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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI MONDAY, JULY 27, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 CAR REWARD FOR NATIONAL PAGES 5, 7, JOE’S LOYALTY CLAIMS COVID-19 9-13 POLITICAL • HIGH COURT HEARING INTO LEGALITY OF LOCKDOWN POLL • HUNDREDS JOIN NZ ARMY DURING COVID-19 ‘ROGUE’ • TIME OF UNKNOWNS FOR AUCKLAND AIRPORT • FEARS OF SECOND WAVE AFTER SPIKE IN SPAIN PAGE 3 PAGE 6 • DEADLIEST DAY FOR VICTORIA - 10 DEATHS And the winners are...Wainui CLUB OF THE YEAR: Riversun Wainui club members had plenty to celebrate at the Zespri Gisborne/Tairawhiti surf lifesaving regional Awards of Excellence on Saturday night — highlighted by Wainui being named Club of the Year for the 2019-2020 season. Club captain Dion Williams (top row, holding trophy) was named Coach of the Year and was made a life member of the regional lifeguard organisation while Sonia Keepa (wearing lei, directly below Williams in lei) collected multiple awards including Volunteer Lifeguard of the Year and Instructor of the Year. STORY ON PAGE 3 Picture by Rebecca Grunwell COMBATTING METH by Wynsley Wrigley Turanga Health chief executive Mr Ropiha said the service would be up alcohol or other drugs has a huge impact Reweti Ropiha said his organisation and running within two or three weeks. on our whanau. THE district is out to tackle the would provide some of the services, with Methamphetamine was a massive “Having more access to an increased menace of methamphetamine with Manaaki Tairawhiti being the driver. issue, he said. There were no categories suite of services for whanau through Manaaki Tairawhiti receiving nearly Turanga Health, through the funding, in terms of methamphetamine addiction - these new developments is an important $2.9 million to deliver a support will set up a hub in Elgin, where it wants “it is across the board. It is here.” part of the comprehensive response mechanism for addicts and whanau from to increase its presence. But things were about to happen, he needed in our community. recovery to work-ready status. Some of the new full-time jobs will be said. “Watch this space.” “The community-based nature of The funding for Manaaki’s Tairawhiti’s at the hub, which will have three main Hauora Tairawhiti chief executive Jim these services and the way they enable Whakapono Whanau programme is part roles — Green said the funding announcement people to reintegrate with work and of the Government nationwide package of ■ Support for individuals going was a welcome addition to the range of other activities is innovative and $20m to combat methamphetamine. “through the journey”. services and supports already available. complementary to other new services The Tairawhiti funding is for three ■ Assistance for those who have “Hauora Tairawhiti, as part of Manaaki that are developing, including a new, years, will create 7.7 full-time-equivalent “gone past the trials and tribulations” in Tairawhiti, is a strong supporter of this mobile, managed withdrawal service in jobs and aims to help up to 350 whanau seeking work. change and the action needed to support Tairawhiti. (families) each year. ■ A link with all support services. it. Addiction to methamphetamine, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............10 Television ...........16 Sport ............ 20-24 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............11 Classifieds ... 17-18 Weather .............23 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ....... 6-9,15 World............ 12-14 Racing ................19 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Monday, July 27, 2020 NEW LEADER AT THE HELM: The new manager of the YMCA Oscar programme, Iona Maxwell, is looking forward to growing the programme in Gisborne. She is pictured at Oscar House in Disraeli Street with (from left): Ricodah Ripia, Hunter Osborn, Jared Pearse, Neyo Wanoa and Armaani Joseph. Picture by Liam Clayton Excited about new role as YMCA Oscar manager by Kim Parkinson of not fully benefiting from or completing help sustain their learning for the day. YMCA bus and vans collect children their secondary education. “In the afternoon our staff safely from 13 primary, intermediate and high GISBORNE’S YMCA Oscar programme Iona led a team of “education transport tamariki from their respective schools (from Makauri to Wainui Beach) which provides a breakfast club, after- champions” to help support students, schools to our Oscar House facility in and transport them to the YMCA for school care and holiday programmes to their families, schools and government Disraeli Street. organised, structured fun activities, an children, has welcomed a new leader to agencies through their secondary “It brings fulfilment to be able to afternoon snack and assistance with the helm. education and career pathways. deliver a service to support parents.” homework until they are collected by Experienced educator Iona Maxwell is Before this, Iona worked as an educator Up to 40 children attend the Disraeli their parents or caregivers. excited about the role and has ideas to at Tairawhiti Museum. Street programme for which they have to Iona is hoping to start a new Oscar add more fun and exciting programmes, Her new job involves overseeing the be booked. programme at Riverdale School next build interactive outdoor spaces for YMCA Oscar programmes at its three At the afterschool programme, children month. the tamariki and community, and grow locations here. are put into their age range and start the “I am working collaboratively with the education and career pathways for staff. “We have experienced team leaders activity of the day with their supervisors. principal, Julie McLaughlin, to engage Before going to the YMCA, Iona worked running a well oiled, school-based Oscar Recreational activities are offered at the community in developing an Oscar for the Ministry of Education as a team programme at Kaiti and Te Wharau multiple sites, which include Gisborne afterschool programme at Riverdale leader for its Year 9 Plus programme. schools. Intermediate, netball, badminton, School.” This was a pilot programme involving “Our day begins with breakfast club, basketball and squash courts, YMCA The YMCA is the largest provider of more than 100 students who were at risk which provides warm and fulfilling kai to stadium and the Disraeli Street site. Oscar programme in New Zealand. $200k surprise A GISBORNE man got a wonderful surprise when he went into Grant Bros on Friday to check his Lotto ticket and was told he’d won $200,000. The man bought his Triple Dip ticket from Grant Bros for Wednesday night’s draw and won the Strike Four prize. “He didn’’t know he’d won it and couldn’t believe it initially,” said Grant Bros owner Renee Grant. “It was a big surprise for him. “He wasn’t sure how he was going to spend his windfall. The win was still sinking in.” Get your Gisborne Herald home-delivered SPORTING COUPLE: Husband and wife Shayde and Paku-Jane Skudder (both with ball) in action for YMP on a glorious Saturday of sport in the district. It was a day of mixed results for the Skudders, who captain their sides. Shayde’s East Coast Farm Vets YMP inflicted the first loss of the Poverty Bay premier club rugby season on GT Shearing Waikohu — winning 31-26. Paku-Jane’s YMP Sunshine Brewery team suffered their first defeat of the Pak’nSave premier grade netball competition — losing 36-26 to Whangara Old Girls. Match reports from both games in Herald Sports. Pictures by Paul Rickard To nd out more call 869 0620 The Gisborne Herald • Monday, July 27, 2020 NEWS 3 Keys to a Holden mark Joe’s 28 years by Andrew Ashton THERE was no chance of Gisborne SHE’S ALL mill manager Joe Spring putting his work YOURS MATE: “anniversary” present in the back of a cupboard Double J Smallwoods to gather dust. managing director Jon While other long-serving workers are Gardner (left) hands acknowledged for years of loyalty with a watch long-time worker Joe or silverware, Joe got to take his present for a Spring the keys to spin. this Holden ute — a After 28 years working at Double J present acknowledging Smallwoods, he was gifted a brand new Holden Joe’s 28 years with ute at the end of the day on Friday. the company. “I’ve “It was a surprise, I’m rapt,” he said. always been hard on “It was a business they reckoned would never Joe, making him drive get off the ground and I decided I was going to Fords, so I thought a stay here and prove them wrong. Holden was the ideal “I’ve brought this mill up from ground level gift,” said John. Joe and I really appreciate Jon (managing director had been looking at Jon Gardner) giving me the chance to run the retiring at Christmas place. We’ve had our ups and downs. Jon and I but indicated he would have had some good barneys. He’s the boss but be staying with the company. I like to argue with him and make sure he knows Picture by where I’m at.” Rebecca Grunwell Joe planned to retire at Christmas but there was also an option to go back . “and I think it’s going to be taken”. “A lot of people want me to do jobs for them when I retired but this fella gave me a big chance when I was young, so I have to be loyal.” Jon said he was more than happy to hand bloke’s spent 50-odd years (with the company) “He was in charge of work from day one. The manufacturing mill has regular customers over a car to mark Joe’s 28th work anniversary. and he’s probably going to put that in the back “Joe was running the mill here while I was up as far away as the South Island.