Wed 3 Jun · Workshop Nursery at EIT

Hands-on workshop on propagating native trees from cuttings, run at the EIT nursery.

Wed 3 Jun · Gisborne RSA

Weekly Cuban salsa and Rueda de Casino class for dancers of all levels.

Thu 4 Jun · Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council

Donation-based community yoga class open to everyone.

Fri 5 Jun · 241 Gladstone Road

Weekly street salsa class held in the city centre on Gladstone Road.

Mon 8 Jun · Multicultural Hub (entry via Derby St)

Free introductory Tai Chi class for beginners, hosted at the Multicultural Hub.

Mon 8 Jun · EIT Staff Room (off Derby Street)

Open community choir for adults, meeting weekly at EIT.

Thu 4 Jun · HB Williams Memorial Library

Songs, stories and play for toddlers and their caregivers at the central library.

Thu 4 Jun · HB Williams Memorial Library

Free weekly community waiata session at the central library.

Fri 5 Jun · HB Williams Memorial Library

Drop-in Lego play session for kids at the central library.

Sat 6 & Sun 7 Jun · Eastwoodhill Arboretum

Dog-friendly weekend event at the national arboretum, with walks among the trees.

Sun 7 Jun, 10am–12pm · Gisborne Police Station

Meet local Police, the dog unit and the Armed Offenders Squad, with a patrol car on display.

Tue 9 Jun · HB Williams Memorial Library

Weekly baby-time session with songs and rhymes for under-twos and caregivers.

Wed 3 Jun · Dome Cinema & Bar

Screening at the Dome of the drama Words Of War.

Thu 4 Jun · Dome Cinema & Bar

Screening of Moss & Freud, exploring the story behind Lucian Freud’s portrait of Kate Moss.

Fri 5 Jun · Dome Cinema & Bar

Taika Waititi’s Kiwi classic returns to the Dome’s big screen.

Sat 6 Jun · Dome Cinema & Bar

Weekend screening of the drama Christy.

Sun 7 Jun · Dome Cinema & Bar

Documentary on Samoan-New Zealand tenor Pati Pati, screening at the Dome.

Wed 10 Jun · Dome Cinema & Bar

Special screening of the documentary on Hamilton Gardens’ themed gardens through history.

Thu 4 Jun · Smash Palace Bar

Open-mic style night where musicians team up on the spot to play a set together.

Sat 6 Jun · Smash Palace Bar

A celebration of Te Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay DJs across House, UKG, Jungle and DnB.

Sun 7 Jun, 2pm · St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Community winter concert featuring the Gisborne Civic Brass Band’s big-band repertoire.

Tue 9 Jun · Smash Palace Bar

Drop-in mass-singing night at Smash Palace where the room learns a song together.

Tue 9 Jun · Poverty Bay Bowling Club, Whataupoko

Weekly contemporary vocals choir rehearsal, new singers welcome.

Fri 5 Jun · Lower Carpark, Titirangi/Kaiti Hill

Weekly Friday fitness session running the Kaiti Hill stairs.

Sat 6 Jun · Waikanae Beach

Free 5km community parkrun along the Waikanae Beach foreshore.

Sun 7 Jun, 9am · Gisborne Army Hall (meet point)

Gisborne Tramping Club day walk into the hills behind Makorori Station.

Sun 7 Jun · Fox Street

Community navigation and orienteering event in the latest of the Gizzy Rogaine series.

Mon 8 Jun · Tatapouri Bay

Beachside mobile sauna and cold-plunge sessions at Tatapouri Bay.

Sat 6 Jun · Marina Park (near the Rose Garden)

Gisborne’s largest open-air artisan market, supporting handcraft creators from across the region.

Sat 6 Jun, from 9.30am · Old Army Hall Carpark (across from GDC)

Weekly farmers’ market with fresh local produce, baking and East Coast kai.

Sun 7 Jun · Te Pā Eke Tū

Sunday vintage and pre-loved finds market at Te Pā Eke Tū.

Thu 4 Jun · Tairawhiti Environment Centre

Hands-on kombucha brewing workshop led by East Coast Organics Co-Op.

Mon 8 Jun · Sunshine Brewery

Q&A evening at Sunshine Brewery on the Three Sisters X Sunshine crowdfund campaign.

Wed 10 Jun, 6pm · Neighbourhood Pizzeria

Guided paint-and-wine evening creating a peony bouquet artwork at Neighbourhood Pizzeria.

Opens Sat 6 Jun · Paulnache (Upstairs)

New exhibition opening upstairs at contemporary gallery Paulnache.

Wed 17 Jun · HB Williams Memorial Library

Evening craft club at the central library for night-owl makers.

Wed 24 Jun, 6pm · Neighbourhood Pizzeria

Guided paint-and-wine evening recreating Van Gogh’s Starry Night on the Rhone.