Reader's Digest New Zealand - August/September 2025

4 Dear Reader More to digest 6 Beauty— Frozen in Time world of good 11 Have You Herd? everyday Heroes 12 A Tight-Knit Community by maggie gordon from houston landing glad to Hear it 16 A Couple in Sync, No Small Service and More sMart aniMals 18 Odin the Micro Pig life well lived 22 Dad’s Lists by robert maldoon jr. from newsweek art of living 27 Slow Your Roll 13 tHings 28 Serving Some Tennis Facts by eric raskin 43 Brain Games 122 Can Tower, Animal Farm and More 125 Word Power The Healthy 40 Food on Your Plate 43 NewWays to Relieve Pain* by beth weinhouse 48 News from the World of Medicine by beth weinhouse Departments Humor Life’s Like That ���� 20 All in a Day’s Work �������������������� 32 Laughter, the Best Medicine ������������� 52 departMent of wit 34 Parenting Is a Joke!* by andy simmons tHe rd list 115 David Oyelowo, I Love Dad , José Andrés and More Quotable Quotes 118 Carl Lewis, Sabrina Carpenter, John Lithgow and More point to ponder 120 Sharon McMahon wHere, oH wHere 128 Reduce, Reuse, Roadrunner reader ’ s digest Contents ILLUSTRATION BY KATE TRAYNOR * Story referenced on cover VOL. 209, NO. 1230, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2025 READER’S DIGEST IS PUBLISHED UNDER LICENCE BY DIRECT PUBLISHING PTY LTD., 431 WARRINGAH ROAD, FRENCHS FOREST, NSW 2086, © 2025 DIRECT PUBLISHING PTY LTD (ABN 81000565471) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, REPRODUCTION IN ANY MANNER INWHOLE OR PART IN ENGLISH OR OTHER LANGUAGES PROHIBITED. REQUESTS FOR PERMISSION TO REPRINT ANY MATERIAL FROM READER’S DIGEST SHOULD BE SENT TO PERMISSIONS@TMBI.COM . FOR LETTER, STORY AND READER INQUIRIES, SEND ALL EMAILS TO LETTERS@READERSDIGEST.COM.AU WITH YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER. PUBLISHED STORIES AND LETTERS WILL RECEIVE A READER’S DIGEST COLLECTED EDITION BOOK. PUBLISHED STORIES MAY BE EDITED FOR CONTENT OR LENGTH CONSTRAINTS, ANDMAY BE USED ACROSS ALL ELECTRONIC MEDIA. FOR ADVERTISING INQUIRIES, EMAIL YULIA@HAWKHURST.CO.NZ AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2025 | READERSDIGEST.CO.NZ 2