We love love: Editor Nina Tucker
One of my favourite things to see when visiting a friend or family member’s home is their walls plastered in happy memories from the day they said I do. Each moment – the tender, the silly, the intimate – captures a couple’s happiest day. That joy is contagious, and every photo becomes better […]
Will power & try-umphs: Editor Nina Tucker
“Creativity isn’t something we import, it’s something that is born here.” I heard this quote during the All in for Arts 2026 event held at The Piano in early March. It resonated with me because it reflects everything we are in Ōtautahi. Our sense of creativity and community is the backbone of what […]
Who runs the world?
Alexa, play Lemonade by Cassie Henderson. Or Bic Runga’s Sway. Or any of the other musical masterpieces we’ve curated and compiled into one Metropol playlist filled with women who rock, available on Spotify. Because what’s better than electrifying, serenading music? When there’s a fierce, fearless female behind it. That was our goal with […]
Are you ready to ride the fire horse?
Saddle up because the Chinese New Year welcomes the Year of the Horse, symbolising vibrant and fiery energy, adventure, vitality, and momentum. I’m manifesting all that and more in 2026, alongside the spirit of my Chinese zodiac (the horse, of course). Also known as the Lunar New Year, this celebration is a time […]



