Word nerd Tom Sainsbury
Comedian, actor, writer, filmmaker, 80s mum or ward nurse carbon copy – Tom Sainsbury knows how to tell a story. Thanks to Kath & Kim, French and Saunders, and The Office, the comedy star shared with us his satirical sense of humour, and we’ve all been merrier for it. He chats with Metropol […]
Mother of fashion: Dame Pieter Stewart
Dame Pieter Stewart founded New Zealand Fashion Week in 2001 – an event that would revolutionise the local industry and become a creative benchmark. She tells Metropol editor Nina Tucker of its evolution and the satisfaction that comes from watching what she built succeed without her. These days, Dame Pieter Stewart spends less […]
Power, purpose, & the gift of midlife: Petra Bagust & Niki Bezzant
Midlife gets a bad rap – often portrayed as a slow descent into elastic waistbands and forgetting why you walked into a room. Television personality Petra Bagust and acclaimed journalist Niki Bezzant tell Metropol deputy editor Tamara Pitelen that finding yourself in your fifties might be the best chapter yet. Midlife is a […]
Read or rust: Novelist Kate De Goldi says books are critical to our wellbeing in an AI age
Award-winning author and Aotearoa’s new Te Awhi Rito reading ambassador Kate De Goldi says our brains are under siege – by screens, algorithms, and the distraction of ever-pinging phones. The WORD Festival guest tells Metropol deputy editor Tamara Pitelen that the solution is beautifully simple: sustained reading to rebuild attention, empathy and imagination, […]
The rapid rise of rugby’s Jorja Miller
At four years old, Black Fern Jorja Miller was already charging around a rugby field with her older brother. Two decades later, she tells Metropol deputy editor Tamara Pitelen that she is chasing down Olympic medals, World Cups, and a total overhaul of how we think about women’s rugby. Jorja Miller may now […]
Miriama’s mahi: We chat with Miriama Kamo
Miriama Kamo might just be our next mother of the nation – at the least the closest we’ve got to Mother Earth. Metropol editor Nina Tucker catches up with the multimedia journalist and sustainability savvy maven. Much has changed for Miriama Kamo since Sunday, the current affairs show she anchored, fell over in […]
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