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HONOURING THE TRUTH OF KINSHIP

Gisborne artist Michael Crowley is a finalist in the prestigious Adam Portraiture Award for his portrait Whakapapa, of New Zealand Olympic skier Simon Wi Rutene. Crowley’s painting is one of 45 finalists, chosen from 351 entries in the biennial...

What's on

Smash Palace, Saturday, 8.30pm. $20 cash-only door sales. Cosmopolitan Club, Wednesday, April 21. $10 per ticket, available from the club office. 13 years+.Immerse yourself in the spectacle, grandeur and energy of the world’s greatest rock band...

Roots and shoots: winter in the garden

Winter is the season for buying and planting some of the most interesting edible plants. These are the ones that are sold as roots, crowns or bulbs in the cooler months. This is a traditional European favourite that does particularly well in cool...

Simple, scrumptious salmon filo parcels

Filo (or phyllo) pastry is very thin dough and can be used as a lower-fat alternative to other pastries. While it’s quite thin as a single sheet, it is made thicker in this recipe by layering sheets of it together and brushing between the sheets...

What's on in Gisborne

Dome Room, Tuesday, September 1. Endeavour bar, Cosmopolitan Club. Friday, September 4, 7.30pm. Prize pool up for grabs. $2 entryWrights Wines, Wharerata Road, Manutuke. Saturday, September 5, 1.30pm. Book to secure a table. Dome Room. Saturday...

Ruthless Western thriller

by Jake Coyle, AP Film WriterSuperman, that boring lug, has thankfully flown the coop. Writer-director Thomas Bezucha’s Western thriller Let Him Go reunites Diane Lane and Kevin Costner, who, as the Kents, were easily the warmest presences in the...

Glamour unmasked at Cannes

by Jake Coyle, AP Film WriterFor nearly everybody who has come to the Cannes Film Festival after months in various stages of lockdown and caution, the transition is head-spinning. Even in normal years, Cannes is an onslaught. But this time, plunging...

Seven go cycling

I’m not a mountain biker. I’m not a mountain biker’s big toe. But there I was again in February on Grade 4 mountain bike tracks – having sworn black and blue in previous years my aversion to steep, rocky hills and multiple switchbacks...

Treasured memories

Dave Hughes has been involved with the Gisborne Harrier Club almost since its inception in 1946. The 90-year-old joined harriers 72 years ago and says it has been exciting to watch the club evolve from its early beginnings to where it is now, on the...

Making compost ‘lasagna’

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Divine layers in mural

MORE information, some esoteric, has come to light since the Guide story of July 13 about the Graeme Mudge mural reproduction installed outside the Lawson Field Theatre. The 18th or 19th century setting could be the village Kings Langley or Abbotts...

What's on in Gisborne

Saturday, November 7The Book Sale of Oz (library book sale), 9.30am–12.30pm, Library Park, Bright St. www. gpl. govt. nzEastwoodhill Garden Fete, 21 Riverside Road, Saturday and Sunday 10am–4pm, $5 entry (school-age children free). Live music...

A penguin-killer, a traveller, ugly sisters and a Christmas grinch

A VICTORIAN penguin-killer, an intrepid traveller, ugly sisters and a Christmas grinch . . . it seems theatre season is hotting up in Gisborne with both amateur and professional works on offer. This week sees the presentation of Whangarei crew...

Roll up your sleeves and sow

October rush is here and gardeners are taking advantage of the warmer weather to ramp up production from their vegetable gardens! Cucumber, chillies, tomato varieties and pumpkin are already available and more are on the way!• Deadhead flowers to...

FRUIT FIESTA...

2 sheets sweet pastry1 ripe persimmon, finely sliced1 handful of blueberries½ cup mascarpone½ cup coconut yoghurtMint to garnishMandarin glazeJuice of 1 mandarin2 tablespoons marmalade• Preheat oven to 180°C.• Lightly grease a 23cm tart tin...

Rob Ruha to play at East Coast Vibes tomorrow

MULTIPLE award-winning Maori artist Rob Ruha has just ended a year of success but he reckons the best is yet to come as he prepares to perform alongside reggae legends tomorrow at East Coast Vibes. Ruha returned to the East Coast earlier in the year...

All abuzz in Palmy

There is a spark and a buzz to the centrepoint of Palmerston North that surprisingly uplifted me. Boasting a true town centre, framed by The Square, an afternoon stroll through Palmy's verdant heart laid bare how embracing and embraced the city...

Roughing it on the Routeburn

I grizzled for months about the prospect of tramping the Routeburn Track the hard way — lugging a hefty pack laden with food, water, clothes and a sleeping bag up steep mountains to huts with no hot water, no showers and shared bunkrooms. After...