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      May 25, 2019
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In Review: Leather Lungs: Yas Queen!

Liz Lauder
February 6, 2020
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In Review: Pop Up Globe Farewell Summer Season – Much Ado About Nothing

Liz Lauder
December 24, 2019
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Bourbon Cocktails Every Millennial Should Know

Shawn Moodie
November 1, 2019
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Gin Lover Rejoice – The East Imperial Gin Jubilee Is Back!

Shawn Moodie
October 22, 2019
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October 21, 2019
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The Lap: Days 44 and 45: Hey CU in the NT, here’s a roo and a thunderstorm!

Lincoln Vaz
November 14, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Night Life, Travel
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"If I'm gonna hit him, I'd rather hit him going fast than while slowing down and risk losing control", Ben had told me a week ago of his motorcycle vs...

The Lap: Days 22-42/43: The Blur/ Here I go again!

Lincoln Vaz
November 12, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Food, Lifestyle, Travel
https://youtu.be/WyF8RHM1OCg Great song. I meant to write a post summing up my time in Cairns before I left, but I never got around to it. Now I...

The Lap: Days 17, 18, 19, 20: Stranded In Paradise

Lincoln Vaz
October 19, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Food, Lifestyle, Travel
I woke up in the 20ft container I decided to sleep in on the road train. I maximised my time asleep by not going to the city to a backpackers, and bac...

The Lap: Days 15 & 16: The Big Off

Lincoln Vaz
October 16, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Travel
Day 15 I woke up to birdsong and the smell of wet earth from the rains overnight, feeling fantastic and ready for another day's riding towards Cape Y...

The Lap: Day 14: Momentum is your friend

Lincoln Vaz
October 14, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Travel
"Momentum is your friend", I was told multiple times by multiple people over the past week. "Keep your weight on the pegs on the corrugations, and ste...

Interview with ‘Walk The Line’ – NZ’s premier fashion show for young designers

The Speakeasy
September 21, 2018
Culture, Fashion, Lifestyle, Spotlight
Interview by Kim Newton The who’s who of the local fashion scene crowded in at the Viaduct in Auckland last week. Fashion week 2018 featured a line...

Interview: Malia Johnston discusses directing WOW®

Jenanne Burnell
September 19, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, Theatre
With less than two weeks till this year’s World of WearableArt® season begins, show director Malia Johnston treats us to an inside scoop of what to ex...
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In Review: Orientation

Johan Chang
September 14, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Theatre
There’s something legitimately discomforting with the first half of Orientation. It’s certainly not bad theatre; the music is sound, the lighting m...

In Review: Me and my sister tell each other everything

The Speakeasy
September 12, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Theatre
Review by Laura Roberts I was initially hesitant about going along to a show called “Me and my sister tell each other everything” considering that I ...

Interview: WOW® Music Director discusses colab with 7 kiwi composers

Jenanne Burnell
September 7, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, Music, Theatre
With the 2018 World of WearableArt® season fast approaching, the show’s Music Director Paul McLaney took the time to discuss why this year will be par...

Irks And Quirks With Oliver Smith: There’s Just Too Much Content

Oliver Smith
September 6, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, TV
Is there a more obvious first world problem, than stating that there's too much media to consume? I accept this, but at the same time the fact of the ...
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In Review: Mrs. Krishnan’s Party

The Speakeasy
September 1, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Theatre
Review by Gayatri Adi 20 years on from Krishnan’s Dairy, Indian Ink brings back the same feel good comedy looking to push boundaries while touching...

Top Tips For Getting The Perfect Fashion Week Shot

Shawn Moodie
August 31, 2018
Culture, Fashion, Lifestyle, Spotlight
Fashion styles may come and go, but the skills required to shoot them stretch far beyond a single season. With NZ Fashion Week in full swing, Fujifilm...

The Speakeasy’s Guide To Decorating Your Lounge Without Breaking The Bank

Shawn Moodie
August 22, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Spotlight, TV
With the average age of Kiwi first-time house buyers having risen to 35, there has never been so many of us renting. But even if you have got on the l...

In Review: HIR

The Speakeasy
August 2, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Theatre
I began to feel uncomfortable the second I walked into the theatre. The set of HIR looked like a scene from Hoarders, portraying a home so disorganise...

Long and short: Fujifilm adds two high-end X Series camera lenses

The Speakeasy
July 28, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Geek and Web, Lifestyle
Photography fans are in luck as fresh on the heals of announcing the XF10, Fujifilm is back again with two new lenses and an update to their X-Mount l...

Interview: Playwright Sam Brooks discusses his latest play ‘Burn Her’

Shawn Moodie
July 27, 2018
Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Spotlight, Theatre
Sam Brooks is one of New Zealand's most exciting young contemporary playwrights. Known for his searing wit, snappy dialogue, and incisive commentary, ...

2018 World Press Photo Exhibition

Jenanne Burnell
June 30, 2018
Culture, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Earlier today I was browsing a well known news website, I clicked on an article that featured ‘throwback’ photos that Heartbreak Island contestants ha...

In Review: Dara

The Speakeasy
June 18, 2018
Culture, Lifestyle, Theatre
Review by Eloise Sims If you were looking for an easy, mindless, feel-good play to spend your weekend night watching, be warned – Dara definitely i...

In Review: Cellfish

The Speakeasy
June 15, 2018
Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Theatre
Review by Emily Joshua and Theo Lee There are a lot of ways that a play centered around a Shakespeare-in-prison narrative could have gone. Cellfish...

In Review: A Gambler’s Guide to Dying

The Speakeasy
June 14, 2018
Culture, Lifestyle, Theatre
Review by Marie-Claire Taylor There are no certainties in this life. Except that you die. This (bleak) premise is key in the one-man show, A Gamble...
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