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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 17-18, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.70 INSIDE TODAY WILD WEATHER AT MATAWAI COVID-19 PAGES 3, 6-7, 10-11, 14 World leaders to push for greater vaccine access $18 million boost for 57 tourism projects Fears fishing boat outbreaks could tarnish industry Record daily cases - 97 - in New South Wales PAGE 4 ‘Yeah, we got a little ol’ convoy, ain’t she a beautiful sight...’ From tractors to harvesters, from utes to trucks, all sorts of vehicles were driven along the main street in a queue stretching for blocks during the Howl of a Protest in Gisborne yesterday. Left, this ute driver’s message got plenty of reactions as farmers en masse voiced their discontent at Government policies and plans. More on pages 2 and 3. Pictures by Paul Rickard ...we have a ‘unique opportunity to provide a Prostate cancer relatively remote community with access to world-class medical care ’ —Matai Medical Research Institute clinical ‘game-changer’ lead Daniel Cornfeld Matai project aimed at vastly improving NZ’s diagnostic pathway A GISBORNE-BASED research Dr Cornfeld said the project would rolled out across the country.” “Alternatively, we will continue to push company has developed a “game- chart the efficacy in New Zealand of The Matai pathway will initially be for research grant funding, which could changing” way to prevent men across a model-of-care approach for patients. validated with patients in the Tairawhiti take up to a year to obtain.” New Zealand presenting with untreatable It will use the latest evidence-based Gisborne region and will draw on the The project is a collaboration between prostate cancer, and East Coast Maori methods adopted in prostate cancer power of the magnetic resonance imaging Matai, primary care and community could be the first to benefit. diagnostic pathways in the United States, (MRI) scanning technology and software health groups. It involves a local and Matai Medical Research Institute’s United Kingdom and other parts of at Matai. international multi-disciplinary research new cancer diagnostic pathway project — Europe. Dr Cornfeld told The Gisborne Herald team, including radiologists, urologists, Accuracy and Equity in Prostate Cancer “Because we are based in Tairawhiti the fully-scoped project was ready to imaging processing PhDs, GE Healthcare Diagnosis — is a New Zealand first. Gisborne, we have a unique opportunity begin once funding was found. scientists and community leaders. Led by Matai clinical lead Dr Daniel to provide a relatively remote community “If we can raise sponsorship/ Community and regional partnerships, Cornfeld, it is aimed at vastly improving with access to world-class medical care,” philanthropic funding of $670,000 we including those with iwi, will play a key New Zealand’s diagnostic pathway in Dr Cornfeld said. could begin the project immediately and role to engage a balanced representation prostate cancer for patients in the public “The research carried out in the region keep it going for a year. of local Maori men as participants in the health system, particularly those who live aims to validate a best-practice prostate “Then we would continue fundraising study. in under-served and remote communities. cancer diagnosis pathway that can be efforts to extend this further. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ...... 11-12 Farming ....... 17-18 Television ....W9-11 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............13 Racing ................22 Sport ............ 28-32 TOMORROW National 6-10,20-21 World....... 14-15,19 Classifieds ... 24-27 Weather .............31 977 1175467004 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, July 17, 2021 HOWL OF A PROTEST TURNING POINT: Tractors and a harvester turn at the Grey Street roundabout for the journey back to Showgrounds Park during the Howl of a Protest Gisborne event yesterday. Around 400 vehicles were driven from the showgrounds along the main road to the Grey Street turning point and back as farmers — with support from others including tradies — vented their frustration at government policies they see as being to their constant detriment. A collective nationwide protest across 50 towns and cities was set up and tens of thousands took part. MEETING PLACE: Protesters en masse met at Showgrounds Park before jumping in their vehicles and heading to the city centre as one long line that stretched for blocks. Gisborne event organisers Neil and Esther Henderson said they were “blown away” by the turnout. BOTH SIDES COVERED: Vehicles for as far as the eye can see convoy along both sides of Gladstone Road during the protest. ‘WE’RE WITH YOU’: Members of the public wave out as vehicles go past them at the SHOW OF SUPPORT: The Howl of Protest received plenty of support from Grey Street roundabout, heading back to Showgrounds Park. “Good on the farmers the footpath, including this lot, who unfurled a New Zealand flag and shouted for doing this today,” one sidewalk spectator said. “Hopefully the Government will encouragement to the hundreds of vehicles driven past them. listen to them now. They had better.” LOOKING AHEAD Get your ALL THE LATEST NEWS, INCLUDING: Gisborne Herald • Tairawhiti Maori are over-represented in road deaths and home-delivered serious injuries, a Waka Kotahi/NZTA report shows. • Gisborne woman Diana Dobson is in Tokyo as a press attache for the New Zealand Olympic Games squad. • Well done to Mangapapa School with its Gumboot Friday COUNTING DOWN fundraising effort as mental health advocate Mike King calls for another 2021 event. TO TOKYO GAMES • East Coast club rugby champions crowned as Gisborne United bid for Pacific Premiership football glory MONDAY 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 • Saturday, July 17, 2021 NEWS 3 DHB focused on Helping identify cancers early FROM PAGE 1 They will be selected and vaccinating all counselled through a new prostate cancer outreach and education programme. “Matai will perform outreach border workers to GPs, local iwi,and tangata whenua to educate about the risks and benefits of being screened by Alice Angeloni and unload ships. for prostate cancer given the ISO, the company that operates availability of pre-biopsy MRI and ABOUT 50 border workers stevedoring in Gisborne and other guided biopsy,” Dr Cornfeld said. in Gisborne still need to be ports around the country, declined “With this knowledge, men can vaccinated against Covid-19. to comment on changes to the have informed conversations with A new health order health order. their GPs regarding having a PSA announced by the Covid-19 Response (prostate-specific antigen) test and Government on Monday Minister Chris Hipkins on digital rectal exam. Patients with requires workers at Monday announced the abnormal results would be eligible ports and airports to be vaccine would cover 1800 for enrolment in the pathway.” vaccinated against unvaccinated “active” The project was not a screening Covid-19. border workers. programme but was intended Government border “This is necessary to provide better information to workers have a deadline to lift the uptake of the those who had been screened, he of August 26 to receive vaccine among the wider said. NZ FIRST: Dr Dan Cornfeld is leading Matai Medical Research their first dose, while those who border workforce and strengthen With present screening for Institute’s New Zealand-first cancer diagnostic pathway project, which are privately employed have until our ongoing response to Covid-19. prostate cancer, it was tricky is ready to go but needs $670,0000 in funding. Picture by Paul Rickard September 30. “Border workers who to tell how big the cancer was, New border workers covered by remain unvaccinated after the which meant some cancers that shown in multiple international this pathway to larger regions the order, regardless of employer, requirements come into effect will did not need treatment were studies to be superior to the and have it recognised as the new will need to have a vaccination need to discuss options with their treated, while others that did need standard, non-targeted, biopsy national standard for prostate before starting work. employer. They will not be able to treatment could be missed. in that it identifies more cancers cancer diagnosis in New Zealand.” Hauora Tairawhiti chief executive continue working in a high-risk “If we are going to identify requiring treatment and fewer Prostate cancer is the most Jim Green said vaccine hesitancy border environment until they are cancers early, you only want to ones that do not. commonly-diagnosed cancer in was still a factor among Gisborne’s vaccinated,” Minister Hipkins said. treat the cancers that are going to Matai and GE healthcare New Zealand and is the third port workers. The vaccine is already end up being a problem. scientists have collaboratively most common cause of cancer “Hauora Tairawhiti will keep mandatory for workers at Managed “The thought is if you do the pushed the limits of their deaths for New Zealand men, working with employers, workers, Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) imaging before the biopsy and advanced MRI scanner to develop behind lung and colorectal the Ministry and the port company facilities. then you do the biopsy based on a 10-to-15-minute MRI prostate cancers. to roll out the vaccine to all Covid-19 vaccination operations the imaging, then you correlate cancer scan protocol that will be If detected early the five-year workers who are now covered group manager Astrid Koornneef the two together.