• News

    Ethiopia’s WarkaWater Towers Gather Drinking Water from the Air

    An ingeniously simple way to boost access to clean drinking water.

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    Meet Ooho, the Water Bottle You Can Eat

    Reduce landfill with your stomach.

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    World’s First Flying Wind Farm Set to Launch

    It's a bird; it's a plane; no, it's a super windmill.

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    New App Cloak Makes Avoiding Your ‘Friends’ Simple

    Keep your exes and frenemies at a definite distance.

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    Imogen Heap Takes to Kickstarter with Computer-Controlling Mi.Mu Glove

    Right now, they make music. But soon, they could give us the home equivalent of Tony Stark's studio.

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

    Artist Transforms Everyday Wooden Objects into Art

    Yes, his name is Maskull Lasserre. What a dude.

  • News

    Solar-Powered Desk Charges Devices Through Photosynthesis

    New technology can even make use of solar power indoors.

  • News

    Crowdfunding Hospitality: IconPark’s New Approach to the Pop-Up

    The phrase 'vote to keep your favourite in the house' just got interesting.

  • News

    The Imaginative Twitterature of the Twitter Fiction Festival

    A mad rush of lies, poetry and parody accounts, all under the #twitterfiction hashtag.

  • News

    Ten Years of Nike Free

    We look into ten years of Nike Free

Latest Events
  • 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

    The Fall Guy

    Wednesday, April 24 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024

    Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

    Ryan Gosling is at his most charming — including while batting around screwball banter with Emily Blunt — in this dynamic action/rom-com ode to stunt performers.

  • Event

    Abigail

    Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024

    Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

    The directors of 'Ready or Not' turn their attention to monster movies in this deliciously entertaining heist-meets-vampire flick.

  • Event

    Challengers

    Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024

    Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

    For 'Call Me By Your Name' director Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist star in a smash of a tennis- and love triangle-fuelled drama.

  • 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.

  • Event

    Robot Dreams

    Thursday, April 25 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024

    Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

    This Oscar-nominated animated gem explores love, loneliness, finding a connection and facing fate's chaos through the friendship of a dog and a robot.

  • Event

    Origin

    Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024

    Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

    'Selma' and 'A Wrinkle in Time; filmmaker Ava DuVernay returns with a sensitive, sincere and supremely smart biopic that's also an exploration of caste systems.

  • Event

    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.

  • News

    Read a Thousand Page Novel in Ten Hours with New App Spritz

    Turn your uni reading list into child's play.

  • News

    Amsterdam’s Public Urinals to Turn Pee into Food

    Fertiliser without phosphorous is kind of like coffee without caffeine.

  • News

    New York Reimagined as a Self-Sustaining City

    It's futuristic New York, but not as Ridley Scott would imagine it.

  • News

    Beyonce Just Got an Emoji Makeover

    The visual album taken to its logical conclusion.

  • News

    Ten Incredible Home Hacks

    Interior design is one thing. Home hacking is quite another.

  • News

    New App 3nder Puts Threesomes at Your Fingertips

    Threesomes just got weirdly clinical.

  • News

    Turning Damaged Christchurch Homes into Art Projects

    If you had all the material from one house at your disposal, what would you create?

  • News

    Snore-Activated Pillow Gives Noisy Bedfellows a Nudge

    Because love might be blind, but deaf it is not.

  • News

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

    Nike is out to preserve your childhood dreams.

  • News

    Wanted: The Best Deputy Editor in the Business

    Are you an authority on pop culture, music, food, drink, events and city life?

  • News

    LED Cork Upcycles Empty Bottles into Lamps

    A simple yet ingenious invention.

  • News

    The Whole Solar System in Your Wristwatch

    You can almost hear the music of the spheres with this unusual timepiece.

  • News

    Abandoned Parisian Metro Stations Reimagined as Pools, Theatres and Clubs

    One Parisian mayoral candidate has big infrastructure recycling plans.

  • News

    Facebook Turns Ten, Gifts You with a Great App and Weird Video

    You've spent nigh on ten years procrastinating on Facebook. Hooray?

  • News

    World’s Biggest Solar-Powered Bridge Launched in London

    Enough power to make 80,000 cups of tea per day.

  • News

    Ten Outdoor Accessories to Make Your Next Camping Trip the Ultimate

    Summer is here, which means that it's time to leave the den. Might as well do it in style.

  • News

    Could Crowdfunding Stop AIDS in Its Tracks?

    A team of US scientists wants to develop a vaccine and give it away for free.

  • News

    New Site Behomm Offers Home Swaps for Artists and Designers

    Never stay in an ugly (or normal) house again.

  • News

    New Google Glass Frames Markedly Less Jarring Than the Original

    Wearable technology just got rather more wearable.

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