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GuideNew Auckland Openings You Should Visit This Month
Round up your foodie comrades and tick off these shiny new offerings.
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NewsAward-Winning Brewers Funk Estate Are Dropping Anchor in Grey Lynn
The Wellington brewers have finally come over to the dark side.
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NewsWinetopia is a Wine Tasting Event to Rule Them All
Proving there's more to wine varietals than sub-$10 clear skins and supermarket goon.
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NewsWin Tickets to the Mumm Racing Village at Auckland Cup Day
And drink out of a one-metre-tall bottle of bubbly.
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NewsYou Can Now Drink on the Streets of Manhattan Without Fearing Arrest
The New York City island has decriminalised drinking alcohol in public.
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NewsSix 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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NewsSix 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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NewsTen 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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NewsTen 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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NewsFrom 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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NewsTen 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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GuideThe 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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GuideThe 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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NewsFive Romantic Auckland Date Ideas From Budget to Blowout
Just think of us as your cultural wingman.
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GuideFive 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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NewsThe Seven Best Destination Pubs Near Auckland
Where the beer is colder, the pace is slower and the locals have plenty time for a yarn and a laugh.
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NewsOrphans Kitchen Have Embarked on a Month-Long Exploration into the World of Plants
With a candid objective to make everything "delicious as fuck".
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NewsPit-Smoker-On-Wheels Dixie Barbecue is Popping Up in Ponsonby's Late Night Diner
Dishing out low 'n' slow American barbecue from a semi-permanent location.
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NewsWorld Renowned Sushi Master Endo Kazutoshi is Coming to Auckland
The lunch-hour staple is about to be given a new lease of life.
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NewsBuy-One, Give-One Start-up Eat My Lunch is Expanding to Wellington
Creating positive social change one lunch at a time.
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RestaurantThis That
57 Lorne St , Auckland City
A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.
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BarScarlett Slimms & Lucky
476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland
Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
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BarCassette Nine
Vulcan Lane, Auckland
Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.
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RestaurantMiss 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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NewsThe #GETITIN Campaign is a Gateway to Leading a Healthier Lifestyle
And you can kick it off with a nutritious recipe courtesy of Simone Anderson.
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NewsThe Moustache Milk & Cookie Bus Is Alive
Serving up chocolate-chipped joy and frothed milky glee in a neighbourhood near you.
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Guide18 Auckland Bars and Restaurants That Are Perfect Date Material
Valentine's Day plans, sorted.
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NewsWin a Booking at The Lost Society Cocktail Bar at Splore 2016
A secret cocktail destination for you and three friends.
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NewsNot-For-Profit Organisation Odyssey is Creating Employment Opportunities One Coffee at a Time
The good samaritans have entered the hospitality biz.
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EventKingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Thursday, May 9 - Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
More than half a century after the first film, Hollywood's paws are still on this sci-fi franchise — and this is a thoughtful and engaging new instalment.
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EventBoy Kills World
Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
Bill Skarsgård makes a mesmerising action star in this cartoonishly OTT revenge flick that's produced by iconic 'Evil Dead' filmmaker Sam Raimi.
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EventBack to Black
Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland
Amy Winehouse was anything but formulaic, but the same can't be said about this by-the-numbers biopic about the British singer.
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EventLovers and Castaways
Wednesday, March 6 - Sunday, June 9, 2024
The Pah Homestead, Auckland
This exhibition allows visitors to experience 1980s Aotearoa through the eyes of some of New Zealand's most treasured artists.
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NewsThe Seven Best Garden Bars in Auckland
Sun-soaked, subtropical escapes within arm's reach of the CBD.
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NewsMoustache Milk & Cookie Bar Is Closing, Returning As a Ten-Metre-Long Cookie Bus
That's the way the cookie crumbles.
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NewsPonsonby's Golden Dawn is Being Transformed Into a Wyoming Log Cabin
Celebrating the phenomenally violent eighth film from Quentin Tarantino.
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NewsThe Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular is Coming to Auckland in 2016
Thank the sweet mother of ales.
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NewsA Cold Stone Ice Cream Bar is Opening in the Sky Tower
For best results, indulge post Sky Jump.
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NewsYou Can Now Order Single Origin Coffee Via The World's First Twitter Robot
Upfront Coffee have kindly offered Concrete Playground readers their first 250g bag, delivered for only $4.
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NewsFood Space Now Has a Semi-Permanent Home at Silo Park
Feat. all your favourite wheel-bound cooks.
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NewsMinor Figures Bring Their Award-Winning Cold Brew Coffee Poppers to New Zealand
Ethically sourced, ready-to-drink, long-life cold coffee. Brilliant.
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NewsUrban Farmers Market Scarecrow Has a New Home in the CBD
Your one-stop shop for locally-sourced produce.
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NewsProject Botanicals is a Masterclass in Food and Drink Pairing
Showcasing the ten exotic botanicals found within Bombay Sapphire.
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NewsDeep-Blue Ink Gin Might Be the Best Looking Spirit Yet
This Australian spirit changes colour as you mix it.
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NewsThis Pop-Up Is Delivering Cold-Pressed Juice Around the CBD for Free
Quench your thirst without leaving the glare of your laptop.
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NewsAuckland's Alcohol Free Zones Undergo A Shakeup
Good news for those who like drinking atop local volcanoes.
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