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Mum to Mum launches

Mum to Mum is a project launched by Johnson's Baby all about mum's giving new mums messages of support and encouragement, and has a great online component. We attended the launch held at Peppin Boutique in Herne Bay...

Where there's a Will

To a crowd of lucky ticket winners in their new suits, Will.i.am played a gig of tracks from his latest album #willpower at the Hallensteins Ultimate Afterparty at The Studio Auckland on Wednesday 8 May...

Mexico Dining Room

Mexico Dining Room launched with a Margarita Masterclass on Tuesday 2nd May to celebrate the upcoming Cinco de Maya festivities...

Beetle juice

I was lucky enough to be loaned the brand new Volkswagen Beetle to zoom around town in. I took it out to the Takapuna Markets today for a spin...

To fry for

I may be high maintenance with my clothes and accessories but I am definitely low maintenance when it comes to cooking. In fact, one pan suits me down to the ground, which is why I was drawn to this...

Snitch

Starring The Rock, the latest crime drama from Ric Roman Waugh, Snitch, lulls one into believing that it's jumping on the bandwagon of Taken with a father who takes matters into his own hands...

Haute Cuisine

An exquisitely French film for the foodies, Haute Cuisine draws upon the memoir of the first woman to cook for French President Mitterrand at the Elysée Palace during the 1980s...

School holiday fun

This school holidays we're looking at what's new at Kelly Tarlton's, MOTAT's new Tinkering Tots activity space, new DVDs for kids, and new linen for the children's bedroom at home...

Miomee in my home

To show off some of my favourite pieces in the brand new Miomee range - Tommee Tippee's finest - I shoot them around my own home and let the kids have a play with them...

Next best after breast

If babies could talk, they'd say they like this range. I attended the Tommee Tippee Miomee launch event at the Kermadec Ocean Dawn Room in the Viaduct to learn about the new collection...

Botswana birthday

Botswana Butchery in Auckland's Ferry Building celebrated its first birthday with a banquet lunch for invited guests - who join the 50,000 people who have dined there in its first year of business on Auckland's waterfront...