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It’s Just a Plant: The Children’s Book on Marijuana
The story of a young girl's educational journey as she comes to understand cannabis, explained to her by her parents, a doctor and a kind gang of Rastafarians.
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News
Auckland Daze
Auckland Daze has proven to be a smash hit success, hinting to the growth of digital television.
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News
The Bloggers 2011 Finalists
After three weeks of nominations, we have our shortlisted finalists for The Bloggers 2011.
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News
Top 10 Rhythm and Vines Roadie Tracks
Top 10 Rhythm and Vines tracks to help you send off 2011 with a banger.
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News
The New Seven Natural Wonders of the World
With so many fantastic places to visit around the world, it's often hard to decide where to possibly go. The New7Wonders makes it a little easier for you.
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Concrete Playground talks to Photographer David Stewart
Concrete Playground recently caught up with one of England's most respected photographers. Here's what he had to say.
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News
Six 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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News
Six 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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News
Ten 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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News
Ten 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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News
From 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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News
Ten 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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Guide
The 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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Guide
The 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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News
Five Romantic Auckland Date Ideas From Budget to Blowout
Just think of us as your cultural wingman.
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Guide
Five 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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News
The Ten Best Bars in the World
Your local favourite may not be on the list, but rest assured that all fifty are well worth the visit next time you find yourself in one of the world's culture capitals.
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News
Ben Turnbull’s Real Life Superheroes
This British artist's work serves as a bridge between collective fantasy and the harsh truths of the society we live in.
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News
Paula Scher’s Amazing Maps
Scher's pieces offer an individual distortion of the world and strong commentary about our society and often chaotic lifestyles.
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News
Beautiful Paintings of Graffiti on Vans
New York artist Kevin Cyr paints the artfully graffitied vans and vehicles of his Brooklyn neighbourhood.
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News
Spike Jonze Directs Stop-Motion Skeletal Love Story
The acclaimed director's latest short film has you falling in love with a pair of horny skeletons who come to life one night in a French bookshop.
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Restaurant
This That
57 Lorne St , Auckland City
A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.
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Bar
Scarlett Slimms & Lucky
476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland
Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
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Bar
Cassette Nine
Vulcan Lane, Auckland
Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.
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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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News
Netherwood – A Kiwi Western Film
Shot in the North Canterbury town of Waipara, the film has been funded by the locals in a nice little story of Canterbury success.
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News
Steve Jobs’ Biographer Interviewed on 60 Minutes
Walter Isaacson shares the story behind the story.
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News
Photography from 1911-14 Antarctic Expedition Released Online
The photos depict incredible vistas of the Antarctic, the wildlife and the experiences of the brave Australasian explorers who ventured there.
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News
The Mona Lisa Recreated with a Single Line
It's incredible the things an ordinary person can do if they just have the appropriate felt-tip pen.
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Event
Smales Farmers Market
Wed, 9 Oct, 2024
Smales Farm, North Shore
Auckland's newest farmers market arrives across the harbour.
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News
Brooklyn Man Turns His Life Into An Exhibition in a Dumpster
In the ultimate act of not being able to let go, an artist has transferred the detritus of his past into a perusable dumpster.
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News
Hunter S. Thompson’s Hangover Cure
The infamous Gonzo journalist has something to cure your throbbing head.
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News
David Bowie’s Face Graces the £10 Note
The face of Ziggy Stardust is now official currency in the London suburb of Brixton.
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News
Interview /// Concrete Playground Meets Tahuna Breaks
Tahuna Breaks' trumpet and keys player, Tim Baker, tells us what has been going on with the boys and what exciting projects are in the pipelines.
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News
Designs That Let You Sleep Anywhere, Anytime
Our society seems to be developing an obsession for sleeping in places that are not our beds.
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News
Japan Tourism to Offer 10,000 Free Flights to Bloggers
At last, there may be a way to put your otherwise life-crippling Facebook addiction to good use.
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News
Boozy Bears Emerge in South Dakota
Maybe confectionery giants should start selling candy in brown paper bags from now on.
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News
Concrete Playground Meets Norwegian Wood Director, Tran Anh Hung
We catch up with the acclaimed director ahead of the film's Australia/New Zealand release.
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News
St Jerome’s Laneway New Zealand Lineup Announced
So roll up your sleeves and dress yourself ironically. Laneway is going to be more than ok (although you don't need to publicly admit it).
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News
Brakay Art Installations in Italy
I once came across a quote that summed up modernity quite nicely. It went: Modern Art = I could do that + Yeah, but you didn't.
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News
Occupy Wall Street Protests Start to Spread Around the World
How the American Dream has turned into a nightmare for a large proportion of U.S. citizens.
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News
Untappd App Combines Social Networking and Beer
The perfect excuse to drink more beer and check your iPhone.
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News
Message in a Bottle: The Unusual Social Network
Harold Hackett has been sending messages all over the world, but unlike most of us he hasn’t been using a phone or a computer.
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News
Unload Your Emotional Baggage and Get a Free Song in Return
This new site lets you unload your worries to a perfect stranger, who will in turn read it and send you a song they think will make you feel better.
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News
IPhone Bike Speaker Lets You Listen While You Ride
Play sweet music and use your iPhone as a GPS while riding through the town on your bike.
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News
Slavery Footprint: Calculating How Many Forced Labourers Work For You
Cue the bright-eyed, pigtailed offspring of ethical consumerism and social media, Slavery Footprint.
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News
Top 5 Events at Basement Fest 2011
Basement Fest 2011 brings together a strong line up of theatre, comedy, dance, art, spoken word and music for three weeks in both the main stage of The Basement theatre and upstairs in The Basement studio.
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News
Semi-Fictional Audio Guides Narrate New York’s Museum Mile
A conceptual sound collective and the French join forces to take you for a merry and blissfully confusing journey down Manhattan's Museum Mile.
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Micro-Hotel Sleepbox Makes Being In Transit Appealing
The pod with bed and drop-down desk may mean the days of sleeping in airport food courts are well behind us.
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Giveaways /// Win Exclusive Cloudy Bay Tasting for you and 3 Friends
To celebrate the release of their 2011 Sauvignon Blanc on October 1st, Cloudy Bay is bringing the first of the season together at an exclusive tasting event.
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Interview /// Concrete Playground meets Fern Sutherland
A couple of gins down, I sat down with my beautiful friend Fern Sutherland to talk about her latest role in Auckland Theatre Company's The End Of the Golden Weather.
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Subscribe to Win a $100 Bar Tab at 1885
We were thinking of adding in a clause that a percentage of this bar tab needs to be used on shouting the CP news team, but legal made it too complicated. So it is all yours, if you win*.
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