Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

The Australian Women's Weekly, NZ Edition, delivers hard-hitting news, gorgeous features, advice, inspirational stories and the best triple-tested recipes. It’s the ultimate magazine with something for everyone, while providing inspiration for women of all ages.

Editor’s letter

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In brief

Around the world

Pippa’s Family Milestones • Fair Go presenter Pippa Wetzell talks to writer Emma Clifton about navigating change, teenage challenges and why she’ll keep on fighting.

Royal insider

How Jennifer Lopez became the new Elizabeth Taylor • At 54, Jennifer Lopez is riding high, launching her new “musical experience” This Is Me ... Now and basking in her marriage to Ben Affleck. But who is the woman behind the glamour?

Michelle Bridges ‘I’m proud to have come out the other side’ • She’s one of the most educated and connected health professionals, but when it came to her own menopause journey, Michelle Bridges was floundering. She reveals her struggle – and shares the lessons learned a result.

Lani Daniels Warrior woman • The world champion boxer from a tiny Northland vi llage opens up about the chi ldhood tragedy that led her to drink and drugs, and the sport that saved her life.

King Charles III Royal tears & missing Mummy • In an old-fashioned world of restraint and formality, young King Charles craved his mother’s affection and suffered at school, reveals Ingrid Seward in her new biography, My Mother and I.

Robert Irwin ‘I wish I could ask Dad for advice’ • As the son of Steve Irwin, he’s spent his entire life in the public domain, continuing to spread his father’s message. Now, aged 20, Robert has found love, and is striking out in a new direction.

Inside the Billionaire Bohemian Club • Welcome to the most secretive club on Earth, where world leaders, movie stars and business tycoons kick up their heels behind locked gates in the bucolic Californian countryside.

Unseen Abba • Swedish foursome ABBA have released a book of joyful photos from their glorious career, including some even they hadn’t seen before.

Sisters of Maya • In the Yucatán jungles of Mexico, lives are changing for the better, thanks to a trailblazing farm where women dare to dream.

My story “I planned my own funeral” • Through a raft of terrifying health issues, Carly-Jay Metcalfe has remained upbeat, cheerful and bursting with humour. Here she explains why hope and faith are the only path forward.

Terms of endearment • While the phrases our mums once used don’t date so well, other life lessons stay the distance.

The Good life

New threads • In 1993 Elaine George made history as Australia’s first Indigenous cover star. Thirty years later she’s back in front of the camera with her daughter, Taylor, to showcase First Nations designers and artists.

Through thick and thin

Beauty news

Two-minute exercise • No time? Short on energy? Two minutes might be all it takes to change your life.

Can stress cause a heart attack? • Anger, anxiety and sudden shock can trigger more than a flood of emotion.

Spotlight on bibliotherapy • Could a book be the prescription you need for better mental and physical health?

Simple family food • Young mum Nicole Maguire – creator of social media platform Simple Home Edit – shares her tips for easy cooking with a selection of tasty, low-cost dinner ideas from her new cookbook, The Simple Dinner Edit.

Cooking class • You can easily adapt this cake’s flavours by using hazelnut meal instead of almond meal and changing the syrup. Use the citrus syrup as we have here or try a different flavour.

Double-up dinner • Make the most of leftovers by adding a few extra ingredients to create a tasty second...