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    Skiing schmiing, we wanna go heli skiing!

    If shushing down the slopes, ducking and weaving through the novices and subliminally racing that tosser beside you is getting boring, then you might be needing a heli-skiing fix.

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    Check out Auckland’s Short + Sweet Festival

    Auckland Scene: Our Artsy Fartsy Scene reviewer Astral Sligo went along to the Short+Sweet Festival where 10 teams have 10 minutes to tell a tale and audiences vote for the best team. It runs every night this week with the finale on Sunday.

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    Tantalised at TriBeCa

    Auckland Scene: When tasty food blogger Victoria and her trusty Man set out on a weekend of eating (for professional purposes of course) they started at Parnell’s TriBeCa where the blue cheese icecream proved to be a startling hit…

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    The next big thing for sexy eyes

    I’ve tried eye lash extensions, tints and lash perms – and now there’s a new product landed on our shores. Check out the new semi-permanent mascara and perm look…

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    Mmmm – the Dallows degustation

    Victoria Davy and her posse went along to Luke Dallow’s self-named Auckland restaurant where they were wowed by cotton candy, chardonnay foam and other mouth-watering offerings in the 6-course degustation…

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    Speed Daters – a great night out in Auckland!

    With only a couple of days to go, Speed-Daters gets the thumbs up from our new Auckland Arts Scene blogger Astral Sligo. Get along quick for a fun night out!

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    The dinky miniature world of Helenstown – where?!

    Everyone loves a dinky wee miniature village and waaaay out in New Zealand’s wop wops, is Helenstown. A model town with 200 buildings all built in retro kiwiana style. Worth a special visit? You be the judge…

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    Swooning at Clooney

    Just the name Clooney causes females of a certain age to swoon, but Auckland’s Clooney even makes men go weak at the knees. Our tasty food blogger Victoria Davy coralled her friends and set off to savour Clooney’s famous degustation menu…

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    Get the scoop on Auckland’s hottest secret dinners

    The Next Crew – Art dinners pop up randomly around Auckland with the country’s top chefs creating a fabulous course each. This time they called in 3 Aussie counterparts and guests had a mystery tour of Sky City to find them. Read on to make sure you get to the next one!

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    New Zealand B&B makes Top 10 in the world

    New Zealand features in Tripadvisor’s list of Top 10 To-Die-For Inn and B&Bs. That deserves a woot woot! Find out where…