Fade in: An ominous beat leads us into a darkened living room. A flickering television is the only illumination. A montage of news reports plays on the screen. Tom Hanks and his wife have coronavirus. Italy is lock-down. President Trump shuts the borders to European travellers. The NBA suspends the season. Stock market down amid…...
Swiss made luxury watches and smart watches seem like a world apart. One world draws on a history of handmade craftsmanship, legacy and a reverence of the past. the other is all about the latest bells and whistles. The merging of these two worlds seems a tough one to reconcile, but over the last few…...
It might well be that some of your childhood heros were F1 racers. Maybe Alain Prost, Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher or Ayrton Senna even graced your wall. Big money, high speed, danger at almost every turn and, of course, the echoing sound of high revving combustion engines that defined the sport. While F1 might still…...
If you haven’t heard David Downs talk about his story yet, you are in for something powerful in this issue. If you have already, you will know what I’m talking about. It’s got a bit of everything. Comedy, cancer, technology, hopelessness, hope and poop jokes. David tells his story better than I could so I…...
What’s your morning routine? Every morning I wake up at 6am and go for a run. During this time I am usually thinking about what tasks I need to complete during the day and how to sequence them in order of priority. After my run, I’ll put these into my calendar on my phone to…...
How Do You Stay Motivated? I dropped out of school at 16 and wasn’t really expected to achieve too much. I think that chip has stayed on my shoulder and acts as a pretty good motivator. With the ASB Classic, it has been pretty cool to have a little tournament at the bottom of the…...
If you want to enter the new decade in style, Maserati has a couple of important options for you to consider. Back in 2016, Maserati gave the world a luxury SUV in the beautiful form of the Levante. And now, just in time to really kick 2020 off in style, they are back with two…...
On the day that we are going to print with this issue, there was a new report released that has found that New Zealand’s space sector contributed $1.69 billion to the economy in the last financial year and employs 12,000 people. This was, of course, timely given who is on our cover. The Minister for…...
As a small nation, in the relative scheme of things, we always tend to anchor our global success with a slight irreverence. We do celebrate that we punch above our weight, but even this kind of statement is a little bit limiting. The fact is that across a number of areas, sports like rugby and…...
This won’t be the first time I’ve done it, but I am about to say something that makes me look a bit like an idiot in the context that I say it. I want to make a point about how we don’t celebrate people who create businesses in the same way that we do, say…...
For any successful sportsman, setting goals is all part of the game. If you’re a social soccer player, playing for a local Auckland football team on Saturdays, becoming captain of Manchester United wouldn’t be a foolish dream to have. Or maybe if you play club rugby for, say, Linwood in Christchurch, becoming an All Black…...
Our lofty goal is to half New Zealand’s suicide rate by 2025. You might think that’s not possible. Well, in fact, it is. New Zealand is currently ranked 53rd in suicide and for youth suicide, we’re ranked number one. It’s a shocking stat. But there are 47 other countries in the world that have a…...
In this issue, we run some swanky event photos from our July 24 Success Summit, as well as the beginnings of the insights provided by some of the speakers on the day. While the future of business was an important theme of the day, the event is itself a testament to the evolution of the…...
Driving southbound on Causeway Road, Waiheke Island, with the windows of your car down, you are welcomed by the airy salt of the sea nearby. The Surfdale beach is close enough you can almost taste it. As you round the next corner, trees either side of you, a stone gate opens out onto a long…...
Certain industries seem to create different contexts for age. I have a feeling that if I was working in an engineering firm that specialized in producing hand copper spooled 3 phrase electric motors for industrial lathes, that at 40, I would be one of the workplace young-uns. I imagine that my senior colleagues might rib…...
What are the top three things on your bucket list? Teach people about cannabis and how it can benefit so many aspects of life. Be financially stable enough to significantly help animals in need. Witness an active volcano, maybe from a helicopter. What advice would you give your 20 year-old self? You’re never too young…...
