Multiple music producers bring a range of flavours to the fourth annual ExNE — East by North East — a recorded showcase of local talent that is now available online. Filmed at Smash Palace, and mixed down into a music video, the 2018 ExNE stars...
Give them a laugh, a smile on the way out and you've done something,” Centre Stage founder, the late Maureen Potroz once told The Gisborne Herald. Maureen left them with a smile, a laugh, and sadness when she passed away on December 23, 2017 and...
Justine Tyerman and the long-suffering ‘receptionist’ go on a Coromandel roadie in a motorised hotel suite . . .The receptionist looked slightly agitated when I told him I didn’t like the view from my room. He’d been down this road before...
Dr Katharine Holdsworth graduated from Canterbury University (UC) with her Masters of Engineering in 1994 and travelled to Denmark for work. But the company Katharine went to work for sent her straight to the marketing department because they felt...
ZARA Staples hopes her journey so far is just the tip of a very large iceberg. The Gisborne-based photographer has recently received high praise from arguably New Zealand’s biggest fashion designer, Dame Trelise Cooper. Zara, 17, has spent the last...
Saturday, July 13Gisborne parkrun. Wear a colourful tutu on your run/walk. Meet: Waikanae Beach Playground, Grey St, 7.45am. Kid, dog and pram-friendly. See http://www. parkrun. co. nz/gisborne/Winter Woolies Show. Gisborne Riding For The Disabled...
Retired Gisborne sailor Jack Donnelly watched the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II with an expert eye
THE NEW Zealand Symphony Orchestra has announced a second free concert in Gisborne, after the first event booked out in less than 24 hours.“We’ve decided to put on another concert in Gisborne because of the sheer demand,” said NZSO media and...
HAVING not been to Tahiti for over 30 years, my wife and I were really excited to be returning to these French Polynesian islands. We stepped on board Air Tahiti Nui greeted with a friendly smile and gardenia flower and got to experience their new...
Spring has finally arrived. We can watch the garden awake from its winter slumber and have the opportunity to sow and grow many fabulous flowers. Happy gardening. New flowers to sow now Spring is a floral spectacular! And while you’re enjoying all...
Phil and Sue Newdick continue their travels. Germany was not on their original itinerary but a flight home from Frankfurt led to a change of plans. Leipzig is their first port of call. Leipzig was our first stop in Germany on this trip and it turned...
Nan says she’s made this cake many times and it’s always a hit with everyone . . . especially the icing. German chocolate cake . . . with decadent icingINGREDIENTS:2 cups sugar4 eggs1 cup yoghurt200g soft butter2 level tsp baking soda3 cups self...
Think of the worst things you can do with a claw hammer. It's not pretty. But it's what Damage — whose journey from impoverished, violent family home to abusive state care to brutal gang enforcer is the centre of new Kiwi film Savage — will do to...
A selection of arty pictures make up this Rhythm and Vines 2020 pictorialrap-up. See what we did there? So cool. Pictures by RadLab
In her summary Te Tiriti o Waitangi — New Zealand's founding document — author Claudia Orange wrote that the Treaty was meant to be a partnership between Māori and the British Crown.“Although it was intended to create unity, different...
Electro Dub collective Knights of the Dub Table blend dub, reggae, drum ‘n' bass, hip-hop, trip-hop, jazz and funk to deliver the roots sound but often go even further than that. The five-piece's album Way of the Dub is familiar territory but works...
I’ve never seen plants in pots flowering so prolifically,” my friend said to me as she admired the hydrangeas and agapanthas in pots at my front door and by the pool.“How do you do it?” she asked.“Oh, lots of water, fertiliser and...
Saturday, November 9Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club overnight stay/hike (to Nov 10), Hikurangi Maunga, departs 7am, $75 incl hut fee+travel. An overnight stay in the Hikurangi Hut and climb the maunga. Weather dependent. For other options/to...
The new principal of Manutuke School, Ryan Tapsell (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Rākairoa, Ngāi Taharoa), says it is a privilege to be in this role. This week, he was welcomed into the role with a pōwhiri performed by students and staff of the...
COLLECTORS, curators and creators of sacred objects for the re-enchantment of every day life”, says the sign in the window of a building in Carnarvon Street. On Saturday, you have an opportunity to visit the gallery of sacred objects within to view...
Saturday, June 25St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale, 9am–12 noon in car park behind church, access off Childers Rd, $5 per car (paid on arrival, set-up 8.30am). Ph Val 868 8226. Car boot sale is monthly, on second and fourth Saturdays. Home and Lifestyle...
ROBIN Jefferson has played representative sport for 60 years in one code or another. His latest passion is bowls, and now he’s getting ready to be president of the sport’s national body. In mid-September he started a two-year term as Bowls New...
1 orange (about 200 gms)1 cup sugar1 large egg½ cup milk100gm butter (melted)1 ½ cups plain flour1 tsp baking powder (rounded)1 tsp baking soda (level)1 cup chopped dates• Cut orange in small pieces (skin and flesh).• Put in food processor...
THE men in black suits get highly agitated when you get too close to a Monet, and if you accidentally bump a Rodin while zooming in for a close-up, they have an apoplexy. Even the walls are alarmed — they beep at you when your iPhone swoops in to...
The cast of Evolution Theatre Company's latest production, Clue, has been struck by Covid-19 and has had to reschedule their performances. The bodies pile up — but not of cast members isolating at home — in this lively and reckless farce based on...
Rock and roll is back, ready for the stage and looking for actors. James Packman first saw the musical Rock of Ages in 2017 in Tauranga, knowing nothing about it except it was packed with some of the best ‘80s rock. Packman was hooked. Now the rock...
Tucked in a corner of the Gisborne Artists Society and Gisborne Potters exhibition is a quiet highlight of the show. Graeme Nicoll’s pencil drawing of a cross-legged nude captures the figure’s form and life with quick line. There is energy...
The Gisborne Comedy gala makes its debut at Wrights Vineyard and Winery on Saturday. Former Gisborne man Joseph Walsh aka Jo Wa will make his stand up comedy comeback and emcee the event. Wa discovered a talent for stand up when he got on stage at an...
Only the 2004 edition of Makorori First Light Longboard Surfing Classic (MFLSC) T-shirts was missing from organiser David Timbs’ collection — and from the Guide’s coverage two weeks ago of the 22 years of the iconic T’s graphic designs. The...
Another clear, crisp June morning, the sixth in a row, greeted us on the final day of our Larapinta trek. We were by now quite accustomed to the camp's morning routine, guaranteed to fully awaken the most sleepy-eyed among us. Stirred from slumber...