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A suburb whose hippest pub, The Gluepot, hosted gigs by the likes of Hello Sailor,  Mick Jagger, and Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett who once, mid-performance, leapt high enough to headbutt a hole into the ceiling. That suburb is Ponsonby.
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