Nicola Quinn Beauty and Day Spa

Light up your complexion: Nicola Quinn Beauty and Day Spa

You might have heard about one of the most popular skin treatments in Hollywood for awards season prep: LED Light Therapy.     Fans include Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Alba, Adriana Lima, Kate Hudson and Chrissy Teigen (and a host more who want to keep their skin secrets to themselves!).  Nicola Quinn Beauty […]

Sarah Harris Gould

A luxe local label: Q&A with Sarah Harris Gould

The Harris Tapper brand was most recently in Paris at Fashion Week. Now it’s hitting Christchurch where you’ll find this luxe label at The Contemporary Lounge at Ballantynes. Metropol caught up with Co-Founder and Director Sarah Harris Gould.     Can you tell us a bit about the story behind the Harris […]

Wigram

Mix of old & new: Wigram

Wigram is expanding, not only culturally and historically, but geographically too. Awatea Green, a new living place, offers shared green spaces, playgrounds, meandering pathways and cycle lanes to take you all the way to the city. Wigram Primary School’s new campus is open and exciting. New restaurants, retail outlets and community services […]

Paragon Computers

Handing over the reins: Paragon Computers

“It was hard to let go of a business that I set up and nurtured over twenty-five years.”     Graeme Walcott speaks from the heart. He founded Paragon Computers in the mid-1990s and built it up from a one-man enterprise to become a trusted IT support company specialising in looking after […]

Dog-gone it!

Four Ave Festivities

A beer-y good spot There’s a new brewery that’s opened its doors at 8 Bath Street with some great history and a stunning pilsner. Lighthouse Brewery was started in Nelson by Dick Tout 21 years ago before he retired from the brewery business and listed the business for sale after finishing his last […]

School of Physiotherapy Clinics

Physio in City’s heart: School of Physiotherapy Clinics

The Garden City is scientifically expanding. The School of Physiotherapy Clinics Christchurch celebrated the opening of its brand new premises at 32 Oxford Terrace. In attendance were leading Otago professors, top performing students and passionate practitioners from the community who all gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Otago University’s latest expansion. […]