Better late than never – The Pacific Dance Festival gets a reboot
In the wake of the cancellation of the Pasifika Festival and the final day of Polyfestfollowing the Christchurch terrorist attack, the...
The future of Television has arrived
It's not every day you get to witness the future of television (hyperbole warranted), but on an otherwise unassuming Tuesday night I did just that, c...
Slingshot commissions celebrities to help get Modems out of the closet
It’s no secret that the staple modem now seen in 79 per cent of Kiwi homes is widely regarded as an eyesore, banished to closets and cupboards.
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Odd Kid on the Block – Morningside Precinct
Written by Kim Newton
Humbly tucked away in the backstreets of Morningside is a
new precinct, adjunctive to the well-established local hub Crave. ...
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In Review: HeadSand
There's a certain unique charm in going to the theatre blind. Without any foreknowledge of the actors, a synopsis, or even the vaguest understandings...
IN REVIEW: Beer InCider Experience, Melbourne
Both the beer, and cider was in abundance but so was the music. Food trucks were catering to all tastes.
The day of music kicked off with Melbourn...
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Beer InCider Experience, Melbourne
Photos: The Beer InCider Experience Facebook pageThe Beer InCider Experience is just three weeks away and the countdown is on for punters who have al...
1000 Doors: In Review
This being the new year, and in the spirit of "new year, new me." I have decided to endeavour to have a little more culture in my life, as a sort of ...
The Lap: Day 85 and onwards: …and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.
Under an overcast afternoon sky, I crossed the Gateway Bridge, the city's logistical solution on the eastern portion of the Brisbane River. I was les...
The Lap: Day 84: …but I have promises to keep…
"Going home soon mate? Bar's gotta be closed up in ten..." the security staff politely enquired, glancing at his watch as if to convince me he wasn't...
The Lap: Days 76 – 83: Where the soul lives
"I like this city man. Yeah, it's overcrowded, there are people everywhere, and some of them are shit… I get it. But… I like the energy. The trick i...
The Lap: Days 73, 74, 75: Pick your poison
“We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin’ rain … and big ol’ fat rain. Rain that flew in sideways. And sometimes rain even ...
The Lap: Days 70, 71, 72: Why motorcycling is meditation
The past three days on the road have been uneventful: long rides, with only essential stops for fuel/ business/ rest. Departing from Albany marked a ...
NZ Excellence Awards: New Zealand’s best restaurants for 2019 announced
173 restaurants have received the longest running culinary award in New Zealand, the Beef and Lamb Excellence Award for 2019 after a tough and r...
The Lap: Days 61-66: This part of paradise
I awoke to the sound of her playing Beethoven after her first piano student for the day left. I went next door and asked her to play me a Chopin piece...
The Lap: Days 59 & 60: Flying and hanging on
On the second dive, we were instructed to perform a basic free descent upon entering the water, instead of following the mooring line down. The waves ...
Step up your Christmas styling this weekend
Whether you’re hosting, toasting or roasting this holiday season, head along to the new-look freedom Newmarket ‘home’ for a crash course in styling sp...
The Lap: Days 55, 56, 57, 58: Cornering on straights
Riding long distances on heavily cambered roads means one side of the tyre wears faster. In countries where you drive on the left, this means the righ...
The Lap: Day 54: Welcome to WA!
"How's the road?", I asked the man outside the sign board at the turn off.
"It's fucked", he spat, "where you going?"
I woke up to some girls ...
The Lap: Day 53: Got a smoke?
I left Darwin this morning, riding through Katherine and Timber Creek, towards the Western Australia border. I pulled over to call it a day some 750 ...
The Lap: Days 50, 51, 52: Old shoe, new friends, and a middle finger
I dropped in at the rangers' office at Mary River National Park, and told them I'd be heading over to a couple of spots on the road into the delta. Af...