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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI MONDAY, MAY 25, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 A NEW PAGE 2 PAGE 4 RAILBIKE COVID-19NEW PAGES 3-4, 7-14, 20-21, 24 ROUTE TO •PBL So when do we shift to Level 1? • Cabinet to discuss numbers at gatherings ENJOY EXTRA FLIGHTS OVER •PAGE Official 3 cash rate could go into negative territory • British PM backs rule-breaking chief aide HOLIDAY WEEKEND • Teen girl’s 1200km cycle home heralded WAVE OVER WHARF A young couple take evasive action while another pair get a dousing as a large wave washes over the end of Tolaga Bay Wharf on Saturday. Find out how this shot from amateur photographer Steve McFlinn came about on page 2. by Kim Parkinson In the latest quarterly housing report put out by the Ministry of Housing and THE need for more public housing Urban Development, there were 70,886 continues to increase in Gisborne with public housing places in New Zealand as demand far outweighing the number of at March 31. Kainga Ora - Homes and Communities Public houses are properties owned houses being built. or leased by Kainga Ora and registered Housing The waiting list for public housing Community Housing Providers (CHPs) here has nearly doubled, rising by more that can be tenanted by people who are than 200 in the past year. eligible for public housing. As at March 31, there were 437 Asked what was driving the increased applicants on the housing register but demand for public housing, the Ministry only 11 houses being built in Gisborne. said housing demand was a broad Even with a further 41 homes in the and complex issue driven by a range planning stages, there will still be a of factors — from macro-economic crisis considerable deficit. movements to individual needs and All 437 applicants are eligible for circumstances. social housing and are ready to be “The Ministry is working with other matched to a suitable property. agencies to better understand how Of the 437, 420 are listed as Priority changes in the housing sector impact A. This means they are considered public housing demand and how we can “at risk”, with a severe and persistent work together to address that. worsens housing need that must be addressed “Clearly the best way to address public immediately. housing demand and reduce reliance on There are 17 applicants considered transitional housing is to bring on more ■ 437 applicants on public housing register Priority B, which is defined as having public housing, and that is exactly what “a serious housing need” and includes we are doing. ■ 420 of those are listed as Priority A households with a significant and “We know that rising rents and a persistent need. competitive housing market have put ■ In the quarter to March 31, there were pressure on vulnerable households and 11 Kainga Ora houses being built in Gisborne 1080 emergency housing special needs that has contributed to the demand for grants totalling $2.2 million approved in ■ 41 houses in the planning stages housing we see today.” Gisborne. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ..............9 Racing ................15 Sport ............ 20-24 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............10 Television ...........16 Weather .............23 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ............ 6-8 World............ 11-14 Classifieds ... 17-19 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Monday, May 25, 2020 MAHIA ADVENTURE: Gisborne Railbike Adventure owner Geoff Main and Kendra Tate enjoy the sights on the latest stretch of railway added to the railbike enterprise itinerary, from Nuhaka to Opoutama. Mahia Peninsula is in the background. Picture by Jordan Perry by Mark Peters “We can now offer two days riding. Itinerary suggestions include Dive Visitors can do the Beach Loop ride in Tatapouri’s interactive reef tour with THE Opoutama to Nuhaka railway route the morning, spend the rest of the day stingrays and the Eastwoodhill arboretum, is Gisborne Railbike Adventure’s newest in Gisborne and drive to Mahia the next while among the Mahia area’s attractions scenic trip and will open to the public this day for Black’s Beach ride. We’re putting are Wairoa Museum and Morere Hot Railbike weekend, Queen’s Birthday weekend. together a two-day package.” Springs. On Wednesday morning Wairoa dignitaries, iwi and tourism representatives will join Gisborne Railbike Adventure owner Geoff Main to officially launch the adventure tourism venture venture in which clients ride specially-designed, twinned bicycles yoked by a lightweight chassis along a railway track. “You see Mahia Peninsula in all its splendour,” says Mr Main of the route above Black’s Beach. “It’s the best view of the peninsula by a extends country mile. It’s a nice complement to to the Matawhero to Beach Loop ride to offer people coming from out of town.” Most inquires about the railbike venture are from out of town and now with the Opoutama to Waikokopu, Nuhaka to Mahia adventure visitors are more likely to spend one if not two nights in Gisborne, NEW VIEWS: Gisborne Railbike Adventure owner Geoff Main and says Mr Main. Kendra Tate wind around Waikokopu Lagoon. Picture by Jordan Perry FROM PAGE 1 breaking over the end of the concrete pier. He went to Tolaga Get your Big swells along the East Bay/Uawa for the weekend in his Coast on Saturday resulted in motorhome and with his Nikon Gisborne Herald this terrific shot of a couple of D3200 camera at the ready. The young people running for it and amateur photographer works by home-delivered another two getting a soaking day as an IT guru and has been when a wave broke over the end living back in his home town of Tolaga Bay Wharf. And there for about six months after a to capture the moment was couple of decades away. Tolaga amateur photographer Steve Bay Wharf opened in 1929 McFlinn of Gisborne. Steve said and made it possible for large he had been watching the waves coastal trading ships to load break and warned some people and offload goods. In recent he saw close to the edge. years the 660-metre wharf has “About two seconds before it undergone extensive restoration, splashed I said ‘you might not allowing locals and visitors to want to stay there’, but they did, walk the length, catch some fish so I took the photo.” Mr McFlinn and even dive off the end if the To nd out more call 869 0620 said he had never seen waves conditions are right. The Gisborne Herald • Monday, May 25, 2020 NEWS 3 Racing club not going down without a fight WAIROA Racing Club will fight for its Racecourse. community support for the club. Government pumped millions of dollars of survival. Wairoa, along with nine other clubs, It was the heart of the community. Provincial Growth Funding into Wairoa, Club president Paul Toothill has including Poverty Bay, have been The idea that Wairoa, like Poverty Bay, he said. confirmed the club will make a submission earmarked for closure and have not been could race at Hawke’s Bay would not There was a place for country racing to New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing given race meetings for next season. Clubs work, he said. as provided by Wairoa and Poverty Bay, (NZTR) arguing that the club should have until June 15 to make submissions. It was ironic the closure of the race which held their race days close together continue to race at its Te Kupenga Mr Toothill said there was strong course was being proposed as the to attract trainers. Mixed bag for duck hunters by Murray Robertson THE opening weekend of the annual duck shooting season in Tairawhiti has been described as “great for some but not so flash for others”. Compliance with the duck hunting regulations in this region was good compared to some other parts of the country. Eastern Fish and Game councillor Murray Ferris said the weather did not help as clear skies kept the ducks high in the sky. “We sat in a maimai all day Saturday and got sunburn. There were not the duck numbers in the air that there have been.” The dry summer in many areas of the region affected the breeding season. “Shooting for mallards and grey ducks was patchy across the region. It was a mixed bag. “It was a different story for paradise ducks though and generally they shot well. “People I’ve spoken to reported some good limit and near-limit bags of them across the region, so it was great for some but not so flash for others.” Mr Ferris said he has not been told of any compliance issues in Tairawhiti. “I’ve not of heard of anyone shooting without a licence or breaching the hunt rules in any other way. There have been no reports of firearms seizures or prosecutions, so it’s really good that hunters here played the game.” Police seized several firearms in parts of the South Island after hunters were caught without licences. The duck shooting season runs for three weeks this year in this district and the upland IN DEMAND: Six Kainga Ora homes are being build in Abbott Street — one of two such developments under construction game season for pheasant goes into August. in Gisborne where the number of applicants on the waiting list for public housing has nearly doubled in the past year to “The pheasant numbers look exceptional here 437. Picture by Liam Clayton this year. There are plenty of them about.” Minor injuries Budget allocated $570m for 8000 new homes in ute crash FROM PAGE 1 “We expect that this will be split those on the public housing register.