TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 Vaccine-makers battling a mutating virus Outbreak stretching MIQ to its limits Study shows Importance of wastewater testing Airport security beefed up after breaches ARTS & PAGES 2-3, 6-7, 11-13 ENTERTAINMENT // PAGES 19-22 INSIDE TODAY A poet and she didn’t know it “POETRY is an echo, asking switching lines around. It was real a shadow to dance” . and the fun making sense of the jumble shadows certainly danced in the in my head and seeing it come to inaugural Te Tairawhiti Poetry fruition as a poem.” Competition run by The Gisborne The winners of the rangatahi Herald during lockdown. section are Amy Adcock for Come With over 100 poems inspired Back Golden Hypnosis and Sam by the competition theme “Spring”, Mason-Green for 7am. choosing winners proved no easy Helayna won a $100 voucher task but judge Benita Kape took up donated by Warehouse Stationery. the challenge. Amy and Sam won family passes INAUGURAL The winner of the open category for minigolf at Gisborne’s i-Site, WINNER: Helayna is Helayna Ruifrok for her poem courtesy of Trust Tairawhiti, Ruifrok won the Would We Have Noticed? The ultimate prize, however, was open category “I’ve always loved writing,” the coming together of community of the first Te Helayna said. “I’ve had journals my to create beautiful words in a time whole life documenting my travels when the normality of life has been Tairawhiti Poetry and my life as a mum. disrupted by Covid-19. Competition. Spring “This competition sparked the A big thank you to poet Benita was the theme. poet in me that I didn’t know was for judging the competition. It was Picture by there. I really enjoyed the process no easy task choosing favourites Paul Rickard actually, sitting outside with a from the many pages of wonderful pencil and notebook, putting words words sent in. together. “I was constantly rubbing More on the competition words out, adding new ones and in today’s Guide pages BACK IN BUSINESS Takeaway outlets inundated in return to some sort of normal by staff reporters at KFC and one customer posting a photo “The McDonald’s line-up occupied by the contactless regulations under Level of notices on the KFC door saying it had the whole of the Treble Court carpark, 3. But they were happy to be back in HOW long’s the line at McDonald’s? run out of coleslaw and lettuce “due to out into Bright Street and around into business. “It’s McMassive.” lockdown delays”. Palmerston Road,” he said. Bollywood Stars restaurant owner That Facebook exchange summed A man who drove through the city “There were lots of cars waiting at the Baljeet Sandhu said he was excited to up day 1 of a drop to Alert Level 3 in centre at around 7pm said he could not other burger places as well along the main be operating again, even if it is a partial Gisborne as takeaway outlets were believe the line-ups at fast food outlets. street. opening of the business. inundated with customers and other food “It was stunning really. So many people “I also saw dozens of people waiting on “We have made some improvements to and beverage services returned to some taking advantage of the shift to Level 3. the footpath outside the pizza places. how our business operates. We have set sort of normal after the second nationwide “The KFC vehicle queue was right “I wondered what it must have been like up a safe pickup zone at the entrance so lockdown. through the on-site line-up, out on to at other times of the day yesterday. nobody can enter the premises. Queues of cars waiting in line at Cobden Street and around into Gladstone “The staff in those eateries must have “It is a preventive measure to keep our McDonald’s and KFC grew steadily, with Road well past the Enterprise car yard been flat out.” staff safe. social media reports of a two-hour wait towards Carnarvon Street. Some were, their challenge compounded CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Tairāwhiti Representation Review 2021 Initial Proposal Have we got it Right? Te us >> GDC.GOVT.NZ Or write it down on the submission form in the mail and post it back to us. Please allow 2 days before submissions end on September 16 to ensure it gets to us in time. 06 8672049 • 0800 653 800 • [email protected] • www.gdc.govt.nz • GisborneDC 41408-02 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Classifieds .........16 Racing ................23 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Television ...........18 Sport ............ 24-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ...... 6-9, 17 World............13, 15 The Guide ... 19-22 Weather .............27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 2, 2021 BUSY WEEK FOR NEW ARRIVALS by Murray Robertson IT’S a big week for lambing around the region as the ewes mated around April 9 have their youngsters arrive in the world. AgFirst consultant Peter Andrew said this week and next is when the largest number of ewes deliver their lambs. “This high number of ewes lambing will continue for another week, so we don’t really want a storm just now,” Mr Andrew said. “So, fingers crossed. “So far this winter the weather has been favourable for lambing with mild temperatures and not many big southerly storms,” he said. “Grass growth over winter has been only average considering the favourable weather at times. “Farmers suspect the dry soils at times have been the problem, but farmers should have enough to keep the mums and their new arrivals going into spring. “It is still a positive with spring started and sunshine hours getting longer each day,” Mr Andrew said. “Docking has just started on the early lambing mobs and all is going to plan with good survival being reported.” HEADS UP: This cutie was distracted momentarily from enjoying some spring growth in a paddock on the corner of Tucker and Hansen roads in Hexton. Picture by Liam Clayton Grieving for loved ones in lockdown by Akula Sharma “During Level 4 there was only one grieving families and friends was to option, to use the services of a funeral acknowledge and be with the sadness in GRIEVING the loss of a loved one in director. these times. lockdown is hard when families don’t “I do let people know though that they “Lockdown can be a lonely time, death have time to be with the deceased, says may want to organise a memorial service is never easy to deal with and lockdown deathcare advocate Annie Meredith. to be held at a later date and I or other makes it that much harder. Covid-19 Alert Level 3 guidelines allow funeral celebrants can guide them with “For some people who are having funerals, tangihanga or burials, but this process.” a memorial service at a later date, are limited to 10 people. This includes Ms Meredith said the main concern in lockdown is a time to plan the service; kaikaranga, kaikorero, members of the the pandemic for people was not having make photo slideshows, create the service clergy or staff who are attending. time to be with their loved one after their sheet. They have more time than usual Annie Meredith is an end-of -life doula demise. and can use this to their advantage. and funeral celebrant. She says grieving “Normally, families can organise all the “A funeral director isn’t needed for families carry an extra burden when they deathcare themselves but with lockdown the memorial service, just someone to cannot have a funeral or tangihanga. this is not the case and people have to help guide it. Or the family may want to “A funeral/tangihanga helps with use the services of a funeral director. do all the memorial service organising grieving and is an important part of “So if a person dies at home and is in themselves. death.” your bubble the family may pause on “There is value in having a memorial Ms Meredith said people wanted making that phone call to the funeral service even if it is a month or so after.” to know their options during these director, because once contact is made uncertain times — what they can and then there won’t be another opportunity can’t do in terms of arranging deathcare. to be with the deceased in Level 4. END-OF-LIFE GUIDANCE: Annie “My role as an end of life doula, “As we move down the levels there will Meredith helps people cope with deathcare advocate is to let people know be an opportunity.” the loss of loved ones. all their options at this time. 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