Isaac Taylor

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The Biggest Yachts at Monaco Yacht Show 2023

It’s not how big your super-yacht is, it’s how you use it. If you’re going to go anywhere in the… Read More

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The New EPICBOOM, It’s All In The Name

Logitech today announced their brand new bluetooth speaker, the Ultimate Ears EPICBOOM. Chances are you’re already familiar with the gigantic… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

Florence Goes Atomic

Florence Pugh attends the UK Premiere of “Oppenheimer” at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 13, 2023 in London, England.… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

Paul McCartney on Bringing Back Lenon

Using an old tape recording of John Lennon and a dash of AI McCartney is hoping to bring an impossible… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

Ryan Reynolds Has a Need For Speed

Ryan Reynolds alongside Michael B. Jordan and a larger investment group have just dropped NZ$359 million on a 24% equity… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

Meet the Biggest Hummer in the World

This is the Hummer H1 X3 owned by Sheikh Hamad Al Nahyan of Dubai who owns a range of larger… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

Dream Of Flying Cars

We’re constantly being sold the dream of flying cars, and usually when we hear “flying car” it’s then followed by… Read More

Fashion

Ode to the HorseBit

The Gucci horsebit loafer is one of those fashion items that is perennially old school and new school all… Read More

Fashion

Fernando Alonso Accelerates As The New BOSS Ambassador

An icon on the track, Fernando Alonso is about to become an icon on the red carpet as well as… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

Everyone’s Favourite Pony

Before the De Lorean DMC 12 there was the Hyundai Pony Coupe concept car and a small Korean car… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

A Moment With Cillian Murphy

What has it meant for you to portray the lead character of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s new… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

The Spring Fit: Go (Wild) West

Is there any such thing is too much denim? Prada gives an unequivocal “No.” Where’s Britney and Justin when you… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

Blue Shadow: A Bespoke Journey to the Edge of Space

Imagine for a moment, the earliest of prehistoric times, when our ancestors sat around the glow of a campfire and… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

Best Things Ever Said

“If something is important enough, or you believe something is important enough, even if you are scared, you will keep… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

Non-Alcoholic Beer Actually Worth Drinking & Other Things to Keep You in Top Condition

Stay Sober with Beer Chilling with friends recently and being a newish dad who doesn’t particularly enjoy the idea of… Read More

Smart Living

All The Weird And Wonderful Tech Dropping This Spring

CyberTrucks are a thing of the present Despite a somewhat goofy reveal in 2019 resulting in a broken windscreen, Elon… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

Movies to Catch This Spring

Drive-Away Dolls The Cohen Brother’s are doing their own things now, which means double the fun… and a lesbian trilogy… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

Replace All Humans

As I write this an email just came through informing me that The Dry 2 has been delayed indefinitely until… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

3 Games to Check Out In September

Starfield Xbox Series X and Series S, PC Somehow this feels like the first big expansive Bethesda RPG worth talking… Read More

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Politics, Boring VS Interesting

One could be forgiven for not realising New Zealand had an election coming up. At the time of writing we’re… Read More

A Legend Is Born

Meet the Ocean Masters

If you’re going to get a dozen celebrities together to chat about cool watches and the beauty of the ocean… Read More

Top Shelf

The Macallan Is Back: Your Two Cocktail Recipes for this Weekend

A change of seasons is upon us and it’s time to celebrate with a drop of The Macallan, care of… Read More

Cars

Maserati Is Going Track Side

This year The House of the Trident revealed the Maserati GT2 at the legendary 24 Hours of Spa in Belgium.… Read More

Fashion

Creating Fendi Fashion As Architecture For Spring/Summer 2024

It’s not every day a Fashion House recognises architects as auteurs, but if you can design a towering skyscraper… Read More

VIP

Kiwis Rethinking The Humble Shoe by Making Them Entirely Out of Wool

Earlier this year, NZ’s very own Allbirds announced that they had cracked the code on the world’s first net… Read More

Best Life

10 Cities for the Rich

Henly & Partners has released its annual World’s Wealthiest Cities Report for 2023. It gives us a rare insight into… Read More

Entertainment

Tiki Taane: Connection & Mahi

When one files through the Spotify playlist of artists that have helped create the artistic landscape of Aotearoa, certain names… Read More

Best Kept Secrets

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.… Read More

Best Kept Secrets

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… Read More

Entertainment, Tech

New to DJing? Start here! Copy

Ever watched a DJ at a party and wished you could do that? Well, Pioneer DJ have brought out the… Read More

Driving Pleasure - East Auckland BMW

The Return Of The OG, The 2024 BMW X5

Brace yourself, because the 2024 BMW X5 has landed. And this isn’t just any luxury SUV; this is the X5,… Read More

Seeking The Exceptional

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… Read More

Smart Living

The latest DEEBOT from ECOVACS Wants to Clean Your House Right Now Please

The DEEBOT T20 OMNI has arrived and ECOVACS ROBOTICS has made sure to pack their latest creation full of… Read More

Entertainment

NZ Isn’t Prepared for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, But You Can Be

There are just over 5.123 million people in New Zealand. In the next few days we will be co-hosting the… Read More

Drink

Making it Suntory Time For 100 Years

When it comes to Japanese Whisky there’s none more iconic than Suntory. It’s been a house of innovation, constantly reinventing… Read More

Higher Learning

Future of Flight is Hydrogen?

I stay credulous when it comes to bold claims made by brand new startups. They’re there to drum up funding,… Read More

M2 Jul/Aug 2023 Issue

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One We might be saying goodbye to Ethan Hunt after all these years. Mission… Read More

M2 Jul/Aug 2023 Issue

The Artful Dodgery of Green Washing

There have been very few times I have been homicidally angry in my life – in fact I can count… Read More

AI Summit

8 Pros and Cons of The Rise of AI

When this story was dropped in my lap I initially couldn’t find any real problems with Artificial Insemination apart from… Read More

Fashion

Let’s Talk About The Prada Fall Winter 2023 Collection

Prada has taken the modern sensibilities of reduction and simplicity and crashed them right up against exaggeration, comfort and intimacy… Read More

M2 Sep/Oct 2023 Issue

Here’s Your 2023 Father’s Day Gift Guide

Gentlemen, it’s time to show your dads the appreciation they so rightly deserve for putting up with us during our… Read More

VIP

McLaren Giving the Light Touch

Mclaren is getting smaller, lighter, more powerful. The brand new McLaren 750S is the lightest and most powerful series-production McLaren… Read More

M2 Jul/Aug 2023 Issue

One With the Sea

This is what Super Yachts in 2030 will look like. Well. At least one of them will with any luck.… Read More

Investment Experts

Words New Entrepreneurs Need to Hear

“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born – that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s… Read More

M2 Jul/Aug 2023 Issue

Concrete Keyboards and All the Elegant Tech You Need This Winter

Teething the Toothless The AirFly Pro brings all the devices with 3.5mm auxiliary jacks kicking and screaming into the 21st… Read More

M2 Jul/Aug 2023 Issue

Tech for the End Times

Wehead When you’re in your bunker it’s nice to know that your loved ones will be able to remotely animate… Read More

M2 Jul/Aug 2023 Issue

Hands On With The Logitech G PRO X 2

When I told my friends that I was trialling the over-ear Logitech G Pro X 2 Lightspeed Gaming Headset I… Read More

M2 Jul/Aug 2023 Issue

The Steam Deck Killer? The Asus Rog Ally

There have been droves of windows based handhelds coming out in recent years, but they’ve all fallen by the wayside… Read More

Heart of Local

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… Read More

Grooming

Up Your Skin & Grooming Game With Bulldog

Do you have skin? Great, then let me introduce you to Bulldog Skincare. Bulldog is a no fuss, no BS… Read More

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Heart of Local

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… Read More

Smart Living

Bringing Home Robotics Into the 21st Century

Back when I was a kid the idea of robots helping around the house was limited to the Jetsons.… Read More

Top Shelf

The Best Drinks Trolley to Upgrade Your Home Bar

You’ve got the shakers, you’ve got the muddlers, you have the measuring spoons and all that jazz. You’re just about… Read More

M2 May/Jun 2023 Issue

Zegler, Triple Threat

Rachel Zegler pictured on the Red Carpet Fan event and Screening in Rome of Shazam! Fury Of the Gods. Rachel… Read More

Entertainment

The War of Which Is the Better Star Wars Show

Once Disney got its sweaty little mouse hands on Star Wars, the franchise didn’t stand a chance. Previously left to… Read More

M2 May/Jun 2023 Issue

A Tight Landing

There are sketchy landings and then there’s this. 56 stories up on the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in Dubai, United… Read More

M2 May/Jun 2023 Issue

Run the Ship

Off the coast of Thailand nearing Cambodia is a little slice of paradise, Koh Chang. On its west coast is… Read More

M2 May/Jun 2023 Issue

The Biggest Movies You Can’t Miss in May & June

Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny In a now famous interview, when asked who would play Indiana Jones when… Read More

Higher Learning

12 Startups Changing The Game

New Zealand has a ton of exciting startups and entrepreneurs shaking up their respective industries. Some are at the bleeding… Read More

M2 May/Jun 2023 Issue

He’s a Triple Stitch

Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor Kieran Culkin has come into his own as a household name in the spectacular show… Read More

Heritage Matters

The Best New Pieces From the World’s Biggest Watch Show

As various watch events in Geneva and abroad wrap up we at M2 like to just take a step back… Read More

M2 May/Jun 2023 Issue

Warm Up with Lambswool

Warm up winter naturally with these pure lambswool scarves from Fellini. Checks and plaids of varying scale are just one… Read More

M2 May/Jun 2023 Issue

Best Shoes For Running to the Bank

Buscemi 100mm Diamond $132,000 Jordans dominate most of this list. But a few scrappy labels make it on, the first… Read More

M2 May/Jun 2023 Issue

MSCHF and Moscot Style News

Getting up to MSCHF MSCHF is back at it again with its shoes that are more Instagram curiosity than actual… Read More

M2 May/Jun 2023 Issue

Best Things Ever Said

“Never assume you can’t do something. Push yourself to redefine the boundaries.” – Brian Chesky, Founder & CEO of Airbnb… Read More

M2 May/Jun 2023 Issue

Smart Homes? How About A Smart Life With These Gadgets

The Wonderboom Is Back The Ultimate Ears Wonderboom first went on sale in 2013, and has been a mainstay in… Read More

Entertainment

3 Games To Grab This Winter

Street Fighter 6 PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X and Series S, PC Coasting off SF5 released in 2016, we now… Read More

M2 May/Jun 2023 Issue

The NFT “Situation”

In the November 2021 issue of M2, I was tasked with writing a piece about NFT’s to keep an eye… Read More

Smart Living

I Can See Clearly Now with the ECOVACS WINBOT W1 PRO

Sure, I can get AI to do my homework, and even this article (probably), but what about more practical things… Read More

Time Pieces

Experience the End of Days with the Latest Release from Audemars Piguet

Believe it or not, the End Of Days arrived in 1999. The limited edition timepiece made in collaboration with Arnold… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

In Auckland? Everything to Eat, Watch, Experience this April

April is fast approaching. It’s time to sort out your date nights, your weekends, and your social calendar in general.… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

5 Comedy Gigs Coming Soon You Can’t Miss

I wanted to write something about the silly season being upon us, but it made me cringe out of my… Read More

Style

Elevate Your Look with these Pops of Colour from Monti Castello

Monti Castello – Made in Italy The Italians use the French term ‘pochette’ to differentiate them from the ‘fazzoletto’. In… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

Bailey Bass: The Bass Drop

Bailey Bass is fresh to Hollywood but she’s already managed to hit some of the biggest franchises out there to… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

Clothes for The Last of Us

Pedro Pascal has gone from transporting animatronic baby mascots for Star Wars to transporting tweens for HBO. HBO’s take on… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

Movies to Watch This Mar/Apr 2023

SHAZAM! Fury Of the Gods The Sequel to DC’s most fun movie to date. Our boy in a man’s body… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

24 Frames Isn’t Enough Anymore

This is an intervention, we need to talk about your frame rates. The film industry has been stuck on 24… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

The Power Of H20

Kiwis need no reminder about how dangerously powerful large bodies of water can be at the moment, but it’s nice… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

The Grand Kazakh Canyon

Find two very tall objects extremely far apart and Jaan Roose has probably slacklined between the two. This particular stunt… Read More

Smart Living

CES 2023 – The 15 Pieces of Weird and Wonderful Tech Defining Our Future

CES has had a rocky few years as Covid has ravaged the live gathering scene. Now we’re back in full… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

Style News in the Director’s Chair

Pharrell Williams is either everywhere, or nowhere at once. Remember exactly ten years ago when he seemed to be in… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

3 Foods to Revive, Supplements to Refresh

Fight Ageing Right Keep your body in good nick by putting the right things into it to keep it well… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

The Best Things Ever Said: No Half Measures

Tony Hsieh was a fast moving entrepreneur and venture capitalist who caught the internet wave in 1996 when he was… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

Seven Pieces of Tech to Spy and Entertain With

Bird Buddy Smart Bird Feeder See a hot bird you like the look of? Wanna get up close with a… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

3 Games To Solo This Mar/Apr 2023

System Shock Remake PC, macOS, Linux, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S. Kickstarted back in 2016, this legendary title… Read More

M2 Mar/Apr 2023 Issue

The Rise Of ChatGPT, And How to Fix It

ChatGPT has been stunning my friends and I with its unique ability at pretending to be the most average person… Read More

M2 Jan/Feb 2023 Issue

Monáe Master Artist

LOS ANGLES, CA – NOVEMBER 14: Janelle Monáe attends Netflix US Premiere of “Glass Onion:” A Knives Out Mystery” at… Read More

M2 Jan/Feb 2023 Issue

There’s now Disaster Tourism for US Elections

Engage with politics for any amount of time and chances are you’re going to be inextricably drawn away from local… Read More

M2 Jan/Feb 2023 Issue

The Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is a Sight to Behold… BEHOLD.

An important part of the yachting calendar each year is the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, which is commencing… Read More

M2 Jan/Feb 2023 Issue

The Right Grind Set

Brazilian skate superstar Leticia Bufoni pulled off a daring grind out the back of a C-130 Hercules at 9,000 feet.… Read More

M2 Jan/Feb 2023 Issue

Everything to Watch this Summer 2023

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania In Cinemas 16 February When Ant-Man first released it felt like one of the first… Read More

M2 Nov/Dec 2022 Issue

The Best of the Monaco Yacht Show

If anywhere says you’ve made it, it’s living in Monaco, the 2 square kilometre kingdom on the French Riviera. 1… Read More

Investment Experts

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… Read More

M2 Jan/Feb 2023 Issue

The Golden Moments of Mohi

Creating a work of art, for anyone, is a big deal. It takes time (lots of it), passion, drive, and… Read More

Style

The Timeless Core of Louis Vuitton

For the Louis Vuitton Spring-Summer 2023 collection, imagination was the order of the day. At the timeless core of the… Read More

M2 Jan/Feb 2023 Issue

Remix the Iconic

Pharrell Williams teamed up with Moncler for their 70th anniversary celebrations as one of seven designers reinterpreting their iconic Maya… Read More