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Monday, March 30, 2020 Home-Delivered $1.90, Retail $2.20 TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 • Death reminder of ‘fight on our hands’: PM • Front-gateNEW fruit/veges sales a no-no COVID-19 • FearsPBL of a spike in family violence • NotPAGE just 3 old who are vulnerable to virus PAGES 6-17, 21-24 • US warned: Death toll could reach 200,000 INSIDE TODAY NEW NORMAL: Masks and social distancing were on display around Gisborne’s supermarkets over the weekend, including this line at Pakn’Save, as Covid-19 guidelines were followed by most shoppers — keeping a two-metre distance between each other and many wearing masks. Over the weekend, confirmed and probable cases in New Zealand rose to 514, with the nation’s first death confirmed on the West Coast. A total of 56 people have recovered from Covid-19, with just one confirmed case recorded in Tairawhiti. Picture by Paul Rickard CALL FOR MORE MANPOWER Govt assures they ‘have our backs here in Tairawhiti’ by Wynsley Wrigley Bay, where local residents, concerned phone number. Ms Whaitiri said there were and Mark Peters about tourists breaching lockdown “It’s about advocating for the sufficient police who could arrest requirements, established their own region,” she said. The Government, and detain such people. MAYOR Rehette Stoltz and local checkpoints last week. police, iwi and the Mayor had She expressed gratitude for health iwi have spoken directly to Eastern She spoke to Police Minister gathered around “a pinchpoint” and workers, supermarket staff and Police commander Superintendent Stuart Nash and the police who were “looking after our region”. others who continued to provide Tania Kura seeking assistance to assured her that they “have our There was concern that visitors essential services. man checkpoints but during her backs here in the Tairawhiti and from other regions were not Ms Whaitiri suggested people look press conference yesterday Jacinda that we will continue our talks in practising self-isolation. out for elderly neighbours. Ardern said there were no lockdown the next week”. That was happening around the “Be kind.” reinforcement or resourcing issues The Prime Minister said police country. Meanwhile, the number of vehicles in Tairawhiti. were able to “arrest and detain, if Ms Whaitiri said people stopped at a roadside checkpoints “We have an isolated region with they need to, anyone who is not who wished to report on those at Wharekahika/Hicks Bay dropped huge health needs and we want following the rules.” ignoring lockdown requirements from 179 on Wednesday to 65 to ensure we keep our community Ikaroa-Rawhiti Labour MP Meka should not ring 111 but email yesterday, checkpoint co-organiser safe,” the Mayor said. Whaitiri said she contacted Ms [email protected] Tina Ngata said. “Our police are flat-out doing Ardern to ensure she had seen the She implored people “to do the Roadside checkpoints have been ‘business as usual’ and if we want letter from the region’s’ “leadership” right thing”. set up at Te Araroa, Wharekahika/ to do more, we will need more — the Mayor and Tairawhiti-wide Most people observed the Hicks Bay, Ruatoria, Tokomaru Bay, manpower.” iwi. lockdown requirements but there Anaura Bay and Uawa/Tolaga Bay. Mrs Stoltz told The Herald she Ms Whaitiri also contacted Mr were some, small in number, who did not specifically ask about Hicks Nash who asked for the mayor’s risked the health of others. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............12 Television ...........18 Sport ............ 21-24 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............13 Classifieds .........19 Weather .............23 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .......... 6-11 World............ 14-17 Racing ................20 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Monday, March 30, 2020 Cool March ending with welcome rain by Roger Handford March in this region has been IT’S RAINING, IT’S dominated by colder winds from the POURING: A deserted A RUMBLING of thunder, a heavy south and east. Gladstone Road rain warning and the threat of Sixteen days of winds from the this morning as rain flooding this morning heralded the southerly quarter and four of drenched the city. start of Gisborne’s second week of the easterlies far outweighed the nine Inset, gutters in Peel St coronavirus lockdown. days of warmer winds from the north- struggled to cope with Overnight MetService upgraded a west and west. the downpour. heavy rain watch to a full warning, Overcast weather has also had a with computer-predictions of some of cooling effect, without delivering much Pictures by Paul Rickard the heaviest hourly rainfall figures for rain. some time. By the weekend, the mean daily The first downpours early this temperature was around 16.65 morning dumped 25mm on Makaraka, degrees — almost a whole degree with another 20mm by 9am. below the 30-year (1981-2010) The East Cape Lighthouse gauge average. measured 57mm by 7.30am while Gisborne’s daytime temperatures Pouawa received over 45mm by have been hit the hardest, averaging 7am including a downpour of 20mm 21 degrees to date, against a 30-year between 6am and 7am. average of 22.6 for March. MetService warned a slow-moving Overnight temperatures have front with the weather driving in averaged just under 12.3 degrees — from the north-east could deliver below the 30-year mean of almost hail, thunderstorms and rainfall 12.6. accumulations of 90 to 120mm, The chill of some nights has hinted Regarding the especially south of Tokomaru Bay, at the approach of frost weather, possibility of an El with possible intensities of up to 25 to despite the night of the 22nd-23rd Nino developing, the 40 mm an hour. recording a warm 18.1 degrees. World Meteorological The warning was for surface There have been six nights with Organisation’s El Nino/ Get your flooding, slips and bad driving temperatures below 10 degrees, the Southern Oscillation conditions. However, by mid-morning coolest in the early morning of the (ENSO) update says there is a 60 Gisborne Herald conditions had eased, and the weather 26th with an air temperature of just percent chance of ongoing neutral had moved further south to Wairoa, 6.6 degrees and frost-approaching conditions continuing during March home-delivered the Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa. grass minimum of 1.1 degrees. to May. Until this morning, the district had Until this morning it had been a dry The chances for an El Nino or La been experiencing ongoing drier-than- March, with just over 46mm of rain Nina are 35 percent and 5 percent normal weather, with a persistent — less than half the 30-year average respectively. soil moisture deficit which stood at rainfall of 91.4mm. For the June to August period, 118mm yesterday. The first three months of the year the chance for ENSO-neutral is 55 All the signs pointed to a colder, had totalled just 108mm — half of the percent, that for El Nino is 20-25 dry autumn, with sunshine hours and 30-year average of 219mm for the first percent and that for La Nina is also rainfall totals well short of normal. quarter. 20-25 percent. To nd out more call 869 0620 The Gisborne Herald • Monday, March 30, 2020 NEWS 3 Body in car Police dog nabs alleged caravan thief GISBORNE police arrested a man on “Officers arrived quickly and the caravan from an Emily Street address in believed to be Friday morning after they were called offender ran off, however, he was tracked Riverdale earlier this month. to a Kaiti address and he has been by a police dog and handler. The caravan was recovered in a charged in relation to a caravan theft in “It’s alleged he assaulted the dog damaged state soon after the theft after missing man Riverdale. handler and attempted to run away occupants of the house from which it was Detective Sergeant Danny Kirk said a again, however, he was quickly taken chased the thieves. THE body of a man found inside a person at the Kaiti address saw a man apprehended by the police dog and “The man appeared in the Gisborne crashed vehicle on Lake Road at Tuai inland breaking into a motor vehicle on their arrested.” District Court on Saturday and has been from Wairoa on Saturday is believed to be property and attempting to gain access Det Sgt Kirk said the man, aged 20, remanded in custody until May 13,” missing Hawke’s Bay man Wayne McGillen. to a shed. had also been charged with the theft of a police said. Police were alerted about the crashed vehicle at around 3.40pm on Saturday. “On arrival at the crash scene, they located a man deceased in the vehicle,” CLEAR police said. MESSAGE: “Pending the outcome of the formal Residents identification process, we believe the throughout the city deceased to be 53-year-old Mr McGillen.” are heeding the He was reported missing last weekend Government’s “stay and was last seen driving north towards at home” and “self- Wairoa. isolation” directives “Our thoughts are with Mr McGillen’s during the lockdown, family and loved ones at this tragic time.” and some have police said. gone a step further The matter will be referred to the Coroner. in emphasising it, including this sign against the fence Kaiti foodbank’s of a house. Another sign spotted had positive words deliveries on hold and one line that EAST Coast Community Foodbank/Kaiti is summed up nicely not delivering food parcels during the Covid-19 those contemplating lockdown. non-essential travel Foodbank coordinator Johnathan Pere said he beyond their bubble had asked all parcel deliverers to stay at home.
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