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GuideThe Eight Best Bookstores in Wellington
Because books are a whole lot more than just a few hundred printed pages that smell really great.
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NewsHumans of New York's Brandon Stanton Photographed the 2015 Met Gala
Ordinary people as celebrities, celebrities as ordinary people.
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NewsFor $10,000 a Night You Too Can Stay in New Zealand's Most Expensive Hotel Suite
Better start saving.
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GuideBrilliant Free Things to Do in Wellington This April
Luckily, life doesn't have to be stingy just because you are.
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NewsThe Ten Best First Date Destinations in Wellington
Places to let your Tinder matches kindle into romance.
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NewsNine Incredible Things You're Missing at SXSW This Year
From Tinder robots to Kwik-E-Mart food trucks and virtual reality SNL, SXSW 2015 has truly opened with a bang.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
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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's 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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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March
Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsNine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
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NewsSay Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2024 Academy Awards
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NewsSee the Eye-Opening Pictures from the 2015 World Press Photo Contest
The world's best photojournalism.
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NewsAll the Life Advice You Need from Terry Pratchett
“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
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Waldo doesn't stand a chance.
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NewsNew Web Comedy 'The Katering Show' Skewers Foodie Culture
"The journey of a food intolerant, and an intolerable foodie."
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NewsA 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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RestaurantHouse of Dumplings
117 Taranaki Street, Wellington
You will have your dumpling and eat it too.
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BarSouthern Cross
39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro
The bar's ridiculously ‘gram-able courtyard is the perfect summer afternoon spot to sip on a cold one.
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RestaurantEkim Burgers
257 Cuba St, Te Aro
The best homemade burgers that you can’t actually make at home.
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CafeSweet Mother's Kitchen
5 Courtenay Place, Wellington
New Orleans staples fused with Mexican snack food.
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News50 Years of David Bowie's Hairstyles in One GIF
29 career-spanning portraits of the chameleonic pop star.
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NewsThe 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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NewsWes Anderson is Planning His Own Theme Park with Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh
What the cuss? Stop everything.
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NewsShould Rude Customers Be Charged More For Their Coffee?
Being nicer to your barista might save you some dosh.
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News‘Baking Bad': The Breaking Bad Cookbook is Finally Here
Warning: Cookbook contains delicious baking recipes and spoilers.
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NewsBill Murray and Sofia Coppola Are Teaming Up For a Christmas Musical
Your Christmas lunch could soon be soundtracked by Bill Murray.
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The pros and cons of binge sessions on Lightbox.co.nz
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NewsMiranda July Has Made You a Handbag with Some Very Specific Uses
It's exactly as strange as she is.
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NewsLearn to Draw Like the Masters with This Colouring Book for Grown Ups
Feel free to colour outside the lines.
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NewsRage Against the Machine Guitarist Pulls a ‘Don’t You Know Who I Am?’ on Cafe
Then went on a rampage about workers' rights after being denied.
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News‘Eat Like You Give a Fuck’ With the New Thug Kitchen Cookbook
All other cookbooks are now irrelevant.
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NewsLena Dunham is Your New Agony Aunt in This 12-Part Web Series
Some free advice: screaming 'vagina' in a chocolate shop is apparently a bad thing.
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NewsWin a Double Pass to National Geographic Live: Extreme Adventure on the Edge
Win a double pass thanks to our friends at Adventure World.
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NewsFive Things to Learn at the Big Screen Symposium
From producing films that star Jennifer Lawrence to being funny.
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NewsThis Dancing Red Light Man Could Stop Pedestrians Walking into Traffic
Wait, did that red light man just dance?
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NewsNick Cave Has Created an Online Museum of Important Shit
Nick Cave thinks your drawerfuls of memories are important.
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NewsThe Southern Lights Could Be Brightening Our Skies This Week
This is one of those rare times where Tasmania is 100% the place to be.
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NewsYour Guide to Queenstown Part Two: Where to Eat
Celebrity chef Josh Emmett’s Queenstown fort and a contemporary ‘Polynasian’ restaurant are just some of the foodie highlights of the town.
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Queenstown really is a movie star in its own right.
