They may have disabilities, but the Little Penguins at the National Aquarium of New Zealand are anything but shy. In fact, some are total show ponies. As soon as we arrived at the popular Napier attraction, a playful penguin put on a performance for...
Get an up-close and very personal experience with New Zealand's own Grand Canyon. When Mt Tarawera erupted in 1886, it left in its wake an incredible volcanic valley with a rift 17km long. The summit of this historical mountain provides amazing...
Almost 40 years after their first gig as the support act to Stevie Wonder, a documentary about Pacific reggae band Herbs has just been released. Former music promoter Hugh Lynn helped launch the band into fame and later became their manager. Now...
Reporter Shaan Te Kani puts Gisborne’s very own ‘bug man’, Mark Tutty, under the microscope . . .Ask Mark Tutty if he is an expert on bugs, and he is quick to say no.“I’m a passionate amateur. A passionate bug enthusiast,” he says. While...
GAVIN Maclean says he lives about four lives but jokes that he doesn’t do justice to any of them. This is the humble side of a man who has packed a lot into nearly 70 years. He has built a house, carved chess sets, run for Parliament, has a couple...
Three East Coast queens are coming home for a royal visit during Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival's summer programme. Jackie Clarke, Sandy Mill and Bronwyn Turei have travelled the world on the back of their art, but with borders closed, instead of Rome...
Gisborne homeopath Jan Clare continues her trek up Kilimanjaro to the roof of Africa . . .It took six days to hike to base camp at Barafu where fish and chips was to be famously fried by two of our team, Malachy and Alan. The Northern Ireland fish...
Fans of Tarantinoesque film director, Bruce Delamitri’s violent films, the pair’s trail of murder and mayhem stops with a home invasion of Delamitri’s Hollywood pad. Their argument is he shot “sexy” movies and made them imitate his crazy...
With hollow eyes and sagging cheeks, the flabby white mask of Michael Myers is horror’s great blank slate. Project your fears here, it says. Myers doesn’t speak. His movements never rise beyond a deliberate gait (well, aside from all the...
In celebration of Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori, The Gisborne Herald features local taiohi (youth) Kiana Ria Renata-Kokiri of Tairawhiti whanui. The 16-year-old was a speaker at last week’s Pae Tawhiti: Beyond the Horizon - Maori Education Leadership...
Lockdown is upon us and as much as our options for entertainment are limited, it is the perfect excuse to settle down in the evenings and catch up on some of the latest and greatest TV shows, and some you may have missed. Below are eight binge-worthy...
Saturday, May 18Gisborne parkrun. Celebrate the first anniversary with a 5km run/walk. Meet: Waikanae Beach Playground, Grey St, 7.45am. Kid, dog and pram-friendly. See http://www. parkrun. co. nz/gisborne/Tairawhiti Coffin Club. Design your own...
by Kya SolomonI hope after you read this, you will start composting and help the environment. What is compost?Compost is lots of food scraps put into some big bins. Compost creates nice moist soil that can help to feed plants. Plants then make food...
LIVING in the country music capital of the world has been an interesting experience for Vanessa McGowan and Cy Winstanley of Auckland duo Tattletale Saints.“It sort of feels like a small town but you have the same density of musicians as say New...
Let your wild side out to the pulsating sound of Brazilbeat Sound System with MC Dreadeye, Dizfunk, and DJose on the shortest day, or longest night, at the Winter Solstice Party. The dress-up theme for the midwinter celebration is animal. Get your...
The line-up of feature films to screen at the O’Neill Aotearoa Surf Film Festival (ASFF) in Gisborne on Saturday includes pulse-racing, scalp-tingling, scrote-prickling movies such as UK director Mike Bromley’s Perilous Sea. Bromley’s film of...
Whether or not the Tairawhiti Arts Festival proceeds in the same scale and form it did last year is probably the most significant challenge for organisers, said artistic director Tama Waipara in an online performing arts seminar earlier this...
MY blood ran cold when builder John said the “L” word. In the split second that it took to utter the word “leak”, our bathroom renovation went from straightforward to scary. My husband envisaged money flying out of his wallet at an even more...
Kerry Worsnop is known for her strong connections to rural communities, something she says her upbringing is responsible for.“I was born in Rotorua and raised on a dairy farm in Horohoro, 15 minutes south of Rotorua,” Kerry said.“It was quite...
Kiwi saxophonist Frank Talbot will head to Gisborne next month as part of his debut album tour. Mundane Life Updates, Talbot's highly anticipated debut album, set for release through Rattle Records, promises an eclectic set of often personal and...
It's not as tiresome as the title's homonym might suggest. In fact, Mozart's Te Deum is, as one writer put it, “radiant with joy”.And in seven weeks time, Gisborne and Hastings choral societies, will perform the radiantly joyful Te Deum, composed...
BEFORE long,” enthused The New Zealand Motor World in 1960, “the Ministry of Works will have brought about a transformation for the man in the driver’s seat and Waioeka will come into its own as one of the loveliest drives anywhere, its...
If you love being in or on the water, 16 of the Rotorua region's 18 sparkling lakes are open to public use, and all without spending a single cent. Lakes Tikitapu (aka Blue Lake), Okareka and Tarawera are a few of the locals' favourites. The lakes...
A blind, street-corner piano player and crooner with a knock-out voice will soon be at the centre of a short movie by filmmaker Jasmin Dos Santos. Gisborne-raised Dos Santos completed her film and media degree at Auckland University last year. She...
Each actor in Musical Theatre Gisborne’s upcoming production Mayhem and Murder needs to know his or her character’s backstory in depth, says the show’s writer/director Dorothy Fletcher. This is because throughout the interactive whodunnit, the...
With only four characters, Unity Theatre's latest play A Skull in Connemara demands more than usual from its actors. This slight concern from director Norman Maclean was quickly erased once rehearsals began.“From the beginning, there was such...
SITTING under the radar of normal Bali destinations, Balian isn’t even on the map. Technically, it doesn’t exist. The name comes from the River Balian so named because it is deemed sacred — a sacred healer. Lalang Linggah Beach sits on one...
Hand scissors are the tool of trade for topiarists Andrew and Kim Scott, who talked to Kim Parkinson about their thriving business. Topiary conjures up images of Edward Scissorhands’ massive blades creating wonderful shapes out of trees and hedges...