Waiorongomai Valley offers myriad tramping tracks including the historic Butler’s Incline. Step back in time and follow pack tracks and old tramlines from the Waikato’s gold mining days in Waiorongomai Valley. The former gold mining area, located in Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park, offers up several tracks and
We all know that sinking feeling / argh moment when an accidental elbow jab causes red wine to spill down the front of your favourite silk dress. The first instinct is the put water on it and begin desperately dabbing or gently rubbing it in an
Good’s guide to Rotorua’s top hot spots. Even on a gloomy day the attractions of Rotorua beckon. Luxuriating in a hot pool beneath an overcast sky is a perfectly wonderful thing to do, as well as relaxing, and even therapeutic. National and international tourists have travelled to Rotorua
Photography Monty Adams. Introducing rituals with Rachel Hunter and why health is her word for 2021. Rachel Hunter was a resident at Sadhguru’s ashram in India when the Covid-19 pandemic began gathering international force. She’d completed 19 days of silence, and 10 days later India went
Photography Andrew Coffey The Good team recently joined Sea Cleaners for a day to help remove plastic and rubbish from the ocean. To date, Sea Cleaners has pulled 10.9 million litres of rubbish out of the waterways around Auckland and Northland, and every helping hand has played
In a round up the footwear brands taking steps in the right direction with their eco-footprint we kick off with Allbirds and Adidas. The apparel industry loves a good collab and Adidas’s partnership with Allbirds is a ground-breaking for many reasons. The rival companies have partnered up,
It’s often expounded that our skin is our largest organ and that our body absorbs 60 to 70 per cent of what we put on it, but is that really true? After all, skin also has a barrier function and if it were as easy as
Silently slipping through a canyon in a kayak at nightfall while beholding a natural light display is one of Waikato’s best-kept secrets.Local kayak tour company Lake District Adventures runs small group tours to this magic spot from Lake Karapiro where thousands of glow-worms put on
Walking the Ngā Tapuwae o Toi Trail near Whakatāne is an opportunity to learn about Toitehuatahi (Toi) acknowledged as the principal ancestor of many North Island tribes, including Ngāti Awa. The trail takes in Toi’s stronghold, Kapu-te-Rangi, one of the oldest pa sites in New
Photo by Fleur Kaan, Unsplash It’s likely the moisturiser, foundation or eyeliner that you are currently using contains nanoparticles. And, given these are such tiny things you have probably given them nano thought. Nanoparticles are nothing new, though their increased use and application by the cosmetics and
