Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

editor’s letter

Photo shoots with our cover stars are often one of the most fun parts of putting The Australian Women’s Weekly together each month. Spending time with some of the amazing women we feature in a relaxed setting and making them look and feel wonderful is a highlight for our team. But our incredible shoot with Rachel Hunter this month is one like no other. For a start it was shot in India! Our deputy editor Emma Clifton spent months organising a small team to travel to Rajasthan, where Rachel joined them after spending time leading a yoga retreat in Southern India. We had wanted to create something very special to celebrate two major milestones for Rachel – turning 50 and the release of her first book, Rachel Hunter’s Tour of…

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NEW ZEALAND EDITOR Michele Crawshaw mcrawshaw@bauermedia.co.nz EDITORIAL Deputy Editor Emma Clifton Art Director Bronwyn MacKenzie Designer and Craft Editor Marsha Smith Writer Fleur Mealing Beauty Editor Megan Bedford Fashion Styling The Fashion Department Editorial Assistant Jessica Ault ADVERTISING Head of Brand – Commercial Anna Magasiva Commercial Brand Manager Georgia Bews Direct Account Manager Kate Cameron Directory Sales Manager Kim Chapman classifieds@xtra.co.nz MARKETING Head of Marketing Martine Skinner Group Marketing Manager Francesca Ritchie DIGITAL Lifestyle Editor Karyn Henger Celebrity and Entertainment Editor Emma Land PRODUCTION Production Co-ordinator Raewynn Cowie FINANCE Business Manager Johanne Kendall EXECUTIVE Chief Executive Officer Brendon Hill Managing Director Tanya Walshe General Manager Publishing Stuart Dick Editorial Director Sido Kitchin AUSTRALIA Editor-in-Chief Nicole Byers Editor-at-Large Juliet Rieden Deputy Editor Tiffany Dunk JOURNALISTS News and Features Editor Samantha Trenoweth Senior Writer Sue Smethurst Writer Genevieve Gannon DESIGN Creative Director Joshua Beggs Deputy Art Director Sarah Farago Senior Designer Jennifer Mullins Photo…

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Letter of the month What a fighter Makena Houston is, not only living with a life-limiting condition but going through major surgery. Several years ago my husband died suddenly and the same day, I received a phone call from the transplant team asking if I would consider donating his heart valves and tissue. We also discussed organ donation for medical science. This lady was so compassionate, and acutely aware my loss was so recent. It must be such a difficult phone call to all grieving families. Several months later I received phone calls from the transplant team advising my husband’s heart valves had been transplanted successfully into a 10-year-old girl and 50-year-old man. It gave my children and I some comfort to know others were living because of my husband. Thank…

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in brief news bites

The great Helen AMID RUMOURS Dame Helen Mirren will revive her partnership with The Queen writer Peter Morgan and play Elizabeth II in The Crown, which Peter also wrote, she’s pictured looking radiant as Catherine the Great (right) in the forthcoming series of the same name, which also stars Richard Roxburgh. Australia Sailors have discovered a raft of floating pumice stone as large as 20,00 football fields floating towards Australia. The phenomenon is the result of an underwater volcanic eruption. Brazil As fire raged through the Amazon, one man worked tirelessly to protect local wildlife trapped in the inferno. Vet Jerjes Suarez saved armadillos from the ashy remains of the forest. Bombshells Seven women were cheered in France as they defied a rule banning them swimming in burkinis during a heatwave. The tense teaser trailer for upcoming film…