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SOME students will cross the road, while others will have a 15-minute walk to get to their evacuation points if a long strong earthquake shakes this region.

Most childcare centres in the central city will evacuate vertically to buildings over two storeys close by. The message from those contacted about their evacuation plans was to ensure parents find out the spot to collect their children from, and make sure their details are kept up to date with the schools and early childhood centres their children attend.

Updated tsunami plans from Gisborne District Council Civil Defence released in March show a larger part of the district in zones that needed to be evacuated because of Tairawhiti’s close proximity to the Hikurangi Subduction Zone.

GDC civil defence emergency manager Phil Nickerson said that all kura, schools and ECE centres should have a plan in place for evacuation to a safe place outside the inundation zones — coloured red, orange and yellow from highest to lowest risk respectively based on an 8.9 magnitude earthquake.

Mr Nickerson said the plans should include advice for parents to go directly to the evacuation assembly point to collect children.

“We also recommend that travel to the evacuation assembly point is by foot, scooter, or bicycle.

GOING UP: Central Childcare in Palmerston Road will evacuate vertically to their upstairs administration area in the event of a long strong earthquake felt in this region. Pictured with emergency kits and activities to keep the children occupied are, from left, Whittaker Allen, Bonnie Robertson, James Scott, teacher Sheree Marino-Moore, manager Erin Jones holding Parker Jones, and Indie Robertson. Picture by Paul Rickard

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A COMMITMENT from government to include groups who work with victims and perpetrators of family violence in any plan to end family violence was the aim of a march to Parliament.

Tauawhi Men’s Centre co-ordinator Tim Marshall, SafeMan SafeFamily (SMSF) founder Vic Tamati and Male Survivors Aotearoa (MSA) national advocate Ken Clearwater led a hikoi on to parliament grounds on Thursday to ask the Government to commit to creating a cross-party strategy to end family violence.

Members of the South Island-based Male Survivors Aotearoa travelled up on horseback. Tauawhi Men’s Centre and SMSF used more conventional methods of travel to get to the capital. The groups met up at Te Papa and marched along the waterfront before making their way to Parliament.

“This was a request to Government to realise that if you’re working on a strategy to end family violence, you need to talk to the people who are the victims and perpetrators, or both, and those who work with them,” Mr Marshall said.

More than 100 people joined the group on the march and at Parliament.

Green Party MP Jan Logie, Labour MP Poto Williams,

National Party MPs Alfred Ngaro and Louise Upston and Labour MPs Kiri Allan and Meka Whaitiri were in attendance.

“For us it was cool to see government representatives and others who support us, show up,” Mr Marshall said.

“The main thing we want is for the parliamentarians to agree on this side of the election to commit to doing this.

“Even though the House has risen and they are in election mode, our mahi still carries on. It doesn’t stop,” he said.

“These are diverse groups of people who came together to make parliament realise that it is a whole-of-government issue,

not just for one party. “Jan said to us that they are

working on a strategy but it’s obviously people in government, not the people like us who talk daily to those mostly affected by the changes they make.”

“It is generational trauma men face and it’s going to take a generation to change it for the next generation.

“You have to realise there is no short-term fix. We need a long- term strategy,” Mr Marshall said.

He said they have the opportunity for follow up meetings with government representatives.

“Hopefully Vic, Phil, Ken and I can be a part of that conversation.”

‘Our mahi carries on’

GISBORNE Alzheimers has been busy lately getting 700 potatoes to sprout ahead of its major fundraiser Spud in a Bucket. With the help of The Gisborne Rotary Club the spuds have been collected and sorted in a Gisborne garage and will be ready to collect from August 17.

The idea is that people buy a spud and a bucket for $10 and set it to grow over the next four months. The potatoes are then brought into Bunnings on December 12 where they are weighed and counted, with prizes for the most spuds, the heaviest spud and the ugliest spud. There is also a separate children’s category for the younger growers.

“The prizes are generously donated by Bunnings,” said Gisborne Alzheimers manager Tracy Robinson.

“It’s always a bit of a surprise as to what Bunnings donate for prizes, but for a couple of years now there has been a lawnmower for first prize. Other prizes have included chillybins, weed-eaters and gardening tools. For the children there have been balls, cricket sets

and a large inflatable swimming pool.”

From Monday people can go to Gisborne Alzheimers in the Morris Adair Annex at Gisborne Hospital to pre-order their spuds.

The Morris Adair building has been demolished but the annex is still there. “The demolition work has been close, very close, but we are still standing and fully operational,” is the message on the group’s Facebook page. ■ Gisborne Alzheimers will be

at the start line for the Gisborne Harrier Club trail run tomorrow at The Pines, Okitu, where they will be raising funds with baking and a sausage sizzle. There will be prizes for people who dress in purple to show their support of the charity. The run briefing starts at 9.45am. See Gisborne Harrier Club Facebook page for registration details.

To pre-order spuds people can go to the Gisborne Alzheimers Facebook page, email gisborne.alzheimers@xtra.co.nz or phone 867 0752.

Grow a spud for Alzheimers

SPUD IN A BUCKET: Gisborne Alzheimers manager Tracy Robinson and Warwick Callender from the Gisborne Rotary Club are getting ready for Spud in a Bucket, where people try to grow as many potatoes as possible over the next four months, in a single bucket. The spuds can be purchased from August 17 with all money raised going to Gisborne Alzheimers. Picture by Rebecca Grunwell

END FAMILY VIOLENCE: Gisborne’s Tim Marshall (left) in front of Parliament on Thursday. The Tauawhi Men’s Centre co-ordinator was joined there by supporters, including MPs Jan Logie (second left) and Meka Whaitiri. Picture supplied.

END FAMILY VIOLENCE: Male Survivors Aotearoa led the march through Wellington to Parliament on horseback. Tauawhi Men’s Centre and SafeMan SafeFamily followed them on to Parliament grounds. Picture supplied

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This is to reduce congestion on the roading network.

“While the integrity of the roads and bridges cannot be predicted they are likely to be compromised and may not be not fit for vehicle use,” Mr Nickerson said.

Parents needed to keep their contact details updated with their children’s schools if they moved, and be aware of where the pickup points were for their children.

There would be unknowns, such as whether the internet was available. If it was, a mixture of text messages, emails or posts on their Facebook page would be used by all schools and early education centres.

That and word of mouth captured almost 100 percent of parents.

The Gisborne Boys’ High School roll of around 800 students could be accommodated on site, said property manager Fraser Grout.

They would evacuate with staff to the second storey of concrete reinforced buildings on the school grounds, which are at an elevation of more than four metres.

Mr Grout said there was space in those areas to fit 1400 people.

He said the school had revamped its evacuation plans in March in line with the new tsunami inundation maps released by the council.

Early childhood centre House of Wonder, by The Warehouse in Pitt Street, would walk children and staff down the road to 50 Childers Road — about five minutes away. It is a three-storey building on the corner of Lowe Street.

Central Childcare and Education Centre, behind the Baptist Church in Palmerston Road, practises its tsunami evacuation drill twice a year. Manager Erin Jones said that in the event of a long strong earthquake, the

35 children — from babies to four-year-olds — will go upstairs to the office area with the eight to 10 staff. There they have supplies like food, water, blankets and nappies.

Parents would be contacted through a mixture of Facebook and by text.

“We do practise our evacuation procedure and we do have a plan. It has also made me get hold of the GDC so they can tell me whether we are on point,” Mrs Jones said.

If not, Plan B is to gather the children and cross the Derby St footbridge to walk out of the tsunami zone. This is dependent on being able to do this “in the 10 minutes GDC say we have to get to safe ground”.

In the event of a damaging earthquake but no tsunami, the plan is for the staff and children to cross the road to shelter at the

EIT campus.There were many situations

to plan for and common sense applied, said Mrs Jones.

“The biggest thing is for parents to keep their contact details updated.”

Mrs Jones said the drills were as realistic as possible, which was good because it showed areas where they needed to improve, she said.

“It was an interesting exercise, determining which of the child’s parents wanted to be contacted by text. Most came back and told us ‘both of us’.”

Awapuni School also holds earthquake drills twice a year.

Principal Nik House said the plan was to assemble the 281 students, together with the pre-school roll of around 30, in an area of the school field. From there they would cross the footbridge behind the school to Anzac Street and make their way along Roebuck Road to the Childers Road Reserve, a journey of about 15 minutes. There they have the stadium for elevation, plus there are also raised areas of ground around the sports field.

Mr House said a moderate earthquake

last December at lunchtime gave the school the opportunity to practise the walk to the stadium. From there they sent a message on the school’s Facebook page, which led to about 97 percent of parents being notified the school had safely evacuated. He said it was important parents knew what the plan was so they knew where to go to pick up their children.

Practising helped identify certain issues. Gisborne Civil Defence supported their plan and had verified it, he said.

“Be prepared and be pragmatic. All staff know their jobs and we practise,” said Mr House.

Mangapapa School principal Paul Sadler said their 498 students would meet on the “big side” — a field across the road from the school buildings on Rua Street.

“We are in a funny position where the school is in the yellow (evacuation zone), and the ‘big side’ is not. So we cross the road to evacuate everyone.”

Mr Sadler said it was easier to co-ordinate the pickup side of things with parents if there was a central point.

There had been suggestions to take Mangapapa students up Hospital Hill but the increase of traffic going up the hill would pose an increased risk to the children, he said.

Mr Nickerson said any organisation that wanted a presentation or discussion about their evacuation plan or evacuation route could contact Gisborne Civil Defence at services@gdc.govt.nz to make an appointment.

“We have an overarching tsunami evacuation recommendation for all of Tairawhiti. Our website has the latest information and maps.

“We have been meeting with kura, schools, ECE, individuals and organisations on request to advise them on their own evacuation planning and provide guidance.”

The maps can be found at www.gdc.govt.nz/tsunami-evacuation-maps/.

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by Andrew Ashton

COMMUNITY campaigners along State Highway 35 are celebrating, after roading authorities agreed to their calls for lower speed limits.

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has confirmed it is reducing speed limits for the township and beach sections of State Highway 35 between Gisborne and Te Puia Springs.

From Tuesday September 8, the new permanent speed limits for Tamarau and Okitu will be 60kmh (down from 80kmh and 70kmh, respectively), and for Makorori to Pouawa the new limit will be 80kmh (down from 100kmh). The new seasonal speed limit (from December 20 to February 1) for Turihaua and Pouawa beaches will be 60kmh.

Communities at Okitu, Tamarau, Wainui and Makorori have campaigned for more than a year for speed limits to be lowered.

Last year, a petition launched by the group garnered 3073 signatures, submitted either on paper or online.

SH35 Communities spokeswoman Veronika Lambert yesterday said the new speed limits were very welcome news.

“Getting this done was a huge community effort and together we made the change happen. Our petition to Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency showed thousands of people felt that the speed limits were too dangerous and a reduction was necessary.

“I would have preferred a speed limit of 50kmh for Tamarau and Okitu because this lower speed reduces the risk of injury and death significantly but under the current NZTA guidelines this

seems not possible. “However, guidelines can change over time

and I am hopeful there will be another speed limit reduction for us and other communities like ours in the future. That said, the new speed limits will make our communities safer for locals, visitors and all road users.

“I am positive that as a result of this we will see fewer accidents, and fewer severe accidents, and I truly hope lives will be saved. Thank you so much to everyone who has made this happen.”

NZTA regional relationships director Emma Speight said the highway was one of the highest risk roads in the region.

“Between 2009 and July 2019 there were 377 crashes between Gisborne and Te Puia Springs, with nine fatalities and 46 serious injuries.

“No matter what causes a crash, speed is

always a factor in the severity. Speed can be the difference between walking away or being carried away from a crash. By making speed limits safer, we can help prevent people from being killed or seriously injured in crashes on this road.

“The feedback we received from the community was strongly supportive of the safer speeds we proposed for the township and beach sections of State Highway 35 between Gisborne and Te Puia Springs.

“Along with our technical assessment, which found the current speed limits weren’t safe for the road environment, we’ve used the feedback to make our decision to go ahead with the proposed speed limit changes.

“Combined with the number of vehicles, including heavy vehicles, driving through areas

where people live or are enjoying popular recreational sites, ensuring speed limits are safe and appropriate is the right thing to do for the communities who live and work along the East Coast.”

The setting of the permanent speed limits followed engagement with the police, the AA, and the Road Transport Forum, and consultation with the public.

“Based on the feedback we received on the proposed speed limit change for Te Puia Springs township and further analysis of our technical data, we’ve decided to reconsider the proposed speed limit on this section.

“We are instead looking to re-consult with a new proposed speed limit and will be coming back to the community with more information in the coming months,” Ms Speight said.

Joy for SH35 speed limit campaigners

WE DID IT: Speed limit reduction campaigners, from left, Rachael Ormsby, Tim Willis, Juliette Gottlieb, Veronika Lambert, Tanya Jackson, Vanisree Singh and Silke Steffen.

Picture by Liam Clayton

‘ Be prepared and be pragmatic ’ —Nik House

WAIROA’s Sheena Martin qualified two dogs yesterday for today’s final of the J & T Hickey charity sheep dog trial in the RDA pavilion at the showgrounds.

Martin and Troy placed second in yesterday’s hectic 70-run day with a score of 95 points, and she and Stretch were fourth on 92 points.

Visitor Lindsay Schmidt and Dolly were the top qualifiers yesterday on 96.5, and Peter Williams and Neve, also from outside the region, finished third on 94.5.

The four joined Gisborne’s Merv Utting, Bex Scragg, Graeme Cook and Allen Irwin in this afternoon’s final.

The final qualifying runs were this morning, with two more triallists set to join the top 10.

“It was another good day yesterday, with the sheep similar in performance to Thursday,” a trials spokeswoman said.

The final got under way at midday, and was expected to take about two hours.

Martin, Troy and Stretch in the final

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by Mark Peters

DesPite postponement of the Unity theatre production of Calendar Girls, the show seems to still have had skin in the game. since lockdown was lifted, tickets for the play about a group of middle-aged Yorkshire women who produce a nude calendar to raise money for a charity have sold out for the entire one week season.

the show opens next thursday. An extra performance, added to meet popular demand, sold out within 10 minutes of announcement.

Unity committee member Heather Mcintyre puts the phenomenon down to the build-up of anticipation, social media, Gisborne Herald stories and the appeal of the story.

“During the lockdown people would ask ‘is Calendar Girls going ahead’?” she says.

“One positive effect was that it gave time for momentum to grow.”

shows such as the 2017 production of Macbeth attracted full houses for every show but the sell-out season and sold-out extra performance, well in advance of Calendar Girls’ opening night, is unprecedented for the company.

the real-life Women’s institute members who made the calendar were prompted by the death of one of the member’s husbands to raise money to buy a new sofa for the hospital waiting room. in the play, friends Annie and Chris spend a lot of time in the waiting room while Annie’s husband is treated for cancer. it is there the idea for the calendar— and a more comfortable couch — is born. the women persuade

four friends and fellow members of the Women’s institute to pose nude with them for an “alternative” calendar. the success of the calendar catches the attention of the national and international press which comes with its own challenges.

Calendar Girls’ popularity could be because it is one of those feel-good shows

people love, said Ms Mcintyre.“And it has the connection to cancer people do relate to.”

On the suggestion of actor Aaron Dunn, who plays John in the Julie McPhail-directed Unity production, proceeds from the extra show will go to the Gisborne east Coast Cancer society.

SOLD OUT

UPBEAT: Calendar Girls cast members, from left, Dorothy Fletcher, Charlie Haskell, Alyssa Thompson and Wendy Dewstow could be celebrating the fact tickets to the Unity Theatre show sold out well before opening night but they are actually rehearsing for the show. Picture by elenor Gill

A $3.7m Provincial Growth Fund boost for Wairoa, announced yesterday, has been described as a vote of confidence in the region.

The money includes $2m towards a new operations hub for Quality Roading and Services, $1.58m for renovations to 19 marae, and a $200,000 loan for horticulture infrastructure.

Under-Secretary for Regional Economic Development Fletcher Tabuteau yesterday confirmed funding for the three projects would create a “much needed” economic stimulus for the region.

QRS staff were housed in several locations that were old and beyond their design life, he said. The new headquarters would allow the Wairoa District Council-owned company to consolidate existing staff and accommodate future staff numbers.

A previous $60,000 PGF grant allowed the company to assess the project’s viability with a number of industry partners, including Fulton Hogan and Higgins, that may utilise the building and look into the establishment of a training facility there, Mr Tabuteau said.

QRS chairman Guy Gaddum said the PGF investment was a vote of confidence in the region.

“This infrastructure investment fits well with the government’s previously announced investment strategy in Wairoa helping carry the town forward and helping with our recovery after Covid-19. We are extremely grateful.”

A modern, fit-for-purpose operations hub would “unleash” the company’s business efficiency and potential, said QRS chief executive Nigel Pollock.

“QRS is very grateful to have been given this opportunity by the Provincial Growth Fund to allow our locally-owned and operated civil contracting company

to continue to help grow the Wairoa community.”

The proposed new 750 square metre operations hub will provide space for an additional 30 staff, central meeting and briefing rooms, human resource and finance workspaces offering privacy, and a store room. The new building has been budgeted to cost $4 million.

At the end of last year QRS returned a $350,000 dividend to WDC — the highest paid in 14 years.

With years of commitment to Wairoa’s infrastructure, it was now time to invest in its own, Mr Pollock said.

“As anyone visiting QRS’s existing depot on Kaimoana Rd will attest, much of our depot infrastructure is aging. While appearing reasonably robust to the eye it’s not fit for purpose.

“Over the past two decades we’ve had a rise in employee numbers from 30 to nearly 100. We’ve reached a point where our efficiency of business is constrained.

We need more space, modernisation for the digital world, and a more professional looking central hub.”

Local contractors will be used for the build where possible and concrete foundations could be poured by the end of this year.

“We’re shovel ready and need to start work on the building now to ensure QRS can continue to provide the services our region needs.”

Mr Gaddum said QRS had options for where it can find the extra $2 million to complete the project. The expectation is that QRS will borrow $1.2m and inject the final $800,000 from capital funding.

Architectural design is under way and the company seeks to work with Tatau Tatau o Te Wairoa Trust in the coming weeks to help guide the cultural components of the building’s design in order to reflect the region.

The $1.58 million PGF support to carry out renovations on 19 marae will include

landscaping, building repairs, electrical wiring, plumbing, and painting work, and it is anticipated this will create 133 jobs.

Wairoa Mayor Craig Little acknowledged Kahungunu Executive, led by Sarah Paku, for spearheading the marae renovations project, with feedback indicating the application was an exemplar of best practice.

“We have 39 marae in our district and it’s so important we look after these vital community hubs,” he said.

Nuhaka Kiwifruit Holdings Ltd (operated by Pine Valley Orchard Ltd) will use some of its $200,000 loan to build a large water reservoir.

“This will maximise the current water consent to allow the orchard to expand, Mr Tabuteau said. As well, two existing areas of kiwiberries will be covered with plastic tunnelhouse systems.

“This will enable the expansion of operations immediately, with the creation of up to 12 new jobs.”

Mr Little said the announcement supported some great projects within the district “and ensures we keep our local people working, which ultimately supports a thriving local economy”.

He congratulated QRS for getting their modern, fit for purpose operations hub project across the line.

“This hub represents growth for QRS, our town and employment opportunities for our people.”

And he paid tribute to Denise Raroa at Nuhaka’s Pine Valley Orchards. “Council had supported this initiative which saw Denise roll up her sleeves and grab the opportunity to improve outcomes for her community at Nuhaka.”

The three initiatives were all examples of a united and collaborative Wairoa, “and each of them will help strengthen our district and our people”.

$3.7m for three Wairoa projects

COOK, Kenzie Marie.— Daniel and Amandaare happy to announcethe safe arrival of theirdaughter Kenzie on the17th July 2020, atGisborne Hospital.Kenzie weighed 7lb12oz and is a muchloved little sister toGreer.

GILROY, HeatherVivienne. — 21.7.1944- 7.8.2020. Lovinglysurrounded by family,after a brief illness.Mum and Dad togetheragain on anothercamping adventureplaying cards. The funeral servicewill be held at EvansChapel, Ormond Road,at 10.30am on Monday10th August, followedby private cremation.- Evans FuneralServices Ltd FDANZwww.evansfuneral.co.nz

MEAD, Victor. — On5th August 2020,passed away after along 10-year battle withalzheimer’s, aged 65years. Adored father ofKristal and Abby, andwill be sadly missed byDenise.Special thanks to histreasured friend Rosco,and the Kiri Te Kanawastaff for their ongoinglove and support. A celebration of Vic’slife will be held atEvans Chapel, OrmondRoad, at 1pm onMonday 10th August,followed by intermentat Taruheru LawnCemetery.- Evans FuneralServices Ltd FDANZwww.evansfuneral.co.nz

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ECONOMIC STIMULUS: Parliamentary Under-Secretary Fletcher Tabuteau was in Wairoa yesterday to announce a PGF investment of $3.7m for the district. He is pictured with Wairoa marae representatives. Renovations on 19 marae will be carried out with $1.58m of the PGF money. Picture supplied

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, August 8, 20204 NEWS

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:

VOTE ONLINE: www.gisborneherald.co.nz

56% 36% 8%

On the webEastland Group is looking at developing a third geothermal energy plant. Do you think this is a good idea?

Last week’s question

Yes: 145; No: 93; Don’t know: 21; Total: 259

Will you take a Covid test if a health professional says you should?

Online polls are not scientiic and relect the opinions of only those internet users who have chosen to participate • Percentages may not

total 100 due to rounding

Yes No Don’t know

Robyn eccLes-smith: “Deinitely not. You can’t put air in a piggy bank and it really helps teach children.”

PeteR eccLes-smith: “I don’t want a cashless society. I like cash and I still use cash.”

muRRay henaRe: “No problem. I live up the coast and we pretty much already operate like that. I feel quite comfortable about it.”

maLacho Ria: “No, I use cash just to give other people and the homeless in the streets, and what would happen to all those cash jobs?”

maRy staLey: “I don’t want a cashless society. Why would you use a card to pay for something that costs $3? And it’s not always convenient.”

kath huLston: “Well, I suppose I’m prepared. I’m retired now.”

John FoRde: “Yes, I use very little cash.”

eLLa-Rose kiRkbRidge-keogh:“No, I’m pretty much just cash. I don’t have a phone, I don’t have electricity. Life is about the low and with these smartphones we are directing our lives. I’m not keen on it at all.

angeLa wiLLiams: “No, I use cash a lot. I like to have cash on hand, it’s handy to buy things like rale tickets and it’s simple.”

dan manson: “Yes, I’m already mostly cashless. I have my smartphone and use contactless paying but a lot of places don’t have contactless systems.”

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TWO East Coast women are the first recipients of a new partner scholarship between Ngati Porou and the Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT).

Ramari Fox, 25, from Ruatoria, was honoured with her scholarship in a special ceremony at Te Tini O Ngati Porou, surrounded by whanau.

Ramari is in her last year of a Bachelor of Creative Practice, Screen Production at the Hawke’s Bay campus. She has been doing an internship with an Auckland Maori production company and has recently been offered full-time work there. “I am grateful for the help to cover costs of studying this year,” she said.

April Atawhai, also from Ruatoria, attended the scholarship ceremony through a Zoom call.

In her final semester of a nursing

degree through EIT in Hawke’s Bay, April was in the middle of a placement so was unable to attend in person. Her scholarship certificate was collected by her great-aunt Huhana Tuhaka.

“I am coming to the end of my nursing degree and I am so thankful for the putea (money) to help me with financial assistance. The last thing I want to start my adult life with is a big student loan,” said April.

Speaking on behalf of the Toitu Ngati Porou Charitable Trust, Herewini Te Koha said the Manini-tua scholarship covered EIT study fees for 2020.

“The Manini-tua scholarship is a new partner scholarship between Ngati Porou and EIT Te Aho a Maui and aims to support Ngati Porou iwi members studying in areas of

strategic significance to Ngati Porou. “Manini-tua and Manini-aro are

the sacred paddles (hoe) from the Takitimu waka. As the hoe was a tool that supported the journey of the waka, we see this scholarship as a tool to assist you in your academic progression and the pursuit of a career in your chosen field,” he said.

EIT Tairawhiti campus manager Waata Shepherd said a third selected recipient was already receiving a TeachNZ scholarship so it would be reallocated to someone else at a later date.

There were three scholarships for each of the iwi around the rohe (district).

“EIT sees value and is proud to have these strategic alliances with iwi and wish the recipients all the best for the future,” he said.

Ruatoria women awarded inaugural EIT scholarships

SCHOLARSHIP SUCCESS: A special celebration was held to award the inaugural Manini-tua Iwi Scholarships. From left are Toitu Ngati Porou Charitable Trust chairwoman Lilian Tangaere-Baldwin, scholarship recipient April Atawhai’s great-aunt Huhana Tuhaka, scholarship recipient Ramari Fox and EIT Tairawhiti campus manager Waata Shepherd. Picture by Rebecca Grunwell

A FEW MORE than half of the respondents to this week’s webpoll question thought the Eastland Group’s development of a third geothermal energy plant was a good idea.

Out of 259 votes, 56 percent (145 people) said yes to the question, “Eastland Group is looking at developing a third geothermal energy plant. Do you think this is a good idea?”

A common theme among the responses from those in the yes camp was acceptance, even resignation.

“Why not,” said one person. “We are not getting our money back, or cheaper power,”

“We don’t get any return from it do we,” said another respondent. “Our power isn’t any cheaper, is it?”

One person thought the plant might create more job opportunities, while another looked forward to hearing how the Eastland Group funds it. “And who the equity partner is that they bring in to fulfil their geothermal ambitions.”

Several of the 36 percent (93 votes) of people who said no to the idea thought the money should be invested where needed locally.

The Eastland Group still has

no treatment of contaminated water off the southern log yard, said one reader.

“Why or how can they invest money out of the district when they pollute this region?”

Another person said money from our electrical costs should be used for the benefit of Tairawhiti residents, “not

to boost the many millions the community trust has locked away from our special needs

. . . rail, new road for truckies, and not the pool which won’t attract international and Aotearoa’s (swimming) competitions”.

“Why not start a construction company to build houses around the region?” asked one person.

“That would be a much better spending of money rather than building up energy capacity.”

Twenty-one (8.11 percent) people made up the “don’t knows”.

“That would depend where it is, how much it would cost, how many local people will be employed, how much revenue and where would that revenue be used,” said one.

“Who is Eastland Group?” said another.

Small majority agree aboutgeothermal energy plant

‘ Our power isn’t any cheaper is it? ’

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by Dan Lake, Newshub

WASHINGTON — The US government has issued a travel warning for New Zealand over the country’s ‘23 active cases” of Covid-19, despite the fact there are more than two million active cases in the US itself, where community transmission is rife.

As the US death toll from the pandemic surpasses 160,000, President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the country and some border restrictions have been eased.

But in a post on his government’s travel advice website made on yesterday, authorities called for increased caution when travelling to Aotearoa.

“As of August 6, 2020, New Zealand has had 1569 confirmed and probable cases of Covid-19 within its borders. Currently, there are 23 active cases in New Zealand,” the post states.

It doesn’t mention that all of the active cases in New Zealand are in managed isolation.

However, the warning is a moot point.Only New Zealand citizens or residents with

valid travel conditions are currently allowed to travel to New Zealand and all inbound passengers must complete at least 14 days of managed isolation or quarantine and test negative for Covid-19 before entering the community.

And the New Zealand Government’s safe travel website has one simple message for anyone travelling overseas, including the United States.

Don’t.“We currently advise that all New Zealanders

do not travel overseas at this time due to the outbreak of Covid-19,” the website says.

US issues travel warning for NZ

by Nita Blake-Persen, RNZ

WELLINGTON — Nearly 10,000 New Zealanders have had to live in motels over the past three months, with the public housing waitlist up 50 percent on the same time last year.

That’s more than triple the waitlist number shortly after the coalition government came to power — there were 6182 applicants in December 2017.

Every region across the country has seen demand rise — but it has been worst for the East Coast where there’s been an 89 percent jump in the waitlist over the past 12 months.

Te Whare Tu Whanau, Gisborne Women’s Refuge emergency housing manager Robyn Smith said there was nothing in the area for people wanting affordable housing.

The refuge runs its own emergency housing units, but Smith said high rents meant there was nowhere for them to go afterwards.

One family of two adults and four children living in a one-bedroom unit had been feeling the strain acutely.

“Between the couple . . . just arguing, mental health and wellbeing, and the children, just not being able to just live life, experience what’s out there.”

The figures also show the Government is placing fewer people in public housing and it is taking longer to do so.

The number of applicants housed was down 36 percent to 1115 in the three months to June — the average time it took to house them was 237 days, 20 days longer than last quarter.

There are 9614 people who have had emergency housing grants to stay in motels while they wait for that housing — worth $79.3 million — up from $54.1m in the three months to March.

Salvation Army analyst and lawyer Ronji Tanielu said the latest figures are not surprising, and he is expecting things to get worse before they get better.

“We appreciate what the Government did in terms of trying to get people housed in Alert Level 4 and Level 3, but

the challenge now is to get long term sustainable housing for these whanau outside of the hotels.

“It’s a strategy that works for a little bit and has a bunch of holes in it but we really need whanau in long term, sustainable, warm, affordable housing.”

He said the Government had made some big promises around public housing

— but could do a lot better.

“No one has really figured out this housing question, so the answer is pretty straightforward — we need more houses. KiwiBuild was a little bit of a disaster. There’s been a bunch of promises, so

we, as an organisation, are just going to sit and wait and see what happens with this election and the promises that come out of it.

“But it’s not just about promises, we need action.”

The Minister in charge of Public Housing Kris Faafoi said the Government was building more public housing, but

motels would be needed for some time yet.“It’s obviously not ideal for people to

be in emergency housing or transitional housing, but certainly pre and post-Covid, making sure people have got a roof over their head is what we’ve tried to make sure is there for them.

“We have committed to 8000 additional homes over the next four or five years so it will take some time to get some people into that, but I think the priority for the Government is a motel is better than living in the back of a car.”

And he rejected any notion that his government had failed people in need of affordable accommodation while in power.

“I would push back on that furiously, because I think what we’re seeing is people coming forward and saying they do need help.

“If you look at the last three years, the waiting list has grown, but we’re also making sure that we’re increasing supply.”

Faafoi said people were now joining the waiting list because they felt they would eventually get a property — which was markedly different from three years ago.

Housing waitlist up 50 percent

‘ We really need whanau in long-term, sustainable, warm, affordable housing. ’ —Ronji tanielu

WELLINGTON — A Wellington business owner has escaped a hefty sentence after illegally buying paua and other shellfish.

Hanhui Wu bought 3525 paua, 2040 sea cucumber, and 57 crayfish from Ola Melesala between 2016 and 2018, knowing it was caught illegally.

Wu pleaded guilty to 46 charges under the Fisheries Act.

The estimated value was $23,535.In the Wellington District Court

yesterday, Judge Chris Tuohy sentenced Wu to six months community detention, 100 hours community work and fined him $10,000.

The judge decided against home detention because it would have risked Wu’s construction business going under

and put about 15 jobs on the chopping block.

Judge Tuohy accepted that Wu did not make any money from gifting the products to business associates, but said there was probably some long-term commercial advantage for Wu’s business and friendships.

MPI’s national manager for fisheries compliance Steve Ham said the sentence should send a strong message to Wu and other buyers.

“Without the buyers there, we don’t have the people poaching the same on the coast and they’re looking to make a quick buck . . .,” he said.

Melesala was sentenced to seven and a half months home detention last year.

— NZ Herald

WELLINGTON — The tourism industry is calling for the incoming government to make bold decisions to revitalise the hard-hit sector.

Tourism Industry Aotearoa has released its election action plan that has identified specific areas that will need an extra boost after the election.

Its chief executive Chris Roberts said tourism had suffered an enormously painful setback and the agony was far from over.

But he said the industry could be rebuilt to fix systemic issues and create a sustainable future for the long term.

“We can and will revive. It may never return to what it was just a few months

ago — but we can rebuild something very special that we can all be proud of,” Roberts said.

Part of the action plan identifies vision as an area where action is needed from the Government elected into leadership on September 19.

“While the immediate outlook is uncertain, the tourism industry’s longer-term ambitions remain relevant.

“For the industry to be sustainable — environmentally, socially and economically — we must protect and enhance the environment on which tourism businesses depend, maintain support from local communities, deliver outstanding visitor experiences and

honestly address long-standing issues like congestion, poor infrastructure, low wages and undesirable visitor behaviour,” he said.

“At a political level, we need a government that has the vision to support and champion the industry’s own efforts to lead the world in sustainable tourism.”

The new government needed to deliver on its tourism strategy to enrich the country through sustainable growth, Roberts said.

“Like the industry, the Government wants tourism growth to be productive, sustainable and inclusive. We can only achieve that by steering the waka in the same direction.” — RNZ

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Be ready.We’re still at Alert Level 1. Here are answers to some of our most frequently asked questions:

Why are we still at Alert Level 1?

Alert Level 1 needs to remain in place as long as the virus

remains contained in New Zealand, but uncontained outside

our borders. At Alert Level 1 our borders are being tightly managed

but New Zealanders are still able to return home.

Please see: covid19.govt.nz/travel-and-the-border

What’s the purpose of Alert Level 1?

Alert Level 1 is about being prepared. We all need to be ready

in case COVID-19 reappears in the community.

What do I need to do at Alert Level 1?

The three things we can all do to be ready are:

1. If you’re sick, stay home and call your doctor

or Healthline for advice

If you have cold or lu symptoms you should stay home, and call

Healthline on 0800 358 5453 or phone your doctor for advice.

Please comply with any advice you receive from your doctor or

public health oicials, and get tested if you are asked to.

Symptoms include: a cough, a high temperature of at least 38°C,

shortness of breath, sore throat, sneezing and runny nose or

temporary loss of smell.

If you have any of these symptoms it doesn’t necessarily mean

you have COVID-19. The symptoms are similar to other more

common illnesses, such as colds and lu.

2. Practise good hygiene

Wash your hands often with soap, then dry.

Use hand sanitiser. Cough or sneeze into your elbow.

These simple health precautions are incredibly efective in

stopping the spread of the virus.

3. Keep track of your movements

Use the NZ COVID Tracer app if you can, otherwise use whatever

method works for you to keep track of where you went, when,

and who you met.

If the virus reappears in the community, this will help our health

services to quickly trace close contacts and break the chain of

transmission. And if you use NZ COVID Tracer, it’s a lot easier

for health oicials to notify you about any risk of exposure.

Why do I need to record where I’ve been if there’s no COVID-19 in the community?

In addition to our border restrictions, it’s important to have a

second line of defence inside the country. We all sacriiced a

lot at Alert Levels 3 and 4, and we want to continue to keep our

communities safe and minimise the risk of another lockdown.

Why is good hygiene still so important?

The COVID-19 pandemic still exists outside New Zealand’s

borders, but no border is 100% failsafe. Good hygiene is a simple

precaution we can all take, with a big efect – because it stops the

spread of COVID-19 by breaking the chain of transmission. It also

has the added beneit of stopping the spread of seasonal lu and

colds too – so it’s a win-win.

Do I need to wear a mask?

We have seen around the world that masks can play a role in helping

to reduce to the spread of COVID-19, when worn by the public –

especially when there are cases of community transmission.

You don’t need to wear a mask at Alert Level 1, but you should have

some at home for each member of your household, just in case we

ever need to change Alert Levels. You don’t need to wear a medical

grade mask; a reusable or disposable mask will do.

We all need to be ready New Zealand

Our borders are being controlled. But we all still have a job to do. By staying home if you’re sick, practising

good hygiene and keeping track of your movements, you’ll be doing your bit to keep our communities safe.

by Kiri Gillespie, NZ Herald

TAURANGA — Todd Muller’s smile is warm but he looks tired as he recounts the days leading up to July 14 — the day his entire world was thrown upside down.

On May 22, Muller secured the position as leader of the National Party, ousting predecessor and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges in the process. Just 53 days later, Muller made the shock announcement he was stepping down for health reasons.

Muller had effectively been blindsided by the toll the role took on him.

“I had anxiety. I had experienced that quite severely and I had panic attacks,” he says.

“I need time still to work through that and recover completely but it was really tough for me and really tough for Michelle and the family.”

Michelle sits at his side and smiles at her husband, who looks a much thinner version of himself. “I’d never experienced anything like that in my life before,” Muller says.

Te Aroha-born and raised in Te Puna, Muller’s first taste of career politics was from 1994 to 1997 when he served as executive assistant to then-Prime Minister Jim Bolger. He then switched to the corporate world, becoming an industrial relations manager at kiwifruit juggernaut Zespri and then chief executive of kiwifruit and avocado coolstore Apata. He then worked as local government and regional relations manager at dairy giant Fonterra before becoming Bay of Plenty’s MP in 2014.

“I’d experienced tough situations with Zespri and Fonterra — we were dealing with a botulism scare with potentially young people dying — it was really stressful but still, while that was difficult it was nothing like the personal challenges that I had over the last few months,” he says.

“For me, it was very acute. It

was very hard.”Muller can’t recall

specifically realising the moment it had all become too much. Rather, his departure as leader came after weeks of trying to box on despite warning signs.

“Where we got to was the accumulation of 53 days. It was no singular moment. It was more like a drop, drop, drop, drop, that virtually fills the bucket which overflows as opposed to a single boot to the bucket. “Walking away from the environment and surrounding yourself with the things that matter; love and family and friends, resting, walking and just breathing.”

When asked how difficult it was to announce his departure, he admits the state of his mental health made the decision for him. “It got to the point where there was nothing left. When you get to the point where there’s nothing left, there’s no choice really.”

There is a pause as tears well in his eyes before Michelle adds: “I think that’s what

is hard, you were doing the dream job you wanted to do but it was more of ‘I’m not enjoying this as much as I thought I would’.”

Michelle said they initially thought the challenges came from being new to the role and learning the ropes, “but no”.

Muller agrees. “It happened. I did the best I could. I had challenges that I had never seen coming . . . I did the best I could to manage them.”

The rolling of former leader and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges was seen as a bold move at the time, creating division within the old party faithful in the Bay region that both Muller and Bridges call home. Yet he had the support.

Bridges was among those colleagues to reach out with kindness over the past few weeks, Muller says.

Muller said he believed the decision to step up as leader was still the right decision at the time for the benefit of the

party and while there were some areas of learning, “there’s nothing I would change in terms of putting myself forward”.

“But I had no idea these other issues would manifest the way they did.”

Muller said he spent the days following the announcement in bed sleeping.

It was in these moments Muller began to grasp what impact his very public exit had made on others.

“I’m talking hundreds of emails, texts, lots from people I’ve never met before. “There were quite a few emails from people saying ‘Dear Todd, I’m actually a Labour supporter but . . .’

“They often saw it from a lens of courage and bravery, which I found almost humbling. The thing that has struck me the most has been the personal response in people, and these are people I’ve never even met before.

“They come up and shake my hand and, often quite emotionally, thank me for being quite public and talk about their own journey or that of a loved one.

“I think that New Zealand is tuned to the challenges of mental health at the moment. Covid, in particular, has amplified it I think.”

Muller said if his story could help increase confidence in New Zealanders to share their stories then “I think it’s fantastic”.

“The credit for that is the John Kirwans and the Mike Kings, they are a testament

to that.”Muller says he’s been talking

to Kirwan during these past few weeks.

“He’s amazing. What he has done to take the perceived shame or reluctance of talking about it to people . . . I think that’s great.”

Muller said he suspected there would be many people who, at times, will also struggle with similar experiences like his. If there was one message he could relay to them, it would be to “share it”.

As tumultuous as recent months have been for Muller, he is looking forward to campaigning for another term as Bay of Plenty’s MP. He is also hopeful of National “crossing the line” on election day as he believes the party is best placed to help guide the country through the economic impacts looming in the wake of Covid-19.

But how can he reassure people he’s the right choice, especially after such a high-profile fall from power?

“The sense I get is that people know me pretty well. I’ve been MP for six years. I live here. I’m hugely proud of this community.”

Muller says he thrives off engaging with people on a local level and was looking forward to door-knocking as part of his campaign again.

Muller said he’s “at a really good stage” now. Would he consider becoming leader again one day? “No.”

Michelle adds: “Been there, got the T-shirt.”

Muller opens up about exit

$500K FOR HATCHERY: The National Kiwi Hatchery in Rotorua has received $500,000 from a fund meant to protect jobs and firms in the tourism sector. The hatchery is one of four Ngai Tahu Tourism enterprises that got a total of $1.95 million in grants from the programme. The hatchery, at Rainbow Springs in Rotorua, incubates and hatches over 130 kiwi chicks each year. By hatching eggs in safety and caring for chicks until they reach a “stoat-proof” weight of 1kg, their survival rate increases to 65 percent. Last October the hatchery livestreamed the arrival of its 2000th brown kiwi chick — about 75 days after the egg was laid. The Government’s Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme set aside $311m to save 126 enterprises and protect about 3000 jobs from the big economic hit caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the closure of New Zealand’s borders to overseas visitors. Picture supplied

TOUGH TIME: Todd Muller has opened up about the reasons behind his shock departure, revealing he did it for the wellbeing of himself and his family, including wife Michelle. NZ Herald picture

‘ I had anxiety. I had experienced that quite severely and I had panic attacks. ’ —todd Muller

by Hamish Cardwell, RNZ

WELLINGTON — Oranga Tamariki has been accused of “appalling” and “brutal” treatment of parents with intellectual disabilities when taking their children from them.

A scathing Ombudsman’s report says the agency routinely removes babies, often Maori pepi, from families without whanau consultation using emergency court orders when it should be a last resort.

The report said in about 20 percent of cases, one of the parents has an intellectual disability.

Trish Grant from IHC said there were serious problems with the way Oranga Tamariki treated disabled parents.

She said there were many cases of “appalling” practice where children were taken without any regard for the human rights of the parent or child.

“There’s been sudden uplifts from hospital, I would say brutal. There’s been a move to the baby being put in a home for life and also an inability for the mother or parents to maintain a relationship with that child.”

She said the report stated that in only 17 percent of cases a recent assessment of whether an intellectually disabled person was fit to parent was made before the child was taken away.

“I think that reflects the (agency’s) outdated views and attitudes around disability.

“All of us, I think, are not perfect parents when we first have a child and IQ shouldn’t be the basis to assess parental ability — we know people with high IQ may not be the best parents in the world.”

Advocate and lawyer for people with disabilities, Dr Huhana Hickey, said Oranga Tamariki’s default position is to take babies from those living with intellectual disabilities.

She said the agency assumed people with disabilities could not be good parents but this was not true.

“I do not trust the state to have competence in this area — I don’t trust their government departments.

“And until we have people with disabilities sitting in Parliament, in leadership, running the disabilities issues, and until we have our own ministry and Act — we are always going to be at risk.”

Oranga Tamariki chief executive Grainne Moss said it was already working on the Ombudsman’s recommendations.

Children’s Minister Tracey Martin said all the cases referenced by the Ombudsman pre-dated July last year when her ministry got more than $1 billion of extra funding.

She said the Government was going to repeal the law so that Oranga Tamariki no longer has to remove a child if it gets an alert about a parent who has had children taken away in the past.

Since 2017, Oranga Tamariki has had a more than 60 percent reduction in the babies (under age one) it has taken into care.

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treatment of parents

with disabilities

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AUCKLAND — Police officers surprised a woman who turned 21 while staying in managed isolation.

New Zealand police revealed in a Facebook post that officers stayed on past their shift to wish the woman, identified as Lily, a happy 21st birthday.

The post shows three police officers holding a giant handmade banner saying “happy birthday Lily”, as well as a couple of balloons.

“Our officers in Auckland City stayed on at the end of their shift to do a little something to make Lily’s milestone birthday a bit more special,” the Facebook post read.

“Lily was spending her 21st birthday in isolation at a hotel, so our officers organised this surprise, with a bit of

behind-the-scenes help from her mum.“Our officers presented the banner

and balloons from the Auckland Police carpark, which Lily could see from the room where she was staying,” police described.

“She was pretty chuffed with the gesture, and our officers were equally pleased they could make it an occasion to remember.”

Facebook users applauded police for the kind gesture and joined police in wishing Lily a happy birthday.

“Nice work, NZ Police. Lily, I hope you had a lovely 21st, even if you were stuck in a hotel,” one person commented.

“What a lovely thing to do . . . Hope Lily managed to enjoy her day,” someone else said. — NZ Herald

Police surprise woman turning 21 in quarantine

ONE TO REMEMBER: The 21-year-old received a special message from police on her birthday. Picture supplied

WELLINGTON — Reduced emissions during the lockdown will not produce lasting benefits without further action, a leading climate change policy expert says.

New research from the University of Leeds suggests policies aimed at preventing Covid-19 from spreading will have a negligible impact on long-term warming.

Scientists calculated the recent reductions may only result in climate cooling of 0.005 to 0.01 degrees Celcius by 2030.

The research suggested global warming could potentially be kept within 1.5 degrees if governments actively pursued climate change mitigation policy or a green recovery.

However, the findings also showed that if governments pursued a “green recovery” from the pandemic, then global warming could possibly be kept within 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels by 2050.

New Zealand Climate Change Commissioner Catherine Leining said the research showed shifting away from fossil fuels and into low carbon technologies was essential to reduce global emissions.

“The short-lived behaviour change which reduced emissions during the lockdown will not produce lasting climate benefits if we remain locked into fossil-fuel-dependent pathways,” Leining said.

“The insights emerging from this study are clear. The world cannot afford to repeat the experience of the Global

Financial Crisis, where global emissions fell by 1.4 percent in 2009 and then rebounded to an increase of 5.1 percent in 2010 as the world locked in the next decade of emissions growth.

“The uncertainty we face in our economic recovery also creates enormous opportunity. ‘Lockdown’ must not mean ‘lock in’ to the fuels and technologies of our past.”

The Climate Change Commission has developed six principles to use when making decisions on economic recovery to help shape the country’s response.

They were aimed at avoiding detriment to the climate, avoid preventing New Zealand from meeting its climate targets, and avoid passing the hard work on to

future generations, she said.The six principles are —•Considerhowinvestmentscandeliver

long-term climate benefits•Bringforwardtransformational

climate change investments that need to happen anyway

•Prepareourworkforceforthejobsoftomorrow

•Workinpartnership•Maintainincentivestoreduce

emissions and adapt to climate change•Changehowwemeasurethesuccess

of economic recovery to include progress toward an inclusive, low-emissions and climate-resilient future.

“The challenge before us is not to predict our future, but to shape it.” — RNZ

Scientists warn lockdown climate benefits will not last

by Gill Bonnett, RNZ

AUCKLAND — Vaping legislation has come too late to stop a new generation of non-smokers becoming addicted to nicotine, according to a marketing scholar who has researched the use of e-cigarettes.

The bill regulating vape products passed its final hurdle in Parliament this week.

It will outlaw marketing and sponsorship from November.

Point-of-sale marketing and on-site posters will continue, and will not carry health warnings and R18 language until February 2022, said AUT senior lecturer of marketing Dr Sommer Kapitan.

“That’s a long time for habits to be formed and for perceptions that this is a less-risky product to still be part of the perception of young people.”

Promotions, social media influencers and festival sponsorships had been used by vaping companies to entice smokers trying to quit, but also to create a new market.

“This unregulated world of marketing of vape as a lifestyle choice has actually created an image and an appeal that means the marketing methods have worked. The message that comes across is that this is something that is cool, hip and trendy.

“We see the same playbook from the smoking and tobacco ads of the 60s and 70sfromBigTobacco.Weknowthisplaybook and they’re using the same rules.”

Customers had seen colourful vape

posters plastered across dairy counters since 2018 and that would continue, she said.

Schools and families had been on the front line, witnessing the vaping increase among young people, and Dr Kapitan herself saw students taking up vaping who had never smoked before.

“For parents, teachers, and principals of today’s youth, this is a win, but a tepid win,” she added.

“Since the widespread use and adoption of sponsorship and marketing activities that promoted vaping as an attractive lifestyle choice in late 2018, non-smokers and youth have embraced a habit that leaves them addicted to nicotine. There are still key questions to be answered about the limits to curb marketing efforts,

which as a nation I hope the Government andPrimeMministerwill soon address.”

The availability of all vaping flavours in easily accessible locales, including dairies and supermarkets, would continue until August

2021, she added.From then, flavours other than tobacco,

mint and menthol would only be available in specialist vape shops, which was prompting an expansion in the number of those outlets.

ProfessorChrisBullen,oftheSchoolof Population Health at the University of Auckland, said by and large the legislation was a positive step for public health to achieve the goal of a Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025.

“The challenge for our legislators has been to find the right balance — the

regulatory ‘sweet spot’ — within this system, whereby e-cigarettes are still legally available to help smokers quit smoking tobacco while not encouraging vaping as a lifestyle option for young people who don’t smoke to adopt.

“(The legislation) provides greater clarity for retailers and consumers than has been the case for the past several years of regulatory limbo. Importantly, it will enable a system to identify and remove low-quality, potentially harmful products from the marketplace and to penalise unscrupulous retailers who sell or market to minors.”

ButProfessorBullensaidtherecould be adverse consequences such as ex-smokers who now vape or use oral nicotine products reverting to smoking if they cannot find their preferred brands or flavours.

“It will be essential to monitor the impacts of these changes on different population groups as the legislation takes effect.

“If we’re not making rapid progress towards our Smokefree end goal, it is vital we have the ability to adjust the system using all the levers at our collective disposal.”

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Homicide victim namedAUCKLAND — The Auckland man killed after

an incident at an address in Whenuapai has been named by police.

Coubin Arerua Tamatoa-Makaea, 31, died from injuries suffered at a property on Trig Road on Wednesday.

Police have since launched a homicide investigation.

Detective Inspector Aaron Proctor of Waitemata Police said the investigation into Tamatoa-Makaea’s death was ongoing.

“Our thoughts and sympathies are with his whanau at this difficult time,” Proctor said.

Police were continuing their inquiries and would like those who visited the property during the evening in question to contact police if they had not yet been spoken to by the investigation team.

Emergency services were called to the property in Whenuapai just before 2am on Wednesday.

That day Proctor confirmed the death and said police had earlier been called to the scene after a report that a man had suffered injuries.

Medical assistance was given to Tamatoa-Makaea, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. — NZ Herald

Serious injuries after crashAUCKLAND — One person was seriously

injured and another received minor injuries after a car plunged eight metres down a bank in the Waitakeres early this morning.

Emergency services were called to the accident just after 1.30am to South Titirangi Road, south of Auckland.

Northern Fire Service shift manager Paul Radden says one person was trapped in the vehicle after it left the road and fell on to a driveway several metres below.

Meanwhile, emergency services attended a serious crash on Ohiro Road in Wellington.

Two people have been taken to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition following the single-vehicle crash. — RNZ

‘ There are still key questions to be answered about the limits to curb marketing efforts. ’ —Dr sommer Kapitan

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by Vaimoana Tapaleao, NZ Herald

AUCKLAND — Two people who recently returned from overseas are in managed isolation at their own house in a suburb in South Auckland.

The New Zealand Herald has confirmed the pair were granted a special exemption on medical grounds. Both have returned negative tests for Covid-19 on day three.

A spokeswoman for Managed Isolation and Quarantine confirmed the incident after a neighbour became worried after spotting several security guards outside a property near their house.

“Two people have been granted an exemption from managed isolation for a medical reason and are safely self-isolating at a South Auckland property,” the spokeswoman said.

“They both tested negative at their three-day test,” the statement said.

“Their day-12 test is due to be undertaken over the weekend.”

The official would not say exactly when the pair arrived back into New Zealand or which country they came from.

The spokeswoman said this was not the first time someone who had returned from overseas had been given an exemption from undergoing managed isolation at a hotel — instead carrying out their 14-day quarantine at home.

She acknowledged that such exemptions were given only under strict conditions or compassionate reasons — in this case, a medical reason.

It was allowed when those needing to stay in 14-day managed isolation could not have their health needs met in a hotel.

The current case was being run in accordance with health guidelines and was “not unusual”.

The Herald has sought further information about the case, including which country those in the household had returned from and how many similar exemptions had been granted.

A neighbour who contacted The Herald said he only spotted the guards outside the house yesterday.

He said he asked the guards what they were doing and they said it was Covid-related.

The man said the news was alarming.“I’ve got family that stay just next door to them

and I don’t want them catching it.”On the street yesterday, a witness said up to

three security guards were stationed outside the house, some wearing masks.

Two were seen at one point sitting in their car when it started to rain.

The other was seen walking around the property.

The news comes after Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said on Facebook yesterday morning: “What we have put in place since April 9 is that everyone coming across the border, bar very few exceptions, has to do 14 days of managed isolation — so not even isolating at home.”

Pair isolating at home after returning to NZ

TAURANGA — Joe McGregor is not a huge fan of going for walks so to make things more interesting he takes his trusty metal detector along with him.

This week, that habit saw him strike gold as a coin he found on a Tauranga beach sold in the United States for US$31,200 (NZ$46,671).

McGregor said he found the Australian 1855 Half Sovereign on February 20 and suspected it could be valuable but never dreamed it would go for as much as it did at auction.

“I was out in the mudflats in Tauranga — I hate going for walks so it gives me and the dog something to do. There was no doubt I had dug up a gold coin but I had no idea what it was. It was just a little tiny gold coin in the middle of the mudflats.

“I have a bit of a rivalry with a mate in Rotorua and I was talking to him on video chat. He looked up the coin and it was then that it hit home it was something a bit special.”

He posted photos of the coin on

Facebook — where it was spotted by Robbie Parkinson, a senior numismatist (coin specialist) at Heritage Auctions in the United Kingdom at the time.

Parkinson saw some low offers being made for the coin and urged McGregor to let him sell the coin for him via auction.

Fair to say, McGregor was pleased he took the advice.

“To be honest, I still don’t quite believe it, all that for a small gold coin.

“I think my wife has already spent the money,” he joked. “I think we’ll just hold on to it and enjoy it. I’m still rubbing it in her face a bit — she couldn’t be bothered with it when I found it.

“I think I can use this for a few years.”Parkinson, who is now a senior

numismatist at Sovereign Rarities, said like most things, the value of a coin came down to supply and demand.

“1855 is the first and rarest year of the Australian Half Sovereign and the fact that it was found in the Bay of Plenty is crazy. There are so few coins you can find in Australia and New Zealand that are

actually worth anything.“It’s an amazing find. People can be

confused by what makes a coin valuable but when it’s all said and done, if there are enough people wanting to buy a coin type, the value will go up.

“The Half Sovereign series is incredibly popular because they were made in Australia, South Africa, Canada and India, so you have different nations competing to buy the surviving coins. The one that Joe found is one of the best around.”

McGregor said the coin was his most valuable discovery so far but he had found plenty of interesting objects over the years, some of which were priceless to the owners.

“Over the Christmas period, I found and returned 12 wedding rings. The last I returned was worth $8000-9000. The owner lost it at Mount Maunganui and I went up to Auckland and returned it to him.

“A lot of the time people reach out to me saying they’ve lost something, it’s all that social networking. The people who got their wedding rings back were just overjoyed. The majority had given up hope on ever getting it back.

“To me, I consider that if you can find the owners, it’s theirs. It’s the thrill of the hunt I enjoy.” — NZ Herald

Coin found on Tauranga beach fetches ‘unbelievable’ price

LUCKY FIND: This gold coin that was found on a Tauranga beach has sold for US$31,200. Picture supplied

by Daisy Hudson, Otago Daily Times

DUNEDIN — Explosive material stored near Dunedin has sparked concerns after the deadly explosion in Lebanon.

The company in charge of its storage says the risk is minimal, and it will be moved out of the site by the end of the year.

At least 160 people were killed and thousands more injured when 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse in Beirut exploded on Wednesday.

The chemical, used for fertilising farmland, is also used as an explosive when mixed with a substance such as diesel fuel for bulk industrial operations in mining, quarrying and large-scale construction of bridges and roads.

An Otago Regional Council spokesman said it had been made aware of concerns about hazardous materials being stored in Sawyers

Bay, and staff were looking into it.RedBull Powder Company manages the

storage and transportation of ammonium nitrate for OceanaGold’s Macraes mining operation.

Company general manager Chris Pilmer confirmed it stored ammonium nitrate in Sawyers Bay.

The company was permitted to store up to 1800 tonnes at the site, but the amount stored was “well under” capacity, Pilmer said.

It was expected to be out of the site before the permit expired at the end of the year, and new storage facilities at the mine were being constructed.

He said that the industry had learned a lot from previous disasters involving the chemical, and the company did everything it could to ensure it was compliant with conditions at all times.

Ammonium nitrate needed a large fire for it to explode, and would not combust on its own, he said.

A Ravensdown spokeswoman said it did not stock pure ammonium nitrate anywhere in New Zealand.

One of its products, CAN, has ammonium nitrate as an ingredient, and is classed as non-hazardous and non-flammable, she said.

New Zealand Fertiliser Quality Council member Anders Crofoot said that ammonium nitrate was not commonly used here.

Urea is often used in New Zealand’s horticultural industry, rather than ammonium nitrate. It doesn’t have the same explosive characteristics.

The Ministry for the Environment said there was no cause for concern over the controversial ouvea premix stored in Mataura’s old paper mill.

Chemical in Sawyers Bay poses ‘minimal risk’

by Jamie Morton, NZ Herald

AUCKLAND — Scientists have completed months of detective work to reveal where New Zealand’s cases of Covid-19 came from at the height of our crisis — with some surprising results.

They found most of the analysed cases that led to others being infected originated from North America, rather than Asia — and that cases that turned up here represented all of Sars-CoV-2’s global genomic diversity.

They have also shown there was no sign of Covid-19 circulating in the country before the first case was officially reported.

Decoding or “sequencing” the genetic jigsaw that is the virus’ genome has been a crucial part of the public health response to Covid-19 here and overseas.

Investigating the spread of the virus into a population can leave scientists with a spaghetti-like mess to untangle — but genomic sequencing can quickly tell them where a specific case came from, and pick it apart from other cases in the community.

The speed at which scientists have been able to sequence genomes from positive Covid-19 samples — sequencing work once cost billions and took months — has been among the most impressive feats of the world’s fight against the virus.

In New Zealand, scientists have completed sequences in less than 24 hours.

In a just-published, collaborative study, University of Otago evolutionary virologist Dr Jemma Geoghegan and

colleagues have shared data from 649 genome sequences carried out in New Zealand between February 26 and May 22 — representing about half the cases sampled over that crisis period.

Despite the comparatively tiny size of Covid-19’s incursion here, the team reported 277 separate introductions of the virus, out of the 649 cases.

Of those, they estimated a quarter led to only one other secondary case — while just 19 percent of those introduced cases led to a chain of transmission that could be observed as a lineage.

Most of those lineages could be traced back to North America, rather than to Asia where the virus first emerged — which reflected where it was most prevalent during the time of sampling.

The largest clusters in New Zealand were often associated with social gatherings such as weddings, hospitality and conferences.

The biggest of those — which comprised a lineage called B.1.26 and was linked to a “super-spreading” event at a Southland wedding — most likely originated in the United States.

The team also found no evidence the virus had been circulating before New Zealand’s first case was reported

on February 26 — and also that fewer cases were missed later in the country’s epidemic than in the early stages.

“It was surprising that, despite its remoteness, the viruses imported into New Zealand represented nearly all of the genomic diversity sequenced from the global virus population, and this high degree of genomic diversity was observed throughout the country,” Geoghehan said.

“This highlights the vast number of introductions and how globally connected we are.”

Geoghegan said genomics gave scientists the power to easily quantify the effectiveness of lockdown measures and border closures.

For instance, they found the effective reproductive number of New Zealand’s biggest cluster was squashed from seven to just 0.2 in the first week of lockdown.

“We can see how interventions stopped virus transmission and also help link more infections to a major transmission cluster than through epidemiological data alone, providing probable sources of infections for cases in which the source was unclear,” she said.

Because our borders remain closed, she said any new incursions of the virus would be from quarantine facilities — as had happened in Victoria, with disastrous consequences.

“Virus leaks from quarantine would look different because, presumably, these viruses would be from a single origin.”

It’s now been 98 days since the last case of Covid-19 was acquired locally from an unknown source.

New Zealand’s total number of confirmed cases remained at 1219.

How Covid came to NZ

Most of those lineages could be traced back to North America, rather than to Asia where the virus first emerged.

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, August 8, 202010 NATIONAL NEWS

Re: Hike in employee and admin costs, Aug 6 editorial.

It would be nice if specific details were given. This would make it easier for comparisons.

PJ REED

Detail helpful

by Clive Bibby

RECENT episodes of that old family favourite TV programme “Country Calendar” have included simple messages to the people of Tairawhiti and other parts of provincial New Zealand.

Two of the programmes featured well-known entrepreneurial families from both ends of this region. There was much to learn from these glimpses of life on the East Coast and the rewards available to those who dare to make things happen.

Up north at Te Araroa the Clarke family have developed new ways for harvesting the best ingredients from manuka crops. On the Poverty Bay Flats, the Thorpe family have introduced new concepts that allow crops like persimmons and sheep-milk cheeses to find profitable niche markets.

Perhaps it is not surprising that these families have special characteristics in common.

Both Tairawhiti families I have referred to clearly operate well as a team, each member contributing their particular skills to the combined operation — with the patriarchal heads encouraging participation of the others, as opposed to dictating co-operation.

I suspect that team ethos is the critical

ingredient to making each enterprise work so successfully. Part of any efficient operation, particularly at the highest level of management, is the ability to recognise individual limitations and delegate to those who can cover the shortfall, even if it means expanding management beyond the immediate family membership. Another of our local heavyweights, LeaderBrand, has been incredibly successful — in part by doing just that.

These pioneering families have also been prepared to adapt traditional family operations to suit the requirements of modern markets. Grandad’s way may not cut it any more. This is particularly evident with the Thorpes’ decision to change from cheesemaking using milk from dairy cows to one that involves an alternative grazing operation that is less polluting and in fact more profitable, producing cheese from sheep milk.

These examples of the entrepreneurial spirit should represent an opportunity accepted by many others in the region to expand their own operations in similar fashion.

Why is it not happening in greater numbers and more quickly than it has?

I believe a big factor is that our local leaders (the council and its support partners) appear incapable of taking advantage of an environment that is tailor-made for this sort of expansion.

Opportunities abound, yet we seem hell-bent on ignoring them.

The all-important ingredient enabling a massive leap in local economic development (ie Government finance) has been available in the form of the Provincial Growth Fund coupled with an offer to declare the Northern Tairawhiti a Special Economic Zone — so what’s the hold-up?

Why are we so dumb, continually rejecting these offers of help to unlock our economic potential, and so arrogant expecting this or future governments to hang around waiting until our special interest groups decide the time is right?

Our local tourism industry would also benefit from a complete strategy overhaul that should include giving responsibility to people who recognise simple marketing principles and how they apply to this remote part of the country.

Our true potential will not be recognised until we focus our attention on building or developing our own iconic tourism destinations. We have much to offer that reflects our multicultural heritage story, we just need to put it on show as a world-class presentation and build the infrastructure that will enable the world to come and have a look — for example, docking facilities for tourist boats rather than investing in a dodgy railway line.

Rongowhakaata have shown how it can be done. Why are we not expanding on their excellent work? And again, the Government is eager to be involved.

It’s a no-brainer really!

Things could be so much better

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EDITORIAL

Multimillion-dollar funding announcements came thick and fast this week and The Herald can confirm that this region still has about $45 million more on the way, this side of the election, for projects put up to the $3 billion Covid Recovery infrastructure fund for potential investment.

The $11.04m “three waters” investment announced on Wednesday — part of a $761m nationwide package — is not from this “shovel-ready” fund, and the $11.9m for an Eastland Group-partnered geothermal project near Rotorua announced on Thursday is not part of our regional allotment.

That was signalled as being up to $106m for Tairawhiti when the first successful project was announced at the start of last month — $8m towards redeveloping Rugby Park; mainly to demolish its quake-prone grandstand and build a new one.

In mid-July the Prime Minister was here to announce $40m for the Olympic Pool Complex upgrade and $5m to redevelop the Midway Surf Lifesaving Club. (Just on the pool project, the council should be rechecking its scope as per the submission from Matt Cairns which had numerous knowledgeable and disgruntled supporters. Having fluffed pool redevelopment for so long, and the public been kept in the dark over what this costly revised project actually looked like, it seems the least the council could do.)

A very welcome $7.5m boost for the Waipaoa flood control scheme upgrade, announced on Tuesday, also comes from the Covid Recovery fund — so that leaves up to $45.5m outstanding.

One essential project that has funding on the way is the Raukumara Pae Maunga restoration, with an announcement being made at Maraenui Pa around the top of the Coast on Tuesday next week. It should be for the full $35m sought for a five-year concentrated effort to restore 150,000ha of severely pest-damaged native forest, which experts say is dying with possibly less than 10 years to save it. Hopefully the money is coming from other funding allocations, but it was submitted to the Covid Recovery fund so could be at least part-funded from it.

As several contributors have stated, a significant investment in affordable housing is needed. No such project has been announced as having been submitted but, with the need so great, your editor expects something along these lines is up for consideration.

Otherwise, sit back and let’s see what this $45m of manna from our future taxes is going to fund for us.

Funding of $45m to be announced . . .

Why not put a branch of the i-Site in or near the Peel Street toilets? It would be closer to the centre of town for visitors/tourists.

L. FRANKS

Peel St i-Site?

Re: Maximising pool upgrade, August 6 letter.

That’s OK Alan, we will end up with two baths at the beach!

GLEN SUTTON

Two baths!

Re: Time to ‘get cracking’, August 6 story.

Disappointed with the council, particularly the comments of Cr Cranston. This has not been “consulted to death”, as far as I know since the massive funding injection from the Government, there has been no consultation on how this can add to the project.

I know a number of community members did not push their preferred option when limited consultation was undertaken in 2017, when many believed the entire cost was to be born by the ratepayer. But we have been gifted the opportunity now to create something fit-for-purpose for decades to come.

Very short-sighted, rushed

approach by the council after years of a stalled project, where better consultation could have been undertaken.

It is not enough to consult a small group of current users back in 2017 — this is a facility for generations to come and given the investment, should be one where the council has sought input from more groups that will use the larger, multipurpose facility.

Had this been done properly, we would have a facility that could generate revenue through multiple groups and out-of-town visitors. Whereas now there will be significantly higher running costs, with no foresight into creating a self-sustaining facility.

B. BROOKS

GDC approach short-sighted

Re: Empty building, for $300K — August 6 letter.

If the GDC can justify spending close to a million dollars on a new toilet block at the inner harbour, surely they can spend the money to refurbish the Peel St toilets.

CRAIG MILLER

In comparison

I think we have lost the plot. In these uncertain times, with the virus at our doorstep, mounting debt and in Gisborne a sewerage system and stormwater system that is inadequate, the council in their wisdom is going to spend $46m to redevelop a pool complex.

Our roads are a disgrace — don’t blame logging trucks, these are city

roads. No chance of going to sleep as they are one big rumble strip.

Amazing really how easy it is to spend taxpayers’ money on projects of this magnitude.

Infrastructure is a priority and the rest falls in behind that expenditure.

How many good, solid houses would that money build?

TERRY JACQUES

Infrastructure the priority

Wow, $46 million on the pool — that’s ridiculous and unfair. We’ve been waiting for our Te Araroa playground to be upgraded for over five years now.

Excuses, excuses . . . they must have run out of them by now. First it was the funding applications, then the supervisor left, and then of course Covid-19.

The job is going to cost peanuts compared to the pool spend, so please at least give us some definite, specific answers. Also, we don’t need an extravagant pool. Our whanau are happy to swim in the river, like their tipuna did. No costs, no maintenance.

PHILLY “STRAIGHT OUTTA TE ARAROA” REID

What about our playground?

Gisborne councillors should listen to those who use the pool regularly and know what is really needed by users.

Andy Cranston says 94 percent are recreation users, leaving 6 percent of Gisborne swimmers as, in this councillor’s view, unimportant.

Except, this 6 percent use that pool three to seven times per week for training, all year round, whilst recreation

users might jump in when the weather gets a bit hot. These recreational users can just as happily jump into an Olympic-sized competitive pool as a shallower 25 metre pool.

The competitive and fitness swimmers, and potential event users, really do need a facility we can be proud of. Use the money wisely with a long-term objective.

KIM PITTAR

Listen to regular users

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, August 8, 2020 OPINION 11

THREATENING GLACIER: An aerial view of part of the Planpincieux Glacier, which lies under a massif of Mont Blanc, located in the Alps. Experts are closely monitoring a glacier they fear could break apart and crash into an Italian Alpine valley. AP picture

PLANE SKIDS OFF RUNWAY IN INDIA: A special flight carrying evacuees to India who had been stranded abroad because of the coronavirus skidded off a runway and split in two while landing on Friday in heavy rain in the southern state of Kerala, killing at least 16 passengers and injuring 123 more, police said. There were 174 adult passengers, 10 infants, two pilots and four cabin crew on board the aircraft. The two-year-old Boeing 737-800 flew from Dubai to Kozhikode, also called Calicut, in Kerala, India’s southernmost state, the airline said. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep S. Puri said in a statement that the flight “overshot the runway in rainy conditions and went down” the slope, breaking into two pieces upon impact. An inquiry will be conducted by the ministry’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, he said. Dubai-based aviation consultant Mark Martin said that while it was too early to determine the cause of the crash, annual monsoon conditions appeared to be a factor. “Low visibility, wet runway, low cloud base, all leading to very poor braking action is what looks likely led to where we are at the moment with this crash,” Martin said, calling for the European Aviation Safety Agency and the US Federal Aviation Administration to assist with the Indian government’s investigation.The Air India Express flight was part of the Indian government’s special repatriation mission to bring Indian citizens back to the country, officials said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that he was “pained by the plane accident in Kozhikode,” and that he had spoken to Kerala’s top elected official. AP picture

BEIRUT — UN agencies have warned of a humanitarian crisis in Lebanon after Tuesday’s devastating blast in Beirut.

Lebanon was already suffering a major economic downturn before the explosion, which left at least 154 people dead, 5000 injured and 300,000 homeless.

The World Food Programme (WFP) said the damage to Beirut’s port would interrupt food supplies and push prices up.

The World Health Organisation said the health system was seriously damaged, with three hospitals out of action. Meanwhile, Lebanese President Michel Aoun rejected calls for an international investigation into the explosion, and said local authorities would examine whether it was triggered by “external interference” such as a bomb.

The leader of the militant Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, denied allegations that it had stored weapons or ammunition at the port.

The government has said

the blast was the result of the detonation of 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been stored unsafely at the port for six years.

The decision to keep so much explosive material in a warehouse near the city centre has been met with disbelief and fury by many Lebanese, who have long accused the political elite of corruption, neglect and mismanagement.

Before Tuesday’s explosion, 75 percent of Lebanese were in need of aid, 33 percent had

lost their jobs, and one million people were living below the poverty line.

WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs told reporters in Geneva that the organisation was concerned the severe damage to Beirut’s port could limit the flow of food supplies and push prices beyond the reach of many.

The WFP was sending 5000 food parcels that would be enough to feed a family of five for a month, and was planning to import wheat flour and

grains, she said.Christian Lindmeier of the

WHO meanwhile warned that Lebanon’s hospitals were overwhelmed with the patients, some were damaged and some non-functional, and that 500 beds had been lost.

The WHO has delivered emergency trauma and surgical supply kits containing essential medicines and medical supplies, and is calling for $15m to cover immediate needs and ensure continuity in the response to Covid-19.

Lebanon was also seeing a rise in the Covid-19 cases and 17 containers of masks, gowns and gloves, shipped to Beirut by the WHO, had been completely destroyed, Lindmeier said.

The UN Refugee Agency, which supports Lebanon’s 1.5 million Syrian refugees, said it was releasing emergency shelter materials to all those in need. Many countries have offered aid to help Lebanon, with the US announcing on Friday that it planned to immediately send $15m worth of food and medicine. — BBC

UN warns of Lebanon humanitarian crisis

EXPLOSION AFTERMATH: People remove debris from a house damaged by explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. AP picture

GLOBAL BRIEFS

TikTok threatens legal actionBEIJING — TikTok is threatening legal action

against the US after Donald Trump ordered firms to stop doing business with the Chinese app within 45 days. The company said it was “shocked” by an executive order from the US President outlining the ban. TikTok said it would “pursue all remedies available” to “ensure the rule of law is not discarded”. Trump issued a similar order against China’s WeChat in a major escalation in Washington’s stand-off with Beijing. WeChat’s owner, Tencent, said: “We are reviewing the executive order to get a full understanding.” — BBC

Mauritius declares emergencyJOHANNESBURG — The Indian Ocean island

of Mauritius declared a “state of environmental emergency” late on Friday after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground offshore days ago began spilling tons of fuel. Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced the development as satellite images showed a dark slick spreading in the turquoise waters near environmental areas that the government called “very sensitive.”

Mauritius has said the ship was carrying nearly 4000 tons of fuel and cracks have appeared in its hull. Jugnauth earlier in the day said his government was appealing to France for help, saying the spill “represents a danger” for the country of some 1.3 million people that relies heavily on tourism and has been been hit hard by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Our country doesn’t have the skills and expertise to refloat stranded ships, so I have appealed for help from France and President Emmanuel Macron,” he said. Bad weather has made it impossible to act. “We are in a situation of environmental crisis,” the environment minister of Mauritius, Kavy Ramano, said, calling the Blue Bay Marine Park and other areas near the leaking ship “very sensitive.” — AP

ROME — Experts were closely monitoring a Mont Blanc glacier on Friday, a day after they evacuated 75 tourists and residents amid fears the glacier could soon break apart and crash into a popular Italian Alpine valley.

Valerio Segor, a glacier expert in Valle d’Aosta, told reporters on Friday that the next 72 hours were critical for the Planpincieux Glacier, which lies under a massif on the Italian side of Mont Blanc. Those forced to evacuate came from homes and holiday lodgings in the Ferret Valley in the shadow of the glacier. Tourists on Friday were barred from entering the scenic valley.

The glacier’s size has been likened to that of a soccer field under a 80-metre high mass of ice. Abrupt shifts in temperature from hot to cold to hot again are being blamed for the precarious state of the glacier, which Segor says has a stream of water running beneath it. The glacier’s state has been monitored since 2013. Lately, Planpincieux has been creeping downward at the rate of about 80-100 centimetres each day, Segor said.

The Corriere della Sera newspaper quoted glacier expert Fabrizio Troilo as saying there is “the danger it could give way in an instant.” Corriere said an Alpine refuge was still open for climbers who come from the French side of Mont Blanc. — AP

Glacier collapse risk forces Italy Alps evacuation

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, August 8, 202012 WORLD

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) ordered an unspecified ban on “transactions” with the Chinese owners of the consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the US.

The twin executive orders — one for each app — take effect in 45 days. They call on the Commerce Secretary to define the banned transactions by that time.

The orders’ wording is vague, but leaves open the possibility that hosting the apps in the Apple and Google app stores could be covered by the ban.

Trump had threatened a deadline of September 15 to “close down” TikTok unless Microsoft or another company bought it. TikTok, Microsoft and WeChat owner Tencent had no immediate replies to queries.

“This is an unprecedented use of presidential authority,” Eurasia Group analyst Paul Triolo said in an email. At a minimum, he said, the orders appear to “constitute a ban on the ability of US app stores run by Apple and Google to include either mobile app after 45 days.”

Triolo said it’s possible the orders would face legal challenges, and warned that Beijing is likely to “react harshly at least rhetorically”.

Trump’s orders cited legal authority from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday on that he was expanding the US crackdown on Chinese technology to personal apps, citing alleged security threats

and calling out TikTok and WeChat by name.

The order doesn’t seem to ban Americans from using TikTok, said Kirsten Martin, a professor of technology ethics at the University of Notre Dame. She added that such an order would be nearly impossible to enforce in the

first place.“If the goal is

to get teenagers to stop using TikTok, I’m not sure an executive order will stop them,” she said. “Every teenager

knows how to use a VPN (a virtual private network). They will just pretend they are in Canada.”

TikTok is a video-sharing app that’s widely popular among young people in the US and elsewhere. It is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, which operates a separate version for the

Chinese market. TikTok insists it does not store US user information in China and would not share it with the Chinese government.

WeChat and its sister app Weixin in China are hugely popular messaging apps; many Chinese expatriates use WeChat to stay in touch with friends and family back home.

WeChat also says it doesn’t share data with the Chinese government and never has, and does not store international user data in China. US user data is stored in Canada.

The order against Tencent could have ramifications for users beyond WeChat, which is crucial for personal communications and organisations that do business with China. Tencent also owns parts or all of major game companies like Epic Games, publisher of Fortnite, a major video game hit, and Riot Games, which is behind League of Legends. — AP

Trump bans dealings with TikTok, WeChat

FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH PAYS TRIBUTE TO IMMIGRANTS IN NEW BOOK: A new book by former President George W. Bush will highlight an issue which now sets him apart from many of his fellow Republicans — immigration. Crown announced on Thursday (local time) that Bush’s “Out Of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants” will be published in March 2021. The book includes 43 portraits by the 43rd president, four-colour paintings of immigrants he has come to know over the years, along with biographical essays he wrote about each of them. Bush, who served as president from 2001-2009, has often praised the contributions of immigrants, a notable contrast to President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and policies. As president, Bush supported a bipartisan immigration reform bill that narrowly failed to pass in 2007, with opposition coming from both liberals and conservatives. “While I recognise that immigration can be an emotional issue, I reject the premise that it is a partisan issue. It is perhaps the most American of issues, and it should be one that unites us,” Bush writes in the new book’s introduction, noting that he did not want it to come out during the election season. Bush has not endorsed Trump or his presumptive Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden. “My hope is that this book will help focus our collective attention on the positive impacts that immigrants are making on our country.” The book will serve as a companion to an upcoming exhibition at the George W. Bush Presidential Centre in Dallas. Bush will donate a portion of his “Out Of Many, One” proceeds to organisations that help immigrants resettle. The book will be released as a standard trade hardcover and in an autographed deluxe edition, listed for $250, that will be clothbound and contained within a slipcover. AP picture

COLOMBO — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared victory in the country’s parliamentary election.

His brother Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to be installed as prime minister, having held the role as caretaker since November.

The brothers’ party, Sri Lanka People’s Front, has secured a two-thirds “super majority” of seats needed to carry out its promised constitutional changes.

The party won 145 of the 225 seats, plus five more seats from its allies.

The controversial Rajapaksa family has dominated Sri Lankan politics for two decades. Mahinda Rajapaksa was previously president, from 2005 to 2015.

The opposition of former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been trounced, having lost all but one of the 106 seats it held in the outgoing parliament.

The main opposition party is now a new group established by the son of Ranasinghe Premadasa, a former president who was assassinated in 1993.

Sri Lanka has been one of the few nations to hold an election despite the coronavirus pandemic.

The vote had already been postponed twice because of the virus.

The country has had relatively few confirmed infections and deaths of coronavirus — with a total of 2839 cases and 11 deaths. — BBC

Landslide victory for Rajapaksa brothers in Sri Lanka election

The twin executive orders — one for each app — take effect in 45 days.

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NEW DELHI — Pygmy hogs — the world’s smallest and rarest wild pig — are under a virus lockdown.

Not because of the coronavirus, but because of the first outbreak of African swine fever in India. There is neither a vaccine nor cure for the highly contagious viral disease that has already killed over 16,000 domestic pigs, said Pradip Gogoi, an official at Assam state’s animal husbandry wing.

The shy, 10-inch tall pygmy hogs suffered severe habitat loss and were thought to be extinct in the 1960s. Then in recent decades, a captive breeding programme and other conservation efforts have brought the species back.

Now there are nearly 300 animals living in pockets of the northeastern state of Assam, but scientists fear the virus could decimate the still-endangered population.

After authorities confirmed the swine fever outbreak reached India on May 18, scientists virtually locked down the breeding centres and adopted strict precautions, said Parag Deka, who heads the Pygmy Hog

Conservation Program run jointly by Indian authorities, UK-based Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and local non-profit Aaranyak.

“It is very scary,” Deka said. “It can wipe out the whole population.”

The virus spreads mainly by direct

contact between pigs, through infected meat or contaminated material — and a vaccine is realistically two or three years away, said Linda Dixon, who has been researching the virus at The Pirbright Institute in the UK.

The virus kills almost all infected

pigs, Dixon said. “It can decimate populations of wild pig or domestic pig. It could be very bad.”

At the breeding centres at Nameri and the state capital Guwahati, where there are 82 pigs and piglets, scientists have erected two parallel security fences. No visitors are allowed, and cars can’t park at the facilities.

Some staff members who live off-site need to leave their shoes at the entrance. Then they must shower, wash their hands and feet, dip their feet in anti-viral solution and don fresh shoes to go inside.

“This is the new normal,” Deka said.The virus threat also means a

change of diet for the pigs. While fruit and grains are still on the menu, vegetables that grow underground such as tapioca and sweet potatoes have been off limits because the virus survives longer in soil.

Pygmy hogs are among the few mammals — and the only pig — that build elaborate nests out of dried grass to live in families of four and five year-round. After the swine fever outbreak, conservationists scoured

markets until they found one vendor who had collected his thatch — dried grass used to cover roofs — before December 2019. “We bought all of it,” said Deka, adding it was enough to last the pigs a year.

Keeping the pygmy hogs and the breeding centres secure is especially important now, Deka said, because officials say the virus has already begun spreading in wild boars in the region, making the contagion more difficult to contain.

Even though Deka says he is preoccupied with swine fever, the coronavirus pandemic has dried up funding desperately needed for the new bio-security measures and staff training. Some charities said they could no longer afford to give aid, while revenue from the zoo run by Durrell Conservation Trust has also dipped.

“I believe that when you make a change, it will be hard in the beginning, messy in the middle and good at the end,” he said. “Right now, we are between the hard and messy stage,” he said. — AP

Virus lockdown for world’s smallest and rarest wild pigs

SWINE FEVER FEAR: After authorities confirmed a swine fever outbreak reached India on May 18, 2020, scientists virtually locked down breeding centres and adopted strict precautions. AP picture

MEXICO CITY — Ecuador’s biggest city, Guayaquil, was a pandemic hellscape of makeshift morgues, hundreds dying at home and bodies left in the street.

That was in March and April, when the country’s economic hub on the Pacific coast suffered as much as anywhere in the world from the new coronavirus and the disease it causes, Covid-19. Guayaquil later stabilised, sending medical teams and equipment elsewhere in Ecuador and taking in virus patients from outside the city.

Guayaquil officials partly attribute the turnaround to a strict lockdown and the adaptability of a population that, throughout history, endured epidemics of malaria, yellow fever, dengue and bubonic plague in a place whose tropical climate, crowded neighbourhoods and exposure to foreign travellers seemed geared for infection.

Some medical experts caution against seeing Guayaquil as a model for others, even if authorities adjusted well after initially being overwhelmed.

“The contagion was so massive, so rapid” and so many people died, that the number of people who are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus in Guayaquil is much lower today, said Dr Esteban Ortiz, research director of a health programme at the Universidad de las Américas in Quito.

Additionally, Ortiz said, the more rigorous use and implementation of “respiratory masks, facial masks, facial shields, social-distancing and hand washing” slowed contagion there.

So far, Ecuador’s health ministry lists more than 1600 Covid-19 deaths in Guayas province, which includes Guayaquil.

Guayaquil promises to punish anyone who violates health guidelines. The city warns of $60 fines for people

who don’t wear masks on public transport, and bus drivers who let passengers ride without masks can get $200 fines as well as points docked from their licences.

Hotels and restaurants are banned from hosting parties. Gatherings for baptisms and weddings are out. The city’s Veradero beach remains closed while beaches open up in other parts of Ecuador.

The city helps citizens with food handouts and mobile clinics. The private sector got involved in aid efforts. Military and national health authorities assisted, although municipal officials say the government in Quito lagged in providing resources and sharing information.

“Given the tremendous burden Guayaquil felt during March and April, I believe that they learned a lot, both from their successes and their shortcomings,” said

Bernardo Gutiérrez, a researcher at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito. He wrote in an email to The Associated Press that “the merits of Guayaquil specifically lie in their efforts to organise and coordinate efforts between the local government and different civilian actors” to implement health measures.

With its crisis abating, Guayaquil sent doctors to several areas including Quito, which is experiencing its own Covid-19 surge. Guayaquil accepted virus patients from other regions, to the point where Mayor Cynthia Viteri, herself recovered from a light case of Covid-19, has warned that available ICU beds are again scarce. — AP

Stabilised city helps others fight virus

UNITED NATIONS — The US ambassador to the United Nations called Iran “the world’s number one sponsor of terrorism” and warned Russia and China that they will become “co-sponsors” if they block a resolution to extend the UN arms embargo on Iran.

Ambassador Kelly Craft said the United States hopes Russia and China “will not be co-sponsors of the number one state that sponsors terrorism” and “will see the importance of peace in the Middle East”.

But she said the partnership between Russia and China, not only on backing Iran, is very clear. “They’re just going to be promoting chaos, conflict and mayhem outside their borders, so we have to just corner them.”

Craft and Brian Hook, the top US envoy for Iran, briefed a group of reporters following Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement on Wednesday that the US will call for a Security Council vote next week on a US-drafted resolution to extend

indefinitely the arms embargo that is due to expire on October 18. Hook announced hours later he is stepping down from the post.

The foreign ministers of Russia and China in separate letters to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Security Council last month were sharply critical of the US effort, and gave every indication they would veto the resolution if it gets the minimum nine “yes” votes in the 15-member council, which appears unlikely.

If the vote fails, Pompeo suggested the US would invoke the “snapback” mechanism that would restore all UN sanctions on Iran.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the Trump administration of unleashing a politically motivated campaign against

Iran and called for “universal condemnation” of the US attempt to impose a permanent arms embargo on the Islamic Republic.

He said President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and six major powers and now has no legal right to try to use the UN resolution endorsing the deal

to indefinitely continue the embargo.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the arms embargo should be lifted on October 18. He

also referred to the “snapback” provision, saying that since the US is no longer a party to the nuclear deal and “has no right to demand the Security Council to activate the rapid reinstatement of sanctions mechanism”.

The vote on the US-drafted resolution, which could come

as early as Monday, and its expected defeat will set the stage for a potential crisis at the Security Council amid rising tensions in the Middle East and the US determination to maintain the UN arms embargo.

The five remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal — Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany — are determined to maintain it, and are very concerned that extending the arms embargo would lead to Iran’s exit from the agreement and its speeded-up pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Hook, the US envoy, said Iran has not been cooperating with the UN nuclear agency for a year and “there isn’t some acceptable level of non-compliance that we will accept out of fear that they’ll do something worse”.

Hook said Iran has been able to move a lot of weapons “in the dark” to proxies in the Middle East despite the arms embargo so “imagine what they will be able to accomplish in broad daylight”. — AP

‘Iran world No. 1 sponsor of terrorism’: US envoy

LENDING A HELPING HAND: A family waits outside their home to receive food handouts from the local government, in the Cristo del Consuelo neighbourhood of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Guayaquil is now stabilised and is sending medical teams and equipment elsewhere in Ecuador and taking in virus patients from outside the city. AP picture

‘ They’re just going to be promoting chaos, conflict and mayhem outside their borders. ’ — Ambassador Kelly Craft

HONG KONG — At least 24 people in Hong Kong have been charged with taking part in a banned candlelight vigil on June 4 to mark the anniversary of China’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown.

Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was among those charged with “taking part in an unauthorised assembly”.

Hong Kong has been the only place on Chinese soil where a commemoration of the crackdown is allowed. But it was banned this year, citing coronavirus fears.

It came weeks before a controversial national security law came into force, criminalising acts of anti-Beijing protest which could see Hong Kong residents sent to mainland China for trial.

It has led to fears that the territory’s freedoms are being eroded. Critics had said that it could lead to pro-democracy protesters in the region being given life sentences.

Hong Kong police said in a statement that 24 people — 19 men and five women between the ages of 23-69 — had been charged with holding and knowingly taking part in an unauthorised assembly.

This charge existed before the national security law came into force on June 30.

Wong and at least six other activists including Nathan Law — who has since left for London — have been charged. Some of those charged are already facing charges of incitement over the vigil. Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a frequent critic of Chinese leadership, has also been charged.

All those charged are expected to appear in court on September 15. — BBC

HK activists charged for Tiananmen vigil

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, August 8, 202014 WORLD

WELLINGTON — A think tank wants the Government to put border exemptions up for auction so companies can bid to bring in overseas executives and key workers.

The New Zealand Initiative says the current application process is slow and ineffective and that the private sector cannot get the people it needs into the country.

Its chairperson, Roger Partridge, told Morning Report yesterday that border exemptions for critical workers had become “a bit of a lottery”.

“We surveyed our members over the last week — they’re the majority of the largest companies in New Zealand — and we found that border exemptions are as scarce as winning lottery tickets, and whether or not they get one seems to be a matter of chance.”

As a result, there were “widespread concerns” about delays and interruptions to projects due to a lack of specialist workers . . . that were not available domestically, Mr Partridge said.

He said he had heard stories of large projects being stalled, major plant commissioning being deferred and senior executives and their families “marooned overseas after resigning from their jobs to take up leadership positions in New Zealand”.

“So there’s a handbrake on the economy occurring because of the way the list-based critical worker-exemption process is working.”

While such critical workers could still argue their case to officials citing the need for them, Mr Partridge argued that officials had no way of knowing which of those applying was the most critical.

“The Government’s priority list is dominated by the so-called shovel-ready projects . . . but

surely we should be prioritising projects that are already under way . . . which have the highest prospect of keeping Kiwis in work.”

The auction system would not need any criteria, but instead came down to money, he said.

“We’d be talking about those exemptions that the Government has available for business, so we wouldn’t be talking about taking border entry places away from returning Kiwis or places that are needed for the Government’s

other social objectives.”Through an auction system,

the Government would be assured that the bidder had the highest-value use for the entry place, he said.

“You wouldn’t want, for example, the Transmission Gully or the Auckland City Rail Link being held up because a business with a lower-value use needed an employee and needed an exemption. So it would be of greater value to the economy if there was an auction system.”

He said he had no idea how much money a system like that would generate, but suggested it could be run by MBIE and used to increase the capacity of managed-isolation and quarantine facilities.

He believed an auction system for private sector workers would help manage “a scarce resource” until such time it was expanded.

He also echoed calls from former Prime Ministers Sir John Key and Helen Clark for private sector partnerships to significantly expand managed isolation.

As of July 30, Immigration New Zealand had received 28,081 applications for border exceptions and, of those, 5763 resulted in an invitation to apply for a visa.

Individuals could apply more than once for an exemption, so the border-exception Expression of Interest requests received could include multiple requests from the same person.

By the end of last month, there were 4704 Critical Purpose requests approved.

Immigration NZ said if people’s exemptions expired, they could apply for them again.

More than 200 film and TV production workers would also be arriving in the country by the end of the year with granted exemptions.

— RNZ

NZ border restrictions for critical workers ‘a lottery’

RNZ file picture by Claire Eastham-Farrelly

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The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, August 8, 202017

THE annual J & T Hickey Charity sheepdog trials at the RDA pavilion at Showgrounds Park wrapped up this afternoon as the top 10 dogs and their handlers took part in the final.

Despite the sheep being a bit “sticky”

at times, event organiser Laurence Rau said the competition had gone well since it started on Thursday morning.

This year, the event attracted 170 triallists and dogs from all over the North Island.

Skills on display at Charity trials

READY TO WIN: Competitors in action over the past couple of days included Toni Blundell and James from Matawai. Pictures by Paul Rickard

SUCCESSFUL TRIAL: Anthony Hughes and Sue from Whatatutu (above) and Rod Mead and Lad from Te Karaka (below) showcase their talents in the annual trials.

by Trevor Brown

PRICES were steady for the 1940 sheep at yesterday’s Matawhero sheep sale, where some quality store lambs continue to be sent for sale.

R D Blair at Whangara sold eight male prime lambs for $192, while D A and C M Redpath Ltd at Motu received $156 for six prime two-tooth ewes.

Marewa Station at Tahora were paid best price of $152 for 65 mixed-sex store lambs, with a second cut of 36 selling for $134.

The top price of $138.50 for store-ewe lambs went to M J and J M Charteris at Waerenga-o-Kuri for a pen of 115.

Store ewes for fattening sold at $80. Feeder calves sold from $232 down to $80.

Best prices — Store-male lambs: McNeil Farming Ltd

(Puketoro), 30, $146.50, 15, $101, 8, $70; Treble B Trust (Motu), 27, $120, 9, $96, 32, $84, 8, $59, 7, $47; Avondale Farming Gisborne (Hangaroa), 28, $110.

Store-ewe lambs: M J and J M Charteris, 115, $138.50, 77, $126; Avondale Farming Gisborne, 98, $137, 55, $81; D A and C M Redpath, 36, $130.50, 26, $115; McNeil Farming Ltd, 93, $130, 71, $112.50, 12, $50; Wairata Station Ltd, 150, $129, 81, $90; Reynolds Farming Ltd (Ormond), 40, $120, 51, $95; Puketira Station (Ormond), 137, $100, 54, $75.

Feeder calves: Colin Kerr (Ngatapa), Hereford X Friesian bulls, 1, $232, 13, $220; Hereford X Friesian heifers, 15, $100; Rau Holdings (Nuhaka), Friesian bulls, 3, $100, 8, $80.

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Clostridium tetani Clostridium chauvoei Clostridium septicum Clostridium novyi Type B Clostridium perfringens Type A Clostridium perfringens Type B1 Clostridium perfringens Type C2

* Clostridium perfringens Type D *C.perfringens Type C is present in NZ but is yet to be conirmed as the cause of sudden death as it is overseas.

Farms across NZ lose stock to clostridial disease. Some lose a few, some a few more than they would like.

A couple of lambs or calves, an inlamb ewe or two, or maybe even some cattle. Reducing clostridial loss starts with protection.

Clostridial disease is complex, protecting stock doesn’t need to be

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1. JS Munday,H Bentall,D Aberdein,M Navarro,FA Uzal &S Brown, Death of a neonatal lamb due to Clostridium perfringens type B in New Zealand, New Zealand Veterinary Journal 2020. 

2. West, Dave M., Bruere, A. Neil and Ridley, Anne L. The Sheep, Health, Disease and Production. Auckland: Massey University Press, 4 th ed., 2018. Print.

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PRICES FIRM: A yarding of 600 head greeted would-be buyers at the monthly cattle fair at the Matawhero saleyards on Tuesday and prices firmed on the July sale. Top dollar went to Hinenui Genetics from Muriwai for their rising-two-year-old steers. A pen of six weighed in at 515kg and sold for $1535. This pen of 15 rising-one-year-old Charolais steers from Mingi Mingi Farm at Frasertown weighed in at 345kg and sold for $1160. Picture by trevor Brown

by Fleur Gardiner

FARMING Women Tairawhiti (FWT) hosted a sold out Thriving Farming Women workshop, facilitated by Loshni Manikam, at Bushmere Estate on Tuesday.

The workshop was targeted at women who wanted to start prioritising themselves without feeling guilty.

Attendees were challenged to clear their minds and think about how to manage the invisible blocks that get in the way of having more, while still being a loving mum and partner.

Loshni Manikam was recognised as Fonterra’s Dairy Woman of the Year 2018.

The former lawyer transitioned from dairy farming to leadership coaching after receiving her coach certification in 2012. The award was the catalyst for her setting up Thriving Farming Women, a platform to enable farming women to truly thrive.

She took the group through the thought process behind the cycle of “my life is great, but I want more. Is this it for the rest of my life?”

She provided the tools and skills to develop a clear, actionable process to implement.

The group were further challenged to explore whether they would be a victim of circumstance or the creators of their own destiny.

The honest and humorous session was closed with a powerful quote from an unknown source — “When you empower a woman, you empower generations to come”.

“I think a lot of women are missing their tribe,” Loshni said.

“It’s encouraging to see that this need for a ‘tribe’ is addressed by our organisation,” FWT chair Mary Hope said. “And Farming Women Tairawhiti are proud to be able to attract high calibre speakers and facilitators, such as Loshni, into our region. We also appreciate the ongoing support of our key sponsors AFFCO and Beef and Lamb New Zealand.”

The FWT “tribe” can be joined either by Facebook or by emailing admin@fwt.co.nz

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JOIN THE TRIBE: Farming Women Tairawhiti held a successful get-together this week with Fonterra’s Dairy Woman of the Year 2018 Loshni Manikam (right) pictured here with FWT’s chairwoman Mary Hope. Picture supplied

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With spring around the corner it is timely to talk about Clostridial infections. While they happen year round, we do see a huge spike in spring mainly in younger animals.

Clostridia (Clostridium) are anaerobic bacteria that produce toxins. � ey are able to survive on grasslands for a long time under extreme temperature and humidity conditions. � ey can be benign inhabitants of the intestine, where they live in balance with the intestinal � ora, until an imbalance promotes their development and the release of toxins. 

Besides being responsible for tetanus, gangrene, blackleg & botulism to name a few, in absolute numbers we see most problems with disease caused by Clostridium perfringens and I will focus on the disease from this strain. Clostridium perfringens is responsible for causing enterotoxaemia, necrotic enteritis and pulpy kidney.

Indigestion is a clear predisposing factor in the process of problems with Cl. perfringens, and may originate in groups of animals on a highly nutritional diet (excess of readily fermentable carbohydrates). Also animals subjected to sudden changes in supply (change of pasture, sudden introduction of feed concentrates, etc.) are at risk of this group of diseases.

Transportation of animals, climate change, poor quality of pastures, drenching etc. ultimately lead to intestinal upset, which favours the development of the disease.

Typically the presentation of enterotoxaemia is hyper acute, � rst presenting signs of bloating (a result of indigestion) and often evolves into a rapid decline of the patient. � ey often have di� culty breathing, and foam and exudates are present in their airways.

As animals that start to show symptoms are often not able to be saved, prevention should be our focus. Vaccination of all at-risk animals with combined clostridial vaccines (5 in 1, amongst others) has over time proven to be very e� ective. Other measures that can be taken: Proper nutritional management to avoid indigestion. Incorporating bu� er substances in the animal’s diet. Vaccination of pregnant animals just prior to giving birth will maximise the level of antibodies the new born will receive in colostrum to protect them against clostridial diseases. Remember mammals are born with very few antibodies and rely on antibodies in the colostrum for protection in the � rst months of their life.

Pet lambs, often missing out on a good dose of colostrum are particularly at risk of this disease and should be vaccinated in their � rst weeks of life.

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NZ Metropolitan harness at Addington Sunday Jetbet 8 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 Q. 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 PL6 5-10

1 Fahey Fence Hire Pace 11.50$8000, non-winners 4yo+ mr40 to mr46. mobile, 1980m

1 46263 Lottie Moon (Fr) 1 G O’Reilly

2 s080s Ruby’s A Delight (Fr) 2 C Thornley

3 26864 Fast Ace (Fr) 3 R Close

4 s3700 Rockngoodtime (Fr) 4 M Hurrell (J)

5 53P0s Mossman (Fr) 5 B Orange 6 75006 Archaic Lustre (Fr) 6 J Morrison (J) 7 s3056 Le Tissier (Fr) 7 R Holmes 8 70608 Kwik Sport (Fr) 8 M Purvis 9 28s06 Mrs Washington (Fr) 9 R May 10 73065 For Today (Fr) 21 B Butt

2 Book Your Event At Addington 12.14$8000, non-winners 3yo+ stand, 2600m

1 93345 Mongolian Marshal (Fr) 1 B Orange 2 54034 Jake (Fr) 2 K Barron 3 0 Spirit Of Arden (Fr) 3 R Close 4 Dalness First (Fr) 4 B Hope (J) 5 070s Waihemo Hannah (Fr) 5 L O’Reilly 6 9080s Social Media (Fr) 6 K Cox 7 44832 Megarock (Fr) 7 G O’Reilly 8 96 The West Wing (Fr) 8 M Williamson 9 5 Corravally Star (Fr) 9 10 5s0 Sophia Bromac (Fr) 10 J Dunn 11 99 Kiwi Dream (Fr) 11 R Holmes 12 730s5 Midnight In Memphis (Fr) 12 J Cox

3 PI & GJ Kennard Trot 12.39$7500, 4yo+ r40-r50. mobile, 1980m

1 09190 Majestic Rollon (Fr) 1 R Jenkins 2 36548 Tequila Sunset (Fr) 2 K Cameron 3 60s40 Ardee Trouble (Fr) 3 R May 4 40s5 Trixton Time (Fr) 4 B Orange 5 5P014 Smudgee (Fr) 5 P Borcoskie 6 00s34 Rogie Falls (Fr) 6 S McNally 7 03835 Time In A Bottle (Fr) 7 J Morrison (J) 8 30220 Sugarinspice (Fr) 8 R Holmes 9 0s059 Westeros (Fr) U1 J Dunn 10 8s3P0 Gotta Ticket (Fr) U2 T Williams

4 IRT - Your Horse. Our Passion. 1.04$8000, non-winners 4yo+ mr47 to mr50. mobile, 1980m

1 Bombolla (Fr) 1 M Williamson 2 3 Magic Mike (Fr) 2 B Orange 3 5 Fomo (Fr) 3 R Close 4 77 Arnies Army (Fr) 4 M Purvis 5 9s Ebony Banner (Fr) 5 G O’Reilly 6 57053 Zambia (Fr) 6 T Williams 7 3s Shards Fury (Fr) 7 L O’Reilly 8 72s Hot N Gold (Fr) 8 R Holmes 9 9 Kerala Star (Fr) 9 J Curtin

5 Allied Security (Jnr Drivers) 1.29$8000, 4yo+ r40-r55. mobile, 1980m

1 0330s The General (Fr) 1 M Hurrell (J) 2 600s3 C R Gold (Fr) 2 S Iremonger (J) 3 44418 Beaudiene Hustler (Fr) 3 S O’Reilly (J) 4 0s987 Sweet Loress (Fr) 4 K Tomlinson (J) 5 06022 Jimmy Cannon (Fr) 5 J Alford (J) 6 4122 Arden Messi (Fr) 6 M Lewis (J) 7 0s193 Reflectionsofmylife (Fr) 7 J Morrison (J) 8 68425 Four Starzzz Shiraz (Fr) 8 C Purvis (J) 9 01398 Hidden Delight (Fr) 9 (J) 10 44126 Percy (Fr) 21 K Newman (J) 11 8s61 Oaxacan Dream (Fr) 22 (J)

6 Dunstan Horsefeeds Trot 2.04$10,000, 3yo. mobile, 1980m

1 3s44 Alluring Tyron (Fr) 1 J Dunn 2 2 Paramount Princess (Fr) 2 M Purdon 3 44s6 Royal Pride (Fr) 3 (J) 4 3s32 Mexicana (Fr) 4 O Thornley (J) 5 2s18 Wanna Play With Me (Fr) 5 T Williams 6 114 Eurokash (Fr) 6 B Hope (J)

7 Hydroflow Pace 2.39$8000, 4yo+ r51-r59 stand, 2000m

1 49547 Overarm (Fr) 1 T Chmiel 2 22241 Machs Mareta (Fr) 2 M Williamson 3 96345 Striking Gladiator (Fr) 3 S O’Reilly (J)

4 — Blue Chip Delight SCRATCHED

5 43172 Anamajor (Fr) 4 J Dunn 6 46632 Fynn Frost (Fr) 5 K Cameron 7 0s130 Morningstar Gold (Fr) 6 R Holmes 8 s0781 Ideal Rule (Fr) 7 A Lethaby 9 18713 The Governor (Fr) 8 B Butt 10 11496 Guido Da Siena (Fr) 9 B Orange 11 30909 Miss Mucho (Fr) 10 S Tomlinson (J) 12 94161 Madame Frost (Fr) 11 C Thornley

8 Airpark Canterbury Regional Srs 3.14$10,000, 4yo+ r40-r59. mobile, 1980m

1 s6589 Donegal Carnbouy (Fr) 1 J Morrison (J) 2 64302 Essence Of Easton (Fr) 2 R May 3 66634 Paul’s Verdict (Fr) 3 S Ottley 4 56757 Pete’s Dash (Fr) 4 C DeFilippi 5 1399s Ultimate Sassenach (Fr) 5 T Williams 6 01337 Jimmy Richter (Fr) 6 L O’Reilly 7 68741 Alexy (Fr) 7 8 01610 Tony The Pony (Fr) 8 J Dunn 9 4166P Sheeza Sport (Fr) 9 M Hurrell (J) 10 9s102 Dodgethebullet (Fr) 21 B Orange 11 s9595 Hes Fast And Furious (Fr) 22 M Williamson

9 Cup Week Hospitality On Sale 3.49$7500, 4yo+ r40-r50, w/c stand, 2000m

1 226P1 Invaluable (Fr) 1 B Orange

2 8s836 I’m Jimmy James (Fr) 2 T Williams

3 4100s Crosso’s Cullect (Em1) (Fr) 3

4 80662 Sweeney Todd (Fr) 4 B Zampese

5 45784 Jenabella (Fr) 5 M Purvis

6 s50s0 Astuto (Fr) 6 L O’Reilly

7 15s44 Lennox Bromac (Fr) 7 J Cox

8 0706s Virginia Cool (Fr) 8 T Chmiel

9 0070s Pine Cone (Fr) 9 K Cameron

10 2997s Uno Mia (Fr) 10 S Tomlinson (J)

11 77443 Mordecai (Fr) 11 K Tomlinson (J)

12 33709 Silent Rapture (Fr) 12 C DeFilippi

13 0632s Bonny’s Gem (Fr) 13 (J)

14 03532 Flamboyant (Fr) 14 B Laughton (J)

15 750s0 Bobby’s My Girl (Fr) 15 P Davis

16 — Ashes To Ashes SCRATCHED

17 59540 Terrier (Fr) U1 R Close

10 First Direct Taxis Pace 4.16$7500, 4yo+ r40-r50. mobile, 2600m

1 37554 Scared Stiff (Fr) 1 T Chmiel

2 20025 Fun In The Dark (Fr) 2 M Purvis

3 85543 I Am Adaline (Fr) 3 J Cox

4 93045 Galleons Connoisseur (Fr) 4 B Orange

5 57507 Hells Shadow (Fr) 5 R Close

6 — Crosso’s Cullect SCRATCHED

7 70383 Franco Sherborne (Fr) 6 K Tomlinson (J)

8 59962 Motoring Major (Fr) 7 R Holmes

9 00005 Diamond Edition (Fr) 8 J Morrison (J)

10 22681 To Ri Caitlin (Fr) 21 M Hurrell (J)

11 s1556 Wee Ring The Changes (Fr) 22 L O’Reilly

12 — Paul’s Verdict SCRATCHED

13 47259 Magical Matty (Fr) 23 S Tomlinson (J)

14 00699 Refine (Fr) 24 C Thornley

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Race 2: SPIRIT OF ARDEN, MEGAROCK,

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Race 3: SUGARINSPICE, ROGIE FALLS, SMUDGEE

Race 4: ZAMBIA, MAGIC MIKE, KERALA STAR

Race 5: ARDEN MESSI, PERCY, REFLECTIONSOFMYLIFE

Race 6: EUROKASH, PARAMOUNT PRINCESS, MEXICANA

Race 7: ANAMAJOR, STRIKING GLADIATOR,

MORNINGSTAR GOLD

Race 8: TONY THE PONY, ESSENCE OF EASTON,

DODGETHEBULLET

Race 9: INVALUABLE, SWEENEY TODD, LENNOX BROMAC

Race 10: SCARED STIFF, I AM ADALINE, FUN IN THE DARK

Auckland greys at Manukau Sunday Jetbet 9 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 Q. 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 PL6 7-12

1 Trophies Plus Sprint 12.06 $1450, C1, 318m

1 84757 Tribal Conquest 18.80 R & L Udy 2 78s53 Shambi’s Girl 18.96 K T Herbert 3 81 Sadowski 19.14 Linda Martin 4 31583 Just As Much nwtd Sam Lozell 5 66574 Thrilling Arnold 18.70 Sean Codlin 6 66646 Just Nia 18.80 Marsha Black 7 11456 Opawa Donal nwtd W & T Steele 8 33476 Ford Man 18.90 R & L UdyEMERGENCIES: 9 588s7 Just William nwtd Raewyn McPhee 10 38688 Yella Ella 18.58 R & L Udy

2 Last One Standing 23/08 12.31 $1365, C0, 318m

1 45254 My Bro Jet nwtd Thayne Green 2 55354 Loudred nwtd R & L Udy

3 24 Rapinoe nwtd Marsha Black 4 43 Prideful nwtd Tracey & Lisa Craik 5 2 You’re Gorgeous nwtd Tracey & Lisa Craik 6 21 Thrilling Hamish nwtd Karen Walsh 7 61 Hot Little Nancy nwtd Sam Lozell 8 78858 Xena Poppy nwtd R & L UdyEMERGENCIES: 9 67 Idol Reign nwtd David Ray 10 488 Margaux nwtd K R Toomer

3 Carol’s Tab Taipa Tavern 12.56 $2035, C3, 318m

1 62185 Audrette 18.45 Bob Bond 2 78247 Night Ace 18.53 Greg Pomeroy 3 31456 Tommy The Jett 18.99 Marsha Black 4 22522 Portland Art 18.47 Tracey & Lisa Craik 5 66233 Last Star 18.56 D R Laing 6 25318 It’s A Laugh 18.62 Sam Lozell 7 34111 Botany Sandy 18.53 Phil Green 8 31166 Noise Maker 18.70 Phil GreenEMERGENCIES: 9 13744 Podium Phobia 18.53 Tracey & Lisa Craik 10 43865 Express Emporium 18.46 W & T Steele

4 Mayhounds Rehoming Grp 1.20 $1450, C1, 318m

1 37s74 Black Bridge 18.77 Robert Roper 2 58s78 Magic Eight Ball 18.96 R & N O’Regan 3 67s56 Sweet Clover 18.81 K T Herbert 4 46472 Kuridrani 18.49 Marsha Black 5 13 Beau Beau 18.81 Sam Lozell 6 6s387 It’s A Stroll nwtd Udy & Cottam 7 55847 Nexus 18.60 Glennis Farrell 8 33677 Party Every Day nwtd R & L UdyEMERGENCIES: 9 74568 Smash Burton 19.12 R & L Udy 10 34878 Waiterimu Ripper 18.51 R & L Udy

5 Pump & Engineering Serv. 1.38 $2505, C1, 527m

1 57574 React Respond 30.77 Robert Roper 2 26355 Get Me Home nwtd Udy & Cottam 3 21244 Thrilling Bow 30.67 Karen Walsh 4 43588 Shaynee 30.82 Sam Lozell 5 76663 Sydneys Sox nwtd R & L Udy 6 33414 My Kirsty 30.99 Udy & Cottam 7 75568 Our Scarlett nwtd Glennis Farrell 8 42232 Kapai Chris 31.05 W & T SteeleEMERGENCIES: 9 37875 Little Apple 31.03 W & T Steele 10 77686 Big Time Dynasty nwtd R & N O’Regan

6 Happy 80th B'day Brian Hunt 1.55 $1685, C2, 318m

1 22521 Noah Who 18.36 M Prangley 2 85186 Platinum Spirit 18.75 Robert Roper 3 71145 Wild Kiwi 18.55 Udy & Cottam 4 31121 Isn’t She Sleek 18.37 Peter Henley 5 46227 Jinja Might 18.59 Udy & Cottam 6 63645 Stay Rich 18.55 M & J Smith 7 77533 Gain Capital 18.53 Tracey & Lisa Craik 8 41384 Rainy River 18.77 S E HuntEMERGENCIES: 9 36446 Thrilling Dexter 18.67 Sam Lozell 10 56464 Frosty Blaze 18.71 Thayne Green

7 Terminating Pick6 Stakes 2.13 $2860, C2, 527m

1 58558 Eddie Hemi nwtd W & T Steele 2 72276 Boyka 30.33 Glennis Farrell 3 11212 Hit Zone 30.72 A J Christiansen 4 13357 Rod’s Girl 30.80 Udy & Cottam 5 28738 Born Tasha nwtd W & T Steele 6 73321 Opawa Big 30.83 Glennis Farrell 7 43332 Dundee Glitter nwtd Emma Potts

8 F1141 Thrilling Neve 30.55 Karen WalshEMERGENCIES: 9 66758 Spring Mechanic 30.70 R & L Udy 10 78787 Jinja Babe 31.03 Phil Green

8 Sportsbowl Function Centre 2.31 $1450, C1, 318m

1 23234 Always Dreaming 18.58 Glennis Farrell 2 65756 Nykara nwtd Udy & Cottam 3 38581 Forego 18.92 Greg Pomeroy 4 68262 Pliskova 18.78 S E Hunt 5 s87s6 Cawbourne Cool 18.68 K T Herbert 6 57677 Bailey And Cream 18.81 R & L Udy 7 88335 Smash Out 18.94 R & L Udy 8 55765 My Snuggles 18.93 Marsha BlackEMERGENCIES: 9 47586 Firefly Laffey 18.68 Sean Codlin 10 F4782 Jinja Lad nwtd Raewyn McPhee

9 Jo’s Wholesale & Sports Bar 2.48 $3325, C3, 527m

1 57647 Jinja Nice 30.78 Emma Potts 2 58866 Monsoon Malabar 30.78 Udy & Cottam 3 88345 Our Hotrod 30.84 Udy & Cottam 4 54414 Enjoy The Perks 30.87 A J Christiansen 5 33344 Jinja Jay 30.48 W & T Steele 6 71621 Isn’t She Bliss 30.74 Peter Henley 7 57187 Kai Nan 30.79 Glennis Farrell 8 13546 Opawa Delight 30.59 Tracey & Lisa CraikEMERGENCY: 9 21477 Go Angel 30.70 Glennis Farrell

10 Qualified Pet Services 3.06 $2860, C5, 318m

1 18733 Ashen 18.42 Bob Bond 2 18441 Morton Keeping 18.47 Sean Codlin

3 11384 Kiwi Boy 18.18 Udy & Cottam

4 31166 Thank You Next 18.56 Tracey & Lisa Craik

5 11652 Franky The Jett 18.44 Emma Potts

6 73368 Jinja Mongo 18.34 W & T Steele

7 32111 Portland Wonder 18.25 Tracey & Lisa Craik

8 63366 Electric Dancer 18.48 W & T Steele

EMERGENCY:

9 31647 Our Hemi nwtd Udy & Cottam

11 Mt Wellington Tab Stakes 3.24 $2505, C1, 527m

1 34445 Nana Molly 30.90 Udy & Cottam

2 51864 Happy Medium 30.69 R & N O’Regan

3 75452 El Narco 30.69 Phil Green

4 54546 Thea Who 31.34 M Prangley

5 48273 Bobble nwtd W & T Steele

6 35142 Electric Shock nwtd A J Christiansen

7 21 Danish Delight nwtd Tracey & Lisa Craik

8 44538 Opawa June nwtd Sean Codlin

EMERGENCIES:

9 77465 Award Winner 30.97 Thayne Green

10 23657 Opawa Gonzo nwtd Glennis Farrell

12 Jack’s Wholesale Meats 3.41 $2390, C3/4, 318m

1 22211 Choo Choo 18.65 Glennis Farrell

2 13231 Does He Exist 18.44 Robert Roper

3 35775 Opawa Magic nwtd Glennis Farrell

4 61854 Platinum Earner 18.48 Robert Roper

5 46636 Blocker 18.52 R & N O’Regan

6 32753 Prerogative 18.73 Udy & Cottam

7 31678 Miss Claude 18.53 Udy & Cottam

8 25475 Artic Miss 18.42 Greg Pomeroy

EMERGENCIES:

9 32458 Manila Bala 18.24 R & N O’Regan

10 F1678 Botany Thommo 18.60 Phil Green

SelectionsRace 1: JUST AS MUCH, OPAWA DONAL,

THRILLING ARNOLD

Race 2: THRILLING HAMISH, HOT LITTLE NANCY,

YOU’RE GORGEOUS

Race 3: PORTLAND ART, LAST STAR, NOISE MAKER

Race 4: BEAU BEAU, BLACK BRIDGE, KURIDRANI

Race 5: THRILLING BOW, KAPAI CHRIS, REACT RESPOND

Race 6: ISN’T SHE SLEEK, WILD KIWI, NOAH WHO

Race 7: THRILLING NEVE, HIT ZONE, OPAWA BIG

Race 8: FOREGO, ALWAYS DREAMING, PLISKOVA

Race 9: ISN’T SHE BLISS, ENJOY THE PERKS, JINJA JAY

Race 10: PORTLAND WONDER, ASHEN, KIWI BOY

Race 11: ELECTRIC SHOCK, NANA MOLLY, BOBBLE

Race 12: DOES HE EXIST, ARTIC MISS, CHOO CHOO

Christchurch greys at Addington Monday Jetbet 3 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 Q. 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 PL6 7-12

1 The Fitz Sports Bar Sprint 12.10 $1365, C0, 295m

1 87 Donalbain nwtd John McInerney 2 Homebush Fury nwtd John McInerney 3 7 Adobe Brooke nwtd Matt Roberts 4 82784 Homebush Dream nwtd John McInerney 5 76538 Impressive Chase nwtd John McInerney 6 Homebush Cool nwtd John McInerney 7 65843 Homebush Hero nwtd John McInerney 8 84 Nighthawk Wish nwtd Matt RobertsEMERGENCIES: 9 46866 Miss Cairo nwtd John McInerney 10 88774 Ted Jewel nwtd Craig Roberts

2 Flair Maiden Sprint Heat 1 12.27 $1365, C0, heat, 295m

1 6 Diamond Billy nwtd Malcolm Grant 2 Dr. Bravestone nwtd Dylan Voyce 3 42324 Homebush Millie nwtd John McInerney 4 66522 Homebush Carra nwtd John McInerney 5 42755 Smash Trust nwtd Malcolm Grant 6 Tiggerlong Demon nwtd Daniel Roberts 7 7637 Claws In Leo nwtd Matt Roberts 8 Amuri Batman nwtd John McInerneyEMERGENCIES: 9 Mustang Megan nwtd Hart & Taylor 10 77578 My Bentley nwtd Robin Wales

3 Kolorful Kanvas Stakes 12.45 $2390, C0, 520m

1 1 Nighthawk Frenzy nwtd Matt Roberts 2 Fairly Able nwtd J & D Fahey 3 Jam Packed nwtd J & D Fahey 4 284 My Merit nwtd Allan Joyce 5 8Fs88 Sea Spray Bert nwtd Barry Freeman 6 47455 Princess Romaine nwtd Sharon Hindson 7 83436 Duke Of Argyll nwtd Howard Anderton 8 Diamond Crusade nwtd Malcolm GrantEMERGENCY: 9 64688 Sea Spray Nova nwtd Barry Freeman

4 Flair Maiden Sprint Heat 2 1.02 $1365, C0, heat, 295m

1 Railing Raccoon nwtd Corey Steele 2 Tweet About It nwtd Hart & Taylor 3 333 Adobe Spinner nwtd Matt Roberts 4 47564 Smash Zone nwtd Malcolm Grant 5 55255 Homebush Macho nwtd John McInerney 6 Amuri Express nwtd John McInerney 7 Taieri Finn nwtd Ray Casey 8 Cubby Kev nwtd J M McCook

EMERGENCIES: 9 Goldstar Slater nwtd S & B Evans 10 78885 Homebush Maple nwtd John McInerney

5 greyhoundauctions.co.nz 1.20 $2505, C1, 520m

1 86815 Goldstar Darwin 31.18 S & B Evans 2 71474 Goldstar Aria nwtd S & B Evans 3 s6476 Opala Bale 29.99 Craig Roberts 4 21342 Opawa Gypsy nwtd Robin Wales 5 53146 Ohoka Megan 30.63 Lisa Waretini 6 1 Adobe Bro 31.33 Matt Roberts 7 24123 Making News 30.46 Bruce Dann 8 54452 Opawa Mason 30.29 Robin WalesEMERGENCIES: 9 36643 Goldstar Beau nwtd S & B Evans 10 54554 Goldstar Tudor 30.82 S & B Evans

6 Flair Maiden Sprint Heat 3 1.37 $1365, C0, heat, 295m

1 5 Romeo nwtd John McInerney 2 2s865 Hades nwtd J M McCook 3 34446 Goldstar Harlowe nwtd S & B Evans 4 77527 Denarau Delight nwtd Malcolm Grant 5 84623 Homebush Sugar nwtd John McInerney 6 Taieri Mist nwtd Ray Casey 7 Opawa Bailey nwtd Robin Wales 8 37478 Adobe Turtle nwtd Matt RobertsEMERGENCIES: 9 Mustang Megan nwtd Hart & Taylor 10 66787 Homebush Mist nwtd John McInerney

7 A2C Asphalt 2 Concrete 1.57 $2505, C1, 520m

1 25417 Goldstar Dawson 30.66 S & B Evans 2 11755 Rivalries 30.16 J & D Fahey 3 22723 Joe Bonanza 30.39 John McInerney 4 33223 Little Secret 30.44 Lisa Waretini

5 22315 Opawa Solomon 31.17 Robin Wales 6 2132 Opawa Violet 30.90 Robin Wales 7 56642 Usain Bale 30.64 Craig Roberts 8 25154 Goldstar Vale 30.74 S & B EvansEMERGENCIES: 9 36643 Goldstar Beau nwtd S & B Evans 10 54554 Goldstar Tudor 30.82 S & B Evans

8 mayhounds.org.nz Rehoming Grp 2.15 $1450, C1, 295m

1 34425 Knocka Know How 17.31 Garry Cleeve 2 54244 Homebush Carl 17.45 John McInerney 3 34242 Horse Range Opal 17.59 Malcolm Grant 4 7133F Opawa Troy 17.50 Robin Wales 5 23113 Taieri Snapshot 17.45 Ray Casey 6 31 Lautrec 17.73 Rosemary Blackburn 7 43276 Goldstar Flora 17.34 S & B Evans 8 74562 Tabby 17.33 Sharon HindsonEMERGENCIES: 9 64625 Sozin’s Azure 17.44 John McInerney 10 67245 Know Farewell 17.66 Garry Cleeve

9 Sandridge Hotel Feature 2.35 $3095, R/A, 520m

1 18421 Troublesome Kev 30.34 J M McCook 2 616 Little Mase 31.39 J M McCook 3 53341 Young Mase 30.56 J M McCook 4 44113 Angry Jane 30.81 Matt Roberts 5 48635 Adobe Girl 30.74 Corey Steele 6 Troublesome Mase nwtd J M McCook 7 68713 Homebush Barclay 31.30 John McInerney 8 25551 Miss Adobe 30.39 Matt RobertsEMERGENCY: 9 Bit More nwtd Corey Steele

10 Kaisa Earthworks 2.52 $1450, C1, 295m

1 34415 Just Peaches 17.78 Howard Anderton 2 35126 Opawa Nash 17.70 John Rush

3 73533 Smash Surprise 17.38 Malcolm Grant

4 62776 Goldstar Perrie 17.27 S & B Evans

5 54732 Ghost Mode 17.51 Hart & Taylor

6 82428 Homebush Boden 17.44 John McInerney

7 11 Edge Of Reason 17.19 Rosemary Blackburn

8 65343 Replica Rango 17.36 Bob Pringle

EMERGENCIES:

9 64625 Sozin’s Azure 17.44 John McInerney

10 67245 Know Farewell 17.66 Garry Cleeve

11 Culvie Boy’s Syndicate Dash 3.11 $1450, C1, 295m

1 55211 Taieri Taylee 17.28 Ray Casey

2 41844 Horse Range Gold 17.47 Malcolm Grant

3 76211 Opawa Bud 17.69 Robin Wales

4 61665 Would My Friend 17.42 J M McCook

5 14231 Marakesh Max 17.72 John McInerney

6 41 Theroux 17.85 Rosemary Blackburn

7 73356 Homebush Comet 17.44 John McInerney

8 56254 Goldstar Whitey 17.45 S & B Evans

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9 64625 Sozin’s Azure 17.44 John McInerney

10 67245 Know Farewell 17.66 Garry Cleeve

12 Re-energize Sprint 3.29 $1450, C1, 295m

1 63233 Smash Dragon 17.49 Malcolm Grant

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3 s4641 By Gum 17.63 J M McCook

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6 42637 Whitman 17.67 John McInerney

7 66687 Goldstar Spotty 17.25 S & B Evans

8 41 Delaroche 17.63 Rosemary Blackburn

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9 64625 Sozin’s Azure 17.44 John McInerney

10 67245 Know Farewell 17.66 Garry Cleeve

SelectionsRace 1: ADOBE BROOKE, HOMEBUSH HERO,

HOMEBUSH COOL

Race 2: TIGGERLONG DEMON, AMURI BATMAN, DR.

BRAVESTONE

Race 3: FAIRLY ABLE, NIGHTHAWK FRENZY, JAM PACKED

Race 4: TWEET ABOUT IT, RAILING RACCOON,

ADOBE SPINNER

Race 5: OPALA BALE, MAKING NEWS, ADOBE BRO

Race 6: ROMEO, OPAWA BAILEY, HADES

Race 7: USAIN BALE, RIVALRIES, OPAWA VIOLET

Race 8: TAIERI SNAPSHOT, KNOCKA KNOW HOW, LAUTREC

Race 9: TROUBLESOME KEV, MISS ADOBE, YOUNG MASE

Race 10: EDGE OF REASON, REPLICA RANGO,

SMASH SURPRISE

Race 11: TAIERI TAYLEE, OPAWA BUD, MARAKESH MAX

Race 12: SMASH DRAGON, KNOW TACTICS, BY GUM

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, August 8, 2020 RACING 21

WELLINGTON — New Zealand shares fell after Rio Tinto quashed rumours production was ramping up at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter; Fisher & Paykel Healthcare fell after rival ResMed reported disappointing earnings.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 1 percent to 11,646.68. Within the index, 25 stocks fell, 16 rose and nine were unchanged. Turnover was $127.8 million.

The energy sector led the market lower after multinational mining company Rio Tinto shot down rumours it was planning to restart an aluminium production line shut earlier this year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Media reported the line may be restarted as soon as September, prompting speculation the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter may remain open beyond its planned closure in August 2021.

Shares of electricity companies that supply power to the smelter jumped on the rumour, but

have given back much of that gain yesterday. Contact Energy fell 3.2 percent to $6.10 and Meridian Energy declined 0.4 percent to $4.98.

“After being strong on reports Rio Tinto might be starting up the fourth potline at Tiwai, Contact picked up some comments today that it won’t be restarting,” which led to decline, said Matt Goodson, a managing director at Salt Funds Management.

Genesis Energy led the market lower, dropping 3.2 percent to $2.86.

F&P Healthcare was weaker, falling 2.9 percent to $35.41 after California-based competitor ResMed reported disappointing earnings result and dropped 14 percent on the New York Stock Exchange.

Pharmaceutical distributor Ebos Group fell 0.6 percent to $21.78. Outside the benchmark index, ASX-listed Centuria Capital crossed the 90 percent threshold needed to enforce mop-up

provisions in its $169.5 million cash-and-scrip takeover. Shares of Augusta Capital were unchanged at 95 cents.

The technology sector was largely stronger. Faith-sector donations app provider Pushpay was the main driver, posting the day’s biggest gain, up 2.6 percent at $8.04.

Cinema software developer Vista Group International rose 0.8 percent to $1.24 but is still down 63.6 percent year-to-date.

In the US, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency over teen social media app TikTok, banning it from the country unless its Chinese owners sell it in the next 45 days.

It is the latest spat in escalating tensions between the two superpowers as China has taken a more assertive stance on the global stage.

Goodson said the geopolitical backdrop for markets was getting more difficult and would continue to do so ahead of the US elections in November.

Those tensions weighed on dairy stocks with infant formula exporter a2 Milk Co down 1.6 percent at $20.52; its key supplier Synlait Milk dropped 2.5 percent to $6.65.

The NZ dollar shed some of its overnight gains as US-China tensions cooled investor risk appetite. The kiwi traded at 66.65 US cents at the local market close from a high of 66.90 cents during the day and 66.41 cents. The trade-weighted index was at 72.23 from 71.82 on Thursday.

The local currency traded at 92.56 Australian cents from 92.20 cents on Thursday, with the Aussie weaker after the Reserve Bank of Australia’s quarterly monetary policy statement showed the central bank board won’t lift the cash rate until progress is made on its full employment and inflation targets.

The kiwi traded at 70.39 yen from 70.07 yen on Thursday, 56.31 euro cents from 55.88 cents, 50.82 British pence from 50.53 pence, and 4.6423 Chinese yuan from 4.6103 yuan. — BusinessDesk

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY

Matt Nippert and Keith Ng pick through economic forecasts and wage subsidy and company administration data to find an economy that’s doing better than anyone predicted.

WHEN Statistics New Zealand made its big announcement this week, the resulting cries would suggest that it was the sky and not the rate of unemployment that had fallen.

The official rate of unemployment for the three months to June declined from 4.2 to 4 percent, dramatically undercutting predictions from both bank and government forecasters who earlier in the year were picking that number to be at least double.

Forecasts — from both bank and government forecasters — were wrong.

“We’re the least wrong, we always had the lowest, but — gosh — this is quite low,” said Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens in the hours after Wednesday’s announcement.

Westpac had been amongst the most bullish of the bank forecasters, yet still predicted in April that this weeks’ figure would be 9 percent.

ANZ, the most bearish of the banks, in April said we’d this week be seeing unemployment at 10.7 percent. Sharon Zollner, ANZ chief economist, is sticking to her guns and says the only thing they’ve got wrong is timing.

“We’ve barely revised our forecasts. What we’ve done is pushed out the peak of unemployment by a quarter — we’ve still got it hitting double digits,” she says.

Even Statistics NZ, in an unusual move to account for its unemployment survey occurring during a lockdown when the labour market was effectively frozen, preventing anyone seeking non-essential work, suggested a truer rate would be closer to 4.6 percent.

This is still far from what was being forecast. Even the central government boffins at Treasury, preparing for the Budget in May, reckoned we’d this week be hitting 8.3 percent. A month earlier, as the country teetered on the brink of an uncontainable outbreak, worst-case modelling had a full quarter of the workforce unemployed.

The June quarter was a tale of two dramatically contrasting halves, bookended by one the world’s most restrictive lockdowns in April before transitioning into one of the globe’s most relaxed regimes by June. This whiplash may explain why predictions have had such difficulty getting any grounding.

Small business payments data from accounting firm Xero showed revenue

plunged 39 percent in March, but had almost completely recovered to 2019 levels by June. Our extremes — both in shutdown and in bounceback — far outstrip similar figures from Australia and the United Kingdom.

A predicted wave of insolvencies flowing from the downturn has also yet to even hint at an appearance. Analysis by the Weekend Herald of wage subsidy recipients, and Companies Office liquidation data, shows only one in 1000 companies — under 100 firms — who flagged financial problems and sought subsidy assistance have collapsed.

The rate of company administrations in June and July are actually down 50 percent on a year earlier, although the wage subsidy schemes and changes to the treatment of insolvency sparked by the crisis may be only delaying this wave breaking rather than holding it back completely.

For the past two months economic data — physical and online traffic loads, electronic payment levels, electricity use — has consistently suggested that the second wind found in Alert Level 1 is seeing our new normal remarkably close (with the exception of industries hamstrung by closed borders) to the old normal of a year earlier.

“Quite frankly, people are having a bit of trouble accepting that the economy is in a much better position than we thought,” Stephens says.

There were widespread doubts over the costs of disruption caused by a nationwide shutdown, he says.

“No one knew if you could turn the lights back on like that. But we actually do it every Christmas.”

The gloomy predictions partly came from perspective, and our position at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean has allowed a peek into the near future — albeit an alternate one where the virus’ spread has largely not been contained.

New Zealand exploited Covid’s spread lagging several weeks behind much of the world when making a rapid policy pivot to suppress the virus, but also meant we had an advance preview of the dire economic fallout among our international

counterparts and trading partners.In Australia, unemployment has

already reached 7.4 percent. In the United States the crisis has seen this rate leap to 14.7 percent.

And on the GDP front, the pandemic has caused unprecedented carnage around the world. As the early stage of the Covid crisis began disrupting tourism and export markets, Australia broke its 29-year run without a recession with a 0.3 quarter contraction to March and much worse is expected to come.

In the UK, GDP is estimated to have contracted 19.1 percent in the three months to May. US quarterly figures to June showed economic activity declined 9.5 percent, a cataclysmic drop the New York Times noted was likely only matched in modern history by the aftermath of post-World War 2 demobilisation or during the depths of the Great Depression.

Not that the present is all well, and there are significant and unresolved challenges to face up in the second half of the year. ANZ chairman Sir John Key, at a summit to stock-take the Auckland economy earlier this week, says the bustle of activity in used car lots and restaurants has done much to bolster public confidence.

“Things seem pretty good: But is it really?” he asked the crowd of business leaders. Hours after Key spoke Statistics NZ released its shock-inducing unemployment data.

While the headline rate was rosy, the underutilisation rate measuring shifts from full-time to part-time work as businesses cut back hours, had a record rise to 12 percent and suggested much of the workforce is in a precarious position.

“We are in the early part of what is going to be a significant contraction in the New Zealand and global economy,” Key said.

The former prime minister noted the economy of the new normal — even if it returns to operating at full capacity —will inevitably be smaller than the old. The loss of international tourism alone, accounting for around 5 percent of the economy, will likely trigger a downturn on par with the global financial crisis.

This shearing from the economy will be most keenly felt in summer, the traditional bumper months for the international tourist trade, rather than the present shoulder season bolstered by locals redirecting their foreign holiday funds domestically.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson concedes there are still significant challenges ahead, but says the outlook has improved immeasurably from April and May and points to relative figures showing New Zealand is now ranked in the top 10 of the positive end for employment and unemployment levels.

“Things are back up and running, and this is the head start we’ve got against the rest of the world,” Robertson says.

“I’ve often said forecasting is more of an art than a science. And (the divergence between forecasts and outcomes) we’re seeing now is because we’re in the face of a one-in-100-year shock to the economy.” With the wage subsidy extensions — covering the most vulnerable sectors of the economy and several hundred thousand workers — due to soon expire, the next quarterly unemployment figures will likely prove the real test of how well New Zealand is weathering this storm.

“Obviously, though, everyone has projected the September quarter would be the one where we see the peak of unemployment. We’ve still got that to come,” Robertson says.

National Party finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith thinks the unemployment figures are misleading. “They’re totally masked by the wage subsidy,” he says.

He acknowledges the subsidy was — and is — supported by National, but says work is needed to build capacity in the private sector to make up for the gaping jobs chasm opening up as international tourism and education markets remain effectively closed for the medium term.

“There is no question it’s going to get substantially worse, the question is how much worse. The critical thing is to have a plan for a return to an economy that’s creating jobs — and recognising the scale of the stimulus we’ve had,” Goldsmith says.

With an election just around the corner, Robertson may have one eye on the economy but has the other on the ballot box. He notes National has already earmarked half of his $14b Covid rainy-day fund for roading projects.

Stephens said the wage subsidy scheme had been “stunningly successful” in maintaining employment linkages, and New Zealand’s key export markets in Asia have avoided the worst of the Covid fallout and kept commodity prices high.

“It’s no bed of roses, but right now the economy is better than anyone expected. The most interesting thing is the radically different experience of the US and New Zealand — quite frankly we have managed this infinitely better on all fronts,” he says.

Even Zollner, the bear of ANZ, points to Australia where Melbourne faces the fresh hell of a second hard lockdown, and says New Zealand is “the new lucky country”.

“Even though we’re predicting a recession — and quite a nasty one — we’re the only country-sized economy . . . to have eradicated the virus and escaped the worst.” — NZ

Sunshine on a cloudy dayWhy forecasters got Covid-19 unemployment wrong

‘ Quite frankly, people are having a bit of trouble accepting that the economy is in a much better position than we thought. ’ —Dominick stephens

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COASTGUARDASSOC. INC

ANNUAL GENERALMEETING

On 18th August, 7pmAt the Marine Rescue

Centre

WHAKAKI LAKE(HEREHERETAU

B2L2) ANDSURROUNDING

WHENUA BLOCKSSPECIAL MEETING

OF OWNERS(Called by the ownersdue to recent events)

Date: Sunday 16 Aug20, 11am

Whakaki Marae(Please bring a plate

to share)

MANUTUKE HERBSHas moved online andinto selected stores.Now with more choiceon where to shop, youwill find their topselling products atGordon’s Pharmacy,Horouta Pharmacy,Bramwells UnichemPharmacy, MakarakaVeg, Ora Day Spa andJackson Chiropractic.Or shop from home attheir online store.Manutuke Herbs WILLCONTINUE to providetheir customers withindividual assessmentsand consultationsthrough their onlinestore.

WAIPIRO A31TRUST

2020 ANNUALGENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby giventhat the Annual GeneralMeeting of beneficialowners will be held atBDO Gisborne, 1 PeelStreet, Gisborne onFriday 14th August2020 at 10am. E l e c t i o n - for twopositions caused by theretirement by rotationof Adelaide Brookingand Francis Tibble-Cutts, whom beingeligible offer them-selves for re-electionand is automaticallynominated.Nominations forcandidates are requiredto be in writing, signedby the proposer and thecandidate, and are to bein the hands of theSecretary, 1 Peel Street(PO Box 169) Gisborneno later than 10am,Tuesday 11th August2020.Proxies are to be lodgedat the registered officeof the Incorporation, 1Peel Street (PO Box169) Gisborne, no laterthan 10am, Wednesday12th August 2020.AGM Notice, nomina-tion and proxy formshave been posted toshareholders withknown addresses, butcan also be obtained atBDO Gisborne LtdOffice, 1 Peel Street,Gisborne or contact theoffice on 06 869 1400.Philip HopeCHAIRPERSON

EASTLANDTRUCKWASH

Will be CLOSED forroutine maintenancefrom 7am, Sunday

9th August and willRe-open midday,

Tuesday 11th August.Please contact

027 327 5610 forfurther Information

We regret anyinconvenience this

may cause.

THE PROPRIETORSOF TIKITIKI D9 INC

(TIKITIKISTATION)

2020 ANNUALGENERAL MEETINGNotice is hereby giventhat the Annual GeneralMeeting of Share-holders will be held atRahui Marae Tikitiki,Saturday 29th August2020 at 10am.Election for twopositions, caused by theretirement by rotationof Hana Weka andAstrid Tawhai whobeing eligible offerthemselves forre-election and areautomatically nom-inated.Nominations forcandidates are requiredto be in writing, signedby the proposer and thecandidate, and are to bein the hands of theSecretary, 1 Peel Street(PO Box 169) Gis-borne, no later than10am, Wednesday 26thAugust 2020.Proxies are to be lodgedat the registered officeof the Incorporation, 1Peel Street (PO Box169) Gisborne, no laterthan 10am, Thursday27th August 2020.Kaumatua Grant forover 60 years and are inattendance at the AGMeither in person orvirtually.Should any share-holders require a ride tothe AGM fromGisborne – Tikitiki andreturn, please registeryour interest with theoffice by no later thanFriday 14th August2020. Should there besufficient numbers theIncorporation will lookto hire a van.Should shareholderslike to join the meetingvia zoom, pleaseprovide your emailaddress to BDOGisborne Ltd by Friday28th August 2020.The ManagementCommittee have askedthat if any shareholdersare unwell to considerattending the AGMvirtually and keepyourselves safe andwell.AGM Notice, nom-ination and proxy formshave been posted toshareholders withknown addresses, butcan also be obtained atBDO Gisborne LtdOffice, 1 Peel Street,Gisborne or contact theoffice on 06 869 1400.

Hauiti MaraeThe Trustees of theHauiti advise that theeffects of Covid-19remain foremost in thehosting of hui at themarae.All future bookings willbe assessed on anindividual basis and aprompt decision pro-vided to all enquiries.For all bookingsenquiries please contactHiraina on Cell 021 2379313.E TU ELGIN TRUST

AGMNOTICE OF

CHANGE OF DATE:21st August 2020

12pmVenue: Te HaparaFamily Services

776 Childers RoadGisborne

Election of OfficersGeneral Business

TURANGAWHENUATURANGATANGATA

MEETING OFOWNERS &WANANGA

22 August 2020Meeting of owners(names in brackets

have called themeeting)

Tarere Marae10am: Whaitiri 1F orRoadline: Establish atrust & appoint trustees(Alan Haronga/SherronTamatea)10.10: Ahirau 3:Establish a trust &appoint trustees – (PareKeiha /Alan Haronga)10.20: Waipaoa 1A1:Replace trustees(Meredith Ruru/TamaBrown)10.30: Waipaoa 3B:Replace trustees (AlanHaronga/Tama Brown)10.40: Okahuatiu 1E:Replace trustees(Meredith Ruru/AlanHaronga)11am: Trustee Training12: Lunch1pm: Wananga• Attendance and

confirmation of thosecommitted to the nextphase of TurangaWhenua TurangaTangata

• Update on TurangaWhenua TurangaTangata applicationsfiled with theProvincial GrowthFund.

• Next steps forTuranga WhenuaTuranga Tangata in2020/21. Thisincludes confirmingthe schedule forwananga through toJune 2021.

3pm Close ofWanangaFor more informationplease email willie.teaho@icsolutions.co.nz or text 021768 462.

WHAREKAHIKAA25 PART

REPLACE OFTRUSTEES SECTION

239/93Venue: Ruatoria

Ministry of Justice,Court Hearing Centre,Hekiera Rd, Ruatoria

Date: 10 August 2020Time: 12.10pm

GISBORNEFARMERS MARKET

AGM22 August 2020

1.30pmTatapouri Fishing Club

M AspletSecretary

TE AOWERAMARAE

ANNUAL GENERALMEETING

Sunday 30th August2020 starting at 11am

Te Aowera Marae,Whakapaurangi Rd

RuatoriaAGENDA Includes:

Karakia/mihiMinutes of previous

AGMChairperson’s Report

Presentation of auditedaccounts

Appointment of auditorElection of Trustee

Election of four trusteepositions caused by the

resignation of onetrustee and retirement

by rotation of threetrustees who are eligibleand offer themselves for

re-election and areautomaticallynominated.

No reira e nga whanaunau mai haere mai

HAMIORA HEI JNRTRUST

ANNUAL GENERALMEETING

Date: Saturday 5thSeptember 2020

Time: 10amVenue: Maraehako

Camp GroundState Highway 35

RD 3, Opotiki 3199AGENDA

1. Karakia2. Apologies3. Minutes of previous

AGM4. Matters arising from

previous minutes5. Chairperson’s Report6. Financial Report7. Camping Ground8. Farm Management9. Maraehako stream10. Kaimoana & Reseeding11. Election of 2 Trustees12. Finalise Trust Deed amendments13. Omarumutu14. Whanau Hui attendees15. Horses16. Lease Agreements17. Occupation Order for Beatrice Hei18. General Business19. Karakia Whakamutunga

CARE Assistant, casualhours at Te HaporiDisability Trust. EmailCV to info@tehapori.org.nz Job descriptionavailable.

MACHINEOPERATOR

A vacancy has occurredfor an experiencedMachine Operator,to work in a fully

mechanised haulercrew.

Please Ph/text027 940 6660

GARDENERA fulltime position has become availablefor a motivated and energetic person tojoin the team, carrying out a gardeningrole on a property, 25kms south ofGisborne city.

The successful candidate must have:

• A passion for gardening• In-depth knowledge of soil health,

plants & Organics• A willingness to learn• A high level of integrity and the ability

to work well with others, be well presented, honest and reliable.

Applicants must have NZ Residency.Police and background checks will becarried out.

Accommodation on the property is notavailable.

Applications close at 4pm, Tuesday 25thAugust 2020.

Please send a covering letter with yourCV and references to:

Gardener VacancyJagre Holdings LLC

BAY POOLSIs looking for another

STAR worker.Would suit someone

with buildingexperience or a trade

that would complimentour Pool Business.Full driver’s license

with Class 2 anadvantage.

Please phone Wadeafter 5.30pm on

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NGĀ URI O TE KOOTI RIKIRANGI

SETTLEMENT TRUST HUI A TAU

(AGM) 2020

Saturday 12 September 2020, 11am

25 Waingake Road, Manutuke, Gisborne

AGENDA11am Karakia/Mihimihi

Minutes AGM 2020Chairpersons Report

Audited Financial Statements

Conirmation of Trustees

Appointment of AuditorAll registered bene- iciaries are invited to attend either in person or via the conferencing facility that will be made available by emailing ngauriotekooti@gmail.com.

The Annual Report will be available for viewing from 29 August 2020 byEmailing the Trust at:ngauriotekooti@gmail.com

Authorised by:W Moeau (Chairperson)

MĀORI LAND COURT

APPLICATIONSHAHAU A11B

Change of Dateand Venue

This Application will now be heard on

Wednesday 9 September 2020

Māori Land Court,Te Whare o Te Rā,

Ngā Wai e Rua Building,

60 Reads Quay,Gisborne

11.45am – Review of Trust and Replace

theMāoriTrusteePlease arrive

15 minutes before the allocated time and present to the Court Assistant

For further information

please contactTe Tumu Paeroa

C/- Te Tumu PaeroaWellington

(0800) 943 682

ASSISTANT CHEESEMAKER

The above fulltime position has become available within our dynamic business, based here in Gisborne. To be eligible applicants must have the following attributes:

• Prior knowledge of, or experiencewith food manufacturing would be advantageous;

• Bephysicallyitandableastheroleisphysically challenging;

• Display a positive attitude and be ateam player with a high degree of lexibility;

• Show initiative and be able to workautonomously when required with excellenttimemanagementskills;

• Be available to work one Sunday inevery three.

• Must be able to commence workMonday24thAugust2020.

Hours are approximately 40 per week,including weekend work and somePublicHolidays.PleasesendCVandreferencestokelly@waimatacheese.co.nz or by post to POBox 863, Gisborne 4040. Applicationsclose9thAugust2020.

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OFFICEADMINISTRATOR

We have a position forAccounts Receivable,Accounts Payable,General office dutiesand Freight Dispatchingand Outturning. Hours– flexible 25-30 perweek.Please apply in writingwith CV to PO Box1397, Gisborne 4040.

GENERAL h a n dneeded. Family owned2250ha station 30minutes from town.Exp. fencer, bulldozerdriver, class 4 truckdriver & new postdriver operating exp.essential. A dog or twowould be handy as well.Family accommodationavailable. Ph 027 3734477 or 06 863 9837.Email: gwgmcildowie@gmail.com

UNIVERSALENGINEERING

Is Gisborne’s largestEngineering companywith modern equipmentand facilities.Due to some excitingnew projects, werequire a General Fab-ricator to join ourexperienced team.It will be an advantageto have worked in awide variety ofengineering disciplinesand be trade qualified.If you are looking for arole with variety andwant to be part of agreat team, then thisrole will appeal to you.Please apply toUniversal Engineering,226 Stanley Road,Gisborne or call/textRama TeAre 027 2309313 or Phil 021 02335582.

ELECTRICIAN . Allworks certified. 10%off hourly rate. Paul,0226 783 024.

BEST CLEANINGHEALTHY Homes. Ph022 322 8600GIB fixing and stopp-ing, exterior plastering,LBP registered. PhShayne NorrisPlasterer, 027 474 9786.

MESSY GARDEN??"Let us do it for you."Ph 027 659 2915.

FORKLIFT DRIVERLOOKING for workexperience. Reliable. Ican work part-time,some nights, weekends.Who can help? Pleaseph/txt 0211 778 671.

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Allied Concrete has a vacancy for a B Grade Quarry

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www.eit.ac.nz

Caretaker

EIT Taira-whiti is seeking a Facilities Caretaker who is a multi-

tasker, with ample skills, common sense and initiative to

carry out general duties for our Gisborne Campus. This role

is permanent part-time - 18.75 hours per week.

Duties will include:

� cleaning, licensing and maintaining service schedules of

leet vehicles

� maintaining, cleaning and replenishing coffee machines

and water bottles

� cleaning the main campus staff-rooms

� maintaining and cleaning air conditioners

� assisting the grounds staff with general duties

� dealing with the unexpected.

You will have excellent customer service skills and be able to

deal courteously and tactfully with a wide range of people.

If you gain satisfaction from tackling a varied range of tasks

and can successfully manage a diverse workload, then this

could be the job for you.

Applications close Thursday, 20 August 2020.

For a job description and to apply please visit Jobs@EIT

on our website.

Watts & Hughes Construction Opportunities

Carpenters and/or Labour Only Gangs

We are seeking experienced trade-qualiied Carpenters and/or Labour Only Gangs with a professional approach to assist with our new Countdown Gisborne project.

Quality is central to Watts & Hughes in our promise and commitment to deliver quality construction, com-pleted on time and to budget.

Please send your CV to:

Construction Director

Watts & Hughes ConstructionPO Box 11165 Papamoa 3152

orenquiries@

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All CVs are treated conidentially.

Permanent position - 37 hours per week. We seek a motivated, organized and supportive person to work with individual or small groups of learners who need assistance. Ability to use digital technology and previous experience working with youth preferred but not essential.

Ideal applicant will demonstrate:

• Successful experience working withyoung people

• Excellent relationship building andmanagement skills

• Patience, resilience, adaptability,empathy and tolerance

• They are a team player able to meetMatapuna’s workplace expectations

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Applicants must have a full license, be able to pass a Police Vet to work with vulnerable children and be drug free.

For an application form and process please email train@matapuna.co.nz or collectonefromtheofice.Applications close onTuesday the 11thof August at 5pm.

www.eit.ac.nz

Receptionist/

Administration Assistant

EIT is seeking a person to ill the role of Receptionist,

Telephonist and Administrative Support at our Taira-whiti

Campus on Palmerston Road. The successful candidate

will provide an excellent experience of manaakitanga for

students, staff and members of the public who telephone,

email, send messages via the website or arrive at the

information and enrolment centre seeking information

and/or assistance.

The successful candidate will be experienced in reception

work and/or customer service and have a high level of

computer and communication skills. You will be working

primarily with the Marketing and Registry team, while

also engaging with other EIT staff and the general public.

Based in Gisborne this is a full-time permanent role.

If you are interested in this exciting role we would like to

hear from you.

Applications close Sunday, 16 August 2020.

For a job description and to apply please visit Jobs@EIT

on our website.

RIVERDALE

SCHOOL

DAY-TO-DAY RELIEF TEACHER AIDES

To work in our Special Needs Centre.

Please email CV with covering letter to:

Jacque Vercoe atjacque@riverdale

gis.school.nz

Applications close Friday 21st August.

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BARISTA – 30 Hours

We are seeking an experienced Barista to join our team.To be successful you will need to have had experience working in a busy, fast paced café, have a passion for coffee and consistently delivering a high standard of service.

More information regarding this role and the opportunity to apply can be found at mitre10.careercentre.net.nz Job Number: G11-CC7

Closing date 14 August 2020.

Faultperson/Line MechanicAbout the Role:

As our region grows, we're keeping up with the development and demand. We have two new vacancies in our Eastland Network team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic, challenging industry that's critical to our community. Working in the East Coast area from Potaka in the north to Putorino in the South, these pivotal roles will attend to faults in a prompt and timely manner, whilst maintaining the safety and wellbeing of our customers and yourself.

We wish to recruit positive, hardworking, and experienced Faultperson/Line Mechanics, who will help ensure the lights stay on.

Our ideal candidates will also:

Demonstrate a calm, professional temperament with the ability to cope in high-pressure environments

Have outstanding attention to detail, strong and professional interpersonal and communication skills

Have an absolute commitment to safety and take an active part of positive safety culture

Have a current NZ EWRB practising licence with experience with 11kV switching operations and 400V and 11kV overhead line construction and maintenance

Have flexibility to be available for an on-call after hour faults roster

Current Class 1 and Class 2 full Drivers Licence

About us:

Eastland Network is the electricity lines company for Gisborne, Wairoa and the East Coast. We own and maintain the poles, wires and underground cabling used by electricity retailers to supply customers with electricity. We are part of Eastland Group, who specialises in regional infrastructure in the areas of ports, electricity distribution and electricity generation.

Eastland Group o�ers excellent conditions of employment and competitive remuneration. If you are a motivated self-starter, apply today.

Applicants should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

To apply for this job go to: www.eastlandcareers.nz & enter ref code: 5152793. Applications close 12 August 2020.

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, August 8, 202026 CLASSIFIEDS

2M3 Pine $120, 4m3$220, 6m3 $320, 8m3$430, 12m3 $640. 2ndgrade Pine 4m3, $100.Ph 862 8876. www.macsfirewood.co.nz

A cubic metre of drygum, kanuka, mac mix$130. Ph 862 2606.DRY firewood, Willow20 banana boxes $50.Ph 021 1178 620.

GENERATOR, new3100 inverter, electricstart, used 1hr, incl. 2new alum. loadingramps $1700. 027 5830602.

L E A T H E R couch(small, 2 seat) plusQueen bed, in goodcond. Ph 021 204 1080.

TEESDALE ORCHARDOPEN now. Apples,Pacific Rose, PacificQueen, Golden De-licious, Fuji, Pink Lady& Ballarat Cookers.Pears, Winter Nelis.Pumpkins, mandarins,persimmons, potatoes,onions & much more.Back Ormond Rd, open7 days, eftpos available.

TEESDALE ORCHARDI S closing for theseason, last day Sun16th Aug. Apples, pears& pumpkins. Closingspecial 10kg PacificRose apples $12. Hurrywhile they last. Re-openmid-Jan 2021. BackOrmond Rd, eftposavailable.

JOINER/CABINET MAKER-

INSTALLERWe are looking for anexperienced Joiner/Cabinet Maker-Installer. We are look-ing for the following:• A trade qualified

joiner/cabinet makeror 2+ yearsexperience

• Hard-working,punctual and reliableworker

• Familiar with cabinetstructure andmethods of assembly

• Excellent understand-ing of cabinetdrawings

• Ability to workindependently and aspart of a team

• Good health andcharacter, and have aclean and full driver’slicense

This is a fulltimeposition.Please email your CVto vogue79@xtra.co.nzor deliver to VogueKitchens, 233 StanelyRoad, Gisborne.

WAREHOUSE/DELIVERYPERSON WANTED

A fulltime position is available for aconscientious person for handling inwardsand outwards goods.

Must be tidy, computer literate and hold acurrent vehicle and forklift license. Must bephysically fit and have good manual skills.

A DG license would be an advantage.

Phone 06 867 9550 to request an interviewBay Trade Supplies Ltd

RURAL p r o p e r t ywanted by workingfamily, 3bdrm housewith garage pref. Havethree incomes, so rent isassured, refs available.We are engineeringtradesmen, c5 license,and prepared to help outon property, long-termonly. Please phoneKevin 0273 415 946.

FIRST time in townAsian lady, 28yrs, 36D,in/out calls. Ph 022 4732904.

Real Estate

Situations Vacant

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HOME & LEISURE

Firewood

Firewood For Sale

Fruit and Produce

Situations

Vacant

PROPERTYWanted to Buy AT YOUR SERVICE

Private EscortsWanted to Rent

Having a

garage sale

Saturday?Deadline to

advertise is 2pmThursday.

Apply online www.hauoratairawhiti.org.nz

The District Health Board of Gisborne/Tairawhiti

KIA ORA HAUORA/HAUORA M AORI WORKFORCE COORDINATOR FIXED TERM 0.5 - 1.0 FTE BASED IN HAUORA TAIR AWHITI - GISBORNEWe have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Administrator who is passionate about increasing the presence of qualified M-

aori within the health workforces here in Te Tairawhiti. This role is multi-facetted and therefore requires the attention of an individual who is a natural multi-tasker. Key responsibilities will be to co-ordinate the Healthwork New Zealand M-

aori Scholarship (HWNZMS) Programme, the Kia Ora Hauora Programme and at a local level support M-

aori Workforce development requirements within our rohe.

The skills we are looking for: • Relevant Level 3 NZQA qualification or equivalent working experience.• Superior organisational skills and attention to detail.• The ability to manaaki, educate and empower others.• Competence in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite of applications.• Experience in formatting and presenting data, IT literate (MS Excel).• An ability to work with Kaumatua, health professionals, educators, students

and their wh-anau; and express their aspirations in oral and written form.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.• A demonstrated knowledge and experience working with M-

aori wh-anau,

hapu, iwi and M-aori communities.

• A can do attitude.

Desirable:• HR project management experience.• Group facilitation, leadership and event co-ordination or ability to acquire

these skills.• Career advisory/planning.

A requirement of employment with Hauora Tairawhiti is a satisfactory Worker Safety Check including a criminal conviction history check in line with the Criminal Records Clean Slate Act 2004.

For a job description, please visit our website www.hauoratairawhiti.org.nz

For further information please contact Jenny Roy on 06 869 0500 ext. 8072 or email jenny.roy@tdh.org.nz

Applications close: 11:59pm, Friday 14 August 2020.

open homes

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Auction 483 Nelson Road Featuring a Fabulous Family Home 12.30 – 1.00pm Bronwyn Kay Agency

Auction 247 Kahutia Street Close to Everything! 1.00 – 1.30pm Bronwyn Kay Agency

Auction 49 Sterling Park ‘Do the work...Reap the reward’ 1.30 – 2.00pm Bronwyn Kay Agency

Auction 109 Roebuck Road Inner City – Molly Rose Cottage 12.00 – 1.00pm Ray White

Auction 159 Esplanade Sit back and enjoy the view! 11.00 – 11.30am Bayleys

Auction 85 Hamilton Drive Sunny, stylish and seriously for sale! 11.00 – 11.30am Bayleys

Auction 27 Hinaki Street Architectural 60’s vibe 12.00 – 12.30pm Bayleys

Auction 13 Margaret Place Ready to slow down? 1.00 – 1.30pm Bayleys

Auction 2 Elsthorpe Avenue Family fun starts here 1.00 – 1.30pm Bayleys

Auction 9A Norman Road First-home buyers score! 1.00 – 1.30pm Bayleys

Auction 685 Aberdeen Road Get the basics right 2.00 – 2.30pm Bayleys

Auction 12 Ruru Avenue 4 bedrooms, great locale 2.00 – 2.30pm Bayleys

Auction 24 Bayly Street Last chance – best buy 2.00 – 2.30pm Bayleys

Auction 22 Haldane Street Wave goodbye to the Landlord! 3.00 – 3.30pm Bayleys

Auction 3060 Tiniroto Road Enter into lifestyle 10.00 – 10.30am Property Brokers

Auction 10 Mutuera Road Rere lifestyle 12.00 – 12.30pm Property Brokers

Auction 404/4 Reads Quay Marinaview prime penthouse apartment 12.00 – 12.30pm Property Brokers

Auction 62 Clifford Street Fabulous in Whataupoko 1.00 – 1.30pm Property Brokers

Auction 24 Miro Street Opportunity in Elgin 1.00 – 1.30pm Property Brokers

Auction 416 Te Wera Road Privacy and views 1.30 – 2.00pm Property Brokers

Auction 20B Rangiuia Road An investment for the generations 3.00 – 3.30pm Property Brokers

Private Treaty 12 Clyde Road Investor’s dream 1.00 – 1.30pm Property Brokers

Negotiation 30 Sievwright Lane Looking for paradise? 12.00 – 12.30pm Bayleys

Tender 171 Stout Street Spring in Stout Street? 11.00 – 11.30am Bayleys

Tender 12 Chichester Street Hello sunshine! 1.00 – 2.00pm Bayleys

Tender 15 Munro Street Investor or 1st-Home Buyer? 11.00 – 11.30am TRACY Real Estate

Meet the Candidates

You are invited to meet candidates for the

East Coast electorate in the coming General

Election, to hear them speak and answer

your questions.

Wednesday 19th August

Holy Trinity Hall and Church

Cnr Derby Street and Palmerston Road

Beginning at 5.00pm in the hall with tea,

coffee and light refreshments, then in

Holy Trinity Church at 5.30pm to meet

the candidates.

19th August 2020

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10.30am:

Kidzone, Worship, Communion.

Speaker: David Hughes

A warm welcome

Ph 867 4563/868 4735

TAMARAU

COMMUNITY CHURCH

Matthews Rd (off Wainui Rd)

Central Baptist Church

Baptist Church237 Palmerston Rd

SundayService

10am

ALL WELCOME

Cen ral

Methodist/PresbyterianUnion Parish

Cnr. Ormond Rd.& Atkinson St.

P. 867 9604

Sunday 10am: "Being A Child Of God"

Speakers: Ken & Alison McFarlane

Kids Programmes Available

Find us on Facebook - Mangapapa Union Parishwww.mup.org.nz

Rev Jin Sook Kimwww.standrewsgis.org.nz

St Andrew's 176 Cobden Street

Sunday 9th10.30am:

Holy Communion

Matawhero Historic Church

NO SERVICE

Services on 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month

GISBORNE PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCHES

OASIS COMMUNITY

CHURCH

2020 SUNDAYS 10am

PRAISE & WORSHIP(In Spirit & Sincerity)

MINISTRY(In Demonstration & Power)

In the Heart of the Community with the Community at Heart

Naumai Haere Mai -All Welcome

Ptrs. Tom & Josie Crawford Ph 027 458 4978

CHRISTIAN COMMENT

Life is a journey and can appear to be full of uncertainty. For many people uncertainty can be overwhelming and unsettling. We can be certain that there will be challenges and trials that test us along the way.

Our family have recently experienced some trials that have tested us and continue to test us. These trials have involved bereavement and sickness within our family. At times we have felt weak and helpless. I have reflected on who has sustained us through this particularly difficult time.

The Bible frequently mentions how God helps people who are weak or weary, such as in Isaiah 40:29. “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” Our family have found immense comfort in these words. We’ve experienced tangible help from God in this time of need. We have had kind words and encouragement from many people. We also know that others are praying for us. I believe that God has sustained us as a family and will continue to do so.

The verse in John 14:26 reminds us about the gift that God has given us to help us on the journey. “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.” The Holy Spirit is very important to us as individuals. In difficult times, He helps us see the ways God is working in our lives for good. The Holy Spirit also gives us daily encouragement.

Our journey often has uncertainty and involves a variety of challenges and trials. God is ultimately the only one who gives us certainty about life and truly knows what we need for the journey.

Don McLean

O Great Love, thank you for living and loving in us and through us. May all that we do flow from our deep connection with you and all beings. Help us become a

community that vulnerably shares each other’s burdens and the weight of glory. Listen to our hearts’ longings

for the healing of our world. [Please add your own intentions.] . . . Knowing you are hearing us better than we are speaking, we offer these prayers in all the holy

names of God, amen.

Cynthia Kearney RNDM

REFLECTIONS

MAORI ANGLICAN CHURCH

Holy Communion Services

St David's Church224 Rutene Road

8am: Every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday

Whanau Karakia with Holy Trinity

70 Derby Street

10am:Every 1st Sunday

Nikora Tapu Anglican Church

5 Oneroa Road

10am: Every 2nd & 4th Sunday

Toko Toru Tapu Church

73 Whakato Road

10am: Every 2nd & 3rd Sunday

All Saints' Church, Pakowhai

402 Lavenham Road, Waituhi

10am: Every 1st Sunday

ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH ofSt Mary Star of the Sea

WEEKEND MASS TIMES

Saturday 6.00pmSunday 9.00am East Coast Tolaga Bay 2nd Sunday 11.00am Tokomaru Bay 3rd Sunday 11.30am Matawai 4th Sunday 11.00am

Office Hrs Mon-Fri 9.30am - 12.30pmPh 06 867 7224

ANGLICAN CHURCH

PARISH OF GISBORNEHoly Trinity Church

8am: Holy Communion10am: Holy Communion

Waipaoa Parish9.30am: Holy Communion at St Luke's,

Waerenga-a-Hika

www.waiapu.com

OPEN10am Service

7pm Sunday Evening Service

(Revelation Studies)

All welcomePh John 027 7751 656

CHURCH OFCHRISTRoebuck Road

FOUR Gisborne Boys’ High School students and eight Lytton High School students travelled to Mt Maunganui to contest the North Island secondary schools indoor bowls pairs and singles competitions.

On Day 1, 24 pairs competed. The 12 qualifying pairs included two from Gisborne Boys’ High and four from Lytton.

In the last 12, Lytton’s Kayla Trowell and Hina Preddey were eliminated by the eventual runners-up from Katikati High School. Lytton’s Kalen Derr and Zarneo Baker along with Rachael Rickard and Aiden Hailes also went out in that round.

In the quarterfinals, brothers Matthew and Dylan Foster (Gisborne Boys’ High) and Braden Sycamore and Tawhai Moran-Tumene (Lytton) were eliminated.

In the semifinals, Nathan Trowell and Marc Simmons (Gisborne Boys’ High) came back from 6-0 down to win 9-8 against Ryan Banks and Nihar Trivedi (Avondale College). Trowell played a screamer with his last bowl to win a place in the final.

In the final against Kasey Marlow and Rose Rayner (Katikati College), Trowell and Simmons made a great start. They were 8-0 up after three ends and never looked in trouble, running away with the nine-end final 12-7. It was a great effort by Simmons, who returned to the game only a week before the event. Trowell was outstanding, drawing them in from everywhere.

On Day 2, the singles were contested by 53 players, with 22 qualifiers for sudden-death playoffs.

Lytton High had seven qualifiers — Zarneo Baker, Kayla Trowell, Rachael Rickard, TJ Taylor-Paea, Aiden Hailes, Braden Sycamore and Hina Preddey. Gisborne Boys’ High had three — Matthew Foster,

Dylan Foster and Nathan Trowell.Baker and Rickard were defeated in the last 22,

with Dylan Foster, Trowell, Preddey, Sycamore, Hailes and Matthew Foster being put out in the last 16.

Taylor-Paea made the last eight before losing to third placegetter Ryan Banks. It was a great effort by TJ, who played outstanding bowls to be one of Lytton’s best performers of the weekend.

Trowell won his semifinal 21-3, but in the final he lost 10-9 to Nial Vincer from Botany Downs College.

Gisborne Boys’ High won the team event for the third year in a row, from Lytton High, who did really well with several players getting down to the business end of the comp in each event. Avondale

College finished third.

NATHAN Trowell is the 2020 centre open singles champion. A deciding end was needed in the final before he defeated his cousin Matthew Foster 10-9.

After two of the nine ends, Trowell led 3-0, but that could have been different if Foster had chosen to take Trowell’s shot bowl out for two or three shots.

Foster bounced back, playing a great last bowl on End 3 to pick up three shots to make the score 3-3.

Play ebbed and flowed in the middle stages but Trowell edged ahead and was looking good at 8-5 up going into the final end.

Trowell drew close to the kitty, but Foster delivered

a scorcher of a last bowl to nab the kitty, taking it back for three shots and forcing the deciding end.

This was a cliff-hanger. Foster had the shot bowl as the end unfolded, but Trowell had last bowl. Trowell played a weighted shot, wicking off a front bowl to take Foster’s bowl away, leaving Trowell’s bowl sitting near the kitty for the win.

This was Trowell’s 13th centre title. A talented all-round sportsman, he has picked up numerous centre titles throughout the year.

On the mats — Indoor bowls news

TOP TEAM: Gisborne Boys’ High School won the team event at the North Island secondary schools indoor bowls pairs and singles competitions for the third year in a row. They are (from left): Matthew Foster, Nathan Trowell, Dylan Foster and Marc Simmons. Pictures by Liam Clayton

NATHAN TROWELL: Centre open singles champion.

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, August 8, 202028 SPORT

Monday, August 10, 2020

THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY:Josh Gates, 43; Justin Theroux, 49; Antonio Banderas, 60; Rosanna Arquette, 61.

Happy Birthday:Haste makes waste. Slow down, smell the roses and don't feel pressured to keep up with someone or make changes that you aren't ready to explore. Time is on your side, and for now, the best thing you can do is live in the moment, pay more attention to what makes you happy and adjust your life to suit your needs. Your numbers are 2, 14, 23, 29, 31, 34, 48.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Take a moment to think, and wait for the right moment to put your plans in motion. Too much too fast will be your downfall. When uncertainty sets in, retreat, observe and reassess your options. 3 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):You'll feel the urge to take a risk or make a change that is not advisable. Rethink your steps before you make a mistake that you'll have to live with for some time. Play it safe to avoid being sorry. 3 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Pick up information that will help you decide your best course of action. Don't let the changes others make or the pressures put on you to do something questionable push you in a direction that isn't right for you. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22):Pitch in and do something to help those less fortunate. A kind word, donating items you no longer need or taking more time to relax and igure out what you want to do next will make you feel good. 4 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):Don't fold under pressure or let your emotions take over when faced with opposition. Protect your reputation, status and position. Look for opportunities that provide mental stimulation, and pick up skills and knowledge that allow you to head in a direction that excites you. 2 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Jot down everything you want to accomplish today so you don't miss something that can affect your progress. Uncertainty and confusion are apparent and will require appropriate measures to help you stay on track. Personal improvement is favored. 5 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):You can help without jeopardizing your health or inancial well-being. Be smart about the way you handle requests and the suggestions and promises you make. Leave nothing to chance. Be direct when asked for your help or opinion. 3 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):You or someone close to you will lose interest or no longer share the same goals. Open, honest discussions will be essential if you want to ensure the outcome of a pending personal matter. Protect sensitive issues from people who tend to gossip. 3 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):Uninished business will come back to haunt you. You can't hide the truth or your feelings forever. Organize your thoughts and explain whatever situation you are up against from your perspective, and you'll gain insight into what you should do next. 3 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Put your plans in motion. Alter the way you live or how you relate to those who live with you. A positive attitude will help you gain allies and information to deter anyone who tries to get in your way. 5 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Don't get hung up on something that is not your responsibility. You'll have more success sticking to what you know and do best. Refuse to let an emotional incident come between you and someone you love. Choose congeniality over discord. 2 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Consider your options and where each path will lead. A change will entice you, but once you consider what you'll have to give up, you'll feel compelled to look for alternatives. Don't act in haste or make promises you won't want to keep. 4 stars

Birthday Baby:You are smart, ambitious and energetic. You are emotional and unpredictable.

STAR RATINGSFIVE STARS: Nothing can stop you now. Go for the gold.

FOUR STARS: You can pretty much do as you please. It’s a good time to start new projects. THREE STARS: If you focus your efforts, you will reach your goals.

TWO STARS: You can accomplish a lot, but don’t rely on others for help. ONE STAR: It’s best to avoid conflicts. Work behind the scenes or read a good book.

DOUBLE CROSSWORD No 11,062

ACROSS

CRYPTIC CLUES

QUICK CLUES

DOWN

1. Revolve (6) 4. Confront (6) 9. Permanently

(3,4,3,3) 10. Clutch (7) 11. Pale (5) 12. Change (5) 14. Beneath (5) 18. Taut (5) 19. Umpire (7) 21. Evasion of truth

(13) 22. Reparation (6) 23. Hunting hound (6)

1. Shelter (6) 2. Pretend not to

notice (4,1,5,3) 3. Flock (5) 5. Include (7) 6. With little capital

(2,1,10) 7. Faculty (6) 8. Viper (5) 13. Green gem (7) 15. Ideal system (6) 16. Swift (5) 17. Fawn (6) 20. Valiant (5)

DOWNACROSS

QUICKAcross: 1 Straight away; 7 S t e e r ; 8 Va l u e ; 9 E r r ; 1 0 M ise rable ; 11 Lowes t ; 12 Gadget; 15 Adulatory; 17 End; 1 8 C o w e d ; 1 9 G r a n t ; 2 1 Adventitious.Down: 1 Surveillance; 2 Ire; 3 Heresy; 4 Adversary; 5 Ad lib; 6 Dejectedness; 7 Strew; 10 Mishandle; 13 Greet; 14 Bought; 16 Unwed; 20 Apt.CRYPTICAcross: 1 Second fiddle; 7 Put in; 8 Nonet; 9 Ice; 10 Threesome; 11 Easter; 12 Puppet; 15 Right face; 17 Gas; 18 Stoic; 19 Plays; 21 Welsh dresser.Down: 1 Service dress; 2 Nut; 3 Finery; 4 Dance tune; 5 Lingo; 6 At death’s door; 7 Press; 10 The stocks; 13 Pages; 14 Capped; 16 Glove; 20 Age.

SOLUTIONS TO

PUZZLE 11,061Quick Crossword answers

also fit the large grid

1. Clara’s upset by the scoundrel (6)

4. Put a hole in part of the rifle, we hear (6)

9. Previous feats surpassed - as the result of slipped discs? (6,7)

10. She has a high range of performance (7)

11. America for example put back one of the customs (5)

12. Changes direction... (5) 14. ...to make these lines! (5) 18. Beheading the cleric is a

light crime! (5) 19. Describing one who is

insured being held up by a gunman (7)

21. Description of explosive reaction that could be more than cruel! (6-7)

22. In the tangled reeds I live (6)

23. In the tangled reeds a letter is deleted! (6)

1. Stoutly built public transport encircled by corrosion (6)

2. Put an end to daily information? No, it’s the very latest (4-5,4)

3. An age going back to the scene of battle (5)

5. He chooses solitary confinement (7)

6. Not just inspections of radio pick-up equipment (6,7)

7. Don’t waste time coming from Athens (6)

8. Is it made from brushwood? (5)

13. Man coming back in a rush to be given another title (7)

15. He fails to save the western flower (6)

16. Cosmetic preparation dispatched, we hear (5)

17. Very much liked to make a fuss with Communist following (6)

20. Some of the civic arrangements for the service-man (5)

SUDOKUSUDOKU is a logic puzzle made

up of 81 squares on a 9x9 grid.To solve the puzzle, each row,

column and 3x3 grid within the larger grid must end up containing each number from 1 to 9, and each number can only appear once in a row, column or box.

A sudoku grid has a single unique solution, which can be reached without using guesswork.

SOlUTiOn in nexT pUblicATiOn.

DARTS

IHAKA Kaio-Wynyard is the first winner of the Gisborne under-17 darts tournament.

It was held at the 2NZEF Club last Saturday, and the name of Brezz’n Darts Club junior Kaio-Wynyard becomes the first to be inscribed on the Horua Whanau Trophy.

Kaio-Wynyard defeated Gisborne RSA junior Renata Leach 4-1 in the final, and played some amazing darts on his way to the title.

He had the highest finish of the day — 130 — and his tally of eight 180s was higher than that of anyone else.

The next day, Sunday, Kaio-Wynyard won the Brezz’n Darts Club men’s singles title, defeating former New Zealand Darts Council, New Zealand Clubs and current NZ Clubs youth titleholder Tahuna Irwin 5-3 in the final.

The women’s champion for 2020 is Mihi Awatere. She defeated Ripeka Te Kira in the final.

Back in Gisborne and playing in the Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association Tuesday night competition this week, Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard pegged three 180s and 34 tons, the most by any male player on the night.

Mihi Awatere was the woman scoring

the most tons — 21.Club newcomer Glen Rangihuna-

Atkins had his first 170 start in a double-start game to go with his two 180s the previous week on his first night of darts.

Sam Kirikino pegged the highest finish for the night, 167, beating Jordan Ngarangione’s 150, 138 highest finish.

A GradeINDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard (Assassins) 3, Jordan

Ngarangione (Falcons) 2, Willie Edwards (Tigers), Mihi Awatere (Pounamu).

Highest start, D/S (170): Glen Rangihuna-Atkins (Assassins).

Highest start, S/S (140): Tahuna Irwin (Falcons) 3, John White (Tigers) 2, Harley Ngarangione (Falcons) 2, Sam Kirikino (Falcons) 2, Te Kotahi Kaio (Assassins) 2, Haimoana Ratapu (Assassins).

Highest finish (167): Sam Kirikino (Falcons).Most tons, men (34): Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard

(Assassins).Most tons, women (21): Mihi Awatere (Pounamu).

TEAM RESULTSFalcons 20 v Pounama 1: T Irwin 140st (3), 140

(7), 135, 100f, 100 (15); J Ngarangione 180 (2), 150f, 140 (3), 138f, 135 (2), 130st, 125 (2), 122, 121, 102f, 100 (8); H Ngarangione 160st, 140st (2), 140 (5), 125st, 120f, 100st (2), 100 (16); S Kirikino 167f, 140st (2), 140 (2), 135st, 133, 125, 120f, 117, 115, 100st, 100 (9); J Ahuriri 140, 115, 100st (2), 100 (6); M Gibbs 140, 120, 101, 100 (7); B Awatere 140, 111, 100 (6); M Awatere 180, 140 (3), 135 (2), 125st, 121, 100st (3), 100 (10).

Tigers 13 Assassins 8: J White 140st (2), 140 (5), 125 (2), 120, 119, 100st, 100 (13); W Edwards

180, 140, 125st (2), 100st (3), 100 (13)l; W Coe 140, 129, 125, 100 (5); S Henry 140 (2), 125 (2), 100 (3), I Kaio-Wynyard 180 (3), 152st, 140 (6), 135st, 134st, 128, 125st (2), 125, 121, 115, 110f, 100st (2), 100 (13), G Rangihuna-Atkins 170st, 116, 100 (16), H Ratapu 140st, 130, 124, 100st, 100 (6).

B GradeINDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Ursh Heurea (Aotea), Sonny Laulau

(Aotea).Highest start (121): Ursh Heurea (Aotea).Most tons, men (9): Anaru Cashmore (Aotea).Most tons, women (11): Kino White (Knights).

TEAM RESULTSKnights 6 Aroha 15: K White 100st, 100 (11); V

Mackey 101, 100 (7); A Kerisome 140, 120, 118st, 100 (6); R Te Kira 140, 125, 121, 116, 100st, 100; U Heurea 180, 138, 121st, 121, 100 (2); J Smith 121, 100st, 100 (2).

Hummingbirds 10 Aroha 11: E Kirikino 123, 121, 100 (3); C Woods 112st, 112, 110; R Davis 129, 123, 100 (3); M Kaio-Wynyard 120, 114; R Awatere-Kohonui 115, 105, 100 (5), R Kahaki 123, 107, 100st, 100 (2); S Laulau 180, 140 (2), 121, 100st, 100.

Draw for TUESDAY — A Grade: Assassins v Falcons, Pounamu v

Tigers.B Grade: Aotea v Aroha, Knights v

Hummingbirds.

Kaio-Wynyard first winner of trophy

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Hukanui Brown (RSA Men of Mayhem),

Kayne Arahanga (2NZ Kings), Tyson Eyles (2NZ Kings), Hunter Eyles (2NZ Kings) 2, Mike Hughes (2NZ Rebels), George Vaotuaa (2NZ Rebels), Braiden Pokai-Giddens (2NZ Tao TCL).

Highest start (180): Braiden Pokai-Giddens (2NZ Tao TCL).

Highest finish (145): Charlie Reiri (2NZ Rebels).Most tons (11): Jono Griffiths (RSA Men of

Mayhem), Irie Eyles (2NZ Kings), Matt Reedy (Cossy Done & Dusted).

TEAM RESULTS(P = pairs won. S = singles won. T = total tons)RSA Men of Mayhem 15 Cossy Double Seekers

0: J Griffiths (P3 S1 T11) 140 (2), 134, 119st, 100st, 100 (6); T Ratapu (P3 S1 T5) 140, 125, 100 (3); M Leach (P3 S1 T10) 125st, 117, 100st (3), 100 (5); L Tamihana (P3 S1 T7) 100 (7); A Curtis (P3 S1 T6) 140 (3), 100 (3); H Brown (P3 S1 T3) 180, 100 (2). A Stairs (P0 S0 T3) 100st, 100 (2); P Murphy (P0 S0 T0); L Low (P0 S0 T0); K Harding (P0 S0 T1) 131; D Bullivant (P0 S0 T2) 132, 110; S Deedman (P0 S0 T0).

2NZ Tao Vikings 8 RSA Stallions 7: A Pohio (P2 S1 T3) 160st, 100 (2); J Waikawa (P2 S1 T2) 136, 100; F Waihape (P1 S0 T4) 133, 114, 101st, 100; T Campbell-Ratapu (P1 S1 T6) 140 (3); 121, 100 (2); A Kaiwai (P1 S1 T1) 100; T Irwin (P1 S0 T2) 140, 100.

E Brown (P3 S0 T4) 140st, 100 (3); K Unuwai (P3 S0 T3) 100 (3); M Lemon (P2 S1 T1) 101; A Higham (P2 S0 T3) 115, 100st, 100; J Brown (P0 S0 T2) 123, 100; C Beattie (P0 S1 T3) 100 (3).

2NZ Kings 14 2NZ Tao Valkyries 1: C Kiri (P2 S1 T5) 140, 121, 100st (2), 100; K Arahanga (P2 S1 T10) 180, 140 (2), 127, 125, 100 (5); T Eyles (P3 S1 T7) 180, 140, 135st, 125, 121, 100 (2); L Eyles (P3 S1 T5) 114, 100 (4); I Eyles (P3 S1 T11) 134, 125, 115f, 109, 100st (3), 100 (4); H Eyles (P3 S1 T10) 180 (2), 140 (3), 135, 123, 121, 100 (2). A Campbell-Ratapu (P1 S0 T4) 130, 103st, 100 (2); J Campbell-Ratapu (P1 S0 T0); J Richardson (P0 S0 T3) 140, 105, 100st; S Eyles (P0 S0 T0); K Hawea (P0 S0 T2) 130, 100st; S Lewis (P0 S0 T2) 100 (2).

Cossy Done & Dusted 14 2NZ Wahine Toa 1: Matt Reedy (P2 S1 T11) 140st, 120st, 120, 100st (2), 100 (6); J Reedy (P2 S1 T5) 120, 105, 100 (3); J Love (P3 S1 T6) 140, 121, 100 (2), 100 (2); M Price (P3 S1 T5) 140, 121, 100st, 100 (2); M Reedy (P3 S1 T6) 140st, 140 (2), 100 (3); S Hohipa (P3 S1 T2) 140, 100. C Whaitiri (P0 S0 T4) 174, 140, 121, 102; T Kiri (P0 S0 T4) 160, 133, 100 (2); T Aspalter (P1 S0 T5) 121, 100st (2), 100 (2); N Fraider (P1 S0 T5) 125, 106, 100 (3); D Barbarich (P0 S0 T1) 140; S Barbarich (P0 S0 T1) 125.

Roseland Say My Name Again 8 Roseland 7: T Duncan (P1 S0 T10) 140st, 139, 126, 101f, 100st (3), 100 (3); C Lewis (P1 S1 T4) 125, 100st, 100 (2); Tui Duncan (P1 S1 T9) 140, 126, 121, 100st, 100 (5);

D Nepe (P1 S0 T1) 125; W Whaitiri (P3 S0 T6) 140, 100st, 100 (4); W Lewis (P3 S1 T6) 125, 108, 100 (4). K Morrell (P2 S1 T8) 144f, 126, 125st, 119, 100st, 100 (3); W Morrell (P2 S0 T8) 140, 100st, 100 (6); F Moreland (P0 S0 T4) 121, 100 (3); Steve L (P0 S1 T2) 140st, 118; M Jones (P2 S1 T8) 109, 100st (2), 100 (5); J Kingsbeer (P2 S0 T4) 160, 140, 121, 100.

RSA xFMo 11 RSA (1) 4: C Waikawa (P2 S1 T0); K Waikawa (P2 S0 T3) 144, 132, 100; B Reeves (P2 S1 T3) 140, 121, 100; C Tamihana (P2 S1 T1) 119; N Reeves (P3 S1 T5) 177, 100st, 100 (3); J Reeves (P3 S0 T2) 124, 100. A Bacon (P2 S0 T4) 117, 104, 100 (2); J Hohepa (P2 S1 T3) 121 (2), 114; P Kelleher (P0 S0 T1) 140; J Kelleher (P0 S0 T1) 100; A Shields (P0 S0 T1) 100; M Hooper (P0 S1 T0).

2NZ Wahine Purotu 11 2NZ MMXX 4: S Brown (P3 S0 T1) 101; L Wynyard (P3 S1 T5) 121st, 100 (4); H Haapu (P2 S0 T1) 121; V Poi (P2 S1 T4) 119, 100 (3); A Kaa (P2 S1 T4) 100 (4); H Namana (P2 S1 T4) 118st, 116, 113, 100. M Kingi-Nepe (P0 S1 T2) 100 (2); C Nepe (P0 S0 T1) 100; S Waikawa (P2 S1 T3) 114, 100st, 100; K Nepe (P2 S0 T0); L Monika (P0 S0 T1) 109; A Collier (P0 S0 T1) 109.

2NZ Rebels 11 Cossy 6-Shooters 4: L Barbarich (P2 S0 T5) 125, 100st (2), 100 (2); M Hughes (P2 S0 T7) 180, 140, 100st, 100 (4); Gary P (P3 S1 T2) 100 (2); C Reiri (P3 S1 T7) 145f, 140 (3), 133, 100 (2); J Noanoa (P2 S1 T2) 121 (2); G Vaotuaa (P2 S1 T3) 180, 140st, 140. R Moore (P1 S1 T2) 120st, 105; T O’Neill (P1 S1 T2) 125, 121;

G Higgins (P0 S0 T4) 140, 125, 100st, 100; D Allen (P0 S0 T0); R Edwards (P1 S0 T2) 101, 100; C Watson (P1 S0 T2) 100 (2).

2NZ Tao TCL 6 Roseland Dilligaf 9: K Namana (P0 S0 T0); B Pokai-Giddens (P0 S1 T5) 180st, 111f, 104, 100 (2); C McKean (P1 S1 T1) 100; C Mihaka (P1 S0 T5) 124, 101, 100 (3); C Giddens (P1 S1 T7) 121, 119, 115st, 101, 100st, 100 (2); A Tangira (P1 S1 T4) 100 (4). A Cross (P2 S1 T4) 106, 100 (3); Ash (P2 S0 T9) 140, 125, 113, 100 (6); R Pomana (P2 S0 T1) 100; N Monika (P2 S1 T10) 140 (2), 115, 100st (2), 100 (5); M McDonald (P3 S0 T3) 140, 125, 120; P Archbold (P3 S0 T7) 140, 114, 100 (5).

Cossy Spandangles v Cossy (2): No results sheet.

Byes: 2NZ3, RSA Outlaws.

Draw for TUESDAY — 2NZEF: 2NZ Tao Vikings v Roseland Say My Name Again, 2NZ(3) v 2NZ King, 2nz Tao TCL v Cossy (2), 2NZ MMXX v Roseland Dilligaf, 2NZ Rebels Wahine Purotu v RSA xFMO.

COSMOPOLITAN CLUB: Cossy Double Seekers v Cossy Done & Dusted, Cossy Spandangles v RSA Outlaws.

ROSELAND: Roseland v 2NZ Tao Valkyries.RSA: RSA Men of Mayhem v RSA Stallions,

RSA(1) v 2NZ Rebels.Byes: 2NZ Rebels Wahine Toa, Cossy Corys

6-Shooters.

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

SPOILS OF VICTORY: Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard with the Horua Whanau Trophy for Gisborne under-17 darts success. Picture supplied

MONDAY, August 3 — Emerre & Hathaway Pairs 1North/South East/WestJoy Marden, Trish Corson 57.29 Diana Styche, Jean Turnbull 59.31Eileen Lee, Elizabeth Jackson 56.69 John Hudson, Katrine Matthews 57.06Helen Kerisome, Delwyn Arthur 53.25 Bette Parker, John Rouse 55.90

WEDNESDAY, August 5 — Jean Broadhurst Winter Pairs 1North/South East/WestJean Bennett, Diana Styche 61.11 Vicki Taylor, Ann McCombe 68.15Trish Corson, Roger Hayward 58.47 John Rouse, Elizabeth Taylor 61.61Robin Corson, Joy Marden 55.03 Robin Bennett, Glenys Evans 56.25

THURSDAY, August 6 — Trust Tairawhiti Restricted Teams 1Ann McCombe, Beverley Evans, Raewynne Cook, Trish Corson 75 VPsAmanda Matthews, Caroline Kirkpatrick, Jill Smith, Stephen Francks 33 VPsLorraine Varga, Margot Searle, Sandra Bryon, Vicki Nickerson 29 VPs

FRIDAY, August 7 — Share NZ Pairs 2Trish Corson, Robin Bennett 60.42 Vicki Taylor, Ann McCombe 61.90Jean Turnbull, Diana Styche 58.04 Brent Turnbull, Bobby Thomson 56.55Adele Walters, Beverley Evans 52.08 Ann Roberts, Roger Hayward 51.49

Bridge resultsCRICKET

ENGLAND’S bowlers have set up a thrilling finish to the first test against Pakistan on an absorbing third day of cricket at Old Trafford on Friday.

Reeling after being dismissed for 219 in their first innings — a deficit of 107 — England’s bowlers hit back to reduce Pakistan to 137-8 but still trail by 244.

The tourists had leveraged themselves into a strong position after bowling the hosts out before tea, but lost regular wickets of their own as they failed to bat their opponents out of the game.

That was largely down to in-form seamers Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad, who shared four cheap wickets, but Ben Stokes also struck twice.

Not deemed fit enough to play a full role with the ball due to a nagging quad injury, the all-rounder stepped up late in the day to add the sheen to a strong fightback.

England began the day on 92-4, with Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler looking to reprise the rescue job they had started the previous evening.

Pope quickly turned his 46 not out into a half-century but the first hour was little more than a trial for the batsmen.

A paltry nine runs came off the bat in that time — outscored by 10 extras in the same period — as the three-pronged pace attack of Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Abbas and Naseem Shah worked up a head of steam.

Buttler edged the third ball of Naseem’s spell just short of second slip but after that it was a litany of plays and misses as the bowlers worked tirelessly.

Somehow the duo reached drinks intact and, when both hit the cover boundary after the break, there was a suggestion of better things to come.

Instead, Naseem simply upped his game again to see off Pope for 62, with a length ball which kicked and flew to gully.

Remarkably that was the solitary success of the morning, Buttler and Woakes steering the score to 159-5 at lunch.

Buttler, still burdened by three missed chances behind the stumps, had scrapped hard for his 38 but fell to his second ball after the restart.

England were in trouble at 170-8 but had Broad to thank for two tail-end stands that added 49 to the total before Shadab Khan intervened on both.

England had nine overs before tea in which to strike back and Broad did so almost instantly with Shan Masood strangled down the leg-side for a duck in a deflating follow-up to his epic 156.

Abid Ali reached 20 before hacking Dom Bess into the hands of Woakes at deep mid-wicket.

Woakes then roused England with the two big middle-order wickets of Babar Azam (5) and skipper Azhar Ali (18).

Dom Sibley ran out Asar Shafiq for 29 and Stokes dismissed Mohammad Rizwan (27) and Afridi (2) either side of Broad trapping Shadab Khan (15). — AAP

England’s bowlers hit back

THE women’s 50-over World Cup scheduled for New Zealand in February-March next year has been postponed to 2022 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Cricket Council has confirmed.

The ICC also announced Australia would host this year’s postponed Twenty20 World Cup in 2022 with

India retaining their tournament next year.All teams that qualified for the men’s T20

tournament scheduled for Australia this year would compete in India next year, the ICC said, while a new qualification process would be put in place for the 2022 tournament. — AAP

Women’s cricket World Cup postponed

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CYCLING

DUTCH cyclist Fabio Jakobsen’s Deceuninck-QuickStep’s team says he is facing “a long and arduous” recovery despite being woken from his coma on Friday.

Jakobsen was placed in a medically-induced coma after sustaining life-threatening injuries in a high-speed crash at the end of Wednesday’s opening stage at the Tour of Poland.

On Thursday, 23-year-old Jakobsen had facial surgery and while speaking and eating will be a challenge for the coming period, he has started the road to recovery.

A statement from Deceuninck-

QuickStep read: “Two days after being seriously injured in a high-speed crash that took place on the finishing straight of the Tour de Pologne Stage 1 in Katowice, Fabio Jakobsen was awakened from coma on Friday afternoon by the doctors of the Sosnowiec hospital.

“Fabio, who on Thursday night underwent a five-hour maxillofacial surgery, was able to move his legs and arms and communicate with the doctors, which immediately ruled out major neurological problems.

“Due to the surgery, speaking and eating will be a challenge in the coming period as the recovery process is expected to be a long and arduous one.

“Deceuninck-QuickStep would like to thank everyone for their support and best wishes sent in these difficult and trying days and at the same time kindly ask you to respect the privacy of Fabio and his family.”

Before Jakobsen’s team issued a statement on Friday evening, the Tour of Poland posted earlier in the day on Twitter: “Fabio Jakobsen is awake now from the coma. Condition is ‘good’.”

Fellow Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen has apologised for Wednesday’s collision, which occurred after he had drifted across the road into Jakobsen’s path during a downhill sprint finish.

“I hate what happened (on Wednesday),” Groenewegen said on

Twitter. “I can’t find the words to describe how sorry I am for Fabio and others who have been dropped or hit.

“At the moment, the health of Fabio is the most important thing. I think about him constantly.”

Jakobsen crashed over a barrier and into a race official and was airlifted to hospital.

Groenewegen crossed the finish line first, but was later disqualified and the 27-year-old’s action was condemned by cycling’s governing body.

Movistar rider Edu Prades was also involved in the incident and spent a night in hospital after suffering a small fracture to a cervical vertebra and a wound to his back. — AAP

Cyclist Jakobsen faces arduous recovery

RUGBY LEAGUE

TODD Payten insists the Warriors don’t need a rebuild and claims likely successor Nathan Brown will take over a roster only a few big names short of being finals ready.

The New Zealand based club are expected to announce Brown as their 2021 coach and Phil Gould a consultant within days, after Payten knocked back the top job last week.

The interim coach all but confirmed the deal was done on Friday night, admitting his players were across the situation given it had been widely reported since Thursday.

Brown led Newcastle’s rebuild in his four years at the club, and at the time of his exit conceded that would likely be his role at whatever team he took over next.

But last night, after the Warriors won their second straight game for the first time in 15 months, Payten insisted his roster had the makings of a team

who could push for their first finals win in eight years.

“I don’t think they need a rebuild. No way,” Payten said.

“We’re probably one or two positions away in terms of adding to our squad that will make us a finals team. That’s a tough middle forward, preferably big and skilful, and a strike centre.

“Around that we’ve got some pretty handy players. (Against Manly) we had a new halves combination and it wasn’t perfect but it was good enough.”

Brown’s appointment will at least give some certainty to a group of players who did not know who would lead them in 2021 since Stephen Kearney’s sacking in June.

A third of the Warriors’ squad remain unsigned for next year, leaving Brown, Gould and management with plenty of decisions to make.

Gould meanwhile is expected to play some role in junior development, with the club having leaked too many young Kiwi

talents to the other 15 NRL clubs in the past.

“I think they (the players) know (it’s happening), it’s out, it’s public,” Payten said.

“Whether that helped (against Manly) I can’t quantify that but it’s good news for the club.”

Meanwhile the Warriors are now just two wins outside of the top eight, in finals contention despite a year where most have been focused on their sacrifices for the game.

Missing players who have returned to New Zealand and with three loan players, the Warriors sit above five other teams on the NRL ladder.

“We haven’t mentioned finals,” Payten said.

“I’ve tipped them up over the past three weeks that we’re turning into a decent footy team. There’s belief there.

“Jack Hetherington’s been really vocal since he’s been here around the ability.He feels like he’s in a good environment full of good footy players.” — AAP

Warriors ‘don’t need a rebuild’

RUGBY LEAGUE

MANLY face a nervous wait on Addin Fonua-Blake’s knee as coach Des Hasler insists their mounting injury toll can’t be used as an excuse for their poor form.

Fonua-Blake suffered a suspected PCL injury in the Sea Eagles’ 26-22 loss to the Warriors, with Manly expecting he could miss a couple of weeks after scans.

Fellow starting prop Martin Taupau will also need to pass concussion checks to face Newcastle after being hit high, but has a nine-day turnaround in his favour.

Second-rowers Joel Thompson and Curtis Sironen both missed Friday’s loss.

Tom Trbojevic is still at least a fortnight away and Dylan Walker faces another five weeks on the sidelines with a fractured foot.

But still, Hasler has told his players their casualty ward can’t be an excuse.

The Sea Eagles have now lost five of their past seven games, going from top-four contenders to battling for a spot in the eight.

“We were winning these

kind of games last year (with injuries), Hasler said.

“We just can’t fall back on it.“We should have won that

game, we had chances to win it without six or seven regular first graders, so you can’t use it as an excuse.”

Working in Manly’s favour is their run home.

Melbourne is the only top-four team they face again, while big games against Newcastle and South Sydney await in the next fortnight.

After that, they have four matches to finish against bottom-eight teams.

But Hasler is desperate for things to turn around fast.

And that will start with the beginning of matches. In the past two weeks they have been outgunned for the opening, giving up the ball in the first set and conceding early tries.

“It’s something we need to fix pretty quickly,” Hasler said.

“We travel to Newcastle next week, so that’s not going to be easy.

“Our start today, we had enough possession but we need to stick at it. There’s key parts of the game we’re not efficient at at the moment.” — AAP

Injury toll no excuse says Manly coach

TAKING THE HIT: The Warriors’ Adam Pompey (centre) takes the ball to the defensive line during the Round 13 NRL match against the Manly Sea Eagles at Lottoland, in Sydney, last night. The Warriors won the match 26-22 AAP picture

RUGBY LEAGUE

AFTER a dramatic preparation, Jason Demetriou was all smiles after earning his first NRL win as South Sydney coach last night.

In just over a year he will step into the role to replace Wayne Bennett, but after being thrust into the position unexpectedly he walked away from ANZ Stadium with a 100 percent success rate.

Last night’s comprehensive 28-10 victory over the Broncos was the first of two games he will steer for the Rabbitohs while Bennett is in Covid-hold for breaking biosecurity guidelines. But despite the frenzied preparation, Demetriou said he felt settled and organised.

“It was a crazy 24 hours, I went for a walk with my wife late yesterday

afternoon just to clear my head a little bit and get my head around what was going to happen and how we were going to approach it,” he said.

“But the week was pretty much done. Wayne and the staff had prepared the boys well so today was pretty easy. It was just about coming here and making sure the messages during the week were the messages the players got.

“I have always said if you are coaching on game day you haven’t done your job during the week and the boys knew what their job was and they did it well.”

However, a trip to Townsville to take on North Queensland will complicate plans for next week.

Bennett, a noted technophobe, will do most of his work with the team over the phone. — AAP

All smiles after late substitution

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MOTORSPORT

LEWIS Hamilton’s all-conquering Mercedes team have been dragged into Formula One’s latest “cheat” storm on the eve of the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Racing Point were docked 15 points and fined £361,000 (NZ$713,000) on Friday after they were found guilty of copying parts of Hamilton’s title-winning 2019 machine.

A 14-page dossier issued in the wake of the FIA’s investigation, revealed that Mercedes had supplied a complete set of last year’s brake ducts to Racing Point on January 6.

It was also established that Mercedes provided Racing Point with computer-aided design models for the parts, which assisted them in building this year’s car, which has been dubbed the “Pink Mercedes”, given its likeness to the machine Hamilton drove to a sixth world title.

Formula One’s governing body ruled that the transfer of brake ducts did not constitute a “significant breach of the sporting regulations”, and the transferring of data was within the rules.

But some in the Silverstone paddock were on Friday

questioning why Mercedes assisted Racing Point.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff enjoys a good relationship with Racing Point co-owner Lawrence Stroll. Wolff is a shareholder in Aston Martin,

also controlled by Stroll, who will return to the grid in place of Racing Point in 2021.

Racing Point, whose performances have greatly improved this season, had previously claimed that their

car was designed simply on photographs of last year’s Mercedes.

“The investigation has thrown up a lot more questions than answers and there is new evidence that we are able to see,”

McLaren chief executive Zak Brown said on Friday.

“Obviously Racing Point claimed that they had copied the car via photography. It’s clear from reading the document that that is BS.

“And therefore you have to question everything else around that car. This is potentially the tip of the iceberg, the starting point of what has happened here.

“It’s not healthy for the sport. It is something that we are going to review quickly so that we are able to understand the process and if that’s something we want to potentially participate in.”

Renault, who have protested the Racing Point car after all four races so far this year, are now weighing up whether to appeal the FIA’s verdict.

On the track, Hamilton, who holds a 30-point championship lead over teammate Valtteri Bottas, finished fastest in practice for Sunday’s race at Silverstone.

Hamilton will move to within three victories of Michael Schumacher’s win record of 91 if he triumphs again on Sunday.

He will also equal the German’s all-time tally of 155 career podiums if he finishes in the top three. — AAP

Mercedes dragged into ‘cheat’ storm

‘PINK MERCEDES’ ATTRACTS ATTENTION: Racing Point driver Lance Stroll, of Canada, at the wheel of the “Pink Mercedes” that has been the subject of protests by Renault after all four Formula One races so far this year. AP picture/Frank Augstein, Pool

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SPORTSaturday, August 8, 2020

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Rugby league ..... 30

Motorsport ......... 31

Mercedes dragged into Formula One ‘cheat’ storm

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SKATEBOARDING by Jack Malcolm

A GROUP of girls are out to change the stereotype of the skate park and make it more inclusive for all.

Surely Skate is a programme to encourage women of all ages and skills to give skating a go. It was devised by Sophee Hills, Tessa Hills, Morgan Andrews and Georgia Richardson.

Sophee said that when she started skating she found it intimidating to go to the park, and few of the skaters were girls.

“We wanted to skate but the culture was intimidating,” she said.

“I used to never go there by myself.”Some girls who wanted to skate

formed a group chat on Instagram and almost every Sunday someone would send out a message asking if anyone wanted to head down to the park.

“We wanted to make it a regular thing; we skate every Sunday,” Sophee said.

“It’s another way to just hang out . . . and help each other learn.”

They found that making the group public brought to the skate park people

they’d never have suspected would be interested, particularly younger girls.

The idea to formalise the group chat originated from them egging on each other to go for a skate.

“It came from us saying to each other, ‘Surely come for a skate, surely’,” Sophee said.

A big inspiration for the group was a similar programme in Auckland called Girls Skate NZ, run by Amber Clyde.

She started skateboarding at the age of 12, but lost motivation until her late teens after some of her interactions with other skateboarders at the park, she said in a recent RNZ interview.

“There were a couple of guys at the park who were really mean to me . . . I was like, ‘Nah, I’m done, I don’t want to go back’.”

In March she hosted a girls’ skate workshop in Gisborne, organised by Gisborne Boardriders Club.

The Surely Skate crew met her and were “fangirling pretty hard”, Sophee said.

Shane Kingsbeer has been skating for over 20 years and says he’s now in a position to help out the younger

generation. He’s given them several new skateboards.

He said that as the father of a young daughter, he couldn’t speak highly enough of this group of girls.

“They’re awesome role models.”He said skateboarding had entered

the mainstream in recent years and he had noticed the park evolve and become more family-friendly.

“Everyone is just there for the love of it. It’s much more inviting now.”

The Surely Skate crew have big plans. They have talked about holding a mini-contest and plan to take part in the council’s consultations to modernise the Alfred Cox Skate Park.

They’re hosting another group skate tomorrow from 2pm to 4pm and encourage anyone interested to come along and give it a go.

Anyone interested but lacking a skateboard can reach out to the Surely Skate Facebook page or Instagram. They have a couple of spares that can be borrowed.

EASY DOES IT: Sophee Hills gives Charlotte Jones a helping hand.

Skate reach broadened

OUT SKATING: Members of the Surely Skate crew enjoy a break from a skate in the sun. They are, back (from left): Serenity Jahnke, Asia Braithwaite and Gypsy Walder. Front: Charlotte Jones, Sophee Hills, Tessa Hills, Taylor Van Gulick Ngamare, Karunikah Pere-Walker and Renee Pearson. Absent: Georgia Richardson, Morgan Andrews, Ayumi Sato, Clare Milne, Ebony Pearson, Chanté Classon, Fern Jones, Gin Ordóñez, Keira Coogan, Krystal Smith, Nemeshia Blundell, Pippa Smith, Stevie Main and Riley Hoet. Pictures supplied