Feed your mind
The chill of midwinter is the ideal time to renew your relationship with visual art by visiting a local gallery. A warm, dry, and calm oasis, a gallery sojourn offers an escape from everyday stresses, inspires and feeds our minds, and can boost our own productivity. Christchurch’s newest art destination is located opposite […]
For the love of fashion
Amongst ever-evolving trends and styles, fashion muse Josie Wiley brings class and colour to New Zealand fashion as a womenswear buyer for designer clothing store Superette. Metropol writer Nina Tucker catches up with Josie about her journey in the industry and life as a buyer. After developing a lust for fashion from New […]
Book your girls’ getaway: Mickey Raes Gifts & Crafts
Imagine a few days away with your best gal pals, shopping, swimming, spa-ing, stitching, sewing, and crafting to your heart’s content. You can do it, and now’s a great time to round up the girls and head to Hanmer Springs for some craft and retail therapy, some relaxing and some pure indulgence. The […]
A cosy retreat: Clear Ridge Apartments
We are now well into winter and it has certainly thrown a few curveballs our way. Great for the ski fields though and the alpine areas of our country can be stunningly beautiful at this time of the year. So why not celebrate that fact and enjoy a little luxury at the same […]
Making a portfolio: Alistair Bean & Associates
Recently I attended an International Investment Research Conference in Sydney, with more than 800 other financial advice specialists. Almost all in attendance were very positive about our economic futures, with shipping traffic jams unravelling, globally very high employment numbers, borders reopened and the world becoming vaccinated, regardless of rising interest rates and inflation. […]
Connecting people and property: Anthony Deyn
The London real estate scene is a trial by fire scenario. The pace is fast, agents don’t work in teams, open homes just aren’t a thing, and agents have to be prepared to show eight parties through a home in a day. Only the excellent survive, and only the truly extraordinary have huge […]







