A tonne of NZ rock bands have just released this video, each to their own page… none of them are letting much be known only that we have to wait til May 19th to find out!! The list of bands includes Ekko Park, Setting Fire To Stacey, Silence The City, …

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So I’ve had a bunch of running around the country getting stuff done, hanging with mates and doing fun shit so I thought that was worthy of a webisode – Enjoy! Also for the burger thing – comps@theempire.nz A post shared by The Empire Media Group (@theempire_nz) on May 6, …

Garage Project, Resonance Lager. I’m not a big lager fan, but this is the second Resonance beer from Garage Project . Rather than dark metal this Lager was treated to a classical playlist from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. It makes for a very clean and deeply refreshing beer. It’s …

So what even is the deal with Smart wearables? Ok so lets start at the beginning, as many of you know I started doing the whole gym/fitness thing a few months back. I was looking around at heart rate monitors like a fitbit or something to that effect. I had …

I used to be all about the physical cds, something you can hold in your hand. I never quite got on the iTunes buzz, but now that streaming and Spotify is so prolific and easy I have mostly jumped ship onto this platform unless it’s something I am really getting …

Okay, so the internet is awash with the spec list being released for the latest Xbox console, codenamed Project Scorpio. The spec sheet (which comes courtesy of Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry), and some other details that have been revealed are surprising, in a good way. Looking at the raw specs, there’s …

Price as tested $47,486 Horses – 205hp Torques – 158 lb/ft Fuel Consumption ( we didn’t drive it mellow at all so n/a) A post shared by The Empire Media Group (@theempire_nz) on Mar 31, 2017 at 1:34am PDT A post shared by The Empire Media Group (@theempire_nz) on Apr …

Higgins Brewing with The Occasional Brewer, December Golden Ale. This is as rare and limited a release as it gets. These are the only 3 bottles that made it to Auckland from an extremely small run, and it will never be produced again. Nah. It’s a Daves brew from The Occasional …

Clean whites. Now usually we’re the kind of people that notice all of our flaws but honestly we never really thought about how white our teeth were before. You often hear of people spending a small fortune to get that photo-shopped looking gum bling. So, when someone suggested we, mere …