Triex

A finger on the pulse: Life savings skills made fun and enjoyable

A first aid course that’s fun, unique and engaging, means those life-saving skills remain top of mind. TriEx has its finger on the pulse, offering unrivalled training. The nationwide occupational health, safety and wellness solutions company of 30 years, tailor-makes flexible group classes for companies, including industry or workplace requirements. It also operates popular day-long […]

Cutler & Co

Looking sharp for work & play: Cutler & Co’s new flagship store offers stylish and quality menswear

Christchurch’s own menswear brand, Cutler & Co, has a new flagship store. On the Colombo street-side ground floor of The Crossing, it’s offering a warm, heritage-infused winter range. Having expanded out well beyond Canterbury’s borders to premium retail stores throughout Australasia, Cutler’s clothes combine tactile, quality materials with sophisticated ease of wear. European in styling, […]

The Christchurch Art Show

A creative collection: The Christchurch Art Show has something for every kind of art lover (and those who didn’t know they liked art yet)

Art is a creative journey that is experienced differently for each of us. From the creative edge of street art, to upmarket abstract painting, no matter which way your creative taste swings, Christchurch’s largest art show is designed to have something up your artistic alley. With quality original artworks from established and emergent New Zealand […]

Sam Hayes

Dance floor diva: meet the newscaster dancing her way into our hearts in our Q&A with Sam Hayes

Sunday and Monday nights, many of us are locked to TV Three to watch some of our much-loved celebrities swing, pirouette, lunge and cha-cha their way across our screens in an attempt to become New Zealand’s heartfelt winner of Dancing with the Stars. Metropol talks to Sam Hayes about her journey from the news desk […]

Ballantynes

Homewares homecoming: Ballantynes welcomes back their beautiful homewares departments

Ballantynes has long been the haven for everything beautiful, across fashion, lifestyles and homewares. But as the main store began its rebuild along Lichfield Street post-quake, its homewares departments were temporarily relocated into new premises. A temporary building opposite the South City Mall at 520 Colombo Street was set up to house most of these […]

Ourvets

A fix for the itch: Ourvets helps Garfunkel the poodle get back to his playful self

Scratch, scratch, scratch – veterinary clinic waiting rooms are filled with itchy dogs. It is an incredibly common and frustrating problem. Now, a safe new drug has put calm back into dozens of dogs’ lives. Garfunkel poodle was so named for his puffball-head of apricot fluff. He was bouncy and energetic until around age five, […]

Winter in Ōtautahi

Spoilt for choice: Winter events to see you through to August

Winter in Ōtautahi has never looked so exciting, or enticing, as our city plays host to a myriad of events from art and theatre, to wine and babies. Talk about spoilt for choice! A PICASSO 8 – 9 June NO Productions Theatre presents Jeffrey Hatcher’s fast-paced psychological thriller at the Christchurch Art Gallery. Described in […]

The Court Theatre

Something fishy in the city: The Court Theatre’s latest comedy ‘The Biggest’ will get you laughing hook, line, and sinker

Calling all fisherfolk – it’s time to call it a day; throw the small ones back, reel in your line, remove your waders and swap your tackle for your tux, ‘cos The Court has caught the best catch yet and you don’t want to miss any of the action! Described as a small town, good […]

philanthropic endeavours

Charity starts in the city: Metropol’s guide to some of the many amazing philanthropic endeavours to watch out for in the near future

We share our city with some incredible people who put heart, mind and soul into the support of philanthropic endeavours, so much so that we couldn’t possibly hope to list them all. What we can do however, is list some of the upcoming events on the local social calendar which have been formed to support […]

Cameron Bailey

On top of the world: We chat to the number one Harcourts sales consultant in the world who just happens to be Christchurch’s very own Cameron Bailey

Cameron Bailey has been awarded the number one Harcourts sales consultant in the world and is also thrilled that the company he is part owner in has had its Papanui office announced as the top office for Harcourts out of over 800 offices globally. Metropol talks to Cameron about the 15 years of dedication behind […]