Editor’s Perspective: May 23 2019
It seems that I’m at that age now where, as cool as I think my new clothes are, my daughter doesn’t. In fact, she may even have referred to one of my favourite stores as ‘dowdy’. Ouch, the cutting words of a teenager! But actually I’m OK with it. Georgia and I have […]
Editor’s Perspective: May 9 2019
“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver It was 14 years ago when I truly got to appreciate the sentiment behind Mother’s Day after a lifetime of celebrating them. Because, although I have always had a mother, it was not long before Mother’s Day in 2005 that […]
Editor’s Perspective: April 25 2019
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor even touched, but must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller A tribute concert for the victims of the Christchurch terror attacks earlier this month was about “moving out of the darkness and into the light”, according to MC of […]
Editor’s Perspective: April 11 2019
“Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.” – C. S. Lewis If you’ve ever seen The Tannery lit up for an event, it’s something to behold. If you haven’t – you’re missing out. With its iconic French tiled floors, mahogany shop fronts, […]
Editor’s Perspective: 28 March issue
“The only path wide enough for us all is love.” – Kamand Kojouri Friday 15 March started like any other day in Christchurch, but it ended like no other day has ever ended in this country before. The events that took place at 1:40pm that day have changed our country forever. But it’s […]
Editor’s Perspective: 14 March 2019
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” Arthur C. Clarke My pancreas is broken. Somewhere along the way I had a virus and, when my immune system has waged war, it’s fought perhaps a little bit too hard, killing not just the virus, but also the cells in my pancreas. Those cells were […]
Editor’s Perspective: 28th February 2019 Issue
“I want every little girl who’s told she’s bossy to be told instead that she has leadership skills” Sheryl Sandberg My daughter was pretty upset the day she found out she was getting a little brother delivered and not the little sister she had been pinning all her hopes and dreams on. “I’ll be […]
Editor’s Perspective: 14th Feb 2019 Issue
“Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind” Dale Carnegie The extraordinarily talented Yale-educated actor Jodie Foster once admitted in an interview with 60 Minutes that she suffers ‘Imposter Syndrome’; that regardless of whether she was walking onto the college campus for the first time or accepting her Oscar, she felt everything she had […]
Editor’s Perspective: Metropol 31st Jan
“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you” Oprah Winfrey There’s something addictive about success. Whether it’s kicking bad habits, forming better ones or setting our lives on the paths we aspire to. However, we’ve talked to some highly motivated women recently who don’t set New Year’s resolutions – […]
Editors Perspective: 17th Jan
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be” – Abraham Lincoln It is the season of resolutions, but perhaps it should simply be the season for being happy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m an A-type personality who can’t get through a day without having it plotted out with goals, […]