TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 PAGE 3 SLOW RESPONSE LOCKDOWN AT SYDNEY FLATS NOW TWO TO MASS PAGE 13 LOCALS ON VACCINE EVENT PAGE 6 HEAD HIGH DRAMA A FOUR-BEDROOM house with a garage earthquake and was left shaken, said Blitz home ownership opportunities for whanau attached was moved from Aerodrome Road Surf Shop owner Euan Nelson. up the Coast. HOUSE in Gisborne to Tolaga Bay last night. “They didn’t even leave a note,” said Hastings House Removals Manager The journey took almost three hours with Euan, who had yet to hear from the removal Carl Baker said the house was stored at an unscheduled stop outside Blitz Surf company about the damage to his building. Aerodrome Road in Gisborne until consents Shop on Wainui Road. The house lost it’s spouting in the had been processed. The large truck and house swiped the collision. It arrived at Banks Street In Tolaga Bay BOUND facade of the Blitz building, damaging The home was gifted to Te Runanganui around 10.30 last night in the pouring rain. signage on the front. o Ngati Porou (TRONPnui) from Kainga Mr Baker said by the end of the week the The woman who lives upstairs from Ora and had come off a section in Kaiti. house would be on it’s foundations, on FOR the retail surf shop thought it was an TRONPnui have been working to increase piles, and ready for a family to move into. HOLD-UP: Traffic was backed up in both directions around 8.30pm last night when a four-bedroom home with a garage on its way to Tolaga Bay accidentally swiped the facade of Blitz Surf Shop on Wainui Road. The TOLAGA home is part of Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou (TRONPnui) initiatives to provide affordable housing for whanau. Picture by Sophie Rishworth IWI HOUSING INITIATIVE by Andrew Ashton looked at second-hand relocatable homes. places like Kaiti all around the country other parts of Aotearoa. So, we know we’ve “Toi Tu Tairawhiti housing is working and we know we have a mountain to got to do it and we can’t do it on our own, AN IWI-LED housing initiative here with the Ministry of Housing and Urban climb.” we have to do it with community and Te has been hailed a “spectacular” success Development at the moment and Te Puni The project also reflected growing Aitanga a Mahaki and the collective of with plans to deliver 131 relocatable Kokiri.” partnership between government and iwi. hapu and iwi gathered here show that if houses to Tairawhiti in coming months. The project would see a combination of “When we came into government we empower them, they can get it done.” This morning saw the blessing of the essential repairs carried out to existing we started working on the Te Maihi o MAIHI Framework for Action sets a first of those houses, which will be brought homes as well as bring both second-hand te Whare Maori — the Maori and Iwi precedent for working in partnership to Tairawhiti by a Te Aitanga a Mahaki and new relocatable houses here. Housing Innovation (MAIHI) Framework, with Maori. It requires Te Tuapapa initiative, funded by the government. The project, worth “millions”, would which puts Maori and community at the Kura Kainga to work collaboratively Project kaitakawaenga Annette Wehi be funded through a government grant centre of our housing strategy moving across government to support a cohesive said the programme would work on a but because the scheme was rent to buy, forward. and coordinated approach to delivering “rent-to-own” basis and provide healthy the money would continue to fund other “The Budget gave us resources to housing solutions with iwi and Maori. and affordable houses. whanau. execute much of that aspiration and we The programme provides a no wrong “We went around everyone in Gisborne Associate Housing Minister Pene see much of that here today. door approach for iwi and ropu Maori to see if anyone could build, and of Henare said this morning’s ceremony “On a broader scale, we have to build looking to increase housing supply that course there’s a 12 to 18-month waiting had put a “spectacular” face to those ourselves out of the housing crisis. The attends to whanau needs, prevents list because of Covid and just the whole communities making a difference in the reality is we are going to have to build homelessness and improves Maori housing situation. housing sector. ourselves out of this particular challenge. security. ‘We looked at bringing in cabins but “This is something that gives us an What’s happening here in this part of Further coverage in tomorrow’s that won’t work for a whole family, so we opportunity to do more because there are Turanganui-a-Kiwi is no different to in Gisborne Herald. GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-4 Business ............11 Classifieds ... 20-21 Sport ............ 23-28 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Television ...........18 Weather .............27 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ..... 6-19,16 World............ 13-15 Racing ................17 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, July 27, 2021 BANDING TOGETHER by Sophie Rishworth “It’s a time for kids to be able to perform together as a group. JETT Whitaker picked up a It gives them the opportunity to guitar only six months ago. combine with other musicians Last week he played in a band and work together.” on stage. The finale concert was held in The experience was nerve- front of family and friends at the racking but a lot of fun, he said. Assembly of God Church. Jett was one of nine young The band played two songs musicians who took part in a — Pete Seeger’s Down By two-day music workshop held The Riverside and California over the school holidays. Dreamin’ by The Mamas and the They ranged in age from 10 Papas — followed by impromptu to 17, with a mix of singers and performances by some members instrumentalists who had the of the group. chance to play guitars and drums Mr Minogue said it took as well as tambourine, keyboard patience for someone to learn and recorder. There was even a their part and even though they mandolin in the mix. might know it, wait while others Instrumentalist Moana learned their parts. Hoogland said everyone should Other advice for the aspiring have a go on stage. musicians was to use the “It’s a good confidence-booster.” microphone like an ice cream — The workshop was led by it had to be close to the mouth. music teacher John Minogue, John has been playing the who is also a singer and guitar since the ’60s. guitarist. He learned to play the music He knows the importance of of the time from bands such learning the skills and patience as The Beatles, Simon and HAVING FUN BEING ROCK STARS: At a practice session during a school holiday needed when working with other Garfunkel and The Mamas and music workshop are band members from left Willow Hoogland, Adriana Hoogland, musicians. the Papas. Abhay Singh, Jonah Reynolds, Moana Hoogland, Jett Whitaker, Krishna Singh, Anaya Blank and Micah Blank. Picture by John Minogue SISTERS: Willow and Adriana Hoogland harmonise on the ’60s hit California Dreamin’ by The Mamas and the Papas.Picture by Rebecca Grunwell MUSIC WORKSHOP: Jett Whitaker and Moana Hoogland strum through the chords of California Dreamin’ by the Mamas and the Papas. It was one of two songs they learned with seven other young musicians who banded together for a two-day school holiday workshop. Moana said playing on stage was a real confidence b o o s t e r a n d e v e r y o n e s h o u l d g i v e i t a g o . Picture by Rebecca Grunwell LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON THE LAND Gisborne Herald • Farmers will get to vote in November on the formation of a fully integrated supply chain home-delivered business for wool. • The weekly AgriHQ report points to increased demand for lamb as Europe opens up to international tourists. • The report also points to the implications for beef exports from New Zealand because of high temperatures and drought in parts of the USA. THE GUIDE TOMORROW THURSDAY 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 email: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, July 27, 2021 NEWS 3 Another Gizzy actor joins hit series ‘It’s like watching the Shortland Street of us’: Roimata Fox by Jack Malcolm TWO East Coast women will be coming to a TV near you as part of the South Auckland O’Kane whanau at the centre of the hit show Head High. Te Ao o Hinepehinga Rauna returns this season as Aria O’Kane while Roimata Fox enters the fray this season as Ngahuia, the cousin of Miriama McDowell’s Renee O’Kane. Both actors said it was a dream come true to be starring in a show with a Maori whanau and values at its core. “Coming from home where first 15 (rugby) is such a big thing, it’s like watching the Shortland Street of us,” said Fox.