A traditional Cantonese restaurant with live seafood in tanks, and a mean Peking duck.

It is midnight in Antarctica, and the sky is the foamy yellow-blue of a summer afternoon. I’m in the front seat of a helicopter, its doors and windows flung open to the icy air, four pairs of eyes ...

It’s Saturday night in central Auckland and trouble is brewing. In a deserted food court, four teens take over an abandoned ice-cream shop. Egging each other on, they jump over countertops, kick ...

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 ...

The title of Chris Tse’s third collection of poetry, Super Model Minority, is a nod to the term ‘model minority’, coined in 1966 by American sociologist William Petersen. Popularised over the last ...

I have a confession to make: I was once in love with Lenin. I grew up in a house with my grandfather, who was an avowed communist. He’d been in the 1932 Queen St riots, seen blood on the streets, ...

Metro is thrilled to announce the Top 50 Restaurants in Tāmaki Makaurau as part of the Metro Restaurant of the Year 2024, in partnership with Stella Artois. These 50 restaurants represent the best of ...

In the Autumn 2024 issue of Metro we celebrate the best of Tāmaki Makaurau — 100 great things about life in Auckland, including our favourite florist, furniture store, cocktail, basketball court, tree ...

Something that’s really interesting about writing about the snack aisle, is how fickle and ever-changing what’s available is. In that way, perhaps more than any other segment of food culture, ...

Charisma is a gift of the gods. Few have it and it’s impossible to learn or to cultivate. Some think they have it, but it’s like aftershave — it quickly wears thin and evaporates. If, like Tim ...