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The House that Serato Built

Mariah Carey sings about it and Eminem raps about it, yet few New Zealanders had heard of Serato, the Auckland-based DJ software empire, until the Commerce Commission began investigating its sale. How did the notoriously private company end up making global headlines? Chris Schultz knocked on Serato’s door to find out.

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.

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UPROAR — Awokening

A new, darkly comic take on the Springbok tour protests with an obligatory happy ending.

Metro Eats! — Friday 28 July

Jean's dream restaurant and more!

Metro Eats! — Friday 21 July

Festival dining szn + WIN a Dolce and Gabbana Moka Pot!

Ada — Native Hearth

Ada’s new menu is blessed by the shades of nuns and visiting kēhua.

DATE NIGHT

TESS NICHOL has been on and off dating apps for 10 years. In that time she has been on countless first dates, a vanishingly small number of second dates, and fallen in love twice with men she met somewhere else entirely. This is her guide to the best place for a first date in Auckland.

Metro Eats! — Friday 17 March

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Campari Icons 2023 — CALLUM, Parasol & Swing

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Eating, Alone

The magic of solo dining.

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

Being Good in a Grim World

STATE OF THE ART

In the second of a series exploring the ways the arts are funded in Aotearoa, we look at government support and ask what duty the state has, in all fairness, to keep art forms and artists alive.

MĀNI DUNLOP

Former Midday Report presenter MĀNI DUNLOP won praise, and attracted vitriol, for integrating te reo Māori into her show. Here she recounts a long journey from full immersion to immersing RNZ listeners.

Uneasy Money

In the first of a series on the ways arts are funded in Aotearoa, we journey into the world of philanthropy and ask: does money still flow from the mansion on the hill?

Little Bird Kitchen

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Bar Magda

25B Cross St, Karangahape Rd Precinct

Taisumyun

30 Pearn Pl, Northcote, Northcote

Sue Hsiao Liu Handmade Dim Sum

4 Lorne St, Central City, Central city

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