Stronger & healthier skin: H&B

H&B is now offering Medical Dermal Needling in salon today! Dermal needling serves two main functions; firstly, it stimulates epidermal growth to provide stronger and healthier skin, secondly, it stimulates the production of collagen, making skin tighter and firmer.     Dermal needling uses a specialised instrument that contains incredibly fine medical […]

Star Siblings

Growing up in Christchurch, Scott and Brendan Cole would do anything to get out of dancing. At 8 and 6 that meant clambering out the car window and running off down the street. But then they started doing competitions – and winning – and something just clicked. A couple of years later, […]

Honest Talk

New Zealand’s criminal justice system and art recently combined, with a goal of seeking transformative change.     A multi-media exhibition which has been touring the South Island, Kōrero Pono featured the true stories of 16 New Zealanders who have been through New Zealand’s criminal justice system; their statements appearing alongside their […]

In leaps and bounds

A 15-year-old contemporary dancer from Pegasus has just headed for New York this month to train at the prestigious Joffrey Ballet School.     Imke Koekemoer has adored dancing since she was three – her career now taking off in leaps and bounds. Accepted for a four-week intensive course, Imke is one […]

Editor’s Perspective: 18 July 2019

“In most cases, suicide is a solitary event and yet it has often far-reaching repercussions for many others. It is rather like throwing a stone into a pond; the ripples spread and spread.” – Alison Wertheimer     There’s a poignant saying that ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ and, while […]

A Talented Trio

Jono, Ben and Sharyn had quite the award haul at this year’s New Zealand Radio Awards late last month, winning Best Music Non-Breakfast Team and taking out the Blackie Award with Producer Dan for their ‘Deadpool Marathon’. We caught up with this talented trio about their third year of livening up the […]

A World Away: Tuscany Downs Estate

Tuscany Downs Estate is a true New Zealand luxury rural lifestyle experience on five acres of farmland near Darfield, Canterbury that caters to holiday getaways, weddings and corporate retreats.     Just 30 minutes from the central city and 25 minutes from Christchurch International Airport, Tuscany Downs Estate is in the heart […]

City’s new boutique cinema

The golden days of cinema have returned to Ōtautahi with Lumière Cinema recently lifting the curtain on the new cinematic experience at the Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora.     The boutique cinema has been created for Christchurch by well-known cinephile Nick Paris, who has worked in Christchurch’s cinema and film […]

Canterbury Women Unite

The poignant words of Martin Luther King Jr who once said, “Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly” could have been purpose-written for the 15 March attack.     Six Canterbury women of diverse backgrounds and cultures have come up with a plan to continue the feelings of goodwill and connection which […]

Listen Up!: Hear Again

There’s a special place to go in Hornby for anything to do with your ears and your hearing. It’s the Hear Again clinic right next door to the BNZ at The Hub.     The clinic is very accessible for people on the south side of the city with parking right at […]