires, a rare breed of English domestic swine finding renewed favour among the culinary cognoscenti.

The trio all grew up on farms around Lowcliffe in mid-Canterbury. Their foray into hog handling followed an approach from the Boar Breeders Association (BBA), which was keen to get more females

involved in competitions.

They didn’t need much convincing. The Pork Pullers was born and their first purchases, Boaratt, a five-month-old Berkshire, and Optimus Swine, a 130kg black and white saddleback, not only took the show ring by surprise, but Boaratt won them their very first ribbon.

The following year Liam Squealer, Hugh Grunt and King Curtis entered the circuit. Liam was trucked up to the Royal Hawke’s Bay Show and stunned veteran

competitors after “trotting away with first, second and third placings in the purebred section”, says 28-year-old Emma, a senior sales rep for a rural retailer and the group’s HR, or hog relations manager.

Their success has continued with Stephen Porkings and Piggy Smalls, two purebred Berkshires they raised from weaners, bought for $200.

Porkings, a 100kg boar, won every round he was eligible for at the 2019 Christchurch show in November and was crowned 2019 Supreme Champion.

From all accounts, raising the beasts is a combination of hilarity and hard work.

Tells Annabel, 31, “The first

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year we used my parents’ dairy farm to raise them. The old man said no when we asked, but sometimes it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than consent!

“Our parents thought we were nuts having our weekly meetings in the pig pen, drinking wine and eating bacon and egg pie.”

Annabel, a clinical exercise physiologist, is The Pork Pullers’ CEO – and the squeamish should look away now – or chief execution officer. She is, however, well aware of the swines’ mental health needs.

She explains, “Pigs need to be kept in twos or more as they are very social and intelligent animals,

and can get depressed if they’re in solitary confinement. We make sure the pig pen has a shelter hut, fresh water and plenty of space to move around and play. We often lead them to creeks or mud holes on hot days so they can bathe and cool off.”

Animal nutrition area manager Catherine is the syndicate’s PA, or pig analyst, responsible for keeping their charges in tip-top condition.

“We use a customised feeding and exercise training regime, similar to that of a high-performance athlete,” she boasts. “Their dietary regime includes a blend of protein and starch, so no household scraps! And to get the correct

percentage of lean muscle to fat ratio, we use a combination of anaerobic and strengthbased training.”

Prior to show day, the pigs are meticulously groomed – washed, exfoliated, oiled, buffed and talcumed. The next job, says Emma, is getting themselves ready.

“We want to look classy and sophisticated, as the boys wear suit jackets and ties. Our vibe has been country chic each year, so we try and interpret this into our outfit choices.”

They’ve also become known for their pre and post-judge partying, spurred along by a not-so-sneaky espresso martini or Pimms.

“We have been the only girl syndicate in the show scene until last year and it hasn’t been easy to work our way to the top,” admits Emma. “We wanted to show other rural girls that it was something they could get involved with and have a laugh along the way. It’s a huge annual event on the social calendar – a bit like family Christmas, no-one ever wants to miss out.”

And speaking of Christmas, while the first of their show pigs was passed on to other breeders, several have ended up in the freezer, including Piggy Smalls, who was last month’s Christmas ham. # Julie Jacobson Below: Top hog Stephen Porkings pokes his tongue at his rivals.

Bottom: The girls are hot to trotter in their show attire.

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A DAME GOOD LEGACY

DIANE’S SEARCH TO FIND HER MUM’S LONG-LOST PAINTINGS

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Louise and her art (left, on a cover of the Weekly in 1961) are a source of great joy for daughter Diane.

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f you were passing through the former Farmers car park in downtown Auckland back in the mid 1980s, there’s a chance you may have come across an elderly lady working feverishly on giant colourful canvases.

The unlikely venue had become a makeshift studio for one of Aotearoa’s most prolific modern artists, Dame Louise Henderson, as she created her monumental series, The Twelve Months.

The dame was in her 80s when she embarked on the ambitious project that depicted impressions of life in New Zealand over a calendar year on a dozen towering canvases, a scale so colossal daughter Diane McKegg (86) recalls the challenges it posed for her trailblazing mum.

“She would ask anyone who was passing to help her turn the work upside down as they were almost twice her height.

“She had to because they were huge paintings. It [the car park] was an ideal place to do it because there was

plenty of room for her to work on them, but on the other hand she couldn’t manage them on her own.

“It was an enormous challenge. I remember she was very satisfied when they were finished,” Diane says, adding Louise was 85 when she completed the series in 1987.

Now, more than three decades later, 10 of the 12 paintings are on display at Auckland Art Gallery where the exhibition Louise Henderson: From Life is celebrating seven decades of the late artist’s work.

It includes her early watercolours featuring the Canterbury landscape, still-life compositions, females depicted in cubism and lush bush scenes.

There’s an added delight for Diane, with one of the missing artworks, owned by a private collector, rediscovered at an Auckland secondary school midway through December last year.

“You know that they’ve found April, don’t you?” an exuberant Diane tells. “It was at Mount Albert Grammar. It ended up there because the person who

owns it couldn’t hang it in his house. He was an old boy of Mount Albert Grammar.

“It was really such a relief because there are 12 months in the year. We know that one (August) was cut down and therefore is no longer the same size as the others, however we could not find April. It became a kind of crusade really because it did exist and it was really very satisfying to find it again,” she smiles.

New Zealand art curator Julia Waite says calls for the completed series to be kept together in a public collection back in the day went unheeded, with the paintings dispersed throughout the country.

After an extensive search for the lost month, and with most of the paintings reunited for the exhibition, Julia was surprised to learn a colleague had spied it hanging in a school hallway.

“A few weeks after the exhibition opened, no-one came forward to say they had the work and I began to worry that April may never be found,” she says. “I’ve viewed the inting and it’s interesting erpretation of autumn month th small shards colour fluttering wn like autumn aves, and a owded sky dark storm uds.”

Buoyed by the iscovery, Diane ys she can’t lp but feel roud wandering rough the ecially curated llection that emonstrates e breadth of er mother’s pressive Auckland Art Gallery’s show celebrating seven decades of Louise’s work includes paintings from her Twelve Months series.

artistic journey. “I think it’s a beautiful exhibition. It covers all the different periods of her work, is well documented and beautifully hung.”

Surrounded with an equally stunning selection of Louise’s paintings on the walls of her Auckland home, Diane says it wasn’t until her teenage years that she started to appreciate her mum’s talent.

“Like most children, to me she was just my mother. It wasn’t until we got to Auckland in 1949 and she had the freedom to paint as she was no longer working full time, that I started to become aware of this.

“My mother could be in her studio all day without coming out of it. She always used to say, ‘There’s so much to do.’

She was never short of ideas.”

With painting a way of life for her French-born mother, who taught art to secondary school and tertiary students and was an expert embroiderer, Diane recalls Louise’s attempts to get her only daughter to follow in her footsteps.

“She used to take me to drawing classes on the weekend but I wasn’t in the least bit interested,” she tells. “I have three daughters and they are all talented in different ways, but none of them paint.”

Diane, who grew up speaking French at home, says her mum was pleased to be recognised for her services to art when she was awarded a damehood in 1993 at the age of 90.

With the opportunity to celebrate her mother’s work 25 years after her death, Diane speaks authoritatively about the captivating canvases that adorn her walls, telling the Weekly how much they mean to her.

“They are a great responsibility but also a source of great joy. I am always delighted when they are exhibited and I have the opportunity to share them.

“My mother said you don’t own paintings, paintings are there for everyone to enjoy, so I don’t particularly possess them.” # Lynley Ward

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here did my name Purple come from?

Very once upon a time, I was going through a phase in the late 1980s where everything I owned was purple.

Plus, me, my flatmate, her best friend, a girl on a course I was doing and a girl at my parttime job all had the same given name so it was just easy to be Purple. It’s unique and it stuck.

I grew up in L&P town − Paeroa. The bottom of the Coromandel Peninsula is my glamorous description! It was a quintessential childhood, I suppose. We had a rural outlook, so we’d spend a lot of time outside on our bikes, or at the beach.

When I first left school I studied retail merchandising and advertising at Waikato Polytech. I guess it was something a bit arty. But then I ran away to join the gypsies, the travelling artisan community who do fairs and festivals around the country.

I travelled with them doing a bit of apple picking and other seasonal work before I moved back to Paeroa to help Mum when my sister,

Purple’s creations are works of art from the heart.

who’s 21 years younger than me, was born.

It seemed everyone in Paeroa was having babies – and I didn’t want to be a solo mum! – so to escape I went to polytech in Nelson and did visual arts.

I still have a little caravan that I built and used to tow around with all manner of underpowered vehicles on adventures. It’s now a spare room/shed in the backyard.

I like to have a garden, and because I’ve upcycled and recycled for years − I’m a bit of a hoarder − I’ve always lived in a house. I’ve also had trucks for most of my life, which has meant I’ve been able to take whatever I like home.

Artists don’t make much so I’ve had other jobs – barista, bar wench – to supplement the income from my craft. Before I moved to my place now in Oamaru I worked in the post office/forecourt at Cheviot. I had to do road user and vehicle regos on the computer and I would get all wound up over it − I don’t do computers. I’m not a complete Luddite, but they just irk me.

I moved to Oamaru in 2011 and

got a job driving the school bus.

I still do that, but only relief work. I had been here before, for a friend’s funeral, and just fell in love with the place.

I saw posters for the second Steampunk Festival, so a friend and I came down for that. After that, I couldn’t sell my house fast enough! Oamaru’s a little old-fashioned, quirky town that suits me down to the ground.

How would I describe Steampunk style? If you break the word down, steam relates to the Victorian aesthetic, styling and materials of the day, then when you punk it, it’s any attitude you like. It’s inspired by the writings of Jules Verne, his Captain Nemo and all of his highly ornate, detailed inventions.

Before Steampunk, I was more rustic. Steampunk is a bit more glam − or maybe apocalyptic, if you like − but I’d describe myself as a crafty artisan. I make all sorts – leadlights, leather wrap belts, hats, cards. I love leather and metal.

My partner Pete is a metal man; he’s an engineer by trade.

He snuck up on me at a shop.

I was talking to a friend who was in the shop with him. She had a little K Bedford bus

and we deserted the shop to have a look at it. We were blathering away like a pair of girls and I nearly stepped on him when I stepped back to take a photo!

We live in the old Holmes Hill farm manager’s cottage. It’s Oamaru stone, built in the 1860s.

We call it our castle. Pete’s got a Model T and I’ve got a little K Bedford house truck with a little ‘snorage’ on the back.

I use it as a daily runner, but when I do markets and festivals and things I can open up the side, set up my stall, and also sleep in it overnight if I need.

It’s called the Realm Runner and it’s the most photographed truck on the street!

I’ve also got a little homebuilt, two-stroke moped, which I bought off a friend. It was a bit of a loose unit so not really working when I got it, but we’ve modified it now. It won the ‘Rat bike’ award at the Long Drop Rally in Duntroon.

Do I always wear these clothes or do I own some trackpants?

I do, but I only wear them when I go to the gym. I’m getting older now. You have to start looking # after yourself!”

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Quick-fire:

When are you happiest?

When I’m playing with colour or wood or leather, when I’m making things.

Who are three guests from the present or past you’d invite to dinner?

Film director Sir Peter Jackson, he has a creative soul; Brian Froud, a brilliant artist who illustrated Faeries and The Goblins of the Labyrinth and Lagertha from Vikings.

How I live...

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Purple shows her true colours PURPLE TAYLOR (54) IS A STEAMPUNK ARTISAN AND CRAFTER WHOSE STUDIO REALM IS A TREASURE TROVE OF JEWELLERY, CLOTHING AND ART

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nici WICKES It’s that time of year when all the berry seasons collide – strawberries and raspberries show their last true colours, whilst plump and juicy blueberries and blackberries are just hitting their prime.

Berry, berry nice!

Nici Wickes FOOD EDITOR

SLICES of heaven BAKED GOODS THAT ARE BERRY DELIGHTFUL!

Send your foodie thoughts and questions to Nici: nwickes@bauermedia.co.nz

Nici’s note...

• When a recipe calls for zest, add it in when the beating is done as it gets caught on the beaters and you can lose half of it.

MAKES ONE LOAF

2 tbsp each lemon zest

This loaf has such a delicate, buttery crumb and with just a hint of lavender to soften the lemon, it’s absolutely gorgeous.

190g sugar 2 tbsp fresh lavender, crumbled 150g butter, softened 3 medium eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 90g flour, plus extra for dusting the blueberries ½ tsp baking powder 110g ground almonds

and juice 200g fresh blueberries ¼ cup icing sugar Few drops of lemon juice and water Lavender, to garnish 1 Heat oven to 180oC fan bake.

Grease and line a large loaf tin.

2 Briefly pulse the sugar and lavender in a food processor.

3 Cream the butter with the lavender sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs, one

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at a time, beating between each and not worrying that it curdles a little. Stir in the vanilla, flour, baking powder, ground almonds and lemon zest and juice. Make sure it’s well combined but don’t overmix.

Lastly, fold in most of the blueberries (dusted in a little flour), saving a handful.

4 Gently scrape the batter into your tin and bake for 20 minutes. Swiftly and gently scatter the remaining

blueberries over the top. Lower the temperature to 170oC and continue baking for a further 30-35 minutes or until a skewer comes out with just a few crumbs clinging to it. Cover with foil during cooking if it darkens too much. Cool in the tin before carefully turning out.

5 Mix the icing sugar with lemon juice and water to make a drizzle.

6 When the loaf is cool, drizzle over the icing and serve slices garnished with lavender.

PHOTOS: TODD EYRE

Blueberry, lemon & lavender loaf

Strawberry poppy seed cake MAKES ONE 20CM CAKE

End-of-season strawberries are so jammy and sweet, they’re perfect for baking with.

55g butter, softened 2 /3 cup caster sugar, plus 1 tbsp extra ½ tsp pure vanilla extract 1 large egg 1 cup plain flour ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda 3 tbsp poppy seeds ½ cup plain Greek yoghurt ½ tsp lemon zest 140g fresh strawberries, quartered 1 Preheat oven to 180oC fan bake with a rack in the middle.

Grease and line a 20cm springform tin.

2 Beat the butter and 2/3 cup of sugar until pale and fluffy, then beat in the vanilla and egg.

3 Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and poppy seeds. Add these into the mix in two batches, beating on low and alternating with yoghurt.

Stir in the zest and half of the strawberries until just combined.

Spoon the batter into the cake tin. Arrange the last of the strawberries evenly over top and sprinkle with remaining sugar.

4 Bake for 35 minutes or until golden and a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool for 10-15 minutes before ‘springing the tin’. Cool completely before transferring to a plate.

Nici’s note...

• In summer, store cakes with fresh fruit in them in the fridge (then bring to room temperature to serve) rather than chancing mould appearing!

Nourish Nici’s note...

• Cashew nut butter is available in supermarkets (try the spreads or organic sections), but making your own is easy. Soak 1 cup of raw, unsalted cashews in water overnight, drain well, then process in a blender or food processor with ¼ -½ cup of water until creamy and paste-like. You’ll need a high-speed blender to get a super-smooth texture.

Gluten

FREE

Dairy

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Berry lemon cheesecake SERVES 8-10

Berries and lemon are a great match in this dairy-free take on an old classic.

BASE 1 cup ground almonds ¼ cup brown sugar ¼ cup cocoa powder 2 tbsp coconut thread 2 tbsp coconut oil, melted 1 tbsp flaxseed meal mixed with 2 tbsp water ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ¼ cup plant milk (almond, soy, rice, coconut)

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FILLING 1 cup coconut cream ½ cup cashew nut butter (see note) 3 tbsp lemon juice Zest of 2 lemons 3 /4 cup coconut oil, melted 1 /3 cup honey or maple syrup 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 tbsp nutrional yeast flakes BERRY CHIA TOPPING 1½ cups fresh raspberries 1 tbsp water 2 tbsp maple syrup 3 tbsp chia seeds 1 cup assorted fresh berries –

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I used boysenberries and more raspberries Mint leaves, to scatter 1 Heat oven to 180oC. Line and grease a 23cm-deep tart or springform tin.

2 Mix all of the base ingredients together and press into your prepared tin. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until firm. Cool.

3 While the base cooks, make the filling by blending all of the filling ingredients together in a high-speed blender. Process for 2-3 minutes or until the mixture is smooth and creamy.

4 Pour the mixture into the

cake tin and chill until set – about 2-3 hours.

5 For the topping, bring the raspberries, water and syrup to a simmer in a small pot. Mash the raspberries and add chia seeds.

Leave to thicken and cool.

6 Spoon the berry topping over your set cheesecake, still in the tin. Chill for a further hour.

7 To serve, carefully remove the cheesecake from the tin, place on a serving plate and pile on an assortment of fresh berries and mint leaves.

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Blueberry & white chocolate slice MAKES 16-20 SQUARES

Packed full of fresh blueberries and with the lovely crunch of pieces of white chocolate, this slice is a tasty treat.

250g butter 1 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla essence 3 eggs 2 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 200g white chocolate buttons, roughly chopped Milk or yoghurt, as needed 1½ cups fresh blueberries 1 Heat oven to 180oC fan bake.

Nici’s note...

ters • I remember, my sis me and I would come ho h from school and polis s off one of these slice of Mum’s in one fell swoop. Yum!

Line a Swiss roll tin with baking paper.

2 Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and creamy, then beat in the eggs. Add the flour, baking powder and white chocolate, mixing thoroughly.

Add a little bit of either milk or yoghurt if too stiff. Scatter the blueberries evenly on top and bake for approximately 20 minutes or until it springs back to the touch.

3 Serve either warm or cold.

You could also dust with icing sugar. This slice freezes well too.

Mum’s tip...

• Slices cook faster than cakes so they’re great if you’re in a hurry to fill the tins.

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grilling RECIPES TO TAKE YOUR BARBECUE TO THE NEXT LEVEL!

Korean beef & mushrooms SERVES 4-6 500g beef rump, trimmed,

thinly sliced 300g mixed mushrooms,

roughly chopped 2 onions, cut into wedges 1 /3 cup soy sauce ¼ cup rice wine vinegar ¼ cup caster sugar 1½ tbsp sesame oil 1 butter lettuce, leaves separated 2 long red chillies, finely sliced

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1 In a large bowl, combine the

beef, mushrooms, onion, soy, vinegar, sugar and oil. Mix well and set aside for 30 minutes.

2 Preheat a barbecue plate on high. Stir-fry the beef in 3 batches for 3-4 minutes, being careful not to over-crowd the plate. Push the cooked portion to the side while repeating with the remaining mixture.

3 Serve the beef in lettuce leaves topped with sliced chilli.

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Eggplant & tomato salad SERVES 4 1 large eggplant, peeled,

PHOTOS: ROB SHAW/BAUERSYNDICATION.COM.AU

quartered 275g baby truss tomatoes 5 garlic cloves, skin on ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil, plus 1 tbsp extra Salt and pepper, to season 1 bunch parsley, leaves picked, roughly chopped 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar 1 Preheat a barbecue grill or char-grill on high.

2 In a large bowl, toss the eggplant, tomatoes and garlic

with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

3 Barbecue the eggplant and garlic for 3-4 minutes each side or until lightly charred. Transfer to a wire rack.

4 Place the tomatoes on the grill and barbecue for 1 minute or until slightly blistered.

5 Roughly chop the eggplant further. Peel the garlic and finely chop. Transfer to a large bowl with the tomatoes, parsley, balsamic and extra oil. Toss to combine. Serve warm.

Tip...

• Prepare ahead and store in an airtight container in the fridge without the parsley, balsamic and extra oil. When ready to serve, toss the eggplant mixture on the barbecue plate for a few minutes, transfer to a bowl and toss with remaining ingredients.

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Tip...

• Sardines can also be cooked directly on an oiled barbecue plate, but will cook quicker, so halve the cooking time.

Grilled lemon & thyme sardines SERVES 4 1 lemon, thinly sliced 6 sprigs fresh thyme, halved 12 sardines, scaled

and butterflied 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 dried chilli, finely chopped 1 Preheat a barbecue grill or chargrill pan on high.

2 Place a lemon slice and

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a thyme sprig on the flesh side of each sardine fillet.

Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with chilli. Season. Place sardines on a wire grilling rack.

3 Barbecue the sardines skin-side down first for 1-2 minutes each side or until cooked through. Serve straight away.

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Delightfully scrumptious FOR A NUTRITIOUS START TO YOUR DAY, TRY THIS BETTER-FOR-YOU TAKE ON GRANOLA FROM SANITARIUM ith less than 3.8g of sugar per 50g serve^ and certified low GI*, Sanitarium™ Low GI Granola™ provides sustained energy** as well as great taste. Try these creative breakfast ideas, which use both moreish flavours – Golden Almond Crunch, and Strawberry & Coconut.

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Breakfast Açaí Bowl SERVES 2 ½ cup coconut water 1 frozen ripe banana 1 cup frozen mixed berries 2 tsp freeze-dried açaí powder 1 cup (100g) Sanitarium™ Low GI Granola™ Strawberry & Coconut 12 grapes, halved 2 tsp chia seeds Edible flowers to garnish (optional)

1 Place first four ingredients in a blender and blitz until smooth.

2 Pour into a bowl and top with granola, grapes and chia seeds.

Serve immediately.

Pawpaw Bowl SERVES 2 1 pawpaw Juice of 1 lime 6 tbsp plain unsweetened yoghurt ¼ orange, peeled and sliced ½ cup berries, fresh or frozen 1 cup (100g) Sanitarium™ Low GI Granola™ Golden Almond Crunch 2 tbsp mixed seeds Mint leaves and edible flowers to garnish (optional)

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1 Slice pawpaw in half lengthways. Scoop the seeds out and discard. Squeeze lime juice over both halves of pawpaw.

2 Divide yoghurt between pawpaw halves. Arrange fruit on top of yoghurt, then sprinkle over granola and seeds. Garnish with mint leaves and edible flowers and serve immediately.

Available in leading supermarkets. For more information and recipes, visit sanitarium.co.nz ^Per 50g serve of Low GI Granola without milk. *Glycaemic Index (GI) value = 53 (Strawberry & Coconut); 49 (Golden Almond Crunch). **Compared to high GI foods when consumed prior to exercise, as part of a balanced diet.

weeklyFASHION Heading away for a long weekend? Dress the part no matter where you’re going.

Travel in style!

Leigh Matheson STYLE DIRECTOR

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Getaway essentials OUTFIT IDEAS THAT PACK A PUNCH BUT KEEP YOUR SUITCASE LIGHT!

Island moments Heading d to one off the h islands off our coastline?

Do it in style in this tropicalprint tee from Farmers and these linen culottes from EziBuy for a sleek look.

Pair with bold yellow accessories, such as these wedge espadrilles, to make adventuring functional yet cool.

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ZEST TOP $49.99 and BOSTON & BAILEY BAG $59.99 both from FARMERS. SIMPLY YOU CULOTTES $199.99 from EZIBUY. SHOES $59.99 from NUMBER ONE SHOES.

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Nautical chic

’ t ki t th •seas,If embrace the traditional

nautical trend. This jumpsuit from Max fits the bill and has a loose and comfortable feel.

It’s styled here with some straw accessories from Seed Heritage, including this widebrim hat to protect you from the sun and a bag big enough for all you need.

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JUMPSUIT $159.99 from MAX. HAT $54.90 and BAG $54.90 both from SEED HERITAGE. RING $14.99 from COLETTE BY COLETTE HAYMAN. SARA SNEAKERS $79.99 from EZIBUY.

Tip...

Blue stripes are a classic you simply can’t go past.

City style A stunning i statement dress is required if you’re heading to the city for a getaway. This fabulous abstract animal-print number from Portmans ticks all the right boxes.

Pair it, as here, with subtle gold accessories for a timeless combination that will work for a variety of outings.

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DRESS $189.99 from PORTMANS. BANGLES $14.99 for set and BAG $39.99 both from COLETTE BY COLETTE HAYMAN. SHOES $59.99 from NUMBER ONE SHOES.

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Vineyard days

Tk b h i t le •to the vineyards this summer in this off-the-shoulder maxi dress from Farmers. The shirred bodice is flattering, while it drops from an empireheight waist into a flowing skirt.

Nude accessories, such as a block heel so you don’t sink in the grass, complete the outfit perfectly.

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IZABEL LONDON DRESS $89.99 from FARMERS. BAG $44.90 from SEED HERITAGE. CUFF $14.99 from COLETTE BY COLETTE HAYMAN. SHOES $59.99 from NUMBER ONE SHOES.

Beach escapes

h ’ lli •alongWha promenade or having lunch looking out across the water, this tropical-print tiered dress from Witchery is a winner.

Style it, as here, with pops of bright orange for a fun summery ensemble that will keep you in beach mode no matter the weather.

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DRESS $169.90 from WITCHERY. BANGLE $16.99 from COLETTE BY COLETTE HAYMAN. ACCESSORIES BAG $59.99 and CAPTURE SHOES $24.99 both from EZIBUY.

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weeklyBEAUTY From shavers to lasers, these are the latest hair removal methods designed to keep your body sleek.

Smooth operator!

Tracy Davis BEAUTY EDITOR

AT HOME OR IN THE SALON, WE LOOK AT THE LATEST IN HAIR REMOVAL

Prepare to bare

SHAVE

The humble razor is still the most cost-effective way of getting rid of unwanted hair fast. If you have sensitive skin, you might find that a shaver with multiple blades gives a more comfortable shave than a single blade because it requires fewer strokes. Electric shavers can also be less irritating. If your razo or starts to scratch or drag, it’s a sure sign the blades are blunt. Replacce it straight away to avoid irritation n.

Partner your razor with a lubricatting gel or cream to soften the hairs and help the razor glide over your skkin.

Tip: Wait half an hour after shaving before applying moisturiser to minimise any risk of irritation, and 24 hours before applying fake tan so it doesn’t sit in folliclles and make you look dotty.

Try: Schick Intuition f.a.b. razor, $17.

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LASER The gold standard of modern hair removal is without a doubt laser. It doesn’t come cheap but, if you struggle with body hair, it can be life-changing.

What’s more, the freedom of never having to shave, wax or pluck again is very appealing.

Keep in mind that you can have laser to remove hair anywhere from the nose down, as long as the hair to be zapped is darker

than the skin. Unfortunately, that does mean blonde, grey, white and red hair can’t be treated because the laser needs darker pigment to target and destroy the hair follicle. The cycle of hair growth has three distinct stages, so you will need multiple treatments at regular intervals (usually around four weeks apart for facial hair and six weeks apart for body) to

EPILATOR Like speed-tweezing for your legs, an epilator pulls hair out by its roots extremely fast via tiny spinning metallic tweezers.

Modern ones have pivoting heads to follow the curves of your body, and there are cordless and rechargeable models, and even shave and trim attachments, making them a versatile tool. Others are waterproof, giving you the

option of epilating in the shower or bath.

Tip: Any hair removal method that involves removing the hair at its root will leave your skin vulnerable to bacteria, so it’s wise to avoid exercise, along with saunas, spas and pedicure basins for 24 hours.

Try: Remington Smooth & Silky Effortless Glide Epilator, $99.99.

WAX Whether you take on the task at home or go to a clinic, the advantage of waxing is that it can remove large areas of hair at a time, and it works on any skin tone and hair colour or texture. The DIY version isn’t such a messy undertaking these days thanks to pre-waxed strips. For tricky areas, you can cut the sheets to the shape or size you need, then simply peel the backing off and place

where required. The latest options don’t even require heating, but if you’re waxing on a particularly cold day, a warm blast from your hairdryer will speed things up.

Tip: After waxing, wear loose cotton clothing so your skin can breathe. Start exfoliating around day three to avoid ingrown hairs.

Try: Marzena Natural Body Wax Strips, $17.

DEPILATORY Depilatory creams have come a long way – these days they’re kinder to your skin with less of an unpleasant smell. They work with ingredients that break down the shaft so unwanted hair can literally be wiped away. In-shower versions make the process even simpler as their heavier texture ensures that it stays put as you shower.

Smooth the cream generously over your prickly pins before you hop in, then remove after a few minutes while still in the shower. Clay-based versions can exfoliate skin at the same time.

Tip: You’ve just used chemicals on your skin so be kind to it. Hold off from applying any active skincare such as retinols and AHAs for a day, and instead use moisture-rich formulas.

Try: Nair Leg Mask, $17.99.

ensure all of the hair is treated.

Expect to pay upwards of $100 per session, depending on the area being treated.

Tip: Subjecting skin to extra heat on top of the lasering can result in a reaction, so keep any lasered areas completely out of the sun during your course and make SPF 30+ sunscreen mandatory to avoid darkening the skin.

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SPF HOW TO DECIPHER SUNSCREEN LINGO WHAT IS IT? SPF stands for “sun protection factor”, which is a measure of a sunscreen’s protection against UVB radiation.

HOW DOES IT WORK? The number next to the SPF indicates how much longer you can expect to be exposed to the sun before burning compared with wearing no sunscreen.

For example, if you would normally take 10 minutes to burn, wearing an SPF15 should allow you 150 minutes before burning.

WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO KNOW? Keep in mind that no sunscreen can completely protect you from the sun. An SPF15 provides about 94% protection from UVB rays, while an SPF30+ offers 97% protection, which is increased to 98% with an SPF50+. A broad-spectrum sunscreen will ensure you have protection from UVA rays as well as UVB. HOW RELIABLE IS IT? It’s only as reliable as your application! Most of us don’t apply sunscreen as thickly as it is applied for testing, nor do we apply it evenly to all exposed areas every couple of hours, as recommended.

So, along with sunscreen, always protect yourself further with clothing, a hat and sunglasses, and seek shade from the sun’s rays in peak times. And be sure to check your sunscreen’s expiry date!

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Witchery Luna sunglasses, $79.90.

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GROWER FRESH BLUEBERRIES Tucking into a punnet of plump, juicy blueberries is one of summer’s great pleasures – and longtime grower Dan Hutchins, of NZ Gourmet, produces the kind that have kept Countdown buyers coming back for 15 years. Taste the Grower Fresh difference for yourself this summer at your nearest Countdown store, or shop online at countdown.co.nz.

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n the summer I always have jars of this in my pantry as it is a nutritious, quick breakfast that will provide you with so much nutrition. I created this recipe because I was weary of fatty, sugar-laden cereals. It’s also great to have on hand if you have guests. Place a jar on the table with milk, yoghurt and fresh fruit, and brekkie is done!

You only need a little bit of this muesli to fill you up, and it contains good nutrients such as Brazil nuts (one a day keeps you loaded with selenium) and flaxseed or linseed (great fibre and omega 3 sources). If you grind up the linseed first, you’ll get more nutrition out of them. ¼ cup olive oil ¼ cup liquid honey ½ cup apple juice 1kg wholegrain oats 1 cup pumpkin seeds 1 cup sunflower seeds 1 cup sesame seeds 1 cup coarsely grated coconut 1 cup Brazil nuts, coarsely chopped 1 cup almonds, coarsely chopped 1 cup flaxseed (also known as linseed) 2 tsp ginger powder 2 tsp cinnamon powder Mix the olive oil with the liquid honey and top up with apple juice. Place all the muesli ingredients in a bowl and coat with the liquid, rubbing it into the oats and nuts with your hands. Put it in a large roasting dish (I need two) and toast in a 100oC oven for 1½ hours, stirring frequently until golden brown.

Store in an airtight container and prepare to love it.

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START YOUR SUMMER DAYS OFF RIGHT

START TIPS FOR NEW SHEETS

DID YOU KNOWblu?e To intensify the colour in your hydrangeas, bur y old steel wool near the roots.

There’s nothing better than a pair of brand new sheets on the bed, but first you must wash them as the manufacturers put additives on the sheets that have a heavy chemical load and make them quite stiff. Here are some tips for preparing your brand new sheets before you make your bed.

• Add ½ cup turpentine to the wash and continue as normal.

Dry on the line and there’ll be no remaining turps smell.

• Put sheets in a bucket of cold water to which you have added 50g Epsom salts. Stir a couple of times with a wooden spoon, then leave overnight. Rinse in the morning and hang on the line to dry. You can also try 1 cup non-iodised salt instead of Epsom salts.

READER LETTER OF THE WEEK your hands with some fresh breadcrumbs to make it shine.

Or you can soak jewellery in a cup of warm water to which you have added 1 tsp baking soda. Leave to soak for 30 minutes, then rub gently with a toothbrush before rinsing.

Diamonds and gold respond well to a bit of toothpaste gently rubbed over the jewellery with a toothbrush, then rinsed. Pearls must be treated very cautiously. Instead of the above, immerse them in a tub of rice, give it a good shake, then polish them.

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USE CORKS FROM YOUR WINE BOTTLES TO CLEAN GLASS AND MIRRORS. SIMPLY WIPE OVER YOUR WINDOW OR MIRROR AND USE A SOFT CLOTH TO POLISH. THERE’S NO NEED TO USE ANY WINDOW CLEANING LIQUID.

BLUEING POWDER The best thing about summer is the long, hot, sunny days when you can get your sheets out and give them a good blueing. In the old days, blue dye was widely available but these days you can’t get it. You add it to the final rinse and the blue pigment swaps out the yellow or grey pigment that sheets get after time. This works so well, you’ll be amazed.

Mix 3 cups baking soda with ½ tsp Prussian blue pigment (available at art stores). For one set of sheets, dissolve 2 tsp of this in a cup of warm water, then add it to your final rinse, making sure the bowl is full before adding. For best results, dry in direct sunlight.

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Don’t get sick this summer Remember to: Clean

Wash hands, chopping boards, utensils and surfaces before and after handling raw meat.

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Cook meat and poultry thoroughly, until juices run clear.

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Cover, separate (cooked and raw meat) and chill in the fridge. Don’t leave food out for more than two hours. If in doubt – chuck it out.

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Dear Wendyl, I recently inherited some jewellery from my mother, and some of it I would love to wear but it is very dirty.

I don’t want to go to the expense of getting it cleaned at the jeweller, but I do know there are some ways you can clean up jewellery at home. Do you have any tips?

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health&FAMILY One of the key ways to shed excess kilos is to eat less food. However, it’s easier said than done, so here are some tips to help you out.

Eat to live!

Donna Fleming HEALTH EDITOR

is over CURB THOSE EXTRA KILOS WITH THESE SIMPLE TECHNIQUES

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osing weight is not just a simple matter of eating less food. Other factors come into play, such as the type of food you eat, when you eat it, how physically active you are and your body’s ability to burn the calories you consume.

Cutting down on portions is a good start – or at least eating less of the foods that contribute most to weight gain. You don’t have to cut down drastically on what you eat – in fact, that’s not a good idea because it messes with your metabolism and can leave you so hungry that you end up bingeing on bad stuff.

But merely employing a few straightforward techniques to reduce the amount of calories you consume can lead to great results, especially if you also increase the exercise you do.

Here are some simple tips that can prove very effective.

BEGIN YOUR MEAL WITH SOUP OR A SALAD Adding an extra course to your meal may seem counterproductive, but a low-calorie entrée can help you eat less

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overall because it fills you up.

In one study, participants who had a small bowl of soup before their main course consumed 20% fewer calories overall.

And those who had a salad before tucking into a meal of pasta ate seven percent fewer calories. Salads and soups are a good choice because they have a high water and fibre content and are generally low in calories. Just stay away from cream-based soups and try not to drown your salad in dressing.

USE SMALLER PLATES This really does work. It can be hard to judge portion sizes, so when you dish up your food you’re more likely to pile a larger amount onto your plate if it’s big. One study found that people tend to fill 70% of their plates with food, regardless of the size of that plate. If you use a plate that is 25cm in diameter, you can end up eating as much as a whopping 55% more food than using one that is 20cm.

Using smaller utensils can also make a difference. A study of how much people ate when it

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came to desserts found that those who used a teaspoon instead of a dessertspoon to serve and eat their pudding consumed less.

THINK SOLUBLE FIBRE Foods that contain soluble fibre are particularly filling. That’s because this compound holds more water, and in the digestive tract it produces a thick gel that helps to slow digestion, adding to the feeling of fullness and helping to keep hunger at bay.

Foods high in soluble fibre include lima and kidney beans, Brussels sprouts, avocado, kumara, broccoli, pears, nectarines, apricots, carrots, apples, flaxseed, chia seeds and oatmeal.

Increase your soluble fibre intake by: • Adding chia seeds or ground flaxseeds to smoothies, yoghurt and cereal • Topping oatmeal with diced apple or pear • Adding beans to soups and salads • Snacking on fruit.

ADD A LITTLE SPICE People who eat spicy food tend to consume fewer calories.

That is because the compound capsaicin, found in chillies and hot peppers such as cayenne, helps to increase the amount of heat your body produces, making you burn more calories. According to some research, including it in a meal can also help reduce your appetite. In one study, people who ate a spicy appetiser consumed 190 fewer calories during the meal than those who didn’t have the spice.

DON’T FORGET PROTEIN Many studies have shown that protein helps to make you feel full. Research shows that when a meal is at least 20-30% protein, you’re more likely to feel full in the short and long-term, and less likely to want to snack between meals. Opt for lean proteins, such as eggs, skinless poultry, dairy, seafood and fish.

Plant-based proteins include beans, nuts and tofu.

READER TIPS • a ai her downfall, and that she’s easily tempted by sweet treats whenever she goes to her local shopping mall. So she has come up with a novel way to avoid that temptation: “As I walk around the shops, I make sure I suck on a ver y strong aniseed lolly. They leave such a strong taste in your mouth that you know there’s no point in having a treat because the taste will be ruined. It works for me!”

• Marilyn reckons drinking water before meals helped her to lose 7kg. “I make sure I have a large glass of water before every meal and it definitely fills me up so that I don’t eat as much.”

DON’T GET DISTRACTED Ever found yourself eating in front of the TV only to look down at your empty plate and think, “Did I really eat all of that?” Mindless eating is bad for you because you are less likely to notice the signals your brain sends out when your stomach is full. Curb this by getting into the habit of doing nothing but eating (and chatting to your dining companions) at meal times.

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toxic relationship” is a buzz phrase doing the rounds, but what does it mean and how do you know you’re in one?

No relationship is perfect, but they should at least make you feel happy, respected, cared for and secure. You should also feel free to be yourself.

Toxic relationships make you feel the opposite. Here are some signs that a relationship has gone down that path (and it doesn’t have to be a romantic relationship – it could be with a friend, relative or colleague): • The other person takes and never gives. It should be a twoway street, not all about them.

• You feel drained. If you’re mentally and emotionally exhausted after spending time

with them, there’s a problem.

• Communication is poor. Do they leave you in the dark all the time? Do you find yourself having to second-guess them?

Ask yourself why they may be shutting you out. Is it to gain the upper hand?

• The drama never ends. Life is not meant to be smooth sailing but constant ups and downs and associated histrionics are not healthy for either of you.

• You feel worthless. Constantly putting you down and making you feel useless – which can be done overtly or snidely – is not something a genuine friend or partner does.

• You can’t express how you really feel, or can’t behave in a natural and comfortable way.

• The negativity is non-stop.

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS POISONOUS?

Someone who seems incapable of saying anything positive to you is the very definition of toxic.

• Constant hostility. They may seem angry with you and it may feel that you can’t put a foot right. This is not about you, it is about them.

• Control issues. If they insist on calling the shots all the time and keep trying to assert their power over you – for example, getting you to do things they know you’re not keen on – that’s not a balanced relationship.

• They cut you off from friends and family. Alarm bells should ring if they discourage – or even forbid – you from maintaining your relationships with others.

• Lack of support. Not

being there for you when you really need it is a sign of an unhealthy relationship.

• Changing your standards or goals. Lowering your standards because of another person’s influence, or letting go of goals that have previously been important to you is a red flag.

It’s not always immediately obvious that a relationship has become toxic – this kind of behaviour can creep in gradually. If you become aware that there are issues such as those listed above, now is the time to do something about it.

If you feel that talking through these problems may help, initiate the conversation and, if necessary, seek professional help. If not, it may be time to pull the plug.

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weeklyGARDEN We all make mistakes – some of us more than others. Lack of time, lack of knowledge and, in my case, lack of judgement can be contributing factors. So check out my definitive list of common gardening mistakes to avoid in the coming year. You’ll be all sorted in five minutes – not.

A simple design drawing can save mistakes in the garden, and give you a point of reference down the track.

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Trial & error!

Lee Ann Bramwell GARDEN EDITOR

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MISTAKE COMMON GARDEN ERRORS TO AVOID

Ignore the plant label at your peril. This Albizia julibrissin has trebled in size in three years and is now very difficult to trim.

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y biggest gardening mistake was probably buying a two-acre block surrounded by a stream in a valley in the subtropical far north where sudden torrential downpours are a fact of life – ergo: flooding.

In three devastating floods, I’ve lost much of the garden, and neighbours downstream are probably admiring some of my precious plants from my cedar recliners as we speak.

The upside is that, as Anne of Green Gables used to say, tomorrow is a day with no mistakes in it yet. Sadly, this scenario hasn’t stopped me making the same mistakes more than once, but I think I’m getting on top of it now.

And it means you get to learn from my mistakes!

BAD PLANNING Planning doesn’t just mean writing a list of what you’re going to get at the garden centre. It means starting

If you have time, watering by hose is the go. It’s good for the plants, good for the environment and good for your state of mind.

with a design to give you outdoor spaces that will function well and look good. The entertaining area shouldn’t just end up somewhere because there happened to be enough space. A plan will consider all the elements, including position, space, aspect, access and viewpoints.

It will also give you something to refer to a year or three down the track when you’ve lost the plot about what you were trying to achieve.

IGNORING THE LABEL Labels on garden centre plants aren’t that detailed, but one thing they almost always include is the likely height of the item at maturity. I’ve often chosen to ignore this, or shrugged it off with a misguided, “Oh, we can keep it trimmed.” Don’t be like me. If you want a shrub or small tree that grows to 3m, buy one that grows to 3m. It will look better than a specimen that’s constantly being hacked, and it will save you lots of work.

SCALPING THE LAWN The Partner and I frequently argue about how short to cut the lawn, but I win in the summer because it’s textbook stuff to leave the grass a bit longer. Some people scalp their lawns so they don’t have to mow as often, but that’s not

A watering can is more efficient at putting water where it’s needed than a sprinkler.

a good idea. Raise that blade.

It’ll help to conserve moisture in the soil and insulate against the summer heat, and the grass will likely stay greener.

BAD WATERING The watering mistake I make repeatedly is to avoid spending money on an irrigation system.

But I’m going to do it, honest.

In the meantime, I water for the benefit of the plants and the environment by shunning sprinklers in favour of a watering can or hose.

The hose ensures that about 90% of the water gets to the plant. Sprinklers? Only 40-50% efficiency. Even a watering can is better.

If you like standing around doing nothing much (as I do), you can make a personal water delivery via the hose to the root zone of each plant. If you get bored or need a cup of tea, turn the hose down a bit and sit it on the root zone. It’ll glug water slowly in while you do something else for a wee while.

Keep up a good watering schedule and make sure you mulch your garden beds. It makes a huge difference to weeds, moisture retention and appearance.

PLANTING OUT OF SEASON OR TOO EARLY Here’s a mistake I make every year. With shrubs and trees,

I have a tendency to buy happens that you lose something I like and plant motivation before the hole it regardless of the season. is big enough, and then bash To be fair, it’s usually not fatal, soil and root matter off the but the plant is always much plant to make it fit. Naughty. slower to get going – and Dig a hole that is close to we’re not just talking about twice as wide as the root ball its first season. It might take of the plant. Shaking soil off a couple of years to catch up. the root ball or trimming it to FAILING TO PLOT fit is not allowed, although you I suspect real vegetable may loosen the roots a little. gardeners have permanent There has to be enough vege plots. Dabblers like me flat area in the bottom of the make a vege garden wherever hole for the root ball to sit flat there’s a space in any one on the soil. Loosen up the soil season, or plonk a raised bin with a fork. Mix in some organic down somewhere where it matter, such as compost or sheep pellets. Lower your plant won’t be in the way. If you’re into the hole and make sure serious about growing your own vegetables on a long-term it will sit comfortably on the bottom, and that the level basis, find the right spot, with of the soil when it was in its good sun, shelter and soil. container will be the same once Create a vegetable plot that it’s planted. Fill the hole with is the right size for your family. planting mix and some soil from If it’s too large, it’ll be more the excavation, tamp it down work. And if you have a fluffy gently, and wish it luck. brain, try to locate the vege Job done! garden fairly close to the house and in clear view.

Then you’ll Plant your vegetable garden close to the house where you can remember it’s see it and you’re more likely to there, and that it remember to weed and water. needs weeding, feeding and watering regularly.

BIG PLANT, SMALL HOLE This so doesn’t work, but if you’re in a hurry or the soil is hard, it often

Long and lush is the lawn rule for the hotter months, so raise your mower blade, protect grass from heat and conserve moisture.

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When booking domestic flights online, is it really necessary to select, and thus pay extra, for your seat?

Also, how do auction houses work out commissions?

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Kevin Milne CONSUMER

By choice IS IT COMPULSORY TO SELECT A SEAT WHEN BOOKING FLIGHTS?

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hen you book domestic air travel online, you’re asked to select your seat and are then charged for the privilege.

You’re not sure if you actually have to select a seat and pay for it. Can you skip that bit, not select a seat and fly cheaper?

You most certainly can. And the airlines will allocate you a seat as they always have.

But in order to make as much money out of you as possible, they are keen you take the option to select a seat and pay extra. Sometimes the wording makes it seem as if you have

no option – particularly if more than one person is travelling and you’re concerned you won’t be seated together. The airlines can’t guarantee that you’ll be seated together if you don’t select a seat. But the reality is, even if you don’t pay the extra, they will do their best to seat together those who book together – particularly if one is a child.

But don’t get sucked in. It’s not necessary to select a seat and you will save yourself some money if you don’t. You just move to the next section in the online booking process.

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ho has to pay the commission at an auction – the person whose goods are being sold or the person buying them? And what’s a buyer’s premium?

Usually both end up paying a commission, but it depends on the auction, so read the Conditions of Sale before you participate. Auction houses charge the seller a commission on each sale they make. Often they will negotiate a lesser commission for very expensive individual items, or charge a smaller commission in auctions that are selling high-cost items,

such as top-end art works or expensive vintage cars.

However, auction houses may also impose a charge on buyers as well. This is often referred to as a buyer’s premium. In effect, it’s a buyer’s commission. Usually this doesn’t mean the auction house is clipping the ticket twice. It simply avoids putting all of the cost on the seller.

After all, the buyer benefits from the transaction as much as the seller. But commissions must be taken into account when working out a reserve price or, if you’re buying, how much you’ll bid for an item.

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They say you should never work with animals (or children!), but the same rules don’t apply to living with them. For allll th the responsibility pets entail, the benefits of sharing your life with them are immeasurable.

THE PET PROJECT: IT’S A LONG GAME

t’s hard to think of a life without pets. I’ve had a four-legged something around me my entire life. There’s always been a dog, and sometimes other species – cats and guinea pigs, an orphaned lamb called Basil at one point in my childhood, and my beloved two horses back in my teens. I’ve loved them all.

As I look at how my middle-aged cat deals with an exuberant seven-month-old puppy, I live in hope that the dog will become a relaxed fellow fur friend for her to be around and love.

There are glimpses. I catch them napping together in sunny spots, and there’s the odd gentle lick of the cat’s head. I’m sure they’ll benefit from having each other in the family.

We just need one of them to mature a little!

Animal magnetism!

Jude Dobson ADVICE

I was reminded recently about the benefits of pet ownership. Studies show they can decrease your stress, your blood pressure and your chance of allergies, and improve your mood and socialisation. I’d agree with all those things. I meet the nicest people at the dog park and say a quick hello, and no doubt there’s something thoroughly therapeutic about cuddling your cat or patting your dog. Plus, they always seem happy to see you, regardless of how rubbish your day might have been. Here’s to the animal therapists!

And on that note, the park with a puppy’s unbridled energy is calling. The cat will be pleased – the lovely sunny spot on the carpet she was eyeing up will be vacant.

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READER LETTER OF THE WEEK Dear Jude, We have a darling little cat who lives next door. She is always over at our place and even spends the night sometimes.

We try not to feed her, but she is usually quite hungry and is very skinny. Our neighbours may not be paying her much attention. We would love to take her on if the neighbour finds looking after her a bit too much. Should I say something and risk offending them?

Elaine

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Say something! Risk the offence.

New Year, new home for the cat.

Though let’s be honest, cats do what they like anyway. You can’t fence them in like a dog, so it might be that the status quo continues. But if she’s a skinny wee thing, maybe they aren’t giving her the care she needs and she’s simply asking to move to a new house, and waiting for you to provide the human translation services.

As a fellow animal lover, I wouldn’t be very happy to

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know she was hungry much of the time.

Why not simply say that she’s often at your house and you just love having her there?

And, with a new year starting, you were reflecting on the fact that the thought of not having her visit would make you feel very sad. You really miss her when she’s not there for company, and you thought you’d be brave and ask whether they might possibly consider rehoming her with you, and just

seeing how it went for a while?

They can only say, “No thanks.” Or they might say, “Okay, let’s see how it goes”, or even a blanket “yes”. Be careful not to paint them as bad owners (albeit they might be!), but rather yourself as a crazy cat lady who has fallen for their feline.

If they say yes, buy the food she loves, feed her up and get her a fluffy bed, and I’m pretty sure the love from you and the comforts of her new home will make it a permanent move.

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The beauty of nature is right on your doorstep – here’s how to get amongst it!

ow are those resolutions working out for you? The trick to making changes that stick is choosing enjoyable ways of achieving your goals.

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At the weekend, set your sights on a longer walk in the bush, along a beach or up a hill. New Zealand has so many scenic tracks there’s sure to be some near you – start with the easiest and work your way up to a full-day tramp or an overnight excursion.

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TIP: This track passes through farmland, so be respectful of livestock and leave gates open or closed as you found them.

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Sunset is a crowd-pleaser at Whitstable’s quaint seafront.

Up close, the famous White Cliffs of Dover are even more spectacular.

PAMELA WADE FINDS CHARMS APLENTY IN KENT

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never thought “glamorous” was a word I’d use in Kent.

I expected it to be pretty but domesticated – and then the White Cliffs of Dover took my breath away.

Arriving early on a brilliant summer’s day, we beat the bank holiday crowds to the track that runs along the grassy top of the cliffs. Down below, the English Channel was doing a remarkable impression of the Pacific: clear, turquoise and sparkling. That was a treat in itself, but even better were the cliffs themselves, more than 100m high, brilliantly white in the sunshine, sculpted by the weather and – no other description would do – dramatically glamorous.

On our walk we found a lighthouse with a tea room at its base, wild ponies grazing, blackberries to pick, cheerful people walking shiny dogs and Dover Castle on the skyline. It was all just lovely and then it got even better.

With impeccable timing, just as we walked past a wartime gun emplacement, a Spitfire flew overhead, the clatter of its engine evoking the Battle of Britain and, again, more drama.

It was a perfect moment.

In fact, our weekend in Kent was full of delights. We stayed in a converted coach house attached to a sweet little country pub where the boss was Charlie the terrier, and we cruised from one charming seaside town to another. Deal, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, Margate – they all had pretty sand or pebbled beaches, or harbours full of colourful boats, surrounded by inviting pubs and restaurants.

But best of all was Whitstable.

It was gorgeous, a classic little old fishing port with a craft market, art shops, cafés, stately buildings, churches, a theatre and old pubs festooned with colourful hanging baskets, all humming with the holiday weekend. Down at the harbour

NOTES it was even busier, with cute fishing boats reflected in the water, and quaint rows of tall, narrow huts converted into restaurants and art and craft shops. Mussels and oysters are big there and, at harbourside stalls, old men in long white aprons were cracking shells open with professional ease.

Along the seafront, people lay in the shade of wooden breakwaters, or got sociable at the Old Neptune pub right beside the pebbly beach, or sat on the edge of the harbour wall, hopefully dangling fishing lines. Parents paddled with their children near a fishing boat listing in the low-tide shallows.

And then the sun set in glorious red and orange, to the universal delight of the audience scattered along the seashore.

Not all of Kent’s treasures are on the coast. We ventured inland to visit Leeds Castle which, confusingly, is nowhere near Leeds, but a 35km drive

from Canterbury across the lovely Kent Downs. It’s had many incarnations since it was built 900 years ago, most of them at the hands of women, from Catherine of Aragon all the way up to Olive, Lady Baillie, who renovated it in the 1920s.

Surrounded by a moat, it’s as lovely inside as it is impressive outside, and there’s history here, both major, from Henry VIII to Northern Ireland peace talks, and minor, a Dog Collar

An insider’s guide to… Kent

WHERE TO STAY: The Haywain at Bramling coach house is welcoming and comfortable. Saturday night karaoke is taken very seriously.

MUST DO: Get lost as you drive around. Then you’ll come across delights such as pretty little Eynsford, or Fordwich, Britain’s smallest town.

Museum spanning 500 years of canine neckwear.

Out in the extensive gardens, there’s an elaborate maze, a grotto, and all sorts of other amusements, plus a birds of prey centre featuring dozens of feathery creatures from a cute kestrel all the way up to a Russian eagle. For me, Stella the magnificent Siberian eagle owl was the star, but honestly, glamour is everywhere in Kent.

You just have to look.

Clockwise from above: Leeds Castle’s distinctly feminine interior; Stella the owl; and the fortress’ picturesque moat.

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The new Taste of Egypt

itinerary is a 10-day adventure and costs from $4995pp twinshare, including an early-bird discount of $400pp, valid until January 31. Guests will explore all the famous sites of Egypt: the pyramids, the Sphinx, Tutankhamun’s tomb and famous burials sites across Luxor, Karnak and beyond. See more at avalonwaterways.co.nz.

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In what 1995 movie, starring Kevin Costner, do traders, atoll-dwellers, smokers and slaves feature in?

In what movie did Robert De Niro play Michael Vronsky?

Which famous couple starred in the 1965 movie The Sandpiper?

Name the 1969 movie starring Jane Fonda about a dance marathon.

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What is the name of the snake character in Disney’s 1973 animated movie Robin Hood?

In what 1971 movie does Clint Eastwood star and direct?

Who played Steve Martin’s unfaithful wife Dolores in the 1983 movie The Man with Two Brains?

Which character did Leonardo DiCaprio play in the 1988 movie The Man in the Iron Mask?

Which European city is under threat from terrorists armed with a nuclear bomb in Superman II?

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They’ve spent half a century married, and their family wanted to share Karen and Ray’s special milestone with Weekly readers.

The lovebirds became husband and wife in front of family and friends in the King Country town of Ohura on November 29, 1969.

“In those days it was a bustling place,” says Ray’s sister Pam Grimes.

After settling in Whangarei in the late 1990s with their two children, the couple later retired to the Far North. “Their family has now grown to include seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren,” tells Pam. “They marked their milestone [last year] surrounded by family and friends at a dinner in Whangarei.” Congratulations Karen and Ray!

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I’LL HELP, NANNY CULTURE CLASH Our seven-year-old greatgranddaughter was playing with her uncle’s walkie talkie.

He said to her that he would go down to the back paddock of the farm and talk to her through it, so she was to listen for him calling her. When the call, “Copy, Summer?” came through, her answer to him was, “I don’t drink coffee, I drink Milo!”

Nannie Shirley, Feilding

My daughter rang us on her car phone to tell us she had been in touch with our insurance company to increase the cover on our house. A small voice in the background piped up, “Nanny, if you’re confused, give me a ring in the morning.”

This was from my nine-year-old grandson. He obviously had little faith in my comprehension!

Nanny, Papamoa Beach, September 11, 2017

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My nephew had returned home after spending a year in the UK. Over lunch, he regaled us with stories of people he met and places he visited. I asked him, “Did you get to the Victoria and Albert?”as in the museum. “You can’t expect me to remember the name of every pub we went to, surely,” he answered.

Gigi, Hawke’s Bay, September 25, 2006

SNEAK THIEF

On Boxing Day, Grandpa said, “I got up at 1.30am and ate slices of ham.” Mum replied, “Who do you think you are?”

Grandpa said, quick as a flash, “A ham burgler!”

Nikurw, Dunedin, February 1, 1993

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Maggie Barry featured on our Weekly cover for the issue of September 11, 2017.

FIRST-TIME BRIDE!

The MP shared the romantic proposal she received from longtime partner Grant Kerr.

The couple also opened up about his terrifying encounter with Legionnaire’s disease, which coincided with then Prime Minister John Key’s shock resignation.

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STARS YOUR HOROSCOPES FOR THE WEEK JANUARY 13-19 AQUARIUS

Jan 21 – Feb 19 You have told everyone what you expect from them and when you expect it; now it’s time for them to deliver. This is especially for work or within a competitive environment. Most of it will fall into place as you planned, but check a couple of days beforehand that everyone is on track. Also, have a Plan B and C.

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Feb 20 – Mar 20 You’re going to have some sentimental moments where you’ll find yourself tearing up at cute videos on Facebook or blubbing over a classic movie. Make an occasion of it, and maybe take the nostalgia even further by looking at family photos and videos.

Once your tears flow, laughter will follow.

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Mar 21 – Apr 20 Friends either excite or irritate you – there is no in-between right now.

Avoid those who are annoying you for a few days and spend time with those that you’re loving. Life is feeling spontaneous and you won’t know what you’re doing one minute to the next, and that is what life should be like. Enjoy it.

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Apr 21 – May 21 Don’t be surprised if holiday plans do not turn out quite as expected. If you’re heading overseas, you’ll find there is a weather warning, strike or something similar. This means a few days of delays and you’ll need to decide if it’s worth getting there a bit later. Consider the cost and perhaps rebook for another time.

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You always listen to everyone else’s problems, letting them cry buckets of tears on your shoulder. But now it’s you who needs a shoulder and an ear.

You need someone to give you an honest opinion about a decision you have to make or a situation you’re in. It will do you good to unload, so grab your best friend and talk until the sun comes up. You’ll have a lighter heart and a solution.

GEMINI

May 22 – Jun 21 This is one of those rare times when you have a couple days to yourself and can do precisely what you want, when you want. Wander the shops, fossick for unusual things, read a book, watch TV − just do you. If this means fish and chips in paper on the coffee table, do it! Life is about enjoying the little things.

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Jun 22 – Jul 23 Sometimes you can’t see the wood for the trees.

But this week you need to pay attention to individual trees. In other words, don’t worry about the bigger picture, focus on smaller details. If you take things one day at a time you’ll achieve so much more, and before you know it you’ll be ahead of the curve.

LEO

Jul 24 – Aug 23 You have many interests in your life and so have many different friend groups. Most have never met, but now is a time to bring all your friends together by throwing one big party. You’ll be surprised at how everyone gets on, plus you can play matchmaker! A romance between two people you introduce is on the cards.

VIRGO

Aug 24 – Sep 23 You may be fired up, but others are not. In fact, most are coasting along.

Therefore, this is not the week to schedule in a two-hour meeting or have an important lunch with a client. Gauge the mood of everyone before making plans.

You may as well slow down too; you can only go as fast as the slowest person.

LIBRA

Sep 24 – Oct 23 Drama and excitement abounds! Some is yours and some belongs to others. Of course, your drama must be attended to first, which leaves some friends feeling as though you don’t care, which is not true. Good friends will understand. Those who don’t, it may be time to re-evaluate their friendship.

SCORPIO

Oct 24 – Nov 22 If you’re in a fresh relationship and want to let the world know, hang back. While your partner loves you, they might not be ready to commit publicly at this time. Maybe suggest putting ‘in a relationship’ on Facebook; it’s a nice way to let people know something is happening.

The rest can come when you’re both ready.

SAGITTARIUS

23 Nov – 22 Dec It’s interesting to note that when people ask for your honest feedback and you give it, they are not happy and don’t believe what you’re telling them. Be warned: if you’re asked for an opinion now, just make noises and nod your head. Voicing a valid opinion will not get you any thanks.

Ha p p y b i rt h d a y !

Dolly Parton turns 74 on Sunday and will be after a good friend to have a chat with.

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SOME THINGS ARE BETTER DONE WHEN NOBODY’S WATCHING

inally, finally the call came.

Well, not so much a call as a text. It came while I was having lunch with an old friend and although I don’t like responding to my phone when I’m with my friends, somehow I knew this one was important.

The ping of the text alert seemed portentous. So I excused myself and opened my messages.

And there it was. A short text asking if I’d consider putting up my hand to join the cast of Dancing with the Stars.

It was a dream come true. Other reality shows have asked me to participate in the past and I’ve had no trouble saying no to them. Celebrity Treasure Island?

No thank you. The last thing the nation needs is to see me in a bikini, abandoned on an island and deprived of creature comforts. Hangry Kerre is not a nice person.

But Dancing with the Stars!

I’ve watched the show since it first screened. It’s my one guilty pleasure. I love seeing the men and women transform, to face the very real fear of looking like a fool on TV, and to overcome those fears and become dancers.

I squeaked in excitement and told my mate, who was very supportive. The Irishman was less supportive but then he’s not a fan of the show. The entire

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weekend, I allowed myself to dream. I dared to believe that a professional dancer – I was hoping for Jonny or Aaron – could take this stocky little body, one that was strong and efficient but hardly elegant, and make it a thing of grace and beauty. That me, Kerre Maree McIvor, who’d never had so much as one single ballet lesson, who had learned the Gay Gordons in time for the Sacred Heart/St John’s school ball and that was it, would be able, at the end of three months, to call herself a dancer.

I saw myself in bejewelled chiffon gowns, floating around the dance floor in the arms of a handsome man. I imagined an exuberant jive and a sexy tango.

Camilla and Julz, and even the caustic and beautiful Rachel, would rise as one and applaud me before giving me perfect 10s.

The glitter ball would be mine!

I was setting myself up for a future in which the very next time a man approached my husband and asked “Permissio?”, I’d be able to take to the dance floor and wow him.

Admittedly, it’s only happened the once, about 20 years ago when we were holidaying in Cuba, and there have been no further requests, but still, the next time it happened,

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I’d know what I was doing.

People seem to make lifelong friends when they go on as well – and who doesn’t want to make more friends? Previous competitors have raved about how much they enjoyed it, and every time I’ve been asked to do something out of the ordinary – a marathon for instance, or writing a book, or climbing Kilimanjaro – I’ve done it and it’s turned out to be an incredible experience.

But then reality kicked in.

This was a fantasy. A glorious, long-held fantasy. And just like the fantasy of me and George Clooney on the shores of Lake Como, it should stay in my head. I probably wouldn’t be brilliant. I’d probably cry when Rachel criticised me. I’d be exposed as a fraud. And yes, while I have always wanted to learn to dance, there’s a far easier way than doing it in front of the eyes of a nation. I could sign up for private lessons, as I’ve been saying I’ll do for years, and bring the same level of commitment and training that I would as one of the cast.

So, on the Monday, I returned the text and declined with regret. Very real regret. And signed up for dance lessons the very same day.

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COLIN HOGG

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BOOMER I

WHEN DID THE GENERATION GAME GET SO AWKWARD?

’ve never held out many hopes for my older age, but one of them might have been that I’d get a little respect. Perhaps for the idea that my generation has left the world a better place than we found it, perhaps because we’ve made things a little easier for those coming on behind. Or maybe just because we’ve been nice to have around.

But no, that isn’t how it’s turning out for me and my fellow baby boomers. And, while we’re at it, I do not like that “baby boomer” phrase, not one little bit, and not just because these days those two words often come out of younger people’s mouths sounding like an accusation. I didn’t ask to be a baby boomer, to be born between 1946 and 1964 – which makes it an awfully big generation.

I grew up not even knowing I was a baby boomer, mainly because the term wasn’t actually invented until 1970, when it was first used in a newspaper article in America to describe the massive increase in births after World War I. The next generation after we baby boomers was labelled Generation X and ran until the late 1970s, when they were replaced by Generation Y, or the millennials, who are the ones who seem to pick most on we poor old baby boomers.

They say we’ve made a frightful mess of everything, especially the housing market and the price of milk, not to mention the environment. And having spent our lives ruining the world, we awful boomers are apparently

now set on living out our later years staying on shamelessly in our over-sized, over-priced houses in the middle of town and taking holidays around the world on cruise ships the size of cities.

Not me, I hasten to add. I’m not even sure I have a place to call home. We’re between over-sized, over-priced houses, having sold the Wellington one while not yet having found a new one back in Auckland – where it will most definitely be over-priced, though possibly under-sized and not in the middle of town.

We’re in the process of adjusting our expectations ahead of our return, though I’m pleased to discover we’re going against the trend, with more and more people looking at relocating from the city to somewhere smaller with a farmers’ market and easy parking.

And good on them, but the small-town life isn’t for me. I’m looking forward to being back in Auckland’s steamy madness and slow-motion traffic. I can’t wait to not find a park in Ponsonby and turn up late (“sorry, traffic”) for every meeting and dinner date.

I’ve loved Wellington, but it’s over. I won’t miss the wind but I will miss almost everything else, especially the people. I was at a dinner party just the other night and the news of our coming departure was out.

“So you’re leaving?” several of them greeted me in tones that made me feel a bit sad and a bit guilty, though I’m not sure why. I’d been hoping this could be an amicable separation.

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LITTLE WOMEN RATING G Director Greta Gerwig takes on Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women, and her retelling is sure to be a hit with lifelong fans as well as those who’ve never read it.

Greta gathered an all-star cast, including Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, Emma Watson and Saoirse Ronan to portray the March family, but it’s up-andcomer Florence Pugh whose performance as youngest sister Amy steals the show. She moves masterfully between innocent girl and blossoming young woman. An unmissable story filled with love, friendship, heartbreak and sisterhood.

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Bombshell was double duty for Charlize as she served as both star and producer on what she calls “a dream job”.

“I won the lottery on this one,” the 44-year-old says.

“We’ve had this conversation about how rare it is where you get to work with so many women… to not just see them on a red carpet but to have a working experience with them.”

In 2016, the network boss was fired after more than 20 women accused him of sexual harassment. In the film, Charlize plays journalist Megyn Kelly,

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then one of the biggest stars on the network, who stunned America when she spoke out.

Charlize admits she initially struggled to portray the anchor because of their political differences. “I was somewhat averse to who she was.”

But it was an origin story, of sorts, that needed to be told.

“A lot of those women don’t like calling themselves feminists,” she says. “Megyn hates the word ‘feminist’. And yet here they are, they’re the ones that kind of catapulted us into this moment where we’re having a serious conversation about the nuance and the grey of sexual harassment.”

Charlize is proud of the film’s message. “When women come together and unify, they’re so much stronger.”

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GRACE UNDER FIRE J Jane F Fonda d and d Lily Lil T Tomlin li are returning for the penultimate season of their hit show Grace and Frankie.

After Grace (Jane Fonda) revealed in season five she secretly married Nick (Peter Gallagher), the ladies must adjust to their new lives now they’re no longer a twosome.

There’s also a rumour of a longanticipated cameo from their 9 to 5 co-star Dolly Parton!

Season six of Grace and Frankie hits Netflix this week.

Ever has E the th activist, ti i t JJane (82) h been using her time between shooting to protest climate change in the US capital.

“There is a collective crisis, requires collective action,” she says. “I decided to use my celebrity to try to raise the sense of urgency.”

Jane is also enlisting her celebrity friends, with Lily (80) joining her at a protest over the holiday period.

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his feels like the wrong season to read a ghost story, as they somehow seem to belong in cold, dark places. But this one kicks off during the famously long, hot UK summer of 1976 and is no less atmospheric for it.

The Corvino family is renting Iron Sike Farm on the Yorkshire moors. It seems an ideal place to raise kids but Cathy Corvino’s artistic husband has had to go away to find work, so she has been left to cope alone.

Sisters Bee and Loo hear it first, a strange knocking in the walls. Soon there is other weird stuff; hailstorms of glass marbles in the rooms, unseen hands pinching skin, furniture moving by itself, items mysteriously disappearing. Most creepy of all, the phantom presence starts to speak through the mouth of youngest sister Loo. A group of paranormal researchers becomes interested

in the phenomenon and mounts an investigation. They spend much of the summer at Iron Sike Farm observing the two haunted girls, with the help of a local newspaper photographer.

A second strand of the story is set in the present day when another group of researchers sets up camp in the now abandoned farmhouse to see if they can pick up on any supernatural activity.

Loo is now an adult and reluctant to revisit the past and face up to what happened, but soon it becomes apparent she doesn’t have a choice.

The suspense builds insistently as the action moves back and forth through time. Nothing is quite what it seems and there are important facts that are teased out to the end. This story simmers with intrigue and creepiness. At the heart of the whole thing is

the sisters’ relationship.

There are lots of characters to keep track of in the two halves of the story and while the pace is sometimes a bit too unhurried, I really enjoyed being haunted by The Wayward Girls. It kept me on the edge of my seat and was just the right amount of chilling.

BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION Don’t miss out on the Weekly’s new book club.

This month we are reading an apocalyptic drama about climate change, The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde (HarperCollins, RRP $37.99).

Sign up at womansweekly. co.nz/bookclubsignup.

Meanwhile, here’s this week’s discussion point: • The main characters in this book, Signe and David, are both quite flawed.

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The Wayward Girls by Amanda Mason (Allen & Unwin, RRP $32.99).

About the author… Amanda Mason She used to be a teacher and has always loved writing and directing plays. She started writing fiction seven years ago at the age of 50.

She lives in north England and this is her first novel.

The Wayward Girls was inspired by… “The 1970s fascination with psychic phenomena. I had a vague memory of the Sunday newspapers running splashy headlines about very ordinary families in ordinary homes who nevertheless claimed there was something supernatural going on. I began to wonder what it might be like to be the focus of that kind of attention. The more I thought

about it, the more I wondered what effect that would have on someone’s life, and what it might be like to have to go back and face those ghosts all over again.”

I wanted to be a novelist because…

“It made sense of the bedlam in my head. I have a very lively imagination, and constantly play with scraps of dialogue and ideas for characters and scenes. When I started writing novels it felt natural. It’s not easy and, like every other writer I know, I can struggle with it – but I was absolutely willing to work very hard for as long as it took. I became very determined, very ambitious. It just felt right.”

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GOLDEN GLOBES 2020

Clockwise: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson brought the heart, Ricky Gervais the humour, and Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Aniston the love.

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Meryl saved Helen from a wardrobe malfunction backstage (inset, right).

he stars came out glittering for the Golden Globes, the first big party of the awards season.

But while the eyes of the world were on the shiny statuettes and their new owners, who included RenĂŠe Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix, Awkwafina, Taron Egerton, Laura Dern and Brad Pitt, it was the candid moments behind the scenes that lit up social media.

Like Dame Helen Mirren getting into a fix backstage in her gown and none other than Meryl Streep sweeping in to rescue her. And BeyoncĂŠ and Jay-Z slinking in late, hoping no- one would notice their bodyguard smuggling in two bottles of expensive Champagne!

True to form, nice guy Tom Hanks brought the emotion, with the eighttime winner choking up as he accepted the coveted Cecil B DeMille Award.

Patricia Arquette and Ellen DeGeneres (left) both took home globes.

Above: Toni Collette’s Bond girl moment with Pierce Brosnan.

Right: Brad Pitt won his third Golden Globe, and dashed hopes for fans of Team Jen by declaring to a reporter that single ex-wife Jennifer was just “a good friend”.

Jennifer and her pals Kristin Hahn and Reese Witherspoon sprung Beyoncé and Jay-Z smuggling in bubbles. The price of their silence? A cheeky glass each.

Kiwis come out at night: Taika Waititi caught up with Henry Winkler and Jason Momoa; Anna Paquin (left) arrived with hubby Stephen Moyer.

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This Gucci dress could barely contain the ample e assets of the age-defying actress. Her luscious locks and stunnin jewels were the saving graces this look that didn’t quite hit the mark.

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Only a Bombshell like Charlize could make this Dior couture gown look so sophisticated.

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OLIVIA COLMAN

The Crown actress was as regal as they come in Kiwi designer Emilia Wickstead’s bespoke, red creation as she took home yet another statue.

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The Judy star was dressed for success in this stunning Giorgio Armani frock. Her Golden Globe ended up being the perfect accessory too!

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When doesn’t Helen look great? The 74-year-old exuded old Hollywood glamour in her Dior gown and more than $4 million worth of jewels.

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The actress and producer kept it sweet and simple in this asymmetric dress. While it’s not the most exciting, she certainly looks amazing in it.

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JENNIFER LOPEZ

Someone tell J-Lo that Christmas is over! Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that this Valentino number is bold and unforgettable.

10 NICOLE KIDMAN

The Aussie beauty may not have won on the night, but she’s always a winner in our eyes. The statuesque star was as elegant as ever in this strapless Versace gown.

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A big congratulations to Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden (40), who surprised Hollywood last week with the news that they’re parents! The Charlie’s Angels star and Good Charlotte rocker revealed their joy at now being mum and dad to daughter Raddix, who was born just before New Year’s Day. It’s believed Raddix was either adopted or carried by a surrogate, as new mum Cameron (47) was spotted in late November with a very flat tummy.

The couple won’t say any more about their little one other than, “She has inst om eted our family.” our h

Cameron & Benji’s Rad news!

SECURITY BREACH ADELE TURNS THE TABLES!

H l d ’ , but 2020 hasn’t quite got off to the start Sir Rod Stewart wanted! The singer and his son Sean (39) were charged with battery after a scuffle at a Palm Beach hotel. The 75-year-old told police he was trying to get his grandchildren access to a private event the hotel was holding, but was stopped by security. Sean is then alleged to have shoved a security guard, with Rod allegedly punching him in the ribs. The duo will appear in court on February 5.

British songstress Adele (31) has undergone quite the transformation since embracing the single life! The star flaunted her incredible 20kg weight loss during a holiday to Anguilla.

Okay, technically it’s a paddleboarding former president, but there’s no denying Barack Obama (58) looked very cool hanging 10 during his holiday in Hawaii, despite falling off just moments later!

Simply oarsome!

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MIAMI ON THEIR MIND! A MEAL OF A YEAR A cheerful Jamie Oliver (44) happily posed for photos with fans outside the Good Morning America Studios in New York City last week. It was a tough year for Jamie in 2019 after the collapse of his restaurant empire, with news emerging last week that more than $160 million owed to creditors will be lost.

Former supermodel Cindy Crawford (53) and tequila mogul husband Rande Gerber (57) made quite the pair as they strolled down a Miami beach. It seems they may be interested in moving to the southern state, with the pair spotted checking out a condo earlier in the day.

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Head over heels: The model and the media mogul goodhumouredly swept each other off their feet.

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ormer supermodel Jerry Hall did just that on a holiday to Barbados. With husband Rupert Murdoch in tow, the beauty lent a helping hand to the media giant as he battled through the waves, before the pair retired to the shore for a bit of rest and relaxation. While Jerry (63) soaked up some rays, Rupert

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(88) indulged in a good book – Utopia for Realists – and then the couple took to the ocean once more.

Jerry and Rupert are regulars on the small Caribbean island – and this break is a reprieve for Rupert, who suffered numerous health issues in 2019, including pneumonia and a reported fall on his son Lachlan’s yacht.

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