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It’s all in the bag,MARINATED JAPANESE BEEF BOWLS WITH TERIYAKI DRESSING

MY HUSBAND was so astonished when I told him My Food Bag was coming to Gisborne, he stopped reading The Gisborne Herald, which is his not-to-be-interrupted evening ritual, and paid full attention. Chris does the bulk of the cooking so to have...

Just cruising . . .

Justine Tyerman goes cruising . . . on terra firm

Labor slams union-busting bill ‘hypocrisy’

CANBERRA, Nov 26 AAP – Labor is fighting tooth and nail against workplace legislation the Morrison government hopes to pass in the final sitting fortnight for the parliamentary year. Opposition Senator Tim Ayres is the latest to seize on a money...

The sound and the furey

On hearing, as an 11 year old, Beethoven's Sonata No. 8 for the first time, Liam Furey's life changed forever. His mother, a guitarist, had taught him piano since he was nine but Beethoven's sonata was the first time Furey encountered classical...

Sea of Positivity

Inspired by the sea, created late at night between children and the demands of a business, scratched and painted on to second-hand timbers, Sea of Positivity is a gorgeous and uplifting exhibition at Tairāwhiti Museum. Artist Leah McCann took two...

Wait For Me

Gig Guide

Come on down and enjoy a social with The Good Time Selectors Steve King and Campbell Ngata spinning the records to give us a little taste of the summer silly season. The Dome, Friday, December 17, 8pm. Free entry. Red light procedures will be in...

Bach to Bach performance

Bach Sei Solo is one of three, free streamed premieres by the NZSO this week. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra continues its weekly free streamed performances with a new six-part series which premiered yesterday. Bach Sei Solo features NZSO string...

Tairawhiti's new area prevention manager speaks of his homecoming

The 42-year-old, 18-year police officer came back to Gisborne in late October from Central District where he was prevention manager for northern Manawatu. Inspector Paki had a role in the recent ship jumper drama that involved a crewman off a log...

The spirit of the music competition

Taking music out of the theatre and into the community is a big part of the Gisborne International Music Competition’s outreach engagement kaupapa but sometimes the community reaches back to put in something special. A week-long residency run by...

True Colours remastered, released, re-loved

by Dan Satherley, NewshubThe six-piece Kiwi band Split Enz’s classic album has been remastered and re-released to mark its 40th anniversary. It contained the band’s breakthrough international hit, I Got You, penned by Neil Finn, as well as radio...

Celebration of kotahitanga

Half of the voice actors in the upcoming The Lion King Reo Māori whakapapa or have a connection to Tairāwhiti. The Lion King Reo Māori will be bringing te reo to movie screens across the globe when it premieres later this month. Actors Mataar...

This is the Supreme Brother Sound

On the first day of the New Zealand music month of May, Gisborne five-piece, Supreme Brother Sound, launched their debut single, Motives. The soul, funk, R&B sound of the track harks back to smooth grooves of artists such as Otis Redding, and Dian...

Scarf dramas

IT was the scarfalanche that did it. My lifetime collection of scarves suddenly decided to vacate their long-time abode and came cascading off the dressing room door, landing in a soft heap on the floor, like a fallen rainbow. While there were no...

PLUM PERFECTION

• 150g butter, softened• ½ cup brown sugar (or coconut sugar)• 4 large free-range eggs• 2 tablespoons apple sauce• 1 banana, mashed• ¼ cup thread coconut• 1½ cups wholemeal flour• 2 teaspoons baking powder• 6 plums; wash, remove...

Lyrical soul, love and humour in Wairoa

There’s humour in Wairoa hip hop duo Rugged and Wylde’s new lyrical soul video Surfaces. There are Mark Twainish shots of Wairoa River; of R&W’s Zach Stark and Ratima Hauraki chowing down on their burgers as their eyes track (presumably) the...

A sporting sort, and more

Terry Sheldrake has always been interested in council. His wife Kathy was a councillor from 2001 to 2010. He stood in the 2014 by-election and came second, stood again in 2016 and missed out by 251 votes. But in October last year, he got on.“I am...

On the mike at Unity

It’s almost deja vu, says former 2ZG radio announcer Mike Coyle of his role as a 1940s radio actor in Unity Theatre’s production of Vintage Hitchcock — A Live Radio Play. From tomorrow night, seven actors bring the spirit of a 1940s radio...