Despite my green tendencies, I’ve never been a fan of composting toilets . . . but a recent visit to the loo at Glenorchy changed all that. This tiny settlement at the head of Lake Wakatipu, permanent population 450, is home to the astounding Camp...
No single food or food component can protect you against cancer by itself. But research shows that a diet filled with a variety of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans and other plant foods helps lower risk for many cancers. Squash and pumpkin...
ROOTS reggae with Pacific, international and old school flavours helped East Coast Vibes celebrate its fifth anniversary with a happy crowd of about 800 at the Soundshell outdoor theatre on Saturday. One Point Five Men opened the show with homegrown...
The comic strip style of Footrot Flats trots, stalks, skitters and stamps through playwright Roger Hall’s script for the musical based on Murray Ball’s popular cartoon. Based on the iconic comic strip most of us have grown up with, Musical...
In 2015, I realised a long-held dream, to go trekking and sight-seeing in Ladakh, Northern India (you can read part one of Jane's story ).While in Ladakh with Kay, we met up with a friend and former colleague of mine, Tony Hyde, who taught at Aiglon...
Justine Tyerman behaves in a far from ‘age-appropriate’ manner on a recent trip to the Catlins . . .Woohoo! Book those Easter flights NOW, I shrieked as I spotted the $99 airfares to Queenstown. Feeling daringly-spontaneous, we jumped on the Air...
“The Man is a modern jester who holds court in the park and reaches out to his fellow citizens by questioning everything,” says the unnamed comedian/actor behind The Man. Inspired by London's Speakers' Corner, The Man blends stand-up and theatre...
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) has cancelled a seven-date North Island tour including two Gisborne performances due to the country moving to red in the Covid-19 Protection Framework. The Art of Fugue tour was to begin in Wellington on...
“The funny thing is, Jesus doesn’t have much to do,” says Wellington bass singer Roger Wilson of his part in the Gisborne Choral Society’s upcoming production of Bach’s St John Passion. The oratorio is lifted from John’s account of...
In more than 20 years, Gisborne man Cory Scott has captured thousands of magic surfing images that have graced the pages of the country’s leading surf publication, and now he is the owner of New Zealand Surfing Magazine. The 44-year-old talked to...
A wheelchair is often a sign of disability, but in Gainor Newman's classroom it is anything but. With her new korowai draped around her shoulder, Gainor cuts a regal figure. A teacher at Kaiti School for 34 years she has seen five principals and has...
Auditions will take place this Sunday for Gisborne Unity Theatre's newest play, The Wolves by Sarah de Lappe. Written in 2016 and named as a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the play chronicles six Saturday mornings in the lives of...
Over three decades after his death, a scholarship started in the memory of Steve Crosby, a local lawyer and outstanding sportsman, continues to benefit Gisborne students. The scholarship, founded by his friends after his premature death, aged just...
THE minimalistic set and staging of Unity Theatre’s production of Macbeth means the production comes down to the words, character and acting, says Joe Martin who is cast in the title role.“I love the part. You go from one extreme to...
Public riots in London's Hyde Park in 1855 gave rise to the free-speech tradition that continues today at the park's Speakers' Corner, and it was partly the soapbox orators' theatricality that inspired the show, The Man. The performer behind the...
An internationally celebrated artist living in Gisborne has added a new arts award to her bio. The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi last week announced its first ever major arts award for queer artists in Aotearoa, and Lindah Lepou as the inaugural Toi...
One One One from TaurangaCosmopolitan Club, tomorrow. TRAMPSMusic, poetry and song. All welcome to the fortnightly event at the Band Room, Childers Road, July 21, (2pm).COMING UPThe WizRSA, July 27 (7pm).Smash Winter SeshIncludes Bloodnut, Dick...
HISTORICALLY reserved for kings and aristocracy, lawn bowls has spent the last decade lowering the final drawbridge in removing gender separation from the sport. During her 30-year bowling career, Carol Hawes, the first female president of Gisborne...
An invitation from Wales took Mary-Jane Richmond across the world to Germany. She writes about her first few days in Berlin. The email dropped into my mailbox on May 9. It was from Wales, an invitation from composer Sir Karl Jenkins to join a world...
Rock ‘n' roll icons The Narcs are set to create musical pandemonium when they reach Gisborne in November. The three-piece band will be playing some of their earlier sensations such as Heart and Soul (Remake), No Turning Back and Stay Away, among...
For their last album, Sludge Pop, indie group Soaked Oats incorporated lots of synths deep in the mix that fatten out the sound a bit more.“The themes running across our songs change as we do, and as such there isn't one thing we're always trying...
The next time you pick up a copy of MiNDFOOD and drool over the gorgeous “foodtography” and recipes therein, spare a thought for the people behind the scenes, the team who design, create, test and photograph the mouth-watering dishes presented...
Te Araroa-born and raised, Geoff Haerewa is in his second term as president or mayor of the Shire of Derby/West Kimberley in Western Australia. In his first visit home in four years, he talked to Kim Parkinson
Last month Eastland Group and Eastland Community Trust signed up to the Climate Leaders Coalition agreement to tackle climate change by reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions. Andrew Ashton delves deeper into how that will be achieved and how it will put...
With its turn-over of works by an eclectic range of artists, central city location and high traffic flow, the Miharo gallery is all about freshness — and nothing gets fresher than wet paint. Wet Paint is the name of a new concept to come out of...
The children of pioneer Maori filmmaker Merata Mita are glad that her story has been told on film by one of them. Awatea Mita was in Gisborne for the Mother’s Day screening of the film Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, and said she and her...
Elderly people are facing continuing challenges in the wake of the Covid-19 lockdown, the Tairawhiti Positive Ageing Trust has found. For this reason the trust is establishing a resilience framework to not only help those affected by isolation but...
ACCORDING to the 80s camp anthem from the musical Chess, “One Night in Bangkok and the world’s your oyster.”Or not. Within minutes of landing at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, a pickpocket or two has swiped my wallet and my proverbial...
The world premiere of a work commissioned for a classical concept marimba will be part of the Yoshiko Tsuruta’s programme in Gisborne on Saturday. Composer Andrzej Nowicki wrote Snowplay for Tsuruta’s upscaled marimba and threw in passages for...