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Heard it through the rosebush

Lumberjacks, French-speaking Canadians, grizzly bear trappers and travel writer Bill Bryson's conflicted walk in the woods are about all most of us know about Quebec. But the Canadian province's music has a rich tradition with roots in songs and...

Women linked to the ocean

A detail from one of Jolene Douglas's portraits of women who are linked to the ocean. Housed in a small gallery at Tairawhiti Museum, the exhibition of pastel works is intimate and warm. Ocean is conceivably personified in the work pictured here of...

Dreaming of the ‘empty line-up’

Logan Murray is a name that has been synonymous with surfing in New Zealand since most surfers can remember but that recall is assisted by more than three decades of surf photography, as Logan explains to Mark Peters

Piano prodigy set to perform

Gisborne continues to be spoilt with musical talent as Tairawhiti Museum is set to host virtuoso pianist Ashani Waidyatillake. Ashani was only 14 when she took home first prize at the Wallace National Junior Piano Competition in 2018, beating out...

THE GIRLS ARE BACK IN TOWN

After a decade-long hiatus, Muse nights are returning to the bright lights of Smash Palace.“I got tired of everyone asking ‘when is Muse starting up again?' ” says one of the organisers, Tanya Mitcalfe. Back in September 2002, Muse began as...

Te reo skills with kil bay Chappa

MAORI Side Steps member Cohen Holloway looks like a Pakeha and has a Pakeha name, but the impersonation specialist presents a memorable lesson in te reo on Facebook. The 2min45 sec clip hosted by Chappa (Holloway) includes basketball player Brook...

What's on in Gisborne?

Saturday, March 30Whanau Fishing Competition. Beach and boat fishing competition for 3 to 16 years. Te Puka Hunting & Fishing Club, Tokomaru Bay, 7am-3.30pm, $5 for 3-16s, $10 for 16yrs-plus. See Facebook for boat and beach fishing permitted...

SKY’S THE LIMIT IN QUEENSTOWN

Back in the year 2000 when I watched the Bollywood blockbuster “Kaho naa . . . pyar hai”, I made up my mind that I wanted to visit New Zealand someday. The scenic beauty of this country depicted in that movie captured my heart and mind. However...

Waikiki pleasures

Kiwis are soaking up the “aloha” spirit of Waikīkī once again, after a long break in transmission. On a recent swing through Honolulu, I set about reacquainting myself with Waikīkī's unrivalled ring-side seats on the beach. Bookmarked by the...

The ballad of Marlon Williams

In last year’s remake of a 1954 Judy Garland film, he plays a young singer called Marlon Williams. He has won multiple music awards, been described by music writer Grant Smithies as New Zealand’s “alt-country pin-up of choice” and now Marlon...

Armed for savage satire

THE KING of Hollywood, two mass murderers, a dying Playboy centrefold, an embittered ex-wife, a spoiled teen, guns and blood, Unity Theatre’s first show for 2018 promises to have something for everybody. Auditions for the Dave Hall-directed...

Dancing up a storm

Want to know the best way to get fit and have fun? Zumba. Zumba is a fitness style that involves cardio and Latin dance. It was founded by Colombian dancer and choreographer Beto Pérez in 2001, and now, more than two decades later, Zumba is practised...

‘A little push on your next journey’

I ask you to embrace change confidently in the next journey of your life,” said Te Kotuku Irwin-Stainton last week in her valedictorian speech at Massey University in Palmerston North. Speaking at her graduation ceremony to a hall packed with...

Tim’s Travels: Wellington to Wairoa

According to the weather forecast, there’s a tiny piece of blue sky somewhere north and I am determined to find it. From Wellington, I will tiptoe through the rain-sodden Manawatu Gorge and head inland along the Classic New Zealand Wine Trail then...

THROUGH THE EYE OF THE LENS

Capturing the moment

O for a Muse of fire

Cross-dressing, magic and the carnivalesque feature in excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays Gisborne school students bring to life next week. Tragedy, comedy, romance, manipulation and murder — it’s all in there too — in the poetically titled...