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Sapphire all star

Two New York Broadway shows, workshops run by Broadway stars, participation in a junior theatre festival in Atlanta and a performance on a Disneyland stage are on the itinerary for Gisborne performer Sapphire Baker. The Year 11 Gisborne Girls’ High...

Fit for a fairy princess

Banana and pecan nut cake

Sailing with the NZSO into 2019

Voyaging by sea and, at a stretch, into space, feature in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s (NZSO) October 2019 concert in Gisborne. Along with works such as Mendelssohn’s Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, and the Mannheim rocket in Mozart’s...

Working out at work

STARTING back at the office after a summer break often leaves us feeling exhausted by the end of each day, and a workout is the last thing we feel like heading off to do. But what if you could get in that exercise while you’re at work, leaving your...

‘Bits of our hearts left everywhere’

Final leg of Phil and Sue Newdick's epic three-month trip

Beware the hungry caterpillar

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Nan’s famous cake revisited

340gm butter4 eggs450g flour (3 cups)1 tsp mixed spice½ tsp salt2 x 400g mixed fruit1 400gm tin crushed pineapple1 cup sugar½ tsp baking soda115g golden syrup¼ cup whiskey (optional)Cover mixed fruit with pineapple and gently bring to boil. Then...

The ups and downs of Bulgaria

WE left the bustling mayhem of Istanbul behind, and our bus trip to Plovdiv in Bulgaria took seven hours. The border crossing into Bulgaria was very interesting. We showed our passports to four different officials over a distance of less than 100...

A blooming good time to grow

Around the mountains

No stranger to Queenstown, Jo Ferris gets a closer look at more remote spots while biking around its mountains

The power of three

A mix of romantic and contemporary works make up New Zealand chamber music trio Toru’s programme for their concert in Gisborne next week. Named after the Maori word for three Toru’s harp, flute and viola are a combination of instruments 19th-20th...

From Bavaria . . . to beaches and barrels

How did a former top German skier and stock trader end up in Gisborne employed as Gisborne Boardriders regional development manager? Gisborne Herald reporter Jonathan Rush spent an afternoon with Florian (Flo) Bub to find out. The small Bavarian town...

Drumming up funds for renovations

At over 100 years old, City of Gisborne Highland Pipe Band is hoping a band room facelift will be the refresh the club is looking for. Purpose-built in 1904, the building has suffered flood and earthquake damage over the years. The pipe band typically...

Great food for healthy mind and body

THIS is not a diet book but rather a book of beautiful, life-enhancing food, it’s a way of life. The beauty of this fritters recipe is that you don’t need to precook any of the ingredients so it’s a quick process, particularly if you have...

Station to station

Since staging A Synthesized Universe, an intergalactic, multi-sensory experience with custom animations and high-tech lighting effects in Gisborne last year, Anthonie Tonnon has returned to Earth. His new show Rail Land brings him to the end of the...

Flashes of light in the darkness

On the phone, Enoch’s lead singer Lorraine Brodie sounds like a small girl but onstage she roars like a demon. Possibly not the smartest observation.“We are Christians in a groove metal band,” she says after she takes in the demon gaff.“Our...

Holy Trinity Church pipe organ concert

The Holy Trinity Church’s “characterful ranks” of pipes allows a musical picture to be painted with brilliant and subtle colours, says organist Anthony Tattersall. Accompanied by his wife Kerry, a soprano who will sing a few solo pieces, Mr...

Using old patterns in his own way

Works by former Gisborne artist Maia Gibbs feature alongside paintings in his father Steve Gibbs’ A-hoe! exhibition at Tairawhiti Museum. A-hoe! is based on drawings of patterned waka hoe (canoe paddles) traded on the Endeavour off-shore from...