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by Tom Dillane, NZ Herald

IT was the one mundane location Aucklanders were allowed to venture to from their homes during a sunny lockdown afternoon and it turned into a nightmare.

Three people are fighting for life in hospital after that supermarket run.

The 32-year-old attacker is dead.For 60 horrific seconds, Countdown

supermarket in New Lynn yesterday turned into the site of an Isis-inspired terrorist attack.

A man under 24-hour police surveillance entered the supermarket about 2.30pm and grabbed a knife from the shelves before running through the aisles shouting.

A local man witnessed the very first moments of the attack which left him shaken.

“It literally happened in front of me. I was just buying stuff and walking toward the milk aisle, and then suddenly I heard a person shouting loudly ‘Allahu Akbar’ and just running,” the 34-year-old witness said.

“There was this lady in front of me and he jumped on her so she fell, so that person (the attacker) also sort of lost his balance. He also fell. Then he got up.

“I was behind so I couldn’t see his face but this person was wearing, like, a khaki jacket and he had a knife, a pretty big knife — I would say the size of his arm.

“It was very scary. It was like a mini sword, not like a full sword. She was lying on the floor. I have a feeling she may have got stabbed.”

He described the “slightly hefty” attacker as about 1.7 metres tall.

Another shopper, Amit Nand, told TV current affairs show The Project he confronted the terrorist in the supermarket after hearing screams.

“I saw a lady lying on the floor there bleeding and she was, like, ‘help, help’,” Nand said.

“And I thought to myself ‘I’ve got to do something’, you know, and then I saw the guy with the knife.”

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‘Looking at him, I knew he wanted to kill people’

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KNOWN TO POLICE: The terrorist attacker had been previously arrested for allegedly planning a “lone wolf” knife attack. Picture supplied to NZ Herald

TERROR ATTACK: An armed police officer outside the Countdown supermarket in New Lynn after an Isis-inspired terrorist attack left three people critically injured yesterday. The attacker was shot and killed by police. NZ Herald picture

CRITICALLY INJURED: A wounded shopper is transported from the supermarket to an ambulance after the terror attack in Auckland. The offender was shot by police officers. Picture by Alex Burton

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In response to a Gisborne Herald Facebook page request for pictures of lockdown activities, we got a bunch of shots of people doing all sorts of creative and interesting things.

We also received photos of some impressive works ranging from furniture to artwork to cakes.

For some, it is a career. For others, a hobby. And all shared one thing in common — passion for what they do.

Talent is abundant in Tairawhiti.As you can see.

TAIRAWHITI’S

GOT TALENT

FROM THE HEART: Sandra Parker says this lockdown waikawa artpiece was “made with love” after recently finishing a raranga (Maori weaving) course at Te Wananga o Aotearoa.

DREAM WEAVER: This beautiful pikau or backpack was made by talented weaver and tutor Talei Teariki, who described her material as “a free resource and it’s everywhere!” It features a paua toggle and the pattern is karu o te whenua and takirua.

LOCKDOWN . . . DOH!: Dee Grice and her whanau had to postpone son Darius’s sixth birthday but had “the awesome task” of consuming this Homer Simpson “masterpiece” of a cake made by Hailey of Hailey’s Homemade. “It was delicious,” said Dee.

MULTI-TALENTED: Jo Ellery-Matangi’s dragon-inspired piece is one string to her artistic bow. Jo says she does “all sorts” but never the same thing twice.

‘MY HAPPY PLACE’: That is how Karen Clune describes painting and drawing. Karen bought this Cape Cod chair off Facebook for $20 but was a little concerned at potential deterioration so marched into Resene with 12 tins of food which she swapped for test pots as part of Resene’s Hunger For Colour campaign for the Salvation Army . . . and the end result was this which she said “came up better than I expected”.

CHOC ROCKS: Hannah

Jairam and daughter

Neena combined talents to

paint rocks that looked

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RAINDROPS ARE FALLING FROM MY HEAD: Malia Thomas-Conole made a rain cloud creation for wacky hat day for her online school catch-up.

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WAINUI residents caught on “the east side of the Berlin Wall” have voiced their growing frustrations with a police checkpoint.

Earlier this week police established a static checkpoint on Moana Road but some “northern Wainui” residents are questioning the reasoning for placing a fixed police checkpoint they say has effectively created a “border gate” halfway along a suburban street.

One resident, who did not want to be named, said it felt like he was living on “the east side of the Berlin Wall”.

Another resident said the checkpoint was right outside his place and the red and white lights flashed through their home till 10pm. He and his wife were forced to withdraw to a bedroom at the rear of their house.

He also complained that although the logging tricks were waved through by the police, they had to decelerate and then take off again from the checkpoint, creating much more engine noise than usual.

Another resident said that at first it was a bit of a laugh going “across the border” but after a few days of being constantly questioned, it had become tiresome and unnecessary, considering the rest of Gisborne was going about their legitimate business without being “interrogated”.

“To go down to the local dairy for a loaf of bread, you are halted, lined up, flagged over and questioned while your (vehicle) registration number is recorded.

“You are asked, ‘Where are you going? What for? Where do you come from?’ and two minutes later you go through the whole process again on the way back.”

The checkpoint is there from around 8am to 10pm daily, with emergency lights flashing continuously.

“A number of police vehicles are involved and a dedicated contingent of police staff manning the blockade.

“I understand that the checkpoint was put their pretty much for political reasons — to stop Ngati Porou setting up their own checkpoint further up the Coast,” a resident on the “north side of the Wall” said.

“But it seems kind of dumb to decide the border between Gisborne and the East Coast is halfway along what is in fact a residential street.

“Why not at Tatapouri, Pouawa or even Whangara? At least then any traffic is obviously

heading up or down State Highway 35. “And at least then Makorori and Wainui

residents wouldn’t need to choke up the checkpoint going down the road for a bottle of milk.”

Another resident wanted to know what Gisborne city residents in lockdown in their own homes would find so compelling on the East Coast that it would make them break Covid emergency travel restrictions.

“And considering there have been no community cases of Covid anywhere near Gisborne, what is the perceived danger to people on the north side of the Wainui checkpoint?”

Area police commander Inspector Sam Aberahama said police always intended to review the fixed checkpoints and that will be done on Monday.

“Huge apologies to the members of the Wainui community who are unhappy with our checkpoint out there. We didn’t set out to upset local people’s lifestyles with it.

“But it is important that people realise that there are people on the East Coast who are extremely vulnerable, and running checkpoints at both ends of the coast was important to keep them safe.”

Frustration at ‘Berlin Wall’ checkpoint

THE BORDER: The static checkpoint on Moana Road at Wainui is frustrating some residents, who have questioned its location.”To go down to the local dairy for a loaf of bread, you are halted, lined up, flagged over and questioned while your registration number is recorded,” said one resident. “And two minutes later you go through the whole process again on the way back.” Picture by Gray Clapham

...at first it was a bit of a laugh going ‘across the border’ but after a few days of being constantly questioned, it had become tiresome and

unnecessary... — Wainui resident

by Alice Aneloni

NEARLY 60 percent of Tairawhiti’s population have had at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine after thousands of people were vaccinated last week.

But concerns have been raised about health equity as Maori record the lowest vaccine rate in the community.

As of Wednesday, 57 percent of Tairawhiti’s total population, 61 percent of Pasifika and 45 percent of Maori had received at least one dose of the vaccine.

Hauora Tairawhiti’s Te Waiora o Nukutaimemeha Maori Relationship Board chairman Na Raihania addressed the gap in vaccinations in simple terms.

“It’s not about the effort that has been put in, it’s just the result. We’ve got to lift that result,” he said.

By September 1, almost 37,000 doses of the vaccine had been given in Tairawhiti. Thirty-one percent of Tairawhiti’s general population over 12 was fully vaccinated, 22 percent of Maori and 33 percent of Pasifika.

At a Hauora Tairawhiti district health board Zoom meeting on Tuesday, board chair Kim Ngarimu said 6000 people received a vaccine last week.

Compared to other district health boards, Hauora Tairawhiti was seventh of 20 for delivering the first dose among the whole population, and 13th of 20 for the second dose, according to figures from August 29.

For the Maori population, Tairawhiti was third of 20 for the first dose and ninth of 20 for the second.

For Pasikifa, Tairawhiti was third of 20 for the first dose and fifth of 20 for the second dose.

“All of those levels of vaccination are above the national levels so I think that’s a fabulous effort on behalf of all our vaccination teams operating in the rohe,” Ms Ngarimu said.

The rate of vaccinations among Maori had been discussed she said.

“That’s the lowest vaccination cohort in our community and we’re very conscious of that.”

Hauora Tairawhiti was working with iwi partners to try to lift vaccination rates, she said.

“The real thing that we need to all be doing together is stimulating

demand because we do have the capacity and the vaccine supply to be vaccinating people.”

Hauora Tairawhiti chief executive Jim Green said in terms of equity around the vaccine, they were looking for “ideas” from the board or others around how they could continue to improve the situation.

“There is still that gap and absolutely it is something we need to be able to address.”

Mr Green said they were bringing vaccination to people with a variety of clinics, rural access on the East Coast and west, and now drive through.

Work needed to continue with iwi partners to get those rates of vaccinations up and getting people in the door, he said.

Ngati Porou Hauora had been vaccinating at Matakaoa on Monday, Turanga Health at Te Karaka and Waihirere this week.

“To be able to get into the communities where the whanau are and then get the whanau through the door and some great work going on there through our iwi providers and Toitu to provide the support, knowledge and encouragement for whanau to get out and be vaccinated.”

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A TRIO of men in a ute had a lucky escape from serious injury or worse this morning when their vehicle left a gravel road at the back of Whatatutu and went 100 metres down a bank.

The crash happened near Mangamaia Road, about nine kilometres inland from Whatatutu township at around 1am.

“The ute left the road and rolled,” a senior firefighter said.

“The vehicle went back on to its wheels after it rolled and finally came to rest around 100 metres down a bank.”

Another emergency services spokesman said the three young men — two aged 20 and the other 17 — were able to get out of the vehicle when it stopped and managed to crawl their way up the bank.

The three men suffered what were described as moderate injuries and were taken to Gisborne Hospital in two St John ambulances.

Firefighters from Gisborne, Whatatutu and Te Karaka attended the crash, along with police, and the paramedic and crewman from the Trust Tairawhiti Rescue Helicopter.

The chopper was unable to fly due to fog.

“They were very fortunate not to have suffered more serious injuries,” the senior firefighter said.

“We understand the alarm was raised by some companions in another vehicle.”

At the time The Herald went to print today there was no update available on the men’s treatment or conditions.

Lucky escape for trio as vehicle rolls 100m down bank

THE risk of a Delta outbreak in Gisborne has been deemed “very low” after it was found a building company brought in staff from Auckland.

The Gisborne Herald understands police attended a building site for a Kaianga Ora housing development yesterday morning.

Although police would not confirm the details or name of the company, Hauora Tairawhiti chief executive Jim Green confirmed the Ministry of Health had been alerted.

“Management of the situation has been discussed with Hauora Tairawhiti’s medical officer of health and an assessment of the risk to the Tairawhiti population has been deemed very low.”

Covid risk deemed ‘very low’ after Auckland staff brought in

POLICE say there is no clear evidence that a fire that badly damaged a unit in a two-storey duplex building in Munro Street on Thursday night was arson.

A fire started in a vehicle parked in a car port adjacent to the building, and spread from there to involve the dwelling.

The two people living there got out without injury.

“From the scene examination conducted yesterday by a specialist fire investigator and police there is no clear evidence that this was a case of arson,” said Detective Senior Sergeant Kevin Ford.

“It is considered likely the fire started around the vehicle and police continue to work to ascertain how it might have started.

“Anyone with information about this incident should contact Detective Sergeant Brent Griffiths.”

No clear evidence house fire was arson

Need to lift

Maori rate:

Raihania

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, September 4, 2021 NEWS 3

by Murray Robertson

THE Gisborne East Coast Cancer Society is $61,000 better off after the Daffodil Day sheep sale at the Matawhero Saleyards yesterday.

Matawhero reopened for the sale of stock yesterday under strict Covid-19 Level 3 requirements.

“We sold 330 head that were donated by the district’s farmers,” said PGG Wrighton auctioneer Chris Hurlstone.

“The result shows the huge generosity of the farming community and their support for the Cancer Society cause.”

The sale raised $40,000 last year.“Gisborne performs well ahead of

other regions when it comes to this sale each year, well above its weight, and well above regions that have a much bigger catchment than us,” Mr Hurlstone said.

“One of our donors brought forward 50 Romdale male lambs in one pen that sold for $299 a head, and they were our top pen.”

The stock are sold free of charge by PGG Wrightson.

“Credit must also go to the trucking companies who likewise bring the stock to the saleyards at no cost, and to the Daffodil Day sale coordinators around the district who ring around to line up the sheep for the sale,” Mr Hurlstone said.

“This was a really special sale in terms of its result, a result produced by a combined effort.”

Cancer Society fundraising and event coordinator Becky Burgess said the result has blown them away.

“It’s phenomenal — hard to put into words, and a huge testament to the generosity of our local farming community.

“A massive thanks to the ANZ Bank who help coordinate the sale and to PGG Wrightson.

“This will help offset the loss of the Daffodil Day street appeal majorly,” she said.

“We were down by a lot and this will be an amazing help.”

‘Phenomenal’ stock sale fundraiser

GREAT RESULT: The Cancer Society benefits to the tune of $61,000 from yesterday’s Daffodil Day sheep sale at the Matawhero saleyards. It has been described as a special sale. This pen of Romdales for example, the top sellers, made $299 a head. The Cancer Society were “blown away” at the outcome. See full sale report in Focus on the Land.

Picture by Liam Clayton

by Wynsley Wrigley

WORK on the Crawford Road section of the Wainui Road Cycleway will be completed before the New Year, Covid levels permitting.

Councillor Josh Wharehinga asked for an update on this work at the latest Gisborne District Council meeting, held by Zoom.

Last June, the council brought work on the Crawford Road section to a temporary halt when residents expressed concern

about the design and what some saw as poor consultation.

Cr Wharehinga asked about the expected date of completion of plantings, and installation of bollards and traffic calming measures. The end-of-August date in the council staff report had been affected by the lockdown.

The council had committed to a “specific undertaking” with residents, he said.

Council director of community lifelines David Wilson said staff would look at

plantings when the raised crossings were installed.

The raised crossings work did not have an August completion date because more community consultation was required.

Plantings were to be placed between the bollards but that was a difficult issue because of the narrow width of the bollards.

Staff were looking to plant in other areas.

Cr Wharehinga thanked council staff “for your mahi”, but said he was inquiring

about completion and consultation dates because he was expecting residents would ask him post-lockdown levels 4 and 3.

Mr Wilson said he would have to check with staff about consultation dates post lockdown.

The work was funded in the current financial year.

That meant work would definitely be completed before the new year depending on Covid lockdowns.

The staff report said the Wainui Road Cycleway was 95 percent completed.

Crawford Rd cycleway completion Covid-dependent

THE public are urged to keep getting vaccinated as immunisation numbers have decreased under Alert Level 3.

Hauora Tairawhiti spokeswoman Di Akurangi said vaccinators had noticed the trend with the public losing their sense of urgency.

“Please encourage your loved ones,” she said. “We all know how important it is to protect our whanau.”

Official figures show 5954 doses were administered in the week ending Sunday, August 29.

But the number of vaccines given on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, at Level 3, only totalled 798 and 656 compared to 952 and 878 on the same two days last week.

In all, 36,842 vaccines have been given in Tairawhiti — 23,917 first doses and 12,925 second doses.

That means 31 percent of the district

(aged over 12) have had both doses and 26 percent one dose.

The equivalent figures for Maori are 22 percent and 23 percent respectively, and for Pasifika, 33 percent and 28 percent.

The Poutama vaccinating clinic behind Gisborne Hospital will remain open for another week before reopening at the community clinic at 295 Palmerston Road.

The clinic is for walk-ins and appointments but operating hours do change. Check online to confirm.

The clinic operates from 9am to 3pm tomorrow.

The testing clinic at Palmerston Road has closed. Swabbing is now done by GPs.

The service is free and registration as a patient is not required.

The Harry Barker Reserve drive-through vaccination clinic will continue

to operate seven days a week, 10am to 4pm, until the district moves into Alert Level 2.

The Ngati Porou Hauora (NPH) Te Tini O Porou walk-in clinic will operate from 2pm to 7.30pm next week.

NPH and Turanga Health are also operating rural walk-in clinics next week.

Meanwhile, some people have raised concerns that they have not received a record card when getting vaccinated.

Some vaccination centres are not issuing cards under lockdown.

The main purpose of a card is to inform people of the date of their second vaccine, not to provide official proof of vaccination.

If official proof is required, go to the Ministry of Health website and fill out a proof of Covid-19 vaccination form.

Further information can be found at [email protected]

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PEACH, Colin WalterConyers. — Born 11thNovember 1931. Passedaway peacefully athome, on Thursdaymorning 2nd September2021. Loved husband ofPamela, married for 64years. Eldest brother ofthe late Betty, Edith,Gwen, the late Will,David and Geoff.Much-loved father andfather-in-law of Shelleyand Jonathan, andAngela and Rob.Grandfather of Rebekahand Gerhard, Nathanaeland Georgia, Jeremyand Esther, Abby andMike, Bethany, Josephand Kat, Naomi andJonny, Matthias andSiyanna, and Hope.Great-grandfather ofCharlotte, Tabitha,Mary-Beth, Immanual,Ezekiel, Hadassah,Lawrence, Seth,Azariah, Luka andHaven-Willow.Many thanks to LindsayStewart, Ruth Greenand the Hospice Teamfor their kind care.Special thanks to TimSalmond, HughGoodman and KellyNorris, Gilbert andMazelle, and theDialysis Team. A private cremationhas been held, and amemorial service forColin to be advised at afuture date.Stonehaven - Proudlymaking a difference

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ATKINSON, Janet(Jan). — On August 30, 2021, peacefully, at Christchurch Hospital, aged 86 years. Loved wife of the late Alan. Much-loved mother and mother-in-law of Peter and Rachel, Gill and John. Dearly loved Gran of Simon, James, Carmai, Ray, and Bronnie. Loving Great- Gran of 11, and Great- Great-Gran of one and a half. A heartfelt thank you to the staff and residents of Rose Court Rest Home for their care, support and friendship for Janet during her stay. Messages may be addressed to The Family of the late Janet Atkinson, C/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. A Memorial Service for Jan will be held on Sunday, September 12, via Zoom. For details, please email peterat [email protected]

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THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:

VOTE ONLINE: www.gisborneherald.co.nz

49% 38%

On the web

Is this lockdown going better than the last one for you and your family?

Last week’s question

Yes: 154; No: 118; Undecided: 39; Total: 311

Do you support the council’s proposal for lower speed limits on some local roads?

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

total 100 due to rounding

Yes No Undecided

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by Akula Sharma

REGISTERED funeral directors are an essential service and are permitted to carry out their duties in Alert Level 3.

David Parker, managing director at Evans Funeral Services, said during the Level 4 lockdown they had provided non-attendance funerals.

“People say goodbye to their deceased family member at home and then we take the body to the cemetery or crematorium,” he said.

“The cemetery is closed to the public, hence the burials were non-attendant which has been stressful for families. It is a stressful time for our staff as well.”

Mr Parker said under Level 4 they had some families from Gisborne who had chosen long-term embalming for the deceased so they could have a ceremony when alert levels were down to 2 or 1.

“We encountered this situation 10 years ago, when the cemetery was closed for three months, and so we are used to long-term embalming for delayed funerals.

“The deceased are kept in an open environment and not in a chiller.

“One of the things is, it does take a while for us to move down to the next alert level when you can have funerals. A lot of the families would want to travel at that stage.

“We will plan the services out so every one has their own individuality. With long-term embalming we can actually have people up to six months or more.”

Mr Parker said under Alert Level 3, viewings were only to be done in a registered funeral home with the number of people limited to 10.

“When someone passes away at home, the family can have the deceased there for as long as they need to say goodbye with no legal time frame. We give advice on a case-by-case basis.

“However, in a controlled environment to view, it must be in a registered funeral home.

“This way we can control the number

of people (no more than 10), ensure safe social distance and record their visit through QR code scan-ins.”

Mr Parker said uncertainty around the Covid-19 outbreak had affected families and their services, however, everyone had been sympathetic.

“People are understanding of the pressure we are under. And we are very sympathetic to them for not being able to attend a funeral. This has really shown New Zealand how important funerals are.

As a member of the Funeral Directors Assocation NZ, Evans have daily Zoom meetings to keep updated on the latest information, “as each day brings us different situations”.

“Evans Chapel also provides virtual funerals, where a family bubble of 10 can attend, and other family members can participate in the service. This is different from livestreaming, where the family and public can watch the funeral either live or at a later time.”

According to FDANZ guidelines, yesterday an updated Alert Level Order (No 10) had come into effect with the changes in Alert Level boundaries across the country.

This revised version of the order states “services for deceased persons or tupapaku including, for example, funeral homes, crematoria, or cemeteries” could travel across alert level boundaries as an essential service”.

Lockdown farewells

DESERTED: The Evans Funeral Chapel in Gladstone Road. Under Alert Level 3 regulations, only 10 people are allowed to attend a funeral. Picture supplied

‘This has shown NZ how important funerals are’

LOCKDOWN in Tairawhiti has gone better the second time around for many, according to The Gisborne Herald’s weekly web poll.

New Zealand went back into lockdown on August 17 after cases of Covid-19 were discovered in the community.

The Herald webpoll question was “Is this lockdown going better than the last one for you and your family?”

Out of 311 respondents, 49 percent (154 votes) answered “yes”, 38 percent (118 votes) “no”, and 13 percent (39 votes) were “undecided”.

For many voters, the lockdown was going well.

“I think I just know what I’m doing more. It doesn’t feel so alien to me, and my daughter is hooking up online via Google Classroom every day and is on top of her schoolwork more. So that makes me feel better knowing that she’s a lot more sorted this time around,” said a “yes” voter.

Some in the community were enjoying their time with family.

“It’s like having a paid holiday with the kids and the weather was a cracker and no take-outs, fantastic.”

A couple of voters felt better because they were more aware of the situation.

“I think this time we understand more and particularly with the Delta variant, realise how important isolating is.”

Another said: “There was no panic like last time.”

For those who were undecided or felt this lockdown was worse, there was a sense they were “over it,” as one said.

“It’s the same for me, but can’t speak for others!” said one “no” voter

“No better — no worse,” said another.“Just the same. But wonderful for our roads

to have respite again from overweight log trucks,” was another comment.

While stuck in Alert Level 4, one “no” voter was done with being restricted, saying, “I want to ride my horse.”

Nearly halffeel lockdownexperience isbetter this time

by Murray Robertson

THE Eastland Helicopter Rescue Trust has been forced to cancel its annual charity auction due to uncertainties around Covid-19 restrictions.

The auction has been one of the chopper trust’s major fundraisers each year since the first one, 14 years ago.

“Unfortunately, due to the uncertainty over New Zealand’s Covid Levels and the possibility that we will not be at Level 1 by Friday, September 17, we will have to cancel the auction

this year,” said trust chairman Patrick Willock.“It’s not a risk that the committee want to take.“We thank everyone for all for their support,

and while we are disappointed to have to make this decision we recognise that we must take our community into consideration.

“We look forward to seeing you all at the 2022 auction in September next year,” Mr Willock said.

The auction also had to be cancelled last year due to Covid restrictions.

In 2019 it raised around $90,000.“This will be a major cut in income for us,

especially when it compounds on the loss of last year’s auction.

“We do have reserves to keep the rescue chopper flying, but the loss of now two annual auctions is eating into those reserves.”

As part of the rescue helicopter trust’s contract with the Government it has to provide a community portion of the approximate $700,000 annual cost of keeping the helicopter and its crew operating.

“We are actively exploring alternative fundraising ventures,” Mr Willock said.

Second time unlucky for chopper appeal

by Jack Malcolm and Wynsley Wrigley

THE clubrooms kitchen of Tokararangi Sports Club in Te Araroa is getting a makeover, thanks to a household hardware chain’s promotion.

Products and materials worth $10,000 will be available to the club through the Bunnings Rugby Assist programme.

Club treasurer Hiria Shaw said members were excited when they found out their application had been successful.

“We’re all buzzing,” she said.The kitchen was part of an old building

and needed work.Club representative Ayla Evans said

the kitchen was old and run-down.“We were making do with what we

had,” she said.Club members were grateful for the

award. It would help the club with its hosting and improve morale.

Completing the application had been a painstaking and stressful process. She and several other members had prepared the entry over a two-week period.

As part of the application process, clubs had to provide a detailed plan and costings for their design.

Tokararangi plan summer working bees to do the improvements, which they expect to take four days.

They had also wanted to upgrade their bar facilities but could not complete the consenting process before the deadline for applications.

The Bunnings Rugby Assist programme has granted products and materials valued at $300,000 to help 20 rugby clubs around the country improve their facilities.

Programme ambassador Stephen Donald said he was looking forward to seeing the positive impact of the grants

at rugby clubs and in their communities.Donald, who kicked the decisive

penalty in the 2011 Rugby World Cup final, visited Tolaga Bay several years ago when Uawa Rugby Football Club won a similar grant.

Hiria Shaw said she did not know if the former All Black would visit Tokararangi after lockdown.

Tokararangi Sports Club has a netball team and runs a rugby sevens tournament every year in the Christmas-New Year holiday period. The club’s most prominent team is the rugby side that won the East Coast championship last year. This year they were beaten in the semifinals by eventual champions Uawa.

Bunnings Warehouse Gisborne manager Tracey Awatere said it was awesome to be able to help a local club.

“Not all regions had winners, and to be a part of it was special.”

Coast sports club gets ‘rugby assist’

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“He had a big knife on him and he was just saying ‘Allahu, Allahu’ and he had already stabbed two other people.”

Within 60 seconds of the attack beginning, the police strategic tactical team in plain clothes who were following the attacker closely enough to hear the first shouts of alarm had drawn their weapons and were directing shoppers to leave.

“I had another guy come in front of me and he was a cop and was like, ‘I’m an undercover cop, step back step back, I’m going to shoot him’,” Nand said.

“I stepped a metre back and then all I heard was like five shots . . . and he was on the floor.

“Looking at him, I knew he wanted to kill people.”

By the end of the attacker’s knife rampage, six innocent shoppers had been stabbed.

Workers in a nearby pharmacy had barricaded themselves inside, and shoppers covered in blood were being evacuated.

Three critical patients, and another in a serious condition, were taken to Auckland City Hospital. One person in a moderate condition is at Waitakere Hospital, and another in a moderate condition is at Middlemore Hospital.

“This was someone who was known to our national security agencies,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in Parliament last night.

“There are very few who fall into this category and I can give you this assurance.”

She said the attacker was ISIS-inspired.

Ardern also confirmed, “yes, I was personally aware of him,” adding she was devastated by the news of the terror attack.

“I’ve known about this individual for some time. By law we could not keep him in prison, so he was being monitored constantly,” she said.

“Yes (my heart sank) because I knew we had been doing everything we could, everything that we could. So yes, I was absolutely gutted.”

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster, speaking alongside Ms Ardern, said the man was “closely watched by surveillance teams and a strategic tactical team” as he travelled from his home in Glen Eden

to Countdown in New Lynn yesterday afternoon.

“I know this operation raises questions about whether the police could have done more,” Coster said.

“The reality is when you are surveilling someone on a 24-hour basis it is not possible to be immediately next to them.”

Coster said there was nothing to indicate before the attack that the man had travelled to New Lynn Countdown for anything other than a “routine shop”.

The terrorist attacker — known only as “S” for legal reasons — had been previously arrested for allegedly planning a “lone-wolf” knife attack.

S was considered a threat to public safety after twice buying large hunting knives and possessing Islamic State (ISIS) videos.

He had only recently been released from prison and was under constant surveillance from police, including an armed tactical team, and national security agencies.

Ardern said information about the 32-year-old attacker was covered by court suppression orders, which meant she could not reveal everything about him as she would have liked to last night.

But “in my view it is in the public

interest to share as much as we can” when they were able to legally.

“I know there will be many questions about this case and we have to confront and address each and every one of them,” she said.

A number of inquiries into the attack had already been launched last night, including by the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) and the Coroner.

The Prime Minister indicated she had prepared a timeline of the individual’s past that she intends to share with the public in the near future.

“You’ll see at every point the attempt we’ve made to use the law to the greatest extent we could,” Ardern said.

“The fact that he was in the community will be an illustration of the fact that we haven’t succeeded in using the law to the extent we would have liked. That is why he was being closely monitored at all times.

Touching on the man’s extremist views, Ardern described them as a “violent ideology and ISIS-inspired”, adding she was confident the man was a lone-wolf attacker.

“He obviously was a supporter of ISIS ideology. So however you choose to

describe that.”Auckland City Hospital had multiple

operating theatres running last night to treat the injured, who had suffered chest and neck wounds.

Two major abdominal cavity surgeries were under way, the Herald was told.

Coster confirmed none of the innocent people injured in yesterday’s attack was a police officer.

Ardern also made a plea to the public to cast the responsibility for yesterday’s attack purely with the individual, and not a religion or ethnicity.

“What happened today was despicable, it was hateful, it was wrong,” Ardern said.

“It was carried out by an individual, not a faith, not a culture, not an ethnicity, but an individual person who was gripped by ideology that is not supported here by anyone or any community. He alone carries the responsibility for these acts. Let that be where the judgement falls.”

The Prime Minister also assured she expects no reprisal attacks against the local Muslim community, despite a mosque on Waikaukau Road in Glen Eden, West Auckland, being under heavy police guard yesterday.

“The community here has been nothing but helpful and supportive,” Ardern said.

“It would be wrong to direct any frustration at anyone beyond this individual. That is who is culpable, that is who is responsible. No one else.”

Ardern also dismissed suggestions that a new Counter-Terrorism Legislation Bill currently coming back from select committee could have prevented yesterday’s attack if it had been in place.

The new bill amends the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 and Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Act 2019 and expands offences that can be categorised as a terrorist act.

“It’s purely speculative to say whether any difference in our law, or indeed any of the law changes we are pursuing now, would have made a difference in this case,” Ardern said.

“We’d already been progressing that, that law change is coming back from select committee, due to be back in the House, so that was under way.

“It would be really speculative of us to make an assumption that what happened here today would have necessarily been prevented by a law change that we’re currently progressing.”

A ‘despicable and ISIS-inspired’ act: PM

TERROR IN SUPERMARKET: Police and ambulance staff at New Lynn countdown following a terrorist atttack in which six people were stabbed. NZ Herald picture

WELLINGTON — National Party leader Judith Collins wants the Government to be able to strip citizenship or residency from those who have moved to New Zealand but then commit a violent act.

She is also defending her decision in 2013 when, as Justice Minister, she removed a review of counter-terrorism laws from the Law Commission’s work programme saying “there does not appear to be any substantial or urgent concerns arising from the operation of the (Terrorism Suppression) Act”.

The gap in the law has existed across successive governments and has come under scrutiny in the wake of the terror attack in Auckland yesterday, when a terrorist attacked six people in a supermarket before being shot by police who were surveiling him.

The man, who cannot be named because of court orders, had allegedly been planning a knife attack earlier this year, but he couldn’t be charged with planning a terrorist attack because it wasn’t an existing offence.

It is, however, an offence in the Counter

Terrorism Legislation Bill, currently before select committee, which the National Party supported at first reading.

Collins told RNZ this morning that she had texted Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last night offering National’s support to pass the bill into law under urgency.

Asked about her comments in 2013 about having no substantial or urgent concerns with New Zealand’s counter terrorism legislation, she said it was “really unfair” to ask her about decisions from eight years ago.

“You are asking me to reach back without notes to go back and look at eight years ago at decisions made by the Cabinet,” Collins told RNZ this morning.

She said she wasn’t going to second-guess Cabinet decisions — which would have been made in a particular context, and following consultation — from eight years ago.

The horrific events of yesterday showed a need for an ability for a government to remove citizenship or residency from someone who had been granted it and later committed a violent

crime, she said.“It is a privilege, not a right. I am offering

National’s support to work constructively with the Government to make this change.

She said the Immigration Minister should be able to revoke a residency visa if the holder of the visa does something that would fail the “good character” threshold. That would include being sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 12 months or more.

Under the Immigration Act, residency or permanent residency visas are cancelled if the holder is deported. Reasons for deportation include committing an offence that could lead to a jail term of at least three months within the first two years of residence, or one that could lead to a jail term of at least two years within the first five years of residence.

Currently the Minister of Internal Affairs can remove someone’s citizenship if they have taken on the citizenship or nationality of another country and “acted in a matter contrary to the interests of New Zealand”, or had acted fraudulently to gain citizenship in the first place.

Yesterday Ardern said it was speculative to consider whether the terrorist would have been in jail rather than in the community yesterday if the gap in the law had been filled earlier.

Planning a terrorist attack is an offence in the Counter Terrorism Legislation Bill that would carry a maximum penalty of seven years’ jail.

A conviction for this offence, if the bill had already become law before he was arrested, could have certainly landed the terrorist in jail after his sentencing in July this year.

Legal expert Andrew Geddis told RNZ that the man, a Sri Lankan national, could have been sentenced to jail anyway because he was convicted of possessing material that promoted terrorism.

But the judge decided to give him a supervision sentence, meaning he was allowed to be in the community with conditions, including undergoing a psychological assessment.

Geddis said it could not be known whether the judge might have chosen a jail term if the terrorist had also been convicted of planning a terrorist attack. — NZ Herald

Collins defends not fixing law years agoCalls for new law to strip citizenship, residency

OFFERING SUPPORT: National Party leader Judith Collins has offered her party’s support to pass the Counter Terrorism Legislation Bill under urgency. File picture

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AUCKLAND — Aucklanders will head into the weekend with a sliver of hope that the latest Covid-19 outbreak might be slowly coming under control.

Case numbers that peaked in the 80s last weekend have demonstrated a clear falling trend this week, finishing at 28 new community cases announced yesterday.

Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson called it “encouraging”. But cautious optimism about falling numbers was tempered with a warning that this outbreak could have a long tail, with cases continuing to pop up in Auckland for weeks.

Meanwhile, Robertson said the person who escaped from MIQ overnight on Wednesday posed “no risk to public safety”. The incident would be investigated thoroughly.

Joint Head of MIQ Brigadier Rose King said CCTV footage showed the man had left his room three times between 11.40pm on Wednesday and 1.04am on Thursday.

On the final occasion, he appeared to have gone down the fire stairs and left the grounds

after hiding in bushes as an MIQ staff member passed. The man walked from Ellerslie to Otahuhu in the middle of the night because he missed home, his parents told 1 News.

They reported him to authorities after finding him in their sleepout on Thursday and he was arrested. Robertson rejected criticism Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern should have told the public about the absconder at her 1pm briefing on Thursday, saying police were involved in an “evolving situation”. “We did not have any advice that there was a risk to public safety.” Covid-19 modeller Professor Shaun Hendy agreed yesterday’s numbers were hopeful.

“We’ve seen the clear downward trend this week that we were looking for so we can be reasonably confident now that Alert Level 4 is doing its job against Delta,” Hendy said.

He said a “September exit (from Level 4) is certainly looking more possible, but the risk still remains of a long tail as we experienced last year in the 2020 August outbreak”. — NZ Herald

Delta arm-wrestle may be turning Akld’s way

by Nicholas Jones, NZ Herald

AUCKLAND — The Health Minister has admitted there were gaps in hospital preparations for the Delta outbreak and that front-line workers are under “extraordinary pressure” in the latest phase of the pandemic.

In an interview with the Weekend Herald, Andrew Little acknowledged the strain could continue even if high immunisation coverage is achieved, because variants such as Delta will put the unvaccinated minority at significant risk.

The workforce is “not only having to deal with and adapt to responding to the Covid virus, but also, it is an understaffed system, there are a large number of vacancies, and public expectation about being kept safe is very high,” Little said.

“I get very disturbed when I get the stories, and there have been a lot of them, of nurses and other clinicians finishing their shifts absolutely exhausted, and finding it really hard to go back to work the next day.

“There is a lot of thinking about how we effectively respond. But actually what we need to do is build the workforce to the level it needs to be, and work on procedures that will keep them safe, both physically and mentally as well.”

Overall, district health boards had done extraordinary work preparing for the current and future outbreaks, he said, but “some things I think could have been done a little better.”

That included increasing intensive care capacity.

The Government has bought more ventilators and funded extra ICU beds, but specialists say actual day-to-day capacity hasn’t improved since the pandemic began. That’s because each patient needs one-to-one care by an ICU nurse. The nurses need years of training and experience and earn more overseas, including in Australia.

DHBs have emergency plans to scale up ICU capacity, including by seconding other staff to help under supervision. This week Auckland hospitals asked for up to 30 ICU nurses to be sent from elsewhere in the country to help manage workload increased by Delta.

“There was extra funding provided last year, and an online module for more nurses to do ICU learning, so that they could go into an ICU environment if they were called for,” Little said. “Some DHBs got on top of it. Others haven’t so much.

“And I have been working with the

ministry in the last couple weeks just to make sure we have a programme of work in the months ahead.”

Another area that will be a focus is ensuring DHBs fit their staff for respirator masks, Little said. The Weekend Herald recently revealed nurses at Auckland City Hospital who were yet to be fitted for a mask were nonetheless being asked to wear them. The fitting process takes about 20 minutes and is important to make sure airborne particles can’t get through.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins confirmed last month to the Herald that he had asked officials for advice on making the Pfizer vaccine mandatory for health workers in contact with confirmed Covid-19 cases.

Little indicated that mandatory order could be much broader and encompass much of the front-line health workforce. A decision would likely be made in the next few weeks, he said.

“We have been talking to health unions about that. When you just think about the level of risk, particularly in hospitals and other healthcare facilities, and now with these new variants upon us, and we have seen the impact of the Delta variant, we do have to take seriously the way we protect that front-line health workforce.”

National’s health spokesman, Dr Shane Reti, said yesterday that the Government should explain why more ICU bed spaces weren’t secured in the five months since Delta first appeared in MIQ facilities.

“Labour has clearly failed to listen to experts and the international experience in dealing with a Delta outbreak,” Reti said. “Despite the country now in the midst of such an outbreak, it still doesn’t have a plan to build up our ICU capacity, putting New Zealand lives at risk.”

National also wants visa categories to be reopened and residence applications prioritised for critical healthcare workers, as well as offering resident class visas on arrival to experienced nurses.

Shortly before this outbreak nearly 30,000 Kiwis were waiting too long for hospital attention. DHBs have estimated more than 4500 planned procedures have been postponed so far, not including first specialist appointments and follow-ups.

Said Little: “Even before this lockdown there were still some postponements that had to be managed. And this lockdown will cause some more.

“The DHBs are, as I observe it, co-ordinating a lot more with the help of the ministry as well, and are trying to get through those procedures.”

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CHRISTCHURCH — Twelve weeks ago Rachel Jordan lay broken and fighting for her life in a hospital bed after surviving a horror helicopter crash in Mid Canterbury.

She had significant injuries to her spine, ribs, sternum, arms, feet and lungs and underwent multiple surgeries.

Jordan was told she might not walk again, that it could be months until the extent of any paralysis was known.

But this week the Northland mum took her first steps — and is determined to return home to her family next week on a walking frame rather than a wheelchair.

It was a combination of pilot skill and absolute miracle they survived.

Jordan was in the front alongside pilot Lynda Harrap, and newlywed couple Fay El Hanafy and Mahdi Zougub were in the back.

They had just exchanged vows at the picturesque Terrace Downs Resort near Methven, about an hour out of Christchurch city.

The passengers were all a bit nervous, but also excited to get to the spectacular backdrop of the Southern Alps for their wedding photoshoot.

Just minutes after take-off the magic of the day turned to terror as the engine stopped dead in the Robinson R44 helicopter and it plunged to the ground.

All four on board were badly injured, their spines and legs bearing much of the brunt of the impact. Incredibly, all survived.

It has been a tremendously hard three months for Jordan since the crash on June 12.

She spent weeks in Christchurch Hospital before being transferred to Middlemore Hospital in Auckland.

It was closer to her home and easier for her husband Eric and son Evan to visit.

After a stint there she moved to a spinal rehabilitation unit and there, she has worked

hard to get back on her feet.“I was supposed to be going home today,” she

told the Weekend Herald yesterday morning.“But I decided to stay an extra week . . . I just

started walking two days ago, which is epic.“So I decided to stay so I practise more and

go home on the walking frame instead of in a wheelchair . . . I am going home walking.”

It’s likely Jordan will use both when discharged, and she has many months of rehab to go, but getting home is a huge milestone for the US-born photographer.

Since the crash she has had varying degrees of paralysis in her legs but said she always had feeling in parts.

When she got to the rehab facility she realised the back of her legs and buttocks were still paralysed and she had no idea if that was permanent.

“I was practising standing for three weeks,” she said.

“I was just working on leg movements, my legs didn’t want to move. Then eventually one leg moved and the other didn’t want to . . . but then two days ago I just started walking holding onto the bars. I felt great — I was so happy.”

The moment was bittersweet though; because of the Level 4 lockdown, Jordan’s family and friends have not been allowed into the facility.

Her friend had planned to film her first steps but that couldn’t happen.

Jordan is overjoyed anyway and cannot wait for people to see how far she has come.

“It’s been weeks now since I have seen my family and friends,” she said.

“It’s not easy when you can’t have visitors . . . my husband and son were coming down (from their Northland home) every weekend.

“It’s really hard on children when they can’t see a parent . . . when my son calls me he just cries.”

But in a week Jordan hopes to be back home with her family. She’s desperate to check on her

beloved garden and if she can’t navigate it on her walker she’ll get wheeled around to check on everything she has been missing.

She also intends on working — she has people keen to book photo shoots and various things to edit and finish from before the helicopter crash.

Mainly she will just be happy for some normality.

“In rehab, the biggest part is the mental side,” she said. “Being around friends and family helps to bring your mood up. When you don’t have that connection, it’s not easy.”

She reckons she has another three months of hard slog with rehab work before she is really back on her feet, but she’s ready for that.

For Jordan, that work is going to be easier than when she had no idea of what her body would ever be capable. “For a while I didn’t know what was going on, my legs and hips were paralysed and that stops your legs moving forward when you walk,” she explained.

“It was a waiting game to see if the muscles would stay paralysed and nobody could tell me anything. For me, the worst part was that I like to have goals but nobody could tell me if I was going to walk again . . . do anything again.

“Literally, no one knew.”Jordan said she was “stoked” with her

outcome and knew how lucky she was and how the crash could have turned out.

She said the newlyweds were also back walking and had been discharged from hospital.

They too had a lot of rehab to undergo but were positive about their future.

The couple and Jordan were already planning a redo of the wedding shoot. They were determined to get to the mountains as soon as they were well and could travel.

“But all on the ground,” Jordan laughed.“No helicopters please.”She had forged a “pretty special” bond with El

Hanafy and Zougub but had not heard personally from Harrap.

The Weekend Herald has inquired several times recently about Harrap’s recovery but her spokesman has not responded.

The crash is still under investigation by the Civil Aviation Authority.

‘I am going home walking’

AUCKLAND — A sinister cyber attack on one Kiwi computer user crippled the internet for many customers across major cities in New Zealand.

It sparked a network outage for a major broadband company, causing internet disruption across the country yesterday afternoon.

A spokesperson said the Vocus engineering team has confirmed the issue is related to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

Vocus owns Orcon, Slingshot. Flip, and Stuff Fibre, and so many of their customers would be impacted. It collectively holds close to 15 percent of the country’s broadband customers.

Vocus now says one customer was the subject of the DDos attack.

“A DDoS mitigation rule was updated to our Arbor DDoS platform to block the attack for the end customer.

“Based on initial investigations it was this rule change that disrupted service to a range of Vocus customers. We are working closely with the vendor of this platform to understand why this

occurred.“All customers are now back online

and once again we apologise for any disruption caused.”

The company said earlier that the attack caused internet problems for round 30 minutes.

“Clearly this wasn’t great timing with most of the country working from home, and we’d like to apologise for the interruption. Our engineers were able to resolve the problem quickly, and customers should have come back online automatically,” they said.

The sudden loss of internet hit users in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch at about 1.30pm yesterday.

Some users reported online connections had resumed about 2.10pm.

Chorus had posted to those without internet that the system was currently under maintenance and apologised to customers.

A spokesperson for Chorus says the company was currently going through their systems to make sure everything is working but at this stage everything

seems to be operating normally.The spokesperson said they will be

looking into what kind of support they can offer to Vocus.

Slingshot is reporting it’s also experiencing network issues affecting broadband connections and its website.

“We’re investigating urgently, and will share more news as soon as we can. Our apologies for the disruption,” it said in a tweet.

All Apple Pay or payWave options had been taken offline in the internet crash.

Those making electronic transactions on their phones at supermarkets had been left without means to pay.

Kiwibank posted on Twitter that there was a major problem with internet banking.

The bank said it had affected all services connected to its app and website.

“We’re looking into it at this moment with urgency,” the bank tweeted.

Security company NortonLifeLocks says criminals prepare for a DDoS attack by taking over thousands of computers. These are often referred to as “zombie computers”.

They form what is known as a “botnet” or network of bots. These are used to flood targeted websites, servers and networks with more data than they can accommodate.

A volume-based or “volumetric” DDoS attack sends massive amounts of traffic to overwhelm a network’s bandwidth, NortonLifeLock says.

The company says a DDoS attack has to be repelled at the internet service provider level, which often involves temporarily blocking traffic from certain IP addresses. — NZ Herald

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BACK ON HER OWN LEGS: Rachel Jordan taking her first steps three months after a near-fatal chopper crash. Picture supplied

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TAUPO — A man bashed his long-time partner so badly, she lost consciousness and later died in hospital.

But Darkie Cable tried to deny he killed Sam Shaylani Reid, instead concocting a story to police he was tending to his nearby cannabis crop when his partner fell off a deck at their home near Taupo.

Cable came clean about what he did to Reid on the day he was to face a charge of murder before a jury in the High Court at Rotorua on August 2.

The horrific details of Reid’s final days with her abusive partner have now been revealed in a summary of facts released to the Rotorua Daily Post.

Reid and Cable had been together for about 13 years. There had been five previous family harm incidents relating to the pair between 2008 and 2020.

As well as a charge of murder on January 25, 2020, Cable pleaded guilty to two counts of injuring Reid with intent to cause her grievous bodily harm a month earlier, on Boxing Day December 26, 2019.

The summary said the pair were together at Reid’s parent’s home in Maketu celebrating Boxing Day when the couple began arguing.

Cable dragged her outside by her hair and subjected her to a sustained physical assault, punching her in the face with a closed fist in front of family and friends.

Each punch was delivered with such force it caused Reid to fall to the ground.

He also kicked her several times in the head and

torso.Family and friends pleaded with Cable to stop,

but he responded threateningly saying: “You better f*** up! Stand there and watch or I’ll smash you.”

It eventually stopped when a neighbour confronted Cable. Reid fled to a relative’s house.

Later that night, Reid returned to the house. Cable again punched her in the head with a closed fist.

The punch was delivered with such ferocity it sent Reid’s head through the wall cladding causing the wallboards to splinter, the summary said.

Cable then grabbed her by her hair and threw her down a flight of stairs into a vehicle that was parked nearby.

While she was on the ground, he stood over her and said: “I’ll smash you in front of your cousin . . . I don’t care, I’ll smash all these c***s.”

He then dragged her by her hair around the side of the house and continued the attack, kicking and punching her.

Police later arrived and Cable fled the

scene. Reid was taken to Tauranga Hospital where she was treated for extensive bruising to her head, face and torso. She also had a conjunctival haemorrhage around her right eye.

Between this day and January 25, police were looking for Cable, but couldn’t find him.

The summary said Cable was no longer welcome at the Maketu house so the family moved to Te Toke Road, Ohaaki, near Taupo, where there was a porta-com building and a single-level dilapidated house.

The property adjoins neighbouring land where Cable’s half-brother and his partner lived.

Cable became enraged with Reid over a minor issue when he asked her to get some of his personal items from his vehicle. Reid did as she was asked, but didn’t get everything he wanted.

Cable then began assaulting Reid outside the porta-com on a grassed area.

He punched and kicked her several times.An autopsy was unable to confirm whether

a weapon had been used, but the force of the violence caused her to lose consciousness.

Cable then drove off and told his sister-in-law to go and help Reid. The pair then returned to their house and carried Reid inside.

Cable’s half-brother also came to help and Cable told the pair to tell emergency services he wasn’t there and that Reid had fallen off a deck.

Cable then hid at his half-brother’s house.Due to her critical injuries, she was taken

by ambulance to a nearby area where a rescue helicopter was able to land and she was airlifted to Waikato Hospital.

While paramedics waited, Cable went to where they were waiting and said someone had told him she was being taken away by ambulance.

He attempted to explain her injuries by telling them Reid had been renovating the house, had been drinking heavily lately, and smoking marijuana.

At the hospital, she was placed on life support, but due to the non-survivable nature of her injuries her life support was turned off and she died the next day.

The autopsy revealed the victim died as a result of blunt force trauma to her head that caused a large bleed on her brain and led directly to her death.

An assessment of the number of blows to Reid’s head and face was complicated by the existence of injuries from the earlier assault on Boxing Day.

When interviewed by police, Cable said on the morning of her injuries he wasn’t at home and had driven to attend to his cannabis plants near the State Highway 5 and Ohaaki Road area.

Reid has been described to the Rotorua Daily Post by her family as a beautiful and loving woman who could make anyone smile.

Cable will be sentenced on November 19 at the High Court in Hamilton. — NZME

HAMILTON — In a world-first, a Bachelor of Climate Change degree has been launched by Waikato University.

The three-year course combines science, an understanding of economic, social and political systems, plus Maori and Pacific responses to climate change.

Waikato University Dean of Science Professor Margaret Barbour said climate change was affecting the planet now, but progress towards fixing the problem was slow.

She said the degree was about creating graduates with a broad understanding of climate change who could talk to people within different disciplines.

“I’m a traditionally-trained scientist and I studied the impacts of climate change my whole career and I don’t know how humans work.

“Social scientists know how humans work, but they don’t know how the biophysical world works, so we need people who can reach outside their own discipline, so scientists like me can talk to economists, social

scientists and artists and all of those people from different areas with that common shared knowledge and common language.’’

She is surprised it has taken so long for a university to come up with the bachelor degree in climate change.

“I guess it is because universities are kind of old fashioned and we were trained within our discipline and it is kind of hard when you have been trained that way to reach outside and think about other ways of thinking . . . other ways of solving problems.’’

Barbour said that was absolutely what is needed right now.

“It is such a complex problem we need everyone, all the best minds working on it together.’’

She believes students with the degree will be in high demand from many organisations, such as insurance companies and councils.

Barbour says seven core papers form the basis of the degree which culminates in a third-year group project, where students will come together to work with a company, iwi or community group to solve a real climate change problem.

“Matauranga Maori (Maori knowledge) is woven through the qualification, requiring holistic thinking and a recognition that humans are part of the natural

world not above it. He oranga taiao, he oranga tangata.

Assistant Vice-Chancellor Sustainability, Professor Lynda Johnston, said as a guiding principle the University of Waikato benchmarks itself against the United Nations’

sustainable development goals.“To mark the launch of this

important degree, we commit to reducing our energy use and greenhouse gas emissions and to work towards being a carbon neutral university by 2030.”

— Radio NZ

University offers world-first climate change degree

STUDYING CLIMATE CHANGE: Seven core papers form the basis of the Climate Change degree which culminates in a third-year group project, where students will come together to work with a company, iwi or community group to solve a real climate change problem.

Waikato University Dean of Science Professor Margaret Barbour

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WELLINGTON — Cashies, under the table work, moonlighters.

Along with concerts, restaurants and sport fixtures, they are gone under Alert Level 4 lockdown rules.

However, unlike legitimate businesses, you cannot claim Government subsidies for money the Government does not know about . . .

The black economy is thriving in New Zealand.

In 2018, a report by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and Victoria University estimated that $800 million a year was not making it into the tax net — and that was only counting under-reported earnings by the self-employed.

John Cuthbertson, the NZ tax leader for Chartered Accountants ANZ, says it is reasonable to assume the real number is well over $1 billion, when you add in people who have no footprint inside the tax system.

The proceeds of crime is a whole other matter.

He says that would be another billion by itself.

But two factors we are seeing in this pandemic could be a catalyst for change. One is the absence of a safety net during lockdown for people who are under IRD’s radar; the other is the disappearance of cash. Many stores that remain open are opting for card-only payments, and people who have traditionally used cash are becoming more familiar and more trusting with internet transactions. Many of them now won’t go back.

The black — or shadow, cash, hidden, underground, grey, informal, cheating or parallel — economy refers to people who either operate entirely outside the tax and regulatory system (ghosts), or those who under-declare their income (moonlighters). The likely suspects are tradespeople, labourers or cleaners.

Cuthbertson compares attempts to shine a light on the hidden economy to changing attitudes towards drink-driving.

It will take generations, and some people will still do it.

As well as the Covid-driven accelerations, Cuthbertson says IRD education campaigns have gradually helped prod a change of attitude from the people who

are offering the cash.IRD received additional

funding of $85.2 million (over 10 years) in 2010 and an additional $25.4m (over five years) in 2015, to improve its ability to respond to the hidden economy.

Marketing campaigns have been ‘hearts and minds’ style messages, pointing out we all lose when one sector does not pay its fair share of tax.

Data capture by the IRD is another way the hidden economy is being revealed. From Bright Line tests on selling property, to information on the amount

of paint it takes to cover a house, it is all material that the tax department can weaponise if necessary.

Now when people pay their builder, plumber or electrician, they want the warranties that go with the work; codes of compliance signed off; nothing done that runs the risk of voiding your insurance.

“It’s false economy to have a cowboy turn up and run the risk of getting what you paid for,” Cuthbertson says.

Jobs for beers

One tradie spoken to by RNZ’s The Detail agrees that offers of cash jobs are happening less frequently; however, they are still happening.

“I think the black market economy is bigger than anybody possibly realises.

“I don’t think there would be

a single tradesman I know that doesn’t do cash jobs,” he says.

“I know a builder and most of his jobs are cash only — he’s not GST registered and wants to stay under the radar. He hoards it. He’s the richest person I know and he’s had the same vehicle for decades. He doesn’t like being in the system. He doesn’t advertise, he just gets his jobs from word of mouth.”

Cuthbertson says tradies view it as their right, as something they can do — the side hustle from their day jobs that buys their beers.

“But all this is tax fraud, in reality.”

Ghosts and moonlighters

The cost and hassle of business compliance is another reason people dodge their tax responsibilities.

Agnes* is a ‘ghost’ who has never been inside the system.

She is on a jobseeker benefit but has a medical exemption for a variety of reasons — she’s pretty much unemployable.

However, she’s also artistic and she started a craft-based business four years ago.

Agnes is not registered and she pays no tax.

Business has halted for her under the lockdown though because of supply issues.

“I started to do it (register)” she says, “but a whole load of stuff was involved in getting it up and running — compliance stuff. So I put it on the backburner.”

She was so broke she could

not afford the costs — no matter how minor — and “it was way too much hassle to sort the slightest things out with Work and Income New Zealand.

“The longer I can go without having anything to do with them, the better.”

Giving themselves a hand up

When it comes to low-level jobs, such as cleaning and gardening, Cuthbertson doubts there is an appetite — or social licence — to go after those doing those types of jobs under the table.

“I think most people would see that those people are actively trying to make ends meet and are doing something positive to support themselves.

“I don’t think people would knock that.

“It’s very hard — on the one hand everyone is paying for that shortfall in taxes, but the other point is that those people are helping themselves and not putting their hand out for a grant.”

During the lockdown, these are the same people whose children are no longer getting free meals at school; who are probably trying to cope with keeping the power on so their kids can take part in internet schooling; and who are paying extra at the supermarket as cheap brands disappear from the shelves.

Record-keeping and red tape

Before Auckland shut up shop, Henry* had 15-20 hours of work per week with a gardening-type franchise, but he also did about the same amount of landscaping work under the table.

“Some weeks it’s barely anything and other weeks it’s all go! It’s quite sporadic,” he says.

His wife Tracey* does all her work tax-free too — about 10 to 15 hours of cleaning.

It’s all been reduced to nothing, and he falls just short of being able to claim the full-time wage subsidy for his declared work.

The couple also get the accommodation supplement, a disability allowance for their child, and Working for Families; and thanks to their landlord offering a slight rent reduction during lockdown, they are getting by — in spite of the 30 to 40 percent loss of income.

Going completely legit is

something he has considered doing, but the record-keeping and red tape has put him off.

“Costs, expenses — it’s quite a rigmarole, record-keeping,” he says.

“And it’s more lucrative when you don’t have to pay tax.”

“People were offering me the work at really good rates and beggars can’t be choosers!

“I wasn’t going to turn it down.”

That extra work for cash is what he describes as just “happenstance”, but after two long bouts of enforced unemployment because of Covid lockdowns, things might change.

“Having all this extra free time has given me lots of time to reflect on the whole situation,” he says.

“I’ve been brainstorming about my whole career and about where I want to go.

“I have been thinking about becoming a full-time employee so that in these events at least I can get a full-time wage subsidy. It affected me the same last time. I don’t want to

repeat it.”However, it’s not the illegality

of what he’s doing that will make him change, and he doesn’t feel bad about not paying his share of tax.

“I’m not the only one. “There are lots of people doing

the same thing. “It’s not as if I’m not paying

other tax . . . I am paying tax. Why the hell should I declare (under the table work), you know, when I am already declaring work for my company?”

Here is one reason — some of his ‘cash’ jobs are actually paid in bank transfers.

So is he worried at all about getting caught up in an IRD data trawl?

“I hadn’t really thought of that . . .

“You’ve always got plausible deniability,” he says eventually.

“I can make something up.”“All we are trying to do is

move forward and make ends meet,” he says. “We’re not trying to rip off the system . . . we’re not dishonest people . . . we are good people.

“You can’t blame people for doing what they have to do to survive.

“I really don’t think the black economy is going to go anywhere soon.”

*Names have been changed

Lockdowns and lost tax dollars

‘ You can’t blame

people for doing what they have to do to survive

’ —*Henry

SOME JOBS GOING UNDER THE RADAR: When it comes to low-level jobs, such as gardening or cleaning, John Cuthbertson — the NZ tax leader for Chartered Accountants ANZ, doubts there is an appetite — or social licence — to go after those who are doing those types of jobs under the table. File picture

WELLINGTON — Sky Network Television and property companies Argosy and Stride finished the week in a buoyant mood off the back of some aggressive buying as the New Zealand sharemarket had another flat day.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index was up 8.39 points to 13,288.87, after reaching an intra-day low of 13,267.90 and high of 13321.01.

Trading was steady, with 58.6 million shares worth $171.93 million changing hands, and there were 80 gainers and 52 decliners over the whole market.

Sky TV has attracted renewed investor confidence this week, rising 25 percent with another 0.09c or 4.59 percent jump to a 20-month high of 20.5c.

Argosy increased 3.5c or 2.12 percent to $1.685 and Stride Property also gained 2c to $2.70 on the news they would be included in the

FTSE EPRA Nareit Global Real Estate Index on September 17. Stride was also being included in the FTSE Global Small Cap Index.

Vital Healthcare Property Trust missed out on the real estate index and fell 15c or 4.53 percent on Thursday, although it recovered 2c, to $3.18.

Matt Goodson, the managing director of Salt Funds Management, said there had been steady buying pressure in Argosy and Stride, and it would be interesting to see whether the buying had peaked ahead of the big index inclusion.

Mainfreight, down $1.06 to $95.45, was re-entering the FTSE Global Equity Index Series on September 17.

“It’s madness, really,” said Goodson. “Mainfreight fell out of the index in March last

year when its share price was in the mid to high $20 and the stock was too illiquid.

“Now, there are enough trades on the market

to send it back into the index when the share price is nearing $100.”

This week’s third New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme auction saw strong demand and the carbon price broke through the ceiling of $50 a tonne to $53.85. The price was expected to go higher, and the listed Carbon Fund increased another 2c to $1.95, after sitting at $1.67 on August 27.

The New Zealand ingenuity story, Rocket Lab, lifted off in its first week listed on the American Nasdaq Composite, rising US$1.49 ($2.09) or 14.69 percent to US$11.63.

At home, it was all quiet on the corporate news front. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare was back up again, gaining 5c to $33.45; Infratil collected 15c or 2.04 percent to $7.52; Genesis Energy increased 4c to $3.42; Briscoe Group was up 13c or 1.97 percent to $6.73; and Napier Port posted 10c or 3.17 percent to $3.25.

Re-opening stocks Auckland International

Airport gained 7c to $7.25, Serko climbed 32c or 4 percent to a new high of $8.32; and Air New Zealand was up 2.5c to $1.565. SkyCity Entertainment picked up 5c to $3.37.

Retirement village operators Ryman Healthcare rose 25c to $15.83; Summerset Group Holdings increased 10c to $15.50; and Oceania Healthcare was down 4c or 2.55 percent to $1.53.

Meal kit company My Food Bag was having a little revival and it was up 3c to $1.44, after hitting $1.27 on August 16. DGL Group rose 15c to $2.52; AMP gained 3c to $1.16; Move Logistics increased 5c to $1.75; Bremworth (formerly Cavalier Corporation) picked up 3c to 69c; and Refining NZ was up 2c to 98c.

Fletcher Building was down 8c to $7.35 on the day’s biggest individual trading worth $31.1m; Spark declined 6c to $4.83; Ebos Group fell 29c to $35.15; Restaurant Brands shed 49c to $15.41; and Delegat Group decreased 20c to $13.80.

— The New Zealand Herald

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by Clive Bibby

ONE thing farmers learn more quickly than anything else when dealing with climate change is that your survival will depend primarily on decisions that are based on what we know to be true.

Most of the reliable data used when planning for a changing environment will be gleaned from historical records that give clear indications of the likely success of any mitigating scheme introduced, that includes the lessons learned from past severe events. It’s just common sense but it usually works better than placing all our eggs in a basket of relatively-unknown alternatives.

So it is with the nation’s search for reliable clean-energy alternatives that will enable us to eliminate the traditional reliance on a mix that includes coal-fired power stations.

It would appear that those who make the decisions on the alternatives we can choose from have been given clear instructions from our political masters that large-scale hydro schemes are not on that list in any shape or form. More’s the pity!

This would appear to be the dumbest or most

flamboyantly irresponsible decree ever to emerge from Parliament buildings — and the evidence suggests that my suspicions are correct; current government policy appears to limit hydro-type schemes to those of limited capacity or, if they can be justified economically, to “pump hydro” energy storage.

These yet-to-be-tested plans for bolstering our clean energy plants fly in the face of all the data we would ever need that suggests the “big brother” hydro variety is by far the cheapest and most reliable form of energy supply we are ever likely to build in this country. And there is more than one good reason why we should build them wherever they can also be used to provide other “life saving” supplies to communities under siege from climate change, eg fresh drinking and irrigation water.

Why then are we not investing in the one thing we know to be a winner on more than one of the criteria that would determine viability and survival?

You guessed it — we are being forced to accept even more evidence of a Government that is controlled by ideological loons!

When it is clear that these large dams can become the saviour of provincial New Zealand, its people and its industries, and the flow-on effect

is equally beneficial to the large metropolitan communities with insatiable demand for clean energy, it beggars belief that (presumably) sane men and women are allowed to get away with this outrageous self-indulgence.

Getting back to the farming folk and the supporters of our industry — remember us, the backbone of the country that allows the Prime Minister the luxury of claiming “we are all in this together”, such is her and the country’s dependence on our survival.

It is shameful that the green lobby in the current Government is being allowed to dictate the parameters that determine the choices we should be making regarding our own survival.

My guess is that the reason they don’t want us to consider more freshwater storage with multi-purpose capacity is simply because it might alter the visual and environmental character of habitats that are home to the odd rare frog, dragonfly or endangered species of soldier ant.

No matter that the alternative considerations for clean energy generation are economically non-viable for small populations like ours, ie nuclear, or are currently notoriously unreliable suppliers at peak times, such as wind and solar.

It is madness verging on criminal assault, but what do l know? You be the judge.

Our energy giant that delivers

Re: Prepare for a hotter world, August 27 story.

For those who have the privilege of air conditioning in their homes, the threat of summer temperatures close to 40 degrees is not something to be feared. For those without air conditioning, the fear is real. There is ample evidence from overseas heatwaves

where the most vulnerable community members have died from extreme heat. Many of those people who have died include old people. Why not establish interest-free grants for people living in the Tairawhiti to instal air conditioning, then repay with their rates?

MAREE CONAGLEN

Extreme-heat fears real

Re: ‘There’s not going to be another one of her’, Aug 30.

Oh I am so sorry to hear this. What a gorgeous creature she was. Condolences and love to you Paul and all her family.

Yes, a cheeky humour and a deep spiritual energy about her and her work. We have lost a very special clay worker, culturally immersed within her tribe. Arohamai, arohanui kia koe Peggy. The small bowl I have of yours talks to me more than ever.

MIKE O’DONNELL, Paeroa

I’m so sad to read this news about Peggy.

She was such a warm, enthusiastic and talented lady. What a loss.

My thoughts are with her family.

LOUISE CARLILE

Beautiful woman. Warm and generous.

I met Peggy at the Gisborne pottery conference and connected with her at other pottery events . . . a wonderful potter.

BEV McKENZIE, Hamilton

Condolences, a huge loss

EDITORIAL

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS

For many rural residents the 2021 Tairawhiti Representation Review took an unexpected and unwelcome turn when the council voted eight to six last month for an initial proposal to end the ward system that has existed since the region’s then four councils — Gisborne City, Cook County, Waikohu County and Waiapu County — amalgamated in 1989 into a District Council that had eight rural and eight urban councillors.

Since then our population has become increasingly urban and representation arrangements have followed suit, to the point where it has been difficult to maintain the current split of four rural councillors and nine city-ward councillors.Because of this, at the last review in 2018 the council put forward a proposal for voting-at-large, like their initial proposal now (with the major change being a new division of five Maori ward councillors and eight general ward councillors).

The Local Government Commission rejected the council’s proposal three years ago, finding that it did not provide for effective representation of the rural areas, and that a ward system would continue to best provide for this. It therefore allowed the council to breach the +/-10 percent population rule for the two East Coast wards, the situation that had been the driver for the council’s at-large voting decision.

The council will hear a lot from rural ratepayers in the second round of public consultation that ends on September 16. Iwi chief executives indicated that they would be much more engaged in this consultation round as well, once there was an initial proposal to consider.

If the rural opposition voice is loud enough and unified enough, the council will seriously reconsider its initial decision. If this is the case, numbers-wise the general electoral population splits well into two rural-ward councillors and six city-ward councillors. That should be easy.

Whether the Maori ward is divided at all depends entirely on what tangata whenua want. That is not just what iwi organisations want, of course, but the voice that comes through from individual Maori-roll submitters as well.

Maori-roll electoral population numbers do not divide evenly between rural and urban; effectively there are the numbers for one-and-a-half rural Maori-ward councillors and three-and-a-half urban Maori ward councillors. There is, however, an ideally-sized electoral population for an East Coast Maori-roll ward.

Is that where this review could end up for rural representation — two general rural councillors and an East Coast Maori-ward councillor?

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Re: Clean up after your mutts! September 2 letter.

“Annoyed”, I have to agree with you. Time the council introduced fines for people who do not carry bags and/or pick up after their dogs.

DAVE

The council cannot even manage to keep the dogs in this district chipped and tagged, or even inside people’s property boundaries.

You think the council can

handle any more responsibility?

JOHN ADAMS

This is a huge problem with dog owners walking the back road of Kaiti Hill, coming down Endcliffe Road. I am constantly shooing dogs off my lawn, while the owners rush past with a short glance. I feel like installing an automated sprinkler.

OVER IT TOO

Cleaning up, controlling

Re: Honoured for achievements in accounting, August 28 story.

What a very smartly written article. Well done Gisborne Herald. Ka pai Kylie Potae.

ALISON POHATU

Nice story

Re: ‘You can’t want us just for rugby’, August 15 story.

Kapai Susana, so proud you are finding your way in Tairawhiti . . . I am from there but am living in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Gisborne will always be home to me

. . . I went to Kaiti School, Gisborne Intermediate, Gisborne Girls’ High.

Encourage your daughters to be who they are . . . Go go go

MARY McCLUTCHIEKalgoorlie, WA

Always home to me . . .

What a great idea to have a poetry competition. Sam Mason-Green and Amy Adcock — what great poetry, I hope you both keep writing. Helayna, your poem deserved to win the competition. Truly a wonderful, thought-provoking read. I loved the ending about turning off the devices and the noise. I read recently that “silent” and “listen” are made up of the same letters.

HEATHER van WYK

Well done to all our poets . . .

Re: Flopsy? Mopsy? September 3 story.

He turns up at our place every couple of days. Wants to play with our two cats, who are a bit unsure of their big furry friend.

MURRY

Cat friendly

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, September 4, 2021 OPINION 13

PANJSHIR — Three Taliban sources said the Islamist militia had on Friday (local time) seized the Panjshir valley north of Kabul — the last province of Afghanistan holding out against it, although a resistance leader denied Panjshir had fallen.

“By the grace of Allah Almighty, we are in control of the entire Afghanistan. The troublemakers have been defeated and Panjshir is now under our command,” said one Taliban commander.

It was not immediately possible to confirm the reports, but deafening volleys of celebratory gunfire resounded all over Kabul and Facebook accounts were full of mentions of the fall of Panjshir.

A BBC World journalist posted a video clip on Twitter in which former Vice President Amrullah Saleh — one of the leaders of the opposition forces — said he was still in the valley.

“There is no doubt we are in a difficult situation. We are under invasion by the Taliban,” he said.

“But we have resisted.”He also tweeted to say: “The

resistance is continuing. I am here on my soil, holding out.”

His son, Ebadullah Saleh, also dismissed reports of the fall of Panjshir, where thousands of fighters from regional militias and remnants of the old government’s forces had massed under the leadership of Ahmad Massoud, the son of late Mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Massoud himself tweeted: “News of Panjshir conquests is circulating on Pakistani media. This is a lie.”

There had been reports of heavy fighting and casualties

in the valley, which was walled off by mountains, except for a narrow entrance and had held out against Soviet occupation as well as the previous Taliban government that was ousted in 2001.

The Taliban seized Kabul on August 15 after rapid advances across Afghanistan.

Earlier, Taliban sources said the group’s co-founder, Mullah Abdul Ghani, Baradar would lead a new Afghan government, which was set to be announced soon.

Its immediate priority might be to avert the collapse of an economy grappling with drought and the ravages of a 20-year conflict that killed around 240,000 Afghans before US forces completed a tumultuous withdrawal on August 30.

Afghanistan was now not only facing a humanitarian

disaster but also threats to its security from rival jihadist groups, including a local offshoot of the Islamic State.

Baradar would be joined by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban co-founder Mullah Omar, and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai in senior positions, three sources said.

“All the top leaders have arrived in Kabul, where preparations are in the final stages to announce the new government,” a Taliban official said.

Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s supreme religious leader, would focus on religious matters and governance, another Taliban source said.

While Taliban officials have spoken of wanting to form a consensus government, a source close to the movement

said the interim government would consist solely of Taliban members.

Also being planned within six to eight months was a grand assembly, bringing together representatives from across Afghan society to discuss a constitution and the structure of the future government, the source said.

However, without the aid that had sustained the country for years, the Taliban would find it hard to avert economic collapse.

Western powers said they were prepared to engage with the Taliban and send humanitarian aid, but that formal recognition of the government and broader economic assistance would depend on action — not just promises — to safeguard human rights

The United States, the European Union and others have cast doubt on the Taliban’s assurances.

Rights of women

Meanwhile, dozens of women protested near the presidential palace in Kabul, urging the Taliban to respect their rights and their significant gains in education and in the workforce over the past two decades. “Our demonstrations are because, without the presence of women, no society will prosper,” said Fatema Etemadi, one of the protesters.

Footage obtained by Reuters showed most of the women dispersing after an armed Taliban militant intervened.

Afghanistan’s 250 female judges were particularly afraid of men they jailed who had now been freed by the Taliban.

— Reuters story via Newshub.

Taliban claims victory over final holdouts

BIDEN VISITS IDA-RAVAGED LOUISIANA: US President Joe Biden talked, comforted and took selfies with residents as he toured a neighbourhood affected by Hurricane Ida, on Friday (local time), in LaPlace, Louisiana. — AP AP picture See also page 15

BRISBANE — A nervous wait lies ahead for Queenslanders after a four-year-old girl tested positive to Covid-19 in Queensland’s south-east yesterday.

Speaking on ABC News Breakfast this morning, infectious diseases expert Dr Paul Griffin said if the state hoped to keep the objective at zero cases in the community, locking down hard and fast must be considered.

He said the state was “certainly in a precarious position”, but it would all depend on today’s numbers.

“Lockdown has to be something initiated fairly readily,” Griffin said.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if we do see that notice in coming days but it really depends on today.

“I think if there are more cases then I think it’s clear a lockdown will follow.”

Meanwhile, yesterday, the UK slammed Australia’s lockdowns and border closures.

Australia was criticised as being a “Covid prison” on the front page of Britain’s The Times newspaper, as an international backlash grew over the nation’s endless lockdowns and border closures.

The Times described Australia as “lecturing the world” on how to control Covid-19, only to have that illusion shattered by the raging Delta variant.

The front-page pointer for the story stated: “Covid prison: how Australia lost its freedom” and featured an image of a beach with a “closed” sign.

While Australia’s ‘zero Covid’ approach was seemingly the envy of the world last year (along with New Zealand’s approach), the rising cases after the Delta variant entered the country and the lockdowns that followed have increasingly left overseas audiences shocked when at the same time international cities were reopening after the majority of their citizens had been fully vaccinated.

“After a year celebrating pandemic death rates that were infinitesimal compared with those in the UK and the US, and lecturing the world on the superiority of its Covid-19 elimination strategy, Australia’s success was shattered by the mid-June arrival of the Delta variant,” the Times article stated. — Agencies

See also page 18

Queensland

on edge after

four-year-old

tests positive‘We are now in control of the whole of Afghanistan’

WOMEN WORRIED: Women gather to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan. As the world watched intently for clues on how the Taliban would govern, their treatment of the media would be a key indicator, along with their policies towards women. AP picture

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said he will step down, setting the stage for a new premier after his one-year tenure, which has been marred by an unpopular Covid response and dwindling public support.

Suga, who took over after Shinzo Abe resigned last September citing ill health, has seen his support ratings sink to below 30 percent, as the nation struggles with its worst wave of Covid-19 infections ahead of a general election this year.

Suga did not capitalise on his last major achievement — hosting the Olympics, which were postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic, months before Suga took office as coronavirus cases surged in Japan.

Suga’s decision to not run in a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) election in September means the party will choose a new leader, who will become prime minister.

— Reuters/RNZ

Japan’s struggling prime minister set to step down

Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga.

AP picture

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, September 4, 202114 WORLD

ELIZABETH, NJ — Police went door to door in search of more possible victims and drew up lists of the missing as the death toll rose to 49 on Friday (local time), in the wake of the catastrophic flooding across parts of Northeastern US, caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

The disaster underscored with heartbreaking clarity how vulnerable the US was to the extreme weather that climate change was causing.

In its wake, officials weighed far-reaching new measures to save lives in future storms.

More than three days after the hurricane blew ashore in Louisiana, Ida’s rainy remains hit the Northeast with stunning fury on Wednesday and Thursday, submerging cars, swamping subway stations and basement apartments, and drowning people across five US states.

The intense rain had overwhelmed urban-drainage systems, which were never meant to handle so much water in such a short space of time — a record 76mm in just an hour in New

York City. Seven rivers in Northeastern US had

reached their highest levels on record, Dartmouth University researcher, Evan Dethier, said.

On Friday, communities laboured to haul away ruined vehicles, pump out homes and highways, clear away muck and other debris and restore mass-transit services.

Even after the clouds gave way to blue skies, some rivers and streams were still rising.

Part of the swollen Passaic River in New Jersey was not expected to crest until Friday night.

“People think it’s beautiful outside, which it is, but they think this thing is behind us and we can go back to business as usual, but we’re not there yet,” New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy warned.

At least 25 people had perished in New Jersey.

Most people had drowned after their vehicles were caught up in the flash floods. A family of three and their neighbour were all killed as up to 4 metres of water filled their apartments

in Elizabeth, New Jersey.Across the street, Jennifer Vilchez

said she could hear people crying, “Help! Help!” from their windows. At least six people remained missing in the state, Murphy said.

In New York City, 11 people had died when they were unable to escape from the rising water levels in their low-lying apartments. One man, a woman and a two-year-old boy perished as their street turned into a raging gully, hemmed in by a concrete wall on the nearby Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Some of New York’s subways were running on Friday, but with delays.

North of the city, commuter train services remained suspended or severely curtailed.

In the Hudson Valley, train tracks were covered in several metres of mud.

Floodwaters and a falling tree also took lives in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York.

While the storm ravaged homes and the electrical grid in Louisiana and Mississippi, leaving more than 800,000 people without power as of Friday, it

seemingly proved more lethal over 1600km away, where the Northeastern US death toll outstripped the 13 lives reported lost so far in the Deep South.

Ida was the deadliest hurricane in

the US in four years.US President Joe Biden visited parts

of flood-ravaged Louisiana on Friday, to comfort and talk with residents of some neighbourhoods there. — AP

Searches, sorrow in Ida’s wake

IDA’S REMNANTS: Vehicles are pictured here submerged in flood waters in Norristown, PA, in the aftermath of severe downpours from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. AP picture

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NEW National Party spokesperson for agriculture Barbara Kuriger says working from the grassroots up rather than the top down is how she will be tackling her new responsibilities.

Mrs Kuriger’s change in portfolio sees her Rural Communities role go to Southland MP Joseph Mooney, under a minor reshuffle released by Party leader Judith Collins on Saturday.

She retains Energy and Natural Resources, as well as Food Safety.

The Taranaki-King Country MP, who has been speaking with rural leaders and advocacy groups since the decision was announced, says she and her team are “fizzing and ready to go” . . . and she’s not mincing her words.

“Labour has drafted a raft of regulations, altered others, and enacted unintended uses of various bits of legislation, leading to the enormous pressure now on the agricultural sector.

“Farmers have had a gutsful. It’s too much, too fast.

“Part of my new role is to hold the Government to account, and I have yet to see a workable and warranted proposal from them.

“Creating change with no concept of food production is not helpful or useful, she says.

“As I said in my September column sent out last week, the broad-brush approach to farming will do nothing to either fix or support what they claim the outcomes will be.

“Nor do they include regional/local differences or support the hundreds of grassroots initiatives, catchment, conservation and land care groups that have been working well for years, some for decades,” Mrs Kuriger says.

“They don’t even consider the voluntary work done by rural communities, farmers and private landowners, who have already placed thousands of hectares under covenants.

“The common sense thing for the Government to do is stop.

“Take one piece of whatever you want to do Labour, and talk to the ag sector first, then you might be able to draft something that makes sense to everyone.

“If you need a hand, I’m happy to help.”

National MP embracing role

by Trevor Brown

IT was a tremendous fundraising event for the Gisborne Cancer Society at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, where a total of 338 sheep donated by local farmers sold for $61,000, up $20,000 on 2020.

Acknowledgement should also be made to PGG Wrightson and staff, who sold these sheep free of commission and yard fees.

The sale highlight was the auction of 50 huge wether lambs from a generous Matawai farmer. These sold for the top price of $299 per head.

The Cancer Society also sold two prime ewes for $275.

Overall prices were firmer on the previous sale, which was prior to the Alert Level 4 lockdown.

There were 1392 sheep and seven feeder calves sold.

Colin Kerr sold a pen of five Hereford X feeder bull feeder calves for $160 and two heifer calves for $108.

Best prices — Prime lambs: Cancer Society

Gisborne, 14, $277, 1, $236, 25, $193, 9, $187; Turihaua Station Ltd, 7, $228; Puketia Station P/S, 7, $225, 2, $190; Waikura Ltd, 1, $202, 2, $195, 2, $187; Lance Smith, 1, $191.

Prime ewes: Cancer Society Gisborne, 2, $275, 16, $222, 32,

$195; K and J Gillies, 4, $275; Lance Smith, 1, $227; Waikura Ltd, 12, $207, 2, $140; Emirau Station, 6, $200; EL Pollitt, 2, $180; Andrew Falloon, 15, $170.

Store male lambs: Cancer Society Gisborne, 50, $299; MD and CA Utting, 28, $190, 6, 7, $187; Makeretu Station — Harris, 22, $184; Mataraoa Station, 38, $171, 57, $141, 48, $103; Turihaua Station, 2, $171.

Store ewe lambs: MD and CA Utting, 22, $176; 6, $166; Mataraoa Station, 68, $161, 160,

$167.50, 59, $131, 29, $101; Homebush Station Ltd, 51, $149, 28, $130; Cancer Society Gisborne, 4, $130; Waikura Ltd, 9, $113.

Store mixed-sex lambs: Puketia Station P/S, 13, $180, 6, $150, 5, $80; Cancer Society Gisborne, 28, $155, 61, $141, 7, $105, 24, $80, 6, $30; Pukemata Station, 14, $121, 14, $98; IFL, 33, $120.

Store ewes: Cancer Society Gisborne, 31, $180; Waikura Ltd, 8, $175.

Successful fundraiser as yard reopensWOOL growers certified to the New

Zealand Farm Assurance Programme (NZFAP) can now promote and sell their wool as Farm Assured.

It follows the National Council of New Zealand Wool Interests (NCNZWI) adopting the New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme (NZFAP) as a National Standard for Wool in May.

Nick Beeby, chairman of New Zealand Farm Assurance Incorporated (NZFAI), which owns and manages the NZFAP, said the milestone provides a substantial boost for the wool industry.

“This initiative provides the sector with an opportunity to add value to our national wool crop by locking in New Zealand’s unique farming systems and the natural and sustainable qualities of wool.

“All NZFAP certified farms growing wool will be able to promote and sell Farm Assured wool provided that the company handling the wool is an NZFAI member, the wool is going directly into an NZFAI-approved wool facility, and the wool leaving the property is accompanied by an NZFAI wool specification sheet that includes the NZFAP farm assurance code.”

The new requirements have been established by the NZFAI in partnership with 23 NCNZWI wool companies, resulting in a rigorous wool facility and exporter protocol, said Mr Beeby.

“This helps to uphold the integrity of NZFAP and provides assurances to customers of the transparency, sustainability, biosecurity, and animal welfare of the wool products they purchase.

“This initiative galvanises the primary industry collaborative power and positions the 23 NZFAI wool member companies in a much stronger collaborative position to add value by promoting New Zealand wool to the more discerning and socially conscious consumers.”

Boost for the wool industry

SELLING AGAIN: The Matawhero saleyards were back in action yesterday after a two-week shutdown. Nearly 1400 head changed hands and about 330 of them sold as part of the Cancer Society Daffodil Day fundraiser and they realised $61,000 for the cause. Picture by Liam Clayton

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Te Karaka - Rangatira Scout Hall Saturday 18th September 11am-7pm

Matawai - Community Hall Tuesday 21st September 11am-6pm

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Maximising Mating R2 Heifers and Beyond!!

Cattle seem to have done it tough this winter and there are numerous reports around the district that yearling cattle are behind in liveweights compared to previous years. � is is not of any real surprise when considering the severity of the autumn drought and the resulting lack of feed going through winter.

Mating yearling heifers isn’t for everyone and it is a decision that needs to be made every year. On some farms there just isn’t the feed available to guarantee success every year. It is likely that this year there should be some farms that should not mate their R2 heifers due to a lack of size. It is worth noting that not all the heifers have to be mated – you could choose to mate 30/50/70% or whatever.

Liveweight targets should be set early and monitoring done to ensure that you know if your heifers are on the right growth path. Age and weight are the driving factors for heifers to reach puberty, so essentially liveweight drives performance.

� e liveweight target for R2 heifers prior to mating needs to be a minimum of 60% of mature cow weight. Now, when I ask all our farmers ‘what do your cows weigh?’ – it’s amazing, because I get the same response… 500kg!! However, when we go on farm and actually weigh a sample of cows, not only does the variability of cow weights amaze everyone but also the average weight of the cows. It is not uncommon to see a variation of 300kg between the heaviest and lightest cow and generally the average is more like 550-580kg!!

So if your cows are 550kg average liveweight, the liveweight target for heifers at mating needs to be 330kg at mating to ensure they have hit puberty and are cycling prior to being introduced to the bull. On most hill country properties that equates to having a 180kg weaner heifer and requires a growth of 60kg over autumn and winter (400g/day) and 90kg of liveweight over spring (1kg/day). � is is for a 1 December mating – if you are mating earlier than this your growth rates will need to be diff erent.

It is worth noting that the fi nancial benefi ts of mating your heifers can be very lucrative but it requires the animals to stay in the production system for many years and not drop out because they have struggled after calving as a heifer. A target that most farmers tend to forget about is that the cows need to be at 85% of their mature bodyweight at 27months (R3) for the next weighting. In this example, target would be 470kg.

Farmers who manage this class of stock well, can get over 90% in calf in both age groups.

To achieve these types of targets the heifers require priority feeding – essentially they are a priority class of stock from weaning to the end of mating as a rising 3-year-old. � is can be achieved by utilising winter crops or grass rotations with or without supplements, but the key message here is that this needs to be planned well in advance to ensure success in this class of stock.

by Andrew CribbDirector/veterinarian at

East Coast Farm Vets

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COMMENT by Toby Williams (Gisborne-Wairoa Federated Farmers president)

ONE of the great things about being a member of Federated Farmers is having connections to some of the best policy people in the land.

In the last piece I wrote I talked about the frustrations over GDC staff being unwilling to be flexible in granting an extension to the time frame around this part of the representation review consultation process.

I flicked a message through to our policy team to see whether they had some advice around further steps we were able to take or any advice they had to offer.

Nigel Billings got back to me and council chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann is correct that there are statutory requirements that need to be followed.

The council needs to leave enough time to make the decision and if it is appealed, have a hearing by the local body commission before the 2022 elections.

But the time frame is for the entire process not just this section, as the CEO has suggested.

There is a minimum requirement.The Local Electoral Act 2001, at s.19M,

states the consultation period for an initial proposal should be “. . . not less than one month”.

There is no set upper limit that Nigel was able to find.

Given that we were only asking for a short extension to this period it should not have been a problem for the council to approve this.

It definitely does not need ministerial intervention.

Extensions and delays to consultation

periods have been granted for much more frivolous decisions the council has had to make in the past so it makes you wonder whether there is a hidden agenda at play.

Further to this we received some guidance from the Government and the GDC around what Alert Level 2 lockdown will look like and what can and cannot happen and the rules around gatherings and so forth.

These new rules make it near impossible for us to safely host public meetings at Alert Level 2.

We have held a virtual meeting with our current rural councillors and we are all in agreement.

We are not comfortable, given the current guidance at Level 2, that we would be able to host meetings and keep people safe. While this is disappointing, we are going to

have to change tack with how we engage with rural people to make sure that they have their say.

Virtual meetings are a possibility, however, with the limited connectivity around our region, we do not believe that we would get adequate engagement from the people we are

seeking to meet with.This is where we need you.We need as many rural people as possible

to have their say.For many, the council’s submission form

will have been received in the mail or it will be arriving shortly.

Fill it out as soon as possible and send it back to the council.

Alternatively, for those who are more computer savvy and you can complete the form online. It is quick and easy.

You will also notice there is an advertisement from us in The Herald.

On it are our suggested answers that you

could use to help support our submission.We will have a detailed submission to

present to the council but our voice alone will not be enough.

If you are comfortable speaking to your submission please do.

Many voices supporting the retention of rural wards will help us convince the council to keep them.

Head to https://tinyurl.com/5dvwec72 to make an online submission.

Making rural voices heard

AROUND 1600 people have had a vaccination at the Turanga Health rural Covid-19 vaccination clinics since they began in late July.

Reweti Ropiha, chief executive of Turanga Health, said the rural clinics have proved highly successful.

“To have carried out 1600 vaccinations is a great effort and the rural community can be congratulated for taking the opportunity to attend these clinics in their districts.”

People in rural districts should check out the rural roll-out timetable on page 16 of The Herald and mark their calendar for the next rural clinic visit.

“It is timely to note that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has stated that if the Government had to slow down the vaccine roll-out due to any inability to secure more supplies, then it has not ruled out slowing or halting new bookings in other regions so it can concentrate on Auckland,” Mr Ropiha said.

“This makes it even more important for you, your whanau and farm employees not to miss the next clinic in your district.”

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HAVE YOUR SAY: Gisborne East Coast Federated Farmers president Toby Williams is urging rural people to have their voices heard by making a submission in the upcoming GDC representation review. Picture supplied

Many voices supporting the retention of rural wards will help us convince the council to keep them.

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WASHINGTON, DC — The Covid-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing many US hospitals to pay top dollar to get the help they need to handle the crush of patients over summer.

The problem, health leaders say, is two-fold: nurses are quitting or retiring, because they are feeling exhausted or demoralised by the crisis. And many are leaving for lucrative temporary jobs with travelling-nurse agencies that can pay US$5000 or more a week.

It has reached the stage where doctors are saying: “Maybe I should quit being a doctor and become a nurse,” said Dr Phillip Coule, the chief medical officer at Georgia’s Augusta University Medical Centre, which has on occasion seen 20 to 30 resignations a week from nurses taking travelling jobs.

“And, then, we have to pay premium rates to get staff from another state to come to our state,” Dr Coule said.

The average pay for a travelling nurse has soared from roughly US$1000 to US$2000 per week before the pandemic to US$3000 to US$5000 now, said Sophia Morris, a vice president at San Diego-based healthcare staffing firm, Aya Healthcare. She said Aya had 48,000 openings for travelling nurses to fill.

At SimpliFi, President James Quick said the hospitals his company worked with were seeing unprecedented levels of vacancies.

“Small to medium-sized hospitals generally have dozens of full-time openings, and the large health systems have hundreds of full-time openings,” he said.

The explosion in pay had made it hard on hospitals without deep-enough pockets.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly recently lamented that her state’s hospitals risked being outbid for nurses by other states that paid a “fortune”.

She said on Wednesday (local time) that several hospitals, including one in Topeka, had open beds but no nurses to staff them.

In Kansas City, Missouri,

Truman Medical Centres had lost about 10 nurses to travel jobs in recent days and was looking for travellers to replace them, said CEO Charlie Shields.

He said it was hard to compete with the travel agencies, which were charging hospitals US$165 to US$170 an hour per nurse.

He said the agencies took a big cut of that, but he estimated that nurses were still clearing US$70 to US$90 an hour, which was two to three times what the hospital paid its staff nurses.

“I think, clearly, people are taking advantage of the demand that is out there,” Shields said.

“I hate to use the word ‘gouged’ as a description, but we are clearly paying a premium and allowing people to have fairly high profit margins.”

In Texas, more than 6000 travel nurses had flooded the state to help with the surge through a state-supported programme. But on the same day that 19 of them went to work at a hospital in the northern part of the state, 20 other nurses at the same place gave notice that they would be leaving to take up travelling contracts, said Carrie Kroll, a vice president at the Texas Hospital Association.

“The nurses who haven’t left, who have stayed with their facilities, are seeing these other people come in now who are making more

money. It provides a tense working environment,” Kroll said.

The pandemic was in its early stages when Kim Davis, 36, decided to quit her job at an Arkansas hospital to become a travel nurse. She said she had roughly doubled her income in the 14 months that she had been treating patients in intensive care units in Phoenix; San Bernardino, California; and Tampa, Florida.

“Since I’ve been travelling, I’ve paid off all my debt. I paid off about US$50,000 in student loans,” she said.

Davis said many of her colleagues were following the same path.

“They’re leaving to go and be travel nurses too, because why would you do the same job for half the pay?” she said.

“If they’re going to risk their lives, they should be compensated for it.”

Health leaders said nurses were bone-tired and frustrated from being asked to work overtime during the pandemic, from getting screamed at and second-guessed by members of the community, and from dealing with people who chose not to get vaccinated or even wear a mask.

“Imagine going to work every day and working the hardest that you have ever worked and stepping out of work and what you see every day is denied in the public,” said Julie Hoff, chief nurse executive at OU Health in

Oklahoma. “The death around you that

you are seeing every day — that stress and strain (that nurses are under) is not being honoured or recognised.”

Meanwhile, hospitals were getting squeezed by the revolving door of departures and new hires from travelling agencies.

Dr Coule cited a recent example in which his hospital in Georgia hired a respiratory therapist through an agency to replace a staff member who had decided to accept a travelling gig.

The replacement came from the same hospital where his respiratory therapist had just gone to work.

“Essentially, we swapped personnel but at double the cost,” he said.

Patricia Pittman, the director of the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity at George Washington University, said many nurses still harboured resentment towards their employers from the early stages of the pandemic in the US, after being forced to work without adequate personal protective equipment (PPE).

“The nurses said: ‘Hey, if I am not going to be treated with respect, I might as well go and be a travel nurse’,” she said.

“That way, I can go work in a hell hole for 13 weeks, but then I can take off a couple months or three months and do whatever I like’.”

— AP

Nurse staffing crisis in the US amid pandemic

ARDUOUS JOB: Caroline Maloney, left, a 55-year-old Intensive Care Unit nurse at Scottsdale Osborne Medical Centre in Arizona, has been treating Covid patients throughout the entire pandemic. She is shown here outside the emergency department in Scottsdale, Arizona. Arizona has passed the one-million mark in Covid cases now. AP picture

Kabul bombing: Bidens visit wounded US troops in BethesdaWASHINGTON, DC — US President

Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited injured US troops at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre on Thursday night (local time).

There were 15 US Marines at the hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, who were wounded in an August 26 suicide bombing at the Kabul airport.

The attack occurred as the US government was arranging the evacuations of Americans, Afghans and allies before the nearly two-decade war in Afghanistan officially ended August. 31.

Eleven Marines were also killed in the attack, as well as one Army

soldier and one Navy corpsman. Biden travelled to Dover Air Force

Base in Delaware on Sunday to witness the return of their remains to US soil in a solemn but “dignified transfer”.

One of the wounded Marines was in critical condition. Three were in a serious condition and 11 were in a stable condition.

Air Force General Tod Wolters, the head of US European Command, said on Thursday that so far only one individual that had been evacuated from Afghanistan was being retained in Germany — for problems getting through security screening.

Speaking to Pentagon reporters, Wolters said that, as far as he knew, the person in custody “is not of a high threat”.

About 58 individuals had triggered additional security checks and processing as they arrived at the way stations in Europe, and had needed additional checks. But he said he expected that they would all eventually be cleared.

Afghan evacuees were being flown to several locations across the Middle East and Europe, including Germany, Italy and Spain. Wolters said 155 flights had landed in Europe, with about 38,000 people. — AP

HOSPITAL VISITORS: US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden (partially obscured here) leave Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre after visiting injured US troops. AP picture

SYDNEY — New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian said yesterday that her state’s Covid infections were expected to peak over the next two weeks, after the state recorded another 1431 new cases and 12 deaths.

Yesterday’s numbers were the highest daily-infection figures ever recorded by an Australian jurisdiction in one day.

“The next fortnight is likely to be our worst in terms of the number of cases,” Berejiklian told a press conference in Sydney.

There were currently 979 Covid-19 cases admitted to hospitals in the state — 160 people were in intensive care, 63 of whom required ventilation.

One of the 12 fatalities was a woman in her 30s in south-west Sydney who died at home on September 1.

NSW deputy chief health officer Marianne Gale said investigations were under way into the source of her infection.

She was not vaccinated.The other 11 deaths were people aged in

their 70s, 80s and 90s who lived in south-west and Western Sydney.

The premier said the record rates of vaccines being administered in Sydney’s 12 local government areas (LGAs) of concern would take time to build up an immunity profile.

On Thursday, the state announced 1288 cases and seven deaths.

Cases top 200 in Victoria

The state of Victoria, meanwhile, recorded 208 new, locally-acquired cases of Covid-19 yesterday, and one more person had died with the virus in the state.

Of the new cases, 96 were linked to known outbreaks.

The death was the third fatality during the week from Victoria’s Delta outbreak, which now stood at 1180 active cases.

The new cases were identified from 48,572 test results received on Thursday, while there were 33,511 doses of vaccine administered at state-run sites.

According to federal health department figures, 58.1 percent of the eligible Victorian population had received their first dose of a vaccine, while 36 percent were now fully vaccinated.

Victoria’s daily-case count rose sharply during the week, going from 73 cases from tests taken on Monday, to 119 on Tuesday, 176 on Wednesday, and 208 from tests on Thursday.

The last time Victoria had recorded more than 200 new cases in a single day was on August 22, 2020, when 202 cases were recorded. — RNZ

NSW Covid outbreak: another 12 deaths and 1431 cases

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, September 4, 202118 WORLD

AUCKLAND — A driver’s infringement in a humble Nissan Tiida on a drug-running trip helped police unravel a massive cocaine and meth syndicate.

Auckland District Court yesterday heard the nationwide cartel funnelled eye-watering sums of cash in airline luggage, and narcotics stashed in secret car compartments.

An Auckland car importer was yesterday jailed for his role in the criminal conspiracy.

Judge David Sharp said the Auckland entrepreneur had “a tiger by the tail” after turning from legitimate businessman into multimillion-dollar drug racket member.

Some people arrested in the police National Organised Crime Group operation still have cases before the courts, three years after covert investigations began.

Judge Sharp said the West Auckland man fell under an alleged drug boss’s spell.

And soon, he was a trusted lieutenant, handling suitcases with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.

The court heard the drug enterprise used modified car compartments to smuggle drugs across New Zealand.

Judge Sharp said the meth and cocaine conspiracy operated in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch before police raids in 2019.

The drug empire started falling apart after police bugged the Auckland car business and pulled over a man driving a Nissan Tiida near Taupo. After impounding the car for what was only described in court as an infringement, cops found bags of methamphetamine

weighing about 1kg each.At about the same time, another

syndicate member was taking meth from Auckland to Christchurch in a Mercedes-Benz.

Meanwhile, covert surveillance of the Auckland car importer’s premises tracked the exploits of people ferrying cash and drugs for the syndicate.

After 10 months of surveillance, police carried out raids in Auckland, Canterbury and Southland in late 2019.

And when they pounced, cops found multiple quantities of cash, each enough for an Auckland home deposit.

In one man’s car, $165,000 was found, at another location police found $189,000, and at another alleged syndicate member’s house, $113,985 was uncovered.

But those amounts were puny compared to the fortunes flown around New Zealand before the raids.

Judge Sharp said one syndicate member flew from Christchurch to Auckland with $420,000, and another time with $640,000 in cash weighing 17.5kg.

The court heard one of the conspiracy members laundered money by turning cash into cryptocurrency.

News reports showed the 2019 police raids led to seizures of a Porsche Macan SUV, Jeep Wrangler, three Harley-Davidsons, a Ford Ranger ute, and a jet ski.

More than 150 police raided properties in New Lynn, Blockhouse Bay, Avondale, Manukau, Mt Eden, Grey Lynn, Karaka, Greenlane, Manurewa and Northcote.

Police at the time said the investigation, Operation Maddale, recovered 20kg of methamphetamine with an estimated

street value exceeding $12 million.Judge Sharp yesterday said the

car importer had no serious criminal background and was at a low point in his life, battling drug addiction himself, when he fell into the racket.

The Auckland man made little profit from his involvement, but was charged with money laundering, meth supply, and being part of an organised criminal group.

“It’s a tragic counterpart of becoming involved with people who are fairly ruthless criminals,” Judge Sharp added. “He had a tiger by the tail.”

Judge Sharp said the car importer deserved some credit for guilty pleas,

a limited criminal background, and rehabilitation efforts.

He was jailed for four years for meth supply, two years for money laundering, and one year for the crime group charge. He can serve all sentences at the same time.

“You didn’t start out intending to get in as much trouble as you have,” Judge Sharp said.

But he said the drug racket was a nefarious influence.

“The outcome — in relation to many people’s addiction to methamphetamine — are a string of personal tragedies.”

— NZ Herald

Importer ‘had a tiger by the tail’Cocaine, meth racket disaster for man who handled dirty money

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Name the song and singer/band

60s We’ve got to get together sooner or later/Because the revolution’s here70s

But if you want to leave, take good care/Hope you have a lot of nice things to wear80s

Too many people take second best/But I won’t take anything less90s

Seems like yesterday we used to rock the show/I laced the track, you locked the flow00s

I don’t know where my soul is, I don’t know where my home is10s

If you wanna get with me/There’s some things you gotta know/I like my beats fast

Complete the grid so that all the rows and columns, and all squares of the same colour, contain the numbers 1 to 7.

MYRIAD

Each colour represents a direction (up, down, left or right) and the number of dots on each die tell you how far to go. Starting in the middle die of the maze, follow the directions correctly and you will visit every die in turn once only. Which dice is the last you visit on your trip?

DICE MAZELUCKY NUMBERS

This week’s winning numbers are in. None of the five winning balls is orange and none is divisible by 4 or 7. Can you find the fortunate five?

LYRICAL

60s: Something in the Air, Thunderclap Newman70s: Wild World, Cat Stevens80s: Perfect, Fairground Attraction90s: I’ll Be Missing You, Puff Daddy and Faith Evans00s: I’m like A Bird, Nelly Furtado10s: Bass Down Low, The Cataracs ft. Dev

Red = UpBlue = DownGreen = LeftYellow = RightThe final dice in your trip is the green 2, fourth dice down in the third column.

DICE MAZE

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LUCKY NUMBERS

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Fit the words into the grid to create a finished crossword. We have given one to get you started.

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Can you fit all the listed words into their correct positions in the grid? We have placed one word to get you started.

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CLASSIFIEDS The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, September 4, 2021

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THE PROPRIETORSOF TAPUWAEWHITIWHITI

INCORPORATION2021 HUI A TAU

Notice is hereby giventhat the Hui A Tau forShareholders ofTapuwae Whitiwhiti Incwill be held atWhangara Marae onFriday, 15 October2021.

TimetableRegistration from

8.30amWhangara Farms 9amProprietors Tapuwae

Whitiwhiti 11amElection - for twopositions caused by theretirement by rotationof Jacqueline Blake andSharon Westrupp, whobeing eligible, offerthemselves forre-election.Full notice of the AGMAgenda has been postedto all shareholders withknown addresses.Notices can also bepicked up at CoatesAssociates Ltd, 300Childers Road orrequest by [email protected] note that due toCOVID 19 levelmovements, we mayhave to move to aVirtual meeting withvery little notice.Therefore, pleaseregister with [email protected] with TWWin the subject line, ifyou intend to attend theAGM. We will thenmake contact with youif we have to change toa Zoom AGM at shortnotice.Pene BrownChairperson

BLACK 6mth kitten,white tuft under chin/-belly, lost end GwynethPl on Tuesday morning.Please phone 868 8891.

2021 ANNUALGENERALMEETING

Waitangi A1A2 TrustKaharau A1A Trust

Makarika 3B1Makarika 3B2B TrustTapuaeroa A16B TrustTapuaeroa A2B TrustTotaranui A9 Trust

Waiaranga A2C TrustWaitangi X2 Trust

Notice is hereby giventhat the Annual GeneralMeeting of beneficialowners will be held atBDO Gisborne onFriday 17 September2021, commencing @11am.

AGENDA1. Mihi/Karakia.2. Apologies.3. Minutes of previous

Annual GeneralMeeting.

4. Chairperson Report.5. Annual Accounts for

the year ended 31March 2021.

6. E lection – to fill 1position due to thepassing of Parekura(Paddy) Oneroa.This position mayonly be filled by adirect descendant ofManuReedy-Oneroa. TheTrustees require theWhanau of ManuReedy-Oneroa toappoint their whanaurepresentative andadvise the Trust by11am Tuesday the 14September 2021 ofthe preferredcandidate to beratified at the AGM.

Note: (1) Whanau nominee

to be provided inwriting completed bynominator andcandidate and belodged at the Trust’soffice, 1 Peel StreetGisborne not laterthan 11AM Tuesday14 September 2021.

(2) Proxy forms andPowers of Attorneymust be lodged at theTrust’s office notlater than 1 1 a mWednesday 15September 2021.

7. Distribution recom-mendations.

8. Appointment ofAuditor.

9. Chairman Honor-arium

10. General Business.

Selwyn Parata CHAIRPERSONPlease note that due toCOVID 19 level move-ments, we may have toresort to a Virtualmeeting with verylittle notice. There-fore, please registerwith [email protected] you intend to attendthe AGM. We willthen make contactwith you if we have tochange to a ZoomAGM at short notice.

A S A P Tree Work.Removal, chipping &stump grinding. Ph0274 485 188.

MESSY GARDEN??"Let us do it for you."Ph 027 659 2915.PAINTING servicesoffered at good rates byexperienced painter. Nojob too small. Ph Oliver027 707 9000.TAUWHARE BuildingCompany Ltd. Licensedbuilder. Most types ofconstruction East Coast.Ph Mike, 027 293 8355.

GISBORNE CITYVINTAGE

RAILWAY SOCIETYINC

Notice ofANNUAL GENERAL

MEETINGTUESDAY,

12 October 2021Venue:

ENGINE SHEDGisborne Railway Yard

Time: 7.30pmAGENDA

1. Apologies2. Minutes of previous

AGM3. Presentation of

Financial Report4. Presentation of

Annual Reports5. Election of Officers6. General BusinessAnyone interested inhelping maintain thishistorical icon, andpossibly becomemembers will be mostwelcome to attend.

GEOFF JOYCE,PresidentPENNY SHAW,Secretary

THE PROPRIETORSOF

WAIORONGOMAI2021 ANNUAL

GENERAL MEETINGNotice is hereby giventhat the Annual GeneralMeeting of Share-holders will be held atTe Heapera Marae(Mangarua), Ruatoria,Saturday 11 September2021 at 11am.Full notice of the AGMAgenda can be pickedup at BDO GisborneLtd Office or [email protected] note that due toCOVID 19 levelmovements, we mayhave to resort to aVirtual meeting withvery little notice.Therefore, pleaseregister with [email protected] if you intend toattend the AGM. Wewill then make contactwith you if we have tochange to a Zoom AGMat short notice.Wi MackeyCHAIRPERSON

EXPERIENCED OFFICEADMINISTRATOR

Logic Forest Solutions is a growingcompany involved primarily inharvesting, engineering and managementin the Forest industry.

We are seeking an experiencedadministrator to assist in the maintenanceand development of accounting and jobmanagement systems within our dynamicand industrious team.

You will be part of a small office teamwhere you will be expected to learn allaspects of the office accounts andadministration processes. You will havevariety and flexibility with theopportunity to develop and improvecompany systems.

We consider this position could offer 20to 30 hours per week and are willing todevelop the role around the right person.

Key tasks include -

• Accounts payable and receivable preparation, reconciliation, and payment

• HR and payroll• Harvest system data reconciliation and

invoicing• General office administration• Customer serviceRequired skills and attributes -

• Experience with accounting systems and proficient in processing data

• High level of computer literacy with Xero, WorkflowMax, PSLog and MS Office beneficial

• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills

• Attention to detail with a high level of accuracy in all areas

• A positive disposition and an eagerness to fit into the team

If you believe that you possess theseattributes, please contact us by emailingyour CV and cover letter [email protected] before Fridaythe 17th of September 2021.

NANNY. Looking for alive-in nanny at leastthrough January to helpdrive toddler to kindy &look after 6-mth-oldalong with other duties.Friendly family on alifestyle farm past TK.Please email or call 0210894 7649 or [email protected]

FORESTRY planters/-spayers wanted. Immed.start. Must be drug free.Ph/Txt 027 690 2021.

LOOKING for a part-time Jack of all tradesto help upkeep lifestyleblock incl lawn,orchard, tree pruning &some weed control. Expwith farm animals &fencing is a plus as wehave stock on property.Please Email or call021 0894 7649 orvaynergy@gmail. com

FORESTRYWORKERSWANTED

• Starting from 30hours a week.

• No experienceneeded (trainingprovided onsite).

• Higher renumerationoffered toexperienced workerswith additional 2ICduties.

• Competitive hourlyrates offered.

• Travel provided toand from site.

• Reference letter fromlast employerrequired.

• Pre-employment drugtest required.

• Mandatory: must bedrug and alcohol free,fit and reliable.

Please send yourreference letter [email protected] or visit ourFacebook page.

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We’re hiring. Orchard Manager Gisborne.

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Rockit Global is a company bursting with attitude, disrupting the commodity apple category and taking on the world one bite at a time.

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Orchard Manager to help develop our new Rockit™ apple orchards in Gisborne alongside our grower partners. To build and lead our new Gisborne team, and help us Rockit!

So we’re calling all experienced genuine characters to apply for this awesome opportunity.

Contact:Chris Hurrey, GM Rockit Management Services 027 418 651 9 [email protected].

We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Administrator to join our team.

Due to the company's continuing growth, this new role has been created to support and complement our finance team. You will be responsible for assisting with bank reconciliations, accounts payable and data entry functions, and also provide administrative support.

To excel in this role you will have:

Effective organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing demands on time.

General ledger knowledge.

SAP experience.

Excellent accuracy on data entry.

A high standard of written and verbal communication skills.

Can work autonomously and in a team.

Three years plus experience in an administrative role.

For more information and to apply for this job go to: eastland.nz/careers.

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RTRO Integrations and Operations Manager

He karanga ki a koutou katoa! This is a call to you all!

We are looking for an Integrations and Operations Manager to run the back bone office of Rau Tipu Rau Ora (RTRO). RTRO is the group of our region’s leaders and key organisations who have brought together a regional response plan post COVID-19. The plan outlines the key priorities for our region. Our plan has been recognised nationally not only for the way our region has come together but also for our proactive response to COVID-19.

In the role of Integrations and Operations Manager you will be focused on helping RTRO achieve key priorities which are:

1. Workforce development to forecast economic opportunities and growth.

2. Increasing the supply of affordable housing for whanau in our region.

3. Improved services and support to address family harm and (drug and alcohol) addictions.

4. Te Mauri o Te Taiao: restoring the vitality of our natural environment.

5. Improving our regional economic infrastructure and technology.

This role is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about our region and excels in the coordination and delivery of programmes of work. Your day will include running the back bone office coordinating the effective functioning of the delivery of secretariat services, supporting the planning and conduct of RTRO Group sessions, monitoring the RTRO Recovery Plan actions and priorities, coordinating reporting requirements and ensuring that the funding benefits are realised.

You will work be working closely with iwi, community groups and other key external stakeholders and funders.

This role will be based out of Te Tini o Porou offices.

If you are interested in this awesome opportunity, please visit the GDC website to apply online at www.gdc.govt.nz/council/careers

Please contact Lisa Osler for further information.

Applications close: 12pm on Friday, 17 September.

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QUALIFIEDDISPENSARY TECHNICIAN

FULLTIME OR PART-TIME

A position has become available in our busy pharmacy for a Qualified Dispensary Technician, fulltime or part-time. The part-time position hours of work could be factored around childcare or school commitments .

TOP REMUNERATION rates are offered to a suitable applicant.

Why not join a team focussed on high quality customer services in a new state of the art dispensary and retail pharmacy.Don’t delay, join the Pharmacy 53 and Village team now.Phone Nigel on 027 437 8506 or Pharmacy 53 to enquire.

B4 SCHOOL CHECK ADMINISTRATORWELL CHILD 0.7 FTE (PARENTAL LEAVE

COVERAGE)

• Are you whanau focussed?

• Are you a Customer Service Superstar?

• Do you thrive in a busy environment?

The Well Child team are looking for the right person

to administer and manage the collection of accurate

and valid data in the B4 School check service.

You will also be involved in communicating with

whanau regarding appointments.

Our ideal applicant will:

• Have extensive administrative experience (health

experience desirable)

• Have a high level of interpersonal

communication skills/excellent written skills

• Have proven organisational skills and attention

to detail

• Have a “whatever it takes” attitude to this

important work

• Have the ability to work autonomously and as

part of a team

• Have a commitment to The Treaty of Waitangi/

has knowledge of Tikanga Maori

• Current driver’s license

For further information about this opportunity, please contact Roimata Brown on 06 869 2092 extn 8700 or [email protected]

Apply online www.hauoratairawhiti.org.nz

The District Health Board of Gisborne/Tairawhiti

SUPERGRANS

TAIRĀWHITIIs seeking expressions of interest from individuals keen to join our Board of Trustees. Trustees have an active role in the governance and ongoing strategic development of our holistic well-being service. Experience in finance, law or human resources is preferential. Please email our chairperson, Molly Pardoe on mo l lypa rdoe@xt ra .co.nz

LEVEL 3 PROTOCOLSPLEASE NOTE that under Level 3

the following protocols will be in place at MATAWHERO SALEYARDS

Sales will not be open to the public.

Vendors of stock will be asked then unless absolutely necessary not to attend.

Intending purchaser numbers will be restricted and may be by invitation only (it is recommended to utilise agents to

purchase on client’s behalf).

For those on-site:Masks must be worn

Signing-in is mandatory – via QR code or manually.

Basic hygiene measures must be maintained - hand washing and sanitising.

Physical/social distancing must be maintained - non adherence will not be

tolerated.

If you are unwell, please do not attend any sales.

PGG Wrightson Limited is not liable if any sale is unable to proceed as booked due to Covid-19 restrictions or for any associated costs/loss. An alternative sale

method may need to occur.

CHEESE PACKER

The above position has become available within our dynamic business, based in Gisborne. To be eligible applicants must have the following attributes: -

• Displayapositiveattitude,aproactivework ethic and be a team player with a highdegreeofflexibility.

• Display a high degree of enthusiasmand possess good communication skills; &

• Bephysicallyfitandable.DaysofworkareMondaytoFridayandhoursareapproximately40hours/week.The successful applicant must be able to commence work immediately and be eligible to work in New Zealand permanently.

Please send CV and details of referees to [email protected] or by post to POBox863,Gisborne4040.Applicationsclose8thSeptember2021.

MATAWHERO CATTLE SALE

Tuesday, 7th September 2021

11am

PGG Wrightsonwill offer approx

571 Cattle:

20 MA Cows 20 2yr Strs 50 2yr Hfrs270 1yr Strs150 1yr Hfrs 11 1yr Char Hfrs 50 1yr Bulls

Enquiries:Jamie Hayward

027 434 7586

Te Aroha races at Te Aroha Sunday Jetbet 3 TAB Doubles 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Trebles 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 Quaddies 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 Place6 4-9

1 Te Aroha Jockey Club 11.55 $15,000, maiden hurdle, 3100m

1 65525 Ritesaidzed (5) 68 59 B Lammas 2 95352 West Coast (3) 68 59 T Moki (2) 3 s0L41 Amazing Az (4) 68 50 E Farr 4 27130 English Gambler (10) 68 50 J Seivwright 5 s0058 Lizzed (7) 68 50 S Phelan 6 604L6 Master Painton (6) 68 50 M Roustoby (1) 7 0s049 Mataro (8) 68 50 S Fannin 8 30s06 Tweedledee (9) 68 50 9 9s066 Whereabouts (1) 68 50 S Karnicnik 10 62633 Black Eyed Sue (2) 66 57 L Douglas (3)

11 — Jakki Sparrow SCRATCHED

2 Tajc Hospitality 12.25 $15,000, maiden hurdle, 3100m

1 s2P49 Elusive Ace (2) 68 59 S Karnicnik 2 088P2 Master Fin (6) 68 59 T Moki (2) 3 s2700 Curious George (8) 68 57 S Phelan 4 65357 Izymydaad (1) 68 57 B Lammas 5 27572 Capellani (10) 68 50 N Downs (2) 6 9 Make A Move (9) 68 50 L Douglas (3) 7 s70P9 Sly Baljo (5) 68 50 K M Joyce (3) 8 04348 Vanguard (4) 68 50 D M Parker (2) 9 9s070 Keepella Heights (3) 66 50 10 74650 Zion Hill (7) 66 50 E Farr

3 Mike Fraser-Jones 1.00 $20,000, open hurdle, 3100m

1 — Locharburn SCRATCHED

2 15113 Mizzena (3) 67.5 78 S Fannin 3 67244 Beau Geste (2) 67.5 74 D M Parker (2) 4 46497 Ali Baba (4) 67 73 J Seivwright 5 0F713 Remarx (5) 65 69 E Farr 6 42370 Banks Road (1) 65 65 M Roustoby (1)

4 Thank You Club Volunteers 1.35 $15,000, maiden stp, 3500m

1 3PsPP Zedace (8) 68 70 G Walsh 2 23D2 Captains Run (7) 68 59 3 58223 Delegate (4) 68 59 J Seivwright 4 0724s The Anarchist (10) 68 59 S Phelan 5 P32LP The Rolling Stone (6) 68 59 D M Parker (2) 6 50382 Zinzan (14) 68 59 7 09447 Kiddo (13) 68 58 S Fannin

8 33638 Magic Cannon (12) 68 57 9 95s80 Donardo (11) 68 52 N Downs (2) 10 P8566 La Jungles (9) 68 52 T Moki (2) 11 8584P My Tommy (5) 68 50 L Douglas (3) 12 64161 Tommyra (2) 68 50 EMERGENCIES: 13 0s056 Flyingwithoutwings (3) 68 50 14 54s6s Sino Heights (1) 68 50 K M Joyce (3)

5 Bayleys Opn Steeplechase 2.13 $20,000, open stp, 3500m

1 54158 Lacustre (10) 68.5 80 2 68511 Te Kahu (8) 66 75 3 4132P Zartan (1) 66 75 J Seivwright 4 2sP07 Kipkeino (4) 65 72 E Farr 5 71F42 No Tip (6) 65 70 S Phelan 6 s5301 Argyll (7) 65 69 D M Parker (2) 7 18215 Carnaby (5) 65 69 S Fannin 8 61s04 Dal Kilchoan (9) 65 69 T Moki (2) 9 PP445 That’s How It Goes (2) 65 65 K M Joyce (3) 10 23172 El Luchador (3) 65 52

6 Become A Te Aroha Member 2.48 $40,000, open handicap, 1600m

1 4411s Beauden (1) 63.5 104 R Elliot 2 3010s Robusto (10) 57 95 E Nicholas (a3) 3 49690 Major Tom (8) 55 87 J Fawcett 4 05104 Battle Time (9) 55 84 S Spratt 5 17355 Cherry Lane (11) 55 84 T Newman (a2) 6 453L8 Mont Ventoux (6) 55 82 S Weatherley 7 521s4 Daytona Red (4) 55 79 D Danis 8 0s914 Le Sablier (7) 55 78

9 88921 No Loitering (5) 55 77 E McCall (a2) 10 62360 Sweet Clementine (2) 55 76 S Collett 11 81012 Timberlake (3) 55 74 A Goindasamy (a1)

7 Te Aroha Stallion Serv. Scheme 3.23 $30,000, rating 74 benchmark, 1600m

1 35113 Zeefa Zed (2) 61.5 75 J Riddell 2 6325s Naval Fleet (7) 58 72 S Weatherley 3 0s712 Chillax (5) 58 68 R Elliot 4 214s8 Lowry (4) 58 68 C Grylls 5 s0840 Nasha Riva (3) 57.5 71 M Cameron 6 s2451 Pacific Master (12) 57.5 67 J Fawcett 7 53584 Magdala (1) 56.5 69 E Nicholas (a3) 8 s2183 Jodelin Gal (11) 56 68 L Satherley 9 949s8 Kiwianna (6) 55.5 67 D Johnson 10 36161 Turret (9) 56.5 69 11 08994 Deluxe Edition (10) 55 56 T Newman (a2) 12 70694 Lord Polonius (8) 55 55

8 Thank You Te Aroha Staff 3.58 $30,000, rating 65&jumps benchmark*, 2200m

1 21313 Richard Of Yorke (12) 67 77 2 s0006 Rodmar (5) 61 64 E Nicholas (a3) 3 4P1 Al’s Red Zed (9) 60 63 J Riddell 4 23236 Our Craftsman (17) 60 63 5 47456 Windy Height (2) 60 63 S Collett 6 7s769 Alfie Dee (10) 59.5 62 C Grylls 7 s1372 Echo Bay (13) 59.5 62 R Elliot 8 22518 Fortune Wings (11) 59.5 62 A Goindasamy (a1) 9 23516 Shocking Bill (7) 59.5 62 T Thornton

10 0641s Arite Guru (16) 58.5 60 11 21820 Haere Up (4) 57.5 62 B Rogerson (a3) 12 04832 Elle D’berry (1) 57 61 T Yanagida (a1) 13 65772 Rocking Good Time (14) 57 59 14 54263 Lovettorleaveit (8) 56.5 60 M Cameron EMERGENCIES: 15 7s009 Piggy Malone (6) 57 57 16 00007 Tunzagutz (3) 55 55 17 32340 Touch The Clouds (15) 59 61

9 Te Aroha Supporters Club 4.33 $30,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1400m

1 81679 Covenant (10) 61 65 T Newman (a2) 2 6125s Global Currency (3) 61 65 M McNab 3 s0643 Inca Warrior (8) 61 65 W Pinn (a2) 4 12 Notabadphelan (11) 61 65 T Harris 5 080s5 Edge Of Wonder (16) 60.5 64 R Elliot

6 — Some Like It Hot SCRATCHED

7 1 The Certifier (1) 60 63 J Riddell 8 6s217 Bergamo Fox (6) 59.5 62 9 02313 Pochesti (12) 59.5 62 E Nicholas (a3) 10 01378 Atomic Kitten (13) 59 65 C Grylls 11 39726 Beltoy (9) 58 62 B Rogerson (a3) 12 5541s Finest Wine (17) 58 63 D Johnson 13 14Ps3 Gagliardi (15) 58 63 T Thornton 14 90441 She’s Apples (19) 58 63 K Asano (a)EMERGENCIES: 15 194 Gnasher (5) 59.5 62 16 s6656 Into The Deep (2) 59.5 62 17 s4315 Marley (18) 57 61 18 980s0 Run For Cover (14) 58.5 60 S Collett 19 03037 Cheers (4) 56 59 20 33004 Fleurgundy (7) 58 59

SelectionsRace 1: WEST COAST, ENGLISH GAMBLER, TWEEDLEDEE

Race 2: MASTER FIN, CAPELLANI, CURIOUS GEORGE

Race 3: MIZZENA, BEAU GESTE, ALI BABA

Race 4: TOMMYRA, DELEGATE, KIDDO

Race 5: NO TIP, TE KAHU, LACUSTRE

Race 6: BEAUDEN, LE SABLIER, BATTLE TIME

Race 7: ZEEFA ZED, NAVAL FLEET, CHILLAX

Race 8: ECHO BAY, HAERE UP, ELLE D’BERRY

Race 9: THE CERTIFIER, NOTABADPHELAN, COVENANT

Ashburton harness at Addington Sunday Jetbet 8 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 Betavet Amateur Drivers 11.45$8000, 3yo+ r40-r53. mobile, 1980m

1 33058 Myrcella (Fr) 1 M McIntyre 2 87P76 Belle’s Boy (Fr) 2 B Laughton 3 27288 Flamboyant (Fr) 3 S Blake 4 08s76 Dismara (Fr) 4 G Cook 5 78507 Martin John (Fr) 5 M Maynard 6 s0445 Royal Jester (Fr) 6 A Edge 7 63155 Von Art (Fr) 7 B White 8 04165 El Dorado (Fr) 8 B Wilmott 9 71965 Pay Me Visa (Fr) 9 S Murtha 10 43244 Four Starzzz Shiraz (Fr) 21 C Negus 11 67355 The Naenae Express (Fr) 22 A Fitzgerald

2 Mt Hutt Trotting Club Trot 12.10$9000, non-winners & up to mr47 stand, 2600m

1 73654 Random Spur (Fr) 1 J Morrison 2 8sP53 Aditi (Fr) 2 G Smith 3 93380 Instant Delight (Fr) 3 4 s0407 Bacardi Pride (Fr) 4 M Edmonds 5 0s5s8 Rachel Daytom (Fr) 5 L O’Reilly 6 77786 Majestic Jag (Fr) 6 J Dunn 7 09408 Cheeky Monkey (Fr) 7 R May 8 5 Miss Millie (Fr) 8 A Lethaby 9 429s Toobusy Being Famous (Fr) 9 C Thornley 10 0800s Awesome Impee (Fr) 10 P Wakelin 11 P0s Andoverfist (Fr) U1 T Chmiel 12 6090s Dashing Dutchy (Fr) U2 C McDowell 13 029Ds Aiguille (Fr) U3 S Ottley

3 Harvey Signs Harness 7000 12.43$9000, non-winners 3yo+. mobile, 1980m

1 Valerie Verde (Fr) 1 K Cox 2 34s42 Fly Lika Falcon (Fr) 2 G Smith 3 83649 Prodigal Son (Fr) 3 C Thornley 4 50037 Franco Hatton (Fr) 4 J Cox 5 54403 Glitz And Glam (Fr) 5 J Dunn 6 80s64 All Together Now (Fr) 6 T Chmiel 7 40943 Miss Markle (Fr) 7 R Close 8 0 Chance Achiever (Fr) 8 S Ottley 9 88 Get Outta Town (Fr) 9 B Orange 10 64058 Sheezagoldengirl (Fr) 21 11 4 Tane J J (Fr) 22 12 — Black Lace SCRATCHED

4 Doug Coley Flooring Limited 1.18$8000, 3yo+ r40-r44. mobile, 1980m

1 43317 Moody River (Fr) 1 J Dunn 2 48470 It’s Me (Fr) 2 3 62554 Auchtercairn (Fr) 3 R May 4 03519 Justace (Fr) 4 T Williams 5 s5366 She’s A Dagg (Fr) 5 B Orange 6 00s07 Penelope Bromac (Fr) 6 B Hope (J)

7 — Magic Sign SCRATCHED

8 29332 Reinimin Patron (Fr) 7 G Smith 9 82342 Honour Before Glory (Fr) 8 R Close 10 07653 Little Gee (Fr) 21 L O’Reilly 11 20342 Tiger Lou (Fr) 22 C DeFilippi

5 Gavin Douglas Pace 1.54$9000, non-winners 3yo+. mobile, 1980m

1 28487 Greenback Boogie (Fr) 1 B Orange 2 00768 Black Lace (Fr) 2 J Versteeg 3 — Twilight Bromac SCRATCHED

4 89s77 The Cobbler (Fr) 3 S Ottley 5 0s60 U R The One (Fr) 4 T Chmiel 6 3097s Franco Cornel (Fr) 5 T Williams 7 2 Pampelonne (Fr) 6 G Smith 8 32626 Rollyarrrz (Fr) 7 K Newman (J) 9 6695s Owhatanight (Fr) U1 P Davis

6 Macca Lodge Pace 2.32$9000, non-winners 2yo+ f&m. mobile, 1980m

1 Rakero Rebel (Fr) 1 G Smith 2 Dancing Kate (Fr) 2 J Cox 3 — Pampelonne SCRATCHED

4 3s Stoked To Haver (Fr) 3 J Dunn 5 Spark It Up (Fr) 4 6 095s6 Rozha (Fr) 5 R May 7 Hilda Maud (Fr) 6 J Morrison 8 509s7 White Diamond Gold (Fr) 7 C Thornley 9 Apatchofgold (Fr) 8 10 Dancing Desire (Fr) 21 B Orange

7 Chelsea Properties Trot 3.04$9000, r50-r59 discretionary handicap stand, 2600m

1 81097 Moment Of Kaos (Fr) 1 J Cox 2 1505s Test The Boundaries (Fr) 2 J Ford 3 99313 Listen Easy (Fr) U1 B Orange 4 30812 Sundons Flyer (10) 1 5 56319 That’s The Story (10) 2 S Tomlinson 6 1690s Escargo (10) 3 S Ottley 7 30683 Prince Ranier (10) 4 J Dunn

8 0s811 Greenbank Betty (10) 5 T Williams 9 81805 Red Harbour (10) U1 C Thornley

8 Allenton Pharmacy Pace 3.41$9000, 3yo+ f&m r40-r53. mobile, 1980m

1 27173 Big Mama Morris (Fr) 1 K Cameron 2 57020 Vesnina (Fr) 2 J Dunn 3 3313 Daisy Duke (Fr) 3 B Orange 4 88061 Safe Zone (Fr) 4 J Morrison 5 98362 Immer Besser (Fr) 5 S Ottley 6 002s6 Annie Richter (Fr) 6 T Chmiel 7 31366 Conquer Me (Fr) 7 8 31384 Shards In Manhattan (Fr) 8

9 Premium Peas Young At Heart 4.16$9000, 5yo+ r40-r59. mobile, 1980m

1 64637 Pete’s Dash (Fr) 1 2 6480s Better Fly (Fr) 2 J Dunn 3 0s990 My Mate Ben (Fr) 3 S Iremonger (J) 4 05218 Bossmaro (Fr) 4 T Williams 5 61s95 Sister’s Delight (Fr) 5 S Ottley 6 s5574 Blazing Impact (Fr) 6 R May 7 91175 The Optimist (Fr) 7 K Cameron 8 25315 Saginaw (Fr) 8 R Cameron 9 27189 Shards Fury (Fr) 9 J Cox 10 42214 Cha Cha B (Fr) 21 B Orange 11 s089s Off The Edge (Fr) 22 G O’Reilly

10 Flowers At The Gate Trot 4.42$8000, 3yo+ r40-r49 stand, 2600m

1 29689 Sally Lindenny (Fr) 1 G O’Reilly 2 50361 Faith No More (Fr) 2 L McKay 3 04794 Call This Fun (Fr) 3 J Ford 4 65430 Shes So Right (Fr) 4 A Lethaby 5 59247 Tres Magnifique (Fr) 5 B Weaver 6 92885 Bella Button (Fr) 6 S Lethaby 7 9570s Momentous (Fr) 7 R May 8 66805 Rachmaninov (Em2) (Fr) 8 T Grant 9 57042 Smudgee (Fr) 9 B Borcoskie 10 24345 Beyond The Horizon (Fr) 10 J Smith 11 64241 Shiffty (Fr) 11 G Smith

12 P0623 Zsahara (Fr) 12 S Tomlinson 13 09027 Take After Me (Fr) 13 J Morrison 14 78028 Palisade (Em1) (Fr) U1 B Orange 15 42912 Spot The Gamble (Fr) U2 16 290s4 Kd Hawk (Fr) U3 B Butt 17 0800s Mighty Flying Rocker (Fr) U4 J Dunn 18 30627 Make My Sundon (Fr) U5 S Ottley

11 Ian Lochhead Memorial Pace 5.14$9000, 3yo+ r40-r59 special handicap stand, 2600m

1 00683 Kingsdown Atom (Fr) 1 J Morrison 2 78171 Brother John (Fr) 2 J Dunn 3 9s0s3 Stamp Duty(aus) (Fr) 3 B Orange 4 42122 Artatac (Fr) 4 S Ottley 5 45492 The Conqueror (Fr) 5 T Williams 6 s8000 A Rocknroll Star (Fr) 6 G O’Reilly 7 7s867 Allandale (Fr) 7 C Thornley 8 30s22 Woodlea Explorer (Fr) 8 K Cox 9 31747 Proteus (Fr) 9 G Smith 10 28154 Classie Washington (Fr) 10 T Chmiel 11 06360 Kennedy (Fr) 11 C DeFilippi 12 57646 Dreaminsover (Fr) 12 13 9s601 Tetrick (Fr) 13 K Newman (J) 14 03308 Magical Matty (Fr) 14 S Tomlinson 15 17145 Maybe (15) 1 J Cox

12 Graeme Sparks Memorial 5.38$8000, 3yo+ r45-r49. mobile, 1980m

1 66223 Pro Surfer (Fr) 1 K Newman (J) 2 00453 Donegal Carrickfin (Fr) 2 R Houghton 3 41367 Luminite (Fr) 3 4 00359 Motoring Major (Fr) 4 C Thornley 5 0s946 Kowhai Shadow (Fr) 5 S Ottley 6 37s51 Jordy (Fr) 6 J Morrison 7 77988 Wee Ring The Changes (Fr) 7 T Williams 8 85s03 Chal Be (Fr) 8 J Curtin 9 08763 Journo (Fr) 9 B Orange 10 48450 Szybka Lane (Fr) 21 J Dunn 11 s5426 Jonique (Fr) 22 S Tomlinson 12 70s87 Look Sharp (Fr) 23 G O’Reilly 13 3769s Jessie Kelly (Fr) 24 B Hope (J)

SelectionsRace 1: EL DORADO, ROYAL JESTER, FOUR STARZZZ SHIRAZ

Race 2: ADITI, INSTANT DELIGHT, MAJESTIC JAG

Race 3: MISS MARKLE, FLY LIKA FALCON, TANE J J

Race 4: MOODY RIVER, TIGER LOU, REINIMIN PATRON

Race 5: PAMPELONNE, ROLLYARRRZ, FRANCO CORNEL

Race 6: RAKERO REBEL, DANCING DESIRE, APATCHOFGOLD

Race 7: GREENBANK BETTY, SUNDONS FLYER, LISTEN EASY

Race 8: DAISY DUKE, VESNINA, BIG MAMA MORRIS

Race 9: BLAZING IMPACT, CHA CHA B, THE OPTIMIST

Race 10: SPOT THE GAMBLE, CALL THIS FUN,

BEYOND THE HORIZON

Race 11: BROTHER JOHN, WOODLEA EXPLORER, MAYBE

Race 12: PRO SURFER, JONIQUE, DONEGAL CARRICKFIN

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

1 Happy Father’s Day Sprint 1.11 $1900, C0, 375m

1 42573 Rock It Red nwtd Udy & Cottam

2 1 Lucca 21.13 Arch Lawrence

3 8 Smokin’ Cheese nwtd Sean Codlin

4 43225 Shanmaria nwtd Arch Lawrence

5 Vacant Box Five - n & a

6 55Ps2 Let Em Talk nwtd S O’Neill

7 57754 Trevor nwtd R & L Udy 8 33367 Brandi Chaser nwtd W & T Steele

2 Waikato Greyhounds On FB 1.27 $2000, C1, 375m

1 311 Thrilling Rapper 21.56 Karen Walsh 2 53845 Homebush Brave 21.61 Raewyn McPhee 3 62238 Boot Camp Tiara nwtd R & L Udy 4 377s7 Double Header nwtd Sean Codlin 5 78844 Maybe Megan nwtd R & L Udy 6 53643 Smokin’ Chimney nwtd Marsha Black 7 67857 Big Time Kobe nwtd R & N O’Regan 8 23361 You’re A Rebel nwtd Udy & CottamEMERGENCIES: 9 37488 Big Time Gina nwtd R & N O’Regan 10 38888 Just Nia nwtd Marsha Black

3 Farmlands Virkon Stakes 1.44 $3500, C2/3, 457m

1 62525 Silenci 25.50 Peter Ferguson 2 73551 Portia 25.69 Arch Lawrence 3 Vacant Box Three - n & a 4 66577 Sakichi 25.38 Peter Ferguson 5 41613 Triggered nwtd W & T Steele 6 Vacant Box Six - n & a 7 71786 Diamond Tiger 25.94 W & T Steele 8 55132 Antonio 25.82 Arch Lawrence

4 Mayhounds Rehoming Grp 2.04 $2000, C1, 375m

1 54856 Get Me Home nwtd Udy & Cottam

2 27352 Smash Misfit nwtd R & L Udy

3 42512 Thrilling Tessa 21.56 Sean Codlin

4 17678 Stay Me Broke nwtd A J Christiansen

5 35723 Waiterimu Ripper 21.28 R & L Udy

6 87748 Big Time Bert nwtd R & N O’Regan

7 45466 Opawa Jade 21.62 W & T Steele

8 1451 Thrilling Sniper 21.13 Karen Walsh

EMERGENCIES:

9 38888 Just Nia nwtd Marsha Black

10 37488 Big Time Gina nwtd R & N O’Regan

5 Garrards Horse & Hound 2.22 $2000, C1, 375m

1 45553 Spring Mechanic 21.26 R & L Udy

2 23428 Smash Out nwtd R & L Udy

3 8866s Gotcha Popeye nwtd S O’Neill

4 75362 Meandering 21.60 Marsha Black

5 62868 Dubstep 21.84 Udy & Cottam

6 23216 Made A Wish 21.45 Shirley Ross

7 65775 All Unite nwtd Phil Green

8 43325 Homebush Luther nwtd M J McPhee

EMERGENCIES:

9 37488 Big Time Gina nwtd R & N O’Regan

10 38888 Just Nia nwtd Marsha Black

6 Pinny Mack At Stud Sprint 2.40 $2300, C3, 375m

1 41762 Thrilling Bliss 21.39 Emma Potts

2 13857 Thrilling Sprite nwtd Emma Potts

3 21111 Liquidator nwtd Phil Green

4 17121 Marray Prince 21.22 A J Christiansen

5 43764 Ruby Express 21.45 Marsha Black

6 1442F Railing Raccoon 21.45 Sean Codlin

7 77726 Prerogative 20.99 Udy & Cottam

8 26867 Bugsy Brown 21.32 W & T Steele

7 Affordable Pet Accessories 2.57 $2800, C1, 457m

1 5s553 Sirocco nwtd Arch Lawrence

2 58517 First Light nwtd S O’Neill

3 87624 Piccolo 25.79 Arch Lawrence

4 46367 Go Home Duke 25.93 Peter Ferguson

5 78558 Dragster Dory nwtd S O’Neill

6 74266 Daddy Donny nwtd A J Christiansen

7 78367 Mayhem Made nwtd S O’Neill

8 52512 Thrilling Vera 25.85 Karen Walsh

8 Farmlands Coprice Sprint 3.14 $2100, C2, 375m

1 35173 Quara’s Yoshi 21.52 Paul Cleaver

2 54261 Born Katie 21.48 W & T Steele

3 37256 Kea Viking 21.75 W & T Steele

4 42433 Margaux 21.35 Phil Green

5 82816 Night Ace 21.56 Justin Foot

6 1421F Opawa Cameron 21.50 W & T Steele

7 71672 Opawa Nigel 21.59 W & T Steele

8 25431 Thrilling Gem 21.58 Sean Codlin

EMERGENCIES:

9 33272 Nana Molly 21.45 Udy & Cottam

10 38385 Sovereign Alice 21.37 Shirley Ross

9 Vetora Cambridge Sprint 3.32 $3500, C5, 375m

1 17771 Super Over Drama nwtd R & L Udy 2 22232 Sports Mode 20.94 Peter Ferguson 3 41156 Calf King 20.89 Phil Green 4 57534 Thrilling Neve 20.80 Emma Potts 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a 6 54331 Uno Me Now 21.14 A J Christiansen 7 45114 Typical 21.24 Shirley Ross 8 11186 Pedro Lee 20.83 Peter Ferguson

10 The Clubhouse Cambridge 3.49 $2600, C3/4, 375m

1 677s6 Spring Boot nwtd Emma Potts 2 88588 Beret Girl 21.02 Phil Green 3 48242 Midnight Faith nwtd Udy & Cottam 4 34215 Belmonts nwtd R & N O’Regan 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a 6 25337 My Mate Speight 21.75 Udy & Cottam 7 28574 Coolibah Kid nwtd Udy & Cottam 8 54657 Opawa Cooper nwtd W & T Steele

11 Mike Stent Decorators Ltd 4.07 $5000, C4/5, 457m

1 34774 Spring Queen 25.61 Phil Green 2 25438 Thrilling Watson 25.75 Karen Walsh 3 31566 Chase Me Down 25.81 Peter Ferguson 4 16417 Romantic Dancer 26.03 Peter Ferguson 5 21164 Thrilling Baxter 25.18 Karen Walsh 6 42112 Thrilling Norman 25.46 Karen Walsh 7 74711 Smoothie nwtd Emma Potts 8 32223 Opawa Travis 25.39 Phil Green

SelectionsRace 1: LUCCA, LET EM TALK, SHANMARIA

Race 2: THRILLING RAPPER, YOU’RE A REBEL,

SMOKIN’ CHIMNEY

Race 3: PORTIA, ANTONIO, SILENCI

Race 4: THRILLING SNIPER, THRILLING TESSA,

SMASH MISFIT

Race 5: MADE A WISH, MEANDERING, SMASH OUT

Race 6: MARRAY PRINCE, THRILLING SPRITE,

THRILLING BLISS

Race 7: THRILLING VERA, PICCOLO, SIROCCO

Race 8: THRILLING GEM, NANA MOLLY, OPAWA CAMERON

Race 9: PEDRO LEE, THRILLING NEVE, CALF KING

Race 10: MIDNIGHT FAITH, BELMONTS, COOLIBAH KID

Race 11: THRILLING NORMAN, OPAWA TRAVIS,

THRILLING BAXTER

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, September 4, 2021 RACING 23

POVERTY Bay-East Coast players marked their last representative event of the season by winning the Hunt Trophy in Napier the weekend before the Covid lockdown started.

Selected to play for NZCT Poverty Bay-East Coast against Napier and Central Hawke’s Bay in this event were Andrew Rickard, Doc Tipene, Adam Rickard and Warren Edlin in one team, and David Lynn, Bruce Easton, Hina Preddey and Mike Foster (making his representative debut) in the other.

In the first round of fours, both PBEC teams were in control and won their games to record eight points.

The next round was singles, and the team didn’t have a good round. Only two of the eight players won their singles.

That changed the lead. Napier were on 16 points, PBEC were on 12 and Central Hawke’s Bay were on eight.

The team then paired up and recorded two wins and a draw out of the four games to close the gap to Napier. At this stage, Napier had 20.5 points, PBEC had 19.5 and CHB, 14.

In the second session, PBEC won both their fours games to get back into the lead with 27.5pts, against Napier’s

24.5 and Central Hawke’s Bay’s 14.In the second-last round, singles,

again PBEC didn’t have a good round.

They won only four games from the eight, and trailed Napier, who had a great round.

Napier had six wins and a draw in the singles to streak ahead. They now had 37.5pts, PBEC had 35.5 and CHB, 17.

In the last round, PBEC players knew that with each game of pairs worth three points, they had to win at least three games out of the four. Importantly, they had to win both games against Napier.

Easton and Foster played one Napier team, and Lynn and Preddey, the other.

After titanic battles, both pairs beat Napier. But it looked as if they would be placed second after the other two PBEC teams lost to Central Hawke’s Bay.

However, in a cut-throat round, one of the Central Hawke’s Bay teams also beat Napier. This meant PBEC had recorded six points to Napier’s three in the pairs.

The final scores were: Poverty Bay-East Coast 41.5 points, Napier 40.5 and Central Hawke’s Bay 26.

Poverty Bay-East Coast reserve Coralie Campbell-Whitehead and team manager Bryan Pulley must have been on the edge of their seats while witnessing the team’s victory.

On the mats — Indoor bowls news

TROPHY WINNERS: Poverty Bay-East Coast ended their representative season by winning the Hunt Trophy in Napier before lockdown. They are, back (from left): Coralie Campbell-Whitehead (reserve), Doc Tipene, Mike Foster, Warren Edlin and Bryan Pulley (manager). Front: Andrew Rickard, Adam Rickard, David Lynn, Hina Preddey and Bruce Easton. Picture supplied

The Gisborne Herald • Saturday, September 4, 202124 SPORT

Monday, September 6, 2021

THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY:Idris Elba, 49; Rosie Perez, 57; Jane Curtin, 74; Swoosie Kurtz, 77.

Happy Birthday:The changes you make will broaden your outlook. Expect information to surface that will give rise to new possibilities. A partnership will encourage you to make a move or lifestyle change conducive to using your attributes efficiently and allowing yourself more time to enjoy what life has to offer. Don't sell yourself short; believe and invest in yourself. Your numbers are 6, 14, 22, 24, 33, 36, 40.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Change and happiness begin with you. How you handle others and the situations you face will determine the outcome. Procrastination and inconsistency will hold you back. Put your energy into honoring the promises you make and finishing what you start. 5 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Envision the whole picture, view your cup as half full and embrace what life has to offer. Refuse to let trivial matters hold you back or ruin your day. Call things as you see them, and show honesty and integrity, not falsehoods. 2 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22):What you do will make a difference. Stop talking and start doing, and you'll get the help you need to get things done. Put your energy where it counts, and the stability and confidence you gain will help you reach your dreams. 4 stars

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Pay more attention to health, fitness and finances. Think matters through, and be secretive regarding your intentions until you have every detail taken care of and ready to launch. Don't let a sudden change someone makes disrupt your plans. 3 stars

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CROQUET

BEFORE the Covid lockdown, the Barry Memorial Croquet Club held a most-hoops handicap golf croquet teams tournament as a farewell to two of the club’s stalwarts, Dave and Chris Newton.

The Newtons are leaving Gisborne to live in Matamata.

Club captain Ross Thomson said their departure would be a huge loss to the club.

“They have both spent time on the committee, and Chris is the club secretary,” Thompson said.

“Both have always been quick to put their hand up for work that needed doing at the club.

“Although they started playing only five years ago, their handicaps have dropped markedly with regular wins in outside tournaments.”

The 16 entrants for the tournament were divided into two teams captained by each of the Newtons. They were aptly named Chris’s Boys because her team were made up of all males and Dave’s Hens because apart from one other male, all were females. The games were a mixture of doubles and singles and the five rounds were contested fiercely amid a bit of banter and hilarity.

The hoops scored in each game were credited to the players who achieved them and at the end of the day all were totalled up and the individual winner was the player who had accumulated the most points for the day. Insofar as the team scores were concerned, the top four players’ totals in each team were totalled to determine the winning team.

In the first-round battle of the captains, Dave Newton and Ross Thomson defeated Chris Newton and Rob Hayes 8-6.

In the second round, Geoff Harkess and Denise Weavers fought out a 6-6 draw and Murray Wood had a narrow 6-5 victory over Christine McCullough.

In the third round, Dave Newton and Robyn Chaffey struggled to a 6-6 draw against

Peter Richardson and newcomer Roger McLernon. McLernon, with his higher handicap, used his extra turns well and to great advantage.

In the meantime, Ina Elzen was continuing on her winning way. This time, she and Christine McCullough comfortably saw off Rob Hayes and Murray Wood 7-2. The latter pair had a combined lower handicap and found their opponents’ extra turns too big an obstacle.

The fourth round proved decisive. Ina Elzen, who up till then had won all her games, won her fourth game paired with Weavers by the sizeable margin of 11-5 against McLernon and Harkess.

Although Elzen lost her last game 7-6, she had amassed 43 hoops and carried the day.

In second place was Weavers, who had 39 hoops, and third was Robyn Chaffey, with 38.

The team honours went to

Dave’s Hens and consequently he leaves the district knowing he has Gisborne bragging rights over his wife Chris forever.

ROB Hayes and Charles Ostler competed in the top division of the Heretaunga Handicap Doubles Golf Croquet Tournament.

Throughout the tournament, Ostler played really well with his roquets (hitting away) and running the hoops.

At a critical stage in one of the games the opposition ball was right in the hoop. Hayes was in no position to do anything about it and Ostler was in front of the hoop but at an angle and right down the other end of the green. He played an amazing shot and knocked the opponents’ ball out.

Hayes was a bit erratic but played well against the top teams and when they were under pressure. He won the final hoop of two games with good jump shots. One was a

reasonable distance out and had to jump two balls. They let ourselves down in the one game they lost (10-9) on the first day against a pairing that finished down the field.

They had a really tight game against the pair that finished third. The opposition got off to a flying start and were 6-1 up. Hayes and Ostler started clawing their way back as both teams played really good croquet.

It was a great tactical battle with some of the hoops taking a long time to score.

Although there was no time limit, the tournament controller had discretion to call time if games were taking too long, which he did when the Gisborne pair were 7-6 down. They managed to negotiate 10 minutes more, arguing that it

wasn’t because of slow play (the main reason games are timed out) but because both pairs were playing really well and it was a crucial game in the tournament. The extra 10 minutes was granted and the game ended a tie at 8-8.

Playing against the top pair, who hadn’t lost a game, both Hayes and Ostler played really well and thoroughly deserved their 10-8 win. It was that pairing’s only loss in the tournament but with the one loss and a draw, Hayes and Ostler were runners-up.

PLAYING in the Whakatane Golf Croquet Doubles tournament Per and Ina Elzen aquitted themselves well by finishing in the middle of the seven-pair field with a three-win/three-loss record.

Competition farewell for couple

FAREWELL EVENT: Most-hoops winners in a Barry Memorial Croquet Club tournament to farewell Dave and Chris Newton were (from left) Chris Newton (runners-up team captain), Ina Elzen (individual winner), Denise Weavers (runner-up), Robyn Chaffey (third-placegetter), Dave Newton (winning team captain). Pictures supplied

RUNNERS-UP: Charles Ostler, left, and Rob Hayes finished second in the top division of the Heretaunga Handicap Doubles Golf Croquet Tournament in Havelock North.

BOXING

LOS ANGELES — Oscar De La Hoya’s return to the ring will have to wait after the fighter said he tested positive for Covid-19.

The 48-year-old De La Hoya was scheduled to fight on September 11 against former MMA fighter Vitor Belfort in a pay-per-view event at Staples Centre in Los Angeles.

It would have been his first fight since he was stopped by Manny Pacquiao in 2008.

The former boxing champion posted a video online on Friday of himself in a hospital bed, saying he caught the virus despite being fully vaccinated.

“I am in the hospital getting treatment and am confident I will be back in the ring before the year is up,” De La Hoya said.

De La Hoya, who has been a boxing promoter since lhe retired, was to have fought the 44-year-old Belfort at 185 pounds, 40 pounds heavier than he was for his loss to Pacquiao. — AP

Covid-forced delay for De La Hoya comeback

CRICKET

LONDON —Two days into the fourth test of a five-match series, still little separates England and India.

England eked out a first-innings lead of 99 runs thanks to half-centuries by recalled players Ollie Pope and Chris Woakes in a total of 290, a strong recovery considering the team were reeling at 62-5 at one stage at the Oval.

India’s openers were faced with a tough last hour to negotiate as shadows lengthened across the south London venue but they did it, with Rohit Sharma on 20, KL Rahul on 22 and the tourists closing on 43-0 after 16 overs.

India trailed by 56 runs but the match remained too close to call with three days to go.

The series is tied at 1-1, with a test in Manchester to come, starting next week.

Resuming on 53-3 and quickly losing nightwatchman Craig Overton (1) and Dawid Malan (31), England were thankful to Pope for anchoring crucial stands of 89 runs with Jonny Bairstow (37) and 71 runs with Moeen Ali (35) to creep ahead of the tourists’ meagre Day 1 total of 191.

Pope, making his first appearance of the series, reached his first test fifty in his past 15 innings but fell short of converting it into only his second test century when he

departed for 81, bowled by Shardul Thakur.However, a 60-ball 50 by Woakes, a great

batting option at No.9, added crucial late-innings runs to frustrate India.

The seamer has made an impressive return to the England team after more than a year away because of Covid-related reasons and then injury, having also taken figures of 4-55 to help bowl out India cheaply.

There was no top-order collapse for India in the second innings, though, with Sharma and Rahul looking compact and solid on a pitch that is looking better and better to bat on.

There were only a couple of chances for England, notably when Sharma edged Jimmy Anderson into the cordon but Rory Burns at second slip was unable to make the catch, saying a low sun was in his eyes.

Both openers had inside edges that just missed the stumps but they survived in the face of some tame offerings by England’s pace attack in the final overs.

The tailenders have been crucial for both teams so far at the Oval.

Thakur’s blistering 57, off just 36 balls, enabled India to post a competitive total from a perilous position of 127-7 in their first innings, while Woakes’s sixth test half-century propelled England to what amounted to a decent lead in a low-scoring match.

The pitch at the Oval is notoriously slow to deteriorate, so India can be confident of a good track on Day 3 before spin becomes more of an option. — AP

TEST EVENLY POISED

LEG HIT BEFORE WICKET: England’s Chris Woakes grimaces after being hit on the leg by a ball from India’s Umesh Yadav on Day 2 of the fourth test at The Oval in London. AP picture

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RUGBY by Christopher Reive, NZME

ALL BLACKS hooker Codie Taylor says he is expecting a “bloody physical battle” when the side meet the Wallabies in Perth tomorrow, but the delay between tests won’t be the only motivating factor for the Australian side.

With Covid-19 affecting both sides of the Tasman and no certainty of where the Rugby Championship would be played, New Zealand Rugby opted not to send the All Blacks to Perth for their scheduled test on August 28.

It was a decision that left former Chiefs turned Wallabies coach Rennie fuming, saying New

Zealand Rugby “didn’t even have the respect to consult RA about their decision”.

However, with Queensland confirmed as the location of the Rugby Championship, the All Blacks eventually took flight for Australia, with Sunday’s test in Perth preceding four tests in Queensland.

Asked about the comments made by Rennie and whether the situation would provide some added influence to the Wallabies’ performance this weekend, Taylor said there was probably more to it that met the eye.

“In professional footy, there’s a little bit of politics involved and I think that’s what it came

down to at the end of the day,” Taylor said.“Their coach will be firing them up in more

ways than one. They have a lot to prove. It will be a bloody physical battle, I imagine, and they’ll be out to make up for what’s been.”

The All Blacks have won both their tests against Australia so far this year, locking the Bledisloe Cup away for another season. However, they will roll out a new-look side for the test in Perth as they turn their attention to the Rugby Championship campaign, with several players unavailable including captain Sam Whitelock.

Ardie Savea will lead the team, while Taylor has been promoted into the leadership group.

“I suppose I don’t try to go out of my way and do things different; just hopefully be able to connect with most of the lads, be a voice when it’s needed, and drive the little things really well. I’ve been in these roles before so for me it’s about performing well first, then the leadership comes off the back of that.

“We’ve got new challenges ahead of us with this game this weekend. There were talks around the Bledisloe Cup, but for us it’s about the Rugby Championship now. For me, I’m not looking to do anything more than I already do; it’s just being there for the lads and performing well first. That’s the way I want to lead.”

Taylor expecting a hard physical battle tomorrow

Paralympic highlights: Day 10HIGHLIGHTS from Tokyo today — Day 10:•Rio2016ParalympicchampionAnnaGrimaldi

wins GOLD again in the Women’s Long Jump T47•ScottMartlewnarrowlymissesapodium,

finishing4thintheMen’sKayakSingle200mKL2•Rio2016ParalympicsilvermedallistHolly

RobinsonwinsgoldintheWomen’sJavelinF46Coming up in Tokyo tomorrow — Day 11 (final

day of competition):•ThelastdayofcompetitionfortheTokyo2020

ParalympicGamesseesScottMartlewcompeteintheParacanoeMen’sVa’aSingle200mVL3semifinals and finals (pending qualification)

•MichaelJohnson’sfifthParalympicGamescampaign wraps up with his final event, the R9 Mixed50mRifleProneSH2

•LisaAdamswillbeourfinalParalympiantofeature at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, competingintheWomen’sDiscusThrowF38

ParalympianAnnaGrimaldi(#195)madeParalympic history for New Zealand today, winning back-to-back gold medals in the Women’s Long Jump T47. She took an unassailable lead on her first jump, setting a Paralympic record. After that she never looked back, breaking her own record again, just three jumps later.

Grimaldi jumped into the public consciousness fiveyearsagoattheRio2016ParalympicGames, winning the event on Day 1, much to her surprise. Her reaction and celebration after her win is etched into the minds of many. At Tokyo 2020, as she described it herself: “Rio, I won by accident. This time I did it on purpose!”

PARA ATHLETICS•AnnaGrimaldiAnna Grimaldi is now a double Paralympic

champion, winning gold in the Women’s Long Jump T47 this afternoon in Tokyo and repeating thesamefeatfromRio2016,fiveyearsago.Sheled from the very first jump, setting a Paralympic recordof5.74m,beforebetteringthisjumpto5.76monherfourthattempt.Fromthereshewasunbeatable, holding a 9cm lead. The silver went toAleksandraMoguchaia(RussianParalympicCommittee)withajumpof5.67mandbronzetoKiaraRodriguez(Ecuador)with5.63m.

Grimaldi said: “I don’t even know how I feel, I think I’m just in a whirlwind. There’s been so much that’s gone into this campaign over the past five years. I owe a lot to a lot of people, and I hope that I did them proud out there. I did myself proud!

“The weather wasn’t ideal, but we got stuck in and it’s been a huge five years and I just feel like the weight of the world has just lifted off my shoulders. This is the most nervous I have been for a competition before. Throughout the entire competition I felt like I was going to throw up, I was so nervous. So, I think to finish today with my name on top, it’s just pretty surreal.

“The plan was to go in, not with a safe jump, but to make sure I didn’t foul my first jump. I’m stoked that I didn’t, because it sort of lets you relax a little bit. But in saying that, I was not that calm. The last couple of weeks have been pretty tough and I’ve been pretty nervous, the doubts creeped in, the stress creeped in, the confidence dwindled but I was super lucky to have people aroundmethatwereabletosupportthat.Mypartner, my family, friends and high performance support staff, my mental skills trainer, the team psychologist. I mean it’s been a roller coaster five years, but also a roller coaster last four weeks.

“I’m super proud, I think Rio I won by accident and this time I did it on purpose and I think that’s sort of how I feel, there’s been so much that has gone into this one. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve changed a lot as a person. And I hope that was obvious out there to people watching how different I was to Rio. I’m really proud!”

Grimaldi struggled at the 2017 World Para

Athletics Championship in London from a lingering foot injury. After two years of medical care and rehabilitation she was back on the podium, winning silver in the Women’s Long Jump T47 at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. During the 2021 summer season, Grimaldi achieved four personal bests, taking her within 10cm of the world record. Grimaldi has a congenital single limb deficiency.

• Holly RobinsonRio2016silvermedallistHollyRobinson

became a Paralympic gold medallist last night intheWomen’sJavelinF46.Robinsontooktothe field in Tokyo for the first time along with her long-time competitor Holly Arnold (Great Britain). She threw consistently throughout the evening and left us all in suspense as she stepped up to take her final throw and threw a gold medal winning 40.99m

The silver medal was won by Noelle Roorda (Netherlands)throwing39.26andbronzetoHollyArnold(GreatBritain)throwing39.73.Robinson’sworldrecordof45.73msetin2019wasnotchallenged tonight in Tokyo.

Robinson said: “I feel relieved at the moment. Honestly that last throw I couldn’t quite believe it. And realising in that moment that was the gold medal, it is just something I have wanted for so long and it is finally here. I’m so happy and so proud of myself and my team for helping me get here. I have so many times in competitions thrown good throws got up to number one and then been beaten. So I was just waiting for that last throw to go and once it was gone it is just a moment you never forgot. I just want to thankeveryonethathashelpedmegethere.Myfriends, family, my partners, my coach Raylene I couldn’t have done this without those people.

I’ve been fighting and fighting for this for so long, comps of late have not gone that well for meandthenwehadCOVIDhit.Gettingthatgoldmeans a lot because we have worked so hard to get it. Today I don’t really think the distance reflected where I’m at or what I am capable of. I’m really proud of myself for bringing it out on the last round and managing to get that gold.

Robinson referred to Anna Grimaldi’s success earlier in the day saying “go Dunedin, and Hokitika as that is where I am from. We have the same team behind us through High Performance Sport NZ and they have helped to get us to where we are. We can’t wait to get home and celebrate with those people that have helped us to get here today.”

HollyRobinson(Paralympian#183)madeher Paralympic debut in London 2012, going on to be named flag bearer for the New Zealand Paralympic Team at the opening ceremony of theRio2016ParalympicGames.AtRio2016,she won a silver medal in the Women’s Javelin F46.ShethenwentontowinsilverattheGoldCoast 2018 Commonwealth Games and has consistently medalled at international events, since. Tokyo 2020 will be her third Paralympic Games.InMarch2021,Robinsonwroteherselfinto the record books when she became the first Para athlete to win a medal in an open event at the?New Zealand Track & Field Championships, taking silver in the?Women’s?Javelin. Robinson has a single limb deficiency.

PARA SWIMMINGRio2016goldmedallistNikitaHowarthwas

back in the pool today for her second and final event of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, the Women’s50mButterflyS7.Afterqualifyingeighthfastest in the heats earlier today, the pressure was on for tonight’s final. Howarth got off to an incredibly fast start and was commended by the commentators on her ‘strong underwater game’. With the eventual gold medallist way out in front, Howarthwasinabattleforsilverorbronzemostof the race but faded as the wall approached.

Shefinished6thinatimeof36.92.DanielleDorriss (Canada) took the gold in a World Record timeof32.99,withthesilvergoingtoMalloryWeggemann(USA)with34.30andbronzetoGuiliaTerzi(Italy)on34.32.

Howarth had already finished a narrow 4th in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB7 Final earlier these Paralympics. Her preparation for Tokyo 2020 was hampered by a broken arm fourth months out, but she had medical clearance to compete. Howarth has now completed her Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games campaign.

Howarth said: “Think the final was better, I wasn’tasstressedoutastheheat.Myheattimewas absolutely horrible so to jump a couple of places up was quite nice.

“It was a very fast race. I haven’t seen a girl like her perform, I mean, she’s similar to me (impairment-wise), but she must be doing somethingelseintraining,itsamazing.

I think the campaign was alright (in light of my broken arm). I think mistakes were made but hopefully we will be better next time and I’ve just got to keep training for it and hopefully my arm repairs soon!”

HowarthisaRio2016goldmedallistintheWomen’s200mIndividualMedleySM7andbronzemedallistintheWomen’s50mButterflyS7. She started swimming competitively at 7 and in2012,attheageof13,Howarthbecametheyoungest person to represent New Zealand at a Paralympic Games. She described competing in front of 17,000 fans at the London 2012 Paralympic Games as “overwhelming” but nonethelesswas6thinthe200mIndividualMedleySM7.Howarthhasdoublebelowelbowlimb deficiency.

PARA CYCLING — ROADAnother Paralympian finishing up her

campaign in Japan today was Para cyclist, SarahEllington.Ellingtoncrossedtheline12thintheWomen’sC1-3RoadRace,afteranotherday beset by heavy rain at the Fuji International Speedway. The Paralympic debutant has competed in three events across these Games, finishing11thintheWomen’sC1-33000mIndividualPursuitintheVelodrome,beforemoving to the road, where she finished 10th in theWomen’sC1-3TimeTrialand12thintoday’sWomen’sC1-3RoadRace.

Ellingtonsaid:“Theracecourseisreallygoodas it’s on a speedway so it was really technical and quite smooth in parts. On the open roads there was quite a lot of downhill so it was easy to recover. It was a little bit wet today and a little bit cooler than what we were hoping for so it made the race a bit slower and cautious. And there was quite a lot of hills that naturally split up the group.

“I don’t think I have really digested this whole experienceyetprobablywhenIgettoMIQIwilltake in the whole experience. But is has definitely beenamazingtofinallybehereespeciallywiththat extra year.”

Ellingtonhasanacquiredimpairment,aftersustaining a spinal cord injury falling out of atreein2015.Herimpairment,incompleteparaplegia, has resulted in weak leg muscles and restricted ankle movement, and she had to learn to walk again. she had the honour of being the first of 18 Para athletes debuting at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games amongst 18 debutants in the31-strongNewZealandParalympicTeam.

PARA CANOE•ScottMartlewScottMartlew(Paralympian#198)finished

averynarrow4thinthefinaloftheMen’sKayak Single 200m KL2 today at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo today, after winning his heat in dominant fashion yesterday. Today he set a time of 42.880, with the gold medal going to CurtisMcGrath(Australia)inatimeof41.426,

followedbyMykolaSyniuk(Ukraine)inatimeof42.503andFedericoMancarella(Italy)on42.574.

Martlewsaid:“Obviouslyalittlebitdisappointed in 4th, but still proud of how I went, I gave it all. Proud of the journey to get here and I want to thank everyone for all their support and just blown away by all the support form back home, yeah, it’s been really cool.

“I’m looking forward to tomorrow, and the racing, I’ve gotten to know the conditions out there a bit more and so I’ll take that into tomorrow and it give it my all again. It’ll be good!”

Active in a range of paddle sports as a youngster,ScottMartlewtookupkayakingattheageof16dreamingofonedaymakingthe Olympics. However, the following year he sustained a tear to his left quadriceps playing rugby. The tear became infected with a flesh-eating bacteria and his leg had to be amputated in order to save his life. In the wake of his life changingcircumstances,Martlewreadjustedhis goals. He moved into Para canoe racing and made his Paralympic debut at the Rio 2016ParalympicGames.TherecompetingintheKL3200mhefinishedahighlyrespectableeighth place on debut. He was reclassified in 2018 as a KL2 (a classification for athletes with a more severe disability). At the 2018 World Championships,Martlewmadeamajorimpact;winning a KL2 200m silver to climb the podium for the first time on the global stage. In 2019, he concluded a highly successful year by winning KL2200mWorldChampionshipsbronze.

Martlewisbacktomorrowforhislastevent,thesemisandfinalsoftheMen’sVa’aSingle200mHeatVL3.

•CorbinHartCorbin Hart was back on the water for the

seconddayinarowtoday,racingintheMen’sKayakSingle200mKL3Semifinals.Hartfinished5th,takinghimthroughtoFinalB,wherehealsofinished5thinatimeof44.182.Thegoldwaswon in Final A by Serhii Yemelianov (Ukraine) inatimeof40.355,withLeonidKrylov(RussianParalympicCommittee)insilverwith40.464andRobertOliver(GreatBritain)inbronzeon41.268.

Hart said: “It’s a whole lot of mixed feelings, all the things, you know. It’s pretty unreal to think that I’ve done this within a years’ time, so I look forward to the future. Another three years, building toward Paris, which is looking very promising!

“(Today) wasn’t the best. I had a bit of a technical difficulty with my leg, it got jammed at the front of my seat, so I had to slow up and try and unjam it and carry on, so I kind of had tocatchbackupandget5th.Itsnotbad.I’mpretty happy with how my semi went and it was probably the best performance I have ever had. You win some you lose some!”

Corbin Hart has enjoyed a meteoric rise to his first Paralympic Games. A surf lifesaving enthusiast in his youth — in late-2019 he lost his right leg in a civil road accident. Choosing to adopt a positive in July 2020, he acted on the advice of friend Caitlin Regal, the four-time World Championship canoe sprint medallist, to give kayaking a go.

Last October “just three months after he first sat in a kayak” Corbin made his competitive debut at the Blue Lake 1 regatta in Rotorua.

There he impressed to win the Division 2 K1 500mAFinalandfinishsecondintheK1200mA Final.

Intending to focus his efforts on qualifying for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, Corbin instead switched his emphasis on trying to make the team for Tokyo on the recommendation of Leigh Barker, coach to fellow New Zealand Paralympic TeammemberScottMartlew.HethenheadedtoSzeged,HungaryinMay2021,wherehemanagedto qualify for Tokyo 2020.

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CRICKET by Niall Anderson, NZ Herald

A SENSATIONAL Tom Latham innings has been let down by a sloppy fielding display as the Black Caps fell a ball short of an absurd escape in their second Twenty20 against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

Compared with their opening embarrassment, which saw them routed for 60, this time the New Zealand batsmen showed greater application and skill on the slothy pitch, led by a sublime captain’s knock from Latham, who beat the team’s first-up effort by himself with an unbeaten 65 off 49 balls in the Black Caps’ chase of 142 for victory.

He also nearly conjured up the most remarkable of last-ball triumphs, aided by some baffling Bangladeshi bumbling.

With the Black Caps dead and buried needing 13 runs off two balls, Mustafizur Rahman decided to bowl a back-of-the-hand slower ball, which turned into a beamer, ballooning over Latham’s head.

The skipper, while ducking, somehow had the awareness to periscope his bat skywards and it boinked away for four to go with a no-ball that left New Zealand requiring eight off two.

A clip through mid-wicket for two from the resulting free hit left Latham needing to hoik a final-ball six to win, but this time Mustafizur executed and Latham couldn’t get any air on his 49th and final ball of the innings, with Bangladesh holding on for a four-run win.

Promoting himself to No 3, Latham’s innings was the equivalent of a blazing century in New Zealand conditions and, if

not for the Kiwis’ first-innings foibles and the general apathetic feel of the second-string series, could have been a memorable match-winning knock.

Instead, he was left to rue several missed chances in the field which turned a chaseable target into an unlikely adventure.

The experienced and usually safe-handed duo of Colin de Grandhomme and Tom Blundell were to blame, with de Grandhomme dropping a Cole McConchie delivery that was slapped hard by Liton Das, but right to the mulleted man at square leg.

Liton was scoreless, and went on to make 33 off 29 balls. Later, Mahmudullah was on four when he skied a delivery to long-off, with Blundell running in and misjudging the opportunity, watching the ball go over his head, but bounce inside the rope.

He made the same mistake to the same batsman later in the innings, although his second effort was less egregious, standing off the deep square leg boundary in an attempt to cut down the Bangladeshi batsmen running two, only to be left leaping helplessly as the ball again flew over his head and away for four.

Mahmudullah ended up making a crucial unbeaten 37 off 32 balls, and that was one of four boundaries he smacked off Doug Bracewell, who underlined an issue which may continue to be a common theme in this five-match series.

New Zealand’s three spinners returned figures of 5-66 from 12 overs, led by Rachin Ravindra’s impressive 3-22. However, that still leaves eight overs for the seamers, and despite some funky slower variations

from Hamish Bennett, they leaked 73 runs, picking up just one wicket.

With no other spin options in the squad, and now down 2-0, deficient squad-building could ultimately cost the Black Caps hope of a series victory, with the seamers’ comparative lack of control also letting Mohammad Naim (a run-a-ball 39) accumulate in an innings which saw only Mushfiqur Rahim (golden duck) strike below a run-a-ball.

Bangladesh’s eventual 141-6 seemingly may as well have been 200 given the Black Caps’ batting deficiencies in the first clash and the dour conditions, and at 28-2 at the end of the six-over powerplay, the required run rate was already at a daunting eight.

But, with support from Will Young (22 off 28) and later McConchie (15 not out off 12), Latham chipped away at the target.

On paper, given his highest international score in the format was 39, Latham was an unlikely source of runs, but in these conditions his experience and guile shone through.

Ramps, pulls, guides, flicks, pushes – all the shots were on display in what was, to draw a crude, but glaring comparison, a Kane Williamson-esque innings, as his 50 came up from 38 balls.

Still, though, the required run rate was ticking upwards as his partners fell, and for all his gumption, the equation was never in Latham’s favour – from 48 required off four overs, to 37 off three, 28 off two, and finally 20 off one.

Mustafizur’s mishap produced one final burst of excitement, and while he left the field as the losing captain, Latham could do so with his head held high.

Black Caps lose to Bangladesh again

TOM LATHAM

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PARALYMPICS

NEW ZEALAND Paralympic javelin thrower Holly Robinson says that finally winning a gold medal was both an unbelievable and unforgettable experience.

The 26-year-old saved her best till last yesterday, jumping up the leaderboard from the bronze medal position to gold with her final throw.

While Robinson was always capable of such a feat — she is the world-record-holder in the event — she had been pipped to the top of the podium in both the Rio Olympics in 2016 and the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in 2018 by Britain’s Hollie Arnold. And it was Arnold who again had led the field until that last throw and Arnold who had the chance to once again topple Robinson at the death.

That’s why Robinson only felt safe to celebrate her gold once Arnold’s final throw had fizzled short of her own mark.

“I have so many times in the last round thrown a good throw, gone up to No.1 and then been beaten,” Robinson said.

“So, I was just waiting for that last throw (from Arnold) to go. Once it was gone, it’s just a moment you never forget.

“I couldn’t believe it . . . it’s just something I’ve wanted for so long, it’s finally here, all the emotions just come at you at once.”

Once Robinson knew she had secured the gold, she immediately ran to embrace her coach Raylene Bates, who had earlier been frustrated with her young charge.

“I was getting pretty grumpy,” Bates said. “No, I mean literally, it was basic errors, basic, basic stuff.

“The last round, I just said to keep everything still, keep your alignment, lock, and she did it. They were going nowhere tonight, none of the javelins were going anywhere, but we knew there was just so much more in there.”

While Robinson’s pedigree in the sport is undeniable, gold medals have proved elusive in major events for her. She says victory in Tokyo’s National Stadium was the result of a long and gutsy battle for her and her team.

“I’ve been fighting and fighting and fighting for it for so long,” she said.

“Competitions of late haven’t gone all that great for me, then we had Covid.

Getting that gold means a lot; we’ve worked so hard to get it.”

It was the Kiwi team’s sixth gold medal of the Tokyo Games and second of the day — all won by women. New Zealand sit 19th on the medal table with three more athletes set to compete today.

Robinson, who was raised in Hokitika and now lives in Dunedin, will be one satisfied spectator.

Earlier in the day, Anna Grimaldi defended her throne as Paralympic Games champion, claiming her second gold medal in the women’s long jump (T47).

The 24-year-old from Dunedin came into the event as the one to beat, and lived up to that moniker by posting a Paralympic record of 5.74 metres with her first of six attempts in the final in the wet and dreary conditions.

That mark would have been enough to win her the gold, but she improved to 5.76m on her fourth attempt following two no-jumps to extend her lead a touch further.

“I didn’t realise how close I was last

Games to getting that (Paralympic Games record) so I’m stoked I got it this time. I wish I could’ve been able to jump a bit further out there today but the conditions were a little bit average, so I’m stoked,” Grimaldi told TVNZ.

“I think we all prepared for it to be 40 degrees, bright sun, absolutely sweltering, but I think it’s nicer at home in Dunedin today than it is here.”

In the final round, after Ecuador’s Kiara Rodriguez had a no-jump with her last attempt and Russian Paralympic Committee representative Aleksandra Moguchaia posted a 5.67m jump, Grimaldi had the gold sealed before hitting the board one last time.

The smile on her face told the story as she lined up her final jump, bounded off the board with little authority and ran through the sand before heading to the stands to collect the New Zealand flag and drape it around her.

“After the fifth round, my coach said to take it back a foot, then I walked over and was like ‘this is the last round and

I’m in first. When it gets to my jump, I will know what’s happened — I’ll either be in first or third or fourth or whatever’.

“It’s a pretty special feeling knowing you’re in first with one jump left, and then I was just too emotional to put it together (in the last jump).”

On the water, canoe racer Scott Martlew came up just short of the medals in the KL2 final, finishing in fourth place.

It was a tightly raced contest, with several athletes in the medal hunt at the halfway point. However, the back end of the race saw a clear leader emerge in Australia’s Curtis McGrath, with Martlew in the contest for the minor placings.

However, he was unable to go with Ukranian Mykola Syniuk and Italy’s Federico Mancarella, who filled out the podium in second and third place. Martlew crossed the line liess than half a second behind Mancarella.

In the KL3 class, Corbin Hart finished fifth in the B final, while on the road, cyclist Sarah Ellington finished the women’s C1-3 road race in 12th place.

Gold ‘unforgettable’

GOLDEN GIRLS: New Zealand’s Holly Robinson competes in the women’s javelin F46 at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo yesterday. Right, Anna Grimaldi competes in the women’s long jump T45. Pictures by Joel Marklund for OIS via AP

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