Construction of the city’s new stadium remains on budget and on track to open in April 2026. With six months until the city’s new stadium opens its doors, the roof is finished, and the landscaping works are coming along in leaps and bounds. Christchurch City Council project director Kent Summerfield says the last […]
At age 18, Jake Bailey was told he could be dead within two weeks from the fastest-growing cancer known to man. Days later, he delivered his end-of-year speech at Christchurch Boys’ High School. The video went viral. Today, at the 10-year anniversary of that watershed experience, he talks to Metropol deputy editor Tamara […]
No-one can pretend it hasn’t been a tough couple of years but finally the green shoots of a genuine recovery are at last on the horizon. If 2024’s mantra was ‘survive to 2025’, this year’s has felt more like ‘survive 2025’. It’s been another grind for many businesses – costs rising, margins tightening, […]
