Saturday, March 14, 2020 WALKING for LIFE
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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI SATURDAY-SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14-15, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.70 FROM CAPE REINGA TO CORONAVIRUS STEWART • DEATH TOLL OVER 5400 ISLAND... • TRUMP DECLARES ‘NATIONAL EMERGENCY’ AND BACK • WORLD EVENTS SHUTDOWN AGAIN • NZ WOMAN AND HER KIDS REFUSED TEST INSIDE TODAY PAGE 2 PAGES 3, 6, 14-16, 30 SPEEDY DELIVERY Nurse in right place at right time for baby born in car by Sophie Rishworth “The baby started breathing and I said ‘baby is breathing’ and everyone cheered.” A NEONATAL nurse out walking her dog By that time two ambulances and a fire truck proved a godsend for a woman who gave birth had arrived. in a car travelling along Ormond Road last Lianne had tucked the baby under her clothes month. to keep her warm when a neighbour came up to Lianne Hollis was walking her terrier along her and asked what was going on. Ormond Road by Ballance Street Village when “I showed her the baby and she said ‘where the incident unfolded at around 8.45pm on did you get that?’ February 26. “I said ‘from her’ and pointed to the mum. “It was pitch black and this car came up, “It all happened so fast. Then I got piled into pulled in and randomly parked beside me,” said the back of the ambulance with mum and baby.” the neonatal nurse of 15 years. The baby girl was warmed up in the neonatal “I thought ‘that’s weird’. Then another car ward for about an hour before she was able to came flying in behind it. All the doors flew open go to her mum. and I heard someone screaming. Meanwhile, among all the drama, Lianne’s dog “I introduced myself as a nurse and I heard Pip (a 12-year-old Cairn terrier) was left on the someone say ‘she’s had a baby’.” side on the road. Lianne was immediately concerned as there “I had to ask someone to go and get my dog. was no sound of a baby crying. There was great hilarity but it wasn’t (funny) at “Newborn babies should yell when they are the time . but it was a great outcome.” born.” Mum and baby stayed in hospital for two The mother was on the front seat, facing the nights before returning home. rear of the car. Lianne tapped her on the back “The parents are such lovely people,” said and asked her if she had had her baby. Lianne. “They could not have been more “The mother replied: ‘Yes, I think so’.” thankful.” Lianne said she found the umbilical cord and The baby’s mother, Henipeepi Edmonds, said followed it down like a bungy rope to under the it was an experience and a half. glovebox where she found the baby — a girl. “But something I would not want to go She was cold to the touch and not breathing. through again. Big mihi to Lianne. It really was Lianne drew the baby to her and started doing the right place, right time.” ‘BIG MIHI TO LIANNE’: Neonatal nurse Lianne Hollis holds CPR. Her baby girl has been named Anastasia. Anastasia Atarangi, who Henipeepi Edmonds (also pictured) gave “There was so much anxiety around the car “She is baby number four, which is probably birth to in a car on the way to hospital. Lianne just happened to and a lot of people had gathered around by that why she came so fast,” said Henipeepi. be walking her dog when a car with the pair in pulled to the side stage, so I shouted ‘stop!’. “We joke around and call her ‘Speedy’.” of the road alongside her. Picture supplied by Andrew Ashton Auckland (41.6 percent). had been steadily building up their There were 76 houses sold here deposit levels over the past 18 GISBORNE house prices have hit last month, 20 more than the months in speculation the market a record level as out-of-town interest previous year — a rise of 35.7 was about to flatten. intensifies, exacerbating the region’s percent. It was the region’s strongest REINZ data, however, showed housing crisis. February in 15 years. market values in the city continued Record New data from the Real Estate Mr Falconer added it was also a to grow over that period. Institute shows Gisborne’s median “significant” 192.3 percent increase “Many budding home buyers are price last month was $450,000 — up month-on-month (from January). now simply saying they have spent $60,000, or 15.4 percent, on the same “New listings were up 22.9 enough on renting over that 18 time last year. percent, the largest increase across months and that now is the time to The previous record was $440,000 all regions, which is likely to have get into the market,” she said. in May 2019. contributed to the increase in sales.” Property Brokers Gisborne branch median REINZ regional director Neville Bayleys Gisborne sales manager manager George Searle said the Falconer said there was a spike in Karen Raureti said there had been housing market had been largely interest from out-of-town buyers last a “phenomenal leap” in the volume unaffected by any economic impacts month. of homes coming up for sale year-on- from the coronavirus and talk of a “Open homes were very busy in year and selling. possible national recession. February with many more people “In February 2020, Bayleys “When you analyse the bulk of the looking to purchase in the region, Gisborne conducted 28 residential market, most of the people (buying) with only 50 percent of inquiries auctions, with a success rate under are employees and most employees house coming from local buyers. the hammer of 92.9 percent. have still got a job. There haven’t “Looking forward to the next few “By comparison, in February 2019, been any significant job losses months, the Gisborne market is we auctioned nine properties and and, looking forward, there is talk likely to remain tight unless more sold eight under the hammer for a of interest rate cuts, which would listings come on to the market.” success rate of 88.8 percent. actually make it more affordable for Gisborne also had the highest Ms Raureti said many home a lot of employees.” percentage increase in February buyers spoken to at Bayleys open price sales of any region outside of homes this year indicated they 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 .......... 21-22 Sport ............ 28-32 National ...6-10, 19-20 World............ 14-16 Classifieds ... 23-27 Weather .............31 TOMORROW 977 1175467004 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 14, 2020 WALKING FOR LIFE by Matai O’Connor sleeping medication. “Through dialectical behaviour therapy, A SURVIVOR of childhood sexual abuse has learning mindfulness and finding different been walking around New Zealand to raise things to make me feel good like gardening, awareness of mental health issues and suicide listening to music and working on my art, I prevention. managed to do life without medication.” Fifty-year-old Ivan Miller started walking from It has been 10 years since he last had Cape Reinga the weekend after Waitangi Day medication. 2019. He started working in a post office He has since walked 4636 kilometres, gone sorting mail in the early hours of the through five pairs of shoes and raised $6608 morning, then got a job as a mental dollars for the Mental Health Foundation of New health support worker in respite care. Zealand. As life started going upwards for him Mr Miller walked the west coast of the North he received some devastating news. Island, the east coast of the South Island, then Graham died from suicide. over to Stewart Island and back up the west coast “It was really, really hard. It was a of the South Island to Wellington. complete shock for me. I would see He made it back to the North Island exactly him almost every day. I thank him a year after he started walking. He reached all the time for the support he Gisborne, where his father Jack Miller lives, gave me and the friendship he earlier this week then set off to Uawa/Tolaga Bay had with me. after a rest. “He motivated me to sign up He has been sleeping for the at campgrounds or course, I beds kindly offered by “I want to show people that it’s would never have strangers. done it otherwise. He “I want to show people possible to be stuck in a really really did change my that it’s possible to be bad place for years and years but life.” stuck in a really bad place Things progressed in for years and years but you can recover from it and even Ivan’s life. He moved you can recover from it arrive at a place better than you to Kerikeri and found and even arrive at a place employment in a better than you were were before being sick.” packhouse but due to a before being sick,” Mr work restructure lost his Miller said. job in late 2018. “Everyone has a story to tell. I share mine and “This was the start of me thinking about ‘I’M A SURVIVOR’: listen to theirs.” walking around New Zealand to raise awareness Ivan Miller has The walk was inspired by his own personal of mental health issues. been walking experience and journey through mental illness.