• Guide

    Six Ways to Mark Midwinter Matariki

    Celebrate the Maori New Year with indigenous cuisine, spine-tingling kapa haka and stories around a fire.

  • News

    Auckland Live Welcomes Back Its International Cabaret Season For 2017

    A Kate Sheppard rock opera, an original disco diva and a Trans-Tasman mutant story.

  • Guide

    The Best Events to Check Out at the 2017 Wellington Jazz Festival

    What to see, dance to, eat and stumble across.

  • Guide

    The Best Events to Check Out at Matariki Festival 2017

    Celebrate the Maori new year with light shows galore, a massive street party and illuminated skateboards.

  • News

    Matariki Festival Announces Stacked 2017 Program

    Mark the Māori new year with light shows galore, a massive street party and illuminated skateboards.

  • News

    Five Queer-Friendly Spaces and Party Crews to Follow in Sydney

    From secret warehouse parties to revamped Oxford Street pubs.

  • News

    Sydney's Silent Disco Ice Skating Festival Returns for Vivid

    The frostiest, quietest event in the Vivid lineup is back.

  • News

    A Handy Guide to Vivid Sydney's Light Precincts

    A comprehensive overview to help you to effectively traverse the city to find all of the lights, all of the lights.

  • News

    Victoria Is Getting a New Coastal After-Dark Winter Arts Festival

    Headed for Apollo Bay in the Otways, WinterWild is made up of four Saturdays of music, film and storytelling themed around the elements.

  • News

    S-Town Creator Brian Reed Is Coming to Sydney and Melbourne

    The creator of Serial and This American Life's latest podcast will be doing two talks on his visit.

  • News

    An Interactive Performance Art Bar Is Popping Up at Carriageworks

    La Rosa Social Club will come from LA to Sydney's Semi Permanent this month.

  • News

    Netflix Is Finally Making an Original Australian Series

    Tidelands' ten episodes, each running for 50 minutes, will be shot in Queensland in 2018.

  • News

    Concrete Playground's Picks for the 2017 Auckland Writers Festival

    Not strictly for the bookish and writing obsessed.

  • News

    The Lord of the Rings Design Workshop Is Bringing an Insane Insect Exhibition to Australia

    Get up close and personal with large-scale creepy crawlies at this immersive showcase.

  • News

    The New York Times Officially Launches Australian Coverage

    With the launch of a Sydney newsroom, the publication will extend their coverage to Australian news and issues.

  • News

    The Emerging Writers' Festival Unveils 2017 Program

    This year, the writerly festival includes a play on climate change, a masterclass on food writing and a Looking for Alibrandi-inspired formal.

  • News

    Australia's Getting a Bingo Rave

    The UK's wildly popular and highly unexpected cult event is launching in Sydney and Melbourne. Just yell "bingo" and wait for the drop.

  • News

    Sculptureum is Matakana's Extravagant New Gallery-Zoo-Vineyard Hybrid

    There's even a live rabbit exhibition called Rabbiton.

  • Guide

    The Best Things to Do Around Brisbane This Long Weekend

    From Easter egg hunts around bars to 18-hour pinball tournaments and long lazy Easter brunches.

  • News

    Redfern's 107 Projects to Run Green Square's Huge New Creative Hub

    The centre will feature artist studios, creative offices, exhibition spaces, workshop spaces and indoor/outdoor areas.

  • News

    Five Things to See at Carriageworks for The National, A New Australian Art Exhibition

    There's dance, performance and film to see within the Carriageworks walls during Sydney's biennial celebration of Australian art.

  • News

    An Epic Three-Day Mud Festival is Coming to New Zealand

    If you ain't dirty, you ain't here to party.

  • News

    The Team Behind Serial and This American Life Just Dropped a Brand New True Crime Podcast

    S-Town investigates a true story set in rural Alabama — and all seven episodes are here.

  • GALLERY: Relive CubaDupa Through Dexter Murray's Snaps

    All the characters from Wellington's favourite day.

  • News

    Dance Beneath a Forest Canopy at New Music Festival ORO'17

    The day-long event is modelled on music festivals and raves of the '90s.

  • News

    How To Shoe: A Rookie's Guide to Sneaker Culture with Ben Bay

    Plus, win tickets to the exclusive Air Max Day party on March 26.

  • News

    The Five Best Things to See at CubaDupa

    The best street festival this side of the Pacific.

  • News

    A Bumper Program Has Been Announced For The 2017 Auckland Writers Festival

    This year's literary feast promises a master of satire, feminist icons, a 99-year-old theologian, and a Masterchef judge.

  • News

    This New Sydney Show Is Performed Entirely On Trampolines

    A legendary physical theatre troupe best known for "throwing people beautifully off the side of buildings" is taking on the trampoline and encouraging you to get involved.

  • News

    St Kilda Is Getting Australia's First Pride Centre

    Modelled after San Francisco’s LGBTI Community Centre, it will highlight queer culture, provide services and offer a safe gathering space.

  • News

    Vivid Sydney Announces Massive 2017 Program

    AIR, Shepard Fairey, Laura Marling, lights at Barangaroo.

  • News

    A Two-Day Food and Music Festival is Coming to Melbourne's Historic Pentridge Prison

    Live tunes, market stalls and meals on wheels will help celebrate 20 years since the prison closed its doors.

  • Guide

    The Ten Best Events to Check Out at the 2017 Auckland Arts Festival

    From multi-sensory installations, an off-beat cabaret with flapping appendages, and a Shortland Street musical.

  • News

    Concrete Playground's Autumn Reading List

    From hilarious local poetry to photography dissection and the war on drugs, this list seeks to satisfy every type of literary appetite.

  • News

    The Full Lineup Has Been Announced For The 2017 NZ International Comedy Festival

    Expect half-naked solo shows, stream-of-consciousness rants and kitsch comedy.

  • News

    YouTube is Bringing Live TV Streaming to All of Your Devices

    The US service will allow viewers to watch live TV wherever they happen to be and enjoy unlimited recording.

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