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From pen to page to novel

It's not often readers get to peek behind the curtain and see what goes into a novel, but Tairawhiti will be treated to just this when two authors come to town this Saturday. Authors Kirsty Powell and Kerry Harrison stop by Muirs Bookshop to talk...

Showcasing creativity with fibres

The first-ever national Creative Fibre Education Event is to be held in Gisborne next weekend, with an opportunity for people to have a go at different crafts. Event spokeswoman Lynne Boulter says everyone involved is ready for a weekend of...

Summertime in Alaska

When pop-folk duo Looking For Alaska last performed in Gisborne, the act was made up of Aaron Gott and former Gisborne Girls’ High School student Amy Maynard. Maynard described their debut album as “kind of like Mumford and Sons meets Of...

Our Town in... our town

Gisborne’s newest community theatre company is moving into production week for its first show, Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer prize-winning Our Town. The play is set in Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. Evolution Theatre Company’s managing...

Ngati Porou carving honoured

A Whakapapa of Tradition: A book that examines the rapid evolution of Maori carving from 1830 to 1930 has won Auckland University senior lecturer in art history Ngarino Ellis the Te Mahi Toi, art category, award at the Nga Kupu Ora Awards for Maori...

Standing up for water in new show

THE idea for a “water is life”-themed exhibition had bubbled in raranga (weaving) student Airini Forbes’ mind since July. Part of her inspiration was the “cleaner water” rally in Gisborne in March. The gathering was one of 21 around the...

Patron saint of the blues

New Orleans-schooled pianist and Waiheke Island jazz festival founder David Paquette is now patron “saint” of the Poverty Bay Blues Club (PBBC).In the US patrons of the arts are usually funders, but because his role is as figurehead for the PBBC...

Artists and the community unite

The pop-up shop Frame and Fortune, run by Gizzy Collective, will stay open until Christmas Eve. The pop-up, located at 111 Gladstone Road, is an initiative that gives local artists a space to showcase their talent. With just two weeks left before the...

Go gardening above ground

A no-dig garden is just that — a arden bed made up of layers of organic materials that does not require backbreaking digging and tilling. Esther Deans, inventor of the ‘no-dig' garden, recommends her method for all gardeners but says it is...

Gig Guide

THIS WEEKThe Boss — Bruce Springsteen Tribute War Memorial Theatre, tonight, 7.30pm. Tickets from ticketek or Gisborne i-SITE. Reb Fountain IRIS TourWith touring plans curtailed in 2021, Reb Fountain welcomes the opportunity to bring her latest...

The Shadow Box

We forget there was a time when terminal illness was not talked about. Cancer for instance was known as the c-word and only mentioned in hushed tones. Around the time playwright Michael Cristofer scripted The Shadow Box in the mid-1970s, though...

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Bag it up

Human hair, beachcombed manuka and wooden kumara are among materials artist Conor Jeory is working with on his two most recent projects. The hair is part of a crocheted bag project inspired by Clayton Gibson’s carving of a wooden kete stuffed with...

Creating a ripple effect of healthy living

Co-founder of Revive festival to continue exploration of health and wellbeing across the ditch

‘Inadvertently made an album’

Boomers’ hearts will throb to this music video collaboration between former Split Enz muzos Tim Finn and Noel Crombie, and former Roxy Music lead guitarist and prog-rock maestro, Phil Manzanera. The edgy Split Enz sound is in there as is...

STREET INSPIRED

“I live a colourful lifestyle,” says artist Dayna Chaffey whose street art inspired work fused with elements of contemporary Maori art makes up this week's exhibition at Miharo Gallery. Having no previous hands-on experience history in street...