TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 PAGE 3 STORM CHAOS ACROSS NEW PRINCIPAL, PAGE 6 AND CLASSROOMS, AUCKLAND FOR RERE SCHOOL FEATURE INSIDE TODAY KIWA POOLS New name a gift from Ngai Tawhiri KIWA POOL BLESSING: People of Ngai Tawhiri gathered with Mayor by Alice Angeloni indoor multi-use 50m pool with functionality of the design Rehette Stoltz and the Gisborne District a moveable floor, leisure pool meets the aspirations of our Council for a blessing at the site of the GISBORNE’S new “Kiwa and toddlers pool, and a learn- many sporting and recreation Kiwa Pools yesterday. Pools” will feature three indoor to-swim pool that doubles as a communities and provides a pools, a cafe and a birthday party hydrotherapy pool with a hoist. world-class facility, one that will room, according to new designs. There will be a large pool deck be enjoyed by everyone.” Story of the place Gisborne District Council allowing for permanent and The name Kiwa Pools has been released the designs and floor temporary event seating, good gifted to the complex by partners KIWA Pools will sit on the shores of Te plans of the new access for people with disabilities Ngai Tawhiri hapu. Moana Nui a Kiwa, the Pacific Ocean, and $46.05 million and indoor change rooms. Ngai Tawhiri representative remind us of our ancestors that came to settle pool complex Existing facilities including Thelma Karaitiana says this land in their sea-faring vessels. It is a nod yesterday, after the 33-metre pool, dive pool Kiwa Pools and its branding to the strength and resilience they possessed. finalising a and hydroslide will be retained reflected Ngai Tawhiri and Turanganui-a-Kiwa Gisborne is significant contract with and incorporated into the new Rongowhakaata hapu, and the in our nation’s navigation and settlement build company complex. story of the land where the pool histories. Close to the place Kiwa Pools will Apollo Projects Mayor Rehette Stoltz, who is located. stand is a landing spot of the Horouta waka, last week. has in the past called the pool “Calling it Kiwa Pools reflects which, with Kiwa as navigator, is said to have Kiwa Pools, process “frustrating at times”, the history and traditions of the brought the kumara to our region and begun which is planned to open in said it would be an mazing people of Turanganui-a-Kiwa,” our agriculture heritage. Kiwa Pools will be in March 2023, will be built on a multi-purpose facility. she said. line of sight of Te Kuri a Paoa - Young Nick’s footprint spanning part of the “The design is not only Close to Kiwa Pools is a Head, which was the landfall spotted by the existing pool complex site and stunning, it reflects the landing spot of the Horouta watchman aboard The Endeavour. Turanganui- Churchill Park. significance of the whakapapa CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 a-Kiwa is said by some to be the birthplace of It will feature a modern of where the pool sits. The our nationhood. 41280-01 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-4 Business ............11 Television ...........18 Picture page .....22 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Classifieds .........20 Sport ............ 23-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ..... 6-10,17 World............ 13-15 Racing ................21 Weather .............27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 3, 2021 Improving the Wharekopae by Avneesh Vincent asked if they could build a relationship by DIGGING IN: working with the landowners who have Children from Rere MORE than 500 native plants went into the property along the catchment. and Ngatapa schools ground along the banks of the Wharekopae “So the council is employing me as the joined landowners and River around Rere Rockslide on Friday. native tree person to coordinate this planting community volunteers The planting was part of the Wharekopae and my role here is to help identify these in a mass planting River Restoration Project, a joint venture trees and work with landowners, schools, and project to help protect between the Ministry for the Environment and communities. the quality of the water Gisborne District Council. Ms Forno will also be teaching them how in the Wharekopae Wharekopae River Restoration project to grow native trees from seed and grow River. Right, Robbie manager Sandy Gorringe said that while them back along the catchment, “so that the Worsnop, 8, (Rere the project was focused on supporting the water quality here really improves and is School), Freddie Cook, community to reduce E. coli levels in the swimmable all year around”, she said. 3, (Rere Playgroup) and river, the goal of the planting was to provide GDC land management officer Enrique Hamish Cook, 8, (Rere the community with the skills and knowledge Perez said the river project was in its fourth School) doing the hard to plant and care for native species in their year and was due to finish next year. The yards with their spades own planting projects. council, however, would keep monitoring the at the planting. Students from Rere and Ngatapa schools river and make sure the water quality would were among the 60 people to volunteer, improve. planting 14 different plants including “Not everyone has jumped on board but harakeke, karo and manuka, to enhance the the more people, the better the chances of biodiversity of the catchment. improved river quality. HARAKEKE HAUL: One of the volunteers in the planting was “This is why this planting fits in with the Ngatapa School the new principal of Rere School, David Milne. project, as an educational purpose for the students, from left, “It is special for all of us to be here and kids from the school to learn how to plant Paige Wilkins, 9, Greta as a school we see ourselves to be the trees and share them with their families that Cave, 11, and Jake kaitiaki (guardians) of this area. We are also own the surrounding farms near the river,” Mr Kirkpatrick,10, joined developing our local curriculum around it, Perez said. Mila Maddock, 8, so it’s really nice to be a part of it,” Mr Milne Ms Gorringe said it was great to see local kneeling, from Rere said. schools and community members caring School, to help plant While the Gisborne District Council about their environment and getting involved 200 harakeke at the brought 300 plants from the native garden with the project. Rere Rockslide. nursery at Makaraka, the other 200 plants, “The efforts we put in now to look after our all harakeke, were donated by the Women’s whenua will be appreciated by generations to All pictures by Liam Native Tree Project Trust. come,” she said. Clayton Nursery manager for the trust, Kauri Forno, The planting started at 10am and ended at said the council had approached them and 1pm with a barbecue. LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON THE LAND Gisborne Herald • Prices and comment from today’s monthly cattle fair at the Matawhero home-delivered saleyards – around 1100 head on offer. • Red meat exports were strong in June and worth overall $937 million for sheep and beef. • The weekly AgriHQ report for the week beginning August 2 points to a whirlwind ride for lamb prices, and ‘think and fast’ cattle processing. TOMORROw THuRSdAy 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: Jack Malcolm/John Gillies To fi nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 3, 2021 NEWS 3 ‘Super excited’ at Rere School by Avneesh Vincent she said. The upgrade to the buildings didn’t MORE than $1 million will be surprise her as it was “happening invested by the government to anyway”. replace two portable modular It stems from the fact that Rere buildings in Rere School. School had taken in students “The two buildings at the moment from another school which had serve as our library and our junior closed down sometime back. The classroom which is bursting at the buildings were only ever meant seams. So it’s just a replacement to be temporary and replaced by with permanent modern classroom permanent ones at some point. and facilities and it couldn’t come “It’s super exciting,” she said. “The at a better time,” said Rere School kids are so excited,” she said. board chair Kerry Worsnop. The announcement coincides with The investment is part of a the appointment of a new principal at $150 million package to support Rere School, David Milne. He started school property redevelopment work at the school last Monday, at projects announced last week by the beginning of term three. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and About the new classrooms, he Associate Minister of Education said, “All I can say is that it’s been Kelvin Davis. on the government books for a very Economic and Regional long time, so we appreciate the Development Minister Stuart Nash investment,” Mr Milne said. said the funding would top up the Rere School is one of five — existing budgets of school property along with Napier Boys’ High projects that were already under way School, Napier Girls’ High School, so they could enter construction Heretaunga Intermediate School and sooner, address cost escalations and Havelock North High School — to other pressures to ensure project benefit from a total $16.5 million delivery was not delayed.