Get your running fix

  Hanmer Springs is the go-to hub for all things sports – so what are you waiting for? Slip on your running shoes and prepare to get your sweat on with one of these upcoming sporting events. The Hanmer 4 & 8 Hour Mountain Bike Races Saturday 21 March 2020 Hanmer Springs Forest […]

Personalised Love

The zeitgeist of ‘you do you’ extends even and perhaps especially, to that most unifying of life’s milestones; the point at which the one you love becomes your pair-bond from this day forward unto the great hereafter.     Modern couples understand a successful marriage allows the individual essence of both parties […]

New Year, new you!

It’s not only a New Year, but it’s a new decade, making makes 2020 the ultimate time to turn heads with a courageous new look.     What could be more courageous – and exciting – than being a silver siren? Because today, going grey doesn’t mean letting yourself go, V For […]

Beauty for the big day

Brides will be letting their true beauty really shine through this decade, with makeup magic that has come a very long way.     Hailing from Christchurch, Charlotte Edwardes, a wedding makeup artist at Island Beauty on romantic Waiheke Island, makes up stunning brides from all nationalities. Her number one tip: “keep […]

Feast your way to fab skin

They say you are what you eat. But can you feast your way to fabulous skin?     Metropol catches up with Oxford Women’s Health dietitian Sara Widdowson to discuss the impact of diet on your skin. How much influence does our diet have on our skin? It seems many of us […]

Add natural vitality to your family’s health

Now taking its rightful place in the global spotlight as a ‘cannonball of goodness’, the humble blackcurrant was once known mainly for its high vitamin C values and as the basis of the free wartime children’s drink, Ribena. Turns out, vitamin C was only a small part of blackcurrants’ superpowers. After extensive […]