In the new Summer 2026 issue of Metro: A People’s Guide to the City, presenting local recommendations and slices of Auckland life, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, from more than 75 contributing voices ...

In another loss to the local arts scene (following the departure of the editorial team behind Art News and The Art Paper* covered a couple of weeks ago), Te Uru’s curator James Gatt is leaving ...

Every year when we present the results of Auckland’s high schools, we are forced to ask ourselves the same question: what truly constitutes a ‘good school’? Is its excellence defined by the highest ...

Whether abstract painting is ‘citational’ — say, if it points to canon, if it has painterly forebears — does not help to determine its quality or value. Rather, the figuration itself, the bursts of ...

Since when did extending a deadline get a job done quicker? Christopher Luxon and David Seymour want to extend the parliamentary term to four years. A referendum is planned for next year’s election, ...

When the left swept to victory in 2020, the online right engaged in two kinds of copium. The most widespread sought to impose limits on the government’s mandate, arguing that huge swathes of rural ...

Greetings from my sick bed! I’ve been confined to the walls of my home (and mostly to my bedroom) this week thanks to Covid-19 which finally caught up with me, ending a two-and-a-half-year streak — ...

In the Spring 2024 issue of Metro: The Top 50 restaurants in Auckland! What are New Zealand’s mad scientists up to? Ed Hillary and the (or perhaps a) Yeti! We catch up with the affable Jack Tame! As ...

Metro has previously done deep dives into Auckland’s best chocolate desserts and the glories of panipopo; always considers cakes and pastries as part of our assessment of cafes; and usually devotes ...

I Saw the TV Glow is that film from distribution company A24 you’ve seen all over Twitter for the last wee while — the slow drip drips of praise have been building a sense of hype for the movie ever ...