The recent retrospective exhibition celebrating 45 years of printmaking in Gisborne attracted large numbers to Tairāwhiti Museum. The Gisborne Printmakers Group was established by the late Penny Ormerod in 1976 and they have worked together for one...
A song-cycle that is one of 65 poems composed by a lovelorn knight-poet who plans to stuff them, along with his pain, into a huge coffin that 12 giants will throw into the sea, will be the highlight of a recital at Tiromoana this month. Nineteenth...
Travellers got front row seats to an unscripted fairytale recently, when one Operatunity Travel performer proposed to another during a tour of Hawaii. Tenor Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua popped the question to partner and Operatunity violinist Jessic...
Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club members spent a day over Labour Weekend tidying up the western end of the Otoko Walkway, now downgraded to a “non-maintained” track
This dish from Meatless Monday pairs two of autumn’s best culinary offerings: chilli and roasted squash. Acorn squash serves as a bowl for this spicy and smoky red lentil chilli, which gets a unique twist with the addition of hominy. For the Red...
Gisborne has an intergalactic designer in its midst. In a national design competition for the space project for Otago Museum, Maikel Terekia came out on top — and he’s only 13 years old. Last week the museum launched the Solar Tsunami Project...
Gardening is a skill that used to be readily passed on from one generation to the next but, with changing lifestyles, many children grow up without learning any basic gardening skills. Children who don't garden are less likely to gain an appreciation...
Planning a cycle trip a year out tends to go one of two ways. Booking airfares and accommodation can mean lower prices — especially airfares. Booking weather, however, is an entirely different matter. Pick a week — any week — beginning of...
Palestinian food is not just found on the streets with the ka’ak (sesame bread) sellers and stalls selling za’atar chicken and mana’eesh (za’atar sesame bread), but in the home too; in the kitchens all across the country, where families cook...
Giving surfers the chance to express themselves through art is the aim of the Makorori First Light Exhibition starting tomorrow at Miharo Gallery. The opening is from 6pm till 8pm and the art will be in the gallery for one week. The artists are all...
REDUNDANCY at his radio station job worked out for former Mosgiel man Dean O’Brien. An unexpected opportunity led to his rise as a best-selling children’s book author whose New Zealand tour brought him to Gisborne this week.“I’d always wanted...
A draped, intestine-like work made out of cow bone, and not, unfortunately, Conor Jeory’s conceptual artwork, Cargo, has won the inaugural Richard T Nelson Awards for Sculpture premier prize. Taranaki-based artist Sam Kelly was awarded $15,000 for...
So many artists live, or have lived, at Makorori Beach they could be a movement of their own except they’re not — but that hasn’t stopped them having a collective exhibition at Verve Cafe. The Makorori group includes Margaret Hansen, Clive...
Although it is called painting, one could mistake Sarah Gordon as a builder when she has her tools in hand. In front of the canvas Sarah can be found without a brush — instead, she is armed with blades and trowels made of silicone and steel. Her...
The frost-covered, gas lit world of Clara, her nutcracker doll’s dream-like transformation into a prince and their journey through magical lands come to life when a Moscow Ballet company dances into town on Monday. Following last year’s sell-out...
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Now and again, everything just works out perfectly, and indeed exceeds all expectations, says Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club committee member Geoff Cobb. The Te Wera-Rakauroa cycle ride he led in September was one such trip. I have to say it...
POVERTY Bay Pen Pushers’ third anthology includes works that range from travel writing and poetry to a ghost story and beyond. Among contributions by Elenor Gill, Michael Flaherty, Dorothy Fletcher, Claire Martinez, Barbara Berge, Dell Buscke and...
When Daniel Bothamley left school at 15, his old man told him he needed to find a job. Initially, he wanted to be a farrier, a specialist in equine hoof care, but he was too small. Through his efforts to find work in the stables, he was encouraged to...
As a child, Justine Tyerman remembers the only way cauliflower was ever served was boiled to mushy oblivion and then drowned with a thick cheese sauce to provide some flavour. But now cauli is regarded as an über-cool super vegetable . . . in fact...
Turanga Health has just celebrated six staff achieving two decades of service with the health provider. Over their time with the company, it has transformed into a major player in the provision of health services — now serving over 3000 whanau...
We have the queen palms gracing the middle of Gladstone Road like silent sentries — tall and majestic. However, these are not the only palms that will grow well in our Gisborne climate. We have a rather large sandy-soil section and I grow many palms...
A work by Gisborne artist Gene Walker is among the 51 finalists in the National Contemporary Art Award. Award rules mean a picture of the work cannot be shown until the winner of the $27,000 prize has been announced in August. Comprised of carved...
New Zealand-registered dietitian and sports nutrition educator Kelly Pelham comes up with some easy ways to avoid winter weight gain . . .A roaring fire. Hot, comforting meals. Track pants, hoodies and Ugg boots. When it comes to winter it’s easy...
AMONG the two acts lined up over the next two nights at Smash Palace is guitarist Ben Wilkinson. Now resident in Gisborne, the Nelson-born musician describes his sound as electronic folk but tomorrow night he strips back his performance to electric...
It’s that time of year again, when Kiwis can venture outdoors and hike, cycle, drive or wander their way around this beautiful country. To make the most of your trusty old camera or bright new Christmas plaything here are some tips for capturing...
EATING the right foods can help you feel light, bright and ready to conquer anything, whereas the wrong foods can leave you feeling sluggish and unmotivated, finds Debbie Gregory. Nutritonist Delia McCabe has broken down how different foods affect...
A pianist, a clarinettist, and two bassoonists will perform in the last of the Tiromoana concert series for the year on Sunday at arts patron Professor Jack Richards’ Wainui Beach home. The musical pre-Christmas fiesta brings together four young...
This is 40 flavours of wrong but there are those of us who are cured of the blues through subjection to interminable jams during our formative afternoons. Australian bluesman Lloyd Spiegel is about to resolve that trauma with what Australian Guitar...