TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 PARTIES HIT THE PAGES 3,5-7, 11,12,14 CAMPAIGN • Fees break for small businesses PAGE 2 • 17 Covid cases on one flight from India • Trump’s 2020 vaccine claim slammed SUPERGRANS TRAIL • India moves past Brazil for case numbers STUNNED BY GENEROUS DONATION PAGE 6 THE Labour Party’s announcement of a public holiday to celebrate Matariki if it is re-elected has been welcomed in Tairawhiti. Athena Emmerson-Kapa, the Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa project manager for the 2020 Matariki celebrations held in July, is right behind it. “Having a national Matariki public holiday is a great idea, this would give our country and the region of Gisborne Tairawhiti the chance to celebrate our Maori New Year which is unique to all of us in Aotearoa,” Ms Emmerson-Kapa said. “Matariki celebrations gives us a space to celebrate us as people, looking forward to the coming year and encouraging growth as Te reo a region. “We can create positive activities for all members of the community.” This move would mean New Zealand would have 12 public holidays and it would break up the winter period. The last public holiday introduced was Waitangi Day nearly 50 years ago. mission See story on page 9 One million Maori language speakers by the year 2040 NEW Zealanders will set a record schools and kohanga — choosing to attendees — for its own Maori they want to see a future where te this Maori Language Week as more join us for a moment to celebrate te Language Moment. reo is a normal part of their family, than 200,000 people have already reo,” said Professor Higgins. “To safeguard te reo we want one community and country.” signed up to celebrate te reo as part “Friends and whanau overseas are million Maori language speakers A Colmar Brunton poll of the country’s first virtual Maori also joining us.” by 2040 but we commissioned in 2019 revealed eight Language Moment on Monday, The Maori want to start in in 10 New Zealanders see te reo as September 14 at midday. Language While te reo Maori remains 2020, even if only part of their national identity. “We weren’t going to let Covid-19 Moment Te Wa an‘ endangered language, for a moment,” “While te reo Maori remains an stop us from bringing people together Tuku Reo Maori the support for it is strong. Professor Higgins endangered language, the support for to celebrate te reo so instead of is part of the said. “Those it is strong,” said Professor Higgins. cancelling events, we went hard and Maori Language We are intent on helping 200,000 people “We are intent on helping to turn decided to bring more people together Commission’s plan turn those supporters into who have already those supporters into speakers than ever before,” Maori language to get one million speakers signed up on our A Maori language hub – www. commissioner Professor Rawinia people speaking, website tuku. reomaori.co.nz – was also launched —Maori language commissioner Higgins said. singing and ’ reomaori.co.nz/ this week. At its heart is an online “We are humbled and excited to see celebrating te reo Professor Rawinia Higgins are sharing why events calendar where people people from across Aotearoa — from at the same time. they are joining us can upload and download events our smallest towns to our largest The commission will host a Zui and what they will be doing. happening online, on land and cities, multinational companies, cafes, mano — a Zoom meeting with 1000 “People’s reasons for joining reveal overseas. GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-4 Business ............11 Television ...........18 Racing ................23 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Classifieds ... 19-20 Sport ............ 24-28 National ..... 6-10,21 World...... 14-15, 17 Picture page.......22 Weather .............27 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 8, 2020 WALK THIS WAY: Riverside track Siteworx Civil general manager Blair Judd, Gisborne District Council transformed by Journeys capital manager Darren Cox, Gisborne Cycle and Walkway recycled asphalt Trust spokeswoman Gillian Ward and Mitre10 Gisborne WALKERS and cyclists “I congratulate the district owner Geoff Taylor should find their riverside council and Mitre 10 for coming check out the experience smoother going together to complete works like upgraded track after the patch behind Mitre10 this, especially using recycled behind Mitre10. was given a temporary upgrade materials.” Picture by using recycled asphalt road Mitre 10 owner Geoff Paul Rickard surfaces. Taylor worked with Mrs Ward The asphalt was removed and council capital manager during recent city road Darren Cox to find a temporary upgrades funded by the solution until plans were Provincial Growth Fund. confirmed for the Taruheru Once asphalt road surfaces Cycleway. are removed they can be Local company Siteworx Civil screened and processed into Ltd completed the work on the reusable materials suitable for path. paths, trails, unsealed roads “It’s been a great little project and carparks. to be a part of and we’ve seen Gillian Ward, of Gisborne an increase in pedestrians and Cycle and Walkway Trust, said cyclists using the path,” Mr the work had made a significant Taylor said. difference. “We’ve just completed more The path was much more plantings and we’re looking accessible for pedestrians and forward to seeing the path cyclists. being incorporated into the “During Level 4 lockdown the Alzheimers Memory Walk later path was well used by people this year,” Mr Taylor said. riding bikes, running and Similar works with recycled walking. millings have been completed “The path had really at Te Poho-o-Rawiri and Te Kuri deteriorated during the winter a Tuatai maraes and unsealed months but with the upgrade roads, including riverside and it’s now suitable in all weather. lake roads. Supergrans overwhelmed at large donation by Sophie Rishworth The community take care of us and we are well supported by the town and the country. It’s lovely IN one of the biggest donations they have had to be able to give back.” to date, boxes of brand new clothes arrived at Global Velocity’s Paul Anderson said it was Supergrans Tairawhiti yesterday leaving them pretty rewarding knowing the clothes were going “extremely overwhelmed”. where they would be appreciated. The boxes were full of hundreds of items The company supplies a number of stores, including jackets, fleece tops, raincoats, shorts, including Hunting and Fishing, and also makes the and hats, in all sizes. school uniforms for Ilminster Intermediate. Manufacturing company Global Velocity “Julie from the Gisborne store reached out and Group made the donation. North Island sales asked if we had anything lying around, probably representative Paul Anderson said he was pretty not expecting the scale of what we had. It’s about chuffed to see the work the Supergrans team were four or five years’ build up of leftover stock, that doing in Tairawhiti. just goes into a pile. Worth thousands of dollars, the clothing will be “It was a great time for a spring clean. We were distributed among families who are struggling. really chuffed to see the work these ladies are Hunting and Fishing store manager Julie doing in Gisborne,” said Paul, who drove the boxes Dowsing, who organised the gift, said after many of clothes through yesterday. years in retail an idea had popped into her head. Supergrans manager Linda Coulston said this She was watching a television show on poverty morning they had done an inventory of what was in in New Zealand when she thought about stock left the boxes and were, “extremely overwhelmed with over at the end of each year. She thought it was the donation”. worth a try to ask supplier Global Velocity if they “We have a lot of ideas of how we will distribute had any discontinued lines lying around. this large donation to families in need.” ONE OUT OF THE BOX: A large donation of brand new clothing to Supergrans A well-timed call to the right person, who had Linda said more and more businesses were Tairawhiti yesterday will be well-received by famlies who are struggling in this region. just been wondering what to do with that leftover coming forward to them with socially-conscious From left are Hunting and Fishing store manager Julie Dowsing, SuperGrans field stock, and it was boxed up and driven to Gisborne. initiatives. co-ordinator Erina Torrey, Global Velocity North Island sales representative Paul It was a pretty lucky phone call and a good “That’s really awesome. It is wonderful to see Anderson, and Supergans manager Linda Coulston. Picture by Paul Rickard score, said Julie. this kind of support and we thank Julie and the “It’s about giving back to the community. Hunting and Fishing crew for thinking of us.” LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON THE LAND • Regenerative Agriculture Gisborne Herald research by B+LNZ gets a home-delivered $390,000 boost from the Ministry of Primary Industries • Dr Jacqueline Rowarth talks about why innovation in farming needs fresh thinking • The weekly AgriHQ report for the week beginning September 7 THE GUIDE TOMORROW THURSDAY The Gisborne Herald, 64 Gladstone Road, P.O. 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