Grapevine magazine. It’s been around for 40 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

Back to School
Turning up the heat on education
A CONVERSATION WITH ALWYN POOLE
In 2022, after being alerted to shockingly poor levels of numeracy and ...

You Ain’t Gonna Believe This!
Fun facts that'll blow your mind!
There are at least 6700 languages in the world.
Ostrich racing is a popular sport in South Africa. (Although ...

Thanks for the Feedback!
What other people think of us
A CONVERSATION WITH DOUG STONE
FEEDBACK! It’s not just that performance review at work or the medal ceremony ...

Backchat
Babies Rule!
I’VE NEVER HAD A BABY. I’VE never conceived, been pregnant, or given birth to anything. So I’m probably the wrong ...

Art of Manliness
Is the seven-year-itch real?
YOU'VE HEARD OF THE SVEN-YEAR-ITCH.
It’s the sense of restlessness or dissatisfaction that supposedly sets in ...

Going Places
Mekong Memories
WHEN IT COMES TO WATERWAYS, THE MEKONG IS A WHOPPER! It starts as a creek somewhere in China, and by the time it ...

Sibling Rivalry
5 strategies for managing the age-old mortal combat
‘THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN’, as they say, and nothing could be truer regarding the age-old issue of ...

Stillpoint
Raising our wild ones
THIS GOES OUT TO THE MAMAS RAISING
the wild ones:
the not to be tamed,
the rare,
the reckless,
and ...

Home Sweet Home
How to Sing
SINGING IS WHAT YOU DO when you want to make a noise but haven’t got anything much to say. A lot of animals, ...

The Lucky Taco Cookbook
Beef Cheek Chilli PLUS Lucky Taco Chipotle Hot Sauce
THE LUCKY TACO FOOD TRUCK has been serving up fresh, authentic and delicious tacos to appreciative fans for years ...

Van Life: part 2
No regrets!
I HAD FINISHED SCHOOL and had been working for a year, saving money. University wasn’t on my agenda yet, and ...

The Crispy Bits
War Comics
I’M SORRY, LORRAINE. Your big brother and I mocked you because you couldn’t make the right gun noises. In ...