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We're Now One Step Closer to Crashing Kelly Slater's Secret Wave Pool

A Sydney sleuth has uncovered its location.

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This Tokyo Hostel Lets You Live Out Your Dream of Sleeping in a Bookstore

Bento + bed + books.

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Win Tickets to the ASB Classic

Behold some of the world's best athletes while chowing down on frozen delights.

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Score An Overnight Cruise for Two With Hauraki Blue

Straight floatin' on a boat in the deep blue sea.

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The Five Best Secluded Beaches in Auckland

Seaside hideaways in a city surrounded by water.

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Four Reasons to Visit Hawkes Bay This Summer

Inject your own donuts, a breathtaking winery, advocates of local produce, and a far-reaching mega view.

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The Eight Best Glamping Experiences Near Auckland

Sometimes you just need a hot bath beneath a star-drenched sky.
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The Seven Best Sustainable Cafes in Auckland

Because Earth.

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The Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular is Coming to Auckland in 2016

Thank the sweet mother of ales.

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Dominic Bowden's Guide to Los Angeles

An elusive celebrity beach, a vaudevillian nightclub, hot yoga, a deli institution and the "quintessential LA" cafe.

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Uber Will Deliver Kittens to Your Office Today, Really

We're not kitten you.

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Why Every Foodie Needs to Visit Estonia

Where all your Eastern European food and pretty castle dreams can come true.

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The Most Weird and Wonderful Food Museums to Visit Around the World

Entire temples dedicated to bizarre, niche foods, from chicken risotto ice cream to giant creepy currywurst men.

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OneWave's Fluro Friday Hits Muriwai

Fighting the funk one fluro at a time

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Latest Places

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Odette's Eatery

Shed 5, City Works Depot, 90 Wellesley Street

Between the lively chat, the excellent dishes and plotting how to run away with all the tableware, we had a wonderful time.
Bar
Everybody’s

7 Fort Lane, Auckland

This pun will write itself. Everybody's has something for everybody. But mostly, it's got a jaw-dropping array of modern European fusion and cocktails made to measure.
Restaurant
Better Burger

31 Galway St, Britomart

An instant classic.
Bar
The Cav

68 College Hill, Ponsonby

A low-key, relaxed pub that's a great spot to meet friends and share an ale.
Cafe
The Botanist

90 Wellesley Street, Auckland

City Works Depot's cafe/bar/plant nursery fusion cafe.
Restaurant
Burger Burger

136-138 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

It seems the world of the burger has seen the line between professional eatery and burger takeaway joint become blurred.
Restaurant
Giapo

279 Queen Street, Auckland

Auckland's favourite "haute ice cream".
Restaurant
Hallertau

1171 Coatesville Riverhead Highway, Riverhead

A country restaurant in the best sense of the word.
Restaurant
Mexico Ponsonby

164 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

If you put ‘Mexico’ into Google maps you might be told that you’re approximately 11,000km away. The great news is Google maps are wrong.
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Masu

90 Federal Street, Auckland

Contemporary Japanese restaurant Masu proves a culinary force to be reckoned with.

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The World's Biggest Waterslide is Coming Back

Live more awesome.

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Win Tickets to Whips n Spurs

Put your best hoof forward.

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Airbnb Is Letting You Stay the Night in the Creepy Catacombs of Paris

Spend the night with 6 million skeletons this Halloween.

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From Sheep Paddock to Internationally Feted Winery: 30 Years of Cloudy Bay

“In the end, we’re just some ordinary guys making some wine we hope you’ll say ‘that’s delicious’ about.”

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Brilliant Things to do in Auckland This October

Brilliant activities to distract you from the imminent presence of all things Christmas.

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National Geographic Photographer Brian Skerry on Fighting for a Wilder Ocean

"I just wanted to take photos of beautiful places. But over time, I saw the problems plaguing the oceans."

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Brilliant 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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A Less Obvious Guide to Visiting Paris

Take the rues less travelled.

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A Guide to Eating and Drinking Around South-West France

Mid-morning wine tastings, medieval cities and ex-slaughterhouse art galleries in the ‘festival capital’ of France.

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New York's JFK Airport Is Building a Luxury Terminal for Your Pets

Amenities include doggie pedicures, chandelier lighting and a private mating area for penguins.

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Make a Sea Change at Vietnam's Six Senses Con Dao

Get a healthy dose of history, pho and zen at Vietnam's luxury spa stay — on an island with quite the dark past.

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Concrete Playground is Looking for a South Auckland-Based Writer

Concrete Playground is looking for an additional paid freelance reviewer based in South Auckland to join us.

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This Genius Glamper Has Invented a Hammock Hot Tub

This might just be the ultimate luxury camping accessory — if you tie it to something secure.

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The Seven Best Barbers in Auckland

Whatever vibe appeals to you most, you can rest assured you’re in expert hands with any one of Auckland's finest.

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A Look Inside the LYNX Black and Vanishing Elephant Collaboration

There's a style for every situation.

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Seafarers Club Is Now Open to New Members

Join the club.

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