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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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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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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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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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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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NewsLorde 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.
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NewsThe Winners of the 2017 NZ International Comedy Awards Have Been Announced
Who took home the Yellow Towel and Golden Gumboot?
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NewsFive Films from Cannes 2017 We Can't Wait to See in New Zealand
Now showing in French Riviera cinemas between May 17 and 28, and hopefully coming soon to a screen near you.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Picks for the 2017 Auckland Writers Festival
Not strictly for the bookish and writing obsessed.
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NewsThe New Zealand International Film Festival Teases Its Full Program With Eight Features
Behind the curtain of a horror theme park, a sweeping giant screen epic, and a Mexican erotic bio-sci-fi.
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NewsCirque du Soleil's Avatar-Inspired Show is Coming to New Zealand
The contemporary circus act is here to fill in the colours of the habitable moon while we wait for four sequels.
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NewsFive Films to See at NZIFF Autumn Events
Prepare yourself for the full NZIFF lineup with these cinematic treats.
