TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 GISBORNE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICE TO CEASE PAGE 3

GAME ON: BRIDGES FACING LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE PAGE 6 COVID-19 • Businesses adjusting well to GOING...GOING... contact tracing policies • Frustration at Government’s new The former J S Allan and Son building, seen tracing app in its full glory (left) in 1982, is coming down. Demolition work started this week on the building • Trump defends taking unproven which is among 13 buildings listed as potentially drug earthquake-prone. J S Allan and Son acquired the • Fundraising supremo Colonel Tom site in 1950 and started operating from it two years later. It operated independently until becoming part to become Sir Tom of Mico Wakefield in 1997. STORY ON PAGE 3 • Bitter ‘proxy’ war between China Demo picture by Paul Rickard, 1982 picture from Herald files and US continues PAGES 3-4, 6-14, 18-20, 22-24 SURGERY BACKLOG 101 operations put off, waiting list increases by 92

by Aaron van Delden On Facebook, the DHB said under during Alert Level 4, which ended on Health guidelines. Level 2 it would perform “more surgery, April 27, were cancelled but 101 were Hospital staff had 15 days to assess THE number of planned surgeries at more consultations and more treatment”. postponed. referrals. Gisborne Hospital that were put off due It would contact patients who had The DHB was already struggling to If the specialist determined a patient to the Alert Level 4 lockdown topped 100. health appointments postponed due to treat patients on time before the qualified for treatment, it also needed to The hospital’s surgical waiting lists Covid-19 and prioritise the most urgent Covid-19 pandemic hit. be provided within four months. have also grown by more than 90 cases. At a hospital advisory committee Mr Wharehinga wanted to know if patients since the day the Patients were advised meeting on March 20, care delays in 10 the district health board was actively lockdown came into force. to contact their GP if their hospital specialties were discussed. informing patients of care delays and the In last week’s Budget, condition had deteriorated. Mr Green told board members the reasons for them. the Government committed At Alert Level 4, all but problem was caused by increasing need Mr Green said the delays were $282.5 million over three urgent care services were coupled with staff shortages, with limited reported in his report to the board each years to help district put on hold so the hospital specialists across New Zealand making it month, but explaining the delays to health boards clear patient could cater for a potential difficult to fill vacancies. patients was something the DHB had not backlogs due to Covid-19. influx of Covid-19 patients. Clinicians going on strike last year been doing and needed to pick up on. But it was uncertain when While that influx did not and the fact some hospital services were In February, some patients were the backlog of Gisborne patients would eventuate, the hospital ran at less than provided by visiting specialists had waiting longer than four months for first be cleared, Hauora Tairawhiti DHB chief 40 percent of its usual capacity. exacerbated the delays, he said. specialist assessments in dermatology, executive Jim Green said. Figures obtained by The Gisborne Board member Josh Wharehinga said gynaecology, neurology, ophthalmology It depended on the revisions made at Herald under the Official Information whanau were approaching him with (eye), otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and each alert level, Mr Green said. Act show 581 patients were waiting for concerns about how long it was taking to throat), plastic surgery and urology. The Ministry of Health said at Alert surgery at Gisborne Hospital on March get a first specialist assessment. Some were also waiting longer than Level 2, health services would “operate at 25, the day Alert Level 4 was activated. The assessment needed to be done four months for treatment in general their full scope where possible”. By May 15, that number had grown to within four months of a GP referral surgery, gynaecology, ophthalmology, Hauora Tairawhiti was unable to say 673. being accepted by hospital staff as otorhinolaryngology, orthopaedics, by press time exactly what that meant Meanwhile, no surgical procedures that meeting the threshold for publicly- paediatric surgery, plastic surgery and for Gisborne Hospital services. were due to take place at the hospital funded specialist care, as per Ministry of urology.

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TO THE RESCUE: Gisborne lifeguard Sonia Keepa features on a Surf Life Saving NZ website series profiling “the brave and dedicated wahine” who balance lifesaving duties with family and other commitments. Picture supplied

by Melanie Louden Keeping fit during lockdown involved home fortunate enough to live at Wainui Beach, so it “I definitely grew in confidence and skill level workouts, running and yoga, and Sonia added was important the children become involved with across the board, not just as a lifeguard but in so SONIA Keepa has “a really full life” and she meditation and relaxation sessions to the nippers to learn beach and surf-safe skills and many more ways. wouldn’t have it any other way. routine. water confidence. “It’s an experience I encourage all surf “I thrive on it,” she says. “Staying out of the ocean during the first four “I am a patrol captain and Jack and I do lifeguards to aim for.” Sonia is wife to Cody, mother of Jack (16), weeks of lockdown was really hard and I couldn’t volunteer patrols on the weekends during Between 2017 and 2019, Sonia has been Charlie (12) and Zoe (7), a volunteer surf wait to get back to the pool and ski paddling on summer. recognised at Surf Life Saving New Zealand’s lifeguard at Riversun Wainui Surf Life Saving the river before it got too cold.” “It’s pretty cool to be on patrol with your Gisborne Awards of Excellence as Volunteer Club, a lifesaving sport athlete and a Surf Life Sonia works in SLNZ’s Eastern Region as the child, training alongside them and watching their of the Year, Beach Ed Instructor of the Year, Saving New Zealand (SLNZ) staff member. club development officer for Gisborne/Tairawhiti. development from a parental point of view, but Emerging Coach of the Year, Masters Female At club level, she is a committee member, Keeping up with also with a coach’s hat on.” Sportsperson of the Year and Volunteer Lifeguard head of junior surf, a junior coach, patrol captain her roles within her A personal highlight of the Year. and instructor. club, region and the The great thing is was attending SLNZ’s Sonia says there are a number of At regional level, she is an examiner on the organisation during the I’m‘ actively involved in prestigious National “amazing women who are really strong and junior sport committee and a regional guard Covid-19 alert levels has Lifeguard School in 2019 knowledgeable” across all areas of SLNZ supervisor. meant changing what she something my children where Sonia gained her “I’m so inspired by our lifesaving sport She lives and breathes surf lifesaving . . . and does to online platforms. are also passionate about. Advanced Lifeguard Award athletes’ level of commitment to training — their so does her family. “I feel I’ve had more When we’re all out in — the highest qualification fortitude, resilience and adaptability to the harsh “The great thing is I’m actively involved in meetings than ever before. the surf together, that’s available to lifeguards in nature of lifesaving sports. something my children are also passionate I have been involved in New Zealand. “Likewise, the young girls who really step about,” she says. “When we’re all out in the surf a lot of team meetings something special “There are a lot of outside their comfort zones and give things a together, that’s something special. to review and strategise. — Sonia’ Keepa prerequisites and a high go, paddling out into set waves and making it “I am grateful for the amazing support network Planning for the coming level of fitness that needs around the course, then stepping up race after I have with my husband and his parents. Also the season is well under way.” to be reached to meet the selection criteria race . . . it’s pretty amazing.” children helping out with chores at home — the Sonia began her surf lifesaving journey at before you can even submit an application. Sonia says within the organisation there are little things that need doing to allow us to get out the Midway club where she received her bronze “Then there is the selection process many women from whom she draws “inspiration, the door and into what we love.” medallion in 1987 at the age of 15. itself, where I was up against much younger support, guidance and motivation”. Things were much quieter for the Keepa family She took a break from surf lifesaving candidates. She has simple advice to young women within during Covid-19 alert levels 4 and 3. during her university years and while she was “I had it in my sights and each year worked on the movement. “We spent time together creating new routines establishing her career. obtaining the required awards. “Anything is achievable if you set your far removed from the usual busy rush of life — Once she had children, it was a priority to get “National Lifeguard School is amazing. It’s mind to it. I’m very much a ‘how can we make evening walks along the beach, movie nights, back to the surf lifesaving club, starting as a such an experience to spend a weekend locked that happen?’ person, so if there is a course, cooking meals together and, much like everyone, parent helper at nippers. in with like-minded people from all over New award, event, or skill that you are interested in, I too much baking.” “We are an ocean-loving family and are Zealand. encourage girls to go for it.”

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Box 1143, Gisborne • Phone (06) 869 0600 • Fax (Editorial) (06) 869 0643 (Advertising) (06) 869 0644 Editor: Jeremy Muir • Chief Reporter: Andrew Ashton • Circulation: Cara Haines • Sports: Grant Miller/John Gillies To nd out more call 869 0620 e-mail: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected] • web site: www.gisborneherald.co.nz The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 20, 2020 NEWS 3 Welcome rain with more predicted early next week by Murray Robertson computer models indicate a low pressure that had been particularly dry for some time 31, Ngatapa 35, Pakihiroa 39, Pakarae 51, system to develop in the Tasman Sea and move benefited to the tune of 35mm. This was not Poroporo 71, Puketawa 63, Puketoro 85, Rip RAIN in the past 24 hours and overnight across the North Island. quite what farmers there had been hoping for Station 81, Raukumara 22, Ruatoria township has been the last good chance for meaningful “This is bringing forecast wet weather from but still very useful rain, which brought some 49, Tatapouri 42, Te Arai River at Pykes Weir 19, rainfall until early next week, according to the early next week. Bear in mind the details are relief. Te Puia 59, Tuamoe Station 67, Waerenga-o-Kuri MetService. not set in stone but it is the next feature we are Gisborne District Council rainfall gauge 34, Waikohu River at Mahaki Station 31, Waikura Showery conditions intensified yesterday keeping a close eye on.” figures across the region in the past seven 15, Waimata River at Goodwins Bridge 47 and afternoon and last night, with 16 millimetres Most of the region has benefited from days read as follows — Arowhana 75mm, at Monowai 64, Waipaoa River at Matawhero recorded in a single hour. decent falls of rain in the past week, the only East Cape Lighthouse 60mm, Fernside Station 44 and at Waipaoa Station 34, Wharekahika “Today will see an isolated shower or two as real exceptions being parts of East Cape like 71, Gisborne Airport 46, Hikuwai No4 bridge at Hicks Bay Road bridge 11, Wharekopae the southerly winds ease off,” a forecaster said. Waikura Valley and around Hicks Bay. 59, Hikuwai at Willowflat 58, Mangapoike 58, at Rangimoe 34 and at Old School 52, and “Looking ahead to next week, our current Districts near Gisborne — like Ngatapa — Mangatu 30, Maraetaha 22, Mata 50, Matawai Wharerata 57. Axe falls on air traffic controllers THE national air traffic control provider and workable proposals to the union’s yesterday confirmed services at Gisborne leadership, which would have guaranteed will cease — the same day flights to and their members’ employment for 12 from the city restarted. months in exchange for a 25 percent pay Passenger safety and airline operations reduction. will not be affected by Airways’ decision to “It is unfortunate that our people were withdraw air traffic services at seven New not given the opportunity to vote on this Zealand airports, Airways chief executive proposal — an action that is in stark Graeme Sumner said. contrast to compromises made by their Airways would collaborate with a pilot colleagues,” he said. working party that included the affected The changes could mean the loss airports, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), of up to 38 positions, with these staff a General aviation (GA) representative anticipated to leave over the next and Air New Zealand to plan a safe and three to six months. Timings for any orderly transition. redundancies will be confirmed as part of The working group will identify when the collaborative process with the airports the current services will be withdrawn and CAA. from each airport and what type of Airways will also work with staff on any service, if any, they may be replaced with. redeployment opportunities. This process is expected to take around Gisborne Airport is owned by Gisborne six months as each airport completes its District Council and operated by Eastland process. Group. Airways will withdraw air traffic control “We’re in ongoing discussions with services from its towers at Hawke’s Bay, Airways, the Civil Aviation Authority Gisborne, New Plymouth, Rotorua and (CAA), the NZ Airports association and Invercargill airports. other affected airports,” said Eastland Airways has five staff in Gisborne. Group chief executive Matt Todd. Mr Sumner said the dramatic collapse “There is a meeting this afternoon to in flight numbers prompted by the Covid- begin working through the next steps. 19 pandemic had hastened the need to “These steps will include developing make changes to how air navigation a safety case, determining the level of services were delivered to ensure their service required at Gisborne Airport and long-term viability. considering different options for how this “Over the past month Airways has could be implemented. worked alongside our staff and their “We will be engaging in detail with union, the airports concerned and Air local airport users and stakeholders, and New Zealand to determine how we can listening to their views as to what service best respond to the current crisis while level they require. also ensuring we are able to help drive “We’re open to understanding what the aviation sector’s recovery and future the outcomes might be but safety is growth. paramount, and the process must be IN CONTROL: Air traffic controllers pictured at Gisborne Airport in January, last year “We extended the timeframe for robust and independent. during the Darton Field Wings and Wheels airshow. The air traffic control service at consulting with and gathering feedback “Gisborne District Council is being kept Gisborne is to cease, along with towers at Hawke’s Bay, New Plymouth, Rotorua and from our people. Airways put constructive updated.” Invercargill. Picture by Liam Clayton Making sure Covid is not ‘hiding’ in the community Plumbing history demolished

COVID-19 testing is continuing All Covid-19 related testing is FROM PAGE 1 — said the business acquired the site relationship with the Findlay family, in Alert Level 2 but Hauora free of charge. in 1950 and started operating from owners of adjoining properties. Tairawhiti points out tests are not “We are also testing a selection THE building that housed a there in 1952. Mr Allan said another strong to “clear” people to return to work. of people without symptoms. mainstay of the Gisborne business The company was previously based memory was the company’s fun As of this morning, 3394 tests “The Hauora Tairawhiti public community for decades — J S Allan in Derby Street for 25 years. run of the 1980s, which featured had been done across the region. health team is working with and Son — is coming down. J S Allan operated as an more than 1500 participants, prizes Tairawhiti Medical Officer of various groups including staff Demolition work started this week independent trader for 100 years valued at more than $14,000 while Health Dr Osman Mansoor said in front-line services, essential on the Grey Street building, which is before becoming part of the Mico the company installed free open-air Hauora Tairawhiti continued to workers, aged-care facilities listed on Gisborne District Council’s Wakefield network in 1997. showers outside the showroom for provide testing in two ways. and some specific groups with list of 13 potentially earthquake-prone Mr Allan said he enjoyed a strong the runners. “The first is testing of people increased risks. buildings, which were originally and lengthy relationship with many Spa and Pool Warehouse operated who have symptoms that could be “ We are trying to make sure, as scheduled for strengthening by March suppliers and customers. at the site until last year. Covid,” he said. best we can, that there is no Covid 2018. However, the district council There were big farming stations, Property co-owner Walter G. “If you have a cough, sore ‘hiding’ in the community. granted a five-year extension. which, like J S Allan, were three- Findlay said they had considered throat, sniffles, fever, loss of smell “We will continue this testing J S Allan and Son former company generation-old businesses, where the repairing the building “until it got or taste or shortness of breath — as per the Ministry of Health’s managing director Derek Allan — original generation had broken in the crazy’’. get tested. request. grandson of James Smith Allan, who land. They had other ideas for the site, “Contact your GP to arrange “This testing is not to clear started plumbing in Gisborne in 1896 The Allans also had a strong but nothing was definite at this stage. testing. people to return to work.” 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 20, 2020

FAMILY NOTICES Deaths Deaths

PARKER, Laurie. — WILLS-HICKMOTT, Deaths Passed away at home, Helen Mary. – Died in Napier, on Wednes- peacefully, at Redwoods BYRNE, Eileen. — day 13 May 2020, in Village, Rotorua, 13 Tragically taken from the company of his May 2020, aged 75 us unexpectedly, Wed- loved ones. Much loved years. Beloved daughter nesday 20th May 2020. husband of the late of Len and Matiria Wills Loved Mum of Conrad, Molly, and of Sharon. (dec). Dearly loved Carrie, Morena, Much loved father and sister of Lloyd (dec) and Naaman and Oshae, father-in-law of Mary, Llani, Rangi (dec) and their partners and her Frank and Debbie, Shirl, Kino and Brown, mokopuna. Mark and Prue, Murray Kuiwai and Ben, Edith Eileen will be lying and Ginny, Julie and and Ian (dec), Tui (dec) at 241 Rutene Rd from Stewart, John and Anne and Max (dec), Kath and Thursday 21st May. Marie, Sarah and Ray (dec), Butch and Service to be held 6pm. Andrew. Grandfather to Rose, Peter and Keriyn, All welcome. For their 23 children, and Cindy and Chuck further information Ph great-grandfather to 11 (dec), John (dec) and 021 207 6632. more (at last count), to Hine. Cherished Mum carry the baton forward. of Leona and partner MANN, Anne We all love you and Roto, and much loved Victoria. — On 18th will miss you Laurie. Nan of Rore and Hemi, May 2020, surrounded and her moko tuarua, by her family. Loved born on the day of her mother of Victoria, passing. Dearly loved Clarissa and Teresa. and respected aunty of Grandmother of Lucy, all her many nieces and Pete, Alice, John, Anna, nephews. Teddy and Georgie. We will miss her A small family wise counsel, her service has been held. strength, courage and Jason Morrison Funeral perseverance, and her Services FDANZ unfailing love for her Warkworth whānau. Hāere atu rā e te Deaths Deaths tuakana, hāere ki ngā rangi tūhāhā hei heKEEPING TRACK: Civil Project Solutions (CPS) assistant project manager Zac Borrie signs a contact manu tīoriori! tracing register. CPS owner Russell Moylan said staff signed a register in the office on entry and exit and Helen’s ashes will also had full contact-tracing sheets detailing where they had been and who they had interacted with. The late be interred next to her Picture by Liam Clayton mother’s at Te Whare Percy Honeri Kaponga Urupa, Wai- Raukawa karemoana, at a later date. If in doubt, The whānau wish to Sunrise 9.2.1952 acknowledge the Lakes the‘ good Sunset 1.5.2020 Medical Services Trust Options vary in old-fashioned ambulance driver Glen, pen and paper Percy’s whanau would love to take this for his care and support. opportunity to thank each and every one sign-in seems to of you who made his battle with cancer be the norm. as comfortable as possible. Medical staff In Memoriam contact tracing of Three Rivers, David Moore Pharmacy, ’ Hospice, Palliative Care, Ward 5, District Nurses, A & E and St John Ambulance, DUNN, Dick by Andrew Ashton COLLECTING CONTACT the premises taking details and thank you all for the compassion shown 20.5.07 TRACING INFORMATION noting the number of shoppers towards him while fighting the toughest Much loved father GISBORNE businesses are entering. battle of his life. Old Cuzzy soldiered on and grandpop. managing contact-tracing ALL non-retail businesses must “In some cases they have just till the very end and passed peacefully guidelines well, the Gisborne record details of all people’s taken note of the number of Thirteen years have Chamber of Commerce says. movement on their premises. This people entering and exiting the with his whanau at his home in Gisborne. flown by since you left A huge thank you to the Maxwell whanau As people go back to work in includes employees, visitors and premises.” to join Mum and Kim. Covid-19 Alert Level 2, workplaces customers. Where practical, they There was some “differentiation” for their tautoko and awhi, your waiata Sadly missed. Always from your bubble to our bubble was one of have to abide by contact-tracing should keep people one metre in regard to a ‘one size fits all’ in our memories and practices and Gisborne Chamber apart at all times. approach to contact tracing, she the many things Percy loved listening to. always in our hearts. of Commerce manager Lena said. The Reeves whanau of Mokairau Station; All our love. Bevan says employers should be RETAIL stores do not need to “Some require immediate sign- and Glenalva; Peter and Christine, Mark The family commended for the way they have record details of their customers. in upon entry while others have and Andrea, thank you for always being adapted. They must still keep records of no checks at all, regardless of how there and looking after Percy. Patrick “The process would no doubt be their employees and any visitors, long you are in the shop and who Lane; your mate always remembered challenging for some dependent such as maintenance workers or what you interact with. you. East Coast Wools Ltd; thank you for on their product/service and what or suppliers. Where practical, “One business with no entry allowing time needed away from work. is already commonplace in their they should keep customers two sign-in process did take our Percy remained at home during Covid-19 workplace practices. metres apart at all times. details once we made a purchase Monumental “For others the adjustment may at the counter, but that was only Level 3 for 3 nights with his whanau under Masons have just required a few tweaks “There are some innovative half of our ‘shopping bubble’.” the wonderful care of Stonehaven Funerals to enable some form of business businesses creating apps for The Government has released Ltd, Gisborne, in making sure regulations as usual — for instance, physical contact-tracing purposes which its “Digital Diary” contact-tracing and laws for M.O.H. were upheld during STONEHAVEN for layout to allow for two-metre are being utilised by some app today. this sad time. To those who gave koha of physical distancing. businesses. However, if in doubt, “As regions reopen and people all types, a big thank you. Funerals “With adaptation and lessons the good old-fashioned pen and come together (within their As many did not know of Percy’s and learned we can certainly say we paper sign-in seems to be the respective physical distancing passing, we will hold a memorial with Memorials are more prepared for this new norm.” measures) we must remind his unveiling on 28th November 2020 at way of doing business. People should carry their own ourselves that the purpose of 601 Nelson Road “Thus far, those I have pen to avoid surface contact, she contact tracing is to stop the TeRangimatanui Urupa, Omarumutu, Ph 867 1 800 Opotiki, and thereafter for lunch at spoken to report that dining-in said. spread of Covid-19,” said Ms Omarumutu Marae, and to share establishments are abiding by the She recommended reading the Bevan. “It is important to keep memories of Percy’s life. PLEASE rules and are all over the contract guidelines on keeping registers. track of people’s movements. HAVE FAMILY tracing, and the tables seemed Registers should be secure, “The Digital Diary may be a No more suffering, will always be loved spread out enough.” confidential and hygienic, and more streamlined system to more and remembered by his whanau ... NOTICES Customers had reported they needed to be kept for two months. effectively track and trace our you have left a gigantic hole in our lives, IN BY 9AM liked having one server. “It is suggested that one movements as a nation. but you are at peace now. “One venue said they were employee be assigned to complete “This is for personal record- DAY OF booked until the end of this week, the register. keeping only and will be required Your loving wife, children and moko PUBLICATION so long may that continue,” Ms “This has been the case in some if any diagnosis or links to Bevan said. shops, with an employee outside Covid-19 are found.” MP Allan’s East Coast Town Hall virtual series to start tomorrow by Matai O’Connor space to essential discussions during a time heard the key points, but what does this all really Tiana Epati, Ngati Porou East Coast Rugby Union when we need community more than ever,” Ms mean for people’s lives?” she said. president and Pango Productions chief executive LABOUR MP Kiri Allan has organised a virtual Allan said. “I want to put the Budget announcement in officer Bailey Mackey and Trust Tairawhiti chief series called East Coast Town Hall. The theme for the first episode is Budget 2020 context, make sense of the big numbers and executive Gavin Murphy. The first meeting airs live tomorrow at 8pm on and its impact on the East Coast — what is really understand what it means for us folk here in the Ikaroa-Rawhiti Labour MP Meka Whaitiri will be the MP’s Facebook page. needed in a Covid-19 recovery? mighty East Coast.” helping host the virtual town hall meeting. “East Coast Town Hall is a digital series “Following the Government’s announcement Panelists on tomorrow night’s show will Any questions can be posted in the comments bringing our community together and giving last Thursday, a lot has been discussed. You’ve include New Zealand Law Society president section of the video. The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 20, 2020 NEWS 5 Teen hurts neck in car Snug crash at as North Clyde a bug A TEENAGE girl suffered a serious neck injury in a two-car crash in Wairoa early yesterday afternoon. She was one of three people taken to Wairoa Hospital by St John Ambulance. Two others were treated for bumps and bruises. Wairoa’s emergency services were called to the crash scene at an intersection in Mahia Avenue in North Clyde at around 1pm. “The injured teenager was transported to hospital as status 2 — serious — with a neck injury,” an ambulance spokesman said. “The other two — a woman aged in her early 50s and an eight-year-old girl, were status 3 to 4, moderate to minor.” “We checked out two more people, a man and woman, for minor bumps and bruises.”

ME AND MY FRIENDS: Ten-month-old Bax Beckett loves his winter pyjamas and his mum, Jammies 4 June organiser Firefighters Cassandra Blumfield is passionate about ensuring all Gisborne children have warm jammies this winter. Picture supplied by Kim Parkinson tirelessly throughout lockdown to purchase pyjamas. support our community and I am so Last year Jammies 4 June had its deal with JAMMIES 4 June has teamed up grateful for having their service in our most successful year ever with 500 with SuperGrans this year to collect community.” pairs of pyjamas donated. and distribute warm pyjamas to Ms Blumfield said she hoped to get The charity also received 100 downed tree Gisborne children who need them. support from the Gisborne community blankets, 110 beanies, over 100 pairs Due to the Covid-19 lockdown and and local businesses as she had in past of socks and other knitted and warm associated ‘trying times”, organiser years. items. FIREFIGHTERS were called to Stout Cassandra Blumfield said SuperGrans This year pyjamas and winter In past years Ms Blumfield has been Street near Dalrymple Road last night would be taking all the donations and clothing can be purchased online or in overwhelmed by the generosity of the after a tree came down across the road. distributing them. stores and dropped off at SuperGrans’ Gisborne community and hopes 2020 Fire and Emergency NZ sent a crew to Having SuperGrans take all the premises in Childers Road. will be just as successful. the scene at around 6pm. donations was a perfect fit, she said. Online orders can also be sent For all details including postal/drop- It took them about 20 minutes using a “I know they will all go to children directly to SuperGrans and cash off address and account details, contact chainsaw to cut the tree up and remove it in need. donations can be given or transferred SuperGrans on Facebook or by phone from the roadway. “SuperGrans has been working to SuperGrans for the team to on 06 868 3571 or 027 261 292. It was not clear how the tree came to fall. GISBORNE DISTRICT COURT NEWS

THESE people appeared appropriate safety seat for his and Yates’ abuse of substances. been imposed. It was the least restrictive before Judge Turitea Bolstad. size. It was also influenced by Yates’ Intensive supervision would appropriate outcome for Smiler Police prosecutor Brendan relatively young age, his limited enable Farmer to complete the — a mother of four children, A MAN caught drink-driving Mills said there was insufficient criminal history (comprising programme with the probation including an eight-month-old with a five-year-old inadequately evidence at hand on the minor nuisance and dishonesty- service able to monitor him toddler, said Ms Tunstall. restrained in the car was prosecution file to challenge type offences) and the four-year thereafter. It would enable Smiler to indifferent when police pointed Williams on the point. gap since his last conviction (for Judge Bolstad agreed and resume counselling she began out he endangered his child, Ms Rishworth noted it was six breaching supervision). imposed the sentence to run for previously for alcohol abuse. Gisborne District Court was told. years since Williams’ last court 12 months. She noted Farmer’s Smiler was stopped due to the Stephen Williams, 34, pleaded appearance for a drink-drive THE Covid-19 lockdown good progress to date and way she was driving on Lowe guilty to driving with excess matter. disrupted a residential drug congratulated him on his effort. Street at about midnight on breath alcohol (823 micrograms) Williams had not intended rehabilitation programme with She knew it was not easy, she October 18 last year. for a third or subsequent time — to drive that night but went to its participants sent home early, said. his fourth, the last in 2014, the collect his son after a phone call the court was told. Farmer was disqualified from CHARGED with aggravated others in 2003. from the boy’s mother. Gisborne man Frederick Tai driving for a year and a day and robbery, three burglaries, and Judge Turitea Bolstad imposed Williams was concerned about Joseph Farmer, 47, was only will again be subject to zero- presenting a firearm, Keau 160 hours community work, arguing he could hear during the three weeks off completing his alcohol driving provisions. Jan Leach, 22, was refused disqualified Williams from call. three-month programme when The offence (mid-morning last electronically-monitored bail. driving for a year and a day, He was routinely stopped. It he had to leave the Rotorua September) was discovered at a He was further remanded in and imposed zero-alcohol licence was not due to any driving fault. residency, counsel Alistair Clarke routine stop and was aggravated custody for a Crown case review provisions. said. by Farmer driving in breach of hearing on July 10. According to a summary of CONRAD Beau Yates, who Sentencing for Farmer on an an existing zero-alcohol licence. Leach pleaded guilty to a facts, Williams was stopped at a pleaded guilty to assault, was eighth drink-driving offence charge of breaching release checkpoint on Ormond Road at ordered to come up if called upon (545mcg) was previously KIM Sousse Smiler, 38, conditions on which he was about 9.45pm last November. within 12 months. adjourned to enable him to admitted drink-driving (820mcg) convicted and discharged. Police alleged there were two The complainant was an undertake the programme. for a third or subsequent time — In disposing of the charge, the children in the car with him, associate of Yates’ sister, who Mr Clarke said while Farmer her fourth. judge noted Leach had been on neither was restrained and Yates pushed against a wall and had not yet finished the She was sentenced to 12 remand in custody for a month. Williams appeared indifferent struck in the side of the face treatment programme, with months intensive supervision when told he was endangering after he tried to walk away. the country now at Alert Level and two months community RAPANA Joseph Pene, 31, them. Yates left the scene in his car 2 he was able to do so and was detention, and was disqualified pleaded guilty to a breach of Counsel Lucy Rishworth said when a passing motorist stopped. scheduled to resume it within a from driving for a year and a day. supervision. He was convicted Williams disputed there were The sentence imposed by week. Home detention was and discharged. two children in the car, saying Judge Bolstad took into account Mr Clarke advocated for a recommended but counsel Holly On two other charges — it was one child — his five-year- matters raised in a pre-sentence community-based sentence but Tunstall successfully argued for receiving and a driving matter — old son, who was wearing a report, including references to a not an electronically-monitored the combination of lower-order he was further remanded on bail seatbelt but admittedly not in an specialist mental health report one as might otherwise have sentences. without plea to June 4. 6 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 20, 2020 Power play — it’s all on Bridges appears to call challengers’ bluff COMMENT by Jane Patterson, RNZ WELLINGTON — National Party leader Simon Bridges looks to be calling the bluff of would-be challengers Nikki Kaye ToddMuller and Nikki Kaye, confirming a vote on the leader and his deputy would be held next week. Certain quarters have been deeply unhappy with Bridges’ leadership for some time, but not enough to get any real momentum behind a challenge — that all changed with the disastrous poll yesterday, with National’s support diving 12 points, to levels not seen since the early 2000s. Until now, the party vote under Bridges had held up well although he had been dogged by low personal ratings. MPs have told RNZ they have not seen the party’s internal DOGGED BY LOW PERSONAL RATINGS: Until recently, National’s Party vote under Simon Bridges’ Todd Muller polling for some months and leadership had been holding up well. NZ Herald picture believed they had been withheld because they have not been good Muller with Nikki Kaye, MP for to the public. size as the largest caucus in Bridges says he will put his for Bridges for some time. Auckland Central, as deputy on While Nikki Kaye has a high Parliament, affording it plenty leadership to the test and wants Senior MP Judith Collins the ticket. profile as a former minister and of resources in both MPs to take it done quickly. MPs tossing up has confirmed she will not be They had been doing the having beaten Jacinda Ardern on the Government and the whether to back a change were contesting the leadership; no numbers as the caucus had twice in Auckland Central, funding that comes with it. waiting for another major poll doubt she weighed the likelihood become increasingly unhappy Muller is a virtual unknown. Both National and, more expected tomorrow but he looks of being able to pull off a win but it is understood they had A major motivating factor recently, Labour have had to be forcing his opponents’ at the election that will be held not issued a formal challenge. from this week’s poll is under their caucus decimated after hand. This will flush out any just four months from now. MPs have been torn by seeing those numbers up to 16 MPs dismal election results and not would-be contenders and push Political leaders do not get to the public mood against Bridges could lose their seats, many of only does it destroy morale, MPs to pick a side, after months stick around long after election harden, versus the risks of a them in marginal seats or in but having the knife taken to of dithering. defeats and Collins has been coup this close to the election; list positions — some of the funding, votes in the House, It is all on — each side will around long enough to see both have the “look” of taking list places are held by National and all of the other aspects of now be looking to get solid exactly how that plays out. out a leader and basically frontbenchers. parliamentary life makes the votes — signed and sealed — The only real game in town no time to properly install a A key strength of National in road to recovery that much before they front to caucus next is Bay of Plenty MP Todd leadership team and present it opposition has been its sheer harder. Tuesday. Fourth man charged in relation ‘Paula Benefit’: on-air gaffe for National’s leader to Tongariro bones discovery WELLINGTON — Simon Bridges’ Tuesday. years ago and start kind of dragging week from hell just got . . . a little Unfortunately, Bridges has made the that up,” she told media in 2017. TONGARIRO — A fourth person with murder and accessory after the worse. same mortifying mistake before. It’s not the first time a politician has has been charged in relation to the fact to murder. The embattled National Party leader In 2018, Bridges was talking to called Bennett “Paula Benefit”, when in death of Ricky Wang, whose remains A fourth man has now been was speaking to Newstalk ZB’s Mike media following jibes from Winston 2011 a Green MP accidentally made the were found near the Desert Road charged with accessory after the Hosking, ostensibly to steady the ship Peters when he made the unfortunate gaffe during a candidates meeting. near Tongariro earlier this year. fact to murder. and steer the debate back to economic insult. Former Breakfast host Petra Bagust Bao Chang Wang, known as The 37-year-old was due to issues, when he made an embarrassing “Winston Peters spends a huge was also guilty of the error during a ‘Ricky’, disappeared and had not appear in the Waitakere District on-air gaffe. amount of time on me, on Paula Ben, live segment in 2012. been seen since 2017. Court today. “The biggest issues we face in New Benefit, Bennett,” Bridges said. After this morning’s slip-up, Mike Three men have been charged — RNZ Zealand right now are our economic “Let’s start that again.” Hosking poked fun at Bridges, saying future,” Bridges said. The nickname “Paula Benefit” was “when it rains, it pours”. “But at the moment, there’s a focus thrown around during her time as Simon Bridges this morning Man charged over allegedly sending on leadership in the National Party”. the Minister for Social Development, revealed two National MPs will “And some of my colleagues want to poking fun at her past as a solo parent challenge him for the party’s threatening emails to Jacinda Ardern challenge myself and Paula Benefit . . .” who relied on the benefit. leadership. He quickly tried to correct his error. In 2017, Bennett said she found it The National Party leader told Mike by Sam Hurley, NZ Herald Minister and cause Ardern to “fear Leader for more than two years, with “distasteful” that people were scraping Hosking he would not identify the pair for her safety (or) the safety or her Paula Bennett his deputy for the entire through her past. as he wanted to give them the “dignity” AUCKLAND — An Auckland man family”. time, Bridges might well be relying “I just find it kind of distasteful that of making their own announcements. was due to appear in court today The man is charged under the on Bennett as two unnamed MPs people want to go back and look at He was “very confident” he would after being charged over sending Harassment Act 1997 and faces a challenging for the leadership next someone’s private life to nearly 30 win a vote on Tuesday. — NZ Herald allegedly threatening emails to maximum sentence of two years’ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. imprisonment if found guilty, the Police accuse the 54-year-old charging document states. of “sending three emails having He is due to appear in the North ERC meets with bar owners, tourism leaders, Treasury already sent 89 emails” between Shore District Court later today. October 17 last year and January In separate cases, two men were 19 this year, a charging document charged last month with threatening viewed by the Herald reads. to kill after allegedly sending and WELLINGTON — With bars to wait was “a bit of a kick in Speaking at today’s meeting The emails, the police allege, posting social media messages to set to re-open tomorrow, the the guts”. are: were intended to harass the Prime National Party leader Simon Bridges. Epidemic Response Committee Meanwhile, some tourism (ERC) was meeting with pub businesses have been suffering, ■ Hennessy’s Irish Bar in owners as well as tourism but have also said domestic Rotorua owner Reg Hennessey No new cases of Covid-19 business leaders this morning, travel being allowed under Level ■ Anthony Hall from The Still and and they would also hear 2 would help. Room gastropub WELLINGTON — There were no Mortimer cruise ship on April 13. from Treasury who failed to Yesterday, Treasury officials ■ Over the Top chief executive new cases of Covid-19 reported in They had tested positive in front yesterday. failed to front at the meeting, and founder Louisa Patterson New Zealand yesterday, but four Uruguay before they returned, and Bars and pubs have had to which National Party leader ■ Volcanic Air Safaris chief cases have been reclassified as the Government was unsure if they wait an extra week to open after Simon Bridges said was pilot and director Tim Barrow confirmed. had been classified as confirmed by the move to Alert Level 2 but “entirely unacceptable”. ■ Totally Tourism owner Mark At yesterday’s briefing, Director Uruguay. Dr Bloomfield said it was from tomorrow they can open Treasury Secretary Caralee Quickfall -General of Health Dr Ashley now clear they had not been, so they their doors. McLeish was expected to appear ■ Hobbiton boss Russell Bloomfield said the four newly were added to New Zealand’s total. Some bar owners said having today at around 12pm. Alexander. — RNZ confirmed cases were people All four cases had recovered, he who had returned from the Greg said. — RNZ The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 20, 2020 NATIONAL NEWS 7 94pct of sexual assaults New Covid-tracing go unreported — survey

by Ben Strang, RNZ Women’s Refuge chief executive Dr Ang Jury said the impact of WELLINGTON — One in four financial hardship and poverty was app has tech hitch people experience sexual assault in of particular concern in the survey, their lifetime, but 94 percent of those given the Covid-19 pandemic and assaults are not reported to the the recession that is set to follow. WELLINGTON — The to record with the app will be police, the largest survey of crime in Instances of family harm and Government’s new Covid-19 stored securely on your phone New Zealand shows. sexual violence increased after the tracing app is live, but it has and deleted automatically after Victims’ advocates say the survey, Global Financial Crisis. not gone off without a technical 31 days. which was commissioned by the The survey found a clear link hitch. “It’s your choice whether you Ministry of Justice, will help lead to between victimisation and socio- The new tracing app was share any of this information radical change in the justice sector. economic conditions, with those released last night, a day earlier with contact tracers, and any The New Zealand Crime and under financial pressure or facing than expected. information you do share Victims Survey talked to more than unemployment more likely to be Once signed in, users are able will be used only for public 8000 people over the past year, to victims of crime. to scan QR codes at businesses, health purposes and never for form what the Ministry of Justice Dr Jury said the damage could public buildings and other enforcement. said is the most comprehensive be limited. “Nothing is inevitable. organisations to track where they “Like all mobile apps, NZ Covid picture of crime in this country. I’m not a great believer in unicorns have been for contract-tracing Tracer will be updated over time The report published by the and pixies and things like that, but purposes. as new features are developed. ministry said 24 percent of adults anything is possible. From there, people can see “In the next release, NZ Covid — or more than 900,000 people — “I don’t want us to get ahead of their “check-in” history. Tracer will be able notify you experienced one or more sexual ourselves. Everybody is bracing People can also register their if you have been at the same assaults in their lifetime. themselves and preparing, and contact information so the location at the same time as But just 6 percent of those, a rate that’s all that we can do. Looking National Close Contact Service someone who has Covid-19 and of three in 50, would actually report out for it, but not wanting to can get in touch if it needs to. will allow you to send your the sexual assault to police. promote it either.” However, Google has been digital diary directly to the Maggy Tai Rakena, the manager Tai Rakena said the survey was inundated with frustrated users National Close Contact Service.” of START, a sexual assault support missing the voice of children, as all unable to even log in. People would also be able service, said there were many those surveyed were over the age “Trouble logging in, got error to self-report any Covid-19 reasons why people did not report of 15. as others got when loading symptoms so they could be tested acts of sexual violence. “We’ve already got a lot of child details. Had to reset password. for the virus if appropriate and The report said people could sexual abuse that we do know Still issues,” one user wrote. complete a daily health check-in be hesitant to report violence about, and that’s really worrying.” Another wrote, “I can’t even through the app if in isolation. committed by their partner, because Chief Victims Advisor to the get through the sign-up stage. “I encourage all New they fear they will be sent to prison. government, Dr Kim McGregor, said Password needs to be ridiculously Zealanders to download the Tim Hampton, a deputy secretary the likes of Women’s Refuge, START long, and once you have that NZ COVID Tracer app to help at the Ministry of Justice who and other specialist organisations sorted you’re sent a verification protect yourself, your friends, compiled the survey, said the stories needed all the support they could code, exiting the page to access whanau and community by of people not reporting crime could get to combat these issues. verification code from your account.” making it easier to trace the be heartbreaking. The Government has allocated email.” Director-General of Health Dr people you’ve come into close “The one that really struck me more than $200 million over four One person said they could Ashley Bloomfield said the app contact with.” was that only 15 percent of those years from last week’s budget to not create an account due to it would help to identify, trace and victims actually believe that what fight domestic and sexual violence. not accepting “email verification isolate cases and close contacts ■ NZ Covid Tracer is available happened to them was a crime. The minister for justice, Andrew code”. to prevent further spread of the now from the Google Play Store “When you heard what had Little, told Morning Report: “One of “Please stop wasting taxpayers coronavirus, Covid-19. and the Apple App Store. Further happened, it was clearly a crime. the things we need to do is make money and get it fixed. And I As for what happens to people’s information about the app can That’s pretty telling.” sure that the services and support should be able to use my Google/ privacy and data, the app lets the be found at www.health.govt.nz/ Mr Hampton said the survey laid that victims of sexual offending get Facebook/MS account to login user control their information. NZ-COVID-Tracer. a platform for a significant change is good and is there right from the instead of create a new user “Any information you decide — RNZ to how victims were treated in the time the police get involved and also justice sector. right through to the court process. “Everything in the survey has “There’s been a lot of work to really confirmed what most people make sure that happens. We’ve been would expect who are involved in trialling that sexual violence court in the sector. Auckand and Whangarei and we’re “What the survey does is it puts waiting to see the evaluation on that. hard numbers around many of the “We’ve got law going through stories that we’re hearing, and so Parliament at the moment that in order to bring about change we makes it easier for victims to step need both stories and numbers.” up and give their evidence and not Both Maggy Tai Rakena and be traumatised by that experience.”

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Carter Holt Harvey has not ruled Bascand says the central “It is lowering interest rates out shutting its Laminated Veneer bank’s bond buying efforts across the curve and it has Lumber (LVL) plant employing 325 have so far been effective in helped markets to function,” staff in Marsden Pt as part of a reducing wholesale interest he said. proposal to restructure the business rates, but that they were not Even though the OCR was into a smaller domestically-focused translating quickly enough close to zero, the Reserve operation. into lower mortgage rates. Bank still had options. The bombshell announcement came The central bank’s first In terms of its next likely just as workers returned to work attempt to soften the economic step, Bascand said the bank under Level 2 lockdown and three blow of the Covid-19 pandemic would be better placed to months after the company — owned by was to cut its official cash rate make a decision in three billionaire businessman Graeme Hart by 75 basis points to a record months’ time, when more is — decided to shut down its Whangarei low of just 0.25 percent on CURTAILING ECONOMIC BLOW: Reserve Bank Deputy known about the pandemic sawmill, which employed 111 staff March 16. Governor Geoff Bascand said that expanding the asset and its effects on the economy. and contributed $5million to the local A week later, it announced programme to $60b was the right thing to do. File picture “What is significant is that economy. a $30 billion quantitative it is a very uncertain world CHH chief executive Praful Kesha easing (QE), or bond buying percent — good news for bank competitive pricing issue that we are in at the moment, blamed the restructure on the programme, to ensure that borrowing costs. between its members. but as time goes on we will unprofitable export side of the LVL bond yields stayed low, thereby While he noted that retail The Reserve Bank last have some certainty,” he said. business, which accounted for about keeping bank borrowing costs borrowing costs had fallen, he week left the door open to Expanding the asset 70 percent of the production and sales down. wanted to see more reductions. the possibility of negative programme to $60b was the volume, saying the business could not Last week, in response to “In one sense, they (the interest rates in the wholesale right thing to do, he said, “and continue in its current format. the wall of new government banks) are probably a bit market — a measure aimed the most effective”. “While total closure has been debt coming to the market cautious there, but as time at dragging retail and After just over a month, considered and still remains an option, to fund the likes of the wage goes on and they are more commercial borrowing costs what were the bank’s lessons we have identified that a smaller, subsidy scheme, the bank confident that they can fund lower still. learned from QE? domestic-focused, business may be lifted its bond buying cap to in different ways and at lower However, some banks have “First and foremost is that more viable than the current business $60 billion. costs, they hopefully will see been tardy in arranging their it does help. It does contribute — which serves both the export and While the Reserve Bank is more of that flow through,” systems and documentation overall to achieving monetary domestic markets — with a better a relative newcomer to QE Bascand said. to accept negative rates. policy objectives,” he said. “It’s chance of long-run survival.” — other central banks have “We have seen some banks They have been given until not perfect. It does have side The LVL plant employs 325 people. been doing it since the 2008-9 reduce their mortgage rates December to get their systems effects.” If it is restructured in the way Global Financial Crisis — but we still think that there is in line. Bascand said the envisaged, half of the employees will Bascand said the key lesson to a way to go,” he told the New Bascand did not give away Government’s fiscal policy was lose their jobs. All jobs will go if the be taken on board was that it Zealand Herald. any clues as to whether the “doing all the heavy lifting” for plant shuts down. The cost of raw helps. A spokesman for the NZ Reserve Bank would go down the economy right now. materials and a consistently high As evidence, he pointed to Bankers Association said the negative rate track, other “Between us, we are both New Zealand dollar compared to the the five-year government bond the association would not than to say the bank wanted very focused on how we Australian dollar have had a major yield that was trading close to comment on bank interest to have that option, should it can support the economy to impact on exports. — NZ Herald the official cash rate of 0.25 rates because it was a be required. cushion the blow from this.” Fletcher to lay off 1000 Kiwis, 500 Australians

by Anne Gibson, NZ Herald decisions which include looking at the order of 500. I acknowledge said. them secure their next opportunity,” reducing the number of people we this news will be hard to bear and A search today of the he said. AUCKLAND — New Zealand’s employ by approximately 10 percent. that this is an unsettling time for all Government’s wage subsidy scheme Every permanent employee leaving biggest builder has just announced This will equate to around 1000 involved. Moving ahead as proposed showed that by Monday this week, would be paid their redundancy it plans to lay off around 1000 staff in positions across New Zealand,” his would mean losing talented and Fletcher Building Shared Services entitlement or four weeks’ base salary, New Zealand, equating to around 10 statement just issued said. hard-working people from Fletcher had received $67.6m for 9694 paid whichever is higher, “to recognise percent of its workforce. The business has not specified Building. Any of our people affected employees. and support our people given the Chief executive Ross Taylor said which areas of the business or which will have made a difference to our “In New Zealand, we will exceptional circumstances. We will the layoffs were about resetting the sectors the job losses are in. Around company, their teammates and our honour our obligations under the also be providing a comprehensive business for the future. 500 Australian jobs are also on the customers. These decisions are Government wage subsidy scheme range of outplacement and other “While we looked at all parts of our line. not a reflection of their value or by retaining our people through the support services.” business to remove costs, regrettably “In Australia we are undertaking contribution,” Taylor said. 12-week subsidy period ending June Fletcher expects one-off costs from we believe we will not be able to a comprehensive review of our The Penrose-headquartered 26. We are committed to supporting the layoffs which will be revealed support the same number of people. operations and expect this would business is beginning consultation our people as they leave us and will when the full-year result is out in We have to make some very difficult result in a workforce reduction in with staff and unions this week, he endeavour to do what we can to help August.

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY Lister said the stocks that had lagged behind percent to $1.59. Stride Property held at $1.49. the market rally tended to attract more buying Retirement villages, with their fate leveraged on optimistic days, while the “high fliers” were to the property market, benefited from improved WELLINGTON — New Zealand shares equities by the progressive easing of lockdown sold off a little. economic sentiment and saw share price gains followed Wall Street higher as investors were restrictions, both here and around the world. Synlait Milk is down 18 percent year-to-date, today. encouraged by positive data from a small “As economies start to open up and while a2 Milk is up 29.8 percent. Arvida Group rose 2.3 percent to $1.35, Covid-19 vaccine trial. restrictions start to lift, it makes for a more A number of high-yield stocks found support Oceania Healthcare increased 1.4 percent to The S&P/NZX 50 Index rose 0.3 percent, to optimistic mood as people are excited to get today, as talk of the Reserve Bank further 75 cents, Ryman Healthcare rose 1.3 percent 10,790.14. Within the index, 35 stocks rose, eight back to something that looks closer to normal,” ramping up its quantitative easing programme to $12.61 and Metlifecare advanced 1.2 percent fell and seven were unchanged. Turnover was he said and potentially implementing negative interest to $4.35. Skycity Entertainment Group fell 3.2 $124.8 million. Investors globally warmed to the news and an rates pushed investors to look for returns percent to $2.46, the day’s largest decline. Data from a study of eight healthy adults additional rescue package agreed in Europe. The elsewhere. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare dropped 1.6 suggested a vaccine under development by FTSE 100 index rose 4.3 percent, the S&P 500 The recession-proof energy sector helped percent to $30. Lister said a bounce in the kiwi American biotechnology company, Moderna Index rose 3.2 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial buoy the index. Mercury NZ rose 4.2 percent dollar was likely weighing on the share price as Inc, is safe and produces antibodies which fend Average advanced 3.9 percent and the Nasdaq to $4.95, Trustpower increased 3.1 percent to the manufacturer is sensitive to the exchange off the virus. The data is a hopeful sign, but a increased 2.4 percent. $7.03, Meridian Energy rose 2.1 percent to $4.80, rate due to its international sales. doctor from Johns Hopkins Centre for Health Early this afternoon, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Genesis Energy advanced 1.4 percent and Outside the top 50 stocks, mobile marketing Security warned the limited trial was designed index was trading 1.8 percent higher, Japan’s Contact Energy rose 1.3 percent to $6.21. company, Plexure Group rose 3.2 percent to to test the safety, not the efficacy, of the vaccine. Topix was up 1.9 percent and Australia’s S&P/ Property stocks have traditionally been a 96 cents after reporting a 50 percent jump in Mark Lister, head of private wealth research ASX 200 was up 2.1 percent. high-yield safe harbour, although disruptions to revenue in the 2020 financial year. at Craigs Investment Partners, said New Zealand New Zealand’s local benchmark saw broad- commercial rentals during the lockdown have And media company NZME fell 2 percent to 24 shares were “following in the footsteps” of based support with just eight of the top fifty put them under pressure in recent months. cents after dropping its bid for urgent clearance international markets albeit more modestly. stocks declining on the day. Yesterday they clawed back some of those from the Commerce Commission to buy major “Any snippet of news that suggests there Dairy processor Synlait Milk led the market losses. rival Stuff. The High Court yesterday declined may be a vaccine of any sort in the offing, higher, rising 4.9 percent to $7.29 while its Argosy Property advanced 3.9 percent to to force exclusive negotiations to continue with markets are latching onto that,” Lister said main customer, a2 Milk, declined 2.7 percent to $1.075, Kiwi Property Group rose 2.9 percent to Stuff owner Nine Entertainment. Further tailwinds were being provided to $19.42. 90 cents and Precinct Properties increased 1.9 —BusinessDesk 10 OPINION The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 20, 2020 EDITORIAL Demand real customer service, councillors I knocked off early yesterday and drove into phoned 867 2049 and took a deep breath. customer service from our council. Todd who? town from our farm at Ormond to pay my rates, The first live human voice was a fail. I With my rate demands came a leaflet about one day early as I’m unable to make a trip to explained to him that tomorrow is rate payment Covid-19, including payment of rates with no Who is Todd Muller? town today. I choose to pay in person instead of day and 10-2 is just not going to work. Lots of mention of reduced customer service hours. Many New Zealanders and online as a personal statement. good citizens will be making the trip to council This follows years of frustration when dealing National Party supporters will be I walked up to the council door at 2.15pm to outside of these hours and could I please speak with council. I also tried for a warrant of fitness asking that question now and it is see a sign saying due to Covid-19, customer to a manager to suggest they open from 9-5 on a Saturday or two before Christmas, to find the major hurdle for the apparent service hours are 10-2. Me and another ratepayer, like everyone else. He tried to defend 10-2 and the council-owned business closed but the leadership challenge from Muller also there to pay her rates, exchanged some mentioned that it had been advertised on four opposition down the road flat out. and Nikki Kaye against Simon profanities about how unhelpful this was. media and on Facebook, which I don’t do. He I won’t even start on waiting for the council to Bridges and Paula Bennett, just four As I drove home I thought how typical of reluctantly agreed to put me through to someone, process a subdivision from over 12 months ago. months out from an election. council to be so far removed from practical which of course went straight to voicemail. So come on councillors, tell the CEO that we As The Herald went to press today business sense and customer service normality. This has been “the straw that broke the ratepayers demand real customer service, not lip I felt some urgent feedback was required, if only camel’s back” for me, and I feel a need to warn service. the pair were yet to confirm their I could actually speak to a real person . . . so I others not to raise their expectations of good GARY HOPE leadership bid but sources within the party have, and Bridges told LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS media this morning that he faces a challenge from a joint leader and deputy leader ticket. This follows Tourism spend now a terrible poll result for the party Unnecessary touch point (slumping to 30.6 percent support) and himself as preferred prime Re: Auckland, Wellington arm up during the day so that has to be maximised minister (with just 4.5 percent flights back in service — May we do not have to physically The front page of last night’s funds that (not before time) 19 story. activate and touch the paper would have caught the should, in the current climate, support) released on Monday night. Great to see the airport ticketing panel? attention of all those with an have to justify their high Kaye, 40, is better known but terminal open up again . . . Just a thought . . . maybe it interest in Gisborne’s economy salaries and show the results has downplayed her leadership just one comment, I dropped was just an oversight, or there and many ratepayers who of their marketing spend. ambitions and is likely to be my son off yesterday, going is a reason. The exit arm is have questioned value-for- They do actually have time Muller’s running mate. She entered through the entrance of the open to go through without money in current tourism to reassess their recent past Parliament in 2008, defeating electronic terminal where you activation. marketing spend. unimpressive efforts and Labour MP Judith Tizard in the get the parking ticket — why No one actually in the maybe look in a new direction, Auckland Central race and breaking can’t they leave the barrier RICHARD FOON tourism business would have such as high yield against a 90-year hold on the seat by left- a problem with the staff at high numbers. wing parties. She has remained the the visitor information centre. The talk of a bubble with MP for Auckland Central, including Their job is to look after the Australia opens up strong Treatment ‘saves lives’ tourists when they get to possibilities for Gisborne and — most notably for National voters Gisborne and in my experience the East Coast. It will be hoping to defuse “Jacindamania” The controversy over the use FDA-approved drug.This will cost of international tourists, both interesting to see how that — two attempts to unseat her by of Hydroxychloroquine to combat $US1000 a dose. the old Tourism Eastland staff is handled. My mother had a the current prime minister (in 2011 the Wuhan virus is quite simple to The V.A. study was based on and the new staff perform saying: “Don’t tell me how to and 2014). She is from the socially- explain. It is proving highly effective end-stage patients with severe well. do it, show me.” I am already in the US and is saving thousands co-morbidities and with little chance liberal wing of the party. It is not in their job personally getting inquiries of lives, especially when taken early of survival. description to get tourists from Australia. Muller, 51, is the MP for Bay of in the progress of the disease. But More than 700 doctors have Plenty and was first elected in 2014. here. It is those spending it is cheap and will not make a lot joined Republican Senator Ron promotional and marketing FRANK MURPHY He is the party’s spokesman for of money for the drug company Johnson in writing to President agriculture, biosecurity, food safety manufacturing it. Trump asking him to make and forestry, and sits on the Primary One of the authors of the Hydroxychloroquine more widely Production Select Committee. He is Veterans Affairs study that claimed available. Were I to have the Reminiscing well-liked in the House and, most the drug had no effect on the misfortune to come down with the Re: Huge influence in wine, Restore line notably this term, led the National recovery of patients stricken by the Wuhan virus myself, I would insist April 11 obituary. Re: Most want Covid-19 package caucus position on climate change virus was receiving grants of up on early treatment with appropriate Saddened to hear of Denis’s to help rail line, May 16 story. to $250,000 from Gilead Sciences, doses of Hydroxychloroquine. It that saw a unanimous vote across death. He was an entertaining Gisborne’s rail is a resource that a company that has high hopes saves lives! friend and flatmate in the our forefathers tirelessly created Parliment for the Zero Carbon Bill. for their Remdesivir, a not-yet- PATRICK COOPER After qualifying from the University early ’70s. A very dashing for us. A number even lost their of Waikato with a master’s degree young man around town and a lives while devoted to this project. regular figure in the Gisborne Nowadays KiwiRail and central in politics and history, he began Photo News along with his government have allowed it to go his working career as a staffer in Great news One rainbow best friend Warrick. The wine to waste, saving their pennies while the office of former Prime Minister Re: Titirangi one-way at dinner parties in those days we pay more to freight our goods Jim Bolger. In the private sector system project all go, May 11 after another was really just a challenge to on roads not designed to take the he rose to be general manager of story. get the least-rough red! How weight of modern trucks. Zespri, chief executive of Apata Ltd Awesome news for all our Re: Under the rainbow, May times have changed. Happy Our rail line must be restored. (a post-harvest service provider kids who walk the hill with us. 19 photo. memories. The sooner it is done, the less it will for kiwifruit and avocado growers), We had more than an hour cost! and more recently group director JAY CASEY of gleeful surfing last Friday ANNE STANTON, Nelson DEREK BARTHOW of co-operative affairs for Fonterra. morning, with one rainbow He is a former Waikato University after another . . . this one a councillor and sat on the boards of Covid bypass double. Eight wahine o te Plant and Food Research and the moana on clear, glassy waves Taihoa for a while GDC Re: Professional treatment, May — two of us kayaking and the Re: GDC needs to learn be working well with our rate Sustainable Business Council. 18 letter. others boogie-boarding. I took from cost blowouts, May 16 money. But taihoa for a while, Bolger all but backed Muller to Don’t feel embarrassed, covid this shot boogie-boarding with editorial. give us all breathing space as take over on RNZ’s Checkpoint last largely by-passed Gisborne. Normal a compact Lumix camera . . . Worldwide people tighten we are “cash-strapped” and night, saying it was a decision for hospital services should have been I think it’s called “getting in their belts during the hard some of these projects can caucus but Muller had the skills and restored nationwide some time ago. the postcard!” times. As we are not in the wait another day. experience to be National’s next good times at all, the GDC is leader and for the Covid-recovery FORMER PATIENT PAULA RENOUF trying its best and sincerely to ALAIN ALBERT JORION needs of the country. Bridges told RNZ this morning he [email protected] was confident he could see off the ■ The maximum length for letters is 350 words. challenge and wanted to do it as ■ Anyone can write a column, 600 words maximum, but a photo is required. soon as possible, maybe even ahead ■ Always include full name and contact details. of next Tuesday’s caucus meeting. ■ If you use a nom de plume, there is a higher bar for acceptability. ■ Letters may be edited for clarity, length or legal reasons. The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 20, 2020 WORLD 11

CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENED: The coronavirus pandemic threatens to derail any progress made in recent years to deal with the climate change crisis, organisers of the annual gathering of business and political elites in the Swiss ski resort of Davos said. In a survey of industry professionals that reassesses the risks to the global outlook in light of the pandemic, the World Economic Forum said “years of progress” on addressing climate change could be undone and that it is important for countries to make sure environmental issues are at the heart of recovery plans. “We now have a unique opportunity to use this crisis to do things differently and build back better economies that are more sustainable, resilient and inclusive.” said Saadia Zahidi, the WEF’s UNDER PRESSURE: France’s managing director. At the most recent gathering ruling party has lost its absolute in Davos in January, climate issues dominated majority at France’s lower house the week’s discussions and many companies, of parliament, in a symbolic blow as well as national governments, insisted that to President Emmanuel Macron’s dealing with global warming would be central to leadership amid the coronavirus their programs over the coming years. Spurred crisis. AP picture on by young climate activists, such as Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate, promises were made to meet the commitments made in the France’s Macron 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. AP picture loses majority as defectors form new party ‘My decision to make’ PARIS — The party of French President Emmanuel Macron has lost its outright majority in parliament, after a group of MPs broke away to form a new party. Trump defends criticised use of drug Ecology, Democracy, Solidarity will be largely formed of seven MPs from La République en Marche (On the Move) and WASHINGTON — President Donald in support of the drug had faded. But his other ex-supporters of the president. Trump emphatically defended himself on private hopes had not, according to three The defecting MPs want to focus on Tuesday against criticism from medical White House officials and Republicans green issues and social inequality. experts and others that his announced close to the White House not authorised But their decision leaves Macron’s use of a malaria drug against the to speak publicly about private party with 288 seats, one short of a coronavirus could spark wide misuse by discussions. majority in the 577-seat lower house. Americans of the unproven treatment, Trump alleged, without evidence, on French commentators said La with potentially fatal side effects. Tuesday that one government study that République en Marche (LREM) still had Trump’s bland statement a day earlier showed negative effects from the drug the backing of two other political allies, that he was taking hydroxychloroquine was meant to embarrass him. the centrist MoDem as well as Agir from caught many in his administration by “If you look at the one survey, the only the centre-right, which together make up surprise and set off an urgent effort bad survey, they were giving it to people another 56 seats in the National Assembly. by officials to justify his action. The that were in very bad shape,” Trump said. There is even a chance that the party Government has warned that the drug That was an apparent reference to a could regain its absolute majority if should be administered for Covid-19 only study of hundreds of patients treated by another defector who leaves the assembly in a hospital or research setting. the Department of Veterans Affairs in is replaced by a pro-Macron MP. Trump decided to take which more people in a group who were The Macron camp has been plagued by hydroxychloroquine after two White administered hydroxychloroquine died a series of defections in recent months, House staffers tested positive for the than among those who weren’t. and French media said the seven latest disease, but he had already spent months “They were very old. Almost dead,” departing MPs had come under intense promoting the drug as a potential cure Trump said. “It was a Trump enemy pressure to stay. or preventive, despite the cautionary statement.” The new party is not a major blow to advice of many of his administration’s top Senate Democratic leader Chuck Macron electorally, and allies dismissed JUSTIFICATION: medical professionals. The drug has the President Trump has Schumer questioned on MSNBC whether the moves as part of the “tribulations of potential to cause significant side effects defended his use of a malaria drug to Trump was actually taking the drug and parliamentary life”. AP picture in some patients and has not been shown fight off Covid-19. added, “I know him saying he is taking it, But it is further evidence of to combat the virus. whether he is or not, is reckless, reckless, dissatisfaction among the president’s “This is an individual decision to hydroxychloroquine increased last month reckless.” MPs, who were swept into the National make,” Trump told reporters during a to 96, compared with 49 in April 2019, At least two White House staffers Assembly in June 2017, weeks after his visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to huddle according to data from the American tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this whirlwind presidential victory. with Senate Republicans. “But it has a Association of Poison Control Centres month, sparking concerns about the steps There has been a steady trickle over great reputation.” provided to the AP. It was the second taken by the administration to protect recent months of MPs out of the ranks of Amid concerns from some public month of elevated reports involving the the President and sending Vice President the LREM. health experts that Trump’s example drug, following 79 calls in March. The Mike Pence and other officials into Until now, they have sat as could send many more people to misuse problems reported included abnormal varying forms of self-isolation. independents. From Tuesday, with a the drug, White House press secretary heart rhythms, seizures, nausea and Trump said he took hydroxychloroquine handful of new defections, they are Kayleigh McEnany said on Tuesday vomiting. with an “original dose” of the antibiotic sitting as an official group in the National that “tens of millions of people around Trump dismissed reports of side effects, azithromycin. The president has Assembly, entitling them to parliamentary the world have used this drug for other saying, “All I can tell you is, so far I seem repeatedly promoted the use of the drug privileges and status. purposes”, including malaria prophylaxis. to be OK.” with or without the azithromycin, but no The main beef of these MPs is that She emphasised, “You have to have a FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said large, rigorous studies have found them President Macron’s party has failed in its prescription. That’s the way it must be in an emailed statement on Tuesday: safe or effective for preventing or treating promise to be inclusive and to transcend done.” “The decision to take any drug is Covid-19. the old political divisions. The drug is also prescribed for some ultimately a decision between a patient Two large observational studies, each In spirit, they were all on the left or lupus and arthritis patients. and their doctor.” involving around 1400 patients in New ecological wings of the LREM. And they Trump said his doctor did not Many studies are testing York, recently found no Covid-19 benefit feel that since 2017 Macron has made a recommend hydroxychloroquine to him, hydroxychloroquine for preventing or from hydroxychloroquine. Two new lot of overtures to the right, but not many but that he requested it from the White limiting coronavirus illness but “at ones published last Thursday in the to the left. House physician. this point in time, there’s absolutely no medical journal BMJ reached the same Polls show that more voters on the That physician, Dr Sean Conley, said evidence that this strategy works,” said conclusion. right than on the left generally approve in a statement that, after “numerous Dr Carlos del Rio, an infectious disease Prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine of the Macron presidency. He has shifted discussions” with Trump, “we concluded specialist at Emory University in Atlanta. surged roughly 80 percent in March to rightwards. the potential benefit from treatment “My concern is, the president has a more than 830,000 compared with the But the timing of the bloc’s initiative outweighed the relative risks”. big-bully pulpit . . . maybe people will same period in the prior year, according raises questions. Everyone knows that The Food and Drug Administration think there’s some non-public evidence” to data tracking firm IQVIA. after the Covid-19 crisis things will be warned health professionals last month that the drug works because Trump has That jump in prescribing came before different. that the drug should not be used to chosen to use it, del Rio said. the federal government accepted nearly There is no way that Macron will be treat Covid-19 outside of hospital or “It creates this conspiracy theory that 30 million doses of the drug donated to carrying on as before. research settings due to sometimes fatal ‘something works and they are not telling the strategic national stockpile by foreign The new priorities will be themes side effects. Regulators issued the alert, me about it yet’.” drugmakers. such as ecology, industrial protection in part, based on increased reports of As research started to emerge that Since then, millions of those tablets and higher wages for health workers — dangerous side effects called in to US hydroxychloroquine was not helpful, and have been shipped to US hospitals all of which the breakaway MPs would poison control centres. even potentially harmful, in battling nationwide for the use of treating presumably regard as their own. — BBC Calls to centres involving Covid-19, the president’s public rhetoric patients with Covid-19. — AP 12 WORLD The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 20, 2020 Captain Tom to be knighted LONDON — A British army veteran say a huge thank you.’’ who shuffled the length of his garden Queen Elizabeth 2 approved the honour. 100 times to raise funds for the National It was not immediately clear how it will Health Service is to be honoured with a be bestowed, as the ongoing lockdown knighthood. mandates social-distancing. Tom Moore received a special Moore’s family used social media to nomination for the honour from Prime seek donations to support healthcare Minister Boris Johnson, just weeks after workers as a mark of gratitude to doctors he raised £33 million for completing the and nurses who took care of him when he challenge to mark his 100th birthday. broke his hip. When he first started, he His simple determination and promise was a mere retired Captain with a goal of that “tomorrow will be a good day!’’ raising £1000. cheered a nation in lockdown amid the But, as he walked, the public became Covid-19 pandemic. captivated by the veteran with the walker “Colonel Tom’s fantastic fundraising and a cause. When his birthday arrived in broke records, inspired the whole country April, he was promoted, becoming the first and provided us all with a beacon of light Honorary Colonel of the Army Foundation through the fog of coronavirus,’’ Johnson College, Harrogate. said. And so with dizzying speed, he has been “On behalf of everyone who has been elevated once more. ‘BEACON OF LIGHT’: British army veteran Tom Moore is set to be honoured moved by his incredible story, I want to Arise, Sir Tom. — AP with a knighthood. AP picture US-China clash dominates WHA Jinping pledges US$2b, Trump threatens to pull funding

GENEVA — Facing the most disruptive “What the US is doing is acting like improvements” in the next 30 days, in a The officials spoke on condition of pandemic in generations, the technocratic a bully, making an existential threat letter to agency Director-General Tedros anonymity because they were not halls of the World Health Organisation to the WHO, and my worry is if the US Adhanom Ghebreyesus. It is not clear authorised to discuss the issue publicly. are now the scene of pitched battles in ever made good on that pledge, the world what those improvements are. The WHO and other institutions have an increasingly bitter proxy war between would splinter,” he said. “This is giving an “I cannot allow American taxpayer often drawn criticism from conservatives China and the United States. enormous political prize to China because dollars to continue to finance an who are part of Trump’s base and disdain At the UN health agency’s annual China has long been looking for a chance organisation that, in its present state, for the UN-style internationalism. assembly this week, Chinese President to shine on the global stage.” is so clearly not serving America’s In the end, Trump reiterated a number Xi Jinping joined by video conference to A US exit would likely weaken the interests,” Trump wrote. of accusations and complaints that he offer more money and support. global health agency and leave the The US is the biggest WHO donor, has publicly made before, such as that Meanwhile, US President Donald US and China to each fund their own providing about $450 million a year. the agency’s claims about the virus were Trump railed against the WHO in a letter projects, Gostin said. Europeans looked on aghast. “either grossly inaccurate or misleading”. accusing it of covering up the coronavirus At the World Health Assembly (WHA) “Watching the World Health Assembly He also alleged that the WHO had outbreak with China — and threatening that ended on Tuesday, today was like “consistently ignored credible reports of to permanently halt US funding that has European Union observing the post- the virus spreading in Wuhan in early been its main financial lifeblood for years. leaders tried to strike a What the US is doing is American world,” December 2019 or even earlier, including It marked the latest showdown middle ground between tweeted former Swedish reports from the Lancet medical journal”. between the world’s last superpower and the two rivals, and acting‘ like a bully, making Prime Minister Carl On Tuesday, the Lancet called that the rising Asian giant vying to supplant the agency’s Director- an existential threat to the Bildt, co-chairman of characterisation “factually incorrect”, it on the global stage — this time against General simply tried WHO. the European Council noting that the first papers published the backdrop of a disease that has killed to keep the focus on on Foreign Relations. on the coronavirus did not appear until over 300,000 people, left hundreds of fighting the disease — —Professor’ Lawrence Gostin “A confident and January. millions jobless and ground the world not each other. assertive China George Davey Smith, an epidemiologist economy to a halt. The assembly’s with clear strategic at the University of Bristol, called For America’s allies in the West and opening day on Monday was book-ended approach. A EU trying to rescue Trump’s letter “an undisguised political beyond — who have counted on the by two very different messages. On one what’s left of global co-operation. And attack on China”. postwar stability and prosperity that side, Jinping, serene beside the Chinese a disruptive US more keen on fighting WHO acknowledged receipt of the the United States has fostered — the flag and a landscape mural, called in to China than fighting Covid-19.” missive and said it was considering it. standoff was another gut-check moment say that China would offer US$2 billion Trump’s threat followed an intense Tedros appeared determined to rise about the “America First” leader, now over two years to help with the Covid-19 internal debate within the administration above the new bout of criticism, saying heading into a tough re-election contest. response and economic fallout. He vowed between aides intent on eliminating “WHO’s focus now is fighting the Lawrence Gostin, director of the WHO that any vaccine against the disease all funding for the WHO and those pandemic with every tool at our disposal”. Collaborating Centre on Health and developed in his country would be made a favouring a more measured response, Medical experts said the attacks from Human Rights at Georgetown University, “global public good.” such as pegging US funding temporarily Trump, who has repeatedly shunned and said the withdrawal of the US from the On the other, Trump threatened to cut to the level provided by China, according berated international institutions, were global health world would mark a seismic US funding to the WHO for good unless to three US officials familiar with the hurting the WHO’s ability to protect political shift. the agency commits to “substantive matter. global health. — AP

28436-07 The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 20, 2020 WORLD 13 Pandemic turns soccer player into street vendor MANFALUT, Egypt — On consider the cure worse than a hot Saturday afternoon, the disease. Should the virus Mahrous Mahmoud is busy as gain a foothold here, it could can be. The professional soccer spread fast. Ibrahimovic statue player, however, is working The 28-year-old Mahmoud up a sweat in a different is the eldest of two sons. His to remain in Malmo way these days — as a street father worked as a part-time vendor. driver but is retired with heart despite vandalism At this time of the year, problems. He supports his Mahmoud would be on the field father, mother and brother, SWEDEN — The much-vandalised statue of playing as a defender for Beni who live in one room of a three- Zlatan Ibrahimovic is staying in Malmo. Suef, a club in Egypt’s second storey building they share with Where, exactly, remains to be seen. division. But like millions in six other families of his uncles. Committee members from the Swedish city’s the Arab world’s most populous Mahmoud showed athletic council met on Monday to discuss proposals country, he has been hit hard talent from a young age. from local citizens about where to move the by the coronavirus pandemic. He started as a boxer in a statue of the soccer player from its current These days, he heads to work local club, then moved on location outside the stadium. The 500-kilogram, in a crowded market in an to handball, before coaches 3-metre bronze statue has been repeatedly Upper Egypt town. Shoulder- HARD HIT: 28-year-old professional football defender Mahrous convinced him to join the club’s attacked since Ibrahimovic become a part- to-shoulder, shoppers jostle Mahmoud, right, makes Ramadan sweets at a souq, in soccer team. By 16, he went owner in Hammarby, a Stockholm-based team around stalls as he prepares Manfalut, Egypt. AP picture professional. “They told me I and a rival of the striker’s boyhood club of a pancake-like pastry. Prior to would be a good defender,” said Malmo. The most recent act of vandalism saw the pandemic, Mahmoud made His family has to eat. for jobs but could only find Mahmoud, whose teammates the statue cut off at the ankles, leading to it about $200 a month playing for “I should do any kind of work work as a daily labourer in nicknamed him Kompany being removed in early January for repairs and his club. That went a long way to help feed them,” he said. construction. Before the crisis, after former Manchester City put in a secret location. toward feeding his family of The market in Manfalut, he said he could find regular captain Vincent Kompany. “The sculpture stays in Malmo,” said Frida three but he also did part-time a town 350 kilometres south work on construction sites, However, Mahmoud sees Trollmyr, the city’s deputy mayor for culture jobs to supplement it. of Cairo, has remained open usually making no more than Liverpool defender Virgil and sports. “Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a son of The league was shut down throughout the pandemic, NZ $11.53 a day, but now van Dijk as his role model. Malmo, this is where he belongs.” in mid-March and Mahmoud’s bustling as shoppers buy he says he’s lucky if he can Mahmoud helped his team Trollmyr said there would now be a process main source of income dried provisions for the evening get two days of work a week. to the top of its league, and to determine the specific location where the up. Egypt has implemented a meal that breaks the daily Then came Ramadan, and the he hopes to advance to the statue will be placed. A final decision will be strict curfew and closed cafes, fast during the Islamic holy temporary job at the pastry country’s top division. made in June. Among the 29 proposals from malls and other shops as part month of Ramadan. The small stall. In the meantime, he’ll just local citizens was one, supported by nearly of a government effort to stem pancakes that Mahmoud In Manfalut, where most have to keep working, despite 250 people, that suggested the statue be the spread of the virus. His makes, called qatayef in Arabic, of the residents are daily the dangers. There’s his family, moved to the Tele2 Arena, Hammarby’s home club told players to stay at are among the most favourite labourers, staying at home and another reason to save — stadium in Stockholm. home until they could return to Ramadan desserts. and social-distancing are Mahmoud had been scheduled Another, supported by a petition that had playing. Mahmoud returned to his not viable. In rural and poor to get married next month. nearly 8,700 signatures, called for the statue That’s not an option for hometown not long after the parts of Egypt, many have “Nobody is immune,” he said. to be moved away from the local stadium Mahmoud, or many others in country’s partial lockdown taken a fatalistic approach to “But those like me and my because “to have the owner of a rival club the Nile River region of Assiut. was implemented. He looked the pandemic, because they family have to survive.” — AP there is provocative and outrageous.” — AP

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WASHINGTON — The USS Theodore Roosevelt too low for detection. will return to sea later this week, nearly two Air Traffic Controller 1st Class Daniel Wright months after the ship was sidelined in Guam said a few sailors who work for him were among with a rapidly growing coronavirus outbreak, those who tested positive again. US officials said as the crew finished final “They were obviously discouraged at first,” preparations to depart. Wright said in an interview from the Roosevelt, In an interview from the aircraft carrier, Navy adding that one sailor had just returned to the Capt Carlos Sardiello said on Monday the ship ship, had unpacked and was eager to get back will sail with a scaled-back crew of about 3000, to work. “The nice thing is that the majority of leaving about 1800 sailors on shore who are still them have little to no symptoms at all and are in quarantine. Those include up to 14 sailors just waiting for that final check in the box with who recently tested positive again, just days a clean bill of health so they can join the rest of after getting cleared to return to the carrier. The the crew.” puzzling Covid-19 reappearance in the sailors Wright said that while things were difficult in adds to the difficulty in getting the ship’s crew the early days of the outbreak, morale is better healthy again, and fuels questions about the now as sailors look forward to getting back to quality of the testing and just how long sailors sea, wrapping up their deployment and heading may remain infected or contagious. home. “Half the crew would, I’m sure, be happy Sardiello would not discuss timelines or to just sail straight home to San Diego once planned operations. But other US officials said we’re ready,” he said. But he added that this is the ship is expected to leave in the next few some sailors’ first deployment and some sailors’ days, and if all goes well it will conduct naval last, so “to be able to finish something that they operations in the Pacific region for some period BACK ON MISSION: The USS Theodore Roosevelt is expected to leave Guam in the started back in January — it’s a good milestone of time before heading home to San Diego. The next few days, and if all goes well it will conduct naval operations in the Pacific region for all of us to shoot for.” officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to for some period of time before heading home to San Diego. AP picture After the outbreak was discovered and the discuss military operations. ship docked in Guam, more than 4000 crew Asked about the possibility the ship will be all the systems are working and that troops are news. There’s no bad news. It’s Covid and we members went ashore for testing and quarantine, able to conduct missions after its two-month ready despite the added requirements of masks, don’t understand it completely,” said Sardiello. while about 800 remained on the ship to protect layoff in Guam, Sardiello expressed confidence. constant cleaning, social-distancing and other “We’re executing according to plan to return to and run the high-tech systems, including the “Do I have a crystal ball? I do not. But I think we virus-related restrictions. sea, and fighting through the virus is a part of nuclear reactors that run the vessel. have set the conditions for a high probability of Sardiello said they were able to get special that.” In recent weeks, sailors were methodically success, and we’re going to go to sea and do our black neck gaitors for the flight deck crew, As of Monday, 14 sailors had tested positive brought back on board, while the others who had mission,” he said. because wearing regular masks wouldn’t be safe. for a second time, and 30 others who came remained went ashore for quarantine. The Roosevelt has been at the centre of a And they’ve set up one-way corridors, spaced out in contact with them were sent ashore for Sardiello, a former Roosevelt captain, was widening controversy that led to the firing of the berthing for the crew members, and are keeping quarantine. All 14 had previously tested positive abruptly sent back to the ship in early April to ship’s previous captain, the resignation of the mess halls open longer so fewer sailors are there for the virus and had gone through at least two take command after Capt. Brett Crozier was fired Navy secretary and an expanded investigation at any one time. weeks of isolation. Before they were allowed to for urging his commanders to take faster action into what triggered the outbreak and how well Once at sea, the crew will conduct carrier go back to the ship, all had to test negative twice to stem the virus outbreak onboard. top naval commanders handled it. More than qualifications for the flight-deck crew, including in a row, with the tests separated by at least a After a preliminary review last month, Adm 1000 sailors on the ship have tested positive over fighter jet take-offs and landings. After about two day or two. Mike Gilday, the Navy’s top officer, recommended the past two months, and the entire crew has weeks, the carrier plans to return to Guam to pick The sudden reappearance of the virus reflects that Crozier be reinstated as ship captain. had to cycle through quarantine on shore before up healthy sailors who have finished quarantine a broader puzzle for health and science experts. But the Navy decided to conduct the broader being allowed to reboard. and then return to sea. It may suggest that the test wasn’t given properly investigation. Preparing to go back to sea has been an The virus resurgence was a surprise wrinkle. or that the virus wasn’t in the nasal passages That review, which effectively delays a intense process, requiring sailors to go through “We’re at the time where we expect the but was still elsewhere. There also are questions decision on Crozier’s reinstatement, is supposed mandated preparations and training to ensure unexpected and deal with it. 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Trust Tairāwhiti – and provide a non-rates income stream what we’re about. THE GISBORNE HERALD to Council – so that we can deliver STRONG better outcomes for the communities of Trust Tairāwhiti’s vision is one of: Will open the front ofice to the public BEEHIVES FOR Tairāwhiti–Gisborne. from 9am to 2.30pm each day. POLLINATION - Te Mana - Shared Pride To help achieve this we are looking to Avocados ($150), - Te Ihi - Shared Prosperity appoint two experienced board directors We ask that you keep 1 metre apart, gold ($175) and - Te Wehi - Shared Opportunity. with strong commercial backgrounds. be patient and kind. green ($195). Trust Tairāwhiti is committed to realising a shared vision for the You will be required to sign-in to comply pollination@ The Council is working collaboratively puniwhakau.co.nz future of Te Tairāwhiti by supporting our greatest taonga – our with its CCTO to set the direction and with Covid-19 tracing. people. Investing in our innovators, our leaders and community 0272 860 978 investment strategy for the future. This Staff will be available to receive phone visionaries who see challenges and opportunities is at the core of is an exciting and challenging time to the Trust’s business. calls and emails, 8.30am-5pm, Livestock join the board in light of the COVID-19 06 869 0600. Tātau tātau o Te Tairāwhiti. pandemic and the need to create sustainable economic opportunities for Trust Tairāwhiti is the regional development trust for our region’s wellbeing. Te Tairāwhiti. Trust Tairāwhiti are the shareholders of Eastland Group and have around $666.1 million in total assets. Through You will have a strong public service Matawhero Cattle the development of these assets the Trust invests in the ethos and demonstrated awareness Sale wellbeing of our people to ensure the success of businesses and and understanding of Council’s (and Situations Vacant Tuesday 26th May the future of our region. therefore GHL’s) commitment to Te 2020, 11am Tiriti o Waitangi. In addition to your Approx 2300 Cattle Trust Tairāwhiti was established to: commercial experience you will possess: 20 R2yr Bulls 1. Provide for the people of Gisborne (the bene ciaries) by • sound professional judgement and 180 Wnr Bulls Hfd supporting business, community and other initiatives which decision making; 15 2-5yr Strs Fsn X are likely to encourage or sustain economic growth within • strategic leadership and risk 315 R2yr Strs the district, or may directly or indirectly bene t the people of management experience; “KNOW HOW + CAPABILITY + 50 R2yr Strs Ang Gisborne; and RELIABILITY = TWC 25 18mth Strs • exceptional inancial experience and 2. Preserve the value of the capital of the Trust fund. Exotic business skills; and TWC are growing! And we need you! 50 18mth Strs For 2020, two Trustees retired by rotation. One retiring Trustee • strong networks, links and 50 R1yr Strs has indicated their desire to re-apply. The second Trustee does relationships to the communities, iwi We are a progressive Civil Construction 650 Wnr Strs not wish to seek reappointment. and hapū of Te Tairāwhiti. company expanding our management 65 Wnr Strs Ang team in Gisborne. We are committed to 65 Wnr Strs Ang For 2020, Council will undertake two APPLICANT DESCRIPTION the Tairāwhiti Region and its people. Ang X recruitment rounds, now and again in 65 Ideally you will have: Wnr Strs Ang November 2020 to align with Council’s As part of our commitment to the Ang Hfd X • a clear understanding of governance functions and principles; Board Appointment and Remuneration Tairāwhiti Region and community, we 35 Wnr Strs Hfd • an independent mind and be able to actively participate in Policy. Two Directors retire as they have are looking to employ a Project Manager 30 R3yr Hfrs Ang Board decision-making, including the ability to o er sound served beyond their three year terms. to join our local team. VIC 14/12 One Director has indicated their desire to 30 R1 Hfrs professional judgement; 12 18th Hfrs • a commercial perspective with strong  nancial experience and re-apply. The second Director has served Based out of Gisborne, you will work with our Cyclic and Civil teams over the 50 Wnr Hfrs Ang business skills; their maximum term of nine years and Ang X • strong networks, links and relationships to the communities, cannot seek reappointment. Tairāwhiti Region, working with GDC and NZTA. 50 Wnr Hfrs Ang iwi and hapū of Te Tairāwhiti. We encourage anyone with an interest 11 Wnr Hfrs Jersey The role will encompass all aspects of 25 Wnr Hfrs Hfd In making this appointment, we will also be looking to ensure to apply. The term of appointment is for 400 Wnr Hfrs the right balance of diversity to add to the collective decision up to three years. civil contracting operations, and full 60 MA Cattle project overview from start to inish. You making is represented around the trust table. 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A DROUGHT relief fund is being But they have to get their applications set up by Hawke’s Bay’s four Mayors in by June 12. and Regional Council Chairman this Agriculture Recovery Facilitator week, with the cash to be used to help for Tairawhiti, David Scott, said the Hawke’s Bay farmers through the Government has made up to $5000 drought emergency. available to help farmers recover from The Councils are in the process of the 2020 drought and plan for future deciding how best to support the rural droughts. community and some will decide on “It will pay for professional advice to a funding contributions over the coming maximum of $5000 (excluding GST). days. “The great thing about this fund for Rural Advisory Group chairman our region is the inclusion of the land Lochie MacGillivray said he is thrilled in collective Maori title in the eligibility with the support from the councils. criteria. PROFESSIONAL ADVICE: Farmers affected by the drought around Tairawhiti have The drought in parts of central “Usually monetary packages such as been urged to take advantage of the Drought Recovery Advice Fund. On some and southern Hawke’s Bay this year the Rural Assistance Package exclude properties, like this one at Ngatapa (pictured), farmers have had to feed out poplar was unprecedented, not only in its Maori land trusts, incorporated blocks and willow foliage to their stock as a supplementary feed source. Picture supplied severity but also by the complications and so on, by virtue of the fact that the and isolation Covid-19 has created for applicant farmer (or farmer and partner) farmers. must be the individual land owner,” Mr from the farming business (land in a “Those farmers who wish to apply The Local Government leaders Scott said. collective Maori title is excluded from this should search in Google — drought- have sent a joint letter to the The criteria for this fund states, condition). recovery-advice-fund-application-pdf. Minister for Agriculture, Damien •฀The฀farms฀must฀be฀in฀a฀2020฀drought- Mr Scott said the fund provides a huge “I strongly advise farmers to take O’Connor, requesting that the affected region or district. range of drought affected businesses with advantage of this exceptional offer.” Government match the regional •฀The฀farming฀business฀must฀have฀been฀ technical advice. In particular, it was a wonderful fundraising contribution to protect the negatively affected by the 2020 drought. “This advice must be sought from an opportunity for the ‘smaller’ Maori trust productivity of a crucial part of the •฀At฀least฀50฀percent฀of฀the฀farmers’฀ MPI list of pre-approved suppliers which and whanau farming blocks, Mr Scott regional economy. income in a normal year must be earned includes our local AGFirst. said.

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WELLINGTON — Air analysed 69 countries that if restrictions remain worldwide pollution in New Zealand’s main accounted for 97 percent of CO2 until the end of the year, then centres dropped by about three- global emissions, using data emissions could drop by 7 quarters during the lockdown. from daily electricity use and percent, the report added. Niwa has estimated it would mobility-tracking services. This would be the largest be another 15 to 20 years before In 2019, the world emitted single annual decrease in this country experienced the about 100 million tonnes of absolute emissions since the end same level of clean air. carbon dioxide per day by of World War 2. Meanwhile, global carbon burning fossil fuels and cement A UN report last year said dioxide emissions could production, the research said. emissions needed to drop by 2.7 fall by up to 7 percent this In early April 2020, emissions percent a year to keep warming year, depending on ongoing fell to 83 million tonnes per day, well below 2 degrees Celsius, restrictions and social- a drop of 17 percent, and some and 7.6 percent a year to keep it distancing measures during the countries’ emissions dropped below 1.5C. coronavirus pandemic, research by as much as 26 percent on The Nature Climate Change published in the journal Nature average. research team was concerned Climate Change showed. If pre-pandemic conditions that the rebound, especially on That study, by a group of return by mid-June, then 2020 the roads, could see a carbon scientists from institutions in emissions could decline by 4 surge higher than before the Europe, the US and Australia, percent compared to 2019, but crisis. — RNZ/Reuters/BBC Rage baking

by Amy Williams, RNZ specialty equipment that it would be beyond you, WELLINGTON — A but it’s not and if it was new kind of activism is as complicated as it is emerging from people made out to be, then how taking their cares to the have women been feeding kitchen and pummelling their families for millennia dough, and it’s called rage across the world?” baking. In the book Rage Coined in the US by Baking: The transformative chef, activist and author power of flour, fury, and Kathy Gunst, rage baking women’s voices, Kathy is all about letting out Gunst and co-author your steam at whatever political or pandemic Katherine Alford set the scene for writers and situation is making you mad and creating chefs to discuss the healing powers of baking something (hopefully) edible. from a starting position of being “mad”. Now the hashtag #ragebakers has a Written before Covid-19, Gunst said she following of like-minded kitchen hacks. took refuge in her kitchen as a way of dealing It makes sense to Auckland-based poet, with the political climate in the US. Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod, who has been She took pictures of her baking with the making sourdough as an act of protest for hashtag #ragebakers. years. Gunst said baking did not stop the rage When New Zealand sought solidarity in she felt at the political administration of her sourdough during lockdown, she saw it as country, but did reset her focus for a few short reclaiming the bread for home bakers. hours. “It became a balm, a meditation of sorts. “Breadmaking isn’t something that belongs Baking was a way of temporarily restoring my to hipster men in San Francisco bread belief in the positive transformation of things kitchens, but it’s something that belongs to — in this case, butter, flour, sugar and fruit.” all of us,” said Kirkby-McLeod, who was at Daily Bread is an Auckland institution for first put off making sourdough by technical artisanal sourdough made from a starter explanations. passed down through generations of master “A lot of the books are written by male baker Patrick Welzenbach’s family. celebrity chefs and one of the books had a A 22nd generation baker from Germany, his recipe that stretched 13 pages for a simple family has over 600 years in the profession, PARCHED: Farmers in Hawke’s Bay have been experiencing one of the worst dry sourdough and so then I was like ‘this is which he is carrying on as the bakery’s spells in living memory. RNZ picture by Dom Thomas beyond me, this is crazy, there’s no way I can co-owner and executive baker. do this’.” “I feel baking bread is an amazing process Kirkby-McLeod has a theory that artisan and it’s really interesting. It’s really time bread has been commercialised to make it consuming and during lockdown, everyone Drought-hit Hawke’s Bay farmers seem out of reach for home bakers. had a lot of time,” said Welzenbach. “I would argue it belongs more to the world, He agrees with Kirkby-McLeod that baking historically, (and) to women,” she said. sourdough at home is easy — but as an award- to get $500k boost from Budget “That’s one of the things that annoys me winning baker he said it would not be the about the current bread culture — it doesn’t same quality as a professional bakery’s artisan by Tom Kitchin, RNZ dry for,” O’Connor said. pay any homage or respect to the mothers and bread using specialty grains and temperature- “Clearly this has gone on way beyond grandmothers over centuries who have kept controlled processes. HASTINGS — Drought-stricken anyone’s expectation which is why we’re sourdough starters alive and bread making “I would say it’s not easy to bake a really Hawke’s Bay farmers will be given stepping in.” alive and have fed their families and nurtured good sourdough — it’s a really long process $500,000 by the Government to help Hastings mayor Sandra Hazlehurst their communities.” and you need a lot of skill. But I’m talking from them through one of the worst dry spells and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council When the country learned it would enter a high-quality level pespective. in living memory. chairman Rex Graham Alert Level 4 restrictions at the end of March, “When you bake at home and your bread At the Hastings District spoke alongside O’Connor. flour was one of the items on everyone’s comes out of the oven and the whole room Council office, Minister Local authorities Graham said he wanted shopping list. The run on supermarkets’ baking smells like hot bread and you cut it, it’s not so of Agriculture Damien the local “investment aisles was well documented: by mid-April important for you if it’s not so big and fluffy O’Connor announced the would decide how community” to help raise Foodstuffs had sold 1500 tonnes of extra flour, because you did it. It’s really special to you. Government would give to use the funds, the extra million. the cost of bread-makers leapt on TradeMe and “You don’t need any machine, you just $500,000 to the Hawke’s Damien O’Connor “My objective really flour mills stepped up production to meet the need a bowl and your hands plus time and the Bay Mayoral Drought here, and the regional sudden surge in demand. ingredients. Relief Fund. said. council’s objective, is to The anecdotal evidence on social media “Now it’s like a step back to the old tradition Local authorities would ensure that we get as points towards generations of New Zealanders in making sourdough and I would say it’s just decide how to use the many farmers through discovering how easy it is to make bread. the beginning.” funds, O’Connor said. this as possible, so when we come out of “Actually making a simple wholesome Kirkby-McLeod said more people have The council had already put $500,000 this they’re still alive and kicking.” beautiful-tasting loaf really just needs water, realised how easy it is to make. She makes her in the fund and asked the government Today, O’Connor was due to meet flour, a leaven and time. That’s all it really sourdough every week, keeping the starter in to match it. farmers across the region. needs,” said Kirkby-McLeod. the fridge between loaves. The councils want to raise $2 million “I’ll be talking with farmers who are “I think that by making it more scientific, “I was brought into it by women who are in total. facing the challenges and I’ll take on more complicated, it seems that unless you baking for their families and I’ve passed it on “If you get a one-in-a-hundred year board all their advice, any good ideas have a temperature-controlled kitchen and a to women who are baking for their families,” event, like this one is, then it’s very they have and I’ll take those back to to-the-gram digital scales and all that other she said. hard to know how long it will remain Wellington.” 20 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 20, 2020 A silence not heard in 100 years Medsafe halts sales of virus by Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ ROTORUA — Border restrictions have ‘treatment’ cut off more than 90 percent of visitors to Rotorua’s oldest tourism business, WELLINGTON — Medsafe has The Whakarewarewa Village, forcing its won praise for moving quickly to stop people to re-invent its services in order to sales of a herbal remedy linked to survive. Covid-19. Ngati Wahiao has opened its doors to The president of Madagascar has tourists there for more than 120 years, claimed ‘Artemisia annua’ extract is a offering tours of the vast geothermal treatment for the coronavirus, but the landscape and wahi tapu, and sharing its World Health Organisation says there unique traditions to the world. is no evidence for that. But the historic site, which typically There are concerns the extract may sees up to 120,000 international visitors a cause harm to the liver. year, is now eerily quiet. Medsafe has classified the Plumes of steam from its many ‘Artemisia annua’ extract as geothermal pools and geysers now linger prescription only, so it can no longer over an empty pa. The tupuna whare, be sold over the counter or online. Wahiao, hasn’t had human warmth inside Medicines New Zealand, which it for over a month, and the village hangi represents pharmaceutical companies, pits have remained empty too. said clinical trials were needed to There are no cameras or performances. show a medicine was effective and No tour guides or ta moko artists. And no LOCAL FOCUS: Whakarewarewa Village in Rotorua is now eerily quiet after the safe. more local tamariki known as the “penny coronavirus lockdown shut the border into New Zealand. The historic site, which Its chief executive, Dr Graeme divers” who jump into the Puarenga usually sees up to 120,000 international visitors a year, is facing an uncertain future. Jarvis, said there were more than 400 Stream during peak visitor times to Picture supplied vaccines or treatments for Covid-19 collect coins tossed in by tourists. being tested worldwide. Village resident and Whakarewarewa have a lot of solutions to that already.” Charitable Trust. “That’s not necessarily to discount Village Charitable trust member, James “We’ve also got a shot at the wealthier When Alert Level 4 was announced, the current issue around Artemisia Warlbrick, said the absence of visitors market at the higher end when, normally, Walsmey said the safety and wellbeing of . . . I do understand the Max Planck was a huge blow for the business, but the we have provided a product that is the 21 families who live at the village was institute in Germany is starting to do trust was determined to keep its tourism volume-based rather than one-on-one, or their top priority. some clinical trials to look at whether staff employed. ten-on-one.” “We were concerned about our people, it extracts from this particular source “There was enough strain on our people The Government is investing $400 wasn’t an economics issue,” she said. do have any effect whatsoever, but it’s just to go through this Covid-19 event and million into a tourism recovery fund “As descendants, you take the fairly early days,” he said. then to have to worry about not having to help the sector recuperate from the economics out of it and it becomes very It was his understanding that any money going through this . . . we told impact of Covid-19. much how well we are, and maintaining Artemisia was now considered an our people, go home, stay safe, and your And $10m of that has been allocated that, because that’s our future.” unapproved medicine in New Zealand. pay will go in this week and next week for the Maori tourism sector to help The lockdown has at least had one He said the steps taken by MedSafe and we will go through this together.” operators repurpose themselves. positive outcome for the residents. were responsible in its primary role of But with no revenue coming in, and Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis said Warlbrick said it had given them a protecting New Zealanders. uncertainty around when international with the teaching of New Zealand history chance to see the village through the But the restricted access may visitors can return, the trust has been now compulsory in schools, Maori tourism eyes of their ancestors, before it became a also now mean it could not be sent forced to re-focus its services for a local operators like the Whakarewarewa tourist destination. overseas for sale in other countries, market. Village were more relevant now than “It’s quite eerie actually,” he said. he said. Trustee Karen Walmsley said they were ever. “Especially when you spend all your While there wasn’t any evidence it exploring how the village could be used as “It’s an opportunity to leverage off life in the village, you know . . . it’s a was successful in treating Covid-19, it an education tool. that,” he said. seven-day business. There was always had been previously used, Jarvis said. “Maybe it’s about re-educating and “I would encourage people to go out and something happening in the village and “It’s been used for a long time as a reconnecting our wider New Zealand about and visit all the historical sites, and now, to be in a point of time where it’s Chinese traditional medicine in the community,” she said. the areas where land wars occurred and quiet, it’s kind of like going back in time.” past for treating things like fever and “You hear them all say, ‘oh gosh, we to talk to the people.” The trust hasn’t yet confirmed when malaria, so there’s obviously some need to look after our environment’ and, But making money hasn’t been the only the village will re-open but it is adamant established utilisation of it in China.” ‘what about climate change’? Well, we concern for the Whakarewarewa Village it will come back thriving. — Radio New Zealand

Sixteen people arrested in Hawke’s Bay drug bust An ‘ongoing issue’ HASTINGS — Sixteen cannabis throughout Hawke’s people were arrested and Bay,” Detective Inspector Mike $1 million in assets have Foster said. One in three Maori, Pasifika live in damp homes been seized in a drug bust “Organised crime is all in Hawke’s Bay yesterday about money. Attacking the by Leigh-Marama McLachlan, RNZ ethnic groups in Aotearoa. teenagers were more likely than morning. profits of organised criminal And dampness can be other age groups to have been living In a release, police said groups is a key part of our WELLINGTON — More than a accompanied by the presence of in homes with mould. searches were carried out after strategy to deter and disrupt third of Maori and Pacific people mould. In comparison, people over 60 a “significant” operation by their operations.” were living in damp housing at the “Previous research has shown years old were the group least likely the Hawke’s Bay Organised Police said the warrants time of the 2018 census. that cold, damp, and mouldy homes to be living in mouldy homes. Crime Unit focusing on the executed were related to the The findings have been revealed adversely impact whanau health Hollows said the information sale of methamphetamine recent arrest of three senior by Statistics NZ, following its first and wellbeing,” she said. can give a clearer view of housing and cannabis by an organised Mongrel Mob members in ever nationwide data collected on conditions for Maori and Pacific crime group. Auckland and Flaxmere. household damp and mould. people, and could be used by “The majority of those About $315,000 cash was It found that when the Census Previous research has council’s and district health boards arrested today were either seized in relation to those was taken in March 2018, 35.5 for future discussions on health and patched members of the three arrests, and all three men percent of Maori and 37.3 percent of shown‘ that cold, damp, and wellbeing strategies. Mongrel Mob or their were charged with conspiracy Pacific people were living in damp mouldy homes adversely “It’s helping us identify those associates, including the to supply methamphetamine. houses, compared with just 22.3 impact whanau health and vulnerable communities that are leader of a Hawke’s Bay “These organised criminal percent for New Zealand overall. really impacted by damp and mould Mongrel Mob chapter,” police groups cause considerable The Census asked the degree to wellbeing. in their homes,” she said. said. harm to our communities,” which a house was damp, sometimes ’ —Susan Hollows Director-General of Health Dr They said 10 firearms, Foster said. damp, or always damp. Dampness is Ashley Bloomfield yesterday said a house, vehicles, and “They are focused on defined as when a dwelling feels or damp homes were a concern over motorbikes were also seized in making money through illegal smells damp or has damp patches “Indoor dampness and the winter. the raids. activity and prey on the most on the wall, ceiling, floor or window presence of mould in the home “Part of it is the damp and cold Those arrested in the raids vulnerable members of our frames. have been linked to serious health and it’s also, of course, ensuring that will be appearing in Hastings community to do so.” The data also shows 29.2 percent conditions, such as asthma, people are able to heat their homes, District Court today, facing a “Just how little regard this of Maori and 34.7 percent of respiratory infections, and so that particularly for children and number of serious drug and group has for our community Pacific people were living in homes rheumatic fever.” older people, they’re not in these firearms charges. was again demonstrated with mould larger than a sheet The highest rates of Maori and sorts of conditions that do make “Yesterday morning’s during lockdown, as they of A4-paper either sometimes or Pacific people living in damp houses them more susceptible to respiratory warrants are the culmination continued with their illegal always, at the time of the 2018 were seen in the district health illnesses. of an ongoing operation by the activities, with no care or Census. board areas of Northland, Counties “It is an ongoing issue . . . we Organised Crime Unit into the concern for the very real risks Senior manager census data Manukau, Waikato, Auckland, and are making progress and I’m still sale of methamphetamine and their activities posed.” — RNZ delivery Susan Hollows said the Lakes. bothered that there are damp, cold data revealed disparities across The data also shows children and houses in New Zealand.” The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 20, 2020 SPORT 21 A country kid from North Carolina BASKETBALL by B.J. Armstrong for AP He made the game look easy. necessary. But being Michael Jordan , and all that came Now, did he evolve? Yes. But regardless of all B.J. Armstrong, a Los Angeles-based sports with it, that wasn’t easy. the other things, basketball was always first and agent who played with the Chicago Bulls It all happened gradually and really took off foremost. To me, that was the most impressive during the 1991, 1992 and 1993 championship around 1992 when he went to the Olympics and thing about watching him on this journey. It was that seasons, offered perspective and analysis to we had won our second championship. He had just way in 1984 and it was that way in 1998. Losing, The Associated Press throughout the airing exploded on the scene. winning, making movies, whatever, he was always of The Last Dance series. With the final two Suddenly, he just couldn’t do the things that committed, no matter what. That is an amazing, episodes airing on Sunday night, Armstrong we could do. And he never made excuses for it. amazing accomplishment because it is so difficult. shared his insight in an essay — as told to AP I remember the little things now — he stopped What we got from watching this, and I can say basketball writer Tim Reynolds — on the 10-part shooting before games, stopped warming up, this because I played with arguably the greatest documentary. because he thought it could be disruptive to the player to ever play, was that professional sport was team. He was like, “I don’t want to interfere with never intended to be a one-player show. To me, IT TOOK me a little while to realise that Michael the team.” He always knew our routines and that’s the brilliance of Michael Jordan. Jordan was rarely around when we were on the had respect for them. He always made sure that He was an incredible, amazing individual player road together. everyone had their space within the group. who matched his talents to the team, matched the We were teammates for parts of five seasons, He was always aware. He always knew what was team’s talents to him and he lived in the middle of which means we played more than 200 road going on with the group. He had a huge respect for those extremes. I don’t know how you do that. games together. Life on the road on an off day the team dynamic and what we were trying to do I think it was an absolutely amazing story, gets monotonous; you go to dinner, you go to the and to trying to achieve together, even though and this series came at the right time because movies, sometimes you walk around the city. And he was clearly this very unique individual of the current situation that we’re all in with this whatever we did, Michael usually wasn’t with the player. coronavirus pandemic. And, you know, there were group. This guy was incredible, yet he was most so many lessons to be learned. The biggest one is He was always in his room. It had to be tough, comfortable being one of the guys. We hadn’t that there was no quit in Michael Jordan. He was GAME WINNER: This June 14, 1998, right? That’s when it hit me: You need to have a seen a player like him. He could score, he could going to find a way. He never made an excuse. He file photo shows Chicago Bulls guard certain personality to absorb the public life that defend, he could rebound. He was so confident. But never, ever allowed himself to have fear about not Michael Jordan shooting the game- underneath that, behind the scenes, I knew Michael being able to do something. winning shot in the closing seconds of comes with being a superstar. Game 6 of an NBA Finals basketball For the last five weeks, for two hours every Jordan was a country kid from North Carolina, and And people might say, “Oh, no, nobody can do it was that simple to him. He was a young man, that.” game against the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake Sunday night, Michael finally showed us what his City to give Chicago their sixth NBA life was like in The Last Dance series from ESPN at heart, who wanted to be one of the guys who Well, I saw somebody do that for five years. And Championship. and Netflix. loved to play and was willing to do whatever was for the last five weeks, we all got to see that. Picture by Robert Deutch/USA Today via AP THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY Thursday, May 21, 2020

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TAMPA — Tom Brady isn’t letting the Times. involving Brady, a six-time Super The facilities are still off-limits for coronavirus pandemic — or NFL rules It’s not unusual for quarterbacks Bowl champion with the New England coaches and players, except for players against players working out at team to organise passing workouts before Patriots. undergoing injury rehabilitation. facilities — keep him from preparing for training camp, but the pandemic has Brady, 42, signed a two-year, Though he’s the newcomer, Brady was a new season with his new Tampa Bay changed normal routines. $US50 million contract with the Bucs in in charge, according to the newspaper. team. Teams have had to rely on virtual March. Brady walked through a route with Brady gathered some of his Buccaneers meetings instead of traditional off-season After signing with the Bucs, Brady receiver Mike Evans, demonstrating for teammates on a high school field early on programmes as the NFL tries to make asked for phone numbers of his the veteran and other players exactly Tuesday for a throwing session. plans for a 2020 season, possibly without teammates. He apparently made use of where to make their cuts. Brady wore a Buccaneers helmet and fans at stadiums. that list to organise the workout. Teams cannot organise such workouts, an orange jersey over his shoulder pads. Because of the pandemic, which has It was an encouraging sign for fans and the Buccaneers did not publicise The informal, players-only workout forced social distancing and sheltering on the same day NFL teams began Tuesday’s session. — AP Mander supports ‘LAB RATS’ FEAR return to system FOOTBALL by Ian McCullough, AAP information, why would I put myself at that, on Sunday May 17 and Monday May risk?” 18, 748 players and club staff were tested LONDON — Watford skipper Troy England international Danny Rose for Covid-19,” the statement read. of one referee Deeney insists he won’t return to training said Premier League players were being “Of these, six have tested positive from after Premier League teams resumed treated like “lab rats”. three clubs.” RUGBY LEAGUE The Fair Work Commission will group activities ahead of a potential “I’m dying to get back to football, but No specific details were provided as to by Darren Walton, AAP resolve the dispute between the season restart. just with the things that are happening which club or individuals were affected. referees’ union after peace talks failed Deeney, who has been an outspoken right now, people are going through this From Tuesday, clubs were allowed to SYDNEY — One of the NRL’s on Tuesday and Mander is unsure critic of plans to rush players back coronavirus pandemic a lot worse than let small groups train together, while still most decorated whistleblowers has how it will play out. following a two-month break due to the me, I don’t want to be complaining about adhering to strict social distancing rules. emerged as a significant supporter “I’m not in the inner sanctum coronavirus pandemic, said fears over everything,” Rose, who is on loan to Players were allowed to train together of a return to one referee, saying the and I suppose where I have some his son’s health had kept him away from Newcastle from Spurs, told The Lockdown but without contact, while they were told two-ref system was “based on a false sympathy for the referees is that Watford’s training ground. Tactics podcast. to be dressed when they arrived and to premise”. the vibe I’m getting is the vibe that’s “My son is only five. He had breathing “Just off the fact that people are change at home. Tim Mander, now Queensland’s been there for decades in regards difficulties, so I don’t want to come home suggesting we should go back to football, Newcastle manager Steve Bruce told deputy opposition leader, controlled to referees, they’re treated like a to put him in more danger,” Deeney told like we’re guinea pigs or lab rats.” BBC Radio 4 that the club had taken all 291 first-grade games including the necessary evil and as an afterthought boxing promoter Eddie Hearn and former Deeney and Rose’s comments came the necessary precautions to assure the 2004 and 2005 grand finals and by the administration,” he said. WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew on a day where it emerged six unnamed safety of all involved. has an ominous word of warning for “So I would have liked to have today’s lot threatening the NRL’s May in a podcast on YouTube. people at EPL clubs had tested positive “The attention to detail has been quite thought that the rugby league 28 restart. administration would have consulted “I can’t get a haircut until mid-July, but to Covid-19 with plans for a resumption of fantastic,” he said. “The vast majority of I can go and get in a box with 19 people “What I’ve learnt in my new game with the referees, would have sought play pencilled in for June 12. our squad have seen it and are satisfied. in the world of politics is that you and go and jump for a header and nobody their opinion, then would make sure it In a statement on their website, the “But everybody’s personal need to know what public sentiment was communicated clearly. could answer the questions, not because Premier League said the six people were circumstances are different. You could is and you need to be acutely aware “I suspect that the main reason they didn’t want to, just because they don’t from three clubs and will now go into self- have a pregnant wife at home or you could of that and be able to respond to it. the referees responded the way know the information. isolation for seven days. have a sick mother-in-law or whatever. So they’re on very delicate ground,” they have is that they may feel as “So I said if you don’t know the “The Premier League can today confirm “We’d have to respect them.” Mander told 2GB radio. though they haven’t been treated with “And they need to be very, very respect. careful because you don’t have “So all I’m saying is that I would enormous amounts of sympathy for just ask that the rugby league treats Klopp unfazed by empty stadiums referees anyhow, so you don’t want to them with respect, communicates with add to that at all.” them clearly and lets them know how FOOTBALL restarting sometime next month will “That’s the perfect match day. So, Mander is fully supportive of one valued they are. be behind closed doors. a lot of these things are possible, on-field official. “In saying all that, at the moment LIVERPOOL — Liverpool boss While Klopp acknowledged losing but Anfield will not be packed for “I never really agreed with going to what we’ve got to do is look at the Jurgen Klopp believes playing in the Anfield faithful was not ideal, the a while. So that’s what we have to two referees. It was based on a false good of the game and we all want empty stadiums should take nothing German is certain the standards his accept. premise,” he said. rugby league to be back and the last away from teams if the Premier players showed before coronavirus “When we start, it goes really “And that premise was that thing we want is anybody jeopardising League gets the go-ahead to led to football being suspended again for everything. referees got fatigued and therefore that. resume. in this country in mid-March will “The competition will make the that effected their decision-making “In this current situation where Top-flight players will return to remain the same. intensity.” ability and I don’t think there were any there have been tens of thousands of training this week after the clubs He said on Liverpool’s official Liverpool were a mammoth 25 statistics or any data that supported people out of work, anybody who has voted unanimously to do so at a website: “The perfect package of points clear of Manchester City that whatsoever. I don’t think two got a job — and I’m in this category shareholders’ meeting on Monday, football is a full, packed Anfield when the league was halted on referees added anything to that. — we are incredibly grateful that we the first significant step in the return stadium, two really good teams, big March 13 and the Reds need just a “In fact, you could argue that it’s have got work and we shouldn’t be to play protocols. fight, super goals and at the end further two victories to secure a first caused confusion.” greedy at all.” Any possibility of the league Liverpool win. ever Premier League title. — PA NRL’s Fox Sport, Nine deals Inglis coming out of retirement are close to being agreed in move backed by Rabbitohs RUGBY LEAGUE by Scott Bailey, AAP “The negotiations have always gone on RUGBY LEAGUE played 263 NRL games, made 32 State of knowing both parties have to go back to Origin appearances for Queensland and SYDNEY — The NRL is powering their boards for approval.” SYDNEY — South Sydney chief logged 39 tests for Australia. towards finalising a television deal worth Those meetings are now expected to executive Blake Solly says the club is Inglis will finish his coaching close to A$2 billion, after wrapping up take place in the coming days, meaning fully behind Greg Inglis’ decision to come commitments with the Rabbitohs almost two months of high-powered all will be finalised before the season out of retirement and sign for English this season and Solly said he had full negotiations. resumes on May 28. Super League club Warrington. confidence his decision was the right one. The ARL Commission yesterday It has also alleviated fears Nine would Inglis has been employed by the “Greg has made a wonderful approved a deal to be sent to both Nine walk away from the negotiating table Rabbitohs as a development coach since contribution to this club, both on and off and Fox Sports, with approval still after chief executive Hugh Marks warned his retirement from the NRL last year the field, and following our discussions required from both their boards. the network did not need the NRL. after long-running battles with knee and with him, we believe it is in his best The deal will see Fox Sports remain as It also marks a significant turnaround shoulder injuries. interests for him to resume his playing the game’s Pay TV broadcasters until at in the NRL’s finances. “I can’t wait to get over there and play career with Warrington next year,” Solly least the end of 2027. Just two months ago V’landys claimed for a club that has so much rich heritage,” said. Nine’s deal will at this stage run until the league was at risk of catastrophic Inglis said. “We have a wonderful relationship with the end of 2022, however it could still consequences of the coronavirus, amid “I’ve played over in England many Warrington so we know he is heading to extend. fears the game would not resume. times in representative footy and love how a strong and well-run organisation under “The ARLC have approved the But the deal will give the NRL passionate and vocal the supporters are. the guidance of co-owner Simon Moran, negotiated position that myself and stability for the coming seasons and “To get the opportunity to live in the chief executive Karl Fitzpatrick and head (interim chief executive) Andrew (Abdo) allow the ARLC to distribute funds to UK, to play for such a powerhouse club coach Steve Price. have come to with the broadcasters,” ARL cash-strapped clubs who are struggling that I believe is on the rise is something “We wish Greg the best of luck for 2021 Commission chairman Peter V’landys told through a financial crisis. I’m looking forward to and hopefully I can in England and we look forward to seeing AAP. A pay deal has also since been struck add value to the team.” Greg around Redfern Oval this year “The broadcasters have to go back to with players to reduce their salaries by Widely regarded as one of the best before finishing his current tenure with their boards for approval. 20 percent this year. players of the last two decades, Inglis the Rabbitohs at the end of this season.” The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, May 20, 2020 SPORT 23 Saliva ban would force a rethink CRICKET by Steve McMorran, AP Even the science around outswing, Cricket Australia for their involvement in inswing and reverse swing bowling isn’t an attempt to use sandpaper to alter the WELLINGTON — A move to ban generally agreed or understood, nor are condition of the ball in a test in South the use of saliva to shine a cricket ball the conditions that favour swing bowling Africa in 2018. because of the danger of transmitting or the means that allow a bowler to cause For that reason the cricket committee Covid-19 could force bowlers to relearn or the ball to deviate in the air as it travels cautiously considered whether, in the reinvent one of the sport’s most prized but towards the batsmen. Inducing swing is absence of saliva, the use of an artificial troublesome skills. one of cricket’s most desired skills but substance such as wax to shine the The International Cricket Council’s also a minefield threaded by a narrow ball should be temporarily approved. cricket committee, comprising a roll call of path which divides legality from illegality. The committee found the question too former top players, has recommended on Spit-polishing by the bowler or the fraught: at present the use of any artificial medical advice that spit-polishing the ball fielding team has been for decades the substance constitutes ball tampering and should be prohibited while the coronavirus accepted method of shining one side members felt any relaxation or variation of outbreak persists. of the ball to create the aerodynamic the rule might be problematic. Unlike baseball, where the spitball has asymmetry which, in conjunction with the However, amid fears that an inability long been illegal, some methods in cricket position and angle of the seam and the to swing the ball might tip the balance are a well-established part of the game. grip and delivery action of the bowler, of cricket matches too far in favour of The cricket decision was based on causes the ball to swing. batsmen, various methods to reproduce evidence from Dr Peter Harcourt, the Licking the fingers, applying the saliva swing in the absence of saliva have been chairman of the ICC’s medical advisory to the ball and rubbing it vigorously on the promoted. committee, of “the elevated risk of the trousers to improve the shine has become The Australian cricket ball manufacturer transmission of the virus through saliva”. an ingrained, almost instinctive action by Kookaburra last month suggested the It found at the same time that it is players between deliveries — one that use of a small sponge or applicator to “highly unlikely that the virus can be will be hard to resist or unlearn. Whether apply wax to the ball with the oversight transmitted through sweat and saw no sweat can be as effectively employed as of the umpires. The great Australian test need to prohibit the use of sweat to polish saliva is uncertain but it is likely every leg-spinner Shane Warne suggested the ball.” swing bowler in the world will be working SPIT AND POLISH: Indian captain Virat Kohli shines the ball during a weighting the ball to create swing. The decision of the committee — to find out as the ban on spit-polishing test against Bangladesh in Indore, India, in November last year. A move Moves are under way for cricket chaired by former India captain Anil passes through the ICC machinery. to ban the use of saliva to shine a cricket ball because of the danger of to resume in Darwin, in Australia’s Kumble and comprising high-profile The recommendation of the cricket transmitting Covid-19 could force bowlers to relearn or reinvent one of north, as early as next month and local former international stars such as committee moves now to the chief the sport’s most prized but troublesome skills. AP picture cricket chairman Lachlan Baird said England captain Andrew Strauss, Sri executives committee where likely it will experimentation would be necessary. Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene, India’s be quickly endorsed. tampering — the use of illegal methods abrasive zip of his trousers and later for “The ICC is working really closely with Rahul Dravid and South Africa’s Shaun The use of saliva was always fraught or substances to change the condition of applying to the ball saliva mixed with a all the cricket bodies around the world in Pollock — seems a straightforward because by chewing gum, or by sucking the ball — has been one of cricket’s most mint or other candy. terms of finding new ways,” Baird told the hygiene precaution as cricket considers a boiled candy or some other confectionery chronic or intractable problems. Ex-Australia captain Steve Smith Australian Broadcasting Corporation. path to resumption amid the coronavirus it was possible to apply to the ball The former South Africa captain Faf and vice-captain David Warner were “Consideration is now being given to pandemic. But nothing to do with swinging some combination of saliva and another du Plessis was twice sanctioned for ball banned for 12 months and batsman whether things like that wax applicator will a cricket ball is ever simple. agent that enhanced the shine. Ball tampering: first for rubbing the ball on the Cameron Bancroft for nine months by become part of cricket’s new normal.” Start your journey to success eit.ac.nz | 0800 22 55 348 Fit study around your work, home and whanau - achieve a qualiication in only a few months. 30782-01 20 May, 2020 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT GISBORNE TIDE MOVEMENT M E WEATHER FOR TOMORROW T Thursday Friday R May 21 May 22 SE S am 369noon 369pm am 369noon 369pm Tauranga 3 17 1 Hicks Bay 3 17 Te Puke 35 22

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BAROMETRIC PRESSURE Sydney showers 14 20 showers developing in the For the latest weather info including Weather Warnings visit At 9am 20 May (hPa) 1030.9 Tokyo drizzle 12 19 north. metservice.com At 9am 20 May (inches) 30.44 Toronto fine 9 19 BASKETBALL CRICKET INSIDE Documentary Move to ban Basketball ...... 21 series throws use of saliva Football, league . 22 light on the to shine the Cricket ...... 23 everyday ball could force demands of players to being Michael rethink art of SPORT Jordan swing bowling Wednesday, May 20, 2020 PAGE 21 PAGE 23 Gallen willing to help RUGBY LEAGUE by Darren Walton, AAP “It’s probably a long shot, but I would The NRL has somewhat second-grade player to the Warriors. consider it.” controversially rejected the Warriors’ “What happens if they get injured or SYDNEY — He turns 39 in less According to league statistician David request for a player loan after Ah their own club gets injuries and they than three months but NRL great Middleton, Gallen would be third- Mau suffered a pectoral tear that will need to come up and play first grade? Paul Gallen is willing to emerge from oldest player in premiership history sideline him until September. “It’s a real hard one this one. retirement to help out the New Zealand behind Billy Wilson (40 years, five Afoa and Frei have already been ruled “The Warriors have done such an Warriors in their hour of need. days) for North Sydney in 1967 and out for the season with knee injuries. amazing job to get over into Australia, With the Warriors suffering a front- Tedda Courtney (39 years, 311 days) for Himself a 19-season warrior, (made) so many sacrifices to get this row crisis after Leeson Ah Mau joined Western Suburbs in 1924 should he pull Gallen would seem the ultimate fit game again. Bunty Afoa and Jackson Frei on the on a Warriors jersey. for the Warriors, who are stranded in “You’d like to think we could help sidelines, Gallen says he’s ready to And making a comeback all the Australia with little hope of bringing in them out as much as possible.” answer any SOS call. more tempting for Cronulla’s 2016 reinforcements. “The sacrifices they’ve made, I would premiership- winning captain is the But he understands why the league ANSWERING THE CALL: Former consider it,” Gallen told radio 2GB’s fact he needs just two matches to join denied their plea for help. Cronulla and Kangaroos prop Paul Wide World of Sports programme last legends Cameron Smith (412), Cooper “Probably because there’s no second- Gallen is willing to come out of night. Cronk (372), Darren Lockyer (355) and grade competition going on at the retirement and put himself through “Look, I only retired last year. I was Terry Lamb (350) in the exclusive 350- moment I think it is a little bit harsh,” this sort of punishment (in this photo, doing plenty of contact work in training game club. Gallen said. against the Kiwis) to help out the New with the (Cronulla) Sharkies up until “Two more . . . give me two games, “But also I think it is dangerous to Zealand Warriors in their time of need. two months ago. boys,” Gallen said. just go and give some of these better NZ Herald picture