Luxe Living: OneWorld Collection

Discover luxe industrial-style furniture that seamlessly combines to form a timeless elegance at OneWorld Collection. The Palladium range will elevate your home to create a sleek, sophisticated, and edgy style. The range features coffee and side tables in both black and brass iron, and a beautiful brass console. They are a fresh, minimal […]

Editor’s perspective: Fireworks

Guy Fawkes went off with a bang as usual earlier this month. Along with it came an assortment of missing and traumatised animals, fires, injuries, and calls for its abolition. While I enjoy fireworks displays, and sparklers especially, I’m not a fan of uncontrolled crackers, snaps, smoke balls, fountains, rockets, and wheels. Rather […]

Dr Libby says …

People regularly share that once they start eating something sweet, it feels impossible to stop. Or, that when they try to reduce their sugar intake, their tastebuds have other plans. Often, they feel ashamed of this and berate themselves for eating more than intended. However, it’s not a lack of willpower driving this. […]

Targeting acne-prone skin

Acne is a common skin condition, occurring when hair follicles under the skin become clogged with oil and dead skin cells, causing whiteheads, blackheads, or pimples. Acne is most common among teenagers, though it affects people of all ages, including menopausal women. Depending on its severity, acne can cause emotional distress and scar […]

Baby’s first vaccine: Te Papa Hauora Health Precinct

Local researchers, together with clinicians, are relentlessly pursuing improvements in treatments to deliver better outcomes across our communities. Regretfully, sometimes delivering the benefits of proven research is frustrated by poor subsequent application. Recently I had the privilege of attending Professor Tony Walls’ inaugural professorial lecture at the University of Otago here in Christchurch. […]

Don’t hold your breath: PB Employment Law

In the battle of bland versus boring, bland and boring won the election! National and their partner/s will move quickly to remove some of the ideological based legislation that Labour brought in. Fair Pay Agreements will be scrapped; the restraint of trade bill will be dropped, and the 90 day trial period looks […]