Innholdsfortegnelse for November - December 2017 i Metro NZ

New at www.noted.co.nz 01—CHEAP EATS 2017 Where to eat in Auckland for $20 or less per head — the only guide you need. 02-MY LIFE IN CLOTHES The country’s first refugee MP, Golriz Ghahraman, shares her style story. 03-AN AUCKLAND STADIUM Chris Barton imagines a new waterfront stadium. 04-A MANIFESTO FOR OUR NEW GOVERNMENT Matt Zwartz gives a rundown on Auckland’s six most pressing issues. 05-FOOD: FIRST LOOKS AND REVIEWS Our First Looks offer sneak peeks at the latest restaurant, bar and cafe openings. Also, catch up on where Metro food critics Alice Harbourne and Simon Farrell-Green have been eating. METRO ON YOUR IPAD- Download the new issue and back issues on iTunes (search: Metro Magazine NZ). STAY IN TOUCH- Subscribe to Metro’s email…

01-Looking forward to your first Australian-made Pineapple Lump? 02-Or do you think it might taste like a flamin’ wombat’s armpit? 03-Are they going to fund the entire east-west corridor with the profits from the Waterview tunnel speed cameras? 04-Admit it, you clicked the Facebook virus didn’t you? 05-That won’t help you keep track of your Ugandan investments, will it? 06-Do Guy Williams and Clarke Gayford really comprise a “celebrity invasion”? 07-Or did “blokes-with-gigs-in-niche-telly invasion” not work as a headline? 08-Sick of the new government yet? 09-Did “Keeping Up With The Librarians” prove that in Invercargill you really have to make your own fun? 10-When Peter Dunne accused New Zealand First of “vanity” did his bowtie start spinning around? 11- “Warren Gatland quits Lions…” but does he get…

At 18, Jane Mieka ran away from Christchurch and joined the circus. And while she nabbed herself an apprenticeship out of it, the stint was never her plan. In fact, Mieka had been accepted into Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology’s internationally renowned Circo-Arts programme, which she was set to start at the beginning of 2011. When the earthquakes hit, the school was destroyed and Mieka was left wondering what to do. Joining travelling company Circus Aotearoa was the next best bet. “I was really lucky I got an apprenticeship… I bonded really intensely with the crew,” she says. “It was really hard work, actually. There was a lot of mud, glitter and popcorn.” Now 24, Mieka is a member of Penrose-based circus school The Dust Palace, where she balances her…

“We’re warned it’ll be a night we’ll never forget. A few drinks in, the cousins are brave enough to try out their English on us.” The first time I watched Tha Feelstyle’s Su’Amalie/Ain’t Mad at You video, the nostalgia was so strong, I almost cried. The children singing bare-feet on stone and dirt roads, amongst the green of the trees and bush, the tin roofs and hanging coconut branches, a stray dog meandering in the background… These images of Samoa so closely resembling my own childhood in the Cook Islands, not exact but pretty close, unlocked a dormant homesickness. While Auckland has felt like home for many years, there is always a gentle bubbling beneath the surface, a desire to go back to an old familiar…

Amano / Bestie / Federal Delicatessen / Honey Bones / Kokako / The Lunchroom / Odettes / Orphans Kitchen / Scout / Small Fry at Te Tuhi Best of the best BEST INNER CITY The Lunchroom BEST NORTH Scout BEST SOUTH Water Drop Vegetarian Cafe BEST EAST Small Fry at Te Tuhi BEST WEST Rosebank Coffee & Kitchen BEST DESTINATION CAFE The Annex BEST VEGETARIAN Little Bird Unbakery BEST SERVICE Orphans Kitchen BEST TOAST The Midnight Baker BEST NEW OPENING Honey Bones MOST CYCLE-FRIENDLY CAFE True Food & Yoga COMMITMENT TO ETHICAL PRACTICE Kokako…

CATALYST COFFEE 415 Remuera Rd, Remuera Hanna Teramoto and Xin Yi Loke are coffee-mad. So much so that they won’t cook anything in their hole-in-the-wall space that could interfere with the delicate nuances of the coffee they brew. Despite the cafe being a minimalist operation, Teramoto and Loke offer boutique coffee subscriptions, coffee courses, brew gear and great pastries. DAILY DAILY 452 Karangahape Rd, K’ Rd precinct Owner Albert Yen honours the Supreme coffee he serves by taking great care to ensure each cup is luscious and balanced. He also peddles a range of sweet treats and croissants, and thankfully as the warmer weather arrives, has Batchwell kombucha on tap. A thoughtful selection of journals, books and mags by the door make a solo-date a cinch. CAMPER COFFEE 2-8 Kent…

THE BOTANIST City Works Depot 90 Wellesley St West Auckland www.botanist.co.nz A beautiful and unique combination of florist and cafe, The Botanist in City Works Depot serves up great modern twists on classic cafe dishes alongside a stunning selection of handmade bouquets of fresh flowers. With a delicious range of sandwiches, salads, coffees and smoothies available alongside their wine and beer selection, The Botanist is perfect whether you're wanting a classy private function, lunch in a rush, or to dine in surrounded by beautiful blooms. OKO DESSERT KITCHEN Aotea Square 291-297 Queen St Auckland Ph: 09 365 2668 www.okodessertkitchen.co.nz Open 7 days from 10am til late. Summer's finally here so why not head down to OKO Dessert Kitchen to give yourself a well earned treat. With a delectable new summer…

“There were definitely fun times and pretty dresses. Grey times and good times: ‘Daddy Mad Face and Daddy Angel Face.’ REVIEW - MARION McLEOD Driving to Treblinka: A long search for a lost father Diana Wichtel (Awa Press, $45) Diana Wichtel is our best-ever television critic. Hands down. She writes stunning profiles and features, too. And now she’s written a stunning memoir. Wichtel’s one-liners might owe something to her DNA. She was born to a New Zealand mother, Catholic, and a Polish father, a Jew who spoke seven languages. More amazingly, in 1942 Wichtel’s father jumped from a train bound for Treblinka. Such a pretty name for a death camp which ranks second only to Auschwitz in the horror stakes. The train was heavily guarded, the windows laced with barbed…

“Roxane Gay does not take shit from anyone, and with our standing ovation, we loved her for it.” The Lego Space Shuttle for Best Airborne Buttocks goes to… Sergei Polunin. We were hopeful of a dazzling display of artistry when Polunin and Natalia Osipova performed together at the arts festival in March. It was a reasonable hope, given Osipova is the darling of the ballet world and Polunin is a sensation in his own right, not least because of the video of him dancing to Hozier’s “Take Me to Church” that went viral in 2015. When they took the stage, our hopes were fulfilled, even exceeded: she spinning so fast that her body became a blur; he leaping impossibly high, seeming to float through the air towards her. It’s so…

Metro has five Glenn Jones 2018 Kiwiana Calendars to give away. Entry into the draw is open to readers who send letters to the editor which include the writer’s full address (not for publication). Letters may be edited for space and clarity. Email metro@ bauermedia.co.nz  by December 10, 2017. Glenn Jones 2018 Kiwiana Calendar Glenn Jones Art ($15) Designer Glenn Jones has a talent for producing cheeky artworks that perfectly reflect Kiwis and our way of life. His annual calendar is a hot favourite with New Zealanders who want art on their walls year-round — or who post them to expats wanting a slice of home. See www.glennjonesart.com for more. Terms and conditions: Entry is open to NZ residents. Employees…

Bill English has never been to Golden Dawn but he has almost certainly had a slice of Hell’s Greed pizza. (That’s the one with double pineapple.) The working assumption after John Key’s shock resignation and English’s elevation to the prime ministership was that it would hurt National in Auckland but help it among the bumpkins in the provinces. That theory was only reinforced when New Plymouth’s Andrew Little threw in the towel as Labour leader and was replaced by Pt Chev’s Jacinda Ardern. Through the campaign, the daily media spoke of a rural-urban divide over issues such as the water tax, where woke Aucklanders would vote to clean the rivers while redneck farmers would vote to pour shit in them. It was a typically shallow urban-media narrative that managed to…

Sometimes, a good cafe isn’t a cafe at all, it’s a feeling: as you sit at a window while the sun wakes with you, a warm — but not over-familiar — waiter offers you a coffee. If you’ve been here before, they might have remembered your usual, but will check to make sure. A clean menu arrives along with your drink of choice. It reads as an expression of the seasons, is expertly balanced, and deeply considered. Then you order what you always do, and the waiter simply gives a knowing smile. Time at a good cafe could be measured by the gentle wake-up ding of the bell on the pass and the turning of pages in the Sunday paper, or by the bustle of customers in and out of…

AVONDALE ROSEBANK KITCHEN 1/2 Jormac Rd WOODWORKS 1790 Great North Rd GRAFTON WELCOME EATERY 181 Grafton Rd GREY LYNN HONEY BONES 480 Richmond Rd KOKAKO 537 Great North Rd BALMORAL FLORETTE 297 Dominion Rd THE MIDNIGHT BAKER 218 Dominion Rd HILLSBOROUGH HOMESTEAD 72 Hillsborough Rd CENTRAL CITY AMANO 66-88 Tyler St, Britomart BEST UGLY BAGELS City Works Depot, 90 Wellesley St West BUOY 141-151 Westhaven Drive, Westhaven CHUFFED 43 High St DISTRICT 5 28 Shortland St FEDERAL DELICATESSEN 86 Federal St THE LUNCHROOM Level 1, 45 Queen St MAJOR SPROUT 21 Graham St MISTERS 12 Wyndham St ODETTES City Works Depot, 90 Wellesley St ORTOLANA 33 Tyler St, Britomart K’ RD PRECINCT BESTIE St Kevins Arcade, 183 Karangahape Rd KINGSLAND MONDAYS 503B New North Rd MT EDEN BOLAVEN 597 Mt…

Aych is my legal name on my birth certificate. It’s totally just made up. People think, ‘Is it German or Welsh?’ But no. McArdle is Irish. I always used to play in my mum’s closet growing up, so there was never any question of going to fashion school. This jacket (o1) was what I always wanted to beg, borrow and steal. It has recently come into my possession. Mum was a journalist in the days when there weren’t a lot of women on TV. I remember one time she went to the supermarket and someone behind her at the checkout said, “Look who it is, and she’s not even wearing lipstick.” She was shocked. It was just her job. I guess I’ve always been captivated by this concept of fashion…

REVIEWS - GARY STEEL KAMASI WASHINGTON HARMONY OF DIFFERENCE (Young Turks) Way back in 1974, Frank Zappa famously remarked that “jazz is not dead, it just smells funny”. Any number of interpretations could be given to that statement, but it’s true that by the 1970s, this populist African-American-invented music form was in danger of atrophy. More than a decade of avant-garde explorations had sidelined the genre, making it the province of white academics while black America went crazy for funk and then disco and then hip-hop. Jazz was something historical that you studied at music school or played to nostalgic, tame gatherings at wine festivals. Its DNA arguably invaded new genres, but little remained of its cultural currency. That’s why Kamasi Washington and friends like Thundercat and Kendrick Lamar are…

he builds a small fire and they boil the Thermette for tea while we swim in the river beside the road in the Waioeka Gorge perhaps a hundred years and still no answers he is at the edge of the river sand dipping the empty can or washing it out smiles into the barrel of the camera from behind dark glasses he is forty-one perhaps beginning to think in oils after experiments on the lid of a chocolate box he has brought us hundreds of miles looking always for the campground at the end of the road beyond Kaitaia beyond Port Jackson beyond Hicks Bay he is restless with myth and the sense of a future that will not hold him long what is the distance between us what is…

“Some voices I just couldn’t get. I was worried about Mike Hosking, but listening to him over and over and then to Jeremy Wells do him, I assembled a passable voice, I think.” They wanted three wise men. Tom Sainsbury wasn’t up for it; if you went to him for help with a nativity pageant today, he could play all three wise men simultaneously and do Mary and Joseph for dessert, but back then, he was less flexible. “I was maybe seven. The teacher came round and asked who in our class would like to be one of the wise men, and I was far too cool, so I said no, and one of my friends put his hand up. And what I remember is sitting in the audience —…

“Hanmer’s thermal waters are rich in salts and minerals believed to have therapeutic benefits.” Hanmer Springs has long been a wellness destination thanks to its celebrated thermal waters. Early Maori stopped to bathe in the springs as they travelled across the South Island. More recently, the village had a surge in visitors from Canterbury as people sought a break following the earthquakes. Just 90 minutes north of Christchurch, Hanmer Springs is a picturesque village surrounded by mountains and forests. Getting there is an easy drive that takes you through the North Canterbury Wine Region and some spectacular scenery in the Hurunui district. Known as New Zealand’s alpine spa village, Hanmer Springs has less than 1000 residents but attracts more than half a million visitors every year. The village offers a…

One of Australia’s oldest wine producers, Jacob’s Creek has a reputation for innovative winemaking techniques, as highlighted by their Double Barrel range which showcases both a Shiraz and a Cabernet Sauvignon. The wines are first crafted by ageing in traditional seasoned wine barrels, then transferred into American oak whisky barrels to mature further. Whisky barrels have more joins and are scorched at high heat, meaning the extra step of ageing allows for greater oxygen flow for intense fruit flavours to develop. This also imparts smoothness and additional layers of toasty complexity to the final wine. Inspired by this unique Double Barrel process, Ryan Clarke from Miss Moonshine’s, took the concept and created an equally unique double-smoked recipe to match. A fan of the American South’s BBQ-driven cuisine, the recipe uses…

SAAN 160 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby A Metro Top 50 Restaurant by night, on Saturday and Sunday mornings Saan opens for brunch. Trust head chef Lek Trirattanavatin to guide you through sampling traditional Thai breakfast foods such as spicy sausage with sticky rice and eggs, or grilled fish curry. Finish with a Thai Bloody Mary or iced tea. MASU 90 Federal St, central city The Sunday Nichiyo brunch here is a treat indeed. It begins with a continuous selection of salad, sashimi, maki rolls and small dishes, followed by a main course, then a dessert platter to share. Kids can graze on a bento box specially curated by head chef Nic Watt’s daughter Kiana. Sit at the pass and wake up slowly. IMA 53 Fort St, central city Sumac-spiced spinach, Merguez…

LITTLE & FRIDAY 11 McColl St, Newmarket (also at 43 Eversleigh Rd, Belmont) We struggle to see beyond the criminally good doughnuts — big and pillowy, crusted with icing sugar, oozing fresh cream and jam — but if you can, hold out for one of the other sweet glories that beckon from the cabinet and racks: perhaps a slice of the towering ricotta and chocolate cake, a mini orange and rose-water cake, or a raspberry and coconut friand. VANIYÉ 1/7 Windsor St, Parnell This is precision baking: gossamer-thin chocolate leaves, glossy ganache and satiny custard — the likes of which you might find only in Paris… or, in this case, Parnell. We won’t say too pretty to eat, because that isn’t quite true, but it’d be easy to waste an…

Barulho is up one of those great little back streets around the bottom of St Georges Bay Rd, which always had great buildings but until a couple of months ago never had anything much to report on for dinner — apart from Cibo and, at weekends, La Cigale French Market. It’s a new restaurant from the former owners of the beloved Maldito Méndez in Ponsonby. It’s a long, narrow space with an open kitchen downstairs and a handful of tables upstairs running out to a small garden, though there are also a couple of big, long, leanery kind of tables downstairs on the street. There is a brass bar and oak floors and some Moroccan-ish tiles. Its “Latin-European” label isn’t particularly helpful: think charcuterie and a few tapas each night,…

Even putting aside the NZ$500 billion debt burden and the refugee crisis, it’s still not all cicadas singing in the ferny branches of tamarisk trees in Greece — not all sweet pastries with walnuts (kataifi) and old men playing backgammon (tavli) in cafes while knock-kneed donkeys (gaidouria) bow their heads outside white-washed chapels overlooking seas of turquoise, lapis lazuli, sapphire, ultramarine and/or cobalt. The ancient country, with its archipelago of 3000 islands, is as dark as it’s sunny, according to Anne Zouroudi. The English author sets eight detective novels there, showcasing the seven deadly sins as well as the instinctual rather than the CSI abilities of crime-solving Hermes Diaktoros. Yes, Zouroudi’s protagonist is the son of Zeus. He walks among mortals, in some fairly naff outfits, it has to be…

Tax me up: New taxes we could all get behind A Bublé tithe for any store playing Christmas music before December 1. A supermarket surcharge for anyone who talks back to the self-serve checkout. A wage garnish for bar staff who whip your glass away before it’s bone dry. A toxic-tweeting tax for unnecessary nastiness in 140 characters. A TOP tariff for starting a political party just because you can. Present tense: What we really want for Christmas Free-range turkeys to sell out in November, so you can pitch a drop-in tapas afternoon instead of prepping a Christmas lunch. A stylish globe, pinned to map our travels and annoy that one belligerent flat-earther in the family. To sit up and watch Santa try to get in via the heat pump.…