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    You Can Now Explore the International Space Station with Google Street View

    Charting the planet humanity walks on just wasn't enough, so Google Maps has ventured 400 kilometres above.

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    This Spinning Indoor Garden Brings a Veggie Patch to Any Space

    The round, rotating system can grow around 100 plants in about half a square metre of space.

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    This Australian Company Wants to Recycle Old Coffee Grounds Into Brew-Infused Sheets

    Turning yesterday's cuppas into today's odour-eliminating, moisture-wicking bedding.

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    Australian Supermarkets Put the Environment First, Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags

    Woolworths, Coles and Harris Farm will all stop providing bags from 2018.

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    This Dutch Dance Club Is Powered By Food Waste

    Rotterdam's new hangout turns fruit and vegetables into energy, and prints furniture from leftovers.

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    Nocar Cargo is Wellington's One-Man Sustainable Delivery Service

    Chatting bikes and local business with the man who made a job out of his love for cycling and working with interesting Wellington folk.

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    Concrete Playground Meets the Designers Behind Minimalist Label Wayward St

    Debunking the rules of design with a by-product of New Zealand's dairy industry.

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    Ten Sustainable Hacks For Keeping Cool Without Air Conditioning This Summer

    Fill up the ice bucket, buy a spray bottle and put your sheets in the freezer.

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    France Has Opened The World's First Solar-Powered Road

    It'll generate enough energy to power a Normandy town's street lights.

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    A Vodka Company Is Turning Yesterday's Cocktails Into Today's Hand Soap

    Drinking fruity, boozy beverages just became much more sustainable.

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    This New App Helps You Make Sustainable Seafood Choices

    Don't trout yourself when it comes to the fish menu.

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    Shop Ethically With Newly-Launched App Good on You

    Putting the power back in the hands of shoppers.

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    Crowdfunded Solar Powered Highways Are Actually Happening

    This week, a crowdfunding campaign saw over $2.2m raised for Route 66. It's happening.

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    Well Made Clothes Making Ethical Easy

    There's timely conversation about ethical fashion among designers and consumers alike at the moment.

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    IKEA Is Now Selling Hydroponics to Let You Grow an Indoor Garden

    Grow some basil and butter lettuce on your kitchen bench.

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    This Company Uses Discarded Fabric to Make First-Rate Panel Caps

    Plus, score yourself one of two handmade Offcut Caps.

Latest Events
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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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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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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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    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.

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    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

    France Are Paving Their Roads With Solar Panels

    The panels could soon be powering the French nation.

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    This Company Specialises in Portable Shipping Container Farms

    Take your vertical garden to the next level.

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    Charge-As-You-Drive Electric Car Lanes Are Coming

    Owning an electric car just got seriously more practical thanks to this UK project.

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    You'll Soon Be Able to Print Your Own Living Pot Plants

    Be a green thumb without getting your hands dirty.

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    New Cycleways Worth $333 Million Are Coming Your Way, New Zealand

    You get a cycleway! You get a cycleway! Everybody gets a cycleway!

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    The Future of Bike Parking is Here, and This is What It Looks Like

    It is kind of like a vending machine but for your bike.

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    Litter All You Want With These Plantable Coffee Cups

    Going one better than recyclable cups, these Kickstarter gems are ticking seed bombs.

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    An Abandoned Bus Station in Tijuana is Now Leading a Tech Revolution

    You're looking at the start of what could quite possibly become a Mexican Silicon Valley.

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    Could This New Sky Garden Be The Workplace of the Future?

    Forget the tedium of the office cubicle. The future is harvesting your own lunch, wearable tech and abseiling during coffee breaks.

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    Penguins with Type B Personalities More Likely to Survive Climate Change

    A bird's individual personality type could increase its chances of coping with environmental change.

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    This Durable Cardboard Bike Costs Just $10 to Make

    A bike so cheap that it's not even worth the energy deployed in trying to steal it.

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    Dutch Lottery Helps Sea Shephard Stop Illegal Fishing in the Southern Ocean

    New 8.3-million-Euro boat will help save the Antarctic eco-system.

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    Meet the Cutest Ever, Bike-Towable Campervan

    Consider the Wide Path Camper on all our Christmas lists.

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    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.

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