Josh Emett’s Long Lunch: Q&A with Josh Emett
This year’s Veuve Clicquot Long Lunch at Rata in Queenstown celebrated 200 years of the champagne and featured the theme Colourama. One of New Zealand’s most beloved celebrity chefs – Josh Emett – unleashed his culinary creativity on the prestigious event. I managed to get a few questions to the maestro himself. […]
Huffer’s street success: Q&A with Steve Dunstan
At this year’s NZ Fashion Week, Huffer celebrated 21 years since it was founded by two mates with dreams of taking New Zealand streetwear to the next level. That journey has seen the company go from an alternative skate and snow brand to an icon of New Zealand fashion. Metropol […]
No-fuss foodie philosophy: Q&A with Sarah and Nick Freeman
Sarah and Nick Freeman put Lyttleton’s London Street on the culinary map when they opened Freemans in 2006. Now they’ve brought their simple, no-fuss foodie philosophy to the heart of Beckenham with The Birdwood, which opened earlier this year. How did your culinary journey begin? Nick is from Poole on the south […]
Mother of the Nation: Q&A with Judy Bailey
She was adopted by the country as its unofficial ‘Mother of the Nation’. Now, after many years fronting the news, Judy Bailey has gone back to her roots freelancing, blogging, spending time with her grandchildren and finding adventures on a global stage. You have had an incredible career, what attracted you to journalism? […]
Kelly Coe’s Colourful crush: Q&A with Kelly Coe
The Augustine and Charlo labels have been injecting colour into Kiwi fashion for more than a decade. With Augustine currently showing at New Zealand Fashion Weekend, Metropol talks to Founder Kelly Coe about how colour makes the world a happier place. How did the Augustine story begin? Augustine began like all good stories, […]
Getting The Last Word: Q&A with Alex Ricketts
At the heart of New Regent Street’s The Last Word is an extensive whisky collection – more than 360 at last count. Owner Alex Ricketts gets ‘The Last Word’ in on this tempting tipple. How would you describe The Last Word to a stranger? The Last Word is an intimate and beautiful […]
Having fun with fashion: Q&A with Laurinda Sutcliffe
Loobie’s Story is a Kiwi brand that is a little bit playful and a whole lot of fun. Metropol talks to Co-owner and Designer Laurinda Sutcliffe about her design philosophy and her latest collection. How would you describe your design philosophy? It must be beautiful – beautiful to look at, beautiful to […]
Our extraordinary expat: Q&A with Miriama Kamo
Miriama Kamo has graced our screens with her warmth and charisma for many years. Metropol catches up with Christchurch’s extraordinary expat about a life well lived. You’re a Cantabrian girl at heart, can you tell us about your upbringing in Christchurch? I’m one of five kids, smack bang in the middle – an […]
Jack Tame Going Places: Q&A Jack Tame
From a Christchurch upbringing, to an international correspondent in the US to Breakfast’s Auckland hotseat, Jack Tame’s career has taken him places – both in the literal and figurative sense of the expression. Every continent on earth, in fact. He’s covered the Christchurch earthquakes, the Pike River Mine disaster, Hurricane Sandy, the […]
Stepping Up: 27 Steps Q&A
Headed by Emma Mettrick and Welshman Paul Howells, 27 Steps is one of the hottest new kids on the culinary block. Metropol talks to these formidable foodies about stepping up and their recipe for success. Can you tell us about your culinary journey and how Twenty Seven Steps began? Emma: I remember my […]
