Metro Magazine

Metro — No, you can’t pay in values How the politics of kindness came up empty.

"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.

Metro — Metro Eats! — Friday 18 August Stadium food, a new wine bar, a new Daily Bread, and what's good this week in food.

Things to eat in Auckland this week: https://www.metromag.co.nz/food/metro-eats/metro-eats-friday-18-august

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?

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

Metro — Report Card 2021 The year's results for every Auckland School

Schadenfreude season! — Exam results from every Auckland school are now online at metromagazine.co.nz.

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Metro — Metro Eats! — Friday 11 August So long to The Caker and new things to eat!

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

Metro — SOFTLY SOFTLY Using ASMR videos to try, finally, to get some sleep.

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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Metro — The Beleaguered State of Auckland’s Stadiums. The Neverending Story.

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.

Metro is hiring!

https://www.metromag.co.nz/city-life/city-life-whats-on/metro-is-hiring

Metro — HORROR STORIES Labour and National will try to scare you into voting for them — you should vote for more than fear.

"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 — 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.

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