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NewsYayoi Kusama Is Transforming an Airbnb Into a Work of Art
Imagine living in a polka dot paradise.
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NewsWin Tickets to Where to Invade Next
Michael Moore's found the secret playbook for a better society, and he wants to share it with everyone.
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NewsBrilliant Things To Do With Your Mum This Mother's Day
Eight activities worthy of your mum's maternal magnificence.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Picks for the Auckland Writers Festival 2016
Five days of conversation, storytelling and sharing of ideas.
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NewsHollywood Just Greenlit Two Uber-Themed Comedies, Is Officially Out of Good Ideas
This is just like Antz and A Bug's Life all over again.
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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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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Artist Josh Lancaster
We discuss with the Auckland artist the intricacies of what he'll be painting at the upcoming Tiger Streets of Singapore event on Sunday - a serving of Tom Yum Soup in a massive white and rusty old dinged-up tin dish he found at a second-hand shop in Hastings.
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View Photos of Tiger Beer presents Streets of Singapore at Little Easy
The bustling streets of Singapore were brought to Ponsonby's favourite rooftop bar.
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NewsHow The Jungle Book Director Jon Favreau Took Disney Beyond the Bare Necessities
We chat talking animals and tracking down Bill Murray with the actor-turned-director.
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NewsThe Arts Sector Are Approaching a Funding Crisis, Retaliate With Anti-Bingo Night
Suitably-titled The Arts is Not a Lottery Bingo Night.
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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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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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NewsBrilliant Things to Do Over the Anzac Long Weekend in Auckland
From commemorative services to a legion of 100+ funny people, here's what we think you should put on your Anzac long weekend schedule.
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NewsTrouble at 17,000 Feet: Behind the Scenes of Sherpa with Director Jennifer Peedom
We speak to the filmmaker behind one of the year's best documentaries.
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NewsYour Guide to Record Store Day 2016 in Auckland
Forget the hype and the Justin Bieber single on "piss yellow vinyl" and help out the little guys this Record Store Day.
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NewsFinalists Announced For the 2016 MMF Music Managers Awards
Recognising the individuals behind some of the nation's most successful musicians.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass Announces Killer 2016 Lineup
And tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday, April 21.
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EventSmales Farmers Market
Wed, 9 Oct, 2024
Smales Farm, North Shore
Auckland's newest farmers market arrives across the harbour.
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NewsYour Guide to the International Comedy Festival 2016
A lineup of comedy greats pledging to paste a smile on your dial.
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View Photos of Tiger Beer's Woks of Art
Tiger Beer has partnered with renowned artist and curator James Dive of Glue Society to bring Singapore's streets to life right here in Auckland.
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NewsThis New York Artist Leaves Piles of His Books in the Busiest Spots Around the City
Shaheryar Malik has passed on his unwanted paperbacks in probably the best way possible.
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NewsFive Films to Catch at New Zealand International Film Festival Autumn Events
Buttery popcorn and choc-top ice cream for dipping purposes entirely mandatory.
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NewsThe Witch Director Robert Eggers Talks Childhood Nightmares and Puritan Horror
Get inside the head of the first-time horror filmmaker who's getting snaps from both satanists and feminists.
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NewsSBS Announces First Ever Asia-Pacific Eurovision Song Contest
And Australia is up for hosting the first one.
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NewsThis New Streaming Service Wants to Bring New Release Movies to Your Living Room
Watch Hollywood blockbusters from the comfort of your couch the same day they hit cinemas.
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NewsLove Stories, Classics and Invasion Tactics Are on the Menu for the NZIFF Autumn Events
To help ease the transition into the winter season, the NZIFF Autumn Events will host a selection of classic as well as a handful of premiere films.
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NewsScore Tickets to L'orchestre d'Hommes-Orchestres Performs Tom Waits
A wacky, unimaginable interpretation of the gravel-voiced raconteur.
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NewsTen Films from SXSW We're Hoping Will Come to New Zealand
Richard Linklater's latest, the awaited Slenderman doco, and the Farsi answer to The Babadook.
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NewsComedy-Pizza Pop-up Montecristo Comedy is Back For Another Season
Combining two of life’s greatest pleasures.
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NewsAuckland City Limits Have Dropped Their Artist Schedule and Site Map
Main Stage #1, 9.30pm, be there.
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NewsBerlin's Disused Telephone Booths Are Being Turned Into Mini Nightclubs
A relic of telecommunications becomes the ultimate rave cave.
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NewsYour Guide to the Auckland Arts Festival 2016
Whether you have a thing for comedy, theatre, ballet, or maybe even a slightly concerning obsession with fire, this year's festival will have something to tickle your fancy.
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GuideBrilliant Things to Do in Auckland This March
The third month of the year welcomes a bumper selection of activities.
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NewsSee the Incredible Winning Pictures from the 2016 World Press Photo Contest
See the heartbreaking year that was through the lenses of the world's best photojournalists.
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News125 Acts Have Been Announced for This Year's NZ International Comedy Festival
Wisecracks from award-winning internationals, popular locals and returning festival favourites.
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