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What's on in Gisborne?

Saturday, March 30Whanau Fishing Competition. Beach and boat fishing competition for 3 to 16 years. Te Puka Hunting & Fishing Club, Tokomaru Bay, 7am-3.30pm, $5 for 3-16s, $10 for 16yrs-plus. See Facebook for boat and beach fishing permitted...

SKY’S THE LIMIT IN QUEENSTOWN

Back in the year 2000 when I watched the Bollywood blockbuster “Kaho naa . . . pyar hai”, I made up my mind that I wanted to visit New Zealand someday. The scenic beauty of this country depicted in that movie captured my heart and mind. However...

Six60 win Maori Television award

Six60 have been acknowledged for their outstanding contributions to te Ao Maori at Maori Television's fifth annual Matariki Awards — Nga Tohu o Matariki o te Tau 2021. The band received the Tipuarangi — Arts & Entertainment award, which...

Gig Guide

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz, or telephone 869-0630This weekO Sing Joyfully: The Choir of Waiapu Cathedral, Napier, will perform a selection of music ranging from the 16th century to the 20th century. St...

Living the dream . . .

Julia De Cleene from Gisborne tells the story of eight months on the road with her family, trading and travelling around New Zealand with the Extravaganza Fair . . .This weekend, we are back in our hometown Gisborne trading with The Extravaganz...

‘Nice cream’

When you freeze a banana, it becomes unbelievably creamy, which is why it makes recipes like Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie and Strawberry Banana Smoothie so milkshake-like. Before you freeze bananas for ice cream, it's important that you peel them...

A call for change

Gisborne hosted a number of education conferences in 2018, which all explored a similar theme – that every child in New Zealand deserves a quality education, regardless of their cultural, social and economic background. Shaan Te Kani explores this...

Organist rocks St Andrew's

The theme from 1960s TV show Dr Finlay’s Casebook features in a piano duet as part of a programme headlined by British organist Ian Miles in the Keyboard Cavalcade concert today. Presented as part of the St Andrew’s Lunchtime Concert series...

What's On in Gisborne

■Lawson Field Theatre, Saturday, 9am-5pm and Sunday, 9am-4pm. $5 entry, cash only.■Brazilbeat, Paws, Dizfunk, Slyone, Stix, DJose. DJs on two stages, multimedia, prizes and giveaways. Smash Palace, Saturday, 9pm. Tickets $10 from...

THROUGH THE EYE OF THE LENS

Capturing the moment

O for a Muse of fire

Cross-dressing, magic and the carnivalesque feature in excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays Gisborne school students bring to life next week. Tragedy, comedy, romance, manipulation and murder — it’s all in there too — in the poetically titled...

Melt-in-your-mouth . . .

I recently purchased an auger-feed pellet smoker and I am thrilled with all the different barbecue options this is adding to my favourite foods,” says Rebecca, who loves to experiment with food. “American low and slow barbecue is a huge fave in...

Better than take-out

As a busy mum of two boys, Donna Hay knows that there is nothing more enjoyable than introducing your children to the wonders of taste, food, flavours and the joy of cooking. The new and expanded edition of her bestselling Basics to Brilliance Kids...

A hell of a night at Smash Palace

THE TV show was inspired by zombie flick Dawn of the Dead and now Gisborne rock-metal act Harbinger has taken the name of the British television series for a Halloween fest at Smash Palace. Called The Dead Set the evening features Harbinger, Shadows...

Gig guide

No Place Like DomeCome and celebrate Dome Theatre's 15th birthday, Saturday, 8pm. The line-up includes The Night Moves, The Oh So Lonelys, Sound Collective and DJ Kirst. Free entry. S-Mash Up SaturdayLive music from Gizzy's rowdiest not-yet-teenagers...

Out of the East

Kaituhi Rawhiti (eastern scribes) is the title of the Tairawhiti Writers’ Hub upcoming anthology. Kaituhi translates to writer, scribe, author, novelist; rawhiti is eastern, so as the name suggests, all contributions or contributors are from...

?Dancing in the Moonlight?

Interactivity is what an exhibition by children for children at Tairawhiti Museum is all about. Atarau: Moonlight is set in a low-lit, grotto-like gallery and features a lightbox desk with “illuminating facts” about wildlife such as the katipo...

A taste of Bengal

This recipe is adapted from a Bengali cooking channel on YouTube. “This style of cooking is exactly how my family cooks in India and how many families in Bengal cook every day,” Avneesh says. “The YouTube channel has been a sort of teacher to...