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Tips for life . . . and food

6 medium–large potatoes1 tbsp olive oil2 tsp chilli powder2 corn cobs1 red onion2 Tbsp water1 tsp brown sugar1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar1 x 400g can red kidney beans4 medium tomatoes1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper. 2...

Falling water, insects, wind

Chaitanya Santana TemeparaLike running water down the valley in the mist, says classical guitarist Chaitanya Santana Temepara of Chinese lute music. To broaden his exploration of music outside non-Western forms, the Uawa-Tolaga Bay musician is...

Home by a nose

Taking it on the chin, Jo Ferris confesses her map-reading incompetence while walking Picton’s Snout Track. Anyone who knows me will agree that lengthy walks aren’t really my forte. They take too long, for starters. Hikes are worse. Lugging packs...

The book is back in business

Books are a popular gift at Christmas and for summer reading, and sales here have been on the rise lately. Wynsley Wrigley spoke to Gisborne's two leading book sellers about business over Christmas/New Year. What were their bestsellers and do...

Piano season at Tiromoana

BROTHER and sister duo Leroy and Anna Ma’s Wednesday recital at Tiromoana, Wainui, marks the beginning of a series of three concerts of young rising stars of the piano. The two prize-winning sibling pianists are studying in the Rising Stars...

Sweet ‘n’ smoky

This colourful salad uses lemon basil vinaigrette as a marinade for the usually cool watermelon, pineapples and tomatoes. Crunchy greens provide a hearty bed for these fresh fruit, grilled smoky sweet. The recipe is courtesy of Jenné of Sweet...

Classical, classy and bright

Flutter-tonguing, trills, jet whistle, tongue rams, tongue pizzicato and glissando are among intriguing descriptions by well-respected music reviewer Stephen Gibbs of a performance by the trio Confetti. And he hadn’t even got around to what the...

From scrums to stethoscope

Coll Campbell was born and raised in Gisborne. He attended Te Wharau Primary School, Gisborne Intermediate and Gisborne Boys' High School.“I probably didn't apply myself as much as I could've academically at high school. I did sports and arts and...

Toihoukura end-of-year exhibition

TAIAO, the natural world, is the name of Maori visual arts and design school, Toihoukura’s end-of-year exhibition — but Evon Wilson’s work also embraces the celestial and the mythic. Now in her third and final year, Wilson’s collection of...

Nan's kiwifruit ice cream

Another ‘easy as’ recipe from ‘Nan’, who brought us a tasty guava sauce recipe two weeks ago.‘This is so easy even the kids love making it,’ she says . . .Ingredients:300 ml cream3/4 cup sugar2 egg whitesMethod:Beat cream and sugar till...

Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion

Basic dance movements to Beauty School Dropout and Greased Lightnin', will be taught at pre-auditions on Saturday for Centre Stage Theatre's upcoming production of the musical Grease. Participants will also learn the song Grease, which will be part...

Kiwi Christmas. . . at the beach

‘For me to not feel hard done by, Christmas really must include mince pies,’ says Jo Seagar in her fabulous new cookbook, Better than a Bought One, which features a chapter entitled ‘Casual Kiwi Christmas Menu’.So, I would always have a tin...

Refreshing take on Cinderalla pure escapism

BEING the premiere, it was a largely adult audience at last night’s launch of Cinderella: A Pantomime, but you wouldn’t have thought it by the racket from the cheap seats.“Hello Buttons!”, “Look out behind you!”, the audience hollered...

Sticky meals for spring eating

1 green apple, peeled, cored and diced. 240ml low-sodium tamari (available atDown To Earth-Health 2000 for $8.50)120ml apple cider vinegar120ml water3 slices ginger1 lime, zested and juicedPlace the apple in a small pot and add enough water so that...

Tweety takes the road trip all in his stride

EXITING a Mini can be complicated and undignified. Rather than alighting gracefully, you pour out like a human puddle. I discover this en route to Lake Waikaremoana, at a Wairoa service station, while filling up Tweety, a 1976 Leyland Mini. There’s...

The End of the Summer Wine

Voice, classical guitar and traditional Maori instruments combine in a concert at Eastwoodhill Arboretum this month to mark the changing seasons. Accompanied by classical guitarist Chaitanya Santana Temepara and taonga puoro player Norm Heke, singer...

Rekohu Revisited,‘Moving experience’,heading,please ensure Ian ruru’s credit is on this photo

THERE are restless spirits on the Chatham Islands, the souls of those who have long since departed but have no marked resting place to call their own. Their descendants here in Turanga have a sense of unease too for they do not know where or how many...

Sharing paradise

One by one they roll up. Retirees in well-appointed motorhomes, oblivious to the traffic snarled up behind them. Young travellers in converted Toyota Estimas with the all-important blue sticker — “self-contained” — a passport to some of the...