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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 30-31, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.70 INSIDE TODAY PAGES 2-3, 5-9, 11-13, NEW COVID-19NEW 16-17, 21-22, 26-27 MammothPBL RECORD SALES OF •PBL Assessment centre at theatre to close Monday mission to • No new cases for seven days running •PAGE 56,000 3 tourists stayed in NZ to weather virus repair flood $1M-PLUS HOUSES • Trump to terminate relationship with WHO damage PAGE 3 • $175m in funding for artists, musos, venues KAITI 1000 CANCER Society volunteer Daryl Gowers and his supporters set off on the first of the 1000 scalings of Titirangi/Kaiti Hill Daryl is to do in a year to raise funds for the Gisborne East Coast branch. His campaign has been called Kaiti 1000. From left are Esme Atkinson, Shelley Ferguson, Daryl, Cancer Society health promoter Roimata Mangu, Cherie Mangu and Mere Mangu. STORY ON PAGE 4 Picture by Paul Rickard Indoor pool Treading water to stay shut as funding on pool’s future is sought by staff reporters easy one. Our 50m pool has a leak that alternative available,” Mr White said. is warmer but this is also dependent on we will be unable to fix until summer, so “It’s not the most ideal situation but whether we are successful with our short- GISBORNE’S leaking indoor Olympic- we’ll be diverting water we usually use the swimmers are keen to get back into listed Crown Infrastructure Partner’s size swimming pool will remain closed this to heat the 50m pool to reopen the 33m training and we’re looking forward to application for the Olympic Pool Complex winter and will only reopen if a funding outdoor pool over winter,” GDC liveable making a pool available. redevelopment.” application to a new government scheme communities director Andrew White said. “This will give the squads, lap The CIP fund is part of the Covid-19 is successful. “It’s been a frustrating period, especially swimmers and recreational swimmers Response and Recovery Fund and has Funding of $46 million from Crown if you’ve been wanting to swim laps.” access to a pool over winter.” set aside an initial $3 billion to fund Infrastructure Partners has been sought The 50m pool leaked significantly Staff and local contractors have worked infrastructure projects across the country. but it will have to compete with nearly during lockdown so the council decided to on a temporary fix for the leaks in the Ministers will soon decide which 2000 other “shovel-ready” projects keep it closed. 50m pool since March but with limited projects to progress and consider advice nationwide. This week, as a temporary measure success. from the Infrastructure Industry Gisborne District Council today issued to get swimmers back in the water, staff “We’re dealing with an old pool, Reference Group which, earlier this month a statement saying it would reopen the were reconfiguring the heat exchanger requiring a proper reline, but we are had received a total of 1924 submissions 33-metre outdoor pool at the Olympic Pool to warm the outdoor pool to make it making the best of the situation in the across approximately 40 sectors with a complex on Tuesday but not the indoor swimable. interim,” Mr White said. combined value of $136bn. 50m pool. “After discussions with Comet “Our current plan is to reline the 50m “The decision to open has not been an Swimming Club we believe this is the best pool in October when the temperature CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Opinion ..............11 Farming ..............21 Television ....W9-11 Births & Deaths ...4 World...... 12-13, 16 Business ...... 22-23 Sport ............ 25-28 TOMORROW National .... 6-10, 17 Classifieds ... 18-20 Racing ...............24 Weather .............27 977 1175467004 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, May 30, 2020 Maunga, mahi, mana Extra hands huge boost to Whaia Titirangi programme REINFORCEMENTS: Whaia Titirangi operational leader Jordan Tibble (left), supervisor Angus Maindonald and operational assistant Mihikura Te Pairi at the kowhai grove as it gets attention from workers added to their team through the Tairawhiti Economic Support Package Redeployment Programme. Photo by The Black Balloon WHEN Whaia Titirangi operational District Council – has been running two “You get carried away. Today they were “This is an opportunity for us to share leader Jordan Tibble thinks about her years with a primary focus on community all wide-eyed and ready to burst with more of what we do . to ignite the work on the maunga (Titirangi), it is with engagement and conservation education. questions.” passion and share the joy of our maunga. a long-term vision. Their work is visible to all who walk on, These are reactions she understands We love sharing the maunga. Everyone “When I am 65 I want to come back and run over or visit the maunga. They have only too well. can find their passion here and there is walk through the ngahere (forests) we hands-on support from organisations, Their involvement in the programme such mana in the mahi (work).” have planted and see all our manu (birds) schools and individuals but the magnitude means so much more can be accomplished, Around 70,000 trees have already thriving in their new home,” she says. of the work makes it challenging to stay she says. been planted on Titirangi with another Titirangi/Kaiti Hill resonates with so ahead. “We can hit different areas all over the 10,000 set to go in this year under the many across Tairawhiti for all sorts of “It can’t be underestimated what it maunga. Everything is a cycle and usually programme. There are also plans to clear reasons — history, connection, fitness means to have this you can only do so new areas and prepare sites for future and more — so when the programme extra help through much, but this means planting. The seaward side of the maunga was announced as part of one of five the redeployment It can’t be underestimated we can do all areas will also get some attention. projects identified in the Tairawhiti programme,” Ranell what it means to have this and accomplish more.” The programme is in response to the Economic Support Package Redeployment says. ‘ Those who have impacts of Covid-19, and while initially Programme’s $23.755m funding, Jordan When the first six extra help come on to the aimed to assist displaced forestry workers, and others rejoiced. of the workers started — Whaia’ Titirangi project team through the has been broadened. Suddenly their team of three was to this week, Jordan took manager Ranell Nikora programme were It encompasses five key projects and expand to 17. them for a walk and chosen for their skill- aims to provide work and training for up Jordan and Whaia Titirangi project told them stories of sets and development to 200 people. manager Ranell Nikora are excited about the maunga, giving potential. At the very heart of each are the what this means for a programme they an insight to the plantings, the trees and The 17 workers have a staggered start displaced workers who will get meaningful are passionate about. more. over the next few weeks. employment with the opportunity for “Our job is not to be here forever but to “It is hard to explain when you are “As unique as our programme is, each training, new qualifications, additional make it possible to continue the mantle,” standing at Te Poho-o-Rawiri (Marae) of them brings a unique addition to our skills and the possibility of long-term jobs. Ranell says. but when you get out into the trees and team,” Jordan said. The Titirangi component is part of a The programme – a collaborative effort ngahere (bush) all the stories just come to The Titirangi component of the wider environmental project across the between Ngati Oneone and Gisborne you,” Jordan says. programme runs for 12 weeks. rohe, including parks and coastal areas. RAINBOW RACER: The Trust Tairawhiti Rescue Helicopter team have been operating one of their standby machines for the Get your past week while a new engine was being fitted Gisborne Herald to their normal front-line chopper in Napier. They dubbed the standby aircraft Rainbow Racer and it is home-delivered pictured left on the helipad at Waikato Hospital after transporting a Gisborne patient earlier this week. “We figured Rainbow Racer was a good name for it, given it’s got blue-coloured skids, a red tail and a yellow, orange and white body,” said chopper base manager Doug Buchanan. “We might not see the Kawasaki BK117 flying here again for a while though because it’s our third standby machine. Our second one is currently in Taranaki.” Mr Buchanan said the fact the Gisborne rescue chopper operation was part of a much wider organisation meant they always had access to other helicopters. Their normal MBB BK117 machine returned from Napier yesterday. Picture supplied To nd out more call 869 0620 The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, May 30, 2020 NEWS 3 BACK TO BEING A THEATRE: War Memorial Theatre was transformed into a Covid-19 testing station and community-based assessment centre over the course of the lockdown and subsequent lowering of alert levels. That ends on Monday. Pictures by Liam Clayton Exit stage left: Monday last day of assessment centre at theatre MONDAY will be the last day the “It has worked incredibly well as an War Memorial Theatre will operate as a It has worked incredibly well as an assessment centre assessment centre. community-based assessment centre.