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What’s On In Auckland This Week, This Month And This Year 2024

Auckland is pulling out all the stops this month. Here’s what’s on in Auckland this week, this month, and this year. 

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This Massive Flight Centre Sale Has Up To 50% Off Flights, Holiday Packages And More

If you've been looking for an excuse to book your next holiday, here it is. 

What's On

Win A Luxe Fully-Furnished Claremont Home So You Can Live Like A Baller Every Day

What if we told you that you could fulfill that pipe dream of being a homeowner without cutting back on your smashed avo? 

Planet

2023 Was The Earth’s Hottest Year, Here’s What Needs To Change

“We need to dramatically pick up the pace and get global emissions plummeting this decade.”

Features

8 Ways To Reduce Your Eco-Impact And Become A More Sustainable Traveller

As much as we love to travel, we all need to do our bit to help reduce our footprint, be it here at home or on the beaches of Croatia. While it’s easy to get swept up in the excitement of planning your next sojourn, we all need to be conscious that the jet fuel, the plethora of packaging we take with us, the disruption to nature and the over-use of energy all add up. To help you become a more sustainable traveller, here are eight environmentally-friendly travel tips you should implement on your next holiday. 

Features

Empowering Women In The Workplace Is Everyone’s Job—Here’s One Step You Can Take

Over 11 years, I’ve learned a few things about leading a business. And the greatest learning of all, has been how rewarding it is to create a more inclusive working world. 

Travel

Airbnb Just Launched “Rooms” With Stays For Under $150 A Night

Looking for affordable and comfortable accommodation options? Look no further than Airbnb Rooms. This new feature offers private rooms in all your favourite destinations and most stays are available for less than $150 a night. 

Travel

Now You Can Spend The Night In Hobbiton At This One-Of-A-Kind Airbnb

Ever wanted to live like a Hobbit? Here's your chance.

Entertainment

23 Of The Best Playstation 4 Games Of 2022

There’s no better time than now to slip down the glorious wormhole of Playstation 4 games.

Travel Tips

The Best Click Frenzy Travel Sales To Shop This Week

It’s here, you big legends. The most magical day of the year. Think cheap cruises, flights, hotels, tours and international holidays are practically bazooka’d into the crowd with T-Shirt cannons.

Features

#WaitingOnZuck: Here’s Why You Won’t See Any News From Us Today

Around this time last year, The Australian Government, Department of Treasury (℅ Josh Frydenberg) introduced the News Media Bargaining Code. The code is intended to level out the sheer power imbalance between Australian news media publishers—like us—and digital platforms such as Facebook and Google. The code, in effect, should allow the two parties to reach an agreement on fair remuneration for displaying news on these platforms. 

Food & Drink

Don’t Miss Urban List’s Epic Wine Collab, Score 25% Off The Final Release

What if we told you that the holier-than-thou bagged wine was set for a major comeback? 

Pacific

The Ultimate First Timer’s Guide To The Cook Islands

The Cook Islands is a glorious collection of islands in the South Pacific renowned for its snorkelling, scuba diving and island time. Made up of 15 archipelagos, if it’s your first time hitting up these parts, you’ll want to make sure you set up shop on this island of Rarotonga. This beauty is home to volcanic mountains, turquoise waters, about a hundred cafes and a tonne of secret swimming holes. She’s also sans traffic lights and McDonald’s so you’re guaranteed all the genuine island feels.

Asia

Step Into The Future At The World’s First Hologram Hotel

The future is now and a hotel in Japan is leading the way, replacing staff with holograms and robots. At the Henn-na Hotel, located in Tokyo’s buzzing Ginza district, you’ll be greeted by anything from a friendly ninja (who can speak five languages no less), to an even friendlier dinosaur who is pretty damn excited to meet a human. 

Features

Culture Curve | Can Our Hot Vax Summer Live Up To The Hype?

Welcome to Culture Curve—your go-to guide to what’s on the rise and slide in culture in September 2021. 

Features

Here’s How You Can Be Involved In This Week’s Climate Strikes

It’s pretty hard to avoid news about the sorry state of planet Earth these days, but in case you’ve been in a media blackout, there’s a huge national Climate Strike kicking off this Friday 21 May.

Here’s Everything To Know About The 2021 Budget If You’re A Young Person In Australia

Bearing more suspense than the next season of Stranger Things 4.

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A Hefty ‘Pink’ Super Moon Will Take To The Evening Sky At Dusk Tonight

It’s time to take a big ol’ geeze into the evening sky, because this evening, a pink supermoon will be the star of the show.

Features

Culture Curve | Tune In To Audio Social Networks, Million Dollar Crypto Art, And Mindful Drinking

Welcome to Culture Curve—your go-to guide to what’s on the rise and slide in culture in April 2021. 

Features

Here’s Why Chanel Contos Wants You To Keep Conversations Around Consent Going

Sex education in Australia needs a shake-up—here’s how you can help. 

Features

Scope Out This Australia-Wide Guide To The Women’s #March4Justice Rallies

This year, the community action organisation is calling for a couple of things you should know about.

Features

Look Up, The World’s Tallest Vertical Garden Will Call Melbourne Home

Melbourne’s city skyline is going to look a little greener, with Beulah announcing that it’s $2 billion skyscraper, Southbank by Beulah, is on track to be the world’s tallest vertical garden. The skyscraper is set to be 365 metres high and the external vertical garden will reach a total of 5.5 kilometers. That’s as long as running a full lap around The Tan, then running a little more. 

Entertainment

Accio Tickets, A Brand New Immersive Harry Potter Exhibition Is Coming In 2022

By the same team that brought you Imagine Van Gogh and Da Vinci The Exhibition

TV & Movies

Cue The Cosmopolitans, A Sex And The City Reboot Has Just Been Confirmed

 And just like that, we have a new TV series on the horizon.

Features

Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Australia’s First Pet Ridesharing App

Yep, your pets can now get from A to B in a dedicated pet taxi which lets them ride unaccompanied.

Music

Bless Your Ears With Taylor Swift’s Surprise Album Dropping Today

This is not a drill! Despite blessing our ears back in July—AKA the epicentre of lockdown life—with her surprise album Folklore, Taylor Swift has gone and done us all a solid, gifting us yet another EP. And yes, she’s here to save 2020, one dreamy track at a time.

Entertainment

Get Set To Pass Go, An Aussie-Edition Of Monopoly Is Finally Here

Bonus—funds raised will be donated to communities which have been impacted by bushfires, flood and COVID-19 this year.

Features

Get Ready To Dine Al Fresco, Embrace Body Neutrality And See Social Justice In The Stars

Welcome to Culture Curve—your go-to guide to what’s on the rise and slide in culture in October 2020.

Here’s Everything To Know About The 2020 Budget If You’re A Young Person In Australia

Get the lowdown on home homeownership, tax cuts, JobMaker and the environment.

Features

Take Note, XES Is The New Sex Toy Line Changing The Game For People With Disabilities

It caters for anyone with physical limitations or the likes of vaginismus and endometriosis.

Features

Take Note, Dictionary.com Just Added A Whole New Suite Of LGBQTI+ Definitions

Asexual, deadname and biromantic are just some of the new additions.

Features

Support Disaster Relief In Lebanon With Lebathon, A Silent Auction With Epic Items Up For Grabs

There are ways you can help Lebanese disaster relief from afar—and a Sydney-created social media silent auction called “Lebathon” is just one.

Features

Lookout Onto Glassy Waters At This Eco Resort On A Remote Scandinavian Island

The award-winning sea cabins have been built just above the ocean and give you panoramic scenes of rocky mountains and surrounding islands. 

Features

Step Into A New Era Of Culpability, TikTok Power And Data Healing

It’s safe to say we have entered a new era of culpability, and we’re wielding a new set of tools to get us there. Gen Z has found political clout to rival Facebook bots, "data healing" aims to harness the manipulative power of ad tech for good and, after iso, introverts are holding court in our extrovert-dominated culture. Elsewhere, media and millennials are under scrutiny, and brands are beginning to show off imperfections in place of purpose washing. 

Travel

5 Amazing Things That Happened Across The World This Week

While there’s a lot of grief and hurt across the world at the moment, which by no means should be ignored, we're here if you're in need of some respite. 

Features

Support Local And Amp Up Your Insta Stories With This Epic New GIF Collection

Restrictions are easing and with that, our favourite local hot spots are coming back to life. Cafes, restaurants, bars, gyms, hairdressers, salons and boutiques—to name just a few—have been doing it tough and they all deserve the extra support right now.

Travel

9 Ways To Travel And Make A Difference At The Same Time

The beauty of travel is that it can be whatever you want it to be. A rustic weekend camping in the bush or boutique hotels and spa days in the world’s most famous cities. A spiritual getaway or a never-ending party. A one-night staycation or a year-long trip to the other side of the globe. But no matter the kind of trip you want to take, there’s always a way to be a responsible traveller while you’re at it. For a start, you can always respect local customs and traditions, support local and sustainable businesses and leave your destination in the same, if not better, condition than you found it in. 

Health + Wellness

Here Is Everything You Need To Know About The Government’s New COVID-19 Tracing App

Released yesterday, Australia's COVIDSafe tracing app has been designed to help health officials quickly get in touch with anyone who may have unknowingly been exposed to COVID-19. 

Features

Urban Culture Curve | Let’s Make Connectivity The C Word For 2020

Within the turbulence of COVID-19 is a headwind that’s centred on a deeper sense of social connectivity, accountability and creativity. Here’s what’s on the rise, and on the slide in urban culture in April.

Features

Here Are The Only “Reasonable Excuses” You Can Leave Your House Right Now

With press conferences happening every day from Prime Minister Scott Morrison, along with state Premiers, it can be hard to keep track of the latest coronavirus restrictions placed on Australians.

Music

Jam Out At Home Thanks To The Online Music Festival Happening This Weekend

It’s not all doom and gloom thanks to the guys behind Isol-Aid Music Festival.

Travel

Here’s How To Change Your Flights For Free If You Need To Postpone A Trip

COVID-19 is quite literally taking over the world and if you’re one of the hundreds of thousands who had planned to travel in the next little while, you’re most likely re-thinking or are being forced to postpone your trip. 

Asia

Eat Your Greens At Potato Head’s New Plant-Based Restaurant In Bali

Vegan or not, you’ll want to book yourself a spot at Tanaman, Bali’s newest plant-based restaurant next time you’re in town.

Australia

Here Are The Shows You Can’t Miss At The Adelaide Fringe Festival

The Adelaide Fringe Festival is just around the corner and the lineup is absolutely stacked. To celebrate their 60th birthday they’ve lined up over 1,000 events unfolding across the city, so there’s plenty to get excited about. But, where do you even begin?

Travel Tips

Book Your Zero Waste Holiday, This Hotel Giant Is Going Plastic Free

Accor, a hotel group with a casual 5,000 properties across 110 countries under its belt, has committed to ridding the guest experience in all of its hotels of all single-use plastic items by the end of 2022.

Travel

Strap Yourself In, The Nintendo Theme Park Is Getting A Life-Size Mario Kart Track

Ready yourself for peak nostalgia—and the age-old debate of who is better… Mario or Luigi?—because the world is about to score a Nintendo theme park and it includes a life-size Mario Kart track! Super Nintendo World is set to open in 2020 (just in time for the Tokyo Olympics) at Japan’s Universal Studios in Osaka and will feature a bunch of your childhood faves like Peach, Yoshi and Bowser. And we’re crossing our fingers for a possible run in with the likes of Pikachu, Link and Zelda.

Features

This Summer Has Been Catastrophic For Bushfires In Australia, Here’s How You Can Help

To help out those affected by the bushfires, including our native animals, we’ve compiled a list of charities and organisations you can donate to.

Features

Gin Baubles Exist And Have Just Made Everyone’s Christmas

​Ahh Christmas, easily my favourite time of the year. Why, you ask? Apart from the obvious—extended time off work, Christmas ham and sunny days spent at the beach—it’s also the time of year where no one judges your boozy escapades.

TV & Movies

Here’s Why You Need To Jump On The Disney+ Bandwagon Now

The shadowy mouse empire is moving, and it’s coming for your bank account.

Local Escapes

Meet The Aussie Travel Start-Up That Will Challenge Your Love For Airbnb

Riparide is an exciting booking platform encouraging us city dwellers to unplug from the daily grind and head outdoors in search of fulfilling moments. And what’s best—Riparide is an Australian start-up. 

Features

Here’s How You Can Help Make The Government Declare A Climate Emergency

There’s currently a petition asking for the Australian parliament to declare a climate emergency and follow the 1120 local governments and jurisdictions around the world that have already done so.

Five Apps To Improve Your Work And Life Today

Are you harnessing the power of your smartphone to get ahead in your career, or does your app collection consist of the defaults and Candy Crush? It’s time to put your device to good use with these apps that will make your work and life a whole lot easier.

Music

We’ve Found The Perfect Playlist According To Your Star Sign

​If there’s one thing we can’t get enough of right now, it’s all things horoscope related. We’re more than happy to live our lives according to our zodiac—but maybe that’s just the Gemini in us. Either way when Spotify announced they were releasing Cosmic Playlists today we lost our collective minds.

Podcasts & Books

Praise Be, Handmaid’s Tale Is Getting An Eerie Sequel

While we endure the anxious and long wait for season four of The Handmaid’s Tale to hit our screens (and find out if June ever does escape that hell hole), it turns out you can get your Gilead fix sooner than you think.  

Music

On The Record | Inside The Vulnerable World Of Julia Michaels

​Songwriting genius Julia Michaels started young—like most prodigies. She composed her own tracks at the age of 12. By 14, she was co-writing theme tunes for Disney. She cracked LA at 19, penning hits for Demi Lovato and Fifth Harmony. Collaborations with Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Shawn Mendes and Britney Spears soon tumbled one after the other. 

What's On

Get Your Superhero On, A Live Marvel Show Is Coming To Australia

It’s set to be packed with aerial stunts, next level projections and special effects.

Features

This Guy Swam Across The Pacific And What He Found Will Make You Rethink Everything

Ben Lecomte is swimming from Hawaii to L.A. to raise awareness of the ocean plastic pollution problem. 

Music

On The Record | Boy & Bear On New Beats And Bouncing Back From The Brink

After a health-related hiatus, Aussie pop-folk legends, Boy & Bear are back with new music and a national tour, and we couldn’t be happier.

Music

Get Amped, Post Malone Is Dropping A New Album Next Month

If you ask us, Post Malone can do no wrong, except when he makes us wait for his new album to drop. Well praise the hip hop lords because the Sunflower singer has revealed he’s officially completed work on his latest album.

North America

Prepare To Unleash Your Inner Kid, Universal Studios Is Opening An Epic New Theme Park

Set your flight alerts for Florida team, because Universal Studios is launching a brand spanking new theme park and it’s set to be their best yet. Aptly titled Epic Universe, the amusement park is set to take guests on a journey where beloved stories (read: Harry Potter) expand into vibrant lands. 

Australia

Sleep Among The Great Barrier Reef At Australia’s First Underwater Hotel

If a regular hotel just wasn’t cutting it for you anymore, we’ve got your next getaway sorted. Launching this summer, Reefsuites will give you a front row seat to the amazing underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef. 

Asia

Book Your Flights, Singapore’s Most Iconic Hotel Has Finally Reopened

Following a more than two-year long renovation, Singapore’s oldest hotel, Raffles, has officially reopened its doors. The iconic property closed for renos back in February 2017, but after a peek inside, we can confirm it was well worth the wait.

Entertainment

Hype Up, Kid Cudi Is Kicking Off A New Album And Netflix Series

It’s been three long years since Kid Cudi graced our playlists with a fresh album and thankfully the wait is now over… sort of. The Grammy-winning artist just announced Entergalatic, his first solo album since 2016’s Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’, is in the pipeline but even better, it will soundtrack a new adult animated series coming to Netflix.

TV & Movies

Why You Should Care About Phase 4 Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe

This time around, things are all about diversity on screen.

Fashion

Wear Your Pride On Your Sleeve, IKEA’s Most Iconic Bag Has Had A Rainbow Makeover

Swedish furniture giant IKEA is bringing the smiles today with the launch of its brand new bag, hot on the heels of Pride month.

TV & Movies

Here’s The Low Down On American Horror Story:1984

Season nine is imminent and here’s the tea.

Central & South America

The First-Timer’s Guide To Patagonia

The southern-most region of South America, Patagonia is shared by Argentina and Chile and is the perfect spot to visit for adventuring in the great outdoors. From glaciers, mountains and lakes to whales, penguins and fossilised dinosaurs—there’s something to suit all interests!