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NewsWondergarden Festival Drops a Huge Local Lineup for New Year's Eve
Featuring pop in all its forms: psych, chill, tropical, dream and electro.
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NewsSeven Acts Worth Checking Out at The Others Way Festival
Catch '60s acid-rock, free-flowing hip hop and the king of indie-pop.
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NewsWatch the Chilling New Trailer for 'Black Mirror' Season Four
The first look at the new six-episode season.
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NewsThe Five Best New Zealand Songs from the Past Year Have Been Announced
Who run the world? Girls.
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NewsFive Minutes with The National's Scott Devendorf
Discussing the band's seventh album, key influences and his Spotify playlist.
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NewsRhythm & Alps Drops Its First Lineup For 2017
Ring in the New Year with Tash Sultana, Fat Freddy's and Little Dragon.
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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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NewsLaneway Teases 2018 Festival, Reveals Dates and First Headliners
Mac DeMarco and Anderson .Paak will tour the festival's seven dates.
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NewsYayoi Kusama Is Opening Her Own Dot-Filled Tokyo Museum
The permanent five-storey facility will showcase the artist's immersive installations and more.
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NewsRhythm and Vines Announces First Artist Lineup for 2017
It's shaping up to be another blinder in Gizzy.
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NewsAuckland's First Horror Festival Will Feature a Drive-In Cinema and Spook Maze
A celebration of all things terrifying.
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NewsYou Can Now Visit Pennywise's Lair from Stephen King's 'It'
Spend some quality time with your friendly, neighbourhood murder clown.
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GuideEight Auckland Theatre Shows to See This August
An exploration of self, an ode to dogs and a Shakespearean tragedy.
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NewsStreet-Long Music Festival The Others Way Is Back for 2017
With an indie lineup to rule them all.
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NewsBay Dreams Unveils Its First Artist Lineup
Carry your NYE shenanigans into 2018 with French electro, psych-reggae and indie-pop.
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Stay in the World's First Marvel Hotel
Cosy up with caped crusaders at Disneyland Paris.
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NewsWatch the Thrilling New Trailer for 'Stranger Things' Season Two
Catch a glimpse before the second season drops in October.
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NewsAuckland Museum's After-Hours Talk Series Returns for 2017
Tackling hot topics like immigration, Trump, privilege and diversity in music.
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NewsTwo (Sort Of) New Harry Potter Books Will Be Released In October
Hold onto your various HP merchandise, kids.
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NewsThe 20 Best New Zealand Songs From the Past Year Have Been Announced
Including a chart-topping earworm, te reo thrash metal and two from Lorde.
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NewsOstro's Dinner Concert Series Is Back For 2017
Enjoy a side of soul at the waterfront brasserie.
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NewsThe NZ International Comedy Festival Announces a Return Season
This mini lol fest is the perfect antidote to the Auckland winter.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Picks for the 2017 NZ International Film Festival
Time management one of your special skills? You'll need it to get through this year's phenomenal program.
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NewsThis Dream-Like New York Gallery Installation Changes Colour With the Weather
Turning the courtyard at MoMA PS1 into a environmentally responsive, colour-changing wonderland.
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NewsBroad City's Abbi Jacobson to Host New Modern Art Podcast
A WNYC and MoMA collaboration, this ten-episode series will unpack Duchamp, Polloclk et al. with Questlove, Hannibal Buress and RuPaul.
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NewsThe First Artist Lineup Has Been Announced For Northern Bass
Including 'the most influential drum and bass DJ to ever live'.
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NewsThe NZ International Film Festival Adds 21 Cannes Titles to Their 2017 Program
Start rearranging your diary.
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NewsThe Inspiring Women Making Waves in the Auckland Creative Scene
Life lessons and advice on defying norms and breaking convention from the city's female creatives.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Winter Reading List 2017
From a New York Times bestseller to Barnsey's memoir, these reads will get you through the colder months.
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NewsA La La Land Concert Experience is Coming to Auckland
An orchestral shred session to the big screen musical.
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NewsWin Tickets to New Zealand's First Reclining Cinema
You can rest easy about dreaded seat-kickers.
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NewsArtisan Brunch Is the Photo Series Turning Your Favourite Meal Into Famous Works of Art
Giving iconic artworks the food-focused makeover no one ever realised they needed — until now.
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NewsBreaking Bad Is Coming Back as a Virtual Reality Experience
Prepare to follow in Walter White's footsteps.
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Lorde Announces 2017 New Zealand Tour of Intimate Venues
She'll play small venues in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
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NewsAuckland Live Welcomes Back Its International Cabaret Season For 2017
A Kate Sheppard rock opera, an original disco diva and a Trans-Tasman mutant story.
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GuideThe Best Events to Check Out at Matariki Festival 2017
Celebrate the Maori new year with light shows galore, a massive street party and illuminated skateboards.
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NewsMatariki Festival Announces Stacked 2017 Program
Mark the Māori new year with light shows galore, a massive street party and illuminated skateboards.
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NewsStudio Ghibli Is Building Its Very Own Theme Park
The Totoro-themed park is scheduled to open in 2020 — and if it doesn't feature a catbus, we'll eat this susuwatari.
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NewsApple Music Unveils its Local Songwriting Project For NZ Music Month
The gift that keeps on giving.
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GuideThe Best Things to do in Auckland This Queen's Birthday Weekend
Salute Queen Lizzy and the day off with liquid drum and bass, backstreet markets and a wharf carnival.
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NewsThere's a Poetry Exhibition Happening in Antarctica and Your Work Could Be In It
This is not a drill, people.
