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New works at Adair
AMONG works produced by 20 artists at Adair School of Art are pieces by artist-in-residence Jess Jacobs. The school opened in April and runs a mix of evening and weekend courses made up of eight-week and six-month programmes
Laksamania
Laksa is a nutritious and flavourful Malaysian recipe with heaps of variations. I adapted the recipe to local ingredients and came up with a thick, delicious and spicy soup to ward off the winter chills. Fish stock2-3 snapper heads and...
Destination Krakow
KRAKOW, at the bottom of Poland is turning into a destination city, and for good reason. After a week in Northern Ireland, we decided it was time to step out of our comfort zone. So we booked a plane to Kraków on a friend’s recommendation, found...
Supporting your skin for spring
THANK goodness for that. We made it through another winter. As much as we all enjoy those cosy fires and indoor days, isn’t it fantastic to feel the sun?The new season means time to pay attention to our skin again as it’s had a rough time over...
GD's famous biscuits
Granny Dear agrees to share the chocolate chippie recipe she’s been making for 60 or so years. Justine Tyerman tells the story of the famous biscuits . . .When the bride-to-be requested chocolate chippies for her wedding last year, her grandmother...
Moana meets the East Coast
TAIRAWHITI reo was central to the Matewa Media’s Maori language version of Disney’s musical fantasy-adventure film Moana, says Wharekahika (Hicks Bay) born musician Rob Ruha. Ruha was musical director of the te reo version of the 3D...
Beating the black dog
Depression blanks out all the beauty,” says Victor Hooks.“Even a walk to Kaiti Beach, an amazing place. To me then it was just a big load of sand and a big load of water.“I was sick of life, couldn't see any future.“I'm thinking I've let...
Yellow fever
YELLOW fever is rampaging across the district and according to those who are afflicted with the condition, there’s no cure. One of the most seriously affected — or rather infected — is Gisborne woman Jill Coates, who admits her life is totally...
I am the sh*t
When artist Glen Hayward took his wood sculptures into the Paul Nache Gallery he threw a few on the floor and said “Voila!”But this was no arty-farty tizzy. The randomness of Hayward’s curation is commensurate with the randomness of creases...
The Guide briefs
The Band School finishes year with concertYou’ve seen them entertaining passers-by in the street during the school holidays and now 80 of Ricky Boyd’s Band School student musicians will play rock, jazz and go nuts in an end of year concert. Be...
Nurturing future Maori leaders
DEEP in the heart of Kaiti is a kura that has a proud history of culture, whakapapa, Maori education and whanau community spirit. Te Kura Reo Rua o Waikirikiri will celebrate its 50th jubilee next week. Within those 50 years is another special...
Art practice fluid by nature
Abstract art looks like nothing but itself, conceptual art skips aesthetics and works in the mind, but a good part of Gisborne artist Jo Tito’s work is at once both and neither of those things and tends to process. Recently returned from...
Specialty ‘salad-funk’ sound coming to town
A mega night is coming up for Smash Palace with Wellington bands Tahini Bikini, Sureboy and Nervous in the Buslane hitting the stage tomorrow night from 7pm. Six-piece “salad-funk” band Tahini Bikini, inspired by neo-soul, funk and hip-hop, are...
Emily Blunt a practically perfect Mary Poppins
In the half-century since the original Mary Poppins debuted, we’ve learned a lot about refined sugar, frankly none of it good. Doctors tell us it can lead to obesity, heart disease and all sorts of other detriments to our health. But let’s face...
St Pete’s: Seat of imperial Russia
Phil and Sue Newdick continue relating their travels in Russia and the Baltic . . .We were not disappointed with St Petersburg, but we found the claim that it was more impressive than Moscow incorrect. We found both cities wonderful — St Pete’s...
The day the sun stood still
The moment the South Pole is aimed furthest away from the sun on the 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth’s axis party animals will cut loose in the industrial subdivision. The shortest day of the year will be marked — possibly permanently scarred —...
Create your own garden of remembrance
Autumn weather is perfect for gardening and at this time of year there are so many plants to choose from. Happy gardening. Time to sow Flanders PoppiesNovember 11th will commemorate the centenary of Armistice Day, which is the date when the First...
Worlds entwine in Wairoa
Ta moko and Celtic patterns twine with one another across Wairoa artist Craig Gemmell’s new mural for the town’s college.“The college wanted something that illustrated the uniqueness of Wairoa’s heritage,” he told The Wairoa Star. The...
Jazzing up the Palace
Gisborne's premier — and probably only — jazz collective is stepping under the lights again to treat ears to all shades of jazz this Friday at Smash Palace. The six-piece John Mackill's Jazz Collective is bringing decades of experience to the...
Exploring our own ‘backyard’
Driving along magnificent stretches of Central Otago highway without a care in the world, the sun streaming down from a clear, blue, autumn sky, my husband Chris and I encountered some extraordinarily-friendly gestures from the occupants of other...
Adams slots in, ‘Kings’ on its way
As soon as Kings of the Gym director James Packman saw Kate Adams he knew he had found the ideal person to play star netball player Annie Tupua in the Kiwi comedy. Annie is Maori, a student teacher in the PE department and a very fit, born-again...
ErnieJ debut album
“I didn’t realise there were so many Ernies out there,” says Gisborne musician ErnieJ who marked his metamorphosis from bluesman to pop-rock recording artist with his debut album I Know (You Don’t Know Me).“I knew no body knew me but...
Brass will fill the naves at?St Andrew’s
TWO trumpets and two trombones will raise the rafters with the sound of brass at a lunchtime concert tomorrow. In Gisborne to compete for the Edgar Brass Player Award at the Gisborne International Music Competition (GIMC), are trumpeters Patrick...
A passion for heritage buildings
JAMES Blackburne was an inquisitive child, always wanting to know how things worked.“I used to pull things apart,” says James, whose career in architecture took him in quite the opposite direction.“I got into trouble with my father when I took...
My Heart on The Block
COULD the moody botanical artwork a Gisborne couple hung on their wall in TV reality show The Block have secured a win for Stu Watts and Amy Moore in the TV reality show’s first challenge? We’ll never know — but having been allocated the do-up...
What's on in Gisborne
Saturday, August 62016 NZ Concert Band Festival, 9am - 4.30pm, War Memorial Theatre, $5. Gisborne Unity Theatreall-woman production of three short plays, including Towpath, Whether I Fall, and a devised work about women bringing up mokopuna. 3pm...
The harmonic series
Hemi Porou is a familiar face outside Countdown where he regularly busks but if anyone marches to the beat of his own drum, guitar, double bass, euphonium, bagpipes, it is the Gisborne multi-instrumentalist. Hemi talks to Mark Peters about the...
A rosy outlook
THE last month of spring is a busy one in the garden with beautiful roses in bloom, ripening fruit, vegetables and herbs growing rapidly, and lush green lawns. November is a lovely time to pick fresh flowers from your garden. Alstroemerias last for...
Cuba . . . a dream destination
Rosa Briant is a Gizzy girl and former teacher who sold up and dedicated her life to travelling the world. Currently on her fifth continent her goal is to step foot on all seven and share the experiences, the growth, the ups and the downs, through...