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NewsConcrete Playground Has Submitted a Panel for Selection in SXSW Sydney — And We'd Love Your Support to Make It Happen
We've cooked up a very special panel idea to celebrate the arts and event industries — and we need your votes to bring it to life.
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NewsFrom a 'Twin Peaks'-Inspired Ball to a Giant Teddy with Laser Eyes, Dark Mofo's 2023 Lineup Is Ready to Dazzle
Soda Jerk's latest film, Black Flag's first Aussie gig since 2013, an overnight sleepover with Max Richter — they're all coming to Tasmania's must-attend winter fest.
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News'The Coldest Case in Laramie' Is the New Must-Listen 'Serial' True-Crime Podcast Dropping This Week
The first Serial Productions show hosted by a 'New York Times' reporter, it focuses on the unsolved murder of a college student in Wyoming in 1985.
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NewsTen Standout Maori-Owned Eateries in Tamaki Makaurau to Try During Te Matatini Festival 2023
Whether you’re singing out for somewhere new to eat or visiting the city for Te Matatini, head to one of these much-loved local spots.
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NewsTen Sydney WorldPride Events Worth a Trip to the Harbour City That You Can Still Nab Tickets To
From multi-day party programs to appearances by Kylie Minogue and Kelly Rowland, these events will have you booking last-minute flights to Sydney.
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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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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Auckland This Week
Sink your teeth into a bottomless afternoon tea spread, or check out Karangahape Road’s huge anti-Valentine’s Day festivities.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Auckland This Weekend
Scoff bottomless burgers in Takapuna, catch the candlelight orchestra or support Cassia's post-flood pop-up.
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NewsSXSW Has Just Dropped Its Inaugural Sydney Lineup Details — and Amy Webb Is the First Keynote Speaker
For a week in October, SXSW Sydney will debut with more than 1000 sessions, including dedicated music, gaming and screen festivals.
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NewsThe Very Fictional Ant-Man Has Penned a Very Real Book If You'd Like Paul Rudd's Face on Your Shelf
"In this new book I'm almost certain was not written by me, we pull back the curtain and uncover the man behind Ant-Man: Scott Lang," advises Paul Rudd.
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NewsRainbow Celebration Big Gay Out Is Returning as Part of Auckland Pride Festival This Month
The city's harbourside celebration of rainbow diversity is back, baby.
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NewsThe Auckland Lantern Festival Has Been Cancelled (Again) Amid Weather Warnings Across the City
The city's biggest cultural event hasn't been held since 2019 — and now we'll be waiting another year.
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RestaurantThis That
57 Lorne St , Auckland City
A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.
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NewsCubaDupa's First Lineup of Performers, Artists and Ensembles in March Has Been Unveiled
Expect modern soul magicians, genre-bending storytellers, giant orchestras, art installations and more.
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NewsAuckland's Much-Loved Lantern Festival Is Finally Returning Next Month
After three years of cancellations, New Zealand's biggest cultural event is back — in a brand new location.
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NewsAuckland Pride Festival Returns for 2023 in February with a Stacked (and Colourful) Lineup
The four-week festival is loaded with over 100 events — showcasing music, theatre, visual arts, drag, comedy and literature.
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NewsNicole Scherzinger Is Headlining Sydney WorldPride's Huge 12,000-Person Bondi Beach Party
Australian DJs dameeeela, Jarred Baker, Jacqui Cunningham, DJ Charlie Villas and DJ Dan Murphy will also take to the sand.
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NewsWellington's Giant Music and Arts Festival CubaDupa Is Finally Coming Back in 2023
The huge outdoor celebration is returning in March, with hundreds of free performances across two days and 28 stages.
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NewsSpotify Has Just Launched Its Audiobooks Library with 300,000-Plus Titles in Australia and New Zealand
Your summer can now include listening to Aussie literary hits like 'The Dry' and 'Boy Swallows Universe' via Spotify.
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EventThe Fall Guy
Wednesday, April 24 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
Ryan Gosling is at his most charming — including while batting around screwball banter with Emily Blunt — in this dynamic action/rom-com ode to stunt performers.
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EventFood Truck Round Up at MOTAT
Thursday, May 2 - Saturday, May 4, 2024
MOTAT, Western Springs
Three nights of delicious eats, live entertainment and top-notch vibes at the beloved transport museum.
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EventChallengers
Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
For 'Call Me By Your Name' director Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist star in a smash of a tennis- and love triangle-fuelled drama.
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EventBack to Black
Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
Amy Winehouse was anything but formulaic, but the same can't be said about this by-the-numbers biopic about the British singer.
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EventRobot Dreams
Thursday, April 25 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
This Oscar-nominated animated gem explores love, loneliness, finding a connection and facing fate's chaos through the friendship of a dog and a robot.
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EventLovers and Castaways
Wednesday, March 6 - Sunday, June 9, 2024
The Pah Homestead, Auckland
This exhibition allows visitors to experience 1980s Aotearoa through the eyes of some of New Zealand's most treasured artists.
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EventThe Effect — Auckland Theatre Company
Tuesday, April 16 - Saturday, May 11, 2024
ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland
This ethically ambiguous, toxic love story is the work of Lucy Prebble, one of the brains behind HBO’s ‘Succession’.
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EventAotearoa High Tea in The Libraries at The Hotel Britomart
Saturday, March 16, 2024, Saturday, April 13, 2024 and Sunday, May 12, 2024
The Hotel Britomart, Auckland
Enjoy some of Aotearoa's best food in the elegant, heritage spaces of The Libraries.
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NewsSydney WorldPride's Full Program Is Here with Charli XCX, Kelly Rowland, Jessica Mauboy and 300-Plus Events
Get ready for "mega Mardi Gras" with 17 days of events during the largest-ever LGBTQIA+ festival ever held in the region.
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NewsHannah Gadsby's Latest Stand-Up Show 'Body of Work' Is Being Turned Into a Netflix Special
The Aussie comedian has signed a multi-title deal with the streaming platform, which'll also include a special featuring gender-diverse performers.
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News'Serial' Is Set to Drop a New Episode Tomorrow After Adnan Syed's Conviction Was Overturned
Eight years after the first season of 'Serial' investigated the death of Hae Min Lee, the podcast is returning to Adnan Syed's story following breaking legal developments.
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NewsFive Romantic Auckland Date Ideas From Budget to Blowout
Just think of us as your cultural wingman.
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GuideFive Events We're Seriously Looking Forward to During Elemental AKL Festival This Month
Fill your diary with a heap of gigs, exhibitions, interactive installations and foodie festivals this July.
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NewsFive Ways to Celebrate Matariki Around Tamaki Makaurau Auckland This Month
Celebrate the Māori New Year with friends and whānau in a series of immersive events around the city.
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NewsDark Mofo Has Just Added a Heap of New Events to Its Already-Packed 2022 Lineup
Tasmania's moody and brooding winter music and arts festival just got bigger.
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News'Queer Eye' Star Jonathan Van Ness Is Bringing Their New Live Show Down Under This Spring
The Emmy Award-nominated television personality, hit podcaster and hairstylist to the stars will play Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland in September and October.
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NewsFive Ways You Can Commemorate ANZAC Day in Auckland
Tip your hat by rising early to conquer a volcano, catch a light show on the Harbour Bridge or explore a free exhibition dedicated to our rich ANZAC history.
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NewsRainbows, a Doll House and the Eerie 'Candyman' Score: They're All on Dark Mofo's Full 2022 Lineup
The Tasmanian winter festival will also feature The Kid LAROI, immersive art by Jónsi and the sounds of 'Chernobyl'.
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NewsChris Rock Is Bringing His Stand-Up Show to Arenas Down Under This Winter
In his first tour in five years, the Emmy- and Grammy-winning comedian will play seven shows across Australia and New Zealand in August.
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NewsA 67 Million-Year-Old T-Rex Skeleton Is Coming to Auckland in an Incredibly Rare New Exhibition
It's the first time this ultra-rare, visually stunning T-Rex fossil has ever been on display in Aotearoa — or the world.
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Dark Mofo Has Announced the First Headline Acts From Its Two-Week 2022 Lineup
Tasmania's winter arts and music festival has expanded its dates — and Kim Gordon, Nils Frahm and Doug Aitken are all on the bill.
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NewsVivid Has Unveiled Its Dazzling Lineup of Installations, Talks, Tunes, Parties and Dinners for 2022
More than 200 events will take over the city for Vivid's first festival in three years, including the Vivid Sydney Dinner, 50-plus light installations, and talks by Troye Sivan and Aaron Sorkin.
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GuideEverything You Need to Put in Your Diary for March
Scoff bottomless fried chicken, catch the last of summer's pop-up bars or travel to Waiheke to catch the island's iconic outdoor arts festival.
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NewsWellington's Beloved Fringe Festival Will Still Go Ahead at Red Light
Festival organisers say they deliberately capped the first run of ticket sales to prepare for any traffic light changes.
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GuideEverything You Need to Put in Your Diary for February
Candlelit orchestra performances, a lantern festival and a streetwide block party — it's all happening around Auckland in February.
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Auckland's Much-Loved Lantern Festival Has Once Again Been Cancelled Due to COVID-19
It's the third year in a row organisers have had to pull the plug on the city's largest cultural event.
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Big Gay Out 2022 Has Been Abruptly Cancelled Over COVID-19 Concerns
The festival has been canned after organisers received advice from the Prime Minister.
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NewsAuckland's Much-Loved Lantern Festival Is Returning Next Month
After two years of disappointing cancellations, the city's largest cultural festival is making it's long-awaited return.
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NewsA Three Day Food, Wine and Music Festival Is Returning to Motutapu Island This Month
A 35-minute ferry ride from Auckland's CBD, the island of Motutapu will once again play host to an exclusive festival.
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Guide
The 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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NewsThe Full Lineup for 2022's Wellington Fringe Festival Has Just Dropped
The 32nd year of the arts, culture and comedy festival is set to be the biggest one yet.
