THE SHORT HAUL AKL
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It may look like a screen shot from the next great New Zealand thriller, but the real story behind this moody pic is a little less sinister. Kiwi actor
Karl Urban snapped this photo somewhere in the North Island — and we’re picking Auckland — but refused to let his fans in on where. “Secret surf spot. Howling offshore. Fun times,” he wrote in the caption, enigmatically. Urban has recently wrapped up shooting on Hangman, in which he stars as a homicide detective alongside Al Pacino.
Object of Desire
When TIME writes lists of must-have travel gadgets, we pay attention — and these luggage scales may just be one of our fave gadgets of this year. Not only is this a baggage scale — meaning you can avoid nasty surprises at the airport — but it doubles as a battery bank, for quick and easy recharging of smartphones and other devices. As having oversized baggage and running out of smartphone battery are two of the most annoying travel bugbears, we reckon it’s worth paying $72 for the Oaxis Airscale to solve them both in one pop.