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Nupepa o Te Tairawhiti THE GISBORNE HERALD RĀHINA, MAHURU 9, 2019 I MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 HOME-DELIVERED $1.70, RETAIL $2.00 TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI RAMERE, MAHURU 18, 2020 I FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 PAGE 6 ACCEPTING NATIONAL LOCAL HER NEW PROMISING DERBY REALITY ‘MASSIVE’ BAY, COAST PAGE 5 TAX CUTS BACK PAGE RARING TO GO SET TO STAND TALL AGAIN: Tairawhiti iwi delegation leader Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp with the carving of Hinehakirirangi, one of two carvings (Pourangahua and the Great Bird of Ruakapanga can be seen to the right), Gisborne District Council has agreed to hang in its chambers. The whakairo (carvings) have been in storage after being removed from the former council chambers before the demolition of the old council buildings. Mr Nepia-Clamp and iwi delegates representing Ngati Porou and Turanganui-a-Kiwa told councillors there was a tikanga (customary) expectation that the whakairo be installed in the new chambers. STORY ON PAGE 3 Picture supplied UNHEARDOFSAVINGS! HEARING Farmer breached RMA MATAWAI farmer John Richard Council inspectors, accompanied by a Bracken has been found guilty of police officer, enacted a search warrant breaching the Resource Management Act Date set for $17m tax evasion trial in July of last year. after representing himself at a That was outside the end date of the judge-alone trial in Gisborne District A GISBORNE farmer accused of evading tax Those assets included his 1680-hectare offending specified on the charging Court this week. totalling $17 million has been scheduled for a Matawai farm (valued at about $7 million), three document so evidence they gathered The prosecution, brought by Gisborne trial in the High Court at Gisborne on March 4, residential properties, a holiday home, $650,000 (drone footage, photographs, and water District Council, was similar to one next year. in bank funds, tractors, quad bikes, a digger, samples) could have no probative value. at which he was also found guilty last John Richard Bracken, 54, was the subject several utes, including a late model Dodge Ram, But it was relevant because it was August. of a joint investigation by police and the Inland and a 6.5-metre fishing boat. confirmatory of what was reported in Delivering his decision on the trial Revenue Department, which resulted in charges Bracken appeared at a High Court callover February. this week, Judge Brian Dwyer said the alleging fraudulent use of documents — GST fixture yesterday morning at which Justice The deposit of soil, which appeared to council had proved a representative claim forms in which he falsely showed his Christine Grice scheduled the trial, over which be side cast from a farm track, was in charge that between February 8, 2018 the same position and of about the same and February 8, 2019, Bracken allowed business running at a loss over four years up to she will preside, and a further callover on dimensions as first reported. or permitted a discharge to land of June 2018. December 1. It was at least capable of entering a contaminant, namely sediment, in He has pleaded not guilty and claims he is She urged Bracken to get legal representation water, be it ephemeral or permanently circumstances where it could (and did) innocent by virtue of “tikanga”. and, if necessary, to make inquiries as to flowing (it did not matter). The witness enter water. An estimated $11 million of his assets were whether he qualified for legal aid. had seen it actually entering the Bracken, 54, was remanded on bail frozen in December 2018 due to a successful Bracken is also due to appear in court tributary. for sentence on October 29 and warned application by police under the Criminal later this year on civil matters scheduled for While there was no evidence to he must provide a declaration as to his Proceeds Recovery Act. November 30. confirm Bracken put it there, he at least financial capacity not less than 10 days permitted it because he himself told the before. court he was solely responsible for the Failure to do so could see him taken enabling it to fall into a tributary (creek) A passing motorist — a woman then running of the farm. into custody. of the Motu River that flows through a employed as an environmental water It was indisputable the soil was a As he did ahead of this trial, the judge gully beneath. scientist for the council — noticed it contaminant. Cases involving discharges urged Bracken to get legal advice. The soil, estimated to cover about on February 8 last year and stopped to of sediment came before the court on a The council alleged Bracken bulldozed 700 square metres on the slope, is visible photograph it from the roadside. regular basis, the judge said. an estimated 120 cubic metres of soil from State Highway 2 and Te Wera Road Judge Dwyer said there was evidence down the side of a hill at his property, at Matawai. to satisfy all components of the charge. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Television ...........18 Racing .......... 22-23 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Classifieds ... 19-20 Sport ............ 24-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ...6-10, 16-17 World............ 13-15 Literature ...........21 Weather .............27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Friday, September 18, 2020 TAK ‘brothers’ united in haka by Jack Malcolm A NEW haka to bring together a new rugby team as one was unveiled on Wednesday afternoon. Turanganui-a-Kiwa Under-15s are a combined team of students from Campion College, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Nga Uri a Maui, Lytton High School, Hawaiiki Hou, Horouta Wananga and Manutuke, and have a haka to call their own. Mataroria Lemon — a father of one of the players and a kapa haka tutor — composed the kupu (words) of the haka to unify the boys and their kaupapa. “It was thinking about the team we have. bringing them together with a common cause.” People often thought of the haka as an element of battle but really it was performed to change the state of mind to be a collective. The players came up with actions to the lyrics, which Lemon said was about taking kokoraho (ownership). “All I did was write the words. We hope they perform it in a way that has meaning to them.” The team had sessions to learn the haka and the meaning of it. Mr Lemon incorporated into the haka the line “kei hinga aue, kei mate aue” from the 28th Maori Battalion C Company haka. “They went to war with the mind frame that they would never come home . and they battled for us that are here today.” With players coming from a range of schools, the haka was about building LAYING DOWN THE CHALLENGE: Turanganui-a-Kiwa Under-15 rugby team members perform a haka before a match against culture and a different mana within the a Gisborne Boys’ High side. While the haka is associated with battle, Mataroria Lemon, who wrote the words to the team’s haka, team, he said. points out it is more about unification. Picture by Paul Rickard “It’s the unification of the kura (schools). building a culture and HERE are some tips to help with “sing” can get you used to the brotherhood . they’re in it as a pronunciation and hopefully keep pronunciation of “nga” which is collective.” you practising and speaking te reo. used in many kupu (words), such as Despite a lack of competition — whanaunga (relative), Ngati Porou (iwi), Gisborne Boys’ High School have ■ The Maori language has five manaakitanga (kindness), and nga mihi provided their only opposition — vowels — a, e, i, o and u — and 10 (acknowledgements). Turanganui-a-Kiwa have been training consonants — h, k, m, n, ng, p, r, t, w, Another is saying “lemonade”, which every week. and wh. helps with pronunciation of the “mo” Manager Tessa Wilson said the team ■ a sounds like “ah”, like the “ah” syllable. Words like morena (good had only had two games this year sound you make when at the dentist. morning), mokopuna (grandchild), motu before Wednesday, winning both against ■ e sounds like the “e” sound in (country) and moana (ocean). different Boys’ High teams. “get”. Rolling your r’s also helps with This week they went up against a ■ i is like the “ee” in “peek”. pronunciation. If you can roll them like stronger offering from the school and ■ o is a bit harder, try saying “or” in Spanish that can help, but do not went down 27-5 in a hard-fought battle. but with not much emphasis on the r pronounce it like the English “r” as it Boys’ High scored three unanswered or saying “aw”, but without the “w”. does not have the same meaning. tries in the first half as Turanganui-a- Law, is a good word to help with that Wh is a consonant that sounds Kiwa took a while to build momentum pronunciation. like how you pronounce English and confidence in their game. ■ u is like the “oo” in “loop”, slightly “f” words. Wh is used in words like They found their feet in the second half like saying “ew”. whanau, Whangara and whakama but Boys’ High capitalised on mistakes to Keep the sounds short, you don’t (embarrassment). score twice in the final 10 minutes to win want to over-accentuate the sound. Don’t be whakama about trying to convincingly. Saying the word “sang” or pronounce Maori words. Kia kaha! Chance to win early-evening sail at waka hourua open day LANDLUBBERS and budding voyagers alike working on the waka over the last term will host waka and find out what we do and meet some of over 10 years old.