TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 WHAT HAPPENED TO RUSSELL ALLISON? HOT DIGGETY DOG! $100,000 REWARD PAGE 3 COVID VACCINE COULD BE READY BY MARCH: PM PAGE 6 Anne Gemmell and Angela Williams (holding umbrella) cheer on their picks in one of the races at the Terrier Race Against Time fundraiser for breast cancer held at Showgrounds Park l l yesterday. Pink was very much the colour of the day and plenty of race-goers dressed for the occasion. Above, Fashion in the Field judges Nikki McHugh (left) and Pen Hoogerbrug with pretty in Pipiwharauroa pink boys Phil Matthews (left) and Matt Skuse. Whiringa-ā-rangi 2020 Pukapuka: Rua Tekau Ma Whitu Panui: Tekau mā tahi STORY ON PAGE 5 Pictures by Rebecca Grunwell INSIDE TODAY by Sophie Rishworth in Te Hapara, outer Kaiti, inner Kaiti, He tino hononga tō te kaipuke HMNZS ManawanuiElgin andki Tūranganui, Mangapapa. Ehara i te tamaiti wāwahi tahā, Engari he tamaiti kua pakeke noa atu ngā OVER the next 18 months more than nō reira i pōhiritia“The ki teproperties whakanui i are in various stages of taua hononga. He tamaiti kei te hīkoi i te hīkoi tika 200 new homes will be added to social planning, includingE tōtika ai ōna55 iwi. at the feasibilityKo te mihinui ki ōna mātua. Ko Isaac te I a rātou i konei i whakaaetia rātou mātāmua o te tokoono i whānau mai ki housing on offer in this district, with kia takahistage. i te ara nui, Gladstone o Te tangata mātanga, matatau. Tokomaru Bay. I kuraina a ia e tōna whāea i te taone, ara, te paopao i a rātou Nōu tō kaha. Kia kaha, kia māia ki ngā te kāinga. Ko te reo Māori tōna reo tuatahi many built to suit inter-generational “Gisborne Districtwhakawhiu ā teCouncil tangata. has ki te tau tuawhitu. He tamaiti tūai, kiritea, taramū me te mau pēneti ki ngā Kia kore e piko, kia kore e tuohu me he maunga ā ka kataina e te hunga ka whakaeke ana ki living. pū. Nō beenmai rā nōvery tēnei tikangagood teitei. to work with and veryte atamira ki ngā whakataetae Reo Māori Once completed, these builds will i waengasupportive i ngā hēramana ofme what Tēna koe, Kaingate mema hou o Te Ora Kaunihera. is lookingo te motu engari ka hāmama ana te waha, Housing Tūranganui a Kiwa. Kaua e āmaimai, mahia te mahi, kei a koe tēnei kua noho puku. He wāhanga i eke panuku! almost halve the Kainga Ora waiting list to achieve in the area.” I reira hoki a Ray Mihaka rāua Tekau ma waru tana pakeke ka hūnuku mai number, and relieve demand on motels Added to thatki te number kaunihera o Tūranganui. are He up tangata to i tika 90 ki Tūranga mahi ai i Pak n Save. He mahi e ko Tatai Kutia ngā koroua o taua mai i tōna tamarikitanga tae noa mai ki tēnei whiwhi pūtea ai ia hei whakawhānui atu i that have housed families on the waitingkaipuke sociali ngā tau kua housing hipa noa atu. wā.homes Rua tekau mabeing whitu noa tebuilt pakeke engariand ngā mahi e hiahiatia ana e ia. He hokinga whakaaro. nā tōna kaha ki te kuhu i a ia kua tū hei mema list. overseen by Manaakimo Te Kaunihera. Tairawhiti. Kei a ia anō ōna whakaaro, engari a te mutunga ka whakamana tonu i ngā tāngata The builds will also keep the Te RunanganuiKo Isaac o HughesNgati tēnei. PorouI pakeke mai i Te i pooti i uru ai ia hei kaunihera. Rāwhiti, Ngāti Porou, a, i pakeke mai hoki ko construction industry busy over the next (TRONPnui) haste reo also Māori te relocatedreo. Ahakoa tōna pakeke, former kei Tino hari Te Mea a Mrs Stoltz ki te a ia anō ōna whakaaro engari ka taea tonu te tūhononga atu o Isaac ki Te Kaunihera. Ā te few years as residential and commercial Kainga Ora homeswherawhera. up Ko tethe āhuatanga Coast, nui ki a ia, kowhere te Rāhina (Mane) ka whakataungia I te Whare developments ramp up in this region. they have beenwhakarongo, done ātaup whakarongo. for whanau.Kaunihera. relief on In response to an Official Information New Zealand construction firm Iconiq Act request, Kainga Ora has told The Group is building a 12-unit central city Gisborne Herald where and how many development alongside other plans for bedrooms each of the new homes would this region’s housing supply, supported by have. Trust Tairawhiti. There will be — Iconiq general manager Todd Scrafton ■ 8 x 1-bedroom units (52 square said they were in the design stage and metres) applying for resource consent for the build ■ 49 x 2-bedroom units (76sqm) of 12 walk-up apartments in the inner the way Ko Tatai Kutia rāua Ko Ray Mihaka On parade in front of Te Whare o Te Kaunihera o Te Tairāwhiti ■ 13 x 3-bedroom units (106 sqm) city. ■ 15 x 4-bedroom units (135 sqm) These will be a mix of one and two Kainga Ora government relations Inside thisbedrooms. month... manager Rachel Kelly said some of the Construction will start halfway through Homes to be built in homes, such as a four-bedroom home with next year, if not earlier, he says. an accessible bathroom and bedroom Mr Scrafton says while that build is on the ground floor, would suit inter- taking place, they will also be looking to Te Hapara, inner and outer generational living, . buy more land and do more developments. “Single level homes also cater to The Herald will tomorrow have more households consisting of elderly family information from Kainga Ora on where Kaiti, Elgin, Mangapapa members, or those with mobility issues.” their builds will happen after speaking to Ms Kelly said the homes would be built the neighbours of these properties today. GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Classifieds .........17 Sport ............ 20-24 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Television ...........18 Weather .............23 National ..... 6-10,16 World............ 13-15 Racing ................19 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Monday, November 30, 2020 Strawberry festival goes sweet-as MILD weather did not deter Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and many others from attending the Hospice Tairawhiti Strawberry Festival fundraiser at Marina Park on Saturday. Attendance was a little slow at the 10am beginning because of the cooler weather but it picked up as conditions improved, said Sarah Kirkpatrick of Hospice Tairawhiti. Mayor Rehette Stoltz attended, as did newly-elected Gisborne district councillor Isaac Hughes, who sold tickets for the spinning wheel. Ms Kirkpatrick said many people stayed on for the lolly scramble held near the end of the three-hour event. Hospice Tairawhiti sold more strawberries and ice cream than in previous years, thanks to generous support from Pak’nSave and major sponsor Advanced Trees Solutions. Ms Kirkpatrick did not yet know how much money had been raised but was sure the fundraiser had been an success. The public can also support Hospice Tairawhiti through the CAREFULLY DOES IT: Lamaya Tamatea Remembrance Tree at the Farmers concentrates hard on keeping her strawberry store by buying a Christmas bauble from falling off during one of the Strawberry for $10. Festival fun events. YUM, SCRUM IN MY TUM: Sarah Hawkins (left) and Lizelle Duckworth enjoy tubs of ice cream and fresh, locally-grown strawberries. Opinion was unanimous and STRAWBERRY GIRLS: Kyra (left) and Arna Ensor strike a pose for the camera. summed up perfectly in one word . “yum!”. All pictures by Paul Rickard TEN YEARS OF TAUAWHI: Supporters of Tauawhi Men’s Centre marked its 10-year milestone with a celebration yesterday at Te Wananga o Aotearoa’s Whirikoka campus. “It was a great day for us to acknowledge those who have supported us over the last 10 years and some of the men on the journey,” centre co-ordinator Tim Marshall said. About 80 people attended. Among those honoured was Mr Marshall himself. “It was very humbling to be acknowledged,” he said. The centre provides counselling and social work services for men, with the aim of contributing to positive change for them and their whanau. Full coverage of the celebration will be in tomorrow’s Herald. Pictured in matching shirts are Tauawhi team members. Standing (from left) are: Gareth Thomas, Andrew Randall, Dee Kahukoti, Guy Midford, Tracey Crosbie, Talmage Herbert, Jason Akuhata-Brown, Chris Semmens and Nick Barbara. Crouched are Tom Lord, Le Roy Pardoe and Tim Marshall. Full coverage of the celebration in tomorrow’s Herald. Picture by Rebecca Grunwell The Gisborne Herald • Monday, November 30, 2020 NEWS 3 ‘Rolls Royce of avocados’ Bushmere couple’s varieties tipped to be world-leading by Murray Robertson They have produced the Avogrey®Titan, Avogrey®Eclipse A WAERENGA-A-HIKA couple and Avogrey®GreyStar varieties out believe they have developed a new of the original Sharwil parent plants variety of avocado that may one they selected from 30 seeds they day become the most popular in the planted. world. “We only sell the fruit from those David and Judi Grey have been three varieties commercially to an growing avocados on their 13-hectare outlet in Nelson. Bushmere Road property for more “The Nelson operator tells us he than 50 years. has people stopping him in the street In recent years they have to ask when he’s getting more stock developed three new varieties out of in. They are that popular.” the Sharwil variety originating from The couple also sell some from Queensland back in the 1960s. their orchard. “We had a long-time association “We have regular customers and with a scientist from the University that’s all they want to buy when they ‘EXCITING TIMES’: David and Judi Grey have developed three avocado varieties on their Bushmere of California at Riverside and he put come to see us.” Road property that have attracted widespread interest, including from Australia and South Africa.