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NewsWin a Double Pass to National Geographic Live: Extreme Adventure on the Edge
Win a double pass to hear the award-winning adventure filmmaker.
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NewsFive Things to Learn at the Big Screen Symposium
From producing films that star Jennifer Lawrence to being funny.
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NewsThis Dancing Red Light Man Could Stop Pedestrians Walking into Traffic
Wait, did that red light man just dance?
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NewsNick Cave Has Created an Online Museum of Important Shit
Nick Cave thinks your drawerfuls of memories are important.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May
Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson and an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in April
Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March
Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsNine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them them all now.
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NewsSay Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game
Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2024 Academy Awards
Will 'Oppenheimer' sweep the Oscars? What else will win? What should but won't? Here are our predictions.
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NewsThe Southern Lights Could Be Brightening Our Skies This Week
This is one of those rare times where Tasmania is 100% the place to be.
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NewsYour Guide to Queenstown Part Two: Where to Eat
Celebrity chef Josh Emmett’s Queenstown fort and a contemporary ‘Polynasian’ restaurant are just some of the foodie highlights of the town.
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NewsYour Guide to Queenstown Part One: Where to Ski
Queenstown really is a movie star in its own right.
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NewsTen Life Lessons We Can Learn From Suits
The most educational program on television is the New York based lawyer drama, Suits.
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BarScarlett Slimms & Lucky
476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland
Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
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BarCassette Nine
Vulcan Lane, Auckland
Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.
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RestaurantMiss Clawdy
12 Jellicoe Street, Auckland
There is a sassy new lady in town ready to serve you some good ol' fashioned soul food. Introducing Miss Clawdy, the newest feather in Wynyard Quarter's culinary cap.
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NewsMargaret Atwood’s Latest Book Won’t Be Released For 100 Years
Remember to give your great, great, grandkids the heads up.
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NewsWe Compost Weekend
We Compost Weekend should help instigate a smarter, more eco-friendly Auckland, in the weekend is a good one for the conscience, the brain, the environment and the wallet.
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NewsFlight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement is Shooting a New TV Series
Jemaine? Present. HBO? Present. Bret? To be confirmed.
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NewsCocktail of the Weekend: The Bow Street 7
The ‘Jameson Juicer’ pairs freshly squeezed juice with Jameson Irish Whiskey, creating both an enjoyable and healthy drinking option.
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NewsDavid Attenborough is Filming a 3D Doco on the Great Barrier Reef This Year
This is going to be well worth the IMAX money.
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NewsListen to the Album Sonic Youth, Ariel Pink, Yoko Ono and Others Recorded for Plants
It's some seriously chill listening.
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NewsSnapchat Could Be Adding News and Ads to Your Drunken Selfie Feed
Could there be ad breaks interrupting your sexts?
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NewsBritomart’s XuXu Introduces New Dumpling Menu
Multiple varieties of the delicious favourite - with the added bonus of pleasant decor and great drinks.
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NewsTips and Tales from the Auckland Night Markets
Hangover cures, casual dates, or for people like me who can't get enough dumplings in their life, the Auckland night markets are your ticket.
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NewsMalaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Crash Claims Delegates to Melbourne AIDS Conference
Some of the world's top medical researchers are thought to be among 298 dead.
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NewsUBER To Deliver Giapo Gelato Ice Cream to New Users for Free
Ice scream, you scream, we all love ice cream.
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NewsMr and Mrs Smith’s Ten Best Winter Warmer Retreats in Australia and NZ
The boutique hotel experts have some special offers to help you make the most of winter.
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NewsThe Eight Best French Restaurants in Auckland
Concrete Playground invites you to take stock of Auckland’s thriving French dining scene.
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NewsYou’ll Be Able to Toast Season Five with Game of Thrones Wine
"12 houses. 12 temptations. Where does your loyalty lie?"
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NewsMarina Abramovic’s Faux Pharmacy Commercials
The performance artist has now had a commercial makeover thanks to Photoshopper par excellence Vladimir Maislin.
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NewsTomorrowland’s Festival Bracelets Send Friend Requests
Making festival friendship as easy as the press of a heart-shaped button.
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NewsThe Ten Best Yum Cha Restaurants in Auckland
Much like a Hayao Miyazaki film captures your inner child, so to does these restaurants.
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NewsThis Abandoned Underground Mine Is Now a Trampoline Wonderland
This is the stuff dreams (and nightmares) are made of.
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NewsBedford Soda’s Jason Clark Defends National World Class Cocktail Title
Ponsonby Central’s Bedford Soda and Liquor is top of the list of cocktail places you need to be at.
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NewsScientists Have Proven the Existence of Beer Goggles
Your one night stand just got a little more scientific.
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NewsChoose Your Own Whitsundays Adventure
Four itineraries for the high flyer, adventurer, sea baby or person of leisure.
