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 […]
Match your show week makeup
We’ve all heard of the sandwich method, making sure the colours on your feet match the colours on your chest. At the races, the rules change. We swim in a sea of dresses and have to reach higher, to the face, to pull together a colourful look that works. When we think of […]
The heart of art: Art Fetiche
Art comes with emotional power, a connection between reality and fantasy. Art can possess deep meaning and power and one recent sculpture in Ōtautahi’s art scene has proved just that. For weeks, nestled in the middle of the city at the Bridge of Remembrance, sat the collaboration between Art Fetiche, local master carver […]
Destination Christmas Day
On the jolliest day of the year, the most important thing is who you spend it with. Why not opt for a change in scenery where the conformities of four walls don’t exist, and head to a local beach. With the family all in one place, there’s plenty of fun to be had, […]




























