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BetA Get an ETA

WE ARE among many who depart Gizzy by air but I doubt that any have had a similar experience to ours en route to Australia last month. When our dear friend, Floyd, arrived on time to pick us up for the airport, little did he know the chaos that was...

Nevermind the Apolcalypse

Auckland based artist Teresa HR Lane will be in Gisborne for the opening of her second solo show Nevermind the Apocalypse at Paul Nache gallery tomorrow. Nevermind the Apocalypse is an installation of new collaged and animated creations. Lane uses...

What's on in Gisborne

Saturday, February 22019 Gisborne/Tairawhiti Junior Champs. This lifesaving event will determine the 2019 top club. Midway Beach, 9am, free for SLSNZ members. Queen Bee and B Bumble. Live old-school music. Garden Bar, The White House, 69 Peel St...

Living life to the full

Greg Alexander's surgical career began aged 13 with a caesarean section on a pug dog while doing vacation work with a friend's Dad, the local vet in Johannesburg. Orthopaedics was the second operation of the day – a loose bone fragment in...

BBQ treats

No need to put the barbecue into storage yet with at least a month of warm weather to go, and the prospects of an Indian summer looking good. Australian chef and food writer Ross Dobson says his idea of barbecueing is about producing tasty, no...

Putting her stamp on art

A STAMP album unearthed while helping clean out her father’s garage gave Gisborne woman Janine McDiarmid an idea for an artwork. She covered a sheet of paper with the stamps and laid a sheet of cut-out cardboard over it. The handicraft became...

Delaney Davidson brings The Magic Lightbox to the Dome Room

A MONSTER cries on the side of a hill/ A child walks through a field/ A woman lies in a box/ Somewhere a letter gets written and sealed,” are a handful of lines from enigmatic Delaney Davidson’s song Bloodletter. Part performer, part carny, part...

Summer of Kiwis

Living in a floating home, the size of many Kiwis’ hallways, brings a few challenges. Sharing that confined space with guests can be an interesting experience. Did I mention intimate? Maybe it’s best not to delve too deeply, writes Sandra Walsh...

Moroccan-inspired

Katie Swift started her food career in the late 1970s, as a cadet journalist in the test kitchen of Woman’s Day magazine, under the excellent guidance of cooking legend Margaret Fulton.“I went on to have a catering business in the 1980s, and...

Pish! Pah! And pass the jug.

Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, announces drunken jester Trinculo to the monster, Caliban, in Shakespeare’s play The Tempest.“Was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today?”Was there ever challenge enough to a New...

Party for the climate

Help save the world, feed those in need and party at the same time this weekend at Smash Palace. The effects of climate change are being seen all over the globe, especially in the Arctic and polar regions, and DJs are on board to raise awareness. This...

Heavenly pop still hits

Not many bands make it forty times around the sun but not many bands are The Chills. Having announced the release of their seventh studio album, Scatterbrain, The Chills are dropping by The Dome onMay 9 as part of their nationwide tour. Flying high in...

Sharing his story to help others

You’ll know Hyrum Paea’s face from the billboards around town — One moment I cannot change

What's on this week

Nadia Reid and Tiny Ruins perform solo and together. War Memorial Theatre. Tomorrow (7pm). For more information, ticket pricings and bookings, go to www. tetairawhitiartsfestival. nz/2020-programmeThe finale of the local talent showcase Lawson Field...

Pleasing pasta

Comforting, easy and versatile, pasta is the ultimate crowd-pleaser. Whether it’s indulgent or a bright, fresh dish to enjoy in the sun, make the most of a staple ingredient with this selection of perfect pasta recipes . . .Serves: 3-4Preparation...

Close encounters in the Pacific

Encounters is the key word in the phrase “Tuia – Encounters 250” says contemporary New Zealand artist Peter Ireland. Tuia – Encounters 250 is the name given by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage to upcoming commemorations of encounters...