• News

    The Department Store Fashion Show

    With new season collections now arriving in retailers, the North Shore’s fashion hot spot, The Department Store was packed to the rafters thanks to their recent spring/ summer fashion show that saw over one thousand of Auckland’s fashionista’s flocking from around the city to view their latest collections, now available in store. The show included over eighty summer looks from a string of highly coveted labels including Karen Walker, Ruby, Black Box, Topshop and I Love Ugly.

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    Incredible Maps Depicting Human Activity

    Modern digital technology allows us to produce and manipulate visual representations of geography in simply astounding ways.

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    Brew Beer On-The-Go

    Brew your own beer whenever and wherever you so desire with these tasty, transportable sachets.

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    Leaning Buildings From Around the World

    Here are ten of the most stunning, mystifying leaning buildings from around the world.

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    Summer Fashion 2012 /// Seaside Superior

    Classic silhouettes of the fifties emerge this summer finding strength in the seasons’ hype for soft tailoring, modernised with a subtle athletic appeal.

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    How to Get Out of Your Internet Ghetto

    Often we end up in a little media bubble, never challenged by new information or opinions. Unless we go looking for it.

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    The Latest and Greatest Fashion Collaborations

    Christina Roys rounds up some of the top collaborations going on in and around Fashion.

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    New Zealand Fashion Week 2012 Trend Report

    So the whirlwind of New Zealand Fashion Week is over for another year. Here are some of the key looks you’ll need for the next big chill.

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    Concrete Playground does Dunedin thanks to Telecom Treats

    Concrete Playground does Dunedin thanks to Telecom Treats.

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    Fashion News

    Christina Roys rounds up the latest in Fashion News...

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    The $9 Bike Made from Recycled Cardboard

    A fully-functioning bicycle would not be the first thing to spring to mind when thinking of items made from recycled cardboard...

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    The World’s Most Magnificent Vertical Gardens

    Simply rotating traditional gardens by 90° can completely transform their purpose, possibilities and magnificence...

Latest Places
  • Restaurant

    Odette's Eatery

    Shed 5, City Works Depot, 90 Wellesley Street

    Between the lively chat, the excellent dishes and plotting how to run away with all the tableware, we had a wonderful time.

  • Bar

    Everybody’s

    7 Fort Lane, Auckland

    This pun will write itself. Everybody's has something for everybody. But mostly, it's got a jaw-dropping array of modern European fusion and cocktails made to measure.

  • Restaurant

    Better Burger

    31 Galway St, Britomart

    An instant classic.

  • Bar

    The Cav

    68 College Hill, Ponsonby

    A low-key, relaxed pub that's a great spot to meet friends and share an ale.

  • Restaurant

    The Botanist

    90 Wellesley Street, Auckland

    City Works Depot's cafe/bar/plant nursery fusion cafe.

  • Restaurant

    Burger Burger

    136-138 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

    It seems the world of the burger has seen the line between professional eatery and burger takeaway joint become blurred.

  • Restaurant

    Giapo

    279 Queen Street, Auckland

    Auckland's favourite "haute ice cream".

  • Restaurant

    Hallertau

    1171 Coatesville Riverhead Highway, Riverhead

    A country restaurant in the best sense of the word.

  • Restaurant

    Mexico Ponsonby

    164 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

    If you put ‘Mexico’ into Google maps you might be told that you’re approximately 11,000km away. The great news is Google maps are wrong.

  • Restaurant

    Masu

    90 Federal Street, Auckland

    Contemporary Japanese restaurant Masu proves a culinary force to be reckoned with.

  • News

    Take a Tour of Google’s NYC Offices

    Google's revamped headquarters feature a Pac-Man arcade, a Broadway-themed conference room and all the free M&Ms you could wish for.

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    Vertigo-Inducing Views From One World Trade Center

    Tour Manhattan from the 103rd floor of 1 WTC.

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    De-Hipsterise Instagram Photos With ‘Normalize’

    Sometimes sunsets are pretty IRL too.

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    The Top Ten Tiny Prefab Homes

    Here are ten of the most sustainable, imaginative and simply bewildering tiny prefab houses that...

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    Auckland’s Fashion Movers and Shakers

    We decided to catch up with four Fashion Movers and Shakers and got their thoughts on, well, anything.

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    Win a Double Pass to the NZFW New Generation Show

    Win tickets to the New Generation show at New Zealand Fashion Week.

Latest Events
  • Event

    The Promised Land

    Thursday, June 13 - Wednesday, July 3, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    More than a decade after 'A Royal Affair', Mads Mikkelsen and filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel have made another grand and gripping drama set in Denmark's past.

  • Event

    Inside Out 2

    Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 24, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    Amy Poehler still brings joy in this nine-years-later sequel to one of Pixar's best films, which proves as emotionally intelligent as its predecessor.

  • Event

    The Taste of Things

    Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    This Oscar-shortlisted, Cannes Best Director-winning French delight simmers up a 19th-century romance between a cook and a gourmand.

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    Stunning Satellite Maps of Storms

    Stunning satellite photographs capture hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires across the globe throughout history.

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    Cutting Food With Electromagnetic Lasers

    Peer into your kitchen of the future.

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    Digitise Your Notes with Moleskine’s Smart Notebook

    The lines between the digital and non-digital world are becoming ever thinner and more transparent.

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    Seven Unexpected Uses for Social Media

    The influence of social media in contemporary society is irrefutable, as are the benefits that can be gained from them.

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    Facebook Goes Green

    Here are six innovative groups and apps that have taken the fight for a greener future into the world of Facebook.

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    Turning Junk into Designer Furniture

    These pieces of upcycled furniture have taken pieces of trash and turned them into treasure.

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    Giveaways /// Win a $300 Adi-Cash Voucher

    We have $300 adi-cash Voucher to giveaway to one lucky reader to kit themselves in adidas.

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    Ten Incredibly Useful Websites

    Here are some sites you might not know about, but should.

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    Beautiful Recycled Houses

    Environmentalists have brought new meaning to the phrase "one man's junk is another man's treasure".

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    Live: Watch the Curiosity Rover Land on Mars

    People around the world are currently tuning in to watch the live stream of the Curiosity Rover landing on Mars today.

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    14 Brilliant Business Card Designs

    With designs that range from a balloon to a fortune cookie to a lego piece, here are some of our favourite creative business cards.

  • News

    New York’s Buildings on Top of Buildings

    Some of the city's wealthier residents have come up with an inventive way to squeeze into The Big Apple.

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    The Most Magnificent Stadiums in Olympic History

    Host cities compete to see who can construct the most awe-inspiring sporting amphitheatres.

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    Positive Posters Use Design to Highlight Global issues

    This creative initiative is a competition and exhibition asking designers worldwide what they think the most pressing global issues are.

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    Ray-Ban Turns 75

    Happy Birthday Ray-Ban x

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    A Short Film Made Using Musical Bicycle Parts

    Brooklyn artist Stephen Meierding has pulled bicycles apart in order to make his short film 'Bicycle Sounds'.

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    Nine of the World’s New Futuristic Buildings

    Here are some of the most mind-boggling futuristic building designs which are in the planning stage or already under construction.

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    Nike’s Green Creation

    Designed and tailored in Italy, Nike has produced the globe's most eco-friendly football boot.

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    Jimmy D presents Rising Sun, Melting Moon

    Central to any Jimmy D collection is a multitude of references, contrasts and ideas joined together in a unique stream-of-consciousness code.

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    Review /// Nike+ Sportswatch and LunarGlide+ 4

    Budding New York Marathon runner Dan Dale reviews the Nike+ Sportswatch and the Nike LunarGlide+ shoes.

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    Giant LEGO Structures Around the World

    To celebrate LEGO's 50th Anniversary in Australia, take a look at the most spectacular giant LEGO structures from around the world.

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    20 Quirky and Creative Beds

    Beds can be used to express our inner self, to represent our deepest loves or simply help us wake up and get going in the morning.

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    Top 5 Fashion News

    Christina Roys wraps up the latest in Fashion News before she heads off on her big OE.

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