TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI SATURDAY-SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4-5, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.70 CHECKPOINT FRUSTRATION PAGES 2-5, 8, 11, 14, 18 Drop in Tairawhiti vaccination rate prompts plea Health workers at breaking point ‘Black economy’ thriving in NZ Four-year-old tests positive in Queensland PAGE 3 TERROR ATTACK: An armed police officer outside the Countdown supermarket in New Lynn after an Isis-inspired terrorist attack left three people critically injured yesterday. The attacker was shot and killed by police. NZ Herald picture CRITICALLY INJURED: A wounded shopper is transported by Tom Dillane, NZ Herald from the supermarket to an ambulance after the terror attack in Auckland. The offender was shot by police officers. IT was the one mundane location Picture by Alex Burton Aucklanders were allowed to venture to from their homes during a sunny lockdown afternoon and it turned into a nightmare. Three people are fighting for life in hospital after that supermarket run. The 32-year-old attacker is dead. For 60 horrific seconds, Countdown supermarket in New Lynn yesterday turned into the site of an Isis-inspired terrorist 60 SECONDS attack. A man under 24-hour police surveillance entered the supermarket about 2.30pm and grabbed a knife from the shelves before running through the aisles shouting. A local man witnessed the very first moments of the attack which left him shaken. OF HORROR “It literally happened in front of me. I was just buying stuff and walking toward the milk aisle, and then suddenly I heard a person shouting loudly ‘Allahu Akbar’ and just running,” the 34-year-old witness said. “There was this lady in front of me and he jumped on her so she fell, so that person (the attacker) also sort of lost his balance. ‘Looking He also fell. Then he got up. “I was behind so I couldn’t see his face but this person was wearing, like, a khaki jacket and he had a knife, a pretty big knife — I would say the size of his arm. at him, I “It was very scary. It was like a mini sword, not like a full sword. She was lying on the floor. I have a feeling she may have got stabbed.” knew he He described the “slightly hefty” attacker as about 1.7 metres tall. Another shopper, Amit Nand, told TV current affairs show The Project he confronted the terrorist in the supermarket wanted to after hearing screams. “I saw a lady lying on the floor there bleeding and she was, like, ‘help, help’,” Nand said. “And I thought to myself ‘I’ve got to do kill people’ KNOWN TO POLICE: The terrorist attacker had been something’, you know, and then I saw the previously arrested for allegedly planning a “lone guy with the knife.” wolf” knife attack. 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DREAM WEAVER: This beautiful pikau or In response to a Gisborne Herald backpack was made by talented weaver Facebook page request for pictures of and tutor Talei Teariki, who described lockdown activities, we got a bunch her material as “a free resource and it’s of shots of people doing all sorts of everywhere!” It features a paua toggle creative and interesting things. and the pattern is karu o te whenua and We also received photos of some takirua. impressive works ranging from furniture to artwork to cakes. For some, it is a career. For others, a hobby. And all shared one thing in common — passion for what they do. Talent is abundant in Tairawhiti. As you can see. LOCKDOWN . DOH!: Dee Grice and her whanau had to postpone son Darius’s sixth birthday but had “the awesome task” of consuming this Homer Simpson “masterpiece” of a cake made by Hailey of Hailey’s Homemade. “It was delicious,” said Dee. CHOC ROCKS: Hannah Jairam and daughter Neena combined FROM THE HEART: Sandra talents to Parker says this lockdown paint rocks waikawa artpiece was “made MULTI-TALENTED: Jo Ellery-Matangi’s RAINDROPS ARE FALLING FROM that looked with love” after recently dragon-inspired piece is one string to her MY HEAD: Malia Thomas-Conole good finishing a raranga (Maori artistic bow. Jo says she does “all sorts” made a rain cloud creation for wacky enough to weaving) course at Te but never the same thing twice. hat day for her online school catch-up. eat Wananga o Aotearoa. 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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: 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 • Saturday, September 4, 2021 NEWS 3 Frustration at ‘Berlin Wall’ checkpoint WAINUI residents caught on “the east side of the Berlin Wall” have voiced their growing frustrations with a police checkpoint. Earlier this week police established a static checkpoint on Moana Road but some “northern Wainui” residents are questioning the reasoning for placing a fixed police checkpoint they say has effectively created a “border gate” halfway along a suburban street. One resident, who did not want to be named, said it felt like he was living on “the east side of the Berlin Wall”. Another resident said the checkpoint was right outside his place and the red and white lights flashed through their home till 10pm. He and his wife were forced to withdraw to a bedroom at the rear of their house. He also complained that although the logging tricks were waved through by the police, they had to decelerate and then take off again from THE BORDER: the checkpoint, creating much more engine noise The static checkpoint on Moana Road at Wainui is frustrating some residents, who have questioned its than usual. location.”To go down to the local dairy for a loaf of bread, you are halted, lined up, flagged over and questioned while your Another resident said that at first it was a bit registration number is recorded,” said one resident. “And two minutes later you go through the whole process again on the way Picture by Gray Clapham of a laugh going “across the border” but after a back.” few days of being constantly questioned, it had become tiresome and unnecessary, considering “And considering there have been no the rest of Gisborne was going about their ...at first it was a bit of a laugh going ‘across the border’ but after a community cases of Covid anywhere near legitimate business without being “interrogated”. few days of being constantly questioned, it had become tiresome and Gisborne, what is the perceived danger to people “To go down to the local dairy for a loaf of on the north side of the Wainui checkpoint?” bread, you are halted, lined up, flagged over unnecessary... — Wainui resident Area police commander Inspector Sam and questioned while your (vehicle) registration Aberahama said police always intended to review number is recorded. the fixed checkpoints and that will be done on “You are asked, ‘Where are you going? What “I understand that the checkpoint was put their heading up or down State Highway 35. Monday. for? Where do you come from?’ and two minutes pretty much for political reasons — to stop Ngati “And at least then Makorori and Wainui “Huge apologies to the members of the Wainui later you go through the whole process again on Porou setting up their own checkpoint further up residents wouldn’t need to choke up the community who are unhappy with our checkpoint the way back.” the Coast,” a resident on the “north side of the checkpoint going down the road for a bottle of out there. We didn’t set out to upset local The checkpoint is there from around 8am Wall” said. milk.” people’s lifestyles with it. to 10pm daily, with emergency lights flashing “But it seems kind of dumb to decide the Another resident wanted to know what “But it is important that people realise that continuously. border between Gisborne and the East Coast is Gisborne city residents in lockdown in their there are people on the East Coast who are “A number of police vehicles are involved and halfway along what is in fact a residential street.