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Concrete Playground Meets Tim Richards

We caught up with Tim Richards ahead of the release of his new collaboration with top kiwi producers Antix.

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The Five Best New Summer Drinking Spots in Auckland

Where we quenched our thirst in Auckland's summer of 2012/2013.

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Idyllic Chinese Landscapes Made from Trash

Beauty is a lie in the photographs of Yao Lu.

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Splendour in the Grass Moves to Its Permanent Home

The North Byron Parklands are prepped and ready to go for July 2013.

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Picasso’s Cubist Portraits Brought to Life in Photography

Spanish photographer Eugenio Recuenco reinterprets Picasso's Cubist portraits with live models.

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News
Six Unbelievable Things You’re Missing at SXSW 2013

From a talking show courtesy of Google to a vending machine that lets you choose the party beats, SXSW 2013 opened with a bang.

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Latest Guides

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Ten 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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Ten 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.
Guide
Must-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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Eleven 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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Eleven 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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Hop 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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Nine 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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Say 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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Predicting 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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Here'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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NZ Pie Truck Hits The Big Apple

The humble NZ pie is taking on The Big Apple

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Be Transported by Smithsonian Magazine’s 10th Annual Photo Contest Finalists

Forget the official winners or the Reader's Choice Award, we present Concrete Playground's best of the Smithsonian Photo Contest.

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Be Jealous, Bikers: London Goes Dutch with $1.4 Billion Cycle Highway

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announces cycle-friendly plans to inspire city planners everywhere.

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Space Odyssey: Ten Futuristic Hotels Around the World

When only futuristic chic will do, check out these ten space-age stays around the world.

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Win Tickets to Rust and Bone

Concrete Playground has five double passes to give away to Rust and Bone, an utterly absorbing and powerful French love story.

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Your Tweets Control the Music in SXSW’s Interactive Vending Machine Stage

With Doritos' Bold Stage concert you can choose the songs, special effects and even performers with nothing more than a tweet

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Latest Places

Cafe
This That

57 Lorne St , Auckland City

A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.
Bar
Scarlett Slimms & Lucky

476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland

Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
Bar
Cassette Nine

Vulcan Lane, Auckland

Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.
Restaurant
Miss 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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Carrie Fisher Is Returning to Star Wars, According to Carrie Fisher

Princess Leia is is bringing back those famous bagel buns and reprising her role.

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The Five Greatest Papal Film Moments

Vatican movies to get you in the mood for the next two months of Church and State.

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Win a $100 Voucher to the New Imperial Lane Hot Dog Stand

Win a $100 Voucher for you and your mates to spend at the new Imperial Lane Hot Dog Stand.

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Four Unmissable Visual and Digital Installations at Auckland Fringe

Ever interacted with a digital animal, played a video game projected onto a building fascade or been part of a joystick orchestra? Now's your chance.

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Video Game

The struggles and frustrations of the New York art scene are transformed into a highly addictive video game.

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Win Tickets To I Give It a Year

Picking up where most romantic comedies end, I Give It A Year charts the rocky road of a rather mismatched couple navigating their first year of marriage.

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Sydney Illustrator Wins New Yorker Comp with Hipster Cover

The dandy is a hipster in Simon Greiner's version of the iconic Eustace Tilley image.

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Concrete Playground Meets Chef Hayden McMillan

Concrete Playground sits down with Tribeca Head Chef Hayden McMillan and also offers our readers the chance to win some Peroni.

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Fascinating Long Exposure Photographs of Sleeping Couples

See the nightly battle between intimacy and rest play out in pictures.

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Beautifully Creepy Posters of David Lynch Films

Jeremy Saunders didn't plan on making minimalist poster redesigns. But then he watched David Lynch's Lost Highway.

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Netsky Live Returns to New Zealand

If you missed Netsky Live at Rhythm and Vines, or you were there and could not feel the bass through the damaged speakers, here is your chance to see Boris again with his full live set.

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Bjork Turns to Kickstarter to Spread Biophilia

The musician turns to crowdfunding to get her educational music app reprogrammed for Android and Windows 8.

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Movenpick: The Cooler Alternative to Flowers

Movenpick now delivers, the perfect alternative to flowers.

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Groovin’ the Moo Confirms 2013 Line-Up Leak

Tegan and Sara, The Kooks, Tame Impala and Flume are set for a regional Australia takeover.

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Springsteen & I

Springsteen & I is an open invitation to people all over the world to share stories that celebrate one of the greatest lyrical storytellers of our generation.

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Ten of the Best at Sculpture on the Gulf 2013

Concrete Playground rounds up some of our favourites pieces at the Sculpture on the Gulf 2013.

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The World’s Biggest Waterslide Is Being Built in NZ

Kiwi charity Live More Awesome is dreaming big with their latest fundraiser.

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Secret Garden 2013 Announces Line-Up (Not That It Needs To)

A weekend for lovers of food, music, dress-ups, and adventures.

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Six Things We’ve Learned From #UpGoerfive

XKCD has us talking in only the 1000 most common words.

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