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Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s magazine. Celebrating the city and holding it to account since 1981
Pick up our People’s Guide to the City summer issue and let Metro plus 75 contributors fill your holidays with all that’s weird and wonderful about this beautiful city we live in. Where to eat, drink, play, explore and relax.
Metro Summer 2026 is out now in shops and from the Metro online store.
Metro Summer 2026 is out now in shops and from the Metro online store.
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Pick up our People’s Guide to the City summer issue and let Metro plus 75 contributors fill your holidays with all that’s weird and wonderful about this beautiful city we live in. Where to eat, drink, play, explore and relax.
Metro Summer 2026 is out now in shops and from the Metro online store.
Metro Summer 2026 is out now in shops and from the Metro online store.
Just in time! Amanda Jane Robinson’s bumper gift guide full of ideas to foster love and goodwill this festive season. See more in our Summer 2026 issue, out now in shops and from Metro’s online store.
December 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Just in time! Amanda Jane Robinson’s bumper gift guide full of ideas to foster love and goodwill this festive season. See more in our Summer 2026 issue, out now in shops and from Metro’s online store.
Hot in the city: Metro Summer 2026 is out now! In our new redesigned summer issue: A People’s Guide to the City, presenting local recommendations and slices of Auckland life, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, from more than 75 contributing voices. Available in shops and from our website!
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Hot in the city: Metro Summer 2026 is out now! In our new redesigned summer issue: A People’s Guide to the City, presenting local recommendations and slices of Auckland life, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, from more than 75 contributing voices. Available in shops and from our website!
New season, new look. We’ve been working hard to bring you Metro’s summer issue. Out Monday 15 December.
December 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
New season, new look. We’ve been working hard to bring you Metro’s summer issue. Out Monday 15 December.
"To misquote educator Seymour Skinner: It was us, the children who expected that an apology came with the obligation not to do it again, who were wrong."
Haimona Gray eulogises the politics of kindness, online now at Metro.
Haimona Gray eulogises the politics of kindness, online now at Metro.
Metro — No, you can’t pay in values
How the politics of kindness came up empty.
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November 10, 2023 at 10:38 PM
"To misquote educator Seymour Skinner: It was us, the children who expected that an apology came with the obligation not to do it again, who were wrong."
Haimona Gray eulogises the politics of kindness, online now at Metro.
Haimona Gray eulogises the politics of kindness, online now at Metro.
Things to eat in Auckland this week: https://www.metromag.co.nz/food/metro-eats/metro-eats-friday-18-august
Metro — Metro Eats! — Friday 18 August
Stadium food, a new wine bar, a new Daily Bread, and what's good this week in food.
www.metromag.co.nz
August 17, 2023 at 11:27 PM
Things to eat in Auckland this week: https://www.metromag.co.nz/food/metro-eats/metro-eats-friday-18-august
Another story from the Metro Schools Special! - Gabi Lardes goes looking for the kids missing from school roles post-lockdown and also at what schools are doing to try and keep them.
https://www.metromag.co.nz/society/the-lost-kids
https://www.metromag.co.nz/society/the-lost-kids
Metro — 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?
www.metromag.co.nz
August 16, 2023 at 9:59 PM
Another story from the Metro Schools Special! - Gabi Lardes goes looking for the kids missing from school roles post-lockdown and also at what schools are doing to try and keep them.
https://www.metromag.co.nz/society/the-lost-kids
https://www.metromag.co.nz/society/the-lost-kids
Schadenfreude season! — Exam results from every Auckland school are now online at metromagazine.co.nz.
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Metro — Report Card 2021
The year's results for every Auckland School
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August 15, 2023 at 10:55 PM
Schadenfreude season! — Exam results from every Auckland school are now online at metromagazine.co.nz.
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In this week's Metro Eats! — Jean bids farewell to the Caker, PLUS what's happening, what's good and what's new in Auckland food.
In the city's finest email inboxes and online now!
https://www.metromag.co.nz/food/metro-eats/metro-eats-friday-11-august
In the city's finest email inboxes and online now!
https://www.metromag.co.nz/food/metro-eats/metro-eats-friday-11-august
Metro — Metro Eats! — Friday 11 August
So long to The Caker and new things to eat!
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August 10, 2023 at 9:58 PM
In this week's Metro Eats! — Jean bids farewell to the Caker, PLUS what's happening, what's good and what's new in Auckland food.
In the city's finest email inboxes and online now!
https://www.metromag.co.nz/food/metro-eats/metro-eats-friday-11-august
In the city's finest email inboxes and online now!
https://www.metromag.co.nz/food/metro-eats/metro-eats-friday-11-august
The great Abby Howells tries to get to sleep using unnatural means in the latest Metro (available now at your favourite supermarket, bookshop, airport and some dairies) and online now.
Illustration by Natasha Vermeulen
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Illustration by Natasha Vermeulen
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Metro — SOFTLY SOFTLY
Using ASMR videos to try, finally, to get some sleep.
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August 9, 2023 at 10:54 PM
The great Abby Howells tries to get to sleep using unnatural means in the latest Metro (available now at your favourite supermarket, bookshop, airport and some dairies) and online now.
Illustration by Natasha Vermeulen
🛌
Illustration by Natasha Vermeulen
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Jamie Wall bemoans the sad life and now possibly ignominious end of North Harbour Stadium 🏟
Metro — The Beleaguered State of Auckland’s Stadiums.
The Neverending Story.
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August 8, 2023 at 10:32 PM
Jamie Wall bemoans the sad life and now possibly ignominious end of North Harbour Stadium 🏟
Metro — Metro is Hiring!
Join the team and help our subscriptions grow.
www.metromag.co.nz
August 8, 2023 at 12:08 AM
"There’s no more chance of a libertarian nirvana, Gaian utopia or Tiriti-based state than a Luxon-led Republic of Gilead — and everyone, in all five parties, knows it. But at least Act, the Greens and TPM aren’t insulting you with bullshit."
Metro — HORROR STORIES
Labour and National will try to scare you into voting for them — you should vote for more than fear.
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August 7, 2023 at 11:00 PM
"There’s no more chance of a libertarian nirvana, Gaian utopia or Tiriti-based state than a Luxon-led Republic of Gilead — and everyone, in all five parties, knows it. But at least Act, the Greens and TPM aren’t insulting you with bullshit."
In the second part of his three part series on arts funding in Aotearoa, Emil Scheffmann gets deep into the weeds on state funding for the NZSO, Te Matatini and much, much more.
https://www.metromag.co.nz/arts/arts-music/state-of-the-art
https://www.metromag.co.nz/arts/arts-music/state-of-the-art
Metro — STATE OF THE ART
In the second of a series, we look at government support and what duty the state has to keep art forms and artists alive.
www.metromag.co.nz
August 6, 2023 at 4:31 AM
In the second part of his three part series on arts funding in Aotearoa, Emil Scheffmann gets deep into the weeds on state funding for the NZSO, Te Matatini and much, much more.
https://www.metromag.co.nz/arts/arts-music/state-of-the-art
https://www.metromag.co.nz/arts/arts-music/state-of-the-art