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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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NewsThe First Full Trailer for the US Remake of 'What We Do in the Shadows' Has Finally Dropped
Ten episodes will hit US screens in March.
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NewsSilo Park Has Announced the Second Half of Its Summer Entertainment Lineup
Season eight will finish with a jam-packed schedule of films, markets and events under the stars.
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NewsYou Can Now Tour This Enormous David Bowie Exhibition Via Your Phone
The collection of more than 400 Bowie items has gone virtual.
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NewsAuckland Pride Festival Returns for 2019 with a Colourful Lineup
The two-week festival is loaded with over 80 events, showcasing music, theatre, visual arts, drag, comedy, literature, open days and parties.
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NewsDr Jane Goodall Is Coming to New Zealand to Chat About Her Pioneering Work with Chimpanzees
Nearly 60 years after she first lived with chimps in Tanzania, she'll also chat about animal welfare and her ongoing conservation efforts.
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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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NewsTen Intriguing and Informative Podcasts to Listen to This Summer
From real-life tales of murdering doctors to the stories of history's trailblazing women.
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NewsYou'll Be Able to Tour This Blockbuster David Bowie Exhibition Via Your Phone From Next Month
The collection of around 500 Bowie items is going virtual.
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NewsFour Works Have Been Announced for Silo Theatre's 2019 Season
Spotlighting grown-up feelings, teenage hormones, wild karaoke and Bollywood dance numbers — the plays have been called 'blasts of electric intimacy'.
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NewsSeven Must-Read Books for Summer
Including a controversial memoir, this year's Man Booker winner and the latest effort from the author behind 'Call Me By Your Name'.
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NewsThe Royal New Zealand Ballet Announces Sensational 2019 Season
Featuring a new series of world premieres, Swan Lake for the 21st century and a classic fairytale.
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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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Silo Park Drops Its Huge 2018-19 Summer Program
Heading into its eighth season with a jam-packed schedule of films, markets and events under the stars.
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NewsAuckland Arts Festival Has Unveiled a Diverse Lineup for 2019
The eleventh edition of the arts and culture festival will take place from 7-24 March.
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NewsFive Ways to Get Some Culture in Auckland After Work
There's no need for your midweek nights to be unremarkable.
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NewsSeven Cultural Experiences Found Around the South Island that Aren't Just Going to a Gallery
Visit New Zealand's one and only castle and help deliver the mail by boat.
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NewsSix Picks for Artweek Auckland 2018
Auckland's ten-day art celebration returns with live drawing events, late-night cycle tours, feminist exhibitions and food fit for a gallery.
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NewsA Guide to Live Music Venues in Auckland
Whether you're after a refined evening of chamber music, looking to become part of the show or hide away in a cosy corner, Auckland has you covered when it comes to sampling live music.
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NewsThis New Multi-Million Dollar Musical Aims to Showcase the Culture of Auckland
The 80-minute production will become the resident show at SkyCity next month.
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Season Three of 'Serial' Will Explore the Failures of the US Criminal Justice System
And it's hitting the air on September 20.
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NewsA Weekender's Guide to Marlborough
Head to New Zealand's sunniest region for wine tours by bike, first-rate cuisine and mussel cruising.
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You'll Soon Be Able to Tour London's Blockbuster David Bowie Exhibition On Your Phone
The collection of around 400 Bowie items is going virtual.
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NewsShakespeare's Historic Globe Theatre Is Returning to Auckland
Back for its fourth outing with more battles, more blood and The Bard's most controversial comedy.
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NewsThe World's First Official Studio Ghibli Restaurant Has Opened in Bangkok
Filled with Totoro figures and serving up susuwatari-shaped dishes, it's your next adorable must-visit destination.
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GuideThe Eight Best Things to Do for Matariki Festival in Auckland
Celebrate the Māori New Year with street parties, gourmet hangi and illuminated dance-theatre on wheels.
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NewsWellington Council Has Voted Through a Proposal to Become a te reo Maori City
It aims to make te reo a core part of Wellington’s identity through ensuring it is widely seen, heard and spoken.
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NewsTen Auckland Galleries Where You Can See Exceptional Art for Free
Where to see fresh art for zero dollars.
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A Huge Program Has Been Announced for Matariki Festival 2018
Mark the arrival of Māori New Year with a massive street party, gourmet hāngi and an illuminated parade.
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NewsEight Homegrown Films Have Been Announced for NZIFF
Including five world premieres and the return of live cinema with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
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NewsFive Picks for Auckland Writers Festival 2018
More than 230 of the planet's best writers have been booked for this year's literary feast — here are five essential events to pencil in your diary.
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NewsNewmarket's Huge Italian Street Party Is Back for 2018
The grand finale to a month-long partito.
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NewsFive Pieces of Homework to Do Before 'The Handmaid's Tale' Drops Its Second Season
The second season will premiere on Lightbox this week — if it's been a while since you binged the first, here's what you can do to catch up.
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NewsDark Mofo Has Unveiled Its Massive 2018 Lineup
Returning to MONA in June, it’s chock full of old favourites, powerhouse female artists and the festival's take on Twin Peaks' Bang Bang Bar.
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NewsAuckland Writers Festival Unveils a Whopping 2018 Lineup
Six days of ideas, readings, debates, stand-up poetry, literary theatre, children’s writers and free public events.
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NewsA Pint-Sized Gelateria Has Opened In Morningside
Find Little 'Lato and you'll be one scoop away from heaven.
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NewsTe Papa's New Two-Storey Art Gallery Opens This Weekend
The gallery's opening weekend will welcome five new exhibitions and ten exclusive artworks that spotlight Aotearoa and the Pacific.
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NewsAuckland Council Has Expressed Interest in Reopening the CBD's Subterranean City
The former air raid tunnels can hold a whopping 22,000 civilians.
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NewsConcrete Playground's 2018 Autumn Reading List
Seven books to binge without the call of summer.
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NewsChildish Gambino Is Bringing His Three-Day Concert Experience to New Zealand
The immersive virtual reality and multi-sensory concert experience will be held this November.
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GuideThirteen Picks for Auckland Arts Festival 2018
Street pyrotechnics, Vietnamese bamboo circus, a walk-through labyrinth and lunar drama — there's no excuse for sitting at home this March.
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NewsBarack Obama Is Coming to New Zealand for the First Time Next Month
The former US President will do a one-off talk in Auckland on March 22.
