Using your muscles lowers your risk of dementia – and you don’t even need to join a gym
Exercise physiologist and personal trainer Courtney McCormack works at Salus Strength, a small Auckland gym where the focus…
Cambridge farmer Marc Gascoigne to bike length of New Zealand for rural wellbeing
“There’s actually three of us, and I think it’s going to grow as time goes on,” Gascoigne told…
I’ve been a nutritionist for 26 years: here are six simple truths about breakfast
From consuming massive amounts of protein to eating nothing at all, there’s some wildly varied advice out there…
Collagen business founder loses £3.6bn tax battle
Wednesday 23 September 2026 4:16 pm The product contains cow hide and fish scales for its collagen. The…
‘I’m apparently living the Kiwi dream – let me tell you about the reality’
A survey of search engine entries revealed that most New Zealanders view being a writer as their ideal…
Outback nurse credits not-for-profit counselling service with saving career
An outback nurse who has worked across remote parts of Australia says a peer-to-peer counselling service for nurses…
The gym can be full of germs – here’s how to protect yourself
Exercise is good for you – but the gym might not be. By Primrose Freestone Dumbbells, barbells and…
Is your brain at maximum capacity? How to respect your limits and reap benefits
When you start to feel over-stretched at work or in life, it’s time to step back and honour…
From matcha to kombucha: how healthy are all the expensive ‘health’ drinks really?
Claire Turnbull looks at the growing array of wellbeing beverages and asks if they’re worth their high price.…
Robyn Malcolm: ‘Women were put in asylums with symptoms we now treat with HRT’
Actor and activist Robyn Malcolm has made a documentary about menopause in a bid to understand the “hot…
Postnatal depression in dads: ‘I’m not just a terrible father’
A passenger’s stinging remark towards Craig Anderson and his crying child on a Sydney ferry was the “straw…
NZ’s first youth screen addiction centre opens doors
Growing up in foster care, an online world became Jennifer Thonrithi’s outlet during high school and university. “There…