Nurse Maude's General Manager of Marketing Sue Bramwell

Fashionable philanthropy: Q&A with Nurse Maude’s General Manager of Marketing Sue Bramwell

For more than 10 years, Sue Bramwell has put her considerable entrepreneurial skills to work for Nurse Maude, partnering commercial enterprise with a charitable imperative. Metropol talks to the dedicated General Manager of Marketing about her love of philanthropy and her dedication to the vital service that has been caring for the community since 1896. […]

Activated charcoal bun

Charcoal’s culinary cool cred: activated charcoal and what to do with it

It doesn’t look or sound like something you would want to ingest, however, activated charcoal is the latest culinary constituent on everyone’s lips and it’s the antithesis of the unicorn food craze of 2017. This sooty, jet black powder has been a mainstay of Chinese medicine for thousands of years based on its detoxifying capabilities, […]

Oxford Women's Health

New Menopause Symptom Treatment: We talk to Oxford Women’s Health about new health choices

A new treatment for some of the less discussed symptoms of menopause is expected to change the lives of many South Island women. While menopause symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats and sleep disturbance are much talked about, up to half of post-menopausal women are also affected by Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM). This […]