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Check out: The Ideal Cup – 100% Reusable and Recyclable

August 29, 2012 – 4:45 pm |

Check out this sexy hand accesory.
It’s New Zealand’s first reusable, barista grade takeaway cup and it’s been designed and made right here in Aotearoa!  In Porirua actually.  It’s 100% recyclable too and it’s 100% BPA …

Check out: Premium NZ Roasted Organic and Fair Trade Celcius Coffee

August 13, 2012 – 8:57 pm |

We gather around the table for an important mission.
We have two bags of award winning, organic, Fairtrade certified Celcius Coffee to report on for Happyzine readers.
Yes, and it’s a job we’re taking very seriously.
Today the …

Green Product Review: Natural Cream Deodorant – Lavender

July 29, 2012 – 10:04 pm |

We have a deodorant revolution going on here.  And I don’t mean that in an infomercial tone of voice.  This is Happyzine.  I mean it.
I’m holding a 20 ml container of totally natural, aluminium free …

Green Product Review: Natural Cream Deodorant – Lemon and Bergamot

June 25, 2012 – 2:32 pm | 2 Comments

Have you found yourself a reliable natural deodorant?  For me, it’s been a bewildering journey of misfires and letdowns with the very occasional discovery of one that actually works. I found a goodie in it’s …

Product Review: Kiwiherb Organic High Potency Echinacea Root Extract with Active Manuka Honey

June 18, 2012 – 4:17 pm | One Comment

I just took another dose of echinacea.  I’ve got the sore throat thing going on, and the slightly worn out feeling that has been known to preceed a cold.  But not this time!  That’s my …

Love your sandwiches? Check out the new Keep Leaf as a waterproof, reusable bag

May 27, 2012 – 10:11 pm | One Comment

I received my gorgeous ‘Keep Leaf’ in the mail a few days ago.  It’s quite the concept – a reusable sleeve, with natural cotton on the outside (sporting rather a gorgeous print) and durable, washable, …

Book Review: Find It Eat It by Michael Daly

April 16, 2012 – 7:26 pm |

First off, I think it’s best that you know – this book was written by one of those ‘follow your dreams types’.  In other words, he’s one of us!
Michael Daly is a fully trained Chef …

Three Easy Steps to becoming a voluntary paying member of Happyzine!

April 15, 2012 – 9:57 pm |

1.  Take one Happyzine account number: 38-9006-0747456-00.
2.  Set up a regular (weekly/monthly/annual) payment of what-ever-amount-you-can-afford to Happyzine – using the internet/phone/or old fashioned face to face method.
3.  Email [email protected] and tell her you’re now a …

Win a pack of delicious healthy and allergy friendly Eat Right Foods!

April 6, 2012 – 8:52 pm |

Have you come across Eat Right foods yet?  They say they’re ‘Healthy and Allergy Friendly Foods’.  And it’s true.  They are … and they’re so much more, I’ll just add in: ‘decadent, moreish, yummy, feel …

ECOtanka’s new MegaTanka drink bottle – great for long, thirsty days

April 2, 2012 – 4:51 pm |

It just so happened that the weekend after I received my new Mega Tanka I had a busy weekend of outdoor activities lined up. Saturday involved an day community fair, and Sunday was a ‘Long …

Fairtrade Organic Kokako – Rangatira and Aotea Coffee and Purely Intense Drinking Chocolate – Feels good on all levels

March 24, 2012 – 6:04 pm | 2 Comments

 
Ok I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, I’m a sucker for Fairtrade or certified organic foods and beverages.  It just seems to make them taste nicer.  Yes, it’s an area where I …

Living Nature’s ultra rich body cream Club Happyzine Giveaway

March 8, 2012 – 4:34 pm |

Living Nature have a new product, it’s rather lavishly called ‘Active manuka honey ultra rich body cream ‘ and it’s been developed to ‘deeply nourish and soften the skin’.  It is, I must say, rather …

Seven reasons it’s an awesome idea to become a volunteer paying member of Happyzine!

February 19, 2012 – 8:29 pm |

Wanna be part of some awesome change here in New Zealand?  Join a growing community of people who are donating what ever they can afford to Happyzine on a regular basis and help change the …

Review: Te Mania Sauvignon Blanc 2011

December 12, 2011 – 7:51 pm |

By Charlotte Squire
Fancy a drop of sumptuous, certified organic Te Mania Sauvignon Blanc 2011?  I enjoyed a glass just recently, because, well, I’m really lucky.  As I was enjoying mine, I tried really hard not …

Natural Dog Shampoo Bar for Dogs (That Repels Fleas and Leaves a Shiny Coat)

November 20, 2011 – 7:48 pm | 2 Comments

Review by Charlotte Squire
Recently I visited the local vet clinic to talk fleas.  My Golden Retriever had caught them from a cat (a lovely cat, so I shall not curse him) and I was on …

Get Lush ‘n Clean With All-Natural, Simply Made Source Living Soaps

November 19, 2011 – 9:13 pm |

My friend’s Devonshire mother says the bathroom should be the girl’s shrine.   She recommends a big bowl of soaps and oils and fizz bombs on hand at all time so that the bathing experience goes …

Meet My Shiny Red New ECOtanka (And Go in the Draw to Win One!)

November 9, 2011 – 4:22 pm |

A sad thing happened to me after the final of the rugby World Cup.  After a tense and strangely humbling game, I carried my sleeping four year old out to the car and forgot my …

Join Club Happyzine and Go in Draws to Win Cool Green Stuff Most Weeks!

November 8, 2011 – 10:11 pm | One Comment

Are you a devoted green consumer?  Do you salivate over eco-friendly cosmetics (for men or women), do your eyes light up at any product that carries the word ‘organic’?  Do you dream of owning an …

Join Club Happyzine – and Get Ten Percent Discounts from Our Listed Green Businesses

November 4, 2010 – 9:30 pm |

LOVE HAPPYZINE? Help us stay online by joining Club Happyzine and gain access to heaps of free green stuff, green discounts and free tickets to cool events – it only costs NZ$30.00 per year.

Fact: Happyzine …

The Next Three People to Join Our Cool Club Will Win a Kiwi Diary, a Haylo Bag or a Greenbo Planter

October 26, 2010 – 11:37 pm |

That’s right, be one of the next three people to join Club HZ and you will win either this:

www.thekiwidiary.co.nz value NZ$26

this …

Haylo Bag – value NZ$30
or this …

Greenbo Planter – value NZ$70
Club HZ – …

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