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NewsTen Films and TV Comedies You Can Stream to Brighten Up Your Week
From hilarious 80s satires to heartwarming rom-coms, these flicks and shows will provide you with some much-needed comic relief.
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NewsPixar's Latest Film 'Onward' Is Being Fast-Tracked to Video on Demand and Disney+
Cinemas are currently closed, but you'll soon be able to watch this Chris Pratt and Tom Holland-starring elf story on your couch.
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NewsA Heap of Recent Cinema Releases Are Being Fast-Tracked to Streaming in New Zealand
Cinemas across New Zealand are currently closed, but you can now watch 'Birds of Prey', 'The Gentlemen' and 'Just Mercy' at home.
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NewsYou Can Now Tour One of Yayoi Kusama's Glittering Infinity Rooms From Your Couch
Take a 14-and-a-half-minute peek inside one of the Japanese artist's famous creations, complete with an immersive soundtrack.
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NewsThe Wild True-Crime Tale Behind Netflix's 'Tiger King' Is Being Turned Into a Kate McKinnon-Starring Drama Series
You've binged your way through the streaming platform's docuseries — now add a dramatised take on the tale to your must-watch list.
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NewsFive Captivating Podcasts to Help Make Your Time at Home a Bit More Interesting
Get lost in a gripping true-crime mystery, learn a new language or binge a nine-episode show about a hacker mum.
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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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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
'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them them all now.
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NewsSay Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game
Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2024 Academy Awards
Will 'Oppenheimer' sweep the Oscars? What else will win? What should but won't? Here are our predictions.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 32 of 2024's Oscar-Nominated Movies in New Zealand Right Now
From 'Barbenheimer' and twists on 'Frankenstein' to animated 'Spider-Man' antics and devastating documentaries, here's where to watch 2024's Oscar contenders.
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NewsTen Films About Pandemics, Contagions and Outbreaks You Can Stream Right Now
Watching films like 'Contagion' and 'Outbreak' right now can be weirdly comforting, but do remember it is still fiction.
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NewsEight New Books to Read While You're Spending More Time Indoors
Explore the underbelly of 1980s Queensland, enter a fictional dystopian world or learn how to get your money sorted.
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NewsSofa King Fest Is the New Website Curating the Best Music Live-Streams from Across the World
Watch Willie Nelson, Cypress Hill, A-Trak and Diplo perform live and help raise money for artists who've had gigs cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsThe New Zealand Government Has Announced a Mass Closure of Non-Essential Services
All bars, restaurants, cafes, gyms, cinemas, pools, museums, libraries, playgrounds will close from midnight Wednesday, 25 March.
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News'Devs' Is the Mind-Bending New Sci-Fi Series You'll Want to Add to Your Streaming Queue ASAP
Starring Nick Offerman, it's set within a huge tech company that's working on a secret quantum computing project.
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NewsNetflix Party Is the Browser Plug-In That Lets You Stream with Friends While Social Distancing
Available for Google Chrome, it lets you keep your viewing parties going — even when everyone is staying in their respective homes.
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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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NewsHBO Has Dropped the Full Trailer for 'Run', the New Romantic-Comedy Thriller From the 'Fleabag' Team
It stars Merritt Wever ('Unbelievable') and Domhnall Gleeson ('Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker') — and features Phoebe Waller-Bridge, too.
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GuideHere's How COVID-19 Is Affecting New Zealand's Hospitality and Arts Scenes
Here's where you can stay up to date on how coronavirus is impacting your city.
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GuideThe Best Virtual Events to Hit Up If Cabin Fever Is Starting to Set In
Get 'out of the house' with live opera, gallery tours and couch choirs.
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NewsThis Year's Eurovision Song Contest Has Been Cancelled
It's the first time the song contest won't go ahead in the event's six-decade history.
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News'Cats' Is the Worst Film of 2019 According to the Razzie Awards
The singing moggy-filled musical picked up six awards at this year's Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture of the past 12 months, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay
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NewsThe New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Is Looking to Live-Stream Cancelled Performances
Following the Government's decision to ban non-essential organised gatherings of 500 or more people.
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NewsThe New Zealand Government Has Announced a Ban on Events of More Than 500 People
It will include public events held both indoors and outdoors.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Statement on COVID-19: Let's Continue to Support Local Businesses
Going out might not be at the top of your to-do list right now, but you can help small businesses without leaving your apartment.
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NewsHere's What Has Been Cancelled, Postponed and Suspended Across New Zealand Due to COVID-19
From the Piha Pro to Homegrown and Beervana, here's where the industry has been hit.
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NewsNew York's Metropolitan Opera Is Live-Streaming Performances for Free During Its Coronavirus Shutdown
You'll be able to stream a different opera from the famous NY institution every night.
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NewsCh-Check Out the First Trailer for Apple TV+'s New Beastie Boys Live Documentary
Like many of the hip hop group's music videos, it's directed by Spike Jonze.
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NewsThe First Teasers for the Second Season of the US Version of 'What We Do in the Shadows' Are Here
Staten Island's vampires are back for ten more episodes.
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Netflix's Wild New Docuseries 'Tiger King' Is About to Become Your Next True-Crime Binge
In its just-dropped trailer, you'll meet Joe Exotic — and dive into his world of lions, tigers, eccentricity, polygamy and murder-for-hire.
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NewsCoachella 2020 Has Been Postponed Due to Coronavirus
Set to be headlined by Travis Scott, Frank Ocean and Rage Against the Machine, the huge Californian music festival will now take place in October.
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NewsThe Best of Berlinale 2020: Ten Films We Can't Wait to Hit Cinemas Down Under
We hopped over to the Berlin International Film Festival to get the jump on what's coming soon to cinemas.
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News'The Eddy' Is Netflix's New Parisian Jazz Club-Set Drama Series From the Director of 'La La Land'
The eight-episode drama follows a New York jazz pianist who now co-owns a struggling Parisian club.
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NewsTaika Waititi Is Making Two New Animated Netflix Shows Based on 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'
They're part of the streaming platform's previously announced plans to adapt 16 of Roald Dahl's classic books.
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NewsSXSW 2020 Has Been Cancelled Due to Coronavirus
It's the first time in 34 years that the huge annual music and film festival won't take place.
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NewsThe Release of New Bond Film 'No Time to Die' Has Been Delayed Due to Coronavirus
Daniel Craig's last outing as 007 won't hit the big screens until November.
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NewsA Huge Surrealism Exhibition Is Coming to Wellington
The exhibition will be the largest collection of Surrealist art ever to be shown in New Zealand.
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NewsThe First Unsettling Trailer for Jordan Peele's New 'Candyman' Sequel Is Here
Just don't say his name while looking into a mirror.
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NewsThe NZ International Comedy Festival Has Been Cancelled for 2020
Due to the critical developments of the COVID-19 situation.
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NewsThe Full Trailer for 'Westworld' Season Three Is Here
This season will venture outside of the titular amusement park — with Aaron Paul joining the cast.
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NewsThe Cast of 'Friends' Is Heading Back to Your TV Screen for a Reunion Special
The original cast are officially reuniting for an unscripted special on new US streaming platform HBO Max.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass Announces 2020 Lineup Led by Flume, Midnight Oil and Tyler, The Creator
Dust off your gumboots — it's a big one.
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NewsThe New Zealand French Film Festival Has Dropped Its 2020 Lineup
With 30 formidable films on offer, including twisty whodunnits, insightful documentaries and the second highest-grossing French film of 2019.
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NewsTen Things You Need to See and Do at New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2020
The 18th edition of the biennial arts and culture celebration is back with virtual reality experiences, gorgeous indie folk and a concert for dogs.
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NewsAlanis Morissette Is Bringing Her 'Jagged Little Pill' 25th Anniversary Tour to New Zealand
The famed 90s singer is heading to Auckland as part of a world tour.
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NewsWhat You Can and Can't Do Under New Zealand's COVID-19 Alert Level 2
Auckland is moving to Alert Level 2 for at least five days.
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NewsCheck Out the First Trailer for 'Run', HBO's New Romantic-Comedy Thriller From the 'Fleabag' Team
It's executive produced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge — and she pops up on-screen, too.
