The fact that Eva Longoria has eaten at The White Lady, Drake at Pita Pit and Justin Bieber Tyler Street Garage speaks volumes for Auckland’s ability to democratize ...
On September 5, 2015 / By Alice HarbournePhoto by Andi Crown. The Events by David Greig Q Theatre One day after we all stared in horror at the body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi lying on ...
On September 5, 2015 / By Simon WilsonReintroducing Hello Sailor, back to celebrate their halcyon years. First published in the November 2012 issue of Metro. Portrait by Stephen Langdon. Ponsonby, 1977. Unloved by civilised ...
On September 4, 2015 / By Gary SteelThis story first appeared in the September 2015 issue of Metro. Photo: Garth Badger Rugby. It’s got a lot in common with theatre, only the players are unlikely ...
On September 3, 2015 / By Alice HarbourneArtwork by Mike Hanly. The modern discourse on exercise is thus: you are either doing far too much or far too little. The Western world is supposedly facing a ...
On September 2, 2015 / By Alice HarbourneTo determine Auckland’s top 100 cheap eats 2015, the Metro judges considered the claims of 314 places: restaurants, takeaway bars, holes in the wall, food trucks and pop-ups, where you ...
On September 1, 2015This story first appeared in the September 2015 issue of Metro. Photo: Grant Maiden. People – Tracy Grant Lord, Royal New Zealand Ballet’s set and costumer designer. When Puck flits high ...
On September 1, 2015 / By Frances MortonTickets are now on sale for two evenings of endearingly eccentric storytelling from British national treasure Stephen Fry. The actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter ...
On September 1, 20151. AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL CABARET SEASON A sizzling line-up of divas and provocateurs featuring the best in risque arts from across the Ditch and an intimate show on identity by ...
On September 1, 2015This story first appeared in the September 2015 issue of Metro. Photo: James Baker When Camille O’Sullivan performs, she’s out to inhabit other people’s songs so deeply that ...
On August 31, 2015 / By Alice HarbourneThe new Peugeot 308 exudes European quality. With its alluring and innovative design, it’s no surprise that it has been internationally acclaimed, including 2014 European Car of the ...
On August 31, 2015People Places Things. Director James C. Strouse See if you can come up with a blander title than People Places Things. I bet you can’t. It’s so perfectly unmemorable ...
On August 28, 2015 / By David LarsenEven in the 80s when Prince was peaking, his protégés couldn’t launch their careers on his recommendations or studio smarts, so who cares about a Prince protégé in ...
On August 28, 2015 / By Gary SteelBoutique Auckland coffee roaster eighthirty has a new flagship store, and it sets a new trend for cafe design. Click here to read our preview. ...
On August 27, 2015Click here to read our preview of Our Cellar, The French Cafe’s new private dining room. ...
On August 24, 2015Metro had two writers in Venice for the Biennale, charged with reporting on the art, artist and all those amazing parties. This story first appeared in the July 2015 ...
On August 21, 2015 / By Henry OliverFormer Auckland artist Simon Denny’s exhibition at the Venice Biennale is considered an international triumph, although it has received very little coverage here. Metro had two writers in Venice for ...
On August 21, 2015 / By Anthony ByrtRembrandt Remastered is a remarkable collection of digitally remastered and life size paintings from one of the world’s greatest painters. Each work reproduced exactly as it may have ...
On August 21, 2015 / By MetroPhotography by Stephen Langdon. The immortal wisdom of Yves Saint Laurent was used as a guiding principle to forge our Best Dressed list: “fashions fade, style is eternal”. ...
On August 20, 2015 / By India Hendrikse“28 pictures of things that remind you that you were alive during the 90s”. Millennials cannot get enough of this style of article, or so Facebook’s algorithms relentlessly ...
On August 20, 2015 / By Alice HarbourneIf Phil Goff is the answer, we have to ask a better question. The mayoral election will be on us next year, which means the serious candidates should ...
On August 19, 2015 / By Simon WilsonBe in to win one of three prize packs from The Aromatherapy Company Therapy Man range in time for Father’s Day. Each prize pack includes: The Aromatherapy Company Therapy ...
On August 17, 2015We can’t let go of Psycho. There were those sequels Anthony Perkins did for diminishing returns. The Vince Vaughn shot for shot remake. Bates Motel will somehow string ...
On August 17, 2015 / By James WenleyInfluence is shifting among Maori, away from the protest march and into the committee rooms. ...
On August 17, 2015I have lots of people say to me things like, “That looks great but I would never wear that.” I went to an event and I wore a ...
On August 16, 2015 / By Frances MortonIf Princess Chelsea — and the extended musical repertory company that is the Lil Chief label — has a flaw, it’s a tendency to lapse into pastiche. ...
On August 15, 2015 / By Gary SteelA staggering amount of ill-gotten gains is “washed clean” in safe, law-abiding, little New Zealand every year. Much of this dirty business goes on right under our noses, ...
On August 14, 2015Click here to read our preview of Auckland’s new champagne and oyster bar, Rockefeller. ...
On August 13, 2015Sean Donnelly is the toast of critics but, seven albums in, he’s yet to muster even a modest pop hit. Is the singer-songwriter New Zealand’s most underrated musician? ...
On August 13, 2015 / By Gary SteelWe’ll be sharing who we think are the best (and worst) dressed in Auckland in our next issue, which coincides with the most fashionable time of the year ...
On August 12, 2015Now let’s think seriously about what to do with 77 hectares of prime waterfront land. ...
On August 11, 2015 / By Matthew HootonThe Basement is dedicating five nights to experimentation this week in the form of multidisciplinary arts festival, The Experiment. With performances scheduled every half hour from a line up of New ...
On August 10, 2015Which schools have the best academic performance in the city? What does that really mean? What should you look for at a school open day? Just how do ...
On August 10, 2015 / By Simon WilsonStarlight Peninsula is the latest incarnation of the world and characters of Charlotte Grimshaw’s earlier novels The Night Book and Soon. ...
On August 8, 2015Finding a solution to Auckland’s housing crisis without adding to urban sprawl is the Holy Grail for the city’s town planners – but has the answer been under ...
On July 19, 2015 / By Nicola ShepheardGetting a foothold on the property ladder can be a very slippery business. ...
On July 9, 2015 / By Greg BruceMaking a home by the water, on the North Shore. For about six months after moving to Beach Haven, everyone thought we’d moved to Clevedon. Is there ...
On May 15, 2015 / By Simon Farrell-GreenThe relentless rise of Auckland property prices is creating a new landed gentry, says economist Shamubeel Eaqub, with only a wealthy few able to afford to buy a ...
On April 17, 2015 / By Joanna WaneShould investors be taxed on empty or under-occupied properties as Auckland faces a housing shortage? And why are there so many of them? Joanna Wane reports on the ...
On April 16, 2015 / By Joanna WaneGraham Adams goes inside the property bubble that affects everyone in the country. This article first appeared in the April 2015 issue of North & South magazine. Photographs ...
On April 16, 2015 / By Graham AdamsAttempts to build a “model community” in Glen Innes have gone catastrophically awry. How did that happen, and what’s been learned? Photos by John Haydn. “I thought, ...
On December 1, 2014 / By Chris BartonMention “density” and all hell breaks loose. First published in Metro, October 2014. When the winner of the Akepiro St “exemplary apartment building” competition was announced, reaction ...
On November 3, 2014 / By Chris BartonFor many people, the old dream isn’t looking so good. Especially now there are very real alternatives on offer. Illustrations by Angela Keoghan. Renting There’s no doubt ...
On October 30, 2014 / By Greg BruceThe best places to live, whatever your budget. Mangere Bridge is “the new Ponsonby”. Did you see that headline? What does it mean? Has Mangere Bridge acquired ...
On October 30, 2014 / By Simon Wilson