Matilda’s mental health movement
On 29 November at Rolleston’s Foster Park, Matilda Green will be one of thousands attempting to break the world record for the largest high intensity interval training (HIIT) class ever – raising awareness and funds for mental health. The media personality talks to Metropol editor Nina Tucker about HIIT for Hope, motherhood, and […]
Afterlife hotline. Inside the life of a Kiwi psychic medium.
With a two-year waiting list, Rangiora-based Jacqueline Mitchell is one of New Zealand’s most in-demand psychic mediums. She talks to deputy editor Tamara Pitelen about life with dead people. I have a ghost in my house. This didn’t come as a big shock, to be honest. Weird things have been happening since we […]
Survivorship: Stylist Jessie Kirk on facing breast cancer
Jessie Kirk received a career-defining Fashion Quarterly content creator of the year award and a stage 2 breast cancer diagnosis within just a few weeks of each other. The fashion personality, and our cover shoot stylist, shares her story with Metropol editor Nina Tucker. What does bravery look like? If you’re Jessie Kirk, […]
Best dressed: Racing fashion queen Gemma Kirk
Countless contestants. Thousands of dollars. One sash. Cantabrian Gemma Kirk knows just how fierce the racing fashion industry can be. This year, the current holder of Addington Raceway’s best dressed returns on the judging panel of The Crossing’s Fashion Competition, and shares her journey to judging with Metropol editor Nina Tucker ahead of […]
Queen of the screens: Antonia Prebble
Beloved actress across Australasia, mother, podcaster, and two-time charity ambassador, Antonia Prebble has earned a platform she now uses to give back. Metropol editor Nina Tucker caught up with the Outrageous Fortune and Westside star ahead of her role emceeing for Breast Cancer Cure’s Fashion for a Cure charity event in October. When […]
Sweet like chocolate: Sarah Adams of Queen Anne
In 2025, Christchurch company Queen Anne Chocolates is celebrating its 100th birthday. Owned by the granddaughter of one of New Zealand’s most iconic bakers, Ernest Adams, Sarah Adams tells Metropol deputy editor Tamara Pitelen about this hard-won milestone. The year is 1921, and a bright-eyed, young Ernest Adams is striding up Tuam Street […]
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