An angel in blue: Blue Angels
You don’t usually think of angels travelling by car. But in 21st century Christchurch, one caring, helpful and friendly ‘angel’ travels in a white Honda HR-V, taking people here and there, chatting with them along the way. Renan Singh is the face of Blue Angels; a personal, safe and reliable transportation service that […]
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 […]
Promoting health & wellbeing: The new Akaroa Health Centre
With a blessing on the former Akaroa Hospital site earlier this year and work already underway on the new Akaroa Health Centre, the local community is looking forward to its envisaged opening in June 2019. Gordon Boxall, Chair of the Akaroa Community Health Trust, (ACHT) says the benefits of the new health facility […]
Flexibility matters at Hagley: Hagley College
Hagley College recognises that there’s more to your life than school when you’re in Year 12 and 13, like sport, music, or other major commitments like work. You’re unique with your own aspirations, passions and plans. Hagley is all about flexibility, helping you pursue what’s really important to you, as well as completing […]
Art heals quake impact: Ōtautahi Creative Spaces Trust
Any visit to Christchurch brings vivid reminders of the devastation the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 inflicted on the city. Their impact on the community was unprecedented and, along with the physical damage, the earthquakes caused other kinds of hurt. People who had already been living with mental illness and distress experienced new […]
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 […]
Bargins for a good cause: Sweet Louise
Local radio host and TV personality, Brodie Kane recently became a brand ambassador for Sweet Louise, New Zealand’s only charity solely dedicated to supporting those with incurable breast cancer. After digging into her own wardrobe to donate pre-loved clothing for a local fundraising event this month in honour of a member who passed […]
Madness & Misery: The Court Theatre
If you’re into dramas about delusional stalkers who get to kidnap and imprison their unsuspecting victims, then Stephen King’s Misery, coming to The Court Theatre 4-25 August 2018, should have you booking front row seats. Adapted from his bestselling novel Misery, this is a thriller play about obsession. Director Dan Bain elaborates on […]
Editor’s Perspective: Miriama Kamo
Miriama Kamo was once quoted as saying of her beautiful Grey Lynn villa, “Homes are to be lived in, stomped in, danced in, run in – enjoyed. “If it gets dirty or broken – well, it’s just stuff.” I suspect this isn’t far removed from her philosophy on life. Because, despite playing a […]
Southern Success: Master Painters
The Master Painters New Zealand Association and its members have been painting the South Island red – both in the literal and metaphorical sense of the expression, with South Island businesses achieving notable success in the recently completed New Zealand Master Painter of the Year Awards in Queenstown. While members from Christchurch, Nelson […]
