There are so many nursery equipment options these days, so it's hard to know what we actually need and what are the 'nice to haves'. With nearly 30 years' experience in baby care, Dorothy Waide has cast her expert eye over the choices and listed some important places to start.

We choose to follow the precautionary principle and leave out ingredients where there is doubt over their safety, and ethanolamines are an ingredient that health concerns have been raised over. DEA is actually prohibited for use in cosmetics in Europe because of concerns over contamination from carcinogenic amines.

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a large group of carbon-based chemicals that easily evaporate at room temperature, forming a gas. VOCs come from lots of different things in our home: building materials, carpets and adhesives, composite wood products, paints, etc. You might create them when you're cooking, smoking, photocopying, and so on and they can have many adverse health effects.

This rich banana pudding is incredibly satisfying. It's best served fresh from the oven on a chilly Winter's night, with a generous dollop of whipped cream and your favourite throw wrapped around your feet!

During colder months we tend to pull our woolen garments out of the wardrobe, so it's a useful time to have information close at hand about washing these items. Here are some general tips for taking care of woolens.

There's more than one way to do things when it comes to any aspect of caring for babies, and bathing is no exception. That includes when, how and how often to bathe them.

Amid increasingly busy, stressful lives - with an expectation we'll always be connected and available - Kathleen Wills' new book seems a timely guide for many kiwis.

Many of us have a special recipe for food our grandmothers used to make, that our mum or dad have passed on to us to keep the tradition alive.

We recently had the privilege of hearing from two people with different experiences of depression - Kathleen Wills, an integrative health professional assisting people with a range of serious wellness issues, and Dan Drupsteen, who co-founded the mental health charity Live More Awesome

Do you dream of doing a regular yoga practice with a bunch of cool women, in a beautiful studio, but life gets in the way and it just never happens?