Summer read: How one woman lost 52kg in two years
25 Dec, 2020 07:00 PM
5 minutes to read
There was once a dress that hung from Julia Skudders door. For about two years the dress hung there waiting to be worn - but Skudder was waiting to lose a couple of kilograms.
Last week she tried it on but it is far too big after the Rotorua woman lost 52kg in two years.
Fifteen people from the Lakes District Health Board area have laid on the operating table in the past three years for bariatric surgery. Skudder was not one of them.
However, she did have a gastric band of some sorts put on - through hypnosis.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says homeless in Rotorua motels not long-term solution
10 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM
4 minutes to read
The PM talks about her Christmas wishes and her ranking on the forbes list of most powerful women
The PM talks about her Christmas wishes and her ranking on the forbes list of most powerful women
Following a tough day in Whakatāne, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the short trip to visit the people of Rotorua on Thursday. On her visit, Ardern sat down with Rotorua Daily Post reporter Caroline Fleming to talk about the city s homeless, what a vaccine might mean for international tourism, what she thinks about her ranking on the Forbes List of the world s most powerful woman and her No 1 Christmas wish.