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NewsWhat If Game of Thrones Happened in the 1990s?
Ever wondered what Game of Thrones would be like if the claimants of Westeros were fighting to sit atop a beanbag?
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NewsCorona Extra Presents the La Casa Artist Residency
A haven for musicians, designers, artists and surfers, and an online destination for all those who are inspired by creativity.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Taiaroa Royale of Okareka Dance Company
The performers of Okareka Dance Company have been busy rehearsing their new work K Rd Strip: A Place to Stand.
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NewsReview /// Sofar Sounds
We went to check out Sofar Sounds, which had it's fair share of surprises.
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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 Top Five Tracks To Hear This Weekend
Happy almost the weekend day. Here is a musical gift for this momentous occasion.
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NewsWorld Class National Bartender Winner Announced
Wellingtonian, soon to be an Aucklander, Jason Clark, who won the inaugural Diageo Reserve World Class National final at 1885.
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NewsCafe Soundtracks Across Auckland
We've taken a sound safari to some of the best and different cafes across Auckland to see what they're playing while making that all important brew.
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NewsRhythm and Vines Tickets On Sale
New Zealand's premier music festival releases tickets seven months out from the New Years extravaganza.
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NewsFive Reasons We’d Believe Anything About Tilda Swinton
She lives on another planet, and it's one we're dying to visit.
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NewsForever Now Will Launch Your Ideas Into Outer Space, Really
And digital democracy will determine the message we send to our alien buddies.
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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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NewsWin Tickets to The Crown Opening
Crown's coming to town and to celebrate we've got ten double passes to give away.
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NewsLululemon launches in New Zealand with Aotearoa Asana
Yoga and running gear brand Lululemon lands on New Zealand shores.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Film Director Mark Albiston
Mark Albiston (left) and Louis Sutherland are film makers and long time mates who have based their first feature film Shopping on Louis' experiences growing up as a half Samoan half Pakeha. Concrete Playground caught up with Mark Albiston to find out more.
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NewsSingles to Get Train Carriage for Flirting on Prague Metro
One way to spice up your workday commute.
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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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NewsWin Tickets to The Reluctant Fundamentalist
An intelligent and poignant story by acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair
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NewsWee Waa Was Perfect for Daft Punk – Even Minus the Crowd
We learned why Wee Waa was an oddly perfect fit for Daft Punk.
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NewsFashion News
From I Love Ugly Suits, G_Shock watches, Ruby, Glassons through to Peroni collaborations, we wrap up the latest in Fashion News.
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NewsDrinking Pays for Public Transport with the Beer Turnstile
Don't drink and drive; drink and catch the train
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NewsRhythm and Vines Documentary Teaser
The teaser has been released for the upcoming Rhythm and Vines documentary.
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NewsInstagram Goes Deep with iAfghanistan Photojournalism
Ben Lowy's mesmerising wartime photos show iPhoneography's full potential.
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NewsThe Ten Best Coffices in Auckland
Make your own work space with the new HTC One and a perfect Auckland cafe-office.
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NewsHelen Bird: The Making of a Modern Craftswoman
We talk to Helen Bird, the recently announced winner of Ketel One’s Modern Craft Project, about transforming the humble food bicycle-cart into a literal vehicle for empowering migrants from disadvantaged backgrounds and how she plans to establish a lasting legacy with the $100,000 prize money.
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NewsIs Hip Hop the 21st Century’s Answer to Jazz?
Jay-Z might just be the modern day equivalent of Jay Gatsby
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NewsWin One of Three Copies of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories
Get your hands on Random Access Memories.
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News2013: A Space Oddity as Astronaut Sings Bowie in Space
Social media darling and astronaut Chris Hadfield takes David Bowie to new, dizzying heights.
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NewsSurprisingly Beautiful Photographs from the Secret Underworld of Drains
There's suffering for your art, and then there's fighting off cockroach armies to take a photo.
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NewsWin Ten Nights on the Town with Concrete Playground
Concrete Playground has partnered up with some of Auckland's best bars, restaurants and venues to offer up the ultimate Ten night experience on offer.
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NewsWin One of Two VIP Double Passes to Semi-Permanent
There's a tidal wave of creative talent heading to Auckland.
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NewsA Guide to Earning Brownie Points this Mother’s Day
We hunt out some brownie point gaining options for you to spoil your Mum on Mother's Day.
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NewsGun Control Laws Have an Unexpected Critic: Hollywood
Whatever will New York's film industry if they can't use real guns? Get creative, that's what.
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NewsFive Places to Enjoy New Zealand Music this May
We search out five venues doing their thing for New Zealand Music Month.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Tom Green
We sat down with Comedian Tom Green and basically talked Chicken Burgers for the entire 5 minutes.
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NewsTen Gourmet Winter Getaways
These hotel dining rooms draw food critics like thirsty wildebeest to a watering hole.
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