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    Don't throw away your shot to see the most talked-about theatre production of the past decade when it finally hits Aotearoa — without breaking the bank.

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  • Restaurant

    House of Dumplings

    117 Taranaki Street, Wellington

    You will have your dumpling and eat it too.

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    Southern 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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    St John’s

    5 Cable Street, Wellington

    Bean bags with your beersies? Yeah, go on.

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    Baobab

    152 Riddiford St, Newtown

    A Newtown cultural institution.

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    Ekim Burgers

    257 Cuba St, Te Aro

    The best homemade burgers that you can’t actually make at home.

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    Enigma

    128 Courtenay Place, Te Aro

    Goliath-sized burgers and laid-back staff make Enigma a great late night haunt.

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    Bebemos

    88 Riddiford Street, Wellington

    The laid-back Latin craft beer bar houses over 60 different types of beers.

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    Fidel’s Cafe

    234 Cuba Street, Wellington

    Cuba Street's Cuban icon.

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    Sweet Mother's Kitchen

    5 Courtenay Place, Wellington

    New Orleans staples fused with Mexican snack food.

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    Tommy Millions

    Cnr Courtenay Place And Taranaki Street, Wellington

    Big fans of Tommy.

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    Good news, everyone! Life in the 31st century is heading back to the small screen, starting in July.

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    Screening at Dark Mofo and Sydney Film Festival, Soda Jerk's first film since 'TERROR NULLIUS' is another stunning sample-fuelled piece of political art.

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    Your mission, should you choose to accept it: watch Tom Cruise ride a motorcycle off a cliff.

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    Big changes are on the menu when this acclaimed Jeremy Allen White-starring dramedy returns this winter.

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    The 'Field of Light' artist has added another glowing sight to Australia's Red Centre, this time featuring 69 two-metre towers.

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    Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos Step Into 'Frankenstein' Territory in the First 'Poor Things' Trailer 

    After 'The Favourite', this pair has joined forces again to tell the tale of a woman resurrected by an unorthodox scientist.

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    'The Great' Keeps Living Up to Its Name in the Period Comedy's Delightfully Darker Third Season

    Huzzah! This satirical take on Catherine the Great's reign keeps proving a savage and witty charmer.

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    Charlie Brooker's hit sci-fi series will drop five new episodes on Netflix sometime in June.

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    The body-swap classic is switching decades, with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis expected to return — while Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder are back with the poltergeists.

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    The World Is Not Prepared in the New Trailer for Christopher Nolan's Atomic Bomb Drama 'Oppenheimer' 

    The countdown is on to the 'Inception' and 'Tenet' director's next star-studded film, which arrives in cinemas in July.

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    Apple TV's Page-to-Screen Thriller 'Silo' Is Streaming's Next Gripping (and Great) Sci-Fi Mystery

    What happens when humanity's last 10,000 inhabitants are left living in an underground chamber? That's this new standout's instantly engrossing story.

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    Dr Martens and Vans are bringing their annual music showcases Down Under — plus the first dose of local musicians have been added to the debut SXSW Sydney lineup.

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    The Kates are back, this time creating, writing and executive producing this Tasmania-set small-town murder-mystery.

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    Austin Butler and Florence Pugh join the 'Dune' cast in this sandy sequel to 2021's Oscar-winning blockbuster.

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    Move over 'The King of Staten Island' — co-starring the great Joe Pesci and Edie Falco, this series gets satirical with the ex-'SNL' comedian’s life and fame.

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    Get excited, film lovers — everything from Oscar-nominees to Sundance hits are coming to Aotearoa.

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    The hit video game series is heading to cinemas, in a film that draws upon professional driver Jann Mardenborough's real-life story.

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    More cute critters are on their way to your streaming queue, paired with Attenborough's narration, in 'Our Planet II'.

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    Here's your first look at Prince William at university with Kate Middleton, too.

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    "Just for the next hour, we're going to feel good together, and then we can head back out there and be the mass-extinction event that we are."

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    This massive party features everything from music and cocktail lounges through to punk theatre and junkyard raves.

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    Everyone from Aaron Paul and Annie Murphy to Salma Hayek Pinault and Zazie Beetz stars in the sci-fi series' long-awaited return.

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