Sunday, June 19Midwinter swim, 10am, Waikanae Beach. Gold coin donation.
Waikanae Stream Clean-up and Planting Day, 12-2pm. Meet at Grey Street skate park. Free sausage sizzle on completion. Call Tairawhiti Environment Centre for details on 867 4708.
Zirka Circus, 1pm & 4.30pm, Churchill Park. Enquiries & bookings on 0800 2 ZIRKA (0800 294 752). Ticket sales at venue.
Monday, June 20Shu's Song; National Theatre for Children, 9.30am and 11am, War Memorial Theatre, $9. Tairawhiti Environment Centre Quiz Night, The Rivers, 6pm. Spot prizes, raffles and Live Auction. $10/ticket, Ph 867 4708 to book.
Workshop: How to make Sauerkraut, a step by step guide, 6-7pm, The Workroom, upstairs 14 Childers Rd, next to USSCO. Tickets $15 from SPCA Opshop, Treble Court.
Movie Documentary: Plastic Paradise - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, followed by a panel discussion, the Dome Room, PBC, 6.30pm. Doors open 6pm. Entry koha.
Tuesday, June 21Interactive Workshop; Best Practice Management for Volunteer Organisations, 10am-2pm, Salvation Army upper room, 389 Gladstone Road, free. Pre-register on 868 4522 or email manager@gisbornevolunteercentre.org.nz
Upu: Our Language, Our Stories, Our Truth. Storytelling to mark Matariki 2016, 5.30-7.30pm, Tairawhiti Museum.
Artefacts of Encounter; a talk by British Museum's curator of Oceanica collections, Julie Adams, about collections from James Cook's first voyage, 6pm, Lawson Field Theatre.
Wednesday, June 22Workshop; Creating a positive work environment, presented by PSA Organiser Margaret Takoko, 9.30-11am, Learning 4 Store seminar room, 74 Grey Street. For volunteers and volunteer coordinators. Free.
Thursday, June 23Hawaiian Lei-making workshop; Guest artists help participants learn this traditional art form
Inaugural annual Night of Laughs, 7.30pm, War Memorial Theatre, featuring comedians Ben Hurley, Justine Smith and Jamie Bowen. Tickets $49 from Stephen's Photo Plus. Fundraiser for Hospice Tairawhiti.
Friday, June 24Tairawhiti Men of the Year 2016 Awards and Dinner, 6pm, Te Tini o Porou Conference Centre, cnr Tyndall and Huxley Roads. $60, $110 double, $500 table of 10. Doors open 5pm.
Saturday, June 25St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale, 9am–12 noon in car park behind church, access off Childers Rd, $5 per car (paid on arrival, set-up 8.30am). Ph Val 868 8226. Car boot sale is monthly, on second and fourth Saturdays.
Home and Lifestyle Expo, 10am-4pm, Showgrounds Park Event Centre, free.
Garlic-growing workshop, 11.30am-12.30pm, Tairawhiti Environment Centre, 56 Ballance Street, $5 per person. Please register on 867 4708 or email tairawhitienvcentre@gmail.com.
Sunday, June 26Home and Lifestyle Expo, 10am-4pm, Showgrounds Park Event Centre, free.
Singalong from the shows, 2pm, St Andrew's Church, $10 includes afternoon tea. A Gisborne Presbyterian Parish Fundraising Event. Ph Val 868 8226.
Non-brush acrylic painting workshop, Lysnar House Studios. To enrol contact Kath, 867 5366 or email mikecat52@gmail.com
