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News'Madagascar the Musical' Will Sing and Dance Its Way Down Under From August
An all-local cast will bring the story to life, supported by a lavish set, world-class puppets and colourful costumes.
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NewsThis OTT Service Will Deliver Champagne Direct to Your Boat in the Hauraki Gulf
You no longer have to step foot on dry land for a bottle of bubbly.
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NewsTyler, The Creator, The Strokes and Gorillaz Will Headline Splendour in the Grass This November
After skipping 2020, the Byron Bay festival was due to take place this July, but has postponed again.
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NewsTwelve Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows to Add to Your 2021 Must-Watch List
If you're going to binge-watch something this year — or head to the cinema to see a movie — make sure it's one of these top-notch titles.
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NewsDisney+ Has Dropped the Full Trailer for Its Super-Nostalgic New 'Mighty Ducks' TV Series
Emilio Estevez returns as Coach Bombay — and 'Gilmore Girls' star Lauren Graham also leads the cast.
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NewsThe First Trailer for Pixar's New Movie 'Luca' Will Have You Yearning for an Italian Holiday
It follows two teens exploring the Italian Riviera, and trying to hide the fact that they're actually sea monsters.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May
Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson and an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller.
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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's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in April
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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NewsA Tense New Trailer Has Just Dropped for the Long-Awaited Fourth Season of 'The Handmaid's Tale'
New episodes will start airing in the US in April — so cross your fingers they hit Down Under around the same time, too.
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NewsBy the Bottle Is a New Online Retailer Spotlighting Organic and Biodynamic Wines
Browse a vast selection of organic, natural, biodynamic and sustainably-produced wines from the comfort of your couch.
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NewsDisney+ Has Just Added 600-Plus Movies and TV Shows As Part of Its New Star Expansion
You can now stream every episode of 'The X-Files' and 'Futurama', the TV spinoff to 'Love, Simon', every 'Alien' film, a new show from the 'Rick and Morty' team and more.
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NewsKate Winslet Is a Small-Town Detective in the Trailer for New HBO Miniseries 'Mare of Easttown'
Also starring Guy Pearce, it follows a Pennsylvanian murder investigation — and it hits screens in April.
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NewsAir New Zealand Is Trialling a Digital Health Passport to Make International Travel Safer and Easier
The trial will run on the airline's Auckland to Sydney route in April.
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NewsThis Wild Coastal Track Has Reopened in Auckland's Waitakere Ranges
On a clear day, walkers will cop sweeping views of the wild west coastline all the way to Mount Taranaki.
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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 First Trailer for '101 Dalmatians' Spinoff 'Cruella' Turns Emma Stone Into a Disney Villain
So far, this origin story is giving off big 'Joker' vibes.
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NewsAn Epic Ten-Kilometre Obstacle Course Race Is Coming to Mount Maunganui
Run, climb, swing and crawl your way through the course that navigates sand, grass, rocks and tarmac.
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NewsAustralia Will Soon Be Home to a Whale-Shaped Underwater Observatory Two Kilometres Off the Coast
The Australian Underwater Discovery Centre is set to open at the end of Busselton Jetty by December 2022.
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NewsThe Third Season of 'Wellington Paranormal' Is Coming to NZ TVs This Month
The 'What We Do In the Shadows' spinoff returns again — and this time, Rhys Darby is popping up in it, too.
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NewsWhat You Can and Can't Do Under New Zealand's COVID-19 Alert Level 3
Auckland will move to Alert Level 3 for at least three days.
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NewsA Big 'Harry Potter' and 'Fantastic Beasts' Exhibition Will Start Touring the Globe in 2022
Fingers crossed that it makes the trip Down Under — it'll span up to 1858 square metres, and feature props, costumes and installations.
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News'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Is Bringing Its Cool Cool Cool Antics to an End After Its Eighth Season
The sitcom's final ten episodes will air sometime later in 2021 or early in 2022.
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NewsAuckland Museum's Latest Permanent Suite Is Dedicated to Stories of Tamaki Makaurau
Seven sections across four gallery spaces are dedicated to the new opening.
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NewsThe First Trailer for M Night Shyamalan's Creepy New Thriller 'Old' Promises Another Big Twist
It follows a family who start ageing rapidly during a beach holiday.
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NewsStudio Ghibli's Magical Theme Park Will Feature a Life-Sized Replica of Howl's Moving Castle
It'll also include attractions from 'My Neighbour Totoro', 'Kiki's Delivery Service' and 'Princess Mononoke'.
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NewsDisney+ Has Just Dropped the Full Trailer for Its New 'Falcon and the Winter Soldier' Series
The six-episode show hits the streaming platform in March.
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NewsKarangahape Road Will Soon Be Home to a Fabulous Rainbow Crossing
Just in time for the end of Auckland Pride Month.
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NewsTeamlab's Latest Eye-Popping Site Combines Historic Ruins, Dazzling Digital Art and a Sauna
The folks behind Japan's vibrant digital art museum just keep opening must-visit venues.
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Stream All Five Seasons of 'The Muppet Show' on Disney+
It's time to play the music, light the lights and revisit the Muppets' beloved variety show.
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News'The Crown' and 'Mank' Lead This Year's History-Making Golden Globe Nominations
For the first time in the awards' 78-year history, three female filmmakers were nominated for Best Director.
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NewsYou Can Now Meditate to the Soothing Sounds of More Than 10,000 Lego Bricks Jumbled Together
The toy brand has released its own soundscape so you can relax to that familiar clicking noise.
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NewsNetflix Has Just Dropped the Trailer for Its New Amy Poehler-Directed High School Comedy 'Moxie'
Poehler both directs and co-stars in the film, which follows a teenage girl who brings the riot grrrl movement to her school.
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NewsThe New HBO Drama From 'Call Me By Your Name' Director Luca Guadagnino Hits Streaming This Month
'We Are Who We Are' follows two teenagers in Italy in 2016.
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NewsDisney+ Is Adding a New 'Black Panther' Spinoff Set in Wakanda to Your Must-Stream List
And 'Black Panther' writer/director Ryan Coogler will be involved.
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NewsThe First Trailer for the New 'Mighty Ducks' TV Series Is Here to Make You Feel Nostalgic
Yes, it stars Emilio Estevez — and it hits Disney+ in March.
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News'Bridgerton' Is Now the Most-Watched New Series in Netflix's History
A huge 82 million households around the world checked out the series in its first 28 days.
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NewsDisney+ Has Revealed All the Shows and Movies You'll Be Able to Watch On Its New Star Expansion
It's basically Hulu for viewers Down Under — and it'll launch with 159 TV series and 447 movies.
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NewsNew Zealand's One-Way Travel Bubble with Australia Has Been Paused for Three More Days
The suspension of quarantine-free travel from NZ to Australia first came in earlier this week — and it's being extended following concerns over the recent Auckland outbreak.
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News'Wonder Woman 1984' Has Been Fast-Tracked to Digital While It's Still Showing in Cinemas
You can watch it online from January 27.
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NewsIt Looks Like 'Harry Potter' Might Be Turned Into a TV Series
If 'Lord of the Rings', 'Star Wars' and the Marvel Cinematic Universe can all spawn TV series, then so can this wizarding world.
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NewsA Heap of Already-Delayed Big Movies Are Postponing Their Cinema Releases Again
Including new Bond movie 'No Time to Die,' horror sequel 'A Quiet Place Part II' and the latest 'Ghostbusters' film.
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NewsAustralia's First Movenpick Hotel Has Just Opened in Hobart with a Daily Chocolate Hour
The chain's 221-room site near the city's waterfront joins more than 80 other Mövenpick hotels worldwide.
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NewsThe UK's National Theatre Now Has Its Own Streaming Platform So You Can Watch Its Plays At Home
Check out stage productions starring Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Billie Piper, Michaela Coel and Helen Mirren, all from your couch.
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NewsIt Looks Like Another 'Game of Thrones' Prequel Series Could Be Coming to HBO
It'll be based on George RR Martin's 'Tales of Dunk and Egg' series.
