Snapshot
Oh for a good night's sleepMonday, 05 October 2009
There is no consolation in reading that close to half of the general population report brief periods of difficult sleeping. When the pattern becomes entrenched, it is sheer frustration.
At-home gym workoutsMonday, 21 September 2009
Spring is here and it’ll soon be time to break out the bikini – a thought that for many gets the nerves (and other bits) wobbling in all the wrong places.
DIY funeral out of the boxMonday, 13 April 2009
Helen Lloyd likes to be organised, so organised in fact that simply keeping her day-to-day life ship-shape isn’t enough. She has taken to ensuring her exit from this world runs like clockwork too, and that it doesn’t cost the earth.
Great hosts, great site, great viewsMonday, 13 October 2008
I think I might have slept in a bed once occupied by actor Sam Neil. Ernie Dingo from TV show The Great Outdoors may have also laid his head on this bed’s pillow.
At home with the sound of jazzMonday, 19 May 2008
Alluring jazz piano emanates from the home of leading jazz pianist Phil Broadhurst. The music is so loud and intense I fear my knocking will be totally drowned out. I’m expected but I feel it rude to interrupt masters at work.
They ain't coming backMonday, 05 May 2008
Nearly three years ago Our Homes TODAY interviewed a Howick couple, who had left Auckland in search of a better life in the Hawkes Bay.
Wild beauty enamours English ladMonday, 28 April 2008
When Auckland artist John Horner goes on holiday with his family, he’s the one who has to stop frequently along the way, not his partner Jeanette or their two daughters.
It's time for winter warmthMonday, 07 April 2008
Interior designer, Mary Dixon, has plenty of heart and hearth-warming tricks of the trade she uses to ensure her home is a cosy and pleasing place to be during the winter months.
Any old iron?Monday, 10 March 2008
New Zealanders have a reputation for being innovative, and what we can’t do with Number 8 fencing wire probably isn’t worth mentioning.
Inspiring, enriching and enduringTuesday, 05 February 2008
Thanks to Nanette Cameron, Pakuranga is a more interesting place to live. A resident in the area since the late 1950s, Nanette, along with a group of like-minded individuals, was instrumental in developing the new suburb’s cultural landscape.