Health & Wellbeing
Letter to the Editor
It’s been more than 2 years now since COVID hit NZ. Since then we’ve had a roller coaster ride through lockdowns, border…
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E scooters take toll
Arm and clavicle fractures are the most common injuries for riders of E scooters , according to researchers at Tampere University Finland.…
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Cooking Corner
Egg, potato and avocado salad Ingredients 3 eggs 1 cup baby potatoes 1 cup baby tomatoes 1 small loose leaf lettuce 1…
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Sweet science
Dark chocolate makes your gut happy according to a new study published by the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. Participants in a clinical…
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The compensations of old age
Sometimes the old brain doesn’t kick in so quickly as it used to. Salvor Dali wrote about one technique he used to…
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KEEP YOUR FITNESS UP
Nuku Ora, Age Concern Wairarapa and the Wairarapa Positive Ageing Co-ordinator for the three Councils are asking our seniors to “keep your…
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Coping with Covid
It has been a tough time for the team at the Martinborough Health Centre and it is likely to get worse before…
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Cooking corner
Courgette fritters With some big courgette crops being reported there are probably people wondering what to do with them. Here is one…
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The greater enemy?
Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than evil,” wrote Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian. Bonhoeffer pondered how this came…
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Cooking Corner – Corn and lentil fritters
Ingredients 1 cup wholemeal flour 1 tsp baking powder 400gr can of lentils – drained 420 gr can whole kernel corn –…
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Sunscreens don’t mix
UK and US researchers warn not to mix sunscreens. They tested five non mineral based sunscreens and found that when applied over…
