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Activism class make a polar point

MAKING A POINT: Lytton High School student Charli Walker, social studies teacher Charlie Holland, and student Georgia Lee took the plunge yesterday in icy cold waters. They wanted to do something to get the attention of council about the importance of water quality. Picture by Liam Clayton

NOT even the coldest morning of the year was people will take notice of what we have to say,” said clean.” article, “What Lurks Beneath” about waka ama going to stop these three from Lytton High School student Georgia Lee. Thirteen students from Lytton High’s Year 9 paddlers getting infections from something in the from jumping into the water on Monday. The 14-year-old said she was a bit nervous about “Activism in Action” social studies class cleaned water. They wanted to make a point, and grab the heading into the sea but knew it was the right thing the beach by Captain Morgans, before a brave few “The students wanted to do more than just attention of Gisborne District Council about the to do to support their point. took the plunge. protest and voice an opinion. They want to be part importance of water quality. “I use the river by Anzac Park a lot for my Scout Teacher Charlie Holland said their interest in of the solution.” “We need to do something unexpected so that troop. It’s so important the rivers and water are water quality was fuelled by the Gisborne Herald CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 INFANT IMMUNISATION ‘Disturbingly low’ rates prompt need for urgent action

by Alice Angeloni Immunisation Advisory Centre director and aren’t stretched, it works a lot better. The Government’s target is 95 percent. Nikki Turner said similar patterns “The other problem that we’re seeing Hauora Tairawhiti chief executive Jim IMMUNISATION rates of babies in were being seen across the is the health sector is pulled in so many Green said the rates were “disturbingly Tairawhiti have dropped “disturbingly country. directions at the moment with the low” and “urgent action” was needed to low”, with one expert saying it reflects “The challenge with Covid-19 vaccination programme. work out what more could be done. an overstretched health system in the families and getting infant “It’s a hard environment out there, Mr Green last week told Hauora middle of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. immunisations, is getting so this is really recognising that our Tairawhiti board members that they had Hauora Tairawhiti District Health into services on time, families are finding it hard, and our been making “good progress”, but the Board figures show a five percentage particularly for families from health sector is finding it hard.” drop in May was “concerning”. point decrease in infants being high deprivation (areas),” she Figures for May show 82 percent of all “We’ve had some correspondence from vaccinated at 8 months from April to said. babies in Tairawhiti and 76 percent of the Ministry (of Health) in general about May. When health services were Maori infants were fully immunised at immunisation rates and ensuring that we It has prompted a “reset” in Hauora “squeezed”, children from backgrounds of eight months. are applying attention to those, which of Tairawhiti’s approach to immunisations deprivation and poverty were the first to The rate of immunisation at two years course we are.” and an urgent meeting with iwi and miss out. old was 79 percent overall and 76 percent Maori health providers. “When our services aren’t over-busy among Maori. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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EMPLOYMENT: Rockit Management Services general manager Chris Hurrey says the company’s venture into ROCKIT LAUNCH Tairawhiti will create at least 20 jobs. Picture supplied Apple brand spreading its roots into Gisborne soil

INNOVATIVE New Zealand apple company Rockit Global Limited is expanding into Gisborne. The company is planting 20 hectares of its miniature Rockit apple variety this year and says this will create at least 20 jobs. Rockit Global Limited (RGL) partnered with landowners in the Bushmere and Manutuke areas to plant the variety. About three hectares was put in last year. More trees will be planted in late winter-early spring. The move north of its Hawke’s Bay base comes amid an exponential growth period for the company, which packs over 100 million apples a year from its new global headquarters and state-of-the-art packhouse in Hastings. “With export markets crying out for increased supply of the sweet snack-sized apple and a need to manage the risk associated with having most of its orchards in one region, we went hunting for fertile new ground to break, and found it in Tairawhiti,” said Chris Hurrey, the general manager of Rockit Management Services (RMS). “We have 40,000 RMS-managed trees ready to go in the ground this winter, filling 20 hectares just minutes from the city centre.” “In New Zealand, we’re prone to adverse weather events and environmental factors. It’s important to diversify our crop and spread our risk across several sites. “Due to the slight difference in climate, establishing an orchard in Gisborne also allows us to provide early fruit to export markets hungry for access to our product as soon as it’s available.” The 20 hectares already earmarked for Rockit was just the beginning, Mr Hurrey said. ROCKIT ARRIVING: Innovative apple producer Rockit Global is expanding into Gisborne with plans to establish its miniature “The company has signed up a further 45 apple variety (pictured) on 20 hectares spread between Bushmere and Manutuke. Pictures supplied hectares where Rockit apples will be planted this year to be managed by independent at establishing a second packhouse in Gisborne growers. or Wairoa.” “We’ve been delighted with the support we Millions of tubes of Rockit apples — the have received from the region’s growers.” globally trademarked name for the PremA96 Mr Hurrey says growing conditions in the miniature apple variety — leave New Zealand region are perfect for Rockit. bound for 30 countries across the United States, “Each growing area has different Asia, Europe and the Middle East. characteristics but we’re expecting ripe, sweet “The brand is associated with flavour, colour fruit with good colour. and convenience, and is sold internationally “Gisborne is a proven horticultural region — in grocery stores, vending machines and even one we’re excited to be a part of.” amusement parks,” Mr Hurrey says. Rockit’s newest orchard will create a raft of By 2025, Rockit expects to be picking and senior and mid-level roles as well as a large packing well over 400 million apples annually. number of seasonal roles, Mr Hurrey says. RGL chief executive Mark O’Donnell says “We’re in the early stages of establishing a developing new orchards, not just in New management team but we’ll also need orchard Zealand but around the globe, will continue as workers. This will open up a lot of opportunities demand for Rockit apples grows for seasonal labour, as well as full-time staff.” “A move into Tairawhiti helps support our Finding a skilled orchard manager is a growth but it’s also a chance to put down roots priority. in one of New Zealand’s most beautiful regions. APPLE TUBES: Rockit says the export tubes for its apples are 100 percent “We’re looking for someone who is great “There’s so much energy, innovation and at working independently, self-motivated recyclable. The tubes protect the apples from damage and dirt, maintain enthusiasm in Gisborne, and it’s already quality and help the fruit meet stringent international food safety standards. and disciplined — a person with a high level attracting an influx of highly-skilled people from of horticultural experience. This is a prime The packaging is also resealable. RGL has just invested in its own automated around the country looking for a family-friendly tube-producing machines, which allows it to create only the volume required, opportunity for the right person.” lifestyle and more sunshine hours. Gisborne fruit will be packed at Te Ipu, reducing wastage and eliminating packing and freight costs associated with “It’s really exciting to expand our business any packaging created offsite. The company says it is committed to trialling Rockit’s 21,000 sqm packhouse and coolstore into Gisborne, thanks to the support of local in Hastings. biodegradable (for example, cellulose) packaging as soon as possible. growers, and we are thrilled to become part of Picture supplied “But if we get enough volume, we may look the story.”

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EMERGENCY Clarke new MEASURES: Eastland Port, forestry chairman and shipping stakeholders have worked of Trust out a series of measures to streamline the flow of logs Tairawhiti through the port, and reduce the backlog FORMER of shipping. Gisborne Mayor The Taikoo John Clarke has Brilliance sailed been appointed on Monday chairman of afternoon after Trust Tairawhiti. loading over the Having played weekend. an important part in the Picture by establishment Liam Clayton of the trust in 1993, Mr Clarke JOHN CLARKE said he felt it a privilege to now have the opportunity to chair it. Trust Tairawhiti is the regional development trust and sole-shareholder of Eastland Group, with about $666.1 million in total assets and equity of $377.3 million as at March 31, 2020. Working together to “The trust has achieved a lot in the last few years. We launched a new identity to bring together the trust and its economic development agency Activate Tairawhiti, introduced He Rangitapu He Tohu Ora - the Tairawhiti Wellbeing Framework, and ease port congestion more recently Ta Aka Rautaki Ki Te Tau 2026 — our strategic plan for the next five years. “We are now implementing our AN emergency meeting was held on “We have identified a number of “There will still be weather delays but strategy and framework with a range of Monday with industry stakeholders to pragmatic and safe ways we can help these measures will help reduce these to programmes and initiatives. help solve the shipping congestion at further improve the loading times. an absolute minimum. “My focus will be to ensure this Eastland Port with an unprecedented 14 “Effective immediately, no more ships “We are not sure if these changes continues, working with the community ships waiting their turn to load logs. are being booked in until further notice.” will continue once the pressure has and other regional leaders to ensure we Eastland Port, Eastland Wood Council, Mr Gaddum said with the ships been removed but we will certainly are enabling the best possible outcomes ISO Limited, log exporters and forest waiting out in the bay, the port team re-evaluate once we get through this for Tairawhiti. managers have been working together will be limiting deck cargo (logs loaded challenging time, and will carry through “Trustees play a key role in ensuring to clear the backlog and streamline the on deck) so there will be no delays for any positive solutions into the future there is a balance between what we fund flow of logs from the region. lashing logs to the deck, significantly in consultation with our exporters,” Mr for our communities now and capital Some of the factors that have caused increasing the loading efficiency of Gaddum said. preservation so future generations can this congestion include the 20 day vessels. “In the longer term, our upcoming also benefit from the trust fund in years wharf 8 maintenance period where the “We will limit departure drafts so Twin Berth development will help to come.” port could only load logs at 50 percent, ships are not waiting for tides to depart minimise the reoccurrence of events like Mr Clarke was Gisborne Mayor from a seven day weather event, and log the berth. this, with two 185-200 metre long ships 1989 to 2001. exporters continuing to book ships so “The customer’s berthing sequence will able to berth at once. He replaces Paul Reynolds as they can get a position in the queue. be fixed so there is certainty over when a “It’s not every day that forestry chairman of Trust Tairawhiti. “The delays are impacting people specific exporter’s ship will berth.” competitors get around the table and Also today, Lyall Evans was appointed and businesses at every stage of the Mr Gaddum said those measures work together, so we’re grateful to have chair of the trust’s audit and risk supply chain,” said Eastland Group chief will significantly improve the rate at people like this in our industry who committee, and Dr Jill Chrisp was operating officer Andrew Gaddum. which logs can be loaded across the want to contribute to the greater good,” named as chair of the people and culture “It’s important that our region’s berth, freeing up log storage space and he said. committee. New trustees Dr Warren largest industry can get up and going reducing ship wait time. “We’d also like to acknowledge Williams and Wi Pere Mita were also quickly so, after discussions with “The ultimate goal is to streamline everyone involved in the forestry supply formally welcomed. industry representatives, we are making the loading process and get our logging chain for their patience and support ฀ •฀See฀also฀editorial฀p12 significant changes to the way we crews and trucking companies back to in helping us achieve solutions to the operate. work as quickly as possible. current issues.” Process ‘reset’ Nurses vote for three strikes FROM PAGE 1 that could be replicated were GISBORNE฀Hospital฀nurses฀and฀their฀ could come up with an offer to settle health boards to come up with an seen. nationwide public hospital colleagues the pay talks. offer right now that truly recognises Mr Green said they must The current approach voted yesterday to go on three strikes “We’re continuing to work on a the contribution nurses make and that not lose sight of vaccinating had relied on a “traditional over pay and staffing levels. range of options and will be working ensures the future of nursing.” mokopuna amid the Covid-19 response” that had been About 400 Gisborne members of with the union again this week to Ms Oliffs said she was optimistic vaccine roll-out. proven not to work. the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, progress those discussions before the and “we also believe focusing “That is certainly on the “We are looking to flesh which also includes nurse practitioners health boards and NZNO bargaining on solutions will help us find a radar for us and for the out what this reset will look and healthcare assistants, will strike teams get back together with the settlement”. Ministry,” he said. like including working with on July 29 for 24 hours, August 19 for mediator next week.” “Health boards recognise the Hauora Tairawhiti group our key iwi/ Maori providers. eight฀hours,฀and฀on฀September฀8,฀for฀ Mr Wait said the strikes were “a essential role of nurses, midwives and manager planning, funding This needs to happen before 24 hours. history-making” set of actions that healthcare assistants in caring for New and population health we can add substance to a NZNO lead advocate David Wait said could take place over the next few Zealanders and we respect the NZNO Nicola Ehau said they planned direction.” the vote was very high and members months. members’ right to strike — that’s not in could speculate as to what An urgent meeting had clearly remain resolute about ongoing “But฀we฀will฀be฀continuing฀ question.฀But฀our฀focus฀is฀on฀finding฀a฀ had caused the decrease, been scheduled. strike action to achieve the recognition discussions with the health boards way to address their concerns as well but needed more in-depth In October 2020, a report and working conditions that will ensure this week and we remain committed to as meeting the needs of patients and analysis to be clear as to why. to the health board said nursing remains a viable profession. securing a deal that is acceptable to hospitals. Hauora Tairawhiti was misinformation and rumours District฀Health฀Boards฀spokesman฀ our members.” “We’re working towards the best establishing a specific about vaccinations, along Dale Oliffs said their focus remained The health boards seemed willing to possible outcome — a settlement — programme that focused on with hesitation about visiting on finding a way to settle negotiations actively seek a solution, he said. but we also need to ensure we can childhood immunisation in medical practices following with NZNO. Mr Wait said he had not seen this maintain essential hospital services if the 2021-22 year. the Covid-19 pandemic Health boards had spent two days level of member determination before, the strike goes ahead. They were also resetting were affecting the region’s with the NZNO and an independent and that if agreement was not reached, “Health boards will try to minimise the local steering group to immunisation rates. mediator last week discussing more nurses, midwives, healthcare disruption with some non-acute and enable better-coordinated At that time, immunisation options for settling the pay talks, and assistants and kaimahi hauora would elective procedures deferred where sharing of information and rates were 79 percent at eight while nurses have endorsed a strike simply leave the profession. necessary to reduce demand on activities that could then be months and 86 percent at two proposal, health boards believed they “We need the Government and the services.” scaled up if improvements years. 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Bereavements Monumental Masons STONEHAVEN Memorial service for master plumber for Funerals and OBITUARY Memorials 601 Nelson Road Russell Watton Ph 867 1 800 Thank You From the family of RUSSELL Watton was well known in this SHERYL ERIN region as a craftsman plumber and gasfitter, SMITH. but also as a sportsman in cricket and rugby We, the family of through the 1960s and 70s, and later in Sheryl, wish to yachting and tennis. sincerely thank He passed away in December last year everyone for their and his family and friends will gather this visits, calls, food, weekend for a memorial service. flowers, cards and They have not been able to get family donations made to PLEASE across from Australia until now due to the hospice. HAVE FAMILY constraints of Covid-19. We appreciate your NOTICES Russell was born on April 11, 1946, and kindness and support passed away on December 15 in Gisborne. during this difficult IN BY 9AM time. He was the youngest of eight children born ‘Please accept this as DAY OF to Charles and Daisy Watton. our personal thanks.’ PUBLICATION He attended Kaiti School and Gisborne Intermediate School before going on to Gisborne Boys’ High School in the early 1960s, where he played rugby and cricket for the second and first teams. Army cadets, where he made the rank of FAREWELL SERVICE: A memorial service will be held this Sunday morning Metservice sergeant, was another interest of Russell’s as for the late Russell Watton (pictured) who was well known in the plumbing field a youngster. in Gisborne for many years, and also in sporting circles like cricket, rugby and On leaving school Russell joined Pirates yachting. Picture supplied lodges heavy rugby and cricket clubs, playing in the late 1960s and early ’70s. Russell was a great ambassador for the The business of R.J.Watton Plumbing Russell was known in the Gisborne district plumbing trade in the Gisborne district continued until Russell’s retirement in his late rain warning as a craftsman plumber and gasfitter with and was president of the Master Plumbers, 60s. many years experience. Gasfitters and Drainlayers Association Tennis and yachting were two pastimes of A HEAVY rain watch is in place for He was 18 when he began his plumbing between 1994 and 1996. the Watton family. the ranges of eastern Bay of Plenty and apprenticeship in 1964 with Oldings Services Dunblane, Te Wiremu House and the Along with their children, Russell and northern Gisborne. Ltd. He worked there for 24 years, during Gisborne Milk Factory were places where his wife Sue were very active in the Kia Ora MetService is forecasting a front to which time he was part of the team working he was relied on as the on-call maintenance Tennis club at Bushmere in the 70’s and 80’s move east across the North Island this on many Gisborne landmark buildings, plumber and gas fitter. and in later years, the Gisborne Yacht Club. morning and afternoon, bringing periods including Lytton High School and the DB Many long-standing relationships with Russell is survived by his daughter Donna of heavy rain to the ranges of eastern Hotel. management and staff were forged during and son Greg and four granddaughters, who Bay of Plenty and northern Gisborne, Russell and his wife Susanne started their Russell’s years of work at these premises. all live in Melbourne, Australia. where a heavy rain watch remains in own plumbing business in 1988. His wife Susanne sadly passed away in His memorial service will be held at Evans force. As a well-known and respected craftsman, 2008. Funeral Services on Sunday, July 11 at 11am. People are advised to keep up to date with the latest forecasts. Students’ Counsel disagree on idea for signs ‘persistent’ violence A DISTRICT court judge has reserved Broughton’s risk to intimate partners The Department of Corrections needed his decision as to whether to continue an was particularly concerning as it was the ability to impose a non-association extended supervision order imposed on a comparatively harder for the Department order and to provide external professional impresses man for violence. of Corrections to externally monitor assistance to Broughton as necessary. Such orders, the duration of which can than the risk to other gang members, Mr Counsel Holly Tunstall disputed the be for up to 10 years, are more commonly Blaschke said. Crown’s position, saying Broughton’s case FROM PAGE 1 imposed on sexual offenders considered Factors driving Broughton’s risk of did not meet the threshold required under at high risk of reoffending but can also violence towards his partners were statutory criteria for the court to take Ms Holland said they had come up with an be imposed on violent offenders the court deep-seated and required in-depth such a strong hand. idea for gauges, similar to “fire danger” signs. considers need close monitoring. and sustained work by him, and the She said the offending was not These could be posted at the three main Cayna Broughton, 30, has been subject engagement of professionals to help make “persistent” but happened within a short swimming sites in Gisborne and put high enough to an interim extended supervision order him safe. His previous violence included period between November and December, so they can be seen from the carparks and out of since 2019. Various factors — including high-risk behaviour such as strangulation, 2019. It lacked a pattern the court the Covid-19 lockdown — delayed a court reach of vandalism. the use of objects, and an inability to should expect in something described as hearing into whether the order should be cease violence until others intervened, Mr “persistent”. GDC water quality science officer Kathryn continued. Blaschke said. Reports produced by the Department Gale said the students’ proposal had started a Last week in Gisborne District Court Broughton’s violence had persisted fluctuated in their assessments of the risk conversation within council about signage at the Crown applied not only to have the throughout his life despite interventions. Broughton posed, Ms Tunstall said. recreation sites that they hoped would lead to order continued, but for the maximum He had offended while subject to interim As the result of the interim order, positive changes. 10-year period. supervision and failed to complete Broughton had been subject since 2019 “I had a great time visiting the Lytton High Prosecutor Michael Blaschke said programmes. He had revictimised his to heavily restrictive conditions including students at Waikanae Beach as part of their Broughton’s propensity for violence current partner several times, including electronic monitoring, and had been Activism in Action. towards rival gang members but more so while she was pregnant to him, Mr forbidden from entering Gisborne’s CBD. “It was wonderful to see rangatahi passionate towards intimate partners, warranted the Blaschke said. There had been one further violent offence about protecting our environment. We talked full term of the order being imposed. The order imposed needed to be for by him but it was “very low end”, Ms about water quality in the region and how that Mr Blaschke said health assessor the full duration. Even if Broughton was Tunstall said. reports showed Broughton was prone is monitored, and the students laid down the offence-free for a couple of years, it would He was not unwilling to engage with to persistent behavioural disturbances not be a sufficiently protective factor — rehabilitative programmes and since last challenge to council to take action to improve in which he harboured and acted on the department needed to be regularly December had completed a number of water quality and communicate with the vengeful thoughts towards gang members monitoring him. programmes, with certificates to prove it, community about the state of the environment. he perceived to have slighted him and Things might go well for a while, but if Ms Tunstall said. “I was impressed by the commitment the similarly towards intimate partners he in, say, five years’ time, Broughton formed During discussions with counsel, Judge students showed to the kaupapa and their thought were being disloyal. a new relationship and began to suspect Cathcart noted there were Bill of Rights initiative in thinking about solutions. (Under the corresponding legislation, infidelity — or things in life triggered the complications that seemed to have been “They presented GDC with a proposal around “persistent” behaviour is a criteria mental processes that led to that situation overlooked when this particular legislation improving signage at popular swimming spots in warranting the imposition of an extended — he would again pose a significant risk, was drafted. However, it was an issue for Gisborne.” supervision order.) Mr Blaschke said. another court on another day, he said. The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 NEWS 5 In the pink after charity auction

by Andrew Ashton years through her involvement with Look Good Feel Better. THE Cancer Society has been “The amount we raised was left tickled pink, with a donation phenomenal and being involved of $2000 resulting from a with Look Good Feel Better, charity auction of plants and we were pretty keen to see the flowers. funds stay local. More than 40 Country Garden “The Look Good Feel Better Club Gisborne members and Programme In Gisborne is guests recently held a charity especially for womenwho are auction, primarily based around affected anywhere anytime with plants and a pink theme. cancer.” “You could buy a plant that Cancer Society wellness was pink or pink contents,” facilitator Heidi Stander said the committee member Lynia funds would be used to deliver Hofman said. workshops. “We also had to dress up in “I am always privileged to pink to get in. I couldn’t believe be partnering with amazing it when I added it all up.” people like the Garden Club. Fellow committee member Our community’s contribution Marj Gowers said it was a great is crucial. For us, we see result. ourselves as a community “Everyone had such a great centre and these donations are time, it was really well received.” very, very special to us.” CHARITY DONATION: Cancer Society area manager Lianne Jenkins, Marj Gowers and Lynia Hofman, Marj has been involved with The group also heaped praise from the Country Garden Club, with Cancer Society fundraising co-ordinator Becky Burgess and Cancer cancer patients for about 18 on auctioneer Wally Moore. Society wellness facilitator Heidi Stander. Picture by Liam Clayton Councillors Woman sought to agree to apply for correct statement ‘airshed’ A YEAR after telling police her Vaughn said. (That assault, on February 4, last year, partner sexually violated her, a woman The woman did not disclose the is an agreed fact in the trial.) asked to change her formal statement, offending until May, 2020, when police In April this year she asked to boundary saying she had lied in some of it, a interviewed her about physical assaults change her statement about the sexual jury in Gisborne District Court heard the woman claimed made her finally allegations, when a detective phoned by Wynsley Wrigley yesterday. leave the accused. her on an unrelated matter. The woman said she wanted to hurt It was an agreed fact in the trial She wanted to correct three details. GISBORNE district councillors have approved the man through the court process that in May last year the accused was She said the incidents in the making an application to the Minister for the because of what he had done to her, but convicted of assaulting her on July 30 bedroom did not begin with them Environment for an “airshed” boundary around the with the right information — not the in 2019 and February 4 last year. smoking cigarettes. They went in there urban area of Gisborne city. lies she told to make him look bad. In her subsequent video interview, for “a puff of P”, which she lied about Airsheds are a designated air quality area She had lied to make the allegations shown to the jury yesterday, the woman because she was a methamphetamine managed for the purposes of meeting the National sound worse as she was worried no one said she had left the relationship and addict at the time and did not want Environmental Standards for Air Quality (NESAQ). would believe her because she and the was living elsewhere when the man to get in trouble. But she had since The agenda before councillors stated that man were otherwise in a consensual persuaded her to return to Gisborne, completed rehabilitation and due to because Gisborne did not currently have a gazetted sexual relationship. promising he had that, she wanted to tell airshed, the entire region was considered one The accused, 50, went on trial changed and there was the truth. airshed. yesterday after pleading not guilty work here for her. The other lies related The issue that arises is that NESAQ allows only to three counts of sexual violation by But they were only The couple were to the alleged bathroom one exceedance of the air quality standard for unlawful sexual connection and one of back together two days only back together incident. The man had Particulate Matter (PM10) per year. strangulation — offences the woman when he began verbally two days when not pulled her out of the There were 16 “exceedances” found at the said happened within about two hours abusing and belittling shower as she previously monitoring site at Gisborne Boys’ High School last on December 13, 2019. her again. he began verbally claimed but had grabbed year. The man’s name is withheld He sexually violated abusing and her as she was getting This means that the entire Gisborne region is because publication of it would reveal her on the second day, belittling her again. out. It was a basin, not a considered polluted and, under the regulations, no the complainant’s identity. By law, the woman said. toilet, he leaned her over new air discharge consents may be granted without complainants in sexual cases are The first incident was while violating her, the offsets. entitled to anonymity. in his bedroom, where woman said. “This creates an unintended perverse outcome for He is represented by counsels he cut off her underwear Under cross- industries seeking to locate in the Tairawhiti region Manaaki Terekia and Heather Vaughn. with a Rambo-style knife then used it examination by Mr Terekia, the woman well outside the Gisborne city limits, where their In an opening statement yesterday, to jam the door shut. conceded several inconsistencies in her discharges would have no effect in Gisborne city.” Ms Vaughn said the woman’s He forced her to have anal sex with various statements, including in her Five submitted consent applications for activities allegations were all lies. him and she complied out of fear, the evidence at court. Mr Terekia put it to outside the city limits are unable to progress without A single lie was enough to create woman said. her that her story seemed to get better offsets. doubt but it was especially difficult She was conscious two butcher with the telling. Two are from Fulton Hogan (Te Araroa Road and to trust someone who repeatedly lied knives, which he routinely sharpened The woman denied this, saying it Makarika Road) and one each from the council despite promising to tell the truth, as in front of her, were on a table in the was the same story, and she meant the (Huanui Road), Harrison Bulk Haulage (Tapuaeroa the woman was required to do in her room. same things. Road) and Wet Gisborne Ltd (Dunstan Road). initial police statement — an evidential After the intercourse, he forced her Mr Terekia challenged her on details Offsetting means that the council must be video interview she knew would be to perform oral sex on him then left her of the sexual acts she described and satisfied that the applicant can reduce the PM10 played in court. locked in the room for about an hour, questioned why she omitted to tell discharged from another source into the polluted Ms Vaughn said the accused accepted the woman said. police some details. The woman said airshed by the same amount as that proposed in his relationship with the woman was When he let her out, she went to she was not asked about those things. their application. not healthy but this case was not have a shower but he kicked in the He questioned why she stayed in the The process of offsetting emissions “is about their failings as a couple or his bathroom door and violated her again, bedroom when she could have easily technically challenging and requires an assessment past mistakes in the relationship. It this time putting her in a stranglehold, got out through a window. He noted of comparative emissions,” according to the council was about whether these very serious constricting her breathing. that on her evidence, she still had her agenda. offences happened. The intercourse was extremely clothes and two knives at her disposal. Creating a Gisborne city airshed will allow council She urged the jury to listen to painful and made her bleed, the woman The woman maintained she did not to manage the polluted area separately from the rest inconsistencies in the woman’s video said. want to look stupid to any passers-by of the region. evidence and to compare those with She did not disclose the offending and added she was too scared to flee Air discharge consents in the city would remain further inconsistencies in other until police interviewed her about a and had nowhere to go. restricted, but the prohibition on considering statements she made to police. month later when the man physically Judge Warren Cathcart is presiding. air discharge consents across the remainder of The devil was in the detail, Ms assaulted her and she finally left him. (Proceeding) Tairawhiti would be lifted. 6 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Officials dismissed dedicated NZ ‘needs to talk MIQ facilities as ‘unfeasible’ about super age’ WELLINGTON — Government officials deemed it “unfeasible” to custom-build quarantine facilities by Thomas Coughlan, idea of talking about raising the as recently as last month, but NZ Herald super age was unpopular. ministers insist the idea is being “People don’t want to genuinely considered. WELLINGTON — Warnings particularly talk about that one Covid-19 Response Minister of a ballooning trillion-dollar but it is something we need to Chris Hipkins yesterday told superannuation debt has talk about,” she said. Morning Report the strategy political leaders talking again Ardern said that by was one option on the table in about raising the retirement age. maintaining contributions to the the country’s long-term defence Opposition leader Judith NZ Super Fund, her government against the virus. Collins said the country should could give “long-term certainty But in a statement provided at least “talk about” raising the to New Zealand”. to RNZ on June 14, the Ministry age of superannuation eligibility Treasury thinks that by 2061, of Business, Innovation and to address a predicted trillion- the Super Fund will cover Employment (MBIE) outlined dollar tidal wave of debt. But about 6.6 percent of total net its clear reluctance to build new Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is superannuation expenses, accommodation for managed sticking to her decision to rule smoothing its cost over a long isolation and quarantine (MIQ). out raising the superannuation period. “MBIE has determined that the age of eligibility from 65. Labour The rest would be covered time required to plan, fund and has also had a policy of raising by taxes. National suspended construct a purpose-built MIQ CUSTOM-BUILT QUARANTINE FACILITIES: Covid-19 Response the eligibility contributions facility means that this is an Minister Chris Hipkins said dedicated MIQ facilities would take some age, but it was to the fund unfeasible option,” the letter said. time to build but the option was still worth exploring. NZ Herald picture overturned Collins wants country under the last In the statement, MBIE general before Ardern government, manager MIQ policy Kara Isaac iwi, Auckland Tourism, schools, health expert Professor Nick assumed the to discuss eligibility, and proposed confirmed the government had universities, and a Northland Wilson publicly called for the leadership. but Ardern rules out to suspend rejected “numerous proposals” luxury lodge owner. government to adopt specially- “This is, changing it from 65. them again if it from the private sector and public In a paper dated September designed facilities in September in my view, won the 2020 last year. last year, MBIE officials said last year. something election. “While gratefully received, most of the approaches related He said Ministers and their we need to Even the cost, planning issues and to bringing specific groups into officials were “not at all smart” to give people certainty over, so factoring the Super Fund into time constraints continue to be the country, such as students or flippantly dismiss the idea at the that’s why I have said that while account, Treasury suggested the important obstacles,” Isaac said. skilled workers. time. I am Prime Minister we won’t be rising cost of providing super “Significant uncertainties Officials said the requests were Wilson said the current hotel changing the age,” Ardern said. was enough to consider ideas remain about how long such “often unclear about who would model was clearly not up to the A draft Treasury paper on like raising the age of eligibility a facility would be needed, staff or run” the facilities and standard required with the new long-term government finances to 67 or indexing superannuation and whether the benefits of assessing them was “complex and infectious variants of Covid-19. that looks at the government in line with inflation rather than constructing such a facility would time-consuming”. “The cost of a failure that books to 2061 warns the wages, which would reduce the justify the cost.” Key constraints included spirals out of control is incredibly rising cost of superannuation cost of superannuation over Speaking at Parliament the limits on available health expensive. The Auckland August and healthcare for an ageing time. yesterday, Hipkins acknowledged services and staff, as well as the outbreak last year cost hundreds population will contribute to Treasury also suggested the it would take “quite some time requirement for facilities to meet of millions of dollars a week. government debt ballooning Government look at things like to plan, to consent, and to build” rigorous health and security “For that type of money, you to about $2.5 trillion, or 177.3 raising taxes, and rolling out such facilities, but said it was still standards, officials said. could build a lot of facilities.” percent of GDP. Government a capital gains tax to plug the worth exploring. National MP Chris Bishop told A state-of-the-art facility could debt is now just over 30 percent spending hole. But Ardern has “When we’re thinking about RNZ, in this case, the government also be used for future pandemics, of GDP. also ruled out a capital gains tax. longer-term planning . . . then needed to listen to the he said. Collins noted that National “I’m not going to get into obviously we can think about overwhelming chorus of experts, Wilson said the government had previously had a policy ruling in or out every single things that perhaps weren’t so not its Ministry officials. had not demonstrated a “high of raising the superannuation policy under the sun,” Ardern feasible for short-term options.” “A lot of people recognise it degree of flexible thinking” on the age of eligibility, although she said when asked about the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern would be in the public interest matter to date. wouldn’t commit yesterday to capital gains tax yesterday. said Cabinet was exploring a to have a purpose-built facility, “It’s only when it’s starting resuscitating that policy. Collins said that the focus on range of possibilities, but stressed not just for Covid-19, but also for to be embarrassed by what’s “We have previously said we controlling debt levels had to “nothing (was) immediately on future pandemics,” Bishop said. happening in Australia . . . that would look to extend the age at come from growing the economy the horizon”. “I don’t understand why the it’s relooking at this.” which people become eligible — and ensuring the government Further documents released government has been so reluctant The Australian government certainly have that conversation didn’t waste money. to RNZ under the Official . . . the more planning you do for last month announced it would about it,” Collins said. Treasury’s forecasts take Information Act show more than the future, the better off you will construct a new purpose-built “This is not something we economic growth into account. a dozen proposals to convert or be.” quarantine facility in Victoria to would announce today because The economy is tipped to grow construct MIQ facilities have Bishop said he hoped Cabinet house high-risk arrivals. it’s something we have to have to about $1.4 trillion in 2061, up been turned down to date. would move quickly and have The location will operate a whole plan on, which we’re from $334.4 billion today. The applicants included: buildings in place within six to alongside the Howard Springs working on.” The problem is that debt rises Fletcher Construction and City nine months. quarantine camp in Northern But Collins acknowledged the much faster. Rail Link Ltd, Waikato-Tainui University of Otago public Territory. — RNZ Taranaki mariners test positive Workers on fishing boat isolating, risk considered low TARANAKI — Two mariners on a boat test results before travelling to New process.” and capacity and where they might be off the coast of Taranaki have tested Zealand. “Following these initial negative Meanwhile, the Government is looking located”. positive for Covid-19. tests and their arrival in New Zealand, into longer-term options for managed RNZ, meanwhile, reported that the The pair are part of a group of nine the mariners were tested again at an isolation and quarantine, including Government had spent $37.6 million on mariners who arrived in Auckland on airport testing site in Auckland prior to building purpose-built facilities. private security guards for MIQ hotels in Monday before they were transported to a transfer to the vessel at Covid-19 Response eight months after announcing it would deep-sea fishing vessel in New Plymouth. Port Taranaki.” Minister Chris Hipkins use its own guards instead. The Ministry of Health has identified The seven other In the future not all said it had become clear Despite ending its contracts with three contacts, all of whom are currently mariners had since those‘ with contracts the virus would be around 15 security companies, the number of isolating. They are two people who work returned negative results. longer that earlier thought, private security guards working at the at the port and a driver who transported The vessel had now left may want to offer and that MIQ facilities hotels each day has increased by about 20 the mariners to New Plymouth, the New Plymouth and was in their facilities as would be needed for longer percent. ministry said. international waters. All managed isolation. than originally planned. This comes amid a struggle for the “Health authorities in Taranaki and nine mariners are still on ’ Prime Minister Jacinda Government to recruit its own guards, Auckland will be following up and all board and isolating. — Jacinda Ardern Ardern said despite some with just 48 working so far. three will receive their routine tests Health authorities were Cabinet papers advising Figures obtained by RNZ show in while in isolation.” reviewing the mariners’ against permanent January about 244 private security Health officials deemed the current flight and airport movements as part of facilities, they had had conversations guards were working at MIQ hotels every risk to public health as low “due to the contact-tracing process. about them. 24 hours, costing $198,000. standard infection prevention controls”. “Due to the standard infection “In the future not all those with In May that rose to 291 guards, costing There were no associated locations of prevention controls and other precautions contracts may want to offer their facilities about $153,000 per day. The drop in pay interest at this stage. taken there is minimal additional risk to as managed isolation,” she said yesterday. could be due to fewer hours or MIQs All nine mariners provided negative any of the contacts during the transfer She said “we are looking at the future being less full. — NZ Herald/RNZ The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 NATIONAL NEWS 7 Fears over heart service backlogs Top health advisers worried for patients at Waikato Hospital by Nicholas Jones, NZ Herald EXTENSIVE had again promised such patients still has waiting lists and has WAITING should mostly be treated by the been put under pressure by a WAIKATO — Hundreds of LIST: Waikato end of the month. surge in demand after the people, some needing urgent care, Hospital’s “We have encouraged them, Covid-19 disruption last year. were caught in backlogs for heart cardiac surgery since early February, to consider Wait times are “longer than services at Waikato Hospital, service was outsourcing to Braemar and anticipated” for some patients, prompting the Government’s own overhauled Southern Cross (private the spokesperson said, although cardiology adviser to sound the in 2019/20 hospitals), and other DHBs, but patients “are continually alarm about patient safety. after a review each week get subtle messages reviewed to ensure clinical risk Documents and emails found serious that there is either internal is managed”. The ministry said obtained by The New Zealand problems. process hold-ups, or insufficient it wasn’t aware of patients being Herald reveal top health NZ Herald time/support to make this harmed because of delays. officials had concerns about picture happen,” the ministry official The spokesperson said the the performance of Waikato’s wrote. ministry is also satisfied that cardiology department, which The ministry expressed its the cardiac surgery service now culminated in a confidential concerns to DHB executives. “provides a very good service to December 2019 briefing to officials in the health ministry a 2018 review of cardiac surgery In November 2018, the the Midland region”. director general of health Dr were frustrated at the lack of secret. When the Herald finally independent review found staff A Waikato DHB spokesperson Ashley Bloomfield. action by the DHB to address the obtained the full, unredacted were “struggling to survive in said recruiting more Dr Gerry Devlin, the ministry’s issues. report, the DHB said the review the current environment and cardiologists, the opening of a cardiology specialist adviser and Backlogs were so extensive by Australian experts was flawed are calling out for resources, fourth catheter lab and new medical director of the Heart as to also cause alarm among by “procedural deficiencies” and an effective leadership and Saturday and regional clinics had Foundation, “highlighted concern nearby DHBs. Waikato takes contained “speculation”. interdepartmental collegiality”. increased capacity by 30 percent around compromised patient heart patients from across much It nevertheless accepted Recovery work began, and in in the past 18 months, and been safety and clinical risk” and of the North Island. most of the review’s 30 December 2019, ministry officials effective in reducing waitlists. wanted an urgent review into the A ministry document in late recommendations and conducted recommended it be widened to “These were continuing to DHB’s “extensive” waiting lists. 2019 said that fewer than 60 a “service improvement” specifically include cardiology reduce, however, when impacted Nearly 300 people needed percent of patients treated by programme in 2019 and 2020, services, because of the long wait by Covid-19 and the recent cyber heart catheterisation, a Waikato received an angiography including hiring more staff and lists in that department. security incident [which crippled procedure used to diagnose and within three months, compared to specialists. “To ensure patient safety and IT systems]. Due to the cyber treat certain conditions, Devlin more than 80 percent nationally. The DHB says in 2020 its clinical risk is not compromised, security incident we are not able had told the ministry. Urgent Devlin has previously worked cardiac surgery survival rate was these strategies and actions need to access the system to confirm patients were waiting longer at Waikato Hospital. similar to that of other hospitals to be implemented immediately. current numbers. than six months. The hundreds of people who in Australasia, with “strong Assurance is required from “Demand for tertiary services In April the Herald revealed needed catheterisation, he surgery success rates, with Waikato DHB that steps are in the Midland region continues that the DHB’s cardiac surgery wrote, “includes patients all extremely low complications and taken imminently,” the briefing to to be high, reflecting health service was overhauled through around the Midland region, faster recovery times”. Bloomfield recommended. needs of an ageing population. 2019 and into 2020 after a secret including Tairawhiti, Lakes and Too many patients were Since then, the cardiology and “In response, a number of review found major problems Taranaki . . . in my opinion [it waiting longer than “the cardiac surgery departments initiatives are under way by including gross understaffing is] not acceptable to continue to maximum clinically appropriate have improved, a spokesperson the Midland cardiology regional and bullying had affected patient document poor performance here timeframe of 90 days”, one for the ministry told the Herald. network to assist regional care. without a clear recovery plan”. ministry official noted in a March It now considers the cardiology services, and grow diagnostic The new material shows that Waikato DHB fought to keep 2018 email to colleagues. Waikato service “excellent”, although it capability at local sites.”

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Children, babies in particular, are 600 538 At Waikato Hospital two babies are in being hit by respiratory syncytial virus ICU with RSV, a DHB spokesman said. (RSV) this year with many ending up in 400 376 “The high occupancy of the paediatric Intensive Care Units or needing oxygen to ward is restricting the ability to transfer help them breathe. 200 175 babies from NICU to the paediatric Some parents have described calling 19 cases 34 70 ward as a transition plan before being ambulances after their children’s 0 204 discharged home,” he said. temperatures have spiked to dangerous 105 Children diagnosed with RSV were levels or as they have struggled to breathe 4 15 36 being kept together, the spokesman said. as a result of the virus. May23May 30 June 6June 13June20June27 Capital and Coast DHB Child Health ESR (Institute of Environmental clinical lead Dr Andrew Marshall said Science and Research) data shows weekly Source: ESR /Herald graphic almost 100 children had been admitted to visits to our six main hospitals for RSV Wellington Regional Hospital with RSV has more than doubled in the last week, Dr Helen Skinner, chief medical officer exposed to RSV because of lockdown and and respiratory illnesses in the past four from 204 to 538 presentations. Only 34 at Canterbury DHB, said it had to defer our borders staying closed. weeks and a further 24 to Hutt Hospital. cases were recorded between April to four surgeries yesterday alone due an “Those babies are seeing RSV for the Another 100 people had been seen in Te September last year. increase in paediatric patients requiring first time this year, as are all the babies Pae Tiaki Wellington ED and 116 in Hutt As the virus spreads, many childcare urgent care. that are being born this year. So we have ED but had not required admission. centres have started to also report large “We are seeing an increased number twice as many babies having their first “While these numbers are higher than numbers of sick children with some saying of children presenting to our facilities infection, hence getting really sick with in 2020, they are largely consistent with their classrooms are half-empty. with RSV but this has not resulted in this infection,’’ Grant said. the numbers seen in previous years.” DHBs are now doing everything they an increase in admissions to our ICU,” He said it was expected that the virus Last week 14 children and two adults can to cater for the spike, including Skinner said. came from Australia. had presented with RSV at Tauranga and postponing surgeries, creating extra beds Dr Sue Huang — a virologist who Dr Mike Shepherd, director of provider Whakatane Hospitals. and restricting visitors. tracks flu-like illnesses — said since New services at Auckland DHB, said staff DHBs were managing the patient influx At Middlemore Hospital a playroom has Zealand opened our bubble to Australia were seeing record numbers of tamariki within existing resources and staffing, been converted into a clinical space with there had been a sharp increase in the in at Starship children’s emergency but had the ability to utilise other clinical 11 special care baby cots to help combat number of RSV hospital presentations. department, with many presenting with areas and call in additional staff if needed. the demand. “The week we opened the bubble we Children under 14 years aren’t allowed had one presentation of RSV and it’s been to visit sick loved ones at Starship increasing ever since,” Huang said. hospital due to clogged up waiting rooms Starship general paediatrician Professor Fearful mother’s plea: Treat and an entire ward has been dedicated Cameron Grant told Newstalk ZB’s to babies with respiratory syncytial virus Heather Du Plessis-Allan that babies (RSV) at Wellington Hospital. born in New Zealand last year didn’t get RSV as though it’s Covid-19 NAPIER — A Napier mum is terrified of losing her four-month-old daughter who is fighting for her life in an intensive care unit after becoming infected with RSV. “With her background, I’m worried about if she can handle this, is her heart going to handle it?” Natalie Izatt told the Herald. 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The MOVING ON: Moving overseas for an elephant is not as simple as packing Safety of Children have physically harmed children, Safety of Children in their trunk and boarding a plane. For Auckland Zoo’s Asian elephants Burma in Care reports have Care reports help us and Anjalee it has been a months-long process of getting used to shipping shown there have including in residences. do this.” crates that will be their new home during their move to Australia in the next been numerous Children’s few months. It was announced in December last year that the elephants would instances where Commissioner Judge be moving on. “Over the past five years, changing circumstances beyond our staff have physically harmed children, Andrew Becroft said Oranga Tamariki control mean that we are no longer in a position to give them the long-term including in residences. has been well aware of the issue of staff future they need,” Auckland Zoo director Kevin Buley said at the time. Elephant Oranga Tamariki was initially releasing physically harming children for some time. team leader Andrew Coers says training and conditioning help the animals feel the Safety of Children in Care reports But he said there needed to be greater comfortable and secure in the crates. “What has been great is that . . . they quarterly, but that has since reduced to transparency about what happened once have both been super inquisitive and eager to investigate their crates — even biannual reporting. the ministry was notified of an incident. more than we expected. The elephant team will be split into two groups who will Several of the reports, which are In high-level cases where the police then travel with the elephants and stay with them while they settle into their new available on the ministry’s website, said are called in, Becroft said he was home. Picture supplied by Auckland Zoo most of physical harm caused by staff confident there would be a thorough and involved “escalated behaviour” and often independent investigation into what happened during restraint procedures. happened. In the report for the March 2019 However, lower-level cases would be quarter, Oranga Tamariki said the dealt with by Oranga Tamariki itself. majority of physical harm caused by staff Becroft said any incidents where staff within its residences and other group have physically harmed children should home settings was related to discipline or be reported to an external monitoring behaviour management. authority, which would then have the In the latest biannual report, for the six power to follow up what steps were taken. months to December 2020, there were 13 The Office of the Children’s Commission findings of physical harm against children has a statutory role to monitor Oranga where staff were responsible. Tamariki residences. There were eight children who were Becroft said his office has kept physically harmed in Oranga Tamariki its regular monitoring reports and residences, although there were instances recommendations to the ministry where the harm was caused by other confidential, but he was now pushing for children. that to change. In that report and others, Oranga The Safety of Children in Care reports Tamariki said, in cases where harm showed that Oranga Tamariki staff were was caused by staff, an assessment of not the only people abusing children in any ongoing risks was undertaken and care. “appropriate actions taken”. All up, in the six months to December Oranga Tamariki has previously told 2020, there were almost 300 instances of RNZ it has taken immediate disciplinary neglect, or emotional, sexual or physical action against staff who have been found abuse, affecting more than 200 children. to have harmed children. 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Firearms can be handed into Police stations. Find out more at www.police.govt.nz 10 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Lotto win to make a ‘world of difference’ Wellington sets NEW PLYMOUTH — A New Plymouth Lotto to claim their prize. them to the lady at the Lotto counter. player who scooped up $13 million has been Now the winner has come forward. The winner “When she put this ticket through, I heard the bus cancellation left in disbelief by the “life-changing” amount of says they feel “very, very lucky” about the money winning music play and looked at the woman, who money they have acquired. which is going to make a “world of difference”. very discreetly handed me a slip of paper with record in June Late last month, owner of New World Merrilands The New Plymouth resident found out they had $13,000,000 printed on it. Luke Stock was buzzing after his store sold the won while at the supermarket picking up groceries “I couldn’t believe it. My eyes were so blurry WELLINGTON — More than 3500 bus winning $13m ticket, saying the atmosphere in the last week. with tears that I couldn’t read the number services were cancelled in Wellington shop was amazing as they waited for the winner “I had a couple of tickets to check so handed properly.” — NZ Herald last month as the city struggles with a driver shortage and prepares to reduce peak-hour timetables in response. Difficulties with driver recruitment and retention is affecting operators across Napier’s social landscape the country. Wellington is at least 60 drivers short, Auckland Transport estimates driver numbers are down by about 10 percent, while the issue remains an ongoing point creating ‘sad reputation’ of pressure in Canterbury. Cancellations in Wellington have been steadily climbing since January when by Tom Kitchin, RNZ there were just 545 services which didn’t go ahead. NAPIER — Napier businesses and locals In May, a record was set with 3159 are becoming increasingly worried about cancellations followed by 3572 in June. being safe in the city. It is the highest number of Central Napier may be picturesque cancellations in at least two and a half with its art deco buildings and palm trees, years and equates to 4 percent of all but people in the city say the levels of services last month. insecurity are reaching an alarming level. The situation has been exacerbated by Homeless man Jeff often hangs around a shortage of at least 60 drivers as well Clive Square, a central recreational spot in as a stop-work meeting on June 23. the city. At the meeting, Wellington Tramways He explained why he spent time there. Union members voted to reject the latest “The outreach centre has been open pay offer from operator NZ Bus. over there for the last 10 years so we sort It is the latest development in a long- of stuck around because we don’t want to lasting wrangle over their collective travel too far.” agreement, which has resulted in stop- One CBD business owner, who RNZ work meetings, a strike and a lockout. agreed not to identify, said there were Metlink general manager Scott serious problems with beggars and Gallacher said the recent escalation of shoplifters. driver shortages is having a particular “It is such a shame to see our lovely city SAFETY CONCERNS: Despite the picturesque art deco buildings and palm tree- impact on Wellington City. centre being treated like it is,” they said. lined streets of Napier, central city residents and business owners say an increase in In response, Metlink is working with “Having been brought up in Napier vagrants is making them fear for their safety. NZ Herald picture operators on redesigning bus timetables and bringing up a family here, we cannot to reduce rush-hour services and believe that these people have been His wife was assaulted by a man taking That was strongly supported by local increase off-peak ones. allowed to intimidate and cause such drugs when she was out in broad daylight businesses. Gallacher said parties have agreed to unwelcome behaviour in our city.” with their two youngest children, he said. There were similar programmes already a set of timetable changes in line with The square needed to be safer, they said. “Everyone from the police to NCC staff running in Hastings and Hamilton. actual driver numbers. “Clive Square is there for shoppers, are fully aware of the issue yet little has Alongside that, the council would spend “We have identified there is an CBD workers, families and all to enjoy. been done to rectify it.” $500,000 to upgrade its CCTV network. opportunity to change the way our Everyone should be able to feel safe going Out of nearly 600 residents who But the ambassadors would not be on communities are using public transport to have lunch, sit in the sun, enjoy the responded to a community safety survey, the streets until about this time next year. following Covid-19 and that will be beautiful and well-cared-for gardens or 44 percent said they felt unsafe, a Still, Wise said she was talking to police reflected in the timetable redesign. just have a walk around.” significant increase from last year’s survey about immediate action. “We will be increasing and improving Other businesses in the CBD said when it was 17 percent. “Our primary means of dealing with our off-peak services so that our aggression in the area was creating stress. Mayor Kirsten Wise was clear about the any of these issues, particularly the illegal communities have more flexibility for One business said it felt like a busload reasons behind it. behaviour, is involving the police. their daily commute and better options to of newly-homeless people were dropped in “Some of the key factors in that are the “We are meeting with the police on a plan their travel outside of the peak.” the CBD “pretty much every week”. gang visibility around town and people regular basis and we identify areas that Meanwhile, Auckland Transport (AT) Napier City Business Inc is the voice of feeling unsafe when they are out and need additional patrolling.” confirmed operators were struggling businesses within the city centre, and told about at night.” The council was also in talks with the to attract and retain drivers, estimating Napier City Council the feeling of a lack of The council already spend $350,000 a managers of the homeless outreach centre, numbers were down by about 10 percent. safety had increased to an “all-time high”. year supporting safety initiatives, she said. Whatever it Takes, to see if it could be A spokesman said AT was working General manager Pip Thompson said But as part of the new long-term plan, moved, she said. with operators to understand the extent the main concerns were the increase of the council had adopted an ambassador Whatever It Takes business and finance of the issue and ways to support shoplifting, homelessness in the city and programme. manager Phil Ross said they were looking recruitment plans. begging. “That will essentially mean that we will for alternative sites for the centre, but had “There are a number of reasons why Napier MP Stuart Nash told the council have a team of people out in our CBD, our not found any yet. we are losing drivers. We know some are in a long-term-plan submission Clive other suburban retail areas, wherever they In the meantime, he said it had been being attracted to the freight industry Square had developed a “sad reputation” are needed, who will work with individuals closed for just over a month while the because of higher wages and better shift where drug deals were done and drugs to link them with services if they require team looked at other ways to deliver the patterns.” — NZ Herald consumed. assistance,” Wise said. service. Power Up with Space Upgrade your Space Chair and Footstool to Space Motorised 2nd – 26th July

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40033-02 The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 BUSINESS 11 Card spending drops by $8m during Wellington’s L2

WELLINGTON — Wellington’s six- experienced by retailers in other regions. day stint at Alert Level 2 saw nearly Wellington Chamber of Commerce chief 2000 businesses apply for the Covid-19 executive Simon Arcus said the figures FLOW-ON resurgence support payment, totalling were a sign of how hard businesses had EFFECTS: more than $5 million. been hit by the restrictions. Nearly 2000 Just over $2.6 million of this has “Traffic on the roads is down 14 Wellington already been paid out. percent and Wellington City spending for businesses The capital moved to Alert Level 2 last the first four days is down 14 percent as applied for month after a Sydney tourist visited the compared to 2019. the Covid-19 city and later tested positive. Arcus said the impact had been bigger resurgence Between June 23 and June 29, a total than they may have predicted for two support payment of 1911 applications were received from main reasons. last month after Wellington businesses for the resurgence “First of all it was an onshore Covid the capital went support payment, with an average of issue — a person actually carrying Covid into Alert Level 2 nearly $2700 applied for by each. around Wellington — and the second part for six days. Paymark data released this morning of that was that it was the Delta variant. NZ Herald picture shows card spending was down $8 “We think people were a bit more million, or 9.1 percent during the six days cautious than usual with this infection.” — when compared to the same six days He believed the nearly 2000 last year. applications would be disproportionately Spending throughout the other 23 days from hospitality and food and beverage “When hospitality is affected there are approach from consumers and I think of June was up 2.4 percent year on year businesses, but said the full effects of the flow-on effects to tourism. that will flow through into the figures as — although this is below the growth rate restrictions were perhaps yet to be felt. “What we saw was a more cautious we get the full picture.” — NZ Herald At the brink of closure Value growth a positive sign for Hospitality staff shortages ‘some of the worst in recent history’ housing market AUCKLAND — Hospitality students borders, oh boy, are we in big trouble Infometrics economist Brad Olsen said are being snapped up and restaurants because we just don’t have the the sector’s worker shortages were some WELLINGTON — Growth in average house are temporarily closing as the industry is workforce.” of the worst in recent history, according values has slowed in the latest quarter but it hit with severe labour shortages. New Zealand School of Food and Wine to figures from the New Zealand is too soon to say whether prices will continue The sector is calling for urgent visa director Celia Hay said the crisis was Institute of Economic Research’s latest to ease. extensions, border exemptions for critical so bad, all of her students have already quarterly survey. The latest QV House Price Index shows workers, and extended working hours for been snapped up. “The services are currently recording values rose 6.6 percent in the three months student visas. She’s now facing the issue of finding the hardest or most difficult period to to the end of June, a fall from 8.8 percent It comes as TradeMe enough students to find skilled and unskilled labour since quarterly growth in May. reports a more than meet demand. the survey began 50 years or so ago. The However, the national average value was 50 percent increase in “These are desperate concerns of the sector are very valid at still up nearly 26 percent on the year earlier to hospitality job listings These are desperate times, employers are the moment,” he said. $943,184, while the average value in Auckland — a record high. times‘ and we can see getting frustrated and In contrast to the agriculture and rose more than 23 percent to $1,347,092. After struggling with restaurants closing to we can see restaurants horticulture industries, the hospitality “It’s too early to say the market has lockdowns, restaurants give everybody a break like the French Cafe sector hasn’t received government turned but this will be encouraging news for and cafes in New and Cassia in Auckland support to bring skilled workers into the government officials and regulators, concerned Zealand say they are —Celia Hay’ closing to give country. about the financial risks of an overheated once again at the brink everybody a break. Olsen said the Government needed to property market,” QV general manager David of closure. “The people who establish a long-term plan that offered a Nagel said, noting the slowdown could be Border closures and immigration rules are working are working longer hours solution to those sectors struggling with linked to a typical winter downturn. are making it difficult for the hospitality because there’s no one else to cover for workforce shortages. “This easing comes after a range of industry to find enough skilled workers them,” Hay said. “The challenge of finding workers government announcements earlier this year to run their businesses. She said the absence of international is not something that is going to have to dampen activity by property investors and Veteran chef Simon Gault has joined students has left another hole in the job gone away in two months time. We are speculators, while there’s also plenty of chatter the chorus of voices criticising the market. probably still going to be having this about interest rates rising later next year.” Government. “There’s many things at play here. One conversation in December this year and Of the 16 major urban centres QV monitors, He said if the Government does of the situations which hasn’t really been into 2022, so it might take a while but at all except Rotorua saw a drop in quarterly nothing soon the hospitality industry discussed is the closure of the border to least something is better than nothing.” growth compared with last month. will be in crisis. international students who are able to “It seems like we are operating on this Central New Zealand continues to show the “I’m talking to chefs that are working work 20 hours a week on their student short-term model of ‘Covid is here for a strongest annual rate of value growth, with the seven days a week because they just visa. They were quite a good source for bit and will then be gone’ but I think we three fastest growing regions being Manawatu- can’t do it, they can’t find chefs, they restaurants to find part-time work to need to start understanding that Covid Whanganui, Wellington and Hawke’s Bay. can’t find waiters because Kiwis don’t help them through their staffing issues. is going to be here for a while and we The strongest value gains over the past want to do it and we’re not letting people “That whole market of international need to plan for a longer term future, three months have come from Hastings, in,” Gault said. students has gone because they’re not and that includes how we bring people closely followed by Palmerston North. “One day when we reopen these allowed into the country.” into the country.” — RNZ Tauranga continued to lead the way for urban centres for the second consecutive month, followed by Christchurch. Westpac sells life insurance business for $400m The three lowest annual growth rates were all in the South Island, although the Otago AUCKLAND — Westpac Bank has sold its Super Fund, would co-fund the acquisition with on their customers,” he said. “Westpac Life region still experienced significant increase, as New Zealand life insurance business to local its new investor Ngai Tahu Holdings, which was customers do not need to take any action. well as Southland and Tasman. insurer Fidelity Life for $400 million. contributing $140m. Nothing changes with their policies and we “While interest rates are still at record lows, As part of the deal, Westpac would refer Westpac acting chief executive Simon Power know they’ll be in great hands with Fidelity Life.” accompanied with a dearth of property listings any potential life insurance customers to the said Fidelity Life were leaders in the industry. Fidelity Life chief executive Melissa Cantell in most parts of the country, it’s unlikely that company for the next 15 years. “In talking to Fidelity Life we were extremely said its alliance with Westpac NZ would deliver we will see house values fall any time soon,” Fidelity Life’s largest shareholder, the NZ impressed with their single-minded focus positive outcomes for its customers. — RNZ Nagel said. — RNZ

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY up 6c to $3.78. Fidelity Life Assurance Company for $400m, Auckland International Airport lost ground, and Westpac’s share price slipped 5c to $27.28. falling 24c or 3.15 percent to $7.37 after a strong Westpac has an exclusive 15-year agreement WELLINGTON — The prospect of a rise in the property and equity markets,” he said. rise the day before following a takeover bid for with Fidelity for the distribution of insurance interest rates by the end of the year because of Sullivan said the local market was also Sydney Airport, which was also down 1 percent products to its New Zealand customers. increasing inflation overhung the New Zealand treading water awaiting the August updates to A$7.70 ($8.22) at 5.45pm New Zealand time. NZ Automotive Investments, which presented sharemarket which fell nearly half a percent. when the listed companies report financial Air New Zealand was up 3c or 1.9 percent to to the NZX Retail Investor series forum, rose 5c The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 12,758.93, results. $1.61. or 4.76 percent to $1.10. down 53.38 points or 0.42 percent, after falling He said the most interest will be in a2 Milk, Mainfreight didn’t stay long at the lofty peak The New Zealand Refining Co was one of the during the afternoon from a morning high of which has dragged the market down this year. of $80, falling $1.15 to $78.85. Fletcher Building day’s biggest movers, rising 7c or 10.14 percent 12,824.17. “It has broken through the $7 mark, and came under profit-taking, falling 17c or 2.24 to 76c, after detailing shareholders on its move There were 63 gainers and 71 decliners over everyone will be going straight to the end of the percent to $7.41. to convert the Marsden Point oil refinery into a the whole market, with 48.48 million shares report to look at a2 Milk’s outlook and whether Ryman Healthcare recovered 3c to $13.32, fuel import terminal. worth $165.99 million changing hands. they have their sales channels sorted. while fellow retirement village operator Other gainers were Goodman Property Jeremy Sullivan, investment adviser with “Brokers have a forecast price range of $5.50, Summerset Group Holdings fell 20c to $13.29. Trust, up 6c or 2.5 percent to $2.46; DGL Group Hamilton Hindon Greene, said the market $8.50 and $13 for a2 Milk — that shows there’s a Pushpay Holdings, which has just lost its increasing 6c or 3.77 percent to $1.65; Enprise had another soft day amid investors’ fear that lot of uncertainty about the company,” Sullivan chief financial officer to Serko, was down 5c or Group rising 25c or 7.69 percent to $3.50; TIL interest rates will rise sooner than expected — it said. 2.94 percent to $1.65. Logistics gaining 6c or 4.96 percent to $1.27; could be as early as November. After a solid recovery from a May 19 low of Westpac Banking Corporation has sold and My Food Bag picking up 2c to $1.34. “That is bad for all and sundry, particularly $5.50, a2 Milk fell 4c to $7.16, while Synlait was its New Zealand life insurance business to — NZ Herald 12 OPINION The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 EDITORIAL Just making observations China learned lessons You have an interesting “individual” ego can do little Re: Mr P. Cooper’s letter, taken the spoils of world wars New chair brings a “opinion style”, Lara. to change actuality for the July 5. to become an absolute military Actually, I have no intention better or worse. That is why Don’t use bully phrases power, dictating its non-gold- of becoming “The Oracle of I will not be entering any such as . . . “Better read some backed dollar to become the lot of experience Gisborne” and I am happy “tit for tat” sparring sessions history and start capitalising world’s reserve currency. that a wider audience will with fellow correspondents, no News today that former Mayor ‘america” . . . thankfully we Then, through its numerous, decide if the issues I raise matter how entertaining. are not in america. reckless money-printing John Clarke (1989-2001) is the here are silly or otherwise. Your observation that My very good history events, it is tearing apart new chairman of a significantly Your rhetorical question indigenous communities teachers made me aware that global trade and banking . . . reimagined Trust Tairawhiti, as asking if I am wanting trouble throughout the world are the history is taught so that wise colluding to drive interest it implements a new strategic reads much more ominously ones being treated as second people learn not to repeat the rates to near zero and possibly direction, seems incongruous with than any of the observations I class, would support my mistakes of the past. on to the destructive negative the long history of Mr Clarke’s have made here to date. argument, had I been arguing. China has taken its harsh zone! leadership involvement in this I seek no personal Those are the very peoples lessons of history (some of As history has repeatedly district. His experience and relative outcomes as I am just making who are currently making up which you have described) to demonstrated, absolute power longevity with our community observations, in the belief that the bulk of our contemporary reinvent itself into being the corrupts absolutely! there are no easy “fixes” for immigration, and as such are trust does, however, make him an manufacturer to the world. The american government the world’s social structures unlikely to accept a degree of China is also a world leader keeps telling the world that understandable choice. in today’s troubled world, and citizenship which would gain in high-tech industries, like they represent freedom, Voted on to the Waikohu County thus I perhaps arrogantly give them less than equal AI and 5G, and is sharing capitalism and democracy . . . Council in 1981, he was county simply have a metaphysical citizenship status. its money surpluses around but we can see the Emperor is chairman from 1983 until the local and philosophical overview, the world to “help up” other indeed naked. body amalgamation in 1989 that knowing that my own fragile DENNIS PENNEFATHER countries. created Gisborne District Council. Meanwhile, america has STEVE ASPDEN Mr Clarke chaired a transition LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENT committee from 1988, and was then elected as our first district Mayor More ‘america’ letter replies with a large majority, from a field of Be wary of overhyped seven. Re: Let’s say ‘No’ to america, fix things in the long term by A notable aspect of his time as For anyone who would like turning their attention to the Mayor was his partnership with chief centralisation promises to understand the malign role traditionally non-aligned area of executive Bob Elliott (1989-2007), Regarding Three Waters reform ownership at a local level was lost. America has played in the local government. Once electoral formerly the Cook County chief . . . be careful what is wanted. 5. In some cases the loss of a latter half of the 20th Century officers have been replaced by loyal engineer (from 1977) then manager A few years back the RNZSPCA local inspectorate . . . Invercargill I strongly recommend The nominees, and unreliable polling (from 1983) who was described was restructured with very similar being served by Dunedin, three Devil’s Chessboard, by David places shut down, that should as a “formidable ally” in district promises to those promoted in the hours away. Talbot. A mighty tome, but a ensure a solid result for them — history book A Splendid Isolation — three waters proposal. 6. A drop off in the volunteer page-turner. even in marginal areas. Once that has been achieved, the which also noted that the pair were Centralisation promising: base. 1. Efficiency of scale If Three Waters is to be embraced, MARTIN HANSON, Nelson USA will become a beacon of peace, “criticised for running the show” harmony and goodwill. (while others argued that was what 2. Standardised delivery of careful scrutiny will be required to product. ensure that the wild promises of I understand that the renowned a Mayor and CEO were meant to do, 3. A promise to enhance product. today are not the disappointments paragon of virtue, probity and BOB ARMSTRONG, Waipukurau and no decisions were made without The result . . . DISASTER of tomorrow. honesty, Roger Stone coined the a majority vote) and “Both had 1. Poorer delivery at the local Remember the false promises of term Stop The Steal in time for the Hey, how about we say “No” strong visions for the future”. level, especially in the provinces. reform in: 2016 US presidential election — a to China!!! Look at what they Mr Clarke served four terms as 2. Reduced animal numbers — eg Electricity……… drum that Donald Trump has been have done to our world with Mayor, standing down at the 2001 in Gisborne an animal throughput of The formation of District Health pounding ever since. their virus — so many deaths election that ushered in the six-term 1700-2000 pa reduced to 500-800. Boards…….. As to the 2020 election, by all and so much cost to every country. Why aren’t they being Meng Foon mayoralty. (Longevity in 3. A higher-paid bureaucracy at Tomorrow’s Schools……. means let there be an independent the top with poorer delivery at the The demise of rail………. audit of the elections in marginal made to pay? Everyone should governance and executive roles is a areas. At least it will bring an end to stop buying Made in China! feature of our district’s recent past.) bottom. Promises are the easy part in the 4. Local SPCA handing over equation. the bleating, one way or another. Highly relevant to his new role, all infrastructure and monies, so A McKELLOW The GOP intend to permanently H. HANNAM Mr Clarke was a director (the only local on the board) of infrastructure, energy and logistics business More on lab-origin theory Eastland Group Ltd from March CO2 level rises accelerating 2010 to June 2016. EGL is, of Something to ponder with 315.34 parts per million, It appears that the Israelis were study under her, including four regards to climate change: increasing at about 1 part per way ahead of the game in the establishments that were engaged course, the goose that lays golden search for the origins of the Wuhan in Chinese military bioweapons eggs for its 100 percent owner on Carbon dioxide is a million each year. greenhouse gas that is Readings on July 2, 2021 virus. Dr Shoham of the Begin- research like the Wuhan Institute. our behalf, Trust Tairawhiti (which Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies Dr Qiu and her husband, Keding has equity of $377.3 million). warming our planet. were at 418.25ppm more than When Maunu Loa 2.5ppm higher than the same published a paper in January, Cheng, who worked with her, have Mr Clarke was appointed to the Observatory in Hawaii began time last year (415.48). 2020, in which he describes how not been seen in public since then-named Eastland Community a Chinese scientist, Dr Xiangguo February, 2020. The Canadian measuring atmospheric CO2, Trust in July 2016, which means levels in 1958 they were BOB HUGHES Qiu, was forcibly evicted in July authorities have not commented he will retire by rotation next year 2019, along with colleagues, from publicly on their removal. and if he stands again, and is the Canadian National Microbiology Meanwhile, Joe Biden has at reappointed, it would be for a final Laboratory in Winnipeg and her last woken up to the possibility of Keen to see GDC responses academic position at the head of a laboratory origin for the virus three-year term. We are all concerned for the Surely common sense must the Special Pathogens Program by and, comically, demanded further As today’s announcement notes, future of Mrs Lloyd and Mrs prevail over red tape. the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. investigations — but insists that Mr Clarke played an important part Gate so are waiting for the She had secretly shipped deadly the preponderance of opinion in his in the establishment of the trust in building inspector’s answer GRAHAM GIBSON pathogens such as Ebola and Nipah intelligence community is still that 1993 . . . he was, after all, running to the logic of Mr Lewenz’s to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. In its genesis was via an animal. the show. column in last Saturday’s Footnote from Ed: A follow-up 2017-2018 she paid five visits there. Meanwhile, Dr Fauci has claimed A grape grower for the past 40 paper. Could The Herald article is planned that will traverse During the previous decade, that criticising him is like criticising years, Mr Clarke is deputy chairman please seek a response from some of the issues raised since the students from academic institutions science! of New Zealand Winegrowers (a him and publish the answer. original story ran. all over China had come to PATRICK COOPER board he has been on since 2006, [email protected] serving as chairman from 2018- 2020). He is also chairman of local ■ The maximum length for letters is 350 words. philanthropic organisation The ■ Anyone can write a column, 600 words maximum, but a photo is required. ■ Always include full name and contact details. Sunrise Foundation and is a board ■ If you use a nom de plume, there is a higher bar for acceptability. member of Eastwoodhill Trust. ■ Letters may be edited for clarity, length or legal reasons. The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 WORLD 13

DARK CLOUDS OVER SYDNEY: Police officers walk past The Sydney Opera House Pfizer vaccine efficacy during the lockdown. Greater Sydney and its surrounding regions are currently still in a perilous position due to the ultra-infectious drops after Delta Delta strain of Covid-19 in the community. AFP picture variant arrives in Israel JERUSALEM — Israel hospitalisation and severe reported yesterday a decrease illness. in the effectiveness of the A Pfizer spokesperson Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 declined to comment on the vaccine in preventing infections data out of Israel, but cited and symptomatic illness but other research showing that said it still remained highly antibodies elicited by the effective in preventing serious vaccine were still able to illness. neutralise all tested variants, The decline coincided with including Delta, albeit at the spread of the Delta variant reduced strength. and the end of social-distancing About 60 percent of Israel’s restrictions in Israel. 9.3 million population have Vaccine effectiveness in received at least one shot of preventing both infection and Pfizer’s vaccine in a campaign symptomatic disease fell to 64 that saw daily cases drop from percent since June 6, the Health more than 10,000 in January to Ministry said. single digits last month. At the same time, the vaccine This spurred Israel to drop was 93 percent effective in nearly all social-distancing and preventing hospitalisations mask-wearing requirements, and serious illness from the though the wearing of masks coronavirus. had been partially reimposed in The ministry in its statement recent days. At the same time, did not say what the previous Delta, which had become a level was or provide any further globally-dominant variant of the details. However, ministry coronavirus, began to spread. Lockdown in Greater officials published a report Since then, daily cases have in May which showed that gradually risen, reaching 343 two doses of Pfizer’s vaccine on Sunday. The number of provided more than 95 percent seriously ill rose to 35 from 21. Sydney likely to be protection against infection, — Reuters story via Newshub. Six more dead and 636 extended by a week new Covid cases in Fiji

SYDNEY — The lockdown in Twelve days ago, the state meetings yesterday morning and SUVA – Fiji reported another Colonial War Memorial Hospital. Greater Sydney is reportedly set to government introduced stay- again in the afternoon. 636 cases of Covid yesterday — in She too was unvaccinated. be extended after New South Wales at-home orders, restricting the The likely lockdown extension just 24 hours, which was a record The third victim was a (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian movements of people in four local would mean that until 11.59pm number of daily infections there. 90-year-old man from Suva, who spent most of yesterday locked in government areas overlapping the local time next Friday, residents The Health Ministry also was hospitalised and died after meetings with health experts. Harbour City, before broadening the would still only be able to leave confirmed six more deaths due being assessed for severe Covid- Several reports this morning lockdown to Greater Sydney and its their home for essential reasons to the Delta variant of the virus, related symptoms, including said the stay-at-home orders for surrounding regions. such as shopping, exercise or bringing the death toll up to 39. shortness of breath. Greater Sydney, including the The lockdown was scheduled to for medical reasons including to Three of the victims had only The fourth victim was a Blue Mountains, Central Coast, finish at the end of this Friday, receive their Covid-19 vaccine shot. been partly vaccinated, while the 43-year-old woman from Makoi. Wollongong and Shellharbour, but with NSW still in a perilous rest were unvaccinated. She was admitted to hospital, would be extended by a week. position due to the spread of the DROP IN CASES Fiji’s Health Secretary, James where she tested positive. She If that was the case, that would ultra-infectious Delta strain, the Fong, provided details yesterday had only been partly vaccinated. mean millions of residents would stay-at-home orders looked set to NSW recorded 18 new Covid-19 about the six Covid-related The fifth victim was a 70-year- not be able to leave lockdown until be lengthened. cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on deaths. old man from Nausori, who was 11.59pm on Friday, July 16 (local Berejiklian was likely today Monday, bringing the total number Fong said the first victim presented to the FEMAT field time) — at the earliest. to announce that these orders, of people infected in the latest was a 74-year-old woman from hospital in severe respiratory Berejiklian was expected to currently in place in Greater outbreak to 330. Delainavesi in Lami, who was distress and died that same day. announce the extension at an Sydney, the Blue Mountains, It was actually a significant presented to the FEMAT field The sixth victim was a 63-year- 11am press conference, local time, Shellharbour, Wollongong and the drop from the 35 cases on the hospital in respiratory distress. old man from Suva who was this morning. Central Coast, would be extended previous day, but the number of She died on the same day. She presented to the FEMAT field More than 330 locally-acquired for a week. If so, it would be the new cases who had spent time in had not been vaccinated. hospital in severe respiratory cases of Covid-19 have been second time the stay-at-home the community while infectious The second victim was another distress and died that same day. recorded since mid-June, when the orders had been lengthened. was still alarming health experts, 74-year-old woman from Raiwaqa He too had not been vaccinated. virus broke out in Sydney’s eastern NSW government’s Crisis Berejiklian explained. in Suva, who was admitted to the — RNZ suburbs and spread west of the city. Cabinet Committee held extensive — Agencies country’s main hospital — the See also page 17 Covid not stopping fashion: Dior returns to real-world runway

PARIS — Dior ventured back were also stars in attendance: textured clothing that demanded into the real world on Monday Jessica Chastain, Monica Bellucci proximity and presence. (local time) after more than a year and Cara Delevingne. The show opened with a range of away, with an in-person show for But there were visible black-and-white checks and tweeds its Autumn-Winter 2021-22 Haute differences. Guests wore masks and with matching boots — some looks Couture collection in Paris. had their temperatures taken at the embroidered with feathers for a Most fashion houses opted door. Seats on the benches were tweed effect. to continue with digital shows spaced further apart than usual, Modernised versions of the and presentations as the couture although that was quickly ignored house’s iconic Bar jacket were season got under way, but Dior — especially in the front row. paired with pleated wraparound decided to host two live shows. Dior’s creative director, Maria skirts and tailored trousers. In a way, it felt like an earlier time, Grazia Chiuri, works frequently Outerwear was a major theme, before anyone had ever used the with female artists, and for this such as a cashmere coat with term “social distancing” or worn a collection she commissioned patchwork embroidery. For evening surgical mask with Louboutin heels. French artist Eva Jospin to design wear, models wore ethereal long The shows took place at Dior’s life-sized, silk-thread embroideries silk plissé dresses in soft shades of favourite venue — a temporary to cover all 350 square metres of mustard, plaster or Dior gray. structure in the garden of the Musée the venue’s walls. After more than a year of Rodin. Street photographers jostled In a nod to the Sala dei Ricami virtual shows streamed online, the one another outside the front gate, in Rome’s Colonna Palace, they question had arisen as to whether while invited photographers massed represented several months live fashion shows were even at the photo call within. Guests of handiwork by women at the necessary. On Monday, Dior used TEXTURED SHOW: A model wears a creation for Dior’s Haute Couture greeted one another with air kisses. Chanakya School of Craft in craftmanship and materiality to Fall-Winter 2021-2022 fashion collection presented earlier this week, in Several foreign accents were proof Mumbai. The walls were a reflection make an eloquent argument in their Paris. AP picture of a return to overseas travel. There of the collection. This was tactile, favour. — AP 14 FOCUS ON THE LAND The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Ovenden receives ‘merit award’

by Donna Halley Collins and Allen second, and Colin Bayliss and Jet won it and THE Poverty Bay Dog Trial Centre received the John Tombleson Cup and held their annual prize-giving on Friday tankard. night at the Vines and the highlight of In event three the Eastland Vets the night was the presentation of the zig zag hunt: Jo Waugh and Jock were New Zealand Dog Trial Association ‘merit fifth, Sam Shaw and Shade fourth, Sebo award’ to Chris Ovenden. Wishart and Trig third, Leo Edginton Chris has been with the Whangara Dog and Bully second, and the winner was Trial Club for 40 years, and the last 14 Ruie Bridge, receiving the Kath McLean years has been the secretary. Rosebowl and tankard. He also spent 19 years with the Tolaga In event four the straight hunt, Bay club, helping out on the shorthead presented by Helen Cook on behalf of course. PGG Wrightson: Henry Gaddum and Gus A brief overview of the season that were fifth, Anthony Hughes and Bully was presented shows a highly successful fourth, Anthony Hughes and Strike third, season for local triallists. Jake Roche and Judd second and the At the North Island championships winner and recipient of the David Barry Merv Utting was sixth with Fern and Shield and tankard was Taylor Rika and AWARDED: Chris Ovenden received his seventh with Guy in the short head. Wag. New Zealand Dog Trial Association ‘merit In the zig zag hunt Henry Hindmarsh The Champion heading dog, the award’ from Brett Loffler. won it with Prudence, Guy Collins was Shakleton Memorial Cup, for the first Picture by Donna Halley second with Mia and Ben Te Kahika was round of the centre champs across two fifth with Rogue. events went to Allen Irwin and Dot. Leo Edginton was seventh with Bully The Champion Huntaway, Waerenga-o- WINNERS: Henry Hindmarsh (left) and in the straight hunt. Kuri Cup, for the first round of the centre George Shield (right), joint winners of GOAT BUYER At the South Island and New Zealand champs across two events, went to Sam a Buscke-Watson shield for the most championships Merv Utting was first Shaw and Shade. consistent huntaways of the season, with Fern in the South Island event with The best two-dog team, Walter Hall Ice presented by Ross Buscke. Fern in the short head and third in the Bucket, for the first round of the centre Picture by Donna Halley New Zealand final. champs either Heading or Huntaway, Leo Edginton and Robert won the went to Colin Bayliss with Jet and Pearl. Taylor Rika, Wag, 10 pts. South Island zig zag title and finished Season Trophies — Buscke-Watson The BDO Cup and $200 (sponsorship second in New Zealand. Shields — The most consistent heading from BDO), competitor 25 years and In the local prizes presented for the dog of the season: Colin Bayliss and Jet, under, most points: George Shield 34 pts. Property Brokers Centre championships 22 points. Shirts were presented to club members in event one the Ovation long head: Rod The most consistent huntaway dog who have been nominated by their own Mead fifth with Gum, Bob Bryson and of the season: Henry Hindmarsh with clubs for the contribution they make to O’Shea fourth, Leo Edginton and Larry Prudence and George Shield with Smoke their club trials. BUYING ALL GOATS third, Allen Irwin and Dot second and tied on 14 points. Whatatutu, Nic Martinovich; Ngatapa the winner was Leo Edginton with Roxy, The Rod Mead Tray and $100 (from Stu Bullot; Te Araroa Ashley Brooking; ALL YEAR ROUND receiving the Harold Quilter Tray and PBSDT), maiden/intermediate competitor, Matawai Alex Ferris; Opotiki Hugh Prompt pickup & payment tankard. most improved in heads: Guy Collins, Perry; Ruakituri Dan Parsons; Whangara In event two the Boehringer Ingleheim Allen, 7 points. Henry Seymour; Tolaga Bay Sam Brown; Experienced musterers can be arranged short head: Henry Gaddum and Ming Alice and Ernie Robin Tray and $100 Waingake Charlie Pyke, Charity dog trial Contact Brian Hutchings 022 069 5212 were fifth, Rod Mead and Flame fourth, (from PBSDT), maiden/intermediate Vaughan Hill; publicity Donna Halley. [email protected] 26052-01 Rob O’Sullivan and Ben third, Guy competitor, most improved in hunts: NZSDT merit award: Chris Ovenden.

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Residential/ Commercial/ Rural/ Property Services The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 WORLD 17 Virus fears mount Covid continues its ahead of Olympic Games in Japan

TOKYO — The pressure of hosting march around globe an Olympic Games during a still-active pandemic is beginning to show in Japan. The games will begin on July 23, with organisers determined that the Games will United Kingdom surge hits five-month high go on — even with a reduced number of spectators, or possibly none at all. While Japan has made remarkable by Dan Satherley, Newshub. progress to vaccinate its population against Covid-19, the vaccination drive The following is a snapshot has recently been losing steam because of of the current situation with supply shortages. Covid-19 pandemic from With tens of thousands of visitors around the world. coming to a country that is only 13.8 percent fully vaccinated, gaps in border controls have emerged, highlighted by The United Kingdom the discovery of infections among the newly-arrived Olympic team from Uganda, Britain reported the with positive test results emerging for the highest daily number of new highly-contagious Delta variant. Covid cases on Tuesday, and As cases grow in Tokyo, so have fears recorded its greatest number that the Games will spread the virus. of Covid-related deaths within “We must stay on high alert,” Prime 28 days of a positive test since Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters on April 23. since the emergence of the July 1. Tuesday’s figures showed Delta variant in April. Noting the rising caseloads, he said that there were 28,773 new “having no spectators is a possibility”. cases — up from 27,334 on TURKEY Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Monday — and 37 deaths. organising committee, agreed. As of the end of Monday, Turkey has identified three “It’s not that we are determined to have 86.2 percent of British adults cases of the new Delta Plus spectators regardless of the situation,” had received one dose of a RESTRICTIONS TO EASE IN THE UK: Britain’s Prime Covid-19 variant in three Hashimoto said on Friday. vaccination against Covid-19 Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a media briefing on the provinces, its health minister Organisers, the International Olympic and 64.3 percent had received coronavirus situation, in Downing Street, London. Johnson said said on Monday, adding that Committee and others were expected two doses. that while the UK must live with Covid, restrictions there could the separate Delta variant had to meet this week to announce new People who had been fully ease. Johnson confirmed on Monday (local time) that legal also been identified in some restrictions because of the fast-changing vaccinated as well as children sanctions would be replaced by individual ‘informed decisions’ 284 cases across 30 provinces. coronavirus situation. would, from August 16, no when the country moved to the final stage of its lockdown- Amid the criticism, Suga went to Tokyo’s longer have to self-isolate if lifting roadmap. He said that was scheduled to happen on July VIETNAM Haneda international airport on June 28 to they have been in close contact 19, although a final decision would come on July 12. AP picture inspect coronavirus testing for arrivals. with someone who had tested Vietnam’s halted dozens He vowed to ensure appropriate border positive for Covid-19, health after Portugal opened to vaccinated, can show they of flights in and out of its controls were in place as a growing number minister Sajid Javid said. visitors from the EU and have had Covid-19 within biggest city on Tuesday to try of Olympic and Paralympic athletes, UK officials were predicting Britain in mid-May, and is the past six months, or come to contain the spread of the officials and media began entering Japan that the vaccination now back at levels last seen from a country with a low coronavirus, after reporting for the Games. programme, which had in February, when a lockdown infection rate to freely enter more than 1000 new cases for On Monday, Tokyo confirmed 342 new weakened the link between was in force. the country, the government a second successive day. cases, the 16th straight day of an increase. infections and hospital said on Tuesday. Vietnam has reported just On Saturday, Japan’s capital reported admissions, could prevent the POLAND 22,064 coronavirus infections 716 cases — its highest number in five health service there being ITALY overall, with 97 deaths, one weeks. overwhelmed by a new wave of Poland could face around of Asia’s best containment At a meeting of government advisers, Covid-19. 15,000 cases a day if too few Italy reported 24 records. experts warned of the possibility of people get Covid-19 shots coronavirus-related deaths on infections exploding during the Games, GREECE before a potential fourth Tuesday against 31 the day INDONESIA projecting that daily case loads could wave in autumn, the health before, the health ministry exceed 1000. Greece reported a jump minister said on Tuesday, said, while the daily tally of Indonesia has prepared They said that would severely strain in daily Covid infections on amid concern about the new infections increased to backup medical facilities for healthcare systems in Tokyo. Tuesday, after many weeks slowing pace of vaccination. 907 from 480. a worst-case scenario where In a worst-case scenario, there could be of declining numbers that Poland, a country of around daily coronavirus infections thousands of infections per day, causing had prompted authorities 38 million, has so far fully ISRAEL reach 40,000 to 50,000, an hospitals to overflow, they said. to lift most of that country’s vaccinated just over 14 million official said on Tuesday, as the Ryuji Wakita, the Director-General of coronavirus restrictions. people. Israel will deliver about country reported another day the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Public health authorities In total, the country has 700,000 expiring doses of of record fatalities from its and the head of a government reported 1797 new daily cases reported 2,880,403 cases of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine worst outbreak so far. Covid-19 advisory board, urged tighter on Tuesday — more than the coronavirus and 75,095 to South Korea this month, Indonesia has one of border controls to detect and isolate twice the level of 801 cases deaths. and South Korea will give Asia’s most severe Covid-19 infected arrivals at airports, to prevent reported on Monday, bringing Israel back the same number, epidemics, exacerbated by infections from spreading from Tokyo into the total number of infections SPAIN already on order from Pfizer, the highly-infectious Delta the suburbs. to 429,144. in September and October. variant, with hospitals In a case that has shocked many in Covid-related deaths in overstretched, oxygen supply Japan, a member of the Ugandan team Greece have reached 12,754. Coronavirus infections in AUSTRALIA problems and a growing tested positive upon arrival on June 19 Spain have risen by 32,607 number of sick unable to at Narita International Airport and was RUSSIA since Friday, official data The premier of Australia’s receive medical attention. quarantined there. showed on Monday, 85 percent New South Wales (NSW) said Southeast Asia’s largest and The rest of the nine-member team was Russia on Tuesday reported more than the previous yesterday that she would most populous country has allowed to travel more than 500km on a a record 737 deaths from weekend’s increase as the announce today whether to seen record daily infections in chartered bus to their pre-Olympics camp Covid-linked causes in the Delta variant drives a surge extend a Covid lockdown in 11 of the past 16 days, with in the western prefecture of Osaka. past 24 hours as the country among unvaccinated young Sydney that was due to end 31,189 new cases and 728 Days later, a second member of the team stepped up efforts to vaccinate people. on Friday as new infections fatalities on Tuesday. from East Africa tested positive for the its population of more than dropped in the country’s most Just 1.6 percent of its more coronavirus, forcing seven town officials 144 million people. GERMANY populous state but the Delta than 270 million population and drivers who had close contact with A new surge in Covid-19 variant was still at large. have been fully vaccinated them to self-isolate. cases in June was blamed on against Covid-19. The team itself is isolating at a hotel. the new, highly-infectious, Germany should lift all FIJI Health officials said both infected Delta variant. remaining coronavirus-linked UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ugandans had the Delta variant. social and economic curbs as Struggling to contain On Saturday, an athlete from Serbia also PORTUGAL soon as everyone has been an outbreak of the highly- US President Joe Biden tested positive for the coronavirus, causing offered a vaccine, Foreign transmissible Covid-19 Delta will encourage Americans the cancellation of his team’s training in the Prime Minister Antonio Minister Heiko Maas was variant, Fiji reported a record who have not yet been central city of Nanto. Costa urged the Portuguese quoted as saying on Tuesday, 636 Covid-19 infections and vaccinated against Covid-19 Japan’s government also acknowledged on Tuesday to keep up their suggesting that point should six deaths yesterday, with to get their shots to protect that four other people arriving for the guard up against a fourth be reached next month. the mortuary at the Pacific themselves from the widely- Olympics had tested positive after entering wave of the Covid-19 epidemic, island’s main hospital already spreading Delta variant of the the country earlier this year. with the more infectious Delta FINLAND filled to capacity. coronavirus, the White House Experts say the cases show that Japan’s variant causing nearly 90 Since the pandemic began, said on Tuesday. border health controls can be easily percent of new cases. Finland will allow travellers Fiji has reported a total 39 — Additional reporting breached. — AP The infection rate jumped from abroad who are fully deaths, but most have come by Reuters, agencies 18 WORLD The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Lawsuits over building collapse seek answers

SURFSIDE —The quest to learn why a Florida condominium building collapsed has already moved to the legal system, even before rescuers finish searching for victims and possible survivors. Twitter Inc. loses Authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into the collapse immunity over of the ocean-front Champlain Towers South, which killed at least 36 people and left more user-generated than 100 missing. At least six lawsuits have been filed by Champlain Towers families. content in India “The whole world wants to know what happened here,” Miami-Dade County Mayor SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter Daniella Levine Cava told a Inc. no longer enjoys liability news conference on Tuesday protection against user-generated (local time). content in India as the United Everyone, she said, wanted States microblogging giant has to know “what could have been failed to comply with new IT prevented and how we make rules, the Indian government said sure it never happens again”. in a court filing. Miami-Dade State Attorney The statement was the first Katherine Fernandez Rundle time Prime Minister Narendra has pledged to bring the Modi’s administration had matter to a grand jury, which officially said Twitter had lost will gather evidence and its immunity after repeatedly hear testimony, and could criticising the company for non- recommend criminal charges or compliance. needed reforms. The dispute and the public spat One lawyer involved in the has raised concern that American litigation said the collapse had firms will find it difficult to do raised widespread concerns business amid a more stringent about infrastructure issues regulatory environment. and the trust put in those India’s IT ministry told the responsible for them. High Court in New Delhi “We deserve to be able to that Twitter’s non-compliance walk into buildings without amounted to a breach of the worrying that they are going to provisions of the IT Act, causing come crumbling around us, and the US firm to lose its immunity, to know that our loved ones QUEST UNDER WAY FOR ANSWERS: In this Friday, June 25, file picture, rescue personnel according to the filing dated July can go to bed at night without work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, in Surfside, Florida. Even as the search 5. worrying that they’re going continued over a week later for signs of life in the mangled debris of the fallen Champlain Towers The filing came in a case to plummet 12 storeys to the South, the process of seeking answers about why it had happened and who was to blame was filed by a Twitter user who ground below in their sleep,” already under way in Florida’s legal system. AP file picture wanted to complain about some said Jeffrey Goodman, whose allegedly defamatory tweets Philadelphia-based firm filed the trauma experienced by year. In the trials that followed, oversight, which was widely on the platform, and said the suit on behalf of the children board members, one of whom jurors reviewed emails that perceived as lax. company was not complying of missing resident Harold remained missing. detailed a pre-existing dispute In Florida, a grand jury with the new law that required Rosenberg. The board had about over the demolition, and was still reviewing the 2018 the appointment of certain new The lawsuits filed to US$48 million in insurance found the Salvation Army, collapse of a pedestrian bridge executives. date accuse the Champlain coverage, while the ocean-front the building’s owner and his at Florida International Twitter declined to comment. Towers South Condominium land was valued at US$30m to architect largely responsible. University that killed six The company had previously Association, and in some cases US$50m, the judge was told. The parties then agreed to pay people. And both manslaughter said it was making all efforts to a local architect and engineer, The judge said he hoped the US$227m in damages. and third-degree felony murder comply. of negligence for failing to litigation could be resolved On the criminal side, the charges were filed following India’s new IT rules which address serious structural quickly, perhaps within a year. architect received immunity in the 1996 accidental crash of became effective end-May are problems noted as far back Until then, he had authorised exchange for cooperating with ValuJet 592 in the Everglades aimed at regulating content on as 2018. the receiver, attorney Michael prosecutors, and the wealthy that killed 110 people. social media firms and making Goldberg, to provide US$10,000 building owner was never Denis Binder, a tort law them more accountable to legal each to residents for temporary charged. professor at Chapman requests for swift removal of One lawyer involved in housing and US$2000 to cover However, a food cart University in Orange County, posts and sharing details on the the litigation said the funeral expenses. operator-turned-contractor California, who studies wide- originators of messages. collapse had raised Attorney Robert Mongeluzzi, was sentenced to 15 to 30 scale disasters, sees a growing Technology Minister Ravi who also represented the years in prison for involuntary tendency in such cases not just Shankar Prasad has slammed widespread concerns Rosenberg family and was manslaughter, although he to seek damages but to pursue Twitter for deliberately defying about infrastructure seeking access to the site, said was acquitted of third-degree criminal charges, often for the law and said all social media issues and the trust cases such as these were not murder. A forklift driver who negligence. firms must abide by the new just about the money. was taking prescription drugs He said that could be because rules. put in those responsible “They want to make this for an injury also went to the public now saw them unfold In recent weeks, as acrimony for them. a quest to find out what prison after taking a plea deal. in real time, as happened with grew between New Delhi and happened,” Mongeluzzi said. “It was a tragedy, no question the harrowing images beamed Twitter, Indian police have filed “We believe that evidence is about it. It could have been from Surfside around the world at least five cases against the still there.” avoided,” lawyer William over the past week. company or its officials, including A Surfside town building Neither the condominium Hobson, who represented “I think it’s increasing some related to child pornography inspector had also been part of association board members nor imprisoned contractor Griffin because of the media and and a controversial map of India the discussions, and Goodman’s their attorneys responded to Campbell, said on Tuesday. social media — not necessarily on its career page. firm had given notice of plans emails seeking comment. Still, he believed the people because there’s a drumbeat Police in two Indian states have to add the town as a defendant. One prior case with possible most culpable had walked free out there, but everybody’s named Twitter India chief Manish “The role of building owners legal parallels involved the while “the two guys at the horrified by what they can see. Maheshwari in complaints. and architects and engineers 2013 collapse in Philadelphia bottom of the food chain” were And there’s this cry for justice,” Separately, the state of Uttar and inspectors and safety of an unbraced brick wall of prosecuted “based on race and Binder said. Pradesh has challenged in the professionals is to make sure a building that was being social inequality.” “On something spectacular Supreme Court a bar on police that buildings are safe for their demolished. It toppled on to an Campbell continued to appeal like this, in today’s world, action against Maheshwari, occupants to be in,” Goodman adjacent Salvation Army store, the conviction, with support there’s great pressure to find after a lower court protected him said. killing six people and injuring from some victims’ families. fault,” he said. against arrest over an accusation At a hearing on Friday, a 13. One woman was found alive The deaths had prompted “And there’s enough evidence that the platform was used to judge appointed a receiver to 13 hours later, but she lost both officials in Philadelphia to already in Surfside that people spread hate. represent the condominium legs and endured more than 30 inspect demolition sites across have made bad decisions.” — Reuters story via RNZ association’s interests given surgeries before her death this the city and increase their — AP The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 TELEVISION 19 WEDNESDAY—THURSDAY’S TELEVISION GUIDE

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The District Health Board of Gisborne/Tairawhiti The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 RACING 23 Swift recovery expected for O’Malley after fall HASTINGS — Whanganui jockey Sarah Macnab he didn’t require surgery and was out of hospital through her own experience. In September 2018 their best seasons to date as jockeys. knows just how lucky her partner Sam O’Malley the next day. Macnab suffered a serious head injury when she O’Malley had recorded 32 victories, more than is after a horrendous fall at Hastings on Saturday. “He’s home now. He’s sore because of the two fell from Middagurd in a race at Woodville. double his previous best of 14, while Macnab is O’Malley was contesting the lead aboard vertebrae he’s done,” Macnab said. Macnab didn’t return to riding for four months 19th in the jockeys premiership with 38 winners, Remarx in a maiden hurdle at Hastings on “But he’s in pretty good spirits. He’s been after her fall, and she now feels like she came topping her previous best of 30, set as an Saturday when his horse misjudged the second- watching all the trials at Foxton and he’s been back to riding too early. apprentice in 2017-18. last obstacle and fell. texting the trainers after each trial.” “It could have been a lot worse. He’s lucky Macnab also recorded her first black type O’Malley was unconscious for seven minutes Macnab said O’Malley would be going back for with the outcome,” she said. “Even though he success, scoring with a last-to-first ride aboard but was attended to quickly and whisked away to scans next week but that he was told he should was knocked out he doesn’t have a headache at William Wallace in the Listed Spring Classic hospital. be riding horses again in six weeks. all at the moment.” (2000m) at Riccarton in October. Although he suffered two cracked vertebrae, She knows how fortunate her partner is Both Macnab and O’Malley have been having — NZ Racing Desk

Ashburton races at Ashburton Friday Jetbet 4 TAB Doubles 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Trebles 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 Quaddies 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Place6 4-9 Selections 6 Double Prosperity (16) 58.5 47 5 31435 Manhatten Affair (3) 54 69 4 68199 Show Bazz (8) 58.5 62 (a3) 6 90884 Super Tap (15) 57 63 C Johnson Race 1: RUSSIAN FABLE, PETE THE DRIVER, EL GLADIADOR D Bothamley Ashvin Mudhoo (a3) 5 82914 Wild Like (15) 58.5 62 K Asano (a) 7 2060s Hillersden (2) 57 59 Callum Jones (a3) 7 4s464 Tantalee (10) 56.5 53 Z Bholah (a3) 6 9s089 Rodolfo (5) 54 67 Callum Jones (a3) 6 45455 Selfie (3) 58 61 D Bothamley 8 73772 Redford (9) 57 59 K Williams Race 2: DETTIFOSS, PAZE THE POWER, SARAYU 8 30072 Lovingyourwork (17) 56.5 52 B Murray 7 6s530 Standrews Masonic (4) 54 65 T Moseley 7 6s465 Phelan The Power (19) 57.5 60 J Laking 9 900s0 Whiskey In The Jar (7) 57 59 K Kwo Race 3: SABER, MAXIMUS PRIME, BENAUD 9 3454 Folktale (1) 56.5 51 R Mudhoo (a1) 8 799P4 Francis Drake (6) 54 55 R Mudhoo (a1) 8 9s21 Chilly Filly (6) 57 63 K Kwo 10 90772 Curve (5) 56.5 58 K Asano (a) Race 4: MISS TAVI, FIVE PRINCES, MANHATTEN AFFAIR 10 43 Paze The Power (14) 56.5 51 K Kwo 9 099P5 Head Office (8) 54 55 T Jonker 9 508s7 All Or Nothing (11) 57 59 L Callaway 11 75317 Mistletoe (8) 56 61 L Allpress Race 5: DEELS DONE, RELIABLY PERKY, AQUATTACK 11 — Baby Cheeses SCRATCHED 10 94262 Drake Bay (18) 57 59 Ms M Taylor (a4) 12 60754 Sure Is (14) 56 61 T Comignaghi Race 6: THE BUFFER, CHILLY FILLY, DRAKE BAY 12 8547 Sarayu (4) 56.5 49 L Callaway 5 Dunstan Horse Feeds 1.52 11 75430 Granite Ridge (2) 56 57 R Mudhoo (a1) 13 s5158 Repulse (1) 55.5 60 R Mudhoo (a1) Race 7: THE GROWLER, RITANI, MIDNIGHT RUNNER 13 40960 Miss Chaplin (6) 56.5 47 K Mudhoo $22,500, rating 65 benchmark*, 2200m 12 130s0 Boyslightup (17) 55.5 60 K Mudhoo 14 s0552 Play The Field (13) 54 57 C Campbell Race 8: PAPAGENA, JIN LU, REPULSE 14 So Amused (9) 56.5 45 T Comignaghi 13 91568 Pearl Davone (13) 55.5 60 B Murray EMERGENCIES: EMERGENCIES: 1 s8566 Slammer (13) 60 65 C Campbell 14 7s653 Tarabeebee (9) 54 57 T Comignaghi Race 9: TAKE THE DEEL, LOUIE LOUIE, ATHENE 2 90013 Deels Done (2) 59.5 64 K Williams 15 s0646 Miss Oaks (12) 54 57 15 Hidalgo (3) 58.5 45 J Laking EMERGENCIES: 16 59960 Hey Soul Sister (10) 54 57 16 s06s7 Case Study (13) 58.5 45 3 38435 Are You Cereal (4) 59 63 15 5574s Leuluai (14) 56 57 Ms M Taylor (a4) 17 489s0 Redesdale (19) 55.5 56 17 0s60 Lennon (8) 58.5 45 16 0s864 Sanctify (7) 54 57 18 s070s Grab The Bar (6) 55 55 18 s5069 Mr Tool (2) 58.5 45 4 s0162 Mr Fahrenheit (14) 59 63 J Laking 17 04686 Take A Risk (16) 54 57 5 69431 Camping (6) 58.5 62 J Lowry 19 43710 Jimmy Who (20) 58 61 1 A Euro. Stayer Go Racing 11.37 18 4076s All Black Magic (4) 56 57 20 44009 Maidinthemist (11) 55 59 3 Simmo, Steve & Greeno 12.42 6 94441 Master Lincoln (3) 58.5 62 C Johnson 19 s070s Grab The Bar (12) 55 55 $25,000, 3&4yo set weight, 1600m 7 s4033 Queen Sweep (8) 58 65 $27,500, rating 74 benchmark, 1200m 20 070s8 Iffida (10) 54 55 9 Trembath Plumbing 4.11 1 11405 He’s Got Power (10) 58.5 84 8 21744 Reliably Perky (15) 58 65 R Mudhoo (a1) 1 8402D Saber (3) 63.5 81 Callum Jones (a3) 7 Winter Cup Trial 3.04 $27,500, rating 74 benchmark, 1600m 2 23312 Benaud (11) 59 72 W Papier (a3) 9 72309 King Of The Dance (12) 58 61 R Cuneen 2 68514 El Gladiador (3) 58.5 76 T Comignaghi $32,500, open handicap, 1400m 1 10011 So Much Mour (1) 60.5 75 3 64374 Keep Quiet (7) 58.5 69 3 13522 Desert Magic (4) 59 72 J Lowry 10 79505 Ringadingding (1) 57 63 R Mudhoo (a1) Callum Jones (a3) Callum Jones (a3) 4 4s166 So Natural (1) 57.5 69 K Mudhoo 11 92744 Wannabe ‘n’ Paris (18) 57 63 B Murray 1 71572 Midnight Runner (5) 62 90 2 31611 Take The Deel (15) 60 74 T Moseley 4 17s43 Barrett (6) 58.5 61 J Lowry 5 211 Maximus Prime (10) 57 68 12 80623 Lapis Lazuli (5) 56 61 K Asano (a) Callum Jones (a3) 3 06418 Ricky Baker (12) 59 72 Ms M Taylor (a4) 5 43710 Jimmy Who (4) 58.5 61 Ms M Taylor (a4) T Comignaghi 13 40004 Aquattack (11) 55.5 60 T Comignaghi 2 73610 Carson River (8) 61.5 89 T Comignaghi 4 s4531 Louie Louie (4) 58 70 C Johnson 6 56830 The Green Gremlin (5) 58.5 60 6 00113 Ohio Showgirl (12) 56 70 K Asano (a) 14 86025 Faux Pas (9) 55.5 60 L Allpress 3 23164 Beauty Star (4) 60.5 87 L Allpress 5 06613 Original Gangster (13) 58 70 K Williams C Johnson 7 55911 First Rock (6) 55.5 69 C Johnson EMERGENCIES: 4 535s6 Monza Circuito (2) 58 86 K Asano (a) 6 0s568 Our Teddy Boy (7) 58 70 J Lowry 7 09101 Pete The Driver (8) 57.5 67 L Allpress 8 4390s Never Quitz (7) 55.5 69 L Allpress 15 17356 Youneverknow (7) 55.5 60 5 11053 Ritani (6) 58 86 C Johnson 7 38134 Island Hop (3) 57.5 69 (a3) 8 52639 Cannoli (9) 56.5 68 K Asano (a) 9 s80s1 Where’s Wally (5) 54.5 63 K Williams 16 17065 Mr Fox (17) 57 59 6 20224 The Growler (1) 56.5 79 (a3) 8 5P086 Oceans Away (5) 57.5 69 D Bothamley 10 37269 Vino Bella (9) 54 65 (a3) 17 55608 Rockwithme (19) 54 56 9 s4031 Russian Fable (2) 56.5 62 (a3) 7 37364 Goodanya (7) 56 78 B Murray 9 5s515 Athene (10) 57 72 L Allpress 11 23030 Arnage (2) 54 59 R Mudhoo (a1) 18 489s0 Redesdale (16) 55.5 56 8 31049 Tellyawhat (3) 55 76 T Moseley 10 44009 Maidinthemist (1) 56.5 59 10 95520 Mamma Sans (11) 57 72 B Murray 12 900s4 Holy Loch (8) 54 55 Ashvin Mudhoo (a3) 19 s6080 Shaz The Bank (10) 54 55 11 50767 Hunter Villain (8) 57 68 R Mudhoo (a1) 2 Mlm Construction 12.07 20 — Head Office SCRATCHED 8 Sims Bakery 3.38 4 D. Stackhouse & N. Stewart 1.17 12 75236 St Andre (6) 57 68 T Comignaghi $10,000, maiden, 1400m 6 Gary McCormick Transport 2.27 $22,500, rating 65 benchmark*, 1600m 13 55213 Blue Eyed Susie (14) 55.5 69 1 0s342 Velarde (5) 58.5 53 T Moseley $32,500, open handicap, 2200m 1 s2220 Jin Lu (3) 59.5 64 T Moseley C Campbell 2 0525 Dettifoss (12) 58.5 52 K Asano (a) 1 — Flying Sardine SCRATCHED $22,500, rating 65 benchmark*, 1400m 2 200s1 Red Magician (17) 58.5 62 J Laking 14 0s891 Tuilana (2) 55 68 K Mudhoo 3 07033 Lachie’s Mate (15) 58.5 52 (a3) 2 36447 Rosie Glow (1) 59.5 83 (a3) 1 53032 The Buffer (20) 59 63 T Moseley 3 33433 Benny Lincoln (16) 58 61 D Bothamley EMERGENCIES: 4 340s0 Levon (7) 58.5 49 Ashvin Mudhoo (a3) 3 s4235 Five Princes (2) 56.5 73 L Allpress 2 58313 Arklow (5) 58.5 62 L Allpress 4 39053 Yeah Right (18) 58 61 R Cuneen 15 369s1 Anjameme (9) 54.5 67 K Asano (a) 5 59376 Mind You (11) 58.5 49 L Allpress 4 41121 Miss Tavi (7) 56 76 K Williams 3 20461 Jack Knows Best (1) 58.5 62 C Johnson 5 s6452 Papagena (4) 57 63 (a3) 16 9s089 Rodolfo (16) 56.5 67

Forbury Park harness at Forbury Park Friday Jetbet 7 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 Q. 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 PL6 5-10 Selections 2 NZB Standardbred Pace 5.46 5 90444 Santeria (Fr) 5 J Morrison (J) 8 07140 Mr Olympus (Fr) 8 M Shirley 9 Beaumont RC Trotters Cup 8.41 Race 1: MILLIE’S GIFT, ADITI, PEARLSPUR 6 3538s Change At The Top (Fr) 6 C Ferguson 9 59894 T Bone Rawhide (Fr) U1 C Ferguson $7000, non-winners 3yo+ mr47 to mr50. 7 95425 Leconte (Fr) 7 J Cox $12,000, 3yo+ r45+ discretionary handicap Race 2: OWES ME DOUGH, MIDNITETRAINTOGEORGA, mobile, 2200m 8 083s9 Ellz Angel (Fr) 8 B McLellan 7 Glenbrook Pk Standardbreds 7.51 stand, 2700m SISTER ACT 1 70Ps5 Matai Charlotte (Fr) 1 A Milne 9 42597 Southern Starr (Fr) 21 M Williamson $8000, r40-r46. mobile, 2200m 1 74355 Spotlight The Valley (Fr) 1 B Orange Race 3: CODY BANNER, SVELT, LA REINA DEL SUR 2 8 Prodigal Son (Fr) 2 R Holmes 10 656s5 Rin Tin Tin (Fr) 22 B Williamson 2 54461 Samanthas Moon (Fr) 2 J Cox Race 4: SEVENTH HEAVEN, RIN TIN TIN, LECONTE 3 35P83 Cute Art (Fr) 3 R May 11 65454 Forty Wives (Fr) 23 K Tomlinson (J) 1 359s6 Tetrick (Fr) 1 B McLellan 2 78767 Pete’s Dash (Fr) 2 N Williamson 3 98302 One Over All (Fr) 3 G Smith Race 5: BEAUTY BARRY, CELEBRATING, SHARDS FURY 4 590s2 Midnitetraintogeorga (Fr) 4 B Orange 4 36822 Girls Let Loose (10) 1 R May Race 6: MAJESTIC ROLLON, T BONE RAWHIDE, TOM BRADY 5 6 Out Of The Dark (Fr) 5 B Williamson 5 Lynette & Bruce Anderson 7.0 1 3 42443 Conquer Me (Fr) 3 R Holmes 4 09078 Honour Scroll (Fr) 4 K Tomlinson (J) 5 s90s6 Winning Bones (10) 2 S Tomlinson (J) Race 7: CONQUER ME, MYRCELLA, TO RI CAITLIN 6 023s2 Owes Me Dough (Fr) 6 S Tomlinson (J) $7500, w/c. mobile, 2200m 6 32221 Sunnivue Phileah (10) 3 J Morrison (J) 7 3 Sister Act (Fr) 7 N Williamson 5 00095 Ideal Asset (Fr) 5 C Ferguson Race 8: DASHTOTHEBEACH, DACHY, VON ART 1 0260s Boulton Home (Fr) 1 S Ottley 7 06911 Count Eyre (10) 4 M Williamson 8 2 Livy Desma (Fr) 8 B Barclay 6 29733 To Ri Caitlin (Fr) 6 S Tomlinson (J) Race 9: SUNNIVUE PHILEAH, COUNT EYRE, TWEEDLEDEE 2 346s1 Shards Fury (Fr) 2 B Williamson 9 Justin Fun (Fr) 21 M Williamson 7 46553 Myrcella (Fr) 7 J Cox 8 77233 Sundons Flyer (10) 5 S O’Reilly (J) Race 10: AH MACH, HAZER, MUCHO MACHO MAN 3 s8038 Celebrating (Fr) 3 N Williamson 8 09987 Playboy Prince (Fr) 8 M Williamson 9 05023 Crusher Collins (10) U1 C Ferguson 3 Nevele R Stud Trot 6.11 4 48095 Bettors Atom (Fr) 4 K Tomlinson (J) 9 90526 Alexy (Fr) 21 R May 10 68662 King Of The North (10) U2 (J) 5 s00s6 Uncle Chan (Fr) 5 (J) 10 09688 Aveross Rustler (Fr) 22 S Ottley 11 07s13 King Cassidy (10) U3 E Barron (J) $7500, 3yo+ r40-r44,r45 w/c stand, 2200m 6 84217 Beauty Barry (Fr) 6 B Orange 11 79462 Tad Lincoln (Fr) 23 B Williamson 12 18209 Springbank Mason (20) 1 B Williamson 1 Craig Paddon Lawyer Trot 5.21 1 09533 Cody Banner (Fr) 1 R May 7 23184 Arlo Maguire (Fr) 7 K Barclay 13 14631 Tweedledee (40) 1 S Ottley 2 s3176 Shes So Right (Fr) 2 K Tomlinson (J) 8 98734 Kerala Star (Fr) 8 R May $7000, non-winners 2yo+ stand, 2200m 8 Allans Sheet Metal Pace 8.16 3 00597 Barham Belle (Fr) 3 (J) 9 00888 Mach O’Melley (Fr) 21 J Morrison (J) 10 Tuapeka HRC Pacers Cup 9.06 1 75506 The Power Broker (Fr) 1 E Barron (J) 4 80559 South Park (Fr) 4 J Morrison (J) 10 70391 The Artful Dodger (Fr) 22 J Kennett (J) $8000, 3yo+ r47-r54. mobile, 2200m $10,000, 3yo+ r55-r60. mobile, 2200m 2 08sP5 Aditi (Fr) 2 G Smith 5 48067 Cuddly Trouble (Fr) 5 S Ottley 11 50724 Tartan Roxy (Fr) 23 J Cox 1 07524 Dachy (Fr) 1 I Goodman 3 78686 Petronelli Gee (Fr) 3 A Milne 6 23780 Palisade (Fr) U1 B Orange 2 8060s Hampton (Fr) 2 K Barclay 1 93332 Hazer (Fr) 1 S Tomlinson (J) 4 98255 Myshout (Fr) 4 (J) 7 0P024 Svelt (Fr) U2 B Williamson 6 Yaldhurst Hotel Trot 7. 26 3 32911 Dashtothebeach (Fr) 3 J Cox 2 94681 Cast A Shadow (Fr) 2 K Larsen 5 58094 Cheeky Monkey (Fr) 5 L O’Reilly 8 60728 La Reina Del Sur (Fr) U3 M Williamson $7500, r45-r49,r50-r54 w/c stand, 2200m 4 55135 Von Art (Fr) 4 M Williamson 3 90135 Dreaminsover (Fr) 3 R May 6 3 Millie’s Gift (Fr) 6 P Williamson 4 41162 Olive Cook (Fr) 4 M Williamson 7 79767 Westland Peak (Fr) 7 R Holmes 4 Golden Fleece Hotel Pace 6.36 1 s0766 The Peaky Blinder (Fr) 1 B Orange 5 436s7 Lucys Delight (Fr) 5 B McLellan 8 43682 Tease My Tartan (Fr) 8 J Morrison (J) 2 95314 Dem Bones Dem Bones (Fr) 2 6 21660 Ohoka Agent (Fr) 6 B Williamson 5 s1714 Maybe (Fr) 5 J Cox $7000, non-winners 3yo+ mr40 to mr46. 9 83645 Eilish Hall (Fr) 9 R May N Williamson 7 96s68 Wolf West (Fr) 7 B Orange 6 74125 Whata Razzle Dazzle (Fr) 6 B Orange 10 00s92 Pearlspur (Fr) 10 S O’Reilly (J) mobile, 2200m 3 32017 Denn Nee’s Sister (Fr) 3 B Williamson 8 — Jonique SCRATCHED 7 60764 Especial (Fr) 7 S Ottley 11 45s27 Majestic Whisper (Fr) U1 M Williamson 1 P0s78 Phoebe’s Delight (Fr) 1 S Ottley 4 82801 Majestic Rollon (Fr) 4 K Barclay 9 07166 Four Starzzz Shiraz (Fr) 21 D O’Connell 8 33283 Mucho Macho Man (Fr) 8 B Williamson 12 5350P Night Watch (Fr) U2 A Clark 2 0700s Atarah (Fr) 2 E Barron (J) 5 21 Tom Brady (Fr) 5 G Smith 10 — Classey Robin SCRATCHED 9 99164 American Mac (Fr) 21 C Ferguson 13 47379 Kiwi Heir (Fr) U3 B Orange 3 s6360 Sly Tricks (Fr) 3 N Williamson 6 25188 Moment Of Kaos (Fr) 6 J Cox 11 940s1 Sneak A Peek (Fr) 22 K Tomlinson (J) 10 30982 Dodgethebullet (Fr) 22 S O’Reilly (J) 14 59738 My Hope (Fr) U4 B Norman 4 636s2 Seventh Heaven (Fr) 4 K Barclay 7 8959s Fast Whispering (Fr) 7 M Williamson 12 s5001 Unico Gem (Fr) 23 R May 11 30131 Ah Mach (Fr) 23 N Williamson

Christchurch greys at Addington Friday Jetbet 9 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 Q. 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 PL6 7-12 Selections 2 C'bury Futurity Sprint Heat 4.38 5 C'bury Futurity Sprint Heat 5.36 6 54177 Goldstar Tanner 29.94 Riley Evans 2 11455 Know Pick 30.37 Garry Cleeve Race 1: MITCHAM MAGIC, FLAPPABLE, 7 11561 Tokyo Bird 29.89 Craig Roberts 3 63421 Epic Cruze 30.24 Janine McCook $2100, R/A, heat, 295m $2100, R/A, heat, 295m 8 12214 Leonard Bale 29.98 Craig Roberts 4 42334 Opawa Lucy 29.99 J & D Fahey DIAMOND HARMONY 1 32375 Mitcham Queen 17.19 John McInerney 1 67435 Goldstar Farryn 17.47 Riley Evans EMERGENCY: 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a Race 2: HILTON HOPE, EPIC DIAMOND, THUNDER HALLOWS 2 56713 Hilton Hope 17.06 Bruce Dann 2 67135 Hilton Headache 17.20 Bruce Dann 9 65846 Goldstar Yankee 30.22 Riley Evans 6 57831 Dark And Dusty 30.42 Daniel Roberts Race 3: TROUSSEAU, OPAWA PHIL, MITCHAM SAM 3 56512 Denarau Delight 17.33 Malcolm Grant 3 21313 Edge Of Reason 17.03 Jason Dunn 7 33713 Tomfoolery 17.98 Lisa Waretini Race 4: MONTY MAD HAMMER, OPAWA BAILEY, NEXT OFF 4 28581 Lautrec 17.36 Rosemary Blackburn 4 76313 Mitcham Rob 17.24 John McInerney 8 Canterbury Futurity Heat 1 6.51 8 13147 My Curly 30.22 J & D Fahey Race 5: EDGE OF REASON, NOTORIOUS HEIST, 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a $3300, R/A, heat, 520m MADE THE CUT 6 78146 Thunder Hallows 17.11 Ashley Bradshaw 6 85663 Diamond Billy 17.47 Malcolm Grant 11 Canterbury Futurity Heat 4 8.06 7 2626F Epic Diamond 17.01 Janine McCook 1 11343 Fond Of You 30.04 Ashley Bradshaw Race 6: IT’S A BLAZE, OSTER BALE, QUINCY BALE 7 15571 Made The Cut 17.20 Daniel Lane $3300, R/A, heat, 520m 8 46385 Homebush Stasser 17.23 John McInerney 8 75111 Notorious Heist 17.10 Ashley Bradshaw 2 55578 Opawa Rainbow 29.92 J & D Fahey Race 7: LEONARD BALE, OPAWA DEAL, TOKYO BIRD 3 27652 Fairly Able 30.12 J & D Fahey 1 16422 Know Keeper 29.85 Garry Cleeve Race 8: FOND OF YOU, FAIRLY ABLE, OPAWA RAINBOW 3 C'bury Futurity Sprint Heat 4.54 6 Suck It Up S I C'ship Heat 1 6.01 4 67514 Know Account 30.12 Garry Cleeve 2 48277 Nighthawk Fancy 30.38 Daniel Roberts Race 9: BEST BALL, OPAWA BOYS PAID, JELLY FISH 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a 3 14F25 Great Work 30.05 J & D Fahey $2100, R/A, heat, 295m $5000, C5, heat, 520m Race 10: EPIC CRUZE, OPAWA LUCY, MY CURLY 4 1114s La Rochelle 30.02 Jason Dunn 1 47716 Mitcham Sam 17.19 John McInerney 6 38572 Angry Jane 30.12 Matt Roberts Race 11: KNOW KEEPER, EPIC ADDI, LA ROCHELLE 1 33151 Goldstar Mauney 30.00 Riley Evans 7 86887 Flurries 30.70 Janine McCook 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a 2 44425 Goldstar Royal 17.47 Riley Evans 2 12111 It’s A Blaze 29.42 J & D Fahey 6 47422 Epic Addi 30.36 Janine McCook Race 12: BOLTY, OAKMONT, SEVE 3 1888s Diamond Empress 17.36 Malcolm Grant 8 52215 Young Mase 30.26 Janine McCook 3 42615 Van Evie 29.93 Calum Weir 7 325s3 Opawa Girls Get 30.16 Robin Wales 4 24216 Bruno Barbarelli 17.39 Bruce Dann 8 75246 Opawa Solomon 30.09 J & D Fahey 5 16883 Curve Crusher 17.27 Ashley Bradshaw 4 21636 Money Spinner 29.93 Craig Roberts 9 Canterbury Futurity Heat 2 7. 16 6 16688 Miss Adobe 17.14 Daniel Roberts 5 45211 Oster Bale 30.07 Craig Roberts $3300, R/A, heat, 520m 6 46673 Quincy Bale 29.93 Craig Roberts 12 Bistro Dining 15 July 8.28 7 28383 Opawa Phil 17.24 Robin Wales 1 42567 Troublesome Kev 30.34 Janine McCook 8 25222 Trousseau 17.00 Jason Dunn 7 54554 Goldstar Spook 30.20 Riley Evans $3500, C5, 295m 8 58132 Chrome nwtd J & D Fahey 2 12674 Adobe Bro 30.24 Matt Roberts 1 C'bury Futurity Sprint Heat 4.21 EMERGENCY: 3 Vacant Box Three - n & a 1 22341 Sam And Si 17.23 John McInerney 4 C'bury Futurity Sprint Heat 5.11 2 31511 Seve 16.84 Daniel Lane $2100, R/A, heat, 295m 9 65846 Goldstar Yankee 30.22 Riley Evans 4 73241 Opawa Boys Paid 17.93 J & D Fahey $2100, R/A, heat, 295m 5 21112 Best Ball 29.75 Daniel Lane 3 17231 Nevada Phil 16.97 J & D Fahey 1 54178 Hilton Jonesy 17.42 Bruce Dann 1 51253 Delaroche 17.49 Rosemary Blackburn 7 Suck It Up S I C'ship Heat 2 6.26 6 Vacant Box Six - n & a 4 54113 Homebush Gambler 17.14 John McInerney 2 7F76s Theroux 17.39 Jason Dunn 5 14156 Homebush Monkey 17.23 John McInerney 2 13627 Next Off 17.31 Daniel Lane $5000, C5, heat, 520m 7 24666 Know Grizzles 30.32 Garry Cleeve 3 65167 Diamond Harmony 17.13 Malcolm Grant 3 23268 Hilton Joker 17.26 C N Anderson 8 73156 Jelly Fish 30.20 J & D Fahey 6 56351 Beck Eleven 17.04 Lisa Waretini 4 14712 Mitcham Magic 17.03 John McInerney 4 62125 Monty Mad Hammer 17.03 Ashley Bradshaw 1 53427 Opawa Deal 29.98 J & D Fahey 7 22316 Bolty 16.69 Daniel Lane 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a 5 42253 Know Nugget 17.13 Garry Cleeve 2 663s5 Seductive Kiwi 29.98 Calum Weir 10 Canterbury Futurity Heat 3 7.41 8 11311 Oakmont 17.00 Daniel Lane 6 6s112 Flappable 17.09 J & D Fahey 6 31247 Opawa Bailey 17.06 Robin Wales 3 52188 Goldstar Linda 30.00 Riley Evans EMERGENCIES: 7 52761 Know Hinder 17.36 Garry Cleeve 7 73764 Goldstar Lorenzo 17.65 Riley Evans 4 16533 Uthor Bale 30.00 Craig Roberts $3300, R/A, heat, 520m 9 15541 Double Speed 17.24 J M Lane 8 46764 Nova Rapide 17.17 Ashley Bradshaw 8 36674 Mitcham Usain 17.21 John McInerney 5 28534 Shonky Sticker nwtd J & D Fahey 1 52165 Diamond Crusade 30.29 Malcolm Grant 10 36342 Tweet About It 17.25 Hart & Taylor

Legend: T – Won at track. C – Won at this distance on this course. D – Won at this distance on another course. M – Won in slow or heavy going. B – Beaten favourite at last start. H – Trained on track. N – Won at night. S – Spell of three months. F – Fell. P – Pulled up. L – Lost rider. TV – Featured on Trackside TV. 24 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Sprint ace a win closer to Tour history

CYCLING race. He was a late call-up last month as a replacement for Bennett, the best sprinter of VALENCE, France — Mark Cavendish’s fairy 34 AND last year’s Tour. tale at the Tour de France is a never-ending COUNTING: Cavendish has returned with a vengeance, as story. Mark if the long absence had whetted his appetite for Only months after he contemplated Cavendish victory. The way he fought during the daunting retirement, the 36-year-old British veteran wins the Stage 9 in the Alps to make sure he made the is now just one win away from tying Eddy 10th stage of time cut to stay in the race spoke volumes Merckx’s record haul of 34 stage wins at the Tour de about his determination to see the Champs- cycling’s biggest race. France, giving Elysees one more time. Cavendish won the 10th stage in a mass him a record Having survived the Alpine stages in terrible sprint today as Tadej Pogacar kept the race of 34 stage weather conditions, Cavendish will have more leader’s yellow jersey. wins — just opportunities to equal or beat Merckx’s record. one away Back at the Tour for the first time since 2018, from Eddy And if he manages to reach the finish line in Cavendish has been dominating the sprints this Merckx’s two week’s time, the best sprinter’s green jersey summer, with three stage wins under his belt record haul he currently dons will be another target. already. for cycling’s Following two hard stages in the Alps In Valence, the sprinter from the Isle of Man greatest race. contested in terrible weather conditions, once again enjoyed a perfect lead-out from AP picture Pogacar finished safely in the main pack. his Deceuninck-Quick Step teammates and The defending champion was on his guard comfortably edged Belgians Wout van Aert and in the last 20 kilometres on roads open to Jasper Philipsen. crosswinds and pushed hard to remain at the “It was an old-school, run-of-the-mill, like especially with the absence of teammate and France TV, said after the finish. front as the peloton split in small groups. you read in the cycling magazines, textbook sprinter Sam Bennett, whom he replaced at the “When they score, they keep on going. It’s Pogacar has already stamped his authority lead-out,” Cavendish said. “Just getting the lads last minute and after Caleb Ewan crashed out the same with sprinters.” on the race. on the front, pull as fast as they can so no one early in the race. He also enjoys the collective Cavendish secured a new contract with his He avoided the crashes that pushed some can come past you . . . I just had to finish it off. experience and force of his team, the best outfit former team for the 2021 season after returning pre-race favourites out of contention, asserted I’m grateful to all of them. I didn’t have to do when it comes to one-day racing. from a bout of depression and several seasons his authority during the first time trial and anything. Just the last 150 metres. I’m thankful “It’s a bit like with a centre-forward in of struggles on and off the bike. attacked relentlessly in the mountains to open to everyone.” soccer,” Thomas Voeckler, a former Tour rider But he was not expected to ride in the Tour a gap of 2 minutes 1 second over his closest Cavendish has no rival to his measure, turned commentator for public broadcaster and did not train specifically for the three-week rival, Ben O’Connor of Australia. THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY Thursday, July 8, 2021 SUDOKU CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Thuso Mbedu, 30; Sophia Bush, 39; Milo Ventimiglia, 44; Anjelica Huston, 70. Happy Birthday: Consider what you can accomplish, then set your plans in motion. A change SUDOKU is a logic puzzle made will drum up unexpected opposition, but with an honest evaluation and up of 81 squares on a 9x9 grid. explanation, you will be able to get others to see things your way. Using truth, To solve the puzzle, each row, vision and a strategy that leads to doing something worthwhile, you will satisfy your desire to make a difference. Your numbers are 7, 12, 25, 27, 34, 46, 48. column and 3x3 grid within the ARIES (March 21-April 19): larger grid must end up containing Authenticate information. Dedicate time to helping a cause or someone each number from 1 to 9, and in need of assistance. The rewards will exceed the time and effort spent. each number can only appear Romance is in the stars, and a passionate gesture will lead to a healthy once in a row, column or box. relationship with someone special. 4 stars A sudoku grid has a single TAURUS (April 20-May 20): unique solution, which can be Leave nothing to chance. Pay attention to detail, and don't believe everything you hear. An emotional situation will arise if you make assumptions. A problem reached without using guesswork. at home will affect your ability to get things done on time. 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Awapuni Yellow. Shield, 3pm: Rugby Park, GT Shearing Te Wharau Magic; 4, Te Hapara Tahi v v Ritana Snr A (Bex, Selina); 5, Wahine Football 9.45am: WP 8, Mangapapa Twisters v Waikohu v Enterprise Cars OBM (D Kaiti Tui; 6, Central Magic v St Mary’s/ Hauora HSOG v Gisborne Glass Kaiti Paoa. Macpherson, I Hughes, M Greene). Makaraka Magpies; 7, NUAM Tahi Ngatapa (Ash, Tukaki); 6, OBM Red CENTRAL Federation League — Mini Football 7v7, 8.15am: WP 16, v Waikirikiri; 12, Te Wharau Stars v Social v ALH Thistle Phoenix (Chiarn, SUNDAY, 12 midday: Napier, Napier Central Seekers v Makauri Bears; WP BAYLEYS Junior Club Rugby — Mangapapa Pulse. Lou). Marist Seconds v Waikanae Beach 13, Mangapapa Sizzlers v St Mary’s THURSDAY 10am: 3, St Mary’s Stars v Eastland 12 midday: 1, Steve Craill Ngatapa TOP10 Gisborne Thistle. Flash; WP 14, Mangapapa Landslides v Under 11 — 3.45pm: Oval 2A, HSOB Vets Ngatapa Mystics; 4, Wainui Pulse v v Tatapouri Sportsfit 2 (Ash, Connie); Pacific Premiership — SATURDAY, Manutuke Toru; WP 15, Central Crushers Spartans v YMP. Uawa Hinetera; 6, Manutuke Buttercups 2, Taiki v Pharmacy 53 Campion Snr A 2.30pm: Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy v Kaiti Takitimu; WP 17, Ngatapa Tui v SATURDAY v Whangara Warriors; 7, Makauri Magic (Debz, Shay). Equipment Services Gisborne United v Ormond All Stars. Under 6 — 9am: Waikirikiri Reserve v Manutuke Manutahi; 12, Awapuni Gold 1pm: 1, Uawa Ngarangikahiwa v Maycenvale. 9.15am: WP 17, Central Athletic v 3, OBM U6 v Waikohu; WKK 4, YMP U6 v NUAM Rua. GGHS Korihi (Kere, Justine); 2, Tatapouri Eastern League Division 1 — Te Hapara Excellers; WP 15, Makaraka v Ngatapa Eastland Vets U6 Stags; WKK 11am: 4, Hiruharama v Central Sportsfit v Crosscutters OG Whangara SATURDAY, 2.20pm: Childers Road Rangers v Makauri Braves; WP 13, 5, HSOB White v Pirates U6. Mystics; 7, Mangapapa Magic v Elgin; (Debz, Shanan); 5, Zeafruit Ngatapa Reserve 1, Carpet Court Thistle Massive Mangapapa Quakes v Sonrise Light; WP 9.45am: WKK 3, Ngatapa EV U6 Bulls 12, Awapuni Silver v EV Ngatapa Stars. v Kotahi Aroha (Chiarn, Lou); 6, YMP v Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks; 16, Wainui Bullz v Wainui Blitz; WP 14, v Uawa U6; WKK 4, Horouta U6 v HSOB 12 midday: 4, Te Wharau Pulse v Manawanui v XLR8 (Tukaki, Willow). CRR 2, Thistle Youth v Gisborne Vehicle Te Wharau Kakapo v Awapuni Wildcats. Blue. NHEW Teina; 7, Te Wharau Mystics v 2pm: 1, NZHL Thistle Storm v GGHS Testing Thistle Reserves. 10.15am: WP 16, Wainui Breakers Under 7 — 9.45am: WKK 5, Ngatapa Kaiti Kiwi; 12, Central Pulse v Makaraka Snr B (Jules, Shay); 2, Whalis v GGHS Bye: HES United. v Awapuni Bobcats; WP 17, Ngatapa EV U7 Colts v YMP U7. Macaws. Jnr A (Bex, Justine); 5, Uawa Kahukuraiti Eastern League Division 2 — Wolves v Wainui Broncos; WP 15, Te 10.30am: WKK 3, OBM U7 v HSOB Duty team to bring in the goals: v Tatapouri Sportsfit Social (Kerry, SATURDAY, 12.30pm: CRR 1, Thistle Wharau Kereru v Awapuni Pumas; WP Chiefs; WKK 5, Uawa U7 v Ngatapa EV Makaraka Macaws. Roxine). Vintage v 1st Class Decorators Wainui 14, Wainui Bullets v Kaiti Horouta; WP U7 Rams. Intermediate — SATURDAY, 9am: 5, Duty teams: NUAM Taikaha, GGHS Salty Dogs; Nelson Park 1, Gisborne Pro 13, Te Wharau Kea v Awapuni Lions. Bye: Waikohu. YMP Rua v NUAM Taranga; 11, Thistle v Snr B. Roofing Bohemians v Coates Associates 11.15am: WP 13, Te Wharau Kiwi v Under 8 — 9am: WKK 6, HSOB Uawa Waiti-Waita. Senior byes: Claydens Waikohu 4, Wainui Demons. St Mary’s Terminators; WP 14, Central Hornets v YMP U8. 10am: 6, (3v4) OBM Kahurangi v GGHS TSA. 2.30pm: NP 1, Tatapouri Bohemians v Zoomers v St Mary’s Aces; WP 15, 10am: WKK 6, Horouta U8 v HSOB HSOG Blue Beanies; 10, Sportsfit v Duty board member: Fern. HES United. Mangapapa Thunder v St Mary’s Seagulls; WKK 7, Ngatapa EV U8 YMP Toru; 11, Ilminster Maia v Campion Eastern League Division 3 — Sweepers. Sharks v Ngatapa U8 Green. Gregory. Games at the YMCA TONIGHT — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: NP 2, Smash Mini Football 9v9 Development, 10.30am: WKK 5, Waikohu v Uawa 11am: 9, Waikirikiri v Whangara Tahi; 6pm: Gillies Electrical GGHS Snr A v Palace Shockers v HES United Thirds; 8.15am: WP 18, Central Stags v Sonrise U8. 10, Campion Marcellin v Te Waiu. Claydens Waikohu 3 (Debz, Shay). CRR 2, ITM Thistle v Gizzy Bobcat Rams. Under 9 — 9am: WKK 7, Ngatapa EV 12 midday: 9, (final) YMP Tahi v EV 7.30pm: YMP Sunshine Brewery v Services Thistle. 9.15am: WP 19, Central Braves v U9 Kiwis v YMP U9; WKK 8, Ngatapa EV Ngatapa Magic. Horouta Gold (Selina, Shan). Bye: QRS Wairoa Athletic. Central Vikings; WP 20, Mangapapa U9 Green v Uawa U9. Prize-giving will be in the Games at the YMCA on Saturday Women’s Eastern League — Lightning v Manutuke Wha; WP 21, Kaiti 11am: WKK 8, HSOB Blue v Uawa 2. downstairs hall as soon as possible — 9am: F45 HSOG v Tapuae (Selina, SUNDAY, 10.30am: Rectory, Gisborne Rangatira v St Mary’s Strikers; WP 18, Under 10 — 9am: WKK 9, Horouta after the 12 midday round. Shay). Girls’ High School v HES United; NP 1, Te Wharau Rangatira v Ngatapa Rebels. U10 v Pirates U10. 1pm: 4, Te Akau o Tokomaru v HSOG 10.30am: Whangara OG 1 v Waikohu Bohemians v Gisborne Laundry Services 10.15am: WP 18, Mangapapa 10am: WKK 8, OBM U10 v Ngatapa Turanganui; 7, Muriwai v Tangaroa 1 (Debz, Shanan). Wainui Riverina; Wainui, Neighborhood Blizzards v Makauri Marauders; WP EV U10 Green. Maraeroa a Hinemoana; 11, Ilminster Games at the YMCA on Pizzeria Wainui Wahine v Campion. 19, Makaraka Hurricanes v Puhi Kaiti; Bye: HSOB Vikings. Socialites v Tangaroa Maraeroa. WEDNESDAY (July 14): Start of Round Bye: Tatapouri Marist Thistle. WP 20, Wainui Avengers v Wainui All Under 11 — 9am: WKK 10, HSOB Intermediate game playing 3. Games to be confirmed. Stars; WP 21, Wainui Aces v Awapuni Avengers v Waikohu U11. midweek: Horouta v EV Ngatapa Pulse. Junior football — SATURDAY Panthers. 10am: WKK 9, OBM U11 v Ngatapa Intermediate bye: NUAM Hine Hockey Primary Football 11.15am: WP 19, Ormond Super EV U11 Green. Rikoriko. First Kicks 4v4, 8.15am: Watson Stars v Awapuni Jaguars. Bye: Uawa U11. Secondary — SATURDAY, 9am: 1, Women, A Grade — TOMORROW, Park 4, St Mary’s Firebirds v Awapuni Mini Football 9v9 Experienced, Under 12 — 9am: Oval 1, OBM U12 (3v4) Manutuke 1 v NUAM Te Wananga; 6.30pm: Amber Dental Gisborne Girls’ Pink; WP 8, Central Smashers v St 8.15am: WP 21, Wainui Thunder v v Uawa U12; WKK 2, HSOB Blue v 10, Uawa Iranui v Campion Jnr A. High School v Ngatapa (umpires YMP, Mary’s Comets; WP 9, Mangapapa Awapuni Leopards; WP 20, Mangapapa Horouta U12. 11am: 11, Whatatutu v TKKM Wairoa. Green). Whirlwinds v Manutuke Tahi; WP 10, Hurricanes v Central Gold; WP 19, Te 10.15am: WKK 1, YMP U12 v Duty team to empty bins and FRIDAY, 6pm: GMC Green v YMP Mangapapa Tornadoes v Makauri Hapara High Flyers v Te Wharau Toa. Ngatapa EV U12 Billy Goats. replace rubbish bags where (GGHS, Ngatapa). Dynamos; WP 12, Wainui Dragons v Under 13 — 9am: WKK 1, Ngatapa necessary: TKKM Wairoa. B Grade — SATURDAY, 3.30pm: Te Sonrise Blaze; WP 1, Wainui Dodgers v Eastland Group Super League EV U13 Green v YMP/Uawa. 12 midday: 5, (final) Uawa Aowera v GMC Kowhai (Waituhi, Paikea). Awapuni Blue; WP 2, Wainui Dynamites Intermediate, 8.30am: Nelson Park 5, 10.15am: WKK 2, Waikohu v Ngatapa Hinematioro v Te Waiu; 9, (final) Te 5pm: Waituhi v Paikea (Te Aowera, v Awapuni Red; WP 6, Bayleys Ngatapa Dynamic Rehab Titans v Frank & Albie’s EV U13 Stags. Taumata o Angitu v GGHS Manaaki; 10, GMC Kowhai). Turtles v Te Wharau Kahurangi; WP 3, Te Rovers; NP 6, Columbus Café United v Bye: OBM U13. GGHS Y9A v Lytton Y9; 11, Lytton Mixed Men, Full Round 1 — FRIDAY, Wharau Kakariki v St Mary’s Asteroids; KT Orthodontics City. v Uawa Hinekiuta. 7.30pm: YMP B v Gisborne Boys’ High WP 5, Ngatapa Bullets v Awapuni Indigo; 9.45am: NP 4, Glenn’s Glass United v Netball Prize-giving will be in the School (LOB Masters, YMP A). WP 7, Wainui Drifters v Awapuni Orange; Martins Party Hire Rovers; NP 5, Coastal downstairs hall as soon as possible SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Waituhi v WP 11, Wainui Dolphins v Makauri Ultrasound Albion v Chrisp & Davidson THE draw for PAK’nSAVE Gisborne after the 12 midday round. Lytton Old Boys NZ Fruits (YMP B, Dragons. Rangers; NP 6, Mitre 10 Town v Chagan Netball this week — 1pm: 9, Lytton Y10 v GGHS Kopara; GBHS). 9.45am: WP 9, Makaraka Marvels v Fishing Athletico. Senior Round 3, Week 2. Secondary 10, Campion Gold v Campion Snr B. 2pm: LOB Masters v YMP A (Waituhi, Kaiti Kiwa; WP 10, Mangapapa Storm College, 8.30am: NP 1, Emerre & A and B and Intermediate A — finals. 2pm: 9, NUAM Taikaha v Horouta LOB NZ Fruits). v Te Hapara Soarers; WP 11, Central Hathaway United v Gisborne Investments All games are 4 x 10-minute quarters. Wananga; 10, Hawaiki Hou v Hawaiki Ninjas v Central Strykers. City; NP 4, Headline Rovers v Farmers Secondary and intermediate prize- Tawhito. Year 5/6 seven-a-side — TODAY, Fun Football 5v5, 9am: WP 5, Air Falcons; NP 2, Harcourts Wainui giving will be in the downstairs hall Duty teams: NUAM Taikaha and 3.30pm: Mangapapa Dragons v Kaiti Mangapapa Mist v Central Warriors; Sharks v Grey Street Legal United. after the 12 midday round. GGHS Snr B. School; Mangapapa Wizards v Manutuke WP 6, Mangapapa Floods v Central Bye: Pit Stop Cruisers AFC. Final games for all futureFERN, Secondary games playing at School Puhi-YMP. Defenders; WP 7, Makaraka Phoenix v intermediate and secondary grade school: GGHS Mauri v GGHS Raukura; 4pm: Te Wharau Black Sticks v Manutuke Rua; WP 8, Wainui Crusaders Rugby teams. GGHS Manawa v GGHS Hinetu. TKKM Whatatutu Waingaromia; Awapuni v Makauri Chiefs; WP 9, Wainui Duty teams to put up goal pads, set Senior — SATURDAY, 9am: 2, OBM Strikers v Wainui Whales. Cobras v Ormond High Fives; WP 10, THE draw for Civil Project Solutions up team benches (courts 1 and 2) and Blue v Tyre General Ngatapa (Tessa, 4.30pm: Central Strykers v Central Wainui Colts v Central Tigers; WP 11, Senior Club Rugby on SATURDAY put bins out: Manutuke 1, Tyre General Tukaki). Scorpions; TKKM Whatatutu Warriors v Wainui Cyclones v Kaiti Maia; WP 12, is — Ngatapa. 10am: 1, FarmCare HSOG v McLeods Tolaga Bay Uawa Maitai. Ngatapa Hawks v Makauri Chargers; Senior One final, Lew Patterson Duty club to control scorecard Concrete HSOG (Jonette, Tessa); 2, 5pm: Waikirikiri v Manutuke School WP 1, Ngatapa Hurricanes v Te Wharau Cup, 1pm: Rugby Park, Charteris room for the day: Whangara. Farmlands Ngatapa v YMP Masters Manu-YMP; Makaraka v St Mary’s Swift Karaka; WP 2, Te Wharau Kowhai v St Choppers Wairoa Athletic v Tapuae (M (Bex, Saara). Sticks. Mary’s Stars; WP 3, Ormond United v Smith, A Brown, P Brown). Year 5 and 6 futureFERNS — 11am: 1, YMP 2 v Claydens Waikohu 5.30pm: Nga Uri a Maui v Sonrise Te Awapuni Green; WP 4, Awapuni Purple v Premier-grade final, Lee Bros SATURDAY, 9am: 3, Central Steel v 2 (Justine, Saara); 2, Horouta Taimana Rongopai; Makauri Marvels v Rongomai. Gisborne Basketball Association results

WOMEN’S COMPETITION 38-10, 55-16. 17-10, 28-21, 39-27. Marauders 60 (Stefan Pishief 19, B GRADE: The Shed 59 (Te Ahi Te Turanga 37 (Kiara Swannell 16, Campion Cougars 43 (Robert Fysh Simon Wilson 14, Luke Bradley 12, Hau 19, Matt Tomlinson 15) Hawaiki Ritana Toa 72 (Ohomauri Hailey 20, Alicia Kepa 5) Masters 22 (Janelle 10, Aaron Sarcia 9, Kleve Hooper 9) Adam Harford 8). Quarter scores: City Hou 38 (Paora Whaanga-Gilbert 8). Alexander Campbell-Ratapu 18, O’Shae Te Rauna-Lamont 5, Arie Aston 5, GBHS Senior B 40 (Kiwa Ria 10, Lights 25-18, 54-32, 79-46. Quarter scores: The Shed 11-2, 38-9, Rangihaeata 16) Turanga Health 15 Reremoana Bartlett-Tamatea 5). Kapreece Clay 9). Quarter scores: SE Systems 80 (Rongomai Smith 52-17. (Tyler Riri 9). Quarter scores: Ritana Quarter scores: Turanga 9-8, 17-10, Campion Cougars 14-12, 23-20, 37-35. 35, Ethan Ngarangione-Pearson 11) Hustlers 46 (Eli Swann 15, Fraser 15-4, 30-10, 44-11. 32-16. GBHS Junior A 48 (Kahu Leach- GBHS Senior A 66 (Ngaru Grayson 21, Robb 13, Caleb Swann 10) Old Gisborne Girls’ High 28 (Paige Waihi 16, Qkylau Leach 8) Lytton HS Seb Wilson 10, Daley Riri 10, Weign Surfers 47 (Konnor Gibson 18, Ben Tamatea 10, Natasha Porter 5) Manu MEN’S COMPETITION 44 (Raenin Pihema 20, Hawshane Wilson 9). Quarter scores: SES 25-17, Payne 13, Jerome Tamatea 9). Quarter Toa 45 (Te Amokura Te Rauna-Lamont Rawiri 6, Josh McGregor 6). Quarter 43-32, 60-47. scores: Hustlers 9-6, 19-19, Old 15, Natalie Mackey 13). Quarter SECONDARY SCHOOLS: Gisborne scores: GBHS 18-4, 28-15, 38-34. Raiders 52 (Willie Brown 17, Wi Surfers 39-28. scores: Manu Toa 9-3, 19-13, 28-28. Boys’ High Junior B 37 (Jodicee Brown 10, Jason Tuapawa 9, Dom The Bibs 51 (Zorik Peneha 24, Lulu SE Systems 28 (Alice Sparks 10) Matenga-Bishop 8, Wailer Pohatu 8) PREMIER GRADE: City Lights Wilson 9) Green Up 64 (Tyrese Tofilau 19) Gizzy Gilas 49 (Raphael Ngati Porou 69 (Bronya McMenamin Campion Juniors 46 (Allies Rangihuna 105 (Carl Riini 25, Scott Muncaster Tuwairua-Brown 27, Holden Wilson Heria 16, Nelson Brown 10). Quarter 29, Ata Mangu 26, Tiara Weir 8), 12, Te Haeora Kerekere-Puke 9). 21, Ryan Walters 19, Dillon Dolman- 21). Quarter scores: 16-16, Green Up scores: Gizzy Gilas 11-10, The Bibs Quarter scores: Ngati Porou 19-6, Quarter scores: Campion Juniors Tuhou 16, Paora Dewes 15) Massive 32-25, 47-40. 21-20, Gizzy Gilas 36-34. 26 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 TOKA SHOW CHARACTER Hicks Bay convincing winners at their stronghold RUGBY by Ben O’Brien-Leaf Uawa player-coach and reserve halfback Chris Richardson said they had TOKARARANGI have an inner a lot of momentum at the start of the strength to match their fearsome second half but couldn’t quite capitalise exterior. and get a good lead. The Israel Brown-coached, Hone “Tokararangi deserved the win. They Haerewa-led defending champions beat defended well and took their chances.” Uawa 26-21 in an Enterprise Cars Ngati While disappointed to have lost, Porou East Coast club rugby game at Lasenby said: “It was awesome to play Uawa Domain on Saturday. with pride and passion for our families The knockout semifinal draw for and community in our last home game.” 2.30pm this Saturday had already been determined but the manner of ■ THAT “rugby is a sport for ruffians played the Rangiora Keelan Memorial Shield by gentlemen” is a debatable proposition. holders’ win over Uawa stands them in That the game was played by gentlemen at great stead. Kawakawa mai Tawhiti on Saturday ought not In other games from Week 7 of to be disputed. Round 2 of the competition, Hicks Bay The generosity of Hicks Bay in victory and beat Tokomaru Bay United 48-0 at the dignity of Tokomaru Bay United in defeat (a Kawakawa mai Tawhiti after Gisborne 48-0 win to Hicks Bay on their patch) speaks District Council closed United’s Hatea- volumes about the club character of both a-Rangi ground and TVC beat City by teams. default. United, under captain and tighthead prop TVC get a 28-0 win and the maximum five competition points. Mike Chambers-Raroa, had a winless year TVC won all five games in the first but honoured their commitment to the Coast round for the first time in their 31-year competition. membership of the East Coast Rugby They saw the season out, being unable to Union. field a side just once for safety reasons. They then won five games in the past Injuries to front-row forwards ahead of a seven weeks to add the Jury Harrison scheduled game against TVC on May 15 meant Memorial Cup (Round 2) to the Kath the cancellation of that match. McLean Memorial Cup (Round 1). Hicks Bay beat Tokomaru Bay United 50-15 Hikurangi had the bye. at Hatea-a-Rangi on May 8, and Uawa 24-22 at On Saturday, in overcast, humid Uawa Domain on May 15. They — like the Kuru conditions with a mild southerly breeze, Gray-coached United — have persevered and about 550 spectators were at Uawa brought on young talents such as 19-year-old Domain. fullback Romeo Newey-Schumann. Uawa lock Scott Lasenby opened the Assistant referee No.2 Jordyn Tihore, 16, scoring for the hosts three minutes into made her senior club debut with the whistle the game. on Saturday when she took over from referee From an attacking lineout on the left Jackson Reuben-Swinton. touch, hooker Jack Westenra found lock Hicks Bay had the lion’s share of Jake Jones, jumping at No.3. From the ensuing drive, Lasenby grounded the possession and better field position in the first ball four metres in from the left corner. half. The try was converted by first five- At lineout time, lock Jackson King, blindside eighth Josh Dearden. flanker Weihana Delamere and fetcher Brady Tokararangi struck back in the 34th Heu all did a great job of winning ball for Hicks minute. From a penalty tap eight metres Bay. from Uawa’s goal-line, Hone Haerewa Two veterans started the match at halfback found fetcher Will Bolingford on the — United’s Mike Tiopira and Hicks Bay/NPEC charge and five phases of play later, legend Tyrone “T-Bone” Delamere. tighthead prop Myles Muir-Tawa scored. Tiopira went to his normal position at lock Muir-Tawa and Bolingford made at halftime. two carries each in that passage of Hicks Bay loosehead prop Josh King play, displaying aggressive intent and opened the scoring with a try six minutes into stamina. the game, converted by first-five Irie Noanoa. Second five-eighth Rapata Haerewa After 15 minutes, lock Meiha Waitoa scored converted Muir-Tawa’s try for 7-7 and to give the home team a 12-0 lead. Waitoa’s try that was the score at the break. was not converted but Noanoa rediscovered Uawa scored from the restart. his kicking form to convert hooker Jim Hovell’s Outstanding Tokararangi second-row try for 19-0 in the 19th minute. prospect Kyah Hollis caught the ball IN FORM: Uawa fullback BJ Sidney (right) was named his side’s Most Valuable Player and, one Bolingford carry later in in their 26-21 loss to Tokararangi on Saturday. The sides meet again in the Ngati Noanoa also converted Romeo Newey- centrefield, the visitors’ big first-five Te Porou East Coast club rugby semifinals this weekend. File picture by Paul Rickard Schumann’s try for a 26-0 lead in the 23rd Rangi Fraser put his boot to it. minute. Right wing Tiera Brown-Biddle then Right wing Tipene Meihana gathered scored (not converted) for 31-0 after 31 the ball 15m off the sideline and found NPEC CLUB RUGBY, ROUND 2, WEEK 7 minutes. fullback BJ Sidney on the fly near Noanoa scored the sixth try in the 35th halfway. UAWA 21 (Te Atapo Kirikiri, RUATORIA CITY 0 (TVC won by minute but could not add the trimmings and Sidney weaved his way upfield past Sam Parkes, Tanira Nepia tries; default, get maximum five points). Hicks Bay led 36-0 at the break. three would-be tacklers, got to the 22 Josh Dearden 2 conversions) The home team scored two second-half and passed to halfback Sam Parkes who TOKARARANGI 26 (Myles Tawa, Alec POINTS STANDINGS: TVC 55, tries. scored 10m to the left of the posts. Bristow Hone Haerewa, Te Rangi Fraser Tokararangi 51, Uawa 36, Ruatoria Second-five Rangi Te Kani-Barnett went over Dearden converted for 14-7. tries; Rapata Haerewa 3 conversions) City 34, Hicks Bay 30, Hikurangi 23, in the 58th minute and Noanoa converted for Vice-captain Parkes had stepped up HT: 7-7. Tokomaru Bay United 0. 43-0. as skipper with the loss of Lasenby (left TOKOMARU BAY UNITED 0 HICKS Tighthead prop Manahi Brooking scored hamstring) in the 29th minute. BAY 48 (Josh King, Meiha Waitoa, Jim SEMIFINALS DRAW — the last try of the match in the 73rd minute to In the 64th minute, Tokararangi Hovell, Romeo Newey-Schumann, Tiera SATURDAY, 2.30pm: Te Kura Mana complete their 48-0 win. asserted themselves. Awarded a penalty Brown-Biddle, Irie Noanoa, Rangi Te Maori o Whangaparaoa, Cape Runaway, Former NPEC chairman and president 12m from Uawa’s goal-line, Fraser opted Kani-Barnett, Manahi Brooking tries; Irie Tihirau Victory Club (first qualifiers) v Graeme Summersby, the longtime Hicks Bay to tap-kick and veer towards centrefield. Noanoa 4 conversions) HT: 36-0. Ruatoria City (fourth); Te Araroa Domain, manager, paid tribute to United. On their third nudge on pick-and-go, TIHIRAU VICTORY CLUB 28 Tokararangi (second) v Uawa (third). reserve lock Alec Bristow scored a metre “Tokomaru Bay United turned things around to the right of the sticks. in that game,” he said. “We won the first half. Rapata Haerewa converted Bristow’s the goal-line and the clearing pass was converted. They won the second. bonecrushing try for 14-all. sent right to Fraser, who scored Bolingford was named MVP (most “Not just today but all season long, they’ve Tokararangi took the lead for the The conversion attempt failed and the valuable player) for Tokararangi and shown real commitment to rugby.” first time in the game when captain red-and-blacks led 26-14. Sidney claimed that honour for Uawa. Kuru Gray spoke for the visitors. Haerewa scored from an attacking scrum Uawa had the last say, when Tokararangi coach Brown said his “I was rapt to have 20 players travel to Hicks five metres from the Uawa goal-line and promising young No.8 Tanira Nepia team took time get into the game but he Bay,” he said. Rapata Haerewa converted for 21-14. made a magnificent ball-and-all was proud of them for “weathering the “I’d like to thank our boys for finishing the They increased their advantage when, tackle on Rapata Haerewa 12m into storm”. season and the hearty supporters who come from a tap-kick in front of the posts, Tokararangi territory and steamed down He and Hone Haerewa were of like and roar their hearts out for us week in, week hooker Jody Tuhaka got to a metre from the ground to score on fulltime. Dearden mind — the game had been a battle. out.” The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, July 7, 2021 SPORT 27 Barty wins ‘battle of Australia’

TENNIS Again wearing a version of the iconic scalloped dress Goolagong wore in that first 1971 title run, LONDON — Ash Barty says she’s living a dream Barty’s natural fluid game, with a 21st-century after winning Wimbledon’s battle of Australia on layer of power, evoked memories of the great Centre Court with a virtuoso destruction of friend ex-champion as she swept to victory with six breaks Ajla Tomljanovic. of serve. — AAP The pair’s quarterfinal under the roof on another soggy day at SW19 ended up being as predictable ■ HUBERT Hurkacz was six years old when as its billing, with the world’s finest women’s player Roger Federer won his first Wimbledon title. At 24, proving far too accomplished for the No.75 as she Hurkacz will try to foil Federer’s latest attempt at soared to a 6-1, 6-3 victory in 66 one-sided minutes. winning a ninth. Playing in her first-ever grand slam quarterfinal As if playing in a first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 27th time of asking, 28-year-old Tomljanovic wasn’t special enough, Hurkacz will be on Centre was valiant but outmatched, bewildered by Barty’s Court going up against the player that he — and all-court mastery which has seen her become the a generation of tennis players like him — grew up first Australian since Jelena Dokic in 2000 to make idolising. the last-four at Wimbledon. Being out there playing quarterfinals against him, “This is a dream come true,” Barty said. it’s really amazing,” Hurkacz said. Barty will next play 2018 champion Angelique The Polish player earned that match-up by Kerber after the rejuvenated German 25th seed coming from behind to beat No. 2-seeded Daniil outclassed Czech Karolina Muchova, the No.19 Medvedev 2-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. seed, 6-2, 6-3 on No.1 Court. That match resumed under the roof on Centre “It’s the ultimate test,” said top seed Barty, who’s Court after being suspended overnight in the fourth had two wins and two losses against the German. set because of rain. The other semi will pit Belarusian Aryna The crowd, at full capacity for the first time Sabalenka, the No.2 seed who ended Ons Jabeur’s this year after Covid-19 restrictions were eased, run 6-4 6-3, against Czech eighth seed Karolina appreciated his old-school style of attacking the net Pliskova, who defeated Viktorija Golubic 6-2 6-2. often against the big-hitting Medvedev. Barty and Tomljanovic were playing the first Hurkacz won 50 points at the net, including 10 all-Australian women’s quarterfinal at SW19 since when playing serve-and-volley. Evonne Goolagong Cawley beat Wendy Turnbull 41 Hurkacz and Federer will play after two-time years ago. Goolagong Cawley went on to win that defending champion Novak Djokovic faces Marton year in 1980 and now Barty’s just two matches away Fucsovics of Hungary on Centre Court. In the other from becoming an indigenous Australian champion quarterfinals, No.10. Denis Shapovalov plays No.25 herself, half a century since her idol and mentor Karen Khachanov and No.7 Matteo Berrettini takes won her first title here. on No.16 Felix Auger-Aliassime. — AAP, AP

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BAROMETRIC PRESSURE Sydney fine 7 18 For the latest weather info including Weather Warnings visit At 9am 7 Jul (hPa) 1009.4 Tokyo drizzle 23 29 metservice.com At 9am 7 Jul (inches) 29.81 Toronto showers 16 21 RUGBY TENNIS INSIDE Cycling ...... 24 Draws ...... 25 Rugby ...... 26 SPORT Tennis ...... 27 Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Toka win dress rehearsal for East Aussie Barty into last four at Coast semifinals 26 Wimbledon PAGE 27PAGE SPORTS SHORTS NZ face Middle East qualifier THE All Whites face the prospect of a Fifa World Cup qualifying tournament in the Middle East next January due to Covid-19. ADIOS SPAIN The event, to decide Oceania’s top qualifier,s could stretch across almost three weeks and probably won’t be within a Fifa window, which means some of their best players may not be available. It was hoped the tournament could be hosted Italy into Euro final after shootout win in New Zealand but MIQ has turned down the application for quarantine spaces. Covid has played havoc with attempts to organise an Oceania World Cup qualifying series originally scheduled across multiple match windows in 2020 and 2021. That led to the Oceania Football Confederation settling on a one-off tournament, earmarked for January 2022. — NZ Herald Season best throw by Walsh NEW Zealand gold medal prospect Tom Walsh has won his penultimate shot put competition ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. The Rio bronze medallist threw his season’s best of 22.22 metres to win a meet in Budapest. The field did not include new world record holder and Olympic champion Ryan Crouser, who threw the record 23.37m last month, or Rio Olympic silver medallist Joe Kovacs. However, breaking the 22m mark is significant leading into Walsh’s second Olympic campaign. He passed the mark twice in Budapest with four attempts in the meet better than his 21.36m effort that earned bronze in Rio. — NZ Herald Injury blows to NZ Warriors THE Warriors have suffered another significant injury blow, with Chad Townsend ruled out of the round 17 clash with the Sharks on Sunday with a shoulder injury. It’s not yet known how long he will be on the sideline. Inspirational vice-captain Tohu Harris, who exited BELLISSIMO: Italy players celebrate after winning their Euro 2020 football championship semifinal match against Spain at in the first half in last Friday’s golden-point loss to Wembley Stadium in London this morning (NZ time). Below, Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saves one of the penalty the Dragons with shoulder damage, is also out. attempts in the shootout his team won 4-2. They face the winners of the England-Czech Republic semifinal. AP pictures Centre Euan Aitken and back rower Josh Curran are other absentees, as they remain in isolation for FOOTBALL another week. by Steve Douglas, AP Reece Walsh returns to the fold from a hamstring strain and has been named at fullback, with Tuivasa- LONDON — Facing a wall of nervous blue- Sheck moving back to the wing. Crucially, Kodi and-white clad Italy fans behind the goal, Nikorima also returns from injury and will play in the Jorginho took his trademark hop and skip halves beside Sean O Sullivan. New recruit Matt before calmly stroking in the winning penalty. Lodge has been propelled straight into the team as So much for the pressure of a shootout in a a starting prop. — NZ Herald European Championship semifinal match. The Italians beat Spain 4-2 on penalties at Ko, Fox to tee off in Tokyo Wembley Stadium today to advance to the GOLFERS Lydia Ko and Ryan Fox have been final, where they will play either England named in the New Zealand Olympic team and will or Denmark back at the same stadium on become two-time Olympians. Sunday. Both competed at the Rio2016 Olympics with The match finished 1-1 after extra time. silver medallist Ko hoping to go one better in Tokyo Federico Chiesa scored for Italy with a after finishing behind South Korean Inbee Park. curling shot in the 60th minute but substitute At the time, Ko was world number one and Alvaro Morata equalised for Spain in the 80th. became New Zealand’s youngest-ever individual Morata, dropped for the first time in the Olympic medallist at 19 years old. tournament, missed the next-to-last kick in the “I’m super stoked to be able to represent New shootout, giving Jorginho the chance to win it. Zealand again,” said Ko, now ranked 10th in the The Chelsea midfielder has his own style world. when it comes to taking penalties and he Fox, ranked 182nd in the world, says he’s looking didn’t abandon it when it mattered most, the team have had their toughest matches. Italy’s defence to set up chances. Then he forward to representing New Zealand again and sparking a throng of celebrations as Italy’s Against Austria in the round of 16, the scored. feels more equipped to compete with the best in the players ran toward Jorginho. Italians were taken to extra time and they had For a player often accused of wasting world. Italy’s players then lined up on the edge to go the distance against Spain, too. chances when he has too much time in front of the area and ran together toward the fans. Spain’s striker-free formation initially of goal, Morata showed calmness to stroke No Gisborne stop for ‘Mace’ Leonardo Bonucci went further, leaping over flummoxed the Azzurri to quieten their loud, in a left-footed shot after exchanging passes GISBORNE is not on the Black Caps’ nationwide the advertising hoardings to get even closer colourful, flag-waving fans behind one of the with Olmo at the end of the area in the 80th. tour of New Zealand to mark their ICC World Test to the crazed supporters. goals. Morata grabbed a camera behind the goal Championship victory. Riding a national record unbeaten run of 33 Experienced centre backs Giorgio Chiellini and thrust his face into it. Surprisingly, neither is Napier, however, Gisborne- games, Italy will play in their fourth European and Bonucci looked uncertain at times, not But he had nowhere to hide after becoming born-and-raised New Zealand Cricket chief final and will look to win the title for a second knowing whether to drop back or follow deep- the second Spain player to miss in the executive David White said there would be “further time — the first in 1968. lying forward Dani Olmo — who started ahead shootout, following Olmo. opportunities” for other areas to see players and It’s quite the redemption story after failing of Morata — into the centre of midfield. Italy started the shootout with Manuel the “Mace” trophy heading into the team’s home to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. They had even more problems when Morata Locatelli’s shot saved by Unai Simon, but international summer. Italy’s players have had the aura of came on as a substitute after Chiesa had put Andrea Bellotti, Bonucci and Federico The tour starts in Whangarei on July 26, champions since Day 1 of the European Italy ahead by latching on to a loose ball, Bernadeschi all scored before Jorginho. then heads to Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Championship and they’ll be sticking around cutting inside and curling a shot into the far Spain, three-time European champions, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Wellington, until the last day, too. corner. lost for the first time in the semifinals of a Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill. But it’s at the home of English soccer where Morata looked dangerous in stretching European Championship.