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What If Game of Thrones Happened in the 1990s?
Ever wondered what Game of Thrones would be like if the claimants of Westeros were fighting to sit atop a beanbag?
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Corona Extra Presents the La Casa Artist Residency
A haven for musicians, designers, artists and surfers, and an online destination for all those who are inspired by creativity.
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Concrete Playground Meets Taiaroa Royale of Okareka Dance Company
The performers of Okareka Dance Company have been busy rehearsing their new work K Rd Strip: A Place to Stand.
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Review /// Sofar Sounds
We went to check out Sofar Sounds, which had it's fair share of surprises.
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The Top Five Tracks To Hear This Weekend
Happy almost the weekend day. Here is a musical gift for this momentous occasion.
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World Class National Bartender Winner Announced
Wellingtonian, soon to be an Aucklander, Jason Clark, who won the inaugural Diageo Reserve World Class National final at 1885.
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Cafe Soundtracks Across Auckland
We've taken a sound safari to some of the best and different cafes across Auckland to see what they're playing while making that all important brew.
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Rhythm and Vines Tickets On Sale
New Zealand's premier music festival releases tickets seven months out from the New Years extravaganza.
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Five Reasons We’d Believe Anything About Tilda Swinton
She lives on another planet, and it's one we're dying to visit.
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Forever Now Will Launch Your Ideas Into Outer Space, Really
And digital democracy will determine the message we send to our alien buddies.
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Win Tickets to The Crown Opening
Crown's coming to town and to celebrate we've got ten double passes to give away.
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Lululemon launches in New Zealand with Aotearoa Asana
Yoga and running gear brand Lululemon lands on New Zealand shores.
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Concrete Playground Meets Film Director Mark Albiston
Mark Albiston (left) and Louis Sutherland are film makers and long time mates who have based their first feature film Shopping on Louis' experiences growing up as a half Samoan half Pakeha. Concrete Playground caught up with Mark Albiston to find out more.
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Singles to Get Train Carriage for Flirting on Prague Metro
One way to spice up your workday commute.
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Win Tickets to The Reluctant Fundamentalist
An intelligent and poignant story by acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair
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Wee Waa Was Perfect for Daft Punk – Even Minus the Crowd
We learned why Wee Waa was an oddly perfect fit for Daft Punk.
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Fashion News
From I Love Ugly Suits, G_Shock watches, Ruby, Glassons through to Peroni collaborations, we wrap up the latest in Fashion News.
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Drinking Pays for Public Transport with the Beer Turnstile
Don't drink and drive; drink and catch the train
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Rhythm and Vines Documentary Teaser
The teaser has been released for the upcoming Rhythm and Vines documentary.
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Instagram Goes Deep with iAfghanistan Photojournalism
Ben Lowy's mesmerising wartime photos show iPhoneography's full potential.
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The Ten Best Coffices in Auckland
Make your own work space with the new HTC One and a perfect Auckland cafe-office.
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Helen Bird: The Making of a Modern Craftswoman
We talk to Helen Bird, the recently announced winner of Ketel One’s Modern Craft Project, about transforming the humble food bicycle-cart into a literal vehicle for empowering migrants from disadvantaged backgrounds and how she plans to establish a lasting legacy with the $100,000 prize money.
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Is Hip Hop the 21st Century’s Answer to Jazz?
Jay-Z might just be the modern day equivalent of Jay Gatsby
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Win One of Three Copies of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories
Get your hands on Random Access Memories.
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2013: A Space Oddity as Astronaut Sings Bowie in Space
Social media darling and astronaut Chris Hadfield takes David Bowie to new, dizzying heights.
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Surprisingly Beautiful Photographs from the Secret Underworld of Drains
There's suffering for your art, and then there's fighting off cockroach armies to take a photo.
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Win Ten Nights on the Town with Concrete Playground
Concrete Playground has partnered up with some of Auckland's best bars, restaurants and venues to offer up the ultimate Ten night experience on offer.
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Win One of Two VIP Double Passes to Semi-Permanent
There's a tidal wave of creative talent heading to Auckland.
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A Guide to Earning Brownie Points this Mother’s Day
We hunt out some brownie point gaining options for you to spoil your Mum on Mother's Day.
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Gun Control Laws Have an Unexpected Critic: Hollywood
Whatever will New York's film industry if they can't use real guns? Get creative, that's what.
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Five Places to Enjoy New Zealand Music this May
We search out five venues doing their thing for New Zealand Music Month.
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Concrete Playground Meets Tom Green
We sat down with Comedian Tom Green and basically talked Chicken Burgers for the entire 5 minutes.
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Ten Gourmet Winter Getaways
These hotel dining rooms draw food critics like thirsty wildebeest to a watering hole.
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Obama Plays Daniel Day-Lewis Playing Obama in Spoof Video
Obama adds comedian and method actor to his already dazzling resume.