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Melbourne painters Gisborne-bound

GISBORNE dealer gallery PaulNache is marking the start of the New Year by reaching over the Tasman to bring a pair of Melbourne artists to town. While both Matt Arbuckle and Merryn Lloyd are painters, there are myriad differences in how they use...

Sow and grow in spring

There’s still a few weeks of spring to enjoy, so sow and grow during the month of November. Try planting your own mangoes and watermelons . . .Home-grown mangoesAs mango season begins, you might start dreaming of being able to grow your very own...

'Vanping' with Ian Smail

IAN Smail gets excited when he sees a set of cast-iron wheels, the older and rustier the better. For him such wheels hold enormous potential as the foundation for his latest building project, recreating replicas of historic “living vans”.They...

The colour of peace

Three years ago, Ahmad Almasri left Jordan to make his home in New Zealand. He was deeply shocked at the mass shooting of his Muslim brothers and sisters in the country he now calls home. Ahmad talks to Mark Peters about what it is to be Muslim in...

Mary’s marvellous muffins

75g melted butter1 cup feijoa pulp2 big eggs¾ cup sugar2 cups SR flour¼ cup orange juiceGrated orange rind1 tsp cinnamon• Heat oven to 175 degrees and butter muffin tins.• Mix wet ingredients into dry.• Spoon into the muffin tins.•...

Gig Guide

Something on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz, or call 869-0630. This weekLegooo Donell Lewis, Kennyon Brwon and DJ Noiz : Sugar night club, tomorrow. $20 presales, $50 VIP. Tickets from ticketspace. co. nz or venueRhythm and Soul...

Paying respect to a musical legend

The tag line for the latest biopic about an American icon reads: “Find out what it means.” Good luck with that. After more than two hours of the new Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, it is not clear what it means, wasting a lot of superb screen...

Flipping the balance . . .

Butter chicken is one of the most searched recipes online to cook and enjoy at home, says author Olivia Andrews in her cookbook Three Veg and Meat. Her version below has far less chicken than your average butter chicken, but is still high in...

Making sense

Songs that make up former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne's live show and album American Utopia centre on the furniture of adult life – a job, a girlfriend, a house, a car – while standing slightly apart from it, writes Guardian reviewer...

Concertgoers snap up tickets

Rhythm and Vines has sold out of its three-day passes for another year — even before the punters know who's playing. The festival sold out in record time with 21,500 three-day passes sold and all 15,000 camping passes gone.“We would love to fit...

The last ride

'See you later, Stiff'

Balkans a series of contradictions

ALBANIA, like all the other Balkan states seemed to be so diverse, and at times, like the population, a series of contradictions. Some of the people will con you out of your bootlaces and others will give you the little they have if they think it...

French for Rabbits is music in dreamtime

FRENCH For Rabbits are not French and they are not rabbits, but they do produce dark, dreamy music that has taken them touring around the world, including France. The Wellington five-piece’s founder, Brooke Singer, describes the French for Rabbits...

Gig Guide

This weekBlue Fusion: Singalong music, Cosmopolitan Club, tomorrow, 7pm. The Bee Gees Night Fever: War Memorial Theatre, Sunday, 7pm. The Pohutukawa Tree: Evolution Theatre Company November 1-2, 7-9, 14-16 (7.30pm), Sun November 3 (4pm).Tickets...

Eat, pray, retreat

Kim Parkinson realises a long-held dream to go on a yoga retreat in an exotic location. The Bali retreat she chose was everything she had expected and more . . . but finding the right teacher was key. I had always wanted to go on a yoga retreat and...

100 years of Ruatoria City

One of New Zealand’s smallest rugby clubs recently celebrated its 100th birthday — in the process defying rural-urban migration and the player drain to reach the milestone. Neil Reid soaked up the festivities at the Ruatoria City Sports Club and...