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Edge-of-your-seat circus   - 185 | Regional News

Edge-of-your-seat circus

The bizarre, the brilliant, and the hilarious will collide on stage as New Zealand’s surreal sketch circus trio, Laser Kiwi, brings their beloved variety show IDIOM to Te Auaha.

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Guy Williams is moving his car - 185 | Regional News

Guy Williams is moving his car

Kiwi comedian Guy Williams needs to move his car from Nelson to Auckland this month. What worse reason to book a national comedy tour?

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Loud chaos meets subtle storytelling - 185 | Regional News

Loud chaos meets subtle storytelling

Two wāhine-led bands, Ingrid and the Ministers and Goodnight My Darling, will hit the road this spring for a double headliner with a twist.

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Sounds great! - 185 | Regional News

Sounds great!

Pōneke’s Cuba Street Precinct will host the first edition of Great Sounds Great, a one-day multi-venue music festival by the local Eyegum Music Collective.

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Documenting an ever-changing city  - 185 | Regional News

Documenting an ever-changing city

Gone Not Forgotten by Mike Aamodt and Transient Spaces by Simon Jay, exhibitions running simultaneously at Mitchell Studios, both present images that explore our ever-changing capital city.

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Rockstars rock out - 185 | Regional News

Rockstars rock out

StarJam will celebrate 20 years – and a year’s worth of hard work and fun – in their End of Year Wellington Concert this December.

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