GiveMeBread

Fabulous Food Delivery: GiveMeBread

Print this story Local food delivery company GiveMeBread not only delivers fresh, hot restaurant meals straight to your door but will soon be able to drop off your favourite liquor.     Partnered with more than 80 top restaurants in Christchurch since the company launched a year ago, another 15-30 eateries will be available to […]

The Bog

Twentieth birthday bonanza: The Bog

Print this story The Bog began its legendary history as the home of the Irish in February 1999 on Cashel Street, where the Guinness flowed and the craic was mighty.     The Bog is known worldwide for the best pint of Guinness in town, traditional Irish music, friendly staff and hearty food.  Not long […]

Buckle-Up

Buckle-Up

Print this story Belts are an accessory with multiple benefits – to complement, contrast, cinch, shape and wrap. Designed to hold things together literally, the belt is now taking a more metaphoric approach to this task.       Every fashion era has had a belt to match and they’re coming back as a leading […]

Why buy when you can hire?

Why buy when you can hire?

Print this story Ever needed a tool just for the one job? Have you wanted to ‘try before you buy’? Or perhaps you simply don’t have room in your garage for anything else. Hiring might just be the sustainable, sensible and cost effective option for you.     When it comes to items that require […]

Donna Monk

A family vibe: Elmswood Retirement Village

Print this story Donna Monk is the Sales Consultant for Elmswood Retirement Village. Donna tells us why she loves the village and her role there.       Donna, why is Elmswood special? It has a soul and a personality of its own. The buildings are well-established and the gardens are just stunning – there’s […]

Metropol Editor Melinda Collins

Editor’s Perspective: 14th Feb 2019 Issue

Print this story “Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind” Dale Carnegie   The extraordinarily talented Yale-educated actor Jodie Foster once admitted in an interview with 60 Minutes that she suffers ‘Imposter Syndrome’; that regardless of whether she was walking onto the college campus for the first time or accepting her Oscar, she felt […]

Archibalds Motors

A high-performance rebuild: Archibalds Motors

Print this story One of the most highly respected vehicle brands globally, Porsche has long represented luxury in its high-performance sports cars.     So not surprising then that Archibalds Motors would seek to capture these same elements in its new Porsche showroom in the city, the delivery of which was tasked to award-winning Map […]

Karen Walker

Karen Walker gets the sartorial edge

Print this story Karen Walker designs have always had a bit of edge. Described once as the “consummate collision of attitude and aptitude”, Walker has added a more literal edge to her latest collection, Bad Apple.     Inspired by a day at an orchard in Upstate New York, the new ready-to-wear collection is marked […]

Dot Smith

Her home, her castle: Q&A with Dot Smith

Print this story As a child, she dreamed of living in her very own castle. Some fifty plus years later, after decades of hard toil, Dot Smith, Queen of Riverstone Castle in Oamaru, finally realised that dream.       When did you decide to fulfil your childhood dream of having your own castle? The […]

Meet the Chef

Meet the Chef: Q&A with Chef Hamish Watt

Print this story Christchurch is in the enviable position of having some extraordinary options when it comes to eating out. The Crowne Plaza is one such spot in the figurative and literal heart of the city.   Metropol catches up with Crowne Plaza Executive Chef Hamish Watt to discuss his tips of the trade, the […]