Frill-seeker
When it comes to the latest trend, this one is all about stepping out of the sartorial box and being a frill-seeker, in all the right ways. While frills and ruffles are not new by any stretch of the imagination, having made their fashionable appearance since the 16th century, this seasonal style staple is […]
Editor’s Perspective: September 27th 2018
“If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse,” Walt Disney. Just 50 years ago, it was widely believed that it was physiologically impossible for women to run a 26 mile course. Despite stewards trying to physically prevent the 20-year-old from competing, Kathrine […]
Colour me calm
It was Australian writer/organiser Peter Walsh that once said, “Your home should be the antidote to stress, not the cause of it”. And never a truer word has been said. While we continually seek to de-stress outside of the home – taking a walk, heading to the gym or joining a yoga class […]
Looking Sharp
While we’ve long been suckers for succulents, it seems the cactus has knocked these popular perennials off their perch. Because, although the cactus has long been dominating the wardrobes of the most fashion-forward, it’s quickly making its way through the homewares sphere, where you’ll find it in prints on bedspreads and other […]
Sensing the Supernatural: Q&A with Kelvin Cruickshank
He’s best known for his role as a psychic crime solver in Sensing Murder, acting as a bridge between the physical and spiritual worlds. Now Kelvin Cruickshank is putting his psychic strength into solving murder mysteries in the United States. But as he tells Metropol ahead of his Soul Food Tour to our southern city […]
Paving the way: Q&A with Helen Clark
“We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored,” Sheryl Sandberg. Helen Clark has paved the way for women in leadership roles here in New Zealand, since becoming the first woman to be […]
Editor’s Perspective: September 13th 2018 Issue
“You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think” – A. A. Milne “I am the person who notices we are running out of toilet paper,” Ellen Seidman began a poem for her blog, Love That Max, about the hats she wears in her household – worrier, organiser, rememberer […]
Urban Jungle: Tips for your Garden
The quarter acre dream has long since given way to the 300 square metre plot of subdivided soil. But you don’t need to possess a large space to have a garden – or gardens – all of your own. There are plenty of ways to incorporate an urban jungle into your life no matter how […]
An Empowering Escape: Lilia Tarawa
Lilia Tarawa’s childhood was both heaven – and hell. The large, isolated community of Gloriavale where she was raised, 70km inland from Greymouth on the West Coast, near the Haupiri River, was both idyllic – and cruel. The granddaughter of Hopeful Christian, founder of one of the country’s most notorious religious cults, the Cooperites, Lilia […]
Editor’s Perspective: August 30th issue
“Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights, once and for all” — Hillary Clinton Somewhat of a theme has emerged in this issue of Metropol. I wish I could lay literary claim to this feat of editorial ingenuity, but alas it has been pure chance. See, it seems that on the […]
