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Pot Luck — 3 October

There is a snack-sized spectre haunting Aotearoa

Top 50 Baked Goods Pt. 2

More of Metro's favourite baked items around Tāmaki Makaurau.

Kneading sovereignty

How did bread come to occupy such an immovable and essential place on the Māori plate?

When Rust is Vapour

The abstract work of Emma McIntyre.

Procrastination plus

Extending the parliamentary term would make our politicians lazier than ever.

Seoul Searching

What does it mean to be a Korean cafe in Tāmaki Makaurau?

Metro Wine Awards 2025

The 50 best wines to drink this summer and in the year ahead.

Pot Luck — Friday 11 April

Food and solitude + Chowing down on chaos + Feijoa overflow resolution

Stealing Sex

The trial of fashion photographer and social-media influencer David Chai Pegler.

A Day In The Life of Auckland

What do people do all day? Metro set out to chart the community fabric of Tāmaki Makaurau and the rhythms of isthmus life over one ordinary day — Wednesday, 30 October 2024 — from dawn till dusk.

Pot Luck — December 20

With thanks to Atomic Coffee Roasters!

Metro Top 50 Restaurants of the Year 2024

Here are the best 50 restaurants in Auckland, and the finalists for Metro's Restaurant of the Year. Presented by Stella Artois.

Pot Luck — Friday 6 September

with thanks to Atomic Coffee Roasters

All Dressed Up

Tasting supermarket salad dressings.

Vanishing Tablecloths

What’s going on in the world of dégustation menus and silver service? As the cost-of-living crisis bites, the kinds of restaurants that have classically been the beacon of the food world have been forced to evolve.

Pot Luck — Friday 21 June

The Metro Dining Newsletter

Pot Luck — Friday 28 June

The Metro Dining Newsletter

Can the Grand Old Dame be Saved?

The continuing efforts to rescue the St James Theatre.

Apéro

280 Karangahape Rd, Karangahape Rd Precinct

Bar Céleste

146b Karangahape Rd, Karangahape Rd Precinct

L'Atelier Du Fromage

5 McColl St, Newmarket

Paris Butter

166 Jervois Rd, Herne Bay

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Metro N°448 is Out Now

In the Spring 2025 issue of Metro: Find out where to eat now in Tāmaki Makaurau with our top 50 restaurants, plus all the winners from Metro Restaurant of the Year. Henry Oliver picks at the seams of the remaking of the New Zealand fashion scene. Matthew Hooton puts the exceptional talent for Kiwi whinging on blast and Tess Nichol recounts her ongoing efforts not to pay attention to everything. Plus Anna Rankin pens a love letter to the 20th Century, a short story from Saraid de Silva and Bob Harvey assists the walls of Hotel DeBrett in talking. Oh, and last, but not least, it’s the end of an era.

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