TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 RUA BIOSCIENCE GRANTED LICENCE PAGE 3 PAGES 5-9, COVID 19: 10, 12, 15 • Border hotel positive test “a mystery” • Managed isolation facility closed down • Ardern v Collins as Parliament resumes • Principals alarmed at possible return to class • France makes masks compulsory at work • Aussies to get free vaccine if trial successful PERFECT ART SPACE FOR MAORI CREATIVES PAGE 4 DOUBLE THE FUN: Twins Clyde and Willow Ross (3) enjoy a sunny day in a field of daffodils at the Cranswick property at Te Karaka yesterday. The twins were helping pick the glorious yellow flowers for the Gisborne East Coast Cancer Society fundraising campaign, culminating in a street collection on Friday, August 28. Yesterday’s pick yielded eight large bucketloads and there will be more picks around the district and at Mahia, including an annual pick at Eastwoodhill next week. The society buys commercial daffodils for pre-orders to be delivered next week. The rest of the daffodils are generously donated. STORY ON PAGE 2 Picture by Liam Clayton FROM FPP TO STV District council adopts new voting system for election by Wynsley Wrigley wards during the long-term planning voting system since local government was Robinson, Josh Wharehinga, Kerry consultation in September. first offered the option of adopting STV Worsnop and Mayor Rehette Stoltz. OPPONENTS of the Single If Maori wards are established, and in 2004. Those who opposed were Crs Seymour, Transferable Voting system will have to assuming the 13 councillors remain, The election decisions policy paper Bill Burdett, Andy Cranston, Larry organise a petition if they are to reverse there would be five councillors from one before councillors offered a choice of Foster, Sandra Faulkner and Terry a Gisborne District Council decision to Maori ward or more and eight councillors retaining FPP (option A), changing to Sheldrake. use STV for the 2022 election. from one or more STV (option B) or Cr Amber Dunn was absent. Councillors voted seven to six to shake general wards. undertaking a poll of Cr Akuhata-Brown said STV was a up the electoral system and introduce Iwi chief executives electors to determine fairer system. STV — the voting system all health have been discussing ...councillors also voted to the voting system to Democracy was under threat and boards have to use. Maori representation engage with the public on be used in 2022 and council needed to encourage participatory Opponents will need to complete a with council chief the introduction of a Maori 2025 (option C). democracy. petition featuring 5 percent of enrolled executive Nedine Councillor Meredith Maori wards did not have to be electors to demand a binding poll of the Thatcher Swann. ward or wards during Akuhata-Brown moved contentious. electoral system. A representations long-term planning option B (STV) and Cr Shannon Dowsing said Maori The council had to give public notice review will be required consultation in September was seconded by Cr wards would accurately represent Maori of its STV decision and of the right of only if Maori ward(s) Shannon Dowsing. registered on the Maori roll) while some electors to demand a poll, and did so in are adopted. Cr Pat Seymour said general wards were disproportionately an advertisement published in Saturday’s Under the 2001 she would move option represented. Herald. Local Electoral Act A (FPP) if STV was Cr Tony Robinson said he supported As part of the same elections decisions councillors are required to consider the defeated. STV and Maori wards wholeheartedly. policy paper before them, councillors electoral system every three years. STV passed by seven votes to six, also voted to engage with the public The council had previously opted to with Crs Akuhata-Brown and Dowsing on the introduction of a Maori ward or retain the First Past the Post (FPP) supported by Crs Debbie Gregory, Tony CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 World............ 14-15 Racing ...............19 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Television ...........16 Sport ............ 20-24 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .......... 6-10 Farming ..............13 Classifieds ... 17-18 Weather .............23 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, August 19, 2020 DAFFODILS BY THE BUCKETFUL Cancer Society fundraiser all go for August 28 GISBORNE’S annual Daffodil Day in the sunshine and the babies came DAFFODILS AND SUNSHINE: Sophie Brew holding four-month-old Jack Brew, Arna fundraiser will go ahead as planned next in their stroller, it was quite a family Ross and Karen Sherriff picking daffodils at the Cranswick property at Te Karaka week, with picking already off to a great gathering. It was a beautiful day. yesterday for the Gisborne East Coast Cancer Society Daffodil Day fundraiser. start in Te Karaka yesterday. “And they are coming back again next Picture by Liam Clayton Tairawhiti area manager Lianne week to get some more. Jenkins confirmed the Gisborne East “Every little bit helps and they are Coast Cancer Society street collection easy enough to look after for the rest of would still take place as planned on year. They really look after themselves.” Friday, August 28. Mrs Cranswick noted the daffodils “With Auckland going into Alert Level were “very early” this year. 3 the Auckland team have had to cancel “They come when they are ready . their street collection. This has caused the season seems to be getting earlier some confusion that it is the same all and earlier.” around the country.” Mrs Jenkins said more daffodils are The Gisborne collection will go still to be picked around the district and ahead, with extra hygiene and physical at Mahia. distancing measures in place. “Merv Goodley from Mahia has a “We also have a variety of sites selling team of Mahia volunteers who pick fresh bunches of daffodils, merchandise his daffodils multiple times during and raffles starting this Saturday until August for us to sell. Merv’s donations Saturday, August 29.” of daffodils supply Gisborne and Wairoa The picking for the day got off to a and he, too, has been donating daffodils great start with daffodils donated for for a number of years. picking yesterday at Marie Cranswick’s “Next Wednesday, we have our annual Te Karaka paddock. Daffodil Day picking at Eastwoodhill and Mrs Cranswick said she had been this involves our staff, volunteers and donating daffodils for the fundraiser for volunteers and staff from The Volunteer about 18 years. Centre. AND IT WAS ALL YELLOW: Cancer Society fundraising and events coordinator “They were planted in 1999 and we “We will be picking and bunching them Becky Burgess and Shay Podjursky help pick daffodils. Picture by Liam Clayton gave them a couple of years to bulk up out at Eastwoodhill and these daffodils and get settled in their new home, and will be part of our street sales. “We are so grateful to have such “With 10 stems per bunch, that is started donating them after that. “We purchase commercial daffodils to generous support and so many local around 7000 stems picked so far. Merv “I think we planted about 12,000 bulbs fill pre-ordered business orders and we blooms.” is planning on us receiving around a and they have bulked up and bulked up will deliver those to the businesses next Cancer Society fundraising and events further 200 bunches this Friday and ever since.” week. Otherwise, all the daffodils are coordinator Becky Burgess said just over we hope to get at least that again as About “eight great big bucketfuls” were donated by these main suppliers and a 700 bunches had been received so far a result of our efforts next Wednesday picked yesterday. few smaller suppliers who have surplus . “with the majority of that coming between Eastwoodhill and the “The little kids sat down on their rugs daffodils. from Merv, our Mahia grower”. 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That might make in mind, she supported Maori Transferable Vote) electoral system, determines the quota a candidate he knew there were problems it a more favourable option for wards. voters rank candidates in their order must reach to be elected. with STV. He was chairman of Maori but it was up to Maori to It was time to acknowledge of preference. The formula for deciding the quota Ka Pai Kaiti in 2013 when the make the decision.