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Metro N°440/Spring 2023 is Out Now!

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Metro N°440/Spring 2023 is Out Now!

Oct 2, 2023 What's On

With progressive councillors starting to score some wins under what was anticipated to be a reactionary mayor, Hayden Donnell asks: Has Wayne Brown gone woke?

Plus: we go out and investigate Auckland’s nightlife (or in some cases, the lack thereof), with best bars (with thanks to Campari); going-out diaries from Chlöe Swarbrick, BBYFACEKILLA.mp3Poppa.Jax & more; a look into Auckland’s drugs by Don Rowe (who’s holding and how much they paid for it); and more!

Plus, plus: we go on the campaign trail with Willie Jackson, talk to gallerist Michael Lett, drink martinis and alternative wines, start seeing a therapist, visit Imogen Taylor’s studio, look into Takutai Tarsh Kemp’s wardrobe. And, again, more.

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Cover illustration by James Stewart.

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