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A pair of Pumas were spotted in Gisborne this week but there is no cause for alarm as they are not beasts of prey. Two Aerospatiale SA 330 Puma helicopters were seen on the back of trucks on their way to Gisborne. The large, four bladed, twin-engined heavy-lift machines were delivered to Pumas on an area on the western side of Gisborne Airport near Aerodrome Road. The Herald understands they will be used in forestry operations here. The Puma, originally built in France and later in other countries, came into service in 1968, and has been widely used by military forces and commercial the prowl operators across the world. Pictures by Liam Clayton

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by Aaron van Delden parking but business owners were complaining of downtown car parks filling up by 8.30am before ALL metered car parks in Gisborne city will their shops had opened, presumably with city cost $1 an hour and be free of charge from 3pm workers’ vehicles. on weekdays for the next 12 Mayor Stoltz said the situation was probably FREE TO months, district councillors have exacerbated by the closure of the Bright Street decided. carpark opposite the Covid-19 testing centre at War Their decision follows several Memorial Theatre, but that carpark was due to weeks of free parking in the reopen this weekend. CBD after the council stopped She believed the council needed to balance the monitoring car parks during the desire to encourage people to visit the CBD with Alert Level 4 lockdown. time controls that kept parking available. PARK The new rules come into effect The parking options put forward by council staff on June 2. as ways to encourage more people to visit the town Mayor Rehette Stoltz said the centre in the wake of Covid-19 did not include fully feedback on parking she had received from people free parking. over the past fortnight as traffic had returned to the city centre fell into two categories. AFTER 3 Members of the public were happy with the free CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ...... 11 Classifieds ..14-15, 22 Television ...... 24 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ...... 12 The Guide .... 19-21 Sport ...... 25-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .... 6-10, 18 World...... 13, 16-17 Racing ...... 23 Weather ...... 27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 STAR TOURS Astro-tourism on our own doorstep by Sophie Rishworth have been fascinated with astronomy ever to slices of bread. since.” “With one slice you get some food. If you GISBORNE astronomer John Drummond Every time he buys a flash new telescope slap 10 pieces together you get a meal.” launched his astro-tourism business at his mum quips: “Why did I point out the Stacking multiple astrophotos gives a lot Patutahi a couple of weeks before lockdown. Pot?” more information, he says. The timing could not have proved worse. Mr Drummond, in partnership with Ohio For anyone interested in the sky, Mr Only one group went through before it was State University, has co-discovered about Drummond recommends looking east at closed for two months due to the Covid-19 20 exoplanets (planets that orbit other around 9pm. pandemic. stars). “You will see Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. However, with Alert Level 2 now in place, One discovery resulted in a paper in the Jupiter is the brightest of the three and with groups of up to 12 can visit the six purpose- prestigious journal Science. a powerful pair of binoculars you can see built observatories, half of which have roofs Mr Drummond is the director of the the Galileo moons that go around Jupiter. that roll back to reveal the clear, dark southern Royal Astronomical Society of New “It was Galileo (Italian astronomer Galileo skies over Patutahi, and one that rotates so Zealand Comet and Meteor Section. Last Galilei) who first saw the moons moving the telescope can track the stars. year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal around Jupiter that helped him prove that Mr Drummond’s observatory set-up features Astronomical Society of New Zealand of Earth wasn’t the centre of the solar system SEEING THE SOUTHERN SKIES: This picture of telescopes larger and more powerful than which he is a past president. — that it was Sun.” Comet Swan was taken by Gisborne astronomer the one in the James Cook Observatory on “This year I’ve started a PhD (part- Mr Drummond said they would rise and astrophotographer John Drummond in the Titirangi/ Kaiti Hill, which was demolished due time) with the University of Southern earlier in the night in the following months. early morning skies on May 1. The shot was to earthquake damage. Queensland (off-campus). My topic is New A “major pain” for those into astronomy captured on his special astronomical camera One of the observatories on Mr Zealand’s historical role in the observation, are security lights, which Mr Drummond and a 35cm diameter telescope. Mr Drummond Drummond’s property houses a half-metre- photography, discovery and study of says cause light pollution. Security lights is pictured below, with his half-metre wide (lens) wide (lens) telescope, one of the biggest in comets. should be pointed down to illuminate the telescope at one of the observatories he has built New Zealand. “New Zealand is in a unique position in ground for health and safety reasons, not at Patutahi for his astro-tourism business. This is used during the astronomy tours. that we can observe comets the Northern pointed skyward. Picture (below) by Paul Rickard “Clients are given a 20-to-30-minute talk Hemisphere sometimes can’t see.” For anyone interested, Gisborne on astronomy in the lecture room, then taken Earlier this month, the comet called Astronomical Society has two groups outside to have the constellations pointed C/2020 F8, colloquially known as Comet people can join — juniors (10 to 17 years) out with a laser. They are then shown the best Swan, was captured by Mr Drummond on and seniors (18 plus). objects for the night through the 50-centimetre camera. Mr Drummond’s astro tours are held on telescope followed by a hot drink in the The shot was taken at around 5am on Wednesday and Saturday nights from 7pm lecture room at the end.” May 1. To create the shot, five one-minute in non-Daylight Saving time. As well as hosting tours of the southern exposures were stacked together. For more information visit www. skies, Mr Drummond does a lot of Mr Drummond likens taking astrophotos gisborneastrotours.com astrophotography (photographing the stars). His photos of comets, galaxies, nebulae and more have appeared in books and magazines around the world. Two of his astrophotos also appeared on New Zealand stamps. His pictures of asteroids and comets are also sent to the United States where they are used to confirm new discoveries. These observations help determine the orbits of these newly-found objects. His work can even help predict if one of them is going to hit Earth. As a member of an international sky watch team, Mr Drummond is one of only a few who document the night sky from New Zealand. “These observations are crucial because often those in the Northern Hemisphere cannot see them.” He remembers the exact moment he became interested in astronomy. It was a summer’s evening, he was 11 years old. He and his mother June were walking along Rutene Road after a swim at the McRae Baths. “Look John, there’s the Pot,” his mum said pointing to the sky at the pattern of stars known here as the Pot (part of the Orion constellation). “Something went just went ‘boom’ and I Parking plan will cost GDC thousands

FROM PAGE 1 in town and when parents would be able on weekdays came at an estimated loss recommendation but believed parking to bring their children into the CBD to of $42,000 over three months. services should remain self-funded. Their suggestions included two hours go shopping. The council normally collects $685,000 One of the reasons meter money was of free parking each day, free parking That suggestion was widely a year from parking meters. collected was to pay for parking system on Saturdays or making all metered supported by councillors and added to Gary McKenzie, the council’s upgrades, Cr Wharehinga said. parking $1 an hour. the resolution that was unanimously compliance monitoring and enforcement Councillor Andy Cranston said Councillor Pat Seymour said she passed during yesterday’s finance and manager, told councillors yesterday the biggest issue previous reviews of supported what Whakatane’s council performance committee meeting. that the estimated loss in revenue parking had identified was people not provided in its CBD — free one-hour The free parking from 3pm on from parking since the lockdown was having coins in their car to pay for parking spots — but she had also heard weekdays and metered parking at $1 an $125,000. metered parking. the concerns of retailers so moved the hour will be in place for 12 months while His report to councillors warned In other cities, modern meters allow option to make all metered parking $1 a longer-term solution is thrashed out. that reducing the income generated by people to pay for parking with cards or an hour regardless of location. The change to metered parking, parking services, which were currently via text message. She added that if it was the “will of which has cost up to $2 an hour, means self-funded, risked a rates increase to Cr Cranston questioned whether the the world” to have free parking in the the council can expect to miss out on cover costs. $1 potentially saved on metered parking city centre, it should be from 3pm to $81,500 in revenue over three months. Deputy mayor Josh Wharehinga would stimulate business. 5pm, when there were “hardly any” cars Introducing two hours of free parking said he supported Cr Seymour’s “I’ve got my doubts about that.” The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 NEWS 3

ON DUTY: Members of Gisborne’s Home Guard during World War 2. Tairawhiti Museum director Eloise Wallace and photograph curator Dudley Meadows say they have few wartime photographs of Gisborne. They would love to have more photos of the pillboxes and of the riverside trench system created during World War 2. “We feel that there must be some out there in family collections, even if they are hiding in the back of the photograph and aren’t the main subject,’’ said Mrs Wallace. “We are keen to see more photos of Gisborne during the war years in general.”

Photo courtesy of Jack Hollamby/Tairawhiti Museum collection ID 1002161304 Much interest in museum’s lockdown film

by Wynsley Wrigley viewers Colonel Reg Gambrill was put in stream. It was destroyed in 1963. the Awapuni stream on the CBD side. charge of Gisborne’s defences 12 days after Another three were positioned along the It was destroyed shortly after the war. GISBORNE residents are familiar with the Japan attacked the American naval base at city beaches. Yet another was built nearby at the mouth World War 2 era pillbox by the i-Site Visitor Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The first is one recently uncovered near of the Waikanae Stream. Information Centre in Grey Street. The shock attack brought the war from Grey Street. The last pillbox, and one of only three Another uncovered by the Oneroa Walkway Europe right to New Zealand’s doorstep. Another is buried under the dunes still visible today, is located at the end of just west of Grey Street makes for two of At that stage, before further Japanese somewhere east of Midway Surf Lifesaving Peel Street where a bridge once crossed the the eight known pillboxes built locally during military success on land throughout Asia, Club, while a third is visible in a paddock west stream to the railway station. the war. invasion was not thought likely. of Pacific Street. Mrs Wallace said the pillboxes were manned It is not widely known that up to 30 may Nevertheless, as with other district Mrs Wallace said there were also several by the National Military Reserve, better known have been planned for the worst case scenario commanders, Gambrill was ordered to mortar posts between the Cook Obelisk and as the Home Guard. of World War 2 — a Japanese invasion. hurriedly build field defence works, including the Young Nick statue. About 2000 men served in the Home Guard Tairawhiti Museum’s collection of short pillboxes, by March 30, 1942. Later in 1942, a pillbox was built on the during the war. films, compiled over the lockdown, includes The design of the pillboxes was unique to Kaiti side of the Turanganui River, close to the ■ A member of the public has since one on the history of the pillboxes. It has each district. Cook Monument, after permission was granted identified a ninth pillbox, situated on the proved to be the most popular one with the The Gisborne pillboxes were equipped with by the Gisborne Harbour Board. beach to the east of Pacific Street. public. machine-guns, rifles and three-inch mortars. It was destroyed in 1963 when the overseas He showed Mrs Wallace an aerial Entitled Gisborne’s WW2 Pillboxes, and Four pillboxes were built along the wharf was built. photograph taken in 1948, which reveals the lasting 9 minutes and nine seconds, the Waikanae Stream. The pillbox was destroyed by hand over pillbox. short film can be seen on Youtube and the The pillbox next to the i-Site was matched three days as explosives could not be used The pillbox is not visible in a 1942 aerial museum’s website. by another on the other side of Grey Street, because of its proximity to a fuel tank. photograph, which was one of the resources Museum director Eloise Wallace tells allowing the men inside to look down the Another pillbox was built near the mouth of used by Mrs Wallace. Trial lease for sawmill by Andrew Ashton WAITING: The Far time. East sawmill before “We sell to a lot of different markets THE former Far East sawmill at it closed down and so we have very good demand across Matawhero should be back in operation during the Covid all our markets at the moment. But who by the end of next month, employing 45 lockdown. knows what the global economy will be people. like in six months time?” The mill was closed down during the File picture by Liam However, the demand, and good Covid-19 lockdown and bought back Clayton diversification, were “positives around by Prime SPV, a subsidiary of Trust how we see the future”. Tairawhiti. The trust had previously paid The mill itself was recommissioned $7.4 million for the Prime Sawmill before in 2018, when the Provincial Growth selling in to Far East Sawmills, with the Fund (PGF) invested $500,000 with the trust retaining ownership of the 22ha before we commit to it long-term. administrator for the Matawhero site. expectation of establishing a workforce of site. “If we take over the site permanently Former Far East employees had been about 50. The total cost to recommission Hastings-headquartered company Kiwi we have a significant capital investment asked to re-apply for their positions, Mr the mill was more than $3.6 million, with Lumber has now agreed to lease the programme planned to be completed Gresham said. the rest of the funding coming from the mill on a three-month trial basis and is within the first three years.” “They are being interviewed today and Eastland Community Trust and Far East already looking for workers. Kiwi Lumber is a privately owned, tomorrow.” Sawmills Limited. “We are looking to start the mill in growing and progressive sawmilling The Herald understands 41 staff Since then the Government has late June and will make a decision at company marketing radiata pine to the members were kept employed by Trust confirmed $20m of support, through the the end of the three- month period as to US, Australia, Europe, Asia and New Tairawhiti after its purchase of the mill, PGF, for establishing a wood centre of whether or not we will take over the mill Zealand markets and employs more than with the help of the government’s wage excellence at the site. Then on March 20, on a permanent basis,” managing director 220 staff across three sites located in subsidy scheme. with the Covid-19 crisis having already Adam Gresham said. Masterton, Dannevirke and Putaruru. “We will have about 45 staff on the site made its presence felt in the forestry “We are just going to start the site on In addition to general mill staff it has initially,” Mr Gresham said. sector, the Government announced a a three-month trial, there’s just some also advertised for a timber grader, a “If things go well on the site, staff $12.1m loan to further support the things we need to check with the site filleter, a forklift operator and an office numbers could increase gradually over venture. 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020

FAMILY NOTICES Deaths CAPITAL INVESTMENT APPROVED CHISHOLM, Michael John. — Sunrise 29 May 1940 - Sunset 28th May 2020. Dearly Multimillion-dollar programme to focus on key infrastructure loved soulmate of Fay, and loved Father and Father-in-law of Teresa A $96 million capital investment on the critical infrastructure of roading, from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and and Greg Fisher, Ivan programme for Gisborne District Council’s wastewater, stormwater and drinking water. Employment’s Tairawhiti Economic Stimulus and Marita, Ben and 2020/21 Annual Plan, has been given the “We know this is the priority for our Package that arose from Covid-19. Jill. Loving Grandad of green light. community and investing in critical Key investments will be focused around Simon and Rachel, The programme will focus on key infrastructure is absolutely necessary for our the acceleration of the wastewater treatment Jaimee Fisher, Duncan infrastructure and the delivery of Long Term region. disinfection project, the Pamoa Native and Craig (Barcelona), Plan projects. “In addition to addressing our infrastructure Restoration Project to stabilise and protect Jace and Kyle. GDC chief executive Nedine Thatcher needs, it injects a massive amount of money the Waingake water supply, improved In accordance with Swann said it would form a significant part back into our economy, creating local Michael’s wishes, a stormwater and wastewater infrastructure private family service is of the council’s overall Covid-19 community employment opportunities.” to reduce runoffs into waterways, as well as to be held. recovery plan to help kickstart the local The programme was significantly boosted more than 200 percent more investment in - Evans Funeral economy after lockdown. by $38.7m of central government funding the region’s roading network through central Services Ltd. FDANZ “The capital investment programme focuses through the Provincial Growth Fund and government funded initiatives. www.evansfuneral.co.nz ‘Desirable and safe’ destination by Kim Parkinson DOMESTIC BUSINESS: VISITORS are returning to Gisborne Whispering slowly, says East Coast Moteliers Sands Association president Art Heern. Beachfront The owner of Tudor Park Motel would Motel owner normally be fully booked over Queen’s Peter Martin Birthday weekend but this year only says his expected about a 40 percent occupancy business has rate. been less He said he believed things would dependent on pick up over time as people felt more international confident about travelling within New visitors unlike Zealand. those in Ocean Beach Motor Lodge owner Ruth Rotorua and Walton said they were almost full for the Queenstown. long weekend and bookings had started coming in as soon as the lockdown was lifted. Picture by “We’ve had lots of New Zealand Paul Rickard travellers staying for the past two weeks,” she said. They had stayed open during lockdown providing accommodation for essential workers like hospital staff. The Emerald Hotel is expecting to business had taken advantage of the during the quieter months but we are to play mini-golf,” she said. have 50 percent occupancy this weekend wage subsidy to get them through the expecting it to be a good weekend and on During the week the i-Site had been which is down on the same period last period of Covid-19 restrictions. par if not better than last year’s Queen’s visited by those exploring in their year when they had between 70 and 80 He said Whispering Sands wasn’t as birthday weekend,” GHL commercial campervans and Ms Edwardson said she percent occupancy. The hotel was also dependent on international visitors as operations general manager Jeremy was pleased to see international visitors starting to get inquiries about booking motels in tourist hotspots like Rotorua Raymond said. here too, including some who were here conferences in June and July. or Queenstown and he was expecting the Gisborne i-Site manager Hana on working visas and had stayed on Peter Martin from Whispering Sands return of his regular business clients. Edwardson said she had braced herself through the lockdown. Beachfront Motel at Waikanae said they The Gisborne Holdings-owned for the worst since returning to work last She thought Tairawhiti was seen as a had quite a few bookings for Queen’s Waikanae Beach Top 10 Holiday Park week but has been pleasantly surprised. desirable and safe destination but said it Birthday weekend and were expecting also expects a good weekend. “We were expecting a quiet weekend was hard to predict how busy it would be about a 70 percent occupancy rate. His “We generally have a short ‘lead time’ but actually had a lot of locals coming in over Queen’s Birthday weekend. CORRECTIONS/ CLARIFICATIONS Bridge to urupa among projects

LIVE SHAVE, JUNE 6 GISBORNE woman Kelly Norris’s “live shave” for under $2.5m shovel-ready plan the Shave for a Cure fundraiser for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand is on Saturday, June 6. A story in yesterday’s Herald incorrectly said the THREE Northern Hawke’s Bay roading costs and take 10 minutes off the trip these projects needed completing but our shave was this Saturday. and construction projects, including between Napier and Wairoa. stumbling block has been how we were To donate and follow her campaign go to the replacing a bridge to renew access to a Amid the announcements there were going to be able to afford to finance the Shave for a Cure website and type Kelly Norris into burial ground, will go ahead with about no hints of any previously announced work. search or go to tinyurl.com/ydamgwnc $2.5 million worth of funding under the PGF-backed projects being cut back as “The council’s strong relationship and There is also a link through her Facebook page. Government’s Covid-19 shovel-ready funds are repurposed to help protect jobs reputation of getting the job done well recovery programme. and businesses. with the Provincial Development Unit, TV LISTINGS The projects are the replacement Wairoa Mayor Craig Little said combined with the collaborative work we of Patangata Bridge at Whakaki, THE TV listings page in yesterday’s paper was his council had focused on its PGF have undertaken with the communities realignment based around about 200 relationships and “the more likely involved in these projects, has produced a a repeat of the previous day’s listings because the metres of Nuhaka River Road and repair projects at this stage”. successful outcome.” page was processed a day early in error. Apologies. of the Rangatahi dropout at Mahia. “There’s only so much money to go “The Patangata Bridge is essential so BOOKSHOP OPEN Each now has 100 percent Government around,” he said. “We’re happy to get when there is tangihanga (funerals) our funding, the latest boost to the Wairoa what we can.” people can safely access the urupa (burial AN article in The Gisborne Herald on Saturday area coinciding with announcement of a The projects have been approved ground), and it is a vital access bridge for which referred to the closure of Muir’s Bookshop $15m package of Provincial Growth Fund under the Government’s allocation of the landowners,” he said. Café led to some people thinking the bookshop support for projects throughout Hawke’s $36.72m to projects in regions hard hit “It has been a real struggle for the itself was closing. It is only the café upstairs — Bay. economically by Covid-19, and funded Whakaki community and it is great called The Bookshop Café — that is no longer It is separate and unrelated to the from the Government’s $100m worker that the Government has recognised the open. Muir’s Bookshop continues to trade. Muirs Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency redeployment package announced in concerns our council has been advocating. Bookshop owner Kim Pittar said the cafe space announcement of funding to advance March. “The Rangatahi Dropout at Mahia is upstairs could be available for someone to sub- the State Highway 2 Waikare Gorge Mayor Little was delighted with the a real battle with nature and the council lease from her,as long as the new business had a realignment, which is expected to save go-ahead for the projects in his district. has struggled to be able to afford to repair good “fit” with the bookshop. huge ongoing maintenance and repair “The council has always recognised this section.” — Hawke’s Bay Today The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 NEWS 5 ‘End of an era’ as Wainui Store closes

by Matai O’Connor “We thought this business had an important role in the community. THE Wainui Store in Oneroa Road “We wish to thank the Wainui has closed. Beach community for your support Liz and John Woods bought the over the years of our ownership.” business four years ago and initially Mr Woods mowed the lawns for the closed it late last year after being last time yesterday as the lease ends unable to sell it. today. “Sorry to say this but as the “Now it’s time for us to go into current owners we are today finally retirement.” closing the shop,” Mr Woods said in a In response to an update by Mr Facebook post yesterday. and Mrs Woods on the Wainui Store “Precipitated by Covid-19 but Facebook page, many customers mainly by our failure to find a buyer expressed their sadness and thanks for the business after difficulties in for the service they provided. obtaining consent for assignment of Wainui resident David Timbs our lease to new owners.” said: “Thank you for providing our Mr Woods told The Gisborne community with a great space, good Herald: “It’s very, very sad. It’s an vibes and excellent service. end of an era. “You will be part of Wainui history RETIRING: John Woods at the Wainui Store for the last time yesterday, He is retiring “It has been managed by various and you certainly made a positive after owning the store with wife Liz for the past four years. Mr Woods thanked the owners and has such a long history. difference.” Wainui Beach community for all its support. Picture by Liam Clayton Relapse puts $333,333 Lotto winner here SOMEONE in Tairawhiti the $1 million first division the Manawatu-Whanganui woke up this morning prize. region. $333,333 richer — their share The local winner bought The $333,333 win was of the first division prize in their ticket online through icing on the cake for the New last night’s Lotto draw. MyLotto. Plymouth ticketholder, who fraudster The Gisborne winner was The other two tickets were also won the $7.333 million one of three tickets to share bought in New Plymouth and Powerball first division prize. back in jail No traffic jams this time A CHANGE to traffic management this morning said the contractor had been A CONVICTED fraudster was doing Ms Tunstall said given his compliance plans has avoided a repeat of yesterday’s able to get Rutene Road city-bound traffic well on parole until his methamphetamine and that Hall was untested on home frustrating delays for motorists caused by through the construction site and Wainui- addiction got the better of him and he detention, he should be allowed a chance the closure of the Rutene Road and Harris bound traffic around Iranui Road to ease reoffended to fund it, Gisborne District on it. Street intersection for essential upgrade any congestion problems. Court was told. He knew where he would end up if he work. “Rutene Road will be closed for city- Jake Kyle Hall, 22, obtained a woman’s breached it. There were huge queues along Rutene bound traffic from 9.30 to 2.30 today credit card details through an online scam Judge Cathcart said those factors gave Road and Wainui Road heading into and tomorrow. Contractors are ahead of then used them over two days to make 11 him pause for thought but in his view the the city yesterday morning, with some programme and on track to complete work online purchases totalling nearly $4500. public risk factor was too high. motorists delayed for over an hour. requiring road closures by end of Friday, Judge Warren Cathcart sentenced him He did not have confidence Hall could A Gisborne District Council spokesman weather permitting.” this week to 18 months imprisonment be kept away from Internet capable with six months standard and special devices despite Ms Tunstall’s suggestion release conditions. a condition of that type be imposed to The judge ordered Hall to make prevent him reoffending. reparation to the woman’s bank for the The offending involved in these new full amount spent. charges was not at the level of the Hall pleaded guilty to 11 charges previous offending but it was just as CAT MISSING of using a document for a pecuniary sophisticated, and showed what damage advantage and to unrelated offences of Hall could do online in just one day, the breaching a protection order and three judge said. times driving while suspended (for which On October 4 of last year, the victim a six-month disqualification was imposed). received a text from a random 590 number In 2016, aged 18, Hall was jailed for purporting to be on behalf of Apple, with REWARD three years and four months, by Judge which the woman had an account. Cathcart after admitting a sophisticated It provided a link to an Apple website online scam in which he defrauded people where she entered her credit card details of about $263,000. to reconcile her account as required. He was still on release conditions for On October 5 and 6 last year, Hall made Eleanor has been missing from Fox that offending when he committed these $4437.40 of online purchases with the card Street for nearly 5 months. She is new offences. details. a much loved member of our family Counsel Holly Tunstall advocated Questioned by police in February, Hall and we are missing her greatly. for home detention — the sentencing denied sending the initial texts but said Eleanor is distinctive in that she option also sought by the Department of he was a middle man who would receive Corrections. credit card details, and took a commission has a bent paw (right as per picture Ms Tunstall characterised Hall as for his involvement. above) and one small eye (on the a “clever young man but drawn to The judge set a starting point of 21 right), she has had these since dishonesty offending”. months imprisonment, saying it was birth and it does not stop her from She pointed to his early guilty plea, warranted by the sophisticated nature of doing anything. She has a lovely young age, willingness to pay reparation the offending and its aggravating features and personal circumstances traversed in a — premeditation, a breach of trust and a nature but is a little shy around favourable pre-sentence report. vulnerable victim. strangers. The report recorded Hall’s struggle to There were uplifts adjusted for totality stay away from methamphetamine and of three months — one month for the I am ofering a signiicant reward for her safe that he was high on it and wanting to unrelated offending and two months for buy more of it when he committed these Hall’s previous relevant convictions. return or information that leads to her safe return. offences. A full 25 percent (six months) discount After being remanded in custody he was was given for the guilty pleas. If you know where she is can you now meth-free, keen to find a job and to There was no discrete discount for help look after his four-year-old son. remorse, the judge said. Up to the offending he had complied Hall’s expression of it, was “too little, too please ring Cath on 021 0785 951 well with parole, the report noted. late”. 32633-01 6 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 BRIEFS Misleading Covid-19 Queenstown welfare hub to open as job losses continue QUEENSTOWN — Queenstown support services say they need a welfare hub more than ever as job losses continue to pile up. Thousands of people have already sought ads to be removed welfare support. Work was already under way to transform by Mackenzie Smith, RNZ said it was tempting to be Queenstown’s event centre into a welfare hub. opportunistic with advertising Community support agency Happiness House WELLINGTON — At least in a pandemic. manager Robyn Francis said it was expected to seven companies have been “The advertisers have be a one-stop shop for social support and key forced to change or take down got to be very careful about Government departments. advertisements referencing not presenting these sorts While there were still details yet to be ironed Covid-19 following complaints of treatments as being the out, Ms Francis was optimistic about the role it to the Advertising Standards ultimate answer, because very could play in the community. Authority (ASA). often they aren’t,” she said. “We need to hit the ground running,” she said. The action follows a flurry The controversial American The hub was expected to open next week. of misinformation about the biologist, Dr Lipton, has — RNZ virus, which in some cases was cropped up elsewhere in New used to market products, and Zealand too. Christchurch crime sting has prompted the authority to In a letter republished CHRISTCHURCH — A military-style rifle, a change its policies to fast-track on the website of Auckland myriad of properties, and vehicles, cash and bank takedowns of advertisements Therapeutic and Health biology — with his customers, wellness centre Global accounts worth $2.5m have been seized after an because of the risk of harm Advertising Code have been telling them the fear of Covid- Health in March, he made organised crime sting in Christchurch. caused by them. settled this year, according to a 19 was worse than the virus. unsubstantiated claims Jetskis, a caravan and about 200 cannabis At least 20 complaints review ASA decisions. Mr Bliss then encouraged that the media might plants — as well as vehicles and both residential have been received relating Usually the ASA gives people to buy his products to be collaborating with and commercial properties — were among to Covid-19, mostly from advertisers a chance to first stay healthy. pharmaceutical companies to the items restrained by police in nine raids at the therapeutic industries, review complaints and decide After someone complained heighten Covid-19 fears. properties across the city yesterday. according to the ASA chief if they want to act, but it has to the ASA, Mr Bliss agreed Global Health chief The search warrants were executed by executive, Hilary Souter. changed this for Covid-19, and to settle by committing to not executive John Coombes said Canterbury Police’s organised crime and asset “There’s a concern that the is in some cases immediately post the message again. he would remove the post “to recovery units after an investigation into money ads aren’t responsible and, instructing some firms to “In retrospect, given the avoid controversy”, after RNZ laundering and the supply of cannabis. in particular, could mislead change or remove ads to limit complaint, it was probably a brought it to his attention, but The search warrants resulted in five arrests, people, or are making claims their impact, said Souter. relevant point, the fact that I he said he was not sorry to all of which related to either drug supply and that aren’t supported, in a In one settled complaint, am associating a product in a have posted it. cultivation, unlawful possession of firearms or time when people are seeking the co-founder of organic business that I’m involved in Otago University money laundering. information or have concerns food provider Ooooby, Fraser with Covid-19, and I probably epidemiologist Professor One of the five — a 48-year-old man — has or are feeling vulnerable about Bliss, shared the views of need to be more careful,” he Michael Baker said people been arrested and charged with importing a their health,” she said. the controversial American told RNZ. were entitled to a fair and Class A-controlled drug, cultivating cannabis and At least seven complaints biologist Dr Bruce Lipton — A professor of marketing evidence-based debate, but had selling cannabis. relating to Covid-19 claims who claims personal beliefs at Victoria University of a responsibility not to distract He was scheduled to appear in the Christchurch from companies under the and not DNA underpin human Wellington, Val Hooper, others with “dubious claims”. District Court. — Newshub. Judith Collins ‘sick of being demonised’ for her ethnicity

by Jane Patterson, RNZ “Oh Jesus Christ, stupid yesterday. a talented Maori member Tamaki Makaurau MP Peeni Henare questions”, said Collins, with the He has repeatedly of the caucus, and hit back at Collins and said she WELLINGTON — Tensions flared committee chair Labour’s Deborah talked about Shane Reti, one with an important had no right to say she was being over race relations again yesterday at Russell chipping in calling it “a white number 17, as a valued portfolio responsibility ‘demonised’. Parliament with outspoken National girl comment — crikey”. member of the caucus — Workplace Relations “When Ms Collins is more likely to MP Judith Collins saying she was “Oh no”, shot back Collins, “it’s and an up and coming and Safety. live in poverty, to end up in prison, to “sick of being demonised” for her actually someone who is utterly sick MP. He told RNZ he “fully be stopped to have her bags checked ethnicity. of being demonised for my ethnicity, Reti was targeted by rejected identity-based in a shop even though her Pakeha The National Party has been under thank you very much.” Labour’s Maori caucus politics”, and the “notion mates are not, then maybe she can fire for not having any Maori MPs Coffey protested, saying he was co-chair and Government that we have to have claim to be demonised for her culture, in its top twelve, in the new line-up not even talking about her and minister Willie Jackson a certain amount of but not now. She, like her leader, are revealed on Monday. apologised to the submitter. in the House after the National MP ethnicity or particular blind to the real Aotearoa that the rest On Tuesday, Collins pushed “Is he apologising for Deborah’s National MP asked Judith Collins type of Maori”. of us live in.” back, asking reporters if there was comment or for his?” interjected a question about New Zealanders Henare also criticised Muller’s view “something wrong” with her being ACT’s David Seymour. employment programmes. wanted a Government that would that MPs should not be chosen based white. “No need to apologise for me — “Maori, ethnic communities, deliver for them, to improve the on their culture or ethnicity. Yesterday, during a hearing of how patronising — I can apologise Pasifika and disability groups — economy and get the country “out of “When leaders admit that they Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure for myself and I have no intention of those are the people we’ll continue to this mess”, said Bidois. don’t see someone’s culture, committee, she reacted to questions doing that,” Collins retorted. fight for and shame on that member Muller also received support when they don’t value the Maori being asked by Labour MP Tamati Meanwhile, National’s leadership for not standing up for his people!” yesterday from an unexpected quarter contribution, they are admitting that Coffey about the treaty partnership continues to deal with the fall-out, Dan Bidois — ranked at number — ousted deputy leader. Paula they are blind to our achievements and Government procurement. with Muller facing more questions 46 — has also been cited by Muller as Bennett. and deaf to our concerns.” ‘Milestone’ pay settlement reached for teacher aides

WELLINGTON — The shown us what we’ve always announcement, Hipkins thanked Ministry of Education and NZEI If accepted, the known, that the work of teacher the women who had been Te Riu Roa have agreed to settle settlement will see more aides has been undervalued instrumental in fighting for the an historic pay-equity claim for and underpaid because they are claim. teacher aides. than 22,000 teacher predominantly women. “I want to acknowledge you If accepted, the settlement will aides, who are mostly “And, so, the settlement that guys for being brave and being see more than 22,000 teacher women, being paid fairly. we’re able to talk about now is a bold, for putting your hands aides, who are mostly women, recognition of that,” he said. up and saying, ‘actually, the being paid fairly. Mr Rutherford said it would work we do is really valuable Education Minister Chris lead to “wonderful flow-on and it deserves to be properly Hipkins said the settlement of get the country back on its feet. effects” for teacher aides as a financially rewarded’, because it the claim, which was lodged “The Coalition Government career over the next few years. does. in 2016, was a “milestone” recognises the vital role teacher He also praised the “The work that you have all and a significant step towards aides play in schools and we have Government for fully funding the done will make it just that little addressing pay equity for women been focused on making sure increase. bit easier for the next group who in the education sector. that we do a good job for them,” “I know that there is going follow after you,” Hipkins said. “Teacher aides are front-line Hipkins said. to be an awful lot of relief for Schools will receive the workers who work closely with NZEI president Liam principals around the country as additional funds in October Education Minister Chris Hipkins some of our most vulnerable Rutherford said he was the funding means that burden 2020, and teacher aides will children. They play an important “absolutely delighted” by the isn’t going to fall back on them,” receive the new pay-equity rates The settlement costs $348 role in our schools as we respond proposed settlement. he said. by November, which will be million over the next five years. to the challenges of Covid-19 and “This process has kind of During the Facebook video backdated to February 12, 2020. — RNZ The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 7

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32686-01 8 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 Covid-19: big shortfall in Population in prison public health investment expected by Phil Pennington, RNZ Dr Gorman said there was “every danger” any funding WELLINGTON — The increase would be a one-off. to grow number of doctors in public “I think the Public Health health units confronting the College’s view that there needs pandemic is in crisis, but there to be a sustained pipeline of WELLINGTON — New projections is no sign of a plan to fix the training is absolutely right. suggest that within six years, the number situation. “But I think it needs to be of prisoners locked up but still awaiting The funding for training broader than just for doctors. trial will be greater than those already registrars to become public “It needs to be a training sentenced. health specialists is so limited pipeline which looks at future The Ministry of Justice has released applicants have had to be needs across the entire range of its annual report which looked at the turned away. the public health workforce.” long-term trends across the sector and The College of Public Health Public health units also predicted the prison population for the has written to Prime Minister employed protection officers, next 10 years. Jacinda Ardern warning her nurses and experts in It forecast that by 2029, the overall that the situation is critical. environmental pollution, and population would rise by 1300, bringing “The Covid-19 response the equipping of that workforce the total to 11,400. has exposed an extremely was being done “piecemeal”, he The current population is about 9928 concerning reality — that said. after peaking at 10,100 in November 2019. there is a massive and hugely The letter to the Government The report said the remand population problematic shortfall in to identify then fix the only pandemic emergency in called for investment across was the “primary driver of growth in the New Zealand’s public health shortages while heading living memory. However, it is epidemiology and statistics, 2019 projection”. investment,” said the May 4 the Government’s Health still $80m less than it was 10 geospatial epidemiology, social The remand population — those in letter, which was signed by Workforce unit until last year years ago ($517m). marketing, informatics, and prison who have not been sentenced — more than 50 public health (when the unit, having had its The Southern District Health emergency management, and had doubled since 2014. And in the past specialists. staff numbers chopped, was Board raised the problem at a related specialist areas of 12 months, it has increased by more than College head Dr Felicity merged into the Ministry of board meeting this month. occupational health, health 25 percent. It reached a “historic high” of Dumble said it was “incredibly Health). “This issue has been raised protection and drinking water 3734 in November 2019. insufficient resourcing of public “It was profoundly consistently with the Ministry assessment. That population was predicted to health”. frustrating,” Gorman, a of Health by district health Dr Dumble said it was continue on track and would make up 53 “We appreciate the small Professor of Medicine at boards over the years; however, not just staff who were percent of the total population by 2029 — increases that we’ve had Auckland University, said. it is not until one gets to outnumbered by the task; the sitting at a total of around 6234. recently, but we need them to “We had no support from the an event like this that one electronic tools they had on “The increase in the remand be larger and we need them to Ministry of Health (MoH). realises the impact of under- hand were also not enough. population in 2019 far exceeds previous be sustained,” she told RNZ. “We had little or no support investment,” the board minutes “Nationally, we need projections. Based on current settings, The country’s 12 regional from the district health boards read. information systems that can the remand population is now projected public health units have fewer and we received quite strong Southern DHB’s public capture all our data needs, to surpass the sentenced population for than 200 doctors to call on. opposition from some of the health unit got just over $1m from clinical and laboratory the first time in 2026.” Public health has been more established medical more to combat Covid-19, part notification through to case The report showed in 2018 the remand growing at one-fifth (9.6 colleges, because they quickly of $70m of urgent funding to and contact management, as population dropped significantly, but the percent) of the average rate worked out that if more money improve contact tracing. well as real-time monitoring trend did not continue. of the other 16 medical was going to go to public health Prof Gorman said DHBs and centralised reporting,” the “Instead, the average time on remand specialisations (48 percent), and palliative care, that might were part of the problem. May 4 letter to the Government has increased sharply from December for a decade, and it is the only mean less money for them.” The extra ministry money said. 2018 onwards.” specialisation falling behind He offered generous could not magic up more Disjointed data systems It said people were spending longer on the population growth rate. subsidies to DHBs to take on trained doctors, he added. meant regional public health remand because their cases were taking more trainees — “one chief “What we are looking at now is units lost sight of contact longer to be resolved in courts. executive said to me, ‘Not if it a three-to-five-year lag time.” tracing cases sent to the The report listed the following reasons The country’s 12 costs me a cent’.” Dr Dumble said the extra national tracing centre in a for the increased numbers: regional public health Prof Gorman tried to money was a decent, short-term “case/contact split”, it said. ■ Later guilty pleas in the criminal overhaul the whole funding injection — but asked what of “This is a stop-gap measure court process leading to more court units have fewer than system. It did not work. the long-term? only and should absolutely not hearings and creating strain on court 200 doctors to call on. A year on, and amid a The letter to the Government be the longer-term approach,” resources; pandemic, little had changed, said the pandemic was “the it said. ■ The lack of sufficient resources to he said. opportunity to move public The Health and Disability deal with the additional court hearings Migrant doctors make up 39 “There is no strategy.” health service design into the System Review, which is and the reallocation of judges from percent of the DHB workforce Despite dealing with the 21st century”. overdue for release, is expected the criminal to the family jurisdiction overall, but make up only 17 flu pandemic of 2009, the “We must have excellent and to comment on whether there resulting in further delays; percent of the doctors in public fatal Havelock North water collective foresight to plan the should be a central public ■ An increase in the number of days health. contamination of 2016, last services we need to deliver health agency. to the next available court hearing due to “Due to the extremely limited year’s measles outbreak and into the future, rather than The MoH earlier told RNZ it workload pressures; funding for training of the now Covid-19, the country’s repeating past mistakes of had no plans to restructure the ■ An increase in category three cases, registrars, we’ve had to turn public health teams are getting responding with ‘just enough’ regional units. “We’re aware which are more serious and generally away excellent applicants who a third less Government to see us through the current that during the course of the require more resources compared to would make amazing public funding now than they did a crisis.” Covid-19 response there has category one and two cases, adding health physicians if we had the decade ago. RNZ understands the MoH is been a lot of public attention further pressure to case workloads funding to train them. I know Their funding was nudged now considering extra funding on the role that regional public regardless of when the plea occurs. of several who I would love to up from $403 million to $440m to increase training places. health units play. Recent — RNZ work with,” Dr Dumble said. this month in the Budget, The ministry has been asked funding has strengthened their Des Gorman led attempts which was delivered during the for details. ability to respond.” Review into jail escape reveals FLU poor practice from Corrections VACCINATIONS by Vita Molyneux and Rosie Gordon, “The force of his movement broke the chain Newshub. of the cuffs, which attached him to one of two for over 65s, pregnant women and escorting officers.” WELLINGTON — A review into how a convict Wilson had also managed to remove his those with chronic conditions managed to escape from prison has revealed a electronic tracking bracelet. series of failures in how he was transported by Although police began the search for him $35 for all others the Department of Corrections. immediately, he was not found until the following Ricky Wilson escaped from a van while being day. No appointment necessary. We can transported from hospital back to Rimutaka “The review identified poor local practice in Prison on May 10. terms of the choice of vehicle used for the escort vaccinate anyone over 13 years of age. Lower North Regional Commissioner of and the type of cuffs used,” Ms Collins continued. Get your fl u shot now! Corrections, Paula Collins, told Newshub the The van used by Corrections was not secure 17278-19 daring escape was possible due to a number of enough and the handcuffs should have been on a mistakes. shorter chain. Ballance Street Village “He managed to open the door of the vehicle “This incident was unacceptable and this 867 3038 Open late 7 days and jump out while (it was) moving. should not have occurred.” The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 NATIONAL NEWS 9 Unions challenge Claim mother’s death WorkSafe on how nurses caught part of Covid cluster Covid-19 infections AUCKLAND — Health unions are furious at WorkSafe’s decision not to investigate how seven nurses caught Family ask why Covid-19 at Waitakere Hospital. WorkSafe said it would not investigate because the Waitemata District Health it’s not recorded Board had already reviewed what happened and made changes. But unions representing nurses, in Ministry of doctors and most workers at Waitakere Hospital said WorkSafe’s decision was Health statistics unacceptable. They planned to challenge the decision and that would include appealing to relevant ministers. by Carolyne Meng-Yee, NZ Herald Seven nurses caught Covid-19 after patients from St Margarets rest home AUCKLAND — A grieving family moved to the hospital. believe their elderly relative who was in One nurse had to be cared for in a a West Auckland rest home which became high dependency unit. a Covid-19 cluster has died of the virus. A death notice yesterday for Eileen ‘Workers should feel safe’ Hunter, 96, who was a resident at St The Resident Doctors’ Association Margaret’s rest home in Te Atatu, died national secretary, Deborah Powell, said “due to Covid-19” on May 24. hospital workers should feel safe doing Hunter’s family believe she contracted their jobs and she could not understand the deadly virus during an outbreak that why WorkSafe was not investigating. infected staff and patients, but her death “One of these nurses ended up in a has not been recorded in the Ministry of high dependency unit . . . she was so ill. Health’s official Covid-19 death statistics. Family members of nurses got Covid as The official national toll is 21. well. It was a serious incident.” Last night the Ministry of Health The DHB’s investigation was full of confirmed Hunter’s death was under gaps, including only looking at the first investigation. three nurses to get the virus, she said. A ministry spokesperson said: “We can “We wouldn’t be asking the forestry confirm the last official Covid-19 death UNRECORDED COVID-19 DEATH: Eileen Hunter’s death notice says the rest home industry to investigate the forestry was as reported on May 6. resident died of Covid-19. Patrick and Anne Hunter are pictured in happier times with industry for forestry deaths. We don’t “The ministry is aware of this case. The Patrick’s mother, Eileen Hunter, who died on Sunday. The family believe the cause of do that, WorkSafe investigates because cause of death is still being investigated. death was Covid-19, according to her death notice. Mrs Hunter was a resident of the we need to have the surety that it is We expect to be able to provide an update Te Atatu rest home St Margaret’s, which became a Covid-19 cluster. independent,” Powell said. today.” The Nurses Organisation The ministry could not provide further kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku said the details due to privacy reasons. St Margaret’s recorded its first tough time.” workers were exposed to a serious “Mum was part of the cluster sent to Covid-19 case on April 4 and was Patrick Hunter said his mother was a hazard doing their job — and it was not Waitakere Hospital, then transferred soon overwhelmed. Residents and “beautiful woman with a heart of gold”. fair they were not being investigated back to St Margaret’s,” son Patrick staff got infected and others went into He couldn’t see her during the lockdown, just because it happened in the health Hunter said. precautionary isolation. but got to hold her hand an hour after sector. “We are very suspicious of the The DHB sent in nurses and she died on Sunday. “Certainly there needs to be internal diagnosis. They confirmed she didn’t have healthcare workers. “The last time I saw Mum (on March 9) investigations, but we need some Covid, that’s why she was sent back to St St Margaret’s closed to visitors from she wasn’t so sick . . . (then) everything external checks and balances on this,” Margaret’s. She didn’t improve after that March 23. On April 7 the DHB was spiralled out of control — staff and she said. and we wondered, ‘What will they write informed of an outbreak. It was blamed patients were getting infected. There is so Unions representing cleaners, on her death certificate?’ That is the for three deaths. much going on and we really don’t know administration staff and senior doctors dispute. It’s been a total shambles.” St Margaret’s chief Max Robins said the story. were also challenging Worksafe’s The family are waiting for the death the ministry was handling information “Mum was sharp as a tack and had a decision. certificate to be signed off. about the cause of death. But he had a great sense of humour. Everyone loved A WorkSafe spokesperson said it A Waitemata District Health Board message to the Hunter family. and adored her,” Hunter said. had reviewed reports from both the document from April 17 records Hunter “We are all very sad that Mrs Hunter His mother’s funeral service is Waitakere DHB and the Auckland as having Covid-19, the same day she has passed away. She was a much-loved tomorrow at 11am at the Holy Regional Public Health Service and and other Covid patients were sent to resident who will be missed, and our Family Catholic Church, Te Atatu was satisfied remedial action had been Waitakere Hospital. thoughts are with her family during this Peninsula. taken. — Radio NZ This Queen’s Birthday Weekend

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NELSON — The two trampers who went missing The next day as they carried on they realised a small rocky stream into a pretty serious waterfall. poor lighting. After that, it really bolstered our in bush north-west of Nelson say they spent nearly they had made more progress than they expected On our way down, I twisted and sprained my ankle. hopes a whole lot.” two weeks without food and their only saving to, he said. “We got to a waterfall that was 15 metres to 20m The rescuers finally managed to locate them grace was water they had found. “We looked at our map, and what we thought high and we just looked at each other and were and went down to them. An intensive search and rescue operation had was the waterfall that we got to, wasn’t what we like ‘we can’t go down that . . . we need to stop, go “I’ve never been so God damn happy in my life. been under way to find Dion Reynolds and Jessica got to really. We decided to go up the hill and back up the hill and stop’.” The first chopper came over and saw us. Jess O’Connor, who had been in Kahurangi National thought we’d cut across the track and carry on Once again, they made camp and waited it out went over the quarry and started waving at it,” Park since May 8. down towards the lake. The next day once we but, Jessica had also injured her back after falling Reynolds said. The pair were in a rugged and remote part of the camped up on that hill, the fog had come in and it while trying to get water, Reynolds said. “Then the medic came down. At that point I park when a search helicopter spotted smoke from really disorientated us. “We were very lost at this point.” knew we were saved.” a fire they had lit and rescued them yesterday, “We thought we were going to just carry on They spent 13 days without food, but the When they were winched up, Reynolds said he the police officer leading the rescue, Sergeant heading east up the hill in the same direction that “saving grace” was a stream of water that was two saw where they were camped and it was not where Malcolm York, said. we were, but obviously it wasn’t.” minutes away from the gully, he said. they had thought they were. The 23-year-olds were incredibly lucky to have After they had passed through a forest, “That’s what kept us alive.” About 10 minutes into the ride, he said they got survived, he said.l Reynolds told Jessica that they needed to stop Jessica had contacted her family prior to the the “best chocolate bars I’ve ever had in my life.” “This search was a particularly challenging one because he realised they were going around in trip to assure them that they would definitely be Reynolds’ family celebrated his return with due to the remote and rugged location. It’s a long circles. back by her birthday. But as time passed, the pair drinks and pizza in Nelson last night. way from anywhere out there and it’s a complete They decided to camp there and it was another relied on each other not to break down and made An Air Force pilot who helped rescue the pair, lack of any communication.” couple of days of fog, but they were running low sure not to lose hope. flight Lieutenant Loic Ifrah, said they were so well Despite spending the night in a comfy bed for on water, he said. “It was a surreal experience, trying to keep hidden beneath the trees it was incredible that the the first time in a long while, Dion Reynolds said “We were on top of a hill. There was no fresh positive, trying to keep hopes up. search helicopter had managed to locate them. he “couldn’t sleep a wink” because it was hard to clean water. Jess had gone to this little rocky “Jess and I would wake up in the morning and “Even though I was looking exactly at the spot, process everything that had happened. puddle that we ended up boiling the water out of, think if it’s not today, it’s tomorrow, and if it’s not looking down into a hole in the trees, I could Reynolds told Radio NZ they had gone into the and that was all right for us. tomorrow, it’s the next day.” barely make out two human beings,” Ifrah said. bush on May 8, rather than their planned May 9 “The next day we kept on going until we found They spotted a helicopter flying over about “Pretty incredible spot by the crew and a big date. this hilltop and the fog was still there.” a week ago, and lit the fire again to grab its effort from the Land SAR volunteers and police “We went up the river for two days and made Once the sun came out, they decided to get attention. to co-ordinate all that. It was pretty impressive to our first campsite, and pretty much the first thing a sense of where they were to find fresh water, “It got to about what I assumed would be 5.30 watch it all unfold.” that started going wrong is we ended up burning Reynolds said. or 6 in the evening and we saw a Westpac Rescue This morning the remaining 13 searchers and our socks. I burned three out of the four socks that “We only had two days worth of food left and we helicopter fly up the gully and straight at us . . . two dogs who spent the night in the national park I’d had after the river crossing.” were going down a gully, real steep, it turned from and they just didn’t spot us because it was real were to be picked up. — Radio NZ Get a free standard Flue and Shield with selected wood res

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It is about getting digital services — to cut what they charge system was strong enough to the resulting direct consumption, direct the bank by 20 percent. withstand the impact of the bad debt, said investment being done.” The Australian-owned bank, which made Covid-19 virus but it expected Reserve Bank Orr said it will take time for a profit of $789 million in the six months a rise in bad debts and stressed governor Adrian economy to adjust in what was to March 31 — a 15 percent fall — cited household budgets. Orr. File picture a global economic shock. a change in economic conditions for the Retail banks have brought “Everyone is working move. in a range of measures such as urgently ... but you can’t just It said the change applied to mortgage deferrals, business suddenly become everyone’s “specialised” roles and contracts which loan extensions, and reduced onto banks’ books. anywhere between 10 percent boss and employ everyone tended to be well paid, with the pressure charges, as well running the “But the banks themselves and 50 percent. overnight.” not being applied to areas such as cleaning government backed business will be able to weather and “The answer is, banks can “I think we’ve done an or maintenance. loans scheme. even prosper and support the weather it subject to the incredible job in the health But a supplier which had been asked to However, there have been economic recovery. unemployment level. [issue]. For us to even be able reduce its prices said his company’s profit complaints that the main “That’s because they started “It’s really about having a to begin to talk or think about margin was below 20 percent and it would banks have been reluctant to this situation with a high level job, being able to service that recovery is miraculous.” be impossible to make the changes without lend in some instances and of capital, because of regulatory debt, keeping that debt alive is It was too early to tell if New having an impact on its own employees. have been trying to impose requirements, and a lot of the key part.” Zealand was doing better or “I can understand the process they’re tough conditions on loans. liquidity” If unemployment rose above worse than other countries, he going through and I’m not surprised they’re Reserve Bank governor “It would be foolish to 13 percent banks would have to said. looking for cost savings,” said the boss of Adrian Orr said the financial pretend we can predict; instead use their full range of capital to “What’s ahead of us is a one IT service company, who asked not system as a whole was well what we’ve been doing is say manage the resulting bad debt, much harder time for a while, to be named because ANZ was a major positioned to withstand a ‘think about preparation’ he said. but we need to be able to customer. broad range of severe economic rather than prediction. Interest rates are at historic weather that and the financial Other banks were not yet making similar challenges. The Bank has looked at at lows but that doesn’t affect system is in a great shape to moves he said, and the pressure was at “That doesn’t mean there what could happen in scenarios someone who doesn’t want to be able to both prosper and odds with ANZ’s public statements that its won’t be significant bad debt of a house price falls of borrow or has no job. assist.” — RNZ role was to support customers and protect jobs. Another major IT services provider which counted ANZ as a customer confirmed Comvita goes the request to cut prices by 20 percent. HSBC reviewing operations While the bank was not unique in applying pressure to reduce prices, the others into trading halt who had moved to quickly ask for price — could NZ office close? reductions tended to be in sectors where AUCKLAND — Manuka honey exporter revenue had fallen close to zero as a result WELLINGTON — HSBC’s New Zealand arm continue to be a core engine for business Comvita said it had gone into a trading of Covid-19 restrictions. is one of a number of non-strategic businesses growth over the next few years.” halt on the NZX while it undertakes a So far, ANZ has not announced any the bank could look to sell or close down as New Zealand is part of the group’s Asia fully underwritten $50 million capital Covid-19-related redundancies, but part of a major overhaul, the Financial Times is business alongside Australia. raising. a spokesman blamed the request to reporting. According to KPMG’s Financial Institutions The company said it would remain in a contractors and suppliers on the impact of In February, the global bank said it would Performance 2019 report which was released in trading halt until the capital raising was the coronavirus. slash 35,000 jobs and cut US$4.5 billion in February this year HSBC had 227 staff in New finalised, or until the market opening this Some contractors had been offered costs from its business by shrinking its US Zealand based out of its one branch in central Friday. full-time employment “while for others and European operations to focus back Auckland. Its net profits after tax were Comvita said it planned to raise we are asking they agree to a 20 percent on Asia. But that was before the full $51 million in the 2018 calendar year about $50m via a $20m placement to charge rate reduction until the end of ANZ’s force of the Covid-19 pandemic hit. up from $47m in 2017. institutional investors, together with financial year” which ends on September Now the board is said to be It was ranked the eighth largest an approximately $30 million 1 for 4.15 30. For “a small number” contracts would pressing for those cuts and more. bank by total assets in New pro-rata accelerated non-renounceable cease. A report in the FT said some Zealand of $6.016 billion. It had entitlement offer. The offer is fully Contractors tended to be on short- of the bank’s more marginal $4.1b in net loans and advances underwritten by Craigs Investment term contracts “and are paid more than businesses that were previously and $3.06b in deposits. Partners Limited and Forsyth Barr. comparable full-time employees in head given the benefit of the doubt were Banks are expected to come In March, Comvita said it was office roles”, ANZ added. The lower being re-examined, sourcing senior under pressure from the economic fall- continuing to experience strong demand rates would be effective from June 3, figures at the bank. out from the pandemic as customers lose for its complete range of products from with the lower rates reviewed before the It said executives were revisiting a long list their incomes and can no longer pay for debts all markets. Against that backdrop and end of September “in light of economic of small, non-strategic countries including New and banks have already begun provisioning for the very difficult stock market conditions conditions” ANZ said. Zealand, Malta, Bermuda, the Philippines and the potential defaults. generally, the Comvita Board has decided ANZ said that it had introduced a new New Zealand to see if any of those divisions Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr yesterday to postpone the previously announced policy “to help our suppliers” which saw could be sold or closed. said while New Zealand’s financial system was capital raise to existing shareholders until it — along with the entire banking sector An HSBC New Zealand spokesman said, “We in a solid position to withstand the economic market conditions have stabilised. — commit to paying suppliers within two constantly review our business operations. pressure from Covid-19 there would be losses Comvita is currently trading profitably, weeks, matching the Government’s target The group’s new strategic focus will see Asia on bank balance sheets. — NZ Herald is generating positive operating cashflows for the entire public service. — NZ Herald and paying down debt. — NZ Herald

Trethewey said the financial sector had fallen investors’ willingness to take on risk, sensing SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY and stayed down until it caught the attention of opportunity in the harder hit stocks. investors looking for the next opportunity. Air New Zealand increased 4.2 percent to WELLINGTON — New Zealand shares were such as a2 Milk and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. “The financial sector had underperformed $1.375 and Auckland International Airport led higher by Mainfreight after the logistics A2 fell 1.4 percent to $18.94 and F&P materially post-covid. Today investors had the advanced 3.5 percent to $6.54, with speculation group’s earnings weathered the worst of the Healthcare declined 0.6 percent to $30.81. confidence to get back onboard and it has that a trans-Tasman bubble may arrive earlier Covid-19 crisis at a time when investors grow Sam Trethewey, a portfolio manager at happened in a big aggressive way.” than expected. more optimistic about the global economy Milford Asset Management, said Mainfreight’s This sudden rush on the financial sector Tourism Holdings increased 0.7 percent to reopening. earnings coincided with growing optimism from was driven by a similar trend on Wall Street $1.55, while SkyCity Entertainment Group fell 2.7 The S&P/NZX 50 Index rose 134.45 points, or international investors that the worst of the overnight where investors moved out of tech percent to $2.50, posting the day’s biggest loss. 1.2 percent, to 11,049.19. Within the index, 38 economic crisis had passed, companies and into financial stocks. The S&P Z Energy gained 0.3 percent at $2.94, as fuel stocks rose, 10 fell and two were unchanged. The two dual-listed Australian banks also saw 500 rose 1.2 percent overnight while the tech- volumes continue to recover and Refining NZ Mainfreight led the market higher, up 13.9 double-digit gains yesterday. The sector has heavy Nasdaq edged up just 0.2 percent. rose 1.4 percent to 72 cents. percent at $41 after keeping its final dividend lagged behind the broader market throughout The Australian financial sector pulled the Courier company Freightways increased 0.7 unchanged and reporting a small increase the crisis as the spectre of debt defaults and ASX into positive territory. The S&P/ASX 200 percent to $6.95. in annual underlying earnings. Its result was another global financial crisis caused investors was trading up 0.4 percent at 5pm in Wellington. Trustpower declined 2.2 percent to $7.14. pushed around by new accounting rules. to steer clear. Australia’s third largest bank — National New Zealand’s fifth-largest energy retailer Sam Dickie, a senior portfolio manager Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Australia Bank — more than doubled its capital today reported a 16 percent drop in earnings to at Fisher Funds, said Mainfreight’s ability to jumped 11.9 percent to $19.59 and Westpac raising offer from A$500 million to A$1.25 billion $186.5 million for the March year. The company weather the covid crisis meant the firm would Banking Corp rose 10.9 percent to $19.19. Both citing strong demand from retail shareholders. also trimmed its final dividend by 1.5 cents a come out stronger than it went in. This put the companies are still down more than 24 percent Fletcher Building rose 4.8 percent to $3.43. share, holding back about $4.7 million for extra logistics firm in a category with other winners this year. Trethewey said this was another example of flexibility. — BusinessDesk 12 OPINION The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 EDITORIAL Quality service, from home On Monday, in response to a working from home. Phil as a prime On the traffic disruption District was lucky, Request For Service from myself, staff contact on such matters, and Re: Chaos as stormwater only for a few days, so plan to Phil a GDC wastewater engineer would be on call 24/7. upgrade delays traffic, May leave a little bit earlier. and a Fulton Hogan rep met me on I can relate to Kelvin’s letter to 27 story. These are the guys who DHB has new test site — a council sewer main which the editor of yesterday. Hopefully Why didn’t they work at maintain and look after all the bisects the rear of my property. Michelle in her letter to the editor night? unseen infrastructure. They are This region and our health board Phil arrives in his private vehicle, of Monday, will just chill on her There are only 2 x 2-lane out in storms, the sweltering Hauora Tairawhiti have indeed done a classic Landrover. Using his own emphatic view that GDC workers roads into town and 5000- heat of summer and the chilling well in relation to Covid-19, but a tools he lifts the manhole cover, take a 20 percent pay cut. plus people coming to work southerlies. Cut them some slack. bullet was dodged through luck and allowing us to inspect the facility. or school. I’m pretty sure you enjoy lockdown much more than design — He mentions that during Covid, he’s IHAKA MORETE (Road builder, ret) $2.6 million and you turning your tap on to find water apart perhaps from the actions of couldn’t design a better comes out, or flushing your toilet East Coast communities to protect traffic plan? Next time get a to never see your waste again! their vulnerable people. woman to do it. Path now muddy, slippery I took 40 minutes to get GARY, ex-Gizzy As knowledge grew of this new Well done Andrew and walkers and cyclists who use to GBHS from Kaiti, 20 virus and the disease it causes, it Joanna. The pathway leading it daily risk falling each time minutes late! No issue for cyclists. quickly became apparent that an from the Derby Street they negotiate it. ROSE outbreak here would be devastating footbridge to the start of the Just as well St John is over TREVOR LUPTON due to our demographics and large walkway at Grey Street is the road. At least those lying Rose, the possiblity of doing proportion of people with health sub-standard. in the mud with a broken this at night is near zero as large Anything that disrupts traffic conditions that make them more Now that the wet weather ankle won’t have to wait too machinery has to be used which is should be done at night. All susceptible to severe complications has begun, the path has long for the ambulance to fairly noisy. Also, the compaction that work gets done at night in and death from Covid-19. become muddy and slippery. arrive! that happens when back-filling Australia, when there’s not much It was the fact we only had four The considerable numbers of KAY vibrates nearby houses which traffic on the roads. wouldn’t be fair on residents. It’s S. WILKIE cases here — the lowest of any LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS region in the country — and that they developed while these people, who had all followed the rules and were in self-isolation during a Survival focus Everything going to plan so far . . . nationwide lockdown, that made Re: Not ‘shovel ready’ — funding us the most Covid-free part of the pulled, May 27 editorial. Look, everyone has to New Zealand. plan too. She wants to fully country. This was pure chance that Not surprising to me also, have a plan, OK? No, I’m not Everything going to plan so support the new leader Simon our people returning from overseas but some steps are in the right talking about “the best laid far. It’s great when the plan Bridges. Hell, I didn’t plan on direction methinks. With the threat of plans of mice and men . . .” comes to fruition, perfectly that. turned out to have less coronavirus continuing emergencies in the wind, and stop singing that song executed. Leader! Now, Never mind, you can infections on a per-capita basis resources need to be placed where “making plans for Nigel”, where’s my plan to address be assured that we in the than other regions, and that no they will ensure survival. it sounds like someone’s the media? Oh, got mislaid in National Party have a simply one arrived with it and started up a Our climate is changing. Food and organising a coup. the rush. Never mind, off we humungous plan to close the cluster before lockdown. water security and adequate shelter My plan has always been go, our new plan is to wing it. credibility gap. With limited need for contact need to be top. Also, transport to transfer my middle- Always pays to have a plan B, Hello . . . hello . . . is tracing and testing around cases, for the movement of necessities. management business skills or in this case plan P . . . No, anybody listening out there? our health services were not under Most important are rail links, and to the backbench of no, wait. Paul! . . . Paora? . . Oh damn, to paraphrase my much pressure over the first few hopefully to be up and running Parliament and then hatch a . Ngati Epsom? . . . I have a mentor and mate from way weeks of the pandemic taking before the soon-to-come permanent plan to become President of plan to make you an honorary back, Jim Bolger, “Bugger the fuel crisis hits. the United States. Er . . . no, Ngati, e hoa. Great plan. My plans”. hold in New Zealand (relative to BOB HUGHES no, I mean Prime Minister of mate Nicola Willis has a great BRUCE HOLM other regions). The number of tests carried out here was among the lowest in the country on a per-capita basis, and that started raising Why need to consult now? Terrible toll of their ‘truth’ questions about what might be going on without our knowledge. Re: Pros and cons of cost to remove them in the first Re: Flattening the curve or New Zealand in a good models to be debated, May place, but there is plenty of talk flattening freedom? May 27. position socially and now the This started to change in mid- 27 story. on how much to put them back! April after Director-General of I disagree with a number economic bill is to be tallied. Gladstone Road will There must have already been of points in this column but Now let’s roll non-ionizing Health Ashley Bloomfield called out always be their spiritual resource consent in the first place this region and Whanganui, saying it is difficult to know where radiation into the discussion. home. There are NO for them to be erected, so let’s to begin. It would be easy to 5G is not the highest we needed to have a “really low alternative sites. It took not split hairs GDC. Does it really dismiss the column as being frequency of radiation we are threshold” for testing here to ensure Michelangelo four years to need to go through this process prepared by the tin foil hat daily exposed to. That would there were no unidentified cases paint the frescoed ceiling again? brigade, however there is be UV, which is a known lurking in our communities. in the Sistine Chapel. Let’s be honest, there have place for discourse. carcinogen. The surveillance testing carried Ironically, the same amount been plenty of pieces art that To quote that the disease There are always people out by mobile stations did of time has passed for this have been erected and placed has a recovery rate of 98 who seek to make a name and artwork to come to fruition. around our region without any percent is based on the money from being a person successfully ramp up our testing Put them back. consultation — because there over the next three weeks to experience only in New who speaks the “truth” and doesn’t need to be. Zealand which has achieved has completed their own eventually give us the highest rate MARTIN KIBBLE in the country, including for Maori, this due to the controls that research. This is a similar J. STRINGFELLOW were established while there approach to many across the so the DHB deserves kudos for this. I don’t remember the was still time. USA who are causing their Waive this excessive fee However, it has a bigger test to council’s operations committee To take a position that only nation to pay a terrible toll in consulting with the community, for consent, May 27 letter. come — meeting the deadline of the the sick should be isolated is lives and economic damage. and specifically with iwi, when So resource consent is end of this year that Dr Bloomfield 100 percent correct but while The way I see it, I trust Gisborne District Council took needed for something that the disease and its signs are has set to catch up on the backlog down the Endeavour ships — so was previously there, until the scientific community, I of surgery held over from lockdown. why is there a need to consult to the council pulled them still being discovered, how trust the science and I trust The Herald understands our put them back up? down? does a person tell the sick our elected representatives to local private hospital, Chelsea, I also don’t remember any MURRAY JONES from the well? The choice represent all our interests. has offered to assist with working discussion on how much it would Gold Coast to restrict the many for the through the backlog in any way it benefit of the few has placed MATHEW BANNISTER can, with no response to date. [email protected] Hauora Tairawhiti management need to deliver to the deadline and ■ The maximum length for letters is 350 words. should take up Chelsea Hospital’s ■ Anyone can write a column, 600 words maximum, but a photo is required. offer of help — or look silly indeed if ■ Always include full name and contact details. they fail this test. ■ If you use a nom de plume, there is a higher bar for acceptability. ■ Letters may be edited for clarity, length or legal reasons. The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 WORLD 13 Historic SpaceX launch postponed GLOBAL BRIEFS Young virus death worries officials CAPE CANAVERAL — The launch of a BRISBANE — Australia recorded its youngest victim of SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts Covid-19 after a 30-year-old man with underlying health on a history-making flight into orbit was conditions died in Queensland state, having shown called off with less than 16 minutes to go symptoms of the disease for weeks but without getting in the countdown this morning because of tested, officials said on Wednesday. thunderclouds and the danger of lightning. The latest case brings the number of deaths recorded Liftoff was rescheduled for Saturday. in Australia to 103, from more than 7100 cases. The The spacecraft — designed, built and country has been among the most successful nations to owned by SpaceX — was set to blast off for contain the coronavirus spread, which officials attribute to the International Space Station, ushering in a early travel restrictions, social-distancing measures and new era in commercial spaceflight and putting widespread testing. NASA back in the business of launching Authorities were tracing a possible link between the astronauts from US soil for the first time in man and the Ruby Princess cruise ship which docked nearly a decade. in Sydney in March and was responsible for Australia’s But thunderstorms threatened to force a biggest outbreak of the virus, Queensland state officials postponement, and the word finally came down said. that the atmosphere was so electrically charged “He was showing symptoms prior to his death but also that the spacecraft with NASA astronauts Doug had other illnesses. He tested positive in the post mortem. Hurley and Bob Behnken aboard was in danger His partner is now sick with symptoms. She is being of getting hit by a bolt of lightning. isolated,” state Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk said. — RNZ The two men were scheduled to ride into orbit aboard the SpaceX’s sleek, bullet-shaped Activist Larry Kramer dies at 84 Dragon capsule on top of a Falcon 9 rocket, NEW YORK — US playwright, author and AIDS activist taking off from the same launch pad used Larry Kramer has died at the age of 84. during the Apollo moon missions half a century Kramer wrote the landmark 1985 play The Normal Heart, ago. Both President Donald Trump and Vice MISSION ABORTED: The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with NASA about the early years of AIDS, and 1992’s The Destiny of President Mike Pence had arrived to watch the astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken was called off with 16 minutes Me. launch. — AP to go in the countdown because of the danger of lightning. AP picture He was a pivotal and confrontational figure during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, co-founding the first gay men’s support group and aggressively lobbying officials to take action. He had made his name as a screenwriter, earning an Trump lashes out after Twitter ‘fact-check’ Oscar nomination in 1971 for adapting DH Lawrence’s Women in Love. He also published the best-selling but WASHINGTON — President Donald to follow.” checks and news stories about Trump’s controversial novel Faggots in 1977. Trump threatened social media He repeated his unsubstantiated claims. At the start of the 1980s, he put his energies into companies with new regulation or even unsubstantiated Trump replied on Twitter, accusing rallying support and awareness for the fight against HIV shuttering on Wednesday after Twitter claim — which the platform of “interfering in the 2020 and AIDS. — BBC added fact-checks to two of his tweets. sparked his latest Presidential Election” and insisting He turned to his Twitter account — showdown with that “as president, I will not allow this Lorry deaths spark 26 arrests where else? — to tweet his threats. Silicon Valley — to happen”. BRUSSELS — Twenty-six people thought to be linked to The President can’t unilaterally that expanding His 2020 campaign manager, Brad trafficking from Vietnam to the UK have been arrested by regulate or close the companies, and mail-in voting Parscale, said Twitter’s “clear political police investigating the deaths of 39 Vietnamese in a lorry any effort would likely require action “would be a free bias” had led the campaign to pull “all in 2019. by Congress. His administration for all on cheating, our advertising from Twitter months Thirteen people, including Moroccans and Vietnamese, shelved a proposed executive forgery and the theft ago”. Twitter has banned all political President Trump were held in Brussels and 13 more in Paris, authorities order empowering the Federal of ballots”. advertising since last November. said. Communications Commission to There was no Trump did not explain his threat They are allegedly part of a gang involved in smuggling regulate technology companies, citing immediate reaction from Twitter or on Wednesday, and the call to expand the group found dead in a lorry in Essex last October. concerns it wouldn’t pass legal muster. other social media companies to the regulation appeared to fly in the face A UK report found the migrants all died from asphyxia But that didn’t stop Trump from President’s threats. of long-held conservative principles on and hypothermia. angrily issuing strong warnings. Trump and his campaign had deregulation. Belgian prosecutors said the suspects had probably Trump, the historically prolific lashed out on Tuesday after Twitter But some Trump allies, who have “transported up to several dozen people every day for tweeter of political barbs and blasts, added a warning phrase to two Trump alleged bias on the part of tech several months”. claimed on Twitter early on Wednesday tweets that called mail-in ballots companies, have questioned whether The smuggling network, they said, was suspected of that tech giants “silence conservative “fraudulent” and predicted that “mail platforms like Twitter and Facebook having made the October 2019 trip possible. voices.”. boxes will be robbed”, among other should continue to enjoy liability The EU’s Agency for Criminal Justice Co-operation “We will strongly regulate, or close things. Under the tweets, there is now protections as “platforms” under (Eurojust) said police had carried out cross-border raids them down, before we can ever allow a link reading “Get the facts about federal law — or be treated more like on Tuesday morning in an operation that involved four this to happen,” he tweeted. Later, also mail-in ballots” that guides users to publishers, which can face lawsuits nations — the UK, France, Belgium and Ireland — along on Twitter, he threatened, “Big Action a Twitter “moments” page with fact- over content. — AP with Europol. — BBC Unlocking lockdown ‘prison’ UK unveils test and trace system to isolate the virus

LONDON — After two months when the outbreak first hit. Britain’s to get a test, which they can order by Cummings drove 400 kilometres from of lockdown and more than 37,000 official coronavirus death toll stands at phone or online. If they test positive, their London to his parents’ house in northeast coronavirus deaths, Britain on Wednesday 37,460, the highest total in the world after close contacts will be traced and told to England while he was falling ill with finally rolled out a countrywide “test the United States. isolate for 14 days, even if they have no suspected Covid-19 — despite stay-at- and trace” programme — an enormous “To be absolutely blunt, we didn’t have symptoms. home rules that the Government had undertaking meant to help isolate the the enzymes, we didn’t have the test kits, “It requires all of us to do our civic imposed on the rest of the country. virus and return the country to some we just didn’t have the volume, nor did duty,’’ said Dido Harding, the former Cummings said he travelled to the sense of normality. we have enough experienced trackers telecoms executive appointed to head the family farm so that his nieces could care Prime Minister Boris Johnson also ready to mount the kind of operation test and trace programme. for his 4-year-old son if he and his wife hopes the programme, which starts in they did in some other While people could both became sick. England on Thursday, will shift the East Asian countries, potentially be fined But that explanation has prompted fury nation’s attention away from a furore for instance,” Johnson The test and trace project for non-compliance, with many Britons, who said they were over allegations his top aide flouted the told a committee of involves 50,000 workers Harding said she unable to attend funerals and visit elderly Government’s own lockdown rules with a lawmakers. hoped that would not relatives, among other struggles, in order cross-country trip. “And I think the hired to track down the be needed. But the to follow government rules. The test and trace project involves brutal reality is this contacts of anyone who appeal to Britons’ Anger has gone well beyond partisan 50,000 workers, including 25,000 contact- country didn’t learn tests positive for Covid-19. sense of civic duty politics. At least 30 lawmakers in tracers, hired to track down the contacts the lessons of (previous could not have come Johnson’s Conservative Party have of anyone who tests positive for Covid-19. outbreaks of) SARS or at a worse time for the called on Cummings to resign, citing an The goal is to isolate the infected MERS, and we didn’t Government. outpouring of fury from their constituents. before they spread the virus. Similar have a test operation ready to go on the Though the public has responded better But Johnson appears determined to programmes are being introduced in scale that we needed.” than politicians expected to the directives retain the aide seen as instrumental Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Britain has had small tracking and to stay home, a scandal involving to his rise to power — even if it erodes Johnson said test and trace could testing programmes for diseases such as Johnson’s top aide has prompted fury public trust in Britain’s response to the “unlock the prison” of lockdown. tuberculosis, but the sheer scale of this among people who have already sacrificed pandemic. The Prime Minister refused to He acknowledged that Britain was project is a challenge. personal freedom for the public good. hold an official inquiry into Cummings’ unprepared to mount such an operation Anyone with symptoms will be told Downing Street adviser Dominic actions on Wednesday. — AP 14 NOW NOW NOW wagon, verypopularvehicle Economical familysize,7seater price, lowkms Economy motoringatagreat stationwagon, withampleroomforthewholefamily 2.5 litreauto,verypopulargreatlooking

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GLADSTONE ROAD apply to selected vehicles. This offer expires 5pm 04/06/2020. 16 WORLD The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 US death toll HK ‘no longer autonomous’ passes grim WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has notified Congress that milestone the Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from HARTFORD — The US surpassed mainland China, setting the stage for US a jarring milestone yesterday in to withdraw the former British colony’s the coronavirus pandemic: 100,000 preferential trade and financial status it deaths. has enjoyed since it reverted to Chinese That number is the best estimate rule 23 years ago. and most assuredly an undercount. The move does not carry any immediate But it represents the stark reality penalties, which would have to be decided that more Americans have died by President Donald Trump in consultation from the virus than from the with Congress. But the administration sees Vietnam and Korea wars combined. it as putting China on notice that Hong “It is a grim milestone,” said Kong’s perks are in jeopardy. Josh Michaud, associate director of “Hong Kong does not continue to warrant global health policy with the Kaiser treatment under United States laws in the Family Foundation in Washington. same manner as US laws were applied to “It is a striking reminder of how Hong Kong before July 1997,” Pompeo said dangerous this virus can be.” in a statement on Wednesday. Worldwide, the virus has infected The notice brings the future of Hong more than 5.6 million people and Kong squarely into the administration’s killed over 350,000, with the US numerous battles with China that having the most confirmed cases have put the world’s two largest and deaths by far, according to a economies at odds. tally by Johns Hopkins University. Relations have worsened over US Europe has recorded about 170,000 allegations that Chinese authorities deaths, while the US reached more sought to cover-up the coronavirus FINANCIAL FUTURE IN JEOPARDY: US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, than 100,000 in less than four pandemic and pressured the World left, has notified Congress that the Trump administration no longer regards months. Health Organisation from taking Hong Kong as autonomous from mainland China. AP picture The true death toll from the early action to combat it. That has virus, which emerged in China late added to long-standing tensions Asian financial hub if it goes overwhelmingly with bipartisan support last year and was first reported over trade, human rights, religious ahead with such moves. last year. The law requires the US to in the US in January, is widely freedom and the status of Taiwan. “Beijing’s disastrous decision impose sanctions against officials held believed to be significantly higher, Pompeo’s certification comes Mike Pompeo is only the latest in a series responsible for human rights abuses in with experts saying many victims amid calls in Congress and of actions that fundamentally Hong Kong, as well as determine whether died of Covid-19 without ever being elsewhere for the US and others undermine Hong Kong’s the city continues to warrant special status. tested for it. to react against Beijing’s move to impose autonomy and freedoms and China’s Under the terms of a China-Britain At the end of March, the United Chinese national security laws over the own promises to the Hong Kong people,” agreement, Hong Kong was to have enjoyed States eclipsed China with 3500 territory. Pompeo said. significant autonomy from the communist deaths. Shortly after the announcement, Trump China has reacted angrily to any government in Beijing for 50 years starting Now, the US has not only the ally Senator Lindsey Graham, R.SC, called suggestion that it be punished for what it in 1997. That autonomy was to have highest death total, but the highest for the Senate to enact penalties. considers to be a strictly domestic matter. included protections for free speech and number of confirmed cases of “It is imperative the Senate act on Asked about possible US retaliation over self-rule under what China has termed a Covid-19 in the world, making up bipartisan legislation sanctioning China for the security legislation, Chinese foreign “one country, two systems” policy. more than 30 percent of the global the destruction of Hong Kong’s democracy ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Last week, however, after years of total. and freedom,” he said “We must move in Beijing on Wednesday that China mounting protests against encroachments Early on, President Donald quickly and decisively.” would take necessary steps to fight back into Hong Kong’s autonomy, China’s Trump downplayed the severity of Senior administration officials, including against what he called “erroneous foreign ceremonial parliament moved to enact a the coronavirus and called it no Pompeo, national security adviser Robert interference in Hong Kong’s affairs”. national security law for Hong Kong, aimed worse than the common flu. O’Brien and White House economic adviser Pompeo’s certification to Congress at forbidding secessionist and subversive He previously predicted the Kevin Hassett have in recent days warned was required by the Hong Kong Human activity, as well as foreign interference and country wouldn’t reach this death that China risks losing Hong Kong as an Rights and Democracy Act, which passed terrorism. — AP toll. — AP

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About three months ago, the fraudulent purchases of ventilators, masks and coronavirus outbreak swept into Iraq, and other medical supplies pile up. The thefts are the 28-year-old father of two has been out driven by price-gouging from manufacturers and of work ever since. profiteering by politically connected middlemen “I am suffering a lot without work. I who see the crisis as an opportunity for graft. feel like a human with a body but no soul, “Whenever there’s a dire situation, spending especially when I look at the kids and rules are relaxed and there’s always someone wonder: How will I provide for them?” he around looking to take advantage to make said. a profit,” said José Ugaz, a former Peruvian Naim is not alone: The UN labour prosecutor who jailed former President Alberto agency reported on Wednesday that more Fujimori and was chairman of Transparency than one in every six young workers International from 2014-17. globally have stopped working during the Coronavirus clusters are still spreading in Latin pandemic, warning that long-term fallout America, fuelling a spike in deaths, swamping could lead to a “lockdown generation” if already-precarious hospitals and threatening to steps aren’t taken to ease the crisis. ravage slumping economies. The International Labor Organization Against this backdrop, reports of fraud have (ILO), in a new look at the impact of the RISING UNEMPLOYMENT: Of the 178 million young workers employed around proliferated. pandemic on jobs, says that work hours the world, more than 40 percent were in “hard-hit sectors when the crisis began,” In Colombia, 14 of 32 governors are equivalent to 305 million full-time jobs such as food services and hospitality industries, the ILO said. AP picture under investigation for crimes ranging from have been lost due to the Covid-19 crisis. embezzlement to unlawfully awarding no-bid Many young workers face economic expects the money to run out in 6 to 7 lockdown since, but employment remains contracts. hardship and despair about the future. months. scarce. In Argentina’s capital of Buenos Aires, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder “I don’t know what I’ll do after that — “Many projects are either put on hold prosecutors are probing a politically connected warned of the “danger” that young the future is a big unknown,” he said. “I’m or they are not taking anymore people,” crony for buying 15,000 N95 surgical masks that, workers aged 15 to 28 in particular could scared of the coming days. God forbid, Ditha said. despite having expired, cost the city 10 times their face, from inability to get proper training if there is a health emergency with the Of those still working, nearly one listed price. or gain access to jobs that could extend family and I don’t have enough money in four — or 23 percent — have seen Perhaps the biggest fallout is in Bolivia, where well beyond the pandemic and last far for it because I don’t have a job, and the their working hours reduced, the ILO the health minister was arrested amid allegations into their working careers. government is unable to help.” said, pointing to a “triple shock” faced that 170 ventilators were bought at inflated In a survey, ILO and its partners ILO says governments can help with by young workers: Destruction of their prices. The breathing machines were purchased found that over one in six of such measures like increasing state support work, disruption to their training and for nearly $28,000 each. But their Spanish young workers were no longer working for unemployed workers, taking steps to education, and obstacles moving in the manufacturer said it sold them to a distributor for during the pandemic, many with their guarantee jobs and training, and rolling work force or entering it in the first place. only 6,000 euros ($6,500). Making matters worse, workplaces shuttered or their usual out testing and tracing measures that Of the 178 million young workers the machines aren’t suitable for longer-term care. clienteles stuck at home. boost workplace safety and help workers employed around the world, more than Similar accusations of over-billing have shaken Young people were already in a and consumers get back out more quickly. 40 percent were in “hard-hit sectors when Panama, where a top aide to President Laurentino precarious position relative to other age The Middle East is just one of the the crisis began,” such as food services Cortizo quit and his vice president is under categories, with work rates still below world’s many regions struggling to cope and hospitality industries, the ILO said. pressure to resign after prosecutors last month those before the 2008 economic crisis even with the Covid-19 outbreak. After first More than three-fourths are in “informal” began investigating the planned purchase of 100 before the pandemic hit. peaking in China, where it began, then jobs, including 94 percent of young ventilators at nearly $50,000 each. “They have been basically ejected from Euroape, now it’s the Americas that is workers in Africa alone. In Brazil, which has the world’s second-highest their jobs,” Ryder said, referring to those seen as the main epicentre. “We run the risk of creating a situation number of confirmed cases, police in one state who have stopped working. But it’s a global issue. — in this sort of snapshot of pandemic created a task force to investigate pandemic- “There is a danger of long-term Sifiso Ditha from Soweto township, — which will have lasting effects,” Ryder related crimes. Its nickname, “Corona Jato,” is exclusion. The scarring of young people south of Johannesburg, had relied on told a virtual news conference from the a nod to the region’s biggest recent corruption who are excluded from the labour market part-time construction jobs to get by while ILO headquarters. “A lot of young people scandal, the “Lava Jato,” or “Car Wash,” probe early in their careers is well attested by attending a local college. The 25-year-old, are simply going to be left behind in big that uncovered billions stolen from state-run the literature.” who lives with his grandparents, used the numbers. companies. “So I don’t think it is giving way to money to buy toiletries, food and other “And the danger is — and again, this To be sure, disasters breed corruption all over hyperbole to talk about the danger of a essential items. is the lesson of past experience — that the world, not just in Latin America. lockdown generation,” Ryder said, noting The pandemic has erased that income. this initial shock to young people will Spain, Italy and other countries also have been the psychological distress that can quickly “The construction sector was closed last a decade or longer than a decade,” rocked by revelations of impropriety during the affect younger workers who worry about during the lockdown, so there was Ryder said. “It will affect the trajectory pandemic. In the US, an estimated 16 percent of the future of their budding work lives. absolutely nothing,” Ditha said. of working people, young working people, $1 billion in aid spent after Hurricane Katrina was Naim said he’s living off savings, but There has been some easing of the throughout their working lives.” — AP lost in potentially fraudulent payments. — AP Olympic dream persists for athletes in Venezuela CARACAS, Venezuela — Stefany have Olympic dreams — and perhaps Hernández zips on her bike across a their only chance at a medal. A two-time vast, empty boulevard in Venezuela’s world champion in karate, 39-year-old capital, getting in training where she can Antonio Díaz delayed retirement for a find it. crack at the Tokyo Games, which will A 2015 world champion BMX bike include karate as a one-time added racer, she’s trying to prepare sport. It’s not usually part of the for the Tokyo Olympics, Olympic programme. now delayed until next Díaz had to shut down year, while coping with the commercial dojo he restrictions imposed owns. He trained at the due to the coronavirus vacant dojo for awhile, pandemic. The BMX but the country’s paths are all closed, gasoline shortage has so the largely vacant led him to do more streets will have to do. practice at home — To get at least a where he can be with his glimpse of the mountains, wife and child, who was she wrestles her bike born in August. through a window onto a flat “It’s allowed me to be with CHASING DREAMS: Above, Venezuelan rooftop and practices manoeuvres my baby all day,” Díaz said. Olympic medalist Stefany Hernandez, a there. Andrés Madera, a gold medalist at the BMX racing cyclist, wears a face mask The delayed competition has one Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, last while training in Caracas, Venezuela in benefit: helping her recover from a foot year, is also shooting for a spot on the hopes of qualifying for the 2021 Tokyo injury. A personal trainer comes to her karate team in Tokyo. Summer Olympics. Top right, Venezuelan duplex to help with treatments that relax “It will be the first and perhaps the last karateka athlete Andres Madera keeps some of her muscles and build elasticity time karate will be on the programme,” his training on to qualify for the Tokyo and strength in others. Hernández, said Madera, who manages to give some Olympics. Bottom, 39-year-old Antonio 28, has already been to two Olympics, classes by video link over the internet. Díaz delayed retirement for a crack at the winning bronze at Brazil in 2016. “We all want to be in Tokyo. It’s a Tokyo Games. AP pictures Elsewhere in Caracas, other athletes dream come true.” — AP 18 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 Poo-pipe engineers, Te Papa slowly reopens Avatar film crew among foreigners its doors post-lockdown allowed into NZ by Amelia Wade, NZ Herald WELLINGTON — Te Papa museum will begin reopening WELLINGTON — European “poo-pipe” to the public from today. engineers, a chair-lift expert and Avatar film The national museum has crew are among the foreigners that have been closed since March 20 to been granted border exemptions. protect the public from the risk Economic Development Minister Phil of Covid-19. Twyford said yesterday he had personally This 68-day closure is the signed off 22 applications, which amounted longest in the museum’s to 154 people, for the special exemption. history. On Monday, he said it was “a couple of Te Papa board chair Dame hundred” people who had been allowed Fran Wilde said the team was in through the “other essential worker” delighted to be able to reopen category. the museum to the public. The New Zealand Herald revealed on “Te Papa is an icon of Monday among those was an Oscar-winning Aotearoa, and belongs to all producer and a film crew so that production New Zealanders. We are proud on the blockbuster Avatar sequels could to open our doors and welcome resume. New Zealanders back to our Twyford, who was delegated the job to place,” she said. sign off the special exemptions a month Te Papa would register ago, gave more details about who else had people on arrival for contact been allowed in yesterday afternoon. tracing, and take steps to One was a specialist to install a new chair ensure visitors can maintain lift so a ski field could open this winter and social distancing and good another was an electrical engineer to do hygiene levels. time-critical maintenance at a power plant. Some exhibitions that The Director-General of Health, Dr would remain closed today Ashley Bloomfield, said he had signed included Gallipoli, Te Taiao off “a handful” of applications for people Nature, Mana Whenua and Ko with key specific skills, but exemptions Rongowhakaata. for commercial reasons were Twyford’s They would be reopened responsibility to sign off on. gradually over the coming days “Included were some engineers from and weeks. Europe who came to fix the so-called ‘poo The museum’s opening hours GRADUAL REOPENING: This picture of Te Papa museum was taken during the lockdown. In pipe’ here in Wellington, and one who is would be from 10am until 6pm the foreground is a sign advertising the Te Taiao Nature exhibition, but with the added words here to repair some X-ray machines around daily, and a maximum of 500 at the bottom of the sign that read: “Te Papa is closed. Visit online tepapa.nz”. From today, our the country,” Dr Bloomfield said. visitors would be allowed in at national museum was set to begin reopening its doors. However, the exhibitions would not all be Just before Christmas, a wastewater pipe any one time. reopened at once, with some remaining closed today. Wikimedia Commons picture by Tom Akroyd collapsed under Willis and Dixon Streets, Groups could have up to 10 necessitating the diversion of up to 100 people if visiting the museum be on hold. will be different, as we create ways for the public to share litres of waste per second into the harbour. together. StoryPlace and the children’s space for our visitors to reflect, their experiences of this time Twyford said applicants for the “other Not everything would be the discovery centres would also be relax and reconnect,” said chief in history, and would also essential worker” category had to meet same at the museum — while closed. executive Courtney Johnston. have a memorial in place to three criteria: that they had a skill which cafes and stores would reopen, Staff were also ramping “We are doing that in a the lives lost and affected by could not be filled in New Zealand; the some taonga might be closed up cleaning measures, with way that is safe for visitors Covid-19. project was of significant economic value; off to ensure the best cultural hand-sanitiser dispensers and staff and also safe for There would be pop-up and the project was time-critical. care. being installed throughout our taonga, but also so that performances also to provide The companies that put forward Some high-touch interactive the museum, and increased Te Papa still feels really special experiences for visitors applications under the “other essential exhibitions would also be cleaning of high-touch areas. welcoming.” within the building and on the worker” category pay the costs of closed, and hosted tours would “The experience at Te Papa The museum would offer forecourt. — NZ Herald quarantine and managed isolation. Twyford once again disagreed the exemptions were kept a secret. Cape Reinga roadblock: Iwi sends out invites to reopening “It’s not a secret, there’s nothing new here. The border closed when New Zealand went into lockdown and there have been a CAPE REINGA — Physical safety checks of rubbish — the notion that the number of exemptions operating since that Invitations have been This week, Ngati Kuri facilities were also being spirits are travelling to Cape time.” distributed for Cape Reinga’s have been sending undertaken. Reinga to hibernate! Avatar producer Jon Landau said they public reopening ceremony “As part of Level 2 safety “I hope they called into the were bringing a small, essential crew back tomorrow, after a Northland out invitations to the procedures, DoC is working Houhora Pub and met their to New Zealand so production could resume iwi have controversially barred reopening ceremony, to undertake physical safety cousins Captain Morgan and on the epic blockbusters after being shut the road to the national tourist which will be held at checks at Te Paki Recreation Johnny Walker.” down over lockdown. attraction for months. Reserve (including Te Rerenga When asked about the He confirmed they would be going into Since the Level 4 lockdown midday tomorrow. Wairua site, walking trails, legality of the roadblocks, managed isolation or quarantine first. on March 26, Ngati Kuri campgrounds and amenities/ police deferred the question to Landau told RNZ that film-industry have closed gates along State facilities) to be ready to receive the NZTA. spending was diverse, from catering for 400 Highway 1, five kilometres the NZ Herald the continued visitors,” Hardy-Birch said. The NZTA’s Darryl Walker, people a day to stationary supplies. from the northernmost tip of closure of Cape Reinga since “This work includes checking however, said the reason for “So we’re not just spending in one area New Zealand. New Zealand had entered of facilities like septic tanks, Cape Reinga’s closure was only — our sets require all of those things. This week, Ngati Kuri have Level 2 was for “physical and bore pumps, water filtration for Covid-19 safety reasons. “The economics of any film coming into been sending out invitations cultural safety”. systems, water drinking “Waka Kotahi NZ Transport a community are quite strong in that the to the reopening ceremony, “Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape quality and toilets.” Agency is working with Ngati dollars spent circulate in that community which will be held at midday Reinga) for Maori and New However, the closure had Kuri and the Department because of the diversity of spending for tomorrow, and a group will be Zealanders alike is the most been labelled illegal by local of Conservation, who are quite some time.” walking from the roadblock spiritually significant place in National MP Matt King, who restricting access at Te Landau said he felt the crew was “coming point to the Cape. New Zealand,” Hardy-Birch uploaded on to his Facebook a Rerenga Wairua until the car back to the safest place in the world” and “As we roll out of response said. dispute with iwi guarding SH1 park and public amenities are they had a “very thoughtful, detailed and mode and into recovery, Ngati “It is here that, after death, on May 24. cleaned in line with Covid-19 diligent safety plan that will keep everybody Kuri is taking the opportunity spirits travel up the coast and “What you’re doing here is health and safety guidelines,” as safe as possible”. to reset our treasured whai over the wind-swept vista to wrong, it’s totally wrong and Walker said. Meanwhile, Auckland’s mayor was tapu Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape the kahikaa/pohutukawa tree it’s causing division — massive “NZTA, as the road calling on the Government to loosen border Reinga) and we would love on the headland of Te Rerenga division. It’s not helping your controlling authority, has restrictions and allow the city’s economy to for you to join us,” Ngati Kuri Wairua and depart. Like many cause,” King said. approved a traffic-management welcome billions in spending from the likes Harry Burkhardt said in the places in New Zealand, it has “I want to do what is my plan for an information point of international students. invitation. been in a state of slumber right, which is to go about our (stop/go) at Te Werehi carpark “Reopen Auckland” is the central plea to “By 2pm, Te Rerenga Wairua during the Covid-19 alert business on our public road. to ensure the safety of local iwi the Government in a joint submission being will be open for all to enjoy.” levels.” You guys are doing something and all road users until access prepared by the city’s council and education The ceremony will be capped Hardy-Birch said Ngati totally illegal here.” restrictions are lifted. sector. at 100 people, according to Kuri had the “full support” of NZ First’s Shane Jones “A traffic-management plan Mayor Phil Goff said he wanted Auckland current lockdown restrictions. DoC in the closure, and the was also highly critical of the will also be in place for any to be a prototype for a quarantine process Department of Conservation reopening was being worked roadblock, telling 1 News: reopening event to welcome that would safely allow high-value students (DoC) operations manager through with police and the “This notion that the spirits visitors back to the area.” to come to New Zealand for their education. Meirene Hardy-Birch told NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). need to slumber post-Covid is — New Zealand Herald ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT // MAY 21, 2020 OUT OF THE EAST by Mark Peters this year.” While the lockdown put the world on hold, aituhi Rawhiti (eastern scribes) is the Moon took the opportunity to begin writing a title of the Tairawhiti Writers’ Hub lockdown journal and to take part in online Kupcoming anthology. writing courses. Kaituhi translates to writer, scribe, author, “We are going through something that is novelist; rawhiti is eastern, so as the name making history. The journal is something my suggests, all contributions or contributors are grandchildren will read one day.” from Tairawhiti or have a link to the East The move out of Alert Level 4 and down the Coast. levels also means the deadline for submissions Four editors are involved in the selection and has been extended. Submissions can range developmental process and now it is time to from science fiction to romance, from haiku to meet them. memoir, but must be previously unpublished. Short stories can be up to 4000 words in length Chris McMaster and submissions should include a short bio (100 words). Submissions should be made as a “I craved mountains,” said educator Chris Word document and sent to tairawhitiwrite@ McMaster who left Alaska and came to New gmail.com Zealand in 2007 and lived in a church in Ruatoria with a view of Hikurangi. Aaron Compton A year later, when the call of cafes and bookstores became too strong, he moved into “In my mind, the book is about encouraging Gisborne. local writers who need that nudge or who Science fiction writing is both a creative might not know outlets are out there, and to outlet and balance for the academic writing he showcase that talent,” said Gisborne writer/ has been involved with. editor Aaron Compton. “I have written about eight academic books. I find that writing formulaic is writing for a select group of readers. I wanted to write a A writer of speculative fiction himself, novel.” Compton was last year awarded a 3D-printed So he wrote a science fiction trilogy, the first trophy from Weta Workshop for his part in the Chris McMaster of which has been picked up by a publisher creation of a New Zealand anthology called in the US. That experience extended into Te Korero Ahi Ka (to speak of the home fires engagement with the editing and publishing burning). process. Having volunteered as a mentee editor to “The days of publishing thousands of copies work on shaping the anthology and to extend — we don’t do that any more. People are self- his own skills, Compton was guided in the art publishing. All you need is a good editing team. of editorship by Grace Bridges of Splashdown “You register as a business. You have a Books and multi-award-winning writer; science developmental editor and cover art people. For fiction, fantasy, and horror editor Lee Murray. the anthology, we will edit submissions and The editors read all submissions and had a put the anthology together, then we will use spreadsheet to put their thoughts on. some of the grant money to hire a professional Kaituhi Rawhiti’s editors also have a editor.” spreadsheet they can share their thoughts on. Successful in their application for Margaret All kinds of writing have crossed the Kaituhi Spencer Writers Encouragement Trust funding, Rawhiti editors’ desks, and, while Compton the Kaituhi Rawhiti editorial team aim to stay is mostly focused on the stories, he is keen true to the spirit of the grant. to see essays and creative non-fiction in the “We try to keep that encouragement anthology. principle at the forefront.” “When people think about creative writing, they think of poetry and short stories but there’s a lot of creativity in essay writing.” Gillian Moon Long-time member of the Tairawhiti Writers Claire Price Hub, poet Gillian Moon came up with the idea “It spoke to me,” said writer/editor Claire of putting together the anthology. Price of the anthology. “I took it to the group and said ‘how do you “I loved the idea of showcasing local writing feel about putting together an anthology of talent.” writing from Tairawhiti?’ It was one of those While Price enjoys poetry, short stories and lightbulb moments and a project for us to crime writing, variety is key to the anthology, collaborate on.” she said. If a submission has potential or After submitting a funding application to promise but needs work, the team will go back the Margaret Spencer Writers Encouragement to the author to ask if he or she is open to Trust, the editorial team sought submissions working with them on it. that expressed the diverse character of this “It’s nice to see people sending in pieces Gillian Moon region. about the experience of living in this area. It’s “We advertised on Facebook, put up that thread that can be woven through to give posters and held a meeting to talk about the it a local flavour, to contextualise it. anthology,” said Moon. “Each editor has areas they are stronger in “We got a really good turnout. We are than others but it’s good to have diverse views trying to cast our net far and wide to reach as on everything. We all have input into all of the many people as we can. We want to celebrate submissions but will defer to those who are diversity. most experienced. “We hope to have our book out by the end of “We’re all learning, we’re all growing.”

Claire Price

Aaron Compton 20 The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 Life in lockdown for local artist

ikau Gabrielle Hindin (Ngapuhi, What have you been listening to? Te Rarawa) is an artist based Audiobooks. Braiding Sweetgrass by Nin Turanganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty First Nations Potawatomi woman Robin Bay who, just as New Zealand went into Wall Kimmerer. The way she weaves isolation, learned she had received the botany with indigenous science and 2020 $10,000 Dame Doreen’s Gift from storytelling is beautiful, I’ve learned so the Blumhardt Foundation. much. Hindin, who is reviving aute (Maori I also love listening to her read the bark cloth), has exhibited in several book — it is meditative and I often listen group shows including Koloa: Women, Art as I paint. and Technology at Para Site Gallery in Hong Kong last year and at Tim Melville What have you been watching? Gallery in Auckland earlier this year. I’ve been enjoying the incredible reo She also created the cover work for Maori content produced by the Facebook the 2019 landmark publication Crafting page Kura Mo Nga Mokopuna, which Aotearoa. The gift has provided security has a weekly schedule of stories, games, in a time of uncertainty, allowing Hindin songs, art activities for children and their to focus on producing new work for an parents to do while schools were closed. exhibition at the Dowse Art Museum in It might be focused towards kids but I Lower Hutt. really enjoy it too. It is wonderful to see the community offerings of knowledge How was lockdown for you? SECURITY IN A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY: As New Zealand moved into lockdown, from all over the country. I am privileged to say it has been a artist Nikau Gabrielle Hindin had something to celebrate. Picture supplied I’ve also been watching the bilingual positive time for me. As an artist, I work Zoom wananga series called Te in isolation most of the time and rarely recognition from the art community; it’s but also as cues for our monthly cycles. Kokomuka. go into town, so it’s a lot like normal life. encouraging for me to know that people Our months are named after different But since the country went into isolation, care about the kaupapa and the topics stars, and, through my star maps, I’m What are you looking forward to about it feels like my studio has been filled up. I’m exploring. trying to document and understand this life after lockdown? My friends and family are a noisy better. I really miss my mum, who is in bunch, but my studio has never been so What have you been working on? The Gregorian calendar is an imposed Auckland. We have been talking on Zoom fun. I’ve been making sourdough, going I have been painting and beating system of time that has limited our a lot, we have had to find the positives in for walks along the beach, having Zoom aute pieces for my first solo show at the ability to read tohu (signs) in our this new way to communicate. catchups, and engaging a lot with people Dowse, which will open when we get to environment. I also miss my friends and working on Instagram (@nikaugabrielle). Alert Level 1. Kokorangi ki Kokowai is This isolation period has been an with other artists. There are some It was really amazing to receive about bringing celestial bodies into the opportunity for people to experience time amazing weavers and artists down this award because it was completely physical and documenting the movement in a different way; the art of observation here and I love to wananga and work unexpected. It’s nice to have this of stars to find direction (star navigation) is really underrated. alongside other makers. — NZ Herald Soldiers in space SPACE FORCE: The by Dave Williams, AP announced the creation of a Netflix sitcom sixth major division of the starring Steve four-star general United States Armed Forces,” Carell (right) begrudgingly teams says the sci-fi-aping teaser and Ben A up with an eccentric that outlines the plot. Schwartz lifts scientist to get the US “The goal of the new branch off tomorrow. military’s newest agency, is ‘to defend satellites from Picture supplied Space Force, in Netflix’s new attack’ and ‘perform other sitcom. space-related tasks.’ Or The Office creator Greg something. Daniels and star Steve Carell “This is the story of the reunite in the series, Space men and women who have to Force, that parodies President figure it out.” Trump’s proposed military Space Force marks Daniels’ branch of the same name. and Carell’s first project “On June 18, 2018, together since the US version the federal government of The Office. Last push to save venues

he national, pay-it- survival. on Smash’s page. forward fundraising But with your help, both will “Please continue to share the Tstrategy run by Boosted reach their targets before the posts and the love so we can Live’s Save Our Venues NZ deadline, 10 days away. reach this stretch goal and start group has helped Gisborne live By this morning, the Dome off again on a firm footing. We music venues the Dome Bar and was short of its target by little really need the boost and can’t Smash Palace reach their target more than $3700 while Smash wait to have Smash Palace open goals. needs a $8840 boost to get it and pumping again for you The Covid-19 response has over the line. soon.” threatened the future of many “We were staggered with the More than just businesses, venues around New Zealand, generosity and quick action the two venues are community but a dedicated committee that everyone has taken to help hubs, live music platforms for that includes musicians Reb towards the survival of the artists such as Smash-hosted Fountain, Matthew Crawley Dome,” said owner Sally Shanks acts as Head Like A Hole, The (Golden Dawn/Strange News), on the Dome’s Save Our Venues Schizophonics, The D4, Ladi6, Lucy Macrae & Tom Anderson page. and Jordan Luck Band as well (Whammy Bar), Rohan Evans “The amount we have already as local talent. (The Wine Cellar) and Reuben raised will be enormously Bonner (Banished Music) aims helpful in paying the awaiting ■ To make a donation, and to to generate support for small bills, but by raising our goal — help ensure live acts continue live music venues across the to what we had hoped to achieve, to grow and perform at country, in cities and towns. but never thought possible till the Dome Bar and Smash The Dome Bar and Smash now — we will be able to form Palace, go to www.boosted. Palace are Gisborne’s two main a buffer to help us through the org.nz/profile/5eaf4a9eda live music venues whose chances coming months until life can get 204c002348bacb or bit. of survival post-lockdown have back to normal.” ly/2X01VZ1, scroll down the been given a boost through the Also grateful for people’s page for the “we love the BACK TO THE GARDEN: Local band Subset BC who have brought initiative. support, Smash’s staff were Dome” and “we love Smash” their original sound accompanied by psychedelic visuals are one of The venues are a little short of “blown away by your generosity icons, then scroll down each many acts to have performed at both the Dome Bar and at Smash their stretch targets of $20,000 and kind words”, said the of those pages to the red Palace. In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis both venues need your that will help ensure their venue’s co-owner Daryl Monteith “donate” button. help so they can continue to host live performances. Picture supplied The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 21 Inside The Luminaries by Karl Puschmann, NZ Herald

he Luminaries has been described variously as “a dazzling feat”, “the Tconsummate literary page-turner” and “an 800-page doorstop”. My favourite description, however, being someone who gave up on local author Eleanor Catton’s Man Booker Prize-winning, epic novel almost immediately after starting it, is “six-part television series”. “I think a lot of people will be relieved that they can watch the TV series having bought the book but having never fully LIGHTING UP THE SCREEN: New read it,” laughed actor Erik Thomson over Zealand-born actor Erik Thomson, best the phone from Adelaide. “It’s a heavy known for Packed to the Rafters and 800 book. Now there’s an easy option.” words, stars as Dick Mannering in the I’m not sure if “easy” is the right new TV adaptation of The Luminaries. word. While the scope of the book has Picture supplied been narrowed and focused, none of Catton’s bold ambition has been lost in George Turner in the literary comedy the opportunity to do that.” Covid-19 reality, Thomson believes The translation. Having penned the series series 800 Words. As anyone who has read the back cover Luminaries will act as a wonderful herself, she regularly jumps between Both those chaps couldn’t be further blurb of the novel knows, astrology and showcase for New Zealand and its talent two timelines and keeps things moving from Dick Mannering, his character in star signs play a major part of not just on both sides of the cameras, “showing as fast as a shooting star. Backed by The Luminaries, who Thomson describes the story but also its very construction. the world we are the best place to make the BBC, the show is gorgeous to watch as “an entrepreneur and whoremonger”. So the big question is, does Thomson drama series”. with an opulence not often seen in local While cheerful, he’s an unsavoury fellow. believe in such things? “It is giving people something fantastic drama. “Yeah, that’s a fair assessment,” “I find it interesting. If my star sign and epic, something to sink their teeth “A lot of the stuff we do in this part of Thomson mused. “I didn’t want him to be in the Adelaide Advertiser says don’t into and get away from the news and the the world is contemporary and domestic a Dickensian evil character. Men in those go outside today, I’ll still go outside. I drudgery of the day-to-day in isolation or because we don’t tend to have the money situations need to have charisma and a don’t believe it, but I don’t discount it quarantine.” to do these big, broad, epic, period pieces,” joie de vivre about them that is infectious offhand,” he said, before revealing that He also believes it could lead to people said Kiwi-born Thomson. “To get an to whoever it is they’re seducing to work he does share classic Taurus traits, giving the source material another crack. opportunity to do something so rich and for them. He’s got a theatrical quality to like stubbornness, determination and a “It’s the book that’s on everyone’s shelf well-funded was an absolute gift. They’re him. Amid this fairly dark and brooding creative streak. but it’s one of those things that everyone very rare,” admitted Thomson, who has BBC period drama, I wanted to bring “I think William Shakespeare was a is intending to read,” he says. most recently been on our screens as dad a character with a lot of colour. That in Taurian, as was Laurence Olivier,” he “It’s a daunting task until you get Dave Rafter in the popular family drama itself makes his line of work even more smiles. into it. So hopefully this will help oil the Packed to the Rafters and as columnist unpalatable and insidious. I just relished As the world shifts into its new wheels.”

BLOODY KIDS: Teen punk rock act Sit Down In Front made up of (from left) Jackson Clarke, Cory Newman, Rikki Noble and Roman Benson have released the single First World Problems from their upcoming new album, Confessions Of A Pie Thief. Picture supplied Band deals with First World problems

tealing pies from the school Sit Down In Front’s brand of rock is After placing first in the 2019 tuck shop, karma, burning built on the foundations of old-school Smokefreerockquest East Coast Ssausages on the BBQ or just punk, but the band is inspired by regional final, the band placed third having a bad day are among real-life genres that range from the 60s rock in the national showdown. situations that make up songs in of the Rolling Stones and Beatles Young punks Cory Newman, Gisborne punk rock act Sit Down In through punk bands like Sex Pistols Jackson Clarke, Roman Benson and Front’s new album Confessions Of A and Green Day to the modern-day Rikki Noble — all in their mid-teens Pie Thief. rock of Foo Fighters and Rage Against — have since performed with acts The album is not due for release The Machine. such as Jimmy Barnes, Cold Chisel, until June 26, a month away, but New Zealand artists, Villainy, Villainy, Aussie shed-rockers The after tasting chart success with Shihad, Devil Skin, and Alien Chats, Skinny Hobos, Jon Toogood, their last two singles, the band has Weaponry have also all had an The D4 and Head Like A Hole. released its lead-in single, First World influence on the band growing up. Sit Down In Front closed out 2019 Problems. After forming in 2017, Sit Down In with a performance on Rhythm & Written about problems that aren’t Front recorded their debut album Red Vines’ Garden Stage.

really problems, and why people Light Runner in a studio in Wairoa’s 2538-01 should stop complaining about small Clyde Hotel the following year. ■ The music video for First World things that don’t matter, the single is The first single from the album, Problems can be found on YouTube a characteristically fast-tempo, gritty, Runaway Chair, racked up more than via this shortcut: https://tinyurl. stomper. 45,000 streams on Spotify. com/ya2o7867 22 CLASSIFIEDS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020

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Gavin Smith 6 60510 Don’t Look Back (Fr) 6 4 2141s Fabrizio (Fr) 4 Blair Orange Robbie Close 14 — Tara Bromac SCRATCHED 13 90069 Millwood Maizie (Fr) 24 Craig D Thornley Matthew Williamson 5 0s113 Vulcan Star (Fr) 5 Robbie Close 11 2622s Luminosity (Fr) U2 Jim Curtin 6 28245 Taxman (Fr) 6 Tim Williams 12 8406s Kowhai Sundown (Fr) U3 Samantha Ottley 7 4760P Laura Bush (Fr) 7 7 Dunstan Race Mix Pace 7. 19 10 Dunstan Trimarester Pace 8.49 7 90s40 Carlos Bromac (Fr) 7 John Dunn 13 0756s Crown Range (Fr) U4 Alan Clark 8 9259s Jerry Garcia (Fr) 8 Leo O’Reilly $8500, r61-r65. mobile, 1980m $8500, 3yo+ f&m r56-r65. mobile, 1980m 8 1638s Matthew Eyre (Fr) 8 John Morrison 14 Mighty Flying Rocker (Fr) U5 Bob Butt 9 0427s The Eye Of The Tiger (Fr) 9 John Dunn 10 22100 Just One More (Fr) 10 Robbie Close 1 0300s Overarm (Fr) 1 Terry Chmiel 1 75491 I’ll Write The Story (Fr) 1 Katie Cox 9 18474 Franco Texas (Fr) 9 2 Dunstan Betabeet Pace 4.59 11 20019 Aorangi (Fr) U1 Blair Orange 2 3600s Smithy (Fr) 2 Gerard O’Reilly 2 174s1 Chevron Flies (Fr) 2 Blair Orange 10 136s7 Tom Martin (Fr) 21 Samantha Ottley 12 0050s Palisade (Fr) U2 David Butt 3 12244 Rocknroll Max (Fr) 3 Stephen McNally 3 09476 Nimah Franco (Fr) 3 Terry Chmiel 11 6606s The Maroon Marauder (Fr) 22 $7500, 3yo+ r53. mobile, 1980m 13 8158s Time In A Bottle (Fr) U3 Gerard O’Reilly 4 05330 That Alexander Guy (Fr) 4 Gavin Smith 4 31640 Queenofdance (Fr) 4 Mark Jones Matthew Williamson 1 4100 Mick Beth (Fr) 1 Ben Hope 14 67085 Aladdin Sane (Fr) U4 5 40113 Kensington Bill (Fr) 5 Tim Williams 5 45130 Miss Mucho (Fr) 5 Sheree Tomlinson 12 s8676 Brantley (Fr) 23 Terry Chmiel

Christchurch greys at Addington Friday Jetbet 3 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 Q. 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 PL6 7-12 Selections 8 55437 Homebush Finn 17.21 John McInerney 5 82853 Smash Grenade 17.38 Malcolm Grant 5 53425 Pontiac Pat 17.35 John McInerney 2 45345 Mr Blackjack 30.16 J & D Fahey Race 1: BELFAST DEMO, GOTCHA POPEYE, COME A GUSTER EMERGENCIES: 6 37568 Black Tori 17.35 Ashley Bradshaw 6 36344 Goldstar Avalon 17.31 S & B Evans 3 45513 Pretty Busy 30.17 J & D Fahey 9 66367 Replica Rango 17.36 Bob Pringle 7 14744 Citizen Aguero 17.25 John McInerney 7 63276 Cosmic Jase 17.42 John McInerney 4 31774 Punters Bolt 30.59 Robin Wales Race 2: NASSOR, GOLDSTAR WYNTER, STARR BLUEBLOOD 10 67858 Homebush Zack 17.99 John McInerney 8 56565 Alexia 17.40 Daniel Lane 8 72654 Smash Achiever 17.15 Malcolm Grant 5 52582 Queena Bale 30.20 Craig Roberts Race 3: OPAWA LYN, MACADOODLE, KNOW DENYING EMERGENCIES: EMERGENCIES: 6 58218 Bashful Buffy 30.55 John McInerney Race 4: LISA’S BOY, GOLDSTAR PERRIE, REGAL JOCK 2 A2C Ph.0800222583 12.28 9 66367 Replica Rango 17.36 Bob Pringle 9 77762 Fickle Mistress 17.36 Hart & Taylor 7 37115 Opawa Dan 30.37 J M McCook Race 5: FAMOUS LEE, GOLDSTAR YANKEE, $2035, C2/3, 295m 10 67858 Homebush Zack 17.99 John McInerney 10 67858 Homebush Zack 17.99 John McInerney 8 78155 Mitcham Manering nwtd John McInerney BLACK STOCKINGS 1 28671 Starr Blueblood 17.28 John McInerney 5 My Redeemer Distance 1.26 8 Casswoods Carpet & Mats 2.21 EMERGENCIES: Race 6: TAUNTING EYES, SEFTON DOUBLE, PENNY JANE 2 13551 Goldstar Wynter 17.20 S & B Evans 9 76583 Goldstar Spook 30.48 S & B Evans Race 7: CARLOS, ST ANDREWS, PRINCE ZULU 3 16211 Nassor 17.31 Bruce Dann $3795, C1, distance, 645m $1685, C2, 295m 10 85884 Rivalries 30.16 J & D Fahey Race 8: OPAWA JAWS, GOLDSTAR SHILOAH, 4 47774 Opawa Lacy 17.04 Robin Wales 1 85813 Black Stockings nwtd Ashley Bradshaw 1 53414 Blazing Banjo 17.58 John McInerney MITCHAM GOLDIE 5 34136 Starburst George 17.27 Malcolm Grant 2 7635F Kia Tere 38.18 S & B Evans 2 8s435 Smash Dragon 17.49 Malcolm Grant 11 Anglers Arms Tavern Dash 3.18 Race 9: GOLDSTAR SPOTTY, MITCHAM BOULT, 6 11254 Goldstar Clover 17.31 S & B Evans 3 22362 Famous Lee nwtd S & B Evans 3 56116 Opawa Jaws 17.54 Robin Wales $2035, C2/3, 295m MULBERRY SOX 7 33167 Homebush Boden 17.44 John McInerney 4 56255 Goldstar Montana nwtd S & B Evans 4 54241 Goldstar Shiloah 17.18 S & B Evans 8 4s773 Know Debt 17.17 Garry Cleeve 5 18784 Homebush Surgeon nwtd John McInerney 5 14154 Mitcham Goldie 17.27 Ashley Bradshaw 1 74165 Kea Viking 17.32 J & D Fahey Race 10: HOLY GRAIL, MR BLACKJACK, PRETTY BUSY EMERGENCIES: 6 57767 Goldstar Chief nwtd S & B Evans 6 23173 Know Approval 17.28 Garry Cleeve 2 85518 Homebush Aimee 17.26 John McInerney Race 11: KEA VIKING, TWO BE FRANK, DYNA EVA 9 66367 Replica Rango 17.36 Bob Pringle 7 63724 Barrel Runner nwtd Ashley Bradshaw 7 13554 Homebush Stasser 17.74 John McInerney 3 36454 Know Charisma 17.19 Garry Cleeve Race 12: CHITINA TIN, AMURI MAGIC, MITCHAM BECKY 10 57787 Opa’s Mate 17.47 Ray Casey 8 611F7 Goldstar Yankee 38.13 S & B Evans 8 55426 Jealous Affair 17.47 Lisa Waretini 4 53117 Goldstar Halsey 17.41 S & B Evans EMERGENCIES: 5 77527 Sozin’s Azure 17.44 John McInerney 3 Clarkson Sign Studio 12.48 6 Flair Sprint 1.45 9 77762 Fickle Mistress 17.36 Hart & Taylor 6 71684 Elodea 17.37 Rosemary Blackburn $2860, C2, 520m $1685, C2, 295m 10 57787 Opa’s Mate 17.47 Ray Casey 7 6s8s8 Dyna Eva nwtd Craig Roberts 8 54621 Two Be Frank 17.24 Bruce Dann 1 32622 Macadoodle 30.55 J & D Fahey 1 7s511 Sefton Double 17.31 Robin Wales 9 Dave Robbie Photographer 2.38 EMERGENCIES: 2 42686 Know Denying 30.37 Garry Cleeve 2 1s521 Taunting Eyes 17.26 Jason Dunn $1685, C2, 295m 9 77762 Fickle Mistress 17.36 Hart & Taylor 3 66886 Lakota Kohana nwtd Heather Cairns 3 46516 Baldrick 17.54 John McInerney 10 57787 Opa’s Mate 17.47 Ray Casey 4 54253 Dyna Monty 29.94 Craig Roberts 4 45678 Nikko Baxter 17.32 John McInerney 1 61371 Mulberry Sox 17.35 Ken Cassidy 5 25118 Gracias Maestro 30.42 Malcolm Grant 5 32325 Opa’s Dream 17.52 Ray Casey 2 66233 Goldstar Spotty 17.25 S & B Evans 12 Livamol Sprint 3.38 6 12s36 Opawa Lyn 30.19 J & D Fahey 6 26461 Goldstar Flora 17.34 S & B Evans 3 61263 Lakota Tonka 17.52 Heather Cairns 7 48146 Opal Hunter nwtd John McInerney 7 32766 Ring Clown 17.19 Malcolm Grant 4 84274 Eternal Debt 17.29 Garry Cleeve $2035, C2/3, 295m 8 63765 Punch On Buzz 30.27 John McInerney 8 31278 Penny Jane 17.37 Hart & Taylor 5 13632 Smash Surprise 17.38 Malcolm Grant 1 55387 Jaded Affair 17.33 Lisa Waretini 1 The Fitz Sports Bar Sprint 12.08 EMERGENCIES: EMERGENCIES: 6 8s768 Homebush Liam nwtd John McInerney 2 88815 Homebush Comet 17.44 John McInerney 9 s6376 Opawa Mason 30.29 Robin Wales 9 66367 Replica Rango 17.36 Bob Pringle 7 31732 Mitcham Boult 17.56 John McInerney 3 52667 Amuri Magic 17.28 John McInerney $1685, C2, 295m 10 85884 Rivalries 30.16 J & D Fahey 10 67858 Homebush Zack 17.99 John McInerney 8 15785 Punters Kirsty 17.27 Robin Wales 4 51382 King Kali 17.19 Malcolm Grant EMERGENCIES: 1 42442 Belfast Demo 17.31 Hart & Taylor 4 greyhoundauctions.co.nz Sun 1.08 7 Culvie Boy’s Syndicate Dash 2.03 5 36564 Chitina Tin 17.15 Alison Lee 2 17142 Gotcha Popeye 17.49 Calum Weir 9 77762 Fickle Mistress 17.36 Hart & Taylor 6 57657 Taieri Terra 17.31 Ray Casey 10 57787 Opa’s Mate 17.47 Ray Casey 3 46133 Denuto 17.47 Ray Adcock $2035, C2/3, 295m $1685, C2, 295m 7 57s83 Goldstar Willa 17.39 S & B Evans 4 125s7 Jetstream Marley 17.32 Alan Williams 1 51117 Goldstar Perrie 17.27 S & B Evans 1 31141 Carlos 17.14 Robin Wales 10 Shirley Vet Clinic Stakes 2.59 8 24336 Mitcham Becky 17.28 Corey Steele 5 52551 Crushington 17.38 John McInerney 2 44144 Regal Jock 17.28 John McInerney 2 F7486 St Andrews 17.36 Daniel Lane EMERGENCIES: 6 45617 Billy Budd 17.51 Alan Botherway 3 64672 Lisa’s Boy 17.24 Ray Casey 3 82256 Prince Zulu 17.31 Lisa Waretini $2860, C2, 520m 9 77762 Fickle Mistress 17.36 Hart & Taylor 7 25s52 Come A Guster 17.30 Malcolm Grant 4 41875 Jinja Liv 17.52 J M McCook 4 14432 Opa’s Joy 17.33 Ray Casey 1 24111 Holy Grail 30.26 J & D Fahey 10 67858 Homebush Zack 17.99 John McInerney

Whanganui greys at Hatrick Friday Jetbet 9 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 Q. 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 PL6 7-12 Selections 2 Kernow Construction 5.26 8 42336 Toca Madera nwtd Angela Turnwald 7 11832 Big Time Brie 30.18 Lisa Cole 3 63522 Belmonts 17.71 Lisa Cole Race 1: SEDGEBROOK SALLY, LIFE IS GOOD, EMERGENCIES: 8 21663 Big Time Jackson 30.48 Lisa Cole 4 12878 Shamrock Green 17.85 Brian Goldsack $2035, C3, 305m 9 18578 Sedgebrook Lover 17.69 Fred Kite EMERGENCIES: 5 78564 Bigtime Sam 17.80 G & S Fredrickson BIGTIME CHARLOTE 1 51736 Yarn Sister 17.80 Carol Morris 10 78777 Big Time Tina 17.63 Lisa Cole 9 21111 Big Time Baby 30.06 Lisa Cole 6 51827 Opal Nora 17.74 John McInerney Race 2: BIG TIME LEBRON, WATERLOO GIRL, YARN SISTER 2 62321 Big Time Lebron 17.62 Lisa Cole 10 64471 Bigtime Acacia 30.24 Lisa Cole 7 47645 Born Quick 17.65 Marcie Flipp Race 3: BIGTIME BAILEY, BIG TIME EDEN, BIG TIME TRAE 3 488s7 Big Time Nash 17.87 Lisa Cole 5 Red Snapper Seafoods 6.39 8 28215 Mother’s Touch 17.89 J & D Bell Race 4: FUNZALO, ALLEGRO LANIE, BEES AND BIRDS 4 4s632 Miss Potential nwtd G & S Fredrickson $3325, C3, 520m 8 Book Function @ Hatrick 8.09 EMERGENCIES: Race 5: KONGS OUT AGAIN, BIG TIME MAC, 5 2686F Bigtime Sheer 17.58 Lisa Cole 1 43764 Bigtime Daisy 30.49 Lisa Cole $2860, C5, 305m 9 16188 Xanthe Jewel 17.99 Pauline Blanche ELECTRICAL STORM 6 68268 Bigtime On Track 17.68 Fred Kite 2 62422 Kongs Out Again 30.42 Melissa Olden 1 17165 Doomsday 17.64 K B Benson 10 38117 Allegro Rory 17.81 Lisa Cole Race 6: CHEESEBALL, SO SEVERE, IDOL DUKE 7 16188 Bigtime Kate nwtd G & S Fredrickson 3 74333 Electrical Storm 30.46 Mark Goodier 2 85347 Eye Far 17.62 Marcie Flipp Race 7: EMGRAND PARK, BIGTIME BRUNO, BIG TIME BRIE 8 65321 Waterloo Girl 17.90 Wendy Kite 4 68365 Bigtime Tank 30.16 Lisa Cole 3 12841 Big Time Jonie 17.52 Lisa Cole 11 Adept Accountants 9.26 Race 8: BIG TIME JONIE, BIGTIME EMJAY, EYE FAR EMERGENCIES: 5 65875 Big Time Spot 30.82 Lisa Cole 4 11661 Allegro Curtis 17.54 Lisa Cole $1685, C1/2, 305m 9 56777 Running Freer 17.69 Melissa Olden 6 63111 Big Time Mac 30.38 Lisa Cole 5 11351 Trojan Hoarse 17.28 Lisa Cole Race 9: UNO ELEVEN, ALAMEIN TANE, ZIPPING LUTHER 1 57337 Collect A Dream 17.81 Marcie Flipp 10 68783 Bigtime Jetty 17.50 Lisa Cole 7 156s5 Fifi 30.19 John McArthur 6 F4128 Criminal Justice 17.77 Melissa Olden Race 10: BELMONTS, MOTHER’S TOUCH, VIKING ASH 2 33643 Lucy Lingers 18.02 John McInerney Race 11: LUCY LINGERS, WIFI BOLT, GO ASH 8 85486 Bigtime Jamie nwtd Lisa Cole 7 32236 Bigtime Emjay 17.50 G & S Fredrickson 3 Palamountain’s Sci. Nutrition 5.48 8 65861 Sir Duggie 17.18 Lisa Cole 3 35574 Go Ash 17.61 Marcie Flipp Race 12: ALLEGRO KYLE, MILLIE PRINCE, WATERLOO PINK $2860, C1/2, 520m 6 Member’s $12 Roast Friday’s 7. 10 EMERGENCIES: 4 25275 Dino The Fox 17.74 Kellie Gommans 5 51335 Morning Sun 18.00 John McInerney $2390, C4, 305m 9 32828 Bigtime Pearl 17.64 Lisa Cole 1 24412 Bigtime Bailey 30.49 Lisa Cole 6 11686 Allegro Ella 17.73 Lisa Cole 2 15355 Big Time Frankie 30.85 Lisa Cole 10 37377 Allegro Will 17.36 Lisa Cole 1 42238 Cheeseball nwtd Lisa Cole 7 13381 Wifi Bolt 17.77 G & S Fredrickson 3 66448 Dapper Rapper 30.32 Brian Marsh 2 31421 So Severe 17.71 Carol Morris 9 Laser Plumbing 8.39 8 68557 Chilli Ragnar 17.84 Nathan Udy 4 67881 Bigtime Benji 30.44 Lisa Cole 3 46278 Bigtime Cutie 17.74 Lisa Cole EMERGENCIES: 5 25212 Big Time Eden 30.42 Lisa Cole 4 43562 Idol Duke 17.63 Marcie Flipp $1685, C1/2, 305m 6 47823 Big Time Odette 30.32 Lisa Cole 9 161s8 Pretty Belinda 17.99 Wendy Kite 5 71664 Sub Twenty Three 17.63 Lisa Cole 1 47225 Alamein Tane 17.86 Kettlewell & Phillips 10 52323 Big Time Dusty 17.80 Lisa Cole 7 28F54 Skinny Binny 30.60 Ross & Voyce 6 57785 Articulator 17.79 Bill Hodgson 2 17354 Princess Pea 17.94 Peter Taylor 8 84561 Big Time Trae 30.49 Lisa Cole 7 27536 Big Time Chance 17.58 Lisa Cole 3 46444 Zipping Luther nwtd J & D Bell 12 Guthrie Bowron Wanganui 9.50 1 CPF Insurance 5.08 EMERGENCIES: 8 46345 Opawa Flash 17.71 Nathan Udy 4 85F18 Shadow Girl 17.75 Carol Morris $1685, C1/2, 305m $2035, C3, 305m 9 62331 Bigtime Alfie 30.09 Lisa Cole EMERGENCIES: 5 26275 Homebush Jennia 17.92 John McInerney 10 76223 Here’s Hemi 30.56 John McInerney 9 86858 Bigtime Bremner 17.48 Lisa Cole 6 26Fs6 Idol Fancy Pants 17.77 Marcie Flipp 1 67573 Allegro Kyle 17.76 Lisa Cole 1 4528s Bigtime Charlote 17.77 Lisa Cole 10 78771 Bigtime Ziggy 17.63 Lisa Cole 7 54331 Uno Eleven 17.75 Nathan Udy 2 58781 Midnight Molly 17.73 Bill Hodgson 2 25123 Life Is Good 17.91 Melissa Olden 4 Wanganui Toyota 6.14 8 14214 Allegro Fern 17.77 Lisa Cole 3 35884 Dynamite Danger 17.69 G & S Fredrickson 3 33558 Arthur’s Crown 17.76 Richard Waite $2390, C4, 305m 7 Accell Canine Therapy 7.39 EMERGENCIES: 4 34424 Millie Prince 17.72 J & D Bell 4 75368 Big Time Dynasty nwtd Lisa Cole 9 161s8 Pretty Belinda 17.99 Wendy Kite 1 57582 Bigtime Stella 17.42 Lisa Cole $4735, C4/5, 520m 5 31823 Waterloo Pink 17.90 Wendy Kite 5 28163 Classic Rapper 17.65 Susie Kite 10 5F166 Sideline Sally 18.25 John McInerney 6 21211 Sedgebrook Sally 17.78 Fred Kite 2 85577 Big Time Flash 17.60 G & S Fredrickson 1 17s88 All About Space 30.04 Lisa Cole 6 62886 Homebush Yuri 17.96 John McInerney 7 25358 Double What 17.93 J & D Bell 3 45286 Allegro Lexxi 17.63 Lisa Cole 2 86361 Bigtime Bruno 30.07 Lisa Cole 10 AON Insurance 9.06 7 44816 Sahara Pippa 17.96 Marcie Flipp 8 55747 Giraffe Club 17.70 Lisa Cole 4 37885 Big Time Frosty 17.57 Lisa Cole 3 31746 Bigtime Rod 29.91 Lisa Cole 8 15644 Token Vikkers 17.75 Nathan Udy EMERGENCIES: 5 43543 Bees And Birds 17.68 Lisa Cole 4 72352 Emgrand Park 30.21 Angela Turnwald $1685, C1/2, 305m EMERGENCIES: 9 68783 Bigtime Jetty 17.50 Lisa Cole 6 21122 Allegro Lanie 17.52 Lisa Cole 5 75153 Big Time Izzy 30.11 Lisa Cole 1 15462 Viking Ash 17.79 Nathan Udy 9 16188 Xanthe Jewel 17.99 Pauline Blanche 10 56777 Running Freer 17.69 Melissa Olden 7 82341 Funzalo 17.61 Bill Hodgson 6 15257 Big Time Maple 30.15 Lisa Cole 2 64753 Hashtag Blessed 17.81 Nathan Udy 10 44273 Elsa Blueblood 18.06 John McInerney

Legend: T – Won at track. C – Won at this distance on this course. D – Won at this distance on another course. M – Won in slow or heavy going. B – Beaten favourite at last start. H – Trained on track. N – Won at night. S – Spell of three months. F – Fell. P – Pulled up. L – Lost rider. TV – Featured on Trackside TV. 24 TELEVISION The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 THURSDAY—FRIDAY’S TELEVISION GUIDE

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The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 SPORT 25 Filipaina lays bare ’80s racism RUGBY LEAGUE by Daniel Gilhooly, AAP racism, Filipaina noted in the book. “Larry was used to it, but it had never WELLINGTON — Kiwis cult hero happened to me before in Auckland. Olsen Filipaina has laid bare the “Some fans didn’t know about prevalence of racism in Australian rugby Polynesians so sometimes I copped the league little more than a generation ago, same slurs as the Aboriginal players. I in a book celebrating his career. could have passed for one except for my Filipaina recounts his struggles as a big thighs!” player of Pacific Island descent trying Filipaina, now 63, said racism always to make his way as a professional in the felt different from other insults. To him it early 1980s, going into ugly detail at felt like disrespect to his family, both past times in The Big O, which went on sale and present. today. “If you were to insult a white person’s Author Patrick Skene captures the mother, they would go crazy on you. cultural and social pulse of the time as But that’s exactly how I felt in a lot of the burly five-eighth rises from humble matches when I was racially abused, beginnings in South Auckland to star on often while pushing my head into the the test stage. ground,” Filipaina said. Regarded by many as a trailblazer for “I understand things happen in the the growing tide of Pasifika players in the heat of battle, but not that many times modern-day NRL, Filipaina recounts how from that many people. At least one his background then made him a target. person saying sorry would have been Racial taunting was at its most brazen nice.” during his four seasons at Balmain, It was a far cry from the adulation felt whether he was playing in reserve grade by Filipaina during his career peak, the or in the premier New South Wales 1985 test series against Australia where Rugby League competition. Or even from he famously outplayed opposite Wally teammates at training. Lewis. Also in the Tigers backline was New Zealand lost 2-1 but Filipaina was LEAGUE GREATS: Red Legends’ Tea Ropati is tackled by Black Legends’ Richie Aboriginal winger Larry Corowa, who named man of the series, shortly before Barnett, watched by Olsen Filipaina in a Legends of League charity match at Mount represented NSW and Australia and returning to his job as a garbageman in Smart Stadium in Auckland in March 2011. In his book The Big O, Filipaina recounts the seemed to have found a way of absorbing Sydney, a role he has held to this day. racism prevalent in Australian rugby league in the early 1980s. Picture by David Rowland THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY Friday, May 29, 2020

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through injury. division 1: A Hayward 37, P Kerekere Cup men’s pairs qualifying. which made ball retrieval easier. Poverty Bay Andy Hayward top qualified for 36, A Abrahams 35, S.Andreassen 34. There was a turn-out of nearly the intermediate division with 82, Division 2: R Morley 38, G Clapham Patutahi 99 percent of Waikohu’s members, THE big boys came to play as followed by Tuki Sweeney (84) and 37, C Poole 34, Z Rolls 34. who were all simply delighted to be Poverty Bay’s men started their quest Ross Morley (84). Twos: S Andreassen, C Jeffrey, P THE senior men’s net honours, back out on the fairways again. for club championship glory over the Bill Simpson’s 96 was best of the Kerekere, T Williams. a two and the jackpot . . . it was a Kahu Tamanui won the first weekend. junior qualifiers, one stroke ahead of THURSDAY (May 21) — Men’s productive Sunday competition for competition since lockdown. His net Peter Kerekere headed off six-times Lee “Pikey” Hewson. stableford, division 1: B Colbert 38, G Pat Molloy. 66 was five shots ahead of Tom Smith Wallis Cup senior champion Andrew Dallas Atkins (101) topped the Morley 37, A Kirkpatrick 35, T Donovan Molloy had matching nines of 36 in and Percy Milner. Higham by the narrowest of margins endeavour division qualifying. 33, D Griffin 33, D Mettrick 33. his 2-over 72 for a net 64, five clear of Marg Tuapawa’s 81 was best of the to claim the No.1 qualifying spot. Division 2: P Graham 40, R Owen 38, Dwayne Russell. women. Both men shot even-par 72 for the ■ DEFENDING champions Jan J Pittar 36, D Atkins 36, T Sherratt 35. Dave Quinn won the junior men’s Kahu Tamanui continued his 18-hole qualifier — 2016 champion Steele and Mary Allan needed five Twos: R Owen, B Colbert, A net with 65 and Helen Pomana’s net winning form into Sunday, topping Kerekere on Saturday, Higham on extra holes to stay in the title hunt Kirkpatrick, J Pittar, D Mettrick, M 75 was best of the women. the men’s stableford with 39 points. Sunday — but Kerekere clinched the in round 1 of the Kahlenberg Cup Mulrooney. TUESDAY— Women’s stableford: A Ella Wynard won the women’s top slot on countback. women’s pairs yesterday. Haisman 92-18-74, 33; J Ewart 102-21- stableford-minus-putts, with a score Third qualifier Pete Anderson (75) Steele and Allan defeated June Electrinet Park 81, 28. of four. was the only other player to break MacKinnon and Louise Shepherd on Twos: A Haisman 2. SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: K 80. the 23rd hole of their handicap match. CONSECUTIVE birdies, including SUNDAY — McKeague and Te Kani Tamanui 39, U Chambers 38, P Milner Three players shot 80 — Thomas Other first round winners were a two, on the seventh and eighth Pere cups, first round, senior men’s 37, I Ruru 37. Donovan, George Brown and Alex Anne Witters and Marg Williams, holes put Ray Callaghan on track to net: P Molloy 64, D Russell 69, Shayde Women’s stableford-minus-putts: E Kirkpatrick. Leigh Fletcher and Peri Gayford, winning the men’s net on Sunday. Skudder 70, T Green 70. Wynard 4, V Grace -1, M Tuapawa -4. Vance Richardson, who claimed Jenny Williams and Morag Shanks Callaghan won with 82-14-68 while Junior men’s net: D Quinn 65, C SUNDAY (May 17) — Men’s net: K the 16th and last qualifying spot and Gay Young and Vicki Fraser. Sue Maisey topped the net in the Parker 67, G Tattersfield 68, Whata Tamanui 66, T Smith 71, P Milner 71, T with 85, faces the daunting prospect Nine-hole players had an informal women’s Handicap Cup qualifying Brown 70. Brown 74. of Kerekere in the first round while drawn matchplay, with Chris round. Women’s net: H Pomana 75, J Ewart Women’s net: M Tuapawa 81, V Grace Higham will meet Don Griffin. McDonald, Rose Pettigrew, Jenny Ray Grace won the men’s 76, L Haisman 76. 82. Stefan Andreassen had the roller- Newman and Jenny Loffler the stand- stableford on Saturday with 36 points. Twos: P Molloy, M Stock. coaster round of the senior qualifiers. outs. The men’s focus turns to one of Jackpot: P Molloy. COMING UP: SUNDAY, men’s His 84 featured a 10 on the par-4 third the club’s most sought-after titles this FRIDAY — Meat pack nine-hole handicap singles final, flight hole, where he twice found the water, MONDAY — Women’s stableford: S weekend — the Te Kanawa Cup pairs. stableford, senior division: G Brown 20, semifinals, club competition for birdies on the sixth, seventh and Spence 35, V Bell 35, A Witters 35. Bo Huhu and Pete Koorey are C Parker 19, J Brodie 19, B McKenzie women. 14th, and a quadruple-bogey eight on SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, division defending the title. 19, J Neilson 19. the 13th. 1: J van Helden 38, R Gibson 37, P SUNDAY — Men’s net: R Callaghan Junior division: T Berry 21, N Bunting Te Puia Springs That effort earned him a round 1 Anderson 36, A Higham 36. 68, Z Boyle 70, R Moore 74. 19, S Fookes 18, D Bentley 18, D Quinn encounter with Donovan. Division 2: P Grogan 37, T Twos: T Pointon, D Boyle, R 17. NEHE Dewes pipped Georgina A notable absence from the top Sweeney 36, L Gunther 34. Callaghan, B Huhu. Roberts for the round 3 honours 16 is defending champion William Twos: A Baldwin, C Taewa, A Higham. Women’s Handicap Cup qualifying Waikohu in the Jo Hale Memorial series on Brown, who was forced to withdraw SATURDAY — Men’s stableford, round, net: S Maisey. Sunday. Women’s drawn two: M Marino. AFTER eight weeks of golf being Dewes shot 81-12-69 and headed SATURDAY: Men’s stableford: R out of bounds at Waikohu, club off Roberts’ 93-14-69 on countback. Grace 36, T Reynolds 35. members finally got to play again SUNDAY — Jo Hale Memorial, Junior crossword 1613 WEDNESDAY (May 20) — Women’s under NZ Golf guidelines and the new round 3, net: N Dewes 81-12-69, G net: S Maisey 103-23-80 on c/b. World Handicap System. Roberts 83-14-69, B Clark 81-11-70, 1 2 3 4 5 Twos: B Walker. With no flags on greens, “where’s H McClutchie 103-33-70, D Goldsmith the hole?” was a common question 109-38-71, N Truman 96-25-71. COMING UP: SUNDAY, Te Kanawa while some liked the shallow holes, Twos: B Clark. 6 7 Fury agrees to fight 8910 11 12 Tyson but doubts it 13 will come to anything 14 15 16 17 18 BOXING Fury, who was named Tyson by “The mental health issues? his father after Mike Tyson, said That’s why he’s the greatest, WORLD heavyweight boxing that while he had agreed to the because he’s sick, and that’s being champion Tyson Fury says he’s bout, he doubted anything would real. accepted a surprise offer to fight come of it. “People want him to be normal. 19 Mike Tyson in an exhibition bout. “But I don’t think anything’s Yeah, be normal and go on the According to The Sun, the battle materialised out of it to be honest. f***ing welfare line. of the Tysons is just one of Iron “So yeah, I think he’s definitely “Tyson doesn’t know what Mike’s many fights lined up since serious about doing some fights normal is. Tell him to stay the his sensational return to fitness or whatever, but he’s fought f*** away from normal; he wasn’t 15 years after his retirement. Holyfield twice so they’re both old meant to be normal.” The 53-year-old is also now, so I think they’re a bit long Meanwhile, Fury’s rival Across 4. Where Cubans live (4) reportedly set to face old rival in the tooth. Anthony Joshua was also 6. 5. Evander Holyfield, 57, nearly “But who am I to say anything, supportive of Tyson’s return to A building where legal trials People aged 13 to 19 (9) a quarter of a century after what anybody’s capable of? I boxing. are held (10) 7. Very, very loud (9) they last fought, while a $32 wouldn’t try and kill anybody’s “For everyone else it is a 8. Rub out (5) 9. million offer is also reportedly dreams. ‘comeback’ but for him it is just One of your senses (5) on the table for Tyson to fight “If they’re both fit to fight, what he does; he is a fighter. 10. Undecorated (5) 11. A meal (5) in the Bare Knuckle Fighting medically fit, then let them do “He has probably just taken 13. 12. Championship. what they want to do. It’s their a little break. Everyone else is Scary (11) A pig’s pen (3) However, it appears the match- life, not mine.” thinking ‘oh my God, Mike Tyson 14. Opposite of south (5) 15. Scraps of material (4) up against WBC heavyweight The two Tysons have been is making a comeback’. 17. A group of singers (5) 16. Strikes (4) champion Fury is the only fight fans of each other, with Iron “But Tyson is probably just that has been agreed to so far, Mike recently calling Fury “the thinking, ‘This is what I do, I am a 19. Bad dreams (10) 17. A potter uses this (4) according to Fury. greatest”. fighter by nature’. Down 18. Follow an order (4) “I did get a phone call with a Speaking to Ring Magazine “If he is back in the ring then chance to fight Mike Tyson. I was about Fury’s comeback from I would love to see it. I will 1. A garment worn by early like ‘what?’ ” Fury told BT Sport. depression and addiction, he definitely be one of the viewers, Romans (4) “Yeah, I had a phone call saying, said: “With Tyson, if he didn’t that’s for sure. 2. ‘Would you like to fight Mike go through everything he’s been “He was the man when I was Costing nothing (4) Tyson in an exhibition fight?’ I through, he wouldn’t be the growing up. I watched him on 3. Buy something here (4) was like ‘hell yeah!’ ” person that he is today. YouTube.” — NZ Herald

1. Spider, 3. Open, 7. Ache, 8. Slower, 10. Blushed, 13. Attempt, 16. Repeat, 17. Safe, 18. Late, 19. Sunset. 1. Swap, 2. Inhale, 4. Paws, 5. Narrow, 6. Sleeves, 9. Ashtray, 11. Petrol, 12. Speaks, 14. Spot, 15. West. The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, May 28, 2020 SPORT 27 V’landys has couch spot booked RUGBY LEAGUE Everything from players’ unions, flu The turning point was an April 8 by Scott Bailey, AAP jabs, referees associations, club relief letter from the New South Wales Police IN CHARGE: packages, the exit of an NRL chief Commissioner allowing the game to Australian SYDNEY — Peter V’landys will executive and hard-fought broadcast return provided the workplace was safe. Rugby League celebrate the NRL’s return tonight by negotiations required the attention of The following day, Project Apollo Commission taking his spot on his couch in Sydney V’landys. signed off on the May 28 restart target. chairman Peter alongside his son. And that’s before he won over three V’landys and the NRL timed their V’landys speaks For two hours he and seven-year-old state governments with a bio-security run with the Queensland and Victorian to the media in Nicholas will be like any other father-and- plan and a federal department to allow governments. Sydney in March. son football fans as they watch Brisbane the Warriors to enter the country. They waited until infection numbers AAP picture play Parramatta. “I didn’t expect it to be an easy path to dropped further, overturning initial Tomorrow, potentially after a rare May 28,” V’landys said. blowback and criticism for not presenting full night’s sleep, the Australian Rugby “And if I thought that, I’m not only an a plan earlier to eventually bring the game League Commission (ARLC) chairman idiot, but I would be the George Costanza back in their states. will press on with his next big task, Lord of the Idiots.” “It was all about timing,” V’landys said. that being to ensure the NRL is vastly It took V’landys a little over a week “It wasn’t about being disrespectful. better equipped to cope if it ever faces after the shutdown to be certain the game “I didn’t want to go to the Queensland another crisis like that provoked by the could return this year, and well ahead of government until the infection rate was at coronavirus. time, despite many doubters. a point where I could prosecute my case.” stabilised. Teams are losing money while there. I am going to rely on them. “The greatest challenge is to have a He began following the rates of virus The same approach will be taken with their leagues’ clubs remain affected by the “They keep telling me that we need the cost structure that is affordable, building infection and did so methodically. governments about the bold ambition to social-distancing limits. money first, so I am going to find them assets for the game, so that if we’re ever Regularly, in interviews, he would get crowds back at matches from July 1, And the reworked TV deal will likely the money.” through this situation again we’ve got quote the daily drop in infection rate. provided no second spike occurs in the mean less money coming in. First though, will be a night on the revenue coming from another source,” “Statistically I did all the analysis and it next fortnight. V’landys is hopeful next year’s salary couch with Nicholas. V’landys says. pretty well went down every day,” V’landys He is confident the code’s strict cap will have a minimal drop, but the club A son eagerly awaiting the return of his “We’ve just got to have a good solid said. biosecurity guidelines will act as the “belt football departments cap will be slashed. Sydney Roosters tomorrow night, whose asset backing, including cash so we “And I am thinking to myself we have and braces” to ensure no players are And at head office, the saving must passion is the reason V’landys says he can sustain ourselves under any sort of to restart here, because this infection rate infected. begin. does the job. challenge. within a couple of months is going to be And even if one does become “We’re going to cut expenses and And a father who grew up a St George “That’s what this proved. Because we below 1 percent.” complacent and catches the disease, redirect whatever savings we make to fan but is now more interested in whether have got no assets, and we have limited Project Apollo was set up under ARLC V’landys believes the protocols in place ensure clubs stay viable,” V’landys said. controversial new rules he pushed cash, we couldn’t sustain the challenge.” director Wayne Pearce. ensure the chances of a game being lost “We’ve already got Gary Weiss on our through can liven up play. Ever since March 15 when V’landys “I said to Wayne, ‘You need to get us are minimal. board. He is an expert in this area, where “It makes the return a little more warned of catastrophic financial impacts back’,” V’landys said. “We will pick it up very early if they he has already made millions of dollars exciting and stressful for me because you that awaited them, the NRL has engaged “I could not have got a better person have symptoms,” V’landys said. for companies and charities. have the one referee and six-again rule,” in a battle. than Wayne Pearce. I can see why he “That way they will be isolated away “And he has some of the best business V’landys said. Not just for its return from the was a champion rugby league player. from the team. We’re not expecting to lose brains with him in Nick Politis, Karl Morris “I just hope it does become more shutdown, but for its very survival as the “You give him the ball and he will win any games.” and Bart Campbell. entertaining and we have done something current 16-team competition. the game for you. 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NETBALL IN THE SUN: Action from the season-opening Kathleen Henderson Memorial Shield netball tournament at Victoria Domain in March . . . left, Gianna Whaitiri of Gisborne Girls’ High School Flyers takes the ball under pressure from Kuianne Stainton, of OBM. Above, Ashleigh Te Patu grasps the ball for Tatapouri Sportsfit as YMP (2) centre Calley-June Clarke waits to pounce on any mistake. Tatapouri goal defence Alex Sinclair (back left) prepares to give support. Premier teams look set to play some — and possibly all — of their games outdoors this season. Pictures by Paul Rickard Prems to play outdoors Grading eliminated, but semis and finals still a possibility

NETBALL by Murray Robertson “We have eliminated the grading round, competitions would all play during Term outlining all requirements and would be and teams will play two full competition 3, with games starting on Saturday, July given contact-tracing sheets. SENIOR netball in Gisborne will start rounds in the grade they were nominated 25. An online booking form on the Gisborne on Saturday, June 20, and finish 14 weeks into. Grade winners will be determined on The season would be reduced to 10 Netball Centre website could be used. later on September 26. total points at the end of the rounds.” weeks and, as grading rounds would not be The GNC board said in a statement The Gisborne Netball Centre (GNC) However, should the country move played, formal grades would not be used. that Netball New Zealand had scrapped board has confirmed dates and formats to Level 1 with restrictions lifted early Teams would be allocated games its affiliation fees for the season, and for the Pak’nSave senior competition. enough in the season, the centre was open weekly, and weekly spot-prize winners — Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty Zone had At this stage the YMCA is still to looking at playing a couple of double- rather than grade winners — would be halved its fees. unavailable, so all premier fixtures up game weekends to enable semis and named. This, combined with a shortened will be played at Victoria Domain as finals to be played on September 19 and “We want to provide a fun netball season, had enabled the Gisborne centre 40-minute games, centre manager Allisa 26, Hall said. experience for all of our juniors, and the to pass on substantial discounts. Hall says. That would be dependent on priority is getting them on court and Knowing the impact that Covid-19 had This will mean they are in sync with all government announcements in coming enjoying playing,” Hall said. had on many families, the centre wanted other games and people will have time for weeks, and be at GNC board discretion. The Mother Earth Future Ferns would netball to be accessible and affordable for sanitation requirements between rounds. “We know players have been itching to play an eight-week season beginning the all of its members. “Should we move to Covid-19 Alert get back out there and we are rapt to be second week of Term 3. The board understood the difficult Level 1 and can secure funding for able to confirm a start date,” Hall said. “The days will remain Thursday for time everyone had experienced during the stadium hire, we may be able to The format took into account the Years 1 and 2, Friday for Years 3 and 4 lockdown, facing the uncertainty of consider moving premier games back to reduced time frame available and all and Saturday for Years 5 and 6,” Hall said. whether netball would even get a season. Wednesday evenings indoors,” Hall said. the contact-tracing, safety and hygiene Training could resume at Victoria “Now is the time to unite as we in the “To ensure numbers are limited at the measures required, while limiting Domain on Tuesday, June 2, she said. Gisborne netball community come back courts, we have extended our playing numbers at Victoria Domain at any one Booking was essential for teams to be together to play the sport we all love, and rounds to seven weeks, so teams will play time as much as possible, she said. allocated a training court. Coaches would make the most of the opportunity to have only one game a week. Secondary and intermediate be provided with an information pack some form of a season.”

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