TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 IWI VOLUNTEERS PAGE 2 WARNING OF COVID PAGE 6 TRUMP CLEAN UP IN THE GORGE COMPLACENCY TO LEAVE HOSPITAL PAGE 13 SEA, SAND AND SUNSHINE The hot temperatures have come at the perfect time as children go into the second week of the school holidays. Rangi Kaa, Riann and Savanna Galloway and Te Aomihia Kaa made the most of it at Midway Beach yesterday. It was like a summer’s day in Gisborne with a high of 27.4 degrees recorded at the NIWA station at 6pm. Met Service meteorologist Andy Best said the warm temperatures were caused by tropical air moving down from the north with a ridge of high pressure over the top of the North Island and northwesterly winds. The good weather will continue and Gisborne could expect a high of 26 today. But don’t put away your winter woollies yet as a cold front is moving up the South Island bringing strong southerlies. It moves into Wellington tonight bringing a period of rain. By tomorrow evening the cold front will be felt in Gisborne, with scattered rain and temperatures dropping to 14 degrees on Thursday and southerlies continuing. Picture by Liam Clayton Cash distribution from GHL after ‘extremely $1.8M FOR GDC challenging year’ by Andrew Ashton associated lockdowns. Station and the Waikanae TOP 10 Holiday “We made $1.9m in revenue and that’s “Our people are our biggest asset and Park for periods.” a record. GISBORNE Holdings Limited (GHL) we take tremendous pride in the way Mr Telfer was also pleased the company “Considering the park was closed for will this year be making a $1.8m cash the team has adapted to, and navigated had managed to keep all staff on and six weeks during lockdown and 10 of distribution to shareholder Gisborne through, a testing period of substantial fully-paid during Covid-19. our most popular units were closed for District Council, despite an “extremely change,” Mr Telfer said. GHL oversees Tauwhareparae Farms, renovations, it really shows how well the challenging” year. GHL’s EBITDAR (earnings before Gisborne Vehicle Testing and the park is doing.” In announcing the dividend at the interest, tax, amortisation and Waikanae TOP 10 Holiday Park, as well Although profitability had fallen slightly annual general meeting yesterday, board revaluations) rose 3 percent on the as a portfolio of property, farmland and to 11.7 percent return on assets, compared chairman Rob Telfer put the positive previous year, to $4.6 million. forest for Gisborne District Council, its with a forecast 14.5 percent return due to result down to a very strong team coupled “We are extremely pleased with this shareholder. ongoing costs during lockdown, advanced with a diverse portfolio which provided result given there was a nationwide GHL chief executive Tracey Johnstone bookings for the remainder of the year resilience, helping the organisation drought, and with Covid forcing the said this year had been a “phenomenal” were “exceeding all expectations”. navigate through Covid-19 and its closure of both Gisborne Vehicle Testing one for the holiday park. 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South of the Waioeka pa is Te Ataahua (Tawa) Kingi, the “So if anyone else is keen to the whenua (land), ngahere kaupapa co-ordinator, estimated support us, please get in touch (nature), awa (river) and pataka a turn-out of around 45 whanau via the Nga whenua Rahui GORGE kai of Ngati Ira hapu, a sub-tribe members. facebook page”. of Whakatohea. Exceeding all expectations After the clean-up the group Over the years this pataka, and showing their commitment, enjoyed activities and kai to located along and inland of State 80 hapu members of all ages make it more of a whanau Highway 2, has become a haven arrived at Opeke Marae. occasion. CLEAN-UP for hunters passing through. Ms Kingi said people fly- Tamariki were important in the Some have taken more pride tipping at rest stops, dumping mahi as they were the kaitiaki of in the tusks of poaka (pig), back household equipment down tomorrow, Ms Kingi said. steaks and legs of tia (deer), the sides of the gorge and “Involving them is key to leaving the rest as an invitation abandoned vehicles was growing and maintaining for pests to feast on and also common. mana whenua knowledge and (moumou kai) wasting food. But they had noticed on this understanding in this kaupapa.” As a result, Ngati Ira hapu last outing that it was cleaner. Safety gear is provided and members established a kaitiaki “This was the first time we made volunteers were briefed on roopu (guardian group), Nga it all the way through to the top health and safety before they Kaimahi Whenua. end of the gorge.” started. The kaitiaki monitor hunting She said there had been a lot The hapu pakeke (elders) kept and hunting practices, pest of positive reaction from people an eye on everything during the management, awa gravel driving through the gorge. day to ensure smooth running of extraction, and watch for Some who live in the gorge the kaupapa. dumping of rubbish along the also appreciate the work the They collected rubbish from highway edges of their ngahere hapu does, “and we aim to Tautara in Opotiki to Opato and awa. strengthen those relationships at the base of Traffords Hill, They gather regularly for for the betterment of our covering 55 kilometres. updates and to plan their next whenua”. Their collection filled five steps. “People need to respect the caged tandem trailers, plus a These hui are sometimes gorge and Papatuanuku (mother few 4x4 truck decks. combined with trap checks in earth). She provides so much The dumping fee is waived by ONE MORE LOAD: A volunteer fills a bin with rubbish the Tauranga loop track road for all living things, the least you the Opotiki District Council for dumped down the banks of the Waioeka Gorge. and river clean-up through the can do is give a little back to the being apart of this event. Waioeka Gorge. whenua. “There’s no putea involved They started doing clean-ups “We, Ngati Ira hapu, are in our clean-ups. It is all out of VOLUNTEER EFFORT: Nga Kaimahi Whenua cleaned up in 2017 and have done five tangata whenua (People of aroha. It is all about growing and 55km of the Waioeka Gorge in September. This is what they since then. the land).We are not going strengthening our connection to collected. Pictures supplied Last month, as part of their anywhere, we need to and want the whenua,” Ms Kingi said. 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Box 1143, Gisborne • Phone (06) 869 0600 • Fax (Editorial) (06) 869 0643 (Advertising) (06) 869 0644 Editor: Jeremy Muir • Chief Reporter: Debbie Gregory • Circulation: Cara Haines • Sports: Chris Taewa/John Hill To nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, October 6, 2020 NEWS 3 Nightly Lip Sync to hold whanau together Written over lockdown, first play set to feature in festival’s Tipu Te Toi by Mark Peters Kahu, the sibling who holds the family together and AFTER bonding on set takes on motherly duties during filming for the New while trying to keep up Zealand TV drama series with her university study. Head High, actors Te Ao o Rauna’s character is Kahu’s Hinepehinga Rauna and youngest sister who is very Manuka Luiten-Apirana clever. realised they were both “I wanted to tell a story from Tairawhiti. Luiten- with young women as the Apirana has since penned main characters,” says the play Lip Sync, Kanikani Luiten-Apirana. and Twerk Off — “a gem to “Three teenagers, the come out of lockdown” — power of family and how that Rauna will also feature family come together during in. hard times.” Lip Sync, Kanikani and Luiten-Apirana grew up Twerk Off will be part of Te in the Waikato but spent Tairawhiti Arts Festival’s her high school years on the Tipu Te Toi: Works in East Coast. She attended Development programme on Gisborne Girls’ High School Sunday, October 11. then went on to study acting The play tells the story of at South Seas Film and Kahu, Te Rina and Ariana Television School and The who lose their mother in Actors’ Programme. a fatal car crash. To hold Lip Sync, Kanikani & their whanau together they Twerk Off is her first play, launch the nightly Lip Sync. written for Te Pou’s Koanga As the first anniversary Festival Playwrights of their mother’s death Programme 2020.