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Timothée Chalamet: The New Hollywood Leading Man
The Hollywood leading man. What a title to hold for any cold-blooded male. Take the names of James Dean, River Phoenix or Leonardo DiCaprio. By nature: talented; by birth: sensitive, charming, ambitious, forever-relevant, hard-working, goal-driven, […]
Destroying the “Tall Poppy Syndrome”
If you’re reading this article, it’s likely because you, like me, are interested in or aspire to be successful. It’s a journey that we all embark upon, driven by our ambitions and the desire for […]
Top of the Line Watches for The Year of the Dragon
As we celebrate the year of the Dragon, horologists around the world are putting their master craftsmen to work making the most intricate dragon themed timepieces they can muster. Being born in the year of […]
Style
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The Timeless Core of Louis Vuitton
For the Louis Vuitton Spring-Summer 2023 collection, imagination was the order of the day. At the timeless core of the Louis Vuitton studio is the belief that imagination – creatorship, craftsmanship, showmanship – can move […]
Green – Keeping You In Touch With Nature Wherever You May Be
Green, it’s the lushness of forests, the earliest buds of spring, a colour synonymous with life, growth, and renewal. It symbolizes health and prosperity, making it a universal colour of positivity and hope. From the […]
MSCHF and Moscot Style News
Getting up to MSCHF MSCHF is back at it again with its shoes that are more Instagram curiosity than actual shoe. Known as BWD Shoes, this weird looking thing is actually a pair of slides. […]
Driving Pleasure
Charge Your Drive with the BMW iX
Luxury, innovation and sustainability are hard things to achieve individually, let alone in balance. Somehow though the BMW iX does just that. This revolutionary electric SUV is now available at Auckland City BMW and East […]
BMW i4: A New Platform for A New Future
There’s been a lot of anticipation for BMW’s new all-electric Gran Coupe, the i4, but it’s now here and available at Auckland City BMW and East Auckland BMW. This new addition to BMW’s lineup is […]
Unleashing the New BMW X7
The BMW X7 has arrived at Auckland City BMW and East Auckland BMW, and it is the latest and most imposing addition to BMW’s lineup. But it’s not just big on being big, it’s also […]
Top Shelf
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Coffee & Whisky the Way They Should be Enjoyed – Together!
The end of a fine meal; what better time to have a cup of hot, rich, flavourful coffee? Funnily enough, this is also the ideal time to sit back and reflect on the successes of […]
A Whisky Specifically Designed for A Night On Earth
Hopefully over this christmas and New Years you found a chance to hang out and have good times with friends and loved ones. To celebrate these times The Macallan have crafted a unique single malt […]
Whisky: Celebrate A New Year With an Even Better One
I’m giving away my age a little with this admission but 2008 was a pretty great year for me personally. It was a formative year of getting away from home for the first time, seeing […]
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Top of the Line Watches for The Year of the Dragon
As we celebrate the year of the Dragon, horologists around the world are putting their master craftsmen to work making the most intricate dragon themed timepieces they can muster. Being born in the year of […]
A Bicentenary Bash To Remember
Champagne Bollinger, that iconic titan of bubbly magnificence, is on the cusp of a milestone that demands quite a celebration and they are going all out to prepare. The year 2029 marks the bicentenary […]
Mastering Time – Laureato’s Graduating Class
There’s a certain temporal layering at play in the world of watches. Of course, it’s all about the passage of time and the slow unwind of the future but it’s also about respect and a […]
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The Magic Of The 2021 Rolls-Royce Black Badge Cullinan
On my way to Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Auckland in Newmarket, I was making a mental note of road widths, corner angles, gradients and traffic, mapping out a safe route for my test drive with the […]
Rolls-Royce Comes to Hawkes Bay
In support of the Hawkes Bay community and attended by some of Hawkes Bays’ finest, Rolls-Royce Auckland was finally able to have its long-awaited showcase at the Atrium at Tribune in Hastings. After several attempts […]
A Gem on Wheels
Enter the Rolls-Royce Amethyst Droptail, a car that makes a statement louder than a rock star’s wardrobe and yet, somehow, more refined. This isn’t just a car; it’s a rolling piece of art, commissioned by […]
The Watches That Have Defined Daniel Craig’s Bond
Daniel Craig has been swearing that he’ll never do another Bond since 2015, he said he’d “rather slash my wrists” than do another Bond movie. But here he is, wrists intact. In fact throughout his […]
The Mystery of OMEGA’s Seamaster Planet Ocean 6000M Ultra Deep
What does it take to navigate the vast, enigmatic recesses of the world’s deepest ocean trenches? Courage, an adventurous spirit and a touch of insanity are undoubtedly key. Yet, an equally integral part of this […]
The Odyssey Of The OMEGA Seamaster
In the vast tapestry of human history, few elements have captivated our collective imagination quite like the ocean. From the intrepid voyages of early seafarers, the spreading of civilizations across the globe, to the myths […]
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Rediscovering An (Almost) Lost Knowledge
Sometimes incredible knowledge gets lost to the human race; like how to make Wootz steel for example. Manufactured in India 2,500 years ago it was used to create swords that were highly prized for their […]
Three Very Good Reasons To Focus On Awatea
Ever since Time began, there’s always been something magical about the number 3. Stories have always had three phases with a beginning, middle and end; in mythology the hero always gets offered three wishes and […]
Why Wait for Quality When You Can Have It Straight Away?
Read any wine magazine – or indeed, the pages of this august website – and you’ll see a lot of how long fine wines will cellar for; five years here, ten there, even twenty plus […]
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I Can See Clearly Now with the ECOVACS WINBOT W1 PRO
Sure, I can get AI to do my homework, and even this article (probably), but what about more practical things that would actually improve my life, like cleaning the windows. ECOVACS ROBOTICS, a global leader […]
All The Weird And Wonderful Tech Dropping This Spring
CyberTrucks are a thing of the present Despite a somewhat goofy reveal in 2019 resulting in a broken windscreen, Elon Musk’s Cybertruck has developed a cult following not limited to those of us here at […]
The Best and Weirdest Tech From CES 2024
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 […]
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Gamers Rejoice: The Pro X Line Is now Complete
An issue or two ago we reviewed the Logitech Pro X 2 Lightspeed headset (spoiler alert it’s pretty great). Now the Pro X line has been expanded further with the Logitech G Pro X TKL […]
Thunderbolts Are Go!
Plugs and ports – they’re all the same nowadays aren’t they? Well, they might all look the same and even run the same devices, but that’s where the similarities stop because some connections are definitely […]
An iPhone Case with a Rolex Attached? Why Not?
Have you bought an iPhone 14 Pro and worry that it isn’t the status symbol it once was? Never fear, now you can put it in a case that makes it practically unusable, but incredibly […]
Best Kept Secrets
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How To Choose The Perfect Steak For You
The iconic Auckland Restaurant, Jervois SteakHouse got a facelift over winter and is once again firing on all cylinders. Part of the refresh saw the return of the much-loved “meat board”, from which you can […]
A Tala As Old As Time
Wandering around in the back lanes of Auckland’s Parnell you discover quite a few things you just didn’t know existed.One of those things should be Tala restaurant. With a chic minimalist design and limited seating […]
Asian Fusion Dinner Dishes and 9 Wines To Pair Them With
While we commonly associate wine pairings, there’s a wine for everything, and that includes Asian fusion food. M2 had the opportunity of talking to sommelier Anong Klinyoo, who founded A-LLURE, making it possible for Kiwis to […]
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All The Movies to Catch this March-April 2024
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 […]
60 Ways To Live Longer
In life, the more prepared you are to take on the foibles and challenges that can occur, the higher your survival rate and therefore, the greater your success in meeting and conquering the next hurdle. […]
10 Cities for the Rich
Henly & Partners has released its annual World’s Wealthiest Cities Report for 2023. It gives us a rare insight into where the churn of high net worth individuals are coming from, and more importantly, where […]
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Unlocking Global Opportunities for Students
In an increasingly interconnected world, providing students with a diverse range of educational experiences and global opportunities has become an important part of education. ACG schools, with their four independent centres in Auckland and Tauranga, […]
10 Quotes to Live By For a Successful Career
“One of the purposes of life, and selfishly what makes people happy, is building things that are impactful.” -Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder of Facebook “If you haven’t failed five times as many as you’ve succeeded, you’re […]
Disappeared Into The Void
Built almost 4,500 years ago during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the Great Pyramid of Giza is possibly the most well-known man-made structure in the world. Consisting of an estimated 2.3 […]
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Rise of the Boomerang CEO
In our last issue, we published a quote from Bob Chapek about leadership in our success section. By the time you were reading it, his head was rolling and Bob Iger was retaking his throne […]
Transforming Talk Into Walk: Tactics to Close Your Intention-Action Gap
Anne woke up on 1 January feeling positive and motivated (and just a tad hungover), saying to herself “This is going to be an awesome year!” She’d been thinking about her goals and now it […]
3 Ways to Invest in Hotels
In Monopoly, there is a bit of a rigmarole to go through before being able to buy a hotel. You first have to own all of the properties in a colour group and then get […]
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Waitiri Creek: Time To Check Out A Classic From The Library
If you are like me, a ‘library’ is a place where you cooled your heels after school until your parent(s) had finished work and could come and pick you up. I remember the library I […]
Mastering Success
Becoming a Master Sommelier is an intense and exacting process that very few people achieve. Cameron Douglas is New Zealand’s first and only Master Sommelier, a dedicated professional wine and beverage expert. Cameron is well […]
Some Very Good Names to Remember
What’s in a name? Well, considering many of our given or nicknames, they may seem pretty ordinary and, dare I say it, arbitrary. But there is much more to names than we give them credit […]