Category: Lifestyle

Jun 10
FOODIE BITES: Market stall of the month

Alexia is the co-author of popular blog www.cheapeats.co.nz the Auckland guide to eating great food without going bankrupt. On a recent trip to Hobsonville Markets, we fell in love with the gorgeous Magnolia Kitchen with its amazing sweet treats and charming vintage feel. We loved the fudges and other old-fashioned delights but our favourite had […]

Jun 09
FOODIE BITES: Best of The Best

Alexia is the co-author of popular blog www.cheapeats.co.nz the Auckland guide to eating great food without going bankrupt. News of this broke just as we went to print last month so no chance to mention it in the June issue. One of our favourite gay chefs, Robert Oliver, won the Best TV Chef Cookbook In […]

Jun 08
Patric Seng’s Hawaii Highlights – Arrivals

express Hawaii giveaways winner Patric Seng brings us updates on just how fabulous it is to be at Honolulu Pride 2014. Traveling with Hawaiian Airline is amazing! The flight crew were helpful and friendly, we took off on time and only took about 8 hours to arrive in Honolulu Hawaii! It was a very smooth journey, everyone got their […]

Jun 07
Foodie Bites: Blue Breeze Pride

Alexia is the co-author of popular blog www.cheapeats.co.nz the Auckland guide to eating great food without going bankrupt. We were very proud to hear that Blue Breeze Inn did so well in the recent Lewisham Hospitality awards (we’d like to think it’s because gay hospos really know how to run a good restaurant!) They picked […]

Jun 04
Personal Finances with Michael Coote

Life insurance is an oddity.  You have to die to get paid out, meaning other people receive the benefit of your insurance, not you.   So why insure your own life?  It comes down to why money would be needed by other people after you die.  A common reason to take out life insurance is […]

Jun 04
How to Throw the Perfect Party

Colin’s Mathura-Jeffree’s top tips 1 Venue. Always have a place that sets the wow factor. For my 40th I had the Wharf, to cater for 500 masquerade guests, fireworks and my name on the Harbour Bridge. For my 42nd Birthday I decided on a Bond theme and the venue best suited was Twentyone at SkyCity. […]

Jun 03
Taking On Life’s Challenges

Adrian Metcalfe wants to teach you the skills to turn problems and worries into opportunities. Adrian Metcalfe is a coach and leadership trainer who spent 19 years in the British Army before moving to NZ with his (then) wife and family. It was in 2012 he ‘joined the dots’, realised he was gay and eventually […]

Jun 03
Celebrating in Style – Part One

NZ’s naughtiest party boy Colin Mathura-Jeffree celebrated his 42nd Birthday in style last month with over 100 guests at his Bond-themed party. “Artistic and a powerful intelligence,” is the surprising response Colin gives as I dare to ask a question he rarely answers; the attributes of his perfect man? “Someone to challenge my opinions. I’m […]