TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI MONDAY, MAY 31, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 PAGE 3 DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY PHARMACY Maiko Lewis-Whaanga and Shanan Gray perform a jive that FEARS: wowed the crowd DISCOUNT OPERATORS A and the judges at the Dancing For Life BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW Education fundraiser at the War Memorial Theatre on Saturday night. The couple were l l judged the overall winners of the 10 amateur combinations Pipiwharauroa who committed Haratua 2021 Pukapuka: Tekau Mā Waru Panui: Rima months of practice INSIDE TODAY for the event, which attracted a near full house and raised $20,000 for the Life CANTERBURY Education Trust. STORY ON PAGE 2 EMERGENCY Picture by Chanelle ONE-IN-100-YEAR Koekemoer EVENT PAGE 6 “Me tuku te taitara nei ki te motu. Ki te ao mau ki tū, ao mau ki tā. Mā te ao mau ki tā te taitara nei e hiki, e amo i runga i te taumahatanga o tēra taitara. “Engari rā tēnei kupu Māori Art, a kei ngā tohunga toi o te motu te wikitoria i tēnei wā." Nā Tā Derek Lardelli Tika tonu kia whakanuia koe e ō whānau, hapū, iwi hoki Forestry ‘game-changer’Inside this month... NZ-first Riparian Project to stabilise Coast land, protect waterways from slash by Alice Angeloni The other element is to stabilise land disruptive changes” to the industry. forest, that’s not something that happens that has been harvested by creating “It is a bit of a mentality change. tomorrow, it’s not something that happens NATIVE forest barriers will be planted permanent forests within all riparian Somewhat disgraced I stand here quite next week or next year, or even in the on the East Coast in a game-changing zones, steep and unstable areas and honestly and say I used to purchase farms next decade or three. It takes a long time. initiative to protect waterways against environmentally sensitive areas. for forest companies and clear the scrub “It’s a really big step up for a forest forestry slash and silt in future storms. eLandNZ will start planting permanent and plant them. company with all that money invested — East Coast landowner Aratu Forests native forest barriers on approximately “I see it a totally different way now these guys own most of their land — to has signed a 90-year agreement that 180 hectares of Aratu because I’ve been virtually sign it over for 90 years.” gives environmental land use business estate inland of Tolaga around long enough to They would also plant manuka to eLandNZ the right Bay this year. It’s not a silver bullet know what happens, provide a long-term sustainable manuka to plant and manage eLandNZ managing for‘ preventing the logs but when you buy a honey industry on the property, he said. areas that are no longer director Sheldon travelling downstream on farm like that, you “We believe that whatever you do as an suitable for production Drummond said it was plant every hectare you environmental solution needs to have a forestry. a “game-changer” for to the beach — it’s one can with trees because commercial outcome. It follows two years of New Zealand’s forestry part of the solution that’s how the numbers “That’s how we’re proposing to pay for research and negotiation industry. —Aratu Forests’ CEO work. this initially,” Mr Drummond said. after masses of forestry “It hasn’t been done Neil woods “But it is not The Riparian Project is backed by Te debris inundated Tolaga before. It hasn’t been sustainable.” Aitanga-a-Hauiti, the district council and Bay during a storm in contemplated seriously The project will crown research institute Scion. 2018. by plantation forest involve planting a range Once this project is established, The Riparian Project will involve owners in New Zealand.” of native species, including belts of larger eLandNZ will seek to roll it out nationally, removing slash from hillsides and In a presentation to Gisborne District podocarp trees, flax along riversides and and have already had interest from landings, with plans to one day turn these Councillors last week, Mr Drummond larger zones of manuka. Marlborough and the Coromandel. offcuts into a “valuable export”. said they expected it to make “positive “When you talk about permanent CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............10 Racing ................16 Sport ............ 20-24 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............11 Television ...........17 Weather .............23 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ...... 6-9, 15 World............ 12-14 Classifieds ... 18-19 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Monday, May 31, 2021 DANCING FOR LIFE by Mark Peters ‘A fantastic night’ AFTER more than a year of planning, preparation and practice, practice, practice, the 10 couples in the Dancing For Life Education fundraiser performed to a near full house on Saturday night. The event raised around $20,000. While the Life Education Trust and the young people it helps make positive choices were the ultimate winners of the night, judges declared jive dance couple Shanan Gray and Maiko Lewis-Whaanga the champions. Lewis-Whaanga was not available for comment this morning but posted her love of the event and its supporters on Facebook. “Every single couple put on the most entertaining, fabulous performances. I just feel so proud of us all because it has been literally months, weeks, hours of practice and commitment to support this great cause and to entertain everyone for this one night. “Shanan it was so much fun working with you, and I’m so proud of us because we also took on the challenge of choreographing our own dance, too”. Dual runners-up in the inaugural event were Di Akurangi and Matai Smith, whose dance styles included conga, hip-hop and jive, and tango dancers Hana Edwards and Jason Akuhata-Brown. Tina Drummond and Luke Marks were judged Best Dressed while the People’s Choice Award went to Akurangi and Smith. Pat Seymour, the chairwoman for Life Education Trust Inc in Gisborne, East Coast and Wairoa, could not be more pleased with the support given to the competition, and the dancers’ dedication. “The work the dancers and their dance teachers put in and the audience enjoyment — it was a fantastic night,” she said. “Thank you to the amazing sponsors and the amazing dancers.” Guest celebrity, broadcaster and writer Scotty Stevenson, who emceed the event alongside local man Terry Sheldrake, did “a wonderful job,” she said. Stevenson, who interviewed the couples after teach dance, made a connection with them and the audience loved it. The audience also contributed to the evening’s success, she said. “They encouraged not only their friends but supported everybody.” She also thanked event manager Kathy Sheldrake, the community’s generous sponsors, Mangapapa Zumba Troupe, who led the evening TWO TO TANGO: Hana Edwards with an opening performance, judges Amanda and Jason Akuhata-Brown bring Gillies, Cherie Gaukrodger, Treva Rice and power, grace and sensuousness Stephen Taylor, and auctioneer duo Peter to their tango at the Dancing McGranaghan and Neville Clarke, who raised for Life Education fundraiser on $10,000 from the auction. Saturday night. The couple placed second-equal. Pictures by Chanelle Koekemoer BEST DRESSED: Tina Drummond and Luke Marks won the title of Best Dressed CROWD FAVOURITE: Judges scored Di Akurangi and Matai Smith second-equal but dance couple. they won the People’s Choice Award. The Gisborne Herald • Monday, May 31, 2021 NEWS 3 Counting down to Group 3 vaccine roll-out HAUORA Tairawhiti has already in a custodial setting, such as a sequence. We have vaccinated a As of May 27, 5097 doses had been for the roll-out to Group 4,” the administered the Covid-19 vaccine to prison. significant portion of Group 2 but this given in the district consisting of 3231 spokeswoman said. some Group 3 people but most will be “For Group 3, think of those eligible will continue while we vaccinate Group first doses and 1866 second doses. Team work between Ngati Porou contacted in June or July. for a publicly-funded flu vaccination,” 3 over the next couple of months. The upcoming strike by health board Hauora, Turanga Health, Hauora “People in Group 3 don’t need to the spokeswoman said. “We will not finish vaccinating Group nurses will not affect the vaccination Tairawhiti, GP Practices, Aged do anything right now,” a health board “These conditions were updated 3 before we start vaccinating Group 4 programme as staff who are not Care, iwi and Whanau Ora had been spokeswoman said. to include people with severe mental (all others) in July. members of the New Zealand Nurses “tremendous” and ensured the Members of Group 3 will be illness, people who have hypertension “Vaccinating this group will continue Organisation will be used. campaign was a success. contacted by Hauora Tairawhiti or their that is not well controlled with until the end of the year.” About 30 vaccinators, including “But there is a long way to go. The local health provider to book their medication and those who are severely Vaccinating Tairawhiti people who part-time staff, have been drawn from year-long campaign is designed to Covid-19 vaccination. obese.” are in Group 1 (people who work at Hauora Tairawhiti, Turanga Health and deliver the vaccine to all people eligible Group 3 is a large group comprising The list is available on the Ministry the border or in managed isolation Ngati Porou Hauora. in Tairawhiti. We can see that playing people who are most at risk of getting of Health and Unite Against Covid-19 facilities and their household contacts) Some vaccinators are returning to out with the combined approach.