Built for Generations
Patek Philippe’s Passion for Workmanship exhibition returned to the capital for the first time in more than a decade recently, with Partridge Jewellers hosting and an evening event at Public Trust Hall alongside a menu […]
Bridging Both Brand And Need
As a kid I had a copy of the Guinness Book of Records, and a few pages were more thumbed than others: the world’s tallest man, the fastest time for running 100m and the world’s […]
Cillian Murphy: The Creator Of An Icon
When Peaky Blinders first burst onto our screens back in 2013 we hadn’t seen anything like it for yonks. After a diet of glitzy shows like Madmen, OTT spectacles like Game of Thrones and beautifully […]
Time Pieces
Astronomical Creativity
While the horological world might celebrate heritage, subtlety, tradition and craftsmanship, one of the world’s most renowned watchmakers takes the very best of traditional watchmaking and runs it through the sort of creative acid trip […]
Piaget Is the King Of Thin
When you’re looking at gearing up with a new timepiece, you want to consider every aspect and dimension. The sophistication it exudes, the features it delivers, the story it tells about its wearer, and more […]
Legend Of Speed: The TAG Heuer Monaco Gulf Special Edition
Some colour combinations over time just become locked into a brand or a time or place and for old-school racing fans, there is just no going past the pale blue and orange of Gulf Oil. […]
M2 AI Summit
From Grassroots to Global: The Tauranga Tech Entrepreneur Giving NZ Inc a Seat at the AI Table
Tim Boyne didn’t grow up dreaming of IPOs and founder exits. He wasn’t raised in a house where startup valuations were casual conversation. Instead, he grew up in Tauranga, raised by a solo mother who, […]
AI & AI Agents Your Team Should Be Using Now For Growth
Caelan Huntress, Head of Training & Enablement, Agentic Intelligence Caelan Huntress starts off with some simple definitions. GPT is “generative, pre trained, transformer”, LLM is a large language model, NLP in this context is natural […]
The Future of Work
AI expert, Tim Warren, focused his keynote on the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the future of work. With over 25 years of experience in strategy, executive management, and technology, […]
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 […]
The Drive Within: BMW’s Digital Revolution
It’s easy to forget just how radical the original iDrive was. Back in 2001, when most cars still had cassette slots and enough buttons on the dashboard to rival a Boeing 747, BMW looked at […]
If M2 Was A Car
Drum roll, please… The highly anticipated 2023 BMW M2 is here and as well as having the coolest name in the industry it has a lot going for it. As the final petrol-only M car […]
Cars
A Brute in a Suit
Unmistakably a Range Rover, handsome from every angle, the Sport it embodies the brand’s gravitas. The D250 SE features a 3-liter, six-cylinder turbo diesel delivering 165 kW and 600 Nm of torque with a refined […]
Up The Hill In An Aston Martin – Vanquishing Goodwood
Always a brand that’s uniquely recognisable, and with such status, it was right at the top of my hit list when planning to experience the British car industry. The Goodwood Festival of Speed was already […]
Oxford Plant: MINI Factory tour
The Oxford plant has been building cars since 1913 in the same spot, and it’s built everything from the Morris Oxford Bullnose to models for brands as diverse as Austin, Rolls-Royce, Range Rover, Honda based […]
Fashion
Dior Are Getting into the Spirit of Sportswear
Gardening, hiking, fishing: whether formal or informal, the looks of the Dior Summer 2023 men’s collection combine elegance and levity in the spirit of sportswear to celebrate nature. Inspired by outdoor activities, rucksacks, belt bags […]
Creating Fendi Fashion As Architecture For Spring/Summer 2024
It’s not every day a Fashion House recognises architects as auteurs, but if you can design a towering skyscraper you can design a bag, right? In the case of Kengo Kuma it appears to […]
R.M. WIlliams Wants to give you summer
R.M. Williams is bringing the summer apparel in style with a new range of warm weather footwear, lightweight apparel and adventure-ready accessories. Pick up some linen shirts in warm vintage colours perfect for lounging or […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Super Cars: One is Never Enough
Photography by Jake Hoare Supercars are fantastic incredible machines, but what if you can’t choose? Various manufacturers have subscription services. Choose a car from their brand stable based on your mood. This works great if […]
Drink
Why You Should Have A Wine Cellar
If you are worried that out of control global inflation might be eroding the value of cash and are looking at other investment options, now might be the time to stock up on some wine. […]
The Caley and the Art of Balance
Yalumba’s The Caley is a wine with serious pedigree. It’s a blend of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon and Barossa Shiraz that somehow manages to be both luxurious and approachable. Yalumba has been in the game since […]
Try Before You Imbibe – How To Do A Whisky Tasting
Stop! Before you slosh all that Coke or ginger ale into your whisky, ask yourself; ‘Have I ever actually tasted this without a mixer?’ And illicit swigs from Dad’s liquor cabinet when you were 12 don’t […]
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 […]
Empathy In A Bottle
Stepping into the tiny nook of High Street’s Unity Books Auckland in early October this year, I was greeted with one of my favourite smells in the world. Books. Stacks of them. Glorious, beautiful, stunning […]
From Side Project to Global Platforms
photography by DaniloPhoto Ben Liebert never set out to build one of the most sophisticated cloud integration and data access platforms on the market. But then again, the SyncHub founder never quite followed the script […]
Man Made
How to Get Started Racing With the OK Cup
Fast cars and race cars are everywhere, yet motorsport can seem remote – even elite to enter. Thankfully it doesn’t have to be that way. The OK Cup in New Zealand is a highly accessible […]
The Everest Of Sailing
It’s considered one of the toughest ocean races in the world and The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event that has captivated sailors and spectators alike since its inception in 1945. Located […]
Inside Triumph
Triumph is an icon at the core of the English automobile scene and is the sole remaining all-British-owned major brand. They have made some of the most beloved motorcycles on the planet. The brand appeared […]
Innovation
Satya Nadella And The Best Things Ever Said
I truly believe that each of us must find meaning in our work. The best work happens when you know that it’s not just work, but something that will improve other people’s lives. – Satya […]
Winning Formula
For the last two years, the month of March has been eerily quiet in the great racing city of Melbourne. Before the sporting world was figuratively thrown off its axis at the beginning of 2020, […]
Smarten Your Ride
GPS bike computers are very much becoming the norm now when it comes to going for a cycle. Smartphones utilize the ability of watching exactly where you are at any time, what the best route […]
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