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
When your ageing parent needs help
Handling concerns about the elderly with dignity and respect
TOP TIPS FROM PAULA SPENCER SCOTT
All over the world – despite differences in their cultures, resources and ...
Taming your household terrorist!
RULES. LIMITS. BOUNDARIES. CONSEQUENCES.
Mums and Dads have lost sleep over these issues ever since kids were ...
Not if, but when
First aid in the outdoors
“DAD! TRAE'S NOT MOVING – his eyes are rolled back in his head, and he’s lying in a pool of blood! What should I ...
You Ain’t Gonna Believe This!
Fun facts that'll blow your mind!
The flea can jump 350 times its body length. That's like a human jumping the length of a football ...
Home Sweet Home
How to Sunbathe
EVERYONE LOVES THE SUN, and everyone – including white supremacists – wouldn’t mind looking just a little bit ...
Everyday Eats
Garlic butter pan-seared steak PLUS Sticky braised pork belly bao
JASMIN WESTON (@jasmineats) is here to help you transform your cooking game and show you how to make easy, ...
Pick of the Bunch
Ugly Suits & Wagon Woes
UGLY ATTIRE:
When the store manager returned from lunch, he noticed his sales assistant’s hand was bandaged, ...
Backchat
Little Wolf
ONCE UPON A BORING afternoon, I Googled the word ‘Cooney’. And guess what? My surname, it seems, is derived from ...
Art of Manliness
Take the ‘d-word’ off the table
IN A FAMOUS STUDY done a couple of decades ago, researchers wanted to see whether the ‘proximity and salience’ ...
Going Places
Once upon a week in The Cotswolds
NEXT TIME YOU’RE IN LONDON, ONCE you’ve seen the sights, ogled at Big Ben, toddled across Trafalgar Square, and ...
Be Thankful!
Encouraging an ‘attitude of gratitude’ in your family
THE WORLD HAS WOKEN UP to the measurable benefits of gratitude. Neuroscientists tell us that practicing ...
Stillpoint
Ready to be a kid again?
IF I MEET UP THIS WEEK with a reasonably good fairy who has time on her hands and a few random wishes to spare, ...