After making waves in the beauty industry, Ethique founder Brianne West has set her sights on beverages.

Her newest venture, Incrediballs, offers consumers flavoured tablets that turns water into flavoured drinks - cutting down on plastic pollution.

She says the number of single-use bottles wasted every year is a 'disgrace', and wanted to develop a solution.

"In New Zealand we throw away just over two billion plastic containers every single year, we recycle very few of them, and a vast majority of people use drink bottles. It makes absolutely no sense!"

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After making waves in the beauty industry, Ethique founder Brianne West has set her sights on beverages.
Her newest venture, Incrediballs, offers consumers flavoured tablets that turns water into flavoured drinks - cutting down on plastic pollution.
She says the number of single-use bottles wasted every year is a 'disgrace', and wanted to develop a solution.
"In New Zealand we throw away just over two billion plastic containers every single year, we recycle very few of them, and a vast majority of people use drink bottles. It makes absolutely no sense!"
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Brianne West: Ethique founder on her new beverage-based venture Incrediballs

There's assurances from the Health Minister that he'll deliver on the promised cancer drug funding this term.

The Government had pledged to put $280 million towards funding 13 life saving cancer treatments under Pharmac.

But they didn't make the cut on Thursday's Budget, with Finance Minister Nicola Willis saying it hadn't been possible.

Health Minister Shane Reti says he's sorry about the uncertainty it is causing cancer patients and their families.

"We will fund those cancer drugs, and we'll be making more announcements soon on that. But we'll absolutely maintain our commitment to those people - who saw that expectation and what we campaigned on."

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There's assurances from the Health Minister that he'll deliver on the promised cancer drug funding this term.
The Government had pledged to put $280 million towards funding 13 life saving cancer treatments under Pharmac.
But they didn't make the cut on Thursday's Budget, with Finance Minister Nicola Willis saying it hadn't been possible.
Health Minister Shane Reti says he's sorry about the uncertainty it is causing cancer patients and their families.
"We will fund those cancer drugs, and we'll be making more announcements soon on that. But we'll absolutely maintain our commitment to those people - who saw that expectation and what we campaigned on."
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Shane Reti: Health Minister assures Kiwis he'll deliver on promised cancer drugs this term

The 2024 Budget appeared to receive a solid response from voters, according to an early poll.

A Taxpayers’ Union-Curia snap poll, released exclusively to the NZ Herald, found that 48 percent of voters thought the Budget was 'okay'.

ZB political editor Jason Walls says the goal of the Budget wasn't to impress voters - so a lukewarm response was the best-case scenario.

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The 2024 Budget appeared to receive a solid response from voters, according to an early poll.
A Taxpayers’ Union-Curia snap poll, released exclusively to the NZ Herald, found that 48 percent of voters thought the Budget was 'okay'.
ZB political editor Jason Walls says the goal of the Budget wasn't to impress voters - so a lukewarm response was the best-case scenario.
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Jason Walls: ZB political editor on the public response to the 2024 Budget

Long Island by Colm Toibin. It’s a sequel to the book Brooklyn which came out a few years ago and was made into a terrific movie – though this can easily be read on its own. Eilis moved to NYC from Ireland and married an Italian guy in Brooklyn. Twenty years later she’s living claustrophobically with her husband Tony’s family deeply embedded in her life. A stranger arrives to say that Tony has fathered a child with his wife and when the baby comes he intends to dump it on their doorstep. She retreats home to Ireland and while there, reconnects with a man she’d loved and left behind. The nuance of relationships and the sense of place are really powerful – Colm Toibin is a master of both and this book is a joy to read.

Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians. This is similar, in that he writes about very, very rich people – and others masquerading a wealthy when in fact they’re hiding behind a pile of debt. Rufus Leung Gresham is the future Duke of Greshamsbury and has a lifestyle to maintain – but in fact he’s desperate for financial help and his mother decides the best way out of the mess is for him to attend his sister’s wedding at a luxury eco-resort and find a rich woman there to marry – what could possibly go wrong? If you liked Crazy Rich Asians – and who didn’t – you’ll love this. Full of big brand names (most of which I’d never heard of and had to keep googling) and the lifestyles of the fabulously wealthy (or those who just wish they were).

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Long Island by Colm Toibin. It’s a sequel to the book Brooklyn which came out a few years ago and was made into a terrific movie – though this can easily be read on its own. Eilis moved to NYC from Ireland and married an Italian guy in Brooklyn. Twenty years later she’s living claustrophobically with her husband Tony’s family deeply embedded in her life. A stranger arrives to say that Tony has fathered a child with his wife and when the baby comes he intends to dump it on their doorstep. She retreats home to Ireland and while there, reconnects with a man she’d loved and left behind. The nuance of relationships and the sense of place are really powerful – Colm Toibin is a master of both and this book is a joy to read.
Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians. This is similar, in that he writes about very, very rich people – and others masquerading a wealthy when in fact they’re hiding behind a pile of debt. Rufus Leung Gresham is the future Duke of Greshamsbury and has a lifestyle to maintain – but in fact he’s desperate for financial help and his mother decides the best way out of the mess is for him to attend his sister’s wedding at a luxury eco-resort and find a rich woman there to marry – what could possibly go wrong? If you liked Crazy Rich Asians – and who didn’t – you’ll love this. Full of big brand names (most of which I’d never heard of and had to keep googling) and the lifestyles of the fabulously wealthy (or those who just wish they were).
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Brianne West: Ethique founder on her new beverage-based venture Incrediballs

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