Check out our Northern sights
Amazing wine, arts, shopping and sculpture are all within 20 to 60 minutes drive from Christchurch City. North Canterbury is well known to many for the wide range of recreational opportunities it offers, its winery cellar doors and restaurants and its welcoming heartland towns. Visitors are welcome whether just passing though or staying […]
Cold as ice: Cryo System
Applying cold or ice is an accepted treatment for many injuries and ailments. The cold constricts blood vessels and decreases circulation to the area, helping alleviate pain, inflammation and reduce swelling. These principles are applied in a more advanced and time-efficient way by a process called cryotherapy, available in Christchurch at Cryo System. […]
Made for the elements: ECCO Shoes
A bold new statement sneaker is setting a fast pace across the country. Sneaker lovers can now make a giant step forward with this favourite form of footwear thanks to ECCO Outdoor and its new BIOM 2.0 range. From the urban to the suburban jungle, to nature, the BIOM 2.0 sets the scene […]
Creating with passion
Best known among the brides and bridesmaids of Christchurch, Stacey Banfield is paving the way for young women in business and showing what a whole lot of talent and passion looks like. Metropol chats to her about her journey so far. An incredibly talented make-up artist by trade, Stacey’s creativity is not limited […]
Whitebait time again: Purple Weka Cafe
An indelible part of being a Kiwi, for some the first whitebait patty of the year takes on the significance that the first Easter egg does for others. They’re not known as ‘white gold’ for nothing – swimming upstream from the sea in the Spring, these tiny slivers of deliciousness are our taonga, […]
Spiked pink coconut lemonade
Ingredients 2 cups ice 3/4 cup vodka 1/3 cup lime juice 1/3 cup cranberry juice 1/4 cup Malibu Soda water Lemon or lime to garnish Handful of mint leaves to garnish Handful of frozen berries to garnish Method Add the ice, vodka, lime juice, cranberry juice and Malibu to a pitcher and muddle […]
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