WHY are so many women in Tairawhiti continuing to smoke when the harmful effects of smoking on mother and baby are so well known?Are the effects well known? Maybe not, so let’s take another look. To start at the very beginning, women have more...
He held auditions for Stars In Their Eyes earlier this year then co-produced a Let’s Go Back To the ‘80s dress up night. James Packman is now performing in Unity Theatre’s The Shadow Box. The show had barely begun when Packman planned his next...
IT takes persistence and experience to run a major music festival, says Rhythm and Vines founding director Hamish Pinkham, especially in the regions where organisers have to pay special attention to locals’ needs. Plans for Gisborne’s three-day...
Justine Tyerman pops in to visit a friend and discovers a veritable feast of South American cuisine prepared by a talented young chef from Argentina . . .Cloe’s souffléINGREDIENTS:5 eggs1 romanesco (aka Roman cauliflower)Half a broccoliHalf...
Mike Yardley heads back to the Marlborough Sounds, hikes 15km and learns more about James Cook’s time there
Gisborne travellers Sue and Phil Newdick take us on a tour of Moscow . . .The time we had in Moscow was never going to be long enough — there is so much history to learn and places to see. Moscow, like the rest of Russia, seems to have embraced...
To avoid disappointment at missing out on comedian Penny Ashton’s show Olive Copperbottom - A Dickensian Tale of Love, Gin and the Pox, do not read this preview. You’re not going to get in. Actually, that is a dirty, low-down fib and what’s more...
Vegetable gardening is a continuous process. Soil can get exhausted and could develop a build-up of disease-causing pathogens. It's important to have a system for growing veges and group plants (vege & flowers) based on their characteristics.. If...
Evoking in the reader a sense of being aboard HMS Endeavour in 1769 was one of author Tessa Duder’s aims while writing First Map: How James Cook Charted Aotearoa New Zealand. She wanted the reader to feel the challenges the explorer experienced as...
White Chapel Jak sells out shows, opened for Ben Harper and Alanis Morissette and performed with Auckland Symphony Orchestra two years in a row — an impressive resume. And it's obvious how they achieved it. Two of the band's crew — vocalist Bonnie...
WHEN some of the country’s busiest Maori artists this week converged on Whatatutu for a painting workshop, they may not have anticipated ending up knee-deep in water. But, as facilitator Tawera Tahuri points out, that is kind of the point.“Our...
A number of women and men helped “nudge” our Prime Minister to where she is today . . . Debbie Gregory reports on Jacinda Ardern’s first speech to commemorate 125 years of women’s suffrage in New Zealand, heard in Gisborne this week. It is...
Do you find yourself on some evenings scrambling to know what to cook that’s quick, no-fuss — but also reasonably healthy? Then, look no further…Here are my easy, weeknight, vegetarian pitta pizzas. If you wish to add some meat though, you can...
At what stage does an artist consider creating a retrospective show of their career? And in terms of years covered, what is the magic number?For Peter Ireland that figure is 66 — the number of years between early paintings done in 1956 as...
A “gorgeous flute part” played by Gisborne musician Anna Cooper in the 2015 Gisborne Choral Society and Civic Orchestra production of The Armed Man set the benchmark incredibly high, says soprano Catherine Macdonald.“She was still at school at...
Artists from Gisborne, the East Coast and elsewhere are invited to apply for a place to exhibit at the 2020 NZ Art Show. The show seeks contemporary artists “with something fresh and exciting to offer art lovers”.Gisborne artist Jason Courtis...
A photo of Troy Kingi by Gisborne photographer John Flatt (Lightseeker Photography) has been selected as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography this year. The image was submitted to the competition and will feature on Queen's Wharf this...
Julie Haines discovers there’s more to Pacific island getaways than sandy beaches and snorkelling, when she joins some tours both on and off the beaten track in Rarotonga. The clock hands at the front of my Cook’s Island bus rested firmly in...
Jan and Rick Clare continue their adventures on Australia’s Larapinta Trail. Jan writes of the ravages of a bushfire, places no words can describe, and the sad story of Kevin, one of the ‘stolen generation’ . . .We were woken by a beautiful...
1 large onion diced5-6 garlic cloves1 fresh chilli chopped (optional)500g pork mince2 tsp garlic powder2 tsp smoked paprika2 tsp onion powder1 tsp ground cumin1 tsp ground coriander½ tsp ground turmericPinch of salt½ tsp ground black pepper1 can...
“Funny, funny, funny, funny, funny,” was TheatreView’s response to comedian Justin ‘Rusty’ White’s 2017 show, I Learnt Something Once, and now the funny-man is returning to Gisborne with a new show. White recently performed in a sold-out...
TAKING in the sight of an engine room awash does wonders for your awareness of safety at sea. Barry “Baz” Kirk was 17 when it happened to him.“We were between Portland Island and Table Cape, on a big old ex-Scottish trawler called the Golden...
Saturday, May 26Gisborne Parkrun. Timed, weekly 5km runs or walks, for all abilities. Meet: Waikanae Beach Playground for 8am start. Kid, dog and pram-friendly. See www. parkrun. co. nz/gisborneSt Andrew’s Car Boot Sale. A variety of...
Anzac Day is a time to remember the fallen, but what about those soldiers who survived, those who were forced to live out a life sentence of wartime memories?That is the focus of the next Unity Theatre play which is being cast this Sunday (January...
Heavenly harvestRockmelon sown during spring will soon be ready to pick. It’s time to harvest your rockmelons when the stem begins to break away from the fruit. You’ll be desperate to taste your beautiful homegrown melons, however, the best...
Night. An empty stage. Enter . . . you, with a script written by you and your team within 48 hours before you perform it at the War Memorial Theatre. Run by Evolution Theatre Company’s managing artistic director Dinna Myers, the 48-hour play...
Local identity 'Spider' (aka Peter Tekira) will be remembered as a talented musician and affable bloke
A young woman smokes a cigarette at a window that reflects both interior detail behind her and the brooding silhouette of trees on the skyline in a 1982 self-portrait painted on cheesecloth on board by Gisborne artist Carol Montgomery. The...