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Scrumptious scones

My dad makes the world's best cheese scones. When I was young, we'd go to church on Sunday mornings and then gather with whānau or friends to share a roast lunch. On Sunday nights, Dad always made cheese scones for dinner. Here's my twist on his...

Sleepover, with penguins

Staying the night at a penguin colony isn’t just for scientists. On Banks Peninsula you can view penguins and seals in their natural environment and even take part in a penguin monitoring programme, writes Julie Haines

You know you want to be part of it

Start spreading the news . . . a cabaret-style concert called New York Nights will be presented by local singers tomorrow night. Singers range from beginners to seasoned performers who want to try out new repertoire.“It’ll be a good mix,” says...

What's on in Gisborne

A joyous and eclectic outburst from the Gisborne Choral Society. St Andrew’s Church, Saturday, 2pm. Koha entry. Dress up in 70s costumes, and dance the night away to the music of the 70s. Prizes for best costumes. Dome Room, Saturday, 9pm. SOLD...

Blues and barbecue

It may have been fate that brought friends and musicians Toko Mantis and Aidan Walters together to join local blues rock band Lazy Fifty this year. More than a decade ago the two joined forces to play with their first band and heavy metal group...

Corona art

The Planets, Lady’s Face, Big Ben, and Tiger’s Eye are the titles of some of the artworks created on Gisborne Herald lithographic plates by brothers Alex and Benjamin Shanks during lockdown. The artworks were made by inking the plates and...

A room full of blues

Blues-based, but not limited to 12 bar blues, is how blues guitarist Richard “Big Rich” Alexander once described his acoustic-guitar-based sound.“What excites me about the blues is there’s always room for improvisation,” he told the...

Bound in a nutshell - it’s not so bad

The wooden O, as Shakespeare describes London's Globe Theatre in Henry V, is locked down like the rest of us — but the shows go on, online. Beginning with Hamlet, The Globe is streaming a Shakespeare play for free every fortnight. Hamlet is on now...

Take a walk down Avenue Q

When your mother is a wardrobe seamstress and your father a stage manager for the local musical theatre company, there is little choice but to know a thing or two about theatre. But Musical Theatre Gisborne's (MTG) newest director Peter Derby is not...

It’s all about the people

Heritage NZ Pouhere Taonga director for regional services, Pam Bain, speaks to Gisborne Herald reporter Sophie Rishworth about her passions

Atmospheric acts at the Dome

The Dunedin Sound of indie pop music, Hamish Kilgour's psych-inflected guitar-pop tunes and Emily Riordan's mix of wistfulness and boundary-pushing musical textures is making its way to the Dome. Kilgour was a founding member of The Clean who are...

The greening of Gisborne

Theatre is a fickle way to make a living but among those who have no choice is singer/actor Chris Green. The touring performer has returned to Gisborne for not one but three different solo productions. Two of those productions are concerts. He is...

Port legend

Trevor Gedye spent a working lifetime at Gisborne’s port, starting as a clerk and rising all the way to become secretary manager of the former Gisborne Harbour Board. He shared his memories with John Jones. The future of Gisborne’s port remains...

Planet Milne: they do things differently

COULD James Milne’s song title Another Century be a take on British author LP Hartley’s bon mot, “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there”?Because if there is one thing Milne (better known as Lawrence Arabia) does...

Art on show at Mahia2020

Artists from Otaki to Tolaga Bay bring their work to a new exhibition showing this weekend at Mokotahi Hall. Mahia2020 is a two-day show that has been a year in the making. The organisers all have ties to Wairoa and say the show is for emerging and...

Michael Dapaah for Rhythm and Vines

BRITISH rapper, actor and comedian Michael Dapaah, best known for portraying fictional grime MC Big Shaq, has been announced among other top acts for the Rhythm and Vines festival lineup. Grime is a music genre evolved from UK electronic music styles...