A not so white wedding
Calling all brides-to-be! Your wedding is just around the corner and we know there’s a million and one decisions to make – with colour palette top of the list. While traditional white will forever remain the staple shade of the big day, it’s time for these unconventional colour themes to have their […]
An unforgettable setting: Amuri Estate
A beautiful wedding could not be simpler at Amuri Estate, Hanmer where the supreme views take the effort out of creating an unforgettable setting. The venue seats up to 200 guests and there is a luscious variety of spaces on the property. The ceremony lawn looks across the valley to […]
A Queenstown getaway: Highview Apartments
Whether you are looking for an action-packed adventure or a more leisurely holiday, Highview Apartments is a fantastic base for your Queenstown holiday. Earning its name from its unrivalled views looking out high from Thompson Street, it’s a striking location. Imagine waking to views of rugged snow-capped mountains rimming the […]
Quest for Queenstown
With travel overseas being postponed or cancelled, it’s important to remember what we have in our own backyard. Just a few short hours away, Queenstown has always been an international tourism hub for New Zealand, but it might be high time we put on our tourist hats and explore what this southern […]
Resilience in action
Resilience and wellbeing have recently gone from fuzzy buzzwords, to being recognised as extremely important concepts that we need to not only respect, but master, as our health and safety has been threatened. So we caught up with one of the country’s leading academics specialising in the area, adjunct fellow […]
Making Moves
So you spent lockdown hibernating, that’s ok! Maybe it’s time you pulled the activewear out of the bottom drawer and get a wriggle on! Getting back into it isn’t as overwhelming as you may think. We’ve pulled together some of our top tips to make a move and introduce more exercise into […]
The forefront of education: Cathedral Grammar School
The Cathedral Grammar Girls’ School celebrates 25 years One of the distinguishing threads of The Cathedral Grammar School story is how it has honoured the legacy and contributions of past generations whilst confidently being at the forefront of educational innovation and change. They are fortunate to have had the opportunity […]
Silver linings
There’s been a lot of darkness in the world recently and sometimes it can be hard to find the good in things. No-one one saw COVID-19 coming, but we have learned to adapt and live with it. This is the perfect time to remember every cloud has a silver lining. […]
Beating the Odds
Lisa Tamati has lived her life beating the odds, never letting anything stand in her way. So when an aneurysm and stroke left Lisa’s mum Isobel with severe brain damage at the age of 74, the ultramarathon runner approached rehabilitation in the same way she approached some of the world’s […]
Step into wedding season
Whether you’re the bride, bridesmaid or a guest, it’s the heels that will give you your Cinderella moment. Metropol caught up with leading shoe designer Kathryn Wilson about the latest season of heels we can expect to see stepping into wedding season. Why did you want to make the move […]
