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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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NewsHarry Styles, Billie Eilish and Ye Headline Coachella's Huge 2022 Lineup
Start saving for that airfare — or planning that weekend on the couch watching the livestream.
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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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NewsTwelve Epic Gigs Popping Up Across New Zealand That Are Worth a Summer Road Trip
Embrace summer with these dance-inducing gigs and Odd Company's party-perfect RTD vodka drinks.
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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.
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NewsNorthern Bass, Hidden Valley and Other NYE Festivals Have Been Rescheduled Until Next Year
Organisers have scrambled to find new dates and issue refunds following the announcement over the area's 'red' traffic light status.
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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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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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NewsSplendour in the Grass Has Announced the Stacked Full Lineup for Its Delayed 20th-Anniversary Fest
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Glass Animals and Liam Gallagher are among the huge list of acts joining already-revealed headliners Gorillaz, The Strokes and Tyler, The Creator.
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NewsLorde's Huge Australian and New Zealand Tour Has Been Postponed Until 2023
"Touring internationally through a COVID outbreak has a ton of unforeseen moving parts, and I’d much rather play for you when we’re all confident it will go smoothly."
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NewsThe Killers Are Coming Down Under in 2022 for a Huge Arena and Winery Tour
Destiny is calling you to the Las Vegas-born rock band's latest Australian and New Zealand tour.
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NewsApple TV+ Is Doing a New Mariah Carey Christmas Special Because That's the Festive Gift We All Need
If all you want for Christmas is more of Mariah singing festive tunes, that wish is about to be granted.
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NewsBillie Eilish Has Announced Australian and New Zealand Tour Dates for 2022
The pop sensation is bringing her Happier Than Ever Tour down under next September.
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NewsTyler, The Creator Is Coming to Australia and New Zealand for an Arena Tour Next Winter
Catch the genre-bending rapper on his first Australian headline tour in over eight years.
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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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Splendour in the Grass Has Rescheduled Its 20th-Anniversary Festival Again Until Winter 2022
Headliners Gorillaz, The Strokes and Tyler, The Creator will all still play the festival's new July 2022 dates.
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Lorde Will Return to the Stage with a Huge Australian and New Zealand Tour Next Year
And her new album is less than two months away.
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NewsCoachella Is Planning to Return to the Desert in April 2022 — and YouTube Will Be Streaming It
The huge Californian music festival was last held in 2019.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass Is Hosting a Virtual Festival So You Can Still Get Your Music Fix This Winter
Splendour XR will feature more than 50 acts, including The Killers, Khalid, Chrvches, Charlie XCX and The Avalanches.
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NewsFive Little-Known Kiwi Musicians Making Waves Overseas
There's no shortage of creative talent coming out of Aotearoa and demanding the attention of music fans across the world.
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NewsThe Tony Award-Winning Stage Production of 'The Lion King' Is Coming to New Zealand
The smash-hit Disney musical will finally make its New Zealand premiere this June.
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EventKingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Thursday, May 9 - Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
More than half a century after the first film, Hollywood's paws are still on this sci-fi franchise — and this is a thoughtful and engaging new instalment.
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EventBoy Kills World
Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
Bill Skarsgård makes a mesmerising action star in this cartoonishly OTT revenge flick that's produced by iconic 'Evil Dead' filmmaker Sam Raimi.
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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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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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NewsSix60 Will Become the First Band to Headline Auckland's Eden Park Stadium
No concert has ever been held at the 118-year-old venue.
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NewsTyler, The Creator, The Strokes and Gorillaz Will Headline Splendour in the Grass This November
After skipping 2020, the Byron Bay festival was due to take place this July, but has postponed again.
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NewsThe First Artist Lineup Has Been Announced for Queenstown's Snowboxx Winter Festival
One week of local acts, slope-side parties and off-mountain experiences.
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NewsAlpine Music Festival Snow Machine Is Coming to New Zealand
Four snow-filled days of music and adventure.
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News
Eden Park Has Been Granted Resource Consent to Host Six Concerts a Year
The new decision will allow concerts to be booked, scheduled and confirmed years in advance.
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NewsAuckland Council's Free Openair Entertainment Series Is Back for Summer
The 2021 edition will see 20 gigs and 14 films play out under the stars of Tāmaki Makaurau.
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NewsAuckland Live's Free Outdoor Entertainment Series Is Back for Summer
Don't forget to pack your sunscreen for the summer-long outdoor event series.
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NewsWellington Street Festival CubaDupa Has Dropped Its First Entertainment Lineup for 2021
The huge outdoor celebration is back with 470 free performances from local artists.
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NewsThis Island Sanctuary Will Be Home to a New Food, Wine and Music Festival Next Year
The pest-free island is only a 35-minute ferry ride from Auckland.
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NewsAuckland Arts Festival Will Return Next March With More Than 70 Events Across the City
The 13th edition of the arts and culture festival will take place from 4–21 March.
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NewsThis New Dining and Music Experience Is Being Held in a Twinkling Glowworm Cave
Listen to operatic classics in a stunning glowworm cathedral.
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A Supremely Festive Mariah Carey Christmas Special Is Coming to Apple TV+ Next Month
The beloved singer will sing, dance and get merry alongside Tiffany Haddish, Billy Eichner, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson and Snoop Dogg.
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NewsGuns N' Roses Have Announced a 2021 Stadium Tour of Australia and New Zealand
According to the rock band, international tours may be on the horizon.
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NewsOuterfields Is a New All-Local Music Festival Taking Over Western Springs
Benee and Fat Freddy's Drop lead the first lineup.
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GuideTwelve of the Best Events to Check Out at Elemental AKL Festival
Head on a wine and oyster-fuelled river cruise, listen to dance music in an underground ballroom and sample a variety of fire-cooked food.
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NewsSplore Festival Has Announced Its First Artist Lineup for 2021
The country's greatest dress-up party returns next February.
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NewsA Mariah Carey Christmas Special Is Coming to Apple TV+ to Help Salvage This Chaotic Year
It'll feature the beloved singer alongside a lineup of special guests — and we're sure 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' will get a spin.
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NewsRhythm and Vines Has Dropped Its First All-Local Lineup for 2020
The festival returns for its 18th year this December.
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NewsRaglan's Soundsplash Festival Has Dropped Its 20th Anniversary Lineup
A jam-packed spread of local acts lead the bill for the three-day music and camping festival.
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NewsFlume and Peking Duk Lead the First Lineup for Bay Dreams 2021
In anticipation of the trans-Tasman bubble, organisers have secured a string of acts from across the ditch.
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NewsRhythm and Alps Has Dropped Its First All-Local Lineup for 2020
Celebrate the New Year in a picture-perfect location.
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News
Coachella Has Completely Cancelled Its 2020 Festival
The huge Californian music festival will now return in April 2021.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass Has Postponed Its 20th-Anniversary Festival Until Winter 2021
It was first postponed from July until October, but now it won't go ahead in 2020 at all.
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NewsTen Major Events and Festivals Still Happening in New Zealand This Year
Prepare for food, wine and music festivals, inclusive snow-filled adventures and events honouring Aotearoa's Māori identity.
