Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

The Australian Women's Weekly, NZ Edition, delivers hard-hitting news, gorgeous features, advice, inspirational stories and the best triple-tested recipes. It’s the ultimate magazine with something for everyone, while providing inspiration for women of all ages.

Editor’s letter

Masthead

In brief

Around the world

‘How I’ve learnt to really Live’ • The world first knew her as Miss Universe in 1983, but in the years since, life tested her in ways fame never could. At 61, she shares how losing her soulmate shaped her the most and how she’s stepped back into the light.

Anatomy Of A Scandal in the House of Windsor • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s public disgrace has set up aftershocks that could reverberate through the British Royal Family for decades to come.

Jackie the love, the legend, the legacy • As the world embraces a new Kennedy renaissance, The Weekly explores the surprising inheritance of the family’s matriarch, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, the First Lady of Camelot.

The Pink Lakes In Peril • Increased droughts and flooding rains are putting Australia’s iconic pink lakes at risk, but there is hope. Local communities and scientists are working to restore these precious waterways and the creatures who live there.

Dr Claire Achmad ‘Finding the potential in every Kiwi child’ • Diagnosed with cancer at just 15, the Children’s Commissioner shares how the experience inspires her to look out for the most vulnerable in New Zealand society.

Killer Queens • Readers around the world are desperate for murder mysteries set in outback towns or the glittering Gold Coast. The Weekly explores the Aussie crime craze that’s being led by fearless female writers.

Can Ai really run your life? • What would happen if you asked ChatGPT to make your decisions for a week? The Weekly took the challenge … with some surprising results.

Your stars for 2026 • The Weekly’s astrologer, Lilith Rocha, reveals what’s in store in 2026 for your astrological sign.

Good vibrations • The best of summer’s shirts, shorts and skirts in easy, breezy fabrics, plus swimwear and chic accessories.

All Set For Summer • Whether bold prints or top-to-toe colour catches your eye, find your style in the coordinating set, this season’s easiest trend. It’s the cool choice for hot days, in natural linen, silk, and everyone’s favourite, denim.

Neck and neck

Beauty news

Flick the switch • Even when we’ve pencilled in time off, unwinding is often easier said than done. Here’s how to actually switch off over the summer break.

How to be a superager • With the help of these simple, science-backed habits you could live a longer, healthier and happier life.

Temptations for your tastebuds • A Lebanese feast, easy chicken dinners, simple summer fruit bakes and Julie Goodwin’s pavlova grazing platter. Plus, looking for a creative way to use up that Christmas cake? Just scan the QR code below.

Fire Up The Grill • In their beautiful cookbook, Sofra, Karima Hazim Chatila and her mother, Sivine Tabbouch, celebrate the heart of Lebanese cooking, food meant to be shared, including this traditional Mashawi barbecue best enjoyed with loved ones.

Sweet summer • Celebrate the season’s juiciest stone fruit with these two sweet bakes. Elegant individual tarte tatins and a ‘surprise inside’ peaches and cream loaf that’s pure summer bliss!

Dress up a barbecue chicken • Bachelor’s handbag, BBQ bird or hot chook – whatever you call them, you’re halfway to a tasty dinner with a rotisserie chicken. Here’s four easy meals.

Julie's family favourites • This month. Julie Goodwin creates an impressive dessert spread with crispy, chewy mini pavlovas, clouds of whipped cream, seasonal fruit and sauces to drizzle. Then...