• News

    Build Your Own Smartphone With Google's Project Ara

    Pick and choose the components of your phone. Nice one, Google.

  • News

    Ship Your Enemies Glitter From This Vengeful New Website

    Using the "herpes of the craft world" as a weapon.

  • News

    Eight Gadgets Attempting to Improve Your Life in 2015

    Post-CES 2015, we're keen for our belts to tighten, plants to water and kettles to boil themselves.

  • News

    New Instagram Camera Takes Polaroid Full Circle

    It's ridiculous, pretty and we want one.

  • News

    This Contraption Tweets Every Time You Take a Bite of Food

    From the makers of the iPad strapped to someones head.

  • News

    The Eight Best Secret Bars in Wellington

    Wellington bars don't always have the most conventional of locations. Some are found at the end of a traverse up an unmarked rickety wooden stairwell, others a little walk down a dodgy-looking back alleyway, or even hidden inside another bar's closet.

  • News

    Your Old Mood Ring is Now Legit, Stress-Reporting Wearable Tech

    A ring that helps us de-stress? Proposal accepted.

  • News

    Meet the Cutest Ever, Bike-Towable Campervan

    Consider the Wide Path Camper on all our Christmas lists.

Latest Places
  • Bar

    Karaka Cafe

    1 Cable Street, Lambton

    Beanbags and beer, anyone?

  • Bar

    Mac’s Brewbar

    4 Taranaki Street, Te Aro

    An excellent go-to when everyone in your group is too polite to say where they want to go.

  • Restaurant

    Prefab

    14 Jessie Street, Te Aro

    Prefab is so perfect it’s almost painful.

  • Restaurant

    Loretta

    181 Cuba Street, Wellington

    Loretta exemplifies industrial chic.

  • Restaurant

    Logan Brown

    192 Cuba St, Te Aro

    Eating at Logan Brown feels like eating a five star meal at your best friend's place.

  • Bar

    Bebemos

    88 Riddiford Street, Wellington

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

  • Bar

    Charley Noble

    1 Post Office Square, Wellington

    Charley Noble's menu boasts of simple, casual but high-quality food.

  • Bar

    The Rogue and Vagabond

    18 Garrett Street, Wellington

    The bar has live music, a resident bulldog and some of the best craft beers in town.

  • Restaurant

    Fidel’s Cafe

    234 Cuba Street, Wellington

    Cuba Street's Cuban icon.

  • Restaurant

    Arthur’s

    272 Cuba Street, Te Aro

    Arthur's occupies a two-storey Edwardian building filled with a collection of knick-knacks that ten grandmas combined would struggle to beat.

  • News

    Sweden Made Illustrated Stamps of Robyn and First Aid Kit Because Sweden

    Sweden once again proves they're cooler than everyone.

  • News

    The World Would Be a Better Place If Our Coins Looked Like This

    Finally, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are getting the recognition they deserve.

  • News

    This Artist is Testing Our Tastebuds With Dangerously Impractical Ice Blocks

    Even more dangerous than the plastic corners of Zooper Doopers.

  • News

    Win an Ilabb Essentials Kit

    Ilabb gears up for grabs.

  • News

    Fashion News // Races Fashion

    For many, a day at the races is more of a fashion contest than a horse race.

Latest Events
  • Event

    IF

    Thursday, May 16 - Wednesday, June 5, 2024

    Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

    Instead of aliens in 'A Quiet Place' and its sequel, John Krasinski ponders a world where imaginary friends are real in this warmly whimsical family-friendly fantasy.

  • Event

    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.

  • Event

    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.

  • Event

    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.

  • News

    This Device Could Make Your Cheap Whiskey Taste Good in Just 24 Hours

    Three years of ageing in one day. That's one hell of a life hack.

  • News

    Are Smartphones Responsible For the Death of Conversation?

    This photo series will make you think twice before reaching for the phone.

  • News

    The World’s Largest Underwater Sculpture Also Acts as an Artificial Reef

    That one time dumping 60 tonnes of foreign material in the ocean was a good thing.

  • News

    Should We Be Excited About the New iPads and iMacs?

    Their screens are thinner than a pencil.

  • News

    Fashion News /// Karen Walker, Coach, G Shock + Converse $100 Giveaway

    This week's fashion wrap up features Karen Walker, Coach, G-Shock and Converse.

  • News

    Charge Your Phone By Dancing With This Genius New Device

    Trade in those power bills for some Beyonce.

  • News

    See the World’s Strangest Architecture with These Award-Winning Photographs

    Straight up weekday escapism from the World Architecture Festival.

  • News

    The Genius A4-Sized Memobottle Fits in Your Laptop Bag

    So slick you hardly notice it's there.

  • News

    Win a $500 Wardrobe with Fallenfront.co.nz

    Win some kitty with Tiger and Fallenfront.

  • News

    Forget Yo: Beer?! is the Ridiculous Messaging App We Can Actually Use

    An app that's as simple as it gets. It's about drinking beer. Soon. Possibly with you.

  • News

    Pantone Beer Could Solve All Your Rookie Questions at the Bar

    Take the guesswork out of ordering with a delicious 4975C.

  • News

    Survive Your Digital Detox with the NoPhone

    Spoiler: it's a block of plastic.

  • News

    Would You Cruise Around in This Stained Glass Car?

    The car of the future: less about function, more about art.

  • News

    Fashion News /// The Guilty Ones, Nike Tech Pack, Karen Walker + Win an Assembly Label Wardrobe

    Fashion News /// New Zealand Fashion Week, Karen Walker at NYFW, Flat Shoe Trend, Nike Air Max Lunar 1, Nike Tech Pack, Assembly Label, Cheap Mondays

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