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TEENS’ BRAVE ACTIONS REWARDED Kiwifruit ‘land grab’ Investor interest prompts fears about water running out

by Andrew Ashton Gisborne because most everything comes “At the end of the day, it all comes back Mr Hawea said the finalisation of the out of the Waipaoa. to greed. Mangatuna Resumption Claim was still MILLIONS of dollars are being “Now, I just happen to be on the ‘They just come in here and plant huge pending. pumped into a new horticultural gold- freshwater committee at the council and areas of kiwifruit with no consideration “That’s worth about $200m to us. rush here from out of town but a furious over these last few years, this (water of where they are going to get the water Now, when we get that, we’d like to Council adviser allocation) has been a big concern for us. from. People who have lived here all grow kiwifruit on our land and we can’t says it’s just a “land grab”. And since then we have a couple of huge their lives can’t get it because they are because there is too much here.” After hearing news that two large out- conglomerates coming from ‘the other coming in here with the money. That’s On the other side of the coin, Mr of-town investment groups had bought side’ and Tauranga looking for investors.” our concern, as an iwi.” Hawea said the village water around four properties for SunGold Wherever kiwifruit farms were Mr Hawea has been telling the scheme, which takes water from the kiwifruit expansion, and years of telling established, they would all need water council’s advisory committee about the river and runs through a filtration the council there was “not enough” water from the same source Mr Hawea said. problem. plant to 42 houses, receives notification to go around already, GDC freshwater “And there has not been enough to go “But at the end of the day it is the from GDC that it could not take water advisory committee iwi representative around since this started about 10 years responsibility of the councillors — but from its allocated section, sometimes and Te Whanau A Kai Iwi Trust ago. There’s the problem with the aquifer the councillors don’t know what’s going for two weeks at a time, when water is chairman David Hawea has had enough. emptying out and here’s people coming on. It seems to me to be a waste of time being taken for irrigation from other “I think it’s a land grab, I think that’s in, and there’s only one reason why they us being on there. allocations. all it is. It’s all governed by greed. come — the land. The reason why they “It’s like it’s open slather — anyone can “I’m taking that water for human “I personally don’t think it’s wonderful come here to grow kiwifruit is because come. We haven’t got the labour here, so consumption . . . just because someone because we have two main problems. the kiwifruit from Gisborne is the first they are bringing labour in. wants to water their kiwifruit, they want “Number one is when you plant on the market in the eastern countries, “The other thing that worries us is to take the water out of our children’s kiwifruit, you make sure you have got particularly Japan. So they get the good we are losing the opportunity to get mouths.” water. We only have one water source in money. into this.” See also page 3

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HERE YA GO: Building materials for upgrade work to the historic Kahunui hut had to be helicoptered in to the remote site in the Waioeka Conservation Area. Upgraded Kahunui hut Picture supplied tribute to a bygone era

UPGRADES made to Kahunui Hut, a half- a lobby area for storing firewood, raincoats and century-old historic gem on the East Coast, will boots,” Mr Quirk said. “Kahunui’s most special help preserve some of the area’s heritage. feature is an unusual three-tier bunk, with the Located in the deepest part of the Waioeka middle tier hinged so it can angle out of the ConservationAarea on the banks of a stream, the way and allow for seating or more space on the remote, 56-year-old hut has long been a popular bottom bunk if the hut isn’t fully occupied. spot for trampers and hunters. “The top bunk is close to the ceiling and quite The hut is available for public use but possibly would have been reserved for trainees. reaching it involves a multi-day tramp with “It has retained its original ‘safety orange’ several river crossings. colour and the number on the roof — 1878 — Department of Conservation East Coast that was used to identify the hut from the air. biodiversity ranger Jamie Quirk says the “Finally, it still has its open fireplace, also maintenance and repair work focused on known as ‘poor man’s television’.” retaining Kahunui’s historic features and The forest and streams around Kahunui allowing the hut to remain in perpetuity, rather feature spectacular towering podocarp forests, than having to replace it. with whio, morepork and kaka all making “These upgrades will ensure Kahunui will be themselves known to visitors. available to show future generations the beauty The track to the hut is a side track off the and simplicity of a bygone era,” Mr Quirk said. main Koranga Tawa loop, a two-to-three-day hike Items such as iron, timber and tools were for advanced trampers. dropped into the remote site by helicopter, along Kahunui Hut, and others like it, is an example with supplies to keep four DoC rangers going for of a range of places that DcC manages to tell five days. stories of a unique cultural heritage. Mr Quirk says the hut was built in 1965 by the Managed on behalf of all New Zealanders by Forest Service for deer control. DOC and others such as the Back Country Trust, NEW DO: Scaffolding for upgrade work to the Kahunui hut had to helicoptered Built to the standard floorplan of the time, it New Zealand’s network of around 950 huts is in.The hut was built in 1965 and has a number of features the Department of has a number of features that are unique today. world class and a unique piece of heritage in Conservation was keen to retain, allowing the hut to remain in perpetuity rather than “It still has a built-in lockable food locker and itself. replacing it. Picture supplied LOOKING AHEAD Get your ALL THE LATEST NEWS, INCLUDING: Gisborne Herald • Perches available on six-day bird camp for young home-delivered ornithologists • Artist Janice Rogers hides her pieces around town for people to fi nd and keep, for free. • Tairawhiti Museum to launch new online platform showcasing its collections. • Coverage of DJ Barry Cup and Hope Cup fi nals as local cricket winds up for the season. MONDAY The Gisborne Herald, 64 Gladstone Road, P.O. Box 1143, Gisborne • Phone (06) 869 0600 • Fax (Editorial) (06) 869 0643 (Advertising) (06) 869 0644 Editor: Jeremy Muir • Chief Reporter: Andrew Ashton • Circulation: Cara Haines • Sports: Jack Malcolm/John Gillies To fi nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 NEWS 3 ‘The new frontier’

HOT PROPERTY: The Waingake Road land purchased by MyFarm to grow SunGold kiwifruit. Picture supplied

by Andrew Ashton development would be carried out by Gisborne record for picking good land and access to MyFarm business partners, Apata, an also offered capital is so important. That is why the COMPARATIVELY cheap land prices orchard management and post-harvest significant partnership of MyFarm and Apata works here are combining with industry operator with packhouse and cool store larger growers so well.” incentives to turn Gisborne into the ‘new facilities in the Bay of Plenty. and post- Asked about the availability of water frontier’ for kiwifruit investment, as yet “Apata is the fourth largest supplier harvest for increased number of kiwifruit another investment group buys up land. of kiwifruit to Zespri Group Limited and operators operations here, Mr Payton said the Te Just weeks after Original Capital employs 170 permanent staff and several diversification Arai development already had consent for Partners announced they had bought times that number during the season.” benefits, water storage and the vendor was in the three Gisborne properties to grow Apata already manages more than 100 protecting them process of renewing it with the council. SunGold kiwifruit, Feilding-based cha of SunGold orchards in the Gisborne from localised “MyFarm is planning to build storage specialist land based syndicator My area including a recently completed 63 weather events of 25 – 30 days (and will also be including Farm this week launched an offer to cha development on Road. and other technology to drive efficiency such invest in Te Arai Gold LP, a 20-canopy “The Te Arai Gold development will be regional and as micro-sprinkler irrigation and soil hectare (cha) SunGold kiwifruit orchard modelled on the Tiniroto Road orchard.” unforeseen mapping. This will mean water is only development, receiving applications for Mr Payton said My Farm saw “great issues. IN THE KNOW: MyFarm applied where it’s required. over $2m of the $13.4m capital required potential” for kiwifruit in Tairawhiti and “Land prices sales manager Grant “MyFarm has built our reputation on the first day. was looking at a number of properties in are also more Payton. on best-practice land development and “MyFarm is offering investors the the area. attractive when Picture by Peter we are planning to create a world-class opportunity to invest in Te Arai Gold “Indeed, we believe it is a new frontier compared to McDermott kiwifruit orchard in the Gisborne district, Limited Partnership. This is a 28-hectare for the kiwifruit industry,” he said. the prices for that our investors will be proud of. bare block which will be developed into Gisborne had a number of key similar land in “We have a proven track record of high an estimated 20 cha SunGold Orchard on attractions including its climate and a more established regions in the Bay of quality land transformation projects over Waingake Road, 20 km west of Gisborne,” track record for producing early maturing Plenty. This is in some measure due to our 30-year history. head of sales Grant Payton said. kiwifruit crops. the fact it is an undiscovered region and “From daily operations to end of season The company purchased the land Another attraction was the existence historically produced lower yields.” harvest and export, MyFarm ensures (excluding licence and other costs) for of integrated kiwifruit producers, such as While yields (trays/canopy hectare) every asset is professionally managed on $3.5m. Apata, building post-harvest operations were lower from the area when compared the ground through partnerships with “The Gisborne area is gaining a with capacity aligned with the peak with Bay of Plenty, those factors were some of New Zealand’s most successful reputation for its ability to produce high season in the Bay of Plenty. offset by Kiwistart incentives, the careful horticultural managers and post-harvest yielding early maturing SunGold crops. “However, this capacity is underutilised choice of property setup (including operators.” On this site, we believe we can create early in the season,” he said. rootstock and drainage) and expert The total capital raise is for $13.24 a highly productive orchard producing “So, securing early production from orchard management. million and includes all development 16,000 trays of early start kiwifruit.” Gisborne improves utilisation and the “In short, this is why industry and costs. The offer to invest closes on Mr Payton said the Te Arai profitability of their operations.” orchard management expertise, a track Tuesday, April 6. Family lose all in house fire by Murray Robertson front of the house and spread very Specialist fire investigator Derek rapidly through the three-bedroom Goodwin was called in to ascertain A FAMILY of four came home to home,” the senior firefighter said. how the fire started. find their home in Worsley Street “The wind fanned the flames “Something happened in the in outer Kaiti destroyed by fire and spread the fire quickly.” kitchen, that’s where the fire yesterday afternoon, a fire that The roof collapsed at the rear of started, and what we have is a total was started firefighters believe by the house, and the entire property loss for the occupants,” he said. unattended cooking. was gutted. “Pretty much everything the Fire and Emergency New “The family of two adults and family had inside has been lost Zealand sent three appliances to two children were away from the due to fire, heat, water and smoke.” the rented home just after 3pm. house when the fire started,” he Firefighters believe it was a case Police also responded. said. of unattended cooking. “The house was fully involved in They came home to find their “We have had quite a number of fire when the first crew arrived,” a home in ruins. unattended cooking fires already senior firefighter said. The senior firefighter said a this year in the district. “We couldn’t get inside because builder working on the top of “People have just got to get our of the flames so we concentrated Sponge Bay hill saw the fire start message — keep looking while on an external attack initially.” first and called 111. you are cooking’ — otherwise the It was 10-15 minutes before the “That call was followed by consequences can be a house fire crews could get in to fight the fire multiple further 111 calls.” like this.” inside the building. Heat from the fire scorched Police Victim Support were They had the fire under control a neighbouring fence, but there called in to assist the family who OUTSIDE ATTACK: Firefighters spent nearly quarter of an hour fighting in about half an hour. was no other damage to adjoining now find themselves without a a fire in a home in Worsley St yesterday afternoon before they could get “It started in the kitchen at the properties. home. inside. Picture by Rebecca Grunwell 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021

FAMILY NOTICES Unveilings

MITA Deaths (nee POKI), CHRISTINA (RI) Riding for Leg-Up Trust HINDMARSH, Juliet 11.02.1937 - Patricia (Julie). — On 14.03.2020 Wednesday, March 17th, 2021, passed AND peacefully in her 89th MITA, by Matai O’Connor Sprite usually carries year. Beloved wife of KARAITIANA saddlebags but at Christmas Jock (dec). Loved (CHRIS) LARISSA MUELLER is trotting last year Ms Mueller’s partner mother and mother-in- around New Zealand on horseback Alex became her support crew, law of Ted and Sara, 15.11.1957 - to raise funds and awareness for travelling in a camper van. She 25.07.2018 Sylv and Pete the Leg-Up Trust. packs what she needs for the day Jex-Blake, Meyric and Mita Whanau welcome The trust helps disadvantaged and they go their separate ways Leigh. Loved Gran of all who wish to attend youth with social, behavioural until they meet up again at the end Guy, Fergus and Jack; our Whanau unveilings. or emotional problems by of the day. Libby, Miranda, Becca teaching them how to engage and and Gemma; Claire and Powhiri, On Thursday, Ms Mueller Henry and loved FRIDAY, communicate with horses. travelled from farmland near great-gran of her 16 2nd April 2021 These young people have been Makorori,across to the Matokitoki great-grand-children. - 4pm - put in the “too hard” basket, Ms Valley and ended up at Hansen A private family , Mueller says, and the Leg-Up Trust Road where a paddock was celebration has been Gisborne. gives them a second chance in available for her to camp in for the held to celebrate the life Unveilings, life with increased confidence, life night. of a true pioneer. SATURDAY skills and something to get up for “The one thing I can’t carry is Family request no 3rd April, in the morning. fencing, so I aim to find a paddock flowers thank you. - 10am - “Respect, leadership and love for my horse every night to allow - Evans Funeral Waihirere Urupa are the underpinning principles her to rest fully.” Service Ltd FDANZ Hakari at 11.30am they learn and take to use in the Sprite is “barefoot” but wears www.evansfuneral.co.nz at Waihirere Marae. rest of their lives,” she said. hoof boots and is ridden in a rope Ms Mueller, 33, is riding an halter. MILNER, Helen We are live streaming 11-year-old station-bred mare “She doesn’t get any special Anne. — Youngest these moments for those called Sprite. She started in feed along the way except the odd child of Anne (Harvey) that can’t attend via January 2019 and has ridden for sliver of hay. What she finds on and the late Edward private Face Book page. Please make a request about 15 months over the three roadsides and in paddocks is more James Milner. Loved summer seasons since then. than enough. I do carry a salt lick sister of David and if you’re wanting Paula. At rest with her to be added. She only treks in the summer and selenium to help replenish her months as the winter is too cold. minerals,” Ms Mueller said. loving Dad. May God Anahera Mita bless their souls. The East Coast has been the To keep herself going, Ms As requested a Monumental latest leg of her mission. She left Mueller eats basic dried foods like private ceremony has Opotiki six weeks ago and has muesli, crackers, snack bars and been held. Masons spent the past three weeks making chocolate. her way around the . “The only vegetable I carry is “It’s been really neat to have a supply of carrots, which Sprite STONEHAVEN the East Coast as the final leg,” Ms ends up getting if I don’t eat them for Mueller said. quickly enough.” Funerals “I have been on some amazing Before Ms Mueller started on the Proudly Qualified, terrain, going over massive hills. mission she volunteered at Leg-Up Registered and Sprite’s still not fit for all of them Trust in Hawke’s Bay. “I couldn’t so she’s been huffing and puffing think of a more deserving charity Making a Difference. going up some.” to fundraise for.” 601 Nelson Road Ms Mueller has met all kinds of But, “I reckon I would do this Ph 867 1800 people on her journey. anyway. It’s such a bucket list “People have helped me out adventure.” by guiding me through some “It’s really incredible what they Recovered tools tricky situations and have offered do, and how much the students paddocks to stay in,” she said. benefit from it.” She has travelled almost 9000 Ms Mueller’s goal is to raise looking for owner kilometres and thinks she will $20,000 for the Leg-Up Trust. POLICE in Ruatoria have recovered a number get close to 10,000km on the last People can donate at givealittle. of tools and they want to be able to return them stretch to Hawke’s Bay, where she co.nz/org/bennyboy to their rightful owner. started. “Every cent counts, so if you The tools include two skilsaws, a Ryobi battery Ms Mueller rides 20-30km a day think you could spare the price of charger and a Lufkin dumpy level, along with on average and aims to give Sprite a cup of coffee please head over to some hand tools. at least one day off a week. the Givealittle page.” A distinctive marking on one of the saws is “I walk up to 50 percent of the Use the word “homefree” in the “TT6”, written in permanent black marker. time depending on the terrain and comment so she can add it to her A drill set case has two telephone numbers how stiff I get in the saddle.” tally. etched into it ending 925 and 583. One of the numbers rings to a purple and black Huawei cell phone. Anyone with information that may help police return the items is asked to contact police on the 105 number and ask to speak to Senior Constable WAY TO GO: Larissa Mueller and Sprite make their way down Matokitoki Valley Road on the last leg of their 10,000km ride for Boycie Poi from Ruatoria police. the Leg-Up Trust. Picture by Ben Cowper Light quake shakes Lifeguards pack up the flags district this morning THE district’s surf life saving clubs have number of times to bring kayakers back to MORE than 1000 people 5km south-east of Tokomaru finished their volunteer patrol operations for shore safely when they had battled against reported feeling a light to Bay at a depth of 9km, and the season, described as “up and down” with strong offshore winds or weather conditions moderate earthquake at 7.52 on Monday a moderate the weather. had changed. am this morning. quake at a depth of 31km The Christmas and new year period was “There was also a very good after-hours The 5.9 magnitude quake’s was recorded 25km south of quieter than normal on the beach due to the rescue of a swimmer at Midway in early epicentre was 235 km north Gisborne. cold southerly that came through at that January.” of and occurred Also on Monday, a weak time, said Surf Lifesaving New Zealand club Mrs Keepa said patrol statistics and further at a depth of 162km, says earthquake happened 5km development officer for Gisborne Sonia Keepa. details on the patrol operations at Midway, Geonet. A total of 1033 south-east of Matawai and “There were no significant patrol time Waikanae, Wainui and clubs would recorded “felt it” reports another weak quake was rescues while the volunteer services were be provided later. were logged on the Geonet recorded 20km east of Tolaga operating, though the lifeguards carried out lots She urges beach goers, as the temperature website. Bay. of assists and preventive actions.” starts to dip, to know their limits and always There has been a fair bit Sunday was busy with Mrs Keepa said the lifeguards increased swim with a friend. of rocking and rolling since a weak earthquake in the interaction with beach users to reinforce safe She said swimmers needED to be aware of the 7.1 shake on March 5. On early hours 20km south-east beach and surf education over summer. rip currents, generally identified where there Thursday a magnitude 2.8 of , another “There were a number of after patrol hours are no clean breaking waves and where there is earthquake occurred 15km weak one about eight hours rescues and assists carried out by off-duty a strong pull of water. north of Gisborne at a depth later 115km east of Te Araroa lifeguards. “With the surf clubs now closed for the of 24km. and a light one around the “The Gisborne/Tairawhiti Character Roofing winter, if you see someone in trouble and it is On Tuesday a light same time 120km east of Te Emergency Callout Squad was called out a an emergency, dial 111 and ask for the police.” earthquake was recorded Araroa. The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 NEWS 5 On the web On Last week’s question Are you concerned at all about what Rocket Lab is the launching from its Mahia site? street

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VOTE ONLINE: www.gisborneherald.co.nz Rocket Lab Award for rescue at Makorori

WAINUI surf lifeguards Kelly Ryan that the teenage boy was close to to have partnered with Surf Life launches not and his daughter Jay have been going under when he reached him. Saving New Zealand for more than 50 awarded third place in Surf Lifesaving The pair were on their way back years. New Zealand’s nationwide “Rescue of through surf on his SUP when they “Since 1968, BP has been proud the Month” awards for February. were knocked off it by a wave. to stand behind Surf Life Saving New Kelly had just come in from a At that time his daughter Jay Zealand and its Surf Lifeguards, who worrying most surf at Northern Makarori Beach on arrived with a paddleboard and consistently put their amazing skills February 20 when he spotted two between them they got the exhausted into action to keep us all safer at our MORE than two thirds of any person or company with teens being sucked out in a rip. teenager safely onto the shore. beaches.” readers who responded to initiative or progress.” He grabbed his stand-up paddle On the beach they checked the As the third-place recipient of BP this week’s webpoll question Comments from the yes board (SUP) and went into the surf. teenager over and when they felt it NZ Rescue of the Month, Riversun were not concerned about camp were just as varied. One of the teenagers made her own was safe to do released him into the Wainui Surf Life Saving Club will be what Rocket Lab launches A rocket explosion on the way ashore. care of his friends. recognised with $200-worth of BP gift from its Mahia site. launch pad, New Zealand’s Mr Ryan told the Gisborne Herald BP head of country Matt Elliott said vouchers. Those who said “no” to the contribution to space debris, when interviewed about the rescue the company was “incredibly proud” question, “Are you concerned and perceived secrecy and about what Rocket Lab is concern about the Rocket launching from its Mahia Lab site as a US military site?” made up 198 votes launch pad, made up the (64.92 percent) out of 305 objections. while those who said yes “I am concerned about the weighed in at 31.48 percent Gunsmoke J permit, and the (96 votes). Rocket Lab site, being used LTP consultation No consistent theme as a launch pad by the US featured in either camp’s military,” said one reader comments. Morality, who had “read some of the investment, and the nation’s open letter to the PM in security made up responses relation to this concern”. from those in the yes camp. “We need to ascertain “I have every confidence whether Rocket Lab is meetings all set that all rules will be followed somehow contributing to and there will be eventual supporting the US weapons benefits for us all,” said one. system. I don’t quite “There is no way Peter understand all the details, Community encouraged to have say Beck, or investors like but I think it is worth Stephen Tindall, are going thoroughly investigating the ROADS, township upgrades, involved. community events across to do anything that will planned Gunsmoke-J launch flood protection, biodiversity and “We’re not alone in these the region. jeopardise this multi-million so that it doesn’t breach NZ’s our ageing water pipe network will challenges. Councils nationwide “We’ve included weekend events dollar venture,” said another laws on weapons.” be hot topics during the upcoming are all struggling to keep rates for families to come along, learn in his or her similar-but- Who knows just what consultation of ‘Our Tairawhiti’, low. Our strategy is to continue to about the issues and give their different response. is being launched? asked Gisborne District Council’s do what we said we were going to feedback.” “US military satellites are another. proposed 2021-31 Long Term Plan. do, but to focus on doing the basics The first event is on Saturday, fine. Who else can protect “Could be anything from Mayor Rehette Stoltz said a right. March 27 in Ruatoria at the Aero New Zealand,” was another anywhere, we wouldn’t know. lot of progress had been made in “We’ll finish the work we’ve Club’s 60th commemorations angle. It’s so secretive, isn’t it?” those areas, but the region still started and we’ll set a 6.5 percent and Sunday, March 28 in Similarly: “We need “Military payloads make faced big challenges. maximum cap rates increase for Tokomaru Bay and Tolaga Bay. more US satellites over us us a target,” said one “On top of the issues we’re the first three years of our plan. Events will then be held in the to combat the real threat respondent who took a facing today, we’re also preparing Then from 2025, we’ll be back at 5 city on Saturday, April 10 and in that the CCP (Chinese slightly different view of the for the impacts of climate percent.” on Sunday, April 18. Communist Party) poses to issue. change, a Covid-19 resurgence This week, councillors approved Evening community meetings are all of us.” “Mahia iwi never thought and government’s new plans to the proposed plan for consultation also planned across the region. One respondent did take a this through.” improve and protect our water,” from Wednesday, March 24 to April During the consultation period, slightly different view of the The “don’t knows” she said. 21. the full consultation document issue. contributed 11 votes (3.61 “Community feedback on our Submissions can be made can be found at the council’s “Gisborne seems to have percent) but made no proposed plan is important and I online at the council’s website or website, at customer services or by heaps of knockers against comment. encourage the community to get in person at public meetings and requesting a hard copy. 6 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 BRIEFS Concerns for missing woman — Police are calling on information to help find a young woman. Bay of Plenty police are looking for missing 24-year-old Shylo Rose Porter, also known as Whakarongotai. Whanau last heard from Porter on Thursday night and have serious concerns for her welfare. She is believed to be in the Rotoiti area. She is thought to be driving a Silver 2009 Audi A3 hatchback, registration number MYM472. Police are asking anyone who has seen her or her vehicle, or has any information that may help, to call them on 105 and quote event number P045868786. — NZ Herald Fatal crash near Ohakune OHAKUNE — A man has died following a crash in the central this morning. A police spokeswoman said the crash on Raetihi Ohakune Road near Ohakune was reported to police around 7.55am, but is believed to have occurred at some point earlier this morning. A man was found dead in the vehicle. It was believed to be a single-vehicle crash with no passengers, the spokeswoman said. LOCKDOWN BABY: Louisa Mara-Grace Toiaivao will celebrate her first birthday this weekend surrounded by her The Serious Crash Unit will be examining grandparents, aunties, uncles and cousins — something that was not allowed much of last year. Known affectionately as the scene, and an investigation into the “Isa”, she was born on Saturday, March 21 — two days after New Zealand officially shut its borders and the same day the circumstances is under way. Government introduced an emergency alert level system in a bid to fight Covid-19. Mum Fa’amanu Toiaivao still remembers Raetihi Ohakune Rd is currently closed with being told about the new lockdown measures hours after giving birth at Middlemore Hospital. “I was freaking out because diversions in place at Lakes Road and Pakihi everything was scary and all that information was overwhelming.” Although Toiaivao and husband Vini were first-time parents, Road. — NZ Herald they decided not to go to a birthing unit as planned because of the lockdown announcement. Mum and baby left the hospital on March 23 — the same day Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern would announce that the country would be moving into Alert Level Vaccine support grows 4 in 48 hours. Wanting her parents to meet her first child, Toiaivao spent the next day at their home in Takanini. The day after AUCKLAND — More than half of New Zealanders that, reality set in. “Knowing that I wouldn’t be able to see my parents for four weeks after just having my baby — I think that’s now say they will “definitely” get vaccinated what made me cry more. I wanted my mum to be there. NZ Herald picture against Covid-19 when they get the chance. A One News Colmar Brunton poll shows that the proportion who will “definitely” get vaccinated has risen from 44 percent in September and 45 percent in December to 52 percent this month. A further 24 percent will “probably” get vaccinated (down 7 points), so the number saying they will definitely or probably get vaccinated has Battle to spread the stayed the same at 76 percent. But only 10 percent now say they will “probably not”, and only 6 percent will “definitely not”, get vaccinated — down from 13 percent probably not and 9 percent definitely not planning to get vaccinated in the December poll. truth about vaccines Otago University epidemiologist Professor Nick Wilson told One News the numbers suggested New Zealand would have “a good chance of by Eleisha Foon, RNZ getting herd immunity”. What to know about the Pfizer vaccine There is no agreement on what percentage of AUCKLAND — The race is on to the population would need to be vaccinated to reach Pasifika communities to counter achieve herd immunity, but Director General of the spread of misinformation about the •฀New฀Zealand฀has฀secured฀10฀million฀ •฀Nine฀out฀of฀10฀people฀will฀be฀ Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has suggested a Covid-19 vaccine. doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine — protected. figure of 70 percent. — NZ Herald Pacific and Maori communities have enough for 5m people to get two doses. •฀There฀has฀been฀at฀least฀250m฀doses฀ the highest risk of dying from Covid-19 •฀The฀vaccine฀is฀for฀people฀over฀16฀ given around the world. Kiwi cleared of murder and that has caused leaders and doctors years because it is yet to be tested on a •฀New฀Zealand’s฀Medicines฀and฀ MANCHESTER — Kiwi property developer within this group to work hard to dispel younger age group. Medical Devices Safety Authority, Donald McPherson has been cleared of murdering fears and misinformation about what it •฀Like฀all฀medicines,฀the฀Pfizer/ Medsafe is closely monitoring the safety his heiress wife, after a UK judge ruled there was might mean to get the jab. BioNTech vaccine may cause side effects of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. “insufficient” evidence for the jury to convict. “People can have confidence that like a headache and/or sore arm in some •฀Impacts฀of฀the฀vaccine฀are฀monitored฀ In a day of high drama at Manchester Crown the vaccine is effective and safe,” said people. These are common, are usually and reported to the World Health Court, the family of Paula Leeson shouted as the Auckland University public health mild and don’t last long. Organisation (WHO). judge intervened to tell the jury that they must professor Dr Colin Tukuitonga, who has find McPherson not guilty of her murder. 40 years’ experience in medicine. Her father, businessman Willy Leeson and his The amount of research, testing reo Maori and the nine main Pacific to have a korero and discussion around son Neville reacted angrily after Justice Goose and studies behind the vaccine was languages. the table. said there was not enough evidence for jurors to “phenomenal”, he said. Maori and Pacific providers hold Change could only truly happen in safely convict the Kiwi, despite previously saying People with reservations have every trusted relationships with the whanau family homes, he said, where they can that foul play was “more likely” than an accident, right to ask questions — but can rest they serve and play a crucial role to air any fears around the vaccine and the Daily Mail reported. assured there is nothing to be worried maximise uptake and achieve equity, a address certain distrust when it comes to The judge told the jury: “I have come to the about, he said. Ministry of Health spokesperson said. public institutions. conclusion that as a matter of law that the “It is highly effective. There is Dr Tukuitonga praised Associate “If we don’t take a conversation evidence in relation to how Paula Leeson came increasing evidence that it reduces Minister of Health Hon Aupito William approach then we will always allow to drown is not sufficiently strong to allow you to transmission to others and protects us Sio for organising meetings with Pacific misinformation to win the battle and reach a proper verdict in relation to the defendant all as a nation and community.” leaders and groups about the vaccine that’s where I believe the Ministry of causing it by killing her”. There have also been very few side — which sometimes included up to 500 Health have fallen over, because we Prosecutors alleged that McPherson, born effects so far, besides a headache and people over Zoom. haven’t trusted local organisations to Alexander James Lang in Auckland, killed sore arm and most medication and A Ministry of Health spokesperson go into the community and talk to the Paula Leeson after taking out a series of vaccines have side effects anyway, he said it planned to support district health families.” insurance policies against the life of the wealthy said. boards to engage with people who may About 70 percent of Pacific Islanders heiress. — NZ Herald “In Israel where they have pretty much be hesitant about getting a vaccine dose. attend church regularly, so leaders of vaccinated everyone, they have found But Manukau councillor Efeso Collins these congregations are being reminded Homegrown ready for crowds the vaccine to reduce hospitalisation and was “not convinced” that the Ministry of the influential role they play as a WELLINGTON — More than 50 acts are taking infection.” of Health had been taking the “right vaccine messenger. to the stage today at Wellington’s sold out music The Pacific peoples’ ethnic group is the approach” to connect with Maori and Collins planned to help those on the festival Homegrown. fourth largest major ethnic group in New Pacific communities — although small fence about the vaccine in his South The event has been a long time coming after Zealand, behind European, Maori and improvements were only just being Auckland electorate. organisers made the “heartbreaking” decision to Asian ethnic groups. made. He encouraged the importance of postpone in 2020 due to Covid-19. The Ministry of Health has been “Those of us who were raised in the “a conversation after church . . . with Most of the multi-stage festival on the city’s on a mission to communicate helpful islands have an oral tradition. The a coffee and a muffin to talk through waterfront was already built when that call information to people about the Ministry of Health need to understand distrust to make a difference”. was made. Organisers have spent three weeks vaccination. that just sending out information on a Social workers and community groups rebuilding the infrastructure ready for artists to Anyone calling the Covid Healthline sheet of A4 or link on a website isn’t the who already have trusted connections perform on six stages from 1pm today. can speak with someone in their own way you engage with these communities.” with whanau would also be valuable This year’s line-up includes Shapeshifter, Stan language, with access to interpreters He wanted “trusted community in helping vulnerable people who had Walker, Blindspott, Ladi6, Opshop, Elemeno P, and for over 150 languages, including te champions” to be sent into communities digested misinformation. The Feelers. — NZ Herald The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 NATIONAL NEWS 7 Fatal stabbing wasn’t random

to church. They were very God fearing. Police not looking They were very humble sort of people. They were very helpful as well. They used to look after our property when we were for anyone else in away.” She received a call yesterday from her son telling her of the deaths, Gupta said. relation to attack “To be honest it’s shocking. I cannot see any reason why they would kill them. It’s by Lane Nichols and Cherie Howie, just beyond my thinking.” NZ Herald She last saw the woman at Royal Oak Pak’nSave in February. AUCKLAND — A married couple The woman told Gupta that their who moved to New Zealand from India son — who had lived with the couple — for a better life were fatally stabbed in had graduated from Massey University their Epsom home and their engineering engineering school and started his career. graduate son is fighting for his life in The woman had asked Gupta to hospital. arrange to have trees hanging over their The man remains in a critical but boundary trimmed, because the woman stable condition today and is under police was worried the foliage could damage a guard in hospital. fence. He is deemed to be in police custody, Gupta agreed and tree cutters were Detective Inspector Scott Beard said. No dispatched to the property yesterday formal charges have been laid “at this morning. early stage”. SHOCKING DEATHS: Police surveyed the scene where two people were killed and Gupta’s son told The Herald a woman, Beard said autopsies would be two injured in a stabbing attack in the Auckland suburb of Epsom yesterday. believed to be the one who died, spoke performed today on the man and woman NZ Herald picture with the tree cutters at about 10am. She found dead in their Epsom home. was accompanied by a younger man who A fourth person who received Gupta said she and her husband still investigating a double homicide and the said he’d take care of the branches. superficial injuries in the incident had own the property next to where the individuals involved in the tragedy were Gupta’s son visited the property to now been discharged from hospital and professional couple were slain. known to each other. check on the work at about 11am and was interviewed by detectives yesterday. Emergency services rushed to the “This was not a random attack,” Beard said there was no sign of any trouble or “Police would like to remind the local property at the intersection of The said. disturbance, he said. community that at this stage police are Drive and Green Lane West after being The woman — who worked at the “We left after about five minutes then not seeking anyone else in connection alerted to the incident at about 11.30am University of Auckland — would half an hour later I got a call from our to the incident, and we do not believe yesterday. sometimes visit Gupta’s house to help tenants saying, ‘something’s happened there is a wider risk to the public as They found two people with critical with computer problems. next door. That lady that you guys know this appears to be a family harm-related injuries who died despite paramedics’ It’s understood the woman’s husband well, she’s been stabbed’. incident.” attempts to save them. A critically injured worked at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. “As far as I could tell (the woman) was AUT lecturer Ranjana Gupta told The man was also discovered at the house and The couple immigrated to New Zealand happy at 10am. She spoke to the tree guy New Zealand Herald yesterday she was taken to Auckland City Hospital. from the Indian state of Goa and moved and there was a young guy who offered to shocked to learn her former neighbours A fourth person — who is believed to into the block of flats in 2007 because it throw the branches over and I don’t know were both dead. be a passerby who tried to intervene — was in zone for Auckland Grammar where what happened during the next hour and “Who would kill them? I cannot suffered superficial injuries and was able their son attended. a half. understand that. There has to be some to speak to police. “She was a very good lady,” Gupta said. “I can’t believe it actually, especially in kind of motive behind the killing.” Police confirmed yesterday they were “They are Christian. They used to go Epsom. It’s just crazy.” HEREWORTH SCHOOL

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by Tom Kitchin, RNZ investigate how we could do that, but I NAPIER — Fixing Napier’s brown wasn’t anticipating water problem could take two decades it to be to the cost and almost $300 million, a new report we’re having now.” has revealed. She said it was a Since chlorine was added to the case of law changes. water four years ago, residents have “Eighteen months complained of brown, stinky water ago, the regulations gushing from the taps. were quite different The mayor campaigned on getting to what they rid of it, but it’s now clear there’s no Kirsten Wise are now, and the quick fix. regulations are still Across parts of the city, chlorinated changing and will be different again in water flows from the taps, blackening another 12 months’ time, and they’re DRAMATIC AFTERNOON: Bishop Viard College students Robert, 15 (left), and washing and bathtubs. only getting harder to meet, which all Oliver, 17, helped police catch a suspected car thief. NZ Herald picture Many residents hate the smell, taste, translates to additional cost.” the look and they want it gone. But a peer review for the report Chlorine was added to the network suspected the cost estimates were in 2017 after E.coli was found in the rough, plus or minus 50 percent, water. because they were not asked to design Teens recognised One of Mayor Kirsten Wise’s big or cost specific solutions. promises in the 2019 election was to Guardians of the Aquifer is a local try to remove chlorine from the water. lobby group campaigning to rid Napier Napier City Council then estimated of its chlorinated water supply. this could take several years of Spokesperson Pauline Doyle for brave actions infrastructure upgrades and cost demanded councillors be upfront about around $150 million. the report. But at the time, Wise disagreed. “It’ll put a huge burden on by Georgina Campbell, NZ Herald asking which direction the man had gone. “I don’t think that the figures are ratepayers and we want the council to They followed the handler about 10 steps going to be anywhere near that high be honest with Napier residents, we WELLINGTON — Two teenagers were waiting behind in their rugby boots “just in case they based on the research I’ve done, and want them to come clean and publicise for a ride home after rugby practice at Bishop needed help”, Robert said. I’ve been looking into this for two the fact that these consultants may Viard College in Porirua when one of them The group heard the sound of breaking glass years,” she told RNZ in 2019. have inflated the cost estimates by as spotted a suspicious-looking man. as they moved behind the school and found the Today, as mayor, she said the much as 50 percent.” Oliver and Robert’s otherwise normal offender had smashed a window to get into the projected cost — now sitting at $284m The council plans to take the report February afternoon soon took a dramatic turn main office. — was unexpected. through this year’s long-term-plan when they helped police arrest the man who “Luckily the office lady wasn’t in there at that “I would love to remove chlorine process so the community gets a say was fleeing after a stolen car crashed. time,” Oliver said. from our water supply tomorrow, and about whether they want chlorine to Yesterday they received an Area The dog handler lifted the dog through the during the campaign I committed to stay or go. 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MANGAWHAI — A large mako shark cruising around an estuary in driver crashes Mangawhai has been captured on camera by a local “privileged” to have seen it in the wild. BMW into Andy Bruce, video creator and digital media producer at Elevated Media NZ, was scrolling through Facebook at his three cars Mangawhai home when he spotted a post about a 2.5m short-finned mako DUNEDIN — A man who had in the estuary near Mangawhai Heads drunk gin and crashed his BMW into Beach around 9.30am. three cars blew a “ridiculously high” “I thought I’d like to have a look at breath-alcohol level, a court has heard. that,” he said. So drunk was Samuel James He grabbed his camera and drone and Angove, 26, that he could not recall drove to nearby Picnic Bay, where Bruce why he was in the driver’s seat in said he easily spotted the shark thanks the early hours of December 29, to its large size and the clear water. the Dunedin District Court heard A paddleboarder had been alerted to yesterday. the mako’s presence by another local In just more than 100m, he and a few people who had the same idea managed to crash into three other as Bruce stood and marvelled at the vehicles. shark. “He doesn’t offer any explanation Bruce watched for around 30 minutes for why he got behind the wheel other as the mako cruised the current looking FASCINATING SIGHT: Mangawhai resident and videographer, Andy Bruce, captured than intoxication and an appalling for a snack in the clear waters. this stunning shot of a mako in Mangawhai Heads. Picture by Elevated Media NZ lack of judgement,” counsel Jo Turner “It was very calm and very fascinating said. to watch,” he said. “I’ve dived with some “I’m of the opinion that it’s their all around the country’s waters. Angove pleaded guilty to drink- sharks in Australia but I’ve never seen environment, they’ve been here longer Duffy said while it was “a bit unusual” driving and dangerous driving — the one in the wild like that.” than us and we should respect that.” to see mako in shallow water — as they first convictions on his criminal Bruce said seeing the mako in the Department of Conservation marine were most common offshore from about record. He gave a breath-alcohol popular swim spot would not deter him scientist Clinton Duffy said mako are 30m depth — it was not unheard of. reading of 1099 micrograms of alcohol from getting back into the water. abundant in New Zealand and are found — Northern Advocate per litre of breath — which is more than four times the legal limit. Community Magistrate Sally O’Brien was flabbergasted. Extent of abuse ‘unknown’ “That’s a ridiculously high level,” she said. “I’m not sure how you even found your car with that amount of alcohol in your system. You were very, very lucky, as were members of the Bishop says Christ’s College cases could be at least 80 public on the road at the same time.” Angove left his home in Cannington by Andrew McRae, RNZ Jim Goodwin boarded at the school warden to a number of Anglican schools. Road, in Maori Hill, and almost and was sexually abused by three senior “How much more proactive I could immediately slammed into a Toyota — The Anglican students in the early 1970s. be in the life of each school, if you like, across the street. In turning his Bishop of Christchurch is not ruling In 2020, he told the inquiry about the without the school wondering why their vehicle around, the driver also out that at least 80 former students abuse and that his housemaster had warden had suddenly become rather managed to hit a Nissan, but still he of Christ’s College were victimised or found out. proactive.” continued. abused while in its care. Archbishop Philip Richardson also He weaved onwards along the road On Thursday, Bishop Peter Carrell told took to the witness box and unreservedly a few metres before smashing into a the Abuse in Care Royal Commission he An apology may be seen as apologised on behalf of the church Mazda. thought the number was about 30. incomplete‘ without tangible to survivors of abuse. He called it But not even that could halt his RNZ reported on Friday a survivor of unacceptable and inexcusable. drunken progress. abuse at the school, Jim Goodwin, had redress processes “An apology, although sincere, may Angove turned into Stonelaw been told the figure was much higher. —Archbishop Philip’ Richardson be seen as incomplete without tangible Terrace where he lost control of his The extent of historical abuse at redress processes and structural changes vehicle. He become stuck in a grass Christ’s College in Christchurch is still that prevent such shameful conduct verge and when police arrived he unknown. “I wouldn’t tell him anything. I sat in occurring ever again. claimed he had earlier consumed five Bishop Carrell went to the school his office trying not to cry and try not to “The Anglican Church has made gin and tonics at home. himself, and while he had a happy time bleed on his chair because I was bleeding. substantial changes in the way it Turner said her client took full there, he is aware this was not the case He called that whole year together, I responds to incidences of abuse to ensure responsibility for the brief but for everyone. wouldn’t tell him who they were. He that its institutions are safe for everyone, destructive rampage and would pay “There would be a variety of reasons called them all together and told them especially those children, young persons for all the damage he caused. why that would be a difficult time. Some he would expel them if they touched me, and vulnerable adults that we care for Angove had dealt with the of that we do know is through abuse, that and they never did again, they said a few and provide services to.” insurance company in relation to one is completely unsatisfactory.” things but they never touched me.” Archbishop Richardson called on victim and was expecting to hear from He said as many as 80 people could Jim Goodwin’s abuse did not trigger anyone abused within the church who a second. have suffered abuse, given the number of any formal investigation by the school or had not come forward to do so to the The third victim sought reparation boys who had passed through the school diocese. Royal Commission. through the court process and O’Brien over the years. The bishop sits on the board of The latest figures on cases of abuse imposed an order for $1500. “This is communication of Christ’s College and is warden, a type of within the Anglican Church nationwide Angove was fined $900, ordered to unsatisfactory school experience which pastoral overseer. Bishop Carrell admits are 132 from within its churches, 168 pay court costs of $130 and banned may or may not also involve a specific better oversight of schools is needed, from its care organisations and 248 from from driving for 10 months. — ODT complaint about abuse.” particularly in his diocese where he is Anglican schools; a total of 548.

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Geraghty said there would be financial a third over this time last year as the work- The airline last flew there 23 years ago support from the Tasmanian government, from-home trend has seen more people and said yesterday that the city would be but the figure was commercially adopt more broadband-intensive software its tenth Australian destination. sensitive. like Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Slack — Air New Zealand chief executive Greg ‘’We’re ready to go, but it is contingent and persist with such cloud tools after they Foran said the route would be a much- — tickets will go on sale once the bubble return to the office or move to a hybrid needed economic boost for New Zealand’s announcement is made.’’ work week. And viewing via bandwidth- tourism industry. Fares would be dependent on demand hogs like Netflix and Disney+ continues to “Our Hobart to Auckland route will but there would be a “great range of climb. open a direct link between 540,000 fares.” Throw a snap lockdown on top of that, potential Tasmanian tourists and our An announcement on a two-way plus a one-off spike caused by something biggest city, with regional hot spots like bubble could come as early as Monday like a big game release or a key cricket Queenstown and Rotorua a short skip after several states in Australia have game only available via Spark Sport stream away.” allowed quarantine-free entry for much (or all three, as we had on March 4 as traffic Flights would be on Airbus A320neo of the past six months (aside from some on Chorus’ network peaked at 3.15 terabits aircraft and on Thursday and Sunday to community outbreaks here). per second) and it’s a recipe for another make the most of domestic connectivity On Thursday, under mounting pressure record broadband spike. and provide the best long weekend and access our winter playgrounds.” to fix a bubble start date, Prime Minister And on Tuesday night, Chorus said it hit options for travellers, he said. Air New Zealand’s chief customer Jacinda Ardern said that would happen a new all-time high of 3.1Tbps — which the Foran said that while New Zealand and sales officer Leanne Geraghty said “soon” but the Government wanted an network operator pinned on a major update would be a key destination for all regulatory approval was in place arrangement that would stick. to the popular multiplayer game Fortnite Tasmanians, the route will open for the flights which take about four Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein (the Chapter 2, Season 6 update of the opportunities for Kiwis too. hours. says the announcement yesterday of the killing-fest, to be precise). “As Australia’s second oldest city, The airline — which is operating just new non-stop flights to Hobart from New While it’s good to see Kiwis embracing Hobart is rich in heritage and its world- 11 percent of its pre-Covid transtasman Zealand was a significant opportunity for the most modern cloud software for work, famous Museum of Old and New Art services — had been constantly reviewing both destinations. play and keeping in touch, we’ve also been mixes antiquities among contemporary its network. “I am very pleased that this service getting closer to Chorus’ ceiling. art.” ‘’The environment we’re in now is will enable us to welcome more New But happily, Chorus has confirmed it’s The state would be popular with totally different and that market was the Zealanders to our state and encourage raised the roof, so to speak. Kiwis wanting to enjoy world class art largest where we’re not operating a non- them to consider booking their next “While a throughput ceiling of 3.5Tbps and culture, to the food and wine scene, stop flight between Australia and New holiday in Tassie and see what we have was advised in advance of Rugby World spectacular landscapes and an abundance Zealand,’’ she said. to offer.” Cup, we’re continuously adding capacity of wildlife. ‘’We think it’s a great opportunity to Air New Zealand pulled its last Hobart and currently estimate we can handle a “Similarly, we know Tasmanians love to open up to those people.’’ to New Zealand service in 1998 because nationwide peak of at least 4.5Tbps without visit New Zealand and this direct service She hoped the service would be well it wasn’t commercially viable. experiencing any congestion issues,” a to Auckland will make it that much balanced between Tasmanians coming The airline flew between Christchurch Chorus spokeswoman said. easier to get out into our great outdoors to New Zealand and vice versa. In 2019 and Hobart. — NZ Herald That should be enough for a snap lockdown, major game release, a Kane Williamson hit-out and a tsunami warning on the same day. We’ve also got more headroom, overall, Auto producers hit by chip shortage because some 221,000 households are now on fixed-wireless, according to a new DETROIT — A global semiconductor plant in Louisville, Kentucky, where the Commerce Commission report. shortage and a February winter storm Ford Escape SUV was made. Fixed-wireless is where fast internet have combined to force Ford to build Automakers have said they don’t is delivered to a home or workplace for F-150 pickup trucks without some expect the chip shortage to get any better a mobile network (then shared among computers. before the third quarter of the year. devices by Wi-Fi), cutting Chorus out of the The company says the pickups will be Ford has said the shortage could cut its loop. held at factories for “a number of weeks”, pretax earnings by $1 billion to $2.5bn, The regulator said that fixed-wireless then shipped to dealers once computers even if it makes up for some of the lost connections slowed up to 25 percent are available and quality checks are production in the second half of the year. during the first lockdown, according to done. Also on Thursday, Nissan announced it testing, while fibre held steady — a result The move is the latest ripple from the would temporarily cancel production at that Chorus has already seized on. global semiconductor shortage, which factories in Smyrna, Tennessee; Canton, Fixed wireless market leaders Spark and earlier this week forced Honda and Mississippi; and in Aguascalientes, Vodafone, however, are looking to their 5G Toyota to announce production cuts at Mexico, due to the chip shortage. mobile network upgrades to supercharge some North American factories. General Some US production lines will be their wireless broadband services. Motors also has been forced to build down from Friday through Monday, With the ComCom’s Annual pickups without some computers and while others will be idled just for the Telecommunications Monitoring Report install them later. weekend. Aguascalientes Plant 1 will 2020 showing our broadband and mobile Ford’s move is likely to tighten stop production through to Tuesday. companies diverted production to use increasing sharply, and the amount inventory of F-Series pickups, the top- Affected models include the Murano, consumer electronics during the worst we collectively pay falling by 4 percent, it selling vehicles in America. Inventories Rogue, Maxima, Leaf, Altima, NV Vans, of the COVID-19 slowdown in auto sales seems that consumers are the winners in already are tight due to high demand Kicks, Versa and March. last spring. this broadband arms race — at least if they and production losses due to last year’s In addition, Volkswagen and Fiat Global automakers were forced to live in a town centre. South Islanders will coronavirus-related factory shutdowns. Chrysler (now Stellantis) also say they close plants to prevent the spread of shortly have a new option as Elon Musk’s Ford also said it would build the Edge have been affected by the shortage and the virus. When automakers recovered, Starlink satellite broadband service —which SUV without computers and ship them forced to delay production of some models there weren’t enough chips as is offering unlimited data — launches for later, and it would cancel some shifts on in order to keep other factories running. demand for personal electronics boomed. the region. — NZ Herald Thursday and Friday at an assembly Industry officials say semiconductor — AP

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY “Local investors have been considering ratings agency Fitch Solutions downgrading its further discussion in the media and comments forecasts for New Zealand growth. made by ministers around the likelihood of “We have revised down our forecast for New WELLINGTON — The New Zealand their march higher despite the Federal Reserve a transtasman bubble and whether that is Zealand’s economy to grow by 3.6 percent in sharemarket brushed off a weak lead from telegraphing that interest rates would remain at reflected or not in share prices yet,” Tretheway 2021 compared to 4.5 percent previously,” the offshore markets and ended the day a smidgen their current near-zero levels through at least said. analytics division of Fitch said. higher on a strong volume driven by index 2023. Auckland Airport shares closed down 19c, or Elsewhere on the market, energy stocks were rebalancing. Sam Tretheway of Milford Asset Management 2.45 percent, to $7.57. mostly up for the day with Mercury climbing The S&P NZX50 Index closed up 19 points, or said the offshore equity markets largely ignored Air New Zealand gained 3c, or 1.66 percent, to in late trading to close up 30c, or 4.8 percent, 0.15 percent, at 12,515.22. those comments and and global interest rates $1.84. Investors are expecting an announcement to $6.55. Meridian was up 5c, or 0.9 percent, at There were 56 gainers and 77 decliners on continued to increase. soon from the airline on a capital restructure $5.51 and Contact Energy closed up 14c, or 2.05 the main board where 128 million shares were “That provided a pretty weak lead for our as it looks to raise cash and repay a $900m percent, to $6.97. traded worth $525.76m. market today. The Nasdaq was off three percent, Government loan as part of the Covid-19 However, Genesis Energy fell 15c, or 4.17 Local investors appeared to concentrate on S&P 500 down one and a half overnight. So support package. percent, to $3.45 and Trustpower fell 12c, or 1.58 domestic news rather than international events we did hold up reasonably well in that context The market was also dissecting this week’s percent, to $8.11. Infrastructure and technology that drove US markets lower on Thursday night. especially given how sensitive our market is to GDP figure which showed the economy shrank investor Infratil slipped 26c, or 3.54 percent, to US stocks fell as Treasury yields resumed the movement in interest rates. 1 percent in the December quarter. That led to $7.09. — NZ Herald 12 BUSINESS The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021

SHAREMARKET WEEKLY ROUND-UP MONDAY-TO-FRIDAY OFFICIAL MARKET STATISTICS Top 10 Turnover Top 10 value BIGGeST 10 rISeS BIGGeST 10 fallS NZX 50 s Share name Shares Share name Dollars (000) Share name percentage Share name percentage Sky network 39,487,500 fishr&paykl Health 148,929,300 GfnZ Grp ltd ord 18.5185 MarWineest 34.7826 12,515.22 12700 Spark nZ 21,237,500 Infratil 138,450,500 Tilt renew 17.284 Genesisegy 11.0825 Meridian energy 20,679,700 Contact energy 128,307,400 vista Group 15.6757 Just life Group 9.7826 • Saturday, April 18, 2020Infratil 19,395,600 Meridian energy 116,330,200 Tourism Holdings 15.1111BUSINESSThird age Health 11 8.7302 12525 Contact energy 18,234,800 Spark nZ 97,160,800 Mercury nZ 9.1667 Cavalier Corp 8.3333 pacific dgee 15,853,200 a2 Milk 74,114,200 rakon 8.046 nZMe ltd 5.814 12350 new Talisman 15,353,100 auckairport 66,192,400 Synlait Milk ltd (nS) 7.4667 nZ automotive 4.8387 +19.08 ascensionCap 13,241,300 fletcher Building 61,172,100 Tower 6.7114 Sanford 4.6512 Kiwi prop 10,393,500 ryman Health 31,538,700 Serko ltd 6.6667 Kathmandu 4.6154 +0.153% 12175 Z energy 9,945,700 Z energy 28,565,800 pGG Wrightson 6.4615 Cannasouth 3.7736 NZX 10 s MIDCAP t SMALLCAP s NZX All s 12000 12,321.61 35,195.73 85,627.6 13,630.11 Mar 1 Mar 8 Mar 15 s Mar 19 +36.96 +0.301% -27.24 -0.077% +166.45 +0.195% +20.96 +0.154% New Zealand Australia Last Weekly 52-week Dividend P/E Last Weekly 52-week Dividend P/E Last Week’s 52-week Dividend P/E Price Move High Low NTA CPS Yld% Ratio Price Move High Low NTA CPS Yld% Ratio Sale Move High Low CPS Yld% Ratio Prop For Ind 2.79 -.03 3.01 1.60 2.20 .22 3.49 12.29 A2 Milk 8.45 -.32 20.05 8.33 - 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37249-01 The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 OPINION 13 EDITORIAL Becoming an over-familiar state Transtasman travel by Kieran Madden the end there.” percent. We now trust our neighbours similarly to This made the news mostly as a feel-good our Government. bubble gets closer THERE is a scene in George story. It’s fair enough to say this is all a bit of a The letter and these statistics are symbolic of Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, light-hearted amusement: a junior member of the a deep — yet subtle — sense of over-familiarity News that a transtasman bubble where Winston, the rebellious Team of 5 Million getting one-up on her buffoon- that serves to erase our awareness of the may be opened as early as next protagonist, gets ambushed like father. Just playing. massive power imbalance between Government month will be welcomed by the while helping fix his neighbour But for me at least, there is also something and individual citizens. Just ask the noted South battered tourism industry and Mrs Parsons’ sink by her unruly unsettling here. A young girl, without realising Auckland KFC worker how it feels when the thousands of New Zealand families children. “Traitor!” they yelled it, expressing allegiance to the Government over warmth disappears. even though it may have come too while dressed in the uniform of the Junior Spies, her own parents. At a time where “lockdowns impose the most late for some tourism businesses. “Thought-criminal!” To be clear, this Government isn’t training extensive restrictions on New Zealanders’ lives Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is A mere nine and seven years old, they Junior Spies like that in Orwell’s world. Ardern seen for at least 70 years; perhaps ever,” as adored the Party, and would do anything for it isn’t sending out Thought Police to force errant Professors Andrew Geddis and Claudia Geiringer refusing to confirm exactly when the — including turning their own parents in to the fathers to wash their hands. But by using the said, we must not forget that the State, albeit a bubble could be established saying Thought Police. Team of 5 Million language and promoting “nice” one, is still the state — not our family or only it will be “very soon”. They were just playing, but Winston described informing on our neighbours who are “letting the friends. But it is believed that plans for it as feeling like he was surrounded by tiger team down”, there is a powerful, shifting cultural We’re fortunate that our Prime Minister isn’t the bubble are well advanced and cubs, who will one day grow up with a bite to narrative at play that promotes a democratically- in any danger of becoming Big Brother, and New present expectations that it will be in match their roar. unhealthy intimacy in the relationship between Zealand isn’t a dystopia. But to maintain our place by the end of April. I was reminded of the Junior Spies when individuals and the Government. civil democracy in these extraordinary times, we A proposal could potentially go the Prime Minister proudly shared a letter she It’s effective too, with over 63,000 New must balance our over-familiarity with a healthy before the Cabinet on Monday had received from a young girl. “My dad is not Zealanders reporting rules breaches of the emotional distance. sources say. This will of course be washing his hands properly,” the girl scrawled in Covid-19 Act last year. red writing on the back of a postcard addressed Surveys by IGPS showed that the “trust in ■ Keiran is the research manager at Maxim subject to no community outbreaks simply to “Jacinda”, “he is not putting soap on our neighbours to make informed choices about Institute, an Auckland-based think tank whose of Covid-19 or lockdowns. his hands and rubbing for twenty seconds”. “I the future” dropped by about 4 percent in the work is oriented towards a conservative Ardern says the goal is to will work on this with him,” she reassured Ardern, past four years, while “trust in the government perspective on its issues of primary concern, safely open the border so people who responded: “love the offer of support right at to do what is right for New Zealand” rose by 14 which are education, tax and welfare policy. understand there may be short-term closures. That possibility may put a LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS brake on people’s desire to travel but realistically there will probably ‘Too scared to look’ be an early rush of New Zealanders Excellent solution Re: Ripping out natives being killed on that corner who have spent nearly a year Re: Move on cards solution into place. Put the sad, March 18, letter and have avoided driving wanting to go across the Tasman. for 50m pool, March You have done the It is so sad. The scorched down there for the last few The border closure is estimated 19, story whole community a earth mentality is really weeks as it makes me so sad. to have left a $6 billion hole in the Thank you Ngai favour and I applaud flowers bad in this region. So many I really hope the amazing country’s tourism industry with prime Tawhiri for crafting you. beautiful old trees are being old puriri trees on the tourist targets like Queenstown this excellent Peter Jones ripped out, ancient natives roadside aren’t being felled rocked with closures that may be back . . . are felled for profit, huge too? I am too scared to look. permanent. What is happening to areas of regenerating natives We desperately need tree the median strip with all are burned, chemicals are protection laws because The Opposition has been pushing sprayed everywhere, often the greedy among us quite hard for the bubble seeing it as Time to fix the those dreadful, unattractive grasses that go the full straight into drains. literally don’t care. a weakness in the Government’s length of Gladstone Rd to I too have seen the trees TANYA programmes and knowing it will get railway line Roebuck Rd. They should them support. be left at the sand dunes. They were helped by the fact that I am fed up untidy. Why aren’t the Council Australian Prime Minister Scott with not seeing Must get the putting in flowers. They An expensive repair Morrison recently blamed New the train come to train back for had the strip looking Zealand for the delays in setting up Gisborne. passengers and beautiful, but now it makes Re: pipe bursts . . . have the Wastewater (use Septic Please Gisborne freight. Gisborne look unattractive again, March 19, story Tanks) or Storm water (no drains) the bubble. There was also anger wake up and fix Get the that special arrangements were to visitors. Is it a financial Gosh — Gisborne Rural services, and the Water service – up the railway Government to fix thing? Residents, have already had a usually utilise Rainwater collection made for the cast of the Lion King line. I have had the railway line. being given border exemptions. Please Council, put the Rates adjustment to spread and into Tanks, and now this expensive enough with all of We won’t give up. flowers back. share the costs of the 3 Waters- repair? Will the Council make Also epidemiologists have been the trucks on the DAVE with the City Residents, although further increases to Rates? quoted as saying the risk from road and it looks MAY RUBY most Rural Residents don’t TAMSYN Australian visitors is minimal. The fact that all border workers should be vaccinated by the end of this month is another plus. However, it Hospital experience ‘less than satisfactory’ will be later in the year before most Kiwis have had their vaccination. I experienced a less than satisfactory indicative of a lack of backbone and will We welcome feedback from people using our experience at Gisborne Hospital (Hauora to address my complaint good enough services. All complaints are logged, investigated Not everyone will be happy, Tairawhiti) recently and a letter of from a government-appointed chair? television news interviews showed and responded to. complaint about my treatment in the D JACKSON This complaint will be treated the same. DHB some people who were concerned surgical ward was emailed to the health Response from Jim Green, Hauora Tairawhiti staff, rather than governance, are tasked with about the risk of opening the board chair Kim Ngarimu on the 2nd of chief executive: investigating the details of complaints and borders while social media has seen March 2021. I am still waiting to hear The letter has been read by the Hauora resolving any issues raised. comments about taking a risk so from the chairman, despite giving my Tairawhiti board chair Ms Kim Ngarimu, who Anyone with feedback on their experience people can go to the Gold Coast. But address and phone number and asking has forwarded the letter to the Hauora Tairawhiti at Gisborne Hospital or with Hauora Tairawhiti estimates say 1.4 million Australians for a reply to my concerns. I do note there Quality and Risk Manager with a request that the services is encouraged to complete the form and the same number of Kiwis cross have been several issues raised by other complaint be fully investigated. on Hauora Tairawhiti’s website or available in the Tasman each day and Australians patients through The Gisborne Herald Naturally this will take time to ensure full prominent places around Gisborne Hospital. lately so I am not an isolated case. consideration and in the interim contact is being They can also call 06 869 0500 to give their make up 40 percent of short term Is this lack of a direct response visitors and are badly needed here. kept with your correspondent. feedback verbally or email [email protected] Seeing the jets landing with [email protected] visitors and Auckland Airport, which has looked like a ghost town for ■ The maximum length for letters is 350 words. months, coming to life will be a sign ■ Anyone can write a column, 600 words maximum, but a photo is required. that the long shadow of Covid-19 ■ Always include full name and contact details. ■ If you use a nom de plume, there is a higher bar for acceptability. may be finally starting to lift. ■ Letters may be edited for clarity, length or legal reasons. 14 WORLD The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 World shows resilience in face of Covid-19 GLOBAL BRIEFS STOCKHOLM — The coronavirus brought a year of fear and anxiety, loneliness and Idaho Legislature shuts down lockdown, and illness and death, but an annual BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Legislature voted on report on happiness around the world released Friday to shut down for several weeks due to an on Friday suggests the pandemic has not outbreak of Covid-19. crushed people’s spirits. Lawmakers in the House and Senate made The editors of the 2021 World Happiness the move to recess until April 6 with significant Report found that while emotions changed as unfinished business, including setting budgets the pandemic set in, longer-term satisfaction and pushing through a huge income tax cut. with life was less affected. At least five of the 70 House members tested “What we have found is that when people take positive for the illness in the last week, and there the long view, they’ve shown a lot of resilience are fears a highly contagious variant of Covid-19 in this past year,” Columbia University economist is in the Statehouse. Jeffrey Sachs, one of the report’s co-authors, “The House has had several positive tests, so said from New York. it is probably prudent that the House take a step The annual report, produced by the UN back for a couple weeks until things calm down Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and it’s not hot around here for Covid,” House ranks 149 countries based on gross domestic Majority Leader Mike Moyle said before the votes. product per person, healthy life expectancy — AP and the opinions of residents. Surveys ask respondents to indicate on a 1-10 scale how Testing mandate scrapped much social support they feel they have if SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean something goes wrong, their freedom to make WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT: In a year of untimely deaths from the coronavirus, capital on Friday withdrew its mandate that all their own life choices, their sense of how corrupt economic decline and social loneliness, The World Happiness Report revealing the foreign workers in the city be tested for the their society is and how generous they are. world’s happiest countries shows Nordic countries topped the index, with Finland coronavirus — an order that had caused huge Due to the pandemic, the surveys were leading for the fourth consecutive year. AP picture lines at testing centres and prompted accusations done in slightly fewer than 100 countries for of discrimination. this year’s World Happiness Report, the ninth mortality rates. Graham, an expert at The Brookings Institution The city will still recommend tests for foreigners one compiled since the project started. Index “In Finland as well, of course, people have who was not involved in the report. “The US has employed at workplaces that are at risk of rankings for the other nations were based on been suffering,” Anu Partanen, author of “The larger gaps in happiness rankings between the spreading infections, such as bars and small estimates from past data. Nordic Theory of Everything” said on Friday in rich and the poor than do most other wealthy factories, said Lee Hae-seon, an official from the The results from both methods had European Helsinki. “But again in Finland and the Nordic countries.” Seoul metropolitan government. countries occupying nine of the top 10 spots countries, people are really lucky because Report co-author Sonja Lyubormirsky, a Seoul’s move came shortly after the Health on the list of the word’s happiest places, with society still supports a system buffering these professor of psychology at the University of Ministry asked the city to scrap the order and New Zealand rounding out the group. The top sorts of shocks.” California, Riverside, noted that American culture replace it with measures that “don’t discriminate 10 countries are Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Overall, the index showed little change in prizes signs of wealth such as big houses and between Korean and foreign nationals and don’t Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, happiness levels compared to last year’s report, multiple cars more so than other countries, “and infringe on human rights.” Luxembourg, New Zealand and Austria. which was based on information from before the material things don’t make us as happy.” It was the fourth consecutive year that Finland pandemic. Conversely, people’s perception that their Germany warns of rising cases came out on top. The United States, which was at “We asked two kinds of questions. One is country was handling the pandemic well GERMANY —Coronavirus cases are rising No. 13 five years ago, slipped from 18th to 19th about the life in general, life evaluation, we call contributed to an overall rise in well-being, exponentially in Germany, officials warn, as place. On a shortened list ranking only those it. How is your life going? The other is about Columbia’s Sachs said. Several Asian countries continental Europe braces for a third wave of countries surveyed, the US placed 14th. mood, emotions, stress, anxiety,” Sachs said. fared better than they had in last year’s rankings; infections. “We find year after year that life satisfaction “Of course, we’re still in the middle of a deep China moved to 84th place from 94th last year. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was is reported to be happiest in the social crisis. But the responses about long-term life “This has been a difficult period. People are likely that the country would now need to apply democracies of northern Europe,” Sachs said. evaluation did not change decisively, though the looking past it when they look for the long term. an “emergency brake” and re-impose lockdown “People feel secure in those countries, so trust disruption in our lives was so profound.” But there are also many people that are suffering measures. is high. The Government is seen to be credible Issues that affect the well-being of people in the short run,” he said. German Health Minister Jens Spahn has and honest, and trust in each other is high.” living in the United States include racial tensions Finnish philosopher Esa Saarinen, who was said that Europe lacks the vaccines needed to Finland’s comparative success in curbing and growing income inequality between the not involved in the report, thinks the Finnish significantly reduce cases. Covid-19 may have contributed to the richest and poorest residents, happiness experts character itself might help explain why the The vaccine rollout across the EU has been enduring trust the country’s people have in say. country keeps leading the index. hindered by delayed deliveries as well as the their government. The country took rapid and “As for why the US ranks much lower than “I think Finns are pretty kind of content on suspension in several countries of the use of the extensive measures to stop the spread of the other similarly or even less wealthy countries, some level at being just what we are,” he said. Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, over fears virus and has one of Europe’s lowest Covid-19 the answer is straightforward,” said Carol “We don’t really have to be more.” — AP of possible side-effects. — BBC ‘Everyone will be on board’ Virus study to have unanimity despite pressure: WHO expert

GENEVA — The head of a World the text” has centred on scientific issues, scientifically rigorous report “takes some at least 2.6 million reported deaths. Health Organisation team working with while some Chinese-English translation time.” On Friday, Chen Xu, the Chinese Chinese colleagues to finish a long- issues were “taking a lot of time,” he said. The team did not find cases of Covid-19 ambassador to UN organisations in awaited report into the origins of the He said the report was being written before December 8, 2019, he said. Geneva, said the WHO had selected coronavirus acknowledged its authors by all of the experts and is part of a “long Ben Embarek cited the need to the team’s members who did the work could face “pressures” but insisted the and complex” process. investigate the possible role in the with Chinese counterparts, appearing to final product will have a unanimous green China’s Global Times newspaper on pandemic of the local trade in frozen suggest no political influence by China light from all of the team’s science-minded Wednesday published an interview with wild animal products from farms in and was exerted. members. Liang Wannian, the head of the Chinese around southern China in 2019 and “We have our hands off, like the officials Peter Ben Embarek, an expert on side of the team, who spoke of alleged beyond to a market in the city of Wuhan, from the WHO as well,” Chen said, food safety and diseases that jump from political pressures that amounted to “huge which could have been a way that the alluding to the UN agency’s secretariat. animals to humans, said in interviews on disrespect to the work of our scientists”. virus entered a large city tied into global “Let the scientists do their work.” Wednesday and Thursday that the team Liang was quoted as supply chains. The team’s visit was politically sensitive hopes the report — now totalling some saying some politicians and “We don’t know yet the for China — which is concerned about 280 pages and complete with graphs, international media had Ben Embarek said origins of the pandemic,” he any allegations it didn’t handle the dates and annexes — will be ready for “insisted on politicising the that the report was said, adding that cold-chain initial outbreak properly. Shortly after release next week. scientific issue of tracing being written by all transmission, including the outbreak, the Chinese government The report is a first-phase study that is the source of Covid-19, through frozen food detained some Chinese doctors who expected to be followed by a more in-depth regardless of scientific facts, of the experts and is packaging, was a “possible sought to raise the alarm about the look as part of guidelines set by Chinese for their own personal gain, part of a “long and route” of spread, but that outbreak, which is believed to have officials and the WHO team. arbitrarily misinterpreting complex” process. the issue requires further originated in or near Wuhan in late 2019. Ben Embarek, who led a 10-person the scientific findings and exploration. The UN team was dogged by questions international team of experts that reports of our joint team.” Liang promoted Chinese about how much freedom China would visited China in January and February, He took pains to government claims of other give it to visit sites and talk to the people acknowledged that political pressures emphasise the spirit of cooperation among sources of the pandemic saying that cold they wanted to. In the end, the team have loomed large over the virus the scientists and said both sides had chain transmission “plays an important appeared satisfied with the arrangements, pandemic. cooperated openly and fully throughout part in the origin and transmission of at least in their public comments. “We are in the world that we live in,” the month-long investigation, and that the epidemic.” The international team The WHO leadership including Director- he said. “It’s possible that there will be “results of this joint study in China are left open the possibility of the cold chain General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pressures from right to left.” the consensus of Chinese and foreign playing a role in the transmission. repeatedly praised the Chinese “What we can guarantee is that experts.” It took many months for the UN team government’s early response, even though everyone will be on board” and Liang echoed the comments from Ben to arrange a visit to China with Chinese recordings of private meetings obtained “unanimous” in their backing of the Embarek about the extended time to authorities. Critics say the delay cost by The Associated Press exposed how top report once that the text is completed, publish the report, saying the process valuable time in efforts to unearth the WHO officials were frustrated at China’s Ben Embarek said. The “fine-tuning of required to present a complete and origins of the pandemic, which has led to lack of cooperation. — AP The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 WORLD 15 ‘Go back Modi, go back India’ Muslims, students protest Indian PM’s visit to Bangladesh

DHAKA — Muslims and student bloodshed have long followed Modi, who activists rallied in Bangladesh’s capital has repeatedly denied having any role. Friday to denounce the upcoming visit of India’s Supreme Court has said it found Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to no evidence to prosecute him. join the celebration of the country’s 50th The protesters criticised Bangladeshi anniversary of independence. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for Modi is due to arrive in Dhaka on inviting Modi, saying the two countries March 26, which Bangladesh celebrates had many disputed issues. as its independence day. It was the date The protesters said Modi and his in 1971 when Bangladesh declared itself Hindu-nationalist party oppressed independent from Pakistan. Aided by Muslims in India. They also criticised the India, Bangladesh emerged as a new killings of Bangladeshis by Indian border nation after nine months of bloody war. guards. India says such casualties happen After Friday prayers, about 500 when Bangladeshis are involved in cross- Muslims marched onto the streets outside border smuggling and attempt to cross the country’s main Baitul Mokarram the border illegally. Mosque in downtown Dhaka amid tight “India’s subordinate government security. of Hasina has invited Modi, we are The protesters carried no banners here to protest against that,” Hossain and did not declare if they have any Mohammed Anwar said in front of the allegiance to any political parties. They mosque. took their shoes in their hands to show Modi’s visit is the first foreign trip disrespect to Modi. They chanted anti- since the coronavirus pandemic began. He India and anti-Modi slogans, asking him is scheduled to travel to a place outside not to come to Dhaka. DISRESPECTING INDIAN PM: Bangladeshis raise their footwear and shout slogans Dhaka that is sacred to the Matua Separately, about 200 left-leaning during a protest after Friday prayers, against the visit of Indian Prime Minister community of India’s West Bengal state. student activists marched through streets Narendra Modi in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Friday. AP picture Matua is a Hindu religious sect that is on Dhaka University campus where they expected to determine the winner of at called Modi as “the butcher of Gujarat.” Back Killer Modi.” Hindu-Muslim riots left more than 1000 least seven constituencies in the Indian Some protesters carried posters reading Modi was the Chief Minister in the people dead. Allegations that authorities state’s assembly elections next month. “Go Back Modi, Go Back India” and “Go western state of Gujarat in 2002 when allowed and even encouraged the — AP Paramedic Zoos, scientists racing to treats patient protect animals from Covid SAN DIEGO — The coughing among the species. medical debt western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo “Right now, humans are the main vectors Safari Park in January was the first warning of SARS-CoV-2, with consequences for many VIRGINIA — When flight paramedic Rita sign. Soon the fears were confirmed: A troop animal species,” said Arinjay Banerjee, a disease Krenz boards a helicopter, she knows her of gorillas became the first apes known to test researcher at McMaster University in Canada. patients are about to face problems she positive for the coronavirus. Great apes such as gorillas, which share 98 can’t fix — a healthcare system that buries Around the world, many scientists and percent of their DNA with humans, are especially people in debt after a car accident or stroke. veterinarians are now racing to protect animals susceptible, as are felines. So far, confirmed So she decided to do something about from the coronavirus, often using the same coronavirus cases include gorillas, tigers and it. She turned for help to RIP Medical Debt, playbook for minimising disease spread among lions at zoos; domestic cats and dogs; farmed a nonprofit that buys and forgives medical people: That includes social distancing, health mink, and at least one wild mink in Utah. debt. checks and, for some zoo animals, a vaccine. Scientists have also experimentally shown that MINIMISING VIRUS SPREAD: Krenz started a fundraising campaign Karen, a 28-year-old orangutan, became the ferrets, racoon dogs and white-tailed deer are Conservationists are worried about the that brought in more than $18,000 for first ape in the world to get a coronavirus vaccine susceptible, although pigs and cattle are not. coronavirus spreading among wild great the charity. That money has helped RIP on January 26 at the San Diego Zoo. “This could be a conservation concern, apes and are taking extreme measures Medical Debt forgive the debt of more than Karen has received two shots of a vaccine especially if the virus began to spread in a wild to ensure that human trackers and 900 people so far, with the average bill from Zoetis, a veterinary pharmaceutical species with extremely reduced populations, like researchers visiting the animals aren’t abolished totalling around $1340. company in New Jersey, and has shown no the black-footed ferret,” which is endangered, spreading disease. AP picture Krenz has no way of knowing if she will adverse reactions. Since then, nine other said Kate Langwig, an infectious disease help anyone she’s treated. But it’s enough to primates at the San Diego Zoo have been fully ecologist at Virginia Tech. “has changed the way we do our work,” said know that her campaign will help somebody. vaccinated: five bonobos and four orangutans. Another worry is that virus spread among Felix Ndagijimana, the Rwanda country director “A lot of my friends in healthcare are Four more animals — one bonobo and three other species could produce new variants, for Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, a worn down by this broken system,” the gorillas — got their first shot this month and will complicating health authorities’ efforts to curb conservation group. Charlottesville, Virginia, resident said. “This, get a second one in April. the pandemic. For the past year, field trackers who check it helps give some relief to that weariness.” “I was really convinced that we wanted to get In Denmark, workers at a mink farm on gorillas daily in the rainforest first get a Krenz flies several times a week that to protect our other great apes,” said the accidentally infected the animals. As the coronavirus test, then stay with other trackers in during her 24-hour shifts, responding zoo’s wildlife health officer Nadine Lamberski, coronavirus spread among the mink, it mutated an encampment for work stints of several weeks. to emergencies like car accidents or who explained she felt urgency to act after the — and human handlers contracted the new This is to ensure that they don’t pick up the bug transporting patients from hospital to eight gorillas fell sick. variant. In response, the Government ordered by returning to their villages at night. hospital. The 47-year-old said she started That virus outbreak was linked to a zookeeper millions of mink to be killed. “It was really a big ask of our team, especially her career focused idealistically on the help who was infected but had no symptoms. Seven “Mutations happen when there’s a lot of during the pandemic. People want to be close she could provide. gorillas recovered after a mild cases of sniffles, disease transfer going on between animals,” said to their families, but also keep the gorillas safe,” “Years in the system now fill me with but one elderly silverback had pneumonia, likely Scott Weese, a veterinary microbiologist at the said Ndagijimana. To date, he said, there have doubt,” Krenz wrote on her fundraiser’s caused by the virus, as well as heart disease. He Ontario Veterinary College. been no coronavirus cases among wild gorillas. webpage, noting that she wonders how life- was put on antibiotics and heart medication, and Many recommended steps to minimise disease While some wild gorillas were vaccinated saving care can lead to financial ruin. “How received an antibody treatment to block the virus spread to animals are familiar: wearing masks against measles in the 1980s, there are can this be our system, in this amazing from infecting cells. and sanitising shared equipment, regular health currently no plans to vaccinate them against country?” About three dozen zoos across the United checks, and maintaining physical distance. the coronavirus. With wild apes, the first choice She asked friends, family and co-workers States and abroad have put in orders for the Since the outbreak, the San Diego Zoo and is always to be as hands-off as possible, said for help. RIP Medical Debt promoted her Zoetis vaccine, which is formulated to elicit a its safari park north of San Diego have installed Jean Bosco Noheli, a field veterinarian for campaign as well, but donations stalled at strong immune response in particular animal more fans at its indoor primate areas to increase Gorilla Doctors in Rwanda. “Let’s focus on around $10,000. species. air circulation. The staff wears double masks and other measures we can take first to protect wild The nonprofit system estimates that it “We will jump at the opportunity to get the face shields and limits their time indoors with gorillas,” he said. has erased more than $3 billion in medical Zoetis vaccine for our own great apes,” said animals. But more zoo animals could soon be getting debt since two former debt collections Oakland Zoo’s veterinary director Alex Herman, Scientists and conservationists who monitor virus shots. executives started it in 2014. Much work who is ordering 100 doses. wild primates have also adapted their daily “There’s a lot of interest,” said Sharon Deem, remains. Zoetis got a permit from the US Department routines. “Covid-19 has been a wake-up call for a veterinary epidemiologist at the St. Louis Zoo About $140 billion in medical debt was in of Agriculture to provide the doses on an the world about the fact that these viruses can who is also part of a hazard preparedness group collections last year, according to Stanford experimental basis to the San Diego Zoo. go from wild animals to people, and from people of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums that economist Neale Mahoney. The company will need to apply for the same to great apes,” said Kirsten Gilardi, executive represents 240 zoos. Erasing debt can make it easier for permission to provide vaccine to additional zoos. director of Gorilla Doctors, a conservation group “I think given how horrible this particular patients to buy a car or get a job. It also Scientists believe the coronavirus likely that includes field veterinarians who treat wild pathogen has been to humans, and that we can encourage them to keep up with their originated in wild horseshoe bats, before jumping gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic know it can be transmitted between humans and care since they don’t have to worry about — perhaps through an intermediary species — Republic of Congo. animals, that there is great interest to use an medical bills they still owe. — AP to humans. Now many researchers worry that There are only about 1000 wild mountain animal vaccine as soon as it is available,” she humans may unwittingly infect other susceptible gorillas, so the threat of coronavirus infection said. — AP 16 FOCUS ON THE LAND The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 Facial Eczema WELCOME TO by Andrew Cribb THE FARM: The Facial eczema (FE) is a “Open Farms” concept has been rolled out disease that will creep across the country again up on farmers and most and the Gisborne property will not appreciate involved will welcome the the damage it has public tomorrow. Pihitia caused until after sheep Station at scanning. Often the real (pictured) will host an cost is not known until weaning, some event from 10am until 10 months after FE has hit. It can result 12.30pm on Sunday, a in tens, if not hundreds of thousands of chance for city people to have a look at a working dollars in lost production on individual farm. “There will be an farms. opportunity to meet cows, Clinically aff ected animals are restless, a pig and her piglets, will seek shade and will have reddened goats, sheep and working and infl amed skin in areas of non- dogs, along with farm pigmented skin. Sheep and alpacas are machinery for big and the most susceptible animals, followed little kids to sit on and by deer, dairy cattle, beef cattle and get some photos,” Pihitia goats. Horses are not aff ected. Station manager Toby Williams said. It is a free Regular spore counting and evaluating event but attendees need climatic conditions are the only way to to register on the “Open accurately weigh up whether or not FE Farms” website to get the is going to be a risk this season. Spore address. There will also counts can vary enormously between be a farm walk and sturdy paddocks and it is recommended to footwear will be needed. spore count at regular intervals. File picture Treatment options are limited but there are various options to prevent FE. Some of these include: • Oral Zinc (either through long acting capsules or weekly drenching of zinc THE oxide). To be eff ective zinc must be Federated given to animals before they show STOCk

clinical signs. 37298-05 REPORT • Grazing management, lowering stock Farmers density and leaving higher post- grazing residuals. • Use of alternative forages and crops • Pasture fungicide spraying. Th is must pleased Large yarding at Matawhero be done before spore counts get too high. by Trevor Brown J.A Storey, 42, $176; LMJ P/S, 13, $155; • Breeding FE tolerant sheep. Some of with new Roger W Strachan, 10, $140; T. Roger the best FE tolerant sheep breeders are PRICES for store lambs continued to Holden, 1, $140. here in this district. rise at yesterday’s weekly Matawhero Prime lambs: LMJ P/S, 6, $156.50, 10, In essence, if you have ryegrass- sale where 5213 sheep were sold, the $141. predominant pastures, soil temperatures timeframe largest yarding for some months. Store male lambs: LMJ P/S, 30, $127, above 12C, dead herbage and moisture There were new buyers attending and 84, $111, 26, $88, 9, $85, 4, $30; Tarere (overnight dew is enough) then FE is FEDERATED Farmers was pleased bidding was brisk, although many of 2 Trust (Te Araroa), 38, $126, 190, going to be an issue whether you have 5 that the Government has taken the time the lambs were lacking size and body $99, 114, $81; C.P Healey (Pehiri), 90, to listen to and understand the practical condition due to the dry summer. $119, 47, $82; Mangapoi Station Ltd or 5000 sheep. difficulties that accompanied the V.N Penn sold three heavy prime ewes (Ruatoria), 51, $111, 118, $86, 34, $70; Facial eczema is a disease that causes Essential Freshwater rules on winter for $180 while LMJ P/S at Ruatoria Waitangi Terrace Station (Kanakanaia), farmers across this district millions of grazing. received $156.50 for six heavy prime 468, $107.50, 1100, $102.50, 66, $86, 300, dollars in lost production. “In announcing a temporary delay lambs. $84, 135, $81, 136, $66, 29, $57; C.N.A Th e best way to prevent FE is to talk until May 1, 2022 of intensive winter This vendor also topped the store and J.M Marr (Te Wera), 205, $107.50; to your veterinarian and have a grazing (IWG) rules taking effect, lambs, being paid $127 for a pen of 370, $98.50, 126, $80. farm-specifi c management plan in Environment Minister David Parker 30 wether lambs and $111 for 37 ewe Store ewe lambs: LMJ P/S, 37, $111, place for this debilitating disease. has recognised workability issues need lambs. 77, $99, 9, $91, 24, $81; C.N.A and J.M Andrew Cribb is the head veterinarian to be sorted, and that extra time is vital LMJ P/S sold a pen of 73 store ewes Marr, 469, $87, 232, $81; Mangapoi to ensure we get this right,” said Feds for $134, in sound condition with good Station Ltd, 31, $77, 38, $69; Tarere 2 at East Coast Farm Vets. water spokesperson Chris Allen. teeth, joined with a black face ram on Trust, 24, $82, 13, $60. “This is not kicking for touch. February 1. Store MA ewes: LMJ P/S, 73, $134, “The Minister has accepted a Best prices — 99, $132; I.F and J.A Storey (Motu), 57, commitment from regional councils and Prime ewes: V.N Penn, 3, $180; I.F and $127.50, 32, $109.50. Guaranteed the farming sector to use this time to develop, test and deploy an IWG module and practices that will ultimately be a eff ective animal part of a certified freshwater farm plan,” Chris Allen said. “There is universal recognition that health advice the Essential Freshwater national rules passed in August last year have a number of unworkable parts. “The parts that relate to the regulation of intensive winter grazing were one of the first ones to take effect and therefore needed urgent attention.” Late last year the Southland Winter Grazing Advisory Group, of which Federated Farmers and a number of environmental groups were active participants, provided a comprehensive report to Ministers outlining a better way forward. “The year ahead provides time in which work can continue around the table to build on the considerable work happening on the ground,” Chris said. “It’s all about ensuring the final rules and provisions are practical and workable for farmers, and achieave the environmental outcomes everybody 868 8616 wants to see. “In the meantime, Federated Farmers 349 Childers Road will be working with our sector partners BUSY SALE: Prices at this week’s Matawhero sale were well up from last week. This and farmers to build on the gains we pen of 30 store wether lambs from LMJ P/S at Ruatoria sold for $127. (Cnr Childers Rd & Carnarvon St) have made in recent years.” 37634-04 Picture by Trevor Brown The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 FOCUS ON THE LAND 17

FIRST SHIPMENT: The first consignment of Gisborne kiwifruit sailed from the Port of Tauranga this week on board the brand new reefer ship MV Kakariki, pictured here alongside the wharf at Mount Maunganui. Some 1400 pallets of Gisborne kiwifruit had to be trucked across to the BOP after sea conditions made docking at Eastland Port too difficult. The fruit are on their way to Japan and South Korea. The second kiwifruit shipment from Gisborne is scheduled for early April.

Picture by Jamie Troughton/ Dscribe media services Feedback sought on organics

THE Ministry for Primary “The new requirements Industries (MPI) wants aim to strike a balance feedback on proposed between providing certainty regulations for organic that businesses are meeting primary sector products. organic standards and The proposals set out the ensuring the costs to those details of the proposed regime businesses are reasonable. for organic food, beverages, “We want to work with the and plant and animal organic sector to ensure the products. settings are right and we MPI director of food skills achieve this balance,” said Ms and science policy Fiona Duncan. Duncan said the proposals MPI has also developed a outline the processes that national organic standard would apply to businesses linked to these proposals. marketing organic products. “We’ll be working with people “Producers and processors and organisations from of organic primary products, across the sector to get their as well as importers, involvement in the early exporters and domestic- stages of this process.” focused businesses, will You can have your say on be interested in how these the proposed regulations proposals could apply to either in writing, via an them. online survey, and/or in “With these proposals, online discussions and consumers would be better workshops. able to tell which products “We will update MPI’s are organic and make more website with the details of informed choices about what the online discussions and they buy,” said Ms Duncan. workshops when there’s more “The proposals will also information available,” she benefit our primary sector said. GENEROSITY: SuperGrans, the Salvation Army and Equippers Church and the exports by providing greater “We want to hear from people in the community they care for got a boost this week when produce grower Richard assurance to our trading anyone with an interest in Foon donated kumaras from his crop at Matawhero. The Supergrans team (pictured from left) partners about New Zealand’s organic products to make a Erina Torrey, Linda Coulston, Sam Reckas and Tiffany Zyp picked up about 30kg of kumara, standards, which will help submission on the proposals.” and the other organisations about 100 kilograms each. “We’ve got plenty left for any other us negotiate new and more The consultation period community organistions interested,” Mr Foon said. “We had such a good crop and we felt it secure market access. closes at 5pm on June 8. was time to give something back to the community.” Picture supplied

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CHAINSAW ART: Prize-winning chainsaw sculptor Wayne Trow from Te Awamutu put his skills to work recently to “carve” a cow and calf out of a three-tonne totara log that had been lying dormant for many years. Wayne has been chainsaw carving for 34 years, winning competitions at the Mystery Creek National Fieldays, Kawerau Wood Festival and other events throughout the North Island. He said the key to chainsaw carving is to envisage the finished creation inside the log — and then work into it in pieces. As the work becomes more intricate, the chainsaws become smaller and smaller. It took him a full day to get the job done. Pictures/story by Dean Taylor, Te Awamutu Courier and Waipa Post

Vaccines crucial for animal health

By Mark Ross, Agcarm approximately $1.8-2.7 billion per year in dogs in a community breaks the cycle new research and development for better of transmission between them. It also AS WE struggle to fathom how we prevention, diagnosis and treatment. prevents the disease from spreading to ended up in the throes of the Vaccinating animals protects them people. Covid-19 pandemic we are reminded of from life-threatening diseases such as The World Health Organisation, World the importance of vaccinations to protect distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus and Organisation for Animal Health, UN Food us from life-threatening diseases. leptospirosis, which affect New Zealand and Agriculture Organisation and the The same applies to animals — to animals. Global Alliance for Rabies Control have preserve their health and wellbeing Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease committed to ending dog-mediated rabies as well as ours — due to the spread of shared between rats, dogs, pigs, cattle in people by 2030. disease between animals and humans. and people. The spread of disease between humans The World Health Organisation According to the ACC, New Zealand and animals remains a constant threat. estimates that 60 percent of infectious has one of the highest rates of With a growing global population, the diseases in humans are zoonotic, meaning leptospirosis in the world. risk of zoonotic diseases spreading will that they can pass from animals to people It puts farmers, particularly dairy only increase as humans and animals live and vice versa. farmers, at risk as it can spread from in increasingly closer proximity. Three out of four zoonotic diseases infected urine in dairy sheds. This coincides with an increasing originate in wildlife. It is also an occupational risk for meat Its transmission to livestock reduces demand for food when resources for As well as affecting human and animal workers, who can contract the disease in food productivity. agriculture are increasingly under health, animal diseases are detrimental the same way. Bovine rabies causes one million cattle pressure. to livestock, wildlife and agriculture. According to the New Zealand deaths in Central and South America Continuous investment in They also result in revenue and trade Veterinary Association, anyone in contact every year. breakthrough technologies and losses. with cattle could be at risk. Rabies is prevented by vaccinating innovation is imperative to control Up to 20 percent of livestock are lost to Many killer diseases have been kept dogs. diseases among animals as well as their disease each year. in check by responsible animal owners Through research and pilot spread to humans, as are appropriate Preventing animal disease through maintaining vaccination programmes. programmes, the World Society for government strategies for disease vaccination, nutrition, biosecurity, and Rabies, for example, is a completely the Protection of Animals found that eradication. good husbandry increases the availability preventable virus that is fatal if left vaccinating at least 70 percent of We must continue to use and develop of safe food by reducing losses and waste untreated. a community’s dogs creates “herd life-saving vaccines to limit the spread on the farm. It kills more than 59,000 people each immunity”. of disease and ensure that people and Rapid diagnosis and treatment are year, mostly children in Asia and Africa. This occurs when a significant animals remain healthy and productive. essential because disease can’t always be If this is not tragic enough, the impact proportion of the population (or herd) Vaccination vastly improves the avoided. For bacterial diseases, the only of the virus is estimated to cost in excess is immunised, providing a level of health of both people and animals and current solution is antibiotic treatment. of US$600 million, according to the WHO. protection to unprotected individuals. is vital for continuing to meet the health The global animal health sector invests Many animals die of rabies. Vaccinating a large proportion of challenges of growing populations.

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CAIRO — A UN report offensive on Tripoli. has sketched a grim picture Hifter’s forces launched an of conflict-wrecked Libya, offensive in April 2019 to try accusing several foreign to capture Tripoli from the governments of turning the UN-supported government oil-rich country into a stage there. The campaign to play out rivalries and collapsed in mid-2020 and ignoring UN sanctions and a his forces were forced to decade-long arms embargo. retreat to the strategic city of The 548-page report by UN Sirte. They were pushed back experts comes as an interim in large part due to heavy government took power in Turkish military support of Libya this week, designed their rivals. to steer the North African The UN experts also country through elections detailed how American later this year. security contractor Erik The report said a UN Prince, a close ally of former FIGHTING TO RESUME NORMAL LIVES: A Tigrayan refugee woman who fled the conflict in Ethiopia’s arms embargo imposed 10 President Donald Trump, Tigray region talks on a mobile phone in front of her shelter at Hamdeyat Transition Centre near the years ago has remained violated the UN arms Sudan-Ethiopia border in eastern Sudan. AP picture “totally ineffective,” with embargo, along with three “extensive, blatant and with United Arab Emirates-based complete disregard for the companies and their top sanctions measures” by UN managers, during Hifter’s member states supporting campaign on Tripoli. rival sides in Libya. “Their They outlined a private ‘FINAL NOTICE’ control of the entire supply security operation called chain complicates detection, “Project Opus” designed to disruption or interdiction,” provide military equipment the experts said. to Hifter and to “kidnap Fugitive Tigray leaders warned to surrender The report, released earlier or terminate individuals this week, covers the period regarded as high value HAMDAYET — Ethiopia’s to “do their part by learning from For the refugees in Hamdayet, from October 2019 until targets.” prime minister issued a “final the devastation and damage there is little hope of going home January 2021, a time that The experts also notice” on Friday to the fugitive so far” and preventing further or even having one to return saw heavy fighting between documented the deployment leaders of the country’s embattled bloodshed. to, no matter what the prime Libyan factions for control of of some 700 troops from Tigray region, saying they should No one knows how many minister is now urging. the capital, Tripoli. Sudan’s paramilitary forces surrender peacefully to avoid thousands of civilians or “There is no point in going It identified Turkey and to Libya’s central town of “severe punishment” and prevent combatants have been killed back,” 58-year-old Belaynesh Qatar as the backers of forces Jufra, which houses an the “misery of their people”. since months of political tensions Beyene told the AP as her loyal to the UN-supported inland air base controlled by At the same time, Prime between Abiy’s government and children and grandson sheltered administration in Tripoli, to Hifter’s fighters. Minister Abiy Ahmed urged the the Tigray leaders who once in a makeshift house of rough the west, while the United The report shows how untold hundreds of thousands of dominated Ethiopia’s government straw to keep out the dust. Arab Emirates, Russia, airlines, charters and ethnic Tigrayans who have fled exploded in November into war. Their home in the Tigray and Egypt have supported merchant vessels were used their communities over the past The region remains largely region’s Dansha community has Khalifa Hifter, the military by foreign governments to four months of fighting to return cut off from the world, with been taken over by members of commander controlling transfer mercenaries and to their homes within a week and few journalists allowed in, and an Amhara youth militia, she eastern and southern parts sophisticated weapons to the resume “normal lives”. only now are steps being taken said, and when she spoke with of Libya. conflict, often by disguising Abiy’s notice alleges that some to allow the United Nations friends this week, they said they The report also details their missions. civilians took up arms, perhaps human rights office into Tigray were leaving too, weary of the how these countries fuelled It also detailed a range of under threat of force, but said to help investigate allegations of death threats against Tigrayans. the conflict in Libya, which activities across Libya that they “are not the main culprits”. atrocities. Ethiopia’s government has descended into chaos in threatened Libya’s peace, The new warning came as Meanwhile, civilians have bristled at allegations of ethnic 2011, when a NATO-backed stability, or security. Militant people described seeing a larger suffered. Witnesses in Hamdayet cleansing, including by the coalition helped rebels groups remained active in presence of Ethiopian forces and elsewhere have told The United States government, and overthrow longtime autocrat the country, “albeit with on the way to the place that Associated Press of widespread denied them. But witnesses and Moammar Gadhafi, who was diminished activities,” it said. Tigrayans have used to flee the killing and looting by soldiers humanitarian workers have later killed. Eastern Libya authorities region, the border crossing into from neighbouring Eritrea, a described scenes where Ethiopian It documented dozens of continued their efforts to the remote town of Hamdayet longtime Tigray enemy which federal authorities are hardly arms shipments, including illegally export crude oil and in Sudan. Ethiopian and allied is accused of teaming up with present or stand by, watching, as drones, surface-to-air import aviation fuel, though forces for months have allegedly Ethiopia in the conflict. Ethiopia’s Tigrayans are targeted. missiles, artillery pieces in lesser quantities amid the blocked people from crossing, government has denied their To make her way to Sudan and armoured vehicles, as pandemic, the UN experts though more than 60,000 have presence. safely, Belaynesh said, she hid well as the deployment of said, while in western made it into Sudan. Witnesses also have described her ethnic Tigrayan identity by mercenaries — including Libya, smugglers networks’ Abiy’s new statement does not being stripped of possessions and speaking Amharic. Russians, Syrians, Sudanese, infrastructure “remains say what exactly will happen if forced from their homes by forces “I don’t know why they’re doing and Chadians — brought to intact and their readiness Tigray’s fugitive political and from the neighbouring Amhara this,” she said of Ethiopia and its Libya to bolster its warring to conduct illicit exports is military leaders do not turn region, another ally of the allies. sides, especially in Hifter’s undiminished.” — AP themselves in. It reminds them Ethiopian government in the war. “It’s a nightmare.” — AP NASA moon rocket passes key test on second try

CAPE CANAVERAL — end as planned. Florida’s Kennedy Space fed the main engines. NASA completed an engine John Honeycutt, NASA’s Centre to prepare it for Boeing built the core test firing of its moon rocket programme manager for the launch. stage, which stands 65 on Thursday (local time), Space Launch System or Noting they’re taking it metres. after the first attempt in SLS rocket, said everything one step at a time, officials The Trump administration January ended prematurely. seemed to go well in declined to say whether this had pressed for a moon This time, the four main Thursday’s test firing. “The first SLS launch will occur landing by astronauts by engines of the rocket’s core core stage . . . got an A-plus by year’s end as had been 2024, a deadline increasingly stage remained ignited today,” he told reporters. planned or will bump into difficult if not impossible for the full eight minutes. During the first test, the 2022. The SLS rocket will to achieve at this point. The Applause broke out in the engines fired for just a send an empty Orion capsule current White House has yet control room at Mississippi’s minute, automatically cut to the moon and back. to issue a revised timeline. Stennis Space Flight Centre short by strict test limits that The four engines tested NASA Acting once the engines shut down were relaxed for the redo. on Thursday actually flew Administrator Steve Jurczyk on the test stand. Valve issues also had to be into orbit on NASA’s space said the space agency is NASA officials called it a resolved prior to Thursday’s shuttles and were upgraded conducting an internal study major milestone in sending countdown. for the more powerful SLS to determine a schedule for astronauts back to the moon, With this critical test system. The orange core the astronaut moon landings but declined to say when that finally finished — and stage is reminiscent of — “what we can optimally might occur or even whether assuming everything went the shuttle’s external fuel do” based on budgets. SUCCESSFUL: This image shows NASA’s planned moon rocket is the first test flight without a well — NASA can now tank, which held the liquid The review will take a few tested at the Stennis Space Centre near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. crew would occur by year’s send the rocket segment to hydrogen and oxygen that months, he noted. — AP Picture by NASA via AP 20 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 More than $5m Aussie drug dealer nabbed in mega-bust spent on White by John Weekes, NZ Herald AUCKLAND — An Australian meth dealer Island probe told New Zealand border staff he was visiting a sick family member — but couldn’t by Charlotte Jones, Local Democracy Reporter provide a name or contact details for the relative. WHAKATANE — More than $5 million has been Michael Eugenio Navarro appeared ploughed into WorkSafe’s investigation of the Whakaari in Auckland High Court yesterday CAUGHT: eruption that killed 22 people. after pleading guilty to possessing More than Between December 2019 and December methamphetamine for supply. 100kg of meth 2020, WorkSafe spent more than $5.5m The court heard Navarro had a sibling was stashed investigating the events leading up to the who had experienced meth addiction, but in these fatal eruption, which has seen 13 parties that didn’t stop him getting involved in the plastic storage appear in court facing charges under the illicit trade. pallets. Health and Safety at Work Act. “You well knew the dreadful effects of Picture supplied WorkSafe spent close to $2m on methamphetamine upon users,” Justice Paul external legal fees, close to $400,000 renting offices in Davison said. Whakatane, close to $1.6m on staff wages, $900,000 The judge said Navarro was separated on consultants, $159,000 on flights, $78,500 on rental from his Chilean mother for six years and vehicles, $202,000 on accommodation, $172,000 on used cannabis daily or frequently from age meals and $89,000 on other costs. 13 to 21. Manurewa unit. Tran then drove the truck to drugs. It was unclear if Tran or Navarro was WorkSafe general manager business performance, Navarro developed a sense of a storage unit in St John’s. a supervisor. finance and modernisation Allan Frost said the abandonment and had trouble trusting The next day, Tran collected Navarro and Tran was sentenced in October to 14 investigation was the most comprehensive and complex people. both bought high-visibility clothes at a shop. years and sevens months’ imprisonment. that WorkSafe had undertaken. “After frequent truancy during the They then visited a Bunnings Warehouse The Crown said 21 years’ jail was a good It included 27 staff members at its peak, including previous two years, you left school at age store and bought protective gear and a starting point for Navarro’s sentence, and four investigations managers and 16 investigations 15,” Justice Davison said. circular saw. Justice Davison agreed. inspectors. The investigation team also included The court heard Navarro’s heavy cannabis Police raided the Manurewa unit, an Navarro got discounts for his guilty plea, specialist, legal and support staff. use might have impacted his decision- Avondale address, the storage unit and and for personal mitigating factors including The proceedings needed to be brought within 12 making but Navarro, to his credit, now took vehicles linked to Tran and Navarro. his age. months of the incident being known to the regulator. This responsibility for his mistakes. Meth weighing 102kg and stashed in Navarro was 25 at the time of offending time pressure meant that WorkSafe had to ensure the Navarro had visited New Zealand three plastic storage pallets was found. and Justice Davison said a recent study investigation was resourced adequately as a charging times in 2018 and the following year. Justice Davison said the meth had 80 showed men might not mature in the area of decision had to be reached in that time frame. Each time he declared he was making percent purity and 2kg of the drug on impulse control until well into their 20s. He Those charged by WorkSafe include seven companies a short trip, once saying he was in New average was in each pallet. was jailed for 12 years and 7 months, and and three individuals. Zealand to visit a sick relative. Authorities found $76,550 and the must serve at least half that time in prison. They are White Island Tours, Whakaari Management On his penultimate visit, he arranged criminals have forfeited that money. The judge told him: “You say you now and its directors and owners James, Peter and Andrew for the windows of a unit in Manurewa to The court heard Navarro was essentially realise how good your life was in Australia.” Buttle, Kahu NZ, The National Emergency Management be tinted. On his third visit he arrived a trusted to carry out his role alone, or He will return there one day. The court Agency, GNS Science, Volcanic Air Safari, Aerius Ltd, fortnight after Alan Tran, his associate. with Tran, even though it was likely an heard on finishing his jail sentence, Navarro Inflite Charters, ID Tours and Tauranga Tourism Services. He and Tran travelled by truck to the international syndicate was behind the will be deported. The tourism companies are facing charges relating to the health and safety of tourists and staff. ‘Looks more like a landfill’ Compost firm stockpiles 20,000 tonnes of contaminated waste by Robin Martin, RNZ Remediation NZ is now proposing to spread smaller lots of 500 tonnes a year — A Taranaki composting as on-site soil conditioner. business at the centre of a consents Assuming it meets council conditions renewal wrangle is sitting on a 20,000 beforehand, at that rate it will take 40 tonne pile of contaminated waste that years to break down. could take up to 40 years to safely break The company invited RNZ to visit down. the Uruti site then later withdrew the A regional council report says it invitation and declined to be interviewed. appears Remediation NZ has not done In an email, its sales manager Mark any composting at its Uruti site for O’Neill said the company and its staff about 10 years and has instead been were environmentalists. stockpiling waste. “We are remediating waste that does Remediation NZ is part of the Revital not just disappear because a group of Group that produces compost and so-called eco-warriors decide that it vermiculture products — many of them should. This waste needs to be dealt BioGro-certified. with in order to make it safe for the It is seeking to renew consents to environment. discharge to land, water and air, which “We have a consent which is strictly lapsed about two years ago. adhered to — the water is tested on an It is still permitted to accept various almost daily basis and the ridiculous waste at Uruti — including oil and gas discharge to air consent is exploited by a drilling cuttings and drilling fluids — to bunch of locals who want our operation either compost or use in worm farming. shut down.” But a damning regional council report Remediation NZ has a history of non- says in the past decade only worm compliance with consents and was the fertiliser has left the site. STOCKPILE: A composting business is sitting on a huge pile of contaminated waste subject of eight incident reports, three “Almost all of the other material that could take up to 40 years to safely break down. Picture supplied abatement and six infringement notices received onsite for the past 10 years, between October 2020 and January 31 including some unauthorised material “It also means that it has not produced what’s going to happen to it? this year. (but also authorised organic material any saleable compost from the site in the Roberts reckoned on closer inspection More than 20 public submissions have that could otherwise be composted), has last 10 years, other than the vermicast.” the Remediation NZ site looked less and been received on the consents renewal, been deposited into the collection pond, Sarah Roberts from the environmental less like a composting facility. 13 for and 10 against. blended with bulking agents, and then lobby group Taranaki Energy Watch was “I guess if you really looked at that Supporters include the stockpiled. thankful the site stopped accepting oil drilling waste pile — more than 20,000 District Council and companies such as “As a result, the stockpile is now and gas waste in December. tonne — I guess you’d start to think this Fonterra, Tegel, Waste Management and greater than 20,000 tonnes. But she warned the 20,000 tonne potentially looks more like a landfill EnviroWaste, which argue Remediation The report says even after being stockpile may only be the tip of the than it does a composting facility. NZ provides a sustainable option for composted for 15 years, this material iceberg. “And if there is no kind of approach waste disposal not available anywhere does not meet minimum standards. “Conservatively 40,000 cubic metres of to how we might deal with it at the else in Taranaki. “This has caused what’s referred to drilling materials came in, but for four moment it needs to be contained safely.” The council report recommends in Remediation NZ’s application as a or five years the council said there was The waste stockpile leaches chemicals renewing consents for seven years under ‘legacy’ issue, as they have been unable very little record taking and so really the such as chloride and nitrogen and has a slew of conditions. to sell this product off-site due to its whole process of our submission is trying stormwater runoff and odour emission The consents renewal hearing begins association with drilling activities. to find out what happened to it and problems. next Monday. The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 NATIONAL NEWS 21

TREATY CLAIMS MADE OVER WHANARUA BAY: Left, the peaceful coastline of Whanarua Bay. The land is reserve land, and also an ancient urupa. One bach owner, Peter COLLINS ‘800 PERCENT MORE Martelletti, says POPULAR THEN ME’: National MP the ownership Simon Bridges has downplayed his claims and chances of getting another go at the access issue National Party’s leadership. are a ‘big mess’ File picture that needs to be sorted out by the council. Bridges forced to Picture supplied downplay talk of Bach owners fear being making comeback by Dan Satherley, Newshub.

AUCKLAND — National MP Simon Bridges has yet again been forced to locked out over claims downplay talk he is keen to have another go at the National Party leadership. Bridges, who led the party for two years by Charlotte Jones, Local mess” that needed to be sorted bach owners paid an easement to hold on to the land until before being rolled in May 2020, made Democracy Reporter out. for so they can get to their the access issues had been a reappearance in the preferred Prime “This has all been caused properties. sorted, he added. Minister rankings in a recent poll. WHANARUA BAY — by mistakes made in the The road is also the only Te Whanau a Apanui He scored 1 percent in the TVNZ-Colmar Coastal bach owners at idyllic past and the council are not way many other Whanarua spokesman and Opotiki Brunton poll released earlier this week. Whanarua Bay are concerned dealing with those mistakes,” Bay property owners and the councillor Louis Rapihana “Congratulations Simon,” AM Show host they will be locked out of their he said. public can access the ocean. said the iwi wanted the land Duncan Garner told Bridges yesterday holiday homes if iwi takes “We’ve been trying Hundreds of people use it to be returned as it was a morning. ownership of nearby to have an easement illegally every year, especially place of great sacredness. “Comeback kid,” quipped Labour MP land. drawn up for years. We over summer. He said the reserve was David Parker, who was also on the show. Opotiki District were going through the Theoretically, the private a place of wahi tapu for Bridges stayed silent for nearly 15 Council is working process several years landowner could fence off the hapu of Te Whanau a seconds after that comment, before through a proposal ago but then they put their land and install a Kahurautao and Rangi i laughing and then downplaying his chances. by Te Arawhiti Maori it on hold because of the lockable gate that only the Runga as it was an urupa “Well, look, Christopher Luxon is 200 Crown Relations to pending claim. bach owners could use, and the resting place of many percent more popular than me. And Judith transfer several parcels “I feel like the placing the bay off limits to tipuna. Collins is 800 percent more popular than of council-owned reserve Government holidaymakers and other “Other reserves were taken me. So I’ll stick to my day job.” land to Te Whanau a policies are pitting residents. with the rating of land and Bridges lost the leadership after his Apanui, as part of its us all against each Mr Martelletti therefore whanau not being able to party’s polling started to slide in the wake Treaty of Waitangi settlement. other, and it shouldn’t be like speculates the council may be pay the rates when land was of the Covid pandemic. One of those parcels of land that.” pleased to rid itself of the land surveyed and split up,” Mr In February of last year, National polled provides the only way for The original access issues due to the access issues. Rapihana said. 46 percent in a TVNZ-Colmar Brunton poll, beachfront bach owners at began when Whanarua It would also receive “It is only right these lands and 43.3 percent in a poll by Newshub.-Reid the isolated Whanarua Bay to Bay was subdivided in the monetary compensation from are returned to the iwi and Research. The latest poll had National on access their properties. 1960s. No access ways to the the Government for the land, hapu of Apanui. 27 percent — not statistically different from Owners are concerned that newly-created blocks were he said. “Apanui is awaiting their election result of 25.6 percent. if the iwi gains ownership, the formalised. “They don’t have to give the the result of consultation Just 8 percent of those polled picked owners will lose that access Residents used to access reserve away — they could that the Opotiki District current leader Judith Collins as their and be effectively locked out their baches alongside a creek, keep it,” he said. Council is going through preferred prime minister, and 2 percent of their homes. but that land was returned to “They want to get rid of it for this situation. Many of picked new MP Christopher Luxon — the To complicate matters the local hapu as part of its because of the issues around the hapu and whanau have former head of Air New Zealand. further, the land in question is Treaty redress. access, but that doesn’t work made submissions to the Bridges’ highest-ever score was 12 reserve land, and an ancient Residents then created for us ratepayers. If they can consultation. It is vital that percent, back in May of 2018. urupa. their own road across the offer it to iwi, why can’t they we all work together on this ACT’s David Seymour came in third — Access has never been reserve land, which is on offer it to us? process to ensure the right on 4 percent. And Prime Minister Jacinda granted or formalised by the a steep hillside. They have “Why are we different?” outcome for all concerned iwi, Ardern led the way with a massive 43 Opotiki council, making the maintained the road and If the council did pass the hapu and residents,” he said. percent. use of that land as a roadway installed traffic lights. land to iwi, they would be Submissions on the Collins, meanwhile, has said she is “not illegal. Closer to the sea, the passing on all these issues proposed transfer of land close at all” worried about a leadership challenge. Bach owner, Peter road crosses a thin strip of too, Mr Martelletti said. But it on Sunday. — Newshub. Martelletti, said it was “a big privately-owned land, which would be better for the council — Rotorua Daily Post ‘Visionary’ former mayor of Masterton dies, aged 98

by Soumya Bhamidipati, his future wife, the late Ruth Cody. In 1986, Cody became one of four “I suppose, in many ways, I did a Wairarapa Times-Age The couple were married in 1946. men on the board of the new Wairarapa six-year apprenticeship with him,” Mr He had earlier served as a flying Times-Age company. Francis said. MASTERTON — Former Masterton instructor for the Royal New Zealand He was appointed a Companion of “He was responsible for progressing mayor, Frank John Francis Cody, died Air Force during World War II. the Queen’s Service Order for public some really important infrastructure in last week at the age of 98. The father In 1947, Cody began his practice as service in 1985. the town. of five died on March 12 at Kandahar a chartered accountant in Masterton. At the time, he was reported to have “He had a really good vision of what Village. His family was “very grateful He was elected as a borough said, “If there’s been an achievement was required during those times. for the loving care provided to Frank councillor in 1968. worth recognition, it’s simply the “He was a very astute guy. He was by the staff of Kandahar”. Cody was chairman of the Masterton recognition of the town and the an excellent mayor. Cody was elected mayor of County Council joint planning region”. “And he had a very good Masterton in 1974, with more than committee and the borough’s town His interests included gardening, relationship with his general twice as many votes as his nearest planning committee. boating and fishing. managers.” rival. His term ended in 1986. He was involved with Homeleigh Bob Francis was a councillor under ■ A memorial service to celebrate Born in Wellington, Cody moved Children’s Home and the Wairarapa Cody for two terms and superseded the life of Frank Cody would be held at Former Masterton mayor, to Masterton in 1935. He studied at Marriage Guidance Council, among him as mayor after the latter stepped Crossway Church on Monday, March Frank Cody. Wairarapa High School, where he met others. down from the council. 22, at 2pm. Wairarapa Times-Age file picture 22 CLASSIFIEDS The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021

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CLASS 5 METAL TRUCK DRIVER Drone. The Survey Division is involved in a wide range of Who are you? projects including topographic surveys, cadastral surveys, engineering design, modelling and machine control, set-out, We are looking for a Gisborne based • You have previous sales or customer services experience or volume calculations and more. operator to join our well established are willing to learn family-owned business. We run a modern • Great communication skills, both written and verbal We have a young and dynamic team and are looking for a like- fleet of Kenworth trucks, specializing in minded Land Surveyor to join our Survey Division in sunny bulk cartage of aggregate, servicing the • You enjoy working in a team of independant people Gisborne. whole of the East Coast. • You are a ‘People Person’ The ideal candidate would have: We are looking for someone with • You enjoy meeting and exceeding targets a positive attitude to fit in with our • 5+ years’ experience, however less experienced applicants will friendly professional team. The successful certainly be considered. applicant will need the following: • Diploma in Surveying or a Bachelor of Surveying degree. • Licensed Cadastral survey qualification an advantage. • Min 3 years truck and trailer experience If this is you, • Advanced knowledge in AutoCAD Civil 3D or 12D preferred. • Clean class 5 license preferably with please send your CV and cover • A desire to work on high profile and complex projects. WTR endorsements letter to Jane Smith, • Excellent communication skills. • Ability to operate loading machinery Advertising Manager • Be a team player. • Self-motivated with a great work ethic, 64 Gladstone Road Gisborne email • Willingness to learn and support our team in their projects. adaptable and a “can do” attitude [email protected] • Enjoy working as part of a small team BENEFITS: but can work alone Applications close on • Pre-employment and random testing • A competitive salary. are done Friday April 16, 2021 • Company vehicle. • A sound awareness of Health & Safety • Career progression and expansion of skills. practices • Opportunity to work on a broad range of projects. If you want to find out more please This is a great opportunity to join a growing company with a phone Kevin McKay on 027 246 3350, Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or strong forward workload. For more information contact Lennon a valid NZ work visa and a current New Zealand drivers licence. 38735-01 Wiltshire on 027 849 5931 or email your CV to please no text messages. [email protected] 24 CLASSIFIEDS The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021

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Sunday, March 21, 2021 Auction 2133a Wharekopae Road Lifestyle 1.30 – 2.30pm Ray White Auction 346 Nelson Road Riverdale Retreat 1.45 – 2.15pm Ray White Auction 18 Desmond Road Do the mahi... 1.00 – 1.30pm Tall Poppy Auction 14 Ruth Street Nothing to do here! 2.30 – 3.00pm Ray White Auction 276 Stout Street Style and grace and plenty of space 2.00 – 2.30pm Tall Poppy Auction 57 Moana Road Tropical beachfront oasis 11.00 – 11.30am Property Brokers Auction 17A Weld Street Entry level opportunity in Mahia Beach 11.00 – 11.30am Bayleys Auction 4 Elm Street Bigger than it looks in Mangapapa 12.00 – 12.30pm Property Brokers Auction 555 Aberdeen Road Get the basics right 11.00 – 11.30am Bayleys Auction 2 Kara Street Character on Kara 1.00 – 1.30pm Property Brokers Auction 753 Childers Road Investors! A great tenant in place! 11.00 – 11.30am Bayleys Auction 390 Ormond Road Seriously for sale 1.00 – 2.00pm Property Brokers Auction 128 Tauwhareparae Road The river is your closest neighbour! 12.00 – 1.00pm Bayleys Auction 14 Wellington Street A beaut bungalow 1.00 – 1.30pm Property Brokers Auction 12 Waverley Street The quintessential kiwi dream! 12.00 – 12.30pm Bayleys Auction 53 Massey Road Private and family focused 2.00 – 2.30pm Property Brokers Auction 82 Stout Street Escape your riverbank retreat 12.00 – 12.30pm Bayleys Auction 35 Dalton Street Perched by the park 2.00 – 2.30pm Property Brokers Auction 167 Stout Street Refurbished and ready to go 12.00 – 12.30pm Bayleys Auction 2/2 Cobham Place Income Potential 12.30 – 1.00pm Bronwyn Kay Agency Auction 16 Domett Street The complete package awaits you 1.00 – 1.30pm Bayleys Auction 153B Rutene Road Living the Good Life 1.00 – 1.30pm Bronwyn Kay Agency Auction 12 Endcliffe Road More than meets the eye 1.00 – 1.30pm Bayleys Deadline Sale 136 Birrell Street A Hidden Treasure 12.00 – 12.30pm Harcourts Auction 11 Matthews Road One for the family 1.00 – 1.30pm Bayleys Deadline Sale 54 Chalmers Road So Many Options 1.00 – 1.30pm Harcourts Auction 2 Lytton Road Convenient to amenities, private home 1.15 – 2.00pm Bayleys Tender 3 Granny Tarr Street Rule the roost 1.00 – 1.45pm NZR Auction 12 De Lautour Road Investment opportunity 1.45 – 2.15pm Bayleys Tender 1 Coulston Place BIG, and, it’s Brick 10.00 – 10.30am TRACY Real Estate Auction 13 Maclean Street Cute as a button 2.00 – 2.30pm Bayleys Tender 165 Clifford Street Home & Income 10.00 – 10.30am TRACY Real Estate Auction 126 Wairere Road Beach lifestyle with class and style 2.00 – 2.30pm Bayleys Tender 63 Fergusson Drive Peaceful & Quiet 11.00 – 11.30am TRACY Real Estate Auction 159 Harris Street Home is where your heart is 3.00 – 3.30pm Bayleys Tender 8 Byron Street Stylish & Family Friendly 11.00 – 11.30am TRACY Real Estate Auction 1376 Matawai Road The Lifestyle Project 10.30 – 11.15am Ray White Tender 288 Aberdeen Road Renovate, Develop or Landbank! 12.00 – 12.30pm TRACY Real Estate Auction 44 Wairere Road Wainui’s golden mile 10.30 – 11.00am Ray White Tender 619C Gladstone Road Live the Easy Life 12.00 – 12.30pm TRACY Real Estate Auction 74 Awapuni Road Renovate or subdivide? 11.45 – 12.15pm Ray White Tender 9 Waiteata Street The Big Family Hideout – last chance 1.00 – 1.30pm TRACY Real Estate Auction 638 Waingake Road The Grand Villa on Waingake 12.00 – 12.45pm Ray White Tender 131 Awapuni Road Home and site potential, two titles, profile 11.30 – 12.00pm Bayleys Auction 70 Chalmers Road Space for all! 12.30 – 1.00pm Ray White Tender 27 Taruheru Crescent Affordable initial home or investment 12.15 – 1.00pm Bayleys Auction 11/690 Gladstone Road Freedom and Security 12.45 – 1.15pm Ray White Tender 5 Toru Street Family suited, abundant shed space 2.15 – 3.00pm Bayleys Auction 26 Mangapapa Road Where have my socks gone? 1.30 – 2.00pm Ray White

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GISBORNE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH Rev Jin Sook Kim www.standrewsgis.org.nz CHURCH IN St Andrew's ANGLICAN CHURCH COMMUNITY CHURCH CHRISTIAN COMMENT Church www.waiapu.com Matthews Rd (off Wainui Rd) CHRIST Roebuck Road 176 Cobden Street PARISH OF GISBORNE 10.30am: ‘SPINNING’ THE TRUTH 10.30am: Kidzone, ministry, OPEN Worship Service HOLY TRINITY followed by BBQ ‘Love should always make us tell the 10am & 7pm truth.’ Ephesians 4:15 CEV 8am: Holy Communion Lunch. Matawhero Bill Hughes sharing. Service 10am: Holy Communion How do you think Paul, ‘the apostle of grace’, Historic Church A warm welcome. All welcome would have handled the following inquiry: ‘Dear Paul: We’re thinking about hiring Alexander 9.00am: Waipaoa Parish Ph 867 4563/868 4735 Ph John 027 7751 656 Worship Service the coppersmith as a company manager, and 9.30am: Holy Communion at St George's, because you know him well, we’d appreciate , followed by AGM your opinion.’ Knowing the problems Alexander OASIS had caused in the past (1 Timothy 1:19–20; 2 COMMUNITY ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH of Timothy 4:14–15), how would Paul respond? CHURCH St Mary Star of the Sea Or what about this one: ‘Dear Abraham: Lot has SUNDAYS 10am applied for a loan to expand his cattle property in the Jordan Valley near Sodom. So we’re writing WORSHIP & MINISTRY WEEKEND MASS TIMES to ask you for a character reference.’ Would "The Shelter" for the Literal Abraham, who was well aware of his nephew’s & Spiritually homeless Saturday 6.00pm shady business practices (Genesis 13:11–13), be In the Heart of the Community Sunday 9.00am evasive and ‘fudge’ the facts to keep peace in the with the Community at Heart family? It’s doubtful. Naumai Haere Mai - East Coast Tolaga Bay 2nd Sunday 11.00am Or what about this one: ‘Dear Apostle John: ALL WELCOME Tokomaru Bay 3rd Sunday 11.30am We need a mature Christian to fill a slot on Cnr Rutene, Tyndall & Entry Matawai 4th Sunday 11.00am our church board. Based on your dealings with 1 Ida Rd, OUTER KAITI Diotrephes, do you think he’s the right person?’ Ptrs. Tom & Josie Office Hrs Mon-Fri 9.30am - 12.30pm John knew the trouble Diotrephes had already Crawford caused and his need for power and control (see Ph 06 867 7224 3 John 1:9–10). But would he hedge and take the path of least resistance? Probably not; based on John’s existing forthright comments, he’d be Cen ral honest all the way. Methodist/ Presbyterian REFLECTIONS So, what would you do? Remember, the Bible Baptist Church Union Parish says that love should always make us tell the 237 Palmerston Rd truth. Following Christ means being honest when Cnr. Ormond Rd. it would be easier to mislead and spin. Hopefully & Atkinson St. Life is too short to argue P. 867 9604 you’d find the courage to be straightforward Sunday — and gracious. Yes, gracious! Why? Because and fight. Count your blessings. being asked for your input doesn’t give you Service Sunday 10am: a right to resurrect another’s mistakes and 'All Ages Family Service' Value the people who love you publicly embarrass them. The Bible says, ‘Let your conversation be gracious and effective.’ 10am "I am the Good Shepherd" and make the most of each day. (Colossians 4:6 NLT)

Kids Programmes available during Service Extract from Word for Today ALL WELCOME Power of Positivity Find us on Facebook - Mangapapa Union Parish www.mup.org.nz 28 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 Reds’ EPL form unrelated to Bridge results Champions League — Zidane MONDAY, March 15 — Beetham Lifestyle Village Pairs 2 (Howell movement) Gretchen Ivess, Jean Bennett 63.58 Rosemary Rowell, Murray Owen 61.24 Mark Fleming, Linda White 56.48 Sally Knight, Elizabeth Jackson 55.79 FOOTBALL a stern quarter-final challenge for his Caroline Taylor, Yvonne Waide 50.48 Robin Bennett, John Rouse 48.63 team, who are six points off the pace in WEDNESDAY, March 17 — Beetham Lifestyle Village Pairs 2 (Howell movement) BERLIN — Zinedine Zidane believes the Spanish title race. Joy Marden, Bette Parker 61.46 Sue Hayward, Delwyn Arthur 55.95 Liverpool are capable of two top “We cannot say that it is a bad draw Pamela Clay, Jill Smith 52.38 Beverley Evans, Louise Goodhue 51.79 performances against Real Madrid, even or that it is good, because what happens Ora Peipi, Bobby Thomson 50.52 Elizabeth Jackson, Sally Falkner 50.52 if the Premier League champions are throughout the season does not matter,” struggling domestically. Zidane told a news conference ahead of THURSDAY, March 18 — Beetham Lifestyle Village Pairs 2 Liverpool have lost eight games in the Madrid’s La Liga clash with Celta Vigo North/South East/West Premier League since the turn of the on Saturday. Tracy Clayton, Hans van der Kuijl 58.75 Linda White, Anne Roberts 62.92 year, slipping from the top of the table “It will be a match between two teams Jill Smith, Janine Robinson 57.08 Lois Grose, Gretchen Ivess 62.50 down to sixth place. that have won many Champions League Kay Crosby, Robin Bennett 50.83 Murray Owen, Yvonne Waide 55.83 With their title aspirations well and (trophies), a very complicated tie. At that Friday’s results will be available next week. truly over, as well as their campaigns level it is always very difficult to win.” in both domestic cup competitions, the There has been some doubt over Reds’ only chance of silverware this Zidane’s future at Madrid. season is the Champions League. The Frenchman left his post as head Ronaldo is Serie A’s top player again Standing in their way of a place in the coach in the aftermath of Los Blancos’ semi-finals are Zidane’s Madrid, who last victory over Liverpool — their third FOOTBALL stadiums, but the aim was to win, and we did it,” won in the last meeting between the straight Champions League success — the 36-year-old Ronaldo said. teams in the competition — Gareth Bale only to return for a second spell in March MILAN — Cristiano Ronaldo has been named “I am happy and lucky. Persistence, inspiring Los Blancos to a 3-1 victory in the following year. Serie A player of the year for the second confidence, work ethic, passion – those are the 2018 final. Zidane’s deal runs out at the end successive time. all the secrets that allow me to keep playing. I Madrid and Liverpool will face each of next season, but he affirmed he is Ronaldo won the prize in 2019 after his debut feel motivated and you have to be every year, other in a two-legged knockout tie for content to focus on the here and now, season at Juventus. The awards did not take otherwise you won’t manage to win at 34, 35, 36 only the second time — the first saw the rather than his future. place last year because of the coronavirus or 40 years old.” Reds inflict Los Blancos’ biggest-ever The winner of Real-Liverpool will meet pandemic. Atalanta’s Gian Piero Gasperini took home the Champions League aggregate defeat the winner of Porto-Chelsea for a place Ronaldo scored 31 goals in 33 league matches prize of coach of the year and his side won team (5-0) in 2008-09. in the final against the winner from last season and helped Juventus to a record- of the year. Atalanta finished third in Serie A for Despite Liverpool’s struggles in the Bayern Munich/PSG and Manchester extending ninth successive Serie A title. the second straight season and also reached the Premier League, Zidane is anticipating City/Borussia Dortmund. — DPA “At the beginning it was hard to play in empty quarter-finals of the Champions League. — AP THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY Monday, March 22, 2021 SUDOKU CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Reese Witherspoon, 45; Elvis Stojko, 49; Bob Costas, 69; William Shatner, 90. Happy Birthday: Look inward, evaluate your position and make adjustments at home to SUDOKU is a logic puzzle made accommodate what you are striving to achieve this year. Discipline, hard work up of 81 squares on a 9x9 grid. and reaching out to people who can contribute or help you excel will play To solve the puzzle, each row, roles in your success and overall happiness. Love and romance will lead to a lifestyle change that enhances your life. 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Secluded FOUR STARS: You can pretty much do as you please. It’s a good time to start new projects. 13 Inherits; 14 Convent; 21. Monstrous (10) retreat (4) THREE STARS: If you focus your efforts, you will reach your goals. 16 Theory; 17 Stunt; 20 Rite. TWO STARS: You can accomplish a lot, but don’t rely on others for help. 22. Melody (4) 20. Throw (4) ONE STAR: It’s best to avoid conflicts. Work behind the scenes or read a good book. The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 SPORT 29 Rain forces Golden Slipper postponement SPORT BRIEFS RACING by Warwick Barr, AAP “We think in the circumstances we wouldn’t The race was run the following Wednesday. UK cycling doc banned be in a position to proceed so we’ve had to make A decision on the future of the 2021 edition SYDNEY — The Golden Slipper meeting the unfortunate decision to postpone. will be made after a meeting between the has been called off after an early morning “Given the forecast for today and the way Australian Turf Club and Racing NSW. MANCHESTER — Medical authorities have track inspection of a water-logged Rosehill the morning has unfolded we’re just not in a Rain is forecast for Sydney throughout most banned the former doctor of British cycling and racecourse. position to proceed.” of next week. the Tour de France-winning Team Sky after he Officials said heavy overnight rain in Sydney Van Gestel had been confident the showpiece “We certainly have several contingencies in was found to have covered up the order of a drug with the forecast of more to come made it meeting would go ahead after a late Friday place in terms of how we proceed forward,” Van intended to boost a rider’s performance. impossible for the world’s richest race for two- inspection despite forecasts of up to 200mm of Gestel said. Dr Richard Freeman was struck off the medical year-olds to be run. rain on Saturday. Golden Slipper day ranks among one of register by Britain’s Medical Practitioners Tribunal Racing NSW chief steward Marc Van Gestel He was banking on a small break in the the best race meetings on the Australian turf Service after being found unfit to practise over walked the racetrack this morning before weather to provide a window of opportunity to calendar with five Group One races decided. his order in 2011 of 30 sachets of testosterone gel deciding to postpone the day’s racing. get through the nine-race card before the deluge Victorian-trained colt Profiteer held to the Manchester Velodrome. Van Gestel’s inspection came after two hit Sydney. favouritism for the Slipper after a faultless lead- “In all the circumstances, the tribunal horses galloped over the course but further rain But the meeting’s fate was sealed when in that included two wins and a close second determined that Dr Freeman’s actions would be confirmed surface water on two sections of the Rosehill received 25mm of overnight rain, taking from three starts. considered as deplorable by members of the track would have made racing unsafe. the weekly total to almost 120mm. Besides the Slipper, a highly anticipated clash public and fellow practitioners,” the tribunal said “In the circumstances the track can’t cope It’s the first time since the 1963 Golden between outstanding English middle-distance on Friday. with any more rain. It’s full now,” Van Gestel told Slipper won by Pago Pago that the race has been galloper Addeybb and Caulfield Cup winner “The tribunal considered that Dr Freeman’s Sky Sports radio. postponed. Verry Elleegant promised to be a highlight. conduct surrounding the order of the Testogel amounted to a long and considered pattern of very serious dishonesty.” Freeman was suspended by British Cycling in 2017 before resigning after eight years with ‘Hungry to keep fighting’ the organisation, saying he was too ill to face disciplinary action for poor medical record- keeping. — AP Brown has faith in young team after loss to Newcastle ‘Long odds’ for Inglis LONDON – Former Australia Test centre Greg Inglis is a major doubt for Warrington’s opening by Pamela Whaley, AAP Super League match against Castleford on Sunday week. GOSFORD — Warriors coach Nathan The 34-year-old is coming out of retirement after Brown was handed another bitter pill by signing a 12-month contract with the Wolves but Newcastle last night as the NRL team has not played for almost two years and coach he helped build stole a 20-16 victory in Steve Price says he will not rush him back into Gosford. action. A year since Brown was shown the Inglis warmed up for Warrington’s preseason door and replaced by Adam O’Brien, the friendly against Leigh at the Halliwell Jones former Knights coach watched as players Stadium on Friday night but did not play in the he helped develop ran home late over his match, which the home side won 34-12, his place new gritty side. being taken by youngster Connor Wrench. Teenage centre Bradman Best was “He’s done a bit of training with us,” Price said handed his NRL debut by Brown at the in the post-match press conference. “We put him end of 2019 and last night showed why out there just to get a bit more volume in his legs, he’s one of the brightest young talents in a bit more directional change, because he hasn’t the NRL. played for so long. The 19-year-old was under an injury “We’ve got a duty and a responsibility to get cloud with an ankle sprain coming into his body right.” Asked about Inglis’ prospects the match, but showed the depth of his of running out for his debut at Headingley next skill with two stunning try-assists for weekend, Price said: “If I was a betting man, he’d ’s double. GOING DOWN: David Fusitu’a of the Warriors is tackled into touch during the Round be at long odds.” — PA His first was a slick flick pass to Hunt 2 NRL match between the and at Central on the left edge to put the Knights in Coast Stadium in Gosford last night. The Knights won 20-16. AAP picture Karatsev keeps surprising front by eight early in the second half, DUBAI — Aslan Karatsev has continued his but the best of the two came to seal the remarkable rise since his Australian Open heroics victory with four minutes left on the clock. “() took a big chance Masila crashed through lapse defence 30 as he beat his Russian compatriot Andrey Rublev The Knights were down by two after coming to the Knights, so you want to minutes in to level the scores at 6-all. to reach his first ATP Tour final at the Dubai conceding a try to Ken Maumalo at the see those boys have success. They’re good Tries to Adam Pompey and Maumalo Tennis Championships. opposite end when he came up with a boys. put the Warriors in the lead late before Karatsev, who became the lowest-ranked line-break and offload to Hunt in support “What’s rugby league if Newcastle don’t the Knights raced home for their second grand slam semi-finalist in two decades at the who scored under the posts. have a good footy team?” straight win without injured stars Kalyn Australian Open in February, beat second-seed Although Brown said there was no Ironically, scored his Ponga, and Blake Rublev 6-2 4-6 6-4 in Friday’s semi-final. extra emotion in the build-up against his first try for the Knights 18 minutes in Green. In the final Karatsev will face another surprise old side, he too marvelled at Best’s ability when he darted from dummy half to “We’re not the finished product. We’ve packet in South African qualifier Lloyd Harris, and the development of the Knights’ side. score. got a lot of quality to come back. We’ve who hit back to beat Canada’s Denis Shapovalov “I hope the Knights do well,” Brown In 2019 Brown did all the work to lure got five guys missing from this team who 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 7-6 (8-6). said. Brailey to the Knights from Cronulla, would make the 17,” O’Brien said. The 27-year-old Karatsev, handed a wild card for “I was there for nearly four years and where he was fast emerging as one of the “There are some guys to come back but this event, fashioned 16 break points on his way people like (Daniel and ) and game’s top young hookers. what we’ve got in there is a young group to overcoming his occasional doubles partner. Mitch Barnett, those three blokes played Brailey joined on the understanding he who are hungry to keep fighting every Karatsev’s victory broke Rublev’s 23-match in the hardest time of any kids that I’ve would be playing for Brown in 2020, only day.” winning run in ATP 500 events that stretched back seen play first grade when the Knights for the coach to be sacked by the club less Meanwhile, the Warriors will be waiting to last year’s Hamburg European Open. basically had a reserve grade side and than a month after he signed. on the NRL’s charge sheet this morning “It was a really tight match, tough opponent,” those kids were playing first grade. Brailey’s craftiness and speed around with two players put on report in the first Karatsev said in an on-court interview. “It was an “I remember telling them ‘first grade is the ruck is what made Brown pursue him half in Gosford. unbelievable performance from Andrey. He didn’t actually a lot easier than what you blokes for the Knights’ pack, but that same skill Prop Jamayne Taunoa Brown was put lose a match at an ATP 500 in one year.” are going through’. came back to bite him. on report for a crusher tackle on Hunt, Karatsev or Harris will become the fourth first- “They were always going to become However, it didn’t take long for the while Jazz Tevaga was pinged for leading time winner on the ATP Tour this season. — PA good players. Warriors to hit back when Ben Murdoch- with his knee in a tackle on Best. Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results RESULTS from Week 2 of the Turanganui a Most 100s, men (33): Te Kotahi Kaio(Kid’z n Him’z) Ruahine Rua 17 Ruahine Toru 4: Johnny Smith Nepe 140st, 110f, 101f, 100st (3), 100 (8). Kiwa Darts Association’s winter league, held at Most 100s, women (19): Mihi Awatere. 140st (3), 123, 121st, 111st, 110, 100st (2), 100 (5); Kid’z n Him’z 16 Ruahine Tahi 5: Ihaka Kaio- Brezz’n Darts Club Hall on Thursday nights — TEAM RESULTS Anaru Cashmore 123, 121, 120, 101st, 100st (4), Wynyard 180, 140st (4), 123, 121st (2), 114, 100 Hummingbirds 6 Knights 15: Manaia Kaio 100; 100 (9); Wayne (Ursh) Heurea 180, 140st (4), 125 (10); Tristan Reeves 140st, 140 (4), 134, 125 (2), INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Carol Woods 140st, 140, 112, 100; Eraka Kirikino (2), 123, 121, 116, 107, 100 x5; Boyso Awatere 125, 100st, 100 (2); Te Kotahi Kaio 1140st, 140 (5), 125, 180s: Tracey (Potz) Te Kira 5 (Tigers); John White 140, 108, 100; Maurine Pokai 120, 105, 102. Tom 100st, 100 (2). Chris Te Moni 180, 100 (3); Izaya 123st, 123 (3), 121st, 119, 108, 105 (2), 100 (15); (Whanau Magic); Jury Reedy (Waihape Whanau); Hindmarsh 138, 100 (7); Victor Mackey 140, 121st, Jahnke 125, 101, 100 (5); Willy Te Kira 180, 140 (7), Corey Kaio 180, 140 (6), 135, 121, 118, 110, 100st, Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard, Corey Kaio (Kid’z n Him’z); Cyn 121 (2), 120, 100 (3); Bree Edwards 120, 105, 100st, 125 (2), 122, 121 (2), 100f, 100 (13); Bella Reedy 100 (5). Cyn Tupene 180, 140 (2), 134, 125 (2), 100 Tupene, Mihi Awatere (Ruahine Tahi); Wayne (Ursh) 100 (3); Lynn Edwards 147, 100 (3). 140st, 102f, 100. (2); Riria Awatere-Kohunui 140 (2), 135, 125, 121, Heurea (Ruahine Rua); Willy Te Kira, Chris Te Moni Falcons 17 Waihape Whanau 4: Tahuna Irwin Tigers 10 Whanau Magic 11: Tracey (Potz) Te 120, 105, 100 (4); Mihi Awatere 180, 140st (2), 140, (Ruahine Toru). 140st (3), 140 (5), 129, 114, 105, 100st (6), 100 Kira 180st, 180 (4), 140st, 140, 130, 121st (2), 100st, 138, 121, 100st (4), 100 (9); Ripeka Te Kira 140, Highest start (180): Tracey (Potz) Te Kira, Jury (15); Tamiti Irwin 140, 120, 101, 100; Eria Thomas 100 (12); Shiloh Henry 140 (3), 138, 135, 117, 108f, 121, 100 (3). Reedy. 125, 100 (2); Sam Kirikino 121, 120, 100st (4) 100 100 (5); Willie Edwards 174, 140 (3), 100st (2), 100 Highest finish, men (110): Jarrod Waikawa (13). Jury Reedy 180st, 120 (2), 100st (2), 100 (8). John White 180, 140 (3), 135, 125, 123 (2), Draw for next week, Round 3, THURSDAY, (Whanau Magic). (5); Mereaira Waru Young 120st, 119, 116f, 116, 121st, 121 (3), 114, 100st, 100 (9); Karlia Waikawa 7pm: Ruahine Toru v Tigers, Waihape Whanau v Highest finish, women (116): Mereaira Waru 106, 102; Paul Waihape 120, 104, 100 (3); Jennifer 140 (2), 121, 116, 105, 100st, 100 (4); Haimona Ruahine Rua, Knights v Falcons, Ruahine Tahi v Young (Waihape Whanau). Waihape 100 (2). Ratapu 121st, 100st (3), 100 (5); Jarrod Waikawa Hummingbirds, Whanau Magic v Kid’z n Him’z. 30 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 Boys’ High finish top in Tairawhiti school champs SURFING by Jack Malcolm their under-18 divisions. Correspondence student Gabe Lobb won U14 boys: Gabe Lobb (Correspondence) Competition favourite Finn Vette won his the u14 boys’ division after competing in 1, Hunter Lynch (GBHS) 2, Harry Hayward GISBORNE Boys’ High School took u18 division, while Hannah King won the the open final of the Gisborne Boardriders (GBHS) 3, Austin Fergus (GBHS) 4. the top spot at the Tairawhiti High School girls’ side of the draw. Club Super Slam series. U16 boys: Tigher West Hill (GBHS) 1, Eli Surfing Championships on Tuesday. In the u16 boys’ division, Tigher West Hill Results — Livingston (GBHS) 2, Max Phillips (GBHS) With 2900 points, GBHS narrowly beat (GBHS) took the honours, beating favourite Under-16 girls: Asia Braithwaite 3, William Matthews (GBHS) 4. Gisborne Girls’ High School, who had 2700 Eli Livingston, who had won the Year 9 and (Campion) 1, Case Dewes (GGHS) 2, Tui U18 boys: Finn Vette (GBHS) 1, Louis points. Campion College finished third on 10 division at the Tairawhiti junior champs. Ruifrok (GGHS) 3. Evans (GBHS) 2, Harry Allen (GBHS) 3, 1500 points. Campion’s Asia Braithwaite continued U18 girls: Hannah King (GGHS) 1, Hue Cowie (Campion) 4. Both Boys’ High and Girls’ High put in her strong summer of surfing with a win in Sophie Hemi-Holloway (GGHS) 2, Aria Top schools: GBHS 2900 points, GGHS strong showings, taking clean sweeps in the u16 girls’ division. Randall (GGHS) 3. 2700, Campion 1500. - rivalry back RUGBY by Liam Napier, NZME The Blues lose some size in their loose trio with replacing the MARK down tomorrow as the official in-form Papalii. Elsewhere, All Blacks return to the Blues and Crusaders rivalry prop Alex Hodgman, sharp Tasman — one that promises to stretch beyond halfback and midfielder this weekend’s duel and decide the Super TJ Faiane all return from injuries — the Rugby Aotearoa title. latter two from the bench. The Crusaders, seeking a fifth Although Sam Darry impressed last successive crown, hold the mantle the week on debut, the Blues opted not to Blues so desperately crave. field the towering lock who spent two With a bumper home crowd and years in the Crusaders academy system pristine afternoon conditions expected, before shifting north this season. Josh the Blues may not get a better chance to Goodhue will start alongside captain snap their seven-year drought against , and Gerard Cowley- the red-and-black machine. Tuioti will be on the pine. At this stage of the competition, with The Crusaders have been dealt a blow the Blues unbeaten after two games, with flanker Tom Christie, this year’s likewise the Crusaders after three, top tackler, ruled out for the season with the result is far from fatal to season shoulder surgery. takes his aspirations but it could determine who place with All Black prop , hosts the inaugural finale. loose forwards Ethan Blackadder and No final last year and two Covid- and halfback , in 19-cancelled matches between Super his 100th match, promoted Rugby’s marquee teams — one of which to start. had 40,000 tickets sold — heightens MacDonald is well aware the attacking intrigue. threats Will Jordan, Richie Mo’unga, This weekend, finally gets PRESSED INTO ACTION: Former New Zealand sevens player will take the Leicester Fainga’anuku and to reveal New Zealand’s form team. field for the Blues against the Crusaders in Auckland tomorrow. NZ Herald file picture pose but is equally certain where this For a decent chunk of the modern era contest will be won and lost. this match-up lost its headline billing Park — their best run since 2014 — adds minutes, working hard. A lot of teams “They’ve had a lot of dominance around as the Blues simply weren’t on the same a level of comfort not previously tangible come close and don’t get there but that’s their set piece — their scrum, lineout and level as the champion Christchurch for the Blues. what you’ve got to do to get the result.” maul are world-class I don’t know if there franchise. For a long time, the Blues “We’ve built a good record at home and With the America’s Cup finished — are many teams around the world that weren’t even close, with the , that means a bit to us,” MacDonald said and the Auld Mug expected to make an are better even at international level. If Highlanders and all claiming after making four starting changes to the appearance by way of a chopper at Eden you can find dominance in one of those more recent titles. side that crushed the Highlanders 39-17 Park — attention, expectation, pressure three, that’s a really good start.” Predictability breeds apathy. Not so, in Auckland last week. are building for the Blues. BLUES: , Bryce Heem, Rieko any more. “We want to turn Eden Park into a “There’s a lot of talk around town when Ioane, Harry Plummer, Caleb Clarke, , Leon MacDonald’s arrival as head fortress and be really hard to beat there. you walk along the streets,” MacDonald , , Blake Gibson, coach has revived the Blues, and in the We’ve managed to do it so far in this said. , Josh Goodhue, Patrick Tuipulotu (c), third year of his tenure a sense of the competition and this is a good test for us. “When I was a player you started , Luteru Tolai, Alex Hodgman. unknown again hangs over a match “We’ve got a lot of confidence in our hearing from people on Monday and it Reserves: , Karl Tu’inukuafe, Ofa against the Crusaders. game, we’re starting to work out what definitely has that buzz.” Tuungafasi, Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, Tom Robinson, The Blues went close to an upset in we’re good at and do it more often but MacDonald has made two injury- Adrian Choat, Finlay Christie, TJ Faiane. Christchurch last year with ’s when you get put under pressure that’s a enforced changes to his team, with CRUSADERS: Will Jordan, Sevu Reece, Jack 54th-minute try establishing a 15-9 lead different thing. All Black flanker and Goodhue, , Leicester Fainga’anuku, before the Crusaders, as often is the case, “We haven’t dived into the history, right wing Mark Telea ruled out with Richie Mo’unga, Bryn Hall, Cullen Grace, clinched the final quarter for a 26-15 the motivation was already there for concussion. Former New Zealand sevens Sione Havili Talitui, Ethan Blackadder, Samuel victory. us. We felt we had a good opportunity silver medallist Bryce Heem finished Whitelock, Scott Barrett (c), Michael Alaalatoa, Since then, though, the Blues have to beat them in Christchurch last year quarantining two weeks ago after , Joe Moody. significantly improved their pack — the but a couple of mistakes cost us. We’re returning from France and, with his size Reserves: Brodie McAlister, George Bower, addition of All Black tighthead prop Nepo conscious of how ‘on’ you’ve got to be and experience, he has been preferred Oliver Jager, Mitchell Dunshea, Whetukamokamo Laulala from the Chiefs a case in point. because they do make you pay. to rookies Emoni Narawa and Jacob Douglas, , , Winning their past five games at Eden “A lot of it is mental, staying on for 83 Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens. Dallas McLeod. Chiefs out to get points on the board RUGBY by Lachlan Waugh, start of the year tonight, is blunt in his “I think loosies and even tight forwards “We’ve had a week off, the boys are multimedia sports journalist assessment of their performance. . . . everybody’s trying to get over the ball refreshed mentally. It’s a massive week, “Especially in the tight five, we nowadays. circumstances we’ve been in, so the boys THE Chiefs are hell-bent on fixing took some learnings, some real deep “We’re all hunting those sorts of are really looking forward to getting out their misfiring forward pack this evening learnings,” he said. opportunities and we realise that Ardie there.” as another chance to snatch an elusive “We don’t want to feel that hurt and Dups (Kirifi) are pretty good over the victory beckons. again this week, because it was pretty ball as well, so we’ve got to try to beat HURRICANES: , , In a battle of ’s embarrassing and disappointing. them to those opportunities.” , Ngani Laumape, , early strugglers, the Hurricanes host the “It’s never nice going backwards; The Chiefs are riding an 11-game , Luke Campbell, (c), Chiefs in Wellington. there’s a couple of areas in the game losing streak in Super Rugby — the Du’Plessis Kirifi, , Isaia Walker- While tonight’s hosts come off a needed where it hits your pride.” equal-longest by a New Zealand franchise Leawere, James Blackwell, , Ricky bye to work through their issues that Loose forward says — and if there was a side to end that Riccitelli, Xavier Numia. have seen them thoroughly outplayed there’s no hiding from how the pack against, one also struggling for form is Reserves: James O’Reilly, Fraser Armstrong, in their first two matches, the Chiefs performed. the best bet. Tevita Mafileo, Liam Mitchell, Devan Flanders, are still patching up the damage of last “The set piece wasn’t what we’d like — The Hurricanes have failed to get off Jonathan Taumateine, Peter Umaga-Jensen, Wes weekend’s gut-wrenching loss to the we missed a lot of opportunity to attack the ground in 2021 after a promising Goosen. Crusaders. but I think that’s going to be a huge focus 2020 campaign. Officiating issues aside, the Chiefs let for us around our scrum and lineout. Savea said discipline, in particular, had CHIEFS: Damian McKenzie, , slip an early 10-0 advantage to lose by 22 “Nailing that so we can get good ball let his side down. Anton Lienert-Brown, , Etene points in Christchurch. to attack with — once we do have ball in “When we’re giving away yellow cards, Nanai-Seturo, , (cc), Luke In the second half, the Chiefs were hand, we’re a dangerous team.” it’s harder to be a better team,” he said. Jacobson, (cc), Mitchell Brown, Naitoa exposed at the scrum by a superior Jacobson knows they’re up against a “It’s just the little things that we can Ah Kuoi, Tupou Vaa’i, Angus Ta’avao, Samisoni Crusaders pack, and the team ended forward pack with plenty of versatility, avoid and we have control over. We’ve Taukei’aho, . up on the wrong side of a 15-10 penalty including a starting loose forward trio of looked at our game . . . but when you’re Reserves: , , Joe count that hurt their chances. Reed Prinsep, Du’Plessis Kirifi and Ardie in the game it’s a totally different story, Apikotoa, Samipeni Finau, , Te Prop Aidan Ross, who gets his first Savea. so it’s about reacting in those moments. Toiroa Tahuriorangi, , Chase Tiatia. The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, March 20, 2021 SPORT 31 Campion athletes set seven records

ATHLETICS by Jack Malcolm intermediate girls’ 1500m, where Lily Heuser set a BONNIE Mason lowered time of 5m 47s. the Campion College record Most of the events of the for the Year 7 girls’ 3000 school’s annual athletics metres by 3 minutes 25.27 meet were held nearly two seconds at the school’s weeks ago, but the last annual athletics meet. events were completed this Year 7 girls’ athletics week. champion Mason ran the Athletic championship distance in 12m 55.96s. placings — The previous mark, 16m Year 7 girls: Bonnie Mason 21.23s, was set by Freya 1, Morgan Tamatea 2, Madeline Bodin in 2019. Poulter 3. Of four records set in the Year 7 boys: Taj Potter 1, Luca 3000 metres at this year’s Alexander 2, Jack Taylor 3. meet, Mason’s time was the Year 8 girls: Isabel Arthur 1, second lowest. Zeva Peard 2, Miriam Cornfeld 3. Jamie Joblin set a record Year 8 boys: Owen Buchanan of 11m 36.24s in the senior 1, Cameron Alexander 2, Connor boys’ 3000m. Stark 3. Hayley Lincoln set a time Junior girls: Danielle Blair 1, of 14m 7.52s in the senior Maggie Mackintosh 2, Rebecca girls’ race. Kanz 3. Corrin Blair set a time Junior boys: Owen Buchanan of 15m 42.68s in the Year 7 1, Cameron Alexander 2, Phoenix boys’ event. Nickerson 3. Other records set at Intermediate girls: Lily Heuser Campion’s athletics meet 1, Olivia Briant 2, Freya Wilson 3. this year were in the Intermediate boys: Dane Berry CAMPION COLLEGE ATHLETICS: Clockwise Year 8 girls’ 200m, where 1, Hamish Swann 2, Yahni Brown 3. from top left . . . Anaya Menzies flings the Zeva Peard set a time of Senior girls: Hayley Lincoln 1, discus, Bethan Winchester steps out at the 30.87 seconds; the junior Sofia Zame 2, Alesha Batisaresare long-jump pit, Miriam Cornfeld strides out on the boys’ high jump, where 3. track and Ben Jones hopes for a soft landing in Owen Buchanan cleared Senior boys: Leo Maisey 1, the high jump. Pictures by Liam Clayton 1.55 metres; and the Andre Riley 2, Isaiah Moran 3.

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TEAM New Zealand have moved to keep the country’s top sailing talent out of the clutches of America’s Cup competitors — only days after winning the Auld Mug for the fourth time. Commodore of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) Aaron Young confirmed that new nationality rules would require 100 percent of crews to be citizens or to have spent two of the previous three years in the country they were representing. With the America’s Cup locked away for at least another year, the new regulation will likely allow Team NZ to retain the likes of helmsman Peter Burling and flight controller Blair Tuke, who would have attracted the interest of billionaire-backed teams during their defence of the Cup in Auckland. Young said they wanted to keep the regatta as an event between countries. “The America’s Cup is a sporting event between nations and we’re trying to take that back a little bit to tradition and what the America’s Cup has been about. “No one’s asked for it particularly, but we feel that’s the right way to go to enhance the event.” The British Royal Yacht Squadron — who are represented by Ineos Team UK and have Sir Ben Ainslie as their skipper — have been confirmed as the next Challenger of Record (COR) for the 37th VENUE NOT SET: The Auckland skyline is not yet a guaranteed backdrop for the next sailing of the America’s Cup. A regatta America’s Cup. between Team New Zealand and Team UK at the Isle of Wight is rumoured to be a possibility for next year. Team UK are bankrolled by Jim Picture by Chris Cameron/Photosport via AP Ratcliffe, Britain’s wealthiest man, and are a logical partner for the next Cup, “As we all know, the option sits with the AC75 has done that.” yacht club in Auckland during the 36th given how the association between Team New Zealand to see if we can put The AC75 class shall remain the class America’s Cup) for two of the previous New Zealand and Luna Rossa — the something together to enable us to race of yacht for the next two America’s Cup three years before March 18, 2021. COR for the 36th America’s Cup — has the 37th America’s Cup in Auckland but cycles, and teams will be restricted to As an exception to this requirement, steadily deteriorated over the past year. there’s a lot to work through and there’s building only one new AC75 for the there will be a discretionary provision Young said they were a “long way off” a lot for and against.” next event, while the defender and the allowing a quota of non-nationals on the organising the next event, rumoured Young also confirmed that the next Challenger of Record will be investigating race crew for competitors from “emerging to be as soon as next year in a one-off regatta would be sailed in the AC75 and agreeing to campaign cost-reduction nations”. regatta between Team NZ and Team UK foiling monohulls — used for the first measures, including measures to attract The new citizenship rules could at the Isle of Wight. time in Auckland. a higher number of challengers and to prevent a repeat of what Team New “Right now Team New Zealand are in a “The main thing is that we will be assist with the establishment of new Zealand were forced to endure ahead of negotiation period with the New Zealand sailing the same boats — the AC75s. teams. their Cup defence in 2000, when skipper Government around what happens,” he We’ll be seeing them out again, hopefully The introduction of nationality rules Russell Coutts was lured away on a said. in New Zealand,” Young said. will require 100 percent of the race lucrative deal to join Swiss syndicate “We’ll leave that with them to work “They’ve changed the sport for the crew for each competitor to either be Alinghi, immediately becoming the through. average person. They’ve made it more a passport holder of the country of the Kiwis’ rival. “The team are in an exclusive three- relatable, more exciting. The America’s team’s yacht club as at March 19, 2021, Tactician Brad Butterworth followed month negotiation period so there’s not Cup has always been about innovation or to have been physically present in Coutts and the two helped lead Alinghi to going to be anything before then. and technology as much as sailing, and that country (or, acting on behalf of such victory in Auckland in 2003. — NZME

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