This is a play that redefines the concept of graveyard humour, mainly as much of it takes place in a cemetery. Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara is the latest offering by Gisborne Unity Theatre and opens on Friday, June 3. This production has...
Deep down, Poutu Puketapu (Ngāti Porou) is a traditionalist, although you might not think so looking at his latest exhibition. Coming off the back of his master's studies at Toihoukura, EIT's School of Māori Visual Arts, Puketapu's art now graces...
I learnt my matauranga in the field from my elders, from my grandmother, and my papa across the river in Rangitukia,” East Coast Kaitiaki taiao and veteran DoC Ranger Graeme Atkins said.“The Taiao is my passion and I hope people learn how...
Taking favourite recipes from each of China's diverse culinary regions, Ross Dobson simplifies them so you can recreate them with ease at home. Including expert guidance on finding and selecting the key ingredients to stock your pantry, plus...
The sound of unmitigated freedom is how entertainer Jackie Clarke describes the gospel-charged, rock and soul music of the late Aretha Franklin. Next month, Clarke will be joined by Annie Crummer, Bella Kalolo and Ria Hall to sock it to their...
Saturday, November 24Gisborne 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/St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale. A variety of...
THE spacious, comfortable and well-lit art gallery next door to the White House in Peel Street might seem at odds with its namesake, Te Kuwatawata, guardian of the entrance to the spirit-world, but Te Kuwatawata is no ordinary gallery. With two or...
Did you hoover upstairs? former Gisborne woman Kate Peters asked of partner and English cartoonist Jake Goretzki.— Um, said Goretzki.— I asked you to hoover, said Peters.— I thought you said “make a Lego version of a late 20th century...
Home-grown blood orangesBrightly-coloured oranges are dripping from trees during winter. Blood oranges (Citrus sinensis) are a double delight by developing bright crimson flesh and some will also show a red blush on the skin. The red colouring comes...
Saturday, May 21Beach Racing round 1, Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club, Makorori Beach. Sign-in 9am, briefing 9.45am, race 10am. Register on day $20, new riders welcome, all weather. Ph Rockie 867 9342 b/h, email beachracing@gmsc. co. nzSmokefree...
A selection of furniture handcrafted from native timber felled at Whangara in the 1800s by Captain William Tucker is to be exhibited in the historic Plunket Building this weekend. The pieces make up Makauri man Andrew Ellmers’ first solo...
Although comically gothic with risible splashes of the macabre, Musical Theatre Gisborne’s production of The Addams Family will not be as horrific as the above photograph, jokes Dave Newsham. In the picture, crew members Chris Hudson, Jim Campbell...
Forget the Grampians in Australia and Cappadocia in Turkey. If you want to see rock formations while overseas travel is difficult you need look no further than New Zealand’s own North Island. Turn off SH2 at Tutira and you’ll find a host of...
by Lindsay Bahr, AP Film WriterNo matter how you cut it, The Witches is a really disturbing tale. Not that one should expect anything else from Roald Dahl, but for some reason this story about a group of grotesquely disfigured women who hate children...
Taonga Takiwātanga (autism) Charitable Trust founder Dorothy Taare-Smith was born and brought up in Kaiti. It was a household where community service was a given.“My dad was instrumental in the development of Ilminster Intermediate school swimming...
210 minutes10-15 minutesJuice of 3-4 limesZest of 1 lime2 cups cooked Basmati rice1 teaspoon cumin seeds8 to 10 curry leaves, whole or chopped1 teaspoon turmeric powder2 tablespoons olive oil⅓ cup red kidney beans, drained & rinsed⅓ cup...
Life of a Gisborne-born, professional video game player
by Jake Coyle, AP Film WriterGodzilla vs Kong begins, fittingly, with the big guy asleep. There is King Kong, colossus of the big screen, waking on a mountainside. He rouses slowly in the morning sun from slumber before showering in a nearby...
Zygocactus, with their pretty, flattened-bell flowers, are delights of the winter garden that bloom in shades of pink, red, lavender, orange, yellow and white. They’re often called ‘crab’ cactus, because of their crab-like segmented stems, or...
January’s gone already. What happened to those New Year’s resolutions to get back into a shape other than round? Did you take a break from your healthy eating and exercise programme over Christmas, and have you let January slip by without...
Hard work, a drive for success, fearless ambition and humility. The Gisborne Herald’s Shaan Te Kani meets a young woman who is an example to her peers by embodying all of the above . . .New Zealand’s great adventurer Sir Edmund Hillary once...
A travelling print show that fits into a small box ready to be unpacked, and the contents hung and viewed at each destination, opens in Gisborne on Saturday. Local printmakers Jean Johnstone, Amber Graham and Teressa Matthews have works in the Small...
The first man to stand on the stage at the Poverty Bay Blues Club has taken his final bow. One of the group's founding musicians, Dave Galanin, passed away earlier this month but his memory will live on in Gisborne. In memory of the musician, the club...
Crumpled sheets of paper hung inside the entrance to Hoea! gallery suggest the surface of the sea and softly ripple with a projection of watery light that echoes looped footage of the sea on a TV screen opposite. This connects with a projected image...
The accolades and awards have been coming in sweeter than Tupelo honey for members of the Gisborne Country Music Club, who performed in the Aotearoa Country Music Awards at Palmerston North's Globe Theatre last weekend. Convener Flo Pahuru said 17...
Cue the sound of a phone ring tone as Mark Peters calls former Gisborne man, now LA-based film studio sound engineer, Darren Maynard for a chat about his life and his work. A joke about actors who gravitate to Los Angeles to find fame and fortune in...
If you live in a warm area and have a protected sunny spot in your garden, frangipanis create a lush tropical look, make a superb shade tree and of course the summer flowers are beautiful and heavenly scented. They come in a range of gorgeous...
In the 1970s a trio of high school students known as the “arts guys” included Richard Rogers. Made up of John Walsh, the late Daryl File, and Richard, the trio were also members of Gisborne's breakaway arts group, the Flying Moas. Now retired...
THE golden age of disco will be reborn in the second part of the Saturday Night Fever 40th anniversary at the Dome Room next week. The event’s organiser James Packman was born at the tail-end of the flared pants, bad hair and platform shoes decade...