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M2 Jan/Feb 2023 Issue How to Properly Take In Tokyo Let’s face it; Tokyo is a massive city. With 38 odd million people in its catchment area, it is easily… Read More Read More
M2 Jan/Feb 2023 Issue A Syrah that’s Beyond Gold In Olympic sports, occasionally an athlete like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps or Jesse Owens turns up who so dominates their… Read More Read More
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Cellar 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… Read More Read More
VIP Flapping Up a Maelstrom of Success The gentle flutter of a butterfly’s wing can change the course of history forever. At least that’s the logic behind… Read More Read More
Bespoke Luxury An Electrifying Vision Becomes Reality For some people, their word is law – so, with them, a promise made is a promise kept. One such… Read More Read More
M2 Nov/Dec 2022 Issue The Quick And Easy Way to Tone Up This Summer If you’re like me, you’re just about ready to PANIC! Why? Because summer is just around the corner and I… Read More Read More
Movember Present A Proud Face This Movember with Just For Men Ah, November – my favourite month. You know, it’s the one that straight out belongs to men, courtesy of those… Read More Read More
The Grove Welcome to Fine Dining 2.0 Forget what you knew before about dining, a whole new culinary world is emerging. The changes are across the board… Read More Read More
Cellar A Flavour to Savour There are two kinds of people in the world; those that like sweet, and those that like savoury. I definitely… Read More Read More
M2 Top 10 Meet the Cutting-Edge in Home Service Robotics – & Product Design! Time. It’s something you can use but not own, and spend but never keep. It is very, very precious as… Read More Read More
Urban It’s the Beach in a Bottle Murmuring waves ooze onto the beach in a rhythmic roar offset by the random squawks of children splashing in the… Read More Read More
Heritage Matters Mission – the Choice of Michelin in The Netherlands The Beatles, Elmore Leonard and Hush Puppies; they all spent a period of time cooling their heels in the wilderness… Read More Read More
Trending Now A Quality Finish Comes Only From Quality Prep There are some things in life that are easy; like wasting money on cheap unreliable hardware solutions that can only… Read More Read More
VIP 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,… Read More Read More
Heritage Matters A Tiny Corner of Godzone Producing Wine the World Can’t Get Enough Of Here and there dotted about this wondrous Earth we live on are magical places. Freakish regions with a unique climate… Read More Read More
Cellar Coleraine Leads The Bidding The recent pandemic reaction closed borders all over the world removing global travel as an outlet option for discretionary income.… Read More Read More
M2 Sep/Oct 2022 Issue Red Alert: A Legend Returns Red; it’s bold and eye-catching; the colour of passion; can rile up a bull and even make a sports car… Read More Read More
M2 Sep/Oct 2021 Issue Walking The Talk To Change Our Corner Of The World If only there was a huge social event in a beautiful part of the country that had a physical challenge… Read More Read More
Drive Your Dreams Discretion – The Key To Success In The Luxury Auto Aftermarket There are certain things men of considerable success know that the rest of us don’t. These include; who really gives… Read More Read More
Path Of Change Enjoy more of the little moments in life with new hearing aid tech Ask most people what hearing means and they’ll say it is the ability to listen to what the person speaking… Read More Read More
Cellar Rediscovering An (Almost) Lost Knowledge Sometimes incredible knowledge gets lost to the human race; like how to make Wootz steel for example. Manufactured in India… Read More Read More
Heritage Matters How Mission Estate Can Help You Become The Perfect Host Civilisation has given us many great things throughout the ages; democracy, music and wisdom to name but a few. But… Read More Read More
Seeking The Exceptional Waitiri Creek: The Triumph of Man Vs Machine Winemaking has been around for a very long time, as evidence has been discovered that it was being made in… Read More Read More
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Whisky Renaissance Fèis Ìle Festival: A Peaty Celebration There are two kinds of people in the world; those that enjoy peaty Islay whiskies and those who enjoy peaty… Read More Read More
M2 Top 10 Join The Fight For Skincare Equality Hey, I thought we were supposed to be aiming for gender equality with women? Yet it turns out that they… Read More Read More
Cellar Three Very Good Reasons To Focus On Awatea Ever since Time began, there’s always been something magical about the number 3. Stories have always had three phases with… Read More Read More
M2 May/Jun 2022 Issue Beat Your Personal Best By A Mile ‘It’s a mile or so up the road’; ‘Get some miles into those shoes and they’ll be fine’; ‘Sorry, I… Read More Read More
Drink Proof That If You’re Ever In Doubt – You Must Press On Sometimes you just know in your gut that you’re right – even when it seems like everyone around you refuses… Read More Read More
Heritage Matters 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;… Read More Read More
Cellar Experience The Jewels In The Crown Of NZ Reds If you have something of great value you put it somewhere safe where it won’t get lost, and if you… Read More Read More
Closer Than You Think The Thrill Of Life On The Edge Of Town The light shines brighter at the edges. It keeps us sharp, at the edge, where we gotta be. At least… Read More Read More
Closer Than You Think A Fresh New Offering From DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Even if you’re not a true foodie you probably will have heard of the ‘Farm to Table’ concept. It’s nothing… Read More Read More
Trending Now The DIY Solution Where there’s a will; there’s a way. Steve Jobs loved computers but didn’t want to have to go all the… Read More Read More
Cellar Te Mata Estate Coleraine – So THIS Is What Perfection Tastes Like! So how really do you define ‘perfection’? Well, it depends on what you’re looking at. In mathematics you can have… Read More Read More
Path Of Change Health 2.0 ‘Rapid Antigen, Lucira or PCR – which is the better nasopharyngeal test?’ Only a global pandemic dragging on for over… Read More Read More
Cellar 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… Read More Read More
M2 Jan/Feb 2022 Issue Universal Basic Mobility: Is It The Answer To Our Transport Woes? “People need easy access to work and to essential services to live decent, independent lives. Cities need Universal Basic Mobility.… Read More Read More
Seeking The Exceptional Waitiri Creek: Time To Check Out A Classic From The Library If you are like me, a ‘library’ is a place where you cooled your heels after school until your parent(s)… Read More Read More
Cellar 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… Read More Read More
Whisky Renaissance Give A Dram This Christmas Now, if you really, really like whisky and want someone to give you a bottle or two for Christmas, then;… Read More Read More
Whisky Renaissance Check Out 185 Years Of Whisky Tradition 1836 was a very interesting year; the Battle of the Alamo happened in Texas; Charles Darwin returned on the HMS… Read More Read More
M2 Jan/Feb 2022 Issue A Kiwi Company Comfortably Walking The Talk The fashion industry has long been known for perpetuating ideal body image myths on the catwalks, then following up by… Read More Read More
Seeking The Exceptional Waitiri Creek: Not Your Usual Winery It’s said that a business is always a reflection of its leadership. So, a CEO who has been given no… Read More Read More
M2 Nov/Dec 2021 Issue The Best Christmas Gifts Are Right Under Your Nose If you’re worried about getting presents in from overseas to people in time for Christmas, you have good cause. Those… Read More Read More
M2 Nov/Dec 2021 Issue Give The Gift Of Personal Identity Al Pacino, Nicolas Cage, George Michael, Flock of Seagulls, Axl Rose, Elvis the King. Say the names; know the hair… Read More Read More
M2 Top 10 Welcome To The DNA Age How old are you really? Well, you could argue that it’s completely relative. After a hard night out or during… Read More Read More
M2 Nov/Dec 2021 Issue Groom To Improve Like it or not, first impressions count. So, if you’ve been booked in for a session to eyeball the bank… Read More Read More
M2 Nov/Dec 2021 Issue Montblanc Black Out Just in case you haven’t heard already, Fashionistas – Black is the new Black. That’s right, we’ve gone a full… Read More Read More
Celebration HORS-SÉRIE 1971: A Special Duet Worth Waiting 50 Years For If you had the chance to meet someone from fifty years ago; who would you pick? Hunter S. Thompson? John… Read More Read More
M2 Nov/Dec 2021 Issue Get In A Taste Of Summer With Te Mata Estate Summer, the time to stop all the hurrying about and at last unwind. It’s also (hopefully) a chance to relax… Read More Read More
Whisky Renaissance The Taste Of Victory We’ve Waited 80 Years For Eighty years ago there really was only one gig in town, certainly in Europe anyway – as World War Two… Read More Read More
Seeking The Exceptional George Begg: From The Deep South To The Very Top There’s something about small town New Zealand that seems to breed world-class operators in the motor racing industry. Again and… Read More Read More
M2 Nov/Dec 2021 Issue Why Have One Fine Wine When You Can Have A Portfolio Of Them? Lockdown – it gets such a bad rap, but being grounded at home has upsides aplenty. Really, it does! I… Read More Read More
Creative Freedom The Best Way To Handle Turning 40 Turning 40 is a momentous time in our lives. For many men, this is the time when they get a… Read More Read More
M2 Nov/Dec 2021 Issue This Spirits Company Uses Hemp To Distil Its Gin & Vodka Two things are so hot right now – and if you’re not talking Doja Cat and Regé-Jean Page then surely… Read More Read More
M2 Sep/Oct 2021 Issue The Gift Guide For Guys With Style Buying gifts, whether it be for your dad, brother or for some other bloke, can be tough to decide. Well,… Read More Read More
Whisky Renaissance Check Out This Life-Hack Service For Buying The Perfect Whisky Gift Gift giving can be easily phoned in, but something as low effort as giving a pre-paid voucher screams ‘safe and… Read More Read More
M2 Sep/Oct 2021 Issue M2 2021 Luxury Watch Preview: TAG Heuer TAG Heuer Carrera Porsche Chronograph It’s so gratifying when two like-minded individuals finally get together as a couple – and… Read More Read More
M2 Sep/Oct 2021 Issue How is Biden Tracking? Traditionally in the US, whenever a new President takes charge, the media eagerly run a rule over the leader’s first… Read More Read More
The Collection Here’s To A Super Safe Bet On A Wine If you are new to wine, one of the most intimidating things you can do is walk into a wine… Read More Read More
M2 Sep/Oct 2021 Issue Montblanc Explorer Ultra Blue – The Sense Of Adventure Blue – it’s the colour of a hungry Siberian Husky’s eyes as they glitter at the edge of the campfire… Read More Read More
The Nature Of Time Grand Seiko SBGY007: The God’s Crossing Timepiece Nagano in Japan is truly a wondrous place – especially in winter when the Kiso Mountains are covered in snow.… Read More Read More
The Nature Of Time Celebrate 140 Years With The Grand Seiko SBGN023 Maintaining extreme precision in watches for international travellers used to be difficult, as each occasion you draw out the crown… Read More Read More
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Creative Freedom It’s official: Comfort is IN with the Merrell Jungle Moc The keen-eyed amongst you may have noticed a slight difference in recent months whilst walking about the office and on… Read More Read More
M2 Sep/Oct 2021 Issue Celebrating The Thunderbolt Heard Around The World The Bonneville Salt Flats is a lonely place by day, let alone night. There is nothing but flatness for miles… Read More Read More
M2 Jul/Aug 2021 Issue B Corp: Certified For ‘Better’ Being a CEO used to be easy. As ever-increasing returns to shareholders were the be all and end all of… Read More Read More
The Grove The Grove: World-Beating Local The Grove restaurant is like an institution of food for New Zealand. Since its inception in 2004, the Auckland fine… Read More Read More
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The Grove From Heston to the Heart of Auckland City Say the word ‘sommelier’ and we automatically think of a restauranteur with an extremely strong knowledge of wine. But in… Read More Read More
M2 Jul/Aug 2021 Issue Day Hiking: 11 Tips to Escape The Day Hopefully enough water is under the bridge from all the various forms of Lockdown we endured last year – for… Read More Read More
Whisky Renaissance The Secret To Enjoying Whisky Which is the best whisky to drink? Scotch or Japanese? Irish or bourbon? That’s like asking; ‘which is the best… Read More Read More
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M2 Jul/Aug 2021 Issue Keep The Crowd In The Palm Of Your Hand With The New Pioneer DJ DDJ-FLX6 Controller If you’ve ever admired the power an awesome DJ has to control a party’s mood, then this is some very… Read More Read More
Nature of Time The Grand Seiko Series 9 Timepiece Is A Perfect Mix Of Past & Present White birch has long been an integral part of Japanese culture and tradition with its brilliant, satin-like texture making it… Read More Read More
Nature of Time We’re Going Green With Envy For The Grand Seiko Spring Drive 8 Days SBGD207 Hidden away in the forest to the east of Lake Suwa in Shinshu, Japan is Mishaka Pond; a beautiful body… Read More Read More
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