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Ardbeg at It Again
Ardbeg has unveiled Ardbeg Dolce, a limited-edition release that channels the glamour of 1960s Italian cinema with an Ardbeggian twist. Ardbeg Dolce brings together rare malt matured in Marsala dolce casks — the sweetest style […]
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, […]
Tony Tony Tony
Dominic Sessa was great in The Holdovers, so seeing him play a young and stroppy Anthony Bourdain is a joy. He was born for roles like this. The film follows a 19-year-old Bourdain as his […]
Time Pieces
The Santos De Cartier Chronograph is a Golden Sight to Behold
SANTOS DE CARTIER CHRONOGRAPH WATCH Louis Cartier presented his first Santos De Cartier in 1904 to his good friend it was named after, Alberto Santos-Dumont. It lays itself bare with visible screws and a modern […]
Watches and Wonders 2024: Parmigiani Fleurier
TORIC CHRONOGRAPH RATTRAPANTE ROSE GOLD Parmigiani Fleurier brought the Men’s dress watch back in elegant style with their new range of Toric references. Under the guidance of Guido Terreni you have the very epitome of […]
Best of Watches & Wonders 2026: PATEK PHILIPPE
Celestial Ref. 6105g-001 Patek Philippe has been mapping the sky in mechanical form since 1927, when the manufacture first produced an astronomical pocket watch displaying sunrise and sunset times for a private client. That piece, […]
M2 AI Summit
3 Years of AI Madness and What It Means for Business
Dr Peter Catt, Director of Quantum & AI, Virtual Blue Peter spearheads the integration of advanced AI, machine learning, and automation into business strategies and solutions. Holding a doctorate in applied computing, he brings deep expertise […]
AI: How to Get Started Now
At the M2 AI Summit, Asa Cox, the founder and CEO of Arcanum, delivered a keynote that cut through the hype and laid out a pragmatic roadmap for business leaders eager to harness the power […]
How to Gain a Competitive Edge in an AI World
Leadership researcher Nick Petrie kicked off the M2 AI Summit with a bit of bad news: AI is not going to hand you your time back. Nick Petrie opened with a question, asking the audience […]
Cars
Hands On With The Tesla Model Three as it Comes to NZ
Tesla is well…. Tesla. Different. And now that Tesla is just a little bit better. I had the privilege of attending the launch of the updated Model three. Model three is the mass market car, […]
We Drove Our Toyota Landcruiser Prado 2025 Through A River So You Don’t Have To
The Toyota land cruiser Prado has been around through many iterations since 1990. The last major upgrade was 2009. Now with a new model, new chassis and new design, Toyota is keen to show the […]
All Electric, All Porsche: Taycan 4S Cross Turismo
Photography By Nabulen Ignacio There’s something extraordinary about this Taycan 4s Cross Turismo. It feels like a Porsche. It’s all electric, yet you barely think about it. Power delivery is like a smooth sports petrol […]
Fashion
Five Pieces of Style to Up Your Game This Month
PARISIAN CRAFTED PARISIAN’S CRAFTED COLLECTION DRAWS ON OVER 100 YEARS OF MAKING RIGHT HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. Genuine materials – Small batch editions – Made to last. The leather business tote combines slim, minimalist proportions […]
The Italian Connection
In the fashion world, there’s a particular kind of confidence which puts more focus on the details of something as opposed to the loud, logo-first stuff that tries to shout its net worth at strangers. […]
It’s Not a Suit, It’s Zegna
If you need someone to be the embodiment of style and class you can’t do much better than Mads Mikkelsen who’s starring in Zegna’s FW25 Campaign. The shoot took place inside the Teatro Regio di […]
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, […]
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 […]
Glenfiddich: A Maverick Legacy
In today’s age of IPOs, mergers, VC funds and hostile takeovers, it’s a rare thing to find a family-owned company of the likes of Glenfiddich that has not only set the benchmark for whisky with […]
Success
Silky Insights Concrete Action
Chris Matthews wears: Emil Navy Long Sleeve Knitted Polo $299 (KPMI004) Dougie Chocolate Chino $199 (PCW005) From Working Style AI mania has swept its way through every sector and has quickly become one of the […]
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 […]
Balance is Dynamic: Rethinking the Pursuit of Success
We’re often told to “find balance,” as if it’s a single moment of alignment we can reach and hold forever. But balance is far less about perfection and far more about adaptability. True balance isn’t […]
Man Made
A New Cool: The Savic Electric Motorcycle
I arrive at the Savic West Melbourne facility with a full suitcase. Usually I travel with carry on only, yet my leathers and boots demand space. Savic (pronounced Savich) has built a striking ‘Chrome and […]
We’re Drifting Lamborghinis on a Frozen Lake in Mongolia
Turns out the best way to understand a supercar’s four-wheel drive system is to point it at a frozen lake in Inner Mongolia and see what happens. While most of us were going to work […]
Level Up Your Superyacht Game
If you want your Superyacht to come packing some serious deck action, let us recommend 37.6 metre (123.3ft) The Azimut Grande 38 Trideck. Crafted by the renowned yacht designer Alberto Mancini, the yacht’s exterior design creates […]
Innovation
15 Space Missions Pushing Humanity Forward In 2025
Humanity has come a long way from our first starry night musings about the nature of the cosmos and what it all means. Things really kicked off, albeit humbly in 1926, when Robert Goddard lit […]
This NZ Company Is Revolutionising Hydrogen and Saving the World
There’s always a lot of chatter about what we can do to chill out on making greenhouse gases, it’s just so fun making them though, it’s hard to quit. One solution is hydrogen, the simplest […]
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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