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Buy a PlayStation, Beat the Market
Unless you’re a PC gamer, you can look forward to playing GTA 6 this year. November 19 is D-Day. It’s hard to believe. I even hesitate to write this, since it has been delayed three […]
From AI Hype to Real Workflows Lessons from Deploying Voice Agents into Real Businesses
Owen Chau, hobbling on stage in a moon boot, ditched his polished deck for something more honest: what voice AI actually can’t do yet, learned the hard way from putting it into real businesses. Owen […]
Belt Up: The 1919 Collection by Parisian
All made in New Zealand with premium leathers. Humanity has been surprisingly inventive when it comes to not being caught with its pants down. We’ve tried rope, sashes and drawstrings. The Victorians hoisted their trousers […]
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 […]
Best of Watches & Wonders 2026: Blancpain
Ref. 6654N VILLERET COMPLETE CALENDAR MOONPHASE The Villeret Complete Calendar Moonphase is where Blancpain makes its clearest argument for what the collection is actually about. This is not a watch that announces its complications; it […]
It’s always Zulu Time With The Pelagos
One does not normally associate the luxury TUDOR watches with the armed forces, but Tudor has been the official supplier to the French Navy” since 1961. They earned this title after a protracted testing of […]
M2 AI Summit
How To Increase Productivity With AI & Machine Learning
Paul Roseman, the General Manager of Strategic Development at ProCare, took the stage to share his three-decade-long journey of driving innovation within the healthcare sector. In a fireside chat, Paul shed light on how AI […]
AI & Cybersecurity – What You Need to Know
Mantel Group’s Adam Durbin and Natalie Rouse tackled the intricate relationship between AI and cybersecurity, blending reality checks with strategic insights. Durbin, the CTO of Mantel Group, kicked off the keynote with a call to […]
New & Emerging Industries Created By AI
Jovan Pavlicevic, co-founder of SquareOne and Emerge, began his keynote by drawing a parallel between the current technological revolution and historic innovations. “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I […]
Cars
Twelve Cylinders, Real Gold, No Apologies: The Maybach V12 Edition
While the rest of the car industry is busy trying to convince you that a luxury experience is best delivered by a whisper, an app, and the gentle hum of something that sounds like an […]
Lexus New RZ – 2025 and Beyond
There’s something fascinating about the current phase of electric vehicles. Everyone’s racing toward the future, but no one’s quite sure what it’s supposed to feel like. Some carmakers are stripping things back to monk-like minimalism. […]
This Boat Tail Is A Pearl
Last time the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail graced our pages, it was for the custom coachbuild that was rumoured to cost upwards of $28 million and delivered to Jay-Z and Beyonce. We’ll never know for sure, […]
Fashion
The Speedcat is Back
25 years ago PUMA introduced the Speedcat, a piece of footwear styled after the fireproof Formula 1 shoes their drivers wear. This iconically sleek and simple look has now entirely transcended the Monaco racetrack in […]
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
Remy Martin Louis XIII: A Cognac Fit for Royalty
Remy Martin Louis XIII is one of the world’s most famous and sought-after cognacs due to its rich history and exceptional flavour profile. And the Remy Martin Louis XIII 3L Jeroboam takes that and makes […]
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 […]
How To Food Match Your Whisky
The other day I was asked ‘what food should I have with whisky?’ I replied that there are only three things to have with a whisky – a cigar; a little water; and yet more […]
Success
Quantum Leap
As Chair and Director at Virtual Blue, Dr. Peter Catt is not just talking about the future, he’s building it. With a doctorate in applied computing, a private pilot’s licence, and a curiosity that spans […]
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 […]
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 […]
Man Made
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 […]
Welcome To The World’s First “Yacht Liner”
Superyachts are so 2020. What are you? Part of the 2%? If you’re part of the 1% of the 1% then you buy a yacht liner. Let me introduce you to Somnio, modestly self described […]
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 […]
Innovation
How Data is Fuelling the Next Wave of Innovation: Insights from Ankit Patel
Ankit Patel is the Head of Data and Analytics at Stanley Street, an independent advertising firm based in Parnell, Auckland. Data is often called the new oil, and for good reason. In today’s digital age, […]
The Sophisticated Supercar SUV
The 2024 Maserati Grecale Trofeo puts you in a different world of luxury, but more importantly, sophistication, elegance and refinement. Luxury is something that you can buy – sophistication is not. Luxury can come at […]
Previewing The Final Rounds Of A Wild Euro 2020
It’s a tournament that has developed a bit of notoriety in the last few decades for churning out some wildly unpredictable results, and the 2020 (no, we haven’t gone back in time, you’re still in […]
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