CANBERRA, Nov 26 AAP – Labor is fighting tooth and nail against workplace legislation the Morrison government hopes to pass in the final sitting fortnight for the parliamentary year. Opposition Senator Tim Ayres is the latest to seize on a money...
On hearing, as an 11 year old, Beethoven's Sonata No. 8 for the first time, Liam Furey's life changed forever. His mother, a guitarist, had taught him piano since he was nine but Beethoven's sonata was the first time Furey encountered classical...
Inspired by the sea, created late at night between children and the demands of a business, scratched and painted on to second-hand timbers, Sea of Positivity is a gorgeous and uplifting exhibition at Tairāwhiti Museum. Artist Leah McCann took two...
Bach Sei Solo is one of three, free streamed premieres by the NZSO this week. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra continues its weekly free streamed performances with a new six-part series which premiered yesterday. Bach Sei Solo features NZSO string...
The 42-year-old, 18-year police officer came back to Gisborne in late October from Central District where he was prevention manager for northern Manawatu. Inspector Paki had a role in the recent ship jumper drama that involved a crewman off a log...
Otago’s Roxburgh Gorge is spectacular but Jo Ferris learns its isolation isn’t the only thing to discover . . .Sometimes it pays not to research an area after agreeing to a cycle trail — particularly if it involves heights and sharp...
His voice is described as the sexy, sandpapered-sound of the new generation bluesman and tomorrow night new generation bluesman Joel Fafard performs in Wairoa. Fafard’s EastEnd Cafe show will be the last of the venue’s summer and autumn...
Justine Tyerman is not much chop in the kitchen but the chef at a cooking class in Lima, Peru put her quite at ease . . . what’s more, there was nothing to cook in this traditional Peruvian dish. The mere mention of a cooking class raises my heart...
Kumquats are known for their very tart citrus flavour and are most commonly used in jams, marmalades and preserves. Many people also enjoy eating kumquats whole, including the fragrant skin, which can be sweeter than the flesh itself. There are...
IF MARGARET Thorpe had been around in the late 19th century, she would no doubt have been a suffragette. The former deputy mayor, district councillor and hospital board member has long been a strong proponent of women’s rights and achieved many...
NEWCOMERS and former members are invited to join Gisborne Choral Society on Tuesday to begin practice for one of the greatest of all works for choir and orchestra, Johannes Brahms’ A German Requiem. Described as a lush, romantic piece with soaring...
Maori artists particularly “have been doing it tough” this year but two music events this month are an opportunity to celebrate Maori singers, songwriters and performers, says awards executive director Ellison Huata. Te Marama Puoro Waiata —...
Taking music out of the theatre and into the community is a big part of the Gisborne International Music Competition’s outreach engagement kaupapa but sometimes the community reaches back to put in something special. A week-long residency run by...
by Dan Satherley, NewshubThe six-piece Kiwi band Split Enz’s classic album has been remastered and re-released to mark its 40th anniversary. It contained the band’s breakthrough international hit, I Got You, penned by Neil Finn, as well as radio...
Half of the voice actors in the upcoming The Lion King Reo Māori whakapapa or have a connection to Tairāwhiti. The Lion King Reo Māori will be bringing te reo to movie screens across the globe when it premieres later this month. Actors Mataar...
On the first day of the New Zealand music month of May, Gisborne five-piece, Supreme Brother Sound, launched their debut single, Motives. The soul, funk, R&B sound of the track harks back to smooth grooves of artists such as Otis Redding, and Dian...
IT was the scarfalanche that did it. My lifetime collection of scarves suddenly decided to vacate their long-time abode and came cascading off the dressing room door, landing in a soft heap on the floor, like a fallen rainbow. While there were no...
• 150g butter, softened• ½ cup brown sugar (or coconut sugar)• 4 large free-range eggs• 2 tablespoons apple sauce• 1 banana, mashed• ¼ cup thread coconut• 1½ cups wholemeal flour• 2 teaspoons baking powder• 6 plums; wash, remove...
There’s humour in Wairoa hip hop duo Rugged and Wylde’s new lyrical soul video Surfaces. There are Mark Twainish shots of Wairoa River; of R&W’s Zach Stark and Ratima Hauraki chowing down on their burgers as their eyes track (presumably) the...
Terry Sheldrake has always been interested in council. His wife Kathy was a councillor from 2001 to 2010. He stood in the 2014 by-election and came second, stood again in 2016 and missed out by 251 votes. But in October last year, he got on.“I am...
It’s almost deja vu, says former 2ZG radio announcer Mike Coyle of his role as a 1940s radio actor in Unity Theatre’s production of Vintage Hitchcock — A Live Radio Play. From tomorrow night, seven actors bring the spirit of a 1940s radio...
In a fundraiser first for Eastwoodhill Arboretum, a busload of gardeners, garden and art lovers headed north to Gibbs Sculpture Farm on Kaipara Harbour. Eastwoodhill manager Marion Nicholas, with arboretum staff Margot Sherratt and Anthea Dalton...
Acting, improvisation, playwriting, lighting and sound skills are part of the newly-formed Evolution Theatre Company’s educational programme. Based at the Chinese Association Hall in Disraeli Street, the Evolution Theatre Company (ETC) offers an...
A multitude of samples that are transmuted into other sounds, such as gunshots turned into drum snare splashes, go into alt-pop singer Em-Haley Walker's music. Better known by her stage name Theia, the Christchurch artist describes her approach to...
The psychedelia of posters popular in the 1960s is invoked in the imagery for this summer’s Makorori First Light Longboard Surfing Classic T-shirt. Designed by Tauranga surfer Daryn Mcbride, the artist-graphic designer-photographer has reprised the...
DUNCAN Bush went to a vocational guidance counsellor in his senior year at St Kentigern College in Auckland, looking for a career where he could be his own boss. Born in Wellington, Duncan’s family moved around New Zealand a lot due to his...
A PACIFIC island provides the setting for Musical Theatre Gisborne’s interactive murder mystery Sun, Sand and Murder. Written and directed by MTG member Dorothy Fletcher, the whodunnit centres on a group of people who go to the island for the...
A tuna (eel) writhes in Napier-based street artist Cinzah’s mural across the back wall of the Tairawhiti Environment Centre. In Gisborne for the Sea Walls Tairawhiti murals project that took ocean health as its theme, Cinzah completed this work...
Welcome to the jungle Indoor plants can provide a wonderful connection with greenery during the coldest months, particularly on wintery days when it might be challenging to get outdoors. Here are some tips to help keep your indoor jungle looking...