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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION ON THE ROAD PAGE 2 TO TOKYO LESSONS LEARNED FROM SEARCH FOR AXLE PAGE 4 TAYLER Reid remembers as a five-year-old writing in his school book that he wanted to go to the Olympic Games. That dream will become a reality 19 years later. Gisborne’s Reid was this morning named as one of four triathletes to represent New Zealand at the Tokyo Games. The others are Nicole van der Kaay, Ainsley Thorpe and Hayden Wilde. “Every day it’s at the front of my mind, working to improve COVID-19 so I can deliver a performance to make my family, Gizzy and New Zealand proud.” Reid will compete in the men’s individual race on July 26 • Bubble pause splits grieving families and the mixed relay on July 31. • Mixing vaccines further protects: study He joins fellow Gisborne sprint canoeist Alicia Hoskin in the Kiwi Olympics squad. • Mandatory masks at Level 2 to be considered Reid is pictured in action earlier this year in Rotorua. STORY ON BACK PAGE Picture by Bruce Belcher • More lockdowns as Aussie crisis intensifies PAGES 6-7, 12-14, 17 ‘ULTIMATE BULL SALE’ Kaharau rewrites record books in $983,000 night by Murray Robertson Long-time former auctioneer Bruce Orr said the average would be tough to beat HISTORY was made at Kaharau Angus as New Zealand’s best this sales season. in Goodwin Road last night when one of “I have never seen the place buzzing their rising two-year-old bulls sold for with such excitement and enthusiasm a New Zealand on-farm record price of before the sale started, and the bulls were $106,000. equal to the occasion. It stole the show on the opening day of “The top price of $106,000 is a New East Coast Angus Bull Sales Week as one Zealand on-farm all-breed record.” of 63 bulls sold at a stunning total of over It beat the $104,000 mark set by $980,000. Turiroa Angus from Wairoa at last year’s Bidding was electric for the record- sales. breaking Lot 6, described by auctioneer “This was the closest any Gisborne Neville Clark as “a beautiful bull that prefix (stud) has ever gone to reaching oozes the Kaharau outlook”. the million-dollar mark in a single It started at $50,000 and swiftly rose to auction,” Mr Orr said. New Zealand record heights, bought in a The sale realised a total of $983,000 50/50 share arrangement by Elgin Angus from the 63 bulls sold. of Central Hawke’s Bay and Tapiri Angus Kaharau studmaster Penny from the Wairarapa. Hoogerbrug was “speechless”. All 63 bulls up for sale last night went “What a fantastic result. To set a New at an average of $15,603. Zealand record price feels absolutely As well as the top-priced animal, incredible. The whole sale was a huge Kaharau achieved sales of $72,000, compliment to the stud and it was so SOLD! FOR $106,000: Penny Hoogerbrug and Nick Carr, of Kaharau Angus, with the $52,000 and $40,000, and 36 other bulls thrilling to have so much support.” Lot 6 bull which sold for a New Zealand on-farm record of $106,000 at the stud farm’s also made five figures. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Bull Week sale last night. Picture by Paul Rickard GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-4 Business ............11 Television ...........18 Racing ................23 Births & Deaths....4 Opinion ..............12 Classifieds ... 20-21 Sport ............ 24-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ..... 6-10,17 World............ 13-15 Picture page......22 Weather .............27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, June 29, 2021 THE WRITING’S ON THE WALL: Core or communication boards are being used at Riverdale School with great success, and the school is keen to see these installed in public places. From left are Riverdale teacher Jo Gregory, students Jordyn Roguski and Catalaya Hohepa and teacher Taryn Walford. Picture by Liam Clayton Giving Riverdale kids a voice by Jack Marshall therapist Kristina Pinto said what they wanted most of the time, communicate,” she said. approximately 80 percent of English so these boards were their way of “With the placement in the A QUIET revolution is building words used daily come from a set of speaking. main courtyard, the awareness of at Riverdale School as a core board fewer than 400 words. Ms Walford wants to see the alternative communication tools for installed in its courtyard gives “The most regular communication boards in more public places around everyone who comes to the school has language to students lacking verbal board at Riverdale school contains 77 Tairawhiti. increased. communication skills. of the most frequently-used words in Many parents with special or high- “The board increases access for Core boards, or communication daily communication. needs children chose not to visit some all students as well as normalising boards, are an alternative “Riverdale School has many public places because they the lacked the use of core boards in everyday communication tool consisting of students with complex needs. Some the infrastructure for their children, communication opportunities. boxes with colour-coded words and have no or low verbal communication she said. “Sometimes it is something simple, symbols representing the most abilities and mainly communicate Core boards would help. like ‘what do you want to do?’ or frequently-used words of a language. using facial expression, gestures, body “I think it would be amazing for our ‘where do you want to go?’” Students point at the squares to language, noises and some words. whanau to have access to them out in Ms Pinto said core boards were express to others how they are feeling “Using alternative methods of the community because there are a like learning a new language for the or what they want to do. communication is necessary to lot of barriers for them going out,” Ms students. If a student wants to go for a long support these students to express Walford said. It took a lot of practice and walk, they can point at “Go”, “Big” and themselves, as well as understand A Gisborne District Council commitment from whanau and the “Walk”. what is said to them.” spokeswoman said staff were keen to teaching team for students to become Teachers often carry core boards For students with special learning check out the core board at Riverdale fluent. but Riverdale School is doing things needs that require support to speak or to gain more information and look “It’s still pretty new, so some of differently. sign language, core boards help them into installing some around the them are wary of it and prefer to use In term one, Riverdale installed a communicate with teachers and fellow district. their personal core boards, but it’s large board in its courtyard, the first students. Ms Pinto said some mainstream a process and it’s only going to get school in Tairawhiti to do so. Teacher Taryn Walford said some students had shown an interest and better and used a lot more the longer Riverdale School speech language students could not verbally express were learning how it could be used to we have it.” LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON THE LAND Gisborne Herald • Mokairau and Wilencote present their Herefords for sale tomorrow and they home-delivered look good to go. • Another look at the top bull sold at Kaharau Angus last night – a $106,000 New Zealand on-farm auction record. • The AgriHQ report for the week beginning June 28. 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, June 29, 2021 NEWS 3 Toko students ‘finding a new normal’ by Alice Angeloni tamariki, our whanau and staff while Tairawhiti Civil Defence and Emergency ■ The Ministry of Business, Innovation and we’re there,” Ms Kohatu said. Manager Ben Green said the East Coast Employment’s Temporary Accommodation Service STUDENTS at a flood-damaged school Meanwhile, repair work will carry on at dodged the worst of heavy rain forecast (TAS) was activated following the flooding in in Tokomaru Bay will spend the week at a Hatea-a-Rangi. for the weekend, but were wary of heavy Tokomaru Bay. kura in Hawke’s Bay. “It’s pretty much step to the side — swells approaching this week. TAS is accepting registrations from displaced Hatea-a-Rangi School bring the chippies in and let them do the MetService issued a heavy swell residents who need assistance finding temporary principal Karla Kohatu job,” Ms Kohatu said. warning for the Wellington south coast accommodation. said they were “finding a Teachers, staff and volunteers were area. This included a southerly swell TAS is working to confirm the numbers and new normal” for their 29 last week shovelling silt left behind after rising to four metres this morning and six locations of houses affected, however, it is clear pupils after flood waters a torrent of water washed through their metres tonight. The swell was expected there will be a number of households requiring wrecked their kura. classrooms and administration block ease to 3.5m on Thursday.