A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
No Place Like Dome
Come and celebrate Dome Theatre's 15th birthday, Saturday, 8pm. The line-up includes The Night Moves, The Oh So Lonelys, Sound Collective and DJ Kirst. Free entry.
S-Mash Up Saturday
Live music from Gizzy's rowdiest not-yet-teenagers Overdrive from 9pm, followed by the smooth sound of T-Bonez playing all your faves from 10pm. Smash Palace, Saturday, $10 at the door.
Lead Zipline
Smash Palace, Sunday, 7pm. Tickets from $35+bf at eventfinda.co.nz
COMING UP
Whanau Visits
Powerhouses Lion Rezz and Luke Whaanga are coming to Gisborne. Supported by local acts. Smash Palace, Friday, June 24, 8pm. Tickets from $20 at ticketspace.nz
Musical Medley
Featuring international piano accordion star Maurice Jones. Accompanied by a variety of Gisborne musical artists. Salvation Army, 389 Gladstone Road, Saturday, June 25, 1.30pm. $10 cash entry, all proceeds support the work of Alzheimers Gisborne/Tairāwhiti.
Gisborne Choral Society
Presents Vivaldi's Gloria and assorted works at St Andrew's Church, Sunday, June 26 2pm. Proceeds to go to Red Cross appeal for Ukraine.
Jordan Luck Band
The iconic Jordan Luck Band are thrilled to once again be bringing the party to town on their annual Winter Road Trip. Packed with classic The Exponents hits you know and love, the 2022 Winter Tour will be sure to banish those winter blues. Smash Palace, Friday, July 8, 8pm.
Auditions for Clue on Stage
Join Evolution Theatre Company for one of the most hilarious mystery experiences of all time. No experience necessary, just come ready to read for the role of a lifetime. All roles are for adults. Evolution Theatre, 75 Disraeli Street, Saturday, 11am.
The Secret Garden
Evolution Theatre, Disraeli Street. June 30 to July 10. Tickets from trybooking.com
Avenue Q
Musical Theatre Gisborne, on stage June 24 to July 8. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz or i-SITE.
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.
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. Tairawhiti Museum, opening tomorrow 5.30pm.
Hautapu
Featuring creatives from Toihoukura Māori Visual Arts School between 1992-2002. Te Rau Aroha, 26 Peel Street, opening tomorrow 6pm.
Pumanawa
An exploration and celebration of whakapapa. featuring art from Steve Gibbs, Christopher Huriwai, Piupiu Maya Turei, Georgina Watson and Skawenatti (Turtle Island). Open Wednesday to Friday 11am to 4pm and Saturdays 11am to 3pm. Hoea! Gallery, 67 Gladstone Road.
Sea of Positivity
A collection of intuitive, abstract paintings and 3D wall sculptures inspired by ocean seascapes. Tairāwhiti Museum, until July 3.
Let Me Be Myself
Developed by Anne Frank House in the Netherlands, and viewed by more than 10 million people in 80 countries, this exhibition explores what life in hiding was like for Anne, her family, and the other occupants of Prinsengracht 263. Tairāwhiti Museum, until July 24.
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, who spent her life breaking boundaries, speaking for the rights of Māori and fighting for the land. Directed by James Napier Robertson and Paula Whetu Jones, who wrote the screenplay with James Lucas.
Lightyear
Space ranger Buzz Lightyear, from Toy Story, embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside ambitious recruits and his robot companion, Sox. As they tackle their toughest mission yet, they must learn to work as a team to escape the evil Zurg and his robot army.
Nude Tuesday
A suburban couple visit a new-age retreat in a last-ditch attempt to save their marriage. The dialogue is spoken in an improvised, gibberish language, with subtitles created by contributing writers globally. Touted as an “excursion into miscommunication, full-frontal nudity and self-discovery”, the film stars Jackie van Beek, Damon Herriman, Jemaine Clement and Ian Zaro.
Jurassic World Dominion
Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill appear together in the Jurassic franchise for the first time since Jurassic Park (1993). Dominion is set four years after the events of Fallen Kingdom. Dinosaurs now live alongside humans in a fragile balance. Chris Pratt also stars.
Mothering Sunday
Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young), an orphaned maid in the years following World War 1, has an affair with the son of her employers' neighbours. Jane's lover, Paul (Josh O'Connor), is due to marry Emma (Emma D'Arcy), who was unofficially engaged to Paul's friend James, who died in the war. Paul and Emma have mixed feelings about their engagement but feel compelled to marry.
How to Please a Woman
Australian film about a woman who buys a failing removals firm and turns it into a business where handsome men help around the house.
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.
Downton Abbey: A New Era
A Crawley family excursion to the South of France is the setting for the second feature film based on the characters of the deliciously addictive television series.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
A few months after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Dr Stephen Strange, with the help of both old and new mystical allies, travels into the multiverse to face a mysterious new adversary.
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
A disillusioned schoolteacher is transferred to the most remote school in the world, cut off from modern life deep in the Himalayan glaciers. In a classroom with no electricity or even a blackboard, he finds himself with only a yak and a song that echoes through the mountains.
Diana's Wedding
Film review website Rotten Tomatoes says Diana's Wedding is “a loud homage to diving head-first into a relationship” and “a comedy about two people who never stop loving each other despite occasionally hating each other's guts”. Norwegian film about a rollercoaster of a marriage, seen through the eyes of Diana, from her birth to the day she moves away from home.
Nobody Has to Know
A man who has had a stroke and has no memories of his life meets a woman on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. She lets him ino a secret: they were in love.
Victory at nationals means place in Team NZ for Hip Hope Unite World Champs.