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    You'll Soon Be Able to Print Your Own Living Pot Plants

    Be a green thumb without getting your hands dirty.

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    New Cycleways Worth $333 Million Are Coming Your Way, New Zealand

    You get a cycleway! You get a cycleway! Everybody gets a cycleway!

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    You Can Now Track the Sustainability of Wynyard Quarter

    The former petro-chemical storage facility has gone hippy.

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    The Nelson Street Cycleway Project Is Now Underway

    Spaghetti Junction will soon have a new piece of spaghetti, a nice thin piece that is good for the environment and souls of Aucklanders. 

Latest Guides
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    Brilliant Things to Do in Auckland This April

    There's no need to miss summer just yet.

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    The Future of Bike Parking is Here, and This is What It Looks Like

    It is kind of like a vending machine but for your bike.

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    Litter All You Want With These Plantable Coffee Cups

    Going one better than recyclable cups, these Kickstarter gems are ticking seed bombs.

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    An Abandoned Bus Station in Tijuana is Now Leading a Tech Revolution

    You're looking at the start of what could quite possibly become a Mexican Silicon Valley.

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    Could This New Sky Garden Be The Workplace of the Future?

    Forget the tedium of the office cubicle. The future is harvesting your own lunch, wearable tech and abseiling during coffee breaks.

Latest Places
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    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.

  • News

    Penguins with Type B Personalities More Likely to Survive Climate Change

    A bird's individual personality type could increase its chances of coping with environmental change.

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    This Durable Cardboard Bike Costs Just $10 to Make

    A bike so cheap that it's not even worth the energy deployed in trying to steal it.

  • News

    Dutch Lottery Helps Sea Shephard Stop Illegal Fishing in the Southern Ocean

    New 8.3-million-Euro boat will help save the Antarctic eco-system.

  • News

    Five Scooter Friendly Destinations in Central Auckland

    We fang it around the inner city to discover some of the most scooter-friendly dining districts in the central CBD

Latest Events
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    Meet the Cutest Ever, Bike-Towable Campervan

    Consider the Wide Path Camper on all our Christmas lists.

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    The World’s Largest Underwater Sculpture Also Acts as an Artificial Reef

    That one time dumping 60 tonnes of foreign material in the ocean was a good thing.

  • News

    We Compost Weekend

    We Compost Weekend should help instigate a smarter, more eco-friendly Auckland, in the weekend is a good one for the conscience, the brain, the environment and the wallet.

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    Pharrell Fronts Denim Line Made from Plastic Bottles Pulled from the Ocean

    Pharrell's leading the charge for sustainable fashion.

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    Giant Floating Duck Artwork Could Generate Green Energy for Copenhagen

    Seems we can't get enough of giant floating ducks. But this one could power an entire city.

  • News

    Electric Car Sharing in France Will Make You Never Want to Take the Bus Again

    Ditch your car and avoid public transport (and casually save the planet while you're at it).

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    France is Paying Commuters to Ride to Work

    Want to be paid to pedal? Move to Paris.

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    Ten Online Stores That Are Definitely Worth a Browse

    A list for those who crave the sheer exaltation of a successful online purchase.

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    The Eight Best Films to See at the Architecture and Design Film Festival

    The festival tackles all the grittier issues of design: screening informative, challenging and visually beautiful films.

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    Create Chemical-Free Cosmetics at Home with Teardrop DIY Kit

    The science lesson you never had at school.

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    Crowdfunded Solar Roadways Could Power the World

    An American couple wants to cover every inch of asphalt in the world with solar panels.

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    16km Park Frontier ‘Big U’ Could Save NYC From Flooding

    Just in case New York wasn't already no.1 when it comes to whopping city parks.

  • News

    Ethiopia’s WarkaWater Towers Gather Drinking Water from the Air

    An ingeniously simple way to boost access to clean drinking water.

  • News

    Meet Ooho, the Water Bottle You Can Eat

    Reduce landfill with your stomach.

  • News

    World’s First Flying Wind Farm Set to Launch

    It's a bird; it's a plane; no, it's a super windmill.

  • News

    Solar-Powered Desk Charges Devices Through Photosynthesis

    New technology can even make use of solar power indoors.

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    Crowdfunding Hospitality: IconPark’s New Approach to the Pop-Up

    The phrase 'vote to keep your favourite in the house' just got interesting.

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    Amsterdam’s Public Urinals to Turn Pee into Food

    Fertiliser without phosphorous is kind of like coffee without caffeine.

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