Building a bridal bouquet
If you want to add your own personal flair to your big day, why not DIY your own beautiful wedding bouquet? An increasing number of brides-to-be are getting hands-on with the flowers with their bridesmaids ahead of the wedding. So grab the girls and make a party out of it! Check out […]
Editor’s Perspective: 28 May 2020
While medical experts have been encouraging physical distancing for the past three months, mental health experts have been encouraging us to stay more connected than ever before. Social connection is understood to be a fundamental human need; as crucial for mental development as it is for physical development. The subject […]
Editor’s Perspective: 21 May 2020
In New Zealand, a small business is a big deal. There is, after all, more than 500,000 of them. Those 500,000 small businesses employ upwards of 600,000 people and contribute 28 percent to our gross domestic product (GDP), so that makes them a big deal, to all of us! And […]
Gray Matter
We’re all pretty familiar with the line that there’s often several years of hard work behind an overnight success; plenty of stars of their fields have filled us in on this very fact. But there’s an even more magical twist to the success of UK singer-songwriter David Gray. Although there […]
central city equity investment opportunity: MAAT Group
Maat Consulting Ltd is offering an equity investment opportunity in a new company, Victoria Property Investment Ltd, which has been formed to purchase the property at 99-123 Victoria Street, Christchurch. This investment has 7,226.2 m² of net lettable area, spanning four levels of fully tenanted office space at 123 Victoria Street, […]
Tame the lockdown mane! – Hair, Art & Beauty
The wait is over! Level 2 is finally here, which means we can attend to some much-needed maintenance. While we’ve all been panicking over our out-of-control eyebrows and ‘wisdom-highlights’, Hair Art & Beauty understands that lockdown has been a challenging time and wants to thank the community for staying home and staying […]
How & why you should support local
It’s time for us all to band together and help Canterbury get back on its feet. That means buying, eating and traveling local. We’ve put together a few ways you can get behind the cause. SOS Café is a not-for-profit initiative set up for local businesses in New Zealand during […]
Essential Care: Ourvets
Over the last month of COVID-19 restrictions, Ourvets St Albans remained open to provide essential care for all our furry friends. It hasn’t been an easy process – frequent changes to the guidelines around what ‘essential care’ was permitted, long hours, understandably anxious clients and sick pets have made for a very […]
A kindness pandemic
The Coronavirus lockdown has caused an unprecedented need for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Kiwis to stay socially connected and to get a hand with urgent supplies, meals and picking up prescriptions. Enter Support Crew, an established online help roster that activates a community to remotely coordinate meals, supermarket shops, […]
The stress eating equation
For many of us, stressful times means picking up the packet of chocolate biscuits instead of the kale salad. Dr Libby Weaver breaks down the ‘why’ for us and provides us with some effective strategies for eliminating stress. Many people believe weight is all about calories in versus calories out, why […]
