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Summer’s back…and so are the jandals

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by Pinky Khanna

It’s summer time in New Zealand and we all know what that means…

Jandals are out of the closet.

Known by different names around the world, this style of footwear has become a Kiwi icon. Read more

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Summer blues

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by Ranita Nand

One day it feels like summer, the next its winter all over again.

One annoying thing about living in Auckland is our crazy weather, it’s so unpredictable.

I mean, last week you could find most of us in our jandels and sunnies lying down in Albert Park. This week so far has been gusty winds and thunder storms. Read more

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Japanese street fashion the new style

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by Jackie Tran Van

As fashion week drew to an end a new focus is set to keep Auckland fashion in the lime-light.

Loli-pop is the latest exhibition at the Auckland Museum and focuses on Japanese Gothic Lolita phenomenon.

In a nut-shell, Gothic Lolita or Loli-goth is a style of fashion based on dolls adopted as a Japanese street style. Read more

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Is Sylvia Park really that bad?

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by Matt SamraShopping

Everyone I talk to seems to hate Sylvia Park.

Either I hang out with too many snobs, or the shopping complex is, to put it in plain terms, crap.

But before I launch into a rich diatribe about Sylvia Park, I think it’s only fair to run through the pros and cons of Auckland’s biggest shopping mall. Read more

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