TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 PAGE 2 CALL FOR PAGE 10 TEAMWORK SNAKE BITE TO KEEP SURVIVOR: COVID OUT ‘HE PUT A TONNE OF POISON IN ME’ HORSE DEATHS MAR BEACH RACES PAGE 5 ‘AN ABSOLUTE Found after 2½ days trapped in crashed car MIRACLE’ by Murray Robertson “SOMETHING shiny” down a bank on the side of State Highway 2 just north of Otoko Hill led the family of a missing Bay of Plenty man to him on Sunday after he lay trapped and injured in his crashed car for two-and-a-half days. Gregg Shaw, 67, was reported missing on Christmas Day somewhere between his home at Papamoa and Gisborne. Mr Shaw left the home he shares with younger brother Michael on Christmas morning, intending to have lunch with family in Gisborne. They raised the alarm when he failed to arrive. Police made an appeal for information on social media and his family set off to look for him. They paid for a helicopter to search through the Waioeka Gorge but to no avail. Mr Shaw was eventually found in his crashed car at around 4pm on Sunday afternoon at a spot between Cemetery Road and Rakauroa Road, the Matawai side of Otoko Hill. “His car had gone off the road and down a five-metre steep bank into a drain, landing on its wheels, but firmly wedged against the sides of the drain,” said Te Karaka deputy chief fire officer Murray Burgess. “He was trapped in the car because he couldn’t open the doors. The windscreen had broken but he was too sore to break through it to get out.” Mr Shaw put a small torch on top of his car at night in the hope that someone would see it. No one did. Mr Burgess said the family searched the highway from the Opotiki end of the gorge towards Gisborne for two days. Mr Shaw’s niece Nicola Dunn and her partner found him. “I was looking out of the window of our Ford Ranger 4x4 when I happened to see something shiny down a bank just off the road,” said Ms Dunn. “I told my partner we should stop and I RESCUE OPERATION: Emergency service workers prepare to stretcher missing man Gregg Shaw (inset) out of his rushed down the bank. car, which went off State Highway 2 and into a deep ditch, where it became wedged. The 67-year-old survived two- and-a-half days trapped in his car after crashing while on the way to Gisborne from Papamoa on Christmas Day. He was found by family members. Pictures supplied CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ...... 11 Television ...... 18 Racing ...... 23 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ...... 12 Kids page ...... 20 Sport ...... 24-28 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW National .... 6-10, 19 World...... 13-16 Classifieds ... 21-22 Weather ...... 27 > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 ‘Thank bloody God’: reply from drain FROM PAGE 1 were “awful”. Helicopter from Hawke’s Bay responded stable condition. “It never seems a very long time when to the emergency. Police thanked the Bay of Plenty “I could tell it was Gregg’s car when I it’s someone else, but 24 hours when your “It was fortunate the car landed on its and Gisborne communities for the saw the number plate and I called out to brother is missing, in a car somewhere, wheels,” Mr Burgess said. aroha and kind thoughts shared on the him. possibly sinking or upside down . . . I was “There was water in the drain and if original Facebook post about the man’s “He replied: ‘Thank bloody God.’ He very worried. it had flipped on to its roof the outcome disappearance. was in good spirits and still had a sense “On the first day I was thinking ‘where could have been very different. “We want to thank all those who of humour. Hearing his voice was just the hell is he?’ He hadn’t been found. “It made our job of getting Mr Shaw out assisted with our inquiries and got in incredible. I started having these ‘what the hell’ of the car a lot easier. touch with information during the search “We were just so happy. It was a scenarios play out in my head. “We cut the roof off and once the for the man.” rollercoaster of emotions. It’s an absolute “I was still expecting that he’d be found paramedics had stabilised him, he was Another of Mr Shaw’s brothers, David, miracle,” she said. but that he’d be dead.” put on to a rescue stretcher and lifted said the family were grateful for the Deputy CFO Burgess said Mr Gregg Mr Shaw was conscious when found. with ropes up on to the road and into the efforts of police and other emergency told them he never gave up hope. Deputy CFO Burgess said he had water waiting rescue chopper.” services who helped. “He said he always believed he would in the car with him but no accessible food. Mr Shaw was flown to Gisborne “I know now what people go through be found eventually and everyone was “The Christmas treats he had with him, Hospital for treatment of a range of when a loved one goes missing. The police just so relieved that turned out to be the including a pavlova, were all in the boot, “moderate” injuries. have been amazing, really good.” case,” Mr Burgess said. which he couldn’t get at.” “He had some abrasions, and injuries to David said he’d like all cars to His brother Michael told The New Firefighters from Te Karaka, Matawai his chest, one of his shoulders and some have a GPS device such as an EPIRB Zealand Herald that the first 24 hours and Gisborne, St John Ambulance, back pain.” (Emergency Position Indicating Radio after hearing his brother was missing police and the Lowe Corporation Rescue He was reported this morning to be in a Beacon), that activates in a crash.

BUYING IN: Julianne Madden places her bet with Sue McCosh at the beach races’ on-course equaliser facility.

AND THEY’RE OFF AND RACING: Riders hit the beach for the Farmers BORN TO RIDE: Oldest racer of the day, Air Ltd Shepherds Race non-thoroughbreds S&D Smith Cup. Dinah Atkins (85), pictured right with her Pictures by Paul Rickard horse Ginger resting in between races. A grey day for beach races Two horses euthanised at annual event by Jack Marshall down with rain and they come out. “I’ve tried to make it a family affair, no grog, A GREY cloud hung over the Tolaga Bay Beach it’s safe. Picnic Races, with two horses put down after “The whole day is based on the tide, and a suffering injuries yesterday. public holiday if I can get it. “We’ve never had any incidents over the past “It’s a dead low-tide at half-past 12 and that’s 20 years, but it is an accident that can happen at when our thoroughbred races are held, but the any event,” said committee spokeswoman Nicki rest of the races are shepherding horses and Jefferd. whoever is keen.” “It was sad for the two horses, their owners One soul who is keener than the rest is racer KICKING UP SAND: Trudy Arnold and Wheels, Richard Meihana and Teeps, Kaylee and riders. Dinah Atkins. Tidy and Blu Boi are pictured metres before the finish line in the East Coast Farm “The riders were checked out for medical “I’ve been riding since I was a kid, now I’m 85,” Vets Handicap non-thoroughbreds race. injuries but they were OK which was a relief. she said. “It has really affected us because we’re all Dinah had her name down to ride only four of Bay by horseback. the 35 years of my attendance. horse people, we love our horses.” the seven races because, she said, “you have to Mrs Jefferd said they had a team of highly- “The overarching concern in these situations The animals were buried yesterday evening at give the horses a rest”. trained stewards, volunteers, horse wranglers is that any animal suffering must be minimised, a local farm, where the owners, riders and some “I’m riding my horse Ginger now, who I’ve had and vets on board at the races, but sometimes and after assessment of the animals and members of the race committee held a small for two years.” these things happened. discussion with the owners, both horses were service. She had her last horse for 30 years before she “We have full procedures in place for our shot.” Before the horse deaths, The Gisborne Herald had to put him down and bury him. volunteers and people on the day. We had two Mr Jackman said these sort of incidents spoke with one of the organisers, Chris Ovenden, “I enjoy it, I’ve been riding all my life. All my vets on the day with one on call and they were happen occasionally on any farms with horses who was pleased with the turnout. kids ride, all my mokos ride.” the ones who make the call”. and euthanising them promptly is standard He said no matter what the weather, people “She’s a cowgirl from way back,” a passing Attending vet Bob Jackman said one horse practice. cannot help but come to the races. punter said as he hugged her. collapsed and was unable to be moved without Mrs Jefferd said their team reassess how “It’s a bug, isn’t it? But if racing a horse four times in the blustery further suffering, while the second horse they run things every year and will see if there’s “The staunch ones and the campers know rain at 85 was not enough to impress, another sustained fractures to both front legs. anything they can do to improve. we’re on every year. passerby said she saw Mrs Atkins commuting “Events such as these are very uncommon, SPCA was contacted for comment but did not “Look at the crowd, it’s great — it’s pissing 10km to the races at Kaiaua Beach from Tolaga with only one other instance having occurred in respond before this story was published. The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 NEWS 3 TLab workers to strike as company ‘plays ‘hard ball’ MEDICAL laboratory workers employed at provider Southern Community Laboratories. to the region,” said Association of Professional receive a satisfactory offer which could settle Gisborne Hospital’s lab will strike tomorrow and Negotiations for a collective agreement are and Executive Employees national advocate the collective agreement. on Thursday. ongoing but a Gisborne union spokesperson David Munro. “Our hope is to get this collective agreement The TLab laboratory within Gisborne said the company was “playing hard ball” . The union wanted laboratory staff to provide settled and the strike withdrawn before Hospital is run by private company Medlab The previous collective agreement expired in lab tests for holidaymakers, some of who had holidaymakers descend on Gisborne,” said Mr Central on contract to Hauroa Tairawhiti. March 2020. a settled collective agreement with fair rates of Munro. Eleven scientists and technicians want better “The days before and after New Year’s Eve pay. The laboratory and its collection centre in conditions and pay parity with lab workers are typically quite busy for hospital services in Gisborne Hospital laboratory staff have Gladstone Road will be affected but will not be at other health boards and the major private Gisborne, with summer holidaymakers flocking already had two strikes this year but had yet to totally closed. Musos could be ‘singing through the storm’ on day 1 of R&V

by Mark Peters

THE all-New Zealand line-up for today’s first day of the Rhythm and Vines music festival includes TAMING THE BEAST: veteran rocker Dave Dobbyn, 2020 Rylee Ward Aotearoa Music Awards-winning on his way to victory in the second reggae band L.A.B. and drum and division bull ride at the Gisborne bass act Concord Dawn. Rodeo on Sunday. Picture by Paul Rickard Also in the line-up is brass and beat-driven act Strangely Arousing who are sure to play their hip-hop/reggae song Rain — even if it doesn’t bode well for the next three days. Tough lot turn on top display at rodeo Southwesterlies got the festival off to a cool start this morning. COMPETITORS produced an Davis, a fast 16.847-seconds barrel Rylee Ward comfortably stepped up activists putting “Cancelled” stickers Cloudy periods and a few outstanding display despite ‘tough race run from Minta-Maria Pryor a division and secured his first win on advertising posters. showers are forecast, mainly from conditions” at the Gisborne Rodeo to claim the winning buckle and with a 72-point ride to push Legacy “We found out about that on this afternoon. at its traditional venue at the end of a quick 5.6-second run by Brett Wallace-Latoa into second on 71. Saturday night, when the competitors Possible thunderstorms are on Birrell Street on Sunday. McCorkindale to secure the steer “Another young cowboy also were paying their entries, so we just the cards but as Dobbyn says in “Early morning dust was quickly wrestling title. comfortably moved up a division, went live on Facebook to let people his song Storm: “singing through settled by the rain that rolled in but “The crowd were treated to some with 2019 junior steer ride champion know it was not cancelled. the storm, and you’re halfway to they’re a tough lot and there was still outstanding bull riding, with five of Leroy Pertab taking out his first “It was fantastic, we had a great heaven my friend”. a strong crowd on hand to watch our open cowboys getting it done,” win in the novice steer ride with a day. Competitors enjoyed the long The temperature is forecast some outstanding rodeo action,” the NZRCA said. 66-point effort.” trip to Gizzy and the stock all put to hover at a high of around a NZ Rodeo Cowboys Association Mervyn Church Junior and Gisborne Rodeo secretary Hana them through their paces. 19 degrees although that is statement said. Klayden Ward split the win with Edwardson said the event was one of Competitors all went through to predicted to climb 1 degree a day The highlights included a 79-point rides. the best-attended yet — about 1200 Opotiki and they all commented on over the next few days. 72-point bareback ride from 2019 “In the second division bull ride, people how the Gisborne Rodeo was great The southwesterlies and national rookie champion Johnson 2019 novice steer ride champion That was despite animal welfare and how they enjoyed it. showers will ease to present a New Year’s Eve with a high of 21. Road closures that do not affect traffic flow to and from the festival site have been put into place for the duration of the Christmas Day burglary festival. Gleneg, Kawatiri and Harper roads off Back Ormond Road will Girl’s stolen clothing returned by ‘guilt-tripped’ thieves: victim be closed 24 hours a day until January 1. by Sophie Rishworth on Gladstone Road, for around a a Chromecast, their vacuum The only witness was a Drug use is not condoned at year with her daughter, brother cleaner and other items. neighbour at the back who saw Rhythm and Vines but since it BURGLARS who broke into and cousin. They were all out on Miss Laulau said it was not so a black ute pull up to their is a reality at music festivals, a a Gisborne house and stole Christmas Day, spending it with much about getting their gear back door on Christmas Day at recent law change means drug- thousands of dollars of property whanau. Now they feel unsafe back, even though they were not around 4pm. check service Know Your Stuff on Christmas Day returned being home. insured, but finding who did this. Miss Laulau said they found a will legally be on site to help keep items three days later. “I’ve called the police every “They trashed our home, couple of items outside the house patrons and staff safe. Krys Laulau came home on day,” said Ms Laulau. “They pulled all the drawers out. I that were not theirs, so picked Alcohol is available at R&V Christmas night to find her said they were short-staffed. We haven’t had my bubba at home them up with a cloth and put but a liquor ban is in place in the home wide open, trashed and stayed out of the house for two since. She is four years old and them to one side. They are still areas in the vicinity of the festival around $10,000 worth of items nights after that because they they took all of her clothes, and there four days later. site. stolen. said we couldn’t touch anything.” left all our adult clothes.” The lack of a police response This includes Gray’s Bush Four days on police had still They have slept at the house Miss Laulau heard the had been, “very disappointing”. scenic reserve and car park, not been to the house despite the for the last two nights but tried doorbell ring yesterday and went “I just want to know what’s Gray’s Bush lookout, Waimata burglars returning yesterday and not to touch anything else, eating to answer it. There was no one important? If we are not Valley Road, Back Ormond Road dropping off some of her four- their meals at other homes of there, but a pile of her daughter’s important and yet we have been from Hansen Road to Matawai year-old daughter’s clothes. their whanau. clothes had been left on the burgled, and they came back, Road (State Highway 2), Waihirere Following inquiries by The The burglars had stolen all doorstep. then what is important? We feel Domain Road, Snowsill Road, Herald, Miss Laulau was their food anyway, along with She believes the burglars were unsafe in our own home.” Glenelg Road, Kawatiri Road and visited by a forensics specialist their toilet paper, said Ms “guilt-tripped” because comments The motel next door has CCTV all roads that join Matawai Road this morning who dusted for Laulau. Also taken were two on her Facebook posts about the footage, but Miss Laulau said to Back Ormond Road and Lytton fingerprints. televisions, two speakers (a Christmas Day burglary were she was told by the manager West Reserve. Miss Laulau has lived at the Marley and a Veon) a jewellery scathing of anyone who would they would only give that footage home, formerly Gisborne Motel box, a bone taonga and earrings, steal from a child at Christmas. to police. 4 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020

FAMILY NOTICES Deaths PICKETT, Pamela 1400 cars stopped in gorge, Deaths Ann. — Passed away peacefully, surrounded CAMPBELL, by family, on the 27th Tangiwai. — On 27th December 2020, at December 2020, at Te Beetham Healthcare. no drivers under the influence Wiremu House. Loving Beloved wife of the late Mark. Dearly loved mother, wife, aunty, POLICE were pleased with the “This is a great opportunity for some incidents that required any sort of police nanny, great-grand- Mum of Carla and Dane. Loved and outcome of the fatigue stop they operated who have travelled from Auckland and attention last night,” police said. mother, and sister, in the Waioeka Gorge yesterday as passed away peacefully, respected sister of further afield,” police said. St John began their operation at the surrounded by all the Gayle Martin. Much thousands of R&Vers made their way “Well done everyone and have a great R&V site and reported a normal night, whanau. loved sister-in-law of into the district for the annual music time at R&V.” with nothing out of the ordinary. Nanny will arrive at Tony, the late Anne and festival. Emergency services responded to a There were a couple of festival-goers Te Aowera Marae, Leslie, and a cherished The Eastern District Impairment two-car crash at the Jolly Stockman transported by ambulance to hospital for Ruatorea, at midday Auntie and Great- Prevention Team, along with local corner yesterday morning. further treatment. Tuesday 29th Decem- Auntie. Gisborne police staff, Road Safe Gisborne Those in one of the cars involved were Police have asked motorists to be extra ber. The funeral for Pam and Gisborne District Council staff, on their way to the festival. attentive on the region’s roads due to the Nehu for Nan will be will be held at Evans carried out the stop. “There were only minor injuries as a considerable build-up in traffic. on Thursday 31st Chapel, Ormond Road, “Our staff report they were really result,” a senior firefighter said. “But “We have had 50 vehicle crashes of December at 11am at Te Gisborne, at 1.30pm pleased with the result,” a police both vehicles had to be towed away.” varying degrees reported across the Aowera, followed by Wednesday 30th Dec- spokesman said. A St John ambulance crew checked Eastern police district (Hawke’s Bay and hakari. Nau mai haere ember, followed by private cremation “A total of 1400 cars were stopped and out the people in the vehicles but no one Gisborne) since December 24,” police said. mai. there were no drivers found under the needed to go to hospital. “Yesterday there were nine crashes in - Evans Funeral - Evans Funeral influence.” Police said they were happy with the and around Gisborne and Mahia, and a Services Ltd FDANZ Services Ltd. FDANZ The fatigue stop offered drivers and behaviour at Waiohika Estate last night lot of them involved young drivers. www.evansfuneral.co.nz www.evansfuneral.co.nz passengers an opportunity to stop, have as festival campers settled in. “Driving while distracted has been FORD, Betty Edwina. a coffee and something to eat before The festival proper starts tonight. one of the prime causes, and we urge — Passed away SEYMOUR, Henry carrying on the way to Gisborne. “There were a minimal number of motorists to be extra attentive.” peacefully, on Sunday Patrick. — On 24th 27th December 2020, 2 December 2020, peace- weeks before her 98th fully, aged 70. Dearly birthday. Devoted and loved husband of loved by her husband Lesley, and cherished Alan (dec), Peter and father of Jo-Anne Anne, Bruce and Mary, (USA) and Gillian Andrew and Lin, (Perth), father-in-law of ‘People over profit’ grandchildren and Vance. A very special great-grandchildren. grandfather to Dejean A service to celebrate and Nikau. Betty’s life will be held Thanks to all who cared Global stage for talk in the Church of the for him during his Resurrection, Childers illness, with special on Maori sustainable Rd, at 1pm on Thursday thanks to Kelly, Hugh, 31st December. Sony and Analise. The funeral service business practices - Evans Funeral will be held at Evans Services Ltd FDANZ Chapel, Ormond Road by Matai O’Connor www.evansfuneral.co.nz on Wednesday 30th MARINO, Michael December at 11am, BDO New Zealand head of Maori Moata. — Passed away followed by interment business Kylee Potae has taken part in Sunday 27th December at Taruheru Cemetery. a TEDx talk that brings the key tenets 2020. No more pain and - Evans Funeral of the Maori approach to sustainable suffering brother. Son Services Ltd. FDANZ business practice to a world stage. of Moana Campbell and www.evansfuneral.co.nz Simon Campbell. A The TEDx Kassel Germany event took brother of Hinemoa, place virtually due to Covid-19, with a Ian, Fred, Waikura, and In Memoriam global line-up of speakers discussing Heneriata. Father of the theme of social and cultural Michael, Toa, Ihaka, entrepreneurship. and Bubbie. CROSBY, The online version of the event has Poroporo 7pm Bonnie Ngawiki premiered in the last two weeks. tonight, 43 Lawrence 28.7.36 - 29.12.19 The talk was filmed on one of Ms St. Our memories of, Potae’s ancestral marae, Pakirikiri, in Funeral service and with you Mum, Tokomaru Bay. Wednesday 30th are forever pressed in In her recording, the first 30 seconds December, 10am, Oasis our hearts always. visually tell her pepeha (introduction Community Church, setting out identity and heritage). Kaiti, cnr Tyndall & Ida Anna, Trevor, “Last year BDO launched an annual Roads, 11am burial Thomas, Darren Maori business survey that provided Taruheru Cemetery, and whanau. xo 12.30pm hakari Oasis insight into the opportunities and Community Church. challenges faced by Maori businesses,” Haere haere ki to she said. moengaro. “Findings showed Maori businesses place more importance on culture, UNIQUELY MAORI: BDO New Zealand’s head of Maori Business Kylee Potae society and the environment ahead of recorded a TEDx talk at one of her marae, Pakirikiri, in Tokomaru Bay. Rescue chopper profit. Picture supplied “This Maori mindset of ‘people over called after boy on profit’ has become even more important She came up with the focus of her talk future generations?” this year in the wake of Covid-19, after she thought about “why do we as Benjamin Ross, of TEDx Kassel, said: with people-oriented organisations Maori act and think like we do”. “While looking for more sustainable motorbike hits cow having a real place in helping out their “I dug deep into thinking about the approaches to conducting business THE Trust Tairawhti Rescue Helicopter flew to community. creation narrative we heard about the innovative and Motu mid-afternoon on Sunday after a youngster “It was a real — that we are sustainable approach Maori businesses on a motorbiike collided with a cow. privilege to tell our We don’t see ourselves as descendants of are taking, creating resilient and value- The chopper landed at a nearby set of yards and story on a virtual being‘ separate from te earth those from the based businesses. the crew got a ride to the scene in a local person’s global stage at creation narrative “As we were reading more and more ute. TEDx Kassel this and universe. We see ourselves like Papatuanuku, into it, this was really striking because “We put the boy in our vacuum mattress to year.” as part of it Tangaroa. in the Western world businesses and Her TEDx talk is “I thought to businesspeople rarely reconsider their protect his spine and neck from further injuries,” a ’ — Kylee Potae chopper spokeswoman said. titled Sustainable myself: ‘No wonder practices and think the only possibility “A St John ambulance crew arrived shortly Business: A family- we feel sad or to sustain in the long term is to pursue after us and helped out with moving him on to our based mindset. happy when the solid profits. mattress, and we were able to transport him to the While at environment we are “We then contacted Kylee Potae from helicopter in the ambulance. university and studying to become an in is good or bad’. the Maori Business sector of BDO “We were loading up when the St John crew accountant, Ms Potae minored in Maori “We don’t see ourselves as being New Zealand and we had a bright got called to the motor vehicle incident on State Society and Culture. separate from the earth and universe. interchange of ideas and visions over a Highway 2 on the Matawai side of Otoko Hill,” the It made her start to think about the We see ourselves as a part of it. This period of three months.” spokesman said. “They went to that incident and skills she had that could help make a isn’t a new idea, it’s something people Ms Potae’s TEDx talk can be viewed we flew the boy and his mum to Gisborne Hospital difference to her people. like Albert Einstein have researched and on YouTube. Type her name into search. where he was assessed and received further “My goal is always to make a positive written about.” treatment for his injuries.” impact for Maori. It wasn’t about myself “It should be people over everything ■ A TEDx event is a local gathering The Lowe Corporation chopper attended the or getting titles.” else. In the long game it’s so much more where live TED-like talks and SH2 incident that involved a missing Papamoa She soon realised that being a partner beneficial for humanity. performances are shared with the man (see front page story). at BDO and a chartered accountant “Business owners have a responsibility community. TEDx events are fully “This is where we benefit from being a part of could help her positively impact on to understand their impact on the world planned and coordinated independently the larger rescue helicopter group.” Maori lives. and society. What will we leave for on a community-by-community basis. The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 HEALTH 5 Keeping Covid out of Tairawhiti

WITH thousands of people holidaying in Tairawhiti, we all need to work together to keep Covid-19 out. Tairawhiti emergency services work with Rhythm and Vines every year to COVID-FREE ensure a safe and enjoyable event for CITY: Extra those attending, those who work there precautions have and our community. been put in place This year is no exception. in Tairawhiti as Extra precautions have been put in thousands of place due to the threat of Covid-19. people come to The pull to come home is strong for the city for the whanau, family and friends around this summer. time of year. Picture supplied However, this year is not like any other and we need to keep in mind the wellbeing of our people, especially the vulnerable and elderly. Please do your part and help to spread Visitors to Gisborne should call 0800 Customhouse Street, and Pharmacy 53, vulnerable loved ones. the following messages: 923 487 to book an appointment. corner of Ballance Street and Ormond If you are hosting or inviting people •฀Stay฀home฀if฀you฀are฀unwell.฀If฀you฀ The testing centre is open from 9am Road, are open seven days a week. into your home, encourage them to have to go out, wear a mask. Do not until 4pm up to January 1. To get free advice from a registered practice good hygiene — handwashing travel or attend events if you are sick. Opening hours will be reviewed daily nurse, twenty-four hours a day, seven and sanitising. •฀Install฀the฀latest฀version฀of฀the฀ after that. days a week, call Healthline on 0800 611 Covid-19 Tracer app on your phone and 116. Travelling out of town? turn on Bluetooth. Healthcare for visitors Keep the hospital’s emergency Scanning QR codes creates a private department for emergencies only. If you are travelling out of town, record of places you have been, while Three Rivers Medical welcomes visitors For serious illness or injury, dial 111 consider packing a kit that contains hand Bluetooth creates an anonymised record from out of town. Do not turn up without and ask for an ambulance or go to the sanitiser, a mask and cleaning products. of people you have been near. prior arrangement. Call 0508 3RIVERS hospital where your injury or illness will Everyone should have one to four •฀Wash฀your฀hands฀and฀cough/sneeze฀ for an appointment. be assessed. reusable masks should Covid-19 return into your elbow. Three Rivers Medical is open from 9am People will be seen in the order of or if you are sick. •฀If฀you฀have฀a฀sore฀throat,฀cold฀or฀flu฀ to 8pm on weekdays and from 9am to the seriousness of their condition, not Renting out your bach or home? symptoms,฀or฀change/loss฀of฀taste/smell,฀ 6pm on weekends and public holidays. in the order they arrive. If it is not an Make sure you have a QR Code Poster get tested. Phone your GP, the Gisborne All other medical centres will only see emergency it won’t be treated like one in a prominent place at or near the main Testing Centre or Healthline on 0800 611 people registered with their practice. and you may be in for a long wait. entrance. 116 They operate an on-call roster. Find฀out฀how:฀https://qrform.tracing. People spending time further up the Hosting a party covid19.govt.nz/฀and฀have฀masks฀ Community testing East Coast who need medical attention available for people using it. should call the Tawhiti Clinic at Te Puia If you or anyone in your home is sick, A Community Testing Centre opened in Hospital on 06 864 6803. do not invite people into your home. Gisborne just before Christmas. Gisborne A&E Dental, 136 Ormond It might be tempting to continue with The centre does not take walk-ins. Road, are open 9am to 1pm seven days your holiday plans but you can play an Those who turn up without calling first a week. All visitors to the region are important role in not spreading illness, and making an appointment will be welcome. including Covid-19, to your friends, turned away. For free and confidential health advice, whanau and family. If you have Covid-19 symptoms — sore see a local pharmacy first. Actively encourage friends and whanau throat,฀cold฀or฀flu฀symptoms,฀or฀change/ Pharmacists can help with conditions who are unwell to not attend your family loss฀of฀taste/smell฀—฀contact฀your฀local฀ such as sore eyes, upset tummy, itchy events. Do not place pressure on people to medical centre who may refer you to the skin or allergies. attend events if they are unwell. testing centre. Pharmacy Three Rivers, 75 This is important to protect our most Challenging transition to a new life

IN SEARCH of a better standard of home was unfamiliar. Are you a visitor to living, EIT Tairawhiti student Jinesh “But with the support of lecturers town and need to see Joseph moved from his home in Southern and friends, I have been able to gain India to Gisborne three years ago. confidence. a doctor? He has also changed his career path. “The course is very interesting and After arriving with a degree in social by the second semester I felt very At Three Rivers Medical we work, he has now completed the first confident.” welcome visitors to town as year of a Bachelor of Nursing degree. While fluent in English, at the start casual patients. If you or “My wife, also a nurse, arrived in the there was still a language barrier as someone in your family falls ill country first and four months later I pronunciation is different for some arrived with our daughter.” words. or needs medical advice while The couple, both from low-income “Everything feels really easy now,” Mr you’re away from home contact families, dreamed of getting jobs in Joseph says. Three Rivers Medical Gisborne. a foreign country to achieve a better To help his transition to a new country Phone bookings are necessary. standard of living and to be able to send and culture, Mr Joseph spent time money home. volunteering at Tairawhiti Community Please note we are still using The challenging transition to a new life Arts Trust and the Habitat for Humanity some phone consultations with in a new country has been made easier ReStore. doctors and nurses to maintain because of support from staff at EIT and REWARDING WORK: Jinesh Joseph Mr Joseph is looking forward to social distancing. the Indian community here, says Mr has high hopes for a better future after working in different areas of nursing and Joseph. moving from India and studying for his health in his practicums over the next Our open hours during summer are: “There is a large community of people nursing degree at EIT Tairawhiti. two years before deciding where to work. Monday-Friday 9am-8pm from South India here. Picture supplied “My social work background may be Saturday, Sunday, statutory holidays, “It is nice to be able to speak my helpful when I’m working in mental urgent service, 9am-1pm then mother tongue and we have functions Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village, was health . . . but I also like working with 2pm-6pm together.” inspiring, and helped Mr Joseph decide older people. There are around 25 families in this what to do. “One friend suggested the intensive Manage your health, book an appointment in large community, with each having at “But we had to have an income, so care ward might be for me. advance and see the doctor of your choice. least one nurse. work was a priority to start with. “I will experience different areas and Services available: “When we gather, we can all share. The “I spent two years working for a choose something where there are daily community has been very supportive.” fibreglass company then I decided I had challenges.” Doctors, Practice Nurses, Pharmacy, Back in 2008, Mr Joseph finished his enough money to start studying and I Being a male in a female-dominated Radiology, Healthy Steps Podiatry, social work degree and started working have just completed one year.” industry does not deter Jinesh. Gains@Geneva Healthcare Services, as the co-ordinator for a government By this time, his wife had given birth “Back home in India it is not a man’s Peter Stiven General Surgeon, MoleMap, programme to help people infected with to their son, who was born in Gisborne Gisborne Ear Clear, Gisborne Counselling position to be giving care, but I enjoy & Psychological Services HIV. in 2018. dealing directly with people. “When I moved here, I decided I Mr Joseph is studying and working “Being a male nurse has lots of Three Rivers Medical needed to find something where I was part time at Domino’s and has recently challenges . . . I will overcome them by 75 Customhouse Street dealing with people more. started working at Beetham Retirement just doing it.” (the white building opposite The Warehouse) “In India, I saw how the nurses Village as a healthcare assistant. For more information about the P (06) 867 7411 or O508 3RIVERS interacted with people and were When he started the course at EIT, he Bachelor of Nursing programme, head to F (06) 867 4773 After hours call rewarded with smiles from the patients.” found it a little difficult. the EIT Tairawhiti website or call into Healthline 0800 611 116 His wife, who works as a nurse at “The academic life here compared with the main office in Palmerston Road. www.3rivers.co.nz 32578-10 6 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 Cook Islands bubble could open as early as next month

RAROTONGA — Officials in the Cook this month. Islands have indicated that a travel “It will allow people to travel more bubble with New Zealand may start as easily between our two countries, while early as next month. acknowledging that the priority remains That is at least two months earlier to protect our populations from Covid-19.” than what the Government here has said The statement said that there would be in the past few weeks — that the air phased approach to the air bridge — with bridge would be established by the end of the first step in the process being the March next year. implementation of quarantine-free access The office of the Cook Islands Prime into New Zealand for anyone arriving Minister, Mark Brown, has told local from the Cook Islands. media preparatory work is under way The Cook Islands remains one of the between the two countries. few countries around the world and in Spokeswoman Jaewynn McKay told the Pacific region to remain Covid-free. the Cook Islands News: “We are hoping Niueans could be able to travel to New for next month” for a travel bubble to get Zealand without quarantine as soon as under way. mid-January. The news comes just over two weeks Niue’s Premier, Dalton Tagelagi said after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and he has been in regular talks with the Brown released a joint media release New Zealand government about a travel officially announcing the travel bubble bubble. between the two countries. Tagelagi, whose island is also part of It will allow people from both sides the realm of New Zealand, said starting to freely travel without needing to self- off with one-way travel is what he would isolate for the mandatory 14 days that prefer for Niue. people around the world are now so “I think the two-way will be in the RETURN TO PARADISE: The New Zealand-Cook Islands travel bubble is set to start familiar with. quarter, say March next year, but I’m early next year. NZ Herald picture Ardern and Brown said at the time hoping for the one way to be in January that they had instructed officials to or February at least. You know, a testing well through one of the island’s toughest countries, particularly New Zealand, it continue working together to put in all start to see how things are going but the years,” he said. hasn’t been easy. measures needed ahead of the travel big aim would be a two-way quarantine- After years of record growth, the “We had to revert back to the old way bubble — which they said would happen free travel.” coronavirus pandemic has seen the of survival here where we tend to lean in the first quarter of next year. Tagelagi said if a Cook Islands travel country of 1600 people’s tourism industry more towards the land and the ocean to “The arrangement recognises the bubble is successful, then Niue would drop to zero. sustain ourselves. It has been difficult special ties between New Zealand and likely follow soon after. Tagelagi said while the Government but we are holding on really well,” he the Cook Islands,” Ardern said earlier “The people have fared remarkably has been financially propped up by donor said. — NZ Herald, RNZ Govt warned against BRIEFS Man dies in managed isolation AUCKLAND — A man who recently arrived from overseas has died while in managed isolation at a hotel in downtown Auckland. Authorities have confirmed the 63-year-old died pre-departure testing at the Grand Millennium Auckland yesterday. It is not known how long he had been in the mandatory 14-day isolation. by Jonathan Michell, RNZ Managed Isolation and Quarantine deputy chief Andrew Milne said in a statement: “(We are) WELLINGTON — The saddened to confirm that a 63-year-old male, Government is being warned who arrived from the Pacific and is staying at the against introducing a pre- Grand Millennium Auckland, has sadly passed departure Covid-19 test for away today. desperate New Zealanders “The returnee displayed no Covid-19-related attempting to get home from symptoms during their previous daily health high-risk countries. checks.” Yesterday, the Government Police confirmed they were notified of the announced an extra day one sudden death yesterday afternoon. Covid-19 test, in addition to Police said the death appeared to be related to a the day three and 12 tests, as medical event. an extra layer of protection Milne said a Coroner’s inquiry is now taking amid new variants of the virus place, so they could not comment further on the emerging overseas. Siouxsie Wiles situation. Those tests will begin being It is understood people in managed isolation taken from December 31. route to the airport, or on the at the Grand Millennium Auckland were asked to But it’s the idea of a pre- plane.” stay in their rooms for some time yesterday. departure test that has some Minister for Covid-19 EXTRA CHECK: Travellers from Britain would be required to — NZ Herald scratching their heads. response Chris Hipkins called undertake a Covid test before coming to New Zealand if the Keeping the virus out of the pre-departure test an proposal goes ahead. AP picture Missing woman’s car found New Zealand and more-to- extra hurdle, and said it had WELLILNGTON — Police are concerned for the the-point — the community not been considered lightly. country’s defences against back to New Zealand at the safety of Lower Hutt woman Mika Quinn, who has — remains the Government’s The Government would not Covid-19, and its spokesperson moment is not not being able been reported missing by her family. priority. leave people in the lurch, he Chris Bishop told Morning to get a Covid test, the biggest The 39-year-old was last seen at her Stokes The new proposal of a pre- said. Report the Government’s barrier is going through Valley address on Sunday, December 27, wearing departure test would cover “We would give people notice move was a step in the right MIQ . . . there are no spots black jeans and a puffer jacket. people travelling from Britain, before we hit the go button.” direction. available until March. Her car — a silver 2006 Toyota Corolla station where they have gone back There was still a lot to But they needed to go “The obligation is on the wagon — has since been located in a carpark at into lockdown because of the figure out and get sorted, he even further and make it a people coming back to New Moa Point, close to the entrance to the Eastern new variants of the virus. said. requirement for all arrivals Zealand to go and get a test. walkway. Anyone required to get a “If you’re travelling rather than just those from Our border is our first and A police spokesperson said LandSAR pre-departure test would have from London, for example, Britain, he said. best defence against Covid volunteers were at the scene today. to pay for it themselves. you might be travelling to “We’ve simply got to keep and this essentially extends Police are asking anyone with information about Microbiologist Siouxsie somewhere that doesn’t Covid out of New Zealand, the the border offshore as well. her whereabouts to contact police on 111 and Wiles said that could create require a pre-departure test prospect of more lockdowns The simple reality is that quote file number 201228/4438. — NZ Herald unfair barriers. in order to then onward travel and more community Covid is spreading around the “The problems with to New Zealand — and so transmissions in New Zealand world, particularly with this Holiday toll rises to seven requiring a test is where they’re not necessarily going is not something I think new strain that a lot of people PAHIATUA — One person has died following do people get a test, how to be checking your pre- anyone listening would want are really worried about.” a two-vehicle collision in Pahiatua, bringing the available is it to get a test, and departure test in London, and and we simply have to have a He said a transtasman holiday road toll to seven. how reliable are the tests that that creates an interesting hard line.” bubble needed to be set up as Police were notified of the crash on Nikau Rd at people get . . . and then there’s challenge for us that other Bishop said he understood soon as possible to free spaces 4.58am this morning. the problem of who can afford countries who are imposing the concerns about being able in managed isolation. Another person suffered serious injuries and the test,” Dr Wiles said. this requirement don’t have.” to access a test, but didn’t Asked whether National has been taken to hospital. It may not stop the virus The pre-departure measures believe that was the biggest would look at extending The road remains closed and police have either, she said. could be in place from mid- barrier to coming here at this help to those struggling advised motorists to avoid the area. “There’s no guarantee that January. stage. to leave Britain or other It comes after two people were killed by a when you get tested and you The National Party had “I think there are legitimate countries, Bishop said that crash between a milk tanker and a motorcycle in test negative, that you then been calling for pre-departure concerns around that but was something that would be Southland yesterday. — NZ Herald wouldn’t become positive en tests to be added to the the biggest barrier to coming looked at in time. The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 NATIONAL NEWS 7 Two arrested after waving guns at beach Search for DUNEDIN — Two drunk men were witnessing the two men fire an air gun Both appeared intoxicated, Kupenga diver takes arrested after allegedly waving an air at a duck. said. rifle and imitation pistol at members of Police arrived at Tomahawk Beach and ‘’When confronted by armed police the the public on a Dunedin beach. found the two men near the entrance. males dropped their firearms and both emotional toll Acting Sergeant Richard Kupenga said A 28-year-old man was carrying an air males were arrested.” police were called at 9.15pm yesterday rifle and an imitation handgun, while The pair admitted carrying the air CATLINS — An emergency helicopter after reports of the two men waving a an 18-year-old man was carrying air rifle and that it belonged to them and search for a missing diver near Owaka Heads rifle and a hand gun at people. rifle pellets and an air gun instruction were given a warning. on Sunday took an emotional toll, rescuers Another member of the public reported manual, Kupenga said. — Otago Daily Times say. A 23-year-old man, who has not yet been named by police, died while free-diving at the popular Catlins snorkelling spot about noon on Sunday, after he became separated from a fellow diver. Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter chief Police patrol social media pilot Graeme Gale said the drowning had been “sobering’’ for the rescue crew, and was a ‘’terrible tragedy’’ for the victim’s family and friends. Expert unit gathers information from online sources “Everyone was out there having a great time and then tragedy strikes.’’ by Kurt Bayer, NZ Herald A small comfort was the rapid location of the missing man, less than 100m offshore at WELLINGTON — A specialised the Owaka Inlet, which meant his body could police unit is using artificial intelligence be returned to his family to bring ‘’some technology to scour Kiwis’ Facebook, closure’’, Gale said. TikTok, Instagram and other social The helicopter crew included two water media channels as part of its bolstered rescue staff and a paramedic, and the intelligence capabilities after the March man was found by 1.40pm. Police said the 15 terrorist attack. diver was not able to be revived and was An independent review into “Operation pronounced dead at the scene. Deans” — the police response to the Wellington-based New Zealand Underwater Christchurch mosque shootings of March Association president Tristan Reynard said 15, 2019, which killed 51 people — made he was not aware of the Catlins incident and a raft of recommendations into how police expressed his condolences to the family of could improve future responses. the dead man. The review recommended using The association had launched a campaign AI-robotics scanning capacity for open this summer aimed at reducing diving source, social media and internet for “key accidents, following a recent upsurge in both public safety posts”, saying it would be numbers of divers and diving fatalities. “beneficial”. Water Safety New Zealand statistics It said such a system was in initial trial show there were 11 diver fatalities in 2019, stages. an increase on the five-year average of six After The New Zealand Herald underwater sport deaths a year. inquiries, New Zealand Police confirmed “We’re seeing an increase in new divers it established an open source intelligence and more people taking up things like spear- (OSINT) capability following the March 15 fishing, which doesn’t require scuba gear so attacks. INFORMATION COLLECTION: The special police open source intelligence unit was can sometimes attract the less experienced “The team provides a dedicated launched after the March 15, 2019 mosque shootings in Christchurch. NZ Herald picture into challenging situations,” Reynard said. capability that assists in the “There are several precautions people can understanding and collection of take to ensure underwater sport safety. information from online sources,” a police channels like Facebook and YouTube, but already helped narrow things down, “Probably the uppermost of these, spokeswoman said. also networks favoured by extremists, like because of the way they talk.” based on the coroners’ reports we review, The expert unit searches the internet Gab, 8kun, previously known as 8chan, The royal commission’s final report, is knowing your own personal limits and a and gathers information “in relation to and others. released earlier this month, highlighted group not diving beyond the limits of the people, events and issues of interest” to He believes they will also scour the the recent move by extremists online. least experienced member of the team.’’ police. discussion, chats, and comments of “One of the most notable changes in Diving buddies needed to have confidence However, it is only able to access social media pages, blogs, and websites the right-wing extremist movement has in one another before tackling challenging publicly available information, police say. associated with organised groups, as well been its movement from the streets to the conditions, he said. The spokeswoman said the unit will not as invitation-based messaging apps and internet,” the report said. “Ocean currents in New Zealand are tricky engage in “any online collection activity other forums such as Telegram and Riot. “In previous decades, the extreme right- and highly variable from place to place. I that a member of the public could not “The team needs to follow and monitor wing mostly organised on the streets in haven’t dived the Catlins, but understand otherwise lawfully perform themselves international events, rhetoric, movements, gangs or protest movements. there was an earlier incident not too far from with a computer or smart phone”. conspiracies overseas — that is, what “Today, extremism has substantially, this location.’’ The tools and systems at the unit’s motivates New Zealand extremists. although not completely, moved from Reynard said the association offered disposal, however, “support the efficient “Few extremist ideas are now only physical meetings and street activism to an online safety checklist for divers and collection of information from the national in nature.” the internet and social media.” encouraged people to use it. internet”. The unit’s AI algorithms will be tasked The inquiry also noted: “The intelligence ‘’We’ll review this case once it’s been Security expert Paul Buchanan, a with searching for certain keywords, which function of the New Zealand Police before the coroner. It’s our aim to keep former US intelligence analyst, says for white nationalists Wilson thinks might had degraded and from 2015 was not educating the diving community and it took “the wake-up call of March 15” include “Day of the Rope”, “remigration”, carrying out strategic terrorism threat eventually eliminate unnecessary deaths.’’ to make police “realise that a lot of and “the tree of liberty”, while Buchanan assessments.” Police were unable to provide further unpleasant people are communicating out thinks they will also look for things like It found the mosque murderer, prior details regarding the Incident yesterday, but in the open”. “Knights Templar” references. to his terrorist attack, occasionally used said the name of the dead man would be Dr Chris Wilson, programme director “Their job is actually made a little Facebook to post far right material. released shortly. — Otago Daily Times of Conflict and Terrorism Studies at the easier because on the white supremacist University of Auckland, believes the unit side they use certain particular medieval will focus on mainstream social media Christian language. 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New Zealanders are holidaying endangered Coromandel brown “So there are a lot of places here than overseas. kiwi have been discovered that you can still go with your It says people should allow at Tairua, Whenuakite and dog.” extra time and keep their cool if Matarangi in the past few It was not unusual to find kiwi they do encounter delays. months. out and about during the day Wellington Transport Systems DoC biodiversity ranger in summer foraging for food, manager Mark Owen says Mailee Stanbury said at one Stanbury said. people can look at New Zealand stage, five dogs were seen “Particularly coming into Transport Agency — Waka roaming the Whenuakite block. summer when it gets warm and Kotahi website for forecasts The message to owners was dry and the ground gets really of the busiest days, times and simple. hard they may have to forage routes. “Obey the signs and if an area not just at night. They may not He encouraged people to plan says don’t bring in dogs then have got enough to eat at night ahead and drive to the conditions. please be respectful of those and they may be out during the The AA said on that Sunday signs,” Stanbury said. day looking for food and water. and Monday, the worst spots for “Please keep your dog in “At any time, there could be holidaymakers leaving Auckland sight at all times, know where kiwi out there.” and Wellington were the Kapiti your dog is, keep them under Kiwi did not stand a chance Coast, the Puhoi to Warkworth control and preferably on a against dogs, which was their road and the road from Manukau leash or at least under verbal biggest threat, Stanbury said. to Drury. PLAN AHEAD: Traffic congestion is expected to be worse than usual control.” “The kiwi has a very fragile “The best advice we can give over the holidays as Kiwis spend their summer holidaying around the There were not many areas chest because they are flightless motorists is to plan ahead and, country rather than overseas. NZ Herald picture in the Coromandel closed to and they don’t have big wing if possible, avoid driving through dogs and Whenuakite was the muscles, which means they are these hotspots between 10am and “Not everyone has that sort of your travel, you can save you and only area closed to hunting with quite vulnerable.” — RNZ 4pm for the next week or so. flexibility, but if you can adjust your family a lot of pain.” — RNZ Tenants spark record complaints by Lane Nichols, NZ Herald “OK, we get a bit loud and all from couple of my friends over and have a few Auckland Council compliance response time to time but we are not even drinks. team leader David Frith said he AUCKLAND — A state house partying. We’re not rowdy drinkers. We “Kids are loud — I’ve got too many — sympathised with neighbours affected by tenant whose home has had at least don’t smash bottles and try to beat up but I’m not going to tell my kids to shut excessive noise. 100 noise complaints this year claims the neighbours.” up in their own house. It’s not like they He encouraged residents to ask she’s no party animal, but the victim of Auckland Council confirmed the can take away our voiceboxes.” neighbours to “turn it down” in the first harassment. property had been subject to 100 One neighbour said he and his partner instance. If noise was truly excessive they However, neighbours of the West noise complaints and 85 site visits had endured the noise for several years. should call noise control early rather Auckland property say rowdy, late-night by November 24, making it “the most They tried to avoid the din by going out than putting up with it all evening. drinking sessions and vibrations from complained about emitter of excessive or wearing noise-reducing headphones. “Most importantly, if the noise comes bass-heavy music are damaging their noise thus far in 2020”. The man, who asked not to be named, up in volume after the noise control sleep and mental health. The council issued said Clarke’s family officer has left, then call it in again. If a Petula Clarke lives in a two-storey three Excessive Noise played a lot of loud notice has been served, it is at that time brick and tile house on Hutchinson Direction (END) notices We get a bit loud from music, which could cause that strong enforcement action can be Avenue, New Lynn with five of her six this year. They require his home to vibrate. taken. kids and one mokopuna. occupants to reduce time‘ to time but we are “It’s basically them “In (Clarke’s) case, we have been able The site attracted more noise noise to a reasonable not even partying just having drinks but it to verify the excessive noise on four complaints than any other in the level immediately — —Petula’ Clarke gets out of control. occasions and served four notices. Each Supercity region in 2020. and keep it down for 72 “You’re talking from time there has been no further breach in It’s visited so often by noise control hours. 6pm to sometimes 2am the next 72 hours.” officers from Auckland Council contractor Another breach within when you hear the bass.” A Kainga Ora spokesman said its First Security that Clarke recognises three days can be punished with a $500 He had made repeated calls to noise clients signed agreements requiring their faces. fine or police being called to seize “noise- control and Housing NZ and felt both them to be good neighbours, responsible, She and her family have lived there making equipment”. organisations had been too lenient. considerate and law-abiding. for 15 years. She admitted it’s the local Clarke said there had been no seizures “They keep saying, ‘They get a three “In this instance there were some “hang house” and that her children or fines, despite multiple threats from strikes warning’, but nothing gets done.” noise matters raised with us by a private sometimes “screamed and yelled” playing officials. Although the noise had dropped owner in January 2019 and the council computer games. She acknowledged being called to since Clarke’s mediation, the problem just under a year and a half ago.” But she denied they are “partiers” and a Housing NZ/Kainga Ora mediation remained given the number of complaints The matter was dealt with and the claimed laughter or simply chatting on session with a neighbour in 2019 and had this year by families wanting “peace and tenancy manager’s number given to the back doorstep is enough to trigger a tried to keep the decibels down since. quiet”. neighbours, but the agency had heard complaint. The ongoing complaints were “It really affects you mentally. I’ve got nothing further since mid-last year. “It’s just frustrating. I think it’s “ridiculous”’ and unfair. to the point where I don’t care as long as “Just because a complaint is made it harassment myself,” Clarke said. “This is my ’hood. I can’t even invite a I get a good night’s sleep.” does not mean it is justified or upheld.”

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Hidden Valley Drug use increasing organisers ‘devastated’ by in Hawke’s Bay prison sudden death AUCKLAND — The organisers of by Sahiban Hyde and Gianina the Hidden Valley Festival say their Schwanecke, Hawke’s Bay Today “thoughts, respect and aroha” are with the family of the person who HASTINGS — The number of Hawke’s died at the event yesterday. Bay prisoners testing positive for Emergency services were called to amphetamines is increasing, with drug the festival after an attendee, a man accessibility in jail now easier than ever, in his 20s, collapsed shortly after according to a reformed drug addict and arriving at the event on Sunday. former prisoner. “Sadly, despite immediate medical Sixteen people tested positive assistance being provided to the for amphetamine-type stimulants, person, they died.” commonly found in methamphetamine, In a statement posted to in Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison in the Instagram on Monday, the 12 months from July 2019. organisers of Hidden Valley said That’s up on five people between they were deeply saddened. 2018/19, and three people in 2015/2016. “Our heartfelt condolences go out Hastings man Adrian Pritchard spent to the whanau of the deceased at 10 years in the Mangaroa prison. It’s this time,” the post reads. where he got clean more than 20 years “As a live music festival that ago. prides itself on providing a safe and However, he also knows just how enjoyable experience for all, we are prevalent drug use is in jail and how devastated by this tragic event,” easy it is to source. they said. “Drugs have always been an issue. I “Our thoughts, respect and aroha strongly believe it’s more of a problem remains with the family of the today than back in my day because deceased at this time. you’ve got drones and you’ve got meth.” “The safety and wellbeing of our Pritchard said that meth was easier to DRUG PREVENTION: Former Hawke’s attendees, artists, staff, security and hide and smuggle in than other drugs, Bay Regional Prison inmate and former support team remains our number and its accessibility in New Zealand had addict Adrian Pritchard said easy access one priority.” increased. to drugs in prison has always been an They say Hidden Valley will He said part of the problem was that issue. The prison employs a number of continue to follow health and safety people in prison were vulnerable. methods to detect and prevent drugs guidelines set by police and local “There could be a lot of peer pressure. being brought on to the premises. authorities. “There could be debts to sell drugs. Hawke’s Bay Today pictures A police spokeswoman told The You can make a lot of money in drugs.” New Zealand Herald emergency Jail was also a place where people services were called to the festival “did a lot of thinking” and drug use in technology had made it easier to get around 7.30pm on Sunday night. could be an escape, particularly for those drugs into prison. Police are investigating on behalf of with anxiety or Post-Traumatic Stress “Corrections is constantly trying to the coroner, who will determine the Disorder, he said. stay ahead of new methods used to cause of death. “It’s an ugly, vicious cycle.” introduce drugs into our prisons. Know Your Stuff deputy manager Pritchard said drug and alcohol “Drug trade and use can create a Dr Jez Weston yesterday said the counselling needed to target people significant risk to our staff and people in cause of death was yet to be made before they got into the prison system. prison.” public and they did not want to While the number who tested positive She said contraband could be speculate. for amphetamine-type stimulants at concealed on people — either inmates or surveillance, background checks on “The death at Hidden Valley Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison had visitors to the prison — or even thrown visitors, vehicle searches, and prisoners Festival is a tragedy. We are very increased, the overall proportion of drug over the fence. wearing closed overalls when in visiting sorry that the friends and family of tests returning a positive result was Corrections was asked specifically areas. this person find themselves in this down. about drone-related drops of drugs Last year, it was the first prison to heartbreaking situation.” Sixty-two prisoners failed drug tests but declined to release more detailed train detector dogs in new psychoactive The dance and electronic music in 2019, down 8.8 percent from 2018/19 descriptions of smuggling tactics, due to substances, including synthetic festival, held at the Matakana when Corrections carried out 4514 related security risks. cannabis. Country Park north of Auckland random drug tests. The Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison The dogs are stationed at prison on December 27, is one of the first Department of Corrections national employed a number of drug detection entry points and used during routine major festivals of summer. — NZME commissioner Rachel Leota said changes methods, Leota said, including camera inspections of units for contraband. 10 NATIONAL NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 Volcanic alert level Bethune lucky to be alive stays raised as Kiwi knew he was tremors continue TAUPO — Volcanic tremors continue to in trouble after be recorded at Mt Ruapehu despite a drop in temperatures at the crater lake, GeoNet says. deadly snake bite Last week, the volcanic alert level was raised to two after a rise in temperatures by Vaimoana Tapaleao, NZ Herald at the crater lake, and it remains at that level. The aviation colour code is also still COSTA RICA — Kiwi conservationist at yellow. Pete Bethune had just walked past a While Te Wai a-moe’s temperature has pile of leaves when he felt a sudden jab gone down from 43 degrees to 41 degrees, to the back of one of his legs. moderate to strong volcanic tremors and Even before looking back, he knew shallow earthquakes have been recorded he had just been bitten by one of the over the past week. deadliest snakes in Central and South In a statement, GNS said a lake America — the Fer-de-lance. temperature peak of about 40 degrees to Speaking from his hospital bed in 46 degrees was common during heating- Costa Rica, he said he had noticed the cooling cycles, with at least seven occasions bunch of leaves and made sure to be of the lake temperature exceeding 40 careful around it. degrees since 2007. “I missed him hiding under the leaf. I The largest recent earthquake was on walked past him and he turned around December 26, measuring at a magnitude of and hit my calf from behind,” he told 2.2, right under the volcano. NewstalkZB yesterday. LUCKY ESCAPE: Kiwi conservationist Pete Bethune is recovering after being GNS said volcanic quakes of this size “When he hit me . . . I (turned) around bitten by a venomous viper in the jungles of Costa Rica. Picture supplied were uncommon and combined with and here he is backing up. the other ongoing factors, it indicated “I knew straight away it was a Fer-de- drag himself down rugged jungle terrain with permanent damage or something moderate to heightened volcanic unrest. lance and I knew I was in trouble,” he and even through waterfalls to get to like that. “The volcanic alert level should not be said. safety. “The poison has reached my groin . . . used to forecast future activity, however at “He put a tonne of poison in me.” He was later piggybacked by a crew and it has gotten progressively worse in volcanic alert level 2, eruptions are more The 55-year-old founder of non-profit member on the beach, and then taken to the last day. likely. organisation Earthrace was with several a vessel that was waiting to get them to As of yesterday afternoon, there had “Volcanic alert level 2 indicates the crew members when the incident the mainland. been no further growth. primary hazards are those expected happened on Sunday. “By the end, I was basically Asked about the snake after he was during volcanic unrest: steam discharge, They rushed to contact medical staff incapacitated,” he said. bitten, Bethune said it backed away as volcanic gas, earthquakes, landslides and and make plans to get Bethune to safety Had they not managed to get out he and his crew did the same. hydrothermal activity.” for urgent medical help. before dark — forcing them to spend the It was not harmed and staff only The research institute will attempt a gas Crew members tried to carry Bethune night in the jungle — Bethune said he approached it again to get photos of flight to measure volcanic gas emissions through the jungle — but because the doubted he would have survived. it, as local doctors often want proof to this week and sample the water at the terrain was so steep, he was forced to Doctors continue to monitor his know exactly what medication should be crater lake for further chemical analyses. drag himself for about 2.5km. situation and there may be a need for given. It said these would help identify “When you get bitten by one of these him to be operated on, after his left leg Bethune was “happy to be alive” and processes occurring at depth beneath the things, the best action is to lay still.” doubled in size overnight. would keep his fingers crossed he would volcano. — RNZ At times Bethune had to crawl and “I’m worried I’m going to end up soon be out of the woods.

Enterprise Nissan | 323 Gladstone Road, Gisborne | [email protected] | T 06 867 8368 | enterprisegisborne.co.nz 36803-02 The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 BUSINESS 11 KiwiSaver: How to spot a dud Important to find right fund for your needs says expert by Tamsyn Parker, NZ Herald

AUCKLAND — If you are in a dud KiwiSaver fund, you might not know any different. But in 20, 30 or 40 years time it could be the difference between being able to afford to go on holiday, eat out or even just buy a bottle of wine in retirement. Kirby Rappell, chief executive of SuperRatings — an Australian ratings agency that analyses KiwiSaver funds, says knowing your fund is a dud comes down to three things. “Are your returns decent? Are your fees decent and do you get service by your fund manager? There is obviously all the pieces underneath it all but from a consumer perspective what they are seeing each day, those are the three things typically.” Rappell said to do a comparison people should start with a copy of their fund’s annual statement, usually sent out once a year around May and then compare both the performance and the fees to the median KiwiSaver fund in a then I think you are in a bit of a Service is also an important comparative category. dud and there is a lot out there. factor. SuperRatings and its There is a lot of conservative Rappell says some KiwiSaver rival Morningstar both run funds that are charging one members found out their performance tables comparing percent or 0.8 or 0.9 percent provider’s service wasn’t up to conservative, balanced and and it is just a very high fee to scratch the hard way during growth funds. be paying for something that is 2020’s Covid market melt-down Morningstar releases its data basically yielding you about one when they couldn’t get hold quarterly and SuperRating has percent at the moment.” of their provider. “That was a an annual report which also But there are some providers real challenge for some during compares the net benefit of out there that seem worth Covid.” funds — what people get in the paying more for. Rappell says good service hand after taking into account Rappell notes that Milford means the provider should the performance, fees and tax. Asset Management has have online tools to help people Government-backed website higher fees but has also had decide which fund they should Sorted’s also has a KiwiSaver consistently higher returns be in and calculators to work fund finder tool which allows meaning it tops or comes out how much they need to save users to check out where their near the top of the tables for a comfortable retirement. fund ranks on fees, performance in Superratings’ net benefit But they should also have and service. analysis. a contact centre to answer Sorted’s personal finance lead “Their fees aren’t cheap but people’s questions, give advice Tom Hartmann says fees need their returns are really good. and resolve any problems. to be reasonable. “And then conversely ASB has Rappell says increasingly an “If the fees are not reasonable had some pretty good returns app is important too. compared to its peers — it can over the years as well but Sorted surveys providers be considered a dud. Essentially they have got a much simpler, every six months on their what you are wanting to do is cheaper structure.” services and allocates a a bit of a cost benefit analysis, “You want to check the percentage rating but it’s more if you see fees are higher than earnings and you want to check about the quantity of services a average ask; are they justified, the fees because it is really both provider has than the quality — are they reasonable?” that is going what you get to that’s something you might need But, says Hartmann, it’s not eat at the end of your journey in to ask around about. necessarily about picking the KiwiSaver.” Douglas says if you haven’t cheapest fund but being aware Sorted’s Hartmann says it heard from your provider in default fund and you have got What have you got to lose? that paying more for something doesn’t advocate for the idea over a year that could be a red a long investment horizon and does not necessarily get you a of picking funds based on their flag as well. you haven’t done anything since Rappell says its modelling has higher quality product. investment performance as past moving into KiwiSaver then shown if you get 2 percent per “It’s very different from say, performance is not a guarantee Wrong fund for you your fund is a dud. annum less per year than you buying a car.” of future performance. “It is highly unlikely that fund could be getting that will mean He says if a provider is “We don’t advocate picking the Sometimes it’s not about the will match what your objectives you could be up to 30 percent charging more it means they are best performer because it could fund being a dud as such but would be for KiwiSaver which is worse off when you retire. not passing the returns on to be the worst next year. They that it is simply the wrong fund to maximise the return you can “If you are stuck in that dud you, they are keeping more for can have a good quarter or bad for you. over the timeframe you have to fund for 10 years and only themselves. quarter but then they revert to Hartmann says even if invest.” figure out in 10 years time and Chris Douglas, a principal the average. a defensive fund is a star Douglas says making sure you then switch to a good fund you with MyFiduciary says the “It swings so it is not a good performer it can be dud for you are in the right fund for your are not going to get that 10 general rule is if you are paying way to pick at all but we can if you have a long time until risk profile and investment time years of low performance back. more than one percent of your say if a fund has consistently retirement and don’t need the horizon is critical. “It is already baked in and account balance in fees then underperformed its peers for a money to buy a house. “I know people will sit there you are not going to be able to it needs to give a really good long period of time then it is a “If it doesn’t match your and say — well we learned a catch it up. return. dud. situation, your circumstances lot about people’s risk tolerance “The biggest payoff is “And if you are paying more “That is what you want to and more specifically your with Covid, and we did, we checking your KiwiSaver than 1.5 percent then you have look out for — it could be a sign timeframe and your comfort learned that people are very provider now, and making got to make sure you are in a of mismanagement or could be a level with the ups and downs quick to switch and they do have sure they are competitive and really, really good fund. So my sign of bad luck.” that come with certain levels of that ability with KiwiSaver. diarising that every two or three view is anything over 1.5 is Investment performance risk — it might not be a dud in “But I still believe there are a years you are going to check actually a dud because it is a should be compared over the general but it might be a dud lot of people out there that don’t again to make sure it is keeping really expensive fee to be paying longest time possible at least for you.” properly make sure that they pace with the market. and anything over one percent five years and 10 years is better Douglas says many of those in are in the correct risk profile. “The real challenge is you is actually expensive — that is still. default funds — where people And that is going to have the don’t get a sugar hit right now for a growth fund. “The longer the better, but are automatically allocated if biggest determinant of what but when it comes to retirement “If it’s a cash or conservative obviously some are newer funds they don’t choose a KiwiSaver their future cash balance is like that extra $50 or $100 a week fund — if you are paying and you won’t have that luxury,” fund — are sitting on a dud. — how much they have when over the pension makes a huge anything more than 0.5 percent Hartmann says. “I think that if you are in a they reach retirement age.” difference to people.” 12 OPINION The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 EDITORIAL Mystery of the disappearing banks Some winners and by Tony Holman for many customers, it is not for those who do solution by continuing with cheques and North Shore not understand or are fearful of issues around introducing a small charge, but presumably that losers of 2020 online security. was squashed by the bigger banks. BANKS have abolished our Quite a lot of people either do not own a So life for the disadvantaged and elderly was With 2020 drawing to a close, it’s traditional right to use cheques computer, or use one only rarely and avoid any made even more difficult. time to look at some of the winners as a means to withdraw or banking tasks. One estimate is that around Then there’s the problem of the disappearing and losers from a year overtaken by transfer money. 350,000 people in New Zealand do not have banks. In many shopping centres where a pandemic which will leave its mark The use of cheques has been access to the internet. This is surely a big previously there were four-plus bank branches for a long time to come. around for many centuries. It enough “minority” to get some special assistance there are now none! If one wishes to see a is reprehensible and high-handed that all banks, or consideration from government. banker to seek information, advice or discuss The big winners on the New whether NZ or Australian-owned, have now Quite apart from that, when donating to possible errors, the “customer” may have to Zealand scene must be Jacinda decided they will no longer allow their customers charities the naming of the charity on the travel some distance by bus or car. Ardern and the Labour Party, which to send the bank an order (which is what a cheque provides both certainty of the recipient The alternative is to use the phone, if you swept into power to achieve the first cheque is) to pay somebody money they are and security. According to a recent RNZ story, have half a day or so to listen to awful, repetitive outright parliamentary majority of owed. charities are missing out on at least $100 million music, or alternatively to a voice telling you your the MMP era. The Bills of Exchange Act sets this out very through the abolition of cheques. call is important to them, that the “customer In many ways Ardern was clearly, and remains part of our legislation. Yet Then there’s the IRD. How do people pay tax services team are very busy but will be with you rewarded for her responses to an the banks have decided to ignore that. But they owed now if they don’t have a computer or use shortly”. Well, pull the other one. unprecedented set of calamities, have ignored a lot more than that. online methods? A cynic might conclude the banks are not the most recent of course being Banking P/R machines churn out nonsense Finally, some are still sending cheques. The interested in anything approaching good service about how helpful banks are, and how much they other day I received a cheque from a health to many members of the community, but want to the Covid-19 pandemic. While care, but it’s unconvincing when, for example, insurance company for a fairly small sum it owed withdraw from that aspect to concentrate on the the organisation of the border they change their operational modes which me (drawn on the ASB). However, that cheque lucrative areas of housing loans and interacting restrictions was far from perfect, impact particularly on certain social groups, such must be deposited in my own bank, which with business. the polls and the election showed as the elderly or the poor, or disabled, or which because of closures means I have to waste time Perhaps it’s time for some enterprising people a majority of New Zealanders, impact on charities. and fuel to deposit it, which is another factor to to bring back the people’s savings banks which of different political leanings, Banks continue to push people into using complicate dealing with banks! were owned by the depositors and really did supported the Government’s actions online methods to deal with their deposits. On the cheque issue, at first it seemed that help their customer-owners, until the then Prime in the main. Although that may be beneficial to the banks, and one NZ-owned bank had produced a reasonable Minister Muldoon abolished them. This leaves Ardern and her Government under some pressure LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS for the coming year. Will they be a Full marks RnV drivers transformational government, or will they take the safer option and stay Advice should be to men! I want to comment on the instance of poor or aggressive in the middle of the road, a sweet Re: ‘NO’ does not mean ‘YES’. The advice should be to men! driving I encountered when driving in the whole drive. No spot in New Zealand politics? Although I agree with the Don’t rape. Keep your hands off travelling from Gisborne to speeding. No tailgating. No Opotiki and back. I mention aggression — just a steady, Putting Judith Collins on our list sentiment in this article and I’m glad unless women consent, and maybe it’s being discussed, I would just you should eat before you drink and this because it was the 28th seemingly endless stream of losers would be unfair. She got of December when thousands of cars. Full marks to RnV the hospital pass of all time when like to point out this paragraph . . . stick with your friends? If a woman “They said while sexual assault wants to drink without eating and of festival-goers were making attendees. she led a National Party that had was never the victim’s fault, tips to walk around naked, she should their way to Rythm and descended into a rabble into an keep safe during festivals, parties be safe to do so. Rein it in dudes. Vines. I did not encounter one JO BRAY, Wellington election she could never win. and gigs included eating something Control yourselves. Stick your The nation’s worsening housing substantial before drinking, sticking advice in your own “safe place”. situation can also claim major together with friends and not Our rail connection needed winners as well as losers. The leaving drinks unattended.” AIMEE MILNE winners of course are those who Re: Rail line built to connect land transport, and still is. already own a home or can afford an towns, open up regions — Thanks Allan Kellet. The rail link investment property. The losers, and December 26 letter. completed in 1942 was built to Swimming at ramp crazy A good heading. I know our loyal connect and open up regions, not to there are many thousands of them, Re: Wrong to encourage are far better places to swim rail enthusiast May Ruby would make a profit. are prospective first-home buyers. harbour diving, Dec 24 letter. than a boat ramp. When an agree. And thanks again May Ruby for Even worse, this is a situation that I think it’s absolutely crazy accident happens, is it going The measurement of the need your persistent and passionate does not look likely to change soon. that we would allow our kids to be the boat owner who is for rail should not be financial cost, pleas, we do “Need to get the trains Sport was a major loser in 2020. to swim at a boat ramp. liable, or Gisborne District profit or loss but in the benefit a back” and keep us and our region The loss of the Olympics, something We were putting our boat on Council for allowing a stupid connection to the NZ rail network connected — for the countless that has not happened since World to the trailer and some kids place for our children to swim? offers our communities. reasons that have appeared on this War 2, highlighted a bleak year. were jumping off the wharf Rail has proven to be the page many times before. Covid cut a swathe through into the prop wash . . . there GRANT STEWART most energy-efficient and most numerous events and, once elite environmentally-friendly means of BOB HUGHES competitions restarted, produced the sight of eerily-empty stadiums Classic Gisborne style . . . Cruise off into and race tracks. Re: Hospital on alert, and the like. They seem to Well put . . . New All Blacks coach Ian Foster December 19 story. practise locking down areas Re: Each of us free had a mixed bag and probably could I don’t mind betting that and then it’s like the phone Covid sunset to choose, December 26 not be described as either a winner these are pre-arranged goes and they pack up and Re: Kiwi-exclusive cruise ship to letter. or loser. Watch this space in 2021. armed offender exercises disappear as quickly as they visit Gisborne, December 24 story. Tena koe Wally and this is a prime example came. LOL. But by far the biggest loser of What a shame, cruise ships are Well put. I agree with of “perception” policing. After PETER JONES 2020 was defeated US President a blight and this year would be you, especially the part all, it is important for people Donald Trump, who as the year the perfect time to just get rid about each of us being free to perceive that they are A perceived threat by people ends is continuing to argue that the of the vile, polluting, destructive to express the spiritual safe. I see these exercises talking to other people. Lol. election was stolen from him. behemoths. The economic benefits aspects of ourselves in our in Delautour Rd relatively So classic Gisborne style. to some places are not worth the own way. Fortunately his suggestion that regularly based around Gossiping and adding on a couple cost. Happy new year martial law would be appropriate the school and involving more lies. What a joke! BOB SINCLAIR has not attracted any support from extensive road blocking RANGER the military, but he has continued Mount Maunganui LARA MEYER to throw as many road blocks as possible in the way of president- [email protected] elect Joe Biden who, of course, joins ■ The maximum length for letters is 350 words. the winners list. ■ Anyone can write a column, 600 words maximum, but a photo is required. Biggest loser and worst loser — it ■ Always include full name and contact details. is a double for the Donald. ■ 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 • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 WORLD 13 Trump signs UK warns of ‘bumpy’ Covid relief and spending post-Brexit transition package bill LONDON — First came the Brexit approval until March because of the through London and southern England. WEST PALM BEACH, Florida trade deal. Now comes the red tape and specific and far-reaching implications Thousands of trucks were stuck in traffic — US President Donald Trump the institutional nitty gritty. of the agreement. The overwhelming jams or parked at a disused airfield near has belatedly signed into law a Four days after sealing a free trade expectation is that EU lawmakers will the English Channel port of Dover for coronavirus relief and spending agreement with the European Union, the approve the deal. days and supermarkets warned that package bill, averting a partial British government warned businesses on The UK left the EU almost a year ago, some goods, including fresh produce government shutdown. Monday to get ready for disruptions and but remained within the bloc’s economic would soon run short. Trump had previously refused “bumpy moments” when the new rules embrace during a transition period that Even after France relented and agreed to sign the bill, criticising take effect on Thursday night. ends at midnight Brussels time — 11pm to let in truckers who tested negative for “wasteful spending” and calling Firms are scrambling to digest the in London — on December 31. the virus, the backlog of 15,000 drivers for higher payouts to people hit details and implications of the 1240-page The agreement, hammered out who now needed tests took days to clear. by the pandemic. The delay meant deal sealed by the EU and the UK on after more than nine months of tense Despite the deal, uncertainty hangs that millions temporarily lost Christmas Eve, just a week before the negotiations, will ensure Britain and over huge chunks of the relationship unemployment benefits. year-end deadline. the 27-nation bloc can continue to trade between Britain and the EU. The Trump signed a $900 billion Ambassadors from the 27 EU nations, in goods without tariffs or quotas. That agreement covers trade in goods, but pandemic relief package on meanwhile, gave their unanimous should help protect the $894 billion in leaves the UK’s huge financial services Sunday, ending days of drama over approval to the deal on Monday. annual trade between the two sides, and sector in limbo, still uncertain how his refusal to accept the bipartisan “Green light,” said German spokesman the hundreds of thousands of jobs that easily it can do business with the bloc deal that will deliver long-sought Sebastian Fischer, whose country rely on it. after January 1. The British territory cash to businesses and individuals currently holds the EU presidency.. But the end to Britain’s membership in of Gibraltar, which sees thousands of and avert a federal government The approval had been expected, since the EU’s vast single market and customs workers cross over daily from Spain, is shutdown. all EU leaders have warmly welcomed union will still bring inconvenience and also in limbo since it was not included in The massive bill includes the deal, which is new expense for the deal. $1.4 trillion to fund government designed to put both individuals “This is not a final done deal in many agencies through September and post-Brexit relations I’m sure there will be bumpy and businesses — respects,” said Jill Rutter of the UK in contains other end-of-session between the bloc from the need for a Changing Europe think tank, noting priorities such as an increase in and former member moments‘ but we are there in tourists to have that big decisions in many areas are yet food stamp benefits. Britain on reliable order to try to do everything we travel insurance to to come. And the deal has angered one The signing, at his private club footing. can to smooth the path. the millions of new sector that the UK government vowed in Florida, came amid escalating The agreement customs declarations to protect: fishing. The economically criticism over his eleventh-hour has not, however, — Michael’ Gove that firms will have minor but hugely symbolic issue of demands for larger, $2000 relief eliminated the to fill out. fishing rights was a sticking point in checks and scaled-back spending mistrust that “I’m sure there negotiations, with maritime EU nations even though the bill had already festered between Britain and its will be bumpy moments but we are there seeking to retain access to UK waters, passed the House and Senate by neighbours during months of fractious in order to try to do everything we can and Britain insisting it must control its wide margins. The bill was passed negotiations to smooth the path,” Michael Gove, the seas. with what lawmakers had thought The French presidency said in a British Cabinet minister in charge of Under the deal, the EU will give up was Trump’s blessing, and after statement that France would remain Brexit preparations, told the BBC. a quarter of the quota it catches in UK months of negotiations with his “from the very first day very vigilant” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s waters, far less than the 80 percent administration. about the implementation of the deal, Conservative government argues that Britain initially demanded. The system If he had not signed, some especially to protect French companies any short-term disruption from Brexit will be phased in over 5½ years, after government agencies would have and fisheries “in case the UK disregards will be worth it, because the UK will now which the quotas will be reassessed. had to close, unless legislators its commitments.” be free to set its own rules and strike “I am angry, disappointed and could pass a stopgap bill. The agreement needs approval from new trade deals around the world. betrayed,” said Andrew Locker, chairman About 14 million Americans Britain’s Parliament, which is scheduled Yet an ominous preview of what could of Britain’s National Federation of faced a lapse in unemployment to vote on it on Wednesday, and from the happen if UK-EU trade faces heavy Fishermen’s Organisations. benefit payments and new EU’s legislature, which is not expected to restrictions came this month when “Boris Johnson promised us the rights stimulus cheques. Unemployment take up the deal for weeks. The leaders France briefly closed its border with to all the fish that swim in our exclusive benefits will now be restored. of the European Parliament’s political Britain because of a highly transmissible economic zone and we have got a fraction — BBC/AP groups said they would not seek full new variant of the coronavirus sweeping of that.” — AP Spain surpasses 50,000 Covid deaths MADRID — Spain has surpassed the milestone the pandemic enters its second year. total since March 15. More than 10 million people De Jonge says a government advisory panel of of 50,000 deaths officially attributed to Covid-19. New variants detected in Britain and South have travelled by air since December 18, including health experts is scheduled to meet on Wednesday The Spanish health ministry said on Monday Africa that appear to be more infectious have six days with at least one million people getting to take stock of the pandemic and discuss the new the number of victims has reached 50,122. caused concern and triggered new travel screened. variant. Spain has recorded almost 1.88 million cases restrictions this month. New cases of Covid-19 have been surging for of the new coronavirus among its population of 47 WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom about two months. There have been more than JAKARTA — Indonesia announced on million. Ghebreyesus said at an online news conference 330,000 reported deaths from the virus. Monday that it will temporarily ban foreigners Nationwide restrictions on movement and on Monday from Geneva that “there will be from entering the country for 14 days starting on curfews in recent weeks have helped the country setbacks and new challenges in the year ahead — DUBAI — Saudi Arabia has decided to extend January 1 to fight the spread of the new, more slow Covid-19’s spread. for example new variants of Covid-19 and helping its weeklong closure of all official ports of entry infectious variant of Covid-19. The country’s 14-day case rate per 100,000 people who are tired of the pandemic continue to over fears of the new fast-spreading variant of the Foreigners that would arrive in Indonesia from inhabitants stands at 246, down from a peak last combat it.” coronavirus. Monday to Thursday will be allowed to enter by fall of 529, recorded on November 9. The health He said that the WHO is working closely with The kingdom’s Interior Ministry announced showing a negative result from a coronavirus ministry says that just over 21 percent of ICU beds scientists across the world to “better understand on Monday that borders will remain shut and test with 48 hours of their departure. They will for Covid patients are occupied. any and all changes to the virus” and their impact. international commercial flights suspended for do another test upon arrival at the airport in Spain began its national vaccination programme at least another week. Cargo flights and shipping Indonesia. If the second test is negative, they will on Sunday, at homes for the elderly. STOCKHOLM — The Swedish government routes will not be affected. still have to complete a mandatory quarantine for is proposing the adoption of a temporary Covid The country sealed its ports last week, following five days and do another test after the quarantine. HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING: pandemic law that would allow it to close the discovery of the more contagious virus strain Indonesia reported 5854 cases on Monday and shopping centres and shops and halt public in Britain. Starting on Sunday, non-citizens in the 215 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the LAS VEGAS — Problems magnified by transport and public activities, among other country were allowed to leave the kingdom despite country’s overall death toll to 21,452. the pandemic, but not the virus itself, are being things, to curb the spread of the pandemic. the travel ban. blamed for a rise in deaths in the Las Vegas area’s The plan was unveiled on Monday by the Although cases have declined in recent months, BANGKOK — The governor of a province at homeless population. Swedish Minister of Trade and Industry, Ibrahim Saudi Arabia has struggled to stem a major the centre of an expanding Covid-19 outbreak in Local public health officials and homeless Baylan, and Minister of Social Affairs Lena outbreak that has infected over 362,000 people Thailand has been confirmed infected with the advocates tell the Las Vegas Review-Journal Hallengren who said the law would take effect on and killed more than 6000. virus after meeting with public health officials that the number of fatalities on the street is up January 10 pending approval from the Parliament. including the Deputy Prime Minister. 16 percent compared to last year. Clark County The law is to apply until September 21 and THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch The meeting on Sunday attended by the Samut reports 186 homeless people died from January those breaking it would face a fine. public health service says it has confirmed 11 Sakhon governor, Deputy PM Anutin Charnvirakul 1 to December 4. That amounts to a rate of 35 cases of the new, more contagious variant of and others was considered a low risk of spreading deaths for every 1000, which is six more than in WASHINGTON — Nearly 1.3 million people the coronavirus that was first found in Britain, the virus because everyone wore masks, said Dr 2019. went through US airports on Sunday, the highest including five cases in a cluster linked to an Taweesilp Visanuyotin, a spokesperson for the level of air travel in more than nine months, elementary school in the port city of Rotterdam. Covid-19 response centre. BERLIN — The head of the World Health despite fear that travel will lead to more cases of Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said in a letter to The governor, Weerasak Wijitsaengsri, did not Organisation says it’s important to step up Covid-19. lawmakers on Monday that authorities are further have symptoms but would be treated at a hospital, genomic sequencing worldwide to ensure that The Transportation Security Administration investigating the school cluster in an attempt to Taweesilp said. Thailand reported 144 new cases new variants of the coronavirus are detected as said it screened 1,284,599 on Sunday, the highest learn more about the spread of the new variant. on Monday and its total has reached 6285. — AP 14 WORLD The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 Storm Bella batters parts of UK LONDON — Hurricane- power supply. force winds reaching up Some 1000 people had to 170 kmh and heavy to be evacuated from a rainstorms battered parts flooded caravan park in of Britain on Sunday, Northampton on Christmas disrupting train services Day as heavy rain flooded and stranding drivers in the site. floodwaters. Severe flood warnings The Isle of Wight saw indicating a potential threat Storm Bella’s strongest to life remain in the area. gusts at 170 kmh, while Across the Channel, parts of the south coast of nearly all of France was England and north Wales under storm warning on also saw gusts of around Sunday, with winds up to 129 kmh. 145 kmh registered at the Flooding on the tracks top of the Eiffel Tower in caused train cancellations Paris and heavy rains and and delays in southern gusts lashing the Atlantic England, and a main coast, according to the train line into London was national weather service blocked by a fallen tree. and utility services. In Wales, Western Power The storms have knocked said the storm caused out electricity for at least power cuts for 21,000 12,000 homes in Brittany, homes. Most of the services Normandy and other were restored on Sunday northern French regions. 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HAMDAYET, Sudan — One survivor The avalanches struck in four different areas arrived on broken legs, others on the on Friday following strong winds and snowfall run. a day earlier. The Alborz mountain range where In this fragile refugee community on the avalanches occurred is a popular weekend the edge of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict, destination for hiking and climbing. those who have fled nearly two months State TV aired footage showing emergency of deadly fighting continue to bring new crews using a helicopter to search for the accounts of horror. missing. Iran’s Red Crescent Society also At a simple clinic in Sudan, one released photos of rescue workers unloading doctor-turned-refugee, Tewodros Tefera, body bags from a helicopter on Saturday. examines the wounds of war: Children The report said 11 people were found dead, and injured in explosions. Gashes from axes one died after being transferred to a hospital. and knives. Broken ribs from beatings. It said rescue teams found 14 missing people Feet scraped raw from days of hiking to during the operation. safety. Authorities said many had disregarded reports On a recent day, he treated the by the meteorological office about possible shattered legs of fellow refugee Guesh strong winds on Friday. — AP Tesla, a recent arrival. The 54-year-old carpenter came Quake shakes Eastern Turkey bearing news of some 250 young ISTANBUL — An earthquake with a 5.3 men abducted to an unknown fate magnitude shook Elazig province in eastern from a single village, Adi Aser, into Turkey on Sunday. neighbouring Eritrea by Eritrean forces, Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu whose involvement Ethiopia denies. TRAUMATIC: Abrahaley Minasbo a 22-year-old trained dancer and Tigrayan tweeted there were no immediate reports of Then in late November, Guesh said survivor from Mai-Kadra, Ethiopia, shows wounds on his face and his partially casualties or damage. he saw dogs feeding on the bodies of amputated hand, inside a shelter, in Hamdeyat Transition Centre near the Sudan- The quake struck at 9:37am, Turkey’s Disaster civilians near his hometown of Rawyan, Ethiopia border, eastern Sudan. AP picture and Emergency Management Directorate said. It where he said Ethiopian soldiers beat was felt in several neighbouring provinces. him and took him to the border town of What has happened “is as heartbreaking Sudan. Turkey is crisscrossed by major fault lines and Humera. as it is appalling,” UN human rights Another patient, 65-year-old farmer earthquakes are frequent. There, he said, he was taken to a chief Michelle Bachelet said last week. Gebremedhin Gebru, was shot while In January, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck courthouse which had been turned into Now refugees are arriving from areas trying to run from Amhara militia Elazig, killing 41 people in that province and a “slaughterhouse” by militia from the deeper inside Tigray amid reports that members in his town of Ruwasa. He neighbouring Malatya. — AP neighbouring Amhara region. He said he fighting continues in some locations. said he lay there for two days until a heard the screams of men being killed, These newer arrivals have more severe neighbour found him. People “will be hit Rohingya refugees relocated and managed to escape by crawling trauma, the doctor Tewodros said, with if they are seen helping” the wounded, DHAKA, Bangladesh — Officials in Bangladesh away at night. signs of starvation and dehydration and Gebremedhin said. sent a second group of Rohingya refugees to an “I would never go back,” Guesh said. some with gunshot wounds. For Tewodros, the conflict has been isolated island in the Bay of Bengal on Monday Such accounts remain impossible It is the accounts of refugees like one civilian casualty after another since despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to to verify as Tigray remains almost Tewodros and Guesh, and civilians who shelling began in early November as he the process. completely sealed off from the world remain in Tigray, that eventually will worked at a hospital in Humera. Some More than 30 buses carrying about 1500 more than 50 days since fighting began reveal the scope of abuses that often are shelling came from the north, he said, refugees left their camps in Cox’s Bazar district between Ethiopian forces, backed by carried out along ethnic lines. the direction of nearby Eritrea. on the way to the island, a government official regional militias, and those of the Tigray “Everyone looks at you and points “We didn’t know where to hide,” he involved with the process said. region that had dominated the country’s out the part of you that doesn’t belong said. “We didn’t know what to do.” Authorities say the refugees were selected for government for nearly three decades. to them,” said Tewodros, who is of both Fifteen bodies arrived at the hospital relocation based on their willingness, and that no Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Tigrayan and Amhara backgrounds. “So on the first day, and eight the next, he pressure was applied on them. But several human Ahmed, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize if I go to Tigray, they would pick up that said. Then, as shelling continued, he and rights and activist groups say some refugees winner for political reforms that also I’m Amhara because Amhara is not a colleagues fled, transporting wounded have been forced to go to the island, located 34 marginalised Tigray leaders, continues part of them. When I go to Amhara, they patients on a tractor to the nearby kilometres from the mainland. — AP to reject global “interference” amid pleas would pick up the part of Tigray because community of Adebay. They abandoned to allow unimpeded humanitarian access Tigray is not a part of them.” that town when fighting intensified. At least 5 killed in attacks and independent investigations. Such differences have become deadly. Tewodros and colleagues hid for two KABUL, Afghanistan — At least five people were The conflict has shaken Africa’s Many ethnic Tigrayan refugees have days in the forest, hearing gunfire and killed in separate attacks across Afghanistan on second-most populous country, with 110 accused ethnic Amhara fighters of shouting, before walking for more than Monday, officials said, raising further concerns million people, and threatens to fray targeting them, while survivors of one 12 hours, hiding from military convoys, about the fate of peace talks that have been Abiy’s peacemaking in the turbulent massacre last month in the town of Mai- and crossing a river into Sudan. suspended until at least next month. Horn of Africa.“I know the conflict has Kadra say Tigrayan fighters targeted There, he accepted a volunteer No one claimed responsibility for the attacks, caused unimaginable suffering,” Abiy Amhara. Other attacks followed. position with the Sudanese Red Crescent and a local Islamic State (IS) affiliate opposed wrote last week but argued that “the Abrahaley Minasbo, a 22-year-old Society treating fellow refugees. to the peace process has continued to regularly heavy cost we incurred as a nation was trained dancer, said Amhara militia “Where we are now is extremely target civilians and Afghan security forces. The IS necessary” to hold the country together. members dragged him from his home unsafe,” he said of the reception centre militants have even clashed with the larger and No one knows how many thousands of in Mai-Kadra on November 9 and beat near the border, citing the Amhara more well-established Taliban. people have been killed in Tigray since him in the street with a hammer, an axe, fighters who approach the riverbank The Taliban have halted their attacks on US and the fighting began on November 4, but sticks and a machete, then left him for and threaten the refugees. The militias international forces but continue to target Afghan the UN has noted reports of artillery dead. Scars now slope across the right “are more dangerous than the Ethiopian security forces even as the insurgents have held strikes on populated areas, civilians side of his face and neck. He was only national forces,” he said. “They are more talks this year with the US-backed government. being targeted and widespread looting. treated six days later, by Tewodros in insane and crazy.” — AP — AP Hundreds of migrants freezing in heavy snow at Bosnia camp BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — “Snow has fallen, sub-zero coronavirus. “We are living like animals. Hundreds of migrants were stranded temperatures, no heating, nothing,” the Even animals are living better than us!” on Saturday in a squalid, burnt-out tent International Organisation for Migration’s said a man from Pakistan who identified camp in Bosnia as heavy snow fell in chief of mission in Bosnia, Peter Van himself only by his first name, Kasim. “If the country and winter temperatures Der Auweraert, tweeted. “This is not how they not help us, we will die, so please suddenly dropped. anyone should live. We need political help us.” Migrants at the Lipa camp in bravery and action now.” Plans to relocate the migrants northwest Bosnia wrapped themselves Bosnia has become a bottleneck temporarily to a closed facility in central in blankets and sleeping bags to protect for thousands of migrants hoping to Bihac have prompted protests by against the biting winds in the region, reach Western Europe. Most are stuck residents. which borders EU member Croatia. in Bosnia’s northwest Krajina region Left without a solution, migrants put A fire earlier this week destroyed as other areas in the ethnically divided down carboard on the floor and set up much of the camp near the town of nation have refused to accept them. The improvised barriers for privacy inside Bihac that already was harshly criticised EU has warned Bosnia that thousands of the only standing tent at the Lipa camp. by international officials and aid groups migrants face a freezing winter without Some people held their wet feet above as being inadequate for housing shelter, and it has urged the country’s the small fires that migrants lit outside refugees and migrants. bickering politicians to set aside their to warm up, while others wrapped up Despite the fire, Bosnian authorities differences and take action. tight in blankets for warmth. Many have failed to find new accommodations On Saturday, migrants crowded at the migrants were wearing sneakers despite for the migrants at Lipa, leaving around camp to receive water and food provided the snow. 1000 people stuck in the cold, with no by Bosnia’s Red Cross as police sought To get to Croatia, migrants often use STRANDED IN COLD: Migrants walk through the snow at the facilities or heat, eating only meagre to maintain order. Some migrants illegal routes over a mountainous area Lipa camp northwestern Bosnia, near the border with Croatia. food parcels provided by aid groups. wore face shields to protect them from along the border. — AP AP picture The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 17 HOLIDAY PUZZLE EXTRA

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MASTERTON — The first ever pure “Manukura is very much a part of the white kiwi hatched in captivity has died. Pukaha family and we have always felt Manukura, a North Island brown so blessed to have Manukura to help us kiwi, was born in 2011 at Pukaha to tell Aotearoa’s conservation story.” National Wildlife Centre, north of She said when Manukura hatched, Masterton. she was hailed as a huge blessing She was the first of three white kiwi by Maori and local iwi Rangitane o that hatched at the centre between 2011 Wairarapa, who saw her as a unifying and 2012. symbol to help guide their future Centre general manager Emily Court relationship with Pukaha. said rangers noticed Manukura was not “They consider her a taonga (treasure) eating and was losing weight earlier and tribal elders bestowed her with the this month. Maori name; Manukura, meaning ‘of She said the kiwi was taken to chiefly status’.” Massey University where surgery was Department of Conservation done to remove an infertile egg and part Wairarapa operations manager Kathy of her left ovary. Houkamau was the manager at the “The surgeries went well but were not wildlife centre when Manukura hatched. enough to save the ailing kiwi whose “She was a fantastic ambassador for health continued to deteriorate in the Pukaha, kiwi, conservation and tourism weeks following the operation. in Wairarapa and we are all very sad “Manukura passed away peacefully that she has passed,” Houkamau said. at 12.50pm on December 27, 2020 with “Over the past 10 years, she delighted rangers and veterinary staff present.” multitudes of people and in her own Court said it was one of the saddest quiet way shone a spotlight on the days the wildlife centre had ever precarious plight of kiwi in the wild. She RARE KIWI: Manukura, the first white kiwi to hatch in captivity, has died. experienced. will be sorely missed.” — RNZ Picture supplied Two families rocked by loss of sons

by Chelsea Boyle, NZ Herald He had completed his final year help somebody learn from this,” Heritage of secondary school at Kelston Boys’ said. AUCKLAND — As Jack Heritage High School in 2018, having previously The crash also claimed the life of Senior takes down the Christmas lights, attended Wesley College. Viliami Muru-Teutau, also 20, and there is huge sadness that his only son The family had moved to New Zealand hospitalised two others. will not be there to celebrate with them from Fiji when Jack was about seven. In a statement released yesterday, next year. While the tight-knit family mourn, Muru-Teutau’s family said they were His son — named Jack just like dad — Heritage has been moved by the sheer devastated at the loss of a vibrant, died after a crash on the Triangle Road number of people showing up at their beloved son and young father. bridge in West Auckland on Boxing Day. home to personally pay tribute to Jack’s Family described him as a naturally Heritage read of an accident in the memory. gifted sportsman who loved rugby. news and looked out the window to check His “kind-hearted” son made friends He was a former NZ Maori under-18 their cars were still parked outside. with ease. player, who played for a New South Wales But later that morning, two police Even as Heritage spoke to The New country team last year, before coming officers arrived at his door and in that Zealand Herald another friend had home to play in the Waitemata Rugby moment he knew. arrived to pay his respects. Club’s premier team. “They asked me to go inside. I had a “It has consoled us,” he said of the As a roofing apprentice, he was strange feeling,” Heritage said. overwhelming level of support. working hard towards completing his The officers urged him to sit down and There were many young people among TAKEN TOO SOON: Jack Heritage trade training to provide for his young told him what they could. those grieving. pictured celebrating his 20th birthday last family. “My son Jack had passed away,” he “I have been telling them; ‘I wouldn’t month. Picture supplied “Our world has been turned upside said. “He was lying in a mortuary.” want your parents to go through what we down and inside out. This is supposed to It was a shocking blow that left the are going through now’,” Heritage said. happened. Just be careful. Think of your be a holiday season of festive happiness, 20-year-old’s parents reeling. Next year “It is so painful.” parents. Think of your life.” and instead we are weeping and we are was supposed to their son’s year. So many sad faces, tears wiped away He wants to make something good from grieving.” “That’s what I felt,” Heritage said. from their eyes as they looked down to a heart-aching tragedy. Seven motorists have died so far on Jack was set to embark on a new the floor, he said. “God give me the strength to use the New Zealand roads during the official chapter in the military in 2021. “So please . . . learn from what has opportunity to encourage somebody or Christmas/New Year’s holiday period. Your guide to amazing products y Marketonday MPlacet-place arke and services to start your week M To advertise call Jane Smith 869 0617 or email [email protected]

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The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 RACING 23 Start crucial for Purdon’s final race by Michael Guerin, NZ Herald That means if stars like Self Assured taken care of a lot of that,” Purdon says. standing start race to the first bend might and Spankem head to Australia for a It is somewhat fitting the biggest race hold the key to the Cup. AUCKLAND — The last race of Mark Hunter Cup and Miracle Mile campaign on Purdon’s home track for the first half While they tend to be safe from a stand Purdon’s champion training career could in coming months they will be trained by of his life will be the last race he has a Amazing Dream is a bit more of a mystery. be decided by standing start manners in Cullen, with Purdon the stable’s travelling runner in before his sabbatical, with the “I took her to the workouts last week for the $200,000 Woodlands Stud Auckland foreman. Cup to be race nine on Thursday’s twilight her first standing start and she handled it Cup on Thursday. The changeover will start immediately, programme and the stable having no well enough,” said Purdon. The race will be the last time New with Purdon and Rasmussen taking runners in the last race named in their “But racenight can be different and I Zealand’s greatest harness trainer has the opportunity to enjoy their new life honour. don’t think she would like to be standing a horse race in his name for probably a with a few days holiday next week and Purdon and Rasmussen not only have for too long before the tapes go.” year, maybe longer, as Purdon and partner Cullen coming north to train the team at the Auckland Cup favourite in Spankem With a smaller field and only eight Natalie Rasmussen take a step away from Cambridge, with Purdon set to drive them. but also third favourite Amazing Dream, across the front line at Alexandra Park, training. But punters need to get their head with the pair drawn handy alongside each the Cup should not see a repeat of the Purdon confirmed yesterday that from around the very odd thought that from other, with the second favourite Copy That debacle in the New Zealand Cup last Friday, the first day of 2021, all horses Friday, the All Stars elite are no longer drawing barrier two. month when the outside horses got a walk trained by him and Rasmussen will going to be under the daily care of Purdon. With Spankem and Copy That all but up start while those drawn down low were transfer to current stable foreman Hayden “It has been a big task getting all the unbeatable in front at this level it is left behind, with Copy That the worst Cullen’s name. paperwork together and Natalie has easy to get the feeling whoever wins the affected.

Taupo races at Taupo Wednesday Jetbet 2 TAB Doubles 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Trebles 2-3-4, 6-7-8 Quaddies 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 Place6 3-8 Selections 11 6 All Night Long (7) 56.5 46 6 Vasquez (5) 57 45 7 s6423 Sardonia (9) 56.5 53 D Johnson 7 82050 Polzeath (12) 54 80 W Pinn (a2) Race 1: ARONOV, THALASSA, JAMESON T Newman (a2) 7 2s0 Under Her Spell (4) 55 51 C Grylls 8 63 Spirit Of Gold (6) 56.5 51 S Collett 8 1s012 Super Hoof (13) 54 80 J Fawcett 12 0 Garbo (10) 55 45 8 5 Dark Satin (3) 55 47 K Asano (a1) 9 s1722 Skyphyta (9) 54 79 S Collett Race 2: SOLOIST, FAITHFUL FEAT, PRECIOUS COLOURS 9 00 Dress Code (4) 56.5 45 C Grylls 9 7 Recalcitrant (2) 55 46 D Johnson 10 36696 Its So Easy (8) 56.5 45 K Asano (a1) 10 07027 Vee Cece (10) 54 79 L Satherley Race 3: SIDE BY SIDE, DARK SATIN, VASQUEZ 2 Graeme Thomson Jewellery 1.37 10 8 Side By Side (11) 55 46 11 90080 Sparkling Lady (1) 56.5 45 T Thornton 11 02653 Bobby Dee (2) 54 78 C Grylls Race 4: ERIDANI, CINZENTO, ROC CHA $10,000, maiden 3yo, 1100m 11 0 Radiant Rosie (1) 55 45 W Pinn (a2) 12 03803 Lady Shabeel (3) 54 74 T Newman (a2) Race 5: ULAANBAATAR, RUIZ, SARDONIA 12 Song For Anna (7) 55 45 S Collett 6 Kinloch Trophy Race 3.57 13 1s902 Amano (5) 54 69 M Hashizume (a2) Race 6: VINO BELLA, ROSE BOWL, PENNY ROYAL 1 4 Soloist (5) 57.5 50 C Ormsby 2 The Panther (7) 57.5 47 K Asano (a1) $11,000, rating 74 benchmark, 1100m 14 30s88 Scaglioni (6) 54 68 A Goindasamy (a1) Race 7: SUPER HOOF, BEAUDEN, GO NICHOLAS 4 Mort Webber 2.47 EMERGENCIES: 3 Vasquez (6) 57.5 45 T Newman (a2) SCRATCHED Race 8: MONGOLIAN WINGS, CHEEKY BEE, GEEZAS GEORGE $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1300m 1 — Bevan Street 15 — Beefeater SCRATCHED 4 2s0 Under Her Spell (11) 55.5 51 2 — Kapinos SCRATCHED SCRATCHED 16 — Obsessive SCRATCHED 5 — Deny 1 43072 Ottavio (8) 59.5 64 R Beemud (a4) 3 06045 Star Treasure (2) 58 70 K Asano (a1) 6 Faithful Feat (3) 55.5 47 A Calder 2 10008 Mannie’s Power (1) 58 65 4 5s466 Desert Magic (6) 56.5 67 W Pinn (a2) 7 0 Cathro (8) 55.5 46 C Grylls T Newman (a2) 8 j.swap Contractors Stayers 5.12 5 s1670 Penny Royal (3) 55 68 S McKay 8 0 Precious Colours (4) 55.5 46 M McNab 3 23913 Roc Cha (7) 58 65 Brandon May $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1800m 6 94137 Vino Bella (5) 54.5 67 J Kamaruddin (a4) 9 7 Recalcitrant (10) 55.5 46 4 471 In Pursuit (4) 57.5 63 V Colgan 7 1s774 Wicket Maiden (1) 54 67 C Grylls 1 66s31 Geezas George (12) 59 63 10 8 Side By Side (2) 55.5 46 D Johnson 5 s2926 Cinzento (2) 57 63 M Hashizume (a2) 1 Hard As Developments 1.02 8 347s2 Rose Bowl (4) 54 65 S Collett T Newman (a2) 11 Bahia Emerald (1) 55.5 45 S Collett 6 00600 Our Wonderland (3) 56.5 58 W Pinn (a2) 2 41 Mongolian Wings (7) 57.5 63 SCRATCHED 9 — Earl Of Orkney SCRATCHED $10,000, maiden, 1300m 12 — Radiant Rosie 7 47042 Eridani (5) 56 61 D Johnson 3 04270 Capellani (11) 57.5 60 R Elliot 1 2 Aronov (6) 58.5 52 V Colgan 13 Song For Anna (9) 55.5 45 8 4s00s Ludus (6) 55 59 C Grylls 7 Taupo Cup With Fasttrack $5k 4.38 4 25s60 Uncle Bro (13) 57.5 60 D Bradley 2 2298 The Villain (4) 58.5 52 A Calder 5 s0034 Zouluminous (5) 56.5 62 D Johnson 3 King Honey Taupo Gallop 2.12 5 Earle Kirton Classic - Tumu Event 3.22 $50,000, open handicap, 2000m 3 32490 Free Thyme (3) 58.5 51 J Riddell 6 46178 Aspiring (9) 56 61 A Goindasamy (a1) 4 5s0s8 Aratai (8) 58.5 49 M McNab $10,000, maiden, 1100m $10,000, maiden, 1800m 1 66307 Beauden (7) 62 98 R Elliot 7 48530 Marbuzet (2) 56 57 T Thornton 5 558s Lota Hooha (5) 58.5 46 K Asano (a1) 1 0 More The Better (8) 58.5 46 1 86326 Ruiz (5) 58.5 52 S Weatherley 2 16872 Go Nicholas (11) 59.5 93 K Asano (a1) 8 59009 Prestigious Lad (10) 56 57 L Satherley 6 — Mister McGregor SCRATCHED T Newman (a2) 2 74s9 Blarney (10) 58.5 49 J Riddell 3 s2556 Hay Tiger (8) 55.5 85 S McKay 9 85266 Cheeky Bee (4) 55.5 56 C Grylls 7 s0s90 Que Pret (1) 58.5 45 Brandon May 2 6s Senor Rossi (9) 58.5 46 Brandon May 3 00800 Robrocks (2) 58.5 45 Callum Jones (a3) 4 10967 Livin’ On A Prayer (14) 54 82 T Thornton 10 10078 Letz’av Bubbles (8) 55 59 8 Viva Nana (2) 58.5 45 S Collett 3 Keats (12) 58.5 45 J Riddell 4 40s87 Woodhall Road (7) 58.5 45 J Fawcett 5 14517 Mohaka (4) 54 81 D Bradley 11 s8707 Deels Done (3) 55 55 K Asano (a1) 9 Jameson (9) 57 47 W Pinn (a2) 4 Rockamo (6) 58.5 45 A Calder 5 32 Ulaanbaatar (3) 57 53 M McNab 6 4s506 Mongolianconqueror (1) 54 80 12 s080s Sacre Coeur (1) 55 55 J Fawcett 10 Thalassa (11) 56.5 47 D Johnson 5 The Panther (10) 57 47 6 09 No Quarter Asked (11) 57 45 S McKay D Johnson 13 9s800 Azareel (6) 54 55 Callum Jones (a3)

Kurow races at Kurow Wednesday Jetbet 6 TAB Doubles 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Trebles 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 Quaddies 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Place6 4-9 Selections 2 McKeown Petroleum 1.53 10 47026 Noah (8) 55.5 56 11 00 Fiorano (13) 56.5 45 S Wynne 8 Commodore Hotel 5.28 Race 1: LAPHROAIG, MISS CHAPLIN, CURVE 11 77798 Our Frankie (2) 55 59 M Gestain (a4) 12 3s989 Hey Soul Sister (6) 56.5 45 C Johnson $10,000, maiden, 1400m 12 54s86 Viva La Blues (3) 54 57 S Wynne EMERGENCIES: $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1200m Race 2: OUR ECHO, CLUBCARD, KUDOS DE SOTHYS 1 0s222 Our Echo (3) 58.5 54 A Balloo 13 90600 Shelob (9) 56.5 45 1 58162 Straight Sets (6) 59.5 65 S Wynne Race 3: WATCHMAKER, TRADITION, NOT USUAL LITENING 2 9s058 Are There (13) 58.5 46 R Cuneen 4 Rural Transport 3.03 14 30070 On The Rivet (3) 58.5 45 2 9s69s Full Of Grace (2) 57.5 60 T Moseley Race 4: CANNOLI, MISS CURIOUS, LEITRIM LAD 3 8 Mont Granier (8) 58.5 45 $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1800m 15 s9000 Tropic Thunder (4) 56.5 45 3 02350 Our Prom King (8) 57.5 60 T Jonker Race 5: ZAKUNDA, EISENHOWER, LANCASTER PARK K Chowdhoory (a1) 4 65710 Heartoheart (3) 57 63 M Gestain (a4) 1 s9316 Highly Unlikely (9) 59 62 6 Couplands Bakeries 4.13 Race 6: EL GLADIADOR, ZELENSKI, EXPRESS RIP 4 30070 On The Rivet (1) 58.5 45 T Moseley 2 20010 Harry Hewitt (12) 58.5 61 L Callaway 5 40667 Expressive (4) 56.5 62 B Murray Race 7: CARSON RIVER, EL BEE DARCI, KILLARNEY 5 Kudos De Sothys (10) 57 47 3 08107 Leitrim Lad (13) 58 60 T Moseley $11,000, rating 74 benchmark, 1400m 6 48s21 Recommended Flight (7) 56.5 62 Race 8: OUR PROM KING, RIPA RUBY, STRAIGHT SETS S Toolooa (a3) 4 40907 Monash (1) 58 59 T Comignaghi J Lowry 6 84747 Vague (7) 56.5 49 G Jogoo 1 171s2 El Gladiador (3) 60.5 75 M Gestain (a4) 7 46373 Ripa Ruby (10) 56.5 63 T Comignaghi Race 9: BENTLEY, ROC MUSIC, KAPALKA 5 31535 Miss Curious (6) 57.5 63 2 38739 Final Savings (6) 58.5 70 G Jogoo 7 2s700 Clubcard (5) 56.5 45 S Wynne 6 05257 Letsbringiton (5) 57 58 C Johnson 8 00150 Ophelia Rose (11) 56 61 R Beeharry (a3) 8 070s Float (4) 56.5 45 T Comignaghi 3 44000 Meara Mary (2) 57.5 71 9 0183s Touchabeel (1) 56 61 G Jogoo 7 80833 Cannoli (4) 56.5 61 S Wynne 4 38L43 Zelenski (5) 57 68 9 s0706 Maidinthemist (15) 56.5 45 8 50808 Friday Knight (2) 55.5 55 10 10906 Tennessee Rock (9) 54.5 58 C Johnson M Gestain (a4) 5 1s094 Express Rip (1) 56.5 67 S Wynne 11 90900 Stella Daze (5) 54 56 C Campbell (a1) 6 29091 Hunter Villain (9) 56.5 67 J Lowry 10 00 Rimarchevole (11) 56.5 45 B Murray 9 00090 Holy Loch (10) 55.5 55 S Toolooa (a3) 11 s9000 Tropic Thunder (9) 56.5 45 C Barnes 7 37100 The Buffer (4) 56.5 67 9 Maryburn Polled Merino Stud 6.03 10 00400 Villeret (3) 55.5 55 C Barnes 8 — Skaaboom SCRATCHED 12 — Scala Sancta SCRATCHED $10,000, maiden 2yo&up, 1200m 1 Cochranes Farm Machinery 1.18 11 99858 Lady Verawood (8) 55 58 9 s1360 Severine (10) 55 68 C Johnson EMERGENCIES: K Chowdhoory (a1) $10,000, maiden, 1400m 13 32030 Laphroaig (12) 58.5 53 10 28450 Yamuna (7) 55 68 C Barnes 1 7s20s Kapalka (2) 58.5 53 12 80000 Lady Byron (11) 54 55 A Balloo SCRATCHED 2 Bentley (12) 58.5 47 T Comignaghi 1 0407s Ideal Warrior (3) 58.5 48 S Toolooa (a3) 14 7387s Curve (2) 58.5 50 EMERGENCIES: 11 — Montserrat 15 — Collaborator SCRATCHED 12 27370 Tuilana (8) 54 66 T Comignaghi 3 800s0 Disco Deejay (1) 58.5 45 G Jogoo 2 700 Listenlikethieves (10) 58.5 45 B Murray 13 50208 Shock And Awe (7) 54.5 57 4 5s47s In Heaven (3) 57 49 16 0s7 Nellie Grey (6) 56.5 45 3 7s8 Our Clarry (6) 57 45 D Bothamley 14 20000 Coup Dreamwood (14) 56.5 57 7 PGG Wrightson Kurow Cup 4.51 5 7s9s3 Roc Music (14) 56.5 51 C Johnson 4 605s0 Crystal Bellini (4) 56.5 46 C Barnes 17 800s0 Disco Deejay (14) 58.5 45 5 Benmore Merinos 3.38 $25,000, open handicap, 1400m 6 5504 Avino (7) 56.5 50 C Barnes 5 059 Katchin Feelings (12) 56.5 46 R Cuneen 3 Couplands Working Dog 2.28 7 57s09 Kitchener (4) 56.5 47 J Lowry 6 90600 Shelob (13) 56.5 45 T Jonker $10,000, maiden, 1800m 1 1s986 Enzo’s Lad (3) 62 100 8 6s0 Cusack (10) 56.5 45 L Callaway 7 0s080 Sombra Deamor (1) 56.5 45 G Jogoo $10,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1400m 1 35235 Eisenhower (11) 58.5 54 G Jogoo K Chowdhoory (a1) 9 0s008 Glorious Missile (13) 56.5 45 T Jonker 8 4s044 Miss Chaplin (5) 55 50 1 0s5s1 My Sova (10) 59 63 T Comignaghi 2 00400 Killarney (2) 54.5 85 C Johnson 10 — Nellie Grey SCRATCHED SCRATCHED 2 74224 Zakunda (15) 58.5 54 9 — Chamonix 2 s0005 Selfie (11) 59 63 T Moseley K Chowdhoory (a1) 3 70504 El Bee Darci (4) 54 83 R Mudhoo (a2) 11 00s86 Quella Ragazza (11) 56.5 45 10 9s5 Gone With The Wind (7) 55 47 3 00250 Not Usual Litening (4) 57.5 59 3 00463 Mr Fahrenheit (7) 58.5 51 S Toolooa (a3) 4 10964 Carson River (1) 54 79 S Wynne C Campbell (a1) C Johnson C Campbell (a1) 4 0s0 Lancaster Park (5) 58.5 45 T Moseley 5 — El Gladiador SCRATCHED 12 9 Drumisle (6) 55 45 R Beeharry (a3) 11 — Belle De Val SCRATCHED 4 39123 Tradition (6) 57 63 R Cuneen 5 60598 Patsys Lad (10) 58.5 45 6 92276 Tellyawhat (9) 54 73 B Murray EMERGENCIES: 12 s0600 Miss If Formax (8) 55 45 S Wynne 5 45147 Watchmaker (5) 57 62 6 s8s70 Speights (12) 58.5 45 C Campbell (a1) 7 00s67 Manhattan Flame (7) 54 70 13 — Global Star SCRATCHED EMERGENCIES: K Chowdhoory (a1) 7 0s00 La Forza (1) 57 45 J Lowry R Beeharry (a3) 14 80s4 Aorangi Assassin (15) 58.5 50 13 32030 Laphroaig (11) 58.5 53 6 08319 Shock Prospect (12) 56.5 62 C Johnson 8 8s932 Miss Tavi (8) 56.5 53 C Barnes 8 — Skaaboom SCRATCHED T Moseley 14 7387s Curve (2) 58.5 50 7 19090 Once A Week (1) 56.5 58 T Jonker 9 75320 Turn Your Eyes (2) 56.5 52 9 09413 Riverfalls (5) 54 69 C Barnes 15 7387s Curve (8) 58.5 50 15 — Collaborator SCRATCHED 8 0s8s0 Alonzo (7) 56 57 T Comignaghi 10 38L43 Zelenski (8) 54 68 16 60058 Resuscitate (9) 58.5 46 16 0s7 Nellie Grey (14) 56.5 45 9 00849 Johnnie Redmond (9) 55.5 56 10 24664 Road To Diamonds (14) 56.5 51 11 61384 Monkey Shoulder (6) 54 67 17 Diceland (5) 55 45 S Wynne 17 800s0 Disco Deejay (9) 58.5 45 L Callaway K Mudhoo T Comignaghi 18 — 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Legend: T – Won at track. C – Won at this distance on this course. D – Won at this distance on another course. M – Won in slow or heavy going. B – Beaten favourite at last start. H – Trained on track. N – Won at night. S – Spell of three months. F – Fell. P – Pulled up. L – Lost rider. TV – Featured on Trackside TV. 24 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 Murray in, Federer out TENNIS practice each day at Melbourne Park, but must stay confined to their hotel rooms MELBOURNE — Five-time Australian otherwise. Open runner-up Andy Murray has been Also receiving a wild card was given a wild-card entry into the first Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, who is grand slam tournament of next year. also recovering from a series of injuries Former top-ranked tennis player and hasn’t played a tour match since Murray has slipped to No.122 in the the 2019 US Open. He missed the 2020 ATP rankings after several years of hip Australian Open due to glandular fever. injuries and surgery. Fellow Australians Destanee Aiava and “We welcome Andy back to Melbourne Arina Rodionova gained wild cards into JUMBO CROSSWORD SOLUTION 1469 with open arms,” Australian Open the 128-strong women’s draw. ACROSS: 1 4 9 14 15 tournament director Craig Tiley said India’s Sumit Nagal and China’s Wang Acute, Skeleton, Dimple, Onion, Out of the yesterday. Xiyu were awarded wild cards from the ordinary, 17 Scorn, 18 Emu, 19 Standby, 20 Disgusted, 21 Detour, 24 “As a five-time finalist he has been Asia-Pacific for the men’s and women’s Successor, 25 Castle, 26 Unjust, 29 Psychopath, 31 All, 32 Lawful, 33 an integral part of so many amazing main draw, respectively. 35 37 39 40 41 42 matches and storylines in the recent Meanwhile, Roger Federer has Step, Owe, Able, Impromptu, Potpourri, Rests, history of the Australian Open.” withdrawn from the Australian Open Ancestor, 47 Employer, 51 Irked, 55 Transform, 56 Essential, 58 Talc, 59 Murray made a teary retirement while he continues preparing to return to Tea, 60 Rage, 61 Ashore, 62 Due, 63 Insatiable, 66 Radius, 67 Stocky, announcement in Melbourne two years action after two operations on his right 69 Top secret, 72 Varied, 73 Tarantula, 75 Lullaby, 77 Lee, 80 Event, 81 ago before undergoing a second round of knee and a tour absence that will have surgeries to extend his career. lasted longer than a year, his agent says.

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Outcast, Eel, Imports, Deadly, Ostentatious, Anti, than the original date in order to allow This ends Federer’s streak of 21 Issued, 64 Lifebelts, 65 Quartet, 66 Recluse, 68 Crawled, 70 Palette, 71 players and officials to spend 14 days in consecutive appearances at Melbourne 72 74 76 78 79 quarantine once they arrive in Australia. Desert, Venom, Awful, Lucky, Stir, Once. CROSSWORDJUMBO Copyright Park, a run that began with his 2000 The players will be allowed five hours of debut there and includes six titles. — AP THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY Wednesday, December 30, 2020 SUDOKU CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Eliza Dushku, 40; Tyrese Gibson, 42; Laila Ali, 43; Meredith Vieira, 67. Happy Birthday: Gather everything you've experienced and put a new twist on how you use SUDOKU is a logic puzzle made the knowledge you've gained to enrich your life. 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Exhausted (4-4) sevens (12) Down: 1 Rally; 2 Allude; 3 May; 14. Distinguished (7) STAR RATINGS 4 Fought; 5 Jesters; 8 Fragile; 20. Excessive (5) FIVE STARS: Nothing can stop you now. Go for the gold. 11 Finding; 13 Heroine; 21. Survive (7) 16. Disregard (6) FOUR STARS: You can pretty much do as you please. It’s a good time to start new projects. 15 Outset; 16 Scribe; 17 Story; 22. Brought back (8) 18. Glow (5) THREE STARS: If you focus your efforts, you will reach your goals. 20 Sob. TWO STARS: You can accomplish a lot, but don’t rely on others for help. 23. Fitting (4) 19. Russian ruler (4) ONE STAR: It’s best to avoid conflicts. Work behind the scenes or read a good book. The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 SPORT 25 ‘Blessed’ Rashid changing perceptions in Afghanistan CRICKET by Steve Larkin, AAP He was born in Jalalabad in ranked bowler. for the country that changes the young Afghanistan’s east, some 130 kilometres Now, he’s the biggest T20 bowling generation’s future. ADELAIDE — For Rashid Khan, from Kabul. drawcard in the world. “I am so blessed to be someone who bamboozling batsmen is one thing When young, he fled his city and the But there’s something more important changed their mindset, their future.” that has led to another: changing the “war-torn” Afghanistan with his parents to Rashid than the wickets for his Rashid not only senses that his on-field perception of a nation. and 10 siblings — four sisters, six brothers. country or for his dozen or so T20 outfits, exploits and cricket are altering the When people think Afghanistan, they They settled for a few years in who include the Adelaide Strikers. perception of his beloved Afghanistan. He think “war-torn”. Pakistan, where he saw Shahid Afridi Now, he’s an inspiration to a generation. sees it when he returns home. Now, they also think “cricket”. play cricket. Young Afghanis see Rashid, and they “Whenever you go to Afghanistan, Now, they think Rashid, the ICC’s Afridi, who hails from Pakistan’s want to become a leg-spinner and daring you find they will be playing cricket in freshly-minted Twenty20 player of the Federally Administered Tribal Area, batsman. streets, in parks, everywhere,” he said. decade. which borders Nangarhar — one of “It means a lot,” he said of his growing “And that means how much they want “I’m so blessed,” Rashid said in 34 provinces of Afghanistan — shares legacy in Afghanistan. to play sports and represent their country Adelaide last night when asked his Pashtun heritage with Rashid. “Especially the youngsters . . . the last and give a good image in the outer world. reaction to the award. Afridi was a leg-spinner and daring six, seven years, it has really changed. “For somebody to talk about “And more importantly, it’s very good batsman. “Everyone is having that in the mind Afghanistan in other countries, they have for them back home in Afghanistan. They So Rashid, too, became a leg-spinner . . . that we have to go, we have to play to think and have to have positive things feel very proud. and daring batsmen when he returned to cricket. in their mind, that yes, Afghanistan has “It’s a dream not for me, but for the Jalalabad with his family. “They are focusing more on cricket and some good players in cricket. whole country.” Now, Rashid is the T20 player of the education. “And it is something that feels so good Rashid is 22. He’s only played decade. “And as a player, that is something very to be someone who does this.” international cricket since October 2015. Now, he’s the shortest-format’s top- satisfying, that I have done something SEE ALSO BACK PAGE SPORTS BRIEFS Outbreak hits Man City Tour to South Africa in doubt SYDNEY — Australia’s cricket tour of South Africa is looking increasingly unlikely after the Game postponed at four hours’ notice country recorded one million cases of Covid-19 as a new variant of the coronavirus emerged. FOOTBALL health of players and staff the priority.” race as they were held to draws today. Australia are set for a three-test tour in mid- The fixture is the second Premier League The Foxes needed a late equaliser for a February, but some hurdles must be cleared first. LONDON — The Premier League has game to be called off this season due to 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace while the Blues Cricket Australia is still working closely with its been left reeling by a coronavirus outbreak positive tests for coronavirus. were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Aston South African counterpart on a possible plan to that forced Manchester City’s game at The match between Aston Villa and Villa. cover logistical, safety and biosecurity concerns. Everton to be postponed just four hours Newcastle United, due to be played on Leicester are second on goal difference, Issues that plagued the recently abandoned before kick-off. December 4, was postponed due to cases three points behind leaders Liverpool, who England tour, where local players and hotel staff Three days after Kyle Walker and Gabriel within the Magpies’ camp. play at Newcastle on Wednesday (Thursday were infected, would need to be addressed. Jesus were among four individuals to return A day after the positive tests on Walker (NZ time). Publicly, CA is committed to doing all it can to positive tests, the club announced today and Jesus were announced, City beat Villa stay ahead of Chelsea on goal have the tour go ahead while mindful of a duty of that another round of testing had “returned Newcastle 2-0 at home on Boxing Day. difference in fifth spot. care to its players. However, with the departure a number of positive cases”. The Premier League statement said: Leicester missed a penalty and a host of date six weeks away, time is fast running out. “With the security of the bubble “The Premier League continues to have full chances as they came away from Palace South Africa yesterday became the 18th country compromised, there posed a risk that the confidence in its protocols and rules, and with only one point. to register one million confirmed Covid cases, virus could spread further amongst the the way in which all clubs are implementing Kelechi Iheanacho’s first-half penalty for with daily numbers equivalent to the June peak. squad, the staff and potentially beyond,” a them.” Leicester was saved by Vicente Guiata and Medical experts have also expressed fears over Manchester City statement read. City’s training ground has been closed for Wilfried Zaha then volleyed Palace ahead what they believe is a more contagious variant of “Based on strong medical advice the the foreseeable future with the rest of the brilliantly in the second half. the virus sweeping the country. — AAP Premier League, in consultation with both squad having to undergo extensive further But Harvey Barnes snatched a point clubs, has decided to postpone the fixture.” testing before any potential return. for Leicester seven minutes from time to Osaka, James athletes of year The Premier League, in agreeing to The club’s next match is due to be at put them second on goal difference from NEW YORK CITY — Naomi Osaka, who won the postponement, insisted the health of Chelsea on Sunday (Monday NZ time), Everton. a third grand slam tennis title while making a players and staff was paramount. which is then followed by their League Cup Chelsea took the lead at Stamford Bridge stand off court against racial injustice and police “The board agreed to rearrange the semifinal against Manchester United at Old through an Olivier Giroud header but Anwar brutality, has been named by the Associated game as a precaution, and further testing Trafford on January 6. El Ghazi scored his fifth goal in as many Press as the Female Athlete of the Year. will now take place,” a statement said. In on-field action, Leicester City and games with a header of his own to earn a After a vote by AP member sports editors “The decision has been taken with the Chelsea both dropped points in the title point. — PA and AP writers, Japan’s 23-year-old US Open champion collected 18 of 35 first-place votes and a total of 71 points. West Brom stall Liverpool’s EPL march LeBron James was announced at the weekend as the AP Male Athlete of the Year. — AP FOOTBALL — with Sunderland, Palace, Everton and Jurgen Klopp said. now West Brom. Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Lord Jiminy’s tactics pay off LIVERPOOL — A trip to Anfield has “We kept a tight ship all the way Raul Jimenez made a welcome return to MELBOURNE — Lord Jiminy has used tactical become the most daunting match in through,” said Allardyce, who is out to Molineux for the first time since suffering nous to take line honours in the Melbourne to English football . . . unless, that is, you prove once again why he has a status as a fractured skull in a game on November Devonport yacht race. are Sam Allardyce. the survival specialist. 29. Guillaume Leroux’s Class 40 boat crossed “Big Sam” pulled off another Liverpool were on their way to an He watched from the stands as the Tasmania finish line at 10.45am local time masterstroke yesterday, guiding likely eighth home league win in a row when teammate Romain Saiss scored an yesterday. That gave the boat an elapsed time of relegation contenders West Bromwich Sadio Mane controlled on his chest a pass 86th-minute equaliser to grab a 1-1 draw 23 hours 29 minutes and 5 seconds for the 195 Albion to a 1-1 draw at Liverpool as the from Joel Matip, swivelled and struck a with Tottenham Hotspur. nautical mile race, missing the race record. champions dropped points at home for fierce low shot into the corner in the 12th Wolves conceded after just 57 seconds Paul Buchholz’s Cookson 50 Extasea led early. the first time in their Premier League minute. when Tanguy Ndombele smashed a But during the night, they went east of the title defence. However, from one of West Brom’s rare low shot from 20 metres past Wolves rhumb line while Lord Jiminy stayed to the west, It was only Allardyce’s second match forays forward, a cross from the right was goalkeeper Rui Patricio, who was wrong- and the smaller boat’s tactics paid off. in charge of West Brom since taking over, met by Semi Ajayi, who sent his header footed. This is the boat’s third major victory. It took line for his first managerial job in 18 months, into the net off the post in the 82nd. Saiss snatched a point for the mid-table honours in the Melbourne to Stanley race and the with the Baggies second bottom. Liverpool are top of the table and three hosts by heading in a Pedro Neto corner. Melbourne to Hobart last year. Allardyce led Crystal Palace to a 2-1 points clear of Merseyside neighbours Elsewhere, Leeds United edged The Melbourne to Devonport was the only win against Liverpool at Anfield in April Everton but the Reds’ defensive problems Burnley 1-0 with Patrick Bamford interstate yacht race on the sailing calendar over 2017. That remains the last time the mounted when Matip hobbled off with a converting a contentious fifth-minute the Christmas period, following the cancellation Reds lost a league game at home. left adductor injury in the 60th. penalty while West Ham United twice of this year’s Sydney to Hobart because of Indeed, Allardyce is unbeaten in each “It is not a game we will talk about in pegged back visitors Brighton & Hove the coronavirus cluster on Sydney’s northern of his past four league games at Anfield 20 years,” disgruntled Liverpool manager Albion to draw 2-2. — AP beaches. — AAP Messi floats MLS option with Barca future clouded FOOTBALL He put those plans on hold as the club the team, who sit fifth in La Liga. Evole was recorded recently and aired hours insisted on enforcing his 700-million-euro “Let the best candidate win,” Messi said. after Barcelona announced that Messi would BARCELONA — Lionel Messi won’t make a ($NZ1.2 billion) exit clause should another club “Whoever does will find a very difficult situation, miss Tuesday’s La Liga game against Eibar due decision on his long-term future at Barcelona want to snap him up. it is not going to be easy to turn this around. to an unspecified ankle injury. until the season is over, with the Argentine great “Now I am focused on winning titles instead of “It is going to be difficult to bring in players. Messi — who from January 1 can negotiate raising the possibility of playing in the MLS. other things,” Messi said in the interview. That requires a lot of money and there is no with other clubs as his contract with Barcelona is “I am going to wait until the end of the Messi’s commitment is a far cry from summer money. set to expire in June — is reportedly in Argentina season,” Messi, 33, told Spanish station La Sexta. when he looked certain to leave the club after “We need several important players to get taking a short winter break after the club gave “I would like to play in the United States falling out with the club hierarchy and branding back to fighting for titles.” their players time off over Christmas. and experience life and the league there, but Josep Maria Bartomeu’s presidency a “disaster”. Barcelona reported losses of 97 million euros After Eibar, Barcelona’s next league match is ultimately come back to Barcelona in some Messi said he would not publicly support ($NZ166m) last season and sold off several at Huesca on January 3. capacity.” any of the candidates who plan to run in club veteran players, including Messi’s strike partner Messi has helped Barcelona win four Messi’s future has been a hot topic since he elections set for January 24. Nor was he overly and good friend Luis Suarez. Champions League and 10 Spanish league titles tried to leave Barcelona in August. enthusiastic about the immediate prospects of The interview with Spanish journalist Jordi since his debut in 2004. — AP 26 SPORT The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 Norman in hospital for Covid treatment GOLF by Melissa Woods, AAP only the day, and that the symptoms The two-time British Open winner of the “hideous virus” had hit hard. said he’d lost his sense of taste MELBOURNE — Golf great Greg “I am fit and strong and have and was struggling to remember Norman has returned to hospital for a high tolerance for pain but this names and words, while he also felt further Covid-19 treatment, saying virus kicked the crap out of me like irritation. he’s never felt so sick. nothing I have ever experienced “For those doubters out there, The 65-year-old was initially before,” Norman posted. do not judge or cast unwarranted admitted to hospital in Florida “Muscle and joint pain on another comments and opinions. I would on Christmas Day where he was level. Headaches that feel like a not want anyone, even you, to diagnosed with coronavirus. chisel going through your head experience this hideous virus,” he The former world No.1, rated as scraping little bits off each time, said. one of Australia’s greatest golfers, fever, muscles that just did not want “So I ask, do what is right, not posted on Instagram that he had to work like yesterday walking my just for you, but your family, friends returned for further treatment. dog Apollo my quads and hip flexors co-workers and other people around. HIT HARD: Greg Norman hits out of a bunker during He said that he was getting an just did not want to work due to “I am luckier than most and for the PNC Championship golf tournament in Florida this antibody infusion and hoped to stay fatigue.” that I am thankful and blessed.” month. Now he is being treated for Covid-19. AP picture India on the charge CRICKET by Oliver Caffrey, AAP India reviewed the field umpire’s not- Bumrah’s dismissal of Steve Smith to out call after Paine tried cutting spinner continue the most concerning form slump MELBOURNE — India appear to be Ravindra Jadeja. of the Australian star’s career. charging towards a memorable series- Replays showed nothing on hot-spot, The world’s No.1-ranked test batsman levelling cricket victory at the MCG with but a slight spike on snicko when the ball fell for eight, with the ball clipping the WINNING the tourists ripping through a brittle moved past Paine’s bat was enough for top of Smith’s leg-stump in a bizarre Australian top order in the second test. third umpire Paul Wilson to give the No.7 dismissal. Australia ended Day 3 of the Boxing batsman out. The 31-year-old is enduring the worst NUMBERS Day Test slumped at 133-6, leading by India lost five wickets for 49 runs in series of his career with an average of 3.3 two runs with four wickets in hand. the first session, but claimed a 131-run two games into the four-test contest. DRAW No. 2024 Promising all-rounder Cameron Green first-innings lead. It could have been Smith starred with two centuries in the BONUS (17 not out) and Pat Cummins (15no) will more if not for the calamitous run-out of one-day international series in November, WINNING NUMBERS NUMBER be responsible for Australia’s difficult captain Ajinkya Rahane for a courageous but he carried concerns over a back rescue mission today. 112. injury into the first test and has looked a 01 07 11 16 21 38 02 Little went right for Australia in a While India were frustrated to not post shadow of his self since. disastrous final session. They lost four more than 326, a lower-order collapse did But the batting concerns don’t end Total Lotto wickets for 68 runs, and captain Tim not cost them greatly. with Smith, as Australia haven’t posted prizes $4,947,692 Paine was possibly on the wrong end of a All five of India’s bowlers took wickets. a score above 195 in four innings this No. OF controversial DRS decision. The highlight was fast bowler Jasprit series. PRIZE MONEY WINNERS DIVISION ONE 6 winning Nos $250,000 4 TWO 5 winning Nos plus the Bonus No. $23,635 19 THREE 5 winning Nos $574 776 FOUR 4 winning Nos plus the Bonus No. $53 1913 FIVE 4 winning Nos $27 32,934 SIX 3 winning Nos plus the Bonus No $21 41,469 SEVEN 3 winning Nos Bonus Ticket 425,624

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Two out of Four $67 7000 FIRST TOURISTS: This photo released by Cricket Australia shows the 1868 Aboriginal cricket side who were the first sporting team from Australia to tour internationally. Johnny Mullagh is standing at the back, on the right. Cricket Australia picture via AP One out of Four Bonus Ticket 177,661 Indigenous hero to be in Hall of Fame WINNING NUMBER CRICKET by Scott Bailey, AAP “This was a bit of an oversight in 05 retrospect . . . we have chosen Johnny as a SYDNEY — Johnny Mullagh, the representative of that era,” King said. champion player from the 1868 Aboriginal Total Powerball “I think it’s a great decision. The ongoing prizes $18,744,770 tour of England, will become the first induction criteria haven’t changed beyond No. OF Indigenous member of the Australian that. PRIZE MONEY WINNERS Cricket Hall of Fame. “His record speaks for itself and it should DIVISION ONE Officials confirmed yesterday that, in Lotto Division 1 + have been acknowledged previously. He’s a winning Powerball No. $18,250,000 1 February, Mullagh (born Unaramin) would standout character in that era.” TWO Lotto Division 2 + become the 55th player to be inducted, Hall of Fame officials were yesterday still winning Powerball No. $34,549 3 alongside two others yet to be confirmed. trying to find relations of Mullagh for the THREE Lotto Division 3 + It comes in the same week that it was induction ceremony. winning Powerball No. $1,042 74 FOUR announced the player of the Boxing Day The Victorian went on to represent his Lotto Division 4 + Test will receive the Johnny Mullagh Medal. winning Powerball No. $102 165 state in a tour match against England in FIVE Mullagh (a surname taken from the name 1879 before his death one day after his Lotto Division 5 + winning Powerball No. $52 2753 of the station on which he worked) was the 50th birthday. SIX star performer of Australia’s maiden team to “Johnny Mullagh and the 1868 team’s Lotto Division 6 + $39 winning Powerball No. 3417 tour overseas in any sport. story is one of resilience and triumph, as SEVEN He scored 1698 runs, took 245 wickets Bonus Ticket + $15.00 35,932 JOHNNY MULLAGH: A studio portrait. well as discrimination and tragedy,” interim and even claimed four stumpings in the Harrow Discovery Centre picture Cricket Australia chief executive Nick

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37 14 matches, lost 14, and drew 19. Peter King said he and other selectors were “Mullagh represents his entire team and The Gisborne Herald does not make any assurances as to the accuracy of this information. Please check your tickets at a Lotto shop. The numbers were so good that happy to depart from the usual requirement the special place they have in cricket’s Australian Cricket Hall of Fame chairman that the award be only for test players. history.” The Gisborne Herald • Tuesday, December 29, 2020 SPORT 27 Natzke unbeaten at 2020 Summercross

MOTOCROSS by Andy McGechan, rung warning bells for his MX2-class rivals as Hamilton’s Kayne Lamont and Mt “The first MX2 race was quite close, www.BikesportNZ.com ahead of the 2021 national championships Maunganui’s Cody Cooper shared all but that was a sprint race, only five laps due to start early next year. five MX1 race wins between them. (and took barely eight minutes), so there A BOLT of lightning might have been The Bridgestone Kawasaki Racing Lamont won the class narrowly from wasn’t much chance really for me to the only way to stop Waikato rider Josiah Team star was a standout performer at Cooper, with Mt Maunganui’s Rhys break away,” Natzke said. Natzke in his tracks at the weekend. Summercross this time round. Carter, Martens and Wairoa’s Tommy “The second outing was a sprint race, It’s almost certain that only a freak Also impressive was his MX1-class Watts rounding out the top five. too, and Max (Purvis) was my nearest of nature could have slowed down the teammate Ethan Martens, who holeshot But it was Natzke who stole the show challenger again, but I just focused on national MX2 (250cc class) No.2 from three of the big bike races, giving the for the weekend. what I had to do and got the job done. Hamilton as he registered five wins from green team a total of eight holeshots from He qualified his Kawasaki KX250F “The next two races were short, too, five starts at the big annual Whakatane 10 races in the two premier classes. fastest early on Sunday, then raced but the last race of the day was much Summercross near Matata on Sunday. However, Auckland’s Martens had to to the first of his five MX2 race wins, longer (11 laps).” Natzke’s unbeaten performance will have settle for fourth overall in the MX1 class, crossing the line half a second ahead Clearly leading the points standings of Mangakino’s 2020 national MX2 after four of the five races, the pressure champion Maximus Purvis. was off for Natzke, so he chose to set a Close as that was, Natzke was just target for himself. warming up. He won the next race by “I wanted to see how big a gap I could over three seconds from Purvis and set get over the others. That was my goal for the tone for a dominance not often seen Race 5. I even made a mistake and fell in this most frantic of bike classes. off in that last race, but managed to get For Race 3, Natzke crossed the finish up and get going again quickly. line more than 14 seconds ahead of “This was my first time on the new Tauranga’s former MX2 world champion 2021-model Kawasaki and I’m really Ben Townley. pleased with the bike. I’m feeling In Race 4, Natzke took the chequered confident ahead of the New Zealand flag by an impressive 15 seconds from Grand Prix at Woodville (on January 30 Oparau’s James Scott and the fifth and and 31) and the motocross nationals.” final race was another Natzke master Meanwhile, fellow Kawasaki rider class as he cleared out to win by nearly Taylar Rampton, from Opunake, 25 seconds from runner-up Townley. dominated the senior women’s grade Natzke, who will turn 22 on January at Summercross, finishing the day 1, was determined to put the event to unbeaten to win ahead of women’s good use in terms of preparation for the national champion Amie Roberts, of nationals, although the Summercross Hamilton, and Letitia Alabaster, of format did mix things up somewhat. Rotorua.

TOP RIDER: Josiah Natzke was the best-performed rider at the annual Whakatane Summercross near Matata on Sunday. Picture by Andy McGechan, www.BikesportNZ.com

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In the women’s game, New Zealand’s Ellyse Perry have taken out the ICC’s top Cricket Australia Board found he failed Perry cleaned up all the awards in the Suzie Bates was named in the ODI team, awards for male and female players of to prevent teammates David Warner and women’s game. The Australian won the batting No.2, while Sophie Devine and the decade but the men’s test award has Cameron Bandcroft from tampering with Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for ICC Bates were named in the T20I team, raised a few eyebrows. the ball in the third test in Cape Town. Female Cricketer of the Decade along batting 2 and 3 respectively. Former Australian skipper Steve During the period for the ICC award, with the ODI and Twenty20 women’s The ICC Men’s Test Team of the Decade (in Smith was named as the best player Smith totalled 7040 test runs at an Cricketer of the Decade awards. batting order): Alastair Cook (England), David in the longer form of the game, and his average of 65.79. Over that time he MS Dhoni won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Warner (Australia), Kane Williamson (New statistics seem to back up that call. scored 26 hundreds and 28 fifties. Award for calling back England’s Ian Bell Zealand), Virat Kohli (captain, India), Steve Smith But fans on social media have Kohli won the Sir Garfield Sobers following a disputable run-out at Trent (Australia), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Ben highlighted Smith’s suspension from the Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Bridge, Nottingham, in 2011. Stokes (England), Ravichandran Ashwin (India), game for not preventing cheating during Decade along with the ODI (one-day New Zealand batsman and skipper Dale Steyn (South Africa), Stuart Broad (England) Australia’s 2018 tour of South Africa. international) Male Cricketer of the Kane Williamson was named in the ICC and James Anderson (England). — NZ Herald Santner magic a tonic

CRICKET by Dylan Cleaver, but Faheem rendered the decision Haris Sohail somehow squirted an The new ball was taken as soon NZ Herald moot when he flogged Neil Wagner innocuous-looking half-volley into as it was available but did not bring through square leg to take Pakistan the hands of Henry Nicholls at gully with it an immediate change in A PIECE of Mitchell Santner past 231. to take Southee to 298 test wickets. fortunes. magic put New Zealand back in Wagner got a measure of It is one thing to lose wickets Rizwan offered a sharp chance to control of the first test against satisfaction by removing Shaheen if you’re scoring at a reasonable Southee at second slip but the ball Pakistan after a counterpunching Shah Afridi, caught in close by Tom rate; it is another, entirely more was past him before he reacted. partnership threatened to put a Latham for six. problematic, thing to lose wickets Things were just starting to look draw firmly back on the table. The remaining intrigue was to when you are barely moving the a little desperate when Santner Pakistan wobbled badly at 80-6 see whether Faheem could score a scoreboard. intervened. but refused to topple, with stand-in maiden century but that prospect, So in the 60th over Pakistan found skipper Mohammad Rizwan and and the day, ended when Kyle themselves 80-6 without appearing RUN OUT: Pakistan captain Faheem Ashraf combining for 107 Jamieson had him caught behind for to have batted recklessly. This was Mohammad Rizwan is run out after spiky runs that threatened to wrest 91, with Pakistan’s total at 239, still no West Indian-style capitulation a direct throw by Mitchell Santner control away from the hosts. 192 runs behind. but rather a gradual cutting off of (out of picture) as Trent Boult and Their collaboration ended due Day 4 should be intriguing. the oxygen supply. Kane Williamson (right) appeal to some ill-advised running and a New Zealand must choose how The fall of the sixth wicket, the during Day 3 of the first cricket test spectacular intervention from New aggressively, and potentially how crab-like Fawad Alam top-edging a between Pakistan and New Zealand Zealand’s spin-bowling all-rounder. long, to bat against a quality attack. hook off Neil Wagner to BJ Watling, at Bay Oval, Mt Maunganui, Faheem whipped a ball to the leg Pakistan had started yesterday’s brought Faheem to the crease and yesterday. side, and Rizwan turned for two. play on 30-1 trying to haul down a sudden surge in scoring. With Picture by Andrew Cornaga Santner charged off the midwicket New Zealand’s 431. the second new ball looming and a Photosport via AP fence, picked the ball up in one What they lacked in stroke play rested Jamieson waiting, Faheem hand and fired in a side-arm, stone- they made up for in fortitude, and Rizwan took skimming throw that hit direct with as all the top order, including the opportunity a diving Rizwan just short. nightwatchman Mohammad Abbas, to loosen the It was a relief for Santner’s dug in for a fight. shoulders. teammates as for the first time The problem was they kept losing They were just this summer, the four-pronged pace wickets with enough regularity to starting to hit attack looked short of penetration keep New Zealand excited. their stride when and, perhaps, patience. Jamieson got the ball rolling when a hailstorm — Trent Boult removed Yasir Shah he cracked opener Abid Ali on the you read that right — chased the shortly after, clean bowled for four, thumb before cracking his off stump. players from the field. but Faheem carried on his cavalier Abbas’s 55-ball, five-run vigil It was the start of an on-off period way, at one point carving four fours ended when Boult found his edge, but the disruptions appeared to in consecutive deliveries from Tim while Southee did the same to affect the bowlers more than the Southee, who was desperately Pakistan’s most accomplished batsmen. The boundaries started to seeking wickets 299 and 300 to add batsman, Azhar Ali, for the same flow and the first signs of frustration to his legacy. score. Umpire Chris Gaffaney was crept in, with Jamieson throwing Enforcing the follow-on was never unmoved until third umpire Chris wildly at the stumps after fielding a likely scenario on this wicket Brown removed him by way of DRS. off his own bowling.