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THE COMPLETE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MAN
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FEATURES
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HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE
THE LEADERSHIP EQUATION
M2 BEST 2011
MAN MADE
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HAVE YOU GOT
THE LIFE YOU
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THE SECRET
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MASERATI GRANCABRIO
PAGANI HUAYRA
10 TOP ANDROID APPS
GADGETS
CEBIT 2011
M2 CALENDAR
FILM
BOOKS
MUSIC
DVDS
STRANGE FACTS
SUCCESS
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DIAL IT UP – 0133
HOW TO FREE YOUR CAREER
HEALTH & FITNESS
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12 WAYS TO BOOST YOUR METABOLISM
THE LOW-DOWN ON BACK PAIN
FOOD & DRINK
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FOOD – MARTIN BOSLEY
WINE – STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
BEER + MUSIC + CROWD = BEER FEST
TRAVEL
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TRAIL BLAZING – LARAPINTA
ANCIENT PATHWAYS – CHINA
NORFOLK ISLAND
FASHION & GROOMING
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STYLE
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OPINION
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MAN ON THE STREET
OPINION
APRIL 2011
MUSIC
1 Apr Phil Edwards Band – Album
Release Tour – YOT Club, Raglan 2 Apr
Twin Trees Festival – Ruakaka Tavern,
Bream Bay 5 Apr Usher – Vector Arena,
Auckland CBD 6 Apr Gerry & The
Pacemakers and Herman’s Hermits
– Regent on Broadway, Palmerston North
9 Apr NRG Rising Album Release Party
– Clyde Hotel, Wairoa 13 Apr Jimmy Eat
World – Powerstation, Eden Terrace 14
Apr Storehouse – Brain Surgeon Limbo
Tour – Hotel Bristol, Wellington 16 Apr
Ken Nicol – The Free House, Nelson 18 Apr
Bruno Mars – Vector Arena, Auckland CBD
22 Apr – 24 Apr Waiheke International
Jazz Festival All Day Jazz Shows
– Waiheke Island Resort / The Dunes / The
Bay, Waiheke Island 25 Apr Trudy Lile and
Mojave – Coopers Creek Vineyard, Huapai
27 Apr Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi
Band – Powerstation, Eden Terrace 30 Apr
Bob Dylan – Vector Arena, Auckland CBD
CULTURE
1 Apr – 2 Apr A Greener Way 2011:
Sustainable Living Field Days
– Ashhurst Domain, Ashhurst 5 Apr
iD Dunedin Fashion Week 2011
– Various venues in Dunedin, Dunedin
9 Apr Kaipara Kai and Fun Festival
– Selwyn Park, Dargaville 13 Apr The
Scotch Malt Whisky Society Tasting
– Crowne Plaza, Auckland CBD 16 Apr
Southeast Asian Night Market –
Frank Kitts Park, Wellington 22 Apri – 24
Apr The Square Affair: A Festival of
Miniature Attractions – The Square,
Palmerston North 29 Apr Arrowtown
Autumn Festival – Arrowtown
Athenaeum Hall, Arrowtown (Start) 30
Apr Cheesemaker For A Day – Make
Your Own Feta & Haloumi – Historic
Village on 17th, Tauranga
SPORT
2 Apr Salomon Southern Tri Series
– Jack’s Point Autumn Triathlon
– Jack’s Point Resort, Queenstown 3 Apr
Porirua Grand Traverse – Battle Hill
Farm Forest Park, Porirua – Mana 7 Apr
Nordic Walking First Steps Course
– Te Rapa Sportsdrome – Ashurst
Park, Hamilton 10 Apr Arrowsmith
Thee Run 42km Off Road Marathon
– Mt Arowsmith Station, Methven 15
Apr Chiefs vs Crusaders – Baypark
Stadium, Mt Maunganui 19 Apr
ECHO Walking Festival – Katikati
War Memorial Hall, Katikati 23 Apr
Mangere Mountain Guided Walks
Summer Season 2010/2011
– Mangere Mountain Education Centre,
Mangere Bridge 24 Apr DirtMasters
Ben Lomond Downhill – Ben Lomond
Scenic Reserve, Queenstown 30 Apr
Placemakers Superstock Series
– Grand Final – Arena Manawatu,
Palmerston North
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Bowls Oxford Inc – Monthly Triples
Tournaments – Bowls Oxford, Oxford
1967 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers
his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break
Silence” speech in New York City’s
Riverside Church.
b. 1965 – Robert Downey, Jr
b. 1979 – Heath Ledger
Usher – Vector Arena, Auckland CBD
iD Dunedin Fashion Week 2011
– Various venues in Dunedin, Dunedin
Auckland Aces v Central Stags
Plunket Shield Cricket – McLean
Park, Napier
1954 – Elvis Presley records his debut
single, “That’s All Right”
Gerry & The Pacemakers and Herman’s
Hermits – Regent on Broadway,
Palmerston North
2011 World Class New Zealand
Awards – Langham Hotel, Auckland CBD
Apotheosis – Dunedin Town Hall, Dunedin
1987 – Sugar Ray Leonard upsets
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
b. 1975 – Zach Braff
NZ International Piano Festival
– Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE,
Auckland CBD
ANZ Championship – Waikato /
BOP Magic vs NSW Swifts – Queen
Elizabeth Youth Centre, Tauranga
1980 – Paul McCartney releases
“Coming Up”
Michelle Shocked – Powerstation,
Eden Terrace
Convene Auckland 2011 – SkyCity
Convention Centre, Auckland CBD
1961 – Ray Charles wins four Grammys
1981 – Human spaceflight: The first
launch of a Space Shuttle: Columbia
launches on the STS-1 mission.
b. 1979 – Claire Danes
Jimmy Eat World – Powerstation,
Eden Terrace
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
Tasting – Crowne Plaza, Auckland CBD
M2 MAY
& M2TECH
ON SALE
The Tuesday Open Mic – One 2 One
Cafe (121), Ponsonby
Elizabeth Marvelly – The Home Tour – TSB
Theatre – TSB Showplace, New Plymouth
ECHO Walking Festival – Katikati War
Memorial Hall, Katikati
b. 1979 – Kate Hudson
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Bruno Mars – Vector Arena, Auckland CBD
Echo Walking Festival – Te Aroha
Gold Rush – Te Aroha i-SITE Visitor
Centre, Te Aroha
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EASTER MONDAY
ANZAC DAY
Operatunity Presents – Rock around the
‘50s – Taupo Baptist Church, Taupo
Super City Uni Games 2011
– Hikuwai Plaza, AUT University,
Auckland CBD (Start)
TSB Bank Women’s Surf Festival
– Fitzroy Beach, New Plymouth (Start)
1962 – NASA’s Ranger 4 spacecraft
crashes into the Moon
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band
– Powerstation, Eden Terrace
International Administrative
Professionals’ Day Breakfast – James
Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor, Wellington
1968 – Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry for
heavyweight boxing title
1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the
computer mouse.
b. 1984 – Patrick Stump
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CALENDAR
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Phil Edwards Band – Album Release
Tour – YOT Club, Raglan
Acoustic Smoothie – Titirangi Festival of
Music – The Top Floor, Titirangi
A Greener Way 2011: Sustainable
Living Field Days – Ashhurst Domain,
Ashhurst (Start)
Mangawhai Walking Weekend 2011
– Mangawhai District, Mangawhai (Start)
b. 1980 – Randy Orton
Twin Trees Festival – Ruakaka Tavern,
Bream Bay
A Greener Way 2011: Sustainable
Living Field Days – Ashhurst Domain,
Ashhurst (Finish)
Armageddon Expo – Christchurch
Convention Centre, Christchurch (Start)
Salomon Southern Tri Series
– Jack’s Point Autumn Triathlon
– Jack’s Point Resort, Queenstown
b. 1939 – Marvin Gaye
Gerry & The Pacemakers and Herman’s
Hermits – The Opera House, Wellington
Armageddon Expo – Christchurch
Convention Centre, Christchurch (Finish)
Mangawhai Walking Weekend 2011
– Mangawhai District, Mangawhai (Finish)
1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his
“I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech.
b. 1985 Leona Lewis
Tiny Tapping Toes – Music Centre of
Christchurch, Christchurch
Yank Tank Thursday – Botany Town
Centre Square, Botany Downs
Nordic Walking First Steps Course
– Te Rapa Sportsdrome – Ashurst
Park, Hamilton
1953 – The first west-to-east jet
transatlantic nonstop flight
1964 – IBM announces the System/360.
b. 1964 – Russell Crowe
NRG Rising Album Release Party – The
Frasertown Tavern, Wairoa
The Food Show Christchurch – CBS
Canterbury Arena, Christchurch
1899 – Martha Place becomes the first
woman to be executed in an electric chair.
1968 – The Beatles go gold again,
receiving a gold record for the single,
“Lady Madonna.”
NRG Rising Album Release Party – Clyde
Hotel, Wairoa
Kaipara Kai and Fun Festival
– Selwyn Park, Dargaville
Mangere Mountain Guided Walks
Summer Season 2010/2011
– Mangere Mountain Education Centre,
Mangere Bridge
1967 – The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series)
takes its maiden flight.
Gerry & The Pacemakers and Herman’s
Hermits – Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna
All Ford Day – Manfeild Stadium, Feilding
The Canterbury Wind Quintet – The
Nut Point Centre, West Melton
Arrowsmith Thee Run 42km Off
Road Marathon – Mt Arrowsmith
Station, Methven
1953 – The first 3D film is released in
New York.
Storehouse – Brain Surgeon Limbo Tour
– Hotel Bristol, Wellington
NZ Symphony Orchestra Presents
Elizabeth Marvelly & Carl Doy – Civic
Theatre, Rotorua
Waikato/BOP Magic vs. Canterbury
Tactix – Energy Events Centre, Rotorua
1927 – The first Volvo car premieres, in
Gothenburg, Sweden.
The Funky Meters – Powerstation,
Eden Terrace
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
Tasting – Crowne Plaza, Auckland
CBD (Start)
Chiefs vs Crusaders – Baypark
Stadium, Mt Maunganui
1966 – The Rolling Stones release
Aftermath
1983 – Tokyo Disneyland opens
b. 1982 – Seth Rogen
Ken Nicol – The Free House, Nelson
Southeast Asian Night Market
– Frank Kitts Park, Wellington
Cape Brett Challenge
– Te Rawhiti, Russell
1987 – Michael Jordon becomes 2nd
NBA to score 3000 points in a season
b. 1965 – Martin Lawrence
Auckland Vintage Jazz Society
– Takapuna Boating Club, Bayswater
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
Tasting – Crowne Plaza, Auckland
CBD (Finish)
Taupo Home & Garden Show – Great
Lake Centre, Taupo
REAL Duathlon 2 – Ambury Regional
Park, Mangere Bridge
b. 1974 – Victoria Beckham
Our: House Presents Deadmau5 +
Skrillex – Vector Arena, Auckland CBD
Afternoon Delights – Music Centre of
Christchurch, Christchurch
Emrging NZ Grape Varietals Wine
Tasting – Scenic Cellars, Taupo
1977 – Broadway play Annie opens, first
of 2,377 performances.
GOOD FRIDAY
GrassRoots – The NZ Blues and Roots All
Music Festival 2011 – Puhinui Reserve,
Wiri (Start)
Mangere Mountain Guided Walks
Summer Season 2010/2011
– Mangere Mountain Education Centre,
Mangere Bridge
Riverton Easter Carnival 2011
– Riverton Racecourse, Riverton (Start)
EASTER SUNDAY
b. 1981 – Jessica Alba
Storehouse – Brain Surgeon Limbo Tour
– Wine Cellar, Newton
Arrowtown Autumn Festival
– Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall,
Arrowtown (Start)
Super City Uni Games 2011
– Hikuwai Plaza, AUT University,
Auckland CBD (Finish)
b. 1970 – Andre Agassi
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Waiheke International Jazz Festival
All Day Jazz Shows – Waiheke Island
Resort / The Dunes / The Bay, Waiheke
Island (Start)
The Square Affair: A Festival of
Miniature Attractions – The Square,
Palmerston North (Start)
1965 – Number one hit on UK music
charts – The Beatles – “Ticket To Ride”
Waiheke International Jazz Festival
All Day Jazz Shows – Waiheke Island
Resort / The Dunes / The Bay, Waiheke
Island (Finish)
GrassRoots – The NZ Blues and Roots All
Music Festival 2011 – Puhinui Reserve,
Wiri (Finish)
The Square Affair: A Festival of
Miniature Attractions – The Square,
Palmerston North (Finish)
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Bob Dylan – Vector Arena, Auckland CBD
Cheesemaker For A Day – Make
Your Own Feta & Haloumi – Historic
Village on 17th, Tauranga
Placemakers Superstock Series
– Grand Final – Arena Manawatu,
Palmerston North
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PREMIER POWERTRAIN
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Lamborghini is famous for its sculpted testosterone-fuelled designs, but they’re also concerned with what goes on
underneath the bonnet too. Their all new V12 power plant might not look like art, but its specs are enough to leave even the
most hardened automotive snob shaking. This powertrain features a completely new transmission concept for super sports
cars. The “Lamborghini ISR” automated manual gearbox combines minimal shift times and convenience with low weight and
dimensions to guarantee the intuitive gearshift that you expect from a super sports car. This is then bolted to a 6.5 litre
12-cylinder engine pumping out 525 kW (700 hp) and maximum torque of 690 Newton metres. Developed with state-of-theart technology, the pairing offers a high performance, high-revving exhilaration, low weight and moderate gas emissions. The
new powertrain will enter this year.
UPDATE
CLONING THE BEAST
It seems that scientists aren’t satisfied with finding fully mummified
dinosaurs in the frozen wastelands of the world anymore. Now they
want to bring these creatures back to life. Specifically the woolly
mammoth. This might read like a plot for another Jurassic Park sequel
but Dr. Akira Iritani from Kyoto University is deadly serious. The good
professor is so confident of his pending success, the dialogue is not
so much about how this will all happen but what to do with the woolly
beast when it’s born. The procedure includes inserting the nuclei
of mammoth cells into a modern elephant’s egg cell. The extinct
proboscideans will then be brought to full term by its genetically similar
elephant surrogate. The key to this breakthrough technology is the
ability to extract cells containing DNA from the soft tissue of the frozen
animals. And although most of the prehistoric vertebrates died out
more than 5,000 years ago, Dr. Iritani claims he’ll have one resurrected
in about five years. Let’s hope the scientific team has seen all the
Jurassic Park movies before starting the “back to life” programme.
DAILY GRIND
Tucked away in the corner of High Street, this little café is
the perfect place to stop and grab a long black after hitting the
shops. Grind on High is famous for its breakfast Bocadillas (fresh
rolls filled with scrambled egg, fresh basil, tomato and relish)
and award-winning Toasted espresso, not to mention the prices
are damn reasonable for their quality – a flat white is only $3.30.
Located at 51 High Street. (09) 379 7344.
SECOND SUN
All your Star Wars dreams are about to come true
– according to scientists, any day now we could see a
second sun appear in the sky, and for several weeks,
night will become day on Earth. The red super-giant star
in Orion’s nebula – Betelgeuse – is losing mass, indicating
that gravitational collapse is occurring and the star will
soon turn into a supernova. The giant explosion will be
tens of millions of times brighter than our sun, and will light
up Earth’s atmosphere, appearing as a second sun. Some
experts have speculated Betelgeuse’s explosion may
cause a neutron star or result in the formation of a black
hole approximately 1,300 light years from Earth, which is
doing nothing to dispel the 2012 myth…
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FUNNY FACT
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Having a body like Brad Pitt in Fight Club might get you all the
girls, but if you’re lacking in the abs department you might want
to try playing the “funny guy.” In a study, titled “Men’s Sense of
Humour and Women’s Responses to Courtship Solicitations,”
a researcher recruited several young men to sit in a bar near a
woman, while one of them told three jokes to his companions,
who responded with “That’s hilarious!” and, “You always know the
good ones!” The companions then left, and the joker asked the
woman (who had overheard) for her phone number. The woman
was then “debriefed” and asked to take a short survey to rate the
man on his attractiveness, intelligence, and sense of humour. The
results showed that the joke-telling (as compared to the control
condition, where no jokes were told) was associated with the guy
getting more phone numbers, and a better over-all evaluation. So
looking like a funny guy is good for when you’re trying to get the
girl, but just don’t go forcing your friends to laugh at your jokes
– you might end up a nigel-no-mates.
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Borne. 5. Teuila Blakely & Shavaughn Ruakere. 6. Brian & Joy Sinclair. 7. Peter Williams & Wendy Petrie 8. Ido Drent, Natalie Medlock & Ari
Boyland. 9. Nicholas O’Flaherty & Jennifer Duval-Smith
HOLLYWOOD
STEALTH
MACHINE
James Franco is the stealth bomber of the
entertainment world. That might seem like an odd
comparison to be making but bear with us on this. The
stealth bomber was a weapon that appeared to arrive
from nowhere. No one had seen the technology used to
develop it. There had been no evolution of aircraft that
culminated in the creation of the delta bomber. It was
suddenly right there, winning the war.
One minute, Franco was another actor whom you had
seen hanging out in the background, then suddenly, he
was a leading man and hosting the Oscars.
For anyone who was paying attention, it was easy to see
the subtle advances in aviation that lead to the creation
of the stealth bomber. The same is true of Mr Franco. If
you were watching, you could see that he’s put a lot of
work into his overnight success.
He started off as a freak, or should that be a geek?
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PHOTOGRAPHER: MARISSA FINDLAY
STYLIST: ATIP WANANURUKS
PHOTO ASSISTANT: JESSICA SIM AND ALYX FAUSETT
HAIR & MAKEUP: DIANA MOAR USING MAC AND KEVIN MURPHY
RETOUCHING: JESSICA SIM
Clothes by Adidas Originals, shoes by Converse.
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Opposite: Hooded track top & blazer, BOSS Orange from Farrys For Men, trousers by
Acne from Fabric, shawl by Gucci from DFS Galleria.
Above: Blazer by Paul Smith & shirt by Eton from Fifth Ave Menswear, scarf by
Coach from DFS Galleria, trousers by Karl Lagerfeld from Fifth Ave Menswear.
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