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Do more Spider-Men Make a Better Spider-Man Movie?
Spider-man has a Spider-Man problem. Spider-people breed like, well, spiders I guess, and are starting to infest their own films with too many of themselves. Someone in a boardroom seems to believe this is a […]
EV Maritime: Pioneering the Electric Ferry Revolution
Electric vehicles are becoming the new norm on land, and now EV Maritime has emerged as a leader of the transition to cleaner transportation on water. The brainchild of NZ innovator Michael Eaglen, EV Maritime […]
The Best and Weirdest Tech From CES 2024
CES 2024 recently gave us a window into all the new consumer tech heading our way, and I have some bad news. If you were planning on doing a drinking game where you took a […]
Style
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Green – Keeping You In Touch With Nature Wherever You May Be
Green, it’s the lushness of forests, the earliest buds of spring, a colour synonymous with life, growth, and renewal. It symbolizes health and prosperity, making it a universal colour of positivity and hope. From the […]
Dior Has Reimagined the Californian Dream
There’s something about California that has etched itself into the psyche of Western culture as kind of a dreamlike destination. We can of course go back to the early Westward US settler migration, but California […]
Style Essentials This May/June 2024
Frame and Function Sunglasses and opticals serve a very important function in terms of how we see the world, but of course the frames we choose impacts how the world sees us. Just ask Clark […]
Driving Pleasure
Unleashing the New BMW X7
The BMW X7 has arrived at Auckland City BMW and East Auckland BMW, and it is the latest and most imposing addition to BMW’s lineup. But it’s not just big on being big, it’s also […]
BMW i4: A New Platform for A New Future
There’s been a lot of anticipation for BMW’s new all-electric Gran Coupe, the i4, but it’s now here and available at Auckland City BMW and East Auckland BMW. This new addition to BMW’s lineup is […]
BMW i4: A New Platform for A New Future
There’s been a lot of anticipation for BMW’s new all-electric Gran Coupe, the i4, but it’s now here and available at Auckland City BMW and East Auckland BMW. This new addition to BMW’s lineup is […]
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Fine Whisky To Experience In Every Sense
As a kid; whenever I heard the word ‘scenario’ I could taste baked beans like I’d just put a forkful in my mouth. Plus, whenever I saw a car painted in any shiny metallic colour […]
(Dinner) Party Like It’s New Year All Over Again
New Year; the absolute best time of year where we can celebrate getting rid of the last one – or revisit the highlights if it was a real goodie – and welcome in the exciting […]
Unleash the Stag The Dalmore 21 Year-Old 2023 Edition
Founded in 1839 on the windswept banks of the Cromarty Firth in the Scottish Highlands, The Dalmore has been quietly crafting liquid gold for over 180 years but this year’s highlight is the crown jewel […]
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7 Luxury Bunkers To Survive The Apocalypse In
Things are heating up in Europe. While people in the UK rush out to buy iodine tablets to band aid over the nuclear apocalypse, preppers the world over are making sure they have enough tins […]
Top of the Line Watches for The Year of the Dragon
As we celebrate the year of the Dragon, horologists around the world are putting their master craftsmen to work making the most intricate dragon themed timepieces they can muster. Being born in the year of […]
Buy The First Bob Ross
Bob Ross, the friend of stoners, 80s housewives, and people just looking to destress and make some nice little paintings, has sky rocketed in popularity in recent years. As people look for ways to unwind […]
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The Magic Of The 2021 Rolls-Royce Black Badge Cullinan
On my way to Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Auckland in Newmarket, I was making a mental note of road widths, corner angles, gradients and traffic, mapping out a safe route for my test drive with the […]
The Man Shaping Future Of One Of The World’s Oldest Luxury Brands
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars are in part famous because of what is hidden away underneath their car’s famous handcrafted exteriors; powerful, uncompromising internal combustion engines with a V12 being the common choice. But Rolls-Royce Motor Cars […]
Blue Shadow: A Bespoke Journey to the Edge of Space
Imagine for a moment, the earliest of prehistoric times, when our ancestors sat around the glow of a campfire and stared up at the mesmerising dance of stars in the night sky. As they […]
The Mystery of OMEGA’s Seamaster Planet Ocean 6000M Ultra Deep
What does it take to navigate the vast, enigmatic recesses of the world’s deepest ocean trenches? Courage, an adventurous spirit and a touch of insanity are undoubtedly key. Yet, an equally integral part of this […]
The Watches That Have Defined Daniel Craig’s Bond
Daniel Craig has been swearing that he’ll never do another Bond since 2015, he said he’d “rather slash my wrists” than do another Bond movie. But here he is, wrists intact. In fact throughout his […]
Guardians Of The Deep
OMEGA, has been ticking all the right boxes for style, precision, and innovation for close to 200 years. Renowned for playing ‘timekeeper’ at the Olympics and for mingling with the likes of James Bond, […]
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Te Mata Estate Coleraine – So THIS Is What Perfection Tastes Like!
So how really do you define ‘perfection’? Well, it depends on what you’re looking at. In mathematics you can have a ‘perfect’ number which is a numeral equal to the sum of all its divisors […]
It Was A Very Good Year
When I was 17, it was a very good year It was a very good year for small town girls And soft summer nights We’d hide from the lights On the village green When I […]
Get the Latest Coleraine Vintage Before It Sells Out
Te Mata Estate makes some fantastic vintages. Last year we recommended the Coleraine ’21, and it has since subsequently sold out (according to their site right now). Available March 1st is the Coleraine ’22, which […]
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ECOVACS Proves AI Is Really About Freedom
Go on any social media feed and it won’t be long before you stumble across some prophet of doom loudly proclaiming; ‘Artificial Intelligence is here! The world is over! Cue the Terminators to march […]
All The Weird And Wonderful Tech Dropping This Spring
CyberTrucks are a thing of the present Despite a somewhat goofy reveal in 2019 resulting in a broken windscreen, Elon Musk’s Cybertruck has developed a cult following not limited to those of us here at […]
Bringing Home Robotics Into the 21st Century
Back when I was a kid the idea of robots helping around the house was limited to the Jetsons. It was a pipe dream of the future. At around this same time a small […]
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Air New Zealand’s Electric Aviation Revolution
Air New Zealand has just charted a more sustainable course for delivering cargo by partnering with Beta Technologies to introduce the ALIA electric aircraft to the fleet. The ALIA electric aircraft, a brainchild of Beta […]
An iPhone Case with a Rolex Attached? Why Not?
Have you bought an iPhone 14 Pro and worry that it isn’t the status symbol it once was? Never fear, now you can put it in a case that makes it practically unusable, but incredibly […]
Gamers Rejoice: The Pro X Line Is now Complete
An issue or two ago we reviewed the Logitech Pro X 2 Lightspeed headset (spoiler alert it’s pretty great). Now the Pro X line has been expanded further with the Logitech G Pro X TKL […]
Best Kept Secrets
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I Spy the Secret to Making Great Wine
‘I see the western wheat fields dry out – sometimes.’ ‘The Pink Oboe floats downriver pleasantly.’ Confused? You’re supposed to be! Covert agents are given clandestine phrases and counter phrases to utter when meeting other […]
Bond Under the Hammer – All the Moore for Me
Later this year in October parts of the late Roger Moore’s private bond collection will be going under the hammer. As the fourth actor to play Bond, Moore brought the spy to life in Live […]
The Secret to Entertaining Success? Awesome Finger Food!
The secret to being a great entertainer is easy – just serve good finger food. That’s all there is to it. (Although not letting the office jazz bore anywhere near the Spotify playlist will help […]
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Own The House From Lethal Weapon 2
The Garcia House, also known as the Rainbow House or otherwise that really cool house in Lethal Weapon 2, is a modernist masterpiece designed by renowned architect John Lautner and maybe it could be yours. […]
All The Movies to Catch this March-April 2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 28 March Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) finally gets the respect he deserves as he returns alongside Dan Aykroyd to lead the new team of Ghostbusters following their first outting in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Finn […]
Aston Martin is Always at an Advantage
Aston Martin, by far, has become one of the world’s most sought-after car brands. Thanks to the James Bond franchise, owning one of their illustrious cars offers a sense of sophistication, elegance and class. We […]
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Disappeared Into The Void
Built almost 4,500 years ago during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the Great Pyramid of Giza is possibly the most well-known man-made structure in the world. Consisting of an estimated 2.3 […]
What Motivated Billionaires to Become Entrepreneurs
What makes billionaires tick? It seems like such a simple question but everyone has drivers making them do what they do. Some are motivated purely by numbers and money going up, others are passionate about […]
ACG Schools: A Cut above… Again.
ACG Schools have once again achieved student outcomes that place them amongst the world’s best. ACG Schools, New Zealand’s largest independent school group has long been the gold standard for academic achievement – but their […]
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Rise of the Boomerang CEO
In our last issue, we published a quote from Bob Chapek about leadership in our success section. By the time you were reading it, his head was rolling and Bob Iger was retaking his throne […]
Change Up: Disrupting The Global Financial World From New Zealand
In the vast and murky landscape of blockchain technology, crypto and fiat currency movements a New Zealand company is working on a new era of financial empowerment for everyday users through their innovative platform, […]
The Return of the FOMO
Over the last couple of years, economists have been able to sum up the sentiment of the New Zealand property market with a couple of simple acronyms. Last year we had good old FOMO (fear […]
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Waitiri Creek: Time To Check Out A Classic From The Library
If you are like me, a ‘library’ is a place where you cooled your heels after school until your parent(s) had finished work and could come and pick you up. I remember the library I […]
Mastering Success
Becoming a Master Sommelier is an intense and exacting process that very few people achieve. Cameron Douglas is New Zealand’s first and only Master Sommelier, a dedicated professional wine and beverage expert. Cameron is well […]
The Transcendence Of Terroir
Recently I went to the Central Otago region for a new vehicle launch and a couple of my colleagues were very excited – and not just about driving the new car: ‘Oo, when we get […]