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FOREST management company PF Uawa River. Olsen has been fined $198,000 for poor The company was the holder of four harvesting practices that contributed to consents authorising the usual work the devastation caused by forestry waste associated with forest harvesting, and at in June, 2018. none of which allowed discharge of The company was sentenced by forest waste to water or to land where it FINED Environment Court Judge Brian Dwyer could enter water. in Gisborne yesterday. Tolaga Bay was hard hit by the first of It pleaded guilty earlier this year — a two storms in the region in June, 2018. day ahead of a scheduled judge alone Heavy rain caused severe flooding in trial — to a Resource Management Act the nearby Tupuae catchment on June charge that between June, 2017, and 3 and 4 and the mobilisation of a huge June, 2018, it discharged contaminant, volume of sediment and wood debris namely sediment and forestry waste, on from the area’s plantation forests. $198,000 to land at Paroa Forest in circumstances An estimated 47,000m3 of woody where it could (and did) enter water. debris smothered Tolaga Bay beach, The offence is punishable by a fine of with significant but unknown quantities up to $600,000. of woody debris deposited elsewhere in All but 10 percent of the fine will go to the Uawa catchment. Gisborne District Council. UNCouncilHE officersAR who inspectedDOFS Paroa AVINGS! Paroa Forest is an 1800-hectare Forest later that month identified plantation forest to the west of Tolaga numerous shortcomings in forest FOR RMA Bay, owned by Permanent Forests management practice. Limited, and one of thousands of forests According to an agreed summary of across New Zealand managed by PF facts, the majority of damage caused by Olsen. sediment and forestry debris at Paroa Terrain is steep and prone to severe Forest was the consequence of collapse erosion. of soft erodIble soils rather than skid The Tapuae and Waipurupuru site collapse which gives rise to this BREACH streams flow through it. These andHEARING other charge against the company. tributaries flow from the forest into CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

SLASH: The sheer volume and large diameters of waste logs left on this skid site and mobilised by the heavy rainfall is apparent. This material is typical of wood that made its way on to the beach at Tolaga Bay via tributary streams of the Uawa River, which were inundated by waste from various forest company harvesting operations within the catchment area. It is not possible to determine how much each company contributed but PF Olsen’s load was accepted as likely to be minor. Nonetheless that did not minimise the offending, Judge Brian Dwyer said in the Environment Court in Gisborne yesterday before fining PF Olsen $198,000. The key point under the Resource Management Act was that it had the potential to contribute to the significant adverse effect on Tolaga Bay, Judge Dwyer said. Picture supplied

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A GROUP of around 60 Lytton High “The reo Maori students of Lytton School te reo Maori students and wanted to contribute to their community teachers took part in a march yesterday and understand that revitalisation of te to celebrate and remember the reo Maori begins from the ground up, language champions who marched to and if we as a nation want one million Parliament on September 14, 1972. te reo maori speakers by 2040, we all The Maori language champions need to help achieve this goal.” presented a petition of 30,000 “For the majority of our students, signatures on the steps of Parliament te reo Maori is the vehicle, the key to calling for te reo Maori to be taught in unlocking their fullest potential.” New Zealand schools. The students carried banners with “We will always remember those messages such as “My Culture is my who championed te reo when it was Living” and “Let Your Reo Fly”. socially and politically unacceptable to do so,” said teacher Mikaere McBeth. “Te reo Maori is the language of New Zealand but we need to do our part to normalise it as our everyday spoken language. “It is up to us to keep our language WAIATA: Members of Gisborne District Council’s waiata group Nga Manu Tioriori safe for our future generations,” she perform waiata for the Maori Language Moment at midday yesterday. From left are Rose said. Lee, Coralie Campbell-Whitehead, Zandria Taare, Tyson Kingi and Michelle Kupenga. Picture by Paul Rickard Instead of joining the annual hikoi with the wider community, they decided to march within their kura bubble around the school grounds. Maori Language Moment

OVER one million people signed up and performed a waiata. took part in yesterday’s Maori Language Moment as part of Te Wiki o te reo Maori. Even though it was only a moment, People who signed up on the tuku te reo speaking te reo Maori can be spoken Maori website committed to doing something whenever and wherever you want . . . in te reo Maori at midday — whether that be ■ Make “kia ora” your first choice of greeting to saying “kia ora” to someone, performing a everyone you speak to. karakia before their lunch, singing a waiata, ■ Prepare your whanau, friends or workplace anything to promote the language. to speak te reo Maori for the hour. Gisborne District Council’s staff waiata ■ Open your news bulletin with te reo Maori. group Nga Manu Tioriori performed in the ■ Host a “korero kai” for lunch where you only courtyard area at the HB Williams Memorial speak in te reo Maori. Library. ■ Start lunch off with a karakia for kai. EIT Tairawhiti had a crossword competition ■ Order your coffee in te reo Maori. for which every answer was in te reo Maori. ■ Set a “reo Maori only” zone within your Lytton High School held a march and workplace or home. Cape port process to roll on Government sees genuine role for ‘blue highway’: Jones by Andrew Ashton with industry, work with investors, work had still to be seen by most people. “Our Government sees a genuine role with our Government. He had been in contact with businesses for ‘the blue highway’ and Tairawhiti can’t A PROPOSAL to build a coastal port “We made a conscious decision to try in the region, which had voiced support, he access ‘the blue highway’ in the absence of on the could still go ahead to restore the fortunes of the Tairawhiti said. He had also been contacted by people a barging facility. if “cooler heads” prevail, Infrastructure through the Provincial Growth Fund in and Te Whanau Apanui “The roading highway is never going Minister Shane Jones says. . . . the Deputy Mayor may be afraid of areas wanting the $45 million redirected to attract enough money to elevate it to a Mr Jones revealed at the weekend the some barking from protesters but this to projects there. level that is enjoyed by other parts of New Government had agreed in principle to is deadly-serious, long-term economic “Before that decision is made let’s Zealand — that’s just the harsh truth. provide $45 million for the project, with development. go through a process, and more sober “The blue highway is an affordable and and Hicks Bay two of several “My advice to him and the council is minds can dwell upon where the balance credible alternative. It presents less of a possible locations on the East Coast. don’t be afraid if sometimes you get barked is between economic development for a threat to the physical environment, human However, that idea brought strong at or indeed suffer a few verbal wounds.” parched area of New Zealand and the health and to climate emissions. opposition from residents and failed It was inevitable “hard decisions” would firebrand voices. It’s a very bad look for “Sadly, before that outcome can be to gain support from Gisborne District be needed to turn around the region’s the Deputy Mayor, given this Government enjoyed, we have to reduce the verbal Council, with Deputy Mayor Josh fortunes, he said. has worked so hard with Gisborne District emissions coming from the Deputy Mayor Wharehinga labelling Mr Jones a “knob” “The announcement was made on Council to address significant cases of and the turehu (fairy people) north of on his personal Facebook page. Saturday so it’s now important that the development deficit.” Ruatoria.” Despite that, Mr Jones told The industry, the landowners and more sober A statutory process would continue Mr Jones also pointed out in the case Gisborne Herald a process would roll on. minds turn their attention to this.” and could be called and dealt with in of /Hicks Bay, the area had “My message to the Tairawhiti is work Mr Jones added the details of the project , said Mr Jones formerly been the site of a freezing works. LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON THE LAND Gisborne Herald • The top dog at sheep dog home-delivered sale at Otara Station sells for a record $10,000. • B+LNZ plans a ‘resilience’ workshop for Gisborne – registrations close tomorrow. • The weekly AgriHQ report for the week beginning September 14. THE GUIDE TOMORROw THuRSdAy 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 nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 NEWS 3

LOG TRUCK ROLL: The driver of a log truck that tipped over as his rig entered MacDonald Road off Awapuni Road yesterday afternoon was taken to Gisborne Hospital by ambulance for a check-up but the 29-year-old was later discharged. The truck’s log load spilled on to the road, blocking it, as the rig went over. Another truck waiting to turn at the intersection was caught up in the pile-up. Police have an inquiry under way. Picture by Liam Clayton

Mower operator has close shave with truck THE operator of a Recreational operational, the spokesman said. Services mower was shocked but “It was driven back into the city for otherwise OK yesterday when his assessment and repairs.” machine collided with a log truck on Police, a Fire and Emergency NZ crew State Highway 35 at Turihaua. and St John ambulance attended. It happened just north of the Turihaua Bridge at around 10.40am yesterday. ■ AN 18-year-old youth was admitted to The mower operator was cutting grass Gisborne Hospital last night after the car he was in the beachside reserves. driving left State Highway 2 near King Road at “The driver of the empty log truck Makauri and overturned. heading up the Coast highway took The youth sustained minor to moderate evasive action to try to avoid him, injuries, and was out of the vehicle when help but came into contact with the front arrived. of the mower,” an emergency services His condition in hospital this morning was spokesman said. described as stable. The mower became wedged under the front of the truck. ■ A CAR left State Highway 2 north of “The mower driver was shocked by Kaitaratahi Hill yesterday morning and collided what happened but had no obvious with a tree. injuries. Fire and Emergency NZ and St John were “We transported him to hospital for a called at 8.30am. ESCAPED INJURY: The operator of a ride-on mower was lucky to escape serious check-up as a precaution.” A man in his 60s in the vehicle suffered injury yesterday when his machine collided with an empty log truck just north of the His machine sustained some damage moderate injuries and was transported to Turihaua Bridge as the man was cutting grass in beachside reserves. Picture supplied to the mowing deck but remained Gisborne Hospital. High culpability for failures

FROM PAGE 1 Forest contributed to a log jam in the Dwyer said. between 2016 and 2018. upper Tapuae but again it was not Failure to comply with conditions of The council’s failure over a two-year However, it was apparent from photos possible to quantify. resource consents was inherently serious, period to monitor harvesting operations that considerable amounts of forestry PF Olsen’s counsel Glyn Hughes he said. of large commercial forest on land known waste and sediment were mobilised from submitted the company’s lesser Despite differences in this offending, to be highly vulnerable to slope failure skid sites and inevitably made their way contribution to the overall devastation at the sentence starting point should be particularly after forestry clearance, could to water. Tolaga Bay was a mitigating factor. He the same as those he set when earlier only be described as “disgraceful”, the Inspectors noted seven skid sites had noted failures were only found at seven of sentencing Juken NZ Ltd and Aratu judge said. inadequate drainage contrary to resource 49 skid sites in the forest. Forests Ltd (formerly Hikurangi Forest Part of the RMA imposes a duty on consent conditions, there were unstable Much of the discharge material from Farms) for similar breaches — $200,000. local authorities to monitor the exercise accumulations of slash on two skid sites, slopes in Paroa Forest PF Olsen had two of resource consents that have effect in unstable slash was left on the sides of five was into ephemeral previous convictions the region or district. The council failed to skids sites, and a culvert had not been (temporary, rain- for RMA offending in meet that obligation. flumed properly. created) streams. What happened at Tolaga Bay the Bay of Plenty in Mr Hopkinson said the council was The flow of debris from Paroa Forest But council was “a complex and dreadful 2008. taking steps to improve monitoring damaged Paroa Station, immediately prosecutor Adam situation, and I’m concerned That justified a 10 practices but whether that leads to downstream. Hopkinson contended percent uplift, taking avoidance of this in future remains to be Permanent Forests has already paid the company’s that it’s going to happen again the overall sentence seen, the judge said. $388,000 for remediation and the owners culpability for its in the future in this region starting point for anticipate there is still another $150,000 failures was high. —Judge Brian Dwyer this offending to ■ TEN forestry companies operation in work to be done. Judge Dwyer $220,000. various parts of this region were initially subject It was possible a small amount of agreed. He said In his view, to prosecution by the council after the 2018 forestry debris from Paroa Forest washed there were numerous there were were no storms. The only cases still pending are for down the Tapuae Stream into the Uawa instances of discharges from the skid sites mitigating factors other than a discount Ernslaw One Ltd and TimberGrow Ltd, which River, which flows to Tolaga Bay. in Paroa, which potentially contributed for the company’s guilty plea, which was have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial by The contribution cannot be quantified to the cumulative adverse effect of what last minute, so limited to 10 percent, the jury. as anything from the forest, once it occurred at Tolaga Bay — even if it could judge said. DNS Forest Products Ltd was fined $124,700 entered water courses, became part of an not be proved they actually did. Penalties needed to be a deterrent, he but will appeal the fine later this week in a High overall glut. “The Resource Management Act is said. Court hearing at Gisborne. However, the lack of connection between directed at least in part to the avoidance What happened at Tolaga Bay was Juken New Zealand Ltd was fined $152,000. most slash deposits and waterways of risk of environmental harm and I’m “a complex and dreadful situation and Aratu Forests Ltd (formerly Hikurangi Forest in Paroa Forest suggest PF Olsen’s obliged to have regards to the potential I’m concerned that’s it’s going to happen Farms) was fined $379,000. contribution to the devastation at Tolaga effects of the discharge.” again in the future in this region”. Charges were withdrawn against Permanent Bay was minimal. Those failures were also in breach of He acknowledged Mr Hughes’ Forest Solutions, A&R Logging, Logic Forest It was also possible some slash and the Forest Owners Code of Practice “and submission as to non-existent compliance Solutions and South Pacific Forestry Holdings windthrow from a skid site at Paroa frankly, simple common sense”, Judge checks by the council within the forest Ltd. 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Deaths FAMILY NOTICES EXPANDING: SuperGrans Deaths HARRIS, Kim Ryland field (Harry). — A man co-ordinator with the biggest heart, Erina Torrey, ELSMORE, Murray loved by many. Sadly left us on September manager Linda William. — On the Coulston and 12th of September 7th 2020. Dearly loved 2020. Dearly loved son of Richard (dec) wananga husband for 50 years of and Mary. Much loved social work Sandra. Loved Dad of brother of Mark and placement Janette and Gordon, Fiona, Rick and Vicky. student Luanne Kaaren and Harry, and Loved and best friend Sadlier with Stuart. Loved Grandad of Linda. Uncle of Ben ready-made to Tasman, Sophie, and Nicole, Andy and meals to help Max, Emme, Nicole Chon, Tom, Sam and those in need. and Cleo. Special Emma, Kirsty and Ben, thanks from the family, Georgia, Sam, Lachie. Picture by to Alzheimers Gisborne Great-Uncle to Noah Liam Clayton and the Dunblane and Isla. Brother-in-law family of carers. of Anne and Ross, Murray’s funeral will Hamish and Lynette. be at Evans Chapel, Due to COVID-19 Ormond Road, on restrictions, there will Wednesday 16th Sep- be a private service tember at 1pm, limited to family and followed by Private close friends at St Cremation. James Chapel, Here- A live stream of worth School, Havelock Murray’s funeral can be North, on Friday 18th viewed at www.evans September, at 2.30pm. funeral.co.nz The Service will be In lieu of flowers, live-streamed. Details donations to Alzheimers will be found on social Gisborne, PO Box media or by contacting 1020, 4040, would be the family. appreciated. - Evans Funeral - Evans Funeral Services Ltd. FDANZ Services Ltd. FDANZ www.evansfuneral.co.nz www.evansfuneral.co.nz Trust commits $717k to SuperGrans WILSON, Norma WILSON, Norma (Norma Jean). — Tangiwai. — Passed 7.1.1936 - 14.9.2020. SUPERGRANS Tairawhiti has big plans for a compassion are embedded in all we do and fruit, with the two commercial kitchens able to Dearly loved sister and away peacefully on 14 $717,195 grant from Trust Tairawhiti, money it this funding will help more in our community be used by the community. September 2020 in sister-in-law of Peter and Pualeen. Will be says will go a long way to helping the charity experience these values through the expansion The organisation has three Ministry of Gisborne, aged 84. support the wider community. of our services,” Mrs Coulston said. Social Development contracts that focus on Wife of Bill (dec). missed by all your Much loved mum of Seymour whanau. The goal of the not-for-profit organisation While 2020 had been a challenging year, Tairawhiti’s most vulnerable. Huatahi and PJ, Jimmy is a community where those living in hardship it was also a year of growth for SuperGrans SuperGrans Tairawhiti, one of the largest of and Caroline, Norman In Memoriam can work towards food security for their Tairawhiti who are in the throes of moving to the new Zealand branches, has an open-door and Trish, Brenda (dec), whanau, says manager Linda Coulston. new premises at 2 Pitt Street. manaaki (support/respect) approach. The grant will play a major part in their They hope to have their new headquarters “This is at the very heart of all our work with Willie and Ruth, WIREMU DEWES Sandra, Eric and Jen. (BILL) plans. up and running by early December. families in need and allows all those who come Loved Nanna Fishy of “Our expanded services will all be under Their work has not gone unnoticed, with a through the door to feel respected, whatever all her mokopuna and 30.10.1926 - 15.9.2019 one roof and that means we can do so much record $20,000 in cash donated since April, their needs are or whatever their situation.” mokopuna tuarua. In loving memory more. alongside more than $30,000 in donations of Trust Tairawhiti chief executive Gavin Funeral details to of my Bill. “Our organisation and the wider community brand new goods to be distributed. Murphy said the trust was proud to support the follow. extend a huge thank you to Trust Tairawhiti for “Tonnes and tonnes” of clothing, bedding organisation. One year today you passed away. I will enabling this to happen. It is quite humbling. and household goods have also been donated “Their kaupapa is one of positive change always treasure the “This grant will ensure we can build two and distributed. in our communities. We know this funding will memories we shared community kitchens that add value to rescued Each month the organisation receives about deliver positive outcomes for communities of together. kai, provide a place for people to learn how a tonne of rescued food. Te Tairawhiti . . . making sure young people and to prepare and provide nutritious meals for Between March and July, SuperGrans families have enough to eat so they can focus Elaine, son Anaru, themselves and their whanau, and will allow distributed 650 kai parcels, each containing on other things. and moko girls. us to deliver healthy, ready-to-go meals where enough for three meals a day for a small “The Muka, or outcome statements of the Lest we forget they are needed most.” family, equating to 20,000 meals in all. trust’s regional wellbeing framework, He Tohu The organisation’s Koha Shed will be “The new kitchens will be capable of making Ora, are encapsulated in the mission statement expanded and response time to immediate more than 1000 meals a day if needed,” Mrs and outcomes of Supergrans Tairawhiti Trust, needs of whanau in crisis will be cut. Coulston said. showing the alignment of our partnership with Tumeke Talent “The value of aroha (love), care and They will also have a dehydrator for excess them.” voting begins VOTING has begun for the Tumeke Talent Tairawhiti competition being run by What Now and Four fencing, planting Trust Tairawhiti. Last Sunday morning, the first heat of three finalists sang on What Now to compete for the $1000 cash prize. It was open to all singers aged 16 and under from Tairawhiti. One of the finalists, a student from Tokomaru projects attract $4.6m Bay’s Hatea-a-Rangi School, sang a John Legend cover. Another, a Gisborne Girls’ High student, sang an Adele song, and a young man from Wharekahika FENCING and waterway projects the quality of their waterways by fencing tributaries. Native plant seedlings Hicks Bay, delivered a waiata reo. in Tairawhiti are the target of today’s it off from stock and creating biodiversity will be sourced from neighbouring To cast your vote head to the Tumeke Talent page announcement of a Provincial Growth through planting. Many landowners forests. Pest and weed management at whatnow.tv. Tune in to What Now, Sunday 8am on Fund investment of $4.69 million. want to protect their waterways but find will complete the broader restoration TVNZ2 for the second heat. The four projects would improve the the costs prohibitive.” programme of works. environment and create jobs in their Regional councils provide some Pariwhero Incorporated Society Nine log ships in August communities, said Regional Economic support for these types of projects which receives $130,000 to improve the Development Minister Shane Jones. the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) can health of the Awatere River catchment AUGUST was a solid month for Eastland Port “These projects will create up to 50 augment. area including the Kaipo tributary with nine log ships that took away around 240,000 jobs in Tairawhiti, with work starting The funding covers the cost of by protecting and enhancing 28ha of tonnes of wood, despite 150 hours of weather within the next couple of months. materials and labour, water reticulation, indigenous biodiversity and cultural delays during the month. “This will get much-needed money project management and training and is heritage from future development and A port spokesperson said the loading time lost circulating in the region and provide part of the Government’s Jobs for Nature erosion. The project consists of 2.7km of due to weather and seas was on a par with last work for people displaced from their jobs programme announced earlier this year fencing and 2ha of planting. year. by the economic impact of Covid-19. which is supporting economic recovery Te Wiwi Nati Trust ($2.5m), an “The cart-in rate of logs trucked into the port “Hectares of planting and kilometres of through jobs, enduring environmental umbrella organisation representing was high — around 265,000 tonnes for the month,” fencing will be completed through these benefits and supporting implementation marae in the will build she said. “We have had five ships in so far this projects. of regulatory change. 53km of fencing and plant 105ha. Jobs month, and are expecting seven more. We should “These and other fencing and The recipients are the proprietors of will redeploy forestry workers affected see roughly 290,000 tonnes shipped out by the end waterway projects already announced Pahiataua Incorporated ($1.37m) to fence by Covid-19. of the month.” will reap environmental benefits for 40km of riparian areas along streams, The Whareongaonga 5 Blocks Trust So far the port has had about 100 hours of years to come and contribute to the wetlands, puna and remnant strands of ($685,600) will fence 15km of riparian weather interruption in September. maintenance of local assets. indigenous native bush in the greater areas that have been retired and planted ‘We are hoping we have seen the tail-end of the “The funding is encouraging more Makatote stream catchment, including with natives between State Highway 2 winter weather.” farmers, landowners and to improve the Kopuaroa and (upstream) south of Gisborne and the Pacific Ocean. The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 ENVIRONMENT 5 Search for forest ringlet butterfly HAVE you seen the New towards the tip of the forewing. forever if we didn’t know it existed Zealand forest ringlet butterfly? When its wings are closed, the to begin with?” Conservationists around hind wings appear silver with Forest & Bird says threats the country are urging New black stripes — this allows the to the butterflies are thought to Zealanders to report any sightings butterfly to camouflage against include deforestation, predatory of the insect. thin leaves. wasps, flies and introduced birds. The forest ringlet butterfly Patron of the Moths and If you spot a forest ringlet is native to New Zealand with Butterflies of New Zealand Trust, butterfly, report it to Moths and numbers believed to be in serious Sir Bob Harvey is worried that the Butterflies Trust on their website decline. The butterflies appear in butterfly may be extinct. for researchers to investigate the January or February and tend to “Our butterflies have been situation. — Wairoa Star be seen around shrubs and tall badly affected by introduced trees. predators and parasites. If these SIGHTINGS WANTED: Moths With a wingspan between have affected a butterfly that is and Butterflies of New Zealand 40-65mms, the adult butterfly is well known, what have they done Trust want people to report any dark brown with orange stripes to our native butterflies such as sightings of the New Zealand with two eyespots on the rear the forest ringlet? How can we forest ringlet butterfly as the insect wings and another eyespot know that something has been lost faces a sharp decline. The shelter forest by Mark Peters

NEW Zealand’s proposed contribution to reduce atmospheric carbon, and help mitigate climate change, is to plant large numbers of monoculture trees, BIG BIRD: The Great although planting forests Kereru Count runs conflicts with increasing from September 18-27. food demands — or does How many kereru will it? asks Gisborne man you spot during those Marcus Williams. 10 days? Upload your The shelter forest observations to www. (SF) concept proposes greatkererucount.nz trees can be planted in Picture by Tony Stoddard ways that increase land of Kereru Discovery productivity, address climate change and provide additional benefits. “The concept is we should plant trees as shelter forest belts across SHELTER: Pruned to about all land, including the seven metres, a kawa poplar most productive flat land,” shelter belt behind a deer fence says Mr Williams. is raised high enough to let Under SF, 20 percent of sunlight through. This provides all agricultural land would puddles of shadows rather than be planted in forest belts heavy shade which suppresses 15 metres or so in width. grass growth, says Gisborne man Great Kereru Count This would provide belts Marcus Williams. Picture supplied of forest rather than single lines of trees. Three rows of trees of mixed species could be inter-planted with three rows of Scientists ask for community help to track bird selected understory plants that could be harvested on a rotational basis. This would mean the integrity of the shelter function is IT’S TIME for the Great Kereru you are very lucky and have a keen maintained. Count 2020. eye, you could come across flocks Shelter planted at the aptly named Windwhistle in Canterbury was Kereru Discovery is calling for all How to take part as large as 100 in a paddock, free observed to result in a dramatic increase in productivity, says Mr Kiwis to get out and count kereru. ranging on grass and clover. Williams. Whether you love their classic ■■ Kereru observations are Last year people around the “That was largely due to breaking down the wind. Shelter is white singlets, their whooping easy to note on the Great country reported that kereru also required for most permanent crops. We know shelter has a wingbeats, or their awesome air Kereru Count website www. appeared less abundant. significant economic value.” shows, kererus are unique to greatkererucount.nz “This might be because last year Productivity gains from the shelter alone will more than Aotearoa and as Kiwi as kiwi. there was an especially high amount compensate for the land taken out of production. Problems with ■■ Simply use the quick This year the Great Kereru Count of fruit and food for kereru deep livestock due to extreme cold and heat would also be mitigated by 2020 runs from September 18-27. observation page (no login within forests and people didn’t the shelter forest belts. In the Gisborne region there were required). see them as much in gardens and 246 kereru recorded in 2018 and ■■ For more expert community around towns,” Mr Stoddard said. Carbon sequestration 254 in 2019. scientists, the iNaturalist app Some of the questions which may Associate Professor Stephen be answered this year are whether “We understand carbon is a problem,” says Mr Williams. Hartley, director of the centre for for Android and iPhones can or not numbers in urban areas “One-third of excess carbon in the atmosphere comes from biodiversity and restoration ecology be downloaded for free from have increased again, whether last topsoils around the world.” at Victoria University of Wellington, www.greatkererucount.nz year’s plentiful forest food means Soil specialist, Professor John Crawford of Sydney University, said this is the seventh year of the a corresponding bumper year says within 50 years agrarian countries will be able to produce only community science project. for breeding, or if predators are 70 percent of what is produced now. This drop in food production “The Great Kereru Count is about water, clean air and healthy soil. preventing the kereru population will be faced by population that demands 50 percent more in food New Zealand working together Tony Stoddard of Kereru from booming. production. as community scientists to gain a Discovery, who co-ordinates the The Great Kereru Count is “One benefit of carbon in the soil is it becomes a water reservoir,” better understanding of kereru so annual event, shared tips for keen an opportunity to answer these says Mr Williams. “It holds 20 times its own weight in water.” we can help them thrive. kereru watchers. questions and more, and everyone scientists have measured soil carbon “Whether you see any kereru or “At this time of the year kereru is encouraged to take part in the sequestration more than 40m from shelter-belts. not, sharing observations is helping will be flocking to trees like willow count. Part of the solution for the projected food deficit of 50 percent is us get a picture of where kereru and tree lucerne,” Mr Stoddard said. In 2019, 14,287 kereru the use of ramial chipped wood, says Mr Williams. live, how many kereru there are or “These trees are kereru magnets were counted by around 6794 Ramial chipped wood is a type of woodchips made solely from are not, and most importantly, how as the birds come out of their participants. In 2018, 18,981 kereru small to medium-sized branches. These can be chipped on site to best to protect them.” winter-feeding grounds and prepare were counted by 8788 participants, create biodegradable material that enhances soil fertility. As well as being real characters for the breeding season by feeding and in 2017, 15,459 kereru were In the late 1970s, Laval University (Quebec) research into of the bush, kereru are also known on the nitrogen-rich leaves. counted by 6946 participants. large piles of slash left after logging produced positive results. as the gardeners of the sky — “In urban areas, kowhai are The Great Kereru Count is a Strawberries in Quebec and tomatoes in Senegal produced yield spreading precious seeds of forest another important food source for collaborative project lead by Urban increases of 300 percent and 1000 percent respectively. giants such as tawa, miro and kereru, and you will often see or Wildlife Trust & Kereru Discovery “Chipped up ramial mixed with soil increases carbon in the soil; hinau. hear angry tui defending their trees with partners Wellington City the carbon is locked in. It’s like using a raw form of compost, except Native forest is important for from hungry kereru.” Council, City Council/City it’s woodchip,” says Mr Williams. health and wellbeing, and for Rural areas are not left out of the Sanctuary, Nelson City Council and The yields demonstrated by Laval University research point to ecosystem services such as clean count and, according to Stoddard, if Victoria University of Wellington. extraordinary economic and environmental possibilities, he says. 6 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Labour’s education promises Policy provides $600m for childcare teachers, decile system replacement by Simon Collins, NZ Herald “Labour will retain the first year of ■ $10m over four years to “develop support coordinators in schools. the fees-free programme, but not extend tools to better understand children and WELLINGTON — The Labour Party the programme into additional fees-free young people’s learning progress” and ■ Languages has promised to spend an extra $600 years,” Hipkins said. implementing changes to the National National: Require that all primary and million over the next four years on “We will be targeting our additional Certificates of Educational Achievement intermediate school children have the boosting childcare teachers’ pay if it is tertiary education spending in areas that (NCEA). opportunity to learn a second language, re-elected next month. are critical for the country’s economic including te reo Maori for those who want The promise to “work towards pay recovery in the post-Covid environment. Key differences between Labour and it. parity” between kindergarten teachers Initiatives such as free apprenticeships National education policies are: Labour: Continue to support the and teachers in the rest of the early and targeted areas of vocational training revitalisation of te reo Maori. childhood education (ECE) sector is the will be prioritised, supported by the ■ Preschool funding centrepiece of Labour’s education policy reform of the vocational education system Labour: Higher funding for centres ■ Zoning for the election, unveiled by Education which we will be completing if re-elected.” with 100 per cent qualified teachers from Labour: Transfer zoning from school Minister at a Labour has already implemented free January 2021, plus $600m over four boards to Ministry of Education to make childcare centre today. access to apprenticeships and to many years to work towards pay parity between best use of existing school buildings. It does not promise to achieve parity trades training courses over the next two kindergarten teachers and other ECE National: Return zoning to school within its next term of government, but years using Covid-19 funding. Its policy teachers. boards and increase funding for school has earmarked $600m towards boosting does not provide for continuing this policy National: Scrap higher funding for buildings “by supporting the expansion of ECE teachers’ pay. beyond the next two years. centres with 100 percent qualified fast-growing existing schools”. “If re-elected, Labour will ensure all teachers and divert funding to improve 17,000 teachers working in education and The other spending commitments in the teacher/child ratio for under-2-year- ■ School buildings care centres are paid what they deserve,” Labour’s policy are: olds. National: Spend an extra $4.8 billion on Hipkins said. school buildings over the next 10 years, “A significant pay gap has built up over ■ $200m a year for free lunches for ■ Primary school ratios including $2b allocated to an alliance time. The previous National Government all children at the most disadvantaged National: Spend an extra $170m a year with major construction companies. stopped the practice of passing on quarter of schools by the end of next year. by 2024-25 to improve teacher/student Labour: Continue to upgrade 180 increased kindergarten funding rates ■ $400m over four years to reform ratios in primary schools. existing schools and build new schools that met the cost of pay settlements to the school system including creating Labour: No promises. and classrooms for 100,000 students. education and care services, as had been an Education Services Agency within done previously. the Ministry of Education, setting up ■ Learning targets ■ School lunches “The lowest paid education and an independent complaints system, National: Reintroduce targets for Labour: Fund school lunches for all care teachers have already received a strengthening governance and leadership, educational achievement, including for children in the most disadvantaged pay boost to bring them in line with establishing a Curriculum Centre, a more the proportions of Maori and Pasifika quarter of schools by the end of next year. kindergarten teachers’ pay from 1 July managed approach to approving new ECE students leaving school with NCEA. National: Provide food in a more this year.” centres and expanding the network of Labour: Develop tools to better targeted way to ensure it gets to students Labour’s policy launch comes one day Maori-language schools. understand children’s learning progress who might otherwise go hungry. after the National Party launched its own ■ $320m over four years to replace and implement the already-signalled education policy, which did not mention the current decile-based school funding reforms of NCEA. ■ Charter schools pay parity but promised to “continue system with a new system based on National: Establish 25 new partnership to lift minimum pay requirements for an “equity index” measuring the social ■ Learning support schools by 2023. qualified ECE staff”. backgrounds of all students in all schools. National: Give schools an extra $160m Labour: No charter schools. Labour has abandoned the centrepiece ■ $15m over four years to “make sure a year by 2023-24 to support students of its 2017 education policy — expanding schools in all our communities are able to with extra learning needs plus an extra ■ Teacher registration fee fees-free tertiary education from one year deliver quality online learning to all their $38m a year from next year for 1500 National: Abolish the $157 annual in its first term to two years in its second students if we have another (Covid-19) extra teacher aides. teacher registration fee. term and three years in its third term. outbreak”. Labour: Continue the rollout of learning Labour: No promises. Act touts ‘no-nonsense’ climate change plan Ross abandons WELLINGTON — Act would life, but progressively. attempt to retain repeal fresh climate change “We will also require legislation and the ban on new companies make investments offshore oil and gas exploration to produce biodiversity Botany seat permits, while opening up dividends that will exceed “low-value” conservation land what is currently mandated WELLINGTON — Advance NZ co-leader Jami- for development. by DOC and regional councils, Lee Ross has abandoned his attempt to retain The party last night and what government can the seat of Botany at the election. released its policy in the afford.” Instead, the former National Party MP will environment space, favouring The policies are markedly at campaign as a list-only candidate, following a a “no-nonsense climate change odds with those of the Green decade as the MP for Botany. plan” in place of the recently Party, which wants to see New Former chief executive introduced Zero Carbon Act Zealand end coal use by 2030 Christopher Luxon won the National Party and the Emissions Trading and industrial fossil gas use by nomination to contest the Botany seat. Scheme. 2035, and stop all new mining Ross said he is confident party co-leader Billy Act’s energy and resources on conservation land. Te Kahika will win in and get the spokesman, Simon Court, said The Maori Party also party into parliament. “It is an emotional decision while his party believed New wants a mining ban on to step back from where it all began as a local Zealand must play its part on SCRAP ZERO CARBON ACT: Act says scrapping the ban conservation land — along representative, but this isn’t goodbye,” Ross climate change, any response on new offshore oil and gas exploration permits would give with an even more ambitious said in a statement. “Advance NZ is gaining must be simple to administer, industry confidence to invest in and “sustain high-value jobs”. decarbonisation programme great momentum, and I have taken on the role of “politically durable”, and NZ Herald picture that would see all oil and steering our campaign’s strategic direction. effective. gas extraction halted “I could not do justice to our 60 candidates, Its proposed plan would tie reserves in seven years.” given the rug was pulled out within five years, and sites our 7000 members and the thousands of New Zealand’s carbon price to “Natural gas is vital in from under the oil and gas decommissioned by 2030. volunteers while also properly running in the the prices paid by the country’s the short to medium-term to sector in 2018.” Labour is meanwhile set on three-way contest here on the ground.” top five trading partners. support a transition away from Act’s process would pushing ahead with emissions Advance NZ will field a list of more than 60 “This will show the world coal. It’s cheaper and quicker mean the Department reduction efforts locked in candidates throughout New Zealand. New Zealand is doing its bit. to bring on stream than new of Conservation and the under its Zero Carbon Act, Ross said he believed growth in party It is a simple and effective hydropower.” Environmental Protection with an aim of 100 percent membership, fundraising, social media reach response to climate change.” Leader David Seymour has Authority had to consider and renewable energy by 2030. and increasing volunteer numbers showed Court said scrapping the ban also proposed a “streamlined decide on applications within National is sticking by the the party was growing. “Billy’s energy and on new offshore oil and gas process” for consenting 12 years. general priorities it had when connection with voters, combined with my exploration permits would give projects and granting land Opening up development it signed New Zealand up to experience in Parliament, will see Advance NZ be industry confidence to invest access, while protecting areas in areas deemed of low the Paris accord five years ago competitive on October 17,” he said. and sustain high-value jobs. with high biodiversity and conservation value could free — that’s reducing emissions Ross won Botany comfortably in 2017, with “We desperately need a conservation values. up resources to focus on “high “in a manner that does not a majority of 12,839, winning 62 percent of the cheap and plentiful supply “It takes too long — between conservation” areas, Seymour threaten food production”. total votes cast. However, he was cast out of of clean energy to power our five and 10 years — to get said. It’ll also ask the commission the National Party after a high-profile clash with recovery and the industries permits and resource consents “Companies will also be to review its methane targets, then-leader and claimed Bridges that generate the wealth to to open a new mine,” he said. required to put up hefty bonds which have proven unpopular had broken election funding laws. pay for healthcare, education “Only investors with the to cover the risk of unforeseen with many in the farming Ross was later charged by the Serious Fraud and infrastructure,” he said. deepest pockets would consider events and final closure. sector, and further wants to Office, while Bridges, a former Crown prosecutor “But, on current estimates, it. Companies are unlikely to Restoration will be undertaken limit the use of forestry to who denied any wrongdoing, was not charged. we will run out of natural gas risk investing here, especially not at the end of the mine’s offset fossil fuels. — NZ Herald — NZ Herald The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 7 Can’t vote in person? You can get help.

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AUCKLAND — Les Mills Les Mills spokesperson Brett Takapuna says there are 89 Sutton said the gym was working people who are now considered with health authorities to contact- to be close contacts, after a trace other gym members. person later diagnosed with “We’ve supplied information Covid-19 visited their gym. quickly to health authorities On Sunday, it emerged that and we’ve also been in direct the person had visited Les Mills communication with our members. gym in Takapuna while infectious “We have extensive cleaning — as well as Countdown and protocols already in place. We are The Warehouse in Milford, which also running an additional deep- POST-CABINET ANNOUNCEMENT: Prime Minister announces a is also on the North Shore of cleaning process, followed by short extension to New Zealand’s current alert levels. RNZ picture . anti-viral fogging, and we will be Auckland Regional Public Health Service operating our Takapuna club safely under level (ARPHS) was asking people who had attended 2.5 conditions again from today,’’ Mr Sutton said three fitness classes at the gym to stay at home yesterday. and contact Healthline for further information. Covid-19 modeller Professor Shaun Hendy told Morning Report that going to the gym New Zealand’s was the type of activity where the virus could Professor Shaun Hendy told spread more easily, because people are Morning Report that going to indoors, breathing hard and in close contact with other people. the gym was the type of activity ARPHS said the risk to anyone who was current alert where the virus could spread at the other locations — the Countdown more easily. supermarket or The Warehouse — at the same time as the case was very low. “The person was only in these stores for 15 minutes and did not have close contact with levels extended An ARPHS spokesperson said anyone who anyone else during the visits. While the person had attended the same gym classes as the was infectious at the time, the risk to staff and DUNEDIN — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Ardern announced that physical-distancing infected person was considered to be a close other shoppers is considered low.” said yesterday that Cabinet had decided to requirements on planes and public transport contact, which meant they were at greater risk People who have scanned in to these places extend the current alert levels in New Zealand. would be eased, however. of becoming unwell with the coronavirus. using the NZ CovidTracer app should receive She announced Cabinet’s decision at “Public transport operators, including airlines, Those who were at the gym around the an alert via the app. a media conference in Dunedin yesterday buses and trains, do not need to maintain any same time but not in the same classes were afternoon, because that was where she had been seating restrictions or passenger-capacity considered casual contacts and at lower risk. ■ If you have symptoms of the coronavirus, campaigning. She had held a teleconference limits at Level 2. Mask use will continue to be However, ARPHS was recommending that call the NZ Covid-19 Healthline on 0800 358 meeting with Cabinet ministers yesterday compulsory (on public transport at Alert Level 2 these people still call Healthline to also arrange 5453 (+64 9 358 5453 for international SIMs) or morning. and higher).” to have a one-off test. They did not need to call your GP — please do not just show up at a Cabinet will meet again on Monday to decide Regarding travelling and airport safety, Ardern self-isolate unless they became unwell. medical centre. — RNZ if gatherings in Auckland can be increased and said: “what we want to see maintained by our whether or not the rest of the country can move airlines is enforcement of mask use, because that to Level 1. has been a key part of Dr Bloomfield’s decision “On the advice of the Director-General of and advice . . . what we want to see is that when Airlines relieved as Govt relaxes Health, Dr , Cabinet has we’re loading passengers, we are making sure decided on a short extension to the current that we’re maintaining physical distancing for restrictions of Alert Level 2.5 for Auckland and loading and disembarkation, because that’s physical-distancing requirements Level 2 for the rest of the country,” Ardern said. where you start to see congestion”. For Auckland, Cabinet would review the Ardern said Treasury’s latest update showed AUCKLAND — will resume flights from said the cheaper airfares were a way of thanking current level at a meeting on Monday, September economic activity across the Thursday, while Air New Zealand is making more Kiwis for their support. 21, with a view to increasing limits on gatherings and the country had bounced back to levels than 180,000 of its cheapest fares available, in “We had been planning for physical distancing — depending on whether the current cluster is experienced under Level 1. response to changes to physical-distancing up until late this week, so this news allows us to contained. “This is a global pandemic and the global requirements. immediately make those seats available for those If that change was agreed upon, it would come economic outlook is weak. The best approach Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced people who want to travel in the coming days.” into force on Wednesday, September 23, Ardern to a healthy economy is to get the virus under yesterday afternoon that while the alert levels The airline also removed change fees for said. control. Continuing our elimination strategy remained unchanged, physical-distancing domestic flights booked for travel up until March Cabinet had agreed, in principle, that on based on stronger, more targeted public health requirements on planes and public transport 31, 2021. Monday, September 21, the rest of New Zealand measures allows economic activity in New would be eased. This means that customers could now change would move to Level 1 — contingent on cases Zealand to resume sooner than would otherwise “From today, public-transport operators, their flights to a new date or time, or put their tracking the way they are. be the case.” including airlines, buses and trains, do not need fares in credit to use at another time. The move would be confirmed that day. She said the plan was working but it just to maintain any seating restrictions or passenger- Jetstar announced it would resume its The Level 2 precautions would continue to act needed “a little more time”. capacity limits at Level 2,” Ardern said yesterday. domestic flights on Thursday — after a four-week as a safety barrier against flare-ups for the rest of “My view is that we need to keep all of New Mask use, however, would continue to be suspension. It said it would resume up to 75 New Zealand, she said. Zealand safe. Modelling suggests there is still a compulsory. flights on six domestic routes, which was about She said it had been two weeks — one risk that cases could travel out of Auckland.” The Ministry of Health said people should 60 percent of its pre-Covid schedule. transmission cycle of the virus — since Auckland There was one new case of Covid-19 reported still try to keep some distance away from each Jetstar Group chief executive Gareth Evans had moved to Alert Level 2.5. in New Zealand yesterday. other, if possible, and to maintain good hygiene thanked customers for their patience and support “In that time, we have identified a further 36 The Ministry of Health said the case was a practices, such as regular handwashing. over the past few weeks. cases in the community — all are associated with female child who was epidemiologically linked to Air New Zealand responded to the “We’re really pleased to get our planes and our the wider Auckland cluster, and most were people an existing case associated with the Botany sub- announcement by releasing 180,000 of its people back in the sky — right in time for school who had a known link to the cluster and so they cluster, which had been genomically linked to the “cheapest fares” across all 20 ports. holidays, so we can help reconnect families and were already in isolation.” Auckland cluster. — RNZ These included 160,000 fares under $50 friends across the country,” Mr Evans said. — 9000 of which were available during the Ardern stressed yesterday that it was still upcoming school holidays. important that airlines continued to enforce the Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran use of face masks. — RNZ SEPTEMBER SPECIALS

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by Leah Tebutt, Rotorua Daily Post Maori Party’s policy: kaiako based on their competency of te reo — In time for ■■ Maori. Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori, Maori Change New Zealand’s Party candidate for Waiariki, name to Aotearoa by 2026. ■■ Ensure that te reo Maori Rawiri Waititi, has announced ■■ Replace all pakeha place and Maori history are core the party’s policy for te reo names, cities and towns curriculum subjects up Maori. with their original Maori to Year-10 at Secondary Waititi was at Brookfield Primary School in Tauranga ingoa by 2026. Schools. yesterday morning to announce ■■ Invest $50m into the ■■ Invest $40m for early the policy, saying for the past establishment of a Maori childhood to secondary 200 hundred years, since Standards Authority; an school kaiako to develop colonisation, te reo Maori had their reo. been on the decline. independent statutory To a classroom of about entity whose role will be ■■ Require all primary 50 tamariki the Maori Party to audit all public service schools to incorporate te candidate explained who he was, PROMOTING MAORI: Maori Party candidate Rawiri Waititi has departments against reo Maori into 25% of their although many only knew of announced the party’s bold plans for the future of te reo Maori while cultural competency curriculum by 2026 and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. visiting a school in Tauranga. NZ Herald picture standards, including the 50% by 2030. The policy announced sets out monitoring and auditing of to ensure New Zealand’s name is The Maori Party aims to curriculum subjects up to Year ■■ Invest $20m into the changed to Aotearoa and that all establish a Maori Standards 10 at secondary schools and language plans. development of te reo Pakeha place names, cities and Authority which will have the requires all primary schools to ■■ Establish Te Marama o te Maori resources. towns will be replaced with their legislative power to audit all incorporate te reo Maori into 25 reo Maori. original Maori ingoa (name) by public service departments percent of their curriculum by ■■ Require all state-funded 2026. against cultural competency 2026 and 50 percent by 2030. ■■ Double Te Matawai funding broadcasters (workforce) Waititi said: “It’s a bold move standards. Waititi said he did not like the ($28m). across all mediums to towards making te reo Maori “The Maori Standards word compulsory, as it had many ■■ Remunerate primary and have a basic fluency level a language for all of Aotearoa. Authority will ensure that other connotations. secondary schools and of te reo Maori. It elevates te reo Maori to its the mana of Te Reo Maori me “It was compulsory for our rightful place, in a system ona Tikanga is upheld across ancestors not to speak te reo that has long undervalued its all state sectors. It ensures Maori — we are going to be way. Our education system must “Wakatanay (Whakatane) and significance. these public departments are kind. We want this to be a living learn to respect and embrace Wongarey (Whangarei) are no “It is unacceptable that only accountable and that they language, not just for Maori te reo Maori as the indigenous longer acceptable over the media 20 percent of our people can engage in Te Reo Maori me ona people, but for all of Aotearoa.” language of this country. It all airwaves. We expect better. speak their own language and Tikanga in a meaningful way “Our people, our country are starts there.” “These changes are an that only three percent of the that is enduring rather than the still feeling the impacts of our The party will also require incredibly important step in country can speak its official tokenistic approach we see all language being beaten out of for all state-funded media Aotearoa’s recognition of Te Ao language. We need to be doing too often,” Waititi said. us in our education system and broadcasters to have a basic Maori as the indigenous peoples more at a systemic level to The policy also guarantees it was successful. We intend fluency of te reo Maori if they of this land and of Te Reo Maori protect and promote the reo of that te reo Maori and Maori to start back there in a much wish to continue working in the being the official language of Aotearoa.” history will be made core more inclusive and less cruel industry. this country.”

COOL VIBES: National Party leader Judith Collins as you’ve never seen her before. The piece was created FOOD RECALL by Morrinsville tattooist Dave Mouat, of Famous Prolife Foods Ltd Dave’s Tattoo Studio, for a man Mother Earth brand Baked Oaty Slices – Apricot Chocolate 6 x 40g he described as a big National Batch 3108742 and best-before date 29.07.2021 supporter from Te Aroha. NZ Herald picture National leader Judith Collins immortalised in ‘Bond girl’ tattoo WELLINGTON — National Party “I blinged her up a bit (by adding the leader Judith Collins has been gold rings). I thought I’d make it more immortalised in a tattoo depicting her as blingy.” the Bond girl of New Zealand. The design and tattooing process took a The piece was created by Morrinsville total of 10 hours to complete. tattooist Dave Mouat, of Famous Dave’s He said the man he tattooed was Tattoo Studio, for a man he described as a thrilled with the end result. Prolife Foods Ltd is recalling the above product as it may contain foreign matter big National supporter from Te Aroha. Asked about his own political views, (rubber). “He’s a regular client and he said he’d Mouat said if he had to choose between be keen to get a Judith Collins tattoo,” Labour and National, then he would side Mouat told . more towards the blue corner. The affected product listed on this notice should not be consumed. There have been no After studying various photos and “But I’m more in favour of the smaller reports of injury, however if you have consumed this product and have any concerns about images of Collins, Mouat came up with parties,” he said. your health, seek medical advice. a design based on the 007 James Bond Asked if he had created a tattoo of any movies. other politician, he said he had not. The product is sold in supermarkets throughout New Zealand. Customers should return “She’s got a bit of a Bond girl vibe about Mouat is also behind the tattoo of the the product to their retailer for a full refund or phone 07 8343333 with any queries. her, so I thought that would be cool. director general of health, Dr Ashley “Judith — she cops a bit of flak and Bloomfield, that made headlines earlier This recall does not affect any other batches of this product or any other Prolife Food Ltd she deserves a bit of help on the (public this month. products. relations) side, I think. The creation showed Bloomfield with “I hope she’ll like it. I love to tattoo in a his hair flowing in the wind against the Prolife Food Ltd positive style and the intention is good.” backdrop of New Zealand icons. 100 Maui Street, Hamilton The tattoo shows a determined looking The tattoo was for a woman who had Collins — wearing an aqua blue jacket — been in lockdown and felt Bloomfield’s holding a gold gun. The New Zealand flag daily 1pm Covid-19 conference updates is behind her. Just beneath are the words had become the highlight of her days. “Crusher Collins”. — NZ Herald 10 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Landlords expected to act fast after rent freeze ends

by Eva Corlett, RNZ in online forums. There were discussions about the whole industry upping rents the day after WELLINGTON — Tenants are bracing the rent freeze ends, on September 26. themselves for a hike in living costs when a The Commission’s chair Anna Rawlings freeze on rent increases comes to an end next said the investors were at risk of breaching the week. Commerce Act, and advisory letters were sent This is after the Commerce Commission had to representatives in the industry. to warn property investors they could be at risk “Landlords need to be aware that they can be of cartel-like behaviour after discussing raising in competition with one another for the supply rents, en masse, the day after the freeze ends. of rental properties and they can be carrying out The government announced a six-month a business in supply for properties. freeze of rent increases on March 26 — it was a “As a result, they are subject to the measure put in place to protect tenants during provisions of competition law and consumer the Covid-19 pandemic. protection laws. They should make sure they’re However, some tenants have been served aware of their obligations and ensure they early notices, in anticipation of the freeze comply with them,” she said. ending. Zoe*, who rents a one-bedroom studio in ‘A general discussion’ among landlords Wellington, is one of them. FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE: A selfie of Melvin Krook and Andy Hoare She recently lost her job through Covid-19 Sharon Cullwick, who is the executive officer (right) at the summit of Mt Aspiring unaware they would strike disaster moments and is also partially sighted. of the Property Investors Federation, received later on their descent. ODT picture via NZ Herald Her disability benefit, which is her entire one of those letters. weekly income, is $500. Investors were discussing With the renewal of her the possibilities on Facebook, lease in August, a notice The government had she said, and she’s urging Skier recalls miraculous survival also came that her rent them to heed the letters. would jump by $40 a week, announced a six-month “I think it was a general DUNEDIN — The skier slope.” the button on their starting from the day the freeze of rent increases discussion that the who survived a 400m Hoare said he personal locator beacon. rent freeze ends — 25 on March 26, it was a Commerce Commission fall down Mt Aspiring remembered falling He wrapped Hoare in September. picked up on. I don’t think it thought he was going to backwards and trying an emergency blanket That brings her rent measure put in place to was anything specific. But die from hypothermia. to dig a ski pole into the and spare clothing to up to $370 a week — 75 protect tenants during it really is a warning to us Luckily for him, he snow. keep him warm, and gave percent of her total income. the Covid-19 pandemic. that they are looking at what only suffered a fractured “I knew I was in him first aid until the “I was devastated, property investors are doing.” vertebrae, fractured trouble and if I did not helicopter arrived. obviously, because $330 is She guessed as well that sacrum and badly stop there was a big cliff Hoare said he was already a lot, and it was on the Commission doesn’t want dislocated knee. coming up, so I tried grateful to Wanaka the precipice of me not being able to pay even rents going up in the Covid-19 climate. Andy Hoare, of to dig in as much as I Search and Rescue team that.” Tenants could expect to see rent notices , and a could.” members Gary Dickson She responded to the notice, asking that the appearing in the next couple of months, friend climbed the When he finally came and Lionel Clay, who landlord reconsider, given her personal situation Cullwick said. southwest ridge of the to a stop at the bottom were there within 40 as well as the state of the unit, which is damp “What we’ve heard is there are quite a few Wanaka mountain and of the west face, he was minutes of receiving the and mouldy. landlords giving rent increases but some of reached the summit fairly certain he had call, and the nurses at No work has been done on the property — these are because when the legislation came in, just after 2.30pm on broken bones. Dunedin Hospital who he during the time she’s lived there, she said. we couldn’t raise the rents at that time, and it September 2. He believed he would described as “awesome’’. The property management company replied, put a delay on that.” Their trip turned sour not be alive today had He said he was an saying they were sorry to hear about her Helen O’Sullivan is the chief executive from when the 33-year old it not been for the quick experienced rock climber circumstances, but that the landlord needed a Crockers Property Management, which manages started his descent and response of the Wanaka and had climbed many better return on his property. a large portfolio properties, including many hit an icy patch. search and rescue alpine mountains but had not They then asked whether she had tried central Auckland apartments. They had just started team. had an accident before. running a dehumidifier “constantly”. She isn’t seeing many rent increase skiing down the west “I was aware of my Reflecting on his Because of her disability, Zoe needs housing notices and doesn’t expect to. “Landlords are face in what he described knee and the back of my experience, he would that is appropriate for her needs and can recognising that having a quality tenant that can as “not too bad” snow legs and I thought I had not have done anything accommodate her guide dog. She looked for pay the bills at the moment is very much the conditions when he lost broken both legs. differently, he said. other places in Wellington, but nothing was best way to maximise your income stream.” his balance. “Hypothermia can kick Hoare was a glacier suitable. So, she’s been forced to accept the It takes quite a few weeks of an extra $20 or “I hit a hard icy patch in fairly quickly when guide before the Covid-19 increase. “It’s kind of evil, honestly, and it’s very $30 a week to make up for three weeks, if your of snow and then caught someone’s injured and I crisis and plans to return cynical that they’ve done it as soon as they place is left empty, O’Sullivan said. an edge. was thinking ‘If I don’t to mountain climbing possibly could.” “Maintaining your tenants is really the best “I dug my ski boots in get off this mountain when he recovers from way to maintain income for landlords at the and slowed down a bit soon I will die’.” his injuries but said Commerce Commission sends warning moment.” but then caught them on Hoare said his friend he would “definitely be She’s urging landlords to keep good tenants a hard patch and started saw him fall, skied down giving skiing a break”. Last month, the Commerce Commission fired on if they can. to rag-doll down the to the glacier and pressed — Daily Times a warning shot at property investors found *Name has been changed for privacy discussing plans to increase rents, en masse, reasons. Bashed, burned, shot, amputated West Auckland duo admit kidnap, torture of man by Anna Leask, NZ Herald but changed their plea in the High Court The victim was also urinated on as he where he was dragged to a building and at Auckland last month. was repeatedly told to “face the ground”. tied to a chair. AUCKLAND — An Auckland man Case details can now be revealed after Hourigan accused the victim of An unknown solution was sprayed into was kidnapped and tortured for hours Justice Sally Fitzgerald granted the New robbing another person and owing his eyes, he was shot through both feet by five people — including having his Zealand Herald access to the court file. thousands of dollars. He ordered the and the flame of the blow torch was held pinky finger cut off with secateurs, being According to the Crown summary victim to tell him where the money was to his right hand, right arm, back, chest, burned with a gas-fuelled blowtorch and of facts, on November 19 last year — threatening him with more physical feet, legs and stomach. shot in both feet while he was tied up Hourigan contacted the victim on social abuse if he refused. Hourigan used a metal object to hit and gagged. media and asked to meet him at a New the victim around the head and tried to His attackers believed he had robbed Lynn address. cut the little finger off his left hand with another person of “thousands of dollars” When the man arrived Kea and the Hourigan used a metal object to secateurs after first failing to do so with and tried various forms of physical other alleged offenders were waiting hit the victim around the head a pair of scissors. torture to get him to tell them where the inside and he was “overpowered” and The next morning, after the group stolen money was. had his clothes taken off. and tried to cut the little finger off cleaned the car, Hourigan and another Last month Henry Enoka Kea Hourigan fetched a “cut down .22 his left hand with secateurs after man drove the victim back to New Lynn, and Liam Hourigan pleaded guilty calibre rifle” fitted with a silencer and first failing to do so with a pair of where he was able to escape and get to kidnapping, aggravated robbery, pressed the muzzle to the back of the help from a member of the public. unlawful possession of a pistol, victim’s head. He was hog-tied, gagged scissors. As a result of the kidnapping and wounding with intent to cause grievous with a t-shirt and punched and kicked subsequent assault, the victim received bodily harm, threatening to kill, assault repeatedly. medical treatment and surgery for with a blunt weapon and injuring with “(He) lay defenceless on the ground The victim was then carried to his concussion, burns to his hand, arm, back, intent to injure. for approximately two hours whilst the own car, pushed into the back footwell feet and chest; gunshot wounds to both The pair initially denied the offending attack continued,” the summary said. and driven to a property at Whenuapai feet and had his finger amputated. The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 BUSINESS 11 Distancing rule change powers up Air NZ’s ‘citadel’

by Grant Bradley, NZ Herald He believed people under the “new abnormal” want to travel. AUCKLAND — Within minutes of the “I think there’s a view that you’ve got to FIST PUMP: Government announcing new physical get on and live your life, enjoy a vacation and distancing rules for flying, the domestic airline Air New see your friends. Every time you go back to a landscape changed — again. Zealand chief lockdown level it gets harder to comply.” Air New Zealand announced it would executive Greg After a four-week suspension, Jetstar will introduce 160,000 fares of $50 or less into the Foran is looking resume up to 75 flights on six domestic routes, market and soon after that Jetstar announced forward to a around 60 percent of its pre-Covid schedule. it was roaring back to this country’s domestic re-energising It has its aircraft parked in this country and is skies later this week. of domestic offering Auckland-Wellington fares from $49. Air NZ’s chief executive Greg Foran said business for Foran welcomed the Qantas subsidiary’s the domestic operation was its “citadel” and the airline. return and said Jetstar would help stimulate being able to fill the middle seat on jets, and the market. fill turbo-props, allowed it to offer low lead-in File picture “We enjoy the competition — I think it makes fares. us better.” “It sure helps a lot when you can only sell 50 Foran said mask-wearing compliance was percent on an ATR (twin engine turbo prop) and running close to 100 percent. He knew of only a two-thirds on a jet. Getting them all out there handful of cases where passengers objected to makes a heck of a difference. wearing one and he did not know of any being “It’s great for tourism and Air New Zealand for the airline, which is now tapping into the July school holidays some routes had been banned. and for our staff — I bet there was lots of fist- part of a $900 million backstop loan from the operating at pre-Covid levels of profitability. “If they (masks) allow us to get . . . tourism pumping going on at 1pm.” Government. “We want to be back to that and I have a going I’d wear a mask any day of the week,” The requirement for physical distancing on “Just being a domestic business is not wish that we can get this thing juiced up to 100 Foran said. board meant low-cost carrier Jetstar couldn’t where we want to be but being a full potential percent.” Masks would be prevalent in many aspects make it pay, especially with strict Level 3 domestic business helps a lot. Demand in June bounced back more of life around the world and could help restrictions for flying through Auckland. “Domestic is our citadel and it is really strongly than airlines expected after the first accelerate travel in a world where there was For Air New Zealand business was marginal. important.” lockdown and Foran said he was confident it still Covid and an absence of a 100 percent Foran said re-energised domestic business He said since fares went on sale yesterday would surge back again. effective vaccine. — about a third of the airline’s business — was afternoon there had been strong demand. The airline is waiving domestic change fees “People will manage their way around it and a stepping stone to potential travel bubbles Before the latest lockdown last month, the until March 31 to help boost confidence in masks seem to be a good option for letting with the Cook Islands and eventually Australia airline had been operating at 70 percent. During booking. people move safely.”

For Auckland, it’s more pain with‘ no gain. TWEAK THE RULES ’ —Michael Barnett Two-week extension strangling businesses — Restaurant Association

by Aimee Shaw, NZ Herald Nicola Waldren, The Restaurant Association last week some tweaks to those that would make general manager met with Treasury to discuss further businesses be able to run a bit more AUCKLAND — The Restaurant of the Restaurant financial aid and to plead for operating viably and still ensure that there is that Association is calling for the Government Association, rules such as the single server per table safety in place.” to tweak Alert Level 2 operating rules said the lighter and no counter service to be dropped in The industry needed financial support for hospitality if the industry is to avoid restrictions under favour of mandatory face mask use by now if it was to manage further extended mass closures from extended restrictions. Level 2 were staff. periods of alert levels, she said: “Our The membership organisation says still strangling “Things like requiring staff to wear industry is full of resilient people who are 10 percent of the country’s 18,000 cafes, businesses, which PPE at all times, that could mean that going to do whatever it takes to remain restaurants, bars, eateries and taverns are grappling some of the other restrictions could be viable but it is really difficult.” are at risk of closure under current with higher wage taken away. There are examples where Auckland Business Chamber chief restrictive alert levels. bills and reduced other (rules) could be introduced which executive Michael Barnett said the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revenue through could mean a business could run as Government’s lack of decisive action and yesterday announced the Government operating in line Nicola Waldren normally as possible,” she said, adding decision to review the situation again had decided to extend Alert Level 2.5 in with the single that the association was working on a next week did not give certainty to Auckland for another two weeks and to server and no framework to formally submit. business or the ability to plan ahead. keep the rest of the country at Level 2 for counter service at licensed premises “We know from feedback from our “New Zealand beyond the Bombay another week before reviewing if it could rules. members how difficult some of those Hills must be bitterly disappointed that move to Level 1 on September 21. The industry had been hoping for restrictions put in place at Level 2 are to they have to remain under restrictions. But the Restaurant Association says further easing of restrictions. manage and for practicality.” “There’s evidence that inter-regional even a week more of Level 2 will have Waldren called the decision to keep The association says the sector travel by Aucklanders has been safe with a huge financial impact on the already Auckland at level 2 for another two urgently needs targeted financial no spread of the virus. More frustrating struggling sector. weeks “devastating”, adding that it was assistance. This could be through is having the carrot dangled in front In August under Level 2, the industry disappointing for Covid-free regions “helicopter” money via subsidised dining of them that there will be more seats was losing around $89 million per week. outside of Auckland to remain at level out vouchers, specialised wage subsidies, available on planes to bring domestic Auckland businesses’ turnover was down 2 for another week ahead of another temporary removal of GST on fresh fruit tourists to the regions with the one bit of about 60 percent and for rest of the review. and vegetables or financial hardship positive news — relaxation of distancing country turnover was down an average of “For our industry it’s not business as grants. on public transport,” Barnett said. 40 percent. usual at Level 2 so even one more week Any further extension to Level 2 or 2.5 “As for Auckland, it’s more pain with no August spending figures show overall has a major impact,” Waldren told the outside of the renewed two weeks would gain. We still don’t know the criteria and retail spending in the month took a Herald. make it hard for many businesses to the rules to give us back our lives and dive as spending in the hospitality “Some areas like the CBDs are remain viable. livelihoods. And don’t think the bounce industry tumbled by 13 percent or devastated because at Level 2 people are No other industry faced so many in consumer spending is a panacea for $115m following 19 days of Alert Level 3 still not working from their offices as restrictions under level 2, Waldren said. lifting an economy that is still stalled restrictions. This followed an encouraging much — another week of that really does “We know there are these guidelines with some sectors and businesses likely month of recovery in July. have a big impact.” put in place but we think we can make to fail.”

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY rose 10c to $33.20. Metlifecare edged ahead 1c to $5.95 on news Pushpay was up 20c or 2.67 percent to that the Overseas Investment Office has granted $7.70, Ryman Healthcare gained 12c to $13.86, Asia Pacific Village Group approval to buy 100 WELLINGTON — Investors played the waiting He said US futures were up 1.2 percent and to Freightways rose 11c to $7.55, and Briscoe percent of its shares in a $1.27 billion takeover. game during a quiet day’s trading on the New a degree this suggested the market over there Group climbed 12c or 2.96 percent to $4.17 after Asia Pacific, which is owned by Swedish- Zealand sharemarket, with only a handful of has a better tone. producing a strong financial result last week. based private equity firm EQT Infrastructure stocks making significant gains. “But the markets globally are on the back foot Tourism Holdings, due to report on Friday, IV, is making a $6 a share offer that is backed The S&P/NZX 50 Index finished at 11,790.54, and it will be interesting to see how the US rolls. came out with an early upgrade to its full-year by cornerstone shareholder, NZ Super Fund. up 42.5 points or 0.36 percent, after drifting The election there, and in New Zealand, is also financial result and its share price shot up 25c Shareholders will vote on the scheme of between an intraday high of 11,754.93 and low having an influence.” or 12.89 percent to $2.19. The company said its arrangement at a special meeting on October 2. of $11,799.38. A total of 54.42 million shares The Government’s announcement to extend underlying net profit for the year ending June SkyCity Entertainment went through the $3 worth $152.05 million changed hands, and there Alert Level 2.5 in Auckland for at least another will be about $20m, compared with the previous mark, climbing 6c to $3.05. Solly said there was were 72 gainers and 62 decliners over the whole week did not drag the market down — though guidance of $17.5-$19.5m. a better tone to the stock as more people are market. it will again affect the potential profitability Solly said it was encouraging that Tourism getting comfortable going back to the casino. Shane Solly, portfolio manager with Harbour of services companies. Telecommunications Holdings had been able to sustain its level of Sky Network Television was up 0.3c or 2 percent Asset Management, said people were watching network operator Chorus, taking a spot in the profit — “it’s better than most people expected.” to 15.3c. what happens in the global markets, particularly S&P/ASX 200 Index, rose 34c or 3.86 percent Overall, the market has been slow to respond to Among the energy stocks, Mercury was up the pull-back in technology stocks in the United to a record high of $9.15. Fisher & Paykel a New Zealand earnings season that generally 7.4c to $5.19, Contact gained 6c to $6.31, while States. Healthcare, which is moving into the ASX 100, was solid. Meridian was down 4c to $4.95. — NZ Herald 12 OPINION The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 EDITORIAL Time for common sense, pragmatism by Clive Bibby that they have responsibilities to all of us what makes them tick, their aspirations, their Barging facility lesser mortals but, more importantly, to those magnificent culture and their understanding of THE old adage that “a week generations who will inherit this magnificent part what needs to happen for businesses to flourish back on agenda is a long time in politics” of God’s Earth. and families to benefit. News at the weekend that the was never more true than In a democracy like ours, each generation This community has all the necessary skills when applied to our beloved takes responsibility for and acts as guardian to make things happen, and particularly the all- remaining $45 million allocated to Tairawhiti in the middle of two (kaitiaki) of the land and environment that is important ability to recognise a rare opportunity this region from the Government’s major events that are both entrusted to them, irrespective of individual that can be turned to advantage. Covid Recovery infrastructure competing for our undivided names that are on the title deeds. Consequently, So, it is sad for me to stand by and watch “iwi fund is attached to a project as attention — the pandemic and the general decisions made by those in leadership roles politics” dictate the outcome of a debate that controversial as an East Coast log election campaign. In fact, the last 24 hours has must reflect the best interests of all those who should never have happened. barging proposal was disappointing, demonstrated how an even lesser time frame is are likely to benefit from or be affected by their For the Deputy Mayor, councillors and in that the risk is reasonably high sufficient for anything to happen when issues of actions, right down to those on the lowest rungs members of the runanga leadership who agree that it will come to nothing. this magnitude collide on our patch. of the social ladder and certainly not just those with his pronouncements to allow this unelected It was fascinating, also, that Sadly, and regrettably, the ingredient who have an overblown sense of entitlement. but apparently influential group of selfish such a clearly non-shovel-ready (leadership) that could save us from ourselves That is why this contemptuous, arrogant, even isolationists to blackmail the remainder of the at a time like this is the one thing that is racist decision of the council to reject Minister Tairawhiti community, it is a betrayal of your proposal would emerge through conspicuous by its absence. As a result, we Shane Jones’s offer must be overturned. office. this non-transparent process with could all become collateral damage. It is simply a misuse of authority that has no They should either return to the negotiating such a large endorsement from the It could have and should have been so place in a modern society which unfortunately table with the Government, making amends Government — especially a coalition different. suffers from a crippling state of dependency, and for their lapse in judgement by committing to one whose constituent parties all I suppose l dare to hope that in the coming will continue to do so as long as these irrational discussions seeking an outcome that will put our pledged to reopen our rail line in days those who have been charged with contributions keep being forced upon us. plans for economic development back on track, the lead-up to the last election and oversight of our security will think again about It is time to say “Enough!” Do the job we or resign en masse, allowing others to pick up now, five weeks out from the next, their collective, appalling response to the elected you to do! the pieces while there is still time. commits in principle to a coastal Government’s offer to pay for the building of I have worked closely with the Coast iwi After all, aren’t we supposed to be being kind shipping solution for this region’s a log barging port on the East Cape, realising community over the past 40 years. I understand to one another? transport challenges. But here we are, with Infrastructure LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS Minister Shane Jones leading the push for this proposal again in his Real housing scandal own inimitable way, backed now by Last election our Labour In June 2020 there are now Rail well down priority list candidate promised a 16,651 families on the Priority Treasury and Crown Infrastructure Re: Covid the new rail expenditure, and has been prefabricated housing plant A waiting list. As Labour has Partners on its potential value . . . excuse, September 14 letter. for some time with both in Gisborne that would help heaped costs on landlords, while from the Tairawhiti side we Get your priorities right Governments — whatever build 100,000 new homes rents have skyrocketed and have both Te Runanganui o Ngati Reg. You have to acknowledge, their political leanings. If you through KiwiBuild (Gisborne the end result is a 400 percent Porou and Gisborne District Council face and act on more urgent can’t or won’t see this as a fact Herald, February 18, 2017). increase in those deemed in saying earlier proposals had not problems as they arise and of life of the actual situation In September 2017 there urgent need of housing. been supported by hapu and the I would venture to suggest then far be it for me to try to were 4054 families on the And housing has got local community, and they support that the tenuous rail link push water uphill with a rake. Priority A waiting list for even more expensive for from Wairoa to Gisborne is Housing NZ across the young families in Tairawhiti those wishes (with the runanganui well down the priority list of ALAN LOYE acknowledging “the Government’s country. These are families since the promise of the who have been assessed as in prefabricated housing factory intention to work with iwi and engage urgent need of a house. was made. More broken with local hapu on this proposal”). Labour said 4054 was promises from Labour. From the Government’s True account worth reading a scandal. They said perspective, the gains would come I have just completed reading Into us not to worry, Dad was having they wanted to abolish S. ANDERSON in brighter economic prospects the Unknown: The secret WWI diary dreams of being in the trenches or homelessness. Whakatane for the East Coast through cutting of Kiwi Alick Trafford, No. 25/469. going over the top of an ambush. the costs that local landowners For those interested, it is so well I was usually under the bed. worth reading this documented, true It impacted on many families and face in getting their logs and other account of what was endured. changed many lives forever. A song that needs sharing commodities to market, significant Our Dad was a veteran of World To this local author, I commend Hi Vic, I’ve just read your story and poems but nothing even near job creation, reduced roading costs War One and like many of his and thank you for sharing with and poetic song in Saturday’s paper to your creation. I sat at my table from taking heavy-freight pressure comrades, he never spoke of the those who have no idea of what and it blew me away. They say an and, with my guitar, tried to put your off the southern half of State horrors of that time. was endured — and also with us, Irishman with the “Gift of the Gab” song to music. I have no idea as to Highway 35 (and Gisborne City), and Many times as youngsters we the ones who lived alongside the must have kissed the Blarney Stone. the melody line but I tried to sing it, reduced transport emissions. would be awakened to the sound darkness that our fathers kept I don’t think you just kissed it, I to the best of my ability, in the style These are major potential regional of terrible screaming. Our mother hidden. think you bit off and swallowed a of a song similar to “The Fields of would rush in to our room and tell MARIE TE AHO large piece. Athenry”. I certainly did not use that gains, too, so it is important that our Your use of the language we melody, as the phrasing is totally community leaders engage in the share and the emotion your words different. I tried to give it the “lilt” of process Mr Jones outlines today with dragged from myself and, I am an Irish folk song but I am sure your open minds . . . well, everyone apart Art branching into politics sure, many readers is a tribute to melody will be a thousand times from our deputy mayor who has Re: Protest and romance, Wow! A snippet of your talent the person you are (even if you do better than my composition. made his thoughts on the proposal September 9 story. Sacha. What a tease. support Manchester United). I would love to hear your and its key public promoter known. A fantastic artwork Sasha, Expectations abound of you, a You are truly blessed to have version or to be allowed to sing my Continuing strong opposition from very whimsical with a hint clever Kiwi! such a wonderful wife as Norma, adaption when I do my “rest home the ahi kaa would of course make of romance too. Great to see and the support of your extended entertaining”. However, I would a fellow artist construct and ANNA, family is obvious. never do such a thing without your it difficult to see this project going The last time I saw you was about blessing. ahead, but a full discussion around instal a piece without the forced consultation process Great to see your artwork one year ago. You were passing Vic, you must give your song options and potential mitigations my home, accompanied by your voice, and allow people the chance could lead to a change in views. Mr (said in jest). May all your out there Sasha. Must be waves be bodacious and new inspiration, perhaps? grandson and lovely black dog. The to spread your Gospel far and wide. Jones also told The Herald yesterday gnarly my dude! chat we shared ended too quickly You are an astonishing person. that there were “several options” for LYNN and DAD but I am grateful for the time we Your fortunate friend where such a facility could go; the MARTIN KIBBLE Kinohaku spent just “gabbing away”. original government press release I have written countless songs MIKE MULROONEY said suitable bays in the northern Tairawhiti were all halfway between [email protected]

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The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 WORLD 13 TikTok rejects Microsoft bid at eleventh hour GLOBAL BRIEFS WASHINGTON — Oracle said on Monday that Any deal must still be reviewed by the the Chinese owner of TikTok has picked the US Committee on Foreign Investment in the United Aircraft battle Portugal blaze company to be its “trusted technology provider”, States, known as CFIUS, a US government group LISBON — Almost 1000 firefighters and 15 beating out rival Microsoft in a deal that could chaired by the Treasury Secretary that studies water-dropping aircraft battled a major wildfire help keep the popular video-sharing app running mergers for national security reasons. in central Portugal on Monday, as strong winds in the US. Mnuchin said he expects the group to pushed the flames through dense and hilly Oracle spokeswoman Deborah Hellinger review the proposal this week and later make a woodlands. said she was confirming remarks made by US recommendation to the President. The blaze was in central Portugal around Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who told The President can approve or deny a Proença-a-Nova, 200 kilometres north of Lisbon. CNBC on Monday that TikTok’s parent company, transaction recommended by the panel, although The fire’s perimeter stretched more than ByteDance, submitted its proposal to the US Trump has already voiced support for Oracle 55 kilometres, local Civil Protection Agency government for approval. as a “great company” that could handle the commander Luis Belo Costa told a news “We did get a proposal over the weekend that acquisition. conference, adding that an “extraordinary” includes Oracle as the trusted technology partner President Donald Trump’s administration If the arrangement is approved by the US amount of tinder-dry vegetation was fuelling the with Oracle making many representations for has threatened to ban TikTok by September 20 government, TikTok would be allowed to continue flames. national security issues,” Mnuchin said. and ordered owner ByteDance to sell its US operating. About two dozen people were evacuated Mnuchin said there’s also a commitment business, claiming national security risks due to Microsoft said in a Sunday statement that from hamlets as more than a dozen bulldozers to make TikTok’s global operations a its Chinese ownership. The Government worries ByteDance “let us know today they would not be cleared firebreaks in the area. US-headquartered company with 20,000 new about user data being funnelled to Chinese selling TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft”. The wildfire began on Sunday, and five jobs. authorities. TikTok denies it is a national security Proposals to acquire TikTok’s US business firefighters suffered burns in its initial stages as TikTok said in a statement on Monday that risk and is suing to stop the administration from raised questions among outside observers their vehicle was caught in the flames. its proposal to the Treasury Department should enacting the threatened ban. about how it would be split from the rest of Large wildfires occur each year in Portugal, “resolve the administration’s security concerns” Much remains unclear about the proposed deal TikTok’s social media platform, which is popular where poor forest management has been and emphasised the importance of its app to the with Oracle, which is pointedly not referring to it worldwide. ByteDance also owns a similar video blamed for repeated outbreaks. Two major 100 million users it claims in the US. as a sale or acquisition. app, Douyin, for the Chinese market. — AP blazes killed 106 people three years ago. — AP 800 Greek migrants rehoused ATHENS — Just over six percent of the 12,500 Poisoned Putin critic able to leave hospital bed people left homeless last week by the fire that destroyed Greece’s biggest camp for refugees BERLIN — The poisoned Russian Separately, Russian Foreign Minister that the poison used on Navalny was have been rehoused in a new temporary facility opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been Sergei Lavrov cancelled his trip to Berlin Novichok. under construction on the island of Lesbos. removed from ventilation and can leave for talks, scheduled for Tuesday, Russian German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas By Monday afternoon, about 800 people had his bed, the Berlin hospital treating him media reported. said he did not expect his country to be entered the new tent city, hastily set up by the has said. They quoted Russia’s foreign ministry as criticised now that the confirmations had sea a few kilometres from the gutted Moria Navalny collapsed on a flight from saying the cancellation followed a change been made. camp, migration ministry officials said. Siberia on August 20, and tests have in schedule by German counterparts. He was referring to the Kremlin’s Thousands remained camped out for a sixth shown he was poisoned with a Novichok The latest news on Navalny also came response to the tests. Russia has said day along a road leading from Moria to the nerve agent. as results were announced from Russia’s Germany has not provided it with details. island capital of Mytilene, with police blocking He was transferred to the Charite council elections. Following the French laboratory the way into town to prevent asylum-seekers hospital in the German capital. Opposition candidates won seats in two confirmation, French President Emmanuel trying to board ferries for the Greek mainland His team alleges he was poisoned on the Siberian cities where the anti-corruption Macron spoke with Putin by telephone. instead of entering the new camp. orders of President Vladimir Putin — the blogger had been campaigning before “The President expressed his deep Authorities say the blazes last Tuesday and Kremlin denies any involvement. being poisoned. concern over the criminal act perpetrated Wednesday in Moria, where thousands of The Charite hospital gave the update in The pro-Kremlin United Russia party against Alexei Navalny and the imperative people arrive every year after crossing illegally a tweet on Monday. It said he continued claimed a clear win overall. that all light be shed, without delay, on the from nearby Turkey, were started by camp to improve and was “currently undergoing Germany’s government has said that circumstances and responsibilities of this residents angry at quarantine orders imposed mobilisation and is able to leave his bed laboratories in France and Sweden have attempted assassination,” Macron’s office after 35 people in the facility tested positive for for short periods of time”. now reconfirmed German tests showing said. — BBC Covid-19. — AP Trump ignites climate change row

BEAVERCREEK, Oregon — With crews tackle climate change.” battling wildfires that have killed at least Forest management, which includes 35 people, destroyed neighbourhoods tree thinning and brush clearing, is costly, and enveloped the West Coast in smoke, labour-intensive work that is effective another fight has emerged: leaders in in reducing fuel for wildfires. Millions the Democratic-led states and President of dollars are spent on such reduction Donald Trump clashed over the role of efforts every year in Western states climate change as he visited California on although many argue more needs to be Monday. done. The efforts can also be undercut California, Oregon and Washington when homeowners in rural areas don’t state have seen historic wildfires that undertake similar efforts on their own have burned faster and farther than ever properties. before. Numerous studies in recent years Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti have linked bigger wildfires in the US to accused Trump of perpetuating a lie that global warming from the burning of coal, only forest management can curtail the oil and gas. massive fires seen in recent years. He The Democratic governors say the fires pointed to drought and the need to reduce are a consequence of climate change, carbon emissions. while Trump has blamed poor forest “Talk to a firefighter, if you think that management for the flames that have climate change isn’t real,” the Democratic raced through state and federal land in mayor said on CNN’s “State of the the region and made the air in places Union.” like Portland, Oregon, Seattle and San It isn’t clear if global warming caused Francisco some of the worst in the world. the dry, windy conditions that have fed Scientists say the wildfires are all but the fires in the Pacific Northwest, but a inevitable but that the main drivers are warmer world can increase the likelihood plants and trees drying out due to climate CLIMATE DEBATE: President Trump has dismissed concerns over climate change on of extreme events and contribute to their change and more people living closer a visit to fire-ravaged California, telling an official there it would “start getting cooler severity, said Greg Jones, a professor to areas that burn. Forest thinning and soon”. AP picture and research climatologist at Linfield controlled burns have proven challenging University in McMinnville, Oregon. to implement on the scale needed to “The debate is over around climate we have this cosmic challenge to our At least 10 people have been killed in combat those threats. change. Just come to the state of communities, with the entire West Coast Oregon. Officials have said more people California Governor Gavin Newsom and California, observe it with your own eyes,” of the United States on fire, to have a are missing, and the number of fatalities other state and federal officials briefed he said. president to deny that these are not just is likely to rise, though they have not Trump about the fires during a stop He noted that just in the last month, wildfires, these are climate fires,” Inslee said how high the toll could go as they near Sacramento, where the President California had its hottest August, with said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” search. In California, 24 people have died, doubled down on mostly blaming forest world-record-setting heat in Death Oregon Governor Kate Brown said and one person was killed in Washington management. State Natural Resources Valley. It had 14,000 dry lightning strikes about 500,000 acres typically burn each state. Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot said that set off hundreds of fires, some year, but just in the past week, flames Firefighter Steve McAdoo, who has he wished the science agreed with the that combined into creating five of the have swallowed over a million acres, run from one blaze to another in Oregon President, to which Trump countered, “I 10 largest fires in the state’s recorded pointing to long-term drought and recent for six days, said his neighbours in rural don’t think science knows, actually”. history. And it had back-to-back heat wild weather swings in the state. areas outside Portland should clear trees The governors have been blunt. waves. “This is truly the bellwether for climate near their homes because a week like Newsom toured a ghostlike landscape Washington Governor Jay Inslee change on the West Coast,” she said they just survived could happen again. destroyed by flames on Friday and called on Sunday called climate change “a Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “And “I would think the way the climate is out the “ideological BS” of those who deny blowtorch over our states in the West”. this is a wake-up call for all of us that we changing, this may not be the last time,” the danger. “It is maddening right now that when have got to do everything in our power to he said. — AP 14 WORLD The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Yoshihide Suga set CHANGING CLIMATE: An enormous chunk of Greenland’s ice cap to become Japan’s has broken off in the far northeastern Arctic, a next prime minister development that scientists say is evidence of rapid climate change. The glacier TOKYO — Yoshihide Suga was elected as the section that broke off is new head of Japan’s ruling party on Monday, 110 square kilometres. It all but assuring came off of the fjord called that he will become Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden, which the country’s new is roughly 80 kilometres long prime minister when and 20 kilometres wide, the a parliamentary National Geological Survey election is held later of Denmark and Greenland in the week. said on Monday. The glacier Despite his low- is at the end of the Northeast key image, Suga, Greenland Ice Stream, where 71, has been an it flows off the land and into important figure the ocean. Annual end-of- in outgoing Prime melt-season changes for Minister Shinzo the Arctic’s largest ice shelf Abe’s administration, in Northeast Greenland are serving as the measured by optical satellite Government’s top Yoshihide Suga imagery, the survey known as spokesperson in his GEUS said. It shows that the role as chief Cabinet area’s ice losses for the past secretary. Abe announced last month that he two years each exceeded 50 would resign due to health problems. square kilometres. AP picture Suga’s victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party vote virtually guarantees his election in a parliamentary vote on Wednesday because of the majority held by the LDP’s ruling coalition. Suga, the son of a strawberry grower in northern Japan’s Akita prefecture, said he had come a long way. “I will devote all of myself to Jittery school reopenings work for the nation and the people,” he said in his victory speech. He has said that his top priorities will be fighting the coronavirus and turning around a Japanese economy battered by the pandemic. in Italy’s Covid hotspot He gained the support of party heavyweights and their wing members early in the campaign on expectations that he would continue Abe’s CODOGNO, Italy — The morning bell “We hope it goes well, so that all On Monday, masked elementary policies. on Monday marked the first entrance to we lived can be relegated to memory,” students waited in spaces designated by Suga received 377 votes in Monday’s vote the classroom for the children of Codogno Passerini said. red tape to be called to class. Two classes to pick a successor to Abe. Former Foreign since February 21, when panicked parents In Codogno, nursery school children were shifted from the more crowded of Minister Fumio Kishida, one of the other two were sent to pick up their children must have their temperatures taken at Codogno’s two elementary schools to contenders, received 89 votes, while former after the northern Italian town gained drop-off but are not required to wear ensure proper distancing. Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba got 68. notoriety as the first in the West to record masks. In elementary school and middle “It is an emblematic moment for “Now I’m handing the baton to new LDP local transmission of the coronavirus. school, parents are asked to monitor us,” Cugini said. “It is important to President Suga,” Abe said after the vote. “We While all of Italy’s eight million school temperatures at home and masks are create an atmosphere so the students can count on him.” students endured Italy’s strict 2½-month required, although they may be lowered can experience the emotions of finding Suga has been a loyal supporter of Abe since lockdown, few suffered the trauma of during lessons. themselves back in school, with Abe’s first stint as prime minister from 2006 to the children of Codogno, whose days classmates and teachers, without being 2007. Abe’s tenure ended abruptly because of were punctuated by the sirens of passing distracted by other things.” chronic illness, and Suga helped him return as ambulances. We hope it goes well so that For Maria Cristina Baggi’s daughters, prime minister in 2012. “Many lost grandparents,” said Cecilia all‘ we lived can be relegated to ages four and 10, there was no back- Suga has repeatedly praised Abe’s diplomacy Cugini, the principal of Codogno’s nursery, to-school shopping for new backpacks: and economic policies when asked about what elementary and middle schools. memory. the old ones were fine as they had lain he would like to accomplish as prime minister. So while the reopening of Italian —Mayor’ Francesco Passerini unused for the four months of distance He has defended scores of favouritism and schools marks an important step in a learning. cronyism scandals, saying that investigations return to pre-lockdown routine, the step But there was the usual sense into the cases were properly handled. bears more symbolic weight in the 11 In schools where distance cannot be of anticipation to be reunited with On the surface, the straight-faced Suga is towns in Lombardy and Veneto that were maintained, older students will have to classmates, the renewal that comes with known for offering bland comments at twice- the first to be sealed off as coronavirus keep masks on all day. every school year — tinged now by a not- daily televised news briefings. red zones. In a country where years of spending so-distant concern that the Covid-19 back- But behind the scenes, he’s known for his Codogno Mayor Francesco Passerini cuts have left many school buildings run to-school project will bring an uptick in iron-fist approach to getting jobs done as a said the town of 17,000 has had virtually down, administrators have jumped at contagion even here. policy co-ordinator and influencing bureaucrats no new cases for months now, but the chance to take care of long-overdue While there are many rules governing by using the centralised power of the Prime authorities are not being complacent. He repairs, in some places delaying school classroom behaviour, some uncertainty Minister’s office, leading political watchers to said they have spared no effort in working openings while work is finished. remains. call him the “shadow Prime Minister.” with school administrators to provide School and local officials in Codogno “We have doubts about how to react to Some bureaucrats who have opposed his maximum protection to the city’s 3500 worked tirelessly to ensure the smoothest a cold or a coughing attack — that is an policies have reportedly been removed from students. return possible for students. unknown for everyone,” Baggi said. — AP projects or transferred elsewhere. — AP ‘Signs of life’ detected in Venus clouds

SCIENTISTS say they have detected The existence of extraterrestrial life that life itself must be very common, in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus has long been one of the paramount and there must be many other a gas called phosphine that indicates questions of science. inhabited planets throughout our microbes may inhabit the inhospitable Scientists have used probes and galaxy.” planet. telescopes to seek “biosignatures” — Phosphine — a phosphorus atom The researchers did not discover indirect signs of life — on other planets with three hydrogen atoms attached — actual life forms but noted that on and moons in our solar system and is highly toxic to people. Earth, phosphine is produced by beyond. Earth-based telescopes like those bacteria thriving in oxygen-starved “With what we currently know of used in this research help scientists environments. Venus, the most plausible explanation study the chemistry and other The international scientific team for phosphine, as fantastical characteristics of celestial objects. first spotted the phosphine using as it might sound, is life,” said Phosphine was seen at 20 parts-per- the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Massachusetts Institute of Technology billion in the Venusian atmosphere, a in Hawaii and confirmed it using molecular astrophysicist and study trace concentration. the Atacama Large Millimetre/ co-author Clara Sousa-Silva. Greaves said the researchers submillimetre Array (ALMA) radio “I should emphasise that life, as an examined potential non-biological telescope in Chile. explanation for our discovery, should sources such as volcanism, meteorites, “I was very surprised — stunned, in be, as always, the last resort,” Sousa- lightning and various types of chemical fact,” said astronomer Jane Greaves Silva added. reactions but none appeared viable. EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE: Astronomers say of Cardiff University in Wales, lead “This is important because, if it is The research continues to either they have found a potential signal of life high author of the research published in the phosphine, and if it is life, it means confirm the presence of life or find an in the atmosphere of our nearest neighbouring journal Nature Astronomy. that we are not alone. It also means alternative explanation. — RNZ planet, Venus. AP file picture The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 & 15 TRADES34800-01 SERVICES Not sure where to Gisborne swimming start? Don’t know what to do? How pool installations much will it cost? • Swimming pool fence What options are there? We will come installation and compliance SPECIALISTS IN: to you . . . • Local and East Coast Carpet & Upholstery Electric motors, We can help with Power Tools, Pumps, Cleaning Services all of the above FREE and more! Our FREE Solar Systems Steam cleaning specialists service to you (pumping, Off Grid and Grid-Tie) • For a deep, restorative, steam clean 338 - 340 CHILDERS ROAD GISBORNE • Residential, commercial, school cleaning PHONE: 06 868 8181 www.gclgisborne.com • 32918-01 EMAIL: [email protected] Ph 021 882 680 Call Ray 027 477 8341 THE PAINT THE PROFESSIONALS USE

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IMMIGRATION DELAYS: The cost of keeping Immigration New Zealand staff released in 2009 and for which Microsoft Based on salary figures released to RNZ employed overseas has reached $7 million. Picture supplied no longer provides product support. last year, the cost of keeping staff on full Armstrong said the ministry withheld pay there has so far cost about $5m. any decisions — that really does raise Beijing office in mid-September at the information under the OIA on the cost of The Mumbai office remains closed and alarm bells. earliest,” Border and Visa Operations the overseas INZ office closures. its salary bill is $2m. Costs for INZ offices “We’ve since seen the numbers of acting general manager Steve McGill said. “We’ve been told that over the last in the Philippines, which remains closed, applications has been going down. We’ve “The health and safety of our staff couple of years multimillion dollars have and in Samoa, which reopened last month, got this kind of concentric reducing circle continues to be a primary consideration in been invested into upgrading of systems are not known. of activity within Immigration New any decision to reopen an offshore office. and bringing applications online,” she Immigration adviser Katy Armstrong Zealand — the queues have got worse in Currently, all INZ’s offshore offices remain said. said the public would be shocked to some areas. closed, with the exception of our Apia “There’s been a lot of PR around that, know how much money had been spent “It’s really shocking to think that a office which opened last month. and then when the crunch time came, my on wages, and about the lack of online whole slew of offshore case officers have “INZ’s offshore staff have continued goodness, it was as if there was literally capability. been on full pay, unable to do anything for to be paid while the offices have been no capability. 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*Colmar Brunton – Trust, advertising receptivity and engagement 2017. Nielsen CMI Q1 2019 – Q4 2019. Base All People 15+. - HORIZ NPA00016B 34760-02 The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 NATIONAL NEWS 17 Netflix praised for response to use of mosque attack footage Burned vessel spilling oil into Milford Sound CHRISTCHURCH — An increased age The documentary addresses issues rating and a warning have been placed on that had begun emerging around social a new Netflix documentary showing brief media business models and the use of MILFORD SOUND — Weather may confirmed small amounts of diesel, oil clips of the Christchurch mosque terror algorithms to detect aggression and then hamper the salvage operation of a boat or other contaminants had leaked into attacks. send people biased news feeds, Shanks which is spilling oil into Milford Sound the water. The gunman who was sentenced to said. He regarded some of the messages after it burned and sank yesterday. Environmental Southland life in prison without parole last month in the documentary as important for Fire and Emergency New Zealand harbourmaster and maritime manager livestreamed the shootings on Facebook teenagers to view. However, the age received a call shortly after 4am today Lyndon Cleaver said while there were using a camera on his helmet, in footage rating of seven was “inadequate”. about the boat at Fisherman’s Wharf minimal amounts of oil on board, a seen around the world. In addition, he told Netflix that there in Deepwater Basin following reports boom was put in place to contain the The documentary, The Social Media were vulnerable people in the country of a fire onboard. spill. Dilemma, started screening in this who have lost relatives in the attack and Te Anau Volunteer Fire Brigade “We’re lucky there wasn’t a lot of country late last week with no warning may have also viewed the livestream at chief fire officer Graeme “Possum” fuel on there. In a lot of ways we’ve and a seven years- the time of the attack. Moffat said his crew of four dodged a bullet. plus rating. Survivors and firefighters, including himself, were “If it had been a fishing boat loaded It very quickly The documentary relatives of those unable to get to the site of the fire up with fuel it would be an entirely drew a complaint to who have died initially. different scenario.” the office of the chief addresses‘ issues that have only recently “We couldn’t fly in until 6am because He believed a good percentage of censor, David Shanks. emerged around social media worked through the the weather didn’t permit it.” fuel would have burned in the fire. A member of the business models and the sentencing process, Fire and Emergency New Zealand To further minimise the public was concerned Shanks said. spokesman Brent Dunn said the environmental impact, they were now to see it contained use of algorithms to detect He suggested Milford Sound Fire Brigade fought looking to salvage the boat by lifting it excerpts from the aggression and then send Netflix raise the age the fire during the early hours of out with a crane. livestream video, the people biased news feeds. guidance to 13 and the morning, alongside some local However, the weather could delay censor’s office said in include a warning fishermen. the process. a statement. —David Shanks’ saying it contained “Any crews which would normally “Unfortunately, Milford Sound is one Shanks told RNZ scenes from the respond from Te Anau are unable to of those places that either works for that although shortly shootings, suicide get in there, with the road conditions you or totally against you. after last year’s attack he classified the references and other content that could and avalanche risk.” “On this occasion it’s totally against livestream as an unlawful (objectionable) disturb. Moffat said when the Te Anau crew us.” publication for its promotion of terrorism He is happy that has now happened arrived, the fire was still burning and Once weather conditions improved, and extreme violence, “that did not mean and said the film would make a positive it was the only boat left moored to the local contractors would be brought in, that every excerpt or every still from contribution to the debate around social wharf. including divers and a crane, to lift the the livestream was also an unlawful media. “Obviously there was quite a delay boat out of the water. publication in its own right, but we Shanks said he had asked for the by the time we could actually arrive on Cleaver believed an investigation urged media at that time to demonstrate mosque scenes to be removed but Netflix scene. into what caused the fire would extreme care and good judgement in the declined to do this, however, he was “The Milford emergency response be carried out after the boat was treatment of any material or any image pleased with their quick response. team had tried to put it out but didn’t salvaged. However, determining the from that livestream”. “A recent law change means that in have breathing apparatus so they reason for it would be difficult. He said that the scene of the gunman future Netflix, and other commercial didn’t want to get in the smoke, which “Good luck trying to figure that out, approaching the front door of Al Noor video on-demand content, will be covered is fair enough.” especially in the condition it’s in at the Mosque and another shot showing some by New Zealand ratings and information “It pretty much sank. At the end of moment. of his guns feature for only a couple of but until that comes into effect it’s the day, that’s what really put it out “It will be pretty hard to determine, seconds as part of a montage of various goodwill like this that enables New altogether.” but no doubt the insurers will have a historic events that have screened on Zealanders to get appropriate warnings.” About 2pm yesterday, it was good look at it.” — ODT social media or on the internet. — RNZ Mother calls Fight to attend tangi for cameras in playgrounds after Grieving family of Northland teen challenging exemption rules death of son, 4 by Imran Ali, Northern Advocate unacceptable risk of potential Covid-19 AUCKLAND — A mother is calling transmission.” for cameras in childcare playgrounds WHANGAREI — The family of a In a small number of cases, she — after the death Northland teenager who died after a car said, exemptions were approved for a of her four-year-old crash are battling the Government to temporary period and those exempted son in Auckland allow overseas-based quarantined family needed to return to the managed isolation four years ago. members an exemption to attend her facility to complete their 14 days. A coroner’s tangi. Flavell suffered severe multiple trauma inquest has begun Trinity Flavell’s life support at injuries including brain damage, multiple into how Aldrich Auckland City Hospital was switched broken bones, injury to the liver and a Viju died on a toy off last week, a day after seven family tear in the airway. slide on plastic members including her older brother and She had two cardiac arrests, four stilts at Angels a younger sister flew in from Australia to surgeries, had her right lung removed and Childcare Centre see her. she was classified as brain dead. in Takapuna, in Her aunt Syphia Talisa is challenging Talisa created a Givealittle page which November 2016. Trinity Flavell Aldrich Viju the Ministry of Health’s decision to had raised $12,438 by 2pm yesterday. Gisha Viju is decline an exemption which, she says, has She described Flavell as a “sweet, asking for safety left her family angry and frustrated. “But for us, they wouldn’t even allow gentle soul” who supported her family improvements at childcare facilities — Flavell, 18, was driving a car with four her family, who are only four minutes members through difficult times. including installing video cameras in friends as passengers on their way to dive away from the hospital, to see her for Before the lockdown, for a few months playgrounds. for scallops and kina at Whangarei Heads a few hours before her life support was the 18-year-old worked on a private yacht Police have described the boy’s when the vehicle slammed into a power turned off,” she said. which cruised around Fiji. death as a tragic accident. pole near the intersection of Pipiwai and The earliest her quarantined family “She had always wanted to travel so WorkSafe confirmed it wouldn’t Matarau roads on September 5. members can complete quarantine if an had a dream job. She lived and breathed prosecute — after a lengthy She was airlifted to Auckland City exemption wasn’t granted would be at in the water and she was taught by the investigation in 2017 cleared the Hospital in a critical condition while her 8.20pm on September 24. best in her whanau.” centre of wrongdoing. passengers were treated for moderate A ministry spokeswoman said Talisa said Flavell had experienced In March 2017, Gisha Viju spoke injuries at Whangarei Hospital. exemptions for exceptional circumstances, and suffered a lot of grief after losing her about the need for CCTV cameras Talisa said the tangi would depend such as to visit a dying relative, were only dad Rio, mum Carlene, and father figures overlooking playgrounds. on the release of their family members approved when the public health risk uncles Tony, Shannon and Leon. “We don’t have proof to know what currently in isolation. was assessed to be very low and could be Flavell had been able to pull through happened. That’s why we are (saying) “I’ve gone to the Ombudsman on the managed. these painful experiences with the all childcare centres should have matter. We are grieving already but the Most exemptions were granted for support of her sister Rakaia, brother cameras in playing areas,’’ she said. fact is we are suffering because of politics people to join unaccompanied minors, Tawhiri and love of whanau, the aunt “My request is that proper actions and red tape. It’s not just us but other people in transit, or people whose medical said. should (be taken) to prevent this — people in a similar situation that are also needs required hospital-level care, she Talisa was in Auckland for a function like installing cameras in play areas affected. said. and was the first family member to see and increasing the number of staff in “We’ve had people coming into the “Because of the serious public health Flavell when the teenager was flown to childcare centres. country without any quarantine because risk involved, it is unlikely approval hospital. “Try to avoid dangerous play of their wealth or status. People have will be granted to attend a funeral or Her death brings to 20 the number of equipment — there should be proper been released on day seven, day 10, day tangi where there may be multiple road fatalities in Northland so far this inspections to make sure (of) safety.” 12 of their isolation period. people gathered. This would create an year. — NZ Herald 18 TELEVISION The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 TUESDAY—WEDNESDAY’S TELEVISION GUIDE

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AROUND THE BOOTLACES: Country back Matt Raleigh tries to jump out of the attempted tackle of Town’s Keanu Wainohu- Kemp, with Braedyn Grant blocking the way. An entertaining rugby match culminated in a a 34-man Poverty Bay squad and six development players being selected.

TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY: Country’s Ihaia Kerr, above, is taken in a two-man tackle by the Town defence at Rugby Park on Saturday. In what was essentially a trial for the Poverty Bay squad, the teams played three half-hour games — Town winning the first 15-5, Country the second 43-10 and the third ending in a 12-all draw. Right, winger Solomoni Rasari applies the finishing touch. THE LINE IN SIGHT: And Town midfield back Jacob Leaf, with help from teammates, got there for the try.

BRACE YOURSELF: Gisborne Boys’ High Prop Kitini Taihuka about to make full impact with the New Plymouth Boys’ High defence in a Super 8 first 15 rugby match at the Rectory field. Taihuka and his teammates fought hard for an 18-17 WATCH MY BACK: Ritana Senior A midcourter Hiraina Green takes the victory. Below, ball in two hands in front of Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A’s Aarika Ruru. fullback King The schools had a humdinger of a premier grade netball battle at the Maxwell tries to Victoria Domain courts, with Ritana (Lytton) emerging 25-23 victors. break the line.

HUNTING GOALS: ’s Briar Hunter is chased by GMC Gold’s Janette “Squeak” Boyd in Poverty Bay women’s club hockey semifinals on the turf at . Ngatapa powered to a 7-0 win.

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Invercargill harness at Ascot Park Wednesday Jetbet 7 TAB Doubles 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Trebles 2-3-4, 6-7-8 Quaddies 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 Place6 3-8 Selections 7 48s90 Sly Tricks (Fr) 7 A Armour 3 90700 Mack Sheer (Fr) 3 R McIlwrick 5 The Homestead Restaurant 3.28 7 Regent Car Court Pace 4.38 8 0s579 Boilover (Fr) 8 S Ottley 4 80569 Tad Lincoln (Fr) 4 M Hurrell (J) Race 1: BETANCOURT, CLIFTON JESSIE, HER MAJESTY $7500, r45-r51. mobile, 2200m $7500, r52-r56. mobile, 2200m Race 2: MAUDARCHY, SOUTH PARK, SAGE TROUBLE 9 03460 Art Profile (Fr) 21 (J) 5 77053 Square Dealer (Fr) 5 B Williamson Race 3: MIGHTY GEORGE, SQUARE DEALER, MAN I’M GOOD 10 00s00 Jaffie J (Fr) 22 K Tomlinson (J) 6 07694 Major Menace (Fr) 6 N Williamson 1 109s9 Hokuri Platter (Fr) 1 B Orange 1 44414 Jabali (Fr) 1 S O’Reilly (J) 2 06700 Franco June (Fr) 2 R McIlwrick Race 4: MARY ROBYN, JACCKA COOPER, EMMA STONE 11 2646s Clifton Jessie (Fr) 23 A Milne 7 53927 Matrika (Fr) 7 B Orange 2 5s473 Freddiesam (Fr) 2 (J) 3 56086 Glenthorne (Fr) 3 B Williamson Race 5: FLEETMASTER, FRANK THE TANK, ANNIE FITZ 12 86585 A Rocknroll Maid (Fr) 24 (J) 8 55332 Mighty George (Fr) 8 E Barron (J) 3 15997 Holy Havoc (Fr) 3 (J) 4 87066 Opawa Mach (Fr) 4 S O’Reilly (J) Race 6: RYDGEMONT MILLY, COUNT EYRE, 13 00906 Kennington Girl (Fr) U1 T Robertson 9 67860 Indulgence (Fr) 21 M Williamson 4 06041 Targaryen (Fr) 4 (J) 5 18029 Kagee VC (Fr) 5 J Morrison (J) TOP POCKET CHANCE 10 708s0 My Nikayla (Fr) 22 K Tomlinson (J) 5 71162 Ideal Glacier (Fr) 5 E Barron (J) 2 McCallums Group Trot 1.42 11 88550 Ellnbac (Fr) 23 B McLellan 6 20847 Frank The Tank (Fr) 6 6 80s41 Mr Clooney (Fr) 6 B Orange Race 7: IDEAL GLACIER, IVANA LEGACY, HOLY HAVOC 7 422P5 Annie Fitz (Fr) 7 C Ferguson Race 8: WATCH ME NOW, MAXIMUS PROST, $7500, non-winners & up-r46 special handi- 7 22712 Ivana Legacy (Fr) 7 A Armour cap stand, 2200m 4 Woodlands Stud Pace 2.52 8 08505 Fireforefiddle (Fr) 8 M Williamson 8 23352 Lite Percussion (Fr) 8 S Tomlinson (J) NOTA BENE DENARIO 9 97609 Tetrick (Fr) 21 A Beck $7500, non-winners mr47 to mr50. mobile, 9 98354 Franco Huntington (Fr) 21 J Morrison (J) 1 037s8 Tease My Tartan (Fr) 1 N Williamson 10 65656 Jody Direen (Fr) 22 10 76066 I’m Trouble (Fr) 22 (J) 2 77794 Kiwi Heir (Fr) U1 2200m 11 62984 Changearound (Fr) 23 S Ottley 11 02107 Delight (Fr) 23 N Williamson 3 09282 Sage Trouble (30) 1 M Hurrell (J) 1 70 The Hustler (Fr) 1 N Williamson 12 81873 Fleetmaster (Fr) 24 E Barron (J) 12 40451 Prodigal Pete (Fr) 24 T Dewe (J) 4 33246 Maudarchy (30) 2 S Tomlinson (J) 2 Jaccka Cooper (Fr) 2 B Barclay 5 16493 South Park (30) 3 P Hunter 3 578 Dancingformoney (Fr) 3 6 Willy’s Flooring Trot 4.03 6 04856 Miss Jessica (30) 4 T Robertson 8 Harness Awards Online FB 26/9 5.03 1 Cruickshank Pryde Pace 1.07 4 00 On Tick (Fr) 4 A Milne $8000, r50-r65 discretionary handicap stand, 7 59500 Svelt (30) 5 A Armour 5 4074 Betterthanraza (Fr) 5 M Hurrell (J) 2200m $8000, r58-r75. mobile, 2200m $7500, non-winners mr40 to mr46. mobile, 8 59s05 Helluva Way (30) U1 J Morrison (J) 6 0s Beauty Barry (Fr) 6 B Orange 1 14736 Spotlight The Valley (Fr) 1 S Ottley 1 5902s Rah De Rah (Fr) 1 R McIlwrick 2200m 9 78754 Mr Olympus (30) U2 R McIlwrick 7 3DPs8 Bono Brown (Fr) 7 K Tomlinson (J) 2 1747s Ayutthaya (Fr) 2 A Milne 2 121 Maximus Prost (Fr) 2 S Tomlinson (J) 10 00297 Miss Bamboocha (30) U3 1 79897 Extreme Robyn (Fr) 1 K Larsen 8 0 Stars N Bars (Fr) 8 K Barclay 3 53664 Zoned Scarlett (Fr) 3 B Orange 3 55415 Wecandream (Fr) 3 (J) 2 34967 Her Majesty (Fr) 2 3 The Saucy Chef Pace 2.17 9 0 Sentry (Fr) 21 R McIlwrick 4 83532 Count Eyre (Fr) 4 M Hurrell (J) 4 1611s Watch Me Now (Fr) 4 (J) 3 32s50 Betancourt (Fr) 3 B Orange 10 7 Regal Mach (Fr) 22 C Ferguson 5 27121 Rydgemont Milly (10) 1 J Morrison (J) 5 1s951 Hilarious Prince (Fr) 5 B Orange 4 20756 Ride In A Concorde (Fr) 4 K Barclay $7500, r40-r44,r45 w/c. mobile, 2200m 11 4272 Mary Robyn (Fr) 23 S Ottley 6 11065 Top Pocket Chance (10) 2 K Tomlinson (J) 6 888s8 Sagwitch (Fr) 6 M Hurrell (J) 5 89799 Bub’s VC (Fr) 5 R McIlwrick 1 90986 Lady’s Lass (Fr) 1 T Robertson 12 Emma Stone (Fr) 24 P Hunter 7 282P5 King Cassidy (10) U1 S Tomlinson (J) 7 23535 Burnham Boy (Fr) 7 E Barron (J) 6 00000 Shadzee (Fr) 6 J Morrison (J) 2 42338 Man I’m Good (Fr) 2 A Kyle 13 8s850 Pretty Azz (Fr) U1 8 sP848 Whatwillbeewillbee (10) U2 B Norman 8 21831 Nota Bene Denario (Fr) 8 (J)

Whanganui greys at Hatrick Wednesday Jetbet 3 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 Aon CPF Insurance Final 12.42 2 52281 Thrilling Ivy 18.10 Sue Gommans 7 78521 Sideline Sally 17.88 John McInerney 9 Wanganui Toyota Heat 2.44 3 71822 Punch On Ruby 17.78 John McInerney 8 42886 Arthur’s Crown 17.76 Richard Waite Race 1: TELLTALE SIGNS, WIFI SOPHIE, AHUROA WHIZZ $2390, C0, final, 520m $1450, C1, heat, 305m Race 2: MYSTERY VIKING, DERRY BLUES, WIT AND WISDOM 4 54221 Idol Duke 17.63 Marcie Flipp EMERGENCIES: 5 37367 Midnight Molly 17.73 Bill Hodgson 9 13145 Paving Way 18.03 Lana Pearce Race 3: AL’S WITCH, ARIANA SUNSET, DILLER 1 67744 Alfie Daman nwtd Peter Clark 1 38562 Bigtime On Track 17.68 Fred Kite 6 57751 Boot Camp Tiara 17.91 Lana Pearce 10 56874 Not Shackley 17.73 Jim Black Race 4: MY PABLO, PAVING WAY, PUNCH ON RUBY 2 23333 Wit And Wisdom nwtd Glen Hodgson 2 43866 Big Time Beat 17.73 D P Symes 7 63883 Light Cruiser 17.93 Gail Atwood Race 5: JILLIBY JAC, SPEED MACHINE, BEHIND THE SUN 3 77565 Big Time Goldie nwtd Wendy Kite 3 33381 Jack Marjen 18.53 Marcie Flipp 4 5223 Mystery Viking nwtd Nathan Udy 8 75513 My Pablo 17.92 Nathan Udy 7 Accell Canine Therapy 2.09 Race 6: PAVING WAY, SIDELINE SALLY, SAHARA PIPPA 4 37456 Hypothetical 18.13 Melissa Olden 5 55245 Derry Blues nwtd Peter Clark EMERGENCIES: $1685, C1/2, 305m Race 7: MANIMAL, ELUSIVE ALIBI, SO SEVERE 5 87547 Punch On Rex nwtd John McInerney 6 5357 Kiosk nwtd J & D Bell 9 13145 Paving Way 18.03 Lana Pearce Race 8: SUPER REX, TAKAKAWE, JILLIBY SOPHIA 1 42651 Elusive Alibi 17.89 Richard Waite 6 21232 Truth Hurts 18.25 Carol Morris 7 38374 Idol Andy nwtd Marcie Flipp 10 56874 Not Shackley 17.73 Jim Black Race 9: TRUTH HURTS, JACK MARJEN, BIGTIME ON TRACK 2 76671 Our Tyson 17.84 Marcie Flipp 7 64836 Zara Daiken 17.93 Nathan Udy 8 84645 Taiapu nwtd Ivan Cox 3 36488 Wifi Robyn 17.78 G & S Fredrickson Race 10: IDOL JAN, UNO ELEVEN, WIFI SAPPHIRE 5 racingtips.co.nz 1.35 8 17755 Checkpoint 17.95 Marcie Flipp 4 72526 So Severe 17.71 Carol Morris EMERGENCIES: 3 Laser Plumbing 1.00 $2505, C1, 520m 5 17535 Lucky Scar 17.88 Nathan Udy 9 58777 Zara Fab 18.03 Nathan Udy $1365, C0, 305m 1 68885 Homebush Surgeon nwtd Sue Gommans 6 24176 Three Of Hearts 18.36 Bill Hodgson 2 44652 Big Time Abbi nwtd Peter Clark 7 17336 Born Fab 17.78 Stephen Maher 10 88487 Homebush Captain nwtd John McInerney 1 46262 Goldstar Malone nwtd Sue Gommans 3 65756 Penny Mowhawk nwtd David Denbee 8 55812 Manimal 17.77 Nathan Udy 2 68664 Hardcore Brute nwtd Agent & Williams 1 Welcome To Hatrick 12.25 4 3s121 Behind The Sun 30.97 Lisa Cole EMERGENCIES: 10 Palamountains Nutrition Ht 3.02 3 458 Screaming Viking nwtd Nathan Udy $1365, C0, 305m 5 64265 Tuff Knight 30.37 Bernie Mitchell 9 16416 Porcelain Panda 18.09 Lana Pearce $1450, C1, heat, 305m 4 838 Unwritten Law nwtd Carol Morris 6 22252 Speed Machine nwtd Lisa Cole 10 56874 Not Shackley 17.73 Jim Black 1 43348 Bigtime Baxter 17.67 D P Symes 1 4 Zamah nwtd Deb Edlin 5 54s45 Ariana Sunset nwtd Pauline Blanche 7 41864 Skinny Binny 30.60 Ross & Voyce 2 62845 Big Time Boots nwtd Lisa Cole 6 76733 Diller nwtd John McInerney 8 s4111 Jilliby Jac 30.31 Lisa Cole 8 Hatrick Stakes 2.27 2 85376 Always Dizzy 18.07 John McInerney 3 85273 Ahuroa Whizz nwtd Robert Murray 7 52 Alamein Sam nwtd Kettlewell & Phillips $2505, C1, 520m 3 57746 Hurricane Al 17.85 Carol Morris 4 45242 Telltale Signs nwtd Melissa Olden 8 74225 Al’s Witch nwtd Lana Pearce 6 First Security 1.52 4 24642 Uno Eleven 17.75 Nathan Udy EMERGENCIES: 1 s1212 Jilliby Sophia 30.69 Lisa Cole 5 63862 Wifi Sapphire 18.01 G & S Fredrickson 5 8s888 Hurricane Ayla nwtd Diane Donlon $1685, C1/2, 305m 2 33587 Mainline Lil 31.21 Bill Hodgson 6 3F823 Wifi Sophie nwtd G & S Fredrickson 9 86846 Allegro Sade nwtd P B Briggs 6 66333 Idol Jan 17.80 Marcie Flipp 10 88 Hardcore Patches nwtd Agent & Williams 1 33244 Barbarossa Boy 17.74 Brian Goldsack 3 36783 Tuff Temptress nwtd Bernie Mitchell 7 7F47 Tui Tonight nwtd Lana Pearce 2 38278 Opawa Flash 17.71 Nathan Udy 4 15875 Marley Farley 31.16 Ross & Voyce 7 63828 Idol Little Girl 18.13 Marcie Flipp 8 7 Endless Style nwtd J & D Bell 4 Adept Accountants 1.17 3 41554 Sahara Pippa 17.96 Marcie Flipp 5 43546 Bigtime Ava 30.70 Peter Clark 8 43888 Dottie Bell 18.09 Leanne Bell EMERGENCIES: 4 17644 Big Time Lorna 17.88 Lisa Cole 6 21 Super Rex nwtd Lisa Cole EMERGENCIES: 9 86 Hardcore Lisa nwtd Agent & Williams $1685, C1/2, 305m 5 34657 Choice Sister 17.99 Carol Morris 7 51176 Takakawe 30.91 Ivan Cox 9 58777 Zara Fab 18.03 Nathan Udy 10 74688 Kay Tuesso nwtd Sue Gommans 1 73764 Sahara Dream 17.91 Marcie Flipp 6 42365 True Testament 18.36 Bill Hodgson 8 67264 Oh Miss Jordie nwtd M S Clark 10 38875 Elsa Blueblood 17.97 John McInerney

Extra Whanganui greys at Hatrick Wednesday Jetbet 9 TAB D. 1-2. 4-5 T. 3-4-5 Q. 2-3-4-5 Selections 4 34571 My Emmett 18.50 Marcie Flipp 6 56713 I’ll Be Loyal 18.05 Bill Hodgson 8 87647 Impressive Gift nwtd Sue Gommans EMERGENCIES: Race 1: BIG TIME TATUM, BIG TIME JUDA, MY EMMETT 5 66857 Homebush Jozie 18.03 John McInerney 7 16344 Allegro Lincoln 17.92 Lisa Cole EMERGENCIES: 9 58777 Zara Fab 18.03 Nathan Udy 10 77877 Small Paige nwtd Agent & Williams Race 2: ELITE BUBBLE, I’LL BE LOYAL, OPAWA JODY 6 65475 Idol Wilson 18.13 Marcie Flipp 8 74886 Ohana Lad nwtd Kellie Gommans 9 58777 Zara Fab 18.03 Nathan Udy 7 53465 Alamein Graeme 18.03 Kettlewell & Phillips EMERGENCIES: Race 3: GOTCHA MURPHY, CLANSMAN DOUGLAS, 10 28874 Cool Wolf 17.86 Diane Donlon 8 23725 Big Time Tatum 17.86 Agent & Williams 9 58777 Zara Fab 18.03 Nathan Udy 5 Book Your Function @ Hatrick 4.29 CHIC IN TIME EMERGENCIES: 10 s6777 Homebush Maree nwtd Sue Gommans $1450, C1, heat, 305m Race 4: PARADOX PRINCE, SLAM IT, OPAWA MARCIE 4 Presidents Sprint Heat 4.12 9 58777 Zara Fab 18.03 Nathan Udy 1 16783 Punch On Scooby 18.22 John McInerney Race 5: RAPID RENEGADE, SUMMER GLEE, $1450, C1, heat, 305m 10 28558 Bigtime Coco 17.72 Nathan Udy 3 Kernow Construction Heat 3.54 2 73872 Summer Glee 17.66 John McInerney BIGTIME HANNAH $1450, C1, heat, 305m 1 65275 Slam It nwtd John McInerney 3 38442 Bigtime Hannah 17.80 Sue Gommans 2 See You Friday Heat 3.37 2 57646 Nippa-A-Spot 17.82 John McInerney 4 18685 Mickey Mowhawk 17.96 David Denbee 1 85573 Idol Lucy 17.93 Marcie Flipp 5 47261 Rapid Renegade 18.10 Richard Waite 1 Hatrick Dash Heat 3.19 $1450, C1, heat, 305m 2 26628 Clansman Douglas 18.16 Brian Goldsack 3 83165 Shrewdy 18.14 Kellie Gommans 4 17754 Opawa Marcie 18.07 Marcie Flipp 6 22476 Dyna Bryleigh 18.15 Marcie Flipp $1450, C1, heat, 305m 1 86874 Tiddy Cash nwtd John McInerney 3 67346 Hardcore Jet 17.97 Agent & Williams 7 64482 Xanthe Jewel 17.99 Pauline Blanche 5 53478 Shamrock Green 17.85 Brian Goldsack 2 57815 Hardcore Kylie 18.28 Agent & Williams 4 63868 Big Time Tina 17.63 Lisa Cole 8 74356 Big Time May 17.65 P B Briggs 1 42233 Big Time Juda nwtd Lisa Cole 3 5221s Opawa Jody 18.14 Marcie Flipp 5 68863 Homebush Showoff nwtd John McInerney 6 23853 Paradox Prince 18.13 Bill Hodgson EMERGENCIES: 2 66F23 Bigtime Luna 17.78 S J Phillips 4 1 Elite Bubble 18.41 A L Frost 6 33183 Chic In Time nwtd Glen Hodgson 7 26487 Rowdy Ruby 17.75 Susie Kite 9 58777 Zara Fab 18.03 Nathan Udy 3 56765 Leslie Albert 18.06 Brian Goldsack 5 81788 Oma Rapeti 18.42 Carol Morris 7 1 Gotcha Murphy 18.16 Kellie Gommans 8 76774 Impressive Mood nwtd Sue Gommans 10 77878 Small Boy 18.32 Agent & Williams

Southland greys at Wednesday Jetbet 10 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 Q. 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 PL6 7-12 Selections 2 greyhoundsaspets.org.nz 11.25 8 52211 Opawa Girls Get nwtd Robin Wales 7 83484 Adobe Junior nwtd Matt Roberts 3 71366 Sozin’s Empire 22.47 John McInerney EMERGENCIES: 8 46445 Opawa Margaret nwtd Robin Wales 4 61325 Homebush Caesar 22.67 John McInerney Race 1: HOMEBUSH COOL, HOMEBUSH MACHO, $1365, C0, 390m FROSTY PARADISE 9 16875 Toby’s Choice 26.50 Brett Conner EMERGENCY: 5 55355 Machine Gunn 22.98 Daniel Lane 10 67877 Dream Stone Jade nwtd Sandra Keen Race 2: FOXY ROSE, HOMEBUSH HERO, HOMEBUSH BRAVE 1 55278 Three Gold Stars nwtd Chris Healey 9 47888 Adobe Turtle nwtd Matt Roberts 6 46217 Opawa Phil nwtd Robin Wales 2 6666 Sam And Si nwtd John McInerney Race 3: MIKIL, JUST STAGGER, HOMEBUSH BODEN 7 43165 Tee An’ Cee 22.31 Brett Conner 3 76332 Homebush Brave nwtd John McInerney 5 Dave Robbie Photographer 12.17 8 Toni@bodyauditsouth 1.59 Race 4: NIGHTHAWK THORN, OPAWA GIRLS GET, 8 24147 Mitcham Sam nwtd John McInerney 4 25775 Adobe Ninja nwtd Matt Roberts $1450, C1, 390m NIGHTHAWK FANCY $2505, C1, 457m EMERGENCIES: 5 76541 Homebush Hero nwtd John McInerney Race 5: PITCH MARK, SOUTHERN PHOENIX, 1 23574 Whitman nwtd John McInerney 1 78s52 Frozen Paradise nwtd Daniel Lane 9 87452 King Toliman nwtd Daniel Roberts 6 56547 Homebush Fury nwtd John McInerney 10 18773 Our Dazzel nwtd Robin Wales ADOBE SPINNER 2 37737 Homebush Hotshot 23.07 John McInerney 2 57613 Nighthawk Frenzy nwtd Matt Roberts 7 36288 Amuri Smoke nwtd John McInerney 3 84337 Kipjo 23.09 John Allen Race 6: SEVE, KIWI GUNN, OPAWA VINNY 8 2455 Foxy Rose nwtd Richard Breen 3 38221 Opawa Lacy 26.57 Robin Wales 11 Mark Turner Painter 3.44 Race 7: HOMEBUSH CARRA, OPAWA MARGARET, 4 21535 Adobe Spinner nwtd Matt Roberts 4 62333 Shermo Bale nwtd Craig Roberts EMERGENCIES: 5 65475 Double Queenie 22.87 John McInerney OPAWA NIGEL 5 38278 Joe Bonanza 26.33 John McInerney $1685, C2, 390m 9 87644 Amuri Early nwtd John McInerney 6 46183 Southern Phoenix nwtd Roy Hamilton Race 8: OPAWA LACY, SHERMO BALE, NIGHTHAWK FRENZY 6 22614 Trev’s Rocket 26.49 Brett Conner 1 41317 Adobe Bro nwtd Matt Roberts 10 78776 Homebush Mist nwtd John McInerney 7 43214 Pitch Mark 22.70 Daniel Lane 7 65F68 C’mon Benny Boy 26.42 John Guthrie 2 41786 Homebush Carl 23.32 John McInerney Race 9: AMURI BATMAN, OPAWA GYPSY, REGAL VALIANT 8 21778 Pascale Jewel nwtd Craig Roberts Race 10: MITCHAM SAM, TUCKER, HOMEBUSH CAESAR 3 greyhoundauctions.co.nz 11.42 8 6s2F1 Opawa Rod nwtd Robin Wales 3 13141 Southern King 22.45 Roy Hamilton EMERGENCIES: EMERGENCIES: Race 11: HOMEBUSH RAPPER, MITCHAM BOULT, $1450, C1, 390m 9 82867 Homebush Sugar nwtd John McInerney 4 56251 Dusty’s Ink 22.90 Barry Healey 9 16875 Toby’s Choice 26.50 Brett Conner 5 44612 Mitcham Boult nwtd John McInerney SOUTHERN KING 1 76453 Just Stagger nwtd John McInerney 10 68674 Tides End 23.13 John Allen 10 67877 Dream Stone Jade nwtd Sandra Keen 6 25621 Homebush Rapper nwtd John McInerney Race 12: JUST OLIVE, YI FENG, HOMEBUSH POPPY 2 32653 Sozin’s Azure nwtd John McInerney 6 Top Class Run 12.49 7 72421 My Girl Sofia 22.69 Barry Healey 3 24137 Mikil nwtd M P Hamilton 9 Oreti Beach Run 2.34 8 81261 Homebush Glitch nwtd John McInerney 4 35342 Tidal Tapestry 22.94 John Allen $5000, C5, 457m $2505, C1, 457m EMERGENCIES: 5 42228 Homebush Boden 22.38 John McInerney 1 48434 Double Speed 25.98 Daniel Lane 6 58443 Opawa Violet nwtd Robin Wales 1 37516 Claws In Leo nwtd Matt Roberts 9 17427 Brut Magic 22.83 Chris Healey 2 33214 Opawa Vinny 26.14 Robin Wales 10 78616 Mitcham Ryder nwtd John McInerney 1 southlandgreyhounds.co.nz 11.08 7 77F76 Donalbain nwtd John McInerney 3 11231 Seve 25.81 Daniel Lane 2 86832 Opawa Gypsy nwtd Robin Wales 8 77252 Pretty Keen 22.98 Sandra Keen 4 s1523 Gary nwtd Daniel Lane 3 24383 Auto Speed nwtd B J Middlewood $1365, C0, 390m 12 Southland & Otago Photo Finish 4.19 EMERGENCIES: 5 61716 Volcanic Whisper 26.12 John Allen 4 152F Regal Valiant nwtd Richard Breen 1 7F Amuri Mystic nwtd John McInerney 9 57638 Zola Black nwtd Craig Roberts 6 47226 Goldstar Trooper 26.05 M P Hamilton 5 17661 Opawa Rowdy nwtd Robin Wales $2035, C3, 390m 6 54141 Amuri Batman nwtd John McInerney 2 88263 Amuri Express nwtd John McInerney 10 85748 Homebush Fairy 23.27 John McInerney 7 63317 Kiwi Gunn nwtd Daniel Lane 1 62458 Miss Adobe 22.50 Matt Roberts 8 12582 Pepper Chimes 25.97 John Allen 7 46572 Regal Jock nwtd John McInerney 2 71758 Homebush Liam 22.90 John McInerney 3 2255s Frosty Paradise nwtd Daniel Lane 4 [email protected] 12.00 8 4127 Gritty nwtd Daniel Lane 4 4683 Cupid’s Day nwtd Richard Breen 3 56147 Homebush Poppy nwtd John McInerney $2505, C1, 457m 7 Find Us On Twitter@sgrcinfo 1.24 EMERGENCIES: 4 21274 Just Olive 22.58 M P Hamilton 5 25552 Homebush Cool nwtd John McInerney 9 68674 Tides End nwtd John Allen 1 34626 Baldrick nwtd John McInerney $2390, C0, 457m 5 41463 Yi Feng nwtd J M Lane 6 65488 Homebush Maple nwtd John McInerney 10 67877 Dream Stone Jade nwtd Sandra Keen 2 45623 Miss Nina 26.42 Brett Conner 6 34546 Amuri Magic nwtd John McInerney 7 77441 Homebush Macho nwtd John McInerney 1 57732 Opawa Ruby nwtd Robin Wales 3 68545 Speedy Lucy nwtd Barry Healey 2 28236 Homebush Carra nwtd John McInerney 7 35144 Ulyssa Bale nwtd Craig Roberts 8 73786 My Bentley nwtd Robin Wales 10 Mr Whippy Southland 3.09 4 631F Nighthawk Fancy nwtd Matt Roberts 3 3446 Young Romeo nwtd Richard Breen 8 71F64 Prince Rohit 22.71 John McInerney EMERGENCIES: 5 4315 Nighthawk Thorn nwtd Matt Roberts 4 85665 Othello Adobe nwtd Matt Roberts $2860, C4/5, 390m EMERGENCIES: 9 64877 Miss Cairo nwtd John McInerney 6 53765 Galifianakis 26.16 Bronwyn Eade 5 85586 Nighthawk Wish nwtd Matt Roberts 1 45261 Tucker 22.43 Daniel Lane 9 53485 Homebush Monkey 22.49 John McInerney 10 86858 Impressive Chase nwtd John McInerney 7 45862 Homebush Carter nwtd John McInerney 6 37523 Opawa Nigel nwtd Robin Wales 2 1562F Mitcham Usain 23.07 John McInerney 10 76732 Homebush Velma 22.47 John McInerney

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. 24 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Slovenian showdown likely finish for Tour CYCLING rivals from launching attacks. That’s exactly what they managed on the Grand THERE is only one big question left to be Colombier. On the steep ascent of the mountain, answered at the Tour de France: Which Slovenian Roglic’s Belgian teammate, Wout van Aert, put will stand on the top of the podium on Sunday on in an impressive stint that proved fatal to Bernal the Champs-Elysees? and Nairo Quintana’s ambitions. Tom Dumoulin, Barring a crash, or an unexpected event like a former Tour runner-up now riding in support of a positive Covid-19 test, the final week of racing Roglic, then led the reduced pack of favorites until should offer a showdown between the Jumbo- the final 600 metres, when the race leader finally Visma team leader Primoz Roglic and his young attacked. challenger Tadej Pogacar, who rides for the UAE Unlike Roglic, Pogacar has to deliver alone. Emirates team. His team is lacking collective strength and the The two rivals from Slovenia have proved their 21-year-old Tour rookie has drawn praise for his superiority on the big climbs that punctuated the aggressive and clever racing. route over the past two weeks. They are separated Pogacar beat Roglic in a sprint at the top of by only 40 seconds in the general classification the Grand Colombier to claim a second stage ahead of the race’s six remaining stages, which win on Sunday and reduced his overall deficit will provide more action in high mountains and thanks to a time bonus. But his options to seize an individual time trial before the traditional the yellow jersey are not many. He first needs to procession into Paris. try to isolate his compatriot in the Alps, then gain “It’s been a long time since I have not been at more time in Saturday’s race against the clock at home, especially in Slovenia, but for sure it might the Planche des Belles Filles. Pogacar beat Roglic be really crazy and nice,” Roglic said. IN FRONT: Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider’s white jersey, in the Slovenian time trial championships earlier After defending champion Egan Bernal cracked crosses the finish line ahead of Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic, wearing the overall leader’s this year. during Sunday’s gruelling ascent to the Grand yellow jersey, left, to win stage 15 of the Tour de France on Sunday. The cyclists had a “The perfect scenario would be to take it on the Colombier to lose more than seven minutes in rest day on Monday. AP picture evening of the final time trial but we live in a real the Jura mountains, the pair’s closest opponent world,” Pogacar said. “If there’s a chance to take it is another Colombian, Rigoberto Uran, who is two minutes. by the mighty Ineos team in previous years, I will try.” lagging 1:34 behind Roglic overall. The time difference is not that big, but the way Jumbo-Visma has dethroned the British outfit as Monday was a rest day as riders underwent Ahead of Tuesday’s mountain stage to the ski Roglic’s team has been controlling the race so far the most potent squad. Their attrition technique more coronavirus tests that could rule some out station of Villard-de-Lans, fourth-place Miguel does not bode well for Uran and the handful of is not tactically complicated, requiring a group of of contention if they return a positive result for Angel Lopez has a 1:45 deficit, while Adam Yates, riders who still hope they can turn things around. strong riders capable of setting a fast and steady Covid-19. 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Kind (4) ONE STAR: It’s best to avoid conflicts. Work behind the scenes or read a good book. The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 SPORT 25 NBL season pushed back to new year BASKETBALL of import spots has been reduced by one hubs to achieve this. been pushed back to December before to two per club. “We are currently having positive Monday’s announcement. THE next NBL season start date has “The main reason for pushing the discussions with a number of interested Reigning champions Perth are hopeful been pushed back further to the middle start of the season back to the new year states about potential locations.” the latest delay could help their roster of January amid concerns over the cost is to give the clubs the best opportunity The NBL had a huge scare last month situation as they wait on MVP Bryce of playing in front of empty stands. to play in front of as many fans as when the coronavirus swept through Cotton’s Australian citizenship to be An NBA-style hub model remains possible,” NBL chief executive Larry the Melbourne United club, infecting 12 confirmed. As it stands, Cotton and on the table for the 2020-21 campaign, Kestelman said. players. fellow American John Mooney have with the NBL keeping its options open “We will remain flexible about the “As always, the health and safety of signed on to fill the Wildcats’ import during the Covid-19 pandemic. exact start date and this will depend our players, staff and fans will be our slots for next season. The aim is to delay the start of the on a number of factors including travel No.1 priority,” Kestelman said. “We’re still waiting on that part of it season long enough to allow clubs to and border restrictions, community “But we also remain focused on and hopefully this (season) getting put play in front of paying fans, helping transmission numbers and availability playing in front of fans as they are the back to 2021 gives us an opportunity for to limit the financial pain felt by the at venues across Australia and New lifeblood of the league.” Bryce to get his citizenship,” Perth coach league and its nine clubs. Zealand. The NBL season usually starts in Trevor Gleeson said. Players are already set to take drastic “We intend to play a full season and, October, after the conclusion of the “That might open us up for another pay cuts next season, while the number if needed, we will play in one or more AFL and NRL seasons. It had already import.” — AAP Taylor and Phoenix part ways

FOOTBALL FFA is yet to confirm a start date for 2020-21, its structure or WELLINGTON Phoenix a pay deal for the competition, captain Steven Taylor has left the which has been all but abandoned club a month after leading them by broadcaster Fox Sports. to their highest-ever A-League Wellington coach Ufuk Talay finish. thanked Taylor for his two-season Taylor, 34, was ever-present in spell. the interrupted 2019-20 season “He put his imprint on the as the Nix finished in third place team this past season and helped before losing an elimination final to create a positive, winning to Perth Glory. culture for the players,” Talay Despite a contract for the next said. two seasons, the English central “It’ll now be up to our next defender won’t be returning to captain to continue that great Wellington after the Phoenix work and to build on the third- announced they had “mutually place finish we achieved last agreed” to part ways. season.” “It is with a heavy heart that Taylor is the latest in a string I am saying goodbye to the Nix,” of high-profile exits from the club. Taylor said in a club statement. Marquee striker Gary Hooper Taylor is one of the highest- left at the end of his one-year profile players to sign in New deal to sign in India, while rising Zealand, after playing for star Liberato Cacace was signed Newcastle United in the English by ex-Melbourne Victory coach Premier League for more than a Kevin Muscat, who is now at decade. the helm of Belgian club Sint- The Phoenix statement did not Truiden. give a reason for Taylor’s abrupt Out-of-contract local product CAPTAIN’S FINAL GAME: Steven Taylor contests the ball with Tomislav Mrcela of the Perth Glory departure, which comes amid a Callum McCowatt signed with during their A-League elimination final 1at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney on August 22. The Phoenix sea of uncertainty for the league’s Danish top-flight club Helsingor lost the game, but third place was their highest-ever A-League finish. AAP picture future. earlier this month. — AAP Aubusson uncomfortable with Cronulla ‘fear no one’ spotlight of Roosters’ record RUGBY LEAGUE Former captain Paul Gallen made a point to publicly raise RUGBY LEAGUE Minichiello led the Roosters to the 2013 CRONULLA coach John the feats of Canberra’s 1989 premiership as captain, the first of three Morris insists his team fears side last week, who won the MITCH Aubusson can’t wait until this premierships for Aubusson. no one ahead of the NRL’s title despite not beating a week is over when he overtakes Anthony “That was big from him,” Aubusson finals as the Sharks go in fellow finals-bound side in the Minichiello as the most-capped player for said. search of a big scalp before regular season. the Sydney Roosters across 112 years. “He was my captain for a long time . . . October. The current Cronulla team But it’s not because it’s a milestone he a great leader of men and I’m really proud The 2016 premiers are now also have plenty of youngsters has been chasing — he’s simply not used to say I played underneath him and played guaranteed a spot in the finals hitting form at the right time, to the attention. a part in his journey, and was there for all after repelling a Warriors with Siosifa Talakai and Toby Already this year the 30-year-old has those milestones when he hit them. comeback on Sunday night, Rudolf two of their best on announced his retirement at the end of the “I’m proud that we’re still mates today.” meaning the NRL’s top-eight Sunday night. season and played his 300th NRL game. Co-captain Jake Friend has grown up teams cannot change. Shaun Johnson also remains And now, as he prepares to play his alongside Aubusson as one-club men It comes after Morris in career-best form, having 303rd game for the famous foundation at the Roosters, forming an unbreakable banned his players from still set up the most tries club when they face Cronulla on Saturday, bond as teammates. talking about the finals late CAREER-BEST FORM: Shaun in the NRL with 22, despite he’s proud and humbled but ready to move More than 13 years later he still last month as he felt his Johnson of the Sharks has set missing three games through on with his job. considers Aubusson a confidant and team’s season slipping away. up the most tries in the NRL injury. “It’s been a really interesting few weeks moral compass, someone to look to for Now comes the next this season — 22 — despite “I know we’ve got the for me personally,” he said. advice and an example of professionalism. challenge: Proving they can missing three games through players and they believe in “I’m looking forward to it being over if “He really hasn’t changed,” Friend said. be a legitimate threat come injury. AAP picture each other. They genuinely I’m really honest, but that’s just the way “He’s just always stuck to his morals October with a final fortnight don’t fear other oppositions,” I am. and who he is and what he does, and the litmus test to end the regular and the defensive resilience. Morris said. “I just look back to there’s a game way he prepares and trains and lives. season. “We will be tested this week “We’ve earned the right to of footy to be played this weekend and “That really hasn’t wavered since he The Sharks have last year’s against the Roosters, but we have a crack now. If we give there’s two points up for grabs against a was a young kid coming into grade. two grand finalists to finish, need to be when going up ourselves a chance to play and really good Sharks team, and that’s how “That’s what a lot of people admire beginning with the Sydney against the big sides. we’re nice and tidy looking I’ll take it.” about him at this club. Roosters on Saturday night “Defensively for me we need after the ball . . . I know we’ve But after spending almost half of his life “He’s very staunch in his beliefs and he before hosting Canberra in the to go up a few gears. And got the points in our team to at the Roosters since joining as a teenager goes about his business without looking last round. also stop putting pressure on do some damage. from Ballina, there’s no way his latest for praise. “The opposition is only going ourselves with errors in the “Our biggest challenge this milestone would go without celebration. “He’s just done the job for the Roosters to get harder and harder as back end of the field.” year has been defensively. If The man he is surpassing reached time and time again, and hasn’t really we go on,” Morris said. But regardless, Morris we can tighten up there, which out this year urging him to chase down asked for anything in return.” “We can do something solid insists his team’s 0-6 record we did tonight, it gives us a the 302-game record, which Minichiello Except, that is, for the spotlight to move this year if we continue to against fellow top-eight teams chance to compete on the big achieved in the 2014 preliminary final. on next week. — AAP show up with that character won’t faze his side. stage.” — AAP 26 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 PM-level talk about Bledisloe quarantine RUGBY had a bit of a deal — we go there, they bubbles of 15 for training from days four Ardern added. “We just want to make come here, we both benefit. I thought he to seven. After a second negative test, sure that we go there and they go here PRIME Minister Jacinda Ardern might want to know there were a few they would be able to expand the bubble and it’s a fair arrangement.” has confirmed that the New Zealand discussions as to whether the Aussies to 25 from days eight to 14. Ardern’s comments come after Rennie Government will change quarantine rules were still going to come.” “If there was a positive test, then it’s went as far as ruling his team out of to allow the Wallabies to prepare for the Wallabies coach Dave Rennie all over,” Impey said. being able to play the first Bledisloe Cup Bledisloe Cup in New Zealand. previously criticised the tight turnaround Speaking about the issue this morning, test on October 10, which was initially Ardern said today she had spoken expected by New Zealand Rugby of Ardern confirmed the Director-General mooted as a potential date. to Australian Prime Minister Scott his side following planned quarantine of Health had advised that the Wallabies The New Zealand Herald understands Morrison last night to ensure the All measures for next month’s Bledisloe Cup would now be able to start training after the tests are scheduled for October 17 Blacks’ two Bledisloe Cup matches in tests. three days and as a full squad after six and October 24, but Rennie still wanted New Zealand would still go ahead in New Zealand has been confirmed days. changes to the quarantine restrictions. October. to host two Bledisloe Cup tests after She believed they were still coming: Minister of Sport said “I just wanted to make sure that missing out on the hosting rights for the “There’s no reason for them not to.” the Wallabies were set to be based in he was aware . . . I was made aware Rugby Championship due to restrictive She said the risk profile for the Christchurch for their pre-Bledisloe Cup last night that there were a few little quarantine protocols. Australians was different for teams in quarantine. rumblings around the arrangements that According to NZ Rugby chairman the wider Rugby Championship — South “Most likely location will be in we had in place,” Ardern told Newstalk Brent Impey, New Zealand’s quarantine Africa and Argentina. In the latter’s case, Christchurch,” Robertson told TVNZ. ZB’s Mike Hosking. protocols initially restricted teams to some players and coach Mario Ledesma “It will be in a dedicated isolation “Always better to get ahead of these individual isolation for the first three had tested positive for Covid-19. facility, and they will be able to bus to things before they escalate. Given we days, before being allowed to form “Quarantine shouldn’t be an issue,” and from their training grounds.” — NZH Ngati Porou come through But Stretchmarks make them work all the way BASKETBALL by Ben O’Brien-Leaf their roles.” Jett Pohatu played her best game to WHO can win a semifinal with four date for Manu Tu and led their scorers players? with four points. Her involvement was The answer to that question is: the total and she was effective at both ends, Bronya McMenamin-led defending scoring off a put-back for teammate women’s A Grade club basketball Ishtar Mackey-Huriwai in the first period champions Ngati Porou. and making the best defensive play of They beat Stretchmarks 41-29 in the 1 women’s basketball this year with an v 4 clash at the YMCA last night; a game incredible block on Hinewaipounamu for which Stretchmarks’ veterans rose to Rangihuna at LHS 22 Manu Tu 16 in the the occasion. McMenamin (15 points) and third period. teammate Jayda Waititi-Leach (13pts) Rangihuna on the run cut hard from led all scorers in Game 2 of Week 6, but the left wing and had a clear path to the Stretchmarks’ Dyani Johnson and Janelle hoop. Pohatu — from a standstill position Te Rauna-Lamont (7pts) played with on Rangihuna’s right — timed the block unbelievable energy. perfectly. Referees Ethan Ngarangione- From 5-5 at quartertime, 17-12 up at Pearson and Reggie Namana also did the break and 23-18 in front going into the Gisborne Basketball Association the fourth period, Lytton were tested. proud in last night’s semifinals with In the first quarter, Jody Walters drove their consistency, even-handedness and at Melissa Mackey-Huriwai, who did attention to detail. not just tie the ball up, but lifted the McMenamin opened the scoring with a offensive player (ball in hands) off the mid-range jump shot but Stretchmarks’ ground as the mighty Sonia Terekia of Johnson, Wanita Tuwairua-Brown and Burger Wisconsin often did 20 years ago. Tania Bartlett all proved hard for Ngati So next Monday will see a replay of Porou to get past in a tight first period, at last year’s A Grade final, as Lytton look the end of which the champions led 6-1. to reclaim their women’s crown of two Stretchmarks’ Amoe Tarsau squeezed seasons ago against Ngati Porou, who between defenders McMenamin and Shay since the heady days of Burger Wisconsin Waikawa low-left to get things going have been the gold standard for women’s in the second quarter, before the Ngati club ball. Porou skipper went to a different level. Despite the heroics of Peyton Riri McMenamin scored from a back-to-the- (who, with B Grade Manu Toa’s Taimarie basket move low post, left side against Matahiki, led all scorers in both women’s Richelle Tarsau for 13-5 and later curled divisions in Week 6 with 19 points), Dem left-to-right around Johnson for the lay- Air Ballers beat Riri’s Gisborne Girls’ up at 18-9. High School 40-34 for fifth place in the A Stretchmarks came to life late, Te Grade. Rauna-Lamont hitting a measured three- SE Systems beat Horouta in 1 v 4 of point shot, but Ngati Porou nevertheless the B Grade to make the B Grade final led 18-13 at the break. — Anna Spring scored 11 points for SES The third quarter was played at a — and their opponents will be Manu Toa, fierce pace. The first field goal came from who beat Riverina 39-29 last night at the Stretchmarks guard Courtney Stubbins’ John McFarlane Memorial Sports Centre. one-in-a-hundred assist to Te Rauna- Women’s A Grade semifinals — Lamont, an incredible crosscourt pass off Gisborne YMCA the right sideline — from behind halfway Playoff for fifth: Dem Air Ballers 40 (Harata Hailey — for the left-hander to gather at speed 18, Kiara Swannell 8) GGHS 34 (Peyton Riri 19, and convert for Stretchmarks 15 Ngati STEPPED UP: Ngati Porou captain Bronya McMenamin, pictured in action against Zenda Moeke 6) Q1, DAB 13-10, Q2, 22-15, Q3, Porou 18. Gisborne Girls’ High School’s Paige Tamatea (at back), stepped up a gear when it 30-30. With 7 minutes 35 seconds to play in was needed in a women’s club semifinal against Stretchmarks at the YMCA last night. 1 v 4: Ngati Porou 41 (Bronya McMenamin 15, in the third period, Ngati Porou were Picture by Paul Rickard Jayda Waititi-Leach 13) v Stretchmarks 29 (Dyani reduced to four players with the loss of Johnson 7, Janelle Te Rauna-Lamont 7) Q1, NP 6-1, Tiara Weir as the pace of the game picked the last word, with a long three-pointer. rightly be remembered as “the bumper Q2, 18-13, Q3, 34-20. up again. This was evident in a three- “Basketball is pumping at the moment boat bout”. It was chock-full of rugged 2 v 3: Lytton HS 25 (Amoe Wharehinga 9, Piper point play by McMenamin, a put-back — lots of young players are getting Gisborne basketball reminiscent of Manu Donaldson 7) Manu Tu 19 (Jett Pohatu 4) Q1, 5-5, by hard-working Stretchmarks forward exposure; all we need is a new stadium,” Tu’s previous reincarnation as Mackeys. Q2, LHS 17-12, Q3, 23-18. Richelle Tarsau, a 20 foot-shot by Shay Gisborne Basketball Association Lytton won the match — described Women’s B Grade semifinals Waikawa and Stubbins’ teardrop from the chairman Dwayne Tamatea said. by Manu Tu captain Melissa Mackey- John McFarlane Memorial Sports Centre, right baseline — the last basket before “It’s awesome to have people playing Huriwai as “a good tough game from Gisborne Boys’ High School three-quartertime — for Stretchmarks 20 and volunteering to help with contact start to finish” — 25-19. 2 v 3: Manu Toa 39 (Taimarie Matahiki 19, Amo Ngati Porou 34. tracing — just a great team effort by Her opposite, Amoe Wharehinga of Te Rauna-Lamont 9, Trieste Wilson 8) Riverina 29 Stubbins was lively throughout. In the everyone for our biggest-ever club ball Lytton High, said: “It was a nail-biter. (Natalie Te Kani 11, Naopa Tabudravu 8) Q1, MT fourth period she scored off a put-back for season.” Mana Tu’s hardcore defence definitely 14-5, Q2, 30-9, Q3, 37-16. Johnson, and she gave Tuwairua-Brown The 2 v 3 semi between last year’s put pressure on us, but I’m so proud of 1 v 4: SE Systems 38 (Anna Spring 11, Lily an assist. Both plays were made from beaten finalists and 2018 champions the girls for keeping their composure — Sparks 8) Horouta 17 (Cass Beauchamp 5, Challise offensive rebounds. Waikawa again had Lytton High School and Manu Tu should everyone played their part and executed Rutene 4) Q1, 6-6, Q2, SES 19-8, Q3, 25-10. The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, September 15, 2020 SPORT 27 Thiem, Osaka US Open winners TENNIS Zverev remained a few feet behind, one hand clutching his less-impressive silver NEW YORK — A US Open unlike any tray, the other hand on a hip. other finished unlike any other — with The proceedings took four hours, two an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker as minutes. Dominic Thiem became the first man in And to think: After just 90 minutes, 71 years to win the tournament final after Zverev was up by two sets and a break in dropping the opening two sets. the third at 2-1. So close to defeat in a nearly empty But Zverev, of all people, should have Arthur Ashe Stadium — fans were banned known that what might have seemed at because of the coronavirus pandemic the time like an impossible hill to climb for — Thiem slowly but surely turned things Thiem was, indeed, achievable. After all, in around against a faltering Alexander Zverev the semifinals, it was Zverev who trailed 2-0 and surged to a 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 (8-6) in sets against Pablo Carreno Busta before victory at Flushing Meadows to earn his coming back to win. first grand slam tennis title. Thiem began the day 0-3 in grand-slam When a backhand from Zverev landed finals, but always faced a member of the wide on the third championship point, a Big Three of men’s tennis in those others. weary Thiem dropped to his back way This time, he was the favourite and came behind the baseline and covered his face out jittery, but eventually worked his way with his hands. TENSE MOMENT: Dominic Thiem, of out of that, while Zverev went from cool and MASKS WITH A MESSAGE: Naomi When he arose, he was met by Zverev, Austria, reacts to a point during the men’s confident to passive and pushed around. Osaka, of Japan, holds up the who walked around the net to clasp hands, singles final against Alexander Zverev, While this was the No.7-ranked Zverev’s championship trophy after defeating then embrace his friend and foe, two sights of Germany, in the US Open tennis first slam final, this was the first one the Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, in the rarely seen in this era of social distancing. championships in New York yesterday. No.3-ranked Thiem was supposed to win, women’s singles final of the US Open Thiem then rested his head on the AP picture following losses to 12-time French Open tennis championships in New York. Before shoulder of the taller Zverev, a 23-year-old champion Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros each of her matches, Osaka wore a mask from Germany who himself came within in Forest Hills. in 2018 and 2019, then to eight-time with the names of seven Black Americans two points of what would have been his first The event never had been settled by a Australian Open champion Djokovic at who died as victims of violence. The major triumph. fifth-set tiebreaker; no major tournament Melbourne Park this February. daughter of a Japanese mother and Haitian “I wish we could have two winners today,” ever had until Novak Djokovic edged Roger Normally, the US Open closes each father, she has become a leader of the Thiem said. Federer that way at Wimbledon in 2019. grand slam season, but what about 2020 Black Lives Matter movement. AP picture “I think we both deserved it.” “I wish you would have missed a little has been normal? The 27-year-old from Austria is the bit more so I could have held that trophy Because of the Covid-19 outbreak, On Sunday (NZ time), Naomi Osaka first man to win the American grand slam up,” Zverev said, choking up when he Wimbledon was cancelled for the first captured the third grand slam title of her tournament after trailing 2-0 in sets in the mentioned his parents, “but here I am, time since World War 2, while the French career with a battling 1-6 6-3 6-3 triumph final since Pancho Gonzalez did it against giving the runner’s-up speech.” Open was postponed from its originally over Belarusian Victoria Azarenka to Ted Schroeder in 1949 at an event then As Thiem stepped forward to pose for scheduled May start and now will begin in lift her second US Open trophy in three known as the US Championships and held pictures with his shiny new bit of hardware, two weeks. years. — AAP Start your journey to success eit.ac.nz | 0800 22 55 348 Fit study around your work, home and whanau - achieve a qualiication in only a few months. 30782-02 15 Sep, 2020 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT GISBORNE TIDE MOVEMENT M E WEATHER FOR TOMORROW T Wednesday Thursday R Sep 16 Sep 17 SE S am 369noon 369pm am 369noon 369pm Tauranga 3 17 Hicks Bay 3 0.5 17 Te Puke 35 22

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GOAL-BOUND: Jessie McNeil scores for Ngatapa against GMC Gold in women’s hockey on Saturday. Picture by Liam Clayton All the finalists decided

HOCKEY by Murray Robertson In the other women’s championship changed their fortunes,” Scragg said. “It was just the sort of performance semifinal, GMC Green and Amber “The Fruits did not have enough in that the Ngatapa girls needed before THE YMP women qualified Dental Gisborne Girls’ High School the tank by way of response.” the final at the weekend,” Scragg said. handsomely, GMC Green got through were locked up 1-1 at the end of YMP (2) beat Gisborne Boys’ High “The win was built on a strong in a penalty shoot-out, and the YMP normal time. School 5-1. attack in the first half.” men’s teams will meet in the hockey A shoot-out was needed to separate “Boys’ High put in a gutsy effort, Ngatapa led 5-0 at the break. finals next weekend. them and GMC won it 3-1. but a very clinical YMP were just too “The foot could have stayed a bit YMP were clinical in the second half “Girls’ High got off to the best start good for them,” Scragg said. more on the pedal in the second half, of their match against to seal they could in scoring first in normal The women’s bottom four semis though, and Ngatapa need to be wary one spot in the women’s championship time, but the Green Machine quickly were won by Ngatapa and GMC of that on finals day.” final on Saturday. replied and everything they threw at Kowhai, who will play each other in The teams were locked at 0-0 at the Girls’ High defence, the students Saturday’s bottom-four final. Detailed results — Women’s senior top-four halftime, but YMP scored four goals were able to cope with. The GMC team scored only one goal semifinals: GMC Green 4 (Amy England, Lee- in the second half to put the result “But Girls’ High were not able to against a gallant , but that Ana Fleming, Jade Stafford, Shannon Williams) beyond doubt. take their chances in the shoot-out.” was enough. Amber Dental Gisborne Girls’ High School 2 “They are certainly the red- Scragg said the Green Machine “Kowhai’s goal came in the final few (Keeley Smiler, Oaklea Bowden-Morris); YMP 4 hot favourites for the women’s would have been given a wake-up call minutes of the match and finished (Toni Halley, Maia Rickard, Courtney Onekawa, championship, but Paikea made them by the youngsters ahead of the final. what would have been a dream run Kodi Campbell) Paikea 0. work hard for it,” hockey commentator The YMP men’s teams will meet in to the end of the season for Waituhi,” Women’s senior bottom-four semifinals: Tony Scragg said. the men’s final to decide the winner of Scragg said. GMC Kowhai 1 (Joanna Sim) Waituhi 0; Ngatapa “At halftime Paikea were right in it. the Covid Cup. “We have certainly welcomed 7 (Lilly Deihl 2, Jessie McNeil 2, Deana Cook, “But YMP attacked a bit more in Both teams won well, with the No.1 Waituhi back into our competition Bree Munro, Briar Hunter) GMC Gold 0. the second half and made the most of team beating Lytton Old Boys NZ with open arms this season. They Men’s senior semifinals: YMP (2) 5 (Kohere their opportunities. Fruits 7-2. have brought their own special brand Tupara 2, Josh Cousins, Michael Bond, Tamanay “Congratulations to Paikea. In “It was a very convincing win for of hockey.” Tuhou) Gisborne Boys’ High School 1 (Harry my view, they were by far the most YMP (1),” Scragg said. Ngatapa put seven unanswered Allan); YMP (1) 7 (Jarrod Carter 3, Hylam Tukariri improved side this year in our hockey “They have certainly come on strong goals into the back of the net against 2, Jereme Taylor 2) LOB Fruits 2 (Patrick Ferry, competition.” in the past two or three weeks and GMC Gold. Wade Manson).