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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 A group ... of one BRUCE Talbot cups have been placed (pictured) was the first upside down, jutting out to tee off at Poverty Bay of the hole. Golf Club at 7am today A good number as Level 3 guidelines of players swapped allowed for members to chipping around the return to the fairways, backyard for a solo round albeit in a restricted this morning. capacity. The other city course, That includes no Electrinet Park, will not interacting with people be reopening until the outside your bubble, Alert Level is dropped meaning Bruce and many to 2. others can only play by Country course themselves. Patutahi is open to Poverty Bay is members “under strict adhering to a set of guidelines”. operational guidelines Other forms of under Alert Level 3. recreation are allowed Players must book under Level 3, including tee times online or surfing for experienced by phoning the club surfers at their local manager. break, other water sports On the course itself, such as kayaking, rowing players must observe and windsurfing (within social distancing, there 200 metres of the shore), are no flagsticks or rakes fishing from a wharf and the clubhouse, pro or the shore, mountain shop and on-course biking, day tramping on toilets are closed. “easy trails” and hunting A hole is cut in the (on private land, on foot centre of each green and and not overnight). THE ROAD TO RECOVERY THE mission to rebuild the local pleased the group was building on support for local enterprise. while we work in true partnership for our economyL3 through the Tairawhiti Regional existing governance and operational “We are set up to support our region. Recovery Plan is well under way as the infrastructure such as the TEAP businesses and community groups, and “The Tairawhiti Regional Recovery nation starts life under Covid-19 Alert (Tairawhiti Economic Action Plan) and we recognise we need a huge emphasis Plan will assess and create actions Level 3. Manaaki Tairawhiti, rather than creating on communicating with and supporting to address the immediate, short- and Tairawhiti Rau Tipu Rau Ora — a something new. those who are doing it tough.” long- term needs of our communities, regional recovery governance group — “This would have been a distraction Regional social sector forum Manaaki iwi and businesses. In addition to the met late last week to discuss the issues, when we need to apply our energy and Tairawhiti will bring agencies and planning work, there are already a lot of challenges and opportunities ahead of the focus to getting things done.” providers together to help local whanau initiatives supporting businesses and our region’s communities. He was also keen on a Tairawhiti-led over the coming months, says Manaaki community.” The group consists of Gisborne Mayor response and recovery plan, rather than co-chair Herewini Te Koha. Trust Tairawhiti has surveyed and Rehette Stoltz, iwi chairs and chairs of one led out of Wellington. “We’ll need to be smart, practical and spoken with over 350 businesses and Hauora Tairawhiti, Trust Tairawhiti and “Tairawhiti communities have already collaborative, and I’m sure we will.” community groups since Alert Level 4 Eastland Group. demonstrated their resilience through the Council chief executive Nedine started. Mayor Stoltz, who is a co-chair of the lockdown and this needs to continue into Thatcher Swann said the council, through Businesses identified a reduction in group, believes Tairawhiti is in a steady the recovery and beyond.” its Civil Defence responsibilities, had customers, short-term cash flow and position to be built back up again after TEAP was refreshed at the end of 2019 traditionally led recovery planning but staff wellbeing as the biggest areas of more than four weeks under Level 4 and Gisborne District Council signed Covid-19 was “something none of us have concern, and would like support with restrictions. off on the Tairawhiti 2050 Spatial Plan ever experienced before”. financial planning, business continuity “Our regional economy has some good earlier this year. “This requires a shift from our and strategy. bones to help us bounce back,” she said. Trust Tairawhiti chief executive Gavin traditional recovery model to one where Co-chair Selwyn Parata said he was Murphy sees the benefits of bolstering we put our respective hats to the side CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............10 Television ...........15 Kids page ..........20 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............11 Racing ................16 Sport ............ 21-24 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ......... 8-9, 17 World............ 12-14 Classifieds .........19 Weather .............23 > LEVEL 4 FUNDRAISER: Sylvie Ladd, 8, raised more In the museum than $300 for the RSA by selling 40 home-made poppies outside her gate in contactless transactions on neighbourhood Anzac Day. Counting the cash would be this week’s maths home schooling by Wynsley Wrigley Mrs Wallace project, said mum presents images Victoria Ladd.“We were IT’S a chance to of the Garrison, overwhelmed with people’s look at Gisborne’s built in 1908, and generosity.” Sylvie got the historic past, from which burned idea to make poppies and World War 2 and down in mysterious fundraise for Anzac Day beyond. circumstances in from one of her classmates Tairawhiti 1931. in Room 2 at Makauri. “By Museum director Arson was a fluke we had leftover Eloise Wallace is suspected, but never craft supplies from making a series of proven. Halloween and I’d found a short films based on The late Emily huge stash of safety pins the military history Eloise Wallace Ledger, in footage a few days earlier while tour she conducts shot in 1988, gives cleaning up the messy for Historic Places an eye witness drawer.” Sylvie sat at the Tairawhiti — and the first one account of the fire and talks end of her driveway, with can be viewed on The Gisborne of a humorous aftermath a bottle of hand sanitiser. Herald’s website or Facebook featuring young boys who People would take their page. removed burned rifles from the own poppy from a safe The film was shot recently destroyed building. distance, and dropped while Mrs Wallace walked One image shows the money into an icecream around the museum Peel Street Bridge in the container. “She sold out by neighbourhood, and features foreground while it was being lunchtime.” the Army Hall and the built in 1923. Picture supplied predecessor building on the The Army Hall was built in same site, the Garrison Hall. 1942 during World War 2. Situation grim, outlook not good by Murray Robertson EXTREME SOME hill country farmers to the west DROUGHT: of Gisborne face the prospect of a very Sunworth Station tough winter as they contend with dry at Ngatapa conditions some have not seen before. continues to Drought remains a serious issue for endure the impact some of them. of severe drought Ngatapa has been particularly badly conditions, with affected, along with Pehiri, Waingake, poplars and the top end of Rere and Otoko, as well willows being as parts of the East Coast north of felled to provide Tokomaru Bay. feed for stock. The dry conditions have significantly affected grass growth and most Picture supplied importantly farm water supplies. “It’s a grim situation and the outlook is not good,” said long-time Ngatapa farmer Hamish Cave from Sunworth Station. “A vast proportion of the farm is not runoff into the farm dams or to replenish processing under Covid-19 restrictions.” the closing of all the saleyards means growing any grass, and growth has been the ground water and the springs.” David Scott from the Rural Support farmers have to wait in a queue to have limited on other areas of the farm.” He said the prospects for meaningful Trust said parts of the district continued their stock killed, and cannot sell store Mr Cave said he believes the majority rain in his area in the near future were to suffer from the ravages of a severe stock at Matawhero.” of farms in his area and other farms in not good. drought. Stock must stay on-farm for longer the western hills would be in the same “The Niwa outlook for April, May and “This drought also follows our varied periods which in turn means trying to situation. June is for below average rainfall and geographical landscape with its resulting keep them fed on little or no grass cover. “I’m very concerned about our that’s a further concern. rain-shadow depending on both wind “Winter could be extremely tough situation. We’re selling store stock, store “The Rural Support Trust have been and rain direction. if there is no rain with warm days to lambs and killing lambs and cattle to helping out where they can, but it’s “Consequently, some districts and promote autumn growth, and because reduce stock numbers, to protect our difficult during lockdown for them to do valleys are still severely affected while both the North and South Islands have capital stock, and our younger breeding much. others vary from a green tinge to gaining drought-declared areas, supplementary stock. “Hopefully that will change under reasonable covers.” winter feed is in huge demand. “That will help us get through this dry Alert Level 3 this week.” Mr Scott said north of Tokomaru Bay, “These are indeed worrying times for period.” Peter Andrew from AgFirst said the Tikitiki towards East Cape, Ngatapa, some farmers in our region.” Mr Cave said in the 2013 drought the worst affected have been north-facing Rere, as well as Kotemaori and Putorino Mr Scott said the East Coast/Gisborne/ feed situation was worse than it is now, paddocks, especially in areas like still showed little indication of pasture Wairoa Rural Support Trust network but water-wise this year is worse.