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Historical novel midwife’s new baby

From the time Marie-ann Quin was a toddler, she was drawn to mums and babies. In fact her first word, apparently, was “baby”, she recalls. “If I ever went missing from my home in the cul-de-sac crescent, in Gisborne where I was born, raised...

To Waikareiti and back

Back in February, just a few days before Cyclone Gabrielle struck, the Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club hiked to Lake Waikareiti in Te Urewera. Gillian Ward writes abut the overnight excursion. The damage inflicted by the cyclone led to the closure...

Bursting with flavour

Preeti Maheshwari shares a recipe for an addictive, flavourful snack which is perfect as an appetizer, breakfast or side. Kothimbir vadi, or coriander fritters, is a traditional Maharashtrian dish made with coriander leaves and spices. It is...

Getting crafty with pressed flowers

Pressed flowers aren’t just a way to preserve one of nature’s most beautiful gifts, but they’re also perfect for adorning handmade cards or using in a wide range of craft projects and activities, Kim Parkinson says. As the winter months...

New challenge for Chamber president

As businesses still look to get back to normal after Cyclone Gabrielle, Andrew Ashton talks to the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce’s newly appointed president Tessa Allan on what role she will play in highlighting issues. The region’s businesses...

Chicago: A musical Vaudeville extravaganza

Director Dean McKerras and musical director Sean Scanlen are putting the razzle-dazzle in MTG’s production of Chicago. Kim Parkinson finds out what audiences can expect from the musical extravaganza about temptation, seduction and murder. Director...

Local authors celebrate book release

A room full of locals with an interest in literature joined in to celebrate the release of two books: Brothers in Whalesong, authored by Regina de Wolf, and Not Just a Teacher, by Taranga Kent, at Waikanae Surf Club last week. Speaking to the...

Gig Guide

THIS WEEK Free dance St Andrew’s Church Community Centre. Today, 7pm to 8.30pm. A movement and dance meditation practice with a variety of sound and rhythms. $10 entry. No Faith In Fighter Pilots Saturday, April 29, Smash Palace 9pm, Common Threat...

Art on wheels

Art has always been a relevant and unexpected tool in teaching history. Pictographs, photographs and paintings have often been known to communicate information about historical events. Whether it be the prehistoric cave art of Altamira or the Taj...

Gig Guide

THIS WEEK Zephyr Love & Jennifer K Austin: NZ Tour, supported by Clown’s Kiss Smash Palace Friday April 21, 8pm, Retro rock band Zephyr Love has teamed up with Jennifer K. Austin Tickets $20. Derek and Kay Biddle RSA, Friday from 7pm. Dance...

Lynchpin role for Stevens

“There are no small parts, only small actors,” modern theatre innovator Konstantin Stanislavski once said. With a variety of meaty roles behind him, Gisborne actor/singer Andrew Stevens is certainly no small actor — but for an upcoming...

Top roots band The Eastern plays at the Dome

Watch out for the string band The Eastern playing at the Dome next month. The group describes itself as a band which roars like a punk band, swings like a gospel band, drinks like a country band, works like a bar band, hopes like folk singers, sings...

Roil and Lockett seal The Deal

In one of Gisborne photographer Tink Lockett’s large-scale silk prints, a model dressed in a creation by anti-fashion designer Dave Roil poses before a desolate, sun-baked service station. The setting could be somewhere around Barstow, Californi...

Wellington on a good day

Travel writer Mike Yardley catches the ferry out to Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington Harbour, before travelling on to delightful Days Bay. Then he goes exploring along the Kapiti Coast. Wellington had dawned bright and brilliant as I made my way to...

Something for every season

Organised seasonally, and with growing guides for each ingredient, Italian-Kiwi Bri DiMattina’s cookbook Nostrana is full of simple, gorgeous and delicious recipes with fresh vegetables and fruits you can easily grow and harvest yourself...

A fuzzy fun houseplant

The foliage of this plush fern is a rich green, and it unfurls from softly hairy rhizomes that creep along the top of the compost and eventually dangle over the sides of the pot. This is one of the easiest ferns to grow. Hare’s Foot Ferns...

Captured by the law and Australia

Ted Skuse has been home from Queensland, visiting family here, and John Gillies caught up with him. Ted Skuse is 76 years old and can’t work out how to retire. He was in Gisborne, his home town, to see family this month and returned to...

GIG GUIDE

THIS WEEK Blackened Metallica Tribute - Harbinger Smash Palace Saturday April 15, 8.30pm, Tickets $15, Door $20, Under 18s free (with a guardian). Midwave Breaks The Dome, May 13, 8pm. COMING UP Mix it Up! Trad dance to live music, Girl Guide Hall...