Work out your workout

They say the early bird gets the worm… but sometimes it can be hard to leave the nest in the morning. Maybe you’re struggling to find the motivation to go to the gym – again – this week. It’s all about working out the workout that best fits you. SPLASH! Swimming is […]

Looking deeper: Freedom Health

Do you have injuries and niggles that seem to keep recurring? Or a pain that just never seems to get better despite seeing numerous health professionals? Cath Julius, Physiotherapist at Freedom Health Physiotherapy and Pilates, tells Metropol how we need to look beyond the surface for long term solutions.       […]

Toe-tal foot health: Feet First Podiatry

“Continuous improvement” may be a business buzzword – but it’s a concept that is right at the heart of the Feet First Podiatry practice.     Here, leading podiatrist Charlotte is highly skilled with many years of experience, but she wanted to offer more to her clients. Agata, Feet First’s European-trained podiatry […]

Putting snoring to bed: Oraltech

Don’t sew a tennis ball into the back of your PJs. Don’t suck on a pacifier while you sleep or gargle with garlic before bedtime. These remedies are not effective as cures for snoring. Instead get a customised SnorexTM device and regain your sanity.     Snoring is more than an irritating […]

World class radiology, locally: Pacific Radiology

Most people do not consciously think about when or what they might need an MRI, CT scan, ultrasound, mammogram or X-ray for. Southern Lakes residents can now rest assured that when the need arises, they will have the very latest in imaging technology on their doorstep. Queenstown, Wanaka and Central Otago communities […]

Walk on the Wildflower side: Wildflower Botanicals

With over 30 years in her industry, qualified herbalist and nutritional health coach Megan Sheppard knows what she’s doing when it comes to giving your body what it needs. Metropol sits down with the queen of clean ingredients to hear about her natural health empire, Wildflower Botanicals.     THE PRODUCTS “We […]

Pointe of difference: On Pointe

Down-to-earth mums and qualified instructors, Lyndal Woodham and Katrina Buchanan, are proud co-owners of On Pointe, a boutique fitness studio that focuses on your health and wellbeing and specialises in Bootybarre , Pilates and yoga. Metropol sat down with the girls to hear more about the barre and wellness studio.   ON […]

Health and wellbeing that lasts: Unichem Cashel

Wondering how to achieve health and wellbeing that lasts? Want to do this naturally, without processed foods, meal replacements or fad diets? Taste Success at Unichem Cashel Pharmacy is a holistic approach to health and wellbeing that celebrates simple, fresh and easy meals which taste delicious!     You won’t find processed […]

App-solute wellness

If health and wellbeing is on your mind this year – and it’s hard for it not to be – why not embrace technology to help you stay on the wagon? Outsource the monitoring of your holistic health with any number of handy phone and computer apps which do the thinking for […]

Hear to stay: Bellbird Hearing

Is there anything quite so blissful as the song of the bellbird trilling from a hidden bough; are any notes more captivating than the chirps and chirrups it sings to us with such pure and precise clarity? It’s one of the reasons that Senior Audiologist and Co-director Sam Sloane chose this feathered […]