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Make a date to donate

If you want to make this Valentine's Day truly memorable, you and someone special could give a gift that’s truly from your heart ... More …

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There's still time to nominate and win!

Sick and tired of having to use scissors to open your razor packet? Hate filling up your bin with all the plastic left over from wrapped veggies? Here’s a chance to have your say on some of the best and worst packaging on New Zealand’s shelves. More …

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Psychological tips to beat those back-at-work blues

Sick and tired of work already? Feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or downright blue to be back?
Then it’s possible you have a case of the “back-at-work blues”, says psychology expert Dr Mary Casey. More …

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Summer food care tips

Don't get sick from food that's been out in the sun for too long! Here's how to get the most from leftovers as well as boost the fridge life of your fruit and veggies. More …

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Confused about the new Food Bill?

Will it shut down farmers markets and community gardens or simply halt food poisoning in its tracks? There's a lot of misinformation going around about the new Food Bill and the effect it'll have on New Zealanders. We take a look at some of the different viewpoints. More …

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The top seven New Year's resolutions to make

While many of us make New Year's resolutions about furthering our careers or losing weight, few of us resolve to improve our emotional and mental health. But that's exactly what we should be focusing on, says a leading psychology expert. More …

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What will your do with your old electronics?

Upgrading your old TV or laptop this Christmas? Unsure what you'll do with your outdated technology? Rather then throwing it out, here's how you can give it away or recycle it. More …

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Nominate bad packaging to win a good-looking shopping bag

Sick of bringing home plastic shopping bags filled with bad packaging? Do something about it by nominating the packaging that bugs you most for the Unpackit Packaging Awards. More …

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    With just five streets and 300 residents, Whatatutu is an East Coast town you can miss in a blink. It’s a tight-knit community surrounded by struggling family farms – and shale reserves so vast the area is “literally leaking oil and gas”, according to Canadian mining company Tag Oil. But will this be an economic boom ... or an environmental bust? This new film by an Oscar-nominated Kiwi duo will find out ...

  • Your fave homemade summer drinks
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    Whipping up a batch of homemade ginger beer, rhubarb fizz or cordial (see the latest issue of Good for recipes!) is a lovely way to while away a summer weekend. Share your favourite homemade drink recipe and be in to win ...

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    Good guest bloggers The Ministry of Silly Walks are back after a 50km training walk, linking up some great tracks from Porirua to Wellington.

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  • Man-made earthquakes
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    Is it possible for human activity to cause quakes? One investigation in Blackpool, England discovered that more than fifty tremors in the region were caused by fracking operations. Read the article >

  • Fracking in New Zealand
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    What's happening on our shores – often under our noses? The Listener's Rebecca Macfie investigates what the consequences to our land might be. Read the article >

  • Cut from the same cloth
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    Good meets Kiwi fashion designer Deryn Schmidt and discovers a fresh new talent following in her granny’s footsteps

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Latest issue

We cultivate the art of slow and bust five common food allergy myths. There are delicious fruity desserts and old-fashioned drinks to make, easy gardening tips, an inspirational glamping guide and the latest on natural body scrubs. Plus we look at the tough topic of slavery in our seas.

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  • cherie on Pimp your coffee:
    Cup: Fuschia RRCLid: Black Band: Aqua BluePlug: Aqua Blue
  • Bev on Confused about the new Food Bill?:
    Here goes NZ down the gurgler. IT is about complying with INTERNATIONAL standards and opens the gateway for GMO's into NZ. Anyone in the EU  
  • Emma on A touch of luxury:
    A pair of Mum's chunky hand-knitted socks, some organic Kiwi-made hand cream and my old bialetti coffee pot. Perfect! :-)
  • Linda on Your fave homemade summer drinks:
    Ginger Beer in a BottleTake a 1 litre or a 1.5 litre plastic bottle.Fill half way with warm water.Use a funnel & add 1/4 teaspoon baking  
  • Ruth on White moonshine:
    I have Brain & Central Nervous System damage & have heard that Raw Milk (& Bovine Colostrum) are good for healing.  It was  
  • Gabor on Your fave homemade summer drinks:
    Rhubarb bubbly.

     

    1kg rhubarb, washed and chopped1 ½ tsp white vinegar700g white sugar3 ½ litres of waterzest and juice of 5 le  
  • paula hudson on Your fave homemade summer drinks:
    Black Currant Drink6 large
    teaspoons black currant jam, 1 pint of boiling water. Pour the water
    over the jam, stir well, and stand until  
  • Pete on Could 'fracking' make its way to New Zealand?:
    Fracking already IS happening in NZ and has for years, by both multi-national and NZ-owned companies. What do I thin k of it? It must be sto  

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