If you’ve ever had a cocktail from Batched Premium Cocktails before then you already know these guys have a pretty great range of curated small batch cocktails made with premium ingredients. Usually contained within 725ml glass bottles they’ve taken the next big leap in RTD’s by creating Shake & Pour 240ml Espresso Martini Cans. Crafted […] The post Shaking the Can for a Martini appeared first on M2 Magazine ..read more

Another month another new addition to the Batched Premium Cocktails family. This time they’re bottling up the Classic Margarita and making the vibrant, zesty flavours of the iconic Margarita available in an easy shake-and-pour format, perfect for any occasion. Now that’s a great way to cruise through summer. Crafted with premium ingredients, including certified Mexican […] The post Making The Classic Margarita Just Got A Lot Easier appeared first on M2 Magazine ..read more

The steel industry is shifting. Costs are rising, margins are tightening, and the businesses that can secure better supply deals are the ones that will come out ahead. But in New Zealand and Australia, most steel buyers are still playing the middleman game: sourcing through local suppliers who are already buying from China and marking […] The post Building Bridges: How New Zealand & Australian Steel Buyers Are Scaling appeared first on M2 Magazine ..read more

The SL has long been Mercedes ultimate Boss car. It’s lineage is as long as it is storied, with the 300 SL being near universally hailed as one of the greatest cars ever made, contributing to the fact it is the most expensive car ever sold – an immaculate condition SLR racing version recently sold […] The post The Ultimate Boss Car – Mercedes-AMG SL 63 Roadster appeared first on M2 Magazine ..read more

The past few years have been a rollercoaster for borrowers in New Zealand and that’s being polite. Rising interest rates, inflation, and tougher lending conditions have made home loans more expensive and investment strategies more difficult to execute. But finally, there’s some light at the end of the tunnel. The RBNZ has been easing back […] The post Time to Refinance? How to Secure the Best Mortgage Rate in 2025 appeared first on M2 Magazine ..read more

James Bond and The Macallan—two icons that have that unmistakable air of Scottish heritage and a kind of timeless appeal that never really goes out of style. Bond’s been spotted with a glass of The Macallan in hand plenty of times over the years so it’s fitting that to toast Bond’s 60th anniversary, The Macallan […] The post James Bond 60th Anniversary Release appeared first on M2 Magazine ..read more

The stage was set for some serious high-speed sailing on Waitematā Harbour at the SailGP Auckland event on January 18-19, 2025, and the competitors did not disappoint. Unfortunately for the home crowd, it was the Australians that dominated. Day One saw them finish 5th, 1st, 2nd, and 2nd in the fleet races, landing them at […] The post Auckland SailGP – The Recap appeared first on M2 Magazine ..read more

Oh, it got ugly! American uber investor BlackRock dumped SolarZero, a clean, green, Kiwi energy company just before Christmas leaving staff without holiday pay and subbies out of pocket – some to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. Why does this keep happening over and over again? Can we never learn? No Risk, […] The post BlackRock: Solar Heroes or Zeroes? appeared first on M2 Magazine ..read more

A few years ago, I was part of a writer’s room for a TV series called NEW AMERICA. The premise? The American public had had enough of politics-as-usual. So, they wrote in their own President: a washed-up 90s rapper. As President, he set out to shake up the system, only to be blocked at every […] The post M2 Issue 203 – Editor’s Letter appeared first on M2 Magazine ..read more

Samara Weaving has been on both sides of the knife when it comes to horror movies, be it a blood cultist in 2017’s The Babysitter trying to murder a kid, or one of the first heads to roll in Scream VI, she knows her way around a horror movie. This bombshell of an actor cut […] The post Samara Weaving, The Scream Queen appeared first on M2 Magazine ..read more