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NewsThe Top Five Finalists For The 2016 APRA Silver Scroll Have Been Announced
The most prestigious prize in New Zealand songwriting.
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NewsInfluential Label Stones Throw Records is Coming Down Under For Its 20th Birthday
And tickets are only $3.
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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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NewsSex, Lies and Tickling: Behind the Scenes of the Year's Strangest Documentary
'Tickled' all started with a very strange online ad and prompted legal threats within a week of pre-production.
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NewsLondon's Latest Interactive Art Exhibition Is Designed Entirely for Dogs
With a dog bowl-shaped ball pit and a meat-scented car window simulator.
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NewsA Sit Down With Finn Andrews of The Veils
Songwriting, spirituality and the love of making an ungodly racket.
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NewsThe Six Best Dates In Auckland This September
Some bonding activity ideas for you and your other half this month.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets The Offensive Nipple Show
Watercooler vaginas, why being naked is empowering and what's next for the raucous physical comedy.
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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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NewsSuicide Squad Fans Are Actually Trying to Shut Down Rotten Tomatoes
At the time of writing, this petition has 17,614 signatures protesting against the site.
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Wynyard Quarter is Celebrating Its Fifth Birthday With a Day-Long Blowout
The loveable community space is all grown up.
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NewsThe Five Best Dates in Auckland This August
Take a friend, take your S/O, take that person with who you have a thing but you're not putting any labels on it.
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NewsThis New Off-Broadway Show Encourages Selfies During the Performance
Yes, that's Daniel Radcliffe sneakin' a selfie.
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NewsHow to Adapt Jane Austen for 2016 with Love and Friendship's Whit Stillman
"I hated the title Lady Susan, it wasn't Jane Austen's title."
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NewsEdinburgh Festival Programs Controversial Opera, Then Offers Refunds Before It Opens
Programmed unseen, Christophe Honoré's 'Così fan tutte' has been slammed for "volatile, violent racism".
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NewsThe First Lineup Has Been Announced For The Others Way Festival
New Zealand's answer to SXSW is back.
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NewsAnnouncing the Twenty Best New Zealand Songs of the Past Year
Regardless of sales figures and chart success.
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NewsThe Program Has Been Announced for LATE at the Museum 2016
On the pulse of current and forthcoming local issues.
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NewsEight Must-See Films at the New Zealand International Film Festival 2016
Our finest opportunity to devour films that take risks, strike upon unique ideas and engage with staggering international talent.
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NewsThousands of Nude People Paint Themselves Blue for Spencer Tunick's Latest Installation
Over 3000 punters "blue" themselves in the name of art.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Indie-Pop Purveyor Lawrence Arabia
Musical inspiration, sound evolution and the origin of names.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Brother-Sister Electro-Duo Broods
Plus, score a Broods prize package.
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NewsCreative, Sweet: A Conversation With BurgerFuel's In-House Graffiti Artist
Spreading word of the burger through street art.
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NewsNew Exhibition The Regulars is Here to Remind us About Local Hangouts
A cafe that you used to know.
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NewsThis New App Lets You Hear the Stars Sing
A Galaxy of Suns translates constellations into beautiful musical scores.
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NewsConcrete Playground is Looking for an Intern
Concrete Playground is looking for an intern to join our team for a fixed three-month stint, starting immediately.
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NewsBitTorrent Is Launching a New (and Legal) Music Streaming Service
Not just the platform that helps you sneakily pirate TV shows.
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NewsThis Incredible Public Installation Lets You Walk on Water Across an Italian Lake
After 50 years of planning, Christo's The Floating Piers are open to the public.
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NewsWin a Four-Course Degustation With Matched Wine at Harbourside
Plus, musical accompaniment from lauded jazz muso Nathan Haines.
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NewsThis New Service Texts Your Friends Game of Thrones Spoilers After Each Episode Airs
The ultimate jerk move.
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NewsThe Full Program For The New Zealand International Film Festival Has Been Revealed
150 cinematic gems from across the globe.
