TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 $240K THE HUGE COST OF BILLIONAIRE ‘GIFT’ DRINK-DRIVING CRASHES BLASTS TO ST JOHN PAGE 13 PAGE 2 PAGE 8 OFF ‘BATTLE AT THE PARK’ That was the headline in The Gisborne Herald the day after the infamous South African rugby tour opener at Rugby Park on July 22, 1981. Tomorrow marks 40 years since that controversial match of a tour that divided a nation. Protesters are pictured heading across Gisborne Park Golf Club towards Rugby Park and spectators unaware of what was behind them. The confrontational scenes that followed are etched in Gisborne history. Among the protesters was Gisborne’s HART (Halt All Racist Tours) leader Laurie Harrison who is pictured with a copy of The Herald the day after. The Herald spoke with Mr Harrison about the day and how the country has changed since then. Story on page 4 Harrison picture by Paul Rickard, protest picture from Herald files ‘The hospital is full’ Busy ED, children’s ward at capacity, shortage of beds and nursing staff by Alice Angeloni Gisborne Hospital paediatrician Dr “However, this could change quickly, Green said they had additional staff Shaun Grant said there had been an especially with people travelling out of to increase capacity but sourcing extra THE children’s ward at Gisborne increase in all respiratory illnesses, of the district over the school holidays,” Dr staff in winter could be a challenge with Hospital has reached capacity for the which the respiratory syncytial virus Grant said. illness, school holidays and ongoing first time in two years as respiratory (RSV) is just one cause. The emergency department (ED) was difficulties to recruit. illnesses put health “While we have had some cases of RSV, “very busy” and yesterday morning A hospital senior nurse, who did not services under pressure. they are not significantly Gisborne Hospital want to be identified, said nurses were Children receiving more than we expect to was “full” at resourced stressed and tired as they tried to cope day surgery might see in winter,” he said. There’s a lot of very capacity levels. with increasingly busy workloads. be cared for on adult About seven cases of ‘ Hauora Tairawhiti is Mr Green was working from home sick wards to avoid exposure RSV had been recorded stressed nurses calling for those who yesterday and zoomed into the Hiwa i Te to respiratory illnesses, in Gisborne, however, not — Senior ’nurse at are unwell to see their Rangi advisory committee meeting. and Hauora Tairawhiti all children were being Gisborne Hospital family doctor so ED can “The hospital at this precise moment DHB is considering tested to preserve stocks be kept for those who is full,” he said. whether to postpone of rapid RSV swabs. need urgent care. “We weren’t seeing the effects so non-urgent surgeries for children. “Tairawhiti currently Capacity refers to much of the winter ills, and RSV being Children under five years old are not has not seen babies and infants with baseline staffing and resources, rather one of those, we are now seeing that the allowed to visit the Planet Sunshine RSV to the same levels that many other than physical space. children’s ward for instance is full today. children’s ward. hospitals around the country have seen. Hauora Tairawhiti chief executive Jim CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ..............9 World....... 11,13-14 Classifieds ... 18-19 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............10 Television ...........15 Sport ............... 20-24 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ....... 6-8,17 Farming ..............12 Racing ................16 Weather .............23 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 21, 2021 New Donors giving back to Gisborne by Murray Robertson “We have not forgotten our “St John is an organisation roots in Gisborne. that looks to give life and A NEW, fully-equipped St “We have made donations today’s official handover of this John ambulance will be out like this in the Waikato and new ambulance is part of that. and about from now on and thought it would be lovely to “This gift by Greenlea and one of its donors has strong do something in Gisborne.” the Grassroots Trust is a ambo links to the region. Grassroots Trust chairman wonderful thing,” Mr Hughes The $240,000 vehicle was Sean Hannan said his said. officially handed over and organisation — which operates St John area Chaplain Chris dedicated in a ceremony at the gaming machine venues in Douglas blessed the vehicle. St John base in Bright Street several regions — supported “Watch over all who travel in yesterday morning. it — the sick, the injured and The ambulance has been those who minister to them,” jointly gifted to St John by for the Every dollar of ours he said. the Waikato-based Greenlea “We especially pray for the company and Grassroots Trust ‘involved in the purchase ambulance officers of the Central. of this ambulance has Gisborne area and all those Beef processors Greenlea’s who support them in their beginnings were in Gisborne come from the people of ministry of care and healing when Jim Egan and son Peter Gisborne for their community.” operated Economic Butchery —’ Grassroots Trust St John territory manager St John and the Pacific meat plant on chairman Sean Hannan Shane Clapperton thanked the city foreshore by Pacific the organisation’s fundraising Street. team for their work. The company relocated to “Thanks also of course to the the Waikato 29 years ago. the work of St John. people who have donated it,” “It’s important to us to “One of the key things he said. give back to the communities for us is to give back to the “It’s a real bonus for fleet that support us,” Greenlea communities where we operate. us because it means we managing director Tony “Every dollar of ours can update the Ruatoria Egan (Peter’s nephew) said involved in the purchase of ambulance with one of the at yesterday’s dedication this ambulance has come from current Gisborne vehicles that ceremony. the people of Gisborne,” Mr comes with the new automated “It was also important for Hannan said. stretcher loading facility. us to give back to Gisborne, a Order of St John member “This gift is not just helping place that gave our company a Hughie Hughes led the Gisborne people — it’s also start in life. dedication service. going to help our whole patch.” GIFT FOR THE DISTRICT: A brand new $240,000 ambulance joined Gisborne St John Ambulance yesterday. It was gifted to Gisborne by Greenlea beef processors and Grassroots Trust Central, both from the Waikato. (From left) Deputy Mayor Josh Wharehinga, Hughie Hughes from the Order of St John, Tony Egan from Greenlea, Sean Hannan from Grassroots Trust, Bruce Mudgeway from Greenlea and St John Territory Manager Shane Clapperton were pictured with the new emergency vehicle. Picture by Paul Rickard Get your Gisborne Herald • Tyler Thomas has been acting up and reaping the rewards, achieving some of the highest home-delivered marks in local history for Trinity College drama and speech exams. • Six-year-old Gisborne girl Amarah Cameron melted hearts at the Te Puke Country Music Awards. • A new album is in the pipeline for singer/songwriter Jackson Rey after contemplating the complications of life. TOMORROW PLUS: MUSIC GUIDE • FILM REVIEWS • GUIDE GOSSIP 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 • Wednesday, July 21, 2021 NEWS 3 ROCKET Lab has concluded an that occurs under a unique set extensive review into the cause of of environmental pressures and the anomaly that resulted in the conditions. GREEN LIGHT loss of its Running Out Of Toes “The issue was not evident launch in May. during extensive pre-flight testing With the root cause of the issue for this mission, including more identified and corrective measures than 400 seconds of burn for this in place, Electron will be back on particular engine, more than 1500 FOR ROCKET the pad for the next mission from Rutherford engine hot fires to date, Launch Complex 1 later this month, and 17 successful orbital launches. a company statement said. “Rocket Lab has since been “The May 15 anomaly occurred able to reliably replicate the issue LAB RETURN after 17 successful orbital flights in testing and has implemented of the Electron launch vehicle, redundancies in the ignition system which has deployed more than 100 to prevent any future reoccurrence, satellites to orbit since 2018. including modifications to the “Immediately following the igniter’s design and manufacture. anomaly, Rocket Lab launched “The anomaly review confirmed a rigorous internal review, that Electron’s first stage assembling its investigation team performed flawlessly during the with oversight by the Federal mission and did not contribute to Aviation Administration (FAA). the flight issue. “The investigation team scoured “As a result, Rocket Lab was thousands of channels of telemetry able to conduct a successful and systems data from the flight re-entry, ocean splashdown and and worked systematically through recovery of the first stage as an extensive fault-tree analysis to planned, marking a major milestone determine the cause of the failure. in the company’s programme to “The review concluded that an make Electron a reusable launch issue occurred within the second vehicle.