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Buy The First Bob Ross
Bob Ross, the friend of stoners, 80s housewives, and people just looking to destress and make some nice little paintings, has sky rocketed in popularity in recent years. As people look for ways to unwind online his TV show has provided a respite of calm that nothing else can. Who else can tell you that […]
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 & Cruises. This duo is rewriting the rules on high-seas travel, delivering an experience that meets and exceeds every expectation. Forget […]
The Search for the Perfect Partner
2014 was a mixed year weather-wise in Champagne. A rainy autumn and winter gave way to two parched, sunny months, of which June was the sunniest in 50 years. But the summer was also unseasonably cold. Fearing more unexpected changes, legendary champagne maker Bollinger wasted no time harvesting their grapes in September completing the task […]
M2 2022 Watch Guide: IWC Schaffhausen
Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 41 TOP GUN Ceratanium IWC Schaffhausen has been bringing out Top Gun models thick and fast this year. To cap off the collection is a black ceramic model as well as the first 41-millimetre model made of Ceratanium. Ceratanium is a new material which is light and robust like titanium, but hard […]
M2 2022 Watch Guide: Cartier
Santos-Dumont Cartier is bringing back oldschool refinement with its updated collection of Santos-Dumont, named after the famed 1900s aviator, Alberto Santos-Dumont. These updated models are faithful to the pure design of the original and are finished by hand with the utmost care possible. Each are coated with a thin layer of lacquer, then smoothed and […]
M2 2022 Watch Guide: Longines
Spirit Pioneer The brand new Longines Spirit Pioneer Edition is the latest addition to the Longines Spirit collection. It’s a 42mm grade 5 titanium chronograph, making it more resistant to corrosion, scratches and heat. It’s tinted sparingly with a neon green which is carried across the dials, numerals and subtly in the stitching of the […]
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Only 120 of These Rolls-Royce Ghost Prisms Have Been Made
Rolls-Royce, in a stroke of what can only be described as automotive couture wizardry, has rolled out the Ghost Prism. A limited edition, 120-unit tribute to the brand’s 120th birthday. And it looks like the party began with a particularly avant-garde game of Twister to choose the color options. The Ghost Prism comes in Gunmetal […]
The Spirit of Expression: Rolls-Royce Style
In honour of the Spirit of Expression, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has unleashed three bespoke beasts that are as much art as they are car: Ghost Extended, Phantom Extended, and Spectre, fresh out of the oven from the Private Office Shanghai. Each of these creations capture the essence of exotic locales like a camera on wheels. […]
The Rolls-Royce Spectre and the Future of Ultra-Luxury Motoring
While business leaders from a range of sectors gathered to understand how to leverage AI for the future of industry at the M2 AI Summit held at Shed 10, Auckland, on May 23, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Auckland showcased the future of ultra-luxury motoring. The Rolls-Royce Spectre. The first all-electric super coupé from the marque, marking […]
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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 beach cricket alike. Top the look off with a new pair of suede Sandbar Sneakers to match the earthy natural […]
Green – Keeping You In Touch With Nature Wherever You May Be
Green, it’s the lushness of forests, the earliest buds of spring, a colour synonymous with life, growth, and renewal. It symbolizes health and prosperity, making it a universal colour of positivity and hope. From the vibrance of leaves to the promise of a new beginning, green is the colour that invigorates the spirit, reminding us […]
6 Pieces Of Tech To Show That You’re Discerning AF
The Overkill Webcam We’ve been in the age of livestreaming for so long it’s strange that we’re only just starting to receive dedicated webcams that are at DSLR quality. The Opal C1 is a professional grade webcam with the specs to prove it. Using a 7.8mm, 4K Sony sensor, you get colours that really pop, […]
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Find Luxury Amongst Nature At Treetops Estate
Rotorua is a fantastic experience regardless of where you are choosing to rest your head at night, but everyone knows a great accommodation choice can turn a good trip into a great one. We want to spotlight one of the most lauded yet somehow under-the-radar spots to temporarily call home; Treetops Lodge & Estate, a truly […]
Bond Under the Hammer – All the Moore for Me
Later this year in October parts of the late Roger Moore’s private bond collection will be going under the hammer. As the fourth actor to play Bond, Moore brought the spy to life in Live and Let Die (1973), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), and A View […]
Burning to See Rome in the Classiest Eurotrip
Brands are constantly attaching themselves to events, activities, and people in an attempt to have some of that credibility rub off on them. Brand alignment, have you ever heard anything so soulless? But when it comes to Chopard being the World Sponsor and Official Timekeeper of the 1000 Miglia I don’t get the feeling […]
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Meet The Dark Horse Alternate For an Award-Winning Watch
We recently covered that the Grand Seiko SLGH005 won some major design awards for impeccable attention to detail, flawless construction and artistic flair. But perhaps you aren’t into the light tones of the ‘White Birch’ face inspired by the 400 hectares of white birch surrounding the Japanese studios in Shizukuishi that these timepieces were lovingly […]
The Heritage Of Season: The Grand Seiko Heritage Collection
One of the many great wonders Mother Nature provides us with is the gradual, graceful changing of the seasons. As we travel in time from the glowing warmth of spring to the blazing delight of summer to the crisp modesty of autumn to the piercing chill of winter, the colours and textures around us morph […]
Grand Seiko Commemorative Watches – The Cycle Of Life
The number sixty is one of the most important numbers in the world of horology and watchmaking, but, in Japan, it has an additional significance as a moment of new energy and re-birth. Sixtieth birthdays or Kanreki, which literally means “return” and “calendar” and signifies that the 60th year of a person marks the end […]
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Karl Lagerfeld’s Magnum Opus
Fashion maestro, the late Karl Lagerfeld, has continued to leave his indelible stamp on the world, even from beyond the grave. His final hospitality project, a lavish 271-room hotel in Macau, officially welcomed its first guests on June 10, 2023. This property, part of The Grand Lisboa Palace Resort Macau, stands as a testament to […]
The Bentley Le Mans Collection: A High-Octane Homage
The latest Bentley offering honours a storied racing heritage that binds Bentley and the Le Mans 24 Hours race together as part of race legend. Introducing the Bentley Le Mans Collection – a fleet of limited-edition Continental GTs and GTCs that are as sublime as they are exclusive. Celebrating both the 20th anniversary of Bentley’s […]
Go On A Mission To Seek Out Great Wine
So you’re sitting with your 2019 Mission Jewelstone Syrah in a shady spot on the deck and you suddenly wonder; damn how did the winemakers get this to taste so good? And you’re not alone, as even legendary Masters of Wine like Andrew Caillard from Australia felt obliged to give this particular vintage a score […]
How Movember Came To Be & The Kiwi Connection
In 2003, two mates from Melbourne, Travis Garone and Luke Slattery, were having a quiet beer at the Gypsy Bar in Fitzroy when their conversation turned to recurring fashion trends – yet the humble moustache, a fixture in past decades, was nowhere to be seen. They joked about bringing it back, then decided to talk […]
How To Support Our Kiwi Family Men’s Mental Health
Acknowledging the strong link between fatherhood and mental health, Movember developed Family Man to provide dads with parenting strategies that improve child behaviour and reduce parental stress. Around three-quarters of men will become fathers at some point in their life. Previous Movember research has shown that 42 per cent of dads say they feel anxious […]
Ep.84 – The Power Of Community – Rob Dunne
Robert Dunne has been Country Manager of Movember for the last 10 years. He is predominately responsible for the Movember Fundraising campaign while also involved in the management and governance of Movember funded programmes like Headfirst, Man Enough and Social Innovators challenge. Rob spoke at the M2 Summit, 3 November 2020 about the power of […]
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It Was A Very Good Year
When I was 17, it was a very good year It was a very good year for small town girls And soft summer nights We’d hide from the lights On the village green When I was 17 So sung Frankie Sinatra back in… well, let’s just say it was a long time ago. In this […]
The Secret Everyone Now Knows
Have you tried the Alma or Estate Pinot Noirs from Te Mata? If you haven’t well, we’ll let you off with a warning – this time only – as they are relatively new to the market having only made their debut a couple of years ago before stunning the wine-drinking world with the sumptuous ’19 […]
Why Wait for Quality When You Can Have It Straight Away?
Read any wine magazine – or indeed, the pages of this august website – and you’ll see a lot of how long fine wines will cellar for; five years here, ten there, even twenty plus for that one. But the problem is; the sun’s out, the barbie’s freshly cleaned and the lamb kebabs are ready […]
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Our Round-Up Of the Best Cultural Happenings This Spring
With Spring well and truly upon us, it’s time to delve into what we can expect from the months ahead. Luckily, there appears a veritable cultural feast that awaits us over the next few weeks. We’ve rounded up all the cultural happenings that deserve to be on your radar right now. SYNTHONY No.1 […]
Highly Acclaimed World Press Photo Exhibition Finally Returns to NZ After Years of Covid
Time flies! It seems like just yesterday the Auckland exhibition of the world’s greatest pieces of photojournalism and documentary photography was being gracing our shores. But it was 2019, and we were but innocent lambs with no knowledge of what a “red light system” was in relation to a pandemic. Honestly, judging by my commute […]
Four Must Catch Flicks at the NZ International Film Festival In Auckland
The film festival is here and it’s time to catch some of the best movies around. Make sure you haven’t got much on from 19 July to 6 August because your calendar is about to get PACKED. There’s a massive collection to choose from, 129 full-length films and seven short films hailing from 39 different […]
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How Accurate Are These Sci-Fi Flicks
Sci-Fi movies, how accurate are they really? Many of them feature a future date within the storyline as though the movie was a Nostrodamus-like vision of the future. Some of these named years are obviously arbitrary – the writer simply used any old date so long as it was in the future; as George Orwell […]
Welcome to the Dead Club City
In my career as a writer for M2, I’ve had the opportunity to talk to some pretty rad people. Conor Mason of UK alt-rock band, Nothing But Thieves, though, takes-the-bloody-biscuit. Hands-down. A punch-the-air moment, for sure. For the first time ever, the hugely successful UK alt-rock collective CAME down to these shores to play to […]
Dancing All the Way To The Baynk
Auckland Anniversary; 29th of January, 2018. The City of Sails was, as I recall, filled to the brim with excitement. Thousands, I would say, of tiny sardine-like people stretching from the waterfront, through the viaduct and all the way to the top of Queen Street. All of them appeared to be following the current upstream […]
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Safari Group On The Property Market in 2023
While the property market has pulled back from its heady 2020 – 2021 rises and has come up against inflation, recession talk and a Reserve Bank with a big interest rate lever, there are some strong signs of improvement. Factors such as a strong labour market, increasing immigration, and a recovering global economy have contributed […]
Insights for Entrepreneurs Considering the AI Revolution
AI is here to stay and will impact the way we work and communicate; it is also likely to become a ubiquitous part of our daily lives. As an owner of multiple businesses, it is critical for me to both understand AI and guide our customers on this journey. In order to ensure we remained […]
Build Your Own Billionaire Daily Routine
‘What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.’ So said Buddha long ago and it still resonates just as much today as, at its heart, what the great man was talking about is that you can become what you want to be, just by thinking or behaving like […]
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The Breville Barista Express Is the Last Coffee Machine You’ll Ever Need
If you wanted all the luxury and authenticity of having a barista made coffee with none of the “going outside and getting a coffee”, then the Breville Barista Express™ Impress is the coffee machine for you. It allows you to grind the beans right before extraction, giving a rich full flavour with the help of […]
Delivering a Next Level Brew With the Nespresso Vertuo
Start your morning right with the Nespresso Vertuo Next. The “Next” in its name denotes that they’re taking the full range of Nespresso coffee styles even further. But don’t worry, this new glorious future isn’t hard to be a part of. Simply choose the coffee brew that’s right for you – from espresso to flat […]
Make Barista Quality Coffee Every Time with the Breville Oracle Touch
Experience the authentic café-quality coffee made using the Breville “the Oracle Touch” Espresso Machine. A breeze to use, this machine comes with a dual boiler heating system and a touchscreen display that enables you to simply swipe and select the coffee you would like to drink. Espresso, long black, latté, flat white, cappuccino? No problem! […]
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Camper road trip – Have time, will travel
I’ve got nothing booked this weekend and it’s been a long time since I’ve been to the South Island of New Zealand. Nothing like a spot of last minute travel! I’ve always fancied a motorhome trip so I book a rather large one all for myself. Saturday The pick-up point is near Christchurch Airport, that’s […]
As Economies Tank, Luxury Bags Are An Unlikely Favourite
The world sits on the precipice of the largest cost of living crisis our generation has ever seen. On the very edge of this cliff is a gorgeous Hermes Faubourg Birkin bag and it’s just sold for $320,000 at an auction at Christie’s. It’s not even noteworthy. The year before a Hermes Faubourg Birkin broke […]
Mastering Success
Becoming a Master Sommelier is an intense and exacting process that very few people achieve. Cameron Douglas is New Zealand’s first and only Master Sommelier, a dedicated professional wine and beverage expert. Cameron is well known and respected both here in Aotearoa and abroad. He has judged and presented in the UK, USA, Oceania and […]
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The Best In Tech This Summer
Wire Free Brushing Unclutter your sink with the M0de Electric Toothbrush which magnetically snaps to its wireless charging base plugged into the wall. Sure, you’re screwed if you don’t have any ports handy, but for the rest of us it’s the sleekest solution out. Even if you didn’t use the charging base, the brush has […]
Don’t Worry Darling, it’s just Beef
If even a scrap of the drama the mystery thriller, Don’t Worry Darling, stirred up during its release window was present within the film itself, we’d have a blockbuster on our hands. Unfortunately for us, it stayed strictly within the realm of the gossip rags and this column. It had controversy after controversy which kept […]
Photo Series: Above Us Only Sky
As far as photographic disciplines go, drone photography is a new one. There was a time when you’d have to mooch a ride off a helicopter pilot to get aerial shots. This meant that overhead shots were rare and the domain of professionals with the clout and resources to pull it off. Now the skies […]
Ep.49 – Leaving The Echo Chamber
Will Fleming is on a journey to expand our thinking through deep conversations that reveal ways to think about life that help us push through the limitations of our mindset. He is on track to interview 1,000 people in long form conversations with perspectives from all walks of live. “With this podcast I am aiming […]
Ep.89 – Hackers Don’t Break In, They Log in – The Basics Of Cyber Security Culture – HiIary Walton
Her career has included working with Mi5, managing the information security for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and a stint with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Hilary has a wealth of experience overseeing digital business transformation and information security in challenging environments. As the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Kordia Group, a provider […]
Ep.43 – Adventuring Into Greatness
Cory Richards is one of the world’s most recognised adventure and mountaineering photographers, and the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year in 2012. His mission: to capture not only the soul of adventure and exploration, but also the beauty inherent in our modern society. His photography has taken him across the world – from the […]
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