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Woman of principal

MANAGING large numbers of teenage girls on a daily basis would be a daunting prospect to most of us, but Gisborne Girls’ High School principal Jan Kumar is surrounded by 750 young women every day, and loves it.“There’s certainly never a dull...

Driven to draw

An artist who frequently features inside The Herald's pages now has a book to his name, which shows off decades of his drawings. Even if you don't know his name, chances are you have seen Douglas Curtis' drawings of classic cars on Facebook or inside...

Bringing town and country together

The Gisborne Herald talks to Erica McNeil, general manager of the Poverty Bay A and P Association, about the future of an iconic Gisborne event and running a successful non-profit organisation . . .With a background and experience in sales...

Muster for Footrot Flats actors

Thirty years have passed since Musical Theatre Gisborne staged Footrot Flats and now director Theresa Campbell is in search of performers to do it all again. This time though, the musical based on the nation’s favourite cartoon characters will be...

‘Deadly comedy’ set for the stage

If dark humour is for you, Unity Theatre's new play will tickle your funny bone. The Norman Mclean-directed A Skull in Connemara opens next week. The deadly Irish comedy from acclaimed playwright Martin McDonagh (writer and director of Three...

Music to cruise the coast by

FOR listenability, pop hooks and original flavours, New Zealand singer-songwriter Ciaran McMeeken is up there with Ed Sheeran and Bon Ivor. The opening tracks My Kin, and That Feeling, on his self-titled album start quiet, then hit their straps as...

Not typecast, says Unity actor

For the play Kings of the Gym, Unity Theatre director James Packman needed someone who was 50 and unfit to play physical education (PE) teacher Laurie Connor, says actor Trevor Shaskey who landed the role.“I said ‘why are you asking me?’”The...

Go bananas over kofta

While bananas are typically used in sweet dishes in New Zealand, Preeti Maheshwari has a delicious recipe for people keen to try something new. Raw banana kofta curry is a popular Bengali dish in India. It is an exotic twist on a traditional malai...

Quiet night

Tonight’s performance of Evolution Theatre Company’s well-received production of the comedy Sylvia is cancelled. The production which continues its season on Friday, and ends on Saturday, features Tirzah Russell in the title role. Found in a park...

Gig guide

Something on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz, or call 869-0630. This week10 String Symphony: Nashville fiddler duo perform at the EastEnd Cafe, Wairoa, tonight (7.30pm), $20 at the door. A Taste of Orff WorkshopAn introduction to the...

Not sitting quietly

How rock‘n’roll, how punk is this? Dad Carl Newman and son, Sit Down In Front frontman, Cory are camping at Tolaga Bay. They have just finished dinner and have served up dessert. How mean would it be to have cream with this? says Cory...

The big OE at 52,11 days in China were flawless

I’m writing this article to encourage other single people to follow their dreams of travel. With Google and a good travel agent, it’s not as hard as you might imagine. I did my big OE at the age of 52.I started with a map of China knowing my key...

Every one a winner for Nia Nia

A GISBORNE woman dominated the Phoenix Variety Country Music Club’s Classic Gold Awards in Rotorua at the weekend. Lesley Nia Nia took away 19 trophies from the annual music competition, for awards including the classic, the female solo and most...

FESTIVAL DU CINEMA FRANCAIS

Graphically rich, 2D watercolour-style animation The Swallows of Kabul (Les hirondelles de Kaboul) from French helmers Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec, is one of several films selected from the touring French Film festival for a Gisborne...

David Bowie leaves a parting gift

STARMAN David Bowie has left the planet but his legacy continues with what his long-term producer Tony Visconti calls the star’s parting gift, Blackstar. Bowie died on January 10 after living with cancer for 18 months. Released on Bowie’s 69th...

Tackling New Zealand's longest cycle trail

While not an avid cyclist, Jo Ferris ticked off the marathon Alps 2 Ocean and gives e-bikes a gold-card credit for age-related adventurists . . .In ticking off a marathon bike ride from the alpine remoteness of Aoraki Mt Cook to Oamaru’s coastal...

A leprechaun at my table

The Pope, a leprechaun and an alleged IRA leader walk into a bar...The late Graeme Mudge’s characteristically light touch and sense of humour near smiles out of the mural he gifted Peel Street pub, The Irish Rover, in the early 1990s. Mudge, an...

The lost and found

Gisborne’s Rosa Briant treks alone through dense bush in search of a secret location in Panama . . .Panama, on the Gringo Trail, is more of a bridge country used to pass from South to Central America, or vice versa, via the San Blas Islands. Most...