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Charlotte Museum Trust

Lesbian museum, the Charlotte Museum Trust, will exhibit a pop-up display that includes a quilt, cartoons, "herstory" and badges. Two films will be screened as well as a performance of I AM at Tairawhiti Museum on Sunday from 2pm-4pm. Free entry

Finding the right level

From anxiously involved helicopter parents to the pushy tiger mums, these differing styles all have one thing in common: they tend to involve over-parenting. This is where parents micromanage their children's lives, giving them little autonomy...

Nuhaka education,‘So much potential and talent in this little hall’

A NUHAKA woman is fighting to give students who left school without qualifications a second chance. It has an air of Hollywood, but no scent of fiction. Ngaire Aben-Tuhiwai has thrown open the doors of the Nuhaka Unity Hall to give students another go...

Bombay-bound

WHEN Dr Stuart Davis told me he was leaving Gisborne and heading for Bombay, I envisaged an exotic city in far away India and wondered why he was venturing all that way to grow vegetables. However, the Bombay that Stuart was referring to is 20...

Playing swapsies in London

We had quite a few laughs at our Islington home swap last month. Some revolved around oxygen, some concerned socks and others involved getting lost. London houses grow tall and slim while Kiwi houses sprawl sideways so when we stayed at Marion and...

NZSO treat

The Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No 1 is among works being performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at the War Memorial Theatre tonight

Kiwi stars in film to inspire women

EIT student liaison officer and legendary waka ama paddler Kiwi Campbell is to feature in a documentary on inspirational New Zealand women. She shares her story with The Weekender . . . ?By day Kiwi Campbell works as an EIT student liaison officer...

Ukulele royalty to play Gisborne

PROFESSIONAL ukulele player Peter Moss will perform at the Gisborne Bowling Club on October 27 as part of Gisborne Ukulele Underground’s regular monthly gathering. Moss is also offering a one-hour workshop from 6pm at the same venue. The workshop...

Salsa up your life

Salsa dancers from around the country will glide into Gisborne at the end of the month for a special Latin night at the Dome.“I love Latin music and dance and want to grow the Latin scene in Gisborne — we’re excited to be able to host our...

Feast Week

They say the quickest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, I personally prefer the fourth and fifth rib but if you are trying to capture the hearts of a city filled with foodies and wine and beer lovers, then a week of just that — food...

The meditative, expressive and the bucolic

Moments of the mystic and contemplative surface in the Artists and Potters exhibition at Tairawhiti Museum. Artist, philosopher and spiritual seeker Peter Harris’s painting Life is a River Without Banks looms large at the entrance like Gandalf at...

Garden in a teacup

Add some whimsy to your decor by turning old teacups into charming mini gardens. Create a succulent fairy garden in a teacup, complete with a bench, ladder, and even a partial picket fence. With limited skills, you can design a teacup garden that is...

A perfect side dish or snack from Sharing Plates

A little taste of everything, for just about everyone, for any occasion — the book Sharing Plates has more than 100 recipe ideas to help . . .Sweet potato and chilli salt fries with gorgonzola creamA perfect side for any meat dish, these fries are...

Pistachio and ginger slice

‘The problem with a delicious slice like this is that by the time it came to take the photos for this Weekender food page, there were only four slightly-tatty pieces left,’ says Justine Tyerman. ‘Photographer Liam Clayton did his best to make...

Bringing life to old building

UNDER THE SEA: Art has brought an old building to life along Kahutia Street with four murals covering the Cook Stores building after local artist Kelly Spencer got busy with a few friends. As part of a Gizzy Local project, Spencer has created...

Music to drink and party to

Music to drink and party to, “not for sipping wine and eating crackers”, is how Wellington-based gypsy jazz act, Black Spider Trio have described themselves.“People are often stoked on us because others playing this style of music in New...