Good—simple choices for a better life

First Things

4 Editorial

The work that’s never done

12 Good Selection

16 Good Times

18 Q&A with Kaffe Fassett

The renowned textile artist talks colour, fashion and the value of handmade

24 The good guide: eggs

Free-range, barn-raised, certified organic … popping to the shops
for a dozen is not the
simple task it once was

26 Planet Watch

Green Screens: 

28 How green is the apple?

Letter from Abroad: It’s one of the grimiest, most densely populated cities in the world ...

30 Cleaning up on dirty data

Trend Tracker: We may talk about the cloud, but there’s plenty that’s not clean and fluffy in the online universe

32 Ex libris

Book end: Two books about extreme personal bravery – plus fashion, cuisine and health in our grab-bag of book reviews

Features

34 Slow style vs. fast fashion

Style has a price and the new fast fashion formula – cheap clothes produced en masse
– is creating fashion victims of more than one kind

43 Spring Clean

Your heart, head and home

54 Cambodia calling

Life Stories: A year ago Hayley Shields was running a business and paying off a mortgage in Auckland. But everything was about to change

56 From bedroom to sanctuary

Turn your bedroom into the haven of your dreams with this easy eco makeover

65 Beginners’ guide to bike chic

Loathe lycra? Take another look at the well dressed citizen Jane revolution
riding up a storm along New Zealand’s inner-city streets

70 Keeping it real in glacier country

Meet the locals bringing recycling to town in South Westland’s tiny Okarito

75 The power of many

Good People: Lucy Brake discovers a small South Island community that’s taking back control

77 Cool running

Meet the maker: As wild stocks of salmon
disappear around the world,
a Kiwi company has found a
way of sustainably farming this
healthy and wonderfully tasty
fish

80 Good review

Good Review: One fine day: An olive grove sojourn

Your Good Life

86 Fast, fresh, delicious snacks to make

Food: Angus Allan’s fast, fresh snacks

90 A to Z of craft beers

Slow Drinks: Local craft beer is everything that bland, mass-market, macho beers are not. It’s brewed lovingly with traditional methods, using ingredients that add character and flavour

96 Gardening

Garden: Getting started this spring

99 Hurry up and wait

Second Life: Antiques expert Ross Millar explains the value of the eclectic mix ... and why it can sometimes pay to be patient

100 Tent-tastic craft!

Handmade: Take imaginative play one step further with an ingenious fabric house that fits over your dining table

102 Pins and needles

Family: Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese tradition involving
needling crucial points on the body to reduce pain and
prevent illness. But what’s it good for during pregnancy
and labour?

105 Readers' tips

Good housekeeping: New uses for lemons, soap, glass jars, newspaper ... and one reader reveals her grandmother's best tip for clean floors.

106 The science of shampoo

Health & Beauty: Finding the brand that’s best for your hair is difficult enough – looking for eco-friendly options, doubly so

112 A good thought

to leave you with