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Gig Guide

Michael Stodart presents a non-stop two hour Elton John Experience show. Dome Room, Saturday, November 6, 8pm. Lazy Fifty and UNI-FI join forces to celebrate the release of their new albums with the Lazy-Fi Rock Show. Smash Palace, Friday, November...

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...

The Coolies heat up summer

One who does heavy work for little pay is a definition that pops up when googling The Coolies. The phrase could apply to the punk pop rock sound the three-piece who perform for free in Gisborne next month. The all-female act mash together dance, punk...

The Guide

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nzThis weekNZ Concert Band Festival: Performances staged as part of the national event. War Memorial Theatre; August 5 & 6 (9am - 4.30pm).Royal NZ Airforce Band: Playing in...

Sky is the limit for cousins

Jordan Kean (Ngāti Porou) was the youngest category A flying instructor in New Zealand in 2019. He is now 27, working for Mainland Aviation College as chief flying instructor and running the operations for flight training. Mr Kean said his passion...

The man behind the lens

Stephen Jones

‘Just do it . . .’

Ormond-raised Paul Grey's first computer used cassette tapes. He then went on to have a career in software programming

GeoNet data holds key to affordable insurance

This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Earthquake Commission (EQC), Land Information New Zealand and GNS Science creating GeoNet, a state-of-the-art geological hazard monitoring service. EQC’s ongoing investment in natural hazard...

Life in the fast lane

Andrew Patterson has made a career out of his passion as a mechanic, travelling to work on Formula 1 grids around the world for Williams Racing. He spoke to Jack Malcolm about his journey to F1 from quarantine after a recent trip back home

The truth is out there

"As a child my family were Anglicans, and I went along to the Presbyterian and the Methodist churches to see what they were like, so I’m just intrigued by all these different belief systems, and where they all come from. Was it Karl Marx who said...