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Pot Luck — 31 January 2025

The (Ominous) Year of the Snake + Treats + Vintage Wine from the Archives

Metro Arts — Wednesday 19 February

Welcome + A Curious Evening + An Indie Primer

A Dimming Light

The increasingly dire state of Aotearoa’s arts criticism.

Pot Luck — Friday 19 July

With thanks to Atomic Coffee Roasters

Pot Luck — Friday 26 July

With thanks to Atomic Coffee Roasters

Metro Top 50 Restaurants of the Year 2024

Here are the best 50 restaurants in Auckland, and the finalists for Metro's Restaurant of the Year. Presented by Stella Artois.

Campari Icons 2024 — CALLUM, Parasol & Swing

Metro X Campari

Hard to Recommend

In 2021, a website called Narrative Muse created a stir in the arts community after receiving $500,000 from the government. SAM BROOKS talks to the platform’s co-CEO about what, if anything, it has achieved since then.

Open for Business

An impressive debut novel from a writer standing out from the IIML pack.

Sweet Somethings

Remembered sweetness is the best sweetness.

Pot Luck — Friday 28 June

The Metro Dining Newsletter

The House that Serato Built

Mariah Carey sings about it and Eminem raps about it, yet few New Zealanders had heard of Serato, the Auckland-based DJ software empire, until the Commerce Commission began investigating its sale. How did the notoriously private company end up making global headlines? Chris Schultz knocked on Serato’s door to find out.

Metro Eats! — Friday 28 July

Jean's dream restaurant and more!

Metro Eats! — Friday 21 July

Festival dining szn + WIN a Dolce and Gabbana Moka Pot!

Uneasy Money: Under the Hammer

In the third of a series on the ways arts are funded in Aotearoa, we look at the secondary market — fine art auctions, the new resale royalty and the commercialisation of taonga.

Metro Eats! — Friday 17 March

Presented with Support from Tuatara!

Pot Luck — Friday 9 February

née Metro Eats.

UPROAR — Awokening

A new, darkly comic take on the Springbok tour protests with an obligatory happy ending.

Little Bird Kitchen

Cnr Summer St & Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby

Bar Magda

25B Cross St, Newton

Taisumyun

30 Pearn Pl, Northcote, Northcote

Sue Hsiao Liu Handmade Dim Sum

4 Lorne St, Central City, Central city

Sum Made

11 Davies Drive, Albany

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Metro N°446 is Out Now

In the Autumn 2025 issue of Metro: Cheap Eats is back with the top 50 places to eat in Auckland for under $25. Delight your eyes with a bumper Contemporary Art Special including Emma McIntyre, Ann Shelton, Greer Twiss, Areez Katki, Bob Harvey's memories of The McCahon House parties and a scooter-load of reviews from Sam Te Kani. PLUS: The fall of David Grr, the recovery of Golriz Ghahraman, Anna Rankin spends an afternoon at St Lukes Foodcourt, Metro meets Awful Food Reviews and more!

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