Auckland Scene: We’re about halfway through the NZ Comedy Gala when my brother sniffs disapprovingly and harrumphs, “the problem with NZ comedy now is that everyone’s just copying Rhys Darby,” he says, a strange concoction of bemused disappointment. It seems like only the other week it was NZ comedy festival 2009, which leaves me to [...]
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AprPillow fight @ Britomart this Saturday!
Calling for a flash mob to assemble at Britomart on Saturday April 3rd at 3pm!! It’s officially the 3rd annual International Pillow Fight Day and this year Auckland is letting the feathers fly. Bring your pillow and meet at Queen Elizabeth II Square (beside Westfield mall) – but there are rules: PILLOW FIGHT RULES: * [...]
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MarRainbow’s End night rides and live gigs
Auckland Scene: Admittedly, it’s been a good couple of decades since I last ventured through the hallowed gates of New Zealand’s favourite little amusement park. Since then, my experience of theme parks has been limited to a disenchanting Disneyland experience (I’m the guy who shows up on the day the rollercoaster is closed for repairs) [...]
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MarPasifika 2010 this weekend in Auckland!
Pasifika Festival is coming up at Western Springs this weekend. I know this because the Auckland City Council delivered me a letter telling me so. I guess they’re pre-empting neighbourly complaints from those who try to drive down the closed Bullock Track and who will have their street parking nicked, their peaceful weekend consumed by [...]
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JanBeach volleyball coming to Auckland
The tennis is out and the sand is in. As we speak the ASB Tennis Centre on Stanley Street, Auckland is having 100 cubic metres of sand tipped into it for the McEntee Hire NZ Open. Don’t ask me where the sand is coming from, I just hope no one falls into the hole that [...]
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JanHAAGHH! It’s the Heineken Open in Auckland
You’d think the big heaving grunts on centre court would be a dead giveaway that your opponent is putting you under pressure. I’d want to be poker faced and play with silent determination, but then this isn’t a sedate game of poker. It’s huge slamming serves and almighty cross-court volleys that take the breath away [...]
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JanSee George Michael in Sydney as a VIP!
You gotta have faith, faith, faith! sang George Michael. But right now, if you want to see him up-close and sweat-splashingly personal from your front row seat*, you don’t need so much faith as a bit of spare cash (the story of our lives really). If you’re a huge George Michael fan (and you know [...]
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DecSome like it hot at Black Barn Vineyards, Hawkes Bay
Summer at Black Barn in Havelock North is sizzling and the queen of sizzle herself, Marilyn Monroe was there this week on the big screen of their outdoor cinema. I’ve actually never seen Mazza in a movie and after trying to pay close attention to the story line of Some Like it Hot, with Tony [...]
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DecNew Year’s Eve events in New Zealand
Still stuck for ideas for what to do this New Year’s Eve? There’s tons of stuff on from Keri Keri to Invercargill, mostly around music and fireworks (Gin Wigmore and Dave Dobbyn in Waihi anyone?) – although a couple of singles events in Auckland look interesting for a new year’s snog if that’s what you’re [...]
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DecNew Years Eve in Auckland
New Years Eve can be the biggest anti-climax of the year – unless you’ve got somewhere cool to go. You know what it’s like, everyone hedges their bets waiting for something better to come along. Well here they are. That something you’ve been waiting for in Auckland this New Years Eve: Wherever you are when [...]
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