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BEAUTY BEFORE THE BEAST

Beautiful rainbows adorned the Gisborne sky late yesterday afternoon and again this morning. This picture was taken shortly before 8am with the southerly blasting into the region. The winds have got up to 100kmh at the top of East Cape, and the weather has caused a temporary halt to log loading at Eastland Port. It has also made for a chilly start for newborn lambs. Picture by Liam Clayton

100kmh winds, log ship sent SOUTHERLY BLAST out of port by staff reporters Bay recorded gusts up to 100kmh for a The strong southerly change has September looks headed towards a time.” meant a halt to log-loading operations at good month for the port. THE strong southerly blasting Mr Ferris said the rain and wind Eastland Port due to the wind and surge Eastland Port’s shipping schedule the district today halted log-loading would linger around the region today. in the port. shows a further nine log boats expected operations at Eastland Port and brought “But there is a general easing trend The logger African Grouse had been to call here between today and a sharp drop in temperatures that tonight,” he said. alongside the wharf loading but went September 26 — The Paiwan Wisdom, will make it a tough start for newborn “Tomorrow the southerly looks back out to anchor in Turanganui-a- Bunun Ace, Dahlia Harmony, Maple lambs. considerably less strong at dawn and Kiwa/Poverty Bay ahead of the weather Fortune, Xing Yi Hai, African Margaux, Fortunately the wind associated with will run out of steam into the afternoon. change. Alam Sejahtera, Oyster Bay and the the weather system has been forecast to “Meteorological spring has arrived “The African Grouse is waiting out in Berge Hakodate. ease tomorrow. but these cold southerly winds will have the bay, partially loaded, due to forecast Eastland Network reported no MetService recorded one-hundred- things feeling more wintry,” said Mr infragravity waves,” a port spokesman problems with power supply overnight kilometre-an-hour gusts at the top of Ferris said. despite the high wind gusts on parts of East Cape this morning. Gisborne Airport recorded nearly The swell in the bay got up to around the East Coast. “The southerly brought a period of 20 millimetres of rain in four hours four metres with the southerly. Spare a thought for the newborn rain overnight, with further showers overnight. “It’s mainly the wind factor and we lambs around the district, who face a this morning,” said MetService The winds have been forecast to shift expect the swell to taper off pretty chilly start to life. forecaster Lewis Ferris. northerly, then north-westerly later quickly once the wind does down Many ewe flocks on farms in the “Gisborne Airport recorded wind gusts tomorrow, and the top temperature for tomorrow. district have just started to give birth, up to 50 kilometres an hour just after Saturday and Sunday will be 19 degrees, “We hope to resume loading by around as the main lamb “drop” of the season dawn while our weather station at Hicks with fine days. Friday lunchtime.” gets under way.

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ALERT PAINT IT RED: The War Memorial Theatre foyer was lit up in red last Show of solidarity night to show solidarity with the international for live events red alert campaign bringing awareness to the economic affects of Covid- venues worldwide 19 on live events venues. Below, Tim McAnaney by Mark Peters (left), of Creative Lighting Design, and audio IN a gesture of solidarity with the technician Scott McSloy live event industry overseas, whose joined Evolution Theatre survival is threatened by alert responses Company in similar to the Covid-19 pandemic, two Gisborne support. theatres were lit up in red last night. Pictures supplied The Red Alert campaign — in which live event venues in the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries were recently illuminated with red light — aims to bring awareness to the threat of job losses people in the performing arts industry now face as theatres and globe,” she said. lights from their phones while lining other venues shut down. From major festivals and landmark the Millennium Bridge,” reported While a WeMakeEvents group on theatres to grassroots venues and London magazine Time Out. Facebook is finalising details with the business events, live events around the On Tuesday, 1500 buildings across international cohort before launching a world have been devastated. North America were lit in red as a New Zealand “day of action”, Evolution Without major immediate support show of support for the live events Theatre was lit up in red while the War from governments, the entire supply industry. Memorial Theatre foyer was similarly chain is at risk of collapse. At least 10 of Myers’ friends in flooded in red from its poppy ceiling. A red alert event to highlight the shows in Las Vegas are now out of “We wanted to be part of it and to live events sector’s plight was held in work. show our support and show how lucky London on August 11 when venues “They don’t have a supportive we are to have Covid-19 under control such as the National Theatre, the government like we do,” said Myers. enough to still have live events,” said Roundhouse, and the Royal Albert Hall “I feel blessed we are able to gather Evolution Theatre Company artistic glowed red. 100 people together and keep the arts director Dinna Myers. “Tate Modern flashed the words alive. “We wanted to show solidarity with ‘throw us a line’ on its towering “New Zealand has handled this with people who are out of work across the chimney while event staff flashed red grace, thoughtfulness and intelligence.” THE CASE OF THE MYSTERY BASKET Can you help? by Kim Parkinson After checking with neighbours, the resident took the basket to Gisborne A MYSTERY basket of gifts intended police hoping they might be able to help. for someone born on August 17, 1978, If anybody has any information was left on the doorstep of a Lytton Road regarding the basket, please contact address but no such person lives there. The Gisborne Herald or email editorial@ A Gisborne resident who wants to gisborneherald.co.nz remain anonymous received the basket The Herald has contacted Gisborne containing presents wrapped in white Hospital to find out who was born here paper with red polka dots on Thursday, on the August 17, 1978, and was still August 20, and wants to find the waiting for a response when today’s intended recipient. edition went to print. It came with an envelope addressed “To the daughter born on the 17th of the 8th 1978” and a birthday card signed “from RETURN TO SENDER: This mystery Jason”. box of gifts was dropped off at a Lytton The contents include framed religious Road address on August 20. It contains images and three religious books, as well several religious books, framed religious as chocolates and lollies. images, a framed photo of a young child, It also contains a photo of a young Mallowpuffs biscuits and Favourites child aged around five or six years with a chocolates, Just Juice and other Ratana badge attached to the portrait. miscellaneous goodies. Clues to its origin The basket was left on the doorstep include the birth date of a daughter and and the only clue is the birthday of the a card signed “from Jason”. intended recipient. Picture by Paul Rickard

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• It’s 1-all between YMP and Waikohu in premier club rugby games this season. On Saturday, they face off in the Lee Bros Shield fi nal. • Gisborne Thistle continue their Pacifi c Premiership football title at home to Napier City Rovers. Gisborne United host Taradale. • A titanic battle between Whangara Old Girls and High School Old Girls is on the cards in premier grade netball FOCUS ON THE LAND TOMORROW SATURDAY Vicki Coley Residential Sales Consultant The Gisborne Herald, 64 Gladstone Road, P.O. Box 1143, Gisborne • Phone (06) 869 0600 • Fax (Editorial) (06) 869 0643 (Advertising) (06) 869 0644 For a free no obligation appraisal call me. Editor: Jeremy Muir • Chief Reporter: Andrew Ashton • Circulation: Cara Haines • Sports: John Gillies P 021 641 997 E [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz 32806-02 The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 NEWS 3 Te Poho o Rawiri hosting evening Guilty plea after fatal collision for candidates A GISBORNE woman was sentenced Charley were injured in the crash. passengers. They were on their way to A CHANCE for the General Election East to six months home detention after she Taitapanui was sentenced in the Ohope. A car driven by Taitapanui in Coast and Ikaroa Rawhiti candidates to speak pleaded guilty to dangerous driving Tauranga High Court on Tuesday. the opposite direction collided with the about kaupapa Maori has been organised for causing the death of Gisborne man As well as the home detention, she Holmbergs near the Waioeka River Bridge Wednesday, September 16. Wayne Holmberg 18 months ago. lost her driver’s licence for 12 months. in the Opotiki township. The meet the candidates evening will be at Te Lucretia Taitapanui also pleaded guilty Mr Holmberg, 55, was killed in a crash It was a 45kmh zone. Poho-o-Rawiri Marae from 6pm to 8pm. to two charges of dangerous driving in Opotiki on Saturday, March 9, 2019. The sentencing notes of the judge at It has been organised by iwi collective Toitu causing injury. He was driving his 1963 Chevy Nova the sentencing have been applied for but Mr Holmberg’s wife Sue and daughter with his wife and their daughter as will take around two weeks to arrive. Tairawhiti for members of the public to hear from the candidates. Ikaroa Rawhiti candidates Elizabeth Kerekere (Green Party), Heather Te Au Skipworth (Maori Party) and Meka Whaitiri (Labour party) will be R&V festival-goer admits drug supply charge attending. East Coast candidates Kiritapu Allan (Labour), Meredith Akuhata-Brown (Greens) and A 20-YEAR-OLD Auckland man has and scheduled sentencing for Auckland production worker from Auckland, Tania Tapsell (National) will also be there. admitted possessing ecstasy to supply District Court on November 4. was granted an application by Judge For more information, email Rapaea Parata at at last year’s Rhythm and Vines festival Ms Priest submitted Hussona lives in Haamiora Raumati to have sentencing [email protected] in relation to drugs security staff found Auckland, has parental support there, transferred there, after pleading guilty in his vehicle. He will be sentenced in is engaged with community alcohol to possession of ecstasy for supply and Auckland. and drug services there, and is doing a possession of a Class C analogue drug — Thomas Hamid Hussona appeared in skipper’s course. charges arising from the 2018 concert. Talent from all Gisborne District Court via AV-link from If sentenced in Gisborne, he and his Sentencing was delayed by other, Auckland and was represented by high- parents would need to make two seven- non drug-related charges that were over district tries profile lawyer Emma Priest. hour trips, Ms Priest said. ultimately dismissed, and took place this Hussona pleaded guilty to possession Police prosecutor Palu Lepanoni March. of ecstasy for supply and possession of submitted sentencing should remain in The Gisborne Herald’s later request to for What Now cannabis seeds after police withdrew Gisborne due to a high public interest the Auckland court for sentencing notes a charge of possessing cannabis plant here in the outcomes for offenders remains unanswered. YOUNG singers have used a variety of settings material. associated with R&V. Rotorua man Samuel Aaron Hindman, for their entries to the What Now TV programme’s Convictions were withheld, Ms Priest Ms Priest gave a personal assurance 22, who pleaded guilty to possessing Tumeke Talent Tairawhiti competition. saying Hussona, who has no previous sentencing notes would be made ecstasy (a total of 24 grams) for supply Bathrooms, bedrooms, lounges, backyards criminal history, intends to make available to police and the court here, to at last year’s concert, was sentenced and stairs all featured as locations for the video application for a discharge without enable easier access by local media. in Gisborne District Court during July. entries, said Trust Tairawhiti event development conviction. Hussona is one of three men to be Judge Warren Cathcart refused manager Lana Davy. Police opposed an application by Ms charged in separate, unrelated cases, for to grant an application for a discharge There is still time to enter the singing contest, Priest to have Hussona’s sentencing drug offending at recent Rhythm and without conviction and instead which is open to anyone aged 16 and under. transferred out of town. But Judge Vines concerts. imposed three months’ community The cut-off date has been extended to this Turitea Bolstad granted the application Maihi Peri Ashford, 27, a film detention. 11.59pm Sunday. Entrants will be whittled down to four finalists vying for the $1000 cash prize. Ms Davy said the ages of entrants so far ranged from eight to 16. “They’ve come in from all over Tairawhiti — town, country and coast.” Young voters slow Song choices ranged from John Legend to Lady Gaga, from indie rock to te reo, and even an original. “Kids have entered a capella (unaccompanied), playing an instrument or singing along to the original or karaoke track.” to enrol for election The final will be filmed at a special What Now show at Tokomaru Bay in November. MORE young and first-time East registered. Those keen to enter should upload their video Coast voters need to start enrolling to There are still 7782 eligible East audition to the What Now website whatnow.tv/ vote in the General Election. Coast/Ikaroa-Rawhiti voters who have competitions/gEOl7szRVr5zbnKb82Pt Although 90.25 percent of estimated not registered. eligible voters in the East Coast The Electorate Commission says electorate and the East Coast part of there are 49,936 voters registered in Tolaga Bay water the Ikaroa-Rawhiti electorate have East Coast and 22,082 in the East registered, only 72.94 percent of those Coast part of the Ikaroa-Rawhiti project hui tonight in the 18 to 24 cohort have done so, electorate. according to Electoral Commission That makes for 72,018 registered Uawa residents will be told details of a new figures for the period ended August 31. voters out of an estimated 79,800 underground water project tonight. The next two age groups of eligible eligible voters, or 90.25 percent. A hui at Tolaga Bay Fire Station at 5pm will voters, aged 25 to 29, and 30 to 34, The good news is that voters still inform the community about a groundwater record the next lowest percentage of have plenty of time to register with exploration project in the Uawa-Hikawai registered voters, but the figures are the election having been put back from catchment. much higher at 88.81 percent and September 19 to October 17 because “The project aims to gather information 89.23 respectively. of the re-emergence of community and knowledge on the quality and quantity of The other age groups are all in transmission of Covid-19. groundwater aquifers on the East Coast,” a excess of 90 percent, with the 65 to 69 It is possible to enrol online at Gisborne District Council spokeswoman said. age range showing the highest rate of enrol.vote.nz but voters need a New “It will allow the council and the Tolaga registration at 95.5 percent. Zealand driver licence, New Zealand REGISTER TO VOTE: Resident New Bay community to characterise the aquifer East Coast compares well to the passport or RealMe verified identity. Zealanders can cast their vote from Saturday, system through pump test analysis and water national average, with 88.65 percent Alternatively, eligible voters can ring October 3, right up to 7pm on election day, quality samples, and to meet National Policy of all New Zealand eligible voters the 24-hour freephone number 0800 Saturday, October 17. Kiwis overseas can Statement for Freshwater Management (NPSFM) registered, and just 68.03 percent of 36 76 56 or freetext 3676 to get an vote from Wednesday, September 30. requirements.” Kiwi voters aged between 18 and 24 enrolment form posted to them. Public invited to GDC online environmental hui

GISBORNE District Council is focusing challenges we are dealing with.” working hard to address the challenges opportunity to ask them during or after its attention on the environment next The online hui will cover council facing the region. the session.” week as early consultations continue on projects in water and land management, “Biodiversity restoration projects, Members of the public can access the the 2021-to-2031 Long Term Plan. and ways for the wider community to be research into climate change, and environmental online hui through GDC’s “We want to hear from the public better kaitiaki (guardians) of land, air supporting local environmental needs website on Monday and ask questions about our environmental care, which and water. and communicating them to central live via the chat function. encompasses a great deal of work,” Mayor “We’ll have people discussing government are prime examples of Rehette Stoltz said. biodiversity projects, climate change, the council staff work,” she said. “These ■ THE online hui is from 10am on Monday “On Monday, September 7, we will run legacy landfills we have in Tairawhiti, online hui are perfect opportunities for and can be accessed at tellus.gdc.govt.nz/ an online hui through the Our Tairawhiti and our revegetation partnerships people to ask us about these projects and environment-online-hui section of our website, where our such as the Titirangi (Kaiti Hill) and tell us what’s important to them. Email your questions to [email protected] community can follow a link and listen Waingake restorations. “Send in your questions early but if you The hui will be recorded and available on the to our expert staff discuss the issues and Mayor Stoltz said the council was have further questions you will have the council website. 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020

FAMILY NOTICES Deaths MORE NEED LLOYD , Ina Dawn FOR HELP THIS Deaths (Dawny). — A much loved and cherished YEAR: The Sunrise Grants Committee LLOYD, Dawn. — On sister-in-law to Wade 31st August 2020, and Bea, and a most gave out $165,000 peacefully, at Gisborne treasured aunty to Toni in grants in this Hospital. Loved wife of and Lawrence, and year’s funding the late Tony. Well- Regan, and their round across loved mother, grand- families. arts, education, mother and great- A battle bravely fought environment, grandmother, and sister to the end. health, social of all her brothers. While those of us still services and sports A family service has walk this earth, you will causes. From left been held. be often spoken to, silently remembered, are Rob Dymock, - Evans Funeral and spoken about with David Clark (Chair), Services Ltd FDANZ lots of love and Lilian Tangaere www.evansfuneral.co.nz laughter. Baldwin, Richard RIP our sissy. Briant, Leslynne Jackson (Stephen Thomson absent)

Sexual health Picture by education Markus Brunner evening positive forum for rangatahi Sunrise grants for those in need by Kim Parkinson A TOTAL of 33 community groups here have and community organisations delivering felt more proud to be a Kiwi”. A SEXUAL health education evening at been given a funding boost by The Sunrise assistance to those in need, sooner rather “It’s amazing the way we are working as a Tautua Village was the first of its kind in Foundation. than later.” team of 5 million to beat the virus, and closer the region, providing a positive forum for Sunrise, a community foundation, Normally, the funding round takes place in to home, how our community has rallied open discussion on the subject. announced it had distributed $165,000 in November. around to support those affected by the Youth who attended had the grants in this year’s funding round across “We were inundated with applications and hardship arising from lockdown. opportunity to informally explore arts, education, environment, health, social would have needed four times more than we “Donations from locals have helped Sunrise contraception and protection material, services and sports causes. had available to grant to be able to help them become the fastest growing community ask Tairawhiti sexual health Sunrise grants committee chairman David all,” Mr Clark said. foundation in New Zealand, with endowments professionals questions and vote on how Clark said the board of Sunrise decided to “This highlights how much need there is growing to over $5 million in just five years. It they would like to see sexual health take applications early this year in light of in our community and has made the team is due to the generosity of our donors that we information presented to their age Covid-19. at Sunrise more determined to grow our have been able to grant $538,000 to causes bracket in the future. “We knew there was more need as a endowments so we have more to grant in across the arts, education, environment, Programme lead for Aniwaniwa result of the situation arising from the global future.” health, social services and sports Tairawhiti, Gio To’a, said there was a pandemic. By bringing forward our funding Sunrise executive officer Glenda Stokes communities throughout Tairawhiti-Gisborne real lack of knowledge out there and round we were able to help the charities said in such unusual times she had “never in the short time since we were established.” she hoped the evening would shed some light on the subject of sexual health. The information evening was a chance to break the ice and for youth to ask questions and get the information they IN GISBORNE needed, she said. Family Planning health educator and key note speaker Sheralee Wootton Wandering DISTRICT COURT says studies show that people with informative, positive attitudes around JACKSON Hirini Gray, 30, pleaded sex are more likely to use contraception, guilty in Gisborne District Court to communicate risks with their partners, common assault after police reduced and report more positive sexual the charge from one of assault in a interactions. family relationship and withdrew another “Sex is a part of life and we need to stock worry similar charge. The charges were to be honest in teaching rangatahi (youth) have been heard that day at a judge- how to have healthy, respectful and safe alone trial. intimate experiences. He was further remanded on “Giving rangatahi space and electronically-monitored bail to an out-of- opportunity to lead their learning and town address, for sentence on October ask the questions they want to know is for residents 14. A pre-sentence report traversing all important in fostering independence and sentencing options was ordered. The resilience.” by Murray Robertson “The most recent this week resulted in matter was referred to the restorative Her underlying message to attendees a cow being hit and killed by a motorist,” justice process. was, “Consent is key; you decide what GISBORNE District Council animal said animal control team leader Ross Gray will also be sentenced that day you’re comfortable with and what control staff have begun to take steps to Hannam. for numerous other charges, to which he happens to your body, no one else can solve a problem with wandering stock “We’ve been in contact with the farm has already pleaded guilty. do that for you. There is nothing more that has concerned some residents on manager involved, and he will be getting Those charges are for various driving important than your respect for yourself Waimata Valley Road. some fences repaired to prevent this from offences, theft, breaching post-detention and for your body”. On Monday morning a cattle beast was happening again in the future.” conditions, breaching bail, threatening Representatives from the Tairawhiti struck by a vehicle on the road, and had Mr Hannam said GDC staff will visit language, wilful damage, and receiving. Sexual Health Action Group supported to be euthanised. the site to ensure the repairs have taken discussion around topics such as decision- A witness reported the vehicle was place and that the stock in adjacent POLICE withdrew five charges against making, sexually transmitted infections badly damaged and the driver shaken up. paddocks remain secured. Tamati Trevor Williams, 34, just ahead of and how to access free sexual and “This is an ongoing issue and unless The farm concerned is operated by a judge-alone trial. reproductive health services. something gets done about it someone Integrated Foods. Managing director It was the second call over of the Aniwaniwa Tairawhiti is a rangatahi will be killed,” she told The Herald in a Gary Alexander said they were getting to case. LGBTQI+ support available to people letter to the editor. the bottom of the matter. The charges, which were dismissed, aged 16 and older, at Tautua Village, a Gisborne District Council animal “There was a cow killed on the road were three of breaching a protection rangatahi-centric space upstairs at 100 control staff said yesterday they had and that is not acceptable. order and two of assault in a family Grey Street. been advised of three wandering stock “So we are chasing farm management relationship. incidents on the road since July. on it.” Williams previously pleaded guilty to two related charges — breach of a protection order and wilful damage. Mata Rd closed to heavy vehicles for upgrading work Counsel Michael Lynch said it was THE Mata Road will be closed to heavy 16km marks. closed between Tuakau and Huiarua roads. Williams’ first breach of the order and vehicles between 6am and 6pm at weekends and Then the focus switches to the section of A council spokesperson said light vehicles it was low-level offending — Williams between 9am and 7pm on weekdays for road Mata Road between the 16km mark and Fernside would continue to have access at all times during ripped a curtain off a rail. upgrades at various times and locations this Road from September 16. From September 17 to these works, but delays should be expected. Judge Turitea Bolstad imposed 60 month and early October. September 19 the road will be closed between The work is weather dependent. hours community work. Reparation was The closures begin on Saturday and run Fernside and Tuakau roads. For 10 days, from For updates see www.gdc.govt.nz/road- not sought for the charge of damaging through to September 15, between the 9km and September 21 to October 2 the Mata will be information. the curtain. The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 NEWS 5 Innovating in Tolaga Bay

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Harley Stender, founder of Harley’s Harvest, is hoping to extend his fruit and vegetable delivery service further up the East Coast. Picture supplied by Matai O’Connor was “a bit harder”. Harley Stender, the founder of Harley’s THE Tolaga Bay Innovation (TBI) Show Harvest, a fruit and vegetable delivery has come to an end, but the mahi by Tolaga business, said that being in a little town Bay locals will not be ending any time on the East Coast and being a part of the soon. series was cool. A digital series produced by Lightshift “You don’t think you would see yourself Pictures tells the stories of four innovators on Youtube for anyone to view, but it’s cool — Mere Tamanui of Uawa Factory Road to know people can learn about what we Native Nursery, Harley Stender of Harley’s are all doing here in Tolaga Bay,” he said. Harvests, Trevor Maurirere of Kawa Ora He is thankful for all the experience and Antonio Phillips of Flojos Flatops. TBI he learned from the team at TBI to help founder Lily Stender also features. create his own livelihood. The series of three episodes can be His next goal is to start delivering the viewed on Youtube. packs further up the East Coast but he Bjorn Ahman, director and founder of needs a bigger truck to do that. Lightshift Pictures, said the series was an “We are all just plodding along with our opportunity for grassroots businesses to mahi, it never stops. If you want to become showcase themselves and their hard mahi self-employed, just give it a shot and see on camera. what happens,” he said. “There’s a lot of people involved in the Lily Stender said a governance team development and survival of our mission,” of Fellows from the Edmund Hillary says Ms Stender in one episode. “Without Fellowship had been formed, to strategise a the local people and community supporting better way forward to help support the new the mother ship we wouldn’t be alive. businesses. HARVEST SEASON: Harley Stender found being part of the video series was “It’s so much easier to explain our “They require more back-up support to cool. He says he is grateful for the experience picked up from the team at Tolaga message in a video and get it across strengthen their chances of success,” Ms Bay Innovation. Picture supplied visually. With the power of social media we Stender said. can create our own videos and connect our “This will include a tech hub with digital stories to the world,” she said. marketing and e-commerce support, Mere Tamanui, the founder of Uawa aligned to our business hub, with financial, Factory Road Native administrative and business Nursery said it felt pretty planning support. empowering to be in front It felt very “We are also developing of a camera and sharing her humbling‘ to focus a funding arm strategy to story to the world through on these grassroots support businesses that the Youtube series. require start-up capital or “The reaction from people businesses. investment to scale. This is has been great. It’s not often —Bjorn’ Ahman tino rangatiratanga (self- grassroots businesses get to determination) through be centre stage in a video,” entrepreneurship,” she said. Ms Tamanui said. Talking about making the Ms Tamanui helps out in the community series, Mr Ahman said his main intention with her environmental knowledge. As was to film the interviews in the most well, she has started another business relaxed and easy format possible. called Taniwha Connections which focuses “Interviewing among their business on teaching people the importance of settings proved the most comfortable for WORKING FOR NATIVES: Mere Tamanui the founder of Uawa Factory Road looking after waterways for tuna (native everyone. Native Tree Nursery featured in the Tolaga Bay Innovation show. Picture supplied eel). “I was so impressed by everyone’s Trevor Maurirere started out making delivery to camera, pitching their kawakawa balms about two years ago aspirations, businesses and goals. for his whanau and friends. A year ago “It felt very humbling to focus on these he started to sell them and thus his own grassroots businesses as the main feature. business Kawa Ora was born. “Every one of them is so unique, yet “I was a bit whakama (nervous) to be a all centred on the positive growth of the part of the series but once I got in front of community and mankind. the camera I enjoyed it a lot. I’m amazed “There’s everything from native plant by what Bjorn has done to create this final healing balms to a local produce business, product,” Mr Maurirere said. even a native tree nursery, all helping each “It’s cool that anyone in the world can other to succeed in their business goals view these stories and learn about what we and provide resources locally — and now are doing here on the East Coast.” internationally,” Mr Ahman said. To anyone who is thinking about starting “It was inspiring to film and I hope what their own business, Mr Maurirere says we all did together really shapes into some never give up. exciting positive outcomes.” “It is hard work but just don’t give up.” To watch the finale and previous IN FELLOWSHIP: Trevor Maurirere of Kawa Ora (middle) features in the Tolaga He thought the hardest thing about the episodes of the Tolaga Bay Innovation Bay Innovation Show. Hannah Smith (left) and Marc Degagne are Fellows from business would be making the balm, but he Show click this link:www.youtube.com/ the Edmund Hillary Fellowship who visited TBI earlier this year to support soon found out the business administration watch?v=2nMG2gmjolA businesses. Picture by Liam Clayton 6 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 BRIEFS Legal challenge for Otago uni Thousands of GP DUNEDIN — The University of Otago has revealed to RNZ it is facing a legal challenge against its medical school admissions process, but denies it has anything to do with a recent proposal to impose caps on the Maori Entry Pathway. The pathway — which currently has no limit nurses on strike — gives preference to Maori students to get WELLINGTON — Thousands of New Zealand Medical Association chair into medical school in order to create a health general practice nurses were expected to Kate Baddock also said the government workforce that better reflects New Zealand go on strike today in a bid for equal pay should find the $15 million needed to society. with district health board colleagues. remove that gap. Pro-vice-chancellor of the Division of Health DHB nurses won a pay rise in 2018 “If primary care is as important as Sciences, Professor Paul Brunton, said in a after industrial action, but primary they say, the value of primary care statement the university did not consider it healthcare nurses — those at GPs and nurses needs to be acknowledged and appropriate at this stage to discuss a matter some emergency clinics — say they’re appreciated . . . this needs to be met.” which was before the court. still being paid 10 percent less. However, when asked yesterday in “There is a current legal challenge concerning More than 3000 nurses and the Covid-19 briefing about the strike, aspects of the medical admissions processes administrative staff from the Nurses Minister of Health Chris Hipkins said used for 2020, but it does not include a specific Organisation (NZNO) union were to stop he was not going to get involved in challenge to the Mirror on Society policy, nor work for eight hours today, affecting 500 “At the moment we have an experienced industrial negotiations. to the general principles of equity in selection,” GPs and accident and medical centres. nurse in primary healthcare who has the “Ultimately they are employed by he said. He denied the discussion document NZNO spokesperson Chris Wilson told same qualifications and experience, but private practices. The government is not he created, which suggested capping the Maori Morning Report the strike would have is paid 10.6 percent, which is over $7500 their employer and so there are a variety Entry Pathway to 56 students a year, was a direct a significant impact, with some services a year, less than her DHB colleague,” of factors that those employers take into response to the legal challenge or any other being reduced and some practices said NZNO’s Chris Wilson. account in their negotiations. public pressure. — Radio NZ shutting for the day. “In general, the government supports That would affect appointments and The strike centres around the pay pay parity. Equal pay for equal work, Shots fired at police some prescription forms, Wilson said. parity issue that primary healthcare that’s the basic premise that we do WHANGAREI — Two men are in custody after a “We’re very confident that there workers had been experiencing since the support. Having said that, in primary dramatic, and at times high-speed police pursuit won’t be any issues around urgent or Multi-Employer Collective Agreement care, we are not the employer of those around the streets of Whangarei on Wednesday emergency care or health and safety. We negotiations (MECA) at DHBs in 2018, nurses.” night where shots were allegedly fired at police have developed a protocol around that. Wilson said. On the other hand, Wilson said they from a moving vehicle. “But interestingly, we haven’t heard “There was a clear pay parity gap, were very disappointed and frustrated to Police attempted to stop a speeding car in anything in that regard as of yet, so that and that’s really been exacerbated, hear the minister’s comments. Otangarei, the vehicle didn’t stop and a pursuit shows there has been a real effort made particularly in the last 12 months. At the “We have a serious recruitment and started. However, the chase was short-lived after to ensure our members can participate in moment we have an experienced nurse retention problem in primary healthcare shots were allegedly fired out the window of the this strike.” in primary healthcare who has the same at the moment, and the employers want offending vehicle as it sped away. Testing for Covid-19 will still go ahead, qualifications and experience, but is paid and need pay parity. The alleged offenders are two men aged 23 although it may take a bit longer than 10.6 percent, which is over $7500 a year, “It’s interesting that in May $151m and 24, and will face a number of charges at usual. less than her DHB colleague.” was given to improve the pay of private Whangarei District Court today. — Newshub “This strike action is in no way Wilson said members were “extremely early childhood centre teachers, to fix targeted to stem any of those kind of disappointed and frustrated” at the lack their recruitment and retention issues, so Large fire in Mangere services where people need them,” Wilson of action to date and that the problem did really why is this different at all in terms A large fire has broken out at a Maui campervan said. require the government to get involved. of the government?” — Radio NZ rental facility in the South Auckland suburb of Mangere. Fire and Emergency northern communications centre manager Daniel Nicholson says emergency NZ fails child wellbeing rankings services were called to the blaze on Richard Pearse Drive shortly after 5am. An 80m by 100m workshop was already engulfed in flames when WELLINGTON — New Zealand is near the health policies to support child wellbeing, New socio-economic families can’t access high firefighters arrived. bottom of a UNICEF league table ranking wealthy Zealand was in the middle of the pack, at number quality early childhood education. And then we It has gone to a fifth alarm — the highest alert countries on the wellbeing of their children. 20. That ranking looked at things like parental wonder why we finish up with a statistic like only — and 14 fire appliances and about 70 firefighters Of the 41 OECD and European Union countries leave, the percentage of households living in 64.5 percent of 15 year olds have got proficiency attended. — Radio NZ surveyed, New Zealand ranked 35th in overall poverty, immunisation rates, and the number of in reading and maths. child wellbeing outcomes — and UNICEF says young people not in education, employment or “It all adds up to these results and we’ve got Uni asked to sort racism that is failing children. training. to decide that now is the time to turn that round.” HAMILTON — Allegations of casual and The UN Children’s Fund rankings show this NZ ranked 5th for the society measure, which Maidaborn said successive governments had structural racism within the University of Waikato country’s youth suicide rates are the second took into account the percentage of people who taken each issue separately. have been met with resounding silence from the highest in the developed world, with 14.9 deaths have someone they can count on in times of “We’ve got to look across the system. When university’s leaders, Professor of Indigenous per 100,000 adolescents, and only 64 percent of trouble, and the homicide rate. we talk about inequality, if we bring it back to real Education Linda Tuhiwai Smith says. She is one 15-year-olds have basic reading and maths skills. The country was 1st for environment, which basics, we’re talking about household incomes — of six academics who has written a 13-page letter Too many children and young people are looked at air pollution and water quality. and we’ve got to address household incomes. to the Ministry of Education alerting it to their overweight and obese. UNICEF NZ executive director Vivien “Right now in Covid-19 there is a real worry concerns, and demanding that racism within the On mental wellbeing alone, New Zealand sits Maidaborn said New Zealand’s rankings were we’re increasing inequality,” she told Radio NZ. university be dealt with. at 38th and on physical health it ranked 33rd. driven by inequality. While there were wage subsidies and The allegations include Maori expertise being Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the report “I think we normalise inequality. Somehow mortgage holidays, there were no rent holidays, ignored, tokenism, lower pay for Maori staff did not take recent progress into account. it’s alright that some families can’t afford homes and the doubling of the winter energy payment and no meaningful commitment to the Treaty of When UNICEF — the UN Children’s Fund — and are living in motels and emergency housing. was due to run out on 1October 1, she said. Waitangi. — Radio NZ ranked countries on their social, education and Somehow its alright that many of our lower — Radio NZ

Treat Dad to a home-delivered Gisborne Two Kiwis on missing ship WELLINGTON — A ship reportedly carrying as this is an overseas incident, the Ministry for Herald subscription this Father’s Day to two NZ crew members and 5800 cows has gone Foreign Affairs is the lead department. missing in the East China Sea. The incident comes as the government is keep up with sport, local, national and Japan’s press agency reported that the cargo reviewing the practice — a move triggered last ship carrying dozens of crew members, including year when New Zealand and Australian cattle international news. two from New Zealand, had issued a distress being exported to Sri Lanka died. signal in the middle of a typhoon. Options being considered range from The agency, NHK says, a Panamanian- improving current systems to a total ban on registered cargo ship issued a distress signal in livestock exports. waters to the west of Amami Oshima Island in As part of a nine-week consultation period, Ph 869 0620 southwestern Japan. more than 3500 submissions were made. The Japan Coast Guard says the distress The Ministry for Primary Industries is now signal from the “Gulf Livestock 1” which is preparing advice for the minister of agriculture believed to be carrying 43 crew members — 39 about the feedback. from the Philippines, two from New Zealand, and In the meantime, live exports are able to one each from Australia and Singapore. continue under the existing regulations. The The vessel was reportedly transporting number of live cattle shipped overseas has cattle from Napier in New Zealand to a port in already surpassed last year’s total. Cattle Tangshan, China. shipments to China make up the majority of The Coast Guard has sent out patrol ships to the live export trade — in 2019 nearly 32,300 search the area, which is affected by Typhoon cows were shipped to the country. That has Maysak. already been surpassed this year. By the end of Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor has last month live cattle exports to China reached been made aware of the missing ship. 39,700. Figures from Stats NZ show the value of 34392-01 A spokesperson for the minister’s office says the 2020 cattle exports is $141 million.— RNZ The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 NATIONAL NEWS 7 Five new Covid cases, three in the community

WELLINGTON — Five yesterday — five in wards and yesterday, bringing the total to with about two-thirds of those new cases of Covid-19 have two in intensive care. One was 777,560. in Auckland have “more or less been identified, including in Middlemore and another On the source of Auckland’s been hit”, he said. three in the community and was in Waikato. current outbreak, Hipkins said two in managed isolation, the Dr Bloomfield said since they still did not know where Tests per day: Director-General of Health August 11, the contact-tracing it had come from. Dr Ashley Bloomfield said team had identified 3192 close “No links have been ■ August 26: 9257 yesterday afternoon. contacts of cases and, of these, established that link it back ■ August 27: 11,010 Dr Bloomfield provided the 2992 had been contacted to managed isolation and ■ August 28: 9991 day’s official Covid-19 update, and were self-isolating. The quarantine. ■ August 29: 10,487 along with the Minister of ministry was in the process of “It’s a puzzle, we may never ■ August 30: 7219 Health, Chris Hipkins. contacting the rest. know how it (the virus) made ■ August 31: 8599 Dr Bloomfield said the three There were 104 people it into the community.” ■ September 1: 10,943. The Director-General of Health, community cases were all linked to the community Dr Bloomfield also Dr Ashley Bloomfield epidemiologically linked to the cluster who had been apologised for an error over Hipkins said testing would Mt Roskill Evangelical church, transferred to the Auckland the weekend that meant a continue at airports, ports and which has been genomically quarantine facility, which wrong message was posted isolation facilities. linked to the Auckland cluster. included 75 people who had by the Government’s Covid- He said no decisions had yet All of these cases were tested positive for Covid-19, response unit, saying all been made on any changes to identified as close contacts and household contacts. South and West Aucklanders alert levels. We’ve and were already in self- He said the number was should be tested, regardless of Dr Bloomfield said anyone isolation, he said. coming down because some of whether they have symptoms. in New Zealand who had The two imported cases the first cases had now been He said a process had been symptoms of the virus — not got you were detected at the managed considered as recovered and put in place to ensure there just in Auckland — should get isolation facility at the Rydges were back at home. were no more wrong messages tested. There had also been covered Hotel in Rotorua via routine Eight previously-reported going out, and thanked some surveillance testing of testing at around day three. cases were now considered Aucklanders for their work people without symptoms The first case was a woman recovered. 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WELLINGTON — Beneficiaries up with a system that allowed people to said there were significant risks with are going to be encouraged to do more feel part of their community. McGlinchey linking volunteering to getting a benefit. volunteering — but the Government has said volunteering was key to that. They included inadvertently creating a been warned to ensure this doesn’t turn “We were really looking at volunteering work-for-the dole scheme and leaving into a “work for the dole” scheme. as a way of being positively engaged with people open to exploitation. Social Development Minister the community, developing a range of Sepuloni was not keen on the idea Carmel Sepuloni wants to look at ways skills, and maintaining your wellbeing either. the welfare system can encourage through making a contribution,” he said. “If you make volunteering compulsory, volunteering to prepare people for work. But that was not always recognised by it’s no longer volunteering.” But officials have warned against the welfare system. But she did want to look at how making it compulsory. The advisory group agreed the system volunteering could help people prepare Trevor McGlinchey from the Council should give more recognition to volunteer for work. of Christian Social Services was on the work. But both it and the Ministry of In its report, the Ministry of Social Welfare Expert Advisory Group which Social Development are wary of making Development cited research that VOLUNTEERS: St Vincent de Paul produced a report on restoring dignity to it compulsory. suggested, despite the perceptions, volunteers make a difference in their social security. In a July 2019 report, released under volunteering did not necessarily help community. Facebook picture The advisory group was asked to come the Official Information Act, the ministry people into better jobs.— Radio NZ Celebrate his TOTAL DADNESS Father’s Day – Sunday 6 September

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Available in most stores, or order in store or online. ◊Centimetres viewable screen size. career, from social housing and stars Manu Vatuvei and Logan welfare to finance and tourism, Swann. — NZ Herald The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 NATIONAL NEWS 9 Aucklanders urged Children’s units at new to follow advice on gatherings hospital cannot open as Queenstown No money to staff units at new Chch hospital conference begins by Phil Pennington, RNZ by Hannah Kronast, Newshub. CHRISTCHURCH — New services to improve emergency QUEENSTOWN — Queenstown Mayor Jim and acute care of children at Boult is calling on Aucklanders to follow the Christchurch Hospital will Government’s advice around gatherings as not open because there is no the Morgo Conference kicks off today. money to staff them. Concerns have been raised about The existing Emergency Aucklanders travelling to a Queenstown hotel Department Observation Unit for the tech conference, which is being held will also have to close for the today and tomorrow. same reason. New Zealand is currently at Covid-19 Alert The spaces built for the Level 2, with gatherings restricted to 100 three units in the $500 million people. Hagley block will remain However, Auckland is in Alert Level 2.5 largely empty when it opens in where gatherings are capped at 10. November. Because of this, Health Minister Chris Senior clinicians said it was Hipkins said yesterday that Aucklanders “disappointing” should not be attending the Queenstown and that they conference. and hospital “We’re asking Aucklanders to continue to executives were take their alert level with them, so the alert now working out level restrictions in Auckland suggest you how to mitigate shouldn’t be attending gatherings of more the risks of than 10 people.” overcrowding in This morning, Mayor Boult told The AM the emergency NEW SPACES WILL REMAIN LARGELY EMPTY: Above, the children’s ward Show that Aucklanders should follow the department (ED), at the new Hagley block. The spaces built for the three units in the $500 restrictions, but questioned how it could be and of having million Hagley block will remain largely empty when it opens in November. policed. to channel more Outgoing Christchurch Hospital chief executive David Meates (inset) has laid “It would be good if they abided by the patients into the blame for the DHB’s deficit with the Government. RNZ pictures guidelines . . . I understand the Government hospital inpatient has put a cap on 10 people only gathering in wards. care. Instead, children will Zealand.” however. He is being a group, ‘’ he said. The board chair, and the carry on being seen alongside A few days later, Mary farewelled by staff this week, “The trouble is, how do you identify Crown monitor at the district adults, as is what happens Gordon quit. and in a final message to them Aucklanders from anybody else? You can’t health board (DHB), promised now. Sir John also said: “I want laid the blame for the DHB’s go to the airport and stamp a big ‘A’ on their last month that services would “So, you can have a five- to assure you that cutting $180m deficit squarely on the heads.” not be cut under measures year-old in a cubicle next to services will not form part of Government. Host Duncan Garner said Hipkins had even to find $60m of Government- a drunk that’s swearing,” one the board’s deficit reduction “If Hagley, the Acute urged Aucklanders to not travel, despite the ordered cost savings. doctor told RNZ. strategy.” Services Building, had been freedom of movement allowed domestically This came amid mass An aim at the new Hagley Staff have expressed delivered on time in 2018, under Level 2.5. resignations by executives, hospital was to separate disbelief at this. we would be in a break-even Mayor Boult said he did not agree with that. and vociferous staff protests. children from that, and from position now,” he wrote. “I got a call from Prime Minister Jacinda However, weeks earlier, as adults displaying mental Overcrowding risk The delays in the Hagley Ardern the other day and that wasn’t the RNZ has now learned, the health problems. project, which was run by the message I got from that call. DHB told senior clinicians Dr Gilbert told RNZ the Health Ministry, had cost the “It is simply around the numbers at there was no money for extra Observation unit also EO’s 12 beds were particularly DHB $60m-plus a year, for gatherings. Aucklanders and fellow Kiwis, as I staff for the two new children’s unstaffed good for keeping the elderly the likes of buying surgery in understand it, can travel around the country if units, nor for the replacement or mentally unwell in a quiet private hospitals, Dr Meates they want to.” observation unit in the Hagley The other part of the new place overnight or a bit longer, said. Health Ministry funding He said it was important for Aucklanders, hospital. Hagley hospital that will to assess them, without having on a population basis for and people from all around New Zealand, This will mostly affect remain empty is the ED to admit them as inpatients, Canterbury had dropped, and to visit Queenstown — especially with the medical services to children, Observation Unit (EO). which was proven to erode the the ministry’s cash funding tourism hotspot struggling after the Covid the elderly and mental health The existing unit in an old chances of a good outcome. as the DHB rebuilt after the restrictions wiped out the international patients. block will close, without being With the EO closing, some 2011 earthquake worked market. The children’s ED “will replaced at Hagley — despite would have to stay in ED beds out to a net $23m once DHB “We need Aucklanders here. remain empty”, acting clinical a new, expensive space having — six beds during the day and paybacks were factored in. “We need the economy to get ticking over director of ED been built for it. eight at night would be set Stuff has reported that the again, and this is the best thing that can Dr Mark Gilbert “We can’t aside for this — and others Government-appointed Crown happen for us, but equally, we don’t want said. This will mostly staff it at the admitted to wards. monitor, or supervisor, at the Covid-19 in our part of the world either.” In addition, affect medical moment, so we “One of the other effects DHB, Dr Lester Levy, claimed He said $1.9 billion was “ripped out staff have been services to children, can’t open it,” we’re anticipating is more than half of the DHB of our economy” by the disappearance told a new Dr Gilbert said. there may be a degree of deficit was due to operational of international tourists and that they children’s high- the elderly and “So that overcrowding in the ED but inefficiencies. (Queenstown) therefore needed domestic care unit as part mental health will stay we’re still working through This has enraged some staff. tourists. of Intensive Care patients. empty until exactly how we aregoing to RNZ understands the “I’m really, really worried about the future. faces the same we can rectify operationalise that. Director-General of Health, Through the domestic market, I think we can fate. the staffing The executive managers Dr Ashley Bloomfield, said keep our nose above the water, but she’s “We’ve tried situation.” were “on the same team” in meetings with DHB pretty tough out there. . . . really hard to get the He had needed 15 staff, and had been informed of staff, when he was sent to “I really feel sorry for businesses in our funding, but owing to the including 12 nurses, to open the implications for care, Dr Christchurch by the Health district and for employees and everybody financial issues in the DHB at both the EO and children’s Gilbert said. Minister on damage control actually. the moment, we haven’t been ED, but the DHB told him in Clinicians had asked last week, that he would not “People are worried.” successful,” Dr Gilbert said. July there was no money. managers to review the let Dr Levy talk to media He said he was meeting the Finance “So what we’re doing is The Government and Health staffing levels before next again. Minister Grant Robertson in the coming we’re working really hard to Ministry have sung Hagley’s winter. Dr Bloomfield refused to weeks and planned to put some proposals try to lessen the impact on the praises, and shown off its The Hagley ED is larger comment, his spokesperson forward which he hoped would get “a fair care of the children. 3000 rooms to media, despite than the existing ED, but Dr saying it was a private hearing”. “I mean, they’ll still get seen it being 28 months late in Gilbert has only the same conversation. and all of that sort of thing, opening and tens of millions of number of staff to man it, The former head of the ■ Morgo is described online (at https:// but there’s no doubt that a dollars over budget. creating a shortage. senior doctors’ union, Ian www.morgo.co/morgo-queenstown-2020) as paediatric-friendly and specific In mid-August, the DHB Clinicians are in the middle Powell, said the Hagley delays being a “high energy, 2-day retreat for the environment is considered chair, Sir John Hansen, told of planning how to shift and Government knockback to CEOs and other leaders of tech and high- international practice, and it’s staff: “I am also delighted into Hagley, which is a huge the hospital’s $450m rebuild growth companies going global from Australia certainly what we were aiming to report that the migration undertaking, complicated by plan just a few months ago and New Zealand”. for.” into Hagley is close at hand, the exodus of seven of the “make a mockery” of claims And further down the page on the Morgo The space was meant headed by Mary Gordon. 11 top DHB executives — that operational inefficiencies website, it says: “Morgo speakers don’t just to be shared by ED and “Although significantly although some are waiting have played a key part in the fly in and fly out — they stay and connect paediatrics — which will still delayed, we will be moving until the migration before deficit. with the Morgo Community!” run an admitting unit there as into the newest and best they leave for good. Not David The DHB has been asked for planned — with overlapping hospital building in New Meates, the chief executive, comment. 10 BUSINESS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 Sky City reports Another top Air NZ 60pc drop in normalised profit

AUCKLAND — Casino operator SkyCity has reported a 60 percent drop in its normalised executive resigns profit. SkyCity says it has been a challenging year due to the New Zealand Convention fire AUCKLAND — Air New $4.84 billion. and Covid-19, with significant operational and Zealand’s chief commercial The airline has received financial impacts. and customer officer has more than $100m in wage The normalised profit, which removes one- resigned from the role due to subsidies. off gains and costs, was 60 percent less than the airline’s current domestic The airline has stopped last year, at $66.3 million. status amid the pandemic. virtually all international When the one-off items are included, the Cam Wallace will step down flights and had only managed casino operator reported boosted profits from September 30 but will to get to around 70 percent of due to a $337m insurance payout for the continue to provide support domestic services before the Convention Centre fire in October, and asset to chief executive Greg Foran recent resurgence of the virus. sales. Its earnings, excluding interest, tax until the end of the year. In March, Air New Zealand and other adjustments, were down almost 40 In a statement, Foran said was given a $900m loan percent, having been significantly disrupted Wallace, who has been with facility from the Crown, by the fire and the Covid-19 restrictions. the airline for 19 years, told which it is able to call on if The company also wrote down the value of him that he wanted to pursue its cash reserves fall below its Adelaide casino by $161m. other opportunities for his an undisclosed level over the Chair Rob Campbell has told investors the global career ambitions, given next two years. 2020 financial year has been “a tough one”. the airline had now effectively The Government — which He said Covid-19 had halted business become a domestic carrier. already owns 52 percent of across all its locations. The delay in Foran praised Wallace for the company — would have completing the New Zealand International his contribution, saying the LEAVING . . . AND MAYBE NOT ON A JET PLANE: Air New the ability to turn the loan Convention Centre was “deeply exacerbated” airline’s passenger and cargo Zealand’s chief commercial and customer officer Cam Wallace into shares in the airline. by the fire late last year, he said. revenues had experienced has resigned from his role due to the airline’s current domestic The loan, in two “SkyCity can operate under current trading growth under his leadership. status due to the pandemic. instalments, has interest conditions, but at present we do not have “He has been instrumental www.airnewzealand.co.nz picture via RNZ rates of up to 9 percent, and an operating model which can optimise the in developing new there has been speculation business to previous levels without a recovery market opportunities, would not be immediately compared with the previous Air New Zealand would look in the economy and international tourism,” he growing strategic alliance seeking to find a replacement, year’s $276m profit. at an issue of shares as a said. partnerships, expanding the and in the interim, Foran Much of the loss was cheaper option. Chief executive Graeme Stephens said the loyalty footprint, and driving would take responsibility for because of write downs in It said that it was looking company has a strong balance sheet and can profitable growth throughout those functions. the value of planes, and at all options about the cope if further disruption comes its way. the airline’s business. Air New Zealand posted restructuring as it cut costs airline’s longer-term capital “A wide range of strategic decisions and “His global revenue one of the biggest corporate and sacked about 4000 staff, structure. It had also shied actions have had to be taken to mitigate the generation experience and losses in recent memory due which altogether totalled away from giving any detailed impacts of, first, the fire and then the impacts deep customer centricity have to Covid all but grounding the $541m. forecast for the coming of Covid-19. been critical to our efforts airline in recent months. Stripping out one-off costs, year because of uncertainty He cited a cut in the New Zealand workforce to ensure our airline has a The carrier reported an its underlying loss was $87m surrounding travel by around 25 percent, a capital raising and viable future.” after-tax loss of $454 million against $387m profit, as restrictions and the level of debt restructure and “significant operational Air New Zealand said it for the year ended June, revenue fell 16 percent to demand. — RNZ effort has been focused on closing and reopening our properties with rigorous health and safety measures in place”. He said the wage subsidy schemes in New Cancellations catastrophic for conference sector Zealand and Australia partially mitigated the impact of the pandemic. SkyCity received $31.1m from the by Amy Williams, RNZ “The members of our association organising live events, to creating and a multi-day event, (but) clearly Government’s wage subsidy and subsidy who I’ve spoken to have gone virtual events — or a mix of both — they don’t feel confident enough by extension scheme. AUCKLAND — Billions of down to zero events in many cases. for its corporate clients. mid-October to be able to get 600 In June, it raised $230m through a share dollars have been wiped off the Everything has been cancelled or Its client services director, Craig people to gather in a room.” issue to strengthen its balance sheet events calendar due to the mass postponed. It’s huge.” Muller, said this meant people in The Auckland Convention and increase liquidity in response to the cancellation of conferences and Official figures showed there one region would gather together Bureau, part of ATEED, attracted uncertainty caused by the pandemic. conventions. were 5300 conferences and while those from outside the region conferences and conventions to the It also extended its bank facilities of $170m, In a normal year, there are conventions in the year ending could attend via a livestream. city, but its calendar for this year took on new debt of $160m and secured more than 5000 business events June 2019, of which one-third were “A lot of businesses are going now looked blank. covenant waivers and relief from its existing nationwide, with almost one-third of held in Auckland. However, all of ‘should we be flying everyone Its head, Anna Hayward, said lenders. those being held in Auckland. that had come to a grinding halt. into one location, whether it be events were often planned years Stephens said domestic business in The sector is typically estimated “February was the last normal Auckland or otherwise, or should ahead, and the bureau already had both countries had recovered more quickly to be worth $5 billion a year, but month we had — you could almost we be trying to communicate with 78 events worth $59m locked in than anticipated, but the outlook remained the on-off limit on gatherings since write the entire ($5 billion) amount the audience in a different way?’,” until 2028. uncertain. March has pushed the events off,” Hopkins said. he said. Hayward said business events “The other aspects of our business industry into survival mode. “It feels like the confidence levels He said one company was due were important for economic that are more reliant on international Some of the Government’s have been ripped out of the market. to bring 400 people to Auckland recovery, by bringing visitors and visitors — including VIP gaming, hotels and almost $10m domestic event “They don’t know whether or not for a multi-day conference, but it expertise to different regions. restaurants — can only fully recover when fund would go towards business to invest in holding a conference or was now taking a roadshow to the She said, however, that this country borders reopen. Our international conferences, but the industry an event.” regions to meet in smaller groups. year’s cancellations had led to a business activities should recover once travel wanted more support. However, not all of this year’s Muller said other companies were $70m hole in cashflow. restrictions are lifted, but the parts of our Conventions and Incentives NZ conferences had been cancelled. taking their conferences online too. “It’s quite devastating when business driven by corporate travel and by chief executive Lisa Hopkins said Events management company “We’ve been briefed on a project you actually start to look at the tourism, such as our hotels and the Sky Tower the impact had been “catastrophic”. Uno Loco has switched from that is usually a large trade show numbers.” will take longer.” — RNZ

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY Medical products company Ebos Group and “the board has therefore decided to assess had another strong day after providing a solid all opportunities in a considered and holistic financial result and dividend, rising 63c or 2.70 manner”. by Graham Skellern, NZ Herald “with extra monetary tools”. percent to $24 — the first time it has reached Sanford’s share price held up well, staying Shane Solly, portfolio manager with Harbour that mark since April. Fisher and Paykel steady at $5.70 after admitting it was having a WELLINGTON — The New Zealand Asset Management, said the central bank was Healthcare recovered lost ground, increasing tough time with Covid-19. Sanford said sales sharemarket left it late but in the finish it well regarded as being at the forefront of using 64c to $36.15. revenue was down 15 percent for the third bounced back strongly as some of the medium- new policy tools. Restaurant Brands climbed 41c, or 3.41 quarter of the 2020 financial year compared with sized cap stocks took centre stage. He said the market was choppy and “we saw percent, to $12.44 after announcing it had the same period last year, and the decrease is The S&P/NZX 50 Index gained 109.81 points, companies that were left behind having a rally. completed the purchase of 69 KFC and Taco expected to be repeated in the fourth quarter. to 11,902.98, after falling 2.5 percent over The reporting season has been better than Bell stores in Southern California for US$80.7m Pushpay Holdings fell 34c or 3.95 percent the previous two days. The index reached an expected and we are seeing investors revisit the ($118.98m). The American business has to $8.26. Former director Justine Smyth, who intraday low of 11,974.59 but a surge in trading market and companies where earnings and their maintained a 12-month turnover of US$95m and resigned in July, sold $0.5m worth of Pushpay in the final hour saw a total of 71.31 million balance sheets are positive”. store ebitda of more than $12m. shares and reduced her holding by 70 percent. shares worth $218.79 million change hands. Latest statistics showed there was increased AMP, established in 1849 and listed in 1998, This followed the move by chief executive Bruce There were 83 gainers and 52 decliners over the residential activity, and Fletcher Building was up was the day’s biggest mover, rising 13c or Gordon to sell $12.4m worth of Pushpay shares. whole market. 13c or 3.78 percent, to $3.57. Ryman Healthcare 7.88 percent to $1.78, after announcing it was Carpet maker Cavalier is strengthening The market was comforted by the latest rose 34c, or 2.52 percent, to $13.84, and Vista reviewing its group assets and businesses. its balance sheet with a net $24m sale of its announcement from the New Zealand Reserve Group — which supplies cinema software — AMP, which operates on both sides of the Auckland manufacturing plant to Kinleith Land & Bank governor Adrian Orr that the bank was gained 7c or 3.93 percent, to $1.85 as movie Tasman and recently sold AMP Life, said it had Infrastructure and its share price increased 2c, committed to supporting the economic recovery theatres reopened around the world. had an increase in inquiries about its operations or 6.15 percent, to 34.5c. The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 OPINION 11 EDITORIAL Responses to criticism of Advance NZ tactics Re: Damaging trust, causing harm — I completely and utterly reject your labels and allowed this to go through. Did this really Political aspirant September 1 column. shall vote Jen Brown proudly, as no other party just happen…? “ANZPP party members openly support comes close to sorting out this sad and truly HADLEIGH, Timaru sets up citizen Trump, who is a white-supremacist, sorry mess that our governments have been over narcissistic misogynist who contributes the past 60 years. Oh, nearly forgot, Trump will Hadleigh, I thought I’d help you out by sharing Advance NZ co-leader Billy Te to hate crimes by encouraging malicious win too! So let’s make New Zealand great again quotes from Trump. One misogynist, one racist Kahika was exercising his right discourse — much like Advance NZ 2020. and one narcissistic. Enjoy. to free speech in a Facebook live co-leader Billy Te Kahika and the JUSTIN ROSEWARNE “And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You video last night titled “Social media discourse surrounding him.” can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy. You can socialism and complicit media Well get this Aimee, both myself and Well said Aimee. Critical thinking and do anything.” compassion seem to be in tragically short attacking candidates . . .” when, six Jeremy Vize who are running Jennie “. . . laziness is a trait in blacks.” Brown’s campaign cannot see what supply for the conspiratorially afflicted. “They all eat, they all love me, they all kiss minutes in, he launched an attack Trump has done to change the road But I do console myself that despite all on a member of the public who my ass, And then they all leave and say, ‘Isn’t he we are on. We believe he is controlled their bluster and indignant exuberance, horrible.’ But I’m the king.” — Trump. happened to criticise his party in opposition and that Q is just a ruse to the ANZPP still represent a vanishingly AIMEE an opinion piece published in The pacify the patriots who would be baring small section of our lovely country’s Gisborne Herald — setting her up for arms already if Hillary Clinton had populace. And the inevitable failure of “Researchers have found that the online attack by party supporters. beaten Trump. Trump wants American their attempt to get into Parliament commonality between anti-vaxxers and Now, in Mr Te Kahika’s defence, technocracy to lead the world. Advance means their supporters are no longer far-right extremists is a lack of education. he might have failed to see the NZ wants to unwind technocracy and give vandalising the insides of any other Billy is calculated in the way he stirs the power back to the people. party’s tent. A safety valve of sorts for words “OPINION PIECE” at the top distrust, fear and anger among people As for “privilege”, please note that the rest of us, even if we have to wear who are not intellectually equipped to of the article and realise that the you are addressing your remarks to earmuffs for a bit. author was a member of the public. question his motives.” a pensioner, a shepherd and a kindy DONALD ROBSON Really? What planet are you from? It seems more likely, though, that it teacher. Firstly Billy is not from the Far Right; suited his narrative to claim this was PETER JONES “It is a privilege to be a pakeha”. What sort he is a Centrist. Are you so Far Left that yet another case of his party being of a cringeing sickly white liberal juvenile racist anyone who disagrees with you appears hard-done-by in mainstream media. Peter, that’s great. It’s a privilege to have a moron says a thing like that? Grow up you to be Far Right? It now has to be said that the government that pays a pension. It’s a privilege stupid person. It is a privilege to be born a New And I find your claim that those who NZ Public Party which Mr Te to have an education. And believe it or not, it’s Zealander, whatever your colour. support Billy “are not intellectually CRAIG BAULD Kahika leads subscribes to several a privilege to be pakeha. The whole system is a equipped” exposes your ignorance. I will result of colonisaton. We brought disease when take you on in an IQ test any day. If you conspiracy theories and has become we colonised. Are we going to let that happen I have every respect for the Americans known for spreading misinformation are not bright enough to recognise you are again? If it were up to you, we would. I’d prefer to — people don’t realise this but they saved being played by the globalists that is fine, related to the Covid-19 pandemic be on the right side of history thanks. us in the war and came to rescue us. So but to claim those who are a bit smarter in particular, as well as opposition be careful Aimee in what you say. than you and do see it are showing a “lack to 5G technology, 1080 poison, AIMEE MILNE of education” is just a joke. Please try to fluoridation and electromagnets. KAREN MORROW think a little deeper and with less bias. In his video last night he said they An excellent account of what is were asking “mighty questions” and occurring. It is rather interesting to Look at you Craig Bauld. Using your “freedom IAN BAXTER, Auckland see how a party that calls itself public, of speech” wisely as ever. Name calling is an the mainstream media “didn’t want transparent and “critical thinking” interesting way to debate a topic if you’re over anyone to apply critical thinking”. attempts to silence opposition, cannot the age of five. Here’s a quick overview that may help “Why? Because they’ve been post actual evidence or simply repeats Karen, I don’t have a problem with Americans. I explain why some people in NZ are drawn to paid tens of millions of dollars to verbatim the content found in US-based have a problem with Trump. You and your cronies conspiratorial thinking. The information provided really drum up the support . . . (for alt-right conspiracy groups. The Newshub might want to take your own advice though. “Be here comes from research undertaken by a) leftist, socialist, communistic interview was a good exposé into their careful what you say.” Which was kinda the whole Karen Douglas, Robbie Sutton and Aleksandra government.” world view — everyone is lying, even point of my piece right? Cichocka from the University of Kent. when you show a video of the person in Justin, NZ is already great, comparatively 1. Some amongst us believe conspiracy Where was this heading, he asked theories because they are trying to satisfy their . . . to his rebuttal of a “systematic question saying what they denied they speaking. We are being praised internationally for have said (unedited of course). our response to Covid. How about you just chill need to understand something in ways that attack by (a Gisborne Herald There is very valid reason that several and enjoy the safety. Suck it up for a while until align with their ability to think. Their cognitive journalist) . . . on our candidate for white nationalists allied themselves to it all blows over and a well-tested vaccine comes functions may be “quirky”. People like this like East Coast, who’s a wonderful lady, ANZPP at various stages, as they see the our way. meaning, pattern and order in their environment she’s an early childhood specialist, opportunity to promote their ideals under AIMEE and feel distressed when times seem uncertain. mother as well of children, beautiful the guise of “freedom” and “just asking 2. Conspiratorial thinkers seek to meet their every-day person”. He named the questions”. Oh honey (Craig), that’s not how you need for a sense of security and control over “journalist” repeatedly, including PAUL OFFA, Nelson speak to people on the internet just their lives at times when certainty, security and spelling out her name (to be sure because you’re unable to comprehend how control feel precarious. Believing in conspiracies makes people feel safe because they can reject the trolls among his supporters got Well it is time for change and getting rid of PC, systemic privilege exists. and getting out of the UN will be a good place to SKYE, Auckland official narratives in favour of the feeling that it correct?) They did, and were duly start rebuilding the cherished freedoms that our they alone know the truth. The truth being their calling for her harassment on the forefathers fought and died for. The suppression I agree Skye. It would be great to see more alternative account. Such people also seem to be Advance NZ Facebook page — which of true free speech has been denied us for far education around this subject. It can be hard to drawn to supernatural or magical thinking. she started receiving along with, to too long and we will vote accordingly. Scary, I see systemic racism if you have internalised it as 3. People who espouse a belief in conspiracies a lesser extent, The Herald. know, as there is no safe space to be provided just the way things are. It was something I had to seek to maintain a positive social standing and Aimee Milne, who wrote the for snowflakes who can’t see beyond their own learn and had to admit that I had to change the sense of community with the social groupings article, has a nursing background selves. And as for privilege, racism, etc, etc — way I thought. I hope by talking about it we can they belong to. Such people want to be seen by and has every right to share her see, that’s the problem, if people don’t agree with all learn to see it and acknowledge it. others like them as being competent and moral. opinions and to do so forthrightly you, label them with such titles. Well, the left- AIMEE 4. Conspiratorial thinkers also tend to wing, commie, globalist dribbling just doesn’t cut demonstrate higher levels of narcissism. A belief — especially because some of the it and won’t shut us up either!! Ha . . . wow. So she calls out people who in their and their group’s greatness. lines of argument Advance NZ/NZPP As for Mr Trump, is he running in our election? follow Billy for spreading misinformation, 5. Groups who feel alienated from mainstream and its supporters promote would be Hey, he is far better than Obama, Killary, or sleepy half-truths or untruths, and then right society or feel disadvantaged in some way are dangerous to public health if they Joe any day of the week, year, century. I hate to off the bat says Trump is a white- more likely to fall for conspiratorial thinking. were to gain wider traction. remind you, but without the Yanks we could well supremacist, narcissistic misogynist who What is shameful, in my opinion, is that snake It’s a classic that this “public have been speaking Japanese!! England wouldn’t/ contributes to hate crimes by encouraging oil salesmen (and women) like Billy, Jami-Lee and party” and its supporters, who say couldn’t help us, so yeah. Also, have you seen the malicious discourse! I couldn’t even read Jen are preying on the fears of some of the most they want more free speech, have state of the American cities that are run by the the rest . . . what a weak argument, vulnerable amongst us. been so offended and vitriolic in Democrats?? Nahh, your eyes remain wide shut. surprised The Gisborne Herald even LARA MEYER response to being called out by a concerned citizen. A selection [email protected]

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Charlie Hebdo terror attack HONOURING VETERANS: When suspects go on trial in Paris Japanese military leaders climbed aboard the USS PARIS — Fourteen people are to police officer and the Hyper Cacher Missouri in Tokyo Bay on go on trial in France over the deadly supermarket. September 2, 1945, the attack on the satirical magazine Three suspects are believed to battleship was packed with US Charlie Hebdo more than five years have disappeared in northern Syria sailors eager to see the end of ago. and Iraq and will be tried in absentia. World War 2. On Wednesday, Most of the alleged accomplices Some reports suggest the three the 75th anniversary of the will stand trial in Paris, but three will men were later killed in bombing surrender, some of those be tried in absentia. campaigns against the Islamic State same men who served the They are accused of helping group (IS), but this has not been United States weren’t able the militant Islamist attackers who confirmed. to return to the Missouri shot dead 12 people in and around The trial is expected to last until in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor Charlie Hebdo’s offices in January November. because of the world’s new 2015. On January 7 that year, two war against the coronavirus. A third gunman shot dead a French Muslim gunmen stormed the The commemoration was policewoman and attacked a Jewish Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo in the supposed to be a blockbuster supermarket. Rue Nicolas-Appert before opening event with parades through In total, 17 people were killed fire on its staff. Waikiki, movie premieres, over three days. The killings marked The magazine’s editor at the galas and thousands of people the beginning of a wave of jihadist time, Stéphane Charbonnier, better honouring the veterans, some attacks across France that left more known as Charb, was among four who may be marking the than 250 people dead. celebrated cartoonists who were historic milestone for the last In the days following the attacks, killed. time. Because of the threat millions of people took part in The gunmen were eventually of the virus, the ceremony solidarity marches across France killed by security forces after a was scaled down to about 50 and around the world under the lengthy manhunt. Their victims were people who gathered on the slogan “Je suis Charlie” (I am eight journalists, two police officers, ship that hosted the surrender Charlie). a caretaker and a visitor. in 1945, all local veterans In March, the presiding judge In a related attack just days later, and government officials. said France’s lockdown measures a gunman killed three customers Defence Secretary Mark had made it impossible to bring and an employee in a hostage Esper said he was honoured together “all the parties, witnesses siege at the Hyper Cacher Jewish to “commemorate and reflect and experts under the necessary supermarket in Porte de Vincennes on the sacrifices and victories sanitary conditions”. in the east of Paris. of our service members and The alleged accomplices are He had earlier shot dead a allies who helped fight for and accused of obtaining weapons policewoman in the city. secure peace”. At the end of and providing logistical support Security forces eventually his keynote address, he built for the attack on Charlie Hebdo’s stormed the supermarket, killed him a case for a strong military for office on January 7, 2015, as well and freed the remaining hostages. the future. AP file picture as the subsequent attacks on a — BBC Biden urges Trump to focus President ignores pandemic, stokes racial unrest, solves neither

WILMINGTON, Delaware — Joe Biden have it done in one hour.” Also ahead of his Wisconsin trip, is calling the struggle to reopen US The opposing events reflected the Biden’s campaign launched a $45 million schools amid the coronavirus a “national clear fault lines of the general election advertising buy for a one-minute ad emergency” and accusing President campaign. Each man casts the other as a featuring his condemnations of violence Donald Trump of turning his back to threat to Americans’ day-to-day security, during a speech on Monday, along with instead stoke passions about unrest in but Trump uses “law and order” as his his assertions that Trump is “fomenting” America’s cities. rallying cry while Biden pushes a broad the unrest. The Democratic presidential nominee’s referendum on Trump’s competence and The ad, which has English and Spanish broadsides came a day ahead of his thinking. language versions, is running on national own trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Biden said on Wednesday that he cable networks and in local markets Biden said he wants to help “heal” a city would use existing federal disaster law across Arizona, Florida, Michigan, reeling from another police shooting of a to direct funding to schools to help them Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, black man. The wounding of Jacob Blake reopen safely, and he urged Trump to Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. and subsequent demonstrations have “get off Twitter” and “negotiate a deal” “Violence will not bring change. It will made the political battleground state with Congress on more pandemic aid. only bring destruction,” Biden says in the a focal point for debate over police and He repeated his assertions that a full ad. protest violence, as well as the actions of economic recovery isn’t possible with Joe Biden Trump “adds fuel to every fire,” he vigilante militias. Covid-19 still raging, and that reopening says, and “shows how weak he is” by “his Biden assailed Trump for his vilifying schools safely is a necessary part of both encourage citizens to “talk about what failure to call on his own supporters to of protesters as well as his handling limiting the virus’ spread and allowing has to be done.” stop acting as an armed militia”. of the pandemic that has killed nearly parents to return to work. The President, he said, “keeps throwing It’s an answer to a consistent charge 190,000 Americans and crippled the Addressing the ongoing unrest over gasoline on the fire” and “encouraging from Trump and his allies: “You won’t be national economy, leaving millions out racial injustice and policing, Biden told people to retreat to their corners”. safe in Joe Biden’s America.” of work, schools straining to deal with reporters he believes the Kenosha officer Trump made his own foray to Kenosha Indeed, when in Kenosha, Trump students in classrooms or at home who shot Blake “needs to be charged”. on Tuesday, underscoring his blanket toured a block charred by protesters’ fire, and parents struggling to keep up. An Biden also called for charges in the death support for law enforcement, while calling the destruction “anti-American” American president, of Breonna Taylor, a blaming “domestic terror” for looting and and suggesting Biden’s election would Trump’s challenger black woman killed arson that has taken place in the city. ensure similar scenes in US cities across declared, should be That’s what you should be in her Louisville The violence included the burning of the country. able to lead through home by police in several buildings and the killing of two Trump’s advisers hope that his stance multiple crises at focused‘ on . . . not whipping up March. protesters by a 17-year-old, who said he — which includes falsely accusing Biden the same time. fear and division and inciting Biden also called went to Kenosha, armed, to help protect of wanting to “defund the police” — shifts “Where is the violence in our streets. for legal action on businesses. He is now in custody. attention away from the pandemic that President? Why citizens who have Before his remarks on Wednesday, has all but crippled the nation during isn’t he working on —Joe’ Biden committed violence Biden and his wife Jill, a longtime the President’s fourth year in the White this?,” Biden asked. as part of civil community college professor and former House. “We need emergency unrest, a direct high school teacher, met with public They also believe the tactics help support funding for our schools — and we answer to Trump’s continued assertions health experts. He emerged saying Trump attract white voters in suburbs need it now. Mr President, that is your that Biden backs violent protests. Trump’s inaction on school aid has left a and exurbs, key slices of his 2016 job. That’s what you should be focused The former vice president said he haphazard response nationally. coalition. Trump won Wisconsin by less on — getting our kids back to school. plans to meet in Kenosha with civic and Biden said he doesn’t want to usurp than 23,000 votes out of more than 1.9 Not whipping up fear and division and business leaders and law enforcement. local authorities’ power to decide whether million in 2016, the first Republican to inciting violence in our streets.” He’s already been in contact with Blake’s to reopen with in-person instruction or win the state since Ronald Reagan in Trump answered almost immediately family. Blake remains hospitalised after virtual learning or some combination. But 1984. with his own event in North Carolina, he was shot seven times in the back by he said the federal government should Biden’s trip on Thursday will be the where he continued casting the protests police as he was trying to get into a car make local systems financially whole first time since 2012 that a Democratic generally as “violent mobs here at home” while police were trying to arrest him. as they incur considerable costs from presidential candidate has campaigned that must be met with a strong show “We’ve got to put things together, bring software for virtual instruction, personal in Wisconsin. Hillary Clinton did not of force. “These people know one thing: people together,” Biden said, adding protective equipment and reducing class campaign in the state after she lost the strength,” he said. If local leaders would that he was “not going to tell Kenosha sizes for social distancing at schools that primary in 2016, one of the reasons often ask for federal muscle, Trump said, “We’ll what they have to do” but instead would bring students to campus. cited for Trump’s narrow victory. — AP The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 WORLD 13 Russian opposition leader poisoned with Novichok

BERLIN — Kremlin critic Alexei proper statement about the German Navalny, who is in intensive care in findings. a Berlin hospital, was poisoned with Russian authorities and doctors a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent have previously said they could find in an attempt to murder him, German no evidence Navalny was poisoned. Chancellor Angela Merkel says. Russia is already under Western She said Berlin now expected sanctions after its annexation of Moscow to explain itself and that Crimea from Ukraine six years ago. Germany would consult its Nato Another stand-off with European allies about how to respond, raising nations or the United States may the prospect of new Western hurt its economy further. The sanctions on Russia. Russian rouble extended losses Moscow has denied involvement against the euro after the German in the incident. The Russian foreign Alexei Navalny government statement. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: Notorious Khmer Rouge commander, Kaing Guek ministry said Germany’s assertion Berlin’s Charite hospital, which is Eav, known as Duch, has died aged 77. Duch admitted overseeing the torture and was not backed by evidence and complained treating Navalny, said he remained in a serious killings of as many as 16,000 Cambodians while running the regime’s most infamous about the way Germany had chosen to release condition in an intensive care unit connected to prison. AP picture information about Navalny. an artificial lung ventilator even though some of “This is disturbing information about the his symptoms were receding. attempted murder through poisoning against a It said it could not rule out long-term leading Russian opposition figure,” Merkel said. consequences from his poisoning and that it “Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack expected him to go through a long period of Khmer Rouge’s with a chemical nerve agent of the Novichok illness. group. This poison could be identified Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius unequivocally in tests.” said in a tweet that the German government’s Novichok is the same substance that Britain identification of the Novichok poison indicated said was used against a Russian defector and his Russian authorities were behind Navalny’s chief jailer dies daughter in an attack in England in 2018. poisoning. Navalny, 44, is an outspoken opponent of The Kremlin has rejected any suggestion that it Russian President Vladimir Putin and has or the Russian state was involved. PHNOM PENH — The Khmer Rouge’s while speaking of seeing his fellow specialised in high-impact investigations into Allies of Navalny echoed Linkevicius’ view. chief jailer, who admitted overseeing the revolutionaries locked in the cells of official corruption. Leonid Volkov, a Navalny aide, said on Twitter torture and killings of as many as 16,000 his prison. Confessing to betraying his He was airlifted to Germany last month after that the use of Novichok was like leaving Putin’s Cambodians while running the regime’s own friends, he said: “That was beyond collapsing on a domestic Russian flight after signature at the scene of the crime. most notorious prison, has died. cowardly.” drinking a cup of tea his allies said was poisoned. Ivan Zhdanov, another close Navalny ally, said Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, was When a guilty verdict was finally The Kremlin said it wanted a full exchange of on Twitter that Novichok could be administered 77 and had been serving a life prison delivered against him in July 2010, he information and that Germany and Russia should only by Russia’s intelligence agencies. term for war crimes and crimes against was sentenced to 35 years, shortened to co-operate, but said it was unable yet to give a — Reuters/RNZ humanity. just 19 due to time served. The judges He died at a hospital in Cambodia said they considered the Cold War early yesterday morning, said Neak context of the atrocities and Duch’s Pheaktra, a spokesperson for the tribunal co-operation and expressions of remorse, in Phnom Penh that handled the trials however limited. over the regime’s crimes. But outraged survivors feared he could Duch was admitted to Cambodian one day walk free. Soviet Friendship Hospital after On appeal, the sentence was developing difficulty breathing on lengthened in 2012 to life in prison Monday at the Kandal provincial prison, for his “shocking and heinous” crimes said Chat Sineang, chief of the prison against the Cambodian people. where Duch had been transferred from Like many key members of the Khmer the tribunal’s prison facility in 2013. Rouge, Duch was an academic before He added that the body would be he became a revolutionary. The former examined for a cause of death before maths teacher joined Pol Pot’s movement being handed to his family. in 1967, three years before the US Duch, whose trial took place in 2009, started carpet-bombing Cambodia to try was the first senior Khmer Rouge figure to wipe out Northern Vietnamese troops to face the UN-backed tribunal that had and Viet Cong inside the border. been assembled to The Khmer Rouge deliver justice for the seized power in 1975 regime’s brutal rule in The offspring of detainess and immediately the late 1970s, which is attempted a radical blamed for the deaths were killed to ensure the transformation of of 1.7 million people — next generation could not Cambodia into a a quarter of Cambodia’s take vengeance. peasant society, population at the time. emptying cities and The commander of forcing the population the top-secret Tuol to work on the land. Sleng prison — code-named S-21 — was They backed up their rule with ruthless one of the few ex-Khmer Rouge who elimination of perceived enemies, and by acknowledged even partial responsibility 1976, Duch was the trusted head of its for his actions. His trial included his own ultimate killing machine, S-21. wrenchingly graphic testimony of how Tribunal judges said he signed off people were tortured at the prison. on all executions there and was often Men, women and children seen as present when interrogators used torture enemies of the regime or who disobeyed to extract confessions, including pulling its orders were jailed and tormented out prisoners’ toenails, administering there, and only a handful survived. electric shocks and waterboarding. “Everyone who was arrested and sent Despite his denials, the judges said he to S-21 was presumed dead already,” he had at times taken part in the torture testified in April 2009. and executions himself. Torturers under Duch beat and The torture and executions that took whipped prisoners and shocked them place at Tuol Sleng were routinely with electrical devices, Duch admitted recorded and photographed, and when to the court, but he still denied accounts the Khmer Rouge were forced from power from survivors and other trial witnesses in 1979, the thousands of documents and that he took part in torture and film negatives left at the prison became executions himself. proof of the regime’s atrocities. The offspring of detainees were killed Duch fled, disappearing for almost two to ensure the next generation could not decades in northwestern Cambodia and take vengeance. Duch called himself converting to Christianity until a chance “criminally responsible” for babies’ discovery by a British journalist in 1999 deaths but blamed his subordinates for led to his arrest. battering the young bodies against trees. Duch has several times asked for He said the prison’s own guards and forgiveness, even offering at one point interrogators were killed for small to face a public stoning. But his surprise mistakes. request on the final day of the trial to be Duch showed rare emotion on acquitted and freed left many wondering the witness stand in June 2009 if his contrition was sincere. — AP 34627-01 14 WORLD The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 Daughter claims Hotel Rwanda hero was kidnapped

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Rusesabagina’s adopted daughter, “What they’re dictatorship and urged Western countries Paul Rusesabagina’s appearance in Carine Kanimba, told The Associated accusing him of is all to press the Government to respect handcuffs in Rwanda’s capital on Monday Press she last spoke with him before he made up,” she said. human rights. prompted concern among human rights flew to Dubai last week but she didn’t “There is no “I believe it is a travesty that a human activists that this was the latest example know the nature of his trip. She didn’t Paul Rusesabagina evidence to what rights champion like Paul Rusesabagina of the Rwandan government targeting provide evidence to support her claim they’re claiming. We should be captured, detained and held in critics beyond its borders. He had lived that he was kidnapped. know this is a wrongful arrest.” the way he is being held,” said Katrina outside Rwanda since 1996, in Belgium She said the family has not been Rusesabagina has won numerous Lantos Swett, president of the Lantos and then in Texas. able to speak to him and is worried international honours including the Foundation for Human Rights and Rwandan authorities said they issued the 66-year-old may not be getting his US Presidential Medal of Freedom in Justice. “This should raise a lot of deep an arrest warrant for Rusesabagina hypertension medication. Rusesabagina 2005 and the Lantos Human Rights concern and scepticism.” — AP Heart of Belgian Pandemic hits farmers city mayor found THE coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperilled food buried in fountain security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside. VERVIERS, Belgium — An ornate United Nations experts are holding an online fountain in Verviers, eastern Belgium, has conference to brainstorm ways to help alleviate given up an object it held for more than a hunger and prevent the problems from worsening century: the heart of the city’s first mayor. in the Asia-Pacific region — a challenge made The organ, sealed in a jar of alcohol doubly difficult by the loss of many millions of inside a small zinc casket, was found jobs due to the crisis. during renovation of the fountain. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation The casket is now on show in the city’s forecasts that the number of under-nourished Museum of Fine Arts. people will increase by up to 132 million in this Mayor Pierre David died in 1839, but year, while the number of acutely malnourished the fountain named after him was only children will rise by 6.7 million worldwide due to inaugurated in 1883. the pandemic. An engraving on the casket says it was “We must come to terms with what is before us placed in the monument at the time. and recognise that the world and our region has “The heart of Pierre David was changed,” said Jong-Jin Kim, the FAO’s assistant solemnly placed in the monument on 25 director-general and regional representative for June 1883”, it reads. Asia and the Pacific. The Verviers Alderman for Public “We must find new ways to move forward and CHALLENGING TIMES: Many farmers are struggling as a result of the coronavirus Works, Maxime Degey, said “an urban ensure sustainable food security in the face of pandemic. AP picture legend has become reality: the casket was these twin pandemics, as well as prepare for in the upper part of the fountain, right threats that can and will evolve in the future,” Kim That includes food in secure places like The FAO report released for the conference, near the bust of Pierre David, behind a said. Yemen, where the UN says more than a quarter sponsored by Bhutan, recommended providing stone which we had removed during the Disruptions due to outbreaks of the illness of a million children are suffering from severe loans to farmers to help them avoid selling their fountain’s renovation”. and restrictions on businesses and travel to malnutrition and will die without treatment, and livestock and other assets to get by. Quoted by broadcaster RTBF, he said control them run the gamut, from crops going parts of Africa where nearly five million people It noted that enterprising fishing villages in the casket found by the builders on unharvested by migrant workers unable to reach are threatened with starvation due to locust southern Thailand’s Phuket have arranged barter August 20 was “in really impeccable their jobs because of transport problems, to outbreaks. deals with rice farmers in the northeast of the condition”. farm families selling livestock and equipment to But long lines at food banks even in wealthy country. Mayor Pierre David died in a fall aged survive. countries like the United States attest to the Some fisher folk in Indonesia unable to export 68, while working in his hayloft in 1839. The combined impacts of Covid-19, natural struggle to keep families fed, with tens of millions their catches switched to netting more affordable The city authorities launched a disasters such as typhoons and drought, newly unemployed. fish that they can sell to local villagers. collection fund for a monument to honour diseases and pests such as locusts have In countries like Thailand, where tourism helps In many countries, farmers are increasingly him, and with his family’s consent, highlighted the need to build stronger capacity to keep the economy afloat, closed borders and using e-commerce and digital data to fine-tune surgeons removed his heart so it could be to “manage multiple risks to food systems”, the cancelled commercial flights have had a ripple planting and other aspects of agriculture. entombed in the monument. FAO’s report said. effect across many industries. Chinese e-commerce platforms are helping to The Verviers official website says it The FAO is urging faster deployment of high- The Government has provided more than match supply and demand for farm produce and then took decades for the city to collect tech tools such as drones and smartphone $5 billion in emergency aid to more than 10 other food. enough money to erect a suitably ornate apps to monitor crops, pests and other farming million farmers, the agriculture minister Pisan On a smaller scale, FAO experts noted there monument. conditions as part of a transformation of food Pongsapitch said. were many potential home-grown solutions, like Meanwhile, there were also arguments systems to make them more resilient and reduce But the loss of livelihoods is a long-term crisis. farming using sacks or hydroponics, growing over how best to honour the city’s first risks, especially for the most vulnerable — small The question is how to fix a broken food crickets for food and processing camels’ milk to mayor, before the fountain at Place Verte farmers in poor countries. system, one participant said. make cheese. — AP went ahead. — BBC

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JUNE was held on Tuesday 14th. for the conference and have been show and assisted with a fundraising and Colleen Scott won the raffle. A decision was made to increase discussing remits and a business plan raffle for the Cancer Society. Drivers were organised for Frasertown the donation to the Wairoa Disability for future years. Alice Kibble came to our meeting to September’s Meals on Wheels and a For the first time since March, Community Bus and to give a donation National handcraft competitions join in discussions on voting and the thank you letter was received for a Frasertown WI met on June 9 in the St to Cranford Hospice. have been sent for judging in advance two referendums. donation to Aroha Hospice. Paul’s Church hall. Members were asked to supply an and we look forward to seeing how Alice works with Tairawhiti We all enjoyed a cuppa and a good Thought for the month was “Life is item for the raffle for next month. well our members have done. Community Voice and the health chat. divine chaos, embrace the unknown”. Nationwide, members are services and is a member of the Youth Of course, the roll call was “How we currently choosing a new badge to Puha Council. Our members had a chance to Turanganui spent our time during the lockdown”. commemorate the centenary. Puha WI President Betty Thompson voice their views and concerns. A happy group of Turanganui Members spent their time putting Home and Country magazine was welcomed members to the August The raffle was won by Marie members were glad to meet again after names on old photos, sewing and handed around and members were meeting, which began with reciting McIntosh while the bud vase and the lockdown. mending, reading, going for walks, asked to decide which badge they aspirations. points cup went to Cath Atkins. As July was our birthday month, we gardening and taking lots of calls on preferred. There were several choices Birthday cards were given to shared a lovely meal of beef casserole landline phones, Facebook messenger which will be passed on to our national Janette, Helen and Cath. Frasertown and broccoli, potatoes in a cream and Skyping friends and family. office. The Poverty Bay newsletter was Eight members met at Brenda sauce and garlic bread. Some members had fruit and veges Flowers were judged and Lorraine read, and dates for the Calendar Girls Allen’s home for the August meeting Dessert was the old favourite dropped to their doors, or purchased in won the cup this month. show were announced. as the church hall was needed for a pavlova, cream, jelly and peaches. bulk and froze extra milk. Our newest member Joanne won the Calendar Girls is about an English funeral. Members shared how they and their Everyone enjoyed seeing each other raffle. WI that raises money for a new sofa The thought for the month was families had got through lockdown for the first time in two months, having Afternoon tea was served and the for the hospital in memory of John, a “Enjoy every fruit of life.” with help from family and friends. a good chat and laughing around the happy meeting came to an end. husband of one of the members. The roll call was “Have you read a Due to our WI connections, we all table with a cuppa and cakes. The fundraising is in the form of good book lately?” had plenty of support and time seemed AUGUST a nude calendar. The ladies pose One person had read “The Green to fly by. JULY discreetly behind cakes, flowers, Feather”, an environmental thriller set Prior to the lockdown we had Poverty Bay/Wairoa knitting etc. in wild New Zealand, written by Jack collected Easter eggs for donation so it Poverty Bay/Wairoa Members were very involved with The show was very well performed. Roberts. They said it was a good story. was decided that they would be given Members were happy to see one Unity Theatre’s production of Calendar Chairs were spaced as required under Due to the weather being so good, to the firemen as a late Easter treat. another after the Covid-19 lockdown. Girls. Covid-19 Alert Level 2, but family nobody else had read a book. We also gave them lamingtons and The 99th National AGM, which was Not by posing nude for the groups were able to sit together. Patsy Hine won the floral shortbread as the Shades of Red group planned for Nelson in May, will now to production, but by supporting the Many of our members attended the competition with three spring flowers had their first lunch. be held in Wellington on September Cancer Society fundraiser, providing 21 and 22. The Brentwood Hotel in raffle prizes and manning the table to Kilbirnie has bookings for 50 rooms for sell raffle tickets every second night of the delegates. Four delegates from our the production and at matinees. federation will attend the AGM. We also provided afternoon tea for Our federation supplied four the cast after the final matinee. raffles to support the Cancer Society With WI in New Zealand 100-year fundraiser at the production of anniversary coming up next year, a Calender Girls at Unity Theatre. special badge designed by a member The A&P Show schedule is now is being chosen by other members. The available and the closing date for best badge will be announced at our entries in the Events Centre is National Conference in September and 4.30pm on September 8. The office for will be on sale next year. bookings has shifted to the front house Fundraising for a bronze statue of at the entrance to the Showgrounds. our founder, Anna Elizabeth Jerome Hot meals resumed for the Spencer (known as Bessie), to be Alzheimer’s Sherwood Club, which is put up in Napier next February, has now open for day care from Monday to been constrained due to the Covid-19 Wednesday each week. lockdown but we were encouraged Our local website, courtesy of to start a Givealittle page and send a Ray Sheldrake, has been updated cheque to the national office. with recent photos. You can see it by Miss Jerome Spencer was a lively searching [email protected], woman who was involved in many clicking community, then on our logo. schemes which supported women in New Zealand. Puha She was a student, teacher and then President Betty Thompson principal of Napier Girls High School welcomed 16 members to the July before retiring to take up beekeeping meeting, the first meeting since the at Rissington where, with the support March lockdown. of her lifelong friend, she started the Members were thrilled to catch first Women’s Institute in New Zealand up with friends. Birthday cards were before she travelled extensively around handed out for all the special days the country helping groups of women missed over the past four months. set up their own WI’s. We were saddened to recall that At a recent visit to Northern and HAPPY TAMARIKI: Erana Apiata, left, and Atuakairoa Braid from Pickering Street associate member Pat Hall passed Hawke’s Bay Federation’s AGM, we Kindergarten were thrilled with the wooden toys made by Lynne Boulter, John Hall and other away during the lockdown. were privileged to hear from their members of the Gisborne Woodturners Club. The Kaiti kindergarten received a selection of After the meeting, the group sat guest speaker, Professor Kay Morris wooden mugs and plates from the club, which would help with their mission to phase out plastic down for a hot lunch, with soup and Matthews, who has written a biography toys. The kindergarten has gradually given away most of its plastic toys, replacing them with dessert, to celebrate Puha’s 89th of our founder which will be published resources made of natural materials. Head teacher Donny Manuel said it was a beautiful donation birthday month. next February. from the woodturners and the tamariki would enjoy playing with the mugs and plates for years The raffles were won by Sandra What an amazing woman Bessie to come. John Hall has been part of the Gisborne Woodturners Club for 30 years and was happy Green, Grace Newman and Jean Mills. Jerome Spencer was. We came away to be able to help out the kindergarten. He said they had made toys in the past for organisations from the meeting having learned so such as Barnardos and The Salvation Army and it was always satisfying knowing that what they Frasertown much about her life. made was going to be used and enjoyed by Gisborne children. Picture by Rebecca Grunwell The July meeting of Frasertown WI Delegates have been preparing

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UK study reveals Alert Level 1 still a very pregnant women are at higher risk distant prospect for NZ from Covid-19 by Katie Scotcher, RNZ by Tracy Neal, RNZ AUCKLAND — Health officials have not yet AUCKLAND — A new study showing considered moving the country pregnant women are more at risk from to Alert Level 1. Covid-19 is a reminder of the need for expert Cabinet Ministers will meet healthcare, a New Zealand women’s health tomorrow to review the alert expert says. level settings, which are set to The study published yesterday in the expire on Sunday. British Medical Journal showed pregnant Auckland is currently at women were at a higher risk from the effects Alert Level 2.5, which means of Covid-19 and were more likely to give there are tighter restrictions birth early. on mass gatherings. They were less likely to have symptoms, The same rules do not apply but more likely to need intensive care. for the rest of the country, More than 11,000 women were part of which is fully at Alert Level 2. the study from an international team of At a Health Select researchers. Committee meeting yesterday The research project based at the morning, New Zealand First University of Birmingham said maternal risk MP Jenny Marcroft asked factors associated with severe Covid-19 what criteria were being increased with age, high body mass index, considered to move the chronic high blood pressure and pre-existing country down to Alert Level 1. diabetes. Health Minister Chris Professor Bev Lawton said that was no Hipkins said there could still real surprise, but served as a reminder of be cases in the community the need for women to access regular care, at the lowest two alert levels particularly at a time when there was greater — as long as they were reluctance to head out of the house. contained. “Women should be interacting as early “The real test is different NOT EXACTLY BUSTLING: Auckland’s main street has gained a bit more life since the Alert in their pregnancy as possible with their levels of containment at level Level 3 restrictions were lifted on Sunday night, but a move to Level 1 is still nowhere in sight. midwife or their GP. two and at level one, rather RNZ picture by Amy Williams “People have been perhaps a bit more than complete elimination wary about engaging and coming out of the before you’d move to alert Everyone in West and South Lower-risk workers would “So we’ve been working to home but we really do need for women to level one. Auckland was wrongly advised be tested fortnightly and those identify what the peaks are for see their GP or midwife.” “We (Cabinet) haven’t yet at the weekend to get a test on the periphery could have when testing capability needs The New Zealand College of Midwives said considered any advice on a — regardless of whether they monthly tests. to be there. Shift changes the research was useful at this time. shift from Level 2 to Level 1,” were showing symptoms or Shipping ports were the are a good example,” Hipkins Midwifery advisor Dr Lesley Dixon said Hipkins said. not. most complex places to explained. it provided a better understanding of how The Director-General of The unclear advice had conduct testing, “because of Meanwhile, Levin was the Covid-19 manifested in pregnant women. Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield made Prime Minister Jacinda the nature of what they do host of the country’s latest “That is very useful for midwives and said officials were not yet Ardern “incredibly angry”, and and the huge volume of people pop-up community testing other health professionals working in this considering moving Auckland work was being done to correct that interact with the port,” centre on Tuesday, with the area. Taking information gathered from 77 and the rest of the country to it, Ardern said on Sunday. Hipkins said. Mid-Central District Health studies from a variety of countries around Alert Level 1. Dr Bloomfield said when Many workers had next to Board (DHB) organising a the world, the study provides up-to-date Instead, the focus was on social media messaging was no potential exposure, while day of tests for anyone and evidence on the frequency, symptoms and moving Auckland from Level prepared, key words were others had quite a high level, everyone. outcomes for pregnant women who returned 2.5 to 2. missed out, which lead to a he added. It was the first time a positive Covid-19 test (or who were Level 2.5 in Auckland “won’t “completely different” message Officials have been working the DHB had put on such symptomatic).” last forever”, Hipkins told the being made public. with port companies to a testing centre for the The study showed pregnant women with Committee, and was likely to establish a testing regime. Horowhenua town. Covid-19 were also more likely to experience change “soon”. Border testing “There are thousands of And despite wet weather pre-term birth and their newborns were more people there, many different conditions, staff still managed likely to be admitted to a neonatal unit. Covid-19 messaging faux pas A schedule for regular employers trying to do the to get through nearly 350 tests However, stillbirth and newborn death testing of border and managed right thing, and some have in the six hours they were rates were low. And Dr Dixon said it was Dr Bloomfield offered isolation workers would be quite irregular contact with open. important to note that while the study found the Select Committee an released by the end of this the ports. ■ If you have symptoms of that pregnant women with Covid-19, were explanation as to why week, Hipkins told the Health “So if you’re a driver coming the coronavirus, call the NZ more likely to be admitted to intensive care hundred of thousands of Select Committee yesterday. to and from the port, for Covid-19 Healthline on 0800 (in comparison with non-pregnant women of Aucklanders were advised to Workers at the highest risk example, you’re not always 358 5453 or call your GP — reproductive age), overall the incidence of get an unnecessary Covid-19 would be tested weekly, he going to be there at the same but don’t just show up at a needing this level of care was extremely low. test. said. time. medical centre. — RNZ by Mark Peters he never got that groundbreaking discovery that could push him further Actors Andrew Stevens and Danielle on.” Siata talk about how they plumb their When circumstances change Hal feels characters for an Evolution Theatre obliged to help in some way. Company production. In an attempt at flirtation, Hal invites Catherine to see his band but a Harold Dobbs — Andrew Stevens misunderstanding puts a stop to that. s audiences recently saw in In what might seem a typical Hal Evolution Theatre Company’s moment, Catherine suspects he’s trying production of The Importance to steal something. A “Hal means well,” says Stevens. of Being Earnest, character acting is Andrew Stevens’ strength. “He’s a nice guy. He has no confidence He enjoys comic and musical roles when it comes to females and he’s but cast as Harold “Hal” Dobbs in inexperienced dealing with women. Evolution’s upcoming production of “Tensions flare over a American playwright David Auburn’s misunderstanding. Hal keeps putting drama, Proof, Stevens has to reach deep his foot in his mouth despite having the inside of himself to tap the nuances of right intentions.” his character, a mathematics protege. Hal is later excited about the The play centres on Catherine discovery of one of Robert’s notebooks (played by Danielle Siata). Hal knows which holds a paradigm-shifting proof Catherine as the daughter of Robert about prime numbers. (Hugo McGuinness), a mathematical The play’s plot takes an genius and professor at the University unpredictable turn that will not be of Chicago. revealed here except to say it is subtler, Catherine, no mean mathematician more poignant and more thought- herself, cares for her father as his provoking than the thriller device of mental condition degenerates. plagiarism or intellectual property Robert has been a mentor to Hal. theft. “When Hal meets Robert, Hal has This is a play driven by character stalled and is struggling with his more than plot, says Stevens. THE “This is the first time I’ve thesis,” says Stevens. “Robert has had some breakthroughs experienced having to go inside myself in various fields and helps him, as an and start to feel and experience these adviser, to get through his PhD. feelings and express them more subtly. “Harold owes Robert a lot. Without “It’s the toughest role I’ve taken on Robert he wouldn’t be able to complete due to the emotional depth. You draw his thesis.” more on your experience. It is one of my During his time under Robert’s most challenging roles to date because NUMBERS guidance and assistance, Hal hasn’t of the level of focus required. formally met Catherine. “There are so many different levels. “Hal’s a geek, a bit of a nerd. But he’s It makes you think about Alzheimer’s, a modern geek. He’s in a band, he plays mental illness and depression. Maybe the drums. He does a bit of fitness and you can still produce — people deal teaches other students. with that all the time. “He’s just a normal guy who grew “This is a genuine deep-feel show.” up in Chicago and hasn’t progressed GAME further than that. Even with his PhD CONTINUED ON PAGE 21

THE SUM OF THE PARTS: Characters Harold (Andrew Stevens) and Catherine (Danielle Siata) enjoy a close moment in Proof, Evolution Theatre’s upcoming production. Picture supplied 20 The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 Tairawhiti Arts Festival 2020

heatre, live music and installations are among events Tplanned for this year’s Maori arts- based Tairawhiti Arts Festival. From October 2-11, Turanga locals and visitors to the region will have more than 40 opportunities to engage with arts and performance.

Trick of the Light Theatre (The Bookbinder, The Road That Wasn’t There) returns to the festival with two performances of Troll on October 4. Described as a lo-fi, wi-fi fable that combines storytelling, projection and puppetry, Troll features writer/performer Ralph McCubbin Howell as 12-year-old Otto — who is 13 online and getting away with it. He lives in an old wooden house with his mum, dad and sister, a chain- TALKING ABOUT DEPRESSION: Anapela Polatai’vao stars in smoking Icelandic granny, and an ancient Every Brilliant Thing. Picture supplied malevolent troll who’s started living in the wall.

On October 6-7, Maoriland Pop-Up TRICK OF THE LIGHT: Writer/performer Ralph McCubbin Cinema presents a programme of short Howell plays 12-year-old Otto in Trick of the Light Theatre’s films and a rangatahi filmmaking show Troll. Picture by Tabitha Arthur workshop. Films made at the workshop will Touring for the first time together as premiere at the festival. Reid & Ruins, Nadia Reid and Hollie The cinema programme includes Fullbrook present an evening of acoustic Nga Putake Shorts, an adventure with music at the War Memorial Theatre on true and imagined stories of bravery October 9. and resilience, while Kia Manawa Reid’s lyrics have been described as REID & RUINS: Ora presents a series of Maori short “allegorical . . . brutally honest” while Nadia Reid and films that explore transformation and Fullbrook spans delicate folk, lustrous Hollie Fullbrook discovery. dream pop and ebullient psychedelia. are to present an evening of acoustic music. Picture supplied

Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust’s devised A “warm, deep hug of a play”, Every production Turanga: The Land of Milk Brilliant Thing takes an unflinching look and Honey will be performed twice at the at the guilt of not being able to make Lawson Field Theatre on October 9. those we love happy, and encourages all of Using mixed media, music, visual us to recognise the many beautiful things projections, live artworks and youth in life. voices, the show dives deep into the iwi’s past to create an atmosphere that Dazzling lip syncs, sensational singing questions accepted narratives and brings and celebrity transformations are divisive issues to the forefront. promised for the drag extravaganza, Dragon’s Diva Den at the Festival Club On October 9 and 10, Te Tairawhiti at The Marina Restaurant on October Arts Festival 2020 will present the world 9-10. premiere of Silo Theatre’s production of Spot prizes and audience participation Every Brilliant Thing, starring Anapela will round off an evening guaranteed to Polatai’vao. The production has been leave a smile on patrons’ faces. described as “the funniest play you’ll see about depression”. CONTINUED ON PAGE 21

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■ Sea Mouse Dave Dobbyn Dome Room. Saturday, September 12, 8pm. $15 from undertheradar ($20 on Open Up Tour door). Postponed New Date coming soon ■ Stars In Their Eyes Showbiz magic and new works The finale of the local talent showcase. Lawson Field Theatre, Saturday, FROM PAGE 20 Friends! The September 19, 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets from Gisborne i-SITE or Not only will former Gisborne man Musical Parody ticketek. Rutene Spooner perform his solo show, Super Hugh-Man, on October 2, but on Postponed October 7 the international entertainer’s New Date coming soon ■ Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks tribute show, Rutene Spooner’s Sequinned show Songbook, will include show-stopping NZ Symphony Orchestra presents Dome Bar, Saturday, September 19, tunes from the golden era of Broadway, 8.30pm. All tickets $34 from eventfinda. modern musical theatre, and movies. Eroica Limited door sales. Spooner’s showbiz magic will fill the Festival Club at the Marina Restaurant, Thursday, September 24th which offers a dinner and show package 7.30 pm ■ Spring Music Festival as well as show-only option. A non-competitive event presented by the Gisborne Music Teachers group. St Tipu Te Toi: Works in Development SHOWTIME! Former Gisborne man Te Moana Andrew’s Church, Saturday, September presents an opportunity to experience Rutene Spooner performs show- 26. Adults $5 for a single session (whole new voices and stories as they take shape Glow Show stopping tunes from the golden era afternoon or evening) or $10 for a season as established and emerging playwrights, of entertainment in Rutene Spooner’s Thursday-Friday pass to all sessions, and $15 for a season songwriters, performers and authors Sequinned Songbook. Picture supplied pass for two adults. Siblings and other preview new works in development. October 22nd-23rd children free. On October 11 at the Lawson Field 10.00am & 11.30am Theatre, the Kerekere Whanau Trust room and discover hate at first sight. But presents Bill Kerekere, a tribute to the this isn’t just any room, as they’re about The Shows Must Go On ■ Deadbeat composer of works such as Tangihia, to find out. A visual live experience. Dome Room, KaraNgatia e te Iwi te Manu Kotuku, Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana wrote The Best Of Saturday, September 26, 9pm. Earlybird and Tumaramarahoa. and performs Lip Sync, Kanikani & tickets from eventfinda $15+bf. First Kerekere was former president of the Twerk Off, the story of Kahu, Te Rina Broadway release $25+bf, GA $35+bf. Waihirere Maori Club and in 1972 he and Ariana who lose their mum in a fatal Sunday, October 25th received an OBE for his work in Maori car crash. They launch a nightly lip sync cultural performing arts. to hold their whanau together. Then the 4.30pm The programme includes a rehearsed first anniversary of their mum’s passing THEATRE reading of excerpts from Victor Rodger’s approaches. riotous comedy Uma Lava. A koha will be accepted at the door Tina, Simply ■ 48-Hour Play Festival: participants Inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre’s No and all proceeds will go to the artists but only Exit and the famous line “hell is other patrons are asked to secure a ticket to The Best Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli people”, and performed by Anapela help organisers manage attendance. Monday, November 9th Street. September 4-5. Polata’ivao, the work features three 8.00pm Samoan strangers — a lesbian academic, ■ For the full programme, visit www. a closeted right-wing politician and a tetairawhitiartsfestival.nz/2020- ■ Proof by David Auburn promiscuous minister — who walk into a programme Heath Franklin’s Chopper Directed by Dinna Myers. Evolution The Silencer Theatre Company, 75 Disraeli Street. September 17-27. Tickets $24-$28+bf Monday, November 16th from Gisborne i-SITE or eventfinda. $1 Catherine and the burden of proof 7.30 pm of each ticket sold goes to support people living with dementia in Gisborne. FROM PAGE 19 even she is concerned she might have Catherine — Danielle Siata inherited his mental illness. The ABBA Show Others too might question her mental Monday, November 23rd ■ The Crucible by Arthur Miller Danielle Siata also enjoyed the health but she has plenty to deal with, 8.00pm Directed by Norman Maclean. Unity frivolousness and wit of Evolution Theatre’s particularly the void in her life. Theatre, October 2-10. Tickets $25 from production of The Importance of Being “She has dropped out of school to look i-SITE or eventfinda. Earnest in which she played modern Victorian after her father,” says Siata. “He supported young lady Gwendolen. her and her genius. This is all she has known But, as Catherine in the drama Proof, Siata for the past few years. Got something going on? has more layers in her character to explore. “Her sister left but is now back and Let The Guide know at Although Catherine has inherited much of taking over and thinks she knows best. [email protected], her father’s mathematical genius, she gave up But Catherine hasn’t had a chance to get or telephone 869-0630. her schooling to take care of him during his her head around what’s going on. She is slow decline. essentially very alone.” Stars In Their Eyes The question of whether Catherine has also The drama is not relentlessly serious inherited Robert’s mental illness lingers in the though, she says. Saturday, September 19th, mind of other characters. “There are definitely funny parts in there. 2.30 & 7.30pm ArtsGuide “It’s been a lot more intense,” says Siata of Like Hal — he’s a bit of a geek and comes the play. out with dorky dad jokes.” Musical Theatre Gisborne presents “It’s a big shift from a funny character role In a flashback, the audience also sees a VISUAL ARTS to something that is a bit more real life. There more playful, fun side to Catherine. It is only The Addams Family is so much going on in such a short period of later she becomes slobby and indifferent to December 11-19 ■ Landscapes, by Pru Davis time.” life, says Siata. Tairawhiti Museum. Like Stevens, Siata has dug deep to find In one crucial aspect of the play, Hal aspects of the character she plays in this doesn’t want to believe that either. Despite Dinna Myers-directed production. this, Catherine and Hal have this relationship,

■ Gisborne Artists, Potters and “We have had lots of discussions and says Siata. 32930-12 Photographers annual exhibition shared what’s happened in our lives,” says “They clearly have a connection. They have Tairawhiti Museum until November 10. Siata. “There are a lot of times in this play a little moment and there is a spark. Tickets on sale from Gisborne i-SITE when I have to be vulnerable. I’m lucky to “After a magical night the relationship be surrounded by people who enable me do turns when he doesn’t believe in her. Very Accepting bookings for functions, ■ Works by Hera Clifton that.” quickly the relationship shifts from one thing events, meetings and conferences. Miharo Gallery, 118 Gladstone Road. While Catherine has absorbed considerable to another. The end of the show leaves you mathematical knowledge from her father, thinking ‘what will happen to them?’” Email [email protected] 22 The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 Mind-bending thriller for twisted times by Jake Coyle, AP Film Writer Mumbai arms dealer (Dimple Kapadia) and ultimately a Ukrainian oligarch went in fresh to Tenet. I didn’t have named Andrei Sator (Kenneth Branagh). any real sense of the plot, yes, but To reach the insulated Sator, the Iit’s more that it had been some Protagonist finds an entry through his five months since I was last in a movie wife, Kat (Elizabeth Debicki, the film’s theatre. most suave and affecting performer), an That’s a long hiatus — a dark ages for art dealer who has come to detest her sitting in the dark — for someone, anyone, husband. used to going to the movies more days As a film, Tenet rumbles like a jumbo than not. The last film I had seen in a jet. Its sheer tonnage is what most strikes cinema, back in March, was the Vin Diesel you. There are trucks and ships, giant vehicle Bloodshot, so you can imagine my turbines and helicopters, concrete masses eagerness for a new aftertaste. and 747s. It’s complicated, in a way, to parse the Tenet lacks the elegant mastery of experience. There’s the feeling of being Dunkirk or the cosmic soulfulness of back in a movie theatre, and then there’s Interstellar, but it has a darkly grand the sensations particular to Tenet. geometry. For Christopher Nolan, whose films As instruments in an abstraction, most build their conceptual architecture around of Nolan’s protagonists verge on hollow. the metaphysics of movies themselves, it’s Washington glides through the film with kind of one and the same. His movies are UNLOCKING CINEMATIC POWERS: A secret agent, played by John David charisma and preternatural smoothness designed, from a molecular level, to unlock Washington, embarks on a dangerous, time-bending mission to prevent the start of but his character’s inner life goes innate cinematic powers and glorify the World War 3. AP picture via Warner Bros unexplored. almighty Big Screen — a lonely god these Leonardo DiCaprio’s Cobb in Inception last few months. coded phrase “We live in a twilight world.” on what side, what’s at stake — take a wasn’t so different, but the mission Nolan vs. Covid-19 is as much part of As he’s trying to stop bombs from going while to unspool. But just as Nolan’s last plunged directly into his subconscious. the drama of Tenet as anything on screen, off in the theatre, an odd thing happens. film, the gorgeously synchronised WW2 Nolan, a visionary filmmaker, can and just as convoluted and disorienting. Tussling with one of the terrorists, a survival tale Dunkirk, was arranged sometimes be too busy conjuring visions to Naturally, Tenet opens on a crowded bullet seems to fly backward into the gun. elementally by land, sea and air, Tenet is build a character. auditorium. At an opera house in Kyiv, After being taken hostage and tortured, spliced between past, present and future. It’s easy to imagine Tenet was born in just as the conductor is raising his baton, he blacks out. When he wakes up much A heady genre movie that puts James an editing suite, while a shot was rewound a barrage of bullets rings out and masked later, he’s told that he’s been released Bond-like tropes through a collider, it’s and epiphany struck. men take the stage. from the CIA and enlisted in a shadowy very much a companion piece to Inception Outside, a squadron of covert American organisation known as Tenet. (a heist movie with a sci-fi spin) and just ■ Tenet, a Warner Bros. release, is agents are stirred. They pick a local police The mission goes beyond borders, as laden with continual explanation. rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture patch for their shoulders, and one among he’s told. A Cold War — “ice cold” — is The Protagonist’s journey brings him Association of America for intense them (John David Washington, known brewing. He’s to try to prevent World War in touch with a British fixer named Neil sequences of violence and action, only as “the Protagonist” in the credits) 3 and an apocalypse worse than nuclear (a delightfully knowing and especially some suggestive references and brief manoeuvres to rescue a man who sits in holocaust. dashing Robert Pattinson; you always strong language. Running time: 151 a closed balcony. He greets him with the The details of this secret war — who’s want him to say more than he does), a minutes. Three stars out of four. FilmGuide DOME CINEMA characters, stories, and the gold that kept the town going but left a toxic legacy. ■ 23 Walks ■ The Prado Museum: A Collection of A man and a woman in their 60s meet Wonders while walking their dogs and develop a tentative romance. Stars Alison Steadman. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, ■ Romantic Road this documentary film takes the viewer A documentary about a London lawyer through the rooms and stories of one of and his wife who redefine later life by the most visited museums in the world. motoring across rural India in their Tenet battered 1936 Rolls Royce, falling ■ into company with chaiwallahs and Written, directed and co-produced by maharajahs, dodging tribal conflicts and Christopher Nolan. An operative of the battling with border officials to get to a organisation known as Tenet is tasked human rights festival in Bangladesh. with preventing World War 3. Stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, ■ Saturday Night Fever Elizabeth Debicki and Kenneth Branagh. The film that made John Travolta a Lowdown Dirty Criminals superstar, as Tony Manero, a Brooklyn ■ paint store clerk who becomes king on the James Rolleston is the star in a GISBORNE 945AM disco dance floor. With Bee Gees music. Wellington-set story of a pizza delivery man who gets out of his depth in the ■ Britt-Marie Was Here criminal underworld as a result of A 63-year-old Swedish woman discovers botching a fairly simple task and then her husband of 40 years has been having taking on a much more onerous one as an affair. With her world turned upside- payback. down, she takes a temporary position as Never Rarely Sometimes Always a youth leader at a soon-to-be-closed ■ recreation centre in a struggling town. A 17-year-old girl discovers she is pregnant and, with her cousin, goes on ODEON MULTIPLEX a journey across state lines to New York City to get an abortion. Silver Bear Grand ■ Rams Jury Prize winner (second place) at Berlin. Sam Neill and Michael Caton play feuding brothers forced to band together when ■ 23 Walks prized sheep need protection. A man and a woman in their 60s meet while walking their dogs and develop a ■ Bill & Ted Face the Music tentative romance. Stars Alison Steadman. The ruler of the future tells Bill and Ted they must compose a song to save life as ■ This Town we know it. Acquitted of the charge that he murdered his family, a young man tries to rebuild ■ The New Mutants his life while an ex-cop who now owns a Five young mutants, just discovering their petting zoo tries to prove his guilt. The abilities while held in a secret facility man meets a young woman whose faith NEWSTALKZB.CO.NZ against their will, fight to escape their past in his innocence lends new force to his sins and save themselves. struggle for an ordinary life.

■ Whispers of Gold ■ The Secret: Dare to Dream The story of Waiuta is told from its Katie Holmes plays a young widow trying beginnings to the present day. Archive film to make ends meet while raising three and photographs give a glimpse of the childen. A storm brings a huge challenge 1900s mining town life — the colourful and a man who reignites family spirit. The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 RACING 23

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Dave Grant & Neil Kingston 1.32 8 NZB Pearl Series Race 3.17 S Wynne STRAIGHT SETS 15 8s9 Tappy’s Lad (20) 56 45 $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1200m $10,000, maiden, 1600m 8 490s0 Rivaldo td (18) 57.5 60 Race 5: MADAM SEQUOIA, RIPA RUBY, RICKY BAKER 16 00 Vague h (19) 56.5 45 9 6020s Bridget Town tdm (15) 56.5 62 17 2678s Resuscitate h (17) 58.5 45 1 6253s Mediterranean Star td (15) 60 65 1 4452 Soviet Wonder (5) 58.5 52 Y Y Chew (a4) Race 6: CLOONEY, CONFESSIONAL, PIPPI REA B Murray 2 64s93 On The Rivet (15) 58.5 51 T Moseley C Campbell (a1) 18 6s890 Tennessee Rock h (8) 56.5 45 10 820s0 Granite Ridge m (7) 56.5 58 C Barnes Race 7: STRAD, KANDARI, NEWMARKET 19 s800s Disco Deejay h (3) 58.5 45 2 4s936 So Natural tdmbh (4) 60 65 D Bothamley 3 48s90 Man Oh Man h (16) 58.5 50 T Jonker 11 s5303 Van Diamond d (14) 56.5 58 C Johnson Race 8: JUST A PROMISS, IRISH HI, MISS OAKS 20 One More Chance (10) 56 45 3 350s5 All Or Nothing (19) 58.5 62 J Laking 4 0s Atlantean (6) 58.5 47 R Cuneen 12 701s0 Dancing Choux d (5) 56 61 K Kwo (a2) Race 9: YANNICK, SANCTIFY, MONKEY SHOULDER 4 s4416 Ricky Baker d (9) 58.5 62 Y Y Chew (a4) 5 3s342 Just A Promiss (8) 56.5 54 J Laking 3 Coupland’s Stockfeed 12.29 5 0s0s3 Dutch Courage d (7) 58 61 K Mudhoo 6 8702 Irish Hi (20) 56.5 52 T Comignaghi 13 29s00 Sweet Oak (8) 56 61 BB Hong Race 10: JIN LU, CHARLIE AWESOME, VAN DIAMOND 6 49s01 Madam Sequoia d (1) 57 63 T Moseley 7 0s824 Youneverknow b (9) 56.5 52 K Williams 14 51s00 Qwerty d (3) 55.5 60 K Mudhoo $10,000, maiden 3yo, 1200m Race 11: METASEQUOIA, JINGO, MADAM DE SOIR 7 42s31 Ripa Ruby d (20) 57 63 8 90s39 Mah Girl h (3) 56.5 50 C Barnes EMERGENCIES: Race 12: HIGHLY POLISHED, ROAD TO DIAMONDS, 1 3s Tavilight (5) 57.5 51 T Comignaghi 8 6207s Where Angels Walk d (14) 57 63 9 76438 Miss Oaks b (7) 56.5 50 K Asano (a1) 15 06s66 Golden Valkyrie d (13) 55.5 56 ROCKWITHME 2 8s Courtinaslipstream (3) 57.5 47 C Johnson 10 027s9 Super Tap (19) 56.5 50 R Mudhoo (a2) 16 475s0 Lady Davone t (10) 54 55 R Cuneen 9 00s80 Our Prom King (18) 56.5 58 11 0s64 The Emporess (17) 56.5 50 17 s0508 Devil’s Staircase m (16) 54 55 3 Marine (14) 57.5 47 K Chowdhoory (a2) R Mudhoo (a2) K Chowdhoory (a2) 18 70s97 Bellarosina t (11) 54 55 4 57s Koputaroa (17) 57.5 46 C Johnson 10 7592s Running Man d (11) 56.5 58 R Cuneen 12 9s056 Ginger Jane (10) 56.5 48 S Wynne 1 Supreme Equine Feeds 11.27 5 One More Chance (7) 57.5 45 11 656s0 Riverfalls d (2) 56 61 K Chowdhoory (a2) 13 0 Betathedeviluno (2) 56.5 45 11 Temuka Transport Stayers 4.55 L Callaway 12 177s0 She’s A Smash Hit dh (3) 55.5 60 C Campbell (a1) $10,000, maiden, 1200m 6 2s2 Stella Creek b (11) 55.5 53 K Williams G Jogoo 14 97 Miss Harley Quinn h (13) 56.5 45 G Jogoo $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 2200m 1 8s223 Goose Bay b (8) 58.5 54 Y Y Chew (a4) 7 235s Pikey Princess (18) 55.5 52 C Barnes 13 95s05 Miss Tilly Winks d (8) 54.5 58 EMERGENCIES: 1 08s86 Francis Drake (8) 59 62 G Jogoo 2 6s24 Henley (16) 58.5 52 J Lowry 8 03 The Gift (6) 55.5 51 K Mudhoo D Prastiyou 15 09 Battlinaway (18) 58.5 45 C Johnson 2 0s003 Sure He Can (11) 59 62 R Beeharry (a3) 3 0s3s5 Lethal (6) 58.5 51 J Laking 9 9s Miss Penvose (12) 55.5 47 B Murray 14 07s30 Never Quitz (5) 54 57 S Toolooa (a3) 16 6s890 Tennessee Rock h (12) 56.5 45 3 1s000 Metasequoia td (3) 58.5 65 C Johnson 4 30s0 Let’s Go Bernie (13) 58.5 49 T Moseley 10 She’s Recommended (8) 55.5 47 EMERGENCIES: 17 000 Middle Island h (11) 56.5 45 4 96s82 Spider Lily tmh (4) 58.5 65 5 Our Desert Eagle (20) 58.5 47 T Moseley 15 8s005 Boyslightup dm (12) 54 57 18 0s000 Quella Ragazza h (14) 56.5 45 5 7s066 Hillersden d (1) 58 60 J Laking D Bothamley 11 6s59 Willnotquit (9) 55.5 46 G Jogoo 16 2800s Miss Diorella (10) 54 56 19 766s0 Mr Fahrenheit h (4) 58.5 45 6 s0200 Nathan Detroit d (5) 58 60 T Comignaghi 6 9 Rock Sensation b (1) 58.5 47 12 Gone With The Wind (13) 55.5 45 17 475s0 Lady Davone td (13) 54 55 20 0s900 Red Magician (1) 58.5 45 7 80s60 Pickup (9) 58 60 L Callaway S Wynne K Chowdhoory (a2) 18 70s97 Bellarosina td (6) 54 55 8 0s170 The Saintly One m (14) 58 60 S Wynne 13 Lady Modena (10) 55.5 45 7 98s6 Klassic Zed (19) 58.5 46 L Callaway 19 08s97 Iffida mh (16) 54 55 9 John Walsh 3.52 9 00251 Figeameout (2) 57 62 T Moseley R Mudhoo (a2) 20 808s0 Holy Loch h (17) 55 55 $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1600m 8 32 Lady Canto h (2) 56.5 53 K Williams 14 Sooo Dusty (1) 55.5 45 K Asano (a1) 10 1s928 Jingo d (10) 57 62 R Cuneen 9 9s230 Button h (3) 56.5 51 C Campbell (a1) EMERGENCIES: 6 Geraldine Village Inn 2.07 1 3047s Red River Rock td (15) 59 65 11 s3120 Reliably Perky td (7) 57 62 K Asano (a1) 10 80s48 Spindleshanks (9) 56.5 49 C Johnson 15 0s Sorisso (4) 55.5 45 K Asano (a1) 12 s3448 Redesdale tm (12) 57 58 K Kwo (a2) $15,000, rating 91 handicap, 1200m 11 0s586 Tradition h (4) 56.5 46 R Beeharry (a3) 16 8s9 Tappy’s Lad (2) 57.5 45 2 366s3 Monkey Shoulder (3) 59 61 13 80059 Producer (13) 56.5 57 A Balloo 12 8 Santissima (11) 56.5 45 S Wynne 17 748s0 Queen Of The Prom (15) 55.5 54 1 4s563 Rocanto dmb (11) 62 91 K Asano (a1) T Comignaghi 14 07s47 Madam De Soir dm (6) 56 60 K Williams 13 Jack Attack h (15) 56 45 C Barnes 18 088s Follow Your Heart (16) 55.5 45 2 067s9 Pippi Rea td (2) 58.5 84 T Comignaghi 3 8s158 Yannick m (16) 59 61 C Johnson EMERGENCY: 14 088s Follow Your Heart (14) 54 45 3 765s7 Remington d (9) 56 79 R Mudhoo (a2) 4 s0s00 Princess El Jay (7) 58.5 64 D Bothamley 15 — Friday Knight SCRATCHED K Asano (a1) 4 Temuka Hotel 1.00 4 11s00 Nowhere Man dm (8) 55.5 78 5 8s109 Jiminy Cricket th (12) 58.5 60 J Laking EMERGENCIES: K Chowdhoory (a2) 6 s7700 Taponisme m (2) 58 59 R Mudhoo (a2) 12 Central Si Owners & Trainers5.27 15 8s9 Tappy’s Lad (10) 56 45 $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1200m 5 92085 Black Label tdm (3) 54 78 7 63s00 Vee Twelve (9) 58 59 T Moseley $10,000, maiden, 2200m 16 00 Vague h (5) 56.5 45 1 126s Louie Louie td (20) 59 63 C Johnson C Campbell (a1) 8 1s580 Queen Sweep d (10) 57.5 62 17 2678s Resuscitate h (12) 58.5 45 2 s4120 Paint Me Red tdb (16) 59 63 K Williams 6 25s56 Miss Brahmos tdm (1) 54 74 K Williams S Toolooa (a3) 1 9s040 Ideal Warrior h (8) 58.5 49 (a3) 18 6s890 Tennessee Rock h (17) 56.5 45 3 s321s Redford h (9) 59 63 R Beeharry (a3) 7 9s8s0 Spider d (5) 54 74 L Callaway 9 318s0 Zareeba (1) 57.5 62 B Murray 2 97s85 Eisenhower h (5) 58.5 47 T Comignaghi 19 s800s Disco Deejay h (18) 58.5 45 4 9755s Severine d (8) 58 65 K Asano (a1) 8 12s26 Confessional td (7) 54 70 W Papier (a4) 10 870s7 Never Back Down (14) 57.5 58 3 50s07 Invigorate (1) 58.5 46 B Murray 20 One More Chance (7) 56 45 5 75s08 Acekingsuited d (19) 58 61 T Moseley 9 218s7 Jewel Of Patch (12) 54 69 B Murray K Mudhoo 4 s3890 Brother Will (10) 58.5 45 R Cuneen 6 2144s Bordeaux Le Rouge (15) 57.5 65 10 1275s Vasiliki d (10) 54 69 T Moseley 11 s5030 Sanctify m (13) 57 61 S Wynne 5 00 Echo Bay (14) 58.5 45 L Callaway 2 The Hanley Formula 11.58 S Wynne 11 3926s Clooney d (4) 54 67 C Johnson 12 21s30 Secretaria dh (6) 57 61 K Williams 6 Prince Azland (15) 58.5 45 T Moseley $10,000, maiden, 1200m 7 8440s Straight Sets dm (6) 57.5 60 12 113s Phantom Witness db (6) 54 67 S Wynne 13 7s884 Takeitlikeaman dh (11) 57 57 T Jonker 7 0 Rambo’s Way (6) 58.5 45 C Johnson K Chowdhoory (a2) 14 s8190 Kiwi Princess td (17) 56.5 60 1 22408 Razor (7) 58.5 52 R Cuneen 8 598s7 Whereabouts (4) 58.5 45 J Lowry 8 s0400 Noah (17) 57 59 R Cuneen 7 Jon Snow At Clearview Mile 2.42 K Chowdhoory (a2) 2 3 Barrett (16) 58.5 51 K Asano (a1) 9 07 Whero (2) 58.5 45 D Bothamley 9 3s391 Exclaim dm (11) 56.5 62 Y Y Chew (a4) EMERGENCIES: 3 7s536 Jack Knows Best b (5) 58.5 50 $15,000, rating 73 handicap, 1600m 10 s5352 Road To Diamonds (3) 56.5 53 10 450s0 Rocket Ship td (18) 56.5 62 15 06s66 Golden Valkyrie d (5) 56.5 56 T Comignaghi K Mudhoo S Toolooa (a3) 1 31s40 Manhattan Flame mh (4) 59.5 73 16 475s0 Lady Davone t (8) 54 55 4 6 Little John (12) 58.5 47 J Laking 11 8s007 Stella Daze dm (1) 56.5 62 K Williams 11 s0494 Last Letter (9) 56.5 52 A Balloo 17 s0508 Devil’s Staircase m (4) 54 55 12 4s645 Rockwithme (11) 56.5 51 S Wynne 5 0s5 Tapdog (2) 58.5 47 C Johnson R Mudhoo (a2) 2 2s619 Kandari db (9) 59 72 K Mudhoo 18 70s97 Bellarosina t (18) 54 55 6 55s56 Elle Cee h (18) 56.5 52 R Beeharry (a3) 12 090s1 Tap Tap dm (4) 56 61 C Barnes 3 5s000 Strad tdm (11) 59 72 K Chowdhoory (a2) 13 58364 Highly Polished (12) 56.5 50 7 0s030 Ophelia Rose h (13) 56.5 52 13 0389s Super Girl d (7) 54.5 58 G Jogoo 4 s7083 Bluey’s Chance tdm (8) 58 70 A Balloo 10 Temuka Seed Ltd Mile 4.23 K Asano (a1) R Mudhoo (a2) 14 0269s Sure Is t (10) 54 57 T Comignaghi 5 s9s16 Linedanceking t (1) 56.5 67 K Asano (a1) 14 0s780 Nifty (13) 56.5 46 G Jogoo 8 3 Drift On By (6) 56.5 51 T Moseley EMERGENCIES: 6 53902 Dreaming Easy m (3) 55.5 69 $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1600m EMERGENCIES: 9 7375s Melusina h (9) 56.5 50 K Williams 15 8s005 Boyslightup dm (12) 54 57 R Mudhoo (a2) 1 s0548 Are You Cereal (6) 60 65 T Moseley 15 07s08 Shinnecock (16) 58.5 45 J Laking 10 83s97 Meritorious (1) 56.5 49 C Barnes 16 2800s Miss Diorella (3) 54 56 7 449s2 Splendior td (2) 55.5 69 C Campbell (a1) 2 0s233 Jin Lu db (1) 60 65 B Murray 16 07s00 Mazzoni (7) 58.5 45

NZ Metro harness at Addington Friday Jetbet 8 TAB Doubles 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Trebles 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 Quaddies 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Place6 4-9 Selections 4 8P020 Owhatanight (Fr) 4 P Davis 4 1112s Pretty Majestic (20) 1 K Newman (J) 6 Clarkson Sign Studio Pace 7.13 8 Hydroflow Pace 8.05 Race 1: GOT YOU COVERED, BLACK EDITION, DEJA BLUE 5 44Ps7 Khal Drogo (Fr) 5 R Holmes 5 781s9 One Apollo (20) 2 R May 6 s2023 Jawbreaker(aus) (Fr) 6 S Ottley 6 814s3 Woodstone (20) U1 J Dunn $15,000, 3yo+ r63-r73. mobile, 1980m $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ stand, 2600m Race 2: OUTAMYWAY, QUEEN OF STRATHFIELD, SHIFFTY 7 955 Kerala Star (Fr) 7 J Curtin 1 37507 Doctor Tim (Fr) 1 G O’Reilly 1 27460 Westburn Bliss (Fr) 1 J Morrison (J) Race 3: ULTIMATE STRIDE, ONE APOLLO, WOODSTONE 8 63234 Got You Covered (Fr) 8 J Dunn 4 Magness Benrow NZ Sires’ 6.22 2 2s112 It’s All About Faith (Fr) 2 M Purdon 2 2389s The Black Shadow (Fr) 2 R May Race 4: DARLING ME, BETTOR TWIST, PASSION AND POWER 9 3s76 Secret Deal (Fr) 9 C Thornley $20,000, 3yo fillies. mobile, 1980m 3 s151P Down To The Bone (Fr) 3 J Dunn 3 3 Arminius (Fr) 3 B Butt Race 5: MIDNIGHT DASH, RYDGEMONT SON, 4 24130 Sagano (Fr) 4 K Butt 4 0s533 Midnight In Memphis (Fr) 4 J Cox SIOUX PRINCESS 2 HRS Construction Trot 5.34 1 47s3 Lifes A Beach (Fr) 1 S Tomlinson (J) 5 71391 The Governor (Fr) 5 M Williamson 5 05436 Miss Behavin (Fr) 5 K Butt Race 6: IT’S ALL ABOUT FAITH, MINSTREL, SMOOTH DEAL $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ stand, 2600m 2 1114s Passion And Power (Fr) 2 J Dunn 6 6306s Kruizr (Fr) 6 B Orange 6 Penelope Bromac (Fr) 6 T Williams Race 7: BITAMUSCLE, MY MOMENT’S NOW, 3 131 Darling Me (Fr) 3 M Purdon 7 14741 Kensington Bill (Fr) 7 K Newman (J) 7 7 Tyke (Fr) 7 G O’Reilly 1 3 Shiffty (Fr) 1 G Smith 4 144 Bettor Twist (Fr) 4 T Williams 8 23s21 Minstrel (Fr) 8 B Butt MAJESTIC ACTION 8 97 Unico Dream (Fr) 8 J Dunn 2 77s02 Queen Of Strathfield (Fr) 2 G O’Reilly 5 — Itz To The Macs SCRATCHED 9 48s25 Smooth Deal (Fr) 9 N Rasmussen Race 8: ARMINIUS, MIDNIGHT IN MEMPHIS, 3 0s39s Hang On Suzie (Fr) 3 R May 9 22996 Conquer Me (Fr) 9 R Holmes 6 1221 Braeview Kelly (Fr) 5 B Orange 10 1919s Just Wondering (Fr) 21 J Hay 10 09s0 Itz The Con Artist (Fr) 10 S Ottley MONGOLIAN CONQUEROR 4 60s Rachel Daytom (Fr) 4 L O’Reilly 7 551s5 Ariella (Fr) 6 R Close 5 3 Outamyway (Fr) 5 B Orange 11 5835 Corravally Star (Fr) 11 J Young-Grant Race 9: ROCK LEGEND, AQUA SANCTA, CARDINAL SIN 8 22 What’s Your Secret (Fr) 7 N Rasmussen 7 Fahey Fence Hire Trot 7.38 6 7P Cool Phelan (Fr) 6 M Williamson 12 Taliesin (Fr) 12 S Iremonger (J) 9 3233 La Rosa (Fr) 8 S Ottley $10,000, 3yo+ r40-r55 stand, 2600m 7 0s057 Shes So Right (Fr) 7 K Tomlinson (J) 13 0s344 Mongolian Conqueror (Fr) 13 B Orange 8 37s Queen Elida (Fr) 8 S Tomlinson (J) 10 6 Get Back (Fr) 21 J Curtin 1 24743 Bright Glow (Fr) 1 I Cameron 9 0805P Thank You (Fr) 9 J Dunn 11 18 Avana (Fr) 22 O Thornley (J) 2 33357 Justan’s Sister (Fr) 2 S Tomlinson (J) 9 First Direct Taxis Pace 8.35 10 00s4 Sonoma Tyron (Fr) 10 S O’Reilly (J) 3 34160 Princess Dakota (Fr) 3 S Thornley (J) $12,500, 3yo+ r49-r61. mobile, 1980m 5 Spectators ‘2 For 1 Burgers’ Trot 6.47 4 0s008 I Dream Of Jeannie (Fr) 4 T Williams 11 83534 Cody Banner (Fr) 11 R Close 1 44s71 Swell Time (Fr) 1 M Williamson 12 07080 Awesome Impee (Fr) 12 P Wakelin $12,500, r57-r70,r71-r75 w/c. mobile, 2600m 5 6s285 Majestic Sunset (Fr) 5 J Curtin 6 73031 My Eyre (Fr) 6 P Davis 2 P0s26 Chubby Checker (Fr) 2 B Orange 13 06900 Sheza Mighty Monarch (Fr) U1 C Thornley 1 1100 Cochy Malc (Fr) 1 B Orange 3 700s4 Mr Bohannon (Fr) 3 S Lethaby 14 83433 Luminosity (Fr) U2 J Curtin 7 04665 Take After Me (Fr) 7 G O’Reilly 2 78646 Zsa Zoe (Fr) 2 S Tomlinson (J) 8 2217s My Moment’s Now (Fr) 8 M Williamson 4 P0s21 Mossman (Fr) 4 S Tomlinson (J) 3 Airpark Canterbury Trot 5.58 3 4490s Justamollyarcher (Fr) 3 R Jenkins 9 1 Bitamuscle (Fr) 9 B Butt 5 413 Rock Legend (Fr) 5 T Williams 1 Lamb & Hayward Pace 5.10 4 71440 That’s The Story (Fr) 4 K Tomlinson (J) 10 699s4 One Over Dover (Fr) 10 R May 6 s2371 Aqua Sancta (Fr) 6 O Thornley (J) $15,000, r70+ discretionary handicap stand, 5 51811 Time In A Bottle (Fr) 5 J Morrison (J) 7 42833 Under Wraps (Fr) 7 R May $10,000, non-winners 3yo+. mobile, 1980m 11 98353 Count Eyre (Fr) 11 R Close 2600m 6 21242 Midnight Dash (Fr) 6 B Hope (J) 12 56273 Rachmaninov (Fr) 12 T Grant 8 73696 Shillelagh (Fr) 8 S Ottley 1 33233 Deja Blue (Fr) 1 T Chmiel 1 18650 Madeleine Stowe (Fr) 1 R Holmes 7 36s76 Medusa (Fr) 7 K Cameron 13 929P0 Aorangi (Fr) U1 B Orange 9 — Belmont Major SCRATCHED 2 Ultimate Bird (Fr) 2 B Butt 2 11s11 Ultimate Stride (Fr) 2 M Williamson 8 24130 Sioux Princess (Fr) U1 S Ottley 14 0s902 Majestic Action (Fr) U2 G Smith 10 s6442 Cardinal Sin (Fr) 21 S O’Reilly (J) 3 63s Black Edition (Fr) 3 B Orange 3 35102 Overzealous (Fr) 3 P Davis 9 13440 Rydgemont Son (Fr) U2 M Williamson 15 0194s You Really Got Me (Fr) U3 J Dunn 11 12s58 Canstar (Fr) 22 R Close

Wanganui greys at Hatrick Friday Jetbet 9 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 Q. 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 PL6 7-12 Selections 2 Aon CPF Insurance 5.21 8 13272 Bigtime Maci 30.53 Susie Kite 4 35478 Miss Potential nwtd G & S Fredrickson 4 38836 Bigtime Leo 17.75 Peter Clark Race 1: ALLEGRO VEY, IDOL DUKE, BIG TIME DAWSON EMERGENCIES: 5 41471 Big Time Amber 30.29 Lisa Cole 5 15645 Eye Far 17.62 Marcie Flipp $1685, C2, 305m 9 17756 My Khloe 30.40 Marcie Flipp 6 27157 Big Time Odette 30.32 Lisa Cole Race 2: BIG TIME HAZEL, BORN QUICK, CHECKPOINT 6 61787 Hip Hop Rapper 17.49 Brian Marsh 1 17788 Big Time Hazel 17.79 Lisa Cole 10 42423 Race Me Home 30.68 Bill Hodgson 7 71712 Simply Smooth 30.27 Lisa Cole 7 52667 Idol Steffie 17.62 Marcie Flipp Race 3: FUNZALO, RETALLICK, BIG TIME BEAT 2 41252 Big Time Dusty 17.77 G & S Fredrickson 8 56561 Big Time Baby 30.06 Lisa Cole 8 14766 Big Time Flash 17.60 G & S Fredrickson Race 4: BIG TIME EDEN, FOOL’S RUSSIAN, LIONEL KEEPING 3 42137 Midnight Molly 17.73 Bill Hodgson 5 Palamountains Nutrition 6.32 EMERGENCIES: Race 5: BIG TIME FAIRY, MORTON KEEPING, BIG TIME JONIE 4 12438 Homebush Mandy 17.95 Sue Gommans $2860, C5, 305m 8 Wanganui Toyota 7.56 9 18864 Giraffe Club 17.70 Lisa Cole Race 6: JILLIBY LITSA, ALLEGRO LANIE, BIG TIME AMIE 5 46563 Born Quick 17.65 Marcie Flipp 1 22128 Allegro Fern 17.62 Lisa Cole $2390, C3/4, 305m 10 17448 Free Thinker 17.84 Melissa Olden Race 7: BIG TIME BABY, NOVO OLLIE, CLASSIC RAPPER 6 22617 Checkpoint 17.95 Marcie Flipp 2 52481 Big Time Billie 17.65 Lisa Cole 1 11574 Bigtime Honey 17.65 Lisa Cole Race 8: CHEESE AND CHALK, BIG TIME FUZZ, 7 24167 Punch On Scooby 18.22 John McInerney 11 Laser Plumbing 9.07 3 41136 Morton Keeping nwtd Sean Codlin 2 14812 Idol Meghan 17.60 Marcie Flipp IDOL MEGHAN 8 52516 Hashtag Blessed 17.81 Nathan Udy EMERGENCIES: 4 37821 Big Time Chance 17.58 Lisa Cole 3 14245 Bees And Birds 17.68 Lisa Cole $2035, C3, 305m Race 9: BIG TIME BRIE, BIGTIME BRODY, BIG TIME ELSA 5 11244 Big Time Jonie 17.27 Lisa Cole 9 81737 Sahara Dream 17.91 Marcie Flipp 4 11211 Big Time Fuzz 17.70 Lisa Cole 1 36176 Big Time Lorna 17.88 Lisa Cole Race 10: WATERLOO GIRL, WIFI ROBYN, BIG TIME FLASH 6 41615 Sedgebrook Sally 17.78 Fred Kite 10 17466 Collect A Dream 17.81 Marcie Flipp 5 64343 Big Time Frosty 17.57 Lisa Cole 2 63262 Doomsday 17.64 K B Benson 7 11562 Life Is Good 17.70 Melissa Olden Race 11: ALLEGRO PIPPA, BIG TIME LORNA, DOOMSDAY 6 25473 Cheese And Chalk 17.57 Lisa Cole 3 22526 Running Freer 17.69 Melissa Olden Race 12: BIG TIME SMILE, ALLEGRO ELLA, DINO THE FOX 3 Kernow Construction 5.46 8 21131 Big Time Fairy 17.46 Lisa Cole 7 32157 Sedgebrook Lover 17.69 Fred Kite EMERGENCIES: 4 14187 Eye Kno 17.77 W Woods $1685, C2, 305m 8 42111 Bigtime Banjo 17.52 Lisa Cole 9 18737 Bigtime Ziggy 17.63 Lisa Cole 5 54332 Justa Gift 17.62 J & D Bell EMERGENCIES: 1 71456 Funzalo 17.61 Bill Hodgson 10 54374 Criminal Justice 17.63 Melissa Olden 6 22133 Allegro Pippa 18.03 Lisa Cole 2 57718 Punch On Ruby 17.78 John McInerney 9 18864 Giraffe Club 17.70 Lisa Cole 7 41615 Gotcha Marshall 17.74 John McInerney 3 12831 Retallick 17.80 Marcie Flipp 6 “Quinn Mailman” Stakes 7.03 10 25788 Waterloo Pink 17.66 Wendy Kite 8 37785 Allegro Lexxi 17.63 Lisa Cole 4 14386 Big Time Beat 17.73 Lisa Cole $3325, C3, 520m 9 Accell Canine Therapy 8.26 EMERGENCIES: 5 42316 Thrilling Arnold 17.80 Sean Codlin 9 18864 Giraffe Club 17.70 Lisa Cole 6 68186 Mickey Mowhawk 17.96 David Denbee 1 41164 Haidee Bale nwtd S J Phillips $4735, C5, 520m 10 12828 Cookie Biscuit 17.73 Marcie Flipp 2 56331 Allegro Lanie nwtd Lisa Cole 7 73177 Opawa Marcie 18.07 Marcie Flipp 1 21228 Bigtime Daisy 30.44 Lisa Cole 8 61438 Dottie Bell 18.09 Leanne Bell 3 36654 Big Time Amie 30.43 Lisa Cole 2 36433 Bigtime Brody 30.12 Lisa Cole 12 Book Your Function @ Hatrick 9.31 1 Welcome To Hatrick 5.04 EMERGENCIES: 4 42874 Big Time Trae 30.49 Lisa Cole 3 15821 Big Time Elsa 30.25 Lisa Cole $2035, C3, 305m $1685, C2, 305m 9 81737 Sahara Dream 17.91 Marcie Flipp 5 74124 Jilliby Litsa 30.61 Lisa Cole 10 57667 Our Tyson 17.84 Marcie Flipp 6 64276 Go Glow 30.73 Marcie Flipp 4 27316 Big Time Gina 30.40 Lisa Cole 1 11583 Dino The Fox 17.74 Kellie Gommans 1 45475 Idol Duke 17.63 Marcie Flipp 7 34141 Cossie Cooper 30.35 Melissa Olden 5 61212 Big Time Brie 30.03 Lisa Cole 2 11121 Sedgebrook Comet 17.73 Fred Kite 2 46641 Sahara Pippa 17.96 Marcie Flipp 4 Avenue Kingsgate Hotel 6.13 8 61248 Bigtime Alfie 30.09 Lisa Cole 6 34741 Big Time Pluto 30.31 Lisa Cole 3 47136 Allegro Ella 17.73 Lisa Cole 3 37374 Arthur’s Crown 17.76 Richard Waite 7 35717 Big Time Maple 30.15 Lisa Cole $2860, C1/2, 520m EMERGENCY: 4 62538 Double What 17.79 J & D Bell 4 45638 Opawa Flash 17.71 Nathan Udy 9 45773 Kongs Out Again 30.42 Melissa Olden 8 21158 Bigtime Rod 29.91 Lisa Cole 5 12322 Bigtime Sam 17.80 G & S Fredrickson 1 33474 Goldstar Hadlee 30.87 Glen Hodgson 5 43457 Idol Ziggy 17.67 Marcie Flipp 6 36113 Allegro Vey 17.75 Lisa Cole 2 56823 Young Dumb Broke 30.57 Melissa Olden 7 Adept Accountants 7.28 10 First Security 8.50 6 51542 Big Time Smile 17.80 Lisa Cole 7 62251 Allegro Kyle 17.76 D P Symes 3 14186 Skinny Binny 30.60 Ross & Voyce 7 12853 Viking Ash 17.79 Nathan Udy $2390, C3/4, 305m 8 75615 Big Time Dawson 17.73 Lisa Cole 4 63252 Big Time Spot 30.82 Lisa Cole $4030, C4, 520m 8 16741 Sozin’s Delight 17.83 John McInerney EMERGENCIES: 5 258s7 Lionel Keeping nwtd Sean Codlin 1 66738 Novo Ollie 30.64 Lisa Cole 1 18364 Wifi Robyn 17.78 G & S Fredrickson EMERGENCIES: 9 81737 Sahara Dream 17.91 Marcie Flipp 6 88781 Big Time Eden 30.42 Lisa Cole 2 13278 Classic Rapper 30.50 Susie Kite 2 36385 Articulator 17.79 Bill Hodgson 9 18864 Giraffe Club 17.70 Lisa Cole 10 27388 Mahala Bay 17.75 W Woods 7 65732 Fool’s Russian 30.87 Lisa Cole 3 51716 Big Time Harper 30.73 Peter Clark 3 13828 Waterloo Girl 17.81 Wendy Kite 10 12828 Cookie Biscuit 17.73 Marcie Flipp 24 RACING The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020

Christchurch greys at Addington Friday Jetbet 3 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 Q. 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 PL6 7-12 Selections 6 362 Amuri Smoke nwtd John McInerney 2 36733 Bundy 30.91 J M McCook 7 Dave Robbie Dash 1.58 10 Amber Cleaning Stakes 2.51 7 3 Sir Stagger Man nwtd John McInerney 3 53382 Joe Bonanza 30.39 John McInerney Race 1: TIGGERLONG PAT, AMURI SMOKE, $1685, C2, 295m $2860, C2, 520m GOLDSTAR HARLOWE 8 44344 Smash Zone nwtd Malcolm Grant 4 37152 Opawa Girls Get 30.45 Robin Wales Race 2: JELLY FISH, MITCHAM GREG, OPAWA COOPER EMERGENCIES: 5 62326 Goldstar Whitey 30.35 S & B Evans 1 45533 Taieri Terra 17.31 Ray Casey 1 23333 Stumpy Bill 30.50 Michael Dempsey 2 55773 Know Approval 17.28 Garry Cleeve 2 16237 Opala Bale 29.99 Craig Roberts Race 3: AMURI LIV, RING CLOWN, SMASH SURPRISE 9 644 Taieri Finn nwtd Ray Casey 6 16277 Impressive Jazz 31.58 John McInerney 10 85654 Homebush Maple nwtd John McInerney 3 35518 Sozin’s Assassin 17.45 John McInerney 3 573F2 Orina Allen 30.32 Craig Roberts Race 4: LETHAL LETTIE, OPAWA GIRLS GET, DYNA XARVEL 7 s5758 Dyna Xarvel 30.35 Craig Roberts 4 45641 Homebush Carl 17.45 John McInerney 4 75175 Punch On Buzz 30.27 John McInerney Race 5: KNOW TACTICS, HOMEBUSH RAPPER, 8 77245 Homebush Carter 30.83 John McInerney 2 Happy Birthday Marcie Flipp 12.23 5 43452 Goldstar Avalon 17.31 S & B Evans 5 36247 Kea Viking 30.22 J & D Fahey GOLDSTAR CLOVER EMERGENCIES: $2390, C0, 520m 9 75623 Shermo Bale 30.57 Craig Roberts 6 57325 Come A Guster 17.30 Malcolm Grant 6 52484 Creme Brulee 30.26 Lisa Waretini Race 6: MOANY MALONEY, KNOW SHAME, 10 63577 Mitcham Manering nwtd John McInerney 7 46251 Denuto 17.47 Daniel Lane 7 87885 Our Jolene 30.14 Robin Wales GOLDSTAR WILLA 1 33474 Mull Of Kintyre nwtd Sharon Hindson 8 66415 Go Great 17.60 Robin Wales 8 31436 Little Secret 30.44 Lisa Waretini Race 7: KNOW APPROVAL, TAIERI TERRA, COME A GUSTER 2 Jelly Fish nwtd J & D Fahey 5 kiwikiwihounds.co.nz Dash 1.25 EMERGENCIES: EMERGENCIES: Race 8: BEST BALL, RIVALRIES, TOM FOX 3 56383 Adobe Junior nwtd Matt Roberts 9 85776 Homebush Reed 17.52 John McInerney 9 12688 Punters Delight 30.34 Robin Wales $1685, C2, 295m Race 9: GOLDEN BAY, MAJOR STORM, KNOW MAJORITY 4 43522 Mitcham Greg nwtd Ashley Bradshaw 10 54778 Blazing Banjo 17.58 John McInerney 10 87864 Know Equal 30.45 Garry Cleeve Race 10: ORINA ALLEN, OPALA BALE, STUMPY BILL 5 84485 Nighthawk Wish nwtd Matt Roberts 1 31225 Homebush Rapper 17.47 John McInerney Race 11: TAIERI TAYLEE, TAIERI BREEZE, CRYSTAL CILLA 6 523 Opawa Cooper nwtd Robin Wales 2 22221 Know Tactics 17.40 Garry Cleeve 8 Springston Hotel Stakes 2.16 11 Islington Tavern Sprint 3.08 7 67332 Homebush Carra nwtd John McInerney Race 12: HOMEBUSH VELMA, PENNY JANE, JACKIE 3 78484 Goldstar Clover 17.25 S & B Evans $2505, C1, 520m $1800, R/A, 295m 8 64564 Duke Of Argyll nwtd Howard Anderton 4 84484 King Kali 17.19 Malcolm Grant 1 62687 Sefton Joy 30.38 Robin Wales 1 87468 Crystal Cilla 17.39 John McInerney EMERGENCIES: 5 28553 Go Gunna 17.25 Robin Wales 2 45434 Baldrick 30.65 John McInerney 2 44441 Mitcham Rob 17.76 John McInerney 9 785 Captain Tim nwtd Sharon Hindson 6 28217 Tabby 17.33 Sharon Hindson 3 73345 Goldstar Darwin 31.18 S & B Evans 3 11437 Taieri Breeze 17.42 Ray Casey 10 86648 Miss Cairo nwtd John McInerney 7 45542 Crushington 17.38 John McInerney 4 57723 Tom Fox 30.61 J M McCook 4 14544 Mitcham Boult 17.52 John McInerney 8 36626 Lakota Wichapi 17.42 Heather Cairns 3 Hart Family Racing Sprint 12.48 5 26441 Rivalries 30.16 J & D Fahey 5 76223 Whitman 17.67 John McInerney EMERGENCIES: 6 47434 Big Tiny nwtd John McInerney 6 46541 Amuri Batman 17.52 John McInerney $1685, C2, 295m 9 85776 Homebush Reed 17.52 John McInerney 7 64336 Homebush Fudge nwtd John McInerney 7 84176 Homebush Millie nwtd John McInerney 1 33516 Smash Surprise 17.38 Malcolm Grant 10 54778 Blazing Banjo 17.58 John McInerney 8 12 Best Ball 30.55 Daniel Lane 8 11251 Taieri Taylee 17.21 Ray Casey 2 66724 Ring Clown 17.19 Malcolm Grant 6 Garrard’s Horse & Hound 1.41 EMERGENCIES: EMERGENCIES: 3 21556 Mulberry Sox 17.35 Corey Steele 9 75623 Shermo Bale 30.57 Craig Roberts 9 34737 Mitcham Queen 17.58 John McInerney 4 14666 Maybe Right 17.34 J M McCook $1685, C2, 295m 10 63577 Mitcham Manering nwtd John McInerney 10 16654 Double Queenie 17.93 John McInerney 5 78448 Amuri Liv 17.16 John McInerney 1 87333 Know Shame 17.38 Garry Cleeve 6 81222 Homebush Zack 17.55 John McInerney 2 85772 Goldstar Willa 17.39 S & B Evans 9 Clarkson Sign Studio Dash 2.33 12 Protexin Sprint 3.26 7 74336 Ohoka Lacey 17.47 Lisa Waretini 3 68556 Sneaky Snitch 17.33 Hart & Taylor $2035, C3, 295m $2035, C3, 295m 8 73212 Goldstar Power 17.49 S & B Evans 4 7s634 Punters Last 17.41 Robin Wales 1 22862 Golden Bay 17.13 J M McCook 1 84767 Homebush Velma 17.24 John McInerney EMERGENCIES: 1 The Fitz Sports Bar Sprint 12.07 5 55255 Jax Jewel 17.35 Daniel Roberts 2 63414 Yi Feng 17.28 J M Lane 2 12475 Penny Jane 17.37 Hart & Taylor 9 85776 Homebush Reed 17.52 John McInerney $1365, C0, 295m 6 45811 Moany Maloney 17.23 Ashley Bradshaw 3 8784s Homebush Rieko 18.08 John McInerney 3 25248 Mr Muppet 17.18 Robin Wales 10 54778 Blazing Banjo 17.58 John McInerney 1 64324 Goldstar Harlowe nwtd S & B Evans 7 33331 Smash Dragon 17.49 Malcolm Grant 4 85832 Major Storm 17.29 Craig Roberts 4 52133 Jackie 17.39 Lisa Waretini 2 8525 Homebush Cool nwtd John McInerney 4 Kaikanui Tavern Stakes 1.08 8 62148 Gracie Lee 17.30 John McInerney 5 63528 Know Majority 17.20 Garry Cleeve 5 78877 Sozin’s Symphony 17.18 John McInerney 3 65536 Hades nwtd J M McCook EMERGENCIES: 6 21758 Smash Achiever 17.15 Malcolm Grant 6 31648 Black Rounder 16.99 Jason Dunn 4 3s65 Tiggerlong Pat nwtd Daniel Roberts $2505, C1, 520m 9 85776 Homebush Reed 17.52 John McInerney 7 s8866 Eyrewell Ebony 17.31 Heather Cairns 7 54656 Adobe Girl nwtd Corey Steele 5 53753 Smash Trust nwtd Malcolm Grant 1 31422 Lethal Lettie 30.30 Ashley Bradshaw 10 54778 Blazing Banjo 17.58 John McInerney 8 15856 Souffle Sue 17.19 John McInerney 8 878s7 Smash Damage 17.17 Malcolm Grant

New South Wales races at Wyong Friday Jetbet 18 TAB doubles 3-4, 7-8 Trebles 2-3-4, 6-7-8 Quaddie 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 Selections 8 09s80 Marsh Lillie (7) 59 83 S Lisnyy 10 1 Parachuter dw (5) 55 90 Ms L Day (a1.5) 3 37s11 Skymist w (9) 59.5 100 2 7000s Hush Writer (7) 58.5 91 T Clark Race 1: KISS AND TELL, EXPLOSIVE TRUTH, DUNLEE 9 744s7 Sisseck (5) 59 95 Ms R King 11 4417s Saturn (9) 55 87 Ms K O’Hara Chris C Williams (a2) 3 s9084 Big Duke w (4) 56 94 J Collett Race 2: RULES DON’T APPLY, ELISA CAROLINA, HUBBLE 10 62224 Kiss And Tell (4) 57 98 N Rawiller 4 11s81 Snippy Fox w (8) 59.5 97 Ms L Day (a1.5) 4 36425 The Lord Mayor w (2) 55.5 95 11 Mrs Pankhurst (12) 57 89 T Clark 4 Australian Bloodstock 4.45 5 93s14 Celandine w (7) 59 97 Ms R King Race 3: BADIA, ARCHERY BUTTS, HOOPLA J Mc Donald 12 8s598 Queen Snip h (2) 57 87 6 s4151 Magico Hombre w (6) 55.5 94 Race 4: SAMMY, NOT ANOTHER REIBY, MASHRABIYA $35,000, Maiden, 1200m 5 42216 Savacool w (6) 54.5 100 B Avdulla Ms S Metcalfe (a3) B Ryan (a1.5) Race 5: CHANTING, SKYMIST, CELANDINE 1 22 Not Another Reiby (15) 58 96 6 7s192 Attention Run wb (8) 54 97 K Mc Evoy 7 21s03 Rose Sauvage h (3) 55 90 T Clark 7 8s8s6 Zacada dw (9) 54 87 R Bayliss Race 6: EMERALDS, WANDABAA, MISS FABULASS 2 Winning Commercial 3.35 S Clipperton 8 18s59 Paavo h (5) 55 93 Ms S Metcalfe (a3) Race 7: KISS THE BRIDE, ATTENTION RUN, SAVACOOL 8 88324 Toryjoy w (13) 54 94 Ms K O’Hara $35,000, Benchmark 64, 1600m 2 32s Sammy (14) 58 94 N Rawiller 9 — Aeecee Dynasty SCRATCHED Race 8: TORO TORO, RIFLES, MOCCASIN MISS 3 2 Astero (13) 57 95 9 3s001 Paths Of Glory w (3) 54 100 Ms R King 1 54238 Call Me Mo dw (1) 60 100 R Dolan 4 3 Hypnosis b (10) 57 91 J Parr 6 Mona Lisa Stakes 5.55 10 311s7 Costello w (11) 54 92 R Dolan 2 62331 High Court dh (4) 60 98 G Buckley 11 03211 Kiss The Bride w (1) 54 98 G Boss 5 3s Bella Violet (11) 56.5 91 Ms R King $140,000, F&M SW+P Listed, 1350m 3 s4941 Mo’s Glory dw (8) 59 92 R Thompson 6 6 Contract Signed (9) 56.5 84 12 38263 Spencer tw (12) 54 92 G Schofield 4 47s00 He’s A Given tw (6) 58.5 96 J Parr Ms L Day (a1.5) 1 6249s Miss Fabulass (5) 59 91 N Rawiller 13 s0163 Jazzland tcwbh (10) 54 92 G Buckley 5 0410s Elisa Carolina tdw (9) 57 90 K Mc Evoy 2 1679s Asiago w (8) 58.5 89 Ms R King 7 99s Jor El (5) 56.5 82 R Dolan 6 13966 Ladies’ Gem tcdw (2) 57 91 3 2561s Missybeel tw (6) 58 85 T Clark 8 The Doylo Springtime 7. 10 8 5 Legal Challenge (4) 56.5 89 Ms M Weir (a2) 4 11212 Wandabaa w (1) 56 98 B Avdulla T Schiller (a3) $40,000, Benchmark 68, 1100m 7 s4102 Rules Don’t Apply cw (7) 57 98 B Avdulla 5 3328s Maid Of Ore w (13) 55 86 K Mc Evoy 9 Mashrabiya (8) 56.5 86 J Mc Donald 8 14s58 Appetizing dw (3) 56 93 Ms R King 6 690s4 Yamazaki d (7) 55 92 G Boss 1 51125 Partners cw (12) 61 99 B Ryan (a1.5) 9 63225 Hubble h (5) 55 96 Ms S Metcalfe (a3) 10 3s O’Tartan Lass (7) 56.5 100 G Boss 7 57s41 Emeralds w (11) 55 100 J Mc Donald 2 62614 The Drake wb (8) 61 99 Ms B Hodder 11 6 Prince Invincible (1) 56.5 84 J Collett 8 49157 Freehearted w (14) 55 87 G Schofield 3 3325s Bombasay wh (4) 60.5 94 J Collett 3 Central Coast Coolrooms 4.10 12 83s3 Princess Glamour (6) 56.5 96 9 7s181 In Lighten Me tw (4) 55 91 K S Latham 4 1125s Toro Toro dw (2) 60.5 95 S Lisnyy Ms K O’Hara $35,000, Class 1, 1100m 10 187s2 Heart Of The Oak wb (2) 55 88 5 6s00s Ashton Blair (1) 59 94 G Schofield 1 Priority Business Lawyers 2.55 13 0 She’s Justified (12) 56.5 87 J Innes Jnr 1 85s19 Archery Butts w (8) 59 89 K Mc Evoy 6 s1341 Rifles th (13) 58.5 95 K S Latham 14 9s Windstream (3) 56.5 91 K Mc Evoy 11 8708s Pierrless wn (3) 55 84 S Clipperton $35,000, 4yo & up Maiden SW, 1350m 2 2s352 Badia w (3) 59 100 J Mc Donald 7 70s30 Rockin’ Ruga (10) 58 97 A Gibbons EMERGENCY: 12 — Alison Of Tuffy SCRATCHED 3 18s5 Shadow Crush w (7) 58.5 89 T Clark 8 17s90 Capannello dw (5) 57 91 1 s746s Atherton bh (6) 59 100 B Avdulla 15 47s4 Mix (2) 56.5 92 13 55452 Ondo Pasa tcwh (10) 55 81 G Buckley SCRATCHED 4 2206s Just Field h (10) 57.5 92 D Mc Lellan 9 s0105 Cassy’s Sister d (9) 57 96 Ms R King 2 — Destacado 14 23137 Mosht Up wh (9) 55 81 Ms M Weir (a) 3 733s Dunlee h (3) 59 89 D Mc Lellan 5 1s Isalute h (2) 56.5 97 K S Latham 5 Hoolihan Part. Da Vinci 5.20 10 29s12 Pearl Roan dwb (3) 57 96 D Mc Lellan 4 — Excellency SCRATCHED 6 52219 Minifinn dwh (11) 56 94 B Avdulla 11 3752s Destiny’s Son w (7) 56 100 T Schiller (a3) $40,000, 3 & 4yo Benchmark 64, 1300m 7 Wyong Gold Cup 6.35 5 2s25s Explosive Truth b (11) 59 93 G Boss 7 s190s Vendome d (4) 56 86 R Bayliss 12 27716 Moccasin Miss cdw (11) 55.5 100 6 42623 Highbury (10) 59 86 G Boss 8 0s816 Embeller w (1) 55 94 Ms R King 1 2026s Regimental Band t (1) 61 97 K Mc Evoy $160,000, Quality Listed, 2100m Ms K O’Hara 7 3 Kowloon Treasure b (9) 59 90 J Parr 9 41s Hoopla w (6) 55 90 J Collett 2 6121s Chanting w (4) 60 96 J Parr 1 613s5 Raheen House w (5) 60.5 95 N Rawiller 13 s4757 Salad Dodger dw (6) 55 96 G Boss

Victoria races at Donald Friday Jetbet 13 TAB doubles 1-2, 4-5, 8-9 Trebles 3-4-5, 7-8-9 Quaddies 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Place6 4-9 Selections 3 24s87 Elite Princess (7) 57.5 86 W Price (a) 3 Culily Ace (7) 57.5 86 Ms M Julius (a) 5 s5898 Hay Cliffy (6) 60 85 B Rawiller 4 s1355 Cataracta dwb (12) 60 100 Race 1: WINNING SUPERSTAR, CLEVER APPROACH, EVADER 4 9s39s Ringfort (4) 57.5 90 M Dee 4 364s Etoile Brillante (9) 57.5 92 D Bates 6 34565 Astro Castro dwb (5) 59.5 91 K Bohorun Ms L Lafferty (a2) Race 2: DEORA, WRITE TO ROSSA, ALLMYLIFE 5 Was Written (13) 57.5 85 D Moor 5 s9939 Hussniacki (1) 57.5 91 Dean Holland 7 6314s Rather Fantastic b (10) 59 87 5 73637 Roddandtodd n (15) 60 96 6 26s6 Write To Rossa (3) 57.5 96 J Childs 6 25 Miss Mitzie (10) 57.5 94 C Newitt Ms A Kelly (a2) Race 3: OREGON PINOT, GLOBAL WONDER, MAXAWAY L Neindorf (a1.5) 7 3 Deora b (9) 57 94 T Stockdale (a) 7 4 Bellinger (12) 57 93 M Poy (a) 8 s2771 Summer Lover (4) 59 100 J Allen 6 31253 Beauty Betty wb (18) 59.5 97 E Brown Race 4: BELLINGER, UNCHAIN MY BIKE, ETOILE BRILLANTE 8 08s Sandhill (11) 57 81 Ms M Lloyd (a2) 8 Cambourne (2) 57 89 M Dee 9 16897 All The Wine (1) 57.5 93 7 20s70 Moonlight Ruby dwn (13) 59.5 90 Race 5: ZOUNIQUE, LORD OF DARKNESS, INDIAN RANI 9 52s War Na Bool (1) 57 100 Ms M Julius (a) 9 Harmony Nation (4) 57 87 J Childs Ms M Lloyd (a2) D Moor Race 6: RATHER FANTASTIC, SUMMER LOVER, 10 Yeehaw (2) 57 87 Dean Holland 10 Redwood Shadow (15) 57 87 D Yendall 10 1897s Lobster Noodles b (14) 57.5 92 E Brown 8 21335 Star Finder dw (2) 59.5 96 J Fry LOBSTER NOODLES 11 36s Allmylife (8) 55 93 C Newitt 11 Peejay’s Off (17) 55 87 W Egan 11 00519 Apash (7) 57 86 J Hill 9 s7142 River Span w (10) 59 95 D Yendall Race 7: RAGNARS BRIDE, READY FOR ACTION, 12 Paparazzi Queen (5) 55 90 H Coffey 12 Tictoc Tictoc (8) 55 90 L Neindorf (a1.5) 12 58331 Sunburnt w (3) 56.5 97 Dean Holland 10 4s607 Aasira w (14) 58 92 L Neindorf (a1.5) RICH AND RARE EMERGENCIES: EMERGENCIES: EMERGENCIES: 11 1s No Restriction (7) 56 98 J Childs Race 8: UNSHACKLED, BEAUTY BETTY, GALAXY GHOST 13 385s6 Luberon (16) 57.5 84 13 0s Captain Canuck (5) 57 100 13 708s0 Night Whisper d (16) 56.5 78 12 9s1 Money In My Pocket d (16) 56 95 Race 9: WINNING RED, WHOWOODATHORT, IT’S A RAH 14 8 Shallow (6) 55 78 14 6 Moon Water (6) 57 89 J Hill L Riordan (a) J Martin 15 0s Sotirio (12) 55 89 Ms M Lloyd (a2) 15 6 Riace (13) 57 92 Ms M Lloyd (a2) 14 6s799 Affinity Belle tw (8) 56 91 Ms C Puls EMERGENCIES: 16 5 Mutinous (18) 57 93 J Hill 16 6 Wise Counsel (3) 57 96 15 538s0 Bonasta (9) 56 88 Ms C Hall 13 64441 Galaxy Ghost w (17) 59 93 17 8 Ivy’s Garden (17) 57.5 86 Ms C Puls 17 0 Central Bay (11) 59.5 82 N Farley 16 4s008 Miss Pickle d (15) 56 84 14 14303 La Scippatori (4) 57 92 J Allen 18 00s Laomedeia (14) 55 78 18 56 The Mallee Route (14) 59.5 91 15 73913 Wild Charlotte c (1) 56.5 95 P Moloney 7 Pea Co Handicap 6.00 16 410s6 Rudy Rude (11) 58.5 91 3 Weir’s IGA Donald Plate 4.00 5 Gilchrist & Co 5.00 $35,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 58, 1354m 17 1577s French Bishop d (8) 58.5 95 Z Spain $35,000, 3yo & up Maiden SW, 1204m $35,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 64, 2008m 18 459s8 Elegant Tycoon d (9) 56 91 1 55306 Okotoks dwn (7) 63 100 Ms M Lloyd (a2) 1 920s Flat Kapper (8) 59.5 79 Dylan Dunn 1 11490 Anything But dwn (4) 60.5 94 W Egan 2 s4448 Pay Your Dues (4) 61 97 W Egan 9 Bet365 Handicap 7.0 0 2 High Ferocity (1) 59.5 82 J Childs 2 65544 Lord Of Darkness (7) 60.5 100 D Bates 3 15155 Wild Vitality dw (10) 61 95 J Childs 3 539s0 Kumana (3) 59.5 79 C Newitt 3 23085 Zounique b (3) 60.5 100 J Allen $35,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 58, 1002m 4 s21s6 Ragnars Bride b (12) 60 98 M Dee 4 2s Maxaway (2) 59.5 89 D Bates 4 314L4 Peace Brother w (11) 60 93 J Childs 5 48033 Ready For Action dw (17) 59.5 91 J Hill 1 21s0 Winning Red (6) 62 93 J Allen 5 No Doubt About Him (18) 59.5 84 5 80s31 Tides Of Jupiter (5) 60 100 B Rawiller 6 235s8 Rich And Rare (6) 59.5 99 J Allen 2 6297s Mischa dwn (8) 61.5 98 C Rawiller (a1.5) T Stockdale (a) 6 s1060 Deserved w (15) 59.5 99 7 77364 Carmen Sandiego dw (3) 59 99 3 4s21s Whowoodathort (14) 61.5 88 6 360 Not Available (13) 59.5 95 D Yendall Jaden Lloyd (a2) T Stockdale (a) L Neindorf (a1.5) 7 22729 Sly Sloth (7) 59.5 88 Ms M Lloyd (a2) 7 36332 Accreditation w (14) 58.5 95 D Moor 4 s8044 Shotgun Rosie dw (5) 60.5 92 B Rawiller 1 Donald & Dist. Comm. Bank 3.00 8 42s40 Diamond Thora (5) 57.5 87 L Riordan (a) 8 27215 Dashing Tycoon c (2) 58.5 95 8 309s6 Shakam w (14) 59 89 D Yendall 9 s2666 Seafood Source dwn (9) 58.5 100 5 s1644 Annemiek dw (17) 60 93 L Riordan (a) $35,000, 3yo & up Maiden SW, 2008m 9 50s30 Epic Player (17) 57 90 M Poy (a) C Rawiller (a1.5) 6 15541 It’s A Rah dw (7) 59.5 95 C Newitt 10 5s53 Global Wonder (4) 57 100 Z Spain 9 64315 Frag w (16) 58.5 94 Z Spain D Moor 1 75787 Ambusher (5) 59.5 92 Ms C Hefel (a2) 7 165s0 La Maestra d (10) 59.5 85 11 Sumo (12) 57 83 K Bohorun 10 43231 Indian Rani tw (13) 57 95 Dean Holland 10 04399 Kodakhan d (5) 57.5 91 Ms M Julius (a) 2 68 Arizona Drifter (8) 59.5 88 W Price (a) Ms J Philpot (a3) 12 44s Oregon Pinot (6) 55 91 L Neindorf (a1.5) 11 18560 Accordingly tw (17) 56 98 D Yendall 11 60642 Memory Lane w (8) 57.5 93 3 224s2 Clever Approach b (4) 59.5 97 D Bates 8 106s Six Shillings w (3) 59.5 92 EMERGENCIES: 12 86856 Notice Me dw (10) 56 97 M Dee L Neindorf (a1.5) 4 635P2 Road To Blue Sky (9) 59.5 90 SCRATCHED 12 97566 Peddler w (11) 57.5 94 C Newitt T Stockdale (a) 13 — Sobriety EMERGENCIES: 9 4138s Swizzle Sticks dw (15) 59.5 89 Dean Holland 14 98s49 Wicked Missile (15) 57.5 81 13 4636s Rocky Raccoon (6) 57.5 94 EMERGENCIES: 5 90785 Supreme Belief (2) 59.5 94 Dylan Dunn 13 0550s Dilochta dw (13) 57 91 W Price (a) Ms B Grylls Ms T Hope (a) 14 67172 Get Up Cliff dw (1) 57.5 96 L Riordan (a) 10 3s756 Tsushima d (4) 59.5 95 Ms A Kelly (a2) 6 06 Tokara Habu (3) 59.5 85 F W Kersley 15 654 Bondi Tiff (14) 57.5 83 D Moor 15 54441 Flintoffking w (8) 56 95 C Caserta 14 8080s Wolf King w (16) 56 83 7 67097 Twilight Zone (7) 59.5 90 J Maskiell 15 s7078 Exclusive Saturday dw (15) 56 86 11 10s Madam Mischief (1) 58 100 N Farley 16 847s Fleckerl (11) 57.5 82 Dean Holland 16 86223 Cold Beers w (12) 56 92 12 5s1 No Nay Emerald d (16) 57.5 95 8 43 Winning Superstar b (10) 59.5 98 J Allen 17 65998 We’ll Meet Again (9) 56 89 16 2157s Tempers Flare (1) 56 87 L Riordan (a) 17 6 Brony’s Reward (9) 57.5 76 J Maskiell Ms L Lafferty (a2) 9 60699 Dancing With Fire (11) 57.5 85 N Farley 18 6s Sandbanks b (10) 59.5 84 17 9513s The Presenter dw (2) 56 89 Ms C Hall 10 87s53 Evader (1) 57.5 100 D Yendall 6 Goodwin Village Donald 5.30 EMERGENCIES: 11 38s06 Skilloni (6) 57.5 86 C Quilty 4 TAC Be Races Ready Plate 4.30 8 Mallee Landscapes 6.30 13 100s Captain Hedderwick w (9) 61 89 $35,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 58, 1354m W Price (a) $35,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 64, 1204m 2 Leading Teams Plate 3.30 $35,000, 3yo & up Maiden SW, 1354m 1 5s0s1 Barge And Charge dw (12) 61.5 91 14 23755 Wasabi cdwn (11) 59 92 Ms M Lloyd (a2) 1 74399 Handsome Fighter (16) 59.5 87 Ms L Lafferty (a2) 1 71521 Unshackled dw (5) 62.5 98 15 s4598 Pink Angel (12) 58.5 91 D Yendall $35,000, 3yo & up Maiden SW, 1002m J Maskiell 2 s7445 Yankee Toff dw (13) 61.5 94 N Farley C Rawiller (a1.5) 16 4s865 Locktoba Rocks dw (2) 56 90 Ms C Hall 1 32640 Bloomin’ Crafty (10) 59.5 91 Ms C Hall 2 4 Unchain My Bike b (18) 59.5 99 3 545s0 Danbana (2) 61 91 M Dee 2 140s6 Cashed Up dw (6) 62 95 W Egan 17 s9080 Meteor’s Man d (13) 56 82 D Moor 2 Housay (15) 59.5 86 Z Spain T Stockdale (a) 4 56606 The Enzo (11) 61 88 C Newitt 3 109s4 Foxy’s Star (3) 61 96 Jaden Lloyd (a2) 18 900s8 Visual Image d (18) 56 81

Legend: T – Won at track. C – Won at this distance on this course. D – Won at this distance on another course. M – Won in slow or heavy going. B – Beaten favourite at last start. H – Trained on track. N – Won at night. S – Spell of three months. F – Fell. P – Pulled up. L – Lost rider. TV – Featured on Trackside TV. 25 CLASSIFIEDS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020

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Four points ahead Jaiden Ibbetson scored next, from a free-kick P W D L F A Pts Reserves in Eastern League 1 football last of their nearest challengers, Sunshine Brewing 30 metres out . . . another screamer. Ibbetson Gisborne United 11 9 1 1 44 14 28 Saturday. Wainui Sharks, they have four games to go. grabbed a second goal, and Steffan John made it Wainui Sharks 11 8 0 3 35 21 24 “Aubrey took his goals well,” United coach United’s opponents are, in chronological 4-0 by halftime. Gis. Boys’ High 10 5 1 4 28 23 16 Dean Wrigley said. order: Gisborne Boys’ High School, Carpet Court Dan Torrie, having made noises about his Thistle Massive 10 5 1 4 24 20 16 “He’s improving all the time, scores regularly Thistle Massive, Lytton High School and Thistle ambitions as a goalscorer, was shifted from Thistle Reserves 11 3 1 7 24 37 10 and makes a good strike combination with Stu Reserves. leftback to centre-forward. Fifteen minutes into Lytton High 11 0 0 11 12 52 0 Cranswick.” In several ways, that’s an intriguing run-in. the second half he rose to power home a left- Two goals came from Cranswick, and one Boys’ High defeated United in the Bailey Cup final wing cross to complete the Wainui scoring. came from right winger Jarom Brouwer, who last year and have had several well-performed Outstanding for Wainui were central was unable to travel south with the Pacific teams backpedalling this season. Thistle Massive midfielders Rick Kitto and Blaker, and centreback EASTERN LEAGUE, DIV 2 Premiership team. counted themselves unlucky to lose their last Olly Tilley. P W D L F A Pts “We took a little while to get started,” Wrigley game against United. Lytton High School are With striker Jimmy Walker and centreback Wainui Demons 10 9 0 1 47 13 27 said. bottom of the table but opposing coaches have Mal Furlan away, and attackers Jake Theron and Thistle Vintage 10 8 1 1 52 15 25 Heavy Equipment Services United led 2-0 at praised their competitive spirit. And Thistle Smith injured, Wainui had a makeshift look about Tata. Bohemians 10 6 2 2 34 20 20 halftime at Childers Road Reserve, and Thistle Reserves, by the time their match comes round, them, Smith said. Wainui Sports Club 10 5 1 4 26 17 16 had chances that could have enabled them to be could well have some reinforcements from the “But everybody played really well,” he said. Wairoa Athletic 10 5 1 4 33 25 16 even closer at the break. first team, whose last Pacific Premiership game Lytton’s goal came from a right-wing, United 3rds 10 3 3 4 20 21 12 Thistle lost two players to first-team duty at is scheduled for September 12. inswinging corner that Jamil Weiss Dos Santos SP Shockers 10 4 0 6 32 31 12 halftime and that affected team structure. Injuries Wainui are the only side with a realistic chance delivered with his left foot. ITM Thistle 10 2 2 6 21 32 8 then took a toll and sideline resources weren’t of overhauling United, and Sharks coach Michael Lytton coach Craig Christophers said some GPR Bohemians 10 2 1 7 18 52 7 there to cover the gaps that started to appear. Smith is enough of a realist to know that even banter ensued about who could claim the goal. Campion College 10 0 1 9 15 62 1 Nevertheless, goalkeeper Gabrile Garnica was if his side keep winning, they need a couple of “Our centreback, Ryan Anderson, was up for outstanding and manager Ron Young’s player of major upsets to knock United off their perch. the corner and reckoned the ball brushed his hair McVey and substitute striker Breeze Parsons, the day, right midfielder Merlin Parsons, battled It was good to bounce back from the 3-1 loss on its way in,” Christophers said. who impressed with his effort when he went on away for the whole game. Others to do well to United the previous week, Smith said. “Josh McGregor was there, too, and he said up front. included Andre Riley and Fletcher Stewart-Hill. “We needed to keep pressure on United.” the ball grazed his shinpad. “The players in this team have a great “The first 20 minutes showed just how good That they did with a 5-1 victory over Lytton “Jamil will probably be credited with the goal, attitude,” Christophers said. we can be,” Young said. High School on the Lytton ground. but the others staked a claim.” “They don’t give up and they’re respectful to “For a while, United struggled to get a touch.” Central midfielder Simon Blaker scored first, in Outstanding for Lytton were centreback Kyle the referees.” THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY Friday, September 4, 2020

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The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 SPORT 29 Four places up on last year’s finish Stead reappointed RUGBY by Ben O’Brien-Leaf Yesterday they lost the playoff for third excellent rugby in the 17-12 win against GARY Stead has been reappointed head coach against Hastings, 28-10. Manukura and McGhee’s late try at of the Black Caps, for a three-year term. THEIR opposition won’t forget the Duane The game against Hastings on Raukura earned them a 12-all draw with Initially appointed to the role in 2018 following Hihi-coached Gisborne Boys’ High School Coronation Park’s No.1 field — which had Rotorua Boys’ High — the Puna Hihi- the resignation of Mike Hesson, Stead will under-14 rugby crew in a hurry. just been used for the fifth/sixthth fixture led GBHS u14s did great things at the continue as head coach in all three formats of the GBHS, who were placed eighth in between New Plymouth and Palmerston Colquhoun tournament. game up until the conclusion of the ICC Cricket 2019, yesterday finished fourth at the Ian North — began in heavy rain. Puna Hihi made a difference on the field World Cup 2023. Colquhoun Invitational u14 tournament in Gisborne tighthead prop Wheturangi as their skipper and is a capable openside His reappointment follows an impressive two Palmerston North. McGhee proved the worth of an anchor on flanker. years with the Black Caps, during which time they They bounced back from a 31-12 loss such a day, scoring two tries. Duane Hihi said: “These boys grew as a were undefeated in test series apart from last to Hamilton in Game 1 to beat Tauranga Hastings led 14-5 at halftime. team over the tournament, building on and summer’s tour to Australia, and qualified for their 28-19 on Monday, and Palmerston North Having played only three games before improving their rugby fundamentals. It’s second consecutive World Cup final — against 14-8 on Tuesday. this tournament — though they played been a very positive experience for them.” England at Lord’s last year. Stripped of yellow jersey CYCLING “It was a very long and return to his “domestique” role, very boring stage, with a very as a support rider for Roglic and PRIVAS, France — Julian nervous finale. I had to stay other teammates. Alaphilippe’s ride in the yellow concentrated to defend the “With a lot of happiness,” he jersey is over, and his rivals had jersey,” said the Frenchman, who said. nothing to do with it. is not seen as a contender for the Sandwiched between the race’s The Tour de France leader was overall victory. “But if that’s how first summit finish in the Alps stripped of the coveted shirt on it is, then no worries, tomorrow and Thursday’s tough climb up Wednesday after being handed I’ll pick myself up and we won’t Mont Aigoual, the 183-kilometer a time penalty for illegally talk about it anymore.” stage through the Drome receiving provisions near the The jury’s decision Provencale region gave the end of Stage 5, which had been overshadowed Van Aert’s second peloton a chance to relax a bit. largely uneventful until then. career stage win at cycling’s The stage started from Gap at British rider Adam Yates marquee event, a day after he a moderate pace under a bright was moved up to first place in produced a tremendous effort in sunshine, with riders talking to the revised general standings the Alps in support of Roglic, his each other inside the peloton as after Alaphilippe was docked 20 Jumbo Visma team leader. they gently rode toward Privas, seconds. Van Aert used his power in the the French town famous for its “I don’t think any rider would slight uphill finish to win by half chestnut cream. want to take the jersey like this,” a wheel ahead of Cees Bol and French hope Thibaut Pinot, Yates said. “I just found out. Sam Bennett. THIRSTY DOWNFALL: Julian Alaphilippe, wearing the overall who crashed heavily during the Nobody wants to take a jersey “It was a heavy finish. It was leader’s yellow jersey drinks at the start of the fifth stage of the Tour opening stage last week, made like this.” maybe the most easy stage de France on Wednesday. Under racing rules, riders are not allowed the most of the pedestrian tempo Only minutes after versatile I ever did in a cycling race to receive provisions during the final 20 kilometres. AP picture to have his shoulder checked by Belgian rider Wout van Aert because there was no breakaway, the race doctor, then returned won the stage in a sprint finish, not a high pace at all, but then inside the pack without problem. TV footage showed Alaphilippe Cycling’s governing body, the “There is no time gain in the last hour was really hectic The strong headwinds grabbing a bottle from a staff UCI, said in a statement that taking a bottle from the side of with the wind,” Van Aert said. deterred attacks and the member of his Deceuninck-Quick two other riders, Sepp Kuss the road,” he wrote on Twitter. The Belgian abandoned the race only heated up with 35 Step squad about 18 kilometers and Carlos Verona, were also Yates now tops the standings Tour last year with a serious leg kilometers left when the big (11 miles) from the finish. penalized 20 seconds for the with a three-second lead over injury that kept him sidelined teams moved forward and jostled Under racing rules, riders same offense. Primoz Roglic. Tadej Pogacar, for several months. But the for position at the front to make are not allowed to receive “The absence of feeding in the another Slovenian rider, stands three-time cyclocross world sure they did not get caught in provisions — either drinks last 20 kilometres is a rule that third, four seconds further back. champion has been in superb crosswinds. Kuss, an American or food — during the final 20 the teams are familiar with and Alaphilippe dropped to 16th form since the cycling season riding in support of Roglic, kilometers (12.5 miles) of a that prevents that the feeding overall, 16 seconds behind the resumed last month, posting crashed in the peloton but was stage. Deceuninck-Quick Step doesn’t disturb the race at the new leader. victories at the Strade Bianche, able to resume racing and did did not immediately explain why entrance of the last kilometres,” Alaphilippe waived to the Milan-San Remo, as well as a not lose time. the staff member was posted the UCI said. crowd as he left the finish area stage win at the Criterium du The Tour, which was inside that zone and why he Alaphilippe’s teammate Dries without the race leader’s jersey Dauphine. postponed from its usual July handed out the bottle to the Devenyns said the jury’s decision he had worn for the last three A humble rider regarded as a slot due to the coronavirus, ends French rider. was harsh. stages. future great, Van Aert will now in Paris on September 20. — AP Coach admires his team’s fighting spirit BASKETBALL by Ben O’Brien-Leaf lost 104-56 to Hastings in the playoff for North, they are resilient. (Henare Tofilau 12, Daley Riri 10, Seb Wilson 9) seventh and eighth. Glendenning admired their fighting TAURANGA BOYS’ COLLEGE 122. TBC Q1, LAST year, Gisborne Boys’ High School The team contained three Year 10 spirit. 37-14; Q2, 69-32; Q3, 97-42. achieved their best placing in 22 seasons players. One of the goals was exposure “Jonty Evans, on his first basketball GBHS 33 (Daley Riri 9) ROTORUA BHS of Super 8 basketball: sixth. to high-level play, with emphasis being trip away, had a great tournament,” he 111. Q1, 32-8; Q2, 64-10; Q3, 85-20. The David Glendenning-coached placed on team-building. said. Day 2 Gisborne Boys’ High School team of 2020 Even so, individuals — starting with “As a group, over those three days, they GBHS 39 (Ethan Ngarangione-Pearson 13, fought hard in Hamilton this week. first-year captain Henare Tofilau — became more aggressive driving to the Henare Tofilau 8, Seb Wilson 7) PALMERSTON They did not have returning players stepped up. basket and shooting confidently against NORTH BHS 113. PNBHS Q1, 28-7; Q2, 62-15; from the previous campaign, but they had Tofilau, Riri, 6ft 7in Carew Fearnley, strong opposition. Q3, 85-26. one — Daley Riri — who played in the Junior A captain Seb Wilson and Ethan “From the first, our boys knew their GBHS 43 (Henare Tofilau 12, Carew Fearnley first GBHS crew since 1991 to make the Ngarangione-Pearson all scored in backs were to the the wall but they stood 10) HAMILTON BHS 110. HBHS Q1, 29-8; Q2, national tournament. double-figures at least once. up to be counted.” 57-20; Q3, 87-35. On Day 1, they were beaten 122-50 by Conceding over 100 pints in all five Day 3 Tauranga and 111-33 by Rotorua. On Day games may have been tough, but as Results — GBHS 56 (Ethan Ngarangione-Pearson 21, Seb 2 they lost 113-39 to Palmerston North Fearnley proved against Hamilton after Day 1 Wilson 11) HASTINGS BHS 104. HBHS Q1, and 110-43 to Hamilton. Yesterday they taking a knock against Palmerston GISBORNE BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL 50 30-11; Q2, 58-24; Q3, 78-42. Boys’ High relishing prospect of tournament BASKETBALL by Ben O’Brien-Leaf Wilson, 15, who was a starter in four of Safin Tuwairua-Brown, a match-winner “The schools here have high-calibre five games for the GBHS Senior A team for the u14 rugby crew, also has great players and coaches fronting up, making IT’S big. in Tauranga this week. basketball talent and shooting touch at adjustments, based on what they see.” And Gisborne Boys’ High School drew “We play hard; we’re here to win,” he guard. The Keenan Ruru-Poharama coached Tauranga Boys’ College for Game 1 said. In Game 2 at 3.30pm this afternoon, GBHS will play Palmerston North BHS of the first Super 8 junior basketball William Collier, who played at the Gisborne were to be in more Pool B tomorrow at 10.30am, before crossover tournament, which started today in senior tourney, Cody Tarei (a GBHS action, against Rotorua Boys’ High. games start in the afternoon. Hamilton. Senior A team member who was on Former Junior Tall Ferns coach Mel The Seb Wilson-led GBHS team were under-14 rugby duty for GBHS at their Bennett is in charge of Tauranga Boys’ GISBORNE BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL: Seb relishing the prospect. tournament in Palmerston North this College. Wilson (c), William Collier, Leonard Gray, Ngaru “We’re excited to compete at a high- week) and Luka Russell of the GBHS u15 “This tournament is the pinnacle event Grayson, Seth Miller, Te Uenuku Patea-Taylor, level tournament against other schools rugby team give the Junior A side needed that we were advised, during lockdown, Luka Russell, Cody Tarei, Safin Tuwairua-Brown, from across the North Island,” said height. would happen,” she said. Dominique Wilson. 30 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020

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halfway stage but Rolls took a decisive Consolation: Judy Ngarimu def Jenny Twos: B Walker. finals day on Sunday. Poverty Bay 3-up lead through the 27th. Alderson. TUESDAY (Aug 25) — Veteran men’s Selwyn Pohatu and Tony Green — The young left-hander is also in Twos: S Spence. stableford: G Williams 37, R Moore 37, A who knocked out defending champion SALLY Spence is the 2020 the hunt for the intermediate title at MONDAY — Women’s stableford: J Reedy 36, P Hogan 35, R Taiapa 34, W Jo Priestley on the 19th — square intermediate women’s club champion Electrinet Park. Steele 40. Brown 34, B Cox 33. off for the intermediate men’s title; after an exhausting duel with Viv Bell in Does Paul Rickard have a twin SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: Twos: A Reedy, C Brown, R Moore. defending champ Mike de Luze faces the matchplay final yesterday. brother who’s a decent golfer? A White 42, T Donovan 38, J Jenner 38, B Jamie Brodie in the junior men’s final; The pair shook hands on the 35th That was among the rumours flying Morrissey 36, B Colbert 36. THE finals of the women’s club and Sai Eder and Michael Broad are the hole of the 36-hole final, Spence adding around the 19th after Sunday School Division 2: P Rickard 43, G Hawea 38, championships are on SATURDAY. The endeavour finalists. it to her 2017 intermediate title and kaiwhakahaere Paul Rickard announced R Johnstone 36, L Hewson 36. draw is — Senior division, 8.30am: J Denise Johnston and Jandy Winiata denying Bell (2014, 2016) a third. the return of “Rick” the golfer. Twos: K Travers, D Twigley, K Daniels, S Kerr v B Walker. will duel for senior women’s supremacy The junior women’s 27-hole final also Having failed to break 90 in 27 of his Andreassen, A White. Intermediate division, 9am: T Ford v while Andrea Haisman and Jan Ewart proved a close affair. past 30 rounds, Rickard produced a jaw- Approach: S Andreassen. J Foot. contest the junior women’s final. Vonnie Fletcher and Ann Ward dropping 81-16-65, for 43 points, to win SATURDAY — Men’s stableford, Junior division, 9.06: K Papuni v D SUNDAY — Club championship, were all-square at the 18-hole break the division 2 men’s stableford. division 1: J Situ 35, A Higham 34, W Webb. semifinals, men’s net, senior division: H but Fletcher edged ahead over the Allan White’s 74-8-66, for 42 points, Brown 33. Brown 69, T Green 70, C Beattie 73, G ensuing nine to collect her first club was his lowest round of the Division 2 : M Whitehead 38, D Bush THE quarterfinals of the men’s club Brown 74, J Devery 77. championship honour 2 and 1. Covid-19-interrupted year and won him 37, B Read 36, C Simpson 35, H van championships are on SUNDAY. The Junior division: J Priestley 68, S Eder The senior final was held on Monday the division 1 stableford. Tongeren 35. draw is — No.1 tee, 9am: R Moore v R 70, G Watson 70, B McKenzie 70, J and, as expected, Tessa McDonald was WEDNESDAY — Women’s stableford: F Twos: W Brown. Taylor 9.05am: A Reedy v P Stewart, S Neilson 71. in a class of her own. Allen 37, R Willock 37. Approach: D Bush. Peneha v T Reynolds. 9.12: R Walford v Women’s net: S Robertson 76, A The Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay 9-holers’ stableford: R Dymock 22. THURSDAY (Aug 27) — Men’s G McKinnon, P Nepia v S Phillips. 9.20: B Haisman 76. representative, who plays off a 1.0 WHS Women’s club championships, junior Thursday Throne, par: N Mackie +1, P Cameron v Z Rolls, D Boyle v A Pahina. Twos: C Parker, J Priestley. handicap index, outgunned three-time division, semifinals: Vonnie Fletcher def Clayton +1, C Poole 1, M Higham +1, S 9.30: D Harrison v S Rolls, R Grace v WEDNESDAY (Aug 26) — Nine-hole senior winner and 15.8 handicapper Jan Rosie Spence, Ann Ward def Pip Dymock Harbottle +1, J Van Helden +1, J Pittar sq, P Tamatea. 9.40: G Willams v B Cox, N stableford, senior division: B Cameron 20, Utting on the 24th hole to add 2020 to Final (27 holes): Fletcher def Ward on D Bush sq. Jones v A Williams. C Beattie 19, A Blakeman 19, P Hokianga her 2016, 2017 and 2018 wins. the 26th. Twos: N Richardson, A White, A The senior quarterfinal between B 18, J Priestley 18. McDonald had six birdies in the Consolation: Dymock def Spence. Kirkpatrick, T Donovan. Reynolds and Z Boyle is to be played Junior division: P Briant 18, P opening 18. Intermediate division, semifinals: Viv Approach: D Bush. on Saturday. Summersby 17, M Broad 17, D Skudder Last year’s senior champion Marg Bell def Debbie Kirkpatrick, Sally Spence 16, D Quinn 16. Colebourne won the 9-holers’ final, def Mary Allan. Electrinet Park Mahia beating Sandy Armstrong. Final (36 holes): Spence def Bell on Tolaga Bay Zac Rolls’ rising career passed the 35th. REIGNING champions Jo Kerr and Di LIL Morgan and Roger Bremner another milestone with victory in the Consolation: Allan def Kirkpatrick. Webb are a win away from staying on topped their field in Sunday BRUCE Yates claimed one of the intermediate men’s club championship Senior division, final (36 holes): Tessa their women’s club champion thrones. competitions. final berths in the senior men’s club on Monday. McDonald def Jan Utting on the 24th. Both are into finals to be held this Morgan was dominant in the championships on Sunday. Teenager Rolls outgunned Cliff Poole Consolation: Gay Young def Miggles Saturday, with Kerr taking on Blanche women’s Iseki stableford. Her 38 points Yates defeated Tere Lincoln and will — 63 years his senior — 3 and 2 in the Shanks. Walker for the senior honours and was six ahead of Maraea Wesche (32), face the winner of the semi between 36-hole matchplay final. 9 holers, final: Marg Colebourne def Webb facing Kath Papuni in a repeat of with Ali Wesche (31) third on countback Taine Lincoln and defending champion The pair were all-square at the Sandy Armstrong. the 2019 junior final. from Helen Billington. Neil Hansen. Tracey Ford and Jean Foot will Thirty-five points was good enough SUNDAY — Men’s net: D Maitai 66, B contest the intermediate final. for Bremner to win the men’s stableford Yates 69, T Higgs 69, P Stevenson 73. Junior crossword If Steve Rolls needs inspiration to from Kelvin Ellison, Tom Hema and Ian Putting: D Maitai 28,T Higgs 28, M 1627 go all the way in the junior men’s club Parker (all on 34), followed by Duncan Watts 30, B Yates 30. championships, he need only watch his Bremner (33). Twos, Joel Lincoln, T Higgs. 12 34 5 son. He and son Zach moved into the Te Puia Springs COMING UP: SUNDAY, committee 6 quarterfinals of their respective meeting at 10am, followed by stableford. divisions on Sunday, and a couple IRITANA Ngarimu won the women’s of days later Steve was on hand as stableford and her intermediate Tahunga 7 8 Zach completed part one of a potential women’s club championship semifinal intermediate championship double. simultaneously on Sunday. THE Tahunga open closing day is on Having disposed of John Collier Ngarimu beat Robyn Ngatai to book Sunday, September 13. It will comprise 9 in his round 1 match at the Park, a final date with Hazel Miratana, who a combined mixed pairs stableford Rolls shifted golf courses to win the eliminated Pauline Summersby. (arrange your own pair) and a men’s intermediate final at Poverty Bay on The final and the junior women’s gross, net and stableford section. 10 Monday — beating Cliff Poole in the final between Doreen Goldsmith and A cup of tea/coffee at 10.30am will be 36-hole final. Hiria McClutchie are on Sunday. followed by shotgun tee-off from 11am. 11 12 Rolls senior eliminated Charlie SUNDAY — Women’s stableford: I Dinner will follow play. Uili in his round 1 match to set up a Ngarimu 36, L Holmberg 35, H Miratana Inquiries to Mark Steele at 867-0803 quarterfinal clash with top qualifier 34, P Summersby 32, D Goldsmith 32, H or email [email protected] 13 Dave Harrison. McClutchie 32. Others to move into the top eight Men’s stableford: N Dewes 36, J Waikohu were Ray Grace, Pete Tamatea, Glyn Forrester 35, G Summersby 35, M 14 15 Williams, Barry Cox, Neal Jones and Higham 33, N Truman 33, T Kupenga 31, IKE Ruru clinched the junior men’s Alan Williams (Glyn’s son), who got K Waitoa 31, J Miratana 30. club championship title with a 19th-hole through with a 19th-hole win over Tony Twos: P Summersby, L Holmberg 2, N win over Uma Chambers in the 16 17 Leggett. Dewes. matchplay final on Sunday. Zach has a tough next-up opponent Approaches: P Summersby, D Ella Wynyard booked her place in the in intermediate second seed Ben Goldsmith. women’s handicap singles final with a 3 Cameron while top qualifier Ray and 2 win over Audrey Tamanui-Nunn. Walford locks clubs with Glen COMING UP: SUNDAY, intermediate SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: I Ruru 31, 18 19 McKinnon. women’s club championship final U Chambers 30, K Tamanui 28. Others in the intermediate quarters (36 holes), I Ngarimu v H Miratana, Women’s stableford: A Tamanui-Nunn are Phil Nepia, Steve Phillips, defending 9am tee-off; junior women’s club 25, E Wynyard 25. champion Danny Boyle and Anthony championship final (18 holes), D Across Down Pahina. Goldsmith v H McClutchie, midday COMING UP: SUNDAY, club 1. A small river (6) 1. Not in danger (4) Only one round 1 match was played tee-off; men’s club championships on competition. 3. 2. in the nine-man senior division. Pete noticeboard. A period of seven days (4) Lifted up (6) Stewart, after being 2-up with two holes Seniors 7. Opposite of succeed (4) 4. Not dificult (4) to play against Tom Teneti, sneaked Patutahi 8. 5. over the line on the 19th. TWO duos are tied at the top after A tool for carving with (6) Murderer (6) Stewart’s reward is a quarterfinal THE king ain’t dead . . . yet. round 1 of the Gisborne East Coast 10. A green vegetable used in 6. Young hen (7) with top seed Anaru Reedy. But Hukanui Brown will be wary of Veteran Golfers’ Society Croskery salads (7) 9. A train stop (7) “I’ve told Ru (Anaru) he can’t practice the last man standing in his way of a Tankard. 13. 11. during the week to give me a chance.” successful defence of the senior men’s Don McFadyen and Dave Mettrick Try (7) An opening in a wall (6) SUNDAY — Men’s net: R Moore 77, P club championship. racked up 47 points in the four-ball 16. A health professional (6) 12. An eight-legged creature Wellard net 79 Brown beat Chris Beattie 4 and 3 best-ball stableford — an effort 17. Women’s stableford : W Morrissey 31. in Sunday’s semifinals to set up a equalled by Roger Murphy and Stefan A thought (4) (6) Twos: J Foot, W Morrissey, A Reedy, D 36-hole matchplay final against the Andreassen. 18. Do a job (4) 14. A skin mark left after a Harrison. ever-dangerous Shayde Skudder, who Dallas Atkins and John Aitchison 19. A symbol on playing cards wound has healed (4) SATURDAY — Men’s stableford: R ousted top qualifier Dwayne Russell 2 are sitting third on 45. 15. Moore 35. and 1. The second and final round of the (6) Overtake (4) WEDNESDAY (Aug 26) — Women’s Their battle is just one of many as Croskery Tankard is at Poverty Bay on stableford: R Taiapa 31on c/b. the course becomes a war zone for September 22.

1. Mousetrap, 6. Hotel, 7. Reins, 9. Long, 10. Sneeze, 12. Elbows, 14. Last, 17. Stool, 18. Acted, 19. Ancestors. 2. Often, 3. Salt, 4. Throne, 5. Alive, 6. Helmets, 8. Scented, 11. Twelve, 13. Brown, 15. Alter, 16. East. The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, September 3, 2020 SPORT 31 Top seed toppled at US Open

NEW YORK — Top seed Karolina year, including his 17th major title at the Pliskova has been knocked out of the US Australian Open. Tennis Open in the second round with a Djokovic hit 16 aces and lost only 12 heavy defeat by France’s Caroline Garcia. points on his first serve. Pliskova, runner-up in 2016, lost 6-1 Alexander Zverev has won his second- 7-6 (7-2) to the world No.50. round match at the US Open, using a The Czech world No.3 was the highest dominating serve to beat 19-year-old ranked player at Flushing Meadows with American wild card Brandon Nakashima the absence of Australian Ashleigh Barty 7-5, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-1. and Romania’s Simona Halep. Zverev, a German who is seeded fifth, Her exit further improves Serena regrouped after losing the tiebreaker Williams’ chances of a 24th Grand Slam when he double-faulted with a 133mph title. serve. He overcame 10 double-faults, hit It was the first time since 2008 that 24 aces and won every service game. the top-seeded woman lost in the second Zverev advanced to his first career round at the Open. Grand Slam semifinal at this year’s Pliskova was a finalist at the Open in Australian Open. His best showing at 2016 for the best Grand Slam result of the US Open came last year, when he her career. reached the fourth round. Garcia beat Pliskova for the fourth This is quite a comeback. time in their seven meetings. No. 30 seed Kristina Mladenovic served Unseeded Americans Ann Li and for the victory while leading 6-1, 5-1 Shelby Rogers have pulled off upset against Varvara Gracheva in the second victories. round of the US Open — and lost. Li beat No.13-seeded Alison Riske in a Mladenovic let that huge lead slip matchup between Pennsylvanians, 6-0, away, failing to convert four match points 6-3. Li, who is 20 and ranked 128th, now along the way, and eventually, Gracheva has two career victories over players KNOCKED OUT: Karolina Pliskova, of the Czech Republic, returns a shot to Caroline came all the way back to win 1-6, 7-6 (2), ranked in the top 75, and the wins have Garcia, of France, during the second round of the US Open tennis championships, on 6-0. come in her two matches this week. Wednesday in New York. Garcia, who is No.50, beat the world No.3, Pliskova. Said Mladenovic: “She was brave and Rogers beat No.11-seeded Elena AP picture she went for it.” Rybakina 7-5, 6-1. By advancing to the Gracheva is a Russian who is ranked third round, Rogers matched her best 102nd and is a month past her 20th showing at the US Open. She’s ranked in the second round of the US Open. more than an hour. He had been 10-0 in birthday. 93rd. The top-seeded Djokovic won 6-7 (5), tiebreakers previously this year. This is her first Grand Slam Novak Djokovic fell behind when he 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Djokovic dominated from there, and tournament. lost a tiebreaker for the first time this Seeking his fourth US Open title, won for the 19th time in his past 20 She will face No.8 Petra Martic in the year, but has rallied past Kyle Edmund Djokovic lost a physical first set that took Grand Slam matches. He is 25-0 this third round. — AP Start your journey to success eit.ac.nz | 0800 22 55 348 Fit study around your work, home and whanau - achieve a qualiication in only a few months. 30782-04 3 Sep, 2020 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT GISBORNE TIDE MOVEMENT M E WEATHER FOR TOMORROW T Friday Saturday R Sep 4 Sep 5 SE S am 369noon 369pm am 369noon 369pm Tauranga 3 16 0.5 Hicks Bay 3 16 Te Puke 35 22

2 11 Whakatane 16 0 14 Ruatoria 00 16 Opotiki 1.5 H 7:54am 8:16pm H 8:34am 8:55pm Hicks Bay L 1:49am 2:02pm Hicks Bay L 2:29am 2:42pm Rotorua Te Puia Springs 15 H 7:41am 8:03pm H 8:21am 8:42pm Waipiro Bay L 1:24am 1:37pm Waipiro Bay L 2:04am 2:17pm Tokomaru Bay NOON TOMORROW H 7:29am 7:51pm H 8:09am 8:30pm 35 high low Tolaga Bay L 1:12am 1:25pm Tolaga Bay L 1:52am 2:05pm H L H 7:16am 7:38pm H 7:59am 8:20pm Matawai Gisborne L 1:09am 1:23pm Gisborne L 1:52am 2:05pm H 6:57am 7:17pm H 7:40am 8:00pm Tolaga Bay Fronts 2 Te Karaka Wairoa L 12:51am 1:05pm Wairoa L 1:34am 1:48pm SUN-MOON-MAORI FISHING GUIDE warm © OceanFun Publishing www.ofu.co.nz Maori  shing guide by Bill Hohepa Rise 6:26 am Rise 6:24 am cold Set 5:49 pm Set 5:50 pm 15 Gisborne Set 7:36 am Set 8:00 am 5 stationary Rise 7:34 pm Rise 8:31 pm 38 2 1.5 Best at Best at Good Good occluded 1:10 am 1:51 am 1:30 pm 2:11 pm 15 Wairoa NZ SITUATION NZ TOMORROW GISBORNE READINGS© OceanFun PublishingWORLD www ofu co nzTOMORROW Maori fishing guide by Bill Hohepa A front moves slowly Auckland  ne 14 Taken at the Airport, for the 24 hours Adelaide showers 10 17 northwards over the South Hamilton  ne 15 to 9am, Thursday 3 Sep 2020 Amsterdam drizzle 15 20 Island on Saturday and onto Tauranga  ne 16 SUNSHINE hours Bangkok rain 26 31 On Wednesday, 2 Sep 6.7 Beijing cloudy 17 29 the North Island on Sunday. Rotorua  ne 15 WIND km/h To date for September 17.1 Berlin cloudy 14 23 A ridge of high pressure Taupo  ne 13 less than 30 Average for September 178.0 Brisbane fine 14 25 builds over the country on Napier  ne 15 New Plymouth  ne 14 To date this year 1520.9 Buenos Aires fine 9 17 Napier 30 to 59 Monday. Northwesterlies 15 Palmerston North  ne 14 To date last year 1660.0 Cairo fine 27 42 gradually strengthen Canberra fine 5 17 60 or more Wellington  ne 13 WIND km/h Hastings 1 over the South Island on Cape Town fine 11 18 15 Christchurch  ne 16 Max gust on Wed 2 Sep S 50 SWELL m source: Tuesday ahead of another Delhi drizzle 25 32 © Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2020 e.g. S 1m 1 SwellMap.co.nz Queenstown showers 16 RAINFALL mm Frankfurt cloudy 15 26 approaching front. Dunedin showers 15 24 hours to 9am, Thu 3 Sep 19.4 GISBORNE CITY Geneva fine 11 27 TODAY IN HISTORY To date for September 19.4 Hong Kong fine 28 33 TOMORROWmorning min 7 SATURDAYmorning min 4 SUNDAY morning min 8 Average for September 87.0 London cloudy 13 21 A early shower, max 15 Fine. max 19 Mainly fine. max 19 1988 – Eastern North Island areas To date this year 654.8 Los Angeles fine 18 32 then fine spells. Northwesterlies Showers were ravaged by heavy rain in a To date last year 515.8 Melbourne fine 8 17 Strong S, dying out developing. developing at night strong southeast ow for three EVAPOTRANSPIRATION mm Moscow fine 13 23 from midday. as NW change SW. days running. A man was killed Daily average for past week 2.5 New York fine 23 30 Paris fine 17 26 GISBORNE REGION when his car was struck by a tree TEMPERATURE °C MONDAY toppled by gale force winds near Perth showers 12 21 Maximum 16.4 Singapore thunder 25 33 One or two morning showers, Fine. Northwesterlies Fine at first. Showers Scattered showers easing. Te Puke. Matawai and Te Karaka, Minimum 8.4 then fine spells increasing. developing. developing at night as Southwesterlies. Stockholm rain 14 19 near Gisborne, were cut off by Grass minimum 3.3 Suva showers 23 29 Southerlies, strong at first, northwesterlies change oodwaters. BAROMETRIC PRESSURE Sydney showers 15 23 dying out early afternoon. southwest. For the latest weather info including Weather Warnings visit At 9am 3 Sep (hPa) 1019.3 Tokyo drizzle 26 34 metservice.com At 9am 3 Sep (inches) 30.10 Toronto fine 15 23 CYCLING TENNIS INSIDE Football ...... 28 Basketball ...... 29 Golf ...... 30 SPORT Tennis ...... 31 Thursday, September 3, 2020 Alaphilippe loses yellow jersey Women’s top seed toppled at because of rule violation PAGE 29 US Open PAGE 31

RESURGENT: The YMP rugby team have achieved the goals they set before the season started. They include, back (from left): Brian Leach (coach), Justine Skudder (support staff), Lou Jansen (physio), Remis Maaka (manager), Niko Lauti, Walter Shepherd, Enty Masun, Quinny Pari-Collins, Seth Lundon, Dylan Williams, Nehe Papuni, Claudia Maaka (manager) and Colin Skudder (coach). Middle: Shayde Skudder, James Ferris, Te Peehi Fairlie, Austin Brown, Jeremy Ferris, Shyann Wyllie and Tyreke Casey. Front: Lennox Leach, Tawhiao Kingi-Ferris, Rakai Ferris, Kobe-James Whaitiri-White and Liam Whaitiri-White. Picture by Paul Rickard A YMP RESURGENCE RUGBY by Jack Malcolm dividends for the team, achieving both of their behaviour influenced the wider club. of us. It’s about having fun and keeping the goals they set out to accomplish this “It starts in-house but it filters out. We their spirits up. YMP rugby has gone through a year. have the younger kids in JAB, in netball, “Our whole focus this year is promoting resurgence of sorts this year. This year the YMP team have had no in hockey. It extends further than just the the boys to look after their mental health. The new management and coaching off-field incidents and only one red card. club.” The majority of rugby is a mental game.” staff for their premier-grade rugby team The card was for a dangerous tackle The club started training in early A major part of the YMP team’s change have made strides to improve the culture but Maaka said that after reviewing January and made sure they continued in culture had been that the leadership of the club. the video they presented a case that their training throughout lockdown. inside the team had stepped up to the Last year the YMP team struggled on mitigating factors existed. Maaka said the management’s ethos plate. and off the field following incidents that The mandatory two-week was that if they expected Maaka said a core group of players had featured in The Gisborne Herald. stand-down for receiving a the team to be role models, taken it upon themselves to advocate for A low point was a fight after a YMP red card was overturned as We’re in it they had to lead by example the boys. function at Rugby Park. Five members a result. together.‘ It’s the and get involved, too. The leadership group comprised about of the team allegedly assaulted a family. The management staff whole team, not just “We’re in it together. It’s 10 players who acted as go-betweens for Alcohol and gang rivalry were said to be are committed to the the whole team, not just the players and coaches, she said. factors. change in culture. They all the managers and managers and the coaches.” “The majority are players who have The new management team set goals come from Tokomaru Bay the coaches. A highlight during played for YMP for the last 10 years, to rebuild the respect and mana in the and make the two-and- —Claudia’ Maaka lockdown was a challenge along with a couple of players who are club, and get to the premier-grade finals, a-half-hour round trip to given to the team to make new but have really good leadership manager Claudia Maaka said. town three times a week for their exercises more skills. “Because it’s one of the oldest clubs in training and games. interesting. The management staff all got “For example, our vice-captain (Te Gisborne, we wanted to give respect to Maaka said a lot of time went into involved, too. Peehi Fairlie) has been the sober driver the old boys of YMP,” she said. being in management. They were the first “We had to video ourselves doing it, for the whole season for all the boys. “There’s so much history, and we want to arrive and the last to leave, ensuring which was the biggest challenge,” Maaka “It’s a huge shift for the team from to reignite that. It comes with mana and the team could focus fully on the game. said. last year . . . coming on the back of great respect that’s gone into the club.” While the management were involved “We posted it on our private (Facebook) leadership from our captain Shayde The focus on community has paid only with the premier team, she said page so they could see us and make fun Skudder.” Get your spring planters and plant your flowers and vegetables now!

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