Rosemerryn Retail Development

Ticking the boxes: Rosemerryn Retail Development

Lincoln’s rapid and ongoing growth hasn’t impeded the development of attractive and enjoyable spaces, a fact which is evident in the quality of the Rosemerryn Retail Development.     Completed in 2018, the precinct features retail, office and hospitality space with 55 on-site carparks on the corner of Edward Street and Eastfield […]

A prime event

A prime event

The Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce held an exclusive luncheon with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern earlier this month.     This was the third luncheon of its kind for The Chamber, with previous events fronted by Winston Peters and John Key. It was fitting the event was held the day before International […]

Supreme race day experience

Supreme race day experience

Described as the Oscars of harness racing, the IRT Harness Jewels will be hosted in Christchurch for the very first time, on Saturday 1 June 2019 from 11:30am.     With the best aged group pacers and trotters competing for over $1.275 million in stakes, the IRT Harness Jewels is the richest […]

Shaun Wallace

The Dark Destroyer: Q&A with Shaun Wallace

I had the opportunity to sit down at Sugarhorse on Moorhouse Avenue with the star of TV’s The Chase, the one and only Dark Destroyer himself, Mr Shaun Wallace.     Shaun was in New Zealand with Believe it or Not Quizz nights thanks to Brendan Lochead. “All he did for eight […]

Pete Evans

Dishing the drama: Q&A with Pete Evans

Pete Evans has been cooking his way around Australia – and in fact, the world – since the age of 19, before being thrust into the global spotlight 10 years ago when he and Manu Feildel started dishing the drama on My Kitchen Rules.     Known affectionately as Paleo Pete, the […]

Metropol Editor Melinda Collins

Editor’s Perspective: 28 March issue

“The only path wide enough for us all is love.” – Kamand Kojouri     Friday 15 March started like any other day in Christchurch, but it ended like no other day has ever ended in this country before. The events that took place at 1:40pm that day have changed our country […]

Kathryn Wilson

Runway for Ronald: Q&A with Kathryn Wilson

It’s that time of the year again, the time of the year when we get to see all the latest and greatest sartorial selections hit the runway for the M Factor Fashion Show for 2019.     What attracted you to become involved with Ronald McDonald House? It’s a cause that is […]

Helping you hear: Hear Again

Samantha Foster, co-owner and General Manager of Hear Again says that in helping adults of all ages with their hearing, it is usually family members who first notice hearing loss in a loved one and urge them to have their hearing checked. “Clients often come to Hear Again saying ‘I’m fine, everyone […]

Jumping for Cancer

Jumping for Cancer

At the age of 31, Lisa Tennekoon was diagnosed with breast cancer and her happy life suddenly morphed into an endurance test of harrowing chemotherapy and radiotherapy sessions.     Lisa’s mother Bev Morrissey was diagnosed with breast cancer at 62 and died from it aged 64, then six years ago, Lisa’s […]

Bringing Rock to Towns

Bringing Rock to Towns

Imagine a world where everyone wears the same clothes, watches the same movies and thinks the same thoughts, where individuality is extinct and live music is banned under the control of an all-powerful global company and its tyrannical boss.     In this futuristic comedy by Ben Elton, more than 24 of […]