TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 FOOD FOR WHANAU COVID 19

• Local churches online for Easter services • More surfer issues for Gisborne police • From parkrun to yardrun • Lockdown especially hard on single parents • Home-learning packs, devices to be supplied • UN calls for unification Gizzy Kai Rescue decided just hours before the Covid-19 lockdown started to carry on rather than shut down, anticipating in ‘war against virus’ a growing need from families for food. Which is what has happened. In the past two weeks, the not-for-profit charity which re-distributes food that would otherwise go to waste, has given out over seven tonnes of food. Pictured this morning at the Gizzy SEE PAGES 2-9, 11-15, Kai Rescue base are, from left, manager Lauren Beattie and volunteers Pascale Delos and Sarah Gault. STORY ON PAGE 4 Picture by Liam Clayton 18-19, 29-30, 32 PLENTY OF SUPPLIES by Wynsley Wrigley and other central regions. “The Ministry of Health has confirmed and testing positive for Covid-19. Mr Green told Radio New Zealand an order for 41 million additional face He was admitted to Gisborne Hospital HAUORA Tairawhiti has sufficient more than 300 tests had been done in masks, which started arriving this week on March 29 and treated in complete Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Tairawhiti, which was as comparable to and which will continue to be delivered isolation. and nasopharyngeal swabs needed for the rest of the country. over the next six weeks. Staff caring for him were provided Covid-19 testing, says chief executive Unlike other areas where there had “Hauora Tairawhiti will be receiving with full Personal Protective Equipment, Jim Green. been outbreaks of Covid-19, Hauora more stock from this large influx of including glasses. National media has reported shortages Tairawhiti had not had to carry out masks. Hauora Tairawhiti confirmed the man of both in some parts of the country, but “intensive testing”. “Ministry of Health figures show only came into close contact with a small Mr Green told The Gisborne Herald and The rate of local testing had doubled there are 23 million pairs of gloves in number of people and all those people Radio New Zealand this morning that is since the Government had expanded the the country, with another one million on had been followed up with through not the case in Tairawhiti. case definition. order to maintain stock levels. contact tracing. “Since March 27, Hauora Tairawhiti The testing station in Gisborne was “There are 850,000 safety glasses and The man was well enough to be has send out 22,900 gloves, 1964 gowns, working well and was supported by 640,000 face shields on order as well.” released from hospital and would stay in 592 eye shields and 6850 masks to community providers, said Mr Green. As of yesterday, Gisborne had complete self-isolation until he could be community health providers,” he said. There were also testing stations at Te experienced just one confirmed case of confirmed as being recovered from the “There is a steady supply of swabs.” Puia and Te Karaka, and sufficient staff Covid-19 — a man in his 50s. coronavirus. There were swabs at testing stations in Tairawhiti. He was diagnosed on March 26 and where they were being used and another “In recent days, the Ministry of Health was discharged from Gisborne Hospital ■ IF you have a fever, cough or sore 200 at TLab ready to be distributed has distributed 1.8 million masks on Monday. throat and think you need to be tested when needed. to health boards and the health and The man travelled to Gisborne from for Covid-19, contact your GP. If you do Medlab Central in Palmerston North disability sector, of which we received the United States and was in self- not have a GP, call Healthline (for free) on had more for distribution to Tairawhiti 33,000,” he told The Herald. isolation since returning to New Zealand 0800 358 5354.

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KEEPING WORSHIPPERS CONNECTED: Arla Rutherford watches WBC Zoom Church onscreen at home during the lockdown. It is one of the ways churches are staying in contact with their worshippers during Alert Level 4 restrictions. Right, Pastor Norm McLeod is holding Easter services through Facebook. Arla picture by Malcolm Rutherford, Pastor Norm picture supplied It’s an internet Easter for Congregating online churches during lockdown by Sophie Rishworth smaller groups, which Carl says they will do camera and started to speak, she became devotional,” he said. “On Sunday I live-feed for Easter communion this Sunday. “emotionally overwhelmed”. from the church. CHURCHES holding Easter services online “We encourage people to get their own “It brought home to me how, at that stage, “This Easter I will do Easter devotionals this year are encouraging worshippers to bread, wine or juice for communion.” many of us had not realised how much shock on Friday and Monday. On Sunday I have bring their own wine or grape juice and bread The challenge was how to include all and grief we were carrying under the surface. encouraged everyone to prepare in their for communion. different ages and stages, said Mr Pilkinton. “I ended up not making a movie that week homes some bread and grape juice in order With churches temporarily closed and “Last week the kids did a drawing activity — just posting some written reflections.” for us to take communion at the same time congregations in lockdown at home during while the adults were in front Her video messages while online. Alert Level 4 restrictions, church leaders are of the screen.” now have lighter, more “In general, everybody is doing well during working out ways to stay connected during Then the children could ... we are thankful entertaining content. lockdown and we are thankful God’s love is one of the most important events on the come back and show their God’s love is never Rev Marchant will post never locked down. Christian calendar. creation, or post it up later to ‘ something reflective for “Some churches in India are suffering, Wainui Beach Church senior leaders Carl the church’s Facebook page. locked down Good Friday and for Easter. some were already under the poverty line and and Shar Pilkinton have been holding Sunday Those parishes that have a —Pastor Norm’ McLeod In the wider Anglican facing starvation. We are doing what we can to services for a few weeks. mainly elder congregation are Diocese of Waiapu there send some relief.” Mr Pilkinton said their congregation was all reaching out over landlines. are Zoom services Holy St Mary’s Star of the Sea Monsignor Frank across the spectrum when it came to being Holy Trinity Reverend Trinity Parish have joined in, Eggleton said many Gisborne members of the able to connect online. Bronwyn Marchant is recording messages for including a Palm Sunday service led by The Catholic Church were using computers to log Those who could not were being contacted the Holy Trinity’s Facebook page. Very Rev’d Ian Render, Dean of Waiapu, and on to the Hamilton Diocesan website by phone by other church members. She was new to using this media and found regular evening prayer led by Bishop Andrew www.cdh.org.nz Keeping everyone connected was it challenging, she said. Hedge, Bishop of Waiapu. There are livestreams of services, including important, he said. Rev Marchant spent a lot of time preparing House of Breakthrough Pastor Norm on Good Friday at 3pm and Easter Sunday at Wainui Beach Church uses Zoom (video for her first attempt in the first week of McLeod is holding church online through his 9am. conferencing) to host online group meetings. lockdown. Facebook page. The website also had resources for use at This means big groups can be divided into But when she sat down in front of the “Every morning I screen a live five-minute home, said Monsignor Eggleton. Wet start and finish to Easter but fine in the middle by Roger Handford indicated it would be fine over the whole for Saturday and Sunday. However, Monday is when, as they say, four days, but as in politics, a week is Saturday is expected to be fine with it all turns to custard, with a good dose WHAT was earlier in the week a fine also a long time in meteorology. light winds. of rain forecast. outlook for Easter weekend in Gisborne The latest outlook from the Sunday is also predicted to be fine A band of rain is expected to pass has been spoiled by the fickle nature of MetService says it will be showery into with north-west winds. over on Monday, with the excruciatingly of the weather itself. tomorrow but should start clearing later Temperatures should be around 20 named rainfall exceedance probability The latest forecasts now contain in the day. degrees, or a little above. forecast giving an 89 percent chance of rain to start and end the weekend but For Gisborne residents looking for a Those two days still offer better at least one millimetre of rain and a 32 Saturday and Sunday still offer some of bit of relief from the recent grey days, weather than elsewhere around much of percent chance of 10mm or more. the best weather in the country over the the Covid-19 shutdown, a breath of the country, with some media running Fine weather is predicted to return Easter period. fresh air and getting out in the garden, dire headlines warning of stormy on Wednesday and last through to next Beginning-of-the-week forecasts MetService forecasts favourable weather weather. weekend. 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AND THE LINE GOT LONGER: Many oft those who decided not to do their Easter food shop yesterday or earlier paid the price time-wise when they headed to either of the major supermarkets this morning. This line at Pak’nSave got decidedly longer and ended up going up the other side of the Cobden Street entranceway. There was, however, a regular flow in and out. Countdown has also been extremely busy but the availability of free water and fruit has made the wait a little more comfortable while those in the queue at Pak’nSave today enjoyed a free Easter egg treat. The positive and friendly attitude of staff during this difficult period has been praised by many customers. Pak’nSave Gisborne yesterday announced it was temporarily changing its hours from Tuesday, April 14, to 7am to 8pm daily, giving staff an extra hour to stock shelves. Picture by Liam Clayton Gisborne’s air traffic control future in doubt Surfers ignore THE control tower at Gisborne “We now need to consider Airport might never be manned operating different services at again as the national air controller these airports or that they operate plans to axe staff. as uncontrolled airspace in the Airways NZ, which provides air same way as other uncontrolled traffic control services at 17 control aerodromes in New Zealand police demands towers, announced today it is that have no Airways service — considering withdrawing air traffic including Kerikeri, Taupo, Whangarei services at Gisborne (where there and Timaru airports.” are five air traffic control staff) and Pilots flying into these airfields Out in force over Easter weekend six other regional aerodromes. use standard visual flight rules to Any changes would mean aircraft stay separated before they reach an POLICE had another issue with because of the risk of a potential to holiday homes, change your will still be able to fly safely to these altitude covered by air traffic control surfers out in the water yesterday surf rescue situation that would plans. And if you do breach the locations, a company statement radar. in which two boardriders defied put emergency responders at risk. rules you can expect to be spoken said. This includes freight, medical Airways expects to start a two- officers for around four hours at a Gisborne Boardriders club to by police, who will be visible flights and future passenger week consultation process with Wainui surf break. has called on all members of the across the region. services. unions next week. The episode followed a similar surfing fraternity to stick to the If you plan on going surfing or Airways chief executive Graeme Gisborne Airport is owned by incident on Tuesday at The Pipe lockdown rules. boating — please don’t. Sumner said the locations under Gisborne District Council and break at Midway Beach when Meanwhile., Tairawhiti Police “While you can leave your home review were those where air traffic operated by Eastland Group. three surfers stayed in the water will be out in force in communities to exercise you need to keep it had been low even before the “We are in consultation with for an hour after police gestured to around Gisborne, Mahia and local. outbreak. Airways and the airlines,” Eastland them to return to shore. the East Coast this weekend to “We are continuing to ask people “It is simply not viable to Group chief executive Matt Todd Two surfers were out yesterday make sure people are safe and not to go swimming or surfing continue the same level of service said. “Our priority is to ensure at a break known as “School” informed about the Alert Level 4 or to do things that may require opposite Wainui Beach School in restrictions. help if they end up getting into at locations where there are no the ongoing safe operation of the waves in excess of 1.5 metres. “We’re urging people to stay at trouble because that places others passenger flights. airport when flights resume.” Police gestured to them to home this holiday weekend, and at risk and puts pressure on our “It’s an unfortunate and stark GDC chief executive Nedine return to shore but they refused to help stop the spread of Covid-19,” emergency services. reality, but our focus now needs Thatcher Swann said it was too do so, and stayed in the water for police said in a statement. “Our first step will be to educate to be on supporting the long-term soon to know the full implications of around four hours. The two men “People should only be and to talk to people about the recovery of New Zealand’s aviation the situation. were spoken to by waiting police undertaking essential travel, like rules. industry by ensuring our services “We will continue to work with when they finally came in and going to the supermarket or the “However, if people continue to are affordable and match the reality Eastland Group to support the were formally warned. pharmacy, because this helps breach the restrictions, officers will of the aviation sector now and into airport operations once flights are Under the Covid-19 recreation prevent the risk of infection. use their discretion to warn, or if the future. up and running again.” rules surfing has been banned If you’re planning on travelling necessary, arrest. Mahia a no-go zone for rule-flouting Easter holidaymakers

by Aaron van Delden The trust was also working closely with the police, Mr Rongo said. BACH owners heading to Mahia “These holidaymakers have been for Easter will be turned away at a roaming the area and flouting the rules,” community checkpoint being set up on the he said. “We want to protect our people.” peninsula’s main access Mahia has about road. 1160 residents, but its Locals were describing population can swell Mahia Beach as “a ghost by thousands during town” a few days into the holidays. Covid-19 lockdown last The checkpoint would month, be set up today and But Rongomaiwahine remain in place “until the Iwi Trust chief executive community feels safe”, Mr Moana Rongo said bach owners had been Rongo said. turning up in droves this week and that The trust has been supporting the prompted the trust to swing into action. Covid-19 emergency response in Mahia in STAY AWAY: Bach owners and other holidaymakers attempting to get to Mahia over It is managing the Nuhaka-Opoutama other ways, too. Easter will be turned away at a checkpoint set up on the main access road. Road checkpoint at Black’s Beach. When The Gisborne Herald called, Mr Picture by Liam Clayton Mr Rongo was keen to stress that the Rongo had been delivering firewood and initiative had the support of the wider food parcels to locals in need. being set up throughout New Zealand to enforcing that rule over Easter. community. Freedom campers were being respectful clamp down on people trying to head away Hawke’s Bay regional councillor Rick Volunteers from the trust and of the lockdown and had stayed away from for the long weekend. During Alert Level Barker said 12 checkpoints were set up in community would be manning the the peninsula. 4, travel must be for essential purposes Hawke’s Bay on Tuesday and more would checkpoint 24 hours a day. The Mahia checkpoint is one of several only, and the police have said they will be be established in the coming days. 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020

FAMILY NOTICES Deaths KIBBLE, Tracey Deaths Megan (nee Moles). — 17.9.1971 - 7.4.2020. HAIR, Gordon James. At peace after a long, — Died 8th April 2020, hard-fought battle. aged 91. Beloved Beloved wife of Steve. husband of Betty, and Adoring and cherished father of Peter and mother of Morgan and Jacky Hair, Angela Hair Corey. Daughter of and Geoff Worsnop, Gary and the late Jean. and David and Cara And dear friend to Hair. Loving Grandad many. of James, Laura, and Following a private Daniel Hair. Hannah cremation, a celebration Truly. Olivia and of Tracey’s life will be Sophie Worsnop. held at a later date. Georgia and Luke Hair. Great-Grandfather of KIBBLE, Tracey. — Lachlan and Tuesday. (1971 - 2020). Family A family service will isn’t always blood, not be held at Matawhero sisters by birth, but we Church at a later date. knew from the start, we would always be sisters HAIR, Gordon James. by heart. Rest easy my — Passed away peace- soul sister. fully, on the 8th of — Tasj and Stewart April 2020. The end of Paulson. Loved Aunty a long and successful Tracey to Nieko, Kody life. Dad, you will be and Ashley. deeply missed but always in our thoughts. Thanks for everything, In Memoriam and for being a great leader of our family. ANTHONY (ABBO) With much love. WALTERS — David, Cara, 9.4.15 Georgia and Luke. Five years today Dad. YARDIES: The Norris family are regular parkrunners who have embraced recreating the run at in their own home and enjoy KIBBLE, Tracey. — Missing your smile connecting with their fellow yardrunners via Facebook. From left, Brent, Mason, Kelly and Aiden Norris. Aiden enjoys True friends are one of and your hugs each the most precious gifts and every day. volunteering as barcode scanner at parkrun, so for the yardruns he was self-appointed as the timekeeper and photographer. we can ever have. I am Forever in our hearts. Picture by Liam Clayton forever thankful for that Linda, Ollie, Robert, precious gift we shared George together. In my heart forever. Rest easy my dear friend. Clocking up kms around the backyard — Kelly, Jamie, Bryce and Ollie. xxxx by Matai O’Connor suggested, but Brent wanted a unique get a glimpse of what others do in their and fun challenge. bubble. Greenwaste must A GROUP of people who cannot gather Starting with his two boys, Ty and Jay, “It has created a fun, supportive outlet to walk, run or jog their usual 5km they paced out a rough track through the for creativity and exercise.” parkrun every Saturday are covering the garden around their section. He ran it a “We are all hoping that we are allowed stay put, for now distance within the confines of their own couple of times and posted the results on out and about by May 9 for the Gisborne property. Strava and Facebook. His wife Yoko and parkrun’s second birthday celebration. GISBORNE people using their time in lockdown Yardrun Gizzy was born in the first daughter Myah joined in too. “See you all there for that one.” to spruce up their gardens won’t be able to week of Covid-19 Alert Level 4 by “It was then suggested we keep to the dispose of any large amounts of greenwaste until Brent Houthuijzen after seeing the parkrun schedule of 8am Saturday but ■ It’s easy to join the fun. the lockdown ends. inspirational activities of many runners call it ‘yardrun’ and all do it together” Jump on Facebook and search for Waste Management New Zealand says it has and athletes around the globe while in They have kept it the same format as “yardrun gizzy” for inspiration and ideas. no plans to open the city’s greenwaste transfer self-isolation. parkrun, a briefing, a welcome and then If you have a smartphone there are facilities before then. “I thought, why not give it a go some action photos. plenty of health and fitness apps that It will still issue kerbside greenwaste wheelie myself,” Mr Houthuijzen said. “Some of us have treacherous and can map your distance and tell you other bins and operate its service emptying those, but “We needed some virtual motivation challenging courses and some are up and statistics that might be of interest. householders can’t dispose of larger amounts of and fun. down the driveway. “You can screenshot that information greenwaste until the lockdown is lifted and the “As a family of five with kids at home “A few have posted videos of their and post on our page or just pop over to transfer station reopens. we need to keep active and clear our course to create some ‘bubble envy’ and see what your friends have been doing,” Wheelie bins can be ordered online through minds of the pressures of isolation. the added benefit of encouraging others Mr Houthuijzen said. Waste Management up to a maximum capacity of “We have great friends who are in the to join in and run around their yards “Some of the feedback we received 240 litres. same situation. with the hope of sharing some fun and has been fantastic and we have inspired Collection times remain the same — the “I wanted to inspire others and get easy family time outside.” plenty of people to run around and get householder’s choice of either fortnightly or some motivation myself,” he said. He started the Facebook page “yardrun active in their backyards. The space monthly. Running around the block is Gizzy” so people could share the fun and available is no obstacle.” Food rescue seeks more donors FROM PAGE 1 quickly learned how GKR operated. Her “We knew families’ need for food would new relationships to gain more food and role was to find food donors, organise increase,” Ms Beattie said. “We already we have now extended our reach to more GIZZY Kai Rescue is seeking further community groups to distribute food had a crisis and emergency policy in whanau and pakeke (elderly) in the donations of food to meet the massive and the 35 plus volunteers that make place so were able to put together a whole district. growth in demand since the Covid-19 it happen. Six days a pandemic plan quickly and “Thanks to the generosity in the Level 4 lockdown. week, volunteers — many register with the Ministry community, we have a coolstore space, The not-for-profit organisation’s of them over 65 — pick for Primary Industries chilled transport and are even bringing manager Lauren Beattie said donations up, sort and package a Using phone and from the beginning of rescue food in from Hastings thanks to a need to be from MPI-approved range of food into cartons email‘ we formed Level 4. newly-formed relationship with Nourish producers. In the past two weeks alone, for ultimate distribution, new relationships “This enabled us to for Nil. Gizzy Kai Rescue (GKR) has distributed via registered groups, to react quickly and to “This would not have been possible over seven tonnes of food. families in need. to gain more food ensure the safety of our without all the support and generosity For the past 18 months, Gizzy Ms Beattie found and we have now volunteers and recipients. — there are so many people to thank Kai Rescue (GKR) has been helping nothing in her job extended our reach We always follow strict including Trust Tairawhiti and community groups feed the community description about dealing to more whanau and food-handling procedures. Tairawhiti Civil Defence. Local growers with rescued kai. This has dramatically with a pandemic, how to We also communicated and producers are doing it tough reduced the food waste and volume of cope with a huge growth pakeke in the whole this with Tairawhiti Civil through this but, even so, many are waste going to the Tirohia landfill at in demand and the need district. Defence and Hauora pushing through and donating to GKR.” Paeroa. to seek greater quantities Tairawhiti. If you have MPI-approved food In 2019, a year after starting of food for families, the —Lauren’ Beattie “We have had to products to donate, please email info@ operations, this reduction in food waste elderly and those with reorganise our volunteer gizzykairescue.org being trucked out of the district saw compromised health. list as many are no longer Follow the journey via Facebook/ GKR receive three years’ funding from The GKR board held a special meeting able to help because of their age or gizzykairescue Trust Tairawhiti to employ its first hours before the Level 4 lockdown to circumstances. We are coping well with manager as the job had become too big decide whether or not to close. It opted the reduced workforce, particularly with ■ GKR asks if you or your whanau are for its lead volunteers. to continue, to meet the growing need for the two-metre distancing required. in need of food, ring Gisborne District Ms Beattie started in January and families to receive food. “Using phone and email, we formed Council 867 2049. The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 NEWS 5 Music teachers find online ways of working by Kim Parkinson

ONLINE music lessons are proving popular in lockdown as Gisborne music teachers embrace technology and use the internet to live-stream lessons. Piano teacher Coralie Hunter, who usually has about 25 private students, said she was teaching about 15 of them at the moment using FaceTime, Messenger and Whats App. LOGGING ON: “I’m really enjoying it now although I Piano teacher can’t play along with them. It’s different. Coralie Hunter is “The kids have to own it more and among a number seem to be more focused,” she said. of Gisborne music Another advantage is they are teachers who have practising more as there are fewer taken to giving their distractions or other activities competing lessons remotely for their time. via different apps It was good for her to see them on their computers. playing on their own pianos in their Picture supplied home environment where she could make sure they were seated properly, for example. She is also enjoying meeting their pets. “There are not that many music teachers in Gisborne but I’d say about a third of us are teaching online now.” Piano teacher and Institute of Registered Music Teachers (IRMT) Gisborne branch secretary Catherine Macdonald says she has found the online teaching an excellent compromise in these parlous times. learning curve. Robin plays in the band Los Village stay-at-home days, she says. and one The IRMT quickly sent out a message “As I had been warned, it took a lot of Burritos which is planning to practise of the hints from IRMT was to dress giving hints concerning online lessons, talking, and with the slight delay and together using the Zoom app this normally for the lessons, to prepare full, including such practical things as often less-than-perfect sound and/or weekend. rich lessons and maintain “your normal having drinking water nearby because visuals it takes extra attention to catch Janet Roderick teaches piano and standard of studio and garden tidiness the online format requires a lot of extra what is being said, or to stop a player in violin, and she is using FaceTime for her so that you also maintain your sense of talking as you cannot simply reach full flight to suggest some alternative. lessons. She said it was working well. self-esteem”. out and touch the bar of music you are “Each lesson is quite intensive.” “I think it is quite fun,” she said. Unfortunately, online lessons do talking about, she said. Clarinet teacher Robin Woods is Mrs Roderick lives alone and said not work as well for singing teachers Once her son-in-law had set up her using the platform that best suits her she was trying to have structure in like Gavin Maclean, who will not be music room at home with the internet, individual students — either FaceTime her days during this time, which attempting it. It was often too difficult to she was up and running. or Messenger. meant scheduling her music lessons find a dedicated space for pupils to sing “I soon realised that a Messenger “It works quite well,” she says. in the afternoon, although she was in most homes, and too hard without a video call was going to be quickly and “I have even played a duet with one flexible depending on her students’ piano, he said. The time delay means easily accessible to both of us. of them — we’ve stayed mostly in time requirements. you cannot play along, either with the “That first lesson was very much a with each other.” Music lessons give structure to these tune or as an accompaniment. Bail, curfew imposed on Finding te reo words dairy robbery accused TWO women who allegedly robbed to fit lockdown world Elgin Dairy raised little suspicion when they entered the store wearing hoods, by Matai O’Connor restricted in what they do. masks and gloves — common attire for One of the latest terms created “Noho tapu can have positive shoppers during this Covid-19 lockdown, MATE korona and rahui are in‘ this era of using social media to and negative connotations. a Gisborne District Court judge was told. some of the te reo Maori words communicate is that Zoom hui are If they are self-isolated or in Police allege that after entering the being used to help spread the quarantine for not being well store about 8pm in what might normally messages about the Covid-19 being referred to as Zui then they are noho tapu or have been considered a disguise, one Alert Level 4 restrictions. —Dr’ Wayne Ngata become tapu. of the women began making a cigarette Mate korona refers to “Maori are pretty sharp — purchase. coronavirus and rahui means one of the latest terms created Police say when the shop owner to restrict, but people have “I think that for some Maori meaning. It can mean that it’s in this era of using social opened his till, the second woman struck started using it to refer to the communities the key one that a crown disease. Maori would media to communicate is that him from across the counter, knocking lockdown and isolation. is still in people’s memory is probably understand the context Zoom hui (meetings) are being him backwards. The first woman grabbed Dr Wayne Ngata, former the 1918 flu epidemic. People of it but others might not. referred to as Zui,” he said. about $500 from the till and the pair fled. toihau (commissioner) of Te refer to that as rewharewha, as “Mate karauna is a Dr Ngata said there were Denise Tiopira, 21, was arrested soon Taura Whiri i Te Re Maori The referring to the flu. transliteration. Karauna has words that were a lot more after the incident. Maori Language Commission, “It wasn’t just a flu, it been well established as a technical. The other woman, who police allege said the words had started was also uruta rewharewha, word referring to Crown or “You’ve got to work out what was carrying a knife later found in the being used in the past two which describes a pandemic or government so there was some is the best way to communicate store, is still at large. weeks. epidemic. reluctance to use it but it is and how would Maori convey Tiopira is charged jointly with persons “There has been a catch-up in “You get terms that aren’t being used widely to refer to that to get messages across to unknown with robbery (an offence terms of how the Government new, they are simply terms we Covid-19 and coronavirus. users of the Maori language. carrying a 14-year maximum prison puts their messages out. are using for the time and taken “Understanding the context of “Hence words like rahui and term). “The catch-up included from normal language uses.” the word is important.” tapu, and noho taratahi (self- She was granted bail yesterday by making sure the Alert Level 4 Two words being used for “Te Taura Whiri i te Reo isolation). Gisborne District Court’s new resident messages were put into other Covid-19 or coronavirus are Maori tumuaki (chief executive) “With words like noho Judge Turitea Bolstad. languages. mate korona and mate karauna. Ngahiwi Apanui made the call whakamohoao (stay in self- Tiopira’s appearance from the “There has been some urgency Mate means illness or disease. to use mate korona so people isolation) I would shorten Gisborne Police Station was via an around capturing the key “There was some debate about don’t get into a debate about it because I think the word online conference call typical of those messages that the Government the two words, korona and the Crown or government as a rahui is something that can be being held in courts throughout New was putting out and putting karauna. virus,” Dr Ngata said. highlighted and socialised more. Zealand during the Covid-19 lockdown them out in Maori, along with “Karauna refers to the crown “When we think about “If you focus on the one or two period. other languages. of the head, and can also refer lockdown and isolation, words things it gets the messages out Judge Bolstad imposed numerous bail “The words that we use are to crown as head of a nation. like rahui and tapu can be used and it might make more sense conditions and further remanded her not new, given that pandemics “When you put it in that because that’s what they are and meaning to Maori who without plea to appear at a registrar’s list are not new to Maori,” Dr Ngata context and use the term mate associated with. are flouting the rules around on May 11. said. karauna then it has a double “Noho rahui means people are rahui.” 6 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 Lockdown ‘harsh’ on single parents by Isaac Davison, NZ Herald “I didn’t eat for two days,” said Lacey, from Napier, who has a 4-year-old, and 1-year old NEW PLYMOUTH — At her first attempt to twins. shop during the lockdown, staff told Amanda She tried to stock up before the lockdown but Trice to leave her twin children in the carpark. the shelves were empty of all essentials. She They are 4 years old. bought enough for the kids, but went without She went to another supermarket in New herself to make sure they had enough until the Plymouth, where she was allowed to take them next shop. A two-item limit on nappies meant she in. only had enough for half a week. “The looks I got were awful,” she said. Lacey, who is on a single mother’s benefit, “People told me I was risking their life, old said her twins had chronic lung conditions and a women ‘tsked’ at me. It makes you feel like crap. visit to the supermarket had always been tricky. And the kids pick up on it too. Under lockdown, it was “a nightmare”. DIFFICULT POSITION: Single parents are outraged after being asked to leave their “You don’t want to risk your kids, but you After Alert Level 4 came into place, she stayed children in the carpark while they do their shopping during the lockdown. File picture don’t want to leave them in the carpark.” up until midnight to get a Click-and-Collect slot The Covid-19 lockdown has been especially so she could avoid going inside the supermarket was encouraging people not to bring children to lockdown. Food banks said demand had jumped harsh on single parents. with her kids. The Pak’nSave supermarket left supermarkets unless they have to. However, sole by a third. Calls to budgeting centres had They are generally on lower incomes and need nappies out of her order. caregivers and single parents were allowed to. doubled. Work and Income hardship grants, to shop more often. But some supermarkets have “They actually told me to leave my children in Foodstuffs NZ head of corporate affairs which were already at high levels, have also banned children during Alert Level 4. the car and go into the store to buy them. I was Antoinette Laird said the company understood doubled. That has left some parents in the difficult crying, and kicked up a bit of a fuss, standing that physical distancing requirements made The Salvation Army said the Government’s position of leaving their kids home alone, or outside the shop.” shopping challenging for some customers. response to hardship caused by Covid-19 had so shopping in dairies, which are more expensive. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said single “We generally suggest shoppers ‘buddy up’ far been “muted”. Among its recommendations Others are simply going without food, parents had contacted her with their own stories. with a friend, family member or neighbour who were increasing support for beneficiaries to according to Salvation Army staff in a report on She asked supermarkets to show some flexibility can do the shop for you,” she said. match that of the wage subsidy. The subsidy was the impact of the lockdown on New Zealand’s during the lockdown. The Salvation Army report provided a worth $585 a week — double the weekly amount most vulnerable households, released today. A Countdown spokeswoman said the company snapshot of life on the margins during the given to a solo mother on a benefit. ‘We have to be rational’ BRIEFS 4.3 quake rattles Chch CHRISTCHURCH — A “blimmin’ strong” earthquake has shaken Christchurch this Health is imperative ‘but not at all costs’: Peters morning. Geonet reports the 4.3 magnitude quake by Audrey Young, NZ Herald working on stepping up our border control same event or place. was centred 10km south-west of the city once again with no distinction, and in the There were 12 people in hospital — at a depth of 5km, which was revised WELLINGTON — Deputy Prime way we have had no distinction to date,” yesterday with the virus, including four in from an initial reported depth of 14km. Minister Winston Peters has spoken of the she said yesterday. intensive care — in Wellington, Waitemata, Almost 9000 people reported feeling the “huge tensions” between looking after the “Everyone who has been coming through Counties Manukau and Southern DHBs. quake — with more than 80 saying it was health of New Zealanders but also saving has been screened for symptoms and Two patients were in a critical condition. strong. the country’s economy — and he wants screened for their isolation plan.” Director-General of Health Ashley People reported feeling the shake in to come out of the Level 4 lockdown as All arrivals are screened for symptoms Bloomfield revealed 64 healthcare workers Pegasus Bay, Lincoln and Templeton. quickly as possible. of Covid-19 and are required to have were among the confirmed or probable, of Melanie Stevenson, of Templeton, said it “We are hearing the calls (about the specific plans to self-isolate for 14 days. If which the largest category was support or was “blimmin’ strong”. economy) and the calls are massive all they have symptoms or if they don’t have care workers with 20. Elsie Wood said: “Definitely heard it around the country in every respect. In a credible plan, they are required to go Their union representatives lobbied coming. Knew what it was and then had terms of the economic analysis, we have into supervised quarantine at a hotel with vigorously to be given personal protective a couple of seconds to think: ‘How big is a lot of work going on as to what this meals supplied. equipment when dealing with clients and this gonna be’? Thankfully, not too bad.” all means,” Peters told Mike Hosking on Arrivals to New Zealand have slowed patients. Charlotte Mooney wrote on Twitter: “So Newstalk ZB today. to a relative trickle with only several The Ministry of Health eventually preoccupied with the pandemic — forgot “The number one priority is to get us hundred arrivals a day, mainly Kiwis agreed to supply its DHBs to distribute to we have earthquakes. out of this Level 4 to some level far more returning. such workers if they felt they needed it. Nigel Young said he also felt the manageable, sustainable and durable while Bloomfield also indicated there would “rumbles”, while Karen Healey dubbed it we rebuild the economy. be a relaxation of testing criteria around “a Christchurch wobble.” — NZ Herald “Health is imperative but it cannot be at We cannot afford to make clusters to allow testing of people without Peters pushes for delay all costs. If it is at all costs, we can’t afford mistakes‘ on the way through’ symptoms — which until now has been to pay for it. We’ll be broke. We have to reserved for special circumstances such as WELLINGTON — Deputy Prime Minister be rational, sane and keep our feet on the —Winston Peters’ some schools and health workers. Winston Peters says he is advocating for ground and keep a commonsense approach. The move follows publicity about September’s election to be delayed by two Peters acknowledged they were hearing difficulties some people had getting tested, months, given the impacts of Covid-19. concerns from small businesses who are Ardern is planning to hold her last despite being a close contact of someone in Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed struggling. briefing today before the Easter break and the largest cluster, Marist College, at 84. earlier this year the election would take He said greater assessments needed is expected to set out next steps for the Bloomfield said he would be surprised if place on September 19. to be made for those businesses that second part of the lockdown. anyone with Covid-19 symptoms could not She has been asked repeatedly over the effectively could remain open because of Police have warned anyone with plans to get a test now because the case definition past few weeks if the election should be the nature of them. head away for Easter to change their plans had been broadened — it allows for fewer pushed out, due to the pandemic. “We cannot afford to make mistakes on immediately. symptoms and no link to overseas travel. Each time, she has said that it shouldn’t. the way through,” he said. Police will be running spot checks to However, he had asked for the Medical But Peters, the New Zealand First leader, On quarantining, more details on the seek compliance. Officer of Health overseeing each cluster told RNZ this morning that he was pushing restrictions for those arriving into New All but essential work has closed or is “to use testing to help ring-fence those for the general election to be delayed until Zealand would be revealed later today — being conducted at home and people are clusters that may include testing people November 21. but the cat appears to be out of the bag. being urged to stay home and to exercise with no symptoms to check and see if they This, according to the report, was the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says locally. are pre-symptomatic”. position of the New Zealand First Party she is planning “across-the-board” The Ministry of Health reported 50 Bloomfield also indicated the ministry which has been fighting for the election quarantining of all arrivals in New new cases yesterday, of which 26 are would give more details on clusters which date to be pushed back. Zealand in the next step to eliminate confirmed cases and 24 are probable. are now described in anonymised terms Peters has been approached for Covid-19 from New Zealand. Fifteen of yesterday’s new cases were in on the Ministry of Health website, such comment. — NZ Herald The plans would be based on the model the Canterbury DHB, nine in Waitemata, as “Southland event” rather than Bluff initially used at Whangaparaoa military eight in Southern and four in Counties wedding or “Waikato workplace” rather Easter treats in demand facilities in which all arrivals from Wuhan, Manukau. than Matamata bar. WELLINGTON — While the Easter bunny the source of the contagious infection, were The total confirmed and probable cases Meanwhile, the new police commissioner is finding a safe, lockdown-compliant kept for 14 days in campervans. in New Zealand is 1210. Andrew Coster told his first press way to deliver chocolate treats this long She said arrivals from specific Covid-19 Of those, 282 of those cases are classed conference that prosecutions have begun weekend, many traditional celebrations are hotspots would not be singled out. It would as recovered, 41 more than the previous against 45 people breaching lockdown having to be shelved. be “across the board”. day. rules, including surfers in Dunedin who Church services have been cancelled The National Party is stepping up West Coast woman Anne Guenole is the returned to surf despite having been because of the level 4 restrictions, while pressure over mandatory quarantining only person in New Zealand to have died warned. hot cross buns are in hot demand. through an online petition, but Ardern from Covid-19 so far. Another 367 people had been issued Out the back at Arobake in Wellington, pointed out she has been planning it Just over half of yesterday’s increases, 26 warnings. baker Max Fuhrer is rushed off his feet for some time and the Government is of the 50, were increases in the 12 existing There have been a total of 37,000 reports making hot cross buns. considering advice on it. clusters, which is when a group of 10 or of breaches, just under 7000 of them He said they had to stop taking orders “I indicated on Monday . . . we were more infections are identified from the reporting breaches by businesses. because it had been so busy. — RNZ The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 7 Living at Alert Level 4 Easter Update

Easter begins tomorrow. Now, more than ever is the time to remember what really matters, be kind to each other, and stay home over the holiday. Can I celebrate Easter with my family? Can I use my car over Easter? Not physically, but you can connect with your family in other ways. Easter is a time for family, but it is not a time to travel. You must Remember, it’s important to maintain your interpersonal, family, stay home. Do not travel out of town, or travel to the bach. whānau and community connections at this time. Remember: using private vehicles for transport is only allowed if Stay in touch via video-chat, messaging, emailing and calling each you are: 1) accessing essential services 2) shopping for food or other. Keep an eye on the COVID-19 social channels for tips and medicine 3) or if you’re an essential worker travelling to, from, ideas over the break. We can still celebrate Easter whilst or as part of your essential work. reinforcing our communal bonds, we just need to get creative! You should also only travel in your car with people from your Make sure you stay in your existing bubble at household. Remember, any unnecessary travel may spread COVID-19. This applies over Easter too! all times Don’t be tempted to join two ‘bubbles’ or households together. Will supermarkets be open over Easter weekend? That just helps spread the virus. Church and religious celebrations As with previous years, supermarkets and other essential can be enjoyed in other ways, like via streaming. businesses that are usually required to close on Good Friday (10 April) will still do so. Trading for essential services resumes How can I show my community spirit at Easter? on Saturday (11 April) and some may choose to remain open on Many New Zealanders are reaching out to the community to ask Easter Sunday (12 April). how they can help others. For example, you can donate a trolley of food by looking up your local food bank online, or talk to them If you can, visiting the supermarket keeps delivery services open to about donating inancially to those in need. those who need them most. When there, try not to stock up more than usual; there is plenty to go around, even in this period. Don’t forget to call your friends and neighbours regularly to check-in on them. Especially those aged 70+ or who live alone. Where can I seek help if I’m feeling stressed or anxious? What can I do if I’m alone and need help? If you feel you are not coping, it is important to seek help and If you can’t get essential supplies and have no other support, professional support. Your family doctor is a good starting point. your local Civil Defence Emergency Management group can help. For support with grief, anxiety, distress or mental wellbeing, A list of their local phone numbers is on our website, or you can you can also call or text the ‘Need to talk?’ service on 1737. phone 0800 779 997. Food bank services may also be available This is free, and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in your area. and gives you the chance to talk with a trained counsellor. Staying local over the Easter period If you’re just looking for some extra support, you can go to Everyone needs to get exercise, and the kids may be tempted Covid19.govt.nz. It includes tips for parents or caregivers to go out to do Easter egg hunts. It’s important you stay local to who want to discuss mental health and wellbeing issues with do this – try hiding eggs in your backyard or around the house. primary-school aged children. If you do leave your house for exercise or supplies, you must Who can I contact if I see people not following keep a 2-metre distance from other people at all times. the rules on self-isolation? Don’t stop and chat, even at this time. You can tell the Police by completing the online form at Please reassure kids: the Prime Minister has confirmed the 105.police.govt.nz. Where possible, try to keep the phones Easter Bunny is an essential worker. free for those that need them in an emergency.

Thank you to all essential workers Many of our essential workers will not be getting a break over this period. A big thank you to all of you for your hard work and efort over Easter and beyond. We need and appreciate everything you are doing to keep us all safe. Got questions? Find the answers faster at Covid19.govt.nz 8 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 Home learning packs on the way from Govt by Simon Collins, NZ Herald Suzy Cato, who will front science, maths and other content on the English- WELLINGTON — Home learning language channel, said the whole line-up packs and devices to enable remote had only been finalised in the past week. learning will soon start landing at the “Nothing like this has ever been done doors of thousands of Kiwi families to before,” she said. BLAST FROM THE PAST: Much-loved Children’s TV presenter Suzy Cato is set to support children stuck at home during Others tapped for the English- front science, maths and other content on one of the channels that will launch on the coronavirus lockdown. language channel, which will screen Wednesday. File picture The Ministry of Education has free on TVNZ+2 and on Sky channel confirmed the first of 2000 modems were 502, include Lotto presenter Jordan learning devices or Wi-Fi at home. (NCEA) in Years 11 to 13. sent out earlier this week, with hard Vandermade, neuroscientist Nathan Many schools have lent out their school In the meantime, the ministry is also packs being sent from today. Wallis and early childhood teacher Karen computers to families for the lockdown, dispatching 20,000 hard-copy learning Devices will start to be dispatched next O’Leary, better known for her role in and Hipkins said the Government packs this week and 40,000 next week, week. the TV show Wellington has ordered 17,000 more laptops and and Hipkins said up to 500,000 could They are being provided Paranormal. Chromebooks due to arrive this month. be dispatched in total if schools remain to families with school- Two new educational The English and Maori “We are working to secure thousands closed. aged children who don’t channels will both screen more devices from offshore,” he said. He showed reporters packs for primary have suitable learning TV channels are also from 9am to 3pm daily The devices will be owned by schools, school children including school readers, devices or internet at being pulled together with programmes for and each school will decide whether to workbooks, the School Journal, fold-out home. in record time to launch the full age range from bring them back into the school or leave cards and guidance for parents. “The first devices on Wednesday. preschoolers to senior them with needy families when the Preschoolers will get large boxes and modems are being high school. lockdown ends. including story books, felt-tip pens, dispatched this week, and The Maori content will They will be set up with software to crayons, chalk, a glue stick and other the first tranche of hard be on Maori Television’s block inappropriate content, and will be materials such as fabric, coloured copy deliveries will make their way to Te Reo channel on Freeview and on Sky’s insured by the Education Ministry. cardboard and jigsaw puzzles. homes on Thursday and will continue on channel 82. It will take longer to install broadband All materials in the packs are also on Tuesday next week,” the ministry said. Education Minister Chris Hipkins said connections for all homes that don’t have the Learning from Home website to help Two new educational TV channels, in the Government had approved emergency them, because of a worldwide shortage of teachers interact with students and their English and Maori, are also being pulled funding of $87.7 million for the package, modems, driven by school closures which learning activities. together in record time to launch on and “further additional funding might be now affect 91 percent of the world’s The ministry has told schools that the Wednesday, when the new school term required”. schoolchildren. massive investment does not necessarily starts — remotely, with both teachers Schools have reported that 80,000 Priority for the devices and the signal that schools and childcare centres and students teaching and studying in families, with about a sixth of the internet will be given to families with will stay closed beyond April 22, when their homes. country’s 1.1 million children and young children studying for the National the four-week lockdown is currently due Much-loved children’s TV presenter people under age 18, lack either suitable Certificate of Educational Achievement to end.

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WELLINGTON — Front-line health “Demand has actually been very staff and vulnerable people are being high. I would say it’s because people urged to take up a free flu vaccine to are so aware of the health risks of reduce burdens on hospitals as the Covid-19 it seems that they’re more health system deals with the Covid-19 aware of the importance of getting the virus. flu vaccine as well, so that’s good, and The government has extended the encouraging.” time period for priority groups to Genter said an issue where some get influenza vaccines free of charge providers had run out of stock was until April 27, before they are made being addressed. available to the general public. “Some providers ordered more NO ONE SHOULD SLEEP HUNGRY: Daljit Singh (centre) of the Sikh Society, which This includes over-65 year olds, vaccine than they were able to has started a foodbank at the Sikh Temple in Takanini and is aiming to distribute 1100 pregnant females, those with particular administer while others have run out. food parcels to people struggling during the lockdown. NZ Herald picture chronic conditions, “The Ministry young children of Health are now with respiratory more actively illnesses, and managing flu front-line health vaccine stocks to workers. ensure priority Food parcels Associate groups can access Health Minister them and they are Julie Anne Genter going where they said there must are most needed. be a reduction There is no point in the amount of in vaccines sitting for the needy other preventable around unused. illness to help “Any health by Lincoln Tan, NZ Herald “A solo mum with three young kids who deal with the provider that hasn’t eaten called us one evening, and we sent Covid-19. does not have AUCKLAND — Volunteers at a Sikh temple in someone to drop off food to her at 9pm that “It’s of extra sufficient supply Auckland will be distributing thousands of free night.” importance this for priority groups food parcels and delivering food to people going He said as the Covid-19 lockdown goes on, an year because we want to take as much is encouraged to contact their hungry in the lockdown. increasing number of people were struggling to pressure off the health system as District Health Board immunisation About 1100 food parcels were being prepared get food on the table. possible this winter,” Genter said. coordinator so more stock can be and those needing them are being asked to Volunteers also prepared up to 50 food parcels “The government is very keen to arranged.” collect them from the Takanini Sikh Gurdwara daily to drop off at homes of people who are make sure all the people that are most Genter said a total of 1.8 million every Friday and Monday between 4 and 6pm. either in self-isolation or did not have access to at risk of being hospitalised with the vaccines would be available this year, But a woman, who contacted the New Zealand supermarkets. flu and those front-line health workers 30 percent more than last year, which Herald about the exercise, said this “again shows “We don’t ask any questions and it is open to who we need to be able to take care of was itself a record. the double standards” of the Government in all ethnicities and nationalities. If they need the people get their vaccine.” Accessing healthcare — like getting allowing some to hand out food, but classifying food parcels, we will make sure they get them,” Genter said the timeframe had been a vaccine — is an essential service and greengrocers and butchers as non-essential Singh said. extended to make sure as many people travel to do so is allowed, but please services during the lockdown. The entire exercise is contactless — those as possible within the priority groups call your doctor and arrange a time for Counties Manukau Police Inspector Jared collecting food at the temple are asked to drive in were vaccinated. an appointment first. — RNZ Pirret said police were working closely with the one gate, open their boot for a volunteer to load temple around providing advice and education on the parcel and then drive out through another the current Alert Level 4 requirements. gate. “We have since cited the temple’s The food parcels contain bread, milk, fresh classification as an essential social service fruits and vegetables. GeT ReADY FOR WINTeR provider,” Pirret said. Auckland Council has also set up a food “Through our community networks, Counties distribution centre at Spark Arena after receiving Providing protection Manukau Police are aware of a number of 3000 requests for help since announcing last families in need of assistance. week that it would be providing emergency food against complications “As one of our partners, we have asked the parcels on behalf of the Government. of the common cold temple whether they would be able to assist Anyone who is unable to go to the some of those families with food parcels.” supermarket, or is suffering financial hardship as for up to 3 months. Pirret acknowledged the temple’s willingness a result of the lockdown, is eligible for the food to assist in the request, but said police would not parcels, which are being couriered to people’s be participating in any deliveries. homes. 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File picture Rachel Leota would not confirm the specifics of the flight or the security measures involved in the transportation, she said a “thorough risk assessment” would be undertaken beforehand. “This includes specifying the number of escorting staff, the transport method, whether the prisoner will be GPS-monitored while outside of prison and the restraint type used.” Leota said a third man aboard the flight had been released on parole to the North Island and the fourth had been remanded to appear in the Essential services ‘bullied’ for trading Manukau District Court on April 24. That man was 42-year-old Anthony Paul AUCKLAND — Death threats and feel so alone should be more important essential. “But what do you turn to when Brocas, who appeared in the Dunedin District trolling appear to be par for the course that ‘laying low’ and not speaking up,” you’re upset or going through a hard Court on Tuesday. He was charged with for some businesses staying open during she said. time — you pick up a bar of chocolate or breaching a protection order by intimidating the lockdown — even though they have “Most of my friends are small business some sweet treats or a box of fudge,” Gee and psychologically abusing the complainant, received explicit permission from the owners and all have experienced online said. and defence counsel Chris Lynch proposed Government. bullying on some level during the According to MBIE, essential food bail to his mother’s home south of Auckland. Bernadette “Bets” Gee of the popular lockdown.” businesses include those involved in the The court heard Corrections was putting sweet treats business Magnolia Kitchen Gee’s cafe in the Auckland suburb of packaging, production and processing of on the special charter, which Judge Michael says she and many other small business Silverdale is shut but she is continuing food products, Gee pointed out. Crosbie called “something of a Con Air flight”. owners deemed to be essential services to send out essential goods ordered “If we are trusting (the Government) The flight, Leota said, was the safest way have received abuse online since the online, such as baking kits, and she also with our lives and to make the rules of transportation with the Level 4 Covid-19 lockdown started. stocks stores around New Zealand. why are we not trusting their rulings?” restrictions still in effect. In an Instagram post labelled The caker told the Hits (Radio) her Gee had blocked about 500 people “To release someone at one end of the “Essential food for thought”, Gee said business had been given the green light online in the past fortnight, and after country with no means to travel home would she had received death threats and to trade by the Ministry of Business, posting about the issue online, numerous place them and our communities at significant abusive messages expressing hope she Innovation and Employment (MBIE). other small businesses had reached out risk,” she said. would catch coronavirus. She believed a lot of the abuse was to say they were also receiving abuse. “(Air travel) enables us to ensure the time a Gee’s first reaction had been to lay coming from fear and misinformation “Some people are even closing because prisoner spends outside of a prison is limited, low and “not feed the trolls” — but about what service she was performing. of the bullying, because they can’t thereby minimising risk to the safety of the a conversation with another small “You look at my Instagram feed, you handle the attacks that they’re receiving public . . . Corrections Officers accompany business owner had changed her see beautiful cakes, you assume that’s . . . These are businesses that are trying prisoners on all air transfers, and additional outlook. what my business is.” to stay alive at a time when everyone is airport security staff and prison staff are “Standing up to bullies so others Some commenters on Gee’s Instagram in danger of going bankrupt.” stationed at the receiving airport.” — ODT suffering the same abuse in silence don’t posts have argued her products are not — NZ Herald ‘I’ll have to do my own thing’ Landlord travels 100km to third property in Ngatea by Kurt Bayer, NZ Herald travelling more than one hour from the four-bedroom essential services, so these breaches were Auckland to Ngatea constituted a breach villa now say they putting us at risk as well as everyone AUCKLAND — An Auckland landlord of the stringent Alert Level 4 lockdown feel unsafe following we work with,” one tenant told the NZ accused of breaching lockdown rules at rules, Philip accepted: “Absolutely would their landlord’s Herald. two rental properties has ditched his be, wouldn’t it?” unannounced Philip is still angry with the police $1000-a-week taxpayer funded hotel and “I had to go somewhere,” he added, lockdown intrusions who said he couldn’t stay at his Mt Eden travelled 100km to live in a third property. claiming that he asked police before he and have fashioned property — and says their decision was Mark David Philip was spotted at left Auckland whether he could return to internal locks and wrong. his late father’s house in Ngatea on the his own house. devised a secret “According to the rules, my bubble is Hauraki Plains yesterday. “They wouldn’t give me a definitive knocking system for (one of his Mt Eden properties) — that’s The NZ Herald understands that a decision on whether I could or whether I added security. where I was at the beginning of this police 105 complaint has been lodged by a couldn’t. What was right and what was After being told lockdown. I should be there,” he said. member of the public over his movements. wrong — they refused to make a ruling. to leave, Philip then “They (police) are absolutely useless. Police wouldn’t comment, So I’m on my own. If went to his other Mark Philip They don’t know what they are doing. citing privacy issues. they’re not going to tell rental property just This was all avoidable if they left me in And when approached I didn’t like the idea of me what to do, I’ll have minutes away, but my bubble. by the NZ Herald to do my own thing.” told the NZ Herald he had no intention of “The police created this by taking me yesterday afternoon, the‘ taxpayer being on the However, despite his staying there. out of there. Why shouldn’t I be in my Philip admitted that hook for this . . . so I’ve move, he still doesn’t Philip claims he just picked up some house, in my room?” he had gone to a fourth been endeavouring to find believe that Ngatea is personal items and left. Last year, Philip was reprimanded by property since the now his full-time bubble, “That’s it. I’m not going to sleep on the the Tenancy Tribunal for breaching a Covid-19 lockdown came something myself. citing one of his two Mt couch for a month, are you dreaming?” he number of provisions in the act — relating into force on March 26. —Mark’ Philip Eden properties at his said. to another property that he owns just “I didn’t like the idea permanent residence. But the Herald has been told by tenants around the corner. of the taxpayer being on Stunned tenants at that he also “repeatedly” tried to gain It included failing to comply with smoke the hook for this — at $1000-a-week — so one of his Mt Eden rental properties access to the second property. alarm requirements, lodge a bond, provide I’ve been endeavouring to find something phoned police on day one of the lockdown, They say he went there twice on an insulation statement, or provide myself. Let’s leave it at that,” he said. saying he’d repeatedly turned up Thursday, March 26 — day one of the documents. His father, Dr Neil Philip, passed away uninvited and without notice. lockdown — and once the next day. The Tenancy Tribunal found Philip aged 90 on Boxing Day last year, leaving Philip, who is listed as living at the Tenants made it “very clear each time — who it was noted was often overseas his son Mark the Ngatea property, the property in the 2017 electoral roll, says that he was not welcome to come in and for extended periods and wouldn’t put Herald understands. it’s his main residence — despite saying was breaching lockdown”. in place appropriate arrangements for It is understood he also took over he spent most of last year overseas. Police were informed and officers landlord duties in his absence — was full ownership of one of two Mt Eden Police officers escorted him off the advised them to call 111 if Philip “patently unaware of his obligations as a properties that he had shared with his premises in handcuffs and warned him to returned. landlord”. father. stay away. “It was obviously a very concerning Philip says he is challenging that When quizzed on whether he considered The five housemates who are renting situation as two of us in the house are decision and is awaiting a rehearing date. 12 BUSINESS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 Kiwis rush for mortgage help

AUCKLAND — More than settled at about 2500 – 3000 a six-month deferral terms which Reserve Bank have worked 70,000 Kiwis have approached day, an ANZ spokesperson said. were subsequently released on together to put the emergency their bank for some form of “We have never seen anything March 27, a spokesperson said. measure in place and keep Kiwis mortgage relief, a tally of like it at this sort of scale,” ANZ A further 9000 ASB customers in their homes. numbers from our major lenders CEO Antonia Watson said. had changed their home loans But as interest is still added to shows. All the major banks said they to interest only during the same their loan amount it could mean Banks say they are being had seen similar surges from period. they end up taking longer to pay approached in large numbers customers seeking help on some BNZ said it had heard from down the mortgage. by customers seeking to defer kind of mortgage relief. 9200 customers seeking “We’ve been clear that mortgage payments for six As of this morning Westpac payment deferrals or reductions. home loan deferrals do add to months or seeking to reduce had received approximately Kiwibank said it had heard the cost of a loan, and aren’t payments to interest only. 15,500 requests for a mortgage from 10,000 home loan for everyone,” ANZ said in a ANZ, New Zealand’s biggest repayment deferral or reductions customers, with about 5000 statement. “As such, we assess bank, said it had already to cover interest. specifically seeking mortgage what other options might be received 14,000 applications Roughly two-thirds of assistance. available before going down the for mortgage deferral under the those were seeking payment TSB has so far had deferral path.” joint Government-banks scheme deferrals, while the other third discussions with around 3000 Financial experts have also announced before the lockdown were looking at interest-only customers needing mortgage warned that deferral should only started. or payment reductions, a assistance. be used as a last resort. It has received a further spokesperson said. Mortgage repayment deferrals Interest-only payments 8000 applications for a move to ASB said more than 9500 mean affected customers who mean customers’ payments are interest only payments. After an customers had deferred their apply to their bank will not make reduced to the lowest possible initial surge of interest in home home loan payments since principal and interest payments level, maintaining the mortgage SEEKING HELP: Homeowners are looking for help loan deferrals when they became March 20 when ASB launched its on their loans for up to six by paying interest but deferring with mortgage payments. ANZ says applications for available last week, the number personal support package. months. payment of the principal debt. mortgage relief have settled to 2500-3000 after an of applications received has That number included the The banks, Government and — NZ Herald initial spike. File picture Paywave limits Pharmacy sector fears mass closures, go up to reduce calls for more government support PIN pad contact WELLINGTON — The Pharmacy Guild of New the Alert Level 4 lockdown. AUCKLAND — Paywave limits will increase Zealand says hundreds of pharmacies could be The Government needs to The struggles pharmacies were facing were to $200 to reduce physical contact with PIN forced to close their doors if they do not receive far worse for some retailers who could not trade, pads during the Covid-19 pandemic. urgent financial support from the Government. step‘ in and help these essential Harford said. Previously only transactions of $80 or less Disruption from the Covid-19 pandemic has businesses through extremely “Pharmacies have a slight advantage in that were able to be completed without a PIN using hit many independent operators, particularly difficult times so they can keep they are allowed to be open under the lockdown a contactless card. After a pilot, Payments community pharmacies, as prescription provisions, but my understanding is that many NZ will progressively roll out the new higher dispensing and retail sales continue to plummet delivering the service their of them are either operating on reduced hours or contactless payment limit at terminals from as a result of the lockdown. communities need are closed,” Harford said. this morning. It will take a few weeks to be As retail sales fall, costs were increasing —Andrew’ Gaudin “Right across the board, and pharmacies are nationwide. as pharmacies implement additional safety no exception, we are seeing that consumers Chief executive Steve Wiggins said they measures in stores and home delivery functions are not getting out and spending in the way opted for a decent increase to catch a good to operate in a Covid-19 environment. “We’re almost two weeks in, the bills are they normally would and pharmacies will need chunk of purchases, in line with recent Andrew Gaudin, chief executive of the mounting . . . we don’t want to see people being support like other businesses to get through changes in Australia and Canada. “We felt Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand, told the Herald unable to pay the bills and/or bankruptcy getting this.” that was a limit that enabled people to have a pharmacies’ revenues were down about 75 in the way of keeping pharmacies open in this It is believed that the wage subsidy scheme bigger shop and make sure we were getting a percent over the past two weeks. critical time.” on its own is not enough to get struggling fair percentage of those that wouldn’t have to “Our pharmacists and their teams are A handful of pharmacies had already closed businesses through these challenged times. touch the keypad,” Wiggins said. delivering an essential service in very testing and others placed into voluntary administration, “The wage subsidy is a good thing, and a “All (customers) will need to do is follow the circumstances due to Covid-19 but the simple he said. The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand good start, but the reality is it is not going to usual prompts on the PIN pad when paying. If fact is their businesses are facing increasing has more than 600 members. There are more be enough to save many businesses from the the limit has become active on that terminal, it costs and falling sales,” Gaudin said. than 1050 pharmacies operating throughout the downturn that will hit us shortly.” will kick in automatically.” “Many of our member pharmacies are doing country. Gaudin estimates that more than 200 Harford said businesses had been offered The increase to the limit was temporary, it very tough despite being a vital part of the pharmacies qualify for the wage subsidy, but the much greater financial support across the but no end date had been decided, Wiggins Covid-19 response as well as the wider primary scheme was “just a drop in the bucket” of total Tasman in Australia. This included rent relief said. “I think it’s important that we see where healthcare sector.” costs. and greater efforts to keep people employed the country goes with the lockdown. We’ll Gaudin said the organisation’s member “The Government needs to step in and help in the long-term. This, and additional financial come back in a wee while and decide if it’s pharmacies relied on retail sales to make their these essential businesses through extremely support aside from the wage subsidy, from the appropriate to leave the limit where it is, or businesses work financially. But dropping sales difficult times so they can keep delivering the Government would be welcomed across the should we look to reduce that to the previous meant without adequate support outside of the service their communities need. sector right now, he said. limit or somewhere in between.” wage subsidy scheme would many stores would “If this doesn’t happen, some of our member “Retailers are desperately crying out for some Wiggins said people must be especially be forced to close. pharmacies will be forced to close — just when form of Government support rent relief package; vigilant with their cards, and treat them “At this stage people are hanging in there and they are needed more than ever.” rent is a massive fixed cost for retailers, it is not like cash. Lost or stolen cards should be making it work, but we’re most concerned that The Herald has contacted Green Cross Health, something they can necessarily negotiate down, reported to the user’s bank and card provider we’re only half way through the lockdown.” which operates more than 350 Unichem and Life though some are doing their best to do that.” immediately. “That’s one thing the industry will The sector received $15 million from the Pharmacy stores, for comment. Liberalisation around the rules of e-commerce be monitoring very closely . . . It’s something Government pre-lockdown. More funding was Retail NZ chief executive Greg Harford said and allowing more businesses to trade online that we’re really conscious of.” — RNZ needed to meet ongoing financial needs, Gaudin pharmacies were lucky that they were at least during the lockdown would also help retailers in said. able to remain open and trade their stores during the current environment, he said. — NZ Herald

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY The infrastructure investment company said considering current global headwinds. it estimated operating earnings for the year Australian banking stocks were also weaker ended March 31 at between $550 million and after their credit ratings were downgraded WELLINGTON — The S&P/NZX 50 Index response to the crisis saying the country was $560 million, down from the $575 million to $615 by Fitch Ratings. The ratings agency said it closed above 10,000 for the first time in almost not just flattening the curve but “squashing it”. million previously forecast due to accounting expected the economies of both Australia a month as dwindling numbers of new Covid-19 Stuart Williams, head of equities at Nikko treatment of partial asset sales. And it warned it and New Zealand to shrink as a result of the cases helped buoy some of the most exposed Asset Management, said investors welcomed might pay a smaller dividend than the 11 cents coronavirus crisis and consequent lockdowns. sectors of tourism, retail and aged care. this type of positive news to weigh against per share previously signalled. Westpac Banking Corp fell 1.8 percent to The benchmark index increased 2.3 percent negative economic forecasts and potential job Retirement village operator Metlifecare $16.10 and Australia & New Zealand Banking to 10,031.66, the highest close since March 12. losses. slumped 17.4 percent to $3.51, posting the Group slipped 1.2 percent to $16.50. Within the index, 29 stocks rose, 16 fell, and five SkyCity Entertainment Group led the market steepest fall of the day. The company said it was Kathmandu Holdings, which has large retail were unchanged. Turnover was $314 million. higher, up 8.8 percent at $1.97. The casino and told last night that European buy-out firm EQT exposure in Australia, fell 10.1 percent to 62 Investors welcomed signs of the pandemic’s hotel operator has been among the hardest by was backing out of the $1.49 billion takeover. cents. Outside the benchmark index, Rakon spread slowing down, with China’s Wuhan the pandemic as a global shutdown in tourism Williams said the investors bailing out of shares rose 5.8 percent to 20 cents after the ending a two-month lockdown, and Austria all-but shut down its businesses. the stock were arbitrage buyers who had been company said it would meet guidance of annual announcing plans to reopen the country on Retirement village operator Summerset Group looking to make quick money, rather than long- underlying earnings, despite the uncertainty April 14 after it was able to get on top of the increased 6.3 percent to $5.95, Restaurant term investors. “It is currently very, very cheap caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. virus faster than other nations. Brands New Zealand advanced 4.6 percent to for an exceptionally good business,” he said. Tilt Renewables rose 3.8 percent to $3.01 after The number of new cases of Covid-19 in $10.30, and Tourism Holdings rose 4.8 percent Mainfreight increased 4.1 percent to $34.20 the company said it will return A$260 million New Zealand rose to 1210, with 50 new cases to $1.10. after it gave a market update reporting a 7 to shareholders via a share buyback, using the reported yesterday. That’s a drop from both the Auckland International Airport increased 1.2 percent year-on-year decline in revenues. proceeds from its sale of Snowtown 2 wind farm 54 new cases on Tuesday and the 67 reported percent to $5.45, while Air New Zealand fell 1.8 Williams said while revenue had fallen, the last year. The renewable energy developer said on Monday. US newspaper, the Washington Post percent to 83.5 cents. announcement was “less bad than feared” it will still have a strong balance sheet after the ran a story praising New Zealand’s own quick Infratil shares rose 7.2 percent to $4.30. amounting to a positive announcement capital return. — BusinessDesk The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 OPINION 13 Heading from Inequality and Covid-19 impacts by Meredith for thousands of people, real uncertainty kept safe. These measures have been put lockdown to Akuhata-Brown around employment and income is their in place by residents who understand the new reality. impacts this virus could have on people MY daughter recently The statement “we are all in this living in poorer, isolated communities. whack-a-mole showed me a photo of a together” is true but whether we are all We have already seen so much job loss celebrity in isolation — of treated the same while in this together, and the biggest impacts of the lockdown by Gwynne Dyer course it was a mansion well, that’s another thing. are on those already struggling, because IT’S wrong to say that there with all the toys. It made Ironically, the pandemic has meant they are generally on low-paid jobs that is no exit strategy from the me think that for many more has been done to ensure the aren’t very secure — while those who are anti-coronavirus lockdowns people this time of isolation will be spent homeless are housed, probably because on high incomes often worked from home that have proliferated across in luxury and a chance to enjoy all the we care about others’ wellbeing rather before the lockdown. the world. There is, and the first things their money has bought. than the homeless. Another interesting factor is that many phase is to keep the lockdowns But what about the millions who live We see more connections within the jobs considered “essential” are putting going long enough to bring in poverty? What is life in isolation like? social sector, which has meant people are the lives of those on low incomes at risk, new Covid-19 infections down to a manageable In many parts of the world the Covid-19 working better together to ensure our particularly supermarket and service number. Maybe by June. virus has given us a real insight into the most vulnerable are cared for. Issues that station workers. Then you start playing whack-a-mole until lack of resources in communities where we have been talking about for years are The Government support package has there is a vaccine (minimum 18 months). If there the populations are dense and social becoming priorities. many asking where is this money coming is no effective vaccine, you have to keep doing distancing is near impossible. If there is one thing that Covid-19 has from? Indeed, demand from China for it until your population has developed “herd For many who live day to day, the shown us, it is the frailty of many of the our logs seems to have already picked immunity” (two to four years, but only if surviving whole fisaco of bulk buying simply is not systems that we have been so loyal to. up again, raising questions about the the infection confers lasting immunity). But at an option. Many familes rely on schools The pandemic has exposed the instability necessity of $100 million for the forestry least you can reopen most of your economy. and agencies to help feed their children of our economics, ill-equipped healthcare industry. These are the best options left for the and ensure their basic needs are met. systems, and given rise to questions Many of us will be feeling anxious countries that missed the bus when the When the news first broke about around who we really trust. about restrictions being implemented to coronavirus first appeared three months ago — Covid-19 there was so much concern for For our nation it has heightened limit the spread of Covid-19. which is to say practically all of them, with the the economic impacts, which of course is concerns for Maori who have held the Tens of thousands of families who were exception of the East Asian countries: China, natural within the dominant economic worst health statistics for many decades. already vulnerable before this began will South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. framework. Many global companies have However, there has been strong action by be facing impossible decisions about food, The most startling statistic of the current been profoundly shaken by the impacts of locals to protect vulnerable communities, healthcare and survival. More than ever, pandemic is that Americans are 120 times more Covid-19 and have had to revert to some with checkpoints established to stop we need leadership that is transparent, likely to die of Covid-19 than Chinese citizens. painful measures, through no fault of travellers and ensure those in areas decisive and considers the long-term We know how many Chinese died with some their own. Workers have been laid off and where healthcare is underresourced are impacts of leadership decisions. precision, because the dying has stopped in China, at least for now. The total is 3331, most of them in Wuhan or the surrounding province of Hubei. The only new cases now being reported in China are in citizens returning from abroad. Patently obvious who is to blame The predicted death toll from Covid-19 in the United States, according to no less an authority by Patrick Cooper He also suggests, outrageously, that the writes, “The deliberate lack of transparency and than President Donald Trump, is 100,000. You may affected countries are to blame for not pressuring co-operation that has characterised the Chinese THE editor misinterprets be sure that is the lowest number Trump thinks the CCP to close its live animal markets, Communist Party’s response to the outbreak my letter (April 1 editorial). he can get away with. His chief infectious disease when, after the Sars outbreak, it had become since the virus was first identified in Wuhan President Trump doesn’t need adviser, Dr Anthony Fauci, actually said “looking abundantly clear to the Chinese government that constitutes nothing less than a breach of trust any defending, his handling of at what we’re seeing now, I would say between viruses thrived in those conditions. The CCP did between China and the rest of the world.” the Wuhan virus pandemic has 100,000 and 200,000 . . . deaths” on March 29, close them initially but then reopened them. It is The British government is being advised that a 60 percent approval rating but let’s stick with the lower figure — which is patently obvious that the CCP is to blame. the CCP may have downplayed the number of with the American people shockingly high, but the comparable rates for One of the difficulties faced by world leaders cases by a factor of 15 to 40. according to a Gallup poll. major European countries are just as bad. was the disinformation that the CCP spread As part of its campaign of disinformation, the His defence of the Chinese Communist Party Italy and Spain have passed the peak rate of about the extent of the epidemic in China, the CCP has blamed the virus on the visit to Wuhan (CCP) by suggesting that “we are all in this deaths and will probably end up with around numbers of those infected and its refusal to allow of some American soldiers. It has also tried to together” just won’t cut it, I’m afraid. 20,000 deaths each. The United Kingdom will the US Centers for Disease Control, for example, exploit the pandemic economically by making He suggests that President Trump didn’t act probably end up in the same place. Each of these to come in and examine the evidence. It appeared “predatory” offers of vital equipment, some of swiftly enough. The CCP, who already had the countries has about one-fifth the population of to be far less pervasive than has subsequently which doesn’t work, to affected countries and experience of the Sars outbreak behind them, the United States, and is facing about one-fifth been shown to be the case. expecting to be paid for it. knew about the virus early in December but didn’t the number of deaths. If the American death toll This is almost the perfect superspreader The countries that trade with China must stop start systematically testing until seven weeks climbs well above 100,000, then you can start virus, starting out asymptomatic for the first few kowtowing to the CCP and collectively must later. The lockdown, when it came in Wuhan, with blaming Trump for the excess deaths, but there is days, with nothing showing up on X-rays. Then, demand compensation for the dreadful economic the doors to apartment blocks being welded shut, something more fundamental happening here. changes take place in the lungs and the disease dislocation and loss of life the pandemic has could only have been achieved in a totalitarian All these countries only moved very late to takes off. The patient is contagious throughout caused. Despite the CCP’s protests, President state where the people have been cowed into act against the virus — so late that their only the course of the illness. Could it be that this Trump has persevered with the tariffs designed obedience. The lockdown in Western democracies remaining option was lockdown. Whereas all the “perfect” virus was deliberately engineered in a to persuade the Chinese government to stop its had to be broached with care by governments east Asian countries reacted at once. laboratory? cheating on trade through intellectual property and could not be imposed overnight. China, where the coronavirus originated, was Con Coughlin in last Wednesday’s Telegraph, theft and currency manipulation. He will not bend. blind-sided by the wave of deaths in Wuhan, but as soon as the virus had been identified Beijing locked the city down, and soon after the whole country. A week or two were lost to the Chinese regime’s denial and its reluctance to damage the economy, but the reaction was still fast enough. Let’s learn from this experience The lockdown worked, and most Chinese are now by Clive Bibby Why is it that, for the most part, our shouldn’t be. back to work. laws are almost always formulated and Think about this: When the South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong got the A WHILE back I passed along partisan party lines? Government announces that this current warning at the same time as everybody else. watched a number of MPs It is unfortunate that humanitarian threat is over, I suspect the public The East Asian countries have some serious make contributions to ideas that had their gestation as the desire for a return to normalcy will experience of pandemics, so they immediately the “20 weeks” Abortion result of injustices in the public system be such that any talk of focusing with started testing frantically to identify new clusters Bill’s second reading in are either watered down to the point of equal determination on the remaining of infection, tracing all the contacts of the Parliament, that has since being ineffective when passed into law, or (arguably much more important) threat infected people, and isolating everybody involved been passed into law. fail to get the votes because they offend to our survival, ie climate change, will be to break the chains of infection. Being allowed a “free” (conscience) vote the precious feelings of relatively small put on the back-burner. These methods never detect all of those on this controversial issue was all that but influential groups. We simply can’t allow that to happen. infected, and the ones that are missed will cause was required to release our politicians And it isn’t as if the alternative to this In fact, it would be totally irresponsible if new clusters of infection to emerge a few weeks from the shackles of party discipline and charade isn’t staring us in the face. we did. later, so this is a never-ending game of whack-a- the result was a display of Parliament This nation is now in lockdown. We need to find ways of dealing mole which requires a small army of testers and operating at its very best. The government edicts around what with climate change that fit our local contact tracers. But it keeps the death toll down I was proud of every member who we are told is best practice have been environment. and the economy open. spoke, while I watched, irrespective of accepted by most Kiwis as necessary for A bipartisan approach to reducing Western countries did not use the ample time which side of the debate they supported. the common good. emissions without cutting the economic they had to put a similar system in place. They It is such a shame that all legislation is Dramatic measures are required in a throat of the nation is required didn’t even stock up on masks, ventilators and not the result of such considered opinion national crisis and we expect our leaders immediately. protective clothing. They let the infection spread based solely on what individuals believe to lead. So far, it appears that they are It is perfectly possible for our nation to so widely that only a long, full lockdown could to be a fair assessment of the facts. doing a pretty good job of achieving that. emerge from this experience with a new contain it. Why? Arrogance, wishful thinking, and Our parliamentary and local But what happens when this resolve to reach political decisions in a a determination not to harm economic growth. government systems have proved to coronavirus crisis is over? Will we climate (excuse the pun) that is devoid of A great many unnecessary deaths later, when be reasonably effective in providing a have learned how it is possible to do the partisan, self-serving manner of the the remaining number of infections is down to vehicle that allows the nation to function things differently when the country’s past. Our leaders should be able to look Korean levels, Western countries will finally be in a democratic fashion. However, it inhabitants are under extreme threat? at our local situation in a way that has able to reopen their economies and join the game could be so much better if our elected My concern is that there is likely to rarely happened before. of whack-a-mole. But by that time, of course, the representatives’ first response was to be a return to business as usual, with If we do so we will prove that, like pandemic will be rampaging through Africa, the consider the interests of all the people a lapsing back into the same old ways the hardening of fine steel having gone Middle East, South Asia and Latin America. rather than just those whose special of operating. It doesn’t have to be that through the firing process, we are better Back to normal is still a long way off. interests they represent. way and there are good reasons why it for the experience. 14 OPINION The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 EDITORIAL Case for protecting region’s borders Time for some by Manu Caddie support checkpoints. Under Alert Level 4 police those wishing to enter. officers may do “anything reasonably necessary, In the same way our national borders require certainty now TAIRAWHITI is in a unique including the use of force, to compel, enforce, or self-isolation for 14 days and are heading and fortunate position having ensure compliance” of the lockdown measures. towards a mandatory quarantine period for any This afternoon Prime Minister only one confirmed Covid-19 “There is a power to stop and inspect any new entrants, it would seem prudent to have the Jacinda Ardern is expected to set case. vehicle, and enquire into the purpose of travel,” equivalent at the regional level while we still have out next steps for the nationwide While I elected to spend the advice states. It adds that police are not no community transmission. lockdown, and to announce “across lockdown with my elderly allowed to set up a roadblock for usual police Transport operators based outside the region parents in Tauranga and have purposes. “However, police may place roadblocks who bring essential goods into Tairawhiti should the board” 14-day quarantine been separated from my family in Tairawhiti as as a direct request from their territorial authority.” have restricted exposure outside their vehicles, measures for all arrivals in New a result, I have been watching and supporting Random checkpoints to assess whether and those based in the region who leave to Zealand. She also needs to provide where possible the community checkpoints people are complying with the essential travel deliver or collect goods should do likewise. clear guidance on how we will come established along SH35. requirements may be part of the police’s Nationally just over 1 percent of the population out of the lockdown, which is due at Regional leadership support for these local response as well, the documents show. has so far been tested; in Tairawhiti the number this stage to end on April 23. efforts to protect vulnerable communities has We have seen police checkpoints established is only half that rate. This is understandable On the public health side we need been patchy but I think the agencies charged within Gisborne city but none on the western given the case definition and criteria for testing, to know the country is ready to ramp with responsibilities under the Civil Defence or southern borders of the region, which but should give us only cautious optimism there up Covid-19 testing and contact- legislation have tried to help. seems counter-intuitive. If we want to protect are no more cases already in the community, and tracing capacity to the levels and Police have been criticised for not doing more a community with no outbreak, why would we all the more reason to be careful about who is to support the efforts of local volunteers who wait until potentially infected people are in admitted into the region. speed required to deal successfully are rostered on throughout the day and night the community to find them instead of placing So, as our Mayor and other local leaders with coronavirus outbreaks in non- experiencing inconvenience, discomfort and at restrictions at the points of entry? requested military support from central lockdown scenarios, where there will times real danger. Approximately one in 10 people in this region government last week, they now have the be more contacts for each case. Police headquarters has released guidance live north of Gisborne, so 90 percent of the opportunity to request border checkpoints Also, what will surveillance making it very clear that police have been region does not have any systematic protection manned by well-resourced, specifically-trained plans look like? And what sort of given the powers to establish roadblocks and to limit movement into the region and check on police officers. physical separation and hygiene measures will remain in place, or LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS be implemented, to minimise the potential number of new infections? Pivoting to new normal There was good initial guidance Re: Chance to redefine people to die when we have the yesterday on what a return to school Easter in our bubbles nature of business, April 7 cure — totally barbaric. might look like, and confirmation Easter 2020 is unusual due a better future still prevails. column. Also, keeping things local as planning in the education sector to the Covid-19 lockdown — This is also the compelling I couldn’t agree with you much as possible so we create involved scenarios like a lockdown Christians will not be able to message of Easter; the more Manu . . . spot on economies that are more resilient extension and future potential congregate and will have to sacrifice of one person for the assessment, and one of the to global market fluctuations moves back to Alert Level 4. practise their traditions in the atonement of all humankind. best pieces yet I’ve seen — ie mana motuhake and mana bubble of their own homes. In his dying, we are all born to on focusing on the new whenua — securing long-term The country’s businesses and Easter is a time to reflect on eternal life. All we have to do opportunities that will come local and regional and national workers now need a lot more and remember the crucifixion, is claim this promise. from pivoting to what the resilience. guidance on who can operate, and death and resurrection of At this time may we new normal will look like. This is something everyone can under what rules, as the nation and Jesus; that critical time in remember all those who have Nga mihi play a part in establishing. potentially regions move through history when the human and lost their lives and those who JOHN RAE different alert levels. divine nature of the creator are struggling to survive now Tamaki Makaurau NGAHAU DAVIS, Moerewa It was entirely understandable became one in the person of and in the weeks to come. that there was confusion over which Jesus of Nazareth. May the divine spark of the Totally agree with those Exactly. The world has businesses and organisations, or In these challenging times universe seeded deep within sentiments. The business models escaped the bullet this time parts of them, could operate as when the world is being us bring us hope, comfort, joy and neoliberal global economy only by good luck. We were ravaged by a pandemic, life and peace this Easter. the nation quickly moved into the have created the mess and the all unprepared despite being must go on. Nga manaakitanga tipping point. continually warned. If the newly-announced Alert Levels 3 and Out of misery, suffering and (Blessings) We need to be brave and mortality had been 10 or 20 4 just over two weeks ago; and that death, the belief in hope and WALLY TE UA courageous in this new space, percent, society as we know there have been regular changes to and say it’s not business as usual. it would collapse – and the guidance and rules since. We need to create opportunities next one could be 50 or 80 Confusion now would be where all people benefit and the percent mortality. inexcusable. There has been time GWR corrects Take care planet can sustain itself. Jacinda and her team to determine what is going to work So what do those opportunities have done better than most best for both public health and Re: Keeping look like? this time but it wouldn’t its curve ball kaumatua warm in I’m very much over have been nearly enough if getting the country back to work Guinness World Records has reversed Tokomaru, April 2 story. under different scenarios. Billions pharmacological science being this had been more deadly. its decision, returning the title of world’s Hi Pete and Eileen. left in the hands of private Let us learn from this and of dollars have also been expended steepest street from Ffordd Pen Llech in We lived in your lovely corporations or the market, so prepare for the next please!! and pledged to help as many Wales to Dunedin’s Baldwin Street, saying Toko house during 1986 it will be about saving lives not businesses as possible to come out its measuring method was wrong. when you were on a making profits and allowing IAN GREATBATCH the other side of this, with as many I must say it’s rare for an organisation teachers’ exchange in jobs retained as possible. like GWR to admit it got it wrong but, the UK. Andrew has The next part of this complex as an experienced Ministry of Works since sadly died but puzzle is businesses and surveyor dating back to the 1970s, I was we made fantastic Happy to hold ladder . . . organisations understanding what rather sceptical of the Welsh claims for memories. Hope you and the record — given they appeared not to your family are well in My annual visit to your fair town the “Endeavour” models along they need to consider as they have measured and calculated the gradient these strange times of to deliver telephone books has now Gladstone Road. Is there a problem prepare to restart their operations, on the centreline of the road. This was Covid-19. I have three ended. As usual the weather was with this project that I don’t know under what sort of restrictions, staggering, given the variability of gradient grandchildren and hate perfect and everybody was friendly. about? Would it be helpful if I and how these will change under measurements on either the inside or not being able to see Last October a fitting volunteered to come back (one day) different alert levels. outside of a curve. Apparently the Welsh them. Take care and commemoration of James Cook’s and hold the ladder? Unfortunately we have to expect took the loss all in good humour, which stay safe. landing of 250 years ago was that the country will remain on was cool. celebrated nationwide. It was a GEORGE MacLACHLAN alert for Covid-19 cases for about IHAKA MORETE, Road builder LIZ TUNMER, UK very appropriate time to reinstate Wanganui 18 months, when it is expected a [email protected] vaccine will be ready for wide rollout around the globe. ■ The maximum length for letters is 350 words. In these uncertain times, the ■ Anyone can write a column, 600 words maximum, but a photo is required. Government now needs to provide ■ Always include full name and contact details. as much certainty as it can. ■ 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 • Thursday, April 9, 2020 WORLD 15 ‘We need unity to win virus war’ UN calls for solidarity after Trump threatens to pull WHO funding

GENEVA — UN Secretary Generally, the WHO has been General Antonio Guterres has careful not to criticise countries said now is not the time to on their national policies, and it assess the global response to the was not immediately clear what coronavirus pandemic, calling specific criticism Trump was instead for the international alluding to. community to focus on working Trump’s remarks came as in solidarity to stop the virus. many governments, particularly “Once we have finally turned in Europe, have started to brush the page on this epidemic, there aside, ignore and criticise WHO must be a time to look back and recommendations on issues of to fully understand how such a public policy,, such as whether disease emerged and spread its travel restrictions are warranted devastation so quickly across the or whether the public should globe, and how all those involved wear face masks. reacted to the crisis,” Guterres On February 29, the WHO said in a statement. advised against travel or trade “But now is not that time.” restrictions with regard to His statement came on countries facing the outbreak, Wednesday (local time), the Director General of the World arguing that such measures day after US President Donald UN Secretary General, Health Organisation, US President Donald Trump could divert resources, prevent Trump sharply criticised the Antonio Guterres Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus the delivery of aid and hurt World Health Organisation acknowledging the agency was economies. (WHO), accusing it of being too “unprecedented in our lifetime Also in a heartfelt plea made up of humans “who make focused on China and issuing and requires an unprecedented for unity, WHO chief Tedros mistakes”, and insisted his key bad advice during the new response”. Adhanom Ghebreyesus sought focus was on saving lives, not Now is the time for coronavirus outbreak. “Obviously, in such conditions, on Wednesday to rise above getting caught up in politics. unity,‘ for the international He also said Washington was it is possible that the same facts the sharp criticism and threats “There is no need to use considering putting a hold on its have had different readings by of funding cuts from the US Covid-19 to score political community to work funding for the organisation. different entities.” president over the agency’s points. You have many other together in solidarity to “They called it wrong, they The UN secretary general response to the coronavirus ways to prove yourself,” Tedros stop this virus and called it wrong. They missed was due to privately brief the outbreak. said. the call. They could have called 15-member UN Security Council Tedros, an Ethiopian and “If you don’t want many more its shattering it months earlier,” Trump said, on the coronavirus pandemic the WHO’s first African body bags, then you refrain from consequences despite the WHO only being on Thursday (local time) at the leader, projected humility and politicising it.” — UN Secretary’ General, notified of the virus’ existence at request of two-thirds of the body. minimised his personal role Avoiding any direct mention Antonio Guterres the end of December. “Now is the time for unity, for while decrying invective and of Trump, Tedros’ comments The pandemic was declared in the international community to even racist slurs against him testified to the often-delicate early March. work together in solidarity to amid the WHO’s response to the task faced by UN leaders when The US contributed nearly “They would have known stop this virus and its shattering disease. criticised by member states. US$900m to the WHO budget and they should have known consequences,” Guterres said. Covid-19 had, at the time of That challenge is especially for 2018-2019, according to and they probably did know. So The US has been hit arguably going to press this morning, difficult with the United States, information on the agency’s we’ll be looking into that very the hardest of any country to infected more than 1,524,800 the biggest donor to the world website. carefully and we’re going to put date, with nearly 2000 people people and cost over 87,870 body and its offshoots. That represents one-fifth of a hold on money given to the dying in the most recent 24-hour lives across the globe (www. “The WHO receives vast the WHO’s total US$4.4 billion WHO.” reporting period and a total worldometers.info/coronavirus/). amounts of money from the budget for those years. Trump later appeared to confirmed infection count more “Why would I care about United States,” Trump said on The US gave nearly three- backtrack, saying the US was than twice that of any other being attacked when people are Tuesday. fourths of the funds in “specified only going to “look at” stripping country. dying?” Tedros said. “And they actually criticised voluntary contributions” and funding, going on to say the Critics have blamed Trump’s “I am just an individual. I’m and disagreed with my travel the rest in “assessed” funding as WHO was “biased towards dismantling of the US’ pandemic just a dot in the whole universe.” ban at the time I did it. And part of its commitment to UN China”. response team last year as a big However, he dodged questions they were wrong. They’ve been institutions. Guterres said the virus was reason why. about Trump’s comments, while wrong about a lot of things.” — AP, Newshub., Reuters Harold strengthens back to category 5 cyclone

NUKU’ALOFA — Severe Tropical 5 cyclone was not good news for made a similar declaration to help Earlier, the government had Storm force wind warnings were in Cyclone Harold strengthened back to Tonga. prevent the introduction of Covid-19 suspended the nightly curfew installed place for Tongatapu and ‘Eua, a gale a category 5 overnight as it moved Strong winds were already being into the kingdom. as part of Covid-19 restrictions to force warning was in place for the away from Fiji and headed towards felt in Tonga’s capital city, Nuku’alofa, Late yesterday in a statement, PM allow people to prepare for Harold’s Ha’apai islands and a strong wind Tonga with wind gusts of 285kmh. and there were reports of power Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa said as another arrival. warning was issued for the rest of the According to WeatherWatch.co.nz, outages too. emergency was about to happen Tongan residents were told to country. it is almost unheard of for cyclones Tonga’s government has announced — due to the cyclone bringing hunker down and prepare. Tropical Cyclone Harold has already to strengthen like this while tracing a State of Emergency — its second in destructive winds and causing sea Tonga’s MetService has issued a caused significant damage in parts of south-east. a month. rises — it was therefore necessary to heavy rain warning and a flash flood Vanuatu as well as Fiji. And its return to a severe category In March, the Tongan government announce another State of Emergency. advisory for the country. — RNZ, Agencies

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WASHINGTON, DC — appeal with African Americans Senator Bernie Sanders remained weak. ended his presidential bid on Sanders amassed the Wednesday (local time), making most votes in Iowa and New Joe Biden the presumptive Hampshire, which opened Democratic nominee to challenge primary voting, and cruised US President Donald Trump to an easy victory in Nevada in a general election campaign — seemingly leaving him well that will be waged against the positioned to sprint to the backdrop of the coronavirus Democratic nomination while a pandemic. deeply crowded and divided field Sanders initially exceeded of alternatives sunk around him. sky-high expectations about his But Biden won a crucial ability to recreate the magic of endorsement from influential his 2016 presidential bid, and South Carolina Rep. Jim even overcame a heart attack Clyburn and a subsequent, last October. But he could not larger-than-expected victory in convert unwavering support South Carolina, which propelled from progressives into a viable him into Super Tuesday, when path to the nomination, with he won 10 of 14 states. “electability” fears fuelled by In a matter of days, Biden’s questions about whether his former Democratic rivals lined democratic socialist ideology up to endorse him. His campaign would be palatable to general had appeared on the brink of election voters. collapse after New Hampshire “The path toward victory is but found new life as the rest virtually impossible,” Sanders of the party’s more moderate told supporters on Wednesday. ENDING HIS CAMPAIGN: This image from video provided by the Bernie Sanders presidential establishment coalesced around “If I believed we had a feasible campaign shows Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as he announces he is ending his presidential him as an alternative to path to the nomination I would campaign on Wednesday (local time), in Burlington, Vt. Image via AP Sanders. certainly continue the campaign, Things only got worse the but it’s just not there.” told supporters at a virtual on Wednesday by tweeting Despite winning 22 states in following week when Sanders He called Biden a “very decent fundraiser that he had a “short that the party stacked the race 2016, there were no guarantees lost Michigan, where he had man” but did not offer an explicit conversation” with Sanders on against Sanders. he would be a major presidential campaigned hard and upset endorsement of the former vice Wednesday. The president said the contender this cycle. Clinton in 2016. He was also president. Sanders said his “He didn’t just run a political senator’s supporters “should But Sanders used strong beaten in Missouri, Mississippi name would remain on the ballot campaign. He created a come to the Republican Party”. polling and solid fundraising — and Idaho the same night, and in states that have not yet held movement,” Biden said. Sanders began his latest collected almost entirely from the results were so decisive that primaries so he could gain more “That’s a good thing for our White House bid facing small donations made online — Sanders headed to Vermont delegates and “exert significant nation and our future. His questions about whether he to silence his early doubters. without speaking to the media. influence” on the Democratic campaign has ended, but I know could win back the supporters He attracted widespread The coronavirus outbreak platform. his leadership will continue.” who chose him four years ago support from young voters and essentially froze the campaign, Biden, who is backed by much Trump then appeared to try to as an insurgent alternative to made new inroads within the preventing 78-year-old Sanders of the party’s establishment, create tension among Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hispanic community, even as his from holding large rallies. — AP

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NEW YORK CITY — Even Jones Industrial Average gained as coronavirus deaths mount 780 points. in New York, the US and ■ US researchers opened other countries are starting to another safety test of an contemplate an exit strategy experimental Covid-19 vaccine, and think about a staggered and this one using a skin-deep shot carefully-calibrated easing up of instead of the usual deeper jab. restrictions. A different vaccine candidate “To end the confinement, we’re began safety testing in people not going to be able to go from last month in Seattle. black to white; we’re going to ■ British Prime Minister need to go from black to grey,” Boris Johnson spent a second top French epidemiologist Jean- night in intensive care but was Francois Delfraissy said in a improving and sitting up in bed, radio interview. UK authorities said. Some politicians and health ■ Saudi Arabian officials officials were also warning that announced that the Saudi-led the crisis was far from over coalition fighting Shiite rebels in despite signs of progress, and a Yemen would begin a ceasefire catastrophic second wave could starting on Thursday. They hit if countries let down their said the two-week truce was in guards too soon. response to the UN calling a halt Deaths, hospitalisations and to hostilities around the world new infections do seem to be amid the coronavirus epidemic. plateauing in places like Italy ■ In China, the lockdown of and Spain, and even the US has Wuhan, the industrial city of seen some encouraging signs. VIRUS INTERFERING WITH ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE: Mourners stand by the casket 11 million where the global “We are flattening the curve of veteran Mary Foley, on Wednesday (local time), in Malden, Mass. Foley, who died at the age of pandemic began, was lifted after because we are rigorous about 93, served in the US Air Force, including WW2. Due to the virus crisis, she cannot be given a formal 76 days, allowing people to come social distancing,” New York military funeral. AP picture and go (see more on this story on Governor Andrew Cuomo said. page 19). “But it’s not a time to be Still, the New York governor “(But) every number is a face.” other nations, not to ease up ■ In the US, with over 14,640 complacent.” said that hospitalisations were On Tuesday, US President on restrictions such as social- deaths and 426,880 infections, And, in a sharp reminder of decreasing and that many of Donald Trump said the US could distancing measures too quickly. the Centres for Disease Control the danger, New York state on those now dying had become sick be on track for fewer deaths and Prevention was considering Wednesday (local time) recorded in the outbreak’s earlier stages. than initially projected. He also In other developments: changing self-isolation its highest one-day increase in “The number of deaths said the US might be getting guidelines to make it easier for deaths — 779 — for an overall will continue to rise as those to the top of the “curve” of the ■ Stocks shot up 3.4 percent those exposed to someone with death toll of almost 6300. hospitalised for a longer period outbreak. However, the surge higher on Wall Street amid the the virus to return to work if “The bad news is actually of time pass away,” said Cuomo, in deaths on Wednesday was a encouraging signs about the they have no symptoms. terrible,” Cuomo lamented. during a daily news conference. reminder for the US, and indeed outbreak’s trajectory. The Dow — AP, Agencies

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ANOTHER LIFE Long lockdown LOST DUE TO COVID-19: John Prine accepts the artist of the year award during the ends in Wuhan Americana Honours and Awards show in Nashville, Tennessee. WUHAN, China — After 11 weeks in Prine died on lockdown, people went outdoors or boarded Tuesday (local time) the first trains and planes leaving Wuhan as from complications the last restrictions on movement were lifted of the coronavirus. on Wednesday (local time) in the Chinese city He was 73. AP picture where the coronavirus pandemic began. Wuhan’s unprecedented lockdown was a model for countries trying to stop the coronavirus in its tracks. With the restrictions ending, Hubei’s provincial capital began another experiment: resuming business and ordinary life while preventing more illnesses. Singer John Prine dies from The city’s 11 million residents are now permitted to leave without special authorisation as long as a mandatory smartphone app, powered by a mix of data-tracking and LOCKDOWN LIFTED: People wearing coronavirus complications government surveillance, shows they are face masks and raincoats head outside healthy and have not been in recent contact for the first time in 11 weeks in Wuhan NASHVILLE, TN — Grammy-winning singer performing in Chicago clubs at occasional “open with anyone confirmed to have had the virus. on Wednesday (local time). AP picture John Prine, who wrote his early songs in his mic” nights. The occasion was marked with a light show head while delivering mail and later emerged He said later on that some of his best-known on either side of the broad Yangtze River, with and highway toll booths, while hundreds waited from Chicago’s folk-revival scene in the 1970s to early songs were written while he walked the skyscrapers and bridges radiating animated for the first trains and flights out of the city, become one of the most influential songwriters streets of Chicago delivering mail. images of health workers aiding patients, along many hoping to return to jobs elsewhere. Nearly of his generation, died on Tuesday (local time) in He was drafted into the US Army in 1966, with one displaying the words “heroic city”, 1000 vehicles went through a busy highway Nashville. He was 73. stationed in Germany during the Vietnam War, a title bestowed on Wuhan by president and toll booth at Wuhan’s border between midnight He was hospitalised on March 26 while before returning home to dedicate himself to Communist Party leader Xi Jinping. Along the — when the barricades were lifted — and 7am, suffering from symptoms of Covid-19, according music and establish himself as a leading member embankments and bridges, citizens waved flags, according to Yan Xiangsheng, a district police to his wife and manager, Fiona Whelan Prine. of Chicago’s folk-revival scene. chanted “Wuhan, let’s go!” and sang renditions chief. Within hours of the lockdown ending, He was put on a ventilator on Saturday night. Singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson fatefully of China’s national anthem. roughly 65,000 people had left the city by train His death on Tuesday was confirmed by his saw Prine performing at the Earl of Old Town “I haven’t been outside for more than 70 and plane alone, according to local media. publicist on behalf of his family. club, leading to Prine’s signing with Atlantic days,” said an emotional Tong Zhengkun, Restrictions in the city, where most of China’s Even as a young man, Prine — who famously Records and self-titled debut album, released in who was watching the display from a bridge. more than 82,000 virus cases and over 3300 worked as a mailman before turning to music 1971. Residents in his apartment complex had deaths from Covid-19 were reported, have been full-time — wrote songs that belied his age. That album, widely praised by critics, contracted the virus, so the entire building gradually eased in recent weeks as the number Born and bred in Chicago, Prine was taught contained several songs that would become was shut down. He could not go out even to of new cases steadily declined. The government by his older brother David to play the guitar at staples of Prine’s catalogue. They included Angel buy groceries, which neighbourhood workers reported no new cases on Wednesday. the age of 14. He also attended music classes at from Montgomery, Paradise and Sam Stone. brought to his door. While there are questions about the veracity Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music. His early songwriting style earned “Being indoors for so long drove me crazy,” of China’s virus count, the unprecedented After graduating from high school, Prine comparisons with Bob Dylan, who later called he said. lockdown of Wuhan and Hubei have been worked as a mail carrier for five years, Prine one of his favourites. — Reuters, Agencies It did not take long for traffic to begin moving successful enough that other countries have swiftly through the reopened bridges, tunnels adopted similar measures. — AP

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KAPITI — This story isn’t as much NOTHING IS “So not training, but to keep fit and “The first thing I did was go back about the crazy feat of running around IMPOSSIBLE: Matt keep my sanity.” to my doctor who referred me to a the block more than 45 times to get Oliver completing However, exercise never used to dietician who taught me a lot about your exercise during lockdown, but 90km around his be so easy for Oliver, an IT engineer. food, what I was eating, and what I about the inspiring fitness journey neighbourhood during It was once the thing that mentally should be eating. Matt Oliver has been on, physically nationwide lockdown. stumped him. She recommended various exercises and mentally. NZ Herald picture In 2002 Oliver weighed 130kg and to do, so he joined a gym. “I didn’t not Signing up to do the Ironman VR1 was well on the track to diabetes. enjoy it, but I didn’t enjoy it either. challenge, Kapiti man Matt Oliver “It was fairly obvious something “It was just something that I was completed the virtual race involving a wasn’t right as I couldn’t even go up going to because it had to be done to 5km run, 90km bike and finished with a a flight of stairs without puffing, but it change my life.” 21km run over a weekend — in his own wasn’t until 2007 that I did something In May 2008, after reading No neighbourhood. about it.” Opportunity Wasted by Phil Keoghan, The challenge was global. More than It took him five years to mentally things really began to change. 11,000 people signed up for the virtual get his head into gear and decide that “Keoghan talked about getting back Ironman, and 6609 people completed something had to change. to your childhood and I remembered the mammoth task within the lockdown “In 2007, I started losing weight, and that I used to love riding my bike as restrictions of their country — some in 2008 I got a bike.” The rest is history. a kid . . . so I decided to try that for around their neighbourhood, some Fifty-three thousand kilometres exercise.” on treadmills or exercycles and some later on his bike and having dropped The only thing Oliver knew of was around their backyards. 40kg, Oliver has now done the Lake the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge so he “I signed up out of stupidity really. Taupo Cycle Challenge five times set that as a goal. It was there to be done and I thought and become involved with triathlons, He has since completed 53,000km, ‘why not?’,” Oliver said. before quickly moving on to Ironmans, 2080hrs and 1072 rides. So over the weekend Oliver the pinnacle of endurance racing. Motivated by the numbers, Oliver cycled 25 laps around Realm Drive, marathon around my local block again. With a feat like this, one would “I’ve completed three Ironmans, hopes his story and determination Mazengarb Rd and Guildford Drive, all “I am shattered, but this was about assume Oliver has something big he is which consist of a 3.8km swim, 180km to keep exercising in lockdown will in his neighbourhood, to complete his proving anywhere is possible. training for. bike ride and 42.2km marathon all to inspire others. 90km ride and ran around the block “It was so cool to have people However, when the lockdown be completed inside 17 hours. “This is not about me pushing the near his house more than 45 times to from at least 11 houses cheer me on came on and paused or cancelled “It’s now driving my life I guess. boundaries of what is allowed in a complete the half-marathon run. at different times as they noticed me all the events Oliver was planning “It was a mental journey for five lockdown, it’s about me showing what “I chose to go around the block running past time and time again, and on entering, he deleted his training years to even begin to exercise. it is possible to achieve in life. purely because it was there. “I’m trying to get some big cheers on the last lap. schedule. Walking past a building with a “I truly believe that with a bit of to be good by sticking close to home “It was good for the mental challenge “I am now only going out for fitness mirrored front, the unbecoming image inspiration, a good dose of motivation with the current restrictions, but I can’t but is not something I would want to purposes, to keep myself moving and looking back at him triggered a change and a lot of perspiration, anyone can see myself ever wanting to run a half- do again.” to de-stress from work. in Oliver’s life. reach their goals.” — NZ Herald Working hard to ‘flatten the curve’ Kiwi aid worker in refugee camp braces for outbreak BANGLADESH — A New options for social distancing awareness and handwashing Zealand aid worker based and practising good hygiene promotion efforts in the inside the world’s largest are very limited, which community. refugee camp is bracing means the impact of the Aid agency Tearfund for a massive coronavirus virus on refugees could be has launched an appeal outbreak. devastating.” to provide emergency Carl Adams, working for Last week, aid workers relief and support to the First tuatara hatchlings New Zealand faith-based inside Cox’s Bazar most vulnerable refugees, aid and development moved into essential services providing hygiene kits and sighted at Orokonui organisation Tearfund, says Carl Adams only, focusing on lifesaving emergency food in Lebanon the first case of Covid-19 support, primary healthcare, and funding health clinics for DUNEDIN — Tuatara hatchlings Professor Alison Cree, of was confirmed in the area and Adams says they are caring for severely Rohingya refugees in Cox’s have been spotted at Orokonui Otago’s Department of Zoology, near Cox’s Bazar refugee preparing for a spread of the malnourished children and Bazar. Ecosanctuary for the first time said evidence of offspring being settlement in Bangladesh last virus in the camp. suspected Covid-19 isolation Although New Zealand since adult tuatara were released produced was an important week. “Like New Zealand, we are and referral. is in lockdown and facing in 2012. stage in re-establishing a viable According to the United doing everything we can to Adams says they are ominous economic and Two hatchlings were seen by population. A breeding population Nations (UN), there are ‘flatten the curve’ though we also making sure they health challenges itself, Otago University researchers and at Orokonui could be a valuable 855,000 official Rohingya fear that it is only a matter of have sufficient protective Adams urged Kiwis to do may be the first to hatch as part contribution to protecting the refugees — predominantly time before the virus reaches equipment to keep front-line what they can to help the of a viable population in the South survival of the taonga species in Muslims who fled persecution the camps,” Adams says. health staff safe and they’re Rohingya refugees. Island in several hundred years. the global climate emergency, she in Myanmar — in Cox’s Bazar “In a refugee camp, the doubling down on hygiene — NZ Herald There was evidence they were said. not the only hatchlings to come “We’ve been excited to see from the nest. tuatara surviving and growing, Female tuatara nest every few and we’ve long suspected that Baldwin St reclaims world’s steepest street title years and average-sized females hatching was occurring based lay a clutch of about nine eggs. on indirect evidence, including DUNEDIN — After an uphill greatly exaggerated Ffordd The ecosanctuary, north of split eggshells. But this is the battle, Dunedin’s Baldwin Pen Llech’s steepness and Dunedin, is surrounded by a first direct evidence of the entire St has reclaimed its world disadvantaged Baldwin St, fence that keeps out introduced cycle through to hatching, from record. which is straight. mammals, other than perhaps egg-yolk production onwards in Yes, those out for their Stoff campaigned hard for mice. The hatchlings at Orokonui the mother’s body, taking place at government-mandated daily his appeal, even travelling were found earlier this year Orokonui.” walk can add the world’s to Wales to ‘measure the under small strips of roofing It was likely the hatchlings steepest street to their route. opposition’ himself. material by Jade Christiansen, an were female due to their long Guinness World Records This week Guinness said undergraduate student working incubation period and the cool has reversed its controversial after checking it out, and on a Te Ngaru Paewhenua: Maori soil temperatures. decision to strip Baldwin St of getting expert opinions, Stoff and Pacific Science Summer Nest temperatures where its claim to fame, admitting its was right. In an email to Stoff, Studentship at the University of known to determine the sex of measuring method had been Guinness also said it would Otago. developing tuatara embryos. wrong. use the right methodology for “My hands were shaking,” Ms Orokonui Ecosanctuary The street was dethroned all future record bids. Christiansen said. “I was very conservation manager Elton by Ffordd Pen Llech in ‘’Guinness World Records WINNING BACK: Guinness World Records have nervous, yet very excited. “The Smith said the discovery was a Harlech, Wales, last July. takes appeals of this nature reversed their decision that stripped the Dunedin hatchlings can be surprisingly significant one for the sanctuary. The backtrack was very seriously and we have street of its ‘steepest street’ title, admitting their lively. One of them still had “This success can be directly thanks to months of hard thoroughly investigated the measuring method was wrong. File picture its horny ‘shell-breaker’ — a attributed to our fence that work by Dunedin surveyor claim,’’ it wrote. “Following ‘steepest street’ record title “As a result we will be projection on the tip of its snout excludes all introduced mammals Toby Stoff, who argued that a review of your survey the best practice for gradient reinstating Baldwin Street as — so I knew it had hatched that would otherwise predate because the record-setting report, as well as consulting is to take the measurement the Guinness World Records recently.” upon the tuatara,” he said. — RNZ bid was measured on the with industry specialists, we from the centreline of the title holder with a value of inside verge of a curve, it have concluded that for the street. 34.8 percent.’’ — ODT 22 RACING The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 Grand final prep for Te Akau trio SYDNEY — Te Akau Racing will be hoping their The son of Rip Van Winkle sustained bruising runners are strong winning chances. Along with Ashley Handley, Richards has been trio of Sydney runners can finish their autumn to his foot during his last start run and synthetic “You can only race what is in front of you,” he in Australia looking after Te Akau’s Sydney team, campaigns on a high at Randwick on Saturday. hoof filler was applied to the affected foot. He was said. “It is a huge task in front of them, because and while he did have the opportunity to get back Melody Belle and Te Akau Shark will contest subsequently vetted on Tuesday and has been these are some of the best horses in the world. to New Zealand before the Covid-19 alert level was the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m), while given the green light to run this weekend. “I think if they are 100 percent and get a bit raised to level 4, he said he elected to stay across Probabeel will tackle 2400m for the first time when “He just had a bit of bruising around his heel of luck in the running, both of them will be very the Tasman. she lines up in the Gr.1 Australian Oaks. area,” Richards said. “But we have got a very good competitive.” All three runners will head to the spelling Travelling foreman Paul Richards, the father of farrier over here and he has worked the oracle Meanwhile, Richards is excited about the paddock after their weekend assignments and Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards, has been pleased with him. prospects of Probabeel on Saturday when she Richards said he and Handley would make their with the way Melody Belle has come through “Opie (Bosson, jockey) galloped him on tackles the Australian Oaks. way back to New Zealand next week, while Bosson her brave fourth-placing in the Gr.1 Doncaster Tuesday morning. He was very happy with him It will be the first test over 2400m for the filly, would stay on to ride on the last day of the Mile (1600m) last Saturday and he believes she and said he felt good. however, Richards doesn’t believe the distance carnival. is a strong chance of adding an 11th Group One “He pulled up sound and we trotted him up will be a problem for her. “There are no horse flights back to New Zealand victory to her tally this weekend. yesterday (Tuesday) for the racing club vet and he Probabeel has had some memorable meetings at the moment, so they are going to Lime Country, “She has come through the Doncaster really was happy with him. with archrival Funstar this autumn, however, her which is a couple of hours out of Sydney,” well,” he said. “She had a tough run obviously, but “He worked this morning and was sound, so we foe’s connections have elected to target the Gr.1 Richards said. she has pulled up well and I have been happy with are looking good for the weekend. Apart from this Coolmore Legacy Stakes (1600m) later on the “They will spell there until such time as we can her this week. little foot issue his preparation has been faultless.” card, and Richards believes Probabeel is now the get them home. “With the draws, Melody Belle is going to get a Te Akau Shark has drawn barrier eight and will one to beat in the Oaks. “We are tentatively booked on a flight on soft run. She has drawn four and is probably going be ridden by regular rider Opie Bosson, while “She and Funstar have had some epic battles Thursday-week. Opie is going to stay and ride on to be fourth or fifth in the running doing no work.” Kerrin McEvoy will be aboard Melody Belle. in the spring and again in the autumn,” Richards the last day, so he will probably be the week after. Richards is also happy with last start Gr.1 The Te Akau duo will meet a formidable line- said. “I think if she brings that form on Saturday “But it all depends on the Government and what George Ryder Stakes (1500m) place-getter Te Akau up on Saturday, which includes Japanese raider and gets the mile and a half, she will be very hard protocols they have in place at the time. Shark, despite concerns over a foot issue. Danon Premium, but Richards believes both to beat.” — NZ Racing Desk

Western Australia races at Ascot Friday Jetbet 16 TAB doubles 1-2, 4-5, 8-9 Trebles 3-4-5, 7-8-9 Quaddie 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Selections 3 77737 Shyster h (1) 58.5 90 C Graham (a3) 4 44815 Sky Five tw (4) 61 98 4 12116 Flower Of War tcdh (10) 57.5 99 4 6s285 Bartrader (8) 59.5 91 J Turner Race 1: PLATINUM BULLET, RIVER BEAU, AT WAR 4 46 Lune De La Terre h (4) 58.5 90 Ms J Mc Naught (a1.5) Ms C Azzopardi (a) 5 8s741 Diamonds For All d (4) 59.5 95 S Mc Gruddy 5 543 Magic’s Heritage h (7) 59.5 94 5 — Cryptic Love SCRATCHED Ms C Azzopardi (a2) Race 2: MISS MARGAUX, RHYTHM STAR, GINGER FLYER 5 s825s Friar’s Moon h (7) 57 83 J Noske S Parnham 6 38413 Festival Miss td (1) 56 97 6 512s4 Starof Bonnie Rose h (7) 59.5 94 Race 3: RUBY JEAN, PASARAN, SHE’S READYTOREIGN 6 953 Lucy Da Grey h (11) 57 89 P Carbery 6 s7s06 Whispering Jack w (2) 58 98 C Johnston-Porter B Parnham Race 4: SKY FIVE, ONCE WERE LOST, QUINTARO 7 9s Batoka Gorge h (8) 57 85 J Azzopardi Damian Miller 7 s1252 Lipstick Flickers cdwh (8) 56 93 7 69s63 Bombay Style h (9) 59 93 C Parnham Race 5: POINT TAKEN, WAKAN TANKA, VALIDATION 8 6s343 Rhythm Star h (2) 56.5 97 J Turner 7 0s017 Kwik Fantasy (8) 57 91 Ms S Altieri S Mc Gruddy 8 4s889 Friar Away th (2) 59 89 Race 6: ANGELIC RULER, FLOWER OF WAR, FLIRTINI 9 23 Miss Margaux b (9) 56.5 97 B Parnham 8 85834 Quintaro (6) 56.5 95 W Pike 8 — Yadreamin’ SCRATCHED Ms J Mc Naught (a1.5) Race 7: BEANIE, UNENDING, VINTAGE STOCK 10 8s2 Ginger Flyer h (3) 56.5 100 9 50053 Krakkas wh (9) 56 98 C Parnham 9 91601 Solid Azza cd (5) 56 89 B Parnham 9 294s5 Racy Ava t (10) 59 93 J Azzopardi Race 8: BERET, BOMBAY STYLE, VITAL BLAST Ms C Azzopardi (a2) 10 09755 Laylo h (3) 55 95 S Mc Gruddy 10 13333 Casino War d (3) 56 85 Ms S Altieri 10 3s511 Beret tw (11) 58.5 100 W Pike Race 9: MASQUERADE, PROCONSENT, ANGRY ANNIE 11 29 Atlantic Ruler (10) 56.5 94 11 31s76 Shecky’s Mate h (11) 55 94 J Whiting 11 — Pub Brawl SCRATCHED C Johnston-Porter 7 Glenroy Chaff Handicap 8.25 12 678s5 Bombardment h (13) 56 90 J Brown 5 Kirin Megumi Handicap 7. 20 $20,000, 3yo & up Class 3, 2100m 13 08853 Mekong Den w (5) 55 93 Ms J Noske 3 Schweppes Handicap 6.20 $20,000, 3yo & up Class 1, 1200m 1 578s6 Ombudsman w (8) 61 94 C Graham (a3) 9 Crown Towers Handicap 9.30 $24,000, 3yo 0MWLY, 1600m 1 26s0 Block Of Land bh (10) 60 94 J Noske 2 70s64 Vintage Stock tw (12) 60 100 P Carbery 1 8s217 Mercy Prevails (2) 61 95 J Whiting 2 32s63 Point Taken (9) 60 100 3 s00s9 Western King t (4) 60 96 W Pike $24,000, 3yo & up 0MWLY, 1200m 1 Amelia Park Handicap 5.20 2 631 Pasaran d (9) 61 98 M Pateman Ms C Azzopardi (a2) 4 66192 Blitz Glory (5) 59 92 Ms C Azzopardi (a2) 1 4696s Masquerade tcd (9) 61 86 P Harvey 3 0s878 Power And Passion h (1) 60.5 92 R Hill 3 2193s Staralign (1) 60 90 P Hall $24,000, 3yo 0MWLY, 1000m 5 s6364 Beanie wh (3) 58.5 99 P Harvey 2 9s048 Akiko dh (12) 60.5 95 4 15242 Sowar wb (5) 60.5 100 S Mc Gruddy 4 3677s Avalon Bay h (7) 59.5 95 S Mc Gruddy 6 94334 Unending twh (11) 58.5 94 J Turner Ms J Mc Naught (a1.5) 1 24722 River Beau (1) 60 100 J Whiting 5 0s7 Dynamite Alf (8) 60 90 P Carbery 5 104s6 Validation t (11) 59.5 94 J Azzopardi 7 s9149 Hoodlum Thunder dw (2) 58 94 3 17s42 Proconsent dwh (10) 60 92 S Mc Gruddy 2 s59s7 Rubic Rose th (5) 59.5 86 P Harvey 6 611 Ruby Jean (11) 59.5 100 W Pike 6 18s90 Ebony’s Way (6) 58.5 99 Ms E Stent M Pateman 4 15113 Angry Annie db (14) 59 89 C Graham (a3) 3 2s3 At War h (4) 59 98 C Parnham 7 97s8 Forgotten War h (10) 59 88 S Parnham 7 43345 Wakan Tanka wh (3) 58.5 97 S Parnham 8 9s742 Altamont dwh (9) 57 93 S Parnham 5 50s19 Helms Gate cdw (15) 58.5 88 A Kennedy 4 8s1 Lording (6) 59 92 Ms P Edwards 8 s5850 Eye Of The Day h (7) 58 94 C Staples 8 31 Lady Nobel d (4) 58 98 C Johnston-Porter 9 s8890 Technical Limit w (1) 57 93 P Hall 6 76276 Star Glitter tch (7) 58.5 89 B Parnham 5 8s122 Westernize (7) 59 93 Ms R Forrest 9 831s She’s Readytoreign dh (6) 58 94 9 6s775 Miss Mandy w (8) 58 93 B Parnham 10 86618 Blaiszen Cazah (7) 55 97 Ms L Warwick 7 3754s Unbreakable w (2) 58.5 82 P Hall 6 4469s Platinum Bullet wh (8) 58.5 96 Ms J Mc Naught (a1.5) 10 47642 Melros Beach (5) 56.5 93 C Staples 11 00156 Lexden Gambler (10) 55 94 Ms R Forrest 8 1116s War Secrets bh (6) 58.5 89 M Pateman J Azzopardi SCRATCHED 11 96556 Raging Rocket (2) 56.5 96 C Parnham 10 — Fandazzle 12 04370 The Cornish h (6) 55 97 9 14521 Ice Trade d (8) 58 100 C Parnham 7 88s Old Bailey h (3) 58 82 C Staples 11 47444 Phantom’s Star h (4) 55.5 99 C Parnham Ms J Mc Naught (a1.5) 10 3s22s Trump This b (13) 58 84 J Azzopardi 8 8s84s Princess Lilytess b (2) 55 84 J Turner 6 Marjorie Charleson Classic 7.55 4 Mrs Mac’s Handicap 6.50 8 Seppelt Wines Handicap 8.55 11 0330s Rock’n’ruler w (11) 57 86 J Turner 2 TABtouch Better Your Bet 5.50 $100,000, 3yo & up F&M SW+P, 1200m 12 67s07 Turbo Power tdwh (4) 56.5 87 J Brown $20,000, 2yo & up Class 1, 1800m 1 1156s Flirtini tcdwbh (9) 60 97 J Azzopardi $20,000, 2yo & up Class 3, 1500m 13 34954 Foxy Royale d (1) 55 87 $16,000, 2yo & up Maiden SW, 1400m 1 34014 Hard Too Cee (1) 61 92 P Hall 2 5035s Mizlecki tdwh (2) 59.5 93 1 s6210 Yulong Earth t (6) 61.5 91 S Parnham Ms C Azzopardi (a2) 1 29892 Drama Free (6) 58.5 93 J Whiting 2 570s1 Once Were Lost (10) 61 95 B Parnham Ms J Mc Naught (a) 2 80864 Duck Feet c (3) 60 92 M Pateman 14 476s2 Lil’ Red Bikini th (5) 55 87 R Hill 2 2 Outlaw King h (5) 58.5 90 S O’Donnell 3 0s728 Rexford th (5) 61 100 Ms C Azzopardi (a2) 3 2320s Angelic Ruler tcdw (4) 57.5 100 W Pike 3 03173 Vital Blast h (1) 60 92 S O’Donnell 15 s696s Mr Undercover dwbh (3) 55 84 J Whiting

Western Australia races at Kalgoorlie Friday Jetbet 19 TAB doubles 3-4, 6-7 Trebles 2-3-4, 5-6-7 Quaddie 1-2-3-4, 4-5-6-7 Selections 4 336s5 Cocky Ed (1) 59 90 Ms N Faithfull 2 421s0 Blue Turns To Grey w (1) 60 92 5 T & K Mining & Mechanical 7.35 5 s1114 Lady Le Jean h (3) 59.5 98 C Nicoll Race 1: REDWOOD RANSOM, MISTER KRUMPETS, 5 07692 Oilskin h (2) 59 95 L Ramoly (a3) Ms N Faithfull 6 s1146 Magniforce cbh (9) 58.5 100 3 s6954 Watto’s Fury tdw (4) 60 98 Ms K Yuill $14,400, 2yo & up Benchmark 58+, 1100m Ms N Faithfull EASINGTON 6 8 Trump Call h (5) 59 83 C Nicoll 7 7587 All On Black h (6) 58.5 91 Ms F Bell 4 15768 Scream In Blue tdh (8) 59.5 96 1 s080s Dawn Mission w (6) 60 87 B Paterson 7 64829 Poets Prince tdh (7) 58 92 Ms L Staples Race 2: IMPERIALISM, PROMISSION, ROMASKO 8 065 Kenny The King (4) 58.5 77 Ms M Derrick (a3) 2 2246s Glimmer Girl dwh (7) 59 92 Ms K Yuill 8 48616 Dalgaranga h (2) 55 97 K Dhurun (a4) Race 3: TAJMALI, KING’S AUTHORITY, WATTO’S FURY Ms L Staples 5 324s1 Tajmali tch (6) 59.5 100 C Nicoll 3 3331s Double The Pro tdh (3) 58 94 C Nicoll 9 330s2 Thisorthat th (5) 55 97 B Kirby Race 4: EXCARO, PARADISE SQUARE, MY DEMI 6 759s5 Infiltrator t (5) 58.5 94 A Castle 4 61597 Don’t Speed th (4) 56.5 90 A Castle Race 5: SCOTTY TOO HOTTY, MOONLIGHT’S REWARD, 2 Esperance Agistment Centre 6.00 7 s5873 Orachino h (3) 58.5 100 L Ramoly (a3) 5 174s2 Moonlight’s Reward ch (2) 56.5 100 7 Mister Signs Handicap 8.35 GLIMMER GIRL 8 215sD Dirty Dot ch (7) 57.5 94 Ms N Faithfull $14,400, 2yo & up Class 1, 1300m $13,200, 2yo & up Maiden SW, 1200m Ms B Banovic-Edwards (a1.5) 6 97221 Scotty Too Hotty td (1) 56.5 95 Race 6: DAWN ARMADA, WAR JEUNE, LADY LE JEAN 1 s8018 Palladio d (8) 61 95 A Castle Race 7: NORD AVENIR, NATIVE CHIMES, BLOOMS 1 222 Imperialism b (5) 58.5 100 B Paterson Ms M Derrick (a3) 4 Barnicott Plumbing 7.0 0 7 15s49 Simple As That h (8) 55 88 2 6s323 Nord Avenir th (11) 60 95 2 83283 Romasko (6) 58.5 91 A Castle Ms B Banovic-Edwards (a1.5) 3 897s Slick Unit (2) 58.5 82 Ms M Derrick (a3) $15,600, 2yo & up Benchmark 70+, 1200m Ms V Corver (a4) 8 8087s Temple Man tch (5) 55 95 Ms L Staples 3 122s9 Wembley Dayz th (5) 60 92 Ms M Clark 4 s959s Henty Lass h (4) 57 88 Ms N Faithfull 1 3315s Badge Of Courage tcdwh (6) 64 91 4 548s5 Knight Tempest th (2) 59.5 97 5 334 Promission h (7) 56.5 96 Ms K Yuill Ms V Corver (a4) 6 Kunine Produce Handicap 8.05 Ms L Staples 6 7s6 Arabian’s Girl (1) 56.5 72 L Ramoly (a3) 2 413s1 Paradise Square tdwh (2) 63 95 5 2315s Sure Conviction th (6) 59 92 Ms F Bell 7 7 Elusive Intent h (3) 56.5 73 C Nicoll Ms B Banovic-Edwards (a1.5) $14,400, 2yo & up Benchmark 58+, 1300m 6 70s1 Blooms th (9) 58.5 96 Ms N Faithfull 1 Monadelphous Handicap 5.30 3 s0s22 My Demi (1) 61 93 B Paterson 1 939s3 Dawn Armada w (1) 61.5 99 B Paterson 7 72371 Native Chimes ch (7) 58.5 98 C Nicoll 3 Kalgoorlie Masters FC 6.30 4 546s5 Bos Taurus t (4) 60 90 Ms M Clark 2 22556 It’s Dynamite tcwh (8) 61.5 95 8 62176 Arion Lass h (10) 58 100 Ms K Yuill $13,200, 2yo & up Maiden SW, 1400m 5 52468 Sammy The Boss tdw (5) 57.5 92 B Kirby 9 847s7 Doctor On Ice wh (3) 58 95 $14,400, 2yo & up Class 2, 1200m Ms V Corver (a4) 1 64365 Easington (7) 59 86 B Kirby 6 735s3 Another Demon t (8) 57 92 Ms N Faithfull 3 90s00 Spring Tycoon h (6) 60 86 Ms V Corver (a4) 2 s0362 Mister Krumpets b (3) 59 100 Ms K Yuill 1 22535 King’s Authority h (2) 65.5 96 7 47s38 Excaro tch (7) 56 100 Ms K Yuill Ms M Derrick (a3) 10 s4177 Lollipop Lane (1) 58 94 B Kirby 3 40243 Redwood Ransom (8) 59 90 A Castle Ms V Corver (a4) 8 31604 Bevel tdh (3) 55 89 Ms L Staples 4 05962 War Jeune wh (4) 60 96 A Castle 11 5s087 Trash Panda d (4) 58 96 L Ramoly (a3)

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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. Arts & Home Entertainment // April 9, 2020 VERY LIKE A WHALE

by Mark Peters literature crossover as Defoe notes that Rennaissance man Leonardo da Vinci during the 17th century, the bubonic plague saw inchoate patterns such as those seen t looks like a portly person looking — a recurrence of the Black Death that in clouds as an opportunity to free the up to the sky, commented someone originated in China in the 1300s, created imagination. Iin response to a picture posted on religious, social and economic upheaval in “It may be that many would consider Facebook of a huge plume of cloud a few days Europe — “the imagination of the people was such power of invention absurd but I, by into the lockdown. really turned wayward and possessed”. my own experience, know how useful it is Speculation about the cloud was rife. “And no wonder, if they who were poring for arousing the mind to discoveries and “Looked too white for smoke,” said the continually at the clouds saw shapes and projects. person who posted it. figures, representations and appearances, “Not infrequently on walls in the “Yeah, I agree,” said another. “It looks like which had nothing in them but air and confusion of different stones, in cracks, in steam.” vapour. Here they told us they saw a flaming the designs made by scum on stagnant “The bro opened his door,” was an sword held in a hand coming out of a cloud, water, in dying embers, covered over with inevitable gag. with a point hanging directly over the city; a thin layer of ashes, in the outline of “5G satellite trialling,” commented there they saw hearses and coffins carrying clouds — it has happened to me to find a someone to stir up the tin-hatters. “It’s a in the air to be buried”, etc. likeness of the most beautiful localities, hidden nuclear laser beam.” In Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet, the with mountains, crags, rivers, plains and “HAARP,” said another, possibly for the grief-maddened, vengeful prince messes with trees; also splendid battles, strange faces, same reason. his girlfriend’s pedantic, patronising father, full of inexplicable beauty; curious devils, HAARP, the High Frequency Active Polonious. monsters, and many astounding images. Auroral Research Programme used for I chose from them what I needed and ionospheric research was believed by some to Hamlet — Do you see yonder cloud that’s supplied the rest.” control the weather or cause earthquakes. almost in shape of a camel? For Surrealists such as Salvador Dali This week, you are invited to outline and Max Ernst, this technique was just in pen, pencil, chalk — whatever you like Polonius — By th’ mass, and ’tis like a their fur-lined cup of tea, while Swiss — a form or forms you see in the picture, camel indeed. psychoanalyst Hermann Rorschach used photograph your artwork and mail it in. a similar method to measure various Yes, it’s a slow news month. But lockdowns Hamlet — Methinks it is like a weasel. unconscious parts of a subject’s personality. are notorious for prompting all kinds of So, take a picture of your imaginings, visions, scenes and portents in cloud forms. Polonius — It is backed like a weasel. visions, unconscious deviances and email The cloud has also long functioned in them to [email protected] literature and art as a starting point for Hamlet — Or like a whale. The winner will be awarded a chocolate imagery. In Daniel Defoe’s book A Journal fish. Or chocolate whale. Or a chocolate fish of the Plague Year, we find a lockdown- Polonius — Very like a whale. very like a whale.

LITTLE FLUFFY CLOUDS: By all means play British ambient house group The Orb’s mesmerising track, Little Fluffy Clouds, as you gaze at this picture for inspiration in this interactive arts story. 24 The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 Trafficking Conscious Crumbs

by Gillian Moon all laid out in varying stages . . . each discarded open packet TWO FLUTES: New I cleaned out the pantry on telling its own story Zealand Symphony Saturday, Orchestra associate it seemed like a good s time as any. One of those jobs principal flutes Kirstin Halfway through I walked away Eade (top) and section It was overflowing with discarded, my mind was represented on the principal flutes Bridget open packets kitchen floor Douglas perform in a of half-eaten crackers, empty peanut was just too much free online performance butter jars, that is part of the soft biscuits, moth infested flour and Discarded thoughts NZSO’s Play Our Part icing sugar packets, taking up space series. spilt nuts, stale cereal and a suffocating Picture by Bridget Douglas trillion crumbs. in stalemate. There was even an oversize marrow, Each opened packet, each empty jar given by a well-intentioned neighbour... begging a story to be told . . . rotting quietly on the pantry floor. of how they came to be opened, Twenty empty egg cartons spilling shared for a while then Rogue plastic bags that had discarded and left to become stale Woodwind performance at home somehow seeped with my plastic bag- fighting for space in an overcrowded free home pantry he New Zealand Symphony probably developed instinctive skills A trillion crumbs . . . cluttered with a myriad of Orchestra’s woodwind musicians about how to shape and phrase the music scattered like ants . . . personalities Tand harpist are in the spotlight together. leaving a trail of gritty mess. and a trillion gritty crumbs wiped for another of the orchestra’s at-home “With the live experience taken away, from shelves livestream performance this week. we’ve had to trust our instincts and inner A trillion crumbs now sticking to my bare feet This week’s Play Our Part features pulse even more.” encroaching on my life consciously moved from mind NZSO section principal flutes, Bridget The programme also features section cluttering my brain to the point of yet still Douglas, and associate principal flutes, principal bassoonist Robert Week who standstill relentless in their grip. Kirstin Eade. The pair perform the second plays two movements from JS Bach’s Cello ‘can’t move for the clutter . . . no movement from Wilhelm Friedemann Suite No. 3, and section principal oboist room for new thoughts’ From shelf to floor Bach’s Duet No. 4 for two flutes. Robert Orr who performs Telemann’s compost bin, WF Bach was Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fantasia No. 1. Saturday was the day, recycling bin, eldest son and is considered by many to NZSO section principal harpist Carolyn jumbled thoughts trash sack be the most original and interesting of his Mills will perform New Zealand composer fighting for space. all overflowing with debris composer offspring, says Douglas. Helen Fisher’s Otari. Associate principal Douglas and Eade played and recorded clarinettist Ellen Deverall will play a work It was a methodical process And the trillion crumbs scattered all the duet in their separate homes. yet to be announced. shelf by shelf over the floor The two musicians normally sit next Thousands of people viewed the first kitchen floor soon covered with to each other on stage for every NZSO two Play Our Part performances and the debris Stuck relentlessly to my feet. performance, says Eade. orchestra is releasing other content online “Sitting next to each other to play we’ve during the Covid-19 lockdown. One Man, Two Guvnors by Mark Peters

mere smattering of people attended screenings at the AOdeon of National Theatre Live’s mostly brilliant shows when the reels came to town. Now the opportunity to see a selection of these productions that were astounding in their inventiveness and top-notch acting is available for free online. Not only do the NTL productions give the viewer a privileged view of each show as the camera gets both inside the set and up close with the actors, NTL audiences feel like they are in the theatre. The first show to be streamed has its final screening tonight and it is one not to be missed. Set in Brighton in the 1960s, One Man, Two Guvnors is British absurdity at its best with an air of pantomime and music hall slapstick about it. The play is based on the 1743 commedia dell’arte style comedy by Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni. One Man, Two Guvnors is surprisingly physical, with outrageous audience UNMISSABLE: Comic actor James Corden easily deserved the Tony award for his interaction, and is laugh-till-you-cry performance in the laugh-till-you-cry National Theatre production, One Man, Two funny. Guvnors. The production is one of National Theatre Live’s brilliant shows and is James Corden’s Tony award-winning available for free online. Last screening tonight. Picture supplied performance in the farce as out-of-work skiffle player Francis Henshall is beyond anything you might have seen him in by several letters, a very heavy trunk, uk/nt-at-home or go straight to the show before. several unlucky audience volunteers, a at https://tinyurl.com/uq7esab Henshall becomes separately employed ridiculously decrepit waiter who suffers Upcoming NTL free screenings include by gangster Roscoe Crabbe and Stanley much of the knockabout comedy in the Jane Eyre, an innovative reimagining of Stubbers, an upper class twit. He tries to production, and Francis’ pursuit of his Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece, which keep the two from meeting to avoid each twin passions: buxom Dolly and food. begins tonight at 7pm and runs until of them learning that he is working for The basic plot, and most of the Thursday next week. someone else. characters, are established in a living Beginning at 7pm on the same night, Roscoe is actually Rachel Crabbe room scene at the beginning, but the April 16, is Treasure Island, Robert Louis in disguise. Her twin brother Roscoe show really takes off after a scene change Stevenson’s story of murder, money and was killed by her boyfriend, Stanley. that transports the audience to a street mutiny. It’s one-week season ends on Complicating events even further is setting outside The Cricketers Arms. Thursday, April 23, and a production of

2538-01 local mobster Charlie the Duck, who The play includes musical interludes by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, a strange has arranged his daughter Pauline’s ‘60s styled band The Craze (a homonym comedy in which nobody is quite what engagement to Roscoe despite her for the Krays, the twin brothers who once they seem, then begins. preference for over-the-top amateur actor ruled the London underworld). Alan Dangle. One Man, Two Guvnors can be viewed ■ For more information visit www. Further complications are prompted on You Tube via www.nationaltheatre.org. nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 25 Bound in a nutshell - it’s not so bad by Mark Peters play, he said in The Guardian. “There is no sense of Elsinore The wooden O, as as a place of eavesdropping Shakespeare describes London’s corruption, no hint of reckless Globe Theatre in Henry V, is sensuality in the relationship locked down like the rest of us of Claudius and Gertrude, no — but the shows go on, online. awareness that Polonius is a Beginning with Hamlet, wily politician rather than a The Globe is streaming a prattling buffoon.” Shakespeare play for free every Terry, however, brings to the fortnight. role all the qualities he might Hamlet is on now and will run have expected, he said. until April 19 and is followed “She speaks the verse by a screening of a production intelligently, initially conveys a of Romeo and Juliet from April sense of bereft solitude — her 20-May 3. voice cracks on the implication The replica Elizabethan-style that she ‘seems’ to be affecting playhouse, with its open roof, grief — and is very good at thrust stage and pit where suggesting bottled rage.” groundlings get up close and After Hamlet, the free- personal with the actors, has a to-stream productions of public streaming platform called Shakespeare at The Globe are Globe Player, but bookings are a made up of Romeo and Juliet, A tad pricey. Midsummer Night’s Dream, The That all changed on Monday, Winter’s Tale, The Two Noble with the programme’s free Kinsmen, and The Merry Wives screening of Hamlet with Globe of Windsor. boss Michelle Terry in the title To view, go to www. role of the doomed Danish globeplayer.tv and scroll down THE WINTER’S TALE: Considered to be one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays” because the first three prince. the page to ‘free content’. acts are filled with psychological drama, while the last two acts are comedic and have a happy ending, Top theatre reviewer Michael The Winter’s Tale is one of London theatre The Globe’s free-to-stream productions. Billingham was relaxed Globe to Globe about the impact of gender- fluid casting but found the Also available for free “In 2012, we brought together architecture Shakespeare wrote Polish Macbeth, and a Hebrew production, rarely, shocked him streaming are all shows from artists from all over the globe, for,” says the blurb on the The Merchant of Venice. into a new awareness of the the 2012 Globe to Globe festival. to enjoy speaking these plays London theatre’s website. in their own Among shows in the series ■ To see the complete list, language, in is a Korean production of A and view productions, go to our Globe, Midsummer Night’s Dream, a ww.globeplayer.tv/globe-to- within the Macedonian Henry VI Part 3, a globe

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “THE SHARP, “A STICKY SEAM “FROTHING “A MIRACULOUS PUNGENT AROMA OF HOPE AND WITH INSIGHT INTO THE OF NOW” BETTERMENT” EFFERVESCENCE” HUMAN CONDITION”

ORCHESTRAL JOURNEY: Taonga puoro specialist Horomona Horo is joined by singer Maisey Rika and Jeremy Mayall on electronics in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Mayall’s An Instrumental Voyage. The performance is now available for free online as part of the NZSO’s Play Our Part series. Picture by Latitude Creative An Instrumental Voyage n Instrumental Voyage — Pae Turanga-nui Tawhiti, Pae Tata, filmed last Ayear as part of Tuia Encounters Although not part of the NZSO’s Play 250, now features as part of the New Our Part series, a performance from Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s Play Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead’s Our Part series. soundscape, Turanga-nui, the NZSO Performed in three movements, the premiered in Gisborne in 2018 and can work is an orchestral journey through be viewed for free online. Commissioned the history of New Zealand from pre- by the NZSO as part of its Landfall European times. series, the work commemorates the The skin-tingling work is both arrival of explorer James Cook. reflective and dramatic and features The atmospheric composition was the NZSO’s taonga puoro specialist evocative of a venture into the unknown Horomona Horo, singer Maisey Rika, for both Endeavour’s crew and those and composer Jeremy Mayall on who were about to encounter them, said electronics. a Gisborne Herald review of the work. Made up of a powerful mix of “Tiny, bell-like tinkling suggestive traditional orchestral instruments, the of starlight on water opened the piece. evocative sound of carved wooden flute, A percussionist tapped the rim of his conch, Rika’s waiata, contemporary drum to create sounds evocative of electronica and some spoken narrative, taiaha. the composition both crosses time and “An oceanic mood with movie is accessible. soundtrack moments dominated the No need to dress up or pay Auckland work. Turanga-nui was threaded with MATT HEATH prices for a glass of wine. You can a sense of tension, some querulousness watch and listen to Play Our Part as suggested by two bassoons, and even performances in your undies; parked on foreboding. Dame Gillian’s Landfall JEREMY WELLS the sofa, while having dinner or doing work ended as it began — with rolling 6AM - 10AM WEEKDAYS the dishes. pebbles, gulls and tinkling as the Endeavour sailed away.” ■ Embark on An Instrumental Voyage - Pae Tawhiti, Pae Tata at www.nzso. ■ Turanga-nui can be viewed at www. co.nz/live news.sounz.org.nz/land-whenua 26 CLASSIFIEDS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020

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TVNZ 1 © TVNZ 2020TVNZ 2 © TVNZ 2020 THREE PRIME MAORI TV 5pm The Chase 3 0 5.10 The Simpsons 3 0 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5pm 3rd Rock From The 5pm Paia A quiz show where 5.40 Young Sheldon 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm Sun 0 5.10 My Mokai 3 0 contestants must stay 6.05 The Big Bang Theory 7pm The Project After Dick and Don each 5.40 He Rourou 3 6.30 Neighbours 0 3 one step ahead of The 7.30 Lego Masters 0 buy half of a timeshare 5.50 E Kori 7pm Motorway Patrol PGR 3 0 5.55 E Ki E Ki Chaser. M 3 0 The seven remaining ‘luxury getaway,’ they 7.30 2012 PGR 6pm 3 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 teams must design Mahi Pai 2009 Action. An academic take Mary and Sally 6.10 Tamariki Haka The latest news, sport, researcher leads a group mega-cities using Lego. Billy Connolly’s Great American Trail on their first vacation 6.20 Huritua of people in an attempt to 8.30 The Graham Norton 8.40pm on TVNZ 1 and weather. there; Harry is afraid 6.30 Te Ao: Maori News 0 counteract the apocalyptic 3 0 7pm Seven Sharp Show PGR of shrinking now that 7pm Tangaroa With Pio Stories of the day from events predicted by the 9.30 Live At The Apollo AO 0 ancient Mayan calendar Tommy is taller than 7.30 Easy Eats 3 around New Zealand. for the year 2012. 10.35 NewsHub Late he is. 8pm Funny Whare: F 3 0 7.30 Easy Ways To Live John Cusack, Chiwetel 11.05 NCIS AO 5.30 Prime News Gamesnight PGR 3 0 Well Ejiofor, Amanda Peet. FRIDAY 6pm Pawn Stars 8.30 Waiata Nation 10.05 Why Women Kill AO 0 12am Lego Masters US 3 3 Steph McGovern 7pm Storage Wars 9pm Sidewalk Karaoke PGR and Hugh Fearnley- Beth Ann seeks to spice 12.45 Face The Truth PGR 9.30 The Koi Boys AO 3 7.30 Mayday PGR 3 0 Whittingstall set out to up her marriage; Simone 1.05 M Degrees Of Fear 10pm Only In Aotearoa AO 3 turns to Naomi’s son 8.30 Forensics NZ AO 3 0 help people improve AO 3 2018 Thriller. 10.30 Nanakia PGR 3 Why Women Kill Tommy for solace; Eli 9.30 Madam Secretary PGR 0 their diet, fitness, and Claire Blackwelder, 11pm Te Ao: Maori News 3 10.05pm on TVNZ 2 realises there is more When the mastermind mental wellbeing. to Taylor and Jade’s Trevor St John. 11.30 Closedown 8.40 Billy Connolly’s Great relationship than he 2.35 M Deadly Shores behind a foreign FRIDAY American Trail PGR 0 initially thought. AO 3 2018 Thriller. country’s hacking of 6.30 Waiata Mai 0 Billy is in Kearny, a place 11pm Claws AO Carly Schroeder. a senator’s personal 6.40 Te Mana Kuratahi 11.45 Private Practice: The known as Little Glasgow. 4am M Lost Boy PGR information is found, 7.10 Tamariki Haka Final Season PGR 3 0 7.20 3 9.35 Coronation Street 0 3 2015 Drama. Virginia Elizabeth must decide E Kori FRIDAY 7.25 Pipi Ma Alya makes another Madsen, Mark Valley. whether or not to 12.35 Cougar Town 7.30 ZooMoo 5.30 Mexican Fiesta With extract him; Jason faces attempt to save 1am Happy Endings PGR 3 7.40 Te Nutube 3 0 backlash at school. Yasmeen; Gemma’s 1.20 The Simpsons PGR Peter Kuruvita 7.50 Darwin + Newts 3 Lego Masters 2.35 Quantico AO 3 3 0 ability as a mother 6am Millionaire Hot Seat 10.30 The Late Show With 8am Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 7.30pm on Three 3.20 Desperate Housewives AO is questioned; David 6.40 Better Homes And Stephen Colbert PGR 8.30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 3 0 confronts Clayton. Gardens 11.30 Love Island UK 3 9am Whanau Kai RNZ NATIONAL 4.10 The Fresh Prince Of Bel 3 10pm Seven Sharp 3 0 3 (Starting Today) FRIDAY 9.30 Opaki 3 5pm Checkpoint Air 3 Stories of the day from 4.35 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 7.55 Vet On The Hill 12.30 Closedown 10am Waiata 3 News and current affairs around New Zealand. 5am Neighbours 3 0 8.45 Namibia 3 0 6am Ben 10: Alien Force 3 0 10.30 Morena 3 programme. 3 10.30 The Secret Life Of 5.25 Regular Show 3 0 9.35 Open Homes 6.25 Danger Mouse 3 0 11am Nga Tamariki O Te 6.30 Trending Now Girls 3 0 5.35 Bizaardvark 3 0 10am M Cradles For Kohu 3 6.55 The House M Danger Mouse is back Series that follows the 6am Open Season: Cash PGR 3 0 2019 Drama. Noon Funny Whare: 7.06 Nights With Bryan Crump. Scared Silly saving London, saving 8.15 Dateline Pacific play, conversations, Adrienne Frantz, Christy Gamesnight PGR 3 3 0 2015 Animated Adventure. the world, and most 3 Current-affairs programme and challenges faced Carlson Romano. 12.30 City Slickers Rodeo Voices of Donny Lucas, importantly, saving 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O covering the major Pacific stories by a group of five and William Townsend. 11.30 Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 Penfold. Te Motu 3 of the week. six-year-old girls at a NZ 7.20 M The Nut Job PGR 3 0 12.10 Face The Truth PGR 8.30 Windows On The World 6.50 The Loud House 3 0 1.30 Ako 3 school. 2014 Animated Adventure. 12.30 Dr Phil PGR International public-radio features 7.15 Trulli Tales 3 0 2pm Toku Reo 3 11.20 Outback Truckers PGR Voices of Will Arnett, 1.15 M Lethal and documentaries. Brendan Fraser, Liam 3 0 Ring, Zip, Stella, and 3pm Nga Kapa Haka Kura 9.06 Our Changing World With 3 0 Paul ‘Blinky’ Seduction PGR 2015 3 Neeson. Sun are four young and Tuarua Alison Ballance. Cunningham is worried M Thriller. Amanda Detmer, 8.45 The Iron Giant talented wizard chefs, 3.30 Playlist 10pm News At Ten as he moves the largest 3 1999 Animated. Caleb Ruminer, Dina 4pm HakaNation growing up with words of 10.15 Lately With Karyn Hay. turbines in Australia. Voices of Jennifer Aniston, Meyer. 4.30 Tribe 11.06 The Music 101 Pocket 0 wisdom from a magical FRIDAY Harry Connick jr, Vin 2.35 Ninja Warrior UK 5pm Waiata Mai Edition Diesel. grandmother living in 12.10 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 4.10 United Plates Of 5.10 Te Mana Kuratahi 3 FRIDAY 10.10 F New Looney America an ancestral Magic 12.35 Te Karere 3 3 0 5.40 Tamariki Haka 12.04 The All Night Programme Tunes 3 0 3 1am Kath And Kim M 4.30 Lego Masters US Cookbook. 5.50 E Kori 6am Good Friday Morning 10.20 Matilda 0 Omnibus PGR PGR 3 1996 Comedy. 5.15 Millionaire Hot Seat 7.30 Go Further South 5.55 Pipi Ma Noon Afternoons 4.40 Funny You Should Ask 3 Danny DeVito, Rhea 5.35 Te Karere 3 0 Perlman, Mara Wilson. CHOICE PAY TV 6am Praise Be 3 Noon M Scooby-Doo 5.30 Mysteries At The 0 2004 Comedy. Museum SKY 5 MOVIES PREMIERE DISCOVERY A programme of hymns 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 6.40 Phoenix, Oregon 16L 2019 5.40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG Sarah Michelle Gellar, 6.30 American Pickers and songs of praise. Freddie Prinze jr, Linda 5.30 Hardcore Pawn PG Comedy. James Le Gros, 6.35 Gold Rush: White 7.30 6.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Cardellini. Yukon Gold PGR 6pm Storage Wars PG Jesse Borrego. Water PG Show PGR 3 1.35 M Scooby Doo 2: 8.30 Discovering… Kiss PGR 7pm Border Security: 8.30 Stuber 16LS 2019 Action. 8.30 Outback Opal 7.10 Royal Variety Show Monsters Unleashed 9.30 Ozzy And Jack’s World Australia’s Frontline M 3 0 When a mild-mannered Hunters PG 2018 3 PGR 2004 Family. Detour PGR 7.30 Hawaii Five-0 MV Uber driver picks up 9.25 Aussie Mega 9am Les Mills Body Balance Freddie Prinze jr, Sarah 10.30 American Pickers 8.30 NCIS MV Michelle Gellar. a vision-impaired Mechanics PG 9.30 Seal Team MV 10.10 Extreme Cake Makers 3.10 Les Mills Born To Move 0 11.30 Mysteries At The detective, he must 10.15 Alaskan Bush People PG 10.35 M Paper Planes 0 3.25 Goodnight Kiwi Museum 10.30 SVU MV manage to hold onto 11.05 Naked And Afraid XL PG 2014 Family. A schoolboy 3.30 Get Clever 3 FRIDAY 11.15 Storage Wars PG his life and his five-star 11.55 How It’s Made PG dealing with the death 3.55 Pokemon: Sun And Moon: 12.30 The Hairy Bikers’ FRIDAY rating. Kumail Nanjiani, FRIDAY 0 of his mother channels Ultra Legends Comfort Food 12.05 Modern Family PG Dave Bautista. 12.20 How Do They Do It? PG 4.20 The Deep 0 his grief into the art of 1.30 Caribbean Pirate 12.55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 10.04 Fallen MVL 2016 Drama. 12.45 Car Crash TV 4.40 M Cars 3 2006 Animated. 1.20 Jeopardy! PG making paper planes, Treasure Addison Timlin, Jeremy 1.10 Car Crash TV Voices of Paul Newman, 1.40 Border Security: ending up in a national Owen Wilson. 2am America Over The Edge Irvine. 1.35 Deadliest Catch PG Australia’s Frontline M 11.34 Gotti 16VL 2018 Drama. championship. 3am Discovering… Kiss PGR John 2.25 Moonshiners MVL 2.05 Seal Team MV Travolta, Kelly Preston. 3.15 Gold Rush: Parker’s Sam Worthington. 4am Ozzy And Jack’s World 0 BRAVO 2.50 NCIS MV FRIDAY Trail PG 12.10 Emmerdale PGR Detour PGR 5pm Judge Jerry 3.40 SVU MV 1.20 The Midwife’s 4.05 Expedition Unknown PG Charity dreads what is 5.30 Hoarders 3 5am Mysteries At The 4.25 Hardcore Pawn PG Deception MC 2018 Thriller. 4.55 Naked And Afraid XL PG to come; Mandy catches 6.30 Love It Or List It Museum 4.50 Hawaii Five-0 MV Katie Savoy, Penelope 5.45 Deadliest Catch PG up with the Dingles; 7.30 Tattoo Fixers PGR 5.35 The Simpsons PG 6am Paul Hollywood’s Pies Mitchell. 6.35 Fast N’ Loud PG Moira may be having 8.35 Below Deck Sailing 6am Jeopardy! PG And Puds 2.45 Solis PGV 2018 Sci-fi. Steven 7.30 Car Crash TV second thoughts. Yacht AO 6.25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 7am The Hairy Bikers’ Ogg, Alice Lowe. 7.55 Car Crash TV 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 9.35 The Real Housewives Of 6.45 The Simpsons PG Comfort Food 4.14 Second Act MLSC 2018 8.20 Gold Rush: White 0 David is heartbroken; New York City AO 7.10 Modern Family PG 10.35 3 8am Wildlife Icons Comedy. Jennifer Lopez, Water PG Bethany writes an Snapped PGR 8am Border Security: 11.30 Killer Couples AO 3 9am David Attenborough’s Vanessa Hudgens. 9.10 Outback Opal exposé on Ray – but Australia’s Frontline M FRIDAY 5.54 Phoenix, Oregon 16L 2019 Hunters PG will it leave a mark?; Natural Curiosities 8.25 Storage Wars PG 12.20 M Patch Adams AO 3 Comedy. James Le Gros, 10am How It’s Made PG is Hope showing 9.30 Top Of The Shop 9.15 Hardcore Pawn PG 1998 Drama. 10.30 Mysteries At The 9.40 Charmed M Jesse Borrego. 10.25 How Do They Do It? PG favouritism? 2.30 M Starsky And Museum 10.25 SVU MV 7.44 Stuber 16LS 2019 Action. 10.50 Expedition Unknown PG 1.55 Royal Variety Show Hutch AO 3 2004 Comedy. Kumail Nanjiani, Dave 11.40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3 11.30 American Pickers 11.10 Modern Family PG 2019 4.20 How Do I Look? 3 Bautista. 12.30 Evil Lives Here MVLC 3 12.30 Ozzy And Jack’s World Noon Jeopardy! PG 4pm Te Karere 6am Love It Or List It 9.14 Fallen MVL 2016 Drama. 1.20 Blood Relatives M 3 3 Detour PGR 12.25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 4.25 Funny You Should Ask 10.15 Four Weddings USA 10.47 The Midwife’s 2.10 Top Gear 0 11.05 Hoarders 3 1.30 Discovering… Kiss PGR 12.50 NCIS MV 1.40 Deception MC 2018 Thriller. 3pm Outback Opal 3 0 1.25 The Kelly Clarkson Show 2.30 Yukon Gold PGR Seal Team MV 4.45 Highway Cops 2.25 Charmed M 12.12 Jellyfish 16LSC 2018 Drama. Hunters PG 2.15 The Real Housewives Of 3.30 Baby Animals And Bad boys are caught 3 3.10 Modern Family PG 1.54 Another Kind Of 3.50 Gold Rush: White Beverly Hills PGR Friends in Canterbury; drivers 3.05 Below Deck PGR 3 3.35 Modern Family PG Wedding MLSC 2018 Comedy. Water PG skate on thin ice in the 3.50 Love It Or List It 3 4.30 Nigel Slater’s Middle 4pm The Simpsons PG 3.18 Godzilla II: King Of The 4.45 Gold Rush: White south; there are tall 4.40 The People’s Court 3 East 4.30 Jeopardy! PG Monsters MVL 2019 Action. Water PG tales in Queenstown. 5.30 Judge Jerry 5.30 Mysteries At The 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5.27 You Might Be The 5.40 Gold Rush: White 5.10 The Chase 3 0 5.55 Hoarders 3 Museum 5.30 Hardcore Pawn PG Killer 16VL 2018 Horror. Water PG KEY 0 3 (HLS) (RPL) (DLY) 16 18 AO Closed captions; Repeat; Highlights; Replay; Delayed; Approved for persons 16 years or over; Approved for persons 18 years or over; Adults only; 9Apr20 Compiled by C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. 28 TELEVISION The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 FRIDAY—SATURDAY’S TELEVISION GUIDE

TVNZ 1 © TVNZ 2020TVNZ 2 © TVNZ 2020 THREE PRIME MAORI TV 5.10 The Chase 3 0 6.35 Neighbours 0 5.15 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 7.30 The Changing Face 5pm Waiata Mai 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 An old foe rattles the 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm Of The New Zealand 5.10 Te Mana Kuratahi 3 7pm Extreme Cake Makers 0 Kennedys; will Roxy’s 7pm Bondi Rescue PGR 0 Dairy 3 0 5.40 Tamariki Haka scheme succeed? 3 7.25 M Lion PGR 0 2016 7.25 M The Bourne 8.20 Go Further South 5.50 E Kori 7pm M The Golden A 12-hour journey from Drama. A boy, lost on the Ultimatum PGR 3 0 2007 5.55 Pipi Ma Compass PGR 2007 Drama. In Bluff in New Zealand’s 6pm ZooMoo streets of Calcutta, is a parallel universe, a girl Action. Jason Bourne far south, across the 6.10 journeys to the far north comes out of hiding Te Nutube Lion adopted by a couple in subantarctic islands to 3 to save her best friend again, and discovers 6.20 Darwin + Newts 7.25pm on TVNZ 1 Australia and, 25 years Scott Base, Antarctica, 6.30 Te Ao: Maori News later, sets out to find his and other kidnapped some mysteries about children from experiments his past, which puts him viewing the wildlife 7pm Tangaroa With Pio lost family. and landscapes as the by a mysterious in the path of a super 7.30 Marae Kai Masters Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, temperatures dip. 3 organisation. killer. Matt Damon, Joan Special Nicole Kidman. Nicole Kidman, Daniel 11.20 Raw PGR Allen, Julia Stiles. 8pm Toa: Toa O Aotearoa PGR 9.30 0 Craig, Dakota Blue The latest WWE action. 3 Coronation Street 9.10 M Snakes On A Nick attempts to reach Richards. SATURDAY 8.30 M Get On Up PGR 2014 8.55 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Plane AO 3 0 2006 12.10 The Late Show With Biography Music. How singer out to Shona; Evelyn Countdown AO 0 Action. An FBI agent Stephen Colbert PGR James Brown overcame tears a strip off Tyrone. Jimmy Carr hosts a game boards a flight from The Golden Compass 12.55 Closedown the challenges of Is there hope for show where comedians Hawaii to Los Angeles, 3 0 7pm on TVNZ 2 6am Ben 10: Alien Force poverty and misfortune Gemma? play games with letters escorting a witness to 0 6.25 Danger Mouse to emerge as one of 9.50 F Playing For and numbers. Captains testify against a mafia Jon Richardson and Sean Danger Mouse is back the most successful Keeps AO 0 boss, but an on-board Lock are joined by Kevin saving London, saving musicians of his time. Everything changes for assassin releases a Bridges, Kathy Burke, and the world, and most 11pm Te Ao: Maori News 3 the men and women crate of venomous Joe Lycett. importantly, saving 11.30 Closedown of the Southern Jets 9.45 F Best Foods Comedy serpents in an attempt Penfold. SATURDAY Gala AO 3 0 to kill the witness. 6.50 The Loud House 3 0 Football Club. 6.30 Tamariki Haka 3 0 10.30 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 Samuel L Jackson, 7.15 Henry Danger 10.40 Blindspot AO 6.40 My Mokai 0 Julianna Margulies, 7.40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Remi must beat her 3 0 7.10 Huhu: Te Tunga Rakau Go Further South 10.55 Mom PGR Nathan Phillips. Turtles 3 0 worsening ZIP poisoning 11.15 Life In Pieces 0 7.20 He Rourou 3 8.20pm on Prime PGR 10.55 F Leonardo must risk to enact her ultimate Modern Family: 7.30 3 SATURDAY 0 everything to save his Potae Pai plan. 3 The Final Season PGR 12am The Simpsons PG brothers, rescue April, 7.40 Smooth RNZ NATIONAL 3 0 11.40 American Dad AO 6pm Nights With Shelley Venning. 11.30 Emmerdale PGR 12.45 Private Practice: The and stop the Kraang 7.50 Polyfest Kapa Haka Final Season PGR 3 SATURDAY 3 SATURDAY from using their now- 8.20 Haati Paati SATURDAY 1.30 Regular Show 12am Bob’s Burgers PGR 3 12.04 The All Night Programme 12.25 Te Karere 3 perfected formula. 8.30 Pukana 1.40 Infomercials 12.25 Infomercials A selection of the best RNZ 12.50 Infomercials 3 0 9.30 Grid 3 2.45 Once Upon A Time PGR 3 6am Charles Stanley 3 8.05 Teen Titans National interviews and features. 6am Te Karere 3 0 8.30 Batman: The Animated 10am Swagger 6.30 Infomercials 3 6.08 Storytime 3 0 Series 0 10.30 Whanau Bake Off 6.30 Country Calendar 4.20 The Fresh Prince Of Bel 9.30 3 Local children’s show. 3 Vet On The Hill 0 11am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 A couple with their own Air 3 9am Samurai Jack PGR [email protected]. 3 0 10.30 The Taste USA 3 11.30 HakaNation honey business have 4.45 Emmerdale PGR 10am SmackDown PGR 7.10 Country Life 5.10 Neighbours 3 0 11.30 Married At First Sight 3 Noon Waka Ama Sprint achieved a better work/ 3 11am Raw PGR Memorable scenes, people and 5.35 Bunk’d 3 0 US: The First Year PGR Noon Best Of Piha Rescue PGR Nationals places in rural New Zealand. life balance for their 6am Maia The Brave 3 0 12.25 America’s Next Top 3 0 1pm Haati Grassroots [email protected]. 0 3 0 young family, and have 6.10 Thomas And Friends Model 1pm 3 Rugby 3 8.10 Saturday Morning With Kim 0 Ultimate Fishing found the sacrifices they 6.20 Tinpo 1.20 Michael McIntyre’s Big 2pm Outback Opal 2pm Poitukohu Kura Hill. A mixture of current affairs have made have been 6.30 Blaze And The Monster Show PGR 3 0 3 0 3 and feature interviews. 3 0 Hunters PGR Tuarua worthwhile. Machines 2.30 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 3 3pm Touch Rugby: National 12.12 Music 101 Songs, music- 6.50 Masha And The Bear 3 0 3pm Outback Truckers PGR 3pm The Goldbergs PGR 0 0 3 related stories, interviews, live 7am Fishing And 6.55 The Insectibles 3 0 Championships 3 music, industry news, and music Adventure 3 0 7.10 Thunderbirds Are Go! 0 3.25 Celebrity Name 4pm American Restoration 3 4pm Waiata Nation 3 documentaries from New Zealand The crew go to their 7.30 The Amazing World Of Game PGR 0 4.30 Fresh and the world. home port of Raglan, Gumball 0 3.55 Survivor: David v 4.30 Hot Bench 3 5pm The Hui: Kaupeka Wha 5pm The World At Five M 0 where the challenge 8am Wallace And Goliath 5pm Addicted To Fishing 3 0 5.30 Nga Tamariki O Te 5.10 Focus On Politics Gromit: A Grand Day 3 0 3 is set to land gurnard 4.50 Leap Of The Lynx 5.30 Prime News Kohu 5.30 Tagata O Te Moana Out 3 0 1989 Animation. and big snapper; on the 8.25 Ninjago 0 CHOICE PAY TV West Coast, the boys 8.45 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 5.30 Mysteries At The land some prime Raglan 9.10 Walk The Prank 0 Museum SKY 5 MOVIES PREMIERE DISCOVERY kaimoana. 9.35 The Simpsons PGR 3 0 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5.27 You Might Be The 5.40 Gold Rush: White 6.30 American Pickers 7.30 Infomercials 10am Fresh 5.30 Hardcore Pawn PG Killer 16VL 2018 Horror. Fran Water PG 10.25 Regular Show 0 7.30 Building The Dream 9am Whanau Living 3 6pm Storage Wars PG Kranz, Alyson Hannigan. 6.35 Aussie Mega 10.40 Mythbusters: The 8.30 Escape To The Chateau: Amiria Reriti shares her 6.30 Storage Wars PG 6.55 Stan And Ollie PGL 2018 Mechanics PG Search 0 DIY love of Manaaki, feeding 11.40 0 7pm Border Security: Comedy. Steve Coogan, 7.30 Outback Opal The 100 PGR 9.30 Gardeners’ World friends and whanau; 12.30 America’s Funniest Home Australia’s Frontline M John C Reilly. Hunters PG 10.30 American Pickers 8.30 Breaking In fitness guru Beez tries Videos 7.30 Charmed M 16VL 2018 8.30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 1.15 M 0 11.30 Mysteries At The Action. A woman must cycling for fitness. Home Fries 1998 Maggie and Mel fear 9.25 Aussie Lobster Men PG Comedy. Museum save her family from a 9.30 Tagata Pasifika Jordan’s curse is alive 10.15 Expedition Unknown Drew Barrymore, Luke SATURDAY and well; Macy and group of criminals who 11.05 Naked And Afraid XL PG 10am The Family Chase 3 0 Wilson. 12.30 Nigel Slater’s Middle Harry confront unspoken have come to steal 11.55 How It’s Made PG Family teams of four 2.55 M Ever After PGR 3 0 East feelings. the contents of a safe. SATURDAY must answer quick-fire 1998 Romantic Comedy. 1.30 David Attenborough’s 8.30 Supernatural MVS Gabrielle Union, Billy 12.20 How Do They Do It? PG questions as they seek Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Burke. Huston. Natural Curiosities 9.30 Nancy Drew M 12.45 Car Crash TV to stay one step ahead 5.10 The Crystal Maze 0 2am America Over The Edge 10.30 SVU MV 10pm Dumb: The Story Of 1.35 Deadliest Catch PG Big Brother 16VLC 2017 of the chaser. 3am Baby Animals And 11.15 Storage Wars PG 2.25 Moonshiners MVL Documentary. 11.05 John And Lisa’s Friends 11.40 Storage Wars PG 3.15 Gold Rush: Parker’s BRAVO 11.20 Speed Kills MVL 2018 Action. Weekend Kitchen 4am SATURDAY Trail PG 5.30 Judge Jerry Escape To The Chateau: John Travolta, Katheryn John Torode and Lisa 5.55 Hoarders 3 12.05 Modern Family PG 4.05 Expedition Unknown PG DIY Winnick. Faulkner present a 6.45 Love It Or List It 12.30 Modern Family PG 4.55 Naked And Afraid XL PG 5am Mysteries At The SATURDAY cooking show with 7.35 Flip It Like Disick PGR 12.55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 5.45 Deadliest Catch PG Museum 1am Apartment 212 recipes, shortcuts, 8.30 M Knocked Up AO 3 1.20 Jeopardy! PG 6.35 How It’s Made PG 6am Sand Masters 16VLC 2017 Horror. inspiration, and tips. 2007 Comedy. The last thing a 1.40 Border Security: 7.30 Outback Opal man expected was for his 6.30 Auctioneers And Dealers 2.40 Another Kind Of Noon A Place To Call Australia’s Frontline M Hunters PG one-night stand to arrive 7.30 Baby Animals And Wedding MLSC 2018 Comedy. 3 0 2.05 Nancy Drew M 8.20 Aussie Gold Hunters PG Home PGR on his doorstep eight Friends 4.04 Godzilla II: King Of The 2.50 9.10 Sarah finds the strength weeks later telling him she 8.30 Mysteries At The Supernatural MVS Monsters MVL 2019 Action. Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3.40 SVU MV 10am Aussie Gold Hunters PG to face her biggest fear, is pregnant. Museum 6.13 You Might Be The 3 4.25 Hardcore Pawn PG 10.50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG and embrace happiness 10.50 Snapped PGR 9.30 Gardeners’ World Killer 16VL 2018 Horror. 11.40 Killer Couples 3 4.50 Charmed M 11.40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG with George and David. PGR 10.30 Nigel Slater’s Middle 7.41 Stan And Ollie 5.35 12.30 1pm 1 News Special SATURDAY The Simpsons PG PGL 2018 Comedy. Expedition Unknown 3 East 6am Trucking Hell M 1.20 Alaska: The Last 1.30 Your Home Made 12.25 Infomercials 9.16 Breaking In 10am Judge Jerry 3 11.30 American Pickers 6.50 The Simpsons Super Frontier PG Perfect 3 0 12.30 Building The Dream 16VL 2018 Action. 10.25 The Kelly Clarkson Saturday PG 10.46 Dumb: The Story Of Big 2.10 Guardians Of The Another couple explore 3 1.30 Escape To The Chateau: Show 9.35 Trucking Hell M Brother Glades PG fresh options for their 11.25 The Kelly Clarkson DIY 10.25 Supernatural MVS 16VLC 2017 Documentary. 3pm Outback Opal home. Show 3 2.30 The Curse Of Oak 11.15 Nancy Drew M 12.06 Speed Kills MVL 2018 Action. Hunters PG 2.40 The Hotel Inspector PGR 12.20 Hoarders 3 Island PGR 3 Noon SmackDown Live MVC 1.48 Apartment 212 3.50 Gold Rush: White 3 0 1.15 Hoarders 3.30 Great Blue Wild 2.05 Love It Or List It 3 2.05 Main Event MV 16VLC 2017 Horror. Water PG 3.35 Sarah Beeny’s Renovate 3.05 Love It Or List It 3 4.30 Ainsley’s Caribbean 2.55 Supergirl MVS 3.28 An Acceptable 4.45 Gold Rush: White Don’t Relocate 4.05 Wahlburgers 3 Kitchen 3.55 Ax Men ML Loss 16VLC 2018 Thriller. Water PG 4.30 Motoka 0 4.35 Stop Search Seize 3 5.30 Mysteries At The 4.50 The Simpsons Super 5.08 Secret Summer 5.40 Gold Rush: White 5pm The Chase 3 0 5.30 Four Weddings USA 3 Monument Saturday PG PG 2015 Drama. Water PG KEY 0 3 Closed captions; Repeat; (HLS) Highlights; (RPL) Replay; (DLY) Delayed; 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 18 years or over; AO Adults only; 10Apr20 Compiled by C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 SPORT 29 Essendon boss offers Gold for Chris and Chloe Underdown fans glimmer of hope in postal contest AFL by Jason Phelan, AAP football, at the latest,” Campbell Having experienced the jarring said. reality of that doping ban, he feels ARCHERY Five archers from the MELBOURNE — AFL-starved “I don’t say that with any great for people in the AFL industry Gisborne club took part. fans have been offered a glimmer insight or as an educated insight and many others who have lost GISBORNE Archery Club Chris Underdown won gold of hope by Essendon chief but I feel confident. their jobs and are dealing with members Chris Underdown in the masters’ (50 to 65) male executive Xavier Campbell, who “It’s not going to be in front of isolation due to Covid-19. and his daughter Chloe won barebow division, which is shot is confident that the premiership crowds obviously, that’s going to “I remember feeling sick and gold in their divisions of without a sight. His winning season will restart by July at the be a really challenging aspect for not wanting to leave the house the Royle Hutton Annual score was 692. latest following the coronavirus our members and our players who and having no idea about what I Tournament. Chloe Underdown’s shutdown. thrive off that, but hopefully it’s was going to do, just feeling like I This is a national postal gold came in the women’s The Bombers boss offered the not too far from that. would never come through it and shoot held on Waitangi Day compound division with a optimistic assessment on the “Again you can’t hold me to that it would never end,” Watson every year. score of 875. club’s podcast Working Through it because we just don’t know said. It commemorates Royle Colin Marshall was third in It yesterday. It featured former because it’s out of our control, but “I think that’s a very normal Hutton, the founder of youth the master men’s compound coach James Hird and retired I feel relatively confident on that.” experience for people to be going archery in New Zealand. division with a score of 848. skipper Jobe Watson. The AFL sent a memo to clubs through. Entrants from around the David Croskery was fourth Hird’s appearance has been on Tuesday outlining the state of “That fear and uncertainty can country compete in their with a score of 842. hailed as a homecoming for the play just over a fortnight into the be really crippling and I think the own areas and send in their Matt Jackson, new to club great, who stood down as shutdown, with the league hopeful ability to talk through how you’re scoring. Once all the scores archery, entered the men’s coach at the end of 2015 amidst of having a return-to-play plan in feeling with people (is important). have been collated the results recurve division and finished the ongoing fallout from the place by the end of the month. “Everyone is going through the are announced. in a creditable fifth place with supplements saga. Watson was stripped of the 2012 same thing and you can lean on The shoot is a Burton, a score of 752. But it was Campbell who made Brownlow Medal and suspended each other. named after the late Jim Gisborne finished seventh the biggest splash on the podcast’s for the 2016 season along with “People are suffering in different Burton, the driving force in the clubs medal count, and debut episode. 33 teammates who took part in degrees, but the ability to reach behind Gisborne Archery Club. the archers gained an idea of “I feel relatively confident that the club’s ill-fated supplements out to others and connect is going Archers shot at distances of where they stood in relation to in July we’ll be back playing programme. to help everyone get through it.” 55 metres, 46m and 37m. other archers nationwide. THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY Friday, April 10, 2020

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Work behind the scenes or read a good book. 30 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 Stokes named Masoe takes steps on crutches RUGBY LEAGUE would need to move home to continue “If I fall over, they’ve taught me how to by Ian McCullough, AAP his rehabilitation due to the coronavirus crawl and to climb up on to something to cricketer of year outbreak. However, doctors managed to get you back into the chair. I’ve learned that LONDON — Mose Masoe’s efforts to walk persuade hospital officials to keep him on all in a week.” LONDON — Ben Stokes bestowed upon the 28-year- again following a serious spinal injury have the ward so his improvements could be The giant New Zealander has been has unseated Virat Kohli as old all-rounder following heroic taken a significant turn with the former NRL monitored more closely. inundated with support from the rugby Wisden’s leading cricketer in the exploits last summer, when prop managing to take steps on his crutches. “I’m just making the most of every day in league community in England and Australia. world, ending the India captain’s he inspired his team to an The 30-year-old former Sydney Roosters here,” Masoe said in an interview with Sky His positive approach has been an three-year reign. unforgettable triumph in the and Penrith front-rower suffered the career- Sports. inspirational story and Masoe revealed he’s The Wisden Cricketers’ World Cup before producing one ending injury in January when making a “I’ve made so much progress in myself been influenced by his 12-year-old cousin Almanack 2020, published on of cricket’s greatest innings to routine tackle for Hull KR in a trial match. and I’m very grateful to be in here Mark, who has spent most of his life in a today, crowns Stokes as the win the Ashes test at Headingley. Masoe snapped ligaments in his neck “In just one week I’ve learned how to wheelchair. sport’s pre-eminent player — “Ben Stokes pulled off the and was initially paralysed from the transfer from my chair into a bath chair; I’ve “He has cerebral palsy, and he has the first Englishman to receive performance of a lifetime — shoulders down. started to walk with crutches. muscular dystrophy,” Masoe said. the prestigious honour since twice in the space of a few Three months into his stay at a specialist “I’ve got my own walking frame, so I “I had one moment with my partner Andrew Flintoff in 2005. weeks,” Wisden editor Lawrence spinal unit at the Pinderfields Hospital in walk around my bed just with a frame. The where I had a bit of a cry. But I thought of The award is the latest to be Booth said. — PA Yorkshire, Masoe was told last week he physios have been awesome. my cousin and my mood just changed.” Track champs off till 2022 Major Australasian ATHLETICS by Eddie Pells, AP The Commonwealth Games, which in 2021, worlds in 2022, then again in 2023 draws athletes from more than 70 countries in Budapest, followed by the Paris Olympics events postponed THE first major domino tipped in the in a wide array of sports, were already in 2024 and another world championship at wake of the Olympic postponement when scheduled for July 27 to August 7 and a site to be determined in 2025. DARTS the global circuit. track leaders rescheduled next year’s the European track championships were “It would offer athletics centre stage at a “As with our recent decision world championships for July 2022, setting previously set for August 15 to 21. very public point of the year,” Coe said in an LONDON — The to move the US Darts Masters up a busy summer for a sport that would “This will be a bonanza for athletics fans interview last month. Professional Darts Corporation in New York back 12 months normally be taking a breather. around the world,” World Athletics president “So let’s look at it from a slightly has postponed till 2021 three to be part of our 2021 World The new dates for the event in Eugene, Sebastian Coe said. optimistic way of being able to punch our events due to be held in Series of Darts, we felt that Oregon: July 15 to 24, 2022. It will mark the first outdoor world sport into the homes of many more people Australia and New Zealand in this was the most appropriate Track worlds are one of the largest championships held in the United States, over a four-year consecutive cycle.” August. step for our Oceanic events global sporting events this side of the with one of the country’s smattering of Track is one of 33 sports on the summer The World Series of Darts given the current global Olympics, drawing around 1800 athletes track hotbeds — Eugene — playing host in Olympics schedule that will have its own treble-header, in Wollongong, situation,” PDC chief executive from more than 200 countries. But unlike a newly renovated and enlarged Hayward 2021 slate of events affected by the new Townsville and Hamilton, Matt Porter said. the International Olympic Committee, Field. The stadium will get its first major test dates for Tokyo. which was due to feature the The New South Wales Darts which postponed its centrepiece event by run at Olympic trials, which will now be held Swimming is still looking into other dates likes of Australian ace Simon Masters is now planned for exactly 52 weeks due to the coronavirus in 2021 on a date still to be determined. for an event scheduled from July 16 to Whitlock, world No.1 Michael August 6 and 7 in Wollongong. pandemic, World Athletics had to pick dates The 2022 worlds will be the first to be August 1, 2021. Van Gerwen and world The Queensland Darts to co-ordinate with other events already on held in an even-numbered year. They had The International Gymnastics champion Peter Wright, will Masters in Townsville will then the 2022 calendar. been held in odd-numbered years since Federation still plans to hold its 2021 world take place 12 months later be played on August 13 and It chose a spot 49 weeks after the they started in 1983. championships in October. The Olympics than planned. 14, before the transtasman original dates of August 6 to 15, 2021. In addition to packing the 2022 schedule, and world championships have occasionally The Australian cities were events conclude with the NZ Those are now dates that overlap with the the delay sets up track and field for a long been held in the same year in the past, poised to host the the annual Darts Masters in Hamilton on end of the rescheduled Tokyo Games. stretch of yearly major events: the Olympics including 1992 and 1996. Down Under double-header on August 20 and 21. — PA Junior crossword 1606 Flame taken off public display 12345 OLYMPICS by Stephen Wade, AP TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympic flame has been taken off public display in Japan. And 6 78it’s not clear when it will reappear or where — or under what conditions. The flame arrived in Japan from Greece on March 26. After the Tokyo Olympics and the torch relay were postponed until next year, the flame was put on display in the 9 10 north-eastern prefecture of Fukushima. It was to remain on display till the end of April. It was removed after Prime Minister 11 Shinzo Abe this week issued a coronavirus state of emergency. “Tokyo 2020 will now keep the flame in 12 13 14 15 an undisclosed location to prevent people from gathering,” Tokyo organisers said in a statement to The Associated Press. FLAME PUT AWAY: In this March 24 file photo, people take pictures 16 Tokyo organisers are expected to keep with the Olympic flame during a ceremony in Fukushima City, Japan. the flame for the short term. In the long The Olympic flame has been removed from public display in Japan, term, the flame is expected to be used by and it’s not clear when it will reappear or where. AP picture 17 18 the International Olympic Committee as a promotion device and as a symbol of the a powerful inspiration, a bright light as the forced organisers to reroute the relay to fight against the pandemic. world goes through these difficult times,” separate protesters and supporters. “The idea will be to keep this flame he said. The chaos at the time was described burning and showing it to the world,” Before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as a “crisis” for the IOC by then-president Michael Payne, the former marketing Chinese organisers and the IOC organised Jacques Rogge. The IOC subsequently 19 director of the IOC, told the AP in a recent an international torch relay that went to cancelled any future plans for a worldwide interview. about 20 countries. display of the flame. The flame is expected to reappear next The worldwide tour was met by violent Any plan next year to take the flame on Across Down year in Japan for the torch relay. But Payne, protests against China’s human rights a world tour, or even a tour of Japan, will who no longer works for the IOC, hinted it record in Tibet and elsewhere. The flame depend on the evolution of the virus. The 1. Spoke very quietly (9) 2. A greeting (5) could have a wider purpose. was targeted at several stops including same is true for holding the Olympics amid 6. Underneath (5) 3. Stitched (4) “The Olympic flame burning will provide London, Paris and San Francisco. This large crowds in just under 16 months. 7. Half of sixteen (5) 4. This covers your eye (6) 9. Cut with an axe (4) 5. A large bird of prey (5) Jimmy Greaves hospitalised 10. A ilm theatre (6) 6. Two-wheeled transport (7) 12. 8. FOOTBALL Greaves scored 266 goals for further updates in due course. A loor covering (6) Coached (7) Tottenham in all competitions Everybody at the club sends their 14. An elegant water bird (4) 11. Use this when sewing (6) LONDON — Tottenham Hotspur’s between 1961 and 1970. He had best wishes to Jimmy and his family.” 17. 13. record goalscorer Jimmy Greaves previously netted 132 goals during Greaves played for England in the Came to a inish (5) Jockey (5) has been hospitalised, the English just four seasons with Chelsea. group stage at the 1966 World Cup 18. Counted up (5) 15. Make wider (5) Premier League football club said His total of 357 league goals is a but was benched for the final after 19. 16. yesterday. record for the English top flight. missing the previous two games A South American country Quick (4) Tottenham did not specify what He is fourth on the all-time list with an injury. As no substitutes (9) the 80-year-old Greaves was being for England’s national team with 44 were allowed, Greaves couldn’t treated for, but he has had health goals. play in the 4-2 win against West problems since he suffered a stroke Tottenham said, “We are in touch Germany — England’s only World five years ago. with his family and will provide Cup title. — AP

1. Cheapest, 7. Icing, 8. Nails, 9. Hiding, 10. Stir, 12. Nude, 14. Prison, 17. Nurse, 18. Adieu, 19. Cyclists. 1. Cried, 2. Engine, 3. Pony, 4. Shift, 5. Lightning, 6. Astronaut, 11. Dreams, 13. Dirty, 15. Sails, 16. Heel The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, April 9, 2020 SPORT 31 Southee, Devine players’ players CRICKET TIM Southee and Sophie Devine were acknowledged as the recipients of cricket’s The Players’ Cap and CPA Players’ Award respectively in an online team presentation ceremony yesterday afternoon. Devine’s award completes a run of three consecutive player awards. New Zealand Cricket Players Association board member and former White Fern Rebecca Rolls announced the 2020 recipient to the team. “This award is particularly relevant as it allows players to recognise statistical outputs alongside those intangible aspects that contribute to the team’s performance,” Rolls said. Devine holds the record for scoring the fastest fifty in women’s Twenty20 international history (from 18 balls). During a match against Pakistan at the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup, Devine became the first woman to hit nine sixes in women’s one-day international cricket. In 2020, she became the first player (male or female) to score fifties in six consecutive T20 internationals. Black Caps vice-captain and new-ball bowler Southee headed off several players in a close voting result to secure The Players’ Cap for a second time with a compelling series against India at home. Southee joins skipper Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor as multiple winners of the player award. After announcing Southee as the award recipient, former Black Cap Daniel Vettori said that earning The Players’ Cap required consistency of form, fitness, perseverance and, above all else, “meaningful contributions to the team on a regular basis, whatever the format”. In August 2019, in the series against Sri Lanka, Southee became the fourth bowler for New Zealand to take 250 wickets in test cricket. In the same month, Southee equalled THE PLAYERS’ CAP RECIPIENT: Tim Southee PLAYERS’ AWARD RECIPIENT: White Ferns captain Sophie the tally of sixes by Indian cricket great Sachin Tendulkar in in action against the West Indies in Whangarei in Devine (left) with former White Fern Rebecca Rolls, holding test cricket — 69. December 2017. Northern Advocate picture the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. NZ Herald picture Start your journey to success eit.ac.nz | 0800 22 55 348 Fit study around your work, home and whanau - achieve a qualiication in only a few months. 30782-03 9 Apr, 2020 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT GISBORNE TIDE MOVEMENT M E WEATHER FOR TOMORROW T Friday Saturday R Apr 10 Apr 11 SE S am 369noon 369pm am 369noon 369pm Tauranga 3 22 1 Hicks Bay 3 20 Te Puke 35 22

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