Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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When two of the British music festival's headliners take to the Pyramid Stage, you can catch them from your couch via BBC.com.
If this year's festival already sounds huge — and it does — less than a third of the full program has been revealed so far.
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Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson and an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller.
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NewsSmoky Success: Smoking Meats, Roasting Treats and Other Eats with One Machine
Making a delicious meal just got easier (and quicker).
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Raid your pantry to create some of the kookiest sweet treats ever.
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Sydney and Melbourne are officially home to Australia's best steak restaurants — with the Harbour City's Margaret coming in third.
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NewsBen & Jerry's Free Cone Day Is Returning in 2024 to Give Away One Million Scoops Worldwide
Mark Tuesday, April 16 in your diary — that's when the ice cream brand is scooping up freebies this year.
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You're never too old for this Easter hunt.
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NewsComing Soon: 269 Is a Vibrant Latin American and European Market That's Not Just Open on Weekends
269 is a permanent market bringing food and fun to Auckland's Parnell Village.
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RestaurantAdvieh Restaurant and Bar
1 Queen Street, Auckland
This Middle Eastern casual restaurant is set to be a hotspot in Auckland's dining scene.
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RestaurantRosella
18 Majoribanks Street, Wellington
This stylish and casual addition to the Mount Victoria neighbourhood delivers bold flavours and great wine.
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RestaurantThe Little Cookie Shop - CLOSED
45 Tory Street, Wellington
This WOAP pop-up is sticking around and slinging the fudgiest cookies in the game.
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RestaurantChaat Street
99 Victoria Street, Wellington
This former pop-up is now slinging delicious South Asian street food out of a permanent location.
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RestaurantLiberty Restaurant
227 Cuba Street, Wellington
Enjoy a leisurely brunch with friends or pop in for a light bite at the bar — this elegant and contemporary new addition to Cuba Street has it all.
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BarThe Champagneria
8 Courtenay Place, Wellington
In the famous words of Mark Twain, "too much of anything is bad, but too much champagne is just right."
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BarAuntie Social Lounge
4 Rintoul Street, Wellington
A funky fresh new spot has arrived in Newton, with red velvet booths, lava lamps and retro furniture.
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BarGraze Wine Bar
95 Upland Road, Wellington
With only 22 seats and a menu showcasing locally sourced and sustainable eats, this neighbourhood wine bar is the place to bring a date, a friend or good book.
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BarBoneface Tavern
13 Pirie Street, Wellington
The Upper Hutt brewers now have an inner-city location, with fresh Boneface beers on tap, delicious bites and, of course, killer tunes all night long.
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BarWaitoa Victoria Street
175 Victoria Street, Wellington
Hataitai's nano brewery has opened a second bar in the heart of the city.
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NewsDonald Glover Plays a Star Musician Fleeing Giant Animals in the Trailer for 'Bando Stone & the New World'
As well as starring in this new dystopian movie, Glover directs — and provides the soundtrack as Childish Gambino.
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NewsRichard Gadd Is Following Up 'Baby Reindeer' with HBO and BBC Drama 'Lions' About Another Complicated Relationship
There's no word yet who'll be starring in the series, which will hop between the 80s and now — or if any emails will be sent from from a iPhone.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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News'The Bear' Season Three Puts Another Superb Feast of Hospitality Industry-Related Ups and Downs on the Menu
Saying "yes chef!" to this Jeremy Allen White- and Ayo Edebiri-starring, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning hit's third serving remains a delicious choice.
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NewsDua Lipa and Coldplay's Glastonbury 2024 Sets Are Being Livestreamed Globally in a First for the Festival
When two of the British music festival's headliners take to the Pyramid Stage, you can catch them from your couch via BBC.com.
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NewsThe Jamie Lee Curtis- and Lindsay Lohan-Starring 'Freaky Friday' Sequel Is Set to Hit Cinemas in 2025
The 2003 version of this body-swap classic wasn't the first — and thanks to this 22-years-late follow-up, it won't be the last.
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EventZealandia Day Tours
Monday, July 1, 2024
Zealandia, Wellington
Get out of the house and into a much-needed dose of nature, accompanied by birdsong from native creatures like takahē, kākā and little spotted kiwi.
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EventThe Promised Land
Thursday, June 13 - Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington
More than a decade after 'A Royal Affair', Mads Mikkelsen and filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel have made another grand and gripping drama set in Denmark's past.
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EventInside Out 2
Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington
Amy Poehler still brings joy in this nine-years-later sequel to one of Pixar's best films, which proves as emotionally intelligent as its predecessor.
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EventThe Taste of Things
Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington
This Oscar-shortlisted, Cannes Best Director-winning French delight simmers up a 19th-century romance between a cook and a gourmand.
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EventA Quiet Place: Day One
Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington
The always-excellent Lupita Nyong'o and 'Pig' writer/director Michael Sarnoski take this hit horror franchise back to the alien invasion's beginning in a thoughtful Big Apple-set spinoff.
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EventEva Beva's $1 Chicken Wings
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Eva Beva, Wellington
Dig out your loose change for this weekly chicken happy hour.
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EventGnocchi Gnights
Thursday, July 4, 2024
1154 Pastaria, Wellington
Because what better way to celebrate Thursday than with a big, cheesy bowl of pillowy potato goodness?
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EventPaintvine: After Dark
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
LeRoy's Bar, Wellington
Stay hydrated between brush strokes.
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NewsLego's New 'Mona Lisa' Kit Will Let You Display Leonardo da Vinci's Masterpiece on Your Own Wall
After turning 'The Starry Night' and 'The Great Wave' into plastic bricks, Lego is now giving another iconic painting the same treatment.
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NewsNow Open: Kayu Studio Launches Furniture Showroom and Airbnb Decked Out in Its Designs
At Kayu Casa, you can spend a weekend relaxing on one of the brand's comfy sofas before taking it home with you.
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NewsAnew Is Selling 1500 Artist-Designed Drink Bottles to Mark the Start of Pride Month
This is not just a drink bottle — it is a piece of art, too.
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NewsPeach Fuzz Is Pantone's "Compassionate and Nurturing" Colour of the Year for 2024
"Peach Fuzz brings belonging, inspires recalibration, and an opportunity for nurturing, conjuring up an air of calm."
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NewsMECCA's Holiday Collection Comes Wrapped in Artwork Designed by Australian First Nations Artist Kaylene Whiskey
Who cares what's inside when the wrapping paper looks this good?
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NewsKFC and NZ Jewellery Designer Nick Von K Have Joined Forces on a Range of Luxe Chicken-Inspired Necklaces
Hot chicken and even hotter jewellery have come together to celebrate the return of a KFC fan favourite.
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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May
Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson and an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024 standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in April
Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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Few coastlines are as iconic as that of the Golden State.
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The Golden State specialises in all things natural beauty with record-setting, jaw-dropping wonders everywhere you look.
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NewsComing Soon: QT Is Opening the Chain's First Hotel Outside of Australia and New Zealand in Singapore
From September 2024, you can check in at this 134-room Singapore hotel with a rooftop bar and pool right next to the Lau Pa Sat hawker centre.
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NewsFrom the 'Up' House to Prince's 'Purple Rain' Mansion, Airbnb's New Icons Listings Go Big on Pop Culture-Themed Stays
Thanks to the first 11 listings, you can also step inside 'X-Men ’97', sleep in the 'Inside Out 2' headquarters and be hosted by Doja Cat.
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Advieh Restaurant and Bar
1 Queen Street, Auckland
This Middle Eastern casual restaurant is set to be a hotspot in Auckland's dining scene.
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RestaurantThe Ramen Shop
191 Riddiford Street, Newtown
The Ramen Shop easily outshines the other Newtown establishments in the looks department.
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BarLittle Beer Quarter
6 Edward Street, Te Aro
With fourteen rotating taps, two handpulls and over a hundred beers in the fridge, describing the place as 'well-stocked' might be a bit of an understatement.
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RestaurantCommon Ground
34 Moorefield Road, Wellington
Tuck into brunch and a book at Johnsonville's newest cafe.
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12 Constable Street, Newtown
The ex-roastery cafe with an ethical outlook.
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