Good—simple choices for a better life

First Things

4 A life less leisurely

12 In season

Good Selection: Our pick of smart and eco stuff to buy, try and know about

20 The good guide to: bananas

Good Guide: The banana is almost the perfect fruit. Tasty nutritious and seedless, it comes ready wrapped in a colourful, easy-peel and biodegradable skin. So how do we tell the good bananas from the bad?

24 Letter from the interior

Where were you for the Rugby World Cup final? Intrepid tramper Hazel Phillips shuns the excitement in favour of a wander in the yonder

26 Day traders

Trend Tracker: In the face of economic uncertainty, we're increasingly using new social media technology to rediscover the noble art of sharing

27 Screen time

Shopping, babies, economics ... and the disintegration of the suburban dream

28 Ex libris

Book end: Latest reads to inform, inspire...and if you can bear it, to give away

Features

30 Cultivating the art of slow

A life rich in unhurried pleasures – when there's still so much to do

34 Beyond efficiency

The mantra is 'Don't work harder, work smarter' ... but is success really to be found in greater productivity?

36 The enneagram and the art of slow

Identify your personality type with the help of this ancient tool

41 5 common food allergy myths busted

Healthy Living: Food is fundamental to our wellbeing. It draws us together as families and commmunities. It gives us an excuse to travel, a reason to socialise and a structure for our days. So how come good food is increasingly making us sick?

46 Beginner's guide to glamping

Summer's on its way and you're in the mood for and adventure. Does the idea of regular camping leave you cold? Check out the luxury trend that's putting style back into outdoor living.

60 An island apart

The revamped Rotoroa Island in the Hauraki Gulf is open to the public for the first time in 100 years

62 Not in our waters - surely?

The Big Issue: Exploitation and slavery-like conditions are not what we associate with working in New Zealand. But what about on our seas? Libby Nicholson-Moon investigates.

70 10 clever ideas for better living

Living in a lighter and more eco way can be as easy as swapping out a few everyday products for something better ...

75 Back to work guide

Feeling less than enthused about heading back into work? Here are some fresh ideas to inspire you for the year ahead

Your Good Life

80 In the pink

Simply Good Food: Make merry on languid summer days with easy-peasy fruity deserts and zingy old-fashioned homemade fizz

90 Buffed and scrubbed

Health & Beauty: Summer's here, the opaque stockings and long pants have been consigned to the bottom of the wardrobe, and short shorts, strappy tops and uncovered legs are back

97 Readers Tips

Good housekeeping: Smarter living shortcuts from Good readers all around the country

99 Eco - babies

Simple Parenting: New ideas and lovely things for our planet's youngest travellers

102 Your edible garden

Garden: Intercropping is the old-fashioned art of growing two or more crops together. Good's gardening expert Kath Irvine explains how efficiencies gained in your garden make it an art worth mastering

106 Transform your veranda

It's summer time and living is easy. Maximise your indoor-outdoor living space and create places to grow things with a splash of paint and new garden accessories

110 Taking stock

Wellness: Lazy summer days offer a moment to grab your journal and pen, get comfy in a hammock, or outdoor chair and reflect on what you'd like to do differently this year, suggests Tracy Manu

111 Pick of the crop

A fabulous selection of new, natural, local and eco - friendly goodies to buy

112 Good thought