TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 PAGES 7 & 8 PAGE 4 LEAKY MUSEUM HORROR GLOBAL WARMING: ROOF RAISES CRASH: ‘IT’S GOING TO GET WORSE’ FEARS FOR ‘HOW DID I TAONGA SURVIVE?’ PAGE 13 STORM AT SEA Log ship the Bunun Dynasty had residents at Wainui and Makorori concerned as it appeared to be in difficulty in the big swells yesterday. But Eastland Port’s harbourmaster assured The Herald that the ship was OK and was heading out to sea to ride out the storm. Story on page 3. Picture by Gray Clapham VACCINE HESITANCY 56 of 71 Eastland Port private sector workers unvaccinated as at July 22 by Alice Angeloni carrying 11 Covid-19-positive crew vaccinations for private sector border what to do, the worker said. members. workers would continue over the next “We know that the odd one has decided ALMOST 80 percent of Tairawhiti’s The rate of unvaccinated port workers couple of weeks and would be on track to look for another job. I honestly believe privately employed port workers were in Tairawhiti has come to meet the September some of them will leave the job because unvaccinated three weeks ago, according to attention 10 days after deadline. they just don’t want to do it. to data released by National’s Covid-19 the Government’s July 12 Some of them tell me Hauora Tairawhiti “That in itself tells me you’re not going spokesperson Chris Bishop. announcement to extend ‘ could not provide to get over this problem in a big hurry.” Gisborne had the highest rate of the vaccine health order they don’t want to do it updated vaccination In July, Mr Green said vaccine hesitancy unvaccinated private sector border to cover private sector because they don’t want figures before was still a factor among Gisborne’s port workers in any port around the country port workers. to be told what to do publication. workers. as at July 22. The order gives ’ An anonymous “Hauora Tairawhiti will keep working At that time, 56 of 71 private sector Government border — Port worker Eastland Port worker with employers, workers, the Ministry and border workers at Eastland Port had workers a deadline of this morning said the port company to roll out the vaccine not received a single dose of the Pfizer August 26 to receive he understood some to all workers who are now covered under vaccine. their first dose of the Covid vaccine, while stevedores, who load and unload ships, the expanded border order,” he said. Fifteen had received both doses. those who are privately employed have were looking for new work because they On July 13, Mr Green estimated 50 port It comes as the Government until September 30. did not want to get vaccinated. workers still needed to be vaccinated. investigates how 87 unvaccinated port Hauora Tairawhiti district health “Some of them tell me they don’t want workers in Tauranga boarded a ship board chief executive Jim Green said to do it because they don’t want to be told SEE PAGE 10 41280-01 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Television ...........18 Racing ................23 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Classifieds ... 20-21 Sport ............ 24-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .... 6-10, 16 World............ 13-15 Picture page ......22 Weather .............27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 10, 2021 CHILLED TO THE BONE WINTRY BLAST: Snow visible over Matawai this morning, after a southerly blast yesterday. The highway over the Whareratas was closed during the worst of the conditions yesterday but is now open. Picture by Liam Clayton FREEZING rain and stations show the gale peaked snow fell across much of the at between 5am and 7am Gisborne-East Cape region yesterday morning, with a yesterday, closing highways destructive gust of 148.4 kmh and causing power usage to on the coast at Pouawa. soar. In the past five years the Snow fell across all the strongest gust at Pouawa was south-facing hill country and in December 2017 when it along the Raukumara Range peaked at 179.6kmh. as the temperature plunged to The exposed hills of the freezing at quite low levels. Whareratas were hit, with the As well, some exposed strongest gust at 132.8kmh. places recorded astonishingly Even at sea level Mahia had high wind gusts from the winds averaging 70 to 74kmh. southwesterly gale. Many places shivered Various depths of snow were through their coldest day of recorded in many locations the year. from inland Wairoa and At Mahia, the thermometer Tiniroto, right up to Matawai, ranged from a daytime with even a light scattering on “high” of 7 degrees to a dusk Mount Hikurangi. temperature of 5. The highway over the At Gisborne, the daytime Whareratas was closed during temperature “maxed out” at the worst of the conditions 11.2 while the low dropped to and the New Zealand 3.5. SNOWY MAUNGA: Mount Hikurangi on the East Coast got a light dusting from the southerly blast that Transport Agency issued In the hill country, many swept through the region yesterday. Picture by Leigh McNeil a warning about snow on places were at or below Trafford’s Hill heading into freezing during daylight the Waioeka Gorge. hours. All roads, including the The deep low and front Napier-Taupo highway, are that dragged the freezing Called out to stove fire at Stanley Road house now open, but MetService conditions up from the sub- warns motorists need to antarctic has moved away to FOOD on a stove overheated and got into the ducting for the stove’s at the time and they all got out all right. take extra care in the icy the east. caught fire at a house in Stanley Road rangehood,” a FENZ senior firefighter “One of them was checked over by St conditions. However, MetService’s yesterday afternoon. said. John ambulance staff and then taken to The strongest winds of the extended mountain forecast Fire and Emergency NZ sent “Once the fire was out we checked to hospital.” year were recorded yesterday for the end of the week firefighters to the home, near the see if it had spread into the ceiling void The man was taken to the Emergency with some places blasted indicates another dose of Lyndhurst Street corner, at around and fortunately it had not.” Department as a precaution in regards to by gusts well over the 78 cold rain and a scattering 2.30pm. A person in the home had gone into smoke inhalation. kilometres an hour recorded of more light snow on the They got there in time to put out the another room and came back to the find “There was a small amount of smoke at Gisborne Airport. highest peaks such as Mount fire. the food on fire. and fire damage caused in the kitchen District council weather Hikurangi. — RH “Flames from the burning food had “There were three people in the house area.” LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON THE LAND Gisborne Herald • The latest Federated Farmers Farm home-delivered Confidence Survey shows positiveness around economic conditions but deepening concern about the ability to plug workforce gaps. • We have the line-up of finalists in the J & T Hickey charity sheep dog trials. • The weekly AgriHQ report for the week beginning August 9. 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 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 10, 2021 NEWS 3 No cause for alarm as ship rides out storm by Murray Robertson ship wasn’t in distress at the time and was monitoring its WAINUI and Makorori position while anchored. residents were alarmed “It sailed out to sea to ride yesterday morning when out the storm like all the other they saw a log ship about log boats that had been at midway between the two beach anchor off Gisborne and other communities that appeared parts of the East Coast,” Mr Ali to be in difficulties in the big said. southerly swell. A council spokesman said The Herald and Gisborne the harbourmaster did not District Council received a lot direct where ships anchored of phone calls about it. outside the harbour. A beach resident told The “Every captain is Herald it looked like the ship responsible for the safety of was wallowing side on in the their ship, including where they big swells. choose to anchor.” “It looked like it was making Mr Ali said the ship’s captain no headway for quite some had gone to that location in an time until it was manoeuvred effort to find a safe place to bow on into the waves. We anchor to ride out the storm, were concerned the ship was and then decided to put to sea. washing towards shore. The heavy southerly swell “It was certainly well away that built up steadily yesterday from the normal anchorage on the Gisborne coast and up situations we see off Wainui to East Cape should ease back Beach.” a little later today. As it turned out, the ship, the MetService’s heavy swell Bunun Dynasty, was not in any warning issued on Sunday trouble and sailed safely out remains in place for the region.