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Welcome to Cambodia

THE snap of the elasticised surgical glove suggests the creepy man with the hairy mole is not joking about the strip search. I’m in deep. In some alternative universe, his breathy whisper in my ear, “What are you hiding in your bottom?” might...

Gig Guide

Bigbada Boom Reggae Sound SystemWellington-based DJs with the heavy bass sounds of sweet reggae music. Smash Palace, tomorrow, 7pm, $15 cash-only door sales, R18. The Winter BallGet out your glad rags and enjoy a three-course meal, complimentary...

‘A representation of Gisborne’

After considerable anticipation online, Gisborne artists Yung Maac and RVNNAH have released the first of their collaborative tracks, titled 4 10 Shawty. Marking the first commercial single featuring both artists, the song was produced by...

Tall tales travelling in Switzerland

Little did Justine and Chris Tyerman know what lay ahead of them when they went hiking in the mountains surrounding the little alpine village of Tschiertschen in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The Swiss don’t set out to tell tall tales . . . but...

From poverty to PhD

One of EIT Tairawhiti’s most highly-qualified lecturers started his own journey towards knowledge after failing to make the grade at school. This is Shajimon Peter’s inspirational story . . .Shajimon Peter began his life in poverty in southern...

A plan for pioneers

In the wake of more East Coast land lost to a severe weather event and an estimated 1 million tonnes of forestry slash washed into waterways, Whangara farm-forester Nick Seymour sees the reintroduction of pioneer species such as manuka, kanuk...

A sense of place

A red, white and black, double-spiral kowhaiwhai continuously uncoils in artist Taupuruariki Brightwell’s recently completed mural at the skatepark. The kowhaiwhai design, te matua o maui (the hook of Maui) shares the double-spiral motif with...

What's on in Gisborne?

Saturday, January 52019 Hapuka Hunt. Annual two-day boat and beach fishing competition for anglers of all ages. Te Puka Tavern, Tokomaru Bay, 5.30am-5pm. Boat fishing, per angler: $15 u/12 yrs, $50 open. Beach fishing, per rod: $25. Register: on...

You want illumination

Clandestine, the opening track to Julia Deans’ most recent album We Light Fire opens with a slow, Twin Peaksy pulse, hits a soft bass drop then lifts off into the hymnal chorus. The mood continues though in the Celtic-folky, acoustic guitar driven...

Paritu Station, Wharerata Hills, stunning on a clear winter day

Paritu Station is on the coastal side of Paritu Road (off Wharerata Road SH2 near the summit of the Wharerata Hills) south of Hikurangi Forest Farms. Farm owner Peter Hair was our guide. With Peter’s descriptions and some old photographs from...

Mudge mural restored

DEMOLITION of the Graeme Mudge mural that filled a wall in the Gisborne District Council courtyard was a loss to the city, but the digital reproduction means the public can now view the work up close and personal. Mudge was commissioned by the...

School's out

Gisborne Girls’ High School is losing a century worth of teaching experience at the end of the term with three teachers retiring. Jack Marshall caught up with the educating trio

Dial U for Unity

Spies, murder, love, and other trademarks of English film director and master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, come to life in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast in Joe Landry’s Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play. For her directorial debut with...

Patupaiarehe in Ruatorea

Art, music and magic set the night alight at the opening of Te Ara Patupaiarehe in Ruatorea last month as part of Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival. Families, children and kaumātua were treated to illuminated artworks centred on the Ngāti Porou folklore...

From alps to hills in seven days at WMT

WITHIN a space of seven days from Saturday the War Memorial Theatre will be alive with not only the sound of music but Maori showband parodies, then more comedy but with yodelling. In their Union Jack kilts and top hats The Maori Side Steps hit the...

Family without borders

A well-travelled Canadian family feel very lucky to have reached New Zealand just before the country went into lockdown. Since arriving in Christchurch in March the Patton family have done a lot of travelling — visiting Wanaka, Queenstown, Nelson...

Chatting with 'Mummy'

Claudia grabbed me by the arm and ushered me towards the door with the Swiss-German version of tut-tut.“You are alvays the last to leave,” she said to me half-laughing, half-chastising.“Ve have much to zee today and already ve are late.”I...