New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 1742

We’re here, we made it! We’re an extraordinary 85 years young. If I’m completely honest with you, for a long time, I thought the Weekly was just another magazine. I’d passed its posters outside dairies and seen it sitting in the homes of my relatives and then, for nearly 10 years, I worked alongside it at the same magazine company. I watched as Nicky Pellegrino steered the magazine to success each week, and then got to know more about its inner workings when Sido Kitchin took over and also became my wonderful boss. I was editor of a teen magazine and was starting to wonder where I should go next (permanently damaging your hearing at a One Direction concert can spark these kind of musings!). By then, Sarah Stuart was at the…

We’re here, we made it! We’re an extraordinary 85 years young. If I’m completely honest with you, for a long time, I thought the Weekly was just another magazine. I’d passed its posters outside dairies and seen it sitting in the homes of my relatives and then, for nearly 10 years, I worked alongside it at the same magazine company. I watched as Nicky Pellegrino steered the magazine to success each week, and then got to know more about its inner workings when Sido Kitchin took over and also became my wonderful boss. I was editor of a teen magazine and was starting to wonder where I should go next (permanently damaging your hearing at a One Direction concert can spark these kind of musings!). By then, Sarah Stuart was…

KEVIN MILNE CONSUMER What are your childhood memories of the Weekly? It cost 6d and was filled with endless advertisements for women’s underwear and corsetry. They were mainly black and white drawings, and made me feel awkward. I flicked past them as quickly as possible, should someone find me looking at them. The corsetry illustrations, in particular, looked very odd. The strangest reader feedback I’ve ever had was... When I had a cover story about the arrival of our daughter Tommie when I was 52 and a letter was published from a woman expressing her upset. She’d had “an old mother” who never played with her because when she (the mother) got down on the floor, she had difficulty getting up again. Now, even at 68, I have no difficulty…

KEVIN MILNE CONSUMER What are your childhood memories of the Weekly? It cost 6d and was filled with endless advertisements for women’s underwear and corsetry. They were mainly black and white drawings, and made me feel awkward. I flicked past them as quickly as possible, should someone find me looking at them. The corsetry illustrations, in particular, looked very odd. The strangest reader feedback I’ve ever had was... When I had a cover story about the arrival of our daughter Tommie when I was 52 and a letter was published from a woman expressing her upset. She’d had “an old mother” who never played with her because when she (the mother) got down on the floor, she had difficulty getting up again. Now, even at 68, I have no difficulty getting up and…

Over our 85 years, New Zealand Woman’s Weekly has had the privilege of bringing you stories about some of the nation’s most-loved personalities. So on the occasion of our milestone birthday, some of our favourite people have shared their best wishes, and fond memories, of the Weekly. BERNICE MENE, former Silver Fern “I have fond memories of my nana and my mum reading copies of Woman’s Weekly. Also, on netball tours we would pass them around between rooms for a bit of recovery time reading. So it spans generations. The mag has documented years of my life too.” BILL ENGLISH, Prime Minister “Congratulations to New Zealand Woman’s Weekly on 85 years! That’s 85 years of positive and aspirational stories of Kiwis at their best. We’re looking forward to 100!” JACQUELINE NAIRN, actress and director “One of…

Over our 85 years, New Zealand Woman’s Weekly has had the privilege of bringing you stories about some of the nation’s most-loved personalities. So on the occasion of our milestone birthday, some of our favourite people have shared their best wishes, and fond memories, of the Weekly. BERNICE MENE, former Silver Fern “I have fond memories of my nana and my mum reading copies of Woman’s Weekly. Also, on netball tours we would pass them around between rooms for a bit of recovery time reading. So it spans generations. The mag has documented years of my life too.” BILL ENGLISH, Prime Minister  “Congratulations to New Zealand Woman’s Weekly on 85 years! That’s 85 years of positive and aspirational stories of Kiwis at their best. We’re looking forward to…