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Editor’s Letter
No one likes it when something they love comes to an end. It’s an even bigger blow when you get no choice in the matter. That feeling is what the team at Three’s Newshub is in the throes of right now after finding out their jobs are no more. They’re
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Masthead
Editor-at-Large Sarah Henry Editor Sebastian van der Zwan Chief Sub-Editor Denise Bowden Art Director Mirella Monteiro Designers Anna Pétursdóttir, Béla Trussell-Cullen, Debby Wei, Hayley Pearce Photo & Editorial Coordinator Kellie Blizard ADVERTISIN
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In Brief
There was no red carpet – it was more teal tie-dye – but the festival of fashion that is the Met Gala is still the party of the season. The official 2024 theme was the Garden of Time, with flora, sequins and “power shoulders” all having a moment as d
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Around The World
Japan: A barrier will be erected to block this popular view of Mount Fuji in a town where locals are fed up with disrespectful tourists. Record en pointe In tulle tutus, 353 ballerinas gathered at New York’s Plaza Hotel, where they broke the Guinnes
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Melanie Lynskey “I Thank My Lucky Stars”
A few years ago, Melanie Lynskey was told by a psychic that her career was about to hit the big-time. It was in the early days of the pandemic, during a period when Melanie was feeling particularly “hopeless”, as she put it. The film and television i
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The hardest Goodbye
People who deliver the headlines never like to find themselves at the centre of the news, so when the story broke that Newshub would be shutting down for good, no one was more devastated than the passionate and talented team whose job was to ensure,
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The Resurrection Of Monica Lewinsky
When Bill Clinton turned 50, he was in a relationship with a 22-yearold White House intern called Monica Lewinsky. After two sexual encounters in the private study of the Oval Office – where she serviced his needs while he took phone calls from congr
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‘I’m Not Scared of Ageing’ Maggie Beer
Maggie Beer is in the kitchen of her Barossa Valley home, making coffee. She’s just approved a batch of hot cross buns with her team in the adjacent office – it is Maundy Thursday – and there is a bustle of activity outside as handymen work on the pr
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Waging War on the Working Week
Imagine being a working parent who is able to work school hours and take the kids’ holidays off without losing a cent of your annual pay packet. Sounds like Utopia, doesn’t it? As one of millions of working mums around the world who struggled to jugg
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If She Could Talk To The Animals...
Dying will be an awfully big adventure for pioneering primatologist Dr Jane Goodall, who celebrated her 90th birthday in April. “I’m absolutely sure that death isn’t the end, but heaven knows what happens afterwards,” she says, making a distinction b
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Our Goal Is Freedom
On the morning of August 15, 2021, Fatima Yousufi was lacing up her runners, getting ready for soccer training, when one of her teammates came banging on her door. “She was yelling, ‘Have you heard what’s happened? The Taliban has arrived’,” Fatima
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The Billionaire Swindlers
On the first anniversary of Gina Lollobrigida’s death last year, a memorial mass was held in the village of Subiaco, 50 kilometres east of Rome, where the celebrated actress and beauty was born and now lies buried. Among the congregation were Gina’s
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Seventeenth Century Supermodels
In 1660, in the ribald court of King Charles II, two publicly hated women got together to reclaim their reputations. The first, the Duchess of York, Anne Hyde, had been effectively cancelled by the highborn gentry for a litany of alleged social crime
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Every Life Tells A Story
On a cool, cloudless morning, 72-year-old Linda Lidbury sat down in her living room to tell her story. Cradling a cup of tea, surrounded by a lifetime of memories, she spoke of growing up in the Australian outback, and of leaving the Red Centre behin
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“I’ve Spent 30 Years In The Jungle And I’d Do 30 More”
Mu Mu arrived semi-conscious at the antenatal clinic, if you could call the humble bamboo dwelling a clinic. She was seven months pregnant and riddled with malaria. We started her on intravenous quinine and began the 20-kilometre-long journey to our
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Thanks For The Memories
After many wonderful years as a sub-editor, feature writer and columnist for The Australian Women’s Weekly (also known as the world’s best women’s magazine) it is time for me to say goodbye to writing Family Matters. I am going to miss AWW and every
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The Good life
UNSPLASH. ■
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Shop with Women’s Weekly
We love these cosy separates sourced and made by a husband and wife team. They’re crafted from quality merino wool, topped off by a pair of classic leather boots. Smitten Merino Dress, $420, and cardigan, $270. Millwoods boots $499, at womensweekly.c
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Uncovering Probiotic Beauty
There is an abundance of intriguing claims circulating about skin. It’s three times heavier than the brain, the size of a single bedsheet and each square inch has six metres of blood vessels ... but zoom in beyond what the natural eye can see and the
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Beauty
1. Jeuneora SoWhippy Prebiotic Cream Cleanser, $58. 2. Dermalogica Micellar Prebiotic Precleanse, $98. 3. Conviction Liquid Skin Rebel Gold Face Oil, $130. 4. The Beauty Chef Glow F.A.C.E. Intensive Rejuvenating Oil, $79. 5. Allies of Skin Prebiotics
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Border Control
A boundary is a limit that we set between another person and ourselves. It can be helpful to think of it as an invisible fence that surrounds and protects us. A boundary helps us to understand where we end and others begin, and it helps us to know wh
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In Season Oranges & lemons
MAKES 12 PREP + COOK TIME 25 MINUTES (+ STANDING TIME) 125g butter, melted, cooled 2 eggs ⅓ cup (75g) caster sugar 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste ⅔ cup (100g) plain flour ½ teaspoon baking powder 1 cup (160
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The Big Dieting Dilemma
From cutting out carbs and avoiding sugar, to subsisting on shakes and skipping meals, chances are you’ve tried countless diets over the years with varying success, often ending up heavier than when you started. While you can stick to it for a while,
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Fast Prep Slow Cook
SERVES 4 PREP TIME + COOK TIME 8 HOURS 30 MINUTES 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1kg boned lamb shoulder, cut into 2cm pieces 1 large onion (200g), sliced thinly 4 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1 tablespoon ground coria
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Same, Same... But Better
Easy switch! Use NZ Pork instead for a taste sensation SERVES 4 COOK 30 MINS • 16 fresh sage leaves • 4 slices (60g) NZ bacon • 500g NZ Pork fillets • 4 medium (475g) potatoes • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil • 200g Swiss brown mushrooms, thinl
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Maggie’s Recipes For Life
MAKES 12 2⅓ cups (360g) self-raising flour ⅓ cup (60g) soft brown sugar 1 heaped tablespoon skim milk powder 50g butter, diced 120g fetta 255g pumpkin, cooked and mashed 3 free-range eggs (large) ¼ cup (60ml) milk, for brushing 50g butter, t
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Great Read
We begin with an emergency call: “Help us, please. We’re sinking. Our boat is sinking. We’re coming to Australia … There are holes, leaks everywhere … Please, there are children. So many children.” In the following chapter a man is staring down from
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Storytime
Taut, tightly paced story of a 17-year-old missing girl, Cara Ross. Our lead character, journalist Nicola Miller, hides a huge secret from her beautiful daughter, Abby, as does her own mother, Joyce. Abby was Cara’s best friend and Nicola is concerne
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The Inner Sanctum With Wendy Moore
Bedrooms are really fun places to decorate. They’re ideal to try out a new style or colour and test your comfort with it, before you debut it in your living spaces. Here are three amazing bedroom looks that are inspiring my decorating right now. From
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Good Energy
The art of feng shui is an ancient Chinese practice with a history dating back 6000 years. It seeks to draw parallels between how we place certain objects around the home and your own personal wellbeing. A cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind
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New Train Of Thought
Rail travel is set for a renaissance and the engines driving it are powerful. People want it, the environment needs it, investors are punting on hydrogen and clean trains to replace diesel locomotives, and there’s money to be made in opening up new r
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Walking The Walk
NEW ZEALAND’S stunning scenery is yours for the taking on Great Journey NZ’s latest deals using the Northern Explorer (Auckland-Wellington), TranzAlpine (Christchurch-Greymouth) and Coastal Pacific (Picton-Christchurch). See greatjourneysnz.com JAPA
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Sudoku
Each number from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine rows, nine columns and 3 x 3 blocks. Tip: No number can occur more than once in any row, column or 3 x 3 block. Solution overleaf.
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Spot The Difference
Test your powers of observation. The two pictures at right may look the same, but we’ve made five (5) changes to the one on the right. Can you spot them all? Solution overleaf. ■
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In The Stars
May 22Jun 22 With Venus, Mercury and the sun glamorising your social sign, you’ll be this month’s hub for a lively buzz of connection and interaction in your local community, with friends and colleagues alike. Chatterbox Mercury in his most media-sa
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5-minute Philosopher
Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel. This is my dog Murchison. He’s from Murchison. With my weekly checklist complete, preparing fresh produce for a slow afternoon lunch, with soft music, good people around and a dog at my feet. The smell of

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