M2 Magazine – December 2025 Issue
Playing Footsies With The Original Playstation
Do you want to feel real old? The PlayStation 1 is now 30 years old. To celebrate, Reebok, the king of 90s culture has generated an exclusive range of region-specific sneakers to honour their combined […]
The Biggest Leveraged Buyout Ever
EA Games, publisher of Battlefield, Apex Legends, The Sims, Fifa and every other sports game you’ve ever played recently agreed to be acquired for US$55 billion, the second largest industry buyout ever. It sits behind […]
Fashion: Monti Castello, French Cinema And Rugby Nostalgia
He Blue It At the Fifth Annual Academy Museum Gala in October the fits were good, and a number were spotted in Prada. Our favourite goes to Damson Idris who wore a PRADA light blue […]
Time Pieces
Watches and Wonders 2024: A. Lange & Sohne
DATOGRAPH UP/DOWN To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their first chronographic movements A. Lange & Söhne is adding two very special editions of the DATOGRAPH to their portfolio. The first of which is this stunning […]
Mastery Over Sapphire: The Big Bang Unico Water Blue Sapphire
Hublot was in a celebratory mood at Watches & Wonders. This year marked the 20th anniversary of their Big Bang models, which featured heavily with new faces and colourways. Perhaps the most exclusive piece they […]
Mastery Over Sapphire: The A. Lange & Söhne Minute Repeater Perpetual
In a world of loud and proud watches with skeletal intricate designs A. Lange & Söhne bring a refreshing classism to the table in the form of the Minute Repeater Perpetual, a mechanical wonder. I […]
M2 AI Summit
The Talent Needed Fill The AI Skill Gap
Anna Mowbray, co-founder of Zuru and current CEO and founder of the job marketplace startup ZEIL has gone from being at the top of a sector to a startup. When asked why she didn’t choose […]
AI And Mining… Actual Mining
Mining veteran Bill Haylock delivered a keynote that delved into the intertwined connection between AI and the mining industry. “AI is science, right? It’s part of the science gig,” Haylock began, drawing parallels between past […]
Quantum Leap
As Chair and Director at Virtual Blue, Dr. Peter Catt is not just talking about the future, he’s building it. With a doctorate in applied computing, a private pilot’s licence, and a curiosity that spans […]
Sheer Driving Pleasure
Charge Your Drive with the BMW iX
Luxury, innovation and sustainability are hard things to achieve individually, let alone in balance. Somehow though the BMW iX does just that. This revolutionary electric SUV is now available at Auckland City BMW and East […]
This Limited Edition BMW Shattered My Expectations
From the moment you push the red start stop button you know you are in for a treat. I’ve driven a limited edition M3 (E92 4L V8 DCT) so I had high expectations. My expectations […]
The Power Of The Unknown In Business And Life
Some of the greatest opportunities in life come from stepping out of the comfort zone and taking a wild leap into the unknown. BMW Group New Zealand Managing Director Karol Abrasowicz-Madej has defined his life […]
Cars
2025 G63 G Wagen – More Than a Letter
The G wagen is beautiful brick, barely changed in appearance since 1979. Scarcely a more iconic vehicle on the planet, it’s now a cultural icon, the ultimate gangster whip, while gracing the pages of luxury […]
The Ultimate Boss Car – Mercedes-AMG SL 63 Roadster
The SL has long been Mercedes ultimate Boss car. It’s lineage is as long as it is storied, with the 300 SL being near universally hailed as one of the greatest cars ever made, contributing […]
Power a plenty: Corvettes Stingray, Z06, and E-Ray
The Chevrolet Corvette is an icon of American motoring, with a rich legacy of performance, innovation, and racing heritage. Yet the brand is little known in New Zealand due to the previous lack of right-hand […]
Fashion
Cut From a Different Cloth
We’re not saying denim is having a comeback, because it never left. But every now and then, a store arrives that reminds you what the whole obsession was about in the first place. Tucked into […]
Steal Bob Dylan’s Look
Timothée Chalamet isn’t the only one getting to swan around looking like Bob Dylan in Searchlight Pictures’ A Complete Unknown. Now we’re all able to get a slice of the action thanks to a collaboration […]
The Dynamo6 Effect
When Igor Matich arrived in New Zealand as a 14-year-old immigrant from war-torn Croatia, he didn’t speak English, didn’t know anyone, and had no idea what the future held. But what he did have was […]
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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 […]
Summer On Rails
Embark on a journey through Australia’s beating heart aboard The Ghan, a train as legendary as the land it traverses. This isn’t just a means to get from Darwin to Alice Springs; it’s an expedition […]
Versace For the Winners Circle
The best way to earn yourself a little prestige is by associating yourself with success, with winners, maybe a little dash of fame and beauty can’t hurt either. Versace had the Oscars this year on […]
Drink
Shaking the Can for a Martini
If you’ve ever had a cocktail from Batched Premium Cocktails before then you already know these guys have a pretty great range of curated small batch cocktails made with premium ingredients. Usually contained within 725ml […]
Making it Suntory Time For 100 Years
When it comes to Japanese Whisky there’s none more iconic than Suntory. It’s been a house of innovation, constantly reinventing itself for several generations as it marks its 100th anniversary. It’s become known for it’s […]
Your Backyard Needs A Bespoke Micropub
The days of the mancave are played out. Now is the time of the tiny Irish pub. Look out at your lawn, would you like to not have to mow a couple more meters of […]
Success
Grounded in focus: Liam Lawson on Focus, Kiwi Mentality, and the Baku Challenge
Formula 1 is an octane and ego fuelled sport, so that makes New Zealand driver Liam Lawson a breath of pretence-free, humble air. In the days before the Visa Cash App RB driver prepared for […]
What to Expect From Early Retirement
I’m sorry to say that early retirement will cause you to have feelings. A lot of them. Many of the feelings are good—freedom, joy, contentment, gratitude, excitement—but you don’t need help navigating those. Let’s talk […]
25 Years of Laughter
25 years ago, John Bishop stumbled into the brown-bricked Frog & Bucket Comedy Club on Oldham Street in Manchester on a Monday night, slightly depressed after divorcing his then-wife and looking for something to do. […]
Man Made
Live In Post-Apocalyptic Luxury In This Classy Bunker
While some of us above ground plebs have been trying to figure out where to keep that extra pasta, flour and toilet paper we had been psychologically triggered into stocking up with, a Kyiv-based architecture […]
The Architects Designing Habitable Zones on Mars
Architecture-studio, Abiboo, have recently revealed their little slice of Paradise…on Mars. Set within some grand cliff on the planet’s red surface, the city—named Nüwa—has been imagined as being completely self-sustaining and could house up to […]
The Lotus Eletre R
Photography by Jake Hoare The Lotus Eletre is enormous, vast, and that there’s nothing else quite like it. It’s kind of taken the sports SUV and put it on a course of aggressive body sculpting […]
Innovation
The Fashion Pieces You Need This Autumn
Monti Castello – Winter Wool Nailing the new casual look can be tricky. Direct from Italy, Monti Castello has the ultimate accessory to elevate your style this Autumn. A limited cameo collection of designs is […]
Ep.52 – Building A Passion Out Of A Business
Ash Parmar has been in the liquor business for over 14 years and over those years, Ash and his family have built up a high performing retail business. The road hasn’t been easy though, hours […]
Lachlan Nixon: Betting on the Future
Despite what some global political figures might suggest right now, the urgency of climate change has never been more acute. While there has traditionally been inertia when it comes to capital support for those working […]
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