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40 rooms, free for every member. Rooms are text-only (no links or photos) and moderated.

Rooms: General

General

Where most nights start. Say hello and see who's about.

# The lobby The main room. Say hello and see who's about.
# New here Just joined? Say hi and tell everyone your old screen name.
# Chill-out lounge Kick back and chat about anything.
# Night owls Still up after midnight? Same.

Rooms: Throwback

Throwback

For everyone who misses the 2000s: the music, the phones, the telly and the side fringes.

# Class of 2004 Where were you in 2004? School, first job, first phone, first crush.
# Noughties music Burnt CDs, iPod shuffles, music video channels and the songs you still know every word to.
# Old phones and dial-up Brick phones, Snake, polyphonic ringtones, dial-up noises and fighting over the family computer.
# Saturday morning telly The cartoons, shows and ads you grew up with.
# Emo corner Side fringes, eyeliner, and song lyrics as your personal message.

Rooms: Premium lounges

Premium lounges

Lounges for Premium members. Everyone who joins now gets Premium free for a while, so come on in.

# The VIP lounge A quieter room for Premium members. Pull up a beanbag.
# Throwback lounge Premium members only: all things 90s and 2000s, all night long.
# Trivia night Premium members' quiz room. Bring your own buzzer.

Rooms: Around NZ

Around NZ

One room for each island. Find people near you, or talk about home.

# North Island From Northland to Wellington, and everywhere in between.
# South Island Nelson to Bluff, the Coast and everywhere in between.

Rooms: By age

By age

For when you'd rather chat with people at the same stage of life.

# 20-somethings In your twenties? This one's yours.
# 30-somethings Careers, kids, mortgages, or none of the above.
# Over 40s For the grown-ups.

Rooms: Social

Rooms for wherever you're at.

# Rainbow lounge LGBTQIA+ members and friends.

Rooms: Entertainment

Entertainment

Music, screens and books.

# Music What you're listening to, gigs and festivals.
# Movies, TV and books What to watch, what to read, what to skip. Spoiler warnings please.

Rooms: Sport

Sport

Every code, every team, every ref's eyesight.

# Sport talk Any code, any team: the weekend's games, the trade rumours and the ref's eyesight.
# Rugby and league All Blacks, Black Ferns, Super Rugby, the NPC and the Warriors.
# Cricket Black Caps, White Ferns, the Super Smash and every collapse.
# Football The Phoenix, Auckland FC, the All Whites and the Premier League.
# Motorsport F1, Supercars, MotoGP, rallying and the local speedway.
# Basketball and US sports The Breakers, the Tall Blacks, the NBA, the NFL and the rest.

Rooms: Gaming

Gaming

PC, console and retro, plus the LAN party memories.

# Gaming lounge Anything gaming: PC, console, mobile and tabletop.
# PC gaming Builds, Steam sales, shooters, strategy and what's worth the download.
# PlayStation, Xbox and Switch Console games, co-op partners and what to play next.
# Retro gaming N64, PS1, LAN parties and the games you still think about.

Rooms: World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

Azeroth, old and new.

# World of Warcraft Raids, Mythic+, housing and everything in the current game.
# WoW Forever Levelling to 60 again: the new zones, rulesets and who's camping where.
# WoW Classic Anniversary realms, Hardcore and the rest of the Classic family.
# WoW: looking for group Find a group, a guild or someone to level with. Kiwi hours and late-night raiders welcome.

Rooms: Hobbies

Hobbies

The gym, the outdoors, food and cars.

# Fitness and the gym The gym, the Saturday run, training plans and sore legs.
# Outdoors and travel Tramping, fishing, surfing, camping, and trips planned or taken.
# Food and drink Recipes, takeaways, wine and craft beer.
# Cars and bikes Projects, track days and road trips.

Rooms: Life

Life

Parenting, advice and the occasional vent.

# Parents Kids, sleep (or lack of it) and everything in between.
# Advice and venting Work, money and life. Be kind.

Rooms with a are for Premium members; everyone who joins now gets 3 months of Premium free. About Premium. There are also a few optional 18+ rooms, switched off for every member unless they turn them on in Options.

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