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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 WITI JOINS SISTERS FAMILY FOR SPECIAL Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show REUNION PERFORMANCE FEATURE INSIDE TODAY BLOOMFIELD’S PAGE 3 WARNING: LEVEL 1 IS NOT LEVEL NONE PAGE 7 by Wynsley Wrigley SUPPORT us to keep going was Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s reply when asked yesterday to speak directly to Gisborne Herald readers. It was Gisborne’s turn for the national spotlight yesterday as the PM campaigned in the East Coast ‘WE HAVE electorate. The Prime Minister was as popular as ever in her public appearances but there was a serious reason for her visit. “We have a plan, we are rolling it out,” she said as she sought voter support. “You can see it in the Titirangi A PLAN’ (Kaiti Hill) restoration work.” Ms Ardern started yesterday’s visit by meeting Whaia Titirangi Tairawhiti will not be forgotten: PM trainees at Te Poho-o-Rawiri Marae and planting a tree on Titirangi with trainee Mihikura Te Pairi. She later met business owners and EIT Tairawhiti students, and lunched with enthusiastic Labour Party supporters. Ms Ardern said the Government was investing in the environment, the Olympic Pool Complex and the Midway Surf Life Saving Club’s new building. “The Government is investing in training people, investing in our community and helping us to recover.” The three-year long $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund programme would not continue but Ms Ardern said Tairawhiti and the remainder of provincial New Zealand would “absolutely not” be forgotten if Labour was re-elected. She referred to the $200 million regional strategic partnership fund to provide seed funding for regional economic development plans while much of the Covid Recovery Fund, including the Jobs for Nature programme, was “just beginning”. Asked about fears of carbon farming devastating the region, Ms Ardern said an early Labour policy announcement was directed at protecting elite and highly productive land. Converting highly productive land would become a consented activity. “It basically stops people converting (farms into forestry).” HEART-STEALER: Nine-month-old Kororia Curtis, held by mother Riria Lundon, stole the show and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s heart with this gorgeous moment at the Toihoukura School of Visual Maori Art and Design yesterday. All Kororia was CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 interested in was tasting the PM’s heart-shaped pounamu, which appropriately represents aroha (love). Picture by Paul Rickard See you at the show! See us on BIG RIDE Facebook PRESALE DISCOUNTS! Earlybird bookings ALL AT 2019 PRICES! ONLINE ONLY at There will be NO credit card transaction fees 35169-03 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Literature ..........19 Racing .......... 23-24 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Classifieds ... 20-21 Sport ............ 25-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .......... 6-10 World............ 17-18 Television ...........22 Weather .............27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Friday, October 9, 2020 AUTO TALK: Jacinda Ardern and East Coast candidate and Labour list MP Kiri Allan chat with Alistar Fairbairn in the automotive section of the EIT trades block. TALKING ART: Associate Professor Steve Gibbs and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talk about a piece during KEEN STUDENTS: Young students doing a cooking school her visit to the EIT, including the Toihoukura School of Maori Visual Art and Design.Pictures by Paul Rickard holiday programme at EIT Tairawhiti got to meet the PM. LUNG CANCER INJUSTICE: Jacinda Ardern’s walkabout in Treble Court yesterday faced a silent protest by Lung Foundation NZ chief executive Philip Hope and his son DIG THIS: The PM plants a pohutukawa tree on ONE FOR THE FAMILY ALBUM: The PM poses for a Dylan. Mr Hope gave the Prime Minister his card and Titirangi/Kaiti Hill — emulating Diana, Princess of shot with, back row from left, Myra Khan, Muzammil requested a meeting in the future to brief her and help Wales, in the royal visit of 1983. Whaia Titirangi Khan, Mariam Mahmood and Mahmood Khan; and ensure a robust and equitable solution for lung cancer that restoration programme worker Kawai Joe told the PM front, Mudassir Khan and Mishaal Khan. involves input from lung cancer patients. he would be honoured for her to use his spade. Out and about with the PM YOU could have been forgiven for o-Rawiri Marae, a visit to the Te Maro Ms Ardern also met with local electorate in the North Island, covering thinking it was a rock star or famous statue and a tree planting on Titirangi/ business owners, spoke at a lunch for an area from Maketu across Eastern actor walking in Gisborne’s city centre Kaiti Hill, the PM and her election Labour Party members and volunteers Bay of Plenty, around the East Cape and yesterday. campaign entourage headed to Treble and visited the EIT Tairawhiti to Gisborne. Then again, New Zealand Prime Court to meet the public. campus, including the trades block and National’s Anne Tolley has been Minister Jacinda Ardern has become a Accompanied by fiancé Clarke Toihoukura School of Maori Visual Art the East Coast MP since 2005 but is celebrity in her own right — at home Gayford, who comes from Gisborne, and and Design. retiring. Before her, Labour’s Janet and overseas — and her popularity was East Coast electorate candidate and The campaign trail was in Northland Mackey was the East Coast MP. underlined as locals flocked around her Labour list MP Kiri Allan, the PM was today, followed by Auckland tomorrow A close contest at this year’s General during her “walkabout”. swamped with requests for photographs and Wellington on Saturday. Election is expected between Ms Allan After an official welcome at Te Poho- and selfies, and was happy to oblige. East Coast is the largest general and National’s Tania Tapsell. LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON Gisborne Herald TOMORROw THE LAND home-delivered • National’s East Coast candidate Tania Tapsell talks farming on the campaign trail. • The latest stock report. TOMORROw 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 nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Friday, October 9, 2020 NEWS 3 Funding for workplace suicide prevention programme GISBORNE-based workplace “Now, more than ever, we need effectively if, and when, a suicide facilitates healthy conversations and to provide ongoing hui for trained programme Mates of Tairawhiti has to be creating suicide-aware occurs. support for each other. participants, creating a network of received $25,000 from Te Au National communities. “Our community fund focus is with “This initiative is of great value people who are equipped with the Maori Suicide Prevention Centre. “With the full impact that Covid-19 whanau, hapu, iwi and community in for workplaces and spaces in all basic skills to recognise those at risk The funding is part of the Maori and the recent lockdown are having mind, and how we can encourage the communities.” of suicide.” Community Suicide Prevention Fund on mental health still unknown, we light in each whanau to shine and Ms Penny said the funding Mates of Tairawhiti is a not-for- and is aligned with Every Life Matters as a region need to be prepared to reduce the risk of suicide,” said Te would subsidise workplace suicide profit workplace suicide prevention - He Tapu te Oranga o ia Tangata: support whanau and friends through Rau Ora community fund programme prevention training around the programme delivered in partnership Suicide Prevention Strategy 2019- potentially difficult times ahead,” said lead Alex Milner. region. with A-OKNZ. 2029 and Suicide Prevention Action Ms Penny. “Mates of Tairawhiti (MoT) was “Our trained facilitators are working It was initially brought to Tairawhiti Plan 2019-2024. Maori health and wellbeing agency chosen as it supports the aims of the with employers to deliver one-hour by Eastland Group in 2018. Earlier this year, $1.6 million was Te Rau Ora will work with Mates of Maori community fund. workshops in the workplace. Following a successful series of made available for initiatives that Tairawhiti to deliver on the objectives “We spend a lot of time in the “The programme teaches workshops to Eastland Group staff, build the capacity of Maori to prevent of the funding. workplace with work colleagues and participants to recognise colleagues Trust Tairawhiti funded the initial suicide within communities. The key outcome is to work because of this it is important to be who might be at risk of suicide, how regional rollout of the programme. “This is fantastic news for the towards building the capacity of aware of our mental wellbeing. to ask if they’re OK and how to link For more information about programme,” said Mates of Tairawhiti Maori, hapu and iwi to prevent suicide “Mates of Tairawhiti is early them to appropriate help. Mates of Tairawhiti, contact hello@ regional coordinator Bridgette Penny. within communities and respond intervention in the workplace, which “The funding will also be used matesoftairawhiti.nz Tairawhiti’s turn to shine in domestic tourist market by Andrew Ashton the region’s marketing efforts were ramping up TAIRAWHITI has as spring advances and banded together with the summer tourist season other Central North approaches. Island regions to help “With consumers boost the region’s summer likely to see lots of travel tourism prospects. marketing from other The new campaign regions this spring, we Get Out More NZ are using a multi-pronged will showcase the big collective approach to cut adventures to be had through in key visitor within a short travelling markets like Auckland distance, with a humorous and the Waikato,” Mr twist.