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    New 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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    Changes Galore for Gisborne's Rhythm and Vines Festival

    It's a new year for the New Year's festival.

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    The Seven Best Cinemas in Wellington

    A museum cinema hybrid, Wellington's oldest cinema and a theatre stacked with comfy armchairs.

Latest Guides
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    Some Very Good Reasons to Head to this Week's Red Bull Sound Select

    In case you were planning a quiet night in this week.

  • Guide

    The 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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    There’s a Proposed Smoking Ban on Wellington's Waterfront Under Way

    The waterfront may soon be one more place where smokers are banned from getting their nicotine fix.

Latest Places
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    Donnie Taco

    Hannah's Laneway, Wellington

    A spicy new venture from the team who brought you Golding's and Leeds Street Bakery.

  • Restaurant

    Poppies

    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.

  • Restaurant

    Daisy's

    328 Tinakori Road, Wellington

    The white tablecloth French classics of Tinakori Bistro have been replaced with Kiwi comfort food.

  • Restaurant

    Rosie'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.

  • Restaurant

    Master Kong

    33 Customhouse Quay, Wellington

    The Wellington waterfront welcomes a massive Asian fusion restaurant.

  • Cafe

    The 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.

  • Restaurant

    Winner Winner

    46 Courtenay Place, Wellington

    This new chicken joint on Courtenay Place has plenty to peck at.

  • Restaurant

    Bottega

    462 Adelaide Road, Wellington

    This new bite-sized Italian deli comes from the brains behind Cicio Cacio Osteria.

  • Cafe

    Zelati Dessert Cafe

    Left Bank, Wellington

    Indulge your sweet tooth at this new dessert cafe.

  • Restaurant

    Mockingbird

    8 Courtenay Place, Wellington

    A buzzy new spot serving vegan burgers, bowls and light bites.

  • News

    A Wellingtonian's Guide to Drinking Coffee in Melbourne

    We decided to investigate what makes Melbourne's coffee brilliant.

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    Uber Launches Cash-Only Auto-Rickshaw Service

    A world first for the taxi-challenging app.

  • Guide

    The Autumn Travel & Leisure Guide

    Hibernation is for bears.

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    You Can Now Play Cards Against Humanity On Your Phone

    The 'party game for horrible people' is now online.

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    The Ten Best Pool Toys for Grown-Ups

    Floating poker tables, motorised bumper boats and inflatable watermelons. Dive in.

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    Ten Hotel Oases That Will Cool You Down in Summer

    The lowdown on where the trendsetters sleep.

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    Concrete Playground's Summer Reading List

    Ten books from this year that no bibliophile should miss.

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    The Five Best Vineyard Getaways in Australia

    Pop open a bottle of estate-grown wine at these stylish stays among the Australian vines.

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    Game of Thrones Monopoly Is Coming

    Destroy your family, just like old Monopoly times.

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    The Bluffer's Guide to Summer Entertaining

    Be the host/hostess with the most/mostess

  • Guide

    The Summer Travel & Leisure Guide

    Because the year’s too long and summer’s too short to waste time on the mediocre.

  • News

    The Eight Best Mexican Restaurants in Wellington

    Great Mexican food, much like Wellington city, is a study of contrasts.

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    You Can Rent This Entire Cave on Airbnb

    It's a cave. Your accommodation is an entire cave.

  • News

    A Look Back at Ten Years of Laneway Festival

    The last ten years have seen festival after festival launch and go under. How have Laneway managed to nail it?

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    Spend a Luxurious, Terrifying Night Dangling at 9000ft

    Two double beds and 360 degree views, but no bathroom.

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    Your Weekend Driving Soundtrack

    A soundtrack that takes you places.

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    Noma Pops Up in Tokyo

    The pop-up with the 60,000-strong waiting list.

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    The Ten Best Things to Come Out of Jamaica

    Jerk, James Bond, the world's finest coffee and rum? Thank Jamaica.

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    Mr and Mrs Smith’s Boutique Hotel Bucket List

    Let the winners of the Smith Hotel Awards inspire your daydreaming.

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    How To Spend 60 Hours in the Barossa Valley

    Spoiler: it includes a lot of wine.

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    Your Guide to Queenstown Part Four: What to Do

    Here's just a tiny morsel of the activities Queenstown has to offer.

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    Your Guide to Queenstown Part Three: Where to Drink and Where to Sleep

    Where to take yourself out to after the sun goes down and where to tuck in afterwards.

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