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Guerillas on the loose

Twenty teams, 48 hours, a five-minute outcome — the 48hours guerrilla filmmaking competition is back on. The 20 film crews registered in Gisborne include 10 school teams from Gisborne, Opotiki and Havelock North for the annual competition in which...

Springing into spring food

5+ A Day says now is the time to enjoy spring’s bounty and discover new ways to create colourful, flavoursome meals the whole family will enjoy. Sue Pollard, CEO of the New Zealand Nutrition Foundation, says spring’s seasonal produce is full of...

Yung Maac releases new single

Gisborne artist Yung Maac has released his highly anticipated single On Me, after taking a year and a half break from music. Having recently joined 24K Media as their first signed artist, he delivers a synth beat by Grammy Award-winning producer Sky...

Morocco, kingdom of diverse culture

Morocco! The very name can conjure up the smell of spices, or the sights of carpets, leather, bright ceramics, or blue-tinged houses crowding hillsides above sandy, stony valleys. And most of that is true. Spices are certainly a major part of Moroccan...

What's on in Gisborne?

Saturday, October 5Gisborne Harbour Market. Come along for some bargains. Behind the Courthouse on Reads Quay, 7am set-up, start 8am, finish 2pm, $10 car/stall. Car/stall inquiries; Gisborne Host Lions Club: Charlotte 021 141 8754, Malcolm 027 568...

A view from the bridge

Designed to curve over the Turanganui River and end at a point near the former rock Te Toka a Taiau, the bridge that remains a concept has earned its architects a second international award. Auckland architectural firm Monk Mackenzie won the 2018...

Outlook fine for Crooked Weather

An end to the humidity and return of the sun and clear blue skies with a high of 30 degrees is forecast for Friday - perfect conditions for a spot of Crooked Weather in the Dome Room’s garden bar. The indie duo’s sound meets world music and...

The Importance of Being Earnest auditions

A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, better known as The Importance of Being Earnest, a farcical comedy by Oscar Wilde, is Evolution Theatre Company's next big production. Auditions for the play in which two young gentlemen create alter egos named...

Busy life ahead for retired GP couple

There are no post-summer holiday blues for husband and wife David Belfield and Sanet Cloete — the GPs have just begun their retirement. They talk to Gisborne Herald reporter Wynsley Wrigley about 40 years of practising together in New Zealand and...

Musical dream team

Accomplished musicians Amanda Maclean, Catherine Macdonald and Trish Tattle have joined forces for Musical Theatre Gisborne’s production of Mamma Mia!, on stage in July. They talk to Kim Parkinson about their musical backgrounds and how the...

Truly a Treasure

SPONSORED CONTENTLOOKING for something special for those balmy evenings we are all waiting for? A new boutique stocked with labels for the spring/summer seasons has come to your rescue — Truly. Truly, a play on the names of owners Trish Maclean and...

Gig Guide

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz or telephone 869-0630. This weekThe Wave: Another chapter in The Wave — hosted by Richie Jenkins and Ashley Hughes. Featuring TDK and guests on the decks. The Dome, tomorrow...

Life’s a peach . . .

Let’s get cracking on a wonderful year of gardening. It’s time to start turning some of your gardening dreams into reality, whether it’s growing your very first indoor plant or creating a vegetable patch. It’s time to get gardening...

Let the light in

An old courthouse in Dunedin is where stonemason Reuben Tait first fell in love with stained glass. He was working on the historic building, and on Iona Church in Port Chalmers. While there, he met Peter Mackenzie who restored leaded light...

The dams that never were,Otipi Road is an adventurer’s dream

FEW New Zealand roads would be as remote. From the coast east of Opotiki, you twist up the gravel of the Motu Road, once an epic stage of the Rally of New Zealand. At Toatoa, where the post office and school have long gone, you veer onto the even...

Reflections & Connections

Phrygian Gates, the intriguing title of a work by John Adams, is part of the Reflections & Connections concert programme pianist Liam Wooding will perform at Tiromoana on Sunday. Presented by Musica Viva Gisborne, the programme features pieces on the...

I scream with delight

This super easy, two-ingredient ice cream may be the simplest dessert ever. After stumbling upon a no-churn coffee ice cream recipe from Nigella Lawson, Tayla Pearce adapted it to flavours she would enjoy. This ice cream is the ideal way to end...

It's a pleasure

Like many Gisborne people Craig Franks took off on his “OE” 30 years ago, but a meeting with a Canadian billionaire meant he never came back. Gisborne Herald reporter Debbie Gregory finds that, apart from annual visits home to catch up with...