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Top 50 Baked Goods Pt. 2

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

Pot Luck – 5 September

A potential cure for a collective funk

Inflation Index

As the temperature in Tāmaki Makaurau drops, puffer jackets take over. Emma Gleason considers what they say about the city’s social fabric.

Top 50 Baked Goods Pt. 1

Metro’s favourite baked items around Tāmaki Makaurau

My Life in Clothes: Guy Coombes

Photographer Guy Coombes wears black so he doesn’t reflect any light on his subjects. With thanks to R.M.Williams.

Kneading sovereignty

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

I see red, I see red, I see red

How do we know that what we see is also what other people see?

Student Body Precedent

School rules and self-expression from the teens of Tāmaki Makaurau.

Pot Luck – 1 August

A slice of freedom

How do you write about free speech without sounding like a complete moron?

Beyond the Classroom Walls: Learning in the Metaverse

An immersive learning journey from ACG Schools

The Photosynthesiser

The witchy knowledge and forensic precision of Ann Shelton.

Fit for a king

The Karangahape Rd bakery that created a spectacular six-foot cake in 1897 and sent it deep into the Pacific for the wedding of Tonga’s monarch.

Live Through This

Golriz Ghahraman on the trauma and online attacks that broke her down, the mistakes she made, and the work she’s done — professional and therapeutic — to build herself back up.

Pulse Check

Another trip around as many Auckland galleries as possible in a week or so.

Primary sauces

Sagrado Cantina migrates from the night markets to the arcade.

When Rust is Vapour

The abstract work of Emma McIntyre.

It wasn’t me — it was the puppet

The lesser-known work of artist Greer Twiss.

Ahi

Level 2, Commercial Bay7 Queen St, Central city

Carmel - Israeli Street Food

67b France Street South, Eden Terrace, Eden Terrace

Chic’en Eats

609 New North Rd, Morningside, Morningside

Tokos Tacos

1954 Great North Rd, Avondale, Avondale

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Metro N°447 is Out Now

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Metro N°447 is Out Now

In the Winter 2025 issue of Metro: Our Annual Schools Report Card for Tāmaki Makaurau, plus sage advice on choosing a school, how to meet the unspoken dress code, and a peek behind the curtains of Kelston Boys Samoa Group’s efforts at Polyfest 2025. PLUS: Metro’s Top 50 Baked goods in Auckland, choice tips on how to lose all your money quickly and easily with your smartphone, a deep dive with a soft landing on puffer jackets, the restoration efforts of the SS Toroa, the sweet taste of history and more!

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