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NZ Life & Leisure is all about New Zealand and New Zealanders... 

Now in its fifth year of publication and well established as the country’s leading lifestyle title, the magazine tells stories about New Zealanders engaged in all manner of intriguing and inspiring ways of living. Financial success is not the only goal of these resourceful Kiwis. Rather, they put their energies into enterprises they are ardent about – working in the beautiful isolation of high-country stations, being involved in the arts, learning to live self-sustainably and debt-free or having the courage to start a business where they see an opportunity. Whatever their achievements, all are connected by those much-admired Kiwi characteristics of ingenuity and determination.

This is how editor Kate Coughlan explains it: “When I read the stories I feel as if my life moves up a gear. I am sort of shunted to the next level. I am not talking about a money-earning level but about learning how to enjoy life to the full and to accept today’s challenges as opportunities.”

NZ Life & Leisure also introduces glamour into its pages by way of interesting houses, fashion, beauty and shopping. And in celebrating the beauty of the country, the magazine itself looks beautiful. Produced on 95gsm matt paper with a 300gsm cover, it is printed by the sheet-fed method for best-quality reproduction. Photography is unsurpassed, made even more effective by elegant layouts. Writing is of the highest standard.

Published bi-monthly and distributed nationwide, NZ Life & Leisure costs $9.50 per issue at newsstand or $45 for a one-year subscription. Each issue contains up to 10 main features as well as fashion and beauty, food and wine, travel, motoring, shopping, an events calendar and a section on living with care for the environment.

NZ Life & Leisure is owned by Fairfax Media. Click here to meet the team.