Beyond the Barriers: Life After Racing
Retired racehorses are trading racetracks for ribbons in careers as sport horses, and they are dominating the competitive world.
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Digital Minds
Digital media, friend or foe?
We are living in dark dark times with trolls and cat-fishers battling over the playing fields of social media and keyboard warriors hiding behind their screens. We are sharing the horrors of the digitally unknown but what are the consequences and what can we do about it?
A Chinese restaurant in Hamilton
He is really cooking with his heart
When chef Hong immigrated to Hamilton from GuangDong Province in Southern China, he faced two challenges – adapting to a slower pace of life and cooking for a Western palate.
Luke Jacobson: Seeing Black
It’s every kiwi kid’s dream to put on the black jersey and line up for the haka, even more so to be able to do it at a World Cup.
Hamilton’s best kept secret – the Classics Museum
From a single model car next to his bed to a museum full of classic cars Tom Andrews has been able to live out his childhood dream.
The Hamilton businessman turned his hobby into the popular Classics Museum in 2012 and it is now a popular attraction with tourists, locals, and retirement groups.
Sunset Orchard: Avocados and The Cambridge Markets
The Cambridge Farmers’ Market is more than a place where people can buy fresh produce – it also allows them to listen to live music, let their children loose to explore a treasure hunt, and generally relax.
On offer are stalls packed with in-season produce such as avocados, lettuce, potatoes, and strawberries, as well as others hawking year-round treats such as coffee, meat, and doughnuts.
Overcoming Endo – Real Stories of Endometriosis.
Endometriosis is a chronic disease affecting hundreds of thousands of women globally. Endometriosis is often referred to as ‘endo.’ Recently the spotlight has been on women’s reproductive issues especially common conditions such as endometriosis and PCOS (PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome). Endometriosis is a lifelong disease with an incredibly high chance of returning even when surgically removed. Endo can also develop into PCOS which is intensely painful by itself. Despite the frequency of endometriosis occurring in women the disease is still relatively unexplored, treatments are frustratingly limited and many women are not taken seriously when telling their doctors about their pain.
Sense of perseverance and community: Hispanics and Latinos in Hamilton
LATINO?, HISPANIC?, WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?
New Zealand is made up of more than 213 cultures and ethnicities that live together and give great multicultural value to the small country.
Many of these ethnic groups either originate in the country or in Europe following colonisation in the 19th Century (70.2 percent identify as European, 16.5 percent as Māori). But there are also ethnic groups from different backgrounds that have immigrated in recent decades (15.1 percent as Asian, 8.1 percent as Pacific people, and 1.2 percent as Middle-Eastern, Latin American, and African).
A sense of Connection
Why Spirituality?
Spirituality is defined as a broad concept, leaving room for many different notions. It includes a sense of connection to something bigger than one’s self, and it typically involves a search for meaning in life. Allowing the connection from something greater than us to enter our lives and guide us along our path.
What initially drew me to the Divine Spirituality, was the people. The kindness in their heart and eyes, the morals that matched with mine, and their mission of helping others, hardly ever putting themselves first.
Don’t be an instant noodle
When was the last time you ate instant noodles?
They’re great right?! Cheap, portable, tasty – and the only dining requirements are boiled water and a utensil of some description – hands optional.