COVER STORY

Less Tech … More Talk

The case for conversation

by Tracy Carter

WOW! What an amazing age we live in! Thanks to modern technology, we can connect with other people like never before in history. Our devices and smartphones are truly miracle-gadgets, allowing us to share ‘virtual’ face-to-face conversations with friends or loved ones on the other side of the world. We couldn’t even dream of that a few short years ago – yet today it’s all oh-so-easy! You can be sitting in your Christchurch kitchen eating Weet-Bix for brekkie, while ‘skyping’ your mate in London as he chows down on a tea of bangers-and-mash!

Of course, as with most new developments, there’s a downside. Thanks to these same miracle-gadgets, it’s also now possible to share a meal ‘in the flesh’ with your partner, your child or your friend and have virtually NO conversation as you both fiddle with your phones – absorbed in diverse digital dabbling.

Issue 4 2016

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ANY FOOL CAN CHUCK IN their job, sell their house and sail off to the four corners of the earth. However, you’re ...

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ON THE OFF-CHANCE THAT it might stop raining for more than quarter of an hour, I’d like to share a hot summer tip ...

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Italy’s sun-soaked riviera

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AS MUCH AS I DISLIKE long-distance flights … as much as I wish I could afford to travel business-class, eat like a ...

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Smoky Steak Wraps with Avo Smash PLUS Chelsea's Famous Kumara & Bacon Salad

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Less Tech … More Talk

Issue 4 2016

FEATURED ARTICLES

Our Boys

The Forgotten World Highway

Home Sweet Home

Rest of issue

Backchat

Going Places

Shortcuts

Scrumptious

The Geezer

Pick of the Bunch

"The most caring, loving, sensitive, balanced article on MARRIAGE I’ve read in a long time!"

"Your magazine should be given to every couple who gets married. I’m sure it would help them – and probably save a lot of divorces."

"My husband never reads this kind of thing, but Grapevine’s cover caught his eye. He sat down, devoured the whole thing, and then said to me, ‘That’s what we’re missing – I think we should get some counselling’ …"

"Your last edition was so positive and helpful and optimistic – a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel at a time when my life seemed so disappointing. I’m sure other people found it the same."

"Your latest edition on DEPRESSION really hit the spot, and helped me with some pressing needs in my personal life. I have never before felt my experience could be understood or appreciated by anyone else. Now I feel no longer alone with that lonely problem."

"I find it impossible to read most things that come through my letterbox – but I never miss Grapevine. You reach me because you are real. Thank you for your honesty and your guts to stick with it."

"Thanks for all the relationship help you offer in Grapevine. Now that I know I can change old patterns, I feel much stronger inside."

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