We finally folded here at M2 and got our hands on the new Galaxy Z Flip 6. Here’s our impressions after having a play. Over the years Samsung has managed to lure me away from my cheap throwaway smartphones to a more premium experience. The Z Flip 6 is perhaps the cutest experience I’ve had […]
Nosferatu Nosferatu is one of those classics that every film maker secretly wants to remake. This modern recreation is based on the 1922 version which in turn is based on the 1897 novel Dracula The film was written and directed by Robert Eggers who has been trying to get the film off the ground since […]
I’m not big on the whole crying thing, although as a fairly new dad I find I do it more now than I did when I was foot loose and fancy free. I say this because last night at a press screening for Robbie Williams “Better Man” I sat in a row of three guys […]
This year I haven’t managed to get to many movies on the big screen but somehow Cailee Spaeny has been in most of them. First at the beginning of the year she played the young photojournalist alongside Kirsten Dunst in the controversially uncontroversial Civil War by Alex Garland. Then, with barely any fanfair she’s the […]
Rolls-Royce is a common feature in Bond films, appearing 12 times across the franchise now sixty years on from the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger we’re still thinking about the Rolls-Royce Phantom III. We appear to not be the only ones because Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has unveiled a one-of-one Phantom Extended that pays homage to the […]
Daisy Edgar-Jones on the red carpet for the London premier of Twisters. The 26 year old Edgar-Jones has been working hard these last few years to make an impact on the industry. So far she’s already received two Golden Globe nominations, one for her starring role in the Normal People miniseries and another for Under […]
The cost of living is ballooning for many in New Zealand. Now more than ever I have felt the temptation to complain about rates and unexplainable price hikes in food. But how is New Zealand doing compared to the rest of the planet. Numbeo has compiled their 2024 mid-year Cost of Living Index. New York […]
Bulgari just set it’s ninth world record for the thinnest mechanical watch ever produced. The title holder is the Octo Finissimo Ultra COSC, coming in at just 1.7 millimetres. For context the forgotten 10 cent coin rattling around in your wallet is 1.58mm thick. It also takes the record as the world’s thinnest COSC chronometer. […]
Jaan Roose performs during The Messina Crossing in Villa San Giovanni, Italy, July 10, 2024. Jaan Roose is a three-time world champion, and recently crossed 3,646 Meters of Water from Italy to Sicily in perhaps the most unorthodox border crossing of all time. No word yet on whether he was immediately deported. The slackline is […]
Politics in the United States is on a knifes edge, or more accurately a bullets edge if recent events are anything to go by. Biden’s shielding for being incredibly old collapsed in its entirety in his first debate with Trump, finally aligning media pundits with what the average punter has been able to see for […]
July was an insane month for news and events. One of the most consequential that didn’t involve stray bullets was the sudden unexpected outage of banks, hospitals, airports, retailers and my local Wendy’s, which took over an hour to deliver my food as they had to hand write all their orders. Things were pretty dire […]
The America’s Cup has rolled around again and, whilst it’s not being held here in New Zealand this time, it is still an event definitely worth following – even if yacht-racing doesn’t really turn your crank. For the next few months, every time you go to the pub or a BBQ, there will be at […]
As naming sponsor you know that Louis Vuitton isn’t going to miss a chance to drop a capsule collection. While you may not find the yachties on the day wearing these, they’re still a nice to have, especially that bag. Crafted from technical textiles and punctuated with bold primary colors, the collection blends a nautical […]
COS is introducing it’s Spring SUmmer 2024 collection in style with Jack O’Connell alongside Musician and Actor Rina Sawayama. The shoot was done in Mexico by Photographer Karim Sadli. Celebrating simplicity and thoughtful design, the season’s transitional collection balances modernity and traditional craftsmanship. Paying close attention to construction with an emphasis on shape and form, […]
Rabanne have launching Invictus Parfum, the aromatic, woody and empowering new incarnation of their iconic Invictus EDT. It has blends notes of lavender, violet leaf, myrtle essence, smoky carnal musk and sandalwood. The only face appropriate for a fragrance like this is legendary NBA star and Rabanne Brand Ambassador Jalen Green as the face of […]
The Spring Summer Collection by Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons for Prada is marching down the runway in Milan at the Fondazione Prada and it has a lot to say. This seasons look comes with a spirit of freedom, of youthful optimism and energy. Clothes with wired details animate collars and hems with an pop […]
Levi’s is trotting out it’s 2024 Spring/Summer Collection that blends 90’s references with a bit of 70’s influence, playing into workwear details, slouch vibes with clean looks, and collegiate aesthetics with western touches. The men’s collection have a recurring focus on indigos, blacks, and grays as well hints of western, prep, and utility aesthetics. Versatile […]
The 90s are back, baby. Ok, the very end of the 90s but it still counts. First introduced in 1999 the Mostro gets its name from the Italian word of Monster. This is due to it’s edgy experimental look at the time. It smashes together two active lifestyles into a single abomination. The sleek sprinting […]
F1 is at the very cutting edge of motorsport and technology. Only the very best survive, and on their wrists is a Tudor. Tudor’s Black Bay Ceramic is getting a team exclusive version for the new Visa Cash App RB Formula One team. If you’re an F1 fan keep an eye on what Daniel Ricciardo […]
Bad Boy was first launched in 2019 with it’s notes of smoky sage, tonka bean, and cocoa. It’s had a range of followup iterations in the years since, and now we’re being introduced to the Bad Boy Cobalt Elixir. The girls aren’t being left out, they’re getting their own Good Girl Blush Elixir which I […]
The star is ascending for Barry Keoghan as he’s made a name for himself in his roles in “Saltburn,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”. Personally I thought he did a good (yet criminally short) job in Masters of the Air. On the red carpet he’s often spotted wearing the […]
Picture this, you’re French (my condolences), you have the biggest sports festival in the world to host, and you need to look your best. Who do you call? LVMH. LVMH has taken it on themselves to create the outfits for volunteer medal bearers during the Paris Olympic Games. These people are young sports members of […]
Visconti Italian Socks There’s no need to compromise on quality and comfort for a bit of well-heeled style. Combining the renowned performance of merino with the excellence of Italian design and make, these socks from Visconti give you the best of both worlds. The natural wicking properties of merino allow Visconti’s unique socks to deliver […]
Honda must be feeling in a nostalgic mood as it dug back through it’s catalogue all the way back to their very first concept car, the Honda HP-X. This hot little Wedge shaped number was Styled and handcrafted by renowned Italian design house Pininfarina and hasn’t been seen publicly since it debuted in 1984. It […]
Sometimes car companies just don’t know how to stay in their lane. The latest trend automakers are chasing is real estate. The biggest names in the game have heavily invested in prestige pieces around the world. By world I mean Miami and Dubai primarily. This is increasingly becoming a strategy manufacturers are making to create […]
It’s not every day you get to drink some of the best red wine you’ve ever tasted – and guilt-free at 10am either! But that’s because I was lucky enough to spend an hour tasting Yalumba wines with the affable and extremely knowledgeable Robert Hill-Smith; current Yalumba supremo and sixth generation descendant of Samuel Smith […]
We said earlier in the magazine that Versace is for winners, for the famous and beautiful. I’m at least one of those things and I won’t say which. But you can immerse yourself in the embodiment of all of them next time you’re in Macau. Versace has just opened 12 floors and 271 rooms worth […]
Until a month or two ago I had never heard of this Aliexpress 2.0 but it feels like Temu has exploded overnight. To be fair I’m mostly oblivious to the movers and shakers in the pre-garbage consumer space. Temu first launched in the United States in September 2022 followed shortly after with a superbowl ad […]
Nikhil Ramrakhiani, the Chief Technology Officer at PieFunds, gave us an update on just how quickly the world of AI is moving. “AI is at the forefront of change,” Ramrakhiani began. “It’s rapidly transforming technology and innovation, impacting both our personal lives and complex business operations.” The past 18 months have seen a dramatic acceleration […]
Mining veteran Bill Haylock delivered a keynote that delved into the intertwined connection between AI and the mining industry. “AI is science, right? It’s part of the science gig,” Haylock began, drawing parallels between past scientific breakthroughs and today’s AI innovations. He emphasised that while AI is pushing many industries forward, it all relies on […]
Paul Roseman, the General Manager of Strategic Development at ProCare, took the stage to share his three-decade-long journey of driving innovation within the healthcare sector. In a fireside chat, Paul shed light on how AI and machine learning are not just buzzwords but essential tools that are reshaping healthcare productivity. Paul began by acknowledging the […]
Mantel Group’s Adam Durbin and Natalie Rouse tackled the intricate relationship between AI and cybersecurity, blending reality checks with strategic insights. Durbin, the CTO of Mantel Group, kicked off the keynote with a call to action. “We’re here to educate you on AI, but more importantly, on AI security,” he announced. Durbin didn’t sugarcoat the […]
Jovan Pavlicevic, co-founder of SquareOne and Emerge, began his keynote by drawing a parallel between the current technological revolution and historic innovations. “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I shall move the Earth,” he quoted Archimedes, setting the stage for a discussion on the immense potential of AI. He […]
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Ankit Patel is the Head of Data and Analytics at Stanley Street, an independent advertising firm based in Parnell, Auckland. Data is often called the new oil, and for good reason. In today’s digital age, data is generated at an incredible rate from various sources, like social media interactions, online shopping, and smart devices. With […]
Keys-to-Go 2 Every month Logitech surprises me with an even thinner and smaller keyboard. This issue is no exception, although I’m not expecting anything at all to beat the Keys-to-Go 2 anytime soon. This totally totable mobile keyboard is thinner than most of the slim paper notebooks I carry around. Folded it comes to just […]
Joker: Folie à Deux 3 Oct Joaquin Phoenix is back in his Academy Award Winning role as Joker, and this time he’s got company as Lady Gaga picks up the mantle as Harley Quinn. The original film was always intended to be a standalone film, which is probably part of the spice that made it […]
I had the great honour of inhaling Bridgerton like secondhand smoke as my wife blasted through every single season in the leadup to the latest episodes that dropped a few months ago. Did I enjoy it? Absolutely. I’m not going to pretend that I’m above budget bin Jane Austen. The first season was a sensation. […]
In Cinemas 29 Aug We haven’t seen a movie like The Crow since we last saw The Crow in 1994. Based on the comics The Crow comes from the same alt-kid supernatural goth melting pot of the late 80s that brought us Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics. Coming out at the same time in 1989 these […]
In Cinemas 16 Aug The air duct goblin is back with another entry into the long running sci-fi horror series. This time a bunch of young colonisers go poking around an abandoned space station where they don’t belong looking for scraps to sell. Little do they know that a throat loving guest has already picked […]
Hot news from the paleography desk here at M2! French scholars tidying up their libraries for the Olympics have stumbled upon some lost Nostrodamus predictions. These are the infamous quatrains numbered between 43 to 100 long missing from the legendary seer’s Century VII. Of course, there have been many theories over time as to why […]
The Mercedes G-Class is an icon, well established since 1979. Now it seems for no particular reason at all they are celebrating this icon with a premium glow up in the form of the special Mercedes-AMG G 63 Grand Edition. Limited to just 1,000 units globally the G 63 Grand Edition features gold details both […]
Recently we made a big deal out of the total market dominance NVIDIA has fallen into in the AI space for it’s GPU capabilities. They aren’t stopping there though. They’re also developing software called NVIDIA Avatar Cloud Engine, which allows developers to insert digital humans into spaces to be interacted with. Essentially they are creating […]
Farmers are up against the wall when it comes to numbers. Cold early mornings mustering. Fuel burned on quads moving stock. Staff retention and burnout. Finally the looming specter of keeping as green a business as possible and protecting waterways. All of it is a number on a chart, a sunk cost, a calculation to […]
The Twisters movie is out today and I’m here to confirm it’s a certified good time of a disaster movie. The bar for disaster flicks is set exceedingly low. You go with the expectation that stuff will get wrecked and people will run around panicking. It delivers that perfectly but it also got the memo […]
F1 is at the very cutting edge of motorsport and technology. Only the very best survive, and on their wrists is a Tudor. Tudor’s Black Bay Ceramic is getting a team exclusive version for the new Visa Cash App RB Formula One team. If you’re an F1 fan keep an eye on what Daniel Ricciardo […]
Pioneer has gone out of it’s way to develop a DJ mixer that makes you feel one with the music. It’s been carefully crafted inside and out to give flawless performance. The same can’t be said for the dude standing too close to his amp. All the sound is piped through a transformer circuit co-designed […]
Brie Larson attends the 30th Annual 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California. We have to make sacrifices for our art. Brie Larson knows better than some. Her look at the SAG Awards required her to stand in the car on the way there. To […]
“The Skyryse One might look familiar on the outside, but the similarities to any other aircraft end there. Since the invention of vertical flight, pilots have juggled four controls simultaneously, using both hands and both feet just to keep it airborne,” said Dr. Mark Groden, founder and CEO of Skyryse. “Until today.” he said threateningly. […]
Wilson has been many things, a friend, a basketball, a-. Well that’s about it really. Now it invented the ball 2.0. With much fanfare and hype Wilson has introduced to the world the Airless Gen1 Basketball, which is, as the name suggests, an airless basketball. It’s made of a 3D-printed polymer lattice structure and Wilson […]
Every now and again we hit milestones in life prompting us to pause for a moment to see where we’ve been. It’s at this time we really see how we have evolved, as brands, products, and people. M2 has been tooting the horn of those making it big since 2005, and now in 2024 we’re […]
The future is all about huge computation and chatting up NPC’s. One way or another NVIDIA wants to be a part of it. Nvidia has found itself at the very heart of the AI industry as its tech has become the go-to option for processing all the insane AI-wizardry we’ve become submerged in recently. This […]
Some of the best and brightest the world has to offer gathered to hear what Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had to say at the 2024 SIEPR Economic Summit at Stanford. He was asked just how could graduates find success. “For all of you Stanford students,” he said, “I wish upon you ample doses of pain […]
TORIC CHRONOGRAPH RATTRAPANTE ROSE GOLD Parmigiani Fleurier brought the Men’s dress watch back in elegant style with their new range of Toric references. Under the guidance of Guido Terreni you have the very epitome of simplicity but on the back it’s nothing but flair and style as you can see the Chronograph Rattrapante on full […]
SQUARE BANG UNICO Everybody wants a Bang these days. The Square Bang started life as an everyday wearable made of titanium, but as demand increased it slowly got propelled into a luxury item. This has left Hublot in a bind as they invent their next watch, which has all the value of gold, with all […]
Riviera 10786 Baume & Mercier have boldly stepped into their own aesthetic with the Riviera. Having four screws on the front of the 40mm Dodecagonal case with it’s architectural lines and profile makes it feel almost counter cultural, but any misgivings of an industrial aesthetic are completely reversed by it’s elegant dial and it’s slim […]
DATOGRAPH UP/DOWN To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their first chronographic movements A. Lange & Söhne is adding two very special editions of the DATOGRAPH to their portfolio. The first of which is this stunning DATOGRAPH UP/DOWN set in 18-carat white gold with a blue dial. The dial immediately sets it apart from other DATOGRAPHs […]
Submersible QuarantaQuattro Luna Rossa Ti-Ceramitech How do we feel about celebrating other America’s Cup teams? Let’s say this is one page is neutral ground so we can talk a little about Italy’s Luna Rossa team and the timepiece that Panerai has made for them, the Submersible Quaranta Quattro Luna Rossa Ti-Ceramitech (PAM01466). It makes sense […]
Rolex Perpetual 1908 Rolex are whisking us back to a simpler time with their Perpetual 1908. Encased in gleaming 950 platinum it features an ice-blue dial that intricately weaves a guilloché rice-grain motif. Underneath this artistry is some serious craftsmanship and ingenuity in the form of the formidable calibre 7140 movement. A masterclass mechanical precision […]
Before the Oscars kick off the who’s who in Hollywood converge on the Hollywood Hotel’s Polo Lounge for the Annual Pre-Oscar dinner hosted by Chanel and Charles Finch. The crowd is star studded, as well as diamond studded thanks to the drip provided by Chanel. Chanel’s love affair with the stars stretches right back to […]
This season Moscot is dropping six new sets of frames for this season, all with the Lower East Side flavouring built into the legacy NYC brand’s identity. The Maydela, The Moyel, and The Yenem all borrow design elements from Moscot’s family favorites, offering familiar yet refreshed styles to last generations. The Fanagle, with its metal […]
The best way to earn yourself a little prestige is by associating yourself with success, with winners, maybe a little dash of fame and beauty can’t hurt either. Versace had the Oscars this year on lock by ticking all of these boxes. The Best Actor award went to Cillian Murphy for his performance in Christoper […]
If you have been busy working towards that billionaire’s superyacht but just lack the billionaire bit, Brooklyn-based Tarform has just the sleek oceangoing ticket for you. While the mega yacht stays pinned to the vision board you could at least get underway with the sort of Jet Ski that a ripped-vested Jeff Bezos would look […]
Angus Muir, the architect-turned-light-artist, is set to illuminate Queenstown this King’s Birthday weekend for LUMA 2024. Known for his work that spans from Auckland’s viaduct to global festivals, Muir brings a unique blend of precision and whimsy to his installations. His background in architecture informs his approach, creating immersive experiences that play with the balance […]
From the hallowed halls of New Zealand’s most discerning liquor emporium, Liquorland, comes an offering that makes even the most stoic of whisky aficionados quiver a lip in envy. Behold, the Glenfiddich 50 Year Old Single Malt Whisky—a bottle so rare and venerable, there’s only one of them available in New Zealand and it comes […]
Smartphones have changed a lot of things about how we connect with the world, but they have also fundamentally changed how we capture the world. Oppo’s integration with the OG of photography and the Nasa camera of choice to capture the moon landing, Hasselblad really goes to show how far mobile photography innovation has come […]
There’s just something about luxury and high-altitude skiing that go together like a pair of tight lycra ski pants. And in terms of both the luxury part and the high-altitude skiing, you just can’t go past The recently opened Como Alpina Dolomites. Located in Val Gardena on the expansive high-altitude plateau of Alpe di Siusi, […]
Prepping for a boardroom lunch, veteran event coordinator Anna asked ChatGPT to pair wines with the meals and checked the results with an oenophile colleague. The wines were well paired, but ChatGPT deliberately selected a wine more expensive than the $70 budget Anna gave it. “I was surprised that it is making independent decisions, not […]
Austin Butler & Callum Turner star as the beating heart of the Bloody 100th in the spiritual successor to Band of Brothers in Masters of the Air. The full 9 part series is all up on Apple TV+ and we recommend every minute of it. Supplementary material would include reading the book it’s based on. […]
Mad Max Fury road came out nine years ago now and it’s still as fresh in my head as it was the day it came out. It left a mark on the action movie landscape that has never been surmounted. It was a massive achievement of practical effects and stunt work with a powerful performance […]
The Boys: Season 4 Dropping just a few months ahead of America’s presidential election The Boys Season 4 is not being shy about tackling politics head on, starting with it’s season tagline “Make America Super Again”. If you haven’t gotten onboard this particular hypetrain yet, The Boys is a gory, sexually perverse, gritty take on […]
Stranger Things The first season of Stranger Things was a perfect package, it was a tight story and a perfect limited series for Netflix to drop at Halloween. While the proceeding seasons have had excellent moments and expanded the lore of the world well, it could have ended at the first season and gone down […]
How much would you pay for a hands signed business card by Steve Jobs? Well I hope whatever number you conjured in your head is north of NZ$302,000 because otherwise you’re dreaming, mate. This rare collector’s item surfaced at an auction hosted by RR Auction. According to them they have offered 10 before, although not […]
The Logitech G Pro X 60 Logitech has been honing down what gamers want out of a gaming keyboard. Logitech has now whittled it down to just the essentials with the G Pro X 60, a 60% keyboard that gives maximum real-estate to the mouse while maintaining a form-factor that’s easily set to any position […]
If you have been online at all recently you may have been hit with an ad or two for AFK Journey, the latest attempt to swindle you of all your money in the hopes you can collect a cute elf or lion man. This game is my favourite way to keep my phone from getting […]
I distinctly remember the last time I watched TV with any sort of regularity. It was 2005 and I had just seen the second season of Lost. I got the deep and uneasy feeling that I was having my time absolutely wasted. I stood up, left the room, and never sat in front of that […]
Logitech has been honing down what gamers want out of a gaming keyboard. Last time we got our hands on a G Pro X keyboard it was the beautiful tenkeyless mechanical Pro X TKL, which is still a big recommendation if you need your arrow keys. It’s a common peripheral at the LANs I host […]
Civil War is the latest in a long line of culture war artefacts stirring up American audiences long before the movie even releases in theatres. Now that it’s here on an election year no less, how does it hold up? Directed by Alex Garland this is primarily a road-trip film following four journalists as they […]
Zendaya slays it both on and off the screen, pictured here on the global tour for DUNE: Part Two in Mexico City. Zendaya plays Chani, a member of the Freme. We only got a glimpse of her performance at the end of the first movie, but she finally gets her own space in Part Two. […]
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 […]
Here at M2 we love celebrating promising new companies, but some of them stay just promises until they inevitably run out of investor capital and runway. A lot of tech companies are currently feeling the rubber meeting the road and discovering that they don’t have a viable product on their hands. Here are a few […]
If you’re an extreme sports photographer there’s one big competition you should aspire to dominate, and that’s the Red Bull Illume, the world’s largest imagery contest that celebrates adventure and action sports. The competition has run for 17 years now and welcomes everything from skaters to spelunkers. An international body of judges take the images […]
This story starts with a burnt out car. Its charred interior covered in soot, grime and broken glass. In the centre console, relatively unscathed is a giant travel mug. The girl filming what remains of her vehicle picks up the cup and shakes it. There’s still ice in it, ready to offer a soothingly fresh […]
It would have been quite a sight, a British migrant Samuel Smith, planting vines under the moonlight 175 years ago but it was that moment that set root for one of the world’s most iconic wine brands and one that is still family-owned six generations on. Derived from the indigenous Australian word meaning “all the […]
HUGO BOSS has dropped it’s Spring/Summer 2024 collection, this time flaunted by a lineup of heavy hitters including Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen and British model Adwoa Aboah, plus returning BOSS ambassadors South Korean actor Lee Minho and Italian tennis player Matteo Berrettini. Images courtesy of HUGO BOSS The SS2024 collection uses the brand’s Miami Fashion […]
Frame and Function Sunglasses and opticals serve a very important function in terms of how we see the world, but of course the frames we choose impacts how the world sees us. Just ask Clark Kent. According to the Garrett Leight California Spring/Summer 2024 collection today’s frames are an effortless nod and a wink to […]
CES 2024 recently gave us a window into all the new consumer tech heading our way, and I have some bad news. If you were planning on doing a drinking game where you took a shot every time someone said “AI” your body would be entirely replaced with vodka by the end of the event. […]
Tech giants, Google and Microsoft have both done a lot to drive the rise of AI but in the process, they might just have empowered a whole lot more competition in the internet search and browser parts of their businesses a new wave of companies are introducing innovative functionalities that make browsing more efficient, personalised, […]
Look At Me… In 4k Zoom meetings are the new normal, even as working from home restrictions become retreating memories. We may as well lean into it and turf those budget grainy webcams that make us look like hostages and replace them with the PC equivalent of Peter Jackson 4k Hobbit cameras. The Logitech Brio […]
OpenAI are back at it, this time with a text to video model able to crank out highly realistic (or not depending on your preferences) videos that hold up under a casual glance. Watching closely you can still see the usual jank we’ve come to expect from this generation of AI models but the results […]
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 28 March Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) finally gets the respect he deserves as he returns alongside Dan Aykroyd to lead the new team of Ghostbusters following their first outting in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), Mckenna Grace, and Paul Rudd return and some new faces crop up in the form of comedian […]
Spider-man has a Spider-Man problem. Spider-people breed like, well, spiders I guess, and are starting to infest their own films with too many of themselves. Someone in a boardroom seems to believe this is a good idea. We put it to the test and find out empirically whether the committees designing these films are right. […]
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree June 21 If you haven’t got into Elden Ring yet, you either were never going to or you may have been living under some sort of rock – but with a new DLC finally on the horizon, this might be the perfect time to jump in. It has just […]
Sometimes you just need to stop for a minute and take stock of life. Literally. The number of livestock in and around our house is growing fast. Life is cropping up everywhere in my house. It’s a beautiful thing. Flowers blooming, black mould in the corner of the bathroom spreading. Here’s a quick summary of […]
Here at M2, and over at M2woman, we always like to celebrate Kiwis completely killing it on the world stage. No sportswoman is doing it more than our very own Lisa Carrington at the moment. She recently claimed her 15th Canoe Sprint World Championship title in Germany, with victory in the K1 200m on the […]
My favourite kind of energy storage has to be a big ol valley full of water. But when dams and regular hydro aren’t available how do you store energy? There are plenty of options out there but this one company may have found the edge on all the competition with an energy storage solution that […]
It’s incredible how far humanity has come with plant life in our race to create crops that can keep up with our ever-increasing demands. This started with cross-pollination and breeding plants that were more suitable for consumption. Early fruit wouldn’t have been much better than potatoes by modern standards. Then in recent years, we’ve gotten […]
A few months ago, through a series of bizarre events, I sat in on a funding round pitch, listening to Startup hopefuls. I was struck by a few things. One, scaling is a bitch. Two, it’s heartening to see how many startups want to support our primary industries. I feel as though us $10 coffee-quaffing […]
There’s always a lot of chatter about what we can do to chill out on making greenhouse gases, it’s just so fun making them though, it’s hard to quit. One solution is hydrogen, the simplest member of the family of chemical elements. Unfortunately getting hydrogen is anything but simple. If you want to extract the […]
Te Mata Estate makes some fantastic vintages. Last year we recommended the Coleraine ’21, and it has since subsequently sold out (according to their site right now). Available March 1st is the Coleraine ’22, which according to early reviews maintains the prestige of its predecessor. Critic Huon Hooke of The Real Review, suggests that “Coleraine […]
