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by Andrew Ashton

AN UNEXPECTED move to keep Tairawhiti at Alert Level 2 until September 6, has been met with a host of pragmatism from those most affected.

The region’s hospitality providers will now have to keep to crowd limits and social-distancing guidelines for another 10 days.

Zest cafe owner David Campbell said businesses needed to put lives first.

“We’ve lost a couple of tables inside and outside, so that effect on the business has been quite high.

“But, it’s got to be done, I think. It’s lives before anything else. We’ve got to get it sorted and I think it’s here for a while. So, the quicker we get through the elimination stages, the better it is for us all.”

The Rivers restaurant and pub co-owner Melissa Murphy said this time it was noticeable there were fewer people eating out during the second time the region was in Level 2.

“We do what we did last time, it’s not a problem. We are down in revenue and turnover, obviously, but it’s not a hassle to stay this way if it means we are safe,” Mrs Murphy said.

“We are down a couple of tables and a few chairs are gone but people aren’t out as much anyway. It’s interesting to see it’s a lot quieter than the last Level 2.

“It depends how people feel when we return to Level 1. We are getting people through the door but not in the same volumes as before.”

Tairawhiti will remain in its present alert level setting for at least one week, with Cabinet reviewing the situation on Sunday, September 6.

Hospitality NZ regional manager Alan Sciascia said there would be a cost for the region’s hospitality industry.

“While we understand the priorities set by Central Government, everyone must accept there is a cost and it’s hurting more than just Auckland businesses.

“Businesses in the regions are carrying a lot of pain, particularly those that rely on travellers both commercial and leisure. Hospitality and tourism businesses have been hit really hard with trade much reduced.

“Accommodation providers in particular are severely impacted with many customers cancelling bookings. Also bars and nightclubs which have traditionally relied on their customers being able to

socialise can’t operate as they normally would.

“It’s tough and until restrictions are adjusted businesses will continue to fail and workers will continue to lose their jobs.

“Level 2 does pose some difficulties, particularly for accommodation providers who are experiencing a significant reduction in trade.

‘IT’S GOT TO BE DONE’

ALL SMILES: Year 11 Gisborne Girls’ High School student Eseta Vaomotou (right) has won the annual Play It Strange Lion Foundation songwriting competition with her composition Family Forever. “It’s a great track,” said Play It Strange chief executive Mike Chunn. The win brings with it a NZ on Air grant of $10,000 which means Eseta and her band The Lei Lows (Nenisi Tolu, left, Sinitalela Vaomotou and Lesieli Tong) can make a music video and have their performance of Eseta’s song professionally recorded. SEE STORY PAGE 4 Picture supplied

SOCIALLY-DISTANT AND MASKED: Walter Findlay staff Charlotte Goodnight, Pauline Tamanui, and Clint Mengel at the company’s Gisborne bakery, wearing masks made by GGHS students Picture supplied

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by Sophie Rishworth

WHAT started off as a little breakfast blossomed into an event where tickets had to be capped at 100 to keep in line with Alert Level 2.

The Pink Ribbon breakfast sponsored by the Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club and Premier Homes raised $11,000 for breast cancer research, awareness and support.

Organisers of the sell-out fundraiser on Sunday included Andrea Gregory from Tatapouri Restaurant, Premier Homes’ Sarah Lincoln and Dean Quinn who represented the Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club.

The tickets sold fast through word of mouth with no other advertising needed, said Mrs Gregory.

Tatapouri Restaurant put on a three course breakfast, accompanied by a glass of Gizzy Fizzy from Hihi Wines, with an auction, fashion show, live music and guest speaker Anthea Lincoln.

Mrs Gregory said the delicate subject was embraced by the roomful of women with honesty, laughter and fun.

“The auction was a massive success — there were so many donations from Gisborne businesses. They not only bought tables but gave us large donations to help with the cost of running the event, which enabled us to donate more money to pink ribbon.

“I think we will probably have to do it again next year. It was so much fun and everyone has so many ideas.”

Auctioneer Pete McGrannachan donated his time, Koco Boutique’s Karen Sherriff and designer Sheryl May came on board with a fashion show, and Steve Kingi provided live music.

Gisborne-born Jo Holley came home from Auckland to emcee the event.

Ms Holley said she gave herself time to self-isolate in her home town and got a Covid-19 test to ensure she was OK to be the MC.

The turnout was wonderful, she said.“A fantastic event and what a crowd.“It was uplifting and fun but also

brought home the importance of our breast cancer awareness kaupapa.

“I thoroughly enjoyed speaking with our guest Anthea who shared her breast cancer journey. I really celebrate her for sharing so we can all have knowledge of what to do in this area.

“I personally have had numerous friends travel this path and a bestie Helena McAlpine, who lived life to the fullest, pass.

“So don’t wait until you personally know someone (who has breast cancer) to check your breasts — do it now.”

The Breast Cancer Foundation NZ website encourages women to remember TLC — T-touch, L-look, C-check. The Pink Ribbon street appeal is on Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31.

‘A fantastic event’

BEAUTIFUL MATCH: Model Rosa Briant wearing a Sheryl May creation at the fashion show.

A LOT OF FUN: Linley Vincent’s smile says it all, as she models a Joseph Ribkoff number from Koco Boutique. The Pink Ribbon breakfast on Sunday brought a roomful of women together to talk, laugh and share about the sensitve topic of breast cancer. A whopping $11,000 was raised.

Pictures by Eva Zwinnen

VEHICLE enthusiasts turned out in force on Sunday to help raise money for the Cancer Society through an annual rally.

Daffodil Rally for Cancer co-ordinator Graeme Revell said there was 56 entries on the day, with a range of vehicles taking part in the rally drive from Gisborne to Tolaga Bay.

“There were all sorts of people there,” he said.

“We had from a scooter up to an ex-Army 4x4 truck and everything in between.

“Most of them went up to Tolaga and had an ice-cream. a coffee and a chat.”

This is the fourth year the Vintage Car Club-organised event has been run.

The Vintage Car Club of

New Zealand has 36 branches around New Zealand and until Covid happened, all were doing something on the same day, August 23.

“Some do motor shows but we do a run up to Tolaga Bay because it’s such a good run. It’s nice cruising,” said Mr Revell.

Tairawhiti area manager Lianne Jenkins said it was a “fantastic day”.

“The weather cleared and it looked amazing as everyone was driving up the Coast and everyone seemed to enjoy it.

“The money raised was an impressive $735 from car and bike enthusiasts who turned out in numbers in support of this year’s event. generously supporting the Cancer Society.”

FUN IN THE SUN: Kent Wilkinson (left) owner of a 1941 three-quarter ton Ford commercial truck joined Cancer Society Tairawhiti area manager Lianne Jenkins, Daffodil Rally for Cancer event co-ordinator Graeme Revell and Rick Brenchley, owner of a 1954 Chevrolet sedan, for a fundraising drive to Tolaga Bay. Picture supplied

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LOOKING AHEAD

THE GUIDE THuRSdAyTOMORROW

FOCUS ON THE LAND

• The weekly AgriHQ report points to a slow start to the Christmas chilled lamb season.

• The report indicates the wider forestry market took a small step upwards this past month.

• Manuka honey company Comvita claim a turnaround as their loss narrows to $9.7 million.

Cruising up the Coast for Cancer Society

The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 25, 20202 NEWS

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ALL a ruru needed was a little bit of love to help sort itself out after flying into a window.

Gisborne woman Julie Smith heard the bang against the window in their house.

“Being such a big bang I knew the bird would need time to recover,” she said.

“I have a labrador pup who loves chicken, which prompted me to hurry out there and help the bird.”

The little ruru or morepork was on the ground tucked low with his wing over his head.

The bird let Julie pick it up and she wrapped it in her dressing gown.

“He stared at me with one eye squinting like the look people get after banging their head.

“You can see in the photo he’s still squinting a bit.”

“He was very calm and let me have a look over him and his eyes locked into mine.

“He was so trusting.”After 20 minutes the bird let her take some

pictures and seemed livelier so she took him outside and set him down where she had found him.

“Immediately three tui chased and dive-bombed him but he managed to get into the thick of a tall cypress tree.

“It was a wonderful encounter, as I’ve never seen one face to face.”

STUNNED: Julie Smith made sure this ruru or morepork was all better before it took to the skies again. Picture supplied

MORE than 1300 Covid-19 tests have been carried out in Tairawhiti since the resurgence of Covid in New Zealand on August 12.

Official Hauora Tairawhiti figures show there were 58 tests on Friday, 19 on Saturday and six on Sunday, bringing the grand total to 1362 tests from GP centres, and the dedicated swabbing centre at Gisborne Hospital.

Hauora Tairawhiti liaison GP Dr Anna Meuli said health officials were happy they had the ability to efficiently respond to the demand for testing from people who had symptoms.

Anyone who has a new or worsening cough, shortness of breath, loss of taste or smell or a sore throat is encouraged to contact their GP practice.

People who are not signed up to a GP practice should contact Three Rivers Medical.

They do not need to show an NHI number or ID to be tested, but contact details must be supplied so test results can be provided.

There is no walk-in swabbing centre in

Tairawhiti.All testing is on referral

from a GP practice.Director General of Health

Dr Ashley Bloomfield has said anyone who has symptoms can seek medical advice and get tested regardless of their immigration status and without fear of any repercussions.

Even if someone tests positive, their contact information will not be shared for immigration-related purposes.

•InNewZealand,allCovid-19-related care is publicly funded — including testing for anyone with symptoms or who has been asked to be tested as part of our outbreak control and subsequent treatment — for anyone who requires it. This is irrespective of citizenship, visa status, nationality or level of medical insurance coverage.

•Peoplestillneedtopaythe usual fees for any other healthcare.

•Forguidanceonanyhealth issues, call Healthline free on 0800 611 116.

Confident of Covid-19 test capacity in Tairawhiti

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JUST as it is announced Gisborne will stay in Level 2, special needs high school students here are helping ensure people have face masks.

Gisborne Girls’ High School Learning Support Unit director Sheree Sims said the seven students from the unit began making the masks to raise money for a new sewing machine.

They had proven so popular, they were also making some for staff members at school.

“Just as we went into Level 2, we started making masks just for the students here and then one of our teacher aide’s husband works at Walter Findlays and saw what we were doing and thought it was a good opportunity to do some fundraising.”

About 65 masks have been sold, raising $290.

“It was great fun. Some of the

girls went around the school talking to staff and pupils and did a bit of market research and whether they would wear them.”

Walter Findlay communications manager Alyx Findlay said the company was “very pleased” to support Gisborne Girls’ High school in their “Super Heroes Wear Masks” initiative and hoped that their new sewing machine gets lots of good use.

“We are happy to provide a more sustainable and reusable mask option for our employees to wear if they choose. As the local bread bakery, our team has taken proactive precautions for all Covid-19 alert levels, to ensure that we continue to keep our employees healthy and safely provide Gisborne with bread and other food products. We are conscious that wearing masks can help to prevent the spread of the virus as well as show respect for others in our community.

Students sewing for ‘Super Heroes’

In restaurants and bars customers were restricted to being seated at a table at all times, Mr Sciasca said.

“While restaurants are used to that it’s very difficult for bars where customers are so used to much more freedom of movement. We are also hearing of a lot of occasions where customers feel they don’t need to provide contact tracing details,” he said.

“The Covid-19 Tracer App promoted by the government only records details of where the users go. It does not provide businesses with details of who visits their premises. Hospitality premises (unlike retail) are required to maintain a register of

visitors to their premises and this creates confusion among many customers.”

Mayor Rehette Stoltz said she was “extremely proud” of how Tairawhiti businesses, schools and the general public had adhered to Level 2 restrictions.

“It is an adjustment for everyone, but if we all play our little part, we will get through this.

“We want to remind everyone that as of Monday, masks will be mandatory on buses, taxis and any public transport throughout New Zealand. I want to encourage everyone to have their mask or face covering ready.”

The GizzyBus service is continuing to operate at normal levels during Covid-19 Alert

Level 2. GDC earlier this month said it

was encouraging social distancing of one metre and for passengers to use a manual track-and-trace register on the bus. QR codes will also be available for passengers with smart phones.

Face masks at that time were advised on public transport but were not compulsory. Face masks will be mandatory on public transport from Monday.

Intercity Buses today said the Napier to Gisborne route, including Wairoa, will remain in operation on Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays and Mondays.

However, the company reminded people that from August 31 to “please remember, no mask/face covering, no travel”.

Mask-up on buses from MondayFROM PAGE 1

Ruru right as rain after bump

Tairawhiti’s economy will get a $5.9 million boost from the Provincial Growth Fund for Gisborne-based Pultron Composites.

Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones revealed the new investments today.

“This company is a key employer in the Gisborne area and this Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) investment will support it to expand its facility and to grow and develop its workforce,” Mr Jones said.

The first investment is a co-funded loan of up to $5.3 million which will support the company to build and equip a state-of-the-art research and engineering facility and to expand its site to manage increasing demand for its products.

The second investment of just over $610,000 would help the company upskill its current workforce and enable it to hire more local people.

“The site expansion and research facility builds will be a two-year construction programme that can begin immediately. These projects will not only provide immediate work on the build, but once in

place they will also create around 60 additional jobs in the new facility.”

Pultron will use the $612,994 in Te Ara Mahi funding from the PGF to help 23 Tairawhiti people into employment and provide up to 127 training opportunities each year to for new and existing employees to upskill, including three engineering apprenticeships.

“Through the training programme, Pultron will upskill and promote their current workforce which will create new entry-level vacancies.

“These projects will help the local economy to diversify from a reliance on the forestry sector by providing alternative skills and employment opportunities.

“It will also mean economic growth across the economy and will provide employment opportunities for all sections of Tairawhiti’s community, especially given that Pultron has a history of workforce employment diversity and promoting employment opportunities for Maori,” Mr Jones said.

$5.3m PGF boost for Pultron facility

AN investigation has confirmed the fire that gutted a home in Walsh Street in Mangapapa 10 days ago started in the kitchen, but an exact cause remains unknown.

The three-bedroom weatherboard house caught fire at around 2.30am on Saturday August 15.

Two women and a child living in

the home managed to get out of the house without injury.

Specialist fire investigator Derek Goodwin has confirmed the fire originated in the kitchen.

“However, the exact cause of the blaze remains undetermined. It started on or near the stove.”

Family and friends have rallied to support the family, who lost everything in the fire.

Exact cause of fire unknown

The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 25, 2020 NEWS 3

NIGHT-TIME road repairs will take place on Stanley Road (between Awapuni and Aberdeen roads) between Friday and Sunday, not on Aberdeen Road as stated in a story in The Herald yesterday.

CORRECTION

BLESS THESE CLASSROOMSChris Huriwai and Shane Welan opened three new classrooms at Kaiti School with a karakia (blessing) yesterday. The classrooms took 12 weeks to build and were delayed slightly at the end with final materials coming in from Auckland. Kaiti School principal Billie-Jean Potaka- Ayton said the completion of the classrooms was a huge relief for the kura (school). “We are now ready to start the final classroom build for our new-entrant classes, which will be ready to open at the end of November, and most importantly get the library upgrade under way in the new year.”

Picture by Liam Clayton

APPLICATIONS are now open for Sport NZ’s new $68 million fund — Tu Manawa Active Aotearoa — for community-based programmes and projects targeting children and young people at most risk of missing out or being less active.

A total of $284,181 of the fund will be available in Te Tairawhiti over the next 12 months, to be managed and distributed on Sport NZ’s behalf by Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti.

Tu Manawa replaces and improves on Sport NZ’s Kiwisport Regional Partnership Fund and now has double the funding available — $68m over four years, of which half is from the $265m Sport Recovery Package.

Where Kiwisport only focused on organised sport, Tu Manawa will also fund play and active recreation. It also has a distinct application and assessment process for Kaupapa Maori organisations.

“Tu Manawa is all about focusing on our least active tamariki and rangatahi by supporting

those who are delivering new or existing programmes and projects in local communities based on the needs of those communities,” Sport NZ chief executive Peter Miskimmin said.

“In the first year we have placed special emphasis on those tamariki and rangatahi whose physical activity levels have been impacted most by Covid-19, which we know from our research are girls and young women, disabled people, those in higher deprivation communities and a slightly higher age bracket of young women aged 19 to 24.”

To ensure it reaches these groups, Sport NZ is partnering with the county’s network of 14 Regional Sports Trusts to manage and distribute Tu Manawa, and has allocated funding to them based on both population and deprivation modelling.

The priority groups and funding modelling will be reviewed before June 30, 2021, to help inform the second year of investment.

Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti chief executive Stefan Pishief said having $284,181 available in Te Tairawhiti over the next 12 months was a great opportunity to support those most impacted by Covid-19, by providing opportunities for them to enjoy the benefits of being physically active.

“We know there are some great champions out there supporting the activity aspirations of our community. This fund will help to ensure that they can take their awesome services to the next level.

“Whether it is teaching surfing, providing boxing skills camps, or running netball leagues, we will see an increase in quality activity across our region for our tamariki and rangatahi thanks to this fund.

“Tu Manawa is available for both new and existing programmes and projects, and funding will be provided for up to 12 months.”

Applications for Tu Manawa are now open at:www.sportgisborne.org.nz

More than $200k available for sport here

FROM PAGE 1by Mark Peters

AFTER 15 years of submitting original songs to the annual Play It Strange Lion Foundation songwriting competition, first place has finally been awarded to a Gisborne Girls’ High School student.

Year 11 student Eseta Vaomotou’s song Family Forever beat 390 other entries from around the country to be No.1.

Family Forever combines a contemporary Tongan sound with rap. While no traditional instruments feature in the song, Family Forever has a Tongan vibe and much of it is performed in the island’s language, says music teacher Jane Egan.

“They have the added element of rap, which is cool because we don’t have a lot of female rappers.”

An NZ On Air grant of $10,000 means Eseta and her band The Lei Lows can go to a studio to professionally record the song and make a music video. As well as the first place trophy, Eseta will be awarded $1000 of NZ Rockshop vouchers, and she and The Lei Lows will perform her song at the Play it Strange prize-giving later in the year.

Play It Strange chief executive Mike Chunn (Split Enz, Citizen Band) phoned Ms Egan during student music practice to make the surprise announcement.

“I took the phone in. Mike talked to them about band practice and said ‘how’s it going’. Then he said ‘which one is Eseta?’

“He told her she had won and the room erupted into screaming. That was an amazing moment.

“It was one of the highlights of my teaching career.”

Family Forever encapsulates a young person’s emotional embrace of her environment in a positive and celebratory way, says Mr Chunn in a note.

“It’s whanau, friends, and it’s the momentum of people moving forward together. It’s strong and resilient. It’s a great track.”

The school also has five finalists who made the top 50 and will have their

songs professionally recorded. The five are made up of Mere-Heni Matete with the song Where Did You Go (featuring Margaret Broughton on vocals), Keira Batten Coogan with her song You, Sinitalela Vaomotou’s In His Eyes, a tribute song to her grandfather, and Aio o Roto by Daeshanah’ Rei Wilkie Marino with Piata Tibble-Tamati on vocals.

Johelonn Toroa-Taare is also among the five with her song Te Pou, a tribute to teacher Fiona Glengarry who recently passed away.

Johelonn had been writing the song in English until Ms Egan suggested she write it in te reo Maori, Johelonn’s first language.

“The words changed, the song morphed into a tribute,” says Ms Egan.

“This rounds out a super-successful year so far for Girls’ High songwriters with Keira Batten Coogan and Malia Saluka winning Play It Strange’s other big event, the Peace Song competition.”

For the school to finally have a Play It Strange songwriting competition winner is a big deal, she says. Mr Chunn believes this is the first time a school has won both competitions in the same year.

The wins come off the back of a particularly challenging year for the young musicians.

“Not just with Covid restrictions; we’ve been out of our room because of the earthquake-strengthening going on . . . but the kids have been amazing. They have risen to the occasion and have made it work.”

Eseta wins song contest

AND THE WINNER IS: Eseta Vaomotou has won the nationwide Play It Strange songwriting competition with her song Family Forever. Picture supplied

THE Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning toxin (PSP) has shown up in Ministry for Primary Industries tests south of Gisborne and a health warning has been issued.

The affected region in Hawke’s Bay has been extended to Young Nicks Head.

Shellfish affected by PSP include mussels, oysters, tuatua, pipi, toheroa, cockles, scallops, catseyes, kina and all other bivalve shellfish.

“Cooking the shellfish does not remove the toxin,” an MPI spokesman said. “Paua, crab and crayfish may still be eaten if the gut has been completely removed prior to cooking, as toxins accumulate in the gut.

“If the gut is not removed, its contents could contaminate the meat during the cooking process.”

Routine tests on shellfish samples have shown levels of PSP above the safe limit of 0.8 milligrams per kilogram set by MPI.

“Ongoing testing will continue and any changes will be updated on the MPI website.

“Anyone eating shellfish from this area is potentially at risk of illness.”

If anyone becomes ill after eating shellfish from an area where a public health warning has been issued, phone Healthline for advice on 0800 611 116, or seek medical attention immediately.

The public is also advised to contact the nearest public health unit and keep any leftover shellfish in case it can be tested.

Commercially harvested shellfish — sold in shops and supermarkets or exported — remains subject to strict water and flesh monitoring programmes by MPI to ensure safe eating.

PSP warning extended to Young Nicks Head after positive tests

HERNIMAN, DavidWilliam. — Lovedbrother of Annette(dec), Margaret, Gillian,Richard and Raewyn,Michael, Ian, Kay, Rossand Lynette. Will besadly missed by us all.

PARKES, Gay. —Died 21st August 2020.Loved by Syd, Rene,Jeff, and extendedfamily. Funeral service atEvans Chapel, OrmondRd, 11am, WednesdayAugust 26th.

HINEAUTATE MATEKINO

MARAKIIn loving memory of

our dear tuakana, Mum,and aunty. One year has

passed since that sadday, when one we loved

was called away.God took her home, itwas his will, but in ourhearts she liveth still.

Arohanui, fromHoriana and whanau

and Barradine

PHILLIPS, EricRaymond. — 14.1.52 -9.8.20. Loving husbandand soulmate of Susan.Cherished son ofMargaret (dec). Lovingfather of Jason andSarah, Jessica andBryce. Big Brother ofLynette and Mike,Graeme and Rachel andMichael. Son-in-Law ofCharlie (dec) andMargaret (dec).Brother-in-law to Pauland Janice, Michelleand Kim. Special Pa toJosh and Elle. A courageous battle,at peace now, forever inour hearts. Free to roamthe bush in SF100, keepthe fire burning at theRed Hut. Eric’s funeral will beheld at Evans Chapel,Ormond Rd, onThursday 27th August,at 1pm, followed byinterment at TaruheruCemetery.- Evans FuneralServices Ltd FANZwww.evansfuneral.co.nz

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The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 25, 20204 NEWS

THIS week is World Iron Awareness Week — a week dedicated to bringing much-needed attention to iron deficiency — the world’s most prevalent nutrient deficiency.

Now in its seventh year, 2020’s World Iron Awareness Week will focus on babies and toddlers, while sharing information for other vulnerable groups, and providing practical information on the importance of healthy iron levels.

Beef and Lamb New Zealand’s head of nutrition, Fiona Windle, says reducing the risk of iron deficiency, particularly in young children, could reap huge benefits not only with physical health, but with brain development and cognitive abilities.

In this rapid phase of growth where a baby’s birthweight triples in its first year, a baby needs even more iron than their dad.

“Getting as much nutritious goodness into them can make a difference to their energy and immunity. It really is ‘every bite counts’.

“If there’s one thing I hope people can take away from this year’s World Iron Awareness Week is that you can make some easy tweaks to your meals to get the most nutrition out of them.”

During World Iron Awareness Week, people are encouraged to visit ironweek.co.nz

There people can access information, infographics to share on social media, resources and delicious iron-rich recipes using New Zealand beef, lamb, pork, venison and vegetables.

World Iron Awareness Week is supported by the following organisations; Beef + Lamb New Zealand, Dietitians NZ, Massey University, NZ Blood, NZ Nutrition Foundation, New Zealand Pork, NZ Venison, Nutrition Society of New Zealand, Sprout, The Asian Network Incorporated, The New Zealand Institute of Food Science & Technology, Toi Tangata and Vegetables.co.nz

Every bite counts this World Iron Awareness Week

KEVIN Sargeant was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) last year.

He first noticed something was wrong seven years ago, but it was only after a bad fall that MS was identified.

MS Society Gisborne/East Coast (MSSGEC) field officer Cat Jones says MS is hard to diagnose because there are a wide range of symptoms which affect people differently.

“A lot of cases of MS go undiagnosed and many people don’t know what it is.

“Some people think it’s contagious and take a step back and that is awful for those suffering.

“This disease can frighten people as it can seriously affect speech and mobility.”

MS is an auto-immune disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks parts of the body that are vital to everyday function.

Symptoms are unpredictable and can vary in intensity.

While some people experience fatigue and numbness, severe cases of MS can cause paralysis, vision loss and diminished brain function.

Kevin’s speech and mobility were affected and he ended up in a wheelchair.

He says depression has been huge as a result of his MS, especially when he lost his mobility.

“It was terrible when they told me I would never walk again. It hurt to know that I would never surf or run again and I would have to rely on people to push me in my chair.”

Kevin now has a mobility scooter, which he had to buy for himself.

After the battery went flat during the Covid-19 lockdown, he learned that he wouldn’t want to be without it.

“When I start feeling depressed, I head out on my scooter to see my neighbours and friends. I just need to get out.”

Kevin has been a member of MSSGEC for a year after attending one of their regular morning teas.

Initially he “was a bit iffy about it” and

didn’t want to go, but he plucked up the courage and went anyway.

“I turned up that first morning and parked in the corner by myself.

“In no time at all I had eight people come and sit with me. I had a great time and that really got the ball rolling. Everyone was so friendly and there was lots of laughing.”

MSSGEC provides a wide range of services which include arranging social networking opportunities, one-on-one support, referrals to agencies and attending specialist appointments with members.

Judy Livingston, MSSGEC Secretary, says depression is a factor for many of their members and sharing information between each other helps with that.

“Everyone is only a phone call away,” Ms Livingston says.

MSSGEC is Gisborne based and all of the executives are local.

The executive established a fund at Sunrise to build sustainability for the future.

Ms Livingston says that a recent reduction on what was already a tiny government contract has made it clear government funding can’t be relied on.

“Our member demographic is small compared to the size of our region which has seen quite a lot of our funding go back to Auckland.

“We’re hoping our fund at Sunrise will grow to become a reliable source of income to ensure we can carry on the important work we do for our members.”

Getting the ball rolling

Last month the Journal of Primary Health Care, published by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, published an article written by Dr Margaret Fielding of Wairoa. Dr Fielding, a fellow of the RNZCGP, wrote of her experiences during the original Covid-19 lockdown. Dr Fielding is a GP at Queen Street Practice in Wairoa and is the clinical lead at Wairoa Hospital. Both Dr Fielding and the RNZCGP have given The Gisborne Herald permission to republish the article.

SEVEN weeks down the track and we are on our way out of Level 3 and into Level 2.

It’s a sigh of relief as we are itching to go fishing, hunting, cruise around Bunnings and Farmlands, have a meal in a restaurant and visit the pub in Mahia.

Living under Covid-19 restrictions has not been easy.

As we look back, we marvel at the positive changes in Wairoa Hospital and Queen Street Practice (QSP), who are housed together in one large building with the laboratory, ward, midwives, outpatients, public health, mental health, district nurses and the kitchen all sprawled around like spokes of a wheel under the same roof.

Covid-19 has been a great leveller in the community as we all queue together respectfully, keeping our social distance and chatting away with Mongrel Mob, Black Power and others while waiting to be allowed into New World to buy our groceries.

The strangest masks and gloves hide people’s faces and hands.

The Mahia Dairy puts out free bread and milk on a Thursday and announces it is time to “come and fetch” on our social page.

Young people run around doing Meals on Wheels as the elderly are too at-risk to perform this function.

People have been kind to each other in a myriad different ways.

We have increased our awareness of infection control, which will stand us in good stead coping with mundane things like the flu.

Donning gloves, masks and funny-looking gowns is now second nature and sadly we no longer hug and kiss our patients.

QSP and the hospital have worked together, lending or giving each other personal protective equipment (PPE), depending on who is running out, and ordering PPE from a common site.

The Community Based Assessment Centre (CBAC) has been staffed by a team of hospital nurses, practice nurses

and community dental nurses. QSP and hospital nurses practice

weekly emergency simulations with the doctors.

A trainee intern, who was here before Covid-19, and had her overseas elective cancelled, is coming back for two months to do her stint in Wairoa Hospital.

Maybe we’ll create a budding rural GP?Dr Fielding told The Herald all three

Wairoa Covid-19 cases were travel related.

Two were from the Ruby Princess cruise ship.

The Ruby Princess had a particular impact in Hawke’s Bay, becoming its own cluster after docking and partaking in activities in Napier.

“The Wairoa Covid response is one that has bought service providers closer together and all of our relationships have strengthened as a result.

“Wairoa did a remarkable job and that is something we can all be proud of,” she said.

Wairoa working together through CovidTEAM EFFORT: The Wairoa Hospital and Queen Street Practice team (from left) of Sonya Smith, Dr Margaret Fielding, Susan Hawken, Marion Terry and Lydia Albejay worked together with other providers and the community during the original Covid-19 lockdown. Picture supplied

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AUCKLAND — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced Covid-19 restrictions will continue at their current level until at least 11.59pm on Sunday night.

Masks will also be mandatory from Monday when using public transport at Alert Level 2 and above.

Announcing Cabinet’s decision yesterday, Ardern says the rest of the country will remain at Level 2.

The current restrictions — Auckland at Alert Level 3, and the rest of the country at Level 2 — had been due to lift at midnight on Wednesday.

The Prime Minister says it will most likely be weeks before New Zealand can reach the tail on the chain of transmission on Auckland’s Covid-19 cluster.

Ardern told Morning Report that it was possible the country and Auckland would drop alert levels with cases still being reported that were linked to the cluster.

“Modelling for clusters is quite hard but we’ve simply looked at our clusters in New Zealand in the past,” she said, noting the Bluff wedding cluster which had 98 cases.

“The longest tail we had off a cluster in New Zealand was roughly around the 12 or 13-week mark. This one should be a bit different in the way it’s being managed. There’s variables in all of them but I do expect it will take us some time to see the end.”

She said this was not a change in strategy and Level 2 had provisions for active clusters.

“It’s when you have cases outside of that cluster and you don’t have control around that cluster that that’s really problematic. No-one is suggesting for a moment that we would stay in Level 3 restrictions until we saw the tail end of it.”

From here until the extended restrictions in Auckland are due to expire — on Sunday night — if there are unlinked cases or outbreaks, the Government may reconsider its decision on the alert level.

“But at this stage, there’s nothing to suggest that will be the case,” Ardern said.

She reiterated her comments in the briefing that the elimination strategy

remained, and that did not always necessarily require a full Alert Level 4 lockdown every time an outbreak happened.

“We did have cases outside of Alert Level 4 (previously).

“I haven’t heard the idea that you would keep New Zealand at Alert Level 4 until you deal with the tail end of the cluster widely suggested.

“What we also continue to aspire to is to do that with the lowest level of restrictions that we safely can.

“This happens to be a very particular example of where and when we discovered it. It had probably been in circulation for a couple of weeks so we did need to take stronger measures.”

Yesterday, eight new community cases were confirmed — all linked to the existing cluster, which now has a total of 101 active cases.

But Ardern said the number of cases linked to the cluster that emerged daily would not necessarily have an impact on

decisions, because they were often family members or those already identified as being exposed.

“That’s of less concern than if you see cases bubbling up and being found through community surveillance.”

Another factor that was considered in the extension of restrictions was the increased risk to the rest of the country from Auckland, Ardern said.

“We know from the cluster modelling that has been done — even though it’s highly variable — there’s an assumption that roughly a 95 percent chance of a cluster, by the time its discovered, likely having moved to another part of the country,” she said, noting the cases that were found in Tokoroa.

But she also rejected suggestions that the decisions on alert levels took into account politics, saying that they have been based on science and evidence “that the best response for the economy is one that minimises health impacts”. — RNZ

‘Weeks’ before Auckland reaches tail end of cluster

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Bush search scaled backKATIKATI — The search for missing

Katikati man Shaun Donovan has been scaled back.

Police said in a statement today they were reassessing the search for the 35-year-old who has not been seen since August 13.

An extensive search was completed over the weekend in the Wharawhara Road area by LandSAR volunteers.

The search has been scaled back with no search teams active yesterday or today.

Police said they were reassessing information gathered to date.

Donovan was last seen around 10am on August 13 driving a light blue over grey Toyota Hilux Surf with the registration number BCW482.

It is believed that the vehicle was then parked in the Department of Conservation car park on Wharawhara Road.

The car park is often used by trampers to access the walking tracks into the Kaimai Range and it is likely Donovan entered the bush from the carpark. Donovan is 180cm tall and of medium build and was last seen wearing a green hoody, blue jeans and white shoes with red stripes.

Police would like to speak to anyone who may have come into contact with him particularly around the walking tracks between August 13 and 19. — NZ Herald

Shocked by rafting deathROTORUA — Staff at a rafting company

were given extra support after a person died at Okere Falls, just out of Rotorua, on Sunday.

It is believed to have been a medical event.

River Rats owner Justin Hutton confirmed the person who had died had been rafting with River Rats.

He couldn’t go into any detail about the circumstances of the death and said the company had reached out to the family via the police to offer support in any way it could.

“We’d like to express our condolences to the family. We’re absolutely devastated by what’s happened and we’re also working to support our staff through this.”

The death was being referred to the Coroner and police inquiries were continuing. — NZ Herald

WELLINGTON — National Party leader Judith Collins says the Government should have extended the wage subsidy for the four extra days that the restrictions will be ongoing.

The current restrictions had been due to lift at midnight on Wednesday, but will now carry through to Sunday.

Addressing media this morning, Collins said National’s health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti wrote to the health committee chair to call in front of it the Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and senior health officials in regards to what has been happening in the Covid-19 response.

She said Dr Reti had not received a reply to that request, and his initial request previously was turned down because Labour MPs would not

agree to it.Earlier today Dr Reti said the party believed

parts of the Auckland boundary should have been adjusted to allow places like New Zealand Steel in Waiuku to go back to work.

He told First Up that Aucklanders deserve more explanation about the ongoing disruption.

Discussing the wage subsidy, Collins said that should have been extended for the four extra days that the restrictions will be ongoing.

“Given that the wage subsidy is only being paid because Covid-19 has been allowed to come back into New Zealand, it is certainly at no fault of the hospitality sector or businesses in general, and it is a particularly difficult time.”

She said that would have been the “kindest and most pragmatic” thing to do.

She said the wage subsidy is not sustainable in its current form, which is why the border is key to the country economically and for the public to have confidence.

“The main thing businesses are wanting from us is to be able to have the borders safe so they can actually have some confidence in their own businesses.”

On possible cash grants for businesses, National’s finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith said they are not at the stage where they would support something like that, but the best way to support businesses now was to extend the wage subsidy.

“If you are telling businesses you cannot trade then you need some sort of support going on.”

On masks, Collins said the party fully supports

the move to make it mandatory on public transport.

“We thought that should’ve been done ages ago, it’s a no-brainer in our opinion.”

Dr Shane Reti said they will be taking the advice of health official on masks and will be closely following any changes or recommendations.

He said the use of masks in school settings is a complex situation and is an equity issue too. It’s another matter they’ll be taking advice on from public health officials and the education sector.

He said there’s a global trend towards more people wearing masks in more situations.

Transport operators between isolation facilities and the border should be wearing PPE, he said. — RNZ

Wage subsidy should have been extended: Collins

LONG-TAILED CLUSTER: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the extension of the current alert levels at a press conference yesterday. NZ Herald picture

by Liu Chen, RNZ

AUCKLAND — Auckland will move down to Covid-19 Alert Level 2 from Monday if there’s no significant change in the cluster’s growth and trajectory.

That will allow schools, retail and hospitality businesses to reopen.

There are Aucklanders who support the plan, others who fear Level 2 is still too risky and some who think the Government’s approach is too cautious.

On the streets of Otara, one University of Auckland student, Rani Leaupepe, said the city shouldn’t wait longer to move to Level 2.

She said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern needs to recognise how desperate some families are and she also wants to go back to the university doing things face-to-face.

“I think she could have done it on the Wednesday. I don’t think we need to go into another couple of days. I mean, families need the income and people need to go to work, especially for those who are not essential workers,” she said.

Matautu Vagaia, who installs shelves in warehouses around the country, said his workplace needs the alert level to come down.

“They stop us from going in the

warehouse and going around Auckland. We got a big job out of Auckland but we can’t go.”

However, Naomi Fruean, also from Otara, said it’s risky to relax the restrictions and it’s better to stay in Level 3, if not going to a Level 4 lockdown.

She said it’s good that masks will made mandatory on public transport.

“I think it will be really helpful especially for essential workers like bus drivers. They’re more at risk. They’re putting themselves at risk for us so that’s the least we could do to protect them.”

Otara fruit and vegetable shop owner Sohit Gagneja supported a continued

lockdown, despite the hit to his business.“I think businesses would be suffering.

You can see all the stores nearby me — they are closed. Our business is going down 10 to 15 per cent,” he said.

He thought making masks mandatory on public transport at Level 2 was also reasonable.

In the city centre, most welcomed the news of a Level 3 extension which ends next week.

University student Ivan Kovalev said relaxing the restrictions will help with young people’s mental health.

The settings will be reviewed again before Sunday, September 6.

Mixed opinions on alert level extension

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by Luke Kirkness, NZ Herald

AUCKLAND — Kiwis have been enamoured by freezer food during the latest lockdown, new grocery shopping insights from our biggest supermarket show.

Shoppers at Foodstuffs supermarkets (New World, Pak’nSave, and Four Square) have taken the oppor-tuna-ty to get stuck into seafood.

Elsewhere, poultry products have been the focal point for Countdown customers, chicken especially popular.

The supermarket companies also say less panic-buying has taken place this lockdown, and report that supply chains are in great shape.

Canned meals, baking staples, toilet paper, and vitamin supplements were among the most sought after products during the first lockdown.

Antoinette Laird, Foodstuffs head of corporate affairs, said the products in demand last lockdown are also in demand now, however, new trends have emerged.

“We’ve seen a spike in frozen and chilled fish purchases this round of lockdown that we didn’t see last lockdown,” she said.

It was similar for Countdown stores, which saw a 20 percent increase in demand across their entire frozen section.

Mince is still hugely popular and the sales of cleaning products have been high since the start of March, a spokesperson said.

“Frozen poultry value-added and vegetables seem to be people’s go-to, both with more than 30 percent growth,” they said.

“Other frozen favourites in the last few weeks are ice-cream, dumplings, frozen pizzas, party snacks and convenient ready-made frozen meals.”

Chicken is the most popular meat, with

demand increasing almost 30 percent over the past fortnight in comparison to the same period in 2019.

Haircare, hair dye, skin and body care products are also very popular at Countdown, with hair and beauty retailers forced to close during the last lockdown.

Laird says along with the lockdown staples, Foodstuffs customers treated themselves to treats like chocolate, blue cheese or a bottle of wine.

Vitamin and supplement company Health by Habit, ranged exclusively at Foodstuffs supermarkets, saw a 20 percent increase in sales.

Despite a brief spike in demand during the first days of this lockdown, Laird said Foodstuffs customers are now shopping normally and demand has settled.

Countdown is pleased Auckland shoppers heeded the supermarket’s advice not to panic buy despite a re-emergence of Covid-19 and another lockdown.

“We’ve seen very few, if any, queues in our stores, and while there was a rush when the alert level changes were announced a couple of weeks ago, Kiwis have been shopping very calmly, which is great,” the spokesperson said.

Chicken demand up during this lockdown

WELLINGTON — Masks should become compulsory in bars and restaurants at Level 2, leading public health professor Nick Wilson says.

The Government has made face coverings compulsory on public transport from Monday, any time the country is in Level 2 or above.

But Otago University’s professor Nick Wilson said they had missed a chance to plug a dangerous gap in the Covid response.

Masks should be required in all crowded public places — and bars and clubs were some of the riskiest, he said.

“The key thing is often the music is loud, so often people are talking loudly and they’re often in close proximity,” he said.

And masks did not need to stop people enjoying food or a drink, he said.

“In other countries people lift the mask up when they’re having a drink or eating . . . it’s more talking loudly that’s a concern, rather than people lifting the mask to have a drink,” he said.

However, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Morning Report that the Government was not considering extending mandatory mask use to hospitality, because there were already precautions in place at Level 2, including requirements for spacing, seating and servers.

“Keeping in mind that unlike buses and public transport, we do know through tracking, use of the app and bookings through hospitality who are in different venues and so that certainly helps.”

Professor Michael Baker has also previously advocated for mass masking in public, prior to even the Government’s recommendation for New Zealanders to use them.

Asked why the Government would not follow Prof Wilson’s latest advice, Ardern said she also took into account the view of public health specialists in the Ministry of Health.

“Not everyone shares the same view on every single issue — there are some contestable views.

“Masks are not a substitute for physical distancing and we’ve always had physical distancing built into our alert levels, but it’s very clear to us that actually maintaining that physical distancing on buses and public transport is difficult.”

World leaders in keeping Covid at bay, like Taiwan, used the policy and it could help prevent future lockdowns, he said.

Papakura GP and Auckland University associate professor Matire Harwood said she wanted the Government to be clearer about its masking policy.

It should be advocating for more protective varieties than the basic face covering it would currently accept — and it should be giving advice on the safest way to use them, she said.

The Government’s decision to stay in Level 3 for four days longer — until Monday — was the right one, Dr Harwood said.

“I think it is a safe one, particularly for our communities in South Auckland because we really need to get this well controlled, understand if we have all the cases, and make sure we have a good surveillance programme in place,” she said.

There were five cases which had not yet been linked to the main cluster which stands at 101.

Auckland University Covid-19 modeller Shaun Hendy agreed Level 3 for a little longer was the right thing to do.

More understanding was needed of how the disease was tracking, particularly as some cases had now been caught on public

transport, he said.“It gives us a chance to

look at the case numbers over the coming week and just ensure that everything is linked back to that main cluster,” he said.

All three experts still worried about the risk from the border, with no definitive answer about how the latest outbreak got into the community.

Professor Nick Wilson said moving the risk away from Auckland’s dense population could be the answer.

Managed isolation and quarantine facilities should move from hotels and motels, which were not properly equipped for them, to airforce bases like Ohakea.

That meant people could simply land there from overseas and stay there for two weeks.

“So there would be none of these complex arrangements of people being bussed around or having separate flights and all this which increases risk at all these different levels,” he said.

Though it may be expensive to build new facilities, it would be offset against the hundreds of millions being spent on hotels — plus the economic benefit of preventing lockdowns, he said. — Radio NZ

Wearing masks compulsory on public transport

Using airforce bases like Ohakea for managed isolation and quarantine, would mean people could simply land there from overseas and stay there for two weeks, says Professor Nick Wilson.

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GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: This story contains details which readers might find upsetting. The sentencing of the Christchurch mosque gunman began yesterday with stories of horror, heartbreak, and heroism. The New Zealand Herald senior journalists Kurt Bayer and Anna Leask report.

CHRISTCHURCH — One by one they stood in court to face the terrorist mass murderer.

Stoic and flanked by loved ones who clasped their shoulders, they looked him in the eyes. Hands trembled. Tears were fought back.

“We need to learn to live with the indescribable loss and pain,” said Farah Kamal, wife of Ata Mohammad Ata Elayyan, futsal star and rising young IT leader slain at Al Noor Mosque alongside 43 fellow Muslims during Friday prayer on March 15 last year.

Survivors and family members spoke of graphic flashbacks. Blood. Refugee stories. Islamophobia. Sleepless nights. Mental scars. Financial woes.

Forgiveness: “I decided to forgive you Mr Tarrant, because I don’t have hate. I don’t have revenge . . . The damage was done and Hussein will never be here so I have only one choice — to forgive you,” said Janna Ezat, mother of Hussein Al-Umari, 35, gunned down at Al Noor.

It was the one time that convicted killer Brenton Harrison Tarrant, escorted into the dock

manacled at hands and feet, appeared to acknowledge his victims. He gave a slight nod and wiped an eye.

No forgiveness: “I can’t forgive you, you gave yourself to take the souls of 51 innocent people . . . You orphaned children,” Elayyan’s mother said.

They are at different stages of grief. But they would not be broken.

They stood, one after the other, telling the terrorist in strong, clear voices: He had lost.

“My heart is broken, but I am not broken,” survivor Khaled Alnobani said. “We have become more united — and we thank you for that.”

The unprecedented sentencing of New Zealand’s worst mass murderer began at the High Court in Christchurch at 10.02am yesterday.

Tarrant, 29, initially pleaded not guilty to his offending but later changed his tune and admitted 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one of engaging in a terrorist act laid under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002.

The hearing is scheduled to last four days. At the end, the Australian man will be jailed for life.

Yesterday the gunman’s detailed, planned terror attack was revealed in detail for the first time.

Before the harrowing document was read aloud, Justice Cameron Mander warned its content would be “distressing”. But he stressed

it was necessary to be stated in open court.

The collection of high-powered weaponry, amassing more than 7000 rounds of ammunition, the drone reconnaissance mission over Al Noor three months earlier, the training at “a number of different” gun clubs, addressing his livestream “audience”, the plan to attack a third mosque in Ashburton, all documented in the 26-page Crown summary of facts.

And then there were the killings. Their cold-blooded, methodical nature. Firing into piles of bodies.

A torrent of horror. Ansi Karippakulam Alibava running for her life, scrambling through a gate and running down the road when Tarrant spotted her. He

raised his AR-15 and fired two shots.

She fell to the ground in front of his parked car. As she lay dying, arms raised, crying for help, Tarrant strode up to Alibava and shot her twice from a distance of less than one metre. Her life was over.

But there was one more sickening act to come. As he went to leave, heading for his second of three targets — the Linwood Mosque some 7km across town — he drove directly over Alibava’s body.

And then at Linwood, gunning three dead in the driveway, firing at Mohammed Khan’s head silhouetted in the window, killing him. Chased off by Abdul Aziz Wahabazadah who speared

a discarded gun through his Subaru’s window as he sped off.

After his arrest, rammed off the road by two country cops, stopping him from attaining his third target in Ashburton, the gunman admitted going to both mosques intending to kill as many people as he could.

Temel Atacocugu, who was shot nine times, was supported in court by his two teenage sons. He revealed it was not the first time he’d come eye-to-eye with Tarrant.

“The gunman and I looked into each other’s eyes. I saw the moment when I was the target of his gun,” he said. “As I lay under bodies in the mosque I thought I was going to die. I could feel the blood and brains of the person upon me running down my face and neck.

“I couldn’t move or make a sound as the gunman would have executed me as he did the others. I know if I had moved I wouldn’t be here today.”

The hearing resumes at 10am today.

Tears, heartache, forgivenessOn the first day of Christchurch killer’s sentencing, survivors speak

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INDESCRIBABLE LOSS: More than 60 survivors and family members of the March mosque shooting will confront the gunman during the four-day sentencing. AP picture

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CHRISTCHURCH — Brenton Harrison Tarrant wanted to burn down the two Christchurch mosques after the March 15, 2019 terror attacks in which he murdered 51 people.

At the start of a four-day sentencing yesterday in the High Court at Christchurch, the court heard for the first time how the 29-year-old Australian had hoped to attack three mosques and was disappointed he wasn’t able to kill more people.

Crown prosecutor Barnaby Hawes described how Tarrant applied for a New Zealand firearms licence in September 2017 before going on to purchase a collection of high-powered firearms, military specification sighting systems and telescopic sights.

He also bought in excess of 7000 rounds of ammunition of various calibre, military-style tactical vests and camouflage clothing.

Over a 15-month planning period, he practised using them at several different gun clubs and modified the triggers to be able to fire the rifles faster.

Hawes said Tarrant also began to formulate a plan to carry out attacks on mosques to “inflict as many fatalities as possible”.

On the morning on March 15, 2019, Tarrant left his Dunedin home armed with firearms he had inscribed with names, events in history and symbols, along with ammunition and four modified petrol containers intended for use as incendiary devices in his car.

He was dressed in military style camouflage clothing, had a Go Pro camera on his tactical helmet that was used to livestream the attacks in real time, and a speaker on his vest, through which he played loud music from the time of entry

to the Al Noor mosques.At 1.28pm, he sent a “manifesto” to an

extremist website.Three minutes later, he sent messages

to his family outlining his intentions.He also sent emails containing specific

threats to the Christchurch mosques to Parliamentary Services and numerous media agencies.

“The timing of these emails was designed to limit any emergency services response ensuring there was insufficient time to stop him carrying out his plans.”

As he approached the front door he raised the shotgun and fired nine shots in quick succession at four men — the beginning of a rampage that left 44 dead and 35 injured in or around Al Noor.

After leaving Al Noor, Tarrant fired at people

in cars and on foot but lowered his gun when he saw one of the men he was aiming at was white.

Minutes later, he entered the driveway of the Linwood Islamic Centre and parked to prevent any vehicle entering or leaving.

After shooting four people dead, Tarrant ran back to his car to get another gun — and Abdul Aziz Wahabazadah walked down the driveway screaming at him.

Tarrant grabbed another gun and fired three shots at him before walking back to the main prayer room, killing more people.

In his arrest interview, Tarrant referred to his attacks as “terror attacks” that were motivated by his ideological beliefs. He intended to instil fear into those he described as “invaders”. Tarrant has admitted 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one of engaging in a terrorist act. — NZ Herald

Gunman spent 15 months planning attack

CHRISTCHURCH — Temel Atacocugu was shot in the face, five times in the legs, and three times in the left arm during the March 15 massacres.

Miraculously he survived and yesterday he stood — strong and brave — and faced the man who opened fire on him as he prayed alongside hundreds of others.

Bullets struck Atacocugu in the jaw, left side of the chest, left thigh and calf and his left arm, which also caused compound fractures.

He has had four operations so far to try to repair the damage caused.

Yesterday Atacocugu was supported by his two teenage sons as he read his statement.

The mass murderer sat, flanked by security guards, shackled at the wrists and ankles.

The father-of-two recalled that he was in the centre front of the main prayer room at Al Noor.

“The first shots I heard made me turn and see the gunman,” he said.

“I witnessed fellow peaceful worshippers gunned down.

“The gunman and I looked into each other’s eyes . . . I saw the moment when I was the target of his gun.

“I was shot nine times.”Atacocugu said he used skills he

learned in the military when he was younger to save his own life.

He continues to attend Al Noor mosque and feels “anxious and nervous” when he is there and “paranoid” about any noises behind him.

“When prayer finishes I feel a sense of relief nothing has happened to me,”

he said.“The trauma will live with me forever

— the images, smell and sound on the mosque that day haunt me.

“I do not see a future where I will be without pain but I am determined to find a positive way forward . . . and live with my disabilities.

“I will be proud of all I have overcome as I walk freely in the sunshine.

“Kia kaha.” — NZ Herald

CHRISTCHURCH — A victim of the Christchurch terror attacks saved lives by tackling the rampaging gunman before he was shot dead.

Naeem Rashid, 50, ran at Brenton Harrison Tarrant as he methodically murdered people inside Masjid Al Noor mosque on March 15 last year.

As fellow worshippers fell dead and wounded around him, Rashid ran at Tarrant from the southeastern corner of Al Noor’s main prayer room where at least 120 people were gathered.

Rashid was about a metre from Tarrant when he swung the AR-15 gun around and fired four shots at point blank range with one shot hitting Rashid’s left shoulder.

Rashid crashed into the gunman, sending him down to one knee.The impact dislodged one of the ammunition magazines from his tactical vest.

Rashid lay on his back and in an attempt to shield his body, pulled his arms and knees up to his chest. Tarrant fired at him, the summary said.

The shooter got up, withdrew a few steps and fired a further three aimed shots at Rashid, hitting him in the chest, hand and arm. Rashid remained in that position and was later pronounced dead at the scene.

“Mr Rashid’s actions allowed a number of other worshippers to escape,” the summary said. The killer reloaded and stepped over Rashid’s body,

walking back into the main prayer room.He stood in the middle of the room and fired

32 aimed shots into the southeastern corner and then a further seven shots into the northeastern corner. — NZ Herald

Worshipper gave his life so others could survive

Naeem RashidHe began to formulate a plan to carry out attacks on mosques to “inflict as many fatalities as possible”.

‘The trauma will live with me forever’

HEARTBREAK: Survivors and families of victims shed tears and expressed forgiveness over the March 15 deadly attack. AP picture

Temel Atacocugu

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Warning issued to parents about the dangers of children playing in cars by Caroline Fleming, Rotorua Daily Post

ROTORUA — A coroner is calling for parents to not allow young children to play in cars following the death of a two-year-old Rotorua child on the city’s hottest recorded day.

Nathan Teepa died after he got trapped in his mother’s vehicle at his Owhata property on February 13 last year.

The temperature that day was 32.2ºC, the hottest day Rotorua had experienced since 1964, and police recorded the temperature in the car could have got as high as 71ºC.

Coroner Matthew Bates has released his findings into the death of Nathan following an inquest earlier this year, ruling the cause was hyperthermia.

Now he is urging parents to keep cars locked and keys hidden and not allow children to play in cars.

On the hot afternoon of February 13, Nathan was found unconscious and vomiting in the back of his mother’s car after he got himself trapped inside.

The child had been missing for about

90 minutes when his mother discovered him. Nathan was pulled out of the car unconscious and his family tried to cool him down, with his grandfather performing CPR on the child.

Emergency services were called, but unfortunately, he was unable to be revived.

The family shared the property with some of Nathan’s relatives including his grandfather and aunt.

The grandfather’s home was at the front, while Nathan’s parents and siblings, both 10, had a home at the rear of the property.

Nathan was known to sometimes wander down to his grandfather’s home and his mother often got one of his siblings to run down and stop him when he did.

On February 13, Nathan and his mother returned home from kindergarten about 5pm.

They spent some time at Nathan’s grandfather’s home before returning home with his siblings.

Nathan’s mother asked one of the children to help prepare dinner and asked the other to watch the two-year-old while she had a shower.

After her shower, which lasted about 30 minutes, she asked one of the siblings where Nathan was.

She asked one of them to run down to their grandfather’s home to see if Nathan was there.

However, instead, the child only

went to the back door of the house and returned to say Nathan was next door. However, this was not the case.

After dinner was ready, Nathan’s mother again sent one of the siblings to collect the two-year-old from his grandfather’s home.

The child returned and said the grandfather had said he had not seen Nathan for a while.

The family began searching for the child, heading to a nearby park and looking around the neighbourhood.

It was about 7pm when Nathan’s mother decided to get in the car to look for him and as she opened the driver’s

door, she was struck by a “wave of heat”.She saw Nathan in the rear of the car

lying on his side. She could hear him breathing, but he was vomiting and she could see vomit on the floor.

The electric windows in the car were closed and the left rear door had the child lock activated.

It had been more than an hour since she had seen him last.

She immediately took him out of the car and family members rushed to call emergency services. At this stage, Nathan had stopped breathing.

The grandfather performed CPR on the boy, who was pale and unresponsive until ambulance staff arrived. Resuscitation continued, but he was unable to be revived.

Coroner Bates’ report stated that Nathan’s death was a tragic reminder of the need for toddlers and young children to have constant adult supervision.

He said it was also a reminder that adults should ensure vehicles were kept locked and keys were stored securely.

It was not clear whether Nathan had found the keys and known how to unlock it as he was an “intelligent, mobile and curious” child and did know how to unlock a car.

He said it was especially important that young children did not use motor vehicles as play areas, as given their “naturally inquisitive minds and tendency to wander”, this might lead to further exploration by themselves.

Toddler’s death in hot car ‘a tragic reminder’ — Coroner

LOCK CARS: The Coroner urged parents to prevent children from using cars as play areas after a two-year-old boy died at his Rotorua home after being found in a hot car. He urged people to lock their vehicles when not being used.

by Adam Pearse, Northern Advocate

WHANGAREI — The Whangarei District Council is considering a seven-figure investment into wastewater infrastructure in the Avenues suburb after residents complained about regular sewage overflows in their homes and on their properties.

After being notified that nine properties along Kauika Road and Third Avenue had experienced regular issues with sewage spewing from their gully traps and even from toilets and showers inside their homes, Whangarei District Council is considering a $1 million-fix.

Council waste and drainage manager Simon Charles stressed implementation of any upgrade was subject to many factors including engineering feasibility, prioritisation and funding.

It comes after Charles denied the council knew sewage overflow was a widespread issue in that area, despite residents claiming they had complained to the council about the issue for almost a decade and the council commissioning a report into stormwater infiltration in the wider Woodhill area late last year.

The issue was evident on July 17-18 when 200mm of rain fell in Whangarei in seven hours. During heavy rain, wastewater systems can be overloaded by stormwater — a process known as stormwater infiltration, which forces sewage and stormwater back up in properties’ pipes from the pressure.

Multiple Avenues residents said during the rainfall, sewage and stormwater continuously burst from their gully traps and even overflowed from their toilets and showers.

One of the hardest-hit properties was that of Robyn Gow and husband Doug. The bottom floor of their Kauika Road home was flooded, forcing the couple to rip out all the damaged carpet from that floor.

It also spilled from the gully trap, leaving excrement and toilet paper strewn across the lawn.

Doug Gow, who had lived at the property since 1977, said sewage overflow had been an issue at the property for about 10 years, occurring every two to three years.

Gow said the problem would only get worse if council didn’t intervene as the suburb’s population was growing, putting more strain on its wastewater system.

“A permanent solution is the only real answer as far as I’m concerned,” he said. “What I don’t want to have to do is, every year or three, pull carpets out of the house, which is a major issue.”

Karen, another Kauika Road resident, said sewage overflow had occurred at her property at least eight times in the past eight years — once while she was in the shower.

“At one stage, my toilet, my shower and my kitchen sink were getting all sorts of crap coming up through the pipes,” she said.

Karen was from one of three properties on Kauika Road which council records showed were linked to nine reports to council of sewage overflow. In all nine cases, council deemed the cause had not been stormwater infiltration.

However, Karen said every sewage overflow coincided with heavy rain and the council needed to upgrade the area’s wastewater system.

Shelley Stringfellow, a Kauika Road resident of 10 years, said sewage overflow had been an issue for about eight years, occurring about four

to five times a year.While she had never had sewage overflow in

her home, she was sick of having it spill out from her gully trap on to her property.

“It doesn’t have to be constant heavy rain for it to happen, it can be just a constant couple of hours of heavy rain and that causes overflow into the backyard.”

During the heaviest part of the July 17-18 rainfall, Stringfellow said sewage was blowing out of her gully trap 1m high and over 2m wide, continuing to spill out until the Saturday morning.

In the council’s Woodhill stormwater infiltration study, which assessed 431 properties, it found 247 (57 percent) were fully compliant, 85 would contribute to infiltration in severe rain events, 35 would contribute to infiltration in most rain events and six would contribute to infiltration in every rain event and needed immediate remedy.

For properties which had experienced overflow in the home, Charles said he was confident there would be some aspect of non-compliance involved.

However, Charles said regular gully trap overflows were not acceptable and indicated the

need for an upgrade.“It is a public health risk and it’s unsanitary so

it shouldn’t be happening, so that’s what we want to try to eradicate.”

Charles said an upgrade to the Avenues suburb wastewater system had been investigated because there was a chance it could be done alongside the already-funded Maunu Road wastewater upgrade project, work on which is set to begin in 2022.

Should the upgrade not go ahead, Charles said the next best option was for residents to fit a non-return valve, also known as a flap valve, at the point where their property’s wastewater pipe joined the public line — stopping any material from coming back up through the property’s pipe.

Priced at about $2000 depending on excavation, the cost of a non-return valve was not paid for or subsidised by the council in accordance with its wastewater bylaw.

Charles said if a property owner could prove sewage overflow had been a regular issue and it did not relate to non-compliance or blockages, the council would “come to the party” financially.

He would not be drawn on whether the council would pay the entire installation cost.

Residents kick up stink

Sewage overflows frustrate residentsCouncil considers million-dollar sewage fix for overflows

FRUSTRATED: Avenues residents (seen here) are sick of dealing with sewage overflow on or in their properties and it seems like the council has listened.

Northern Advocate picture

Sewage and stormwater coming up through Doug and Robyn Gow’s showeron the night of the July 17-18 flood.

The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 25, 202010 NATIONAL NEWS

WELLINGTON — The New Zealand sharemarket opened the week with another strong rise as investors continued to focus on the companies reporting solid financial results and much-welcomed dividends.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index shrugged off the Auckland lockdown extension to Sunday night, climbing 0.72 percent to 11,921.07, after rising 1.49 percent last Friday.

The index went higher after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s latest Covid announcement, and it is now only 152 points off its February 21 all-time high of 12,073.34.

There were 94 gainers and 49 decliners over the whole market of 182 stocks, and 61.6 million shares worth $172.06 million changed hands.

Nigel Scott, investment adviser with Craigs

Investment Partners, said the market was continuing to show very strong support for companies showing certainty of income and were paying a dividend.

“Wholesale interest rates have gone lower, and investors have so few choices. They are looking for dividend yield and even if it’s 4 percent or under, they will own it. The larger cap stocks are still doing the work. Today it was Chorus and the market supported them,” he said.

Network operator Chorus was on song with its full-year result, reporting net profit of $52m, down 2 percent, on steady revenue of $959m. Ultra-fast broadband connections increased from 610,000 to 751,000 for the year, representing income of $393m, up from $294m.

Chorus is paying a final dividend of 14c a share on October 12 — a total of 24c a share for the year — and provided 2021 full-year operating earnings (ebitda) guidance of $640m-$660m compared with ebitda of $648m in the last financial year.

Chorus rose 19.5c or 2.43 percent to $8.205, and attracted the day’s biggest trading by far with $15.9m worth of its shares changing hands. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare increased 45c to $35.75 — it has surged 126 percent in the past 12 months — a2 Milk was up 16c to $20.43; Mainfreight moved ahead 50c to $46.25; and retirement village operators Summerset was up 26c or 3.19 percent to $8.40 but Ryman Healthcare fell 8c to $13.42.

Skellerup Holdings was up 7c or 2.64 percent to $2.72 after reporting a strong result last week.

Tourism Holdings had a spurt, rising 13c or

7.3 percent to $1.91, while medicinal cannabis company Cannasouth gained a further 9c or 10.71 percent to 93c, having moved from 55c over the past month.

Freightways felt the impact of Covid, with its revenue slipping 3 percent to $630.94m, from $615.69m and net profit falling 25 percent to $47.37m, from $63.37m. In a surprise move, it is not paying a final dividend, but Freightways has been a consistent performer and its share price increased 7c to $7.10.

Manuka honey producer Comvita reported record revenue of $195.91m for the year ending June, up 14.5 percent from $171.71m in the previous year.

Its share price jumped 25c or 7.96 percent to $3.39. Under new chief executive David Banfield has reorganised the way it operates and shed 90 positions. — NZ Herald

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY

by Zoe Hunter, Bay of Plenty Times

PAENGAROA — Bay of Plenty company Comvita has made 90 staff redundant as part of a company restructure, and its iconic tourist attraction at Paengaroa is unlikely to reopen.

The restructuring process has resulted in cuts to 50 New Zealand-based jobs and the remainder being based overseas, which has enabled the company to dramatically reduce its projected losses for the year.

Comvita released its audited results for the year to June 30, which showed its net loss narrowed to $9.7m from a $27.7m shortfall a year earlier.

Group chief executive David Banfield said the company had made far-reaching organisational changes, including having to remove more than 50 jobs from the business nationally. “We have had to make some really tough calls,” he said.

“One of the things we have really been struck by is the people whose roles have been affected; the way they reacted in most cases recognised we needed to change.

“That just makes it even more important for us to now deliver.”

Though he did not wish to say the number of Bay of Plenty job losses, he said staff were employed at airports and its flagship store in Auckland.

“We have closed down our processing plant in Nelson.”

Global staff numbers dropped from 630 to 540 — resulting in 90 job losses worldwide. Banfield said the job losses were due to the company having to also close its retail stores, including the Experience Comvita tourist attraction in Paengaroa.

“The main visitors we had going through were tourists, and cruise ship

passengers,” he said.He did not believe the tourist

attraction would reopen as the company instead focused its energy on its Comvita Auckland Store on Quay St.

“But we have kept the cafe open. It is temporarily closed while we are in Alert Level 2, but it will be open again.”

However, he said the strength of the second half of the year showed the company was “incredibly capable”.

“The more companies are profitable and are thinking about longer-term investment it shows we are focused on making sure we are fit for the next 50 years.”

At an operating level, Comvita said its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation

and amortisation (ebitda) came to $4.2m, compared to a first-half loss of $8.8m.

The second half ’s ebitda of $13m was driven by a focus on the growth markets of China and North America, Comvita said.

Comvita’s net loss for the year included the impact of $9.3m in “non-operating items”.

Revenue for the year increased to a record $196m, up 14.5 percent on the previous corresponding period.

Comvita completed a $50m capital raise in June 2020 with strong support from retail and institutional investors, bringing net debt down to $15.5m.

Demand for Comvita’s products in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic lifted

revenue outside New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong by $20m as consumers worldwide turned to natural health products.

“I do think people genuinely believe a lot of the answers come from nature and most medicines today originate in a natural form,” Banfield said.

“With this global pandemic, people are more inclined to try to understand how nature can be part of the solution.”

These gains in global markets were diluted by a $12m reduction in New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong due to disruptions to the tourist, retail and “daigou” sales channels.

“Going forward, we think it is really important we win at home and that our Kiwi customers get the benefit of the products we make,” Banfield said.

“From here on in you will see more of us at home talking about what we are doing and how we do it, contributing more locally.”

Comvita shares last traded at $3.33, up 19c or 6 percent from Friday’s close.

Western Bay of Plenty mayor Garry Webber said: “Any sort of retrenchment, regardless of how big or small it is, in any business, is difficult.

“But I think as most people realise, these are challenging times at the moment and the tourism industry is really affected by that.

“As a result that is not surprising, albeit sad. But that’s one of the consequences of the pandemic.”

Comvita chairman Brett Hewlett said he was “encouraged by the turnaround” in Comvita’s performance.

“We have made significant changes to the business to set ourselves up for long term profitable growth and have seen this start to materialise in bottom-line improvements in the second half,” he said.

Tough call: Comvita cuts 90 jobs

Experience Comvita in Paengaroa will not likely reopen. BoP Times picture

by Cameron Smith, NZ Herald

AUCKLAND — News that Auckland will remain in Level 3 lockdown for another four days, while the rest of the country remains in Level 2 has been labelled “unnecessary” and “another blow” by the hospitality industry.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday that Auckland’s Level 3 restrictions would remain until 11.59pm on Sunday, August 30, before being phased into Alert Level 2 with the rest of the country from Monday, August 31.

Gatherings for Aucklanders will be restricted to 10 people at Level 2.

Marisa Bidois, chief executive of the Restaurant Association, said they were looking at closure rates of between 10 and 12 percent of all hospitality businesses as a result of the restrictions.

“We’re looking for the quickest possible return to Level 1 trading, but we had expected the Government might extend

the Level 3 period within Auckland until Friday.

The closure for another full weekend, key trading days for hospitality, is another blow.

“Keeping the rest of the country at Level 2 also seems an unnecessary measure, given where the current clusters are.

“Our businesses are crying out for help and yet we’re still being denied targeted support.”

Bidois said the industry already faced ongoing restrictions to trading and reduced visitor numbers from the ongoing closure of the border.

“The majority of our industry is made up of small owner operator businesses that cannot sustain these ongoing closures and restrictions.

“Quite simply, there will be at least 10 percent of our industry closed which translates to around 13,000 jobs rising if these restrictions continue.”

This was echoed by other business

groups.While BusinessNZ welcomed the

clarity on timeframes for moving down alert levels, chief executive Kirk Hope said exemption processing decisions and timeframes for Auckland businesses and their employees had cost them time and money when they could least afford it.

“The BusinessNZ network is keen to work with the Government on adapting and communicating guidelines for future alert level changes, so businesses can respond to their new environments quickly.”

Auckland Business Chamber chief executive Michael Barnett said business was “carrying the burden for the team of five million and must do whatever it takes” to survive.

“While we understand the Government’s trade-offs to contain the long tail of this incursion and protect public health before the economy, business is taking the brunt of the current elimination strategy and the

failure at the border to keep the virus out and consequently keep people in jobs in the community,” he said.

“We’re being told we’ve learned a lot about how to stamp out flare ups and that draconian lockdowns will not always be necessary. We’re using QR codes, apps and good hygiene, and have accelerated the speed and capability to test, track and trace contacts, and still Auckland is shut.

“The prolonged Level 3 lockdown in Auckland will have a harsh impact across the country which remains in a Level 2 holding pattern. There will be a personal toll on people’s wellbeing and mental resilience, not just jobs and business continuity,” he said.

“Business must do whatever it takes to get through this and minimise the risks. Review your revenue, cut costs, rework your supply chains again, use the funding support packages on offer and above all take good advice and look after your own health.”

Hospitality industry feels continued lockdown ‘unnecessary’

With Paengaroa closure financial losses significantly less

The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 25, 2020 BUSINESS 11

Re: From poverty to PhD, April 2018 story.

Great Shajimon. I remember the days when we worked together in Caritas India. All the best. Enjoy the life and contribute to humanity in a larger scale. Provide solutions

for social workers who face crisis in innovation and creativity, and are saturated. Provide new thoughts.

With best regards

VARGHESE MATTAMANAKerala, India

Enjoy life, provide solutions

Beware: Rail Warning!If Murray Ferris (August 22

opinion) hasn’t heeded the above warning, he had better stop reading right now; the campaign for restoration of Gisborne’s rail connection to the rest of the network is far from over. He is right on one point, though; we have been flogging a dead horse, but the horse is not the railway, it’s the Ministry for Transport.

Just about every other progressive country recognises the strategic importance of their railway system; in some cases (eg UK) they operate an open-access model where a single entity provides the infrastructure and multiple service providers pay for access to the network; in other cases (eg Japan), different companies own and operate on separate (but connected) routes. The Gisborne Rail Action

Group, and potential rail operating companies, have not only been lobbying the Government to take responsibility for restoration of the connection that Gisborne once had, but have also argued for an open-access system. If KiwiRail does not wish to provide a service on this line, then other operators should have the opportunity to do so.

I am not quite so cynical as Mr Ferris regarding the vote-catching practices of political parties, but I am very disappointed with the Labour Party for reneging on its promise of three years ago — and this, despite the Covid-factor, will influence my voting in October. If the red/black horse has been flogged to death, and the blue horse is an obstinate old mule, I’ll be putting my money on the red/green newcomer.

PETER WOODING

Rail campaign continues

Re: Nats could do better? Dream on, August 21 letter.

Spot on P. Crawford! What makes National supporters think a government led by Judith Collins would be an improvement on what we have now? The entire world is looking at us in amazement and envy.

It’s not like housing was the only thing National stuffed up so badly last time. What did they ever do for economic growth in provincial regions like ours?

Under Jacinda Ardern we first had $238 million for this district from the Provincial Growth Fund (OK, Winston’s plan, but very effectively implemented). Then over $23m in an employment support package for this district, and that’s far from all.

What did we get under

National to promote life in Tairawhiti? You’ll have to look hard to spot it. I can only remember spin, empty promises and a lot of hot air. Nothing much seems to have changed — trust us, they say — we can do better than Labour. Yeah, right!

R. TONGA

Labour have proven themselves devoid of the ability to deliver on their election mandate; this was up to when the pandemic hit and only nine months before the next election.

However, in saying this, Labour now needs to be given the chance to lead an economic recovery. That will be the true measure of this Government.

If they can’t, well it won’t be the first time National have had to clean up their mess.

KAREN COOPER

On leading the recovery

by Danielle van Dalen

A SIDE effect of New Zealand’s election delay is that every political party now has an extra four weeks to campaign. This means an extra four weeks to capture the public’s attention, but also means every political party has to scramble to adjust and sustain their campaigns for longer than expected. For the minor parties in particular, I’m sure that this news was a mixed blessing as they work to navigate the already tough path to Wellington.

One benefit of New Zealand’s multiparty political system is that it encourages a range of voices to contribute to the governing of our country, and in coalition governments, minor parties can provide a check on the decision-making powers available to larger governing parties. Of course, depending on your perspective, this can sometimes seem frustrating rather than a helpful aspect of our political system. But that’s the point; having minor parties

within Government ensures that negotiation and compromise are at the core of our democracy.

The ousting of both United Future and the Maori Party in the 2017 general election, however, highlighted how difficult it is for minor parties to survive — even if they have a history in Parliament. To claim a seat in Parliament, each party must either reach the 5 percent threshold or win an electorate seat. As current polling suggests, this isn’t easy. Of the minor parties now in Parliament, NZ First and ACT are consistently polling below the 5 percent threshold, and even the Greens, who have been polling above 5 percent, are campaigning hard to win an electoral seat that would safeguard their survival in the next Parliament.

For new political parties who don’t already have representation in Parliament, winning those seats is even more difficult. As political commentator Alex Braae has said, “since MMP was introduced in 1996, successful upstart political parties in New Zealand have tended to rely on electorate MPs branching off to form their own parties, or join others — think Winston

Peters forming NZ First, for example, or Richard Prebble joining ACT.” Without the attention and credibility that Parliament brings, it can be hard to get access to the platforms like TV debates and media coverage that more established parties receive on a regular basis.

For new ideas and movements to thrive in a healthy democracy all of us need to get involved. This could mean going along to a local meet-the-candidate event, or simply being friendly and listening to the candidate who knocks on your door, no matter their party. It’s possible for people to be heard, but that requires the rest of us to listen and engage.

And so, as the election campaign grinds on with its slogans and hoardings for another month, spare a thought for the people behind those campaigns — whether you agree with their politics or not. They’re playing a difficult role by trying to bolster the range of voices heard in New Zealand’s political theatre.

■ Danielle is a researcher at Auckland-based think tank the Maxim Institute.

Minor parties and the election delayEDITORIAL

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS

After several weeks of mask advocacy, a couple of months behind broad global adoption of mask wearing as a key public health protection measure in response to this new coronavirus, face masks were brought fully into the nation’s Covid-19 elimination strategy with the announcement yesterday they will be mandatory on public transport at Alert Level 2 and above from next Monday.

The other key signal, amid news that Auckland is to stay in Level 3 lockdown until Sunday night then join the nation at Level 2 for at least another week (although with tighter social-gathering restrictions in our biggest city), was that this mask-wearing encouragement and enforcement is part of a new national strategy to avoid any more lockdowns.

Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said avoiding Level 3 or 4 in response to future outbreaks should be manageable.

“Now that we know our testing can ramp up quickly, we know our contact-tracing is effective, we’ve got much wider use of the NZ Covid Tracer app, there’s a range of other measures being put in place . . .

“When we do get another case — it’s likely to happen again — we should be able to manage it within an Alert Level 1 or 2 setting. And that is exactly the aim.”

The logic behind keeping us all at Level 2 now, despite the fact the Auckland cluster hasn’t seeded community transmission outside the Super City, is that Aucklanders will be able to travel from next week. This precautionary setting nationwide allows that to happen while still being positioned to slow any transmission, should someone who is infected leave Auckland.

Mounting evidence that mask wearing is highly effective at preventing an infected person from spreading this coronavirus saw an about-turn on mask recommendations internationally in early June. With an estimated 40 percent of people who are infected not knowing they have Covid-19, the value of community mask wearing during an outbreak is obvious.

A range of global research on face coverings, reported in a US study last month, also shows the risk of infection to the wearer is reduced by 65 percent.

While mandated and advocated mask wearing is seen by some as an affront to freedoms, it is actually a sensible and proven way for us to help keep our freedoms — by joining other measures that avoid the need for lockdowns, and potentially easing some social restrictions — and aid economic recovery.

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Mask wearing key when Covid’s about

Re: ‘True community facility’, August 24 story.

Grants of this nature are hard to come by and this is in reality a once-in-a-life-time opportunity for the Gisborne District. It’s incumbent on the design panel to get this right the first time.

The benefits of getting it right will result in enhanced recreational opportunities for the community as a whole and, importantly, long-term economic benefits for the

region. The design and review panel should be looking at best practice, not only in New Zealand but also overseas.

The new pool should be one which provides a range of recreational benefits from learn-to-swim, to competitive swimming, water polo matches and aqua fitness classes. Thought should be given to installing a movable floor to allow for multi-purpose use.

AARON CALLAGHAN

Need to make most of this $40m opportunity

Well, well, well. In typical Gavin Maclean style he goes straight to the jugular on anything or anyone who has an opposing view to his. Well, for what it’s worth Gavin, when you looney left lot poll anywhere near the major parties in numbers I will

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KENOSHA — Wisconsin’s governor summoned the National Guard to head off another round of violent protests on Monday after the police shooting of a Black man under murky circumstances turned Kenosha into the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said 125 members of the National Guard would be in Kenosha by night with responsibility for “guarding infrastructure and making sure our firefighters and others involved are protected.” County authorities also announced an 8pm curfew.

The move came after protesters set cars on fire, smashed windows and clashed with officers in riot gear on Sunday night over the wounding of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, who was hospitalised in serious condition. He was shot, apparently in the back, as he leaned into his SUV while his three children sat in the vehicle.

Police in the former auto manufacturing centre of 100,000 people midway between Milwaukee and Chicago said Blake was gunned down while they were responding to a call about a domestic dispute.

They did not immediately disclose the race of the three officers at the scene or say whether Blake was armed or why police opened fire, and they released no details on the domestic dispute.

A young man who said he made a widely seen cellphone video of the shooting, 22-year-old Raysean White, said that he saw Blake scuffling with three officers and heard them yell, “Drop the knife! Drop the knife!” before the gunfire erupted. He said he didn’t see a knife in Blake’s’ hands.

The governor said he has seen no information to suggest that Blake had a knife or other weapon, “but this is undergoing a thorough investigation” by the state Justice Department.

The officers were placed on administrative leave, standard practice in a shooting by police, in the meantime.

Evers was quick to condemn the shooting, saying that while not all details were known, “what we know for certain is that he is not the first Black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country.”

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called for “an immediate, full and transparent investigation” and said the officers “must be held accountable.”

“This morning, the nation wakes up yet again with grief and outrage that yet another Black American is a victim

of excessive force,” he said, just over two months before Election Day in a country already roiled by the recent deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. “Those shots pierce the soul of our nation.”

Republicans and the police union accused the politicians of rushing to judgement, reflecting the deep partisan divide in Wisconsin, a key presidential battleground state. Wisconsin GOP members also decried the violent protests, echoing the law-and-order theme that President Donald Trump has been using in his re-election campaign.

“As always, the video currently circulating does not capture all the intricacies of a highly dynamic incident,” Pete Deates president of the Kenosha police union, said in a statement. He called the governor’s statement “wholly irresponsible.”

The shooting happened around 5pm on Sunday and was captured from across the street on video that was posted online. Kenosha police do not have body cameras but do have body microphones.

In the footage, Blake walks from the sidewalk around the front of his SUV to his driver-side door as officers follow him with their guns pointed and shout at him. As Blake opens the door and leans into the SUV, an officer grabs his shirt from behind and opens fire while Blake has his back turned.

Seven shots can be heard, though it isn’t clear how many struck Blake or how many officers fired. During the shooting,

a Black woman can be seen screaming in the street and jumping up and down.

White, who claimed to have made the video, said that before the gunfire, he looked out his window and saw six or seven women shouting at each other on the sidewalk. A few moments later Blake drove up in his SUV and told his son, who was standing nearby, to get in the vehicle, White said. White said Blake did not say anything to the women.

White said he left the window to use the bathroom for a few minutes and when he came back, saw three officers wrestling with Blake. One punched Blake in the ribs, and another used a stun gun on him, White said. He said Blake got free and started walking away as officers yelled about a knife.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing Blake’s family, said Blake was “simply trying to do the right thing by intervening in a domestic incident.”

There was no immediate confirmation from the police that that’s what happened.

Online court records indicate Kenosha County prosecutors charged Blake on July 6 with sexual assault, trespassing and disorderly conduct in connection with domestic abuse. An arrest warrant was issued the following day. The records contain no further details and do not list an attorney for Blake.

It was unclear whether that case had anything to do with the shooting.

In the unrest that followed on Sunday night, social media posts showed neighbours gathering in the surrounding streets and shouting at police. Some chanted, “No justice, no peace!” Others appeared to throw objects at officers and damage police vehicles. Officers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. — AP

National Guard called out after police shoot Black man

RACIAL UNREST: Top, garbage and dump trucks were set ablaze on Sunday night by rioters near the Kenosha County Courthouse. Above, a small group of Black Lives Matter protesters pray near the site of a police shooting on Monday in Kenosha. Kenosha police shot a black man on Sunday evening, setting off unrest in the city after a video appeared to show the officer firing several shots at close range into the man’s back. AP pictures

Outrage grows

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called for “an immediate, full and transparent investigation” and said the officers “must be held accountable”.

LONDON — The World Health Organisation on Monday cautioned that using blood plasma from Covid-19 survivors to treat other patients is still considered an experimental therapy, voicing the concern as a US boost for the treatment has many scientists afraid formal studies will be derailed.

On Sunday, the US Food and Drug Administration authorised what’s called “emergency use” of the treatment under its special powers to speed the availability of promising experimental drugs during a public health crisis. The action isn’t the same as approving plasma as safe and effective, and numerous rigorous studies are underway to find out if it really works. So far, “The results are not conclusive,” WHO’s chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan said during a press briefing. “At the moment, it’s still very low-quality evidence.”

Swaminathan said WHO considered plasma therapy to be experimental and that it should continue to be evaluated. She said the treatment is difficult to standardise: Plasma must be collected individually, and people produce different levels of antibodies.

“Of course, countries can do an emergency listing if they feel the benefits outweigh the risks,” she said. “But that’s usually done when you’re waiting for the more definitive evidence.”

In a letter describing the FDA’s emergency action, the agency’s chief scientist said the treatment “should not be considered a new standard of care” for coronavirus infections, and that more data from studies will be available in the coming months.

But already, so many Covid-19 patients have requested plasma rather than agreeing to be part of a research study that many scientists fear they won’t get a clear answer on whether the treatment really works — and if it does, how and when it should be used for the best outcomes.

Martin Landray, of the University of Oxford said that while the therapy offers “huge promise,” there was still no proof it works. “There is a huge gap between theory and proven benefit,” he said in a statement. If just a few thousand patients took part in the research “we would have the answer,” said Landray, who is conducting a plasma study in the UK.

The FDA’s action was announced during a Sunday press briefing by US President Donald Trump, who called it a “breakthrough.” — AP

WHO cautions: virus plasma treatment still experimental

TEHRAN, Iran — The head of the UN’s atomic watchdog agency arrived in Iran on Monday to press for access to sites where authorities are thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material. The visit comes as the US is pushing to “snapback” UN sanctions on Iran for allegedly violating its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which the Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from more than two years ago. Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, the other signatories to the deal, have declared the US action illegal, saying it can’t withdraw from a deal and then use the UN resolution that endorsed it to re-impose sanctions.

Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will meet with Iranian officials on today and tomorrow. The IAEA repeatedly found Iran in compliance with the agreement until last year, when Tehran started openly exceeding some of the deal’s limits on nuclear enrichment in response to heavy US sanctions. Iran has said the UN official’s visit is an opportunity for greater cooperation and has nothing to do with the US push for more sanctions. — AP

UN nuclear agency head visits Iran

The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 25, 2020 WORLD 13

BERLIN — Tests conducted on Russian dissident Alexei Navalny at a German hospital indicate that he was poisoned, but doctors said on Monday he was being treated with an antidote and his life was not in immediate danger.

The Charité hospital said in a statement that the team of doctors who have been examining Navalny since he was flown from Siberia and admitted on Saturday have found indications of “cholinesterase inhibitors” in his system.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, who had personally offered Germany’s assistance in treating Navalny before he was brought to Berlin, said in view of the findings and his “prominent role in the political opposition in Russia, authorities there are now called upon urgently to investigate this crime in detail and in full transparency.”

“Those responsible must be identified and held accountable,” Merkel said.

Cholinesterase inhibitors are a broad range of substances that are found in several drugs, but also pesticides and nerve agents. Charité said the specific substance to which Navalny was exposed is not yet known.

“The patient is being treated in intensive care and remains in medically induced coma. While his condition is serious, it is not currently life-threatening,” the hospital said in a statement.

Navalny is being treated with the antidote atropine, the hospital said.

“Alexei Navalny’s prognosis remains unclear; the possibility of long-term effects, particularly those affecting the nervous system, cannot be excluded,” it said.

The hospital added that it has been in

close contact with Navalny’s wife, Yulia Navalnaya, who visited her husband in the Berlin hospital on Sunday and Monday.

Navalny, a politician and corruption investigator who is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, fell ill on a flight back to Moscow from Siberia on Thursday and was taken to a hospital in the city of Omsk after the plane made an emergency landing.

His supporters believe that tea the 44-year-old drank was laced with poison — and that the Kremlin is behind both his illness and a delay in transferring him to Germany.

German authorities posted a special detail of federal agents and city police at the hospital once Navalny arrived on Saturday out of suspicion he had been the victim of an attack.

“It was obvious that after his arrival, protective precautions had to be taken,”

Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, told reporters on Monday.

Navalny’s team last week submitted a request in Russia to launch a criminal probe, but as of Monday, Russia’s Investigative Committee still has not opened a case, Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said. “Now our words have been confirmed by tests in independent laboratories. Navalny’s poisoning is no longer a hypothesis, it’s a fact,” Yarmysh said in a tweet.

Ilya Yashin, an opposition politician in Moscow and a close ally of Navalny, in a video statement on Monday urged Russia’s law enforcement to investigate “an attempt at the life of a public figure” and to look into the possible involvement of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“It is Putin who benefits from these endless assaults,” Yashin said.

The Kremlin has not commented on

the allegation.US Ambassador to Russia John

Sullivan said the Navalny case would be on the agenda for Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun’s visit to Russia that begins on Tuesday.

“With Alexei Navalny in a hospital in Berlin, our dialogue with Russia must include re-emphasising the importance of free speech and civil society,” he told reporters.

Navalny was flown to Germany on Saturday from Siberia after much wrangling over whether he was stable enough to be transported.

Before the Charité announcement, Russian doctors said on Monday that two laboratories there had found no poisonous substances in Navalny’s system. — AP

Poisoning signs found in Putin’s critic say doctors

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SCOTTS VALLEY, California — Firefighters battling three massive wildfires in Northern California got a break from the weather early on Monday as humidity rose and there was no return of the onslaught of lightning strikes that ignited the infernos a week earlier.

A warning about dry lightning and gusty winds that could spark more fires was lifted for the San Francisco Bay Area and relieved fire commanders said the weather was aiding their efforts.

“Mother Nature’s helped us quite a bit,” said Billy See, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection incident commander for a complex of fires burning south of San Francisco.

California has had more than 13,000 lightning strikes since mid-August and more than 600 wildfires statewide have burned more than 4856 square kilometres, said Daniel Berlant, assistant deputy director with California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire.

More than 1200 buildings have been destroyed and 14,000 firefighters have been deployed, he said.

The three big fires around the Bay Area and many others burning across the state have put nearly 250,000 people under evacuation orders and authorities renewed warnings for anxious homeowners to stay away from the evacuation zones.

Six people who returned to a restricted area south of San Francisco to check on their properties were surprised by fire and had to be rescued, the San Mateo

County Sheriff ’s Office said.The death toll from the fires reached

7 over the weekend after authorities battling a big fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco announced the discovery of the body of a 70-year-old man in a remote area called Last Chance.

He had been reported missing and police had to use a helicopter to reach the area of about 40 off-the-grid homes at the end of a windy, steep dirt road north of the city of Santa Cruz.

The area was under an evacuation order and Santa Cruz County Sheriff ’s Office Chief Deputy Chris Clark said the discovery of the man’s body was a reminder of how important it was for residents to evacuate from fire danger zones. “This is one of the darkest periods we’ve been in with this fire,” he said.

The Santa Cruz fire is one of three “complexes,” or groups of fires, burning on all sides of the San Francisco Bay Area. All were started by lightning.

Fire crew made slow progress battling the blazes over the weekend, which included a break in the unseasonably warm weather and little wind.

A fire in wine country north of San Francisco and another southeast of the city have within a week grown to be two of the three largest fires in state history, with both burning more than 1295 square kilometres.

The wine country fire has been the most deadly and destructive blaze, accounting for five deaths and 845 destroyed homes and other buildings.

Three of the victims were in a home that was under an evacuation order.

Officials surveying maps at command centres are astonished by the sheer size of the fires, said Cal Fire spokesman Brice Bennett.

In Southern California, an 11-day-old blaze held steady at just under 106 square kilometres near Lake Hughes in the northern Los Angeles County mountains. Rough terrain, hot weather and the potential for thunderstorms with lightning strikes challenged firefighters on Sunday.

Authorities said their firefighting effort in Santa Cruz was hindered by people who refused to evacuate and those who were using the chaos to loot. Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart said 100 officers were patrolling and anyone not authorised to be in an evacuation zone would be arrested. “What we’re hearing from the community is that there’s a lot of looting going on,” Hart said.

He and county District Attorney Jeff Rosell expressed anger at what Rosell called the “absolutely soulless” criminals victimising people already victimised by the fire. Among them was a fire commander who was robbed when he left his fire vehicle to help direct operations.

Someone entered the vehicle and stole personal items, including a wallet and “drained his bank account,” said Chief Mark Brunton, a battalion chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

“I can’t imagine a bigger lowlife,” Hart said. — AP

GENEVA — Just as millions of children are heading back to school, the World Health Organisation says those aged 6 to 11 should wear masks in some cases to help fight the spread of coronavirus.

The recommendations presented on Monday follow the widespread belief that children under 12 are not considered as likely to propagate the virus as much as adults. Children in general face less severe virus symptoms than do adults, with the elderly the most vulnerable to severe infection and death.

Now WHO says decisions about whether children aged 6 to 11 should wear masks should consider factors like whether Covid-19 transmission is widespread in the area where the child lives; the child’s ability to safely use a mask; and adult supervision when taking the masks on or off.

“Luckily, the vast majority of children who are infected with the virus appear to have mild disease or asymptomatic infection, and that’s good news,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, technical chief of the UN health agency’s emergencies programme. She still cautioned that some

children can develop severe cases of coronavirus and even die.

The shift comes as confirmed Covid-19 infections worldwide have surpassed 23 million and confirmed deaths have passed 809,000, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Experts say the tally understates the true toll of the pandemic due to limited testing, missed mild cases and other factors.

The UN health agency for months trailed many governments in backing the widespread use of masks, a point not lost on critics, who said WHO was too slow to get on board with the benefits of general mask use. WHO had expressed concern that people who put on masks might unwittingly spread the virus from an unclean hand to their face, and insisted that healthcare providers needed masks first amid some shortages.

Since then, researchers have found that the virus can be transmitted through aerosols — tiny droplets emitted when people talk, laugh, sing or sneeze — and mask-wearing can cut down on the amount of virus that people are exposed to.

Some policymakers, including public transport authorities in Europe and elsewhere, have set

the bar for mask-wearing in crowded places like buses and trains at age 12 — with everyone older required to put them on.

Acknowledging gaps in both research and understanding of the virus, WHO said kids under age 6 should not wear masks, while those 12 to 18 should wear them just like adults should — notably in cases where physical distancing cannot be ensured and in areas of high transmission.

WHO advises a “risk-based approach” for kids aged 6 to 11 that balances various factors.

“Everyone agrees how important it is that schools are operating safely,” Van Kerkhove said. “We’ve outlined how that can be done in terms of physical distancing and hand hygiene stations, respiratory etiquette, the potential use of masks by either the workers or the children themselves.”

WHO said the current evidence suggests virus cases reported from kids stemmed mostly from transmission within households and that “documented transmission among children and staff within educational settings is limited.”

Parents, health officials and educators in countries around the world have been wrestling

with the safety questions posed by having millions of children go back to school during a pandemic.

Over the weekend, Britain’s top public health officials issued a joint statement saying that children were more likely be harmed by staying away from school than from being exposed to Covid-19.

They said children are less likely to catch Covid-19 than adults and have “an exceptionally low risk’’ of dying from the disease. By contrast, they said studies show that not going to school limits children’s ability to succeed in life and may worsen physical and mental health problems.

“Very few, if any, children or teenagers will come to long-term harm from Covid-19 due solely to attending school,’’ the medical officers said. “This has to be set against a certainty of long-term harm to many children and young people from not attending school.’’

The recommendations by WHO on Monday also noted lingering uncertainty about the effectiveness of transparent face shields, with WHO calling for more research into their use in response to Covid-19. — AP

Children aged 6-to-11 should wear masks at times, too: WHO

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Opposition activists detainedMINSK — Police in Belarus on Monday detained

several leading opposition activists as well as a handful of protesters taking part in a wave of demonstrations challenging the re-election of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in balloting that they say was rigged. The Coordination Council, which was set up by the opposition to negotiate a transfer of power, said members Sergei Dylevsky and Olga Kovalkova were detained in the capital of Minsk. Later in the day, the opposition also reported the detention of Alexander Lavrinovich, a strike leader at a major industrial plant. Police also detained at least five of several hundred people who had gathered in Minsk’s Independence Square on Monday, the 16th straight day of protests, and another five in other cities, activists said. The actions signalled Lukashenko’s determination to stifle massive post-election demonstrations that have entered their third week. — AP

First case of virus reinfectionHONG KONG — Hong Kong scientists are

reporting the case of a healthy man in his 30s who became reinfected with coronavirus four and a half months after his first bout. They say genome sequencing shows the two strains of the virus are “clearly different”, making it the world’s first proven case of reinfection. The World Health Organisation warns it is important not to jump to conclusions based on the case of one patient. And experts say reinfections may be rare and not necessarily serious. There have been more than 23 million cases of coronavirus infection around the world. Those infected develop an immune response as their bodies fight off the virus which helps to protect them against it returning. The strongest immune response has been found in the most seriously ill patients. But it is still not clear how strong this protection or immunity is — or how long it lasts. And the World Health Organisation said larger studies over time of people who had previously had coronavirus were needed to find out more. — BBC

Early Islamic coins unearthedJERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists

announced on Monday the discovery of a trove of early Islamic gold coins found during recent salvage excavations near the central city of Yavne.The collection of 425 complete gold coins, most dating to the Abbasid period around 1100 years ago, was a “extremely rare” find, Israel Antiquities Authorities archaeologists Liat Nadav-Ziv and Elie Haddad said in a joint statement. The trove, which was unearthed by youth volunteers, also included hundreds of smaller clippings from gold coins that would have served as smaller denominations. Robert Kool, a coin expert with the antiquities authority, said an initial analysis indicates the coins date from the late 9th century, considered the golden age of the Abbasid Caliphate that controlled most of the Near East and North Africa. The discovery was among the largest caches of ancient coins found in Israel. In 2015, amateur divers found around 2000 gold coins off the coast of the ancient port city of Caesarea dating to the Fatimid period in the 10th and 11th centuries. “Hopefully the study of the hoard will tell us more about a period of which we still know very little,” Kool said. — AP

Battling inferno

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by John Gerritsen, RNZ

AUCKLAND — Researchers are urging the Government to stop funding low-level tertiary courses that put young Maori into debt with no benefit to their future earnings.

Their study, He Awa Ara Rau, tracked education and employment of 76,000 Maori to age 25.

It found 18 percent got tertiary qualifications at levels 1-3, but those courses did not lead to higher incomes and better job prospects.

The study said even those who achieved NCEA level 2 at school and completed a level 3 certificate at a tertiary provider would have been better off staying at school.

“A disproportionate number of rangatahi leave school after completing NCEA level 2 to go on to level 3 certificates at PTEs (Private Training Establishments). Unfortunately those that do will earn significantly lower wages by age 25 than those rangatahi who stayed longer at school,” the report said.

It called on the Government to stop funding such courses.

“There are providers in the tertiary education sector that are indebting our rangatahi and providing them with qualifications that don’t result in better employment outcomes or higher incomes. We need to investigate decommissioning tertiary study that is evidenced to result in poor employment and income outcomes.”

The study was conducted by Business and Economic Research Limited economists in collaboration with Waikato Tainui, Auckland Council’s Southern Initiative and Tokona te Raki: Maori Futures Collective of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu.

Tania Pouwhare, a social intrapreneur for the Southern Initiative, said low-value tertiary courses were a particular problem in South and West Auckland.

“They’re coming out and they’re no better off in the labour market than if

they had just stayed at school, finished Year 13 and then gone straight into a job from there, but what they have done, on average, is rack up $17,000 of student loan debt,” she said.

She said that debt was essentially worthless, because it had not helped the students get ahead in life.

“The qualifications that they are gaining tend to be for industries which are low-paying as well, so it’s a bit of a double-bind, they’ve racked up debt for qualifications that aren’t really going to help them earn enough money to even pay off that debt, let alone to thrive and have a really good career.”

Pouwhare said the problem was long-standing and it needed to be resolved quickly, because increasing numbers of people were expected to be unemployed in South Auckland.

The executive director of Tokona te Raki, Eurera Tarena, said young people

needed better information about the courses they could study.

“They need to be equipped with good information,” he said.

“But also we need to be holding the system to account, and if we are pumping money into programmes that aren’t necessarily leading to better outcomes for our people then we need to be raising the question of what’s going on there.”

A senior economics researcher at Business and Economic Research Limited, Hillmarè Schulze, said 19 percent of Maori in the study left school with no qualification and that group needed particular help moving into further education and employment.

But she said getting a tertiary qualification at levels 1-3 was of little help to that group.

“It made hardly any change to their income,” she said.

She said some fields of study were

more valuable than others.“It depends on what courses they

do, and in what sector. It’s the same as with apprenticeships because if you look at engineering apprenticeships, it has a huge positive outcome, whereas apprenticeships in the hospitality industry might not have such a positive outcome.”

Schulze said Maori who achieved NCEA level 1 at school were likely to stay in school and have similar outcomes to non-Maori.

The Tertiary Education Commission’s deputy chief executive, strategy and design, Ian Lee, said it could withdraw or decline support for courses and programmes that did not meet a range of criteria.

“There are cases where concerns about likely poor outcomes for Maori learners have been part of our decision not to invest additional funding to new or existing courses at level 1-3,” he said.

Lee said the commission was increasingly directing its investment away from courses with poor post-study outcomes for learners.

“We also have a strategic role in terms of making TEOs (tertiary education organisations) and students aware of employment and career prospects after qualification through the information on our careers.govt.nz website,” he said.

However, he said courses at levels 1-3 were important because they provided access to low-cost essential foundation skills for under-served learners that helped them move on to higher-level study and skilled employment.

“The major focus of our attention is course completion rates and progression to higher courses.”

He said work-based learning at levels 1-3 provided trainees with essential skills for some roles and for progression to higher level training and development.

Lee said the commission’s goal was for participation and completion patterns for Maori and Pacific learners that were the same as for other New Zealanders in the tertiary system within five years.

Low-level courses ‘not helping’

REDUCED FUTURE BENEFIT: Maori don’t improve their job prospects by gaining level 1-3 qualifications, a new report has revealed. RNZ picture

Study shows certain tertiary courses put Maori in debt with no earning gain

by Sally Murphy, RNZ

GREYMOUTH — Former members of Gloriavale Christian Community say people still there do not have the freedom to vote for who they want to in the general election.

The issue has been outlined in a list of concerns to The Charities Services by The Gloriavale Leavers Support Trust.

Ex-members say those inside don’t have free access to the internet or news sources and are told as a collective who to vote for.

One former member, who did not want to be named, told RNZ Gloriavale leaders would choose which politicians would come and talk to the community before an election.

“They would talk about their policies and what they would do for us then when they left there would be a discussion, but it was usually only a couple of the leaders who would talk,” she said.

“They would say we like this party because of this policy and that we should all vote for them because it’s best if we vote as a collective.”

The former member said they were even shown voting papers before they went to the polling booth.

“They would say tick here and here just in case we forgot the name or what

to do when we got there,” she said.“I remember being in line waiting

to vote and someone in front turned around and asked which person we were voting for.”

James Harrison who left Gloriavale in 2015 said they didn’t have free access to the internet or news sources.

“The group of people who go into town for the weekly shopping trip would bring back old newspapers and then some stories would be cut out and be put on the pinboard but everything we saw was censored.

“I remember the thought coming into my head wondering if I could get away with voting for a different party than the one they had told us to, but I didn’t

vote for them because I was too scared I’d be found out.”

He said Gloriavale said people were free to do what they liked but that was not the reality.

“Freedom at Gloriavale is a weird thing. When you’ve been told to act and think a certain way your whole life you are not going to go against it, are you?”

The Gloriavale Leavers Support Trust has given a list of concerns to The Charities Services, who they want to reinvestigate the community.

Who you vote for is on the list of concerns.

John Ready, who was expelled from Gloriavale in 2017, said if you voted against the consensus and were found out, you would become an outcast.

“It’s easy to control people if they don’t know anything, you don’t have an opinion because you don’t have the knowledge to have one,” Ready said.

“If you’re told to vote for someone or a specific party, what do you have to bounce that off when you don’t know better?”

The Electoral Commission said voters cast their vote alone in the voting booth and that secrecy helped ensure they could express their preferences free of outside influence or coercion.

Gloriavale has been contacted for comment.

Former Gloriavale members say community told who to vote for

by Christian Fuller, Hawke’s Bay Today

NAPIER — Napier officially has a new multi-millionaire couple after the $5m Lotto winning ticket was claimed.

The couple, who purchased their winning ticket from Onekawa’s Andrew Spence Pharmacy, were the last of the ten winners of last week’s $50m Powerball jackpot to come forward.

A Lotto spokeswoman confirmed the prize was claimed by a “very surprised, but delighted” couple over the weekend.

The couple are one of four recent Lotto winners in Napier, with two of the city’s residents taking home $142,857 each in Lotto’s First Division two weeks ago.

Those tickets were sold at Tamatea Pak‘nSave and Paper Plus Taradale.

A fellow Napier resident also won big in last Wednesday night’s draw, taking home $1m.

That ticket, which was one of nearly 1.6 million sold across the country, was sold at Napier City Pak‘nSave.

While the $50m prize wasn’t struck, six players from Auckland and one from Tauranga, Palmerston North and Invercargill each won $5.02m in Lotto Second Division after there were no First Division winners.

All ten have now come forward.Further details of the winning couple have

not yet been released.

Napier couple ‘delighted’ by $5m Lotto win

The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 25, 202016 NATIONAL NEWS

by Rachel Thomas, RNZ

WELLINGTON — New Zealanders flush toilets millions of times each day, and most of them lead to treatment plants that are not complying with their conditions for treating wastewater.

But the country’s new water regulator, Taumata Arowai, will not monitor wastewater networks for at least two years.

One of more than 100 plants that is failing to meet its consent conditions is Porirua.

The head of wastewater at Wellington Water, Steve Hutchison, describes what happens there during heavy rain.

“The liquid part — most of it will go through the full treatment process but the top part will bypass that treatment process. So part of the flow is only screened.”

He said these were fine screens — with about two millimetre gaps — at the front end of the plant that take out the plastics and the major pollutants.

“It’s like putting it through a sieve.”But that is all the overflow gets before it

is sent into the Porirua Harbour.It has happened at least 10 times this

year, which is more frequent than what was predicted when the consent was applied for 20 years ago.

Hutchison said the city had grown and the treatment plant was overloaded, meaning it was failing to comply with its consent which has expired.

“The discharge is authorised but we’re breaching some of the conditions of that consent. That particular consent envisioned there would be the occasional discharge but the frequency of that partially treated discharge has increased over time.”

Expired consents are not uncommon either.

Renewing them can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and be so slow that in one case, Wellsford’s treatment plant operated on an expired consent from 1999 until 2017.

Official data is available on half of the country’s wastewater treatment plants and states just over a quarter are fully compliant with their consent conditions.

The status of the remaining treatment plants is unknown, meaning total compliance may be even lower.

Waikato is especially bad — up to half the region’s plants that discharge into freshwater are non-compliant.

Freshwater ecologist Dr Mike Joy, from Victoria University’s School of Governance, said there was a clear reason why.

“The thing is there’s no enforcement. From the council’s point of view, breaching consent conditions means you’ll get a sad face stamp on the report back from the regional council because you failed. So councils running the wastewater treatment

plants know full well they can get away with murder, so they do.”

Just 11 compliance actions were carried out in the year to June 2019 — including just two prosecutions, according to a 2018/19 annual surveillance report from the country’s largest water industry body, Water NZ.

The only prosecution Porirua has had in recent times for sewage overflows was due to a management oversight, not the discharge itself.

Environmental lawyer Helen Atkins, who sits on the board of Water NZ, said regional councils did not like fining their colleagues.

“What you’re ultimately doing is prosecuting your ratepayers, because they’re the ones that end up paying the fines. And a lot of regional councils take the view that you’re better off trying to work with the territorial authority to get them to fix the problem.

“Spend the money on the problem rather than spending the money on a great big fine.”

Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta said the Government’s new drinking water regulator, Taumata Arowai, would have a national oversight role for sewerage and stormwater networks.

But that role will not begin for another two years, and even then — enforcement will remain the responsibility of regional councils.

Taumata Arowai will, however, set environmental performance measures

for wastewater and stormwater systems, report annually on those measures as well as compliance and expired consents, “call out” poor practice, and require information from council and Crown owners, and apply for court orders if information is not provided.

A spokesperson for the minister said the increased transparency would “lift awareness” of network performance.

Forest & Bird freshwater advocate Tom Kay said awareness would not solve anything.

“It’s just not good enough. We can’t have sewage treatment plants that can’t cope with a bit of rain.

“We can’t have pipes leaking across the city or letting extra stormwater in. We’ve got to fix the problem.”

The Government has been looking into imposing a national standard (NES) on wastewater discharges and overflows, but briefing papers provided to RNZ show this has been put on ice due to Covid-19.

The paper, from the Ministry for the Environment to Mahuta at the end of May, stated work was under way in the meantime to collect data and evidence to inform the proposed standard.

“This includes information on how municipal wastewater treatment plants are currently regulated under the Resource Management Act (RMA) and a series of reports on current and emerging issues facing the wastewater sector in New Zealand.”

More than 100 wastewater plants breaching consent

FAILURE TO COMPLY: Most of New Zealands wastewater treatment plants are failing to meet consent conditions. File picture

by Emma Russell, NZ Herald

WELLINGTON — A man in his 70s who had “incomplete” skin cancer removed from his left cheek was never given a follow-up appointment and assumed he was in the clear.

Five years later his growing cancer was discovered when he started experiencing low vision, numbness and discomfort from his jawbone and skull and a drooping eye lid.

Instead of one surgery to ensure all the cancer had been removed, which could have been done five years prior, he had six weeks of radiation and suffered in pain.

Yesterday, Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill has found the GP and medical centre (who have not been named for privacy reasons) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for not communicating the man’s skin cancer results to him or arranging follow up.

It comes eight years after the error was made.

In June 2012, the man visited his GP who removed a suspected skin cancer from his left cheek and sent it for testing.

The HDC report said the test confirmed cancer and recommended further excision to make sure all the cancer had been removed.

Although the GP saw the results, he did not communicate the results to the man, or arrange necessary follow up.

The man returned to the medical centre several times over the next five years, but the incomplete removal of the skin cancer was not raised again. Eventually, the cancer returned on the man’s left cheek.

In September 2017, the man saw his same doctor and told him that he had a two-month history of increasing drooping of his left eyelid,

which was interfering with his vision.The GP referred the man to the public hospital

for investigation and the error was discovered.In January 2018, the man was seen in the

Oncology Department at the public hospital, and subsequently underwent six weeks of radiotherapy.

Hill was critical of the GP’s mistake saying: “The man was deprived of the opportunity to make decisions about his care until the disease had reached an advanced stage.”

“By not arranging the follow-up care that the man required, the opportunity to provide timely treatment for the (basal cell carcinoma) was missed, and the disease advanced unchecked for a period of more than five years,” Hill said.

The doctor told HDC that he regretted that the

man was not referred for further excision.“(The doctor) does not recall why (the man)

was not informed of the result or asked to return for a follow-up consultation,” the report said.

“(The doctor) considers it possible that he accidentally filed the email containing the histology result before he had actioned it. “

Hill also made critical comments about the medical centre for not having robust policies for the management of test results.

The commissioner recommended that the medical centre audit 30 minor surgeries to determine whether the results were communicated to the patients in a timely manner and whether follow-up management was appropriate.

He also suggested further training to its staff on the management of test results and consider a number of improvements to its policy for the management of investigation results.

Hill recommended that the GP and the medical centre apologise to the man.

GP fails to tell patient he has skin cancer

Instead of one surgery to ensure all the cancer had been removed, he had six weeks of radiation and suffered in pain.

by Tom Kitchin, RNZ

HASTINGS — Just 12 houses of a promised 200 that are meant to get homeless people in Hastings out of motels have so far been finished.

Last year the Government announced a special project for the city to help limit the numbers in motels and promised the new houses by the middle of next year.

But Covid-19 put them on the backburner as the wait list continues to rise.

Kotiro Hawaikirangi used to live in a motel. She believed she was lucky, but her struggle to get a home was hard.

A few years ago, she spent three “dreadful” months living in a motel with her partner and six children.

“Every week we had to pack our stuff, everything we owned in the motel had to be packed up — our food, our clothes, everything we had taken in there had to be pulled out, put into our vehicle and we just had to hope we got the same place every week. You’re not guaranteed one place the whole duration you need temporary living.”

Now, she has moved into a papakainga, a group of houses where whanau live together, in Waiohiki — close to Napier but in the Hastings district.

“It’s home — I see across my road, that’s my marae across the road, my kids go to that kohanga reo right across the road. My mum lives four houses away.”

Hastings has one of the highest rates of people on the housing register, per capita, across New Zealand.

Hastings District Council chief executive To’osavili Nigel Bickle said there were 1400 members of the Napier and Hastings community that call motels home.

The Government set an ambitious “place-based approach” project last year for the first time in the country — addressing issues at a neighbourhood level.

The short-term aim was to build 200 homes by mid 2021.

But so far, Kainga Ora’s business development director Darren Toy said only 12 new homes had been built.

In a statement, Toy said there had been no building activity for nearly two months, as Covid-19 alert levels put a stop to work.

That pushed out the deadline until the end of next year. But Kainga Ora is still hoping 68 new homes will be built by the end of 2020.

In four years the housing register for Hastings has almost tripled. It has gone from about two hundred applicants in 2016 to more than 550 in June this year.

Hastings homes delayed as wait list nearly triples

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ik dzonlyREADING SPACE: Aqua Te Maro

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FINGERTIP TAKE: Horouta Gold shooter Jahneia Kemp, left, gets her fingers to a lobbed-in ball under the net while challenged by Ritana Senior A keeper Te Aria Henwood. Above, Ritana centre Taley-Jade Kemp takes the ball in both hands in the midcourt. Ritana won the premier grade netball game 36-30 at the Victoria Domain courts.

ARM-IN-ARM HEADER: Gisborne United midfielder Kieran Venema gets his head to the ball despite the arm-in-arm attention of a Napier City Rovers player in a Pacific Premiership football game at Harry Barker Reserve. United’s 6-1 win moved them up to third place on the table with three matches to go.

DEADLY COMBO: Gisborne United centreback Dane Thompson (right) and Malcolm Marfell high-five after Thompson headed home Marfell’s corner kick against Napier City Rovers Seconds. The goal made it 3-0 in the 24th minute and the home side went on to win 6-1.Right, a Napier player gets his foot to the ball before United’s Malachi Scammell.

RIVALRY RESUMED: GMC Green and YMP have fought out plenty of close Poverty Bay women’s hockey encounters over the years and the latest was no exception — a 1-all draw on the Turf at Harry Barker Reserve. Above, YMP’s Dannell Tuhou brings the ball under control with GMC’s Alesha Batisaresare turning to give chase. Right, YMP’s Kate Blakeman and GMC’s Jade Stafford lock sticks.

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JACK BE QUICK: Ngatapa fullback Jack Lewis takes a quick tap and go and YMP loose forward Seth Lundon was unable to stop him from scoring a try in the last round-robin Saturday of round 2 of the Poverty Bay premier club rugby competition. This game ended 43-all at Barry Park but this was later amended to 43-41 to YMP. The sides face off again this Saturday in the knockout semifinals.

The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 25, 202022 SATURDAY SPORT

Rotorua races at Rotorua Wednesday Jetbet 2 TAB Doubles 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Trebles 2-3-4, 6-7-8 Quaddies 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 Place6 3-8

1 Macmillan Accountants 12.32 $10,000, 3yo sw+p, 1100m

1 47s2 Jamieson’s Tipple (1) 57 52 C Grylls 2 Chopper Reed (7) 57 47 J Fawcett (a1) 3 4s20 Angelina Lauro (3) 55 51 4 4 Francesca (4) 55 50 M Cameron 5 446s Targhee (2) 55 50 6 Babylon Berlin (5) 55 47 S Collett 7 6s Baby Cheeses (6) 55 46 C Lammas

8 — Tinker McPhee SCRATCHED

2 Lance Lawson 1.07 $10,000, maiden, 1100m

1 6757s Kapalka (11) 58.5 53 Brandon May 2 Kamakaze (14) 58.5 47 S Collett 3 78s6s Pango (8) 58.5 46 T Thornton

4 — Papenhuyzen SCRATCHED

5 2s6s3 Minnallines (9) 56.5 53 C Lammas

6 3250s Happiness Forever (13) 56.5 52 A Goindasamy (a2) 7 s353s Wasp (6) 56.5 52 8 Grease Lightning (3) 56.5 47 J Fawcett (a1) 9 s876s Showcat (10) 56.5 47 S Weatherley 10 — Catwalk Girl SCRATCHED

11 8 Rainonus (7) 56.5 46 D Johnson 12 566 Sussex (2) 56.5 46 T Yanagida (a1)EMERGENCIES: 13 Brother Max (5) 58.5 45 S O’Malley (a3) 14 9 Implicit (12) 58.5 45 Richard Oliver 15 — Chouxwest SCRATCHED

16 s80s0 Tearanita (4) 56.5 45 17 0700s Just Kate (1) 56.5 45 18 8s8s0 Huckleberry Hussie (15) 56.5 45

3 Novara Park 1.42 $10,000, maiden, 1560m

1 25s54 Touch The Clouds (6) 58.5 54 A Goindasamy (a2) 2 09s43 Monbeau (1) 58.5 51 3 8s635 Wind Chimes (5) 58.5 51 C Lammas 4 990s5 Black Tech (7) 58.5 47 S Collett 5 65s Hijacked (4) 58.5 47 S O’Malley (a3) 6 0s De Silver Lining (10) 58.5 46 S J Macnab (a1) 7 99F0s Beau Archers Rose (13) 58.5 45 J Fawcett (a1) 8 434s5 Sacred Caga (12) 56.5 52 C Grylls 9 0 Ace Of Spades (11) 56.5 45 L Satherley 10 s0670 Miss Fendt (2) 56.5 45 S Spratt 11 Nakano (8) 56.5 45 Brandon May 12 9 Sweet Lilly (9) 56.5 45 M Kareem (a3)EMERGENCY: 13 780s0 Katy Power (3) 56.5 45

4 Arawa Park Function Rooms 2.17 $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 2200m

1 s0552 Capellani (6) 60 65 Brandon May 2 0s492 Rocking Good Time (18) 60 65 N Alam (a4) 3 s3412 Mishka (17) 59 63 C Lammas 4 s2513 Arite Guru (13) 58.5 62 T Thornton 5 8s621 Iffraajinator (15) 58.5 62 S Spratt 6 0s020 Zabdi (14) 58.5 62 7 10s90 Seemax (10) 58 65 C Grylls 8 51s67 Son Of Anna Kay (8) 58 61 S O’Malley (a3) 9 6s158 Wholetthefoxout (11) 58 61 S McKay 10 65s07 Zedcrest (1) 57.5 60 A Goindasamy (a2) 11 80s06 Trueman (2) 57 59 J Fawcett (a1) 12 8s153 Mizzena (7) 56.5 62 S J Macnab (a1) 13 3s061 Savastep (4) 56.5 62 M Cameron

14 — Unacceptable SCRATCHED

EMERGENCIES: 15 09s74 Kipling (19) 56.5 58 S Collett 16 6s437 Aongatete Express (16) 56 57 17 8s073 Dr Hank (12) 56 58 18 48s00 Red John (5) 56 57 19 8s535 The Midnight Shift (9) 55 55 20 PsP57 Perry Mason (3) 55 55

5 Campbell Infrastructure 2.52 $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1215m

1 2s650 Ottavio (10) 60 65 Brandon May 2 — Saint Croix SCRATCHED

3 189s8 Tonadillas (6) 60 65 A Goindasamy (a2) 4 570s4 Darci Palmer (4) 59.5 64 T Yanagida (a1) 5 010s5 Gus The Maverick (5) 58.5 62 6 20s1s Can I Get An Amen (1) 57 63

7 7s1 Prosperous (8) 57 63 C Grylls 8 0s408 My Superior Girl (9) 56.5 62 S Spratt 9 35s91 Tangodanzer (2) 56.5 62 S Weatherley 10 446s7 Porshabelle (3) 55.5 60 C Burdan (a2) 11 980s0 Major Billy Lister (7) 54 45 J Fawcett (a1)

6 Holiday Inn 3.29 $11,000, rating 70 benchmark, 1215m

1 1449s Aero De Paris (7) 59 68 C Grylls 2 233s6 Bransome (3) 59 68 N Alam (a4) 3 — Katie Perrie SCRATCHED

4 5325s Autumn Wild (6) 57.5 69 T Yanagida (a1) 5 330s0 Imblaze (10) 57.5 69 M Kareem (a3) 6 7229s Mohaka (9) 57.5 69 7 — Love Struck SCRATCHED

8 1152s Petrachor (1) 57 68 C Lammas 9 1517s Fantasy Flight (2) 56.5 67 S J Macnab (a1) 10 375s5 Stylish Suggestion (11) 56.5 67 S Weatherley 11 4158s Boogie Easy (5) 56 66 S Collett 12 1347s Penny Royal (4) 56 66 13 714s7 Snitz Of Time (8) 56 66 D Johnson

7 Laser Electrical 4.04 $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1400m

1 08909 Bluetwentytwo (10) 59 62 T Thornton 2 595s8 Checkers (8) 58.5 61 M Cameron 3 7567s Initiative (1) 58 64 A Goindasamy (a2) 4 8s67s Glenhope (6) 58 60 C Grylls 5 — Lord Valentine SCRATCHED

6 5170s Rapidz (2) 58 60 T Yanagida (a1) 7 564s0 Lauramia (4) 57.5 63 M Kareem (a3) 8 750s9 Anatow (9) 57.5 59 S Spratt

9 466s7 Dalmar (12) 57.5 59 C Burdan (a2) 10 s177s O’Shannon (7) 56.5 61 S J Macnab (a1) 11 9s407 Nuclear Fusion (3) 56 60 C Lammas 12 03701 Goodnight Irene (11) 57 62 J Fawcett (a1) 13 688s0 Fly To The Moon (5) 54 55

8 Atkinson Donaldson Plumbers 4.39 $10,000, maiden, 1400m

1 Ps3 Free Thyme (6) 58.5 51 J Bassett (a4) 2 0260s The Green Dragon (13) 58.5 50 3 46s Hit The Road Jack (15) 58.5 49 S O’Malley (a3) 4 5875s Hosel Rocket (18) 58.5 49 C Lammas 5 9s557 Hesagoodboy (9) 58.5 46 T Yanagida (a1) 6 0 Lakeman (10) 58.5 46 J Fawcett (a1) 7 60s8s Louis Le Grand (12) 58.5 46 S McKay 8 Playing The Fool (8) 58.5 45 S Spratt 9 2s Dawned On Me (17) 56.5 52 A Goindasamy (a2) 10 6428s Atomic Kitten (19) 56.5 51 C Grylls 11 739 Hola Senorita (4) 56.5 50 S Collett 12 063s9 Sparkling Lady (1) 56.5 50 13 Kesha (7) 56.5 45 Brandon May 14 Miss Primitivo (11) 56.5 45 S J Macnab (a1)EMERGENCIES: 15 8 Startedwithakiss (3) 56.5 45 C Burdan (a2) 16 — Bouffant SCRATCHED

17 966s Sesto (2) 56.5 45 M Cameron 18 780s0 Katy Power (16) 56.5 45 19 00s Makaraka (5) 58.5 45 20 708s0 Istina (14) 56.5 45

SelectionsRace 1: BABYLON BERLIN, FRANCESCA,

JAMIESON’S TIPPLE

Race 2: KAMAKAZE, MINNALLINES, PANGO

Race 3: SACRED CAGA, MONBEAU, TOUCH THE CLOUDS

Race 4: MISHKA, TRUEMAN, SAVASTEP

Race 5: CAN I GET AN AMEN, OTTAVIO, PROSPEROUS

Race 6: PETRACHOR, AERO DE PARIS,

STYLISH SUGGESTION

Race 7: INITIATIVE, O’SHANNON, CHECKERS

Race 8: DAWNED ON ME, HOLA SENORITA, ATOMIC KITTEN

Victoria races at Sandown Hillside Wednesday Jetbet 12 TAB doubles 3-4, 7-8 Trebles 2-3-4, 6-7-8 Quaddie 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8

1 Ladbrokes Switch 2.25 $50,000, 3yo & up F&M Benchmark 70, 1500m

1 4143s Super Girl w (5) 62.5 97 Ms M Julius (a3) 2 5s832 West Wind (4) 61 96 W Price (a3) 3 31259 Jungle Jane dw (3) 58 96 M Cartwright (a3) 4 17783 Bobby Rocks wn (2) 57.5 92 L German (a2) 5 s6398 Eight Times A Lady wn (9) 57.5 93 C Newitt

6 82145 Elvaric wb (8) 56 94 J Fry 7 34s1 Opoho Dreaming w (1) 56 100 J Childs 8 s8623 Just Like Mum (6) 56 95 N Punch (a3) 9 05321 Pips ‘n’ Crowns w (7) 56 91 J Maskiell

2 IVE Print 3.00 $50,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 70, 1000m

1 7s074 Iknewshewasmine cdwn (10) 60.5 93 M Cartwright (a3) 2 40s32 The Crusha dw (1) 60 96 B Mertens 3 11414 He Can Star dw (3) 59.5 94 C Rawiller (a3) 4 131 Sapphire Crown w (2) 58.5 100 C Williams 5 s1537 Brazen Brando d (4) 57.5 97 L Nolen 6 1421 High Risk cdw (7) 57.5 96 J Maskiell 7 127s2 Manhattan War dn (6) 57.5 93 Ms G Cartwright (a1.5) 8 57152 Unshackled w (9) 57 92 D Lane 9 12722 Kingstar Amber w (5) 56 95 W Price (a3) 10 1625s Shenanigan City dw (8) 56 92 L German (a2)

3 MRC Membership 3.35 $50,000, 3yo Benchmark 70, 1000m

1 10s Mr Cashman b (5) 60 92 W Egan 2 3126s Jerle w (8) 59.5 97 M Zahra 3 129s0 Fresh (3) 59 91 D Lane 4 31261 Peggy Selene cdw (4) 58.5 99 B Melham 5 155s Unanimous cwb (7) 58 100 J McNeil 6 1 Vancouver Lad w (6) 58 99 M Allen 7 8s1 Koa dw (1) 57.5 95 D Dunn 8 s19s3 Cut It Out d (2) 56.5 97 D Stackhouse

4 Tile Importer 4.10 $50,000, 3yo & up F&M BM 64, 1300m

1 550s7 Modear w (7) 61 97 Ms T Hope (a2) 2 2s439 Shush (4) 60.5 97 L Riordan (a2) 3 22973 Miss Skeptical w (1) 60 89 B Higgins 4 15 Moeen (9) 59.5 94 L Nolen 5 s898s Monaafasah (2) 59.5 84 D Thornton 6 5225s Fairy Wand w (5) 59 91 D Oliver 7 218s8 Spirit Medium dwb (3) 59 92 J Allen 8 53196 Arigato w (10) 58 92 W Price (a3) 9 012s0 Drone Strike n (8) 58 88 J Mott 10 37816 Feeling Good w (12) 58 89 B Mertens 11 12 Buona Sera w (11) 57.5 100 D Stackhouse 12 s48s1 Luiselli (6) 56.5 94 D Dunn

5 Ladbrokes Multi Builder 4.45 $50,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 64, 1600m

1 42111 Highclass Harry w (8) 63 89 Ms M Lloyd (a3) 2 26s17 Lord Markel tw (5) 62 99 C Rawiller (a3) 3 52023 Nangawooka tdw (10) 61.5 89 Ms L Lafferty (a3) 4 s1344 Sukoot w (1) 61.5 89 D Moor 5 s1411 Just Jake w (2) 61 100 Dylan Dunn 6 123s8 Sahar d (9) 61 88 Ms T Hope (a2) 7 98s11 Rock The Bowler (3) 60.5 96 L Riordan (a2) 8 3s161 Toff Choice dw (13) 60.5 92 M Cartwright (a3) 9 0s062 Bacchus dn (15) 60 90 C Williams 10 59s43 One Hellofa Family w (7) 60 92 J Fry

11 s6867 Darlamax dw (11) 59.5 89 D Stackhouse 12 643s6 Finnick dw (14) 59 86 T Stockdale (a2) 13 6s183 Wairere Falls w (6) 59 95 D Oliver 14 3s615 Blondeau (4) 58.5 89 D Thornton 15 s3792 Fighting Whiskey n (12) 58.5 87 B Mertens

6 Ladbrokes Odds Boost 5.20 $50,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 70, 2400m

1 s4022 Light Pillar d (6) 62.5 93 Ms L Lafferty (a3) 2 31734 Meteor Light dw (8) 62 92 M Poy (a1.5) 3 10273 Crimson Ace wn (2) 61 99 T Stockdale (a2) 4 34s22 Cadre Du Noir (3) 60.5 100 B Melham 5 P5673 Gazzara dwb (10) 58.5 89 J Childs 6 22641 Monmouth w (9) 58 90 J McNeil 7 45233 Austria (1) 56 92 D Oliver 8 2s547 Under The Bridge (11) 56 84 C Williams 9 s2219 Wristband w (7) 56 93 D Thornton 10 23148 Not Usual Dream w (4) 56 92 D Stackhouse 11 89924 Karakoram (5) 56 94 N Punch (a3)

7 Ladbrokes Back Yourself 5.55 $50,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 78, 1400m

1 1168s Jack Regan w (1) 62 87 T Stockdale (a2) 2 s5160 Kalashani Lad tcdwn (3) 62 96 L German (a2) 3 3112s Simply Invincible tdw (11) 62 90 L Nolen 4 31014 Mr Tipla tdwn (5) 61 94 M Poy (a1.5) 5 s2613 Howlowcanyougo dw (2) 60.5 96 Ms T Hope (a2)

6 4100s Nudge Bar wn (4) 60 89 L Riordan (a2) 7 3124s Chuck A Luck d (9) 59 96 D Dunn 8 s2516 Left Hand Man dn (10) 59 99 W Price (a3) 9 6s231 Diode dwn (6) 56.5 99 J Noonan 10 s2177 Kamien w (7) 56 100 J McNeil 11 365s5 Vegas Knight (12) 56 97 J Childs 12 11532 The Wrangler dw (8) 56 93 J Martin

8 Ladbrokes Cash In 6.30 $50,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 70, 1800m

1 9s854 Five Kingdom dwn (11) 63 93 W Price (a3) 2 05204 Lord Durante dwn (7) 61 92 L German (a2) 3 85331 Reformist (5) 61 94 J Allen 4 70043 I Could Do Better w (15) 60.5 94 B Melham 5 6s7s4 Milestone w (13) 60.5 94 T Stockdale (a2) 6 s8231 Approach Discreet tcw (2) 60 100 D Oliver 7 3s336 Blinder b (10) 60 94 D Dunn 8 03330 Connery tw (4) 60 93 L Riordan (a2) 9 10262 Reckoning (3) 60 100 R Mc Leod 10 39s88 She’s On Time wn (8) 60 94 E Brown 11 8s114 Upswing w (6) 59 93 W Egan 12 24133 Tee Train w (9) 58 91 D Moor 13 43132 Unfair Dismissal wb (14) 57.5 93 M Cartwright (a3) 14 558s6 Blue Bear w (12) 57 93 J Bowditch 15 85073 Gasworx w (1) 57 91 M Rodd

SelectionsRace 1: SUPER GIRL, WEST WIND, OPOHO DREAMING

Race 2: SAPPHIRE CROWN, HIGH RISK, HE CAN STAR

Race 3: JERLE, FRESH, MR CASHMAN

Race 4: BUONA SERA, MOEEN, SHUSH

Race 5: SUKOOT, JUST JAKE, TOFF CHOICE

Race 6: LIGHT PILLAR, CADRE DU NOIR, METEOR LIGHT

Race 7: DIODE, KAMIEN, HOWLOWCANYOUGO

Race 8: APPROACH DISCREET, RECKONING, REFORMIST

Whanganui greys at Hatrick Wednesday Jetbet 3 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 Q. 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 PL6 7-12

1 Welcome To Hatrick Heat 12.05 $1365, C0, heat, 305m

1 64628 Big Time Boots nwtd Lisa Cole 2 77535 Homebush Susan nwtd Sue Gommans 3 46375 Freckle nwtd John McInerney 4 74633 Jack Marjen nwtd Marcie Flipp 5 75686 Hardcore Brute nwtd Agent & Williams 6 35733 Cave Witch nwtd L E Dunkerton 7 56323 Allegro Gemma nwtd Lisa Cole 8 43485 Ahuroa Whizz nwtd Robert MurrayEMERGENCIES: 9 37757 Idol Abby nwtd Marcie Flipp 10 6887 Waiting Game nwtd Kellie Gommans

2 CPF Insurance Heat 12.23 $1365, C0, heat, 305m

1 6654s Ariana Sunset nwtd Pauline Blanche 2 7 Homebush Luther nwtd John McInerney 3 54846 Goldstar Malone nwtd Sue Gommans 4 Butter Churn nwtd Glen Hodgson 5 36238 Idol Andy nwtd Marcie Flipp 6 Big Time Alice nwtd Lisa Cole 7 57678 Bill Barnacle nwtd Agent & Williams 8 65267 Big Time Penny nwtd Lisa ColeEMERGENCIES: 9 67577 Big Time Goldie nwtd Wendy Kite 10 88 Shot Of Class nwtd Carol Morris

3 Laser Plumbing Heat 12.41 $1365, C0, heat, 305m

1 88434 My Emmett nwtd Marcie Flipp 2 5 Kiosk nwtd J & D Bell 3 4 Big Time Cruise nwtd Lisa Cole 4 45372 Firecracker nwtd Agent & Williams 5 73867 Mitcham Liam nwtd John McInerney 6 622s4 Jilliby Jac nwtd Lisa Cole 7 4774 Al’s Witch nwtd Lana Pearce 8 Unwritten Law nwtd Carol MorrisEMERGENCIES: 9 26767 Diller nwtd John McInerney 10 78568 Garrera nwtd Sue Gommans

4 Adept Accountants 12.58 $2390, C0, 520m

1 52 Mystery Viking nwtd Nathan Udy 2 75552 Derry Blues nwtd Peter Clark 3 45 Screaming Viking nwtd Nathan Udy 4 25233 Wit And Wisdom nwtd Glen Hodgson 5 Big Time Greg nwtd Lisa Cole 6 42833 Murmur nwtd Lisa Cole 7 Big Time Felix nwtd Lisa Cole 8 22s Jilliby Sophia nwtd Lisa Cole

EMERGENCIES: 9 s8464 Taiapu nwtd Ivan Cox 10 76774 Alfie Daman nwtd Peter Clark

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HOMEBUSH SUSAN

Race 2: IDOL ANDY, BIG TIME PENNY, GOLDSTAR MALONE

Race 3: FIRECRACKER, MY EMMETT, JILLIBY JAC

Race 4: DERRY BLUES, WIT AND WISDOM, JILLIBY SOPHIA

Race 5: ALAMEIN FELIX, ALAMEIN PUDLY,

PORCELAIN PANDA

Race 6: TRUTH HURTS, KINETIC REBEL, ALLEGRO KYLE

Race 7: INDI SHAE, OPAWA LARA, WIFI INGA

Race 8: SHAMROCK GREEN, GEMMAS DILEMMA,

BIG TIME RICKY

Race 9: SEDGEBROOK COMET, CHECKPOINT, ENTREE ONLY

Race 10: HARDCORE JET, PAVING WAY, BIGTIME BAXTER

Race 11: PARADOX PRINCE, ELUSIVE ALIBI, BIG TIME JUDA

Race 12: RETALLICK, BIG TIME TATUM, ALLEGRO LINCOLN

MELBOURNE — Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are bucking the trend and sending Australian-bound gallopers The Chosen One and Quick Thinker directly to Melbourne next week.

The pair will be set on a Cups path and are set to be met by travelling foreperson Aleisha Legg, who is currently in quarantine in Sydney after being granted a travel exemption.

The Chosen One and Quick Thinker will clash in the Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at

Flemington on September 12 and follow a weight-for-age path initially.

“They’re qualified for both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, so that is the angle we have to take and I guess a few lead-up runs will tell us where we are at,” Forsman said. “Especially with Quick Thinker, you never know coming from winning on wet tracks as a three-year-old and making that transition to taking on all-comers at the highest grade.”

Last season’s Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) winner has looked plain in two recent trials, but that is not out of character for the OTI-Racing-owned entire.

“Te Rapa was OK and Taupo wasn’t very good at all, but we can’t fault him,” Forsman said. “He is a colt and he does what he needs to and once he gets over a bit of ground with blinkers on raceday it will be a different story.”

Five-year-old stallion The Chosen One has

pleased in his two trials, with the Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) runner-up continuing to furnish.

The Cambridge stable is set to be well represented on the home front by a pair of promising three-year-olds in Unition and Suffused, which both sport the colours of the China Horse Club.

“At this stage they will both go to the Northland Breeders’ Stakes (Gr.3, 1200m) at Te Rapa on Saturday week,” Forsman said. — NZ Racing Desk

Straight to Melbourne for Baker-Forsman duoThe Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 25, 2020 RACING 23

ALERT Level 2 guidelines were followed as 12 teams contested the second night of the Eastland badminton business house league.

Despite the regulations — from sanitising after each game to social distancing — lots of fun was had and there were some highly competitive matches.

Badminton Eastland was confident the BIZminton competition operated in a safe manner for all.

RESULTS: Stanley Family 3½ Ngati Rangi Night Blades 2½, GDC Smashers 6 Ngarangikahiwa 0, TEAM A 4 Hikekura 2, 3Ps+ 1 5 Horouta 1, Hauiti 6 Stanley Family 0, Slammers 4 Ngati Rangi Night Blades 2, Uawa 1 3 Enterprise 3 (Uawa won on points scored 140-124).

Draw for tomorrow (under Alert Level 2 rules) — 6pm: Court 1, Stanley Family v Nga Uri a Maui; C2, Uawa 1 v Hauiti; C3, Casuals v Horouta; C4, GDC Smashers v 3P’s + 1.

7pm: Court 1, Enterprise v Just Cause; C2, Ngarangikahiwa v Nga Uri a Maui; C3, Ngati Rangi Night Blades v Hinekura; C4, Slammers v TEAM A.

Duty team (sweep courts at end of night): TEAM A.

BIZminton draw

CRICKET

SOUTHAMPTON, England — England paceman Jimmy Anderson is stranded on 599 wickets as Pakistan took a giant step toward securing a draw in the third and final test with a disciplined batting display either side of a long rain delay today.

Anderson started Day 4 needing two wickets to become the first fast bowler to reach 600 in tests, and managed to take one — that of Abid Ali (42) — during a lengthy third session at the Rose Bowl.

However, fading light soon forced England to only deploy spin and eventually stopped play altogether, with Pakistan on 100-2 at stumps.

The tourists, who were asked to follow on after scoring 273 in their first innings in reply to England’s mammoth 583-8 declared, trailed by 210 runs with one day remaining. Tuesday’s weather is looking bleak, though, with rain forecast for much of the day in Southampton.

England appear destined to win the series, leading 1-0 after their three-wicket

victory in the first test in Manchester before the second match was drawn in Southampton. It would clinch a first series win over Pakistan in 10 years, and a second series this summer after beating the West Indies 2-1 in July.

It remains to be seen if the 38-year-old Anderson gets another chance in this test to reach 600 wickets.

He won’t want to miss this opportunity, with uncertainty over when and where England will play their next test because of the global pandemic. — AP

Frustrated Anderson sitting on 599 wickets

GOLF

NORTON, Massachusetts) — Dustin Johnson is back to No. 1 in the world and wants to stay there as long as he can.

The manner in which he obliterated one of the strongest fields of the year at The Northern Trust is to wonder how he ever left in the first place.

At his best, no one makes golf look easier.“He can absolutely dismantle a golf course,”

said Kevin Kisner, who used to ride to junior golf tournaments with Johnson when they were kids in South Carolina. “I’ve been watching it for 25 years. I’m pretty accustomed to it. When he’s on, I just step to the side and try to add on to my bank account.”

The numbers that defined Johnson’s dominance go well beyond the US$1.71 million he earned for

his 22nd career victory on the PGA Tour, his second this summer since golf returned from the pandemic or his fifth title in the FedEx Cup playoffs, tying him with Rory McIlroy for most in the post-season.

He started with a five-shot lead and matched the low score of the final round with an 8-under 63. Harris English, playing with Johnson in the last group, shot 32 on the front nine and lost ground.

“Kind of had my own tournament that I was playing,” English said.

His 11-shot victory was the widest margin on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson won by 13 at the TPC Sugarloaf outside Atlanta in 2006, a week before the Masters.

When he tapped in for birdie on the final hole at TPC Boston, he was at 30-under 254, both personal bests. Johnson became only the third player to finish

at 30-under par or better on the PGA Tour. He was one shot from the record Ernie Els set

in 2003 at Kapalua. Jordan Spieth was 30 under at Kapalua in 2016. He also was one shot from the 72-hole record Justin Thomas set — 253 — when he won the Sony Open in 2017.

Johnson wasn’t aware of either record. “What is it?” he said when it was over, and then added, “That’s all right. Next time.”

His win also moved him to to No. 1 in the FedEx Cup, the fifth time in the post-season he has been at the top.

The trick is being No. 1 when it ends at East Lake in two weeks, and that has proven difficult.

“It’s something I haven’t won,” Johnson said. “it’s just something that I would really like to have on my resumé when I’m done playing golf. “ — AP

No one makes it look easier than DJ

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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

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HOCKEY by Murray Robertson

GMC Green signalled they are well and truly back in the reckoning to successfully defend the Poverty Bay women’s hockey crown in a hard-fought top-four clash with unbeaten YMP on Saturday.

The two sides were locked 1-all at the end of an enthralling contest on the Property Brokers Gisborne Turf at Harry Barker Reserve.

The last time these arch-rivals met, YMP put four goals past the Green Machine defence in a comprehensive win.

“Saturday’s result was an indicator the Green side have changed their early-season fortunes around,”said hockey commentator Tony Scragg.

“GMC scored first in the first quarter (Caroline Maclaurin the scorer) and YMP replied soon after (through Courtney Onekawa), and it stayed that way for the rest of the match.

“The Green Machine had a chance near the end to win but the shot hit the post.”

The result opened up the top four women’s competition.

Gisborne Girls’ High prevailed 4-3 over Paikea in an entertaining fixture.

“The students played one of their best games of the season,” said Scragg.

“They worked together well as a team and everything that Paikea dished up to them they gave back in return and then some,” he said.

Oaklea Bowden-Morris got on the scoresheet twice for GGHS.

YMP brought the students back to

Earth with a thud on Sunday in a catch-up game deferred from August 16.

YMP won 6-1 with Onekawa scoring a hat-trick.

“YMP were up by three goals after the first 17 minutes and never looked like relinquishing the lead,” said Scragg.

“Maybe the students put everything they had into the result the day before.”

Waituhi took the points 2-0 over GMC Gold in a hard-fought women’s bottom-four clash.

“Waituhi took the lead with a goal just before halftime but Gold kept the pressure on and almost equalised.

“But Waituhi put the match beyond doubt with a second goal near the end.”

Kayla Hornblow and Teresa Jones were the scorers for Waituhi.

“That’s back-to-back victories for Waituhi and it sets up a top-of-the table clash with Ngatapa next weekend.”

An Emily Willock goal gave Ngatapa a 1-0 win and the points over GMC Kowhai.

“Ngatapa had a lot of possession and

many penalty corners but could not score more than once,” said Scragg.

In the men’s competition, Lytton Old Boys NZ Fruits produced one of their best efforts this season when they knocked over the high-flying YMP (2) side 4-3.

“That’s a YMP side full of stars,” Scragg said.

“The Fruits came out very determined and really took it to them. Special credit has to go to Fruits goalkeeper Buck Rogers, who played outstandingly.”

Henry Watson netted twice for Fruits.Gisborne Boys’ High made it back-

to-back wins with a 4-2 defeat of LOB Masters.

“The students led 3-0 and looked like they were never going to be threatened. But the Masters came back at them,” said Scragg. “It was a great game.”

Harry Allan scored twice for the students.

YMP (2) lead the points table on 15, with Fruits on 13, YMP (1) 9, Boys’ High 9 and the Masters 7.

Enthralling YMP-GMC duel ends 1-all POVERTY BAY HOCKEY RESULTS

WOMEN, TOP FOUR: Amber Dental GGHS 4 (Oaklea Bowden-Morris 2, Tiari Pepere, Heni-Kamaia Thompson) Paikea 3 (Amber Church, Jo Cumming, Taimania Clark); YMP 1 (Courtney Onekawa) GMC Green 1 (Caroline Maclaurin). YMP 6 (Courtney Onekawa 3, Maia Rickard, Phoebe Briant and Mikaylah Tamati) GGHS 1 (Heni-Kamaia Thompson) — deferred game.

BOTTOM FOUR: Waituhi 2 (Kayla Hornblow, Teresa Jones) GMC Gold 0; Ngatapa 1 (Emily Willock) GMC Kowhai 0. MEN: LOB NZ Fruits 4 (Henry Watson 2, Wade Manson, Derek Watson) YMP (2) 3 (Tamanay Tuhou, Gareth Knox, Hamish Swann); Gisborne Boys’ High 4 (Harry Allan 2, Eric Taylor, Lachie Falloon) LOB Masters 2 (David Preddey, Mike Ducros).

HONOURS SHARED

ELBOW KISS: Close contact between GMC Green’s Megan Allen (right) and YMP’s Maia Rickard reflected the tightness of this Poverty Bay women’s top-four hockey game at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. The game ended 1-all.

Picture by Paul Rickard

by Jack Malcolm

THE teamsheets, two separate TV crews and the referee in the Poverty Bay club rugby game between Ngatapa and YMP at Barry Park on Saturday got it wrong.

The result in what was the last game of round 2 of the Civil Project Solutions competition was originally recorded as a 43-all draw.

That has been changed to a 43-41 win to East Coast Farm Vets YMP.

The change has no bearing on the final points standings. Win lose or draw, both teams were destined to meet again in this Saturday’s knockout semifinal.

Confusion started when Poverty Bay

Rugby received three different accounts of the score.

Larsawn Ngatapa officials had the score at 41-45 on their team sheet before correcting it to 43-43, however, there were people who told them it was 41-43.

Confusion over the score prompted the rugby union to review the video footage. It shows Ngatapa Ricardo Patricio missing a kick that was later counted on the broadcast score.

The conversion in question was for the first try of the second half, which can be seen to have missed on Turanga FM’s video coverage — livestreamed on Facebook.

Sky Sport has yet to broadcast its footage.

Turanga FM had the correct score but changed it after overhearing a different scoreline.

Commentator Whitiaua Black said they were “just watching the game” and assumed what had been overheard from the Sky Sports team was more likely to be correct.

Poverty Bay Rugby Union CEO Josh Willoughby said these things happened now and then.

“That’s why we have checks and processes. . . that ensure we get the correct score and points.”

“On Saturdays, we always say they are provisional results.”

Sky Sports commentator Ben O’Brien Leaf said the game itself was a “superb

contest”, commending the spirit it was played in and his support of the referee’s decision.

“This reinforces the importance of the role our refereeing crews have always played in the time before recordings and now. They deserve our support and we need to respect their decisions.”

Referee Royce Maynard said he was “all good” with the change.

“The sun will come up tomorrow, I’m sure.”

GT Shearing Waikohu finished top of the table on 45 points, followed by YMP 41, Ngatapa 32, Contract Consultants High School Old Boys 23, Enterprise Cars OBM 13 and Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 8.

Belated win to YMP after confusion over score

Club basketball resultsGISBORNE Basketball Association ladies’ club

competition results, A GRADE: Dem Air Ballers 39 (Harata Hailey 19) GGHS 25 (Peyton Riri 12).

Manu Tu 42 (Melissa Mackey-Huriwai 11, Shean Edwards 10) Stretchmarks 28.

Ngati Porou 40 (Bronya McMenamin 15, Te OriwaTuipulotu-Collier 11) Ritana 30 (Amoe Wharehinga 10).

B GRADE: Manu Toa 33 (Taimarie Matahiki 11, Arihia Turia 10) Horouta 24 (Paare Ahuriri-Leach 10).

SE Systems 44 (Jasmine Sparks 18, Lauren Bennett 14) Riverina 31 (Naopa Tabuavao 13).

Bolt awaiting Covid result JAMAICAN track sensation Usain Bolt said

on social media he is awaiting the result of a coronavirus test and is quarantining himself as a precaution. The 34-year-old retired sprinter who won gold in the 100 and 200 metres at the last three Olympics posted a video on social media to explain the situation.

“Good morning everybody. Just waking up. Like everybody, checked social media and saw that social media says I’m confirmed of Covid-19,” he said. “I did a test Saturday because I work. I’m trying to be responsible, so I’m going to stay in and stay here for my friends.” — AP

Williams escapes shock lossNEW YORK — Her yells of “Come on!” filling a

stadium devoid of spectators, Serena Williams was pushed to the brink of a stunning loss in her longest match since 2012 before pulling away with a perfect tiebreaker and edging Arantxa Rus 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 today at the Western & Southern Tennis Open.

Rus is a Dutch qualifier ranked No. 72 whose flat, left-handed strokes from the baseline gave Williams some trouble. Williams dropped four games in a row in the second set, then did so again in the third, when she fell behind 6-5.

Rus served for the match there and, at deuce in that game, was two points from victory. She wouldn’t win another point in a match that lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. — AP

Warriors still in the huntTHEY still have a chance.The New Zealand Warriors could still finish as

high as fifth, or as low as last, as they enter the final five-game stretch to one of their hardest seasons in the club’s history.

Having played every game in Australia to travel restrictions around the Covid-19 pandemic, the Warriors sit 12th on the table with six wins from their 15 games.

They are one of four sides on 12 competition points, two wins outside the final playoff spot.

According to NRL.com, Todd Payten’s side are out of the running of cracking the top four but can still finish as high as fifth, with victories in their final five games. Four of the side’s remaining games are against teams inside the top eight.

The Warriors have gone through the best run of the season over the past month with three wins from four games.

The bad news is that the Warriors could still finish with the wooden spoon but that would need the last-placed Bulldogs, eight points back, to have a strong finish to the season.

Warriors remaining games — Round 16 - Saturday, August 29, v Knights (6th); R17 - Sunday, September 6, v Eels (3rd); R18 - Sunday, September 13, v Sharks (8th); R19 - Sunday September 20 v Raiders (5th); R20 - Sunday September 27 v Sea Eagles (11th). — NZ Herald

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The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 25, 2020 SPORT 25

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NEW Zealand’s most capped netballer Laura Langman will be remembered as one of the game’s greats after calling time on an illustrious international career with the Silver Ferns.

The 34-year-old hangs up her Silver Ferns bib with 163 test caps and steps down having won all major netball titles, including last year’s Netball World Cup.

Langman, who captains the Sunshine Coast Lightning in this year’s Australian league, said it was now time for a new adventure.

“When I look back at my time with the Silver Ferns — the friendships and relationships with players and coaches — there are so many outstanding memories,” she said.

“The honour of pulling on the black dress and wearing the Silver Fern was as strong in my 163rd test as it was when I was handed my first cap in 2005.

“It’s a privilege that I have absolutely loved.”

The dynamic midcourter, renowned for her high work ethic and never-say-die attitude, made her international debut against England in 2005 at just 18 years old.

Langman went on to set an enviable record of an incredible unbroken run of tests since her first appearance.

After an 18-month absence from the international game, she returned to captain the national

side in 2018 and led the Silver Ferns to victory at the 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool.

“I am so grateful to have had a second chance with the Silver Ferns and to captain the team at the Netball World Cup.

“The memories from that campaign and win are epic and it was special to be able to bring the Netball World Cup back to New Zealand.”

Langman also paid tribute to long-time coach and mentor, Dame Noeline Taurua, who guided her through her step up to elite netball.

“I was with Noels at the Magic as a teenager and she has played such an important part in my netball career,” she said.

“She has been a mentor throughout and it was incredibly special to finish my time with the Silver Ferns with Noels at the helm.”

Taurua, who also coached Langman at the Lightning, said the midcourter was one of the game’s greats.

“I’ve known Laura since she was 15 years old and I have seen her grow as an athlete, netballer and as a person.

“It has certainly been an honour to be part of Lauz’s life for so long. I am in debt for what she has given me personally, and how she has always been a supportive figure in my coaching career.

“She was fearless on court, set the bar with her work and training ethic and is a tough

competitor who displays an iron will to win. She is well respected around the world and has been a marvellous servant of our sport.

“It was fitting to see her end her international career on top of the world championship podium, and to be standing there with her is something I will always cherish.”

Netball New Zealand chief executive Jennie Wyllie said international netball was saying goodbye to a legend of the game.

“I want to thank Laura for her outstanding service and dedication to netball in New Zealand and congratulate her on what has been a truly remarkable international career,” she said.

“We respect her decision to step down from the Silver Ferns and wish Laura well in her next adventure.”

Langman attended four netball world cups (2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019) and three

Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010 and 2014) and leaves the game with one world title and two Commonwealth gold medals.

She also captained the New Zealand under-21 team to victory in the 2005 Netball World Youth Cup.

Domestically, she was part of the Waikato-BOP Magic side who won the transtasman league in 2012,as well as an Australian league title with the Lightning (2017).

Laura Langman

LEGEND‘It’s a privilege that I have absolutely loved’

ONE OF THE GREATS: Laura Langman, above, pictured in front of photos of some of New Zealand’s great Silver Ferns after her naming in the Ferns squad in 2005. Fifteen years later she ranks among them. Langman retired from international netball yesterday.NZ Herald pictures

RUGBY by Ben O’Brien-Leaf

WHOEVER beat Uawa — whether to get to the final or in the final itself — was always going to have to cover all bases.

They would need physical strength, stamina and resilience first.

In addition, they would require quickness, a high level of skill, experience and a good, simple, flexible game plan.

Finally, they would have to be able to read the game, adapt to conditions and opposition and — in these Covid 19 times — have the ability to roll with the punches routine-wise, allied to team spirit, guts, confidence, determination and great discipline.

Which outfit in the 2020 Enterprise Cars Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby championship has all of these attributes? Some super crew no-one’s seen yet?

No. The answer is Tihirau Victory Club.

One moment, one key play in TVC’s 20-10 win against two-time defending

champions Uawa in the 2 v 3 semifinal at Uawa Domain on Saturday stands out as proof that the Mo Mato-led side have the attributes listed above.

In that moment — the 77th minute of play — TVC second-five Tutere Waenga, who scored 17of the visitors’ points, decided the contest with an intercept try, which he then converted for a 20-10 lead.

The third-ranked team going into the semifinals went on to avenge their 15-26 loss of the week before.

“What matters most is that we won. We didn’t want to travel back home, feeling like we did last week,”said TVC captain and openside flanker Mato.

“It was very physical. Defensively we did well and we capitalised on every opportunity to score.”

The halftime score was 3-all.

TVC Player of the Day Waenga, who scored both of their tries (44th minute, 77th minute), drew first blood with a penalty goal in the 11th minute.

Uawa first-five Josh Dearden cleared his guns with a 35m penalty in the 11th minute, both teams having scrapped before and after at scrum, lineout, ruck and maul.

Four minutes after the break, TVC set to work from an attacking lineout on the left touch 12 metres from Uawa’s goal-line.

Three times the visitors picked the ball up and drove before going down the short side.

Veteran first-five Verdon Bartlett gave a magic flat pass to Waenga, who scored in the left corner.

His sideline conversion lifted the score to 10-3 and it became 13-3 when reserve right-wing Benny Haerewa kicked a penalty in the 53rd minute.

In the 59th minute, Uawa centre Jordan Birch ran 41m down the left touch to score and Dearden converted his try in storybook fashion (13-10).

The home team, led with unbreakable spirit by their captain and colossus No.8 Adaam Ross, were once again within striking distance.

Three minutes from time Waenga put an end to that and Uawa’s hopes of making three consecutive final appearances.

Uawa head coach tighthead prop Laman Davies was, as is Uawa’s way as a club, exceedingly gracious in defeat.

“As with last week, it was a good game, but I think our discipline again let us down at times and we just didn’t adjust to TVC’s defence. They’d learned from the weekend before.

“Nothing proved that more, than their intercept try from one of our set plays.”

Uawa’s openside flanker Paddy Allen, later named their Player of the Day, produced some of his hardest and most committed rugby. He was constantly involved and a tower of strength.

TVC, who won the title in 2017 and were beaten 24-23 by Uawa in the 2019 final, face Tokararangi in Saturday’s decider.

TVC prove they have what it takes UAWA 10 (Jordan Birch try; Josh Dearden pen, con) TIHIRAU VICTORY CLUB 20 (Tutere Waenga 2 tries, pen, 2 con; Benny Haerewa pen) HT: 3-3

RUGBY

NEW Zealand Rugby’s already delayed North-South match faces another setback, with the latest Covid-19 restrictions meaning the September 5 fixture would have to be played without fans in attendance.

The Government yesterday extended the coronavirus Level 3 lockdown in Auckland until

Sunday, while the entire country will remain under social-distancing restrictions until at least September 6.

The social-distancing rules mean the game can go ahead but gatherings are limited to 100 people at most.

A NZR spokesman said they were working through the Government’s decision and were hopeful of making an announcement on the

fixture some time today.The match, between composite sides

representing the country’s two main islands, had been originally scheduled for August 29 at Auckland’s Eden Park, but was postponed last week by NZR because of the lockdown.

It was unlikely the game could be pushed back any further than September 5, NZR’s head of professional rugby Chris Lendrum said last

week. He added that it could cost New Zealand Rugby upwards of $1 million if the game was not played.

Wellington Regional Stadium was earlier placed on standby as an alternate venue for the game.

The relaxation of Auckland’s lockdown from Sunday, however, should allow players to enter or exit the city, allowing teams to assemble for training if the game goes ahead. — AAP

Fan-less stadium for inter-island match a possibility

The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 25, 202026 SPORT

CUTTING THE CAKE: Dawne Abraham, first president of the Poverty Bay Women’s Bowling Club and first female life member of Poverty Bay Bowling Club, cuts the centenary birthday cake.

COMMEMORATIVE FLAG: A flag made to celebrate 100 years of the Poverty Bay Bowling Club is displayed by centenary organising committee members Lex Kennedy (left) and Val McGreevy. Pictures by Paul Rickard

CENTENARY celebrations for Poverty Bay Bowling Club have had a welcome spin-off — over 300 inquiries about the “have a go” day the club is holding on Sunday.

Organisers pronounced the weekend celebrations a success. A field of 56 took part in the progressive fours tournament on Saturday. A commemorative flag was unveiled beforehand. It will fly from the club flagpole during club activities.

After the tournament, club president Jon Davies, Bowls Gisborne-East Coast president Steve Goldsbury and Bowls New Zealand president Mark O’Connor spoke to the gathering. Attendees then shared food and memories.

About 70 people took part in the Saturday activities, and about 60 were there on Sunday. Longtime members Dawne Abraham, Barrie Denham, Robin Jefferson and Norma Peck

reminisced with the Sunday audience about times with the club.The club’s opening day tournament will be on Saturday. To

take part in the “have a go” day on Sunday, people should turn up casually dressed with flat-soled shoes between 1pm and 5pm.

More coverage of Poverty Bay Bowling Club’s centenary celebrations will appear in Around the

Greens in The Herald tomorrow.

PLAQUE: Bowls New Zealand president Mark O’Connor (right) presents a plaque marking the Poverty Bay Bowling Club’s centenary to club president Jon Davies.

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RUGBY by Ben O’Brien-Leaf

THE grand final of the Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby competition will be an all-Matakaoa showdown.

Tokararangi will play neighbours Tihirau Victory Club (TVC) for the Rangiora Keelan Memorial Shield at Te Araroa Domain this Saturday.

Top qualifiers Tokararangi beat Hicks Bay 34-12 in the 1 v 4 semifinal at Te Araroa on Saturday.

TVC outgunned two-time defending champions Uawa 20-10 in the 2 v 3 clash at Tolaga Bay.

“This was what a semi should be — a hard, fast, honest game, with both teams playing their hearts out,” Tokararangi player-coach Israel Brown said after his side moved a step away from claiming their first title since 2015.

“It’s always great to play our family from over the hill.”

Tokararangi captain and openside flanker Hone Haerewa was “happy with the boys’ performance” but not getting carried away.

“We still have things to work on but to have the opportunity to fight another day — in the big dance — is awesome.”

Weather and ground conditions for the semifinal were superb as Tokararangi started with the breeze at their backs.

The hosts struck in the fifth minute from an attacking scrum 15 metres from the Hicks Bay goal-line.

Halfback Te Aho Haenga went right to first-five Rapata Haerewa, whose inside pass found second-five Bay Kooti Kingi on the charge.

The ensuing ruck saw Haenga again push right to Haerewa, who threw a beautiful cut-out pass for centre Teina Potae to run on to and score to the right of the posts.

The conversion attempt was missed.

Three minutes later, from another scrum in Hicks Bay territory, Tokararangi came again.

Haenga darted into the openside and was tackled. Two rucks were followed by a series of passes and fullback Pamona Samupo injecting himself into the line to put right wing Whakarae Henare into space.

Henare gave blindside flanker Tyrone Delamere and fullback Romeo Newey-Schumann the slip to score in the corner for a 10-0 lead.

That became 15-0 in the 31st minute when lock Kyah Hollis won a lineout against the throw, and Haenga, Haerewa and Samupo combined to set Potae away down the left touchline, and he scored in the corner.

On the cusp of halftime, referee Eruera Kawhia awarded Hicks Bay a penalty just six metres from the Tokararangi line.

The visitors chose the tap-kick, No.8 Anton King having a crack, then brother and tighthead prop Josh King going over for the try from a pick-and-go.

Tokararangi led 15-5 at halftime and both teams relished the break after 40 minutes of intense play.

Hicks Bay had done well under the pressure of Rapata Haerewa’s skilful use of the breeze in finding touch and Tokararangi’s long passing game.

Both teams ran wherever possible and there was no senseless kicking.

Seven minutes after the resumption, first-five Manahi Brooking gave the visitors new hope.

Awarded a penalty five metres from Tokararangi’s goal-line, TVC tapped and the ball was sent left to hooker Jim Hovell.

From a ruck on the whitewash, Haenga went left again to Brooking, who scored to the right of the posts and converted his own try.

Tokararangi led 15-12 until the 63rd minute when from an attacking scrum six metres from Hicks Bay’s goal-line, Haenga passed to Rapata Haerewa on the right and he was brought down. From the ruck, Haenga sent a long-range pass — which cut out two men — to fetcher Sonny Campbell, who went over 15m in from the right touchline to put them 20-12 ahead.

Tokararangi struck again from the restart.

Reserve hooker John Brown caught the ball from the kick-off and steamed back to within 10m of halfway centrefield.

The ball went through three sets of hands, and a sensational back-flick from reserve openside flanker Israel Brown put Samupo in the clear and he raced away to score under the crossbar. Haerewa converted to make it 27-12.

Tokararangi scored their sixth try on fulltime. After a series of passes and a couple of rucks, lock Dyllyn Evans toed a loose ball from the 22m line to the goal-line and beat Hicks Bay’s defenders to it.

Haerewa converted for a 34-12 victory.

The Aaron King-coached Hicks Bay, led superbly by co-captains Frank Taiapa and Shaun Murtagh, may have been beaten by 22 points but they rose to the occasion and dug deep against a side well-generalled by Hone and Rapata Haerewa.

“We enjoyed our last game,” said coach King. “Our youngsters, playing a good team, stepped up. It was open rugby, and both teams had their opportunities. I’m proud of our boys and they’re stoked because we’re climbing as a club.”

All of them were keen to return next year, he said.

Referee Kawhia and assistants David Newton and Harawira Matahiki were not a factor in this game. Their decision-making, gentle humour and old-fashioned courtesy ought to be a template.

Potae was named Tokararangi’s player of the day while Hicks Bay’s player of the day went to the team.

UAWA V TVC MATCH REPORT, PAGE 26

PLAYER OF THE DAY: Centre Teina Potae scored two tries in Tokararangi’s 34-12 win over Hicks Bay in the Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby semifinals. He was also named Toka’s player of the day.

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