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This Greenery-Filled Table Turns An Indoor Garden Into a Living Work of Art
As well as brightening up your house, it's irrigation system is designed to stop over-watering.
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This Sky-High Building Design Casually Hangs From An Asteroid
The latest high-rise design doesn’t just scrape the sky, it literally falls from it.
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Check Out This Insane Proposal For The World's Longest Skyscraper
Fittingly named The Big Bend, it would stretch 1.22 kilometres end to end.
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Melbourne Street Artist Carla McRae Unveils Collab with Bared Footwear
Playful street mural specialist meets Victorian footwear label for a one-off sneaker.
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News
This Art Project Wants to Make Auckland the Safest City in the World For Bees
Exploring what's possible when an entire city is given a framework over a specific period of time.
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Concrete Playground Meets the Designers Behind Minimalist Label Wayward St
Debunking the rules of design with a by-product of New Zealand's dairy industry.
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News
The Eight Best Glamping Experiences Near Auckland
Sometimes you just need a hot bath beneath a star-drenched sky.
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News
Wireless Phone-to-Phone Charging Might Soon Be A Reality
Researchers are developing technology that will wirelessly transfer power between electronic devices.
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News
This New Lonely Campaign Defies Conventions of How Lingerie 'Should' Be Modelled
The New Zealand label has used 56-year-old model Mercy Brewer in their AW17 campaign.
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News
Google and Levi's Have Teamed Up to Release an Interactive 'Smart' Denim Jacket
And it'll be available to buy later this year.
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News
Uber is Launching Its Food Delivery Service UberEATS in Auckland
Food from more than 70 restaurants delivered direct to your door, desk or bed.
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News
Concrete Playground Talks to Liam Bowden, Founder and Creative Director at Deadly Ponies
How the designer went from screen printing to cult handbag virtuoso.
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News
What's That Smell? A Conversation With Natural Perfumista Samantha Copland
We're not talking about celebrity endorsed aqua.
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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.
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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.
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Restaurant
The Botanist
90 Wellesley Street, Auckland
City Works Depot's cafe/bar/plant nursery fusion cafe.
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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.
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Restaurant
Hallertau
1171 Coatesville Riverhead Highway, Riverhead
A country restaurant in the best sense of the word.
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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.
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Restaurant
Masu
90 Federal Street, Auckland
Contemporary Japanese restaurant Masu proves a culinary force to be reckoned with.
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News
What to Expect from Nokia's New Smartphone Trio in Five Water Cooler Bullet Points
An easy rundown of the Nokia 6, 5 and 3 — and that revamped classic 3310.
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Wireless Charging Rooms Might Soon Be a Reality
Say goodbye cables, hello battery power thanks to this new technological advancement.
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News
The Eight Best Glamping Experiences Near Auckland
Sometimes you just need a hot bath beneath a star-drenched sky.
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News
This New Real-Time Translation App Will Change the Way You Travel
The Aussie-made app translates both words and voice in 90 different languages.
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News
Eight Summer Eskies That Take Beverage Cooling More Seriously Than Most
Don't settle for warm beer.
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Airbnb Has Created a Greenery-Themed House Based on Pantone's Colour of the Year
Hang out in a plant-filled garden bedroom with a mown lawn, and eat in a dining room that's actually an indoor greenhouse.
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Event
The Watchers
Thursday, June 6 - Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
With this intriguing gothic-tinged horror film, Ishana Night Shyamalan makes her feature directorial debut and lives up to her surname.
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Event
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Thursday, May 23 - Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
Enlisting Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth on a prequel to 'Fury Road', George Miller has made another 'Mad Max' franchise marvel.
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News
Is Vienna's World-First Virtual Reality Bar the Hangout Spot of the Future?
Combining the real and virtual worlds, with beverages.
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News
Someone Has Invented a Wine-Resistant Shirt
Do you avoid drinking red when you're wearing white? Not any more.
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News
Ten Sustainable Hacks For Keeping Cool Without Air Conditioning This Summer
Fill up the ice bucket, buy a spray bottle and put your sheets in the freezer.
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Guide
The Best Free Things to Do in Auckland This Week
Dancing in the park, openair cinema and a belated Christmas shindig.
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News
Someone Has Invented the First Toothbrush With Artificial Intelligence
It sounds incredibly clever and helpful, as well as a bit like technology in overdrive.
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News
This Wearable Alcohol Sensor Tells You How Drunk You Are (And Will Be)
Find out just how those after-work drinks are hitting the spot.
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News
This Transparent Speaker Alerts You When Parts Need Replacing (and Recycles Them)
Its creators are hoping to reduce the world's epic amount of annual e-waste.
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News
Five New Pieces of Everyday Tech from CES 2017 (Including One Big Dud)
Smart collars, smart scooters, smart... hairbrushes?
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News
This UK Startup Is Growing Chairs from the Ground Up
Finally, something that does grow on trees.
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News
This Inclusive New Design Project Is Creating Customisable, Accessible Hotel Rooms
AllGo intends to make travelling enjoyable for people with disabilities.
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News
Amazon Wants To Build Flying Warehouses to Deploy Drone Deliveries
Keep watching the skies, folks.
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Guide
20 Insanely Bold Architectural Designs We Loved in 2016
From partially underwater villas that let you literally sleep with the fishes to the world's first freeform 3D-printed house.
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Guide
50 Inspired Design Ideas We've Been Obsessed with in 2016
Apartment buildings that change with the weather, Back to the Future-inspired, solar-powered clothing and an alarm clock that wakes you up by brewing you a fresh cup of coffee.
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News
France Has Opened The World's First Solar-Powered Road
It'll generate enough energy to power a Normandy town's street lights.
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News
The Ten Best Designer Beach Towels for Summer Lounging Sessions
Time to throw out your ratty bath towel.
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News
A Vodka Company Is Turning Yesterday's Cocktails Into Today's Hand Soap
Drinking fruity, boozy beverages just became much more sustainable.
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