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The Great NZ Cocktail Book

It’s one of those things where you wonder why somebody hasn’t done it before.  But now it’s finally here - A comprehensive guide to the New Zealand bar scene, suitably titled, the Great New Zealand Cocktail Book. This Holy Grail for drink-lovers contains over 200 pages on the subject of Aotearoa’s finest concoctions and establishments, from ...

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The Mint Chicks

Changes are afoot for the Mint Chicks - and if they're successful, the record industry itself could be in for a shakeup.The Chicks have ditched their old label, Warner, in favour of upstart music website MusicHy.pe - their debut EP through MusicHy.pe, Bad Buzz, is now available on a limited edition USB stick.The idea, in a nutshell, is that most ...

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Breaking the Rules

Traditional shopping territories have always been easily defined in downtown Welly.  Cuba, Lambton and Willis have lorded it over the rest, sitting reasonably unchallenged for longer than I can remember. But the late 2000’s brought a change, and out of nowhere came Victoria Street, clambering up the pecking order with some great new ...

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Cocktail World Cup

The 42Below Cocktail World Cup has now been running for 7 years, believe it or not, and for 2010 the Grand Final will be in little old Wellington.On March 27,  representatives from several countries will converge on the Capital in order to wow the judges with their 42Below-based concoctions in a star-studded event at the old museum building ...

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Fringe Festival Comedy

Against all odds (it was looking a little shaky there for a while) the Wellington Fringe Festival is back with us for another year, bringing with it another large helping of eclectic and eccentric entertainment.It's no secret that my live diversion of choice is comedy, and the Fringe has no shortage of that - whether in the form of theatre, ...

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Decadent Sunday nibbles at Pollux

ACDC have just steamrolled through town, leaving a trail of unshaven and slightly dazed looking bogans, loose in the city.  It’s almost a bonus that the rain is falling, keeping the streets relatively clear of the black-shirted brigade that had been flooding into the capital over the last few days. But Sunday’s mission remains the same for ...

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It’s picnic season

Picnic season has well and truly hit the capital.  In fact I’ve had more picnics than barbeques this summer with the likes of the Garden Magic series, One Love, beach jaunts and the odd cricket match at the Basin all requiring a chequered-blanket fest. So needless to say, I have grown tired of loose bread rolls, cold chicken, chips and ...

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Lomo your summer!

In the early nineties a new style of artistic experimental photography grew from the Vienna underground.  This approach was eagerly devoured by creative communities around the world and rapidly morphed into an international socio-cultural movement. This approach / movement / philosophy is known as Lomography. Lomography carries the ...

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I heart Emerson’s…

Nothing quite beats a cold beer in the warm sunshine. Absolutely nothing. As such it is imperative that you nurture this bond by ensuring that the brew you’ve chosen to consume is of an impeccable standard. This is where the Dunedin-based Emerson’s Brewing Company comes in… The company was formed in 1992, after Richard Emerson ...

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Liberta D

First popularised in Puerto Rico, reggaeton mashes reggae, dancehall, hip hop and a variety of Latin American and Caribbean musical parents into one mongrel offspring.In recent years the genre has become something of a worldwide phenomenon, with reggaeton records moving off the Latin charts in the US to achieve mainstream chart success; reggaeton ...

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