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Out of the bubble with Gisborne bands
The Save Our Venues crowdfunding initiative has helped Gisborne's two main live music venues continue to support artists and two not-to-be-missed acts are coming right up. Smash catapulted out of lockdown last Saturday with a Steve Kingi Band gig and...
Look back in empowerment
Six decades of sisterhood — both personal and across the New Zealand feminist movement — is at the heart of former Tairawhiti Beneficiary Advocacy Trust trustee, Catherine Delahunty and Sarah Delahunty’s play #UsTwo that the sisters will...
Sap-suckers and other nasties
Spare a thought for your fruiting plants this summer — they need help to stay hydrated, well-fed and fend off pests
Navel gazing . . .
Brightly-coloured Washington Navel oranges are dripping from trees during winter. They’re sweet, juicy, easy to peel and seedless and make a fantastic citrus to grow at home. Dwarf varieties of navels grow to around 1.5 m tall, so they’re easy...
Flat-pack whakapapa
Three installations that explore connections between whakapapa and raranga (Maori weaving) make up Dr Maureen Lander’s exhibition Flat-Pack Whakapapa. Now on at Tairawhiti Museum, Flat-Pack Whakapapa considers kinship, family and friendship...
Mo Te Empepaea - For the Empire
EVOCATIVE entries in Maori Pioneer Battalion serviceman Tawhai Tamepo’s 100-year-old war diaries provided rich material for a range of artists to create works for an exhibition that opens tonight at Tairawhiti Museum. Called Mo Te Emepaea (For The...
A ticket to euphoria
Julie Haines finds an adrenaline junkie utopia in Rotorua during a heart pounding holiday
Do be do be do be do
Most of us know Gisborne musician Ernie White as a blues player. Others know him through his day job. But the bluesman turned pop-rock recording artist knows himself as a musician first — hence the title track of his soon-to-be-released album, I...
Local women active in battle to gain vote
Eloise Wallace, director of Tairawhiti Museum, and researcher Jean Johnston speak to The Gisborne Herald’s Wynsley Wrigley about the upcoming Ambitious Gisborne Women exhibition, which will commemorate 125 years of women voting in New Zealand...
Close to home: Tatapouri to Tuaheni Point
This coastal walk was one way, which we managed by dropping off two cars at the southern end of Wainui Beach before driving to Tatapouri to start the walk. As we set off along Tatapouri Beach to walk around the headland the tide was half way out and...
‘The debate is the part I love the most’
SHANNON Dowsing is finding politics far harder than expected.“That’s because I’m used to questioning and researching everything so the work is taking longer to get through than I anticipated,” says Shannon, who at 35 is the youngest member...
Beauty in these bars
Regular hair care products can be made of up to 80 percent water. The average moisturiser contains 60 percent or more water. Writing on website eco-age. com, Olivia Young says water is habitually made the leading ingredient in creams, cleansers...
Joy and energy in Sunday concert
Elements of dance music from the west and east skip through violinist James Jin and pianist Xing Wang’s programme for their concert at Tairawhiti Museum on Sunday. Overall, the programme is joyful and energetic, says Jin.“In our programme this...
Walking up to Northland
The Wellington suburb of Northland lies up in the city's northwest hills, between Karori and Wadestown and next to Kelburn. You can walk into the city down any number of windy paths and roads and on almost all of them, looming to your left, is...
Healthy indulgence: sumptious simple wholefoods
What makes this slice so special is the combo of three mild but distinct layers that fit perfectly to create a heavenly mouthful of minty, coconutty and chocolatey goodness. I begin with a sweet hazelnut and cacao base, followed by a creamy...
Connected to Celtic culture
Travel back in time with acclaimed Celtic musician Rennie Pearson when he performs at Lawson Field Theatre next month. On the back of an extensive North Island tour and with his new album From Across the Seas in tow, the multi-instrumentalist is...
Delights of spring
JaboticabaJaboticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora) is the exotic sounding name for a tropical fruit that’s native to Brazil. It’s easy to see why it’s also called the Brazilian grapetree, as the fruit looks like large dark purple grapes. The curious...
Dungeons & Dragons meets the stage
Queer kids, Dungeons & Dragons and sword fights, She Kills Monsters is by no means your typical Broadway play . . . and young people love it. Written by Qui Nguyen, She Kills Monsters made its stage debut in 2011, continues to go from strength to...
The pa Marcus Lloyd built
A WHATATUTU pa site uninhabited for at least seven generations has been brought back to life by eighth- generation descendant Marcus Lloyd. Marcus has embarked on a project to rebuild the pa.“I’m doing this to restore the history of our...
Recognising Maori artists
A mix of previous winners and new faces make up this year's Waiata Maori Music Awards finalists, with previous winners Troy Kingi, Stan Walker, L.A.B, and Tipene Harmer securing nominations in multiple categories. Rapper Vayne sees her first...
The bright sound of brass
A trombonist, trumpeter and euphonium player were invited last year to perform in a band-stand series at the National Library. They have since raised their sights and will now appear in concert at Tairawhiti Museum. Made up of Andrew Yorkstone...
Neil Diamond cancels NZ concert
TICKET-holders to Neil Diamond’s Mission Estate concert will be saddened to hear the performer has announced his retirement from touring due to a recent diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. The onset of the disease has made travel and large scale...
Hikoi around Mauao
Mount Maunganui's iconic dormant volcano, Mauao, serves up breathtaking views from its summit. The base track around Mauao is considered New Zealand's most popular walk, heavily trafficked by locals and visitors alike. Casting my eyes across Mauao at...
From wartime hospital to artwork
A collection of 44 tapestries stitched by more than 600 embroiderers to depict New Zealanders who convalesced at Mt Felix Hospital in Surrey, England, during World War I is now on display at Wairoa Museum. Made up of 44 tapestries created from...
Blooms on demand
It was always my dream to have a cutting garden so I could have fresh blooms for the vase and table and to give to friends. My partner Chris brought in the soil with mulch from Judds (half a cubic metre) and created a long, thin plot so I could...