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Skram Summer TourAfter a hectic and unexpected year of epic releases and fun times, Skram bring their debut Summer Tour to the North Island. Smash Palace, Friday, 7.30pm. Vaccine pass required. Limited to 100 people. Tickets from...

FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

Sun, sand, surf, vintage clothing. It's all happening down Salisbury Road. Running an apparel shop out of a garage, Gabby Rose offers customers a kaleidoscopic range of second-hand, vintage clothing at Salisbury Vintage.“I usually collect clothes...

Piano Extravaganza with everything to play for

The Piano Extravaganza is fast becoming a Gisborne institution, and the 12th iteration of the annual event is coming up fast on Queen's Birthday.“It has been a delightfully successful concert over 12 years with only one break in 2020, when along...

Simple veganista

1 avocado, sliced3 orange kūmara, cut into bite-sized pieces¼ red cabbage, finely sliced1 cup shelled edamame beans¾ cup brown rice quinoa mix (or any grain)½ cup fresh coriander, roughly chopped2 tablespoons toasted sunflower seeds1 tablespoon...

The Bread Winner

Former Gisborne man Mustafa Sheikh aka ‘Mussie’ is the founder of The Bread Charity, a foundation that was set up to help protect the dreams of some of the country’s most vulnerable. He breaks bread with reporter Shaan Te Kani . . .A McLaren...

Jerseybob coming to Gisborne

SOULS from the 1960s can still be found on Nepal’s hippie trail and it was one such seeker who opened up a new world of musicianship for Jersey man Bob Vincent.“He tuned my guitar all weird with open tuning,” says the singer-guitarist better...

Exhibiting 45 years of printmaking at Tairawhiti Museum

The Gisborne Printmakers Group celebrates 45 years of making handmade prints this month with an exhibition at Tairāwhiti Museum. We Can't Stop Now displays art from 31 past and present printmakers throughout the decades the printmakers group has...

The centre of everything

The surround-sound of strings, brass, piano, and percussion you feel is one of the pleasures of playing at the centre of an orchestra, says Gisborne flautist Matthew Lee. From the end of August, Lee will be surrounded by other like-minded musicians...

Gig Guide

111 DuoCome along to hear all of your favourite songs. Boulevard Bar, Cosmopolitan Club, 190 Derby Street, tomorrow, 8pm, free entry. Hospice Tairawhiti Annual Night of LaughsThe stand-up comedy trio of Jeremy Elwood, Justine Smith and Vaughan King...

Broken Stone carved in rock

The Broken Stone, with lead singer Adrian Athy on the memorably phrased “screaming eagle guitars”, is the name of the band's album which is now available on streaming platform Spotify. Originally released in 2014, the album includes the...

The Cover Story

From a four-hour busking slot (with only 40 minutes of material) at a Farmers Market, to opening for international acts, covers band White Chapel Jak has come a long way. The acoustic four piece has opened for such artists as Alanis Morissette, the...

Scatterbrain

Tickets are available now for Dunedin band The Chills' album release tour which brings the band to the Dome on May 9. Described as a glorious self-examination of Martin Phillipps' songwriting, Scatterbrain is The Chills' seventh studio...

Blame it on Rio

Get ready to rumba . . . the Dome is about to host another popular Latin dance evening. Fiesta Latina next week will include merengue, a type of music and dance that originated in the Dominican Republic; salsa — said to be an amalgamation of Cuban...

Raid’s here!

Gisborne act SuperFlyKilla celebrates its own birthday on Tuesday when it turns one year old. Made up of Dan Broughton (keys/guitar/vocals), Darren Kahukoti (keys/guitar/vocals) and Ben Aperahama (bass), Quail Peneha (drums), Tim Ovendin (synth)...

Rockmelons, lemons and nectarines

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‘Generosity of others a fine thing’

The greatest speech Dame Anne Salmond ever heard was in the United States in 1963. She was 17, and sitting on the White House lawn in Washington DC. The teenage Anne was on an AFS (American Field Scholar) year and had gathered with 2000 other AFS...

The spirituality and sexiness of jazz

Compositions that bring out the spiritual nature of jazz music are a big part of the John Mackill’s Jazz Collective repertoire.“Played by the right musicians, they can create moods of great joy, beauty, melancholy, or quirkiness,” says...

Staying on track

As the days start to get longer and Mother Nature begins treating us to a dose of welcomed sunshine, we find ourselves excitedly inviting friends to our homes for overdue catch-ups. However, it can be an overwhelming time of the year as we commit to...