ON Wednesday, the War Memorial Theatre Trust will launch a fundraising campaign with nibbles, presentations and music at the War Memorial Theatre and you are welcome to attend. A concert arranged by musical director Gavin Maclean will open with...
Singer set to perform at Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival
Eleanor Hughes takes us on a tour of Rocinha Favela, the largest slum in Brazil . . .Pedro, our guide, meets us outside Copacabana Palace Hotel, an opulent-looking, white, multi-storeyed building occupying around 100 metres of land across the road...
“Be the Maori Forester of the East Coast”, 23-year-old Matene Blandford wrote in his journal in 1993, when he was at Canterbury University studying for his Bachelor of Forestry Science. Jump to 2019, he is well on the way to achieving this goal...
FORTY-five years after Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour filmed Live At Pompeii the guitarist-singer-songwriter returned to the ancient Roman amphitheatre for two shows. On Wednesday Gisborne can share the spectacular audio-visual experience when David...
There’s plenty to keep you busy during February, including enjoying fragrant frangipani, planning for floral colour and creating new plants for free. If you live in a frost-free area, frangipani can create a lush tropical look in your garden, make...
The elbow-out-the-window on-the-road track Stranger Tides opens Teia Kennedy’s debut EP of the same name. The bouncy, wind-in-your-hair song sings to the uncertainty of unknown futures — stranger tides — while the matriarchal ocean remains...
Metal band Misanthropy darkens Gisborne skies for the first time on Saturday when the act brings a tribute show to metal titans, Death, to Smash Palace. Also contributing to the metal meltdown in the industrial subdivision will be Slayer tribute band...
Zinnias are brilliant annual plants for bringing vibrant floral colour into the garden, particularly during the heat of summer. Bees love zinnia flowers, so zinnias are ideal for growing near the vegetable patch to encourage beneficial pollinating...
Te Whanau a Kai host a commemorative event today marking the 150th anniversary of the Siege of Ngatapa, where Crown forces stripped and executed captured prisoners “like dogs’’. Wynsley Wrigley looks at the Waitangi Tribunal’s finding of...
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, is Gisborne singer Res Ngata’s favourite song by the 1980s British, post-punk band The Smiths. Fronted by Morrissey, three of the band’s albums made Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest...
Shoes are for walking. Hats protect skin from the sun. Jackets keep us warm. Unless you are Susan Holmes, the fabric artist who “WOW”ed the U3A audience this month with her wearable art. The Herald caught up with the fabric artist at her Gaddums...
SOME are reminded of Islamic geometrics in the repeated patterns in artist Lina Marsh’s mural on the Business Applications’ Childers Road wall. Others see the design of the carbon molecule, or patterns of geometrised light energy as represented...
Come along and jam at Smash Palace tonight, 6-9pm, free entry. A movement and dance meditation practice with a variety of sound and rhythm. St Andrew’s Church Hall, tonight 7-8.30pm, $7, bring a water bottle and wear comfy clothes. The Importance of...
Gisborne artist Steph Barnett wanted to tell her story with the mental health perspective firmly up front. At the end of last year Steph decided to spend 100 days earning $100 a day, purely from her art. She quit her job. Reactions from people when...
Riding Wellington’s Cable Car, Jo Ferris discovers its history and finds other points of interest at the same time . . .With Air New Zealand finally reducing provincial flight prices to a daily rate, a long weekend in Wellington is a lot more...
Te Tairāwhiti choir Ka Hao are sitting pretty at the top of the Hot 20 NZ Singles chart for their song 35. The track, an ode to the highway that runs along the East Coast, is performed by the 24-member choir, which features award-winning artist and...
Elise Brooke talks about how she found a way to heal through creativity
For the first time in three years, Auckland Domain will be lit up with a large scale event for the Auckland Arts Festival. The festival runs from March 11-29 and includes the outdoor, aerial spectacular, Place des Anges, by French company Gratte Ciel...
Once described by The Guardian as “an understated, wise guide”, Dunedin musician Nadia Reid is joined by Hollie Fullbrook (Tiny Ruins) for an intimate evening of acoustic mastery. Reid is known for her soulful voice and evocative soundscapes...
A BLACK and white photograph by Ans Westra immortalises Ruatoria’s Gaiety Theatre which was demolished two weeks ago. In Westra’s 1963 picture two barefooted girls in their best frocks watch a trio of smartly dressed boys outside the cinem...
This is a foolproof dish, inspired by a recipe in Greg and Lucy Malouf’s book Moorish, whichI’ve cooked for as long as I can remember, writes Vince Heffernan in The Ethical Omnivore . . .“I’m the sixth generation to farm our land at...
3 persimmons, peeled, sliced½ red onion, thinly sliced6 handfuls baby spinach, or mixed greensSeeds from 1 pomegranate½ cup goat cheese, crumbled1 tablespoon Dijon mustard¼ cup olive oil1 tablespoon honey3 tablespoons white wine vinegar¼...
Gisborne woman Micaela Scott talks to Gisborne Herald reporter Kim Parkinson about her OE with a difference
Crispy on the outside, tender on the inside and loaded with flavour, these baked polenta chips are easy to make and deliciously addictive. It is the easiest side dish or appetiser and can be served with yummy dips for dunking. 1 cup polenta4 cups...
Saturday, April 14St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale. Variety of realistically-priced goods. Set-up: 8am in car park behind church (access off Childers Rd), 9am-midday, $5/car paid on arrival. Details: 868 8226. The Extravaganza Fair. Kid-friendly shows...
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES: Artists Jo Tito and Todd Sheridan tried something a little different last week. The pair turned their home into a gallery, showing off a collection of past and recent harakeke and glass work. They were only days away from...
This hearty chilli from Meatless Monday features a protein-packed secret ingredient . . . peanut butter. Give it a shot, you’ll be surprised with the rich flavour it offers. Peanut butter Chilli with Pinto BeansINGREDIENTS:1 tablespoon extra virgin...
Photographers can typically be found behind the camera, not in front of it. That was until actor and director Martine Baanvinger decided to turn the lens around for her newest play, Aperture, which focuses on photographer Ans Westra. Westra is best...
DANCE and sing away any possible misfortune this Friday the 13th with the second concert in the Live On The Lawn series. Established country singer, radio host and MC Walter 'The Wiz' Walsh will host the bad luck-themed concert on the riverbank in...
by Dave Williams, APA four-star general begrudgingly teams up with an eccentric scientist to get the US military’s newest agency, Space Force, in Netflix’s new sitcom. The Office creator Greg Daniels and star Steve Carell reunite in the series...