Normally, I like to grab a couple of features from the latest issue and use them to make some sweeping comment about whatever macroeconomic or political drama is playing out at the moment. I have just checked LinkedIn though, and it turns out there are already more than enough experts telling us what to think […]
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 […]
‘Oh my, Standards have sure slipped’, ‘that’s not up to Standard’ and; ‘that’s the Gold Standard’. Talk to anyone over the age of thirty and you’ll hear such comments soon enough. But what are they actually wahing on about? What Are Standards? Standards are like those other invisible things that surround us like radio waves, […]
25 years ago, John Bishop stumbled into the brown-bricked Frog & Bucket Comedy Club on Oldham Street in Manchester on a Monday night, slightly depressed after divorcing his then-wife and looking for something to do. There were only a few others in the place. He put his name down on the open mic list and […]
Formula 1 is an octane and ego fuelled sport, so that makes New Zealand driver Liam Lawson a breath of pretence-free, humble air. In the days before the Visa Cash App RB driver prepared for the unique Baku street circuit, I had a Zoom call with him to understand what powers his journey at the […]
Image Above: Hubble captured this image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on July 21, 2025, when the comet was 277 million miles from Earth. Hubble shows that the comet has a teardrop-shaped cocoon of dust coming off its solid, icy nucleus. Comet – or was it alien spacecraft?! – 3I/ATLAS barged its way uninvited through […]
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 […]
The future’s always sneaking up on us, ready to leap out when we least expect it. Today we can be happy slurping away at a milkshake through a plastic straw, yet tomorrow we might just as easily get arrested for not using a sipper made from micro-woven hemp husk. But the future’s not always woke […]
So Keir Starmer has just resigned as British PM? Well, no he hasn’t – but he is proposing a universal digital ID which sounds very, very similar to the ‘Poll Tax’ which Margaret Thatcher tried busting out back in the 80s. And though she was tough as old boots, the Iron Lady was melted down […]
There are two types of people in Melbourne in January and February. The ones who know exactly why Jannik Sinner’s second serve is suddenly biting harder under the lights, and the ones who nod politely and change the subject to the weather. Photos courtesy of Rolex This guide is for the second group. The Australian […]
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 […]
Building a new home is one of life’s biggest adventures, but before you dive into floor plans and colour schemes, there’s some important groundwork to do. Think of this as your pre-planning phase – a chance to really visualise what you want your new home to feel like, not just look like. These moments set […]
I’m sorry to say that early retirement will cause you to have feelings. A lot of them. Many of the feelings are good—freedom, joy, contentment, gratitude, excitement—but you don’t need help navigating those. Let’s talk about the tougher things you can expect to encounter. Expect the Transition to Take Time “Midway upon the journey of […]
We’re often told to “find balance,” as if it’s a single moment of alignment we can reach and hold forever. But balance is far less about perfection and far more about adaptability. True balance isn’t a goal to achieve. It’s a rhythm to cultivate. As business leaders, entrepreneurs, and high performers, we live with multiple […]
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 […]
Nyssa Waters, Co-Founder & CEO, Possibl.ai Prior to founding Possibl.ai in 2023, Nyssa held senior roles including Head of Financial Services & Fintech at Google Cloud NZ, and Sales Leadership with Spark and Telstra. She partners with organisations to transform data into actionable AI insights, driving efficiency, improved customer experiences and strategic advantage across industries. Nyssa […]
James Laughlin, High-Performance Leadership Strategist & Executive Coach A globally recognised expert in high-performance leadership and personal mastery, based in Christchurch, James is a seven-time world champion musician. He now channels his exceptional mental discipline into empowering elite performers, from professional athletes to Fortune 500 CEOs, through his unique frameworks and coaching methods. As the mental […]
Dr Peter Catt, Director of Quantum & AI, Virtual Blue Peter spearheads the integration of advanced AI, machine learning, and automation into business strategies and solutions. Holding a doctorate in applied computing, he brings deep expertise in predictive modeling and forecasting, helping organisations transform complex data into confident and actionable insights. He’s also a recognised global […]
Cowan Henderson, Founder, Avocado AI Cowan focuses on bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI technology and the people who use it. His approach is highly practical and people-centric, rather than overwhelming teams with tools, he empowers them with the habits, safety frameworks and playful experimentation that make AI adoption sustainable. Cowan is known for turning […]
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 […]
Andrew Nicol, Founder, Preductive Through Preductive, Andrew works directly with CEOs and business owners to unlock clarity, establish solid foundations, and run hands-on “agentic sprints” that deliver AI-driven solutions within weeks, not years. He interviewed 100 senior leaders last year to understand their challenges, the rates of adoption and the market. His approach is software-agnostic, […]
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 […]
Caelan Huntress, Head of Training & Enablement, Agentic Intelligence Caelan Huntress starts off with some simple definitions. GPT is “generative, pre trained, transformer”, LLM is a large language model, NLP in this context is natural language processing, and MCP is the Model Context Protocol, the emerging “language” that lets different AI agents talk to each […]
Under Danu’s technical leadership, Rush has built platforms and products used daily by millions of people, including the NZ COVID Tracer app, large-scale digital systems for global brands, and AI-powered solutions that now serve 1 in 10 New Zealanders. Trained as an engineer and known for his ability to translate cutting-edge research into applied technology, […]
Alex Johnson, Senior Systems Engineer, Arctic Wolf. Alex works with organisations across industries to strengthen their defences against evolving threats, helping executives translate cybersecurity complexity into practical strategies. Drawing on findings from the Global Cyber Risk Report, Alex will share where AI is creating both risk and opportunity and what leaders can do right now […]
Under his leadership, Arcanum has delivered AI-powered solutions that fast-track retention, streamline workflows, and drive real business impact across diverse industries. Asa leads strategic development of Numa, a practical AI platform that helps SMEs grow profitably by turning business data into actionable insights and automation. Asa Cox doesn’t talk about AI like a futurist, he […]
The pinnacle of automotive performance is an ever moving target and with McLaren’s racing heritage, the challenge is fundamental to the brand. Following the legendary F1 and the paradigm-shifting hybrid P1, the company faced the huge task of writing the next chapter. The result is the W1, a vehicle conceived not merely to be fast, […]
I’m sitting in the Corvette Z06, the angry older brother of the Stingray. This has a 500 KW (670 hp), 5.5 litre flat plane crank V8. This LT6 configuration with titanium internals has a red line of 8600 RPM and it is the most powerful naturally aspirated V8 ever fitted to a production car. This […]
Triumph is an icon at the core of the English automobile scene and is the sole remaining all-British-owned major brand. They have made some of the most beloved motorcycles on the planet. The brand appeared in 1877 after two years of importing bicycles and started making motorcycles in 1902. By 1918, Triumph was Britain’s largest […]
Engineer Henry Royce set out to create the pinnacle of luxury car experience in 1903. His passion soon attracted the sales and marketing talent of Charles Rolls. Together, they launched the Rolls-Royce Motor Company, and now, 122 years later, the brand defines the ultimate car experience and the very definition of quality itself. The ultimate […]
The G580 has the same character of the G63 gas burner, the same retro brick-inspired exterior look, the same interior, if somewhat updated, it even almost sounds the same with the V8 inspired mumbly grumbly soundtrack that can be mistaken for the real thing. I’m actually sold on this artificial sound. It gives you genuinely […]
Driving a 12-cylinder, 830-horsepower Ferrari is good on any day, but testing it on the Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds on ice has to rate as one of the top vehicle experiences possible. With a massively powerful, rear-wheel-drive, ultra-expensive car, you don’t always think of putting it on a bed of ice and snow. It doesn’t […]
Always a brand that’s uniquely recognisable, and with such status, it was right at the top of my hit list when planning to experience the British car industry. The Goodwood Festival of Speed was already on the books so the cherry on the top was an invitation to spend a day in their Aston hospitality […]
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 […]
And in more hot Guinness Book of Records news; Turkmenistani capital Ashgabat has finally lifted the prestigious title of World’s Highest Density of White Marble-clad Buildings. After a fierce competition that’s raged for at least a couple of millennia, Ashgabat wrenched the title from the grasp of divisional heavyweights like Agra, Washington, Athens and Rome. […]
If you need someone to be the embodiment of style and class you can’t do much better than Mads Mikkelsen who’s starring in Zegna’s FW25 Campaign. The shoot took place inside the Teatro Regio di Torino, an Italian opera house in Turin. This calls back to Ermenegildo Zegna’s personal tailor in Torino back in the […]
For the first time ever the Monaco Grand Prix has a title partner, and it’s none other than TAG Heuer. TAG already had its fingers in plenty of high octane pies, but by becoming the title sponsor in one of the most classiest events of the year they’ve truly staked their claim. To celebrate CEO […]
He Blue It At the Fifth Annual Academy Museum Gala in October the fits were good, and a number were spotted in Prada. Our favourite goes to Damson Idris who wore a PRADA light blue mohair suit, white poplin shirt, black grosgrain tie and black leather monk strap shoes. Monti Castello – Made in Italy […]
Mandatory has been a stalwart of kiwi’s men’s fashion since Clare Bowden and Fiona Voisey first saw a gap in the market back in 1997. They take pride in tailoring to their clients and using the finest materials, because in their words “it is not worthwhile putting cheap fabrics with expensive labour. That makes everything […]
If there’s one person we weren’t expecting to see mooching around the Prada Spring Summer 2025 catwalk it was Hideo Kojima. Although it makes a whole lot more sense knowing he was there in the context of recently collaborating with Danish movie director Nicolas Winding Refn and using Prada’s Aoyama Tokyo space to host their […]
The Lenovo Legion Go If you had told me that this XGIMI MOGO 4 Series was a bluetooth speaker or perhaps an omni-mic I would have believed you, shrugged, and moved on. You, like me, may be surprised however to find out that this is in fact a mini projector. It pushes 550 lumens, with […]
Do you want to feel real old? The PlayStation 1 is now 30 years old. To celebrate, Reebok, the king of 90s culture has generated an exclusive range of region-specific sneakers to honour their combined legacy. This drop is being done in conjunction with PlayStation’s other 30th anniversary collection, a limited run of PS5 consoles […]
Logitech has a wave of new kit coming out, my favourite of which is the Logitech G Astro A20 X Lightspeed, here on out called the A20 X for brevity. I’ve been hunting for a new headset to wear at work to block out bosses and coworkers and using the A20 X for this purpose […]
HBO continues to chase the breakout success of Game of Thrones, but can it ever harness that spark ever again? The GoT universe has plenty of fertile content to work with, George RR Martin may be a serial procrastinator when it comes to finishing off the original books but there are plenty of short stories […]
In the last issue of the mag I hand-wrung over the difficulty Tron has always had as a concept. It has never been appreciated in the time it comes out in and Tron: Ares is no different. Tron is anathema to critics who spend too much time reflecting on the décor of their colon. But […]
Is it too much to say Timothee Chalamet is a once in a generation actor? Name me one bad movie he’s been in… Wonka? Ok you got me on that one. But his latest film coming out from A24 costars Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, and Tyler the Creator among others. Chalamet plays Marty Mauser in […]
Fackham Hall introduces itself proudly as being “From the studio that watched the first two seasons of Downton Abbey” and doesn’t look back as it delivers physical, visual, and literal gags one after the other. After a year where we’ve already been blessed with a fresh Naked Gun movie, it feels like we’re back to […]
The first impression of the BMW X7 is its size. It is not small, in or out. It’s a genuine seven-seater with a robust physical presence. The second thing you notice is the comfort, the large seats – space abounds. The third thing you notice is the effortless luxury of endless leather, Alcantara and more. […]
