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What are the tools young adults are using to build wellness and thrive in today's fast-paced world?
What approaches have others taken? How can I use wellness tools to help my own family stay well?
The answers to these questions and more are explored in this beautiful, new, hard...-cover coffee-table book. With a strong focus on the wellness tools each of its impressive young profiles has developed, 'How We Got Happy' combines intimate photography with compassionate story-telling to give a unique look into the lives and lessons of 20 self-aware young New Zealanders making the most of their lives.
100% of proceeds go directly to the Mental Health Foundation of NZ.
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Can the past ever be left behind? Ask a flawed detective, a former refugee and a government desperate to misuse a dead body to reshape Australia's security policy.
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This is a book for New Zealanders, by a New Zealander. It sets out the things you can do today, right now, to improve your financial situation.
Learn the 16 fundamentals that will improve your situation immediately, then stop if you want - you're well on the way.
If you wan...t to fully create a financially sustainable future then better understand your financial personality and risk profile so you can create a plan that will work for you. Demystify the worlds of business, property and share investing, learn the terminology used, understand the tax implications of your actions and the structures you might use. Be aware of the amount you might want in retirement and how you will get there. Then set in train a plan, and forget.
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Everything you wanted to know about acting but were too afraid to ask...
"The first-ever book published in NZ about acting technique, 'Acting and How to Survive it' also takes in surviving and thriving in this most challenging and alluring of vocations.
Tailored to the New Zea...land and Australian actor but with an international viewpoint across TV, film and theatre, here actor, coach and writer Peter Feeney has written an indispensable book for both the beginner and mid-career actor. Here you'll find not just the nuts and bolts of technique, but insights into the head game, winning psychology, and tips on living an artistic life of resilience and integrity.
Here is any actors' one-stop shop, a book destined to become a must-have for Drama Schools and classes throughout Australasia - and the world.
'Peter is a very gifted actor who will always be genuinely interested in exploring his work and finding new approaches to it, and opening this out to his fellow actors.'
Cicely Berry, OBE, Voice Director, Royal Shakespeare Company.
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The superwoman survival guide is a guide to surviving your own expectations. Learning to overcome overwhelm, balance our busy lives, believe in our own abilities and understand how to be amazing, just as you are.
This book is not about changing who you are it's about changing t...he way you think about who you are. Freeing yourself from the pursuit of a superwoman ideal that's unrealistic and is making so many of us unhappy.
This sense of not measuring up, the need to be more and do more keeps us constantly striving for something that'll always be out of reach - it exists only in the movies. It's what I refer to as the superwoman complex
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Teine Samoa means Samoan girl. It's a label that carries with it an unspoken duty to obey, serve and respect your family and Samoan culture. But who can be teine Samoa? When should you be teine Samoa? And how can you be teine Samoa outside of Samoa?
Lani is an afakasi, and is ...unsure of her Samoan heritage and what being Samoan even means. But one thing she knows for sure is that she's afraid of Vai and the 'Real Samoans'. Masina, the free-spirited daughter of a Church Minister, is bound by parental expectations and struggling to fulfill the destiny set by her parents. Teuila is the good Islander girl and proud teine Samoa who realises she doesn't want to be a 'switcher' anymore.
How will these junior high school students learn to be, understand and fulfill their obligations as Teine Samoa, living in New Zealand?
Teine Samoa is a journey of cultural identity and discovery for four junior high school students, their families, their teachers and, most importantly, anyone who has ever faced the challenges of being a teine Samoa.
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An insider's account of the most successful international environmental action ever undertaken: the Montreal Protocol on Protection of the Ozone Layer. Richard McKenzie's career in ozone research began years before the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole and continues to the pr...esent day. McKenzie brings a first-hand experience to the story through his research and involvement in scientific and environmental assessments of ozone depletion. Saving our Skins is the story of how McKenzie and his colleagues at New Zealand's National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research in Lauder - a research laboratory housed on a sheep and cattle station at the bottom of the country - helped ensure the success of the Montreal Protocol. McKenzie's story plays out against a backdrop of an ever-increasing threat from climate change and its interactions with the ozone story. This book - authoritative on the science, but accessible to the layman - intertwines the scientific story behind the Protocol with the author's personal experiences in a career that spans four decades, stretching from the hallowed corridors of Oxford University to an isolated rural community where the locals refer to the scientists as "stargazers". The book's title plays on the dual problem of ozone depletion - which leads to dramatic increases in ultra-violet radiation that causes skin cancer - and climate change, which poses an existential threat to humanity. Both serve to remind us of the fragility of our thin skin of atmosphere. Ultimately, McKenzie shows that with foresight and global cooperation, difficult problems in science can be solved. As world leaders grasp for solutions to the climate change threat, this book suggests they might find a model in the Montreal Protocol.
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Sixteen-year-old Bianca Taylor just wants to be a normal teenager but normal has never come naturally to her.
Not only is she known as the Albino of Pentacle High, but Bianca is also an auric-empath; able to see and feel the colourful auras of those around her.
To make mat...ters worse Bianca has started sleepwalking; waking to find herself naked in the forest, with visions of demonic beasts fresh in her mind. At first, she sees her nighttime wanderings as harmless. But when a local rancher goes missing, after a run of gruesome cattle killings, Bianca starts to fear for her safety.
A handsome stranger appears in town, telepathically warning Bianca that she is in danger. But does he also hold the answers to who, and what, she really is?
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Life is truly a gift for us to enjoy. We are growing older, but in modern times, the concept of 'old' has changed. Our chronological age is just a number - not an impediment. It's time to change the narrative and celebrate its positive side and dispel the myths and anxieties abou...t ageing.
The short stories of the 19 remarkable men and women featured in this book show that they are flourishing in the second half of life. These individuals are living fabulous, fulfilling lives on their own terms, and so can we. Their experiences and attitudes to life have shaped who they are. They have made up their minds about how they want to spend their time and who they want to spend it with. They pursue their passions, seek new opportunities, make big decisions, try new experiences, are adventurous, invest in meaningful relationships, enjoy a good laugh, are connected to family and the community, and plan and look forward to the future.
The inspiration for this book came from chatting with many animated individuals who have reached mid-life and beyond and for whom chronological age is no barrier to making conscious lifestyle choices. It's a privilege to share these stories with you.
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Simmy is sent to live with his father on the West Coast of the South Island. He finds himself in a quiet rural place, devoid of technology. There is no internet and no mobile phone coverage! How will he survive away from his mum, his friends and the city life he is accustomed to?... It takes a while to get used to living in such a
remote and isolated place. He is forced to pick up a pen and write letters home to his mum to communicate his frustration and loneliness. When he realises she is ill
and cannot respond, he knows he has to be brave. It is the korora, little blue penguins who capture his attention and change the way he sees the world.
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