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    Win a $300 Dining Voucher to Spend at Ginger Minx

    Ginger Minx’s kitschy approach to just about everything will show you a good time almost any night of the week.

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    The Coffee Liquor Hybrid With a Goat Kick + Win a Night Out in Auckland Including Limo Pickup

    We chat with the founder of the innovative coffee liquor start up.

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    Bustling New Market Lane Opens in Takapuna

    Another reason to head to the Shore.

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    A Guide to Eating and Drinking on Waiheke Island

    Food nirvana is just a ferry ride away.

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    Game of Rhones Is Coming to Auckland

    All-day Game of Thrones-themed wine tasting. It's a thing.

Latest Guides
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    The Winners of the Metro Restaurant of the Year Awards Have Been Revealed

    A boisterous shared dining restaurant takes the cake.

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    Elon Musk Has Sent a Zero Gravity Espresso Machine out to Space

    Coffee drinking has become an out of this world experience.

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    New Zealand Beer Makers Invited to Hop the Ditch (Literally)

    Proving to the Aussies that there's more to beer than VB, XXXX and Summer Bay Lager.

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    London's First Members-Only Cafe Isn't as Wanky as It Sounds

    The perfect working space for the officeless?

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    The Six Best New Bars to Enjoy This Autumn

    Just because the weather doesn't know what it's doing doesn't mean that neither should you.

Latest Places
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    Nanny's Eatery

    492 New North Road, Auckland

    With one of the largest rum selections in the city and only 400 metres from Eden Park, this dog-friendly spot is bringing a little spice to Kingsland.

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    The Fox

    85/87 Customs Street West , Auckland CBD

    Be transported overseas at this venue which pays homage to the Queen's England.

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    Donnie Taco

    Hannah's Laneway, Wellington

    A spicy new venture from the team who brought you Golding's and Leeds Street Bakery.

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    kingi

    29 Galway Street, Auckland

    This new all-day eatery is the latest opening from the team behind Orphans Kitchen and Daily Bread.

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    Mr. Morris

    Corner Of Galway And Commerce Streets, Auckland

    This newcomer arrives three years after chef Michael Meredith closed his much-loved Mount Eden restaurant.

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    Huami

    87 Federal Street, Auckland City

    You're truly spoiled for choice at this contemporary Chinese restaurant on Federal Street.

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    Ghost Street

    27 Galway Street, Auckland

    You'll find this new Chinese restaurant down two flights of stairs in the Britomart precinct.

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    Our Land Is Alive

    83 Symonds Street, Auckland

    At this opening inside Cordis Auckland you can sip on blue agave from Golden Bay, spiced rum from the Bay of Islands and vodka from Cardrona.

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    Parade

    250 Ponsonby Road, Auckland

    The project from the team behind Newmarket's Mutual Friends specialises in stuffed pretzels and smash burgers.

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    East

    63-67 Nelson Street, Auckland

    Find this Asian-inspired vegetarian restaurant on the ground floor of Auckland's new Sudima Hotel.

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    You'll Soon Be Able to Drink Beer Brewed with Space Yeast

    You might not be able to afford to go to space, but you can afford a beer that did.

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    A Bluffer's Guide to Prosecco

    We could all learn something from the Italians.

Latest Events
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    KFC Are Rolling Out Edible Scented Coffee Cups

    Have your cup of coffee and eat it too.

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    Stoneleigh Latitude - The Award-Winning Wines from Marlborough's Golden Mile

    The Stoneleigh Latitude collection represents the unique terroir of what many consider to be the best vineyard region in the country.

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    Having a Bad Restaurant Experience Can Leave You With a Mild Form of Trauma

    "They are not talking about the food, they are reminiscing about a small trauma that happened to them."

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    The Five Best Vineyard Getaways in Australia

    Pop open a bottle of estate-grown wine at these stylish stays among the Australian vines.

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    How to Host the Perfect Barbeque

    We can't help you with meeting good people and making them like you, although inviting them over to eat meat and drink beer probably won't hurt.

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    Summertime Sips: Three Rum Cocktails to Make at Home this Summer

    Your pool party punch and post-festival nightcap, sorted.

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    The Interactive Urban Winery Where You Can Stomp the Grapes

    Noisy Ritual is set to give us a hands- and feet-on role in every step of the winemaking process.

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    Dining with DineAid Lets You Help Those in Need

    Not surprisingly, many of the restaurants involved this year are frequented by you, the readers of this fine online publication.

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    The Ten Best Summer Bars in Auckland

    We ventured beyond the neighbours fence to discover ten of the best bars to set yourself up in this sunny season.

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    This Photographer Has Captured The Strange Faces People Make After a Shot

    Prepare to be very self-conscious next time you're at the bar.

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    Should Rude Customers Be Charged More For Their Coffee?

    Being nicer to your barista might save you some dosh.

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    This Device Could Make Your Cheap Whiskey Taste Good in Just 24 Hours

    Three years of ageing in one day. That's one hell of a life hack.

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