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Woman is a place where real women are celebrated and uplifted, a community that reflects us – where we feel like we belong. Woman is a relatable and reliable source of information and inspiration. Featuring powerful stories, shared experiences, engaging entertainment and advice that connects and empowers women. Woman’s content pillars include stories about women, culture, recipes, health & wellbeing, home & garden, fashion & beauty, te reo Maori, books and entertainment, as well as puzzles, star columnists and more.

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EDITOR’S LETTER

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Meet & greet • Get to know the creative contributors who come together to bring Woman to life every month.

Hitting the mother lode • Kiwi actress Simone Kessell has worked on many hit local and international films and movies, garnering award nominations and more, but now, at 47, she has landed the mother of all roles, writes Aroha Awarau.

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Nip it in the BUD • With no symptoms and no pain, an unexpected diagnosis flipped her world. One woman’s cautionary tale is a reminder not to miss your routine breast cancer screening.

PROUDLY PINK • Pink Lady® New Zealand has been a proud Diamond Partner of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ for seven years, so not only are these blushing apples beautiful and delicious, they also help support New Zealanders with breast cancer.

AN ODE TO MY fat self • Fat-shaming is an injustice that warrants a deeper analysis, says writer Sasha Borissenko. She chronicles the discrimination she has faced, and asks why are society’s scales so weighted against the large?

ALL the MESS YOU MADE • Acclaimed novelist Emily Perkins returns to full-time writing; not with a book, but a play that is a complex, cosmopolitan, contemporary and funny story which could be a game-changer for New Zealand theatre, writes Dionne Christian.

INTIMATE DANGERS • New Zealand Police’s Keeping Ourselves Safe programme for schools has come a long way since its inception in 1987, most significantly in taking the message away from “stranger danger” to empowering children against real life threats closer to home. In light of the recent Children’s Commissioner shake-up, Michelle Robinson asks whether the programme is hitting the mark, and what more can be done to protect our tamariki when we can’t be there.

The drug of the nation • Looking at phones in the early hours and baring our souls to strangers has become normal behaviour for midlife women, says Louise Burke.

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Pass the smelling salts • She’s a mother, a comedienne and a writer. Still, Ruth Spencer gives in to the joys of reinvention.

TURN BACK TIME • The pioneering Kiwi company helping people stay younger for longer.

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ZOO TOPIA • The big dress, the bomber jacket, the kickback to ’70s trends – everything you need to make a weekend work. After the cold and rain, the freedom of springtime is alive in your wardrobe. Lose the confines of all your workday accoutrements and invest in a daypack to liberate your arms and take in the wide wild world at your doorstep.

Spring REVIVAL • Take your cues from our spring issue make-up artist Chanelle Aldridge for a fresh new look for the season of invigoration and revival.

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Are your feet ready for sunny days? • With Scholl’s simple two-step foot care routine you’ll be stepping out with soft velvety feet this summer.

We are your ovaries • Vital to creating life, makers of hormones that help us grow, small but perfectly formed – these are your ovaries.

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