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SOMI KIM LIVE

A regular accompanist for young musicians performing in the Gisborne International Music Competition, pianist Somi Kim’s concert at Auckland Town Hall tonight will be livestreamed at 8pm. Kim performs the Gershwin Piano Concerto in F with the...

Wonders of Orana Wildlife Park

If feeding a giraffe needs to be crossed off your bucket list, you don't have to travel all the way to Africa. I was teeming with excitement about joining one of the giraffe encounters that Orana Wildlife Park in Christchurch holds twice a day. We...

Gig Guide

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz or telephone 869-0630. This weekWalter ‘the Wiz’ Walsh: Marina Park, tomorrow (6pm).SmashFest VII: Child-friendly beachside camping with rock and metal bands, stalls and...

The spirit of Christmas

Her family’s love for Christmas was the inspiration for former East Coast woman Caii-Michelle Baker’s recently released song, I Love This Time of Year. Based in a snowy, festive setting a long way from the seasonal summertime occasion on the East...

Not sorry at all

Self-described as possibly the world's second-most popular Polynesian comic storyteller, Tofiga Fepulea'i is on his way to Gisborne with insights on fatherhood, family, and some thoughts on what it's like to be raised Samoan in New Zealand, in his...

The king is back

Having performed Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe in January, one of 65 poems composed by a lovelorn knight-poet who plans to stuff them, along with his pain, into a huge coffin, which 12 giants will throw into the sea, baritone William King...

From Tahiti with love

Former chef Rebecca leader is not just a great cook. Turns out, she also has green fingers

Gig Guide

This weekWest African drum and salsa dance workshop: Learn how to play djembe rhythms, dancing and some salsa moves, Saturday 10am-3pm at EIT cafe The Hub. Book a place and reserve a Djembe drum by contacting Koffie at 021 0268 0964, or...

All the thrill of a comic book

by Jake Coyle, AP Film WriterIf you’re going to make a movie about wish fulfilment, 1980s America is about as good as you can do for a setting outside the Arabian Desert. Wonder Woman 1984, Patty Jenkins’ time-travelling sequel to 2017’s...

Your best summer skin

We’re all familiar with the ‘slip, slop, slap & wrap’ SunSmart campaign that began in the 1980s, but now — with extensive research, development and the latest in technology — being SunSmart goes to a much deeper level, says The Beauty...

Gig Guide

Hell's WrathSmash Palace, tomorrow 8.30pm. Tickets from eventfinda. co. nzMusic ShowcaseFundraiser for multiple sclerosis. Salvation Army, 389 Gladstone Road, Saturday 2pm. Entry $10 cash at the door. Country Music dinner and danceDance the night away...

Train tucker

The delicious cuisine served on board the Indian Pacific is one of the highlights of this iconic 4352km train voyage across Australia. Your own five-star restaurant travels with you . . . just down the corridor. Justine Tyerman persuaded one of the...

The brightest fell, to land here

The graphic for the hard-out New Zealand duo Skinny Hobos’ The Merchant of Tirau act’s single features a typical Kiwi villa in neon green and orange. Out front is a neon sign that reads The Merchant of Tirau. It’s a clear reference to...

Rhythm and Vines — the acts

To paraphrase a line from a song by Broods, one of the guest acts at this year’s Rhythm and Vines, everything’s looking peach. For some reason international acts won’t be able to make it to the three-day music festival but with the largest ever...

Spicy drumettes perfect for picky people

These little chicken drumettes are about as easy and flavoursome as they come. Marinate them overnight if you have time, to really get the most out of the spices. I can’t tell you how many times we’re asked for this recipe. It never...

No chips with that thanks, says Potus-in-waiting

Kanye for president?

Try terrariums

Terrariums, open vessels or indoor containers, whatever you choose to call them, one thing is for sure — they're amazing! And the best thing about them is that anyone can make them. You can create many different themed worlds that can be enjoyed...

What's on in Gisborne

Saturday, August 22Camellia & Daffodil Show, Showground Events Centre, 1.30–4pm, run through Poverty Bay Horticultural Society. Wrights Winery Spring Party, 7pm, Gisborne Wine Centre (transformed into spring garden), music by DJ The Missing Link...