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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 WHALE TRAGEDY AT WAINUI 50th anniversary of gruesome stranding THERE were ghastly sights and smells this day 50 years ago when 59 sperm whales beached themselves at the northern end of Wainui Beach. The whales, measuring between 15 and 35 feet (4.6 to 10.7 metres), could not be saved and over the next few days were buried in a mass grave at an area now simply known as Whales. Former Gisborne mayor Meng Foon, a primary school student at the time, said the whales seemed like monsters. “It is a memorable event of my childhood.” Ministry of Works staff wore masks and sprayed the whales with a mixture of water and deodorant in an attempt to reduce “the stench that is quickly pervading the area”. Some whales “split open and spewed innards on to the sand”. However, the public was not put off by the smell or by the sight of the whales, some of which were still alive. So many cars and buses appeared at the beach that traffic officers were sent to the area. Members of the public were able to walk right up to the whales and there were eye-witness accounts of some people cutting pieces off the mammals. The lead article in The Herald’s Weekender this Saturday will report on the event in more detail. One witness told The Herald he saw blood squirting 25 metres up into the air as a whale was pushed along the beach by the blades of a bulldozer, which cut it like ring-barking a tree. “I never went back.” HERALD FILE PICTURE RESCUE PACKAGE • Panic buying in local by Andrew Ashton up cash-flow, including a provisional tax threshold lift, the reinstatement supermarkets STRUGGLING Gisborne forestry of building depreciation and writing • No positive test yet in businesses are now able to claim a off interest on the late payment of tax; $150,000 wage subsidy to pay workers $600 million initial aviation support Tairawhiti a guaranteed $585 a week through package. the Government’s Covid-19 economic “To support this we have established • Club rugby, netball rescue package. a $100 million funding to support postponed But for some, it is already too late. worker redeployment and training. The work from home. Finance Minister Grant Robertson first announcement on this will be a Eligible firms will be provided a • Measures in place at yesterday announced a $12.1 billion package for the Tairawhiti region in lump-sum payment of the equivalent of package comprising an initial $500 the coming days,” Mr Robertson said. $585 per week per full-time employee Gisborne schools million boost for health; $5.1 billion in Funding would help provide a and $350 per week per part-time • Common flug vaccine wage subsidies for affected businesses Covid-19 leave payment scheme to employee for 12 weeks up to a cap of in all sectors and regions; $126 million incentivise self-isolation by employees, $150,000. campaign brought forward in Covid-19 leave and self-isolation the self-employed and contractors, To qualify businesses must declare support; $2.8 billion income support providing an entitlement period of 14 they have had a 30 percent decline in •197,766 Covid-19 cases package for our most vulnerable, days for those self-isolating, and for revenue due to Covid-19 month-on- worldwide, 7954 deaths, including a permanent $25 per week the entire period of sickness for those month for any month between January benefit increase and a doubling of the who contract Covid-19. and June this year (compared to last 81,691 recoveries Winter Energy Payment for 2020; $100 Eligibility for wage subsidies is open year) and they have talked to their million redeployment package; $2.8 to all firms, the self-employed; and for bank about assistance. PAGES 3-4, 6-8, 11, billion in business tax changes to free contractors, but not for those who can CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 13-15, 27, BACK PAGE 21950-05 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Farming.........15-16 Television ...........23 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Racing .......... 17-18 Sport ............ 24-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .......... 6-10 World............ 13-14 Classifieds... 19-21 Weather .............27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, March 18, 2020 A CADILLAC ON WATER: Gisborne surfer Hamiora Gibson performs the hang five, a classic move that befits the movement dedicated to 1960s style, single-fin surfboards known colloquially as the “dunga” or “log”. Gibson was competing at the West End Wiggle surfing competition at Ohope. It was won by fellow Gisborne “Dune Dogz” member Daniel Procter, who likens the old-school board to a “cadillac on water”. Picture supplied ‘The essence of surfing’ Dune Dog Procter wins West End Wiggle by Mark Peters Mangawhai and the coveted, Because you have more volume in the invitation-only Single Fin Mingle board you have to be creative. A SURFING competition at Christchurch’s Sumner Beach, “It’s a gracious, almost regal way of dedicated to 1960s style, single- Ohope’s inaugural log competition surfing. It was the sport of Hawaiian fin surfboards known colloquially attracted surfers from overseas and kings and queens. Logging is a return as dungas or logs was won by a around the country. to the essence of the surfing. Gisborne man. “Log riding is a lifestyle,” said “There’s a machismo about having Daniel Procter was part of a Procter. a bigger board. With more time on the group of Gisborne log riders called “It’s more than a sport. It’s part board your character comes out. You’re the Dune Dogz, who competed of waking up, having breakfast able to tell different stories.” in the West End Wiggle surf and checking the surf. Now it’s The crowning event, the Single Fin competition at Ohope over the back and popular it’s almost the Mingle, has been cancelled this year weekend. in-thing.” due to the escalation in vigilance Although other commitments LOGGING ON: Seen here hanging five in the While many logs have been around the spread of coronavirus. meant Procter had not surfed 2018 surf nationals, Daniel Proctor won the pulled out of storage, recovered The Single Fin Mingle’s founding for some time, and he was about inaugural West End Wiggle surf competition from under the house or retrieved father Ambrose McNeil is said to scout 10 years older than the other at Ohope over the weekend. The competition from shed rafters, surfboard logging events around the world for competitors, his moves landed him was dedicated to 1960s style, single-fin shapers are creating new logs competitors for the Christchurch- the win. surfboards known as logs. based on the 1960s design based competition. The chosen are sent “I’m just happy I’ve still got it,” Picture by Paul Rickard and weight (more than eight invitations. he said. “The level of surfing was kilograms). “You can win a logging competition super-high. It’s a cool event with a “It’s a different way of board but not qualify,” said Procter. great vibe.” style and design associated with long, riding,” said Procter. “You’re riding He likened the invites to that sent The log is said to be board design straight surfboards of the ‘60s has something of substance. You’re riding by Hogwarts to boy wizard Harry on which the “sport of kings” began become a global phenomenon. a Cadillac on the water, you’re riding Potter. in Hawaii — an unrefined piece of Like the Makorori First Light a style. “It has that mystery about it. You redwood with one fin and no rocker Longboard Surfing Classic — which “You use the full length of the board get a letter to say you’re invited to the (nose-to-tail curve in the board). has a mix of modern longboards to ride it with flow. You have to be Mingle. Interest in bringing back the spirit, and dungas — Logger Heads at strategic in the way to pace the wave. “I’m still waiting for mine.” Get your Gisborne Herald • Musician and top bloke know as Spider (Peter Tekira) is sadly no longer with us. home-delivered His son and fellow musician Garth talks about his dad’s life in music. • Summer is over but the endless groove goes on with the classic sound of the ‘60s created by Gisborne band Set Waves. • Shows are getting cancelled or postponed all over the place but the hormonal energy of Menopause the Musical goes on at the War Memorial Theatre tomorrow. TOMORROW PLUS: MUSIC GUIDE • FILM REVIEWS • GUIDE GOSSIP 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: Grant Miller/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 • Wednesday, March 18, 2020 NEWS 3 Measures in place at Gisborne schools by Kim Parkinson PUTTING a stop to large assemblies and preparing for closures are among CORONAVIRUS measures being taken at Gisborne’s high schools to prevent the potential spread of the coronavirus. PANDEMIC Gisborne Boys’ High School has stopped holding school assemblies and cancelled parent-teacher evenings and Gisborne Girls’ High School principal other planned events that require parents Jan Kumar said students were affected coming into the school and meeting as a through Auckland’s Polyfest and summer big group.

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