Dr Libby’s Nutritional Beauty: Q&A with Dr Libby Weaver
We all know nutrition plays a key role in how we feel, but Dr Libby Weaver explains, it’s also integral to how we look. Dr Libby shares her advice on beauty from the inside out. A beautician recently told me that what you put inside your body is so much more important […]
No limits for youth: April McLennan
When she finished highschool in 2015, April McLennan was overwhelmed with the sheer number of choices facing her, in order to fill the 80,000 hours that research tells us we work in our lifetimes. It was a concern which was front of mind when she attended Festival for the Future. At the […]
Gardens for Good: Garden Tour
Search out your sunscreen, sunhats and panamas, for spring has sprung and there’s no finer pleasure than to gaze upon the fragile perfection of a beauteous bloom, or to delight in the sweetest, headiest fragrances that perfume the air. Sunday 2 October, 2018 brings us Garden Tour – a fundraiser for […]
An Empowering Escape: Lilia Tarawa
Lilia Tarawa’s childhood was both heaven – and hell. The large, isolated community of Gloriavale where she was raised, 70km inland from Greymouth on the West Coast, near the Haupiri River, was both idyllic – and cruel. The granddaughter of Hopeful Christian, founder of one of the country’s most notorious religious cults, […]
Colour to the Red Zone: The Colour Zone Run
Colour and life are being injected into the city’s infamous ‘red zone’ for the first time since February 2011. The Colour Zone Run will bring much more than red to the residential red zone, in fact, all the colours of the rainbow will be on display on Sunday 25 November. The […]
Cream of winter’s Crop: Audi quattro Winter Games New Zealand
One of the world’s top five international winter sports events takes centre stage in the Southern Lakes later this month. Wanaka, Queenstown and Naseby play host to Audi quattro Winter Games New Zealand, which showcases the most talented elite athletes in skiing, snowboarding, ice hockey and curling. Beginning on Friday 24 August […]
Events & escapades
There’s some exciting events and escapades coming to Ashburton in coming months, things that will tempt, tantalise and tickle some funny bones. Looking for things to do and places to go? We’ve got a bunch. Ashton Family Circus & Dylan Daisy’s Magic Show 29 September to 30 September Ashburton Domain A wannabe […]
Squisito Gelato! – Gelato Roma
Calling all party and event organisers! Whether it’s a romantic wedding, hen ‘n’ stag party, birthday-bash, baby-shower, Christmas do, or work function, Gelato Roma Mobile will provide delicious treats for your guests. “Whatever the event or party – we aim to delight with our scrumptious gelato,” owners Blair Poland and Margaret Parisi say. […]
Staging your event: Hang-Up Entertainment Services
Lighting and staging production company Hang-Up Entertainment Services can transform any occasion – from parties, school shows and corporate events, to concerts, tours and theatrical productions. “You don’t have to be anywhere special, because we can make wherever you are special,” says owner Andre Goldsmith, who fell into the industry as an entrepreneurial […]
Celebrate in Style: The Tannery
The Tannery is a function venue unlike any other in the city – versatile enough to be informal and casual in the long bar of Blue Smoke, intimate dining in AGA kitchen or opulent and grand for corporate dinners in the Victorian era Atrium. Blue Smoke is ideally suited for any reception or […]
