The Aurora Foundation Trust provides programmes for talented primary school students in different areas of learning. In May they ran the Aurora Writing Retreat at Eastwoodhill Arboretum for talented young writers. The group visited Eastwoodhill...
In the depths of winter, Matariki is about to light up. From July 9 to 17, Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival will bring the riverside to life with illuminated contemporary Māori art and design. Te Ara I Whiti should appeal to everyone, with installations...
Our journey from Jersey to Nantes entailed long walks, crossing a border, a transfer between ferries and trains, and trains and trains, and a walk with our bags to our apartment in Nantes. The journey was accomplished on time in spite of a whole lot...
Dome Bar, Saturday. An intimate showcase of drum and bass and electronic music. St Andrew’s Church, Sunday, 2pm. Gisborne Highland Pipe Band. A concert to celebrate 100 years of Highland pipe bands in Tairawhiti. Admission free/koha to...
When Kurt Barker and James Bristow’s mates from around New Zealand came to stay in Gisborne, the two men set the longline.“It provides food throughout the day and is best served with cold drinks, good music and great company,” Barker said. The...
Just as Shakespeare’s Globe theatre was closed three times due to the Bubonic Plague, the future of London’s famous replica Globe has been threatened by Covid-19. Retired school teacher and theatre enthusiast Gary File cannot believe today’s...
Diana Dobson talks to Jessie Bourke about her work in the forestry industry, and about the many community interests which helped her win an inaugural scholarship to furthering her development as a health and safety professional. As a child, Jessie...
Whakatane is one of Tairawhiti’s closest neighbours. It has an estimated population of 37,100, and takes 2 hours and 45 minutes to get there through the wild Waioeka Gorge. En route you will drive through three towns that start with O -- Opotiki...
The three board members who resigned from NZ Opera last month have spoken out about their decision, hitting back at suggestions it was linked to a new performance based on the antics of a group of unruly tourists. In May, RNZ revealed Witi Ihimaer...
The first time Tui Keenan went hunting, it wasn’t a lot of fun.“It was terrible. I was heavily pregnant. I had bad hayfever and couldn’t take any medication for it, so I got the evil look from my husband every time I sneezed. I was hot, I was...
A story described by short film judges as “set within the fragile balance of joy and inevitable sadness of father-daughter relationships”, has won Tokomaru Bay woman Cian Elyse White the short film festival’s best New Zealand film award. Now...
Retired East Coast MP Anne Tolley sits down with The Gisborne Herald's Wynsley Wrigley to discuss political life
It’s a hot, sunny day, but when the wind changes Marijke Warmenhoven is on edge. She rushes to pull her washing off the line, closes the windows and wishes she could be anywhere but Ruatoria. A wicked norwesterly lifts dust from the Waiapu riverbed...
Theatre, live music and installations are among events planned for this year’s Maori arts-based Tairawhiti Arts Festival. From October 2-11, Turanga locals and visitors to the region will have more than 40 opportunities to engage with arts and...
BrazilBeat Sound System’s Nego Beto and Mara Weiss get the afrobeats and Latin rhythms pumping again on Saturday at 9pm. The house party broadcast can be streamed via www. facebook. com/brazilbeatsoundsystem. Entry is free, because it’s at your...
I SAY: “A man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing,” social climber and bastion of Victorian mores, Lady Augusta Bracknell (Elizabeth Boyce) says in Oscar Wilde’s comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. Wilde’s...
More than 400 metres above sea level, hidden down a long driveway and surrounded by trees, sits Gisborne’s Water Treatment Plant. Gisborne City water is supplied from two main water catchments; the Mangapoike Dams (Williams, Clapcott and Sang) and...
Among artists in Saturday’s Waitangi Day Out line-up is local singer/songwriter and special guest Raiha Moetara. A 2014 Play it Strange finalist/recording artist, Moetara’s original song Homeland was one of five songs from Gisborne Girls’ High...
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the widely performed modern mass to peace, The Armed Man, composer Karl Jenkins wants your pictures of peace and tranquillity. Randomly selected images of people, places and wildlife that distil this theme will be...
Ranger Robbie measures the wind at the top of the Kepler Track based on the reports of traumatised trampers as they stumble into the Iris Burn Hut in varying states of shock and relief. If the gusts are so strong, trampers have had to crawl along the...
After a great week heading south by train to Invercargill, we boarded our three coaches to go west and on to Queenstown and Westland. On our way out we visited the Bill Richardson Transport World. a huge and outstanding museum featuring cars, trucks...
Matariki is a time of renewal, reflection and rest. It is often referred to as the Maori New Year. But it is not like December 31 and January 1, where fireworks are set off and everyone is partying. Rather it is a time to reflect on the past, rest in...
When surf/artist Brett Summerlee lost a mate to suicide he and another friend wanted to do something to support mental health workers. Miharo Gallery owner Rosie Cruddas whole-heartedly agreed to host an auction of donated artworks to help raise...
Albi & The Wolves’ alternative indie folk tunes are set to hit the stage at Smash Palace next month. Chris Dent, the proud albino frontman Albi, along with Pascal Roggen and Michael Young have crafted a stage show brimming with energy with...
After a big day at Waitangi Day Out at the Soundshell with acts such as The Black Seeds and Troy Kingi and the Clutch, Smash Palace is hosting Waitangi Nite Out. Tyna Keelan’s band Witchdoctor will throw down the funkiest of grooves and the...
REVIEWA Spanish guitar-inflected riff reminiscent of a high noon moment sets the tone for a karanga battle in producer Claire Varley’s short film Hangi Pants. Director Jake Mokomoko’s beautifully shot scenes open the film with aerial images of...
“The relaunch is all about creating an awareness of our collections and their need to be involved in our fundraising campaign,” Mr Weaver says. The launch was to be in three stages starting with local interaction, national and then international...
Craft is a broad church, art historian Damian Skinner once told The Guide.“There is amateur craft, craft people made in wartime such as rag rugs and chairs made from fruit boxes; stuff men do in their sheds, what we did in woodwork at school.”At...
■Gisborne Concert Band conducted by Matthew Lee. A celebration of the flute player’s few months home in Gisborne before he returns to Boston for his doctoral music study. St Andrew’s Church, Saturday, August 15, 2pm. Free but koha for...
A charcoal and graphite drawing of his 4x great grandfather on his father’s side has earned Toihoukura, Maori art and design school student Nathaniel Nathan an honourable mention from judges of the inaugural Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award. The...
The 17th annual Wairoa Māori Film Festival bursts on to screens this weekend in Wairoa and Nūhaka with a full programme of films and at least three big events. This year the festival will present a great selection of New Zealand-made short films by...