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    Bompas and Parr Use Real Molten Lava for the Ultimate Barbecue

    Enjoy lava-seared steak in your own backyard.

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    Street Artist Invader Has Launched New Worldwide Art Hunt App

    The master of the 8-bit video game critter has launched his own game.

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    Tomorrowland’s Festival Bracelets Send Friend Requests

    Making festival friendship as easy as the press of a heart-shaped button.

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    The Digioxide Sniffs Out Pollution and Turns It Into Art

    From the creator of the self-playing Russian folk bot.

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    Finally, a Smartwatch You Can Wear Without Looking Like a Dork

    The secret to wearable tech? More wearable, less tech.

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    Scientists Have Proven the Existence of Beer Goggles

    Your one night stand just got a little more scientific.

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    Even Astronauts are Getting into the World Cup

    Throwing down some mad zero-gravity skills.

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    Taxi Drivers Protest Uber for Taking Fares

    Cabbies have finally had enough of having their grass cut.

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    The New 3D Legend of Zelda is Bigger and Prettier Than Ever

    Link has Triforced his way into more open space.

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    Artificial Intelligence is Here, As a 13-Year-Old Boy

    Not quite as terrifying as the Terminator, but still freaky.

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    Pozible Launches Hyper-Local Project Edition: The Sydney Edit

    Sydney's crowdfunding projects all in one handy place.

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    The Main Bits from Apple’s WWDC Keynote

    Your iPhone will monitor your heart rate and close the garage door.

Latest Places
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    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.

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    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.

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    Charley Noble

    1 Post Office Square, Wellington

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    New Lost iPhone App Shouts ‘Polo’ When You Yell ‘Marco’

    Track down your iPhone - even when you've left it on silent.

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    NASA is Streaming the First Live HD Video From Space

    Astronomically better than anything else you're doing right now.

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    Crowdfunded Solar Roadways Could Power the World

    An American couple wants to cover every inch of asphalt in the world with solar panels.

Latest Events
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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.

  • 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

    Civil War

    Thursday, April 11 - Wednesday, May 1, 2024

    Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

    Author-turned-filmmaker Alex Garland adds another unforgettable movie to his directorial resume, diving into a divided America with Kirsten Dunst playing a war photojournalist.

  • Event

    Late Night with the Devil

    Thursday, April 11 - Wednesday, May 1, 2024

    Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

    Led by a hypnotic David Dastmalchian as a talk-show host, this found-footage standout set in the 70s is an Aussie horror delight.

  • 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.

  • Event

    Flora and Fizz at QT Wellington

    Saturday, February 10 - Sunday, May 5, 2024

    QT Wellington, Wellington

    Indulge in Perrier-Jouët's best drops at QT Wellington's Gallery Lounge.

  • News

    Rent Joss Whedon’s Brand New Tribeca Film ‘In Your Eyes’ For Just Five Clams

    The Avengers director high-fived his fans worldwide by releasing the film online.

  • News

    Your Guide to the 10th Semi-Permanent Design Conference

    A creative platform spreading art and design inspiration.

  • News

    Scough: The Designer Scarf That Protects You from the Flu

    The Scough: an alternative to All the Oranges.

  • News

    Voice-Activated Smart BBQ Cooks Perfect Steaks When You Tell It To

    Sundays just got lazier — BBQs now come with apps.

  • News

    World’s First Flying Wind Farm Set to Launch

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

  • News

    New App Cloak Makes Avoiding Your ‘Friends’ Simple

    Keep your exes and frenemies at a definite distance.

  • News

    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.

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    The Imaginative Twitterature of the Twitter Fiction Festival

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

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

    Turn your uni reading list into child's play.

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    New App 3nder Puts Threesomes at Your Fingertips

    Threesomes just got weirdly clinical.

  • 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?

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

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

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    World’s Biggest Solar-Powered Bridge Launched in London

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

  • 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 Google Glass Frames Markedly Less Jarring Than the Original

    Wearable technology just got rather more wearable.

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    Silic: The T-shirt That Can’t Be Stained

    Go crazy. Your Silic self-cleaning T-shirt won't even notice.

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