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It’s that ‘80s show again

Are you missing the 1980s? Or even the 2017 Gisborne show that relived the decade of big hair, padded shoulders, New Romantics and excess?Well it’s time to go back to the future with the Let’s Go Back To the ‘80s dress-up night.“This has...

On safari in Singapore

THE animals at Singapore’s Night Safari were so obliging, at first I was convinced they were life-like moving models. As we drove around in the cool of the evening, every animal appeared right on cue, just a few metres away from our safari wagon...

The art in marketing,The art in marketing

Maori art and Middle Earth met when Nga Tipu Gallery owner Fiona Bryant and Dreamspace Gallery founder Peter Harris saw an opportunity to revive the arts and crafts movement and to help promote local artists. In the late 19th century, Britain’s...

Fun, fun, fun with bootleg band

Good vibrations are in the air as tribute band The Bootleg Beach Boys plan a Gisborne concert guaranteed to be fun, fun, fun. In the tradition of the 1960s act, The Bootleg Beach Boys will play a selection of classic hits when they perform at the War...

Baptism of fire

“It was a pretty short, sharp, start — let's put it that way. It was like, ‘OK here we go'.”Sitting inside the headquarters of the Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC) inside council, David Wilson reflects on the past eight weeks. The huge...

Make the most of the winter sunshine

A taste of TahitiFrom freshly-squeezed juice in a refreshing drink to marmalade, cakes, desserts and marinades, limes can be used in multiple ways in the kitchen and they are an easy plant to grow in many places around New Zealand.“Tahitian”...

Out of the Soviet shadow

Phil and Sue Newdick continue their travels in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania . . .A two-hour ferry ride from Helsinki to Tallinn took us on to our next Baltic state, Estonia; another country, different customs and a different...

Emma's Easy Crumble recipe

Ingredients:Crumble:175 grams butter, softened1 cup coconut1¼ cup rolled oats½ cup brown sugar½ cup flourFruit:1 tbsp custard powder2 tsp vanilla essence3 tsp cinnamonFeijoa 4-6 cups (depending on size of dish)Apple 6-7 cups (use as base, add...

Ides of March not so bad for young actors

A potted version of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in which students performed selected scenes from the play has won a Campion College troupe first place in the teacher-directed category in the Gisborne Shakespeare festival. Directed by drama teacher...

Donna and the Dynamos

To cheer up hotel owner Donna Shridan-Carmichael (Heidi Rice, above centre), who is a bit down at discovering her daughter Sophie has invited three men from her mother’s past to the Greek island in hope of meeting her real father, and having him...

Second-chance sweet peas

From harvesting and planting to stopping pest and disease cycles, there is still lots to keep you busy out in your gardens during mid-winter. If you missed your opportunity to sow seeds of beautiful sweet peas during autumn, you can still grow this...

Animal farm

Julie Haines overcomes her fear of horses and gets up close to other animals during a farm getaway on the Mohaka River

National Theatre at Home: Twelfth Night

Absurdity, comedy and pathos are thrown into a blender in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the next production in the National Theatre at Home series of screenings. A ship is wrecked on the rocks, Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is...

Modelling peace and reconciliation

Ray Sheldrake of the King’s Christian Network tells Wynsley Wrigley about the “Whitby juxtaposition”, outlined in an online Christian presentation created as a conciliatory attempt to link Whitby and Tairawhiti, as New Zealand prepares to mark...

The Gig Guide

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz or telephone 869-0630. This weekBarleycorn: Irish music at Marina Park, tomorrow (6pm), free. Strangely Arousing and DJ Straw Hat: The dub-funk fivesome band are here to...

Gig Guide

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz or telephone 869-0630. This weekTRAMPS: Singers, musicians and poetry readers welcome. The Band Room, Childers Road, Saturday, 1.30pm, $2 in the jar. Light It Up New Zealand...

Taming the frizz

Justine Tyerman discovers a brilliant product for girls on the go . . . a no-heat or blow-dry styling cream that cu?ts hair-prep time and tames the frizz . . .I came across Pureology Hydrate Air Dry Cream on my travels — one of my young companions...

Celebrating Sydney

Sydney was definitely showing her sass as I cast my eyes across the gleaming blue waters of Circular Quay. Feeling in a celebratory mood, I was on board one of the newer harbour cruise offerings, Captain Cook's Mumm Champagne Harbour Bar cruise...