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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 THESE TUTUS ARE MADE TRUST APPROVES $605,000 IN PAGE 3 FOR WALKING DONATIONS ROCKET LAB PAGE 11 CONFIRMS $5.7BN NASDAQ LISTING COVID-19 PAGES 6-7, 12-13 • Prosecution not the answer to breaches: Bloomfield • Student leader’s plea for empathy Cancer Society Gisborne East Coast is counting down the days to this year’s Relay for Life on March 20 to 21. Team registrations are still being taken and more volunteers are wanted. Pictured at the Awapuni Sports Stadium venue where the • Call for clearer communication 24-hour relay will be held are (from left) Cancer Society GEC supportive care co-ordinator Te Rina Timutimu, area manager • Complacency warning as Lianne Jenkins, fundraising and events co-ordinator Becky Burgess, administrator Libby Clay and volunteer co-ordinator Chloe STORY ON PAGE 4 vaccines rolled out Harrison. Picture by Paul Rickard HOT PROPERTY Nine Gisborne suburbs on NZ’s top 10 list for median house price increase NEARLY a year after the first Covid $400,000 line. Waerenaga-a-Hika recorded a top sale Wainui Beach and still work.” lockdown, Gisborne has emerged as New Before Covid, nine Gisborne suburbs price of $2.15 million. Mr Macpherson also attributes the Zealand’s hottest property market, with were in that bracket. Five years ago Bayleys Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay and significant up-tick in values to the high nine suburbs making the top 10 list for there were 15. Wairarapa principal James Macpherson proportion of homes selling by auction median house price growth nationwide. OneRoof figures show medians rose told OneRoof: “Gisborne is catching up. in the area — the highest in the country, Research from property website 37.5 percent to $715,000 There will be million- according to Real Estate of New Zealand OneRoof comparing pre-Covid lockdown in Whautopoko and dollar suburbs soon. data. prices with figures from mid-February 38 percent to $490,000 in “Now the population is “That allows the market to find its shows Gisborne is the strongest Te Hapara. Gisborne is growing after dropping own level, instead of just taking a price. performing region overall. Up 35 percent are catching‘ up. There in the 1990s, there’s a It’s a clear and transparent process. You The median property value is Elgin ($440,000), shortage of good housing can have up to 10 bidders on a property,” 35 percent up on pre-Covid levels — Gisborne central will be million-dollar and there have been no he said. almost 14 percentage points ahead of the ($480,000), Mangapapa suburbs soon major new subdivisions While not universal, Macpherson next highest territorial authority. ($540,000), inner Kaiti —Bayleys principal’ for 15 or 20 years.” said there were million-dollar-plus Value growth at a suburb level has ($620,000) and Riverdale James Macpherson Mr Macpherson sees sales in beach-side suburbs, with top been strongest in inner Kaiti. ($645,000). people “escaping from sales over $1.3 million in Riverdale and Prices in the suburb are 43.1 percent In the more expensive Auckland and Wellington” Whataupoko. up on pre-Covid levels, with the median parts of town, the 35 for jobs in the booming A renaissance around the inner city value sitting at $410,000. percent increase has taken the median forestry and horticulture sectors. area had arisen with new builds of A year ago it was $290,000. value at Okitu to just short of $1 million “There’s significant work across all the four or five townhouses within walking Outer Kaiti is up 35 percent to while Lytton West jumped to $880,000. professional spectrum, not just minimum distance of the city centre. $375,000 — the only Gisborne suburb The analysis does not include suburbs wage labour. with a value below the affordable with fewer than 10 sales in a year when “They love Gisborne. They can surf at CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Television ...........18 Racing ................23 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Kids page ..........19 Sport ............ 24-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .......... 6-10 World...... 13, 16-17 Classifieds ... 20-22 Weather .............27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, March 2, 2021 OCEAN EXPLORERS: Ameya Das gives the thumbs up as she and other youngsters from Room 9 at Central School enjoy a snorkelling experience at Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve at Pouawa. Pictures by Rebecca Grunwell SNORKELS...CHECK! FLIPPERS...CHECK! FACE MASKS...CHECK!: Ready to explore the marine reserve at Pouawa are (from left) Daisy Haenga, Jessica Steyn and Sophie Phelps. HITCHING A RIDE: Aiden Joubert checks out the sights of Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve on a human submarine in the form of parent helper Dan Williams. Colour Run put on hold TAIRAWHITI Multicultural Council has The council hopes to run it later this year. postponed its annual Colour Run for Diversity The event was cancelled at the last minute due to uncertainty about Covid-19 alert levels. last year because of the emerging Covid The council was to hold the event that situation. celebrates cultural variety, harmony and “It’s a real shame we have had to make this tolerance on Sunday, March 14. call again,” Mr Van Kregten said. Spokesman Hans van Kregten said that “The event provides so much joy to young date was significant because March 15 was and old and to people of all ethnic and cultural the second anniversary of the Christchurch backgrounds. shootings, where 51 innocent people were “It is a celebration of living together in peace murdered. and it was appropriate to hold it close to the “With the current Covid situation, it is not Christchurch attacks anniversary date. sensible to plan to hold the Colour Run on that “Covid has once again interfered but it weekend. won’t stop our efforts to help build a tolerant “Under current Level 2 rules the maximum Tairawhiti.” event size is 100. We were expecting many more. We just don’t know whether the current NOT AGAIN: The 2021 edition of the Covid alert level will apply then. Colour Run for Diversity will not be held “In any case, it doesn’t seem right at this on its scheduled date of March 14 — the time to conduct a larger-scale event where second year it has been affected by the social distancing would not be foremost in Covid-19 pandemic. Organisers hope to people’s minds.” run it later this year. Herald file picture LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON THE LAND Gisborne Herald • Poverty Bay centre’s dog trial champions are found after a successful home-delivered Matawai club trial at the weekend. • AgriHQ’s report this week points to export mutton being a hot commodity in December — 16,400 tonnes, better than the fi ve-year average. • The report also refers to ‘good’ maize crops across New Zealand, with higher yields expected. 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, March 2, 2021 NEWS 3 House volume remains issue FROM PAGE 1 PROPERTY Brokers regional manager Joe Snee estimated around 30 percent of sales wre to non-locals — “drift from Auckland or ex-pats who want to come home”. Some were bidding from Australia or the UK before they moved back after realising working remotely was a viable option. But despite listings being up on last year, Mr Snee said there were not enough houses for buyers across the board. The company had only 25 properties for sale at their end-of-February auction, down on 30 for the same month last year and 28 properties in their first post- lockdown auction in May of last year. “Investors were definitely active before Christmas but first-home buyers aren’t missing out to them. “They’re missing out because there are 10 offers on a house that used to get two or three.” Minor fuel spill at Portside station FIREFIGHTERS were called to Mobil Portside in Wainui Road yesterday morning after a small quantity of fuel was spilled in the forecourt area. Service station staff called 111 at around 10.15am. SMOOTH RIDE: Gisborne Holdings project manager Deon Connoway and commercial property and projects “Fuel was spilled over an area of four metres general manager Rob Budd overseee GHL’s latest project — a wash’n go carwash — on the corner of Childers Road and by two metres, so it was fairly minor,” a senior Carnarvon Street. Mr Budd said GHL was pleased with the progress.“Local contractors have worked extremely hard to firefighter said. keep the project on time, delivering to a very high standard of workmanship,” he said. “We look forward to opening it up to “It happened when the pump bowser the public later this year.” The car wash is located alongside Gisborne Vehicle Testing station and will feature the latest in nozzle failed to automatically shut off due to a car wash technology. The operation will feature an Autowash, three self-service bays and vacuum cleaners. The touchless mechanical issue.” Autowash will have the latest in technology and its features will include an under-car wash. It will be a cashless operation, The fire crew helped service station staff mop with payment made through an app or by card.