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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 THE CHANCE TO SHOTS PAGE 14 DANCE CHRISTMAS IN PAGE 7 FIRED AT THE COOKS? WHITE PAGE 2 HOUSE Rescuing Raukumara $34 million for restoration project A COMBINED iwi and Crown programme to restore “This programme will help turn around the biodiversity the Raukumara forest on the East Coast and boost crisis and provide an avenue of employment and employment opportunities will receive $34 million in upskilling for those who live in the East Coast area,” said Government funding. Ms Sage. “The Raukumara Pae Maunga restoration project is a “It will help sustain and strengthen a sense of partnership with Te Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngati Porou, and connection with place and community.” Te Papa Atawhai (Department of Conservation) that will The funding, over four years, is part of the Government’s strengthen cultural connections with the Raukumara, $1.3 billion Jobs for Nature programme to assist with involve pest control over 150,000 hectares of whenua/land economic recovery following Covid-19. and contribute to habitat and species recovery,” Minister of At least 23 jobs will be initially created, with another Conservation Eugenie Sage said. 18 seasonal FTEs (full-time equivalents) expected for deer “Te Whanau-a-Apanui and and goat culling. Ngati Porou deserve thanks The work will include pest control, for their efforts to raise public This programme will help turn trapping, restoration planning, awareness about the state of cultural advice, carbon monitoring the Raukumara and the need to ‘around the biodiversity crisis and and biodiversity monitoring. protect these magnificent forests. provide an avenue of employment “This is a good example of Jobs “They have developed this and upskilling for those who live in for Nature funding being used to project to do just that alongside uplift communities while restoring Te Papa Atawhai. the East Coast area and protecting our precious places to “The Raukumara needs urgent —Conservation Minister’ Eugenie Sage ensure our native wildlife thrives,” care after being simultaneously Ms Sage said. attacked by possums, deer, goats, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 rats and stoats,” said Ms Sage. “These pests and predators have destroyed the canopy and understorey of the ngahere/forest, and attacked WELCOME FUNDING: Te Whanau-a-Apanui and Ngati Porou have threatened species to the point of local extinction. welcomed Government funding of $34 million for the Raukumara Pae “As a result of this sustained attack from the explosion Maunga restoration project. The area has been devastated by pests, of pests, soil health is poor and there’s a decline in seeds resulting in severe damage (above right) to the forest and habitat of and new growth,” she said. many species. Picture below by Matai O’Connor, picture above supplied Raukumara Conservation Park is home to rare species like the whio/blue duck, kaka, kereru and Hochstetter’s frog. GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Television ...........18 Racing ................23 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Classifieds ... 19-20 Sport ............ 24-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .... 6-10, 17 World............ 13-15 Picture pages ..21-22 Weather .............27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 11, 2020 ALICECAPTION SPARKS KOHE POOLE PORSCHIA GOOCH LUCY ALLAN EN POINTE: Georgia Worters was awarded the inaugural Patron’s Scholarship and Cup at the Gisborne Ballet Group competition. Here she The chance to dance is performing in the Neo Classical Dance 12 and over section. by Kim Parkinson such confidence. “One boy who was doing his first NEVER Miss a Chance to Dance was the performance was asked by the judge if he title of last weekend’s Gisborne Ballet Group’s enjoyed it and he said he was nervous, but IN BLOOM: Activity Weekend and they didn’t, with about excited too, and that’s what it’s all about.” Kylah Loftus 100 dancers performing in the 66th year of the Mrs Proctor said she was very pleased strikes a competitions at The War Memorial Theatre. with the high standard of the performances. pose for her Gisborne Ballet Group president Nadine Entries were slightly down due to Covid-19. entry in the Proctor said it was a fantastic weekend of Classes had had to stop for about seven Barefoot dance with positive feedback both from the weeks which set the studios back a little in Dance 10 dancers and those in the audience. terms of dancers learning new material, she and under-12 “Our adjudicator Chantal Pinguet was said. section, “The great — her reports were really detailed and Gisborne Ballet Group has announced a Rose”. gave lots of feedback which is helpful for the new patron, Diane Logan, who has donated a children.” Patron’s Scholarship and Cup this year. All pictures by “Seeing the joy on their faces whether they The award includes a $400 scholarship and Paul Rickard were performing on stage or just sitting in the will alternate each year between over 12 years wings was a real highlight.” and under 12 years competitors. “This is growing them as individuals not This year the Patron’s Scholarship went to More pictures just artists — performing on stage gives them Georgia Worters. on page 21 LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON THE LAND Gisborne Herald • The weekly AgriHQ report for August home-delivered 10 points to a lift in the US beef market and the Covid impact on lamb production in Australia. • The J&T Hickey Charity sheep dog fi nal the best in years. We have the lineup of fi nalists and the full results. 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: John Gillies To nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 11, 2020 NEWS 3 Working together to restore health of Raukumara FROM PAGE 1 welcomed the funding announcement.” pae maunga,” said Mr Gage. Raukumara is on the brink of collapse,” “Both Te Whanau a Apanui and Ngati Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou deputy said Mr Kohere. “In just two generations “This is a genuine partnership with Te Porou acknowledge the large team of chair Rei Kohere said: “This is about both we are now facing a catastrophic loss of Whanau-a-Apanui and Ngati Porou,who people who have gotten us here today of our iwi and tikanga (customs) integral biodiversity in Raukumara. both have strong connections with the and our intentions as iwi to work to us and our whenua (land).” “Our ngahere is being destroyed from Raukumara dating back hundreds of together to achieve our aspirations for Raukumara is described by tangata the inside, our pae maunga is mauiui years and want to work together to see future generations,” said Te Runanga o Te whenua (people of the land) as their iho (sick) and our iwi are disconnected from the ngahere restored to health. Whanau chief executive Rikirangi Gage. matua (umbilical cord, connection) to our whenua.” “It’s also a way to maintain cultural “Our pae maunga (mountain range) Papatuanuku (Earth mother). The project has also been supported practices such as mahinga kai (food has been calling to us and today the If the Raukumara is sick, the by the Nga Whenua Rahui programme, gathering) and rongoa (medicine), and Minister’s announcement and the support connection of the people to the earth is Kiwis for kiwi national charity, Forest create local employment.” of Jobs for Nature acknowledges that call compromised. and Bird, and the National Institute of Te Whanau-a-Apanui and Ngati Porou for us as descendants o te Raukumara “Research has shown our beloved Water and Atmospheric Research. Museum domestic visitor numbers way up TAIRAWHITI Museum is enjoying a surge of popularity. Three times more people than usual visited the museum last month. International border restrictions have resulted in more New Zealanders exploring their own country and Tairawhiti Museum has the figures to show they are coming here. SMOKE ON THE WATER: Piles of After a 160 percent increase in wood debris on Tolaga Bay beach June for domestic travellers, there burn slowly. Progress has been was a 200 percent increase in July. steady so far on burning the large Tairawhiti Museum director Eloise Wallace said they had a number of piles, and it continued particularly busy July with the today. Picture supplied school holidays. “The number of local visitors was about the same as last year but we had about three times the number of domestic tourists (from Beach burn going well at Tolaga Bay outside Tairawhiti region) as July last year. “We don’t record where our by Murray Robertson principal rural fire officer Ray debris in the heaps was burned. debris as the weather permits.” visitors have travelled from but Dever yesterday said they had “Once we get the fires going The burn crews were at the our visitor book has comments A START was made on managed to burn 11 of the they just keep going. beach again this morning. from visitors from all over the Friday and over the weekend 90-odd heaps so far. “It’s been a pretty good burn “We’ve got one more fire place — from Gore to Whangarei. on burning the 90-odd piles of “We lost the bulk of Friday for on all the heaps. There’s a bit going but we are monitoring There seem to be quite a few who wood debris on the beach on the burning due to onshore breezes left to bury but the fires lit so the situation ahead of the have visited from the Auckland, northern side of Uawa River.

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