Upcoming Wellington artist Rei’s latest single All We Got is tuned as a drum and bass cum kapa haka and pop mash that will send music lovers straight back to the vibe of their favourite festival. Following up on this summer’s DnB te reo hit Te...
Rhythm and Vines organisers want to know what the public think about the local music extravaganza with a short survey. Organisers of the three-day music festival said they wanted to hear from festivalgoers as R&V — one of the country’s...
Not one but two renowned international music festivals have invited local band Brazilbeat Sound System to perform at their venues in America this June. Now in it’s 26th year, Sierra Nevada World Music Festival is a three-day camping and music...
Preeti Maheshwari’s visit to Bengaluru is full of thrills and spills. What’s there to see in a city crammed with a mad surge of development, traffic congestion and rising pollution levels? It was a question I had to ask myself as we reached...
Impress friends and family with this fragrant and creamy Thai green chicken curry. While this may not be the most authentic Thai green curry recipe, it is easy and delicious. This curry is very versatile and the ingredients can be altered for those...
Weeds in the garden are common challenges. Even the best landscapers deal with these persistent pests. This guide will help you identify and manage weeds. Dealing with weeds is an important part of caring for your garden. If left unchecked, they can...
Odeon Multiplex ■ Book Club: The Next Chapter Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen head to Italy. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country...
What's On This Week ■ Thursday Build-a-Band Smash Palace Bar, 24 Banks St, 7pm-11pm, free entry. ■ Friday Night Karaoke Breakers Jandal Bar, from 8pm to midnight, free entry. ■ GizzyBorn - NZ Music Month Local Artist Showcase Smash Palace...
It was 2017 and they were flying to a convention of movie theatre owners to drum up excitement for their movie where she, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen and Diane Keaton play friends who decide to read Fifty Shades of Grey
TAIRĀWHITI’S best photographers are invited to take on the rest of New Zealand as the Auckland Festival of Photography Trust announces the 2023 Music Photography Award – Whakaahua Puoro Toa is accepting entries up to Saturday, May 20. “Music...
The Gisborne International Music Competition (GIMC) and Chamber Music New Zealand (CMNZ) are pleased to announce their exciting music-based programme for Tairāwhiti Gisborne in 2023. This year’s community engagement programme will include...
Talented young performing artists here can now join those across the country who are being offered a financial boost thanks to the Dame Malvina Major Foundation. The Foundation’s Arts Excellence Awards support young New Zealanders of outstanding...
Movies will once again be back on the big screen with the Gaiety Theatre projector repaired and ready to roll. A technical breakdown with the Series 1 Christie projector meant the end of local movie screenings in August last year. Since then, the...
Gizzy musos have collaborated to bring together seven acts for NZ Music Month this May. Smash Palace will host GizzyBorn a local artist showcase on Saturday night. Acts taking the stage are ‘The Voles’, ‘Natasha Lee’, ‘Levi Mackey’...
Travel writer Mike Yardley discovers a trip to Queensland is incomplete without seeing some of the world’s most amazing and endangered animals. If you’re treating the family to a Sunshine Coast winter escape, spend a night at Australia Zoo. The...
Adorable, colourful and easy to make, these popcorn pops are the sweet treat every celebration needs. If you’re short on time, this is a quick, simple Mother’s Day recipe for kids. These delicious popcorn pops are really easy to rustle up and...
A former Gisborne family is setting sail on a two-year odyssey to bring medical help to poor regions of Africa. Fred and Maria Kuo told the Herald why they were embarking on their mission of mercy. Relocating their family of five to volunteer on...
Los Angeles — When Peter “Star-Lord” Quill, while inspecting a murky extraterrestrial region, pressed play on Redbone’s Come and Get Your Love in the first Guardians of the Galaxy, it would have been hard to imagine that James Gunn’s space...
ODEON MULTIPLEX Book Club: The Next Chapter Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen take their book club antics to Italy. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into...
This week ■ Friday Night Karaoke Breakers Jandal Bar, from 8pm to midnight. Free entry. ■ CANCELLED: Midwave Breaks Dome Cinema at The Poverty Bay Club, Saturday. Refunds available ■ ‘Vivo! — Musica Y Baile’ Smash Palace, Banks Street...
May is NZ Music Month and local musicians, bands and music organisations are reminded there’s still time to take part in the formation of the region’s music strategy by completing the “What Music Means to Me” Tairāwhiti Music Survey...
Three artists in Gisborne have been selected as finalists in the inaugural Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award. The celebrated artists are: Michelle Hinekura Kerr for Ngā Huna Kōrero, Jody Tupara for Ngā Haututu o te Kāuta and Karaitiana Akroyd...
Wainui artist Veronika Lambert is showing off her reverse glass painting works this week and is ready to answer any questions from the public about the ancient art. Reverse glass painting, also called Hinterglass, has existed since ancient times...
Have you heard the call of parenthood . . . a call that is so bittersweet and filled with uncertainty? That’s how it sounds in Louise Wallace’s latest poetry collection titled This is a story about your mother which launches today. Her poetry is...
Preeti Maheshwari and her family immerse themselves in the fascinating history of Mumbai . . . After enduring the sweltering heat in Ahmedabad, we boarded a train to reach Mumbai — a stunning paradox of hope and chaos, magic and madness. Formerly...
From crisp and zingy salads to fresh and comforting curries and tangles of tasty noodles, as well as plant-based bowls and stir-fries, Norman Musa’s Bowlful will satisfy all cravings . . . I adapted this dish from the famous Javanese dish known as...
The Everyday Herbalist by Jane Wrigglesworth is a comprehensive guide to herbs, covering everything you need to know: from how to grow them successfully in your garden to how to use them for health and wellbeing . . . This is the ultimate book for...
Historian Jane Luiten has spent much of her working life researching treaty claims for the Waitangi Tribunal. But when she is not reading history, she is busy holding folk dance events throughout New Zealand. She talked to Avneesh Vincent...
How a school in the remote East Coast township of Te Araroa coped after Cyclone Gabrielle. Principal Lynn Burrell talks to Kim Parkinson . . .
War Memorial Theatre will be the location of interest for staged murder, deceit and sensationalism all wrapped together in the musical play Chicago, which premieres this month. The Musical Theatre Gisborne production is a Tony-award-winning musical...
Local Yvonne Fletcher’s skills to cleverly craft an ethereal floral design saw her place third in a national floral art design competition held in Hamilton last month. Floral Art Society of New Zealand (FASNZ) is a society that aims to encourage...
From the time Marie-ann Quin was a toddler, she was drawn to mums and babies. In fact her first word, apparently, was “baby”, she recalls. “If I ever went missing from my home in the cul-de-sac crescent, in Gisborne where I was born, raised...
Back in February, just a few days before Cyclone Gabrielle struck, the Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club hiked to Lake Waikareiti in Te Urewera. Gillian Ward writes abut the overnight excursion. The damage inflicted by the cyclone led to the closure...