Above: A photo taken from Verity Johnson’s story on Cash King, a South Auckland pawnshop. Photo by Alex Burton. As Aucklanders, we share the same city but live in increasingly disparate worlds. Is the land on which this city sprawls soon to become the only common ground its residents share? Reading the September issue of Metro, you might just start to wonder. Published amid the growing clamour of anger about poverty, property prices, the cost of living in Auckland, and the crushing consequences of each of these, this issue of the magazine provides a particularly stark study of the contrasts with which we live. One of things Metro seeks to do is hold up a mirror to what’s going on in Auckland, and reflect some of that back to its inhabitants. It’s a selective and curated picture and what it reveals — to a shocking degree — is how increasingly disparate and fragmented the city is becoming. I’ll show you some snapshots. As our Cheap Eats guide attests, one of the best things about living in Auckland is that we can eat out remarkably well for under $20. And plenty of us do, often, and without much thought. But writer ...
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