Shades of silver and grey: V for Hair
When regrowth keeps creeping up on you, you might feel it is time to embrace the grey. Just because you have silver hair coming in, and you want to go grey gracefully, doesn’t mean it has to be a silver colour,” says Vicki Ogden-O’Fee of V for Hair and Beauty. The team are experts in […]
Radical acceptance with Kirsten Ellis
Moving forward is an impossibly heavy task after losing a partner. For Kirsten Ellis, it became the only way out of losing herself to grief. Soon, she would become a business scholarship award-winner and triple her business’ revenue, all while navigating parenthood alone. She tells Metropol Deputy Editor Nina Tucker how. Losing her husband Austin […]
Book it in: Mickey Raes
The cooler months are a time to break out the knitting needles, jigsaw puzzles, and books, and rug up warm inside. If craft of any sort takes your fancy, in Hanmer all roads lead to Mickey Raes, a treasure trove of creative ideas. Owner Wendy Lamont has been supplying customers with their craft needs, haberdashery, […]
Country escape: Route 72 Cafe Bar & Emporium
A trip out to the country for brunch or lunch is a wonderful respite and tonic away from the daily grind of the city. When that brunch or lunch is combined with some fabulous shopping, the recuperative therapy is complete. Route 72 Cafe Bar Emporium in Cust Village does indeed combine the best of shopping […]
Future proofing your fertility: Fertility Associates
Egg freezing is an opportunity. It’s a small task now, that sets up your future self with the option to choose. “There are a lot of professional women, who are ‘head down, bum up,’ building their careers. As a result, the biological clock ticks away in the background,” Fertility Associates’ Val Graham says. Choosing when […]
Dedicated to student development with Christine Leighton
After 42 years in education, St Andrew’s College Rector, Christine Leighton, is very clear about the privilege of spending a career dedicated to the development of young people. Teenagers are wired to test boundaries and while this has not changed over the last few decades, the world surrounding them has. Schools are places where character […]
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