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40 | July• 2018 BATTLING BIAS maydismisstheseassimpleprefer- ences but beneath those decisions are often conscious or subconsc ...

July• 2018 | 41 READER’S DIGEST ACCEPTTHENPUSH AGAINST YOUR LIMITATIONS Confrontingone’sownprejudiceat home is often more ...

42 | July• 2018 BATTLING BIAS clubs and neighbourhood associ- ations – can go a long way to devel- opingamoreequalsociety.On ...

July• 2018 | 43 Life’s Like hat S From the Archives My friend glowed as by her husband for her 39th birthday. “Isn’t it ...

44 | July• 2018 a chocolate selection. My wife smiled and said “hat’s lovely.” And then added “Does she look like you? ...

FIRST PERSON Rock ’n Roll ISLAND ROSEMARY FRANCIS FIELD EDITOR When your life is turned upside down repeatedly by Mother Natur ...

46 | July• 2018 ROCK ’N ROLL ISLAND ISTORY is dated BC and AD. In Canterbury New Zealand our time is dated Pre- Quake and Po ...

July• 2018 | 47 over-worked nurses pushed beds to- gether so patients could comfort each other during the frequent swaying of ...

48 | July• 2018 Another big quake rocked the build- ing as the store manager ordered an immediate evacuation. Tills were left ...

July• 2018 | 49 READER’S DIGEST August 16 2013. At 6.6 magnitude it causedlandslipsthatblockedroads and damaged buildings. B ...

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The sailors thought they could make it home before the storm hit. But it arrived early unleashing hurricane-force winds BY MATTH ...

52 | July• 2018 RACING THE STORM Afalsestartcostanotherhalf-hour andtheboatswerestillcirclingat 10.45am when the National Weat ...

July• 2018 | 53 Robert had bought theRazrasahalf-sunk lost cause and spent a year rebuilding it. Now the ive crew members smil ...

54 | July• 2018 RACING THE STORM everything was white. We couldn’t see land. We couldn’t even see the bridge.” Farther n ...

July• 2018 | 55 READER’S DIGEST the boom a horizontal spar attached to the mast. Ron landed between her and the boat and gra ...

56 | July• 2018 few feet and never see someone in the water.” Ron and Hana had now been in the water for two hours. hey trie ...

July• 2018 | 57 READER’S DIGEST MARRYING FOR LOVE Karen Cooper was ready to go out on a limb to save her beloved so she got ...

58 | July• 2018 PSYCHOLOGY WHY IT PAYS TO BE Happy You’llgetmoreoutoflifeif you go through it with a smile BY LISA FIELDS A ...