Style. Comfort. Dad approved: The Flooring Warehouse
Give dad the space he deserves. Whether it’s the garage or home office, the perfect carpet can morph a man cave into his ultimate escape. Father’s Day is the perfect excuse to gift dad a hard-earned upgrade. If your house is home to a dedicated man cave, garage-turned-den, or home office hideaway, the […]
Playing the wild game: Canterbury Pet Foods
Raw pet food from wild game might be better for your pet and helps our native flora and fauna. It’s common knowledge that New Zealand’s fragile native wildlife and ecosystems are under significant threat from the overpopulation of introduced species such as deer, goats, wallabies, possums, rabbits, and hares. These animals damage forests, […]
Raising eyebrows: Face to Face Aesthetics
Want effortlessly beautiful brows that enhance your features? Think ombré eyebrows. Tired of battling with your brow pencil every morning to get just the right shape? Or finding that the years have thinned out and faded your brows? Ombré eyebrows might be the beauty game-changer you’ve been waiting for. A semi-permanent cosmetic tattoo, […]
Power, purpose, & the gift of midlife: Petra Bagust & Niki Bezzant
Midlife gets a bad rap – often portrayed as a slow descent into elastic waistbands and forgetting why you walked into a room. Television personality Petra Bagust and acclaimed journalist Niki Bezzant tell Metropol deputy editor Tamara Pitelen that finding yourself in your fifties might be the best chapter yet. Midlife is a […]
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