Reader's Digest New Zealand

No wonder Reader's Digest is the world's most widely read magazine. Hard-hitting, thought-provoking and entertaining, with unforgettable stories in each issue, RD is packed with features short enough to read in one sitting, but stimulating enough to keep you thinking for days. Every month millions of people get inspired, informed and entertained by its wide variety of stories about people, health, humour, adventures and world events, written by the best local and international journalists. All the stories are fact checked to the smallest details to ensure that readers get the most accurate and truthful stories, making Reader’s Digest the world’s most trusted magazine.

Ho Ho… Oh No! It’s Here Already?

The Art of the Restart: How to Focus on What You Have

The Angel of Indian Rocks • A once-in-a-lifetime flood didn’t stop a man on a paddleboard from rescuing his neighbors

GLAD TO HEAR IT • 3 Stories to Make Your Day

Cinder the Hardware Cat

LIFE

Drawn to Help • A watercolor artist made a remarkable offer to people who lost their homes to the Los Angeles fires: “I will paint it for free”

Sean Survived a Shark Attack. Now He Snowboards for Australia. • Behind the story of Sean Pollard’s RFDS rescue and his journey to becoming a Winter Paralympian.

Ice, Ice, Baby! All About Antarctica

No Drama Llamas

ALL in a Day’s WORK

Elf Mayhem Is Taking Over • It’s time to restore decorum, says one of Santa’s elves

Snap! Crackle! Pop! • What’s normal with our joints, and how to prevent pain and problems

News FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

LAUGHTER THE BEST Medicine

A Very TVSN Christmas: Celebrating 30 Years with Lee & Moira

THE CASE OF THE ROLEX MURDER • Except for his Rolex watch, the man’s identity might have died with him. Reading like an Agatha Christie thriller, a sensational true story of murder, money, sex and multiple identities

SMALL CHANGES BIG RESULTS • Who needs an overhaul? You can get healthier, happier, more fit, better rested … one step at a time.

15 Ways to Sharpen Your Memory: A Mid-Life Manual for Misplaced Minds

The Christmas Truce of 1914 • As World War I raged around them, soldiers facing off along one stretch of the fighting decided to hit pause

True Tales of Pampered Pets • People will do just about anything for their animals, as your stories show

Our Best Worst Christmas Idea Ever … • … had four legs and a wagging tail—a puppy!

DITCH THE AWKWARD GIFTS • The True Spirit of Giving This Christmas

FILLING IN FOR Family • When families fracture, surrogate grandparents can fulfill essential roles for love and support

The RD LIST • READ, WATCH, LISTEN

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Brain GAMES • SHARPEN YOUR MIND

WORD POWER • English novelist Jane Austen would have turned 250 on Dec. 16. We’re celebrating her enduring mix of social satire and romance by quizzing you on vocab from her books, like Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. Make suitable matches, then turn the page to see if there’s a happy ending.

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