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Repurpose a selection of op-shop glasses and delicate doilies to create a fabulously dramatic late-night table setting
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Like a hole in the head
Throbbing in the forehead, pain in and around the eyes, tension like a band squeezing your brain, nausea or sensitivity to sounds or bright lights ... we all experience a form of headache from time to time
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12 easiest eco resolutions to make – and keep
Considering some new habits? Polishing your halo has never been so simple with these easy tips for a better life.
He says, she says
Is GM food a scourge of our times – or a possible solution to world hunger?
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A time for all things
Milo and Velma Hilty and their family of five moved to an old abandoned fairy farm in northern Maine in the spring of 1996. Kiwi photographer Charlotte Hedley spends a season with this hardworking Amish family
In Simple Living
Going on an information diet
The internet is a glorious, seemingly never-ending buffet of interestingness. But as with a smorgasbord, the trick is in finding the delicious and the different, and resisting filling your plate with deep-fried fillers
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The lowdown on: chickens
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What are the best raw foods to eat?
By Christine Smith • May 15, 2013 • 0 comments
Whether you have a little or a lot, the important thing is just to start eating more raw food, says new Good blogger Christine Smith. She'll be introducing you to the benefits of eating raw, plus easy ways to incorporate more raw foods into your diet – and no, she won't be telling you to throw out everything in the pantry.
Why is raw food good for you?
By Christine Smith • May 7, 2013 • 0 comments
Whether you have a little or a lot, the important thing is just to start eating more raw food, says new Good blogger Christine Smith. She'll be introducing you to the benefits of eating raw, plus easy ways to incorporate more raw foods into your diet – and no, she won't be telling you to throw out everything in the pantry.
Going more raw
By Christine Smith • April 29, 2013 • 0 comments
Whether you have a little or a lot, the important thing is just to start eating more raw food, says new Good blogger Christine Smith. She'll be introducing you to the benefits of eating raw, plus easy ways to incorporate more raw foods into your diet – and no, she won't be telling you to throw out everything in the pantry.
Where the magic happens
By Tracy Manu • April 29, 2013 • 0 comments
So what’s your big dream? How can we make it happen? Lifestyle coach and Good columnist Tracy Manu reflects on taking the next step forward in life ... and leaving fear behind.
Taking control of our power
April 29, 2013 • 0 comments
Do your power bills ever come as a surprise? Are you puzzled as to what's gobbling all your electricity? Given the right information, just how much power could your household save? We meet three Good families who've taken on the challenge to reduce their power usage ...
Why won't my mandarin tree bear fruit?
By Zoe Carafice • April 25, 2013 • 0 comments
Good's new gardening expert Zoe Carafice is ready and waiting to solve your dilemmas! Each question published on Zoe's blog or in Good receives a fab prize from Tui Garden. This week: why your mandarin tree might not be fruiting.
Win a tube of natural mascara!
April 11, 2013 • 102 comments
Finding mascara that's free of nasty chemicals in New Zealand hasn't been easy – until Eye of Horus came along, that is. Its range of mascaras and eyeliners feature ingredients that were common in ancient Egypt – that have passed the test of time. And we've got four mascaras to give away!
Help, my garden needs a detox!
By Zoe Carafice • April 10, 2013 • 1 comments
Good's new gardening expert Zoe Carafice is ready and waiting to solve your dilemmas! Each question published on Zoe's blog or in Good receives a fab prize from Tui Garden. This week: how to cleanse diseased garden soil.
