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Ellie the election mascot offers a sausage.

‘Enrol and have a free sausage’: Inside the campaigns to get young people to vote

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If Laneway’s 2027 poster feels slight, there’s a reason for that

The New Zealand bush is the real star of Brad Pitt’s new movie

Louise Upston's head popping out of a stadium, with singers behind her

Louise Upston was advised not to invest in concerts. She did it anyway

The rocket lift at Sky World

She was assaulted in the rocket lift, now she’s fighting for more security in dilapidated Sky World

Mobile phone and child's hands

A social media ban for under-16s? It can’t happen fast enough

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How a viral haircut catapulted NZ rapper Fat Papi onto the US charts

Paul Goldsmith and sad arts masks

Has the arts sector ever done it this hard?

Coming soon to a concert near you: poo

A collage featuring IMAX theaters, audiences watching films, and newspaper headlines about IMAX, such as "IMAX cinema hits town" and "Investors needed to keep Imax rolling.

Thanks to The Odyssey, Auckland’s Imax is having a moment. Could it be its last hurrah?

Three digital screens display music or podcast apps with images of people, album covers, and interface elements, set against a textured pink background. Text phrases appear, such as "Listen and go deeper" and "Fast, Present, Future.

Every surprise coming from Lume’s launch