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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 MUSEUM WHANAU WELLBEING SUPERMARKET RAMPAGE COLLECTIONS NOW AT CENTRE OF LEAVES ONLINE PROPOSAL 10 DEAD PAGE 2 5 PAGE 12PAGE ONE YEAR AGO Midnight tonight marks a year to the day the country went into Alert Level 4 lockdown because of the Covid- 19 pandemic. Social distancing, closed doors in the CBD, masks, hand sanitiser, working from home and Zoom became “the new normal”. Twelve months on, the economic and social fallout is being felt as life continues in New Zealand at Level 1. But we can count ourselves among the lucky ones. Worldwide there have been around 125 million Covid cases since it was first recognised — nearly 2.745 million of those fatal. New Zealand has had 2462 cases, including just 26 deaths. Our hearts go out to those have lost loved ones but we as a nation know it could have been a lot worse and that there is probably no better place to be than this country. Be safe, be kind. STORY, PAGE 4 Herald file picture by Andrew Ashton purchases,” Megan Woods said. That move was welcomed by regional SWEEPING changes to New Zealand’s leadership group Manaaki Tairawhiti, which housing market are expected to boost the is leading a strategic housing review here. region’s crippling housing shortage but come “Its good to see that the Government is as “a shock” to investors here. stepping up on the supply side of housing The Government yesterday announced in particular,” Manaaki Tairawhiti strategic Housing a package that will increase the supply of adviser Judy Campbell said. houses and remove incentives for speculators “While it’s good to see the removal of some to deliver a more sustainable of the taxation elements housing market. which encouraged speculation “This is a package of in the housing market, the both urgent and long-term ‘ ...the reality is reality is the only thing that measures that will increase the only thing that will really make a difference housing supply, relieve will really make to the crisis is more houses shake-up pressure on the market and being built. make it easier for first-home a difference to “There is an urgent need for buyers,” Prime Minister the crisis is more substantial increase in social Jacinda Ardern said. houses being built housing in our region. The Housing Minister Megan ’ lack of available houses is Woods said the Government is — Judy Campbell of driving up the cost of houses speeding up the pace and scale Manaaki Tairawhiti month on month and pushing of house building with a $3.8 good people out of the market ‘just the billion Housing Acceleration altogether. Fund. “There are more than 550 on the social “This fund will jump-start housing housing waiting list and around 346 people developments by funding the necessary living in motels in our region. Kainga Ora services, like roads and pipes to homes, has made a good start with more new builds which are currently holding up development. and a retrofitting of current stock but we “The Government will also assist Kainga presume the announcements mean we can Ora to borrow an additional $2 billion be more ambitious now.” that will assist in bringing a range of start’ development forward through strategic land CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............10 Television ...........15 Classifieds .. 18-20 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............11 Racing ................16 Sport ............ 21-24 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ............ 6-9 World............ 12-14 Farming ..............17 Weather .............23 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, March 24, 2021 ONLINE: Tairawhiti Museum collections manager Madeleine Jones prepares for the launch tomorrow of the museum’s newly installed collection website. Picture by Liam Clayton Opening up the collection by Mark Peters more than 40,000 items catalogued museum and other users through automatically available.” in its internal collection database a comments function. The museum The collection’s search function ONLY about 1 percent of and these will gradually be added will also be able to create online is broader than the internal system Tairawhiti Museum’s collection to the online database. exhibitions. which is specific and technical, says can be exhibited in the museum at Record data will be continually “The online collections browser Miss Jones. any one time but digital technology updated and photographs will allows you to do keyword selections. “We can do a little bit of means the entire collection can be be added. For photographs the There are things you can do interpretation to bring objects curated online. resource is invaluable, says Miss automatically. The product we together in curated online “Museums have such big Jones. A manual search of the bought has the capacity to see exhibitions. It’s not the same as collections but no room to put them museums collection of photographs and analyse images and apply physical exhibitions which have all on display or make meaningful entails riffling through several automatic sub-tags. far more layers but it does hugely interpretations, and while they’re drawers. “The technology is user-friendly. increase access to collections. in storage people can’t see them,” The online collections website It looks nice and it’s easy to access.” “The cool thing about the site is says collections manager Madeleine also includes objects from all of Automatic features such as we can always change things and Jones. the museum’s collecting areas — colours and tags allow users to get make it better. I’m adding more and “The online collection is one way fine art, archives, taonga Maori, instant data about the collection more records as they come into the we can change numbers in terms of photography, and social and that would take hundreds of human system.” access.” natural history. Users can create hours to generate. Due to be launched tomorrow, the their own short lists and sets, and “This makes it easier for people •TairawhitiMuseumlaunches museum’s collection website is a share records online. People can to access the collection. Tens of its collection website tomorrow at work in progress. The museum has share their knowledge with the thousands of tags will be made 5.30 pm. Get your Gisborne Herald • Artist Cyndy Mackenzie returns to her hometown to exhibit her installation, home-delivered Liminal Space, at Tairawhiti Museum. • Gisborne photographer Elenor Gill is awarded an honours distinction by the Photographic Society of New Zealand. • Woven art based on traditional raranga techniques mixed with wild Israeli organic weaving makes up artist Nova Avni’s collection, Flight Path, at Tairawhiti Museum. TOMORROW PLUS: MUSIC GUIDE • FILM REVIEWS • GUIDE GOSSIP The Gisborne Herald, 64 Gladstone Road, P.O. Box 1143, Gisborne • Phone (06) 869 0600 • Fax (Editorial) (06) 869 0643 (Advertising) (06) 869 0644 Editor: Jeremy Muir • Chief Reporter: Andrew Ashton • Circulation: Cara Haines • Sports: Jack Malcolm/John Gillies To fi nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, March 24, 2021 NEWS 3 Rocket Labs cracks century of Electron launches at Mahia MORE than 100 satellites have orbit by Rocket Lab to 104. been put into orbit from Mahia Following the deployment of following Rocket Lab’s latest the final customer payload on launch. the mission, the kick stage was The United States-based space reconfigured to Photon, Rocket company yesterday launched Lab’s in-house built spacecraft. its 19th Electron mission and Photon Pathstone is equipped deployed six spacecraft to orbit with new power management, for a range of government and thermal control and attitude commercial customers. control subsystems that will be The mission, named They Go utilised for the CAPSTONE mission Up So Fast’ also deployed Rocket to the Moon for NASA later this Lab’s latest in-house manufactured year. Photon Pathstone is also Photon spacecraft to build flight testing on orbit new deep-space heritage ahead of the upcoming radio capability, an upgraded RCS CAPSTONE mission to the Moon (reaction control system) and sun for NASA. sensors and star trackers. The mission launched from “Reaching more than 100 Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 satellites deployed is an incredible at Onenui Station at 11.30am, achievement for our team and I’m DITCHED: One man was taken to hospital with moderate injuries yesterday afternoon after this crash deploying an Earth-observation proud of their tireless efforts,” on Tiniroto Road near the Waipaoa Bridge roundabout. Picture by Liam Clayton satellite for BlackSky Global Rocket Lab chief executive Peter through Spaceflight Inc; Beck said yesterday. two Internet of Things (IoT) “Today’s mission was a flawless nanosatellites for Australian demonstration of how Electron commercial operators Fleet Space has changed the way space is Rib injury in two-car crash and Myriota; a test satellite built accessed. Not only did we deploy by the University of New South six customer satellites but we also Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space deployed our own pathfinding A MAN in his 40s was “The car and a ute sideswiped Gisborne Hospital’s emergency in collaboration with the Royal spacecraft to orbit in preparation taken to hospital by St John each other on a straight stretch department. Australian Air Force; a weather for our Moon mission later this Ambulance yesterday afternoon of road,” a senior firefighter said. “He had a moderate rib monitoring CubeSat for Care year.” after two vehicles collided on “The drivers, both males, were injury.” Weather Technologies; and a Details about Rocket Lab’s 20th the Tiniroto Road just past the out of the vehicles when we The senior firefighter said technology demonstrator for the Electron launch will be announced Waipaoa Bridge roundabout.