Reader's Digest New Zealand

No wonder Reader's Digest is the world's most widely read magazine. Hard-hitting, thought-provoking and entertaining, with unforgettable stories in each issue, RD is packed with features short enough to read in one sitting, but stimulating enough to keep you thinking for days. Every month millions of people get inspired, informed and entertained by its wide variety of stories about people, health, humour, adventures and world events, written by the best local and international journalists. All the stories are fact checked to the smallest details to ensure that readers get the most accurate and truthful stories, making Reader’s Digest the world’s most trusted magazine.

The Extraordinary Reach of Love

“HAPPY GROWING UP!” • Letters from the tooth fairy set kids on the right path

Why Tammy Fry is Powered by Plants • The Fry’s co-founder on family, conscious living and the simple choices we can make to enjoy more ethical meals

LIFE

“How Could I Forget?” • After a tragic plane crash, doctor and patient are forever connected

The “Sober Curious” Shift

Chess, Mate?

All in a Day’s WORK

Why Water Workouts Work • Swimming and other aquatic exercises have special benefits

News From the WORLD OF MEDICINE

LAUGHTER THE BEST Medicine

WORD POWER-ISH • Confused how to use certain HSC-worthy words in a sentence? Contributors to Fark.com are here to help:

The Ultimate Social Lubricant

WHEN IT COMES TO Love … • … People will do just about anything. Here are nine stories of loving spouses, parents, children and friends.

A HUSBAND SURPRISES HIS WIFE

A FRIEND ANSWERS THE CALL

A HUSBAND AND A FIANCEE GO ALL IN ON WEDDING RINGS

A SKATEBOARDER HONORS HER STEPFATHER

A WIFE RISKS HER LIFE

A SON REPAYS A DEBT

A FATHER GETS A TATTOO

A FARMER SOWS A PROPOSAL

A DOG OWNER SAVES HIS BEST FRIEND

Conquer Your Heartburn • A variety of new treatments could finally mean relief from acid reflux

When You Know, You Know • The moment when readers realized they’d found “the one”

ROCK BOTTOM • A HIKER SOMEHOW SURVIVED BEING PINNED IN A CREEK UNDER A 700-POUND BOULDER. THEN THE WATER STARTED TO RISE.

A CLIMBER’S LAST JOURNEY • He vanished on Peru’s highest mountain. Two decades later, a stranger brought closure to his family.

Writers & Their CATS • No muse like one that mews

Troll Dolls - Be Damned • The classic toy holds a special and surprising familial connection to one writer’s New Zealand childhood home

The RD LIST • READ, WATCH, LISTEN

Brain GAMES • SHARPEN YOUR MIND

WORD POWER • Adverbs pack a punch. They modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs and even whole sentences. These grammatical workhorses explain a lot: When? Where? In what way? For each one below, read the options closely and select your answer decisively. Turn the page quickly to see if you chose correctly.

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