An interview with Angela Stone
International Women’s Day was earlier this month. The stories of women succeeding in the face of adversity are still resonating worldwide; their achievements lauded and used as examples for those facing their own challenges. Metropol editor Lynda Papesch talks to one of them. New Zealand has numerous women role models. From actual models […]
Millbrook Classic
A new one-off Pro-Am golf tournament, the Millbrook Classic, will tee off at Queenstown’s Coronet 18 course and be played over the weekend of 2-3 April. The tournament aims to provide support for Kiwi professional golfers, many of whom have been adversely affected by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly with limited […]
Lifeline for struggling business owners
Haylee Wrenn has seen it all – from business owners who can’t understand why they are making a loss, to those who don’t realise they are making a profit. Some businesses are structured inefficiently, while others are too lean. Every week she speaks with someone whose mental health is severely affected by their […]
Serious fun for children all ages: Chipmunks Wigram
From tots to toddlers to pre-teens, Chipmunks Wigram is the hottest ticket in town for fun times, fabulous events and collecting treasure. The colourful playland offers a vast range of slides, swings, climbing walls and themed play areas in a temperature controlled indoor zone that is ambient and superb whatever the weather outside. […]
Adding up retirement: phwealth
Retirement is inevitable for all of us, but some are more prepared than others. The latest retirement expenditure report predicts that a couple living in Christchurch City will need $809,000 over and above NZ Super to live a retirement with “choices”. The figure reduces to $511,000 for a couple living in the regions. […]
The Influencers: Peter Townsend
Manufacturing new talent It’s no coincidence that the Parakiore Recreation and Sport Centre (Metro Sports Facility) and Te Papa Hauora (Health Precinct) are co-located and positioned close to the hospital. The Blueprint developed after the 2010/2011 Earthquakes saw merit in having a health precinct and a wellness/sports facility next to each other and […]
The Influencers: Alison Adams
Inspiring progress Kia ora Ōtautahi! This is my debut column for Metropol as the new chief executive for ChristchurchNZ, the city’s economic development agency. One of the first official duties I had the privilege of performing was welcoming all eight of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 teams just before they played […]
The Influencers: Ross Steele
Onwards and upwards Opening a convention centre, a place designed to bring people together, during the middle of a pandemic probably sounds like a bad idea. While during the pandemic, at times it has felt an uphill climb, here we are, having opened Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre and we have found the […]
The Influencers: Lianne Dalziel
Enriching our lives This year’s anniversary of the terrorist attack of 15 March 2019 leads us to the words Love, Peace & Unity – Aroha, Rangimārie and Kotahitanga. Rather than hold a remembrance service, the local Muslim community wanted to focus on these themes through Islam Awareness Week leading up to, and Unity […]
From the editor: 3 March 2022
Marching on Almost a quarter of the way through 2022, and already many aspects of life as we know it have changed, once again. Change is not necessarily a bad thing and there are many ways to adapt to it and even take advantage of it. History and nature have shown us time […]
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