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When the world wobbles: Chris Korako of Inspire Me Women

Connection is the new certainty, writes Chris Korako of Inspire Me Women. It’s hard to ignore the complexity of the world right now. I can’t control it but I can control how I respond to it. We are living through a time when economies are shifting in real time; strategic rivalry between major […]

Heath the hospice cat

Words by Vera Spurr RN | Photos supplied by Hospice SC He has his own Facebook page and regularly gets fan mail and thank you cards. To mark Hospice Awareness Week this month, meet emotional support worker Heath from Hospice South Canterbury. Heath arrived at Hospice South Canterbury in 2022 after being adopted […]

Stress, hormones and women’s hair loss: Hair Mantra

More younger women and girls are seeking answers to an issue once associated with later life – hair loss. “I’m seeing young women, even in puberty, experiencing noticeable hair loss,” says Dr Padmaja Redekar, certified trichologist and owner of Hairmantra in Christchurch. “Increasingly, it’s appearing much earlier. Hair is a reflection of what’s […]

Gird your loins! Editor Nina Tucker

I was never going to start my first editor’s letter after the release of The Devil Wears Prada 2 without a reference to the return of this iconic film. This movie has been the blueprint of my working life for years, and, happily, still is; it honoured the beauty of human creativity and […]

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