Tom Cruise and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu celebrated the World Premiere of their new film Digger in London on Tuesday night, with Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales among the distinguished guests attending the star-studded event at Leicester Square. It’s not usual royalty shows up for a movie premier, but […]
It’s a given that Taika Waititi would be swanning with the stars. He is after all their puppet master in a way. During the Venice Film Festival he was spotted at the Ca’ Corner della Regina for the Miu Miu’s annual dinner held in honour of the Women’s Tales initiative. Taika has often been seen […]
Alongside Pedro Pascal, Zendaya may be the most prolific actor in Hollywood right now. At the moment, she has two films at the box office: Spider-Man: Brand New Day, alongside her husband, Tom Holland, and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey — also alongside Holland. I wonder how they compare paycheques. Earlier this year, before all those […]
Russia’s Yugra Bridge held the record for the longest single-pylon cable-stayed bridge from 2000, but 26 years later Taiwan has taken the top spot with the Danjiang Bridge. The structure stretches 920 metres across the Tamsui River, with a record 450-metre main span. It links major highways on both sides of the river between Bali […]
You do not get much more classic than Sam Elliott. At 81, he is still going strong and looking good on the red carpet at the Actor Awards alongside his wife, Katharine Ross. His moustache alone could carry an entire career. Speaking to The National, he struck a bittersweet note about the media landscape. “You […]
If you want to see unconventional timepieces, visit L’Épée 1839’s website. Most luxury watchmakers vie for the wrists of the 1%, while L’Épée aims for their mantelpieces. Its creations often resemble bespoke works of art more than conventional clocks. The latest collaboration with Louis Vuitton is almost mundane by comparison, though not for lack of […]
Nike has dropped the Book 2 x McDonald’s “Sedona”. Astute readers might note that bold teal would not be the first colour you would choose for a McDonald’s shoe. Maybe red. Maybe yellow. But that would be too easy. They would be expecting it, and besides, do you want to look cool or like a […]
Tom Holland may have reached a career high, coming straight from playing Telemachus in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey to returning as Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The Spider-Man film earned US$932 million worldwide in its opening weekend, the second-biggest global debut ever, while its US$360 million North American opening beat the record previously […]
Going up for auction at RM Sotheby’s, this 1996 McLaren F1 GTR is valued at more than US$35 million. Its decals make it instantly recognisable as “The Pop Art F1”, and it spent more than 25 years in the care of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason. This powerhouse’s reputation stems from the McLaren F1 GTR’s […]
We have followed Taika through almost his entire career. At one point, in the early 2010s, we nearly had him 3D-scanned for an iPad project. The Americans who were going to handle it — because he was out of the country — asked who Waititi even was. It was difficult to find a non-condescending way […]
Aucklanders have a new cocktail and wine lounge to roost in, overlooking St Patrick’s Square in the CBD. Positioned on the second floor of Hotel Indigo Auckland, within one of the city’s landmark heritage buildings, The Halligan has been designed as an intimate neighbourhood destination. Rather than chasing rooftop views or late-night crowds, The Halligan […]
Ardbeg has unveiled Ardbeg Dolce, a limited-edition release that channels the glamour of 1960s Italian cinema with an Ardbeggian twist. Ardbeg Dolce brings together rare malt matured in Marsala dolce casks — the sweetest style of Sicily’s fortified wine — with classic bourbon-cask-matured Ardbeg. The result is a bold interplay of Mediterranean sweetness and Islay […]
The Swatch x Audemars Piguet Royal Pop Collection was one of the most hotly anticipated watch collaborations in years. It made headlines around the world as normally unassuming watch stores suddenly looked like Apple stores circa 2007, with people camping outside for days for a chance to buy one of the pocket watches. In Paris, […]
Fifty years after Rocky became the ultimate Hollywood underdog story, a new biopic follows Sylvester Stallone’s fight to star in the film he wrote. Are you seated for this? If you saw Rocky in cinemas, chances are you are. It came out 50 years ago. Where did the time go, and who was the idiot […]
Once upon a time, aspiring directors made videos on home VHS cameras to show their friends, scratching the creative itch that might one day become a career. Today, those same personalities are drawn to platforms such as YouTube, where childhood passion projects can reach millions of people and somehow still not be seen by anyone […]
Leadership researcher Nick Petrie kicked off the M2 AI Summit with a bit of bad news: AI is not going to hand you your time back. Nick Petrie opened with a question, asking the audience to place their own outfits on the technology adoption curve. Ahead of the pack? Behind it? About the same? Easier […]
Mission Ready boss Diana Sharma followed Nick Petrie with a simple, slightly inconvenient argument: AI adoption is a people problem, not a tech one. Diana Sharma started with a recent story. A few weeks earlier, she said, a former chief executive of Google strolled into a hall of university students, announced that AI is the […]
Dominic Sessa was great in The Holdovers, so seeing him play a young and stroppy Anthony Bourdain is a joy. He was born for roles like this. The film follows a 19-year-old Bourdain as his hopeful writing career instantly derails. The film isn’t a sprawling biopic, but an intimate portrait of the summer in which […]
Jacob Elordi is the new BLEU DE CHANEL man. The Australian actor has been on a meteoric rise over the past few years, going from relative unknown to suave modern heart-throb and holding his own alongside Hollywood royalty such as Margot Robbie. Recently, he worked with his dream director, Alfonso Cuarón, on a new BLEU […]
Brando’s going feet first into autumn and winter. Just because its shoes are Italian-made doesn’t mean the brand doesn’t know what we need here in New Zealand and across the ditch: sharper mornings, longer shadows and a shift towards structured dressing. Founded by Rocco Mascitelli after years spent in Italy’s Marche shoemaking region, Brando was […]
Don’t be put off by the name. The adidas x Bad Bunny Ballerina is one hot pair of shoes. We first got hold of the Ballerina silhouette last year; now it is back in a Vivid Red colourway inspired by Puerto Rico’s Flamboyán trees. Inspired by the iconic adidas Taekwondo model, originally created for elite […]
Rolex has been the Exclusive Major Partner and Official Timepiece of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for 25 years. It is the world’s oldest and most prestigious endurance race, putting drivers and machines through a gruelling 24 hours on the 13.626 km Circuit de la Sarthe. The overall winners receive specially engraved Oyster Perpetual […]
If you’re TAG Heuer and need someone to be the brand ambassador for the Aquaracer, you’d better be sure you’ve picked someone who knows the ocean inside and out and can master the waves. That man is professional surfer Kai Lenny. He was destined for the water. In Hawaiian, his first name means “ocean”. He […]
Following the lead of the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls team, which has tweaked its F1 car for the new season, TUDOR has followed suit with the new Black Bay Chrono “Carbon 26”, inspired by the distinctive livery of the team it supports. Springboarding from the Carbon 25, it retains a lightweight carbon-fibre case and […]
Tommy Hilfiger has introduced a new Tommy Hilfiger x Cadillac Formula 1 Team fanwear release to coincide with the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The past couple of months have felt dominated by FIFA, so it is nice to see some motor sport fanwear entering the fray. To get eagles flying and machine guns firing, […]
Everyone’s going Fifa Crazy, may as well go all in on your favourite team.
Within the Xilingol Steppe in China’s Inner Mongolia region lies a C-shaped extinct volcano that erupted around 150,000 years ago. It is one of 108 volcanoes in an area rich in natural resources. Roam far enough and you will find an extraordinary mix of wetlands, forests, lakes, steppe and seasonal snowfields. Apart from the local […]
We generally like to keep things positive at M2. The daily news can be miserable, and we like to offer some respite from it. However, it is hard to ignore many of the subjects featured in this year’s internationally acclaimed World Press Photo Exhibition, which recently ran at Smith & Caughey’s in central Auckland. Seen […]
It’s been a savage year of rising costs, thanks in part to pressure on fuel due to the war with Iran. This is expected to continue, but there have been signs of easing. “The recovery has not been derailed, but it has been delayed,” say ASB economists. “Household spending, business investment and some export sectors […]
Xbox is in its 25th year, and a new boss is in charge. In 2026, Phil Spencer retired after 38 years at Microsoft and was succeeded by Asha Sharma, now CEO of Xbox. Sharma previously served as COO of Instacart and a vice president at Meta before returning to Microsoft, where she led CoreAI Product. […]
The ASUS Zenbook DUO The last time M2 covered the ASUS Zenbook was back in 2022. When the company heard consumers wanted flexible options, it must have taken the request to heart. The unique form factor of the ASUS Zenbook DUO (UX8407) is back and better than ever. The result is a laptop with two […]
If you’re a car company with an eye for design excellence, chances are you’ll want to spread your wings at some point and expand your brand footprint with bespoke limited runs of products that speak to your identity. Yachts are a given, but what about everything else? Here are a couple of offerings from the […]
In space, nobody can hear you rizz. Prada’s designs are out of this world. Not only is it a luxury fashion house on Earth, but in space it is providing the critical service of keeping astronauts comfortable and thermally regulated. According to a team of researchers, astronauts appear to exhibit signs of a sort of […]
The new Supergirl film has failed to light the world on fire in the way DC was probably hoping. This isn’t a good sign. Personally, I have no beef with Supergirl. In fact, I want to like it despite all its flaws as a narrative. When I was a kid, I saw Helen Slater fly […]
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 times to reach this point. The difference now is that we’re allowed to pre-order, with a price of $119 on […]
When I was at uni, I’d occasionally go to Allied Workforce and pick up any odd jobs that didn’t require steel-capped boots, a forklift licence or any skill at all, really. In the early, cold mornings in that shed, we’d sit there wondering whether we’d get any work. The only comfort was morning TV, and […]
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JenNa Ortega was stunning on the red carpet at The 2026 Actor Awards. She had one nomination at the event for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for her work in Wednesday, of which she is the titular character. This has been the role that has really cemented her in the […]
Now might be a terrible time to visit Dubai, but if I was going to risk venturing into a regional conflict right now, it’d be for the Bvlgari Mattar Bin Lahej x Octo Finissimo. Revealed at the Dubai Watch Week in November AT Burj Park, the limited piece puts one of the Emirati’s most celebrated […]
Celebrated documentarian Louis Theroux is back at it again, this time honing in on the fringe elements of the Manosphere in his new doco “Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere”. The ripples since its release follow predictable cycles of everyone involved finding ways to shill their wares. HSTikkyTokky wants everyone to know that he absolutely smashed […]
In a recent interview with Matthew McConaughey in a Variety & CNN Town Hall Timothée Chalamet talked about how the craft of movies is changing, and having to meet the audience where it is. One comment in particular kicked off some shirtiness at the Academy Awards with ballerina Misty Copeland who was in attendance rebucking […]
Well, isn’t this a little treasure? Lotus is the ultimate sports car formula: small, light, fast and fun. “Lightness” was the catch-cry of Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus; it helped him win many Formula One victories. The Emira typifies this fabulous form. With compact dimensions, rear-wheel drive, and a mid-mounted engine, it is masterfully packed. […]
For more than a decade, Ed Harvey has been building towards a moment exactly like this one. He devoted himself to building a company on the conviction that New Zealand’s dependence on imported fuel was a vulnerability waiting to be exposed and that electric vehicles, charged at home on the country’s own renewable grid, were […]
Bogan grunge is back and arguably never left if you grew up out west like I did. Thanks to a collaboration between Californian fashion label Brixton and Goodyear we can finally get some threads that give us the blending of vintage workwear and modern utility we were after. The collection features off white Snapbacks, a […]
The Sony World Photography Awards have announced the 30 finalists and 65 shortlisted photographers for the 2026 Professional competition, and we’re privileged to share some of them here with you today. Across this year’s competitions, over 430,000 images from over 200 countries and territories were submitted. Combined they represent a powerful showcase of visual storytelling […]
Every April, Geneva reminds the rest of the world why it is the capital of watchmaking. Palexpo fills with journalists, retailers and collectors from well over a hundred countries, press releases land at midnight, and the industry collectively lays its cards on the table for the year ahead. Watches and Wonders 2026 was, by every […]
Rolesium COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA The new Daytona comes in Rolesium, combining Oystersteel with platinum, and it is noticeably cooler in tone than the gold-heavy references that have dominated the line in recent years. Whether that reflects a deliberate shift in direction or simply a gap in the release schedule is hard to say, but the result […]
Celestial Ref. 6105g-001 Patek Philippe has been mapping the sky in mechanical form since 1927, when the manufacture first produced an astronomical pocket watch displaying sunrise and sunset times for a private client. That piece, made to order for James Ward Packard, was followed six years later by another for Henry Graves Jr., a commission […]
PAM01089 Submersible Navy Seals Afniotech Experience The most immediately striking thing about the PAM01089 is the material. Afniotech is Panerai’s proprietary alloy comprising over 95% hafnium, and hafnium is not a material that appears in watchmaking catalogues. It is more commonly found in neutron control systems for nuclear reactors, and aboard the first US nuclear […]
Ref. 7939G1A0NRU BLACK BAY 58 GMT The Black Bay 58 GMT is Tudor doing what it does best: taking a proven case and making a genuinely useful watch out of it. The 39mm Black Bay 58 proportions have earned their reputation since the reference arrived in 2018, and bringing a GMT function into that chassis […]
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 wears them with the kind of composure that only comes from doing this since 1983, when the original complete calendar […]
O-MEGASTEEL, 18K Gold & Platinum-Gold CONSTELLATION OBSERVATORY The Constellation Observatory takes its name from Omega’s observatory chronometer competition history of the 1950s and 60s, when the brand was submitting movements to Swiss and European observatories for precision trials with consistent results. The pie-pan dial, with its raised dodecagonal rim and stepped indexes, is a direct […]
Ref. 610G-001 Celestial Patek Philippe has been mapping the sky in mechanical form since 1927, when the manufacture first produced an astronomical pocket watch displaying sunrise and sunset times for a private client. That piece, made to order for James Ward Packard, was followed six years later by another for Henry Graves Jr., a commission […]
Unmissable on the feet of a new cast of icons, including Samuel L .Jackson, Olivia Dean, Tyshawn Jones, Jennie, and Kendall Jenner, the Superstar is proof that when the moment passes, icons remain.
If you watched Ryan Gosling’s latest MOVIE then you may have noticed him flashing his suitably modern watch around. Project Hail Mary is directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard, and follows science teacher Ryland Grace who wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection […]
Wrap Yourself in Luxury with our Pick of the Season’s most stylish offerings from FELLINI and Monti Castello. Asymmetrical Coastal Check in 100% Lambswool by Fellini Camel, Merlot & Sky Plaid in 100% Lambswool by Fellini Hunter’s Houndstooth Check in 100% Lambswool by Fellini Tuscan Woodland Plaid in 100% Lambswool by Fellini Forest Green Pure […]
BVLGARI has snaffled up BAFTA Award-winning actor and Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal as its new Global Brand Ambassador. “Jake represents a contemporary form of excellence rooted in integrity, empathy and authenticity,” says Laura Burdese, Bvlgari Deputy CEO who will become full Bvlgari CEO later this year. He joins the stable of ambassadors that include […]
When it comes to AI Sam Altman takes just about all the airtime, but Dario Amodei is giving him a run for his money, except with a dash less moderation. Amodei started Anthropic in 2021 after he broke away from OpenAI and cofounded the company with his sister Daniela Amodei. Their AI platform Claude has […]
Matt Bishop is not especially interested in preserving the old shape of his industry. Brevity, Bishop’s Auckland-based business still does the practical work of construction engineering, particularly across interiors, racking, events and compliance, but it is also building software, training tools and automation systems for where that work is heading next. Bishop thinks that matters […]
AI won’t replace great leaders. But it will expose the ones who stopped growing. Rosanne Graham, CEO of Skills Group, has a framework for what comes next. Ask most people what skills a future leader needs and you’ll get a list that reads like a LinkedIn post: “strategic thinker, great communicator, team player.” Rosanne Graham, […]
When we were tasked with the job of collating our favourite quotes from the stoics we thought it would be amusing to just publish two blank pages as it might be more in line with what the Stoics were all about. In the end wordcounts won the day. While most of the philosophy of the […]
One Guy Three Screens Now that we’ve had every possible iteration of screen sizes as well as some pretty novel double screen layouts it’s time to boldly venture to new frontiers. THREE MONITORS. Laptops offer a sticky design problem since people generally expect there to be a keyboard somewhere on it. XBook has designed a […]
So Elle Fanning has a new show “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” coming out made by her production company she co-founded with her sister. She ain’t just an actor anymore, she’s a businesswoman getting a slice of the industry, which she then acts in. Based on a book, it demystifies the hustle of being on OnlyFans, […]
Christopher Nolan is a one of a kind director. He delivers hit after hit, sometimes weird, sometimes completely inaudible, always interesting. Now he’s tackling one of his most difficult projects yet, adapting Homer’s Odyssey. You’d think a story that’s already had so many adaptions should be a walk in the park for the director, but […]
This might come as news to non-nerds but the new Spider-Noir show starring Nicholas Cage as a black and white spidey is actually him reprising his role as the character. As one of the quirky side-spideys in the animated Into The Spider-Verse (one of the most highly rated spider-man films out there) I wasn’t entirely […]
No. No they weren’t. Almost completely. Almost. The Odyssey may be the greatest rendition of the ancient epic we may get in our lifetime because next time we take a crack at it, cinemas will be gone and it’ll be fighting for attention with Candy Crush on Netflix. What follows is a lot of nitpicking […]
Despite the last film releasing in the middle of a pandemic, the Mortal Kombat reboot did well enough to receive a sequel. So what if the critics gave it a 55%? These films have never tried to be anything other than a goofy time. You don’t go to Mortal Kombat to see Schindler’s List, you […]
Despite the last film releasing in the middle of a pandemic, the Mortal Kombat reboot did well enough to receive a sequel. So what if the critics gave it a 55%? These films have never tried to be anything other than a goofy time. You don’t go to Mortal Kombat to see Schindler’s List, you […]
I love videogames. I love movies. I hate most videogame movies. The math doesn’t work but here we are. Mostly growing up in the 90s and early 00s videogame movies were hot trash. 9 out of the ten highest grossing videogame films were released in the last ten years, and the top three came out […]
The weather’s crap, you’ve just lit a fire and you’re looking for some dumbish yet action-filled entertainment to while away the evening on Netflix? Boy, have I got a recommendation for you! Especially if you loved the Arnie peak of Predator and/or the proper (ie non-Tom Cruise) version of Reacher. War Machine is exactly what […]
Large Language Models are inherently flawed. They’ve pulled off a highly technical party trick but it’s not going to be the path forward toward true machine intelligence. When it comes to flexible creative thinking and learning nothing beats the human mind (when it isn’t vibe coding with Chat-GPT). But how do we put a human […]
If you’re only as good as your tools then Logitech is making sure you’ll never find the upper ceiling of what you’re capable of when you’re using their tech. Take the humble presentation clicker (technical term) for moving through your slides. How do you improve that? Meet the New Logitech Spotlight 2 Advanced, it improved […]
If you’ve seen David Lowery’s The Green Knight then you know he has an eye for… Something. He demands a lot of his actors, none more than Anne Hathaway who describes her role in their new film Mother Mary the toughest of her career. “At one point Annie broke down and said, ‘I have to […]
Jacob Elordi is on an absolute tear at the moment. If you aren’t familiar with his face yet, you will be. The Australian born actor has been making the last 12 months his as he first starred in Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein as the creature itself, and now as the lead in Wuthering Heights where […]
Just because special forces have swung through your window, killed all your security guards, knocked out your entire military defence systems and smuggled you onto a black helicopter to god knows where doesn’t mean you can’t look good in the process. The venn diagram of people into geopolitics and fashion has fully eclipsed on Nicolás […]
2025 felt like a LONG year. Here in New Zealand we kept mostly to ourselves as is our want. We’re like our birds, we do our level best to not be noticed. If we are getting noticed it’s because we’re severely ill and stumbling around on State Highway 1. So I hope you forgive me […]
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 Binghatti City being developed by Binghatti in Dubai. It isn’t even hyperbole to call it a city. It comprises 12 […]
Vertical Aerospace brought its new electric air taxi, Valo, to New York City recently, kicking off a U.S. tour that looks, in the glossy renderings, like the start of an urban air-mobility rollout over the Manhattan skyline. In practice it’s a roadshow aimed at investors, partners and regulators, with the aircraft turning up in the […]
The Siena Awards Photo Festival 2025 concluded with a glimpse of what’s happening in the world. From the beautiful to the mundane people’s stories were unspooling in front of people’s lenses all over the world. This is a different look back at the year that was. “The photographs awarded in this edition remind us of […]
Don West Got Dapper If you’re wondering why Australian singer Don West and his band are looking even more dapper than usual it’s because of a light kiwi touch of style. Karen Walker and her team partnered with Levi’s to create completely custom looks for the night’s entertainment celebrating the opening of the National Gallery […]
In the fashion world, there’s a particular kind of confidence which puts more focus on the details of something as opposed to the loud, logo-first stuff that tries to shout its net worth at strangers. A fine example of this is Monti Castello. The brand’s thesis is simple: classic men’s accessories, built around texture, finish, […]
Glenn Martens has never been one for subtle entrances. For Diesel’s latest campaign, titled “The Houseguests,” the Belgian creative director has effectively hijacked the high-fashion narrative, replacing the sterile aesthetic of modern luxury with a dinner party that feels like a cinematic fever dream. It is a sharp rejection of “quiet luxury,” swapping out minimalist […]
In The Engine Room Of The Future Dr. Roland Busch, President and CEO of Siemens at CES 2026 revealing how AI, digital twins, and automation are transforming manufacturing and infrastructure. Siemens AG is one of those companies that never gets headlines but is quietly keeping the world humming, as is the way with B2B. It’s […]
Finally an Ultrasonic Knife Have you ever wanted a knife that vibrates between 10 to 20 microns so it can wiggle between the atoms of your tomato? Then buy the C-200 UltraSonic Chef’s Knife. It’s IP65-rated so you can handwash it like normal. It has a removable battery that’s recharged via USB-C, or if you […]
Four years after the series concludes Netflix has greenlit a feature film directed by Tom Harper. I don’t know what the budget is but I assume the 1% left over after decking out Cillian Murphy’s trailer went toward making one hell of a film. The movie takes place in Birmingham in 1940 at the height […]
Ever since Angelina Jolie took on the role of one of videogames most iconic heroines we’ve had expectations of what to expect from the character. Much like Indiana Jones, they ARE incredibly attractive and Are able to handle themselves in TOUGH situationS. No offence to Alicia Vikander but it didn’t look like she could handle […]
I like to let my nerd flag fly on the back page, so there’s nowhere more appropriate than here to set up a tombstone and tip one out for EB Games closing up shop across the country. We went in on one of the final days to pick through its corpse. It was swarming with […]
At 25 years old Chase Infiniti might have a vanishingly thin list of credits to her name, just an episode of Presumed Innocent, but the talent scouts could obviously spot enough raw potential in her to have her cast alongside the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro in One Battle After […]
At this year’s Monaco Yacht Show we got a look at the new collaboration between Automobili Lamborghini and The Italian Sea Group of the new Tecnomar for Lamborghini 101FT. Named after it’s 30-metrE length The Italian Sea Group has successfully translated Lamborghini’s super sports car aesthetic to the sea. The interior is based off the […]
EA Games, publisher of Battlefield, Apex Legends, The Sims, Fifa and every other sports game you’ve ever played recently agreed to be acquired for US$55 billion, the second largest industry buyout ever. It sits behind the Activision Blizzard buyout Microsoft made in 2022 for 75.4 billion. Where it does hold a record though is for […]
Stil, New Zealand’s finest triple distilled charcoal filtered vodka is getting a revamped new look, if you haven’t had the chance to try it yet, now is your best chance. Its new look has been etched with the topographical map of the Kaimai Ranges. These ranges are home to the pristine spring water used to […]
If you, like me, completely missed the boat on Asahi Super Dry Nama Jokki when it dropped in NZ last year then you have good reason. It sold out in record time. 32,000 sixpacks blew by in just 8 weeks. Now It’s here to stay with its own localisation just for us. Each 340ml can […]
So Israel has been popular recently huh? Tensions have been running so high that even here in little New Zealand some have been catching heat. Some have even had to pay the ultimate price, namely Winston Peters’ window and his dog which was suddenly garnished in broken glass. At the heart of all this is […]
Jason Momoa doesn’t enter a room so much as change its air pressure. One moment it’s small talk and canapé maths, the next it’s a six-foot-five wall of hair, ink and laughter. On paper he’s the shorthand we all know, Baywatch, Khal Drogo, Aquaman, Dune, the blind warrior from See. In reality he’s something far […]
Around here at M2 we’re pretty pro AI, we have a whole event centering around helping businesses how to prepare for it and integrate it with their business. Of course with any tool, proper application is key. When you have an AI hammer that seemingly promises to fix everything, the entire planet starts to look […]
John-Daniel Trask, CEO, Autohive & Raygun CEO and founder of Autohive and the co-founder and CEO of Raygun, a global application monitoring company serving customers in over 120 countries including Domino’s, HBO, and Virgin Atlantic. With more than 18 years of experience building globally competitive Wellington-based technology companies, JD has been at the forefront of […]
Bede Cammock-Elliott, Founder, seeo.ai & seedigital Since 2003, seedigital has become a world-leading interactive remote video monitoring company, protecting over $5.5 billion worth of assets for some of New Zealand’s most iconic brands and organisations through integrated CCTV, intrusion detection, audio, and access control technologies. Bede Cammock-Elliott’s keynote is a blunt reminder that AI in […]
The Sony World Photography Awards have wrapped up again for another year celebrating the photographers capturing the dramatic everyday life this planet delivers. Whether it’s the quiet contemplation of rivers patiently slicing through Iceland mountains or the excited screaming of soccer fans in Indonesia something is happening somewhere always. Over almost two decades, the Awards […]
