TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 TUHOE PROTEST: ‘IT’S CONFISCATION ALL OVER AGAIN’ PAGE 3 TEAM COVID-19 PAGES 6-7, 12-13, 16 SPIRIT • Western Australia travel bubble reopened • Kiwis in India face more hurdles to get home Team Gisborne had every reason to smile after being named winners of the Team Spirit Award at the Halberg Games in Auckland • World rallies to help devastated India at the weekend. Back row (from left) are Team Gisborne members Oren Tibble and Tama Wirepa, team manager and Parafed • United States eases mask guidelines Gisborne-Tairawhiti regional development coordinator Lou Ellery and Raymond Braybrook. Front are Lezae Te Reo and former New Zealand Paralympics swimmer Rebecca Dubber, who presented the award. The Halberg Games is a three-day sports competition • British PM denies making open to athletes aged eight to 21 with a physical or visual impairment. Ms Ellery said anyone with a disability, of any age, was ‘bodies-piled-high’ comment welcome to join Parafed Gisborne-Tairawhiti via Facebook or by ringing her on 020 4080 9069. STORY ON PAGE 4 Picture supplied A GISBORNE woman’s of perjury had simply not He criticised her for plight through the court occurred, she said. confiding in three close friends system has been highlighted “(The woman) should have (those she called as witnesses) in national media reports as been free to leave her marriage. about the alleged abuse. a rare insight into existing She should have been able to The judge accused the concerns about the treatment secure a fair and reasonable woman as lying in an of women and children within matrimonial settlement and it “unreasonable pursuit” of more Family the Family Court system. is an indictment on our society money, saying her “unmerited The woman, whose name is that this woman has been attack” had caused ‘serious suppressed, has been dubbed unrelentingly tormented for injustice” to her ex-husband. in Stuff reports as “Mrs P”, . years without respite,” Ms “She presented false and referred to in similar Hall said. evidence in a calculated Newsroom coverage as “Sarah”. The case is one of several and manipulative manner Last June, after a seldom- national media have been to achieve her end goal of granted second appeal, her investigating involving discrediting (her ex-husband),” conviction for a perjury charge alleged traumatic and abusive the judge said. “These actions Court arising out of the Family court treatment of women by the and her explanations when her was quashed. Family Court. false evidence was disclosed, Elizabeth Hall, the lawyer Referencing Family Court display a person of inherently who fronted the appeals, said transcripts, the Stuff and dishonest character.” the prosecution should never Newsroom reports retraced He similarly dismissed have happened. the woman’s ordeal, beginning evidence given by her In a letter to the legal in 2009 when she altered an witnesses, saying they were services agency, Ms Hall said:, ACC sensitive claims form, “unwitting victims” of the “ (the woman) was treated very then swore it as part of an woman’s manipulative badly by any account by the affidavit alleging spousal abuse behaviour, believing what she failings Family Court. to be included in matrimonial told them. “I have been practising property proceedings in the By contrast, the judge criminal law for . years and court. found her ex-husband to be (the woman’s) treatment by her When the case was heard in “the embodiment of a reliable ‘It is an indictment on our former husband would have to 2015, the altered state of the and credible witness,” saying be one of the worst examples of form was questioned by her he had no doubt as to the serious domestic violence that I ex-husband’s lawyer, who had accuracy of his evidence. society that this woman has have reviewed.” obtained a copy of the original. In his final decision, Judge The Court of Appeal Presiding judge Peter Callinicos refused the woman been unrelentingly tormented expressed “extreme disquiet” Callinicos strongly admonished any claim to matrimonial at the unfair treatment of the the woman for altering the property and ordered her to woman, Ms Hall said. document and called her one of pay $400,000 in costs, which for years without respite’ It quashed the perjury the least credible witnesses he ultimately bankrupted her. conviction because the act had ever observed. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Television ...........18 Classifieds ... 21-22 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Farming ..............19 Sport ............ 24-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .......... 6-10 World...... 13, 16-17 Picture page ......20 Weather .............27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Clickety clack for charities A GROUP of Gisborne women are knitting up a storm in the name of charity. The needles of Judy Livingston, Rosie Scott, Margaret Lundon, Glenys Niven and Barbara Benson have been click-clacking furiously, knitting baby and children’s items to raise money for charity. “I’ve been doing a charity knit sale for seven years although the 2020 sale was cancelled because of Covid,” Judy said. “All items for sale have been donated and all proceeds will be shared by five named charities. “While most of the items for sale are baby and children’s knits, there is a small range of adult jerseys and beanies. “Items are priced very reasonably as all involved understand the financial stress Covid-19 has put on families and hope the low prices will enable everyone to purchase new hand-knits for their families this winter.” The charity knit sale takes place at the former House of Gifts shop on Gladstone Road on Friday, April 30, from 9am to 3pm and Saturday, May 1, from 10am to 1pm. The event is cash-only with all proceeds going to KNIT ONE, PURL ONE, DROP ONE: Rosie Scott (left), Margaret Lundon and Judy Livingston are busy knitting items for Stroke Tairawhiti, Alzheimers Gisborne/Tairawhiti, Brain an annual charity knit sale this Friday and Saturday at the former House of Gifts premises on Gladstone Road. Injury NZ, Gisborne East Coast Multiple Sclerosis Picture by Liam Clayton Society and Community Gisborne. Have-a-go waka ama programme a winner AN interschool waka ama programme in Gisborne has been hailed a success. Mareikura Waka Ama Club’s Kura Waka for rangatahi aged eight to 12 years wrapped up for the term with an inter- school finals session. Four schools took part — Te Kura Reo Rua o Waikirikiri, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga, Cobham and Central. Organiser Joelene Takai was pleased with how the Trust Tairawhiti-funded programme went. “We could not have done it without the commitment from the kura (schools), tumuaki (principals), kaiako (teachers) and, of course, Trust Tairawhiti, so a massive thank you to everyone.” “The Kura Waka programme was an opportunity for kura to give their tamariki the chance to have a go at waka ama, which included water safety, basic paddling and waka ama history. “Too often tamariki miss out because they don’t know how to engage in sport, so FINALS DAY: The Horouta Wananga Year 8 crew head off Central School Year 6 paddlers at finals day of the Kura Waka we took it to the tamariki. interschool programme. Organisers and students alike thoroughly enjoyed the term 1 programme and its climactic end. “Billy Maxwell, the chairperson of Picture supplied Mareikura Waka Ama Club and a qualified teacher, was also instrumental in throughout the programme. confident ahead of the finals for his age throughout term 1, with each school the success of the programme. They were thrilled with the prize of six group. committing two hours a week. Ms Takan gave a special mention to the lifejackets and six paddles for their school. “It’s really cool,” said Justine Matete, It finished with the interschool kaiako “who worked tirelessly” to get the Cobham won the Year 5 novice class and another Horouta Wananga student. competition on the last day of term, with tamariki to the Anzac Park venue. Horouta Wananga were the years 5 and 6 The excitement was palpable as more than 80 students attending. “I also want to thank Mahinerangi plate champions. students cheered their schoolmates “Our hope is these tamariki increase Tawhai, Odessa Stewart, Albert Mahuta, Horouta Wananga also won the final of towards the finish line. their knowledge of waka ama and not be Matua Billy and their kaiawhina the years 7 and 8 age group. Everyone had worked up a good afraid to give anything a go,” Ms Takai (helpers).” Karauna Reuben, a student at Horouta appetite by the time the barbecue was said. Horouta Wananga won the overall prize Wananga, said it was the first time he fired up at the end of the event. The next Kura Waka programme is in for their commitment and improvement had tried waka ama and he was feeling The nine-week programme ran term 4. 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