A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Skram Summer Tour
After a hectic and unexpected year of epic releases and fun times, Skram bring their debut Summer Tour to the North Island. Smash Palace, Friday, 7.30pm. Vaccine pass required. Limited to 100 people. Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz
The Rabbits
Enjoy gourmet platters and wine among the vines while listening to young Gisborne band The Rabbits. Matawhero Wines, Sunday, 1pm. Bookings essential at cellardoor@matawhero.co.nz
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Summer Frequencies
Summer Frequencies Festival will host some of the biggest names in Kiwi music including House Of Shem, DJ Noiz, Tomorrow People, Ardijah, Herbs, Scribe, Che Fu and Three Houses Down. Postponed to March 4 and 5. Gisborne Soundshell. All tickets valid for new date. Tickets from ticketspace.co.nz
TJ & Huri Aotearoa Summer Tour
TJ & Huri are hitting the road and bringing summer vibes to Gisborne. Shipwreck Bar, March 11, 8pm. Tickets available from the venue or ticketfairy.com
Gin Wigmore
Singer-songwriter Gin Wigmore is returning home for a five-date regional tour in March 2022. Smash Palace, March 17 and 18. Tickets from livenation.co.nz
Diablos Caravan
An evening of acoustic guitar performed by three of New Zealand's finest players. Dome Room, Friday, March 25. Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz
Motel California
Playing all the best-loved Eagles hits, celebrating one of the great country-rock acts in music, Dome Room, Saturday, April 2. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz
The Secret Garden
Evolution Theatre Company presents The Secret Garden. One of the most delightful and enduring classics of children's literature, The Secret Garden has remained a favourite with children the world over. Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli Street, March 17 to 27. Tickets from trybooking.com
Annie: The Musical
Musical Theatre Gisborne presents Annie. War Memorial Theatre, April 22 to 30. CANCELLED
Pride Tairawhiti
To coincide with Pride Month in February, Tairāwhiti Rainbow Collective and Tairāwhiti Museum have come together to showcase stories and experiences of some of our LGBTQIA+ community members who have lived and grown up in Tairāwhiti. Tairāwhiti Museum until February 27.
Whakakaha
Exhibiting works by Rākau Buchanan, Paul Edgar Bird, Moorina Bonini, Te Awariki Lardelli, Genevieve Pini, Katrina Reedy, Carmel Salmanzadeh and Ron Te Kawa. Hoea Gallery. Opening event Saturday, 2pm. All Covid protocols will be followed.
Koaka o Whakaaro
Kōaka o Whakaaro is an exhibition of new works by the students and staff from Toihoukura School of Māori Visual Art and Design, showcasing the latest in emerging talent. Tairāwhiti Museum, until February 13.
Makorori Artists Collective
The collective's second show is on at Verve Cafe in Gladstone Road until the end of February.
Be the Taniwha
Tai and Kaaterina Kerekere's exhibition is a tribute to leaders who challenged the status quo, paved pathways of empowerment and broke barriers by bringing issues to the surface. Tairawhiti Museum, until March 20.
Out of the Closet
Out of the Closet is a collaborative arts and crafts exhibition presented by weaver Adrienne Stewart and her multi-talented whānau. Tairāwhiti Museum, opening Saturday, February 19.
Mark Hunt: The Fight of His Life
Documentary that explores how Mark Hunt, the “Super Samoan”, pushed past a challenging childhood to become a kickboxing and mixed martial arts global star.
India Sweets and Spices
American comedy-drama written and directed by Geeta Malik, who drew upon her childhood experiences in Colorado. Her parents would take part in gatherings of the Indian community, where they would eat their own food and wear their own clothes. Although she initially saw these parties as comforting, she came to realise they also gave rise to backbiting, gossip and drama behind the scenes.
Mothers of the Revolution
Documentary about the Greenham Common women's protest, which started in 1981 when 36 women set off on a 120-mile march from Cardiff to Berkshire to protest against the planned arrival of US nuclear missiles on UK soil.
Best Sellers
Michael Caine plays grumpy author Harris Shaw, and Aubrey Plaza is book editor Lucy Stanbridge, who has nearly sunk her inherited publishing house with failing titles. Decades earlier, Harris put the company on the map, and Lucy discovers he still owes them a book. Harris produces one, and he and Lucy go on a tour to promote it.
Belfast
Semi-autobiographical film written, directed and co-produced by Kenneth Branagh, recalling his childhood in a Northern Irish Protestant family at the time of “The Troubles”. A celebration of family life as well as a depiction of social upheaval, the film has gained critical and popular acclaim. It stars Jude Hill as nine-year-old Buddy, Caitriona Balfe and Jamie Dornan as his parents Ma and Pa, Judi Dench and Ciaran Hinds as Granny and Pop, Lewis McAskie as Buddy's elder brother Will, and Colin Morgan as rabble-rouser Billy Clanton.
Moonfall
A mysterious force knocks the Moon out of its orbit and on to a collision course with Earth. Weeks before the expected impact, a NASA executive (Halle Berry) teams up with a man from her past (Patrick Wilson) and a conspiracy theorist (John Bradley, Game of Thrones) to save the world.
Jackass Forever
Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and the gang get together again to hang out and do crazy stuff for laughs or to make your stomach turn.
Licorice Pizza
Coming-of-age comedy drama written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread). Set in 1970s California, it stars first-time film actors Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman, son of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman (who often worked with Anderson). Sean Penn, Tom Waits and Bradley Cooper play characters based on real people with imagined or exaggerated characteristics. Great soundtrack.
Spencer
Kristen Stewart stars as Princess Diana at a family gathering where she supposedly decided to end her marriage to Prince Charles.
King Richard
Will Smith plays Richard Williams, father and coach of Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena (Demi Singleton).
The Addams Family 2
Morticia and Gomez decide to recapture the family spirit by taking their children and relatives on a road trip.
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Peter Parker asks Dr Stephen Strange to help restore the secrecy of his Spider-Man identity, but this allows five supervillains to arrive through a break in the multiverse.
Sing 2
Can-do koala Buster Moon and his all-star cast prepare a stage extravaganza.
Clifford the Big Red Dog
A magical animal rescuer gives Emily a small red puppy that overnight turns into a giant.
Victory at nationals means place in Team NZ for Hip Hope Unite World Champs.