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AN ERA OF DEEP DARKNESS

Gaiety Theatre’s search goes global

An international search for parts for Wairoa’s Gaiety Theatre’s Projection Unit is under way. Wairoa District Council chief executive Kitea Tipuna said the ultimate aim was to get movies screening again at the Gaiety, and there is...

The last hurrah

Almost 56 years to the day, the first concrete was poured for Midway Surf Life Saving Club’s spanking new £18,000 clubhouse. Due for demolition in the near future, and a new build, the club held its “last hurrah” on the weekend. To mark the...

A taste of Sicily

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WONDERS OF THE ‘CITY OF JOY’

Call it Calcutta or Kolkata — it is a city that is easy to fall in love with. A city that clings to every bit of its history to preserve its heritage. A bit of the past juxtaposed with the present. Kolkata is a place that I love to the core. The...

History and beauty at Rakiura

Upon announcing to family and friends about a pending ocean expedition at Stewart Island – in July – responses generally were in accord. Middle of winter? On a boat? Madness!The obvious presumption was for freezing temperatures and raging seas...

Artists inspired by wai

A deep dive into Wairoa waters has inspired third-year Toihoukura art students from Gisborne. The show, Nga Wai Hono, represents the students’ work from their final year and opened at Wairoa Museum last Thursday. It is the second time students from...

Cheers! Beer festival is back

Rev your taste buds, strap on your hops-helmet and get ready for the Gisborne Beer Festival at the Speedway. In its third year and incarnation, the festival has continued to grow, and with it so has the size of the venue, says festival organiser...

Bowls beat basketball

Steph Beattie initially turned up her nose at her mother’s invitation to join her bowls team. It was 1988. Inspector Morse was in its second year on television screens and Margaret Thatcher had become the longest-serving British prime minister of...

The power of resilience personified on screen

by Dominic Corry, NZ HeraldA group of Kiwi women exhibit inspirational attitudes in the face of cancer in The Pinkies are Back, a gentle and affecting local documentary. The Pink Dragons are an Auckland-based dragon-boating team comprised entirely of...

Supergreen watercress pesto

I was having a lunchtime hīkoi along the Taruheru awa last week when a kind man stopped me with a smile and asked if I would like some watercress. He handed over a huge bag of the fresh, green goodness that had come straight from the bush. I...

Raw and free

Detox got thyroid function back to normal

The strategic guide to snacking

In this extract from her new book The 10:10 Diet, clinical nutritionist Sarah Di Lorenzo, discusses ways to stave of those hunger pangs between meals

Chekhov in lockdown

An Auckland Theatre Company adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull could go horribly wrong or it could be a groundbreaking coup. The 19th century Russian playwright’s groundbreaking work dramatises romantic and artistic conflicts between...

Tairāwhiti’s Fittest Mums

Juggling with kids, work and taking care of the house, mothers do it all . . . Tairāwhiti’s Fittest Mum title winners for 2022 spoke to The Gisborne Herald reporter Akula Sharma about their journey. Getting to the gym every day and making it to...

Mother never told me

Anyone interested in submitting poetry for publication in The Guide can send their work to jack. marshall@gisborneherald. co. nz