A charcoal and graphite drawing of his 4x great grandfather on his father’s side has earned Toihoukura, Maori art and design school student Nathaniel Nathan an honourable mention from judges of the inaugural Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award. The...
The 17th annual Wairoa Māori Film Festival bursts on to screens this weekend in Wairoa and Nūhaka with a full programme of films and at least three big events. This year the festival will present a great selection of New Zealand-made short films by...
Big river jazz pianist David Paquette comes direct to Gisborne from Wairoa next week and with him he brings not just his New Orleans-based music and swing with new flavours, but two more top pianists. For the Long River Swing concert at Tairawhiti...
It takes years of practice, learning and experience before a gardener can ensure a productive garden throughout the year. For many gardeners, autumn is arguably the busiest planting season. It is the time to plan staggered planting, turnover the...
No singing for nearly four months — that has been the reality for Gisborne Choral Society members since the decision was made to delay starting rehearsals in February with the onset of Omicron.“I’m sure many of our singers have been exercising...
A face-masked man who describes himself as a member of a group of technology and art enthusiasts holds a flame to the corner of a Banksy artwork and sets it on fire. The man in the YouTube clip of the Banksy burning is involved with blockchain...
A boy creates a list of everything that’s brilliant in the world in a bid to cheer up his mother, and to help her realise that life is worth living as she battles depression in Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe’s play Every Brilliant Thing. The...
Three artists with strong iwi affiliations in this region are exhibiting as part of the Auckland Art Fair, which opens this month.■Contemporary Maori artist Robert Jahnke’s work champions modern Maori art and uses it to highlight important...
Gisborne hard rock act Uni-Fi, who released their self-titled album in November, will play as support for Whanganui band Pull Down the Sun who perform at Smash Palace tomorrow night as part of their album release tour for Of Valleys and...
The gem in Aotearoa’s classical music crown is coming to Gisborne along with a throng of special guests. The New Zealand String Quartet is on a nationwide tour with Four Suits and a Soprano. From Prince to Puccini, the show blends their classical...
At first startling, then effulgent, artist Drew Hill’s description of the universally understood starting point of creation pops with poetic aptness.“The orgasm of nature,” he says of the inspiration behind his sculpted work, Te Po Papatuanuku...
Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man films have generally served as a kind of palate cleanser to the world-ending stakes of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang is just an ordinary dude, or so they keep telling us, who still can’t...
Cassandra Woodhouse is it, in the one-woman play Hanna which comes to Gisborne for one night, on March 6 at the Lawson Field Theatre. The acclaimed play Hanna, written by UK playwright Sam Porter, is the story of a young mother and her journey when...
An innovative and groundbreaking community research project is set to unearth what local musicians and audiences want from the music scene in Tairāwhiti. The Tairāwhiti Music Survey — Te Rangahau Puoro o te Tairāwhiti — project is the brain...
Succulents make great gifts because they are low-maintenance plants, which means they are perfect for people who don't have a lot of time to care for their plants. Succulents also come in a wide variety of colours and shapes, so you can find the...
We set out to ride from the Cape Egmont lighthouse, west of New Plymouth, to the East Cape lighthouse, east of Te Araroa. It was a trip of nearly 1100km. We were on e-bikes, the type that only work if you pedal, not throttle-controlled. Mine had...
The eldest of two siblings, Katie grew up on a sheep and beef farm in Motu where she attended the local primary school which had around 30 students. She left the small rural settlement to board at Woodford House school in Hawke's Bay when she was...
Danishes are pastries with multiple layers of dough rolled out and folded with butter, which then can be baked into multiple shapes and filled with fruits, preserves, cream, chocolate or a variety of other fillings. Puff pastry sheet½ cup cream...
Get a taste of Gisborne’s grunge underground with three new bands all set to perform at Smash Palace tomorrow. Following a long absence from the Gisborne live scene, Joe Alexander returns with Fighting like Stags bandmate Ben Emms, AJ Bradley...