The Summer Design & Style Guide

The Future of Bike Parking is Here, and This is What It Looks Like

It is kind of like a vending machine but for your bike.

Ocean Film Festival

The festival is a night of exploration and appreciation for the big blue - all from the comfort of a soft, dry seat.

Cosmic's 18th Birthday

Cosmic has finally become a legal adult and wants everyone to know about it.

Behold, You Can Now Have Your Pizza Delivered By Boat in the US Virgin Islands

Brb, booking flights.

The Eight Best Salads in Wellington

No city for day-old supermarket bags of mesclun.

The Best Gigs in Wellington This March

Guitar-led earworms, mind bending white noise, indie-pop based around long-form journalism, playful/intelligent rock and shredding.

TWRK

Miley would be proud.

Just Bet/ween Us

Dancing takes a gamble.

I Predict a Riot

War with a PG rating attached.

Gorillaz Sound System

Gorillaz the DJ set, not the band.

KFC Are Rolling Out Edible Scented Coffee Cups

Have your cup of coffee and eat it too.

Ten Hotel Oases That Will Cool You Down in Summer

The lowdown on where the trendsetters sleep.

Concrete Playground's Summer Reading List

Ten books from this year that no bibliophile should miss.

Could This New Sky Garden Be The Workplace of the Future?

Forget the tedium of the office cubicle. The future is harvesting your own lunch, wearable tech and abseiling during coffee breaks.

Stoneleigh Latitude - The Award-Winning Wines from Marlborough's Golden Mile

The Stoneleigh Latitude collection represents the unique terroir of what many consider to be the best vineyard region in the country.

This Piggybacking Robot Feeds You Tomatoes As You Run

Helping you ketchup to the competition.

Wake Up Tomorrow

A theatrical collage aboard an aircraft.

Lady Liberty

The Lady of suburban folklore has her story told through dance.

Here's Wally: Your Search for the Elusive Waldo Has Been Optimised Using Math

Waldo doesn't stand a chance.

10 Things I Hate About Us

A play with a less predictable ending than its namesake.

Perfume Genius

Seattle's Mike Hadreas brings his boundary pushing alter-ego to Wellington.

Newtown Festival Fair Day 2015

New Zealand's largest free outdoor street concert.

The Five Best Vineyard Getaways in Australia

Pop open a bottle of estate-grown wine at these stylish stays among the Australian vines.

Summer Style Guide for Women

Some of the season's best looks for every taste.

Summer Style Guide for Men

Because swim shorts 24-7 are not socially acceptable unless you live on the beach.

A Movement

Blink, the 'A Low Hum' maverick, is going on tour - with 1000 photos of 300 bands, and a few live supporting acts too.

The Bluffer's Guide to Summer Entertaining

Be the host/hostess with the most/mostess

How to Host the Perfect Barbeque

We can't help you with meeting good people and making them like you, although inviting them over to eat meat and drink beer probably won't hurt.

This Durable Cardboard Bike Costs Just $10 to Make

A bike so cheap that it's not even worth the energy deployed in trying to steal it.

The Summer Guide to Wellington

The Summer Travel & Leisure Guide

Because the year’s too long and summer’s too short to waste time on the mediocre.

The Summer Arts & Entertainment Guide

Because the year’s too long and summer’s too short to waste time on the mediocre.

The Summer Food & Drink Guide

Because the year’s too long and summer’s too short to waste time on the mediocre.

This Device Can Turn Vegetables into Instruments

Broccoli has gone rockstar.

The Eight Best Mexican Restaurants in Wellington

Great Mexican food, much like Wellington city, is a study of contrasts.

New Web Comedy 'The Katering Show' Skewers Foodie Culture

"The journey of a food intolerant, and an intolerable foodie."

Eddie Izzard

A rambling, whimsical monologue delivered by an ex-accounting student now "executive transvestite".

This Swing Table Just Made Meetings Way More Fun

Swing your way through boring PowerPoint presentations.

You Can Now Turn Your Tweets Into Poetry

Computer-generated works of art from 140-character musings.

Wellington Free Outdoor Cinema

Watch your favourite Hollywood films from the last decade or so out in the open air for free.

Van Gogh Paintings Realised as Haute Couture

Van Gogh's little straw hat has never looked so Bjork.

The Best Gigs in Wellington This February

Where to be come gig o'clock.

Ten Films From Sundance We're Hoping Make It to New Zealand

We've got a whole lot of brand new must-sees for 2015.

Freddie Gibbs

Heartfelt rhymes from Indiana.

The Sand-Ditching Shake Tote Will Make Your Entire Summer

The mother of all beach bags.

A Look Back at Ten Years of Laneway Festival

The last ten years have seen festival after festival launch and go under. How have Laneway managed to nail it?

This New App Can Tell You Which Friend Stresses You Out Most

Want to surround yourself with positive people? There's an app for that.

Jamie Oliver's Opening a New Restaurant in Wellington, Hopefully

Welcome to New Zealand, we think.

Sticky Fingers

Get your fingers on some Sticky Fingers tickets before they sell out.

McDonald’s Is Getting Table Service and Gourmet DIY Burgers in New Zealand

McDonald's is going classy. Well, trying to anyway.

House of Dumplings

117 Taranaki Street, Wellington

You will have your dumpling and eat it too.

Five Boroughs - CLOSED

4 Roxburgh Street, Mt Victoria

You had us at bottomless coffee.

Dutch Lottery Helps Sea Shephard Stop Illegal Fishing in the Southern Ocean

New 8.3-million-Euro boat will help save the Antarctic eco-system.

Baroque Music is Alive and Well in the Bolivian Amazon

It's been 400 years guys...

Your Weekend Driving Soundtrack

A soundtrack that takes you places.

MOON 1

167 Riddiford Street, Newtown

A gig seeker's sanctuary.

Seven Days of Cheap Eats in Wellington

The following is a list of places where tasty and cheap meet. Nobody knows how they do it. Don’t ask, just eat.

Eight Food and Drink Trends You Won't Be Able to Avoid in 2015

Kale, your time is up.

The Ten Best Craft Beer Bars in Wellington

Breweries housed within old petrol stations, pilsner served with a side of live music and resident English bulldogs patrolling the bar - these are just some of the things which make Wellington's local craft beer bar scene interesting.

Twelve Films to Get Excited About in 2015

A Lebowski-esque Pynchon adaptation, a sequel 30 years in the making and the Tarantino film that nearly got nixed - they've all made an impression long before they're released.

Homegrown 2015

The only festival to shine a spotlight squarely in the eyes of New Zealand music.

Eight Gadgets Attempting to Improve Your Life in 2015

Post-CES 2015, we're keen for our belts to tighten, plants to water and kettles to boil themselves.

Lunice

The ex-TNGHT DJ hailing from Montreal is coming to San Fran for a night.

Karaka Cafe

1 Cable Street, Lambton

Beanbags and beer, anyone?

Southern Cross

39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro

The bar's ridiculously ‘gram-able courtyard is the perfect summer afternoon spot to sip on a cold one.

Mac’s Brewbar

4 Taranaki Street, Te Aro

An excellent go-to when everyone in your group is too polite to say where they want to go.

Drexel’s Breakfast Restaurant

23 Waring Taylor Street, Lambton

US-style diner food to start your day.

Prefab

14 Jessie Street, Te Aro

Prefab is so perfect it’s almost painful.

Duke Carvell’s Emporium - CLOSED

3 Swan Lane, Te Aro

This place is everything you wish your home could be.

Ti Kouka - CLOSED

76 Willis Street, Te Aro

Ti Kouka believes that local, seasonal produce is best, and based on the magic they create with it, we can’t help but agree. You can almost taste the ethics.

Seaview Takeaways

92 Lyall Parade, Lyall Bay

They might not win any gourmet awards, but the line out the door on Friday night says you’re onto something good at Lyall Bay's Seaview Takeaways.

Spruce Goose

Cnr Moa Point Rd & Cochrane St, Lyall Bay

An ex-WWII aircraft hangar-turned-cafe.

Maranui Cafe

71 Lyall Parade, Lyall Bay

Breakfast with a front row seat to the ocean.

Slash

The former lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses is considered one of the best in the world.

Billy Idol, Cheap Trick & The Angels

It's a nice day for a...rock show.

Boulcott St Bistro

99 Boulcott Street, Te Aro

The fancy bistro typifies quaintness.

The Ten Best Summer Music Festivals in New Zealand

The best of the summer festival circuit.

St John’s

5 Cable Street, Wellington

Bean bags with your beersies? Yeah, go on.

Beginners Stand-Up Paddle Board Yoga

Downward dog on water.

Foxglove Bar and Kitchen

33 Queens Wharf, Wellington

180-degree harbour views and glamour.

Queen Sally’s Diamond Deli

200 Queens Drive , Lyall Bay

All beachside communities could do with a deli like this.

Mexico

41 Dixon Street, Te Aro

A stylish, Westernised synecdoche of an entire country.

Hippopotamus Restaurant & Cocktail Bar

90 Cable Street

One of Wellington's swishiest French restaurants.

Baobab

152 Riddiford St, Newtown

A Newtown cultural institution.

Loretta

181 Cuba Street, Wellington

Loretta exemplifies industrial chic.

Ekim Burgers

257 Cuba St, Te Aro

The best homemade burgers that you can’t actually make at home.

Olive

170 Cuba Street, Te Aro

The best garden courtyard in the country.

Hop Garden - CLOSED

13 Pirie Street, Mount Victoria

The garden bar is a staple bar for any Wellingtonian craft beer aficionado.

The Eight Best Breakfasts in Wellington

Set yourself up for the day with Wellington's finest fast-breakers.

Logan Brown

192 Cuba St, Te Aro

Eating at Logan Brown feels like eating a five star meal at your best friend's place.

Enigma

128 Courtenay Place, Te Aro

Goliath-sized burgers and laid-back staff make Enigma a great late night haunt.

Mt Vic Chippery

5 Marjoribanks Street, Wellington

Fish and chips never looked this good.

Monterey

4 Rintoul Street

A bar for the aspiring Van Gogh, or those who just like a good burger.

Gipsy Kitchen Delicatessen

4 Glamis Avenue

Accurately self-described as "a special wee diddy, tucked away and ready for you to discover".

Ten Outdoor Accessories to Make Your Next Camping Trip the Ultimate

Summer is here, which means that it's time to leave the den. Might as well do it in style.

Fidel’s Cafe

234 Cuba Street, Wellington

Cuba Street's Cuban icon.

Scopa

141 Cuba Street, Wellington

They're known for their pizza, but this is only the tip of the menu iceberg.

Six Barrel Soda Co.- CLOSED

Level 1, 33-35 Dixon Street

As refreshing as the soda they pump out.

The Crab Shack

Queens Wharf, Wellington

Like transporting yourself to Cape Cod.

Sweet Mother's Kitchen

5 Courtenay Place, Wellington

New Orleans staples fused with Mexican snack food.

Floraditas Cafe and Restaurant

161 Cuba Street, Wellington

If porridge is your thing, you’ll love Floraditas.

Tommy Millions

Cnr Courtenay Place And Taranaki Street, Wellington

Big fans of Tommy.

Flight Coffee Hangar

171-177 Willis Street, Wellington

A big open space which you can fly in and out of (pun obviously intended) for your morning fix.

The Ten Best Swings Ever

Things have come a long way since your ma or pa tied a threadbare rope to a used tyre.

Ten Film-Inspired Luxury Getaways

We've reviewed the new releases and flipped through the DVD cabinet to bring you ten jaw-dropping locations.