Good

Good is the magazine for people who think and care about the everyday choices they make. Good is filled with inspirational stories, world-changing ideas and practical, down-to-earth advice on what to eat, grow, wear and more. Good is all about making better choices for your home, health, family and the community around you. It celebrates handcrafted, natural and simple pleasures and helps you to reconnect with things that really matter.

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Comfort & Calm

Your feedback • Our readers take the time to share their thoughts.

Good stuff • People, happenings and things, locally and abroad, that we applaud.

banish shower steam • Protect yourself and your home with Showerdome®.

Hard craft • Delving into the psychological benefits of crafting activities.

Just sew satisfying • Sewing has had a resurgence as a hobby – but why is it so popular?

Good vibes • We’ve curated a hit list of things to tune into, buy and do to promote positivity and foster fab feelings!

Expectation versus reality • Wendyl Nissen figures out the freedom of letting go of your expectations and knowing your limitations.

HEALING THROUGH fermentation • Boost your gut health and feel your best with Living Goodness fermented foods.

A heart to help • Meet the mindfulness and yoga practitioner changing the lives of prisoners in Hawke’s Bay.

Overcoming loneliness: HOW TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS AT ANY AGE • Do you ever find yourself wishing you had more friends? It turns out you’re in great company. Despite the stigma around loneliness, it’s common – most of us have been there before, are experiencing it now or will go through loneliness at some point in our lives.

Sweet harmony • Balancing the six tastes of Ayurvedic living.

Headcase • The value of pleasure.

Making ethical and sustainable shopping easy • With so many wellness products available in Aotearoa it can often be tricky to know which brands are making a meaningful difference, and what products are a better option for sustainability.

THE BENEFITS OF FEEDING YOUR SKIN Beauty from the inside out • Why ingestible beauty is here to stay.

Beauty buzz • Skin and bodycare products we’re buzzing about.

Vivre la belle vie • Annabel Langbein’s search for une belle maison in Southwest France.

THE SWEET SPOT • Thrill your friends and family by dishing up these dreamy desserts.

HOME COMFORTS • Kiwi foodie Nici Wickes shares four recipes from her new book.

A Quiet Kitchen • Middle-aged, child-free and single, Nici Wickes is relishing a life of relative solitude. Her new cookbook is a guide to living alone healthily, joyfully and quietly, with lots of glorious recipes.

CARAMEL NUT SMOOTHIE

Molly Woppy turns 20! • A joyful milestone for the artisan Kiwi cookie makers.

WINE AND DINE • A modernista’s guide to wine and food matching.

Setting a festive table • Planning a midwinter gathering? Here’s how to glam up your home for less.

Warming and wonderful • Add colour and joy to your kitchen and cuisine.

Have your mitts about you • Whip together a fresh pair of oven cloths.

Floating flowers • Create art using fluid paint and your own breath.

MEET THE MAKER: Natural rhythms • Floral designer, creative maker and conservationist Nicky Andrag transforms a variety of plants into unique botanical artworks for her nature-focused brand, Velt.

Green thumb: MASTERING THE ART OF WATERING • How not to kill your house plants with too much love – an extract from Craig Miller-Randle’s Green Thumb.

WHEN AND WHY TO PRUNE Making the cut • Provide your fruit trees with some pruning love and...