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Saturday, September 26, 2020 the Big Green “Hide-And-Go- Seat” Was Set up Yesterday at a Mystery Location in Gisborne, That Turned out to Be the Sponge Bay Carpark TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI SATURDAY-SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26-27, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.70 PAGE 3 WE’RE SET CLOCKS FORWARD FROM STILL 2am SUNDAY MORNING HERE PRESTIGIOUS TROPHY AWARDED TO INSIDE TODAY ‘ENVIRONMENT WARRIOR’ ‘IT’S OK TO TALK’ #Hear4U trailer sends mental health, suicide prevention message by Sophie Rishworth GRIFFIN Law was blindsided when his best mate Toby Fraser died by suicide last year. He wouldn’t wish on anyone what Toby’s family and friends have been through, he said. “It’s harder than you can imagine, it changes your life completely.” It has been 14 months since Toby died at the age of 21. Griffin and Toby were two peas in a pod — mates since Toby was 14. “It wasn’t, ‘what are you doing this weekend?’ It was, ‘what are we doing this weekend?’,” says Griffin. They talked every day. Griffin says while you can’t change the past, “we can go forward to the future”. So for the past few months he has spent every weekend building a trailer for his new hobby. It will house his TQ midget for speedway events in Gisborne and around the country. Sign-written in large letters on the side is #Hear4U Men’s Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention. “If it helps one person it will help 100,” said Griffin. “When someone takes their own life, their death affects so many people.” HONOURING HIS BEST MATE: The message on the side of Griffin Law’s speedway The movement Hear4U was started by trailer follows the death of his best mate Toby Fraser (left), who ended his life last Gisborne women Krissy Mackintosh, Jo year at just 21 years of age. From left are Toby’s mum Chris Fraser, Griffin and Krissy Higgins-Ware and Renee Grant to shine a Mackintosh, one of three Gisborne women who started up the Hear4U Men’s Mental light on men’s mental health and to help Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention movement last year. Picture by Liam Clayton prevent suicide. Hear4U ended up topping the country conversations about reducing the nightmare to lose them but this went way for last year’s Movember fundraiser His mother, Chris Fraser, said he was a pressure he felt in life to do well and be beyond that.” by raising $53,000 from an auction in loving and affectionate son. successful. Keeping her composure for other January. “We were very good friends.” “Ironically he was doing well. He had a people was exhausting. “However, we feel Now Griffin is giving the message even Toby would talk daily to her and father great job, shared a close relationship with very humbled by the overwhelming and bigger visibility by having it on the side of Dan about what was going on in his his big sister and brother. He had plans to generous support, thank you all.” his trailer, which will be seen far and wide life. The conversations were open and travel, buy a home and had the very best Toby’s last night alive was Saturday, in a predominantly male-dominated sport. entertaining. of friends.” July 27, 2019. He, Griffin and some mates Griffin, 24, says he knows if Toby was However, Toby suffered many Chris said the past 14 months had had been out for a few drinks. still here, he would be all for this idea. concussions throughout his life, caused been traumatic and life-changing for their “In Toby’s usual style, he had been The sign will let people know it is not a by simple knocks playing in the backyard family. mingling with everyone and turned down taboo topic, and it is OK to talk about it, and, later in life, from racing dirt bikes. “As we work through the shock a ride home with his usual best mates,” says Griffin. Chris said science had shown people ourselves, we now also realise how many said Chris. For some guys it’s not normal to talk, with head trauma developed higher people knew Toby and who are also still Around 1.30am Toby was walking “but it’s OK not to be OK”. spontaneity and increased the likelihood deeply hurting. home. A police car stopped and after some Toby is described by those who knew of suicide. “Sometimes it feels like it happened friendly chat the officers offered him a him as one of the happiest people they She believed her fast-paced and a long time ago. Other days it feels like ride home. ever met — always smiling, thoughtful energetic son felt a desire to succeed. yesterday. You know when your children and warm-hearted. “I wish there could have been more are born that it would be your worst CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Tairāwhiti? Tell us here www.gdc.govt.nz/our-tairawhiti 33969-05 Comments close 2 October 2020 Paper version available. Please call 0800 653 800. GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ...... 11-12 Television ....W9-11 Sport ............ 28-32 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............13 Racing ................21 Weather .............31 TOMORROW National ..... 6-10,19 World....... 14-15,18 Classifieds ... 25-27 977 1175467004 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, September 26, 2020 THE big green “Hide-and-go- Seat” was set up yesterday at a mystery location in Gisborne, that turned out to be the Sponge Bay carpark. Over 50 people rushed to the spot in the hope of winning an MADE IT! air ticket to go anywhere in New Zealand. Only the first 20 can be winners. At Sponge Bay yesterday, Tahua Pihema and Timata Tapara were 10th and 11th in line. Tahua won a $1 return flight for two to anywhere in the country and Timata Tapara won $50 off a return flight anywhere in New Zealand. “Last time I missed out but this time I was certain I would get there and look I’m number 10!” Tahua said. They are both going to use their tickets to fly to Queenstown. The Air New Zealand Grabaseat promotion is on until March, with the giant green inflatable seat turning up at a mystery spot in all 20 towns and cities that the airline flies to. GRAB THE SEAT: The big green “Hide-and-go-seat” was set up at Sponge Bay carpark yesterday. Adam Burrell of Grabaseat (left) pulls the thumbs up for winners Tahua Pihema (middle) and Timata Tapara. Picture by Rebecca Grunwell Mixed verdicts in cannabis trial TWO people on trial this week in There were three large plots of — the magnitude of the venture and the before. But he himself, was not involved. relation to a huge cannabis growing cannabis, one of which had been number of people required to construct He was not his brother’s keeper. venture at Te Araroa have each been harvested, with plants from it in varying and maintain it; the relationships between He was a possum hunter, often away found guilty of some involvement. stages of processing and drying nearby. Poi and Waara with Patrick Waara and happy to leave his quad bike for A jury took six hours yesterday to reach All 900 plants involved in the operation (Poi was said to have been considered others to use. its verdicts in the trial for Charles Chas were female clones, reared in individual family); an inventory of items at Chas Waara’s counsel Vicky Thorpe said in Bennett Waara, 47, and Pauline Amy Poi, planter bags (involving an estimated 900 Waara’s house the Crown said matched her closing address, Chas Waara’s lifestyle 33, who were jointly charged with two kilograms of potting mix), and housed those found in the plots, including black was modest and unstructured. counts of cultivating cannabis and one of under unique tunnel house structures, insulation tape like that used in the He and his children freely borrowed possessing the drug for sale. about 20 metres long. Black polythene tunnel house structures; the opportunity items from Patrick’s place next door and Waara was found guilty of both drapes were being used to control light and means to be able to participate, left them lying around. cultivation charges but cleared of the and trick the plants into early onset including the use of quad bikes, which There were legitimate explanations for possession charge. Poi was found guilty of flowering. each of Poi and Chas Waara had; fertiliser every item police questioned. possession but cleared of the cultivation Water reservoirs were being filled via a and fungicide found at Chas Waara’s People in rural areas often knew of charges. pump system from a nearby river, at the house — where there was no gardening of each other’s business but it did not mean They were each remanded on bail for two plots still growing. any kind so no reasonable explanation for they wanted to get involved. Knowing, sentence on November 13. Detective Sergeant Wayne Beattie, who him to have the items at hand; notebook suspecting, or having the opportunity to The jury was not required to specify gave evidence as an expert drug witness designs of the tunnel house structures get involved, did not make someone guilty, whether the guilty verdicts were for and officer in charge of the case, said in 30 found in two different parts of his kitchen she said. principal or party offending. years of policing he had never before seen (so unlikely to have been put there by For Poi, counsel Manaaki Terekia said Chas Waara and Poi were originally an indoor growing operation mimicked someone else); and Poi’s DNA, which was the evidence against her was limited.
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