Picture book illustrator Josh Morgan visited Manutuke School on Monday to read, sing and share his craft with the next generation.“It's cool to inspire kids and show them there is stuff you can do from doing silly drawings,” Morgan said. The...
Bits and bobs, smatterings of newer songs and much older songs will make up Marlon Williams' concert, says the alt-country troubadour of his return to Gisborne in March. This will be Williams' first solo tour in more than six years. Playing solo...
The results are in and the winners are . . . all of us!I’ve had many thanks from the poets, their parents and poetry lovers throughout Tairawhiti for giving the chance to read and write during the lockdown. It was a community effort that paid...
With three Gisborne musicians in socialist party punk band Dick Move, the band’s album tour show, Chop!, at Smash Palace next week is a kind of homecoming, says former Gisborne woman Lucy Suttor. The first-time shredder had no idea two other band...
by Mark PetersFrom the success of his stage design for Unity Theatre’s production of Calendar Girls to creating a set for Musical Theatre Gisborne’s upcoming The Addams Family, Graeme Nicoll has become the master of finding economic but...
WHALE Rider author Witi Ihimaera will take a break from his holiday in Gisborne next week to make a presentation at a kaumatua/elders’ computer course. In a session called Memories, Mr Ihimaera will help participants to identify and write about...
Gisborne woman Valerie Saville and her Australian husband Elwyn had only been married for 70 days when their aircraft disappeared 59 years ago in an area referred to by some as the country's “Bermuda Triangle”.Also still missing since February...
For those who missed the news, Gisborne’s SwitchFM radio station is back on air and online. You can find the station, and its multiple music genres, on the radio dial at 87.9FM, and online via SwitchFM’s Facebook page
It comes as no surprise ukulele-based music performance group, the Big Muffin Serious Band (BMSB) is connected with the McGillicuddy Serious Party. Muffin member Graeme Cairns was a founding member of the political party with silliness high on its...
Saturday, March 2Emergency Services Tournament. A fishing contest targeting hapuka, kingfish, gurnard, tarakihi and snapper. Each boat must have a member of the police or any emergency service on board. Mahia Boating and Fishing Club, 1 Pohutukaw...
Musical madness and epic nights are the result of the chemistry between indie pop acts Mako Road and Dolph (Dolphin Friendly).When asked by good friend and Gisborne surfer, Beachy, about the tour, his reaction was it would be a blitz of the entire...
Celebrating two decades of contemporary and fine art printmaking, the Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand is proud to present its latest publication, Proof. With art from 151 artists across the country, the book covers a breathtaking collection of...
THEY'RE as Kiwi as Buzzy Bee and Highland dancing at the A&P show, those Topp Twins. They love New Zealand’s provincial towns so the yodelling cowgirls will be right at home when they come riding around the mountain (figuratively speaking) next...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wasn't ever well-behaved enough to please the church – the Archbishop of Salzburg's steward even once kicked him down the stairs – but managed to find a patron of sorts in Baron Gottfried van Swieten. A few centuries...
The oasis in the industrial subdivision, is how Smash Palace pioneer Phil Parker coined Gisborne's eclectic venue three decades ago. Named after the 1982 Roger Donaldson movie about a troubled former race car driver who runs a car-wrecking yard...
Gisborne Herald reporter Maika Akroyd caught up with fellow Ngati Porou Wayne Karauria to korero about his sea-life journey from Tokomaru Bay to the R. Tucker Thompson, where he is now one of its captains . . .Ngati Porou sailor, Wayne Karauria has...
Classic rock with instruments and face-melting guitar lead breaks comes this way with Wellington three-piece Sea Mouse. Mousey though is hardly an epithet that describes the trio's hard and fast sound that brings to mind bands such as Led Zeppelin...
A combined passion for surfing and art brings the work of screenprinter Tony Ogle and artist/graphic designer Daryn McBride together in a combined exhibition that opens tomorrow at Miharo Gallery. Both artists’ work focuses largely on coastal and...
BENEATH her mountain Ahititi and surrounded by the flowing waters of Waihirere, Louise Kingi acknowledges where it all began. The rural settlement of Waihirere, which is 16km inland from Gisborne, is a kapa haka stronghold and is where Louise grew up...
Skulls, bright colours and heavy metal fascinate Holly Davis who is inspired by the festive hues seen in Mexico’s Day of the Dead.“I’ve always been drawn to that style and to making something feared or seen as gross beautiful,” says...
Faint-hearted? The Camino de Santiago is not for you . . . unless you want to change. Camino Skies tells the story of six people from New Zealand and Australia walking 800 kilometres of the Camino de Santiago. Two of them, along with film co-director...
It’s a sobering story. Eight hundred years ago New Zealand was covered in dense forest brimming with unique birds such as the enormous moa, the mighty Haast’s eagle, and the beautiful huia. Then people arrived, accompanied by rats, rabbits, deer...
There are 2000 corners on the road from Phonsavan in Xieng Khouang to Luang Prabang, guide Vieng warned us as we set out on the 306km drive to the spiritual capital of Laos, declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995. But I was so absorbed in the...
Be part of artist George Nuku’s creation in the War Memorial Theatre foyer of Manawa Moana, an installation created from fizzy drink plastic bottles. The massive artwork is one of many events to be held during the Tairawhiti Arts Festival next...
The winner of the solo/duo category in the East Coast Smokefree Rockquest finals will be a headline act at the Young Ukers night next week. Ukulele player, and singer-songwriter, Keira Coogan, is an up-and-coming artist who will be part of an evening...
Shaan Te Kani speaks to former Black Fern Lenadeen Simpson, who was recognised for her contribution to women’s rugby at a special capping ceremony last week . . .Sevens, world cups, seasonal circuits — the women’s game of rugby has reached new...
Ten months was how long Gisborne’s Infinite Sun sculptor Paul Riding was told he would have to wait for a solo show at Waikato Museum’s ArtsPost Galleries. Then 10 minutes after his inquiry, a gallery staff member phoned back to say another...
Live performances at Smash Palace next week by Te Wananga o Aotearoa Maori performing arts students will not only present a range of genres and styles but will contribute to their coursework. The line up includes DZT, Ter3ign, Levi and special guests...
NADINE Proctor has danced since she was four years old, learned many different genres and taught dance for nearly 35 years.“I love dancing and I love teaching kids. Being a dance teacher is something I always wanted to do — not only to help them...