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TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 GREASE l l STARS PAGE 12 BACK LOCAL Pipiwharauroa Hakihea 2020 Pukapuka: Rua Tekau Ma Whitu Panui:EUROPE Tekau mā rua AIRLINES PRODUCTION FEATURE INSIDE TODAY PAGE 2 BAN FLIGHTS INTO UK Katahi te rangi tino whakahirahira ko tēnei Nā Whare Gilbert te ope whakaeke nō Ko te nuinga o ngā tauira i whakangungua te rangi whakanui i ngā tauira kua puta ngā Kahungunu, nō Whakatōhea nō ngā mātā kua whai mah i ngā i ngahere o te rohe, ihu, kua puea ake i te mahi whakangungu waka, nō ngā hau e whā, ngā waewae tapu nō reira kāre i puta kia whakawhiwhia. He mo tēnei tau, te tau 2020. me te wāhanga hoki ki Tūranga Ararau i tohu pai. whakarite. Karanga mai ana te reo o Ora Taukamo Ka tau kē! Ko te tuku i ngā tohu te mahi takahi atu ana te marea i te atea tapu o Mutu ana te harirū, huri kau ana ki te wāhanga whakamutunga. Āhua roa tonu e mahi ana te marae o Rongopai. Waimarie, rangatira tuku tohu. Ko ngā kaiako o ia akoranga me ka tae ki ngā tohu whakamaumahara ki ngā ana mātou ki te riro mā Rawiri Hawea te te Kaiwhakahaere Matua ngā kaituku i ngā kaimahi o Tūranga Ararau kua ngaro i te kaumātua o Waituhi mātou e whakatau. tiwhikete. tirohanga kanohi arā ko Jackson Peneha, ko Barry Brown, ko Emma Koia me Tere Ahakoa rā kua poroporoaki, kua mihia, kua Tata ki kotahi rau ngā taiohi me o rātou Fitzgerald. Ko ngā taonga whakamaumahara tangihia o tātou mate, eke ana ki te marae whānau, kaiako hoki i whakaeke ki te marae kua araara ake anō rātou i te whatumanawa o Rongopai kia whakawhiwhia ki o rātou tohu o maumahara, ko Willa Outten tēna, ko mai i ō rātou kaiako. Koiānei ngā tauira o Selwyn Ruru tēna me Temple Isaacs hoki. Tūranga Ararau. He tauira ēnei i puta i ngā Ko rātou i mahi, i tautoko, i āwhina i ngā akoranga o ngā Pāmu mai i Kahunungū, tauira me Tūranga Ararau i a rātou e takahi i te pāmu i Tiniroto me Waingake. Hei ana i te mata o te whenua. Ka tangi tonu, whakamārama noa ake, he tūhononga kei raro kāre he mutunga mai. Pupū tonu ana ngā i te maru o Tūranga Ararau, ki Tūranganui a Nā te hākari i whakakapi ngā mahi o te rā. roimata, e kore e mimiti. Moe mai rā. Kua Kiwa. Ko te pāmu whakangungu kei Tiniroto ko Ruapani. Kei Heretaunga me Waingake Ā tēra tau 2021 anō ētahi o ngā pāmu. DECK THE HOUSE WITH LOTS OF JOLLY: Being bundled up in your pyjamas and dressing gown and driven to homes lit up for Christmas is a rite of passage for many children. Stand-outs this year for the best Christmas-themed houses are in Maki Street (pictured), Elsdon Best Street, Ormond Road, Aberdeen Road, Oswald Street and the traditional line-up on Sunvale Crescent. STORY ON PAGE 2 Picture by Jordan Perry We firmly believe this is ‘the best (option) for our community . for all 50,000-plus RATES HIKE — Mayor’ Rehette Stoltz Councillors back proposal to increase rates rise up to 6.5 percent by Alice Angeloni put to public consultation in March. an increase than previously planned Mayor Rehette Stoltz said councillors It backtracks on a commitment made next year and less ability to smooth the had worked through every option. GISBORNE district councillors have in the 2018-2028 Long-Term Plan to cap impacts in 2023.” “We firmly believe this is the best given the green light to a proposal to rates rises at 5 percent maximum, but The proposed increase would enable the (option) for our community, making increase the overall rates take to Gisborne District Council chief executive council to meet critical infrastructure and decisions not just for small groups of the 6.5 percent. Nedine Thatcher Swann said the previous core business delivery, she said. community, for rural or city, but for all The proposal is to strategy was based on “circumstances It also took into account the costs of new 50,000 plus.” increase rates revenue to known at that time”. requirements from Central Government She acknowledged the work of staff and a maximum of 6.5 percent “There have been some changes and around resource management legislation, councillors. per annum for the first new challenges for council since then — climate change and three waters reform. “We bring feedback from our different three years of the 2021- notably Covid-19 and the lockdown, which “For context, we’re not the only council communities . sometimes the feedback 2031 Long Term Plan and placed unforeseen financial pressures on facing these challenges and proposing rate that we bring might be inconsistent with reduce this to 5 percent our community,” she said. increases.” how we personally feel but that is our job from the fourth year. In response to Covid-19, the council Other councils were forecasting — to bring the message of our community This will be included in reduced the annual plan rates revenue increases between 6 and 26 percent in the to our decision-making. a draft financial strategy which will come increase from 4.89 percent to 3.26 percent. first year of the next Long Term Plan, she before councillors in January, before being “This means we will have more of said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............10 Racing ................15 Sport ............ 20-24 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............11 Television ...........16 Weather .............23 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ............ 6-9 World............ 12-14 Classifieds .........18 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Monday, December 21, 2020 THE REASON FOR THE SEASON: A home (below) across from the Botanical Gardens on Aberdeen Road has a manger It’s beginning scene, complete with mannequins for to look a Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. lot like . FROM PAGE 1 by Sophie Rishworth AS Christmas movies play silently on their windows each night, behind the scenes Tony and Kara Loftus get their five children ready for bed. No easy feat when your home is lit up like Christmas. But it is all for a worthy cause . the children of Gisborne. The Loftus family of Elsdon Best Street are one of many who have added a bit of magic to streets around town by dressing their homes for Christmas on the outside, as well as the inside. “We love seeing the house all lit up. I probably like it more than our kids now,” said Tony, the driving force behind their light displays for the past seven years. It takes five hours to light up the roof, MANGAPAPA MAGIC: This home has lit up Oswald Street with its decorations and then at least another seven hours for several blow-up Santas in different scenarios. Pictures by Sophie Rishworth their front yard and playhouse. The spectacular end result brings hundreds of admiring families to their doorstep. Tony said the power bill wasn’t “too bad” because the lights were all LED, and they have solar panels on their roof. He starts on the Christmas display about mid-November. Everything comes from Bunnings, where Kara works. The lights are on for around four hours a night from 8pm, while three projectors play Christmas movies. Last year their house hit its peak popularity, said Tony. “I still remember being quite amazed and looking down the street at people parking their cars and walking down. We had traffic jams.” To compensate for the increased traffic at the end of their cul-de-sac street, Tony, Kara and their neighbours park on an empty reserve close by so drivers can turn around easier. Tony is an IT consultant at Blue House Computing so has the technical knowledge to solder wires and fix any “technical issues”. He has plans to make their display even bigger next year. Other homes worth a drive-by are on Maki Street, Oswald Street, Ormond Road, Aberdeen Road and Sunvale Crescent. COME ON OVER: The Loftus children in their matching Christmas PJs hide inside their lit-up playhouse. From left are Lily, 8, Killian, 3, Sebastian, 5, and five- month-old Theodore held by big sister Kylah, 10. Hollywood support for local production of Grease by Mark Peters “good luck” which is thought to attract roles for adults and a chorus of bad luck. In fact it was someone’s younger performers. Packman has HOLLYWOOD stars from the 1978 broken leg, or ankle, that helped land been previously involved with two musical comedy movie Grease have Pearl a part in the first national tour of productions of Grease. The first was in come out in support of Gisborne the stage. His audition for a part in the 1990 and the other was in 1995. producer James Packman’s call-out movie was just as wild, he says. Packman will direct next year’s for actors for production of the show Conn fizzes with enthusiasm in her show while Lawrence Mulligan (last next year. video. seen on stage as John Proctor in Barry Pearl who played Doody, and “Now, if you’re thinking about Unity Theatre’s production of The Didi Conn who played Frenchy, each auditioning for the production of Crucible) will take on the role of appear in a video in which they send Grease in February 2021, do it, baby! production manager Grease. positive, upbeat wishes to prospective Do it, you’ll have the best time of your Funds raised by the Centre Stage performers.