Casually coiffed

Enjoy laid-back luxe at Colleen When you set foot in this special salon at 466 Karangahape Road, you’ll be stepping back 100 years. Well, when it comes to the original paint texturing the walls, the pink pressed tin ceiling, and the stunningly sympathetic work of architect Sue Hillery, that is. Beyond that everything about this…

Hello Pork Pie

The Coffee Stop’s Back!   We know we’re blowing the cover on a local secret, but hey, that’s what we’re here for, right? Located on Arch Hill, The Coffee Stop is a bit blink and you’ll miss it, but well worth keeping your eyes peeled for, thanks to its straight up classic Kiwi fare. We’re…

Fairtrade Fix

It’s all good at Kokako. With a café in the former Grey Lynn Post Office and a well-known local, Troy Mentor now running it, Kokako Coffee continues to grow its ethically caffeinated empire. The reinvented space is light and bright, with private corners for meetings and bigger tables for socialising. Troy runs a tight crew,…

Pedal to the Metal

It’s Petrolhead heaven at International Motorsport. Inhale; that’s oil, leather, paint, polish, and a good dose of nostalgia you’re breathing in. International Motorsport is the place that classic cars come to rise from the ashes and the latest racing machines come to be tended by the best mechanics, fabricators and engineers in the country. They’re…

Top notes

Fine wine from Caro’s, Auckland’s finest merchants. It’s not just us who thinks Caro’s Wine Merchants on Mackelvie Street is second to none. For the last decade Metro Magazine have given them the No 1 spot as well. The whole experience of going there is special. Even their architecture award winning building, with its steeply…

Caring Coffee

Wake up and smell Papua New Guinea at Kokako Recently Josh Griggs, the mega-talented photographer we use for our Keith&Sandy campaign and blog, went on a trip with Kokako and the Fairtrade ANZ team to PNG. The purpose of their venture was to run a comprehensive 10-day education workshop in conjunction with Papua New Guinea…

Normality seems to return

It seems as though normality is returning with schools back this week after the mid-year break. With this return we have noticed a sharp lift in engagement from home owners wanting to discuss selling in the second half of the year. Interestingly, this is not only coming from owner-occupiers looking to trade up, but also…