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NewsThe Five Best New Summer Drinking Spots in Auckland
Where we quenched our thirst in Auckland's summer of 2012/2013.
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NewsSix Unbelievable Things You’re Missing at SXSW 2013
From a talking show courtesy of Google to a vending machine that lets you choose the party beats, SXSW 2013 opened with a bang.
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NewsBe Jealous, Bikers: London Goes Dutch with $1.4 Billion Cycle Highway
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announces cycle-friendly plans to inspire city planners everywhere.
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NewsSpace Odyssey: Ten Futuristic Hotels Around the World
When only futuristic chic will do, check out these ten space-age stays around the world.
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NewsWin Tickets to Rust and Bone
Concrete Playground has five double passes to give away to Rust and Bone, an utterly absorbing and powerful French love story.
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NewsTen Inspiring Surf Getaways Across the Globe
Surf traveller and Editor/Founder of Stab Magazine, Derek Rielly, offers his insights into ten dreamboat waves across the globe.
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NewsBerlin Wall Is Being Torn Down…Again
For the second time in a matter of only a few years, a chunk of the Berlin Wall, and the striking art that covers it, is set to be torn down
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NewsA Lego Hogwarts Exists That Is Almost Big Enough to Enter
This Hogwarts castle made out of 400,000 Lego blocks is possibly more stupefying than the real Hogwarts.
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NewsGet Jazzy in the Bay this Easter
Perfect excuse to get some culture in the mighty bay of plenty.
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NewsThe Five Best Hot Sauces in Auckland
Ben Polkinghorne from Auckland Burrito Review gives us his entertaining thoughts on New Zealand's Hot Sauce scene.
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NewsAir New Zealand Launches New Safety Video with Bear Grylls
Adventurer Bear Grylls has lent his survival skills to a cheeky new Air New Zealand safety video that leaves the stuffy air cabin behind.
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NewsWin One of Two Complimentary Hair Cuts at Room 104
Win yourself a cut at one of Auckland's leading mens barber's Room 104
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NewsCocktail Masterclass: The Perrier Summer Punch
Perrier mixologist Tomas Vikario offers his expertise on creating a tasty summer cocktail.
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NewsThe Five Greatest Papal Film Moments
Vatican movies to get you in the mood for the next two months of Church and State.
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NewsWin a $100 Voucher to the New Imperial Lane Hot Dog Stand
Win a $100 Voucher for you and your mates to spend at the new Imperial Lane Hot Dog Stand.
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NewsWin Tickets To I Give It a Year
Picking up where most romantic comedies end, I Give It A Year charts the rocky road of a rather mismatched couple navigating their first year of marriage.
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NewsSydney Illustrator Wins New Yorker Comp with Hipster Cover
The dandy is a hipster in Simon Greiner's version of the iconic Eustace Tilley image.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Chef Hayden McMillan
Concrete Playground sits down with Tribeca Head Chef Hayden McMillan and also offers our readers the chance to win some Peroni.
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NewsMovenpick: The Cooler Alternative to Flowers
Movenpick now delivers, the perfect alternative to flowers.
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NewsSpringsteen & I
Springsteen & I is an open invitation to people all over the world to share stories that celebrate one of the greatest lyrical storytellers of our generation.
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NewsThe World’s Biggest Waterslide Is Being Built in NZ
Kiwi charity Live More Awesome is dreaming big with their latest fundraiser.
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NewsSecret Garden 2013 Announces Line-Up (Not That It Needs To)
A weekend for lovers of food, music, dress-ups, and adventures.
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NewsSix Things We’ve Learned From #UpGoerfive
XKCD has us talking in only the 1000 most common words.
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NewsNew Stage Added to St Jerome’s Laneway 2013
A brand new stage for the new and improved St Jerome's Laneway Festival.
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NewsEat and Drink Hong Kong Style
Concrete Playground offers some advice for eating and drinking in one of the world's most expensive cities.
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NewsSeth MacFarlane Makes Hitler Quip as Oscar Nominations are Announced
For all its bravado and banality, we, along with an estimated 40 million viewers worldwide, remain total suckers for the Oscars.
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NewsThe Five Best Places to Shop Vintage in Auckland
Concrete Playground lists five of the best when shopping vintage in Auckland.
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NewsAmazing Bars Around the World
When it comes to mind-boggling designs, wacky themes and unique going-out experiences then these ten bars are a cut above the rest.
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NewsGoodreads’ Best Books Of 2012
Goodreads Choice Awards offers readers the closest thing the literary world has to a People's Choice Award.
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NewsiTunes New Zealand Top Ten Songs for 2012
Here are New Zealand's most downloaded songs on iTunes for 2012. Hmmm
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NewsUS Political Maps
Mark Newman's monstrous election maps are more realistic than regular maps, and scarier.
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NewsReview and Win a $50 Bar Tab to Goldfinch
Win one of two $50 bar tabs to Auckland's newest nightclub.
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NewsNike Collaborates with NZ Photographer Tom Gould
New Zealand photographer Tom Gould as partnered with Nike to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Nike Air Force 1 Sneakers.
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NewsTen Rock-Star Retreats Around the World
You don't have to release a Pitchfork-approved debut album or sell out a stadium to live the life of a travelling troubadour.
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Summer Reading Guide
Concrete Playground duly presents our suggestions for the best books to read over your summer.
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NewsEight Boutique Online Stores for Beautiful Gifts
Quirky, inspiring, and fun boutiques are only a click away.
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NewsThe Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows
The website "Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows" are doing their little bit to make the inexpressible more expressible
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NewsWin Moet and Chandon Pink Rose
Subscribe to Concrete Playground to go in the draw to win a bottle of Moet and Chandon Rose Imperial.
