• News

    Someone Has Invented 'Back to the Future'-Inspired Solar-Powered Clothing

    Imagine charging your phone just by slipping it in your pocket.

  • News

    Someone Has Invented Customisable, LED-Equipped E-Sneakers

    They'll also vibrate to give you directions and let you know when you're getting a call.

  • News

    Snapchat Has Released Their Own Snap-Capturing Spectacles

    And they're selling them through yellow vending machines.

  • Guide

    Your Socialiser Guide to the Weekend in Auckland

    Weekends are precious. Just over two and a quarter glorious days devoid of responsibility and overflowing with possibility.

  • Have a Gander at This Year's Eat Drink Design Award Winners

    Melbourne's Dinner by Heston and Higher Ground, and Adelaide's Pink Moon Saloon are among the awarded.

  • News

    How to Follow the US 2016 Election Online in New Zealand

    One co-worker's computer screen must be sacrificed today.

  • News

    Meet The Aussie Tech Company Changing MacBooks for Good

    You know what this means — emoji keyboard.

  • News

    What to Expect from the New Apple MacBook Pro in Five Relevant Dot Points

    It's thinner, more powerful and incompatible with all your current cables.

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

    Google's New Flight Search Function Will Let You Know When Prices Are About to Go Up

    So you can avoid that infuriating overnight fare increase.

  • News

    What to Expect from Google's New Pixel Phone in Six Water Cooler Bullet Points

    Google releases its first phone today — this is what it's all about.

  • News

    Someone Has Invented Mac-Scented Candles

    What do you get the Apple fan who has everything?

  • News

    Against the Grain: How Tom Tom Founded Sunset Tattoo from a Self-Made Accident

    Meet Auckland's fearless young creatives, doing epic things on their own terms, with our Against the Grain series.

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.

  • News

    Holm is K Road's New Café-Workspace Hybrid

    A new multi-purpose space you can call holm, literally.

  • News

    Female Friend-Matching App hey! VINA Goes Global With Support From Tinder

    It'll remain a women-only non-dating social connection platform, though.

  • News

    Snapchat Is Releasing Video-Capturing Sunglasses

    The sunnies of the future are here.

  • News

    Meet the Artists Behind Immersive Light Sculpture Affinity

    A bold and colourful installation shining a literal light on the effects of Alzheimer's.

  • News

    Shop Ethically With Newly-Launched App Good on You

    Putting the power back in the hands of shoppers.

  • News

    Is Mercado's Nathan Sasi Sydney's Renaissance Man?

    Fine dining, ice cream, fashion — this man gets things done.

  • News

    A British Company Is Turning Phone Booths Into Smartphone Repair Shops

    Very handy after you've drunk a pint too many and dropped your electronic goods into the loo.

  • News

    Driverless Flying Taxis Could Soon Be A Reality

    Where these cabs are going, they don't need roads.

  • News

    Five Pieces of Wearable Tech from the Rio Olympics We Need in Our Lives

    From infrared pain relief to headphones that can actually make you stronger.

  • News

    Pizza Hut Has Created the World's First Playable DJ Pizza Box

    *Inhales hotdog stuffed crust, kicks out the jams*

  • News

    Your Guide to New Zealand Fashion Week 2016

    To help you capture your favourite looks we're giving away a FUJIFILM X70 camera.

  • News

    The Eight Best Take-Home Messages From Semi Permanent 2016

    Tidbits from the new generation of entrepreneurs.

  • News

    Airbnb Launches Design Firm Samara to Open Hotel-Like Dwellings

    Giving new meaning to their tagline "don't go there live there".

  • News

    Win a HUFFER x Blunt Umbrella

    And fend off the Auckland weather this NZFW.

  • News

    Japan Is Getting an On-Demand Driverless Delivery Service

    Just like Uber, but to deliver your stuff and without driver.

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