We all have our humiliations. That’s something I tell myself after I trip over nothing on the sidewalk and drop all my shopping. To be embarrassed is to be alive. But you know that one memory that has ...

In the corners of social media frequented by Māori, kai takes on a prismatic form. ‘Kai Māori’ might be defined as dishes you’d expect to find on the table in a marae wharekai, but also literally ...

Welcome back to another snack-centric edition of this newsletter! The potato chip is one of the great gastronomic loves of my life, and it is a love that is thoroughly predictable. I am devoted to a ...

Metro is thrilled to announce the Top 50 Restaurants in Tāmaki Makaurau as part of the Metro Restaurant of the Year 2024, in partnership with Stella Artois. These 50 restaurants represent the best of ...

In the Autumn 2024 issue of Metro we celebrate the best of Tāmaki Makaurau — 100 great things about life in Auckland, including our favourite florist, furniture store, cocktail, basketball court, tree ...

‘A Bloody Difficult Subject’, a new book by Bain Attwood about Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi and history’s role in shaping Aotearoa New Zealand, intends an intervention: to wean us off our addiction ...

“Can I put my number down so you can give me a call when a table’s ready?” I asked the guy at the front counter. He looked nervous and harried. It was Grand Opening Day. Hardly anyone seated had food ...

Celebrate the start of the festival with our extraordinary opening event at The Civic Wintergarden. Te Tīmatanga features a new work built within te ao Māori that intertwines dance, performance art, ...

At our annual Metro Top 50 wine tasting, it’s often the ‘alternative’ flights that are the most enjoyable and surprising. Somehow, the tasters all relax a little more and concentrate on the individual ...

When the Guardian Essential poll released its first New Zealand results in August, there were few surprises, bar one: National (at 44%) was murdering Labour (23%) in Auckland. Even adding in the Green ...

When I was growing up in the pre-deregulated 1980s, it seemed like the only restaurants Auckland had to offer were Chinese or Italian; every suburb had one of each. Up the road from my house was ...