When the Golden Dawn opened in December, there was much talk around town. For some of the young bartenders around town it was the place to work with Jacob Briars aka The Vodka Professor compiling a stunning drinks list and backbar selection of spirits. And despite the flurry of new bars in Britomart, there are [...]
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Bar Scene: Golden Dawn
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Bar Scene: The Corner Store
Our new Bar Scene Babe Tash McGill joins Blogger at Large’s Auckland Scene team this week and starts with this little pearler in her ‘hood: There’s something about having a local that makes you feel like a real grown-up. Being that this is my first outing for Blogger At Large, all things considered it was [...]
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First pop-up restaurant is a Deception
The first instalment from The Next Crew – ART (Aotea Raw Talent), doing pop-up restaurants around Auckland was named Deception and held at the Fables Rug Gallery. The Gallery’s old-world style interior with exposed bricks, wooden floors and expensive Persian rugs, was a fabulous contrasting backdrop to the hip modern theme of the evening. We [...]
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Tips for buffet eating: Eight at Langham Auckland
The Langham Auckland has just opened a “new concept in dining”. It’s called Eight. Eight different food stations. Don’t call it buffet but a fine dining and fabulous experience, and it’s the talk of the town. The eight themed ‘kitchens’ each have their own chef, and carry a daily changing signature dish or you can [...]
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Pop-up restaurants popping up near you!
An innovative and trendy new dining extravaganza is about to hit the streets of Auckland and could be coming to a location near you. I Victoria, aka Lois Lane (with my new digital recorder), set out to track down all the goss via a chat with Mark Southon. In the age of pop-up shops – [...]
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Britomart’s the new Viaduct
I’ve been to Auckland’s Britomart twice in the last two months and both times I’m sure new bars have popped up that weren’t there the day before. There are now 13, but by the time you get there, there’s likely to be 18. The latest one had me twirling in circles, eyes wide and muttering [...]
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Yay – a good news story from Christchurch
Adventure South is a Christchurch based tour company for those who love adventurous pursuits and active holidays. They managed to escape the devasting earthquake largely unscathed, all 20 staff and their families are safe, and they even managed to a get a pre-booked tour underway the afternoon the quake struck. But as with other Christchurch [...]
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Canterbury farmers market open again
Our hearts go out to the people of Christchurch and as of time writing, there are still more bodies to be found. But the rest of the city and surrounding farmers and producers are battling on and this Saturday from 9 am to 12 noon you can visit the farmers market which will be held [...]
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Flexi-passes to get around New Zealand
InterCity just sent through this info on their new ‘hop on hop off’ trips to make exploring New Zealand so so easy. Especially if you’re planning to get around during Rugby World Cup time. The new flexitrips.co.nz combines InterCity’s national coach network plus selected sightseeing tours and cruises operated by GreatSights New Zealand, Fullers GreatSights [...]
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Queenstown’s new 10-day bike festival coming up
For all you bikees out there, Queenstown’s world-class cycle tracks, roads and spectacular lake and alpine scenery are set to take centre stage this Easter with an exciting new 10-day bike festival for all ages and abilities. The inaugural Queenstown Bike Festival, from 16-25 April, will be the perfect catalyst for visitors and locals to [...]
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