Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Home-Delivered $1.90, Retail $2.20 Raining Cats and Dogs
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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 RAINING CATS AND DOGS COVID-19 • Govt accused of ‘summer slumber’ at the border • Call to speed up rollout of vaccine. • Expert says NZ should look at banning UK flights • Kiwi family head to US for life-changing surgery. • US, UK ramp up Gisborne SPCA senior animal attendant Gillian Campbell has six new best friends after the discovery of these puppies dumped vaccination efforts. next to the Waipaoa River at Waituhi yesterday. The abandonment of the puppies, estimated to be around four weeks old, are a common experience for the SPCA and reinforces its plea to the public to take unwanted dogs to the SPCA, rather than dumping them. This incident comes on top of the Gisborne centre preparing for another hectic kitten season. It expects to have more PAGES 5-6, 8, 10-11, 13-15, 24 than 100 kittens available for adoption. MORE ON THE PUPPIES AND KITTEN SEASON ON PAGE 3 Picture by Paul Rickard Hospital Store robbed POLICE are on the hunt the store on Ormond Road at Napier on Sunday night. for a trio who robbed Hospital the time saw the offenders get “We believe that vehicle Store in Ormond Road this out of their vehicle. passed through Wairoa earlier morning. He called 111. this morning.” The offenders made off with “I saw three people wearing Police conducted a scene the shop till and cigarettes. hooded jackets jump out of the examination at Hospital Store They have been described as vehicle outside the shop and and forensically examined the male Maori, aged 18 to 22 and one of them was a carrying stolen vehicle. of average height. some sort of metal bar,” the “We ask the public for any The robbery happened just witness said. information they may have in after 8am. “It looked suspicious so I relation to this matter,” Det “The three males went into called police straight away and Snr Sgt Ford said. the shop, one armed with gave them descriptions of the “That’s in Gisborne and in a weapon, threatened the three people and their vehicle.” Wairoa. shop proprietor and took a Police responded quickly. “We want to hear from small quantity of cash and “We recovered the vehicle the anyone who saw the silver- cigarettes,” said Detective three offenders used in Grundy coloured Mazda Familia with CRIME SCENE: Police want information that will help them catch the Senior Sergeant Kevin Ford. Street in Riverdale,” Det Snr three males in it overnight.” three people who robbed the Hospital Store in Ormond Road shortly “The store proprietor was not Sgt Ford said. Police have been reviewing after 8am today. The offenders made off in a silver-coloured Mazda injured in the incident.” The silver-coloured Mazda the shop’s CCTV camera Familia hatchback-type vehicle stolen from Napier on Sunday night. It A member of the public who Familia hatchback-type vehicle footage as they work to identify was found abandoned in Grundy Street in Riverdale this morning. happened to be driving towards was reported stolen from the offenders. Picture by Liam Clayton STUDY FOR ENROL NOW! * FREE PROGRAMMES FREE * conditions apply 0800 22 55 348 | eit.ac.nz | 34817-09 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-4 Business ............11 Television ...........20 Sport ............ 24-28 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Classifieds ... 21-22 Weather .............27 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National 6-10,17-18 World............ 13-16 Racing ................23 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, January 12, 2021 It’s about friendship by Mark Peters most move on. In the New York Times A RAMBUNCTIOUS but author Eudora Welty described emotional pig, a caustic rat, the book as “about friendship a disdainful lamb, a talkative . affection, and protection, goose, an intelligent “old adventure and miracle, life sheep” and an astute spider and death, trust and treachery, are among characters actors pleasure and pain, and the play in Evolution Theatre passage of time . just about Company’s first production of magical in the way it is done.” the year, Charlotte’s Web. “The animal characters make Based on American it fun for kids and adults,” says author EB White’s popular Haskell. novel, Charlotte’s Web, that “The play is really fun. It Publishers Weekly listed doesn’t matter how old you are. in 2000 as the best-selling It’s a comedy with some sad children’s paperback of all parts and that’s what makes it time, Evolution Theatre interesting. Because it aimed Company’s production of the at kids it’s not too sad. It goes play is directed by Charli through all sorts of emotions Haskell and Nikki Henderson. but doesn’t leave you sad too “It’s a story of friendship long.” between a little girl and a pig Haskell expects the audience she saves,” says Haskell. will include many adults who “It’s one of the classics.” know the story from when they Farm girl Fern Arable were children. saves a runty piglet she The 18-strong cast is made calls Wilbur but when the up of children, teens and adults pig gets bigger he is sold to who have “worked together Fern’s uncle. Wilbur craves brilliantly”, says Haskell. companionship but is snubbed “The actors who play the by the other animals except for animals embrace their roles. barn spider Charlotte. When You feel awkward asking Wilbur discovers he is to be people to make strange animal slaughtered, Charlotte works noises but they’ve been right on a clever plan to save him. into it.” Although Fern often listens to the animals’ conversations, ■ Charlotte’s Web, Evolution she finds other interests as she Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli AT THE FAIR: Charlotte’s Web character Fern Arable, played by Callie Stevens (third grows up. Charlotte too, grows Street, January 15-30. left) watches over her beloved pig Wilbur (Bea Grant) at the county fair, while (left) farmer up, but within a short lifespan. Tickets for evening shows and Homer Zuckerman (Ross Stevens), Avery Arable (obscured) played by Leyla Fawcett and She leave her baby spiders matinees, $28+bf for adults, John Arable (Andrew Stevens) are amused in Evolution Theatre Company’s production of with a delighted Wilbur but of $25+bf youth/seniors, from Charlotte’s Web. Picture supplied course they too grow up, and trybooking.com. Gisborne taking up the Refill challenge GISBORNE District Council where any one of the 2500 website or app.” is backing the Refill Challenge refill sites are throughout the Those who sign up to for that encourages people to swap country. the Refill Challenge at www. to reusable water bottles and The Refill Challenge is run by refillchallenge.org.nz will be refill from the tap for 30 days. RefillNZ, with funding from the in the running for a prize, and In collaboration with Taiki Ministry for the Environment RefillNZ will send tips, tricks E! and the YMCA, the council Waste Minimisation Fund. and other useful information to is supporting the initiative Their goal is to stop the tide of help keep you motivated, such through registering local single-use plastic bottles and as an impact calculator to work refill sites and subsidising 25 for more people to rehydrate out how much plastic you have local businesses to join the with tap water. reduced, as well as how much campaign. “There’s so much sense in sugar you have avoided. “The council wants to this challenge,” Ms Timbs says. “This is a fun way to get support 10 further local “It takes three litres of water on board, and you could even businesses to register with to produce a one-litre water make a permanent switch to RefillNZ,” says council waste bottle so refilling your reusable refills and reusables,” Ms Timbs minimisation facilitator Darnelle bottle actually saves water and says. Timbs. money, and reduces waste. Gisborne District Council’s Participating “sites” or “Only one in five plastic part in the Refill Challenge is businesses receive a RefillNZ bottles gets recycled. To reduce being coordinated by liveable sticker for their window to show the impact of plastic waste in communities student summer they are a refill station where landfill and the environment intern Petra Sparks. people can fill up their water we encourage refilling your If your business would like bottle for free. reusable bottle. to join the RefillNZ campaign They are registered on the “And there’s no shortage of contact [email protected] REFILL TAIRAWHITI: Gisborne District Council summer interns Karepa Maynard, RefillNZ app and website, taps around town which can Further information is Rata Simperingham and Petra Sparks top up their bottles at a station at Waikanae meaning people can find out now be located via the RefillNZ available at www.refillnz.org.nz Beach. Picture supplied LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON THE LAND Gisborne Herald • A project under way to train dogs to home-delivered detect the infectious bacterial disease American Foulbrood that can hit honey bee populations hard. • The weekly AgriHQ report for January 11 points to issues arising from the UK-EU Brexit agreements for NZ lamb, and to slaughter prices easing for beef. TOMORROW THE GUIDE 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, January 12, 2021 NEWS 3 SPCA HELLO KITTIES PLEA: ‘Please don’t dump puppies, we are here’ SIX puppies found abandoned by the Waipaoa River at Waituhi yesterday are an all-too common sight in Tairawhiti.