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Health + Wellness

We’ve Been Sunscreening All Wrong—It’s Time To Give Sun Protection A Glow Up

Melitta Skin is making sunscreen a whole lot more user-friendly with a lightweight feel, no white cast and a four hour protection window. 

Fitness

Auckland’s Best Running Clubs To Join

As the adage goes, if the zombie apocalypse comes after leg day, the ‘fittest’ will be the first ones to go. That said, when your survival odds rest on your ability to head for the hills (and actually make it there), it makes sense to put the leg work in today.

Local Escapes

Routeburn | Everything You Need To Know Before Tackling This New Zealand Great Walk

If you’re a bit of a tramping fiend, chances are you’ve lowkey got your eye on crossing off all of the New Zealand Great Walks. If you haven’t done the Routeburn yet, it should be high on your list. 

Wellness

We Tried Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy And This Is What Happened

Would you climb inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber? We did, and this is what happened.

Things To Do

26 Rad Workshops In Auckland Where You Can Learn A New Skill

A bunch of workshops have popped up all over Auckland with every kind of class imaginable.

Fitness

Rhythm And Vines Is Shaping Up To Be The Healthiest New Year’s Eve On Record

A rite of passage for many, we’ve got a tonne of descriptors for Gisbone’s Rhythm & Vines festival—namely, good vibes, good tunes and good company. This year we’re adding ‘healthy’ to that list (and we’re as surprised about it as you are). 

We Tried HYROX On A Floating Pontoon And This Is What Happened

Epic fitness endurance comp, HYROX, is coming to New Zealand in February.

Local Escapes

8 Epic Auckland Waterfalls You Can Actually Visit

We’ve scoped the waterfalls around the city to bring you a list of the best in Auckland. Take a picnic!

Things To Do

The Best Walks And Hikes In Wellington

As the saying goes, you can’t beat Wellington on a good day.

Shopping

5 Reasons You Should Consider Investing In An eBike

No, it's not just you—eBikes are everywhere right now.

Health + Wellness

We Tried Sala’s New Chroma HIIT Studio And We Can’t Stop Raving About It

Innovative fitness studio, Sala, has just launched a brand new studio. Meet: Chroma HIIT, a workout based on colour therapy. 

Beauty

12 Holy Grail New Beauty Items to Shop This Weekend

In the season known to wreak havoc on your skin and beauty rituals, it’s all about working smarter, not harder. Here are the holy-grailers to do the heavy lifting for your face, hair and body.

Wellness

9 Of The Best Float Tanks In New Zealand

We’ve done the research and these are all the best places to float in New Zealand. 

Health + Wellness

Here’s How To Keep The Conversation Rolling Around R U OK? Day

With things the way they are out in the world, it's OK not to be OK right now.

Fitness

We Tried EMS Training For A Month And This Is What Happened

If you’re anything like me, finding the motivation to bust your butt at the gym is not high on the priority list. Between working, studying and being a mum, I simply don’t have time to dedicate several hours to working out a each week.

Food & Drink

The Best Non-Alcoholic Drinks In New Zealand To Sip In 2023

Whether you are wishing to cut down your alcohol intake or are looking to go completely teetotal, here are our favourite non-alcoholic tipples for all the times you’re after a refreshing and tasty beverage, sans hangover.

Wellness

How To Meditate If You’re A Total Beginner

We thought we’d get some expert tips on how to add meditation to your daily routine, and what you should be doing when you finally sit down to clear your mind.

Features

Epic NZ Made, Eco Friendly And Sustainable Products So You Can Keep Our Planet In Mind

Shopping sustainably is becoming easier and easier, with more local NZ brands being launched all the time specifically developed to be way better for the environment than their predecessors. We've filled our list with some of the lesser-known brands, so you can support small business while you build your more sustainable life.

Wellness

The Best Float Tanks In Auckland And Where To Find Them

For a chance to experience weightlessness and peace in your own blissful space, a flotation tank could be just right for you. If you're wanting to try it out, here's our guide to the best float tanks in Auckland.

Podcasts & Books

The Best Sex Podcasts Of 2022

Let’s cut to the chase. There’s a big pool of sex podcasts sitting out there (most likely full of lots of banana inflatables) in the world and wading through the underwhelming to get the amazing ones can be kind of, well… hard.

Wellness

3 Questions Everyone Should Ask Themselves This World Mental Health Day

Use World Mental Health Day as a chance to assess and improve your mental health.

Wellness

18 Of The Best Low Cost Therapy Providers In Auckland

As much as Covergirl would have us believe life is all easy breezy beautiful, sometimes you need more than lipstick to help you navigate its twists and turns.

Wellness

Places In Auckland That Are Good For The Soul

We can all be found guilty of becoming a bit of a ‘stress head’ from time to time, but who can blame us?

Fitness

The Best Running Tracks Around Auckland To Help You Clear Your Head

There’s nothing like a run in the sunshine to get you out of the house when you start feeling a little cooped up. So why not reset your fitness, get your mind firing on all cylinders and hit two birds with one fit stone all whilst practicing physical distancing.

Wellness

8 Things To Do If You’re Feeling Down, According To A Counsellor

She shares the everyday habits to implement that may increase your mental wellbeing from meditation and gentle exercise to putting your phone down.

Fitness

9 Of The Best Running Tracks In Christchurch

For a completely free workout, lace up your running shoes, put in your ear buds and head outside to explore the absolute best running tracks in Christchurch.

Wellness

The Best Hot Yoga Studios In Auckland For You To Heat Up At

Hot yoga is known to help curb your stress, stretch your muscles, focus your mind and is definitely more intense than a room-temperature class. Keen to give it a go? Check out our guide to Auckland’s best hot yoga studios. 

Health + Wellness

Why The Health Benefits Of Cold-Water Swimming Are Worth The Plunge

While you might spot them on a chilly morning and shiver just at the thought of joining in, a growing number of cold-water swimmers swear by the mental and physical benefits of taking a dip in winter waters.

Health + Wellness

7 Epic Online Yoga Classes To Get Bendy At Home With

​Whether you’re a seasoned yogi or a beginner student (or the mere thought of the lotus position has you scratching your head) there’s never been a better time to try the delicate art of yoga. 

Fitness

12 Of The Best Health And Fitness Apps To Download Now

If you would have told us 20 years ago we’d be using a mobile phone to exercise, we wouldn’t have believed you. But alas, some really smart people made magic happen and now this is the reality we get to enjoy, along with an endless stream of Tik Tok videos.

Wellness

Sweet Dreams, Here’s How To Get A Better Night’s Sleep Tonight

Think you can’t train yourself to switch off and chill out? Guess again. Sleep specialist Olivia Arezzolo hit us up with four easy ways to ditch the insomnia and train our bodies to consistently get a good night's sleep.

Health + Wellness

Everything You Need To Know About Relationship Anxiety

Relationship anxiety isn’t a recognised or diagnosable condition but it's predicted to affect approximately 1 in 5 people.

U:L Recommends

25 Rad Things Under $25 To Get You Through Home Isolation

Oh, home isolation. So much free time, so little motivation. Whether you’ve ended up feeling under the weather or you’re just starting to get stir-crazy, we’ve put together some affordable additions to make life stuck at home more bearable.

Wellness

How To Manage COVID At Home, According To A Registered Nurse

If you’re one of the unicorns that has not yet copped Coronavirus, this read is for you.

Features

Win Your Next Bubble Bake Off With This Drool-Worthy Lemon Drizzle Cake

Stuck at home once again, it’s safe to say most of us are finding ourselves with the opportunity to spend a little more time in the kitchen. Wondering what to bake next?

Fitness

11 At Home Workouts From Top Local Personal Trainers To Try This Lockdown

From live yoga and pilates-inspired workouts, to world-renowned Les Mills classes, getting fit at home has never been easier (or more accessible). So chuck on your trainers, clear a space in your living room or head to the driveway, and get moving. 

Fitness

12 of The Best Running Tracks In Wellington

With no shortage of sensational routes, lace up your running shoes and enjoy our picks for the12 best running tracks in Wellington.

How Ārepa Co-Founder Angus Brown Is Promoting Mental Clarity Through This Natural Brain Food

The importance of mental wellbeing at this point of time cannot be understated. With an emphasis on mental wellness, Ārepa founder Angus Brown began exploring the relationship between nature, neuroscience and nutrition. 

Wellness

How To Survive Lockdown Without Drugs And Alcohol

Here we are, deep into another lockdown, and many of us New Zealanders feeling all over the show—unable to shut off, to relax, to let go… without drugs or alcohol. Well, we're here to tell you, there really is another way. 

Wellness

The Best Online Pharmacies That Deliver Direct To Your Door Anywhere In NZ

So we’re locked down and you’re pretty confident you have all you need. But what’s this? The repeat prescription you got six months ago is dwindling and you’re definitely not keen on joining the queues at the pharmacy. Fear not, for a whole raft of pharmacies are now offering to deliver their products and prescriptions direct to your door, anywhere in New Zealand.

Wellness

10 Ways To Ease PMS, Balance Your Hormones And Have A Happy Period

Why is PMS still so badly understood? How can there be this much vagueness and confusion over the female body in 2021? Your monthly visitor really can be a friend, not a foe, and there are things you can do to support your body to sail through your monthly cycle as pleasantly as possible. Hit up this list to give your hormones and period some love.

Wellness

The Best Spa Treatments In Auckland To Treat Yourself To

From fanciful gold facials, to sub-zero shenanigans, through to full body treatments involving beautiful botanicals of the world, we’ve rounded up the most restorative, original, and quite frankly, best spa treatments in Auckland.

Bowl And Arrow Co-Founder Leisha Rae On Building A Healthy Fast-Food Empire

Leisha Rae makes up the sweet 1/2 of Bowl & Arrow with her bestie and partner in crime, Hannah Bryan. After meeting at a cafe Leisha was working at and bonding over the best bread for french toast, they realised they had the same career passions. We spoke to Leisha to find out what has happened since history started writing itself.

What's On

A Gluten Free, Vegan Doughnut-Making Workshop Is Here And You’ll Want To Book Stat

Gone are the days when not being able to eat gluten meant you were doomed to living a doughnut-less existence. Two years ago Charlie Mia brought us gluten-free vegan doughnut joy and now she’s sharing her secrets in a workshop you won't want to miss. 

TV & Movies

5 Sex-Positive Shows On Netflix That Will Change Your Life

We’ve rounded up some of the most progressive shows out there at the moment which all champion a greater movement to normalise so many aspects of sexuality, be it identity, consent or practising safer sex.

Wellness

Get Schooled On The Ins And Outs Of Sexual Health

Sex should be fun. For everyone involved. But it should also be safe. Knowing your way around sexually transmitted infections (STIs) keeps you healthy whether you’re hooking up randomly, in a relationship, or trying to get laid in case we get put back into lockdown.

Features

Take Note, XES Is The New Sex Toy Line Changing The Game For People With Disabilities

It caters for anyone with physical limitations or the likes of vaginismus and endometriosis.

Features

Hit The Road With The 8 Best Bike Stores That Deliver In Auckland

Bike sales are currently going through the roof and it’s not hard to understand why. Neighbourhood walks are great and all but if you’re looking to up your exercise and basically get from A to B a hell of a lot faster, a bike’s your best bet.

Beauty

Restore Your Glow With This Essential 5-Step Winter Skincare Routine

Do you feel like your skin needs extra love in winter? From dryness to breakouts, winter can make your skin crazy. The solution? Change up your skincare routine. Here’s what to do differently in winter, and which products we think make all the difference.

Fitness

8 Of The Best Free Outdoor Gyms in Auckland So You Can Keep Your Coin

If you're looking for a cheap—and in most cases free—way to keep your fitness levels up now that restrictions have eased, look no further than the humble outdoor gym. Forever a truly Los Angeles cliche, the outdoor gym fad is already well underway in New Zealand, but hopefully minus the public heavy grunting. 

Local Escapes

Unwind At One Of New Zealand’s 8 Most Blissful Retreats

There are times in life when you just need to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and treat your body and mind to a little TLC.

Wellness

Deep Breaths, Here’s Why It’s Ok To Feel Anxious About Leaving Lockdown

According to Dr Addie Wootten, CEO of not-for-profit organisation Smiling Mind and a clinical psychologist by background, While the opportunity to see our friends and socialise again seems like something we’ve been eagerly awaiting, it’s completely normal to feel anxious about leaving lockdown.

Fitness

Runners On, Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Mindful Running

The Instagram-perfect yogi image of meditation may seem like the opposite of pounding pavement, but science backing the parallels between the two disciplines is mounting.

Tauranga

9 Of The Best Running Tracks In Tauranga And The Mount To Help You Work Up A Sweat

In a time when our lives have been turned upside down and gyms are closed, it’s important to continue to look after ourselves and get outside for a good ol’ run. 

Fitness

Put Your Best Foot Forward With These Online Dance Classes

Whether you’ve got the coordination of a baby giraffe or you’re a dancer from way back, lockdown is the perfect time to try your hand at an online dance class.

Wellness

Clean Up With This GP Approved DIY Hand Sanitiser Recipe

We get it, you’ve been trawling the shops for weeks and you still haven’t been able to find the old Dettol sanny back in stock, so you’re thinking about going down the DIY hand sanitiser route?

Fitness

6 Essential Yoga Poses To Get You Through The Day While Working From Home

If you're still waiting for your ergonomic desk chair to be delivered and that dining table seat is proving mightily uncomfortable on your back, here's 6 yoga poses to help you get through the day without feeling like a human pretzel. 

Wellness

Jump Online, These Pharmacies Will Deliver Direct To Your Door Anywhere In NZ

So we’re locked down and you’re pretty confident you have all you need. But what’s this? The repeat prescription you got six months ago is dwindling and you’re definitely not keen on joining the queues at the pharmacy. Fear not, for a whole raft of pharmacies are now offering to deliver their products and prescriptions direct to your door, anywhere in New Zealand.

Wellness

Fend Off Cabin Fever And Stay Sane During Lockdown With These 6 Tips

Well, what a year this week has been. Bar the odd walk and trip to the supermarket, we've been asked (for a good reason) to stay inside. If you're anything like us, you're already wondering how not to go absolutely crazy from being inside so much and being around the same people day in and day out. Here are 6 tips to keep your mental health in good shape over the next four weeks.

Fitness

Lace Up Your Sneakers, Here Are 9 Of The Best Running Tracks In Queenstown

Lace up your Sneakers, chuck on a good podcast and head outdoors to one of the best running tracks in Queenstown.

Fitness

Get Fit In Your Living Room With These Killer YouTube Workouts

To save you having to leave the house or bring bulk hand sanitizer to your usual yoga studio, here are eight free workouts you can do at home, all thanks to YouTube.

Europe

Pull On Your Runners And Check Out This First Timers’ Guide To The Camino de Santiago

The roaring twenties 2.0 are here and if this is the decade you’re looking for a truly life changing experience, then the Camino de Santiago is one for the bucket list. Known as one of the most famous walks in the world, and with routes from 120 kilometres to a whopping 1,000 kilometres, you're guaranteed to find the perfect walk for you. 

Health + Wellness

Spice Up Your Life With 7 Of The Juiciest Sex Podcasts Around

Let’s cut to the chase. There’s a big pool of sex podcasts sitting out there (most likely full of lots of banana inflatables) in the world and wading through the underwhelming to get the amazing ones can be kind of, well… hard.

Fitness

Smash Your Fitness Goals With Auckland’s Best Lunch Hour Workouts

If the idea of setting your alarm for a ungodly hour pre-6am spins induces a frenzied panic, and after work hours are dedicated to those ever-important social activities, we’re here to help.

From High-School Drop Out To Boss Babe, Here’s How To Go All-In On Your Side Gig

Edna Swart is the considerable brains behind the ed&i swimwear and body care range and recently starred on TVNZ's Boss Babes. We caught up with Swart to find out how she made the transition from part-time side hustle to full-time head of a thriving business.

Asia

Here’s Why You Should Hike The Annapurna Circuit, From Someone Who’s Actually Done It

​Ever wanted to eat chocolate covered things two or three times a day and not feel guilty about it? Then hiking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal is definitely the thing for you. Every tough moment of hiking is rewarded with the knowledge that no matter how often you sit around in your pyjamas binging Netflix, nobody can call you lazy ever again. Tell anyone you’re hiking in Nepal and they’ll assume it’s Everest Base Camp. However, the Annapurna Circuit offers much the same, if not more, with less crowds and more culture. A seven to 16-day trek, depending on where you start and finish, will wind its way around the tenth tallest mountain in the world. It takes you through small rural Nepalese villages, valleys filled with horses, and finally over the Thorong La Pass. 

Wellness

You Can Say Goodbye To Fad Diets Forever Thanks To This

Intuitive eating has been around for yonks but, thanks to the rise of Instagram, we’re hearing a lot more about it now as Insta-dietitians and online fitness personalities shake things up. And having tried it ourselves, we’re big fans, here’s why.

Wellness

How To Find The Best Type Of Yoga To Suit Your Personality

At a loss to know what type of yoga would suit you best? We’ve got you covered from A-Z with the different types of yoga to suit your personality. 

Fitness

Smash Your Fitness Goals With The 11 Best Workouts in Wellington

Whether you are looking for some pals to go running with, a sweat inducing HIIT workout or a good regular yoga practise, New Zealand's ‘coolest little capital’ has you covered.

Fitness

Get Your Sweat On, Here’s Auckland’s Best Workouts

Whether you’re #shreddingforsummer, looking for the hottest new workout trend, or are a weekend warrior needing a new challenge, you’re in luck, because Auckland is home to some of the best indoor and outdoor places to get fit and have fun at the same time.

Food & Drink

Bite Club | Foodie News You Need To Know

It's always a good day when we get to roll out all of the latest and greatest foodie news for you to soak in—we're talking all the new products, new menus and new openings around the city that are deliciously exciting.

Things To Do

Zen Out With The Fishes At This Underwater Yoga Class

Just when you thought yoga classes couldn’t get any more zen.

Food & Drink

Bite Club | Foodie News You Need To Know

It is that time again foodies, the most delicious and indulgent food-related news has dropped and we are giving you the line-up you need in your life.

Fashion

Get Amped New Lynn, GoodFor Is Coming For You

New Lynn residents get excited because GoodFor are opening their brand new store in the New Lynn mall and it is seriously lush. 

Food & Drink

Bite Club | Foodie News You Need To Know

Auckland is blessed with a foodie scene that is fast-paced and constantly changing so we are always on the lookout for new products, new menus and new openings to share with you.

Bars & Pubs

Sip On A Cold One At New Zealand’s First Pure Kombucha Taproom

The New Leaf Kombucha Taproom is busy carving a stellar reputation for itself right in the heart of Ponsonby. 

Fitness

Get Zen With A Sky-High Yoga Class

Yoga in the clouds is a thing, and it's here.

Food & Drink

Trash Is For Tossers | A Simple Guide To Going Plastic-Free

Let’s chat about breaking a dirty, little habit. No, we don’t mean your daily 3pm chocolate binge, we’re talking about using and abusing plastic for just about everything. The time has come to give it all up.