What's on in Gisborne

Closeup of Red Snappers lying on ice in a fish market.

Saturday, October 3Trade Zone Kids Gone Fishing Competition, Watties Wharf, 9.30am–12.30pm. Registration at 9am. Bait and a limited amount of hand lines available for those who don’t have a fishing line. Great prizes, spot prizes and a sausage sizzle.

Enterprise Cars Nicks Head Charity Fishing Tournament is on at Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club. Weigh-in 3–5pm, fresh fish auction 5pm. Special licence, non-members welcome.

Bella Cajon (genre-defying, eight-piece dancefloor favourites) playing live with One Man Down and Missing Link in support, at The Dome. Doors and music from 7pm, $10 on the door.

South Pacific, a much-loved romantic musical, by Rodgers and Hammerstein, 8pm, at War Memorial Theatre. Starring Gisborne's own Bronwyn Turei. Tickets from ticketdirect.co.nz

Men of Steel, a ladies night with New Zealand male dancers, The Retro Bar, 9pm, door sales $35.

Sunday, October 4Secondhand Sunday is your chance to get rid of stuff you no longer want. Put it at your gate and let others find your ‘treasure’. Information on www.gdc.govt.nz

Petrolhead Breakfast at Breakers Cafe or the Poverty Bay Club, 8–11am. Drag that interesting wagon or bike out of the shed and come for a cruise. Contact Rick on 021 444 420.

Charity Fishing Tournament on at Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club. Weigh-in 2–4pm, fresh fish auction 5pm. Special licence, non-members welcome.

Opening of art exhibition to support LGBT youth, Verve cafe, 5pm. Exhibition on until October 18.

Monday, October 5Maths is Fun — Nitro Numbers, 9.30am–2pm, free, HB Williams Memorial Library. Hands-on learning for years 1 and 2. Pre-register at library, bring morning tea, packed lunch and a drink. Sponsored by Wairarapa REAP. Daily this week.

LIANZA Children's Book Awards/Hell Pizza Caravan visit. Complete the reading challenge and collect your free Hell pizza, 11am–3pm, HB Williams Memorial Library, Bright St entrance, free.

Tuesday, October 6Poverty Bay Blues Club, the Dome, doors open 7pm, music starts 8pm, $5.

Thursday, October 8Poetry and Song Night at Smash Palace, 7pm, with special guest Vaughan Rapatahana, launching his latest poetry collection 'Atonement'.

Musica Viva Concert, piano magic inspired by Bach, played by Michael Houstoun, 7.30pm, Lawson Field Theatre, door sales adults $30, school students $10.

The first Gisborne Ukestra, 7.30–9pm, Ilminster Intermediate gym, $12 casual. Ukulele playing is more fun with other people. Ukestra is a relaxed and social environment to continue your ukulele journey. See Gisborne Ukulele Underground Facebook page or phone Keren on 021 073 4426.

Friday, October 9Maths is Fun finale party, 10am, free, HB Williams Memorial Library. A celebration and certificate for everyone who attended the programme, plus a final challenge.

Snow Gala, hosted by the Gisborne Toy Library, at Mangapapa Playcentre with 5 tonnes of real snow. Tickets are $5 per child from the Gisborne Toy Library, Adair's Building, 100 Grey St on the first floor. Tickets are limited. Gisborne Toy Library is open Tuesday 10-1, Thursday 3-5 and Saturday 11-2.

Saturday, October 10St Andrew's car boot sale, 9am–12 noon, in carpark behind the church (access off Childers Rd). Bring goods and have a boot sale yourself, $5 per car. Ph 868 5395 or 868 8226.

Backyard Beekeeping Workshop, 11.30am–1pm, $5, Tairawhiti Environment Centre, Ballance St, ph 867 4708.

Mojito 3, Latin Dance Night, 7.30pm–1am, the Dome Bar and Cinema, $5 door charge, free classes, DJ Dirk provides the Latin beats.

Sunday, October 11Sunday Afternoon Concert Series, Tairawhiti Museum, 1.30–2.30pm, free. Katherine McIndoe (vocal) and Xing Wang Park (piano).

Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club, Nikau Flat Hut, Wairata Valley, Waioeka Scenic Reserve (M - FE), 7.30am, $15. The walk to Nikau Flat Hut involves some stream crossings, and the track is partly unformed along the upper Waioeka River. About 7 hours there and back, weather dependent. Contact Gillian on 867 4591 or grass.hopper@xtra.co.nz