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    Finalists revealed for the 2014 Taite Music Prize

    Recognising outstanding creativity for an entire collection of music contained on one album.

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    Jimmy Fallon Hosts His First Tonight Show, Dances Through Hip Hop History with Will Smith

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    Back to the Future’s Self-Tying Laces Might Soon Be Real

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    Win Tickets to The Past

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    Win Tickets to The Rocket

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    See the Stunning Winners in the 2014 World Press Photo Contest

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Latest Guides
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    Detroit Chef Creates a 10-Course Menu Based on Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’

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    The Ten Must-Sees of Splore 2014

    One part music festival, one part art installation and two parts incredible vibe.

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    Ty the Rapper, Being Frank as Per Usual

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    Wanted: The Best Deputy Editor in the Business

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    Ten Crazy Things People Have Done in the Name of Live Art

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    Send a Little Guerrilla Kindness to Christchurch

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    Rainbow Sochi Google Doodle Targets Anti-Gay Laws in Russia

    The online giant joins activists all over the world.

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    Forgotify – 4 million songs never streamed

    A streamless treasure trove of music.

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    A Bluffer’s Guide to Street Art with WERT159

    A little bit of a how-to guide on the elusive public art form.

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    Terry Gilliam Goes Back to the Future with The Zero Theorem

    Everything's normal when math whizz Christoph Waltz and David Thewlis in a tiger suit get together.

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    Composer Turns Bicycle Into a Musical Instrument

    Are they spokes or oversized strings?

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    Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

    Thursday, May 9 - Wednesday, May 29, 2024

    Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

    More than half a century after the first film, Hollywood's paws are still on this sci-fi franchise — and this is a thoughtful and engaging new instalment.

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    Boy Kills World

    Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024

    Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

    Bill Skarsgård makes a mesmerising action star in this cartoonishly OTT revenge flick that's produced by iconic 'Evil Dead' filmmaker Sam Raimi.

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    Back to Black

    Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024

    Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

    Amy Winehouse was anything but formulaic, but the same can't be said about this by-the-numbers biopic about the British singer.

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    Ahsin Ahsin: Turbo Croc 2.0

    Saturday, February 3 - Sunday, May 19, 2024

    City Gallery Wellington, Wellington

    Prepare to step into an alternative world at this mind-bending exhibition.

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    Four Ideas from the Movie Her We Actually Want in Our Future

    There are no dystopian trappings in Spike Jonze's vision of the future.

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    Samantha Jones Hilariously Dirties Up Spike Jonze’s Film Her

    Theodore Twombly's new artificially intelligent operating system is crude, lewd and incredibly rude.

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    Concrete Playground is Looking For Wellington Writers

    For those who like free things in life.

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    How War Became Both Beautiful and Traumatic for The Railway Man

    Jonathan Teplitzky on war, visual irony and how Gen Ys respond to silence.

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    The Dutch Masters Recreated as Astonishing Entomological Displays

    Seventeeth-century portraits get a beautiful and complex 21st-century update.

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    Concrete Playground Meets Douglas Moores

    With the exhibition now under way, we had the chance to catch up with Douglas and hear a little about the how and why of our Kiwi ingenuity.

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    Tim Minchin to Turn Groundhog Day into a Musical

    The same songs over and over again?

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    Coachella 2014 Lineup Announced

    It features a reunited Outkast and a gee-whiz number of Antipodeans.

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    Artist Toon-Bombs Toronto with Googly Eyes

    Liberty Village's local monsters revealed.

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    Off The Radar Festival comes to New Zealand

    All kinds of "off the radar" stuff.

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    Something’s Just a Little Off in These Photographs by Patrice Letarnec

    Fall head over heels in love with the French artist's quirky photography.

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    The Artists of the Heineken Baseline Afterparty 2014

    You can't hold a lad from Papakura back.

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    The Ten Best New Zealand Summer Music Festivals

    We round up ten of the best music festivals taking place across the country this summer.

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    The Fire & Light Midnight Show at Rhythm & Vines

    Fireballs, electroluminescent dancers, bolts of lightning, pyrotechnics and Kim Dotcom.

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    The Bluffer’s Guide to Astronomy Photography wth Mark Gee

    The Astronomy Photographer of the Year lends some trade secrets.

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    Ten Gourmet Winter Getaways

    These hotel dining rooms draw food critics like thirsty wildebeest to a watering hole.

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    Ten Film-Inspired Luxury Getaways

    We've reviewed the new releases and flipped through the DVD cabinet to bring you ten jaw-dropping locations.

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    Tron: Legacy Inspires Icehotel Art Suite

    British designers/sci-fi fans redesign Sweden's icehotel, Tron: Legacy style.

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