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Brain building interns

Like many teenagers Haylea Rodgers, Ruby Westrupp and Jade Keelan decided to take up an internship this summer, but unlike many, managed to reconstruct their brains in their first week on the job. The three are among seven summer interns at the...

Evergreen shrubs for your yard

We often receive comments and questions on what are the best shrubs for the garden, as there are so many options and it can be quite confusing. We have researched and found the top nine shrubs that grow well and look good all year round, need little...

Love and determination

Brenden Gooch drove to many titles in his streetstock and now he is driving hard to one day walk unassisted as he recovers from a serious spinal injury. He talked to reporter Murray Robertson

Spread the words

A pen of writers (the jury is still out on the collective noun) filled the Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club conference room on Friday for the long-awaited launch of the anthology Kaituhi Rawhiti (Eastern scribes).Edited by Aaron Compton, Christopher...

Spring flowering trees and shrubs

Trees and shrubs add wonderful permanence and structure to gardens, as well as shade and privacy. Spring is when many trees and shrubs are covered in masses of beautiful blooms, adding a colourful or sometimes fragrant dimension to outdoor spaces...

Poetry without words

Two classical ballet favourites and two new works that were postponed in 2020 come together next month in the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s much-anticipated Tutus on Tour performance in Gisborne. Described as achingly beautiful, tender and...

The bloody good night kiwi

We are in the middle of the New Zealand music month of May, which is perfect timing for drummer, DJ and vinyl record enthusiast Lincoln Wright to spin selections from his New Zealand music collection at Smash Palace tomorrow night. Wright has bought...

Murder on the 4.30 to Muriwai

Steam! Spies! Sabotage! Interactive murder mystery Steam, Spies and Sabotage has it all. Set during World War 2 with characters that include Resistance personnel, Home Guard, MI6 staff “and a couple of others with strange German accents” embark...

Nan's delicious lemon cheesecake

What a great way to serve up lemons to fussy eaters. Nan sure thinks so, and this recipe hasn’t let her down yet. We hope your family enjoys this classic dessert too. This recipe is a Christmas favourite at Nan’s house.“This has got to be one...

Indigenous art to ease distress

A new learning space that uses indigenous knowledge to help people in distress has opened with an exhibition showcasing some of the finest traditional Maori artworks in Tairawhiti. Located in the Gisborne CBD, Te Kurahuna Whare Wananga is a learning...

The sun's good, bad and ugly

THE sun is shining and it is time to play outdoors. Most of us know that we cannot spend too much time in the New Zealand sun without any protection whether this is clothing, sunscreen, hats or preferably all of the above, otherwise we will see and...

Rock n roll buzz with Queen B

After Waikato Hospital surgeons removed a tumour from his brain, former showband musician and Vietnam war veteran Wally Te Ua almost gave up playing music.“Then I had a bit of a crack and decided that to get mentally fit I needed to be more...

Ko Ahau

A ripped canvas that features part of a feather crown and a mad staring eye above the tear will be included in Gisborne artist Walter Dewes’ exhibition Ko Ahau - This is Me. The work had been a gift to a family-member but was torn after another...

Two-day exhibition of print-making

When people see references to printmaking, they often mistakenly assume it refers to commercial processes. The Gisborne Printmakers are prompt to dispel this misconception. The Gisborne Printmakers will hold a two-day exhibition at Lysnar House this...

Facing fears . . .

I squelched through dense jungle in a steamy tropical downpour, wearing a heavy-duty rain poncho and sturdy, knee-high rubber boots. I was surrounded by creatures that once terrified me . . . but I felt surprisingly at ease, exhilarated in fact. We...

‘She left a lot of light in the world’

Tuesday will mark one year since the passing of author Valerie Joy Watson (nee Evans), who was born in Gisborne in 1938. In all she wrote 15 books for children, as well as a musical, The Circus, and many poems and nonsense rhymes, which are published...