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

Art of Manliness
16 ways to become a better man in the new year
WHEN IT COMES TO NEW YEAR'S GOALS and resolutions, not all are created equal. Below we suggest 16 that offer a ...

Backchat
Dish-Wars
I WAS A CUTE KID. YOU CAN tell from the photo. Blond hair, blue eyes, butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-his-mouth. But, for ...

Going Places
Elephantastic!
THIS MONSTROUS BULL ELEPHANT came thundering out of the bushes, its legs as thick as a tree, its tusks gleaming ...

Keeping Families Together
in a world that pulls families apart
ONCE UPON A TIME, there were Three Little Pigs. (You’re probably wondering what this has got to do with families – ...

Brain Science for Dummies
Growth Mindset
What is a ‘growth mindset’?
NATHAN WALLIS: I’d define Growth Mindset as a way of thinking that leads to ...

Stillpoint
Colourful!
WE’RE ALL A LITTLE BROKEN, BUT, LAST TIME I CHECKED,BROKEN CRAYONS STILL COLOUR THE SAME …
TRENT ...

Home Sweet Home
How to be Security Checked
SECURITY CHECKS ARE A cross between the police and your mother in that they’re just a tougher way of saying you’re ...

Guilt-Free Snacks
Pumpkin Hash Browns PLUS The Marz Bar
LOOKING TO UP YOUR healthy snack game? Look no further! Snacks are where many of us fall down when it comes to ...

Essential Outdoor Skills #1
How to build a roaring campfire
WHAT IS A CAMP WITHOUT A CAMPFIRE? No camp at all, but a chilly place in a landscape …
Only the ancient sacred ...

The Crispy Bits
Playing with Fire
WHAT DID I PLAY WITH AS a kid? Petrol. Growing up on an orchard meant we had a big tank of it for tractors and ...

You Ain’t Gonna Believe This!
Fun facts that'll blow your mind!
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the building of the first Pizza Hut than to the building of the pyramids.A con ...

Take Risks
The challenge for parents and teachers
A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN MARSDEN
John Marsden would argue that one of the best things we can do for our ...