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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 I LOVE MY LITTLE PONY STOUT ST CRASHES UNDERLINE SPEED ISSUE PAGE 3 MOSQUE TRAGEDY TWO YEARS ON PAGE 6 PAGES 15-20 Aria Kemp pats Blaze while held by Sophie Cook at the Makauri Gala yesterday. Another successful edition of the gala was enjoyed by all. STORY ON PAGE 2 Picture by Rebecca Grunwell HOUSE PRICE HIGH February median of $595,000 sets Gisborne monthly record by Andrew Ashton slightly this month, with changes to the more reason to move to Gisborne, paired 20 houses were sold on the same day at a RTA (Residential Tenancies Act) deterring with the lifestyle Gisborne presents — combined value of $12.694million EXTRA out-of-town interest has lifted some investors. surrounding beaches and recreational REINZ chief executive Bindi Norwell Gisborne house prices to yet another “Sales volume is down 17.9 percent attractions. Gone are the days Gisborne said the “unrelenting pace” of the housing record level. year-on-year but up 137 percent from was deemed too remote to move to.” market was bad news for first-home Despite a drop in sales numbers, latest January 2021. Activity levels are expected There was no immediate sign of a buyers. data from the Real Estate Institute of to be steady over the coming months slowdown. “February was an extraordinary month, New Zealand (REINZ) shows the median before picking up again later in the year.” “While interest rates remain low, we with a new record median price for the house price here jumped $145,000 from A total of 64 sales were recorded last expect values will continue to remain country and 12 regions and 37 districts February last year to a new monthly month, 14 fewer than February last year. strong. Lack of stock is largely due to a all reaching new or equal records. record of $595,000. Bayleys Gisborne director Simon reluctance to sell and have to buy in such “It’s likely that February’s housing The previous record median was Bousfield said prices continued to be a heated market,” Mr Bousfield said. data will make very difficult reading for $590,000 for December of last year driven by the lack of stock and increased Property Brokers Gisborne branch the thousands of renters and first-home “More than 70 percent of properties demand for Gisborne property. manager Stefan McNeely said interest buyers who are hoping to one day be able sold across the region are now in the “Recent Trade Me figures show 45 from out of the region was noticeable. to purchase a property. $500,000 to $999,999 bracket,” REINZ percent of searches for Gisborne property “I’m new to the area myself. I’ve moved “Hopefully, the reintroduction of the regional director Neville Falconer said. come from out of the region — the top here from the Bay of Plenty and so I LVRs (loan to value ratio loans)will start That was up from fewer than 30 three regions looking at Gisborne being think there are more and more people to slow down the rate at which prices percent at the same time last year. Auckland, Wellington and Bay of Plenty. coming from outside the region. have been rising, and that the market will “The REINZ House Price Index for “Comparatively, our values are still very “It’s just an awesome place and even stabilise in due course,” Ms Norwell said. Gisborne/Hawke’s Bay also reached a affordable for out-of-region interest. Our given where the house prices are, there “Now more than ever, we need our record high in February of 4110. economy is thriving, with a number of key is still a lot of value to be added at political parties to work together and This was up 30.1 percent from the same indicators such as gross domestic product those levels. People are seeing those to work closely with key industry time last year, the largest growth of any well ahead of national averages. opportunities.” players in order to start addressing the region year-on-year. “Our key industries are blooming, At the realtor’s Project Gisborne mass unaffordability issues and to address the “Investor activity seems to have slowed presenting more job availability and auction event at the end of last month, housing shortages the country faces.” GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ..............9 Television ...........25 Sport ............ 28-32 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............10 Classifieds .........26 Weather .............31 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ..6-8,22-23 World............ 11-14 Racing ................27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Monday, March 15, 2021 BUTTERFLY GIRLS: Isabel Kelly and Georgia Jones look ready to float into the blue sky but not before nibbiling on goodies from their Fruit Burst necklaces. Pictures by Rebecca Grunwell ‘FANTASTIC’ GALA MAKAURI School’s annual gala went off without a hitch yesterday. The gala was scheduled for March 6 but was postponed after New Zealand entered Covid-19 Alert Level 2.The gala had a refresh this year, with live music and fresh flowers for sale, along with the usual winning wheel, horizontal bungy, adventure land truck, white elephant jumble and food and vege stalls. Organiser Shay Podjursky said it was a “fantastic” day. “There was a really good crowd. The weather was amazing, the music was awesome and the food was delicious. Heaps of families came out to enjoy time together. It was really neat watching so many kids having fun. We are looking forward to next year already.” The amount raised for the school is still being counted and is expected to be more than $20,000. YUM, SCRUM, SOON TO BE IN THE TUM: Sandy Brodie sells Ruth Newton a watermelon which grand- daughter Emily Latu ‘I THINK I CAN, I THINK I CAN’: no doubt Sylvie Ladd only has eyes for a can got to of fizzy drink as she tries to best sample the horizontal bungy at the Makauri later. School Gala yesterday. Stream clean team put in the hard mahi THE survival chances of native and well-earned cuppa, Mr Akuhata- plantings along the Grey Street Brown thanked everyone for giving up Skatepark bank of Waikanae Stream were their Sunday afternoon and achieving so boosted by 25 volunteer weeders and much in such a short session. rubbish collectors yesterday. He also acknowledged the support Organising team member, Jason of local organisations and businesses Akuhata-Brown was delighted to get including Jukes Carriers, Cedenco, a good turn-out of workers and even Women’s Native Tree Project Trust, happier at how much they achieved in Tairawhiti Environment Centre, Gisborne two hours. District Council, the Department of “By the time we finished, our Conservation, Te Ora Hou and Eastland volunteers had collected four full bags Port. of rubbish and weeded almost the full “We’re also really excited to see the length of the skatepark planting. developments that are happening for the “A full trailer and ute-load of green skatepark and hope we can contribute to waste were removed. bringing some synergies together for this “This represented a lot of hard mahi area,” Mr Akuhata-Brown said. (work) from our volunteers,” Mr Akuhata- The area on both sides of the awa Brown said. (river) had potential to be a focal point Organisers were disappointed by for the kinds of environmental, sporting, the amount of litter in the area as up social and cultural activities that allowed until 2020, when the number of working communities to truly thrive, he said. bees was decreased due to Covid-19 restrictions, the levels of rubbish being collected had been reducing. DIGGIN IN: Organising team However, it was great to see that member Jason Akuhata-Brown shrubs and trees that volunteers had loads a trailer with weeds removed planted in recent years were now big from plantings next to Waikanae enough to trap rubbish before it blew into Stream by local volunteers the stream. yesterday. A full trailer and ute- As the team gathered at the end of the load of green waste were removed. work session to enjoy a sausage sizzle Picture by Glenda Smith The Gisborne Herald • Monday, March 15, 2021 NEWS 3 Chopper crew called out CRASHED twice to Cape THE Trust Tairawhiti Rescue AND RAN Helicopter flew twice to the East Cape on Saturday, including an incident in which a man was injured in a fight. POLICE have inquiries under traffic-calming measures to slow The chopper team were called out way into two vehicle crashes down the high speed of some at around 2pm and flew the injured after which the offending drivers drivers on the street. 46-year-old to Gisborne Hospital, left the scene. The second incident where he was admitted. At around 5am yesterday, happened at the Stout Street-Wi He was stabilised by a St John a car left Stout Street after Pere Street corner at about 8.20 Ambulance crew from Ruatoria before sideswiping two parked this morning. the chopper’s arrival. vehicles, and took out the fence “The offending vehicle came Police have an inquiry under way. in front of a property. off the stop sign at the corner This morning was man was still in It happened at the city end of and struck a people mover hospital in stable condition. Stout Street. vehicle travelling along Wi Pere At 7am on Saturday, the helicopter The crashed vehicle was too Street,” police who attended was called to Lottin Point to pick up badly damaged to be moved and said.