AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest from Lifestyle
Pou reflect community connections
WAKA-inspired carvings designed by artist Nick Tupara in association with Ngati Oneone and Eastland Port, have been installed alongside the port’s upper log yard. Posted in the gardens and alcoves at intervals along the Crawford Road and Parau...
Stars In Their Eyes auditions
Auditions for Stars In Their Eyes 2018 are open to Gisborne and East Coast talent over the last weekend of April. Run by James Packman and Walter Walsh, no mean talents themselves, this year’s show is a fundraiser for Gisborne’s St John...
Toasty Winter Warmers at St Andrew’s
With cool weather lingering, the Choral Society is out with Winter Warmers, a concert of many colours of warmth and fun this Sunday at St Andrew's Church. There will be toasty vocals from local soloists with a backing chorus including mezzo-soprano...
Blue skies and the glory of life
FROM their 1996 album Deboot to their most recent release Blue Sky Songs, Celtic folk, bluegrass, pop and rock band Hobnail’s recording trajectory has prepared the four-piece for take off. Described as a “fine distillation of life’s lessons...
A moment across time
The religiosity, drama and almost geometric composition share something of Renaissance painting in Lloyd Ashton’s photograph. The tableau (right) depicts Archbishop Don Tamihere’s part in a haka during a ceremony at Manutuke Marae on Saturday in...
Something to Mews on
The pipe organ is usually one of the many instruments that make up the orchestra in performances of Bach’s St John Passion, says Wellington City Organist, Douglas Mews.“This time I am the orchestra.”Mews is one of three guest performers...
Dail Solvander's seashells
GISBORNE is full of dark horses, and not just of the cinematic kind. I never cease to be amazed at the many modest, undiscovered geniuses whose creative lights are hidden under bushels. I’m sure this region has more than its fair share of...
Nan’s fabulous festive food
With Christmas fast approaching, images of Nan’s fabulous festive food keep popping into my head. Always busy in the kitchen at this time of year, it didn’t take too much arm-twisting to persuade Nan to share some of her delicious treats with...
Film festival to bring ‘joy to the lives of Kiwis’
Gisborne will be part of the New Zealand Film Festival, after new funding was awarded by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. New Zealand Film Festival Trust received $850,000 to expand the festival into additional centres (Northland and Gisborne)...
Black outlook for beach?
SURFERS are concerned the era of legendary surfing at Mahia’s Black’s Beach has peaked. They are worried about the drop-off of visiting surfers and the impact on tourism revenue. Nuhaka School principal and surfer Nick Chapman said visiting...
Diversify to thrive
The great thing is the grassroots businesses are still going here,” says Tolaga Bay Innovation (TBI) founder and facilitator Lily Stender.“One thing we all learned from the Covid-19 lockdown was the importance and possibilities that exist when...
Full Moon Party
DANCING UNDER THE STARS: Smash Palace will be dancing in the moonlight this weekend for this year's first Full Moon Party. Over two stages, DJs will be spinning DnB, house and bass music. The line-up features Brazilbeat Sound System, Dizfunk, Paws...
Warm up with pies
6 to 820 minutes40 minutes1 kumara, peeled and diced2 potatoes, peeled and diced⅛ pumpkin, peeled and diced2 handfuls baby spinach1 handful button mushrooms, sliced½ brown onion, peeled and diced8 eggs3 tablespoons milk4 rashers bacon, cut into...
Constellations over Gisborne
If he lived until mid-December, Beethoven would be 250 years old this year. In a nod to the German genius’ birthday, the NZTrio will open their Gisborne concert next week with his Piano Trio No. 1. Accessibility is key to the NZTrio’s performances...
Never a dull moment
Unassuming and quiet, Mahia man Bruce Hedley has had a very interesting lifestyle that has taken him to many parts of the world and to our own offshore Aotearoa, diving in search of shipwrecks, game fishing and employment. Bill Shortt tells the...
Bringing joy to Tairawhiti
Hawke's Bay-based tenor Vili Moore is looking forward to singing at the Tairawhiti Museum for the first time this Sunday. Drawing on his Pasifika musical heritage and the nurturing and training he received with the Prima Volta programme in Napier...
BRINGING BACK AUTE
Artist Nikau Hindin is a patient woman. She needs to be. When your canvas takes 18 months to grow there is no use in rushing. The Tairāwhiti-based artist is rediscovering the lost Māori art of aute and is taking it to the world. Aute involves turning...
Mary’s fabulous feijoa — and orange — cake
INGREDIENTS:100gms butter½ cup sugar1 tbsp golden syrup1 egg1 tsp baking soda2 tbsps hot water1¾ cups flour2 tsps baking powder1 cup of feijoa pulpGrated rind and juice of one orange4 tbsps demerara sugar. 2 tbsps chopped nutsMethod:' In a food...
Exhibition a heartfelt tribute to Te Kooti
Twelve artists’ work make up Pouwhare: A Pillar of Strength, an exhibition that centres on Ringatu faith founder, military strategist and artist Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki. At a public talk at Tairawhiti Museum this week, some of the artists...
Preaching to the home crowd on his debut tour
Prepare to be enlightened by stand-up comedian Opeti Vaka's sermon on Aotearoa's “real” issues, from new age parenting to politics, at the Lawson Field Theatre on Saturday. His show Churrch Bro will replicate the format of a Christian mass and...
Putting dancers through their paces
The three theatres, including Musical Theatre Gisborne, that formed a consortium to share resources for their productions of the popular musical Mamma Mia have a key figure in common. That is creative director Dean McKerras who has also been...
Discovering slow tourism
I was lucky enough to get this job through a recommendation of a friend, which meant I knew the family would be good (which is a huge factor in au pairing!) I also lived in Barcelona a few years ago, so I knew I loved the city and would always want...
Hanging ten . . . with Set Waves
Summer is over but the endless groove goes on with the classic sound of the ‘60s created by Gisborne band Set Waves. The band has no gigs in the pipeline, to coin a phrase, but they're always up for a booking and recently performed at a post-dung...
Three disciplines in Makauri show
THE three disciplines of whakairo (carving), raranga (weaving) and raurangi (mixed media) will be represented in Gisborne’s Te Wananga o Aotearoa toi matapu art exhibition, Makauri which opens on Wednesday. Level 5 student Bina Akuhata-Brown has...
The Mono menu, 1943
On a volcanic island in the northwest of the Solomons in 1943, the New Zealand Expeditionary Force’s 36th Battalion’s men took a creative approach to their Christmas dinner menu. A good part of the parchment’s significance is that it is...
Students' whakairo works showcased
Among Boys’ High students’ boundary-pushing whakairo works showcased in an exhibition last week was student Jiaxi Du’s piece that was dominated by Chinese motifs and Qing dynasty “flood hero”, Yu Chen Long.“Yu Chen Long told the people...
Good habits
They could be fresh out of the abbey, they could be crossing Abbey Road. Whatever they are doing at Gisborne Airport they are certainly not flying nuns because these Musical Theatre Gisborne performers are ready to take Nunsense to the stage from...
Walking the track to Koranga Forks Hut
A “there and back” walk to the Koranga Forks Hut in December for Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club members started with a tricky approach. Gillian Ward reports . . .This was one of the Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club trips where getting to the...
Gizzy gig guide
■June 3 – 7 at venues in Wairoa, Nuhaka and Iwitea. For information and programme visit■Smash Palace, Friday, 8pm. Entry $5 on the door.■The popular Lynette Stankovich and Wally Te Ua duo sing requests. Outside Elliott Travel, 183 Gladstone...