Golden Bay - National award-winning personal trainer Renee Riley is encouraging more discussion about pelvic health because too many Kiwi women tolerate bladder leaks unnecessarily. Around a quarter of New Zealanders aged 15 or over are affected by some type of continence problem and it is estimated that about 590,000 people
Author: Janelle Blythe
Make Lemonade's news editor.
The power of exercise for mental health
Exercise helps to relieve stress, improve sleep patterns, boost the mood, improve concentration and sharpen the memory. It is also widely recognised as an effective tool to relieve moderate depression and anxiety symptoms and prevent relapses. Taking a mindful approach to exercise by concentrating on each physical movement and breathing is
More Kiwis should exercise for mental health
Hamilton - The Exercise Association of New Zealand (ExerciseNZ) says Kiwis with mental illnesses should be encouraged to exercise but it advises against starting off with extravagant exercise regimes. Mental disorders are the third-leading cause of health loss for New Zealanders (11.1 percent of all health loss), behind only cancers (17.5
NZ light years ahead of UK and US exercise facilities
Christchurch - New Zealand exercise facilities score significantly higher than United Kingdom and United States operators when it comes to customers recommending the business and this has been put down to an exceptionally high standard of personal trainers and customer focus. The average New Zealand Net Promoter Score is 70 which
Digital health conference breaking down barriers
Auckland - More than 800 New Zealanders from the health and tech sectors will unite at the annual Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) conference in Rotorua later this year which aims to help break down silo barriers and support the success of complex digital health projects to improve health outcomes
Stunning performance by Tim Earl at The Court
Trineo a great example of post-quake success
Christchurch - Growing Christchurch software development company Trineo has moved back to the city for the first time since the 2011 earthquakes which inadvertently steered them in a new direction, resulting in huge business growth and international success. Trineo was a small business with only six staff when the February 22
New children’s show takes Cinderella to space
Christchurch - A new children’s show is landing on The Court Theatre's stage for the April school holidays. Cinderella in Space takes a favourite fairy tale into outer space. The show sees interstellar Cinderella forced to fix the engine on her evil Captain Step-Mummy’s spaceship – even though she would rather be