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HOW THE BEST ARE SUCCEEDING
Good Words For Bear Markets
It’s been a savage year of rising costs, thanks in part to pressure on fuel due to the war with Iran. This is expected to continue, but there have been signs of easing. “The recovery […]
2026 Porsche Panamera GTS
There are a couple of brands I get really excited about. Porsche is one of them. This four-wheel-drive, four-litre, twin-turbo V8, putting out around 368 kW, is the Porsche ‘wagon’, if you will, though it […]
An Actor Playing an Actor Playing a Guy Is This the New Rocky?
Fifty years after Rocky became the ultimate Hollywood underdog story, a new biopic follows Sylvester Stallone’s fight to star in the film he wrote. Are you seated for this? If you saw Rocky in cinemas, […]
Time Pieces
The Omega Speedmaster ’57 Collection: A Space Odyssey
The Omega Speedmaster has earned its place in the pantheon of legendary watches, not only for its impeccable design and precise timekeeping but also for its extraordinary history as the first watch on the moon. […]
Final Boarding Call: Breitling’s Tribute To The 747
If like me you are of a particular vintage, you might have a bit of nostalgia for the Boeing 747. Over the last 53 years, it has really epitomised the power of human innovation to […]
The Tudor Black Bay Chrono Carbon 25: Time For The F1
Carbon fibre, titanium, a redesigned lightweight body with high levels of reliability. These are all things you’d want in a top tier F1 racing machine and it’s everything you’re getting in the brand new Tudor […]
M2 AI Summit
How to Increase Productivity with AI and Machine Learning
Avocado AI co-founder Cowan Henderson followed Diana Sharma with a figure he trots out a lot: AI productivity is “ten per cent about the tool” and “ninety per cent about leadership, capability and culture”. The […]
Navigating the Legal Labyrinth of AI
The legal uncertainties surrounding artificial intelligence are vast and complex, so to help work through this we brought in Hudson Gavin Martin partner, Andrew Dentice to help us get a handle on the evolving legal […]
Using AI to Make Your Team Great
Blake Harkness suggested that, in an AI world, “the newest person might be your most valuable”, and the talent everyone’s chasing may already be sitting in the building. Blake Harkness opened by flipping a familiar […]
Cars
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 […]
Maserati Delivers All-Out Luxury with the MC20
The other day, via the magic of that great culinary archive, YouTube, I was watching a Michelin star Italian chef put together pasta aglio e olio, which just has to be one of the simplest […]
Real Men Drive the Batmobile
You aren’t the driver the world needs, you are the driver the world deserves (as you crush two lanes of traffic). Just like American cops, the modern revival of Batman got militarised when he got […]
Fashion
The R.M.Williams’ A/W ‘25 Collection
this season’s directive at R.M.Williams is centred on investing in quality and timeless style; curating a versatile wardrobe that evolves with its wearer. Think denim, heavy coats and accessories that elevate winter outfitting, designed to […]
Let’s Talk About The Prada Fall Winter 2023 Collection
Prada has taken the modern sensibilities of reduction and simplicity and crashed them right up against exaggeration, comfort and intimacy in this new collection by Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons. With Raf Simons closing up […]
Michael B. Jordan: Calvins or Nothing
Michael B. Jordan has taken Hollywood by storm in recent years, earning himself the title of one of the hottest stars in the industry. With his undeniable talent, and powerful on-screen presence, it’s no surprise […]
Drink
Making The Classic Margarita Just Got A Lot Easier
Another month another new addition to the Batched Premium Cocktails family. This time they’re bottling up the Classic Margarita and making the vibrant, zesty flavours of the iconic Margarita available in an easy shake-and-pour format, […]
A Whisky Specifically Designed for A Night On Earth
Hopefully over this christmas and New Years you found a chance to hang out and have good times with friends and loved ones. To celebrate these times The Macallan have crafted a unique single malt […]
The Coleraine ’21 from Te Mata Estate: The One
Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand is known for producing some of the world’s finest red wines, but since 1982, Te Mata’s Coleraine range has carved out it’s own benchmark and year on year it keeps getting […]
Success
Rings of Power’s Ismael Cruz Córdova “I lost a very dear person to me during the shoot”
Being an actor, an artist, means to surrender oneself to another world. For Puerto Rican actor Ismael Cruz Córdova, that world is the ancient forests, impossible beauty and imagination of Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Having grown up […]
The Rise of Workslop
Around here at M2 we’re pretty pro AI, we have a whole event centering around helping businesses how to prepare for it and integrate it with their business. Of course with any tool, proper application […]
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 pretense free humble air. In the days before the Visa Cash App RB driver prepared […]
Man Made
Gelände and Straße
Normally I find it hard to get up at 8am, but this was not a normal day. The opportunity to ride a 2024 R 1300 GS for several hours got me excited to the point […]
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 […]
Ghost Yachts Latest Marvel
With Covid lockdown’s being a constant reminder for us to stay inside, keep our distance and maintain our mental health by seeing the silver-linings, any warm-blooded person would much rather spend their days following all […]
Innovation
Hands on with the Epson EF-21G
My dream has always been to minimise the physical impact, both in terms of floorspace and focus of our home TV. But I’m also a big movie buff so at some point something needs to […]
NVIDIA Is Using This NZ Startup to Put a Face To AI
Recently we made a big deal out of the total market dominance NVIDIA has fallen into in the AI space for it’s GPU capabilities. They aren’t stopping there though. They’re also developing software called NVIDIA […]
The Instax Mini Evo Cinema Perfectly Captures Your 15 Seconds of Fame
If you have spent any time lately watching a teenager try to figure out how a cassette tape works, you will know we are living in a strange timeline. The same generation that could navigate […]
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