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Sharing love of music in schools and festivals

Ricky Boyd is Gisborne’s music man. He talks to Andrew Ashton about his love for rock’n’roll and his passion for organising festivals

Out of Andalusia

Before flamenco changed his life, a couple of Bob Dylan songs made up New Zealand musician Paul Bosauder's appearance at Beirut's MusicHall. A cabaret-style, world-music oasis in the Lebanon capital, MusicHall presents short performances by musicians...

Under the sea

They may have disabilities, but the Little Penguins at the National Aquarium of New Zealand are anything but shy. In fact, some are total show ponies. As soon as we arrived at the popular Napier attraction, a playful penguin put on a performance for...

Five great walks in Rotorua

Get an up-close and very personal experience with New Zealand's own Grand Canyon. When Mt Tarawera erupted in 1886, it left in its wake an incredible volcanic valley with a rift 17km long. The summit of this historical mountain provides amazing...

Pioneers of the Pacific sound

Almost 40 years after their first gig as the support act to Stevie Wonder, a documentary about Pacific reggae band Herbs has just been released. Former music promoter Hugh Lynn helped launch the band into fame and later became their manager. Now...

The 'bug man'

Reporter Shaan Te Kani puts Gisborne’s very own ‘bug man’, Mark Tutty, under the microscope . . .Ask Mark Tutty if he is an expert on bugs, and he is quick to say no.“I’m a passionate amateur. A passionate bug enthusiast,” he says. While...

Opera-singing greenie

GAVIN Maclean says he lives about four lives but jokes that he doesn’t do justice to any of them. This is the humble side of a man who has packed a lot into nearly 70 years. He has built a house, carved chess sets, run for Parliament, has a couple...

Royalty returns

Three East Coast queens are coming home for a royal visit during Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival's summer programme. Jackie Clarke, Sandy Mill and Bronwyn Turei have travelled the world on the back of their art, but with borders closed, instead of Rome...

Frying high on Kilimanjaro

Gisborne homeopath Jan Clare continues her trek up Kilimanjaro to the roof of Africa . . .It took six days to hike to base camp at Barafu where fish and chips was to be famously fried by two of our team, Malachy and Alan. The Northern Ireland fish...

Captivated by the ocean

Gig guide

Something on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz, or call 869-0630. This weekSmash Palace: Ariana and Luke Whaanga, Friday, December 15 (5.30pm). Free entry. Sit Down in Front and DJ Bub, Saturday, December 16 (9pm) $5 at the...

Tattletale Saints tell tales of Nashville

LIVING in the country music capital of the world has been an interesting experience for Vanessa McGowan and Cy Winstanley of Auckland duo Tattletale Saints.“It sort of feels like a small town but you have the same density of musicians as say New...

Winter Solstice Party

Let your wild side out to the pulsating sound of Brazilbeat Sound System with MC Dreadeye, Dizfunk, and DJose on the shortest day, or longest night, at the Winter Solstice Party. The dress-up theme for the midwinter celebration is animal. Get your...

Big Saturday surfing line up

The line-up of feature films to screen at the O’Neill Aotearoa Surf Film Festival (ASFF) in Gisborne on Saturday includes pulse-racing, scalp-tingling, scrote-prickling movies such as UK director Mike Bromley’s Perilous Sea. Bromley’s film of...

Arts festival future in the new normal

Whether or not the Tairawhiti Arts Festival proceeds in the same scale and form it did last year is probably the most significant challenge for organisers, said artistic director Tama Waipara in an online performing arts seminar earlier this...

Dramas in the bathroom

MY blood ran cold when builder John said the “L” word. In the split second that it took to utter the word “leak”, our bathroom renovation went from straightforward to scary. My husband envisaged money flying out of his wallet at an even more...

Youngest new councillor at the GDC well-grounded and down-to-earth

Kerry Worsnop is known for her strong connections to rural communities, something she says her upbringing is responsible for.“I was born in Rotorua and raised on a dairy farm in Horohoro, 15 minutes south of Rotorua,” Kerry said.“It was quite...

Gig guide

This weekPub choirSmash Palace, Tonight, 7-9pm. Gold coin entry. Walter “The Wiz’ Walsh,RSA, tomorrow, 7pm. Performing classics. Stand up comedy, Open mic night,Smash Palace, tomorrow, 7-8pm. Think you’re funny? Have a go at Smash. Free...