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SEAWALL PROJECT: A three-stage project to strengthen the Waikahua seawall that protects the southern log yard at Eastland Port begins later this month. The work involves developments to make it a community space featuring outdoor furniture, fishing facilities, picnic areas and a boardwalk. This digitally-enhanced photo shows what the wall will look like. Pictures supplied PROTECTING THE PORT Seawall upgrade to feature space for community to enjoy

A MASSIVE transformation project space that people will be able to use and “The first stage will involve removing this an asset for the whole community to will begin shortly on the Waikahua connect with the sea. all the broken concrete, building a enjoy. seawall around Eastland Port’s southern “We’ll be building outdoor furniture, roadway out from the existing wall, “This will include new seating, fishing log yard. fishing facilities, picnic areas and a adding new concrete blocks, which will and picnic facilities and a boardwalk The seawall will be made stronger to boardwalk, which will be surrounded be in a staggered step method, and connecting Waikahua to the Turanga prevent erosion and improve the overall with native trees and plants.” inserting planter boxes for native trees walking track around the base of look and usability of the seawall. Mr Gaddum says the Waikahua and shrubs to grow,” Mr Gaddum said. Titirangi, which Eastland Port built and Eastland Group chief operating officer seawall project has been a long time “The second stage of work will include opened last year,” he said. Andrew Gaddum said the seawall was coming as consents were granted in fortifying the armour rock wall located Work is due to start mid-June and it up to seven metres high and was a vital 2018. on the seaside of the southern log yard is intended people will be able to use line of defence to protect the port against “The work has been broken down into and forming the roadway that will be Waikahua by the end of the year. disruptive swells and large waves. three stages, with the first two focused used to service the port in future.” Mr Gaddum said Waikahua was the “As a part of this upgrade we also on making the seawall functional and The third stage will involve adding name given to the swell that covers the saw a unique opportunity to create a the final stage on bringing it to life. in the final components that will make Kaiti reefs.

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TWO national awards event with a high calibre of were competed for by dancers,” Tessa said. North Island dancers at “It’s an honour just to be the Braemar competitions nominated. Nominations in Gisborne over the are not easy to obtain. weekend and both went to The biennial awards local dancers. were postponed from 2020 Performances by due to Covid-19. Gisborne teenager Lucy This year’s event is being Allan and a Dancefit headlined as a “Mega” Studios troupe earned NYPA. them a trip to the “Mega” It is to be held in National Young Performer Palmerston North from Awards (NYPA) in October. October 20 to 24. Adjudicated by Maxene Performing Arts Jeffares-Greer, of Competitions Association of Palmerston North, dancers New Zealand initiated the competed at the War NYPA in 1977. It features Memorial Theatre in styles eight of the “art forms” that ranged from ballet traditionally covered by the to modern, tap, hip hop, competitions movement. contemporary and musical It is the pinnacle of theatre. achievement for many Dancefit Studios earned young performers, giving a troupe nomination for them an opportunity to Giorgia Hart, Maggie compete at national level. Preston, Charli Udall, Lucy More than 130 awards Allan and Sofia Zame. have been decided over Allan, who performed its history and more than in the modern jazz, and $750,000 has been invested contemporary categories, back into the performing also qualified as an arts movement through individual performer. prize money and tuition Choreographers Tessa grants. Beattie and Anna Beattie said they were excited to ■ Tickets for Dancefit be heading with Lucy and Studios Gisborne’s her team to the national mid-winter performances FIT FOR THE NATIONALS: Nominated at the weekend for the National Young Performer awards in October. on July 2, 3 and 4 sold out Awards were a Dancefit Studios troupe made up of Gisborne teens (from left) Giorgia Hart “It is a such a prestige in 24 hours. Maggie Preston, Charli Udall, Lucy Allan and Sofia Zame. They will compete at the “Mega” NYPA event in October. Lucy was also nominated as an individual performer. Pictures supplied

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OUT OF ACTION FOR TWO WEEKS: The Waingake Water Treatment Plant will undergo an essential upgrade for two weeks later this month, with the replacement of the plant’s electrical automation system — the “brain” of the plant. City and Manutuke residents have been asked to conserve water from June 17.

Pictures by Ben Cowper (left) and Liam Clayton (below). Need to conserve water during plant upgrade

GISBORNE city and Manutuke Water Treatment Plant. industry, businesses and schools residents are being asked to “The need to reduce water to help by limiting water use conserve water this month as the use during the upgrade work as much as possible so we can council prepares for an essential is extremely important as the ensure that there is enough clean upgrade to the Waingake Water Waipaoa Water Treatment Plant and safe water for everyone. Treatment Plant. has limited treatment capacity,” “It’s important that everyone From June 17 the treatment she said. who is connected to the council plant will be turned off for two “City reservoirs will be full prior water supply is careful with water weeks to enable the replacement to the work beginning, however, usage and avoids wastage,” she of the electrical automation these levels will deplete rapidly if said. system. the rate of demand is more than This means limiting use of high- “This is essentially the ‘brain’ the Waipaoa plant can produce pressure hoses, water blasting of the treatment plant and the each day.” and car washing, and reducing upgrade is needed to ensure Although the need for water indoor use wherever possible. resilience for Gisborne’s treated conservation usually decreases “We need a joint effort from water supply,” said Judith over winter, water supply during our community during this short Robertson, team leader for this time will be much less than period of time while essential drinking water.” what was normally available when works are done.” While the upgrade is done, the Waingake treatment plant was For more information and water will be supplied to the city operating, Ms Robertson said. updates on the water supply, visit and Manutuke from the Waipaoa “We’re asking all residents, the council’s website. ‘Abandoned’ land at Mahia claimed by Alice Angeloni The court can authorise the sale or advertisement the property owner is definitions around contactability, the lease of abandoned land. alerted and contacts the council,” he said. driver of this method is that rates have THREE plots of “abandoned” land near But after publication of the notice, the Debt Management Central had been not been paid on a property for three the booming beach settlement of Mahia owner made contact with the council. engaged by the council to tender out the or more years and the process enables have been claimed. This meant the owner was no longer abandoned land in the township. Council to attempt to recover these The Wairoa District “uncontactable” and therefore the council Its website showed past listings for outstanding rates.” Council put out a could not continue with the abandoned abandoned properties in Wairoa, Napier The process for dealing with public notice looking land process. and the Rangitikei district in early 2019. abandoned land began with the local for the owner of the The land is situated in Nuhaka, a Mr Tipuna said advertisements of authority referring a case where the land in Nuhaka this small settlement between Wairoa and the council’s intention to have land rates had been unpaid for more than week, after rates Gisborne, and 15 minutes drive from declared as abandoned were “infrequent” three years to a debt collection agency. hadn’t been paid for at Mahia, where a property last year sold and often resulted in repayment The agency gives public notice of least three years and for a record $1.83 million. arrangements. its intent to have the land declared it had been unable to The council was also advertising a plot “Abandoned land and rating sales are abandoned. make contact with the of abandoned land for sale by tender in a final step in the process of recovering One month after the notice, the council owner. the Wairoa township. unpaid rates. can apply to the District Court for an If the land wasn’t claimed and the Wairoa District Council interim chief “Often the process can reconnect order declaring the land abandoned and outstanding rates paid within a month, executive officer Kitea Tipuna said the property owners with Council to enable granting an order to sell or lease the the council would apply to the District abandoned land process was carried out payments structures to be put in place land. Court to declare the land abandoned, the by councils across New Zealand. which is a desirable outcome. The owner of the land in Nuhaka was notice said. “Often by placing the first “While there can be overlapping approached for comment. 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021

FAMILY NOTICES Deaths

JONES, Mark Deaths Kenneth (Maku). — On 6 June 2021 peace- CORLETT, Beverley fully at Gisborne Janette (nee Davis). — Hospital. Loved Passed suddenly, on 26 husband of the late May 2021, at Dunblane, Teddy. Loved father after a short illness, and father-in-law of aged 74 years young. Kerry and Mike, Julia Beloved Mother to and Cam, and Jared and Jacky, Justin and Brooke. Loved Koro to Amanda. Cherished Ella, Rory, and Niamh. Gaga to Savanna and Loved Poppy Mark to Danielle. Treasured Maddie, Koko to Cole, Sister to Barbara and and Poppy Mark to Barry. Adored MIL to Taylah, and Jack. Nic and Dean. Revered Loved brother and Property Manager to uncle to the Jones many. The family wish whanau from Nuhaka. to thank the staff at Dad’s funeral service Hospice Tairawhiti and will be held at Evans Dunblane for their Chapel, Ormond Road, kindness and tender Gisborne, at 11am on care. Thursday 10 June, The funeral will be followed by private held at Mangapapa cremation. Union Church at - Evans Funeral 1.30pm on 12 June. Services Ltd FDANZ www.evansfuneral.co.nz SMITH, Sheryl Erin. — Dearly loved SMITH, Sheryl Erin. daughter-in-law of Herb — Following a short, and Eileen Harvey. courageous battle. DEDICATION: Long-time Tolaga Bay volunteer firefighter Dan Maitai (right) Much loved sister-in- Loved and adored received his 25 Year United Fire Brigade Association (UFBA) Gold Star service law of Rob, Ange and partner of Andrew. award at a ceremony in Tolaga Bay. A presentation was also made to his wife John. Loved Aunty of Much-loved Mum of Fiona Williams for her support to his mahi (work). Dan has been a part of the Ryan, Fletcher, Molly, Ziggy and Stelph (4 Tolaga Bay Volunteer Fire Brigade for close to 30 years. The esteem in which Ella, Jack and Cameron. legged friends). Forever he is held was evident by the rousing haka performed after he received his Our little helper, now at in our hearts. Special award (above). Eight other members of the Tolaga Bay brigade also received peace. thanks to the Hospice awards for their service to the Tolaga Bay community, ranging from three to staff for their support. 20 years. Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz and former Mayor Meng Foon, now Monumental Race Relations Commissioner, attended the celebration. Pictures supplied Masons

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eye out for LANDSLIDE LAKE: A proposal is before the New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa to name the body of water formed in February 2019 by a large landslide blocking the Mangapoike River. The board is inviting public submissions on the proposal to name the lake Te Horonui, which means the great landslide. hatchback Picture supplied

POLICE have called on residents on the fringes of Gisborne to keep an eye out for a suspicious vehicle they believe could Te Horonui favoured be linked to a series of burglaries and vehicle break-ins. The incidents have been reported in the past two days in the Matokitoki Valley, at Matawhero and at Makauri. “It has involved burglary and theft as name for new lake from outbuildings on properties in those areas, and also vehicles broken into,” said Detective Sergeant Danny Kirk. “We want people to keep an eye out for THE New Zealand Geographic Board associated with the river, road, station, local communities”, said Wendy Shaw, a silver-coloured Honda Fit hatchback, Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa is inviting and land blocks, and shareholders did board secretary. registration number GTQ275. public submissions on the proposed not consider it appropriate to apply an Submissions for or against the “We’re looking into a connection name for the lake that was formed in existing historical name to a new lake. proposed names will be accepted up to between that vehicle, the people in it, and February 2019 by a large landslide The incorporation advised that this June 28. these recent incidents.” blocking Mangapoike River. may cause confusion about the lake’s Further information, including the Det Sgt Kirk said police were reminding The proposed name is Lake Te exact location and access to it for future extent of each proposal and how to make people in the city and in rural areas to Horonui, which means “the great ventures that Te Whakaari Inc may a submission can be found at tinyurl. keep their vehicles locked. landslide”. pursue. com/2aydjwww The lake is approximately halfway The lake is formed around significant Once official, place names must be between Wairoa and Gisborne, on land historical and wahi tapu sites in relation used in all official documents, road signs, owned by Te Whakaari Incorporation. to Te Kooti and his followers, the maps, websites and databases. CORRECTION The incorporation has been using the proposal states. “It’s important to ensure we preserve name Te Horonui for the lake since late “Te Horonui” is considered and protect place names so that they last year, and is behind the proposal appropriate because it describes the endure, and we have certainty about NGATI Porou East Coast record points scorer with the NZGB to confirm the name. significant natural event that caused the their location, extent, origin and Eli Manuel (414 points, 1985-1998) was pictured The Gisborne District Council has lake to form. authenticity,” Ms Shaw said. on the front page of the Weekender kicking off been using “Lake Mangapoike” to The geographic board is inviting The NZGB Nga Pou Taunaha o a 1986 game against New Zealand Maori, not identify the lake. submissions “from anyone who wants to Aotearoa welcomes any feedback on the record try-scorer Jimmy Kururangi, who was In their proposal, Te Whakaari have a say about these name proposals decisions by emailing NZGBenquiries@ beside Eli. Inc advised that “Mangapoike” was — particularly from those people in the linz.govt.nz The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 NEWS 5

PRIVET TREE ART: Turning something that’s a nuisance into something beautiful is Tairawhiti artist Brian Wright, beside daughter Olivia Scott who wants to start getting her dad’s talent “out there”. Picture by Liam Clayton Creating art from nuisance tree

by Sophie Rishworth Brian grew up in and around Matawai and Brian is not so good at the promotion side Motu and loves to hunt and fish, of things, so his daughter Olivia Scott has PEOPLE often stop and take photos when He never chops down trees (unless it’s stepped up to do that for him. HAAST EAGLE: Another privet tree they pass Brian Wright’s home. privet) but upcycles old stumps and wood he “Dad has this talent to share,” says Olivia, artist Brian Wright has turned into a The neighbours’ kids press their faces finds on his adventures. who is to moderate an Instagram and Facebook piece of art. This is a carving of the against the windows to watch him in action. Last October, he made the “scary-as-hell” page for her dad. extinct Haast eagle. Brian is an artist and his front lawn on Steele decision to ditch his day job and be an artist They also want to bring an open day or Picture by Liam Clayton Road is his open-air studio. “100 percent”. workshop to the region and inspire other He uses a chainsaw to create large-scale Like any job it has its good and bad days, people into the craft. artwork from wood. he says. “I want to share what I know,” says Brian. His latest work was created from the remains “You go through every emotion. You’re either Brian is self-taught but credits others for mallet. of a privet tree in his front yard. loving it or hating it. It’s a creative journey. influencing his work. Brian has attended art symposiums around Instead of triggering allergies, the tree is now “I love working with wood. It’s a good After years of pencil art and sketching, Brian the country and has found himself chainsaw- delighting appreciators from all walks of life. medium.” started carving in 2008. His first piece was from carving alongside 14 like-minded artists. Brian carved the tree into three native birds Brian also designs with No.8 wire — a nod to a beef bone. ”We can all make something beautiful but we — a ruru, a huia (extinct) and a tui with kowhai his 25-year fencing career. Today, he makes commission pieces of just can’t market it. flowers. He has lots of offcuts being turned into large intricately-carved furniture and statues, which “If you have someone to help you get it out Nature is his inspiration. sculptures likes jugs, or whales. he finishes off with a V-shaped chisel and there that’s great.” ‘Spiritual resolve weakened’ Judge rejects defence argument for discharge without conviction

A SAMOAN man “barely had his foot when she managed to scream. no other legal mechanism by which Lui they would struggle in his absence if he in the door” to New Zealand before he Arguing for the discharge without Tumua could avoid being deported — his was deported. committed a serious sexual offence, a conviction, counsel Michael Lynch case would not meet the high threshold The offending was fuelled by alcohol, prosecutor told Gisborne District Court. submitted a conviction would result in required for humanitarian grounds, Mr albeit Lui Tumua accepted that could not Ioane Lui Tumua, 23, pleaded guilty Lui Tumua being deported, which (as per Lynch said. mitigate it, Mr Lynch said. to indecent assault — a three strike a legal test) would be a disproportionately Lui Tumua was extremely remorseful Refusing to grant the application, Judge qualifying offence punishable by up to severe consequence for the offence. for his actions and was willing to Cathcart said the matters raised by Mr seven years’ imprisonment. Mr Manning said deportation was attend restorative justice, albeit the Lynch were not enough to reduce the Crown solicitor Steve Manning strongly the normal legislated consequence for victim declined. He had engaged with seriousness of the offence to anything opposed an application for a discharge someone who offended that way. appropriate counselling, attending four less than moderate therefore deportation without conviction, saying the offence A review of an immigrant’s residency sessions to date. would not be a disproportionately severe was too serious and happened only about status is automatically triggered if they He was of otherwise good character consequence. two and a half months after Lui Tumua are convicted of an offence punishable by with no previous convictions here or The offence had included premeditation, arrived in New Zealand having won the more than three months imprisonment. overseas. home invasion, and persistence by Lui right to live and work here in a ballot. Lui Tumua’s application essentially He was a committed member of Tumua. Judge Warren Cathcart refused to grant asked the court to usurp that function by the Assembly of God church. But the Lui Tumua had not offended because the application and imposed one month’s Immigration New Zealand, Mr Manning offending happened at a time when of the impairments cited in the cultural home detention. said. he felt isolated in a new country. A report, but simply because he was drunk, The sentence took into account a If the court granted the application, cultural report described him as being Judge Cathcart said. lengthy time Lui Tumua had spent it would effectively be saying nothing “physically, mentally, spiritually, and Determining the sentence, the judge without incident on electronically- happened and would be enabling Lui culturally impaired” at the time and said set a starting point of 16 months monitored bail – 378 days – and 68 days Tumua to avoid the legislated check on his circumstances had “weakened his imprisonment. He gave a full 25 percent he spent in custody. whether he was an appropriate person spiritual resolve”, Mr Lynch said. (four months) discount for Lui Tumua’s According to an agreed summary, an to remain in New Zealand, Mr Manning A conviction would bring Lui Tumua guilty plea, six months discount for time intoxicated Lui Tumua wandered along said. and his family huge shame, especially on EM-bail, and further discount for part of Ormond Road at night on March Mr Lynch argued that while the offence within their church, Mr Lynch said. personal matters. 7, last year, trying to find “sexy ladies” was serious, the court was entitled to He also pointed to Lui Tumua’s good Conversion of the remaining sentence before entering the Lytton Road home of view it at a reduced level by taking into compliance with the lengthy period of of imprisonment to home detention was a woman who was on her own. He put his account personal mitigating factors, of electronically-monitored bail. While on appropriate, the judge said. hand down her pants, and forcibly kissed which there were many in this case. EM-bail he was helping care for his aunt Lui Tumua was assisted in court by an her, only desisting and running away If convicted for this offence, there was and uncle’s large family in Auckland and interpreter. 6 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Retirement village sector’s legal framework ‘risks being TOOT FOR HEALTH: Nurses unfit for purpose’ are downing tools to join marches and picket by Emma Hatton, RNZ lines across the country today to WELLINGTON — The Retirement demand better Commissioner is recommending the pay and work Goverment urgently review the laws around conditions. retirement villages to better protect the RNZ picture by elderly. Dan Cook A report by the commissioner’s office, the Commission for Financial Capability (CFFC), pointed out the legal framework of the sector had not been reviewed in its 20-year history, and Jane Wrightson said it was at risk of becoming unfit for purpose. “I think it needs to happen because it will take a while — these reviews normally take one to two years, and Thousands of nurses you’d probably be thinking about regulatory or statutory change as well, because you have to look at the economic model in much more depth than we have done.” She said the review had found issues both big and small, which needed to be addressed, down tools across NZ and a piecemeal approach to change would not suffice. Residents in retirement villages were not owners, which meant they did not share in any of the capital gains by Harry Lock, RNZ before the strike”. The Ministry of Health had well-prepared for the strike. from these villages, nor did they have any “These will be deferred on not confirmed what would “We’ll be walking out with ownership rights and nor did they have any WELLINGTON — Nearly the day of the strike to enable be happening with the other our doughnuts, hot coffee responsibility for maintenance. all non-urgent surgery and us to focus on those for whom vaccination centres across the and pizzas. And then we’re But they were not tenants either, so “they outpatient clinics have been hospital care is the only country prior to this article walking up the main street don’t have the same rights that tenants have. cancelled today, as thousands option during the strike,” he going to press. of Te Awamutu — up one And given that tenants rights have changed of nurses go on strike. said. side and down the other, just over time, you would think that this (the At 11am, nurses were due However, the Government’s What is planned for the day? to make the public aware of retirement-village sector) would be an area of to down tools to join marches vaccination roll-out plan what goes on at Matariki and some interest now,” Ms Wrightson said. and pickets across the country would take a hit today due to In Te Whanganui-a-Tara how short(-staffed) we are in “So, when a category of people falls as they highlighted their the strike. (Wellington), nurses would order to do our work properly.” between two stalls, it means that the anger over pay and their Auckland’s DHB confirmed be gathering in Civic Square Council of Trade Unions regulatory framework around it has to be working conditions. earlier that only two before heading to Parliament; president Richard Wagstaff crystal clear, and it’s not especially clear.” Emergency services would vaccination centres would be in Tamaki Makaurau said nurses were being fully Retirement Village Residents’ Association still be running open because (Auckland), the strikers supported by their affiliate president, Peter Carr, said residents were today, and those the lack of would be marching down unions, including the 70,000 hugely supportive of the idea, saying the with urgent The Government’s available Queen Street; in Kirikiriroa other unionised medical regulations were outdated and favoured the medical needs vaccination roll-out nurses had (Hamilton), nurses would be professionals. operators. were being told prompted safety marching to Garden Place; “The Trade Union “There are some very happy people in they would plan would take a concerns. and in Otepoti (Dunedin), movement is right behind the villages and they’re getting their quality of still be able hit today due to the “Due to strike nurses would be heading to nurses in taking this action. life, but when they have to come up against to be seen at strike . . . action, the the Octagon. We recognise that they’re the system . . . it’s cumbersome. And seeing a hospital or majority of our Across all 20 DHBs, taking the stand because of as the average age of residents is 81 — and catered for as metro Auckland members of the New Zealand the very serious issues they’re many of them are single ladies — they really per normal community- Nurses Organisation would be facing on the job — every could do without all this hassle and stress.” when dialing 111. vaccination centres will stopping work, and heading day. We know they do an Meanwhile, operators said a full-scale GPs and Healthline would be temporarily closed on out to join the picket lines. incredible job for NZ and they review would be “excessive”. Retirement also be available throughout Wednesday,” the DHB said It was shaping up to be a need the support of everyone Villages Association executive director, John the day. in a statement prior to the country-wide, massive strike. — including the union Collyns, acknowledged there were problems The spokesperson for all strikes today. Rhonda Hare — a movement.” and things that could be done better but the District Health Boards “Without enough registered healthcare assistant at Meanwhile, the nurses said a review was not necessary. He was (DHBs) — Jim Green — clinical staff working, we Matariki Hospital — would union alleged earlier that worried changing the legislation would impact said most non-acute and cannot administer the vaccine be in Te Awamutu, just south some DHBs had requested operators’ ability to compete in the market. elective procedures had been safely at these sites. Bookings of Kirikiriroa. more cover (than would The CFFC has offered to draw up the terms cancelled, “to reduce demand at these sites have been “We’ve got music playing, usually be rostered on) to of reference for the review, and the decision on services and reduce patient moved to other days so that we’ve got our wigs on” she keep life-preserving services to proceed now lies with the Government. numbers as much as possible no one misses out.” said, adding that they were going today.

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40033-01 The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 NATIONAL NEWS 7 ‘Even the English One million more jabs suffered under colonisation’ heading to our shores — Judith Collins

The question now: how smooth will the delivery be? by Dan Satherley, Newshub.

WELLINGTON — The WELLINGTON — National Party leader general population is expected Judith Collins says like Maori, she too has to begin getting Covid-19 LOGISTICAL ancestors who suffered under colonisation. vaccinations next month after CHALLENGES Her comments come after one of her a million more doses of the AHEAD: senior MPs, Paul Goldsmith, said that “on Pfizer vaccine land on our Prime Minister balance” he thought Maori had benefited from shores. Jacinda colonisation. The delivery will bring the Ardern says “The reality is that NZ was isolated from the total number of Pfizer vaccine it is vital that rest of the world for centuries and, at some doses received this year to the vaccine point, it had to reconnect with the rest of the more than 1.9 million. deliveries are world. And what happened in the 19th century Almost 1 million New staggered, was always going to be a very traumatic Zealanders will therefore be given that experience,” he told Newshub. Nation in an able to be vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccines interview that aired on Saturday. July delivery. have a short “But with it came all sorts of wonderful Prime Minister Jacinda shelf life of things, such as literacy . . . and freedom and Ardern said she would be eight weeks democracy . . .” getting her first shot next and need to Collins quickly distanced herself from week. be stored Goldsmith’s views, saying there would be few Ardern said she there had at ultra-low Maori who were likely to agree, blaming the been “a little bit of anxiety” temperatures. Crown’s repeated breaches of the Treaty of about vaccine delivery in RNZ picture by Waitangi for the ongoing problems faced by June and July, but she was Dom Thomas tangata whenua nearly two centuries later. confident Pfizer would provide “I’m just saying that it’s not the way I would all the vaccine doses the put it,” she told The AM Show this morning. country needed. “I think any people who have been “There has been no colonised tend not to enjoy it at all, and I think suggestion they would not be able to be stored at higher booster shots were needed, she and how to get vaccinated. that in many cases there have been huge deliver across our agreement temperatures of between 2C said. “GPs are fielding a large injustices. Which is why we’ve always signed and our contract,” she said. and 8C for up to 30 days. “We’re donating 1.2 million number of questions about the up — we have such a proud record of dealing “The only question was ‘how “That has made it less doses to other countries, but vaccine and when patients can with the grievances and making sure the smooth will that delivery be?’ logistically challenging for of course only donating those be vaccinated,” Mr Betty said. Treaty of Waitangi was honoured. “Will we end up in one more of our rural and isolated things that we ourselves have Ardern confirmed that “The big difference in the colonisation of quarter getting the majority communities, which should regulatory approval for.” District Health Boards were New Zealand versus many other (countries) is right at the end, or will it lessen the likelihood that we New Zealand College currently responsible for that there was a treaty — the problem is the be across the course of the will have to use other vaccines. of General Practitioners contacting people to let them treaty was breached on numerous occasions.” quarter?” “We’ve got enough for all medical director Bryan Betty know when they would be able Goldsmith, a historian who was infamously New Zealand had been New Zealanders — so that’s said there was widespread to get the vaccine. mistaken for Maori by the previous National receiving Pfizer vaccines that been our goal to be able to confusion about who was She said there would be Party leadership last year, took to social only had an eight-week shelf offer the vaccine across the currently able to get the an announcement next week media to explain his views. life and needed to be stored board.” vaccine. about a nationally-coordinated “The core question I was grappling with at ultra-low temperatures, The Government had “Different DHBs are doing vaccination programme that when I made my comments was: is the New Ardern said. ordered vaccines from other slightly different things in would begin in July. Zealand we live in today, which is the result It was therefore vital that pharmaceutical companies, terms of how they’re targeting This programme would of colonisation, a good thing on balance? deliveries be staggered, she but would ensure nothing was the population,” he said. allow people to book Covid-19 I’m proud of our country and what we have said. “You don’t want to wasted, Ardern said. “That’s invariably leading to vaccinations online, by phone achieved. I’m proud to be a New Zealander, receive them all at once.” Some orders could be taken confusion across the country and by visiting a GP, Ardern and I don’t think we should dismiss the good The coming shipments will up at a later date, when about where to get vaccinated said. — RNZ things that came from the introduction of other cultures into this country.” Collins said he “clarified his comments pretty clearly” and “acknowledged the ‘Widespread abuse’ of independent injustices of the past”. “Many Maori would have been very badly affected by colonisation — particularly by the breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. contractor role in building industry “(But) I’ve made it very clear in my own ancestry that I don’t think any of them — the WELLINGTON — “Widespread abuse” of independent contracting relationships, where years, and appreciated the opportunity to get into Irish, the Welsh or even the English when they employment law means tens of thousands of it suits one party to avoid tax, PAYE, maternity work again with flexible hours, so he had agreed were conquered by the Normans — actually builders may be missing out on their basic leave, holiday pay, health and safety obligations to be considered an independent contractor. came out of it very well.” employment rights and protections. and so on. Mr Pollak said it was something the The Norman conquest of Britain took place The employment court has ruled in favour of “And that’s why this industry has tens of Government must look at. almost 1000 years ago and saw the ruling an Auckland builder, Ross Barry, who challenged thousands of independent contractors.” “There is a significant part of the New Zealand Anglo-Saxons replaced with French-speaking his status as an independent contractor while Mr Pollak said one of the key problems was workforce who are deprived of their employment nobles, who introduced the feudal system. working for building company CIB. that the bargaining power favoured the business rights. Whether or not it improved life for the The court found the “real nature” of the in employment arrangements. “Is that fair? I don’t think it is.” medieval person on the island remains a relationship was one of an employee, based on “The bargaining power between the parties — RNZ matter of debate among historians. the hours and the work he was doing. is not equal. In this case, Mr Barry — just like It follows a case last year brought by a courier Mr Leota — had agreed to be an independent driver, Mike Leota, who took a case on the same contractor, but simply because they agreed PAY OFF YOUR grounds, and also won. that doesn’t mean that was the legal reality of Confidence with a smile The ruling was described as a landmark the relationship. 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“That is part of the construct of these noted that Mr Barry had not worked for several FACEBOOK: Gisbornepestcontrol 38925-01 96 DERBY STREET, GISBORNE I PHONE/FAX 06 867 4823 8 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Global sting thwarts gang’s plans by Lane Nichols, NZ Herald

AUCKLAND — Senior members of the Comancheros gang purchased a catamaran and allegedly planned to rendezvous at sea with a “mothership” bringing large shipments of illicit drugs into New Zealand. But thanks to a major international police operation targeting global organised crime, the maritime drug runs never eventuated and the alleged masterminds are now before the courts. Kiwi police working closely alongside international law enforcement agencies and spy networks revealed yesterday they have been secretly intercepting criminals’ private INTERNATIONAL POLICE OPERATION: Customs group manager of intelligence, communications on an encrypted ORGANISED CRIME: About 20 ounces of digital platform built by the FBI. investigations and enforcement, Dana McDonald (left) and National Organised Crime Group director detective superintendent Greg Williams (right) say New Zealand Police methamphetamine, large bags of cannabis, and an The covert surveillance led estimated $1 million in cash was seized. to the termination of dozens of have dealt a “huge blow” to organised crime after a major transnational sting resulted NZ Herald picture Picture supplied by NZ Police search warrants on Monday and in 35 arrests and $3.7 million in assets seized. a swathe of arrests — putting a heavy dent in the criminal drug sale and supply of class-A drugs, Group director detective On Monday, more than Zealand Herald. trade here and preventing the as well as money-laundering superintendent Greg Williams 300 New Zealand police staff “We believe the termination Comancheros earning millions of activities. described Operation Trojan involved in the operation of these operations will have dollars from narcotics. The incredible scheme — Shield as one of the most executed 37 search warrants a significant impact on New The gang vessel was seized which is said to have been sophisticated law enforcement across the North Island. At least Zealand’s organised crime scene.” during the searches, along with cooked up by an Australian operations ever undertaken “in 35 people were arrested who Williams said $3.7m in assets a cache of drugs, luxury vehicles Federal Police officer over beers the global fight against organised appeared yesterday in Auckland had been seized, along with 20 and cash. with his mates from the FBI — crime”. and Hamilton district courts ounces of methamphetamine, Details of the failed drug has also resulted in hundreds of Led by the FBI, and facing nearly 1000 separate drug large bags of cannabis, multiple trafficking plan emerged arrests overseas and uncovered coordinated with the US Drug dealing and money laundering kilograms of iodine, four following the termination of 21 murder plots. Enforcement Agency, Australian charges. firearms, 14 vehicles, including Operation Trojan Shield — It is being credited with Federal Police, Europol and other Senior members of the two marine vessels, mobile described as the “sting of the catching underworld figures, law enforcement partners from Comancheros in Waikato, phones and more than $1m in century” and a huge blow to New mafia personalities and terror more than a dozen countries, Waikato Mongrel Mob and the cash. Zealand’s criminal fraternity. suspects planning not only major the covert operation involved Head Hunters were among those Nearly 9kg of meth had also It involved three major drug imports but cold-blooded investigators infiltrating arrested. been seized at the border during organised crime investigations executions. encrypted devices used by “It is a great day for New the course of investigations here targeting the importation, National Organised Crime transnational criminals. Zealand,” Williams told The New linked to the joint operation. Interested in Health? App the key to major bust AUCKLAND — Fronting media in Auckland, In the past three years, New Zealand Police detective superintendent Greg Williams said the had identified up to 20 organised crime groups FBI had recently dismantled several encrypted committing offences across international CAN YOU REPRESENT YOUR COMMUNITY? platforms which criminals used to communicate, borders, Williams said. including Canadian-based Phantom Secure in Encrypted platforms were designed to prevent 2018 and Sky Global earlier this year. law enforcement agencies from monitoring such Hauora Tairāwhiti is recruiting members of the public for a Consumer Council. Operation Trojan Shield saw the FBI create a criminal activities. closed encrypted company, called Anom, to fill The successful culmination of the The council will advocate for the involvement of communities in the development, this void, allowing investigators to eavesdrop on investigations this week had caused significant design, and delivery of health services. You are encouraged to apply if you have: criminal communications about drug trafficking disruption to organised criminal syndicates here and money-laundering activities across the and overseas. • proven leadership skills globe. An FBI spokesperson said the operation • strong connections to communities in Tairāwhiti For more than 18 months, Anom’s criminal highlighted how global law enforcement agencies • a passion for the health of our communities users unknowingly communicated on the system could successfully combat transnational operated by FBI agents. organised crime and drug trafficking, even • confidence and good communication skills “The users believed their Anom devices were against those who attempted to hide behind protected from law enforcement by the shield of encrypted communication platforms. The Consumer Council will work in partnership with Hauora Tairāwhiti as an advisory impenetrable encryption.” Police Commissioner Andrew Coster body. They will provide the collective perspective of those who use health services, New Zealand Police began working with the said Operation Trojan Shield would have an and apply it to planning, delivery, and evaluation at all levels of the organisation. FBI on the operation in January 2020 to monitor unprecedented impact on organised crime the communications of platform users here in syndicates across the globe. Information about the Consumer Council and a description of the role can be found New Zealand. It reiterated the importance of transnational Globally, the operation involved at least 300 law enforcement partnerships “to dismantle here: www.hauoratairawhiti.org.nz/consumer-council criminal networks, more than 45 languages, and organised crime groups and the enormous harm at least 27 million encrypted messages. they cause to our communities”. Email your expression of interest to [email protected] New Zealand investigators monitored Gang expert — Canterbury University criminal thousands of messages made on 57 encrypted justice director Jared Gilbert — said many Applications close on Monday 14 June 2021. criminal devices. organised criminals would be looking over their Information between the agencies led to the shoulders following the major police bust. commencement of two local operations targeting The fact they were duped into thinking a drug and money-laundering offences. network was secure would send a message to One of the operations — dubbed Operation others, he said. Van — specifically targeted the transnational Successful police operations like Trojan organised crime group linked to the Shield also ensured organised crime groups Comancheros. “don’t gain an asset base which they can use Williams said the group had planned to import to corrupt government officials or port or airline “huge quantities” of meth and cocaine into New workers, which can make their operations easier Zealand on a mothership, which would be met by to undertake”. smaller craft at sea and the drugs ferried back to At least one major gang hit back at police shore for distribution. yesterday — labelling the operation a smear “This shipment never made it to New Zealand.” campaign. The Comancheros purchased a catamaran to Waikato Mongrel Mob’s public relations carry out the offshore marine rendezvous. liaison, Lou Hutchinson, took to Twitter to say: But intelligence information gleaned from “Lol do you seriously believe all the bullsh*t spin the police operation revealed the plan to about the Waikato Mongrel Mob Kingdom (sic) Georgina Johnson investigators and police swooped. this is a total smear campaign driven by the NZ Consumer Rep Clinical Governance The catamaran was seized in Tauranga, where Police, politicians and mainstream media!” it remains in police custody. — NZ Herald 40324-03 The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 BUSINESS 9 Mortgagees, credit account holders in hardship, up 5pc WELLINGTON — More than a There had been a 3 percent rise in those people should not have been collapse of the credit market during last quarter of mortgagees who were in home loans that were in arrears as allowed to take out those loans if they year’s Level 4 lockdown. deferral last year are yet to be back to people who came off the mortgage could not stomach a change in interest The appetite for credit from the buy- making full repayments. deferral scheme in March found rates, he said. now-pay-later industry softened over Data from credit reporting firm themselves struggling to pay their debts, “Personal situations change, and that’s the month due to the lack of big retail Centrix showed the total number of he said. where we do tend to see that people do events, while auto finance picked up, customer accounts in hardship rose by Last month, the Reserve Bank go into arrears. indicating there is still a high level of 5 percent in May, taking the total to signalled its intention to tighten “There may be a change in the marital discretionary spending going on in the about 12,520. monetary stimulus and begin raising relationship, there may be a change to economy. About two-thirds of those cases related interest rates from the middle of next the family, there may be a new addition But mortgage lending was largely to mortgages and credit card accounts. year. to the family, there may be a drop of unchanged. The report also showed that of the McLaughlin said while most borrowers one income . . . those tend to be the McLaughlin said the future demand about 80,000 mortgages that were in would be able to tolerate moderate triggers rather than just somebody over for credit would depend on the deferral last year, about 27 percent had rises, the rapid lift would dampen credit committing.” availability of more houses coming to either been placed into hardship, had demand and consumer spending, while the market. their account closed or were making also heightening mortgage stress. Lending flattens “When you look at the amount of interest-only payments. “I think if interest rates do go up we The demand for consumer credit money that goes into borrowing, the bulk “The closure of mortgage accounts will see a new type of person start to flattened out in May, as there were of it goes into mortgages simply because indicate that the home was likely sold, move into arrears.” fewer houses available to purchase. of the size and the cost of the properties, and the mortgage repaid or they have This could be people who took out Centrix data shows demand was and therefore the total amount of closed their account and have sourced large mortgages at very low rates in the consistent with the strong levels seen personal commitment is really relevant alternative finance,” Centric managing past year, he said. in April, and was up 41 percent on a to the amount of property being invested director Keith McLaughlin said. It was too simplistic to suggest that year ago, but this was largely due to the in.” — Radio NZ ‘Many rich pay next to no tax’

by Paul Wiseman and Marcy Gordon, AP — that is, the rich pay a steadily higher tax rate on wealthy individuals and corporations that use their income as it rises. And ProPublica found, in artifices and loopholes to skirt paying taxes. It WASHINGTON — The rich really are different fact, that people earning between $2 million and $5 also would eliminate the ability of high earners to from you and me: They’re better at dodging the tax million a year paid an average of 27.5 percent, the defer paying taxes on capital gains until they are collector. highest of any group of taxpayers. realised, so that wealth would be taxed the same Amazon founder Jeff Bezos paid no income Above $5 million in income, though, tax rates way as wages. tax in 2007 and 2011. Tesla founder Elon Musk’s fell. The top .001 percent of taxpayers — 1400 For his part, Rettig said that the IRS was income tax bill was zero in 2018. And financier people who reported income above $69 million — investigating the leak of the tax data to ProPublica George Soros went three straight years without paid 23 percent. And the 25 richest people paid still and that any violations of law would be prosecuted. paying federal income tax, according to a report on less. (ProPublica reported that it doesn’t know the Tuesday from the nonprofit investigative journalism The wealthy can reduce their tax bills through identity of the source who provided the data.) organisation ProPublica. the use of charitable donations or by avoiding “We will find out about the ProPublica Overall, the richest 25 Americans pay less in wage income (which can be taxed at up to 37 article,” Rettig said. “We have turned it over to tax — an average of 15.8 percent of adjusted gross percent) and benefiting instead mainly from Mark Zuckerberg Elon Musk the appropriate investigators, both external and income — than many ordinary workers do, once investment income (usually taxed at 20 percent). internal.” you include taxes for Social Security and Medicare, President Joe Biden, in seeking revenue to just 3.4 percent of the increase in their wealth. Now controlling the White House and Congress, ProPublica found. Its findings are likely to heighten finance his spending plans, has proposed higher Chuck Marr, a senior director at the left-leaning Democrats are focusing on the tax gap — the a national debate over the vast and widening taxes on the wealthy. Biden wants to raise the top Centre on Budget and Policy Priorities, suggested hundreds of billions of dollars’ difference between inequality between the wealthiest Americans and tax rate to 39.6 percent for people earning $400,000 that Biden’s proposals, which face fierce what Americans owe the government in taxes and everyone else. a year or more in taxable income, estimated to be opposition from Republicans in Congress and what they pay — and its connection to economic An anonymous source delivered to ProPublica fewer than 2 percent of US households. The top tax from businesses, are “modest” given how much inequality. The top 10 percent of earners have reams of Internal Revenue rate that workers pay on salaries the wealthy have benefited in recent years and how accounted for most of that gap, experts say, by Service data on the country’s and wages now is 37 percent. comparatively little tax many of them pay. under-reporting their liabilities, intentionally or not, wealthiest people, including Using perfectly legal Biden is proposing to nearly “It always seems like the solutions are cast as tax avoidance or as outright evasion. Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Rupert tax strategies, many double the tax rate that high- as radical when there’s less focus on the current At Tuesday’s hearing, Wyden told Rettig that it’s Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg. earning Americans pay on situation being radical,’’ Marr said. wrong “how the wealthy always seem to skip out ProPublica compared the tax of the uber-rich are profits from stocks and other Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and on their obligations”. data it received with information able to shrink their investments. In addition, under Bernie Sanders, among others, have proposed “You have a better chance of being struck by available from other sources. It federal tax bills to his proposals, inherited capital taxing the wealth of the richest Americans, not just lightning than being audited if you’re a partner in a reported that “in every instance gains would no longer be tax- their income. partnership,” Wyden said. we were able to check — nothing or close to it. free. Gabriel Zucman, an economist at the University Rettig responded: “We are outgunned.” involving tax filings by more than The president, whose of California, Berkeley, who is a leading expert Democrats have argued that the tax gap has 50 separate people — the details proposals must be approved by on financial inequality, says there are three ways widened mainly because big US corporations have provided to ProPublica matched the information Congress, would also raise taxes on corporations, to ensure that the wealthy pay more: Impose a parked revenue overseas and wealthy individuals from other sources.’’ which would affect wealthy investors who own direct tax on their wealth like the one Warren has have failed to pay their fair share. Using perfectly legal tax strategies, many of the corporate stocks. proposed; tax the gains in their wealth, whether or The agency’s funding has been slashed about uber-rich are able to shrink their federal tax bills to ProPublica reported that the tax bills of the not they cash in and realise a gain; or raise taxes 20 percent since 2010. Biden’s new spending nothing or close to it. rich are especially low when compared with their on corporate profits. proposals include an extra $80 billion over 10 years A spokesman for Soros, who has supported soaring wealth — the value of their investment ProPublica’s data “reveals that the country’s to bolster IRS audits of upper-income individuals higher taxes on the rich, told ProPublica that the portfolios, real estate and other assets. People wealthiest, who have profited immensely during and corporations, with an eye toward recovering an billionaire had lost money on his investments from don’t have to pay tax on an increase in their wealth the pandemic, have not been paying their fair share estimated $700 billion. 2016 to 2018 and so did not owe federal income tax until they cash in and, say, sell their stock or home of taxes,” Senator Ron Wyden, who leads the tax- Last weekend, the Group of Seven wealthy for those years. Musk responded to ProPublica’s and realise the gains. Using calculations by Forbes writing Senate Finance Committee, said at the start democracies, which includes the United States, initial request for comment with a punctuation magazine, ProPublica noted that the wealth of the of a hearing on Tuesday on the IRS’ budget with agreed to support a global minimum corporate mark — “?’’ — and did not answer detailed follow- 25 richest Americans collectively jumped by $401 Commissioner Charles Rettig. tax of at least 15 percent to deter multinational up questions. billion from 2014 to 2018. They paid $13.6 billion in Wyden has proposed legislation that would companies from avoiding taxes by stashing profits The federal tax code is meant to be progressive federal income taxes over those years — equal to tighten enforcement of tax collection against in low-rate countries.

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY holding pattern, and was being guided by the 2.12 percent to $8.20. latest employment and inflation data in the Other gainers were Vista Group, up 4c or United States. 1.85 percent to $2.20; Accordant Group WELLINGTON — SkyCity Entertainment 6.5 percent on the Australian ASX market on “The market has had a strong rally and it’s increasing 8c or 5.3 percent to $1.59; Green slumped nearly 6 percent on the New Zealand Monday when the Austrac move was first made looking for more cues on things like interest Cross Health climbing 7c or 6.36 percent to sharemarket after being told it was under public. The price had recovered 1.25 percent to rates and vaccine roll-outs.” $1.17; and Me Today, picking up 0.003c or 3.09 investigation for possible breaches of anti- A$3.22 on the ASX at 5.45pm (NZ time). Market leader Fisher & Paykel Healthcare percent to 10c. money-laundering rules in Australia. The investigation focuses on the casino’s gained 15c to $29.15 on trade worth $57.91m; Retirement village operators Ryman The S&P/NZX 50 Index didn’t hang about, management of customers identified as high Fletcher Building, with plenty of construction Healthcare fell 19c to $12.61 and Summerset closing 0.17 percent ahead at 12,517.65, after risk and politically exposed between July 2015 activity taking place, increased 10c to $7.95; Group Holdings was down 29c or 2.25 percent having a late dip. There were 75 gainers and and June 2016, and from July 2018 to June 2019. Chorus rose 10c to $6.58; and Spark picked up to $12.61. Freightways decreased 18c to $11.97; 63 decliners over the whole market on strong Jeremy Sullivan, investment adviser with 9c or 1.93 percent to $4.75. Ebos Group was down 23c to $32.97; Air New volume of 87.05 million share transactions worth Hamilton Hindin Greene, said: “We’ve seen Fishing company Sanford continued its Zealand fell 3.5c or 2.07 percent to $1.655; $335.73 million. the likes of Westpac and CBA banks hit with strong run, rising 11c or 2.24 percent to $5.03, Plexure Group shed 3c or 3.75 percent to 77c; SkyCity Entertainment was down 21c or pretty hefty fines for historic breaches of anti- after sitting at $4.40 on May 21. Synlait gained Rua BioScience declined 1.5c or 3.57 percent 5.74 percent to $3.45 after telling the market it money-laundering rules. SkyCity has a market another 8c or 2.3 percent to $3.56, and a2 Milk to 40.5c; and NZ Automotive Investments is being investigated by Australia’s financial capitalisation of $2.6 billion, and judging by the was up 8c to $6.15. decreased 5c or 4.76 percent to $1. system regulator Austrac for “potential serious 5 percent plus fall in its share price, the impact Meridian is reviewing its ownership of Childcare operator Evolve Education Group non compliance” with anti-money laundering of the investigation on the business could be Meridian Energy Australia. Merdian’s share price fell 8c or 7.84 percent to 94c after telling the and counter-terrorism financing rules at its more than $130m.” increased 7.5c to $5.40. Trustpower was down market it has settled the purchase of 10 centres Adelaide casino. SkyCity’s share price fell Sullivan said the local market was in a 16c or 1.84 percent to $8.54. Contact rose 17c or in Australia. — NZ Herald 10 OPINION The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 EDITORIAL Focus on basics GDC, forget the fanciful I have been following letters about the rating how you would like this region to be, and are not We expect our rates as they are to cover Criminal networks system over the past few weeks and have considering the effects this has on the ordinary these things, and so they should. If you are decided to put in my two cents worth. person who wants the following things — budgeting correctly and not using consultants for duped by FBI app My rates have gone up quite a bit because of • Courtesy everything, the rates should cover them. If there recent revaluation rises. On top of that, Gisborne • Roads and footpaths that are safe from tree is any left over, then sure, go for something out A remarkable scheme hatched District Council is whacking on an average 6.4 roots pushing them up, potholes etc of the ordinary. over a couple of beers three percent rates increase. • A wastewater system that works I am a frequent visitor to council, get on well years ago, involving an encrypted What for? Are you being greedy, inconsiderate • Decent and sufficient parking both at the with them, but when I hear of the problems and messaging service run by the or a lot of other names? harbour and in town the treatment others have had, I wonder why FBI and Australian Federal Police Have you put yourselves in the position of • The tile surface on footpaths in town fixed. those people are still in employment as they are and taken up by global criminal the ordinary people of this region, whether Places marked for repairs or replacement have not listening to the public for what is needed. networks, came to a stunning climax pensioners who have put their savings into been waiting for several years now. If you asked the ordinary person on the street, yesterday as law enforcement something of value where they can live in Look at the big picture, for sure, but some are most would say they wouldn’t bother going to the retirement comfortably, or youngish folk who are pipe dreams and you are not doing the ordinary council about something because “nothing gets agencies across 16 countries working towards that end? I sincerely doubt it. things such as those listed above, in favour of done”. arrested more than 800 people and You have set your sights on a big picture of those fanciful things. DOT McCULLOCH seized 32 tonnes of drugs along with 250 firearms, 55 luxury cars and LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS more than US$148m in cash and cryptocurrencies. Media silence on Described as Australia’s biggest ever organised crime sting, 224 Further rail blowout risks people were arrested across the Wallace civil case In previous letters to the editor I have Saturday and looked up at one of the country yesterday and 1.6 tonne of quite often mentioned the 2.5km stretch three areas of concern to me. There is drugs worth $A1 billion was taken of line running along Blacks Beach over a huge, steep gully above the rail line, I off the streets of Melbourne. here at Mahia, hoping Mayor Stoltz and guess around 500 hectares, that could against NZ Police In New Zealand 35 people were the Gisborne Rail Action Group know blow out at any time with a heavy rain. I was very surprised had not been given. arrested, including senior members where I am talking about. Wairoa District Council is trying to get when a couple of Hard to understand of the Comancheros, Waikato A while ago I was up on the line with a KiwiRail to look at it. newspapers and a TV why the print media have Mongrel Mob and the Headhunters. Wairoa District Council engineer pointing I have to wonder if the Mayor or the channel reported that the dropped this issue like Criminal networks began using out areas of concern that could block in small number of GRAG members really mother of the late Steven a “hot potato”, given the the “Anom” branded phones and the next big rain. Like the inevitable next care if our access is cut off. We would Wallace, Raewyn Wallace, strong public interest encrypted messaging in October big earthquake, when this happens it have to use the one-way Tunanui Road. had been given approval and fact the courts gave will have a very good chance of blowing This is why I keep trying to tell the to take a civil case against permission for the matter 2018. The “business” grew of its out the rail line and the road into Mahia, Mayor of Gisborne that instead of sitting the New Zealand Police, to be raised again these own accord after agencies deployed just like the 1954 slip which closed the around being totally misled by the Berl alleging the wrongful many years after the the handsets and app to some road into Mahia for four months I think. I report and the GRAG, you need a public police shooting of Steven constable who shot Steven criminal “influencers” who picked don’t know how long the rail was closed meeting. some 20 years ago. was found “not guilty” in it up and, as the service grew in for. The photo I saw of the 1954 slip went What is the use of rebuilding a rail link The High Court the criminal courts. popularity and trust, distributed it 100m out into the sea. that has a very good chance of slipping informed me that the It appears that all of around the world. I wonder if Maurice Fraser of Fraser into the ocean, the Kopuawhara River, evidence was heard the media has gone silent New Zealand Police were brought Geologics-Total Rail Solutions put forestry and farms? late last year and the on this matter. Why? in on the scheme, named Operation this area in the $36 million Berl report We are going into year 10. judge had reserved their Trojan Shield, in January 2020 and budget? decision, and a date for DENNIS I was in a boat off Blacks Beach on MERV GOODLEY publishing that decision PENNEFATHER say they have identified more than 20 transnational drug operation cells here since then and disrupted trade in more than 140kg of Anti stance against strong support for Maori wards methamphetamine. Globally 21 murder plots were Re: Be careful what you differences between the two If you still don’t understand what demonstrating greed, it is you who uncovered through monitoring of the wish for! June 2 column. cultures may lead to change equity means, please refer to a is seemingly annoyed and worried messaging service. In January Clive Bibby towards more acceptance of previous response I made to one of about having to share power with By this week Anom, a company had the same heading on the Maori values. If that’s the your letters about this very topic. Maori. same subject, wherein his case, there is nothing scary Governing in the interests of all LARA MEYER that was said to be based in first words accused our editor in that. does not mean governing solely Switzerland and boasting “military of sanctioning a “one-sided” BOB HUGHES in the interests of you and your ilk Dream on Lara. The Prime grade encrypt and sanitise”, had article. It seems that to his who continually bellyache because Minister obviously thinks grown to have 11,000 members mind nothing has changed. Clive, you write: “The you believe Maori are receiving that we are “a team of five worldwide, with 1650 devices in use Despite the huge amount Government seems hell-bent on more than you think they ought. million” — but given her in Australia and 57 in New Zealand. of support for Maori wards passing legislation, much of which There is not universal opposition propensity for “double talk”, After forking out A$1500-A$2500 expressed here since, Clive will benefit only one group of to Maori wards. Indeed, virtually only uses that term when for the phone handsets, criminals continues in his anti stance, citizens at the expense of virtually no one signed the petition calling she thinks it is useful in the were also paying six-monthly continuing to give our editor all others.” for a referendum that circulated a context of gaining a few more subscription fees that were a hard time for simply doing This Government, while not few months ago. I would say that votes. his job. perfect, appears to be seeking the majority of us think it is wholly It is obvious that you are redirected to police enforcement Having witnessed obvious to respond appropriately to the right to have Maori wards — that is the one in denial. activities against them. injustice to Maori in my recommendations in a raft of why we didn’t oppose it. The last count of signatures It is an incredible tale of clever youth, I am a very strong reports which have highlighted The only opposition is from you calling for a referendum policing that will have all organised supporter of a new local the necessity to address the many and those who think as you do. The before it was aborted criminals sweating over how they body system to encourage social and economic injustices groundswell is actually in support prematurely indicated that communicate, and will no doubt be greater Maori input into faced by Maori as a result of over a of doing the right thing to meet our we would have achieved our coming to a big screen or streaming policymaking. century of racist policies. obligations for socially just and target of 1600-plus quite service in the near future. I see Clive with others This is in the interests of all of democratic outcomes for Maori. It easily. The scheme was put at risk in late are very weak with their us because no one in their right is time. That hardly translates to March this year when an anonymous arguments against Maori mind could possibly suggest that I don’t even pretend to “virtually no one”. wards. we are a “team of 5 million” who understand what you meant by a tech blogger said Anom was a scam, Maybe it is fear that the are treated equally or equitably. “greedy response”. If anyone is CLIVE BIBBY warning users to keep off it for their “own safety”. They had tested a [email protected] device and found the FBI-designed app was in constant contact with ■ The maximum length for letters is 350 words. Google services in Australia and ■ Anyone can write a column, 600 words maximum, but a photo is required. California. Apparently the warning ■ Always include full name and contact details. ■ If you use a nom de plume, there is a higher bar for acceptability. didn’t travel as well as the app. ■ Letters may be edited for clarity, length or legal reasons. The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 WORLD 11 Capitol attack ‘failures’ detailed WASHINGTON — A Senate intelligence unit within the Capitol investigation of the January 6 SECURITY BREACH: In this Police after widespread failures from insurrection at the US Capitol found file picture US Capitol Police multiple agencies that did not predict the a broad intelligence breakdown across officers hold off rioters loyal attack even though insurrectionists were multiple agencies, along with widespread to President Donald Trump planning it openly on the internet. law enforcement and military failures at the Capitol in Washington. In a response to the report, the that led to the violent attack. The Senate report spells out Capitol Police acknowledged the need for There were clear warnings and tips intelligence and police failures improvements and said some are already that supporters of former President that led to the violent attack. being made. Donald Trump, including right-wing AP picture “Law enforcement agencies across extremist groups, were planning to “storm the country rely on intelligence, and the the Capitol” with weapons and possibly quality of that intelligence can mean the infiltrate the tunnel system underneath difference between life and death,” the the building. But that intelligence never statement said. made it up to top leadership. During the attack, the report says, The result was chaos. A Senate report Capitol Police were compromised by released on Tuesday details how officers bad intelligence, poor planning, faulty on the front lines suffered chemical equipment and a lack of leadership. The burns, brain injuries and broken bones, force’s incident command system “broke among other injuries, after fighting the down during the attack,” leaving officers attackers, who quickly overwhelmed on the front lines without orders. There them and broke into the building. Officers were no functional incident commanders, told the Senate investigators they were and some senior officers were fighting left with no leadership or direction when instead of giving orders. Capitol Police command systems broke down. which conducted the probe along with The top Republican on the rules “leadership never took control of the radio The Senate report is the first — and the Senate Rules Committee. “But it does panel, Missouri Senator Roy Blunt, has system to communicate orders to front- could be the last — bipartisan review not answer some of the bigger questions opposed the commission, arguing that line officers,” the investigation found. of how hundreds of Trump supporters that we need to face, quite frankly, as a investigation would take too long. He The acting chief, Yogananda Pittman, were able to push violently past security country and as a democracy.” said the recommendations made in the who replaced Sund after his resignation, lines and break into the Capitol that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Senate can be implemented faster, such told the committees that the lack of day, interrupting the certification of Joe Schumer said on Tuesday the findings as legislation that he and Minnesota communication resulted from “incident Biden’s presidential election victory. It show even greater need for a bipartisan Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the commanders being overwhelmed and recommends immediate changes to give commission to investigate the root rules committee chair, intend to introduce engaging with rioters, rather than issuing the Capitol Police chief more authority, to causes of the attack, referring to Trump’s soon that would give the chief of orders over the radio.” provide better planning and equipment unfounded claims about the 2020 election. Capitol Police more authority to request The committee’s interviews with police for law enforcement and to streamline “As the ‘big lie’ continues to spread, assistance from the National Guard. officers detail “absolutely brutal” abuse intelligence gathering among federal as faith in our elections continues to The Senate report recounts how the from Trump’s supporters as they ran over agencies. decline, it is crucial — crucial — that we Guard was delayed for hours on January them and broke into the building. The As a bipartisan effort, the report establish a trusted, independent record of 6 as officials in multiple agencies took officers described hearing racial slurs and does not delve into the root causes of what transpired,” Schumer said. bureaucratic steps to release the troops. seeing Nazi salutes. One officer trying to the attack, including Trump’s role as But Senate Republican leader Mitch It details hours of calls between officials evacuate the Senate said he had stopped he called for his supporters to “fight McConnell, who led the blockade against in the Capitol and the Pentagon and several men in full tactical gear, one of like hell” to overturn his election defeat such a commission, said he’s confident as the then-chief of the Capitol Police, whom said “You better get out of our way, that day. It does not call the attack an the ongoing reviews by lawmakers and Steven Sund, desperately begged for help. boy, or we’ll go through you to get (the insurrection, even though it was. And law enforcement will be sufficient. It finds that the Pentagon spent hours senators).’” it comes two weeks after Republicans The House passed legislation in May “mission planning” and seeking multiple The insurrectionists told police officers blocked a bipartisan, independent to create a commission that would be layers of approvals as Capitol Police they would kill them, then members of commission that would investigate the modelled after a panel that investigated were being overwhelmed and brutally Congress. insurrection more broadly. “This report the September 11 terrorist attack two beaten by the attackers. It also says the At the same time, the senators is important in the fact that it allows us decades ago. Defence Department’s hesitant response acknowledge the officers’ bravery, noting to make some immediate improvements House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told was influenced by criticism of its heavy- that one officer told them, “The officers to the security situation here in the colleagues in a letter on Tuesday handed response to protests in the inside all behaved admirably and Capitol,” said Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, that if the Senate fails to approve the summer of 2020 after the death of George heroically and, even outnumbered, went the chairman of the Homeland Security commission, her chamber will launch its Floyd in police custody. on the offensive and took the Capitol and Governmental Affairs Committee, own investigations. The report recommends a consolidated back.” — AP Websites back online after Fiji outbreak enters glitch takes down internet dangerous new phase LONDON — Thousands of government, he said. SUVA — A new daily record of cases in the Lami-Nausori Containment news and social media websites across the Fastly, which went public in 2019 and has 94 confirmed Covid cases has been zone, we are preparing to shift into globe have come back online after getting hit a market capitalisation of under NZ$8 billion, announced in Fiji. a mitigation phase that ensures that by a widespread hour-long outage linked to is far smaller than peers like Amazon’s AWS. The Fiji government is now unable healthcare resources are focussed on US-based cloud company Fastly Inc last night. The company’s content delivery network to isolate cases at its facilities, sending caring for patients who develop severe High-traffic sites including Reddit, Amazon, (CDN) helps websites move content using positive people home instead. illness as a result of the virus, to ensure CNN, Paypal, Spotify, Al Jazeera Media Network less-congested routes, enabling them to reach It has announced it was preparing to that they can receive proper treatment and the New York Times went down, according consumers faster. focus on caring for severely ill patients and achieve the best possible outcome to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. “In the grand scheme of things, we actually as opposed to its current strategy. It from the care,” he said. They came back after outages that ranged think that this is a little bit of a positive for had hinted at this scenario early in this Meanwhile 28 of the new cases alone from a few minutes to around an hour. “Our other CDNs and also just shows how difficult outbreak in the event the public health are from the Colonial War Memorial global network is coming back online,” Fastly managing a CDN can be,” James Fish, analyst system was overburdened. Hospital (CWMH) in the capital Suva said. at Piper Sandler & Co, said. Dr Fong, himself a primary contact of which is now a dedicated Covid-care One of the world’s most widely-used cloud- “It certainly reminds us just how crucial so a colleague in the government’s Covid-19 facility. based content delivery network providers, the few sites and services are to our digital lives,” Incident Management Team (IMT) who The other new cases include 26 from company earlier reported a disruption from a Neil Campling, global TMT analyst at Mirabaud tested positive, said the majority of new Waila near Nausori town, 14 from “service configuration” and did not explain. Securities, said. cases were from transmission in closed Navosai in Nasinu Town, eight from “Incidents like this underline the fragility Users received error messages quickly indoor spaces. Nine more members of the Nawaka in Nadi, five from the Republic of the internet and its dependence on a when they visited affected websites on IMT have since tested positive. of Fiji Military Forces Naval division and patchwork of fragmented technology. Ironically, Tuesday, which is an indication Fastly was “Due to the high number of cases and three from its army base and one case is this also underlines its inherent strength and not a victim of a DDoS attack, or a type of constraints on quarantine capacity, new from Caubati just outside the capital city. how quickly it can recover,” Ben Wood, chief cyber-attack in which a bad actor overwhelms positive cases are being entered into home Dr Fong reported the death of a patient analyst at CCS Insight said. a network with a flood of internet traffic, isolation, where feasible. Specific guidance at the CWMH in Suva but said that “The fact that an outage like this can grab Champagne said. has been provided for these individuals although the deceased had tested positive headlines around the world shows how rare The UK’s attorney general earlier tweeted to ensure they do not have contact with for Covid-19, his death was not ruled a it is.” that the country’s main gov.uk website was other members of their households,” Dr result of the virus. This is the third such Typical service configurations for a cloud down, providing an email for queries. Fong said. death from the country’s main hospital in service provider can include updating security Websites operated by news outlets “It is vital — particularly in multi- less than a week. rules to protect information, or instructing a including the Financial Times, the Guardian generational households — that the The CWMH cluster, which has been server to refresh the contents of a news site and Bloomberg News also faced outages. Ministry’s home-isolation protocols the fastest growing transmission since it before serving it to a customer, said Andy Twitter users quickly reacted to the outage, are strictly followed. While we will was discovered a week ago, now continues Champagne, senior vice president at Akamai, a creating the #InternetShutdown hashtag with be regularly checking up on these to concern authorities as people recently cloud service company. KITKAT’s official handle telling its 441,500 individuals, adherence to our home- discharged from the facility turn up as A simple typo can be propagated to followers “Guess it’s time to Have A Break.” isolation protocols within the household is positive cases in other districts. Four thousands of servers and cause disruptions, — RNZ/BBC critical at all times.” patients have recovered taking the total “Given the escalating numbers of new number of active cases to 604. — RNZ 12 WORLD The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 ‘Death is knocking on our door’ Tigray residents speak of food crisis amid UN famine warning ETHIOPIA — People in a district of feared being killed if they came face-to- Ethiopia’s Tigray region have told the face with the militia in the bush. BBC they are on the verge of starvation. “If we try to go to the place where there “We don’t have anything to eat,” a man is aid we will be killed in the forest,” he in Qafta Humera said, saying their crops said. and livestock had been looted during A local administrator appointed for the seven months of war. area in the wake of the conflict told the He said they were being prevented BBC that no federal aid was available from seeking aid by a militia fighting and only limited assistance was coming with government forces. through for neighbouring Amhara. The testimony comes as UN chief Guterres warned the situation would Antonio Guterres has warned that parts “only keep getting worse” unless funding of Tigray are on the brink of famine. was increased and humanitarian access A conflict erupted in November was improved. between the Ethiopian government and The Government says international Tigrayan rebels, forcing close to two humanitarian workers have been allowed million people from their homes in Tigray, into most parts of Tigray. a region that was already food insecure. Months after the conflict begun, many The Ethiopian authorities insist critical services have not been fully that order is now being restored across restored. Dozens of health centres and the region and humanitarian access hospitals have been destroyed or looted. expanded. It erupted when Ethiopia’s government But last week, the UN warned of a launched an offensive to oust the region’s repeat of Ethiopia’s devastating 1984 then ruling party, the Tigray People’s famine and called for an immediate Liberation Front (TPLF). ceasefire in Tigray. FAMINE CATASTROPHE: A displaced Tigrayan woman walks out of a classroom- The party had had a massive fallout Dire and frightening, according to turned-kitchen after receiving food at the Hadnet General Secondary School which with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed people living in Qafta Humera, an has become a makeshift home to thousands displaced by the conflict, in Mekele, in over political changes to the country’s isolated district in the west of Tigray the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. AP file picture ethnically based federal system — though that is close to the borders of Sudan and the TPLF’s capture of federal military Eritrea, who were contacted by the BBC we don’t have anything. humanitarian supplies. bases in Tigray was the catalyst for the Tigrinya service via phone. “Nobody has given us any aid. Almost But transport has been difficult to invasion. Since November 2020, the western everyone is on the verge of death — our come by and those that have vehicles Abiy, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, Tigray zone has been occupied by pro- eyes are affected by the hunger, the have been prevented from leaving the declared that the conflict was over at government forces and militias from the situation is perilous. area by the militia. the end of November, but fighting has neighbouring region of Amhara. “Death is knocking on our door. You can “When we want to go to the place continued. “We are civilians, our crops and cattle see the hunger on the face of each of us.” where there is aid all roads are blocked,” Thousands of people have been killed have been taken by the armed men,” one Residents said they had seen vehicles he said, adding that those who have tried and about 1.7 million have fled their farmer in his 60s said. carrying aid pass by, but no-one to flee on foot have been asked to pay homes. Tens of thousands have sought “They took from me around 30 cows had bothered to inquire about their bribes, which they cannot afford. refuge in neighbouring Sudan. and oxen — there are some who lost 100- predicament. “Even if we try on foot, if the militias The conflict has also involved troops 200 head of cattle.” The older farmer said people have been from Amhara found us they force us to from neighbouring Eritrea fighting with Another farmer, in his 40s, told the trying to travel elsewhere, like the towns pay 4000-5000 birr (between NZ$127 and the government. All sides have been BBC: “We were eating small remains of of Shire and Sheraro — about 200km NZ$159) each.” accused of numerous human rights crops that we managed to hide, but now east of their district, to find food and The younger farmer added that people abuses. — BBC/RNZ UN court rejects Mladic genocide appeal BRIEFS

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ratko Serge Brammertz, the prosecutor who victims of the war. Pakistan train crash toll rises Mladic, the military chief known as the finally brought both Karadzic and Mladic Mladic’s toxic legacy continues to divide GHOTKI, Pakistan — The death toll from a “Butcher of Bosnia” for orchestrating to justice, said Mladic “ranks among the Bosnia and his dark shadow has spread horrific collision of two trains in southern genocide, crimes against humanity and most notorious war criminals in modern far beyond the Balkans. Pakistan rose to 65 on Tuesday after rescuers war crimes in the Balkan nation’s 1992-95 history” who abused his position of power To Serbs in Bosnia, he is a war hero pulled 15 more bodies from crumpled cars a day war, lost his final legal battle on Tuesday to commit crimes including genocide. who fought to protect his people. To after the crash, government officials said. when UN judges rejected his appeals and “Mladic should be condemned by Bosniaks, mostly Muslims, he will always The collision took place on a dilapidated railway affirmed his life sentence. all responsible officials in the former be a villain responsible for their wartime track in Ghotki, a district in Sindh province, when The ruling involving his 2017 Yugoslavia and around the world,” suffering and losses. an express train barrelled into another that had convictions and sentence closed a grim Brammertz said. “His name should be Nedziba Salihovic, who lost her son derailed minutes earlier before dawn on Monday. chapter in European consigned to the list of and husband in the bloodshed, watched Most of the passengers — there were about history that included history’s most depraved the court hearing on a large screen in 1100 on both trains — were asleep when the the continent’s first This historic judgement and barbarous figures.” Srebrenica. “This means a lot to me, Millat Express, travelling between the southern genocide since World shows‘ that those who US President my heart is racing,” she said. “He was port city of Karachi to Sargodha in eastern War 2 — the 1995 Joe Biden said the punished. It is not important where Punjab province, derailed and many of its cars Srebrenica massacre commit horrific crimes will “historic judgement he’ll end up (to serve his sentence). Like overturned. As passengers scrambled to get out, of more than 8000 be held accountable. It shows that those mothers of Srebrenica, he’ll spend the rest another passenger train, the Sir Syed Express, Muslim men and boys. also reinforces our shared who commit horrific of his life without his family.” crashed into the derailed coaches. The now-frail Mladic, crimes will be held Bosnian Serb separatist leader Rescue work continued throughout the day on often belligerent at his resolve to prevent future accountable. It also Milorad Dodik blasted the final verdict Monday, overnight and into Tuesday. Bodies of court appearances in atrocities from occurring reinforces our shared as “selective justice” and “satanisation of passengers killed in the crash were taken to their The Hague, showed anywhere in the world. resolve to prevent Serbs” which will only deepen the existing hometowns for burial. — AP no reaction other than future atrocities from ethnic divide in Bosnia so many years a scowl as Presiding —Joe Biden’ occurring anywhere in after the war. Chemical plant fire kills 18 Judge Prisca Matimba the world.” “The court did not prove Mladic’s PUNE — At least 18 people have died in a fire Nyambe of Zambia “My thoughts today direct guilt,” Dodik said. “It is clear that that broke out at a chemical plant on the outskirts said the panel had dismissed, by a vote of are with all the surviving families of genocide in Srebrenica never happened.” of the western Indian city of Pune. 4-1, his appeals of convictions for crimes the many victims of Mladic’s atrocities. Mladic’s son, Darko, who was part of Some 37 workers were trapped inside the including genocide, murder, extermination We can never erase the tragedy of their his defence team, said in The Hague: building when the blaze started on Monday and terror for atrocities throughout the deaths, but I hope today’s judgement ‘’This travelling circus (the tribunal) has afternoon. war that killed more than 100,000 and provides some solace to all those who are finished its job like it started. The general Fire engines rushed to the spot as smoke left millions homeless. grieving,” a statement from Biden said. had no chance of a fair trial.” billowed from the compound. Firemen had to The 79-year-old former general is the The court also rejected an appeal by The judgement was welcomed as “an break walls on either side to rescue people. last major figure to face justice from the prosecutors of Mladic’s acquittal on one important affirmation of the rule of law” The cause of the fire has not yet been conflict that ended more than a quarter other count of genocide linked to ethnic by Kathryne Bomberger, director-general determined, officials told BBC Marathi. century ago. purges early in the war. of the International Commission on The factory belonged to SV Aqua Technologies, His former political chief, ex-Bosnian As commander of the Bosnian Serb Missing Persons that helped locate and a company that makes chlorine dioxide products, Serb President Radovan Karadzic, is Army, the once-swaggering Mladic led identify victims of atrocities in Bosnia. which is typically used in water treatment. already serving a life sentence after being troops responsible for atrocities ranging “Ramifications of the judgement in case Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his convicted for the same crimes. Former from “ethnic cleansing” campaigns to the of Mladic and in previous cases, such condolences over the death of the workers, and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, siege of Sarajevo and the war’s bloody as that of Radovan Karadzic, go beyond announced 200,000 rupees (NZ$3806.50) as who was accused of fomenting the ethnic climax in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. the Western Balkans. This gives hope to compensation for their families. He also promised conflicts that tore apart the Balkans In Sarajevo, applause broke out among survivors of atrocity, including families NZ$958.60 as compensation for the injured. in the 1990s, died in a UN cell in 2006 those watching the proceedings. Mayor of the missing and disappeared persons The government of Maharashtra, where the before judges at his trial could reach Benjamina Karic called it “a day of around the world, that justice can be factory is located, also announced NZ$9447.07 as verdicts. justice” for Sarajevo, Bosnia and innocent delivered,” Bomberger said. — AP compensation to the victims’ families. — BBC The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 FOCUS ON THE LAND 13 Seeka invests in new plant SEEKA Limited has announced that An additional 650,000 static trays of it will build and commission a new cool storage will be constructed at the kiwifruit MAF RODA packing machine in adjacent Transcool site by demolishing a the KKP packhouse in Te Puke, replacing smaller old cool store. an existing 25-year-old, 10-lane machine “The new store includes additional pre- with a new eight-lane machine which cooling capacity to handle the increased includes camera grading and packing production and will be a high-efficiency automation. store with five-high pallet racking, high The company expects the MAF air movement and automation,” Mr RODA to deliver significant production Franks said. efficiencies and a commensurate increase In the announcement he said the in total trays packed. investment was expected to meet “Minimal modifications will be made increasing and committed fruit volumes to the KKP building other than the and provide the company with sufficient construction of an additional curing capacity for the next two years. canopy,” said Seeka chief executive The total investment for the MAF Michael Franks. RODA and cool store is forecast to be $20 It will be ready for next season. million.

COUNTDOWN ON: The countdown has begun to the annual East The Reason Coast Angus Bull Week, which runs from June 28-30. There will be more than 380 head to choose from across the three days. As usual the event will attract buyers from around the country and experts believe it is highly probable the Why… top-priced bull in the country will come from this region again this year. These guys are from Ratanui Angus on Tauwhareparae Road. It will be the swansong for the stud at this year’s bull sales, as the property is currently on the market. Picture supplied Waimata Angus Bulls Last & Last

For many years we’ve had a policy of using aged, proven Exports show signs Stud Sires. We purchased many 7, 8 and 9 yr old Stud Bulls from other studs throughout NZ as well as repurchasing of pre-Covid levels Waimata Bulls from clients. THESE LONGEVITY GENES WERE PASSED ON & NOW ALL NEW Zealand red meat exports that some of the pandemic-related FEMALES IN THE HERD CARRY THESE GENES remained steady in April with a total disruptions that saw a reasonably large of $863 million worth of meat and drop in chilled exports in April 2020 are co-products exported to global markets, starting to resolve. 10 Top Bulls by Matauri MO 79 carrying these Genes will be according to the latest analysis from the “However, while meat exports were th Meat Industry Association (MIA). steady compared to a year ago, the for sale at Matawhero Mon 28 June 12 noon MIA chief executive Sirma Karapeeva current supply chain disruptions said overall April continue to put export figures significant strain Some of the aged bulls we purchased: show an increase While meat exports were steady on all exporters, on April 2020 including the Kaharau Zulu 605 ______purchased as a 9yr old levels. compared‘ to a year ago, the meat industry. “We are seeing current supply chain disruptions “Along with Waiterenui F6507 ______purchased as a 8yr old healthy signs that continue to put significant strain irregular shipping Kaharau Zodiac 795 (ET) ______purchased as a 7yr old trade is returning services and to regular pre- on all exporters unreliable Baxter 302 of Matauri ______purchased as a 7yr old Covid-19 patterns —MIA chief executive’ Sirma Karapeeva timetables, there alongside the is pressure on Hingaia 469 ______purchased as a 8yr old ongoing strong cold storage Waitawheta 11 88 ______purchased as a 6yr old demand from China as African Swine facilities and container parks. Fever drives a growing demand for “All of this means costs are rising at Te Manai B8/82 ______purchased as a 8yr old protein such as beef and lamb.” every stage of the supply chain,” Ms There were significant increases in Karapeeva said. Waimata R517 ______purchased as a 7yr old the value of exports of chilled meat in “These issues have been raised with Waimata E230 ______purchased as a 8yr old April 2021 compared to April 2020, with the Government by the Council of Cargo sheepmeat up 20 percent to $65 million Owners, which represents the interests 40335-02 and beef up 48 percent to $45 million. of New Zealand exporters and importers P&E Watson 867 0336 “These levels are similar to the pre- and we are seeking discussions around Covid-19 levels of April 2019, indicating an urgent solution.” [email protected] DON’T MISS OUT ACT NOW, STOCKS LIMITED! % CALL 0800 333 734 OR CONTACT YOUR 1.99P.A.* LOCAL CERVUS BRANCH TO LEARN MORE FINANCE ON ALL CERVUS GISBORNE - 06 869 0006 6M TRACTORS

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SOLID SALE: Sam and Gemma Hain (right) had plenty to smile about yesterday afternoon with a solid lift in average when they sold 19 of the 25 R2 bulls they put up for sale on-farm. Three of them, like the one at far right, went to new homes for $11,000. Auctioneer Neville Clark said the sale had “a good tone to it”. Pictures by Paul Rickard

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by Murray Robertson from Hangaroa, the Caves from 2019, and I think it’s one of the Ngatapa and the Barclay family best sales they have had. HAIN Herefords at Pehiri from Wharekopae. “Everyone got the bull they enjoyed one of their best bull Auctioneer Neville Clark from wanted and at the right price.” sales yesterday with three Carrfields Livestock said the The Hains were thrilled with rising-two-year-olds selling sale had “a good tone to it”. the outcome. for $11,000 and a solid lift in “There was a good offering of The bulls in the line- average on their last sale in bulls, with a selection of low- up looked good despite the 2019. birth-weight bulls suitable for indifferent weather, Sam said. The stud sold their 2020 line- heifer mating, and some big “We are glad to get the sale up due to the restraints of the strong ones. over, as we always are. It is Covid-19 lockdown. “Overall I think it was a good to get it behind us.” Yesterday in Sam and Gemma very fair result for Sam and “We were rapt with the great Hain’s on-farm rostrum, they Gemma.” average and the high level of sold 19 out of 25 young polled The sale drew a good sized local support. Hereford bulls put up for an crowd. “All the bulls sold to farmers average price of $7763. “There was a full gallery for from the Gisborne-Wairoa The three top-priced bulls, it,” Neville said. region, which is great. each worth $11,000, were “The average is well up on “We really appreciate the bought by the Coop family their last on-farm auction in local support.”

AgriHQ MARKET REPORT paying an average of $7.41kg for frozen beef GOAT BUYER compared with China’s $7.17kg. Week beginning June 7 WOOL In the North Island, the market saw a big LAMB and export markets were following a similar turn-around in May. The first sale of the month The export lamb price indicators have lifted trajectory to what we are seeing now. saw the strong wool indicator drop by 8c/ considerably since March, so it is no surprise kg. However, clearance rates were good, to see a jump in the average export value (AEV) BEEF suggesting the market was limited by the for lamb in April. The AEV for beef lifted 37c/kg above March’s prevalence of vegetable matter in bales. Even so, it was still impressive to see an result to $7.72kg for April. While wool values have been flat for an 81c/kg lift that brought the April lamb AEV to The beef AEV tends to lift through winter as extended period, turning in unmarketable wool $10.42kg. This was driven by a $1.17kg lift in supplies diminish. This season looks likely to severely limits the upside farmers can see when the chilled AEV (to $14.60kg) and a 75c/kg lift follow this trend and then some. the market does lift, as it did at the end of May. BUYING ALL GOATS (to $9.73kg) in the frozen lamb AEV compared Global beef supplies are tight and there have At the second sale of the month, the market did with March. Both of these values are below last been energetic jumps in the AgriHQ beef export a ewe-turn. ALL YEAR ROUND April, although we can dismiss last April as an price indicators since April. Digging further The market drove the strong wool indicator Prompt pickup & payment anomaly since New Zealand lockdowns were into April’s export value statistics, frozen beef up by 30c/kg. Across the board, all offerings Experienced musterers can be arranged artificially constraining production. prices were up 28-31c/kg in the Chinese and US improved by 6-18 percent, with top honours It is probably more valid to compare these markets respectively. Unlike previous seasons, going to good-style crossbred fleece which Contact Brian Hutchings 022 069 5212 results with April 2019 when farmgate prices the US displayed a price advantage over China, operated at $2.47kg clean. [email protected] 26052-01

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Waikato greys at Cambridge Raceway Thursday Jetbet 3 TAB D. 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 Q. 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 PL6 4-9 Selections 8 66647 Xena Poppy nwtd R & L Udy 6 74774 Smokin’ Chimney nwtd Marsha Black 4 54686 Portland Ecklund 21.22 T & L Craik 6 15142 Danish Delight 21.32 T & L Craik Race 1: THRILLING BANDIT, SMOKIN’ SCAMPI, EMERGENCIES: 7 13732 Thrilling Freddy 21.33 Karen Walsh 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a 7 32545 Thrilling Hudson 21.13 Thayne Green 9 75 Thrilling Tessa nwtd Sean Codlin 8 45476 Miss Honey nwtd Glennis Farrell 6 3s425 Canadian Ace nwtd T & L Craik BARNEY PARROT 8 81435 Captain Kev 20.98 W & T Steele 10 61 Marcus nwtd T & L Craik EMERGENCIES: 7 21834 Thrilling Milo 21.62 Emma Potts Race 2: ZIPPING PANTHER, THRILLING BREEZE, 9 45588 Ford Man 21.53 R & L Udy 8 76177 Burning Rain 21.22 Udy & Cottam 8 Affordable Pet Accessories 2.07 NOISE MAKER 2 Farmlands Coprice Heat 1 12.23 10 35558 Opawa Nemo nwtd W & T Steele $2095, C3, 375m Race 3: MARRAY PRINCE, THRILLING FREDDY, BOBBLE $1510, C1, heat, 375m 6 Mayhounds Rehoming 1.33 Race 4: HOUSE SURGEON, OPAWA BIG, MARGAUX 4 Farmlands Coprice Heat 3 12.58 $1745, C1/2, 375m 1 54244 Medusa Who 21.37 M Prangley 1 57676 Noise Maker 21.31 Phil Green Race 5: PEACH MELBA, THRILLING MILO, BUGSY BROWN $1510, C1, heat, 375m 2 3383F Prideful 21.43 T & L Craik 2 22876 Smash Zone nwtd R & L Udy 1 13535 My Bro Bobby 21.33 M Prangley Race 6: SERBIAN ACE, YASAWA LIGHTS, BORN KATIE 3 8851F Rod’s Girl nwtd Udy & Cottam 3 21221 Thrilling Breeze 21.37 Emma Potts 1 27687 Margaux 21.43 Phil Green 2 88571 Yasawa Lights nwtd Marsha Black Race 7: THRILLING NORMAN, THRILLING BAXTER, 4 31s57 Jinja Murphy 21.23 W & T Steele 4 23242 Opawa Jade 21.62 W & T Steele 2 55735 Hurry Flurry nwtd Udy & Cottam 3 37152 Ruby Express 21.59 Marsha Black 5 24233 Fernando Charm 21.28 Thayne Green CAPTAIN KEV 5 56676 Homebush Luther nwtd M J McPhee 3 63746 Opawa Big 21.44 Glennis Farrell 4 86s48 Fall Gracefully nwtd M Prangley 6 74274 Spring Cesc 21.18 Emma Potts Race 8: SPRING CESC, MEDUSA WHO, PRIDEFUL 6 61261 Zipping Panther 21.44 Glennis Farrell 4 46213 House Surgeon 21.62 T & L Craik 5 32387 Born Katie nwtd W & T Steele 7 83356 Sherlock Squash nwtd Udy & Cottam Race 9: SHAYANNA, SMOOTHIE, OPAWA SLICK 7 48565 Big Time Lenny nwtd R & N O’Regan 5 83787 Meandering 21.60 Marsha Black 6 68532 Quara’s Yoshi 21.52 Paul Cleaver 8 34336 Typical 21.25 Shirley Ross 8 52542 Opawa Roy 21.73 Marsha Black 6 82378 Happy Medium 21.12 R & N O’Regan 7 22186 Bigtime Cutie nwtd R & N O’Regan EMERGENCIES: 7 35727 Waiterimu Ripper 21.28 R & L Udy 8 7623F Serbian Ace 21.38 T & L Craik 9 Mike Stent Decorators Ltd 2.26 9 86s48 Fall Gracefully nwtd M Prangley 8 86666 My Snuggles 21.72 Marsha Black EMERGENCY: 1 Cookies Cafe Sprint 12.06 10 45588 Ford Man 21.53 R & L Udy EMERGENCIES: 9 35558 Opawa Nemo nwtd W & T Steele $3385, C2/3, 457m $1425, C0, 375m 9 35558 Opawa Nemo nwtd W & T Steele 1 27F31 Shayanna 25.65 Arch Lawrence 3 Farmlands Coprice Heat 2 12.41 10 86s48 Fall Gracefully nwtd M Prangley 7 Vetora Cambridge Sprint 1.50 1 35536 Big Time Fendi nwtd R & N O’Regan 2 s7864 Opawa Slick nwtd Glennis Farrell $1510, C1, heat, 375m $2920, C5, 375m 2 37766 Vegas Chops nwtd Raewyn McPhee 5 The Clubhouse Sports Bar 1.16 3 68246 Piccolo 25.79 Arch Lawrence 3 53623 Homebush Brave nwtd Raewyn McPhee 1 64467 Bobble nwtd W & T Steele 1 11112 Thrilling Norman 20.93 Karen Walsh 4 56422 Portland Dream nwtd T & L Craik $2450, C3/4, 375m 4 Thrilling Bandit nwtd Karen Walsh 2 2316 Marray Prince 21.48 A J Christiansen 2 57136 Opawa Oscar nwtd W & T Steele 5 51656 Silenci 25.50 Peter Ferguson 5 47534 Barney Parrot nwtd T & L Craik 3 42515 For You Page nwtd T & L Craik 1 45323 Peach Melba 21.34 Arch Lawrence 3 247s2 Thrilling Baxter nwtd Karen Walsh 6 31554 Smoothie nwtd Emma Potts 6 85322 Smokin’ Scampi nwtd Sean Codlin 4 75665 Go Home Duke 21.55 Peter Ferguson 2 18651 Bugsy Brown 21.32 W & T Steele 4 44375 Golden Fern 21.33 Thayne Green 7 21512 Portia 25.69 Arch Lawrence 7 Made A Wish nwtd Shirley Ross 5 46636 Tap Out Bill 21.20 Udy & Cottam 3 37376 Antonio 21.30 Arch Lawrence 5 31841 Calf King 21.05 Phil Green 8 47723 Isn’t She Bliss nwtd Peter Henley

Taranaki races at New Plymouth Raceway Thursday Jetbet 4 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 T. 2-3-4, 6-7-8 Q. 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 PL6 3-8 Selections 2 Monstavision Supp. L.E.T. 12.32 EMERGENCIES: 6 8457s Sweet Karma (7) 56.5 49 T Taiaroa (a2) 6 4 Palatinate (11) 55.5 50 A Goindasamy (a1) Race 1: DAY LIGHT, NADEEMS DREAM, BLACK EYED SUE 13 00 Super Spirit (7) 58.5 45 7 More Pzazz (3) 56.5 47 (a1) $10,000, rating 65 benchmark highweight*, 14 3s069 Midnight Spark (12) 56.5 45 8 0 Linda Lola (2) 56.5 46 F Lazet (a4) 7 Rosielicious (1) 55.5 47 J Mudhoo (a4) Race 2: BEAU GESTE, ROC YA SOX, GOBUYIT 1600m 9 8s76s Nouvelle Reine (4) 56.5 46 (a4) 8 The Dutch Dame (3) 55.5 47 (a3) Race 3: JANE O’, PINSK, BLUE ARROW 1 808s0 Roc Ya Sox (8) 69.5 64 T Johnson 4 Ocean Emperor @ Weonwa 1.42 10 Elegancia (8) 56.5 45 M Hashizume (a2) 9 57s0 On Ice (6) 55.5 45 (a3) Race 4: SWISS KITTY, THE DUTCH DAME, HETTY 2 0s411 Beau Geste (9) 69 63 K Macnab (2) $10,000, maiden, 1200m 11 Goog ‘n’ Roy (5) 56.5 45 (a3) 10 Tsunami (2) 55.5 45 (a1) Race 5: WINSTON, MORE PZAZZ, PURE INCANTO 3 91580 Gobuyit (1) 67.5 60 B Lammas 11 Tudor Pearl (9) 55.5 45 C L O’Beirne (a2) 1 2 Swiss Kitty (11) 58.5 52 (a3) Race 6: HOT SHOCKOLATE, CARAMELLA, HALF OF NOTHING 4 97s61 Smooth Cognac (3) 66.5 62 S Phelan 6 NZB Insurance Pearl Series 2.52 5 4P46s Blanco Bay (7) 66.5 58 N Downs (3) 2 0 Galaxy Power (5) 58.5 46 T Taiaroa (a2) 8 Grangewilliam Supp. L.E.T. 4.04 Race 7: THE DUTCH DAME, LADIES MAN, PALATINATE 3 980s Acquittal (6) 58.5 45 B Rogerson (a4) $10,000, maiden f&m, 1400m 6 42738 Capellani (5) 66.5 58 E Farr $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1400m Race 8: TRIFOLIUM, JUSTFIXIT WULDYA, BAE CORP 7 300s9 I Am A Craftsman (2) 66.5 58 4 3s250 Lois Lane (3) 56.5 53 H Schofer (a1) 1 0s272 Caramella (5) 57.5 53 1 5351s Zeefa Zed (6) 60 65 (a1) 8 0078s Master Patrick (4) 65.5 56 S Fannin 5 84245 Hetty (9) 56.5 52 K Chowdhoory (a1) A Goindasamy (a1) 2 5088s Run Like Boo (2) 59.5 64 9 2L55s Mandalay (6) 65 55 S O’Malley 6 4630s Love Storm (1) 56.5 50 F Lazet (a4) 2 34072 Castle On The Hill (4) 57.5 52 (a1) 7 The Dutch Dame (2) 56.5 47 Ashvin Mudhoo (a3) 3 633 Half Of Nothing (6) 57.5 52 (a3) 3 1s Justfixit Wuldya (13) 59 63 3 Dave Brophy Memorial 1.07 8 7s0 Girlboss (10) 56.5 46 (a3) 4 3s Connemara (8) 57.5 51 9 Cya Maria (4) 56.5 45 J Mudhoo (a4) H Schofer (a1) $10,000, maiden, 1600m 5 93 Hot Shockolate (3) 57.5 51 10 Mischievous Thing (7) 56.5 45 4 670s5 Trifolium (12) 58 65 Callum Jones (a3) 1 65s43 Blue Arrow (5) 58.5 51 S O’Malley (a2) Ashvin Mudhoo (a3) H Schofer (a1) 5 85080 Up ‘n’ Gone (7) 58 61 T Newman (a2) 2 00s04 Mr Ghibson (6) 58.5 50 T Newman (a2) 11 580s6 Sacred Lady (8) 56.5 45 6 5 Dame Vera (7) 57.5 47 (a3) 6 9080s Miraculous (5) 57 59 B Rogerson (a4) 3 059s7 Our Fair Trade (14) 58.5 46 (a3) C L O’Beirne (a2) 7 The Dutch Dame (1) 57.5 47 7 0100s Semprini (14) 56 61 (a3) 1 Return 2 Earth Supp. L.E.T. 11.57 4 8 Go Mickey (2) 58.5 45 Callum Jones (a3) 8 9s650 Mysally (2) 57.5 46 J Mudhoo (a4) 8 94s4s Aratoka (15) 55.5 60 C H Butler (a4) 5 It’s A Boy (13) 58.5 45 C L O’Beirne (a2) 5 Comcat Supporting L.E.T. 2.17 9 619s9 Rhuzick (1) 55.5 60 M Hashizume (a2) $10,000, maiden highweight, 2000m 6 722 Pinsk (10) 56.5 54 (a1) 7 J. White B'stock Supp. L.E.T. 3.27 10 60s56 Lord Valentine (4) 55.5 56 (a3) $10,000, maiden, 1200m 11 6840s Bae Corp (3) 54.5 58 J Mudhoo (a4) 1 s6306 Hold My Beer (5) 68 49 B Lammas 7 26244 Jane O’ (4) 56.5 53 J Mudhoo (a4) $10,000, maiden 3yo, 1400m 8 s8375 Well I Never (1) 56.5 50 1 2 Winston (9) 58.5 52 H Schofer (a1) 12 7s990 She’s Apples (9) 54 57 2 88s98 Judah (7) 68 45 S Phelan K Chowdhoory (a1) 2 Albert O’Ceirin (10) 58.5 45 1 3s Ladies Man (8) 57.5 51 H Schofer (a1) K Chowdhoory (a1) 3 0s877 Rock Hard Rex (6) 68 45 T Moki (3) 9 8489 Pardon (3) 56.5 48 T Taiaroa (a2) S O’Malley (a2) 2 Albert O’Ceirin (5) 57.5 45 EMERGENCIES: 4 s5808 Siglo (1) 68 45 S Fannin 10 990s5 Princess Jenni (9) 56.5 47 3 3s292 Iconic Lass (6) 56.5 54 C L O’Beirne (a2) 3 Latin Quarter (7) 57.5 45 13 850s9 Harry Harrison (11) 55.5 56 5 9s75s Soiree (8) 68 45 N Downs (3) Ashvin Mudhoo (a3) 4 370s2 Pure Incanto (11) 56.5 52 M Hashizume (a2) 14 7779s Remarx (10) 55.5 56 T Taiaroa (a2) 6 2s623 Day Light (4) 66 54 S O’Malley 11 98056 Spacek (11) 56.5 46 A Goindasamy (a1) Callum Jones (a3) 4 3s Connemara (10) 55.5 51 T Taiaroa (a2) 15 — Jutanugarn SCRATCHED 7 8s8P2 Nadeems Dream (2) 66 52 12 0 Darlington County (8) 56.5 45 5 59030 Thatz Daisy (1) 56.5 51 5 3 Loox Like A Pro (4) 55.5 51 16 — Glittering Armour SCRATCHED 8 58s66 Black Eyed Sue (3) 66 45 E Farr M Hashizume (a2) Ashvin Mudhoo (a3) Callum Jones (a3) 17 97s61 Smooth Cognac (8) 56.5 62

Forbury Park harness at Forbury Park Thursday Jetbet 7 TAB Doubles 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Trebles 2-3-4, 6-7-8 Quaddies 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 Place6 3-8 Selections 7 43783 Eilish Hall (Fr) 7 7 04033 Tequila Sunset (Fr) 7 M Hurrell (J) 4 53725 Boyz Invasion (20) 1 M Heenan 2 08737 Play By Ear (Fr) 2 Race 1: JASMINE JACCKA, IN THE GROOVE, MYSHOUT 8 8345s Majestic Whisper (Fr) U1 M Williamson 8 63021 Latina Hall (Fr) 8 5 63684 Harry H (20) 2 S Tomlinson (J) 3 02592 Franco Hoffman (Fr) 3 9 87747 Kiwi Heir (Fr) U2 B Orange 6 89110 Zoned Scarlett (20) 3 B Orange 4 677s2 Who’s Smokin (Fr) 4 E Barron (J) Race 2: AH MACH, SOUTHERN STARR, GREENBACK BOOGIE 4 Iona Lea Texel & Suftex Pace 6.56 7 43240 Crusher Collins (20) U1 C Ferguson Race 3: MAJESTIC ROLLON, LATINA HALL, ZEALOUS SPUR 2 Fairview South Otago Pace 6.06 5 6s381 Paddy Finn (Fr) 5 J Campbell (J) $7000, non-winners 3yo+. mobile, 2200m 6 59664 Zircon Lass (Fr) 6 Race 4: ARLO MAGUIRE, CUTE ART, TAURUS BROMAC $7000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m. mobile, 1700m 6 Forestry Roading Serv. Pace 7.46 Race 5: LA REINA DEL SUR, RUBY SEDDON, 1 220F0 The Artful Dodger (Fr) 1 J Kennett (J) 7 21800 Mach O’Melley (Fr) 7 1 6 Annette (Fr) 1 2 48065 The Naenae Express (Fr) 2 R Swain $7150, 3yo+ r40-r49,r50 w/c. mobile, 2200m CRUSHER COLLINS 8 05702 El Sirrar (Fr) 8 M Hurrell (J) 2 97342 Southern Starr (Fr) 2 B Williamson 3 s40s4 Dare To Defy (Fr) 3 B Williamson 1 62480 Bettors Atom (Fr) 1 C Ferguson Race 6: DON’T QUOTE ME, DASHTOTHEBEACH, SHARDS IN 9 90898 Kerala Star (Fr) 21 (J) 3 4 Helen Of Troy (Fr) 3 M Williamson 4 65760 Friendly Eyre (Fr) 4 N Williamson 2 77029 To Ri Caitlin (Fr) 2 S Tomlinson (J) 10 00594 Myrcella (Fr) 22 (J) MANHATTAN 4 909s My Tern (Fr) 4 S Ottley 5 35 Cute Art (Fr) 5 3 09762 Von Art (Fr) 3 M Williamson Race 7: WHO’S SMOKIN, PADDY FINN, ZIRCON LASS 5 s2230 Ah Mach (Fr) 5 N Williamson 6 6s345 Taurus Bromac (Fr) 6 R May 4 00s07 Magnetic Watch (Fr) 4 R Swain 11 78210 Glassy Webb (Fr) 23 J Morrison (J) Race 8: BOARDING CALL, BEAUDIENE HUSTLER, 6 00s38 Sherwood Maggie (Fr) 6 C Ferguson 7 Magical Star (Fr) 7 5 08087 Belle’s Boy (Fr) 5 E Swain 8 Milton Night N’ Day Pace 8.36 AMERICAN MAC 7 36663 Greenback Boogie (Fr) 7 B Orange 8 45723 Arlo Maguire (Fr) 8 M Hurrell (J) 6 74293 Shards In Manhattan (Fr) 6 B Orange 8 Icarus Falls (Fr) 8 J Morrison (J) 9 0s937 Morrissey (Fr) 21 S Ottley 7 90564 Szybka Lane (Fr) 7 $7750, 3yo+ r50-r60. mobile, 2200m 10 84007 Maldito (Fr) 22 M Williamson 8 00046 Frosty Reception (Fr) 8 L O’Reilly 3 Red Fox Contracting Trot 6.31 11 43565 Forty Wives (Fr) 23 K Tomlinson (J) 9 s5601 Don’t Quote Me (Fr) 21 1 65140 Midnight In Memphis (Fr) 1 1 Toko Timber Trot 5.41 2 15607 Vin Scully (Fr) 2 $7150, 4yo+ r40-r49,r50-r54 w/c. jun.d 12 Still Trying (Fr) 24 J Morrison (J) 10 57330 Four Starzzz Shiraz (Fr) 22 D O’Connell $7000, non-winners stand, 2700m mobile, 2200m 11 37329 Dashtothebeach (Fr) 23 3 44568 Changearound (Fr) 3 S Ottley 5 Wynyard Transport Trot 7.21 12 26620 Art Courage (Fr) 24 S Ottley 4 54959 Alexy (Fr) 4 D O’Connell 1 s9424 Jasmine Jaccka (Fr) 1 (J) 1 00982 Majestic Rollon (Fr) 1 5 55157 Pete’s Dash (Fr) 5 N Williamson 2 50007 Majestic Jag (Fr) 2 2 0639D It’s Summertime (Fr) 2 T Dewe (J) $7500, 3yo+ r40-r65 special handicap stand, 7 J. Herbert Contracting Pace 8.11 3 68982 Myshout (Fr) 3 (J) 3 90233 Zealous Spur (Fr) 3 S O’Reilly (J) 2700m 6 15672 Beaudiene Hustler (Fr) 6 4 69s63 In The Groove (Fr) 4 4 96s00 Barham Belle (Fr) 4 (J) 1 70607 La Reina Del Sur (Fr) U1 M Williamson $7150, 4yo+ r40-r49,r50-r54 w/c. jun.d 7 66991 American Mac (Fr) 7 M Hurrell (J) 5 600s Pearlspur (Fr) 5 S Ottley 5 00s07 The Peaky Blinder (Fr) 5 2 41898 Ruby Seddon (Fr) U2 N Williamson mobile, 2200m 8 80781 Jody Direen (Fr) 8 B Orange 6 0605P Tinted Stuart (Fr) 6 M Heenan 6 56695 Dem Bones Dem Bones (Fr) 6 3 04530 Top Pocket Chance (10) 1 S O’Reilly (J) 1 99905 Kingsdown Atom (Fr) 1 (J) 9 77601 Boarding Call (Fr) U1 M Williamson

Christchurch greys at Addington Thursday 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 Balcairn Stockfoods & Coprice 4.31 7 11142 Edge Of Reason 17.03 Jason Dunn 7 43672 Famous Lee 29.88 Riley Evans 4 28334 Smash Achiever 17.15 Malcolm Grant Race 1: DR. BRAVESTONE, MUSTANG MEGAN, 8 62231 Super Over Drama 17.12 Riley Evans 8 51156 Epic Cruze 30.24 Janine McCook 5 11667 Hilton Headache 17.20 Bruce Dann $2095, C3, 295m EMERGENCIES: 6 62616 Homebush Archie 17.46 John McInerney GOLDSTAR TROOPER 1 31855 Sneaky Snitch 17.18 Hart & Taylor 5 Thursday Place Pick Stakes 5.31 9 s3258 Chrome nwtd J & D Fahey 7 35734 Mitcham Sam 17.19 John McInerney Race 2: PRINCELY CASH, SNEAKY SNITCH, KNOW RATIO 2 47432 Princely Cash 17.29 John McInerney $3385, C3, 520m 10 43672 Marvaha Bale 30.06 Craig Roberts 8 45264 Taieri Taylee 16.86 Ray Casey Race 3: KNOW MAJORITY, HOMEBUSH BOOTS, 3 31838 Cash No Stash 17.40 Riley Evans EMERGENCIES: 1 13842 Clarke’s Sarki 29.98 Bruce Dann HORSE RANGE GOLD 4 18423 Know Ratio 17.29 Garry Cleeve 8 greyhoundauctions.co.nz 6.46 9 75663 Billy Ray 17.17 Norman Wanhalla 2 53733 Know State 30.01 Garry Cleeve Race 4: SEVE, EDGE OF REASON, OPAWA BAILEY 5 51717 Impressive High 17.45 John McInerney 10 47157 Opawa May 17.40 Robin Wales 3 83175 Creme Brulee 30.02 Lisa Waretini $2920, C5, 295m Race 5: CLARKE’S SARKI, KNOW STATE, OPAWA BOYS PAID 6 51741 Bye Bye Punter 17.60 Robin Wales 7 18356 Homebush Dream 17.31 John McInerney 4 76362 Know Grizzles 30.32 Garry Cleeve 1 11147 Mitcham Magic 17.03 John McInerney 11 Protexin Sprint Heat 2 8.01 Race 6: NEVADA PHIL, MADE THE CUT, EVER RESTED 5 62227 Opawa Boys Paid 30.35 J & D Fahey 2 51434 Goldstar Wynter 17.20 Riley Evans Race 7: GOLDSTAR TANNER, OPAWA LUCY, PENALTY DROP 8 51328 Lautrec 17.36 Rosemary Blackburn $2450, C4, heat, 295m EMERGENCIES: 6 12865 Goldstar Yankee 30.22 Riley Evans 3 17322 King Toliman 17.06 Daniel Roberts Race 8: MITCHAM MAGIC, OAKMONT, KING TOLIMAN 9 18557 Culvie Ness 17.22 Hart & Taylor 7 23653 Meatloaf 30.39 Sharon Hindson 4 11211 Oakmont 17.00 Daniel Lane 1 24812 Opawa Nip 17.24 Robin Wales Race 9: OZZIE, LEONARD BALE, BEST BALL 10 27875 Suck It Up 17.34 Hart & Taylor 8 51242 Troublesome Kev 30.34 Janine McCook 5 13411 Ghost Mode 17.28 Hart & Taylor 2 64625 Beck Eleven 17.04 Lisa Waretini Race 10: MISS ADOBE, TAIERI TAYLEE, TAUNTING EYES EMERGENCIES: 6 14155 Double Speed 17.24 J M Lane 3 73278 Thunder Hallows 17.11 Ashley Bradshaw Race 11: MY BRO’S ETHICS, OPAWA NIP, BECK ELEVEN 3 Kolorful Kanvas Sprint 4.49 9 43672 Marvaha Bale 30.06 Craig Roberts 7 46354 Opawa Cooper 17.20 Robin Wales 4 6153F Homebush Monkey 17.23 John McInerney 10 11773 Jelly Fish 30.20 J & D Fahey 8 61426 Epic Diamond 17.01 Janine McCook Race 12: MONTY MAD HAMMER, NEXT OFF, HILTON JOKER $2095, C3, 295m 5 64s22 My Bro’s Ethics nwtd Jason Dunn 6 73373 Tiggerlong Demon 17.22 Daniel Roberts 1 22183 Horse Range Gold 17.44 Malcolm Grant 6 O’Shea’s Public House Dash 5.56 9 Active Electrical Christchurch 7.11 7 18887 Pitch Mark 17.05 Daniel Lane 2 2s762 Know Majority 17.20 Garry Cleeve $2920, C5, 295m $4795, C5, 520m 8 15512 Bruno Barbarelli 17.39 Bruce Dann 3 86876 Mitcham Rob 17.24 John McInerney EMERGENCIES: 4 71312 Angry Pete 17.35 John McInerney 1 27861 Made The Cut 17.20 Daniel Lane 1 11181 Leonard Bale 29.98 Craig Roberts 9 75663 Billy Ray 17.17 Norman Wanhalla 5 55614 Kay’s Last 17.24 Robin Wales 2 12424 Ever Rested 17.01 Ashley Bradshaw 2 23312 Best Ball 29.75 Daniel Lane 6 12s26 Culvie Dole 17.48 Hart & Taylor 3 52412 Goldstar Flora 17.15 Riley Evans 3 13111 Ozzie 29.88 Daniel Lane 10 47157 Opawa May 17.40 Robin Wales 7 61114 Tremonti 17.28 Bruce Dann 4 31111 Nevada Phil 16.97 J & D Fahey 4 32432 Fairly Able 30.12 J & D Fahey 12 Protexin Sprint Heat 3 8.26 1 The Fitz Sports Bar Sprint 4.14 8 53151 Homebush Boots 17.20 John McInerney 5 31273 Romeo 17.19 John McInerney 5 11264 Goldstar Spook 30.20 Riley Evans $2095, C3, 295m EMERGENCIES: 6 61F48 Taieri Missile 17.02 Ray Casey 6 27311 Gritty nwtd Daniel Lane $2450, C4, heat, 295m 1 25367 Amuri Mystic 17.29 John McInerney 9 18557 Culvie Ness 17.22 Hart & Taylor 7 34115 Royal Raccoon 17.16 Calum Weir 7 32411 Rock On John 29.93 J & D Fahey 1 48135 Special As 17.20 Janine McCook 8 12283 Opawa Phil 17.24 Robin Wales 8 14216 Know Keeper 29.85 Garry Cleeve 2 3165F Opawa Dan 17.08 Janine McCook 10 27875 Suck It Up 17.34 Hart & Taylor 2 17462 Monty Mad Hammer 17.03 Ashley Bradshaw EMERGENCIES: 3 65232 Goldstar Trooper 17.01 S & B Evans 3 31346 Homebush Stasser 17.23 John McInerney 4 Flair Sprint 5.06 7 Travel Bug Charlie On Insta. 6.21 9 11653 Opawa Deal 29.98 J & D Fahey 4 11251 Dr. Bravestone 17.24 Dylan Voyce 4 46552 Know Debt 17.17 Garry Cleeve 10 1663s Seductive Kiwi 29.98 Calum Weir 5 21473 Crystal Cindi 17.32 John McInerney $2920, C5, 295m $4090, C3/4, 520m 5 24423 Hilton Joker 17.26 C N Anderson 6 21255 Hilton Jonesy 17.42 Bruce Dann 1 45731 Opawa Bailey 17.06 Robin Wales 1 54344 Opawa Lucy 29.99 J & D Fahey 10 Protexin Sprint Heat 1 7.36 6 54417 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.24 S & B Evans 7 31475 Know Hinder 17.36 Garry Cleeve 2 85314 Homebush Glitch 17.16 John McInerney 2 83244 Penalty Drop 30.01 Daniel Lane 7 41388 Rebel Boom 17.29 Daniel Roberts 8 23447 Mustang Megan 17.16 Hart & Taylor 3 18786 Gotcha Dotty 17.23 Calum Weir 3 12541 Goldstar Tanner 29.94 Riley Evans $2450, C4, heat, 295m 8 77113 Next Off 17.31 Daniel Lane EMERGENCIES: 4 31531 Seve 16.84 Daniel Lane 4 45137 Opawa Solomon 30.09 J & D Fahey 1 52111 Miss Adobe 17.14 Daniel Roberts EMERGENCIES: 9 18557 Culvie Ness 17.22 Hart & Taylor 5 65167 Diamond Harmony 17.13 Malcolm Grant 5 32521 Goldstar Linda 30.00 Riley Evans 2 41277 Taunting Eyes 17.26 Jason Dunn 9 75663 Billy Ray 17.17 Norman Wanhalla 10 27875 Suck It Up 17.34 Hart & Taylor 6 31533 Tweet About It 17.25 Hart & Taylor 6 44351 Know Pick nwtd Garry Cleeve 3 41124 Goldstar Whitey 17.25 S & B Evans 10 47157 Opawa May 17.40 Robin Wales

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. The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 HOLIDAY ACTION 17

TRY DOUBLE: Poverty Bay lock Dan Law cannot stop Ngati Porou East Coast second five-eighth Te Rangi Fraser going over for his second try in the Coast centenary Queen’s Birthday Weekend derby match at Ruatoria. The hosts won a thriller 28-21 to mark their 100th in winning style.

MY BALL BLUE: High School Old Girls goal attack Lauren Bennett collects the ball under the goal in front of Horouta Gold goal defence Lucretia Taitapanui in Premier Grade netball action at the YMCA. HSOG powered to a 60-39 victory.

VIPS AND STARS OF THE FUTURE: Past players for Ngati Porou East Coast are led on to the park by youngsters who could one day represent the province as part of the centenary celebrations before the kick-off to the Coast-Poverty Bay match.

Pictures by Liam Clayton, Paul Rickard

These and other photographs are available for sale at The Gisborne Herald or online at — photo-sales.gisborneherald.co.nz IN FLIGHT: Una launches herself through the ring, with encouragement from owner Paul-David Meyer, of Tauranga, at the weekend’s Gisborne Dog Training Club event testing for agility, sense of smell and obedience.

FOCUS: Alex Nanai lines up a shot in the Gisborne Masters ON THE MOVE: Skirts flying, Chloe Ward puts her best foot Snooker Tournament at the Cosmopolitan Club at the weekend. forward in the waltz tap 14 years and over section at the BLUE AND GOLD: Charlotte Gray is all Darren Manthey, of Tokoroa, won the tournament, beating Braemar Dancing Competition in the War Memorial Theatre over sparkles in the impromptu tap former Gisborne player Dan Dowden, of Hamilton, 2-0 in the the long weekend. under-12 section in the Braemar Dancing best-of-three-frames final. The 48-strong field drew players Competition. from as far north as Kerikeri and as far south as Wellington. 18 CLASSIFIEDS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021

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Entertainment HERENGA BLOCKS SPECIAL HUI Firewood SHEEP MANURE MEETINGS OF We wish to advise that PELLETS. $25 for OWNERS we will be holding a 20kg bag. 3 or more GUM, Manuka, Macro- Kia ora koutou katoa Special Hui on free city delivery. No ODEON 5 Saturday the 10th July carpa, Old man pine. Eftpos. Ph 867 5783. www.thefirewoodguy.nz Phone 867 3339 Herenga A4A; A4B, 2021 to confirm the East Coast Wools. Cnr A5C; A5A1; A5A2A; Marae Nominations we MANUKA GOLD Stanley/Awapuni Rds. A QUIET PLACE: PART NGATI POROU A5A2B; A5A2B2; received at the Annual Construction II (M) WED 1.15pm, A5B, A5C; A5D; A5E1; Fruit and 3.45pm, 6.20pm, WHANUI FORESTS General Meeting hui WOODSTOCK 2yrs Project Manager 8.40pm LTD A5E2A; A5E2B; held on the 23 May dry. 027 455 3722. Produce A5E2C1; A5E2C2; 2021. CRUELLA (PG) WED AND THE 2nd grade split Gisborne, Tairawhiti 1pm, 3.30pm, 5.55pm, NGATI POROU A5F; A6, A7B; A8; A9; PINE, 8.10pm A10; A11; A12; A15C ; Date: Saturday 10th wood, 4m3, $120. Ph TEESDALE ORCHARD LANDOWNERS July 862 8876. We are looking for a Project Manager to DREAM HORSE (PG) TRUST A17; A18; A19; A20; APPLES, tree-ripened WED 3.40pm, 5.45pm A21; A22; A23; A25; Time: 10.30am deliver construction projects with HUI A TAU Pacific Rose, Golden JAMES & ISEY (M) A26 and A27. Delicious, Ballarat exceptional results across time, cost, WED 1.25pm ANNUAL GENERAL Venue: Te Pahou Marae quality and safety.. (M) WED 1.25pm Cookers & Granny LAND MEETINGS Owners in the above Na C Ngerengere MINAMATA (M) blocks are invited to a Meetings Smith. Winter Nelis & The successful candidate will have: WED 5.45pm We welcome all Secretary Packham pears. Butter- meeting at Te Horo Te Pahou Marae • Five-plus years of experience and a NO MAN’S LAND (M) shareholders to the Marae, Waiomatatini, GISBORNE cup squash, pumpkin & WED 8.30pm Committee tertiary qualification in Architecture, AGM’s for Ngati Porou on Sunday 27 June MOUNTAIN BIKE much more. Back THE CONGURING: THE Whanui Forests Ltd and Ormond Rd, open 7 Quantity Surveying, Building DEVIL MADE ME DO IT 2021, at 11am, to CLUB Surveying, Building Science, the Ngati Porou Land- discuss and consider Meetings days, Eftpos available. (R16) WED 1.15pm, owners Trust. The ANNUAL GENERAL Engineering or Property Development 6.10pm, 8.35pm establishing Ahu MEETING THOSE WHO WISH ME AGM’s will be held at Whenua Trusts and TE HAPARA PEKA Readers • Exceptional aptitude for managing DEAD (R16) Hinerupe Marae, Te appoint trustees to MWWL Monday 14 June Bargains multiple projects WED 3.30pm Araroa, on Friday 25th at 6pm manage the blocks on ANNUAL GENERAL • Outstanding problem-solving skills TOM & JERRY: June 2021, commenc- behalf of the owners. THE MOVIE (G) ing at 11am. 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We offer excellent conditions of TE RONGOPAI Contact Secretary Steferl Gordon employment, company vehicle, Meetings LOST & FOUND MARAE 021 0242 2337 for 021 902 264 COFFEE table, 900m competitive remuneration, and a venue and time [email protected] x 40cm, suit unit, $30. generous relocation package. Replacement of trustee Girls 18spd cycle, suit PAHOU TRUST Ngawiki Maraea Situations Vacant 10-15yrs, as new, with For more information or to apply go to: Found Te Whaiti with helmet, $100. Carpen- www.eastland.nz/careers & enter ref Invite proposals for Hilda Bella Kiri Lease of Wharekahika ters standard apron, code: 5513387. C7 & C11 LEAD to connect a Venue: Court Hearing $20. Acoustic guitar, truck to trailer for the Te Whare o Te Rā 80cm, good cond, $30. Applications close lights. Ph 021 292 829. Maori Land Court Kawasaki ukelele, red, Sunday June 13, 2021. 60 Reads Quay 54cm long, good cond, Please email all Gisborne $20. Fold-away table, requests to Date 1.7.2021 180cm x 70cm, $20. Ph 863 0010. [email protected] Time: 10.50am Meetings Panui 12 FULLTIME TWO-YEAR Situations Vacant K. Pere FIXED TERM POSITION NOTICE OF ANNUAL Marae Trustee Chair GENERAL MEETING LAWYER FOR KAUPAPA The twenty ninth Annual General Meeting of The MAORI PILOT PROJECT HEALTH SERVICES BROKER New Zealand Automobile Association 2021-2023 Incorporated, has been deferred and will now be SUPPORT held at the Wharewaka Room, Taranaki Wharf Situations Tairawhiti Community Law Centre 0.6 FTE FIXED TERM TO THE END OF JUNE 2022 2 Taranaki Street, Waterfront, Wellington, on Vacant are looking for: Friday the 25th June 2021, commencing at WOMEN, CHILD & YOUTH CLINICAL CARE GROUP 3pm. • A practicing lawyer who is passionate Do you want to make a positive difference to whänau in our community? ORDINARY BUSINESS: HIRING motel cleaner about ensuring Maori have access to and receptionist be- justice and has experience in one or This is an exciting opportunity to lead new ways of working & improve equity. 1. To approve the Minutes of the Annual tween 10am-2pm, $25 more of the following areas: Maori The Health Services Broker Support role also assists in ‘real time’ to break down General Meeting held on 19 March 2020. p/hr. Ph 021 084 94629. Land, Family, Employment, Enduring barriers in health and other systems. 2. To receive and adopt the Annual Report WANTED someone to Power of Attorney, Wills and Trusts. The ideal candidate will have: and Balance Sheet for the period ended 30 weed, clip and prune • A team player who can work • A high level of interpersonal skills, including an ability to relate to a wide June 2020 and the report of the Auditors my garden on a regular confidently on their own. range of people across the sector thereon. basis. Ph 021 35 35 85. • A lawyer with reasonable knowledge • Competent with computer and systems literacy 3. To appoint an auditor as Auditor of the of Te Reo Maori, Tikanga Maori and • Proven ability to work in a transformational way/demonstrates a “whatever it Association. Te Tiriti o Waitangi. takes” approach 4. To transact any other business of which • Ability to prioritise and cope with a high and varied workload / flexible due notice has been given or which is The Position: • Good knowledge of health and related services locally, regionally and otherwise provided for by the Rules of the Work Wanted nationally • A fulltime two-year fixed term contract • Experience in primary care/community health and/or iwi health settings Association. based in Gisborne. Depending on Awareness and understanding of: Note: ALL tree removals, tree ongoing funding and outcomes • trimming, greenwaste The Treaty of Waitangi and its application onto the health setting achieved this term may be extended. • The Privacy Act (1993) and Health Information Privacy Code (1994) Members are entitled to view the documents removed, 027 466 8201. Flexible working arrangements and referred to in 1 and 2 above. The material is ASAP Tree Work. other staff benefits available. The successful applicant will be subject to Police Screening. available upon request from the Association Removal, chipping & Secretary or at any AA Centre. To view the Position Description, please visit our website stump grinding. Ph Remuneration: www.hauoratairawhiti.org.nz COVID: 0274 485 188. • Based on experience and qualifications Applications close Sunday, 13 June 2021. Please refer to www.aa.co.nz where there is a ELECTRICIAN. All ($45-$78K). COVID event which prevents Members gathering works certified. 10% For more information regarding this position, please contact Dallas Haynes on in person. off hourly rate. Paul, Applications close 5pm, Friday 18 021 853 409 or email [email protected] 0226 783 024. Proxies: June 2021. Rule 30 of the Association’s Rules provides for WANT a fence built, Please send your written application personal members to vote in person or if unable to fixed or altered. Also and CV to: attend to appoint a proxy to attend and vote on section clearing. Ph that Member’s behalf. Graeme 021 659 672. Gillian Creach - General Manager A proxy notice in a form prescribed by the GIB fixing and stopp- Tairawhiti Community Law Centre National Council may be obtained if required by ing, exterior plastering, PO Box 1053, Gisborne 4040 application to the Association Secretary. No such LBP registered. Ph Email: [email protected] Apply online www.hauoratairawhiti.org.nz proxy shall be valid, unless received by the Chief Shayne Norris Plas- Executive not less than forty eight (48) hours terer, 0274 749 786, a/h Ph: 0800 452 956 before the meeting. Members will be admitted to 867 3356. Mobile: 0221033779 the meeting on presentation of their current MESSY GARDEN?? (*Application Forms are available at financial Membership card. 85 Lowe Street, Gisborne or by email The District Health Board of Gisborne/Tairawhiti M Parker "Let us do it for you." request). ASSOCIATION SECRETARY Ph 027 659 2915. The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 CLASSIFIEDS 19

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CURTAINS with hooks, variety, $25pr. Boys bike, 11-13yrs, BELL ROAD Diamond Outlook 24, AUCTION Would helmet, $90. Assorted Saturday 12th June Rua Bioscience is committed to 2021, 10am TRADE POSITIONS AVAILABLE developing the highest quality pots, pans & crockery, $80 the lot. Skate- 50 Pigs Universal Engineering is Gisborne’s cannabinoid-based pharmaceutical boards, unused, suit 30 Sheep largest Engineering Company with products for the global healthcare teenager, both $80. Various poultry you like industry. modern equipment and facilities. We have Assorted plant pots, 2m Mozip topping the following positions available. ceramic, $5ea. Ph 863 mower, Tractor With a strong focus on quality, 0010. sustainability and innovation, Rua is mower, 2x 800ltr Sheetmetal Supervisor a leading voice in our industry. Our DUVET cover, dble, 2x spray tanks, thousands reputation is built on the passion of our pillow cases, as new, water blaster, air This role would suit someone with geometric design with compressor, rotary existing supervisory experience or a people, a genuine desire to create positive hoe, push hoes, change in the unique communities black/white/gray recently qualified tradesperson wanting to colourways, $15. Ph 2hp gdn mulcher, of people take the next step to develop their career. we work with, and a commitment to 027 772 4810 sheep weigh crate, Full support and training will be offered improving the lives of people with serious drafting gates, calf to the successful applicant. health conditions. LARGE, heavy dining feeders, cow cover, table, 6 matching old saddles, various Fitter Tuner / Machinist GROWING TECHNICIAN chairs, great cond, traps/cages, Ute through Ruatorea $400. Ph/txt 021 466 canopy, wooden Position would suit an experienced Fulltime 155. gates, 9 sets electric fencing stds & reels, applicant or someone just recently Reporting to the Cultivation Manager - SINGLE duvet cover, qualified. also various elec you will help to care for our plants and still in packet, silky fence stds, fencing your ribbon stripe design, spade/rammer, wire General Engineering Fabricator assist in the daily operations related black/white/burgundy to cannabis cultivation – to support a netting rolls, rope, colourways, $30. Ph industrial leather Position will suit someone with General successful growing operation and help 027 772 4810. Fabrication Experience. bring our vision of health and healing to sewing machine, retro business in life. SODASTREAM, as cream cans & agitator Successful applicants would: new, with instructions, washing machine, For further information, or to apply, $40. Disability walker, bundles jute sacks, • Enjoy being part of a great team please visit https://www.seek.co.nz/ aluminium, 175cm x Skilsaw, laser level, planer/thicknesser, two days? environment. job/52489818 50cm, $30. Vision • Will have some level of industry skateboard, good cond, trojan radial arm Rua Bioscience $60. Stroller pram, 3 saw, ss bike trailer, experience. mag wheels, security • Understand the importance of Health 0800 RUABIO (782 246) | ruabio.com wheeler, good cond, $30. Motorcycle tan camera screen, bath, and Safety. boots, unworn, knee pedal organ, vanity • Pass a pre-employment Drug and high, 40cm, $90. Ph unit, desks, farm tools Alcohol test Situations Vacant 863 0010. & other sundries. Promote your business to a UPCOMING JULY If you are looking for a change with WALL unit, $150. SALES: huge number of potential variety and want to be part of a great team Carpet tiles, dark blue, Bell Road, 10th July then apply to Universal Engineering, 226 $100. Vintage fur coat, 2021, 10am customers at The Gisborne Stanley Road, Gisborne or call or text $200. Wedding dress, Onfarm Estate Phil Matthews 021 0233 5582. lace bodice, $150. Oil Clearing Sale, Herald Home and Lifestyle heater, 5 tier, $25. 17th July 2021, Expo, August 7th & 8th, 2021. Bambillo pillow, $40. 11am (details will Hair straightener, $20. be advertised late Call Andy on 06 869 0616 Lokkii barbecue, $100. June) POSITION Multi kitchen set, $35. or your usual Advertising Situations Vacant Ph 027 304 3963. Contact: Pete Representative to discuss the Turanga Health is an Iwi based health McGrannachan “Tūranga Tangata Rite, provider in Turanganui a Kiwa Ltd 027 598 6530 options available to you. Tūranga Ararau, servicing the tribal boundaries of Ngai or 06 867 3942 Tūranga Makaurau, Tamanuhiri, Te Aitanga a Mahaki and You can sell Rongowhakaata. Tūranga-A-Mua” anything by Limited sites available so Classifieds TE RŪNANGA O We currently have a vacancy for a Well advertising don’t delay — secure your TŪRANGANUI-Ā-KIWA Child / Tamariki Ora nurse to join our Classifieds 869 0601 Phone Kaiārahi 2x Positions team of health professionals supporting Business 869 0616 869 0601 spot today! whanau in the community and in their We are currently seeking 2 kaiārahi homes. that have a passion to support whānau in our community across Tūranganui We are looking for a Registered Nurse ā Kiwa. Working with whānau from preferably (but not necessary) with well all backgrounds that require support child experience, someone who is a to strengthen and improve whānau self-starter, someone who enjoys working wellbeing. with a team of dynamic individuals who are focused on great outcomes for our We are looking for people that have: Tamariki and their whanau. This role offers flexibility, growth and • the ability to engage with whānau and development, integration with other teams create a whānau plan; and opportunities to be involved in a wide • have the ability to build or have range of different projects that may relationships with services and present outside the Well Child / Tamariki providers; Ora role. • love to encourage whānau to grow • working within a creative team If you are up for a challenge and this • knowledge of Tikanga Māori sounds like you please download the Job Skills and Experience: Description and Pre employment application form from our website – • open minded to listening to whānau www.turangahealth.co.nz or visit Turanga • an understanding of a “person centred Health main office – 145 Derby St, approach” Gisborne. All completed applications • opportunity to gain further education need to be received at 145 Derby St, with Whānau Ora practices Gisborne, or emailed to • computer literacy [email protected] no later • social services diploma or degree is than 5.00pm, Friday 18th June 2021. helpful but not essential Full training is provided and we would Having a encourage the successful applicant to Keep Your enrol onto further study. To request Privacy garage sale a job description or send a copy of Let us collect Saturday? your resume please forward through responses to your an email to: [email protected] advertisements. Deadline to APPLICATIONS CLOSE TUESDAY 15 Only $7.00 (incl GST) advertise is 2pm JUNE 2021, 5PM. for 30 days Thursday. 20 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Sports draws for the weekend

WP 11, Makaraka Marvels v Mangapapa Storm. Stars; WP 19, Mangapapa Blizzards v Awapuni second 15 (L Thomas). Football 9.45am: WP 5, Te Wharau Kakariki v Kaiti Kiwa; Jaguars. Bayleys Junior Club Rugby — SATURDAY CENTRAL Federation League — SUNDAY, 2pm: WP 6, Ngatapa Bullets v Te Hapara Soarers; WP 8, 11.15am: WP 19, Wainui Avengers v Te Wharau (it’s a club day for Ngatapa and Uawa, so some Childers Road Reserve 1, Waikanae Beach TOP10 Wainui Dolphins v Central Ninjas. Taonga; WP 18, Wainui Aces v Te Wharau Rangatira. games are at Patutahi or Tolaga Bay; the rest are Gisborne Thistle v Havelock North Wanderers. Fun Football 5v5, 9am: WP 2, Central Defenders Bye: Central Vikings. at Waikirikiri Reserve). Pacific Premiership — SATURDAY, 3pm: v Kaiti Paoa; WP 3, Central Warriors v Manutuke Mini Football 9v9 Experienced, 8.15am: WP 20, Under 6 — 9am: WKK 4, Horouta u6s v Pirates Guthrie Park (Hawke’s Bay), Havelock North Rua; WP 4, Mangapapa Twisters v Makauri Chiefs; Mangapapa Hurricanes v Te Wharau Toa; WP 21, U6; WKK 5, OBM U6 v HSOB Blue; Uawa 2B, YMP Wanderers Reserves v Heavy Equipment Services WP 5, Mangapapa Mist v Ormond High Fives; Wainui Thunder v Central Gold; WP 19, Te Hapara U6s v Uawa U6; Patutahi 3A, Waikohu v Ngatapa Gisborne United. WP 6, Mangapapa Floods v Central Tigers; WP High Flyers v Awapuni Leopards. Eastland Vets U6 Stags; Pat 3B, HSOB White v Eastern League Division 1 — SATURDAY, 7, Makaraka Phoenix v Kaiti Maia; WP 8, Wainui Eastland Group Super League Ngatapa EV U6 Bulls. 2.30pm: CRR 1, Gisborne Thistle Youth v Carpet Crusaders v Makauri Chargers; WP 9, Wainui Cobras Intermediate, 8.30am: Nelson Park 6, Martins Under 7 — 9am: Uawa 2A, Uawa U7 v YMP U7s; Court Thistle Massive; Harry Barker Reserve 1, HES v Te Wharau Karaka; WP 10, Wainui Colts v St Party Hire Rovers v Frank & Albie’s Rovers; NP 5, Pat 1B, Ngatapa EV U7 Colts v Ngatapa EV U7 United v Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks. Mary’s Stars; WP 11, Wainui Cyclones v Awapuni Dynamic Rehab Titans v Chagan Fishing Athletico. Rams; WKK 6, HSOB Chiefs v Waikohu. Bye: Gisborne Vehicle Testing Thistle Reserves. Green; WP 12, Ngatapa Hawks v Awapuni Yellow; 9.45am: NP 5, KT Orthodontics City v Chrisp & Bye: OBM U7. Eastern League Division 2 — SATURDAY, WP 1, Ngatapa Hurricanes v Awapuni Purple. Davidson Rangers; NP 6, Columbus Café United v Under 8 — 9am: Pat 1A, Ngatapa EV Green v 12.30pm: CRR 2, Thistle Vintage v HES United 9.45am: WP 2, Te Wharau Kowhai v Ormond Mitre 10 Town; NP 4, Glenn’s Glass United v Coastal HSOB Hornets; Uawa 1B, YMP U8s v Uawa U8; Thirds; Wainui, 1st Class Decorators Wainui Salty United. Ultrasound Albion. WKK 7, Horouta U8s v Waikohu. Dogs v HES United; Nelson Park 2, Smash Palace Mini Football 7v7, 8.15am: WP 14, Mangapapa College, 8.30am: NP 2, Headline Rovers v Grey 10am: Pat 1A, HSOB Seagulls v Ngatapa EV U8 Shockers v Gisborne Pro Roofing Bohemians. Landslides v St Mary’s Terminators; WP 15, Central Street Legal United; NP 1, Emerre & Hathaway Sharks. 2.30pm: CRR 2, Gisborne Thistle Development Crushers v Kaiti Horouta; WP 16, Central Zoomers v United v Pit Stop Cruisers AFC; NP 4, Gisborne Under 9 — 9am: Uawa 1A, HSOB Blue v Uawa v ITM Thistle; Nelson Park 1, QRS Wairoa Athletic v Wainui Blitz; WP 13, Mangapapa Quakes v Awapuni Investments City v Farmers Air Falcons. U9. Tatapouri Bohemians. Lions; WP 17, Ngatapa Tuis v Te Wharau Kea. Bye: Harcourts Wainui Sharks. 10am: Pat 3A, Ngatapa EV U9 Kiwis v Ngatapa Bye: Coates Associates Wainui Demons. 9.15am: WP 16, Te Hapara Excellers v Manutuke EV U9 Green. Women’s Eastern League — SUNDAY, 10.30am: Toru; WP 13, Mangapapa Sizzlers v Wainui Broncos; Rugby Bye: YMP U9s. HBR 1, Neighborhood Pizzeria Wainui Wahine WP 15, Makaraka Rangers v Awapuni Pumas; WP THE draw for Civil Project Solutions Senior Under 10, 9am: WKK 8, Pirates U10 v HSOB v Gisborne Girls’ High School; Campion, Campion 17, Ngatapa Wolves v Te Wharau Kiwi; WP 14, St Club Rugby on SATURDAY is — Vikings. College v Tatapouri Marist Thistle; Wainui, Gisborne Mary’s Aces v Sonrise Light. Premier grade, 2.45pm: Oval 2, Contract 10am: Pat 3B, Ngatapa EV U10 Green v Horouta Laundry Services Wainui Riverina v HES United. 10.15am: WP 17, Mangapapa Thunder v Ormond Consultants HSOB v Larsawn Ngatapa ( D U10s. Bye: Bohemians. All Stars; WP 14, Wainui Bullets v Awapuni Wildcats; Macpherson, F Barwick, R Young); Oval 1, Enterprise Bye: OBM U10. WP 15, Wainui Bullz v Te Wharau Kakapo; WP 13 OBM v East Coast Farm Vets YMP (I Hughes, R Under 11, 9am: WKK 9, OBM U11 v HSOB Junior football — SATURDAY St Mary’s Flash v Makauri Bears; WP 16 Central Maynard, C Johnson). Avengers. Primary Football Athletic v Awapuni Bobcats. Bye: GT Shearing Waikohu. 9.50am: Uawa 2A, Uawa U11 v Waikohu U11s. First Kicks 4v4, 8.15am: Watson Park 1, 11.15am: WP 15, Central Seekers v Makauri Senior One, 1pm: Patutahi 1, Harvest/Matawhero 10am: Pat 1B, HSOB Spartans v Ngatapa EV Manutuke Tahi v Awapuni Pink; WP 2, St Mary’s Braves; WP 14, Wainui Breakers v Te Wharau Transport Ngatapa v Waikohu (A Brown); Barry Park U11 Green. Comets v Makauri Dynamos; WP 4, St Mary’s Kererus; WP 13, St Mary’s Sweepers v Kaiti Takitimu. 1, YMP v Wairoa Athletic (T Watson). Bye: YMP U11s. Firebirds v Sonrise Blaze; WP 8, Central Smashers Mini Football 9v9 Development, 8.15am: WP 18, 2pm: Tapuae 1, Tapuae v Pirates (M Smith). Under 12 — 9am: WKK 1, Horouta U12s v HSOB v Awapuni Blue; WP 9, Mangapapa Whirlwinds v Kaiti Rangatira v Ngatapa Rebels. Blue; Pat 2, Ngatapa EV U12 Billy Goats v YMP Awapuni Red; WP 10, Mangapapa Tornadoes v 9.15am: WP 21, St Mary’s Strikers v Sonrise Gisborne Boys’ High School will play U12s. Te Wharau Kahurangi; WP 12, Wainui Dragons v Rams; WP 19, Central Stags v Puhi Kaiti; WP 18, interschool games against Napier Boys’ High in 10am: Uawa 1, OBM U12 v Uawa U12. Bayleys Ngatapa Turtles; WP 5, Wainui Dodgers Mangapapa Lightning v Awapuni Panthers; WP 20, Gisborne on SATURDAY — Under 13, 10.30am: Pat 2, Horouta u13s v v Wainui Dynamites; WP 3, Awapuni Orange v St Makaraka Hurricanes v Ormond Super Stars. 12.30pm: Rectory 1, GBHS first 15 v Napier BHS Ngatapa Eastland Vets U13 Green. Mary’s Asteroids; WP 6, Awapuni Indigo v Makauri 10.15am: WP 18, Manutuke Wha v Makauri first 15 (M Greene, L Thomas, H Fitzgerald). 11.15am: Pat 1, Ngatapa EV U13 Stags v Dragons; WP 7, Wainui Drifters v Central Strykers; Marauders; WP 20, Central Braves v Wainui All 11am: Rectory 1, GBHS second 15 v Napier BHS Waikohu; Uawa 1, YMP/Uawa v OBM U13. NETBALL AND HOCKEY DRAWS ON PAGE 22 Selection, Selection, Selection

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Graham Mullacrane Gisborne Motors Ltd 0800 131 561 or 027 807 2064 ford.co.nz 75 Grey Street I GISBORNE I P 867 6759 I gisbornemotors.co.nz [email protected] 39071-10 The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 SPORT 21 Hareb two places short of qualification SURFING to master, and Hareb found herself needing a Bocana in El Salvador. Australia’s Sally Fitzgibbons, who qualified score of 5.27 to advance. Spurred on by an individual gold medal by way of the 2019 WSL Championship Tour, NEW ZEALAND’S hopes of a third surfer at In the dying stages of the heat, Hareb had a for Joan Duru and a bronze medal for Jeremy squared off against three surfers who had this year’s Olympics rested on Paige Hareb at chance to achieve the score but she could find Flores in the men’s competition, Team France earned their qualification on Saturday through the weekend. room for only one turn on the wave as another clinched victory over runners-up Japan in the the World Surfing Games: Portugal’s Yolanda However, Kiwi hopes were dashed when surfer in the heat charged towards her on the final heat of the day. Sequeira and Teresa Bonvalot, and Peru’s Hareb was eliminated after two tough heats in oncoming right. It was France’s first team gold since they won Daniella Rosas. the women’s competition of the World Surfing Hareb’s score came through as 3.5, which as hosts of the 2017 edition in Biarritz, France. Fitzgibbons had a heat total of 14.10, which Games in El Salvador. was not enough. Pauline Ado (France) and This was the third consecutive edition of gave her the gold medal ahead of Sequeira She finished in an exceptional 11th place Alyssa Spencer (USA) advanced through the the event that Japan had placed on the team (silver) and Bonvalot (bronze). overall, but was still two places short of heat with Vahine Fierro (France) in third place. podium. They earned their first team gold in The men’s grand final determined not only qualification. It transpired that a third-place finish in the heat 2018, bronze in 2019, and now silver in 2021. the men’s medallists but also the overall team That left Billy Stairmand (Raglan) and Ella and a score of 8.37 would have been enough to Portugal earned the team bronze and Peru rankings. Williams (Whangamata) as New Zealand’s two secure the seventh and final Olympic berth. the copper (for fourth place). France’s Duru used a strategy of patience, qualifying surfers for Tokyo. Surfing is being contested at the Tokyo 2020 Australia’s Sally Fitzgibbons made history catching only three waves in the final, but they With myriad qualification calculations Olympics for the first time in July. Twenty by becoming the first athlete to earn individual were enough for him to post a 14.94 heat total unfolding, Hareb could have secured her berth males and 20 females will compete at the event gold three times in the World Surfing Games. for a lead that he would not relinquish. at the Olympics by advancing out of a big with countries fielding a maximum of two She first accomplished the feat in 2008 Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi gave Duru a run qualifying-round heat against Daniella Rosas athletes in each category. before earning her second gold in 2018 and her for his money with some high-performance (Peru), Leilani McGonagle (Costa Rica) and The 2021 ISA World Surfing Games offered third this year. manoeuvres, but his effort was enough for only Lucia Indurain (Argentina). the final opportunity for athletes to qualify, Going into the final day of competition, 39 of a silver medal to match his 2018 World Surfing As the heat unfolded, the 30-year-old Taranaki with seven spots up for grabs in the women’s the 40 total Olympic slots had been determined, Games result. surfer was lying third behind Rosas and division and five in the men’s division. leaving just one spot left to be earned. The final Flores was third and Ohhara fourth. McGonagle, left requiring a score of 6.53 to In 2019, Ella Williams and Billy Stairmand slot was decided in the men’s repechage final The gold- and bronze-medal finishes for Duru advance. Hareb held priority in the dying stages secured the two Oceania qualifying places at between Japanese teammates Hiroto Ohhara and Flores were enough to push France to the of the heat but the Costa Rican was glued to that year’s World Surfing Games. The highest- and Shun Murakami. overall team gold medal. Hareb defending her advancing position, and placed male and female from Oceania secured Ohhara marked two waves in the excellent After learning that he had earned his slot for no decent waves came to give Hareb a chance Olympic spots provided they finished inside the range to move on to the grand final, secure the the Tokyo Olympics, Germany’s Leon Glatzer to get the score required. top 30 at the event. last Olympic spot and contest a medal. posted the highest heat total of the event. Less than two hours after her first heat, On Monday (NZ time), Team France were The women’s grand final featured four surfers Glatzer’s signature aerials earned a near-perfect Hareb had a do-or-die repechage heat. However, crowned the team gold medallists of the 2021 who had already confirmed their slots for the 18.46 heat total, higher than any other total in the El Salvador line-up at La Bocana was tough ISA World Surfing Games at the break of La Tokyo Olympics. the event. 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Work behind the scenes or read a good book. 22 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Around the Greens Mercantile badminton Club bowls news THE fourth night of BIZminton 2021 competition was held last Thursday and Poverty Bay the organisers are not sure if it’s the THE inaugural tournament for the weather or “flu season” that caused issues Eric Craill Shield was held on a beautiful with the draw. A thank-you goes to Team autumn Queens Birthday Saturday, at IFL, who brought along extra players to the Poverty Bay Bowling Club. The greens make up the numbers. were full, with 48 players competing. The closest tie of the night was between The format was a modified Bowls3Five, TeamIFL, who after a 3-3 draw won 134 the format for lawn bowls used in the points to 121. Bowls NZ televised league. Anaura 3 +1 continued their Teams of three had three bowls each domination of their group. and played three games of 90 minutes. The first rounds of the playoffs were Each game was played over two sets, each held with Wananga Worx defeating WSP, set consisting of five ends if time allowed. and Slammers defeating A Team. If sets were drawn after two sets, a one- Eastland badminton business house bowl-per-player tiebreaker was played. league finishes tomorrow night. Several of these were required. The evening will conclude with supper, The team of Bruce Gledhill (skip), Geoff spot prizes and presentations. Pinn and Larry Kaloukava were first, Teams are asked to bring a couple of with three wins and 20 ends. plates for supper. Runners-up were Lesley Seymour Teams are reminded to bring their spot (skip), Norma Miller and John Leahy, prize (to a value of $10) and to pay their with three wins and 18 ends. entry fees if not already done. Five teams had two wins but third Results from Thursday: place went to the team of Joe Wimutu Team IFL defeated A Team: 3 matches (skip), Andrew Ball and Joan Gledhill, all, 134 points to 121 points who won 18 ends, just one more end than Anaura 3 +1 defeated Mighty Masons: 6 the fourth-placed team. matches to 0 Eric Craill sponsored the tournament GDC Smashers defeated A Team: 5 and presented prizes and the Eric Craill matches to 1 Shield to the winning team. Craill is Wananga Worx defeated WSP: 5 a spritely 91-year-old who helps mark INAUGURAL WINNERS: Eric Craill (right) presented the Eric Craill Shield to the matches to 1 out the greens at Poverty Bay. He also inaugural winners of the tournament. They are (from left) Larry Kaloukava, Geoff Pinn competed in the tournament. and skip Bruce Gledhill. Picture by Norma Miller Draw for TOMORROW — 6pm: Courts 1 and 2, Team IFL v Mighty Masons; C3 and 4, GDC Parents ‘special part’ of Hoskin’s journey Smashers v Anaura 3 +1 6.30pm (all teams will be playing): C1, KAYAKING by Jack Malcolm reached out. She said the trial process included a lot Slammers v winners of Team IFL and “I literally just picked up my phone, of racing on the water and the team hope Mighty Mason; C2, A Team v losers of IT was a tearful video call home when and there were heaps of messages from they can use the experience gained as an Team IFL and Mighty Mason; C3, WSP Alicia Hoskin broke the news to her family and friends. It’s really cool to have advantage given the lack of international v losers of GDC Smashers and Anaura 3 family that she was going to become an everyone there supporting me.” races in the past 18 months. +1; C4, Wananga Worx v winners of GDC Olympian. She said she wanted to thank all her The team coach is Gordon Walker, who Smashers and Anaura 3 +1 After the New Zealand Olympic coaches who had helped in her journey, has led 23 athletes to medals at past Committee had confirmed it, she was particularly Jasper Bats, with whom she World Canoe Sprint Championships. Duty team (to sweep courts at the end allowed to tell her family a week before had worked for the past five years. Hoskin’s teammates include Olympic of night): A Team she was officially named in the canoe Preparations for the Tokyo Games, great Lisa Carrington, who will be Helping with supper: GDC and Team sprint team last Friday. which start in six weeks, had already competing in her third Olympics, Caitlin IFL She said her parents had been a begun, Hoskin said. Regal (nee Ryan) and Teneale Hatton. Teams are reminded, if they cannot “special part” of her journey in the sport, “Training has ramped up quite a bit. She is the third Gisborne kayaker to attend, to ring Linda White, as organisers which started only nine years ago. High humidity and heat training, 35 represent New Zealand at the Olympics have a list of players willing to fill in to Speaking after the announcement, degrees and 78 percent humidity, those after Alan Thompson and Grant make up team numbers. Hoskin said she had been overwhelmed are the degree and humidity levels we Bramwell, who earned gold at the 1984 Any concerns, contact Linda White by the number of people who had expect (when competing).” Games in Los Angeles. (0272648660). Weekend sports draws 11am: 9, Sportsfit v Ilminster Maia; 10, EV 12 midday: 1, Taiki v YMP 2 (Bex, Selina); 2, YMP 3.30pm: Te Aowera v GMC Kowhai (Waituhi, Netball Ngatapa Pulse v Campion Marcellin; 11, Te Ako o Masters v Tatapouri Sportsfit (Cris, Pania); 5, OBM Green). THE draw for PAK’n SAVE Gisborne Netball Tokomaru v Muriwai. Blue v Gisborne Glass Ngatapa (Iri, Justine). Men, Full Round 1 — FRIDAY, 7.30pm: YMP B this week — Duty team to empty bins and replace rubbish 1pm: 1, Tyre General Ngatapa v Uawa v YMP A (Masters standby, NZ Fruits). Senior Round 2, Week 3. All games are 4 x bags where necessary: Muriwai. Ngarangikahiwa (Saara, Willow); 2, Farmlands SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Gisborne Boys’ High 10-minute quarters. 12 midday: 9, HSOG Blue Beanies v Whangara Ngatapa v Horouta Taimana (Iri, Selina); 5, School v Waituhi (YMP A, YMP B). Duty teams to put up goal pads, set up team Tahi; 10, NUAM Hine Rikoriko v Te Waiu; 11, Tatapouri Sportsfit Social v Claydens Waikohu 4 5pm: Lytton Old Boys NZ Fruits v LOB Masters benches (courts 1 and 2) and put bins out: Uawa Ilminster Socialites v HSOG Turanganui. (Chiarn, Lou). (GBHS, Waituhi). Hinematioro and YMP Manawanui. 1pm: 4, Waikirikiri v NUAM Taranga; 7, Tangaroa 2pm: 1, GGHS Korihi v Wahine Hauora HSOG Year 5/6, seven-a-side — TODAY, Duty club to control scorecard room for the Maraeroa v Tangaroa Maraeroa o Hinemoana. (Bex, Cris); 2, McLeods Concrete HSOG v FarmCare 3.30pm: Property Brokers Turf 1b, Central Strykers v day: Lytton High School. Secondary — SATURDAY, 9am: 5, Lytton Y10 v HSOG (Justine, Kere); 5, XLR8 v OBM Red Social Awapuni Strikers; 1a, Manutuke School Manu-YMP v Uawa Hinematioro. (Tessa, Willow). Central Scorpions. Years 5 and 6 ANZ futureFERNS — SATURDAY, 10am: 5, Te Waiu v GGHS Kopara; 9, Lytton Y9 v Senior byes: Zeafruit Ngatapa, Thistle Phoenix. 4pm: 1b, Mangapapa Dragons v Nga Uri a Maui; 9am: 3, St Mary’s v Te Wharau Mystics; 4, Te NUAM Te Wananga. Duty board member: Sarah Cranswick. 1a, Waikirikiri v Te Wharau Black Sticks. Wharau Pulse v NUAM Tahi; 6, Makaraka Macaws 11am: 6, Uawa Hinekiuta v Hawaiki Tawhito. 4.30pm: 1a, Whatatutu Warriors v Kaiti School; 1b, v Kaiti Tui; 7, Central Steel v Central Pulse; 12, Te 12 midday: 6, GGHS Raukura v Te Taumata o Games at the YMCA TONIGHT — 6pm: St Mary’s Swift Sticks v Sonrise Te Rongopai. Wharau Magic v Uawa Hinetera. Angitu. Whangara OG 1 v Gillies Electrical GGHS Snr A 5pm: 1a, Rongomai v TKKM Whatatutu 10am: 3, Eastland Vets Ngatapa Mystics v 1pm: 6, Manutuke 1 v GGHS Y9A; 9, GGHS (Cris, Debz). Waingaromia; 1b, Tolaga Bay Uawa Maitai v Wainui Mangapapa Magic; 4, Hiruharama v Central Magic; Mauri v Campion Gold; 10, GGHS Hinetu v GGHS 7.30pm: F45 HSOG v Waikohu 3 (Kate, Selina) Whales. 6, Wainui Pulse v NHEW Teina; 7, Awapuni Silver v Manawa; 11, Uawa Iranui v NUAM Taikaha. Games at the YMCA on SATURDAY — 9am: 5.30pm: 1b, Makaraka v Mangapapa Wizards; 1a, Manutuke Manutahi; 12, Te Hapara Tahi v Whangara 2pm: 6, GGHS Manaaki v Campion Snr B; 9, Horouta Gold v Tapuae (Debs, Kate). Makauri Marvels v Manutuke School Puhi-YMP. Warriors. Lytton Mixed v Hawaiki Hou; 10, Campion Jnr A v 10.30am: Waikohu 1 v YMP Sunshine Brewery Secondary schools — MONDAY (June 14), 11am: 4, NUAM Rua v Central Mystics; 7, Whatatutu. (Shanan, Pania). 4pm: TKKM o Whatatutu v Campion College Gold Mangapapa Pulse v Awapuni Gold; 12, Manutuke Duty teams: Lytton Mixed, GGHS Manaaki. Games at the YMCA on WEDNESDAY (June 16) (GBHS 2, GBHS 2). Buttercups v Waikirikiri. Senior — SATURDAY, 9am: 1, GGHS TSA v — 6pm: Waikohu 1 v F45 HSOG (Shanan, Shay). 5pm: Lytton High School v Gisborne Boys’ High 12 midday: 4, EV Ngatapa Stars v Kaiti Kiwi; 7, YMP Manawanui (Lou, Tukaki); 2, Campion Snr A v 7.30pm: Whangara OG 1 v YMP (Pania, Selina). School Black (GBHS 2, GBHS 2). Makauri Magic v St Mary’s/Makaraka Magpies; 12, Claydens Waikohu 2 (Bex Kere). 6pm: Campion College Green v Gisborne Girls’ Elgin v Te Wharau Stars. 10am: 1, Whalis v GGHS Jnr A (Alex, Ash); 2, Hockey High School 2 (GBHS 2, GBHS 2). Duty team to bring in the goals: Kaiti Kiwi. Tatapouri Sportsfit 2 v NZHL Thistle Storm (Annie, WOMEN, Round 1 — TOMORROW, 6.30pm: Bye: GBHS 2. Intermediate — SATURDAY, 9am: 9, YMP Tahi Tukaki). YMP v Amber Dental Gisborne Girls’ High School v YMP Rua; 10, Horouta v Campion Gregory; 11, 11am: 1, Steve Craill Builder Ngatapa v GGHS (umpires Paikea, Ngatapa). Thistle v Uawa Waiti-Waita. Snr B (Justine, Kere); 2, Crosscutters OG Whangara FRIDAY, 6pm: Paikea v Ngatapa (YMP, GGHS). Football and rugby 10am: 10, EV Ngatapa Magic v OBM Kahurangi; v Ritana Snr A (Debz, Iri); 5, Kotahi Aroha v Uawa SATURDAY, 2pm: GMC Green v Waituhi (Te 11, YMP Toru v Te Waiu. Kahukuraiti (Alex, Ash). Aowera, Kowhai). draws on page 20 The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 SPORT 23 Zverev powers into semis Performance puts grand slam within reach TENNIS by Ian Chadband, AAP tournament and having been on court four hours longer than Zverev. LONDON — Alexander Zverev has Davidovich Fokina did, however, enjoy moved an impressive step closer to an opening set flurry in which he broke a becoming the youngest man in a decade tense Zverev three times, tormenting him to lift a grand slam singles title as he with excellent drop shots, and watched the swept past Spain’s rising star Alejandro German have a tetchy exchange with the Davidovich Fokina and into the French chair umpire Alison Hughes over a line Open semifinals. call that went against him. The imposing Zverev, no longer the But broken himself four times in the German wunderkind, appears to be at last opener, it was soon downhill for the punching his weight in the men’s game Spaniard as Zverev began to find his and had too much power and know-how rhythm and range, powering through the for the 22-year-old Spaniard, blitzing to next two sets for the loss of just two more victory 6-4 6-1 6-1 in games as Davidovich just one hour 36 minutes Fokina’s unforced error at Roland Garros on Zverev’s unstoppable count reached a sorry 37. Tuesday. In all, Davidovich ON TARGET: Tamara Zidansek celebrates after defeating Spain’s Paula Badosa in He made it clear on game gave him his 15th Fokina, the world No.46, their French Open quarterfinal. She became the first female player from independent court afterwards that he successive winning was able to hold serve Slovenia to make a semifinal in a grand slam tournament. AP picture felt the win was just a set and made him the just three times during stepping stone for him the entire contest against as he hopes to become, 24th winner of the the No.6 seed as Zverev at 24 years 54 days, the afternoon. became the first German Zidansek in breakthrough win youngest men’s grand man to make the semis TENNIS out their thrilling breakthrough victories. slam singles winner since at Roland Garros since Former snowboard star Zidansek, ranked Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon 2011. Michael Stich in 1996. PARIS — Slovenian surprise Tamara only 85 in the world, held her nerve best, “Obviously, it’s very nice to be in the His winning flourish was spectacular, an Zidansek and eternal Russian trier Anastasia reckoning that she’d fought for her life before semi-finals but just being here doesn’t unstoppable backhand from the back court, Pavlyuchenkova will ensure the French Open overcoming Spain’s 33rd seed Paula Badosa satisfy me. I know I’m playing pretty okay his 24th winner of the afternoon which has a wholly unexpected singles finalist after 7-5 4-6 8-6 in two hours 26 minutes. and I hope I can continue playing the same brought him a 15th successive winning set they battled their way through roller-coaster Up next on Court Philippe Chatrier, way, maybe even better in the semi-finals at Roland Garros since his first round five- last-four examinations at Roland Garros. Pavlyuchenkova, the Russian who had and we’ll see what it holds,” said Zverev. set scare against qualifier Oscar Otte. Zidansek, the first woman player previously reached six slam quarter-finals but Davidovich Fokina, a bouncy figure Zverev is sure, though, to have a much representing independent Slovenia ever to could somehow never get beyond, outlasted with a touch of the young Boris Becker tougher task to subdue the winner of the make a slam semi, and the one-time junior her doubles partner Elena Rybakina in an about him, was off his game, looking later quarter-final on Tuesday between Russian prodigy Pavlyuchenkova both had even longer, more compelling marathon 6-7 uncharacteristically hangdog after two No.2 seed Daniil Medvedev and fifth- to dig deep into the third sets before clawing (2-7) 6-2 9-7. — AAP draining five-setters already during the seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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NO ADVANTAGE: The injured James Tedesco (right) of the Blues is seen off the ground by New South Wales coach Brad Fittler during Game 3 of the 2020 State of Origin series. Tedesco suffered concussion after an accidental knee to the head from Josh Papalii. AAP picture

RUGBY LEAGUE by Murray Wenzel and Scott Bailey The NRL has maintained its stance that the “You have to stay on game plan and what you foul-play crackdown will not ease for Origin, amid are trying to achieve. TOWNSVILLE — Sin-bins threaten to play a pleas of leniency from Green and consistency from “You try not to chase that space and you should large role in deciding the State of Origin series NSW counterpart Brad Fittler. come up somewhere with (them) being a player with Queensland coach Paul Green admitting it’s The Blues have made a point of training with short.” likely players will attempt to milk penalties. and without numerical advantages in the past Possession is also crucial in those periods, be it The NRL’s foul-play crackdown has week, as they prepare for the likelihood of sin- to accumulate pressure while up or starving the overshadowed the lead-up to Wednesday’s series bins and 10-minute periods that could decide the side with the extra man off the ball to attack with. opener in Townsville, with 46 players binned and match. NSW players have been told to lower their another three sent off in the past month. In the four weeks since the crackdown began tackle target zones in a bid to avoid being binned, Not coincidentally, claims of diving have at Magic Round, teams have been down a man on while Green was adamant he didn’t want a game infiltrated the code at the same time, prompting their opposition for 468 minutes of football. affected by the dramas. both Origin sides to speak of a gentleman’s In that time, disadvantaged teams have “We’d hate to see an Origin decided on an agreement to keep it out of the showpiece series. conceded a whopping 254 points and scored just innocuous, incidental contact to the head,” said But Green warned on Tuesday that could prove 86. Green, who hoped to chat with referees boss Jared just lip service and he wouldn’t be surprised to see That difference threatens to be even bigger at Maxwell before the match. players stay down to seek an edge when the heat Origin level, with the game’s best players on the “It’d be very difficult to play Origin if teams was on. pitch. get down to 12 or 11; that will go a long way to “I don’t think anyone likes seeing that, but it’s “We go through many scenarios of what could deciding the outcome. going to happen,” Green said. happen in a game, and being down to 12 men is “You’ve got to be extra cautious, if that’s the “There’s a lot on the line, players play for an one of them as well,” Blues hooker Damien Cook right way to put it, or a little more careful where advantage. said. you put your arms with your tackle technique. “I’m not telling them to do that, the players I “Sometimes teams can go away from their game “But part of Origin is the collisions, the contact, don’t think want to do that, but in the heat of the plan very quickly because you are trying to chase the aggressive side of it, all legal I’m talking battle (they might).” that space that’s not actually there. about. That’s what makes Origin special.” — AAP

All you need for tonight’s State of Origin opener RUGBY LEAGUE certainly provide a different atmosphere and dry conditions expected for the game. Tariq Sims 13. Isaah Yeo 14. Jack Wighton than usually seen at State of Origin WHAT ARE THE BETTING ODDS? 15. Junior Paulo 16. Payne Haas 17. Liam TOWNSVILLE — Here’s everything you matches. In the head-to-head market, the Blues Martin 18. Api Koroisau 19. Campbell need to know ahead of Game 1 so you Game 1 was scheduled to be played on are clear favourites at the NZ TAB, paying Graham don’t miss any of the action. neutral territory at the MCG but was moved $1.49 for the win, while Queensland is at Coach: Brad Fittler WHAT TIME DOES THE GAME START? to Townsville due to the Covid-19 outbreak $2.55. QLD Maroons: 1. Valentine Holmes 2. 10:10pm NZT in Melbourne. NSW duo Nathan Cleary and James Xavier Coates 3. Kurt Capewell 4. Dane HOW CAN I WATCH THE GAME? Game 2 will be played at Suncorp Tedesco are the bookies’ favourite for Gagai 5. Kyle Feldt 6. Cameron Munster You can watch Game 1 live on Sky Sport Stadium in Brisbane, meaning the Blues Player of the Series at $6. 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Christian Welch 9. 4 and free on Three. will have to win at least one of the first two Teams for game 1 Harry Grant 10. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui 11. WHERE IS THE GAME BEING games in Queensland to stay alive in the NSW Blues: 1. James Tedesco 2. Brian Felise Kaufusi 12. David Fifita 13. Jai Arrow PLAYED? series. To’o 3. Latrell Mitchell 4. Tom Trbojevic 5. 14. AJ Brimson 15. Jaydn Su’A 16. Moeaki Game 1 is being played at Queensland WHAT IS THE WEATHER FORECAST? Josh Addo-Carr 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Fotuaika 17. Joe Ofahengaue 18. Coen Country Bank Stadium in Townsville. It will be a mostly sunny day in Townsville Cleary 8. Daniel Saifiti 9. Damien Cook Hess 19. Ben Hunt With a smaller capacity of 25,000, it will on Wednesday, with a top of 26C predicted 10. Jake Trbojevic 11. Cameron Murray 12. Coach: Paul Green. — NZ Herald