2025 Year In Review
2025 felt like a LONG year. Here in New Zealand we kept mostly to ourselves as is our want. We’re like our birds, we do our level best to not be noticed. If we are […]
The Cyberpunk Coupe
Cyberpunk is the gristly bit of science fiction that stopped waiting politely for a clean utopian future and instead dragged it into a rain-soaked alley behind a neon-lit convenience store. The term is generally traced […]
Anne Hathaway Made People Cry With Her New Role
If you’ve seen David Lowery’s The Green Knight then you know he has an eye for… Something. He demands a lot of his actors, none more than Anne Hathaway who describes her role in their […]
Time Pieces
Sculpture or Timepiece? The Parmigiani Tonda PF Skeleton
An interweaving of metal and open sky mechanisms, a mechanical wonder in all it’s glory. That’s how we’d describe the new Tonda PF Skeleton. Parmigiani Fleurier brought a number of timepieces to the floors of […]
The Rolex Sky-Dweller, A Worldly Classic
If you’re a jet-setting, globe-trotting, high-flying kind of person, then Rolex have a watch for you. Well, they are Rolex, so of course they have a watch for you. But the Rolex Sky-Dweller in particular […]
Peak Timing
As far as chemical elements go, Oxygen is right up there in terms of importance for our survival of course. According to some in the horological world though, Oxygen is bad for timepieces. Not only […]
M2 AI Summit
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 […]
AI: What’s Changed In The Last 18 Months?
Nikhil Ramrakhiani, the Chief Technology Officer at PieFunds, gave us an update on just how quickly the world of AI is moving. “AI is at the forefront of change,” Ramrakhiani began. “It’s rapidly transforming technology […]
The Human Factor In The Age Of AI
Dr. Alia Bojilova, a renowned performance coach for SAS soldiers and Olympic athletes, shared her unique perspective on the essential interplay between AI and human elements. Her experience includes a harrowing episode as a UN […]
Sheer Driving Pleasure
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 […]
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 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
Shooting for the Moon: Rolls-Royce Spectre Lunaflair
Rolls-Royce has always been the ultimate in bespoke luxury, but with the Lunaflair, they’ve taken their obsession with detail to a whole new level—one that borders on the cosmic. Picture this: you’re staring up at […]
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, […]
The Tudor Black Bay Chrono Carbon 25 Was Made For 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 […]
Fashion
The Chemistry of Chemistry
While, these days we might be sidetracked with generating ChatGPT Studio Ghibli versions of ourselves, there is still no competition for pure human creativity that cuts through the zeitgeist of the moment and has the […]
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 […]
Dior and the Californian Dream
There’s something about California that has etched itself into the psyche of Western culture as kind of a dreamlike destination. We can of course go back to the early Westward US settler migration, but California […]
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Elevate Your Cruise Game
When it comes to cruising, the word “luxury” might bring to mind plush accommodations and exotic locales, but few do it quite like Oceania Cruises, partnered seamlessly with the travel-savvy wizards at YOU Travel & […]
The 2024 Ducati Diavel V4 is a Beast
Photography by Jake Hoare I started road-riding in my teens. Ducati was always the halo brand. The pinnacle. Desired by all, owned by few. Made from unobtainium, exclusivity made it even more enticing. The 916 […]
Mastering Time – Laureato’s Graduating Class
There’s a certain temporal layering at play in the world of watches. Of course, it’s all about the passage of time and the slow unwind of the future but it’s also about respect and a […]
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, […]
Clase Azul: International Success, Local Impact
The premium tequila category has had a meteoric rise over the years, but the epitome of the craftsmanship and the unique origin qualities of good tequila is owned by Clase Azul; a relative newcomer to […]
Go Alcohol Free with Free AF
There’s a lot of booze on the following pages so let’s start things off on an alcohol free note. The team at Free AF are back at it again with a cocktail in a can, […]
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 […]
Stephen Kurzeja – On AI, Infrastructure and New Zealand’s Chance to Lead
As Chief Technology & Information Officer at 2degrees, Stephen Kurzeja is helping shape the digital infrastructure that underpins how New Zealand connects. With AI rapidly moving from hype to implementation, Kurzeja sees more than just […]
The Rockers With the Beards
Founded in 1969 in Houston, Texas, the Southern rock-blues-boogie band, ZZ Top, has reigned supreme as one of the greatest rock bands of all time. With 15 studio albums, a raft of awards and a […]
Man Made
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 Good The Bad The Weird Of CES 2026
Avatar: Fire and Ash is in the midst of it’s theatrical run, and at the time of writing we’ve already seen it pass the $1 billion threshold despite haters believing it might tank after an […]
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 […]
Innovation
All The Tech You Need To Know About This Christmas 2025
Pi in the Sky Bower & Wilkins has scored one of the classiest looking individuals in the world to sport their earbuds, the legendary ball kicker David Beckham. He’s pictured wearing the Pi8, a beautifully […]
This Watch Is Fit For A King
We covered off on the Spirit of Big Bang collection from Hublot with the hugely colourful Spirit of Big Bang Rainbow, which, admittedly, may only be reserved for the bravest among us. For those looking […]
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 […]
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