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Costume dramas
With Armageddon looming in Hamilton 14th & 15th April, and Wellington at the TSB Arena on 21st & 22nd April, we thought we would remind you just how much fun it is with photographs of the best costumes from Armaggedeon 2011...
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Animal planet
After having kids, nature seems to take on a whole new level in your appreciation as you see it through new eyes; the eyes of your child. We went to Kelly Tarlton's to meet the baby animals...
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Mouse in the house
The mousular star today is not Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, or Danger Mouse, but Angelina Mousling. She's the star of Angelina Ballerina which has twenty books, a TV show, a musical...and now, this Royal New Zealand Ballet show...
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A fairy-nice place
The Fairy Shop brought new meaning to the glitterati - literally as a celebrity child filled guest list played with glitter- as they celebrated the cafe grand opening party in the gorgeous Ponsonby Road store with a fairy-filled wonderland...
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A friend in read is a friend indeed
When I look through my box of childhood treasures, alongside Sticky the velcro-paw teddy and Cindy - I was anti-Barbie as a child, in a feminist move oddly ahead of my time - it's the books that really stand out....
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Get Kinected
Such perfect timing - just days after purchasing an Xbox with Kinect for home and with the school holidays underway, we were invited to an xbox showcase at the HP Wintergarden down at Wynyard Quarter...
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A nation of racers
My guess is that if you are a company in any sort of media or entertainment market then the dawning of the Internet age must be your dream and your worst nightmare all at the same time, says Jeremy at the Modnation Racers release event...
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Heavy playing
If you're going to play PS3 you're not going to impress me unless you can compete with playing it on the big screen at Sky City Gold Glass. I was there to experience Sony's game that pushes the boundaries of intelligent gaming in Heavy Rain...
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Hello my pet
When I was 12, the one thing my friends and I wanted for Christmas more than anything was our very own Tamagotchi. Well this Christmas, kids will have their hearts set on a virtual pet of a different kind - Sony’s EyePet...
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Armageddon outa here
Thousands of loyal fans flocked to Armageddon Expo in Auckland to see Seth Green (tv/film actor and co-creator of Robot Chicken) and other stars including cast members from Battlestar Galactica...
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Playstation Party
When God added the 10th commandment to the stone tablets he gave to Moses I think there was a good chance it was because of nights like the Playstation Party...
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Who is New Zealand's quiz brain?
On the money at the Kingslander pub quiz night? Hot to trot at Trivial Pursuits? Then you should be a cool contender for Buzz's search for the quiz brain of the nation....
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