Unless, of course, you are a subscriber to the digital version of this magazine, chances are you’re reading this on good old, glossy 95GSM paper and four-colour ink based on a process that has a direct ancestor in the press that Johannes Gutenberg invented in 1440. Therefore, it would seem that we aren’t possibly in […]
It has be said (rather cruelly), that the best thing to come out of Swindon is the M4 (motorway). However, as I in fact hail from said city, (or is that sad city? … I jest), this should be proof enough that this is not true. On top of this, we have the ‘Magic Roundabout’ […]
A Heineken Hosted Party Cruise & European Tour Is as Awesome as You Would Imagine March 13th – just another day in the office – I received an email asking if I’d be interested in “experiencing an amazing Greek Islands Cruise where the UEFA Champions League final will be screened while out at sea, followed […]
Dua Lipa is hitting all the right notes with her debut eponymous album and she’s definitely got our attention. The 20-year-old British pop singer has gained a spot on BBC’s coveted Sound Of 2016 list and is racking up a fair few views on Youtube her smash hit “Be the One”, currently sitting at a […]
Three groups of individuals are set to tell the story of almost half a million people on land, sea and air. Christopher Nolan’s new epic starts with a kid, a young soldier, wandering through the empty streets of Dunkirk with the rest of his squad. Suddenly thuds of a rifle louder than they have any […]
All the blockbusters are dropping around us at the moment and we’re heading on toward the middle of the year. But don’t worry, there won’t be a complete drought. There are a couple decent films coming out to keep us interested. ATOMIC BLONDE Academy award winner Charlize Theron does a gritty and awesome take on […]
Age: 36 Occupation: Head of Production NZME Vision What do you have for breakfast? Homemade muesli, fruit and a long black. What is your morning routine? Wake up at 5, hit the gym, then off to work by 7:30. What’s your dream car? If I had a 1967 Shelby GT500 sitting in the garage I’d […]
MAYWEATHER V MCGREGOR Not many of us wouldn’t get in the ring with Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather for a reported $180 million US and loudmouth Irishman Conor McGregor has the chance to make some dubious history. The fight between the undefeated Mayweather and the UFC drawcard is set to break all sorts of commercial records and […]
Alpine Shelter Skuta Mountain, Slovenia. OFIS architects and AKT II with harvard gsd students Inspired by the vernacular architecture of Slovenia, with its rich and diverse heritage, this gem is practical against the extreme alpine climate and radical temperature shifts. Embedded in the rugged terrain of Skuta Mountain in the Kamnik Alps, the shelter comprises three […]
It’s that time of year when you are in-between tropical holidays and in desperate need to get out of the city, even just for the weekend. While it is winter, New Zealand has some pretty incredible destinations to escape to, and recharge and re-energise yourself to get through the last few cold months of the […]
Lexus has taken its design aesthetic and its penchant for style to the seas and it could be yours. The project started when Toyota Motor Corporation President, Akio Toyoda, was invited to check out what the Toyota Marine Department had been up to. After getting on the water with the new Ponam range and giving […]
Free Willy vs Jaws… who wins? Hollywood has altered our expectations about how this sort of apex predator duel would go down. Unless you spend more time watching documentaries than old movies on VHS, then the answer isn’t so clear. The biggest great white sharks can measure six metres long, weigh more than 2200 kilograms […]
For a man that is far more comfortable talking about his team than himself, Cameron Death has a work history that would make even the most charismatic tech guru weep into their kale smoothie. After almost a decade at the headquarters of the company that built the foundation of the tech revolution, Microsoft, he crossed […]
Annually, the World Press Photo Foundation recognises photographers’ visual creativity and commitment to in-depth photojournalism by exhibiting pictures that capture an event or issue of great journalistic importance in the previous 12 months. This year, an intense and haunting depiction of the assassination of Turkey’s Russian ambassador took the prestigious first prize as Photo of […]
There are few things in life that will change a man, like becoming a dad. It is incredible how a such a small bundle of noise and nappies can be the pivot point for such a shift in priorities and perspective. To celebrate Father’s Day we joined a few New Zealand dads and their kids […]
Weightlessness, emptiness and feeling so miniscule compared to the giant world that I stare back at, there is a thick silence and all I can hear is my own breath and the mechanical sounds created from my spacesuit… “The Eagle has landed” … goose bumps cover my body from head to toe and my daydreaming thoughts...
Over the winter months we have covered some of the most outstanding reds from our part of the world. We’ve brought you a selection of some of the best we have tried with ‘bites’ of information that you can share when you bring these wines out at the next occasion. This is the last of […]
New Balance New Balance is bridging the gap between performance and lifestyle shoes with their latest release, the 574 Sport. Known for their classic running style, New Balance is injecting their widely recognised running style into a shoe that is sporty, yet sleek – in other words a shoe you can wear to the gym […]
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Henry Ford I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that […]
Some of us hibernate in winter, but Jossi Wells thrives. A professional free skier, competing at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games and taking home gold at the 2016 X-Games, he is one to watch. Wells’ usually busy training schedule has freed up recently due to an injury so we take the opportunity to talk about […]
You either love ’em or hate ’em, but puffer jackets have been finding their way into the more ‘accepted’ side of the fashion scene lately. But when it comes to the fact that, yes, it is cold outside, you will find there are, in fact, some pretty cool options out there. Is your finger on […]
AGE: 19 Founder of Hunters Race What do you have for breakfast? I go with the classic peanut butter on Vogels, and a coffee as well. What is your morning routine? On the usual day I wake up at six. Shower, match my watch with my outfit for the day. Then have breakfast and jump […]
I have always had a fascination and great interest in how people past, present and future work in offices. Forty years ago I formed a company whose main purpose was to transform New Zealand office work by encouraging office management to discard their private partitioned offices and move into a landscaped office format dubbed “burolandschaft” […]
Fashion is an area where you can play with your ‘looks’ to reflect your personality. Shawn Mendes has the playful and charming attitude that Armani thought was perfect to face the launch of their new Emporio Armani Connected smartwatch collection. Let loose with your style as we move closer to spring and find your style […]
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed”. Back in 1978, with these tantalising words, a young man called Stephen King began an epic narrative that is still unfolding to this very day. King would go on to become one of the best-selling popular novelists in the world, a modern-day Charles […]
I believe that passion underpins success in business. You can have the best product or service in the market, but without a passionate team of individuals driving its success, things are likely to flop. You can’t teach passion. You can’t teach people to care. As a boss or entrepreneur, it’s easy to jump out of […]
If I was to ask you what success looks like, what would you say? Do you consider yourself to be a success, or would you struggle with its rendition? If you would have asked me five years ago, I would have told you success was owning a digital agency with a team of great people […]
As clichéd as it sounds, Emirates Team New Zealand’s America’s Cup triumph in Bermuda is the ultimate redemption story. Whatever drove the team in the early days after the catastrophe in San Francisco four years earlier was potent enough to push them through a myriad of challenges and, against all odds and rationale, put together the […]
Few of us can even begin to imagine clinging to the side of a more than vertical cliff-face and inching your way higher and higher until eventually clambering over the cusp: rock climbing definitely isn’t for the faint hearted. We talk to Joe Ward; the New Zealand Alpine Club National Boulder Series champion about the […]
The animal kingdom is a strange and wonderful place. From architects to mimes, assassins to philanderers, each animal has its own niche, a role and place. While we regularly encounter cats, dogs, birds and bugs, our chances of seeing dangerous animals are usually limited to visiting the zoo or watching The Discovery Channel. But while...
As an entrepreneur, I don’t have as much time for reading as I would like; I’m often too busy ‘doing’. But there’s value to be gleaned from other people’s stories of having been there, done that, and lots we can learn from their trials and tribulations. So here are five books that have affected me […]
There was never a truer statement than: “If you believe you can, you will, and if you believe you can’t, you won’t.” This is extremely pertinent in a time of massive disruption and change, where very established businesses can be taken out by a start-up company with a better product or service and a better […]
Last issue we brought together all the bits and pieces you need for your iPhone. We figured that this time round we should show the love to the Android side of things. My personal favourite is Belkin’s wireless charger. It’s both futuristic and convenient while also being the perfect solution for keeping my older Nexus […]
Brendon Skipper’s role as CEO of New Zealand’s No.1 property site, realestate.co.nz, draws on more than 20 years of experience across sales and marketing, property, IT and telecommunications, but he is quick to point out that the CEO role is one that doesn’t come with a manual. Could you describe a standard day for yourself? […]
The larger mob of society will never experience true success. Why? Because this majority is unwilling to become the CEO of their life – they’d rather someone else call the shots. They are unwilling to take risks, to fail publicly or be forced to try again after getting knocked down. They are unwilling to sacrifice […]
Age: 42 Occupation: Founder & head distiller Thomson Whisky What do you have for breakfast? Free range poached eggs on Vernerdi Six Seed toast & plunger coffee – we have a coffee machine but I prefer plunger What is your morning routine? Get up, have breakfast then go and make whisky What’s your dream car? DS […]
Aston Martin Go ahead, drool, as Aston Martin reveals more ‘Valkyrie’ secrets.Rightfully there is a thirst for more knowledge about the Aston Martin Valkyrie – so here’s what we know so far. The Hypercar is powered by a 6.5L V12 (and some electric wizardry) that will produce 1000hp. Two massive Venturi tunnels feed the rear […]
There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind about the love that surrounds Alfa Romeo. Despite, or maybe even because of, its faults and quirkiness, it’s a brand that inspires great passion and desire. Of course, that’s not without just cause: both design and performance are there with abundance. Mind you, it’s fair to say that […]
Over the years, high-end European SUVs have been given the less than gracious nickname Remuera Tractors. Fitted with more bling than an American Rap artist, but with (if possible) less substance behind them, it’s easy to understand why. In truth, their general day-to-day use barely has them venture into a puddle or over a speed […]
The P10 and P10 Plus came out in April, and continue to be Huawei’s flagship top tier phones designed to take on the likes of Apple and Samsung. Their particular niche has been designing cameras that give their conventional counterparts a run for their money. To achieve this Huawei teamed up with Leica to coengineer the...
What you eat forms the basis of everything that your body does and to function at your best, it’s important to eat a diet packed full of nutrient-rich foods. With an ever increasing number of Kiwis suffering from chronic stress, anxiety and depression, it’s time to start looking to our diets to help support our […]
Commitment Have you ever wondered why you don’t always get the results you want? As unpalatable as the answer is, it is likely to be that you didn’t commit enough energy and resource to it. There are, of course, many situations where it simply wasn’t worth any more effort! Fine, but don’t whine about the […]
