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NewsYou Can Now Drink on the Streets of Manhattan Without Fearing Arrest
The New York City island has decriminalised drinking alcohol in public.
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NewsBuy-One, Give-One Start-up Eat My Lunch is Expanding to Wellington
Creating positive social change one lunch at a time.
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NewsThe #GETITIN Campaign is a Gateway to Leading a Healthier Lifestyle
And you can kick it off with a nutritious recipe courtesy of Simone Anderson.
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Guide21 Wellington Bars and Restaurants that are the Perfect First Date Spot
Just try to have a bad night in one of these dimly-lit corners.
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NewsWin a Booking at The Lost Society Cocktail Bar at Splore 2016
A secret cocktail destination for you and three friends.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Wellington This Week
Spot native creatures on a twilight stroll through an eco-sanctuary, or treat yourself to one of this Cuba Street eatery’s famed midweek gnocchi feasts.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Wellington This Weekend
Stroll through Zealandia at sunset, then check out the adorable origami sculptures outside Te Papa.
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GuideThe Cosiest Wellington Bars to Warm Up in During Winter
Get out of the winter windchill and warm up with a bold red or spiced cocktail at one of these local haunts.
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GuideFive Spots to Enjoy Bottomless Boozy Brunch in Wellington
Start your weekend with unlimited bubbly, beer, vino and cocktails, and ruin all regular brunches forever.
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GuideThe Seven Best Beer Gardens in Wellington
The finest spots to enjoy an outdoor brew in the capital.
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Guide
21 Wellington Bars and Restaurants that are the Perfect First Date Spot
Just try to have a bad night in one of these dimly-lit corners.
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GuideThe Six Best Coffee Bars in Wellington
The quirkiest, most educational and all-round best coffee bars in Wellington.
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NewsYou Can Now Order Single Origin Coffee Via The World's First Twitter Robot
Upfront Coffee have kindly offered Concrete Playground readers their first 250g bag, delivered for only $4.
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NewsMinor Figures Bring Their Award-Winning Cold Brew Coffee Poppers to New Zealand
Ethically sourced, ready-to-drink, long-life cold coffee. Brilliant.
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NewsDeep-Blue Ink Gin Might Be the Best Looking Spirit Yet
This Australian spirit changes colour as you mix it.
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RestaurantDonnie Taco
Hannah's Laneway, Wellington
A spicy new venture from the team who brought you Golding's and Leeds Street Bakery.
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RestaurantPoppies
91 Puruatanga Road, Martinborough
Fresh, seasonal platters and $10 wine tastings are on offer at this intimate and relaxed winery, just a short drive from Wellington.
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RestaurantDaisy's
328 Tinakori Road, Wellington
The white tablecloth French classics of Tinakori Bistro have been replaced with Kiwi comfort food.
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RestaurantRosie's Red-Hot Cantina & Taco Joint
4 Queens Wharf, Wellington
This colourful new venue serves up everything from birria street tacos to corn dusted with Flaming Hot Cheetos.
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RestaurantMaster Kong
33 Customhouse Quay, Wellington
The Wellington waterfront welcomes a massive Asian fusion restaurant.
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CafeThe Grocer's Shed
30 Reef Street, Island Bay
This tiny grab-and-go cafe can be found two minutes down the road from Island Bay beach.
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RestaurantWinner Winner
46 Courtenay Place, Wellington
This new chicken joint on Courtenay Place has plenty to peck at.
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RestaurantBottega
462 Adelaide Road, Wellington
This new bite-sized Italian deli comes from the brains behind Cicio Cacio Osteria.
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RestaurantMockingbird
8 Courtenay Place, Wellington
A buzzy new spot serving vegan burgers, bowls and light bites.
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NewsFrom Sheep Paddock to Internationally Feted Winery: 30 Years of Cloudy Bay
“In the end, we’re just some ordinary guys making some wine we hope you’ll say ‘that’s delicious’ about.”
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NewsLocal Brewery Garage Project Are Making A Beer Inspired By Red Peak
Eradicating the bad taste of triple fern and hypno flag.
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NewsThis Clever New Wine Service Delivers by the Glass
Taste weird, rare and expensive wines in actually affordable vials.
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Guide
The Six Best Coffee Bars in Wellington
The quirkiest, most educational and all-round best coffee bars in Wellington.
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NewsCorona Presents The Peacekeepers for a Series of Free Mountainside Sunset Parties
Corona takes The Peacekeepers to the slopes in a series of live DJ parties.
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NewsAuckland's Booze-Free Bar Went Bust After Five Weeks Because Of Course It Did
"No one showed up."
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NewsThis Pop-Up Bar of Dreams Specialises in Breathable Booze
This could only be the work of food artists Bompas and Parr.
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NewsThe Six Best Whisky Bars in Wellington
Bars that make an impression, without going over the top.
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NewsLululemon Is Making Its Own Craft Beer
Warning for yoga geeks: don't throw out your water bottles just yet.
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NewsThe Country's First Dry Bar is Opening in Auckland
Who doesn’t love a glass of juice at four in the morning?
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NewsKombucha Beer Is on the Way
This healthy bev just became roughly 1000 percent more appealing to most.
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NewsThe Diageo World Class Cocktail Competition Winner Has Been Crowned
The Golden Ticket was Racket bar's Philip Spector's ticket to the world champs in South Africa.
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NewsWin a THING / THING x Tiger Beer Collaboration Beanie
We could all learn a thing-thing or two from street fashion master Dan Buckley.
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NewsDraught Coffee on Tap Is an Actual Thing Now
All you need are nitro kegs and a rum distillery engineer friend.
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NewsLondon's Getting Its First 'Real Time' Stock Market Bar
Where cocktail prices fluctuate in real time, according to supply and demand.
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NewsNew Zealand, You May Finally Be Getting Your Very Own Cat Cafe
With your help, The Cat Lounge will become New Zealand's first cat cafe.
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NewsSeven Modern Variations of the Negroni Cocktail to Try this Negroni Week
A good Negroni is all about balance. It's a balance of three fine liquors — gin, Campari and vermouth — that toe the very fine line between being much too bitter and just bitter enough.
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NewsElon Musk Has Sent a Zero Gravity Espresso Machine out to Space
Coffee drinking has become an out of this world experience.
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NewsNew Zealand Beer Makers Invited to Hop the Ditch (Literally)
Proving to the Aussies that there's more to beer than VB, XXXX and Summer Bay Lager.
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NewsLondon's First Members-Only Cafe Isn't as Wanky as It Sounds
The perfect working space for the officeless?
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Drink Beer Brewed with Space Yeast
You might not be able to afford to go to space, but you can afford a beer that did.
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NewsBacardi Has Created What Could Be the World's First Tea Spirit
Breakfast drinking just got legit.
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