Featured – The Speakeasy

The Lap: Days 73, 74, 75: Pick your poison

December 14, 2018

Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Food, Lifestyle, Night Life, Travel

“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 seemed to come straight up from underneath.” – Forrest ...

The Lap: Days 70, 71, 72: Why motorcycling is meditation

Lincoln Vaz

December 11, 2018

Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Night Life, Travel

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 notable change in scenery: the lush forest replaced with ari...

NZ Excellence Awards: New Zealand’s best restaurants for 2019 announced

The Speakeasy

December 5, 2018

Food, Lifestyle, Spotlight

173 restaurants have received the longest running culinary award in New Zealand, the Beef and Lamb Excellence Award for 2019 after a tough and rigorous assessment process. Now in their 23rd year, the Exce...

The Lap: Days 61-66: This part of paradise

Lincoln Vaz

December 5, 2018

Comedy, Culture, Lifestyle, Travel, Uncategorized

I was awoken by the sound of her playing Beethoven on the piano after her first student for the day left. I went next door and asked her to play me a Chopin piece, and she gracefully obliged. I barely noticed t...

Step up your Christmas styling this weekend

The Speakeasy

November 30, 2018

Culture, Fashion, Food, Lifestyle

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 spaces for a Kiwi Christmas. Learn how to spice up your set...

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In Review: Monster Mash at Q

Johan Chang

November 20, 2018

Culture, Theatre

Here’s the thing about saying yes to something spur of the moment: do it, and it might just end up being one of the weirdest things you experience. Which is a bit of understatement for the titular Monster Ma...

In Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

The Speakeasy

November 14, 2018

Entertainment, Film

Review by Chelsea Pickens Disclaimer: This review is coming unashamedly from the Harry Potter fandom. I’m one of those people. I have horcruxes hanging from my window and an elderwand on proud display on my...

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'm writing from my tent in Croydon after a 540 km ride, as I...

In Review: They Shall Not Grow Old

The Speakeasy

November 6, 2018

Entertainment, Film, Spotlight

Written by Chelsea Pickens Being real for a second, the draw of this documentary film for me was undeniably that 'it was something by Peter Jackson', our very own Kiwi king of film. It’s not that I’m not int...

In Review: Medusa at Loft at Q

The Speakeasy

October 27, 2018

Entertainment, Theatre

Words Alysha Jensen photos Julie Zhu Medusa will attack your senses, your emotions and all views you have on the power structures around us. Be prepared to be challenged on how you think theatre should be st...

In Review: Panic! At The Disco @ Spark Arena, Auckland

Anoushka Maharaj

October 27, 2018

Music

Words by Angela Rose Asuncion / Photography by Chony Musson Lights. Camera. Action. Panic! At The Disco brought their Pray for the Wicked tour to our corner of the world for one night only and oh boy did the...

Interview: Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ Ronnie Winter

The Speakeasy

October 27, 2018

Music, rock

Words by Shelley Te Haara Ahead of their show in New Zealand this November, The Speakeasy was lucky enough to have a chat over the phone with the lead vocalist of Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Ronnie Winters. ...

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 back to the truck yard in the morning to sort the paperwork at ...

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 steer by distributing weight on them in dirt", Patrick the Cana...

In Review: A Star Is Born

Shawn Moodie

October 12, 2018

Entertainment, Film, Spotlight

"A Star is Born" is something of a Hollywood institution, seemingly being remade for every generation. Yes, it seems that the timeless story of the perils of stardom: the rise and fall of a star never ceases to...

INTERVIEW: Frank Turner

The Speakeasy

October 10, 2018

Music, rock

Interview by Shelley Te Haara After announcing a couple of New Zealand shows as part of his Be More Kind World Tour, The Speakeasy was lucky enough to be able to chat to Frank Turner ahead of his visit next...

IN REVIEW: Wolf Alice @ The Powerstation, Auckland

The Speakeasy

October 2, 2018

Music, rock

Words by Grace Hood-Edwards Photography by Shelley Te Haara “How the fuck is everyone doing on a Sunday night?!” Theo Ellis, bassist for Wolf Alice, cried out at the heaving Powerstation crowd. Pretty da...

The Lap: Day 1: The Storm

Lincoln Vaz

October 1, 2018

Food, Lifestyle, Night Life, Travel

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If I rode under the arse of a thunderstorm yesterday, then today I crawled up the guts of another. The weather forecast said there'd be scattered thunderstorms all day, pretty much anywhere north of Brisbane...

The Lap: Day -1 (Minus One): The Calm Before The Storm

Lincoln Vaz

September 30, 2018

Lifestyle, Spotlight, Travel

"Everything so far has gone quite smoothly", I thought to myself last night, shoving the last of my kit into the Aldi 50L drybag I was planning on using as my main pack. It let out a loud, cringe-inducing rip a...

The Lap: Day -2 (minus two)

Lincoln Vaz

September 28, 2018

Lifestyle, Spotlight, Travel

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I thought today should be the day I sit down and write about my planned recklessness for the next coming while. I don't know how many people will read and follow this, or how many will care, but it gives me an ...

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 expect in this year’s show, as well as sharing some particular...

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