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NewsEight Ways to Upskill Without Leaving the House
Spend your time inside learning to write with Margaret Atwood, cooking with Massimo Bottura or painting a masterpiece for your lounge room.
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NewsSeven Travel Live-Streams from Around the World That'll Make You Feel Like You're on Holidays
Virtually escape your lounge room to visit the northern lights, hang out at Tokyo's eerily quiet Shibuya Crossing or try and spot the Loch Ness Monster.
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NewsA Luxe Multimillion-Dollar Hotel and Sky Bar Is Opening at Australia's Famed Seppeltsfield Winery
It'll be surrounded by century-old vines and have penthouses, a world-class restaurant and an infinity pool.
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NewsA Bright and Beaming 'Super Pink Moon' Will Be Visible in New Zealand This Week
Head out to your backyard or balcony and look up.
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NewsTVNZ Is Broadcasting Free-to-Air Les Mills Fitness Classes During the Lockdown
Including high-intensity training, simple stretching and workouts for bored kids every Monday to Friday.
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NewsQueensland's Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary Is Live Streaming Its Furry Residents 24/7
Can't stop, won't stop watching.
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NewsThe Best Day Spas in Wellington
Treat yourself to a hot stone massage, a candle-lit coconut milk bath or a healing treatment involving lava shells at these luxury Wellington spas.
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NewsSkiing, Partying, Tunes and Bungee Jumping: Why Queenstown's Snow Machine Is a Must-Attend Fest
It may seem like just another festival on the surface, but repeat customers know this five-day blowout is so much more than that.
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NewsThe Best Ways to Celebrate Your Dad This Father's Day (or Any Day)
Let's be real — your dad doesn't want another pair of socks.
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NewsTen of the Best Walks in and Around Wellington for 2024
Wellington is a city which is best explored on foot.
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GuideEight New Zealand Hair Salons to Hit Up When You're Prepping for a Big Event for 2024
Here's where you need to go when you want to look good (as hell).
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NewsA Cyclist's Guide to Getting Out of Wellington
Look beyond the city limits for your next weekend adventure — these quality cycling experiences are accessible by car, train and ferry.
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NewsFour Outdoor Pursuits to Round Off Autumn in Wellington
Enjoy the last of those crisp but clear days.
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GuideThe Eight Best Bookstores in Wellington
Because books are a whole lot more than just a few hundred printed pages that smell really great.
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NewsAudible Is Offering a Stack of Free Audiobooks to Help Keep You Entertained While Indoors
Listen to classics like 'Frankenstein' and 'Pride and Prejudice', for nada.
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NewsEight New Books to Read While You're Spending More Time Indoors
Explore the underbelly of 1980s Queensland, enter a fictional dystopian world or learn how to get your money sorted.
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NewsThis Scenic Flight Will Let You See the World's Most Remarkable Natural Light Show
You'll cop uninterrupted views of the Southern Lights on this ten-hour flight to nowhere.
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NewsNew Zealand ANZAC Day Commemorations Have Been Cancelled Due to COVID-19
All services have been scrapped and the annual Poppy Day collection has been postponed.
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NewsSix Fun and Completely Free Ways to Work Out at Home
From Lizzo-backed dance routines to yoga classes with dogs and old-school Jane Fonda videos, here's how to work up a sweat without spending a dime.
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NewsThis Wellington Hotel Is Offering Pay-What-You-Can-Afford Rates to Stranded Travellers
Enjoy a three-night stay at the contemporary four-star property for as little as $1.
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RestaurantHouse of Dumplings
117 Taranaki Street, Wellington
You will have your dumpling and eat it too.
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BarSouthern Cross
39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro
The bar's ridiculously ‘gram-able courtyard is the perfect summer afternoon spot to sip on a cold one.
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RestaurantEkim Burgers
257 Cuba St, Te Aro
The best homemade burgers that you can’t actually make at home.
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CafeSweet Mother's Kitchen
5 Courtenay Place, Wellington
New Orleans staples fused with Mexican snack food.
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NewsThis Is What the International Space Station's First Commercial Tourist Digs Will Look Like
As part of NASA's plans to open the low-orbit facility to private astronauts — and commercial and tourism ventures — there'll also be an observatory with 360-degree views.
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NewsHamilton's Epic Hot Air Balloon Festival Is Heading Back for Its 21st Year
It features four days of balloon-related activities.
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NewsAir New Zealand Has Unveiled New Lie-Flat Economy Class Sleeping Pods
Each bunk bed-style Skynest will have room for six sleepers.
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NewsWhat You Can and Can't Do Under New Zealand's COVID-19 Alert Level 2
Auckland is moving to Alert Level 2 for at least five days.
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NewsJapan Might Soon Be Home to a Dedicated 'Harry Potter' Theme Park
Taking over an existing 94-year-old amusement park, it'll feature 'Harry Potter' sets that visitors can tour.
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NewsAtari Is Opening Its Own Chain of Video Game-Themed Hotels
From the company behind 'Asteroids', 'Centipede' and 'Pong', they'll feature plenty of gaming — and will be designed to make you feel like you're staying inside an Atari console.
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NewsThe Five Best Beaches for Learning How to Surf Around Wellington
Whether you're a first timer or looking to brush up on the basics, these locations offer the perfect beginner-friendly conditions for surfing.
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NewsMelbourne Is Getting a New Hotel Above a Bunnings So You Can Rise and Snag
A rooftop pool, 183 rooms and easy access to weekend sausage sizzles.
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NewsEuropean Winter Festival Snowboxx Is Coming to New Zealand
One week of international acts, slope-side parties and off-mountain experiences.
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NewsFour Things You Didn't Know You Could Do on New Zealand's Mt Ruapehu in Summer
The North Island's largest mountain comes to life in the warmer months with a high-speed gondola, spectacular short walks and dining options in the clouds.
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News'Fantastic Beasts' Is Being Turned Into a Huge 'Harry Potter'-Themed Natural History Exhibition
It'll showcase items from JK Rowling's Wizarding World alongside real-life creatures, specimens and artefacts — and it's set to tour the world.
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NewsThis New Museum of Hangovers Pays Tribute to Big, Blurry and Boozy Nights Out
You can also share your own hangover story with the Croatian site — and it might end up in its collection.
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NewsSeven Niche Arts and Culture Festivals Worth Travelling Overseas for This Year
If you're not keen on joining the crowds at Coachella or the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, these smaller arts festivals might help you schedule some travel plans.
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NewsQantas Has Been Named the World's Safest Airline for 2020
The Aussie carrier has topped the list seven years in a row.
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NewsTen Must-Visit Places to Plan Your 2020 Travel Adventures Around
It's time to hike through Armenia, sleep in a floating ecolodge on the Amazon and ride rollercoasters at a wind-powered theme park in Sweden.
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NewsThe Ten Best Books of 2019 to Read This Summer
Use your time off to get deep into this year's Man Booker Prize winner and a timely nonfiction work on Australian bushfires.
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NewsThe World's First Fully Electric Commercial Aircraft Has Completed Its First Test Flight
The six-passenger seaplane took off from Vancouver.
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NewsSweden's Ice Hotel Has Revealed Its Latest Batch of Frosty and Imaginative Artist-Created Rooms
The hotel's 30th annual incarnation features a golden room, an icy kaleidoscope and a frosty depiction of Santorini.
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NewsFill Jars, Not Bags at Wellington's New Wholefoods Grocery Store
Say yes to a package-free pantry and stock up on organic groceries at this new store.
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NewsAir New Zealand Has Launched a Series of Instructional Inflight Video Workouts
The free segments demonstrate exercise techniques to effectively alleviate any symptoms associated with travelling.
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NewsThis 'Game of Thrones'-Themed Cruise Will Sail You to the Show's Real-Life Locations
It's planning to set sail in 2021, cruising through Iceland, Northern Ireland, Spain, Malta and Croatia.
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NewsThe Great Barrier Reef Is Now Home to Australia's First Underwater Hotel
Cruise the Whitsundays on a floating pontoon — and sleep below sea level.
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NewsA Snow-Filled Winter Wonderland Has Descended on Singapore's Changi Airport
Head on a snow walk, visit a festive light show and a join a workshop at a market — all inside the airport.
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NewsFive Green Spaces Where You Can Escape the Hustle in Wellington
These scenic spaces in the (almost) great outdoors let you get away from it all.
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NewsNutella Is Opening Its Own Chocolate and Hazelnut-Themed Pop-Up Hotel
Located in Napa Valley, it'll only operate for a weekend — but it'll be filled with Nutella items.
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Zoom Into a Life-Sized Godzilla Statue Via Zipline
The new Japanese theme park attraction will stretch across 120 metres in length — and it's due to open next year.
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NewsNew Zealand's Largest Waterslide Has Opened in North Canterbury
It sits 13.5 metres high and shoots riders on two-person tubes down a winding hydroslide.
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NewsAir New Zealand Is Hosting a Themed Mardi Gras Flight to Sydney
Get the party started early with inflight shenanigans and pre-departure cocktails.
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NewsKelly Slater Is Opening His Second Surf Ranch on the Sunshine Coast
It'll have an eco-resort on site, too.
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NewsLandEscape Is Wanaka's New 15-Kilometre Electric Bike Cruise Trail
Once complete, the attraction will also offer eight wood-fired hot tubs and six stargazing glasshouses.
