A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Jed Skuse
Jed Skuse makes his Smash Palace debut tomorrow from 8pm. Free entry.
Gisborne Caledonian Society Dance: 69th Birthday Celebration
Social, modern and sequence dancing with supper and live music by Sheldon's Band. Holy Trinity Church Hall, Saturday, 7.30pm. For details phone Pat on 021 049 7148 or Allan on 021 243 3652. No stiletto heels.
JamDuo
JamDuo return to Smash Palace for a night of cool covers — featuring brothers Mike and Dino Pomana. Saturday, 9pm. $5 on the door.
Subset
Fresh from recording, Subset are bringing their deep groove cinematic sounds back to the Dome. Saturday, 9pm. $15 cash presales from the Bean Genie (cash only) or $20 cash on the door.
Gisborne Civic Brass Band: Matinee Brass Concert Series
Come along to hear live brass band music. Patutahi Hall, Sunday, 2pm. Cash-only door sales — $15A and $10 seniors/students/children.
Katy Soljak: Stories and songs
Come along to hear Waiheke Island-based musician and storyteller Katy Soljak. Smash Palace, Sunday, 7pm, R18. $10 door sales.
COMING UP
Klezmer Rebs at Smash
Wellington-based eight-piece band Klezmer Rebs plays at Smash Palace on Friday September 30, 8pm. $15 door sales only.
Motel California
Playing all the best-loved Eagles hits, celebrating one of the great country-rock acts in music. Dome Room, Saturday, October 1, 8pm. Presales from $30+bf eventfinda.co.nz or $30 cash sales from Aviary.
No Way Back
Epic Waikato rock cover band No Way Back play at Smash Palace for one night only for the Gisborne Beer Festival afterparty on Saturday, October 1, 9pm. $15 on the door.
The Ashes
Head back to the 80s for a night of pure nostalgia with local legends The Ashes at Smash Palace, Saturday, October 8, 9pm. Tickets $20 from the bar.
Clue
Evolution Theatre are bringing Clue to the stage, September 28 to October 2. Tickets from trybooking.com
Weed
Weed, written by award-winning NZ author Anthony McCarten and directed by James Packman, will be performed at Unity Theatre, November 10 to 19. Tickets from eventfinda
Tatau: Samoan Tattooing and Photography Tatau: Tatau Samoa ma ata pu'e
This exhibition presents the photographic art of four Samoan artists, who have been capturing the dynamic practice of contemporary Sāmoan tatau over the last 40 years. Tairāwhiti Museum, opening September 30.
Tumanako
Tūmanako is a display of artworks drawn from the Tairāwhiti Museum Fine Art collection and is curated by curatorial intern and recent Toihoukura graduate Maia Keane. Tairāwhiti Museum, until October 30.
Pacific Couture: Rebirth
Lindah Lepou is an internationally renowned, fa'afafine artist, with an interdisciplinary (and collaborative) practice in fashion, photography, film, music, and/or performance. Tairāwhiti Museum, until November 6.
Beginnings: The Origins and Progress of a Painter
This exhibition consists of 31 paintings dating from 1956, when the artist Peter Ireland was nine, until the later 1990s when he was middle-aged, plus a mass of documentary material in vitrines, all charting his very zig-zagging course as a self-taught painter. Tairāwhiti Museum, until November 13.
He Ara Hou
An exhibition of new work by Indiana Carter-Dodd, Puratana King, Riki Tipu Anderson, AJ Fata, Jessica Palalagi and Momoe i manu ae ala aeta'e Tasker. Hoea Gallery, 67 Gladstone Road. Thursday to Saturday, 11am to 3pm.
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, until September 25.
Avatar (re-release) 2D, 3D
Remastered version of the 2009 original, which will remind viewers of the setting for Avatar: The Way of Water, due in December.
Fire of Love
Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft die in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together, unravelling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing some of nature’s most explosive imagery.
DC League of Super-Pets
Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime in Metropolis side by side. When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto must convince a rag-tag shelter pack to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes.
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song
An exploration of the life of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah.
Moonage Daydream
A 2022 documentary film about English singer-songwriter David Bowie. Written, directed, produced and edited by Brett Morgen, the film uses previously unreleased footage from Bowie’s personal archives.
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Computer-animated cartoon in which a down-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain’s plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant trainer, the underdog must assume the role of fearsome samurai and team up with the felines to save the day.
See How They Run
In 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When a world-weary inspector and an eager rookie constable take on the case, they find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid world of underground theatre.
Ticket to Paradise
Romantic comedy in which Julia Roberts and George Clooney play divorced parents who travel to Bali with the intention of sabotaging their daughter’s wedding to prevent her from making the same mistake they made 25 years earlier.
Northspur
In a violent, post-pandemic world, a peace-loving man is forced to go on a desperate journey to find life-saving drugs for his wife. To get them he must first help an ornery old man defend his cabin against all-comers. Kiwi film starring Josh McKenzie, Michael Hurst and Marshall Napier.
After Ever Happy
As a shocking truth about a couple’s families emerges, the lovers discover they are not so different from each other.
Lancaster
Archival material tells the story of the Lancaster, the British bomber responsible for some of the most famous flying missions during World War 2.
Muru
Drama about the 2007 police raids of the Ngāi Tūhoe community of Ruatoki.
Top Gun: Maverick
One of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, is called in to train graduates for a special assignment.
Muru
Drama about the 2007 police raids of the Ngāi Tūhoe community of Ruatoki.
Punch
A 17-year-old boxer preparing for a fight that could elevate him to professional status re-evaluates his life after tangling with a gay Māori boy who lives in a hut on the beach.
The Princess
Documentary drawing on recently revealed testimony and rarely seen footage to immerse viewers in key moments of Princess Diana’s life.
Giuseppe Makes a Movie
A 2014 documentary film created by Adam Rifkin about the micro-budget films of actor/director Giuseppe Andrews.
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