TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 PM TO SAY COVID-19 ‘I DO’ THIS Cook Islands, here Kiwis come Fired Customs worker slams policy PAGES SUMMER 7-10, OVERPASS COLLAPSE India crisis shows no sign of stopping 13-14 PAGE 3 Biden sets new US vaccination goal DEATH TOLL AT 24 PAGE 15 Search for Tolaga Bay boy ends in ALIVE joy 19 hours later by Murray Robertson

THE search for a missing Tolaga Bay boy had a jubilant ending this morning when he was found alive and well 3.5 kilometres from his home at Mangatuna. AND News came through at around 10.45am that three- year-old Axle Hamblyn had been found further inland from his Paroa Road home by a volunteer in the search team. “He’s been found and he’s alive,” an elated search spokesman Sergeant Greg Lexmond said when The Gisborne Herald called him for WELL FOUND: Tolaga Bay boy Axle an update. “He’s alive and well and in Hamblyn was missing for over good health.” 19 hours before found by a Distress turned to joy volunteer in a search team. and relief for Axle’s family, Picture supplied who were reunited with the wandering infant at the involved in the search last Paroa Road search base soon night, and we have about 80 afterwards. involved today.” Axle was being checked over The Trust Tairawhiti by a St John Ambulance team Rescue Helicopter was called at the search base when The in last night with thermal Herald went to print. imaging gear on board but The distraught family found no trace of the boy as reported Axle missing to police the temperature dropped at around 3pm yesterday and a significantly. search was initiated. The chopper rejoined the He had wandered off from search this morning. his home, accompanied by a Members of the Character neighbour’s miniature, fluffy Roofing surf lifesaving white-coloured pet dog. emergency callout squad in The dog returned home at wetsuits searched the shallow 4pm but there was no sign of waters of the nearby stream Axle. last night. The search continued “The waterways were quite through the afternoon and into clear and shallow so we were the evening until around 11pm. pretty confident Axle had not It resumed at first light this gone there,” Sgt Lexmond told morning. The Herald earlier today. Axle was wearing a blue- They continued to search coloured shirt with palm the nearby Uawa River this trees on it and blue gumboots morning and the New Zealand with sharks on them when he police dive squad was put on disappeared. standby. Police immediately appealed Police dog teams were also for sightings of him on social used last night in an effort to media and radio. track Axle’s movements. The number of people looking “We searched everywhere for him built up steadily as in the vicinity of the house social media posts by police, last night and today we were Uawa Live and elsewhere in the process of going over it alerted people to the situation. all again when the great news “There was an absolutely came through,” Sgt Lexmond awesome response from the said. Uawa and wider community,” Their main focus had been Sgt Lexmond said. in the bush area immediately REUNITED: Axel Hamblyn is reunited with mother Haley Allatt to the cheers of over 100 search and rescue “More than 150 people, around the house. volunteers. The toddler sparked a huge search after going missing from his Mangatuna home. police, SAR operators and Uawa Live picture members of the public were CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ...... 11 Television ...... 18 Racing ...... 23 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ...... 12 Farming ...... 19-20 Sport ...... 24-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .... 6-10, 17 World...... 13-15 Classifieds ... 21-22 Weather ...... 27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 VISION TO REALITY 30 years of House of Breakthrough . . . and ‘so much more to do’

by Jack Marshall For the 30-year anniversary, the church had two guest speakers, THE House of Breakthrough Trev and Deb McDowell — the Church celebrated a milestone in first church leaders Norm and Jess the community on Sunday with trained at the church. a special service to mark its 30th House of Breakthrough was year. originally known as Elim Church, In 1991 pastors Norm and Jess the name of their house of worship McLeod moved from Oamaru to in Oamaru. Gisborne to start Elim Church, After 22 years they decided to which is now known as the House become a separate church to better of Breakthrough Church and is fit the needs of Tairawhiti. located on the corner of Ormond Among House of Breakthrough’s and Lytton roads. list of duties is helping people Pastor Norm said it was a huge with budgeting and parenting, and decision. giving them general guidance. “We left the freezing works, “We’ve accomplished something church — it was a big move. We left but I’m always looking ahead,” everything. We’d never been here in Pastor Norm says. “There’s so much our lives. more to do. I want to help people.” “We’d been working in Oamaru Particularly rewarding has been for about eight years with the seeing people improve their lives church group and doing youth work and breaking the cycles of poverty and stuff on the streets, and were and violence. happy there.” “But socially in our city — Pastor Norm said he was praying THE LORD’S WORK: the gangs and the drugs — it’s After making the huge one day when he saw a vision of not much different from when opening a church in Gisborne. decision to shift from we first came, so I’d like to see Oamaru to Gisborne, He spoke with wife and fellow transformative change. That’s my pastor Jess and after a few years pasters Norm and next chapter,” Pastor Norm says. Jess McLeod and of preparation they moved to “It starts with men, husbands — Gisborne to start a new chapter in their congregation teaching them to stop beating up celebrated 30 years their lives. their wives, showing them how to Their first Gisborne services of the House of parent, giving them relationship Breakthrough Church were held on April 28, 1991, at the skills and doing that not in a Te Hapara School hall after posting on Sunday. church-threatening way.” Picture supplied an advertisement in The Gisborne The House of Breakthrough Herald. also helps 17 churches overseas in Combined attendances for the places like India, Pakistan and the first services were 67 but within a Pacific Islands, where they help few years numbers grew to several build schools, provide homes for the hundred people from all walks of homeless and employment for the life. poor.

CAKE TIME: Pastor Norm McLeod, with wife Jess (second from left) and smiling church members watching, cuts the anniversary cake. Picture supplied

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PRIME Minister Jacinda The PM said she “knew of Ardern announced her no plans” for Mother’s Day this engagement to Clarke Gayford coming Sunday. in 2019 . . . and she has finally “I know of none except for revealed when the wedding will the fact that I said something to take place, well, sort of. Clarke about it yesterday and Live on air on Coast Radio there was a long pause . . . so this morning, she told hosts I’m not expecting much,” she Sam Wallace, Toni Street and said. Jason Reeves that she and Last year the Prime Minister Gayford have “finally got a was quizzed on whether a date date”. had finally been set for the “That doesn’t mean we’ve wedding, to which she replied: told anyone yet so I feel like “Yes I can tell you that we have we should probably put some some plans. They are some way invites out,” she said. off. And although she wouldn’t “We might need to share be drawn on the exact date of some of our plans with our the wedding, she shared that it family and friends before we do will take place this summer. that more widely.” But she might not be Ms Ardern and Mr Gayford celebrating the traditional way, got engaged over Easter 2019 admitting she “feels a bit too at Mahia during a break at his old to have a bridal party”. family bach. “I don’t know if it’s just me He proposed to her at the but for some reason I feel like top of a hill with a diplomatic because I’m getting on a bit I protection squad officer nearby. just need to forgo it,” the PM News of the engagement said. only emerged because a Maybe two-year-old Neve will reporter attending a Pike River be a flower girl for her mum ceremony saw the Art Deco and dad . . . and she might style ring on Ardern’s left hand be in charge of Mother’s Day and asked Ardern’s office about celebrations in the Ardern- it. FINALLY GOT A DATE: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and fiance Clarke Gayford, of Gisborne, plant a Gayford household this year The office later confirmed the pohutukawa tree while on the campaign trail in Gisborne last year. The PM has confirmed they will be as well. news. married this summer. The Gisborne Herald thinks our city would provide a great venue. NZ Herald picture ‘Amazing’ response

FROM PAGE 1 from everywhere — Gisborne to Ruatoria. It’s been a “We searched other houses phenomenal response.” in the immediate area, buses The boy’s disappearance used for accommodation, sparked an enormous shacks and huts, anywhere outpouring of support, that Axle may have gone to concern and prayers on social play or shelter.” media last night. “We concentrated on the “To the people of Tolaga, more likely places that he please leave your lights in may have gone to. your house on tonight and a “Axle is a very mobile boy blanket and teddy on your and very inquisitive,” Sgt porch to entice the little Lexmond said. man into some warmth. “While he hasn’t lived Even getting the smell of a in that area long, he has hot kai going. Thousands of explored a bit as kids do, and us are wishing we weren’t we were going over the areas hours away darling. We’re all SEARCHING FOR AXLE: More than 150 people searched late he has been to before.” praying for you.” into the night and 80 went to work again this morning in the Axle has two siblings — “E te Atua, please guide hunt for missing three-year-old Axle Hamblyn. They searched one older, one younger. Axle back home safe and buildings, waterways and everywhere that it was thought Axle Victim Support supported sound. Please bless his family, might have gone. They scoured roads around the area, too, and the family during their friends and everyone who that was where he was eventually found. Pictures by Liam Clayton ordeal. has been searching for him. “They were absolutely Amine.” devastated, distraught “I’m sure every parent overnight and this morning seeing this post is praying for until the news came through a safe return very soon, Wish that Axle had been found I was closer to help look for alive and well,” Victim him.” Support coordinator VickI “The community of Tolaga Crosswell said Bay will all be out in force “The response from the to help the police search. community has been just Amazing people live there amazing,” she said earlier as and the boys in blue are the search continued. amazing too. I pray all goes “People have been dropping well.” food off, offering to join the “I’m sure the whole of New search. Zealand right now is hoping “It’s been an incredible that Axle is found soon and response from the Uawa reunited with his family.” community and surrounding All the prayers were areas. answered at around 10.45 “We had people coming this morning. 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Monumental Masons

STONEHAVEN SERVICE HONOURED: for Wendy Ure receives her New Year Funerals honour from New Zealand Governor and General Dame Patsy Reddy in Memorials Wellington yesterday. The tumuaki (manager) of Gisborne Community 601 Nelson Road Early Education Centre/Te Whare Tiaki Ph 867 1 800 Tamariki tumuaki becomes a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. She was honoured for her services to early Pet food childhood education. She has worked at the Gisborne Community Early set to go Education Centre for 34 years. global PET food canned in Gisborne will be selling to an expanded worldwide market, after KKR, a global investment firm, announced the acquisition of Natural Pet Food Group. The investment will be used to support the RAUPUNGA company’s international growth and advance its BEGINNINGS: mission to supply safe, Television producer and sustainably sourced businessman Sir Ian Taylor, high-meat pet food from who has been recognised with New Zealand to more a knighthood for his service customers and their pets to broadcasting, business worldwide. and the community received “My team is excited his award from New Zealand about the opportunities Governor General Dame Patsy and connections that KKR Reddy in Wellington yesterday. can provide,” said Natural Taylor, now Dunedin-based, Pet Food Group chief is of Ngati Kahungunu and executive Neil Hinton. Ngapuhi descent. He was born “Our business is about in Northland and brought up in providing pet owners with Raupunga, south of Wairoa. He the very best in natural, is a co-founder of Animation high-meat nutrition for Research, a company that the four-legged members provides 3D, data-driven of their families. KKR has graphics for live sports an impeccable pedigree broadcasts. Picture supplied in our sector which will help us grow, develop new products and take our brands to new customers and new markets, all over the world.” The company’s products are canned at Pet Food NZ in Kahutia Street.Goodwill on stock control ‘Fantastic turnout’ at hui to discuss ‘complex issue’

A COMMUNITY hui on stock control meets their interpretation of the Auditor room and a collective desire to see “We will hold another hui to look at the in Ruatoria on Monday night has met General’s guidelines for prosecution. positive change.” options and where local people can help.” with positive reactions from both the There are tests for a prosecution being One suggestion was an app that could Waka Kotahi senior network and community and roading officials. in the public interest and if they have be used to pinpoint locations, given Waka journey manager Helen Harris said Waka The meeting was run jointly by Waka sufficient evidence to show they are likely Kotahi call centre staff don’t know the Kotahi was pleased with “the fantastic Kotahi, Gisborne District Council, to win the case. area and struggle with spelling the names turnout from the community”. WorkSafe and NZ Police to hear from the “While a case may cost the council of places. “About 50 people attended in person, Ruatoria community about the issue of $50,000 it would send a strong message Other suggestions included better with hundreds more tuning into the stock wandering onto the state highway, that they are willing to prosecute. I recruitment and training for Waka Kotahi livestream. We would like to acknowledge and work with locals to solve what has wonder how much is the life of a road call centre staff and their contractors, and thank Manu Caddie and Paora been an ongoing issue. user worth? and the sharing of key farmer contacts in Brooking for their community leadership Resident and meeting co-organiser “One former farmer said that without a public database that road users could on this important issue. Manu Caddie said he was pleased with consequences there is no major incentive look up to contact directly for specific “We also wish to acknowledge our the strong turnout. for the worst offenders to ensure stock locations. partners, Gisborne District Council, NZ “It was encouraging for the community stay in paddocks. He recounted an “There was agreement that we need Police, Worksafe, Ministry for Primary to hear farmers recognise the problem experience where he had to pay to get to have better cellphone coverage along Industries and Downer who attended and want to find solutions.” his stock back after impounding and SH35 to ensure motorists don’t have and listened to the community and At the meeting were a number of after that he made sure they never got to drive 10km to 20km before getting their concerns. We also wish to thank concerned residents and many farmers out again. He said it is not acceptable to coverage to report stock on the road as the community for their constructive as well as representatives from Waka blame a drought or the cost of fencing time is always of the essence,” Mr Caddie comments and ideas. This is a complex Kotahi NZTA, GDC, WorkSafe, Ministry — if you own animals you have a said. issue and we know that people are for Primary Industries (MPI), Police responsibility to control them. “Many locals said they will try to get worried for their safety on the roads, as and Downer who hold the stock control “I have supplied photos of cows on the stock back into a nearby paddock but are we, so we appreciate people’s patience. contract for Waka Kotahi. road and in areas adjacent to the road this is often not possible because of the “We will take all the feedback and Many attendees, including stock with ear tag details, location maps, dates, driver’s situation or the difficulty of ideas and work towards a plan of action. owners, shared stories of crashes caused and have supplied contact details of moving stock without the support of dogs However, as this issue has been around by animals on the road, Mr Caddie said. witnesses willing to provide affidavits, but or other people.” for generations we know that the solution Some included deaths and serious injury. we are still waiting for a case to be taken A working group of the agencies will take time to develop. We know that “There was significant frustration against the farmer,” Mr Caddie said. represented at the hui agreed to take the any solution will need full community that GDC are reluctant to prosecute the “While there was frustration and some ideas raised and return to the community buy-in and so we will continue to engage worst offenders because the council will understandably defensive comments, in a few weeks with proposed initiatives with the community to address this issue only consider taking a case to court if it there was also a lot of goodwill in the to address the issues. as a collective.” The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 NEWS 5

MALLETS PRIMED: Local players welcomed World Croquet Day at the beginning of the month in the dark, making sure Barry Memorial Croquet Club was the first in the world to see the sun rise on that day. After such an early start, they enjoyed a breakfast feast of bacon, eggs and baked beans followed by crepes and bubbly, before playing more croquet. The occasion hasn’t gained the level of popularity in New Zealand as elsewhere because it is the start of our winter and some clubs close or use the time for lawn maintenance. At Barry Memorial Croquet Club members play all year. A Facebook post about the club’s event on May 1 garnered envious comments from around the world, including from No. 1 world-ranked golf croquet player Egyptian Moe Karem. Pictured on the day, complete with wet weather gear, are, from left, Peter Richardson, Dave Newton, Chris Newton, Roger McLernon, Per Elzen, Ina Elzen, Rob Hayes, Murray Woods, Christine McCullough, John Wilson, Charles Ostler, Ann Walker, Ross Thomson, Maurice Allan. Picture supplied Accused claims self-defence Ran over sister-in-law in ‘desperate bid’ to escape A JURY retired this morning to They were fortunate not to be seriously Marshall said. said. consider its verdict in the case of a injured — probably only because the She pointed to his account of running In his closing address, counsel Adam man accused of using his quad bike to ground was boggy from recent heavy over Mrs Kahukura, noting his claim Simperingham said the background deliberately mow down two neighbours in rain, they told the jury. she was sideways under the bike, not was relevant. This case was about sour the backyard of their Whakaki home. By contrast, Kahukura said he believed lengthways as she said. grapes — the couple’s simmering tension William Kahukura, 67, went on trial on he was about to be attacked by the Instead of trying to lift her out, after losing a long-running battle to keep Monday for two counts of assault with a couple. Kahukura on his evidence went Kahukura from acquiring a section next weapon (his quad bike) in relation to an He said he deliberately veered into Mr to the front of the 500kg bike and to theirs. incident in the late afternoon of July 8 English to evade a stick he threw — one singlehandedly lifted it up while being That acrimony peaked ahead of the last year. much bigger than the washing line stick. strangled from behind by Mr English incident when Kahukura was riding his The complainants are his former sister- He denied ramming Mrs Kahukura but and under threat from a flying stick Mr quad bike daily past their house to feed in-law Glenys Kahukura and her partner said she slipped and went under the bike. English had somehow also managed to his sister’s pig and the couple formed the Kevin English. He said he quickly dismounted and lifted unleash, Ms Marshall noted. view he somehow damaged their trailer. At the outset of the trial, Kahukura’s the bike up, yelling at Mr English to drag “Then instead of taking Kahukura did not counsel indicated he was likely going to his partner out. off on foot, dragging his intend to cause any harm. rely on a defence that he drove into the He said Mr English did nothing and relative out from between The fact the couple were couple accidentally. was more concerned with trying to attack the wheels, or making Crown prosecutor injured, albeit thankfully But giving evidence yesterday he him. other efforts, he jumps Lara Marshall said not seriously, that they described his actions as amounting at Kahukura said to flee the situation, he back on the bike and from the Crown’s were upset and shaken, times to self-defence. He even claimed had no choice but to drive forwards, over intentionally — on his perspective, did not detract from the to have intentionally ridden over his Mrs Kahukura’s legs for a second time. evidence — re-rides over defence case that what relative’s legs a second time in what he He felt under threat from start to her legs. Kahukura’s actions happened was either said was a desperate bid to escape the finish. Mr English hit him about three “The two back wheels of were only ever accidental or self-defence. situation. times with the stick and grabbed at his his quad bike went over intentional. Kahukura was not under That evidence and much of the rest hand on the throttle, causing the bike to her legs a second time and control in the situation as of his account was different to the lunge into a fence and his face to hit the as he told you that was the Crown suggested. complainants’. corner of their house. what he intended to do,” Ms Marshall The incident happened over a matter of The complainants said they went Crown prosecutor Lara Marshall said said. just seconds. outside to try to speak with Kahukura from the Crown’s perspective, Kahukura’s “He then suggested the couple, fresh He feared for his life — he feared being about their belief he drove into and actions were only ever intentional. from being run over, chased him from the hit with the stick. It was a two against damaged their trailer the week before. His story had evolved to suit the property,” she said. one situation. But Kahukura instead of stopping, circumstances and differed to the Rather than fleeing to his home, It was accepted his decision to ride aimed the bike at them. Mr English said complainants’, which was supported by Kahukura stopped outside the property over Mrs Kahukura’s legs a second time he grabbed a 6ft stick — used to prop up other evidence including photographs and continued to yell, she said. was intentional but that was a clear the couple’s washing line — and tried to of wheel marks that confirmed their Ms Marshall said the defence might try case of self-defence. Kahukura was ward him off. But Kahukura mowed him accounts of the bike’s movements and to make some moment of comments Mr under attack and needed to get out of down anyway. where they were hit. English made to the 111 operator about a the situation as further demonstrated Mrs Kahukura said she was rammed There was no self-defence. Kahukura guard dog and a sledge-hammer but they by the fact he rode away side-saddle, Mr trying to go to the aid of Mr English. She was in control of a powerful, fast-moving were throw-away comments. Simperingham said. was caught under the bike lengthways vehicle, on which he could have got away She told the jury not to be distracted When he stopped outside the property between both sets of wheels and dragged at any time. The complainants at best by the defence’s focus on a longstanding he remonstrated with the couple and about five metres. She screamed out but had a stick. land grievance between the couple implored them to phone police. That Kahukura and Mr English, who were She noted Kahukura’s evidence was and Kahukura. It was accepted and was consistent with Kahukura being an tussling above her, did not hear. She the first mention of any stick other than irrelevant. What mattered was what innocent man, as were his dealings only managed to get herself free when the washing line one. happened that night and Kahukura’s with police afterward, Mr Simperinham Kahukura reversed. His evidence was implausible, Ms mindset in the moment, Ms Marshall said. 6 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Mallard debate ‘doesn’t reflect well on Parliament’: Hipkins

WELLINGTON — Leader of the House Chris to step back from the issue. “Continuing down Under questioning from National MPs in Speaker” and he had left a number of critical Hipkins says the debate last night involving this road isn’t the appropriate course of action Parliament last night, a visibly angry Mallard questions about the case unanswered. Trevor Mallard’s defamation settlement for for anybody at Parliament.” sought to paint himself as on the side of “The big question Trevor Mallard repeatedly calling a man a rapist did not reflect well on He said he would be talking to Mallard victims. dodged is: why did he not just apologise Parliament, or on any of those involved in it. about it. Asked if he still had confidence in He said although he acknowledged the man once he knew he had wrongly accused the Hipkins said this morning he sat through the Speaker, Hipkins said “the Labour Party had not committed rape, he had committed parliamentary staffer of rape, which in his own the debate, which involved numerous testy continues to support the Speaker”. sexual assault and National dragging out the words was within 24 hours, rather than letting exchanges between Mallard and National MPs He said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern would saga was causing stress for the victims. this drag for 18 months at taxpayers’ expense? Chris Bishop and Michael Woodhouse. make further statements today. It was the first time Mallard had been able to Bishop reiterated his call for the Speaker to “I don’t think it reflected well on Parliament Bishop said Mallard still has a lot of address the issue in full in Parliament — he was be sacked, claiming he had acted in a “bullying” as a whole, I don’t think it reflected well on questions to answer about the controversy. being questioned as part of the annual review of fashion. pretty much everyone that was taking part in Mallard last night used the legal immunity of Parliamentary Service as the minister in charge. “The Prime Minister might like to reflect on that debate. I don’t think the debating chamber parliamentary privilege to say that a worker — Mallard later justified using parliamentary the fact that if Trevor Mallard was a National of Parliament is the best place to deal with these who he had apologised to for falsely accusing privilege to make his statements by saying he MP, she would be the first in line to call for his types of issues,” Hipkins said. of rape — did commit sexual assault. was prevented by a court suppression order and resignation.” “I don’t think it was a victim-centric approach, Mallard had apologised to the man for mediation agreement from making comments On Newstalk ZB this morning, Deputy Prime I don’t think it was fair on the person the earlier describing his actions as “rape” under outside the parliamentary process. Minister Grant Robertson said he had not seen allegations were against either.” a settlement for a defamation suit that cost This morning, Bishop said Mallard’s Mallard’s appearance in Parliament and so did Hipkins said the whole of Parliament needed taxpayers $330,000. performance showed he was “unfit to be not want to comment on it. — NZ Herald A wind fills Collins’ sails Speaker uses legal Comment by Claire Trevett, a right to have a say. Authority will work, the extent of its veto ‘immunity’ over claim NZ Herald The first question to ask about such powers over decisions by Health NZ and claims is whether Collins is right. over regional and local health plans. WELLINGTON — After months in the Such speeches are easily dismissed Reports by external authors are part WELLINGTON — Speaker the Francis report into bullying doldrums, National Party leader Judith as beating the race drum to try to get a and parcel of formulating Government Trevor Mallard has used and harassment at Parliament. Collins has finally caught a wind. lift in the polls. That may be true. policy. They are rarely adopted holus- the legal immunity of After the former staffer was It may be a foul wind, but it is wind Arguments such as Collins’ may not bolus. Governments pick the bits they parliamentary privilege to stood down, Mallard said that nonetheless. have quite the traction that they once like and reject the bits they don’t — say that a worker — who a threat to safety had been Collins found it gusting from the He did, but the language Collins deployed especially if politically unpalatable. he apologised to for falsely removed from the premises. Puapua report, a report which canvasses indicates she has some hope a poll lift Given the amount of time it has accusing of rape — had Mallard’s false claim cost a range of options to make Maori will be a consequence. languished on a shelf, the Government committed sexual assault. taxpayers more than $330,000 rangatiratanga a reality. It is also notable Collins dedicated clearly did not consider this one a In a debate in the House last — including more than That report has sat on government much of her speech on Saturday to the priority. That is a far more credible night during the annual review $175,000 in legal fees and a desks since 2019 with nothing topic, just after swearing that National explanation than the suggestion of the Parliamentary Service, $158,000 ex-gratia payment to happening, and without being would focus on the issues that mattered any government would pursue such for which he is the responsible the former staffer to settle a made public until recently, after the to people — such as housing, transport fundamental reform without taking it to Minister, Mallard sought to defamation claim — and led to Ombudsman intervened. and infrastructure. She barely mentioned the public first. But Collins is now setting paint himself as on the side of the National Party calling for It does not include firm them again. the agenda on this issue, with support victims, the Opposition as not. him to resign. recommendations, but rather a range But she is also right about the need from Act’s David Seymour. It has prompted National He also apologised to the of options and an ideal of what New for the PM to confront the report’s Ardern’s predecessors will warn her leader Judith Collins to call former staffer for incorrectly Zealand would look like if the United contents properly, rather than trying that if these issues are not staunched, it “the most extraordinary using the term “rape” as Nations Declaration on the Rights of to shut it down by dismissing it as they can turn into festering sores. display”. “I’ve been in defined in the Crimes Act. Indigenous Peoples was to be met in full. “desperate” politics. Thus far, Ardern has said the report Parliament almost 20 The former staffer had been It is not intended to cater for the reality Collins has stretched some bows (and did not necessarily reflect the views of years and I’ve never seen the subject of complaints from of politics, and governments considering credibility) by claiming the report was the Cabinet, was yet to be considered anyone behave like that. two women but the complaints such reports tend to opt for something some kind of secret government agenda and the Government’s response would I’ve certainly never seen a were not of rape. well short of the proposed “ideal” for the to set up a two-state system. come in good time. Speaker behave like that. He is Mallard said he did not agree sake of politics. There would have been enough The only measure she has ruled out is temperamentally unfit for the he had caused agony for the Collins has chosen to isolate the most mileage for Collins in grilling the a separate Maori Parliament. role,” Collins said. former staffer, or that he had extreme end of those options in catching Government over the Maori Health Collins is also suspicious about why “He’s using women as a destroyed his life. “That man’s her wind. Authority without wading into the report. the He Puapua report was kept under shield for his own behaviour. life was destroyed when he She has also linked the report in with Health Minister Andrew Little sought wraps until recently. There may be an And then he has the effrontery sexually assaulted a woman.” recent moves by Labour to scrap a veto to rebut Collins’ claims that was part innocent explanation for it. The PM to stand up and say that he The former staffer quit of Maori wards, and to set up a Maori of a wider programme of stealthy and Maori Development Minister Willie defends women. No, he actually his job but says he was Health Authority in its health reforms. “segregation”, by saying he had not even Jackson have both said Covid-19 and the is a bully. He needs to go.” constructively dismissed — Collins claimed that showed the start read the report. election intervened, and the report was Mallard made the rape claim the subject of an ongoing of a programme to “segregate by stealth” There should and will be questioning simply put on ice. Collins has well and in media interviews on May employment dispute. — and all without having given the public about just how the Maori Health truly melted it. 22, 2019, after the release of — NZ Herald Public sector pay freeze BRIEFS Air New Zealand doubles fee AUCKLAND — Air New Zealand has doubled its fees for unaccompanied children on flights. No increase for staff on $100,000+ income For children aged 5 to 16, the charge per one- way domestic flight rises to $30 (and $45 if not by Michael Neilson, NZ Herald Last year the Public Service close gender and ethnic pay gaps. booked in advance) and on one-way international Commissioner issued guidance to Public “The public service is doing a good job flights it rises to $80 and $120 if booked at the WELLINGTON — The Government Service agencies asking them to have implementing the Government’s Covid airport. Children must now have a seat-plus-bag has today ruled out any pay increases for nil or minimal pay increases for public response, and we ask they lead the way ticket on domestic flights and “the works” fares those earning over $100,000 and senior servants until June 2021. in supporting the Government as we for international flights, which typically cost $40 leaders over the next three years. “Today the Public Service ensure our spending is targeted to where more than seat-only fares across the Tasman. The Government’s Workforce Policy Commissioner is updating that guidance it is needed most,” Chris Hipkins said. — NZ Herald Statement, issued today, sets out its to make clear that pay restraint will need “The guidance is consistent with the expectations for pay and employment to continue to be exercised across the decision last year by the Remuneration Soldier allegedly assaulted relations in the public sector, Finance Public Service for the next three years,” Authority that Ministers and MPs HAMILTON — A Defence Force soldier was Minister Grant Robertson said. Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins would not be getting pay rises for three allegedly assaulted after an incident at Hamilton’s “New Zealand has had an exceptionally said. years because of the Covid-19 economic MIQ facility. However, what exactly happened successful health and economic response “The updated guidance will continue to environment,” Chris Hipkins said. remains unclear as MBIE refuses to comment, to Covid-19. This has been supported mean no pay increases for those earning “The Public Service Commissioner, but police confirmed a 30-year-old man has been by the Government taking on debt for over $100,000 and senior leaders within who sets the pay of Public Service Chief charged with assault after the incident on April investments like the wage subsidy that the public service. Any increases will be Executives, will also not be increasing 9. A police spokesperson said the man has been protected jobs, supported businesses and targeted to lower-paid public servants, their pay. charged with assault after an incident at the Jet ensured the economy was ready for the largely those earning below $60,000, who “Our public service is world class Park MIQ facility at Hamilton Airport. recovery,” he said. account for about 25 percent of the public and the Government is committed to “As the matter is before the courts police will “As the recovery gets underway, we sector. ensuring it is well-positioned as a modern not be providing further comment at this time.” are keeping a close watch on the debt “We want to see those on lower wages employer. It’s unclear how seriously the soldier was injured taken on during Covid-19 to support the be the focus of any increases in pay. “We want the public service to use but the Defence Force has been approached for economy. Just as businesses are making “This is about prioritising spending. modern, progressive employment comment. decisions as they plan for the recovery, The policy will also help protect jobs by practices, and be a great place to work. The accused — who the Herald understands our responsible economic approach means taking financial pressure off the public We also want a productive unified travelled from Australia — has pleaded not guilty the Government is faced with choices wage bill. It will not impact the work we workforce which is grounded in the spirit to the charge and he is due to reappear in court about where new spending is targeted.” are doing within the Public Service to of service,” Hipkins said. in July. — NZ Herald The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 NATIONAL NEWS 7 Kiwis snap up Cooks holidays Travel agent sees 4100 percent surge in searches by Vaimoana Tapaleao, NZ Herald time, to cater to all the inquiries coming through. AUCKLAND — Kiwis are already Chief executive Marcus Niszow said: rushing to snap up holiday packages and “It was almost immediate. The live flights to the Cook Islands after a much- (announcement) feed was still going and anticipated travel bubble was officially people were phoning up and the email announced. started going off.” Travel group Flight Centre has recorded Niszow said they had been lucky to keep a huge surge of interest on its website staff on and that the only staff members overnight — while resorts in Rarotonga who had left had done so voluntarily or for report the phones going “crazy” since the their own reasons. “Addressing the team announcement. today, the relief of the team is tremendous. Although figures for bookings via Flight We’re hospitality people, so we’re really Centre would not be known until later, a looking forward to having people back.” spokeswoman confirmed the company had Staff at Crown Beach Resort & Spa — seen a massive jump on its site overnight. a private, adults-only luxury resort on “Comparing yesterday to last Monday, Rarotonga’s sunset coast — also reported (the) views on Cook Islands holidays a surge in phone calls and online bookings packages at flightcentre.co.nz saw a 4100 and inquiries. percent increase.” A reservations staffer said she opened Searches for Rarotongan flights on the her inbox to 20 new bookings overnight — site were up 6333 percent yesterday and the most she had seen in months. “After blog views for “What to pack to take to the the announcement, it went crazy,” she Cook Islands” was up by 540 percent. said. Other top searches included “Top Two couples from New Zealand who Rarotongan Resorts” — up 2700 percent had booked to have their weddings at the — and “Best time to visit Rarotonga and resort last year had also been in touch — how to get there” — up 8400 percent. this time to book a holiday, after holding BURSTING THE BUBBLE: The beachfront at Crown Beach Resort in Rarotonga. their weddings in New Zealand instead Thousands of Air NZ bookings made on There has been a huge surge in searches and bookings after Prime Minister Jacinda due to the pandemic. first day Ardern officially announced a new two-way travel bubble with New Zealand and the General manager Sierra Glade said staff Cook Islands; starting from Monday, May 17. Picture supplied by Cook Islands Tourism members were “happy and overwhelmed” The dramatic increase came after about the travel bubble opening up. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern officially are across next month and July, a a seat plus bag. “We’re definitely excited, but there’s also announced a new two-way travel bubble spokeswoman said. some hesitation because we have been with New Zealand and the Cook Islands; The airline will start running flights Phones started going off during live Covid-free and we want to keep our little starting from Monday, May 17 (NZT). to the Pacific nation two to three times a announcement island Covid-free. Air New Zealand reported “thousands week from Tuesday, May 18; before daily “The private sector has been struggling, of bookings” on the first day of the services are added from July — just in Pacific Resort Hotel Group, which has so we are definitely excited for this.” announcement — calling it a positive time for the school holidays. four luxury hotels in the Cook Islands, Asked for any words to entice Kiwis to response from customers. One of the cheapest return airfares now said they had to bring in its sales and make the trip over she said: “We have the The majority of those bookings available that first week will cost $973 for reservations team on Sunday, local perfect escape — and it is hot.”

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WELLINGTON — A Customs worker, She added none of her colleagues were fired for refusing the Covid-19 vaccine, ever tested for the virus either because is railing against the decision, saying of their day-to-day operations. her job never required regular testing or Some of those she works with have even protective clothing. also refused to get the vaccine, and have A new Health Order, in place since last also been fired. week, made it mandatory for all border She said they’ve also never had workers to have had at least their first to wear PPE — personal protective Covid-19 vaccine. equipment. Nine Customs staff in total have been “The only time we had to wear masks fired since the Order came in. was when we went up to Level 2, and we An additional 13 managed-isolation couldn’t be within a metre of each other. workers are also in the process of losing So we’re sitting beside each other in a their jobs. car so we had to wear masks. That was One of the Customs workers found the only time.” out she was being fired for refusing the Employment law advocate Ashleigh Covid-19 vaccine last Thursday. The Fechney — who is representing four of next day, the termination notice came the nine fired workers — said it makes through. no sense to sack a person who was never The woman — who had been working tested, or required to wear PPE. for Customs at a regional port since late “Those are big things,” she said, “it’s last year — has been not fair now to say left fuming at the you’re high risk so you decision. I’ve never been have to get the vaccine. She said her job was exposed‘ to anything that But on the other hand, RAILING AGAINST DECISION: A Customs worker loses her job after refusing never considered high- is listed in the schedule say you’re not high risk vaccines. The woman says it’s “not fair” to be told the vaccine is mandatory. risk enough to qualify enough to get tested.” File picture for the mandatory of the order that came In a statement, Covid-19 testing into effect at midnight on Customs’ deputy chief The worker said she’s not anti- to airborne particles and surfaces which applied to all Friday. Why am I out of a executive of people vaccination, but feels it shouldn’t be that have, you know, been potentially border workers. and capability Jacinda mandatory to have to receive a vaccine to contaminated. “Those people job? What was the risk? Funnell explained the continue their job. “That hasn’t happened to us, but we’ve that were covered — A Customs Worker’ requirements for who The Health Order which makes been lumped in with them and treated as under the required gets vaccinated and who vaccinations mandatory for some though we’re one of them. That’s really Testing Order, were gets tested are different. positions specifies exactly which unfair.” registered under the Ministry of Health,” While the requirement for who gets positions it applies to. Correspondence sent to staff from the woman, who RNZ has agreed not to tested applies to “anyone who has Indeed it lists four separate groups in Customs, which has been seen by RNZ, name, said. been in contact with an international relation to port workers. But she argued showed constant reminders that while “And they’re the ones that have arriving passenger or crew member in none of them apply to her. workers were being strongly encouraged fortnightly Covid testing, because they the previous fortnight,” the requirement “I’ve never been exposed to anything to get vaccinated, it was not mandatory. were regarded as high risk. for who gets vaccinated is just “anyone that is listed in the schedule of the order In an email sent on February 12, “We were never subject to any testing who may come into contact with an that came into effect at midnight on workers were assured, “this is voluntary for Covid at all. I’ve never been tested for international arriving passenger or crew Friday. with no current negative consequences Covid.” member is to be vaccinated”. “Why am I out of a job? What was the regarding being able to work.” risk? Both the worker and Fechney are also “Our jobs aren’t affected by it,” the annoyed at how Customs was giving PAY OFF YOUR Confidence with a smile worker argued. “I’ve never come across assurances to its staff in correspondence . . . never interacted with a crew member, from February that vaccines would not PEST CONTROL • Full dentures for any reasons.” be mandatory. • Partial dentures Fechney argued the workers are not In emails seen by RNZ, workers were in 4 interest-free payments • Denture repairs in positions high-risk enough to make it being assured as late as mid-February • Hygienic Workmanship mandatory for them to get vaccinated. that receiving a vaccine was not • Mouthguards • Gold work GISBORNE She believed Customs would have been mandatory, and that refusal would have • Quality materials DENTURE within their right to consider a case-by- “no current negative consequences”. • Personal Service CLINIC LTD case approach to which staff need to be “From all the communication we’d • Teeth bleaching vaccinated. had over like a two-week period, it was • SIMONE CHALLIES CALL ME TODAY… Guaranteed Expertise Laboratory Manager “But they didn’t differentiate,” Fechney clear to me that this is something if PROFESSIONAL SERVICE! • WINZ quotes said. “(Customs) just said, ‘Everyone on JODY LUCAS you wanted it, you could access it,” the • Free Consultation Clinical Dental Technician those fixed term agreements across New Customs worker said. 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Everyone accepted here. INZ anonymised the data with Covid there was going to Based on the minimum of five or fewer individuals to be disruption but no-one for a investment required under protect their privacy and was second thought it was going to that visa category, MacLeod unable to provide a further take three years for this thing to estimated $2bn in potential breakdown of the investor happen. investment was held up at the category or the type of critical “My greatest fear is that some border. purpose visas received, Hogg of these people are going to He had been unable to secure said. withdraw from the process and border exemptions for his clients One hopeful investor, who it is going to cost us investment to come here, and had been RNZ agreed not to name, was and jobs in New Zealand.” 30 interest free^ On in-store purchases advised it would be two years unhappy about the delays. The hard-hit tourism industry $1000 & over. 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edge about by Tamsyn Parker, NZ Herald packages had delivered a huge impact, Kensington said the housing market but the financial resilience of most New was a double-edged sword. AUCKLAND — Profits across New Zealanders had been much stronger than “No doubt its consistent climb has Zealand’s banking sector rose by 35 anticipated this time last year. helped support confidence, but when the China food percent in the last quarter of 2020 as Net interest income at the banks rose regulator, banks and the Government all banks reduced the amount of money set 5.7 percent during the quarter to $2.69b. look at tools to slow it further I think we aside for loans, that could have gone Operating costs fell by 5.7 percent led by can all agree it is in undesirable territory safety audits bad as a result of economic fallout from ANZ, which cut $103.6 million from its at present.” Covid-19, and cut costs. operating expenses during the quarter. Kensington said that while the Banks made $1.36 billion in the Kensington said the rise in working Reserve Bank had given the banks some by Andrea Fox, NZ Herald three months to December 31, up from from home was likely to be a driver of breathing space from implementing $1.007 bn in the September quarter, lower costs for the banks. upcoming regulation this time last year, AUCKLAND — A round of new Chinese KPMG’s quarterly Financial Institutions Total lending over the quarter rose it was now back on the agenda with the government food safety audits which have Performance report shows. 1.78 percent to $447 bn led by Kiwibank, recently announced RNBZ Enforcement spooked New Zealand’s primary sector John Kensington, head of banking and which had a nearly 4 percent rise in Department, which will work alongside have been completed on apple exporters, finance at KPMG, said the banking sector lending over the quarter. RBNZ’s Supervision team. with formal findings likely in weeks. had recovered strongly from the initial Year-on-year Kiwibank also led the Two recent examples of major The video, or live, audits on processing fears of the economic impact from sector with a 10.7 percent rise. SBS saw banks having capital and liquidity operations approved to export food to Covid-19 and, despite a drop in net the biggest fall in lending, which declined breaches highlight that there are still China have already resulted in some profits during 2020 compared with the 2.23 percent year-on-year. significant challenges being faced by the seafood exports being halted by Chinese prior year, the second half of 2020 had October, November and December each banking sector in how they report that officials. The February suspensions of been in line with 2019 profits. marked new highs for monthly mortgage information, he said. some Sanford and Sealord products are “Much of the improvement stems from lending in 2020, with the overall trend “The constant judgement the sector still in force and remain unresolved. lower impairment charges (or, in some tracking up after a drop in April with undergoes only reiterates the importance The Meat Industry Association, which cases, reversals) in the quarter, reflecting $9.65 bn in loans written in December of taking a customer-centric approach represents companies in the $9 billion how the current credit quality of lenders’ alone. when designing new products, reviewing meat export industry, last week expressed books is significantly better than where That was 48 percent higher than legacy ones and of having effective and “nervousness” about the audits amid they were predicted to be.” December 2019 and 80 percent higher compliant processes for this,” Kensington uncertainty over China’s rules and Kensington said government support than December 2018. said. requirements. The Ministry for Primary Industries, which is handling the seafood suspension issue with Chinese officials, alerted the Winter slowdown delays impact meat and dairy export sectors to the audits this year. Ministry director market access Steve Ainsworth said six apple export operations were audited — a mix of orchards and of changes to housing policies packhouses in the Hawke’s Bay and Tasman regions. By Tamsyn Parker, NZ Herald will see more subdued number it had on deferral at the peak. “We expect to receive the formal findings growth and quite frankly While the number of accounts in hardship from the audit within the next month.” AUCKLAND — Clampdowns on I think that is a good was higher than in pre-Covid times, Pipfruit industry advocate NZ Apples property lending and government changes thing because it has been McLean said that had been a boom period and Pears chief executive Alan Pollard for investors are likely to dampen the unhealthy.” in the economy. declined to comment until the audit results housing market but the full effect won’t McLean said total “Compared to previous downturns it is were in. Apple and pear exports earned be known until spring, Westpac’s New mortgage applications very small.” just over $900 million last year. China is the Zealand chief executive says. had been down a little of Westpac New Zealand closed 17 industry’s third biggest market. Loan to value lending restrictions on late but that could have branches over the year to March 31, MPI has played down the audits, with bank lending were brought back on March been due to the normal leaving it with 134 branches although Ainsworth last week saying “they’re part 1 while, in late March, the Government seasonal slowdown. Westpac New its staff numbers rose 3 percent over the of the normal interactions between the announced an extension of the bright-line “If you talk to Zealand chief half-year to 4501 full-time equivalent regulators of different countries and test and the removal of mortgage interest real estate agents executive positions. include providing assurances the systems deductibility over the next four years for anecdotally they are David McLean Parent company Westpac Banking used to produce and export food products investors. full of confidence. When Corporation has spelled out plans to cut are robust”. Speaking after the bank’s results were you probe them a little A$8b in costs. For three months the ministry’s only released on Monday, David McLean said bit they say there were fewer properties McLean said that was more about statement when asked about the ongoing there were some signs of demand for clearing at auction — there are some cutting back on head office costs rather suspensions was that it was engaging with investor lending slowing down but it signs it has slowed.” than closing branches although he Chinese officials. was too soon to tell the full impact of the Westpac’s financials also revealed wouldn’t rule out closing more branches in But sectors are on edge. recent changes. borrowers with 1600 loans worth city centres. “There’s a lot of nervousness,” Meat “There is a natural cycle to it anyway. $400 million were left needing further “Closing a branch here doesn’t really Industry Association chief executive Sirma As we go into winter the market cools and assistance after the end of the mortgage save a huge amount of money. It is not Karapeeva has told the Herald. there is less activity. We tend not to know deferral scheme on March 31. really a massive cost saving. For example, “The structure of the audits is quite what will happen until the spring housing Of those, 1000 with mortgages valuing where most branches have closed in different from what we are used to and market picks up again. We are going to $200m in total moved into hardship recent years we have retained all the jobs. it’s caused a lot of nervousness. We are go through a quiet period and it will be arrangements while 600 with a total value “It is far more about the fact people just all looking at what is going on with the trying to guess where things will end up.” of $100m had their loans restructured. A aren’t coming in any more and trying to seafood exports, and now apples.” McLean believes the Government’s small but unspecified number of accounts match the service to the demand.” A major primary sector participant, who policy changes will have an effect but says remained in deferral in April. Westpac has signed up to a moratorium spoke on condition of anonymity, said all immigration is another big swing factor in At the peak of its mortgage deferrals agreed to by the New Zealand Bankers’ primary industry companies with approvals the equation. Westpac had 29,000 deferrals with $6.5 Association not to close any more to export to China were “nervous”. “To what extent do New Zealanders billion tied up. branches in rural areas until the end of “These (audits) could mark a change of still want to come back or does foreign Those in hardship following deferral this year as part of its trial of regional direction, higher standards etc and there’s travel open up for immigrants? That represented just 29 basis points of its hubs. little advance clarity what China expects . . . could be a big swing factor that makes it total New Zealand mortgages by number But city centre branch closures are you could be delisted for not meeting a rule quite uncertain. But my personal view is and 42 basis points by balance. still a possibility. McLean said there were or standard that you didn’t know existed.” the changes the Government has made McLean said those left needing help some branches in Auckland that were will start to have an effect and so we were just a small fraction of the total within a 10 minute drive of each other.

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY $30.92, and Skellerup Holdings gained 4c to to $7.78; Meridian increased 9c to $5.50; and $4.54 — they are other stocks that have done Mercury also gained 9c to $7.09. But Trustpower well out of the Covid pandemic. was down 7c to $8.68. WELLINGTON — The New Zealand Smith said more than half of S&P 500 Global marketer a2 Milk had “a relief rally”, Other gainers were Restaurant Brands, up sharemarket followed strong momentum on Wall companies have reported average profit rising 26c or 3.36 percent to $7.99. Smith said a2 20c to $13.40; Colonial Motor Company rising Street by posting a gain of more than 1 percent, increases of 46 percent for the March quarter, Milk is still likely to fall out of the MSCI global 10c to $9.10; and Kingfish and Marlin Global, powered by big moves from Mainfreight and a2 well beating analysts’ forecasts of 24 percent. index and “we’ve possibly not seen the bottom; investment companies run by Fisher Funds, Milk. A total of 87 percent of the companies have a lot of investors are heavy in the stock. The moving 5c to $2 and 9c to $1.60 respectively. The S&P/NZX 50 Index rose 143.34 points beaten market expectations. company should see better fortunes once the Enprise Group climbed 31c to $1.58. or 1.12 percent to 12,912.19, after falling to an “If the New Zealand company results over borders re-open.” ANZ Banking Group fell 18c to $31.13 ahead intraday low of 12,767.04. There were 72 gainers the next few weeks are half as good as the US Auckland International Airport, benefiting of reporting its half-year financial result. and 50 decliners over the whole market on earnings, then that might provide impetus to from the transtasman travel bubble and soon Westpac Banking Corporation declined 25c to strong volume of 59 million share transactions confound the tradition that May is a weak month the Cook Islands bubble, gained 16.5c to $7.75; $28.03 a day after announcing a 189 percent worth $231.17 million. for the market,” Smith said. Spark picked up 7.5c to $4.55; Port of Tauranga increase in net profit to $3.44bn for the first six Greg Smith, head of research for Fat Mainfreight climbed $1.63 or 2.22 percent to increased 7c to $7.50; Summerset Group months. Prophets, said traditionally May is soft for the reach $75. It touched a high of $75.34 during the Holdings rose 25c or 2.04 percent to $12.50; Online travel provider Serko was down 10c to index but the market has opened the month day, and moved all the way from an intraday low and fellow retirement village operator Ryman $6.90; South Port New Zealand fell 24c or 2.73 on a positive tone, following on from the US. of $73.52. Healthcare picked up 11c to $14.11. percent to $8.55; Hallenstein Glasson shed 6c Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Market leader Fisher & Paykel Healthcare was Genesis continued a good run, rising 7c or to $732; The City of London Investment Trust picked up 238 points or 0.7 percent to close at up 19c to $35.54, after turning around a low of 2.06 percent to $3.447, while the leading energy declined 29c to $7.65; and NZME decreased 3c 34,113.23, just short of its all-time high. $35; Ebos Group rose 52c or 1.71 percent to stocks have steadied. Contact was up 13c or 3.8 percent to 76c. — NZ Herald 12 OPINION The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 EDITORIAL Reflecting ‘majority view’ Undisclosed manifesto Re: On pool costs and a silly stand. I say that because of Re: Discussion of He Puapua an undisclosed manifesto with Apparent secrecy comparison, May 1 editorial. the response I am getting from under way, May 4 editorial. the introduction of Maori I wonder how much longer a large number of readers who “He Puapua is the result of wards the most egregious we have to put up with the agree with what I am saying, their work, and the 34-page example since the legislation being exploited sneering and intellectual making the effort to tell me report was presented to was rammed through Political positioning around He snobbery that seems to be so — and many of them are Mahuta in November 2019.” Parliament with public the most common defence Maori. Puapua is in full swing after the This is not correct. It is a feedback reduced to 48 hours. mechanism used by the I doubt the editor is as 123-page report delivered to The mainstream media, in accusation from National leader editor when the council and confident that his position has Cabinet in November 2019, my opinion, doesn’t get just Judith Collins that the Government Government’s openly-racist the same support. Not that it that Nanaia Mahuta refused how explosive the issue is. has been introducing “by stealth” programmes are under attack matters either way. I won’t be to release until she relented Collins, Seymour and Ardern recommendations from this report, in this newspaper. silenced. under pressure and released obviously do . . . and so do which it received 18 months ago, If the best he can do is to CLIVE BIBBY roughly a quarter of the full many commenters on social that charts a path towards New call my submissions “silly”, paper in October 2020. media. Zealand enacting the United then we must assume he Footnote from Ed: Why would David Seymour revealed I wrote about it for The Nations Declaration on the Rights of has admitted my and other you assume that? It was your yesterday afternoon that it Democracy Project: Indigenous Peoples by 2040. criticisms have been accurate description of government reforms took the intervention of the https://democracyproject. assessments of the current as being a form of apartheid that I In response to questioning in the Ombudsman to force the nz/2021/05/03/graham-adams- state of democracy in this said was ridiculous; I also pointed release of the entire paper in ardern-in-the-gun-over-he- House yesterday, Prime Minister country. this out to you prior to publication, March this year. puapua/ Jacinda Ardern said Maori self- I am perfectly comfortable for you to consider whether you The Government has GRAHAM ADAMS determination was not something that my comments reflect a might want to make your case effectively been working from Auckland “to be afraid of” and that persistent majority view of where things without that silly comparison. inequities were evidence that the “traditional consultation-style LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS approach” had not worked. She Nursing column responses also reiterated the Government Re: Fearful for future of Never fear Michell, was continuing work started by Banish ghastly word, PM NZ nursing, May 4 column. nursing is in good hands. National when it signed up to the Totally agree with this I went nursing not for declaration in 2010, and committed Quelle horreur! I heard the me”? Or what about little Michell. You have put your the money but for the in 2014 to creating a road map to Prime Minister use the word Hone turning up to his concerns across very well. opportunities, such as “learnings” not once but twice first piano lesson proudly Something has to be done — helping patients and implementing the declaration. on RNZ’s Morning Report. announcing “I’m here for my now! Best of luck their whanau at the most Act’s David Seymour revealed Its usage up until now piano learnings”? The teacher vulnerable moments in their that it took the Ombudsman to has it seems mainly been by would probably run screaming DAWN IRVIN, Hamilton lives, not to mention the fun get the Government to release mediocre corporate types who from the room never to be and long-lasting friendships the full report in March, and wish to sound more educated seen or heard from again. Well said. Yes, this is a national made. It’s an honour to care that Maori Development Minister than they really are. The fact So please Prime Minister, plight. We can now all watch as for people in all walks if Willie Jackson had received three that it has now penetrated summon all your prodigious nurses leave. I was so disgusted life. Yes it is stressful, and papers on it over the past month, the highest office in the land powers and banish that with the DHB settlement offer for yes the pay is mediocre, including a draft Cabinet paper and is cause for grave concern ghastly word from the realm senior nurses that I left the DHB and yes we are at risk of another laying out the next steps indeed. so that we can all just get on and NZNO. This is after years of getting ill, however it is still I mean, really, can you with learning life’s “lessons”. being an NZNO delegate, which a wonderful profession. Have for the declaration plan. Seymour imagine anyone saying actually says quite a lot! Voting faith and keep up the great also claimed a submission had “learnings my mother taught BRUCE HOLM with my feet in a saddening and work you are doing; don’t been made to the United Nations difficult culture. I don’t appreciate lose heart. Fight the good mentioning Maori wards and the being undervalued but if you don’t fight for one and all. Maori Health Authority as examples mind, you know where to apply! Nga mihi kia koutou katoa of implementing the declaration. Lots of aroha, stay strong I love nursing, however I nga neehi o Aotearoa. Ardern said the release of He Re: ‘Sobering’ cancer You are an inspiration Kiri. I currently would not advise others Kia kaha, kia maia, kia Puapua was delayed because of survival statistics, May 4 can’t forget your hospitality and to enter the profession. There are manawanui Covid-19 and the general election, story. your wise words you shared safer career choices out there and that “releasing it could have Sad that it has taken the with me and my whanau on land and areas where you will be ORANA HARRIS, RN, MA, been misconstrued as policy, and I seriousness of Kiri’s fight issues while you worked for Te appreciated. Tauranga with cancer to stimulate Tumu Paeroa. I have now moved to the must say the member has proven private sector in a leadership Well said. I support NZ nurses. that to be completely correct”. others to be checked. Thank you for your assistance. So sorry for Kiri at this May the spiritual love and role, on an individual contract. I Been in Australia for 14 years Jackson reiterated this on RNZ time, just when her life was compassion of our creator be with am appreciated, valued and paid working rural remote. Great today, saying subjects in the going into full bloom. you as you fight this and recover. fairly. I am also much happier. I am opportunities over here but we do report were politically contentious Stay strong, love Barbara. Lots of Aroha Kiri to you and fortunate to be able to do that with work hard as well. Facilities with and parties could use it to their your whanau. having extensive experience. I minimal staff. That’s the health advantage, like Collins had been. BARBARA BADDELEY fear for other DHB colleagues and system. Look forward to coming The obvious rejoinder is that it has Hamilton TOM WEBB, Rotorua wonder what they will do? Morale home but have no intention of been the Government’s decision to is suffering and so are nurses. My working in the public health keep the report under wraps that poor profession! sector. JULIE LICHTWARK has created the opportunity which MICHELLE EDWARDS, Nelson Forbes, NSW, Australia National and Act are now exploiting. See Phantom at Whakatane Journalist Graham Adams has Wow! If you haven’t booked your was right up there. Every aspect pointed out your editor yesterday tickets to see The Phantom Of the from the incredible voices and mistakenly presumed the version Opera at Whakatane’s Little Theatre, characterisation to the stunning set, No vaccination, no work . . . of the report on the Te Puni Kokiri then get yourself online at iTicket nz scenery and costumes — this show without delay. had it all. Re: Covid vaccine refusal. us with Covid. website, with “Released under the This would undoubtedly be the Theatre Whakatane Inc brought Letter to Stevedores The good news, the road Official Information Act” across each highest standard of production this beautiful story to life. Take * Our Port Our Say code was written to help save page, was the full report; actually in a provincial theatre that I your wife, take your Mum, take your * No vaccination, No Work you from irresponsible drivers it is the much-reduced version have ever attended. Having seen girlfriend or just take yourself, but * It’s the community’s who think they know best; released in October last year of Phantom in London 30 years ago, don’t miss this show. It just doesn’t Godly right to protect itself they always come off second a 123-page report only released I can genuinely say that Theatre get any better! from your human right that best, don’t they. recently after the Ombudsman got Whakatane Inc’s show last night THEATRE BUFF has the potential to devastate P. ROPITINI involved. Adams states in the article which he provides a link for that this [email protected] issue threatens Ardern’s political ■ The maximum length for letters is 350 words. reputation, “given that she has long ■ Anyone can write a column, 600 words maximum, but a photo is required. trumpeted the virtues of openness ■ Always include full name and contact details. and transparency”. ■ If you use a nom de plume, there is a higher bar for acceptability. ■ Letters may be edited for clarity, length or legal reasons. The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 WORLD 13

VICTORY: Conservative Madrid regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso, left, scored a solid win in the regional election on Tuesday. AP picture

‘HORRIBLE’ WEEK AHEAD: Covid-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India. Madrid’s leader People are dying because of shortages of bottled oxygen and hospital beds or because they couldn’t get a Covid-19 test. AP picture re-elected after NO END IN SIGHT bitter Spanish vote MADRID — The conservative leader of the regional district of Madrid in Spain has won a resounding victory after a bitter election battle. Despite more than doubling the Popular Party India grapples with worsening crisis (PP) seats, Isabel Díaz Ayuso still fell short of a majority and may end up in alliance with the far NEW DELHI — Covid-19 right. infections and deaths are mounting She defied the Socialist-led central government by with alarming speed in India with keeping Madrid’s bars and shops open throughout no end in sight to the crisis and a the pandemic. top expert warning that the coming There was high security following death threats weeks in the country of nearly 1.4 against several candidates. billion people will be “horrible”. The acrimonious campaign highlighted the India’s official count of polarisation in Spanish politics. coronavirus cases surpassed 20 While Ayuso has described the vote as a choice million yesterday, nearly doubling between “socialism or freedom”, her opponent Pablo in the past three months, while Iglesias, from the left-wing Unidos Podemos (United deaths officially passed 220,000. We Can), has spoken of a choice between “democracy As staggering as those numbers or fascism”, highlighting the potential involvement are, the true figures are believed of the far-right Vox party in a future Madrid to be far higher, the undercount an government. apparent reflection of the troubles Iglesias had resigned as deputy prime minister in the healthcare system. to take on Ayuso as his party’s candidate. After The country has witnessed Tuesday’s vote result, he said he would quit politics. scenes of people dying outside LOCKDOWN NEEDED: Despite the worsening crisis, people in India are More than five million people were eligible to overwhelmed hospitals and funeral reluctant to avoid crowds, as seen at this vegetable market in Jammu. vote in Tuesday’s election and turnout during the pyres lighting up the night sky. AP picture day was high as long queues formed outside polling Infections have surged in India stations. since February in a disastrous things will be horrible for the next said Dr Vineeta Bal of the Indian Ayuso, 42, has been an outspoken critic of the turn blamed on more contagious several weeks. And it may be much Institute of Science Education and central government’s handling of the pandemic, variants of the virus as well as longer’,” he said. Research. under the mantra of freedom, and she has fought government decisions to allow Jha said the focus needs to be on “Only a patchwork improvement against a number of its lockdown restrictions. massive crowds to gather for “classic” public health measures — would have been possible,” she She is a rising star in the PP, which has governed Hindu religious festivals and targeted shutdowns, more testing, said. But the country “didn’t even Madrid for 26 years. Having studied journalism and political rallies before state universal mask-wearing and do that”. political communication, she first joined the Madrid elections. avoiding large gatherings. Now authorities are scrambling Assembly in 2011 before becoming its president in The reported caseload is second “That is what is going to break to make up for lost time. Beds 2019. only to that of the US, which has the back of this surge,” he said. are being added in hospitals, Madrid’s bars and restaurants were allowed to one-fourth the population of India The death and infection figures more tests are being done, oxygen reopen in February while other regions continued but has recorded over 32 million are considered unreliable because is being sent from one corner to clamp down. No-one wanted curfews or states of confirmed infections. The US has testing is patchy and reporting of the country to another, and emergency, she complained recently. also reported more than two-and- incomplete. manufacturing of the few drugs And yet the region around the capital still has a-half times as many deaths as For example, government effective against Covid-19 is being Spain’s second-highest infection rate and the highest India, at close to 580,000. guidelines ask Indian states to scaled up. number of patients in intensive care. India’s top health official, Rajesh include suspected Covid-19 cases The challenges are steep in Ayuso has been in power alongside the Ciudadanos Bhushan, refused to speculate when recording deaths from the states where elections were held (Citizens) party since 2019 but called early elections last month as to why authorities outbreak, but many do not do so. and unmasked crowds probably in March after their regional government collapsed. weren’t better prepared. But the Municipal records for this worsened the spread of the virus. Despite saying during the campaign that her party cost is clear: Many people are past Sunday show 1680 dead in The average number of daily hoped to govern alone, without an absolute majority dying because of shortages of the Indian capital were treated infections in West Bengal state an alliance with Vox is a real possibility. bottled oxygen and hospital beds or according to the procedures for has increased by a multiple of 32 In an interview with El Mundo newspaper last because they couldn’t get a handling the bodies of those to over 17,000 since the balloting month, she said her party and Vox were “different Covid-19 test. infected with Covid-19. But in the began. parties but have agreed on fundamental issues, and India’s official average of newly same 24-hour period, only 407 “It’s a terrifying crisis,” said Dr that will continue to be the case”. confirmed cases per day has soared deaths were added to the official Punyabrata Goon, convener of the Even without a formal coalition her party could from over 65,000 on April 1 to toll from New Delhi. West Bengal Doctors’ Forum. still rely on Vox’s votes in the Madrid assembly to about 370,000, and deaths per day The New Delhi High Court Goon added that the state also pass legislation. have officially gone from over 300 announced it will start punishing needs to hasten immunisations. But any agreement is likely to prove controversial to more than 3000. government officials if supplies of But the world’s largest maker outside of the capital. On Tuesday, the health ministry oxygen allocated to hospitals are of vaccines is short of shots, the Ahead of the election, Spain’s Socialist Prime reported 357,229 new cases in the not delivered. “Enough is enough,” result of lagging manufacturing Minister Pedro Sánchez warned that any pact past 24 hours and 3449 deaths it said. and raw material shortages. between the PP and Vox “could be the beginning of from Covid-19. The deaths reflect the fragility Experts are also worried the the end of democracy”. In 2019, Vox became the first Dr Ashish Jha, dean of of India’s health system. Prime prices being charged for shots will significant far-right force to enter Spain’s parliament Brown University’s School of Minister Narendra Modi’s party make it harder for the poor to get in decades. Public Health in the US, said has countered criticism by pointing vaccinated. On Monday, opposition During the campaign ahead of Tuesday’s vote, he is concerned that Indian out that the underfunding of parties urged the Government threatening letters containing bullets were sent to policymakers he has been in healthcare has been chronic. make vaccinations free to all a number of candidates. including Ayuso and Pablo contact with believe things will But this was all the more reason Indians. Iglesias. However, Vox leader Rocío Monasterio improve in the next few days. for authorities to use the several India is vaccinating about 2.1 said during the campaign that she did not believe “I’ve been . . . trying to say to months when cases in India million people daily, or around 0.15 Iglesias’ account. — BBC them, ‘If everything goes very well, declined to shore up the system, percent of its population. — AP 14 WORLD The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Dairy boss quits over virus research scandal

SEOUL — The chairman of a major South combined stake of 53.1 percent of South Korea’s Korean dairy company has stepped down No.3 dairy firm by revenue, according to after police launched an investigation into the Namyang’s regulatory filings. company’s assertion that its yoghurt drink was Officials at Namyang Dairy could not be effective in fighting Covid-19. immediately reached for comment. Namyang Dairy Product Co Ltd chairman Seoul police last week raided the company’s Hong Won-sik’s resignation came three weeks headquarters. after the initial claim and its retraction. The The company claimed, at a forum attended by sacking of the chief executive did little to calm reporters last month, that its Bulgaris yogurt a consumer backlash. drink was effective in preventing Covid-19, “I will resign from Namyang Dairy’s sending its stock surging nearly 30 percent. chairman position to take responsibility for all South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug of this and I will not pass on management to Safety subsequently issued a statement saying my children,” Hong said in a televised public that Namyang had no evidence to support its apology. claim, and accused the company of illegally Hong and his family members have a spreading misleading information. — AP Farmer mistakenly moves French border BRUSSELS — A farmer in dates back to 1819, when the border Belgium has caused a stir after was first marked out. inadvertently redrawing the “I was happy, my town was country’s border with France. bigger,” the Belgian mayor added A local history enthusiast was with a laugh. “But the mayor of walking in the forest when he Bousignies-sur-Roc did not agree.” noticed the stone marking the “We should be able to avoid a boundary between the two countries new border war,” the amused mayor had moved 2.29m. of the neighbouring French village, A Belgian farmer, apparently Aurélie Welonek, said. annoyed by the stone in his tractor’s Local Belgian authorities plan BRINGING FAMILIES BACK TOGETHER: Migrant families path, had moved it inside French to contact the farmer to ask him wade ashore after being delivered by smugglers in Roma, territory. to return the stone to its original Texas. AP picture Instead of causing international location. If that does not happen the uproar, the incident has been met case could end up at the Belgian with smiles on both sides of the BORDER WAR AVOIDED: foreign ministry, which would have border. The border was marked out by to summon a Franco-Belgian border US begins reuniting families “He made Belgium bigger and this stone marker. commission, dormant since 1930. France smaller, it’s not a good idea,” Picture supplied Lavaux noted that the farmer SAN DIEGO — The Biden Exactly how many families will David Lavaux, mayor of the Belgian could also face criminal charges if Administration said yesterday reunite in the US and in what order village of Erquelinnes, said. That sort what is now Belgium stretches he failed to comply. that four families separated at is linked to negotiations with the of move caused a headache between 620km. It was formally established “If he shows goodwill, he won’t the Mexico border during Donald American Civil Liberties Union private landowners, he pointed out, under the Treaty of Kortrijk, signed have a problem. We will settle this Trump’s presidency will be to settle a federal lawsuit in San let alone neighbouring states. in 1820 after Napoleon’s defeat at issue amicably,” he told Belgian reunited in the United States this Diego, but Mayorkas said there The border between France and Waterloo five years earlier. The stone news website Sudinfo. — BBC week in what Homeland Security were more to come. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas More than 5500 children were calls “the beginning” of a broader separated from their parents effort. during the Trump Administration Flooding causes large-scale damage Two of the four families include going back to July 1, 2017, many mothers who were separated from of them under a “zero-tolerance” SANAA, Yemen — Torrential On Sunday, four people were tallest minaret in the country. their children in late 2017, one policy to criminally prosecute any rains and flash flooding in reportedly killed in Tarim, in Floodwater was said to have Honduran and another Mexican, adult who entered the country Yemen have left several the government-held eastern cut off the main north-south Mayorkas said, declining to detail illegally, according to court filings. people dead and caused large- province of Hadramawt. road to the capital Sanaa their identities. Parents will return The Biden Administration is scale damage to homes and The homes of 167 families and sparked fears about the to the US on humanitarian parole doing its own count going back to infrastructure, the UN says. were also either partially or spread of water-borne diseases. while authorities consider other Trump’s inauguration in January Thousands of families have completely damaged. The UN said yesterday that longer-term forms of legal status. 2017 and believes more than 1000 been affected by the flooding, Tarim is famous for its mud- initial field reports indicated The children are already in the US. families remain separated. — AP which started in mid-April brick buildings and hundreds some 3,730 families had been and has worsened as rainfall of mosques, including affected since the start of the intensified in recent days. al-Muhdhar, which has the rainy season last month. — AP Biden sets vaccination goal

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden rate of about 965,000 per day — half the vaccinated and said that getting the yesterday set a new vaccination goal to rate of three weeks ago, but almost twice inoculations could be “easier and more deliver at least one dose of the Covid-19 as fast as needed to meet Biden’s target. fun” when sports leagues hold promotions vaccine to 70 percent of adult Americans “I’d like to get it to 100 percent, but to get shots for their fans. by July 4, focusing on easing access to I think realistically we can get to that Ahead of the Food and Drug shots as his administration tackles the place between now and July 4,” Biden Administration’s expected authorisation vexing problem of winning over those said. of the Pfizer vaccine for adolescents aged reluctant to get inoculated. He said the administration would focus 12-15 by early next week, the White The new goal comes as demand for on three areas as it tries to ramp up the House is also developing plans to speed vaccines has dropped off markedly pace of vaccinations — adults who need vaccinations to that age group. nationwide, with some states leaving more convincing to take the vaccine, Biden urged states to administer at more than half their vaccine doses those who have struggled to obtain a least one dose to those in that age group unordered. Biden called for states to shot and, once the FDA gives approval, by July 4 and work to deliver doses to make vaccines available on a walk-in adolescents aged 12-15. Acknowledging pediatricians’ offices and other trusted basis and will direct many pharmacies that “the pace of vaccination is slowing”, locations, with the aim of getting as many to do the same, and his administration Biden acknowledged that the inoculation of them fully vaccinated by the start of is moving to shift doses from states with effort was “going to be harder” when it the next school year. weaker demand to areas with stronger comes to convincing “doubters” of the While younger people are at interest in the shots. need to get the shot. dramatically lower risk of serious “You do need to get vaccinated,” Biden He said the most effective argument complications from Covid-19, they have said from the White House. “Even if your to those people would be to protect those made up a larger share of new virus chance of getting seriously ill is low, why they love. “This is your choice. It’s life and cases as a majority of US adults have take the risk? It could save your life or death.” PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN been at least partially vaccinated and as the lives of somebody you love.” Biden’s push comes as his higher-risk activities like indoor dining Biden’s goal, which includes delivering administration has shifted away from expanding smaller and mobile vaccination and contact sports have resumed in most at least the first shot to 181 million setting a target for the US to reach “herd clinics to deliver doses to harder-to- of the country. adults and fully vaccinating 160 million, immunity”, instead focusing on delivering reach communities. It is also spending Officials hope that extending is a tacit acknowledgement of the as many shots into arms as possible. hundreds of millions of dollars to try vaccinations to teens — who would declining interest in shots. Officials said Biden’s vaccination target to boost interest in vaccines through be eligible to get the first dose in one Already more than 56 percent of adult would result in a significant reduction education campaigns and access to shots location and the second elsewhere — will Americans have received at least one in Covid-19 cases heading into the US through community organisations that further accelerate the nation’s reduced dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and nearly 105 summer. can help bring people to clinics. virus caseload and allow schools to million are fully vaccinated. The US is To that end, the Biden administration Biden touted supermarkets giving reopen with minimal disruptions this US currently administering first doses at a is shifting the Government’s focus toward discounts to shoppers who come to get autumn. — AP The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 WORLD 15 UK announces plan for ‘quantum leap’ in relations with India

LONDON — Britain has agreed to increase co-operation with India in areas including trade, science and health as Indian authorities battle a surge in coronavirus infections that threatens to overwhelm the nation’s healthcare system. Plans for a “quantum leap” in relations between the two BORIS JOHNSON countries were released after a video meeting critically ill patients. between British “In the last week, Prime Minister Boris the British people have Johnson and his Indian stepped up in their counterpart, Narendra thousands to support Modi. our Indian friends STRUCTURAL FAILURE: A metro overpass has collapsed in Mexico City as a train was travelling over it, killing at Prior to the meeting, during this terrible least 24 people, including children. AP picture Britain announced time in a demonstration one billion pounds of the deep connection of trade deals with between the UK and India, including an India,” Johnson said investment by the after the meeting. Mayor promises probe Serum Institute of “This connection India that will aid in will only grow over the the development of next decade as we do vaccines against more together to tackle Covid-19 and other the world’s biggest into railway collapse diseases. problems and make life The two leaders better for our people.” agreed to deepen ties Also on Tuesday, MEXICO CITY — The death toll casualties among motorists. He saw a cloud of dust and falling between the UK and British authorities from the collapse of an overpass on Abelardo Sánchez, a 38-year- debris followed by an eerie silence India over the next announced a deal the Mexico City metro rose to 24 old cook, was just closing up his until emergency vehicles began decade, including plans with India to resolve as crews untangled train carriages sandwich shop beside the metro arriving. Helicopters landed at a to negotiate a free-trade longstanding migration from the steel and concrete line when he said the ground shook, nearby Walmart to ferry the injured agreement and double issues. The agreement wreckage that fell on to a roadway. a tremendous noise echoed, lights to hospitals. the amount of trade will make it easier for Monday night’s accident was one flickered and the air filled with dust The scene shook him because he between the two over Britain to return Indian of the deadliest in the history of the and the smell of burning wires. had exited the metro at that same the next decade. citizens who have no subway, and questions quickly arose Stunned, Sánchez didn’t initially station earlier in the day. A free-trade deal with legal right to live in the about the structural integrity of the react. The collapse occurred on Line 12, India, the world’s sixth- UK. mass transit system, which is among “Then a guy in a white shirt with the subway’s newest, that stretches biggest economy, would The deal also opens the world’s busiest. blood on his arms, his hands and to the city’s south side. Like many be a coup for Johnson’s up new pathways for Another 27 people remained chest came out and another guy of the dozen subway lines, it runs government, which is young professionals to hospitalised of the more than 70 came to help him on the sidewalk. underground through more central trying to increase its live and work in the injured when the support beams He was trembling,” he said. areas of the city of nine million but trade with countries two countries for up to collapsed about 10.30pm as a train The Mexico City Metro — which is on elevated concrete structures on outside the European two years. passed along the elevated section, is among the world’s cheapest with the outskirts. Union following the The trade package said Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum. tickets costing about 25 cents — has A report issued by the subway UK’s departure from includes a 240 million- On Tuesday, a crane carefully had at least three serious accidents system including photos in 2017 the bloc. pound investment in lowered a train car containing four since its inauguration half a century showed that the base of one vertical Historic links the UK by the Serum bodies to the ground. ago. column supporting the tracks had between the UK Institute, the world’s Of the 24 killed, 21 died at the In March 2020, a collision between cracked and shed layers of concrete and India have been biggest vaccine-maker, scene, while the others died at two trains at the Tacubaya station because not enough steel rebar highlighted in recent that will support hospitals. Only five have been left one passenger dead and injured stirrups had been used when it days as the British clinical trials, research identified so far. Children were 41. In 2015, a train that did not was built around 2010. In 2017, government and its and possibly vaccine among the fatalities, Sheinbaum stop on time crashed into another authorities patched and widened the citizens rushed to help production, the British said. at the Oceania station, injuring 12. column by injecting resins, swathing a country struggling government said. Initial analysis pointed to a In October 1975, at least 26 people it in carbon fibre, building a jacket with shortages of The Serum Institute, “presumed structural failure”, were killed in another accident. of additional rebar around the base oxygen, medicines and in collaboration with Sheinbaum said, promising a A magnitude 7.1 earthquake and pouring concrete around the hospital beds amid a Codagenix, has started thorough and independent inquiry. in 2017 exposed dangerous collar. worsening coronavirus early-stage trials of a She added that a Norwegian firm construction defects in the elevated Authorities also found that one outbreak. one-dose nasal vaccine had been hired to investigate. line near where Monday’s accident of the horizontal beams had come In the UK, home to against Covid-19. “I did not have any report nor occurred. Authorities at the time loose from its support at the top of a about 1.6 million people Trade between the alert of any problem that could have had done patchwork repairs on the vertical column and was sagging — of Indian descent, many UK and India totals led us to this situation,” she said. columns and horizontal beams. the kind of failure that could have have been horrified about 23 billion pounds The overpass was about five Julio Yañez, a 67-year-old lawyer contributed to Monday’s collapse. by images of mass annually, less than 5 metres above the road in the whose apartment overlooks the Authorities at the time welded steel cremations and doctors percent of Britain’s borough of Tlahuac, but the train collapsed metro line, was working at diagonal braces to the bottom of the struggling to keep up trade with the EU. ran above a concrete median strip, his computer when he heard a loud beam and chipped out and repoured with rising numbers of — AP which apparently lessened the noise and felt the building shake. fractured concrete elements. — AP Egypt court upholds seizure of ship that blocked Suez Canal

CAIRO — An Egyptian court has rejected an ordered the seizure of the vessel earlier this and the ship owner were still ongoing to settle entrance, near the city of Suez. appeal by the owner of a massive container ship month. The Ever Given’s owner filed an appeal on the compensation claim, Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd A massive salvage effort by a flotilla of the court-ordered seizure of the vessel over a April 22 in hopes of overturning the decision. said last week. The company said it has notified of tugboats helped by the tides freed the financial dispute. The Economic Court of Ismailia on Tuesday a number of the owners of the approximately skyscraper-sized, Panama-flagged Ever Given Egyptian authorities have impounded the upheld the seizure decision. There was no 18,000 containers on the ship to assume part six days later, ending the crisis, and allowing hulking Ever Given, which blocked the Suez immediate comment from the vessel’s owner. of the damages demand. It refused to disclose hundreds of waiting ships to pass through the Canal for nearly a week in March, halting billions The Suez Canal Authority has demanded $916 further details of the negotiations, including the canal. of dollars in maritime commerce. million in compensation, according to the UK amount covered by insurance and how much it is The blockage of the canal forced some ships The Suez Canal Authority said the vessel Club, an insurer of the Ever Given. That amount asking freight owners to share. to take the long alternative route around the Cape would not be allowed to leave the country until takes into account the salvage operation, costs The Ever Given was on its way to the Dutch of Good Hope at Africa’s southern tip, requiring a compensation amount is settled on with the of stalled canal traffic and lost transit fees for the port of Rotterdam on March 23 when it slammed additional fuel and other costs. vessel’s Japanese owner, Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd. week the Ever Given blocked the canal. into the bank of a single-lane stretch of the Hundreds of other ships waited in place for the A court in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia Negotiations between the Suez Canal Authority canal about six kilometres north of the southern blockage to end. — AP 16The Gisborne Herald • The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE

MIDWIFE GUARDIAN ANGELS idwives are registered health professionals whose expertise is providing care to women and their babies Mduring pregnancy, labour and birth and the fi rst six weeks ollow the data, invest in e 1950s saw a rise in social movements after birth. Midwives practise in a variety of settings including midwives.” that began to challenge the medical the home, the community, hospitals, birthing units or in any F is is the theme of the 30th profession to encourage women (and men) other maternity services. Midwives who work in hospitals as “core International Day of the Midwife being to have more input and control over the midwives” work rostered shifts to provide 24-hour care while observed worldwide on May 5. birthing process. women are inpatients. Core midwives work alongside their Lead Organised by the International However, in 1971, midwives were no Maternity Carer colleagues and other health professionals to Confederation of Midwives, the day raises longer permitted to attend a birth without a ensure women receive the care that meets their needs. Gisborne awareness of the importance of midwives doctor present. Hospital provides such care through the Puawai Aroha Maternity and the level of care they provide in the Attitudes and birthing practices, though, Unit. e unit, which opened in 1998 provides antenatal beds, community. started shifting away from the medical model birthing suites, a birthing pool room, private postnatal rooms and Traditionally, home birth was standard to a more holistic model where women could anaesthetic services for relief during labour. It is accredited as a practice, with a midwife, family or friends in make informed choices about their care “baby friendly” hospital, meaning it meets the highest standard of attendance. during pregnancy and birth. maternity care in New Zealand. During the 19th and early 20th centuries In the 1980s, midwives lobbied to restore most midwives were not formally trained but their ability to deliver babies without a doctor gained experience through having their own present and the New Zealand College of children and the teachings of experienced Midwives was founded in 1989 to represent midwives. the profession. Midwives and their formal practice in Due to these developments, the Nurses New Zealand dates back to 1904 when the Amendment Act 1990 resulted in midwives Midwives Act came into legislation after being acknowledged as autonomous concerns at falling birth rates and high professionals alongside doctors. maternal and infant mortality. ese changes gave women more choices. Midwife services and training took place Midwives were able to act independently at at newly-established St Helens hospitals set home or at hospital births, or work alongside up in various locations around New Zealand, obstetricians and GPs in hospital or birthing including Gisborne. centre settings. e privately-run Townley Maternity From 1996, due to the high cost of women Home in Childers Road was established choosing team maternity care, women had to in 1909 before being converted by the choose a singular lead maternity carer. government into Townley St Helens Hospital GPs eventually abandoned maternity care in 1915. as the midwifery profession continued to It remained in operation until 1935 when grow. a maternity annexe was established at Cook Independent midwives continue to operate Hospital. in small team practices within the community e Morris Adair Building was opened and provide a high level of support and care as a 60-bed maternity unit in 1969 to bring during pregnancy, birth and post-birth. together maternity services in the district and Long, unpredictable on-call hours are all streamline care for pregnant women in the part of the profession. community. Core midwives are rostered shift workers at During the 1920s, the majority of births maternity units throughout New Zealand. took place in the home or private maternity Puawai Aroha Maternity Unit was built home. as part of Gisborne Hospital’s main complex A shift to hospital births arose from the and opened in 1998. introduction of medical interventions such as Midwives in Aotearoa are required to anaesthesia and Caesarean sections. Doctors complete a four-year Bachelor of Midwifery took the lead,while midwives or trained degree and register with the Midwifery maternity nurses assisted. Council of New Zealand.

39334-01 The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 NATIONAL NEWS 17 Boat finds safe harbour after 158 years Nearly $17k MANGAWHAI — After almost 160 years, an ill-fated unique vessel has returned to its final resting place of Mangawhai, welcomed by a lone racked up by piper in a dawn ceremony yesterday. The Daring is a 17-metre schooner built from Kauri by a Nova Scotian boat builder in Mangawhai in 1863. She was used to transport interim power goods along the coast before there were roads or rail. But, after eight months, she stranded at Waikato Heads and was reported a wreck. for museum Insurance enabled subsequent repair and re-floating before the vessel was grounded ROTORUA — Rotorua ratepayers are again another eight months later in a controlled footing an almost-$17,000 bill for a diesel- beaching after being caught in a strong wind. fuelled generator that was used to power the The skipper considered this the better option closed Rotorua Museum for four weeks in rather than risk loss of boat and life on the February. Kaipara bar. Relaunching into a constant surf A temporary power supply has been put in over following days proved fruitless and the place at a further cost of just over $7000. uninsured Daring was abandoned intact on the On Tuesday Rotorua Lakes Council arts beach and subsequently buried under sand and culture manager Stewart Brown said dunes, where she remained until becoming the council was alerted to the failed power exposed on Muriwai Beach in 2018. WELCOME BACK: The 158-year-old Daring wreckage was returned to her former supply by a tripped fuse. The ensuing lengthy and complicated lift, shift home of Mangawhai. NZ Herald picture The fuse trip safety mechanism isolated and preservation rescue of the 31-tonne, gaff- the supply and the generator was used rigged, two-masted ship involved staying in a tent Classic yachts veteran Larry Paul and four local iwi members who performed a karakia, and while contractors dug up the failed cables village at the isolated site while the rescue took other Aucklanders formed “Daring Rescue” with Paul said the lone piper was fitting given, her and installed temporary power connections, place, using five excavators, a bulldozer and a the aim of salvaging and transporting her to Nova Scotian roots. Brown said. boat haulage transporter, carried out at low tide. storage, where a preservation process could be The Daring will now reside alongside The cost to set up the temporary supply Archaeologists gathered about 100 plastic done before public display back at Mangawhai the Mangawhai Museum for a three-year was $7079 and was funded through the bags of artefacts from in and around the at a cost of over $5 million. They were joined conservation project while a venue is sought to museum renovation project’s operational hull throughout the process. Items included by three Mangawhai locals and became the establish the Daring Discovery Centre before costs budget, he said. clothing, shaving equipment, smokers’ pipes, Mangawhai Daring Trust. being open to the public. This will serve as an Power to the closed museum was needed knife sheaths, leather shoes, belts and various Yesterday’s 6am Daring homecoming interactive and educational facility housing the to enable critical building services to fragments. ceremony was attended by over 100, including vessel. — Northern Advocate continue, such as alarm systems. “Design works to reinstate permanent power are now under way. “That work will coincide with other underground service work planned during the museum project so won’t add to the Concerns teachers not overall project delivery timeframe.” Brown said because the design process was still under way, no timelines or cost estimates had been set. “These costs will be part of the overall museum project budget.” getting training needed A council spokeswoman confirmed the $16,700 cost of the generator and that it ran WELLINGTON — Principals are but that did not seem to be the case. off at the end of those two years that they for “approximately four weeks”. calling for an overhaul of initial teacher He said education providers might become registered teachers, so I think that She said the main power supply cables education, because some newly qualified also need to be tougher about who they whole process needs to be thought about failed due to damage from heat and hydrogen primary teachers are ill-prepared to teach accepted into teaching courses and who in total,” he said. sulphide corrosion. basic subjects like reading and maths. they passed. However, Educational Institute Local Democracy Reporting asked the The Principals Federation, the “Given what I’m hearing across the president Liam Rutherford said the union council if it had calculated the environmental Educational Institute, and the Normal and country, you would have to question was consistently hearing complaints about impact of the generator and if any carbon Model School Association told RNZ many whether there is enough rigour to the initial teacher education. offsetting would be done as a result. new graduates had studied how to be a entry and exit standards,” he said. He said the institute and the Normal The spokeswoman said any environmental teacher for just one year and that was not Armistead said there had been a lot of and Model School Association organised a impacts “are taken into account within the enough. focus on recruiting enough people into recent meeting of principals’ associations wider project framework” and offset “where They said recent Teaching Council teaching courses to meet demand, but it and teacher education providers to discuss possible”. changes to the requirements that teacher was time to shift the emphasis to quality. the issue. In a report to the April operations and education courses must meet would help, Council of Deans of Education chair Rutherford said the NZEI was now monitoring committee meeting, chief but more needed to be done. Mark Barrow said he did not agree that consulting about potential areas for executive Geoff Williams said electrical and The Normal and Model School quality had fallen in teacher education. change, including stronger partnerships geothermal pipe pathway redesigns were Association represented 29 schools “That is a misapprehension,” he said. between the education providers and under way “to prevent a similar failure in the specially funded to work with teacher “It’s not what individual schools tell us schools and early learning centres, better future”. education providers and their students. when we work with them, and we work mentoring of new teachers, and whether In his April operations and monitoring Its president, Stuart with them closely.” there should be a national institute of committee report, council chief executive Armistead, said members Barrow said aspiring teacher education. Geoff Williams noted tree removal at the were worried by what they According to Liam primary teachers could He said teaching had become a lot more landfill had “resulted in minor damage to a were seeing. Rutherford, teaching study a three-year challenging and new graduates did not manhole and stormwater channel”. “We have increasingly bachelor’s degree or have the skills they needed. On April 12, council waste services and become concerned over the had become a lot more one-year postgraduate. “We are seeing such an increase in the sustainability manager Prashant Praveen last seven years around challenging and new However, the ideal number of students that are requiring said the damage would cost about $10,000 the quality and the graduates did not have would be two years of additional needs and support and more to repair. decline of initial teacher postgraduate study. often than not we are finding that our “This cost has been offset by the sale of education,” he said. the skills they needed. “If we look at some beginning teachers, because they are some of the wood from the felled trees.” “What we’re finding of the jurisdictions that having typically much shorter initial Praveen said several trees at the landfill is that we need to be we’d like to think that teacher education programmes, don’t come were in an unsafe condition, posing a health working with student we could emulate, the out ready to hit the ground running,” he and safety risk to personnel on site, traffic teachers and, recently, beginning teachers Scandinavian countries in particular, said. on State Highway 30, and to wastewater and around the basics of quality literacy and that’s the expectation — that it’s actually “Behaviour management is definitely stormwater assets in the area. mathematics programmes. They’re not a five-year preparation to get to be a part of it, but it is also what we’re seeing “During felling, movement of an excavator being given the effective base to do what teacher, not what we’re doing here,” he around the breadth of the curriculum and on a narrow strip of land between the old we’d consider the bread and butter of said. there seems to be the onus on schools landfill site and the fence damaged the primary school education.” Barrow said that would require more themselves during their first couple of assets. The damage was minor and did not Armistead said the schools worked with government funding, which was unlikely years to be doing a lot of the backfilling affect wastewater or stormwater flow.” about 1000 student teachers each year. in the current climate. that’s traditionally been done in teacher Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa the Rotorua He said gaps in teachers’ education He said the Teaching Council’s new education.” Museum, a category 1 heritage building, meant schools had to do a lot of work standards for teacher education courses He said part of the problem was many was closed in November 2016 following the to bring newly graduated teachers up should “fit like a glove” with schools’ new teachers had not spent enough time Kaikoura earthquake. to scratch, and it was more than some expectations, because they were developed studying how to teach. The closure was due to significant schools could cope with. in consultation with teachers and “What we’ve seen happen over the last structural damage as well as the release of “For many, many schools the work that principals. 10 to 15 years is the evolution of a lot of a detailed seismic assessment that showed is needed to actually induct teachers Barrow said new graduate teachers programmes that mean somebody can it fell well below earthquake safety standards. and set them up for success is putting were mentored through their first two train to be a teacher within 12 months as In April the council announced the huge strain on experienced teachers, years of work before they could gain full opposed to some of the longer three-year 112-year-old building would not be finished on school systems and it’s almost the registration and that period needed to be programmes and I think we are seeing until 2025, three years behind schedule. straw that broke the camel’s back at the considered part of their training. a lot of people in the sector starting to The delay was due to issues that came to moment from what I’m hearing from the “The schools are right that the time that question whether or not one-year training light during the pre-construction phase, a profession,” he said. they spend in universities is not enough, is enough.” council release stated. Armistead said there had been an but I do think we need to remember that Rutherford said schools needed In early April council operations manager assumption that pitching teaching it is a three-year programme that those more funding so they could spend time Jocelyn Mikaere said the delay would be at qualifications at the level of a master’s students are entering and it’s not until mentoring and inducting new teachers no extra cost. — NZ Herald degree would raise the quality of teachers, the principal or her delegate signs them into the profession. — RNZ 18 TELEVISION The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 WEDNESDAY—THURSDAY’S TELEVISION GUIDE

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The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 FOCUS ON THE LAND 19 Prices down for weaners

by Trevor Brown OUT-OF-TOWN DEMAND: JUST over 1700 cattle were The cattle fair sold at the monthly Matawhero at Matawhero cattle fair yesterday, the offering yesterday saw a comprising mostly of mixed- strong demand aged cows and weaners. from out-of-town Prices for the weaners were buyers. This pen down slightly on the March fair of 20 rising three- and vendors were fortunate that year heifers, vetted there are regions of the North in-calf, were the Island that have recently had first pen sold PINK BANDS: Skellerup’s classic Red Band gumboot has been significant rain, resulting in and made $1160, altered for the first time since it was released in 1958. improving feed levels. weighing 455kg, Consequently, many of these from Malcom and cattle were sold to buyers from Heather Rau at Te outside the district. Wera. However, local buyers were Picture by Tickled pink able to purchase the later- Trevor Brown born cattle at bargain prices, hoping that good rain will soon Puketia Station P/S, 20 (455kg), (315kg), $835. Gumboots altered to support breast cancer eventuate. $1160, 20 (410kg), $960; R two-year heifers: LMJ P/S, There was limited demand Tutumatai Station, 5 (440kg), 21 (330kg), $760. SKELLERUP’S Red Band gumboot conserving surgery. for small weaner heifers and $900. Weaner steers: Karetai and has been altered for the first time “Limited resources in the rural weaner bulls. Mixed-aged cows: P Blair Mitchell Ltd, 17, $840, 23, $755; since it was released in 1958. health sector can also mean Best price for the vetted (RWB and capital stock), 20 Rangiata P/S, 15 (235kg), $765; A special edition Pink Band they have less access to breast in-calf, rising three-year heifers (670kg), $1255, 20 (615kg), Waitoa, 25 (215kg), $725, 10 gumboot is now on sale to raise reconstruction treatments,” a was $1160 for a pen of 20 from $1170, 20 (595kg), $1170, 6 (175kg), $685, 14 (210kg), $675, money and show support for spokesperson for the business said. Puketia Station P/S at Te Wera. (600kg), $1070, 11 (535kg), 18 (165kg), $500; Aigner P/S, 12 those affected by breast cancer, The limited-edition gumboots P Blair at Whangara topped the $900; Puketia Station P/S (310kg), $710, 12 (205kg), $580; particularly in rural communities. feature pink detailing and a pink mixed-age cows, receiving $1255 (VIC), 24 (560kg), $1080, 15, Hei Jnr Trust, 11 (230kg), $705, Nine New Zealanders are ribbon printed on the calf. Five for 20, being capital stock, $960; Waitangi Terrace Station 20 (190kg), $655, 15 (160kg), diagnosed with breast cancer every dollars from every pair will go weighing 670kg. (VIC), 28 (565kg), $1080, 5 $450; Waikoko Agriculture Ltd, day, a third of whom live outside the directly to the foundation. Prices per kg — (515kg), $840, 10 (445kg), $750; 13 (220kg), $690, 7 (150kg), main centres. “Apart from a small update to Rising three-year heifers Wairakaia P/S (VIC), 11 (485kg), $310; Mangahanea Farms Ltd, Skellerup is working in make the footbed more comfortable (vetted in-calf): $2.34-$1.95; $880, 12 (460kg), $790. 13 (240kg), $660, 14 (185kg), partnership with the Breast Cancer and the addition of the Safety mixed-aged cows (VIC): $1.93- R three-year steers: Holmdale $540. Foundation New Zealand. Gumboot to the range, this is the $1.63; R three-year steers: Farm — McBreen, 16 (535kg), Weaner heifers: Aigner P/S, 15 “For rural communities, a cancer first time Red Band gumboots have $2.70-$2.40; R two-year steers: $1285; Pakihiroa Farms Ltd, (295kg), $680, 12 (195kg), $400; diagnosis often brings added been altered since their introduction $2.91-$2.64; R two-year heifers: 21 (450kg), $1215, 9 (420kg), Rangiata P/S, 25 (230kg), $600; complexities. The realities of farm in 1958.” $2.30; weaner steers: $3.91- $1035. Waikoko Agriculture Ltd, 7 life mean it is not always possible to Pink Bands are available in-store $2.29; weaner heifers: $2.61- R two-year steers: Waitangi (235kg), $480, 7 (165kg), $240. take weeks (or months) off to receive and online exclusively from Farm $2.05; R two-year bulls: $2.64- Terrace Station, 30 (380kg), R two-year bulls: Wairakaia treatment, resulting in many women Source, Farmlands and PGG $2.15; weaner bulls: $2.62-$1.40. $1105, 43 (375kg), $1080, 16 P/S, 17 (450kg), $1190, 11, choosing mastectomies over breast- Wrightson. — NZ Herald Best prices — (350kg), $1005; Hakurenga (375kg), $960; Grants Panel R three-year heifers (VIC): Inc, 27 (350kg), $1000, 23 Shop, 10 (400kg), $860. GOAT BUYER STORES IN DEMAND: Prices eased for the store lambs presented for sale at the Matawhero saleyards on Friday. This pen was the second cut of Kerley Agriculture Ltd’s (Kanakanaia) store ewe lambs. 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Directors return, chair steps down

ROB Hewett, co-chair of Silver Fern Farms Limited, has been re-elected to the Silver Fern Farms Co-operative Limited’s Board of Directors. TOP TRIAL: Anthony Hughes and Strike (above) and Noddy Halley and Punga (above Gabrielle Thompson, who was a right), were pictured in action at the North Island titles. Pictures by Donna Halley board-appointed director, has also been elected to the co-operative board by farmer shareholders. The board was delighted with the calibre and number of candidates that Next stop . . . nationals put themselves up for election. Those that were unsuccessful were THE Poverty Bay dog trial centre build up to the South Island and New William Oliver, Simon Davies, Rob Gabrielle Thompson Rob Hewett competitors made their presence well Zealand Championships. Kempthorne and Charles Douglas- and truly felt last week at the Tux North That event begins on Monday, May 17 Clifford. In a surprise move at the Silver Fern Island championships near Masterton, near Gore, and this district will be well “We thank them for their ongoing Farms annual meeting, West Otago and now the attention switches to the represented. commitment to Silver Fern Farms,” a farmer Richard Young announced he board spokesman said. was standing down as chairman of “The total weighted vote represents Silver Fern Farms Co-operative. 50.59 percent of total shares, compared Mr Young made the announcement to the 62.68 percent turnout in the at the conclusion of the meeting last HEREFORD previous election in February 2018.” Thursday. Votes were received from 728 eligible He said he intended to see out voters out of a total of 2651 eligible his remaining two-year period as a BULL voters. director. WALK AgriHQ MARKET REPORT OPEN DAY Week beginning May 3 Viewing 10am-3pm LAMB benefit from this resurgence of ASF. WEDNESDAY Chinese imports of New Zealand beef and South Island store lamb prices are stable on lamb have been consistently strong since ASF 12 MAY last week’s prices, with most options trading first took hold in 2019. within a range of $3.00-$3.20kg. Last month, New Zealand beef exports to Half-bred males in the mid-30kg weight range China totalled 20,697t — a year-on-year lift of 2021 are sought after in the paddock, as heavier 8000t but only 9 percent of China’s 218,750t lambs are sparse on the market and a stable March beef imports. wool market will have farmers considering China’s March 2021 beef imports illustrate a stronger returns. growth of 2000t compared to the same time last The lamb job is a reliable market in an year when domestic pig numbers had not even otherwise uncertain South Island operation, as recovered to their current level. heavy lamb prices have out-performed five-year This suggests pig herd numbers are still average prices over the past three weeks. languishing under ASF, and consumer taste for With an indicator of $3.00kg, lambs are, as beef has grown. expected, trading at a more enthusiastic level than last year. WOOL Compared to the past five years prices are only outdone by 2018 and 2019, when the Wool markets have edged back a little more indicator was $3.30kg and $3.20kg respectively, lately. The selection of wools offered haven’t and farmgate prices were operating 15ckg-45ckg supported prices, often fleeces are scoring above current levels. high in yellowness, or with large volumes of Given the upward trajectory of slaughter vegetable matter. prices, the stability of the store market is a It is these poorer type wools which have worn testament to dry conditions. the worst of the market adjustments. Poor preparation is a common issue with this BEEF season’s wool, as poor returns lead to farmers minimising handling costs where possible. African Swine Fever (ASF) continues to be a New Zealand export data for February has the significant disruptor of global protein markets. average value for degreased, 36-plus micron After a year of herd management which wool at a new low of $2.73kg. decreased ASF infections, China is experiencing A year earlier this figure was $3.65kg. another outbreak of the disease, one which Currency is playing somewhat of a role in this industry professionals say could be more severe devaluation, as in US dollars the difference is

39643-01 than the initial wave. The most recent case was only 35ckg on this comparison ($1.90kg this 06 06 06 detected in early April. February compared to $2.35kg in February -867 8097 -863 9576 -862 2701 New Zealand red meat producers look set to 2020). 21 CLASSIFIEDS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021

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Riverton races at Riverton Thursday Jetbet 6 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 2 Sam Brown Concrete 12.46 4 Trenz Homes/Riverton Supervalue 1.59 7 30179 Ringadingding h (3) 54.5 67 4 36s0 Maximum Security h (1) 58.5 49 M Gestain (a4) R Beeharry (a2) Race 1: TAPDOG, YING RESOLUTE, PABLEAU $10,000, maiden, 1600m $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1600m Race 2: ZAMBEZI ZIPPER, DUNHILL, KENKI 8 82327 Kitty Power mh (4) 54 63 T Moseley 5 04089 Against All Odds (5) 58.5 45 J Laking 1 s0743 Denali (3) 58.5 51 T Moseley 1 90s52 Full Fury tdh (9) 59 62 J Laking 6 Navaho Jo h (11) 58.5 45 L Callaway Race 3: RITANI, ROSIE GLOW, FLYING SARDINE 6 Bullet Courier/Tony Roy 3.09 Race 4: PINHEAD, FULL FURY, TROUBLE 2 72s04 Goa Head Caller (8) 58.5 51 K Mudhoo 2 23173 Benny Lincoln t (4) 58.5 61 C Johnson 7 6s280 Rosey Posey (13) 56.5 50 G Jogoo 3 06058 Dunhill h (6) 58.5 46 R Mudhoo (a2) 3 00664 Pinhead tmh (2) 58.5 61 R Mudhoo (a2) Race 5: DREAMING EASY, MEARA MARY, RINGADINGDING $10,000, maiden, 1400m 8 30559 Irish Heart h (3) 56.5 49 K Mudhoo 4 00 Hurricane Lincoln (2) 58.5 45 C Johnson 4 19605 Oraka Playboy tdmh (5) 57.5 59 Race 6: WILD LIKE, KING OF THE CASTLE, ZAMBEZI ZIPPER 9 24608 Slinky Linky h (10) 56.5 49 K Kwo (a2) 5 888 Kenki (4) 58.5 45 B Murray K Kwo (a2) 1 2 King Of The Castle h (8) 58.5 52 Race 7: EASYRIDER, GAS MONKEY, ROSEY POSEY 10 Fiery Red (12) 56.5 45 T Moseley 6 9434s Miss Catherine (1) 56.5 54 5 0s856 Ringbolt dm (11) 57.5 59 R Beeharry (a2) R Mudhoo (a2) Race 8: SHAM ON TOAST, EARL OF ORKNEY, 11 s0s0s Icanttellya h (6) 56.5 45 S Wynne R Beeharry (a2) 6 088s9 Trouble dmh (6) 57.5 59 L Callaway 2 03508 Veni Vici (4) 58.5 49 B Murray SO MUCH MOUR 12 9s Rockshow (9) 56.5 45 C Johnson 7 00403 Zambezi Zipper h (7) 56.5 51 K Kwo (a2) 7 70667 Gerry Joyce d (3) 56.5 57 K Mudhoo 3 00s00 Clownin Around h (9) 58.5 45 13 The Last Thyme (7) 56.5 45 C Barnes 8 0s796 Winter Gold h (5) 56.5 45 S Wynne 8 38394 Master Lincoln (8) 56 56 C Barnes R Beeharry (a2) 9 009s9 Francis Drake dh (7) 55.5 55 T Moseley 4 The Tui Toiler h (6) 58.5 45 L Callaway 8 First National R/E 4.24 3 D T King Transport 1.24 10 34066 Sounds Promising m (10) 55.5 55 5 0s598 Wild Like (1) 58.5 45 M Gestain (a4) $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1200m $15,000, open handicap, 1600m C Campbell (a1) 6 00403 Zambezi Zipper h (10) 56.5 51 11 09786 Show Park m (1) 54 55 7 95074 Ocean’s Seven (5) 56.5 50 T Jonker 1 30230 Earl Of Orkney (2) 59 62 L Callaway 1 88977 Wild Jack tdmh (2) 62 83 J Lowry 8 97s Caroline Margaret h (7) 56.5 45 G Jogoo 2 43956 She’s Got The Look m (7) 58 64 G Jogoo 2 23110 Ritani tdm (6) 61.5 86 C Johnson 5 Phil Bevin & Iconic Builders 2.34 9 9s0 Commassie (2) 56.5 45 K Mudhoo 1 Travellers Rest Tavern 12.10 3 7s642 Gold’nguru tdm (7) 61.5 82 3 41702 Sham On Toast (4) 58 60 T Jonker $11,000, rating 74 benchmark, 1400m 10 800 Emily Rose (3) 56.5 45 S Wynne 4 50569 Walkthisswey m (5) 57 62 $11,000, rating 74 & jumps benchmark, 2147m C Campbell (a1) 4 52350 Flying Sardine dmh (5) 61 85 1 25138 Jim’s Gift t (6) 59.5 77 K Kwo (a2) K Chowdhoory (a1) 1 51865 Tapdog m (4) 69 65 M Northcott (am) 7 The Red Door & Riverton Plumbing 3.44 M Gestain (a4) 2 07644 Meara Mary dm (2) 59 76 S Wynne 5 08s96 I’m A Tiger d (3) 57 58 S Wynne 2 857s2 Midnite Kaos mh (5) 68.5 64 $10,000, maiden, 1200m 6 92290 Noah (6) 56.5 57 C Barnes B Kennedy (am) 5 10613 Rosie Glow tdmh (1) 61 85 3 65121 Fill Ya Boots tdh (5) 57.5 69 K Mudhoo 3 62854 Ying Resolute mh (1) 68.5 64 R Mudhoo (a2) 4 58500 Nesta mh (1) 57.5 69 C Johnson 1 0s523 Easyrider (4) 58.5 53 K Chowdhoory (a1) 7 4305s So Much Mour dmh (9) 56.5 57 4 05491 Ruby Marie tm (3) 68 67 D B Frye (am) 6 74562 Picture Me Rollin dm (4) 60.5 84 5 389s9 Our Shaman dm (8) 56.5 67 L Callaway 2 57230 Gas Monkey bh (8) 58.5 52 R Mudhoo (a2) 5 97091 Pete The Driver mh (2) 67.5 62 K Chowdhoory (a1) 6 30713 Dreaming Easy tdm (7) 55 68 R Mudhoo (a2) 8 00s06 Pearl Davone (1) 55 58 B Murray 6 s4005 Pableau tdh (6) 66.5 56 Y Atchamah (am) 7 0170s Transcendent dmh (3) 54 69 K Kwo (a2) R Mudhoo (a2) 3 6s904 Mr Fox (2) 58.5 50 B Murray 9 09786 Show Park dm (8) 54 55 T Moseley

Cambridge harness at Cambridge Raceway Thursday 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 3 3s104 Highview Rockn Roll (Fr) 3 M McKendry 13 85144 It’s A Laugh (Fr) 25 Z Butcher 5 Dunstan Horsefeeds Pace 7.0 0 11 81924 Mr Perfect (Fr) 23 A Drake (J) 4 55423 Mufasa Metro (Fr) 4 T Mitchell 14 13809 Settle Petal (Fr) 26 T Cameron 12 44071 Cloudy Bay (Fr) 24 J Stormont Race 1: MUFASA METRO, THE LAST GAMBLE, $8000, r55-r69. mobile pace, 2200m HIGHVIEW ROCKN ROLL 5 71098 Cepheus (Fr) 5 J Abernethy 13 22212 Hooray Henry (Fr) 25 Z Butcher Race 2: MAYA ANGELOU, EL QUESTRO, LITTLE SUZIE 6 10255 Alana (Fr) 6 S McCaffrey 3 Gregory Equine Covers Trot 6.10 1 56653 Emmber (Fr) 1 A Harrison (J) 14 77329 Bodrum Boy (Fr) 26 M McKendry 7 67259 Manchester’s Eclipse (Fr) 7 T Cameron 2 54225 Rough And Ready (Fr) 2 T Mitchell Race 3: PHOEBE IMPERIAL, AS FREE AS AIR, THE HULK $8000, r55-r65. mobile trot, 2200m 7 gavelhouse.com Pace 7.50 Race 4: JODI, BIG SKEWY, HARVEY SPECTER 8 32453 The Last Gamble (Fr) 8 L Whittaker (J) 3 10888 Betterbebetter (Fr) 3 J Stormont 1 57027 Fira (Fr) 1 D Butcher Race 5: JACK TAR, PULL THE OTHER LEG, AMERICAN ME 9 30447 Griffins Hall (Fr) 21 D Ferguson 4 43324 Jack Tar (Fr) 4 N Chilcott $8000, 4yo+ r57. jun.d mobile pace, 2200m 2 63046 Majestic Harry (Fr) 2 J Hibell (J) Race 6: HOORAY HENRY, CLAUDIA SCHIFFER, 10 41332 Random Jude (Fr) 22 G Martin 5 P7147 Hawthornden Hunk (Fr) 5 S Abernethy 1 12026 Sarandon (Fr) 1 A Harrison (J) 3 61674 Still Eyre (Fr) 3 T Macfarlane THE SPORTSMAN 11 7646P Tramps Like Us (Fr) U1 S Abernethy 6 22514 Pull The Other Leg (Fr) 6 L Whittaker (J) 2 21449 The Blue Beat (Fr) 2 K Blakemore (J) Race 7: BROOKIES JAFFA, KOWHAI PARK, SARANDON 12 33313 Jasinova (Fr) U2 L Chin 4 0s166 The Hulk (Fr) 4 K Bublitz (J) 7 22105 J Bee (Fr) 7 K Marshall 3 07140 Ticking Over (Fr) 3 Race 8: AHWEL, SKYZRCLEARNSUNNY, SLY PUNTER 13 65808 Lollieprop (Fr) U3 D Butcher 5 21032 As Free As Air (Fr) 5 L Whittaker (J) 8 34224 American Me (Fr) 8 J Abernethy 4 59355 Brookies Jaffa (Fr) 4 L Hibell (J) 9 10972 Spirit Of Anzac (Fr) 21 A Poutama 2 Harness Jewels Tickets Pace5.45 6 07912 Phoebe Imperial (Fr) 6 N Chilcott 5 61667 Happy Place (Fr) 5 N Delany (J) 10 s0061 Eagle Watch (Fr) 22 Z Butcher 6 10888 Betterbebetter (Fr) 6 4 Mitre 10 Cambridge Pace 6.35 $8000, 3yo+ r40-r50. mobile pace, 2200m 6 Cambridge Homes Pace 7.25 7 88913 Frankie Jones (Fr) 7 C Hackett (J) 1 84320 Maya Angelou (Fr) 1 T Mitchell $8000, non-winners 2yo+. mobile pace, 8 69195 Kowhai Park (Fr) 8 K Bublitz (J) 2 33247 Itsthefinalcountdown (Fr) 2 D Ferguson 2200m $8000, 3yo+ r50-r55. mobile pace, 2200m 9 22004 Rocknroll Mama (Fr) 21 L Whittaker (J) 1 53431 The Sportsman (Fr) 1 B Butcher 10 38850 Ace Strike (Fr) U1 A Drake (J) 3 54807 Comedy Act (Fr) 3 T Hall 1 05236 Big Skewy (Fr) 1 Z Butcher 4 00046 Boilover (Fr) 4 A Poutama 2 — El Questro SCRATCHED 2 30460 Carse O Fern Cully (Fr) 2 D Ferguson 8 On Site Nzmca Parking 8.15 5 46325 Silver Lady (Fr) 5 J Abernethy 3 56653 Emmber (Em1) (Fr) 2 A Harrison (J) 3 64433 Harvey Specter (Fr) 3 T Macfarlane 6 95908 Crimson Rain (Fr) 6 L Whittaker (J) 4 40s00 Madame Connoistre (Fr) 3 T Cameron $8000, non-winners 2yo+. mobile trot, 2200m 4 59424 Tintoretto (Fr) 4 A Poutama 7 24160 Little Suzie (Fr) 7 B Butcher 5 18335 Mahia (Fr) 4 T Mitchell 1 2 Ahwel (Fr) 1 D Ferguson 8 — Pocket Book SCRATCHED 5 58 Toodaloolou (Fr) 5 M McKendry 6 196s3 Jaccka Cooper (Fr) 5 D Ferguson 2 3s6 Chicago H (Fr) 2 D Balle 1 Mid Winter Christmas Tickets 5.20 9 66380 Jungle Gem (Fr) 21 D Butcher 6 49 Jodi (Fr) 6 F Schumacher 7 54157 Claudia Schiffer (Fr) 6 D Butcher 3 3P9s2 Skyzrclearnsunny (Fr) 3 T Macfarlane $8000, 3yo+ r40-r52. mobile trot, 2200m 10 41300 Needamargarita (Fr) 22 T Macfarlane 7 74277 Wet Flipflops (Fr) 7 T Mitchell 8 07140 Ticking Over (Fr) 7 A Poutama 4 0s605 Te Kouka Sun Rise (Fr) 4 M Nicholas 1 47526 Thank You (Fr) 1 B Butcher 11 03872 Dramatist (Fr) 23 S Abernethy 8 65470 Tuxedo Bromac (Fr) 8 B Butcher 9 53315 Easy Does It (Fr) 21 J Abernethy 5 098s5 Just Plain Lucky (Fr) 5 G Martin 2 55397 Keystone Cavalier (Fr) 2 Z Butcher 12 8068s El Questro (Em1) (Fr) 24 S McCaffrey 9 Norvic Rockstar (Fr) 21 S McCaffrey 10 37216 Carse O Fern Tom (Fr) 22 M W White 6 Sly Punter (Fr) U1 T Mitchell

Christchurch greys at Addington Thursday Jetbet 9 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 6 15377 Darla Bale 30.24 Craig Roberts 4 27633 Young Mase 30.26 Janine McCook 7 New Zealand Oaks Heat 1 6.19 10 New Zealand Oaks Heat 4 7.34 7 56343 Meatloaf 30.39 Sharon Hindson 5 33441 Diamond Crusade 30.41 Malcolm Grant Race 1: MARVAHA BALE, KNOW STATE, MEATLOAF $3155, R/A, heat, 520m $3155, R/A, heat, 520m Race 2: IT’S A BLAZE, DRINK SHOEYS, OZZIE 8 158s7 Macadoodle 30.35 J & D Fahey 6 3667s Chrome nwtd J & D Fahey 7 32817 Homebush Bomber nwtd John McInerney 1 67187 Goldstar Tudor 30.30 Riley Evans 1 62211 Just Olive nwtd Sam Lozell Race 3: SHONKY STICKER, PEDRO LEE, MURMUR 2 christchurchgreyhounds 4.32 Race 4: BEST BALL, CHROME, SPEED MACHINE 8 27342 Opawa Boys Paid 30.35 J & D Fahey 2 41585 Dragster Dory nwtd Ashley Bradshaw 2 55113 Allegro Pippa nwtd Lisa Cole EMERGENCY: 3 11226 Tokyo Bird 29.90 Craig Roberts 3 15777 Opawa Lightning 30.56 Robin Wales Race 5: ROCK ON JOHN, POWER BOOM, PENALTY DROP $4795, C4/5, 520m 9 38888 Opawa Sandridge 30.44 Robin Wales 4 51555 Opawa Rainbow 29.92 J & D Fahey 4 31628 Big Time Gigi nwtd Lisa Cole Race 6: KNOW KEEPER, OPAWA STAR, BLACK VINYL 1 32121 Drink Shoeys nwtd Peter Ferguson 5 14311 Smoothie 30.37 J & D Fahey 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a Race 7: TOKYO BIRD, BIG TIME KAYLEE, OPAWA RAINBOW 2 13111 It’s A Blaze 29.42 J & D Fahey 5 NZ St Leger Ht 3 5.29 6 18257 Diamond Harmony nwtd Malcolm Grant 6 11417 Angry Jane 30.12 Matt Roberts Race 8: FAIRLY ABLE, FREEDOM LEAGUE, MINTER RISE 3 Vacant Box Three - n & a 4 54353 Curly Bill 30.47 Michael Dempsey $3155, R/A, heat, 520m 7 18111 Big Time Kaylee 30.16 Lisa Cole 7 75614 Humbling 29.97 J & D Fahey Race 9: JELLY FISH, OPAWA LUCY, BIG TIME SMILE 8 47457 Know Ego 30.32 Garry Cleeve 8 42346 Nova Rapide nwtd Ashley Bradshaw Race 10: HUMBLING, ANGRY JANE, NOVA RAPIDE 5 57183 Oster Bale 30.07 Craig Roberts 1 54315 Rock On John 30.05 J & D Fahey Race 11: SHAYNEE, GEM, TROUBLESOME KEV 6 Vacant Box Six - n & a 2 12526 Zipping Marlin nwtd Daniel Roberts 8 New Zealand Oaks Heat 2 6.44 11 Kingston Cup Heat 1 7. 59 Race 12: UTHOR BALE, STUDENT LOAN, BLACK STOCKINGS 7 64131 Ozzie 29.88 Daniel Lane 3 84525 Opawa Solomon 30.09 J & D Fahey 8 11441 Opawa Deal 29.98 J & D Fahey 4 28283 Penalty Drop 30.01 Daniel Lane $3155, R/A, heat, 520m $4680, C2, distance, heat, 732m 5 s1211 Power Boom nwtd Lisa Cole 1 72343 Just As Much nwtd Sam Lozell 1 66736 Mayhem Made nwtd Ashley Bradshaw 3 NZ St Leger Ht 1 4.48 6 74828 Sam And Si nwtd John McInerney 2 11211 Freedom League nwtd Lisa Cole 2 78285 Nighthawk Wish nwtd Daniel Roberts $3155, R/A, heat, 520m 7 4156s Allegro Nixon nwtd Lisa Cole 3 21884 Lightfoot Luna 30.61 Ashley Bradshaw 3 55258 Longshanks nwtd Ashley Bradshaw 1 41531 Onesie 30.27 Lisa Waretini 8 33521 Know Grizzles 30.32 Garry Cleeve 4 31751 Uno Me Now nwtd A J Christiansen 4 72151 Troublesome Kev nwtd Janine McCook 2 68434 Know Account 30.12 Garry Cleeve EMERGENCY: 5 72676 Allegro Tammy nwtd Lisa Cole 5 43753 Smash Devil nwtd Malcolm Grant 3 2414s Shonky Sticker nwtd J & D Fahey 9 38888 Opawa Sandridge 30.44 Robin Wales 6 14264 Nalaya Bale 30.42 Craig Roberts 6 47465 Hairpin Trigger nwtd J & D Fahey 4 34355 Upstart Crow 30.13 Ashley Bradshaw 7 36272 Fairly Able 30.12 J & D Fahey 7 32173 Gem 43.40 J & D Fahey 5 12444 Murmur nwtd Lisa Cole 6 NZ St Leger Ht 4 5.54 8 86636 Minter Rise nwtd Janine McCook 8 11111 Shaynee nwtd Sam Lozell 6 18311 Pedro Lee nwtd Peter Ferguson $3155, R/A, heat, 520m 9 New Zealand Oaks Heat 3 7.0 9 12 Kingston Cup Heat 2 8.24 7 25751 Clarke’s Sarki 29.98 Bruce Dann 1 24157 Nangar Ridge nwtd Lisa Cole 8 17212 Epic Cruze 30.42 Janine McCook 2 27317 He’s Ali 30.08 Craig Roberts $3155, R/A, heat, 520m $4680, C2, distance, heat, 732m 1 The Fitz Sports Bar Stakes 4.16 EMERGENCY: 3 33312 Opawa Star 30.00 J & D Fahey 1 75511 Know Pick nwtd Garry Cleeve 1 23527 Uthor Bale nwtd Craig Roberts 9 38888 Opawa Sandridge 30.44 Robin Wales 4 11211 Black Vinyl 30.35 J & D Fahey 2 87736 Bella Fortuna 30.65 Bruce Dann 2 21311 Black Stockings nwtd Ashley Bradshaw $3385, C3, 520m 4 NZ St Leger Ht 2 5.04 5 22614 Know Keeper 29.85 Garry Cleeve 3 s3712 Taieri Finn nwtd Ray Casey 3 32345 Ripslinger Roxy nwtd Ashley Bradshaw 1 32466 Marvaha Bale 30.06 Craig Roberts 6 66127 Gritty nwtd Daniel Lane 4 76512 Fond Of You 30.21 Ashley Bradshaw 4 14674 Student Loan 42.92 J & D Fahey 2 76247 Opawa May 30.21 Robin Wales $3155, R/A, heat, 520m 7 62163 Amuri Batman 30.68 John McInerney 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a 3 83756 Know State 30.01 Garry Cleeve 1 55135 Speed Machine nwtd Lisa Cole 8 41177 Notorious Heist 30.89 Ashley Bradshaw 6 41441 Jelly Fish 30.20 J & D Fahey 6 42744 Mr Blackjack nwtd J & D Fahey 4 71558 Opawa Oliver 30.25 Robin Wales 2 78683 Adobe Bro 30.24 Matt Roberts EMERGENCY: 7 18814 Opawa Lucy 29.99 J & D Fahey 7 23264 Adobe Ninja nwtd Daniel Roberts 5 71653 Electric Shock nwtd A J Christiansen 3 16127 Best Ball 29.75 Daniel Lane 9 38888 Opawa Sandridge 30.44 Robin Wales 8 54531 Big Time Smile nwtd Lisa Cole 8 22826 Diamond Dazzled nwtd Malcolm Grant

Waikato greys at Cambridge Thursday Jetbet 6 TAB Doubles 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Trebles 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 Quaddies 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Place6 4-9 Selections 3 76564 Jinja Lad 21.72 Raewyn McPhee 5 71757 Noise Maker 21.31 Phil Green 4 63335 Ruby Express nwtd Marsha Black 5 86245 Peach Melba 21.34 Arch Lawrence Race 1: LUCY MIRKO, OUR HOTROD, PORTIA 4 22462 Portia 21.38 Arch Lawrence 6 55765 Wifi Sapphire nwtd G & S Fredrickson 5 41F1 Sovereign Alice nwtd Shirley Ross 6 45318 Bugsy Brown 21.32 W & T Steele 5 s4473 Thrilling Gina 21.69 Phil Green 7 54352 Mitcham Greg nwtd S O’Neill Race 2: DIAMOND TIGER, THRILLING GEM, CHINESE BYRNS 6 64637 Go Home Duke 25.93 Peter Ferguson 7 71762 Sparkle Pony nwtd G & S Fredrickson 6 61141 Lucy Mirko nwtd T & L Craik 8 87176 Railing Raccoon 21.55 Sean Codlin 7 64544 Little Teegs 25.80 Arch Lawrence 8 48215 Medusa Who 21.37 M Prangley Race 3: FEDERER, PACEMAKER, RAILING RACCOON 7 32324 Opawa Jade 21.62 W & T Steele EMERGENCIES: 8 15485 Fine Intention nwtd G & S Fredrickson Race 4: THRILLING RAVEN, TRIGGERED, MIRKO 8 76247 Master Brady 21.90 Sean Codlin 9 61666 Hardcore Kobe nwtd Jim Black EMERGENCIES: 8 Mike Stent Decorators 2.08 Race 5: SOVEREIGN ALICE, HAIDEE BALE, SERBIAN ACE EMERGENCIES: 10 35448 Go All Lin 21.42 S O’Neill 9 75434 Thea Who 25.77 M Prangley $4795, C4/5, 457m Race 6: GOLDEN FERN, ATHENAIS, THRILLING MILO 9 61666 Hardcore Kobe nwtd Jim Black 10 57343 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G & S Fredrickson Race 7: CALF KING, THRILLING RAZOR, PORTLAND DREAM 10 35448 Go All Lin 21.42 S O’Neill 4 Mayhounds Rehoming 12.55 1 1s683 Akashi Boy nwtd G & S Fredrickson Race 8: PORTLAND BERTY, AKASHI BOY, THRILLING NEVE $1510, C1, 375m 6 Garrards Horse & Hound Sprint 1.32 2 45252 Zipping Barty nwtd Glennis Farrell 2 Affordable Pet Accessories 12.19 3 18312 Thrilling Neve 25.32 Karen Walsh Race 9: THRILLING NORMAN, CALL ME LEO, WIFI BOLT 1 18844 Triggered nwtd W & T Steele $2095, C3, 375m $3450, C0, 457m 4 17373 Antonio nwtd Arch Lawrence 2 32573 Mirko nwtd T & L Craik 1 17488 Athenais 21.19 Shirley Ross 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a 1 6775 Chinese Byrns nwtd Howard Scott 3 45682 Hurry Flurry nwtd Udy & Cottam 2 83746 Max Volume nwtd S O’Neill 6 14123 Portland Berty 25.19 T & L Craik 2 22342 Diamond Tiger nwtd W & T Steele 4 23287 Ford Man 21.53 R & L Udy 3 52586 Fernando Charm 21.28 Thayne Green 7 65341 Zipping Hewitt 25.60 Glennis Farrell 3 Vacant Box Three - n & a 5 21227 Shayanna 21.89 Arch Lawrence 4 43433 Thrilling Gem nwtd Karen Walsh 6 22768 Margaux 21.43 Phil Green 4 51211 Golden Fern 21.36 Thayne Green 8 33412 Amaro 25.52 Arch Lawrence 5 26422 Thrilling Milo 21.62 Emma Potts 5 35684 Xena Poppy nwtd R & L Udy 7 1231 Thrilling Raven 21.49 Karen Walsh 9 The Clubhouse Sports Bar 2.27 6 Vacant Box Six - n & a 8 77655 Opawa Roy 21.73 Marsha Black 6 67166 Quara’s Yoshi 21.52 Paul Cleaver 7 Thrilling Tessa nwtd Karen Walsh EMERGENCIES: 7 42122 Silenci 21.28 Peter Ferguson $2920, C4/5, 375m 8 7s757 Burning Rain 21.22 Udy & Cottam 8 44466 My Bro Jet nwtd Thayne Green 9 35448 Go All Lin 21.42 S O’Neill 1 36666 Call Me Leo 21.11 Thayne Green 10 61666 Hardcore Kobe nwtd Jim Black 3 Cookies Cafe Sprint 12.38 7 Vetora Cambridge Sprint 1.49 2 56516 Wifi Bolt nwtd G & S Fredrickson 5 Farmlands Virkon Stakes 1.12 3 67748 Our Hemi 21.15 Udy & Cottam 1 Farmlands Coprice Sprint 12.02 $1745, C1/2, 375m $2450, C4, 375m 4 28243 Sports Mode 20.94 Peter Ferguson 1 38274 Pacemaker nwtd S O’Neill $2920, C1/2, 457m 1 12113 Calf King 21.05 Phil Green 5 32573 Wild Kiwi 21.30 Udy & Cottam $1510, C1, 375m 2 58873 Spring Mechanic 21.26 R & L Udy 1 13476 Serbian Ace nwtd T & L Craik 2 47328 Thrilling Razor 20.83 Emma Potts 6 15546 Spring Bubbles 21.13 Emma Potts 1 57555 My Bro Bobby 21.67 M Prangley 3 71385 Smash Out nwtd R & L Udy 2 21558 React Respond 26.22 R & L Udy 3 76623 Portland Dream 21.07 T & L Craik 7 11511 Thrilling Norman 20.94 Karen Walsh 2 35455 Our Hotrod 21.56 Udy & Cottam 4 23513 Federer nwtd T & L Craik 3 26544 Haidee Bale nwtd G & S Fredrickson 4 16673 Prerogative 20.99 Udy & Cottam 8 83355 Thrilling Hudson 21.13 Thayne Green

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 • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Higham Senior takes upset win at Electrinet Park

GOLF by Chris Taewa the Saturday morning after Springs Tones. Wasn’t that far off par golf. Reef Pohatu defeating Zane Lewis and No.1 William Brown missed his ride Down the middle all afternoon and Zach Rolls 2 and 1 — they upped the MARK Higham is used to son Andrew from Gisborne to Tolaga Bay. hitting it relatively close on the greens . intensity in the afternoon. hogging the golfing headlines. Andrew texted his father, who jumped . . it was unreal and awesome to watch.” Hukanui Brown beat Stewart 5 and On Sunday it was the old man’s turn in the car and drove from Waipiro Higham, though, played down the 4, Skudder, a day after leading YMP after his heroic fill-in job for Te Puia Bay, arriving at the course about five performance. to another premier club rugby win, Hot Springs in round 3 of the Oligoi minutes before tee-off for the morning “I was fortunate in that Tony was brushed aside Pahina 6 and 4, the Jug men’s interclub pennants. foursomes. struggling with a bad back . . . he in-form Russell outgunned Rolls 7 Higham senior pulled off one of the That didn’t fare well for Higham wasn’t at his best.” and 6, and Rotorua Boys’ High School biggest upsets in Oligoi history in senior and Jace Brown went student Reef Pohatu put away Zane defeating Tony Akroyd as the Springs partner Jason two from two for Lewis 4 and 3. drew 6-apiece with Electrinet Park 1 at Devery, who were the day with a 3 Tolaga Bay’s seasoned crew gave PB 1 the Tolaga Bay course. beaten 5 and 4 by The afternoon singles played out and 2 win over a wake-up call heading into the semis. The hosts gave top-of-the-table Akroyd and Jace differently as Higham found form Devery. Foursomes honours were shared. PB’s Poverty Bay 1 a 9-3 tuning while Brown. that he hadn’t seen for some Park No.1 Anaru Pete Anderson and Simon Jeune beat Patutahi inflicted a 12-0 whitewash on The afternoon time against Tony Akroyd. He Reedy and Rod Neil Hansen and club captain Taine Park’s No.2 team. singles were a Moore lost 1-down Lincoln 3 and 2 while Tolaga’s Dion When the smoke cleared, the different story. enjoyed a 2 and 1 win against to Andrew Higham Milner and Bruce Yates defeated Nick semifinalists were clearcut. PB 1 Higham found the Poverty Bay East Coast and Thomas Richardson and Glenn Morley 1-down finished top of the points standings form he had not representative. Donovan in the — Morley’s first dropped points of the on 24 points, Park 1 second on 23 and seen “for quite a foursomes. series. Patutahi and Te Puia third-equal on 20. while” in a 2 and Reedy avenged Hansen ended Jeune’s perfect run Tolaga Bay’s late charge for the top- 1 win against that with a 2-up of five wins with a 5 and 4 afternoon four fell short as they ended on 18, with long-time Poverty Bay-East Coast win against Higham in the singles pasting. Anderson and Lincoln halved, Park 2 at the bottom on three. representative Akroyd, who won the while Donovan beat Moore 4 and 3. Yates chipped and putted Richardson The semis at Park this Saturday pit King of the Coast crown at Tolaga 20 The ’Tahi sent a semifinal warning off the course 5 and 4 and Milner Park 1 against PB 1 — the winners years ago. to the Springs in an emphatic show of downed Morley 2 and 1. advancing to the final, the losers “Mark played well,” Akroyd said. “He depth and force. Most of these players will be at the getting a life and playing the winners was always hitting in first but played Having won both morning foursomes Park this weekend. Mark Higham says of the Patutahi-Te Puia elimination some great shots in.” — Hukanui Brown and Shayde he won’t be among them. clash. Jace Brown echoed that praise. Skudder beating Anthony Pahina and “I’m out. I’ll be making sure my Mark Higham answered an SOS on “He was a different man against Pete Stewart 1-up; Dwayne Russell and phone is off.” THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY Thursday, May 6, 2021 SUDOKU CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Gabourey Sidibe, 38; George Clooney, 60; Tom Bergeron, 66; Willie Mays, 90. Happy Birthday: Step outside your comfort zone. Taking a unique approach to an ongoing SUDOKU is a logic puzzle made problem will open the door to progress, satisfaction and new beginnings. up of 81 squares on a 9x9 grid. Surround yourself with people who are searching for the same thing you are, To solve the puzzle, each row, and you'll be amazed at the results you get from being part of a collective group. Make health a priority, and live a moderate lifestyle. 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Go for the gold. 5 Portrays; 6 Cowards; 11 Grow 19. Sycophant (8) 17. Gate (6) FOUR STARS: You can pretty much do as you please. It’s a good time to start new projects. better; 13 Outclass; 14 Eggcups; 21. Light (10) 18. Sinister (4) THREE STARS: If you focus your efforts, you will reach your goals. 16 Recede; 17 Heart; 20 Nest. TWO STARS: You can accomplish a lot, but don’t rely on others for help. 22. Pit (4) 20. Stalk (4) ONE STAR: It’s best to avoid conflicts. Work behind the scenes or read a good book. The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 SPORT 25

RIGHT THIS TIME: The football picture in The Herald yesterday should not have been used. It showed action from a game over a week before, and the incorrect score was given. In fact, Chelsea did not lose to West Ham but beat them CLOSED OUT: Manchester City’s Phil Foden (left) and Ilkay Gundogan (right) 1-0. In the picture above, West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski dives in vain as challenge PSG’s Neymar during the Champions League semifinal second leg football New Zealand international Chris Wood, of Burnley, scores the first goal of the game match at the Etihad stadium in Manchester today. City won 2-0 to win 4-1 on from the penalty spot at Turf Moor stadium in Burnley yesterday. West Ham fought aggregate and go through to their first Champions League final. AP picture back to win 2-1. AP picture Man City into first Champions League final FOOTBALL by Rob Harris, AP City getting a shot at lifting European frustration in their quest to win the After scoring City’s winner in Paris football’s top prize for the first time biggest prize in European club football. last week, Mahrez took only 11 minutes MANCHESTER — By the time Riyad despite 13 years of lavish investment. Pep Guardiola, a Champions League to score in the second leg and he added Mahrez had completed the counter-attack Even reaching this semifinal required a winner as Barcelona coach in 2009 and to that in the 63rd minute to kill off the that sealed Manchester City’s spot in fight in court to overturn a ban from this 2011, has been waiting a decade to return tie. their maiden Champions League final, it season’s Champions League for breaching to the final. The frustrations of PSG were clear and looked so effortless overcoming a Paris UEFA’s financial rules. He fell short three times with Bayern they finished the game with 10 men, just Saint-Germain side who lost their cool And it’s only two weeks since the Abu Munich and has taken until his fifth like in the first leg, with Di Maria sent and composure. Dhabi-owned team exposed themselves season at City to even reach the last four. off with 20 minutes to go for kicking out Mahrez netted twice before PSG had to fresh sanctions for joining a brief, ill- “We are in the final of the Champions at Fernandinho. Angel Di Maria sent off as City won fated bid to split to form a breakaway League — it’s nice words,” Guardiola said.” “I congratulated Manchester City 2-0 at home to eliminate last season’s European Super League. City, on the brink of a third Premier but I feel disappointed because I think finalists 4-1 on aggregate today. Now City could win the competition League title in four seasons after already we deserved more, but they were more “Then they lost their nerve and started they tried to leave in what could be an collecting the League Cup last month, clinical than us, they were able to score to kick us and it was good,” Mahrez said. all-English final on May 29 in Istanbul if are now accustomed to glory but their the goals they needed,” PSG coach “They had the red card and after it was Chelsea overcome Real Madrid in London only continental title came with the now- Mauricio Pochettino said. more comfortable for us.” on Wednesday — the tie is level at 1-1. defunct European Cup Winners’ Cup in “We played the match with the plan we It’s been anything but comfortable for It’s not just City that’s endured 1970 — even before Guardiola was born. wanted.” DRAWS

Bye: Horouta U10s. Campion Gregory. (Iri, Kere); 2, Whangara OG 1 v Claydens Waikohu Rugby Under 11 — 9am: WKK 10, HSOB Spartans v 10am: 9, Eastland Vets Ngatapa Pulse v Horouta; 1 (Selina, Shay); 5, Campion Snr A v Tatapouri THE draw for Civil Project Solutions Senior Ngatapa Eastland Vets U11 Green. 10, Thistle v Ilminster Socialites. Sportsfit 2 (Jess L, Saara); 6, GGHS Jnr A v NZHL Club Rugby on SATURDAY is — 10am: WKK 10, OBM U11 v HSOB Avengers. 11am: 11, Campion Marcellin v Sportsfit. Thistle Storm (Jess T, Roxine). Premier grade, 2.45pm: Patutahi 1, Ngatapa Bye: Uawa U11. 12 midday: 4, HSOG Turanganui v Muriwai. 2pm: 1, FarmCare HSOG v YMP 2 (Justine, Larsawn Premiers v GT Shearing Waikohu (M Under 12 — 9am: WKK 1, OBM U12 v Horouta; 2pm: 10, Te Taumata o Angitu v OBM Kahurangi. Shay); 2, Tatapouri Sportsfit v Tapuae (Cris, Greene, L Thomas, C Johnson); Rugby Park, WKK 2, Ngatapa Eastland Vets U12 Billy Goats v Intermediate byes: YMP Tahi, YMP Rua, YMP Shanan); 5, Claydens Waikohu 2 v GGHS Snr B Enterprise OBM v HSOB Contract Consultants (I HSOB Blue. Toru, Whangara Tahi, NUAM Taranga, NUAM Hine (Kayla, Roxine); 6, XLR8 v Zeafruit Ngatapa (Jess Hughes, R Maynard, A Watson). Bye: YMP U12s. Rikoriko, Waikirikiri, Te Waiu, Te Ako o Tokomaru, T, Lou). Bye: East Coast Farm Vets YMP. Under 13, 10.15am: WKK 1, Ngatapa Eastland Tangaroa Maraeroa o Hinemoana, Tangaroa Senior game won by default: GGHS TSA have Senior One, 1pm: Pat 1, Harvest/Matawhero Vets U13 Green v YMP U13; WKK 2, Horouta v Maraeroa. defaulted to Wahine Hauora HSOG. Transport Ngatapa v Wairoa Athletic (L Thomas); Ngatapa Eastland Vets U13 Stags. Secondary — 9am: 5, Campion Snr B v GGHS Duty teams: Zeafruit Ngatapa, Claydens Waikohu Barry Park 1, YMP v Tapuae (H Fitzgerald); BP 2, Hinetu. 2. Pirates v Waikohu (P Brown). Netball 12 midday: 10, Lytton Y9 v Manutuke; 11, GGHS Duty board member: Challise. THE draw for PAK’nSAVE Gisborne Netball on Mauri v GGHS Manawa. Bayleys JAB junior club rugby. Saturday — 1pm: 9, GGHS Raukura v GGHS Manaaki; 10, Football Note: this under-7 game is being played on Friday All games are 4 x 10-minute quarters. These GGHS 9A v Te Waiu. Central Federation League — SUNDAY, 12 at Barry Park. are the final grading games for secondary and 2pm: 9, Campion Gold v GGHS Kopara. midday: Childers Road Reserve 1, Waikanae Beach Under 7 — FRIDAY, 3.30pm: BP 1, YMP u7 v intermediate. Secondary mixed — 10am: 5, TKAS v Campion TOP10 Gisborne Thistle v Massey University. Ngatapa Eastland Vets u7 Colts. Check carefully as there are a lot of byes due Jnr A. Pacific Premiership — SATURDAY, 2.30pm: All other games on SATURDAY at Waikirikiri to draw changes for the Tamararo competition. 11 am: 9, Uawa Hinematioro v TKKM o Wairoa A; Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Services Reserve (there are also several teams not playing Duty teams to put up goal pads, set up team 10, Whatatutu v TKKM o Wairoa E. United v Taradale. this week due to Tamararo). benches (courts 1 and 2) and put bins out: Duty teams to empty bins and replace rubbish Eastern League 1 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: HBR Under 6 — 9am: WKK 3, OBM U6 v Ngatapa Campion Snr B, GGHS Hinetu. bags where necessary: Whatatutu. 1, HES United v Gisborne Vehicle Testing Thistle Eastland Vets U6 Stags; WKK 4, HSOB Blue v Duty team to control scorecard room for the 12 midday: 9, Lytton Mixed v Uawa Hinekiuta. Reserves. Pirates U6; WKK 5, YMP U6s v HSOB White. day: Ngatapa. Secondary byes: NUAM Te Wananga, Lytton Y10, 2.30pm: CRR 2, Gisborne Thistle Development A 9.50am: WKK 4, Horouta v Ngatapa Eastland Vets Year 5 and 6 futureFERNS — 9am: 4, NUAM Taikaha, Te Manu I Tuke v Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks. U6 Bulls. Mangapapa Magic v Makaraka Macaws; 6, Te Senior — 9am: 1, Claydens Waikohu 4 v Uawa Bye: Carpet Court Thistle Massive. Under 7 — 9am: WKK 6, Ngatapa Eastland Vets Wharau Stars v Wainui Pulse; 7, Awapuni Gold Kahukuraiti (Lou, Tessa); 2, OBM Blue v Gisborne Eastern League 2 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: U7 Rams v HSOB Blue. v Central Magic; 12, St Mary’s Stars v Makauri Glass Ngatapa (Tukaki, Willow). Nelson Park 1, ITM Thistle v HES United; HBR 9.50am: WKK 5, OBM U7 v Uawa U7. Magic. 10am: 1, Claydens Waikohu 3 v Taiki (Kere, 2, HES United Thirds v Gisborne Pro Roofing Bye: Waikohu. 10am: 3, Te Wharau Magic v NHEW Teina; 4, Tessa); 2, YMP Sunshine Brewery v F45 HSOG Bohemians; Wainui, Coates Associates Wainui Under 8 — 9am: WKK 7, Ngatapa Eastland Vets Te Hapara Tahi v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Stars; 6, (Selina, Shanan). Demons v Smash Palace Shockers; CRR 2, Green v HSOB Seagulls. Makaraka Magpies v Central Steel; 7, Awapuni Silver 11am: 1, OG Whangara v YMP Masters (Bex, Gisborne Thistle Development v Tatapouri 10am: WKK 6, HSOB Hornets v Uawa U8; WKK v Central Pulse. Nga); 2, Ritana Snr A v Gillies Electrical GGHS Snr Bohemians. 7, Horouta U8 v Ngatapa Eastland Vets U8 Sharks. 11am: 4, Te Wharau Mystics v Central Mystics; 7, A (Cris, Shay); 5, Steve Craill Builder Ngatapa 2.30pm: CRR 1, Thistle Vintage v QRS Wairoa Under 9 — 9am: WKK 8, HSOB Blue v Ngatapa, Mangapapa Pulse v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Mystics; v GGHS Korihi (Connie, Saara); 6, Tyre General Athletic. Eastland Vets U9 Green. Duty team to bring in goals: Te Wharau Mystics. Ngatapa v Uawa Ngarangikahiwa (Jess L, Krys). Bye: 1st Class Decorators Wainui Salty Dogs. 10am: WKK 8, Uawa U9 v YMP U9s. Primary byes: Uawa Hinetera, Manutuke 12 midday: 1, McLeods Concrete HSOG v Women, Eastern League — SUNDAY, 10.30am: Bye: Ngatapa Eastland Vets U9 Kiwis. Buttercups, Manutuke Manutahi, Kaiti Tui, Kaiti Kiwi, Whalis (Bex, Justine); 2, F45 HSOG v Horouta Gold NP1, Bohemians v HES United; Rectory, GGHS Under 10 — 9am: WKK 9, OBM U10 v HSOB NUAM Tahi, NUAM Rua, Hiruharama, Te Wharau (Cush, Iri); 5, Kotahi Aroha v Tatapouri Sportsfit v Tatapouri Marist Thistle; Wainui, Neighborhood Vikings. Pulse, Whangara Warriors, Waikirikiri. Social (Connie, Jonette); 6, Thistle Phoenix v YMP Pizzeria Wainui Wahine v Gisborne Laundry Service 10am: WKK 9, Pirates U10 v Ngatapa Eastland Intermediate — 9am: 10, HSOG Blue Beanies v Manawanui (Tukaki, Willow). Wainui Riverina. Vets U10 Green. Eastland Vets Ngatapa Magic; 11, Ilminster Maia v 1pm: 1, Horouta Taimana v Farmlands Ngatapa Bye: Campion College. 26 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 East Coast rugby round-up Tough contests and strong clashes across grounds RUGBY by Ben O’Brien-Leaf stepping second-five Pamona Samupo to Hicks and fulltime score of 29-3. as Waddy’s second-row partner Rikki Kernohan Bay from Tokararangi. He will join a club whose The home team’s try-scorers were second- and fearsome centre Jordan Birch, have SOMETIMES structure goes out the window legends, such as former NPEC game-breaker five Jesse Rye (with a double), captain and threatened to cut loose this season. Against a and the game is better for it. Tyrone Delamere, still turn out — with a passion tighthead prop, Scott Lasenby, right-wing Caleb less committed side, the hosts would doubtless That was the state of play at Whakarua Park — as required. Delamere started the match at Billington, and lock George Waddy, on debut. have hit 50-plus points by game’s end. when Ruatoria City hosted Hicks Bay in Week 6 halfback before switching places with centre First-five Josh Dearden, an exciting prospect, For any team to hold Uawa scoreless in the of Round 1 for the Kath McLean Memorial Cup Brown-Biddle. kicked two conversions. second half of a home game for The Lasenby- in the Enterprise Cars Ngati Porou East Coast On Saturday, City had a strong southerly Hikurangi had the last say before the break: a led Awa is to pass East Coast rugby’s litmus club rugby on Saturday. breeze at their backs in the first half and penalty goal to first-five Kayleb Te Whare, in the test for courage and tenacity. City (19 competition points) beat Hicks Bay opened the scoring in the 14th minute with a 35th minute. (eight pts) 33-26 to take fourth place. Hicks Bay try to Parata, minus conversion, for 5-0. Hicks Uawa head coach Chris Richardson gave a Given a taste of freedom last week, the remained in sixth spot. Defending champions Te Bay’s Brooking then struck back for the visitors strong and honest take on the match. defending champions wanted more on Saturday. Araroa-based Tokararangi, and Uawa of Tolaga after 23 minutes. Noanoa converted Brooking’s “It was a good game. We played to our Evidently Tokararangi enjoyed their 58-10 run- Bay both have 21 points, the former placed effort to give the visitors a 7-5 lead. By minute structure in the first half, at the right end of around with Ruatoria City at Whakarua Park to second on points differential. 29, Parata crossed again, plus the conversion the ground and took our chances,” he said. such an extent that they went for gold in Week Tokararangi made the trip to outrun No. 7 by Fox, for 12-7 to The Maunga. At the 34 “Hikurangi played well in the second half. I 6, 103-12 as guests of Tokomaru Bay United. Tokomaru Bay United (one point) 103-12 at minute-mark, Brown-Biddle scored, Hicks Bay thought they were unlucky.” The defending champions’ try-scorers were Hatea-a-rangi, and Uawa won 29-3 at home equalised at 12-all. That try was unconverted. The Uawa skipper was filled with admiration centre Teina Potae (a hat-trick), a double each v Hikurangi (15pts), bumping their guests Parata completed his hat-trick in the 40th for the MVPs of both teams. to halfback Whakarae Henare, second-five Te one spot from fourth to fifth in the process. minute and that, with Fox’s “Hikurangi’s reserve Kooti Kingi, fullback Mohi Bartlett, reserve No. 8 Unbeaten Tihirau Victory Club (24pts) had a bye conversion, gave the hosts hooker Jodi Walker was Riki Waitoa, one try each to hooker Tina Waitoa, in the penultimate week of the first round. a 19-12 advantage at half- Either team could have into everything, as was lock Kyah Hollis, No. 8 Richard Green, left- The Lisa Muller-coached City won this time. taken‘ it. Congratulations to our blindside flanker, Te wing Hirau Grant and reserve left-wing Kyros weekend’s closest game with a phenomenal Hicks Bay titan King Atapo Kirikiri,” he said. McClutchie. First-five Rapata Haerewa kicked performance by their back-row, who scored crunched 10 hard metres both for playing hard to the “Our man’s defence nine conversions in the highest-scoring game of all of their tries: No. 8 Tanetoa Parata did the to score the first try after 80th minute, and to City on was on point, he carried the season to date. hat-trick, blindside flanker Shaun Aupouri and the resumption, in the 49th their win. the ball with guts, cleaned Tokararangi led 50-0 at the break. captain openside flanker Jack Richardson also minute. Noanoa converted out well, was a real pest The Tokomaru Bay United forwards who scored and lock Nathaniel Fox landed three for 19-all. Aupouri, City’s ’ —Harawira Matahiki to Hikurangi for the whole cut the goal-line in the second half were their conversions. powerhouse, hit back game. indomitable captain, loosehead prop Mike First-five Travis Tawera, winner of City’s Most 57 minutes in with a “Eruera Kawhia as the Chambers-Raroa, whose try was converted by Valuable Player award, was superb: his running, conversion by Fox (26- referee did an awesome hooker Wyntah Riki, and blindside flanker Jake passing, kicking and tackling were all of the 19 to City). King still had gas in the tank: his job. He was very clear in his pre-game chat and Williams. highest quality. second try, after 67 minutes, was complemented on-field instructions as well.” United’s MVP was their solid tighthead prop For Hicks Bay, No. 8 Anton King scored twice, by Noanoa’s conversion, for 26-all. The final act Visiting captain No. 8 Rhys Walker won the and scrum anchor Portrait Watene, with Grant lock Manahi Brooking and centre-cum-halfback of this tit-for-tat thriller was Richardson’s try in toss, choosing to play into the southerly. Uawa winning that award for Tokararangi. Tiera Brown-Biddle one try each, and first-five the 78th minute. Fox, for the third time in a row, resolved to take advantage where and whenever Tokararangi’s regular captain Hone Haerewa, Irie Noanoa landed three conversions. again struck gold with the boot to give Ruatoria possible, against their determined opponents, deputising for their coach Israel Brown, was Hicks Bay coach Aaron King said: “The game City victory 33-26. in a game played at pace and with numbing moved to say that United pushed his pack on had a quick start. Early on City had most of the Whistle-blower Harawira Matahiki had a fine physicality. Saturday as hard as any other team had done in ball, but we performed well too in the first half. match, and was quick to acknowledge the role Uawa dominated field position and the previous five weeks. Anton had another good game at No. 8 for us. played by assistant referees LeRoy Kururangi possession of the ball for long periods in the Referee Jackson Reuben-Swinton said: We put pressure on City for 38 minutes. It was and Ario Rewi. first half. Their control and experience up front “United never gave up. They worked very hard 26-all with two minutes to go before Jack picked “They helped me control an awesome game,” was impressive. to get to within striking distance of the goal- the ball up from the back of a ruck, and went 5m said Matahiki. “Either team could have taken it. Walker and his young team, well-coached line. The spirit in which they play the game, to score just to the left of the posts. Congratulations to both for playing hard to the as they are by Matt Richards and Drummond having been awarded two penalties, they tap- “Tiera, who’s just made the New Zealand Area 80th minute, and to City on their win.” Morice, deserve enormous credit for stemming kicked and ran to score both of their second- Schools team as a halfback, is the link we’ve the tide: in games to date, Uawa have come half tries. No matter the margin in the games been looking for in our team and was our MVP Uawa were on top in the first half: Hikurangi from 13-5 down to beat Hicks Bay 31-13 at that the teams who have to work hardest in this on Saturday. He started at centre, later moved showed up in the second. Kawakawa mai Tawhiti, 13-6 down to have City competition play, they always field full teams, to halfback and threw a dummy, then backed In East Coast rugby there are few games escape 26-20 at Uawa Domain, 12-0 down to they’re stripped and ready to play. himself to score what was a well-deserved try.” bigger than The Awa versus The Maunga for the beat Tokomaru Bay United 22-17 at Hatea-a- “United, as with all of our clubs here, are Hicks Bay’s back-division has been further George Keelan Memorial Trophy, which Uawa rangi. Week 6 was the first during which the big warm hosts for not just the players but the boosted with the signing and transfer of hot- retained in convincing fashion by the halftime men of Tolaga Bay, including such stand-outs officials as well. My wife and I loved that.” Top form for Christie at Backdoor Pro SURFING by Jack Malcolm RICARDO Christie has won the Backdoor Pro presented by Billabong in Taranaki over the weekend. In just his second competition of the year Christie cruised to victory, earning the two highest heat totals of the day in the semi-final and finals. Surfing both heats with reigning national champion CHARGING THROUGH: Ricardo Billy Stairmand, Christie scored Christie took out the Backdoor a 17.14 total to advance to the Pro in Taranaki at the weekend final, where he finished his with a 17.14 total score. He campaign with a 17-point heat. posted an impressive 8.0 on his Christie posted an 8.0 point first ride. ride on his first wave of the final Picture by Cory/NZ Surfing before playing the waiting game Magazine to close out the final. “I got the first wave in the final and saw a few mediocre ones came through, but I wanted to be smart in the heat. I had watched all day and it was consistent, so I knew there would be other big set within the next 15 minutes and I would get the opportunity.” That patience paid off with a nine-point-ride in the dying open men’s division before being Finn Vette continued his converting on the long right- His sister, reigning national minutes of the heat to clinch knocked out in a razor-thin heat. strong run in the U18 boy’s handers with a varied backhand champion Saffi Vette, did not the win for Christie, his first Malone scored a 14.17 total to division with his third win of the attack after having surfed make it to the final of the open national title since 2018. finish fourth in the heat behind season. through five heats of the Open women’s division, falling just 0.2 Gisborne’s Chris Malone also Waihi Beach’s Levi Stewart, who He earned the victory with Men’s and Junior Divisions points short of qualifying in her made it to the semi-finals in the won the heat with a 14.7. a 15.6 heat score in the final, through the day. semifinal. The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 5, 2021 SPORT 27 Gisborne gymnasts shine in competition GYMNASTICS Celena Bull won fifth place on vault, fifth place on bars, fourth THIS weekend Gisborne place on beam, fourth on floor gymnasts enjoyed a wonderfully and was fourth overall. successful time competing at Ahenata Cotter-Luke won Mt Tauhara, Taupo. second place on beam. The weekend’s positive Haley Rolls won third place results came hot on the heels on vault, second place on bars, of recent strong results in fourth place on beam, third competition two weeks ago in place on floor and took first Palmerston North, when Lizelle place overall. Duckworth won fifth place on Aria Thorpe won fifth place vault, third place on beam, and on vault, second on beam, first first on floor. on floor and was third overall. The team were all smiles Step 4 team took home first after their Tauhara competition, place with a combined score of where Step 1 girls took home 156.200. Members of the team first place as a team, scoring included Hinerauiri Cotter- a combined total of 164.45. Luke, Lily Rolls, Danielle Blair, Members of the team included and Miriam Cornfeld. Monroe Brouwer, Catalina Lily Rolls won second on bars, Camero, and India Gill. third on beam, second on floor, Monroe Brouwer took home and was third overall. third place on beam, and third Hinerauiri Cotter-Luke won on uneven bars. fourth on beam and fourth on Catalina Camero came in floor. first place on vault, fifth on Danielle Blair won second on bars, and fourth on floor. vault, and fifth on floor. Both Catalina Camero and In Step 5 Sarah Hawkins won Monroe Brouwer came in third place on vault, third on co-equal overall with a second BEST FOOT FORWARD: Gisborne gymnasts came home with a swag of medals after competing at bars, fourth on beam, third on place finish. Taupo this weekend. Among the medal winners were, back (from left): India Gill, Aria Thorpe, Danielle floor, and was fifth overall. Hollie Walsh won fifth place Blair, Santino Camero, Lea O’Reilly. Front: Zeva Kinnaird, Hollie Walsh, Capria Tamatea, Georgia Georgia Hamblyn won fifth on vault and fourth place on Hamblyn, Celena Bull, Catalina Camero. Picture by Liam Clayton on vault, fourth on bars, second floor. on beam, third on floor, and Lea O’Reilly won second place on vault, fourth place on bars, strong second place showing Aria Thorpe. took second overall. on bars. second place on beam, and first as a team, scoring a total of Capria Tamatea won third In Step 6 Sarai Gudgeon won Zeva Kinnaird won fifth place on floor. India took first place 162.100. Members of the team on bars, third on beam, second second on floor, second on bars, on beam. overall. included Capria Tamatea, on floor and took third place second on beam, third on floor, India Gill won first place Step 3 girls took home a Celena Bull, Haley Rolls, and overall. and was third overall.

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CLOSING THE GATE: A security guard closes the gate of Arun Jaitley Covid-19 Stadium, one of the six venues of the Indian Premier League, in New Delhi, India, yesterday. The IPL was suspended indefinitely yesterday after players or staff at three clubs tested positive for ends IPL Covid-19 as nationwide infections surged. AP picture

CRICKET followed by quarantine in a hotel for 10 in IPL 2021. The BCCI would like to all things considered,” he told 2GB on days. thank all the healthcare workers, state Tuesday. NEW ZEALAND Cricket says their Fellow Black Caps Jimmy Neesham, associations, players, support staff, “There’s obviously a lot of anxiety 10-strong Indian Premier League Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Scott Kuggeleijn, franchises, sponsors, partners and all the about making sure they can get home playing contingent are isolated in a Adam Milne and Lockie Ferguson are service providers who have tried their safely and that’s obviously tricky given relatively safe environment following the also competing in the IPL and if needed best to organise IPL 2021 even in these some of the government restrictions that suspension of the tournament. to come back to New Zealand would have extremely difficult times.” have been put in place, too.” The IPL was suspended last night to do 14 days in MIQ. The Twenty20 cricket competition has The entire Delhi Capitals side is also following an increase in players testing Last month, Prime Minister Jacinda been under huge scrutiny for taking place self-isolating in their rooms after they positive for Covid-19. India is in the Ardern said NZ Cricket was responsible during the Covid-19 pandemic, where played Kolkata last Thursday. grip of a second wave of Covid-19, with for making its own decisions about the daily virus cases in India are escalating India’s Covid-19 outbreak is breaking its number of incidents soaring past 20 safety of Kiwi cricketers in India. at an alarming rate. records with more than 400,000 new million. “Ultimately these decisions around Indian Test star and Sunrisers cases on Sunday alone and more than This morning, a fourth team confirmed travel into high risk countries generally Hyderabad wicketkeeper Wriddhiman 300,000 a day over the past 12 days, with a player with a positive test, with leg will come down to individuals, but also Saha tested positive, making Black Caps the nation registering more than 3000 spinner Amit Mishra becoming the first if it’s a workforce, their employers,” she skipper Williamson’s team the third to be deaths a day over the last week. member of the Delhi Capitals to test said on April 8. “So those are judgements implicated by the virus. It is believed these are being under positive for Covid-19. they need to make.” There are hopes the suspension is reported as well, with the world shocked New Zealand Cricket is liaising with IPL chairman Brijesh Patel confirmed lifted after one week. However, with the by the scenes of death coming out of the the Indian and England boards as well the suspension last night, saying the numbers skyrocketing in the country, it nation. as the New Zealand Government to decision has been made due to safety will remain to be seen if the franchises The IPL has been a hot topic of debate formulate an exit plan. concerns for all stakeholders. can bounce back that quickly. after Aussie cricket stars Adam Zampa “The players are in a relatively safe In a statement, the IPL said the The tournament pause follows on from and Kane Richardson flew home from the environment and those within affected decision was unanimously made by the the news of a minor outbreak last night IPL via Doha last week. teams are in isolation. We’ll continue to tournament’s Governing Council (IPL within the Kolkata Knight Riders where But cricket great turned commentator liaise with the BCCI (Board of Control for GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in two players — Varun Chakravarthy and Michael Slater could only get to the Cricket in India), the ECB (England and India (BCCI) following an emergency Sandeep Warrier — tested positive for Maldives, where he will stay until he can Wales Cricket Board) and New Zealand meeting. Covid-19. return to Australia, taking to Twitter to Government authorities in terms of “The BCCI does not want to As a result the IPL suspended the savage the Australian government. managing their situation. compromise on the safety of the players, team’s match against Royal Challengers Slater tweeted on Monday evening: “If “But at this juncture, it’s too early to support staff and the other participants Bangalore. our Government cared for the safety of discuss potential options.” involved in organising the IPL,” the Three Chennai Super Kings staff Aussies they would allow us to get home. Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Kyle statement said. “This decision was taken members tested positive, leading to their It’s a disgrace! Jamieson and Mitchell Santner are in keeping the safety, health and wellbeing match with Rajasthan Royals also being “Blood on your hands PM. How dare the New Zealand test squad and were of all the stakeholders in mind. postponed. you treat us like this. How about you sort set to head to England at the end of their “These are difficult times, especially in The Knight Riders are the team that out quarantine system. respective teams’ involvement in the IPL India and while we have tried to bring Aussies Pat Cummins and Ben Cutting “I had government permission to work season. The Black Caps are set for a two- in some positivity and cheer, however, both play for, as well as English captain on the IPL, but I now have government test series against England starting at it is imperative that the tournament is Eoin Morgan. neglect.” Lord’s on June 2, followed by the World now suspended and everyone goes back Australian Cricketers’ Association India’s official count of coronavirus Test Championship final against India at to their families and loved ones in these chief executive Todd Greenberg said cases surpassed 20 million on Tuesday, Southampton starting on June 18. trying times. the players were “fine”, considering the nearly doubling in the past three months, As it stands people arriving in England “The BCCI will do everything in its horrific scenes in India. while deaths officially have passed from India will have to be tested before powers to arrange for the secure and “Both boys are fine. I spoke to Pat 220,000. However, the exact figures are departure and upon arrival in the UK safe passage of all the participants last night. They’re doing pretty well, believed to be higher. — NZ Herald