Grapevine magazine. It’s been around for 43 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
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The New Adolescence
Raising happy teens in an age of anxiety
A CONVERSATION WITH CHRISTINE CARTER
“KIDS THESE DAYS!” A familiar complaint – usually delivered with ...
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The nurses I have known
I WAS PONDERING RECENTLY on the people who enter your life – sometimes even briefly – and change you ...
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Born to be Wild
GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNIN'Head out on the highwayLookin’ for adventureAnd whatever comes our way
Yeah, darlin’, go ...
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Home Sweet Home
How to Remember
MEMORIES ARE THE JUMBLE sales of the mind. There might be one or two choice items in there, but most of it is ...
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Going Places
Wild, colourful India
DELHI, INDIA’S CAPITAL, IS ANCIENT: few other cities can match its 1000-year history. It’s crowded: think ...
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When little goodbyes are a big deal
8 great tips for surviving separation anxiety
HAS YOUR CHILD ever seemed to sprout extra limbs at their Kindy’s ‘goodbye gate’? Have they clung – octopus-like – ...
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Stillpoint
Pale Blue Dot
THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE greatest space images ever. The ‘Pale Blue Dot’ picture of Planet Earth was acquired by ...
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The End
A letter from Ian Dunwoodie to his life-partner
I"M FEELING EMPTY AND SAD, my love. For the last hour I’ve been watching the gannet colony at Muriwai Beach. From ...
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I started taking a walk every morning
Here’s what happened to my health.
SINCE MARCH, I’VE BEEN WAKING UP EARLIER.
Before then, I’d typically go to bed at 11pm and naturally wake up ...
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The Fishmonger’s Son
Baked Snapper Fillets PLUS Fried Whitebait Marinato
THE FISHMONGER'S SON is an invaluable collection of information, advice and recipes based on the most popular fish ...
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The Crispy Bits
Beach Therapy
I AM MAKING A BEACH AT home. Every day, the dogs and I deposit a bit more sand off our shoes and paws. The carpet ...
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You Ain’t Gonna Believe This!
Fun facts that'll blow your mind!
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing their hands in jelly.
Ice cream was invented in China ...