The Life
The Life is a BusinessDesk section for people with an appetite for living well, who like to celebrate the good things in life – whether that’s investing in your health and wellness or a weekend at a lodge.
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Best foot forward - New Zealand fashion businesses are leading a global shift
In keeping up with appearances, the international fashion pack strides ahead of trends as determinedly as it holds onto its legacy and tradition. Earlier this year, when covid-19 curtailed the end of Fashion Month in Paris, industry leaders were finally afforded the one luxury th...
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Skin in the game - the Kiwi start-up which is turning the beauty industry on its head
The global beauty industry should come clean about a few things. It could begin with the persistent use of digitally altered marketing images, or its thinly veiled age-shaming. Addressing the long list of potentially toxic ingredients is a good place to start. Greenwashing and th...
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Test driving the Nexo, Hyundai’s hydrogen-powered SUV
The future of transport arrives next year, and I’ve been given a super-special VIP early-access ticket.Ladies, gentlemen and everyone else, I present to you the hydrogen-powered Hyundai Nexo, a mid-size SUV direct from the zero-emission future. It is potentially the cleanest, gre...
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Holding back the years - wineries are re-releasing their premium bottles
A handful of “high end” and presumably well-resourced wine producers have been holding back a small amount of selected wines to re-release them up to 10 years later at a premium price. That strategy would have backfired a decade or so ago, when “latest” meant “greatest”. The qua...
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