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Elizabeth Banks & Jessica Biel play estranged sisters in The Better Sister

1 month ago | nowtolove.co.nz | Tia Thomas |Mae MacDonald

Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks will star as estranged sisters Chloe and Nicky in the highly anticipated thriller The Better Sister, based on the book of the same name by New York Times bestselling author and professor of criminal law Alafair Burke. In the limited-edition series, family drama and a murder mystery create perfect chaos. After the gripping series trailer was released in May, we’ve been left with many burning questions.
Best seafood chowder

2 months ago | nzwomansweeklyfood.co.nz | Nici Wickes |Mae MacDonald

What could be more comforting than a bowl of soup to keep your family warm this winter? Try more of our deliciously warming soup recipes – we have something for everyone, with meaty treats and vegetarian delights from all over the globe.
Madeline Wright tells how donating her kidney earned her a wife

Jan 16, 2025 | nowtolove.co.nz | Mae MacDonald

“Working in my office, I heard a gentle knock at my door. ‘Take a seat, Kylie,’ I smiled at the woman who came in. It was April 2022 and I tutored at a beauty school. Kylie, 27, was one of my students. I’d taught her for eight weeks and knew she had kidney disease. We hadn’t spoken about it, but I kept an eye on her in case the workload got too much. Today, though, I was worried. Kylie was paler and looked exhausted. She slid a newspaper clipping across my desk.
Radio host Jason 'JT' Tikao shares his best tips for summer fun

Jan 16, 2025 | nowtolove.co.nz | Mae MacDonald

How are you spending this summer? Relaxing where possible and trying to win games of Finska [woodchuck game] in the backyard. Walks on the beach. There’s also a Scrunchy Millers ice cream caravan that is a two-minute walk from home, so they’ll be sick of the sight of us by summer’s end. What lessons from 2024 are you bringing into the new year? When something good is happening, really embrace it and soak it all in. Take photos and make memories.
Exclusive pics: First openly gay All Black’s Campbell Johnstone’s surprise North Canterbury wedding

Jan 15, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Mae MacDonald

Campbell Johnstone and Ben Thomson on their wedding day. Photo / Amour Weddings, Jarrad JohnstoneFormer All Black Campbell Johnstone and his groom Ben Thomson made the grandest of entrances for their wedding ceremony at The Flaxmill in Oxford. The pair were choppered in by none other than rugby legend Richie McCaw. “Richie did this really steep loop around the property and I lost my stomach a bit,” laughs Ben. “Then he landed and we got out.
Forty terrific travel destinations to inspire your 2025

Jan 14, 2025 | nowtolove.co.nz | Mae MacDonald

With the world so full of opportunities and attractions just begging to be explored, we see how picking the location of your next trip can be overwhelming. To help make matters easier for you, we’ve collated our top forty destinations worth booking your travel around in 2025. If you’ve already got a trip overseas booked, have a scan and see if any of these destinations are near your plans.
Radio host Tammy Davis shares how he's spending this summer

Jan 14, 2025 | nowtolove.co.nz | Mae MacDonald

What is your favourite memory of summer as a kid? We went camping up north when I was about 11 or 12. I walked out onto a jetty and these massive kingfish swam underneath it. I still remember it – they looked huge to me. The camping experience itself was a bit bad because we got attacked by mozzies and the grass was really long and cutty. How are you spending this summer?
Actress Kura Forrester shares her exciting summer plans

Jan 14, 2025 | nowtolove.co.nz | Mae MacDonald

What are you most looking forward to in 2025? I’m really looking forward to some new international adventures and broadening my horizons in my work. I’m taking my comedy show Here if You Need to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival at the beginning of the year and hoping to spend some time in Australia getting some acting work. I’d also love to get back to London and make some new work there.
Bree Tomasel speaks candidly about her struggle with anxiety

Jan 14, 2025 | nowtolove.co.nz | Mae MacDonald

“A few weeks after the home invasion, I had my first panic attack. Back then, I didn’t know what a panic attack was, but looking back, that’s what it was. It would be the first of many. It was a hot, sunny day at home, so I headed to the freezer for an ice block. That freezer was a big old thing downstairs in the laundry, which was filled with piles of clothes, cobwebs and God knows what else.
All Black Campbell Johnstone and groom Ben's exciting wedding

Jan 14, 2025 | nowtolove.co.nz | Mae MacDonald

Former All Black Campbell Johnstone and his groom Ben Thomson made the grandest of entrances for their wedding ceremony at The Flaxmill in Oxford. The pair were choppered in by none other than rugby legend Richie McCaw! “Richie did this really steep loop around the property and I lost my stomach a bit,” laughs Ben. “Then he landed and we got out.