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Real Groovy Queen Street Set For Demolition

Not so groovy.

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Concrete Playground Wants You

We are looking for an additional freelance cultural connoisseur based in either Wellington or Auckland.

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Watch Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in the First Macbeth Trailer

Australian director Justin Kurzel's highly anticipated follow-up to Snowtown.

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American Football is Coming to New Zealand Next Year

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

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Elizabeth Rose's New Single Is an Anthem for Marriage Equality

With sale proceeds being used to help fight discrimination. What a legend.

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Brilliant Things to Do in Wellington This June

Leave your hot water bottle at home.

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The Best Things to Do in Wellington This Week

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Why Is Tame Impala Suing Their Ex-Record Label Modular?

Kevin Parker's on the warpath.

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Five Semi-Permanent Speakers We're Excited to See

Only a month to go.

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Converse Are Winging Bands to the Best Studios on Earth

Just don't forget your drumsticks.

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See Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away as an 8-Bit Video Game

Hayao Miyazaki's beloved film, as an adorable platform adventure.

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Ken Griffen's 'Face Value' Distills Superficial Encounters into Art

The Huffer art director's first solo exhibition is a series of disembodied remainders of fleeting relationships.

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Changes Galore for Gisborne's Rhythm and Vines Festival

It's a new year for the New Year's festival.

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The Seven Best Cinemas in Wellington

A museum cinema hybrid, Wellington's oldest cinema and a theatre stacked with comfy armchairs.

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The Winner of the 2015 Billy T Award Has Been Named

Props, costume changes and audience participation = maximum lols.

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Brilliant Advice, Lessons and Revelations from the Auckland Writers Festival

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Some Very Good Reasons to Head to this Week's Red Bull Sound Select

In case you were planning a quiet night in this week.

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Here is a Movie Theatre Truck That Delivers to Your Doorstep

The pure potential of an actual, literal, motion picture.

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Blur Now Have Their Own Official 'Magic Whip' Ice Cream

For sharing with all the people, so many people.

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The Winners of the 2015 Music Managers Awards Have Been Announced

Celebrating the often-unsung heroes of the music industry.

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The 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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Watch the First Trailer for New Parks and Rec-Style Muppets Show

Muppets in mockumentary format. Would watch.

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New Streaming Site Launched to Promote New Zealand Music

How many grannies you know roll like this?

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Wes Anderson Designed a Cafe That Looks Like One of His Movie Sets

You'd better believe it's kitschy as blazes.

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Humans of New York's Brandon Stanton Photographed the 2015 Met Gala

Ordinary people as celebrities, celebrities as ordinary people.

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This Trailer for Studio Ghibli's Final Film Has Already Broken Our Hearts

Catch a glimpse of When Marnie Was There, Ghibli's last feature.

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Win One of Ten Double Passes to David Bowie Is

A journey through the creative headspace of David Bowie.

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Win Tickets to See It Follows

We encourage you to use protection at this movie.

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The STD Ghost, Pubertal Werewolves and the History of Sex in Horror Movies

Worth your time: the new movie whose protagonist is haunted by an anthropomorphised STD.

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Han Solo Shows Up in the New Star Wars Trailer

Laugh it up, fuzzballs.

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Red Bull Sound Select Are Giving Away Free Wax on Record Store Day

Break music.

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Splendour in the Grass Announces 2015 Lineup

Cat's out of the bag — for real this time.

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Arrested Development Is Locked in for 17 New Episodes

Come on.

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For $10,000 a Night You Too Can Stay in New Zealand's Most Expensive Hotel Suite

Better start saving.

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Great Kitten Could Be the World's First Cat Cinema

Cat cafes are heading to a whole new level.

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Brilliant Free Things to Do in Wellington This April

Luckily, life doesn't have to be stingy just because you are.

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Jay Z Announces First Ever Artist-Owned Streaming Service

"People really feel like music is free, but will pay $6 for water."

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The Ten Best First Date Destinations in Wellington

Places to let your Tinder matches kindle into romance.

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The X-Files Returns to TV After 13 Years

The truth is still out there.

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The Black Keys Cancel Asia Pacific Tour

"You just can’t have The Black Keys with no drums."

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Jimmy Kimmel Pranks SXSW Punters with the Ol' Fake Band Stunt

"What do you think of DJ Gluten... hard to tolerate?"

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Nine 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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See the Eye-Opening Pictures from the 2015 World Press Photo Contest

The world's best photojournalism.

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