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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.

Latest Guides
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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

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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.

Latest Places
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    House of Dumplings

    117 Taranaki Street, Wellington

    You will have your dumpling and eat it too.

  • Bar

    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.

  • Bar

    St John’s

    5 Cable Street, Wellington

    Bean bags with your beersies? Yeah, go on.

  • Cafe

    Baobab

    152 Riddiford St, Newtown

    A Newtown cultural institution.

  • Restaurant

    Ekim Burgers

    257 Cuba St, Te Aro

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

  • Cafe

    Enigma

    128 Courtenay Place, Te Aro

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

  • Bar

    Bebemos

    88 Riddiford Street, Wellington

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

  • Cafe

    Fidel’s Cafe

    234 Cuba Street, Wellington

    Cuba Street's Cuban icon.

  • Cafe

    Sweet Mother's Kitchen

    5 Courtenay Place, Wellington

    New Orleans staples fused with Mexican snack food.

  • Restaurant

    Tommy Millions

    Cnr Courtenay Place And Taranaki Street, Wellington

    Big fans of Tommy.

  • News

    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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