Your E-bike destination: E-Mega Store

Bicycles stacked walls to rafters, a web of pedals and tires. Brands, shelves, tools, and gadgets you never knew you needed. Welcome to your everyday bicycle store. The E-Mega Store layout mirrors that of a vehicle showroom with glass sliding doors and lofty ceilings. You can physically walk in between every bike at […]

From the editor: 9 June 2022

Democracy One of the many joys of living in New Zealand is that it is a democracy. A simple definition of democracy is government by the people, or rather a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people, and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation, […]

Taking a new path

Christchurch Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner’s decision to exit local body politics at this year’s October elections surprised many. Metropol editor Lynda Papesch looks back on his career and at his path ahead. Taking time out to enjoy life is at the forefront of Andrew Turner’s thoughts these days. After October, Christchurch’s deputy mayor […]

Expanding our universe

A University of Canterbury student is rocketing from her lectures and labs into the American aerospace industry this year after she won a prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship. The only New Zealander and first person from the Southern Hemisphere to become a fellow, Jennifer Berry has already started her fourth year studying engineering at […]

Life is a cabaret

Described as a unique floorshow experience of song, dance and cirque acts, mixed with a sprinkle of delightful tongue-in-cheek items, Cabaret Einhundert (the word Einhundert translates to 100) celebrates 100 years of music, spanning eras from the 20s and 30s through to today. By the Silhouette Academy on June 18 and 19, it […]