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e Maraetaha Incorporated, ā, e tautokohia ana hoki e Tāmanuhiri Tutu Trust, rātou ngā māngai o Ngāi INJURED INTāmanuhiri. TRUCK ROLL AT MANGATU mahi moni tēnei e mōhiotia puta noa i te ao mo te whakahoki whenua ki tōna ake āhua. I tukua te kotahi miriona tāra ki te Kaunihera E ai ki te Tumuaki Rangatira o Te whakahokinga o te whenua, te a-Rohe o Te Tairāwhiti mo te Hōtaka The 38-year-old driver of a log truck Kaunihera o Tūranganui a Nedine ngahere, te wai māori, ngā wāhi Whakahokinga i a Waingake ki tōna Thatcher, arā, mā tēnei pūtea e tapu me ngā taonga ki ō rātou ake suffered moderate to serious injuries āhua ake, arā te kaupapa rūmaki whakarewa te hokinga mai a-tikanga, āhua. early yesterday afternoon when the rākau ō mua. I whakataungia tēnei a-taiao o Waingake, hei tiaki hoki i te rig went off the Road kaupapa i Hakihea 2018, a kā puna wai māori mā te whakahoki i te Ko te pūtea tāpiri tēnei ki te $2 whakahokia whitu tekau ōrau o te at Mangatu and rolled into a drain. ngahere ki tōna ake āhua e hanga mahi miriona mā te Hōtaka Mahi Taiao ngahere paina o Pamoa ki ngā rākau Picture supplied ai hoki. ki te Papa Atawhai hei tautoko i te tūturu nō konei. Kaupapa o te Ngahere. Ki tā Bella Hawkins te Kaiwhakahaere He tuatahi tēnei kaupapa ki Aotearoa o Maraetaha Incorporated, nau mai Ā tēnei tau, ka rerekē te tirohanga e tautokohia ana e ngā roopu. Neke ngā huruhuru o te manu. Ki a ia, e tōtika ki te whakakore, ki te atu i te 925,000 ngā rākau tūturu nō ngakaunuitia ana e Maraetaha te whakaiti i ngā matū, ka mātaki i ngā konei ka rūmakihia ki te 400 eka i te āhuatanga ka puta. toru tau e heke mai nei. Kei a rātou ngā whakahaere utu.

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Ko Lisa Carrington te wahine tino whai hua o Aotearoa i ngā Taumāhekeheke o Te Ao. E toru ana mētara koura i ngā taumāhekeheke Tokyo i te marama Lisa Carrington. He uri nō ngā kāwai kua taha ake, tāpiri atu ki te toru o whakaheke o Tūranganui a-Kiwa ki ngā tau kua mahue ake, tāpiri atu te taha ki tana pāpā, arā a Pat. Ko ki te toru parāihe. Nā te puku mahi, te pāpā o Pat, a Maurice, te teina te heke o te mōtuhi, me te kaha o Eddie me Bill i purei whutupōro tautoko ā tōna whanau me ōna hoa. mo ngā Ōpango. Ko tō rātou pāpā a Karaitiana (Chris) ka whakapapa Tino whakamenemene, whakahīhī ōna Kāre anō kia mutu! Ko te tirohanga ki Rongowhakaata ki te taha o tana mātua a Pat rāua ko Glynis, tōna kuia whakamua ki ngā taumāhekeheke ki māmā Te Rangi Kahiwā. Nā te tipuna a Doreen, ōna tēina, me tana taumau Parihi, ki Wiwi a te tau 2024. Haratau o Lisa a Maurice ka whai pānga ki a Michael Buck. Katahi te wahine toa! anō. A LOG truck driver was taken to Gisborne possiblyTe one Aitanga of her ā-Māhaki, legs. She ki te was marae trapped in the hoki o Tārere. He Pāpuni te māmā I riro i a ia te 2016 Halberg Awards. He iti te kōpura kai te rērere ana Hospital early yesterday afternoon after the rig truck cabo Maurice. by the nature of her injuries.”Ko ia Te Wahine Hākinakima Toa o Te mai i te puhi o te kahika. she was driving rolled on Whatatutu Road at The woman was taken to Gisborne Hospital by Mangatu. ambulance. She was treated in the emergency It happened just hours into the resumption of departmentInside this and month... discharged. log cartage from forestry skid sites to Eastland Her injuries were described by ambulance Port under an Alert Level 4 dispensation. staff as moderate to serious. Firefighters from Whatatutu, and The loaded truck and trailer unit rolled into a Gisborne, St John ambulance officers and police ditch and logs blocked the road for a time. responded to the incident at around 12.15pm. Police have a serious crash inquiry under way. “The 38-year-old woman was stabilised in the Gisborne Hiabs was called in later in the driver’s compartment by ambulance officers and afternoon to recover the damaged rig. then lifted out with the help of firefighters,” Meanwhile, Eastland Port was busy yesterday, Te Karaka chief fire officer Jamie Simpson said. with a queue of trucks lining up to unload over “She had suffered injuries to her hips and the day.

by staff reporters be in place. Area police commander Inspector POLICE yesterday shut down a Sam Aberahama visited the hapu-led illegal checkpoint in Te community checkpoint yesterday, Araroa but have agreed to set up two which he said was illegal under the static checkpoints tracking vehicle Covid-19 alert level restrictions. Community movements through Ngati Porou rohe. “There were no issues about The Matakaoa Covid-19 response the shutdown. They accepted and group opened a community checkpoint understood the reasons why,” he said. at the intersection of State Highway During those discussions, police 35 and Pohutu Road at 8am agreed to establish two static yesterday. checkpoints. Police attended, spoke to those “They have wanted static involved and shut it down by 3pm. checkpoints since day dot. We are checkpoint A “compromise” was reached, with going to put them in to have a look police agreeing to establish two static at what the movement looks like and checkpoints in operation from today who’s moving around. — one at , Wainui, and the other “We did compromise yesterday so at /Hicks Bay. that we can get a better picture.” The Matakaoa Covid-19 response Police would analyse the data to group are pleased the checkpoints understand whether the people they shut down are finally in place and want them to encountered were whanau moving remain under alert levels 3 and 4. around the area, or people coming Police say the checkpoints will be into the area from outside, he said. used to analyse vehicle movements Police, response group reach compromise but cannot indicate how long they will CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 GISBORNE WAIROA Local News ...... 1-4 Opinion ...... 11 Kids page ...... 20 Racing ...... 23 Births & Deaths ...4 World...... 12-13, 17 Television ...... 21 Sport ...... 24-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National ...... 6-10 Business ...... 18 Classifieds ...... 22 Weather ...... 27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 MIND BODY SOUL

OUTWARD BOUND: Gisborne student Sabine Lapointe highly recommends young people attending an Outward Bound course at Anakiwa in the Marlborough Sounds ‘You learn a lot from putting if they get the chance. Picture supplied yourself out there and stepping out of your comfort zone’ by Avneesh Vincent With two instructors on board to guide them, Sabine and the crew of LEARNING comes from experience teens travelled 80km while carrying out and reflection, says Gisborne teen Sabine various sailing duties. Lapointe after completing her first “There were definitely some challenges Outward Bound course in July. that came with it. We slept two of our The Gisborne Girls’ High School was three nights on the boat, sleeping on the awarded a scholarship to do the “teen benches and on the floor. course”. “Covering such a distance sailing and “I did the three-week course called rowing was physically challenging as Mind Body Soul,” Sabine said. well.” My friends who had been down before The first few days were “hard” because spoke very highly of it, so when I heard they were new as a group so it took some that I would have a chance to go, I felt time to familiarise themselves and adjust excited.” to working together. Outward Bound is a non-profit “Some of them are my best friends now. organisation that has been running When you spend weeks with them doing courses to develop personal and challenging things, you tend to get close. professional skills since 1962. “I learned a lot about leadership and Located in Anakiwa, the courses how we can communicate well and lift are aimed at encouraging individuals others up so that we can all succeed,” she to realise their full potential through said. TEAM BONDING: Gisborne student Sabine Lapointe (front row left) says she has outdoor challenges — where nature is The next adventure was a solo learned a lot about leadership and communicating through an Outward Bound the classroom. camping mission in the bush. course. She was among a group of students from throughout the country who Sabine was joined by 13 students from “We were told one afternoon that we did the Mind Body Soul course. Back row (from left) are Brydhi Stark (instructor), different parts of the country. would be going solo. We all had to hike to Carys Gwynne, Osyris Morgan, Jacob Harrison, Nate Anderson, Araley Rudd, Lexas “None of us knew each other. We were the bush as a group but got dropped off Soolefai, Stephanie Verryt, Michael Tierney, Maia Mariner, Tarris Darling. Front: Sabine complete strangers.” at different spots.” Lapointe, Luke De Jong, Meg Sayers, Ellie Wilcox and Jaime Gallant (instructor). The group were taken to Anakiwa at While not distant from each other’s Picture supplied the head of Queen Charlotte Sound in camping sites, the students had to the Marlborough Sounds. camp by themselves with no contact or mess at nearby homes. highlight for Sabine Sailing was their first activity. electronic gadgets such as phones, as “When it hit us it was quite bad. Travelling through the deep blue “They chucked us on this 30-foot cutter these are not allowed while at the school. There was a little bit of anxiety but we water surrounded by native trees with boat for four days. “We got a little bit of food, some rallied together to clean it up and help occasional sightings of dolphins and blue “We had to learn how to row the clothes, water and stuff,” Sabine said. the community. A really cool sense of penguins was “beautiful”, she said. boat when there was no wind and then “We had a bucket to go to the toilet in togetherness formed out of it.” “You learn a lot from putting yourself sail it when there was, and I had the and a tent to sleep in.” Their Outward Bound journey ended out there and stepping out of your opportunity to the boat for a lot Their activities were cut short by with a tramp which required navigation comfort zone . . . you can do so much of the time.” a day due to a major storm that hit by compass and maps. more when you do that. Sabine has had sailing and rowing Marlborough. Other activities over the duration of “When you are out there all by yourself experience so was a natural candidate for The group of adventurers returned the Outward Bound course included with your little group, you look around captaincy. to the school site and helped the local kayaking, rock climbing and high ropes. and realise how small you are in the “I kind of grew my skills as well.” community dig trenches and clear up the The sailing experience was the grand scheme of things.” LOOKING AHEAD Get your FOCUS ON THE LAND Gisborne Herald • Despite turbulence in global beef markets, pricing for beef home-delivered remains strong and local producers are heading into spring in a great position. • The weekly AgriHQ report points to the B+LNZ ‘stock survey’ and predictions of more lambs on the ground. • More from Federated Farmers provincial president Toby Williams on the council’s proposed representation changes. TOMORROW THE GUIDE THURSDAY The Gisborne Herald, 64 Gladstone Road, P.O. Box 1143, Gisborne • Phone (06) 869 0600 • Fax (Editorial) (06) 869 0643 (Advertising) (06) 869 0644 Editor: Jeremy Muir • Chief Reporter: Andrew Ashton • Circulation: Cara Haines • Sports: Jack Malcolm/John Gillies To fi nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 NEWS 3 Grant to Businesses improvising, adapting, overcoming

“IMPROVISE, adapt and overcome”, the and have learned what has worked for them,” service when Level 3 starts, Far East have help marae unoffical motto of the US Marines, is the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce president been delivering coffee, new member The approach taken by Gisborne businesses Belinda Mackay said. Beauty Depot are offering free for all in Level 4 Lockdown as they find ways to “From what we’ve seen, some businesses Gisborne orders (plus they’ve gone national) operate and service the community. have flipped into contactless mode easily. and I’ve just finished a Zoom Pilates class in Ngati “It seems that Tairawhiti business has “We’ve seen examples like Vetro being with Authentic Pilates. transitioned faster into contactless delivery open through Level 4 for groceries, new “It’s not the same as being fully open,” Ms Porou rohe this lockdown as they’ve had past experience restaurant Gizzy Globe offering takeaway Mackay said. “But it all helps.”

A ONE-OFF grant of $10,000 for all functioning marae within the Ngati Porou rohe has been announced by Toitu Ngati Porou, the cultural development arm of Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou. “Our marae are a cornerstone of our cultural fortitude and vibrancy,” said Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou chair Selwyn Parata. The grants are a continuation of the financial support provided by the runanganui and Toitu Ngati Porou. This includes $5 million previously distributed to Ngati Porou marae. “Our marae are busy centres of whanau and hapu life,” said Toitu Ngati Porou chair Patrick Tangaere. “They play host to numerous whanau gatherings, cater for community hui and events, and manaaki visitors from around the motu. “Our board are progressing through a various range of kaupapa including strategic plan policies and procedures for sponsorship to better support our marae and the aspirations of hapu,” Mr Tangaere said. Aotearoa being in Alert Level 4 had put a temporary pause on most normal marae activities. However, supporting marae PREPARING: The drive-through Covid vaccination facility at opens tomorrow. One-way access will to keep maintained and functioning be by the Gladstone Road entrance, exiting into Lytton Road. The centre will be open from 10am to 4pm. remained a priority of Toitu. Picture by Liam Clayton “The Covid-19 vaccination campaign by Ngati Porou Hauora has been focusing on protecting Ngati Porou marae, whakapapa and hapu,” said Mr Parata. “I ask our people to go get vaccinated. “When we eventually return to normality, Vaccine drive-through post-Covid-19 lockdown — which we will do — we want our people to be able to come back to their marae safely and continue to hold hui and wananga and practise our tikanga, kawa and te reo.” Four agencies partner up to provide facility

A DRIVE-THROUGH vaccination centre will your masks with you and ensure the kids have have received both doses and 21 percent the be in operation at Harry Barker Reserve from snacks and games to keep them entertained first dose only. All AirNZ flights tomorrow. for the whole time, including the 15-minute Of the Pacific community, 30 percent have The community centre has been set up by observation period after vaccination.” had both doses and 28 percent the first dose. Turanga Health in partnership with Hauora People must stay in their vehicles at all It follows a big weekend of vaccinating off for a week Tairawhiti, Te Runanga o Turanganui-a-Kiwa, times and ensure they wear appropriate here, lifting the total to 5954 vaccinations over Toitu Tairawhiti and Trust Tairawhiti. clothing so their upper arms can be easily the past week. Access is via the reserve’s entrance on accessed. ALL flights into and out of Gladstone Road in a one way system, exiting The drive-through centre is only for people COVID-19 SERVICES THIS WEEK Gisborne have been cancelled until at least next on to Lytton Road. in vehicles — no motorbikes or people on foot. ■ Ngati Porou Hauora (Te Tini o Porou) Wednesday, September 8. The centre will be open from 10am to 4pm No appointment is required. and Hauora Tairawhiti (Poutama Clinic) will operator Eastland Group this and will run for at least seven days or until the “The centre is organised into three separate continue to provide service for all walk-ins this morning confirmed the move was because of the region moves to Alert Level 2. zones — drivers stop to get registered, get the week. upcoming change in Covid-19 Alert Levels. “We are excited to have been able to pull vaccine and then wait and be observed for 15 ■ The swabbing/testing clinic at 295 As of 11.59pm tonight, Gisborne and the rest of this operation together over the last four days,” minutes before leaving.” Palmerston Road will close this week due to a New Zealand south of Auckland will move to Alert Turanga Health chief executive Reweti Ropiha Meanwhile, Hauora Tairawhiti’s latest figures huge reduction in testing. (Closing date to be Level 3. Auckland will remain at Level 4. said. show that up to August 29, 34,685 vaccines confirmed). Swabbing will be provided by GPs. No inter-regional non-essential travel is “My staff have put in the hard yards to be had been given to residents of Tairawhiti. ■ Poutama Clinic will also close and permitted between regions with differing alert able to drive this kaupapa, to turn this site on Of those, 22,742 were first doses while services relocated back to 295 Palmerston levels. and provide for our community. 11,938 people were fully vaccinated. Road – Community Vaccination Clinic (date to “Updates will be shared on the Gisborne “It is important to note entry is from That means 55 percent of the region’s be confirmed). Airport Facebook page, following further Gladstone Road only. population had received at least one dose, a ■ Turanga Health and Ngati Porou Hauora announcements in the coming days,” a statement “Make sure you use the toilet before you Hauora Tairawhiti spokeswoman said. are back in rural communities providing mobile from Eastland Group says. come, “ he advised. “Bring your whanau and Of the region’s Maori population 20 percent vaccination clinics this week. “Agricultural aircraft and emergency flights will still continue operating as required.” ‘It’s about keeping our whanau safe’

FROM PAGE 1 “We didn’t want to have to have a “less protection” during the outbreak of The group encouraged all whanau who community checkpoint in order to be the more infectious Delta variant than were living away to stay away at this “At this stage, though, there has been listened to. during lockdown in 2020. time. no evidence to suggest a lot of people are “We want to have a working, Community kaitiaki (guardians) Acting Minister for Emergency coming into this region for the wrong functional, respectful relationship with would not be involved in the police-led Management Kris Faafoi last week reasons. We had one case from the police. checkpoints but Ms Pahuru-Huriwai said rejected a written request from 32 Ngati Waikato recently but those people were “At the end of the day, for us, it’s about they hoped to continue conversations Porou marae to declare a regional state escorted all the way back to where they keeping our whanau safe and about with police on this. of emergency and implement static came from.” keeping the virus out of here.” “We want to commend the police checkpoints for the Coast. Matakaoa Covid-19 response The Matakaoa Covid-19 response who have been here from Hawke’s Bay, The minister agreed with Tairawhiti spokeswoman Ani Pahuru-Huriwai said group yesterday claimed roaming police they’ve been amazing. emergency management controller David the community was “ecstatic” about the checkpoints had not reduced traffic and “We’re very appreciative of the support Wilson, who believed emergency status static checkpoints. that their communities had been offered that we’ve had.” was not necessary. 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021

FAMILY NOTICES Deaths BEACH, Bailee Rose. Coast kura Deaths — 11.6.2021 - 30.8.2021. Went to SMITH, Ria Desiree sleep peacefully, after a Sally (nee Morrell). – 4 courageous battle at kaupapa kids February 1936 - Starship Hospital. 28 August 2021. Much-loved daughter of Passed away peacefully, Robert Beach and Viki in Hawke’s Bay Fallen Hokai. Much-loved prove up for Soldiers Memorial mokopuna of Lionel Hospital, Hastings, and Christine. Loved on Saturday, with her niece of Steve, Vic and loving whanau by her Erica, Matt and Ari. the challenge side. Beloved wife of Cousin of Jakob, Archibald McRobert Xanthe, Koha, Mo, Aio, by Jack Malcolm for that. Smith. Cherished Airini and Laith. Friday’s colouring-in Mother to Jessica BEACH, Bailee Rose. MANGATUNA School competition challenge, Harris, Tracey Smith — 11.6.2021 - students and whanau which coincided with (dec), Cherry Tozer, 30.8.2021. Precious have been locked in a Gumboot Friday, saw and Abraham Smith, wee daughter of Rob and adored by their series of battles over students get creative, Beach and Viki Hokai. Level 4 to see who Ms Hunter said. respective partners. She Dearest great-grand- loved her grandchildren, daughter of Glenis and makes the best cupcake, After they forgot to Sam, Marnie and Renee, the late Mo Koia. designs the most distribute the colouring Danielle and Sean, Beloved little one of her creative toilet paper page, some students Melody and Summer, many cousins, uncles, ensemble or is a lip- had to draw their and their respective aunties, nannies and sync extraordinaire. own gumboot which partners. She cherished papas. As part of its led to some creative her great-grandchildren, Anais, Scarlett and An angel only on loan curriculum, Te Kura interpretations and Kaupapa Maori o designs. Lola, Ouvea and Eli, GARDNER, Charles Matiu, Sebastion, and Bennett. — Peacefully, Mangatuna has been The school had Huia. They loved on 27th August 2021, in hosting daily challenges learned from previous their Nanny Ma. She Masterton, aged 79. the whole family can lockdowns that getting has many nieces and Loved always by his get involved with, said the wider whanau nephews that she loved sons Kevin and Paul. principal Tania Hunter. involved improved the and enjoyed. Friends, A private farewell To date, the most learning environment for work colleagues and has been held. professional associates, popular have been their students. you were always Gary Pickering producing a news report “We’ve tried to look at welcome. Funerals on the Covid outbreak other ways of engaging “Its Happy Hour in NZIFH Masterton and creating a toilet everybody,” she said. Heaven – Thank you for LIGHT, Gary paper outfit. “We know when the your joy, your laughter Norman. — Passed The news reporter whanau is engaged, and your passion for away 24 August 2021. challenge was so we’re going to win.” life. Rest in Peace, your Loved son of Norm and successful that the Mangatuna already job is done. We were Jean. Loved and adored students will produce provided online blessed.” brother of Annette (dec) Due to Covid a report on the homework so moving Darrell (dec), Karen GOOD PUKANA: restrictions, a private and Steve, Chrissy and Paralympics this week. to lockdown had not John Davies and Te Aowera Tapu Ariki set the bar high funeral service will be Andrew. Adored uncle Keep your eyes significantly impacted on the first day of TKKM o Mangatuna lockdown challenges with their held. Any messages of all his nieces and peeled on Gisborne students’ learning, she design skills on creating a kapa haka outfit out of toilet paper. can be sent to C/- Smith nephews. Cherished Herald’s social media said. Picture supplied Whanau, 844 Erepeti nephew of Uncle Jack, Road, RD 5, Wairoa and loved cousin and 4195. friend to many. Forever Pickering Funeral in our hearts big Services brother. Funeral Directors An ordinary August for rain Wairoa FDANZ www.pickeringfd.co.nz DESPITE low winter rainfall, the district can take comfort that the “drought” word is not a prospect going into spring. Warnings bang on the button The last decent rain the Gisborne HEAVY rainfall in a few spots over the Of that, 143mm fell in a 24-hour period, and region had was on June 19, but soil weekend shows how suddenly floods can 91mm fell in a 12-hour period. moisture figures are good for most of the happen in certain parts of the district. That gauge’s monthly total is over the district, apart from some exposed coastal MetService issued a rain warning for the 450mm mark. areas. Gisborne ranges and eastern Bay of Plenty, The closed-in side valley north of Mount However, rain over the past few days which was bang on the button, as confirmed Hikurangi is a well-known rain trap, with a helped what was a dry August, and by Council and Bay of Plenty gauge on the Raparapaririki Stream which certainly reduced fire risk from dry Regional Council rain gauges. flows into the Tapuaeroa River. grasses and scrub on the New Zealand The past few days have delivered amounts That gauge recorded 127.8mm in the 24 Fire Index map. ranging from 10mm to 30mm over most of hours between Saturday and Sunday, totalling This year is following much the same the district, but a few spots really copped it, 178mm for the rain spell. rainfall pattern of the past two years, especially at the top of in the Hicks At Pakihi Station in the Waioeka Gorge, entering spring with an overall rainfall Bay, Waikura Valley area. 97mm fell in two bursts over Saturday night deficit of around 130mm for the year to On the eastern Bay of Plenty side, the gauge and early Sunday morning, at one point date. at Haparapara recorded almost 240mm over the recording 8.5mm in one hour around In the 69 days since the 40mm of rain weekend. midnight. — RH on June 19, there have been just 26 “wet” days (a wet day is 1mm of rain or more). Despite this, soil moisture 22.5mm in 2019, so this August is Up to yesterday daytime temperatures measurements indicate most of the nothing out of the ordinary. averaged around 15.5 degrees — a little CLICK GO THE ...: Shearer Dion district is in a healthy state, with near- Gisborne’s rain total for August now warmer than the 30-year mean of 15.1. King hard at work with the clippers or just-under-capacity. stands at around 65mm. The running And with 17 mornings where the at last year’s Show. File picture The National Institute of Water and average of the past three years is a mercury went below zero, the mean daily Atmospheric Research daily climate monthly total of 85mm, while our minimum up to yesterday was around maps have been showing Mahia and the 30-year average for August is 76mm. five degrees. That is chillier than the Pushing ahead coastal strip from Gisborne to The driest local August on record since 30-year average of 5.6 degrees by over as “severely dry”. 1937 had just 24mm in the strong El half a degree. THE organisers of the annual Spring This is according to Niwa’s Nino year of 1982. Our deepest frost to date was minus Show in mid-October are pressing ahead Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) Low rainfall usually means cloudless 5.2 on the 25th, while our windiest day with their preparations. which measures rainfall against the skies, and indeed the district has enjoyed was the 9th with a gust of 78kmh. “The Show is still on at this stage. A 30-year mean. 115 to 125 percent of normal sunshine. The overall mean daily temperature decision will be made nearer the event Mahia and the coastal strip north The Covid lockdown has helped, with for August is just over 10 degrees — depending on what alert level we are at, of Gisborne have an SPI rating of 50 the lack of human activity reducing dust, cooler than the 30-year average of 10.4. and we need to be in Level 1 to hold the percent, while a small area at the top gas and other atmospheric pollution, Looking ahead, the US Climate event,” said Poverty Bay A & P Association of East Cape has an SPI rating of 20 resulting in clearer skies. Prediction Centre of the National general manager Erica McNeil. percent. That also means cooler nights and Oceanic and Atmospheric “Entries are coming in steadily across The current rainfall deficit at Gisborne early mornings. Administration, has just issued its latest all sections — keep them coming. Airport was at 19mm on Friday, but the The last half of the month enjoyed a El Nino - La Nina Southern Oscillation “We have a few more trade sites to sell, past few days rain means there is now run of particularly sunny and clear days, outlook. It says there is a low chance a but again good numbers are confirmed to no deficit. even reaching 21 degrees on Saturday La Nina pattern may emerge by October, attend. Fingers crossed for Level 1 come Since 2010, the rainfall deficit at — just one degree short of the 22-degree be present through to January and October.” Gisborne has ranged from zero to record set in August 1967. possibly even through to May. — RH The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 ENVIRONMENT 5

HOPEFUL FUTURE: Timothy Bradnock of Bradnock Contracting is hopeful his children, Vivian and Finley, will benefit from their farming foundations. Pictures supplied

Farming for the next generation

by Avneesh Vincent While a fence can last 30 years, there it then feed it with a side dresser and go “You lose two tonnes and you lose $800 are always some “slip-ups” like cattle to harvest. Then again, we will work the per hectare. We grow crops over 100 IT IS not a happy time to be a farmer, smashing fences and goats wrecking fallowed ground for the next year,” he hectares. It would be a loss of $80,000 says Gisborne landowner and farmer them. said. that would have been profit on the top,” Timothy Bradnock. “We are always fixing and maintaining After the ground “looks nice and fine”, he said. Mr Bradnock manages 300-hectares of things,” he said. seeds are planted and given urea, a There were also unforeseen costs like Muriwai land with his mother and father. They will also be fencing a portion of nitrogen fertiliser, for growth. replanting crops due to damage caused by “This farm goes way back through my the Pakowhai Stream to improve the “This is the argument we have with the storms or heavy rain. mother, her father, and then his father. spawning habitat for whitebait and other Government and council telling us how “I replanted just last year because we Four generations of us.” native fish, which the farming family much we can do because all we are doing had 25mm of rainfall after we planted. With increasing production costs and would bear the cost of. is cutting our crops down,” he said. It never pushed or came through. I think decreasing profit margins it was “hard” to “It is $25 per metre According to a I had to replant 14 hectares which cost be a farmer, he said. to fence and we have Ministry for the about $1000 per hectare to replant. Farming is more than just growing to do each side of the Why would we destroy Environment document “We are not farming because we want crops and raising livestock, it also stream so that’s double our‘ livelihood? from July 1, a synthetic to get rich. People say farmers are rich involves a lot of maintenance work. the cost. But we do it as nitrogen fertiliser cap is but we are actually cash poor.” “All our hay gears, our balers and goodwill,” he said. —Timothy’ Bradnock placed on any contiguous Farming is special to Mr Bradnock mowers, they all get new bits added to More than 800 metres parcel of pastoral land. because it is in his blood and it is great to them every year or so to ensure they do of the protected stream The nitrogen component see cattle and crops put on the truck and not break down when the season comes.” runs through the Bradnock-owned land. of any synthetic nitrogen fertiliser sent away for consumption. That made Maintenance costs that involve repair The fencing will keep cattle away from applied to the land must not exceed 190 him happy. work of farming tools and equipment the stream. kilograms per hectare annually. He works 80 hours a week with no depends on the tools’ age and the Council, local iwi and other “So they have lowered the limit. Before assured holiday break for Christmas due frequency of use. The cost is estimated to organisations are also planting 700 native we would grow about 18-20 tonnes of to a tight schedule. Despite this and a be around $100,000 annually. trees, shrubs and grasses along Pakowhai crops but this year with the limit we will huge amount of paperwork, Mr Bradnock For example, the maintenance of Stream. be lucky to grow between 16-18 tonnes. said the cool thing is he gets to take his a baler could cost about $10,000 and Apart from growing stock crops for the “You can’t get the same yield with the kids to work. putting a new set of knives in a forager cattle, Mr Bradnock also grows food crops new limit because a maize plant needs so “We are trying to leave the ground in a could cost about $50,000 over five years. like maize over 70 hectares, seed maize — much nitrogen to grow,” he said. better condition for the next generation Another significant maintenance cost is next year’s maize — over 25 hectares, and The amount of yield per hectare . . . and as long as I pay the bank back fencing. is aiming to grow sweetcorn over about 10 depends on the application of the quantity and see food on the plate, I will be happy. “In the winter we employ a fencer. He hectares this year. of nitrogen used. “But the feedback I see is that farmers maintains the fences all season and does “At the moment the land is ripped. It is For example a limit on using nitrogen are wrecking the environment and the stock work and everything,” Mr Bradnock what you call fallowed ground. fertilisers on crops would mean a lower waterways. That’s our livelihood. Why said. “We work the ground when we plant yield and decreased profits. would we destroy our livelihood?” Discovering nature at home

by Avneesh Vincent DoC have come up with innovative ways to goes a long way to looking after ourselves make Conservation Week happen online and and looking after our taonga. That is what THE Department of Conservation is at home with activities to connect people to being a citizen scientist is all about,” Ms encouraging people to head to their nature, Mr Sanson said. Ngawhare said. backyards or jump online for the annual The online activities range from taking “To be in nature, in your bubble, and know Conservation Week, which will be held a virtual walk to find penguins, kakapo, or what you have around you in your backyard virtually this September. simply soak up the views on a virtual Great is important. Even things as small as insects The decision to hold the event online was Walk, join a citizen science project, listen to play an important role in our environment.” decided last Friday due to the current alert a “Sounds of Science” podcast, download Conservation Week will be held virtually level change aorund the country. a new nature wallpaper for your phone lock from September 4 to 12 and DoC is asking “Being stuck at home is not a bad thing screen, or take part in a digital treasure hunt people to watch out for the digital treasure because it is a good way to spend quality or daily on the DoC website. hunt. time with whanau and do some cool online DoC communications adviser Abigail Find and answer the 10 hidden questions activities,” Gisborne DoC ranger Trudi Monteith said that Google Earth would be on the DoC website to go in the draw to win. Ngawhare said. used to experience the virtual tour, allowing Prize packs include Great Walk tickets, “The virtual Conservation Week will help people to “walk” in the footsteps of DoC’s Backcountry Hut passes, $300 vouchers from people remain active and enjoy what nature kakapo conservation team and explore Merrell, DoC annual campsite passes, $100 provides.” the remote Codfish and Anchor Islands to at the Predator Free Shop, trivia cards and DoC director general Lou Sanson said the discover kakapo hidden in the bush. more. The competition runs from August 30 to focus had to change to reflect the changing Just like last year, people at home can September 9. alert levels. contribute by participating in citizen scientist CITIZEN SCIENTISTS: People can “Our health and wellbeing are strengthened projects such as the Great Keruru Count or choose from a range of activities to when we connect with nature, which is so completing a garden bird survey. get involved in this year’s Conservation important at the moment,” he said. “Understanding what we have around us Week. Picture supplied 6 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Sth of Akld moves to level 3 by Thomas Coughlan, NZ Herald overwhelmed.” Goff said Auckland, the gateway to AUCKLAND — From midnight tonight, New Zealand and the area with most Auckland will once again be cut off from of the quarantine facilities, had carried the majority of the country, with fears the the burden for much of the country and city could be heading for New Zealand’s called on the Government to help the longest Alert Level 4 lockdown. region to meet the costs of the lockdown. Prime Minister “Auckland has already over the last 18 confirmed yesterday that the rest of the months been at higher lockdown levels country south of Auckland will move to than the rest of the country, and this will Alert Level 3 at midnight. continue. Northland will join the rest of the “Aucklanders are more vulnerable and country at Alert Level 3 at midnight on at greater risk.” Thursday, leaving Auckland alone at Meanwhile in Parliament, which is level 4 — its isolation enforced by strict gearing up for the return of normal police barriers set up across the regional sitting today, Ardern and National leader boundary. Judith Collins have traded blows over the The bad news doesn’t end there. state of the vaccine rollout and the length While those level 3 settings will be of lockdown. reviewed by Cabinet on September 6, Ardern again acknowledged that the Auckland’s settings will not be reviewed vaccine rollout could not proceed at its until September 13. current pace because supplies could not That means that the rest of the country keep pace with demand. could be heading to the relative freedom The Government is trying to secure of Alert Level 2 long before Auckland has LEVEL 3 CONFIRMATION: Aucklanders will stay tightly locked down in level 4 extra doses of the vaccine to cope with left level 4. until September 13. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during a Covid-19 response and the surge in demand, but has not ruled Covid-19 vaccine update with Director-General of Health Dr at Parliament on out measures that would slow the modeller Shaun Hendy said it was “hard Sunday. NZ Herald picture roll-out. to tell right now” whether Auckland Opposition leader Judith Collins said might be able to start moving down the the roll-out was “as slow as a slow waltz” alert level scale then. new cases, just 53. That compares with 4, 75 percent wouldn’t be financially and the biggest thing the Government Hendy said the two-week extension more than 80 new cases each day over viable after two weeks at this level. could to was to “get more vaccines and is “definitely the shortest plausible the weekend. The hope is the drop is the “Our industry knows what it needs get more people vaccinated”. duration”. beginning of a trend for lower daily cases, to do to help us to eliminate Covid once Meanwhile, a number of HelloFresh “If numbers continue to fall steadily and not a blip. again, but we feel that there should be distribution staff are in isolation after this week — and that is possible — then While level 3 is disparaged as “level 4 specific compensation offered to those two Auckland employees tested positive two weeks may be about right. If a clear with takeaways”, for businesses it means who stand to lose the most.” for Covid-19. downward trend doesn’t emerge this a lot more. Auckland Mayor Phil Goff said that In an email to customers, founder and week, then we may be looking at three to Treasury’s most recent estimates has most Aucklanders, while not liking chief executive Tom Rutledge confirmed four weeks or more,” Hendy said. the economy operating at 25 to the extension of Alert Level 4, would two staff members who shared the If Auckland’s level 4 is extended a week 30 percent below normal at level 4. At understand the necessity for it given the same shift had tested positive and it beyond the current review, the city would level 3, it operates at 15 to 20 percent Delta variant was highly contagious and was unknown whether the cases were have spent longer at level 4 than during below normal. spread rapidly. linked. the first lockdown, which lasted just The Restaurant Association responded “We all want to get back to life as All staff who were working the same under five weeks. to Auckland’s alert level extension by normal, as quickly as possible. shift as the two positive cases are being Ardern offered a carrot to Auckland — calling for compensation for the sacrifice “But for that to happen the lockdown asked to get tested and self-isolate until as well as the rest of the country, saying businesses are making. has to stay in place until the spread of further advice from the local public “the more we do to limit our contact, the “The Auckland hospitality industry in the virus has been suppressed. health authority. faster we exit these restrictions”. particular is paying a heavy price for the “The alternative is allowing huge Rutledge said the site had been deep- But she also warned that “level 3 does elimination strategy,” said chief executive numbers of people to become unwell, cleaned and the Auckland Regional not mean freedom, it means caution”. Marisa Bidois. sometimes with lasting consequences, Public Health Service had confirmed So far, the outlook is mixed. Yesterday She said recent feedback from members people to die in their hundreds and our HelloFresh products were safe for delivered a relatively low number of showed while they largely support level hospitals and intensive care units to be distribution and consumption. Kiwi soldiers make daring Kabul rescue

by Kurt Bayer, NZ Herald over his shoulder and carried her to was tactically acceptable to do so. the other side. The wheelchair was “At no time did any NZDF personnel KABUL — Elite New Zealand special abandoned. leave the perimeter and go into the forces soldiers conducted a daring Rashid was told to jump into the wider Kabul area.” rescue operation of a grandmother in a steep-sided canal. “I was very scared,” Rashid, 27, and his mother were wheelchair outside Kabul’s airport, it he said, but he plunged into the canal’s evacuated to Dubai before arriving in has emerged. waist-deep dirty water. Auckland at the weekend, where they Four soldiers in New Zealand The soldiers grabbed their bags and are currently in managed isolation and uniforms, understood to be members ushered them inside the safety of the quarantine (MIQ) under Covid-19 safety of the crack New Zealand Special airport. protocols. Air Service regiment, carried out Shaking and crying, they were driven When they arrived in New Zealand, the incredible mission outside the to an evacuation centre inside the Rashid asked his mother to pinch him. perimeter wire of the only functioning airport to be processed. “It felt like I was dreaming,” he says. international airport in Afghanistan. “I started crying, my Mum too, and “I could not believe I made it. I was The specialist unit went to the rescue the New Zealand soldiers were hugging very, very happy.” of the elderly woman along with her son us and telling us, ‘Don’t worry, you are Now, he’s looking forward to starting a after they had found their way past tens safe now’,” Rashid says. new life in New Zealand with his fiance of thousands of people trying to make “We were so happy that the New in Hamilton, along with his brother one of the few remaining flights leaving Zealand soldiers saved us.” and mother. He hopes to study mobile the war-torn country. Last night, while the NZDF refused engineering. Separating Rashid* and his mother to say whether NZSAS was involved, But one eye will always be back on his from a freedom flight on their newly- they did confirm that “our Army homeland. issued New Zealand visas was a personnel” were involved in the rescue. He still has three brothers back there sewage-filled canal near Abbey Gate, an “This involved them moving beyond and fears for their safety. He hopes they area where two suicide bombers and a the airfield perimeter, but staying will one day join them. gunman would attack days later, killing within the wider HKIA (Hamid Karzai And although his heart more than 170 civilians and 13 US International Airport) security area,” a will always be in Afghanistan, he doubts military troops. spokeswoman said. he will ever go There appeared to be no other way to “As the number of evacuees grew back. save Rashid and his mother than for the around gates and other access points, “My life would be in danger. soldiers to go to their aid. troops had to move deeper into the “I don’t want to go home. This is home And so, out of the darkness, four New security area, in this case further down now.” SAVED: Members of the New Zealand Zealand troops emerged outside the the canal to reach those we had been Defence Force rescued a grandmother airport fence. sent to help. The bank of the canal was *The Herald has chosen not to publish and her son from outside the Kabul One of them jumped into the canal controlled by coalition forces. This event Rashid’s actual name over fears for the airport perimeter wire and got them and came to their rescue. was typical of what was required. Such safety of his family still in Afghanistan. on to a RNZAF Hercules. The burly soldier put Rashid’s mother evacuations were carried out when it See also page 9 The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 NATIONAL NEWS 7 Maori Party unleashes on Expert explains vaccine National, ACT safety following death WELLINGTON — Maori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer have unleashed on National and ACT for opposing AUCKLAND — One of Aotearoa’s following vaccination. a virtual Parliament, saying it “reeks of white leading vaccinologists says the death of a Dr John Tait, chairman of the privilege”. woman in her 50s of myocarditis shortly CV-ISMB, said the woman developed Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was after receiving the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine myocarditis after receiving her first dose considering suspending Parliament for another is a reminder the jabs aren’t “completely of the vaccine. week and instead holding it virtually due to the free of risk”, but added people should keep The board was advised around three to Covid-19 outbreak, but without consensus from in mind that serious adverse reactions are four weeks ago, but the correct processes National and ACT, the House will meet with fewer “really rare”. had to be followed before the public could MPs. Helen Petousis-Harris of the be informed. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley University of Auckland said the risk He also said 32 cases of myocarditis Bloomfied advised against it, saying MPs of the potentially fatal side effect was have been reported to the CV-ISMB as participating in a large indoor gathering and highlighted some months ago and an adverse effect to the Pfizer vaccine to travelling inter-regionally poses a health risk, there had been a lot of investigations date. but National and ACT opposed a virtual undertaken to establish more about the Medsafe’s website states: “In the first Parliament. risks. few days after your vaccination seek Ngarewa-Packer says National and ACT should “Myocarditis is particularly rare medical attention if you experience new not be able to dictate what oranga, or survival, outside of young males who are getting onset chest pain, shortness of breath looks like for them, so they will not be travelling the second dose. That’s where the or an abnormal heartbeat. These are to Wellington during lockdown conditions this greatest risk is for this,” Petousis-Harris potential signs of myocarditis.” Vaccine recipients wait in rows for the all- week. told Newshub. The onset of myocarditis typically clear to go home after receiving their jabs National is allowed three MPs in the debating “So this case is quite atypical of the begins three to four days after the first or at yesterday’s walk-in clinic at Forsyth chamber, Labour can have five, ACT, the Greens cases that have been reported. The risks second dose is administered. Barr Stadium. and the Maori Party can have one each. The are in the order of a few per million. If Medsafe also reminded health Greens and the Maori Party have decided not to you are female and older than 30 the orders of magnitude higher from catching professionals to be alert for those attend. risks are more of the order of about one Covid-19 than getting vaccinated. But it symptoms in people who have received “We believe it is our role as leaders to lead per million.” was important to let people know when the vaccine. by example, to continue practising Alert Levels Most of the cases had been quite they got their vaccine about the potential Tait also reiterated Petousis-Harris’s 3 and 4 and proceed with caution in order mild with the average length of stay in side effects, she said. reminder that the Pfizer jab was to protect our whakapapa. National and ACT hospital just two days, she said. “You let people know what to look out relatively a very safe vaccine and the are putting us all at risk, and it reeks of white In Europe they’ve had about 160 cases for so that prompt medical attention can benefits far outweighed the risks of privilege,” says Ngarewa-Packer. and around five people had died, she said. be sought,” she said. developing Covid-19. Co-leader Waititi added: “It is a reckless To put those numbers in perspective, as The Covid-19 Vaccine Independent “Vaccination is safe and a benefit to move by National and ACT to intentionally of August 29, 5.2 billion Covid-19 vaccine Safety Monitoring Board (CV-ISMB) New Zealand,” he said. disregard expert advice, for the sake of egos doses had been administered globally. said the woman’s case had been referred In Aotearoa, adverse events after and politicking, and we are concerned that the “The cases that have died have been to the Coroner and the cause of death vaccinations are reported to the Centre Prime Minister is allowing for them to make older people with underlying conditions, had not yet been determined, but it for Adverse Reactions Monitoring this determination on their own and put us all so it gets harder to tease out the vaccine’s considered the myocarditis was probably (CARM). at risk of taking Covid back to our vulnerable role in the death.” due to vaccination. CARM has received other reports of communities.” Petousis-Harris reminded Kiwis that They noted there were other medical deaths of recently vaccinated people, but The Greens were also critical of the right- the risks for landing in hospital and issues occurring at the same time none have been considered related to leaning parties. — Newshub having serious complications was many which may have influenced the outcome vaccination. — Newshub Livin’ it up over 65? Enjoy extra fuel discounts with SuperGold

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Participating stations only. Discounts apply to the first 50 litres. T&Cs apply, see Caltex.co.nz/supergold 8 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Migrant benefits axed BRIEFS Woman charged with killing boy remanded in custody AUCKLAND — Emergency benefits for forfeiting the money they had paid for migrants are being axed from today — their courses, and the time they had ROTORUA — A 27-year-old woman charged with and advocates say the timing could not spent on uncompleted studies — and the murder of a little boy in Rotorua on Sunday be worse. returning to countries where Covid-19 has just been granted interim name suppression. The Ministry of Social Development was a very real danger. She appeared by audio visual link in the Rotorua has been providing benefits to migrants “NZISA is extremely disappointed District Court on Monday. since it took over from a Red Cross at the government’s and education The accused was remanded in custody to support scheme last year. providers’ inaction and the lack of reappear in the Rotorua High Court on September The founder of migration thinktank support for international students during 17. — Newshub The Fair Initiative, Charlotte te Riet this time of crisis,” Ramizi said. TVNZ pays $2000 bonuses Scholten-Phillips, said migrants pay “We pay extensive international the same taxes and should be allowed student fees, support local economies, AUCKLAND — TVNZ will be rewarding its staff benefits because Covid-19 had created and contribute to the New Zealand job with a $2000 cheque for their contribution to the extraordinary circumstances. market. At the same time we are cut off company over the last year. “It’s very disappointing that the from our families who are also struggling The bonus will only go to all permanent staff Government has decided to stop these abroad. who do not have an incentive scheme as part of benefits when there’s obviously still a “This disparity between the support their role. need,” she said. given to international students and “The global pandemic challenged most aspects NZISA president Afiqah Ramizi. “It’s distressing to hear constant domestic students continues to drive of our business last year, and I would like to reference to the ‘team of 5 million’ and a wedge between our communities. It acknowledge and thank our people for their how our wonderful essential workers are fund is only available to domestic New goes to show that international students commitment to delivering such an encouraging contributing to our Covid response, but Zealand students, when it was offered to aren’t a valued community. result,” said TVNZ chief executive Kevin Kenrick. when the migrants in that team need international students during last year’s “Immigration New Zealand could The financial statements released today did help we’re cast aside. lockdown. model the Canadian government’s not provide details on the bonuses paid to staff “How is it that one moment we’re part Some were struggling to find work, approach in removing the 20-hour cap signed up to incentive schemes. of the ‘team’ or ‘essential’ and the next especially as they were not allowed for all international students working in “That information will be released as part of an it’s OK to force migrants into poverty and to work full-time unless they’re priority sectors over lockdown.” annual report in September this year,” Kenrick possible homelessness — is this what supermarket staff, said its president MSD said those migrants receiving an told the NZ Herald. New Zealand is now? What happened to Afiqah Ramizi. emergency benefit will get their final two The company reported a net profit of our fabled kindness?” “Normally international students days of payment in the week beginning $59.2 million for the year ended June 30, a Among temporary visa holders are an would be funded either by the family September 6. significant turnaround from the $25.8m loss the estimated 25,000 international students, members, or by scholarship,” she said. Group general manager of client company reported a year earlier. who are limited to working 20 hours a “The problem with the majority who are service delivery Kay Read said people The loss last year was attributed to the week. funded by their family members is that who need further support or repatriation company’s investment in more online and local The International Students’ Association other countries are in a worse position advice should contact their Embassy, content as it shifted its strategy to a streaming (NZISA) was told by the Ministry of due to Covid-19. High Commission or Consulate. future as well as a $22.6m onerous contract Social Development that emergency “International students also have “MSD’s community connectors will impairment (which was essentially a write-down benefits were only available to temporary told us that they have not received any also be available to help temporary visa on the value of content rights bought pre-Covid, visa holders as a short-term solution responses from their embassies, when holders who are currently receiving an which TVNZ expected to bring in less revenue). while they arranged to return to their they reach out for support at this time. emergency benefit to help them engage — NZ Herald home countries or found work. “It’s bad timing that the benefits expire with foreign missions, and other available Rewards for vaccinations Advice on the Ministry of Social now. We did request for more time, we community and non-government Development website says those still asked for at least the cover at level 4 and organisation support,” Read said. WHANGAREI — All of Northland will be happy needing support should contact their 3.” “Immigration New Zealand (INZ) with the news they will likely be coming out of embassy. She said it was a lot to ask of students is also continuing to provide funding Alert Level 4 on Thursday night. NZISA is also upset that a hardship to return to their home countries — through the INZ Repatriation Fund. This But the small town of Moerewa has even more fund assists people who are in hardship reason to smile. Get vaccinated there and you’ll and need help with paying for travel to not only drastically reduce your chance of getting SEPTEMBER SPECIALS return to their home country.” Covid-19, you could also score an iPad. MSD said any decision to extend the The Prime Minister had a prize for the Far North Angel Bay Beef Patties (120g) ...... availability of benefits would be for on Monday, promising that if waste water testing ...... $36.95ea ministers to consider. showsed no sign of coronavirus, Northland would In a statement, the Ministry go to Alert Level 3 — lockdown with takeaways. 1ltr Burger Sauce ...... $8.95ea of Education said the $1 million “Pleased we will be joining the rest of the country — frustrated we had to be treated Pork Belly ...... $11.95kg International Student Hardship Fund was set up in May 2020 and it had been differently and fingers crossed we get no cases Ginger Kiss Slab Cake ...... $19.95ea distributed to about 4000 students. between now and then,” said Whangarei Mayor “The Hardship Fund for Learners Sheryl Mai. helps tertiary education organisations Over in Moerewa — population 1850 — there’s ‘We Are Open’ provide temporary financial assistance another prize on offer; three $200 grocery to domestic tertiary learners who face vouchers a day are being given away to those hardship due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” getting the jab, and once a week an iPad is up for under level 4 and 3 said the Ministry of Education’s group grabs. manager tertiary Belinda Himion. 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Gisborne 24 Derby Street Here to support our local Phone: 06 867 0004 www.mitre10.co.nz communities 7 days a week 41651 02 The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 NATIONAL NEWS 9 ‘Please help us’ Interpreter’s desperate plea to PM WELLINGTON — An Afghan citizens. Unfortunately that did not interpreter who worked for the New happen . . . (I have heard) they have Zealand Defence Force has issued a evacuated some people who have assisted desperate plea to Prime Minister Jacinda New Zealand but we are the people who Ardern for help after he said he and other have assisted New Zealand and we don’t translators were promised seats on an know who those people are.” evacuation flight which never eventuated. Speaking to The AM Show, Ardern said Ardern said she understands that not she understood “we didn’t get everyone everyone that wanted to get out was able out that we wanted to get out”. to, but assured them they are working “In fact, I would probably say that’s with partners on how New Zealand will the case for every country who are continue to support those that didn’t get undertaking evacuations. With the bombs home. that were taking place, there were two Basir Ahmad, an interpreter who more flights that we wanted to undertake AWAITING EVACUATION: Basir Ahmad, who worked as a translator and interpreter assisted New Zealand’s military ranks before we intended to complete that for the NZDF, is stuck in Afghanistan after the flight he was promised a seat on did for four years, told The AM Show he mission and they were unable to be not eventuate. He has issued a desperate plea to Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern for represented 37 Afghan families who undertaken. There is no doubt we didn’t help. Picture supplied had worked for the NZ Defence Force as get everyone.” translators, mechanics, engineers and She said the priority was to get out carpenters and were given assurance people who were visa holders, citizens from the Government that they would and permanent residents who were in be among the first to leave Afghanistan Afghanistan when the Taliban took alongside New Zealand citizens. control. “We were told we would be evacuated “Our next step is how do we assist but unfortunately that hasn’t happened those we weren’t able to get out. We are . . . due to security reasons,” he said. working now on those options. “We are 37 families who are scared and “It will be complex because we were we were told that this evacuation would reliant on security services provided by take three or four days. Unfortunately other countries, particularly the United we have been waiting for more than two States, who were on the ground. We took weeks and some of us are staying in in 80 of our Defence Force but there were hotels for security reasons and we are thousands of troops keeping this secure running out of money and are scared. We and you can see why that was necessary. are in a dark situation.” “We will have to work with our He said the families are currently partners on how we continue to support hiding out in Kabul and are worried those we didn’t get home. But it is not the because they are “very high risk” and case that it is over for us. It is that we don’t have a plan. are going to have to change what we do Ahmad issued a desperate plea to next.” H Ardern. The first group of New Zealand “All I can say is please help us. When citizens, families and other visa holders they first got our request they told us to be evacuated from the war-torn nation 36624-09 we would be prioritised and they would arrived in New Zealand via a commercial Showroom, 456 Gladstone Road P: 06 867 2508 evacuate us with other New Zealand flight on August 23. —Newshub

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For more information visit firstgas.co.nz 10 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Families flee flooded homes

AUCKLAND — Fifty homes have been township are now impassable as rising evacuated in west Auckland and Kumeu floodwaters surge across roads. is cut off as flooding continues to wreak “There’s no way in and no way out,” havoc. said a witness. Firefighters have resorted to using jet Houses have been flooded and skis to reach trapped motorists as the cars swept away as heavy winds and township on the Twin Coast Highway is rain continue to lash the district. An inundated. emergency shelter has been set up at 6 The region was battered overnight by Henderson Valley Road, in Henderson, for heavy rain, with Kumeu copping 201mm those who have nowhere to go. in 14 hours — the area’s second wettest And the Kumeu Rugby Football Club is day since records began in 1943. open for anyone who has had to evacuate Surf Life Saving Northern Region their home. search and rescue supervisor John- A club member told The New Zealand Michael Swannix said at about 9.10am Herald there was lots of space and hot the Muriwai squad was helping to rescue showers available. a woman and two children trapped in People are calling for help to rescue water at a Kumeu property. trapped animals. One woman in Huapai Earlier today lifesavers braved chest- posted on Facebook a request for a high water for a rescue in Tapu Road. dinghy, saying her family and animals A team of four volunteers have been were stuck inside with the bottom floor of using two IRBs since around 5am this the house fully submerged in water. morning to help with Another Huapai rescue efforts. resident said the They rescued two A witness said this morning family had lost all men from two sheds it was absolute chaos. their belongings and on Tapu Road in cars, while their EVACUATED: Flooding along Waitakere Road, Taupaki. NZ Herald picture Huapai earlier this children had been morning. taken out by jetski. Fire crew were now working with other described seeing “waves” of water coming “One had been trapped inside since “We have pushed ourselves to the limit partners to see who else needed to be down the street in the early hours of this 10pm and they had to break the window swimming horses in and bringing them evacuated. A section of the main road was morning. to rescue them,” said Swannix. up into the second level of our house.” closed as well as some roads surrounding Metservice has heavy rain warnings in “This is coming from four really He asked locals if they could kayak in the river which were completely flooded. place for all of Auckland, the Coromandel experienced lifeguards. They said it was some hay or horse feed. “We would advise anyone that doesn’t Peninsula and Great Barrier Island. pretty knarly, not a job they get every A witness said this morning it was need to drive to stay off the road and not The forecaster said to expect 60-90mm day, but they are happy to be helping “absolute chaos”. create any more callouts for us.” of rain in addition to what has already their community. “There’s one car parked with water up The Muriwai Surf Life Saving Club had fallen. “Being under Alert Level 4 adds an to its windows. There’s a stream running been helping with its IRBs and in one There could be peak intensities of additional challenge. I commend these off the buildings and footpaths . . . cars case a jet ski was used to rescue people. 15-25mm per hour, especially during volunteers for being prepared to break are floating around,” he said. A resident in Taupaki, near Kumeu, thunderstorms. their bubble to rescue others in the “I’ve never seen anything like this.” told TV1’s Breakfast the worry was that “Heavy rain may cause streams and community at a time like this.” Kumeu chief fire officer Bex Baddeley it was still raining this morning so the rivers to rise rapidly. Surface flooding Cars and houses are underwater, in told the AM Show that anywhere close to water is still rising. and slips are also possible and driving some places reportedly up to two metres the Kumeu River was “quite significantly She showed the outside of their conditions may be hazardous.” deep. Owners are trying to rescue farm flooded”. Rescue efforts were more tricky property completely flooded and the The warning is in place until 4pm. animals and bridges surrounding the due to the heavy rain still coming down. outside furniture floating. She also — NZ Herald

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please email [email protected] 41854-01 41843-01 The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 OPINION 11 EDITORIAL Time for rethink on wage subsidy? A focus on new by Belinda Mackay, local businesses) did very well after lockdown, the $33m that Fulton Hogan got but if you’re a Gisborne Chamber of particularly construction. Of the top five beneficiary, watch out”. vaccine supply Commerce president businesses that received the largest subsidy Hickey suggests the Government should have pay-out (Air New Zealand, , The taken the $14 billion that businesses received As we prepare to bid farewell THIS weekend, while Warehouse Group, Downer & Fulton Hogan), one and distributed that instead amongst our team to Level 4 lockdown tonight, send contemplating the move to could argue that this time around only Air NZ of 5 million, so each of us received $2800 each. your best wishes to Aucklanders Level 3, I happened upon a would truly have a case for claiming an additional Imagine the impact for the people of Tairawhiti. who face a continuing deluge today podcast by Spinoff contributor, wage subsidy. The remainder of those businesses For some of us, that would mean spending after flash flooding in west Auckland Bernard Hickey. In the face of all reported strong profit at the end of their money with local businesses affected by overnight that saw 50 homes businesses throughout Aotearoa being given financial year, some paid shareholder dividends. lockdown. For others, it would mean the ability half a billion dollars within two days of the wage Did those businesses pay back the subsidy in the to help feed, heat and clothe their family which evacuated . . . and then at least two subsidy version 2021 being available, Hickey face of strong profit? Well, The Warehouse paid would also benefit local business. Any which further weeks at Alert Level 4. What made some very salient points. It got us thinking; back the money after they took the subsidy, made way you look at it, that payment would generate next — locusts? should businesses, and this includes Tairawhiti staff redundant and then reported a full year economic activity and would help lower-income All the Prime Minister could businesses, while they qualify for the subsidy profit of $44.5m, and Fulton Hogan paid back families, who have not been positively affected offer them yesterday, in confirming during lockdown, take it? $1m. I’m sure that this happened locally too. by the post-2020 Covid lockdown boom. their two-week Level 4 extension, When we went into lockdown last year the Many businesses that took the subsidy, in The horse has bolted on this idea this time but was thanks and acknowledgement landscape looked very different. We didn’t know hindsight, didn’t need it, generated profit, made until we’re a well-vaccinated country, lockdown that they have borne the brunt of what our economy would look like when we came people redundant, paid out dividends and did not will continue to be a tool used to deal with Delta. enforced social restrictions to deal out of lockdown and things looked very scary. pay the money back. All parties would argue that So, for any future lockdowns, perhaps, with outbreaks of Covid-19. This time around, while there is concern, there is “at the time they thought they needed it and they before business approaches the Government not the same uncertainty. received it within the parameters of the scheme”. for yet another wage subsidy, us business It seems likely that this one will Last year, the wage subsidy worked well. Some Another point Hickey makes in his podcast, owners should ask, “just because our business become New Zealand’s longest may argue it worked too well and is moving our which I agree with, is that while government can qualify, does that mean we should?” And Level 4 lockdown; Covid-19 modeller country into a period of inflation. What can’t be agencies are not concerned with getting money because lockdowns may well continue to occur Professor Shaun Hendy has disputed is that at the time it saved jobs and back from business, they have been litigating to until we are a well-vaccinated country, the described the two-week extension stimulated economic activity. ensure beneficiaries pay back the money they Government should look at the scheme and ask for Auckland as “definitely the We know that some businesses (including owe. This says, “it’s OK for business to keep, say, themselves if there is a better way. shortest plausible duration”. If a clear downward trend in case LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS numbers doesn’t emerge this week, Best for region and following the encouraging sign of a drop to 53 cases yesterday, Bubble-breaks inevitable he expected a further one to two supported by leaders weeks would be required. A one- Re: Port back in business for named, readers have no way week extension would surpass the skid site logs, August 30 story. of assessing the statement’s Re: Forestry restart thanks EWC made a submission. If newspaper reporters worth. to regional leadership, August presented EWC’s nationwide Level 4 lockdown of 28 story and comment trail. submission to Minister Nash March-April 2020 which lasted just baldly say things like, “the I notice, too, no attempt move has been described as was made by ISO or port Kia ora koutou on the basis our industry less than five weeks. I want to acknowledge the also had the support of key Alongside the ongoing effort to ‘great news for the region’, managers to address the avoiding a huge financial proven unmanageable risk of leadership and support of MP regional leaders; kaumatua stamp out chains of transmission in burden on the local industry” bubble-breaking during transit Kiri Allan, because she did Selwyn Parata (joint chair of Auckland — the cluster in Wellington they are not reporting, they across the rohe. Accidents what any good MP would do. Rau Tipu Rau Ora Regional is said to be contained now — the are commenting — which is happen. Kiri put Tairawhiti and its Leadership, chairman of Government is very focused on an editor’s role. And, unless people first when Eastland Te Runanganui o Ngati supporting the belated surge in its the reporter’s source is WINSTON MORETON Wood Council sought an Porou); Gavin Murphy (Trust vaccination rollout, triggered by this exemption, with support from Tairawhiti), Mayor Rehette the key leaders of Tairawhiti. Stoltz and Apryll Parata (MSD Delta outbreak and a faster opening One in four families are Tairawhiti). of eligible age brackets. supported by the forestry Anyone can apply for The plan was to administer industry. Our primary concern exemption, but not everyone 350,000 doses a week by now but The title says it all . . . is the health and well-being will get an exemption, unless we are at about 500,000 a week Re: ‘There’s not going to be be part of her world. Her of contractors and forestry they meet specific criteria; and keeping this up over September another one of her’, August wicked sense of humour and workers. in this case it relates to will require extra vaccines coming 30 story. self-effacing nature when This lockdown added to the Alert Level 4 businesses and into the country before large Thank you for such a told how talented she was, challenges our industry has services, per the Covid-19 shipments are due in October. lovely tribute to a beautiful made time spent with her been navigating; the drop in Public Health Response Order Jacinda Ardern has said they woman. a pleasure. For me, she was log prices, backlog of wood, (No 9) 2021 (the Order): Item I did not know her well kindness and professionalism queues of ships — the result 29 in Schedule 2. expect to make an announcement but every time I met her I personified. of delays with wharf repairs Two months ago there on this later in the week, and this was touched by her warmth, I will be forever grateful and adverse weather events. was a huge queue of ships in morning described as “speculative” generosity, talent and sense for the meeting of our Resumption of transporting the bay. The demurrage for reports that the Government was of humour. She was fabulous! pathways when I was faced logs from skid sites has some vessels was in excess close to a vaccine deal with another with the same challenge as the benefit of assisting of $900,000. The suggestion country. Earlier this month Australia LEANNE HARRISON her. She holds a special place contractors maintain cash we simply refuse to pay secured 1 million more doses of the in my heart. flow. Moving stock to port demurrage, or reduce the Pfizer vaccine from Poland. A great tribute to Mum, thanks. VICKIE REID reduces loss of value due to number of ships, is good in It will be a major boost for the The title says it all. log degradation and it helps theory but simplistic and Government if it is able to source So sad to hear that Peggy has reduce demurrage. Demurrage naïve. NZ is a country reliant represents a significant on export for the economic more vaccines in time to keep JESS ERICSON, Nelson passed. I still have the lamp made at one of her workshops, shining financial impact on the health and wellbeing of its up with demand and deliver wide Peggy was the most brightly in her memory tonight. So industry supply-chain and it people, as is Tairawhiti. vaccination coverage faster — and amazing, warm-hearted, kind, warm and welcoming to all flows on to workers and their I welcome contact philip@ a great pity if it is not, and has to gentle, intelligent woman, of us blow-ins. Rest in peace and families. eastlandwood.co.nz revert back to its planned schedule whose artistic soul possessed love Peggy xx The exemption was granted Stay safe and stay well. of 350,000 vaccinations a week. an aura that drew people IRENE PENDER by Minister Stuart Nash, with The slow vaccine rollout and lack to want to know her and Derry, Northern Ireland support by Te Uru Rakau - NZ PHILIP HOPE of much targeting except by age and Forest Service (TUR), to whom Eastland Wood Council CEO health conditions is a key weakness [email protected] in the Government’s Covid response. Essential workers are finally a ■ The maximum length for letters is 350 words. priority, but prioritising Aucklanders ■ Anyone can write a column, 600 words maximum, but a photo is required. can’t be enacted now without ■ Always include full name and contact details. ■ If you use a nom de plume, there is a higher bar for acceptability. cancelling appointments elsewhere. ■ Letters may be edited for clarity, length or legal reasons. 12 WORLD The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 UN hails milestone as use of leaded petrol ended globally

BERLIN — Leaded gasoline has END TO finally reached the end of the road, TOXIC FUEL: the UN environment office said Leaded on Monday, after the last country gasoline has in the world halted the sale of the finally reached highly toxic fuel. the end of Algeria stopped providing leaded the road, the gas last month, prompting the UN United Nations Environment Agency to declare environment the “official end” of its use in cars, office said on which has been blamed for a wide Monday. range of human health problems. AP file picture “The successful enforcement PROTEST ON WHEELS: A long line of cars, trucks of the ban on leaded petrol is a deaths. and 1980s, but it was still widely and motorbikes wended its way through the Thai capital huge milestone for global health “The cost of environmental used in low- and middle-income Bangkok in a mobile protest against the government of and our environment,” UNEP’s degradation is real,” said countries until 2002, when the Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. The protesters on executive director, Inger Andersen, Andersen, citing what she UN launched a global campaign to wheels hope their non-violent action, dubbed a “car mob,” said in a statement. described as a “very, very ballpark abolish it. can help force the ouster of Prayuth, whom they accuse Petroleum containing number” of $2.45 trillion in UN Secretary-General Antonio of botching the campaign against the coronavirus.“There tetraethyllead, a form of lead, was damage to the global economy Guterres said the successful is only one message from this car mob, which is ‘Prayuth first sold almost 100 years ago to prevented by the ban. abolition of leaded gas, like get out!’” Sombat Boonngamanong, a veteran social increase engine performance. It Janet McCabe, deputy the ban on ozone-depleting activist who helped originate such protests in July, said was widely used for decades until administrator of the US chemicals, showed the impact ahead of the protest. Organisers say the protest on wheels researchers discovered that it Environmental Protection Agency, that international treaties could evades legal limitations on gatherings that are aimed at could cause heart disease, strokes said measurements showed blood have on addressing environmental enforcing social distancing in order to fight the spread of and brain damage. lead levels “plummeted, literally, issues. “We must now turn the the coronavirus. Keeping things moving also makes it more UNEP said studies showed literally plummeted” after the fuel same commitment to ending the difficult for police to box demonstrators in, and lowers the leaded gas caused measurable was banned in the United States. triple crises of climate disruption, possibility of violent clashes, they believe. AP picture intellectual impairment in Most rich nations started biodiversity loss and pollution,” he children and millions of premature phasing out the fuel in the 1970s added. — AP ‘IT’S OVER’ Taliban celebrate victory as US troops exit Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban at the rapidly emptying international fighters watched the last US planes airport without hurting anyone. All day, disappear into the sky around midnight US military cargo jets came and went on Monday (local time) and then fired despite the rocket attack. their guns into the air, celebrating victory The two-week airlift had brought after a 20-year insurgency in Afghanistan scenes of desperation and horror. In that drove the world’s most powerful the early days, people desperate to flee military out of one of the poorest Taliban rule flooded onto the tarmac and countries. some fell to their deaths after clinging The departure of the cargo planes to a departing aircraft. On Thursday, an marked the end of a massive airlift in Islamic State suicide attack at an airport which tens of thousands of people fled gate killed at least 169 Afghans and 13 END OF Afghanistan, fearful of the return of US service members. EVACUATIONS: Taliban rule after they took over most of The extremist group is far more radical The last US the country and rolled into the capital than the Taliban, who captured most of military aircraft earlier this month. Afghanistan in a matter of days. The two takes off from “The last five aircraft have left, it’s groups have fought each other before, and the Hamid Karzai over!” said Hemad Sherzad, a Taliban the Taliban have pledged to not harbour International fighter stationed at Kabul’s international terrorist groups. Airport in Kabul, airport. “I cannot express my happiness The Taliban tightened their security Afghanistan on in words . . . Our 20 years of sacrifice cordon around the airport after the Monday. Right, a worked.” attack, clearing away massive crowds man sells Taliban In Washington, Gen Frank McKenzie, who were desperate to flee the country. flags in Kabul, head of US Central Command, The Taliban are now in full control of the Afghanistan. announced the completion of America’s airport. AP pictures longest war and the evacuation effort, A crowd gathered on Monday around saying the last planes took off from Kabul the remains of a four-door sedan used in airport at 3.29pm the rocket attack. EDT — one minute The car had what Amaq media outlet, claimed the militants statement on Sunday signed by about before midnight on The last five aircraft have left, appeared to be six fired six rockets. 100 countries, as well as NATO and Monday in Kabul. homemade rocket Planes took off about every 20 minutes the European Union, saying they had “We did not get it’s‘ over. I cannot express my tubes mounted in at one point on Monday morning. One received “assurances” from the Taliban everybody out that happiness in words . . . Our 20 place of its back C-17 landing in the afternoon shot off that people with travel documents would we wanted to get years of sacrifice worked. seats. flares as it approached — a manoeuvre to still be able to leave. out,” he said. Some of the protect against heat-seeking missiles and The Taliban have said they will allow With its last — Hemad Sherzad, a Taliban’ fighter rockets landed a sign the US military remains concerned normal travel after the US withdrawal troops gone, the US across town, about surface-to-air missiles loose in the is completed and they take control of the ended its 20-year striking residential country. airport. However, it is unclear how the war with the Taliban back in power. apartment blocks, witnesses said. That Smoke from several fires along the militants will run the airport and which Many Afghans remain fearful of them or neighbourhood is about 3 kilometres from airport’s perimeter could be seen. It commercial carriers will begin flying in, further instability, and there have been the airport. No injuries were reported. wasn’t clear what was ablaze, although given the ongoing security concerns. sporadic reports of killings and other Five rockets targeted the airport, said US forces typically destroy material and Qatar confirmed to The Associated abuses in areas under Taliban control Navy Capt Bill Urban, a US military equipment they don’t take with them. Press on Monday that the Gulf country despite pledges to restore peace and spokesman. A defensive weapon known The airport had been one of the few has been taking part in negotiations security. as a C-RAM — a Counter-Rocket, ways out for foreigners and Afghans about operations at the airport with “American soldiers left the Kabul Artillery and Mortar System — targeted fleeing the Taliban. However, coalition Afghan and international parties, mainly airport, and our nation got its full the rockets in a whirling hail of nations have halted their evacuations the US and Turkey. Qatar’s Assistant independence,” Taliban spokesman ammunition, he said. The system has in recent days, leaving the US military Foreign Minister Lolwa al-Khater said Zabihullah Mujahid said early today. a distinct, drill-like sound that echoed largely alone there with some remaining its main priority is restoring regular Earlier on Monday, Islamic State through the city at the time of the attack. allied Afghan forces. operations while maintaining security at militants had fired a volley of rockets An IS statement, carried by the group’s The US State Department released a the airport. — AP The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 WORLD 13 Hurricane Ida cuts power to over 1 million

NEW ORLEANS — Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters on Monday, and utility repair crews rushed in, after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and ravaged the electrical grid in the sticky, late-summer heat. People living amid the maze of rivers and POWER KNOCKED OUT: Traffic diverts bayous along the state’s Gulf Coast retreated around downed power lines on Monday desperately to their attics or roofs and in Louisiana. AP picture FIRE RAGES: The Caldor Fire burns as a chairlift sits motionless at the Sierra-at- posted their addresses on social media with Tahoe ski resort in Eldorado National Forest, California. AP picture instructions for search-and-rescue teams on Four Louisiana hospitals were damaged where to find them. and 39 medical facilities were operating on More than 1 million customers in Louisiana generator power, the Federal Emergency and Mississippi — including all of New Orleans Management Agency said. Officials said they — were left without power as Ida, one of the were evacuating scores of patients to other most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the US cities. ‘It let loose’ mainland, pushed through on Sunday and early The governor’s office said over 2200 on Monday before weakening into a tropical evacuees were staying in 41 shelters as of storm. Monday morning, a number expected to rise as As it continued to make its way inland with people were rescued or escaped from flooded More evacuations ordered as torrential rain and shrieking winds, it was homes. blamed for at least two deaths — a motorist Stephens said the state would work to who drowned in New Orleans, and a person hit move people to hotels as soon as possible so by a falling tree outside Baton Rouge. But with that they could keep their distance from one fire races toward Lake Tahoe many roads impassable and cellphone service another. knocked out in places, the full extent of its fury “This is a Covid nightmare,” she said, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — People were at-Tahoe ski resort, destroying some was still coming into focus. adding: “We do anticipate that we could see told to flee from a long section of the Lake buildings but leaving the main buildings Christina Stephens, a spokesperson for Gov. some Covid spikes related to this.” Tahoe shoreline on Monday as a huge at the base intact. John Bel Edwards, said that given the level of Preliminary measurements showed Slidell, forest fire threatened to push into the “Today’s been a rough day, and there’s destruction “we’re going to have many more Louisiana, got at least 39.8 centimetres of rain, resort region straddling California and no bones about it,” Jeff Marsolais, forest confirmed fatalities”. while New Orleans received nearly 35.5cm, Nevada. supervisor for El Dorado National Forest, The governor’s office said damage to the forecasters said. The new orders for people to said on Sunday. A few days ago, he had power grid appeared “catastrophic”. Other parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, immediately evacuate included part of thought crews could halt the Caldor Fire’s And local officials warned it could be Alabama and Florida got 12.7 to 27.9cm. the tourist city of South Lake Tahoe eastern progress, but “it let loose.” weeks before power is fully restored, leaving The Louisiana National Guard said it and about 24 kilometres up the western Flames churned through mountains multitudes without refrigeration or air activated 4900 Guard personnel and lined up shore of the lake. It comes a day after just a few kilometres southwest of the conditioning during the dog days of summer, 195 high-water vehicles, 73 rescue boats and communities several miles south of the Tahoe Basin, where thick smoke sent with highs forecast in the mid 20s to close to 34 helicopters. Local and state agencies were lake had abruptly been ordered evacuated tourists packing at a time when summer mid 30s (Celsius) by midweek. adding hundreds more. — AP as the Caldor Fire raged nearby. vacations would usually be in full swing South Lake Tahoe’s main medical ahead of the Labour Day weekend. facility, Barton Memorial Hospital, “To put it in perspective, we’ve been proactively evacuated 36 patients seeing about 0.8km of movement on needing skilled nursing and 16 in acute the fire’s perimeter each day for the care beds on Sunday, sending them to last couple of weeks, and today, this has regional facilities far from the fire, public already moved at 4 kilometres on us, with information officer Mindi Befu said. no sign that it’s starting to slow down,” The rest of the hospital was evacuating said Erich Schwab, division chief for the following Monday’s expanded orders. California Department of Forestry and South Lake Tahoe Mayor Tamara Fire Protection. Wallace was among those leaving The Caldor Fire has scorched nearly ahead of an evacuation order. She and 717 square kilometres since breaking out her husband are taking their dogs and on August 14. After the weekend’s fierce items given to them from their deceased burning, containment dropped from 19 parents — objects that can’t be replaced. percent to 14 percent. More than 600 Wallace did not think the Caldor Fire structures have been destroyed, and at would come so close. Fires in the past did least 20,000 more were threatened. not spread so rapidly near the resort city It’s among nearly 90 large blazes in 6-7 November 2021 of 22,000 people. “It’s just yet another the US. Many are in the West, burning example of how wildfires have changed trees and brush sucked dry by drought. over the years,” she said. “It’s just a Climate change has made the region FEATURED GARDENS culmination of 14 to 18 more years of warmer and drier in the past 30 years dead trees, the droughts we’ve had since and will continue to make the weather then, those kinds of things.” more extreme and wildfires more The region is facing a warning from the destructive, according to scientists. National Weather Service about critical In California alone, more than a dozen fire weather through to Tuesday (loacl large fires are being fought by more time). than 15,200 firefighters. Flames have The fire destroyed multiple homes on destroyed about 2000 buildings and Sunday along Highway 50, one of the forced thousands to evacuate this year main routes to the south end of the lake. while blanketing large swaths of the West The fire also roared through the Sierra- in unhealthy smoke. — AP

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Phone your account manager or Andy Searle 869 0616 [email protected] 37920-01 41665-01 The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 WORLD 17 EU backs restrictions on travellers from US and five others BRUSSELS — The European jump to Europe at a time when to temporary travel restriction,” left the EU at the beginning of the Union recommended on Monday that Americans are allowed to travel the council said in a statement. year and opened its borders to fully its 27 nations reinstate restrictions to the continent. Both the EU and “This is without prejudice to the vaccinated travellers from the US on tourists from the US because of the US have faced rising infections possibility for member states to earlier this month. rising coronavirus infections there, this summer, driven by the more lift the temporary restriction on The EU also removed Israel, but member countries will keep the contagious Delta variant. nonessential travel to the EU for fully Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro and option of allowing fully vaccinated The guidance issued on Monday vaccinated travellers.” North Macedonia from the safe travel US travellers in. is nonbinding, however. American US travellers would have to be list on Monday. The decision by the European tourists should expect a mishmash immunised with one of the vaccines The European Council updates Council to remove the US from a list of travel rules across the continent approved by the bloc, which includes the safe travel list based on criteria of safe countries for nonessential since the EU has no unified Covid Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and relating to coronavirus infection travel reverses the advice that tourism policy and national EU Johnson&Johnson. levels every two weeks. it gave in June, when the bloc governments have the authority Possible restrictions on US The threshold for being on the EU recommended lifting restrictions on to decide whether or how they travellers could include quarantines, list is having not more than 75 new all US travellers before the summer keep their borders open during the further testing requirements upon Covid cases per 100,000 inhabitants EYEING RESTRICTIONS: Visitors enjoy tourism season. pandemic. arrival or even a total ban on all over the last 14 days. The US, the view from the top of the Eiffel Tower The EU’s decision reflects “Nonessential travel to the EU nonessential travel from the US. meanwhile, is averaging more than in Paris. The EU recommends to reinstate growing anxiety that the rampant from countries or entities not listed The EU recommendation doesn’t 155,000 new coronavirus cases and restrictions on tourists from the US due to spread of the virus in the US could (on the safe list) . . . is subject apply to Britain, which formally 1200 deaths per day. — AP rising Covid cases. AP file picture ‘No one listened to us’ BRIEFS China limits online gaming time BEIJING — China is banning children from Covid crisis causes fury in Aboriginal communities playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game SYDNEY — “I am angry. The always a risk of industry as Chinese regulators continue cracking government did nothing to protect us. infections arriving down on the technology sector. They sit in their ivory towers and make in the town because NSW breaks Minors in China can only play games between decisions on Aboriginal issues.” it sits on a major 8pm to 9pm on Fridays, weekends and on public Monica Kerwin is a Barkindji (First highway. holidays starting from September 1, according to Nation) mother-of-six who lives in “The vehicles another record a notice from the National Press and Publication Wilcannia, in outback . would stop in Administration. That limits gaming to three hours Her remote town of about 750 people is Wilcannia and SYDNEY — New South Wales recorded a week for most weeks of the year, down from at the centre of a growing Covid outbreak (passengers) 1290 new locally acquired Covid-19 cases in a previous restriction set in 2019 that allowed which has brought to the fore how would use our the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday. minors to play games for an hour and a half per vulnerable Australia’s indigenous people public toilets, our It’s a new daily record for the state, and day and three hours on public holidays. — AP are to the virus. Monica Kerwin takeaways, our the largest number ever recorded by an Robbers escape with hostages For most of the pandemic, outbreaks one shop or petrol Australian jurisdiction in a 24-hour period. in Australia have mainly hit cities and station — which puts our community at Four patients died in the reporting period. RIO DE JANEIRO — Bank robbers armed with spared remote areas. risk,” he says. Premier Gladys Berejiklian again stressed explosives and high-powered rifles plunged a But as the Delta variant has spread Vaccination rates are a big concern that vaccination was vital. “Vaccination is the city in Sao Paulo state’s interior into terror early from Sydney to western New South as they remain disproportionately low key in terms of our freedom and reducing the Monday, taking civilians hostage and even putting Wales (NSW) and elsewhere, Aboriginal among indigenous people. spread of the virus.” some on their cars while making their escape. communities are seeing Covid infections About 33 percent of all eligible The Premier said it was an “outstanding Video shared on social media showed a for the first time. Australians have been fully vaccinated. result” that 6.8 million jabs had now been booming shootout and men dressed in black “We’re on edge. The (indigenous) Data for indigenous Australians is not administered in New South Wales with nearly marching hostages down a street in Araçatuba, population is just not prepared for this as easily available, but The Guardian two thirds of the adult population having one 520 kilometres from Sao Paulo and home to pandemic,” says Dr Chaitanya Kada, a reported on Saturday it was 16 percent dose and 36 percent with two doses. almost 200,000 people. doctor based in Lightning Ridge, another for Aboriginal people in the region that Chief health officer Kerry Chant said: “We After ransacking two bank branches, the outback town. includes Wilcannia. are seeing such a high case rate. I cannot criminals drove away with hostages clinging Dr Kada lists some reasons why a “I think it’s the fear and mistrust,” says urge you enough to come forward for testing to the roofs of their cars and hoods to deter significant outbreak in remote Aboriginal- Amanda Kelly, an indigenous nurse based but importantly, be very careful in the way police from firing at the getaway convoy. Another majority communities is a “recipe for in the town of Orange. you move about in your community.” Dr Chant hostage stood with his torso protruding from an disaster”: She adds that Aboriginal people have said she was seeing a ‘spill over’ into nearby SUV’s sunroof and his hands held in the air. — AP •฀Basic฀health฀facilities฀are฀not฀suited฀ a historical mistrust of the government suburbs from workers travelling to and from Jab slump worrying in Europe to a proper Covid response and the health system for past wrongs, their workplace. — ABC via RNZ •฀There฀are฀staffing฀problems and that this has contributed to a slow GENEVA — A spike in Covid infections and •฀People฀have฀disproportionately฀high฀ vaccine uptake. But Kelly says many “How do we keep ourselves separated a slump in vaccination uptake is holding back chronic disease rates and a low vaccine remote clinics have also had difficulties with 15 people in one small house who all Europe’s effort to curb the pandemic, the World uptake getting enough vaccine doses. share a bathroom and kitchen? It’s hard Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. •฀There฀is฀often฀a฀social฀make-up฀that฀ Adams, who runs the local radio and it’s painful,” Adams says. The WHO’s Europe director, Hans Kluge, said doesn’t allow for proper isolation. station, says their broadcasts emphasise Last week, after being asked if they a recent increase in Covid-19 cases and deaths Currently, most of the hundreds of the importance of staying home, testing had failed Aboriginal communities, was “deeply worrying”. He blamed the more people infected in the western NSW and getting jabs. This includes fighting NSW฀Premier฀Gladys฀Berejiklian฀said฀ infectious Delta variant, the easing of restrictions outbreak are Aboriginal. Its first death — misinformation around the vaccines. her government had “worked really and summer travel. Kluge predicted Europe could an Aboriginal man — was confirmed on “My job is to get them the right hard to support all of our vulnerable record another 236,000 deaths by December. Monday. information so that they can make the communities”. The WHO says the region has recorded more In Wilcannia, more than 60 people have choice themselves,” he says. She added that the vaccination roll- than 65 million confirmed cases and 1.3 million tested positive. Adjusted for population But Dr Kada says the government has out฀was฀a฀federal฀responsibility.฀Prime฀ deaths since the start of the pandemic. size, that’s the highest proportion for failed in its messaging to indigenous Minister Scott Morrison’s government has Covid infections across Europe declined in April anywhere in NSW. people, causing confusion with been criticised over its slow roll-out to all but started to rise again in June. — BBC The town’s outbreak started at a changing advice. “It should have been Australians. funeral on 13 August that was attended consistent and simple. Especially around A government spokesperson told Experts repeat safety of Pfizer by more than 100 people, some from other AstraZeneca,” he says. the ABC last week that Aboriginal WASHINGTON — US government advisers on regional areas. It did not breach any Ms Kerwin adds that residents feel let Community Controlled Health Services Monday reiterated that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine public health orders because Wilcannia down because the government has not were among the first to receive vaccines is safe and effective for people 16 and older. was not in lockdown at the time. understood their needs. in March. But the opposition Labor The vaccine was the first to win full approval Nonetheless NSW Health Minister “I am angry because we did not have a party has accused both state and federal in the US for that age group last week. It also Brad Hazzard described the gathering as [Covid response] plan that was culturally governments of failing to do more for remains available for emergency use by 12- to “selfish” at a state-wide press conference, relevant to our community. Their plan indigenous people, calling for a “national 15-year-olds. provoking anger from the community and catered for suburban Sydney,” she says. plan”. The full approval gave advisers to the Centres the family of the deceased. Hazzard later “We have people who tested positive Kerwin says she’s been trying to help for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a expressed regret for his comments. staying in tents.” Covid-positive parents who have to chance to look at all the extra evidence about Health authorities remain worried, In recent days, most of those who have isolate, buying milk and food for their safety since vaccinations first began last however, that those mourners could have tested positive have been moved to a toddlers. December. And data revealed on Monday showed unintentionally infected people in other caravan park — called Warrawong — on She adds that some mothers who have one serious side effect, heart inflammation, communities. the outskirts of the town. been infected are worried about what remains exceedingly rare after both the Pfizer The situation has infuriated locals. Adams says that Wilcannia has would happen to their children if they vaccine and the similar Moderna shot. Kerwin says she and others had received more medical support recently, were to be hospitalised. The CDC has counted 2574 cases of heart previously asked authorities to seal off including pop-up clinics for testing and “For many of us this is a big fear,” she inflammation after hundreds of millions of doses Wilcannia to keep it safe. vaccination, with support from the army says. “Are they going to take my baby of both vaccines. It mostly strikes males under “We were watching what was and police. away?” 30 about a week after vaccination. CDC tracking happening in other communities. We were But it’s “a little too late” that it took an “Many mums have been calling me shows the vast majority recover without lingering watching it (the virus) getting closer,” she outbreak for that to happen, he adds. crying. My heart hurts for them.” symptoms. said. There’s also growing concern over food Kerwin says she fears things could get The CDC put the rare risk into sharper “We’ve been crying out for prevention. shortages for those who can’t leave their worse for her community. “I worry that it perspective. For every 1 million Pfizer vaccine No one listened to us.” homes and overcrowded households are a will get out of control. You have families doses administered to 16- to 17-year-old males, Brendon Adams, who’s lived in major challenge to controlling the spread on top of families. This shouldn’t have it estimated there would be 73 cases of the heart Wilcannia for 20 years, says there was of the virus. reached us,” she says. — BBC inflammation. — AP 18 BUSINESS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Petition calls for Shaking up the insurance market more support by Chris Keall, NZ Herald

QUEENSTOWN — While many Queenstown businesses face challenges during the for businesses pandemic, a fintech startup whose local operation is based in the tourist town has just by Andrea Fox, NZ Herald closed a A$30 million ($30.7m) raise — led by Wellington-based venture capital company AUCKLAND — An Auckland Business Movac. Chamber Covid petition asking the “Open is one of the growing number of tech Government to support struggling businesses that is helping the region diversify businesses in the same way as employees its tourism-reliant economy, Movac partner has attracted 11,000 signatures just Jason Graham said. hours after it was launched. “The concept of embedded insurance is Chamber chief executive Michael new here and we are excited to have Open Barnett said the petition to Finance positively impacting the technology ecosystem Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in New Zealand, both in innovating the was launched at 11am insurance landscape and growing their team on Monday, on the basis that with with talented Kiwis.” Auckland likely to be locked down for Movac invested in Open via its $250m Fund a further two weeks it was time that 5, which includes $30m chipped in from Crown employers were offered a similar package agency NZ Growth Capital Partners’ $300m that is being offered to employees. Elevate fund, which is bankrolled by the NZ “Currently employees are receiving the Super Fund. NEW CONCEPT: Queenstown-based fintech Open has just raised $30.7m in a wage subsidy from Government and if Open Insurance pitches itself as an raise led by Wellington’s Movac. Back row from left: Nicole Buisson, Jonathan a business claims the wage subsidy for “insuretech”, a company that makes digital Buck, Jason Wilby, Stuart Warren, Sam Hoppe and Romain Gregoire. Front from employees it means they should pay the tools designed to make it easier to get, monitor left: Lachie Brown and Nathan Amaral. Picture supplied employees 80 percent of their wage. or claim insurance online. “For a business this means the The company has founding staff on both customers through its own insurance brand, a launch into New Zealand by year’s end in employers are topping up the sides of the Tasman. Its other main office is in Huddle, and through a white-label service that partnership with Tower, which will see Open’s Government subsidy at a time where Sydney. But during the first five years of its life other companies can rebrand if they want to house-brand Huddle offered here. A future a they have no revenue coming in. On top it has been doing business in Australia where offer insurance or take their existing business UK launch is planned. of this cost, a business has its weekly it’s underwritten by Holland Insurance. up the technology foodchain. “We want to be a global brand,” co-founder overheads of rent, rates, subscriptions, There it has garnered about 70,000 The $30m Series B raise will be used to fund and joint chief executive Jason Wilby said. hire purchases and a range of other costs. “The Government does offer a one-off resurgence payment, however, if you look at this, it is equivalent to about 60 percent of one week’s overheads. As Sharp rebound predicted the Government extends the lockdown employers need the same recognition as employees.” by Liam Dann, NZ Herald Sharon Zollner, acknowledges there will the future path of the economy, ANZ said. Barnett said the aim was to send a still be some sectors that get hit hard. “Much more important will be the fiscal message to Government that these are WELLINGTON — The latest lockdown “The hospitality industry is the obvious response and the impact on household tough times for business. will likely see New Zealand’s GDP drop one here. This industry has been through balance sheets.” “We have been asked to pause business by 6 percent in the September quarter, the ringer these past 18 months, missing They note that household incomes only so that Government can implement ANZ economists estimate in a new report. out on international tourism, and missing fell by 0.1 percent in the second quarter their elimination strategy for the good But they remain confident of a domestic customers each time we go into of 2020, despite a 10.8 percent fall in of New Zealand, so a continuation of the V-shaped economic recovery. lockdown,” Zollner said. production GDP. resurgence package is not a big ask.” “With fiscal policy stepping in to “Government support will be helping to “Households just picked up where they By 3.30pm on Monday the petition had absorb most of that hit, households and some extent, but we are still likely to see left off once the lockdown was eased.” 7000 signatures. By 5.30pm there were businesses should be relatively sheltered,” a lot of insolvencies as some firms that There are some risks to this scenario, 11,000, said Barnett. the report says. survived one round of Alert Level 4 may including fatigue setting in with He was “amazed” at the speed of “If last year’s recovery was anything to not be able to make it through another. consumers. the response to the petition, which he go by, it is reasonable to expect economic So unfortunately we will see job losses as “A sustained decrease in confidence believed reflected the vulnerability of activity to return to pre-lockdown levels a result of lockdown.” could see economic momentum fail to employers. before too long.” ANZ’s Quarterly Outlook But the upside for any new jobseekers re-emerge once lockdown ends,” ANZ said. “They’re under a huge amount of — titled Two Steps Forward One Step was that with the border firmly shut, There were also signs of a weakening pressure. All they are seeing is money Back — is the first in what will be a lockdown will do nothing to ease the global economic outlook, with Australia’s going out and none coming in. series of quarterly outlook reports from labour shortage many businesses are economy taking a hit from sustained “It staggers me the Government local economists wrestling with the struggling with. lockdowns and China’s recovery slowing. didn’t do something about this (business uncertainties of the current outbreak. ANZ’s base case is that the But broadly ANZ believes the economy vulnerability) last year and now this BNZ economists also released an unemployment rate holds steady at 4 will stay strong enough for the Reserve year. The costs are very significant.” estimate yesterday, forecasting a 7 percent in Q3 and Q4, but only because Bank to proceed with interest-rate hikes. Most signatories so far seemed to be percent decline for Q3 GDP followed by a drop in the participation rate is It expects the RBNZ will lift the small to medium businesses, he said. an 8 percent rebound for Q4. expected to offset a small down-tick in OCR by 0.25 percentage points in early Barnett said businesses needed to keep “While this might look like a full and employment. October, with follow-up hikes bringing the staff for when New Zealand emerged fast recovery it barely gets the level BNZ’s Ebert takes a similar line, OCR to a terminal rate of 1.5 percent by from Covid restrictions but they were of activity back to where it was in Q2, although he sees the unemployment rate August 2022. doing this out of their own pockets when even with strong elements of catch- “nudge up to 4.3 percent”. “It is really important to highlight no cash was coming in. up spending in Q4,” said BNZ senior “While this is 0.6 percent higher than that this is all contingent on the Covid The petition, which closes on Friday, economist Craig Ebert. we previously envisaged, there are risks outbreak looking well under control, had been launched through the northern Both BNZ and ANZ retain the it could prove a bit higher than that, even even if not quite stamped out yet,” ANZ’s chamber of commerce hub, comprising “optimistic assumption” we will get Covid if the lockdowns don’t prove more drawn Zollner said. chambers in the upper , but under control relatively quickly, and can out than our base case.” “Despite high numbers of cases, by mid-Monday afternoon had quickly get back to Alert Level 1 as a base case. The headline hit to GDP was there are good reasons to be cautiously gathered support through social media The ANZ team, led by chief economist ultimately going to be a poor indicator of optimistic.” channels, Barnett said.

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY oversubscriptions of up to $25m. Fletcher Building decreased 6c to $7.27; My Wine exporter Delegat Group rose 48c or 3.35 Food Bag was down 3c or 2.16 percent to $1.36; percent to $14.80 on the eve of announcing its AFT Pharmaceuticals fell 12c or 2.79 percent to WELLINGTON — The established blue chip Fisher & Paykel Healthcare was up 49c to latest earnings. Delegat and online personal $4.18; and Move Logistics declined 4c or 2.41 stocks were in fine form as the reinvigorated $32.74; Mainfreight climbed $1.59 to $94; lender Harmoney, which fell 4c or 1.9 percent to percent to $1.62. New Zealand sharemarket opened the week with Ebos Group rose 98c or 2.8 percent to a new $2.06, are two of the last companies to report Plexure Group confirmed 2022 revenue a gain of nearly 1 percent. high of $36.01; Freightways increased 14c to their financial results. guidance of $45m-$47m which will include six The S&P/NZX 50 Index climbed steadily all $12.69; Meridian gained 6c to $5.13; Auckland Air New Zealand was up 2.5c to $1.515; Serko months trading of its new acquisition Task day and closed at 13,180.58, up 120.79 points International Airport picked up 6c to $7.13; rose 10c to $8.10; Hallenstein Glasson gained Retail, to be settled on October 1. Plexure’s or 0.92 percent. There were 96 gainers and 46 Infratil collected 13c to $7.52; and Chorus was 15c or 2.13 percent to $7.20; Heartland Group share price was unchanged at 54c. decliners over the whole market, on volume up 6c to $7. Holdings put on another 9c or 3.98 percent to The two medicinal cannabis firms reported of 66.6 million share transactions worth $190 Synlait and a2 Milk rebounded, increasing $2.35; Property for Industry collected 4c to $372; losses for the year ending June. Cannasouth million. 10c or 3.10 percent to $3.33, and 2c to $6.11 and Sky Network Television increased 1c or 6.02 had a loss of $1.99m on revenue of $83,000 The index has shrugged off the lockdown, respectively. percent to 17.6c. and was unchanged at 41.5c. Rua Bioscience’s rising 4.2 percent over the past two weeks. Retirement village operators Summerset Napier Port, increased 2c to $3.16. South Port loss was $4.41m on revenue of $451,000 and its “Ironically, we have had one of the strongest Group Holdings rose 15c to $15.49; Ryman New Zealand was up 6c to $8.63. share price decreased 1.5c or 3.66 percent to fortnights this year and the market doesn’t seem Healthcare gained 10c to $15.40; Arvida was up Cancer diagnostics firm, Pacific Edge rose 6c 39.5c. to be worried about Auckland being locked 4c to $2.10; and Oceania Healthcare increased or 4.48 percent to $1.40 after telling the market Cavalier Corporation, which has changed its down for a further two weeks,” said Greg Smith, 4c or 2.65 percent to $1.55. it was dual listing on the Australian Stock name to carpet brand Bremworth, declined 2c or head of research with Fat Prophets. Oceania announced a $75m, seven-year Exchange as a foreign exempt entity by the end 303 percent to 64c after a net profit of 1.68m for The blue chips powered the leading index. fixed rate bond, with the discretion to accept of September. the 2021 financial year. — NZ Herald The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 19 JUMBO CROSSWORD 31/8

Across 62. Shaft of light (7) 29. Obstruction (7) 1234567 8910 11 12 1. Issue which can’t be 63. Four score (6) 30. Perfect world (6) agreed on (8,5) 65. Ape-like (6) 32. Plant life of an area 13 14 8. 66. Attack from concealed Catholic churchman (5) 15 16 17 position (6) (8) 34. Gleam (5) 14. Time off work (5) 68. Having unlimited 36. Collier (5) 18 15. Brawny (8) power (10) 38. Extinct bird (4) 16. Shut in (7) 71. Behind (nautical) (6) 43. L, in Roman numerals 19 20 21 22 17. River boat (5) 72. Not capitalised (9) (5) 23 24 18. Weaken (3) 74. Former Greek 44. Technical drawing (7) 19. West Indian song (7) currency (7) 45. Highest point (4) 25 26 27 28 29 21. 76. 46. Confess (colloq) (4,5) Jewel (3) Yearly (6) 30 22. Motor (6) 79. Sound (5) 47. Creator (5) 25. Of the highest quality 80. White wine (7) 48. Embrocation (8) 31 32 33 34 35 36 81. 49. (5-5) Plot (8) Apiarist (9) 37 38 27. Wizard (8) 83. Japanese meal (5) 50. Vertical (7) 28. Make possible (6) 84. Say again (6) 51. Throw out (5) 39 40 41 31. Official position or 85. Without enthusiasm, 52. Area of high, flat 42 role (6) indifferent (4-9) ground (7) 33. Falsehood (7) Down 53. Assorted items (4,3,4) 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 34. Culpable (6) 2. Tidal wave (7) 54. Edible part of a nut (6) 35. Drink of whisky (4) 3. Overly confident (5) 55. Senior military officer 52 53 54 55 37. 4. Lubricate (3) Poorly (3) (5,2,5) 56 57 58 39. Small pool (4) 5. Clothing (4) 64. James Bond’s drink 40. Period of hostility (4,3) 6. Place where not much (7) 59 41. Detonation (9) happens (3-5,4) 65. Propose (7) 60 61 62 63 42. Rome, the ___ city 7. Mother-of-pearl (5) 67. Weak, ineffectual (7) 8. Median (7) person (7) 64 43. Gradually disappear 9. Infant (4) 69. Digit (7) 65 66 67 68 69 (4,4) 10. Run flat out (6) 70. Contusion (6) 48. Unskilled worker (8) 11. Untrue (5) 71. Entertain (5) 70 52. Cluedo character (7) 12. Loathe (7) 73. Porcelain (5) 56. Brotherly (9) 13. Very faint chance (7,4) 75. Dense group of trees 71 72 73 74 75 57. 14. Improve, upgrade (7) Tolerant (7) and bushes (5) 76 77 78 58. Scottish dance (4) 20. Something above 77. Yield (4) 59. Conclude (3) criticism (6,3) 78. A dull pain (4) 79 80 81 82 60. 23. Victim of war (8) 82. Neither (3) Twisted fibres of wool 83 (4) 24. Measure of sound (7) 61. Between trot and 26. Cheat (7) 84 85 gallop (6) 27. Four-sided figure (6)

SIMON SHUKER’S CODE-CRACKER TOTALISER JUMBO SOLUTION

77. Cede, 78. Ache, 82. Nor. 82. Ache, 78. Cede, 77.

Each number Answer the questions, then Copse, 75. China, 73. Amuse, 71. Bruise,

in the grid add your answers to see if they 70. Numeral, 69. Doormat, 67. Suggest, match the given total 65. Martini, 64. staff, of Chief 55. Kernel, represents a

1. 54. ends, and Odds 53. Plateau, 52. Eject,

different letter What number does the 51. Upright, 50. Beekeeper, 49. Liniment,

of the alphabet. Roman numeral C stand for? 48. Maker, 47. Annual, 46. Apex, 45.

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or letters given in needed to win a game of 36. Glint, 34. Flora, 32. Utopia, 30. Barrier,

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into the main How many hours in a day? 14. hope, Forlorn 13. Despise, 12.

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should go in the 6. How many steps in the 83. Conspire, 81. Madeira, 80. Noise,

missing squares. novel by John Buchan? 79. Gem, 76. Drachma, 74. Lowercase,

As you get the 7. How many players in a 72. Astern, 71. Omnipotent, 68. Cardinal,

letters, fill in other team? 66. Simian, 65. Eighty, 63. Sunbeam, 62. 8. Canter, 61. Yarn, 60. End, 59. Reel, 58.

squares with the How many months in a

year? Enhance, 57. Fraternal, 56. Peacock, 52. same number Labourer, 48. away, Fade 43. Eternal,

9. How many tentacles does in the main grid 42. Explosion, 41. war, Cold 40. Pond,

a squid have? CODE-CRACKER

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ACROSS 1. Can you fit all the listed words into their correct positions in the grid? TODAY’S TOTAL: 356 6. We have placed one word to get you started. WORDFIT Fit the words into the grid to create a finished crossword. We have given one to get you started.

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Matamata races at Matamata Wednesday Jetbet 2 TAB D. 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 T. 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 Q. 2-3-4-5, 8-9-10-11 PL6 6-11 Selections 5 25415 Lacustre (13) 66 63 16 0080s Royal Inn (5) 69 45 12 7 Wey Too Cool (5) 56 46 K Asano (a) EMERGENCIES: Race 1: PACHECO, HARD DONE, LED ZED 6 36724 Beau Geste (4) 66 61 D M Parker (3) 17 0s028 Brookbourne (14) 69 51 13 Electric Time (3) 56 45 S Spratt 15 42113 Colin Oscopy (7) 57.5 67 7 54263 Lovettorleaveit (1) 66 60 18 — Yourmirrorlies SCRATCHED 14 — Firebug SCRATCHED 16 33616 Turret (3) 55 63 Race 2: FANTASY FLIGHT, KAHARAU, RODMAR J Seivwright (3) EMERGENCIES: Race 3: MIZZENA, TOMMYRA, TWIN SPINNER 8 69s07 Keepella Heights (8) 66 57 5 Revital Aggregates 1.41 15 Kelsey Be (6) 58.5 45 T Thornton 10 K R Bell Electrical 4.39 Race 4: WINDERMERE, BROOKBOURNE, ABU DHABI M Roustoby (3) $12,000, maiden, 1200m 16 On The Prowl (10) 56 45 $12,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1400m Race 5: AQUA MAN, BLUE ARROW, RIP VAN GOGH 9 4P458 Zenntari (5) 66 56 E Farr SCRATCHED 1 63264 Blue Arrow (5) 59.5 53 T Thornton 17 — Keen As 1 — Tannahill SCRATCHED Race 6: FLAT TRACK BULLY, PERFECTIONIST, CHANDLER 10 31821 Carnaby (9) 66 55 S Fannin SCRATCHED 18 — Karo Amilia 2 1s8s2 Thebeastfortheeast (14) 60.5 64 11 — Donardo SCRATCHED 2 4s Aqua Man (3) 59.5 50 D Johnson Race 7: AURORA DOLCE, BENDERMERRY, VERDANA 3 s386s Rip Van Gogh (7) 59.5 49 19 4090s Red Star (8) 58.5 45 J Fawcett Race 8: SOLID IMPACT, EL BANDOLERO, MR GHIBSON 12 s4790 Tahuroa Height (3) 66 55 L Douglas (3) 4 — Oh Our Wyatt SCRATCHED 20 8s555 Perfectionist (11) 58.5 53 S Weatherley 3 s3527 Thistle Do (2) 60 63 T Yanagida (a1) 13 74237 Banks Road (7) 66 49 Race 9: PLATFORM, HIT THE ROAD JACK, PACIFIC MASTER 5 7s Ridgeview Chief (1) 59.5 46 J Fawcett 4 6s217 Bergamo Fox (4) 59.5 62 E Nicholas (a3) 14 74650 Zion Hill (2) 66 48 8 Revital Fertilisers 3.29 Race 10: BERGAMO FOX, THISTLE DO, LORD VALENTINE 6 0s0 Guerdat (9) 59.5 45 Brandon May 5 s1455 Silverdale Chief (6) 59.5 62 C Grylls Race 11: SUPER CENTIE, VALZACELLA, CHEWY 3 Matamata Function Centre 12.33 7 Lord Sacario (6) 59.5 45 S Spratt $12,000, maiden, 1400m 6 6018s Ember Attack (12) 59 61 T Thornton 8 84393 Fasong (4) 57.5 51 E Nicholas (a3) 1 23345 El Bandolero (10) 59.5 54 O Bosson 7 150 Go You Good Thing (3) 59 61 D Johnson $12,000, rating 74 & jumps highweight 9 3 Rose Crescent (11) 57.5 51 C Grylls 2 43325 Mr Ghibson (11) 59.5 54 S McKay 8 s5610 Lord Valentine (16) 59 61 (a3) benchmark, 2600m 10 Lear Jet (10) 57.5 45 L Satherley 3 3 Solid Impact (3) 59.5 51 J Riddell 9 134s8 Always Sacred (8) 58 63 M McNab 1 Colchester Engineering 11.27 1 — Kipkeino SCRATCHED 11 6s007 Nouvelle Reine (2) 57.5 45 C Barnes 10 03972 Beltoy (7) 58 63 S Spratt 4 49s37 The Boogeyman (9) 59.5 50 SCRATCHED $12,000, maiden, 2000m 2 26416 Tommyra (6) 69.5 70 12 9s4 On My Shoulders (8) 57 47 S Collett E Nicholas (a3) 11 — Endean Lass 3 38550 Twin Spinner (5) 69 69 D M Parker (3) 13 — Belle En Rouge SCRATCHED 12 58s13 So Surreal (13) 58 63 B Rogerson (a3) 1 34222 Hard Done (17) 59.5 54 J Riddell 5 46s The Irish Gambler (6) 59.5 49 S Spratt 4 41511 Mizzena (8) 66 63 K Macnab (1) 6 Embolden (8) 59.5 47 L Satherley 13 s2217 Anna Grace (9) 57.5 62 2 242 Pacheco (16) 59.5 54 R Elliot 6 Super Liquor Matamata 2.15 14 04714 Apatchee Power (5) 57.5 62 S Collett 3 04202 Burcha (11) 59.5 53 S Spratt 5 58223 Delegate (2) 66 62 7 8 Duke’s Gambit (5) 59.5 45 6 s0944 Kiddo (7) 66 61 E Farr $12,000, maiden, 1200m 8 — Lets Not Forget SCRATCHED EMERGENCIES: 4 — Tycoon Warrior SCRATCHED 15 42306 Lucky Shark (1) 58.5 60 S McKay 7 13553 Locharburn (10) 66 58 S Fannin 9 0s Marinara (14) 59.5 45 S Weatherley 5 s9643 Just Al (5) 59.5 51 1 7s435 Snakeye (11) 59.5 51 T Newman (a2) 16 s3300 Fleurgundy (11) 58 59 T Newman (a2) 8 63363 Magic Cannon (3) 66 57 M Roustoby (3) 10 52 Mighty Castle (1) 57.5 52 E McCall (a2) 6 s3288 While You’re There (7) 59.5 51 2 7437s Chandler (8) 59.5 50 J Fawcett 17 30039 Escudo (15) 55.5 58 9 96577 Rocking Good Time (1) 66 57 L Satherley 3 40s7 Sovereignty (2) 59.5 48 D Johnson 11 7675s Doha (2) 57.5 47 M J Sanson (a4) 18 21096 Ezdara (17) 55.5 58 J Seivwright (3) 4 Flat Track Bully (9) 59.5 47 O Bosson 12 469 Jimmy Jandal (4) 57 49 T Yanagida (a1) SCRATCHED 7 30296 Led Zed (12) 59.5 50 D Johnson SCRATCHED 19 — Keep It Real 8 s0s05 Flyingwithoutwings (10) 59.5 49 10 — La Jungles 5 6 Sharky (3) 59.5 46 E Nicholas (a3) 13 Bold Bourbon (7) 57 47 L Allpress 20 s0087 Ostasio (10) 56 55 A Goindasamy (a1) 11 9L344 Leica Warrior (11) 66 55 S Phelan 6 9 Enright (10) 59.5 45 D Danis 14 Nantucket (12) 57 45 Brandon May 9 — Mahomes SCRATCHED 12 800s8 Mighty Colombo (9) 66 55 T Moki (3) 7 Jefferson (1) 59.5 45 K Asano (a) EMERGENCIES: 11 Colchester Engineering 5.11 13 0s70P Sly Baljo (4) 66 45 K M Joyce (2) 15 s626s Te Poropiti (13) 57 51 10 869s0 Bo Jackson (2) 59.5 46 C Grylls 8 Mister Roquette (4) 59.5 45 $12,000, maiden f&m, 1400m 11 4P643 Ima Wonder (4) 57.5 51 T Thornton E McCall (a2) 16 — Enright SCRATCHED 12 937 Cinnamon Star (8) 57.5 50 S Collett 4 A P Gollan Registered Valuers 1.07 9 Mr Sparks (7) 59.5 45 (a3) 1 22924 Super Centie (9) 58.5 54 S Weatherley 13 04000 Katy Power (6) 57.5 47 L Allpress $12,000, maiden highweight, 1600m 10 8s555 Perfectionist (6) 57.5 53 C Grylls 9 Fairview Motors Matamata 4.04 2 4342s Valzacella (15) 58.5 54 D Johnson 11 Asomala (5) 57.5 45 S Collett 3 40923 La Diva (8) 58.5 53 S Spratt 14 s0957 Jenny Kraig (1) 57.5 46 D Danis 1 4s406 Abu Dhabi (6) 69 52 S Fannin $12,000, rating 74 benchmark, 1600m 12 — Pure Imagination SCRATCHED 4 04469 Hasstobemagic (11) 58.5 52 C Barnes EMERGENCIES: 2 5207s Maktastic (4) 69 51 E Farr 1 93923 Zelenski (8) 62 76 T Newman (a2) 15 98 Walk The Walk (13) 59.5 45 5 06s4 Chewy (4) 58.5 50 3 7s48s Oremus (13) 69 49 S Phelan 7 Comag Ltd 2.50 2 s0006 Pursued (13) 60 72 6 60s4 Desert Rose (2) 58.5 50 B Rogerson (a3) B Rogerson (a3) 4 0665 Toga Party (1) 69 47 N Downs (3) 3 56s16 Lala Land (5) 59.5 71 D Johnson 16 09607 Sir Allykhazann (14) 59.5 45 $12,000, maiden f&m, 1200m 7 s4487 Cuba (16) 58.5 48 K Asano (a) 5 06977 Brother Max (7) 69 46 4 14249 Teen Titan (9) 59.5 71 W Pinn (a2) 8 65 Kate Velour (14) 58.5 47 S Collett 17 07069 Happy Mac (9) 59.5 45 SCRATCHED SCRATCHED 6 0s56 Ferdinand (16) 69 46 D M Parker (3) 1 63230 Aurora Dolce (9) 58.5 54 D Johnson 5 — Ohceedee 9 s6895 La Favorita (17) 58.5 47 18 — Royal Inn 7 98847 Judah (11) 69 46 2 s9226 Grease Lightning (2) 58.5 54 6 31527 Charred (11) 58 68 T Thornton 19 74237 Banks Road (3) 59.5 49 10 0s Dark Scarlett (10) 58.5 45 J Riddell 8 50s8 Playing The Fool (8) 69 45 T Yanagida (a1) 7 511 Platform (10) 58 68 SCRATCHED 20 98847 Judah (15) 59.5 46 11 — Miss Beaujolais J Seivwright (3) 3 36552 Bendermerry (7) 58.5 52 S Collett 8 23511 Hit The Road Jack (6) 57.5 67 12 6 Superior Sam (12) 56 46 T Yanagida (a1) 2 Wrightway Builders 11.59 9 09 Shadow Man (3) 69 45 L Douglas (3) 4 — Neon Moon SCRATCHED E Nicholas (a3) 13 — Peppermint Lil SCRATCHED 10 — Endean Bay SCRATCHED 5 — Sweet Tui SCRATCHED 9 s2451 Pacific Master (2) 57.5 67 J Fawcett 14 Savez Vous (7) 56 45 C Grylls $12,000, rating 74 & jumps highweight 11 4599s Windermere (9) 67 47 6 — Darci’s Queen SCRATCHED 10 15358 Magdala (4) 56.5 69 L Allpress EMERGENCIES: benchmark, 2600m 12 96P46 Jakki Sparrow (10) 67 46 7 — La Flora Belle SCRATCHED 11 s2183 Jodelin Gal (14) 56 68 L Satherley 15 0 Keen As (6) 58.5 45 L Allpress 1 78142 Kaharau (12) 74 80 K M Joyce (2) 13 60950 Kryptonite (2) 67 46 K M Joyce (2) 8 — Oh No No No SCRATCHED 12 8s269 Jakama Krystal (12) 55 61 16 0s9 Madi’s Dream (5) 58.5 45 2 0s0L4 Amazing Az (10) 67.5 67 S Phelan 14 0 Pula (12) 67 45 K Macnab (1) 9 Boss Baby (1) 58.5 45 T Newman (a2) T Yanagida (a1) 17 4070s Amazing Maria (3) 58.5 45 3 51361 Fantasy Flight (11) 67 70 K Macnab (1) EMERGENCIES: 10 Marusya (4) 58.5 45 13 7720s Iffraajinator (1) 55 60 M J Sanson (a4) 18 8s555 Perfectionist (1) 58.5 53 4 7s000 Rodmar (6) 66.5 65 15 80s70 Fourchoux (15) 69 45 M Roustoby (3) 11 Verdana (12) 58.5 45 J Fawcett 14 88628 Gocara (15) 55 55 A Goindasamy (a1) 19 52 Mighty Castle (13) 58.5 52

Ashburton races at Ashburton Wednesday Jetbet 6 TAB D. 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 T. 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 Q. 2-3-4-5, 8-9-10-11 PL6 6-11 Selections 2 Rural Transport 12.16 13 0 Shesofabulous (15) 57.5 45 K Kwo 2 230F8 Mr Fahrenheit (3) 59.5 61 J Laking 4 06500 Bolt From The Blue (1) 57.5 58 Race 1: LOVINGYOURWORK, CHOICE MOMENT, CASE STUDY 14 Belasard (1) 57 45 K Williams 3 060s0 Hillersden (1) 58.5 59 C Campbell L Callaway $12,000, maiden, 1200m EMERGENCIES: 4 71087 Jimmy Who (2) 58.5 59 J Lowry 5 72723 Curve (11) 57.5 58 T Comignaghi Race 2: DRIFT ON BY, CUTTING EDGE, GLADROY 1 72 Gladroy (10) 59.5 52 J Lowry 15 s877s Our Clarry (14) 59.5 45 5 89541 Spindleshanks (7) 58 62 K Mudhoo 6 62404 I’m A Tiger (7) 57.5 58 C Campbell Race 3: JAMIESON’S TIPPLE, BEAU STITCH, MR HASS 2 93 Cause Celebre (4) 59.5 51 J Laking 16 96000 Miss Chaplin (12) 57.5 45 6 s006P Takeitlikeaman (8) 56.5 55 L Callaway 7 s5019 Justabelle (2) 57 61 M Gestain (a3) Race 4: ZACAT, SHAMELESS TART, SEA SHEPHERD 3 s09s3 Cutting Edge (13) 59.5 51 K Williams 17 000 Areyouokay (5) 57.5 45 7 — Youneverknow SCRATCHED 8 697s5 Walkthisswey (8) 56.5 60 T Moseley Race 5: SUMMER NIGHT, TAKEITEASY, KENKI 4 4457s Whippersnapper (7) 59.5 49 18 s0s0s Sorisso (11) 57.5 47 8 56086 Rockwithme (6) 55 55 R Mudhoo (a1) 9 5859s Vardon Road (6) 56 59 K Mudhoo Race 6: SPINDLESHANKS, JACK BE QUICK, MR FAHRENHEIT 5 060s He’s Tunza Grunt (11) 59.5 45 19 0s Opihi Commander (16) 59.5 45 9 s6080 Shaz The Bank (4) 55 55 10 s077s Jiminy (5) 56 55 Race 7: OCEANS AWAY, EL GLADIADOR, QUEEN SWEEP 6 Un Agenda (17) 59.5 45 K Mudhoo 20 s7707 Shutthefrontdoor (19) 57.5 45 11 46866 Take A Risk (9) 55 57 R Mudhoo (a1) 7 89325 Movie Star (3) 57.5 53 T Comignaghi 7 Jj Ltd Ashburton 3.10 Race 8: GALLERY GIRL, OPHELIA ROSE, ADANNAYA 4 Cochranes Of Canterbury 1.24 10 Tarbotton Land & Civil 4.54 Race 9: CURVE, BOLT FROM THE BLUE, CROP 8 3350s Drift On By (15) 57.5 51 R Mudhoo (a1) $12,000, rating 74 benchmark, 2200m 9 0s Ivy Belle (1) 57.5 47 M Gestain (a3) $12,000, rating 74 benchmark, 1400m Race 10: MILFORD SOUND, FRANKIE THE FOX, $12,000, maiden 3yo, 1200m 10 0580s Lightning Ridge (6) 57.5 47 T Moseley 1 85147 El Gladiador (4) 61.5 75 DREAMING EASY SCRATCHED 1 Sea Shepherd (8) 58.5 47 J Lowry 2 60751 Oceans Away (5) 59 70 R Mudhoo (a1) 1 22427 Frankie The Fox (10) 62 76 11 — All Ashore Z Bholah (a3) Race 11: VERMONT, MISS HARLEY QUINN, REPULSE 2 3 Shameless Tart (2) 56.5 50 (a3) 3 66817 Slammer (6) 59 70 J Lowry 12 0s868 Fleurissimo (12) 57.5 45 R Cuneen 2 2123s Milford Sound (1) 60.5 73 K Williams 3 4 Zacat (11) 56.5 50 K Kwo 4 30167 Standrews Masonic (2) 59 70 T Moseley 13 Perfect Moment (5) 57.5 45 T Jonker 4 4s The Radiant One (1) 56.5 48 T Moseley 3 81774 Celine (4) 59.5 75 T Jonker 14 6066s Rose De Granville (9) 57.5 45 5 33105 Queen Sweep (1) 56.5 69 M Gestain (a3) 4 08s98 Splendior (8) 58.5 73 C Campbell 5 Cee Cee Weka (5) 56.5 47 L Callaway 6 40509 Wannabe ‘n’ Paris (3) 55 59 L Callaway 6 Four By Four (3) 56.5 47 T Jonker 5 42107 Vee Twelve (5) 57.5 67 M Gestain (a3) EMERGENCIES: T Comignaghi 6 s190s Caitlyn Jay (6) 57 70 7 5s Probella (6) 56.5 47 K Mudhoo 7 — Youneverknow SCRATCHED 15 s877s Our Clarry (8) 59.5 45 G Jogoo 8 6s5 Swiss ‘n’ Giggles (12) 56.5 47 7 59452 Dreaming Easy (7) 56.5 69 16 — Miss Chaplin SCRATCHED 1 Graeme Trolove 11.43 K Williams 8 Ryal Bush Transport 3.43 R Mudhoo (a1) 17 000 Areyouokay (18) 57.5 45 9 7s7 Reenvest (10) 56.5 46 R Mudhoo (a1) 8 67960 Hunter Villain (9) 55.5 63 $12,000, maiden, 1600m 18 s0s0s Sorisso (14) 57.5 47 10 — Bitofun SCRATCHED $12,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1200m 9 68001 Pearl Davone (2) 55 63 T Moseley 1 6s763 Case Study (3) 59.5 51 J Lowry 19 0s Opihi Commander (2) 59.5 45 11 Clara Moncrieff (9) 56.5 45 G Jogoo 10 65340 Tarabeebee (3) 55 57 T Comignaghi 20 s7707 Shutthefrontdoor (16) 57.5 45 1 81696 Linedanceking (2) 61 65 R Cuneen 2 60564 Maxwell (4) 59.5 50 12 Reputabelle (4) 56.5 45 W Papier (a3) 2 63031 Gallery Girl (11) 57.5 62 G Jogoo 11 Barneswood Farm Stks Day 16/10 5.25 3 75645 Seraphic (10) 59.5 50 J Laking 13 Taimate Diva (7) 56.5 45 T Comignaghi 3 45500 Selfie (9) 57.5 58 K Mudhoo SCRATCHED 3 Jackson Spreading 12.50 4 — Cardboard Gangster 4 48s10 Adannaya (1) 57 61 T Comignaghi $12,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1600m $12,000, maiden, 1200m 5 Cavalryman (1) 59.5 45 L Callaway 5 Quigley Contracting 1.59 5 5s109 Infared (8) 57 61 T Moseley SCRATCHED SCRATCHED 1 — Yeah Right 6 — Raise The Standard 1 s75s2 Jamieson’s Tipple (4) 59.5 53 J Lowry $12,000, maiden, 2200m 6 4528s Ophelia Rose (10) 57 61 Z Bholah (a3) 2 46170 Jack Knows Best (8) 59.5 60 T Moseley 7 0 Senor Duke (2) 59.5 45 2 s3528 Mr Hass (20) 59.5 53 J Laking 1 s0623 Ideal Warrior (1) 59.5 53 J Laking 7 64010 Sanctify (12) 57 61 K Williams 3 62228 Vermont (10) 59 63 C Campbell 8 07252 Lovingyourwork (8) 57.5 54 K Williams 3 Beau Stitch (3) 59.5 47 M Gestain (a3) 8 1780s Sooo Dusty (6) 57 61 4 21250 Miss Harley Quinn (1) 58.5 62 9 03426 Choice Moment (11) 57.5 52 2 42274 Kenki (5) 59.5 53 T Moseley 4 0s Sacred Giant (2) 59.5 47 K Mudhoo 3 73542 Takeiteasy (8) 59.5 53 J Lowry 9 675s9 Blindspott (5) 56.5 60 R Mudhoo (a1) T Comignaghi R Mudhoo (a1) 5 7580s Allasera (18) 59.5 45 K Williams 10 68668 Radiant Rosie (7) 55.5 58 M Gestain (a3) 5 72460 Mistletoe (12) 58 61 J Laking 10 s6250 Trekolure (5) 57.5 51 T Jonker 4 94458 Man Oh Man (2) 59.5 50 R Cuneen 6 300s9 Dioradelle (13) 57.5 51 C Campbell 5 80s08 Khant Reid (3) 59.5 45 M Gestain (a3) 11 20s70 She’s A Smash Hit (4) 55 56 T Jonker 6 840s0 Kajino (5) 58 57 T Jonker 11 934s0 House Of Cards (9) 57.5 50 T Moseley 7 06463 Lady Modena (10) 57.5 51 12 5870s Cocee (3) 55 55 L Callaway 7 51584 Repulse (13) 57.5 60 R Mudhoo (a1) 12 — Silent Approach SCRATCHED 6 46s67 Top Guy (7) 59.5 45 K Williams R Mudhoo (a1) 7 6s084 Summer Night (6) 57.5 50 K Mudhoo 8 s070s Grab The Bar (6) 57 55 K Kwo 13 0s7 Pembroke (12) 57.5 45 C Campbell 8 06545 Just A Girl (6) 57.5 50 T Jonker 8 7 Satin Lined (4) 57.5 45 L Callaway 9 Go Racing With Go Racing 4.21 9 00s0s Hey Mickey (11) 57 55 G Jogoo 14 8s Thistle (7) 57.5 45 T Comignaghi 9 I’m Here (8) 57.5 47 10 s4078 Holy Loch (4) 57 55 $12,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1200m EMERGENCIES: 10 Rulzthenight (7) 57.5 47 T Comignaghi 6 Steph’s Getting Hitched 2.32 11 96067 Hey Soul Sister (7) 56 57 L Callaway 15 0s869 No Rigmarole (6) 57.5 45 11 0 Heads Up (9) 57.5 46 L Callaway 1 s9810 Razor (3) 60 63 Z Bholah (a3) 12 s8580 Iffida (3) 55 55 M Gestain (a3) 16 — Satin Lined SCRATCHED 12 8500s Ispywithmylittleye (17) 57.5 45 $12,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 2200m 2 5934s The Garrison (4) 59 61 K Williams 13 52080 Play The Field (9) 55 55 K Williams 17 — Khant Reid SCRATCHED T Moseley 1 5516s Jack Be Quick (5) 60 62 T Comignaghi 3 7127s Crop (10) 57.5 62 T Jonker 14 05900 Veneto (2) 55 55 Z Bholah (a3)

Christchurch greys at Addington Wednesday Jetbet 5 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 3 141 Coffee Biscuit 17.34 Janine McCook 5 Flair Bitches Feature 3.51 8 76786 Impressive Amy 17.88 John McInerney 3 33571 Homebush Peach 17.43 John McInerney Race 1: GITAN, DIAMOND CRUSADE, ZIPPING BOSTON 4 45847 Just Stagger 17.48 John McInerney EMERGENCIES: 4 46343 Regal Jock 17.28 John McInerney 5 76782 Homebush Kian 17.26 John McInerney $2800, C1, 520m 9 57878 Khatia 17.50 John McInerney 5 83848 Troublesome Kaza 17.63 Janine McCook Race 2: COFFEE BISCUIT, CASH NO STASH, HOMEBUSH KIAN 6 8267s Diamond Dazzled nwtd Malcolm Grant 1 543F3 Opawa Ruby 30.64 Robin Wales 10 76788 Impressive Chase 17.74 John McInerney 6 38374 Butterfly Child 17.51 Matt Roberts Race 3: VAYDEN BALE, OPAWA ROD, GOLDSTAR ALASKA 7 28553 Crystal Cilla 17.39 John McInerney 2 32663 Smash Devil 30.50 Malcolm Grant 7 55545 Homebush Ariana 17.21 John McInerney Race 4: HUSTLE ACE, GIRL VIENNA, IMPRESSIVE HIGH 8 16627 Impressive Sonic 17.63 John McInerney 3 41344 Adobe Fox nwtd Matt Roberts 8 Waihemo Lodge Distance 4.47 8 75685 Miss Cairo nwtd John McInerney Race 5: XABIL BALE, OPAWA GINA, EPIC ADDI EMERGENCIES: 4 84545 Lethal Lettie 30.30 Ashley Bradshaw $4000, C1, distance, 645m EMERGENCIES: Race 6: HOMEBUSH SIRIUS, IMPRESSIVE CHARM, 9 57878 Khatia 17.50 John McInerney 5 42254 Epic Addi 30.36 Janine McCook 9 57878 Khatia 17.50 John McInerney 1 62746 Replica Casino 38.27 Bob Pringle DIAMOND ROSETTE 10 76788 Impressive Chase 17.74 John McInerney 6 13533 Adobe Slice nwtd Matt Roberts 10 76788 Impressive Chase 17.74 John McInerney 2 62226 Ripslinger Roxy nwtd Ashley Bradshaw Race 7: SOZIN’S QUEEN, ANGRY PETE, HORSE RANGE 7 21312 Opawa Gina 30.65 J & D Fahey 3 Garrard’s Horse & Hound 2.57 8 55s72 Xabil Bale 30.03 Craig Roberts 3 73457 Ellias Bale nwtd Craig Roberts 11 Springston Hotel Dash 5.36 Race 8: CLAWS IN LEO, RIPSLINGER ROXY, MY CURLY 4 68575 Adobe Ninja 38.65 Matt Roberts $2800, C1, 520m EMERGENCY: $2000, C1, 295m Race 9: AMURI RURU, MITCHAM DAWN, SOUFFLE SUE 9 46478 Fear All Pounamu nwtd Ray Casey 5 14231 Claws In Leo nwtd Matt Roberts Race 10: HOMEBUSH PEACH, MULBERRY SOX, AMURI LIV 1 37228 Goldstar Alaska 30.43 Riley Evans 6 54512 Tomfoolery 39.12 Lisa Waretini 1 47588 Goldstar Monroe 17.72 Riley Evans Race 11: MITCHAM MANERING, HOMEBUSH MACHO, 2 24276 Uncle Frank nwtd Howard Anderton 6 Balcairn Stockfoods 4.12 7 74372 My Curly 38.23 J & D Fahey 2 51778 Jimmy Beer 18.00 John McInerney JIMMY BEER 3 73625 Ohoka Megan 30.63 Lisa Waretini 8 54477 Adobe Flame nwtd Matt Roberts 3 7638s Mitcham Manering 17.41 John McInerney 4 2357s Vayden Bale nwtd Craig Roberts $2000, C1, 295m 4 26268 Bootstrap Bill 17.64 Michael Dempsey Race 12: WILLENE BALE, OPAWA ANITA, KNOW GRIZZLES EMERGENCY: 5 86846 Baldrick 30.55 John McInerney 1 36557 Impressive Charm 17.64 John McInerney 9 78657 Nighthawk Wish nwtd Matt Roberts 5 57616 Beauden John 17.50 Matt Roberts 6 86483 Replica Rango 30.47 Bob Pringle 2 52766 Big Tiny 17.50 John McInerney 6 23885 Homebush Macho 17.42 John McInerney 1 The Fitz Sports Bar Stakes 2.22 7 46824 Opawa Rod 30.13 Robin Wales 3 76686 Homebush Jet nwtd John McInerney 9 Happy B'day Michael May 5.04 7 45267 Amuri Josie 17.58 John McInerney $2800, C1, 520m 8 54645 Goldstar Vale 30.55 Riley Evans 4 35464 Pascale Jewel 17.66 Mitchell & Smith $2000, C1, 295m 8 25788 Gracie Lee 17.30 John McInerney EMERGENCIES: 5 sPs66 Goldstar Journey nwtd Riley Evans EMERGENCIES: 1 57546 Goldstar Sharon 30.50 Riley Evans 9 46478 Fear All Pounamu nwtd Ray Casey 6 53533 Diamond Rosette 17.31 Malcolm Grant 1 187 Amuri Ruru nwtd John McInerney 9 57878 Khatia 17.50 John McInerney 2 34582 Diamond Crusade 30.29 Malcolm Grant 10 77s68 Epic Queen 30.67 Janine McCook 7 15845 King Kong Blonde 17.56 Allan Joyce 2 87778 Homebush Roxy 17.31 John McInerney 10 76788 Impressive Chase 17.74 John McInerney 3 56s8s Gitan nwtd J & D Fahey 8 18412 Homebush Sirius 17.37 John McInerney 3 85556 Homebush Comet 17.44 John McInerney 4 65852 Usain Bale 30.48 Craig Roberts 4 mayhounds.org.nz Rehoming Grp 3.19 EMERGENCIES: 4 17346 Dark And Dusty 17.56 Matt Roberts 12 Selwyn-rakaia Vet Services 5.54 5 84566 Zipping Boston 30.00 Craig Roberts $2000, C1, 295m 9 57878 Khatia 17.50 John McInerney 5 78824 Mitcham Dawn 17.55 John McInerney $3100, C2, 520m 6 17257 Claws In Marvel 30.70 Matt Roberts 10 76788 Impressive Chase 17.74 John McInerney 6 68777 Souffle Sue 17.19 John McInerney 7 3557s Paris Bandit nwtd Janine McCook 1 34557 Hustle Ace nwtd Norman Wanhalla 7 22888 Stumpy Bill nwtd Michael Dempsey 1 37641 Know Grizzles 30.32 Garry Cleeve 8 64684 Homebush Fonzie 30.22 John McInerney 2 75766 Impressive High 17.45 John McInerney 7 Swimming Goat At Stud 4.28 8 64353 Tonkawa 17.42 Mitchell & Smith 2 73577 Meatloaf 30.39 Sharon Hindson 3 84668 Sea Spray Ash 17.37 Barry Freeman 3 11113 Willene Bale 30.30 Craig Roberts EMERGENCIES: 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McInerney 6 8s588 Homebush Hero 17.39 John McInerney 1 34433 Mulberry Sox 17.28 Ken Cassidy 9 57254 Darla Bale 30.24 Craig Roberts 2 53434 Golden Kiwi 17.80 John McMillan 10 76788 Impressive Chase 17.74 John McInerney 7 53244 Angry Pete 17.35 John McInerney 2 68277 Amuri Liv 17.16 John McInerney 10 5348s Go Glow 30.07 Robin Wales 24 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Millman knocked Halep, Muguruza through to second round out in first round TENNIS NEW YORK — Simona Halep and of US Open Garbine Muguruza, both grand slam STRONG RETURN: Garbine champions who have had their difficulties Muguruza, No.9 seed, TENNIS in New York, have come through tough returns a shot to Donna opening-round matches in the US Open. Vekic, of Croatia, during BRISBANE — Former quarterfinalist John Halep, who went out at this stage in the first round of the US Millman is the first Australian eliminated from the both 2017 and 2018, held off Camila Open tennis championships US Open after crashing out in straight sets to Giorgi 6-4 7-6 (7-3). yesterday. AP picture Switzerland’s Henri Laaksonen. Muguruza, the No.9 seed, also Three years after upsetting five-time champion advanced on Monday with a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 Roger Federer at Flushing Meadows, Millman (7-5) victory over Donna Vekic. suffered a disappointing 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 Those were two of the early victories as first round loss in a match lasting two-and-a-half the tournament welcomed back spectators hours. after being played last year without fans World No.43 Millman began confidently against because of the Covid-19 pandemic. to capacity. is yet the reach the last eight at the US Swiss qualifier Laaksonen, not conceding a break They returned in numbers with the Long lines and big crowds were a Open. point to force a first set tiebreaker. grounds packed throughout the day. readjustment for many players. Madison She was knocked out in the first round But Laaksonen — ranked 87 places lower than Romanian Halep missed the French Keys had to wait while serving midway just two years ago. the Australian — fought back from 5-4 down in the Open and Wimbledon — the two major through the second set of her all-American She won on Monday despite being tiebreaker and claimed the first set in 54 minutes. tournaments she has won — with a calf match against Sloane Stephens, the first of pushed to two tiebreakers by Croatia’s He rattled off 16 winners to Millman’s five and injury. the tournament on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Vekic, who reached the quarter-finals in led the ace count 6-3 in the first set. Her return to grand slam tennis came as fans were late returning to their seats 2019. They exchanged breaks in the second set as at the one where she’s has been least after a changeover. Matches began without Millman fought back from 5-3 down to force yet successful. Halep was in some danger against runner-up Jennifer Brady of the US, who another tiebreaker. Her defeat to Kaia Kanepi in 2018 was Giorgi, an Italian who recently won a withdrew with injury. But the Australian provided little resistance as the first time a No.1 seed lost in the first hard-court title in Montreal for the biggest Brady, a semi-finalist last year, had to Laaksonen won the tiebreaker 7-2 to claim the round of the US Open in the professional victory of her career. retire from her second round match against second set, again in 54 minutes. era. The No.12 seed was broken while Latvian Jelena Ostapenko in Cincinnati a The third set was all one-way traffic after She suggested afterwards that maybe serving for the match at 5-4 but recovered fortnight ago. Millman was broken in the opening game. the noise of New York just wasn’t her to win the final four points of the tiebreaker. Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open Overall Laaksonen led the ace count 16-3 and scene, and the sounds were back on Muguruza has also won the French champion, also pulled out on Monday for rattled off 33 winners to Millman’s 16. — AAP Monday with the stands allowed to be filled Open and Wimbledon, but the Spaniard unspecified medical reasons. — AP THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY Wednesday, September 1, 2021 SUDOKU CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Zendaya, 25; Zoe Lister-Jones, 39; Gloria Estefan, 64; Lily Tomlin, 82. Happy Birthday: Express the way you feel, and get your priorities in order. Refuse to let SUDOKU is a logic puzzle made emotional matters stifle your progress. It's up to you to make things happen up of 81 squares on a 9x9 grid. and navigate your way to the place you want to reach. Set goals, prepare and To solve the puzzle, each row, educate yourself to ensure you can fulfill your dreams. Change begins with you, so get moving. Your numbers are 5, 12, 21, 27, 32, 36, 40. column and 3x3 grid within the ARIES (March 21-April 19): larger grid must end up containing You'll accomplish the most if you work from home. The less you deal with each number from 1 to 9, and outside influences, the better. An emotional problem will surface if you cannot each number can only appear agree with someone in a position of authority. Pay attention to the rules and once in a row, column or box. regulations. 2 stars A sudoku grid has a single TAURUS (April 20-May 20): unique solution, which can be Get in touch with someone you haven't talked to in a while. The information you receive will help you formulate what you want to do regarding your current reached without using guesswork. position or lifestyle. Take the initiative to bring about positive change. 4 stars SOLUTION IN NEXT PUBLICATION. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Concentrate on what you want, then head in that direction. The work you do will propagate opportunities to use your creative input. Don't be afraid to take a unique path. Take charge of your happiness and follow your heart. 3 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take a pass if someone tries to engage in a spirited discussion. It's better to DOUBLE CROSSWORD No.11,383 be reserved and avoid topics that take you out of your comfort zone. Pay more attention to fixing up your space and getting your finances in order. 3 stars CRYPTIC CLUES LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Hide your feelings until you feel safe sharing. Offering too much information ACROSS DOWN will leave you in a vulnerable position. Be a good listener, and you will make better decisions. Nurture a meaningful relationship with love and affection. 1. Giving affection and 2. Vestment for a short Romance is encouraged. 3 stars having a close man (3) VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): relationship (4,2,5) 3. Charge the society girl A position that interests you will not live up to your expectations. Do your 9. Run away to sea (3) with it (5) homework before you make a decision that can alter your earning potential. If 10. Complain about 4. Stockings only made up you want something, take responsibility and do it yourself. 4 stars abdominal pain (9) in Nova Scotia (6) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): 11. Aspect of English in 5. Baby things still not on Don't waffle; pay your dues, and go about your business. Now is the time to fact (5) explore and expand your mind, not miss out on opportunities because you 13. When school is over time going out (7) can't decide. Embrace life, live in the moment and discover what makes you allow to write a short 6. Be indecisive and leave feel passionate. 2 stars letter (7) without being ill (9) SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): 14. Money paid by the 7. Unavoidably have a Balance your books, then figure out what you can afford to do that's on your Romans, perhaps (6) male in the show (11) bucket list. You'll enjoy the process much more if you aren't stressed over the cost involved. Choose an innovative approach to life, love and happiness. 5 16. Put back together? (6) 8. Historical period in stars 18. Perhaps I lament an which the others get a SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): illness (7) speech (11) Get approval before you do something that will affect others. A domestic 19. Happening to find a 12. Tree for one keen on problem will surface if you aren't upfront regarding your plans. A professional biblical woman before old-fashioned lighting (9) change needs to be handled with caution. Get what you want in writing. the New Testament (5) 15. Chance beginning (7) Choose your words wisely. 3 stars 20. Carried on unnoticed, 17. Plays the guitar and CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): somehow (9) Emotional issues will stand in your way where shared expenses or joint 21. An attempt in the drinks on the street (6) ventures are concerned. Don't get worked up without good cause. Hear what SOLUTIONS TO past (3) 19. Senior tree (5) others have to say and counter with something that will benefit everyone, not Quick Crossword answers 22. Very keen on acting with 21. Curve seen in the just you. 2 stars PUZZLE 11,382 also fit the large grid coaches and a middle of the third AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): QUICK lorry (5-6) month (3) Clarify your intentions before you start something new, and it will be easier Across: 1 Cafe; 3 Splatter; to get to the finish line without interference. A physical encounter will lift your 9 Lecture; 10 Throb; spirits and motivate you to turn one of your skills into a lucrative endeavor. 3 11 Bespectacled; 13 Choose; QUICK CLUES stars 15 Aplomb; 17 Penitentiary; ACROSS DOWN PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): 20 Khaki; 21 Emotion; Make an adjustment that is conducive to getting ahead professionally. Monitor 22 Detonate; 23 Byre. 1. Incitement (11) 2. Deprive (3) Down: 1 Celibacy; 2 Focus; what's going on in your field, and you will get a jump-start on something that 4 Plenty; 5 Anticipation; 9. Crowd (3) 3. Sun flap (5) can raise your earning potential. Update skills and technology, and embark on a virtual networking extravaganza. 5 stars 6 Torpedo; 7 Robe; 8 Superstition; 10. Divination (9) 4. Body (6) 12 Abeyance; 14 Overact; Birthday Baby: 16 Detect; 18 Amity; 19 Skid. 11. Willow (5) 5. Decrease (4,3) You are sensitive, thoughtful and disciplined. You are cautious and protective. CRYPTIC 13. Godparent (7) 6. Homage (9) Across: 1 Vice; 3 Missiles; 9 Cheroot; 10 Elgar; 11 Take no 14. Love apple (6) 7. Begging (11) notice; 13 Outlaw; 15 Miller; 16. Racial (6) 8. Apologetic (11) 17 Stonewalling; 20 Halve; 21 Realist; 22 Perished; 23 Char. 18. Tell (7) 12. Ducking (9) Down: 1 Vacation; 2 Check; 19. Motionless (5) 15. Apprentice (7) STAR RATINGS 4 Intent; 5 Sweet william; 20. Three-yearly (9) 17. The Twins (6) FIVE STARS: Nothing can stop you now. Go for the gold. 6 Logical; 7 Sort; 8 Mountaineers; FOUR STARS: You can pretty much do as you please. It’s a good time to start new projects. 12 Brighter; 14 Tattler; 16 Swerve; 21. Distant (3) 19. Drone (5) THREE STARS: If you focus your efforts, you will reach your goals. 18 Irish; 19 Shop. TWO STARS: You can accomplish a lot, but don’t rely on others for help. 22. Subordination (11) 21. Adjust (3) ONE STAR: It’s best to avoid conflicts. Work behind the scenes or read a good book. The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 SPORT 25 Morris to retire from NRL, ends era RUGBY LEAGUE suffered an ACL injury that prematurely by Pamela Whaley, AAP ended his season. The two started their careers together SYDNEY — Josh Morris will join his at the Dragons and went on to play brother Brett in retirement at the end of together at the Bulldogs before reuniting the NRL season as the champion centre at the Roosters in 2020, when a salary calls time on his illustrious rugby league cap squeezed Josh out of the Sharks. career. Defying their age, the twins reached The 35-year-old will finish the season the top of their game again under coach with the Sydney Roosters, ending a Trent Robinson. 15-year NRL career that encompassed six Both are in the top 10 tryscorers of all tests for Australia and 15 State of Origin time. Brett is fourth with 176 while Josh games for New South Wales. is 10th with 157 across his NRL career. It will bring the curtain down on a Josh will have the chance to add to the decorated NRL career in which Morris tally if named to return from a hamstring has played 322 games for St George injury for the Roosters on Thursday night Illawarra, Canterbury, Cronulla and now against Canberra. the Roosters. His retirement brings to an end a He is yet to win an NRL premiership remarkable 42-year legacy for the Morris despite grand finals with the Bulldogs in family after his father Steve made his 2012 and 2014, and is aiming to go out on debut for the Dragons back in 1979. a title with the Roosters in 2021. The trio have scored 455 tries between them across a combined 845 first grade games. I’ve been enjoying my footy “It’s been a real joy to coach Josh over and‘ love being around the team the past two seasons,” Roosters coach TIME’S UP: Josh Morris of the Sydney Roosters is tackled by Aaron Schoupp of the Trent Robinson said. . . . but I’m very comfortable Canterbury Bulldogs during a Round 17 NRL match in July. Morris will retire at the “To watch the way he has gone about that this is the right call. end of this NRL season. AAP picture playing the game throughout his entire —Josh’ Morris career is a reflection of the wonderful being around the team we have here at “I’ve had some wonderful opportunities athlete and person that he is. the Roosters, but I’m very comfortable and made some lifelong friendships and “Josh is one of the best of all time that this is the right call. memories along the way, right back to my in his position, and his achievements, “I’ve thought long and hard about this “I’ve been blessed to play 15 seasons in junior days with the Kiama Knights.” not only at club level, but also in the decision,” Morris said on Monday. the toughest rugby league competition in It follows the immediate retirement representative arena, deserve to be “I’ve been enjoying my footy and love the world. this year nof his twin brother Brett, who celebrated.” Ecclestone slams F1 over ‘shortest ever’ Belgian GP Sri Lanka’s squad named,

MOTORSPORT criticism for their handling Perera back after Covid-19 of the spectacle. Seven- LONDON — Former time world champion CRICKET Formula One boss Bernie Lewis Hamilton branded Ecclestone believes the it a “farce” and demanded COLOMBO — Batsman has been rain-hit Belgian Grand that the 75,000 spectators, named in Sri Lanka’s squad for next month’s limited Prix should not have been who stood in the rain overs home cricket series against South Africa after abandoned and has accused for almost four hours in recovering from Covid-19. the sport’s rule makers of the hope of a race, be Experienced batsman and lacking courage. refunded. veteran fast bowler have also been The Belgian GP on “I would have told the recalled. Sunday was the shortest teams and the drivers Perera tested positive for Covid-19 this month, Formula One race ever, at 3pm, ‘it is raining, we having also missed the home limited-overs series with Red Bull’s Max are prepared to put it off against India in July due to a shoulder injury. Verstappen taking the win for an hour and hope the New additions include leg-spinner Pulina Tharanga in the wet after three laps weather is going to change. and batsman Kamindu Mendis, who both impressed behind the safety car. But no matter what during the domestic league this month, while FIA race director happens the race will start left-arm spinner Lakshan Sandakan and seamer Kasun Michael Masi determined at 4pm and then it is up to RACE LEADER: Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of Rajitha have been left out. that the track was unsafe, you whether you take part the Netherlands steers his car round a bend during the Sri Lanka play South Africa in three one-day with the grid in agreement. or not’,” Ecclestone told Formula One Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps internationals and three Twenty20 internationals, with F1 bosses courted PA. — AAP racetrack in Belgium on Sunday. AP picture the first ODI in Colombo on Thursday. — AAP AFL star responds to Dragons soar in Super online racial abuse League, Maloney stars LONDON — Former NRL star James Wigan coach Adrian Lam could not hide Maloney has masterminded UK his delight after an impressive 22-0 win at AFL leaders ’ 64-0 thrashing of Castleford ended a three-game losing run and cellar dwellers Leigh, collecting a personal tally kept them on track for finals football. MELBOURNE — Essendon forward Anthony of 24 points. Former Manly playmaker Jackson Hastings, McDonald-Tipungwuti has taken to social media to The gulf between Super League’s top and Liam Marshall, Oliver Gildart and Brad detail his difficult year after he was the target of racist bottom sides was exposed as Catalans ran in Singleton scored tries to end Castleford’s four- abuse online following the AFL club’s elimination final 11 unanswered tries at Stade Gilbert Brutus. game winning run. defeat. Maloney recently announced he would The Warriors had failed to score a try in The Bombers removed a racist comment by a retire at season’s end but has shown no signs their last two outings and lost their last five supporter on their Facebook page after Sunday’s of slowing down, putting on a masterclass games at Castleford. 49-point loss to the Western Bulldogs. against Leigh. “Given the current situation we’ve been in, The Bombers He helped the Dragons tear apart the to come here and win — and to keep them to released a visitors, crossing for a try while also kicking 10 zero — makes this one of the highlights of the statement As a society, we goals. year,” Lam said. condemning Mike McMeeken and Fouad Yaha crossed “We’re in control of our own destiny now.” the abuse and should‘ never define for three tries apiece in the first half alone. Former Newcastle flyer Ken Sio bagged also called out anyone by the colour “Our attack was pretty perfect in that first four tries to spark Salford’s 42-14 rout of Hull “unsavoury of their skin, race, half,” Catalans coach Steve McNamara said at the AJ Bell Stadium. comments” directed after his team sprinted to a 40-0 half-time Salford trailed 14-12 after 58 minutes at rival Bulldogs culture or ability. lead. before scoring five tries while players, with four- —Anthony McDonald-’ The stage is now set for a head-to-head kicked seven goals. goal forward Cody Tipungwuti battle for the league leader’s shield between Wakefield rallied to topple Leeds 20-13 and Weightman among the Dragons and Kristian Woolf’s St Helens, earn interim coach Willie Poching his third win those targeted. with the top two sides clashing at Newcastle’s from four games in charge. ABUSE: Anthony McDonald- McDonald-Tipungwuti, who did not play in the St James’ Park next round in the Magic Leeds had ex-Cronulla and Dragons prop Tipungwuti celebrates a goal elimination final, sat out the last three matches of Weekend. Matt Prior sin-binned after just six minutes for during a Round 16 AFL match in Essendon’s season for personal reasons. St Helens all but ended local rivals a high tackle. July. In the shortened 2020 season “As a society we should never define anyone by Warrington’s hopes of a top two finish with And young halves Oliver Russell and Will he was the Bombers’ leading goal the colour of their skin, race, culture or ability,” the a thrilling 24-14 victory at the Halliwell Jones Pryce guided Huddersfield to a 40-28 win that scorer. AAP picture 28-year-old posted on Instagram. — AAP stadium. dented the play-off hopes of Hull KR. — PA 26 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Stedman springs from fifth to silver PARALYMPICS by Albie Redmore, NZ Herald WILLIAM Stedman has sprung from nowhere to claim silver for New Zealand in the men’s T36 long jump at the Tokyo Paralympics. Sitting in fifth place, well outside the distance required for a medal and with one jump left to go in the final, Stedman pulled out a season’s-best jump of 5.64 metres to surge into second place on the rankings and claim his third Paralympic medal. After winning two bronze medals as a 16-year-old in Rio de Janiero in 2016, Stedman was marked as a rising star of the Kiwi camp. However, those two medals came in the 200-metre and 400m running events and long jump was his weakest finish, a jump of 5.35m leaving him in fifth place. Last night Stedman showed just how far he has progressed in the jumping discipline and showed extreme composure to produce a medal-winning final jump. Stedman had an inauspicious start to the evening as he failed to find his rhythm in the Olympic Stadium. A no-jump, followed by three middling attempts around the 5.45m range, left Stedman in fifth place and not appearing to be a threat to the leaders. With two jumps to go, Stedman needed to pull something big out his hat to put some pressure on the front-runners. However, his fifth jump produced another red flag and it all came down to his sixth and final jump of the event. As Stedman emerged from the sand LAST EFFORT: William Stedman jumped from fifth to second in his last leap of the long jump competition. Picture from Facebook following his sixth jump, he looked to his coach in the stand and shrugged his One, then two jumpers failed to better massive roller coaster of a competition screen. I’m feeling really elated and I just shoulders. He wasn’t confident he had Stedman, before Ukrainian Roman and I still don’t think it has quite sunk in don’t think it has sunk in yet.” done enough. Pavlyk came just one centimetre short of yet,” Stedman said. He continued: “I’ve had a stress Seconds later, however, shock and joy the Kiwi’s mark and history was sealed. “From those last three rounds it was fracture for the past few months and we came to the face of the 21-year-old as Evgenii Torsunov claimed gold (5.76m) a real mental battle and I just gave that have had to modify training a little bit so he realised he had put himself into the for the Russian delegate, Stedman silver last jump everything. I actually thought I’m stoked to come out and get this. silver medal position with just three (5.64m) and Pavlyk bronze (5.63m). it was a bad jump and thought that was Stedman will have another shot at a jumpers left to challenge him in the field. “I’m a bit overwhelmed that was a it and then I saw the 5.64 come up on the medal in the men’s T36 400m final today.

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midfielder 2019 World Cup (7) AFTER nine golds and seven silvers, Sophie 5 Kiwi cycling golden girl 2004 7 8 Pascoe last night claimed her first Paralympic Athens Olympics (5) bronze medal — and she initially wasn’t happy 7 Crusaders All Black prop 9 with the result. 2017-18 (5) The New Zealand swimmer finished third in the 10 11 12 13 8 F1 motor racing team carries S9 100m backstroke final in Toyko, for her 17th Kiwi legend’s name (7) 14 15 Paralympic medal and second in Tokyo, after a 9 Pair (3) silver in the SB8 100m breaststroke. 16 17 18 19 Pascoe led the field at the turn after a 10 Highlanders first-five earned blistering start to the race in which she swam the sole Test cap v Tonga 2019 (5) 20 21 opening 50m in 33 seconds. However, she was 12 1970 Melbourne Cup chased down by US swimmer Hannah Aspden, as winner, Baghdad -- (4) 22 23 24 well as Spain’s Nuria Soto. 13 Black Caps’ 2015 World Aspden eventually won the gold in a time of PERKED UP: Sophie Pascoe was Cup batting hero, initials (2) 1:09.22 with Pascoe taking bronze in 1:11.15. disappointed with her bronze-medal swim 14 Three-generation All Black 25 26 27 28 29 Soto picked up the silver to complete a replica of but perked up for the medal ceremony. family patriarch, -- Barry (3) the standings after the heats. Rotorua Daily Post file picture 30 15 Spanish football giants, -- An exhausted and anguished Pascoe appeared in the media area following the race but could Madrid (4) a high enough average in the final, eventually 31 32 only manage a brief statement before being being eliminated in sixth place overall. 16 All Black wing sensation helped away to prepare for her medal ceremony. Johnson entered the final in strong form, 1995 World Cup (4) 2 Former champion Australian 21 50-Test All Black “The pain of giving it everything and it wasn’t qualifying with the second-highest average score 17 Black Caps’ first player of opener, Matthew -- (6) playmaker 2010-17 (6) good enough,” Pascoe said through tears when in his heat. Pasifica heritage, Murphy -- (3) 3 Highlanders Super title- 23 NZ Hall of Fame rowing asked by TVNZ how she was feeling. However, he failed to carry that form through 19 Football code, abbrev (2) winning prop 2015, Brendon coach, -- Robertson (5) Was she happy with bronze? to the final as he averaged 10.438, after qualifying “No, honestly no.” 22 Dual World Cup-winning All -- (7) 26 Highly fancied, -- tip (3) at a rate of 10.562. Her mood had improved by the time the medal Earlier, Johnson had talked about the Black prop (6) 5 Kiwi dual gold medal- 27 -- and flow (3) winning swim superstar 1996 ceremony came around, as she smiled and waved experience of competing in his first major event 24 First NZ-born world heavy- 29 OlyWhites football coach, to the crowd to acknowledge her bronze. Atlanta Olympics (6) in over two years, saying it was surprisingly weight boxing champion (6) Danny -- (3) The 28-year-old will have three more chances taxing. 6 All Blacks captain 1998- 25 1995 All Black World Cup to add to her medal tally in Tokyo, the next being “I felt pretty good yesterday in my pre-event squad flanker, Kevin -- (7) 2002 (7) Solution No 64 in the S9 100m freestyle today. training but then today the nervousness and 11 Hurricanes hooker made 28 Sprint (4) W I L L I S G I B S O N Earlier, fellow Kiwi Jesse Reynolds finished being out of the international competition for a 30 Son of former ABs captain Test debut v Australia 2020 WI A P E A R sixth in the men’s S9 100m backstroke final. couple of years must’ve got to me,” Johnson said (5) M C M I L L A N K E R R earned 2021 debut, initials (2) After a slow start, Reynolds did well to pick up after qualifying for the final. 13 Scene of Peter Snell’s B B A E E O two places over the final 50m to finish in sixth “Man, I got super overheated with nerves. 31 Record-breaking Crusaders remarkable world-record L I E N E R T B R O W N place in a time of 1:04.60 — 0.02s outside his Being a tetraplegic you don’t regulate the body E R S L L A prop, -- Crockett (5) mile 1962, Cooks -- (7) personal best time. temperature as well so I was getting super hot.” 32 Kiwi striker Chris Wood’s D O T H E N D E R S O N 18 Wellington club rugby’s O D A N D E That was also a one-place improvement for The 47-year-old Johnson has claimed a gold English football club (7) Rams, -- Hutt (5) N E W B Y S K I N N E R Reynolds compared with Rio 2016. and two bronze medals over the course of a O M C S O Gold went to world record holder Bogdan Paralympic shooting Para sport career that began Down 20 Kiwi batsman blasted S O O I A L O L I O N S Mozgovoi of Russia. with gold in Athens in 2004. He also has two 1 Black Caps’ leading run- ’s fastest double A D N T O N E Veteran Paralympian Michael Johnson missed world championships to his name. scorer in T20 internationals (7) century v England 2002 (5) M O S S S T E E L E R S out on the medals in the final of the mixed 10m Johnson will have two further opportunities to air rifle standing SH2 event. Selection of previous puzzles available as printable PDFs add to his medal tally when he competes in the Competing in his fifth Games, one of only three mixed 10m air rifle prone event tomorrow and the Email: [email protected] Kiwi athletes to do so, Johnson failed to maintain mixed 50m rifle prone event on Saturday. — NZH

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“It is a fantastic interest and way of life, and right up there with the best forms of self- defence,” he said. After his time at General Motors, he did a screen-printing apprenticeship. Over the years he has also worked in security roles, where tact and diplomacy have been as important as the ability to look after oneself. Nevertheless, his martial arts training has given him the skill and confidence to handle explosive situations before they get out of hand. And while he has used his training many times in the course of his security work, he says the skills learned must only be used outside the dojo or competition hall as a last resort, when safer methods to resolve an issue have failed. Kyokushin karate is a tough form of the martial art, Sensei Ben says. “It’s very demanding — physically, mentally, spiritually,” he said. Sensei Virgil says people can LESSONS IN TECHNIQUE: Sensei Ben Terekia (left) demonstrates striking technique as Sensei Virgil Troy, of Napier, holds the punching pad choose much easier types of during a visit to the Turanganui-Gisborne Kyokushin Karate Club dojo by Hawke’s Bay Shinkyokushin members. Picture by Liam Clayton karate. “Kyokushin is known as the warrior, and in the code of the Sensei Ben, 66, says a strong for the better. Sensei Virgil says that if a strongest budo karate,” he said. warrior you have integrity, aspect of karate is the change it “It’s not 100 percent; some person has good inside, karate “Budo means the way of the respect, honour, compassion . . .” makes in people’s lives, generally people go the other way.” will bring out the best.

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READY TO TRAIN: Sensei Virgil Troy (left) and Sensei Ben Terekia with students from Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay who gathered for a joint training session at the Turanganui- GisborneSPECIAL Kyokushin Karate Club dojo. OCCASIONPicture by Liam Clayton A visit, a tribute and a plan for the future

MARTIAL ARTS by John Gillies and branch chief of the World Karate for one of our gradings a few months Sensei Ben’s karate journey began after Organisation Shinkyokushinkai New ago. I suggested that I bring some of my he moved from Gisborne to Wellington, FOR nearly 50 years Ben Terekia has Zealand. students to train with him. where he worked for General Motors. practised Kyokushin karate, and for “New Zealand is part of the South “It’s all about developing friendships One of his workmates was training in much of that time he has been known as Pacific region, which in turn is part of the and relationships. Kyokushin karate and took Ben along, in “Sensei”, or teacher. World Karate Organisation,” he said. “We’d love to come up regularly and early September, 1973. He has taken groups of students away Sensei Virgil brought through about 20 just train.” Ben started his training with New to train with other clubs and learn from students from Hawke’s Bay to give them The benefits to Gisborne Zealand karate pioneer John Jarvis, other teachers. the opportunity to train with Sensei Ben. students of being affiliated to WKO who had spent two years studying This month – before lockdown – for the “We have five dojo in Hawke’s Bay – in Shinkyokushinkai New Zealand related with Steve Arneil (the then head of UK first time, his dojo (training hall) played Napier, Hastings, Taradale, Meeanee and to closer links with developments coming Kyokushinkai Karate) before travelling to host to visitors from out of town. Havelock North,” he said. “We also have out of Japan and internationally. Japan to train under Master Mas Oyama, It was a special occasion for Sensei dojo in Auckland. “Once our borders are open, I will be who is credited with originating the Ben. “We’re really excited to train with back to training in Japan frequently,” Kyokushin “full-contact” style of karate. Not only were the visitors paying Sensei Ben because 48 years of Sensei Virgil said. Jarvis was the sixth person in the world tribute to his 48 years practising knowledge gives you a real depth of “I come back from Japan and pass on to to complete the 100-man kumite (100 the Japanese martial art; they were understanding of karate. our students what I’ve learned. We keep rounds of sparring), and was graded 5th in Gisborne to train with him and “All instructors have their own unique up to date but also keep our feet firmly in Dan. advance the “strong possibility” that his way of teaching.” the past and history. Ben Terekia has stayed with the sport Turanganui-Gisborne Kyokushin Karate Sensei Virgil said the trip to Gisborne “I go to Japan two or three times a ever since his introduction to it, and Club would join the Shinkyokushin had its origins in a call he received from year to train with them. They might has been teaching others for “at least network. The prefix “shin” means “new” Sensei Ben in April. have a new way of doing something, a 40 years”, setting up the Turanganui- or “real”. “He said he was interested in meeting new training technique, new philosophy. Gisborne Kyokushin Karate Club along Napier-based Sensei Virgil Troy is the and doing some training. We got to It might be any aspect of the training or the way. New Zealand representative for Japan talking, and Sensei Ben came to Napier Japanese custom.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 27