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Eminem rumour a little ‘shady’

THE twitterings of a spoof blog site set off gossip about a headliner for this year’s Rhythm and Vines music festival but, as the subject of the rumours might have said, the information is pretty shady. In fact, festival founding director Hamish...

Tokomaru Bay woman on target for nursing career

A study and career preparation course with EIT Tairāwhiti has set a Tokomaru Bay woman on the path she has dreamed about. The Level Three and Four courses taken by Jaedi Davies this year has given her the skills and confidence to enrol to do...

Health, well-being and waka

Gisborne woman Ngahuia Mita has developed a knowledge of Tairawhiti waka, and in particular Maori connection to the ocean and why it is so important to health and well-being. She talks to Kim Parkinson about her life and work, which has been boosted...

The persistence of vision

With burlesque queer as the theme for a music video from New Plymouth vocal loop artist EJ Barrett's single, Paint Me A Picture, Tairawhiti TV producer/director Tee Wells knew the ideal setting for the shoot.“I thought ‘There's only one place we...

Riding the wave

The jangly-guitar and rolling beats of the 1960s South Californian surf music sound is instantly recognisable in Gisborne band Set Waves' debut album. Song titles such as Shoot the Curl, Kook Don't Steal My Wave, and Acid Drop tap into the American...

MasterChef Swiss alpine -style

HIGH in the lush green meadows of the beautiful Engadine, I met a famous chef and television star. I was visiting an organic farm in Vnà, a tiny alpine village of 50 people in the Lower Engadine in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The farmer, Fadri...

The jazzman cometh

From Super Rugby stadiums to the theatre stage in Haiti and the ethio-jazz clubs of Addis Ababa, Lucien Johnson and his saxophone have performed in many different places far from his Wellington home town. The musician performs in Gisborne next week...

Laughter, love and pop music

Heidi Rice as Donna Sheridan“Glitter is in my veins,” says Heidi Rice whose childhood love of Abba music, and her more adult affection for the musical Mamma Mia, helped land her a lead role in the Musical Theatre Gisborne (MTG) production. Rice...

Breath of fresh air

If you are wanting to clear the air, say ‘Aloe’ to your new best bud in the home. Aloes (Aloe vera) are not just there to help with those after-beach sunburns (ouch!), but can also assist in the home by removing toxins in the air

David Paquette to perform at Tairawhiti Museum

JAZZ piano royalty will make a special appearance in Gisborne this week when former Waiheke Jazz Festival organiser David Paquette performs at Tairawhiti Museum on Sunday. Paquette was a Louisiana State University undergraduate and regular performer...

East meets west at Cafe Dunay

EASTERN European and East Coast influences combine in Gisborne resident Adriana Tuscia’s design concept for Peel Street eatery Cafe Dunay — but it is hard to say where one influence ends and another begins. As a former Auckland-based retail and...

Click, Collect, and Carnage

Prior to the opening of a new click, collect and deliver business, a group of people — each with a dubious background — gather on a tropical island for a team-building retreat. The business has a new range of dodgy options that staff will offer...

A slice of the sweeter life . . . in the garden

As festive decorations creep into the stores and countdowns appear on social media telling us how many days there are until Christmas, it’s nice to be able to spend some relaxing ‘green time’ in your garden, whether it’s burying your nose in...

Surfing the wave of history

The walls of Verve Cafe have become a time warp for East Coast surf culture, with unassuming surfboards of history hanging high on the walls. Rescued from garages, basements and animal pens, the boards are in the spotlight for the special...

Eat LA without leaving home

If you’ve always wanted to go to Los Angeles, this book could tempt you to book that plane ticket. Written by Frenchman Victor Garnier Astorino, owner of four hamburger outlets in Paris, the book contains recommendations of places to eat and...

Spinning a yarn

IN AN era when many organisations are languishing due to lack of membership and interest, one local group appears to have found the formula for longevity and success. Poverty Bay Woolcrafters can trace its lineage back more than 45 years and has...