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Pot Luck — Friday 18 April

Goings, goings, gones + Litigious treaties + A pop-up to pop out for

Change Nothing

A morning at the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy King Milutin in Pt Chevalier.

Ūkaipō

A new multi-discipline creative space in uptown Tāmaki Makaurau run by mother and daughter CAT RUKA and LUCIA DAVISON.

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.

Sweet Somethings

Remembered sweetness is the best sweetness.

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.

Bianca — Smart business, casual dining

A new pasta restaurant and shop in Ellerslie.

Pot Luck — Friday 10 May

The Metro Dining Newsletter

Uneasy Money: Under the Hammer

In the third of a series on the ways arts are funded in Aotearoa, we look at the secondary market — fine art auctions, the new resale royalty and the commercialisation of taonga.

Pot Luck — Friday 1 March

The Metro Dining Newsletter

No, you can’t pay in values

How the politics of kindness came up empty.

Great Import — A trip to Spiga, Remuera's local Italian

There is nothing stuffy or old-world about this thoughtfully playful Italian restaurant in this thoughtfully playful alleyway in Remuera.

Osteria Uno on opening up and Bon Appetit

Metro x Stella Artois

IN THE BEGINNING

Smuggling booze, full-moon parties and sex in the pohutukawa grove: BOB HARVEY reports on a transformational decade for Auckland’s nightlife. With thanks to Campari

Metro Eats! Friday 1 December

With thanks to Stella Artois!

Cafe Style: five Auckland cafes and their style tribes

Cafes play host to the city’s vibrant and distinct microcosms — entire eras of my life can be matched to the hospitality institutions that served me at the time.

Metro Eats! — Friday 11 August

So long to The Caker and new things to eat!

Lessons learned growing up among the rich and the poor in Cambodia.

Being Good in a Grim World

Cazador

854 Dominion Rd, Balmoral

Nanam

178 Hurstmere Rd, Takapuna

The Engine Room

115 Queen St, Northcote Point

Casita Miro

3 Brown Rd, Waiheke

Waku Waku

415 Remuera Rd, Remuera

Tokki

87 Kitchener Road, Milford, North Shore

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Metro N°446 is Out Now

In the Autumn 2025 issue of Metro: Cheap Eats is back with the top 50 places to eat in Auckland for under $25. Delight your eyes with a bumper Contemporary Art Special including Emma McIntyre, Ann Shelton, Greer Twiss, Areez Katki, Bob Harvey's memories of The McCahon House parties and a scooter-load of reviews from Sam Te Kani. PLUS: The fall of David Grr, the recovery of Golriz Ghahraman, Anna Rankin spends an afternoon at St Lukes Foodcourt, Metro meets Awful Food Reviews and more!

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