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Turning Damaged Christchurch Homes into Art Projects
If you had all the material from one house at your disposal, what would you create?
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Ten Craft Brewers and Their Brews
Ten local brewers (plus one Aussie) and some of their glorious brews you should introduce to your palate.
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Finalists revealed for the 2014 Taite Music Prize
Recognising outstanding creativity for an entire collection of music contained on one album.
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Win Tickets to Lone Survivor
Based on the The New York Times bestselling true story of heroism, courage and survival.
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Sean Connolly’s Gusto at the Grand Opens this Weekend
Renown chef Sean Connolly adds Gusto at the Grand into the mix.
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Win a Double Pass to the GABA Glam Zone at Auckland Pride Parade
Win tickets to the Glam zone aka Rainbow Island.
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Jimmy Fallon Hosts His First Tonight Show, Dances Through Hip Hop History with Will Smith
You know you've made it when you're twerking with the Fresh Prince.
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Back to the Future’s Self-Tying Laces Might Soon Be Real
Nike is out to preserve your childhood dreams.
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Win Tickets to The Past
Win one of five double passes to The Past which opens in cinemas on March 13.
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Win Tickets to The Rocket
The Rocket punches well above its weight with a compelling narrative, heartfelt performances and stunning cinematography.
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See the Stunning Winners in the 2014 World Press Photo Contest
The world's leading visual journalism contest showcases some serious talent.
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Detroit Chef Creates a 10-Course Menu Based on Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’
For one night only a pop-up restaurant will host 36 guests to enjoy the menu, drink pairings and a full stream of the album .
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Limited Free Download /// Clap Clap Riot’s New Single ‘Out of Here’
Clap Clap Riot are back with a new album.
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The Ten Must-Sees of Splore 2014
One part music festival, one part art installation and two parts incredible vibe.
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Wanted: The Best Deputy Editor in the Business
Are you an authority on pop culture, music, food, drink, events and city life?
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A Guide to Valentine’s Day for Lovers (and Haters)
At Concrete Playground, we like to make your life easy so you can concentrate on being the romantic human being we know you are deep down inside.
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Ten Crazy Things People Have Done in the Name of Live Art
The highs, the lows, and all the wilfully mutilated body parts.
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Send a Little Guerrilla Kindness to Christchurch
Melbourne Sayraphim Lothian's latest project involves Christchurch, kindness and a whole lot of little green birds
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Rainbow Sochi Google Doodle Targets Anti-Gay Laws in Russia
The online giant joins activists all over the world.
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Win Ten Nights on the Town with Concrete Playground
Ten nights on the town care of yours truly.
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Get paid to live and create in a Regional Park
Express your inner weirdo through a new body of work.
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A Bluffer’s Guide to Street Art with WERT159
A little bit of a how-to guide on the elusive public art form.
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Terry Gilliam Goes Back to the Future with The Zero Theorem
Everything's normal when math whizz Christoph Waltz and David Thewlis in a tiger suit get together.
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Four Ideas from the Movie Her We Actually Want in Our Future
There are no dystopian trappings in Spike Jonze's vision of the future.
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Samantha Jones Hilariously Dirties Up Spike Jonze’s Film Her
Theodore Twombly's new artificially intelligent operating system is crude, lewd and incredibly rude.
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How War Became Both Beautiful and Traumatic for The Railway Man
Jonathan Teplitzky on war, visual irony and how Gen Ys respond to silence.
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Apply for the Red Bull Music Academy Held in Japan
New Zealand musicians are invited to an annual exploration of music held in Japan.
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The Dutch Masters Recreated as Astonishing Entomological Displays
Seventeeth-century portraits get a beautiful and complex 21st-century update.
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Concrete Playground Meets Douglas Moores
With the exhibition now under way, we had the chance to catch up with Douglas and hear a little about the how and why of our Kiwi ingenuity.
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Eight Things That Made the 2014 Golden Globes Totally Worth It
Don't worry, one of them is J-Law.
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