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Thursday, May 28, 2020 TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 AN EPIC TALE OF SEEING STARS: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT // PAGES 19-21 BUSH ASTRO-TOURISM SURVIVAL LIFTING OFF PAGE 2 PAGE 10 INSIDE TODAY A pair of Pumas were spotted in Gisborne this week but there is no cause for alarm as they are not beasts of prey. Two Aerospatiale SA 330 Puma helicopters were seen on the back of trucks on their way to Gisborne. The large, four bladed, twin-engined heavy-lift machines were delivered to Pumas on an area on the western side of Gisborne Airport near Aerodrome Road. The Herald understands they will be used in forestry operations here. The Puma, originally built in France and later in other countries, came into service in 1968, and has been widely used by military forces and commercial the prowl operators across the world. Pictures by Liam Clayton l by Aaron van Delden parking but business owners were complaining of downtown car parks filling up by 8.30am before ALL metered car parks in Gisborne city will their shops had opened, presumably with city cost $1 an hour and be free of charge from 3pm workers’ vehicles. on weekdays for the next 12 Mayor Stoltz said the situation was probably FREE TO months, district councillors have exacerbated by the closure of the Bright Street decided. carpark opposite the Covid-19 testing centre at War Their decision follows several Memorial Theatre, but that carpark was due to weeks of free parking in the reopen this weekend. CBD after the council stopped She believed the council needed to balance the monitoring car parks during the desire to encourage people to visit the CBD with Alert Level 4 lockdown. time controls that kept parking available. PARK The new rules come into effect The parking options put forward by council staff on June 2. as ways to encourage more people to visit the town Mayor Rehette Stoltz said the centre in the wake of Covid-19 did not include fully feedback on parking she had received from people free parking. over the past fortnight as traffic had returned to the city centre fell into two categories. AFTER 3 Members of the public were happy with the free CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ENROL Your journey to NOW! eit.ac.nz START success starts here JULY 2020 Check out FEES-FREE STUDY* feesfree.govt.nz * conditions apply 30579-04 MĀORI STUDIES GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Classifieds ..14-15, 22 Television ...........24 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 The Guide .... 19-21 Sport ............ 25-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .... 6-10, 18 World...... 13, 16-17 Racing ................23 Weather .............27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 STAR TOURS Astro-tourism on our own doorstep by Sophie Rishworth have been fascinated with astronomy ever to slices of bread. since.” “With one slice you get some food. If you GISBORNE astronomer John Drummond Every time he buys a flash new telescope slap 10 pieces together you get a meal.” launched his astro-tourism business at his mum quips: “Why did I point out the Stacking multiple astrophotos gives a lot Patutahi a couple of weeks before lockdown. Pot?” more information, he says. The timing could not have proved worse. Mr Drummond, in partnership with Ohio For anyone interested in the sky, Mr Only one group went through before it was State University, has co-discovered about Drummond recommends looking east at closed for two months due to the Covid-19 20 exoplanets (planets that orbit other around 9pm. pandemic. stars). “You will see Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. However, with Alert Level 2 now in place, One discovery resulted in a paper in the Jupiter is the brightest of the three and with groups of up to 12 can visit the six purpose- prestigious journal Science. a powerful pair of binoculars you can see built observatories, half of which have roofs Mr Drummond is the director of the the Galileo moons that go around Jupiter. that roll back to reveal the clear, dark southern Royal Astronomical Society of New “It was Galileo (Italian astronomer Galileo skies over Patutahi, and one that rotates so Zealand Comet and Meteor Section. Last Galilei) who first saw the moons moving the telescope can track the stars. year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal around Jupiter that helped him prove that Mr Drummond’s observatory set-up features Astronomical Society of New Zealand of Earth wasn’t the centre of the solar system SEEING THE SOUTHERN SKIES: This picture of telescopes larger and more powerful than which he is a past president. — that it was Sun.” Comet Swan was taken by Gisborne astronomer the one in the James Cook Observatory on “This year I’ve started a PhD (part- Mr Drummond said they would rise and astrophotographer John Drummond in the Titirangi/ Kaiti Hill, which was demolished due time) with the University of Southern earlier in the night in the following months. early morning skies on May 1. The shot was to earthquake damage. Queensland (off-campus). My topic is New A “major pain” for those into astronomy captured on his special astronomical camera One of the observatories on Mr Zealand’s historical role in the observation, are security lights, which Mr Drummond and a 35cm diameter telescope. Mr Drummond Drummond’s property houses a half-metre- photography, discovery and study of says cause light pollution. Security lights is pictured below, with his half-metre wide (lens) wide (lens) telescope, one of the biggest in comets. should be pointed down to illuminate the telescope at one of the observatories he has built New Zealand. “New Zealand is in a unique position in ground for health and safety reasons, not at Patutahi for his astro-tourism business. This is used during the astronomy tours. that we can observe comets the Northern pointed skyward. Picture (below) by Paul Rickard “Clients are given a 20-to-30-minute talk Hemisphere sometimes can’t see.” For anyone interested, Gisborne on astronomy in the lecture room, then taken Earlier this month, the comet called Astronomical Society has two groups outside to have the constellations pointed C/2020 F8, colloquially known as Comet people can join — juniors (10 to 17 years) out with a laser. They are then shown the best Swan, was captured by Mr Drummond on and seniors (18 plus). objects for the night through the 50-centimetre camera. Mr Drummond’s astro tours are held on telescope followed by a hot drink in the The shot was taken at around 5am on Wednesday and Saturday nights from 7pm lecture room at the end.” May 1. To create the shot, five one-minute in non-Daylight Saving time. As well as hosting tours of the southern exposures were stacked together. For more information visit www. skies, Mr Drummond does a lot of Mr Drummond likens taking astrophotos gisborneastrotours.com astrophotography (photographing the stars). His photos of comets, galaxies, nebulae and more have appeared in books and magazines around the world. Two of his astrophotos also appeared on New Zealand stamps. His pictures of asteroids and comets are also sent to the United States where they are used to confirm new discoveries. These observations help determine the orbits of these newly-found objects. His work can even help predict if one of them is going to hit Earth. As a member of an international sky watch team, Mr Drummond is one of only a few who document the night sky from New Zealand. “These observations are crucial because often those in the Northern Hemisphere cannot see them.” He remembers the exact moment he became interested in astronomy. It was a summer’s evening, he was 11 years old. He and his mother June were walking along Rutene Road after a swim at the McRae Baths. “Look John, there’s the Pot,” his mum said pointing to the sky at the pattern of stars known here as the Pot (part of the Orion constellation). “Something went just went ‘boom’ and I Parking plan will cost GDC thousands FROM PAGE 1 in town and when parents would be able on weekdays came at an estimated loss recommendation but believed parking to bring their children into the CBD to of $42,000 over three months. services should remain self-funded. Their suggestions included two hours go shopping. The council normally collects $685,000 One of the reasons meter money was of free parking each day, free parking That suggestion was widely a year from parking meters. collected was to pay for parking system on Saturdays or making all metered supported by councillors and added to Gary McKenzie, the council’s upgrades, Cr Wharehinga said. parking $1 an hour. the resolution that was unanimously compliance monitoring and enforcement Councillor Andy Cranston said Councillor Pat Seymour said she passed during yesterday’s finance and manager, told councillors yesterday the biggest issue previous reviews of supported what Whakatane’s council performance committee meeting. that the estimated loss in revenue parking had identified was people not provided in its CBD — free one-hour The free parking from 3pm on from parking since the lockdown was having coins in their car to pay for parking spots — but she had also heard weekdays and metered parking at $1 an $125,000. metered parking. the concerns of retailers so moved the hour will be in place for 12 months while His report to councillors warned In other cities, modern meters allow option to make all metered parking $1 a longer-term solution is thrashed out.
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