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Whodunnits don’t get much better than this streaming ace, a collaboration between the ‘Russian Doll’ actor and the ‘Knives Out’ director.
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NewsShapeshifter-Headlined Festival Whangamata Beach Break Just Got Canned Due to the Crap Weather
"We're gutted, frustrated and in disbelief."
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NewsThe 'Ted Lasso' Crew, Jason Segel and Harrison Ford Turn 'Shrinking' Into Apple TV+'s New Kind-Hearted Gem
This comedy about therapists is Harrison Ford’s second-ever regular small-screen role — and he’s unsurprisingly exceptional.
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News'Succession' Season Four Just Dropped a New Feud-Heavy Trailer — and a March Release Date
HBO's hit drama will return with another round of Roy family chaos from March 27 Down Under.
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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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NewsDrum and Bass Star Wilkinson Is Returning to New Zealand for a Nationwide Tour This Autumn
The golden boy of drum and bass is coming back to his "second home" and playing five shows across the country.
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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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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 32 of 2024's Oscar-Nominated Movies in New Zealand Right Now
From 'Barbenheimer' and twists on 'Frankenstein' to animated 'Spider-Man' antics and devastating documentaries, here's where to watch 2024's Oscar contenders.
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News'Everything Everywhere All At Once', Cate Blanchett, Paul Mescal: The 2023 Oscar Nominations Are Here
'Everything Everywhere All At Once' just scored Academy Award nominations for almost everything it could, but it has plenty of company.
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NewsGet Ready for an Epic Campaign: 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves' Just Rolled Out Its New Trailer
Chris Pine, Rege-Jean Page, Michelle Rodriguez and Hugh Grant will roll the dice in this game-to-film adaptation.
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News'Blonde', 'Morbius', 'Elvis' and Disney's Live-Action 'Pinocchio' Just Received Razzie Nominations
It's morbin' time at the Golden Raspberry Awards, which recognise the worst in cinema from the past year.
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NewsDon't Miss Out: Last Chance to Book Our Exclusive Mona Foma Package With Luxury Accommodation
The Concrete Playground Trips deal includes two tickets to see Peaches, a ferry ride to Mona and two nights at a luxury hotel in the heart of Hobart.
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NewsNostalgia Alert: You Can See Suzy Cato Perform at Auckland Folk Fest This Weekend
The four-day festival is returning for its 50th year — with a very special headliner.
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News'That '90s Show' Is Exactly the Right Amount of Nostalgic — for 'That '70s Show' and for the 90s
Say “hello Wisconsin!” to a new era of teens hanging out in a basement, all thanks to Netflix’s sequel series to ‘That '70s Show’
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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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News"This Isn't Like Any Other Ghostface": The Full Trailer for 'Scream VI' Gets Slaying in New York City
If you like scary movies, you'll be excited about the long-running slasher franchise's latest comeback — complete with 'Scream 4' star Hayden Panettiere.
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NewsGiving Jazz-Age Hollywood a Modern Beat: Oscar-Winning 'La La Land' Composer Justin Hurwitz Chats 'Babylon'
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News'Ted Lasso' Will Finally Return for Season Three This Autumn — and a New Clash with Nate Is Coming
After sitting on the bench in 2022, the beloved Jason Sudeikis-starring Apple TV+ sitcom will make a comeback sometime this autumn.
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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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NewsNetflix Has Unveiled the Huge List of New Movies It'll Be Streaming in 2023 — and Their Release Dates
The streaming platform's hefty 2023 slate includes a David Fincher thriller, Emily Blunt and Chris Evans teaming up, multiple Adam Sandler flicks and more.
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NewsCoachella Will Livestream Its Huge Annual Festival on YouTube Until 2026
Can't make it to Indio, California each April? Watch along from your couch instead.
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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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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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EventSmales Farmers Market
Mon, 9 Dec, 2024
Smales Farm, North Shore
Auckland's newest farmers market arrives across the harbour.
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News'Only Murders in the Building' Season Three Just Gained a High-Profile New Suspect: Meryl Streep
Only icons in the building, with both Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd set to feature in the upcoming third season of Disney+'s murder-mystery hit.
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NewsThe Full Lineup Joining Fatboy Slim at Gardens Music Festival Just Dropped — Along with a Venue Change
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NewsThis Is the Way: The Long-Awaited Full Trailer for 'The Mandalorian' Season Three Is Here
The wait is almost over, with the Disney+ bounty hunter series finally set to unveil its third season in March.
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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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NewsHBO's 'The Last of Us' Series Is a Spectacular Video Game Adaptation — and Just Spectacular
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NewsFifteen New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
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News"Darkness, We Brought It Back with Us": 'Yellowjackets' Just Dropped a New Season Two Trailer
Bust out your best 90s-appropriate threads and start learning survival skills again.
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NewsYes Chef: 'The Bear' Will Return for a Second Season of High-Stress Kitchen Dramas This Winter
2022's huge new hit will return to the kitchen sometime midyear with ten new episodes.
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NewsJoaquin Phoenix Gets Trapped in a Surreal Nightmare in the Trailer for Ari Aster's 'Beau Is Afraid'
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NewsStardom Dramedy 'I Hate Suzie Too' Is the Most Stunningly Stressful Series You Can Stream Right Now
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NewsFifteen 2023 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Plan your viewing around these award-winning movies and television shows — from big-screen standouts like 'Elvis' through to television hits such as 'House of the Dragon'.
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News'Everything Everywhere All At Once', 'The White Lotus' and 'Abbott Elementary' Just Won Big at the 2023 Golden Globes
The Hollywood accolades just handed out its 2023 trophies to 2022's best films and TV shows — here are all the winners.
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NewsBad Bunny, BLACKPINK and Frank Ocean Headline Coachella's Massive 2023 Lineup
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NewsMarvel's New 'Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania' Trailer Pits Paul Rudd Against a Formidable Adversary
This time, the MCU's pint-sized superhero faces Kang the Conqueror, as played by 'Lovecraft Country' star Jonathan Majors.
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News'Grease' Is the Word (Again) in the First Trailer for Prequel Series 'Rise of the Pink Ladies'
Welcome back to Rydell High, with this new musical series set four years before Danny and Sandy were hopelessly devoted to each other.
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NewsNetflix Has Renewed 'Wednesday' for a Creepy, Kooky, Mysterious and Spooky Second Season
After the first Jenna Ortega-starring season broke the Netflix record for most hours viewed in a single week twice, this 'Addams Family' revamp has been renewed for a second run.
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NewsThe Full Trailer for New Mystery Series 'Poker Face' Will Fill the 'Knives Out'-Shaped Hole in Your Life
After 'Knives Out' and 'Glass Onion', filmmaker Rian Johnson has made a whodunnit TV show starring Natasha Lyonne.
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NewsNicolas Cage Plays Dracula in the Glorious First Trailer for Horror-Comedy 'Renfield'
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NewsNetflix Heist Thriller 'Kaleidoscope' Is Ridiculously Easy to Binge No Matter Which Order You Watch It In
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NewsHBO Might Not Be Making Quite as Many 'Game of Thrones' Spinoffs After All
Author George RR Martin reports that a couple of HBO's previously floated new 'Game of Thrones'-related series have been shelved.
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Matakana Festival Summer Haze Has Been Canned Thanks to Heavy Weather Warnings
Heavy rain warnings and strong winds mean festival organisers have had to pull the plug.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in December
Make a couch date with the new 'Knives Out' whodunnit, an ace homegrown drama, a steamy romance and a delightful Aussie rom-com sitcom.
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NewsThe New Movies You Can Watch at New Zealand Cinemas From Boxing Day 2022
Spend the biggest cinema-going day of the year with an Oscar frontrunner, a Whitney Houston biopic and Antonio Banderas voicing a mischievous cat.
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Hello Wisconsin: The Trailer for Netflix's 'That '90s Show' Is Here and Dripping with Nostalgia
'That '70s Show' is getting a sequel series, focusing on 90s teen Leia Forman — and featuring the bulk of the OG sitcom's cast.
