Alfred Cox Park Palms
Saturday, June 18The Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club, beach races round 2, Makorori beach. Sign in 8–8.45am, racing at 9am, new riders welcome.
Free plants and flowers, from 11am, GDC office grounds, Fitzherbert Street. Also a chance to view the design of council's proposed new civic building.
TRAAMPS; Open mic for music, poetry and song, 2pm, The Bandroom.
Zirka Circus, 2pm & 7pm, Churchill Park. Enquiries & bookings on 0800 2 ZIRKA (0800 294 752). Ticket sales at venue.
Gisborne Caledonian Society, modern, sequence and social dancing, 7.30–11pm, $6, theme "space odyssey". St Marks Church Hall, all welcome. Raffles, Monte Carlo, spot prizes, supper.
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