Keeping pets calm: Pet Remedy
Car travel, vet visits or being cooped up and home alone can stress our pets. Pets are removed from familiar routines when owners head on holiday, and boarding kennels, catteries, or house sitters cause anxiety levels to soar. Environmental scents can help anxious, stressed-out pets feel happier. The Pet Remedy essential oil calming […]
Homegrown success story: Kate Macdonald of Davaar
Kate Macdonald is the female face ushering in a new age of appreciation for strong wool jerseys. From farm to fashion, the founder and creative director of Davaar & Co., now Davaar, chats with Metropol editor Nina Tucker. “Wool was all we wore,” Kate says of a childhood surrounded by it with sister […]
The soundtrack to memory, magic, & mayhem: Isaac Theatre Royal
Nothing catapults you through time quite like music. few chords, a familiar lyric, and suddenly you’re back in a moment: a dance floor, a road trip, a heartbreak, a first kiss, your favourite artist playing on the Isaac Theatre Royal (ITR) stage. Music connects us to people, places, and memories in a way […]
A purr-fect show: CATS – Young Actors Edition
This May, one of the world’s most beloved musicals will prowl onto an iconic Christchurch stage – and it’s bringing over 140 bright young stars with it. A jellicle celebration of youth, talent, and timeless theatre, mark your calendars. For the first time ever, the National Youth Theatre brings CATS to the Isaac […]
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