TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 HOSPICE POP-UP CAFE RECORD HOUSE PAGE 17 A COMMUNITY EFFORT PRICES CONTINUE LIGHT AT PAGE 2 PAGE 3 END OF INDIA COVID TUNNEL What lurks beneath

Research project to look into ‘nasty bacteria’ in Waimata River

by Alice Angeloni Tupua (Whanganui River) Act, in which to make change on this’.” Aotearoa in 2017 became the first nation It comes as Gisborne District Council WAKA ama paddlers who train state to recognise a river as a legal person. seeks a 20-year resource consent on Gisborne’s rivers believe they are Dr Hikuroa said the project would application to discharge untreated getting sores, rashes and infections from incorporate different disciplines and ways wastewater into the Taruheru, Turanganui something in the water. of thinking, local communities, including and Waimata rivers and Waikanae Microbiologist Dr iwi, local and central government agencies, Stream. Siouxsie Wiles expects a farmers, foresters, riverside residents, A sign erected on the banks of the research project will find businesses and those who paddle, row, fish Taruheru River, in the middle of the links between untreated and swim in the Waimata, and a range of city, says discharges might occur at this sewage discharged into practical interventions aimed at restoring location in heavy rain events. Gisborne rivers in rain river communities to a state of ora — events and illness. prosperity, health and wellbeing. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Dr Wiles, who was Dr Wiles was invited on board because named New Zealander of the Year in April of her expertise in infectious diseases. ______for her leadership in the fight against “I absolutely jumped at the chance,” Covid-19, will be researching what she she said. “I’m really keen to understand GISBORNE District Council has not received any calls the “nasty bacteria”, or microbes in a little bit more about what’s going on in complaints about people getting sick due to water Gisborne’s Waimata River. Gisborne, and also if my skills can be of quality, a spokeswoman says. She is part of the University of any use to the community, then I really The council’s recreational water sampling Auckland’s Let the Rivers Speak team, want to be able to give back in that way. includes three sites around town — the Waimata who have just started a three-year “I’ve been told of people getting sores, or River at Anzac Park, Turanganui River at Gladstone IN GISBORNE THIS WEEK: New initiative finding new ways to give rivers sick from being in the river and so I want Road and Waikanae Beach at Grey Street. Zealander of the Year Dr Siouxsie Wiles “voice” and to revitalise rivers as living to help understand a little bit more about For Waimata at Anzac Park, of 23 water samples is part of a Waimata River research communities of landscapes, plants, how we can document that.” taken over summer, 19 or 83 percent returned project that will bring her to Gisborne animals and people. Her research will gather evidence to results of the water being safe to swim in while four this week. She says she expects to find Dr Dan Hikuroa, who is leading the understand what was causing the illnesses (17 percent) had bacteria levels that were unsafe. a link between sewage discharged into project alongside Dame Anne Salmond, and sores . . . “to help give the decision- The four unsafe results were related to rainfall the river and illness. NZ Herald picture said the study would build on Te Awa makers the real evidence to say ‘you need events.

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THE community has come together to run a cafe for a week inside the Hospice Shop on Peel Street. This week is Hospice Awareness Week. The cafe will be open for coffee and food between 10am and 2pm until Friday. Eight tables have been set up. Hospice Tairawhiti manager Barbara Grout said it was one of the events put on during the organisation’s awareness week. “We want to encourage people to come into the shop and see where we are while raising awareness of hospice services and raising some funds, too.” Hospice Tairawhiti provides end-of-life care to people in this region with life-limiting conditions. Mrs Grout said their priority was “patients come first . . . every decision we make is based on this belief”. The pop-up cafe has received a lot of community support. The coffee machine and some coffee have been donated by Far East Coffee Co, baristas from cafes around town are donating their time and the baking and service is being done by the shop’s volunteers. “There’s lots of other businesses that have contributed as well. “We would like to thank the community for supporting the pop-up cafe and hospice in HOSPITALITY AT HOSPICE: There’s was plenty of enthusiasm on day one of the pop-up cafe inside the Hospice Shop on Peel general,” Mrs Grout said. Street yesterday. It is open until Friday from 10am to 2pm. Eight tables have been set up inside the shop and there is a range of It is the third year Hospice’s volunteer staff food. Baristas behind the borrowed coffee machine are from cafes around town and are donating their time and skills. From left have turned into hospitality staff to run the cafe are Hospice Shop volunteers Denise Weavers, Glen Barber and Lynne Boulter, assistant manager Jacqui Ritchie, insurance broker as part of the awareness week. Bruce Talbot, who donated his time as well, and barista Kendra Rosewarne from Zest Cafe. Picture by Paul Rickard Swift return to flight expected after Rocket Lab mission failure

SPACE company Rocket Lab “Rocket Lab is leading The first stage safely is continuing its investigation the flight review with the completed a successful into why its latest Mahia launch support of the Federal Aviation splashdown under parachute failed to make it to orbit. Administration (FAA) — a as planned and Rocket Lab’s Rocket Lab experienced an structure that ensures Rocket recovery team retrieved the stage anomaly almost three minutes Lab maintains a high degree of from the ocean for transport back into the company’s 20th Electron control over its return-to-flight to its production complex as part launch on Saturday. schedule. of the company’s reusability test Following a successful lift-off “Preliminary data reviews programme. from Launch Complex 1, Electron suggest an engine computer “The new heat shield debuted proceeded through a nominal detected an issue shortly after in this flight protected the stage first stage engine burn, stage stage 2 engine ignition, causing from the intense heat and forces separation and stage 2 ignition. the computer to command a safe experienced while re-entering Shortly after the second stage shutdown as it is designed to do. Earth’s atmosphere and the ignition the engine shut down, “The behaviour had not been programme took yet another resulting in the loss of the observed previously during major advancement towards mission. Rocket Lab’s extensive ground reusability of the rocket,” “Rocket Lab continued to testing operations, which include company chief executive Peter receive good telemetry from multiple engine hot fires and Beck said. Electron following the safe full mission duration stage tests “The engines remain in good engine shutdown on stage prior to flight. condition and Rocket Lab intends 2, providing engineers with “The vehicle remained within to put them through hot fire comprehensive data to review the pre-determined safety testing for analysis. Selected as part of a robust review into corridor during the flight. The components from the recovered the anomaly,” a Rocket Lab full review is expected to be stage are also suitable for statement said. complete in the coming weeks reflight on future missions. “The extensive data is being and Rocket Lab anticipates a “Rocket Lab’s programme to methodically scoured to enable swift return to flight.” make Electron a reusable launch SILVER LINING: Despite Rocket Lab’s latest mission failing to the review team to accurately Flight data showed Electron’s vehicle is advancing quickly and be completed, the company was able to recover the Electron pinpoint the issue and implement first stage performed normally the company intends to conduct first stage rocket from the sea after a successful splashdown corrective actions for future during the mission and did not its third recovery mission later under parachute. Picture by Rocket Lab missions. contribute to the flight issue. this year. 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Box 1143, Gisborne • Phone (06) 869 0600 • Fax (Editorial) (06) 869 0643 (Advertising) (06) 869 0644 Editor: Jeremy Muir • Chief Reporter: Andrew Ashton • Circulation: Cara Haines • Sports: Jack Malcolm/John Gillies To fi nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 NEWS 3 Diver’s name released Collaboration with community POLICE have released the under the water. name of the young diver who His submerged body was FROM PAGE 1 not thought about it very much up its pipes, that’s a no-go time died while snorkelling for found by searching volunteer because I don’t want to come with because the risk is too high.” seafood at Long Point at Mahia divers yesterday morning near The council previously said the any preconceived ideas. Young waka ama paddlers would on Sunday afternoon. where he disappeared. 20-year consent sought would “I’d much rather get chatting present to the community on this He was 21-year-old Jason The death has been reported provide enough time for investment with people and see what the at a public meeting on Thursday Rangi Paul, 21, of Nuhaka. to the Coroner. and improvements to the drainage possibilities are.” night, he said. Mr Paul was diving with three Police have extended their network to be made. Dr Wiles said she was excited Dr Salmond said local waka ama companions when he got into sympathies to Mr Paul’s family A large portion of the to talk with the community about paddlers gave a presentation at the difficulties and disappeared and friends. improvements required were on how it could get involved, whether Moana-nui Symposium in Turanga private properties. that be a school science project, in 2019 about Waimata River. On whether she expected to find or people with a keen interest in They showed photos of sores Tried to steal shop till a link between sewage discharged microbes and research. and rashes they were getting from into the river and paddlers’ Horouta Waka Hoe Club paddling in the river and argued POLICE are investigating an unsuccessfully to take a till. sickness, Dr Wiles said “absolutely”. chairman Walton Walker said they passionately that the river must be attempted robbery after a failed It was not know if a weapon “There will be other sources as had “a handful” of infections or restored to a thriving state for their attempt to take a till from a shop. was involved but there was no well and so understanding what illnesses they believed were linked sakes and those of others who want A police spokeswoman said report of injuries. infections people are getting when to the river each season. to row, paddle, swim, fish and play police were called at 6.15pm The man fled empty-handed we know where those organisms “Over the last decade we have in the Waimata, she said. after reports a man went into a and police have inquiries under live . . .that will help to say these had regular cases of infection. Childers Road shop and tried way, the spokeswoman said. ones are caused by this particular Sometimes it can come up from the THE Let the River Speak Research Team activity, or these other ones are most innocuous thing, even when will be in Gisborne this week, visiting caused by a different activity. that river is so-called clean.” key groups on Thursday and Friday and Wind causes outages Then people can see what different While they hadn’t formally holding a public community presentation activities lead to different illnesses.” documented river-related illness and discussion on Thursday. Dr Siouxsie HIGH winds caused a few foot patrols out to find and fix Dr Wiles does not yet have a plan over the years, they had a number Wiles, Dr Dan Hikuroa and waka ama issues with power in the region the issues. There are three poles for what the research will look like. of more recent cases they attributed paddlers will speak at the community this morning, with three short leaning over in Te Araroa and our “I want it to be entirely to the condition of the river. meeting at Lawson Field Theatre’s Rose outages noted in Gisborne city. crews will be fixing these soon. developed in collaboration with the “Certainly when there are Room from 6pm to 8pm, following tea and “The 110kV line has tripped “The wind is forecast to community. I’ve kind of deliberately overflows, when the council opens coffee from 5.30pm. a couple of times, and we have continue and potentially get people patrolling at the Tuai stronger today until 3pm. If end,” an Eastland Network anyone is having issues with spokeswoman said. power at their place, please call Cooks PM has fond memories of GBHS days ‘While it’s back in now, we the Eastland Network faults line COOK Islands Prime Minister and “The most fearsome rugby was played need to go and undertake on 0800 206 207.” former Gisborne Boys’ High Rectory by the schools in those days. The school detailed checks. It’s too windy for The Metservice has issued boarder Mark Brown today welcomed the haka being performed by 500 boys on a helicopter, so our teams will be a strong wind watch for inland first post-Covid flight from New Zealand the sideline was an awesome thing to be doing this on foot,” Gisborne and stated gusts of to the Pacific nation. part of.” “The 50kV line is out from wind could reach severe gale in “I spent my seventh form year Mr Brown said the arrival of today’s Ruatoria to Te Araroa; we’ve sent exposed places at GBHS in 1981, along with three flight at Rarotonga International Airport other boys from Mangaia College on came more than a year after the decision scholarship,” Mr Brown said. to close its borders to protect the “We boarded at the Rectory with the country and the health of its people from Cyclist injured in crash other boys from rural East Coast. I recall the Covid-19 pandemic. the frosty winters when the boys had to “It was a difficult decision but COOK ISLANDS PRIME A CYCLIST was taken to “We responded with one get up and run around the block in our a necessary one,” said Mr Brown. MINISTER MARK BROWN hospital yesterday after colliding ambulance and transported one pyjamas to make sure we woke up. “However, we were ultimately successful with a car on Rutene Rd. patient in moderate condition “But Gisborne still had a great beach in our goal and we still remain one of hard work is not over. Police and St John were to Gisborne Hospital,” a St John which attracted all the surfer dudes. less than a dozen countries worldwide “It will take time for our tourism notified of the incident around spokeswoman said. “During the school holidays we got who remain Covid-free. So now, with our industry to fully restart itself again after 3pm. The road was blocked At this stage no charges had invited to stay with some of the farming borders re-opening and the process of 14 months in hibernation and we will all for about 20 minutes while the been laid, a police spokeswoman families in places like Tolaga Bay, Tikitiki, vaccinating our people against Covid-19 have to readjust to what is yet another cyclist was treated at the scene. said. up and down the Coast. beginning, we look to the future. The new normal in this time of Covid-19.” Prices through the roof April median house price an all-time high — $690,000 by Andrew Ashton across the region on offer in April, this rapidly as they have been in our market, “You buy a house to live in so 10 undoubtedly contributed to driving these we will still see house prices continue to years isn’t going to affect that and if AFTER three record-breaking months medians and averages. increase. you are buying an investment, from in a row, Gisborne’s median house prices “Investment buyers, while taking a brief “Activity in the middle price range has my experience, most people hold their for April reached another all-time high, hiatus after policy announcements, are slowed while the lower and higher price properties for that length of time anyway with one Wainui house fetching $2.775 right back in the market, a five-by-two- ranges are still showing strong growth, and do have to pay tax. Everyone has to million. bedroom flats complex having just short of with multiple buyers competing in the pay tax. Latest figures from the Real Estate 10 buyers at auction. auction room.” “I think it’s picking up again now. Institute (REINZ) show the region’s “Buyers continue to be a mix of local It was not just market records being We are seeing the numbers back in the median house price for April was $690,000 and national, slightly more coming from shattered last month. A personal auction rooms and prices being achieved — up $60,000 on the previous high set the our local market, but milestone was also are still really strong.” month before. still with the numbers recorded for local REINZ confirmed the 45 sales in April However, REINZ regional director from out of town — realtor Bronwyn Kay, totalled $36,415m, with a top sale of Neville Falconer said the number of sales the top three being ...with stock levels who, after more than 40 $2.775m — an all-time high for a Gisborne (45) was the lowest for the month of April Auckland, Wellington continuing‘ to be beneath years in the business, property, surpassing the previous record of since 2014 (excluding April 2020, the Alert and the Bay of Plenty. the number of buyers in sold her highest-priced $2.45m. Level 4 lockdown period). “The market has property ever. REINZ acting chief executive Wendy “Activity levels started to ease slightly shown some signs of the marker, competition Ms Kay said the Alexander said, as expected, the ongoing for the region in April with the number resisting a continued continues to drive value $2.775m sale of a lack of supply continued to put upwards of properties sold down 13.5 percent from growth in values over — Bayleys Gisborne director’ four-bedroom Wainui pressure on house prices. March 2021 — from 52 to 45. recent weeks. Simon Bousfield beachfront property “However, we have seen some regions “This slight decrease in activity has “However, with stock was just one of a start to show signs of prices easing and begun to ease pressure and helped levels continuing to be number of “significant” the rate of growth slowing down a little, increase overall inventory by 9.3 beneath the number sales over the month. which will be welcome news to those percent, with 101 properties available to of buyers in the market, competition “Last month there were some significant looking to get on the property market. prospective purchasers.” continues to drive value.” sales. I achieved record-breaking sales for Additionally, it might be the first signs Bayleys Gisborne director Simon Property Brokers Gisborne branch all sorts of properties. There was one in that the re-introduction of the LVRs (loan- Bousfield said the figures confirmed there manager Stefan McNeely said there was a Okitu that went for an extraordinary price to-value ratios) is starting to have the was not a slowdown, with the average bit of confusion among buyers. of $1.8m.” desired effect. sale price for the month “being a stunning “We are seeing a lot of mixed messages Inquiries had once again picked up after “However, we were still surprised by $809,222”. from various sources about the market a slight dip following the Government’s the strength of some of the rises in places “We saw in our auction room a week ago and we feel that it is creating confusion new housing announcements to change such as Gisborne, Manawatu/Whanganui, the quality of stock in the housing market for buyers on value. the Bright Line test, which extended the Marlborough and Otago which have all was at a premium, and with 10 from 12 “They seem to think that prices will period a house can be sold from five to 10 seen annual price rises in excess of 45 selling, along with other premium stock drop, however, while prices won’t rise as years, before the sale becomes tax-free. percent.” 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021

FAMILY NOTICES Deaths GOOD HIGGINS, Marjorie Deaths Elaine. — On May 16, START: The Tux 2021, peacefully, at South Island and DAWSON, Vanessa Gisborne Hospital. New Zealand dog Ivy. — 19 March 1953 Aged 82 years. Wife of trial championships - 16 May 2021. the late Trevor. Mother started yesterday Soulmate of Malcolm. and mother-in-law of near Gore and Dearly loved Mum of Karen (and Edward several of the Arynn and Joy, Miranda dec), Steve and Moe, 13 Poverty Bay and Jacob. Cherished Tony and Nicky and competitors featured. Sally and David. Grandma to her five Samantha Shaw is grandchildren. Nessa, Loving grandmother to James, Emily, Ruby, pictured in action Mum, Grandma, the with Rogue in the zig light of our family has George and Olly, and gone too soon but will loving great-grand- zag hunt runs. be forever in our hearts. mother to Ella, Harper, A service for Vanessa Harrison and Grace. Picture by Donna is to be held at The funeral service Halley Tauranga Park, 383 will be held at Evans Pyes Pa Rd, Tauranga, Chapel, Ormond Road, on Friday 21 May at at 11am on Wednesday 10am. 19 May, followed by Communications to the private cremation. In Dawson family, C/- PO lieu of flowers, Box 3136, Tauranga donations to Hospice 3142. Tairawhiti would be appreciated and may be sent to Private Bag 7001, Gisborne 4040. - Evans Funeral Services Ltd FDANZ Deaths www.evansfuneral.co.nz HIGGINS, Marjorie DAWSON, Vanessa Elaine. — Daughter of Ivy (nee Goldsmith). the late Gwen and Infection linked to – Mokopuna of Hera Gordon Goodley. Kerr (Mio). Daughter Passed away peace- of Mark and Rona fully, 16th May 2021, Goldsmith. Much loved in her 83rd year. Loved sister of Gail, Zahn, sister of Ramon and Lynne, Quentin and Sylvia, Pam and the late Karina. We weren’t Bob Kay, Berys and woman’s psychosis ready to lose you, our Brian Cribb, Valma and gorgeous sister. Now Nolan Williams, Merv resting in the arms of and Sue Goodley, and AN undiagnosed syphilis infection likely whereabouts. bail. Mum and Dad. E kore e their families. caused the psychosis and delusions that When they arrived at the address — a Ms Van Schalkwyk said any risk her mimiti te aroha mōu. led a woman to kidnap a relative and gang pad — the defendant got out of the client previously posed to the public had TIMMINGS, Iris assault a healthcare worker, Gisborne car and went inside. Her female relative passed. The woman had been in custody Grace (nee Catton). — District Court was told. drove away and alerted police. or on electronically monitored bail for Deaths Died peacefully, The name of the woman, who is in her Finding the woman not guilty in 478 days. Her health had markedly surrounded by her 60s, is withheld due to her medical issues. accordance with a provision in the improved, and she was reliably taking her family, in Tauranga on She appeared in court at a hearing Criminal Procedure Mentally Impaired medication. POMARE, 15 May 2021, in her in which Judge Warren Cathcart found Persons Act, Judge Cathcart relied on the A condition of the new bail bond 90th year. Dearly loved Mark-Hilton George. her not guilty by way of insanity of two contents of a psychiatrist’s report, which required the woman to attend necessary — Taken from us wife of the late Stan. Beloved mother and charges — kidnapping and assault with a was not challenged by the Crown. appointments to assist the court in suddenly, on the 16th weapon. The psychiatrist confirmed the woman May 2021, aged 48. mother-in-law of Paul determining how best to dispose of her Most loving son of and Cathy. Loved The judge further remanded her on bail was likely suffering a “disease of the case. Raynor and Sylvia Grandma of Tori, until June 9 for inquiries to be made as to mind” at the time of the incident. She was * The January 2021 edition of The Pomare (both dec). Cindy, William, how the court should ultimately dispose of suffering a range of psychotic experiences, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Brother to Buzz, John, Samantha and Dean, the case. prominent auditory hallucinations, and Neurosciences states: Keith, Neville and and loved Great- The charges arose out of an incident persecutory delusions, possibly due to an The incidence of syphilis, a sexually Joy-Anne. Dad to Grandma to 6 great last January when the woman was at unrecognised syphilis infection, the report transmitted disease, has been increasing Clive. Best uncle to all grandchildren. a hospital with a female relative. The stated. for the last 10 years; his nieces and nephews, A celebration of Iris’s woman convinced herself a male relative The woman was diagnosed with a later Thirty percent of untreated syphilis and will be missed by life will be held at wanted to kill her and that her grandson stage of the disease (neurosyphilis) during patients develop neurosyphilis (NS). his best mate, Phoenix. Tauranga Park, 383 was somewhere being beaten up. March. Neurosyphilis mimics many medical Funeral service will Pyes Pa Road, She believed her female relative was It was noted that during the incident and almost all psychiatric disorders, be held at 11 Kennedy Tauranga, on Friday 21 there to help her escape mortal danger. she had not harmed the victim any further including personality disorders, Street, Gisborne, at May at 2pm. In lieu of She got into the back seat of the than what was required in her efforts to psychosis, and dementia. (Dementia is 11am, Thursday 20th flowers, donations to the Tauranga SPCA. woman’s car and demanded the woman get away from her perceived situation. the most common presentation of NS May, before travelling drive her to a particular address. The Crown wanted the woman in psychiatry.) Neurosyphilis can also for his interment at Communications to the Wairoa Cemetery. Timmings Family, C/- A healthcare worker noticed and tried remanded in a secure facility ahead of manifest in other psychiatric symptoms “Rest in love Skid, B PO Box 3136, Tauranga to intervene, but the unwell woman the next hearing. But Judge Cathcart including personality disorders, cognitive Bad.” 3142. brandished a metal tyre iron at her, accepted counsel Jackie Van Schalkwyk’s impairment, dysphoria or elevated mood, resulting in the assault charge. submissions the woman should be allowed hallucinations, mania, and delirium. - Evans Funeral As they were driving, the defendant to return to an address where she had The variety and nonspecific nature Service Ltd FDANZ www.evansfuneral.co.nz used her hand to cover the driver’s mouth been on electronically monitored bail. of these symptoms makes diagnosis of so she could not call out and alert the He also agreed the highly restrictive NS with psychiatric manifestations a (perceived) pursuant male relative to their form of bail should be replaced with simple challenging task. Suspected Tech company co-owner new chamber president shed fire

MODERNISATION and climate change wanted to continue to modernise the way it that will help us understand what local turns out will be front and centre this year for the operates and continue to improve on what it businesses believe to be the significant new head of the Gisborne Chamber of offers to members. issues for them around climate change, to be Commerce. “You will see a new website (www. what needs to occur going forward from an a tree Tech company dnature co-owner Belinda gisborne.org.nz/) in keeping with our environmental planning point of view, what Mackay has been elected as the chamber’s national affiliation, e-newsletters to inform advocacy to local and central government burning new president, replacing Paul Naske, who you of courses, relevant speakers and is required and more. We will share these will step into the role of vice-president. events in our region, our ‘business after 5’ results with you on completion. FIREFIGHTERS “Paul has done a sterling job as events and of course our advocacy work. “We will also be doing a follow-up survey called out to a president. I will have big shoes to fill,” “On the e-newsletter side, if you have based on last year’s successful trade and suspected shed fire Belinda said. employees who you want to see our construction survey. at Wainui last night While dnature is a DNA diagnostics newsletter, let us know so we can add them “Finally, a big thank you to the board, found it was a tree business operating DNA technology that into our database and if you haven’t heard who are a team of volunteers and a great on fire. is used for Covid-19 testing, Belinda from us in a while, please check your spam bunch to work with. We look forward to Fire and has a background in marketing and filters. working with you all again this year.” Emergency NZ was communications. Before moving to The chamber had two key pieces of The website went live on Thursday. called out to the Gisborne 15 years ago she worked for research it would be undertaking, Ms “If you’d like to become a member head incident at 8.46pm companies such as Nestle, Tip Top and Mackay said. to the ‘Join Us’ page where you’ll find all and quickly put out Ecostore. “First up is our climate change survey. the details you need. Simply complete the burning tree, a Belinda said under the management This will begin toward the end of the month. the online form and our team will be in FENZ spokeswoman BELINDA MACKAY of Lena Bevan, the chamber this year This is an important piece of research touch.” said. The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 HEALTH 5 New Gisborne doctor in full support of vaccine roll-out

THE Covid-19 vaccination offers Having put on her own scrubs (shirt hope, said a Gisborne doctor who last and pants), Dr Williams would be year witnessed death rates in hospitals helped with a hairnet and then a face in the UK at levels she had not seen mask specially sized for her head and before. face to ensure particles or droplets “A lot of our patients were so unwell could not escape in or out. A clear visor that you did not even get to know them. went over the top. Next on was a gown, They came in and then they died,” then one set of gloves to act as her skin. said Gwennan Williams, a new general These were taped on. Then she put on a medicine doctor at Gisborne Hospital. second set to act as normal gloves. Some Dr Williams, 33, has spent the staff also wore respirators. past two years working in Liverpool “I always felt very lucky with the during the UK’s devastating Covid-19 support I had at the hospitals I worked outbreak. in. We were really prepared. We had The experience left a lasting enough personal protective equipment impression and forms the backdrop to and received excellent training. Dr Williams’ support for New Zealand’s “It was exhausting working in Covid-19 vaccine programme. multiple layers and face coverings. “Having had the vaccine it is great They are hot and uncomfortable and ADAPTING TO CHANGE: Dr Gwennan Williams, originally from Wales, won’t to know you can go back to your family, they evoke Darth Vadar, which could be forget working in England through the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. back to your fellow man, and know that intimidating for patients, some of whom Picture supplied you are not putting anyone else at risk. had not seen an unmasked human face If anyone asks me if they should have for weeks. to go on a life support machine. The “Back then, yes, I was sad, but now I it, I say ‘absolutely, why wouldn’t you?’” “Looking into patients’ eyes I knew doctor has an obligation to say that they can talk about those days in Liverpool In the United Kingdom, Covid-19 has it was hard for them. It is harder to may only have a 50 percent chance of and not get tearful. I think that shows killed close to 128,000 people. maintain that sense of connection waking up. That patient has to receive the resilience of humans.” Some weeks while working at or humanity with so many barriers the information from a masked face and It is memories like these, and faith Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital between us.” with no family around.” in the scientists working on Covid-19 (LHCH) and Royal Liverpool University Dr Williams said it was most striking Through the difficult months of 2020, vaccines, that propelled Dr Williams to Hospital, Dr Williams witnessed death when doctors had to tell patients their Dr Williams said she and her colleagues get vaccinated against Covid before she on a daily basis. chances of survival ahead of going to were adaptable and strong as they came to New Zealand. She worked in the intensive care intensive care and on to a ventilator. responded to the magnitude and scale of Dr Williams said it is perfectly unit at LHCH where she was “dressed” “Someone may have been in hospital what was happening around them. normal if people feel some anxiety or ahead of each shift — much like a for six weeks with no visitors, and now One colleague lost her father, aunt hesitancy around the vaccine and she theatre dresser might assist a cast they are having a conversation with a and uncle back home in Iran, yet encourages people to put questions to member with a costume. doctor about receiving an anaesthetic continued to come to work every day. the health professional they see most Nurses call for action Tens of thousands to walk off the job on June 9

ABOUT 30,000 hospital board nurses, “That anger has been clearly expressed facilities will not participate in the strike. including those at Gisborne Hospital, will in the strike ballot result, but this is Those working as part of the strike on June 9. about much more than just money,” Mr vaccination roll-out will strike, but health New Zealand Nurses Organisation Wait said. boards have been given ample notice to (NZNO) lead advocate and industrial “Nurses, midwives and healthcare make alternative arrangements for the adviser David Wait said members had assistants have been working under eight-hour period. voted overwhelmingly in favour of an horrific and unsafe staffing conditions NZNO will also respond in good faith eight-hour strike on Wednesday, June 9. for a long time, made much worse by the to health board requests for members Voter turnout was very high, said Mr pandemic, and they are worried about to assist by providing life preserving Wait. He was pleased by the unity shown the future of the nursing profession. services in the interests of patient safety. by members participating in the ballot. “They do not strike on a whim and Striking was always a last resort “Members are angry and frustrated they care deeply for their patients but and mediation with health boards was at the first health board offer received the time has come for a clear statement scheduled. last month. That would have given most to be made. But he said the best alternative would members little more than 1.38 percent, “If nurses are not valued and be for health boards and government just under the rate of inflation. appreciated, they will leave nursing or to be realistic and come up with an Leave “This is despite the incredible sacrifices move overseas, and few young people will acceptable offer that would enhance the they made in 2020 to keep the country be joining the profession to replace them. profession and recognise the contribution safe from Covid-19.” “This will turn what is already a nurses have made before and since the no sp t Members were “absolutely furious” at serious staffing crisis into a disaster for pandemic. the Government’s May 5 wage restraint the health system and the levels of care The nationwide strike will take place unchecked announcement that would effectively available for ourselves and our loved on June 9 from 11am-7pm but Mr Wait freeze their wages for three years as most ones.” said member determination should not be have already progressed to the last step Mr Wait said members working in underestimated and further strike action of their pay scale. managed isolation and quarantine was possible. Some people assume that all skin cancer checks are the same. The truth is, there’s a big difference.

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WELLINGTON — Prime Minister Jacinda from overseas-based to a predominantly growth, and it also slows the economy,” he told Ardern has strongly rejected the suggestion domestic one through Covid. That’s not to say it’s Morning Report. Kiwis are work-shy and don’t want to take not been without it’s challenges, it has. But this “There can be differences within sectors, up jobs in sectors that have heavily relied on is where we need to work with industry.” so there are obvious areas where the migrants immigrant labour. Past government economic strategies of coming into New Zealand are adding more to Ardern made her comments after the crudely relying on the housing market and cheap the labour supply side and maybe they have a government signalled a reset of New Zealand’s migrant workers to drive the economy were suppressing effect on wages there. immigration policies as it looked to how borders unsustainable and had to be revised, Ardern said. “But then there’s the other side where they’re will operate in a post-Covid-19 environment. “We’ve long pointed to the fact a growth tending to add more to demand and that’s not Workers considered low-skilled will find it strategy that is built around your housing market the side that you hear about so much, when the much harder to work in New Zealand, while at the and immigration settings is not a sustainable migration slow disappears.” same time more will be done to attract those with long-term strategy . . . I don’t think that we He said the country was now looking at higher skills. Jacinda Ardern should pretend that this is something that has about 30,000 migrants coming into the country Minister for Economic Development Stuart been happening over decades and decades. annually, as opposed to the net flow of 50-60,000 Nash told business leaders yesterday the country We’ve seen very recent issues over the past 10 seen in past years. must move away from a reliance on low-skilled settings.” years.” He anticipated the response of those operating migrant labour and instead target attracting high- OECD reports had also found migrant labour She said migrants hoped for quality of life in sectors like agriculture and tourism to new skilled workers and wealthy investors. did little to increase productivity in New Zealand, when they uprooted from their countries to policy settings would be initially to increase Nash told the audience that Covid-19 but the government was prepared to work with take up employment in New Zealand and they wages to attract Kiwi workers, but long-term presented a once-in-a-life time opportunity to fix sectors heavily reliant on this arrangement to shouldn’t instead be subjected to subsistance- trends could see some operators leaving the the country’s over-reliance on migrant labour. help transition to a more sustainable model, she type living, lacking access to basic infrastructure sector. Some have been critical of the lack of detail added. and adequate housing. Chief executive of Tourism Industry Aotearoa, following the announcement. “That is our intention, to go and say ‘look, for “They should have an expectation of decent Chris Roberts, told Morning Report perceptions But Ardern told Morning Report today those areas where you are highly reliant, what wages and decent living standards and yet what about working in his industry were an ongoing the current situation was untenable and her are your skills, training and education plan, we have seen is exploitation, in some cases, of issue and Covid-19 had made that worse, given government was simply signalling to businesses what is the work that you’re doing to ensure that that workforce . . . this is not just about us, it is the amount of jobs that had been affected. its long-term intentions and the need for you’re engaging with government . . .” about them.” “Two years ago we started the Go With structural adjustments. When these plans were put in place the Employers had already made some Tourism programme to try to attract more New She said the use of migrant labour had been a outcomes included increased wages for adjustments through the Covid-19 period, but Zealanders to work in tourism and change type of exploitation by some employers and also domestic employees and a trained ‘pipeline’ of Ardern emphasised there would be some areas perceptions about tourism, because that’s the served to suppress wages in industry sectors, local workers readily available to employers. The of immigration policy the Government would not biggest challenge that the research showed us,” which was both unfair to migrants and New Government would help in training and planning, be departing from. he said. Zealander workers. Ardern said. “Short-term work, business or visitor visas, He acknowledged the tourism and hospitality Those on temporary work visas made up However, the Prime Minister categorically working holiday schemes, non-partnership, industry had ‘low-wage entry points’, but said 5 percent of the labour force — the highest share rejected claims by some industry leaders, in family and humanitarian categories and the there were higher paying positions too, which in the OECD and increasingly were lower skilled. areas like aged care and horticulture, that Kiwis importance of RAC — those things we are not should appeal to young people, if they were Reliance on a temporary workforce had didn’t want to work in their sectors, even when anticipating fundamentally changing. This is made more aware of the opportunities. doubled in the past 10 years to 200,000, Ardern wages had met minimum wage standards and us honing in on temporary work visas and the But location and shift work also made the work said. above. skilled migrant categories settings.” less appealing to New Zealanders, he said. “That has an impact for migrant workers. It “I disagree with that totally. I’m always careful However, Westpac’s acting chief economist, “We need kayak operators in Fiordland, we means that they may be coming to New Zealand, about this notion that New Zealanders just don’t Michael Gordon, said international evidence need cooks at Mount Cook village. These are working in low-paid jobs, struggling to find want to do the job,” she said. suggested use of migrant labour tended to have jobs that turn out to be more appealing to a decent housing and at the same time in the New “When we see for instance what the kiwifruit neutral affect on wages and had a “pure growth visitor coming from overseas rather than a Zealand economy we see it suppressing wages. fruit industry was able to do in terms of factor” regarding the economy. New Zealander looking at those more remote Our view is, now is the time to look at those completely shifting the balance of their workforce “If you slow population growth, you slow GDP locations.” — Radio NZ OFFICERS ‘NEGLIGENT’ IN BRIEF Shoppers charged too much for groceries Trio failed in duty of care for man who died in custody: Crown AUCKLAND — Shoppers were overcharged for their groceries at 70 North Island supermarkets by Belinda Feek, NZ Herald had threatened to commit suicide, and all three yesterday. knew that he didn’t respond to subsequent pain- Foodstuffs confirmed a technical issue led NEW PLYMOUTH — Three Hawera police compliance techniques. to about a quarter of “new special prices” officers had more than two hours to provide All three knew that Ball couldn’t be woken in at Pak’nSave, New World and Four Square medical assistance to a man who would later die the car, or once placed in the recovery position supermarkets failing to register at checkout. The in their custody, a court heard yesterday. It’s that in the cell. issue lasted seven hours, between 7am and 2pm. timeline that forms one of many issues a jury of After entering his intoxication in the police NIA One Pak’nSave Silverdale shopper said she five men and seven women will have to consider system as “extreme”, Officer B and C then opted had gone to the store to pick out a wide range of during the officers’ trial in the High Court at New to “blatantly ignore” an alert that came up on the specially discounted products. However, she only Plymouth, which is set down for four weeks. computer screen. noticed a printed-out sign saying “our prices may The officers — who all have name suppression That alert said to arrange for the person to be not be scanning accurately” once at the checkout — are charged with manslaughter in relation to taken to hospital. and halfway through scanning. the death of Allen Ball. In order to continue through the NIA alert The woman asked the attendant what the sign Crown prosecutor Cherie Clarke alleged the system, the officer had to click “OK”, which he meant and how would she know if she’d been officers were grossly negligent in their duty of techniques. did. overcharged but the attendant didn’t know about care to the victim and that this negligence was Clarke said Ball was unconscious at the time Ball was checked on many times throughout the pricing issue. a causal factor in his death, thereby committing he arrived at the station and at that point should the morning by officers. “I thought, ‘Are you kidding me?’ If people manslaughter. have been taken to the 24-hour Hawera Hospital, The checking involved everything from an are on a budget and have been getting all the The manslaughter charge relates to the which was just a five-minute drive away. officer looking into the cell, leaning over Ball, and specials, but they are not being rung up as officers allegedly failing to provide the Clarke said Ball continued to remain kicking him in the foot. The officers could also specials — it doesn’t sit well with me.” necessities of life, namely medical attention. unresponsive while on the cell floor. hear Ball snoring during his time in there. Foodstuffs head of corporate affairs Antoinette If they had provided medical attention, the The Crown alleges that during the time that Clarke also described some of the comments Laird apologised “to any customers who shopped Crown alleges, it may have saved Ball’s life. he arrived at the station — between 11.46pm on made by the officers, which included “the idiot with us in the North Island between 7am and 2pm Clarke told the court how the officers were May 31, 2019, and by the time an ambulance was was f****** wasted by the time he got here”, that and didn’t receive the correct special price they called to a family harm incident and ultimately called at 2.26am — neither of the officers opted Ball was making “happy noises” in reference to were expecting”. handcuffed Ball and placed him into the back of to call for medical assistance. his snoring and that he was “very 1K”, which She encouraged them to contact the store a police car. “If he had been provided medical care between means “drunk”. where they shopped, “so this can be put right. As As he was being driven back, he began to 11.46pm and sometime before 2am that morning It wasn’t until another officer entered the cell, soon as the issue was identified this morning, our snore. On arrival at Hawera Police Station, Ball he would have survived a drug and alcohol followed by Officer B who said: “get the ambo”, IT team rectified it within a few hours”. couldn’t be woken by the officers while he was overdose,” Clarke told the jury. that the call for an ambulance was made at A Consumer NZ spokeswoman said retailers sitting in the back of the patrol car. As Ball lay on the floor of the cell, he was 2.26am. could not mislead consumers about prices. It eventually took six people to carry Ball into a pronounced dead at 2.53am. The trial opened in the High Court at New “If a problem with the supermarket’s computer cell in the station on a blanket. His cause of death was due to fatal quantities Plymouth yesterday morning. system means customers may have been charged Ball’s time at the station and inside the cell of alcohol, tramadol and codeine. It is being overseen by Justice Susan Thomas. more than the advertised price, the store needs to was captured on CCTV, including a sound Clarke said the officers had owed Ball a duty The Crown will call 24 witnesses over the four act quickly to fix it,” she said. “Request a refund if recording of what was said by the officers. of care given he was in their custody and that weeks the matter is set down for. you find you’ve paid more than you should.” Once in the cell, he was placed on the floor was to provide treatment in a humane manner. There were several supporters in the public The Pak’nSave Silverdale shopper questioned in the recovery position. He continued to snore The officers knew that Ball had drunk a large gallery, including Police Association president how shoppers would know whether they had been and didn’t respond to any pain-compliance amount of alcohol prior to his arrest and that he Chris Cahill. overcharged. — NZ Herald The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 NATIONAL NEWS 7 Oscar fights cancer – again

by Leah Tebbutt, BoP Times before Easter. Gavin wasn’t leukaemias.” taking any risks because if the Oscar has acute myeloid TAURANGA — The baddies prognosis was bad, he wanted leukaemia which is affecting are back. to know, so they could start his immature blood cells on The “baddies” are in six- fighting. the myeloid (tissue of the bone year-old Oscar Bisman’s blood, Oscar’s doctor performed marrow) line. zooming around his body and a bone marrow aspiration to The cancer causes an making his family’s worst fear remove a liquid marrow sample. overproduction of abnormal a reality. Oscar’s cancer is back, “The leukaemia starts forming blast cells (immature white and it’s come back strong. in there and if you imagine it cells) which crowd bone marrow After six months cancer-free, like a tube, eventually they fill and prevent it from making Oscar is back on the battle line up to the top of the marrow and normal blood cells. Because the giving everything he can to beat then spill out into the blood. bone marrow cannot function his leukaemia just as a sense of We were seeing them in the properly, it cannot produce normality was about to set in. peripheral blood, but only little adequate numbers of red cells, It’s broken the hearts of tiny ones, because that was just normal white cells and platelets. his parents, Gavin and Sarah the initial overflow.” However, there are several Bisman, Oscar’s father said. Oscar was back to 90 percent different types and subtypes of “I’d seen him start to become a leukaemia, Gavin learned. leukaemia which is the name normal kid . . . it’s been a kick in “It’s back and it’s back strong,” given to the group of cancers the guts.” doctors told him. that develop in the bone marrow. The Papamoa boy was Gavin said he cried for a good The terms “acute” and “chronic” diagnosed with acute myeloid 30 seconds before calling his refer to how quickly the disease leukaemia at the end of January wife. develops and progresses, acute last year at just four years old. It was one of the hardest being the faster of the two. His family spoke to the Bay conversations he had ever had. “The most common age is of Plenty Times two weeks after “We’d had a pretty rough six under five-year-olds for acute the diagnosis about his battle months and I swear the last lymphoblastic leukaemia, but against the “baddies” — a word three weeks before he got that leukaemia can happen at any they adopted to help explain his diagnosis, Oscar was the best he age,” Barker said. illness to Oscar. had been in a year-and-a-half. Every diagnosis was different, He spent 217 nights in “He’d just gone back to school. but unfortunately, many blood Auckland’s Starship Hospital. One of the days he wanted me to cancers did relapse, as Oscar’s Now the family, including stay and it was a really special had, Barker said. Oscar’s brother and two sisters, day for me because he was at “Often treatment for acute have moved back to Auckland for school finally, and I got to spend STILL FIGHTING: Oscar Bisman, with his dad Gavin, is fighting off leukaemia is urgent and so more rounds of chemotherapy, the day with him.” leukaemia for the second time at just six years old. Picture supplied families are having to move radiation and transplants. Oscar and Gavin returned to areas where the child can New schools and home for the long weekend something, and they were going in that way, but the cool thing is receive treatment and this is kindergartens plus a lack of where the family spent their to start doing something.” he is still himself, with that life very disruptive and stressful for time as a couple are Gavin and last days in Papamoa together, Now one round of chemo down, in his eyes. them. Sarah’s reality as they split coming to terms with the fresh Oscar has one more round to “It’s pretty horrible what The Bisman family have childcare shifts: one of them fight that lay ahead. go before radiation and another he has to go through, but he’s been overwhelmed with the with Oscar as the other cared for Gavin said in those days bone marrow transplant. coping a lot better this time support from their community. the rest of the brood. he was “struggling to keep it “He has gone from 90 percent around. He’s still cheeky, still From parcels of books and But Gavin said the children together” while also thankful cancer, to 10 percent, to funny.” a “Night for Oscar” held by coped with it better than they Oscar had a chance to attack the 5 percent already from the first Leukaemia and Blood Cancer Golden Sands School to half- did. cancer as it attacked him. round of chemo.” New Zealand head of support marathon fundraisers and surf “This time around, before we “The worst-case scenario is And if that wasn’t good services and operations Emma competitions, the family felt the mentioned it, our oldest was like some kids relapse and there enough news, Oscar is still in Barker said around 50 children love constantly around them. ‘we’re off to Auckland then. If wasn’t anything they could do high spirits too, meaning that were diagnosed a year, making “It’s more the fact that people that’s where he’s going, that’s because the treatment itself is so cheeky smile is sticking around acute leukaemia the most are willing, it means as much, where we’re going’.” intense they end up dying from through all the poking and common cancer in children. if not more than the dollars A few strange blood test treatment rather than cancer. prodding of needles. “Overall, around 730 people and cents because it helps us results led to Gavin and Oscar But thankfully, the upside “He’s accepted ‘this is what are diagnosed every year mentally get through another flying to Auckland the week was they said they could do will help me’, and he’s matured including acute and chronic day,” Gavin said. Corrections to stop restraining inmates during labour

WELLINGTON — Corrections will no use “risk assessment processes” to ensure A 2019 report into the MBU in a medical professional says a woman longer use handcuffs on women who are the safety of everyone involved. Auckland found female prisoners were is in labour, restraints must be past 30 weeks pregnant, or during labour, Staff would also be required to be handcuffed in labour or soon after birth removed. or while prisoners are in hospital after outside an examination or birthing in hospital. The 2019 report found guidance giving birth, it announced yesterday. room when an expectant mother was A 2020 report into a Christchurch unit was unclear, as there were varying The department’s chief executive, having an appointment or in labour, he found handcuffing shortly after giving interpretations of when prisoners were Jeremy Lightfoot, said Corrections’ said. birth and while in the late stages of to be treated as pregnant, and when they previous policy — highlighted in a recent Two separate reports by the Office of pregnancy. were giving birth. report by the Children’s Commissioner the Children’s Commissioner into the It is illegal for female prisoners who The report said it was “completely — was not “fit for purpose” and did not Mothers with Babies Unit (MBU) in are giving birth to be restrained, and unacceptable” and expected the practice make allowances for the added stress prisons have found multiple incidents Corrections’ policy states that where would be “discontinued”. — Radio NZ expectant mothers experienced. where women were handcuffed before, Lightfoot said officers would instead during and after giving birth. MAY SPECIALS

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by Matt Nippert and Kurt Bayer, “Monthly Value” spreadsheets for nearly balances, as well as in monthly updates New Zealand Herald a decade, from September 2012 until the on his trading activity which the SFO fund’s sudden freezing in February 2020. allege far understated the level of risk CHRISTCHURCH — A Christchurch- For instance, in September 2012 the and losses he was incurring. based economist who convinced some of fund reported a value of $13.6m, but this For instance, in July and August New Zealand’s wealthiest businesspeople was alleged by the SFO to have been of 2019, the SFO alleges, Tonkin told to plough tens of millions of dollars into inflated by $10.6m. investors his trades across six currencies his Cayman Islands-based investment In 2016, a British pension scheme, had generated monthly returns ranging fund has been charged with fraud, the NZ Evergreen, noted in its annual report from losses of 3.6 percent to profits of Herald revealed today. that it had withdrawn from the fund “due 2.3 percent. In reality, his trading Kelly Tonkin, 52, was charged by the to the delay in the provision of audited verged on rogue and he lost at least 26.4 Serious Fraud Office on March 26, court accounts . . . and the auditor’s inability percent each of these months in each of documents show. He has yet to enter a to verify the valuation of the underlying the currencies he traded — and booked plea and is next expected to appear in assets”. losses of 274.4 percent in August on deals court on May 27. Charging sheets allege several involving the United States dollar. The alleged fraud is believed to be one international clients stopped receiving But worse was to come the next month, of the biggest of its type in NZ and its monthly investors statements around the SFO alleges. In September 2019 his alleged victims included several rich- this time, suggesting they withdrew their USD trading recorded losses of 1575.5 listers and Auckland’s private Diocesan investments. They included the Swiss percent — suggesting highly risky risk- School for Girls. stock exchange’s depository SIX SIS leveraged trading that saw him lose According to the charging documents, AG and France’s Societe General Bank, $15 for every $1 invested. He told his the SFO claims investors in Tonkin’s which had been involved as a custodian investors in Penrich’s corresponding Penrich Global Macro Fund were told it for client funds. “Fund Fact” statements that USD trading was worth $137.2 million in February Alleged fraudster Kelly Simon Tonkin According to charging documents, on that month had generated profits of 0.6 last year, but it actually had a value of December 18, 2017, Tonkin is alleged to percent. only $20.7m. have manufactured financial statements Tonkin grew up in Christchurch and Penrich collapsed suddenly in March, investors, and one count of forging an that gave a false picture of the fund’s graduated from Canterbury University 2020, and liquidators were appointed audit letter. position in 2016. with an honours degree in economics. to its branches in London, the Cayman When the NZ Herald visited his “The defendant falsely stated the He worked at Treasury, then Banker’s Islands and Christchurch. They told Christchurch home yesterday, Tonkin total assets, total liabilities and the Trust, where he made regular media investors a “significant discrepancy” said he wasn’t in a position to comment. net assets of the Penrich Global Macro appearances giving economic and had been uncovered. The SFO began “I think I’m still in the can’t-say- Fund,” the SFO alleges. “The defendant financial commentary. investigating soon after. anything stage at the moment.” forged a BDO Cayman Islands auditor’s He moved to London in 1999, working Tonkin was charged by SFO Asked if he intended to defend the report and attached it to the Financial at ill-fated Lehman Brothers, before principal investigator Willie Harris charges, Tonkin replied: “I haven’t even Statements.” starting Penrich in 2004 and returning at the Christchurch District Court got to that point as yet.” The charges of false statements relate to NZ a decade later. Until the collapse with five offences, including two of The false accounting charges relate to to Tonkin’s representations to investors, of Penrich, Tonkin was well-known and false accounting; two of making false Tonkin’s alleged inclusion of false asset both in including the allegedly fraudulent respected in financial circles. All charges statements to cause losses or induce new values and hidden cells in the fund’s inflated value in their monthly account carry a maximum 10 years in jail. Only 5pc of sexual abuse claims

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Figures obtained by Radio NZ under the One support group says the requirement to Official Information Act, and also by Green Party have a mental health diagnosis in order to get ACC spokesperson Jan Logie show sexual abuse claims approved puts many survivors off. is the most commonly denied ACC claim for “An assessment requires bringing in a women. psychologist or a psychiatrist to essentially More than 76 percent of all sex abuse claims diagnose a client with the right type of mental are lodged by women, but only 5 percent — or illness to allow them to access long-term care 280 — were accepted last year. Only 3 percent of from ACC,” said the support group, which cannot claims by men are accepted. be named because its ACC contract prevents it “That’s shockingly low,” Logie said. speaking publicly. •PINBOARDS ACOUSTIC PRODUCTS SNAP FRAMES Sex abuse survivors were pulling out of ACC’s “They’re medicalising it, whereas we know that Purchase any Boyd Visuals products and go in the draw! formal claims process because it’s too stressful, is off-putting to a lot of survivors who don’t want Purchase any Boyd Visuals products and go in the draw! she said. to come away with a mental health diagnosis, as “That really is a red flag for us to re-look at the it might show up for them in the future in their process because it’s not survivor centred.” medical records or when they’re applying for

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with ACC in the year ending June 30, 2020, 339 “This highlights that assessment process were accepted. Overall, more than two thirds of isn’t working and it’s creating barriers for people

all sensitive claims, which include sexual abuse, getting help.” are denied by ACC. Women’s Refuge principal policy advisor

• But the low acceptance rate did not mean Natalie Thorburn said a formal assessment could

survivors were not getting help, ACC Minister also be re-traumatising for survivors as they Carmel Sepuloni said. often had to tell their stories over and over again

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[email protected]@opdgisborne.co.nz range of impacts it’s had on their lives can be Gisborne Office ProductsGisborne• DepotOffice Products Depot 62 Peel Street 62 Peel Street 06 86906 869 0040 0040 [email protected]@opdgisborne.co.nz GisborneGisborne GisborneOffice Office Products ProductsOffice Products Depot Depot Depot 62 Peel 62 62 Street Peel Street Street 06 869 060040 869 06 0040 869 0040 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] “It’s the system’s way of recording it as retraumatising and deeply distressing. 39682-02Gisborne Office Products Depot 62 Peel Street 0662 869 0040Peel [email protected] • 06 869 0040 opposed to a true reflection of women actually — Radio NZ Gisborne Office Products Depot 62 Peel Street 06 869 0040 [email protected] The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 NATIONAL NEWS 9 Chef gives 1000 meals to needy by Maryana Garcia, The Daily Post than 100 people per day. Kumar has been involved with Rotorua ROTORUA — ‘If you can help someone, Whakaora for about four years now. then why not?” Last year he donated 850 meals in This is the lesson owner and chef of memory of his father. Giovanni’s restaurant, Deep Kumar, Rotorua Whakaora general manager learned from his late father — a lesson and co-founder Elmer Peiffer said he was that has inspired him to donate 1000 told about the plan to donate 1000 meals meals to communities in need this month. in March 2021. Kumar lost his 61-year-old father, “It blew our minds,” Peiffer said. Avtar Singh, to liver cancer in May last “We were over the moon that Deep year. would want to look after the Rotorua “He passed away during the Covid community like that.” lockdown so we couldn’t say goodbye to Later this week, Kumar and his team him,” Kumar said. will be back in the kitchen preparing Kumar’s family found out around another 500 meals for distribution. This February about his father’s illness and time, Kumar plans to serve risotto. made plans for Singh to spend his last “We know it’s not about choice,” Kumar months in New Zealand. said. But the global pandemic meant the “Some people can’t afford restaurant- reunion wasn’t possible. quality food, so why not?” Kumar remembered Singh as a Kumar doesn’t see why he should stop “community contributor” and said his there, though. He has already pledged to father taught him to build himself, then donate another 1000 meals next year. to build others. “We’ll be increasing that every year. “As kids, we always saw him helping Maybe we can do better next year.” people and that’s something we’ve always Kumar said each year the donations done as a family. We want to continue will be a tribute to his father and doing that, however we can.” grandmother. One year later, on the first anniversary “My father always told us it was our of Singh’s passing, Kumar’s grandmother CHEF’S GENEROSITY: Chef and owner of Rotorua’s Giovanni’s, Deep Kumar, is social duty to do something for our Barfo Devi passed away at the age of 106. donating 1000 meals to the community this month. Kumar sees the donated meals as community. Devi had lived through the 1918 a tribute to his late father as well as his grandmother, who taught him to work hard “What we learned from my influenza pandemic, and seen the effects and give back. NZME picture grandmother is hard work.” of Covid-19 in her hometown in India. Kumar said he was happy to be giving “Until last week she was still walking,” Whakaora this month honours his two many people they served in a day. back to a community that supported him Kumar said. family heroes. “I said I will give you what you need through difficult times. “She’d seen everything. It was a very Last Saturday, Kumar and a group of and you can distribute it.” “The community have supported us long journey for her. She’s just been family and friends gathered in Giovanni’s Rotorua Whakaora is a food rescue and after Covid. So this little bit is us giving tremendous, always working hard.” kitchen from 7am to cook and package community group that distributes food to something back. Kumar said his grandmother could still 500 boxes of spaghetti and meatballs, people in need across South Waikato and “If people do what they can, we can be found working on the farm at 90 years ragout and fusilli pasta with marinara the Bay of Plenty. build a really great community here.” old. She never ate in restaurants. sauce as a vegetarian option. They operate distribution centres in Kumar started Giovanni’s as a family “It was important to her to always cook “My food has to be served fresh,” Rotorua, Mamaku, Murupara, Little business in 2017. He now also runs fresh.” Kumar said. Waihi, and Maketu, to name a few. Mama Rosa in Rotorua, as well as The Kumar’s donation of food to Rotorua “So I asked Rotorua Whakaora how Their Rotorua locations can serve more Bicycle Thief in Christchurch.

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39784-01 The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 BUSINESS 11 Inflation pressure unsettles markets by Jamie Gray, NZ Herald The US inflation data will have are not squaring with the interest the “transitory” camp sweating. rate markets, which are pricing in AUCKLAND — Financial “It’s the main thing that we are a 50/50 chance of a rate hike by markets are increasingly on edge debating,” Hamish Pepper, fixed next May. about the risk of inflation and its income and currency strategist at New Zealand inflation indexed effect on interest rates. Harbour Asset Management says. bonds yields are also up at It’s had a negative effect on “Yes, we can see that inflation is around 2 percent across a number NO BAD DAYS: Alex Kahl (left) and Andrew Kersley with the New Zealand sharemarket moving higher,” he said. of maturities, again not quite an AVT. Picture by Jim Tannock with many local stocks interest- “The big question is how long in keeping with a temporary rate sensitive, including the large does it stay higher and will it inflation blip. energy utility companies as well remain there long enough for If stronger inflation outcomes as growth stocks. central banks to act.” As it stands, persisted, the Reserve Bank could Robots in the vineyard The S&P NZX50 index has New Zealand’s Reserve Bank has start to wind back its bond buying underperformed other markets remained steadfast about keeping programme a bit quicker, Pepper this year for this reason. interest rates low while the said. by Chris Keall, NZ Herald production AVTs were made In the US, higher-than-expected economy recovers from the shock He thinks the New Zealand by local engineering workshop inflation data for April provided a of Covid-19. economy could be in a much better BLENHEIM — “Robots don’t Machinery Services — owned by wake-up call for financial markets. Most other central banks state than people assume. have bad days, they don’t get Langois — with the AI system, Consumer prices jumped by 4.2 around the world are of the same That’s backed by local bond tired at the end of a 10-hour shift dubbed “Oxin”, created in percent in the 12 months through view. yields creeping up, based partly and potentially make mistakes.” co-operation with Callaghan’s to April, up from 2.6 percent in In the near term, the on a string of better than expected Smart Machine chief executive research and development wing. March, making it the biggest inflationary pressures are there data but also on firming yields Andrew Kersley would be a fan Smart Machine will shortly open increase since 2008. US bond for all to see. offshore. of automation. a 600sq m facility and start yields went up and the US stock Supply issues, freight costs, Key 2031 government bond His three-year-old company production on five more AVTs, market fell sharply in response. goods shortages plus higher yields are up at 1.9 percent from has developed the Autonomous for a fleet of nine. Kersley is Locally economists are bringing commodities prices — including 1.6 percent two weeks ago. Vineyard Tractor or AVT, billed as hoping for a commercial launch forward their expectations for oil — all fit into transitory David McLeish, senior portfolio a world-first, that is being tested in summer or spring next year. central bank rate hikes. inflation argument. manager and head of fixed by Stoneleigh and several other Smart Machine has yet to settle ANZ said it is forecasting the “Where the debate begins is income at Fisher Funds, said vineyards around Marlborough. on a financial model; it could sell Reserve Bank will begin raising the degree to which it persists,” higher inflation outcomes will put It can take care of mulching, or lease the AVTs. the official cash rate (OCR) in Pepper said. “Those supply issues pressure on central banks to hold leaf removal and trimming, and Forget romantic images of August 2022, with gradual but may take a lot longer to resolve — the line. also features an array of data- people tending grapes by hand. steady increases thereafter taking another year, maybe. “The narrative right now is gathering sensors. The AVTs are designed for the OCR to 1.25 percent by the “Once we get through that that there are still very mixed But he’s not trying to minimise large-scale harvests and will end of 2023. temporary costs push, maybe messages,” McLeish said. labour so much as maximise be replacing processes that are The latest ANZ Business economies will be in a good “You are seeing from central the output of the scant number already mechanised. Outlook survey showed measures enough position to generate banks around the world that there of people who do arrive in the The cost of each AVT will of inflation pressure have soared, inflation themselves. is no hurry to put the foot on the region for seasonal work. be “somewhere more than said ANZ chief economist Sharon “What has happened in recent brake of an economy to slow it Kersley and his cofounders one tractor but less than Zollner. months is that the transitory down because of some form of Nick Gledhill and Walter Langlois two tractors”, Kersley says. “Reported costs are through the camp has started to worry a bit overheating.” created Smart Machine in He’s keenly aware that smart roof and pricing intentions are more.” He said the market’s reaction to response to the viticulture machines will have to be cheaper in uncharted territory, with a net If higher inflation persists, US inflation was not big enough labour shortage. than the more traditional people- 58 percent of firms (67 percent of it will then become a matter of to suggest it would put pressure Two, four or more AVTs can be driven hardware it replaces. retailers) reporting they intend to inflation expectations. on central banks “but the CPI controlled by a nearby human, He sees AVTs achieving that raise their prices”. “That’s when businesses print was potentially a shot across toting a tablet. aim through the efficiencies of One question is whether the start to think differently about the bows”. Kersley says while others working more hours and being US CPI result is a sign of things how they set their prices and McLeish talks of the three Ds have gone “big and wide” with controlled by fewer people, to come for the US and the world how employees start thinking — elements that will suppress machines that can tend to three and via their data collection economy. differently about how they inflation in the long run — rows of grapes at once, “there’s smarts. It is widely accepted that are going to enter their wage debt, aging demographics and a danger of losing touch at the Pernod Ricard is a heavy- inflation will keep rising this year negotiations,” Pepper said. disruptive technologies. plant level” with that approach. duty partner. The French as the world recovers from His take on the great inflation He believes inflation will be Plus, there’s much less ground multi-national is the world’s Covid-19. debate is that it’s split. transitory but investors will be compaction than with monolithic second-largest spirits and The consensus is that higher “But I think the momentum has keeping a wary eye on it. gear, and the AVTs are billed winemaker, and in our part of inflation will be transitory favoured more for those in the The Reserve Bank’s monetary as more fuel-efficient than the world its labels include thing — a blip higher — before camp that says inflation could be policy committee, at its April traditional tractors. Stoneleigh, Brancott Estate and returning to more subdued levels. more persistent than is currently 14 review of the OCR, said The AVTs were produced with Church Road, as well as various But what if it isn’t? being factored in,” he said. that in line with “least regrets” backing from global winemaking vineyard operations. Nobody doubts there will be a Analysts and economists framework, it would not remove giant Pernod Ricard and Crown Pernod Ricard Winemakers’ surge in inflation as the world are not quite aligned with the monetary stimulus. agency Callaghan Innovation. transformation director Alex Kahl recovers from Covid-19 and supply signals coming from the financial “Given that uncertainty remains Each features 80 sensors, says his company considers the chain constraints continue to bite markets. elevated, gaining this confidence controlled by artificial AVT’s AI as an example of “the hard. Domestically, the expectation is is expected to take considerable intelligence software, that handle fourth industrial revolution”. However two camps have that annual inflation will hit 2.5 time and patience,” it said then. everything from navigation to “We’re proud to support emerged — those who think percent this year before sinking McLeish said it appears central safely avoiding unexpected viticulture in New Zealand taking higher inflation will soon pass below 2 percent by the middle of banks’ highly accommodative obstacles to measurements big ideas from around the world and those who say it will be more next year. interest rates settings look safe. of vine quality. The four pre- to build our local industry.” enduring. But those inflation expectations For now.

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY price increased 6c to $6.31. Insurer Tower fell 5c or 5.81 percent to Other gainers were Pushpay, up 5c or 3.09 81c after downgrading its 2021 net profit to WELLINGTON — The lagging New Zealand official cash rate in August next year with percent to $1.67; Serko moving 14c or 2.24 $25m-$27m, from the previous guidance of sharemarket snapped an eight-day losing streak gradual but steady increases, and the rate will percent to $6.39; Vista Group climbing 12c or $29.8m. Tower said this revision reflected with a small but significant gain — but global reach 1.25 percent by the end of 2023. 5.71 percent to $2.22; Kathmandu Holdings emerging industry trends of inflationary marketer a2 Milk continued its slump. A2 Milk fell another 27c to $5.76 on the day’s picking up 5c or 3.27 percent to $1.58; and pressures on building costs and higher The S&P/NZX 50 Index raced to an intraday heaviest trade of $15.97m worth of shares. Its Scales Corporation collecting 13c or 2.96 frequency of house claims. high of 12,442.65 by lunchtime but steadied share price has now fallen two-thirds since late percent to $4.52. SkyCity Entertainment has raised $175m and closed at 12,410.47, up 42.61 points or 0.34 September last year. Trustpower picked up 1c to $8.34 after through a six-year unsecured bond carrying percent. There were 71 gainers and 68 decliners Fisher & Paykel Healthcare rose 58c to reporting a sound annual result for the year an interest rate of 3.02 percent a year. Its share on light trading of 33.9 million shares worth $33.48; Ebos Group increased 65c to $30.95; ending March. Trustpower’s revenue slipped 4 price climbed 1c or to $3.50. $105.15m. Restaurant Brands surged 60c to $13.90; and percent to $952.78m; its net profit was down Precinct Properties New Zealand launched Greg Smith, head of research with Fat Skellerup Holdings was up 14c to $4.61. 69 percent to $30.73m; but its group operating a $100m, six-year, fixed-rate green bond offer Prophets, said the market had “a bit of a relief Summerset Group Holdings rose 24c or 1.94 earnings (ebitdaf) grew 7.3 percent to $2002m. to institutional and retail investors. The margin bounce after the weakness last week”. percent to $12.59; but other retirement village Trustpower’s retail earnings (ebitdaf) were and interest rate for the offer is expected to be “The inflationary concerns aren’t going away, operators Ryman Healthcare was down 15c to ahead 33 percent at $47m, its generation set on May 21. Its share price slipped 0.005c to and it’s a case of the market acclimatising to the $14.50, and Oceania Healthcare fell 4c or 2.94 earnings were steady at $154m despite dry $1.605. prospect of a higher inflation rate and higher percent to $1.32. conditions, and it announced a welcomed total Other decliners were Fletcher Building, down interest rates down the track.” Chorus submitted an annual revenue range of dividend of 18.5c a share, a 17c final and a 6c to $7.28; Genesis Energy falling 9c or 2.56 ANZ economists are predicting the Reserve $720m-$820m to the Commerce Commission for catch-up 1.5c special dividend, payable on percent to $3.43; and NZME shedding 4c or 4.94 Bank of New Zealand will begin raising the the 2022-2024 regulatory period, and its share June 18. percent to 77c. — NZ Herald 12 OPINION The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 EDITORIAL Roundabout responses One-line reactions . . . Re: That traffic! May 15 Aberdeen/Roebuck Rd will The Herald is fun. Some one- When it’s really recognised as Collins’ new tack story. increase car capacity on the line reactions from last week: a crisis, perhaps we’ll see an A roundabout at the De school run, surely a better •฀Headline฀of฀the฀week:฀ explosion of kitset-building finds little wind Lautour Road intersection solution is to make it easier and SPCA Brings Free Desexing to and container-converting, would be good too. Also safer for more kids to commute on East Coast Communities. East and a swing away from high- Judith Collins is insisting her job Wainui Road-Rakaiatane bike/skateboard/scooter? Coast leads the world in the spec, over-professionalised, as National Party leader is safe and Road intersection gets quite This route is completely flat! depopulation so essential to over-permanent consent that she is getting good feedback congested with trucks trying I think a safe, smooth cycleway climate action. requirements for this nation of to get back on to Wainui along Aberdeen Rd with •฀Pultron’s฀ongoing฀success.฀ do-it-yourselfers. on holding the Government to A great achievement: so much •฀Bill฀Hambidge฀rightly฀ account on its “secret agenda” Road. Possibly traffic lights underpasses at Roebuck and could help, as a roundabout Lytton Rds would reduce traffic more ethical than Rocket Lab, pointing the finger at and “radical interpretation of the even though the world needs methane emissions, which Treaty of Waitangi”, after a political might not be possible there. more and have better side-effects on health and the environment — less concrete, not more. could be reduced 20 percent poll where she registered just 5.6 JAY T so, worth the extra cost, and new •฀Absurd฀rating฀of฀kiwifruit฀ without loss of production. percent support as preferred prime roundabouts can wait. growers. Whether or not the When climate change is minister — behind Sir John Key, While I agree the roundabouts growers have the cash, they really recognised as a crisis, who got the nod from a wistful 6.7 on Aberdeen/Lytton Rd and NICK certainly have the logic. worldwide, we can stop percent of those surveyed, but •฀Unteaching฀racism.฀A฀ worshipping production and more than double her most likely catchy oxymoron, since it’s actually reduce it, since so really still a form of teaching; much of it is junk, and slash replacement Christopher Luxon who more a question of detecting all emissions, and pollutions, recorded 2.4 percent support. No alternative for Israel and recognising racism. and ecocide, by 50 percent in a The Newshub-Reid Research Hamas must be unequivocally repossessed by Israel after their •฀The฀Maxim฀Institute฀ few years. poll was its first since the week conquered so that it can never fire victory in the 1967 conflict. Israel described as “a think-tank •฀Traffic฀congestion฀seen฀as฀ before the 2020 election, when another missile into Israel. allowed the Arabs who had been whose work is oriented serious problem. The worse it Collins was on 18.4 percent support The opportunity to eradicate settled in the district to remain, on towards a conservative gets individually, the better it as preferred prime minister, and Hezbollah from southern Lebanon the understanding that the houses perspective”. Perspectives is collectively, since we need was conducted as she led a new was presented to the Israelis would be returned to their original are usually worked from, not urgently to make car-driving campaign against the Government in 2006 but they decided not to owners at the termination of the towards. Are they, despite less attractive. Don’t waste for implementing “a separatist see it through. Hezbollah is now tenancies. their plausible writing, trying money on it . . . but of course, agenda by stealth”. immeasurably more powerful, with Hamas has been itching for the to make us all Tories? climate action is not a GDC support from Iran. opportunity to create mayhem in the •฀Napier฀house฀prices฀(and฀ priority. Support for the National Party The origins of the current crisis region and has taken full advantage here too) causing problems. GAVIN MACLEAN was up 1.4 points from its election lie in a local issue in north-eastern of this situation. result, on 27 percent. Jerusalem where some Palestinians The civilian casualties that have LETTERS TO EDITOR, NZ Herald political editor Claire are being evicted from properties in been sustained in Gaza during the ONLINE COMMENTS Some detail Trevette says while the dramatic the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah Israeli retaliation are largely the slump in Collins’ own ratings was at the termination of their tenancies. result of Hamas having placed its on trustee seen by some as a thumbs down for The district was purchased by rocket launchers inside hospitals, that race-based campaign, it just as Jews in the 19th century and then schools and population centres. Pro-creative opportunity? likely reflected a conclusion by many occupied by Jordanian forces Hamas, Hezbollah and Mahmoud voters that she was “unlikely to stay during the 1948 war, when Israel Abbas’s Palestinian Authority wish, Re: “God-given rights”. Re: Trust Tairawhiti — new was attacked on all sides by its ultimately, to wipe Israel off the The racism/humanity trustees. in the role for long”. Arab neighbours (Egypt, Syria, face of the Middle East and have no of the human race and its Will they advise how many The heat of an election campaign Transjordan and Iraq expeditionary interest in a negotiated settlement. encompassing Creative Power new and dynamic trustees are aganst the doldrums of the first year forces). All the Jewish householders Israel has no alternative but to — resident/immanent in the required, who is retiring and in a parliamentary term was also a were forcibly removed from Sheikh destroy those three organisations creation as the pro-creative who is seeking re-election? factor. A better comparison was with Jarrah. utterly. power . . . the last Colmar Brunton poll, its first The district was then PATRICK COOPER W.R. GRAVE COLIN SOWERBY of the year and taken from March 9-13, where Collins was down four points on 8 percent in the preferred Where’s the prime minister stakes (and Jacinda urgency on A reset for control, or efficiencies? Ardern was down 15 points to 43 Re: Thistle kicks back about control and not about committees can focus on the sport percent support, against her Reid at $150m ‘downgrade’ in backing down to clubs such and not the bricks and mortar. Research result of 4.5 points down climate action? facilities, May 17 article. as Thistle, so you have been BTW Peter, the sports hubs in to 48.1 percent support as PM). Re: Cutting methane for quick I suspect that the told and not asked. Taranaki were supported by the Trevette also points out that, “In action on climate change, May 14. principals of the Thistle Council is about then National Government, so terms of reclaiming lost National I’m always pleased to see Bill’s football club are guilty of manufacturing “consent” and hardly great promoters of leftist climate concerns expressed here. voters, the race issue was always taking their eyes off the ball. dictating in this new age of agendas but very big on effective Exactly “Why aren’t we doing These Long Term Plan- the Great Reset. use of taxpayer funds. going to be of more appeal to those more”? Jacinda Ardern and her who went to Act in 2020 than those style concepts like sporting You are getting what you I do hope that GDC does Government declared a Climate hubs are no longer negotiable voted for. remember that vibrant sporting who went to Labour.” Emergency and promised an all-out under a totalitarian leftist PETER JONES clubs do need to survive and Act was down 0.7 points from the zero-carbon effort. Our local GDC regime, so anyone who meet current and possible future election, on 6.9 percent support in has promised to consider climate has voted Labour/Green The concept of sports hubs needs. Football needs a good this poll, while Labour was up 2.7 change impact and effects in all is themselves responsible being used to maximise sporting pitch surface, which probably will points on 52.7 percent. planning. Yet neither seem to be for “governance gone wild” opportunities has been well not survive rugby — GDC turf The Reid poll drilled down further reacting urgently. socialist agendas like demonstrated in many other managers would have vouched for into public views on the line taken I was pleased Bill Hambidge the sporting hub ethos, parts of New Zealand. My own that fact. However, there are other mentioned that UN report — I by Collins lately, asking: Do you which I believe was also experiences from Taranaki show sports which could make great use had missed it. However, I must popular under a National that ratepayer funds can be of a superior surface. think Labour is being separatist? commend our local newspaper for Most, 43.6 percent, said “no”; 60.6 government. used more efficiently when it is A club’s identity is more than again keeping us to date with these The Long Term Plan forms supporting three or four codes having a day to use the surface but percent of Labour voters said “no”, regular UN bulletins on this dire part of a global agenda that from a common location. also added facilities to meet the against 20.8 percent saying “yes”. It situation. is not specific to Gisborne Membership tends to increase needs of members. also asked: do you think National is I’m with Bill. Indeed, “Why aren’t alone. as the admin load for committees being divisive? Most, 44.5 percent, we doing more now?” Control aka Governance is for physical assets falls, and the MATHEW BANNISTER said “yes”. Of National voters, 23.5 BOB HUGHES percent said “yes”. Support for a [email protected] Maori Health Authority was also canvassed, for 52.2 percent support ■ The maximum length for letters is 350 words. against 37.7 percent opposed; for ■ Anyone can write a column, 600 words maximum, but a photo is required. National voters it was 30.3 percent ■ Always include full name and contact details. ■ If you use a nom de plume, there is a higher bar for acceptability. support and 65.3 percent opposed. ■ Letters may be edited for clarity, length or legal reasons. The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 WORLD 13 Cyclone Tauktae makes landfall in Covid-battered India

NEW DELHI — A powerful cyclone thousands of people to temporary relief that emerged in the Arabian Sea shelters. The state’s chief minister, Vijay made landfall on India’s western coast Rupani, asked officials to ensure that yesterday, hours after authorities oxygen supplies for hospitals are not evacuated hundreds of thousands disrupted. of people and suspended Covid-19 In Maharashtra, six people were vaccinations in one state. killed, the Press Trust of India news Cyclone Tauktae, the most powerful agency reported. The state’s capital, storm to hit the region in more than Mumbai, was lashed by heavy rain and two decades, came ashore in Gujarat strong winds, forcing authorities to state with heavy rain, a battering suspend operations at the city’s main storm surge and sustained winds of up airport. to 165 kilometres per hour, the India Fishing boats off the coast in Meteorological Department said. both states returned to harbour and Forecasters warned of possible thousands of rescue and relief teams, extensive damage from high winds, along with ships and aircraft, were heavy rainfall and flooding in low-lying deployed for recovery operations. areas. Rain from the storm earlier killed six Twelve people were reported dead people in Kerala, Karnataka and Goa before the storm hit land and hundreds states over the weekend before it moved of thousands were evacuated, a along the western coastline. process complicated by the coronavirus Virus lockdown measures, meanwhile, pandemic. could slow relief work after the storm, The massive storm came as India is and damage from the storm could battling a devastating surge in cases — destroy roads and cut vital supply DAMAGE: A cyclone classified as “extremely severe” has made landfall in India’s leading to fears that the storm and the lines for vaccines and medical supplies western state of Gujarat with wind speeds of up to 160kmh. AP picture virus could exacerbate the effects of the needed for virus patients. other. Damage from the storm is also likely already been hit by Covid-19 infections to devastating cyclones, but changing The storm had already led to the to particularly hurt the poor, who are and deaths. climate patterns have caused them to suspension of some vaccination efforts already stretched to the limit by the “The potential impacts of Cyclone become more intense, rather than more and there is greater risk of virus economic impact of the virus. Tauktae are frightening as this monster frequent. transmission in crowded evacuation The South Asia head of the storm threatens the state of Gujarat. In May 2020, nearly 100 people shelters. International Federation of Red Cross Every effort must continue to keep died after Cyclone Amphan, the most In Gujarat, vaccinations were and Red Crescent Societies, Udaya people safe from this dangerous storm powerful storm to hit eastern India in suspended for two days and authorities Regmi, said the cyclone is a “terrible and the raging pandemic,” Regmi said. more than a decade, ravaged the region worked to evacuate hundreds of double blow” for families that have India’s western coast is no stranger and left millions without power. — AP Truce efforts remain elusive

flashpoint sacred site during the Israel to keep Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the threatened eviction of dozens of Palestinian families by striking ‘terror Jewish settlers. More protests were expected targets’ in Gaza across the region today in response to a call by Palestinian citizens of Israel for a general GAZA CITY — The Israeli strike. The protest has the military unleashed another support of Palestinian Authority heavy wave of air strikes on the President Mahmoud Abbas’ Gaza Strip yesterday, saying Fatah party. it destroyed militant tunnels The Biden administration and the homes of nine Hamas has declined so far to publicly commanders. criticise Israel’s part in the International diplomacy to fighting or send a top-level end the week-long war that has envoy to the region. killed hundreds appeared to On Monday, the United States make little headway. again blocked a proposed UN Israel has said it will press Security Council statement on for now with its attacks calling for an end to “the against Hamas, the militant crisis related to Gaza” and the group that rules Gaza, and the protection of civilians, especially United States signalled it would children. not pressure the two sides for a Speaking to reporters during ceasefire. a trip to Denmark, Secretary of The latest attacks destroyed State Antony Blinken said the the five-storey building housing PLEADING FOR PEACE: Protests have continued around the globe in solidarity with Palestine after United States would support any the Hamas-run Religious Affairs Israeli air strikes killed 200 people in Gaza over the last week. AP picture initiative to stop the fighting, Ministry, a building Israel said but signalled the country did not housed the main operations between Jews and Arabs inside strike demolished the wall of The UN has warned that the intend to put pressure on the centre of Hamas’ internal Israel, leaving scores of people one room, leaving untouched an territory’s sole power station is two sides to accept a cease-fire. security forces. injured. On Monday, a Jewish open cabinet filled with bedding at risk of running out of fuel. “Ultimately it is up to the Israel also killed a top Gaza man attacked last week by a inside. Children walked over Gaza already experiences daily parties to make clear that they leader of Islamic Jihad, another group of Arabs in the central debris in the road. power outages for between eight want to pursue a ceasefire,” he militant group whom the Israeli city of Lod died of his wounds, A car in the street that and 12 hours, and tap water is said. military blamed for some of according to police. witnesses said was hit by an air undrinkable. German Chancellor the thousands of rocket attacks Prime Minister Benjamin strike was bent and torn, its roof Mohammed Thabet, a Angela Merkel, who spoke launched at Israel in recent Netanyahu met with top ripped back and what was left spokesman for the territory’s on Monday with Benjamin days. Israel said its strikes security officials on Monday of the driver’s side door smeared electricity distribution company, Netanyahu, emphasised her destroyed 15 kilometres of evening and later said Israel with blood. A beachside cafe the said it has fuel to supply Gaza country’s solidarity with Israel, tunnels used by militants. would “continue to strike terror car had just left was splintered with electricity for two or three condemned the continued At least 200 Palestinians have targets” in Gaza. and on fire. Rescue workers tried days. rocket attacks from Gaza, and been killed in the week of air “We will continue to operate to put out the blaze with a small Israel also said it targeted expressed hope for a swift end strikes, including 59 children as long as necessary in order to fire extinguisher. what it suspected was a Hamas to the fighting, according to her and 35 women, with some 1300 return calm and security to all Gaza City’s mayor, Yahya submergible weapon preparing office. people wounded, according to Israeli citizens,” he said. Sarraj, said the strikes had for an attack on Israel’s coast. Hamas’ top leader, Ismail the Gaza Health Ministry. Ten The new air strikes, which caused extensive damage to The war broke out on May Haniyeh, who is based abroad, people in Israel, including a five- hit Gaza overnight, hollowed roads and other infrastructure. 10, when Hamas fired long- said the group has been year-old boy and a soldier, have out one floor of a multi-storey He said water supplies to range rockets at Jerusalem after contacted by the United Nations, been killed in the ongoing rocket concrete building and killed hundreds of households were weeks of clashes in the holy city Russia, Egypt and Qatar as attacks launched from civilian five people. A woman picked disrupted. between Palestinian protesters part of ceasefire efforts but areas in Gaza toward civilian through clothing, rubble and “We are trying hard to provide and Israeli police. “will not accept a solution that areas in Israel. splintered furniture in a room water, but the situation remains The protests were focused on is not up to the sacrifices of the Violence has also erupted that had been destroyed. One difficult,” he said. the heavy-handed policing of a Palestinian people”. — AP 14 The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 TRADE SERVICES

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Over 70 percent of Monday’s increase — 6853 BENGALURU — For the first time in cases — came from prisons. months, Izhaar Hussain Shaikh is feeling Thailand’s confirmed case total rose to 111,082, somewhat optimistic. of which almost three-quarters — 82,219 — have The 30-year-old ambulance driver been recorded since the beginning of April this in India’s metropolis of Mumbai has year, when a new wave of coronavirus infections been working tirelessly ever since the began. Twenty-five deaths were reported on city became the epicentre of another Monday, bringing total fatalities to 614. catastrophic Covid-19 surge slashing Thailand had about 7100 cases including 63 through the country. deaths in all of last year, in what was regarded as Last month, he drove about 70 patients a success story in containing the virus. to the hospital, his cellphone constantly The current wave was traced to nightspots in vibrating with calls. popular Bangkok entertainment districts. But 28 But two weeks into May, he has only virus clusters have now been identified across 19 carried 10 patients. Cases are falling and districts, including markets, slums, low-income so are the phone calls. housing and construction sites. “We used to be so busy before, we did The Corrections Department announced that in not even have time to eat,” he said. the first half of this month, it conducted Covid- In the last week, the number of new 19 tests on 24,357 inmates in eight prisons and cases plunged by nearly 70 percent in about half tested positive. — AP India’s financial capital, home to 22 million people. After a peak of 11,000 Relations ‘bumpy’ after Brexit daily cases, the city is now seeing fewer LONDON — Britain’s Brexit minister predicted than 2000 a day. on Monday that relations between the UK and The turnaround represents a glimmer the European Union would continue to be of hope for India, still in the clutches of “bumpy” amid tensions over post-Brexit trading a devastating coronavirus surge that has FIGHT FAR FROM OVER: New Delhi is seeing some improvement in the fight arrangements. raised public anger at the government. against the coronavirus, but experts say the crisis is far from over in the country of David Frost said talks with the EU on ironing out A well-enforced lockdown and vigilant nearly 1.4 billion people. AP picture the problems were “not hugely productive” so far. authorities are being credited for “I think it will be a bit bumpy for a time but there Mumbai’s burgeoning success. “It seems like we are getting undercounted on such a scale that is a lot of business to be done,” he told the House Even the capital of New Delhi is seeing desensitised by the numbers after reporters are finding more answers at of Commons European Scrutiny Committee. faint signs of improvement as infections having gotten used to such high ones,” crematoriums than official state tallies. Since Britain made its final economic break slacken after weeks of tragedy and said Bhramar Mukherjee, a University But while authorities previously from the 27-nation bloc in 2020, the two sides desperation playing out in overcrowded of Michigan biostatistician tracking the appeared to struggle to even acknowledge have sparred over fishing rights in UK waters and hospitals and crematoriums and on the virus in India. the scale, they are now taking action. new trade arrangements for Northern Ireland. streets. “But a relative change or drop in “Before, there wasn’t a focused Post-Brexit trade rules have imposed customs With over 24 million confirmed cases overall cases does not diminish the attention. But now everyone is focused on and border checks on some goods moving and 270,000 deaths, India’s caseload is magnitude of the crisis by any means.” containing it as much as possible,” Reddy between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. the second highest after the US. But With active cases over 3.6 million, said. The arrangement was designed to avoid checks experts believe that the country’s steeply hospitals are still swamped by patients. Hit by a staggering shortage of beds, between Northern Ireland and Ireland, an EU rising curve may finally be flattening — Experts also warn that another reason oxygen and other medical supplies, many member, because an open Irish border has helped even if the plateau is for an apparent peak or states are now adding thousands of beds underpin the peace process that ended decades a high one, with an plateau in cases could a week, converting stadiums into Covid- of violence in Northern Ireland. average of 340,000 A relative change or drop be that the virus has 19 hospitals, and procuring as much But the new arrangements have angered confirmed daily in overall cases does not outrun India’s testing equipment as possible. Northern Ireland’s British unionists, who say they cases last week. ‘ capabilities. States across India are preparing to weaken ties with the rest of the UK and impose a On Monday, diminish the magnitude of As the virus jumps be hit by another torrent of infections heavy burden on businesses. — AP reported infections the crisis by any means from cities to towns to and even courts have intervened to help continued to decline villages, testing has untangle oxygen supplies. Second death from WW2 bomb —Bhramar Mukherjee’ as cases dipped struggled to keep pace, Aid from overseas, while still facing HONIARA, Solomon Islands — Another person below 300,000 for stirring fears that a bureaucratic hurdles, is starting to who was injured in an explosion of a World War 2 the first time in rural surge is unfurling trickle in. More than 11,000 oxygen shell in Solomon Islands last week has died. weeks. even as data lags far behind. concentrators, nearly 13,000 oxygen The National Referral Hospital confirmed to It is still too early to say things are Combating the spread in the cylinders and 34 million vials of local media that Charley Noda died on Saturday improving, with Mumbai and New Delhi countryside, where health infrastructure antivirals have been sent to different night in the capital. representing only a sliver of the overall is scarce and where most Indians live, states. Noda was one of four people injured in the situation. will be the biggest challenge. Still, help is arriving too slowly in incident eight days ago. For one, drops in the national caseload, “The transmission will be slower and many districts as new infections surface They were part of a church youth group cooking however marginal, largely reflect falling lower, but it can still exact a big toll,” in every single region, even the remote food outdoors, who had unknowingly built their infections in a handful of states with big said K Srinath Reddy, president of the Andaman and Nicobar islands in the fire over a buried 101mm cannon shell left over populations and/or high rates of testing. Public Health Foundation of India. Indian Ocean. from WW2. The shell was detonated by the heat of So the nationwide trends represent an Even in big cities, testing has become Even though Mumbai looks as if it the cooking fire. incomplete and misleading picture of how increasingly harder to access. Labs are might have turned a corner, surrounding A young civil aviation engineer, Raziv Hilly, died things are faring across India as a whole, inundated and results are taking days, Maharashtra state is still seeing around shortly after the explosion. experts say. leading many to start treating symptoms 40,000 daily cases. Noda’s wife, who was also injured by the blast, “There will always be smaller states before confirming a coronavirus infection. Already, the city and state are is still recovering in hospital along with another or cities where things are getting worse, In the last month, cases have more bracing for more infections. A court told female victim. but this won’t be as clear in the national than tripled and reported deaths have Maharashtra this week to continue With Solomon Islands seeing some of the most caseload numbers,” said Murad Banaji, a gone up six times — but testing has only updating and ramping up measures as intense conflict in WW2, the country remains mathematician modelling India’s cases. increased by 1.6 times, said Mukherjee. authorities look into getting vaccines littered with bombs, with hidden munitions an Given India’s size and population of Meanwhile, vaccinations have plummeted from abroad to fill a domestic shortage. ongoing threat across the country. nearly 1.4 billion, what’s more important by 40 percent. “We are making sure we are not caught Last September, two members of a Norwegian to track is a cascade of peaks at different One of the biggest concerns for experts napping. In the event this happens again, NGO working on munitions recovery and disposal times instead of a single national one, is that India may never know the full we are going to do better,” Shrivastav were killed when they removed ordnance into experts said. death toll from the virus, with fatalities said. — AP Honiara where they had been staying. — RNZ ‘No credible proof’ of Myanmar election fraud

BANGKOK — Last November’s election results share of all parliamentary seats, enough to block said it would run the country until new elections have released data down to the township level in Myanmar were “by and large, representative of constitutional changes. Large sectors of the were held in a year — a deadline it later indicated purporting to show that voter lists could not be the will of the people”, an independent election population, most notably the Muslim Rohingya could be delayed an additional year. reconciled with the election results. monitoring organisation said, rejecting the minority, are deprived of citizenship rights, Security forces have used lethal force in an ANFREL said it “lacked sufficient information military’s allegations of massive fraud that served including the right to vote. attempt to suppress huge popular opposition to to independently verify the allegations of voter list as its reason for seizing power. Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for the military coup. Hundreds of protesters and fraud” because the election law did not allow it While there were flaws in the election process, Democracy party won a landslide victory in the bystanders have been killed in the crackdown. access to voting lists, but that it had not seen any “there were a number of procedural safeguards November 8 polls, which should have secured it The report by ANFREL, a non-partisan credible evidence of any massive irregularities. implemented throughout the polling process, a second five-year term in office. Its 2015 victory international group working for fair elections in The report said there was merit to several which . . . was found to be transparent and moved Myanmar along a path toward democracy Asia, noted that junta leader Senior General Min complaints about the election made not just reliable”, the Asian Network for Free Elections after more than five decades of direct and indirect Aung Hlaing said the military took over because by the Union Solidarity and Development Party said in a report. military rule. “there was terrible fraud in the voter lists”. The — the main opposition party — but also by It noted, however, that Myanmar’s electoral But on February 1, the military arrested Suu army-backed Union Solidarity and Development independent observers. process is “fundamentally undemocratic” Kyi and dozens of other top officials. It prevented Party, which suffered unexpectedly heavy losses The biggest issue was the cancellation of because its 2008 constitution, written during army elected lawmakers from convening a new session in the election, made similar allegations. voting for security reasons in several areas where rule, grants the military an automatic 25 percent of Parliament, declared a state of emergency and Since the coup, the state-controlled media insurgent groups had been active. — AP 18 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Lost continent that we sit upon much older than first thought

by Jamie Morton, NZ Herald New Zealand’s oldest rocks — in formed as part of the Rodinia the Tasman District — were dated at supercontinent,” Dr Turnbull said. AUCKLAND — The sunken about 500 million years old and linked “This work sheds new light continent that New Zealand sits upon to the supercontinent Gondwana. on Zealandia’s ancient past — a is much older than first thought — However, the new records show geological past that has now been and it has now been conclusively that some of the origins of granite shown to be over one billion years linked to ancient supercontinents that rocks in Fiordland and Rakiura/ old.” existed more than a billion years ago. Stewart Island can be traced back Dr Turnbull said the new study While scientists have known about much further in time and are likely to was an example of GNS Science’s it for decades, it’s only been in recent be linked to an earlier supercontinent ongoing exploration of the continent years that Te Riu-a-Maui/Zealandia — called Rodinia — that existed one of Te Riu-a-Maui/Zealandia and has been publicly recognised as the billion years ago. showed that new discoveries planet’s youngest, smallest, thinnest “This represents a major shift were there to be made. “To use a — and most submerged continent. in thinking, and it comes down to human analogy, all of today’s eight At one relatively brief point in the isotopic analysis of tiny grains continents have older ‘ancestors’ the Earth’s history, its sprawling of the mineral zircon in specialist such as Gondwana, Laurasia and mass once stood above the waves, laboratories in Australia and Pangea. The new study has enabled dispersing animals and plants from Germany,” said the study’s lead scientists to place Zealandia in the here to New Caledonia and the author, Dr Rose Turnbull of GNS ‘family tree’ of continents descended east of Australia. Most groups of Science. from Rodinia.” dinosaurs, including the towering A GNS Science-led study, With this new information, titanosaurs, roamed its rolling, published in 2017, put the continent Zealandia may yet turn out to be a mountainless, low-lying landscape. of Zealandia on the world map. ANALYSING THE DATA: Geologist Dr Rose Turnbull, of GNS “missing link” between South China, About 94 percent of the continent It showed that Zealandia — like Science, analyses zircon crystals from Fiordland at a laboratory at Australia, and North America — and today lies underwater — if we drained other continents — is large, relatively Heidelberg University, Germany. GNS Science picture this opens up the position of South the oceans, we could see it unfurling high, has a thick crust, and contains China and Zealandia within Rodinia some 4.9 million sq km across the rocks like granite and greywacke. crust. The granites had been brought The isotopic composition of zircon to new international scrutiny. South Pacific. However, all the other continents to the surface by uplift of the was used in geology to understand Rodinia itself, one of seven Now, tiny mineral grains taken from have rocks that are a billion years old Zealandia continent in response to deep time and can be used to reveal supercontinents, was thought to have granite rocks collected in Fiordland or older — a feature that appeared to earthquake activity along our plate what the Earth’s crust looked like formed about 1.2 billion years ago and Stewart Island have widened be missing from Zealandia. “This new boundary over millions of years. both at and deep below the surface. and broke up 750 to 550 million years our understanding of Zealandia study ticks that final continental box. Dr Turnbull said a key finding in “The isotopic signature of zircon ago. Geologists tended to focus on — and has also led a potential There is no longer any doubt that we the study, supported by the Marsden grains from Zealandia tell us that zircon grains when investigating past breakthrough in ancient continental live on top of a continent.” Fund, was the unique isotopic there are ancient billion-year-old continents because the ultra-durable reconstructions. Granite rocks form by crystallising signature measured in microscopic rocks still concealed deep in the mineral crystallised in most magmas Until the fresh findings, just magmas that were made by melting grains of zircon — a mineral that is crust beneath Fiordland and Rakiura/ and could survive many geologic published in the journal Geology, deep parts of the Earth’s continental found in all granites. Stewart Island — rocks that were events over billions of years. Ngapuhi not interested in securing old musket Might have once belonged to Hongi Hika, but authenticity questions remain AUCKLAND — Leaders Countdown of Ngapuhi are no longer interested in acquiring a musket thought to have once stabbing: been owned by chief Hongi Hika after questions were raised regarding the item’s Injured victims authenticity. Hika, who died in 1828, was a rangatira of Northland’s thank public Ngapuhi iwi and is regarded as one of the first Maori leaders to utilise European for support muskets in warfare. GAPS IN MUSKET’S HISTORY: The musket above was believed to have once He was a prominent figure belonged to Ngapuhi chief, Hongi Hika. However, there are ‘gaps in the history in New Zealand’s early 19th of the item’. Webb’s picture via Newshub. DUNEDIN — The four people century Musket Wars. injured in a supermarket stabbing in Last week, it was revealed Dunedin last week have thanked the Auckland-based auction house, Webb’s. We need to talk to longer interested in securing a new industry standard public for their support. Webb’s, had acquired a musket other parties and get a full the return of the musket. develop. The four people, who include a believed to have once been understanding of what people In a statement, Mr “We would like to see items Corrections staff member and two owned by Hika. are thinking,” Mr Wharerau Wharerau said while TRAION of cultural significance that Countdown staff, were attacked in the The musket, which was said on Friday. does not consider itself the come to the market for sale central city Countdown store on May due to go under the hammer He acknowledged there were spokesperson for all Ngapuhi managed more empathetically 10. yesterday, was purportedly still concerns regarding the people, the board has a “vested in the future. It is important In a statement through police, the gifted to Hika by King George authenticity of the musket. interest in taonga Ngapuhi the reputations and mana victims said they greatly appreciated IV and may have been present “There are some gaps in and artefacts of cultural of all parties is maintained messages of support from around New at the signing of the Treaty of the history of the item . . . I significance”. or even enhanced in these Zealand as they recovered physically Waitangi. It was expected to do understand there’s some “We have an obligation to te important transactions.” and mentally. fetch more than $100,000. other information around, uri o Ngapuhi to ensure such In a statement last week, The victims and their families, However, Webb’s made but again, I haven’t seen that items are authenticated, and Webb’s said it was “excited” while understanding the interest the decision to withdraw information in front of me to in the appropriate hands,” he for constructive and positive and concern about the incident, also yesterday’s auction after RNZ this date. I know that there’s said. dialogue with iwi Maori in the requested privacy. revealed concerns about the some expert comments that He confirmed TRAION had future. Meanwhile, police said they had a musket’s authenticity and how have been made, but I think been engaging constructively Meanwhile, a direct positive and productive meeting with it was obtained. I’ll just leave that to the side with Webb’s and other parties descendent of Hongi Hika, representatives from Countdown on After an outcry over the sale for the moment,” he said. to determine the musket’s fate. Haami Piripi, said there has Friday. of such a significant cultural “We’ve got to prove its “Considering these been a “strong desire” to see It was arranged prior to last week’s item, the board chair of Te authenticity, it’s providence, discussions and expert the musket returned to iwi — stabbing, due to the supermarket’s Runanga-a-iwi-o-Ngapuhi but of course we do have an opinion about the musket’s if it is indeed Hika’s weapon. concerns about increasing levels of (TRAION), Wane Wharerau, emotional tie to any item provenance, I can confirm “We need to acquire it and abuse towards its staff. met with Webb’s managers that belongs, and has some that TRAION has no further make a good use of it,” he said. Countdown initially requested on Thursday night in a bid to historic meaning, to Ngapuhi. interest in acquiring this “That emotional link to the meeting with police and Police secure the musket’s return to It invokes some shift and item,” Mr Wharerau said. it is real. And I think it’s Minister Poto Williams, but Williams the iwi. wanting to a) prove what it is “A positive outcome of this a question of connectivity said it was not appropriate for her to “We have not been able to and b) if it is one of ours, to incident is that we now have with our nationhood, attend. confirm any details in terms repatriate it.” open dialogue with at least and the importance of it Police and Countdown declined with this repatriation, so we’ll However, on Monday, one auction house in New in that context can’t be to comment on the specifics of the have to go through there with TRAION confirmed it was no Zealand and we hope to see underestimated.” — Newshub. meeting. — Radio NZ The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 KIDS PAGE 19 k id zonly

MYSTERY REF: Hurricanes star Isaia Walker-Leawere took time out to ref a game of junior rugby at Waikirikiri Park last week before heading over the Tasman for the Hurricanes-Waratahs game in Sydney on Friday night. He may have taken inspiration from the young players — the Hurricanes won the first game in the opening round of the Super Rugby Transtasman 64-48. Walker-Leawere, who said he was surprised how many girls were playing, is pictured with, from left, OBM players Micah Pirihi-Coutts and Tyson Matenga and Uawa players Bayleigh Habib and Navy Drew. Picture by Liam Clayton SUDOKU Enter numbers into the squares so that every row, every column and every 3x2 box contains all the numbers from 1 to 6

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DETERMINATION: YMP’s Shayde Skudder tries to fend off one Waikohu player while lining up another in a typically hardcore run.

TEXTBOOK TACKLE: Waikohu’s KC Wilson is taken around the legs by a YMP defender in A ‘TULSATING RUN’: This powerhouse effort from Tulsa what turned out to be a Kaui against Ngatapa was typical of Waikohu as they a Money Round match charged to victory in the Poverty Bay club rugby Money that went to the wire. Round at Rugby Park. Waikohu beat YMP 26-21 and Waikohu were awarded Ngatapa 24-0 to earn the top prize of $1500. a penalty try at the death to win 26-21. IN HOT PURSUIT: YMP’s Tony Halley tries to escape determined GMC Green chaser Jess Candy in Poverty Bay women’s club hockey games on the bright blue turf. This game featured five goals, four to YMP, but a couple of other games were in the double-digits.

RIVALRY RENEWED: GMC Green are the reigning premier women’s champions in Poverty Bay club hockey but YMP were superior on the day in their game on the turf at Harry Barker Reserve. YMP won 4-1 and among the goalscorers were Hinekahukura Brooking (above left), who is pictured in combat with Beth Torrie.

FIRST TO THE BALL: GMC Green’s Amy England gets her stick to the ball just before YMP’s Madison Savage. The battle of the women’s competition heavyweights in the early stages of the Poverty Bay hockey season went the way of YMP.

COURTWORK: YMP and Whangara Old Girls (1) have a rich history of close tussles when it comes to Pictures by Paul Rickard Premier Grade netball battles but the latest was a comprehensive win to YMP — 27-16 — in their grading round clash. In action for the sides at the sunbathed Victoria Domain courts after morning rain are, left, These and other photos are available for sale at The Natalie Walford (Whangara) and Ata Mangu. It was Whangara’s first defeat of the 2021 season. Herald or online at —photo-sales.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 RACING 23 Marsh plays long game with Atishu but Osaka off to Australia CAMBRIDGE — Exciting three-year-old filly been mooted, Marsh said the lengthy travel via “Because she had to float down to he part-owns. Atishu has gone to the paddock, with Cambridge road to Christchurch and back warranted the filly Christchurch and float back, it just took a bit of “Osaka is going to go over and race on May trainer Stephen Marsh happy to play the long- taking a break. a toll. It is a long trip on them and another trip to 29 in a Rating 84 mile at Caulfield. He could game rather than pushing on to a Queensland “She is spelling at the moment and we will be Australia would just have been too much on her.” potentially stay for an open 1800m race three campaign. bringing her back in June,” Marsh said. While Queensland travel plans are not on the weeks later,” Marsh said. The daughter of Savabeel has won her past “We are looking at potentially campaigning horizon for Atishu, year older stablemate Osaka The Cambridge trainer also revealed last start four starts, including a pair of Listed races at in Sydney in the early spring. We will get her up is likely to head to Melbourne after a dominant Group Two winner Pierina has gone for a break Riccarton, culminating in the Listed Warstep and give her a trial here and if we are very happy victory at Te Rapa over 1400m earlier this month. and will be mated in the spring, and will return Stakes (2000m) last month. with her, we will look at getting her over there A winner of five of his 11 starts, Marsh is keen when early in foal for a final campaign. While plans to push on to Queensland had early. to bank some Australian dollars with the gelding — NZ Racing Desk

Cambridge races at Cambridge Wednesday Jetbet 2 TAB Doubles 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Trebles 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 Quaddies 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Place6 4-9 Selections 2 Thinkwater Cambridge 11.57 14 4 Badgeringdawitness (4) 57.5 50 11 9s Champagnes On Me (8) 55.5 45 EMERGENCY: Race 1: LATE TO THE PARTY, LOQUITA, SWORD OF MERCY 15 54s44 Lambo (1) 55.5 50 T Newman (a2) 13 553s0 Penny Jane (13) 56.5 50 $10,000, maiden, 1300m 16 Mista Razzledazzle (15) 57.5 47 12 0 Show Me A Dreamer (12) 55.5 45 Race 2: BADGERINGDAWITNESS, JUST A SUPER BOY, 1 4 Badgeringdawitness (3) 58.5 50 17 — Galaxy Power SCRATCHED T Thornton 8 Denise Electrical & Control 3.29 POPPIES BOY D Johnson 18 — Kiki SCRATCHED EMERGENCY: $10,000, maiden, 970m Race 3: FUNTONIC, ENCANTADOR, SECRET SHOW 2 Galaxy Power (8) 58.5 47 R Elliot 13 80s The Charging (10) 57.5 45 S Spratt Race 4: RICH GIRL, DARK SATIN, SIDE HUSTLE 3 Just A Super Boy (6) 58.5 47 (a3) 4 NZB Insurance Pearl Series 1.07 1 23s Silverdale Chief (4) 58.5 53 C Grylls Race 5: SAIL, IMA ROCA BEE, FISCAL FUN 4 6s0 Lincoln Thunder (4) 58.5 47 C Grylls 6 Cogswell Surveys 2.17 2 44s7 Superace (11) 58.5 49 M McNab $10,000, maiden f&m, 1300m 3 609s Flypast (1) 58.5 45 R Elliot Race 6: JOHNY JOHNY, SO GORGEOUS, ROSE BOWL 5 Mista Razzledazzle (14) 58.5 47 $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 970m A Goindasamy (a1) 1 2452 Side Hustle (5) 57.5 54 D Danis 4 0s08s Lakeman (3) 58.5 45 D Danis Race 7: PRECIOUS COLOURS, BOLD PERFORMER, 2 2 Rich Girl (10) 57.5 52 R Elliot 1 2263s Viking (8) 59.5 64 M McNab 5 Lex’s One (2) 58.5 45 V Colgan OUR SASSY CAT 6 Poppies Boy (1) 58.5 47 J Riddell 7 s860s Alamode (7) 58.5 45 M McNab 3 54s44 Lambo (6) 57.5 50 S Weatherley 2 1 Johny Johny (11) 59 63 L Satherley 6 4752s El Roseay (7) 56.5 61 D Johnson Race 8: SILVERDALE CHIEF, SUPERACE, EL ROSEAY SCRATCHED 8 228s6 Duby (16) 56.5 52 4 553s0 Penny Jane (17) 57.5 50 H Schofer (a1) 3 — Bring It On 7 s203s Angelina Lauro (5) 56.5 52 Race 9: TARWYN, BECAUSE, SHEBRINGSMERUBIES 9 Ginger Berry (5) 56.5 47 Callum Jones (a3) 5 Clever Ruds (12) 57.5 47 L Satherley 4 77536 Ottavio (2) 58.5 61 B Rogerson (a4) H Schofer (a1) 10 8 Fasong (11) 56.5 45 H Schofer (a1) 6 Faye’s Warrior (15) 57.5 47 V Colgan 5 s76s0 Darci Palmer (10) 58 61 C Grylls 8 200s Fleurissimo (13) 56.5 51 11 Glorified (15) 56.5 45 S Collett 7 57s Dark Satin (9) 57.5 46 M McNab 6 64349 Rose Bowl (6) 57 63 S Collett A Goindasamy (a1) 12 8 What A Pearla (10) 56.5 45 8 00576 Graceful Way (7) 57.5 46 A Calder 7 17576 So Gorgeous (5) 56.5 62 D Johnson 9 726s Recalcitrant (8) 56.5 51 S Collett T Newman (a2) 9 Davone Georgia (1) 57.5 45 S Collett 8 9s07s Backintyme (1) 56 61 10 6s040 La Diva (9) 56.5 49 T Thornton EMERGENCIES: 10 00 Front Page (2) 57.5 45 C Grylls 9 6772s Cheers (9) 56 61 T Newman (a2) 11 Kelly Keeper (12) 56.5 47 13 760 Pablo Casals (12) 58.5 45 L Satherley 11 — Impresa SCRATCHED 10 4227s Eridani (12) 56 61 A Goindasamy (a1) T Newman (a2) 1 Magnum Industries 11.22 14 00s60 Kryptonite (13) 56.5 45 12 9s Kiki (4) 57.5 45 S Spratt 11 54610 Mini Mystic (4) 56 61 V Colgan 12 No Secret (6) 56.5 45 J M Fillmore $10,000, maiden, 1550m 15 — Bancomat D’oro SCRATCHED EMERGENCIES: 12 04168 Radiant Rosie (3) 56 61 S Weatherley EMERGENCY: 13 4778s Bancomat D’oro (11) 57.5 45 EMERGENCY: 13 553s0 Penny Jane (10) 56.5 50 1 3429 Another Entree (5) 58.5 52 A Calder 16 08s08 Misconduct (2) 56.5 45 17 — Moet Belle SCRATCHED T Newman (a2) 13 770s5 Porshabelle (7) 54 55 2 2 Late To The Party (8) 58.5 52 T Thornton 14 00s60 Kryptonite (13) 57.5 45 9 Elektron Group Ltd 4.04 3 s2036 Glen Frey (3) 58.5 51 C Grylls 18 Davone Georgia (9) 56.5 45 15 228s6 Duby (14) 57.5 52 7 Martin Collins New Zealand 2.54 $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 2000m 4 37240 Jojakk (9) 58.5 51 Callum Jones (a3) 3 Waipa Earthworks 12.32 16 Ginger Berry (3) 57.5 47 5 03 Sword Of Mercy (6) 58.5 51 S Collett $10,000, maiden, 970m 1 40391 Because (16) 62 70 T Newman (a2) $10,000, maiden 3yo, 1300m 17 6 Moet Belle (8) 57.5 46 6 357s4 Oremus (4) 58.5 50 J Riddell 18 8 Fasong (16) 57.5 45 1 s272s Snip (6) 58.5 54 S Collett 2 73036 Master Painton (11) 59 63 L Satherley 7 8s Alighieri (15) 58.5 47 1 48s03 Encantador (8) 57.5 51 V Colgan 2 738s Bold Performer (3) 58.5 50 3 79897 Nowanagen (13) 59 63 J Riddell 8 93383 Camarosa (7) 56.5 54 V Colgan 2 3 Funtonic (10) 57.5 51 T Yanagida (a1) 5 Good Buggers Plumbing Drainage & Gas 1.42 T Yanagida (a1) 4 2s132 Tarwyn (9) 59 63 R Elliot 9 28203 Ciambella (10) 56.5 53 D Johnson 3 Hard Nose (9) 57.5 47 S Collett 3 Go Butch (12) 58.5 47 V Colgan 5 7618s Border Leicester (4) 58.5 62 T Thornton $10,000, maiden 2yo, 970m 10 2 Loquita (1) 56.5 52 H Schofer (a1) 4 800s Secret Show (14) 57.5 47 C Grylls 4 0s Master Khan (4) 58.5 46 D Danis 6 318 Notorious (5) 58.5 62 D Johnson 11 409s5 Champagne Princess (11) 56.5 48 5 Sky Oasis (3) 57.5 47 M McNab 1 63 Red Vienna (4) 57.5 51 M McNab 5 03s2 Precious Colours (5) 56.5 53 M McNab 7 56182 Shebringsmerubies (14) 58 65 (a3) S Weatherley 6 — Main Man SCRATCHED 2 Sail (2) 57.5 47 S Collett 6 3s Highborn (7) 56.5 51 D Johnson 8 63431 Charmingaffair (2) 56.5 62 S Collett 12 0s Kashflo (14) 56.5 46 7 Rua Rocks (2) 57.5 45 A Calder 3 Cantcallit (6) 57.5 45 L Satherley 7 20035 Our Sassy Cat (2) 56.5 51 S Weatherley 9 30942 Rusalka (8) 56.5 62 E McCall (a3) EMERGENCIES: 8 8s68s Telekinetic (7) 55.5 49 4 Pampas (3) 57.5 45 S Weatherley 8 54527 So Charming (8) 56.5 51 10 40s03 She Speeds (10) 55 59 C Grylls 13 70659 Extersea (12) 58.5 46 M Hashizume (a2) 5 — Polaris SCRATCHED B Rogerson (a4) EMERGENCIES: 14 Tavitronic (16) 58.5 45 9 Jenessa (6) 55.5 47 D Johnson 6 Treasure State (9) 57.5 45 C Grylls 9 34846 Taupo Missy (10) 56.5 49 C Grylls 11 8s095 Elle D’berry (7) 55 59 15 Walk The Walk (17) 58.5 45 10 6 Moet Belle (12) 55.5 46 S Weatherley 7 29 La Dolce Vita (5) 55.5 51 10 0s0s9 Just Kate (11) 56.5 45 T Thornton 12 00s50 La Casa (15) 57 59 M McNab T Newman (a2) 11 0s8 Auntie Condor (13) 55.5 45 R Elliot A Goindasamy (a1) 11 7590s Remarkable Ruth (1) 56.5 45 13 7570s Zedcrest (6) 56.5 58 A Goindasamy (a1) 16 0 Heart Of Gold (13) 58.5 45 12 0 Black Lilly (5) 55.5 45 T Newman (a2) 8 Fiscal Fun (1) 55.5 47 D Johnson A Goindasamy (a1) 14 04273 Capellani (1) 56 59 B Rogerson (a4) 17 99 Jungle Berry (2) 56.5 45 EMERGENCIES: 9 6s Ima Roca Bee (11) 55.5 47 E McCall (a3) 12 0 Skipping Stones (9) 56.5 45 15 07486 Master Herb (3) 55 55 18 80 Flick On (18) 58.5 45 13 9s990 Burcha (11) 57.5 45 L Satherley 10 0 Arabian Sea (7) 55.5 45 R Elliot T Newman (a2) 16 88600 Dangerman (12) 55 55

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nwtd Lisa Cole $1510, C1, heat, 305m 10 65848 Citizen Zagreb nwtd John McInerney 8 23211 Mexican Cutie 17.74 Kettlewell & Phillips Race 5: MOTHER’S TOUCH, BIG TIME NOAH, 4 62556 Big Time Chase nwtd Lisa Cole 1 13216 Big Time Noah 17.90 Peter Clark EMERGENCIES: CLANSMAN DOUGLAS 8 Palamountains Nutrition Ht 4 2.08 5 68226 Stay Me Broke nwtd A J Christiansen 2 22523 Mother’s Touch 17.69 J & D Bell 9 47268 Hypothetical 17.98 Melissa Olden Race 6: ALFIE DAMAN, ALLEGRO GRACIE, ARIANA SUNSET 6 Effortless Run nwtd Bill Hodgson 3 36754 Mitcham Nikorima 17.92 John McInerney $1510, C1, heat, 305m 10 47388 Allegro Lexxi 17.63 Agent & Williams Race 7: BIG TIME QUINN, DONALBAIN, LUKE SKYWALKER 7 543 Big Time Aubrey nwtd Lisa Cole 4 75417 Agent Amy 18.06 John McInerney 1 57255 Homebush Sugar nwtd John McInerney Race 8: ELLE, AL’S LOADED, JOHNY MOWHAWK 8 Cool Run nwtd Bill Hodgson 5 76435 Clansman Douglas 18.16 Brian Goldsack 2 25644 Pliskova nwtd S E Hunt 11 Kernow Construction 3.03 Race 9: FEDERAL FEAR, ALLEGRO RUBY, BIGTIME AVA EMERGENCIES: 6 85387 Hardcore Brute 17.99 Agent & Williams 3 813 Al’s Loaded 18.26 Lana Pearce 9 Big Time Blaze nwtd Lisa Cole $1745, C2, 305m Race 10: MEXICAN CUTIE, BIG TIME YONKERS, 7 23375 Homebush Millie nwtd John McInerney 4 24775 Paradox Prince 17.95 Bill Hodgson 10 77525 Adobe Pebbles nwtd W Woods 1 76244 Shot Of Class 17.85 Carol Morris DOUBLE QUEENIE 8 44648 King Theoden nwtd Pauline Blanche 5 17s84 Big Time Porsche nwtd M S Clark EMERGENCIES: 6 73668 Lucy Lingers 18.01 John McInerney 2 32123 Opawa Violet 17.73 Marcie Flipp Race 11: OPAWA VIOLET, XANTHONE, BIG TIME ARI 3 Lance Green Accountant 12.41 9 82678 Hardcore Kylie 18.28 Agent & Williams 7 36321 Elle 17.75 John McArthur 3 1646s Alamein Felix 17.84 Kettlewell & Phillips Race 12: SO SEVERE, RAINY RIVER, DOTTIE BELL $1510, C1, 305m 10 66688 Hardcore Kobe 18.40 Jim Black 8 84723 Johny Mowhawk 18.03 David Denbee 4 42757 Gotcha Marshall 17.66 John McInerney 1 82678 Hardcore Kylie 18.28 Agent & Williams EMERGENCIES: 5 24644 Sedgebrook Sally 17.73 Fred Kite 2 788s8 Alamein Beauden 18.28 Kettlewell & Phillips 6 Accell Canine Therapy Ht 2 1.33 9 87666 Small Boy 18.32 Agent & Williams 6 34641 Big Time Ari 17.73 Lisa Cole 3 62678 Big Time Ted nwtd Lisa Cole $1510, C1, heat, 305m 10 85687 Homebush Jozie 17.97 John McInerney 7 76516 Zipping Luther 17.93 J & D Bell 4 46283 Allegro Rylee 18.01 Lisa Cole 1 7s653 Big Time Ricky 18.10 Agent & Williams 9 Lance Green Accountant 2.26 8 32241 Xanthone 17.51 Deb Edlin 5 45678 Slam It nwtd John McInerney 2 33344 Ariana Sunset 18.31 Brian Goldsack EMERGENCIES: 6 57752 Allegro Moses 17.68 Lisa Cole 3 82436 Sadowski nwtd Linda Martin $2565, C1, 520m 9 47268 Hypothetical 17.98 Melissa Olden 7 32433 Ahuroa Whizz 18.46 Robert Murray 4 76265 Diller 18.19 John McInerney 1 73842 Bigtime Ava 30.70 Peter Clark 10 58836 Big Time Lorna 17.88 Nathan Udy 8 65848 Citizen Zagreb nwtd John McInerney 5 87s54 Mister Booze 18.09 John McArthur 2 11 Federal Fear 30.30 Lisa Cole EMERGENCIES: 6 51427 Alfie Daman 18.11 Peter Clark 3 62463 Allegro Ruby nwtd Lisa Cole 12 Book Your Function @ Hatrick 3.20 1 Welcome To Hatrick 12.06 9 47875 Hobson 17.85 John McArthur 7 65145 Allegro Gracie 18.16 Lisa Cole 4 47555 Here’s Hemi 30.56 John McInerney $1745, C2, 305m $1425, C0, 305m 10 38787 Homebush Maycee 17.90 John McInerney 8 68652 Arm Turner 18.09 John McInerney 5 57645 Stormy Jay 30.51 Wendy Kite 1 48336 Dottie Bell 17.87 Leanne Bell 1 74 Hardcore Bart nwtd Agent & Williams EMERGENCIES: 6 72656 Jetlag Jag 31.34 John McInerney 4 Kernow Construction 12.58 9 46882 Summer Glee 17.66 John McInerney 7 32581 Allegro Peaches 30.78 Lisa Cole 2 55571 Big Time Tatum 17.56 Agent & Williams 2 53522 Bluey nwtd John McArthur 10 88468 Alamein Graeme 17.96 Kettlewell & Phillips 8 36737 Derry Blues 31.31 Peter Clark 3 51682 Citizen Aguero nwtd John McInerney 3 Big Time Paisley nwtd Lisa Cole $1510, C1, 305m EMERGENCIES: 4 64762 Freckle nwtd John McInerney 1 88431 Al’s 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w (15) 55 88 4 7s515 Stardayz dwn (3) 60.5 95 J Richards (a3) 15 91933 Galaxy Pirate h (11) 56.5 89 24 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Mercantile Players to blame, not badminton THE Badminton Eastland business house league started last Thursday. Eight teams have entered this referees — Annesley year, with some having changed names. RUGBY LEAGUE what the players did. but off the field nothing changed. WSP have returned, after not “Referees responded to that. “Off the field they were reviewed as they playing in 2020 due to Covid-19 SYDNEY — Frustrated by a narrative “If these incidents don’t happen, no one would be any other week.” restrictions, and two new teams — that referees ruined Magic Round, the is complaining about the referees taking As for the edict to referees to be Team IFL and A Team — have been NRL’s head of football, Graham Annesley, action because there’s no action to take. It’s tougher on contact with the head and added to the mix. has declared the players are to blame after disappointing.” neck, Annesley said the NRL simply had Anaura 3+1 and Slammers had a record 24 charges by the match review However, he could not explain why to catch up to every other contact sport some close matches. Slammers won committee. incidents of foul play and dangerous in the world that was taking concussion their two matches 23-20 and 20-19. As of Monday afternoon, 20 weeks’ worth contact happened more in Round 10 than seriously. Results — of suspensions had been handed out by the at any other weekend in NRL history. The RLPA is set to meet with the NRL WSP def A Team 5 matches to 1 MRC, with five players yet to enter a plea. Annesley said there is not yet enough about the crackdown this week. but fixture recorded as draw; GDC Two of them are facing a total of six games data to judge whether rule changes General president Daly Cherry-Evans Smashers def Team IFL 5 matches banned. brought in at the start of the season have said he supported the move to rid the game to 1; Anaura 3+1 def Slammers 4 According to Annesley, they’re charges fatigued players to the point where tackle of high shots and a statement was made in matches to 2; Wananga Worx def that would have been handed out in any technique is affected. the flurry of send-offs and sin-bins over the Slammers 4 matches to 2. week, regardless of the NRL’s new stance “I’m hoping it’s just one of those unusual weekend. Bye: Mighty Masons. on tougher on-field punishment for contact spikes that we have in any season . . . but “It’s great we’re cracking down on foul with the head or neck. this is a big number, obviously,” he said. play,” he said. Draw for THURSDAY — Annesley said the record number of “I’m hoping it’s a spike that can’t be “I think that’ll be good for the game, the 6pm: Court 1, Slammers v A charges, which almost doubled last week’s explained, and then next week it comes longevity of it and enticing kids to play the Team; C2, Wananga Worx v Anaura 22-year record of 14, is because dangerous back down again. game, so I’m on board with what they’re 3 + 1; C3, GDC Smashers v Mighty contact is happening more often. “It’s unfortunate that it happened on trying to do there. Masons; C4, Team IFL v WSP. “People have said that Magic Round was Magic Round, it’s unfortunate that it “The game has got the best interests Duty team (to sweep courts at the wrecked because of what the referees did,” happened on the weekend where the at heart; I think the players understand end of the night): Wananga Worx. he said. 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CYCLING time gaps were awarded. One by one the likes of Dylan Groenewegen, That meant the Ineos Grenadiers’ Bernal Tim Merlier and Giacomo Nizzolo fell away from win against ROME — Peter Sagan delivered a hard-fought stayed out in front, though his advantage was the peloton, but Gaviria, Cimolai and Elia Viviani victory for Bora-Hansgrohe on stage 10 of the trimmed by one second to 14 after Deceuninck- stuck around to ensure Sagan still had work to do Giro d’Italia as Egan Bernal retained the pink QuickStep’s Remco Evenepoel pipped him at the end. France in July jersey in Foligno. in the battle for time bonuses at the second “I have to say thanks to all my team-mates,” After Sagan’s team-mates rode hard on the intermediate sprint. Sagan said. “They did an impressive job. It was front for much of the 139km stage from L’Aquila EF Education Nippo’s Hugh Carthy remains full gas for the last time climbs and we dropped says Rugby to drop several sprint rivals, the three-time former sixth, 45 seconds down, with fellow Lancastrian some sprinters. It was not enough to drop world champion made it pay as he held off Simon Yates of Team BikeExchange in ninth a everyone, but in the end I won and I’m very happy Fernando Gaviria and Davide Cimolai to claim his further 11 seconds back. so thanks to all my team-mates.” Australia chief second career Giro stage win. A sprint finish was always expected on the final It is Sagan’s first sprint win in the Giro after he They came across the line in a much-reduced stage before the first rest day, a predominantly took his first stage with a solo effort last year — sprint well ahead of the main favourites after a downhill run away from the Apennine mountains, also on stage 10 — and the Slovakian moved past RUGBY late crash for Max Kanter split the group, but with but Bora used the climbs there were in the Merlier to top the points classification following the incident inside the last three kilometres no second half of the day to set up the win. the withdrawal on Saturday of Caleb Ewan. — PA SYDNEY — Rugby Australia chief Andy Marinos concedes there’s a gulf in standard between Australian rugby and the might of New Zealand but remains “absolutely” confident the Wallabies will beat France in July’s three-Test series. Marinos is calling for patience from success-starved Australian fans after the GROUND LEVEL country’s five Super Rugby franchises DEFENCE: GMC suffered a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Green’s Lea-Ana Kiwi outfits in the opening round of the Fleming goes low transtasman competition at the weekend. to stop YMP’s While the Melbourne Rebels and Hinekahukura Queensland Reds, just six days after Brooking in winning the Super Rugby AU title, both Poverty Bay suffered heavy defeats and the NSW women’s club Waratahs shipped 64 points against the hockey on the turf Hurricanes, the Brumbies and Western at Harry Barker Force fell painfully short of upset wins. Reserve. Both “Look, it wasn’t an ideal start but we players scored but weren’t too far away from getting one it was Brooking’s or two wins and it probably would have team who came been a very different conversation we’d be away with the win having this morning,” Marinos told AAP — 4-1. yesterday. Picture by “But it’s good for us to benchmark Paul Rickard ourselves, good to see where we are in relation (to New Zealand) and there’s a lot of positives we can take out of this last weekend. “There’s a slight gulf but I think the biggest thing is to have squad depth. “They’ve got the ability to have a lot more depth from player 23 to probably 50 than what we do here. “It’s also a timing thing. “We had this conversation about the Reds in 2016 and 2017 when (coach) YMP set benchmark Brad (Thorn) was bringing through a new young generation of players. “They were learning tough lessons each week, and what they’ve been able to do over time is build squad strength and depth. Women’s champs GMC fall to arch-rivals “I think that’s where Australian rugby is at the moment. HOCKEY by Murray Robertson “We’re in a transition period.” POVERTY BAY CLUB HOCKEY RESULTS MEN: YMP (1) 4 (James Torrie 3, Kohere Marinos said it was inevitable having DEFENDING women’s champions Tupara) Waituhi 4 (Dillon Dolman-Tuhou 4). lost a generation of stars to overseas clubs GMC Green lost to arch-rivals YMP WOMEN: Gisborne Girls’ High School 14 YMP (2) 5 (Kohere Tupara 3, Jarod Carter 2) that Australia’s new-era talents would while Waituhi men drew with YMP (1) in (Chloe Carrington 4, Brooke Brown 3, Sophie LOB Masters 3 (Sean Wills, Dave Melville, Liam take time to flourish. highlights of Week 3 of the Poverty Bay Petro 2, Jessie Kapene 2, Keeley Smiler, Briana Melville). “We’ve got to be patient,” he said. senior club hockey competition. Ingoe, Jayha Egan goals) Te Aowera 0. LOB NZ Fruits 1 (Owen Vickers) Gisborne “We’ve got to give these guys an YMP women were 4-1 victors over GMC Kowhai 4 (Georgia Craig 2, Megan Allen, Boys’ High 2 (Austin Fergus, Luke McLeod). opportunity to do their apprenticeship previously unbeaten GMC on the turf at Arna Searle) Paikea 13 (Jo Cumming 4, Laura and get one or two seasons under their Harry Barker Reserve. Matthew 3, Lisa Gill 3, Taimania Clark 2, Amber SECONDARY SCHOOLS, ROUND 1: belt and I think then the game will be “It was a close tussle to start with,” Church). Campion College Gold 2 (Phoenix Battin, Angus really well served.” hockey commentator Tony Scragg GMC Green 1 (Lea-Ana Fleming) YMP A 4 Cunningham) Lytton High School 1 (Cody Dyer). France finished second in this year’s Six said. “There was nothing in it in the (Morgan Tuhou, Courtney Onekawa, Lucy McHugh, Gisborne Boys’ High Black 0 Campion Nations and Marinos is under no illusions first quarter. But once YMP got on the Hinekahukura Brooking). Green 0. about the challenge the Wallabies face. scoreboard they were never going to let Ngatapa 5 (Annabel Thomson 2, Briar Hunter, Gisborne Girls’ High seconds 1 (Elspeth The series will be squeezed into just go of their lead despite GMC throwing Olivia Abernethy, Ruby Adams) Waituhi 0. Leggett) GBHS seconds 1 (Angus Henry). 11 days after Les Bleus serve their everything at them quarantine period, with Wallabies coach “It was an excellent win for YMP “TA played the whole game without a said. “But a blitz of goals in the second Dave Rennie likely to name a 36 to and set the benchmark in the women’s goalkeeper so the score could have been half sealed the win for them.” 38-man squad to combat the gruelling competition. Everyone will have to lift a lot higher,” Scragg said. “The students In the other men’s games, Gisborne schedule. their games to compete with them.” missed a lot of opportunities so well done Boys’ High School went home happy after The Rugby Union Players’ Association YMP’s goals were shared by Morgan to TA. tipping Lytton Old Boys NZ Fruits 2-1 on (RUPA) is satisfied all measures were Tuhou, Courtney Onekawa, Lucy McHugh “The win will bolster Girls’ High’s Saturday night. being taken to protect the Wallabies’ and Hinekahukura Brooking while Lea- differential, which could be crucial at the “Boys’ High played fantastic hockey, “ welfare. Ana Fleming struck for GMC. end of the round.” Scragg said. “They threw everything at “There’s been quite a significant Waituhi’s 4-all draw with YMP in the Paikea were also in goalscoring mode as LOB and managed to come away with a amount of interaction between the Covid Cup men’s competition was as the they found the back of the net 13 times to well-deserved victory. coaches and strength and conditioning score suggests — a thriller. GMC Kowhai’s four. “Unfortunately the lights failed with staff and administration from Rugby “Waituhi were up by three goals but “Paikea were out to a four-goal lead five minutes to play so the game was Australia,” RUPA boss Justin Harrison they let YMP back into it in the final before Kowhai scored,” Scragg said. stopped. Credit to LOB for handing the said. quarter,” Scragg said. “But it was a “Kowhai made a slight comeback but in win to Boys’ High at that point.” “When we started galvanising the fantastic result for the men’s competition the second half Paikea played a great Austin Fergus and Luke McLeod scored dates, it became about problem solving, it and goes to show just how close it is going passing game and scored some fantastic for the students and Owen Vickers for became about meeting the challenge. to be.” goals.” LOB. “So we talked about squad size and Dillon Dolman-Tuhou scored all four Jo Cumming picked up four goals and The other men’s game ended 5-3 to increasing squad size, rotation of players, of Waituhi’s goals while James Torrie there were hat-tricks apiece to Laura YMP (2) over LOB Masters. managing their loads through that nabbed a hat-trick for YMP. Matthew and Lisa Gill. “It was a really good match — goal for performance window. Gisborne Girls’ High were relentless Ngatapa were 5-0 winners over Waituhi goal until the last quarter when YMP “All of the planning would hopefully against Te Aowera in a 14-0 whitewash, in the other women’s game. stretched their lead and took control.” suggest we’ll be going into the third Test including four goals to Chloe Carrington “Both sides started slowly and Ngatapa YMP’s goalscoring efforts were headed 2-0 up,” he said. “So then you can push and a triple to Brooke Brown. were up by only one at halftime,” Scragg by Kohere Tupara with a hat-trick. those rotations through.” — AAP 26 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Gutsy Gisborne go down by one to Scots RUGBY by Ben O’Brien-Leaf openside flanker Ben Phelps, who on their hands and responded Ten minutes after the resumption, and vice-captain and lock Max Briant came on at halftime, made a huge accordingly. At the 16-minute mark Rupeni Mataele, having shifted from and Phelps won quality lineout ball, GISBORNE Boys’ High School first impact.” from a lineout a metre in the Boys’ centre to second-five, ran in the especially in the second half. 15’s prospects look immeasurably Teneti was named Gisborne’s Most High 22, they won the ball, cleared college’s third and final try. It is always a good sign for Boys’ better after a courageous 22-21 loss Valuable Player award while Scots’ left and two passes later, right-winger The Wellingtonians were awarded High teams when they have the to Scots College in their Festival of went to No.8 Aiden Christians. Edoardo Payano crossed for a try that a scrum penalty in the centre of the confidence to play with flair, which Rugby match on Saturday. Gisborne made an inauspicious was not converted. field and 18m from the Boys’ High they did throughout. The Ryan Tapsell-coached Gisborne start in front of a crowd of around 200, Scots extended their 12-7 lead when goal-line. They tapped, shifted the Their handling was very good and team are still in search of their first kicking the ball out on the full. fullback Callum Koeberg dotted down ball to the right and Mataele showed it wouldn’t do to forget that Scots beat win of the season but followed up Scots opened the scoring three in the 32nd minute. determination to get across (22-14). GBHS 50-0 the year before. a 17-10 loss to Feilding Agricultural minutes later when second five-eighth Gisborne cleared from a defensive Play stopped for 14 minutes at the Gisborne’s performance earned the High School the previous Friday with Ietitaia Campbell toed the ball through scrum but the kick went to the middle 63rd minute mark when Teneti suffered respect of Scots captain and lock Maea an even more gutsy and confidence- to score under the posts and halfback of the park and gave Koeberg the an injury to his right shoulder but there Tema-Schmidt. boosting effort against Scots at Muri Stewart converted. chance he had been waiting for. was to be one more twist in the tale. “We have a lot of young boys in Porirua Park. Gisborne gritted their teeth and He steamed back 62m with ball in Awarded a penalty in front of the our team this year,so that was a tough “We’re improving and if we can be responded magnificently in the12th hand, beating five players and scoring posts and only a metre from the goal- game, but good to play in ,” said Tema- more clinical going into the Super 8 minute. They moved the ball quickly in the corner. line, Gisborne tapped and first five Schmidt. competition, we’ll put ourselves in a to the right from deep in their territory Down 17-7, Gisborne muscled up. Carlos Hihi showed sublime footwork “Gisborne targeted us at the position to win games,” Tapsell said. and rake Kaa, in great support, took Awarded a scrum penalty 15m from to score. breakdown, where they managed to “Nathaniel (captain and prop an inside pass from second-five Josh the Scot line, they chose to go for the King converted to close it to 22-21, get a lot of turnovers, and Carlos Hihi Nathaniel Hauiti) and No.8 Nik Whyte and ran 10m to score. maximum and went close to scoring where it remained. had a big say with his playmaking and Patumaka were outstanding again, Fullback King Maxwell landed the twice before Hauiti powered over to the The ball movement and skill of both kicking. right-wing Taimana Teneti and hooker first of his three conversions to tie it right of the posts. teams was evident throughout while “It’s the closest game against Matariki Kaa played their best-ever 7-all. Maxwell converted for a 17-14 Gisborne’s forward pack impressed. Gisborne I’ve played in during the last games in the jersey, and reserve Scots knew they had a game halftime deficit. They were tight at the set-piece four years.” Broad chips in Tactix redeemed in on latest twist cliffhanger, Stars CRICKET by Rory Dollard, PA if we’re trying to get the ball reversing, remain undefeated every player has to buy into that or it will LONDON — England’s Stuart Broad stop it. NETBALL Peta Toeava’s exceptional no-look passing was has chipped in with a sceptical take on “I didn’t see any of the inquiry into another factor in the Mystics’ dominance of the the official account of the 2018 sandpaper what happened but I have seen a couple IT was redemption for the Mainland Tactix. In spell. crisis, as Cricket Australia seeks more of comments from David Warner’s agent an extra-time cliffhanger that went down to the The Tactix hadn’t given up at five goals down, information about the ball-tampering and I think it will be an interesting time final seconds, the Tactix reversed their one-goal and Watson and Burger forced some misplaced scandal from Cameron Bamcroft. when he stops playing for Australia and loss to the Northern Mystics a fortnight ago and passes into Nweke. Leadership in the midcourt Bancroft was banned for nine months writes a book. pulled off a 64-63 victory at Christchurch Arena from Kimiora Poi, whose feeding was slick, for his role in the ball-tampering plot “There’s no doubt the Aussies would last night. closed the gap to two. that plunged Australian cricket into have been hoping this episode was signed, Goal attack Te Paea Selby-Rickit slotted the With four minutes to go, the Tactix forced crisis, while ring leaders Steve Smith and sealed and delivered.” winning goal with 10 seconds remaining. another mistimed Mystics pass and capitalising David Warner each received year-long The matter has drawn plenty of In a thrilling encounter, Mystics goal shoot on that put them right back in the game. It was suspensions. debate in Australia, with former national Grace Nweke shot 59 from 64 attempts, while level pegging in the final minutes, and a Bird shot Head coach Darren Lehmann also captains Adam Gilchrist and Michael her Tactix opposite, Ellie Bird, potted 44 from 53, from long range right on the buzzer, took the resigned his post but no other team Clarke among those to share a cynical including the buzzer beater from long range that game into six minutes of extra time. members were found to be complicit reading of the original investigation. took the game into extra time. An intercept from Mes made sure the Mystics during an initial investigation, including “I think there are a few people who In the later game, the Northern Stars remain led 61-60 after the first stretch, but the Tactix the bowlers who would have benefited have got it stored away and are ready to unbeaten after five rounds, courtesy of a 61-49 broke back when Mes broke on the Mystics’ from the changed condition of the ball. pull the trigger when the time is right,” win against the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. centre pass. A Selby-Rickit goal with seconds Speaking to the Guardian over the Gilchrist told SEN Radio in Perth. Maia Wilson was rewarded for a rock-solid remaining sealed the deal for the home side, weekend, Bancroft was asked directly if “I think anyone would be naive to think performance, in which she shot 43 from 51 giving them back-to-back victories. the bowlers knew about his actions and that people weren’t aware of what was attempts, by being named player of the match. twice said the answer was “pretty self- going on about ball maintenance and I The Tactix went hard and early against the THE Stars have marked coach Kiri Wills’s 50th explanatory”. don’t think CA wanted to go there.” Mystics’ threat, and they were clinical and clean game in charge with a comprehensive victory Now the CA integrity unit have written Clarke was just as forthcoming, telling in their approach. over Magic. to him during his overseas stint at Sky Sports Radio: “What’s the surprise, From the get-go, Selby-Rickit’s game was on The win keeps the Stars on top of the ladder Durham with an invitation to shed fresh that more than three people knew? If song — from the goal attack’s feeding to Ellie and unbeaten in all five games this season. light on the controversy. you’d played the game of cricket, you Bird, to her superb long shots. She proved she’s After a tentative start to the match, the Stars Broad was asked about those would know more than three people knew returning to the form for which she’s renowned, shot to life, with fast-paced feeds on the counter developments during the launch of what was going on in there. not only in her shooting and feeding game, but from the midcourt blowing away the Magic Lifebuoy’s partnership with the Chance “The problem Cricket Australia have also in rallying the Tactix attack. defence, as the Stars worked towards a healthy to Shine charity. And he made it clear is the fact they’ve tried to sweep it under On defence, Jane Watson and Karin Burger 18-9 lead at quartertime. Defender Elle Temu elite bowlers were highly unlikely to miss the carpet and not come out and told the forced the Mystics to put bigger passes into their continued her strong season, pulling in two significant alterations to the tool of their full story.” shooting weapon, Grace Nweke, and they initially intercepts and finishing the first quarter with trade. Ben Oliver, CA’s executive general struggled to get the weight of those lobs right. three gains. He said: “In an England test team, if I manager of national teams, had earlier The Tactix had a lead of four at times during The Magic applied defensive pressure at the miss the seam by four millimetres, Jimmy told a media conference: “Our integrity the quarter, and were up 17-14 at the first break. start of the second quarter and were rewarded Anderson’s on me . . . ‘Why has this ball team have reached out to Cam . . . to Within minutes back on court, the Mystics with turnovers to narrow the gap, but the Stars got a mark on it here; it’s because you’ve remind him if he does have any new drew even, finally making their connections regained control of the match with defensive missed the seam: start hitting the seam, information in addition to what his input stick, and rushed out to four ahead of the Tactix pressure of their own. Oceane Maihi added spark will you’. was into the original investigation, there through determined defence led by captain Sulu to the back court, complimenting the hard work “As an England team we are aware is an avenue for him to do that.” Fitzpatrick, who ended up as the match MVP done by Temu and Anna Harrison. (most valuable player). Midcourter Gina Crampton led the Stars attack Although goal attack Bailey Mes put up few in the first half with 22 circle-edge feeds and with East Coast squad named shots, she was active all around the court. Maia Wilson nailing all nine of her second-quarter Just when it looked as if the visitors had stolen shots at goal and Jamie Hume adding six herself, RUGBY (Uawa), Jorian Tangaere (Hikurangi), Gabe a march on the home side, the Tactix got back the Stars took a 33-22 advantage into the second Te Kani (Tokararangi), Hoani Te Moana into their groove, with smarter defence of the half. THE Ngati Porou East Coast wider squad (TVC), Jody Tuhaka (Tokararangi), George long shots, forcing the Mystics attack to make Whatever was said in the halftime team talk by has been named for the Queen’s Birthday Waddy (Uawa), Riki Waitoa (Tokararangi). unnecessary mistakes. Magic coach Amigene Metcalfe worked for the Weekend East Coast centenary rugby Backs: Mohi Bartlett (Tokararangi), At the other end Selby-Rickit continued to home side, as they came out with determination match against Poverty Bay at Ruatoria — Verdon Bartlett (TVC), Josh Dearden land her long-range attempts, and the Tactix and vigour and wore down the Stars on defence Forwards: Patrick Allen (Uawa), Will (Uawa), Te Rangi Fraser (Tokararangi), took back the lead. Watson’s intercept with a few and reaped the benefits, cutting the Stars’ lead Bolingford (Tokararangi), Adrian Collier Rapata Haerewa (Tokararangi), Whakarae seconds left on the clock ensured they took that down to as little as four. (Tokararangi), Hirini Delamere (Tihirau Henare (Tokararangi), Te Manu Herewini advantage into halftime, 29-28 ahead. But once again, as they do so well, the Stars Victory Club), Dyllyn Evans (Tokararangi), (TVC), Tipene Meihana (Uawa), Hamuera The atmosphere intensified in the third quarter, regained composure and ascendancy and after Maia Fox (Uawa), Richard Green Moana (Hikurangi), Te Aho Morice and the Mystics couldn’t put a foot wrong. going on a run of five straight goals late in the (Tokararangi), Hone Haerewa (Tokararangi), (Hikurangi), Sam Parkes (Yawa), Teina Although it was goal for goal in the early period held a 45-36 lead at three-quartertime. Kyah Hollis (Tokararangi), Anton King Potae (Tokararangi), Leethan Tipene-Rawiri stages, heavy defensive pressure from the The Stars then kept their flow with ball in hand, (Hicks Bay), Perrin Manuel (Hikurangi), (City), Jesse Rye (Uawa), Pamona Samupo Northerners forced a turnover that would put with Wilson’s swift movement in the shooting Moana Mato (TVC), Storm Moran (Uawa), (Hicks Bay), BJ Sidney (Uawa), Tawhao them in front and see them build their lead circle freeing her up to extend their lead to as Tuterangi Ngarimu (Ruatoria City), Trent Stewart (Uawa), James Te Kahika (City), through the 15 minutes. many as 15 goals. Proffit (Hikurangi), Jack Richardson (City), Tutere Waenga (TVC). Led by Fitpatrick’s defence on Bird, the The Stars were able to empty their bench and, Netani Seruwaqa (Tokomaru Bay United), Injured: Laman Davies (Uawa), Manaia Mystics scored five in a row, giving them a 47-43 after some late fight from the Magic, came away Frank Taiapa (Hicks Bay), Tanira Nepia Nyman (TVC), Fabyan Kahaki (Hikurangi). lead going into the final quarter. with the 61-49 win. — NZ Herald The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, May 18, 2021 SPORT 27 Federer faces Andujar on clay court

GENEVA – Pablo Andujar has set up a second-round meeting with Roger Federer at the Geneva Open by beating Jordan Thompson 6-0 6-4. Federer (pictured) is set to face the 75th-ranked Andujar on Tuesday evening (local time) in Geneva where persistent rain has fallen for several days and is forecast through the weekend. It will be 39-year-old Federer’s first match on clay in almost two years, since a semifinal loss to Rafael Nadal at the 2019 French Open. Federer is top-seeded for the Geneva Open, which is just his second tournament in the past 15 months after having two surgeries on his right knee. He lost his second match at the Doha Open in Qatar in March. “When you come back from an injury, you’re in a different place than everyone else,” Federer said on Monday. “I am excited about the comeback and won’t be focused on being at the same level as Rafa (Nadal) or Novak (Djokovic) right now.” In Federer’s half of the tournament draw, 67th-ranked American Tennys Sandgren won 6-3 6-4 against Salvatore Caruso. In the opposite half, eighth-seeded Adrian Mannarino was beaten 6-3 6-7 (5) 6-3 by fellow Frenchman Arthur Cazaux. — AP

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ALL IN A TANGLE: It was a case of locking sticks literally for YMP’s Moelani Tureia (left) and GMC Green’s Amy England as Anita Stewart reaches across in Poverty Bay women’s club hockey action from Saturday. Tureia and her teammates came away victorious over the defending champions, 4-1. Club hockey wrap with results on page 25. Picture by Paul Rickard

Young makes his case CRICKET complications with other guests. self-reported health screening and be in bowler-friendly conditions. The majority of the Black Caps test tested regularly for Covid-19. His ability to cope with the swinging WILL Young has driven six hours contingent touched down in London The first three days will be spent in Dukes ball, which will be used during from Durham to Southampton to join yesterday before being transferred to hotel room isolation, before mini training the Black Caps’ tour, will be particularly the Black Caps as they prepare for their Southampton where they will be based groups of six can be established from days noteworthy for New Zealand selectors. England cricket tour and the world for the first two weeks of the tour. 4 to 6, pending negative covid results. “It’s certainly a lot different from the championship final against India next In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Young must undergo isolation at Kookaburra ball and first-class cricket at month. the Black Caps are adhering to strict the Ageas Bowl before he joins his home,” Young said. The Central Districts batsman is fresh health protocols that include pre- teammates for training. “It swings and nips around as you’d off back-to-back centuries opening in departure vaccinations and covid Opening the batting over the expect in April and May over in England. the county championship for Durham, tests. They have received medical bags weekend, the 28-year-old scored 103 It’s been a fantastic learning curve as he puts pressure on for a place in the equipped with masks and hand sanitiser. to help Durham secure a win against really.” starting 11. While in England they will operate in Worcestershire. Young will likely be in a battle with Young says he was ushered in through a “controlled team environment” to limit It was his second straight 100 for incumbent opener Tom Blundell and the hotel’s tradesman’s entrance at outside contact and risk of transmission. Durham. He scored 124 in their last breakout star Devon Conway for the the Ageas Bowl to avoid any Covid All tour members will complete a daily game two weeks ago. Both innings were opening batting slot. — NZ Herald

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