Dan Maitai takes us on a journey and a nostalgic account of the ‘good ol’ days’ at Huanui Station, East Coast. He chats to journalist Loren Sirl… It was the 1970s and Dan Maitai of Tolaga Bay decided, at the age of 14, he’d had enough of...
Ten-year-old Devansh Ladha shares his snowy wonderland trip — a journey filled with surprises and fun, and a whimsical Carrot Adventure Park.
Enhance your garden with colourful annuals that offer a spectrum of hues and easy-care options for a stunning summer display. One of the best ways to get quick colour into your garden is with flowering annuals. Modern forms of annual plants have...
A new exhibition featuring watercolour paintings by Claire Kizlink has given the artist a new lease on life as she approaches her ninetieth birthday. A selection of her work, which has been done over a number of years, is now hanging at the...
It’s time to warm up the voice box and channel your inner “Queen”. Gisborne theatre group Centre Stage will soon be running auditions for their 2024 production of We Will Rock You. We Will Rock You is a jukebox musical based on the songs of...
Gisborne rock band Lazy Fifty will play their farewell show at The Dome this Saturday before Adrian Athy heads to England with his wife/band manager Kerry to pursue music there. The gig, with opening act UNI-FI, will also be a chance for the two...
The annual Full Moon Party returns to Smash Palace this Saturday, January 27. Bringing the community together with local DJs and performers, this very special event has been held in Gisborne every summer since 2017. The outdoor/indoor event features...
Build-a-Band Smash Palace every Thursday. Bring your friends along for a friendly jam session. Free, starts at 7pm. Karaoke Expect a fun evening as patrons belt out the tunes. Share your talent with friends at Breakers’ Jandal Bar every Friday...
Secret agents and murderous assassins seem to lurk in increasingly mundane places. Remember The Accountant with Ben Affleck? Or The Tax Collector with Shia LaBeouf? Or more recently, how about The Bricklayer with Adam Eckhardt? You probably don’t...
Odeon Multiplex The Iron Claw Fact-based story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who make history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Stars Zac Efron. The Color Purple Film adaptation of the stage...
Janet Bodle is an educator extraordinaire. The 82-year-old recently retired and talks to Loren Sirl about her extensive and varied career spanning 58 years. Gisborne born and raised, Janet always knew she wanted to become a teacher. At the age of...
Some of the region’s beachgoers found themselves swimming in what felt like a sea of gelatinous bubble tea at the weekend. Sarah Curtis investigates . . . While many feared the weird gelatinous globules bobbing all around them might have been...
PLANTS • Plants MATERIALS • Outdoor container mix • Pallet • Weed mat • Staples • Galvanised screws TOOLS • Garden gloves • Mask • Garden hand tools • Staple gun • Drill TIMING • You can build a pallet garden any time you...
Forks Over Knives recipe developer Darshana Thacker Wendel knows how to turn cauliflower into an addictive, but healthy snack. There is a series of Forks Over Knives books providing useful whole food plant-based recipes, but the website offers even...
Mike Yardley discovers South Westland’s natural splendour seems to grow in awe-inspiring intensity the further south you go. There’s a fairy-tale quality to the sense of escapism, as you drive through those long and leafy highway glades, where...
Māori singer/songwriter Allana Goldsmith (Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tai) will play her distinctive jazz music at Wrights Winery’s Vino & Vibes on the last weekend of January with British jazz pianist Dr Mark Baynes and percussionist Miguel...
PAULNACHE gallery presents a spliced selection of significant paintings by leading contemporary artist John Walsh and emerging Wairoa-based artist Joanna Abraham Joseph, in response to the dramatic cyclone and climate change events felt around the...
THIS WEEK Build-a-Band Smash Palace every Thursday. Bring your friends along for a friendly jam session. Free, starts at 7pm. Karaoke Expect a fun evening as patrons belt out the tunes. Share your talent with friends at Breakers’ Jandal Bar every...
by Jocelyn Noveck, AP The first Mean Girls, that compulsively watchable high-school-based social satire by Tina Fey, came out in 2004. The Broadway musical opened in 2018. Now it’s 2024, and we have a screen adaptation of the theatre adaptation...
DOME CINEMA The New Boy An Aboriginal Australian orphan boy is brought into a Christian monastery run by a renegade nun. There he begins to question his faith and loyalty to his heritage. Stars Cate Blanchett and Aswan Reid. Two Tickets to Greece...
Overseeing the building of a new multi-purpose complex in Invercargill is the new challenge facing Tairāwhiti Museum’s departing director Eloise Wallace. She talks to Loren Sirl . . . Tairāwhiti Museum’s director of eight-and-a-half years...
The naming of a new lake between Gisborne and Wairoa was one of the most high-profile of 265 place- naming decisions made by the New Zealand Geographic Board last year, Andrew Ashton reports. The naming of Lake Te Horonui, a lake formed in the wake...
Loren Sirl encourages wannabe travellers to get out of their comfort zone and take a leap into the wonderful global community. She took the leap and made it happen. Here is how she did it . . . Have you abandoned all hope of travelling overseas?...
Searing summer heat can play havoc in the garden. Mitre 10 has a helpful plan to keep the plants thriving and prolonging the abundant January harvest. KITCHEN GARDEN Water less often but more thoroughly. The water needs to reach the subsoil to the...
The tantalising aroma of spicy lentils is nearly as satisfying as each mouthful. Enjoy this Every Week Tomato Lentils recipe from Eleanor Ford’s The Nutmeg Trail: A Culinary Journey Along The Ancient Spice Routes. Carrot and beetroot with tark...
Visitors to the café at Tatapouri may be surprised to learn there’s a bit of star power behind the espresso machine preparing their flat whites and long blacks. Actor and musician Nikita Tu-Bryant is taking some time out of her busy life of...
The weekend is shaping up to be a goodie with a smorgasbord of local bands serving up a feast of classic rock called Summer Soundscape at Smash Palace on Saturday. Event organiser and musician Vincent Hogan said people could expect a diverse range...
Gisborne residents and visitors to the region now have the opportunity to see a selection of the best works from Toihoukura — School of Māori Visual Arts in an exhibition at Tairāwhiti Museum. Named Uruhau — the exhibition is a celebration of...
The weekend is shaping up to be a goodie with a smorgasbord of local bands serving up a feast of classic rock called Summer Soundscape at Smash Palace on Saturday. Event organiser and musician Vincent Hogan said people could expect a diverse range...
THIS COMING WEEK Build-a-Band Smash Palace every Thursday. Bring your friends along for a friendly jam session. Karaoke Expect a fun evening as patrons belt out the tunes. Share your talent with friends at Breakers’ Jandal Bar every Friday night...
It’s perhaps appropriate that the latest Aquaman movie is about a lost kingdom. In many ways, this mini-franchise is just that, a Jason Momoa kingdom that could just quietly sink below the cinematic waves. At least Momoa is going out swinging in...
Life is coming up roses for former Eastland Group director Anthony Gray, newly married and now just recognised in the King’s New Year Honours list. The former Gisborne man spoke to Hawke’s Bay Today’s Michaela Gower and The Gisborne Herald’s...
The discovery of a 16-metre-long bull sperm whale washed up dead in the shallows at Opoutama Beach during October drew public intrigue and emotion. Specialists from Massey University carried out a post-mortem on the whale before it was released by...