A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Plants
Plants has been travelling the country for a few years and is gathering together to create a lovely electronic music event at Smash Palace. For everyone who comes to the party, Plants will plant a tree in collaboration with the Women's Native Tree Project Trust. Smash Palace, Friday, 7pm. Tickets $20 at the door, cash only.
The Ashes
Local favourites The Ashes hit Smash Palace this Saturday, 9pm. Entry $10 at the door.
The Band School Winter Concert
Family-friendly live performances — modern, classic pop and rock songs, incl The Rabbits, Pray For Summer, CRC and ANT. Smash Palace, Sunday, 2pm. Free entry.
COMING UP
Vista Foundation 48Hours: Shot Weekend
Get a team together for some guerilla filmmaking, August 12 to 14. Register before 11.59am, Aug 9: tinyurl.com/2jhb6v4t or 48hours.co.nz
Gisborne Ballet Group Dancing Competitions
War Memorial Theatre, Saturday, August 13, and Sunday, August 14. Cash-only tickets from the venue.
111 Duo
Come along to hear all of your favourite songs. Boulevard Bar, Cosmopolitan Club, 190 Derby Street, Friday, August 19, 8pm, free entry.
The Boss — Bruce Springsteen Tribute War Memorial Theatre, August 25, 7.30pm. Tickets from ticketek or Gisborne i-SITE.
Reb Fountain IRIS Tour
With touring plans curtailed in 2021, Reb Fountain welcomes the opportunity to bring her latest album IRIS to life with her band in 2022. Dome Room, Friday, August 26, 7.30pm. Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz
St Andrew's Concert Series
Come along to hear the Unity Bridge Jazz Group with Rhonda Bryant-Corbett, Nick van Dijk and Amanda Maclean performing a smorgasbord of sounds. St Andrew's Church, Saturday, August 27, 2pm, koha or donation for performers appreciated. Tea/coffee provided.
Rock of Ages
Gisborne Centre Stage presents Rock of Ages, coming to Lawson Field Theatre August 12 to 20. R16. Tickets from ticketek or from the Gisborne i-SITE.
Rising Stars Performance: The Nutcracker Prince
Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli St, August 17 to 20. Tickets from trybooking.com/nz
Avenue Q
Musical Theatre Gisborne, postponed to September 8 to 17. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz or i-SITE.
Gisborne Artists, Potters and Photographers annual exhibition
This year's combined exhibition of the Gisborne Artists, Potters and Photographers will showcase a diverse range of artworks, ceramics and photography. Tairāwhiti Museum, opening Saturday.
Pick and Mix: Allsorts
An exhibition of artists with varied cultures, skills and a shared passion for art: Sue-Ann Blandford, Amber Graham, Kiri-Ana Tough and Maiko Lewis-Whaanga. Tairāwhiti Museum until September 4.
Salt
Salt, a photographic exhibition by Phil Yeo, is an exploration of our community here in Te Tairāwhiti. The portrait series considers our collective and individual identities and was produced during 2020, as the global pandemic changed our world. Tairāwhiti Museum until August 21.
Ruby's Choice
Jane Seymour plays Ruby in this Australian film about how a family comes to terms with the arrival of their mother and grandmother, who has dementia and who must live with them after her home has burned down.
Mermaid in Paris
A man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her.
Frocks and Divas
Initially a small event to empower women and bring their community together, Tarnished Frocks and Divas grew in popularity to become a nationwide event.
The Gardener
Shortly before his death at the age of 86, influential gardener and horticulturalist Frank Cabot recounted his personal quest for perfection at Les Quatre Vents, his eight-hectare English-style garden and summer estate that was opened to a film crew for the first time in 2009. Nestled among the rolling hills of the Charlevoix County in Quebec, Les Quatre Vents has become one of the world's foremost private gardens. Created over 75 years and three generations, it is an enchanted place of beauty and surprise.
Mountain Film Festival
Episode 1 of a two-part collection of films celebrating the adventurous life.
Bullet Train
Five assassins find themselves on a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka with only a few stops in between. They discover their missions are not unrelated to each other.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Kya raised herself in the marshlands of North Carolina. Drawn to two young men from town, she opens herself to a new and startling world. However, when one of them is found dead, Kya immediately becomes the main suspect.
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor embarks on a quest for inner peace. But he is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, who seeks the extinction of the gods. Stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Taika Waititi (who also directed) and Russell Crowe.
Elvis
Elvis Presley rises to fame in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Stars Austin Butler as Elvis, Tom Hanks as Colonel Parker and Olivia De Jonge as Priscilla Presley.
Minions: The Rise of Gru
In the 1970s, young Gru tries to join a group of supervillains called the Vicious 6 after they oust their leader — the legendary fighter Wild Knuckles. When the interview turns bad, Gru and his Minions go on the run with the Vicious 6 hot on their tails.
Whina
Rena Owen, Miriama McDowell, James Rolleston, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne and Vinnie Bennett star in a film that follows the life of Māori leader Dame Whina Cooper.
The Quiet Girl
A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents in rural Ireland for the 1981 summer. She blossoms in their care, but discovers one painful truth.
The Black Phone
Finney Shaw is 13 and being held in a soundproof basement by a sadistic, masked killer. When a disconnected phone on the wall starts to ring, he discovers he can hear the voices of the murderer's previous victims — and they want to help.
Lightyear
Space ranger Buzz Lightyear, from Toy Story, embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside ambitious recruits and his robot companion, Sox.
Top Gun: Maverick
After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is now a test pilot. Called in to train a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past.
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