TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 • Petition to retain community checkpoints gaining momentum • Candlelight tribute to nurses who have died of Covid-19 COVID 19 • Work to resume on Kainga Ora housing projects • Level 2 restrictions for funerals, church services slammed • Expert warns US about lifting lockdown too early PAGES 2-11, 15, 21-24 • All 11 million Wuhan residents to be tested LET’S GET PHYSICAL: Showing what gym life in Level 2 will look like when the YMCA Gisborne reopens tomorrow are (from left) Frauke Nieschmidt, Elena Serena, Gerald Eaton, Steve Allen, YMCA Gisborne operations manager Janene Dixon-Smith, Kelsey Hart, Luisa Knight, Renae Lolohea and Jordan Phelps. STORY ON PAGE 3 Picture by Paul Rickard COUNTING DOWN TO THE nation steps down to Covid physical distancing and strict hygiene Regional Recovery Governance meetings, using such technology as Alert Level 2 from midnight and with measures in place. Group Tairawhiti Rau Tipu Rau Ora Zoom, back to person-to-person. more freedom on offer Mayor Rehette Mrs Stoltz said it was more L2 is focusing its efforts on supporting Mayor Stoltz said the council Stoltz is urging people to be “socially important than ever for people to buy businesses and easing the economic offices in Fitzherbert Street would responsible” as they come to grips locally. hardship many in the community are be open and operating from 10am to with the new normal. As activity starts to return to local facing. 2pm. Mayor Stoltz said she was looking businesses, the Mayor has suggested The council is offering free parking Contact tracing and hygiene forward to walking through the city residents save their money to spend throughout the city to help support practices will be in place. centre next week to talk to business in Tairawhiti. initiatives by Trust Tairawhiti — The council office at Te Puia operators and owners. “Many businesses have taken a hit such as Let’s Shop Tairawhiti! — and Springs will not open yet. “If you go out, please make sure due to the lockdown and now that increased funding to businesses Mrs Stoltz said it would be you are socially responsible and keep the alert levels are starting to move, via the Regional Business Partner preferred if people did their council your social distance. we could all give them a boost by Programme. business online. “Please practise hand-washing, shopping locally. More Gisborne District Council Public toilets will open on sneeze in your elbow and stay at “Shopping locally helps create activities also open tomorrow under Thursday but decisions relating to home if you or your kids are unwell.” jobs and keeps dollars in our region. Alert Level 2, including councillors the Olympic Pool and HB Williams From tomorrow, retail, cafes, It builds local wealth, it’s better holding their May meeting in the Memorial Library are still to be restaurants, cinemas and other public environmentally as it reduces the council chambers. made. spaces, including playgrounds gyms use of fossil fuels, and there’s even Tomorrow’s meeting could make The transfer station’s recycling and Tairawhiti Museum, can reopen. evidence that it is better for our the council the first local body in chute for paper, bottles and cardboard All will be required to have health.” the country to move from electronic will also open tomorrow. GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ..............9 Farming..............13 Racing ................20 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............10 Classifieds ... 17-18 Sport ............ 21-24 National ............ 6-8 World.............11,15 Television ...........19 Weather .............23 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 13, 2020 LET’S SWIM Enterprise centre ready to reopen, no decision yet on Olympic Pool by Murray Robertson their swimwear. There’ll be no within that range. showers available but the toilets “But we cannot allow parents SWIMMERS will be able to will be available. to be inside the pool complex follow the black line again from “That’s all part of the during squad trainings.” tomorrow morning at Enterprise Government’s restrictions on The Enterprise centre attracts Cars Swim Centre but those who pools and gyms in Alert Level a steady number of members of go to the Olympic Pool or get 2. There will be a register kept the public who will able to swim Comet club coaching will have to for everyone to sign as part of again from tomorrow. wait a few more days. contact tracing procedures.” “We will also be resuming our Under Alert Level 2 pools will Enterprise caters for 160 to aquarobics classes on Tuesdays be able to reopen in the morning, 170 young swimmers — aged and Fridays, 9.30-10.15am.” after being closed through the eight to 21. Comet manager Rochelle level 4 and 3 periods. “I think the kids will be rapt Somerton said they were waiting The Enterprise pool in Nelson to get swimming again. They’ve for guidelines from Swimming Road will reopen its doors to the been cooped up for so long. NZ and Sport NZ in regards to public again at 5.45am tomorrow. “We’ve had phone calls coming the 10-person bubble which had “We’re just happy to be able to for the past couple of weeks now turned out to be a lot stricter open again,” said centre manager from people wanting to get back than first thought. Gary Martin. into it.” “Our Olympic Pool squads “We want people to try to Mr Martin said the lockdown and stroke development, which return to normality as much had made a big hole in their involve 250 swimmers at OPC, as possible, as soon as possible, training schedule. and our Elgin Learn to Swim and while we realise there are “We normally have a two-week lessons will resume once our going to be restrictions, we’re break anyway in April but it has health and safety plan is signed thankful we are going to be open cost the training squads four off from these organisations. and provide a service to the weeks of preparations. “We hope to hear further community.” “However, we don’t know when guidelines from these They will be open to the public competitions are going to be organisations today. from 6am to 3pm five days a allowed to start up again. The “We are committed to getting week, with squad training as biggest problem with that is our swimmers back in the pool, well. the 100-person limit on indoor however, we do not want to rush SWEET CHARITY: Kirsten Ehau raised $1230 for charity by “The changing rooms will be gatherings.” the process as our staff and our baking cupcakes. The Gisborne Herald staff got a sample and closed so people must come in Mr Martin said the size of the swimmers’ safety is our main summed it up in one word . “yum!” Picture by Paul Rickard their swimwear and leave in club’s training squads were well priority.” Kirsten’s queen of the cupcakes by Kim Parkinson flowers and once I’d made and sold 100 bouquets I moved them GISBORNE woman Kirsten all to the spare room to be able to Ehau has raised $1230 for The give the dining room a thorough Salvation Army food bank by clean, and turn it into a cupcake combining two things she loves factory.” — baking and giving back to the She used contactless payment community. and had pickup and delivery She got busy in the kitchen options. making more than 700 cupcakes “Making cupcake boxes has in several flavours —- chocolate, been a passion of mine for some strawberry, vanilla and lemon sour time. cream — in time for Mother’s Day “I’ve made them to raise money last Sunday. for youth at The Meeting Place “I got orders on social media Church and to get to a conference and sold 123 boxes in total, each in Whakatane. containing six cupcakes,” she I’ve also given them out for free said. as part of the church’s #LIFE (love She also turned her hand to is for everyone) where we’ve gone flower arranging and ordered door-to-door in the community.” WAIT NEARLY OVER: Enterprise Cars Swim Centre will reopen its doors to the public tomorrow morning hundreds of blooms from flower Kirsten is already planning her after the country goes into Alert Level 2 from midnight. Ready to get back into action are (from left) coach suppliers around the country. next fundraiser which she will Joshua Taylor-Martin, centre manager Gary Martin and head coach Matt Martin. Picture by Paul Rickard “My dining room was full of promote on Facebook. Get your Gisborne Herald • Gisborne artist Zoe Alford talks about her exhibition of landscapes that, along home-delivered with Tawera Tahuri’s exhibition, marks the reopening of Tairawhiti Museum. • Deaf fashion designer Cruze Kapa of Gisborne used his time in lockdown with a Taupo family to make a kakahu (cloak) out of pheasant feathers. • Photographic artworks by Julia De Cleene explore her response to the lockdown. TOMORROW PLUS: MUSIC GUIDE • FILM REVIEWS • GUIDE GOSSIP The Gisborne Herald, 64 Gladstone Road, P.O. 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