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    A Summer Dating Guide to Auckland

    Copy and paste these dates into your love life.

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    This Nomadic Life Kit Lets You Travel With the Comforts of Home

    Travel light and take your favourite things with you.

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    A Game of Thrones-Themed Bar Has Popped Up In Edinburgh

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    Dancing in the park, openair cinema and a belated Christmas shindig.

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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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    Paris Could Be Getting An Exercise-Powered Floating Gym

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    Nine Things You Probably Didn't Know About Drax Project

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    An Ex-Noma Chef Is Building a Temporary Pop-Up Restaurant On Mount Everest

    Now that's how you celebrate scaling the world's highest peak.

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    The Best Waterfalls to Swim Under Near Auckland

    Discover and see some of the country's best landscapes in a different light and from a completely different perspective.

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    There's Now a Workout Designed to Burn Off Beer

    Just in time for the silly season.

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    100 Hours in Sydney: A Trifecta of Restaurants, Hassle-Free Golf and Plant-Tastic Skyscrapers

    With better weather and architecture and equally as grand geography, it's hard for a fan of Auckland to not also be a slightly gushing fan of the Australian metropolis.

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    This Japanese Bar Is Made Entirely Out of Recycled Rubbish

    There's recycling, and then there's this.

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    You Can Now Stay In a Harry Potter-Inspired Wizarding School

    And you won't even have to exclaim "alohomora!" to get in.

  • Feature

    Outside Guide: 48 Hours in Byron Bay

    We've teamed up with Converse to embrace the elements in an all-weather travel guide series.

  • Guide

    Your Socialiser Guide to the Weekend in Auckland

    Weekends are precious. Just over two and a quarter glorious days devoid of responsibility and overflowing with possibility.

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    Six Breathtaking Escapes in the South Island

    Discover and see some of the country's best landscapes in a different light and from a completely different perspective.

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    Concrete Playground Meets Adidas RunClub Ambassador Freina Sands

    Concrete Playground talks to one of the adidas RunClub ambassadors about what it takes to get past those initial hurdles in your training.

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    Outside Guide: 48 Hours at Thredbo

    We've teamed up with Converse to embrace the elements in an all-weather travel guide series.

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    Outside Guide: 48 Hours in Wanaka

    We've teamed up with Converse to embrace the elements in an all-weather travel guide series.

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    The Less Obvious Guide to Kraków

    Discover deliciously hidden delicacies in one of Poland's oldest cities.

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    Spain Is Getting a Permanent Nude Garden of Eden-Like Restaurant

    You'll be able to eat your meal off the naked skin of the waitstaff.

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    Ten Glamping Experiences Worth Travelling For

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    Eight Food Festivals Worth Travelling For

    Take a coffee break adventure.

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    A Tiny Two-Person Pub Has Popped Up in London

    And it's giving out free beer — as long as you don't use your phone while you're there.

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    You Can Spend Halloween in Dracula's Castle Thanks to Airbnb

    Try to get some shut-eye in a velvet-trimmed coffin and be hosted by the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker himself.

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