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Design
New fashion label looks at the circle of life
Mary-Ellen Prendergast launched the label Shen earlier this year, drawing inspiration from Asian design and a sophisticated European aesthetic. The talented designer began her career as fashion assistant to New Zealand designer Patrick…
Gardening: Rare and fair
It was a special treat to walk around the grounds of Landsendt with Dick Endt and his daughter, Carolyn Melling on the eve of this Oratia property’s 50th anniversary celebration. Landsendt is a garden and arboretum that is jaw-droppingly…
Gardening: Growing a broad
Weekend project: Overcome the obstacles
You can never have enough outdoor storage but access can be problematic, especially with the shrinking size of land packages due to the intensification of housing in cities. I’ve found trying to get large objects out from under the…
Fashion & Style
Miss Fiji fiasco – too western, too young, the whole thing was rigged
First came complaints that the winner of the Miss World Fiji pageant looked too Western to represent her country. Then her age came under scrutiny. And now, with the 16-year-old’s crown lost, one of the judges says the contest was…
Rebecca Kamm: The teen fighting photoshop
What was the most radical thing you did as a teenager?I was 17 and freshly strung out by Bursary exams – that’s year 13, youthful readers – when I left home to live in Italy.I had no grasp of the language, no concrete ideas as…
Longoria lights up Cannes red carpet
Skechers busted over deceiving shoe ads
Skechers USA Inc will pay US$40 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that the footwear company made unfounded claims that its Shape-ups shoes would help people lose weight and strengthen their butt, leg and stomach…
Food & Wine
Types of eaters – or, ‘The Tribes’
I have been observing some trends in the types of people who are interested in food and eating. I reckon that there are at least seven distinct “tribes” in the way the food-obsessed (guilty, as charged) represent. Let me describe them, if you will, as …
Green garlic in five recipes
Wondering what to do with the green garlic you see at the farmers market every spring? Here are five recipes to get you started enjoying this delicious vegetable.
5 Easy Dinners with Only Five Ingredients
Nourishing and tasty warming meals (+recipes)
As I walk to work each day enjoying the crisp fresh feel of the start of winter, my thoughts have turned towards planning simple warming meals that are nourishing and tasty but take little time to get on the table at the end of the…
Gardening
Gardening: Rare and fair
It was a special treat to walk around the grounds of Landsendt with Dick Endt and his daughter, Carolyn Melling on the eve of this Oratia property’s 50th anniversary celebration. Landsendt is a garden and arboretum that is jaw-droppingly…
Gardening: Growing a broad
When I hear the phrase “eat your beans” I automatically have a suppressed choking reflex which was not always all that suppressed.In the past I’d try to pep talk my way through this trial by legume with a few catch phrases like…
Gardening: Feel the beat
Gardening: A little off the sides
On my big garden wish list this year is a tidier garden with fewer but stronger design elements. Structure is an important part of the garden design arsenal as it delivers an antidote to the wishy-washy banality of the otherwise green…
Health
User pays to quit the smokes?
Forget the patches, gum, hypnosis, and aversion therapy, if you want to quit smoking you need to put your money where your mouth is.
Cognitive Therapy for Depression
Cognitive therapy for depression teaches people how to use a mental “toolkit” to challenge negative thoughts. Over the long term, this process can bring about positive changes in how a depressed person sees the world.
More People — Even Kids — Need to Wear Sunglasses
Fewer U.S. Teens and Young Adults Smoke
Fewer American teens and young adults are smoking cigarettes, a new government report shows.
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