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Tim Minchin to Turn Groundhog Day into a Musical

The same songs over and over again?

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Coachella 2014 Lineup Announced

It features a reunited Outkast and a gee-whiz number of Antipodeans.

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Artist Toon-Bombs Toronto with Googly Eyes

Liberty Village's local monsters revealed.

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Macaulay Culkin Unveils Debut Music Video for Pizza Underground

Well now we just want pizza.

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Off The Radar Festival comes to New Zealand

All kinds of "off the radar" stuff.

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Something’s Just a Little Off in These Photographs by Patrice Letarnec

Fall head over heels in love with the French artist's quirky photography.

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Don't go changing

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The Artists of the Heineken Baseline Afterparty 2014

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Mount Kimbie on Staying in Love with Music, Not the Music Industry

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Responsible meat eating, or just icky?

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Smales Farm, North Shore

Auckland's newest farmers market arrives across the harbour.

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Ubiquitous Sriracha Sauce Now Has Its Own Documentary Film

Your favourite condiment is now a movie star.

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Simon Harsent Explores the Effect of the ‘White Cube’ In Playful Photos

Photographer Simon Harsent offers up sparse objects for evaluation.

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Netflix to Produce Its First Adult Animation, BoJack Horseman

We aren't horsing around, Netflix has a new animated series that's darkly humorous.

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Win a Triumph and Disaster ‘On the Road’ Pack

Win with Fortune Avenue.

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Win Tickets to See 20 Feet From Stardom

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Jurassic 5 Return to NZ for Two Shows

Laid back harmonious wit and classic soul roots beats. Jurassic 5 are back.

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Win One of Two $50 Vouchers to Fort St Union Bar

Good fortune awaits you.

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Win the Ultimate Queenstown New Year’s Experience

No idea what you're up to this New Years yet? We've got the ultimate New Years up for grabs, which includes two flights to Queenstown, two nights accommodation in Queenstown, bungy jumping, a $100 bar tab, a two day R&A premium teepee camping pass and two passes to the VIP area at the Vodafone Vintage Club.

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The Strangely Wonderful Worlds of JeeYoung Lee

The artist painstakingly transforms a little studio into the setting for her extraordinary photography.

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Liam Finn visits the La Casa Artist Residency

Inner child indulgence, solo madness and good songwriting.

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Mila Kunis Is a Janitor/Queen in the Wachowskis’ New Jupiter Ascending

Check out the next future the Matrix makers have in store for us.

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Lorde Misses Laneway for the Grammys, Organises Standalone Show

She's still on our team.

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Win Door Passes to DPTRCLB Christmas at 1885

Another great party is coming your way thanks to Tiger Beer.

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Raise the Stakes in Your Pretentious Convos with New Metagame

A game that asks the eternal question, 'Which feels like first love: Pride and Prejudice or Hungry Hungry Hippos?'

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Win a Pair of Happy Socks on Fallenfront.co.nz

Happy sock, happy...

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Win a Limited Edition WERT 159 Print

We have a signed limited edition print to give away.

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The Bluffer’s Guide to Recording a Song

From setting up camp in the snazziest of recording studios to shouting into your computer's built-in microphone, this guide's aimed to show you some of the essentials of recording a song right here in Auckland.

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Perfect your Christmas with Victor Churchill’s ham glaze

Take advantage of this mouth-watering offer courtesy of MasterCard.

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Lorde Rules the World in Moody New Video for ‘Team’

And she crashed Vevo while doing it.

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World’s First Exclusively Online Writers’ Festival Announced for 2014

The inaugural Digital Writers' Festival has been announced for 2014. We got the twitterview.

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See Mia Wasikowska Walk Across the Outback in the First Trailer for Tracks

Mia Wasikowska enters an entirely different (and far dustier) wonderland.

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Concrete Playground Meets PleasePlease

We took 50 guests out into the harbour with PleasePlease. We will definitely be doing that again.

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Concrete Playground’s Summer Reading Guide 2013

Read books this summer. Read these books.

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Music In Parks Releases 2014 Schedule

Auckland's parks and reserves will play host to a wide range of musical acts.

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