• 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

    Studio Ghibli Is Building Its Very Own Theme Park

    The Totoro-themed park is scheduled to open in 2020 — and if it doesn't feature a catbus, we'll eat this susuwatari.

  • News

    The Best Things to do in Wellington This Queen's Birthday Weekend

    Get your geek on, eat delicious things and dance your ass off.

  • Guide

    The Best Things to do in Auckland This Queen's Birthday Weekend

    Salute Queen Lizzy and the day off with liquid drum and bass, backstreet markets and a wharf carnival.

  • News

    Ten Exhibitions Worth Checking Out in June

    It's the perfect season for gallery hopping.

  • News

    Five Films from Cannes 2017 We Can't Wait to See in New Zealand

    Now showing in French Riviera cinemas between May 17 and 28, and hopefully coming soon to a screen near you.

  • News

    Concrete Playground's Picks for the 2017 Auckland Writers Festival

    Not strictly for the bookish and writing obsessed.

  • News

    The New Zealand International Film Festival Teases Its Full Program With Eight Features

    Behind the curtain of a horror theme park, a sweeping giant screen epic, and a Mexican erotic bio-sci-fi.

  • News

    Cirque du Soleil's Avatar-Inspired Show is Coming to New Zealand

    The contemporary circus act is here to fill in the colours of the habitable moon while we wait for four sequels.

  • News

    The Five Best Things to See at LUX Light Festival 2017

    The kaleidoscopic festival is back and ready to glow.

  • News

    Five Films to See at NZIFF Autumn Events

    Prepare yourself for the full NZIFF lineup with these cinematic treats.

  • News

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

    There's even a live rabbit exhibition called Rabbiton.

  • News

    'Wet Hot American Summer' Is Being Turned Into a Role-Playing Game

    Make your dream of stepping into the 2001 cult hit a reality with this crowdfunded tabletop game.

  • News

    This Immersive London Exhibition Will Put You Inside an Episode of 'Black Mirror'

    Relive the anthology series' "Fifty Million Merits" episode as part of the Barbican's three-month science-fiction showcase.

  • News

    NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Installed a Surreal Rooftop Dinner Party

    Characters and objects from the Met's collection have been digitally scanned, cast as sculptures and spread underneath the Manhattan skyline.

  • News

    Andrew J. Steel and BAYNK on Auckland's Creative Scene

    Asking two innovative artists for their opinion on a city they know and love.

  • News

    Ten Shows to See at the 2017 NZ International Comedy Festival

    Laugh your bits off at half-naked solo shows, Gloriavale kitsch comedy and Finland's funniest export.

  • News

    Four More Titles Have Been Announced for Pocket-Sized Film Series Autumn Events

    A landmark musical drama, a Greta Garbo classic, a French animation, and the making of a great cinematic folly.

  • News

    Five Minutes With Alt-Pop Songwriter Andrew Keoghan

    Discussing his new album, musical inspirations, and life in the Big Apple.

  • 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.

  • News

    Splendour in the Grass Announces Dream-Fulfilling 2017 Lineup

    After six years, LCD Soundsystem are coming back to Australia.

  • GALLERY: Relive CubaDupa Through Dexter Murray's Snaps

    All the characters from Wellington's favourite day.

  • News

    Shia LaBeouf's Anti-Trump Project Has Been Shut Down Again

    The fourth time wasn't the charm for the actor turned activist's artistic protest piece.

  • News

    The Guggenheim Has Just Unveiled Its Stunning Synthetic Desert Installation

    Visitors step into a sea of sound-suppressing foam pyramids in an artwork designed to "heighten our understanding of perceptual experience."

  • 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

    This Art Project Wants to Make Auckland the Safest City in the World For Bees

    Exploring what's possible when an entire city is given a framework over a specific period of time.

  • News

    Ten Films from SXSW 2017 Required in New Zealand Cinemas Immediately

    They're making waves in Austin, let's hope the tide brings them to our shores.

  • News

    Concrete Playground Meets the Designers Behind Minimalist Label Wayward St

    Debunking the rules of design with a by-product of New Zealand's dairy industry.

  • 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

    Large Groups are Freaking Out SXSW Attendees to Promote 'The Handmaid's Tale'

    Red-clad ladies are popping up around the Austin festival to plug Hulu's new Elisabeth Moss-starring show.

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