A change in tactics

  The Good Oil Tactix have had an exciting albeit challenging run in the 2021 ANZ premiership, and as they head into the final round it is crunch time. Georgia Summerton chats with head coach Marianne Delaney-Hoshek about the team’s performance so far, bouncing back from challenges and what, in her eyes, motivation boils down […]

Seasonal wellbeing made easy

The seasonal shift to autumn is in full swing, and with it brings chillier mornings, darker evenings, and the looming flu season. If all these changes are making you glum, Metropol looks at ways to help you stay on top of your wellbeing. So while the leaves are turning red and orange; you’re not feeling […]

Good sports

A $2 million government cash injection to upgrade the Hagley Sports Centre will cater for a wide range of sporting codes, and likely be named after cricket legend, Sir Richard Hadlee.     The public can now provide comments to the council on the proposed multi-use sports centre to replace the current Hagley Sports Centre […]

Beating the Odds

Lisa Tamati has lived her life beating the odds, never letting anything stand in her way.     So when an aneurysm and stroke left Lisa’s mum Isobel with severe brain damage at the age of 74, the ultramarathon runner approached rehabilitation in the same way she approached some of the world’s most gruelling races. […]

Simple but elegant

When you’ve driven every Mitsubishi over the course of a year, one thing seems to be constant – simplicity, despite this simplicity, every vehicle from the Triton to the Pajero is packed to the brim with everything you need from a modern vehicle.     The Pajero Sport is no different. This seven-seater has loads […]