{"id":19588,"date":"2025-07-26T12:43:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T00:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/?p=19588"},"modified":"2025-07-26T12:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T00:43:28","slug":"empire-warehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/bands\/2025\/07\/empire-warehouse","title":{"rendered":"Empire Warehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Empire Warehouse was a punk flat located in an old spice warehouse located in Hopper Street, Te Aro, Wellington. 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