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Sweet Somethings

Remembered sweetness is the best sweetness.

Hard to Recommend

In 2021, a website called Narrative Muse created a stir in the arts community after receiving $500,000 from the government. SAM BROOKS talks to the platform’s co-CEO about what, if anything, it has achieved since then.

Home Sweet Home

We’re a nation of lolly lovers. But what makes a killer candy — and why are we so obsessed?

There's a Cake for That.

The best cakes in Tāmaki Makaurau for all the best occasions.

The best SWEET THINGS in Tāmaki Makaurau

Appearing as they often do at the end of a meal, or as an incidental snack, the sweet dishes of this city are easy to overlook.

Pot Luck — Thursday 27 September

With thanks to Atomic Coffee Roasters!

Open for Business

An impressive debut novel from a writer standing out from the IIML pack.

Going to seed

A landlord introduces a needy flatmate.

Pot Luck — Friday 6 September

with thanks to Atomic Coffee Roasters

All Dressed Up

Tasting supermarket salad dressings.

Pot Luck — Friday 12 April

The Metro Dining Newsletter

Wooden Heart

Priscilla, from director Sophia Coppola, is one of the films of the year.

The Archivist : … Ah, Wilderness! Bob Harvey goes to Whatipu

A story about West Auckland. From Metro N°98, August 1989.

PUNCHED OUT

Another mainstay of arts media has hit the mat. Sam Brooks writes on the rise and hiatus of The Pantograph Punch.

Ariana — Like a charm.

Afghan dishes on the Shore.

Stubborn Memory

Travels through the long history and present-day streets of Armenia.

The foreshore and seabed generation.

Twenty years after the foreshore and seabed hīkoi arrived in Wellington, how far have we really come?

LONTALIUS doesn’t know how to succeed in the music industry.

And neither does anyone else.

Beau

265 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby

The Engine Room

115 Queen St, Northcote Point

Onslow

9 Princes St, Central city

Pasta & Cuore

409 Mt Eden Rd, Mt Eden

Pasture

235 Parnell Rd, Parnell

Ponsonby Road Bistro

165 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby

Prego

226 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby

Sid at the French Café

210 Symonds St, Eden Terrace

Sidart

Level 1, Three Lamps Plaza, 283 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby

The Grove

St Patrick’s Square, Wyndham St, Central city

Mr Morris

Cnr of Galway and Commerce Sts, Britomart

The Lodge Bar

Commercial Bay,7 Queen St , Central city

The Shed

76 Onetangi Rd, Waiheke

Three Seven Two

21 The Strand, Onetangi, Waiheke

Casita Miro

3 Brown Rd, Waiheke

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Metro N°443 is Out Now.

Welcome to the new issue of Metro! Our annual Auckland Schools report card! Twenty-four great Aucklanders on how to fix greater Auckland! The best sweet treats in Tāmaki! The best (and worst) tasting toothpastes! A history of the Waitangi Tribunal! The troubling state of our public toilets! The return of the NZIFF! Derek Jarman comes to town! Our favourite designers' favourite designers! Out the back in the new Gow Langsford! Satellites! Milli Jannides' studio! Lauren Gunn's clothes! @chamfy's polls! And more, much more!

Cover by Maria Skog

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