Culture
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I’m off to Australian Fashion Week: what I’m taking
Read more: I’m off to Australian Fashion Week: what I’m takingI’m normally quite the planner. I love lists. I even make numbered lists – which you don’t have to tick off in order, but bonus points if you do. So it is with great excitement that I’m planning a trip for my very first time, to Australian Fashion Week 2018, and making a list. Luckily…
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Film Review: Chappaquiddick, the story of Teddy Kennedy
Read more: Film Review: Chappaquiddick, the story of Teddy KennedyChappaquiddick is the story of Senator Edward ’Teddy’ Kennedy and his struggles with the recent loss of two illustrious brothers and the familial strain and life-changing effects this has wrought. The film centres on one night in 1969, a key incident and the aftermath that ensues. Played carefully by Jason Clarke (Lawless, Zero Dark Thirty,…
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My trip aboard Celebrity Cruise liner Celebrity Solstice in Auckland
Read more: My trip aboard Celebrity Cruise liner Celebrity Solstice in AucklandI am starting the school holidays off well, with a trip aboard Celebrity Cruise liner Celebrity Solstice for facials and massages while the luxury liner is in Auckland on Sunday. I met the other media and our hosts for the day, Pauline and Keely of Dock Street Group, on Princes Wharf and we boarded with…
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FILM REVIEW: SWEET COUNTRY starring Hamilton Morris, Bryan Brown and Sam Neill
Read more: FILM REVIEW: SWEET COUNTRY starring Hamilton Morris, Bryan Brown and Sam NeillGenre: Western/Drama Director: Warwick Thornton Cast: Hamilton Morrison, Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Matt Day, Sotiris Tzelios Rated: TBC Runtime: 1 hour, 53 minutes “Inspired by real events and starring our very own NZ talent Sam Neill, Sweet Country is set in the 1920s on the Northern Territory frontier -where justice itself is put on trial.”…
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Picnic at Little Shoal Bay
Read more: Picnic at Little Shoal BayI love the last rays of summer and early Autumn, and I plan to keep eating outdoors as long as possible. Especially, if that involves cheese! Today, I’m holding a picnic at Little Shoal Bay for my wedding anniversary; a simple celebratory picnic with bubbles and all the necessary bits and pieces thrown into a wicker basket…
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FILM REVIEW: LOVE, SIMON is a story you’re going to LOVE
Read more: FILM REVIEW: LOVE, SIMON is a story you’re going to LOVE“Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all his classmates: he’s gay. When that secret is leaked, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.” IMDB This film in so many ways, is not a film I’d normally like. It’s a high school coming-of-age story, it’s a…
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Film Review: Jennifer Lawrence stars in Spy Thriller Red Sparrow
Read more: Film Review: Jennifer Lawrence stars in Spy Thriller Red SparrowRed Sparrow, based on the 2013 novel ”Red Sparrow” by Jason Matthews Genre: Spy Thriller Director: Francis Lawrence Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Noel Edgerton, Joely Richardson, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeremy Irons, Charlotte Rampling and Mary Louise Parker “Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to ‘Sparrow School,’ a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as…
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The House of Peroni at Auckland Viaduct for Volvo Ocean Race 2018
Read more: The House of Peroni at Auckland Viaduct for Volvo Ocean Race 2018What goes with sunny days by the ocean, more than a cold drink in hand, and watching the boats go by? It’s perfect than that Peroni Nastro Azzurro, the official beer partner of the Volvo Ocean Race Auckland Stopover, has constructed an incredible House of Peroni down on Auckland’s waterfront, and I was lucky enough…
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High above Auckland at Dinner in the Sky
Read more: High above Auckland at Dinner in the SkyHigh above Auckland, seated around a table suspended from a crane 50 metres above the ground, I experienced the 7pm dinner flight of Dinner in the Sky on Friday February 2nd. It was definitely a life experience. We enjoyed incredible views of the city by night, and the harbour bridge Vector Lights came on to entertain us even…
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Travel: My top 5 Things To Do in the Coromandel with kids
Read more: Travel: My top 5 Things To Do in the Coromandel with kidsIf you are considering travelling to the Coromandel peninsula in New Zealand – especially with children in tow- I have a few recommendations of things I personally enjoyed from taking my own family there this month, January 2018. Here are my top five things to do in the Coromandel with kids, with pricing, as I…