Everyone Hates Hackers Until They Are One
Blimmin’ hackers! Always trying to get something for nothing. Breaking rules, squirming through loopholes and generally acting like unwanted raiders in the systems we use every day to survive in this modern world. Um… but […]
The Dollar At A Crossroads: Trade Wars, Tariffs and Stress on the World’s Safe-Haven Currency
The US dollar’s dominance has rested on America’s economy, strong institutions and deep financial markets, which made dollar assets the world’s preferred safe haven. Rising tariffs, a retreat from globalisation, and political pressure on institutions […]
Mercedes-Benz Built This City
We’ve written in the past about luxury car companies branching out into luxury apartments and hotels but Mercedes-Benz may have just gone up another gear with their latest project. You’re looking at the Mercedes-Benz Places […]
Time Pieces
Watches And Wonders 2024: Hublot
SQUARE BANG UNICO Everybody wants a Bang these days. The Square Bang started life as an everyday wearable made of titanium, but as demand increased it slowly got propelled into a luxury item. This has […]
The Tank is Back: The New Tank Louis Cartier
Brutalism meets horology With Cartier’s latest release. Sandwiched between two world wars Cartier designed a watch that could survive all of them. It was just six years after the debut of the original Tank Louis […]
New Heights For The Panerai Submersible
Like all good high-tier luxury watch brands, Panerai draws on a long and storied history, dating back to the late 1860s, when the company was founded in Florence, Italy. But it was a few decades […]
M2 AI Summit
Taming the Risks of AI to Unleash Innovation with Confidence
Raffaella del Prete tackled a crucial, often overlooked question in the race to adopt AI: what are the operational risks, and how can they be managed without slowing innovation? Her keynote explored the realities of […]
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, […]
What We Did To Grow Productivity With AI
Bindi Norwell, Group Chief Executive of ProCare, shared the real-world experience of bringing AI into one of New Zealand’s largest primary healthcare networks. Rather than starting with technology, her team began with people. “We created […]
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 […]
7 Generations Of Glorious Luxe Power
Coming to New Zealand and Australia at the end of 2022 is the new BMW 7 Series, our personal favourites when it comes to long-distance travel in luxurious comfort. You just can’t beat some good […]
A Luxurious & Powerful Drive with the BMW X7 xDrive40d
The 2023 BMW X7 xDrive40d has arrived at Auckland City BMW and East Auckland BMW, offering a luxurious and powerful driving experience for those who demand the best. Under the hood of the X7 xDrive40d […]
Cars
Driving The Aston Martin Vantage V8 Feels Like An Event
The Aston Martin Vantage V8 is an event. More than virtually any other car I have driven. Aside from its staggeringly gorgeous looks, the trim and finish puts it among an exclusive set of cars […]
50 Years of the BMW 3 Series
For 50 years, the BMW 3 Series has been the backbone of BMW’s model lineup and the standard-bearer of what a compact executive sports sedan can and should be. In New Zealand, it has remained […]
Lamborghini Temerario is a new breed of High Performance EV
Recently the Giltrap Group gave us our first local look the brand new Lamborghini Temerario. France was home to it’s international reveal and what a reveal it was. “The Temerario stands out as the new […]
Fashion
Elvis Is Back In The Building
While the Oscar contender Elvis movie pays a pretty good tribute to the legend, Montblanc have fashioned their own tributes to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the way they know best with their […]
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 […]
Results Over Excuses
Trent Bradley wears: Henry Navy POW Check Suit $1,299 (SDC804), Willard White Textured Essential Shirt $169 (CFNQ0021), Navy Prep Tie $189 (TIG006) From Working Style For more than two decades, Trent Bradley and his team […]
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Electric Revolution
Channelling offshore tax deductions into a conventional jet-fueled private corporate plane is so first quarter 2021. What you need is an environmentally friendly way to get around. Well, have we got just the ticket for […]
Watches & Wonders 2024: Rolex
Rolex Perpetual 1908 Rolex are whisking us back to a simpler time with their Perpetual 1908. Encased in gleaming 950 platinum it features an ice-blue dial that intricately weaves a guilloché rice-grain motif. Underneath this […]
Tudor’s New Watch Is Keeping Time With The F1
F1 is at the very cutting edge of motorsport and technology. Only the very best survive, and on their wrists is a Tudor. Tudor’s Black Bay Ceramic is getting a team exclusive version for the […]
Drink
4 Limited Edition Penfolds Wines You Have to Get Your Hands
If you’re heading over the ditch to Australia now that the borders are getting back to normal, make sure you have plenty of room in your bag for what you’re going to be hauling back. […]
Coffee & Whisky the Way They Should be Enjoyed – Together!
The end of a fine meal; what better time to have a cup of hot, rich, flavourful coffee? Funnily enough, this is also the ideal time to sit back and reflect on the successes of […]
A Masterpiece Half a Century in the Making
From the hallowed halls of New Zealand’s most discerning liquor emporium, Liquorland, comes an offering that makes even the most stoic of whisky aficionados quiver a lip in envy. Behold, the Glenfiddich 50 Year Old […]
Success
Thriving Through Change: The Non-Negotiables of Hospitality Business Success in 2025
In an industry as dynamic and unforgiving as hospitality, complacency is the quickest path to failure. The landscape has been constantly shifting and isn’t expected to change in the coming year—we are still in an […]
The Long Game: Why Property Still Rewards Those Who Think Differently
Property investing is getting a bit of a beat-up at the moment. Interest rates have reset expectations. Lending is tighter. And some economic experts seem to be having hernias about the future of property. But […]
Global Endeavours: The Quiet Giant Behind Some of New Zealand’s Biggest Beverage and Ingredient Brands
Behind some of the most recognisable beverage labels on New Zealand shelves and increasingly offshore is a business that has grown quietly, strategically, and with remarkable resilience. Global Endeavours, led by founder Hamish Gordon, is […]
Man Made
Rolls-Royce Have Given Us The World’s Fastest All-Electric Plane
According to a new release from Luxury Car manufacturer Rolls-Royce, they have just brought the world its fastest all-electric aircraft. Dubbed The Spirit of Innovation, the aircraft hit 555.9km/h, over 213.04 km/h faster than the […]
The UFO Superyacht
Almost 75 years since the first UFO sighting, the intrigue and mystery of possible alien life has stupefied mankind. Whether you’re a believer or not, the fact of another type of living thing out there […]
It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, No, it’s an Investment Opportunity
Vertical Aerospace brought its new electric air taxi, Valo, to New York City recently, kicking off a U.S. tour that looks, in the glossy renderings, like the start of an urban air-mobility rollout over the […]
Innovation
A Jeepster For Your Love
Back in the early 70’s, the hair was big, the shoes were platformed and the trousers were bell-bottomed wider than Cheshire Cat’s Smile. It was a flamboyant and expressive time where collars were long and […]
The Times of Pedro Pascal
Whether it be the character of Whiskey in Kingsman: The Golden Circle, or Javi Gutierrez, in the recently-released The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, or even the rugged (yet deeply likeable) Joel in video-game-turned-TV-hit, The […]
The Bentley Batur is Powerful, Rare, And Sold Out
Bentley Mulliner has just made their most powerful car to date, and you’ll probably never see it in real life, let alone give it a test drive. Costing in the ballpark of US$1.95m all 18 […]
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