Octoblast 2026: The Complete Guide To Te Arai
Octoblast is one of those festivals that people in the know get quietly excited about months out. It lands in late spring on the Northland coast, it runs bass music, techno and psytrance across multiple stages, and it has built a reputation as a properly immersive weekend rather than just a lineup on a paddock.…
How To Wash And Store Faux Fur So It Actually Lasts
You know the feeling. You get home from a festival, peel off your coat, and it looks like it has been through a storm. The fur is flat in patches, there is a mystery stickiness on one sleeve, and the whole thing smells faintly of smoke and someone else’s night out. Here is the good…
Super Fruit D-Floor Rolla’s: The Roll Up That Survives A Whole Festival
There is a moment at every festival, usually in the early hours of the morning, when your body tells you that the last thing you ate was a $14 hot chip at 4pm the previous day. The queue for food is forty deep. Your tent is a fifteen minute walk away. You have no cash,…
Festival Palaces: How To Build A Camp That Survives The Weekend
You know the walk. The psytrance stage has finally let you go, the sky is doing that horrible pale thing over the pines, your legs have the structural integrity of wet noodles, and all you want is to lie down somewhere that isn’t a paddock. Then you get back to camp and it’s a dark,…
The Best Earplugs For Festivals, Gigs And Clubs In NZ
If your ears have ever rung on the drive home from a gig, that was your hearing filing a complaint. Ringing ears are a sign of noise damage, and unlike a hangover, hearing damage doesn’t reset by Monday – it accumulates over every festival, club night and gig for the rest of your life. The…
Womens Festival Outfits: What To Wear To Any NZ Festival
Sorting womens festival outfits should be the fun part of the countdown, not a last-minute panic. Whether it’s your first festival or your fiftieth, the goal is the same: a look that feels like you, survives twelve hours of dancing, and handles everything a New Zealand summer (or winter) throws at it. This is our…
Festival Faux Fur: Coats, Hoodies And How To Choose Yours
Every festival wardrobe eventually arrives at the same destination: faux fur. It starts as a practical decision – NZ nights are cold and fur is warm – and becomes an identity. The fur coat is the piece people hug you in, the landmark your crew finds you by, the thing that makes 3am on the…
Mesh Outfits For Raves And Festivals: How To Style Mesh
If festivals had an official fabric, it would be mesh. It breathes when the dancefloor is a furnace, layers when the night turns cold, looks unreal under stage lighting, and somehow works on absolutely everyone. But there’s a difference between throwing on a mesh top and actually styling mesh – and that difference is what…
Festival Camping Guide NZ: Setup, Packing List & Survival Tips
A festival weekend is only ever as good as your campsite. Get it right and camp becomes your sanctuary: shady in the day, glowing at night, cold drinks on tap and a proper sleep when you finally crawl into bed at sunrise. Get it wrong and you’re the crew with the collapsed gazebo, warm drinks…
What To Wear To A Festival In NZ: The Complete Guide
“What do I wear?” is the second question everyone asks after buying a festival ticket (the first is “who’s coming?”). The honest answer is that New Zealand festivals are the most judgement-free dress code in the country – but there’s a real craft to an outfit that looks incredible AND survives fourteen hours of sun,…
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Practical festival and rave know-how, minus the fluff. Our guides walk you through the stuff that actually matters – building a camp that survives the weekend, styling UV outfits, caring for fibre-optic gear and getting festival-ready without the stress. Step-by-step, Kiwi-tested, and written by people who actually go.