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NewsCreative, Sweet: A Conversation With BurgerFuel's In-House Graffiti Artist
Spreading word of the burger through street art.
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NewsNew Exhibition The Regulars is Here to Remind us About Local Hangouts
A cafe that you used to know.
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NewsThis New App Lets You Hear the Stars Sing
A Galaxy of Suns translates constellations into beautiful musical scores.
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NewsThis Incredible Public Installation Lets You Walk on Water Across an Italian Lake
After 50 years of planning, Christo's The Floating Piers are open to the public.
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NewsThe BFG Is Leaving Giant Dream Jars at Landmarks Around London
See the dreams of famous artists brought to life in front of your schnozzles.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do Around Auckland in January
Take advantage of the quiet city and long summer days to enjoy events, exhibitions, theatre, markets and some great films.
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GuideSeven Immersive and Impressive Art Exhibitions to Visit Around New Zealand This Autumn
From immersive moving Van Gogh artworks to two-storey labyrinths of black wool, here's where you can get your art fix around the country.
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GuideSeven Exciting and Powerful Auckland Art Exhibitions to Step Into This Spring
From tumultuous and unsettling photography to immersive moving image projects, here's where you can get your art fix around the city.
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GuideTen Must-See Events at Auckland Arts Festival 2019
Auckland Arts Festival launches into its 11th year with multidimensional dance, critically acclaimed dream pop and a free sing-along waiata.
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GuideTen Shows, Installations and Parties to Get Amongst at Auckland Fringe Festival 2019
Auckland's favourite independent open-access arts festival is back for another year.
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GuideThe Ten Best Things to do This Labour Weekend
A much-adored folk songwriter, the largest screening of Russian films outside of the motherland, an annual geek-gathering, a Sunday session to rule them all, and the man responsible for 2013’s most ...
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NewsAn Interactive 'Fake Food Park' Is Coming to Melbourne
Martí Guixé, the brains behind edible stamps and 3D printed food, is coming to NGV International.
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NewsYayoi Kusama Is Transforming an Airbnb Into a Work of Art
Imagine living in a polka dot paradise.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Picks for the Auckland Writers Festival 2016
Five days of conversation, storytelling and sharing of ideas.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Artist Josh Lancaster
We discuss with the Auckland artist the intricacies of what he'll be painting at the upcoming Tiger Streets of Singapore event on Sunday - a serving of Tom Yum Soup in a massive white and rusty old dinged-up tin dish he found at a second-hand shop in Hastings.
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NewsThe Arts Sector Are Approaching a Funding Crisis, Retaliate With Anti-Bingo Night
Suitably-titled The Arts is Not a Lottery Bingo Night.
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View Photos of Tiger Beer's Woks of Art
Tiger Beer has partnered with renowned artist and curator James Dive of Glue Society to bring Singapore's streets to life right here in Auckland.
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NewsThis New York Artist Leaves Piles of His Books in the Busiest Spots Around the City
Shaheryar Malik has passed on his unwanted paperbacks in probably the best way possible.
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NewsYour Guide to the Auckland Arts Festival 2016
Whether you have a thing for comedy, theatre, ballet, or maybe even a slightly concerning obsession with fire, this year's festival will have something to tickle your fancy.
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GuideBrilliant Things to Do in Auckland This March
The third month of the year welcomes a bumper selection of activities.
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NewsSee the Incredible Winning Pictures from the 2016 World Press Photo Contest
See the heartbreaking year that was through the lenses of the world's best photojournalists.
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EventChristmas Lights at MOTAT 2024
Tue, 10 Dec - Mon, 23 Dec 2024
MOTAT, Western Springs
MOTAT is bringing nights of festive fun and dazzling lights back for another year.
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EventFat Daddy's Bottomless
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
The Elephant Wrestler, Takapuna
How many burgers and beers can you down in 90 minutes? Find out at The Elephant Wrestler.
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EventCasa Bacardi in Auckland Viaduct
Thu, 5 Dec, 2024
Viaduct Harbour, Auckland
Casa Bacardi has popped up on Auckland's Viaduct, but a warning to rum-lovers: its here for a good time, not a long time.
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EventTwilight Tuesdays
Tue, 3 Dec, 2024
Auckland War Memorial Museum, Parnell
Wander through Auckland Museum's beautifully-lit galleries after dark.
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EventBritomart Saturday Farmer's Market
Sat, 7 Dec, 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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EventPasta and Peroni Nights at The Grounds
Sun, 8 Dec, 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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EventYoga in the Sky
Multiple single dates
SkyCity Auckland, Auckland
Take your yoga practice to a whole new level — level 51, that is.
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EventSmales Farmers Market
Mon, 9 Dec, 2024
Smales Farm, North Shore
Auckland's newest farmers market arrives across the harbour.
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NewsAuckland City Limits Reveals Festival Artwork Program
Bringing a sense of playfulness and practical adventure to the one-day music festival.
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NewsVan Gogh Has Listed His 'Bedroom' on Airbnb, and You Can Stay in It
Spend a night in a replica of the post-impressionist's The Bedroom.
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NewsScore a Lonesome Beast Native Print by Shelton Woolright
Plus exhibition entry for you and your friends.
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NewsYou Can't Swim in Artist Leandro Erlich's Pool (But You Can Walk Along the Bottom)
One of our favourite, most Instagrammable optical illusions to date.
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NewsBuy an Original Banksy and Get This Free House Thrown in
Three bedrooms, a patio and a mural by the world's most famous street artist.
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NewsAi Weiwei Sets Up Studio in Lesbos to Draw Attention to Refugee Crisis
Plans include a memorial for refugees who lost their lives at sea.
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NewsNew Artworks by Banksy Focus on the Plight of Syrian Refugees
Artwork depicting Steve Jobs, son of a Syrian migrant, to be preserved by city of Calais.
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NewsAnnie Leibovitz's Powerful 2016 Pirelli Calendar Is One Big 'Yassss Queen'
Featuring a whole year of kickass women, from Amy Schumer to Patti Smith.
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NewsBrilliant Things To Do in Auckland This December
A Christmas musical satire, a dose of Fryish delight, the Auckland Fair, some pampering options and some high quality musical offerings.
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NewsAuckland Arts Festival Announces Diverse 2016 Lineup
A creative feast of theatre, dance, music, circus and cabaret that won't fail to satisfy.
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NewsThe Five Best Events in Auckland This Halloween
Five excuses to dress like a weirdo and drink punch till the sun comes up.
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NewsBrilliant Things to Do in Auckland This November
The country’s largest culinary festival, the latest offering from Cirque du Soleil, a music prize recognising up-and-coming Kiwi artists, a multi-genre film festival showcasing work from here and across the Pacific, and one of the greatest bands of all time.
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NewsThis Is How to Support Ai Weiwei and Stick it to Lego
If Lego won't supply the bricks, we will.
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NewsShake Cats Is the New Photo Series from the Creator of Shake Dogs
The logical sequel we've been waiting for. LOOK AT THEIR FACES.
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NewsConscientious Cleaners Put Artists Goldschmied & Chiari's Party Installation in the Bin
Luckily, Tracey Emin's bed isn't in the same gallery.
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Guide
The Ten Best Things to do This Labour Weekend
A much-adored folk songwriter, the largest screening of Russian films outside of the motherland, an annual geek-gathering, a Sunday session to rule them all, and the man responsible for 2013’s most popular internet dance craze.
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NewsNew Zealand Festival is Bringing Us Sufjan Stevens And Many More Magical Acts
Including a reinterpretation of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Miranda July, Calexico and a Salvador Dali-inspired theatre piece.
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NewsA Guide to Artweek Auckland
An eight-day bender of gallery hopping, Segway riding, artist talks and creative madness.
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NewsBrilliant Things to do in Auckland This October
Brilliant activities to distract you from the imminent presence of all things Christmas.
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NewsThe World’s Largest Titanium 3D Printed Sculpture is Coming to Auckland
Representing a man in metamorphosis through life-size sculptures.
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NewsSee the World's Last Surviving Pizza Hut Restaurants Thanks to a Sydney Photographer
Let the global Pizza Hunt begin.
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NewsStudio One Toi Tu Launch an Artist Residency Programme
A creative hideaway in the birthplace of the panini and the man-bun.
