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Anish Kapoor Creates Hypnotic Black Water Vortex in Gallery Floor

The Indian sculptor blows your mind again for the first Kochi-Muziris Biennale.

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The Summer Arts & Entertainment Guide

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

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The Summer Arts & Entertainment Guide

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

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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

Original, unique and fresh no matter your title; hipster, hippie, foodie, square etc you'll find something to celebrate.

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Your Guide to the 2015 Auckland Fringe Festival

An intensified period of weird and wonderful arty experiences.

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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

Let our list of top picks guide your way in helping celebrate the wonderful diversity and creativity that makes Auckland awesome.

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Let Jeff Bridges Put You To Sleep

The niche market of sleeping tapes gets a Hollywood addition.

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The Best Gigs in Auckland This February

Where to be come gig o'clock.

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The Best Gigs in Wellington This February

Where to be come gig o'clock.

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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.

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Auckland Has the Highest Number of Earning Songwriters

Just in case you thought all songs were written at a half-way house, half-way down Dominion Road.

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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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Ten Things You May Not Have Known About Point Break

You gonna jump or jerk off?

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Flight of the Conchords Announce Plans for 2015 Tour

It's business time.

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Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch Wanted Your Nine-to-Five Job

The Glaswegian lead singer also thinks you might have written his music for him.

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Your Weekend Driving Soundtrack

A soundtrack that takes you places.

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Help Kickstart What We Do In The Shadows In The US of A

Help them take their fangtastic horror mockumentary stateside.

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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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Laneway Festival 2015 Timetable and Site Map Released

All killer, no filler.

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Splendour in the Grass Announces 2015 Dates

Lock 'em in.

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How to Dress Well Makes You Rethink the Question 'How Was Your Day?'

"When you were walking down the aisle of the grocery store, did you think of your mother ageing and feel an intense pang of guilt?"

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Pop-Up Gallery to Raise Funds for Piha Surf Life Saving Club

The pop-up gallery will feature art from world-renowned surf and travel photographers.

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This Year's Oscar Nominations Caused Quite the Backlash

Budapest vs Birdman; the battle of the quirk.

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The 35th Annual Razzie Nominations Announced

The Razzies have a few surprises up their sleeve this year — including forgiveness.

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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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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.

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Secret Garden Festival 2015 Lineup Announced

Slam dunk, Secret Garden.

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The Best Gigs in Wellington For the Remainder of January

Flying Lotus, Nas, Angus and Julia Stone and plenty of other musically talented humans will be performing in Wellington for the remainder of this month.

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The Best Auckland Summer Gigs For the Remainder of January

The best gigs to see this January.

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Ten Things That Made the 2015 Golden Globes Worth It

"I put the pills in the people."

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Onwards and upwards

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The most talked about movie that we almost didn't get to see.

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More than just a fancy sparkling wine from northern France.

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Mind-expanding plasm, melting sonic rainbows and hulking riffs.

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Just when you thought she gone and done it all, and then again...

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