Tuesday, November 17, 2020 Home-Delivered $1.90, Retail $2.20 East Cape Community Reeling Over Triple Tragedy
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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 EAST CAPE COMMUNITY REELING OVER TRIPLE TRAGEDY PAGE 3 MUSEUM SAYS NO TO ENDEAVOUR MODEL PAGE 4 SECOND COVID ‘IT’S ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION’: One of Aotearoa’s biggest Maori cultural festivals started VACCINE yesterday, with 7500 children from across Tairawhiti taking centre stage including Te Hapara juniors (pictured). Turanganui Schools Maori Cultural Festival committee member Hayden Swann said there had been a “hugely encouraging” start to the week-long festival, which comprises kapa haka teams from early childcare, kohanga and kindergartens through to secondary schools. “It’s IN THE all about the participation. We want children to go up on stage, have fun, and be proud of representing their schools, themselves, their families. I’ve been really encouraged by schools writing their own songs that reflect their school story, who they are and what MIX they represent. It is hugely encouraging they are growing their local curriculum in their schools through kapa haka.” The event finishes on Friday. Mr Swann said there would not be a mass haka this year. “We’ve decided to give it a rest, not because it wasn’t PAGE 13 working, it was fantastic. But we think we will just bring it out for some special occasions from now on.” Picture by Paul Rickard ‘Murderous intent’ East Coast man beaten to death, body set alight: Crown SOON after he was beaten to death, before it took hold. Lawyers for each defendant made Island when he handed himself in to Tokomaru Bay man Raymond Neilson’s Tihei Patuwai, 30, and Reuben Wayne opening statements. police on December 23. lifeless body was set alight on his lounge Hira Gibson-Park, 25, went on trial Counsel Eric Forster said Patuwai In his opening address, Mr Manning room floor, a High Court jury for a murder yesterday. Each pleaded not guilty to handed himself in to police seven days told the jury Gibson-Park, Patuwai, and trial in Gisborne heard yesterday. a jointly-laid charge of murdering Mr later. He admitted being involved in two younger men in their logging crew — Speakers and other items were piled on Neilson, who was 48. assaulting Mr Neilson, even after he was William Reedy and Karaitiana Kenworthy top of him to fuel the fire — no doubt an The Crown alleges they punched, kicked hit with a bat by someone else, but had aka Keelan — had been celebrating at effort to raze the Tawhiti Street house at and stomped on Mr Neilson, then battered no intention of killing him and did not their end-of-year work break-up that night Waima and any evidence of Mr Neilson’s him with an aluminium softball bat — appreciate he might die. at the Te Puka Tavern. murder there, Crown prosecutor Steve that they did so with murderous intent, or Counsel Mark Ryan said Gibson-Park They left about midnight with three Manning alleged. were reckless as to whether Mr Neilson also accepted assaulting Mr Neilson but female associates and were driving But a neighbour about 100 metres away might end up dead. at no time had any intention to kill him convoy-style around Tokomaru Bay in was awake. She had been alerted earlier Gibson-Park is further charged with or the alternative requisite reckless intent two utility vehicles — Gibson-Park’s grey by concerning noises at the property, and arson. The Crown alleges he alone set the for murder. one and a black one belonging to Keelan’s noticed an orange glow inside the house. fire to Mr Neilson’s body after returning to He denied returning to the house after mother, one of the women with them. She called 111 and rallied other the house a short time after the assault. the assault. neighbours and they put out the fire Mr Neilson was already dead. Gibson-Park was on Great Barrier CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Your journey to ENROL NOW! START success starts here FEB 2021 Check out our FREE programmes* free.eit.ac.nz NURSING & * conditions apply HEALTH SCIENCE 34817-05 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-4 Business ............11 Television ...........18 Racing ................23 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Picture page .....20 Sport ............ 24-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ....... 6-9,17 World............ 13-16 Classifieds ... 21-22 Weather .............27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, November 17, 2020 BEATING THE FEET: That was the main mode of transport at the Alzheimers Memory Walk fundraiser on Sunday although, above, Isla Grant (left) and Emeli Laing opted for scooter power. Purple is the Alzheimers colour — combining the stability of blue with the passion of red. Pictures by Rebecca Grunwell Party atmosphere at Memory Walk THE annual Alzheimers fundraising Memory Walk on Sunday was enjoyed by nearly 150 people. There were 67 walkers on the seven-kilometre-long Wainui Walk and 82 walkers on the Dementia Friendly Walk at 1.5km, making 149 in total. “This is the biggest number in a couple of years,” Alzheimers Gisborne-Tairawhiti manager Tracy Robinson said. “We raised $2874.60, which included the income from the sausage sizzle, face painting, bouncy castle, henna painting and T-shirt sales. “Not only did it generate an income for us, it created a real party atmosphere. “There were also lots of spot prizes donated by Mitre 10.” She made special mention of the Collier whanau who won the major prize of a gardening package for the biggest family entry. “There were five generations of Colliers at the Memory Walk.” Alzheimers Gisborne-Tairawhiti was also grateful to major sponsors Mitre 10 Gisborne. PATROLS OPEN Surf lifeguards at Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae kicked off the patrol season in the district at the weekend with the first full day volunteer patrols of the summer. Dawson Building Midway and Riversun Wainui start their full day weekend patrols at the end of the month. On duty on Saturday are (from left) Charli Blackburne, Genna Robertson and Emma Brownlie. Picture by Liam Clayton LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON THE LAND Gisborne Herald • Another ‘stellar’ line-up of speakers and home-delivered exhibitors for the East Coast Farm Expo in Wairoa in the New Year. • Beef and Lamb NZ and the Meat Industry Association welcome the RCEP trade deal. • The weekly AgriHQ report for the week beginning November 16. 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 nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, November 17, 2020 NEWS 3 Project to provide better care for taonga OVER the last month Tairawhiti Museum has been working collaboratively with kaitieki-a-iwi in a project to undertake specialised cleaning and re-housing of taonga cared for by the museum. The pieces include maihi (diagonal bargeboards) and raparapa (ends of the bargeboards), paepae-roa from three different wharenui, three pou/pa tuwatawata and a pou whakapapa. These architectural components or taonga have been identified as originating from Ngati Porou wharenui, and a Te Aitanga a Hauiti pa (fortified village). The focus of this project has been about improving the storage conditions of these taonga, which because of their size have been inadequately stored in the past. “The re-housing and better care of these taonga has been the impetus for this project, and what has made it more special is the collaborative work with Te Aitanga a Hauiti and Ngati Porou, in particular the establishment of two kaitieki-a-iwi within the museum team RELOCATING: Tairawhiti Museum staff Claudette Collis (kaitieki-a iwi), Eloise Wallace (museum director) and Poutu Puketapu to work with their taonga,” Tairawhiti Museum (kaitieki-a-iwi) caring for taonga. Picture by Paul Rickard director Eloise Wallace said. Claudette Collis and Poutu Puketapu have been steadily working on the taonga — stored pivotal responsibility for museums, it is equally can seek to provide holistic care for the taonga taonga in situ and while they are in a natural in a container at Tairawhiti Museum— doing essential to understand the intangible and held in the museum.” working environment. Claudette, Poutu and condition reports of each taonga and cleaning intrinsic aspects of taonga,” Eloise said. The taonga are open to public viewing from other Tairawhiti Museum staff will lead guided using a brush/vacuum process. “It is only through relationships and Wednesday to Friday from 10am to 12noon. tours about the project and share their “Although the physical care of taonga is a partnerships with whanau, hapu and iwi that we People can come and have a look at the experiences. Crown alleges attack continued for 20mins FROM PAGE 1 used his knee to hold Mr Neilson down. IN SHOCK The group intended to continue The two younger men were told partying at Gibson-Park’s house to leave. As they did, Kenworthy to the south of the township but picked up the bat and gave it to for reasons unknown, headed Gibson-Park. Triple tragedy at same spot as earlier death north of the tavern to Waima. They left in the black ute. It was there, by chance, they When Patuwai and Gibson-Park came across Mr Neilson, close to left, Mr Neilson was dead or very THE East Cape community is reeling after happened. The family will be sorely missed Tawhiti Street and walking along close to it on the floor in front of a the deaths yesterday morning of a mother in our community.