Investment Experts
There is some very consistent and sage advice about when investing in property to focus on where you are investing.…
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Investment Experts
The rise of the dual key unit investment.
The playing field has shifted under the feet of a lot of…
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Investment Experts
Recent news headlines showing that the average New Zealand house price has reached the $1 million mark really does highlight…
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Leap of Faith
On the face of it, the BMW 2 Series Gran Coupé might be another cool compact sporty offering from the…
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Investment Experts
Rising inflation and low interest rates have meant that property investment is a safe place to put money and a…
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Latest Video & Podcast
Back in 2004, you would be at the cutting edge of mobile phone coolness if you were rocking a Motorola…
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M2 Sep/Oct 2021 Issue
There is something utterly devastatingly visceral about the footage coming out of Afghanistan. Hordes of panicked, desperate people trying to…
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M2 Sep/Oct 2021 Issue
New Zealand acting superstar, Beulah Koale has had a meteoric rise over the last few years, appearing in the likes…
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M2 Top 10
Since we first became aware of our mortality, it seems like humans have been looking at ways to extend it.…
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M2 Sep/Oct 2021 Issue
Back in 1993, Peter Vile and Mitchell Pham founded software development service provider, Augen Software Group, which was built on…
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M2 Top 10
Winkl is quickly disrupting one of our most clunky and inflexible industries – the mattress sector. Expensive offerings, slow delivery…
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Where Next?
In today’s age of IPOs, mergers, VC funds and hostile takeovers, it’s a rare thing to find a family-owned company…
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Leap of Faith
Our M2 Editor-in-chief Andre Rowell chats with former Air New Zealand CLO, Dr. Sydney Savion. Savion was named Chief Learning…
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Leap of Faith
Our M2 Editor-in-chief Andre Rowell chats with co-founder and Managing Director of Chooice NZ, Sarah Colcord. Chooice NZ (originally conceived…
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Leap of Faith
Our M2 Editor-in-chief Andre Rowell chats with Kernel founder and CEO, Dean Anderson. Kernel is an Auckland-based index-funds management company…
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Luxury
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Auckland Brand Manager, Ruwan Siriwardena takes us on a tour of the iconic Phantom VII Drophead Coupe.…
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M2 Jul/Aug 2021 Issue
Tom Hiddleston, for all intents and purposes, might be a really nice guy who wishes the world all nice things,…
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Leap of Faith
Some of the greatest opportunities in life come from stepping out of the comfort zone and taking a wild leap…
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M2 Jul/Aug 2021 Issue
Regardless of what your company does, chances are that you want to be found by your customers and rankings on…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Sports Interviews , Wellness Interviews
A little over a year ago, champion New Zealand downhill mountain biker, Brook MacDonald lay in agony, semi-paralysed and unable…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews
In a disrupted world of media where millions of pieces of content are being created every minute, there’s a lot…
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Entrepreneur Interviews , Latest Video & Podcast , M2 Summit , M2 Summit Podcast , Success Interviews
If you were to make a list of guaranteed, instant money-making industries, I’m not sure how far down you’d…
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M2 May/Jun 2021 Issue
Wistfully looking back over the last 16 years does make me feel like an old man, but it is none-the-less…
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Better Lifestyle
The cool thing about concept cars is that they allow a snapshot into a future imagined by designers without being…
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M2 Top 10
If certain tax law changes are making you relook at your longterm investment strategies, this floating tax haven loophole… I…
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M2 May/Jun 2021 Issue
Jack Jensen is a Kiwi action sports enthusiast and a powerhouse when it comes to building people up and creating…
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M2 May/Jun 2021 Issue
Image by Seb Charles shot at Les Mills Auckland City Just before New Zealand’s first Covid lockdown last year, the…
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M2 May/Jun 2021 Issue
As a tallish/largish person, I sometimes feel that the world is not designed for me. Hanging lights seem to hover…
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M2 May/Jun 2021 Issue
In the lifestyle media world, the word utility seems to have a bad rap, even by extension to call something…
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M2 May/Jun 2021 Issue
After a globe-trotting career around the world, David Banfield landed in New Zealand in 2014 as the Group CEO for…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Leadership Interviews
Trusts and asset structuring might not be everyone’s idea of exciting dinner party conversation, but they can have a profound…
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M2 May/Jun 2021 Issue
As Chief Investment Officer of a company that handles thousands of clients and is responsible for over $1 billion of…
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Better Lifestyle
We seem to be getting daily headlines about exorbitant prices paid for Auckland villas at the moment. But while residential…
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Leadership Interviews , Success Interviews
Since starting out with a few friends and family clients in 2007, boutique fund management company Pie Funds now works…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Sports Interviews , Wellness Interviews
Skydiving record breaker Steve Gregor is quick to point out that he is not an adrenaline junky, but trusts in…
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Trending Now
The founder of Prestige Surfaces, Matt Nash, has found business success in the sealing and cleaning of stone and concrete…
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Entrepreneur Interviews , Latest Video & Podcast , Sustainability Interviews
There’s a breed of business thinking that is not only about making money but also making a positive impact on…
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M2 Mar/Apr 2021
You will notice as you go through this issue that we have gone heavy on the America’s Cup, and while…
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Tech Buys Time
While the America’s Cup is a test of sailing skill, strategy and teamwork played out on the water and counted…
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M2 Mar/Apr 2021
Back 1980 Carlo Crocco threw a very shiny spanner into the works for the world of horology when he launched…
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Luxury
Over the years, researchers have pondered the impact of someone’s name over their actions and life choices. Along the way,…
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M2 Mar/Apr 2021
In the transportation transition to electrical, you really have to feel the sorriest for motorbike designers. Unlike other vehicles who…
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M2 Mar/Apr 2021
One of New Zealand’s top hair stylists, Tane Tomoana tends to the hair of the Prime Minister for the occasional…
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M2 Mar/Apr 2021
Combining a focus on luxury, performance and breakthrough engineering with the build quality and reliability that comes from connection to…
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M2 Mar/Apr 2021
Since starting out with a few friends and family clients in 2007, boutique fund management company Pie Funds now works…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews , Wellness Interviews
One of New Zealand’s top hair stylists, Tāne Tomoana, tends to the hair of the Prime Minister for the occasional…
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M2 Dec/Jan 2021 Issue
It’s that time of year again. The end of it. Thank God. Mind you, it’s not as though turning the…
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M2 Dec/Jan 2021 Issue
While some of us above ground plebs have been trying to figure out where to keep that extra pasta, flour…
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M2 Dec/Jan 2021 Issue
It’s not like us to rain on the parade of someone’s futuristic vision of mass transit, but we wouldn’t suggest…
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M2 Dec/Jan 2021 Issue
AlUla in Saudi Arabia is one of the most significant archaeological regions in the world. Its red sandstone canyons bear…
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Great Escape
A little over a year ago, champion New Zealand downhill mountain biker and Adashiko ambassador, Brook Macdonald lay in agony,…
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M2 Dec/Jan 2021 Issue
While PMG is based on a solid asset class of commercial property, this has not stopped a focus on innovation,…
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M2 Dec/Jan 2021 Issue
PMG might be one of New Zealand’s largest and most established property fund managers, with over half a billion dollars’…
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M2 Dec/Jan 2021 Issue
Aside from the changes to the property market forced by a global pandemic, New Zealand renters and landlords are already…
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M2 Dec/Jan 2021 Issue
In that great political high stakes boardroom of the U.S. presidential race, there is a new head of the table…
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Latest Video & Podcast , M2 Summit
The Nesian Network is where Māori and Pasifika business professionals connect. They believe in thriving individuals, businesses, & leadership in…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Leadership Interviews , Success Interviews , Technology Interviews
Andrew Flavell joined Plexure from Nike where he held roles including Privacy Distinguished Engineer, VP of Architecture and VP of…
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Latest Video & Podcast , M2 Summit
Lewis is Head of Public Policy for Uber in New Zealand. He spent the early years of his career in…
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Latest Video & Podcast , M2 Summit
Rob is the Founder and Managing Partner at Hillfarrance Venture Capital and an entrepreneur-turned-VC who has been investing at the…
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Latest Video & Podcast , M2 Summit
Her career has included working with Mi5, managing the information security for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and a stint…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews
A former street kid, Sir Ray Avery went on to become an internationally recognised scientist and entrepreneur and Knight of…
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Latest Video & Podcast , M2 Summit
Working with the likes of Callaghan Innovation, MBIE and Auckland University, Mark Eltom has helped hundreds of startups and established…
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Latest Video & Podcast , M2 Summit
Duncan’s a marketing guy. He spent most of his career client side at Air New Zealand, a biotech start-up and…
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Latest Video & Podcast , M2 Summit
Rachel is the co-founder of technology company, Yabble. Yabble is one of the first businesses globally to use blockchain technology…
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Latest Video & Podcast , M2 Summit
Robert Dunne has been Country Manager of Movember for the last 10 years. He is predominately responsible for the Movember…
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Investment Experts
Ever wanted to run your own VC fund but thought that was another world away? Well, Rob Vickery wants to…
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Entrepreneur Interviews , Latest Video & Podcast , Technology Interviews
New Zealand’s tourism has of course been adversely disrupted by Covid enough, but Kiwi Welcome founder Sam Brough has brought…
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Entrepreneur Interviews , Latest Video & Podcast , Technology Interviews
The problem of stock control has been around as long as businesses have been around for and still today companies…
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Entrepreneur Interviews , Latest Video & Podcast , Women Leadership Interviews
Like many New Zealanders, Sarah Colcord’s work as a freelance event and project manager stalled during the lockdown. Rather than…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Wellness Interviews
This year we’ve all become aware of rising anxiety and stress in ourselves and those around us. And while a…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews , Technology Interviews
As General Manager of UpSol NZ, Kristin Harper is helping NZ companies get into the future faster by utilising Digital…
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Entrepreneur Interviews , Latest Video & Podcast
Bricks and mortar retail, commercial property and inner city living have all being going through some evolution over the last…
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M2 Dec/Jan 2021 Issue
E-Sports has taken the world (both the real and the virtual) by storm over the last few years. Not only…
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M2 Dec/Jan 2021 Issue
In an age of automated production, there is something special and timeless about hand crafted processes, craftsmanship and techniques that…
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M2 Dec/Jan 2021 Issue
The Simple Genius of the Grand Seiko Spring Drive Movement While Grand Seiko is a global brand at the leading…
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M2 Dec/Jan 2021 Issue
The number sixty is one of the most important numbers in the world of horology and watchmaking, but, in Japan,…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Sustainability Interviews , Women Leadership Interviews
As the daughter of one of New Zealand’s leading environmentalists and businessmen, the late Sir Rob Fenwick, Isabel Fenwick has…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Leadership Interviews , Sustainability Interviews , Women Leadership Interviews
Depending on your age, the catch cries “Be a Tidy Kiwi” and “Do the Right Thing” will bring back some…
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Entrepreneur Interviews , Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews
While young entrepreneurs these days might be focused on the next big app or software solution, Israel Whitley has created…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Wellness Interviews
During his 13 years as a crisis negotiator and instructor for the NZ Police, Lance Burdett experienced first-hand some of…
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M2 Sep/Oct 2020 Issue
Being a magazine with a broad content base means that we get to profile people from a wide range of…
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M2 Sep/Oct 2020 Issue
He might have the voice of a Norse God, but Travis Willingham is such a versatile actor that over the…
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M2 Sep/Oct 2020 Issue
From his early childhood rugby aspirations in the backyard with his brothers, Beauden Barrett has made a beeline for success.…
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Uncategorized
Spare a thought for the children of some of the world’s greatest achievers, Nobel prize winners, pioneers of industry, movie…
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M2 Sep/Oct 2020 Issue
Talented actor, writer and producer Cameron Jones might make his craft look effortless but behind his credits which include Shortland…
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M2 Sep/Oct 2020 Issue
It was in this year and out of a caravan in Hamilton that Damon Kelly formed the tech company Enlighten…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews
The perception has been over the years that our attention spans have been reduced to sub 1 minute road rage…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews
He might have the voice of a Norse God, but Travis Willingham is such a versatile actor that over the…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Sports Interviews , Success Interviews
At just 32, Tom Abercrombie is like a seasoned veteran of the world of basketball. After his success at Westlake…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Sports Interviews , Success Interviews , Wellness Interviews
Mixed Martial Arts and the world of UFC has become a big deal over the years and there must be…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews
Talented actor, writer and producer Cameron Jones might make his craft look effortless, but behind his credits which include, Shortland…
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Entrepreneur Interviews , Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews
As we start to put a bit more of a spotlight on local manufacturing and supply chains, Ben Kepes and…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews
Foundation North holds in trust for the Auckland and Northland communities an endowment of $1.4 billion. That endowment, held in…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews , Women Leadership Interviews
Some people like to describe us as a collective, as all being in the same boat in this Covid-19 world,…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews , Wellness Interviews
“I really struggled in school. I was that kid in primary school, you know the one. The kid that had…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews
Storytelling is a fundamental human instinct and in a lot of ways we define ourselves by the universal truths explored…
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Latest Video & Podcast , Sports Interviews , Wellness Interviews
The head trainer of a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu studio called the Combat Room might not seem like the sort of…
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Entrepreneur Interviews , Latest Video & Podcast , Technology Interviews
In 1998, you’d be at the cutting edge of things if you had a 56kb dial up connection. To download…
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Entrepreneur Interviews , Latest Video & Podcast , Success Interviews
The multi-award winning New Zealand spirits company Scapegrace obviously know a few things about how to create and market great…
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