Auckland Arts & Entertainment News

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Finalists Announced for the 2016 Taite Music Prize

Otherworldly folk, space-pop, alt-country, offbeat indie-pop and psychedelic electronica.

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Lessons Learned From Episode One of Vinyl

SPOILER ALERT.

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Auckland City Limits Reveals Festival Artwork Program

Bringing a sense of playfulness and practical adventure to the one-day music festival.

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Courtney Barnett's Live Blog Was the Best Thing About the Grammys

Apart from Kendrick. Because Kendrick.

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Your Guide to Splore 2016

All the best bits of one of New Zealand's best festivals.

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Why Vinyl Will Be Your Next Addiction

Sex, drugs and online-streaming

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Van Gogh Has Listed His 'Bedroom' on Airbnb, and You Can Stay in It

Spend a night in a replica of the post-impressionist's The Bedroom.

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JK Rowling Is Releasing an Eighth Harry Potter Book Because All Is Well

We're damn well stupefied.

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Win a Booking at The Lost Society Cocktail Bar at Splore 2016

A secret cocktail destination for you and three friends.

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Concrete Playground Meets Andrew J. Steel

Changing the way we think about street art.

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Score a Lonesome Beast Native Print by Shelton Woolright

Plus exhibition entry for you and your friends.

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Prince Is Returning to Australia and New Zealand

Not a hoax!

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Laneway Tracks To Send You Into the Weekend

Relive Auckland Anniversary Day throughout the rest of the glorious summer.

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Auckland City Limits Complete Their 2016 Lineup

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Ten Films You Need to See in 2016

Get excited — a whole new year of cinema awaits.

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Win a Double Pass to Tim and Eric

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The ASB Classic Unveils an Enhanced Entertainment Program

Game, set, match, wine, music, fashion, court-side degustation et al.

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New Artworks by Banksy Focus on the Plight of Syrian Refugees

Artwork depicting Steve Jobs, son of a Syrian migrant, to be preserved by city of Calais.

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Serial Have Dropped the First Episode of Season Two

The Internet can barely keep a lid on it.

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Anno Domini is Auckland's Newest Rooftop Event Series

A Sunday session to rule them all.

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The Ten Best Movies Hardly Anyone Saw in 2015

Do yourself a favour and add these to your must-see movie list.

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