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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this morning confirmed the Pfizer Covid vaccine will be in the country next week. The vaccine will be independently tested for quality assurance before doses are formally released as part of a vaccination programme. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said the first to be vaccinated would be border workers in the Auckland region from Saturday, February 20, followed by their household contacts. Vaccination will require two jabs three weeks apart and a 30-minute observation period after each injection. Ms Ardern said: “it’s going to take all year to reach everyone.” STORY ON PAGE 6 AP picture Concerns over alternative jump site by Mark Peters discreet distance. will get the blame.” “The kids aren’t disruptive but they The public was invited to give An alternative site is needed, can hang around by the restaurant for a “YOU are mad” and “try somewhere feedback to the council about the trial. recreational fisherman Phil Law said. long time, and we’re talking about groups else” were among responses to Gisborne While some said an alternative site The trial site was too dangerous, of about 20 or more. District Council’s summer holiday trial was a good idea, they suggested it would especially when the harbour is busy and “Swearing is a problem and I’m sick of of an alternative site for young people be better if they moved to another there are “boats everywhere”. picking up broken glass.” jumping into the inner harbour. location such as “Wattie’s wharf” at the Mr Law was in favour of an alternative Harbourmaster Salvatore “Sonny” Ali Feedback to the council about end of Reads Quay. site and suggested the corner of the said responses received by the council the trialled jump site, as a possible Criticisms ranged from “you are mad” harbour by the Lone Star restaurant. were “typically different from responses alternative to the boat ramp area, to “try somewhere else’. Crawford Street Kitchen co-owner Amy when you go down there and talk to amounted to 15 negative and five Recreational fisherman Roger Campbell said she “gets what they’re people”. positive comments. Faber was pleased to see the council trying to do but I don’t know if this is the “For the most part, the kids were really The alternative site trialled over the had identified the problem and the right place”. good. A sense of ownership picked up. summer holidays is adjacent to the boat alternative site trial had been put in The restaurant’s outside dining area is They knew this was their spot and no one ramp where people — mostly children place, but he had concerns about the close to the trial site. was going to kick them out.” and youths — jump into the water, often trial site’s location. “I thought across the way, on the other Kids were often left to their own into a boat’s propeller wash, endangering “It was good to see and would be great side of the channel, would be better,” Ms devices at the boat ramp but when given themselves and the boaties. if it did work,” Mr Faber said. Campbell said. a designated area, more parents would The designated jump site, 20 metres “When the Maori wardens are there “It’s not that I don’t want the kids to turn up. from the boat ramp, was roped off by everything’s fine but as soon as they go, go in the water. Maori wardens do an The object of the designated trial site small floats, a ladder was installed it returns to being hazard where some excellent job but I feel this is area is a was as a guide to identifying a more and Maori wardens supervised from a kids could get hurt or killed, and boaties prime tourist zone. permanent solution, Mr Ali said.

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SEEING RED: Cedenco Foods has started its tomato harvest as the sweetcorn harvest continues. General manager Carla McCulloch said the tomato crop looked good. “We started processing yesterday. Tomato yields are looking above budget at this point of the season and the quality is good, with high raw material brix,” she said. “The tomato plants are enjoying the drier weather and we’re enjoying good harvesting conditions.” Cedenco has targeted a volume of around 15,000 metric tonnes of tomatoes this season. Judco driver Johnny Matenga (right) watches tomatoes pouring into his truck at Manutuke yesterday. Pictures by Paul Rickard Set to make a splash at first Bomb contest by Jack Malcolm goes back as far as the 19th century, with kids trying to soak tourists while IT will be “bombs away” at the penny diving — chasing coins thrown Olympic Pool Complex tomorrow in the water. when competitors take the diving Huriwai’s tip for doing the biggest platform for the inaugural High bomb possible, what is known as “a Explosive Bomb competition. manu”, is to let gravity take control With free entry and categories for while falling in a V shape, and let all ages, organiser Barnard Huriwai, your bum hit the water first before of rap group The 35ers, says the spreading out to make yourself as big excitement he has seen from local as possible the moment you feel the people and businesses has been water. incredible. The competition will feature “I think our communities have been categories for the different bombing waiting for this. The support keeps techniques. growing.” Huriwai expects the freestyle BOMBS AWAY: Bridge jumpers (from left) TJ Taylor-Paea, Manaki Bond, Tuwhare Papuni and Eastern Everywhere you go around section to be a crowd favourite. Te Maro leap in unison from the railway bridge. “Bombers” have the chance to earn themselves prizes Tairawhiti, you see kids jumping into “It’s judged on crowd noise and big splash kudos at the inaugural High Explosive Bomb competition at the Olympic Pool Complex the water from dawn till dusk, he says. — the cheers for backflips and tomorrow. Picture by Paul Rickard “It’s the culture inside of us . . . double backflips and the ‘oohs’ for you’re deemed an awesome bomber if bellyflops.” The best splash will be determined He’s working on a second event competitions around the North Island. you splash your friends at the top of The age-grade competitions will be by sound, height and width. off Uawa wharf and is looking Tomorrow’s competition starts at the bridge.” judged by members of the Waikato Huriwai has big plans for at selecting the region’s biggest 10am, with entries open up to 9am on The history of making big splashes Bomb Club and Drxp Bxmbz. competitive bombing in Tairawhiti. and best bombers to travel to the day. LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON THE LAND Gisborne Herald • The district’s council’s annual crop home-delivered survey has been completed. • Prices and comment from today’s READY weekly sheep sale at Matawhero, with about 1300 head on offer. • Farming Women Tairawhiti has another TO HELP mix and mingle event in early March — tickets are on sale.

TOMORROW TOMORROW The Gisborne Herald, 64 Gladstone Road, P.O. Box 1143, Gisborne • Phone (06) 869 0600 • Fax (Editorial) (06) 869 0643 (Advertising) (06) 869 0644 Editor: Jeremy Muir • Chief Reporter: Andrew Ashton • Circulation: Cara Haines • Sports: Jack Malcolm/John Gillies To fi nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 NEWS 3 Night workers complete airport upgrade

A TEAM of workers have burned “It was a significant logistical the midnight oil to complete the exercise,” Eastland Group chief development of Gisborne Airport. executive Matt Todd said. Over several nights, once the “I’d like to thank airport manager last flight landed and passengers Murray Bell, operations manager disembarked, workers launched into Jacob Goodyer, asset manager action to reseal and resurface parts Jamie Gallacher and the crews. of the runway. “They all worked through the night They applied a special sealant to to get the upgrades completed with the taxiway, which joins the apron minimal disruption to passengers, where the planes park, and to the neighbours and tenants. runway. “I’d also like to acknowledge all The sealant preserves and binds those who have been part of this the surface, increasing its lifespan. major airport redevelopment from High traffic areas of the taxiway the beginning, and have worked were also resurfaced (milled and collaboratively to create an iconic replaced) and new asphalt was laid new terminal that is a welcoming on the taxi lane outside the front of gateway to te Tairawhiti. the terminal. “The airport is looking fantastic. Up to 20 workers from Higgins Come on down, grab a coffee, watch and its subcontractors were on site the planes from a seat in the new at any one time to finish the project terminal and see it all for yourself.” quickly and efficiently. Pictures by Strike Photography

Initiative supporting No ‘lockdown baby 10 apprentices here boom’ for Gisborne by Andrew Ashton or pastoral care needs employers encounter while working with A TOTAL of $400,000 has apprentices. been invested into boosting “In the Tairawhiti/Gisborne area, Rise of 5.6pc a normal fluctuation the number of people taking the RAI currently supports 10 up apprenticeships here via apprenticeships. This investment by Wynsley Wrigley March 25 where Kiwis were and then we calculated it the Regional Apprenticeships totals $400,000.” restricted to living in home and realised it has been nine Initiative (RAI). All 10 apprentices identify as THERE is no increasing “bubbles” and movement was months since the start of This figure and the 10 Maori and eight are aged under noise from the patter of more limited to essential work, lockdown.” apprentices it is supporting has 25. The apprentices are training tiny feet around the Gisborne supermarket and medical Canterbury District Health been confirmed by the Provincial as shepherds, builders in the district. travel, and safe recreational has reported a slight rise in Development Unit, which manages construction and infrastructure According to Hauora activity in an individual’s local births from 448 in December the RAI. industry, as well as electrical Tairawhiti, the region is not area. 2019 to 468 last month, but The initiative was established linesmen. experiencing a post-Covid-19 The country came down the director of midwifery Norma as part of a wider Government Of those, eight apprentices lockdown baby boom. alert levels to Level 2 on June Campbell said the increase Covid-19 support package that are supported by Te Runanga o Director of midwifery and 8. was not significant and likely includes the Apprenticeship Boost Turanganui a Kiwa which acts as clinical midwife manager Middlemore, based in because of population growth. programme, administered by the a third-party provider delivering Liz Lee Taylor Otahuhu, “We are slightly busier Ministry of Social Development, apprenticeship brokering services. said Puawai Auckland, is one than usual due to a higher and the Targeted Training The two other apprentices Aroha, Gisborne hospital which number of pre-terms, but that and Apprenticeship Fund, are supported by the Tradeup Hospital’s Bookings for births seems to have has nothing to do with either administered by the Tertiary Ltd Regional Apprenticeship Maternity Unit, in February and been affected by Covid-19 or the lockdown Education Commission. Programme, a third-party provider had not seen March are also the lockdown period last year,” she said. “The RAI supports new a noticeable that delivers apprenticeship similar to last year. — with births South Canterbury District apprentices and their employers brokering services across the increase in births. increasing by 44 Health said a rise from 40 across a range of sectors in North Island (excluding Auckland There were 61 percent since last births in December 2019 to regional New Zealand. The and Wellington). Tairawhiti births year. 49 last month wasn’t enough scheme’s priorities include “While the 10 current in December 2020 compared The hospital was seeing of an increase beyond normal supporting Maori and Pasifika and Tairawhiti apprentices are to 46 in December 2019, but a daily average of 34 new fluctuations day-by-day, which those who lost work due to Covid- engaged by third-party providers, January births were down — patients to its maternity ward are standard in a maternity 19,” a PDU spokesman said. it is also worth noting that a with 34 from January 1-25, between December 2019 and ward. “Submissions for RAI funding number of organisations (such 2021 compared to 44 births for January 2020. Whanganui District Health were taken directly from as KiwiRail) are also funded the same time frame in 2020. This summer the number had similar results, with 136 organisations, with priority by the RAI scheme to provide Overall that is a 5.6 percent has jumped to an average of discharges from the maternity given to those working in the apprenticeship programmes within increase, however Ms Liz Lee 49. ward last summer (December primary sector, construction, their businesses, which targets Taylor points out that the Middlemore Hospital to January) compared to this manufacturing, engineering and participants from all over regional district’s birth rate fluctuates obstetrician Dr Sarah Corbett year’s 146. wood processing industries, as well New Zealand,” the spokesman each month. told the New Zealand Herald “It has increased, but similar as third-party service providers said. “And we are not predicting that January had felt really patterns can be seen in the (who support employers and “At the moment there are no any increased demand in busy, and every delivery room past,” a spokesman said. potential apprentices). apprentices in the Tairawhiti February-March as bookings was full. On the West Coast, the “Up to $40,000 is allocated per area working directly with are similar in numbers to last “Often you have ups and number of births had almost apprentice, which covers support organisations in this way, but more year with 52 in February and downs, but recently it has felt halved; 47 babies were born for wage subsidies (through new apprentices continue to be 54 in March.” constantly busy. between December 2019 and the Apprenticeship Support enrolled and trained through RAI- New Zealand went into an “We’ve been saying ‘what’s January 2020, compared to 26 Programme), and business support supported programmes.” Alert Level 4 lockdown on going on, why is it so busy’ this year. 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021

FAMILY NOTICES In Memoriam

GAUKRODGER, Deaths Maureen Josephine Demise of 25 years ago today. BERRY, Audrey. — Memories of the ones Passed away peace- we loved will cast their fully, aged 92 years, on gentle glow to light our gum trees Thursday, 11 February paths and grace our 2021 at Beetham Rest days wherever we Home. Much loved may go. mother to Neal, Ross, Lynn (dec) and John Remembered with love a sticking (dec), mother-in-law to Your Family Karen, Janthia, Bob and Deb, grandmother to Stephen, Daniel, Anna, point David, Mathew and Lauren and great- grandmother to Seth. The family would by Jack Marshall like to thank the staff at Beetham Rest Home for THREE trees at the Grant Road Reserve met all their care and PLEASE with chainsaws after complaints from residents, compassion. HAVE FAMILY but another member of the public is disappointed Audrey’s funeral will with the process. be held at St Marys Star NOTICES Barbara Barwick has lived in Grant Road, off of the Sea, Catholic IN BY 9AM Riverside Road, since 1968 and says one of the Parish, Campion Road, gum trees being cut down was helping to hold the Gisborne at 11 o’clock DAY OF land from falling into the river. on Tuesday, 16 PUBLICATION She says five metres of the bank has fallen February. away since she has lived there. “It’s so sad to see it go when it was serving a purpose,” said Mrs Barwick. Following several complaints from residents concerned about large falling branches, three eucalyptus trees on the Gisborne District Council land were marked for removal. The council said contractors carried out tree risk assessments on five eucalyptus trees in the area and determined that three of those trees posed a significant health and safety risk to neighbouring residents and should be removed immediately. Remedial works will be carried out on the other two trees and contractors will continue to monitor Log truckie them. No community consultation is required for trees that are dying, diseased or present “an hurt in crash immediate and significant danger to people or property”. Mrs Barwick says she is fine with the other on Tuai road two gum trees that were cut down but unhappy about the third tree which, she says, is fulfilling a practical purpose. when rig rolls “I have difficulty in the need for the tree to be chopped down. It could have been trimmed.” While she agrees the council may have had to THE driver of a loaded log truck act on the issue, even without consultation, she JUST GIVE IT A TRIM: Grant Road resident Barbara Barwick says the gum suffered serious to moderate injuries would have liked the council to have informed tree being cut down at the Grant Road Reserve serves a practical purpose after his rig rolled in northern Hawke’s residents of the work. and should stay. Picture by Paul Rickard Bay early this morning, and he had to be extricated from the driving compartment. Emergency services were called to the crash on the remote Ruapapa Road in Tuai, just after 6am. The crash location was about 50kms inland from Wairoa. Inaugural intern helps An emergency services spokesman said the driver had suffered an arm injury and firefighters had to cut him out of the cab. Fire crews from Wairoa and Tuai, St John from Wairoa and the Lowe with concussion study Corporation rescue helicopter attended. The driver was flown to hospital in Hastings for treatment. by Mark Peters example — then enter this into the computer so the model has those TWO years of study in engineering at properties,” says Adam. Girl injured Canterbury University helped Gisborne’s “The mesh then has a force or Adam Donaldson navigate his summer displacement applied to it to simulate internship with medical imaging impacts like a concussion. The model in horse research centre Matai Research. will show the stress, deformation and Now in his third year of study in damage from that impact.” mechatronics — a combination of The research aims, in part, to enable accident at electronics and mechanical engineering early treatment for brain injury, even if — Adam has completed 10 weeks the patient shows no overt symptoms. working as Matai’s first intern. A recipient of the Canterbury Ngatapa The computational modelling and University engineering top scholar impact simulation he was involved in award and excellence scholarship, Adam THE Trust Tairawhiti rescue helicopter will support the Gisborne-based medical is in his third year of a four-year course flew to Ngatapa yesterday afternoon to imaging centre’s concussion research. of study at Canterbury. He is 19, soon to get help to a 12-year-old girl who had “My main project was to take MRI turn 20. been injured in an accident with a horse. (magnetic resonance imaging) images to His internship with Matai Research The chopper was called shortly after create 3D computer models of parts of contributes towards the 800 hours of 3pm. the brain and skull,” Adam said. GETTING AHEAD: Now in his third work experience needed in order to “With the assistance of St John, she “You can compare with other models year of study in mechatronics, Adam graduate. was assessed and then transported to see if they’re the same. You can test Donaldson expanded his engineering “It was really interesting to learn and to Gisborne Emergency Department various scenarios.” experience with a 10-week internship opened up a new area for me,” he says. for further treatment,” a chopper By applying a virtual, concussion- with medical imaging centre Matai “There’s so much you can do and learn. spokeswoman said. like force to simulate a brain injury the Research. Picture supplied I saw a side of engineering I hadn’t seen “She had suffered head injuries and computer model shows the mechanical before.” was status three, moderate.” stress the organ has suffered. While he has a range of career At the time The Herald went to print “The aim is to find properties in the a net of small triangles. The general pathways to consider after he completes there was no update available on her brain and how they work.” principle is then to apply mechanical his studies next year, bioengineering is condition. “You ‘mesh’ the model brain with properties — strength or rigidity for “definitely an option.” The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 NEWS 5 Seating to be added to upgraded school gym by Jack Marshall School administrator Susie Te Rure-Puha said the work was a long NECKS will no longer need to time coming. strain to see the action at Tolaga Bay “The gym extension has been a Area School gym once it boasts its dream of the school for more than newly-built bleachers. 15 years, so it is with great pleasure The school has been awarded a our school students now can benefit New Zealand Community Trust grant from a full-size basketball court, of $61,411 towards the seating. which can also be used for indoor The gym was recently upgraded, netball, badminton, etc. giving students a quality space “With the addition of tiered for indoor sport and a place for seating, the school will be able to community events to be held. host visiting school teams,” said Ms Principal Nori Parata said the new Te Rure-Puha. facilities were a morale booster for “It will also encourage parent/ students. whanau and pakeke (adult) “They love it,” she said. “It’s participation at gymnastic festivals, a multi-purpose gym with a full- kapa haka performances, interschool sized basketball court and the house competitions and all school gym has the ability to function as productions.” a performing arts space to enable The upgrades also mean the hapa haka and dance. school can confidently hold regional “We have also invested in competitions, enabling other East moveable carpet that can cover the Coast schools to participate and floor for the gym to be used as a reducing travel costs. conference centre, so when we have “The nearest full-size gyms prior events it feels appropriate, rather to our school rebuild investment than being in a gym.” were in Gisborne and one in Work on the gym is part of a Te Araroa at Te Kura Kaupapa MULTI-PURPOSE: Tolaga Bay Area School’s upgraded gym means it can be used for regional school state-of-the-art multi-million-dollar o Kawakawa Mai Tawhiti, which and community events. The school has also been awarded a $61,411 New Zealand Community Trust wider school upgrade to improve the required over four hours travel for grant to add seating to the gym. Picture supplied learning environment most of our East Coast schools.”

I’m proud that the Propensity for people‘ of Wairoa have put Wairoa policy children ahead of profit. violence ends Children’s events should be fun and alcohol-free in time-served commended —Dr Russell Wills’

WAIROA’S new Local Rachel Eyre said alcohol jail sentence Alcohol Policy (LAP), consumption was associated intended to reduce alcohol- with more than 200 disease IN the throes of and what offensive related harm, has been and injury conditions. repeatedly punching his weapons meant in cars welcomed by community Dr Eyre said Wairoa was partner in the face, a man leaders and children and the first council across driven by him. health advocates as one of Hawke’s Bay to include also struck their child, who The charge here involved the strongest in the country. within its LAP a ban on the woman was holding, an incident on September Local Alcohol Policies alcohol licences for child- Gisborne District Court was 14 of last year in which provide an opportunity focused events. All four told. police found Hajnal-Huata for communities to have Hawke’s Bay councils It was more of the sitting in a vehicle with a more say around conditions have LAPs in place. The domestic violence for which butcher’s knife at close related to licensed premises first was Central Hawke’s Vincent Hajnal-Huata, 26, reach. in order to discourage Bay District Council in had become well known Asked about it, Hajnal- harmful alcohol use. February 2019. to the court, Judge Warren Huata initially said he had Executive director for “It’s important as adults Cathcart said. used it to start the vehicle Alcohol Healthwatch Dr we lead by example and Hajnal-Huata appeared but added “when you get Nicki Jackson said Wairoa encourage positive role for sentence after pleading shot at, you need sh** to District Council’s policy was modelling by showing guilty to assaulting protect yourself”. one of the strongest in the young people they can have a person in a family The judge set a sentence country. fun at any event, free from relationship, assaulting a starting point for the “We commend Wairoa the promotion, marketing child aged under 14, and a violence charges of seven District Council on their and normalisation of separate unrelated charge months imprisonment. He leadership and strong alcohol,” Dr Eyre said. of possessing a knife in uplifted it by one month actions to reduce alcohol “The DHB supports public. harm and prioritise the alcohol-free events and for the weapon offence of health of their community,” has developed alcohol- Judge Cathcart, who which Hajnal-Huata had two Dr Jackson said. free resources for local previously refused to prior similar convictions, all “This is one of the event managers, or anyone grant him bail, imposed arising in a gang context. strongest local alcohol organising an event. time served of 135 days Judge Cathcart further policies we have seen in “There are many (about four-and-a-half increased it by one month New Zealand. Something examples of successful months spent on remand in for Hajnal-Huata’s previous we are very pleased to see events and school-based custody). convictions for domestic is that children have been fundraising events in our The judge also granted violence offences. afforded special protection A FIRST FOR NEW ZEALAND: Wairoa District Council region that are alcohol- an order for the knife to be The overall starting and licences will not be acting chief executive Kitea Tipuna with Tiaho School free.” destroyed. sentence of nine months granted for child-focused principal Zak Anderson. The council’s local alcohol policy Former Children’s The judge told Hajnal- was reduced by 25 percent events. We believe this is a has been hailed for putting children’s health, wellbeing Commissioner, Hawke’s Huata he was familiar with for guilty pleas, resulting first for New Zealand. and rights first. Bay DHB paediatrician his history and propensity in a final sentence of six- “So many events in Picture supplied and a leading advocate for to be “really violent” and-three-quarter months New Zealand culture children’s rights, Dr Russell towards his domestic imprisonment. revolve around alcohol. Wairoa Mayor Craig in adopting this policy Wills, also praised the partner. This was yet The judge told Hajnal- It is important that we Little says keeping which is driven by wanting policy for putting children’s another example of it. Huata his offending was keep the needs of children communities safe is the very best for our health, wellbeing and rights Hajnal-Huata punched getting more serious and at the centre of child- paramount. community, both now, and first. “Wairoa’s Local Alcohol into the future.” the woman twice in the face focused events. Alcohol-free “I’m proud that the unless he turned his life events also support New Policy is centred on giving The policy, introduced in people of Wairoa have put while she was holding their around, which seemed Zealanders to cut back on communities greater December 2020, came into children ahead of profit. child. impossible, he would their drinking. control over the location effect following a public Children’s events should A third punch aimed at continue to be denied bail “Good public policy can and licensing conditions of consultation period with the be fun and alcohol-free. her as she tried to run to and jailed for longer on and does make a difference. liquor outlets and setting Wairoa community, Hawke’s I hope Napier, Hastings her mother’s house hit the each new offence. This policy will positively licensing standards that are Bay DHB, NZ Police and and Central Hawke’s Bay child. He would eventually end impact current and future relevant to the needs of the licensing inspectors, councils will show the same The judge said he was up an old man in prison, generations in Wairoa community. Hawke’s Bay District wisdom and courage as also aware of Hajnal- reflecting on how much life and help uncap its “We know we have Health Board medical Wairoa council have,” he Huata’s gang connections he had wasted. potential.” taken a courageous step officer of health Dr said. 6 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 BRIEFS Border workers to get Man charged with murder of Akld woman, Elizabeth Zhong AUCKLAND — Police investigating the jab from next Saturday death of Auckland businesswoman Elizabeth Zhong have by Jason Walls, NZ Herald charged a man with murder. WELLINGTON — Prime The 47-year-old man Minister Jacinda Ardern was arrested by police revealed this morning that today, and was due to Elizabeth Zhong the first batch of the appear in the Manukau Picture supplied Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 District Court. vaccine would arrive in New Ms Zhong, 55, was reported missing from her Zealand next week. home in Suzetta Place, Sunnyhills, in November. The vaccine would be Her body was found in the boot of a car a few given to border workers from streets away two weeks later. Saturday of next week, she Detective Inspector Shaun Vickers of Counties told reporters. Manukau Police said from the outset of the Any border workers who investigation, the team of detectives working on refused the vaccine would not Operation Attina had worked diligently to bring be fired, but they would likely about a result. be moved off the front line, He said he hoped this would bring some Ardern said. reassurance to the community and for Ms However, she did not Zhong’s family. — RNZ envisage that happening. Border workers’ household Two people hurt in avalanche contacts would be the next QUEENSTOWN — Two people were injured by an group to receive the jabs. avalanche in Queenstown this morning. Ardern said next week’s Police rushed to the scene on Mt Earnslaw just delivery was ahead of before 8am, following reports of minor injuries. schedule. PFIZER-BIONTECH VACCINE IMMINENT: The Director-General of Health, Dr Ashely A helicopter was also on its way to the incident. “Last year, we indicated Bloomfield, speaks to media at today’s vaccine announcement, flanked by Minister of Health — Newshub. the vaccine would arrive in Andrew Little (left) and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (right). Covid Response Minister Chris the second quarter (of the Hipkins, who has been partially obscured in this photo, is standing behind Dr Bloomfield. It was MPs spotted without ties year), and earlier this year announced at today’s briefing that the vaccine would be given to border workers from Saturday WELLINGTON — Male MPs from across we updated that to the first of next week. New Zealand Herald picture by Michael Craig the House decided to ditch their neckties in quarter. It’s pleasing to be Parliament on Thursday, which marked the first receiving doses this early in he said. After that, officials will be vaccinated would require two day of a new dress code. this quarter,” she said. “On arrival, the vaccine asking the family members to jabs, three weeks apart, and a Speaker Trevor Mallard announced ties were no “The arrival of our first must be independently tested come to a specific place to be 30-minute observation period longer mandatory in Parliament on Wednesday. batch of doses is an important for quality assurance, which vaccinated. after each injection — in line It comes after Maori Party co-leader Rawiri milestone in our fight against is another important safety Ardern said the Government with how many other vaccines Waititi clashed with the Speaker on Tuesday, Covid-19. We now anticipate check. The doses will then be would “proactively” have the were administered. which saw him booted out of Parliament over his further deliveries through formally released to start the discussion about the vaccine Doses would be logged refusal to wear a tie. quarter one from Pfizer.” first phase of the vaccination roll-out in the Pacific. in the new National Green MP Chloe Swarbrick posted on Twitter programme. The press conference Immunisation Solution, that she had spotted five male MPs who had “At this stage, we are follows a Ministry of Health which would allow health showed up at Parliament yesterday without ties: Dedicated teams will be expecting to start offering the Covid immunisation business professionals and patients Labour’s Phil Twyford and Shanan Halbert, Green delivering the vaccines vaccine to our border and MIQ engagement event in Auckland access to records online once MPs James Shaw and Teanau Tuiono, and ACT’s to the border workers workers on February 20, with this morning. fully implemented and track James McDowall. the first immunisations given Hipkins, Health Minister the location, temperature Waititi also appeared to still be wearing a hei tiki in their workplaces. out to those working in the Andrew Little and Housing and administration of every instead of a necktie. — Newshub. Auckland region.” Minister Megan Woods were vaccine. Chemical spill in Auckland The Director-General of also at the media briefing. So far, about 1800 health Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Health Ashley Bloomfield Earlier this week, Hipkins professionals have put up AUCKLAND — People in the Auckland suburbs Chris Hipkins said the first said those administering the revealed that more than 2000 their hands to administer the of Onehunga and Penrose are being warned to vaccinations to border workers vaccine would require two health workers were being jabs to fill the 2000 to 3000 keep their doors and windows closed after a begin next week. hours of training. trained and mobilised in positions the Government was chemical spill leached into the Manukau Harbour. “Systems and processes Dedicated teams will be anticipation of the first wave expecting it would need for the Yesterday, 5000 litres of methyl methacrylate are in place for the first delivering the vaccines to of vaccines landing on New roll-out, in which they were spilled at a business on Industrial Road — it vaccinations to start once final the border workers in their Zealand’s shores. aiming to vaccinate every entered a storm drain and went straight into the checks have been completed,” workplaces. He also said that being eligible Kiwi. harbour. Used in the manufacturing of plastic and adhesives, methyl methacrylate is considered to have low toxicity — but it can cause headaches and nasal irritation. Military contract process a ‘mistake’: former Air NZ boss Residents in the area have therefore been told to close their windows and doors if they can AUCKLAND — Former Air New company. But the bottom line here the US. He could not name any of smell the “fruity” odour of the chemical. Zealand boss Chris Luxon admits is, clearly it was a mistake . . . and the others. Auckland Council Manager of Environmental not establishing a process in which so if there is any way I can facilitate Luxon said making chief Health, Mervyn Chetty, told Newshub. that teams the airline’s chief executive would help, I am very happy to contribute executives aware of the company’s would be out this morning assessing the risk. be told about all military contracts to that,” Luxon said. military contracts would be a “The main health impacts are eye, skin or was a mistake. The contract dates back to “good challenge” moving forward, respiratory irritation,” he said. Pressure has been mounting 2019, but neither Luxon — nor his as well as considering the ethical “There could be some environmental impacts.” on the national carrier, following successor — were ever made aware ramifications of such deals. — Newshub. revelations its gas turbines unit had of the contract because it did not Green Party Foreign Affairs Three deny part in Wgtn killing been working on engines for the meet the company’s $5 million spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman WELLINGTON — Three women have denied any Royal Saudi Navy. escalation threshold. was on the parliamentary committee part in the murder of Wellington man, Rau Tongia. Air NZ has since apologised and Not establishing a process in where Foran and board chair The women appeared in the High Court at started two reviews — and there which the airline’s executive team Dame Therese Walsh told MPs the Wellington this morning, having earlier been are calls for Parliament’s Foreign were alerted to all military contracts SAYS HE WAS ALSO company had “fallen short”. charged with his murder in varying degrees. Affairs committee to hold a separate was “clearly a mistake”, Luxon said. NOT AWARE OF SAUDI She said that while the current Two of the women, Shayde Weston, 24, and independent investigation. “It would have been great to have CONTRACT: Former Air NZ Air NZ leadership team had shown Phoenix Colvin, 20, can now be named. Luxon, who is now a National MP, been made aware of it, in hindsight,” boss and current National “really graceful remorse” over the The third woman, a 35-year-old, has interim said he was happy to assist those he said. Party MP, Chris Luxon. revelations, it was horrifying that name suppression until the next appearance. inquiries. Current Air NZ chief executive, RNZ picture by Dom Thomas processes weren’t put in place to Mr Tongia, 33, was found dead in a Karori home “It’s a $6 billion company. Every Greg Foran, was asked yesterday to identify whether contracts were on December 20, and the investigation into his day, there’s lots of commercial name the full list of countries whose contributing to war crimes. “The fact death was continuing. contracts and arrangements being militaries had contracts with Air NZ. this point . . . I haven’t had a chance that they weren’t turning their minds As of this morning, five people had now been forged and clearly, in the context of He had previously told RNZ to get into all that level of detail,” he to that is quite a serious failing.” arrested and charged in relation to Mr Tongia’s all of that, this is a small contract. that Air NZ still had “about 10-20 told reporters. While two reviews into the murder, with the fifth person — a 27-year-old “It certainly didn’t come to me contracts still ongoing in regards Foran said he wanted to take time contract were under way in Air NZ, woman — due to have her first appearance in the as the CEO or my own executive to engines for militaries, involving to gather the relevant information Ghahraman called for Parliament’s Wellington District Court later today. team, the people who reported to about five or six countries”. before making definitive statements Foreign Affairs committee to hold a She has been charged with wounding Mr Tongia, me in my last four months with the When asked which countries they about past or present contracts. separate independent investigation. with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm and company, and obviously as you were, he could only name the US, Luxon said the only military Ghahraman said military being party to his murder. have heard from Greg (Foran) . . . Australia and New Zealand, but no contract of “any consequence or contracts with the airline should be A 19-year-old man was charged with being an it hasn’t come to him and his team others. size” he was aware of while chief pulled until proper processes were accessory to murder three days ago. — NZ Herald in the 18 months since I left the “They’re the ones I’m clear with at executive was the airline’s deal with put in place. — RNZ The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 NATIONAL NEWS 7 Chinese Kiwis see MIQ workers underpaid in their New Year, with hopes Covid and undervalued: union will soon ease by Rowan Quinn, RNZ people. I want to start going to the gym, but I’m really afraid by Liu Chen, RNZ AUCKLAND — A cleaner of bringing the virus into the (who wishes to remain community,” she said. AUCKLAND — Many Chinese New anonymous) at a managed- At work, there were Zealanders went out for dinner last night isolation and quarantine rigorous personal protective to celebrate New Year’s Eve with family and (MIQ) hotel says she is afraid equipment (PPE) and hygiene friends. to join the gym, limits her requirements, and she was A lot of restaurants in Auckland were trips to the supermarket and paranoid about cleaning booked out, offering some relief to businesses worries all the time about well enough to keep the next hit hard by the Covid-19 lockdown. passing Covid on to others. guests safe, she said. Diners, including Trey Fan at Meet Creative She and her colleagues are If a guest tested positive, Chinese restaurant on Dominion Road in the forgotten border workers cleaners had to stay in the central Auckland, wanted nothing more than — overlooked and underpaid room until every surface was just a bit of normality this year. for the work they are doing cleaned, often missing breaks, “In the new year, I hope everyone stays safe to keep the she said. and sound, lives a happy life and (I hope) the country safe However, pandemic (will) be over as soon as possible from Covid-19, Despite the risk despite the risk because then we can go back to China. What she said. and stress, she still and stress, she I want to do most is going back to China,” Ms Her job earned the same still earned the Fan said. has changed same wage as the ones who are protecting worried that if the hotel did The owner of Cuisine Art, Nicole Song, said massively since wage as she did she did before — everyone — the whole country not renew its MIQ contract, her restaurant had been exceptionally busy. Covid-19 but before — just over just over $19 an — from catching Covid by she could lose her job. “People are still in the queue and we’ve also her pay has not $19 an hour . . . hour, which is a their really intense, stringent She was proud of the work got a second round. More people will probably changed at all. fraction over the daily practices, and they’re she and her colleagues were be coming after 7pm.” And, unlike minimum wage. just treated like any other doing, but they were often She said the New Year had brought with it the job she had Unite union’s worker. It’s just not fair.” forgotten for their work role in new hope for her. before her hotel took on the national hotel organiser, Many nurses had extra keeping the “invisible enemy “Hopefully Covid-19 will be gone soon and task of managed isolation, the Shanna Reeder, said some payments for working in out”, she said. everyone (can go back to a) normal life.” stresses follow her home in MIQ hotels had paid their managed isolation and In a statement, the Ministry Kevin Teng said his Meet Creative Chinese her current role. workers more since Covid-19 the security guards at the of Business Employment and restaurant was booked up a week ago. She has two showers a day but they were in the minority. woman’s hotel were paid a Innovation, which oversees “We have two rounds today — from 4.30pm and she washes her uniform Cleaners were starting living wage. MIQ in this country, said it to a 7.15pm and from 7.30pm to late tonight. every night — to avoid it to get fatigued after nearly The Government should be was incredibly thankful for Both rounds have been fully booked.” sitting around. She also keeps a year of battling the leaning on the hotels to make all those who worked at the He said it had been a turbulent year for two weeks of food in the house coronavirus and were at the them pay cleaners more, Ms border — including hotel the restaurant industry. “I hope that all of us at all times in case she ever bottom of the heap when it Reeder said. cleaners. will stay healthy and (remain) far away from has to self-isolate. came to being recognised for “They have made a couple of It regularly talked to the pandemic. As someone who works in the “It’s had an impact on my the risky work they do, Ms comments here and there but employers at MIQ facilities restaurant industry, I’m confident about the whole life — it’s changed my Reeder said. that doesn’t put dinner on the about paying a living wage domestic market. I believe all of us will do a routines, the way I go about “These people are on the table, does it?” to their employees wherever good job in the future.” things and how I interact with front line. They’re actually The cleaner was also possible, a spokesperson said.

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37739-01 WAVE26088 8 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 Desperate search for rentals

ahead at that stage. We are only just Tauranga due to doing that over the last couple of years,” Cooney said. “It has been a slow process for run out of land: bureaucrats to get their heads around that we hadn’t planned far enough ahead.” property developer The Government this week set out its plan for scrapping the Resource by Jean Bell, RNZ Management Act and replacing it with three new pieces of legislation. TAURANGA — A squeeze on Cooney welcomed the Crown-appointed Tauranga’s housing supply is seeing commissioners taking over at the people desperate to find a home coming Tauranga City Council. to a rental agent in tears and a property The council needed to spend about developer is predicting the area will run $50,000 on infrastructure for every new out of land to build houses on in the next home built. two years. He believed successive councils had Property prices and rent continue been too conservative on increasing rates to skyrocket in the fast-growing city. to cover this, resulting in very little CoreLogic data shows house prices rose funding for infrastructure. 14.8 percent last year to hit an average Meanwhile, in the neighbouring value of $876,000, while TradeMe data Western Bay of Plenty district, mayor reveals the median rent in the Bay ACCOMMODATION SHORTAGE: Tauranga will be short of nearly 1000 houses Garry Webber said building up, not out, of Plenty hit a new record of $535 in by 2022 and the gap is projected to grow to 5000 by 2025, the latest NZIER report was the way forward by intensifying in December 2020. predicts. NZ Herald picture already developed areas. Tauranga Rentals owner Dan Lusby In addition to intensification, Webber has seen the impact of the red hot were often locals from the Bay of Plenty Tauranga each year but co-director Peter said it was crucial that affordable homes property market. who were looking for a new house as Cooney said a land shortage would put a were built for first-home buyers and “Some tenants come in and they have the owners of their last home wanted to big spanner in the works. those on a budget. a sad story about trying to find a home move back into the property. He said Tauranga was due to run out Accessible Properties is a national to live,” he said. “They tell us their story “(The tenants have) done nothing of land in the next two years unless the community housing provider that works and they start crying, and you hear their wrong. It’s just circumstances and they separate issues blocking development of with the Government to provide homes story and you feel like crying. can’t find anywhere (after) they have two major greenfield projects — Te Tumu for more than 3000 tenants. “It can be desperate if you are a tenant. been looking for a while. Sometimes and Tauriko West — were resolved. Tauranga branch manager Vicki They are struggling to find properties, they are in the last week, in the last few Cooney said property developers had McLaren said the Government did well (as) there is not a lot available.” days of their tenancy and they still have flagged a shortage of land which could be housing people during the Covid-19 He said TradeMe data showed there nowhere to go.” developed since the 2008 financial crisis lockdown. was about 170 properties available over The latest New Zealand Institute of recession. She said the focus needed to be on the last month. Economic Research report on Tauranga’s In his view, the Resource Management placing people in long-term housing with “For a city that has got 147,000 people, housing situation says Tauranga will be Act process was slow, making it pathways to home ownership. that’s not a lot of rentals available.” short of nearly 1000 houses by 2022 — impossible to catch up with demand. McLaren was pleased the Government He said there were people from a range this gap was projected to grow to 5000 by “We were short of stock in that (2008) had flagged the Bay of Plenty as a of demographics looking for a rental, 2025. recession. Although the recession slowed priority area in the recent Public from families to older people. Property developer Classic Builders everything down, when the demand came Housing Plan, but believed more houses Those desperate to find a place to live had been building about 1000 homes in back, our planning wasn’t far enough are needed to alleviate the crisis. SPECTACULAR NZ police helping with search PERFORMANCE , for banker wanted by Interpol

INCREDIBLE ECONOMY LYON, France — New Zealand police from those are assisting German authorities with and similar their inquiries into a wanted Kiwi man transactions Interpol, based in Lyon, France, posted over the a “red notice” on its website seeking years, until information on the whereabouts of a bank 53-year-old Paul Robert Mora, who is whistleblower suspected of facilitating and concealing alerted fraudulent transactions worth more than the media 113 million euros (NZ$190 million). and forced The 53-year-old is understood to be in authorities New Zealand, where he has property in to clamp Christchurch. down on the A police spokeswoman said they are practice. fully aware of the red notice issued for The trial the New Zealander. against Mora She said they have been working with and other German authorities for some time on the suspects matter. before a court WANTED: Paul Mora is • 1 litre turbo • 6 stage auto Property records show Mora also in Wiesbaden, co-owns a property in the Christchurch Germany, wanted by Interpol. SUZUKI • 5.2 litre/100km suburb of Scarborough. is due to Picture supplied • Cruise control • Keyless entry He is alleged to have acted on behalf begin on of an investor while he worked at a large March 25. It • 16” alloys • Paddle shift bank between 2006 and 2008. was repeatedly postponed due to the • 7 inch touch screen sat nav Frankfurt prosecutors, who are coronavirus pandemic. BALENO handling the A related trial FROM $114.36 PER WEEK investigation, said in Bonn last Mora has “many The case against Mora is part year resulted in contacts abroad, suspended sentences including in New of a broader investigation into for two British RS $25,990 Zealand, Great so-called Cumex transactions bankers after they +ORC Britain, Switzerland, where participants would agreed to provide IN STOCK - NO WAITING Australia and lend each other shares to detailed information Spain”. about the fraud The case against collect reimbursement for scheme. Mora is part of a taxes they hadn’t paid. The Companies broader investigation Office shows that into so-called Cumex Mora still has a Alan Berry – Dealer Principal 0274 304 177 transactions where number of business participants would lend each other interests in New Zealand, and is listed Chantè Sharp – Sales Consultant 021 104 1670 shares to collect reimbursement for taxes as the director of several Christchurch- Alan Berry Motors – 346 Gladstone Road they hadn’t paid. based companies. European countries are estimated He went to St Bede’s College and Call 06 868 1456 Email [email protected] to have lost tens of billions of euros Canterbury University. — NZ Herald 37640-04 The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 NATIONAL NEWS 9 Man charged with attempted murder over samurai sword attack

SYDNEY — A New Zealand-born A friend of Howard told Daily Mail real estate agent in Sydney has been Australia the incident was “out of charged with attempted murder after character” for the highly respected allegedly lashing out at two women agent. with a samurai sword following an “We are all really worried about him,” alcohol-fuelled night. she said. Karl Howard allegedly attacked his “We will be there to support him, it girlfriend and her friend inside his is out of character. He’s a successful, $2m Sydney home just after 5am on very talented man . . . it’s very sad for Monday. him to be honest.” The 44-year-old allegedly punched Howard’s Lawyer John Sutton his 27-year-old partner in the head and told ABC it was too early to indicate tried to strangle her before he turned VICIOUS ATTACK: NZ-born Karl whether his client would be fighting his attention to her friend. Howard has been charged with the charges against him, including It is claimed he attacked the attempted murder after lashing attempted murder and assault 29-year-old friend with a samurai out at two women. occasioning actual bodily harm. sword, stabbing her while she tried to Pictures supplied “I don’t have those instructions. intervene. He is in hospital, I don’t have those Police allege Howard fled the scene investigation. The suspension has been instructions,” he told ABC. and dumped his belongings in a skip extended pending the resolution of “He has got various physical injuries bin while the two women sought help During his arrest, the Kiwi-born NSW Police have since charged charges against him,” a spokesperson of his own, he has undergone surgery. from nearby residents. real estate agent suffered a dislocated Howard with assault occasioning actual from Ray White told nine.com.au. “I think he is worried about a lot The women were treated by shoulder and was taken to hospital bodily harm, wounding with intent to “The Ray White Group is an more than losing his job, it’s is a very paramedics at the scene before being under police guard. murder, and trespassing. Australian family-owned and led unfortunate circumstance.” taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital At the scene, police recovered a He was refused bail. business and it expects a high Howard met his girlfriend on a and treated for their injuries. number of items, including a samurai Howard — the principal at Ray White standard of personal conduct from its dating app in recent months, Daily Mail Police arrested Howard as he sword which was seized for forensic Balmain — was stood down by the real members. We do not condone violence reported. allegedly hid behind a parked car examination. estate giant before charges were laid. in any form. After Howard recovers from surgery while he staggered home bloodied The trio had been drinking since “Ray White Balmain principal Karl “We are concerned for the wellbeing in hospital, he will be moved to a from his own wounds, the Daily Sunday afternoon, The Daily Telegraph Howard was stood down from the of all involved and staff are being prison before facing Newtown Court on Telegraph reported. reported. business on Monday pending a police offered counselling services” April 8. — NZ Herald ‘Web of corruption’ revealed Church removed from Charities Register after fraud uncovered by Mackenzie Smith, RNZ a casino. That year, Charities Services Committee, is named as a key influence one woman told RNZ at the time. opened a fresh investigation to determine in the church’s offending. In some ways, church members are still AUCKLAND — A church in Auckland whether the church knew about Papu’s The report found he spearheaded large paying for the failings of their leadership. has been struck off the Charities Register offending. investments including nearly $1m into The report found Pastor Papu had after its employees stole millions of The investigation report found — the cryptocurrency OneCoin, and $1.7m paid SISDAC $355,097 in reparations dollars in church funds, and poured •฀Elizabeth฀Papu฀misappropriated฀a฀ into the World Federation of Exchanges for the funds lost on the WFE Capital millions more into dubious investments. further $766,895 that was not uncovered (WFE) Capital; the Financial Markets investment. It follows a two-year probe into the by the SFO probe. (Her father, Pastor Authority warns that both may be scams. “Most of this money has been gifted Samoan Independent Seventh Day Willie Papu, contends that this income Sina Hunt, a New Zealand woman who to Pastor Willie Papu by members of Adventist Church (SISDAC) which came from legitimate sources) was central to establishing OneCoin’s SISDAC’s overseas churches.” operates 10 churches in the Auckland •฀Another฀former฀ presence in the This membership also donated about region. treasurer, Joseph country, took more $500,000 directly to the church to help An investigation report by Charities Stowers, took An investigation report revealed than $200,000 in recuperate from the WFE Capital and Services published yesterday, reveals a $498,997 in church SISDAC’s funds OneCoin investments. web of financial mismanagement and funds as undeclared vast sums of money sourced for her personal SISDAC was removed from the corruption that saw vast sums of money income in 2017 from the church’s membership benefit, as well Charities Register on February 5, and sourced from the church’s membership •฀Pastor฀Willie฀ were funnelled into the pockets as arranging cannot apply to be re-registered for funnelled into the pockets of church Papu Junior investments into another six months. officials, many of whom were family banked more than of church officials, many of “Health Coffee” and Pastor Papu and former treasurer relatives. $316,000 from the whom were family relatives. “Organo Gold”, the Joseph Stowers were also disqualified The church, whose services are held in church and its report found. from being officers of charities for four Gagana Samoa, preyed almost exclusively World Committee “The entity years. on Auckland’s sizeable Samoan bank account. (He (SISDAC) lost all In the report, the Charities population. claims they supported the church or were of the funds it invested in each scheme,” Registration Board said it still had SISDAC was first referred to the personal income that he paid tax on) it said. concerns about Pastor Papu’s influence Serious Fraud Office (SFO) by Charities Papu engaged in “serious wrongdoing” A 2019 investigation by RNZ found over SISDAC’s investment decisions. Services following a 2013 investigation by taking $84,031 in church funds for Hunt had targeted several vulnerable In its submissions, the church denied into the church. him and his family, and influencing Samoan families through SISDAC, and this. Pastor Papu put it differently: “I The SFO probe led to the 2017 SISDAC to pay a further $63,309 of his had convinced them to invest money know that Charities Services would love sentencing of former treasurer Elizabeth expenses. (He submits that he never took they could not spare into OneCoin, which to kill my influence. But influence is not Papu to two years and nine months in the money for his personal benefit). has been labelled a ponzi scheme by something you can kill. It is a legacy, prison for stealing more than $1.6 million Pastor Willie Papu, who remains as authorities. built upon a lifetime of service and from the church, and using the funds at an executive director of SISDAC’s World “We don’t believe anything anymore,” compassion.” Murder-accused mother found Te Ope Whakaora by Kelly Makiha, NZ Herald The 18-month- old died in Waikato Te Ope Whakaora ROTORUA — A woman who was Hospital on July 24, to stand trial for the murder of her 2018. daughter this week and was on the The trial was run after cutting off her electronic delayed each day monitoring bracelet has been found. until yesterday FOR Southern Thompson, 27, is accused when Justice Tracey of killing her 18-month-old daughter, Walker dismissed HUNGER COLOUR Comfort Jay Thompson-Pene, between the jury panel, July 20 and July 23, 2018 at Tirau. advising them of the She had been on electronic-monitoring SOUTHERN situation. bail and was to appear in the High Court THOMPSON She told them a at Rotorua on Tuesday for trial. new trial date would Swap a can of food for a FREE Resene testpot However, on Thursday night last week, need to be set at a later date. her electronic-monitoring bracelet was Police have now confirmed to the removed and she didn’t attend court. Rotorua Daily Post that Thompson was By adding a little more colour to your She faces four charges, including found in Hamilton last night and is now life you can also help those in need 36055-03 murder, injuring the child with intent to in custody. st th injure and two charges of ill-treating a It is not yet known when her new trial Starts February 1 2021 • Ends February 28 2021 child. will be. No rusty cans please • Terms and conditions apply 291 Palmerston Road • 06 868 4656 10 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 Council-owned facilities caught breaching their Dumping contaminants trade waste consents by Anusha Bradley, RNZ when changes in operations occur, such as an increase in HAMILTON — A public pool, manufacturing output or a a water treatment plant and changeover in product lines. a landfill owned by Hamilton Over the last three years, we City Council are among the 99 have invested more than organisations caught dumping $14 million in our plant, contaminants down the drain. including upgrades to our waste The three council-owned water capture and treatment facilities were revealed after the processes. council released the names of all We have modified our waste 99 companies that had breached water system monitoring and their trade waste consents in the controls, and over the last five city during the past year. months, (we) have significantly The council had initially reduced our trade waste refused to say who the 99 were, breaches, with four occurrences but after RNZ revealed last since September 1. month that 267 companies had We are planning additional dumped contaminants down cleaning, filtration and water the drain, it said it had since recycling improvements at our changed its mind. plant this year, it said. “We note that the factual circumstances surrounding this LIC matter have changed since the release of the initial RNZ report Agritech company LIC, which and we now consider the public had multiple high-risk breaches, interest in this matter to be high was also trying to improve and outweigh any good reasons its processes, LIC general to withhold this information,” operations and service manager Hamilton City Council said in a David Chin said. statement. The waste water that is being The council-owned and discharged comes from a wash operated Waterworld Te Rapa, line that cleans and sterilises Horotiu Landfill and a water testing equipment that contains treatment plant were all caught a small amount of milk residue. discharging contaminants CAUGHT OUT: Waterworld Te Rapa was one of three council businesses caught discharging Our current consent is based into the sewers in breach of contaminants into the sewers in breach of their trade waste consents. Waterworld Te Rapa picture on an annualised target. LIC their trade waste consents, operates a seasonal business and multiple times, according to the “I am not particularly happy they become an issue which equipment to meet the limits, at peak loads we have breached information released. that it took a media report adversely impacts our systems, which has been completed this the annualised limits. This was The water treatment plant for us to find out about this the environment or our people. month, so the incidents have identified through our own incurred three “medium” risk — and while self-reporting of “This co-operative approach not been ignored and have monitoring. breaches, namely discharging too such breaches is certainly to means many of our consent had no adverse effect on the We proactively provided the many suspended solids. be commended, what is also holders self-report and resolve environment,” Mr Millichamp council with this monitoring In July last year, it dumped important is public confidence breaches, which allows said. information and we continue to nearly twice the that both our continuous improvements in “However, the fact that trade provide this information on a allowed amount systems and our processes and, overall, reduces waste discharges are treated by more regular basis than what of total suspended The whole transparency are the risk of a significant breach the council before entering the our consent requires. solids. ‘ up to scratch. caused by a lack of process,” he environment does not take away We have been working with Waterworld process has shown “This is elevated said. our responsibility to honour our the Hamilton City Council very Te Rapa was that the city council by the public “Many breaches are of a agreements with councils very closely on mitigation plans for also caught is not as transparent concern over the technical or procedural aspect seriously,” he said. the intermittent breaches that discharging high lead levels in of the consent, or are relatively OjiFS was upgrading the we experienced. waste water and open as we’d the public water minor breaches of allowable waste water treatments it has at Multiple process changes containing too like it to be supply issue going limits. All breaches are taken its Tasman Mill near Kawerau have been made and continue many suspended —Hamilton’ City Cr on in Dunedin at seriously, investigated and and at the Kinleith Mill near to be made to decrease the solids, and on Dave Macpherson the moment. processes put in place to resolve Tokoroa, which would reduce contaminant load entering the another occasion “I think we the issues, but our approach is to discharges to the Waikato River. trade waste system. With all the its pH was have erred on the educate and work in partnership OjiFS had high environmental changes we have put in place we non-compliant, while Horotiu side of keeping the business with our consent standards, and are confident that we will meet Landfill discharged too much community sweet, rather than a holders where the company the consent conditions at peak nitrogen-rich leachate on two balance that includes taking the possible to ensure Contaminated waste was proud of the volumes moving forward, Mr separate occasions. community into our confidence,” the best long-term water can damage commitments Chin said. Contaminated waste water can Cr Macpherson said. outcomes for the it had made damage public infrastructure, city.” public infrastructure to improve its Altus such as pipes and waste water Supermarket among ‘high-risk’ . . . it can also performance, so it treatment plants, and, even once breaches Wake-up call potentially damage was disappointing Altus, an aluminium products treated, can also potentially that these manufacturer, said its five damage the environment it is The list also named 16 firms Japanese- the environment. incidents had not breaches occurred when it was eventually discharged into. caught with what the council owned Oji Fibre measured up, he commissioning a new powder considered ‘high-risk” breaches Solutions (OjiFS) said. coating machine and waste Councillor ‘surprised’ in the past year. said it was very disappointed in treatment plant. They included Pak‘nSave on the trade waste excursions at its Other companies respond This took some time to settle Hamilton City Councillor Dave Mill Street, aluminium products Levin and Hamilton packaging in and strike the balance Macpherson, who pushed for manufacturer Altus, chemical sites. Pak‘nSave owner Foodstuffs between water consumption the names to be released, said it maker Ecolab, cardboard The company, which said all its stores took their and consent conditions. As such, was a “surprise” to learn about manufacturer OJI Specialty manufactures pulp and responsibility to monitor and we became aware that we had the council’s breaches and it was Fibres and agritech company cardboard-packaging products, reduce waste very seriously. breached consent conditions and disappointing that councillors LIC Riverlea Road. operates eight facilities across The store (in Mill Street) is reported this to the council. We were not previously made aware Overall, most of the breaches New Zealand, with six holding working with its third-party worked closely with suppliers of them. incurred by the 99 companies trade waste permits. trade waste monitoring agencies and are confident we now have “The whole process has shown were minor or “technically non- The breaches occurred because to ensure its systems are robust corrective actions in place to that the city council is not as compliant”, the council said. its internal management and local council regulations are minimise this risk. transparent and open as we’d These included issues such systems were not fully adhered upheld, a spokesperson said. Altus operates a world-class like it to be,” Cr Macpherson as dirty grease traps in cafes, to, group manager environment aluminium press and paint- said. supermarkets or restaurants, and external relations, Philip Ecolab line operation, having made He had been promised the or tests not conducted on time, Millichamp said. significant investments in more council would now be presented the council’s infrastructure “Any excursion is Chemical manufacturer sustainable equipment and with such information in the operations manager Eeva-Liisa unacceptable, it is a big wake-up Ecolab, which recorded 17 processes in recent years, and future, he said. Wright said. call for us because we thought breaches over the past year, is constantly looking for ways “This will drive some “We work with businesses to we had very good compliance including 15 high risk breaches, to improve both efficiency and reasonably quick changes in this improve processes and seek to management and reporting said it was a responsible lessen its environmental impact. area, not just in trade waste, prevent non-compliance through systems, but this shows we need company and committed to The Ombudsman has asked but also in other information we an open and co-operative to improve,” he said. sustainable operations. Auckland Council’s Watercare, as hold,” Cr Macpherson said. approach with our consent “At Levin, the council charged We have been working closely well as New Plymouth, Waikato The council should have been holders. us for the elevated levels and the with the Hamilton City Council and South Taranaki councils to more transparent in naming the “This relationship means discharges were reduced back regarding the outflow levels reconsider their refusal to name firms caught breaching their we can identify minor non- below the contractual limits from our plant into the city’s companies caught breaching trade waste consents in the first compliance issues and resolve and, at Hamilton, we were given waste water treatment plant. trade waste consents, in light of instance, he said. them with the business before time to install new treatment Trade waste breaches can result Hamilton City Council’s decision. The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 BUSINESS 11 BOC to supply ‘green’ hydrogen to NZ Steel at Glenbrook

AUCKLAND — Gas and engineering company hydrogen for transport. Vesna Olles, BOC’s director of clean energy Its Glenbrook Mill will receive more than 50 BOC says its plant at Glenbrook will produce BOC’s plant uses an electrolysis process to and hydrogen, said the move to supply percent of the green hydrogen produced by the first supply of certified carbon-free, or produce industrial and fuel-cell grade hydrogen. Glenbrook with green hydrogen would mean BOC through the existing pipeline between the “green”, hydrogen in New Zealand. The electricity used in the process is certified 300 tonnes a year of carbon dioxide would not two South Auckland sites. BOC, a subsidiary of the American-Anglo- as having zero associated carbon emissions enter the atmosphere. BOC’s Glenbrook hydrogen production plant German multinational Linde plc, said it — meaning the hydrogen has zero associated NZ Steel uses a significant volume of supplies manufacturers, electricity companies, would make carbon-free hydrogen for the carbon emissions as well. hydrogen for its metal coating and treatment refineries and steelmakers. neighbouring New Zealand Steel plant. BOC is being supplied power by South Island process which forms the basis of the It also supplies other BOC production sites The company said the move could pave renewable energy specialist generator and manufacture of Colorsteel and other coated flat- across New Zealand including its BOC cylinder- the way for providing carbon-free, or “green” retailer Kea Energy. steel products. filling facility in Penrose. — NZ Herald GOING NOWHERE FAST NZ port congestion troubles expected to last until June by Andrea Fox, NZ Herald FREIGHT PROBLEMS 19 disruption to international container WORSENING: Maersk shipping. It has been seeking to recruit AUCKLAND — Maersk, the world’s has dropped 50 percent five crane operators from overseas as biggest container shipping line, says it of its normal ship calls to part of a drive to find more than 50 has dropped 50 percent of its normal ship the Ports of Auckland. stevedores. calls to the Ports of Auckland and expects NZ Herald picture A port spokesman said progress was New Zealand’s congestion problems will good. continue until June. “We are getting good support from “We continue to see problems at government officials which is making the Auckland with 12-to-14-days’ waiting process smoother.” time (for unloading),” said My Therese But he could not say when the first Blank, head of the Oceania Export overseas candidate might arrive in New Market, Maersk Regional Ocean Zealand as there were “still too many Management. unknowns at this stage”. Instead of three calls a week at The port has eight ship-to-shore cranes Auckland, Maersk vessels now operate but is only using three during the day 1.5 calls. Its Oceania USEC service, and two at night because of the labour which was a standard weekly call, now shortage. But sector critics believe a big misses Auckland. part of the port’s productivity issue is its The weekly Panz-Oceania/US West terminal automation project, started in Coast service now calls bi-weekly and 2016 and yet to be fully implemented. the Japan-Star Oceania North East Asia The final stage of automation service continues to call weekly but the implementation — terminal pavement schedule is disrupted due to the waiting work — was due for completion at the time at Auckland port, she said. February 16, she said. Maersk was introducing a new end of March but has been delayed again “The key reason for removing service Cargoes that would have been loaded international service soon connecting due to freight taking priority. calls out of Auckland is to limit impact or unloaded at Auckland are being New Zealand with Fiji, Suva and Container ships wanting to unload at from the delays in calling at Auckland handled through Port of Tauranga and its Lautoka. The new service, Sirius Star, Auckland have been forced to wait at sea and offering our customers a more stable Auckland inland port MetroPort. will have a rotation of Suva, Lautoka, for up to 10 days since October last year. service,” Blank said. Blank said shipping congestion was a Tauranga, Auckland, Nelson, Timaru, Blank said Maersk was being asked Retailers’ advocate Retail NZ said news growing issue and now affected South Lyttelton, Nelson, Timaru, Lyttelton, why it doesn’t just acquire land to ease of the reduction in Maersk calls was Island ports. Tauranga, Suva. the container jam problem but logistics “frankly, a disaster for the retail sector”. It was impacting importers and Blank said in addition to systems were complex and couldn’t be set “The congestion has meant that there exporters and moving perishable goods accommodating “world-to/from-Fiji” cargo, up overnight. are significant delays in a timely way was the new service would improve flexibility She warned industrial action at getting product on to becoming a challenge. dealing with another New Zealand supply Australian container ports was (the) shelf, and that Retail NZ says, rerouting New Zealand’s primary chain headache — getting a logjam of concerning for New Zealand supply freight costs have of half shipping line’s sector peak export empty containers from Auckland and chains as it delayed ship arrival times. increased substantially. season will ease off by Tauranga to the South Island exporters “Ships will arrive late into New “Retailers urgently need Auckland calls to June. needing them. Zealand ports, not only at Auckland but to see more capacity smooth out deliveries is Even with the The Sirius service, when coupled with other ports around New Zealand. It is come onstream at Ports ‘a disaster’ for retailers. removal of 50 percent a change to Maersk’s Southern Star becoming an issue with South Island port of Auckland, and Retail of Maersk’s Auckland service, would improve transit times from congestion now.” NZ is calling for the port calls there was New Zealand to international markets by Rising shipping costs are a big concern Government to expedite still a delay of 12 to up to 10 days, she said. of New Zealand importers and exporters, the arrival of trained crane operators and 14 days before ships could be unloaded Meanwhile, Blank said it was “very with some saying they have doubled and port workers from overseas if necessary.” at Auckland, she said. “Until Auckland positive” Auckland port had announced it trebled in the past year. Some shipping Maersk’s Blank warned industrial improves its rate of productivity we had secured a new crane operator. lines have also imposed Auckland action at Australian container terminals would not want to revert back to our “That’s when we will see the difference, congestion charges on import containers. was a concern for New Zealand supply standard number of port calls.” when they can operate an additional Blank couldn’t discuss whether chains, resulting in delays to ship arrival The Auckland Council-owned port crane.” shipping charges were likely to keep times. There was a four-day strike at was the country’s main marine import Ports of Auckland blames a labour rising because of a market information Sydney in January and strike action was gateway prior to late last year. shortage for worsening a congestion blackout with Maersk posting its latest due to start at a Melbourne terminal on On the brighter side, Blank said problem which originated from Covid- annual financial results this week.

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY Ebos Group, Australasia’s leading distributor AMP fell 17c or 10.3 percent to $1.48 after of healthcare, medical and pharmaceutical producing a mixed result for 2020. AMP’s WELLINGTON — It was deja vu on the New and the resource companies in Australia. consumer products, neared a new peak of $30 revenue was down 12.6 percent to A$2.33 billion Zealand sharemarket. The blue chip stocks were “Our market is more defensive with a after rising 30c to $29.80. Fellow Christchurch- (NZ$2.5bn) but it turned around a previous loss still volatile, trading was again cautious and dominance of utilities which can soften a bit by based company Skellerup Holdings, which of A$2.46bn to a profit of A$177m. the market shed another half percent — having interest rate movements,” he said. supplies industrial and dairy rubber products, The result was overshadowed by the fallen in seven of the last eight trading days. “The Reserve Bank of New Zealand may be hit the $4 mark for the first time in two years withdrawal of United States-based Ares The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed down 68.90 the first central bank to lift rates at some point,” after rising 6c or 1.52 percent. Management’s takeover offer worth $6bn or points or 0.54 percent to 12,761.13 after Smith said. Mercury Energy gained 19c or 2.75 percent to A$1.85 per share, though AMP said it was still reaching an intraday high of 12,903.46. The Driving the market down were Fisher & Paykel $7.09 on trade worth $17.1m; Chorus increased talking with Ares about AMP Capital as part of index began the year at 13,091.64 points and Healthcare, falling 31c to $32.14 on trade worth 11c to $8.47; topsy-turvy Restaurant Brands its portfolio review. rushed to an all-time high of 13,558.19 on $30m; Meridian, which reports next Friday, picked up 41c or 3.48 percent to $12.18; and Marlborough Wine Estates Group, which sells January 8. decreasing 28.5c or 4.36 percent to $6.245; Sanford recovered 19c or 4.09 percent to $4.84 the O:TU and Music Bay brands, increased 1c or There were 68 gainers and 76 decliners over Contact Energy declining 11c to $7.59; a2 Milk despite its Chinese mussel exports from the 1.72 percent to 59c after reporting a 19 percent the whole market on improved trading of 72.6 shedding 12c to $10.79; Auckland International Havelock processing plant being suspended. increase in revenue to $2.39m and reducing its million shares worth $203.49 million. Airport falling 7c to $7.09; and Ryman Summerset Group Holdings climbed 26c or net loss from $651,464 to $481,000 for the six Greg Smith, head of research with Fat Healthcare losing 38c or 2.48 percent to $14.95. 2.02 percent to $13.15; PGG Wrightson gained months ending December. Prophets, said the local market has under- There was unusual activity in Z Energy, with 5c to $3.30; and Heartland Group Holdings Blis Technologies fell 1c or 12.5 percent to 7c performed because “we don’t have the nine million shares worth $25.24m changing increased 4c or 2.13 percent to $1.92. after lowering its guidance for the 2021 financial technology growth stocks like in United States hands, and its share price slipped 2c to $2.80. Long-standing financial services company year. — NZ Herald 12 OPINION The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 EDITORIAL Transition requires more water Follow science to by Clive Bibby that will minimise the damage caused by extreme resources on building new and maintaining events which are largely beyond our control. existing facilities that will enhance or safeguard understand reality TONY Robinson appears We all need instead to concentrate our our ability to survive the approaching threat. rather disingenuous with his collective (local) efforts on areas that we know That almost certainly means concentrating Our columnist today has a long call to arms regarding this will make a difference when the real impact of our efforts on our sources of fresh water supply record of arguing the case for region’s response to the threat these changes to our environment are felt across which is the only thing with the capacity to help central and local government of climate change. our district. We’re already way behind the eight us make the transition from our current pastoral investment in water reservoirs here, Given his rather paltry list of ball with the preparation of our defences against economy to one based on the irrigation of the to prepare the region and what ideas for mitigating this threat the onslaught (thanks to the inertia of previous Poverty Bay Flats. could be an even more productive — to our very existence, we must assume that he councils, who have known about this for ages). Yet, alas, this council and its predecessors rather than a water-constrained and either doesn’t understand the reality or enormity In a utopian society that Tony and others appear unable to understand or want to ignore wilting — horticultural sector for the of what we face as a community or is using this dream of, we would ban all existing emission the importance of these scarce resources to our impacts of climate change. opportunity to assume leadership over this issue sources (including farting animals and vehicles survival as a viable community. in another attempt at donning the mayoral robes. that use fossil fuels) from our lives and replace The time for talk and loud professions of It’s a good cause to be pushing, He should come clean on which it is because them with little in the way of equivalent utilities infallibility is over. We need meaningful change however he also has a record of we need quite a lot more from those who profess that would ensure we can generate the income right now and the current mob have done nothing questioning whether climate change to understand the ramifications of continuing that would ensure survival of the transition to an to instil confidence that they have any idea what is being driven by fossil-fuelled with the current “Clayton’s” Long-Term Plan. alternative economy. to do next. human activity. He is particularly He and his co-councillors need to accept that Anyway, unfortunately the opportunity for If they aren’t prepared to show real leadership unimpressed with the science that there is nothing to be gained from continuing including such mitigating policies as the main on this issue, they should collectively hand in tells us farming produces almost with this ideological debate about who or what components of our defensive strategy is long their resignations and let somebody else who half of this country’s greenhouse is the cause of climate change because, in itself, gone. On that score, the horse has well and truly understands the seriousness of our plight take gas emissions. it is counterproductive and doomed to fail as a bolted. over the reins. To realise the climate is changing meaningful contribution towards designing policy We have no choice but to focus our limited See today’s editorial but not understand (or ideologically reject) the causes of it leaves him LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS focused on adaptation; although, Lenient? We’re paying with no mention of the need to rethink approaches to coastal Nearly a closed system infrastructure, he might scoff at the more than we should! science around rising sea levels too. Re: Our attack on nature using atmospheric oxygen. will be our undoing, February It’s a bit more complicated, Re: Parking Grinches. will gladly take time to put Interestingly he talks about water I must say the council reply adhesive stickers on all the reservoirs in terms of mitigating 6 column. but that’s the gist of it. Hi Bob, I agree with you to the issue of an announced meters advising the public climate change, when most would on the points you make, but MARTIN HANSON, Nelson reduction in parking fees that hourly charges have been have it in the adaptation area you’ve got one thing wrong. In not being implemented reduced to $1 and no fees are regarding the challenges ahead; common with most journalists, Thanks Martin, I’m sure there is properly would be the worst payable after 3pm. I am sure measures to mitigate climate and some ecologists who truth in what you say. I only hope I communication I have read the well-known Te Rau Print change are ones that reduce or should know better, almost all have enough other things wrong, for from the council. would be able to produce these remove greenhouse gas emissions. the oxygen produced in the humanity to thrive another century. This change was supposed within 24 hours. ocean by the phytoplankton To my limited understanding, this to have happened in June This should have been He lambasts the council for not last year. To say the council implemented when the change jumping to follow his prescription is used up in respiration by extra bit of knowledge from you animals and bacteria. It’s confirms to me human activity is is being lenient is ridiculous occurred. but it is actually the writer who — people are putting more Also, the great wardens he “doesn’t understand the reality nearly a closed system, but not unbalancing Earth’s ecosystems in quite, as not all organic matter another way. money than they should oversees could have put flyers or enormity of what we face as is oxidised in the ocean; I agree it really is complicated. have to in meters, including on parked vehicles advising a community”, as much as his some is removed by humans after 3pm when parking is them of the changes. Many chosen topic for abrasive advocacy (fishing) and oxidised on land BOB HUGHES supposed to be free. who contacted me last night is a good one. Future fresh- Replacing eight meters is were unaware fees had been water sources are obviously a key hardly going to help, and why reduced, so had merrily been consideration in assessing how this can’t a time frame be put on putting $2 in the meters for Empty houses obscene that and this parking app? an hour’s parking. region responds to climate change. Because they will come after Will the council reimburse The council flagged the need for Re: Too many houses or will not provide for the the parking reductions were us all for the overpayments? water-reservoir investment in its unoccupied, February 10 letter. public good, then maybe due to end in four months? In our case it is over $100. 30-year infrastructure plan in 2018, Very good comment Tony. we should start to ensure If the manager does not and a report to the Sustainable Here in Gisborne it was ourselves that this need is met. want to leave his office I DAVID HALL Tairawhiti meeting in September last reported by The Gisborne In the UK, after the end year indicated that addressing the Herald, November 4, 2020, of World War 2, tens of that there was an estimated thousands of people unable to city’s reliance on one water source shortfall of 400 houses, and find accommodation occupied — the Mangapoike Dams/Te Arai yet “Statistics NZ data from empty military camps around Certainly more people river, augmented by extraction from the 2018 Census shows of Britain, and empty hotel Re: Population up 4900? Undoubtedly more people the Waipaoa river — is very much Gisborne’s 18,477 private rooms and flats in London. You can’t be serious! living here Roger, and are you under further consideration. dwellings, 756 were empty. If we want our people to February 11 letter. saying the stats are wrong just With regard to the Poverty Bay Another 54 ‘non-private’ be housed maybe this type There are certainly more based on your personal BS Flats, two potential key contributors dwellings were also empty”. of action, with the support people here than just one meter? to increasing capacity for irrigation We expect our health service of the community, should be year ago. If you commute NIGEL MEAD are recharging of the Makauri to be free for the public good. considered to see that they are down Wainui Road, you will aquifer — for which trials are well We expect our education housed. notice the increase. All I will comment on is system to be free for the Empty properties while advanced, to replenish a declining And what is the point of that I’ve noticed the roads public good. Yet when people people sleep on our streets, in your letter? This increase getting steadily busier. The water source — and the possible don’t have a comfortable, garages, in cars and in tents, reuse of the city’s wastewater after is a good thing to the traffic lines are longer. secure home, the health and is an obscenity that should not community, you make it It used to be 7-8 minutes enough treatment. education system can’t deliver. be tolerated any longer. sound horrific. to work. Now I have to allow Councillor Tony Robinson is a The three things go together. 12. FWIW strong voice on the council, among If local authorities and STUART JOHN ADAMS NATE others, for climate action — and it national governments cannot MORIARTY-PATTEN is good to see that 64 percent of participants in this week’s webpoll [email protected] agree with him that climate change ■ The maximum length for letters is 350 words. should be the “lens over everything” ■ Anyone can write a column, 600 words maximum, but a photo is required. as the council puts together its ■ Always include full name and contact details. Long-Term Plan for the district. ■ If you use a nom de plume, there is a higher bar for acceptability. ■ Letters may be edited for clarity, length or legal reasons. The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 WORLD 13 ‘Rioters acted on Trump’s orders’ WASHINGTON — House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump’s impeachment said on Thursday the Capitol invaders believed they were acting on “the president’s orders” and reflected his violent rhetoric when they set out to storm the building and stop the joint session of Congress that was certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s election. The prosecutors were wrapping up their opening presentation, describing in stark, personal terms the horror they faced that day and unearthing the many public and explicit instructions Trump gave his supporters — both in the weeks before the January 6 attack and at his midday rally that unleashed the mob on the Capitol. Videos of rioters, some posted to social media by themselves, talked about how they were doing it all for Trump. “We were invited here,” said one. “Trump sent us,” said another. “He’ll be happy. We’re fighting for Trump.” Five people died. “They truly believed that the whole intrusion was at TAKING THE CAPITOL: Insurrectionists loyal to former President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington on January 6. the president’s orders,” said AP picture Representative Diana DeGette of Colorado. “The president told up their minds, making Trump’s compilation shown to senators “President Trump put a Republicans eager to acquit them to be there.” acquittal likely, the never-before- on Wednesday amounted to target on their backs and his Trump without being seen as Trump’s lawyers will launch seen audio and video released on a more complete narrative, a mob broke into the Capitol to condoning his behaviour. their defence on Friday, and the Wednesday is now a key exhibit moment-by-moment retelling hunt them down,” said House While six Republicans trial could wrap by the weekend. in Trump’s impeachment trial of one of the nation’s most prosecutor Stacey Plaskett, joined with Democrats to vote At the White House, President as lawmakers prosecuting the alarming days. In addition to the Democratic delegate to proceed with the trial on Joe Biden said he believed case argue Trump should be the evident chaos and danger, representing the Virgin Islands. Tuesday, the 56-44 vote was far “some minds may be changed” convicted of inciting the siege. it offered fresh details on the The goal of the presentation from the two-thirds threshold of after senators saw chilling Senators sat riveted as the attackers, scenes of police was to cast Trump, not as 67 votes needed for conviction. security video on Wednesday jarring video played in the heroism and cries of distress. an innocent bystander, but Minds did not seem to be of the deadly insurrection at chamber. Senators shook their And it underscored how rather as the “inciter in chief” changing on Wednesday, even the Capitol, including of rioters heads, folded their arms and dangerously close the rioters who spent months spreading after senators watched the searching menacingly for House furrowed their brow. Screams came to the nation’s leaders, falsehoods about the election. graphic video. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice from the audio and video filled shifting the focus of the trial “This attack never would Sen Ted Cruz, who was among President Mike Pence. the Senate chamber. Republican from an academic debate about have happened, but for Donald those leading the effort to Biden said he didn’t watch Senator James Lankford of the Constitution to a raw Trump,” Rep Madeleine Dean, challenge the Electoral College any of the previous day’s Oklahoma bent his head at one retelling of the assault. one of the impeachment tally, said: “The president’s proceedings live, but later saw point, another GOP colleague The footage showed the mob managers, said as she choked rhetoric is at times overheated, news coverage. putting his hand on his arm in smashing into the building, back emotion. “And so they but this is not a referendum This second impeachment comfort. rioters engaging in hand-to-hand came, draped in Trump’s flag, on whether you agree with trial, on the charge of incitement Sen Mitt Romney saw himself combat with police and audio of and used our flag, the American everything the president says or of insurrection, has echoes in the footage, dashing down Capitol police officers pleading flag, to batter and to bludgeon.” tweets.” of last year’s impeachment a hallway to avoid the mob. for back-up. Rioters were seen The Trump legal team takes It appears unlikely that the over the Ukraine matter, as Romney said he hadn’t realised roaming the halls chanting the floor on Friday (local time) House prosecutors will call prosecutors warn senators that that officer Eugene Goodman, “Hang Mike Pence” and eerily and Saturday for up to 16 witnesses, and Trump has left unchecked Trump poses who has been praised as a hero singing out “Where’s Nancy?” in hours to lay out its defence. The declined a request to testify. a danger to the civic order. for luring rioters away search for Pelosi. difficulty facing Trump’s defence Trump’s second impeachment Even out of office, the former from the Senate doors, Pence, who had been presiding became apparent at the start trial is expected to diverge president holds influence over had been the one to direct over a session to certify Biden’s as his lawyers leaned on the from the lengthy, complicated large swaths of voters. him to safety. election victory over Trump — process of the trial, unlike any affair of a year ago. In that The prosecutors on Thursday “That was thus earning Trump’s censure other, rather than the substance case, Trump was charged with drew a direct line from his overwhelmingly — was shown being rushed to of the case against the former having privately pressured repeated comments condoning distressing and safety, where he sheltered in an president. Ukraine to dig up dirt on Biden, and even celebrating violence emotional,” he said. office with his family just 100 Trump’s lawyers are likely to then a Democratic rival for the — praising “both sides” after Videos of the feet from the rioters. Pelosi was blame the rioters themselves for presidency. the 2017 outbreak at the siege have been seen being evacuated from the violence. The Democratic-led House white supremacist rally in circulating since the complex as her staff The first president to face an impeached the president swiftly, Charlottesville, Virginia, and the day of the hid behind doors in her impeachment trial after leaving one week after the attack. urging his rally crowd last riot, but the suite of office, Trump is also the first to month to go to the Capitol and graphic offices. be impeached twice. PROTECTING THE CAPITOL: fight for his presidency. His lawyers also Members of the National Guard “There’s a pattern staring say he cannot be patrol the area outside the US us in the face,” said Rep Jamie convicted because Capitol during the impeachment Raskin, the lead prosecutor. he is already gone trial of former President “When Donald Trump tells the from the White Donald Trump on Capitol crowd as he did on January 6 to House. Even though Hill, in Washington, on fight like hell, or you won’t have the Senate rejected Thursday. a country anymore. He meant that argument in AP picture for them to fight like hell.” Tuesday’s vote Trump lawyers will argue to proceed to the later this week that his trial, the legal words were protected by the issue could Constitution’s First Amendment resonate with and just a figure of speech. Senate Though most of the Senate jurors seem to have made 14 WORLD The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 BRIEFS Migrants on the move UK variant likely to ‘sweep the world, in all probability’ BAJO CHIQUITO, Panama pandemic restrictions sharply — After nearly a year stalled decreased the number of The coronavirus variant first found in the British in migrant camps at the migrants who passed through region of Kent is a concern because it is mutating edge of the jungle, hundreds last year to 8000, down from and so could undermine the protection given by of migrants have begun to 24,000 in 2019. vaccines against developing Covid-19, the head of move across Panama and into “The American dream the UK’s genetic surveillance programme says. neighbouring Costa Rica in continues driving people to She also said the UK variant was dominant in recent weeks. move despite the pandemic,” the country and was likely “to sweep the world, in Panama closed its borders Bernal said. all probability”. last March to try to slow the Idiam Osorio, a specialist The coronavirus has killed 2.35 million people Covid-19 pandemic. Nearly with the UN’s International and turned normal life upside down for billions, 2000 migrants suddenly found Organisation for Migration in but a few new worrying variants out of thousands their years-long journey toward Panama, said the change of have raised fears that vaccines will need to be the United States suspended. government in the US was just tweaked and people may require booster shots. But on January 29, Panama one among a variety of factors Sharon Peacock, director of the Covid-19 announced it was reopening its spurring people to migrate. “We Genomics UK consortium, said vaccines were so land borders, setting off a surge don’t dismiss that this issue far effective against the variants in the UK, but of migration through the dense (the new US administration) that mutations could potentially undermine the jungle covering the Colombia- is also connected to the growing shots. — AAP Panama border. motivation of migrants who Five new cases in Melbourne On Wednesday afternoon, have started to move, but more than 50 migrants trudged the reasons are diverse, MELBOURNE — A coronavirus outbreak linked out of the dense Darien including economic (reasons),” to the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport has grown jungle into the village of Bajo she said. to 13 cases, sparking fears the city could again Chiquito, the first community Saenz and other recent go into lockdown. they encountered after days arrivals stay at two migrant A total of five new cases were confirmed by the of walking. Pregnant women, camps in Laja Blanca and San Health Department on Thursday, including two adults carrying babies in their Vicente in the Darien area that announced at 11pm. “Both are household primary arms and others with bags of borders Colombia. The first is close contacts of previously announced cases,” clothing balanced atop their made up of tents and portable the department posted on Twitter. heads forded a river and then toilets, while the second, which The cases, which will be included in Friday’s scrambled up the bank to opened in late September, has official figures, also include a female assistant waiting border police. small prefabricated buildings manager at the hotel and two men, both partners They were told to line for the migrants. of female workers who earlier tested positive to up to register their entry Panama’s National COVID-19. into Panama. No measures Immigration Service said that One of the men may be linked to Camberwell — temperature checks or since January 29, some 551 Grammar School in Melbourne’s east. — AP social distancing — against migrants have left those camps coronavirus infection were on and moved to Panama’s border Tabloid held to account display. Only one man carrying with Costa Rica, something LONDON — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, his daughter wore a mask. they previously had not been says a British tabloid has been held to account Kerline Mervilier, a 29-year- allowed to do during the for its “dehumanising practices” after she won old from Haiti, made it into the pandemic. a privacy claim against the paper for printing line and collapsed complaining The agency also says that extracts of a letter she wrote to her father. DRIVEN BY AMERICAN DREAM: Haitian migrants cross the Meghan, 39, the wife of Queen Elizabeth’s of pain in her legs. She had Tuquesa river after a trip on foot through the jungle to Bajo only 168 migrants were travelled with boyfriend Isaac currently in its camp in Los grandson Prince Harry, sued publisher Associated Chiquito, Darien province, Panama, on Wednesday. After nearly Newspapers after its Mail on Sunday tabloid Cadichon from Brazil. She left a year stalled in migrant camps at the edge of the jungle, Planes, Chiriqui near that Haiti for Brazil in December border, suggesting that the printed parts of the handwritten letter she sent to hundreds of migrants have begun to move across Panama and her estranged father, Thomas Markle, in August 2019, but after losing her job in into neighbouring Costa Rica in recent weeks. AP picture others had continued on into a beauty salon there decided to Costa Rica. 2018. migrate again. highway. They recover from with a kinder tone toward Officials said on Tuesday that Last month, her lawyers asked Judge Mark They started to walk into the their jungle walk in an array of immigrants gave him hope. an estimated 1000 migrants Warby to rule in her favour without the need for jungle in Colombia on Friday, colourful tents pitched beside “I hope it goes well for us,” were in Darien, including 276 of a trial which could have pitted her against her emerging in Panama five days the border police station and on he said. “This president (Joe whom arrived on Monday night father, who gave a witness statement on behalf later. They were among 287 a basketball court. Biden) is better than the other to a small community of Bajo of the paper and who she has not seen since her migrants who entered Panama Many of the migrants are who was a little harder.” Chiquito, the first populated wedding in May 2018. — AAP on Wednesday, according to Haitians, but others come from Ovidia Fernández, left area migrants emerging border police. Cuba, Venezuela and various Havana, Cuba two years ago from the jungle encounter. China bars BBC World News “I hope to get to a destination African and Asian countries. with her daughter Anabel. They Immigration officials said they BEIJING — British television channel BBC where I can find work,” As they continue into spent time in Guyana, Brazil, expect another 800 migrants World News has been barred from airing in China, Mervilier said, holding her Panama, many pass through Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. to arrive from Colombia in the the National Radio and Television Administration passport and that of her a new migrant camp in San They arrived in San Vicente on coming days. has said, a week after the UK media regulator boyfriend in her hands. Her Vicente, also in Darien, but Sunday after walking through Haitian Wisnel Olly, 41, had revoked Chinese state television’s broadcast mother lives in New Jersey. reachable by road. the jungle for 13 days. recently arrived with his wife licence. “My country is a tragedy and Paul Saenz, a 27-year-old “There could be a chance of and their 4-month-old twins. In a statement issued on the stroke of the Lunar forces us to look for a new life. electrician from Haiti, flew to entering the United States,” The twins were born in Chile New Year, the administration said an investigation We had to climb mountains. Ecuador in December. He then she said. “There are people who where the family had lived for concluded that BBC World News’ China-related They assaulted me and stole took a bus to Colombia near the believe that with the change (of the past two years. reports had “seriously violated” regulations $160 while I walked.” Panama border, joined other administration) there’s hope.” Unlike Saenz, Olly said it including that news should be “truthful and fair”, There were some 400 Haitian migrants and crossed José Bernal, local took his family two weeks to had harmed China’s interests and undermined migrants in Bajo Chiquito on the jungle into Panama in three commissioner for Panama’s cross the Darien jungle. Their national unity. Wednesday and more have days. He said on Tuesday that National Borders Service said goal was to continue on as The channel therefore did not meet been arriving every day as he wanted to make it to the US the flow of migrants typically soon as possible with the goal requirements for foreign channels broadcasting others continue on. It’s a three- to help his family back in Haiti. picks up during this time of of making it to Mexico “where in China and its application to air for another year hour boat ride to the nearest The new US administration year, when the rains pause. The we’ll be taken care of.” — AP would not be accepted, it said. — AAP Mexico warns against false claims of open US doors

MEXICO CITY — Many migrants believe United States and they will be regularised, that She added that the administration was Twelve members of an elite police force in the “doors are open” to the United States has not been defined yet,” he said. “Our brother concerned about migrants arriving at the border. the northern border state of Tamaulipas have following the election of President Joe Biden, migrants should have this information so that “We don’t want people to put themselves in been charged in the January 22 killing of the said Mexican President Andrés Manuel López they won’t be deceived by human traffickers, danger at a time where it is not the right time to 14 Guatemalans and at least two suspected Obrador on Thursday. who paint a rosy picture.” come,” she said. Mexican migrant traffickers. They were killed, López Obrador said that wasn’t true, and In Washington, White House press secretary López Obrador also cited the recent massacre their bodies piled in a pickup truck and burned urged migrants not to believe traffickers who tell Jen Psaki said on Thursday a “vast majority” of 19 people, including at least 14 Guatemalan so badly that three corpses have still not been them they could get legal status immediately. He of migrants continue to be turned away at the migrants, as justification for his policy of identified. noted that he welcomed Biden’s policy proposal, US southern border. Biden was committed to stopping Central American migrants at Mexico’s Under pressure from former US President but that it would take time to be approved and moving away from the Trump administration’s southern border with Guatemala. Donald Trump in 2018 and 2019, López Obrador implemented. immigration policies but it was going to take López Obrador said the massacre showed that posted thousands of immigration, military and “Now, for example, that there is a US time. it was too dangerous to allow migrants to travel National Guard agents at Mexico’s border with immigration policy to regularise the situation of “The President is committed to putting in through drug cartel turf in northern Mexico. Guatemala to stop caravans of Central American migrants, Mexicans and our Central American place, in partnership with our Department “This was always our argument, that we need migrants from entering the country. brothers, people think that now the doors of Homeland Security, a moral and humane to protect migrants, watch out for them,” he Rights activists say Mexico’s policy has are open, that President Biden is going to process for processing people at the border, but said. “If they enter (Mexico) and spread out, we exposed migrants to additional dangers, immediately regularise all migrants,” López that capacity is limited,” Psaki said. “Right now, cannot keep an eye on them or protect them, including excessive use of force by law Obrador said. and it means we’re just not equipped to process and they wind up in the hands of organised enforcement forces, extortion by criminal gangs “It is not true that everyone can go now to the people at the pace that we would like to do.” crime, they are in danger.” and violations of their human rights. — AP The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 WORLD 15 Ethnic minorities protest Myanmar coup as strong opposition grows

YANGON, Myanmar — Members of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities marched through streets in traditional dress and floated on wooden long boats in a scenic lake on Thursday to protest last week’s coup, a sign of the broad and growing resistance to the military takeover. Opposition to the coup received a major boost from abroad from US President Joe Biden, who ordered new sanctions and promised more measures to come as he demanded the junta hand power back to the elected government. That’s part of a growing trend, as more governments consider sanctions against the military. The military seized power on February 1, ‘VEHICLES ARE JUST MANGLED’: Vehicles are piled up after a fatal crash on Interstate 35 near Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday. ousting leader Aung San Suu Kyi and preventing The massive crash involving 75 to 100 vehicles on an icy Texas interstate killed five and injured dozens, police said, as a winter recently elected lawmakers from opening a new storm dropped freezing rain, sleet and snow on parts of the US. AP picture session of Parliament — a shocking reversal after about a decade of progress toward democracy in Myanmar. The junta said it was forced to step in because Suu Kyi’s government failed to properly Massive crash kills five investigate allegations of fraud in recent elections, though the election commission has said there is no evidence to support those claims. DALLAS — At least five people were the ice that several of the first responders States east of the Rocky Mountains,” he In response to the coup, tens of thousands killed and dozens injured on Thursday were falling on the scene,” Zavadsky said. said. of protesters have marched daily in Yangon and in a massive crash involving 75 to 100 His crews carry a sand and salt In Tennessee, police responded to about Mandalay, the country’s biggest cities — and vehicles on an icy Texas interstate, police mixture in the ambulances, which they 30 traffic collisions and some flights the demonstrations have spread throughout the said, as a winter storm dropped freezing began using at the scene, he said. At one were delayed at Memphis International country, showing depth of the resistance. The rain, sleet and snow on parts of the US. point, one of the ambulances was hit, but Airport after freezing rain and sleet rallies have drawn people from all walks of life, At the scene of the crash on Interstate it sustained only minor damage and the fell. despite an official ban on gatherings of more than 35 near downtown Fort Worth, a tangle crew members were fine. In Kentucky, the governor declared a five people. Factory workers and civil servants, of semi-trailers, cars and trucks had Farther south, in suburban Austin, state of emergency to free up funding students and teachers, medical personnel and crashed into each other and had turned more than two dozen vehicles were and help agencies co-ordinate as they people from LGBTQ communities, Buddhist every which way, with some vehicles on involved in a pileup on an icy highway, responded to reports of slick roads and monks and Catholic clergy have all come out in top of others. and five people were taken to a hospital, downed power lines. And in southern force. “The vehicles are just mangled,” said emergency officials said. Indiana, schools and government offices On Thursday, people from Myanmar’s ethnic Matt Zavadsky, spokesman for MedStar, The storm came as a polar vortex — closed. minority groups, who are concentrated in far-flung, which provides the ambulance service swirling air that normally sits over the Goss said that smaller disturbances border states, joined in — a striking show of unity for the area. “Multiple tow trucks are Earth’s poles — had moved near the moving through the polar jet stream in a country where some groups have resented the on the scene. It’s going to take a lot to US-Canada border, resulting in colder would bring “a shot of winter weather” Burman majority’s control and have also had their disentangle this wreck.” weather farther south than usual, into southern portions of the country. differences with Suu Kyi. But their deep mistrust Thirty-six people were taken to said Steve Goss, a meteorologist with Some areas that didn’t normally get of the military, which has brutally repressed their hospitals from the crash, several with the National Weather Service’s Storm snowfall would likely see heavy amounts armed struggles for more autonomy, has made critical injuries, Zavadsky said. Police Prediction Centre in Norman, Oklahoma. over the next several days. Current them uneasy allies with her party. set up a reunification centre for family “As a result we’re getting unusually estimates show some areas of the “Our people have been oppressed by the members. or unseasonably cold air that’s spilling Southern Plains could get a foot or more. junta for many years. They have cracked down “The roadway was so treacherous from south across a good portion of the United — AP brutally. How long are they going to keep doing this?” asked protester Naw Ohn Hla, a human rights activist from the Karen ethnic group, at a demonstration in Yangon. “But the people Covid-defying nun toasts 117th birthday understand the situation, and most of them are joining now.” There have also been reports of police officers PARIS — Question: How does Lucile Randon. The Gerontology who belong to the Kayah ethnic group risking one cram enough candles on to a Research Group, which validates their jobs to protest the takeover. In a video shot birthday cake for one of the world’s details of people thought to be 110 on Wednesday in a small village in the eastern oldest survivors of Covid-19? or older, lists her as the second- state of Kayah, 42 police officers could be seen Answer: With 117 candles, you can’t. oldest known living person in the standing together to declare their support for the A French nun who is believed to world, behind only an 118-year-old protesters and refused to return to duty. Residents be the world’s second-oldest person woman in Japan, Kane Tanaka. streamed to the scene to protect the defiant celebrated her 117th birthday in Tavella told French media earlier officers from arrest. style on Thursday, with multiple this week that Sister André tested In Myanmar’s eastern Shan State, home to the treats and cards and flowers to fete positive for the coronavirus in country’s largest ethnic minority group, scores her exceptional longevity through mid-January but she had so few of wooden long boats used for fishing and two world wars and a recent symptoms that she didn’t even transportation on scenic Inle Lake hosted a unique coronavirus infection. realise she was infected. Her floating protest, with passengers holding placards Sister André also got a Mass survival made headlines both in denouncing the coup and calling for justice. Some in her honour and a feast with France and beyond. protesters squeezed messages lengthwise on to champagne, red wine and port. “When the whole world suddenly oars, including “Respect Our Votes” and “Say No Then came a nap followed by more started talking about this story, I to Coup”. festivities, including an afternoon understood that Sister André was a Large rallies have also taken place in the snack of baked Alaska, her favourite bit like an Olympic flame on a ‘round capital, Naypyitaw — which is unusual since the dessert. the world tour that people want to planned city has a large military presence. “It made me very, very, very, grab hold of, because we all need a On Thursday, in the southern city of Dawei, very happy,” the birthday girl said. bit of hope at the moment,” Tavella protesters stamped and wiped their feet on a “Because I met all those I love and said. poster of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the I thank the heavens for giving them When Tavella talked to her on much-scorned coup leader who now heads the to me. I thank God for the trouble Thursday about celebrating her ruling junta. they went to.” next birthday in 2022, she replied: “I Hundreds of protesters also gathered outside Sister André’s big day got rolling won’t be here next year,” he quoted CELEBRATING 117TH BIRTHDAY: the Chinese Embassy to criticise what they said with a morning video call with her Sister Andre’s folds her her as saying, adding: “But she has was Beijing’s failure to condemn the military great-nephews and great-great hands at Mass at the chapel of the care home in Toulon, been saying that for 10 years.” takeover. They held signs, many in English and nephews, followed by a Mass in her southern France. Sister Andre was celebrating her 117th By strange coincidence, Tavella AP picture Mandarin, with slogans such as, “Reject the honour led by the local Catholic birthday. celebrated his 43rd birthday on Coup, Shame on you China” and “Dear Chinese bishop, said David Tavella, the Thursday. Government, Don’t Stay Muted. This is not Zoom communications manager for the Tavella told The Associated Packing on 117 candles would “We often joke that she and I meeting.” care home in the southern French Press. There was also port and have been impossible. were born on the same day,” he Min Aung Hlaing indirectly acknowledged the city of Toulon where the nun lives. Champagne “because 117 years “We stopped trying a long time said. “I never tell myself that she widespread opposition to his government in a Her birthday feast included a have to be toasted,” he said. ago,” Tavella said. “Even if we made is 117 because she is so easy to televised speech on Thursday. starter of foie gras, followed by She skipped dessert because big cakes, I’m not sure that she talk to, regardless of age. It is only About 220 politicians and activists have capon with fragrant mushrooms. she was tired, but got it served to would have enough breath to blow when she talks about World War I been arrested since the coup, according to the “All of it washed down with red her later after a nap — with three them all out. You would need a fire as though she lived through it that I independent Assistance Association for Political wine, because she drinks red wine. candles and the numerals 117 on extinguisher.” realize, ‘yes, she did live through it.” Prisoners. — AP It’s one of her secrets of longevity,” top. Sister André’s birth name is — AP 16 The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 Let us move the earth for you CALL US NOW

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WELLINGTON — Filly Force Of Will’s path to to be competitive,” Scott said. Australian targets still remain in the offing, “He is part of a very strong field and it won’t the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand Oaks “We will just give her a quiet weekend and with Force Of Will nominated for both the Gr.1 be easy for us but he’s got the ability to be (2400m) has hit a snag just a month out from the take blood again on Monday. She hasn’t got a Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick on April 10 competitive,” Scott said. Trentham Classic. temperature or anything, her blood picture just and the Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick “His first run back (for second in the Gr.3 The three-year-old daughter of Power was isn’t 100 percent.” a week earlier. Jarden Stakes over 2000m at Ellerslie in set to line up in the Gr.2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Force Of Will wasn’t nominated for the New “The way she’s racing and the way she has November) was superb and he ran well in the Guineas (2000m) at Te Rapa tomorrow, however, Zealand Oaks but a late entry was likely if she continued to step up has brought those races Zabeel Classic (2000m, Group One at Ellerslie on trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott have performed up to expectations on Saturday, but into contention,” Scott said. Boxing Day) but the quick backup into the City Of taken a cautious approach and scratched her Scott said they will now just take a race-by- “She’s a filly we took quietly as a two-year-old. Auckland Cup (2400m, Group Three at Ellerslie on from the race after findings from her bloodwork race approach with the Sir Owen Glen bred and She’s become a real summer bloomer.” New Year’s Day) didn’t suit him. yesterday morning. owned filly. Meanwhile, stablemate Charles Road is a $34 “We’re hoping he can put in another good “We took a routine blood off her this “If she recovers quickly, we can make some outsider in the day’s feature, the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke performance. His work has been encouraging. (Thursday) morning and she just wasn’t 100 plans. But we will just take it one step at a time, Stakes (2000m) but O’Sullivan and Scott believe He’s just got to bring it to the table on raceday.” percent in the blood. They need to be 100 percent the horse’s general health has got to come first.” he deserves his place in the race. — NZ Racing Desk

Waikato races at Te Rapa Saturday Jetbet 2 TAB Doubles 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Trebles 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 Quaddies 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Place6 4-9 Selections 2 Te Akau Shark Farewell To A Legend 12.45 9 s4616 Kiwianna (1) 54.5 67 S Collett 6 BCD Group Sprint (G1) 3.05 14 0s624 Absconded (5) 56.5 60 T Newman (a) Race 1: THE LOST BOYS, KEATS, LITTLE BELLE 10 97203 Mighty Connor (3) 54 62 S McKay $30,000, rating 74 benchmark, 1200m 11 06967 Master Herb (9) 54 58 T Yanagida (a1) $200,000, group 1 wfa, 1400m 8 Herbie Dyke Stakes (G1) 4.15 Race 2: FESTIVITY, WOODCOTE LASS, BURGUNDY ROSE 1 64683 Mr Universe (12) 62.5 79 1 s1321 Callsign Mav (10) 59 105 J Riddell $400,000, group 1 wfa, 2000m Race 3: AMANO, TORQUE TIME, TRIOMPHE B Rogerson (a4) 4 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas 1.55 2 74820 Julius (7) 59 102 C Grylls Race 4: MONTRE MOI, CHEAPERTHANDIVORCE, 2 11312 Burgundy Rose (7) 61.5 81 $100,000, group 2 3yo sw, 2000m 3 23170 Gino Severini (4) 59 97 M McNab 1 8734s The Chosen One (10) 59 106 T Harris LAUNCH PAD 2 59951 Tiptronic (3) 59 105 V Colgan J Kamaruddin (a3) 1 1013 Montre Moi (2) 56.5 86 M McNab 4 31545 Mascarpone (2) 59 89 R Elliot Race 5: GOLD WATCH, RANGER, SCOTCH 3 s1215 Festivity (4) 60.5 79 O Bosson 5 79972 New York Jazz (6) 59 77 J Fawcett 3 30711 Beauden (4) 59 102 R Elliot 2 13425 Perfect Scenario (6) 56.5 74 D Johnson 4 35463 Deerfield (9) 59 98 M McNab Race 6: LEVANTE, AVANTAGE, CALLSIGN MAV 4 44186 Breezon (11) 60 74 L Innes 3 4114 Mongolian Wings (12) 56.5 68 J Parkes 6 43421 Manrico (9) 59 70 T Newman (a) 5 13163 Camino Rocoso (6) 59 96 C Johnson Race 7: AMARELINHA, IL AFFARE, NEEDLE AND THREAD 5 s208s Woodcote Lass (2) 57.5 73 C Grylls 4 4912 Pierro Rosso (9) 56.5 64 J Riddell 7 32211 Avantage (11) 57 110 O Bosson Race 8: MELODY BELLE, THE CHOSEN ONE, SINARAHMA 6 3749s Harbourside (6) 57 68 M McNab 5 s8130 Tannahill (3) 56.5 64 L Innes 8 20329 Kiwi Ida (3) 57 103 C Johnson 6 02860 Charles Road (7) 59 94 C Grylls Race 9: LES CRAYERES, HUMBUCKER, RAPID FALLS 7 s0s17 Might (5) 56.5 67 A Calder 6 7613 Macs (7) 56.5 63 L Satherley 9 2s131 Levante (8) 57 101 S Collett 7 70895 On The Rocks (2) 59 92 S Collett 8 3104s Up ‘n’ Gone (1) 56.5 67 J Fawcett 7 45564 Iffie Shows (8) 56.5 61 R Elliot 10 73458 Its Destinys Child (5) 57 92 S Spratt 8 51811 Royal Performer (1) 59 92 J Riddell 9 s0360 O’Charm (9) 55.5 69 S Spratt 8 40356 Ember Attack (1) 56.5 54 S McKay 11 2s0s6 Travelling Light (1) 57 92 J Parkes 9 01131 Melody Belle (8) 57 115 O Bosson 10 10634 Tears Of Jupiter (3) 55 68 9 32 Launch Pad (5) 56.5 53 S Weatherley 10 72452 Sinarahma (5) 57 99 D Johnson A Goindasamy (a1) 10 s0466 Brazier (10) 56.5 48 T Thornton 7 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic 3.40 11 — Get Hitched SCRATCHED 11 — Force Of Will SCRATCHED $100,000, group 2 3yof sw, 2000m 9 Bayleys Real Estate Mile 4.55 12 54101 Montana Mist (8) 54.5 67 1 On Line Contractors 12.10 12 43554 Tokorangi (4) 54.5 74 A Calder 1 2112 Amarelinha (1) 56.5 88 D Johnson $30,000, maat, 1600m T Newman (a2) 13 53318 Zee Falls (11) 54.5 74 S Collett $30,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1300m 13 s6356 On Demand (10) 54.5 67 S Collett 2 17641 Needle And Thread (9) 56.5 85 C Grylls 1 24551 Humbucker (6) 58 62 V Colgan 14 102 Cheaperthandivorce (13) 54.5 68 3 11632 Il Affare (6) 56.5 77 J Parkes 1 s4610 Mighty Aslan (10) 60 65 S Spratt V Colgan 2 26615 The Green Gremlin (2) 58 62 3 Allied Security 1.20 4 43554 Tokorangi (12) 56.5 74 A Calder A Goindasamy (a1) 2 70s52 Glittering Armour (11) 59.5 64 S Collett 5 53318 Zee Falls (7) 56.5 74 5 Waikato Stud 2.30 3 49112 Les Crayeres (1) 57 70 D Johnson 3 12 Keats (9) 59.5 64 J Riddell $30,000, rating 74 benchmark, 2100m 6 45712 Victorem (11) 56.5 73 T Thornton 4 1 The Lost Boys (1) 59 63 O Bosson 1 s5801 That’s Incranibull (5) 60 74 O Bosson $30,000, rating 74 benchmark, 1400m 7 12240 Key (14) 56.5 71 M McNab 4 52232 Oceana Lad (9) 57 54 R Elliot 5 4589 The Belvoir (8) 57 48 C Grylls 5 67363 Saignon (5) 58 65 B Rogerson (a4) 2 02824 Amano (11) 59 72 C Grylls 1 s0569 Rocket Fuel (7) 62.5 83 M Kareem (a3) 8 2144 Canuhandleajandal (4) 56.5 70 V Colgan 6 100s Mandalorian (7) 58 61 3 00065 Daytona Red (8) 59 72 A Calder 2 07524 Acutus (2) 61.5 77 D Danis (a2) 9 26864 Sweet Anna (2) 56.5 70 L Innes 6 7s312 Rapid Falls (11) 56 64 M McNab 7 — Ifndoubtgetout SCRATCHED 4 7s141 Torque Time (7) 58 70 S Spratt 3 0s111 Gold Watch (4) 59.5 73 J Riddell 10 7161 Slave To Love (3) 56.5 68 7 32316 Capistrano Rocs (7) 56 63 S Weatherley 8 91398 Roc Cha (2) 57 63 T Thornton 5 s4101 Triomphe (2) 57.5 69 D Johnson 4 s5194 Stand Tall (6) 59.5 73 A Goindasamy (a1) A Goindasamy (a) 8 47718 Alexandrite (4) 56 62 S Collett 9 s5033 Little Belle (6) 56.5 62 M McNab 6 s2181 Arlington Gold (4) 57 68 M McNab 5 21591 Ranger (5) 58.5 71 L Satherley 11 34510 Bella Button (10) 56.5 63 S Collett 9 20199 La Velocita (12) 56 62 L Innes 10 05853 Shady Grey (4) 56 57 T Yanagida (a1) 7 46061 Wheao (6) 55.5 65 L Satherley 6 44110 Bad ‘n’ Bouj (1) 57.5 73 S McKay 12 177 Samina Bibi (8) 56.5 63 J Riddell 10 0s441 Rusalka (5) 56 62 E McCall (a3) 11 85794 Felix Faure (8) 55 55 L Satherley 8 48516 Ever So Clever (10) 54.5 67 7 01592 Scotch (3) 57.5 69 M McNab 13 54381 Beautifulnightmare (13) 56.5 62 11 42319 Sardonia (10) 56 61 T Yanagida (a1) 12 98s97 Overthemark (3) 54 45 J Fawcett A Goindasamy (a1) 8 10634 Tears Of Jupiter (8) 55 68 L Satherley 12 8s332 Milk Power (3) 55 54 S Spratt

Banks Peninsula races at Riccarton Park Saturday Jetbet 6 TAB Doubles 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Trebles 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 Quaddies 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Place6 4-9 Selections 12 03 Justabelle (16) 56 51 K Asano (a1) EMERGENCIES: 6 GM Accounting & Consulting 3.22 3 31641 Highly Unlikely (7) 57 67 D Bothamley Race 1: ADANNAYA, COMMITMENT, FIONNUALA 13 s0440 Miss Chaplin (5) 56 49 A Balloo 17 57789 Bella Eve (17) 56.5 45 4 61340 Rainman (11) 57 67 G Jogoo 14 Fettercairn (12) 56 47 S Wynne 18 408s7 Crimson Star (11) 56.5 45 $27,500, rating 74 benchmark, 1400m 5 81275 Queen Jetsun (9) 55.5 68 Race 2: MOZZARELLA, MACKENZIE LAD, DURBAN WAY 15 8s Reigning Cash (8) 56 46 B Murray 19 s0809 Sombra Deamor (20) 56.5 45 1 1s257 El Gladiador (5) 60 74 M Gestain (a4) 6 61165 Sacred Caga (5) 55 67 K Mudhoo Race 3: ISLAND HOP, HOMBRE, SAM’S SONG 16 0s99s Purple Rain (10) 56 45 BB Hong 20 0s99s Purple Rain (2) 56 45 2 41625 I Am A Rock (1) 60 74 D Bothamley 7 66363 Sulu Sea (3) 54 65 Race 4: ROC MUSIC, CEDDY SMITH, OUR ECHO 3 19331 Rock Sensation (8) 59.5 73 L Callaway 8 71835 Belindabella (1) 54 64 R Mudhoo (a2) Race 5: ENZO’S LAD, KHIMAR WAR, JOHNNY JONES 2 NZB Insurance Pearl Series 1.00 4 Mick And Melba Murfitt Mem. 2.10 4 30522 Hee’s Our Secret (11) 59 72 9 64464 Too Ferlaxed (6) 54 63 Race 6: I AM A ROCK, GLORIOUS OCEAN, ROCK SENSATION $22,500, 2yo sw+p, 1000m $22,500, rating 65 benchmark*, 1200m K Asano (a1) 10 17090 Colorado Miss (2) 54 60 T Moseley Race 7: SOUTHERN OCEAN, BENEFICIAL, KILLARNEY 5 46031 Jewel Of Patch (12) 58 70 C Barnes 11 51006 Battlinaway (4) 54 59 K Kwo (a2) 1 2 Mackenzie Lad (2) 57 52 S Wynne 1 22212 Our Echo (3) 60 65 A Balloo 6 56524 Exuberant (9) 57 68 R Beeharry (a3) 12 00s07 Effervescent (8) 54 55 B Murray Race 8: SACRED CAGA, HIGHLY UNLIKELY, SULU SEA 2 Eight Ball (4) 57 45 BB Hong 2 40526 Linedanceking (7) 59.5 64 J Lowry 7 36019 Severine (7) 56.5 71 J Lowry Race 9: TOUCHABEEL, EASY ON THE EYE, SHOCK PROSPECT 3 741 Mozzarella (3) 56.5 63 K Asano (a1) 3 05832 Selfie (6) 59.5 64 K Asano (a1) 8 04541 Seriously (2) 56.5 67 T Moseley 9 Yaldhurst Hotel 5.13 4 4 Durban Way (1) 55 50 R Mudhoo (a2) 4 37512 Benaud (11) 59 63 W Papier (a4) 9 13714 Glorious Ocean (4) 56 70 S Wynne $22,500, rating 65 benchmark*, 1600m 5 Lismore (5) 55 45 B Murray 5 15540 Ceddy Smith (2) 58 62 S Wynne 10 4s076 Skaaboom (10) 54.5 67 K Mudhoo 6 Top Notch (6) 55 45 L Callaway 6 s3163 Roc Music (5) 57 63 D Bothamley 1 64465 Just Tickety Boo (9) 60 65 K Kwo (a2) 11 46309 Express Rip (6) 54.5 63 R Mudhoo (a2) 7 90038 Well Chosen (8) 57 59 R Mudhoo (a2) 2 55875 Original Gangster (13) 59.5 64 12 7561 Amazon Goddess (3) 54 63 A Balloo 3 Alistair Gray Memorial 1.35 8 2614s Llovizna (4) 56.5 62 G Jogoo K Mudhoo $10,000, maiden, 1400m 9 26306 Our Rosette (1) 56.5 62 T Moseley 7 Banks Peninsula Cup 3.57 3 26434 O’Guy (12) 59 63 K Asano (a1) 1 Fiona Stuart Memorial 12.25 10 0s464 A Little Vague (10) 56 61 L Callaway 4 79701 Yeah Right (17) 59 63 T Moseley 1 s3388 Hombre (3) 58.5 52 M Gestain (a4) $10,000, maiden, 1200m 11 163s0 Madam Sequoia (9) 55.5 60 K Kwo (a2) $32,500, open handicap, 1800m 5 64080 Clooney (8) 58.5 62 R Cuneen 2 24 Island Hop (12) 58.5 52 S Toolooa (a3) 6 19422 Shock Prospect (6) 58 65 J Lowry 1 2254s Jack Knows Best (7) 58.5 54 1 07467 Killarney (1) 62 82 T Moseley 3 43028 Sam’s Song (5) 58.5 51 D Bothamley 5 Rangiora Equine Services 2.45 2 79974 Picture Me Rollin (6) 61 84 7 01032 Easy On The Eye (7) 57 63 C Barnes Y Y Chew (a4) 4 s0s36 Romantic Hero (19) 58.5 50 G Jogoo 8 90720 Monash (5) 57 59 2 42 Commitment (6) 58.5 52 C Barnes $32,500, open handicap, 1100m S Toolooa (a3) 5 s8387 He’s Irish (10) 58.5 49 Z Bholah (a3) 3 72090 Sitarist (4) 60 82 G Jogoo 9 1000s Grab The Bar (11) 56.5 58 3 5s He’s Ready (9) 58.5 47 L Callaway 6 Il Sonetto (16) 58 45 C Campbell (a1) 1 86294 Enzo’s Lad (3) 62 99 S Toolooa (a3) R Mudhoo (a2) 4 s0587 Are There (15) 58.5 45 R Beeharry (a3) 4 45328 Beneficial (5) 57.5 77 K Kwo (a2) 7 90 Ponsardin (8) 58 45 L Callaway 2 71710 Johnny Jones (10) 59 93 M Gestain (a4) 5 21112 Southern Ocean (3) 57.5 73 K Mudhoo 10 35360 Miss Curious (16) 56 61 C Campbell (a1) 5 s008s Postcode Envy (1) 58.5 45 8 Star Vista (6) 58 45 J Lowry 3 33620 Rocanto (7) 57.5 90 K Asano (a1) 6 64464 Too Ferlaxed (8) 54 63 K Asano (a1) 11 21267 Recommended Flight (3) 56 61 M Gestain (a4) 9 90040 Uber Roca (15) 56.5 49 B Murray 4 42238 Khimar War (6) 54 83 S Wynne 7 01677 Pure Class (2) 54 60 R Beeharry (a3) B Murray 6 47s82 In Heaven (13) 58 52 W Papier (a4) 10 000 Rimarchevole (13) 56.5 46 C Barnes 5 0250s Saber (9) 54 83 W Papier (a4) 8 90720 Monash (7) 54 59 S Wynne 12 43000 Aristotle (10) 56 57 A Balloo 7 s2454 Fionnuala (2) 56.5 52 K Kwo (a2) 11 0 Humiliate (14) 56.5 45 T Jonker 6 50440 El Bee Darci (2) 54 82 K Mudhoo 13 — Johnnie Redmond SCRATCHED 8 3 Call Me Coquetta (3) 56.5 51 12 Splash Palace (4) 56.5 45 T Moseley 7 7s011 Live Drama (11) 54 80 C Barnes 8 Rural Livestock 4.33 14 52570 Letsbringiton (4) 56 57 R Beeharry (a3) R Mudhoo (a2) 13 Dance With Me (7) 56 45 8 44821 Devious (1) 54 75 T Moseley 15 00790 Heartoheart (14) 55 59 L Callaway 9 70s46 Bright Flash (11) 56.5 50 G Jogoo 14 00 Diceland (18) 56 45 S Wynne 9 76642 Tellyawhat (8) 54 73 A Balloo $27,500, rating 74 benchmark, 2000m 16 470s6 Jojo Roxx (15) 55 59 S Wynne 10 0s0s9 Tacit Approval (14) 56.5 46 K Mudhoo 15 78 Eulogy Show (1) 56 45 K Mudhoo 10 37486 Riverfalls (5) 54 69 K Kwo (a2) 1 08030 El Bee Jack (10) 59 71 R Cuneen 17 3s875 Touchabeel (1) 55 59 G Jogoo 11 022 Adannaya (4) 56 59 T Moseley 16 0 Rocmemama (9) 56 45 R Mudhoo (a2) 11 03225 Walkthisswey (4) 54 64 B Murray 2 62128 Fishermans Blues (12) 57 67 C Barnes 18 47038 Drake Bay (2) 55 55 T Jonker

Riverton harness at Invercargill Saturday Jetbet 7 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 Q. 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 PL6 5-10 Selections 2 Ryder Roofing - Otaitai 12.35 2 977s I Had A Dream (Fr) 2 M Williamson 4 80130 Whatwillbeewillbee (10) U1 N Williamson 8 8770s U May Cullect (40) 2 K Barclay Race 1: NOOSA BEACH, ARIZONA DOLL, 3 47s0 Wonthavtime (Fr) 3 M Hill (J) 5 60895 Gershwin (10) U2 J Douglas 9 11275 Vintage Cheddar (40) 3 B Barclay $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m. mobile, 4 Smilelikeyameanit (Fr) 4 N Williamson 6 9P107 Rydgemont Milly (20) 1 J Morrison (J) HONOUR BEFORE GLORY 2200m 5 0857 Arlo Maguire (Fr) 5 C Ferguson 7 23133 Tweedledee (20) 2 S Ottley 9 Longwood Gold Chip Trot 4.27 Race 2: DEBUTANTE PARTY, EMERALD ABBEY, DELTA THREE 1 263 Debutante Party (Fr) 1 N Williamson 6 s96s2 Beauty Barry (Fr) 6 R Close 8 35215 Get Lucky (30) 1 O Kite (J) $12,000, 3yo+, non-winners w/c special hand- Race 3: CALICO HILL, FATHERDANTHERODEOMAN, 2 04 Tangier Tango (Fr) 2 B Barclay 7 0 Zach Lowe (Fr) 7 K Larsen 9 s4444 Cuchulainn (40) 1 B Barclay icap stand, 2700m VINTAGE ROSE 3 37303 Change At The Top (Fr) 3 C Ferguson 8 — Tommy Waterhouse SCRATCHED Race 4: BEAUTY BARRY, WHITE LIGHTNING, WONTHAVTIME 4 00440 Lifes A Beach (Fr) 4 J Morrison (J) 9 36P Change The Shape (Fr) 21 (J) 7 The Rocks 3.17 1 927 Riley Moment (Fr) 1 J Morrison (J) 2 48D30 It’s Summertime (Fr) 2 J Douglas Race 5: MISS AUCKLAND, TARTAN ROXY, LYNRYD SKYNRYD 5 73274 Emerald Abbey (Fr) 5 P Hunter 10 077 The Watchman (Fr) 22 S Ottley $10,000, r53-r59. mobile, 2200m Race 6: MISS BAMBOOCHA, WHATWILLBEEWILLBEE, 6 5 Cautious Galleon (Fr) 6 S Tomlinson (J) 11 554 White Lightning (Fr) 23 E Barron (J) 3 60560 Petronelli Gee (Fr) 3 A Milne 1 84906 Silk (Fr) 1 R Holmes 4 26 Dont Ask (Fr) 4 M Williamson TWEEDLEDEE 7 570s7 Valynda (Fr) 7 K Barclay 12 Quaddie VC (Fr) 24 B Barclay 13 Superfast (Fr) 25 M Hurrell (J) 2 32750 Wolfenstein (Fr) 2 M Williamson 5 0Ps00 Birch (Fr) U1 B McLellan Race 7: BENIO BEN, HAZER, CHUCKLES 8 2 Delta Three (Fr) 8 R Holmes 9 Flying Heathers One (Fr) 21 R Close 3 807s2 Benio Ben (Fr) 3 R Close 6 33221 Peregrine (20) 1 B Barclay Race 8: VINTAGE CHEDDAR, JOHNNY MAC, 10 60000 Kennington Girl (Fr) U1 T Robertson 5 Carriers Arm - Tikaka 2.17 4 51016 Hazer (Fr) 4 S Tomlinson (J) 7 64535 Robo Trouble (20) 2 J Campbell (J) FRANCO SANTINO $10,000, 4yo+ r40-r54. jun.d mobile, 2200m 5 8700s Whata Razzle Dazzle (Fr) 5 N Williamson 8 48733 Svelt (20) 3 M Hurrell (J) Race 9: WAI KEY WEE, MAUDARCHY, PEREGRINE 3 Todd & Co Realty - Mitchells Bay 1.10 6 6915s Chuckles (Fr) 6 C Ferguson 9 21329 Maudarchy (20) 4 K Tomlinson (J) 1 88127 Duke Of Dundee (Fr) 1 T Larsen (J) Race 10: EMMA’S BOY, CHANGEAROUND, SENTRY 7 04075 Better Galleon (Fr) 7 M Hurrell (J) 10 0746P Midnight Memories (20) 5 A Beck $7000, r40-r45. mobile, 2200m 2 60679 I’m Watching You (Fr) 2 T Nally (J) 8 81043 Franco Huntington (Fr) 8 J Morrison (J) 11 11 Wai Key Wee (20) 6 N Williamson 1 31008 Von Art (Fr) 1 C Ferguson 3 13251 Miss Auckland (Fr) 3 T Dewe (J) 9 03112 Lilac Becky (Fr) 21 E Barron (J) 12 s0607 Postgrad Success (20) U1 E Barron (J) 2 39700 Indulgence (Fr) 2 T Nally (J) 4 24344 Tartan Roxy (Fr) 4 M Hurrell (J) 10 88756 Shillelagh (Fr) 22 S Ottley 13 29919 King Of The North (20) U2 K Larsen 3 Ps009 Lincoln Skipper (Fr) 3 R McIlwrick 5 21574 Lynryd Skynryd (Fr) 5 K Tomlinson (J) 11 1241 Trinity Star (Fr) 23 B Barclay 1 Reg Drake Pace 12.00 4 62926 Matrika (Fr) 4 S Ottley 6 26805 Baileys Diamond (Fr) 6 E Barron (J) 10 Drake Plumbing - Waipango 5.07 5 s5609 Shot In The Dark (Fr) 5 N Williamson 7 01 Zaccy Mac (Fr) 7 O Kite (J) 12 47188 Tiger Moth (Fr) U1 K Barclay $8000, non-winners mr40 to mr45. mobile, 6 90685 Man I’m Good (Fr) 6 A Kyle 8 84239 Westburn Bliss (Fr) 8 S Tomlinson (J) $8000, r46-r52. mobile, 2200m 2200m 8 Riverton Cup Hcp Pce 3.52 7 23898 Holy Havoc (Fr) 7 P Hunter 9 s2995 Stratofortress (Fr) 21 M Hill (J) 1 32019 Emma’s Boy (Fr) 1 R Holmes 1 07098 Franco Jordan (Fr) 1 J Douglas 8 00430 Fireforefiddle (Fr) 8 M Williamson 10 41049 Tad Lincoln (Fr) 22 J Campbell (J) $14,000, r55-r110 special handicap stand, 2 99s60 Ideal Glacier (Fr) 2 A Armour SCRATCHED 2 50009 Heritage (Fr) 2 M Williamson 9 00736 Dalness Arizona (Fr) 21 M Hurrell (J) 11 — Rakarippa 2700m 3 s0000 Aveross Rustler (Fr) 3 R Close 3 95026 Arizona Doll (Fr) 3 R Close 10 73402 Calico Hill (Fr) 22 R Austin 12 s0077 Honour Scroll (Fr) U1 J Morrison (J) 1 71090 American Mac (Fr) 1 M Williamson 4 5598s Buck (Fr) 4 N Williamson 11 s430s Fatherdantherodeoman (Fr) 23 B Barclay 4 05072 Noosa Beach (Fr) 4 E Barron (J) 6 Neville Cleaver Fishing Trot 2.50 2 07836 Mighty Flying Art (Fr) U1 S Tomlinson (J) 5 65227 Robyns Shadow (Fr) 5 C Ferguson 5 50454 Hans Ideal (Fr) 5 C Ferguson 12 37063 Vintage Rose (Fr) 24 K Barclay 3 54176 Sagwitch (10) 1 M Hurrell (J) 6 39519 Changearound (Fr) 6 S Ottley 6 00709 Sly Tricks (Fr) 6 T Robertson 4 Fear The Dragon - Taramea Bay 1.45 $12,000, r45-r110 special handicap stand, 4 64831 Johnny Mac (10) 2 S Ottley 7 66174 Jaffie J (Fr) 7 K Tomlinson (J) 7 20667 Marie Long (Fr) 7 N Williamson 2700m 5 47381 Memphis Tennessee (20) U1 8 94485 Kagee VC (Fr) 8 J Morrison (J) 8 74685 Northview Peg (Fr) 8 S Tomlinson (J) $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ mr47 to mr50. 1 0283s Insist The Win (Fr) 1 L Pearson J Morrison (J) 9 D3034 Black Ops (Fr) 21 A Beck 9 84735 Honour Before Glory (Fr) 21 B Barclay mobile, 2200m 2 81866 Kahress (Fr) 2 R Holmes 6 10844 Franco Santino (30) 1 N Williamson 10 14209 Sentry (Fr) 22 R McIlwrick 10 P07s9 S P F Three (Fr) U1 J Morrison (J) 1 08 Pure Art (Fr) 1 S Tomlinson (J) 3 22441 Miss Bamboocha (Fr) U1 R McIlwrick 7 05347 Robyns Playboy (40) 1 C Ferguson 11 48P16 Omaggio (Fr) U1 E Barron (J)

Legend: T – Won at track. C – Won at this distance on this course. D – Won at this distance on another course. M – Won in slow or heavy going. B – Beaten favourite at last start. H – Trained on track. N – Won at night. S – Spell of three months. F – Fell. P – Pulled up. L – Lost rider. TV – Featured on Trackside TV. 18 RACING The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 Khimar War set for tough Riccarton battle CHRISTCHURCH — Riccarton galloper Khimar beating home three of his Island compatriots, he was really thrilled with his run. He thought back in great shape and we have been really War will return to his home track tomorrow where including Saturday race rival Enzo’s Lad. he was going to be half a chance halfway down happy with his work since then,” he said. he will resume in the Rangiora Equine Services Trainer Lance Robinson was pleased with his and might run fourth or fifth. But as Chris said, “Back to 1100m on Saturday and the only Open Handicap (1100m). Trentham effort but said the conditions of the weight-for-age didn’t really suit him. thing that worries me is the track at the moment The son of Sweet Orange has pleased his race and quality of the field didn’t suit his charge. “He is back home now and he is better placed has come up as a Slow8. We had a lot of rain on connections this preparation, having placed “We were really happy with his run, but he was around here.” Tuesday night and he is a firm track horse. But on four occasions, including third in the Listed never really a chance at weight-for-age in a field Robinson has been happy with the way the hopefully the track will come back by tomorrow.” Hazlett Stakes (1200m) at Wingatui on Boxing like that,” he said. five-year-old has returned to his stable and he Robinson will also contest the race with Live Day. “We were happy with the way he was going, said his only concern ahead of Saturday is the Drama, who takes two wins into tomorrow’s That performance enticed his owners to that is why his owners decided they wanted to track conditions. assignment. “She has come up really well this push forward to the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) at have a crack. “He had a week off in the paddock after he got year and she has won her last two starts,” he Trentham last month where he finished eighth, “Chris Johnson rode him in the Telegraph and home and had a bit of a freshen-up. He has come said. — NZ Racing Desk

New South Wales races at Randwick Saturday Jetbet 11 TAB doubles 1-2, 4-5, 8-9 Trebles 3-4-5, 7-8-9 Quaddie 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Place6 4-9 Selections 2 Silverdale Farm Pierro Plate 3.50 14 51544 Southern Cloud w (11) 54 85 12 61324 Cisco Bay dwn (9) 53 100 R Dolan 4 4330s Vangelic h (5) 56 91 T Clark Race 1: HARPO MARX, KISS THE BRIDE, ACCOUNTABILITY Ms L Day (a2) 13 s4462 Pandano w (5) 53 96 J Ford 5 168s3 Thermosphere dw (11) 56 95 N Rawiller $150,000, 2yo SW+P, 1100m 15 09753 Tickinover (9) 54 82 6 8s46s Every Rose tw (16) 56 85 J Parr Race 2: TOTAL BABE, STAY INSIDE, GIANNIS 1 1 Stay Inside th (7) 57 96 J Mc Donald 16 46262 Diorissima (7) 54 91 T Clark 6 Cellarbrations Southern Cross 6.25 7 1520s Joviality wb (7) 56 85 S Clipperton Race 3: BIRDONAWINNINGPOST, LAMINGTON DRIVE, 2 2s Akihiro (1) 56 93 Ms K O’Hara 17 5s717 Loafing w (4) 56 97 B Mc Dougall $160,000, 3yo & up Quality Group 3, 1200m 8 11715 Never Talk tw (14) 56 88 J Collett LORD DESANIMAUX 3 48s Athelric (14) 56 89 Ms R King 9 2242s Sweet Reply wbh (12) 56 85 T Berry Race 4: TAILLEUR, ICEBATH, MADAM ROUGE 4 Robrick Lodge Triscay Stks 5.05 1 s010s Victorem tdw (6) 59 90 J Mc Donald 4 26 Fox Fighter (10) 56 90 J Parr 2 3240s Gem Song dw (8) 57.5 87 N Rawiller 10 s60s4 Philizzy h (8) 56 82 R Bayliss Race 5: MOHICAN HEIGHTS, CISCO BAY, 5 5 Giannis (9) 56 94 N Rawiller $160,000, 4yo & up Mares Quality Group 3, 3 5528s Standout c (2) 57.5 91 K Mc Evoy 11 1134s Elizabeel dh (10) 56 80 R Dolan NEW ARRANGEMENT 6 57s Kalashnikov h (13) 56 87 J Collett 1200m 4 19s13 Roheryn cdw (3) 57 100 J Collett 12 150s4 Love Sensation w (4) 56 88 Ms R King Race 6: MASKED CRUSADER, STANDOUT, BRAVE SONG 7 2 King Of Sparta h (12) 56 92 J Bowman 1 6741s Madam Rouge cdw (3) 58.5 83 5 5s254 Southern Lad cwhn (10) 54 88 R Bayliss 13 353s3 Nicci’s Fling dwb (3) 56 84 Ms K O’Hara Race 7: KOLDING, VERRY ELLEEGANT, FUNSTAR 8 0s4 Montana Flash (2) 56 95 T Berry 6 06232 Brave Song cdhn (4) 53.5 91 R Dolan 14 108s3 Orpheum h (13) 56 78 J Ford SCRATCHED J Mc Donald Race 8: HUNGRY HEART, AWAY GAME, JOVIALITY 9 — Robodira 2 2512s Icebath tw (6) 57 86 T Sherry (a) 7 s238s Masked Crusader cdwb (9) 53.5 94 EMERGENCIES: Race 9: SUBEDAR, STARSPANGLED RODEO, 10 5s Camino Real (5) 54 95 Ms R King 3 1s07s Reelem In Ruby dhn (4) 56 80 J Collett T Berry 15 311 She Can Sing dw (1) 56 89 11 9s Emerald Bay h (11) 54 88 T Clark SCRATCHED 16 51 Pippali (15) 56 79 THY KINGDOM COME 4 6160s Subpoenaed td (8) 54.5 87 T Berry 8 — Subpoenaed 12 2 Headliner (3) 54 92 S Clipperton 5 5522s Tricky Gal dw (9) 53 95 Ms R King 9 86s66 Hightail dwh (1) 53 96 Ms R King 9 Ranvet Handicap 8.15 13 34s2 Total Babe h (4) 54 100 R Bayliss 6 11s21 Tailleur tdw (5) 53 100 K Mc Evoy 10 75s22 Albumin dw (5) 53 88 J Ford 14 133 Vianello b (8) 54 94 K Mc Evoy 7 49700 Into The Abyss twh (1) 53 81 R Dolan 7 Yulong Apollo Stakes 7.0 5 $125,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 88, 1300m 3 TAB Highway 4.25 8 s350s Electric Girl dn (7) 53 79 J Ford 1 32s53 Thy Kingdom Come dwh (5) 59.5 90 9 112s1 Spiranac dw (2) 53 80 Ms K O’Hara $250,000, WFA Group 2, 1400m N Rawiller $75,000, 3yo & up Class 3, 1800m 5 ACY Securities 5.45 1 110s2 Kolding tcw (7) 59 100 J Bowman 2 0s439 Poetic Charmer tdwhn (3) 58 89 1 82205 Deadly Impact (15) 59 92 B Griffiths (a3) 2 s017s Dreamforce tcdwh (2) 59 90 N Rawiller J Mc Donald 1 The Agency Real Estate 3.15 2 46311 Lamington Drive (8) 58 97 J Bowman $125,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 88, 1600m 3 8352s Fifty Stars dw (8) 59 92 B Mc Dougall 3 311s3 Academy tw (13) 57.5 95 J Parr 3 s7620 Costas w (1) 56 95 S Clipperton 4 1124s Mugatoo tw (10) 59 88 K Mc Evoy 4 1121s Cliff’s Art (12) 57 85 T Sherry (a2) $125,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 78, 2400m 1 65021 Soldier Of Love tcdwn (3) 60 100 J Parr 4 81321 If You Think So w (5) 55 100 2 46934 Mr Marathon Man dw (2) 59.5 91 5 0720s Prince Fawaz ch (1) 59 85 T Clark 5 s0619 Rocha Clock tdwh (8) 57 90 B Avdulla 1 s0543 Kiss The Bride tcw (3) 63 100 Ms K O’Hara K Mc Evoy 6 4117s Verry Elleegant tcdw (4) 57 93 6 1895s Lina’s Hero dwn (14) 57 80 S Clipperton T Sherry (a2) 5 01162 Saint Ay b (17) 54.5 91 J Ford 3 513s6 Yonkers wn (8) 58 96 J Bowman J Mc Donald 7 — Accession SCRATCHED 2 11379 Accountability w (9) 59 100 J Mc Donald 6 0730s But I Know cw (10) 54 88 T Clark 4 44668 Scarlet Dream d (1) 57 90 B Avdulla 7 0561s Colette tw (3) 57 91 Ms R King 8 224s2 Subedar d (6) 56.5 100 J Bowman 3 11312 Harpo Marx dw (7) 59 93 Ms R King 7 21314 Birdonawinningpost w (3) 54 95 5 40122 New Arrangement cdw (7) 57 95 T Berry 8 6220s Funstar tcwb (5) 57 98 T Berry 9 20550 Yamazaki d (1) 56 91 J Collett 4 52033 Kaapfever cw (2) 57 92 N Rawiller G Buckley 6 08369 Missybeel dw (6) 56 92 N Rawiller 9 8203s Toffee Tongue w (6) 57 86 B Avdulla 10 231s7 Cristal Breeze tw (11) 56 92 T Clark 10 1117s Mo’unga dw (9) 55.5 83 J Collett 5 03884 Tochi wn (1) 55.5 96 K Mc Evoy 8 10543 Boom And Zoom w (14) 54 91 Ms R King 7 s300s Mohican Heights dw (11) 56 90 11 5121s Archanna dw (15) 53.5 91 T Berry 6 00221 Antilles w (5) 54 90 T Berry 9 s8261 Vaquero d (16) 54 93 R Dolan J Mc Donald 8 TAB Light Fingers Stakes 7.40 12 1733s Bucharest (2) 53 90 K Mc Evoy 7 72138 Power Of Attorney dwh (8) 53.5 94 10 08552 Will To Excel (12) 54 92 J Collett 8 00s21 Canasta w (13) 55.5 100 Ms R King EMERGENCIES: Ms K O’Hara 11 s1272 Hot Bahama (2) 54 91 Ms W Costin 9 — Strategic Phil SCRATCHED $200,000, 3yo Fillies SW Group 2, 1200m 13 180s5 Starspangled Rodeo (7) 54.5 95 8 40624 Shadow Flight wh (4) 53 87 J Ford 12 s4322 Lord Desanimaux b (13) 54 90 T Berry 10 s8116 Bergen whn (10) 54 96 R Bayliss 1 15s23 Away Game tcdw (6) 56 100 J Bowman 14 19371 He’s A Hotshot d (4) 54 95 9 32841 Lord Tropicana w (6) 52 94 EMERGENCIES: 11 s8008 Aqua D’ivina tdw (4) 53.5 95 2 2121s Kahma Lass d (2) 56 87 K Mc Evoy 15 6s52s Ventura Ocean (16) 54 91 Ms L Day (a2) 13 s0631 Just Business w (6) 54 86 Ms K O’Hara 3 2227s Hungry Heart cb (9) 56 90 J Mc Donald 16 49700 Into The Abyss tdwh (10) 58 87

Victoria races at Flemington Saturday Jetbet 12 TAB doubles 1-2, 4-5, 8-9 Trebles 3-4-5, 7-8-9 Quaddie 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Place6 4-9 Selections 9 0s215 White Hibiscus db (2) 55 100 D Lane 4 World Horse Racing Trophy 4.05 2 044s6 Dadoozdart wh (1) 60.5 99 W Price (a2) 8 Black Caviar Lightning Stks 6.45 Race 1: SELICA, REALM OF FLOWERS, BRAZEN SONG 10 05759 Lady Cellarbration w (5) 54 78 M Poy 3 57362 Holbien tdwh (8) 60.5 94 L King (a2) $135,000, Benchmark 84, 2000m 4 09285 Polanco dwn (6) 59.5 96 L Riordan (a2) $750,000, WFA Group 1, 1000m Race 2: GULF OF SUEZ, INGRATIATING, GREAVES 2 Talindert Stakes 2.55 1 2Ps90 Runaway twh (11) 62 90 D Oliver 5 s6125 Rule The World wh (10) 59 96 C Williams 1 2472s Nature Strip tdwhn (2) 58.5 100 Race 3: REGARDSMAREE, MORVADA, BUFFALO RIVER $140,000, 2yo SW+P Listed, 1100m 2 027s8 Good Idea dwn (9) 59 91 M Poy 6 109s4 Skyman tdwh (7) 57.5 95 D Thornton Ms J Kah Race 4: COOLTH, CAFFREY, WAR CRITIC 3 0s080 Valac wn (5) 59 87 C Williams 7 s5854 Strategic Phil dwn (5) 57 92 M Zahra 1 12s2 Ingratiating th (11) 59 98 D Oliver 2 s321s Bivouac tw (6) 58.5 99 G Boss Race 5: VESPERTINE, ISLAND JOY, STARELLE 4 02151 Takumi d (2) 57.5 93 M Zahra 8 42521 King Magnus wn (11) 56.5 96 2 113 Gulf Of Suez b (10) 57 90 M Zahra 3 1D111 Elite Street dw (5) 58.5 88 M Zahra Race 6: HEAVENLY EMPEROR, MILTON PARK, 5 s0363 Five Kingdom twn (10) 56.5 92 Ms J Kah L German (a2) 3 1 Birdsville dw (8) 57 88 L Nolen 4 117s5 Halvorsen tdn (1) 58.5 84 A Mallyon INDEPENDENT ROAD 6 81517 Doroza cdw (4) 56 93 F W Kersley 9 71315 High ‘n’ Dry cdh (9) 56 100 4 34s Treporti h (7) 57 83 D Lane 5 6s17s Pippie dwn (4) 56.5 91 D Lane Race 7: BRANDO, MO’UNGA, TAGALOA 7 96827 Sikorsky twh (7) 56 95 D Stackhouse T Stockdale (a2) 5 Buffet Buster (2) 57 81 Z Spain 6 02011 Fabergino cd (7) 56.5 92 J Childs 8 3s451 Coolth cw (8) 54.5 97 J McNeil 10 19s11 Milton Park t (2) 55 98 D Oliver Race 8: BIVOUAC, NATURE STRIP, SEPTEMBER RUN 6 Greaves h (5) 57 82 C Williams 7 5111s September Run twh (3) 53.5 93 9 10812 Diplomac Jack tdbn (6) 54.5 91 W Price (a2) 11 44153 Independent Road th (3) 54 93 D Lane Race 9: TERBIUM, RUBAN BLEU, ZAKAT 7 Hrungnir (6) 57 81 M Walker C Williams 10 s3141 War Critic whn (1) 54 99 D Lane 8 Mt Buller h (1) 57 81 D Stackhouse 8 2112s Swats That dwhn (8) 53.5 86 J McNeil 11 62724 Caffrey w (3) 54 100 M Dee 7 CS Hayes Stakes 6.05 9 13 Frost Flowers tb (4) 55 100 Ms J Kah $160,000, 3yo C&Gs SW+P Group 3, 1400m 9 Flem. Racing Spectacular 7. 20 10 16 Saasmit (3) 55 94 L Currie 5 The TAB Vanity 4.45 11 4 Spicy bh (9) 55 85 1 360s3 Tagaloa (1) 59.5 95 L Currie $125,000, Benchmark 84, 1200m $160,000, 3yo Fillies SW+P Group 3, 1400m 2 2714s Cherry Tortoni tcw (5) 58.5 85 W Egan 1 Furphy Ale 2.20 12 Gimmie Par (12) 55 82 J McNeil 1 088s6 Milwaukee tcdwhn (7) 64 89 3 4457s Lunar Fox cw (2) 58.5 84 M Dee $125,000, 3yo & up F&M Benchmark 78, 1 2221s Personal tw (1) 59.5 92 D Oliver H Grace (a3) 3 Seppelt Wines Plate 3.30 2 34481 Island Joy twhn (5) 57 100 D Thornton 4 47s61 Aim dh (7) 57.5 93 C Williams 1600m 5 1117s Mo’unga dw (11) 57.5 85 Ms J Kah 2 41935 Laverrod d (5) 62 96 T Stockdale (a2) $125,000, Open, 1400m 3 s1231 Vespertine dw (7) 57 95 J Childs 3 970s6 Rich Itch tdw (1) 62 90 L Riordan (a2) 1 102s1 Silent Sovereign w (9) 61.5 97 4 0s141 Zou Dancer cw (4) 57 99 Ms J Kah 6 21112 Brando db (12) 57.5 90 J McNeil 1 10211 Neufbosc dw (9) 60 86 T Stockdale (a2) 4 3s145 Terbium dwbn (4) 59.5 97 L King (a2) W Price (a2) 5 2252s Salto Angel h (2) 56 88 D Lane 7 112 Beltoro c (6) 57 87 J Hill 2 2203s Buffalo River tdwh (5) 59 92 Ms J Kah 5 7s833 Ruban Bleu cdwn (10) 59 92 2 8862s Realm Of Flowers dw (7) 61 96 6 5286s Starelle h (3) 56 90 C Williams 8 1615s Embolism h (9) 57 82 D Oliver 3 2111s Irish Flame tdwn (2) 58.5 81 D Stackhouse L Neindorf (a2) 7 s1541 Thunder Peak h (8) 56 90 M Zahra 9 622s2 Aysar wb (8) 56 100 D Lane SCRATCHED D Stackhouse 6 15395 Enigman dwn (3) 58.5 95 T Nugent (a1.5) 3 — Maximak 8 210s6 A Pinch Of Luck d (6) 56 90 E Brown 10 12733 Dom To Shoot (15) 56 85 J Childs 4 1688s Mahamedeis tdwn (3) 58 80 R Mc Leod 7 2423s Zakat dw (8) 57 99 Ms J Kah 4 7s434 Selica wb (3) 58.5 96 M Zahra 9 22821 Longduan w (9) 56 88 M Poy 11 4230s Grandslam (14) 56 88 E Brown 5 12713 Brazen Song n (8) 57 96 J McNeil 5 765s6 Widgee Turf cdwn (8) 57.5 88 W Egan 12 113 Zac De Boss dwbh (3) 56 87 D Thornton 8 — Designer Chef SCRATCHED 6 5s411 Good And Proper wh (1) 57 96 D Moor 6 4s848 Guizot dwn (4) 56 85 L King (a2) 6 Kennedy Trophy 5.25 13 1140s Cambourne d (4) 56 83 M Zahra 9 20446 I’m Telling Ya td (2) 54.5 93 J McNeil 7 6s661 Necessary dwn (4) 57 92 M Dee 7 23424 Morvada d (7) 55.5 93 W Price (a2) 14 311 Here To Shock d (13) 56 85 G Boss 10 23s11 Platini cdwh (9) 54.5 100 D Lane 8 2s533 Quantum Mechanic dwb (10) 55.5 98 8 s6117 Never Again cdwn (1) 54.5 88 M Walker $125,000, Benchmark 84, 1600m 15 4760s The Pres w (16) 56 76 B Allen 11 8s55s Impi dwbh (6) 54 91 C Williams Ms J Kah 9 s1311 Regardsmaree dw (6) 54 100 L Currie 1 06128 Heavenly Emperor cdwn (4) 61 91 Ms J Kah 16 505s1 Grand Pope n (10) 56 80 R Mc Leod 12 1s19s Voyage De Lune dwh (12) 54 90 M Poy

Queensland races at Doomben Saturday Jetbet 14 TAB doubles 1-2, 4-5, 8-9 Trebles 3-4-5, 7-8-9 Quaddie 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Place6 4-9 Selections 2 BRC Membership Handicap 3.57 9 — Crymenotears SCRATCHED 7 5s410 Arthur In Charge tw (13) 54.5 100 3 1s0s7 Raqeeq dn (11) 59.5 92 M Rodd Race 1: CHICO MILAGRO, ACUMEN, LEADERSHIP SPILL 10 Baristasista (6) 54.5 91 Ms S Thornton L V Cassidy 4 9150s Master Shuhood dw (5) 57.5 90 $75,000, 3yo Fillies, 1200m SCRATCHED 8 s1343 Jetski bn (1) 54.5 92 B Thompson L R Dittman Race 2: MIAMI FLEISS, SHANJOMI, LITTLE RIVER 11 — Gypsy Isle 1 45s11 Georgie’s Pride dw (4) 59 95 J Byrne 12 Sutto’s Gal (7) 54.5 91 M R Du Plessis 9 5236s Slow Hands tw (10) 54.5 87 5 21195 Great Keppell t (9) 57 97 R Maloney Race 3: BLUE KENTUCKY MOON, EXAMPLES, AZZAREACH 2 311 She Can Sing dw (1) 57.5 100 M R Du Plessis 6 1s371 Dissolution t (13) 56 91 M R Du Plessis Race 4: LEGAL ESPRIT, GLORIOUS RUBY, MISHANI DELIGHT T Wolfgram 5 Mount Franklin Handicap 5.53 10 613s6 Erringhi Spring cw (9) 54 94 7 6237s Stardome tdwn (3) 56 95 Ron Stewart Race 5: SCOTTISH MIST, BUSHIDO, GOOD CHAT 3 31s2 Little River dwb (8) 57 93 B Thompson $55,000, Rating 70, 1350m Ms L Kilner (a3) 8 62113 Couldn’t Refuse tdwbn (12) 55.5 98 Race 6: TAKE TEA, ARTHUR IN CHARGE, 4 11 Shanjomi w (6) 57 86 M Cahill 11 98511 Casino Fourteen dw (14) 54 93 J Byrne NOTHINGFORTHEPRESS 5 16s Daisy Street d (7) 56 82 M R Du Plessis 1 s6112 Bushido dw (2) 59 95 S Tomlinson (a3) Ron Stewart 9 64834 Enterprise Prince (6) 55.5 93 J Orman Race 7: SOCIALISING, PHANTOM FALCON, GREY MISSILE 6 1 Miami Fleiss wn (5) 55.5 96 M Rodd 2 1168s Kimpembe w (3) 59 86 L R Dittman 12 74217 Eskdale Girl dw (7) 54 87 B El-Issa 10 3s445 Mangione dwn (14) 55 93 M Cahill 3 15332 Good Chat (9) 58.5 100 J Byrne Race 8: COULDN’T REFUSE, DISSOLUTION, LI’L RODGE 7 1s66 Mishani Appeal wn (3) 55 83 13 159s4 Express Princess w (3) 54 94 J Byrne 11 09820 Oakfield Missile w (4) 54 99 L V Cassidy 4 — Royal Sheen SCRATCHED 14 — Daring Belle SCRATCHED SCRATCHED Race 9: GARIBALDI, RUUCA, HOLD THE LINE Ms S Thornton 12 — Captivator 8 3s344 Taormina Match (2) 54 73 Ron Stewart 5 28s51 Tavis Town w (11) 57.5 98 13 2s779 Momentum To Win (7) 54 90 M R Du Plessis 7 Sky Racing Handicap 7.12 B Thompson 3 XXXX Dry Handicap 4.33 6 36443 Phabeni w (8) 57 86 $75,000, Open, 1350m 14 32192 Li’l Rodge dwn (1) 54 90 Ms L Kilner (a3) $75,000, 3yo C&Gs, 1200m 7 40776 Rinviata w (6) 57 87 R Wiggins 8 — Stay Smart SCRATCHED 1 2518s Alward t (2) 59 85 L R Dittman 9 BRC Plate 8.25 1 15320 Boom Spender cw (6) 58.5 98 J Byrne 2 80s30 Victory Eight twn (10) 54 94 L V Cassidy 9 70s33 Zoulou Dancer w (4) 57 88 M Rodd 2 15s21 Azzareach wn (1) 58 98 Ron Stewart 3 72307 Grey Missile w (9) 54 100 Ron Stewart $75,000, Class 6 SW, 1200m 1 TAB Venue Mode Plate 3.22 10 12s34 Scottish Mist dwb (5) 56.5 98 3 211s Blue Kentucky Moon d (8) 58 91 4 12494 Phantom Falcon cn (5) 54 94 B Thompson 1 2220s All Important tcdw (5) 59 87 R Maloney $55,000, Class 3 SW, 1050m R Maloney Ms T Harrison 11 11055 Latina Beauty dw (12) 55.5 88 M Cahill 2 3s270 Elixir d (8) 59 92 A Thompson (a2) 1 6121s Chico Milagro tw (12) 59 97 M Rodd 4 11 Apache Blue w (7) 56 97 M Rodd 5 24316 Plitvice tcw (1) 54 91 B Thompson 12 5s659 Yu Long Sheng Hui w (1) 54.5 86 3 209s8 I Wanna Be A Jeep (2) 59 84 2 22431 Hidden Eyes (6) 59 91 S Tomlinson (a3) 5 s77s7 Irish Thunder w (5) 55 94 M Cahill 6 s0291 Socialising t (4) 54 97 J Byrne Ron Stewart M R Du Plessis 3 42237 Iced n (2) 59 96 M Cahill 6 13724 Alpha Go db (2) 54 93 Ms S Thornton 7 31475 Ashman cd (6) 54 93 Ms S Thornton SCRATCHED 13 67224 Daring Belle d (7) 54 88 Ms KCowan (a3) 4 — King Klaus 4 s62s3 Acumen b (11) 57.5 94 J Orman 7 3 Bi Turbo (4) 54 100 M R Du Plessis 8 s3880 Bold Warrior dw (8) 54 90 14 s7123 Portuguese Tart t (10) 54 89 5 1360s Ziemba tcdw (10) 57.5 90 B Thompson 5 s1337 Blueant (3) 57.5 91 M R Du Plessis 8 Examples (3) 54 92 B Thompson M R Du Plessis 6 813s1 Kylease cdw (11) 57 93 Ms S Thornton Ms L Kilner (a3) 9 980s0 The Fire Trap dw (11) 54 94 M Cahill 6 1233s Leadership Spill (1) 57.5 99 R Maloney 4 Canadian Club Handicap 5.13 7 s2111 Garibaldi cdwn (6) 56 96 M Rodd 7 1254s Centrefire tw (5) 57 89 L V Cassidy 10 65824 Captivator w (3) 54 87 A Thompson (a2) 8 45609 Parko tcdw (3) 56 85 R Wiggins 6 Racecourse Village 6.33 11 51561 Perfect Aim tw (7) 54 87 8 — Cool Missile SCRATCHED $125,000, 2yo, 1050m 9 4s255 Buckin’ Beauty dwn (7) 55.5 89 J Orman $75,000, 0MWSC, 1350m Ms K Cowan (a3) 9 5s06s Eveleigh (9) 57 85 B Thompson 1 11 Legal Esprit w (3) 58.5 94 R Goltz 10 30s01 Hold The Line d (9) 55.5 96 10 4113s Ginger Rock tcw (8) 57 93 2 30s11 Mishani Delight (5) 58.5 97 J Orman 1 3s413 Absolut Artie w (8) 61 92 R Wiggins 8 BRC Girls Day Out 20/3 7.50 Ms S Thornton Ms G Cartwright 3 1s Better Off w (11) 58 92 M Rodd 2 — Ashman SCRATCHED 11 41014 Unguarded cw (15) 55.5 89 L V Cassidy 11 22284 Oh Five Glory t (10) 57 100 4 28591 Our Hot Friend (2) 58 93 J Byrne 3 42991 Nothingforthepress d (11) 57 87 $75,000, Benchmark 85, 1600m 12 s4142 Ruuca tdwn (12) 54.5 100 J Byrne A Thompson (a2) 5 21 Glorious Ruby (4) 57.5 98 Ms L Kilner (a) J Orman 1 1496s Sir Barnabus tcdw (10) 61 89 13 37658 Jay Jay D’ar dwn (1) 54 89 M Cahill 12 12s24 Spinning Spirit dwb (7) 57 98 6 3 Hamlet Von Snitzel (8) 57 100 M Cahill 4 13s31 Take Tea w (5) 55.5 100 T Wolfgram S Tomlinson (a3) 14 s3214 Snow Valley dw (14) 54 98 Ms L Kilner (a3) 7 Gemelon Bolt (10) 56.5 90 R Maloney 5 24218 Bryneich twn (2) 55 90 S Tomlinson (a3) 2 11399 Beaufort Park tw (8) 59.5 100 Ms K Cowan (a3) 13 — Azzareach SCRATCHED 8 Most Dazzling (12) 56.5 90 6 07112 What The Fuss w (4) 55 94 M Cahill T Wolfgram 15 s4190 Veranes cd (4) 54 92 Ron Stewart

Legend: T – Won at track. C – Won at this distance on this course. D – Won at this distance on another course. M – Won in slow or heavy going. B – Beaten favourite at last start. H – Trained on track. N – Won at night. S – Spell of three months. F – Fell. P – Pulled up. L – Lost rider. TV – Featured on Trackside TV. The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 LITERATURE• Friday, October 11, 201919

Bond between man and bird Amateur sleuths on the case THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB Suspects are FEATHERHOOD Apparently suffering a mental by Richard Osman considered, by Charlie Gilmour breakdown, Charlie wouldn’t see his published by Penguin then published by Orion Publishing biological father again until he was “harmlessly” twelve. Coincidentally, and eerily, hen a book is regularly out and harlie Gilmour’s debut novel Heathcote nearly thirty years earlier had of stock with the publisher, it unsuspectingly Featherhood is an incredibly adopted his own member of the corvid often means the demand has interviewed by moving memoir about birds and family, a jackdaw, named Jack Daw. Wsurprised everyone. the, seemingly Cfathers. Featherhood is absorbing, beautifully Osman’s first book, (and so far his best, doddery, When Charlie’s fiance Yana brings written, and hard to put down. he says), is one of those surprising gems Murder Club home a baby magpie on the It touches on so many that is a delight to read. members, brink of death, he thinks the fascinating and personal Novels like The Hundred-Year-Old Man who liaise bird will end up where all subjects including Charlie’s and Eleanor Oliphant gain incredible afterwards animals he tried to save as a time in prison, his father’s momentum through word of mouth. This with the local child growing up on a farm time in an insane asylum, novel is starting to follow this trend. constabulary, inevitably went, a shoebox history repeating itself, It is the first “cosy crime” novel just to keep buried in the garden. being able to talk to birds involving the hilarious oldies in Cooper’s them in the Yet against all odds, the but not humans, and Chase retirement village who make up picture. little magpie, soon named wanting to build his own The Thursday Murder Club. It had to be The investigations uncover far Benzene, not only beats the nest, while being terrified Thursday, as the lounge in which they more than expected and historical odds, but begins to thrive. of repeating Heathcote’s met was being used by knitting, bridge, relationships are unveiled, taking the The little bird demands food mistakes. or chess groups on the other days of the reader on many twists and turns as the at all hours of the day, leaves It is also about how week. case comes to a close. excrement all over the house Charlie’s adoptive father, There are four main club members. Naturally, the Murder Club members and in Charlie’s hair, steals who was always present, Ibrahim, a retired psychologist of middle- take a different view of law and justice and hides trinkets, and was an anchor in the eastern lineage, Joyce, who keeps a from the police, so keep a lot of what they destroys Yana’s house plants. never-ending search to diary we are privy to, Elizabeth, the find to themselves, giving the reader a Benzene is also very find out why Heathcote mastermind with far-reaching contacts, satisfying end to the novel. clever, wanting to play vanished from his life. and Ron, retired and father of a known This is the first novel in a planned games and even learning to speak. The The star of the show though is ex-criminal. series and I am sure many readers will bond that Charlie and Benzene form is Benzene. The magpie and the man, both There are two murders, both of men be looking forward to the humorous and like something out of a story book. besotted with one another, is beautiful. connected to the village, and whose clever future exploits of The Thursday Benzene comes in to Charlie’s life at For anyone who loves nature writing, murders may or may not be related. Murder Club. — KP a time when he is about to get married especially fans of books like Helen and has been trying to reconcile with his MacDonald’s H is for Hawk, Featherhood estranged father, the poet and anarchist are a must read. Heathcote Williams, who walked out on Once you have read the book, make Charlie and his mother in the dead of sure to look Charlie and Benzene up night with no explanation when Charlie online to see photographs and videos of Great fi ction for balmy was six months old. the two together. — CP Sir David’s call to action summer days... The Paris The Four Winds A LIFE ON OUR PLANET Yellowstone Library by Kristin Hannah by Sir David Attenborough Park’s published by Ebury Publishing by Janet Skeslien Set on the Great reintroduction Charles Plains of Texas t ninety-four years of age, this is of wolves in Based on a in 1934, drought quite possibly Sir David’s final 1995. If you threatens farms book. don’t know true story in the American and homes as the It is his plea to humanity to about this, A Library in Paris Great Depression take a hard look at what we have done look it up in WWII, this is and Dust Bowl to our planet and his suggestions on online. This is an unforgettable era arrives with processes that will reverse the damage, an incredible novel of romance, vengeance. Th is is so we do not become the sixth great story and only friendship, family a woman’s story of extinction. one of several and heroism courage, love for Just as he speaks in his wonderful that Sir David town of Port Silver. found in the her children and wildlife programmes, Sir David writes mentions in quietest of places. sacrifi ce during clearly and precisely, outlining our his book. He a dark period of world in simple, relatable language. He also talks American history. describes the wild world as he saw it in about the the early 1950s during his first job with 1400ha farm City of When the Apricots Bloom the BBC and how much it has changed, in England Vengeance and not for the better. that has been rewilded by its owners, by Gina Wilkinson He portrays our future world, if we with significant changes in the wildlife by D. V. Bishop A fi ctionalised continue on our current pursuit of structure over just a few years. A twisty, political tangible goods, as bleak, difficult to live version of the Combining science, human nature and murder mystery author’s own in and as irreversibly damaged. political ideologies, Sir David creates Pullman in Florence experiences in Chapter by chapter we read about the a series of ideas for us that will move 1536, complete Saddam Hussein’s loss of wildlife due to increasing carbon humanity forward in a world that is with Medicis, Baghdad. Wilkinson in our atmosphere, the acidification of sustainable, recognisable and free of conspiracies and was the wife of an our seas, the death of coral reefs, the the never-ending pursuit of financial a Renaissance Australian diplomat loss of wild forests and jungles and all growth. city. Richly Lyra and her daemon Pan who discovered her the life that lives within. The book is confronting. It will make atmospheric. every move was We read how everything in nature you stop and think about what you can being watched and relies on everything else in nature, and do to help. reported by an Iraqi how the changes humans have made He mentions New Zealand as a nation woman, a woman have altered this balance to almost that is making all the right changes and whose family’s lives irreversible loss. is a great example to the world. were threatened if she didn’t do what was Yet the book is not without its You may or may not be a fan of the asked. A unique, unforgettable novel. good news stories. Already, scientists, current government, but this book wildlife workers, some organisations describes why certain policies have been and governments have been working put in place for the greater good of the tirelessly to implement changes, world, not for the outdated measure of preventing critical loss in many places GDP. around the world. This is an easy to read, wonderful It is heartening to know that within a book from an incredible man. It is few decades, tiny changes can have huge something everyone from high school impacts on restoring nature to how it age and up should read, as what Sir www.muirsbookshop.co.nz should be. David has to say will affect every person Many 62readers Gladstone will already Road, know Gisborne about •on Phone this planet. 867 9741 — KP 62 Gladstone Road, Gisborne • Phone 867 9741 36412-06 20 CLASSIFIEDS The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021

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Arena for less than two hours as he took has been on court for a total time of under Tensions boiled over as world No.17 “We’re good friends and what happens down the qualifier 6-1 6-4 6-2. four hours. Fognini and Caruso traded insults in on court, stays on court. The match was briefly stopped late in the Nadal produced some spectacular John Cain Arena after the match, which “I am really happy, of course, because I second set as a woman started shouting at backhand shots against Mmoh to give old went to a fifth-set tiebreaker and clocked think I was not playing my best tennis, so Nadal for no apparent reason. foes like Novak Djokovic plenty to think in at almost four hours. I had more chances than him in the fifth Despite the spectator yelling obscenities about. The theatrical exchange in Italian (set), but that’s the sport. and raising her finger at him, the Spaniard “I have been improving my backhand lasted about two minutes and continued “I was lucky, too. It’s not important what simply smiled and watched as security during all my career,” Nadal said. even when Caruso tried to leave for the you asked me before because these kind of escorted her out of Melbourne Park. “When I was younger, I was able to run locker-room last night. things happen sometimes on court.” When asked on court after the match if everywhere; now I need to have better However, the pair’s words were quickly The volatile Fognini has racked up he knew the woman, Nadal replied: “No, shots on the backhand.” translated into English and revealed a long list of fines during his 17-year and honestly, I don’t want to know.” Nadal admits his back spasms are not how Caruso had taken offence at Fognini professional career. 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TWO STARS: You can accomplish a lot, but don’t rely on others for help. side (7) 20. Recede (3) ONE STAR: It’s best to avoid conflicts. Work behind the scenes or read a good book. The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 SPORT 25 Good representation at Bay of Plenty champs SURF LIFESAVING by Murray Robertson “It will be an ideal chance for them to In-form Waikanae athletes competing contenders in the under-17 men’s events. get to grips with the Ohope conditions,” a include beach speedster Briana Irving, They will be joined by Daizee Rawls, A STRONG contingent of lifeguards Gisborne lifesaving spokeswoman said. Christy Tate on ski and Georgie Ella Arthur, Eva Klavs, Hannah-Jayne from the three Gisborne clubs will have Competing for Midway will be a Pitkethley on board, and Lachie Falloon King, Imogen Amor-Bendall, Jay Ryan- the opportunity this weekend to compete good number of their younger senior in ironman, board, swim and ski events. Emerre, Lucy Allan and Sofia Zame. at the venue for next month’s New members, such as Angus Blair, Anna- Young beach sprinter and flags A championships spokesman said Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships Bell Matthews, Jack Lepper, Jessikah exponent Oska Smith will be there, along the competition offered all the events — Ohope Beach. Fearnley, Petiata Bowden, Sophie Petro with Nathan Proctor. available at the 2021 nationals, with the Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae, Dawson and William Matthews. They will be joined by Daniel Beattie, exception of boat events. Building Midway and Riversun Wainui Fearnley and Petro were among Briana Ingoe, Edan Wilson, Emily Gillies, “The event draws upon the best of have many of their top competitors the club’s standout performers at the Freya Wilson, Riley Ingoe and Sam Briant. the best, testing both their speed and going over for the two-day Bay of Plenty Eastern Regional Championships at Mt Wainui high-achievers Jack Keepa, endurance,” he said. championships at Ohope. Maunganui late last month. Hue Cowie and Jonty Evans will be Racing starts at 8.30am tomorrow. Southampton see off Wolves in FA Cup SPORTS BRIEFS FOOTBALL after four successive Premier League trickled over the line. Alonso hurt while cycling defeats, including a horror 9-0 defeat at The goal was initially ruled out for SECOND-HALF goals from Danny Manchester United. offside but awarded after a VAR check. FORMULA ONE driver Fernando Alonso has Ings and Stuart Armstrong have Ings fired them ahead in the Armstrong then sealed Southampton’s been injured in a road accident while cycling in earned Southampton a 2-0 win at 50th minute with a freakish goal as win in the 90th minute with a clinical Switzerland. Wolverhampton Wanderers and a place in goalkeeper John Ruddy saved the finish in off the post as he took Alonso is conscious and awaiting medical tests, the FA Cup quarterfinals. striker’s close-range shot from a tight advantage of a catalogue of errors and his Alpine team said in a statement on Thursday. The victory lifted Southampton angle but the ball ricocheted off Ings and side-footed the ball home. — AAP The 39-year-old double world champion is due to make his Formula One comeback this season after two years out of the sport. — AAP Red Bull set North will have to wait Archer ruled out CARDIFF — George North’s hopes of winning his 100th Wales cap in the Six Nations clash with to gain from Scotland have been dashed by a foot injury. North had been set for a third-successive start at outside centre on Saturday but he suffered a of second test scratched eye during a 21-16 victory over Ireland Formula One last weekend and then picked up a foot problem. That made him the fifth player from that Wales starting line-up ruled out of the Edinburgh match decision on because of injury. with elbow injury “George’s eye injury that he had, he is over that, which is pleasing. He has got a foot injury, and development CRICKET by Rory Dollard, PA Broad had seemed likely to come in hopefully he will be right for the England game,” for record wicket-taker James Anderson coach Wayne Pivac said. MOTORSPORT CHENNAI — Jofra Archer will miss regardless but captain Joe Root and head The 28-year-old North’s big day will now have England’s second Test against India after coach Chris Silverwood could now opt to wait for February 27 when, should he feature FORMULA One teams and picking up an elbow injury. to pair the experienced duo rather than against England, he will break Australia captain manufacturers have voted unanimously Archer played his part in the tourists’ rotate them. Michael Hooper’s record as the youngest player to end development of the current engines famous victory in the series opener in After Anderson’s exceptional display to reach a century of caps for his country. — PA after this season in a move that paves Chennai but has been ruled out of the of reverse swing in the closing stages of the way for Red Bull to continue using follow-up at the same ground which the previous match, that would surely be Henson to make league debut Honda-designed power units. starts on Saturday. a tempting option, though Chris Woakes LONDON — Former Wales first five-eighth Honda are leaving the sport at the end The 25-year-old fast bowler reported and Olly Stone are also waiting in the Gavin Henson, one of the more colourful figures of 2021 and Red Bull had said their use pain in his right arm during the match wings. in British rugby union, is set to make his rugby of the Japanese manufacturer’s engines and, although that did not stop him Stone is the closest to a like-for-like league debut at the age of 39 against Widnes, beyond then depended on a “freeze” sending down a fiery spell as the team option, given his ability to top 90mph and the team that courted him early in his turbulent because they could not afford to develop pressed for the win on day five, he has if England decide they want one bowler career. them. since been given an injection and advised capable of express speed on the pitch, he Henson has switched codes to join League 1 The next generation of Formula One to rest. would get the nod. club West Wales Raiders, whose first match of the engines is due to be introduced in 2025. Archer, who did not take part in Mark Wood is perhaps the consistently 2021 season will be a Challenge Cup tie against The governing FIA hailed the vote training on Thursday, previously had fastest England bowler but he is former Super League club Widnes. at a virtual Formula One commission elbow problems during last winter’s tour currently in transit from England having Henson, who won 33 caps for Wales and meeting as “a significant development of South Africa though medical staff been granted a rest period covering the also played for the British & Irish Lions, had a for the sport” that reflected “the unity believe the issues are unrelated and first two games of the series. storied career in which his off-field romances, and collaborative spirit between the FIA, expect him to be fit for the third Test in The setback is the second to hit the most notably with singer Charlotte Church, Formula One and the teams.” Ahmedabad. England camp since they arrived in with whom he has a child, would make national Formula One is due to introduce major In the short-term, it leaves a headache India, after Zak Crawley slipped on a headlines. aerodynamic changes next year, shaking for selectors with England having to marble floor and damaged his wrist Henson said several rugby league clubs showed up the sport that has been dominated by choose who replaces Archer in the team. ahead of the first Test. an interest in him when he was a young player Mercedes since the introduction of the V6 Recalling Stuart Broad and his 517 He is once again set to miss out but but he rejected their advances on the advice of turbo hybrid engines in 2014. — AAP Test wickets is the most obvious move. has made an initial return to the nets. former Swansea coach Clive Griffiths. — PA ‘Ultimate underdogs’ dream of upset CRICKET by Ben O’Brien-Leaf on a new delivery — the ‘long snapper’.” “We’ll bowl six good-length balls and field our opening day, they rolled the Presidents for 43 with Boys’ High skipper Dylan Foster’s aim is for his hearts out. medium-pacer Tim Gardner on fire (4-11 from six WHITE-HOT favourites meet the ultimate crew to bat deep. That’s a realistic goal, as they “When we bat, that’s about keeping the good ball overs), although new boy Ryan West (1-8 off six) underdogs — that’s tomorrow’s clash between were bowled out with only four balls left in the sides’ out and punishing the bad one.” was ultra-impressive in the eyes of his skipper, Mike competition leaders Rawhiti Legal Old Boys Rugby second meeting. Campion have four talented Year 9 players — Gibson. and winless Gisborne Boys’ High School (2). Noah Torrance-Cribb struck 29 off only 38 balls promising pace bowlers Taye McGuinness and Gibson’s opposite — HSOB opener and ’keeper A 40 run-loss to Bollywood High School Old Boys on that occasion, and wicketkeeper Alex Shanks is Connor Starck, and hard-hitting batsman Reuben Ollie Needham — with 12, and Israel Turner (15 not Presidents last week was as close as Boys’ High coming off a 35-ball knock of 47 against HSOBP. Swanepoel and Daniel Bailie. out), were the only Presidents batsmen to offer any (2) had come to victory 10 rounds into the 16-game They need to play well again, as do outswing bowler Bailie has the potential to be a good gloveman but resistance in double-figures. Needham — along with season. Bekko Page (2-28 off six overs against HSOB last can also bowl excellent leg-spin; Swanepoel bowls everyone else in a blue-and-white uniform — was HSOB are snapping at the heels of second-placed Saturday) and promising medium-pacer Akira Makiri good off-spin. mortified by that result and has addressed it since. Civil Project Solutions Ngatapa Green Caps, with (2-15 off three). Makiri and his twin Keanu debuted Horouta captain Mel Knight sees it as important for “We aim to score 180 minimum, achieved through Siteworx Horouta and Campion College fourth and with distinction in Round 10. her team to retain top-order wickets when batting and good running between wickets, sensible strokeplay fifth respectively. minimise the width given by her outfit’s bowlers. As an and each of us playing to our individual strenghts,” OBR defeated Boys’ High by eight wickets in the CAMPION College want tomorrow’s battle with offie, she did just that in taking 1-21 off six overs in Needham said. season opener and by 92 runs in Round 6. Horouta to be a case of “third time lucky”. the last meeting and, remarkably, 2-5 from four overs Ngatapa are chock-full of veterans, and while Tomorrow’s match will be played on a firm Horouta, who hold the Naden-Taylor Trophy, play on an artificial pitch at Nelson Park before that. Gardner and West were both superb in that first Harry Barker Reserve No.4 pitch — site of the Campion on HBR 1. Last time these teams met, Tomorrow’s match could be a low-scoring, tight meeting, it should not be forgotten that off-spinner clubs’ second meeting — and OBR skipper Craig Horouta won by six wickets, and the time before that, tussle. Campion could not defend 88 or 115 against Grant Walsh (3-23 off 3.3 overs) and laconic seamer Christophers has two aims heading into Round 11. by eight wickets. Horouta. At least two batsmen must make scores of Gibson (2-1, two maidens in three overs) wrapped “Our focus is on limiting extras — in some 30-over Campion player-coach Mark Naden bowled consequence for the college to be third-time lucky. up the tail. games this season we’ve had to bowl 36 or 37 overs six overs straight with the new ball in the second The HSOB-Ngatapa clash on HBR 3 will be because of wides — plus we’re looking for massive meeting, and does not intend that his crew should be HSOB Presidents may never live down their rough umpired by Gary Coutts and James Raroa, with performances from Jannie Jacobs (bat) and Amit dismissed for 88 again, as they were on October 31. start to the season but there’s no doubt they’ve Marty Bennett standing in the Horouta-Campion Vyas (ball),” Christophers said. “We’ll honour the late Vaughan Thompson, in improved a lot since then. College game. “Amit is Poverty Bay cricket’s only mystery whose memory the trophy is contested, by playing in Ngatapa have claimed victory over HSOBP by Points: OBR 30, Ngatapa 21, HSOB Presidents spinner: expect a surprise, as he has been working the spirit of the game,” Naden said. seven wickets and five wickets this season. On 18, Horouta 12, Campion 9 and GBHS (2) 0. 26 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 Teams back into full swing Players refreshed, looking ahead to the playoffs CRICKET by Jack Malcolm value their wicket and do the job well to find the pressure points of themselves, not leave it for the their opponents. PREMIER cricket gets back into next guy,” Shaw said. GBHS coach Mal Trowell said full swing tomorrow after the long- He said the team had a he expected the team to be weekend break with teams looking wealth of talent, and they were refreshed and raring to go after to solidify their spot going into the building towards bringing all their their week-long break. DJ Barry Cup playoffs in a month. complementary skills together. “The boys are chomping at the Horouta will be looking for their Their goals were more long- bit to make another final.” first win of the competition against term, and they were thrilled with GBHS had a steep learning Galaxy World Gisborne Boys High the direction the club was taking curve at the Super 8 tournament School, while Coastal Concrete and the way the team played. last week, where their highest OBR and Bollywood Stars High OBR have been the most score was 127 in the 50-over School Old Boys fight for second consistent team this season, on format, and the team had place on the leaderboard. the back of strong leadership and discussed “getting back on the The DJ Barry competition their team culture. horse” at training this week, he format allows for a draw if the Even when they don’t field the said. team batting second have not- full 11, they play with the passion “They’re pretty excited about out batsmen at the end of their and vigour of a wild animal getting back into our local allocated overs, the number of trapped in a corner, and often competition.” which could vary if the other team come out victorious. Horouta have been improving declared early. With batsmen Paul Stewart and steadily throughout the season. Officials expected more draws Josh Adams at the helm, OBR’s Unfortunately for them, everyone this year because the level of play batting starts strong and has the else has been improving, too, had been significantly higher and depth to finish the innings even and Horouta have continued to teams were expected to become stronger. struggle with the bat. more tactical as they got to the OBR captain Ian Loffler said the In their last performance, they business end of the competition. team saw the game as “crucial” had OBR up against the ropes HSOB were the team to beat at in their bid to clinch a spot in the but were unable to capitalise and the start of the season, but OBR finals. take the crucial wickets needed for and GBHS have steadily chipped “All the boys are refreshed after victory. away at that top position with hard a weekend off,” he said. Moving Ben Brick up the order work and dedication. “HSOB-OBR clashes are always looks to have solved some of While every player on the good battles. They’ll be tough to the team’s issues, as he is the HSOB roster has the ability to turn beat.” competition’s leading run-scorer a game, an ever-changing line-up The team will be without Loffler going into this weekend with an means you never really know what and Cody Andrews this week, average of 45.5. to expect from them. They could which is a big blow to their depth Horouta captain David Situ said just as easily belt 300 runs with as they have been the preferred the decision to shuffle their batting the bat as fizzle for 99 all out as captains throughout the season. order had worked well and there they did against GBHS in their last Joe Loffler will play again this ALL-ROUND TALENT: Horouta bowler Ben Brick’s elevation in was no reason to change it. match. weekend after coming back into the batting order has worked like a charm, and he now has a He said the team would have Captain Carl Shaw said the the fold and scoring a handy 23 competition average of 45.5. File picture by Liam Clayton to do all three of the key skills long-weekend break was good for runs in their victory over Horouta — batting, bowling and fielding — the team, giving them time to think two weeks ago. on the points table with wins Boys’ High have the two best well if they wanted to come out on about their performance against His experience with the bat against HSOB and OBR, and will bowlers in the competition, by the top against GBHS. GBHS. would be beneficial to the team, be favourites to extend their lead numbers, in Te Raimana Gray and “We’ve always had two (of “We are hoping for a bit more Ian Loffler said. against the struggling Horouta Travis O’Rourke, and have been them) good, but one has fallen resilience and for people to GBHS have built a steady lead side. using their diverse bowling attack over. It’s quite annoying.”

OFFSHORE POWER: Competitors in the New Zealand offshore powerboat championship race across the sea with Tuamotu Island in the background. Gisborne Herald file picture

Thunder comes to the Bay POWERBOATING by Murray Robertson “We’re hoping they will be joined for a couple of races by BC Racing, as a day entry.” A CLASSY field will contest Round 1 of the New In the Sports Modified 80mph Class, Brad Dibble Zealand offshore powerboat championship across joins in his 30ft monohull Superstitious, running a Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay tomorrow and Sunday. 525hp Mercruiser. Taan’s Thunder in the Bay has attracted 15 boats “It’s also great to see Pist n Broke, and the boat and crews. The event begins with the traditional previously known as Race for Life, now running street parade at 10am tomorrow. under Hidromek Branding, back for the season,” Two one-hour races will be held, the first starting Lankshear said. at 12 midday tomorrow and the second, at 11am on “The Bonbon Factory Bat Boat also features Sunday. another father-and-son team, Josh and Callum Edlin.” The event’s major sponsor is Taan Suwanduang Nakita joins the Sports Modified 70mph Class from Bronwyn Kay Agency. after running as a day entry for the past two Event organiser Chris Lankshear said the first seasons, and Chris Powell, previously racing with his boats arrived in Gisborne yesterday, with the rest due dad Glen in Equalizer, will now be up against him in today. Hypersonic. “In the Superboat 1000 class, reigning NZ1 “Not to be outdone by the boys, Molly Lankshear champions Outboard Pro will run uncontested, but is back with me, running the Wildchild Bat Boat,” the Superboat 600 entries of Espresso Engineers Lankshear said. and Rainbow Haulage will be pushing hard for overall He said the best viewing would be along the championship points,” he said. foreshore between Waikanae and Midway Surf Life Doric NZ joins the Superboat 400 class this year. It Saving Club. ran a few seasons ago as Refurb Group. “We encourage anyone interested to come down “On the throttles is Jason Jackman, who previously to the pits and see the boats, and talk to the race raced with Scott Lewis in Hijinx,” Lankshear said. crew,” Lankshear said. “He teams up with his 17-year-old son Taylor, while He wanted to thank all the sponsors, particularly Charlie Lewis — six weeks before his 16th birthday those based in Gisborne, because without their help — joins his dad in Hijinx Racing. the event would not take place. The Gisborne Herald • Friday, February 12, 2021 SPORT 27 Waikanae duo will be contenders

SURF LIFESAVING by Murray Robertson THE well-performed Waikanae inflatable rescue boat combination of Connor Mitchell and Oliver Shivnan get the chance this weekend to showcase their skills in a major carnival on their home beach. The North Island IRB championships will be staged tomorrow and on Sunday at Waikanae Beach. Over 50 crews will be in Gisborne from all over the North Island, and some from the South Island. Mitchell and Shivnan will again contest the under-23 division, where they won three gold medals and a bronze. Last year they never got the chance to compete for the New Zealand titles, because the national champs were cancelled due to Covid-19. The Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae duo HOME BEACH: The crack Waikanae IRB team of Connor Mitchell and Oliver Shivnan (pictured in action) will lead the charge for will be a force to be reckoned with this Gisborne in the North Island surf lifesaving inflatable rescue boat championships in Gisborne at Waikanae Beach this weekend. weekend. It’s the first time such a major IRB competition has been held here. File picture “We are really looking forward to competing on our home beach,” Mitchell Sam Blackburne and Cole Williams will category,” Wilson said. be amazing to watch them in action again. said. join them in the under-23 age group, and “Travis Mitchell and Harry Allan will hit The patients to be “rescued” at great “We’ve been training well. will be hoping to carry on their strong form the u19 group again this year, and they’ve speed by the Waikanae teams are Silke “Oli and I have been hard at it since from the u19s last season. been putting in the work to chase down the McNaught, Hamish Swann and Emily Horne. November, and we’re ready to go.” Waikanae club manager Clara Wilson mass rescue title again. The Dawson Building Midway and Mitchell said the overall Waikanae team said that Britta Carroll and Ana Naden had “And Matt Kemp and Alan Thorpe are Riversun Wainui clubs will not have crews for the titles looked great, with five crews been putting in the hours, even though they dusting off their lifejackets to get back into competing this weekend. racing. were living on different islands. the fray. Racing starts at 8am on both days, and “I’m excited about how the whole team “They’ll be looking to bring home “These two legends of the sport have the arena will be set up just in front of the might go this weekend.” some more medals in the open women’s been in retirement for a wee while, so it will Waikanae club.

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DRIVERS FEATURED IN PHOTO: Brett Lawson (58B), Mike Herbert (52R), Matt Stone (21A), Dillon Williamson (98A) and Daniel Melling (24B).

CONGESTION ON THE TRACK: Stockcars will feature in Gisborne Speedway Club’s 50th anniversary meeting tomorrow. File picture by Liam Clayton HALF A CENTURY ON Gisborne Speedway Club marks a milestone SPEEDWAY by Murray Robertson They will have to be at their best, though, and all the other superstock “G” cars will be “There’ll also be 10 TQs racing. Drivers to overcome the talent that will be here there, too. will include Duane Todd and Kris Gillies GISBORNE Speedway Club tomorrow from out of town. “They’ll race over four heats,” McGrory from Hawke’s Bay. They will want to battle it night celebrates the 50th anniversary of The visitors include Brent Redington (46B) said. out with Ryan and Dylan McGregor. racing at its Awapuni track, and the meeting and Darren Melling (72B) from Hawke’s Bay, “After the Giants’ efforts in Palmerston “The saloons will be there, too — eight the club has planned will be a worthy, Aucklanders Corry TeRito (11A) and Phillip North last weekend, when they battled standard saloons and two super saloons. thrilling milestone. Mortensen (55A), and Michael King (58R) into third place in the New Zealand team We will see the Cook brothers Daniel (76G) It doubles as the North Island and Shane Bracken (858R) from Rotorua. championships, this is a meeting not to be and Ethan (77G) in action.” Streetstocks Championship meeting, and a The other Gisborne drivers and cars missed.” McGrory said the track had come up very field of 25 cars from all over the island will racing will be Brent Durston (77G), The points dash trophy winner will be well in preparation this week. contest the title. Matthew Ireland (96G), Samantha Durston decided tomorrow night. “It should be hard and fast.” “They will run as one group over their heats (177G) and Jared Ingoe (18G). In the support line-up a field of a dozen Anniversary presentations will be made to determine the North Island champion,” club Major sponsors of the meeting are classic stockcars will roar around the track. in the clubrooms after the meeting. president Clyde McGrory said. Keith Allen Appliances, Life 4 U, Eastland “We’ve got cars coming from Huntly, “This is a special meeting for our club, “Our Gisborne drivers are in with a good Accounting, The Tyre General and MTF Rotorua and Auckland for that,” McGrory and we invite all previous club members chance of getting on to the podium. Finance. said. and competitors to join us afterwards at the “Brenden Gooch (10G) will be as Also tomorrow night, the second round “They are always a spectacle, and a trip presentations,” McGrory said. consistent as ever, along with his brothers of the Superstock Points Dash has drawn down memory lane, which is perfect for our Supper will be provided free of charge. Cody (6G) and Sean (9G). a field of 19. They include 1NZ Asher Rees 50th anniversary.” The gates to the Eastland Group “Shaun Kingi (75G) will no doubt and his brother 1NZGP Ethan Rees. The rest of the support programme Raceway open from 5pm, and the first race continue his good form so far this season.” The whole of the Gisborne Giants team includes sidecars and stockcars. will start at 6pm. Step up to the Challenge Westpac Tairāwhiti Business Excellence Awards Closing Take the opportunity to build your public profi le, to increase date business opportunities and benchmark against best practise and innovation especially over the last 12 months of adversity. March Civil Project Solutions 2018 Supreme Winner Take the step today to enter, fi nd out more online: 2021 www.trusttairawhiti.nz Enter and make sure you beat the closing date. Start now, it is worth Westpac Tairāwhiti Business Excellence A ards every effort to stand up and be proud of what you have achieved. w Presentation & Awards Dinner – Friday 18 June 2021

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