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Finding whanau

A “MANNEQUIN challenge” video filmed in Tolaga Bay which has been viewed close to 100,000 times has a heart-warming real-life story to match it. The video, posted on Australian woman Tracee-Lee Wilcock’s Facebook page and shared more than 1000...

Drag the night in

With a voice that ranges from the most intimate of whispers to the strongest of wails, Wellington musician, poet and a songwriter Emily Fairlight’s sound has been compared to P.J. Harvey, Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane), and Cat Power. On...

Dancing to a festive beat

A Christmas-themed bonanza is on the cards as artists look to turn up the festive volume at Smash Palace this Saturday. XMASmash will host an array of different styles of music — hip-hop, drum ‘n bass, house and dubstep. Partygoers are encouraged...

Play time

Justine Tyerman watches a seaside play from an ‘opera box’ at Palm Beach, north of Sydney . . .Sunshine creeps across the sand at the sheltered little cove at Palm Beach, transforming it from dark sable to glowing gold. I’ve been awake since...

We can be heroes

By public vote via social media Gizzy School Lunches and Hospice Tairawhiti will be recipients of funds raised at this year’s extravaganza, Stars in Their Eyes. Inspired by the TV talent series Stars in Their Eyes, and organised by James Packman...

Youtube pays the bills

A YOUTUBE channel that started as a way for Gisborne girl Elena Carroll to practise using her first make-up set has turned into a substantial source of income for the 20-year-old.“You make money through Google,” says the former Campion College...

Spring means feeding time

Welcome to spring! It’s an absolutely wonderful time in the garden with lots of new growth and a rainbow of flowers. September is feeding time. You can feed everything this month — roses, citrus, trees, shrubs, lawns, herbs and vegies...

48Hours ‘part of any Kiwi filmmaker’s journey’

Locals now have just five days before registrations for New Zealand's largest guerrilla filmmaking competition draw to a close. The Vista Foundation 48Hours is the longest-running and largest short film event in New Zealand and this year will be the...

Cranston marks 40 years of nursing

AFTER 40 years dedicated service to nursing, many of those years spent supporting children and whanau in Tairawhiti, Sue Cranston still loves her job. A highlight of Sue’s career has been working in Planet Sunshine (the Children’s Ward) and...

Three days on the Mekong a highlight

A crocodile farm and Angkor Wat, one of the largest religious temples in the world, were just two of the many diverse sights enjoyed by a group of Gisborne locals on their recent escorted tour of Cambodia and Vietnam. Pat Wakelin was there. Siem...

What's on around Gisborne?

Pilates is the real thing

A SHIPMENT of pilates equipment arrived from Brazil recently and is now installed in Bright Street’s Authentic Pilates studio, making it the only fully-equipped Authentic Pilates Studio in the country outside the training centre in Auckland. The...

Gig Guide

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz, or telephone 869-0630. This weekTRAMPS: Singers, musicians and poetry readers welcome. The Band Room, Childers Road, Saturday, September 1 (2pm). $2 in the jar. The Way -...

It's all go at the pa

For the past few months, the whanau of Te Poho o Rawiri Marae have been “going to the Pa” in their free time to clean the taonga of their beloved wharenui. This is no chore, rather it is a labour of love and a chance to get up close and personal...

Gig Guide

Got something on? Let the Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nzVisual artsExhibitionsTairawhiti Museum: Da Vinci Machines and Robotics, closes May 20. Tao Nga Pare-mata, Mangatu taonga from the Campbell collection. Hikoi, works by Toni Rangi...

Bremen: The city of fairy tales

Bremen was the third stop of our impromptu German tour and proved to be another very good choice. A stated population of 550,000 is a bit misleading as that is just the centre of Bremen, while the metro area has a population of 2.5...

Locked down . . . on a narrowboat

Hoping to fly to New Zealand in August

Changes afoot at SPCA

THANKS to a more stable financial outlook, staff at the SPCA can look forward to an increase in paid hours this year. Around 18 months ago, the Gisborne SPCA changed from national administration to local management. At first this meant rebuilding the...