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NewsWin One of Four $50 Vouchers at Pat Menzies
Pat Menzies Shoes has become an institutional footwear store since opening its doors in the Canterbury Arcade on Queen Street in the early 1970's.
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NewsHeineken Green Room Launches at Vector Arena
Gig-goers attending Auckland's Vector Arena can forget about long queues and drinking warm beer out of plastic cups, with the launch of the Heineken Green Room.
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NewsWin Tickets to the Shock the World Party – thanks to G-Shock
Win one of ten tickets to this amazing globetrotting project.
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NewsSix Spooky Indie Games to Get You in the Mood for Halloween
If your favourite facet of Halloween is getting into some spine-tingling horror, we've assemble a list of spooky indie games guaranteed to give you goosebumps.
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NewsSix Ways to Get Your Gaming Fix at the First-Ever SXSW Sydney
SXSW is loading up a whole week of gaming events — here are our top picks, from a celebration of crab games to a chance to flex your voice-acting skills.
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NewsTen of Our Most-Anticipated Games to Check Out at SXSW Sydney's Gaming Festival
With over 150 games to check out at SXSW Sydney, we're taking out the stress of choosing with 10 recommendations.
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NewsTen Must-Catch Talks and Panels That You Don't Want to Miss at the Inaugural SXSW Sydney
What does the executive producer of 'Bluey' think of horror movies? What's the future of Chinatown? How do you communicate the magic of music? All these and more will be answered at SXSW Sydney.
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NewsFrom Wholesome to Hedonistic: A Guide to Dark Mofo 2023 According to the Level of Chaos You're After
Keen on the sunnier, sweeter side of this year's lineup? Prefer letting loose and making "when at Dark Mofo" your mantra? Find your ultimate itinerary here.
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NewsTen Sydney WorldPride Events Worth a Trip to the Harbour City That You Can Still Nab Tickets To
From multi-day party programs to appearances by Kylie Minogue and Kelly Rowland, these events will have you booking last-minute flights to Sydney.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Auckland This Week
Sink your teeth into a bottomless afternoon tea spread, or check out Karangahape Road’s huge anti-Valentine’s Day festivities.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Auckland This Weekend
Scoff bottomless burgers in Takapuna, catch the candlelight orchestra or support Cassia's post-flood pop-up.
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NewsFive Romantic Auckland Date Ideas From Budget to Blowout
Just think of us as your cultural wingman.
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GuideFive Events We're Seriously Looking Forward to During Elemental AKL Festival This Month
Fill your diary with a heap of gigs, exhibitions, interactive installations and foodie festivals this July.
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NewsThe Best Space Images of the Year Are Totally Captivating
Stargazers everywhere, both sciencey and romantic, can rejoice at this exciting time.
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NewsThe Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend
The Killers are taking a shot at the night, Satellite Stories are letting the lights go low and Cruiser want you to kidnap them.
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NewsGravity Presents the Most Terrifying Film Promotion Ever
Life is impossible in space. Experience that impossibility.
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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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NewsThe Bluffer’s Guide to Astronomy Photography wth Mark Gee
The Astronomy Photographer of the Year lends some trade secrets.
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NewsThe New App That Stops Breaking Bad Spoilers
Behind on Breaking Bad eps? Now you can check your news feed without fear.
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NewsStreet Art Blurred with Real Life in Charming Photos
A playful, whimsical photo series that blends art with reality.
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NewsReal Musical Instruments Crafted from Deadly Weapons
Who would have guessed a gun could sound so disarming?
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EventChristmas Lights at MOTAT 2024
Tue, 10 Dec - Mon, 23 Dec 2024
MOTAT, Western Springs
MOTAT is bringing nights of festive fun and dazzling lights back for another year.
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EventFat Daddy's Bottomless
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
The Elephant Wrestler, Takapuna
How many burgers and beers can you down in 90 minutes? Find out at The Elephant Wrestler.
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EventCasa Bacardi in Auckland Viaduct
Thu, 5 Dec, 2024
Viaduct Harbour, Auckland
Casa Bacardi has popped up on Auckland's Viaduct, but a warning to rum-lovers: its here for a good time, not a long time.
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EventBritomart Saturday Farmer's Market
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Takutai Square, Britomart., Auckland
This weekly inner-city farmer's market sells everything from fresh produce and flowers to coffee, vegan foods, pastries, sweet buns, crepes, juices and savoury snacks.
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EventPasta and Peroni Nights at The Grounds
Sun, 8 Dec, 2024
The Grounds at Whoa! Studios, Auckland
See out the last sunny evenings of autumn with fresh pasta handmade by an ex-Baduzzi chef and ice-cold beers on tap.
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EventSmales Farmers Market
Mon, 9 Dec, 2024
Smales Farm, North Shore
Auckland's newest farmers market arrives across the harbour.
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NewsSouthside Arts Festival Launches 2013 Programme
The city's annual dose of Maori and Pacific urban culture is back. Southside Arts Festival 2013 includes an impressive line up of more than 20 events encompassing theatre, music, dance, fashion, street and visual arts, and the written word. Both emerging and established Maori and Pacific artists will show us what they've got across the three weeks. These include Ladi-6, Oscar Kightley, Okareka Dance Company and Iva Lamkum.
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NewsWin $50 to Spend at Orleans Britomart
Get some soul in you with a $50 bar tab at Orleans at Fortune Avenue.
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NewsWin a Rooftop Lunch at Fort Street Union
Thanks to Tiger Beer's Fortune Avenue, you could win $100 to spend at the home of good times.
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NewsDevastating and Beautiful Animated Ad Will Turn You Off Factory Farming
An ad for a popular fast food chain that might just make you cry.
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NewsA Synesthete Maps the London Underground
Ever wondered what the names of stations taste like as they roll off the tongue?
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NewsHorror and Nostalgia Combine in Beautiful Doll Hospital Photographs
Can't sleep, doll will eat me.
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NewsWatch a Film Set Entirely on a Computer Screen on Your Computer Screen
Watch a movie about being online whilst online. META.
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NewsConcrete Playground meets artist Melissa Sharplin
Artist Melissa Sharplin talks about her inspiration behind her pop-realist portraits of beautiful women, working for charity and the importance of dreams.
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NewsMind-Bending Timelapse Shows a Whole Life in One Face
Imagine if you could see a full lifetime's ageing process happen before your very eyes. Well, you sort of can.
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NewsWin $50 Vouchers to Spend Online at FallenFront.co.nz
Fortune Avenue has some clothing vouchers to give away.
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NewsTake a Tour of Burning Man on the Back of a Drone
Perhaps it's true you can only understand the festival if you've been. But this gets you pretty close.
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NewsArcade Fire’s Mesmerising Smartphone-Interactive Video for ‘Reflektor’
A short film whose visuals you can affect, just so long as you have three basics of the modern tech era.
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NewsSh*t They Don’t Teach You in School
The concept is fairly self-explanatory and is both educational and entertaining.
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NewsThe Unexpected Poetry of Google Autocomplete
Autocomplete results are often unintentionally hilarious and weirdly sad - but are they also art?
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NewsThe Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend
Farewell office, farewell pants being necessary and hello soundtracked weekend.
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NewsBoozing Now Acceptable at Breakfast Thanks to Spreadable Beer
An Italian duo have done their bit to make the world a better place, engineering a chocolate-flavoured beer spread.
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NewsLuxury Hotels in Weird and Wonderful Places Around the World
Here are 10 of Smith’s most interesting places to pass a night, picked just for Concrete Playground.
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