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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

Saving water in your garden

• Choose hardy plantsGrow plants that have good drought- tolerance. Native flaxes and grasses, astelias and copromas have low-watering requirements, once established.• Mulch, mulch, mulchMulch around the base of plants to keep moisture in the...

Gig Guide

The Search + The AshesEven though it has been a while since they last played at Smash Palace, The Search are alive and kicking and playing this Saturday with special guests The Ashes. Smash Palace, 9pm. $10 at the door. Albi & The WolvesAlternative...

Youthtown music out of Girls’ High

Out of 48 spots in the Play it Strange Youthtown songwriting competition, Gisborne Girls’ High School songwriters took out 12 places. This means each pair of the young composers wins a professional recording of their song. And the winners and their...

Oro wai ora

MATIU Bartlett became interested in puoro in 2003 and by 2012 he was playing and composing music for the instruments as well as making them. He has since been performing, presenting and running workshops involving all aspects of puoro. Bartlett...

Comforting soups for cold days

1 butternut pumpkin1 Golden Kumara1 Onion2 medium potatoes2 tsp cumin powder2 tsp coriander powder2 tsp curry powder½ tsp ginger powder2 litres of chicken (or vege) stock2 Tbspn Olive OilPeel and chop pumpkin, kumara, pototoesPeel and chop finely...

Blues and Roots on 35

The Shibby Pictures and Whitney Flynn event at the Dome next Friday will be followed at 9pm by Gisborne soloist Richard Alexander and Swamp Thing’s Grant Haua, to kick off the three-day Gisborne Blues and Roots on 35 Festival. The main festival...

On the hunt for painted faces

Several Gisborne and East Coast locals feature in the late Graeme Mudge's murals and former Gisborne Herald arts reporter Mark Peters is keen to identify as many as possible for a book about Mudge's murals. Among characters in the murals Peters is...

A MINGLED YARN

Drizzled with dismemberment and cannibalism, Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus is presented as a wickedly funny cooking show in Evolution Theatre Company's upcoming production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. The story of Othello, a Moorish...

Funding to ‘enrich the cultural system’

Stories ranging from 1990s queer dance parties, a history of abortion care in Aotearoa and the experiences of Pasifika bus drivers in Ōtepoti Dunedin are among the topics that will be explored by recipients of this year's Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho...

‘We are in need of support’

“Tairāwhiti needs a baby loss support group for bereaved whānau”, community members say. Families share their story with The Gisborne Herald’s Akula Sharm

A wave to photography

Wave of the Winter was one of two surf photography categories in a competition organised by Gisborne Boardriders Club.“Wave of the Winter is about sharing your best surfing photo,” GBC surfing development manager Flo Bub told The Gisborne Herald...