War Memorial Theatre, Thursday, March 18, 7.30pm.
War Memorial Theatre, Friday, March 19, 7.30pm. Book at i-SITE or ticketek.co.nz
Pull Down the Sun album release tour. Smash Palace, Friday, March 19.
Former journalist performs flamenco guitar. Tairawhiti Museum, March 27, 7pm. Tickets $30,
Presented by Gisborne Choral Society and Hastings Choral Society, St Andrew's Church, March 28, 2pm.
Smash Palace, Saturday, April 3, 7pm. Entry $10 at the door.
Smash Palace. Friday, April 23, 8pm. Tickets $20 from
Evolution Theatre, 75 Disraeli Street, $5 at door.
Auditions at Unity Theatre, 209 Ormond Road. Sunday, March 14 at 3pm.
Lawson Field Theatre, March 19 (7pm) — March 21 (10pm). Playwrights, directors, actors, and stage managers are invited to register at
Works by John Walsh, Evan Woodruffe and Virginia Leonard.
Makorori First Light Longboard Surfing Classic exhibition. Art inspired by the ocean and surf.
Works by Kaaterina Kerekere, Tai Kerekere, Fiona Collis, Michelle Kerr, Wendy Whitehead, Johnny Poi, Hiwirori Maynard, Tawera Tahuri, Henare Tahuri, Claudette Collis, and aspiring rangatahi artists Tangiahua Kerekere, Maia Kerekere, Te Owaina Tangohau, Waiapu Tangianau, Cyene Tahuri, Te Hurutea Hapi, Khama Paul, and Te Whaitiri Tangohau. Tairawhiti Museum, January 30-March 21.
Vee Hoy's photographic exploration of diversity in identification. Her latest photo series aims to challenge and impact of social and cultural labelling. Tairawhiti Museum until April 25.
Three Maori cousins are separated and wait a lifetime to reconnect (see above).
A young man finds a mysterious girl who has crash-landed on his planet, where all the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by “The Noise” — a force that puts all their thoughts on display. Having vowed to protect the girl, the man must discover his inner power to do so.
A lone warrior must find the last dragon to stop monsters that dragons and humans once fought and defeated together.
Documentary about Dean Hart's ambition to build a jet-powered car from secondhand parts to try to become New Zealand's fastest man.
A gay couple embark on a road trip as dementia starts to take hold of one of them.
Frank Grillo plays a former special forces agent, trapped in a deadly time loop, who finds clues relating to a secret government programme. He searches for the head of the programme while eluding assassins trying to stop him.
Former prisoners of war who broke out of their camp during the Vietnam War devise a plan to break out of their retirement home. Stars James Cromwell, Dennis Waterman and Jacki Weaver.
Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto star in a thriller about the hunt for a serial killer.
World War 1 veteran Travis recruits the Aboriginal youth Gutjuk, whose life he saved, to track down an uncle leading an outlaw group.
Liam Neeson plays a rancher and former Marine living on the Mexican border and protecting a boy on the run.
The prehistoric Crood family discover an idyllic, walled-in paradise, but they must also learn to live with a family a couple of steps above them on the evolutionary ladder.
Wedding planners clash, a tour guide seeks his Cinderella and romance ensues. Stars Diane Keaton, Jeremy Irons, and Maggie Grace.
Based on the novel by Patricia Grace. Three Maori cousins — Mata, Makareta and Missy — are separated in childhood. Taken from her whanau and placed in an orphanage, Mata lives out her childhood in fear and bewilderment, saved only by her imagination. Back on the land, Makareta flees an arranged marriage and Missy takes her place as bride, taking on the mantle of kaitiaki (guardian). However, the pair never give up hoping that Mata will come home. Directed by Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace-Smith.
One-night-only showing of nine short films featuring adventurous women, with a total running time of just under two hours.
Session 1 — Enfer & Paradis: Portuguese fishing village Nazare hosts a big-wave surfing contest that draws some of the world's best surfers. Among them is Justine Dupont, a woman in a male domain. Plus shorts.
Session 2 — Made in Aotearoa: A journey through New Zealand surfing's past, present and future, focusing on up-and-coming Mt Maunganui surfer Kehu Butler. Plus shorts.
