TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 FROM DOCTOR ‘I WAS BEATEN CORONAVIRUS TO MYSTERY FICTION EVERY DAY’ • GISBORNE PATIENT TESTS NEGATIVE FOR COVID-19 NOVELIST MAORI WOMEN’S SHOCKING • ROCKS THROWN AT CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS FAMILY VIOLENCE STATS • FRIENDLY KISSING, HANDSHAKING DISCOURAGED • AUSTRALIA, USA, ANTARCTICA & THAILAND PAGE 4 PAGE 6 REPORT FIRST DEATHS PAGES 3, 7, 13 Having a blast at kids’ day A HAND-PAINTED banner in front of (from left) Braxton Ngaronoa, Amber Monika, Aiden Monika and Harrison Raroa-Haraki is as colourful as the carnivalesque Children’s Day celebrations at East Coast Stand Children’s Services village yesterday. The kids enjoy fruit snacks as they show off the banner in Stand’s photo frame. There were plenty of other activities to enjoy. Along with carnival games, attractions, treats, spot prizes and a free sausage sizzle, Stand included its own resources such as a trampoline, basketball court and swimming pool to ensure the day was fun-packed. “We used everything and had a blast,” said pou maia/community social worker Ashlee Tata. “All the smiles was the highlight.” MORE ON PAGE 2 Picture by Liam Clayton ‘Finally being heard’ Missing Coast woman case in national spotlight RELENTLESS family efforts to affairs programme. I’m just asking for the bare minimum. find a Tolaga Bay mum missing for Speaking to presenter And I feel like what they’ve given us four months are attracting national Mihingarangi Forbes, Jonique isn’t even the bare minimum,” she told interest. indicated she believed the fact Jamie The Hui. Jamie Kaiwai, a 27-year-old mother had mental health issues and used However, police have denied that, of one, was last seen in her car at the cannabis could have impacted the way telling The Hui the case is still Tolaga Bay Wharf car-park on Friday, police investigated her disappearance open and are awaiting the result of October 11 but her cousin Jonique Oli- as not suspicious. testing. They believe they have done Alainu’uese has been trying to find While police have sent away some everything they can and expressed Jamie, after she was able to track her of Jamie Kaiwai’s clothing, they didn’t their aroha to Kaiwai’s family. last movements through the location take fingerprints from two potential Speaking to The Gisborne Herald app on her phone. crime scenes — her car or the room today, Jonique said the family felt After being covered in The Gisborne where she was living. their efforts were finally being taken SEARCHING FOR JAMIE: Tolaga Bay mother Herald on several occasions, those Jonique is disappointed with the seriously. Jamie Kaiwai’s disappearance has featured on efforts were given national media police response to her case. TV Three’s current affairs. Picture supplied attention on Three’s The Hui cirremt “I’m not asking them for a miracle. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Television ...........16 Sport ............ 23-28 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Racing ................17 Weather .............27 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .......... 6-10 World............ 13-15 Classifieds ... 18-22 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Monday, March 2, 2020 DRE Williams (below) rockets was lit up with activities such as a along a slippery mat in the horizontal series of carnival games provided bungee challenge as part of the fun by various community services and had by all at East Coast Stand’s other events that brought families A DAY FOR THE Children’s Day event at its Cochrane together and showed how important Street village yesterday. children are in our community. Below left, firefighter Carl Shaw Carnival gamers were given a shows Madison and Klarysa Lovich “bingo” card to take to each service, how to operate a fire truck hose. where they played a game, got their New Zealand celebrates Children’s card ticked off, then claimed a treat. Day on the first Sunday of March. CHILDREN The East Coast Stand village All pictures by Liam Clayton Children’s Day would not be complete without face painting artistry such as that brushed on to Maddison Winikerei (below) by Julia De Cleene. The event also came with messages such as Takiwatanga Taonga safety symbols that centre on Autism Spectrum Disorder and were printed on T-shirts (below right) worn by Larni Smith (left), Dorothy Taare-Smith, Angel Lord, Kora Lord and Keahi Pikari, who were joined by Shaan Te Kani (second from right). LOOKING AHEAD Get your Gisborne Herald home-delivered FOCUS ON THE LAND TOMORROW WEDNESDAY The Gisborne Herald, 64 Gladstone Road, P.O. Box 1143, Gisborne • Phone (06) 869 0600 • Fax (Editorial) (06) 869 0643 (Advertising) (06) 869 0644 Editor: Jeremy Muir • Chief Reporter: Andrew Ashton • Circulation: Cara Haines • Sports: Grant Miller/John Gillies To nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Monday, March 2, 2020 NEWS 3 Gisborne patient tests negative for Covid-19 GISBORNE remains free was discharged and poses Covid-19, call the Covid-19 of the potentially deadly no risk to the community. Helpline 0800 358 5453 for Covid-19 coronavirus “For the last few weeks free medical advice 24/7. after Hauora Tairawhiti Hauora Tairawhiti has been Do not go to your GP, confirmed a test performed making sure we are ready medical centre or hospital on a patient returned a for any possible case of emergency department negative result. coronavirus. without calling first. A patient who had “This was a good test of The best way to protect recently travelled from our preparations. Thanks against germs and viruses overseas (within 14 days to the staff involved who is to wash your hands. from a country that has managed the situation well.” Wash your hands regularly Covid-19) had symptoms for 20 seconds with soap and was tested for the virus. ■ IF you have returned and water and then dry Results came back on from one of these countries thoroughly. Saturday and showed the in the last 14 days — China, Information about Covid- patient was negative for Hong Kong, Iran, Italy, 19 is regularly updated Covid-19. Japan, Republic of Korea, on the Ministry of Health “Also by Saturday the Singapore or Thailand — website. patient’s condition changed and you have a fever, cough, As of this morning, and they did not have the sore throat or shortness worldwide there have been clinical criteria (symptoms) of breath, or you have 3001 deaths from 88,339 CLEAN HANDS: Thorough washing of your hands — 20 seconds with for Covid-19 any longer,” you been in contact with cases of coronavirus, with soap and water — remains the best way to protect against germs and said a Hauora Tairawhiti someone with a suspected 42,728 of those people listed viruses. spokesperson. “The person case of or confirmed to have as recovered. Toko Bay DOUBLE TROUBLE Jamie’s family pedestrian hoping ‘now we will get fatality some answers’ inquiry FROM PAGE 1 “To be honest, when I first started searching for her, when that first continues social media post went up, I never, THE police inquiry into the ever expected it to go viral, or to get pedestrian fatality in Tokomaru this big. But it was the only way I Bay last week continues and could. I just wasn’t getting anywhere police expect to release the with the police or getting anywhere name of the man who died later with anything. today or tomorrow. “Since then the media came in and A 31-year-old Tokomaru Bay it gained quite a bit of attention. man was struck by a car at the “At the moment I’m feeling good Waima end of the bay at around that we are finally being heard. It’s 11pm last Thursday. almost been five months and it feels He was pronounced dead at good that her story is finally getting the scene. out there and we are finally getting A post-mortem examination some decent help. was conducted in Palmerston “I know there are a lot of people North yesterday and police said who have been quite tired about how they expected the man’s body much I have been posting on social would be released to his family media. at some time today. “I’ve been accused of causing An inquiry team of detectives violence in the community and these from Gisborne and the Serious are all only just because I’ve been Crash Unit are investigating. searching for her. “We have been speaking to “There has been a lot of positive witnesses and we completed a and there has been a lot of negative, scene examination on Friday,” but at the end of the day I am really police said. grateful for the amount of attention it The vehicle involved has also has received. been examined. “But it means nothing if we don’t “The driver of the vehicle get any answers.” has been assisting us with our The wider family was also grateful inquiries,” police said. for the amount of support they had “We are seeking further been given from many quarters. witnesses. Anyone with “I’m hoping that now we will get information is asked to contact some answers and now we will be police on 105 or information Ngatapa’s Isaac Thomas is upended by a two-man Tokararangi defence at the 15-a-side taken seriously.” can be passed on anonymously rugby tournament held at Paddy’s Park, Patutahi on Saturday.