Reporter Murray Robertson speaks to members of the Tokomaru Bay Heritage Trust about their determination to restore the wharf at Tokomaru Bay. The Tokomaru Bay Heritage Trust is determined to continue its work to get the money needed for the...
Ngati Porou master carver Lionel Matenga talks to Shaan Te Kani about his latest project, and his journey in the Maori art form . . .Before Lionel Matenga entered the realm of whakairo, his journey started off much like an untouched timber...
Margaret Gipsy Moth led an extraordinary, uncompromising life. Born in Gisborne in 1951 as Margaret Wilson, she started taking pictures with a still camera when she was eight. Gisborne in those days was certainly less outward-looking than it is...
Gisborne Beer Festival creator and director Ricky Boyd talks to Gisborne Herald reporter Kim Parkinson about the first festival at The Jolly Stockman next month. It’s a time of firsts for Gisborne Beer Festival creator and director Ricky Boyd —...
The Battle of the River Plate, New Zealand's most famous naval battle, which ended with the scuttling of German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, started 80 years ago yesterday. The battle resulted in the death of 72 Allied crewmen, including two...
During the school holiday's my husband's immediate plan was to go to Auckland. In the two years I have been in Gisborne I don't know how many times I have visited the City of Sails, but I thought it was time for something new. For the last school...
Ingredients:½ cup olive oil plus 1 tablespoon, divided3 tempeh or other vegetarian sausages1 large red onion, diced6 large cloves garlic, crushed1 bulb fennel with fronds and stems removed and bulb cut into thin strips1 medium butternut squash...
Saturday, June 11Native Plant Sale, 8am-3pm, Rural Studies Unit, 312 Stout Street. Quality cheap plants. Ph 869 0820. St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale, 9am–12 noon in car park, access off Childers Rd, $5 per car (paid on arrival, set-up 8.30am). Ph Val...
WHEN Simon and Alison Holst initially started pondering the idea of writing a ‘comfort food’ cookbook, they were thinking of soups, stews, curries, macaroni cheese and almost anything that includes mashed potatoes. Before they put pen to paper...
3 passionfruit¼ cup lemon juice1 teaspoon lemon zest2 eggs75g butter, melted and cooled¼ cup caster sugar2 tablespoons honeyMix the passionfruit pulp and enough lemon juice to make up to half a cup. Set asideWhisk eggs, caster sugar and honey...
Last seen in these parts behind The Gisborne Herald's front desk, Uawa-Tolaga Bay woman Te Ao o Hinepehinga Rauna has since travelled overseas, returned and been cast as Aria O'Kane in the upcoming TV series, Head High. Described as a case of art...
As you know, Nan does not like waste — this handy recipe uses whatever leftovers are sitting in the fridge. ‘Don’t be afraid to experiment a little. Add cooked pumpkin, corn or feta or whatever takes your fancy,’ says Nan. She made these for...
Saturday, April 6Gisborne Parkrun. A weekly 5km run or walk for all abilities. Meet at Waikanae Beach Playground for 8am start. Kid, dog and pram-friendly. See http://www. parkrun. co. nz/gisborne/Tairawhiti Coffin Club. Design your own personalised...
If you're looking for something truly inspirational to distract from the current state of things, Netflix's Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution might be just the ticket. This documentary focuses on an idyllic summer camp for kids and teens with...
It was 40 degrees-plus and I was submerged up to my nose in a cool pool when my friend Margy suggested we use the few hours of leisure we had before our organised tour of Morocco began, to visit a garden. Sigh! A snooze on a shady lounger to fend off...
STORIES her grandmother told about people she encountered as a mental health worker inspired Tokomaru Bay woman Claudena Maaka to follow the same career path. For the past 14 years, Claudena has worked for the same organisation as her grandmother...
Phil and Sue Newdick continue their pre-pandemic trip from the UK to Switzerland
Along with learning drama techniques such as improvisation, voice and body movement, Gisborne Theatre School students develop their own characters and scripts, says tutor Bo Jarratt. Bo and her team have set up the theatre school as a place young...
The making of the documentary Tupaia's Endeavour was a journey of discovery — and if a history-making moment at Uawa-Tolaga Bay wasn't mind-blowing enough, wait till you see the discovery that makes sense of the Raiatean arioi and navigator's map...
After speaking professionally to top female executives in the United States, Frederique Irwin moved her family from Washington DC (District of Columbia) to Gisborne EC (East Coast) for a year. Andrew Ashton speaks to the Her Corner founder and finds...
Justine Tyerman gets seriously waylaid in the loos in Switzerland . . .“You were in the loos a l-o-n-g time,” I said to my travel companion who had been gone a good 15 minutes. We were at the top of magnificent Mt Schilthorn in Mürren...
THE fiery plume of a question mark hangs over why anyone would build a city on a volcanic field. The upside, or underside, to Auckland city’s tenuous existence on that once bubbling plain is those volcanoes have contributed to an ancient...
EVERY so often, Mary Davis disappears out of town on mysterious trips to not-very-far-away places. She invariably comes home with a new member of the family — last time it was Billy, a goat that was supposed to be a reindeer and the time before, it...
The idea of thousands of tiny missiles pounding my skin did not immediately appeal to me . . . but Caci Beauty Clinic manager Renee Taylor did warn me that this was not the place to go for “fluffy massages” and “feel-good facials”.“At...
One little article separates James Gunn's The Suicide Squad from David Ayer's Suicide Squad. But, oh, what a difference a word makes. Just five years after the trainwreck that prompted Warner Bros. to retool its DC Comics universe, James Gunn's...
AS families gather for the summer holidays, the variety of fruit and vegetables available makes it easy to create tasty and heart-healthy meals. Busy schedules at this time of the year mean eating healthy food is even more important to help fight...
A cellphone blu-tacked to a telescope got young astrophotographer Angus Bodle up close to the moon for a picture. Astrophotography might not be art as we know it but it is out there. It captures the beauty of the skies, says president of the Gisborne...
There are, of course, many other reasons why the popularity of this form of gardening is growing. Garden centres now offer a much bigger range of attractive tubs, pots, troughs, hanging baskets, vertical garden kits and window boxes, and an even...
I WAS planning my annual visit to family in Bundaberg, Queensland, and when I mentioned my plans to my daughter, Christine, she told me they were planning to spend a week on Fraser Island with their good friends Marcus and Julia and three young...
Looking through photos of Gisborne man Brian Costello’s life, there is one thing that stands out. Debbie Gregory spends an afternoon finding out why he always has a twinkle in his eye and a big smile on his face. The 87-year-old, known by most as...
Need has been great in the town, but work now being done to address it
Evans Funeral Service comes up with way to bring people together under lockdown, so they can still say goodbye to their loved ones
Autumn weather is perfect for gardening and there are so many fantastic plants to sow, grow and enjoy. What’s a Fuyu?If you’ve seen fruit labelled as ‘Fuyu’ in your local fruit shop and wondered what it was, it’s a type of non-astringent...