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5 trending cake flavours: Halswell Bakery

What’s a cake flavour your wedding guests are sure to love? Family-owned and locally-loved, Halswell Bakery knows just how crucial your wedding cake is, from flavour to finish. Years of experience honing her cake-making craft, owner Ruth Buckley and her team combine skill with culinary flair for the one of your dreams. From […]

Do me a favour: Duffle & Co. – Whistle & Pop

From engraved jewellery as wedding favours to initialled travel bags, weddings bring plenty of opportunities for personalised giving. Make it personal From matching duffles or tote bags to honeymoon luggage, Duffle & Co’s Make It Personal service adds a name, date, anniversary, or initials laser engraved on your travel bags for the ultimate […]

Instant style. What to buy. Where to buy it. The Crossing

Editor’s picks: The wedding guest wardrobe No matter how joyful a day it is, the first emotion that washes over me pre-wedding is panic: what will I wear, where can I buy it. I don’t want to be worrying about my wardrobe while my friends prepare to say ‘I do’. I break my […]

Hen or stag?: Serve Social

Organising your best friend’s big send off? Don’t herd cats across town, says Serve Social founder and ultimate fun guy Logan McMillan. If you’ve got the wedding party, his St Asaph Street venue has the laughs. FOR THE HENS The Game Show Glam package PLAY: Star in your own private hosted Game Show […]

Surviving the unsurvivable: Sheena Hemens

In the space of a few weeks, Christchurch businesswoman Sheena Hemens lost her business, her relationship, her home and, worst of all, her daughter. She sat down with Metropol deputy editor Tamara Pitelen to reveal how she endured and why she now speaks openly about grief and resilience. “Losing a child, or any […]