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Colour counts

FROM juicy mandarins and crisp nashi pears to hearty pumpkins and nutritious greens, autumn produce offers plenty of tasty options.“Throughout the cooler months it is important to eat at least five servings of fresh fruit and vegetables to stay...

A first for Laos

Our guide Vieng asked me why I had to touch every flower I saw at Pha Tad Ke Botanical Gardens in Luang Prabang.“I’m just making sure they are real,” I replied as I stretched to touch a particularly bright red flower and nearly fell into...

Record audience at The Dome for Polunin doco

A RECORD crowd descended on The Dome Bar and Cinema on Sunday for a screening of documentary film Dancer, but many missed out.“Over the four sessions we have turned away 120 people, sadly," said cinema owner Sally Shanks."The film seems to...

Sweet treats for your loved one this Valentine's Day

Love is in the air . . . so pour your heart into these tempting recipes

Jamfest

Eighty students and tutors will jam to 35 songs at the Band School’s end of year concert on Sunday at the War Memorial Theatre, 2pm. Tickets at Raglan Roast. $12 adults, $6 kids under 18yrs

Oceanspace + Sleazy Tuesday

A possible apocryphal image of Gisborne band Oceanspace, but a halcyonic one, supplied by Sleazy Tuesday's Liam Ryan, features the seven-piece as a collective of young surfer-cosmics jamming around a fire on the beach like they're in an East Coast...

Fearless weka steals the show

Julie Haines continues her Stewart Island adventures with a visit to predator-free Ulva Island and embarks on a few solo hikes in search of elusive sea lions

Laugh? I nearly bought my own beer

You’ve seen them on satirical panel show 7 Days and now you can see them live. Top Kiwi stand up comedians Ben Hurley, Michelle A’Court and Donna Brookbanks are coming to Gisborne to perform in the Hospice Tairawhiti Annual Night Of Laughs. The...

The play’s the thing

A group of people gathered in a country house cut off by the snow, discover to their horror, there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be?One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment...

Cauli is the new kale

Cauliflower, like broccoli, Brussel sprouts, rapini, cabbage and turnips, is a cruciferous vegetable. They are so-named because the four-petal flowers from these vegetables resemble a cross or “crucifer”.Some are known as “headless...

Gardens to suit everyone

Andy Ellis, full-time rugby player and part-time landscape architect interviews Kiwi celebrities in their backyards, giving readers a look into the varied gardens of our favourite personalities alongside some serious advice, tips, and layout plans...

Join the dub

In the beginning was the drum and bass/reggae/roots sound of Salmonella Dub and it was good. For more than two decades the band took its dub, rock, jazz/dub horns, drum ‘n’ bass, electronica and reggae blend to concert halls and stadiums across...

Beyond the chair

For centuries it has been the target of countless butts, been dismissed as “part of the furniture” and dangerously tilted back, but now a group of Gisborne quilters, stitchers, knitters and crafters have explored a world beyond the chair. The...

One name, many services

In October this year Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou established Ngati Porou Oranga, which brings together its health, housing and social service divisions. Last week the iwi had an open day at Whangara Marae to introduce the new entity. Kaupapa Māori...

What's on around Gisborne?

Marshall lore

On their return to New Zealand from the mercantile cricket team The Sons of Hadlee vs South India tour, Gisborne man Nigel Marshall and fellow Red Cap John Walsh stopped in Borneo and hired a car. Somehow they encountered a family who were boiling up...

Vinaka vaka levu . . . thank you

OLIVE Piper was chatting to her dentist about her travels the other day, and ended up walking out of his surgery laden with boxes of toothpaste and toothbrushes.“I told my dentist David Edgar that my daughter Debra and I were going back to...

Gig Guide

Diablos CaravanAfter an amazing run of 42 shows around New Zealand earlier this year to sold-out venues and regional towns, Diablos Caravan are back on the road for another national run of dates, bringing amazing world-class acoustic guitar from...