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Metro Wine Awards 2025

The 50 best wines to drink this summer and in the year ahead.

Beyond Eggs on Toast

These tasty breakfasts transcend the norms of Auckland cafe culture.

Change Nothing

A morning at the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy King Milutin in Pt Chevalier.

Pot Luck — Friday 6 September

with thanks to Atomic Coffee Roasters

The 2 selves of 3 Body Problem’s Jess Hong

JEAN TENG talks to JESS HONG about 3 Body Problem, her two selves and what might be her notable first.

Home Sweet Home

We’re a nation of lolly lovers. But what makes a killer candy — and why are we so obsessed?

Pot Luck — Friday 20 September

with thanks to Atomic Coffee Roasters

Going to seed

A landlord introduces a needy flatmate.

A Night at the Dairy

Pies and politics, hockey sticks and police — eight hours on a Friday night at a Karangahape Rd dairy.

Pot Luck — Friday 26 July

With thanks to Atomic Coffee Roasters

Stubborn Memory

Travels through the long history and present-day streets of Armenia.

Snail Soup

Intensely scented noodles at Julie’s Rice Noodles on Dominion Rd.

Lost my Heart in Māoriland

A weekend at an international indigenous film festival.

Metro Eats! — Friday 4 August

Fast Food Special!

Metro Eats! — Friday 18 August

Stadium food, a new wine bar, a new Daily Bread, and what's good this week in food.

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.

The Prodigal Son.

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is back!

Vanishing Tablecloths

What’s going on in the world of dégustation menus and silver service? As the cost-of-living crisis bites, the kinds of restaurants that have classically been the beacon of the food world have been forced to evolve.

Cazador

854 Dominion Rd, Balmoral

Baduzzi

10-26 Jellicoe St, Waterfront

Welfare BBQ Meats

29 Aviemore Dr, Highland Park, Highland Park

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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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