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NewsFalls Festival 2014 Lineup Announced
Big beats, festival singalongs and top notch rap for Falls this year.
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NewsBritomart’s XuXu Introduces New Dumpling Menu
Multiple varieties of the delicious favourite - with the added bonus of pleasant decor and great drinks.
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NewsYou’ll Soon Be Able to Guzzle Precious Hobbit-Themed Beer
The Smaug Stout is infused with chillies. Nice.
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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 Chats Briefly With Team Dynamite
Very brief chat with Sky Pirate's Skipper Lance.
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NewsFinalists Announced for the 2014 Silver Scroll Awards
Celebrating the creative excellence of music released in the past year.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets When Life Hands Me a Skateboard
If you had one chance to send a message to the world, what would that be?
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NewsTips and Tales from the Auckland Night Markets
Hangover cures, casual dates, or for people like me who can't get enough dumplings in their life, the Auckland night markets are your ticket.
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NewsLondon Artist Creates Entire Corner Shop Out of Felt
Felt SPAM, felt condoms, felt gum; because she felt like it.
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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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NewsTinder Founders Launch Music Discovery App
Bringing the swipe-if-you-like concept to the world of music.
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NewsGiant Floating Duck Artwork Could Generate Green Energy for Copenhagen
Seems we can't get enough of giant floating ducks. But this one could power an entire city.
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NewsStreet Artist Invader Has Launched New Worldwide Art Hunt App
The master of the 8-bit video game critter has launched his own game.
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NewsMarina Abramovic, Sia and Pussy Riot Back New Online School For Girls
With Rodarte and Kim Gordon as teachers. Sign us up.
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NewsCliff Curtis on Playing a Man with Bi-Polar Disorder
The Hollywood actor and lead role in New Zealand chess drama The Dark Horse.
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NewsWin a Street Art Experience with Co-Founder of Cut Collective Ross Liew
The opportunity to win a ins and outs of creating a wall piece experience; from concept to watching the paint dry.
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NewsPerfume Collection Captures Smells That Could Be Destroyed by Climate Change
A reminder to stop and smell the wine, coffee, coasts and ice.
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NewsNo Cameras Allowed Doco Shows One Guy Sneaking Into 50 Music Festivals
Recording your own misdeeds never looked so good.
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NewsMalaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Crash Claims Delegates to Melbourne AIDS Conference
Some of the world's top medical researchers are thought to be among 298 dead.
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NewsUBER To Deliver Giapo Gelato Ice Cream to New Users for Free
Ice scream, you scream, we all love ice cream.
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NewsCalifornia’s First Electronic Sriracha Festival Fuses EDM with Hot Sauce
Water stations undeniably necessary.
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NewsJenny Lewis Drags Up with Famous Friends in New, Instantly Viral Video
Lewis celebrates the end of a six year solo hiatus with Kristen Stewart, Anne Hathway and an instantly viral video.
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NewsRhythm and Alps 2014 Line up Announced
Blowing the cobwebs out of the hill flanked region once again.
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NewsMr and Mrs Smith’s Ten Best Winter Warmer Retreats in Australia and NZ
The boutique hotel experts have some special offers to help you make the most of winter.
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NewsThe Eight Best French Restaurants in Auckland
Concrete Playground invites you to take stock of Auckland’s thriving French dining scene.
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NewsOh Hi Mark! Greg Sestero of The Room Sheds Light on the Worst Film Ever Made
James Franco and Seth Rogen are planning to adapt his memoirs, so life's looking pretty good for the star of the worst movie ever.
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NewsConcrete Playground meets Glass Owls
The musicians behind an honest collection of tunes that ignite an unexplainable kind of joy at every tap of the play button.
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NewsYou’ll Be Able to Toast Season Five with Game of Thrones Wine
"12 houses. 12 temptations. Where does your loyalty lie?"
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NewsMarina Abramovic’s Faux Pharmacy Commercials
The performance artist has now had a commercial makeover thanks to Photoshopper par excellence Vladimir Maislin.
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NewsTomorrowland’s Festival Bracelets Send Friend Requests
Making festival friendship as easy as the press of a heart-shaped button.
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