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Madame Butterfly

In search of a home for the monarchs.

Auckland Nightlife Diaries

Five Aucklanders out at night. Part of our Nightlife Special, with thanks to Campari.

My Life in Clothes — Takutai Tarsh Kemp

For the Manurewa Marae chief executive, hip-hop ONZM and Te Pati Māori MP — dressing is a superpower. With thanks to Showroom 22.

The Archivist: The Search for the Real Robin Tait

A story about the dark side of high performance sport. From Metro N°36, June 1984.

Metro Food Editor

Situation Vacant.

The Lost Kids

Last July, high school rolls were down by 476 students across Auckland. Where did the missing students go? And what are schools doing to keep the rest?

The Beleaguered State of Auckland’s Stadiums.

The Neverending Story.

New Zealand-raised businessman FEROZ ALI has entered his fashion era

The guy who bought New Zealand Fashion Week.

Review: “100% not authentic” tacos at Ragtag in Westmere

Sign O' the times.

Metro Top 50 Wines 2023

What to drink now.

The Lion Tamer — David Seymour

Bob Harvey talks to the Epsom MP ahead of this year's general election.

THE COMMUNE THAT ALMOST WAS

In 2017, a group of local comedians banded together to start a cohousing property development. What happened next was... sadly predictable.

Oceanic Space: Gina Cole's new novel Na Viro

Na Viro is a sci-fi exploration of outer space through a Pasifika lens.

Review: Ponsonby restaurant Lucky 8

Where everything is $8

How to make ICE CREAM (and eat it too)

Like making sourdough, but the summer edition. Plus, a taste test of the vanilla variety.

Metro Eats! — Friday 3 February

Why art is a little boring right now ...and why that might be for the best.

We self-regulate to make the world better, yet maybe it makes our art worse. What’s the creative payoff for a safer society? In a classic newly-turned-30, recently-left-the-country move, the outgoing Metro arts editor thinks back to her day and, with the help of UK reality TV show Love Island, considers why art has lately become more boring.

THIS TOWN IS COMING LIKE A GHOST TOWN

Covid, greed or a lack of good tenants? Why are so many shops in the central city empty?

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