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A Day In The Life of Auckland

What do people do all day? Metro set out to chart the community fabric of Tāmaki Makaurau and the rhythms of isthmus life over one ordinary day — Wednesday, 30 October 2024 — from dawn till dusk.

Metro Arts — Wednesday 19 February

Welcome + A Curious Evening + An Indie Primer

Murray Crane

Menswear designer MURRAY CRANE — who celebrated 25 years of Crane Brothers this year — wouldn’t want to work for himself.

Pot Luck — 14 February 2025

What's love got to do with it + School lunch sadness + Strawberries!

Pot Luck — 31 January 2025

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

Ūkaipō

A new multi-discipline creative space in uptown Tāmaki Makaurau run by mother and daughter CAT RUKA and LUCIA DAVISON.

Jack Tame

In 2019, we profiled JACK TAME as he left upbeat breakfast television for the murkier waters of in-depth political interviewing on Q&A. Half a decade later, we catch up on the state of politics and the nation.

Moonshots

In an old woolshed down a Parnell side street, a group of mad scientists work to change the future. Can their high-wire attempts succeed? Only time, money and a large amount of luck will tell.

Innovation Celebration

The Lexus Design Award’s mission of celebrating bold, purposeful innovation made us feel hopeful about the future. If this is where design is headed, count us in.

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.

Home Sweet Home

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

Sweet Somethings

Remembered sweetness is the best sweetness.

Artists Who Eat — brunelle dias

Sam Low and Jean Teng of Ate Ate Ate in conversation with brunelle dias

Wooden Heart

Priscilla, from director Sophia Coppola, is one of the films of the year.

Satellites

ROSABEL TAN and EMMA NG of Satellites, an online magazine and digital archive, on connecting the the past, present and future of Asian art practice in Aotearoa

OUT OF THE TUBE

Tasting toothpastes.

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.

The Archivist : … Ah, Wilderness! Bob Harvey goes to Whatipu

A story about West Auckland. From Metro N°98, August 1989.

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Metro N°446 is Out Now

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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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