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Five Semi-Permanent Speakers We're Excited to See

Only a month to go.

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Brilliant Things to Do in Auckland this June

Leave your hot water bottle at home.

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Aotea Square Set For a Wintry Makeover

Skating in a winter wonderland.

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The Seven Best Cinemas in Wellington

A museum cinema hybrid, Wellington's oldest cinema and a theatre stacked with comfy armchairs.

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Brilliant Advice, Lessons and Revelations from the Auckland Writers Festival

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The Eight Best Bookstores in Wellington

Because books are a whole lot more than just a few hundred printed pages that smell really great.

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Your Guide to the 2015 Auckland Writers Festival

From pure entertainment to die-hard intellectual debates, the Auckland Writers Festival is back to help us through the mid-year blues with an injection of literary culture.

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Humans of New York's Brandon Stanton Photographed the 2015 Met Gala

Ordinary people as celebrities, celebrities as ordinary people.

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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Set to Pop Up in Auckland

Next April, it will be 400 years since one of the greatest playwrights and poets known to man passed away.

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For $10,000 a Night You Too Can Stay in New Zealand's Most Expensive Hotel Suite

Better start saving.

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Brilliant Free Things to Do in Wellington This April

Luckily, life doesn't have to be stingy just because you are.

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The Ten Best First Date Destinations in Wellington

Places to let your Tinder matches kindle into romance.

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Nine Incredible Things You're Missing at SXSW This Year

From Tinder robots to Kwik-E-Mart food trucks and virtual reality SNL, SXSW 2015 has truly opened with a bang.

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See the Eye-Opening Pictures from the 2015 World Press Photo Contest

The world's best photojournalism.

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“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”

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The Eight Best First Date Destinations in Auckland

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Spark Lab Launches Technology Month

One for those with technological aspirations, or even just an above average interest in this ever changing industry.

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Brilliant Things To Do in Auckland This March

The world's biggest waterslide, a surf film festival and sunrise yoga are just a few things to look forward to.

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

Waldo doesn't stand a chance.

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New Web Comedy 'The Katering Show' Skewers Foodie Culture

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

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Your Last-Minute Guide to Spending Valentine's Day Alone, Platonically or Romantically

Countdown to V-Day.

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Your Guide to Splore 2015

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DIY Music Genius Blink, the Founder of A Low Hum, Is Starting "A Movement"

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Your Guide to the Auckland Pride Festival 2015

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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?

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Here's a TED Talk About How to Sound Smart in Your TED Talk

TED has eaten itself.

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50 Years of David Bowie's Hairstyles in One GIF

29 career-spanning portraits of the chameleonic pop star.

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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.

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A Bluffer's Guide to Champagne

More than just a fancy sparkling wine from northern France.

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Wes Anderson is Planning His Own Theme Park with Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh

What the cuss? Stop everything.

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The Eight Best Places to Watch the Melbourne Cup in Auckland

Uphold tradition by shimmying into some posh threads, donning a fascinator, throwing some dollars at the TAB and having way too much fun for a Tuesday.

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Should Rude Customers Be Charged More For Their Coffee?

Being nicer to your barista might save you some dosh.

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‘Baking Bad': The Breaking Bad Cookbook is Finally Here

Warning: Cookbook contains delicious baking recipes and spoilers.

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See Your Favourite Horror Flicks Transformed Into Goosebumps Books

10/10. Would read.

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Stop Everything, Someone Invented a Real Hoverboard

This is not a hoax.

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Five Dining Trends That Are Big in Japan

Japan has 32 Michelin-starred restaurants. These aren't them.

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Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola Are Teaming Up For a Christmas Musical

Your Christmas lunch could soon be soundtracked by Bill Murray.

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Glastonbury Bans the Sale of Native American Headdresses

Good call.

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The St. James May Get Its Long Awaited Makeover

More than just a lick of paint.

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Watch These Sassy Kids React to Food at One of New York’s Best Restaurants

"This looks like soap. It tastes like soap. Why am I eating soap right now?"

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The Pros and Cons of Watching Orange is the New Black

The pros and cons of binge sessions on Lightbox.co.nz

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Miranda July Has Made You a Handbag with Some Very Specific Uses

It's exactly as strange as she is.

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