Grapevine magazine. It’s been around for 44 years, giving kiwi families a lift …
promoting stable, loving relationships … tackling family hurts and headaches in a positive, helpful way … injecting fun, hope and wholeness into homes all over the country.
Thousands of copies of Grapevine are delivered each year to sponsored households and streets. But lots of families are still missing out – and, chances are, yours is one of them. Grapevine is a unique, colourful, much-valued resource for families. (Just check the feedback we receive.) And, to encourage you to get Grapevine regularly – for yourself, your street, your neighbourhood, your local kindergarten/ school/church/club, your friends or workmates – we want to send you YOUR OWN TRIAL COPY, FREE, FOR A YEAR!
Latest ISSUE
BALANCED
“The most caring, loving, sensitive, balanced article on MARRIAGE I’ve read in a long time!” – Brian
Latest Articles

Happily ever after …
What makes marriages last?
SO THE LOVELY PRINCESS kissed the ugly frog. And behold! He turned back into a handsome prince who whispered, “I ...

Everything anxiety ever told you is a lie!
(well, almost everything …)
A CONVERSATION WITH DR TONI LINDSAY
War. Global tensions. Money worries. A worldwide pandemic. Political ...

The Dad Instinct
How fathers prepare kids for the wider world
WHEN MY KIDS WERE LITTLE, I was an involved dad. I changed nappies, did middle-of-the-night feedings, and took the ...

Backchat
The Good Ol' Days
I CAN’T RECALL WHERE I FIRST heard this, but 500 years ago, when couples in Ye Olde England got married, they ...

You Ain’t Gonna Believe This!
Fun facts that'll blow your mind!
MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE are injured by teapots every year.
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
In ...

Going Places
Istanbul & Gallipoli
IF YOU POKE AROUND in enough big cities, they start to look a bit samey. I mean, see one – you’ve seen ‘em all. ...

Left to their own devices
Navigating screentime from tots to teens
IT SEEMS EVERY PARENTING EXPERT has weighed in on the subject of screentime – but the advice varies from ‘DANGER, ...

Stillpoint
Barefoot & Covered in Joy
LAST NIGHT, I TOLD THE KIDS it was bedtime.
Like I always do.
Brush teeth, get your jammies on, pick a ...

Home Sweet Home
How to be boring
TEENAGERS ONLY RECOGNISE two possible states of being: you can either be cool or you can be boring. Being boring ...

The Crispy Bits
How to be an American
GROWING UP, AMERICANS WERE LIKE UNICORNS: mythical, inhabiting our TVs and movies, but you never actually met one. ...

Just a Mum’s Kitchen
Bacon & egg pie PLUS The best chocolate chip cookies
FROM THE CREATOR BEHIND the hugely popular Just a Mum’s Kitchen website and social media community, comes a ...

Mental toughness
How the outdoors cultivates resilience
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED by the New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS), the premier combat unit of the NZ ...
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