Tag Archives: Competitions

I have been sleeping on the pillow for the past 3 months and love it. The pillow isn’t the magic fix for my lifetime of bad sleeping but I am sleeping much better as a result of using it. I no longer wake up with a stiff neck or dead arms from sleeping with them under my pillow.

New Zealand’s premiere documentary festival Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival, kicked off last week and will run until 11 July.

The French Film Festival Aotearoa – which runs between 9 June and 14 July in cinemas around the country – is hoping to do the next best thing: virtually transporting us to Paris and the South of France.

I’m not sure where my fascination for the morose comes from but after reading the blurb for Peter James’ novel Left You Dead, the latest in his long-running series following Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, I instantly thought ‘this sounds like me.’

The Secret Path is definitely a holiday read; it’s light, fluffy and in a time of COVID lockdowns, allows you to escape to the beaches and jungles of Costa Rica.

Although my children are now ‘grown up’ enough to be able to speak for themselves (rather more freely than I would like sometimes!), they’re not too grown up that I can’t clearly recall the ‘baby chat’ or ‘trying toddler’ stage.   This book would have been a real asset to me during those early years. It is filled with …

The Keto Chef’s Kitchen by Nery Whelan  I have every intent on reviewing this cookbook as I usually do – by reading through and choosing a recipe and actually cooking it. But as I read through this book I realised this is not your ‘usual’ cookbook, this is a stunning cookbook made for a very defined …

Thank you to all those who entered our lucky draw to win a copy of Martin Hawes’ latest edition of his best-selling book, Family Trusts: The must-have New Zealand guide. Martin’s new book considers trusts in the light of the new Trusts Act, which comes into force on January 30, …

Mother and daughter team Julie and Ilaria Biuso have a stunning new cookbook on the stands. Called Shared Kitchen: Real food from scratch after the duo’s award-winning website, the book features more than 160 recipes ranging from easy mid-week family meals to gourmet offerings perfect for any occasion. The luscious …

Seems there’s a lot of talented writers out there – 172 of you entered the Generus Living Short Story Competition run by the Retirement Villages Association, and the high quality of entries led the judge, Whitcoulls’ Joan McKenzie, to announce a ‘top 10’ of winners. There were three broad topics …