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A good hair day

A hair sticks to your cheek in the swimming pool, or on your lips after floating atop your latte — chances are your immediate reaction is one of repulsion, you want that thing off your face. But human hair is a significant component of two out of...

Gig Guide

Dust off your Lederhosen and warm up your beer bellies, because it's Gisborne Beer Festival and Neighbourhood Pizzeria proudly present Oktoberfest, New Year's Eve Edition. If you have tickets for the postponed event, they are valid for this. Over 10...

Tairawhiti tech

Every business needs to radically change to realise the possibilities of the world we live in. That’s the call from Barry Soutar, a Ngati Porou entrepreneur with a vision for Tairawhiti to go forward in the growing global tech industry. He spoke...

The Small Print show comes to Gisborne

From washing machine mangle to an Italian-made Bendina, Gisborne Printmakers’ printmaking machines have evolved while the process remains essentially unchanged over the centuries.“With this press the pressure pushes ink from the plate into damp...

Enjoying a ‘bit of an adventure’

POWERED by a Rodgers voice engine, the Roland C330 digital organ can “growl, sing, tinkle, purr and blast in a way unmatched by any other organ,” enthused Time magazine when the machine was played for the first time in Carnegie Hall. The digital...

Off to a flying start

With the coming of spring and prospect of long summer days ahead, it’s time to start getting your garden ready to take advantage of the warmer weather. Your spring gardenSpring is here, bringing with it a fabulous selection of veges, herbs...

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing

Start spreading the news . . . the big band sound of the early to mid 1900s is about to lay down gone grooves in Gisborne. Former Weber Brothers Circus, and Royal New Zealand Navy Band, brass player Chris Reynolds came up with the idea of forming...

Counting down

Mary-Jane Richmond has been in Berlin for four days, rehearsing with a choir of 1500 singers from 26 different countries for a performance of The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace. It’s nearly concert time . . .The last time I had sung The Armed Man...

Fast-ageing beach thriller

Can you believe I found this online? a delighted Prisca asks husband Guy at the beginning of Old, as their family arrives at a glistening beach resort. Not to be a Debbie Downer quite so soon, but this isn't a good sign — for the family OR the...

Fire for the soul

Fire, a smooth reggae song described by Hamilton-based six-piece Soulfej as evoking images of warm nights at the beach, will feature in the band’s playlist when they play at Smash Palace tomorrow. The band is coming to Gisborne as part of its...

From RAF to Riyadh to Ruatoria

With decades of experience from the Middle East to Maniototo, Peter Heron has made the move to Ruatoria where he was appointed permanent principal of Ngata Memorial College late last year.“I'm at a point in my career where I can actually choose...

Taking the meat out of Mondays

This take on a meatless shepherd’s pie will brighten any table. Lightened up with parsnips rather than potatoes and seitan or beans rather than meat, this light dish will leave plenty of room in your belly for sweet treats too. Parsnip-topped...

Following whānau advocacy tradition

Manaakitanga, kotahitanga and aroha are the values instilled in her since childhood, Ms Tangohau says. She grew up in Gisborne and is of Ngāti Oneone descent. When Ms Tangohau was a rangatahi she moved to Uawa, her dad's home. There she was able to...

Gig guide

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz, or call 869-0635. THIS WEEKWalter Walsh, “The Wiz”:Live on the Lawn free concert series Marina Park, Lawson Field Theatre riverbank; January 13 (6 – 8pm).Big Blues Up...

Trip of a lifetime

Narene Chaffey travelled to Myanmar believing the temples would be the most amazing sight. What she found was that it was the people who were the true shining light of this country . . . humble, fun, kind and full of laughter. Narene shares her trip...

The many faces of James Packman

Keeping musical theatre alive

An opportunity for aspiring and established singers and dancers too good to be missed is coming to Gisborne tomorrow and Saturday. Dance man Dean McKerras will be running a musical theatre workshop for people to hone their singing or dancing skills...

The lure of Hanmer Springs

Anyone of a certain age who recalls the expensive airfares of past decades will also remember that it was cheaper to cross the Tasman than fly over Cook Strait. If families were split between either island, contact was either a toll call or by...