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.

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Australian Women's Weekly NZ

Stars cast a spell on London

Snow fun & new arrivals

Always be in the know!

Dear friends 50 years on

People lined Spain’s

5 minutes with …

Celebrating inner beauty

Around the world

Dolly • As the beloved singer passes away aged 80, we take a look back at her romance with the man she loved for six decades – and the effect that losing Carl would have on her heart.

Tributes to an icon

MELISSA STOKES • She is the face and voice delivering the biggest stories of the day, but the 1News anchor reveals the heartbreak that pushes her to always seek more. Melissa opens up about the joy of raising teenage boys, the love that sustains her and why she has never felt more confident.

DAME HELEN MIRREN • At 81, the actress shows no signs of slowing down, with roles in MobLand and The Thursday Murder Club. And she has a new passion – saving the blighted olive trees of Puglia, where she and her husband have a home. Michael Odell meets her for lunch.

A royal reckoning • For more than a century, Japan’s royal family has banned women from the throne. But with male heirs in short supply and public demand for equal rights for its princesses, the monarchy is in crisis.

‘The scars tell my story’ • In many ways, the deck has been stacked against Nic Russell. But the founder of children’s charity Kenzie’s Gift shares how her daughter’s death – and her own health battles – have taught her to find joy in life.

Natalie Imbruglia • Natalie Imbruglia was a stalwart of Nineties pop culture. Now 51 and enjoying a renaissance, she talks solo parenting, self-confidence and how recording her new self-funded album, Algorithm, proved both enormously fun and satisfyingly cathartic.

Deliverance from D oomsday • She was raised to believe the end of the world was nigh. But when Nadine Browne found female literature, she escaped her fundamentalist church for life as a writer.

Liane & Jaclyn Moriarty: Sisters in storytelling • Their love of words – and each other – has seen these two extraordinary women create some of the most memorable characters in Australian fiction. And it all began when their dad offered them an inventive way to earn pocket money …

Listen to Love Stories

My dad Jim Henson • Jim Henson’s puppet characters told stories packed with heart and intelligence. As a new exhibition details 70 years of love, learning, magic and imagination, for his daughter, Lisa Henson, it’s not merely an exhibition, it’s a family album brought to life.

Why do we turn to psychics? • Psychic readings are having a moment. The Weekly books one to find out what women are really looking for – and why even a sceptic can end up in tears.

Thinking of seeing a psychic?

‘My nana’s gowns inspired me to write a book’ • Author Tess Woods grew up in awe of her grandmother’s wedding gown creations. Now she’s using her talent as a writer to keep her ‘astonishing’ Nana’s memory alive.

Lette’s talk

Pattern play • Make a statement in new season designs that combine playful prints and textures.

The print edit • For effortless spring dressing, embrace fresh florals, bold prints and colourful layers.

Go with the flow • Can a lymphatic drainage massage really de-puff, de-stress and detox you back to glowing?

FACT or FICTION

THE face RITUAL • “Make sure you’ve got enough slip with a facial...