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GuideThe Ten Best Brunch Cafes in Auckland
Brunches worth leaving the shelter your soft duvet abode for.
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NewsBrilliant Things to do in Auckland This August
Everything from an environmental singles event on an island, a talk about intense animal encounters, sardonic observation comedy, and some ballet from across the ditch.
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NewsUber Are Delivering Giapo Ice Cream to Your Office This Friday
Uber will be playing Mr Whippy this week.
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NewsYour Guide to Auckland Restaurant Month
Table-side concerts, dinner by bike, sustainably-focused degustations, celebrity collaborations, wine from the depths of France and food from the street.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024 standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March
Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsNine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them them all now.
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NewsSay Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game
Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2024 Academy Awards
Will 'Oppenheimer' sweep the Oscars? What else will win? What should but won't? Here are our predictions.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 32 of 2024's Oscar-Nominated Movies in New Zealand Right Now
From 'Barbenheimer' and twists on 'Frankenstein' to animated 'Spider-Man' antics and devastating documentaries, here's where to watch 2024's Oscar contenders.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in February
Spend your couch time watching the new 'Mr & Mrs Smith', one of this year's Oscar Best Picture nominees and a stellar new space thriller.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in January
Spend your couch time watching an Oscar-nominated true tale, the 'Boy Swallows Universe' TV series and the stunning return of 'True Detective'.
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NewsHalf-Popped Corn Is the Newest American Snack Food Trend
Bottom-of-the-popcorn-bag lovers, this one's for you.
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NewsAllen's Lollies to "Delete" Spearmint Leaves and Green Frogs
The confectionery giant's Party Mix is getting a little less green.
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NewsDinner By Bike: Instead of Getting Your Food Delivered to You, Deliver Yourself to the Food
Traverse the inner-city roads and the flavours of world.
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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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NewsTokyo Is Opening a Super Mario Bros Cafe
Level up with a Peach Panna Cotta or Bowser Taco Rice.
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GuideThe Eight Best Healthy Cafes in Auckland
Healthy eating in Auckland city is becoming democratic.
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NewsThe $10 Healthy Lunch That Feeds You and a Kid in Need
Create positive social change through something as simple and sensible as purchasing a wholesome $10 lunch designed by one of the best chefs in the country.
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GuideThe Eight Best Rainy Day Cafes in Auckland
Beats staying in bed all day watching the entire series of Game of Thrones, again.
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EventFuriosa: 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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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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NewsOstro's Josh Emett Is Bringing You a Side of Live Music with Your Mains
Matter-of-factly named 'Dinner and a Show', you will be treated to exactly that.
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NewsThis Sydney Pub Has Made the World's Most Expensive Meat Pie
Let's hope tomato sauce isn't extra.
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NewsThis Yakitori Bar's Decor is Made Up of Old Ethernet Cables
Who would have thought that old ethernet cables had a culinary use?
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NewsThe Ten Best Burger Joints in Auckland
The journey of a thousand pounds begins with a single burger.
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NewsScientists Have Found the Moneymaking Secret to Plating Up
New research suggests you'd pay more for this plate because of its arrangement.
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NewsAn Interview with Orleans Chef Javier Carmona + Win a Taste of the New Orlean's Menu
If the thought of being a chef consumes you then it isn't a choice, rather, it's a necessity.
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NewsCadbury is Making Vegemite Chocolate But No You Can't Have Any
Australians being the eternal hogs that they are have made no plans to share the weirdness.
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NewsBreaking Bad's Los Pollos Hermanos Could Become a Real Restaurant
Soft serve topped with blue pop rocks?
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NewsThe Winners of the Metro Restaurant of the Year Awards Have Been Revealed
A boisterous shared dining restaurant takes the cake.
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NewsFive Tasty Ways To Serve Up Bangerritos
Banger meets burrito meets Concrete Playground meets tequila-inspired innovation.
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NewsWin a Delicious Lunch at The Grill by Sean Connolly
Ideal for that client in need of schmoozing or that date in need of impressing.
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NewsBurger King Unveils Whopper Scented Cologne
The scent of seduction with a hint of greasy flame-broiled meat.
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NewsThe Ten Best Lunches In and Near Britomart
You owe it to yourself to make the most of that half hour lunch break.
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NewsMoustache Owner Living Off $5 a Day to Save the Cookies
She's now saving face (and Moustache) by fundraising to get a cookie bus.
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NewsOrphans Kitchen Under Temporary Liquor Ban, Defiantly Hosting Prohibition Feast
Would you like to have a look at the water list?
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NewsThe Eight Best First Date Destinations in Auckland
Our resident wine and diner takes you on a first date tour of Auckland.
