In the Summer 2026 print issue, Auckland-based filmmaker and writer Tom Augustine revisits the Great New Zealand Songbook in his bumper Metro crossword. It’s bound to keep you busy until our Autumn ...

A People’s Guide to the City, Holiday Gift Guide, Cricket & Eden Park, Edges of Auckland, Summer Dining and Wine ...

A People’s Guide to the City, Holiday Gift Guide, Cricket & Eden Park, Edges of Auckland, Summer Dining and Wine ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

We find ourselves in a deeply unimaginative time in cinema. Then there’s Fast X. What a strange place the Fast & Furious series holds in the modern blockbuster sphere. It’s hard to imagine anyone, ...

A People’s Guide to the City, presenting local recommendations and slices of Auckland life, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, from more than 75 contributing voices. PLUS: What’s happening with cricket ...

When the Guardian Essential poll released its first New Zealand results in August, there were few surprises, bar one: National (at 44%) was murdering Labour (23%) in Auckland. Even adding in the Green ...