Metro September 2008

THE PROPERTY ISSUE, BEST & WORST DRESSED AND THE TOP 50 ASIAN RESTAURANTS

The housing boom is over, which is better news for some Aucklanders than others. In Metro’s September cover story Graham Adams ponders the state of the market and identifies who will benefit from falling prices and who will suffer. In other property issue stories, Jan Corbett reports on developer Tony Gapes and his ambitious plans for a thousand apartments at Orakei Point, Frances Morton digs into the past of Ponsonby’s Lincoln St and St Heliers’ Paunui St, and Janet Wilson tells of one man’s long-running and costly crusade to protect his Herne Bay view.

Also in the issue: Metro’s Best & Worst dressed -- our annual verdict on the most stylish Aucklanders and those who provided the year’s most notable fashion trainwrecks; a Phil Gifford profile of the first Pacific Islander appointed to coach a super rugby team, new Blues coach Pat Lam; and the inaugural Metro Asian Restaurants Awards, presented in association with Asia Downunder, a comprehensive guide to the city’s Top 50 Asian restaurants.

Plus: Charlotte Grimshaw objects to kids getting too much screen time; Stacy Gregg on how to attend fashion week; designer Cybèle Wiren on living in Avondale; Paul Henry test-drives the Falcon G6E Turbo; new restaurant reviews of Molten and Veranda Bar & Grill; Rising modelling star Zippora Seven indulges in the coming season’s most frivolous trend; photographer Peter Peryer moves beyond the macabre… and much more.