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Smoky Success: Smoking Meats, Roasting Treats and Other Eats with One Machine
Making a delicious meal just got easier (and quicker).
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Taste Test: The Weirdest (and Best) Homemade Ice Cream Flavours for Your Next Shindig
Raid your pantry to create some of the kookiest sweet treats ever.
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Eleven Australian Eateries Have Been Named on the World's 101 Best Steak Restaurants List for 2024
Sydney and Melbourne are officially home to Australia's best steak restaurants — with the Harbour City's Margaret coming in third.
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Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day Is Returning in 2024 to Give Away One Million Scoops Worldwide
Mark Tuesday, April 16 in your diary — that's when the ice cream brand is scooping up freebies this year.
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Nine Grown-Up Easter Treats to Hunt Down Across Aotearoa
You're never too old for this Easter hunt.
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Coming Soon: 269 Is a Vibrant Latin American and European Market That's Not Just Open on Weekends
269 is a permanent market bringing food and fun to Auckland's Parnell Village.
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HBO Has Renewed 'House of the Dragon' for a Third Season of Targaryen Feuds Ahead of Season Two's Arrival
More of this hugely popular 'Game of Thrones' prequel is coming — and not just when the second season hits.
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Break Out the Marmalade Sandwiches: Everyone's Favourite Bear Is Back in the First 'Paddington in Peru' Trailer
The Amazon rainforest awaits in the third film in this page-to-screen franchise, with Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas joining the cast.
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Say Goodbye to 'The Boys': Prime Video's Superhero Satire Is Ending After Its Fifth Season
The streaming series was renewed before season four even arrives — and now showrunner Eric Kripke has announced that the following season will be its last.
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When Splashing Horror Across the Screen Is in Your Genes: Ishana Night Shyamalan Chats 'The Watchers'
After first making an imprint as a director and writer on 'Servant', Ishana Night Shyamalan carries on the family tradition with her debut horror movie.
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Apple TV+ Has Just Dropped Your First Look at the Second Seasons of 'Severance' and 'Silo'
They don't have release dates yet, but new episodes of the two sci-fi hits are finally on the way — and this calls for a waffle party.
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Dolly Parton Has Announced a Broadway Musical Based on Her Life So Start Begging for It to Please Come Down Under
Set to debut in New York in 2026, this new stage show will step through the icon's story and career — and Parton has written new songs for it.
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Straight to Churly's
Monday, June 17, 2024
Churly's Brewpub & Eatery, Auckland
Start your adventure in Auckland with some craft beer and a nose-to-tail feast.
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Thursday, May 23 - Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
Enlisting Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth on a prequel to 'Fury Road', George Miller has made another 'Mad Max' franchise marvel.
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The Watchers
Thursday, June 6 - Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
With this intriguing gothic-tinged horror film, Ishana Night Shyamalan makes her feature directorial debut and lives up to her surname.
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Twilight Tuesdays
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
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Pasta and Peroni Nights at The Grounds
Sunday, June 23, 2024
The Grounds at Whoa! Studios, Auckland
See out the last sunny evenings of autumn with fresh pasta handmade by an ex-Baduzzi chef and ice-cold beers on tap.
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Casa Bacardi in Auckland Viaduct
Thursday, June 20, 2024
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Yoga in the Sky
Wednesday, March 2, 2022, Thursday, March 3, 2022, Sunday, March 6, 2022 and Wednesday, March 9, 2022
SkyCity Auckland, Auckland
Take your yoga practice to a whole new level — level 51, that is.
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Britomart Saturday Farmer's Market
Saturday, June 22, 2024
Takutai Square, Britomart., Auckland
This weekly inner-city farmer's market sells everything from fresh produce and flowers to coffee, vegan foods, pastries, sweet buns, crepes, juices and savoury snacks.
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Lego's New 'Mona Lisa' Kit Will Let You Display Leonardo da Vinci's Masterpiece on Your Own Wall
After turning 'The Starry Night' and 'The Great Wave' into plastic bricks, Lego is now giving another iconic painting the same treatment.
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Save the Date: Auckland Design Week Has Announced Its 2024 Lineup of Creative Talent for Its March Festival
Come see what some of Auckland's most talented designers have to offer at this new annual event.
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Now Open: Kayu Studio Launches Furniture Showroom and Airbnb Decked Out in Its Designs
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Anew Is Selling 1500 Artist-Designed Drink Bottles to Mark the Start of Pride Month
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Auckland's Harbour Bridge Will Be Lit Up with Two New Light Shows for the City's Public Holidays
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"Peach Fuzz brings belonging, inspires recalibration, and an opportunity for nurturing, conjuring up an air of calm."
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Whatever kind of traveller you are, California is the playground for you.
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Few coastlines are as iconic as that of the Golden State.
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From Towering Redwoods to Vast Salt Plains, Here Are the Must-See Natural Wonders on a California Road Trip
The Golden State specialises in all things natural beauty with record-setting, jaw-dropping wonders everywhere you look.
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Coming Soon: QT Is Opening the Chain's First Hotel Outside of Australia and New Zealand in Singapore
From September 2024, you can check in at this 134-room Singapore hotel with a rooftop bar and pool right next to the Lau Pa Sat hawker centre.
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A Beginner's Guide to the Greek Islands
Salty swims in turquoise waters, halloumi cooked to perfection (no squeaks here, thanks) and seemingly eternal sunshine? Welcome to your next Greek Island holiday.
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