TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.70, RETAIL $2.00 PROMOTING SELF-BELIEF AT WHANAU DAY OUT CORONAVIRUS KIWI EVACUEES PAGE 3 TO BE BROUGHT HOME PAGE 8 PAGES 23 - 26 INSIDE TODAY GANG violence erupted in Gisborne As of yet, no arrests have been yesterday afternoon and overnight made in relation to both incidents. with a shot fired, street fighting and At 11.30pm last night, Fire and a fire at a property in Titoki Place in Emergency New Zealand received Elgin. 111 calls about a fire at a two-storey The fire has been linked to the Housing New Zealand residence earlier violence and is being treated in Titoki Place, which is off Titoki as arson. Street. Police responded to a shot fired in The fire has been linked to the Fighting the Stout Street/Elsthorpe Avenue previous violence. area of Riverdale mid-afternoon and Three fire appliances were then later to a fight between gang dispatched. members in Titoki Street in Elgin. “The building was well involved “There was no one injured in the in fire when we arrived,” a senior shooting incident. The shot was fired firefighter said. from a passing vehicle at a house,” “A gas line on the exterior of the said Detective Senior Sergeant Kevin property had been severed and it was Ford. feeding the fire. in the At 4.50pm, police responded to “We had to get control of that reports of a fight in Titoki Street. burning gas before we could begin to “We spoke to a number of people tackle the fire inside the property,” he in the street, trying to establish the said. events that had occurred.” “Once we’d done that we were As a result of the fight a man in his able to get inside with breathing 30s was flown to Waikato Hospital apparatus to see if anyone was inside. and admitted to intensive care. “Fortunately the residence was “He remains in a stable condition unoccupied at the time the fire streets with a number of injuries,” Det Snr started.” Sgt Ford said. The adjoining unit in the building “Another man is in a general ward was not damaged. in Gisborne Hospital with injuries. “But the unit where it started It is expected he will also be flown to suffered extensive damage,” the Shot fired, suspected arson Waikato Hospital at some stage.” senior firefighter said. A third person, a female, was treated and discharged from Gisborne CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 of house in Titoki Place Hospital. GANG VIOLENCE: A fire that damaged a house in Titoki Place in Elgin last night has been linked to an outbreak of gang violence in the city yesterday. 28974-06 Your journey to ENROL NOW! eit.ac.nz success starts here START FEB 2020 Check out FEES-FREE STUDY* PRIMARY INDUSTRIES feesfree.govt.nz IT’S NOT TOO LATE * conditions apply Agriculture | Apiculture | Forestry | Horticulture | Commercial Transport GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Classifieds ... 17-18 Television ...........27 Births & Deaths ...3 Opinion ..............12 Racing .......... 21-22 Sport ............ 28-32 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National..6-10,19-20 World....... 13-14,16 The Guide ... 23-26 Weather .............31 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, January 30, 2020 Discovery of fault system could shed new light on UNLOCKING risk of quakes, tsunami A MONTH after Gisborne’s Pakarae River mouth (where it tsunami evacuation zones were crosses the coast).” reshaped to take in a potential Scientists previously thought the rupture of the Hikurangi youngest terraces were created subduction zone, scientists have at the same time by a rupture in SECRETS OF found new faults close to shore the Hikurangi subduction zone or that could mean even less time a single-fault earthquake in the to evacuate in the event of an upper plate. earthquake-triggered tsunami. But radiocarbon dating of beach A newly-identified complex fault shells and layers of volcanic ash system north of Gisborne may showed the uplift happened at HIKURANGI shed new light on the risks of different times. earthquakes and tsunami in the “New research techniques allow region, GNS Science says. us to build a high-resolution The findings, reported in the picture of where and how these Bulletin of the Seismological uplifts occurred,” Dr Litchfield said. Society of America, suggest “We’re now confident that each distinctive marine terraces terrace represents an individual SUBDUCTION were caused by quake and the earthquakes on patterns of uplift multiple offshore Since allowed us to map upper plate faults. ‘the newly- new offshore faults in A team led by Dr the region.” Nicola Litchfield of identified faults Dr Litchfield said GNS Science used are close to the magnitude 7.8 ZONE radiocarbon and the coastline, Kaikoura earthquake other methods to in 2016 prompted date the ages of this may mean seismologists to marine terraces at short warning look closely at the two North Island sites times for a mechanisms behind — Puatai Beach and complex multiple- Pakarae River mouth tsunami fault earthquakes. at Whangara. —Dr’ Nicola This research will “We have identified Litchfield of GNS add to the growing one new fault, Science understanding of the confirmed the hazards posed to the presence of another East Coast by the suspected one and changed Hikurangi subduction zone. several more,” Dr Litchfield told “Since the newly-identified faults The Gisborne Herald. are close to the coastline, this may “We think there are four main mean short warning times for a faults (Gable End South, Te tsunami. Ikaarongamai, Ariel Bank, and “We need to learn more about Gable End North) and several these newly-mapped offshore smaller faults within 20 kilometres faults, how they might rupture of the coast. together and what they mean for “The nearest fault mapped is the overall seismic hazard. three kilometres but one of the “This study is part of a huge smaller ones is likely the offshore work programme led by GNS continuation of the Pakarae Fault Science’s Dr Laura Wallace, on the south side of the funded by a grant from the MBIE Endeavour Fund, which aims to unlock the secrets of the Hikurangi Subduction Zone. “Communities along the East Coast can do their part by following advice from the National Emergency Management Agency, particularly the getready.govt.nz website. “Prepare your grab-and-go kits, practise your tsunami hikoi and in the event of a long or strong earthquake, ‘get gone’ to higher ground or as far inland as possible without waiting for an official warning.” NEW RUMBLINGS: A map showing new faults (identified in red) discovered by scientists. 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Free buses will be themed whakapono Held at the Outdoor available from Kaiti Mall (belief) with artists who Theatre, the free concert and Elgin. encourage our rangatahi will feature soul singer Vendors will be on-site to believe in themselves.” Louis Baker, hip-hop providing healthy kai The Waitangi Whanau artist Scribe, The Witch options but the public is Day Out concert will run Doctor and a hip-hop, welcome to take a picnic. from midday to 4pm. soul, funk and rock “We have come out band of top musicians, of Tuia 250 and this including East Coast has given space for real HOW MANY DUDES Music Ltd founder Tyna historical stories to YOU KNOW ROLL Keelan, soul singer be shared on the first LIKE THIS?: Rapper Bella Kalolo, dub/reggae encounters,” says Te Scribe is one of several performer Israel Starr Runanga o Turanganui artists who will perform and rising hip-hop stars a Kiwa E Tu Whanau at a Waitangi Day Church & AP. project manager Athena concert at the Outdoor Local acts Superfly Emmerson-Kapa. Theatre on February 6. Killa, East Coast Breevaz, “This has given Picture supplied District to get Home detention for community health hub for children, father of shot boy young people HAUORA Tairawhiti is to receive $5 million for a new child and youth community health hub. Assaulted man he believed was responsible Minister of Health David Clark made the THE father of a boy shot with an air judge said. But Koia lost control of his man, well thought of in his community. announcement yesterday as part of the Government’s rifle outside their Patutahi home last emotions and what he did thereafter He had suffered a significant family $300m package of priority health investments.