Push for pet adoption
Melanie Bracewell, comedian and co-host of The Cheap Seats, is lending her support to the Petstock Foundation this month to highlight the life-changing impact of pet adoption, and the challenges now facing rescue charities. Are you interested in adopting a pet? With shelters increasingly feeling the pinch due to the soaring cost of […]
The bullion boom
Myles Chandler of Commonwealth Vault unpacks three reasons why bullion is an investment to back in a 2026 economy. ‘If I can’t hold it, I don’t own it’. Physical gold and silver are real and have zero counterparty risk – you own the metal outright. It can’t be frozen, hacked, or defaulted on […]
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 […]
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