Sleep is that time in your life where you go into a short-term coma and escape the horrors of life. It keeps you at the top of your game and gives you time to sort through the challenges of the day. However, it’s delicate and the smallest thing can ruin your sleep. Of course there’s...
Part of living a healthy, energy-filled life is making sure your body is running at peak performance. We’ve already looked at different foods to boost different aspects of your body, but now it’s time to get down to the thorny issue of weight. There is a veritable minefield of conflicting information out there. It seems...
Recently Sir Roger Moore, Bond star and UNICEF Ambassador, passed away after a short fight with cancer. His family left a letter stating: “The love with which he was surrounded in his final days was so great it cannot be quantified in words alone.” The message continued: “We know our own love and admiration will...
As the billionaires and their boats descend on Bermuda for the 35th America’s Cup, Team New Zealand will be once again showing why they are at the cutting edge of yachting evolution. Against a perpetual wall of money, Kiwi sailors have always found a way to get around or over it with skill, innovation, and...
Destroyed, decayed and derelict – all key elements that Jonk, a well-seasoned French photographer, seeks in his ultimate subject matter, for his ongoing series depicting abandoned structures. Do you come from a photography background? I did not study photography and learned everything myself, mostly from reading and exchanging ideas with fellow photographers. My background is...
You’ve likely heard of the legendary King Arthur and the extraction of the enchanted sword, Excalibur, from the stone, but who on earth is Charlie Hunnam? Sons of Anarchy fans will know the English actor as bikie, Jackson ‘Jax’ Teller, and women wish they knew him, as he was one of the original picks for...
A new apartment tower is set to fill a gap in Auckland’s housing market and change its skyline with a new landmark feature. The Pacifica is going up – sky high. It is well known that New Zealand is in the midst of a housing shortage, no city more so than Auckland. As people flock...
It’s 1979, and a two-year-old Michael Fassbender is moving with his family from Heidelberg in Germany to Ireland. Just across the Irish Sea, principle photography at a London studio had just been finished and the world was being introduced to the horror of Ridley Scott’s Alien, a franchise that would set the bar in sci-fi...
Being the social media sensation that he is, Logan Dodds is evidently no stranger to being in the limelight. When it comes to capturing the right mood, combined with the right moment, his vision is faultless and his adventurous spirit makes for some of the most breath taking and jaw dropping moments ever to grace […]
There’s nothing worse than pining after a dish all day, only to be miserably disappointed when your order doesn’t quite live up to the expectations. With a dizzying array of options dotted around the city, it’s hard to know where to even begin. To avoid a serious case of food disappointment, we found out where […]
There have been countless conversations about affordable housing and what (or who) is to blame. Little of this conversation, however, has taken into consideration the problem of expensive materials. Could addressing this be the solution to affordable housing? Whenever talk turns to housing, whether it is on the news or in a brave office conversation,...
Age: 44 Occupation: Electric bike tour and rental company owner and lawyer What do you have for breakfast? So this morning I had some roasted cauliflower and broccoli, some sliced chorizo, a fried egg on top, and just an ocean of olive oil. So it’s low carb, high healthy fat. It’s a way of...
Age: 39 Occupation: Partner at Haigh Lyon Lawyers What do you have for breakfast? Essentially birdseed so homemade muesli or Porridge or a combination of whatever is left of those and whatever I am making for the boys What is your morning routine? Monday and Friday is the gym and Tuesday to Thursday is...
Age: 41 Occupation: Director of Sweat Shop Brew Kitchen. I have a smoothie for breakfast. Kale, nuts, and protein, frozen berries and banana. And leave a little glass of it in the fridge for my daughter. What is your morning routine? Sneak out of bed. Because my daughter and wife are still asleep. We still...
Ben Sanders was not a name I had heard of when I saw his books in stores for Christmas. So after a few sightings, I got the message and read American Blood. I liked it. The hero, Marshall, wasn’t as arrogant as Jack Reacher, and not as active as Jason Bourne. He was a good […]
Ironman and Sovereign CEO, Nick Stanhope might well be New Zealand’s healthiest executive leader but it’s a philosophy that is core to the values the company that he has lead for just over a year. While insurance generally seems to be an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff type of affair, Sovereign is putting […]
M2 Coach Podcast – Why You Should Be Hiring Sports Stars Tallying up my close group of friends Successful entrepreneurs in their own rights, we have a regional hockey player, a New Zealand swimming representative, three volleyball players – two of whom played for New Zealand, and I myself a national champion in Canoe Polo...
M2 Coach Podcast – Why Having 4 Holidays A Year Will Make You More Productive A year is a long time to stay motivated and productive at work – especially if you’ve only got one holiday at the end to look forward to. A few years back, a good mate introduced me to the ‘four...
M2 Coach Podcast – An Audacious Social Entrepreneur Needed BIG DISRUPTION IS LOOKING FOR AN AUDACIOUS SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR – IS ANYONE LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY? Automation and artificial intelligence have been conservatively reported as eliminating approximately 30 percent of all jobs in developed countries before 2032 (15 years’ time). I personally think this figure is...
M2 Coach Podcast – 5 Tech Trends That Will Disrupt Kiwi Marketing Let’s face it, there aren’t many aspects of our lives that technology hasn’t touched. This month, I caught up with some of my friends in the marketing world for their take on the top technology trends that are set to disrupt Kiwi marketing....
M2 Coach Podcast – 3 Ways to Communicate More Effectively With Your Customer COMMUNICATE WITH INDIVIDUALS Like so many areas of business in 2017, your communications plan should be informed by data. In the age of social media, your customers want to be treated like individuals – and harnessing the power of data allows you...
As we push forward into our capitalist industrial future, we’re creating plenty of things to make our lives easier, but at the same time we’re breeding entirely new problems. The only way to solve them is with entirely new ideas and capitalist sponsorship. Enter Tiger Beer and Air-Ink – the world’s first ink created from air...
Did you know that there’s someone in the auto industry who’s in charge of making your brand new car smell nice and brand new? This is just one of the many hidden roles that go into making your new ride feel great. When you were a kid, you may never have dreamed of being that...
We have plenty of lists of places you absolutely must visit. But there are also plenty of places on earth you absolutely can’t ever visit, unless you’re one of the privileged few researchers or techheads. NORWEGIAN SEED VAULT Somewhere in the Norwegian Arctic is a vault – great slabs of concrete and metal half-buried...
Grand Prismatic Spring, in Yellowstone National Park, United states The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the US, and the third-largest in the world, after our very own Frying Pan Lake in New Zealand and Boiling Lake in Dominica. The vivid colours in the spring are the result...
Our craft beer market has plenty of gurus willing to provide you brews on your journey of beer discovery, but in New Zealand it’s a little tough to find the right person to guide you through your saké experience. Once you get the taste for saké you never go back. Now, Fuminobu (Fumi) Nakatani –...
Baywatch IN CINEMAS june 1 Take David Hasselhoff and swap him out for Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnston and you have the rehash of the 90s classic… but with a comedy twist. With the Baywatch unit needing an image facelift, the powers that be enlist the shredded and bronzed Matt Brody (Zac Efron) to help liven...
FORMULA ONE, POST BERNIE It may still be the same old picture in the Constructors’ Championship, but reigning champion Nico Rosberg’s replacement, Valtteri Bottas has stepped up to challenge team mate and enfant terrible, Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes’ new boy claimed the recent Russian Grand Prix, while Ferrari’s resurgence has seen Sebastian Vettel as a fixture...
DHL Lions Series Our British and Irish rugby foes are coming to town as the British and Irish Lions take on New Zealand in 10 games, including three test matches, around the nation. Kiwis will be out in force as the nation blacks out for a series that always fires everyone up. It has been...
When I get a Switch game I always feel like I’m getting two games for one. I plug the Switch into the TV and I’m playing a console. I pull the Switch out of its cradle and now I have the same game on a portable device. It really is amazing. So much so I...
LG Electronics New Zealand today launched its new brand LG SIGNATURE and unveiled the first of its products, the LG SIGNATURE OLED W7 TV; aptly named ‘Wallpaper.’ I’d show you a profile of this 65” OLED TV but at only 4mm thick it would just look like a vertical black line. As the first in...
Imagine you have a creepy security camera set up on the mantlepiece facing your door. Now imagine you’re a parent who wants to know something like “When did the kids get home from school?” or “When did the dog last get taken for a walk?” Lighthouse was designed to seamlessly answer these questions instantly from...
The new Galaxy S8 has seen a massive spike of interest in Samsung, with officials throwing numbers around of massive growth for the company. “The pre-order demand for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ in New Zealand has surpassed all expectations. We have seen over 400 per cent year on year growth, which is our largest...
Stress and anxiety is something we all experience at some time or another. I want to make it clear, though, if you’re reaching unbearable levels of stress, that articles like this may not be as helpful as professional help. A friend of mine recently started taking medication for anxiety due to a couple of life-changing...
This year’s Milan Furniture Fair in April (Salone del Mobile 2017) seemed to me to be the busiest I have known in the 30 years I have attended this hugely successful annual expo of the world’s greatest furniture designs. Adding to the excitement were the sheer number of anniversaries of the leading design manufacturers. One...
Most men are thrill seekers, looking for ways to get adrenaline pumping through their veins, and Luke Bracey, the face of the new fragrance from Ralph Lauren, ‘Polo Red Extreme’, is no exception and possibly the most perfect fit. From skydiving, to rock climbing, to surfing giant waves, Bracey leapt at the chance to perform...
In 1972, as an 11 year old, Jimmy Choo Yeang Keat placed the finishing touches on a pair of shoes crafted with his own hands under the watchful eye of his shoemaker father. It doesn’t seem possible that either of them in that moment could have imagined the young boy would grow up to be...
Montblanc reaffirmed its commitment to child literacy and education with the launch of its new limited edition collection of writing instruments, timepieces, leather goods and accessories, supporting UNICEF’s work to help the many children who are still denied access to quality education. Designed around the idea that writing is a precious gift that should be...
Paying tribute to Minerva’s extraordinary heritage, Montblanc takes a journey back to the glory days of motor racing with five new TimeWalker timepieces that capture the beauty, spirit and values of motorsport history. Professional watches are reborn, highlighting the performance and innovation of the new Montblanc TimeWalker collection. The Rebirth of Professional Watches Car racing...
Step up your grooming game by making sure you are covering the three important bases: face, hair and body care. These M2-approved products will be sure to have you looking and feeling good, and your significant other will definitely thank you for it. Sukin anti-pollution facial masque, $20.99 Containing bamboo charcoal as the key active...
Rembrandt has a new must-have for the travelling professional – a suit that knows exactly what you need from your busy lifestyle. The new style, Solano, features crease resistance, which is guaranteed to be wrinkle-proof (even after sitting down for that nine-hour flight), superior breathability and a water repellent feature, which is a treatment applied...
“If you’re a golfer you join a golf club – we don’t like golf”… It was such a succinct analogy, summing up the Hampton Downs GT membership so perfectly that it could have come from the racetrack owner Tony Quinn himself (without the Scottish brogue or the hint of expletives of course). As the membership...
As you are undoubtedly aware, there are 12 signs of the Zodiac (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces) and, depending on what you believe or read, wherever your birthday lands in terms of these signs will heavily dictate your own particular characteristics and talents. Of course, IMHO this...
Let’s face it, modern everyday life can be pretty busy. Between the necessity of work and the demands that come with family and friends, there seems to be so much pressure to do things. Time appears to be going by so fast (even speeding up) and very little of it is spent metaphorically speaking ‘silently...
Over easter; BMW invited me to Seoul to stretch the legs of their M-Sport range on the tarmac of its Driving Centre in Incheon, South Korea. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I sure wasn’t going to ‘passover’! For those of you that don’t know, here’s a brief history lesson. Officially founded on March 7,...
From a gym goer’s point of view, the bench press is one of the most popular exercises in terms of increasing upper body strength. From a supine position on top of a bench (and using weights on a barbell), the motion consists of raising the bar from chest to the full extent of the arms...
Lamborghini Passing by Italy any time soon? Why not go see Ayrton Senna: The Man and the Legend, a special exhibition at the Lamborghini Museum. Every race car ever driven by the champion will be on display, from his debut outing to his tragic accident, heightening the appeal of the Ayrton Senna: The Last Night...
We all love a good party here at M2 and dinner parties at home are such a great way to really get to know one another. It’s easy to turn up with a bottle of wine, the dilemma is what wine to turn up with. If you choose a red to suit the personality of...
Australia’s oldest family-owned winery has put its years of experience and wine pioneering expertise to good use with the exceptional and rare new wine, the 2012 Yalumba The Caley Cabernet & Shiraz. Under a moonlit sky, 168 years ago, Yalumba winemakers planted their first vines. Now, as the only Australian winery to have its own...
The standard operating practice of an award’s show, and any prize giving event for that matter, is simple: leave the biggest awards till last. The Oscars are no exception. As this year’s almost-three-and-a-half-hour ceremony drew to a close the penultimate award to be given out was the coveted golden statue bearing the label “Best Performance by an […]
