New Zealand

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    Call for Rugby World Cup opening ceremony performers

    On September 9, 2011 the eyes of the world will be on New Zealand for the start of Rugby World Cup 2011 and if you want, all those eyes could be on you – performing in the opening ceremony!

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    Quiz night at The Drake

    Auckland Scene: Every so often, a girl needs more than just a cocktail from an attentive bartender. Sometimes she needs a little intellectual stimulation and challenge. If your regular drinking buddies don’t suffice… it’s time to drag them along to Quiz Night. The first Quiz Night I ever stumbled upon was actually in O’Byron’s Irish [...]

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    The Grove wins best Auckland restaurant

    Metro Magazine has voted The Grove as number one restaurant for the second year running. Read our review and drool…

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    The amazing Miss Saigon – Auckland review

    Be in to win 2 FREE TICKETS!! Miss Saigon is one of the world’s longest running musicals as well as one of the most beautifully told, musically illustrated and emotionally moving musicals I’ve seen for a long time… Season runs til June 11, 2011

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    What’s the Racket…?!

    There’s very little about Racket not to love, let’s just be honest. But let’s begin at the beginning… in case you’re wondering where to find this little alley alcove, park yourself at Britomart Station…

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    The new kids in town: Tyler St Garage

    Auckland Scene – We rolled into town on Friday night, three blonde beauties (moi and the gal-pals) with one brave lad! We’d heard about the upstairs bar at Tyler St and figured we ought to check it out at least once before the chill of winter really sets in. Just one question – would the [...]

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    Auckland Airport adds Mac

    And I’m not talking the Apple kind that Steve Jobs eats, but the luxurious Mac makeup range. Think eye shadows that smolder – or pop depending on your whim. Lipsticks with which to pout at, my dear, and Studio Fixes to fix all facial foibles. Under the Weta Workshop canvas tree that spans most of [...]

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    Long weekends in New Zealand

    Being hard done by this year without too many public holidays in which to dash off for a few days, you might just have to throw a sickie and invent your own. Of course I didn’t do that… But if you want to, all I can do is innocently make some suggestions for holiday ideas [...]

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    Snorting embarrassingly at Auckland’s Comedy Festival

    Contrary to popular belief Victoria Davy doesn’t spend all her time eating while out on the Auckland Scene…

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    Auckland Bar Scene: the grand ol Grand Central

    When do you know this bar thing is getting out of hand? When you order a drink at on a Monday night (on the night in question, a semi-traditional Whiskey-Mac with equal parts Irish Whiskey and ginger wine over ice with lemon, no mixer) and the bartender looks at you, smiles, winks, then says “Ah, [...]