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• Four coronavirus cases in Auckland, unknown source

• Auckland Super City in Level 3 lockdown

• Remainder of NZ now at Alert Level 2

• Restrictions until midnight Friday at this stage

• Masks recommended when out in public

• Aged care facilites nationwide at Alert Level 4

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ALL rest homes are in full lockdown and social distancing is back after Tairawhiti today was placed in Covid-19 Alert Level 2.

Auckland, from midday today, was put into Level 3 while the rest of the country is at Level 2 after four cases of Covid-19 from an unknown source were confirmed yesterday.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, at a media conference this morning, said one of the cases — a woman in her 20s — travelled to Rotorua at the weekend and was showing symptoms while there.

This reinforced their decision to move the remainder of the country to Level 2.

Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz said this morning people should take the raised alert level seriously.

“We have done it before and we can do it again. Please observe excellent hand hygiene, keep social distancing

up and most importantly, stay home if you are unwell and contact your GP or Healthline to consult about a possible test.

“We need to look after each other and again show how great Team Tairawhiti can work together.

“As a council, we will have our Civil Defence team working closely with health officials, our iwi partners and community groups to reach out to those who need assistance.

“Please stay updated via the Government’s Covid website, news media and social media.”

Under Level 2, retail businesses, including malls, markets and takeaway shops, need to keep customers two metres apart but do not need to keep records of customers to enable contact tracing. There is no maximum number of customers allowed in a store, as long as they can keep two metres apart at all times.

This morning, Pak’nSave was allowing 115 people into the store at one time, with around 100 people seen queuing there at about 10am.

Some planned events have already fallen victim to Level 2 restrictions.

A Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti (SGT)statement on Facebook said day two of the inter-school gymnastics festival at Electrinet Sport Centre had been cancelled.

“Alert Level 2 restricts gatherings to under 100 people, and as such we can’t continue with the festival,” said SGT chief executive Stefan Pishief.

“We know this will be hugely disappointing for all of our tamariki who had prepared for this event, especially after the wonderful displays we saw today (yesterday) but I am sure we all understand the need to follow the Government’s advice and look out for one another.”

SGT active communities lead Tyler

Kirk said guidance was that the gathering restriction of 100 people was key.

“Groups running activities, separating groups of over 100 should be OK. We’re looking to go out to the clubs this morning to remind them what their responsibilities are.”

Mr Pishief said the sporting codes and clubs had already been preparing for sport if there was a return to Level 2 .

“We think our codes and clubs are in a pretty good space with this —it is going to be a bit of a scramble.

“We’re getting communications out today on what is cancelled and what will be running with up to 100 people.

“That will depend on each of the codes, educating the community and cutting out spectators if we have to.”

Some clubs will have staff at key entry points to count spectators attending games.

HERE WE GO AGAIN

‘We have done it before and we can do it again’: Mayor

NO NEED TO PANIC: That did not stop a large number of people heading to the supermarket today, including this queue at Gisborne Pak’nSave, despite Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s advice not to “panic buy”.

Picture by Rebecca Grunwell

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A COLOURFUL collection of characters from the pages of favourite stories sashayed down the catwalk at the annual Awapuni School book character parade this week.

“This is always a highlight of the school calendar and was even more so after the unprecedented year 2020 has been so far,” said teacher and library team leader Janine Bava.

Whanau of students were this year invited to get involved and the school introduced a new section for best dressed whanau member.

Paper Plus Gisborne owner and Awapuni School

parent Anita Kingston and Gisborne Deputy Mayor and former Awapuni student Josh Wharehinga were guest judges.

The two most creative book characters from each class won a book of their choice from Paper Plus.

Due to structural damage caused by an earthquake before Christmas, Awapuni has not been able to use its library this year.

The school is in the process of transferring the library to a new area and has created a “kids’ zone” in one of the classrooms so students can still enjoy lunchtime reading and activities.

SNOW WHITE:CharleeArahanga(front)andKirraStewartasfairytalefavouriteSnowWhite.

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THE GRINCH: MadisonandArchieCraigasCindyLouandtheGrinchfromDr.Seuss’sbookHowtheGrinchStoleChristmas.

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Poverty Bay Rugby chief executive Josh Willoughby said the sport had planned for this.

A decision about games scheduled for today —under-15 and u18 rugby — had not yet been made as of this morning.

Senior clubs are ready to play under Level 2 and train with protocols in place should they need to be activated.

Plans, which have been authorised by the district council, include limiting supporters at each field to 100, cleaning equipment before, during and after use and individual water bottles.

“We’ve been through this before,” said Mr Willoughby.

“We’re hopeful we will be at Level 1 again on Saturday.”

Poverty Bay Hockey confirmed tonight’s intermediate and tomorrow’s games for years 3 to 6 were postponed.

The move to Level 2 comes just as Gisborne theatres and other venues had geared back up to get shows going.

Under Level 2, public venues can remain open but there is a limit of 100 people at gatherings (including funerals).

Social distancing is back — two metres with strangers and public venues like retail shops and supermarkets, one metre for workplaces.

Unity Theatre’s booked out eight-day season of Calender Girls is due to open tomorrow night.

Theatre management will consult today with health officials to see what can be worked out, says assistant director and stage manager Jean McIntosh.

Updates will be posted on Unity Theatre’s Facebook page and in The Gisborne Herald.

At this stage, Michael Hurst’s solo performance of the Tom Scott play Daylight Atheist is still going ahead at Lawson Field Theatre on Sunday afternoon.

Exercise and recreation activities are allowed provided these can be done safely.

Swimming at a public swimming pool is allowed but there will be restrictions, as there will be when going to the gym.

Community sports are limited to groups of 100 in a defined space.

A sports field can have multiple defined spaces by keeping people in groups of up to 100, separated through physical distancing or barriers.

These groups are prevented from intermingling or sharing common facilities at the same time.

For dine-in customers, restaurants, cafes and bars should have customers seated, keep groups of attendees one metre apart, have a single server per group where practical and keep records of all customers and workers to enable contact tracing.

That means the cancellation of tonight’s $2000 members draw at Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club.

“There’s two separate bars — 100 people at the main bar and 100 people at the Shark Bar tonight,” said club president Roger Faber.

“We have put social distancing in place and we just wait until Friday to find out where we go to from there.”

The Dome Room has 250 booked for Saturday’s Ultimate 70s Celebration but organisers are in a “wait-and-see” situation, says venues owner Sally Shanks.

Smash Palace will bring back sign-ins, social distancing, seating requirements and sanitiser availability protocols during Level 2. Patrons with the Covid tracer apps can scan the poster with the QR code at the door.

Tomorrow night’s regular Build a Band will include social distancing on stage.

Blues guitarist Richard Alexander’s performance will go ahead on Friday night to a seated audience of no more than 100.

“Hopefully Level 2 is lifted by Friday, but we will be prepared if it keeps going,” says Smash co-owner Darryl Monteith.

Schools remain open and those spoken to by The Herald today said they were reinforcing the need to use hand sanitiser and good health practices.

Several were also meeting today to assess if planned school trips and cross-country activities would go ahead.

All Gisborne District Council services remain unaffected.

For full details of Level 2 restrictions go to covid19.govt.nz/covid-19/restrictions/alert-level-2/

Plans in place for Level 2FROM PAGE 1

by Murray Robertson

AIR New Zealand passengers leaving Auckland for Gisborne are required to wear masks as a result of the announcement last night that Auckland has moved back to Alert Level 3.

But under Alert Level 3, only essential workers and those returning to their normal place of residence will be allowed to travel out of Auckland.

The Government’s guidelines for Alert Level 3 state :“You should not travel to another region for recreation or work unless you’re an essential worker travelling for work.

“You should not take a flight to another region

unless you’re an essential worker travelling to do essential work.

“Public transport can continue to operate with strict health and safety requirements.”

The airline has been reviewing its services following the announcement that puts Auckland at Alert 3 and the rest of country at Alert 2 at least for the next three days.

Flights to and from Auckland and Gisborne remain unaffected at this stage.

Tairawhiti District Health this morning said it was not looking at testing at Gisborne airport at this stage.

In other safety measures, the airline’s Auckland lounges and valet parking closed from midday today.

“For the duration of the change in alert levels, we will also be taking extra precautions to keep people safe,” Air NZ said in a statement.

“Our front-of-house employees and domestic cabin crew will wear masks and gloves, and pilots will wear masks when interacting with customers or walking through the terminal.

“Customers on flights departing from Auckland will be also be required to wear masks. They are welcome to bring their own or these will be provided by the airline onboard.”

The airline recommends its customers travelling from other airports also wear masks “however, this will not be a requirement”.

“Customers who hold a ticket for a domestic flight within New Zealand and are scheduled to

depart before 11.59pm on Sunday, August 16, may opt to hold their fare in credit and can do this via the airline’s online booking tool.

“Customers who are unable to manage their booking online and no longer wish to travel do not need to contact Air New Zealand immediately or prior to their flight’s departure.

“They can be assisted at a later date to find an alternative flight option or be provided with a credit note,” the airline said.

It was reported earlier today that the Air New Zealand contact centre and social media team were experiencing extremely high demand.

“We are grateful to our customers for their patience while we work through these changes.”

Masks mandatory on Air NZ flights from Auckland

PEOPLE with any respiratory symptoms and who have been out of Tairawhiti for any time in the previous two weeks should call their GP to arrange a Covid-19 test.

Early detection of any Covid-19 cases is one priority after the four community transmission cases in Auckland, says Hauora Tairawhiti Medical Officer of Health Dr Osman David Mansoor.

The virus may have spread out of Auckland and “we hope to get more information on possible sources for the investigations in Auckland’’.

“We are at Level 2 now, which also means gatherings are limited to 100 people.

“However, if there are any indoor gatherings, mask-wearing would be advisable.

“Wearing a mask will help prevent spread from those who do not have symptoms.

“Act as though you may have Covid,” said Dr Mansoor.

Hauora Tairawhiti had been planning for a resurgence in Covid-19 in Tairawhiti.

“We have reviewed how we responded last time and refined our plans.

“As a result, we have increased the number of people who are trained in contact tracing and also where and how we will step up community testing as required.

“Contact tracing will be key to any response need here.

“Could you easily remember everywhere you have been over the last 14 days? Most people couldn’t.

“That is why it is so important to use a tool that can help you.

“I urge you to download NZ Covid Tracer app to create a digital diary of places you visit by scanning the official QR codes.

“The tracker will help contact tracers to isolate anyone who may have been exposed to Covid-19 quickly.”

The other priority is good hygiene behaviour for all.

This means minimise close contacts — keep distance (two metres) when you can; wash your hands before you touch your face.

A new aspect of hygiene is mask-wearing when you leave home — especially if you have been out of the district recently or if you have any respiratory symptoms.

At Gisborne Hospital, no health services are cancelled at Level 2, said Hauora Tairawhiti acting chief executive Lynsey Bartlett.

“None of our visiting specialists are from Auckland or anywhere with isolation facilities. Anyone unwell should not come to the hospital.

“We will be looking at screening

people who are visiting and have been out of the district recently.”

All these decisions will be reviewed as we learn more about the current outbreak of Covid.

■ REST homes here and across

New Zealand are moving into full lockdown effective immediately until midnight Friday, August 14.

New Zealand Aged Care Association chief executive Simon Wallace said rest homes were not taking any chances.

“The experience in Melbourne where more than 100 rest homes have been affected shows the impact of not moving quickly.

“The lockdown means no visits will be allowed and no staff will be able to move between facilities.

“This a precautionary measure and the situation will be reassessed on Friday.”

TAKE YOUR PICK: Tonee Mihaere with the range of fabric face masks and plastic face shields for sale at Gisborne Drycleaners and Laundromat. As the country went into Alert Level 2 at midday today Tonee was preparing for a rush on the fabric face masks. Her mum, Heather Mihaere, started making the masks about three weeks before the country went into Level 4 lockdown in late March and they have now sold more than 500. They have made a range of sizes, including those for children, in a selection of coloured and patterned fabrics. “The black masks have been the most popular. We’ve sold out of those and are about to make up another order,” Tonee says. “The masks have been really popular with essential workers and just today we’ve had Countdown employees coming over to buy them and the plastic face shields.” Heather does all of the sewing and has a workshop set up at home with about 10 sewing machines, each for different types of fabric and purposes. She also does all of the alterations for her family-owned drycleaning business. Picture by Rebecca Grunwell

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, August 12, 2020 NEWS 3

TAIRAWHITI residents have been reminded by Gisborne District Council to burn only dry, suitable, firewood and keep chimneys clean and maintained to minimise air pollution.

During winter air quality usually declines due to smoke from woodburners and domestic fires.

The National Environmental Standards for Air Quality (NESAQ) sets a minimum level of health protection for all New Zealanders.

“Councils are required to monitor levels of particulate matter (PM) of less than 10 micrometres in diameter (PM10) to meet the set health protection levels,” a GDC spokesman said.

“Particles larger than 20 micrometres in size are easily visible and can cause nuisance effects such as dust and ash on surfaces like window sills.

“Small-sized particles (less than 10 micrometres) are known to cause health issues.

“Breathing in these tiny suspended particles can be harmful as they end up in the airways, lungs or even enter the bloodstream,” the spokesman said.

Earlier this year the council’s air quality monitoring equipment was upgraded to more modern technology that measures PM2.5 as well as PM10.

“This winter there has been eight exceedances of the permissible level for PM10. This is likely due to the more sensitive monitoring equipment.

To help improve our air quality and avoid smoking out your neighbour, here are some fire tips to reduce air pollution:■ Use dry wood – it gives more heat

and causes less pollution. Wood needs around 12 months to dry out before

burning.■ Do not burn driftwood in your

fireplace — it creates a corrosive smoke which is likely to cause damage to the fireplace as well as release contaminants such as dioxin.■ Keep your wood dry — store the

wood undercover out of the rain and make sure air can flow around it.■ Check your fireplace — clean the

flue or chimney every year.■ Never burn rubbish, treated wood or

painted timber as they release chemicals.■ Check the smoke coming out of

your chimney — a clear emission usually means an efficient fire and less pollution.■ Dispose of ashes once they’re cold,

do not place on vege gardens as arsenic is a contaminant product from the combustion process.

Clean air — it’s about the right wood

by Murray Robertson

THE region’s farmers will have one eye on the weather for the next couple of weeks as the start of the main lambing season rapidly approaches.

The main ewe drop is set to start from around August 20.

“Farmers these days typically lamb over two to three months to lessen the

impact of storms on their new arrivals,” said AgFirst consultant Peter Andrew.

“The planned lambing across the district can be from late June to mid-October, so almost 100 days.

“It has been a reasonably good season so far for the early lambing farmers, mostly on the flat country around the district.”

Mr Andrew said the weather had

been reasonable, with the only real storm the rain on July 18 that particularly affected the Tolaga Bay area.

“The grass is trying to grow through which is really positive on many farms,” he said.

“Crossed fingers the weather remains kind as we head towards the main lambing season.”

Keeping a weather eye out for new arrivals

NOT LONG NOW: The start of the main lambing season is about 10 days away and farmers have their fingers crossed for decent weather to give new arrivals like these every chance to survive and thrive. Picture supplied

GISBORNE district councillors are expected to “commit to an anti-racism journey” when they meet tomorrow.

Council chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann said the move was in response to the invitation of indigenous rights advocate Tina Ngata for the council make such a commitment.

Ms Ngata made the request at a June 25 council meeting after councillors revoked a previous decision to reinstate the Endeavour models.

Her deputation has since been followed up with a written request.

The paper before councillors, from

Ms Thatcher Swann, says the “journey” comprises:■ Historical/contextual understanding

and research into council’s past and present, and examination of policies and practices.■ Identification of significant issues/intervention and development of a measurement framework.■ Action and workshops.Ms Thatcher Swann said the council

had been on an “improvement pathway” since accusations of racism that gained national media coverage.

One instance involved the Endeavour models decision and the other

an alleged racist remark by a councillor.“Both examples caused significant

reputational damage.”The improvement involves putting

in place plans, resources and actions to deliver the council’s Tairawhiti Piritahi (coming together) Policy and its commitment to tangata whenua.

“There is still much to be done in this area and this invitation presents an opportunity for council (staff and elected members) to embrace anti-racism at individual, collective and systems levels, and to tangibly demonstrate how we are giving effect to this.”

GDC moves to commit to anti-racism journey

HAMON, WinstonRonald. — 02.01.1945– 11.08.2020, aged 75years. Passed awaypeacefully at GisborneHospital. Beloved sonof the late Wairarapaand Raukawa (NoiNgata) Hamon. Brotherof Kane, Wahu (dec),Dick (Twin), Lydia(dec), and Kitty. Lovedby his many nieces andnephews. Kind husbandof Ruby and veryloving father of Leeroyand Clint Hamon. Veryloving whangai Dad toShelley and LisaMackey. Special Papa,Koro and Koko to his15 mokopuna and 4mokopuna tuarua. The funeral servicewill be held at LDSChurch, CochraneStreet at 10am onFriday, 14th August,followed by intermentat Taruheru LawnCemetery.- Evans FuneralServices Ltd FDANZwww.evansfuneral.co.nz

HOOKER, Dora. —Much loved wife ofRex. Adored Mum ofSonia and Murray, andMichael and Gayle.Loved Nana of Corey,Kimberley and Bradley,Lilly, Layla and Sophie. A graveside servicewill be held at TaruheruCemetery at 2.30pm,Thursday the 13th ofAugust. In lieu offlowers, donations toHospice Tairawhiti,Private Bag 7001Gisborne 4040, wouldbe appreciated.- Evans FuneralServices Ltd. FDANZwww.evansfuneral.co.nz

LIDDY, John Patrick(Jack). — 14.11.1918 -10.8.2020, in his 102ndyear. Beloved husbandof the late Hilda GMinnis. Dearly lovedfather of AnnetteRansley, JacquelineClare Owen, and thelate John Phillip (UK)and Meryl Liddy.Loved Grandpa anduncle of all hisgrandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephewsand nieces. Jack’s funeral servicewill be held at St.Mary’s Star of the seaChurch, Campion Road,at 12.10pm on Friday14th August, followedby interment atServicemen’s Lawn atTaruheru Cemetery.- Evans FuneralServices Ltd FDANZwww.evansfuneral.co.nz

PHILLIPS, EricRaymond. — On the9th of August 2020, atGisborne Hospital, aftera long and courageousbattle. Loved father andfather-in-law to Jasonand Sarah, and specialPa to Josh and Elle. Dad you will be inour hearts forever. Mayyour barrel always behot and there always besomething cooking inthe camp oven. Thanks to the Teamin Ward 5.

PHILLIPS, EricRaymond. — 14.1.52 -9.8.20. Loving husbandand soulmate of Susan.Cherished son ofMargaret (dec). Lovingfather of Jason andSarah, Jessica andBryce. Big Brother ofLynette and Mike,Graeme and Rachel andMichael. Son-in-Law ofCharlie (dec) andMargaret (dec).Brother-in-law to Pauland Janice, Michelleand Kim. Special Pa toJosh and Elle. A courageous battle,at peace now, forever inour hearts. Free to roamthe bush in SF100, keepthe fire burning at theRed Hut. Funeral details willbe at a later date whenfamily arrive fromoverseas.

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(Jeory), (Poi)The Jeory family wouldlike to give huge thanksto Leighton House stafffor their compassionand care for our mother.Thank you also toJeremy and the staff atEvans Funeral Servicesfor their empatheticguidance and support.Thank you also to all ofyou lovely people foryour flowers, gifts,food, help and offer ofhelp, we received.

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WHEN Sam Kernohan was in his last year of high school he did a wheels, tracks and rollers course which opened a whole world of wonderful for the teenager.

Once in the workforce he dabbled in retail, working at a checkout, stocking shelves and generally doing a little bit of everything, but a lack of hours saw that fade away.

The 19-year-old didn’t give up on his dream of working in roading and finally, thanks to the Tairawhiti Economic Support Package Redeployment Programme, he’s in it and thriving.

“I was on the benefit for a bit but then I got a call from the Ministry of Social Development and they told me about this,” he said.

‘This’ is what he calls his career pathway.

“When I was at school, I wanted to be doing stuff, rather than looking at books.”

Through the course he did while at school he had

his traffic control ticket and through his job at ArborCare Tree Company he will soon upskill to become a site traffic management supervisor.

He joined the team in late June and has been paired with a mentor to work on his traffic control skills.

“I like being outside and being a part of this team. The best part is that they don’t mind about my arm.”

Sam has cerebral palsy — a condition he has had since birth and one that affects his movement. For him, it means his left side compensates for his right.

“The team support me whenever they see I need a hand and it is real nice to be treated like that.”

Sam has his own system worked out to compensate for his weaker arm.

“I am really happy doing this work and I like that we are doing things that make a difference to our community.”

Sam is part of the team

removing hazardous trees from roads all over the district. That wood will be cut into firewood and distributed to those in need throughout the community.

It is one of five projects that are part of the $23.755m Redeployment Programme

which was established in response to the impacts of Covid-19 and aims to provide work and training for up to 200 people in Tairawhiti.

It is funded through the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, administered by the Provincial

Development Unit and managed by Gisborne District Council.

Sam’s job will run through until December and he’s crossing his fingers it may go longer. “I have definitely found my career and that is awesome.”

Sam finds his way

REDEPLOYED: It’s all go for Sam Kernohan who is part of the Tairawhiti Economic Support Package Redeployment Programme and loving his work. Photo by The Black Balloon

A WOMAN admitted escaping from police on Christmas Day 2018, saying she did not want to miss her baby’s first Christmas.

Dayna Te Kahu, 20, pleaded guilty to the escaping charge, one of drink-driving (250mcg) as an under 20-year-old, dating back to the same time, and three breaches of bail, all relating to Te Kahu’s failure to attend court, hence the delayed sentencing.

Judge Stephanie Edwards said three breaches for failing to appear in court would normally result in a sentence in their own right. However, given Te Kahu’s circumstances, the court would simply convict and discharge her on each.

For the escaping charge the judge imposed 12 months supervision. The penalty for the driving charge was limited to a mandatory three-month driver disqualification.

The judge said Te Kahu’s life had changed markedly since this offending. Her family recognised it and so did Te Kahu, who commented in an interview for a pre-sentence report that she was previously “mischievous, irresponsible, mixing with the wrong crowd and getting into trouble”.

Te Kahu now had two children. She was keen to put the past behind her and pursue her goals, which included getting her limited driver licence and undertaking a mechanics qualification.

ANTHONY Regan Te Runa, 44, admitted driving while disqualified for a third or subsequent time — his fifth. He was sentenced to a month on community detention, six months supervision, and disqualified from driving for a year and a day.

The disqualification was backdated to the time of the offence, Te Runa having not driven since.

Judge Edwards said the sentence was designed to help Te Runa get a longstanding indefinite disqualification,

lifted. She noted there was no driver

fault involved. Te Runa was taking his daughter’s car to her.

JORDAN Parekura Poi, 30, labourer, pleaded guilty to strangulation, assault on a person in a family relationship, and possession of an offensive weapon — an axe.

He was further remanded on bail for sentence on October 2. All sentencing options will be canvassed.

The strangulation and assault charge were referred back to the District Court after Poi was exited from the Family Harm Intervention Court.

A WOMAN breached a previous

sentence of community work because she had been living rough with her young child at the beach, the court was told.

But Mercedies Grace, 28, had since found accommodation and it was suitable for a sentence of community detention, counsel Heather Vaughn said.

It would be difficult for Grace to do further community work as she home- schooled her child, Ms Vaughn said.

Grace pleaded guilty to drink-driving (994mcg) for a third or subsequent time, her fifth, driving while unlicensed, a breach of community work, and a breach of supervision.

Judge Edwards imposed nine months supervision and five months community detention.

Grace was disqualified from driving for 12 months and will be subject to a zero-alcohol licence.

The previous community work sentence, on which there was 33 hours remaining, was cancelled. The previous sentence of supervision had expired.

THREE young children were all present during a domestic dispute between a couple in which the man pushed, shoulder barged, and kicked his partner, the court was told.

Albert Tipu Atkins, 35, had been arguing with the woman about food wastage.

He pushed her head with both hands, causing it to hit a wall, then shouldered and shunted her into a lounge room on to a couch. She got up and went into another room but when she returned,

Atkins kicked her in the thigh. Information before the court recorded

the woman’s concern about how angry Atkins can get and her fear that he could more seriously hurt her.

The court was told Atkins has several previous convictions for family violence, the most recent (in April this year) against this same complainant.

Judge Edwards sentenced Atkins, who appeared via AV link from a prison remand unit, to five months imprisonment with six months release conditions.

She said it was a shame Atkins refused to undertake a 16-week residential programme in Hamilton, for which the probation service had begun the process of enrolling him. But he could do local programmes as part of his release conditions.

Reports for the court showed Atkins had been subjected to violence himself growing up and that his offending could be attributed to his inability to control his anger, and substance abuse.

The judge also noted the probation service’s concern the dysfunctional relationship between Atkins and his partner will continue.

However, the woman had told the court she no longer wanted to be in the relationship and only to communicate with Atkins about their children. He was a good father and she wanted him to have an ongoing role in the children’s upbringing.

A MAN due for sentence for fraudulently using a document had recently been arrested and now faced further charges of burglary and forgery, the court was told.

On those new charges, Leroy James Beattie, was further remanded in custody to appear in a list fixture on August 24. The sentencing matter will run alongside.

Leave to bring on a bail application ahead of that date was granted.

GISBORNE DISTRICT COURT NEWSA WOMAN has denied intentionally

locking a dog in a shed without food or water for an unknown time.

Rickilee Lomax, 25, pleaded not guilty to a charge of ill-treating an animal, for which she was further remanded on bail for a case review hearing on October 13.

The offence is said to have occurred during lockdown. According to police, Lomax claims she was not at the property and left someone else in charge of attending to the dog.

It was rescued by the SPCA.Lomax pleaded guilty to two

breaches of bail, which will follow alongside the denied charge.

She also appeared on older charges,

pleading guilty to a reduced charge of unlawfully getting into a vehicle and two further breaches of bail and maintaining not guilty pleas to assault, assault with intent to injure, and threatening to kill.

The assault charge arises out of a separately alleged incident from the other two denied charges. On it, she was scheduled for a judge-alone trial on November 5.

The other two charges were scheduled for a hearing on November 10.

Counsel Lucy Rishworth said Lomax denied being present at either of the alleged incidents from which the charges stem.

WAKA Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is encouraging motorists in Gisborne to do their bit to keep State Highway 35 clean and safe by disposing of rubbish appropriately.

After a series of incidents of littering over time that contractors had had to deal with, NZTA senior network and journey manager Helen Harris is reminding motorists rubbish was an environmental and aesthetic issue that was important to the community.

“While safety is our top priority, it’s also important that we look after our environment. Littering is not acceptable and we’re reminding motorists to use rubbish bins provided at rest stops or take their rubbish with them.

“Our contractors work hard to carry out various activities on the network to keep everyone safe. They shouldn’t have to remove empty beer bottles or fast food packaging from the side of the highway.

“Rubbish can be dangerous for motorists and the clean-up can put the safety of our road workers at risk. Rubbish clean-up diverts resource and funding from other important road maintenance activities. This is all completely avoidable if everyone cleans up after themselves.”

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AUCKLAND — Two of the four new Covid-19 cases travelled to Rotorua while showing virus symptoms and visited tourism spots.

The Ministry of Health is working to establish where they visited in Rotorua. People in Rotorua will need to be vigilant, Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said.

If there is another case in Rotorua, a nationwide response will be necessary. The woman, in her 20s, was in Rotorua on Saturday and Sunday.

The woman and young child visited tourist attractions, Bloomfield said.

None of the people who tested positive in the community needed hospital-level care, Bloomfield said.

“I know that the virus re-emerging in our community has caused alarm and the unknown is scary. That causes anxiety for many of us.”

The family who tested positive is still in isolation at home in South Auckland and a decision hasn’t been made about whether they will be moved to a quarantine facility, he said.

“We are working hard to put together the pieces of the puzzle as to how this family got the virus. We are testing all close and casual contacts,” he said.

One hundred and thirty people who work with the man who tested positive in a finance company are considered close contacts.

Three of the husband’s contacts are symptomatic and isolating at home.

“None of the workplaces where there is a risk are public-facing,” he said.

Surfaces in a coolstore workplace are being tested to see whether freight or something else may have been the origin of the new cases.

One hundred and forty people are standing by to support Auckland Regional Public Health with contact tracing. Healthline is very busy and has additional staff on, he said.

Tens of thousands of people are

expected to be tested over the coming days.

Bloomfield said the public health department wanted to see if the environment of the workplaces contributed in any way to any spread of the virus.

“The best thing we can all do now is face this together . . . to comply with key public health messages . . . and we are also recommending the use of masks, particularly in Auckland,” he said

We have seen in other countries and jurisdictions where a resurgence occurs that it is incredibly important to act early,” Bloomfield said.

Parliament was due to dissolve today at 11am but it has been deferred by at least a few days.

Dissolution has been extended to Monday.

Options around the election are being explored and no decisions have been made about whether it will be delayed or not.

If you have visited Auckland in recent days you should remain vigilant for any symptoms and there is no requirement for self-isolation at this stage, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

“If you have any symptoms then do get tested. But, if you have no symptoms and you don’t work in managed-isolation facilities or at the border and you’re perfectly healthy then don’t,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

Extra precautions are needed to look after

elderly Kiwis so all aged-care facilities will close their doors, she said.

Staff won’t work across multiple sites, Ardern said.

“I realise how incredibly difficult this will be for people who have loved ones living in these facilities,” Ardern said.

“We are taking a rapid response to break the chain of transmission,” Ardern said.

“We have the systems in place to stamp out the virus and stop it spreading.”

The fact the family visited Rotorua reinforces why the whole country has moved to Alert Level 2, Ardern said.

Ardern said it’s primarily casual contacts being assessed in Rotorua at this stage.

“In order for us to trace where this outbreak stems from it is really important we increase the number of people being tested, but that doesn’t mean we want to test people across Auckland who have no symptoms,” Ardern said.

Police road blocks will be set up at entrances to the Auckland region — and the Government confirmed this morning it was working with lawyers on a legal notice to make masks mandatory for Aucklanders out and about in public.

New Zealand’s biggest city will move back into Alert Level 3 lockdown from midday today, and the rest of New Zealand into Level 2.

Countdown supermarkets are moving to immediately restrict the sale of some staple products to ensure demand can be met. General manager corporate affairs Kiri Hannifin told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking that the move was designed to prevent stockpiling.

Air New Zealand will close its Auckland lounges and valet parking service at midday today.

“Customers on flights departing from Auckland will be also be required to wear masks,” the airline said today.

“Customers are welcome to bring their own, or these will be provided by the airline onboard. Air New Zealand recommends that its customers travelling from other ports also wear masks, however, this will not be a requirement.”

Air NZ’s front of house staff and domestic cabin crew will be wearing

masks and gloves.“Customers who hold a ticket for a

domestic flight within New Zealand and are scheduled to depart before 11.59pm Sunday, August 16 may opt to hold their fare in credit and can do this via the airline’s online booking tool.”

Ardern announced the return to Alert Levels 3 and 2 last night after confirming four cases of community transmission in South Auckland — all from the same family, but with no known source.

TVNZ is reporting the man who has tested positive works the night shift at a business and three of his colleagues are waiting for their test results.

His wife works in a central Auckland suburb and was tested at a West Auckland GP which is now closed. Their daughter goes to a primary school in Mt Albert.

The family are from the Pasifika community.

Health Minister Chris Hipkins confirmed work colleagues of one of the family members are also showing symptoms. There are reports at least two colleagues are affected so far.

He said it was a “relatively small” workforce affected.

One of the children in the family attends Mt Albert Primary School — the school is closed for 72 hours and the child has been tested, according to a health notice. Officials are awaiting the test results.

“Auckland Regional Public Health Service and the Ministry of Education will work with the school principal to decide if there has been any exposure to Covid-19 at the school. A decision will be made about whether there needs to be testing at the school,” the health notice says.

Hipkins told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking the family had been offered quarantine but he did not know if they had been moved yet. “The family is being very co-operative; I imagine they will take up the offer.”

“The first I heard of this was between 3pm and 3.30pm yesterday,” Hipkins said. “The Director General of Health was the first person who notified me.”

The restrictions will last for three days — at this stage — and end at midnight on Friday.

Hipkins said the Government would be testing about 50,000 people by the end of the week. “We will know a lot more in 72 hours than we do now,” said Hipkins.

Hipkins told RNZ the Government was working with lawyers on a notice to make masks mandatory for Aucklanders which will be issued at midday.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has told RNZ people should expect police roadblocks on motorways in and out of the city.

“My heart sank,” Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Michael Barnett told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking today. He said the moves would be “destructive and confusing” for business-owners and he was hoping to see a full,

detailed response from the Government.Ardern told media at a hastily arranged

press conference last night: “We are asking people in Auckland to stay home to prevent the spread.

“We have done it before and we can all do it again.”

It comes after four cases of community transmission from the same family were confirmed yesterday — the first such cases in 102 days. The source of infection is unknown.

Alert Level 3 means public facilities, businesses, restaurants and cafes will shut — as will schools unless they have students whose parents are essential workers — and most people will be required to work from home.

The area covered by Alert Level 3 is the Super City — from Wellsford in the north to Pukekohe in the south.

Pharmacies and supermarkets will remain open, and Ardern said there was no reason to panic-buy.

Bloomfield said he expected to find other cases because officials didn’t know the infection source.

He declined to give the ages of the confirmed cases, but said the man had a fever and cough, and his partner also had strong symptoms.

He wouldn’t specify what suburb they lived in, and the workplaces were “beyond South Auckland”.

Ardern said without confirming the source, a precautionary approach was needed, “as disruptive as it is”.

The Principals’ Federation advised last night that all Auckland schools should close immediately rather than waiting until midday.

Federation president Perry Rush said schools were still waiting to hear from the Ministry of Education but most schools were already contacting parents to ask them to keep children at home.

Meanwhile, the lockdown will disrupt the election campaign.

Ardern said she would remain in Wellington. The National Party and New Zealand First both said their parties would suspend their campaigns immediately.

The rest of the country is moving into Alert Level 2 at midday today for three days. You can still continue to go to work and school, with physical distancing. Wear masks if you can in public.

•Nomorethan100peopleatgatherings, including weddings, birthdays, funerals and tangihanga.

•Businessescanopentothepublicifthey are following public health guidance, which include physical distancing and record keeping.

•Peopleathigherriskofsevereillness from Covid-19, for example those with underlying medical conditions and elders are encouraged to take additional precautions when leaving home.

•Practisegoodhygiene—stayhomeifsick. — NZ Herald

NZ moves up alert levels

VIRUS RE-EMERGES: Jacinda Ardern and Dr Ashley Bloomfield have announced Auckland will move to Alert Level 3 while the rest of the country moves to Alert Level 2 after four cases of Covid-19 were found in the community. File picture

‘ We have done it before and we can all do it again. ’ —Jacinda Ardern

Four cases of community transmission prompt quick action

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AUCKLAND — Sick workers are showing symptoms of Covid-19 but little is known of the two workplaces that have been closed after a South Auckland family tested positive for the virus.

The Auckland Regional Public Health Service, the Ministry of Health and the All-of-Government response has not yet announced which businesses have been affected by this latest outbreak.

However, an unnamed business, with three sites across Auckland with links to the airport, is now closed, with one worker testing positive and several others falling ill.

Mt Albert Primary School in central Auckland has also closed for at least 72 hours while the region’s public health service and Ministry of Education decide if there has been any exposure to Covid-19 at the school.

While the identity of the businesses is being kept secret, the Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, revealed that immediate action had been taken by health authorities. One of the workplaces had been shut down ahead of yesterday’s lockdown announcement.

This morning, Health Minister Chris Hipkins confirmed that work colleagues of one of the family members were also showing symptoms. There were reports at least two colleagues had been affected so far.

One News reported three of the infected man’s colleagues were also symptomatic and awaiting test results.

Neither of the workplaces was customer-facing, Bloomfield said yesterday.

The family at the centre of the latest community transmission outbreak was

now self-quarantining and being offered managed isolation.

The four confirmed cases were in one family and the virus had been acquired from an unknown source. There was no link to overseas or managed isolation.

An Auckland man in his 50s was tested on Monday after having

symptoms. He had no history of overseas travel and was tested a second

time yesterday. Both tests were positive.Three of the six other people in his household

have tested positive. The other three tested negative.At least one of those linked to the family is a child

who attends Mt Albert Primary School.The school had now been shut and, in a letter

from the Auckland Regional Public Health Service, parents were told a child at the school had been tested and they were awaiting the test results.

It warned parents to watch for signs of sickness in their children over the next 14 days and to seek medical help immediately if their children had any of the symptoms of the virus. — NZ Herald

Is NZ entering a second wave?

Full lockdown for all rest homesCHRISTCHURCH — Rest

homes are going into full lockdown until midnight on Friday — effectively operating at Alert Level 4.

Aged Care Association chief executive Simon Wallace told Nine to Noon no visits from family would be allowed.

He said rest homes were not taking any chances.

“The experience in Melbourne, where more than 100 rest homes have been affected, shows the impact of this virus if we do not move quickly enough.

“This is a precautionary measure and the situation will be reassessed on Friday.”

Meanwhile, residents from two Christchurch retirement villages who were displaying signs of respiratory illness and flu-like symptoms have tested negative for the coronavirus.

Several residents at The Village Palms Retirement Village in Shirley were swabbed for Covid-19 yesterday after

displaying signs of respiratory illness.

Their family members were notified and the residents were placed in lockdown.

A further eight residents from Brookhaven Retirement Village in Woolston were also tested and put in isolation and were awaiting results after they displayed flu-like symptoms last week. However, Health Minister Chris Hipkins told Newstalk ZB this morning the results had come back negative.

“The advice I had last night was that the tests there had all been negative so there is no link at all,” he said.

Auckland had moved back to Alert Level 3 lockdown, while the rest of the country was in Alert Level 2 after four new cases of Covid-19 were identified in south Auckland.

The Government was urgently trying to work out where the cases came from, as no link to the border or overseas travel had

been established.Prime Minister Jacinda

Ardern made the announcement at an urgent press conference

last night. Auckland entered a three-day

Level 3 lockdown from midday today, which would last until

midnight on Friday, while the rest of the country would move to Alert Level 2 for the same timeframe. — RNZ, Agencies

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AUCKLAND — Countdown supermarkets are moving to immediately restrict the sale of some staple products to ensure demand can be met.

General manager corporate affairs Kiri Hannifin told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking that the move was designed to prevent stockpiling.

Aucklanders have headed to supermarkets in their droves ahead of the Alert Level 3 lockdown that comes into effect at midday.

Late-night supermarkets were packed and queues formed again this morning as the city prepares for life under the restrictions designed to halt the spread of New Zealand’s first community transmission of Covid-19 in over 100 days.

Pharmacies were also busy. Queues for Chemist Warehouse on Auckland’s Queen Street stretched around the corner.

New World Victoria Park opened its doors to queues of at least sixty early-bird shoppers this morning.

The first people in line had been there since 6am.

For many, it was their usual weekly shopping day, but several had set their alarms to get in “before the rush”.

New World management said there was no limit on shopping capacity at the moment, but at midday it would reduce to 188, including staff.

Despite pleas from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Auckland mayor Phil Goff to remain calm, shoppers immediately headed to stores last night.

“Please do not rush to the supermarket tonight . . . there is no reason to rush out and make any purchases this evening,” Ardern said during last night’s

announcement.Goff echoed the sentiment, calling for

calm and patience as another Level 3 lockdown looms over the city.

“I understand that people are probably feeling a little bit scared, a little angry and a little confused right now. None of us wanted to go back into a lockdown, but we always knew this was a very real possibility.

“I am urging Aucklanders to come together like we did last time to stamp out community transmission. Please remain calm, please do not panic buy and please follow the lockdown rules.”

Many did not listen, despite the fact that supermarkets and pharmacies will remain open as essential services.

Countdown New Lynn was forced to close shortly before 10.30pm, an hour and a half early, after an influx of shoppers.

A witness told The New Zealand Herald the line to the store stretched halfway down the New Lynn Mall, with dozens of shoppers inside stockpiling staples including rice, bread and pasta.

Supermarket staff were distributing masks to other staff to keep them safe, but the witness had only seen two customers wearing masks.

A Greenlane shopper told The Herald he abandoned the idea of shopping at the supermarket when he saw the queues snaking out the door.

“It was chaos. There was traffic blocking all of the roads leading to the supermarket, the parking lot was completely full and there were cars queued to get into the parking lot.

“There was already a queue snaking outside. I didn’t think I’d even be able to get a park, let alone get the shopping done before the store closed.”

Elsewhere, customers visiting 40 Foodstuffs stores — New World, Pak’nSave, Four Square — across the wider Auckland region can expect to see customer and team safety measures in place.

In a statement, Foodstuffs said 2m social distancing, restricted customer numbers in-store, one customer and one trolley, no bag packers at check out, no reusable bags to be brought into the store, increased sanitisation, hygiene and cleaning protocols throughout the supermarket including on entry, at checkout and other high touch areas and social-distancing signage and posters advising of customer requirements were to be introduced.

Outside of Auckland, customers can expect to see increased sanitisation and safety measures at their local supermarket too.

“These measures will be in place, initially from midday Wednesday, August 12 until midnight Friday, August 14 — but this may be extended depending on the advice received from Government over the coming days,” the Foodstuffs statement said. — NZ Herald

Shoppers flood supermarketsArdern calls for calm as panicked buyers stock up

STOCKPILING: Shoppers headed in droves to supermarkets last night and this morning as the first cases of community transmission in over 100 days were confirmed in New Zealand. RNZ picture


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KAIKOHE — The founder of an Auckland church yesterday admitted his part in a Northland under-age sex ring.

Michael Cornelis Weitenberg, 56, of Mairangi Bay, pleaded guilty via his lawyer in the Kaikohe District Court to a charge of receiving commercial sexual services from a 15-year-old.

Court records show the offence occurred at Paihia on February 9.

The website of the Futurecaster Church in Albany, which has since been taken down, described Weitenberg as a founder, senior elder and prophet.

Weitenberg’s lawyer requested that the sentencing be held in Auckland because his client had sold his car to make a reparation payment to the victim.

However, Judge Keith de Ridder said it was a Northland crime, and there was a lot of interest in the case in Northland, so the sentencing should take place in Northland.

He would, however, wait to hear from the victim and her whanau. If they wanted to attend he would not allow the sentencing to take place outside Northland, although he would be willing to consider shifting it to Whangarei.

The date and location of the sentencing will be set on August 20.

A police media spokesperson said police were generally not able to make any comment until after sentencing had taken place, out of respect for the judicial process which is still ongoing until sentencing.

“We note that there are a number of people who have been arrested in connection to this case so it is unlikely that police would be in a position to comment on this case until all individuals have been through the courts.” — NZ Herald

Church founder admits part in child sex ring

DUNEDIN — Dunedin churchgoers have started cleaning up after a fire broke out in the roof of St Paul’s Cathedral early yesterday morning.

Large areas of the building have been damaged, but it is hoped services could resume as early as tomorrow.

Firefighters were called to the Anglican cathedral at the corner of Moray Place and Stuart Street at about 3.30am. The smoke and flames died down before dawn, with slate tiles removed to ensure the fire was out.

They did not know what caused the blaze but said there were no signs of arson at this stage.

Dean of Dunedin, the Very Reverend Dr Tony Curtis, rushed to the cathedral less than an hour later and found firefighters asking what he would like to try to salvage.

He said it was less than a week after the completion of months of work.

“We want to make it safe. Our priority is to make sure everybody’s safe and that the building’s safe itself. We then want to get operational as quickly as possible. This isn’t going to stop us,” he said.

The sodden carpet from the apse of the cathedral, towards the high altar and choir pews, has been littered with ash. The main damage was overhead however, with the sky visible through holes in the roof.

Down in the crypt beneath the apse — where worshippers and the wider community host functions, yoga, tai chi and youth groups — water has pooled on the floor after dripping down.

Curtis said they hoped to have bands play in the crypt, but that would be on hold while they cleaned up and repaired the damage.

“We’ll have to get a full electrical assessment done. There will be quite a lot of work to clean up, we’ll maybe look at how we make the building a better building for the use of the community as

we restore it from this,” he said.“So hopefully some good will come out

of all of this.”He thanked the emergency services for

protecting the historic cathedral.Cathedral director of music Michael

Grant raced down when he heard the news — with the 100-year-old organ not far from his thoughts.

“There’s not as much damage done to the organ as we originally thought may have happened with the water and things like that. But luckily, it’s superficial damage and with a little bit of tender love and care, it will come right again very soon.”

The brand new piano — which arrived less than two weeks ago — was unscathed.

Lay minister Bruce Aitken arrived to find churchgoers gathering to see the state of the building.

“I could tell that it was nothing like the absolute travesty of Notre Dame and some of the other terrible fires around the world. So there was a great feeling of relief. We will carry on,” he said.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand fire risk management officer Scott Lanauze said the fire was spreading rapidly in the roof space of the western spire.

Their hoses breached the roof and ceiling while fighting the fire, he said.

“But we’re very fortunate that the damage has largely been restricted to water damage and our crews have done a fantastic job at salvaging and moving items with the space of the cathedral to protect them.”

Fire crews still didn’t know what caused the blaze — an investigation was now under way and the results were expected in the coming weeks, he said.

— RNZ

Dunedin’s damaged cathedral ‘will carry on’

FEELING OF RELIEF: Dunedin’s St Paul’s Cathedral has begun the clean-up after yesterday morning’s fire. Churchgoers were relieved to find the damage was not as bad as they expected RNZ picture by Tess Brunton

by Derek Cheng, NZ Herald

WELLINGTON — A majority “yes” vote in next month’s cannabis referendum would not necessarily lead to its personal use being legalised if National was in charge after the election.

The party’s drug reform spokesman Nick Smith said the party would abide by a “yes” vote by introducing the Government’s Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill, which outlines the proposed regulatory framework for a legal market.

But whether National would then support the bill to become law would depend on the select committee process following the bill’s first reading.

If the committee, for example, recommended that the bill shouldn’t proceed, then National may shelve the bill.

The party, under Simon Bridges’ leadership, has previously said it would honour the referendum result. Smith said the party’s position had not changed but merely been clarified.

Act party leader David Seymour said his party had the same position as National on the referendum.

National opposes legalisation of recreational use, while Act has no position and was waiting for further research on the impacts from Canada.

The select committee under a National-Act Government would likely have a National-Act majority, or at least be evenly split between the left and the right. National Party leader Judith Collins yesterday said Labour leader Jacinda Ardern should also give a “straight answer” on whether she would vote yes or no in the referendum.

Ardern has consistently refused to do so, saying it was a decision for the voters to make for themselves.

The referendum to legalise cannabis for

personal use was part of the Labour-Greens confidence-and-supply agreement. The Government has called September’s vote a binding referendum because the governing parties have committed to abide by the outcome of the referendum.

Justice Minister Andrew Little has said that a “yes” vote would see a Labour Government pass the bill into law. If the select committee recommended changes, the current controls in the draft bill would remain as the bare minimum.

The Greens support the draft bill, meaning a Labour-Greens Government would see the bill passed into law in the event of a “yes” vote.

NZ First also supports the bill, but its ongoing support is not as concrete as that of Labour or the Greens.

A spokesman said the party would send the bill to select committee, and if change was recommended or new evidence emerged during that process, it would consider those with “an open mind” in light of the strength of the majority “yes” vote.

The proposed legal framework includes a number of controls, including purchase age of 20, a limit on THC (the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis) content, a ban on advertising and a levy that would be ring-fenced to increase health and treatment services.

Last month an expert panel, led by the Prime Minister’s chief science adviser Juliet Gerrard, released its peer-reviewed work to help inform the public debate in the lead-up to the referendum. Gerrard told the Herald that the key question was not about whether cannabis was good or bad, but whether the proposed legal framework would be better at reducing cannabis-related harm than the status quo.

The panel found that illegal cannabis has led to a cascade of health and social harms that could potentially be addressed through legalisation, but whether that would transpire is unknown.

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WELLINGTON — Two new National Parks — one on the Coromandel Peninsula and another in the Catlins — have been promised by the National Party if they get elected.

It has also committed to building two new Great Walks, funding new predator-free ecological sanctuaries, working with iwi to progress the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary and re-committing to the Predator-Free New Zealand 2050 goal.

National’s conservation policy to “protect New Zealand’s backyard” was the second big announcement from the party after yesterday morning’s law and order policy release.

Leader Judith Collins said establishing the new National Parks and the sanctuary in the Kermadecs would “protect and improve our biodiversity while ensuring more Kiwis get to experience our natural environment”.

“We are the party of practical conservation. We want all New Zealanders to be able to enjoy our great outdoors.”

National’s conservation commitments include:

•EstablishtwonewNationalParks— one on the Coromandel Peninsula and one in the Catlins, alongside two new Great Walks. These would be formed on existing conservation land. One would be along the Kaimai Range from Mt Te Aroha to SH29.

•Re-committothe“audacious”Predator Free New Zealand 2050 goal National set while it was last in government.

•Workconstructivelywithiwiontheestablishment of the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary, alongside further marine reserves.

•EnsureNewZealandersareabletocontinue to enjoy access to recreational fishing and whitebaiting, and that commercial fishing stocks are managed sustainably so recreational fishers are not adversely impacted.

•Provide$15minDoCfundingto predator-free sanctuaries that have been devastated by a reduction in international visitors and public donationsduetoCovid-19.Nationalsaid this would help sanctuaries like Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, Wellington’sZealandiaandDunedin’sOrokonui Sanctuary “continue their crucial work”.

•Updatethe1993TahrManagementPlan “to ensure it stays true to its principles of balancing environmental needs with commercial and recreational hunting opportunities”.

This year the High Court told the DepartmentofConservationithadto consult on its plans to eradicate tahr from the Aoraki/Mount Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National Parks.

Hunting groups erupted in anger and tookDoCtocourtbutenvironmentalistssaid the eradication plan for the introduced Himalayan tahr didn’t go far enough to protect the alpine landscape.

At the time, National’s conservation

spokespersonJacquiDeansupportedtheHigh Court decision, saying it was a win forhuntersandthe$17mcommercialtahr industry.

In its policy document yesterday, National said — if elected — it would utilise groups like the Game Animal Council in the control of tahr, wallaby and other game animals.

“National recognises that for many New Zealanders, recreational fishing and hunting are a way of life, and one that we will work to protect.

“We also believe that the fishing and hunting communities have an important role to play in the conservation effort, as partners with government alongside local communities and NGOs.

“National will ensure that New Zealanders continue to enjoy access to recreational fishing and hunting opportunities, balanced with careful, sustainable management of animal stocks and strict enforcement of existing conservation rules to ensure sustainability and the continued recovery of our native species.”

National’s other conservation policy commitments include:

•Guaranteefreedomofentrytoallpublic conservation land, and ensure that DoChuts,walkingtracksandcampinggrounds are maintained to a high standard.

•AmendtheNationalParkmanagement plans to allow for more recreational and commercial activities where these deliver a net conservation gain.

•Provideanopportunityforlimitedgrazing on Crown pastoral lease land that has been through tenure review, provided there is a net conservation benefit from that activity and a net financial benefit to the Crown.

National’s environmental promise

GREYMOUTH — Underground workers have been withdrawn from the Pike River Mine after samples returned positive for the presence of carcinogens.

The Pike River Recovery Agency said the team working underground have encountered an unusual substance on the walls and roof of the tunnel and took samples.

Police have also stopped their investigation into items recovered from the Pike River mine.

Police say their team has also stopped work at the site.

They say they’re no longer handling any potential exhibits.

Last week, a loader driven by one of the two men to survive the Pike River Mine explosion 10 years ago was pulled out of the drift by the Pike River Recovery Agency underground team.

The loader was being driven by Russell Smith on November 19, 2010, when the mine exploded,

killing 29 men.The recovery team reached the

machine at the 1575m mark, and removed it by pushing and pulling it with loaders on either side.

Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry Andrew Little, said the recovery meant they were now moving into an area of the Pike River Mine that had not been seen since the explosion.

“The fifth and last robot was recovered before the loader, and now there’s several hundred metres of previously unexplored drift and roadways in the Pit Bottom in Stone area that have not been seen since 2010.

“We’ve reached a significant point in the recovery which is about trying to find out why the 29 men who went to work on November 19, 2010 didn’t come home.”

The $51 million recovery is nearing the end of the drift (entry tunnel) and the project. — NZ Herald

Workers pulled from Pike River after carcinogens found

PREDATOR-FREE SANCTUARY: National has announced two new National Parks and two new Great Walks if they get elected into government. File picture

RECOVERY MISSION: A loader driven by one of the two men to survive the Pike River Mine explosion 10 years ago was pulled out of the drift last week. Picture supplied by Pike River Recovery Agency

PALMERSTON NORTH — The deal has finally been signed and work on the Manawatu Gorge replacement road will begin soon.

The original gorge track connecting Ashhurst and Woodville has been closed since2017becauseofmultipleslips.

But after almost a year of consultation, the$620millionprojecthasbeensigned.

Transport Minister Phil Twyford was in Woodville for the official signing between the Alliance group designing, constructing and delivering the project Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Fulton Hogan, HEB Construction, Aurecon and WSP.

The11.5kmhighwaybetweenthetwo towns will reconnect the Manawatu withTararuaDistrict,Hawke’sBayandnorthern Wairarapa.

Twyford said it would restore the vital

link for locals, travellers and businesses across the North Island.

“It will also help with the region’s economic recovery,” he said.

“The project will create hundreds of jobs and has a target to employ more than60percentlocalworkers.

“This will have huge benefits for the region, with their people being upskilled and getting money in their pockets when they need it most,” Twyford said.

ManawatuDistrictMayorHelenWorboys said knowing the new road was going ahead and had a start date would come as a relief to locals.

“For the communities either side of the old gorge road, Ashhurst and Woodville, those are the communities that have been hit really hard economically,” she said.

“This is like a light at the end of the

tunnel for them.”As part of the project, the Alliance is

working with iwi, stakeholders and local government to ensure the surrounding environment is protected.

Itsaiditwouldplant46hectaresofnativeforest,rehabilitate32kmofstreams, protect 48 hectares of existing forest and manage the pest control of 300haofforestreserve.

The new route between Ashhurst and Woodville will include seven bridges and structures, and a shared path for walkers and cyclists.

Subject to consents, the enabling works will begin in October, while the bulk of the construction will start in January 2021.

The highway is expected to be open to the public by the end of 2024. — RNZ

Manawatu Gorge replacement road to go ahead

AUCKLAND—HayleyHoltisleaving TVNZ’s Breakfast show, with Jenny-May Clarkson to take her place alongside John Campbell.

Holt will be sticking with TVNZ and joining the1Newssportsteam.

Her first night presenting sport onthe6pmnews will be on Monday, August 24. She and current presenter Andrew Saville will rotate throughout the week.

“Sport has been part of my life ever since I can remember and I’m excited to be bringing viewers these great stories alongside Sav,” Holt said in a statement.

“It’s going to be hard to leave my Breakfast whanau after nearly three years on the show.

“We’ve had such an amazing time working together and I’m so grateful for the team’s support as I take on thisnewrolewith1NEWSatSix.”

Clarkson will be moving from her newsreading role into a presenting chair on Breakfast to take her place.

“I’m going to miss working together, but the whole Breakfast team will be watching and cheering her on,” Clarkson said.

A new newsreader for the show will be announced soon, TVNZ said.

Meanwhile, John Campbell and Matty McClean will remain on the show. — RNZ

Holt set to leave TVNZ’s Breakfast

Hayley Holt


AUCKLAND — “My heart sank (when I heard about the lockdown) and my immediate thought was that for thousands of businesses in Auckland, this is going to be destructive and confusing,” says Auckland Chamber of Commerce head Michael Barnett.

“They’re just in rebuild, they’re low on reserves, they’re low in confidence, and now they have to face this again,” Barnett told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking this morning, just hours before the City of Sails returned to Alert Level 3 lockdown. The lockdown would remain in place until midnight on Friday.

“The big thing, I think, is that if there is a plan, I’d like to see the Government give us that plan, not just leak it out piecemeal. They’ve had four months to do this. I’d like them to give us the plan quickly, so businesses can respond quickly,” Barnett said.

“If the Government is going to help us, if it goes beyond three days, signal to us early.”

Even today, businesses were unsure of how to treat the following

three days in lockdown, he said.“Are they sick days, holiday pay

or are we just expected to just meet the cost?”

After four months, with some kind of resurgence expected, Barnett hoped that there was a plan and that it would be communicated quickly.

He did not think going into lockdown again was an over-reaction, but he also had fears around future outbreaks, or even if

the return to Level 3 extended beyond Friday.

“If it goes beyond the three days, I think it’s going to be devastating for the economy,” Barnett said.

“Only 40 percent of businesses were back to 100 percent, and

about 30 percent of them were back to about 75 percent of pre-lockdown business levels. So it’s weak and fragile. What we need to do is communicate and make sure we have a good plan and that we manage it well.

“Otherwise, the cost to the economy and the community is going to be high.”

— New Zealand Herald

Covid chaos for Akld businessesNation’s biggest city transitions into lockdown

‘ If it goes beyond three days, I think it’s going to be devastating for the economy ’ —Auckland Chamber

of Commerce head Michael Barnett

WELLINGTON — New Zealand shares fell as investors rotated out of the best-performing stocks such as Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, and into some of the cheaper, beat-up firms including Air New Zealand, on the prospect of their recovery.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index declined 38.12 points, to 11,645.32. Within the index, 27 stocks rose, 19 fell, and four were unchanged. Turnover was $206 million.

Companies that have been successful during the pandemic were the biggest decliners on the index, while struggling travel and retail stocks received a boost as investors positioned for more recovery.

“Across global equity markets we are seeing profit-taking occur on winners,” said Sam Trethewey, a portfolio manager at Milford Asset Management.

The US Nasdaq fell as investors trimmed

some tech holdings in favour of stocks that appeared cheap. New Zealand was experiencing the same trend, Trethewey said.

F&P Healthcare has climbed more than 50 percent this year as demand for its respiratory products and hospital hardware skyrocketed in the pandemic.

Its share price fell 2.3 percent to $34.75.Telecommunications firm Spark New

Zealand, which was relatively unaffected by the pandemic, fell 1.6 percent to $4.85.

A2 Milk Co dropped 0.7 percent to $20.58, but is still up more than 35 percent year-to-date. The infant formula exporter announced a replacement for Geoffrey Babidge, the well-admired interim chief executive.

Trethewey said the incoming executive David Bortolussi, who would take up the reins early next year, should not take the share price fall personally, because a2 was being sold down

less than the other top-performing stocks.Fletcher Building rose 0.3 percent to $3.50,

despite pre-empting its earnings result by adding $150m to its near $1bn legacy projects losses. The company expected to report a net loss of $196m next week, partly due to the impact of Covid-19.

Trethewey said the jury was still out on how the stock would perform, but that the increase might see investors encouraged by the firm’s extensive cost cutting.

“They have signalled $300 million of cost savings, which is large and will increase the leverage Fletchers will have to do a recovery if the economy was to pick back up,” he said.

Across the Tasman, Sydney Airport announced of A$2bn capital raising to shore up its balance sheet as it struggles through the Covid-19 travel restrictions. Because the raising was widely expected, the news had little impact on Auckland International Airport’s share price, Trethewey said.

Shares of Auckland Airport rose 2.6 percent

to $6.32, and Air New Zealand also rose 2.6 percent to $1.375, benefiting from investors’ bargain hunting.

Summerset Group fell 2.1 percent to $7.59 after a Christchurch retirement village — owned by a local family — was put into lockdown after residents developed symptoms of a respiratory illness. Other retirement village operators were not affected by the news, with Ryman Healthcare up 0.8 percent at $12.90.

Outside the NZX 50, dual-listed Telstra Corp announced it has brought entrepreneur Bridget Loudon — founder of talent-platform Expert 360 — on to its board as a non-executive director to bring a “fresh perspective” to the Australian telecommunications company’s leadership. The stock’s primary listing is on the ASX, but locally shares rose 1.4 percent to $3.72.

The NZ dollar rose ahead of the Reserve Bank monetary policy announcement. The kiwi traded at 66.21 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 66.05 cents the day before. The trade-weighted index was at 72.81 from 72.71. — BusinessDesk

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY

WELLINGTON — The New Zealand dollar is weaker and domestic traders will be jittery after new New Zealand lockdown restrictions were imposed after four cases of Covid-19 were detected outside of quarantine.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said last night that four new cases of the coronavirus were found in a South Auckland family and that no link to travel had been established.

Ardern said the country would take a precautionary approach, imposing Alert Level 3 restrictions in Auckland, while Level 2 would be

in effect for the rest of the country to get a better handle on whether New Zealand faces a second wave of the menacing virus.

The restrictions kicked in from midday today and would run to midnight on Friday.

New Zealand went 102 days without any cases in the community and had been operating freely since the country went to Alert Level 1.

Life went relatively back to normal, albeit behind strictly-controlled borders, in early June.

Alert Level 3 involves staying at home again.

Businesses were allowed to

open but should not physically interact with customers. Bars and restaurants should close but takeaways were allowed. Schools in Auckland could open, but would have limited capacity.

Alert Level 2 for the rest of our country involved social distancing, and gatherings were now restricted to not more than 100 people.

The kiwi dollar was trading at 65.75 US cents at 7.45am in Wellington versus 66.21 US cents at 5pm yesterday.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index declined 0.3 percent yesterday and the new Covid outbreak would likely weigh on stocks with exposure to the

tourism industry.The restrictions came just as the

Reserve Bank was about to make a monetary-policy announcement at 2pm today, to indicate whether it would increase the large-scale asset-purchase programme to ensure the country had ample support.

While the bank’s forecasts would have been wrapped up before the new cases emerged, they would have factored in the possibility in their scenarios. RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr would likely comment on the new developments at this afternoon’s press conference.

— BusinessDesk

Lockdown weighs on NZ dollar

by Pattrick Smellie,BusinessDesk

AUCKLAND — As journalists, perhaps we should have noticed that the Karangahape ‘K’ Road restaurant where we were dining last night was suddenly emptying out.

And, at the meet-and-greet session between BusinessDesk and Auckland advertising types earlier in the evening, the talk had all been about the lack of social contact since lockdown and the relief of being back to something like normal.

Earlier in the day, I had given two briefings to senior businesspeople suggesting that the only thing that could derail Labour’s apparent path to leading the next government was a Covid-19 snafu.

Now, suddenly, New Zealand is back in limbo — hoping that the inevitable discovery of Covid-19 in the community does not mean more weeks in lockdown. We are variously worried, scared, annoyed — and looking for somebody to blame.

A worryingly large number of people seemed to take last week’s warning that more community transmission was inevitable as evidence that the Government ‘must know something’.

It did: there is a global pandemic and it will probably make appearances here. No more, no less. All of us should have known that . . .

Many will be all too willing to believe the nonsense and conspiracy theories that the Government has been keeping information from us, that they have only now decided to tell us. Well, if you choose to live in that world: good luck.

Over here in the real world, last week’s warnings were no more than a statement of fact about the inevitable and last night’s announcement is the proof.

Now that the inevitable community transmission may have happened, attention turns to whether the three-day lockdown — short enough to mean there is a genuine hope — will show this to be an isolated incident rather than a vector for the potentially rapid spread of the virus.

If it is, then the National Party will get to launch its election campaign on Sunday in Auckland and, after a nasty jolt, life will get back to the near-normal we had before, but with an increased sense of wariness.

Both National’s Judith Collins and Act’s David Seymour sought to take a careful line on an announcement that is freighted with implications for the country as it prepares for an election.

Collins trod cautiously between last week’s scaremongering from deputy Gerry Brownlee and constructive leader-in-waiting. The outbreak would come “as a shock to New Zealanders who believed what we had been told — that we had got on top of this virus,” she said, inviting disbelief without overstepping the mark to express it herself, while urging “all New Zealanders to follow the hygiene protocols that saw us do such a great job of dealing with the first wave of Covid-19”.

Here we go again

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, August 12, 2020 BUSINESS 11

The Democrats know that “Hidin’ Biden” can’t possibly win against President Trump in November. Every American knows that Biden’s mental faculties are in decline and that he is incapable of shouldering the awesome responsibilities bestowed on the president. One might show some sympathy for the man if it weren’t for the fact that he has been a grifter all his long political life, achieving very little of note.

At the DNC National Convention they will replace him with a partnership with more cachet, eg Michelle Obama with Susan Rice. They will be hoping that a team like this will dissuade prosecutor John Durham from making his indictments before the election, so as not to unfairly influence the outcome. In the event they win, Durham’s investigation will be buried.

An alternative scenario is that the Democrats up the ante on the current disgraceful nationwide rioting so that, even if President Trump wins, the country descends into chaos and literally becomes ungovernable.

Whatever happens, and the former option seems the more likely, the Democrats have to find a way of preventing President Trump from winning a second term so that Durham doesn’t make his indictments. The following are depending on it — Comey, Clapper, Brennan, Rice, Yates, Power, Boente, Rosenstein, Strzoc, Page, Ohr and Ohr, Steele, Obama, Biden and many more, including the leakers who gave confidential information to unscrupulous journalists to destabilise the Trump presidency.

PATRICK COOPER

A lot riding on US election

Re the Peel Street dunny.So, it’s pouring with rain

and you don’t want to get soaked running the 50 metre gauntlet to the smelliest dunny in New Zealand. If this is you, go buy my new invention the Willie Hose from a nearby retail business. They attach to the mid section and run down the inside of your leg to below the sole of your shoe. The secret to using one is to stand under a veranda beside the kerb, start looking

about as if you are looking for someone . . . and no one knows what’s happening as it’s wet anyway.

As for the toilet building, let’s get CR Taylor down there with a big steel ball and a dump truck — three hours and it would all be gone.

The clowns running our town have not got a clue.

Let’s do it! Good for a laugh anyway.

RAY HILL

As for toilet building . . .

Re: Worsnop queries figures in farm vs forestry report, August 10 article.

Congratulations to Kerry Worsnop, who is obviously the jewel in the crown within our councillors.

Reports by organisations such as PwC can be manipulated by the criteria they set to suit an agenda or get a targeted result.

As another writer has already told us, vast areas of pine plantations sit doing nothing for nearly 30 years, employing zero people except for a brief period of planting and pruning — until harvest.

But on farms of all kinds, families attend to work every day or almost every day. This will total thousands of hours worked over the time it takes a forest to mature, with almost nobody working or needing to live in the area.

These farming families are a great unit, showing solidarity and good upbringing on the land. The whole family, wife, children and relatives plus other workers all find employment in the outdoors.

The children also have a great upbringing on their farm. They learn to work, earn money and see how these productive businesses operate.

In Tairawhiti there is very little pollution of rivers compared to other areas.

Inland in places like the Motu there is good grass year- round, so they are productive 365 days a year.

The global marketplace wants our farm products. Everybody has to eat and we can provide that.

As for forestry, the markets are competitive and prices change a lot. China is reputed to be planting its own forests, so long-term wood markets could be depressed.

We need to see that farming is our mainstay, no matter what we hear otherwise. Climate change is one thing but we must end stupid, derogatory and unfounded comments about our great farmers who keep their heads down and work hard.

ALAIN JORION Former wool buyer/exporter

Farming is our mainstayEDITORIAL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS

It’s the news New Zealanders dreaded but we were told to expect: the coronavirus has slipped through our border into the community.

After 102 days without any cases in the community, the virus raging around the world is back in our lives as well. Our largest city is in Level 3 lockdown as of midday today, with Aucklanders told to stay home unless they are accessing essential services or doing essential work. The rest of New Zealand is back to Alert Level 2 — on notice to the risk that this tricky little virus could be in our communities too.

It is devastating news but we’ve been here before and beaten back Covid-19 when there were multiple outbreaks around the country.

The consequences for the nation and us all now centre around how far the virus has travelled. Hopefully the answer we get over coming days will be “not far”, that this outbreak is being brought under control and, in the best-case scenario, that Auckland can come out of lockdown at the weekend. A huge amount rides on this in terms of the nation’s health, wealth and what the near and longer-term future holds for us.

The nation’s Covid-19 resurgence plans have kicked into gear, with the focus on contact tracing and mass testing now under way in Auckland — principally to find the source, establish whether there are other infections and limit the chances of further spread. Genome sequencing of these new cases and all our cases in managed quarantine will also assist in identifying the source.

The Auckland family with four members who have tested positive to Covid has no clear link to our border and the risks of infection there, so the chain of tranmission is yet to be identified. They have also had contacts in different areas of the city. Together this has necessitated the Auckland-wide lockdown rather than a localised response.

Three colleagues at a finance company where one works are showing Covid symptoms; all 130 staff there are being treated as close contacts.

The people of Rotorua and anyone who was there over the weekend also need to be on heightened alert to the symptoms of Covid-19. One of the family members, a woman in her 20s, was there at the weekend and was showing symptoms.

For us here in the Tairawhiti it is a waiting game and also a return to the key public health precautions of good hand hygiene and physical distancing. Many will be anxious too, so do check in with friends and family members. We’re all in this together, and we’ll come through it together as well.

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We’ve been here before, beaten it

Spending $400,000 on the Peel Street toilets to end up with a non-functioning dunny is criminal and lacking common sense. Based upon recent council projects, it is very likely that $400K will not be sufficient — think library, think harbour toilets.

Yes, previously it was mandated that this building be retained, but how does our council know that is still the opinion today? Consultation has become the 2020 phrase, but I do not recall receiving

the memo on this consultation.If the prevalent view were

to be not to retain and carry out this strengthening, then surely the courts will need to be persuaded by the people’s opinion. I note that a council staff member is quoted as saying that such a process could be expensive and with no guarantees of the outcome, but if such a case were to cost $400K, then our legal system is in dire need of an overhaul.

RAY KITCHEN

Loo decision lacks sense

Re: Covid test without consent, August 11 story.

So, now we are sure of two obvious facts, 1) Your child does not have Covid-19 and 2) He is sure to grow up as a mummy’s baby.

The only trauma your child experienced is seeing your millennium attitude and overprotective attention-seeking. Many people in the world have not had the opportunity to be tested so you should be thankful, not precious. The other fact that astounds me is that this story made page 3 of our paper. Surely the headline should have been “Parent whines about life-saving test”.

K. THOMPSON

Do you really need to be a dick about it? Chill — a mother cares for her child.

JACK MARSHALL, Auckland

There’s a big difference between caring and being a helicopter parent, lmao.

STACY

Her child, her choice . . .

CAROLINE

In reply to K. Thompson.Would you enjoy watching

your child (if you’ve got one) have a Covid tester pushed up his or her nostril without consent?

I surely don’t agree. I think you’re more of a muppet.

G. MUNRO

I had the nose thingee and was so surprised – it was just a few seconds of discomfort. My eyes did cry but it was fine.

Still wrong to test a child without consent though.

SUSAN TAITOKO

On Covid testing consent

Re: Rail freight via corridor, August 11, letter.

Adding rail to the equation would mean logs would need to be unloaded from the trucks, loaded on to wagons, railed to the port and then unloaded again.

Who would pay for double-handling the logs?

MURRAY JONESGold Coast

I agree with Peter Wooding. Double-handling costs could

be recouped by the savings in road maintenance, avoiding the risk trucks create in the city environment and the time saved as drivers do not need to travel through town — coupled with a saving in greenhouse gas emissions (rail uses 66 percent less per tonne carried).

If as a country we had any sense, we would mill the wood before it was shipped overseas — allowing more efficient loading of ships and providing much- needed employment to our region.

PHIL REED

Adding rail to equation

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, August 12, 202012 OPINION

IT took six months for the world to reach 10 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. It took just over six weeks for that number to double.

The worldwide count of known Covid-19 infections climbed past 20 million on Tuesday, with more than half of them from just three countries: the US, India and Brazil, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

The average number of new cases per day in the US has declined in recent weeks but is still running high at over 54,000, versus almost 59,000 in India and nearly 44,000 in Brazil.

In other developments:■ The Big Ten announced

it won’t play football this fall because of the virus, becoming the first of college sports’ powerhouse conferences to cancel. The Big Ten includes

Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska and Penn State.

The severe and sustained crisis in the US — over 5 million cases and 163,000 deaths, easily the highest totals of any country — has dismayed and surprised many around the world, given the nation’s vaunted scientific ingenuity and the head start it had over Europe and Asia to prepare.

South Africa, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Russia and the Philippines round out the list of the top 10 countries contributing the most new cases to the global tally since July 22, according to an Associated Press analysis of Johns Hopkins data through to Monday.

The real number of people infected by the virus around the world is believed to be much higher — perhaps 10 times higher in the US, according to

the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention — given testing limitations and the many mild cases that have gone unreported or unrecognised.

Some of the worst-hit nations have been those whose leaders have downplayed the severity of Covid-19, undercut the advice of health experts and pushed unproven remedies.

US President Donald Trump, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, for example, all rarely wear masks and have resisted calls for strict lockdowns.

Trump and Bolsonaro have promoted the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, even though studies have shown it to be useless against the virus, with potentially deadly side effects.

In the US, Mexico and Brazil, testing has been criticised as

inadequate. While the US has ramped

up testing in recent months, Americans have faced discouragingly long lines and delays in getting the results.

In Mexico, 47 percent of tests are coming back positive, suggesting that only seriously ill people are getting screened.

Mexico has reported nearly 500,000 cases and more than 50,300 deaths, but the president’s point man on the epidemic, Assistant Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell, said a full lockdown would prove too costly for people with little savings and tenuous daily incomes.

Cases have begun to rise significantly in Caracas, Venezuela, perhaps one of the world’s least-prepared cities to face the pandemic.

Elsewhere around the world,

New Zealand, which has been praised for quickly getting the virus under control, reported the first cases of local transmission in the country in 102 days. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said four cases were discovered in a single Auckland household.

■ Nigeria has begun the handover ceremony for 200 ventilators donated by the US government.

The ventilators were promised by President Donald Trump during a phone conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari in April.

Nigeria’s Information Minister Lai Mohammed had to clarify that the ventilators had not arrived in May after President

Trump said he had already sent them. The minister said that when the ventilators arrived it would be made public. — AP/BBC

20 million and counting

MOSCOW — Russia, on Tuesday, became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, a move that was met with international scepticism and unease because the shots have only been studied in dozens of people.

President Vladimir Putin announced the Health Ministry’s approval and said one of his two adult daughters already was inoculated. He said the vaccine underwent the necessary tests and was shown to provide lasting immunity to the coronavirus, although Russian authorities have offered no proof to back up claims of safety or effectiveness. “I know it has proven efficient and forms a stable immunity,” Putin said. “We must be grateful to those who made that first step very important for our country and the entire world.”

However, scientists in Russia and other countries sounded an alarm, saying that rushing to offer the vaccine before final-stage testing could backfire. What’s called a Phase 3 trial — which involves tens of thousands of people and can take months — is the only way to prove if an experimental vaccine is safe and really works.

By comparison, vaccines entering final-stage testing in the US require studies of 30,000 people each. Two vaccine candidates already have begun those huge studies, with three more set to get underway by autumn.

“Fast-tracked approval will not make Russia the leader in the race, it will just expose consumers of the vaccine to unnecessary danger,” said Russia’s Association of Clinical Trials Organisations, in urging government officials to postpone approving the vaccine without completed advanced trials.

While Russian officials have said large-scale production of the vaccine wasn’t scheduled until September, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said vaccination of doctors could start as early as this month. Officials say they will be closely monitored after the injections. Mass vaccination may begin as early as October.

“We expect tens of thousands of volunteers to be vaccinated within the next months,” Kirill Dmitriev, chief executive of the Russian Direct Investment Fund that bankrolled the vaccine, told reporters.

The vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow with assistance from Russia’s Defence Ministry uses a different virus — the common cold-causing adenovirus — that’s been modified to carry genes for the “spike” protein that coats the coronavirus, as a way to prime the body to recognise if a real Covid-19 infection comes along.

That’s a similar technology as vaccines being developed by China’s CanSino Biologics and Britain’s Oxford University and AstraZeneca —

but unlike those companies, Russian scientists haven’t published any scientific information about how the vaccine has performed in animal tests or in early-stage human studies.

Dmitriev said even as Russian doctors and teachers start getting vaccinated, advanced trials are set to start today that will involve “several thousand people” and span several countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines and possibly Brazil.

The Associated Press couldn’t find documentation in the Russian Health Ministry’s

records indicating that permission to start the advanced trials was granted.

Putin said one of his daughters has received two doses, and had minor side effects such as slight fever, and is now “feeling well and has a high number of antibodies.” It wasn’t clear if she was one of the study

volunteers.The Health Ministry said in a

statement on Tuesday that the vaccine is expected to provide immunity from

the coronavirus for up to two years, citing its experience with vaccines made with similar technology.

However, scientists around the world have been cautioning that even if vaccine candidates are proven to work, it will take even more time to tell how long the protection will last.

“The collateral damage from release of any

vaccine that was less than safe and effective would exacerbate our current problems insurmountably,” Imperial College London immunology professor Danny Altmann said in a statement on Tuesday.

The World Health Organisation has urged that all vaccine candidates go through full stages of testing before being rolled out, and said on Tuesday it is in touch with the Russian scientists and “looks forward to reviewing” Russia’s study data. Experts have warned that vaccines that are not properly tested can cause harm in many ways — from harming health to creating a false sense of security or undermining trust in vaccinations.

Becoming the first country in the world to approve a vaccine was a matter of national prestige for the Kremlin as it tries to assert the image of Russia as a global power. Putin repeatedly praised Russia’s effective response to the outbreak in televised addresses to the nation, while some of Moscow’s top officials — including the country’s prime minister and Putin’s own spokesperson — became infected.

And the US, Britain and Canada last month accused Russia of using hackers to steal vaccine research from Western labs. Russia has denied involvement.

“It’s a too early stage to truly assess whether it’s going to be effective, whether it’s going to work or not,” said Dr. Michael Head, senior research fellow in global health at England’s University of Southampton. — AP

Russia becomes ‘first’ to approve vaccine amid scientific scepticism

AUSTRALIA’S remote Northern Territory (NT) will keep its borders closed to coronavirus-affected states for at least another 18 months, officials say.

Australia is battling a second wave in its south-east, with about 8000 active cases in Melbourne and smaller clusters in Sydney.

But elsewhere around the country, the virus has effectively been eliminated.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said interstate travel restrictions will likely persist until Christmas.

Last week, Queensland reclosed its borders to New South Wales — which includes Sydney — and the Australian Capital Territory.

Officials in the sparsely-populated NT, which hasn’t had an infection since May, said an “18-month window” barring visitors from virus hotspots was just a “conservative” forecast.

People from those hotspots can still enter the territory but must complete a mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine at their own cost, which has been an effective deterrent.

Chief Minister Michael Gunner said he was determined to prevent spread from Victoria — of which Melbourne is capital — and New South Wales. Borders have been open to other states’ residents since July 17.

“We have got an indefinite ban on Victoria, and Sydney keeps bubbling away to a point so I can’t give you a date where that would ever lift,” Gunner said.

New South Wales reported 22 new cases on Tuesday — its highest in months — prompting officials to say the state was on a “knife edge” with a new school cluster.

Meanwhile, Victoria reported 331 new cases and another 19 deaths — equalling the record death toll reported on Monday.

The state has been the centre of the virus’ resurgence, but a recent drop in case numbers suggests the effect of a month-long lockdown and new restrictions were starting to curb the spread.

Premier Daniel Andrews acknowledged that many were feeling a “sense of fatigue” under lockdown, which is to go for another five weeks in Melbourne. “No one wants to be in these settings but . . . this is the only way we’ll get the numbers down,” he said.

Australia — with around 22,000 cases and 332 deaths — has still fared better than many countries overall due to effective suppression measures early in the pandemic.

But since June — when most Australians emerged from a first lockdown — authorities have scrambled to contain the rampant outbreak in Melbourne. — BBC via RNZ

Aussie territory extends border ban until 2022

FIRST VACCINE APPROVED: Russian Direct Investment Fund shows an employee displaying a new vaccine at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Centre of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia. Russia is the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine. AP picture

Worldwide coronavirus cases double in six weeks

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, August 12, 2020 WORLD 13

JERUSALEM — When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival, Benny Gantz, agreed to form an “emergency” government in May after three bitter and deadlocked election campaigns, the goal was to stabilise Israeli politics in the face of a global pandemic.

But less than 100 days later, their fractious coalition government could be headed toward collapse as Israel grapples with a raging coronavirus outbreak, an economic calamity and a wave of public protests. With little common ground and a severe lack of trust, the uneasy alliance now has just two weeks to reach a budget deal or plunge the nation into its fourth election since last year.

The differences run so deep that this week’s Cabinet meeting was cancelled. Parliament is expected on Wednesday to approve an extension beyond the Aug. 25 deadline to allow the sides more time to reach a compromise. But even if there is a deal, few expect the partnership to last much longer because of the bad blood and many clashes.

“What is clear is that even if elections have been deferred, this is just a matter of time. In another

two months a new excuse will be found, and we will once again find ourselves in the same deep crisis,” argued columnist Sima Kadmon in the Yediot Ahronot daily. “Netanyahu has been given time to conceive of his next tricks and shticks.”

Critics say that Netanyahu is focused on his ongoing corruption trial and resistant to ceding the premiership to Gantz next year, as called for by their coalition agreement. Netanyahu has reportedly tried to lure in defectors from Gantz’s party to secure a thin parliamentary majority and avert another election.

The election of a more favourable government could enable Netanyahu to pre-empt what is expected to be a new legal challenge against his fitness to serve. Opponents are expected to file the challenge when the evidentiary stage of the trial begins in January. During that phase, he will be required to sit in court three times a week.

In another twist, opposition leader Yair Lapid, who this week accused both Netanyahu and Gantz of playing “pathetic petty politics at the expense of the public,” intends to introduce a bill that will bar anyone

indicted of a crime from seeking the premiership. Without Gantz’s support, it is unlikely to pass.

The showdown ostensibly revolves around the state’s budget. The government is required by law to pass one by Aug. 25 or else elections are automatically called.

The coalition agreement calls for a two-year budget. But Netanyahu, citing the economic crisis, is pushing for a 2020 budget alone. Gantz says that a short-term budget halfway through the year would be meaningless and violate their deal.

Netanyahu appears to be driven in part by political considerations.

Under their power-sharing deal, a failure to reach a budget deal appears to be the only scenario that allows Netanyahu to dissolve the partnership without yielding power to Gantz. If a long-term budget deal is reached, it would all but guarantee that Gantz will take over as prime minister in November 2021, as specified in the deal.

Netanyahu desperately wants to stay in office throughout his trial, which is expected to drag on for several years. At a tour of an air force base on Tuesday, he tried to explain his motivations as that of

responsible leadership.“I don’t deal in ultimatums. I

think we need to pass a budget immediately, for the needs of our security and for the needs of the state,” Netanyahu said.

Defence Minister Gantz, whose Blue and White faction has also seen its support drop, says he doesn’t want to go to elections and accuses Netanyahu of having “personal reasons” for leading to it.

“Whoever loves the state of Israel doesn’t take it to elections at this time,” Gantz said.

He and Netanyahu have repeatedly clashed throughout their brief alliance. Ever since Gantz’s faction broke ranks with coalition discipline two weeks ago to pass a pro-gay rights bill, Netanyahu’s allies have been threatening disbandment.

They’ve also differed in their approach to the widescale protests drawing thousands to the streets several times a week. While Gantz has sympathised with the demonstrators, Netanyahu has denounced them as radicals and anarchists who were waging an incitement campaign against him and his family. — AP

Israeli coalition alliance may ultimately collapse

GLOBAL BRIEFSUrgent pumping removes oil

JOHANNESBURG — In a race against tides and time, workers pumped tons of fuel on Tuesday from a Japanese bulk carrier ship grounded in the shallow waters of Mauritius to try to prevent a renewed oil spill from further fouling the island’s eastern lagoons and shore. The Japanese ship, MV Wakashio, ran aground on a coral reef about a mile off Mauritius on July 25, and prolonged pounding by heavy surf caused the vessel to crack about two weeks later. It spilled an estimated 1000 tonnes of oil — about a quarter of the ship’s total cargo — into the Indian Ocean, polluting the island’s once pristine coastline.

By Tuesday, about 1000 tonnes of the fuel had been pumped out of the stranded ship into small tankers nearby, according to a statement from the Wakashio’s owner, Nagashiki Shipping. About 1800 tons of fuel remained on the ship by midday and with efforts continuing, some experts expressed hope that all the fuel could be emptied from the ship before it breaks up. — AP

Iranians sentenced for spyingIran — Iran has sentenced two men to 10

years in jail for allegedly spying for foreign governments, the judiciary says. Massud Mossaheb was convicted of spying for Israeli and German intelligence over his senior role in the Austrian-Iranian Society. The other man, Shahram Shirkhani, was accused of working for UK intelligence. Five other Iranians have been arrested on charges of espionage in recent months, a spokesman said. —BBC

Virus cases surge in FranceFRANCE — Coronavirus cases in France have

nearly doubled in the past 24 hours as Prime Minister Jean Castex warned that the country had been going “the wrong way” for two weeks. The health ministry reported 1397 new infections of Covid-19 since Monday. Fourteen people have died. A ban on meetings of more than 5000 people has been extended to October 30. Castex also asked local authorities to further extend the requirement to wear face masks in public. “The epidemiological situation, which we are following very closely, is deteriorating: 2000 new cases per day compared to 1,000 three weeks ago,” Castex said at a press conference in Montpellier. “About 25 new clusters are identified every day compared to five three weeks ago,” he added. It is already compulsory to wear face coverings nationwide on public transport and in indoor spaces including shops and government offices. — BBC

Harris chosen as running mateWASHINGTON — Democratic presidential

candidate Joe Biden has named Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate — the first black woman and Asian American in the role. Once a rival for the top job, the California senator of Indian-Jamaican heritage had long been considered the front-runner for the number two slot.

The former California attorney general has been urging police reform amid nationwide anti-racism protests. Biden will face President Donald Trump in the election on November 3, 2020. At a White House news conference on Tuesday, Trump, a Republican, described Harris as “my number one draft pick”. Harris will debate Trump’s running mate, Vice-President Mike Pence, on October 7 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Only two other women have been nominated as vice-presidential candidates — Sarah Palin by the Republican party in 2008 and Geraldine Ferraro by the Democrats in 1984. Neither of them made it to the White House. A woman of colour has never been appointed to a presidential ticket by either of the two main American political parties. No woman has won the US presidency either. — BBC

FLOODING DISPLACES THOUSANDS: Severe flooding continues to displace thousands of people in Somalia. The government in recent days issued new warnings to communities living along the Jubba and Shabelle rivers. It said rains in the highlands of neighbouring Ethiopia could lead to flash floods in towns such as Jowhar and Beledweyne. Residents have said several people have been swept away. The United Nations has said at least four displaced people have died. More than 100,000 people have had to flee their homes since late June. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has appealed for emergency relief for Afgoye town outside the capital, Mogadishu. Afgoye has seen some of the worst flooding, with parts of town swept away and thousands of families left without power. Residents have been erecting makeshift barriers against the waters. Some waded through waist-deep water or travelled around town on rafts. “It looks like each family has to erect its own mountain of sandbags now,” said Mohamed Abukar, a farmer. He called the work exhausting. Others in the town crowded into shelters, with no chance of staying at a safe distance to prevent the potential spread of coronavirus. “You can’t help or otherwise think about a disease when you get as desperate as we are and just want to survive,” said Owralo Ahmed, a mother of eight whose house was swept away. In Mogadishu, people took shelter at a camp for displaced people. “We could no longer stay in our home because of the snakes and crocodiles so we have come here,” Batulo Aden said. AP picture

BEIRUT — The shattered city of Beirut on Tuesday marked a week since the catastrophic explosion that killed at least 171 people, injured thousands and plunged Lebanon into a deeper political crisis.

Thousands of people marched near the devastated port, remembering those who died in the most destructive single blast to hit the country.

They observed a minute of silence at 6:08pm local time,

the moment on August 4 that thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the city’s port where it had been stored for more than six years, apparently with the knowledge of top political and security officials.

At that moment on Tuesday, church bells tolled and mosque loudspeakers recited a call to prayer.

Hundreds marched through the streets of the hard-hit neighbourhood of Gemayze

carrying portraits of the dead before a candlelight vigil after dusk near the port.

“He knew,” read a poster bearing President Michel Aoun’s picture.

Aoun, in office since 2016, said on Friday he was first told of the dangerous stockpile nearly three weeks ago and immediately ordered military and security agencies to do “what was needed.”

But he suggested his

responsibility ended there, saying he had no authority over the port.

“I’m very furious, I’m enraged, I’m angry, I’m sad. I’m hopeless,” said Anthony Semaan, in his 20s, who said he came to pay respects to the victims.

Like others, he said the government’s resignation makes no difference.

“First of all, there are questions that need to be answered. And second, there

are other rats that need to be brought down first, and when they are brought down then maybe we can start thinking about the future,” he added.

Young people carried placards, each one printed with the names of one dead in a red and a green cedar, Lebanon’s national symbol, and sat on stairs in the Gemayze district, facing the port. Elsewhere in the city, burials of the dead continued. — AP

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Highlanders. 4am Super Rugby

Aotearoa (RPL) Hurricanes v

Chiefs. 6am Super Rugby

Australia (HLS) Rebels v Brumbies.

6.30 Super Rugby Australia (HLS)

Waratahs v Reds.

7am Pacific Brothers

8am First XV Rugby Revision

8.30 24 Sevens

9am Rugby Nation

10am The Breakdown

11am Loosehead Footy

Noon First XV Rugby (RPL) King’s

College v Auckland Grammar.

1.45 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS)

Hurricanes v Chiefs.

2pm Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS)

Crusaders v Highlanders.

2.30 24 Sevens


3.30 The Breakdown

4.30 First XV Rugby Revision

5pm Pacific Brothers

SKY SPORT 1

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, August 12, 202016 RACING

Legend: T – Won at track. C – Won at this distance on this course. D – Won at this distance on another course. M – Won in slow or heavy going. B – Beaten favourite at last start. H – Trained on track. N – Won at night. S – Spell of three months. F – Fell. P – Pulled up. L – Lost rider. TV – Featured on Trackside TV.

Waikato BOP harness at Cambridge Thursday Jetbet 5 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

Invercargill harness at Ascot Park Thursday Jetbet 7 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 T. 2-3-4, 6-7-8 Q. 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 PL6 3-8

1 Lonestar Alexandra Pk Trot 4.48$8000, 3yo+, non-winners & r41-r43 special handicap stand, 2200m

1 Set Me Free (Fr) 1 S McCaffrey

2 777s0 Queen Of Strathfield (Fr) 2 T Cameron

3 4s8s8 Shanhill (Fr) 3 M McKendry

4 3D4s3 Buller Whitebait (Fr) 4 T Mitchell

5 22036 Strength Of Heart (Fr) 5 D Butcher

6 Melanie Adams (Fr) 6 D Ferguson (J)

7 Get On The Sauce (Fr) 7 A Poutama

8 Alana (Fr) 8 L Chin

9 570s5 Tarukenga (Fr) 9 M Teaz

10 6s352 Demolition Man (Fr) 10 K Marshall

11 90P0s Wishing Crystal (Fr) U1 J Abernethy

12 87 Circus Circus (Fr) U2 O Gillies

13 s2790 Isaac H (Fr) U3 Z Butcher

14 35s80 Rave Nation (30) 1 L Whittaker (J)

15 06046 Littlebitoflove (Em1) (30) U1

2 Join The Breeders Pace 5.13$7000, r55. mobile, 2200m

1 4743s Better Than Most (Fr) 1 M Salaivao 2 36369 Mr Incredible (Fr) 2 G Cronin 3 68s07 Comedy Act (Fr) 3 4 78s52 Highview Justice (Fr) 4 J Kriechbaumer 5 87242 Unfinished Business (Fr) 5 J Brownlee 6 10700 Rainbow Wiri (Fr) 6 J Darby 7 87482 Brookies Jaffa (Fr) 7 S Wigg 8 77s97 Clifton Flutter (Fr) 8 9 40774 Final Delight (Fr) 21 N Munro 10 66850 Edamfast (Fr) 22 B Hadley 11 s2196 Drum Withers (Fr) 23 C Wigg 12 22851 The Batmobile (Fr) 24 F Phelan 13 19576 Mister Slick (Fr) 25 W Rich

3 Thanks Paul Springall Pace 5.38$8000, r50-r53. mobile, 2200m

1 s9656 Jody Direen (Em2) (Fr) 1 2 326s0 Onedin Punter (Fr) 2 J Abernethy 3 04s01 Wildestdreams (Fr) 3 S Phelan 4 90058 Delma Craze (Fr) 4 S Butcher 5 P70s8 Forwardy (Fr) 5 A Poutama 6 s5326 Ruby Baby (Fr) 6 N Delany (J) 7 5007s Starry Star (Fr) 7 B Mangos 8 s08s8 Cotton Socks (Em1) (Fr) 8 (J) 9 54760 Lynton Creek (Fr) 21 D Butcher 10 s170s Brydon Earl (Fr) 22 M McKendry 11 4s8s4 Ohoka Achilles (Fr) 23 12 8991s Sarandon (Fr) 24 Z Butcher 13 s1s80 Pialligo (Fr) 25 R Fensom 14 16s Cashlodo Flybye (Fr) 26 B Butcher 15 23310 The Greenkeeper (Fr) U1 T Mitchell

4 Bold Eagle At Haras Trot 6.03$8000, r43-r51,r52 & r54 w/c stand, 2700m

1 7090s My Royal Roxy (Fr) 1 T Macfarlane 2 s8562 Fira (Fr) 2 S Phelan 3 486s1 Majestic Harry (Fr) 3 M Teaz 4 61Ps0 Harry H (Em2) (Fr) 4 F Schumacher (J) 5 10s09 Sunny Pegasus (Fr) 5 J Stormont 6 36s40 Caitlin’s Surprise (Fr) 6 A Harrison (J) 7 34456 The Last Gamble (Fr) 7 D Moore

8 25645 Leesa Castleton (Fr) 8 M McKendry 9 05030 Still Eyre (Fr) 9 D Ferguson (J) 10 007s0 Flying Taine (Fr) 10 N Chilcott 11 9s907 Expensive Crumpet (Fr) 11 D Butcher 12 55598 Majestic Stride (Fr) U1 13 DD76s Grey Stoke (Em1) (Fr) U2 14 06046 Littlebitoflove (Fr) U3 J Abernethy 15 0s070 Shes Like The Wind (Fr) U4 Z Butcher 16 0s806 As Free As Air (Fr) U5 A Poutama

5 Happy B'day K. Shaw Pace 6.33$8000, non-winners 3yo+. mobile, 2200m

1 8254s Miss Shuga (Fr) 1 Z Butcher 2 8000 Sipowicz (Em1) (Fr) 2 J Abernethy 3 06708 Super Actor (Fr) 3 S Abernethy 4 5308s Matai Dani (Fr) 4 B Mangos 5 3 Monkee Around (Fr) 5 T Cameron 6 3s7 Secret Deal (Fr) 6 B Butcher 7 4s235 Jaccka Lucas (Fr) 7 D Ferguson (J) 8 Jack Irish (Fr) 8 S Phelan 9 450s5 Major Rage (Fr) 21 L Whittaker (J) 10 7622s New York Minute (Fr) 22 A Harrison (J) 11 Kango (Fr) 23 D Butcher 12 599s8 Richmond Tiger (Fr) 24 A Poutama 13 — Ruby Mach SCRATCHED

14 046s6 Patagonian Princess (Fr) U1 T Hall

6 Woodlands Stud Pace 6.58$8000, non-winners 3yo+. mobile, 2200m

1 5s834 Miss Taken (Fr) 1 Z Butcher 2 76s Sky Full Of Stars (Fr) 2 T Mitchell 3 224s5 Cassius (Fr) 3 A Poutama 4 835s0 Carse O Fern Cully (Fr) 4 D Ferguson (J) 5 4 Satchmo (Fr) 5 B Mangos 6 4s20 Hezashadowplaya (Fr) 6 D Butcher 7 5444s Trooper Cooper (Fr) 7 J Dickie 8 — Sipowicz SCRATCHED

9 Forever Bettor (Fr) 21 J Stormont 10 Little Gem (Fr) 22 (J) 11 — Nyla SCRATCHED

12 0 Lionel Messi (Fr) 23 J Abernethy 13 3s545 Chalberg (Fr) 24 L Whittaker (J) 14 07s75 The Banker (Fr) U1 S Phelan

7 Marcoola At Nevele Trot 7.23$8000, r52-r73 discretionary handicap stand, 2700m

1 61Ps0 Harry H (Fr) 1 F Schumacher (J)

2 000s3 George (Fr) 2 A Harrison (J)

3 15768 Safrakova (Fr) 3 L Chin

4 01909 Our Spitfire (Fr) U1 B Hackett

5 DD76s Grey Stoke (Fr) U2 A Poutama

6 2s937 Lukyanova (10) 1 K Marshall

7 23121 Chasing Great (10) 2 D Butcher

8 77s11 Cyclone S Adams (10) 3 B Mangos

9 8s578 Sol Invictus (10) U1 J Abernethy

10 2660s Phoebe Imperial (10) U2 N Chilcott

11 55206 One Over Da Son (20) 1 T Mitchell

12 44224 She Reigns (30) U1 D Ferguson (J)

13 10812 Xebec (40) U1 Z Butcher

8 Dunstan Speedfeed Pace 7.48$8000, r60-r74 discretionary handicap stand, 2700m

1 73696 Shillelagh (Fr) 1 J Dickie

2 5349s Jack Tar (Fr) 2 N Chilcott

3 1386s Ace Strike (Fr) 3 Z Butcher

4 33s27 About Turn (Fr) 4 L Whittaker (J)

5 1s344 Mach Little Soaky (Fr) U1 M W White

6 074s0 The Kapiti Express (Fr) U2 K Marshall

7 1464s Cruzee Mach (10) 1 D Butcher

8 247s7 American Me (10) 2 J Abernethy

9 22125 Parker (20) 1 B Butcher

10 46148 Red Reactor (20) 2 M McKendry

11 76s21 Young Conqueror (20) U1 A Harrison (J)

9 Alabar World Class Sires Pace 8.13$8000, r57-r60. mobile, 2200m

1 94201 Count Landeck (Fr) 1 B Mangos

2 s1320 All Yours (Fr) 2 M W White

3 448s4 Mac’s Tomado (Fr) 3 N Chilcott

4 1201s Bankers Gold (Fr) 4 D Ferguson (J)

5 11126 Silk (Fr) 5 B Butcher

6 13501 Bodrum Boy (Fr) 6 M McKendry

7 71882 J Bee (Fr) 7 D Butcher

8 s5574 Afortunado (Fr) 8 S Abernethy

9 47919 Tommy Tukaa (Fr) 21 T Cameron

10 71s65 Rough And Ready (Fr) 22 A Harrison (J)

11 9319s Captain Max (Fr) 23 S Butcher

12 356s3 Spirit Of Anzac (Fr) 24 L Whittaker (J)

13 01466 Frankie Jones (Fr) 25 Z Butcher

10 Betavet Pace 8.38$8000, r54-r56. mobile, 2200m

1 317s9 High Point (Fr) 1 D Ferguson (J)

2 P210s Doctor Love (Fr) 2 S Butcher

3 4635s Eagle Watch (Fr) 3 L Whittaker (J)

4 41s84 Emmber (Fr) 4 M W White

5 16755 The Blue Beat (Fr) 5 J Abernethy

6 00160 Akarana Prince (Fr) 6 B Mangos

7 3s814 Hugo George (Fr) 7 T Cameron

8 52537 Racketeers Boy (Fr) 8 D Butcher

9 5P8s9 Armed Reactor (Fr) 21 S Abernethy

10 461s7 Lincoln Moment (Fr) 22 K Marshall

11 45467 Milner (Fr) 23 S Phelan

12 8P75s Anam Nunu (Fr) 24 A Poutama

13 8221s Quarterback (Fr) 25 B Butcher

11 Poster Boy Available Pace 9.08$8000, 3yo+ r40-r49,r50 w/c. mobile, 2200m

1 22358 Marianna Bromac (Fr) 1 Z Butcher

2 557s5 Veneto (Fr) 2 (J)

3 83609 Peter Forsberg (Em1) (Fr) 3 J Abernethy

4 23384 Russley Rush (Fr) 4 T Cameron

5 5s594 Sarabi (Fr) 5 A Harrison (J)

6 46135 Sunset Red (Fr) 6 D Ferguson (J)

7 630s4 Down The Hatch (Fr) 7 D Butcher

8 9667s Bettor Get It On (Fr) 8 B Butcher

9 6894s Carse O Fern Tom (Fr) 21 M W White

10 2s362 Itsthefinalcountdown (Fr) 22 K Marshall

11 s8243 Express Play (Fr) 23 A Poutama

12 985s8 Classey Robin (Fr) 24 T Mitchell

13 29137 Romanee (Fr) 25 B Mangos

14 07168 Maria Kirilenko (Fr) 26

15 s9656 Jody Direen (Em2) (Fr) 27

1 Majestic Son At Alabar Trot 12.40$10,000, non-winners stand, 2200m

1 704 Jasmine Jaccka (Fr) 1 B Barclay 2 65758 The Power Broker (Fr) 2 K McNaught (J) 3 45542 Robo Trouble (Fr) 3 E Barron (J) 4 s7024 It’s Summertime (Fr) 4 5 0 Crooked Hillary (Fr) 5 N Williamson 6 My Hope (Fr) 6 C Ferguson 7 70783 South Park (Fr) 7 P Hunter 8 53630 The Artful Dodger (Fr) U1 M Williamson 9 86607 Kiwi Heir (Fr) U2 R McIlwrick 10 04496 Maranatha Atlas (Fr) U3 B Orange

2 A Rocknroll Dance At Nevele 1.15$7500, r40-r45. mobile, 2200m

1 53356 The Red Robber (Fr) 1 B Orange 2 0s449 Mighty George (Fr) 2 E Barron (J) 3 00750 Lady’s Lass (Fr) 3 T Robertson 4 96085 Tad Lincoln (Fr) 4 M Hurrell (J) 5 81000 Particular (Fr) 5 M Williamson 6 80533 Shot In The Dark (Fr) 6 S Ottley 7 32244 Jabali (Fr) 7 S O’Reilly (J) 8 7935s Ripsnorter (Fr) 8 B Barclay 9 07942 Man I’m Good (Fr) 21 A Kyle 10 63497 Square Dealer (Fr) U1 K McNaught (J)

3 Gold Ace At Nevele R Stud 1.50$8000, non-winners mr40 to mr45. mobile, 2200m

1 83003 Art Profile (Fr) 1 A Armour 2 7s068 Fleetmaster (Fr) 2 S Ottley 3 00s22 Miss Auckland (Fr) 3 R McIlwrick 4 9s005 Greenback Boogie (Fr) 4 B Orange 5 40547 Hayden Bromac (Fr) 5 (J) 6 00486 A Rocknroll Maid (Fr) 6 P Hunter

7 — Zircon Lass SCRATCHED

8 54605 Schnitzel Von Krumm (Fr) 7 (J)

9 s9868 Von Art (Fr) 21 C Ferguson 10 5736s Extreme Robyn (Fr) 22 M Williamson

4 Always B Miki At Alabar 2.26$10,000, non-winners 3yo+ mr46 to mr50. mobile, 2200m

1 4 Mary Robyn (Fr) 1 B Orange 2 P64 Alexis Rocket (Fr) 2 B Barclay 3 835s4 Leconte (Fr) 3 C Ferguson 4 2 Jonique (Fr) 4 M Hurrell (J) 5 75 Don’t Quote Me (Fr) 5 N Williamson 6 5494 Vindicate (Fr) 6 S Ottley 7 7520 Lynryd Skynryd (Fr) 7 S Tomlinson (J) 8 723 Tres Chic (Fr) 8 M Williamson

5 Ultimate Machete At Alabar 3.01$8500, r46-r51. mobile, 2200m

1 67434 Annie Fitz (Fr) 1 C Ferguson 2 38807 My Georgie Boy (Fr) 2 P Hunter 3 08000 Tact Eze (Fr) 3 J Morrison (J) 4 2s652 Toby O’Gara (Fr) 4 N Williamson 5 99832 Ohoka Bandit (Fr) 5 S O’Reilly (J) 6 8s955 Miss Paddy Wagon (Fr) 6 M Hurrell (J) 7 21000 Franco June (Fr) 7 R McIlwrick 8 44262 Changearound (Fr) 8 S Ottley

9 82460 Rakabeach (Fr) 21 B Barclay 10 87635 Matrika (Fr) 22 K Barclay 11 s6780 Fireforefiddle (Fr) 23 M Williamson 12 02072 Frank The Tank (Fr) 24 B Orange

6 Muscle Mass At Nevele Trot 3.36$8500, r40-r70 special handicap stand, 2200m

1 45055 Zoned Scarlett (Fr) 1 B Orange 2 0P252 Davey Mac (Fr) 2 M Williamson 3 60975 Svelt (Fr) 3 A Armour 4 75850 Miss Jessica (Fr) 4 T Robertson 5 7900s The Night Sweats (Fr) 5 S Tomlinson (J) 6 50750 In Sequence (Fr) U1 M Hurrell (J) 7 0s010 Mr Olympus (Fr) U2 R McIlwrick 8 41336 Tweedledee (15) 1 S Ottley 9 05110 Top Pocket Chance (15) 2 K Tomlinson (J) 10 75531 Spotlight The Valley (15) 3 J Morrison (J) 11 43675 Kiwi Crusher (15) U1 B Barclay 12 42203 Crusher Collins (15) U2 N Williamson

7 Selling? Call Craig At Harcourts 4.06$9000, r58-r80. mobile, 2200m

1 03221 My Mate Ben (Fr) 1 S Ottley 2 41815 Wecandream (Fr) 2 (J)

3 2861s I’m Trouble (Fr) 3 R McIlwrick

4 1750s Cast A Shadow (Fr) 4 M Hurrell (J)

5 65322 Rocknroll King (Fr) 5 M Williamson

6 50149 Stinger Lindenny (Fr) 6 B Orange

7 27320 Born To Boogie (Fr) 7 B Barclay

8 04s15 Robyns Playboy (Fr) 8 C Ferguson

9 12348 Dachy (Fr) 21 S Tomlinson (J)

8 Vincent At Alabar Pace 4.34

$8500, r52-r56. mobile, 2200m

1 29971 Ideal Glacier (Fr) 1 E Barron (J)

2 10s56 Laterintheday (Fr) 2 S O’Reilly (J)

3 02s61 Robyns Shadow (Fr) 3 K Tomlinson (J)

4 42623 Lite Percussion (Fr) 4 S Tomlinson (J)

5 87479 Superstar Legend (Fr) 5 S Ottley

6 18440 Duke Of Dundee (Fr) 6 (J)

7 15343 Better Galleon (Fr) 7 J Morrison (J)

8 0s374 Tartan Trilogy (Fr) 8 N Williamson

9 1045s Freddiesam (Fr) 21 K Barclay

10 83818 Opawa Mach (Fr) 22 M Williamson

11 s4280 Bardot (Fr) 23 G Lee

12 89s53 Dangerous (Fr) 24 B Orange

13 7326s Hampton (Fr) 25 (J)

SelectionsRace 1: TARUKENGA, SHANHILL, STRENGTH OF HEART

Race 2: THE BATMOBILE, BROOKIES JAFFA, FINAL DELIGHT

Race 3: SARANDON, RUBY BABY, DELMA CRAZE

Race 4: MAJESTIC HARRY, EXPENSIVE CRUMPET,

AS FREE AS AIR

Race 5: MISS SHUGA, RICHMOND TIGER,

NEW YORK MINUTE

Race 6: CASSIUS, SKY FULL OF STARS, HEZASHADOWPLAYA

Race 7: XEBEC, SHE REIGNS, CYCLONE S ADAMS

Race 8: AMERICAN ME, CRUZEE MACH, ACE STRIKE

Race 9: ROUGH AND READY, BANKERS GOLD,

TOMMY TUKAA

Race 10: DOCTOR LOVE, EMMBER, QUARTERBACK

Race 11: BETTOR GET IT ON, DOWN THE HATCH,

CLASSEY ROBIN

SelectionsRace 1: THE ARTFUL DODGER, JASMINE JACCKA,

CROOKED HILLARY

Race 2: THE RED ROBBER, MIGHTY GEORGE, TAD LINCOLN

Race 3: GREENBACK BOOGIE, MISS AUCKLAND,

FLEETMASTER

Race 4: LECONTE, ALEXIS ROCKET, MARY ROBYN

Race 5: OHOKA BANDIT, FIREFOREFIDDLE, TACT EZE

Race 6: TWEEDLEDEE, TOP POCKET CHANCE, MR OLYMPUS

Race 7: STINGER LINDENNY, ROCKNROLL KING

Race 8: FREDDIESAM, ROBYNS SHADOW, DUKE OF DUNDEE

Waikato greys at Cambridge Thursday Jetbet 3 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 Q. 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 PL6 5-10

1 Farmlands Coprice Sprint 12.14 $1450, C1, 375m

1 32342 Always Dreaming 21.40 Glennis Farrell 2 21877 Mobility Scooter 21.20 Marsha Black 3 63557 Get Me Home nwtd Udy & Cottam 4 54522 El Narco 21.32 Phil Green 5 45556 My Bro Bobby nwtd M Prangley 6 45624 Opawa Nemo nwtd W & T Steele 7 66638 Sydneys Sox nwtd R & L Udy 8 78586 Fear The Fur nwtd S O’Neill

EMERGENCIES: 9 37888 Opawa Lola nwtd Glennis Farrell 10 68458 Ascott nwtd W & T Steele

2 Cookies Kitchen Sprint 12.32 $1365, C0, 375m

1 78737 Opawa Jade nwtd W & T Steele 2 8 Kapai Patrick nwtd W & T Steele 3 54457 Clever Harper nwtd W & T Steele 4 3 Piccolo nwtd Arch Lawrence 5 53545 Loudred nwtd R & L Udy 6 52544 My Bro Jet nwtd Thayne Green 7 Canadian Ace nwtd Tracey & Lisa Craik 8 2 Alpino nwtd Arch LawrenceEMERGENCY: 9 488 Margaux nwtd K R Toomer

3 Happy B'day J. Summerhays 12.49 $1450, C1, 375m

1 211 Thrilling Hamish 21.28 Karen Walsh 2 26547 Kapai Stewie 21.70 W & T Steele 3 74687 In Focus 21.61 Paul Cleaver 4 56763 Hands Of Steel 21.77 Thayne Green 5 16766 Pam Arising nwtd S O’Neill 6 36776 Party Every Day 21.50 R & L Udy 7 26163 Medusa Who 21.37 M Prangley 8 57875 Not Shackley nwtd Jim BlackEMERGENCIES: 9 37888 Opawa Lola nwtd Glennis Farrell 10 68458 Ascott nwtd W & T Steele

4 Vetora Cambridge Sprint 1.07

$2035, C2/3, 375m

1 85216 Double What nwtd J & D Bell

2 62433 Ma Chere 21.36 S O’Neill

3 24512 Mother’s Touch nwtd J & D Bell

4 43814 Zipping Luther 21.30 J & D Bell

5 68414 Claretown Beau 21.24 R & N O’Regan

6 34472 Botany Wayne 21.22 Phil Green

7 11451 Wild Kiwi 21.30 Udy & Cottam

8 71875 Kai Nan 21.43 Glennis Farrell

EMERGENCIES:

9 478F8 Flying Huey 21.37 Marsha Black

10 66758 Spring Mechanic nwtd R & L Udy

5 Yvette Bodiam Photography 1.24

$1450, C1, 375m

1 24121 Thrilling Peggy 21.30 Karen Walsh

2 54766 Bigtime Otis nwtd R & N O’Regan

3 61645 Sheriff Lee 21.52 Peter Henley

4 36456 Stay Rich 21.46 M & J Smith

5 778s8 Carl Spackler nwtd R & L Udy

6 F4782 Jinja Lad 21.72 Raewyn McPhee

7 218 Danish Delight nwtd Tracey & Lisa Craik

8 76776 Bailey And Cream nwtd R & L Udy

EMERGENCIES:

9 68458 Ascott nwtd W & T Steele

10 37888 Opawa Lola nwtd Glennis Farrell

6 Harness Racing Here Tonight 1.42 $2390, C4, 375m

1 55754 Spring Queen 21.73 Emma Potts 2 54753 Artic Miss 21.15 Greg Pomeroy 3 41766 Jinja Murphy 21.23 W & T Steele 4 45167 Dig Dig Dig nwtd S O’Neill 5 22722 Charlow 21.12 R & N O’Regan 6 27536 Prerogative 21.14 Udy & Cottam 7 65315 Dobby Who nwtd M Prangley 8 656s2 He’s All Shine nwtd Sam Lozell

7 Garrards Horse & Hound 1.59 $1450, C1, 375m

1 75776 Go Falcon 21.39 W & T Steele 2 57211 Serbian Ace nwtd Tracey & Lisa Craik 3 45467 Thea Who 21.51 M Prangley 4 75215 Indi Shae 21.31 S O’Neill 5 77686 Big Time Dynasty nwtd R & N O’Regan 6 58475 Nexus 21.52 Glennis Farrell 7 34766 Ford Man nwtd R & L Udy 8 48782 Waiterimu Ripper 21.28 R & L UdyEMERGENCIES: 9 68458 Ascott nwtd W & T Steele 10 37888 Opawa Lola nwtd Glennis Farrell

8 Superior Chunky Dog Rolls 2.17 $2860, C5, 375m

1 13842 Kiwi Boy nwtd Udy & Cottam 2 31283 Thrilling Brax 21.07 Karen Walsh 3 52125 Kelly’s Girl 21.13 Greg Pomeroy

4 31647 Our Hemi 21.15 Udy & Cottam

6 26581 Due To Burn 21.19 Karen Walsh

7 21217 See Eye Be 21.04 M Prangley

8 15625 Captain Kev 21.09 W & T Steele

9 Affordable Pet Accessories 2.34 $1685, C2, 375m

1 33327 Dundee Glitter 21.63 Emma Potts

2 64644 Frosty Blaze 21.25 Thayne Green

3 85815 Forego 21.20 Greg Pomeroy

4 71111 Portland Berry 20.97 Tracey & Lisa Craik

5 13878 Pacemaker nwtd S O’Neill

6 14564 Tommy The Jett 21.60 Marsha Black

7 62272 Jinja Might nwtd Udy & Cottam

8 67734 Quara’s Yoshi nwtd Paul Cleaver

EMERGENCIES:

9 57477 Go All Lin 21.54 S O’Neill

10 66758 Spring Mechanic nwtd R & L Udy

10 Mike Stent Decorators Ltd 2.53 $4735, C4/5, 457m

1 42232 Thrilling Morris 25.52 Karen Walsh

2 13541 Thrilling Razor 25.28 Karen Walsh

3 42211 Thrilling Murphy 25.54 Karen Walsh

4 11113 Thrilling Baxter 25.49 Karen Walsh

5 32346 Thrilling Bruce 25.88 Karen Walsh

6 22225 Thrilling Rosa 25.29 Karen Walsh

7 37533 Stefano 25.39 Arch Lawrence

8 s2452 Thrilling Talk 25.42 Karen Walsh

SelectionsRace 1: ALWAYS DREAMING, EL NARCO, OPAWA NEMO

Race 2: OPAWA JADE, PICCOLO, MY BRO JET

Race 3: THRILLING HAMISH, KAPAI STEWIE,

HANDS OF STEEL

Race 4: CLARETOWN BEAU, BOTANY WAYNE, WILD KIWI

Race 5: THRILLING PEGGY, SHERIFF LEE, DANISH DELIGHT

Race 6: SPRING QUEEN, ARTIC MISS, CHARLOW

Race 7: SERBIAN ACE, BIG TIME DYNASTY, NEXUS

Race 8: KIWI BOY, THRILLING BRAX, OUR HEMI

Race 9: DUNDEE GLITTER, FROSTY BLAZE, FOREGO

Race 10: THRILLING MORRIS, THRILLING BAXTER,

THRILLING BRUCE

AgriHQ

MARKET REPORT Week beginning August 10

BEEF

US domestic beef prices have improved in recent weeks as US retailers stock up on beef ahead of the US Labor Day holiday weekend in early September.

Despite some recent improvements, beef wholesale prices are still at a three-year low and this is sustaining strong interest from retailers who have been able to recover their margins while marketing cheap ground beef and steak cuts to their customers. Increased demand for beef is also helping to maintain the prices of imported beef.

The prices for imported manufacturing beef have held steady over the past month with the 90CL at US$2.22/lb and the 95CL at US$2.42/lb last week. However, steady pricing might have more to do with dwindling NZ supply rather than steady US demand.

By all accounts, NZ exporters are reporting limited interest from US grinders and it is usual to see US imported beef prices slip during the US holiday season in August. A good supply of beef from Central and South America will also limit any upward pricing pressure.

LAMB

Covid-19 has proved difficult to control in the Australian state of Victoria.

As a result, Victorian meat processors have been ordered to cut their staffing levels by a third for the next six weeks. While the processing cuts affect all red meat processing in Victoria, lamb production is expected to be the most affected.

Victoria is the powerhouse of Australian lamb production, generally slaughtering 150,000-170,000 lambs per week at this time of the year. This is roughly equivalent to the North Island’s weekly lamb production.

A lower global supply could help the struggling lamb export market to find its feet and mean less competition for NZ lamb in the short-term.

Particularly, if a greater proportion of the current Australian lamb kill is diverted to its domestic consumers to service panic buying during the slowdown.

However, long term impacts are harder to guess. If the Australian lamb kill is delayed and then coincides with NZ peak production in September/October, then the lamb export markets may be swamped with supply.

WOOL

There’s nothing much positive to be said about coarse wool markets at present.

Minor lifts have been reported at the two August 6 auctions, but this still leaves coarse crossbred indicators down at $1.95-$2.05/kg clean depending on the source in question.

Shorter second-shear and lamb fleeces are mostly $1.60-$1.90/kg clean. Small offerings of finer-micron wools at the South Island auction sold relatively well considering it was a tough re-start for the Australian market after their recess. The longer-term outlook for wool won’t change much until global retail activity picks up, which at this rate won’t be for quite a while yet.

by Murray Robertson

THE J & T Hickey charity sheep dog trial final on Saturday in the RDA pavilion at the showground produced one of the best finals many have seen for years.

The top four dogs and their handlers were separated by only 0.3 of a single point. Merv Utting and Prince from Waimata won it with a score of 97.3 points.

Full results — Best first round run overall: Garry Brennan Rosebowl, Merv Utting, Prince 98pts.

Intermediate dog: Peter Williams Ike 97pts. Maiden dog: Lindsay Schmidt Dolly 96.5pts.

Top local intermediate: Peter Wilson Roy 81pts. Top local maiden: Thomas Hansen Fly 90pts.

Local competitor most points: Noddy Halley 226.5.

Top lady competitor: Bex Scragg Floss 96.

Novice event, sponsored by Hinenui Genetics: Jesse McIntyre West 77pts 1; Luke Jamieson Turbo 72pts 2; Hamish

McKenzie Red 67pts 3.Teams event, sponsored by the Matawai

Deer Farm: Hamish McKenzie with Red and Steve Kelleher and Ace 155pts 1; Toni Blundell with James and Anthony Hughes with Sue 151pts, 2; Zane Rogers with Ace and Rod Mead with Gum/Jesse McIntryre with West and Sam Shaw with Stream 148pts, 3-equal.

Top 10 run off: Merv Utting Prince 97.3pts 1; Graeme Cook Bill 97.2 2; Sheena Martin Troy 97.1 3; Bex Scragg Floss 97 4; Peter Williams Neve 96 5; Peter Williams Ike 95 6; Lindsay Schmidt Dolly 90 7; Sheena Martin Stretch 87 8; Allen Irwin Dot 84 9; Garry Denize Tip 75 10.

The Aggregate Cup: Merv Utting and Prince 195.1pts.

Dog trials see tough competition at finals

TOP TEN: The top 10 finalists of the J & T Hickey Charity sheepdog trial put on a great show on Saturday. (From left) Peter Williams with Neve and Ike, Merv Utting with Prince, Lindsay Schmidt with Dolly, Allen Irwin with Dot, Sheena Martin with Troy and Stretch, Bex Scragg with Floss, Graham Cook with Bill, and Garry Denize with Tip, Bernard Arends (Judge) and Maree Palmer (Clerk). Tiniroto’s Bex Scragg and Floss performed really well (pictured). Pictures by Rebecca Williams

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3pm Close ofWanangaFor more informationplease email [email protected] or text 021768 462.

C A S U A L shepherdlooking for work inGis/Wairoa area. Anycountry, refs avail. Alsolooking for grazinglease. Consider any-thing. 022 574 1426.

WANTED semi-retireddog for semi-retiredfarmer on a lifestyleblock. George Neilson.Ph 862 3929.

RURAL p r o p e r t ywanted by workingfamily, 3bdrm housewith garage pref. Havethree incomes, so rent isassured, refs available.We are engineeringtradesmen, c5 license,and prepared to help outon property, long-termonly. Please phoneKevin 0273 415 946.

FIRST time in townAsian lady, 28yrs, 36D,in/out calls. Ph 022 4732904.

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A meeting of the Eastern Institute of Technology Limited Board is scheduled to be held on Monday, 24 August 2020 at 10.30am in the Boardroom, EIT Tairāwhiti. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to attend. The agenda and associated reports for the meeting will be available at least two working days beforehand by emailing [email protected].

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Gisborne District Council in accordance with the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 gives notice under Regulation 16 that on3 August 2020 at the Gisborne Boys’ High School monitoring station in Gisborne city, a measurement of 73.6 µg/m3 was recorded. This is the 14th breach of the ambient standard for PM10 of 50 µg/ m3 as a 24-hour average.

For more information visit our website.

Annual Public Meeting

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from 5.15pm. Refreshments provided.

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Wednesday, 19 August by phoning

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Application Reference(s): lU-2020-109518-00 / Cr-2020-109519-00 / CD-2020-109520-00Applicant: eastland Port limited

eastland Port has applied for consents to continue with maintenance dredging within the harbour basin and the port navigation channel. Consents are also sought for the disposal of the dredge spoil to the Of Shore Disposal Ground.

a maximum 140,000m3 of dredging spoil is proposed on an annual basis and a 20 year term of consent is proposed.

The application includes the discharge of decant water and noise emissions from the dredging activity.

Location: Coastal marine area including the port basin, port navigation channel and Of Shore Disposal Ground.

more information about the application, including how to make a submission and the submission form (Form 13) are available on our website or from Customer Service. Please contact Todd Whittaker (independent Processing Planner) at [email protected] or(021) 676 377 if you have any questions about the application.

any person may make a written submission on the application but a person who is a trade competitor of the applicant may do so only if that person is directly afected by an efect of the activity. Submissions must be received by Council no later than 5pm on 9 September 2020. Submissions may be emailed to [email protected], sent by post to PO Box 747, Gisborne or hand delivered to a Council Customer Service Centre.

a copy of your submission must also be sent to the applicant at 4sight Consulting, PO Box 911310, aUCKlanD 1142 or [email protected]

This notice is given under section 95a(3)(a) of the resource management act 1991.

RIVERDALE

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To work in our Special Needs Centre.

Please email CV with covering letter to:

Jacque Vercoe atjacque@riverdale

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Applications close Friday 21st August.

Watts & Hughes Construction Opportunities

Carpenters and/or Labour Only Gangs

We are seeking experienced trade-qualiied Carpenters and/or Labour Only Gangs with a professional approach to assist with our new Countdown Gisborne project.

Quality is central to Watts & Hughes in our promise and commitment to deliver quality construction, com-pleted on time and to budget.

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U-SHAPE kitchen inexcell cond, Breakfastbar, Double door pantryS/S sink, Oven, ceramiccook top, Rangehood,Cupboards, andDrawers. All workingand in vgc. For moreinfo or to view kitchenPhone 027 226 2981 or06 867 4002.

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TE WHANAU-A-TAUPARATRUST NOMINATIONS FOR

TRUST BOARD MEMBERSHIPTwo of the current trustees, Messrs MauiTangohau and Barry Thomas will retire byrotation.

In addition the trustee position of the late MrJohn Ruru is also available.

The remaining Trustees invite Nominationsfrom members of the Whanau for suitablyexperienced and qualified candidates to fillthe vacancies.

Messrs Maui Tangohau and Barry Thomashave given notice that they shall be offeringthemselves for nomination.

Application forms are available from the:

Te Whanau-A-Taupara Trust officePO Box 847, Gisborne 4040

Cnr Reads Quay and Lowe Street1st Floor, Nga Wai e Rua Building

Gisborne 4010Tel/Fax 06 863 2959

Email:[email protected]

Nomination forms must be received by theSecretary no later than 5pm, Monday 24thAugust 2020.

Confirmation of nominations can be madeby email poll.

GARDENERA fulltime position has become availablefor a motivated and energetic person tojoin the team, carrying out a gardeningrole on a property, 25kms south ofGisborne city.

The successful candidate must have:

• A passion for gardening• In-depth knowledge of soil health,

plants & Organics• A willingness to learn• A high level of integrity and the ability

to work well with others, be well presented, honest and reliable.

Applicants must have NZ Residency.Police and background checks will becarried out.

Accommodation on the property is notavailable.

Applications close at 4pm, Tuesday 25thAugust 2020.

Please send a covering letter with yourCV and references to:

Gardener VacancyJagre Holdings LLCRD2, Gisborne 4072

Ph (06) 862 8642 OfficeEmail [email protected]

U-SHAPE Kitchen inexcellent cond. (3.585Front) (2.800 L/side)(2.780 R/side). Ph 027226 2981.

R I M U table 79cm x125cm $150; old golfset 11 clubs and bag$50, push mower $50,jam jars, agee 50c each,20 electric fence rodswith clips $1.50 each or$20 the lot. Ph 8672701.WOODEN hall table,approx. 1500l x 750h x450w, $125. TV uprightstand, 40-50’’ TV, $40.Magnetic roofrack forfishing rods, as new,$45. Ph 0272 752 691.

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Product Safety Recall

Sorbent Facial Tissues White 224 sheets (Made in Australia)

200 x 195mm, 207 x 190 mm sheet sizesSold across all major supermarkets from 14 February – 10 August 2020

DEFECT: There is a risk that the product contains a small metal piece (3-5 cm in length, approximately the size of a key). The metal is from an equipment failure during manufacture.

HAZARD:The metal piece may pose a choking hazard if ingested.

WHAT TO DO:Check the produc�on loca�on on the product packaging. Only �ssues made in Australia with sheet sizes 200 x 195mm and 207 x 190mm are affected. Country of origin can be iden�fied on the packaging tear-off tab. If this tear-off tab has been removed and the product is already in use, refer to the sheet size on the packaging. If you have affected product return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Proof of purchase is not required.

Contact details:Telephone: 0800 104 394 (between 8:30am and 5:00pm NZST)Email address: [email protected]: www.asaleocare.com

New Zealand Importer/Distributor Asaleo Care, 2nd Floor; 103 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, AUCKLAND

See www.recalls.govt.nz for other New Zealand consumer product recalls

Reception and LegaL SuppoRt .5 Fte auguSt

2020

Tairawhiti Community Law Centre require a Reception and Legal Support Person. This is a permanent .5 FTE (20 HPW) position based in our Gisborne Oice.If you have the following skills, experience and personal qualities:

• Workwellinpressuredenvironment• Abilitytomulti-task• Payattentiontodetails• Workwellasapartofateam• Good organisational and time

management skills• Demonstrate experience in oice

systems• Proven experience in Oice 365

programmes• Competent in Excel spreadsheet and

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(Application forms are available at 85LoweStreetfromThursday13thAugustor by email request).

Apply online www.hauoratairawhiti.org.nz

The District Health Board of Gisborne/Tairawhiti

TELEHEALTH PROJECT MANAGER Hauora Tairawhiti is seeking an experienced -

project manager to rapidly progress telehealth

in Tairawhiti. This is a fixed-term position for -

12 months to implement change.

The aim of the project is to develop and trial

services which increase the equity of access to

health services by:

• increasing the utilisation of telehealth

locally and regionally

• identifying and supporting education and

technology that enables collaboration

and communication between healthcare

providers and consumers

• reducing health related transport both

within and outside the region

• address the challenges faced by health

care providers and consumers utilising

healthcare.

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• experience in project management with

Prince 2 or equivalent qualification

• expert in information and communication

technology

• an understanding of the health sector

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CLOSED 2 DAYS FOR FERAL GOAT CONTROL

Waihirere Domain will be closed monday 17 and Tuesday 18 august to enable staf to carry out controlled shooting of feral goats in the reserve.

For any enquires please contact Phil Karaitiana, Biosecurity Team leader.

GISBORNE REGIONAL MANAGER, DOWNER

Prominent leadership opportunity in the Gisborne Region. Working to develop and deliver on the vision for the region, this position will support the team through collaborative leadership, strategic commercial acumen, and proven stakeholder management in achieving continued growth of the company locally.

Highly competitive salary and beneits is being ofered, in a supportive culture that embraces employee development and feedback.

This opportunity is being managed by Alexander James Construct. Please forward your CV details and covering letter to [email protected] or call 027 839 0709 for additional information.

FOOTBALL by Tales Azzoni, AP

LISBON, Portugal — There will be a trophy — and lots of pizzas — if Atalanta pull off an upset and win football’s Champions League this month.

The team from the small Italian city of Bergamo faces Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday in the first quarterfinal of the European tournament in Lisbon.

“As I have said, I will make pizza for 1000 people if we win the Champions League,” Atalanta midfielder Marten de Roon said on Tuesday. “But if we lose, we can try again next year.”

De Roon reiterated a promise he had made a few months ago after being asked by a fan about what he would do if his team won the European title. The Dutch player said he would throw a party in Bergamo’s central square and everyone would be invited.

Bergamo was one of the hardest-hit places by the coronavirus pandemic in Europe, with more than 6000 people dying with Covid-19 in the province.

“I think it’s a very important match for everyone — for the players, for the city, for the province, for Italy,” De Roon said.

Atalanta has had a remarkable run in what is its first appearance in the

Champions League. Coach Gian Piero Gasperini said his team had little to lose against PSG and its star-studded squad.

“I have already said this, we are never going to lose,” Gasperini said.

“We are going to win or to learn. We are here possibly to learn, but we are going to try to win the competition.”

He said it would take the entire team to help defend well against Brazilian forward Neymar.

“Neymar is one of the best players in the world, so this is a problem for all teams who face him,” he said.

“I think the best way to defend against him is to play well ourselves, with everyone focused. We’ll try to do it as a team with our organisation.”

Gasperini said he was expecting Kylian Mbappé to play from the start after recovering from injury.

“We will see what happens,” he said. “Of course, Mbappé is another amazing player who can add a lot to his team. We are getting ready as he is going to play.”

The Champions League is finishing its season with a last-eight mini-tournament played in two Lisbon stadiums. The semifinals will be played next week, and the final on August 23.

Pizza on menu if Atalanta win Champions LeagueFOOTBALL by Steve Douglas, AP

THE Scottish football season was thrown into disarray on Tuesday after upcoming games involving Celtic and Aberdeen were postponed at the request of the country’s government following breaches of coronavirus rules by players.

Football authorities and government officials held a meeting after Celtic defender Boli Bolingoli took a secret trip to Spain, failed to self-isolate on his return, and played in a 1-1 draw with Kilmarnock in the league on Sunday.

“It is difficult to imagine a more irresponsible action in current circumstances,” Celtic, the Scottish champion, said in a statement strongly condemning the actions of Bolingoli. “And we find it beyond explanation.”

A game between Aberdeen and St Johnstone on Saturday was postponed a day earlier after two Aberdeen players tested positive for Covid-19 and a further six were instructed to self-isolate following a night out in a bar.

That led to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warning that soccer players’ privileges to play during the ongoing safety restrictions in Scotland would be at risk if a similar situation arose.

In light of the Bolingoli case, the government requested the following games be postponed: Aberdeen v Hamilton and St Mirren v Celtic on Wednesday; and Aberdeen v Celtic on Saturday.

That was agreed to by Scottish football’s Coronavirus Joint Response Group.

“Let me put this as clearly as I can in language

that the football world will understand: Consider today to be the yellow card,” Sturgeon said at the government’s daily news conference. “The next time it will be the red card, because you will leave us with absolutely no choice.”

Sturgeon said she was asking the general public in Scotland to hugely restrict how they live their lives.

“And people rightly will look to me and say, ‘Well, if footballers get away with doing whatever they want, why do I have to keep doing these things?’,” she said.

The new Scottish season started only on August 1 after the 2019-20 campaign was called off early, in May, because there was no immediate prospect of play restarting amid the coronavirus pandemic.

There are few spare slots in what is already a congested calendar in Scotland for the new season.

It is an embarrassing episode for the Scottish game, with official Rod Petrie saying he was “astounded to learn of the recklessness demonstrated” by Bolingoli.

“That this comes on the back of eight Aberdeen players showing similar disregard for public health is disrespectful not just to every football teammate, fellow player and colleague, but also to every fan in this country,” Petrie said.

“It is also hugely damaging to the image, reputation and sustainability of the game.”

All 12 managers and captains of clubs in the top-flight Scottish Premiership held talks with government officials on Monday and were reminded of their responsibilities over protocols particular to football and also the general public.

Celtic matches called off

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Thursday, August 13, 2020

THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY:Shani Davis, 38; Debi Mazar, 56; John Slattery, 58; Dawnn Lewis, 59.

Happy Birthday:Your associations will make or break you this year. Choose your allies carefully, and know enough to walk away from users and unreliable people. Set rules and stipulations when working with others. Focus on what's important to you, and do your best to grow intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. Do for yourself, and you will achieve what you set out to do. Your numbers are 7, 10, 16, 25, 33, 41, 44.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Pick up the slack, and do your best to inish what you start. Don't let what other people do interfere with your plans or lead to emotional turmoil. Do whatever will bring you joy or help you advance. 4 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Pay attention to the way you look and feel. Don't worry about what others think or say. You are responsible for your happiness, so don't wait for someone to do things for you. Make opportunities; build a stable future. 3 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Keep a tally of what you do for others, and when the time comes, don't hesitate to call in favors. An idea you have to improve your surroundings will pay off. Do the work yourself, and you'll save yourself a bundle. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22):Sharing information concerning pending inancial, medical or legal matters will work against you. Someone will use what you reveal to make you look bad. Focus on personal improvement and spending quality time with loved ones. A creative outlet is favored. 3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):Spend more time with people you look up to or who inspire you to do your very best. A show of enthusiasm will encourage others to pitch in and help you get things done to improve the way you live. 4 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Focus on what you can do to make your life better, not on the things you cannot change. Personal victory comes with loving who you are and believing in what you do. A passionate approach to whatever you pursue will pay off. 2 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):Be open to suggestions, observe what's going on around you and take better care of yourself mentally, physically and emotionally. Address whatever is causing anxiety and stress, and implement positive lifestyle changes. 5 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Pay attention to the way you look and represent yourself. Refuse to let possessiveness and jealousy take over. Put faith in what you want to pursue and how you go about your business. It's up to you which path you choose. 3 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):Take care of personal business. Make positive changes at home that will bring you closer to loved ones and make your surroundings more suitable for whatever you want to accomplish. Don't let your emotions undermine you. 3 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):What you do today will make a difference in how others feel about you. Wise decisions, positive changes and a demonstration of kindness and consideration will encourage others to see things your way and support the changes you want to enforce. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Make meaningful partnerships a priority in order to avoid getting caught in a no-win situation. Being upfront about how you feel will help alleviate any uncertainty regarding what you want to do and the changes you want to make. 5 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Keep your secrets and emotions to yourself, and you'll avoid being the topic of conversation. Concentrate on what you can do to help others, and it will take your mind off emotional situations you cannot change. Romance is on the rise. 2 stars

Birthday Baby:You are fun-loving, enthusiastic and humorous. You are assertive and persistent.

STAR RATINGSFIVE STARS: Nothing can stop you now. Go for the gold.

FOUR STARS: You can pretty much do as you please. It’s a good time to start new projects. THREE STARS: If you focus your efforts, you will reach your goals.

TWO STARS: You can accomplish a lot, but don’t rely on others for help. ONE STAR: It’s best to avoid conflicts. Work behind the scenes or read a good book.

DOUBLE CROSSWORD No 11,065

ACROSS

CRYPTIC CLUES

QUICK CLUES

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(12)

1. Penitence (12)

2. Newt (3)

3. Long step (6)

4. Evenly (9)

5. Coach (5)

6. Beforehand (12)

7. Machine (5)

10. Allusion (9)

13. Sick (5)

14. Leave (6)

16. Commerce (5)

20. Falsehood (3)

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SOLUTIONS TO

PUZZLE 11,064 Quick Crossword answers

also fit the large grid

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7. Justify putting the French in the vehicle (5)

8. A foolish time? (5) 9. I shall be in need of a

doctor (3) 10. Weak and apparently

not prickly (9) 11. Nothing on the

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indistinct appearance (9)

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2. Which gives needle-sharp sight? (3)

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5. Heal about five in part of circle (5)

6. Sun fills Bess with joy (12)

7. Alice is out to get her (5)

10. Spot a prophet who likes to see things? (9)

13. Insinuate in a devilish way? (5)

14. Compact, but three miles long (6)

16. I assess as angry... (5) 20. ...in harassing animal

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up of 81 squares on a 9x9 grid.To solve the puzzle, each row,

column and 3x3 grid within the larger grid must end up containing each number from 1 to 9, and each number can only appear once in a row, column or box.

A sudoku grid has a single unique solution, which can be reached without using guesswork.

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FootballPACIFIC Premiership, SATURDAY, 2.30pm:

Childers Road Reserve 1, Gisborne Vehicle Testing Thistle v Napier Marist Reserves.

3pm: Premier Hastings Sport Park 1, Maycenvale v Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United.

Eastern League 1, 12.30pm: CRR 1, Carpet Court Thistle Massive v Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks; Rectory, Gisborne Boys’ High School v Thistle Reserves.

2.30pm: Lytton, Lytton High School v Heavy Equipment Services United.

Eastern League 2, 12.30pm: Wainui, Wainui Reserves v Campion; CRR 2, Thistle Vintage v Tatapouri Bohemians; Nelson Park 1, Gisborne Pro Roofing Bohemians v Coates Associates Wainui Demons; Harry Barker Reserve 2, Heavy Equipment Services United (3) v ITM Thistle.

2.30pm: Wairoa, Wairoa Athletic v Smash Palace Shockers.

Women’s Eastern League, SUNDAY, 10.30am: Rectory, Gisborne Girls’ High School v Campion; HBR 1, Heavy Equipment Services United v Tatapouri Marist Thistle; HBR 2, Gisborne Laundry Services Riverina v Bohemians.

Super LeagueCollege Super League (under 16),

SATURDAY, 8.30am: Nelson Park 4, Emerre & Hathaway FC v Eastland Group Wainui; NP 1, Printing House United v Columbus Cafe United; NP 5, Ray White Wainui Sharks v Gear Meat Pies Thistle.

Intermediate Super League (u13), SATURDAY, 8.30am: NP 2, Frank & Albies Rovers v Chrisp & Davidson Rangers; NP 3, Farmers Air Galaxy v Tom Lane Property Brokers Wainui SC.

9.45am: NP 4, Gisborne Financial Services City v KT Orthodontics United; NP 3, Chaghan Fishing Athletico v Lexmond Concrete Thistle; NP 2, Thistle Dynamic Rehab v Mitre 10 Sparta.

Primary Football, SATURDAY —Gisborne Mini Football 9v9, A Grade,

8.30am: Watson Park 18, Mangapapa Hurricanes v Central Gold; WP 19, Sonrise Chargers v Wainui Thunder; WP 20, Kaiti Phoenix v Te Wharau United; WP 21, Manutuke M2K3 v St Mary’s Strikers.

Gisborne Mini Football 7v7 League 2, 8.30am: WP 13, Mangapapa Quakes v Awapuni Lions; WP 14, Mangapapa Thunder v Awapuni Pumas; WP 17, Makaraka Meteors v St Mary’s Sweepers; WP 15, Manutuke M2K2 v Central Athletic; WP 16, Wainui Bullets v Kaiti Maia.

Gisborne Fun Football 5v5 Championship 1, 8.45am: WP 9, Wainui Crusaders v Central Defenders; WP 6, St Mary’s Comets v Mangapapa Floods; WP 3, Kaiti Horouta v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Tornado Wolves; WP 2, Ormond Super Kicks v Central Vikings.

Bye: Wainui Cobras.Gisborne Fun Football 5v5 Championship 2,

8.45am: WP 8, Wainui Cyclones v Central Stars; WP 4, Wainui Colts v Central Crushers; Makauri Cobras v Mangapapa Twisters; WP 11, Te Wharau Tuis v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Hurricanes; WP 7, St Mary’s Asteroids v Central Zoomers; WP 10, Kaiti Paoa v Central Seekers; WP 1, TKKM 2H v Awapuni Leopards.

Gisborne First Kicks 4v4 Conference 2, 9.30am: WP 11, Wainui Dodgers v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Green Machines; WP 6, Central Warriors v Central Spurs; WP 9, Makauri Dolphins v Awapuni Wildcats; WP 7, St Mary’s Firebirds v Makaraka Magpies; WP 8, Te Wharau Strikers v Mangapapa Whirlwinds; WP 5, Kaiti Takitimu v Mangapapa Storm; WP 10, Makaraka Magic v Makauri Dragons.

Gisborne First Kicks 4v4 Conference 1, 9.30am: WP 12, Makauri Dinosaurs v Mangapapa Tornadoes.

Gisborne Mini Football 9v9 League, 9.30am: WP 21, Makaraka Mustangs v Makauri Marauders; WP 18, Kaiti Rangatira v Te Hapara High Flyers; WP 19, Eastland Vets Ngatapa Ninjas v Central Stags; WP 20, Ormond All Stars v Awapuni Jaguars.

Gisborne Fun Football 5v5 Championship 1, 9.30am: WP 2, Te Wharau Kereru v Mangapapa Mist; WP 1, St Mary’s Stormers v Te Hapara Excellers.

Gisborne Mini Football 7v7 League 1, 9.30am: WP 13, Mangapapa Landslides v Central Braves; WP 16, Mangapapa Sizzlers v Mangapapa Typhoons; WP 17, Wainui Bulldogs v Makauri Braves; WP 15, Wainui Breakers v Te Hapara Soarers.

Bye: Kaiti Kiwa.Gisborne First Kicks 4v4 Conference 1,

10.15am: WP 4, Wainui Dragons v Central Ninjas; WP 3, Wainui Dynamites v Central Strykers; WP 5, Wainui Dolphins v Awapuni Cheetahs; WP 6, Makauri Dynamos v Sonrise Wildcats; WP 1, St Mary’s Stars v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Wekas; WP 2, Te Wharau Shooters v Awapuni Lynx.

Gisborne Mini Football 7v7 League 2, 10.30am: WP 13, Sonrise Blaze v Makauri Bears; WP 14, Ormond Strikers v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Rebels.

Gisborne Mini Football 9v9 League, 10.30am: WP 18, Mangapapa Lightning v Awapuni Tigers; WP 19, Mangapapa Blizzards v Wainui Aces; WP 20, St Mary’s Flash v Central United; WP 21, Wainui Avengers v Te Wharau XLR8s.

Gisborne Mini Football 7v7 League 1, 10.30am: WP 15, Wainui Blitz v St Mary’s Terminators; WP 16, Wainui Bullz v Te Wharau Dynamos; WP 17, Central Falcons v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Rockets.

NetballWEEK 2 of Round 2 of PAK’nSAVE Gisborne

senior netball will be held at Victoria Domain on SATURDAY.

All games are 4 x 10-minute quarters. Senior Round 2, Week 2; Junior Week 4; futureFERNS Years 5 and 6, Week 3.

All senior cards run from the tower. All junior cards run from the scorecard room.

Duty teams to put up goal pads, set up team benches (courts 1 and 2) and put bins out: Kaiti Tu Rangatira, Ilminster Y8 A.

Duty club to control scorecard room for the day: Whangara.

Years 5 and 6, futureFERNS — 9am: 3, Central Magic v Wainui Waves; 4, Uawa Iranui v Kaiti Kiwi; 7, Mangapapa Pulse v Makaraka Machines; 12, Central Pulse v Manutuke Manu Toa.

10am: 3, Elgin Speedsters v Mangapapa Steel; 4, Te Hapara Tahi v Maui Korihi; 7, Wainui Whirlwinds v Maui Te Kitenga; 12, Eastland Vets Ngatapa Stars v Muriwai Rangatahi.

11am: 4, Awapuni Silver Ferns v Te Wharau Tuahine; 7, Mangapapa Magic v Makauri Magic; 12, Te Hapara Rua v Waikirikiri Poroporo.

12 midday: 4, Waikirikiri Kowhai v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Mystics; 7, Horouta Wananga v Manutuke Buttercups; 12, St Mary’s v Te Wharau Tuakana.

Duty team to bring in the goals (courts 3, 4, 7 and 12): Te Wharau Tuakana.

Intermediate — 9am: 6, Ilminster Y8 B v Ilminster Y7 B; 10, Kaiti Tu Rangatira v Waikirikiri Kiwikiwi; 11, Ilminster Y8 A v YMP Rua.

10am: 10, Campion Gregory v HSOG Blue Beanies; 11, Eastland Vets Ngatapa Magic v HSOG Hot Shotz.

11am: 10, Campion Marcellin v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Pulse; 11, Ilminster Y7 A v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Y8.

Duty team to empty bins and replace

rubbish bags where necessary: Eastland Vets Ngatapa Pulse.

12 midday: 10, Whangara Pango v YMP Toru; 11, YMP Tahi v Maui Tuturu.

1pm: 7, HSOG Strikers v Ilminster Y7 C; 10, X Maidens v Whangara Paikea; 11, OBM Kahurangi v Ilminster Y8 C.

Secondary — 10am: 6, GGHS Whitiora v Uawa Hinematioro; 9, GGHS Ferns v Te Waiu.

11am: 9, Uawa Hinekiuta v Maui Te Wananga.12 midday: 9, Hawaiki Hou v KKM o Wairoa

Pipiwhakao.1pm: 9, Horouta Wananga v Ritana Tangaroa.2pm: 4, Campion Blue v GGHS Mana; 9,

Campion Snr B v Ritana Maia; 10, GGHS Manaaki v Ritana Mangopare; 11, Campion Green v GGHS Hinetu.

Senior — 9am: 1, OBM Blue v Uawa Ngarangikahiwa (Annie, Krys); 2, Claydens Waikohu Masters v Horouta Taimana (Chloe, Selina); 5, Thistle Storm v The Stingerz (Saara, Phoenix).

10am: 1, Tapuae v Claydens Waikohu 2 (Cristal, Jess L); 2, YMP Sunshine Brewery v Ritana Snr A (Chloe, Cush); 5, GGHS Jnr A v GGHS Snr B (Aroha, Phoenix).

11am: 1, Gisborne Fluid & Machinery HSOG v Old Girls Whangara (Cush, Tessa); 2, Taste One HSOG v Claydens Waikohu 1 (Anthony, Pania); 5, OBM Blue v The Stingerz (Bex, Iri); 6, Ritana Toa v Kotahi Aroha (Keasi, Phoenix).

12 midday: 1, Farmlands Ngatapa v Whalis (Bessie, Bex); 2, Whangara OG 1 v GGHS Snr A (Anthony, Shanan); 5, YMP TimberPro v Campion Snr A (Triesta, Tukaki); 6, Uawa Kahukuraiti v Gisborne Glass Ngatapa (Jess T, Willow).

1pm: 1, Taiki v Tatapouri Sportsfit (Kez, Shay); 2, Taste One HSOG v Horouta Gold (Debz, Selina); 4, Tatapouri Sportsfit Social v Thistle Phoenix (Chiarn, Jess T); 5, FarmCare HSOG v Gisborne Denture Clinic HSOG (Bessie, Iri); 6, Tyre General Ngatapa v Steve Craill Builder Ngatapa (Lou, Tukaki).

2pm: 1, Farmlands Ngatapa v YMP TimberPro (Ash, Bex); 2, IMS HSOG Masters v YMP Masters (Debz, Shay); 5, YMP Manawanui v Gisborne Glass Ngatapa (Chiarn, Lou); 6, GGHS TSA v OBM Red Social (Moni, Tukaki).

Byes: GGHS Hine Toa, Manutuke (sec), Uawa Hinetera.

Duty teams: Campion Green, GGHS Manaaki.Duty board member: Sarah.

RugbyTHE draw for Civil Project Solutions senior

club rugby this weekend is —Premier Grade, SATURDAY, 2.45pm:

Patutahi 1, Ngatapa v OBM (K Smith, M Smith, C Johnson); Oval 2, HSOB v Waikohu (I Hughes, P Brown, B Hughes); Oval 1, Pirates v YMP (M Greene, A Brown, R Young).

Senior One, SATURDAY, 1pm: Barry Park 1, YMP v Athletic (A Brown); Pat 1, Ngatapa v Tapuae (M Smith).

Bye: Pirates.Super 8 Interschool rugby, SATURDAY,

10am: Rectory 1, GBHS 2nd 15 v New Plymouth 2nd 15 (M Nikora).

11.30am: Rectory 1, GBHS 1st 15 v New Plymouth 1st 15 (R Maynard, H Fitzgerald, D Stevenson).

Bayleys Secondary Schools RugbyGirls, TODAY, 3.30pm: Barry Park 1, Horouta

Wananga v GGHS Black; BP 2, Lytton Gold v Lytton Maroon.

4pm: BP 1, GGHS Red v Uawa; BP 2, Lytton Gold v GGHS Black.

4.30pm: BP 1, Lytton Maroon v GGHS Red; BP 2, Uawa v Horouta Wananga.

Under-15 boys, TODAY, 3.30pm: Rectory 2, Hosea Gear v Charlie Ngatai; School Road, Toa

Halafihi v Rico Gear.3.45pm: Campion TNAK** v Brendon O’Connor.Bye: Whetu Douglas.Bayleys Secondary Schools U18 Boys,

FRIDAY, 3.30pm: Lytton, TNAK** v GBHS 3rd 15.Junior Rugby, SATURDAY, Bayleys JAB club

rugby. Note: Uawa has club day at Tolaga Bay.The draw is — Under 6 — 9am: Waikiriki Park 3, Waikohu u6

v OBM; WKK 4, Farmcare HSOB Blues v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Rams.

9.10am: Uawa 1A, Eastland Vets Ngatapa Stags v Uawa u6.

9.50am: WKK 3, Farmcare HSOB Red v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Colts; WKK 4, Farmcare HSOB White v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Bulls.

Under 7 — 9am: WKK 5, Horouta u7 v Farmcare HSOB Hurricanes; WKK 6, Farmcare HSOB Chiefs v Pirates u7.

9.10am: Uawa 1B, Uawa u7 v OBM.10am: WKK 5, Farmcare HSOB Blue v YMP

u7; WKK 6, Eastland Vets Ngatapa Great Whites v Waikohu u7.

Bye: Eastland Vets Ngatapa u7 Green.Under 8 — 9am: WKK 7, Farmcare HSOB Blue

v Eastland Vets Ngatapa u8 Green.9.10am: Uawa 2A, Eastland Vets Ngatapa u8

Kiwis v Uawa u8.Bye: Farmcare HSOB Wolves.Under 9 — 9am: WKK 8, OBM v Pirates u9.9.10am: Uawa 2B, Uawa u9 v Eastland Vets

Ngatapa u9.10am: WKK 8, Farmcare HSOB White v

Farmcare HSOB Blue.Under 10 — 9am: WKK 9, OBM v Waikohu.10am: WKK 7, Farmcare HSOB Blue & White

v Farmcare HSOB Spartans; WKK 9, Horouta v YMP u10; Uawa 1B, Uawa v Eastland Vets Ngatapa u10.

Under 11 — 9am: WKK 10, Pirates u11 v Eastland Vets Ngatapa Billy Goats.

10am: Uawa 1A, Uawa u11 v OBM Orcas.10.15am: WKK 10, YMP u11 v Farmcare HSOB

Blue.Bye: Horouta u11.Under 12 — 9am: WKK 1, OBM v Eastland

Vets Ngatapa u12 Green; WKK 2, Horouta u12 v Waikohu u12.

10.15am: WKK 1, Eastland Vets Ngatapa Stags v Farmcare HSOB Blue.

Under 13 — 10.15am: Uawa 2, Uawa u13 v Farmcare HSOB Blue; WKK 2, Pirates u13 v Eastland Vets Ngatapa u13.

Bye: Horouta u13.

HockeyWomenFRIDAY — 6.30pm: YMP v Amber Dental

GGHS (Paikea/GMC Green).SATURDAY — 1.30pm: Ngatapa v GMC Gold

(GMC Kowhai/Waituhi).3pm: Waituhi v GMC Kowhai (Ngatapa/GMC

Gold).4.30pm: Paikea v GMC Green (YMP/GGHS).MenSATURDAY — 12 midday: YMP (1) v GBHS

(LOB Masters/LOB Fruits).6pm: LOB Masters v LOB Fruits (GBHS/YMP

1).Bye: YMP (2).Secondary schoolsMONDAY — 4pm: GBHS Black v GBHS Red

(GGHS 2/Campion 2).5pm: Campion (1) v LHS (GBHS Black/GBHS

Red).6pm: GGHS (2) v Campion (2) (Louise/

Campion 1).

GAMES POSTPONED: The intermediate games scheduled for today and the Years 3/4 and Years 5/6 games scheduled for tomorrow have been postponed till further notice.

DRAWS

MERCANTILE BADMINTON

EASTLAND Badminton business house league started last week with awesome matches — some very close — and lots of laughter.

Fourteen teams played, and four more teams join the competition this week.

As the first round was a mixture of all levels, some teams dominated. From this week, teams will be

divided into two grades and matches should be more even.

The Badminton Centre was buzzing, with lots of catching up. It was fantastic to see old faces.

Results from last Wednesday: The P’s defeated Hinekura, 6 matches to 0; Uawa (1) defeated Ngarangikahiwa, 6 matches to 0; Hauiti defeated GDC Smashers, 4 matches to 2; WSP A defeated TEAM A, 6 matches to 0; Casuals defeated Nga Uri

a Maui, 6 matches to 0; Horouta defeated Slammers, 6 matches to 0; Enterprise defeated WSP B, 6 matches to 0.

The draw for TONIGHT —6pm: Court 1, Racketeers v Ngati Rangi Night

Blades; Court 2, Just Cause v Stanley Family; Court 3, Uawa 1 v Horouta; Court 4, Hinekura v TEAM A.

7pm: Court 1 & 2, 3P’s + 1 v WSP A; Court 3 & 4, Enterprise v Hauiti.

7.30pm: Court 1, Nga Uri a Maui v Slammers; Court 2, Ngarangikahiwa v losers of Just Cause v Stanley Family; Court 3, Casuals v winners of Just Cause v Stanley Family; Court 4, GDC Smashers v WSP B.

NOTE: Just Cause and Stanley Family have two ties.

Duty team: WSP (sweep courts at the end of night).

Matches ‘awesome’, accompanied by lots of laughter

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, August 12, 2020 SPORT 21

SONNY Bill Williams has challenged the NRL to have more Pasifika, Maori and Indigenous Australians in positions of power.

While Maori, Pasifika and Indigenous Australians, make up the majority of the players on the field, there are zero head coaches with those backgrounds.

Stephen Kearney was the only Maori coaching an NRL team this season, and he was ousted by the Warriors shortly after the league restarted.

And Williams, who is set to return to the NRL with the Roosters for the first time since 2014, said he wants that to change.

Speaking to Channel Nine last night, he was asked by Phil Gould who inspired him when he was coming up through the ranks.

But Williams turned the question around on Gould and urged the prominent commentator and former coach to promote Indigenous voices and people in his new role as a “club-wide consultant” at the Warriors.

“I just try to look at things from a perspective of what’s best for my people — Polynesians, Maori, Aboriginals, the minorities,” Williams said.

“I’d love to see you take someone under your wing and help us thrive, not just on the field . . . obviously we’re thriving in that sense.

“What I would like to challenge you to do is help us thrive off the field, whether it be coaches, CEOs or on the boards, that type of level.”

But the hopes of any Warriors fans dreaming that SBW might be coming their way in 2021 were dashed soon after.

Having just finished up stints in Canada, France and New Zealand, Williams said he would not be heading across the ditch for what will likely be the last year of his playing career because he wanted to settle down in Australia.

“I’ve got four young kids and my wife, they’re Australians. I consider Australia a home even probably more so than New Zealand as far as raising the kids and whatnot,” he said.

“I’m a realist. I’m 35, I’m not a spring chicken anymore. I reckon I’ve got maybe one more year max in me.”

Williams suggested he would happily take on an advisory role to help the younger players coming through at the Warriors, who are battling in 11th spot on the ladder. — ABC

SBW challenges NRL over diversity in its decision-making roles

MORE DIVERSITY: Former All Black Sonny Bill Williams, who is set to return to the NRL with the Roosters for the first time since 2014, said he would like to see more Polynesians, Maori, Aboriginals and minorities in roles such as chief executives, coaching and board administration. AP picture

WELLINGTON — Substantial third-party contributions that helped lure Beauden Barrett to the Blues this season could play a role in prising influential brother Jordie from the Hurricanes.

The New Zealand Herald understands the signing of Beauden, the biggest coup in Blues history, was supported by third-party payments in the region of $200,000 a season.

This is believed to have more than doubled the All Black star’s Super Rugby salary and a similar deal could tempt the younger Barrett from the capital, despite the Blues recently failing in a second bid.

Jordie Barrett last week committed to the Hurricanes until the end of the 2021 season but not before a trip to Auckland, where the Blues hierarchy attempted to woo him for a second time.

By signing a one-year deal with the Hurricanes, however, the 23-year-old has again left open a potential move after the next Super Rugby season.

Hurricanes chief executive Avan Lee confirmed the interest in Jordie and the Herald understands the Blues did their upmost to sign him.

“He was open to the fact he had been approached and kept us informed the whole way through,” Lee said. “He handled it really well for a young guy.

“As a result of confirming his plans for 2021 Jordie didn’t want a lot of fuss. He’s a humble guy so we respect that. It’s great to have him on board, he’s playing superbly well and he’s a real leader off the field so we’re delighted.” Although Beauden moved north with other considerations in mind — he and wife Hannah are expecting their first child in September and her family is based in Auckland — the Herald understands the third-party deal the Blues stitched together for the 29-year-old is in the region of $200,000 a season.

This is on top of the $195,000 he is believed to earn at the Blues — the top-end of New Zealand’s Super Rugby salaries but considerably less than what the two-time World Rugby Player of the Year was offered to play in France.

After losing Kieran Read, Braydon Ennor, Jack Goodhue among others from their region, Blues chief executive Andrew Hore is unapologetic about the franchise’s on-going attempts to raid leading opposition players.

Just last week, the Blues signed promising Canterbury and New Zealand schools lock Sam Darry.

“The simple fact is for so long, people stood back and thought the Blues region was easy

pickings,” Hore told the Herald.“Now it’s time the Blues start looking after

our own and also giving as good as we get on some fronts.

“I don’t think that’s something to be embarrassed about. We’re serious about competing.

“We also have a desire to be the best, like anybody else. We can’t keep all the talent but we can try to keep the good ones.”

Hore rejected suggestions Auckland’s vast commercial market gives the franchise a significant leg up in leveraging revenue to lure talent.

“Auckland, or the Blues, doesn’t have an advantage over anybody else. You’ve raised some players today but every franchise has third-party agreements.”

With the likes of Benji Marshall and Jerome Kaino, the Blues previously cultivated third-party deals with companies such as nib Insurance and Auckland Transport.

The importance of these deals to the Blues is underlined by the fact they faced the prospect of insolvency by July had crowds not been permitted to return to Super Rugby Aotearoa due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Third-party agreements are part of the collective agreement we have and that’s the reality. Often if we didn’t have those, we wouldn’t have those young men in the country,” Hore said.

“I’ve worked in Europe and I’ve seen how other systems operate. At least by having a third party agreement it’s a very open and transparent process. It’s unlike other countries where it’s a brown paper bag in the back of a car. It’s something that we’re all entitled to use and all franchises use it. There’s no foul play and we all adhere to those rules.”

For the Hurricanes, the joy of retaining Jordie Barrett for next season won’t last. Next year, he returns to the open market, and Lee knows the Blues could make another inevitable play to reunite the Taranaki brothers.

“Other players are happy to sign two, three and four year deals but there is a small percentage who, depending on where they’re at in their career or the pecking order of the All Blacks, are looking to have flexibility in their contracts,” Lee said. “There’s not a lot we can do about it. It’s obviously a factor in the player market.”

Lee also conceded that Beauden Barrett’s return from Japan – he will join Suntory Sungoliath and skip the 2021 Super Rugby season as per his sabbatical clause – may factor into Jordie’s future decision. — NZME

How the Blues signed Beauden Barrett — could Jordie be next?

BARRETT MAGIC: Blues player Beauden Barrett in action during the Super Rugby match against the Hurricanes at Eden Park in June. NZ Herald picture

THE Crusaders have confirmed the Super Rugby Aotearoa trophy has been damaged after the team secured the competition title at the weekend.

The nine-time champions continued their reign of success by beating the Highlanders in Christchurch on Sunday to win the domestic competition with a match to spare.

But, on Tuesday, Crusaders boss Colin Mansbridge confirmed the specially designed trophy didn’t make it through the post-match celebrations entirely unscathed.

Mansbridge said he didn’t have specific details about the circumstances in which the damage occured.

“I just know it’s been accidentally dropped and incurred the minor damage.

“We’ve spoken to New Zealand Rugby, we’ve also sought some cultural advice and accordingly we’re going to be attending to those minor repairs as

soon as possible.”The trophy is named Tu Kotahi

Aotearoa, or Stand As One New Zealand, and was created by Otaki carver Bill Doyle.

It featured a pounamu mere atop an upturned waka carved out of totara wood, signifying the strength and unity rugby has shown to create Super Rugby Aotearoa and bring the rugby community back together.

Mansbridge described the damage as “a couple of scuff marks on the base of the trophy” and was confident there was nothing untoward which led to it.

He said they would be getting trophy repaired as soon as they could.

“I’ve spoken to our adviser. They were surprised about how minor the damage was that I was ringing them about.

“They said it will be easily repaired and we’ll be attending to that straight away.” — Radio NZ

Super Rugby Aotearoa trophy scuffed

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, August 12, 202022 SPORT

FOOTBALL by James Ellingworth, AP

DUISBURG, Germany — One missed opportunity was all it took to end Wolverhampton Wanderers’ European dreams.

Raul Jimenez stepped up to take an early penalty against Sevilla in today’s (NZ time) quarterfinal, just as he’d done to beat Olympiakos in the last round. This time, though, his shot was too central and saved by Yassine Bounou.

Sevilla dominated the rest of the game after that as Wolves increasingly tired in their 59th game of a long season. A goal looked inevitable and Lucas Ocampos delivered with a header in the 88th minute to secure a 1-0 win.

The loss ended Wolves’ best European run since reaching the UEFA Cup final in 1972 — and their chances of qualifying for football’s Champions League. Sevilla, meanwhile, stayed on course for a record-extending sixth title in the competition. Manchester United are next up in the semifinal on Sunday (Monday NZ time).

“We knew we had to work a lot and I think my team have done a great game, exactly the game we expected,” Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui said through a translator. After the penalty save, “we had control over the game. Nothing was easy.”

Sevilla had 73 percent possession and seemingly endless second-half set pieces around the Wolves penalty area — so many that the grass around the six-yard box was thoroughly churned up as players jostled for position — and finally broke

through when Ocampos met Ever Banega’s cross with a glancing header in the 88th minute.

“I think it’s justice, that goal,” Lopetegui said.

Wolves forward Adama Traore earlier

showed extraordinary pace in his 54th club game of the season to sprint in behind the Sevilla defence, only for Diego Carlos to cut him down with a tackle from behind for the penalty. Jimenez had 27 goals for Wolves in 2019-20 and scored against Olympiakos

last week. His shot this time was within easy reach for Bounou, who said he knew Jimenez’s penalty-taking style from their time together at Atletico Madrid in 2014-15.

“I don’t think we can blame Raul. He’s given us so much this season,” Jimenez’s Wolves teammate Leander Dendoncker said.

After the penalty, Wolves didn’t have another shot on target.

Traore’s speed has been lethal in many of Wolves’ games this season, but it was a non-factor after the opening half-hour and the increasingly weary right-sided forward was later substituted.

Wolves had the longest Europa League campaign of any team left in the competition, having started more than a year ago in the first qualifying round with a win over Northern Irish club Crusaders on July 25, 2019.

“It’s a long journey. We wanted to go as far as we could. We had it today really, really close.

“Of course everybody’s disappointed, but we should not ignore all the effort of the players. It’s almost 14 months of hard work,” Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo said.

“Disappointment is something that cannot take away all the good things that we’ve been doing.”

Sevilla’s semifinal opponents Manchester United beat Copenhagen 1-0 on Monday after extra time. The second semifinal next Monday pits Inter Milan against Shakhtar Donetsk, who beat Basel 4-1 in today’s other quarterfinal.

Wolves European dream dashed

HEADS UP: Sevilla’s Diego Carlos (left) and Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Willy Boly battle for the ball during a Europa League quarterfinal at the MSV-Arena in Duisburg, Germany, today. Sevilla advanced to the semifinals with a 1-0 win.

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FOOTBALL INSIDERUGBY LEAGUE

RUGBY by Jack Malcolm

RENEE Holmes hasn’t let the turmoil of Covid-19 inhibit her ambition as she gears up for a big end to 2020.

The sporting prodigy is back in New Zealand and training with the Waikato women’s rugby team in preparation for the upcoming Farrah Palmer Cup competition.

She is eager to get back on the field for the Mooloos, having recently moved just down the road from the stadium where she plays and trains.

She described the team as “unreal”.“Only three of the backs who were

named in the team aren’t Black Ferns,” she said.

“I’m just so excited to play alongside them. There’s a really strong pool of players. I feel sorry for the coaches who have to pick the team.”

Before the pandemic, Holmes was in Japan preparing for another season of sevens rugby but she was forced to travel home after it was cancelled.

She hasn’t let that dampen her spirits and has immediately become involved in sport, study and even starting a business.

She says she’s happy to be playing in New Zealand again this year and can’t wait to get on the field.

The Waikato team’s second game of the draw is at Eden Park. She says she can’t wait.

“It’s super-exciting,” she said.“I’ve never played there; it will be my first

time if I make the (playing) team.”In her first year playing 15s rugby,

Holmes made the Hawke’s Bay Tuis team and was their top points-scorer and MVP (most valuable player).

She said she was “shocked and humbled” to make the Waikato team last year, something she’d dreamed of since seeing them on TV as a child.

“I was so happy just to be named in the 27 (women’s squad), then to get my first start . . . I didn’t expect that to come so quickly.”

Holmes’s skill made a big impression and she was named Waikato rugby’s female player of the year for 2019.

She remembers the sacrifices her father made to help make her dreams reality, driving her to Tuis training in Hastings every Wednesday and Friday night.

Sometimes only four or five people would turn up to train, she said.

“My dad’s the coolest . . . I didn’t realise how much of a commitment it was until I learned how to drive. We’d get home at

1am sometimes. We’d never skip training.”Her passion for rugby was reignited after

she was encouraged by a friend to come down to train for the Gisborne Girls’ High School sevens team.

She has fond memories of playing intermediate rugby and waking up at all hours of the night to watch the All Blacks on TV with her dad, but previously she had been focusing on a promising career in football.

She spent Year 11 living in Auckland to build on her game and played in the New Zealand U17 girls’ football side.

After returning to Gisborne to be with her family she moved on from football after negative experiences in her first two games in the local men’s league.

Her team won both games but the results were overturned after protests about a woman playing against men and “ruining the culture of their game”, despite the teams having agreed on her participation before the game.

The multi-talented athlete has also represented New Zealand in age-grade taekwondo and ultimate frisbee.

The long road trips and commitment to rugby have paid off for Holmes.

Her time in Japan meant she could save enough so that she didn’t have to work when she returned to New Zealand in their offseason.

“Japan is where the money is made; I was getting paid to play at 19, to fully focus on rugby,” she said.

With Holmes unable to play overseas this year she’s made some adjustments to her personal life.

She’s returned to her health, sport and human performance studies at the University of Waikato and has started a business with her partner Quade Tapsell, who has also represented New Zealand — in the NZ Secondary Schools rugby team.

She said the business, Boost Body Recovery, is another opportunity for the couple to give back to their community.

“We can always go and coach more kids, but we can also create a lifestyle out of our experiences.”

The idea to sell massage guns came out of her personal experience using one on herself as she was doing recovery one night.

As lockdown started she spent her newfound spare time researching products and creating a business plan.

“A lot of people were asking where I got my one from . . . we’re really keen to make it affordable and reliable for our friends and family.”

Holmes raring to go

MOOLOO RUGBY: Renee Holmes runs out for the Waikato women’s rugby team.Picture supplied

WELLINGTON — Sports events in New Zealand could face new restrictions on having fans in stadiums after the detection of four new cases of Covid-19 in Auckland ended New Zealand’s run of 102 days without a case of community transmission.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced Auckland will begin 72 hours of Level 3 lockdown from midday today while the remainder of New Zealand will enter Level 2 lockdown for three days. Level 3 restrictions prohibit major sports events while Level 2 caps public gatherings at 100.

While both lockdowns are due to expire before a weekend in which the final matches in Super Rugby Aotearoa are to be played, public health experts expect the restrictions to be extended while the source of the outbreak is identified and contact tracing is done.

Ardern announced late yesterday that four members of a family in South

Auckland had tested positive for Covid-19. As the family had not recently travelled overseas and had no contact with border or quarantine officials who might have been exposed to the coronavirus, the source of the outbreak was unknown.

For the past 102 days the only cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand were of Kiwis returning from overseas, and they were in managed isolation.

That allowed life in New Zealand to return almost to normal with schools and workplaces, restaurants and bars open and with fans allowed to attend sports events without limits on numbers.

Super Rugby Aotearoa has drawn record crowds; more than 40,000 attended the opening-round match between the Blues and the Hurricanes at Auckland’s Eden Park on June 14.

The Crusaders’ home stadium was filled to capacity last weekend when

the Christchurch-based team beat the Highlanders to seal the title with a round remaining. Although it’s now largely meaningless, Sunday’s match in Auckland between the Blues and Crusaders is also a sell-out and a crowd in excess of 43,000 is expected.

If the Level 3 lockdown is extended through the weekend, the match between the Blues and Crusaders cannot be played. At Level 2 matches can go ahead without spectators.

In a tweet late yesterday, New Zealand Rugby said it was assessing the impact on rugby following the Government announcement that Auckland would move to Alert Level 3 and the rest of NZ to Alert Level 2.

A further update would be given today.The lockdowns might also impact

matches in New Zealand’s professional netball championship. — AP

Question mark over sporting eventsby Jack Malcolm

The Nga Whetu o Matariki Awards 2020 function, to be held in Auckland, has been cancelled as we know it.

The face-to-face component of the awards, scheduled for this weekend, was scrapped last night after the Prime Minister announced a return to Alert Level 3 for Auckland until midnight on Friday.

In a statement, Tahuhu Rangapu of Maori Television Shane Taurima said that despite the stated intention to relax alert levels before the awards were to be held, the decision was made for “the safety and wellbeing of our community”.

Gisborne woman Kiwi Campbell was travelling to the awards as a finalist in the Te Waita Award for Sport and Te Tohu Tiketike o Matariki Supreme Award categories.

She said people needed to adhere to the Government’s advice to contain the coronavirus.

“The health of New Zealand is way more important than the awards . . . it’s that simple.”

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