TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 HIGHEST HONOUR FOR DAME ANNE SALMOND Dame Anne Salmond (main picture) has been named in today’s New Year’s Honours List as a Member of the Order of New Zealand. Other local recipients are Inspector Sam Aberahama (top right), Wayne Ngata (above, centre) and Vicki-Anne Heikell, all becoming members of the New Zealand Order of Merit, and Bill Burdett (above left), who receives a Queen’s Service Order. STORIES ON PAGES 4 AND 5 Dame Anne picture by Jane Ussher PAGE 3 SPECIAL WHERE IS 60TH FOR FIVE ARISE, SIR DAVE FLETCHER? DOBBYN: by Murray Robertson fringes of the R&V festival rural area around Waiohika NEW site and planned to cover a Estate to check their THE search for R&V wide area. outbuildings and generally YEAR’S festival-goer Fletcher Wong “We have about 40 people have a good look around their from Wellington was ramped involved in the search, own properties. up this morning as concern including police staff, SAR “We don’t know how far HONOURS grows for the teenager, who volunteers, Fletcher’s family, Fletcher may have walked has not been heard from in friends and others,” he said. from the venue and it would PAGES more than 48 hours. “We will also be using two be appreciated if rural 6, 8, 21 Police have again repeated drones to help with it. property owners in that area their plea for information “Fire and Emergency New could assist.” about his whereabouts. Zealand has supplied one of A missing person message Former Gisborne mayor the drones, along with some with a large photograph of and now Race Relations personnel.” Fletcher has been displayed Commissioner Meng Foon When last seen, Fletcher on screens around the festival last night posted on Facebook was wearing a black site since yesterday. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT asking for information on “our Champion-branded hooded Police, friends and PAGES 23-26 nephew”. sweatshirt, grey track pants Fletcher’s family have The 19-year-old was last and white Nike Air Force 1 concerns for his safety and seen walking out of the FLETCHER WONG shoes. ask anyone with information admissions area at the He had a black iPhone 10 about his whereabouts to festival site at around 2am on yesterday searched the cellphone with him. contact the police. Tuesday near-by Gray’s Bush area for Rhythm and Vines Anyone who has seen the No one has heard from him him without success and the organisers have been working missing teenager or has any since, including family and search was scaled up this closely with authorities in information which can help friends. morning. efforts to find him. can contact Gisborne police Police and Search and A SAR spokesman said Police have asked property directly or call the 105 Rescue (SAR) personnel they would search around the owners around the wider non-emergency number. GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Classifieds ... 17-19 Racing ................27 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Television ...........22 Sport ............ 28-32 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ...6-10, 20-21 World............ 13-15 The Guide .... 23-26 Weather .............31 > Xx 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, December 31, 2020 Revitalise, recharge, rejuvenate REVIVE DEEP FOREST: Joined by their videographer Wiktor Mrozik (right), Revive festival founders Sam (left) and Jock Barns-Graham (back) invite people to experience the lantern-lit Woodlands forest at the innovative, wellbeing-centred festival. Picture supplied by Mark Peters Like R&V, Revive is set in a vineyard Ana Mackay, the Revive schedule includes gathering a community to share three days of environment but brothers Jock and Sam opportunities to take part in events such wellness, music and yoga. YIN to Rhythm and Vines’ Yang, the Barns-Graham’s Woodlands-based festival site as breathwork and meditation, yoga beats, Bookings have picked up so the brothers inaugural, wellbeing-centred Revive festival has been prepared with two stages, lanterns African dance, sound healing, and tantra urge people to get tickets now before they sell starts here on Saturday. woven from vines, sunflower plantations, a meditation. out. The innovative, alcohol-free, all-inclusive hand-woven bamboo yoga room, and glamping Fire dancers, light shows, food and drink “Set your intent to and cultivate a more “healing pot” of music, holistic health, yoga sites in the bush. stalls, and day and night markets will also be positive and uplifting year for you and your and fitness instructors, and food stalls could Along with musicians who include the part of the experience. family, says Jock. “Tickets are selling quickly well be the place to go to revitalise, recharge event’s headline act Nadia Reid, eclectic Driven by a dream to cultivate wellness now. We’ve started a bit of a community. We’re and rejuvenate after the frenzy of the festive indie-folk band Good Habits, Moses Mackay and wellbeing in their lives, Jock and Sam really excited.” season. of operatic pop trio Sol3 Mio and partner have spent the year building the festival and For more details visit revivefestival.co.nz Only one arrest as revellers’ good behaviour continues POLICE were once again happy with “We’re happy with the behaviour of the “Not a single drink-drive prosecution lead up to the new year.” what they encountered on night two of patrons and there was only one arrest was necessary and we are certainly very St John staff and volunteers at R&V the R&V festival at Waiohika Estate and necessary overnight.” pleased with that. “We want to see that had another good night as well. hope to see that good behaviour continue. A festival-goer was arrested early this responsible behaviour continue tonight “No one had to go to hospital and One more arrest followed the single morning for disorderly behaviour. and tomorrow morning when the majority that’s always a good thing,” said St John arrest on day one of the three-day “That was it in terms of arrests last of festival-goers leave the district.” territory manager Shane Clapperton. festival. night, so that’s very pleasing.” Snr Sgt Aben said police also wanted “It was just another usual night for us. “It was another good night for us, with Snr Sgt Aben said a lot of motorists that same good behaviour across the Everyone worked hard, but we’re happy nothing significant to report,” said Senior coming and going from the festival venue entire district tonight. with how it went and hopefully that Sergeant Maui Aben. were breath-tested yesterday. “Look after each other tonight in the continues tonight.” LOOKING AHEAD Get your Gisborne Herald WISHING YOU A home-delivered HAPPY NEW YEAR WE ARE BACK ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 5. CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE TO STAY INFORMED www.gisborneherald.co.nz 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 • Thursday, December 31, 2020 NEWS 3 FATHER AND SON: David Parker and father Trevor look through a photo book of their family. Picture by Paul Rickard Five bundles of joy 60 years on by Jack Marshall FIVE members of a prominent Gisborne family — three siblings and two of their cousins — last week celebrated a two-day period when all of them were 60 years of age. Although they could not get everyone together for a photo, the Parker family — who have owned and run Evans Funeral Services since the mid-1970s — wanted to share their feelgood story after the strange year it has been. “The 26th and 27th of December 2020 is a very special day for the extended Parker family, as five of us were all 60 years of age and we are all still alive,” said David Parker, one of the five. THREE FOR THE PRICE OF ONE: Avice Parker went into Wairoa Hospital on Six decades ago his parents — Avice December 28, 1959, to have her first child and left with three. Her sister-in-law had twins that same day but died, so Avice and husband Trevor took them in. Picture and Trevor Parker — went from having no NOT ONE, BUT TWO: Trevor and Avice kids in the house to five. Parker holding their unexpected twins Avice trained as a nurse in England —David and Lynne — increasing their with twins. in 25 pounds and bought a car.” and at the age of 19 came to New Zealand family to five children. Picture supplied On December 26, 1960, 363 days after The car was named Jasper, an anagram by ship — a six-week voyage — to help Raewyn was born, the Parkers welcomed of the first letters of the nurses’ names. answer the Government’s call for more Dods). David and Lynne (now Lynne Ralph) into “When the five girls would go down to nurses. In the room beside her and also in the world. the movies, I would take down a blanket She was posted to Wairoa Hospital labour that day was sister-in law, Barbara, Trevor and Avice suddenly found for Jasper and put it over the engine to where she met Trevor, a carpenter who the wife of Trevor’s brother Malcolm. themselves with five children under one- keep him warm,” said Trevor.