What's on in Gisborne

Saturday, June 11Native Plant Sale, 8am-3pm, Rural Studies Unit, 312 Stout Street. Quality cheap plants. Ph 869 0820.

St Andrew’s Car Boot Sale, 9am–12 noon in car park, access off Childers Rd, $5 per car (paid on arrival, set-up 8.30am). Ph Val 868 8226. Wide variety of realistically-priced goods.

Oil Infusion workshop with tutor Heera Rigney, 11.30am–12.30pm, Tairawhiti Environment Centre, 56 Ballance Street, $5 per person. Please register on 867 4708 or email tairawhitienvcentre@gmail.com.

Poverty Bay Bird Club annual show, 12.30–5pm, Ilminster School hall, adults $2, children $1, family $5. Birds from around the North Island on display.

Zirka Circus, 2pm & 7pm, Churchill Park. Enquiries & bookings on 0800 2 ZIRKA (0800 294 752). Ticket sales at venue.

Starflight 3000, 2pm and 7.30pm, Lawson Field Theatre.

We Wrestle "King of The Cage", 6pm, Showgrounds Event Centre. Tickets $10 from Blooms on Gladstone florist.

The Cat Stevens Show (with Bryce Wastney), The Dome Room, 8pm, $20 doors sales or pre-book at the Aviary at PBC.

Sunday, June 12Poverty Bay Bird Club annual show, 9am–noon, Ilminster School hall, adults $2, children $1, family $5.

Zirka Circus, 1pm & 4.30pm, Churchill Park. Enquiries & bookings on 0800 2 ZIRKA (0800 294 752). Ticket sales at venue.

Lauren Armstrong and Alexander Boulton, vocalist and guitarist/tenor banjo player, 2pm, Tairawhiti Museum, $5.

Starflight 3000, 2pm, Lawson Field Theatre.

Wednesday, June 15The Great Gatsby — Touring troupe Operatunity celebrates the great composers of the 1920s and 1930s, 11am, War Memorial Theatre, $32 incl. lunch. Ph 0508 266 237 for tickets. Workshop: Understanding and managing arthritis pain, 10am–noon, Age Concern Wairoa. Ph 06 838 3307. Free.

Zirka Circus, 7pm, Churchill Park. Enquiries & bookings on 0800 2 ZIRKA (0800 294 752). Ticket sales at venue Tuesday 14 onwards.

Thursday, June 16East Coast District Chamber Music Contest — Regional leg of the country’s biggest chamber music competition for school-age players. St Andrew’s Church; Thursday, June 16. Ph 868 5513 for details.

Gisborne Camera Club, 7.30pm, Blind Foundation Rooms, Grey St. Contact gisbornecameraclub@gmail.com. All welcome.

Zirka Circus, 7pm, Churchill Park. Enquiries & bookings on 0800 2 ZIRKA (0800 294 752). Ticket sales at venue.

Friday, June 17Zirka Circus, 7pm, Churchill Park. Enquiries & bookings on 0800 2 ZIRKA (0800 294 752). Ticket sales at venue.

Saturday, June 18Te Wherowhero Lagoon Public Planting Day from 9am. Signposted from SH2 Muriwai (main road south). Call Tairawhiti Environment Centre for details on 867 4708 or email volunteer.gisborne@live.com

The Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club, beach races round 2, Makorori beach. Sign in 8–8.45am, racing at 9am, new riders welcome.

Zirka Circus, 2pm & 7pm, Churchill Park. Enquiries & bookings on 0800 2 ZIRKA (0800 294 752). Ticket sales at venue.

Gisborne Caledonian Society, modern, sequence and social dancing, 7.30–11pm, $6, theme "space odyssey". St Marks Church Hall, all welcome. Raffles, Monte Carlo, spot prizes, supper.

Sunday, June 19Mid-winter swim, 10am, Waikanae Beach. Free.

Waikanae Stream Clean-up and Planting Day, 12-2pm. Meet at Grey Street skate park. Free sausage sizzle on completion. Call Tairawhiti Environment Centre for details on 867 4708. Zirka Circus, 1pm & 4.30pm, Churchill Park. Enquiries & bookings on 0800 2 ZIRKA (0800 294 752). Ticket sales at venue.