Wednesday, September 30, 2020

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Ngai Tawhiri and Gisborne District Council representatives this morning attended a blessing and sod-turning event to mark the start of the $46m redevelopment of the Olympic Pool complex. Pictured are, from left, Tamati Kerekere, Kelly Kiwha, Charlie Pera, Morehu Pewhairangi, Mayor Rehette Stoltz, Greg Meade, Kiri Allan, Waka Taylor and Stan Pardoe. SEE STORY PAGE 3 Picture by Paul Rickard

A LABOUR-commissioned poll says Kiri Allan leads National’s Tania Tapsell by 40.5 percent to 35 percent as Labour attempts to turn East Coast red for the first time since the 2002 election.

The East Coast Survey, conducted by Auckland-based public opinion research company Community Engagement between September 22 and 24, shows Labour would take out the party vote in East Coast by a larger margin of 46.9 percent to National’s 28.6 percent with

the Greens on 4.4 percent, New Zealand First on 4.2 percent, another (unspecified) party on 6.9 percent and undecideds on 6.9 percent.

In the electorate poll where respondents were asked which candidate were they most likely to vote for, Green candidate Meredith Akuhata-Brown polled at 4.9 percent, “another (unspecified) party” polled 9.6 percent and undecideds were 9.9 percent.

Ms Tapsell said it was hard to take

seriously a poll paid for by Labour Party activists.

“That Labour are attempting this tactic is an admission that their campaign is falling back as we have seen in the wider national trend.

“This does not reflect what I’m hearing on the ground which is great frustration that all Labour has delivered is announcing how much taxpayers’ money they will spend on pet projects.”

Ms Tapsell said East Coast had huge

housing and methamphetamine issues which had got worse under Labour.

“I’ve had really positive feedback from locals about National’s economic recovery plan, particularly our plan to cut taxes.

According to the poll, List MP Kiri Allan enjoys strong support among female voters, 45 percent compared to 29 percent for Ms Tapsell.

The national candidate won male voters by 42 percent to 36 percent.

Allan ahead in Labour poll

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MYRTLE rust has arrived in Gisborne City, with the recent discovery of the disease on ramarama hedges at two properties in Kaiti.

“The trees are not smothered by the disease, but it is present,” Gisborne District Council principal scientist Dr Murry Cave said.

“Ever since myrtle rust was detected in New Zealand in 2017, we have been monitoring and responding to public queries.

“From increasing reports in Tairawhiti it now appears to be widespread, which is very disappointing, with wild plants infected on the East Cape.

“We will investigate if there is any present in the Motu Scenic Reserve.”

Dr Cave said it was inevitable that the disease would reach Tairawhiti, as it was believed microscopic spores had blown over from Australia or New Caledonia and it had spread rapidly across the North Island and parts of the South Island.

The disease affects familiar and much loved New Zealand plants in the myrtle family.

New Zealand has a variety of native plants that belong to this family including pohutukawa, manuka, kanuka, rata, swamp maire and ramarama.

Other plants in the Myrtaceae family include the introduced fruit species feijoa and guava and commercially grown species such as eucalyptus.

Because myrtle rust is now widespread, since July 2019 the emphasis has shifted from

eradication to understanding and controlling the disease.

“Members of the public who believe they have spotted an infestation can contact the local DoC office or the council,” Dr Cave said

“Once established on a host tree or shrub, it destroys new growth and soft tissues, eventually killing the plant. So it’s not to be dismissed lightly.”

Home gardeners are advised not to remove plants, as that

will spread spores. They can treat affected plants

with commercially available products, although they will need long-term treatment.

“The disease poses a significant threat to wild and some agricultural species,” Dr Cave said.

When a plant becomes infected with myrtle rust, the disease affects the young, soft, actively growing leaves, shoot tips and young stems.

At the very early stages symptoms are invisible to the naked eye.

Even in the later stages of infection myrtle rust can be very difficult to detect, as some symptoms can look similar to insect or other types of damage.

The first visible symptoms are powdery, bright yellow or orange-yellow pustules that develop on leaves, tips and stems.

The pustules can progress

into wounds on the plant and may cause leaves and shoots to become misshapen or disfigured and die off.

The disease can cause deformed leaves, heavy leaf loss from branches, damaged fruits, canopy dieback, stunted plant growth, and eventually may lead to plant death.

To report any myrtle rust sightings contact GDC on 06 867 2049 or the Gisborne DoC office on 06 869 0460

Killer disease found on ramarama in Kaiti

DISEASED: Myrtle rust has appeared on ramarama bushes in Kaiti and there are some reports of it on the East Cape. GDC is asking anyone who sees it to report it. Picture supplied

KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN: Myrtle rust is in the Gisborne region. Report any sightings of it to the GDC or DoC. Picture supplied

by Murray Robertson

FIREFIGHTERS were called to East Coast Auto Wreckers in Stanley Road yesterday afternoon after a fire started in a storage area next to the yard’s workshop.

Fire and Emergency NZ sent three appliances to the incident at around 4.30pm.

“The stored materials, mainly car parts and used tyres, were well alight when we arrived,” said Senior Station Officer Ed Hindmarsh.

“There was a lot of dense black smoke generated, mainly from the burning rubber, that drifted with the wind towards the central city.”

The three fire crews who attended had

the fire knocked back in about 20 minutes.“Fortunately we were able to stop it

causing any significant damage to the workshop,” SSO Hindmarsh said.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

“The yard owner told us he had no idea how it might have started.”

Stanley Road was closed off to traffic until about 5.30pm. Detours were put in place through the industrial subdivision.

There was a strong smell of fumes noticeable some distance towards the central city for some time after the fire was put out.

“The smoke that was generated dissipated quite quickly once we got water on to the fire,” said SSO Hindmarsh.

Fire at auto wreckers’ yard

CALLOUT: Firefighters tackle yesterday’s blaze at a wreckers’ yard in Stanley Road. Picture supplied

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SHOVEL-READY: Comet Swimming Club’s Greg Meade put his shovel to good use this morning in turning the first sod on the $45 million dollar project to redevelop the Gisborne Olympic Pool. Morehu Pewhairangi (left) conducted the blessing. Work starts next month. Picture by Paul Rickard

Ms Allan won the over 50s by 45 percent to 39 percent, and the under 50s

The poll indicates the leadership of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Government’s response to handling of Covid-19 appeals to many voters.

Asked if Ms Ardern’s leadership “makes you more or less likely to vote for Labour candidate Kiri Allan”, 42.5 percent said much more likely, 9.8 percent said more likely and 19 percent said they were neutral.

A total of 9.3 percent said they were less likely and 19.4 said they were much less likely to vote for Ms Allan.

A similar question on Judith Collins’ leadership resulted in 24.1 percent saying they were much more likely to vote for Ms Tapsell, 9.8 percent more likely, 27.2 percent neutral, 12.7 less likely and 31.2 percent much less likely.

The question on Covid-19 resulted

in 44.6 percent saying they were much more likely to vote for Labour and/or Ms Allan, 10.6 were more likely, 20.2 percent were neutral, 9 percent were less likely and 15.6 percent were much less likely.

The most important issue was cost of living named by 17.6 percent, followed by recovery from Covid-19, 16.6 percent, jobs and employment 15.5 percent and health 13.7 percent.

Community Engagement Ltd said 831 people, contacted by either landline or cellphone, took part in the survey and the margin of error is plus or minus 3.39 percent.

Retiring National MP Anne Tolley has held the East Coast seat since 2005 and three years ago won with a majority of 4807 and 46.7 percent of the electorate votes, compared to 33.88 percent for Ms Allan.

National won the party vote in East Coast by 44.2 percent compared with Labour’s 36.6 percent.

Advanced voting begins on Saturday. Election day is October 17.

Leadership appeals to manyFROM PAGE 1

ALLAN AHEAD: Polling in the East Coast electorate by research company Community Engagement shows Labour’s Kiri Allan leading National’s Tania Tapsell by 40.5 percent to 35 percent with limited support for third party candidates.

PARTY TIME: Labour also enjoys a lead in the party vote in East Coast, according to a poll commissioned by the party. Labour leads National by 46.9 percent to 28.6 percent.

THE redevelopment of the Gisborne Olympic Pool complex began this morning with a site blessing and sod- turning ceremony on site.

The major $45 million project has been planned for many years, with $40 million of the cost coming by way of a Government grant.

Work will start next month and the first phase will be building the complex’s new changing block.

“It’s almost too good to believe that ground has finally been broken and work is starting,” said Gisborne District Council chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann.

“The community is grateful to central Government for its generous package of funding which made the redevelopment possible.”

Local iwi Ngai Tawhiri said they were thrilled that the long-awaited redevelopment of the Olympic pool would soon be under way.

“The months spent by mana whenua in mutual negotiation with the council on the pool redevelopment have added value to the relationship,” said Thelma Karaitiana of Ngai Tawhiri.

“Ngai Tawhiri acknowledges the courteous and enduring efforts of the pool redevelopment project team.”

The project was deemed to be “shovel ready” and was funded through the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund.

“We offered a persuasive case for investment,” Ms Thatcher Swann said.

“The council had also been through an extensive consultation process with the community and had an agreed concept plan ready to go.

Council representatives and others heard Wirangi Pera, Pou Tikanga for the Hahi Ringatu, and Morehu Pewhairangi, open the morning with karakia about the spiritual connection of the people to the land.

Site blessed and first sod turned

THE majority of submissions oppose the Gisborne District Council’s 20- year resource consent application to discharge from the wastewater network into the Taruheru, Turanganui and Waimata rivers and Waikanae stream.

Submissions on GDC’s resource consent to discharge wastewater for the next 20 years closed on Wednesday September 16.

Any person was allowed to make a written submission.

Resource consent was not required for these discharges under the previous Gisborne regional plan.

Gisborne’s new Tairawhiti Resource Management Plan (TRMP) now requires consent.

“The next step is that an independent planning consultant will process the application on behalf of GDC’s Environmental Services and Protection hub, together with an independent team

of experts to complete their technical review of the application,” GDC consents manager Sarah Hunter said.

“Submissions will be considered and if determined necessary a s.92 request (Section 92 of the Resource Management Act 1991) for additional information may be required and issued to the applicant.

“The independent planning consultant will then complete a s.42a planning report (Section 42A reports are prepared before a hearing to help the RMA hearings process) and a hearing may be necessary.

“This would be heard by a panel of independent hearings commissioners,” she said.

A date for this is yet to be confirmed.Nineteen submissions were received

in total, 16 opposed the application, two signalled conditional support and one was in support.

19 against wastewater discharge application

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, September 30, 2020 NEWS 3

SPACE company Rocket Lab’s next launch from Mahia will take place in October, with multiple missions to follow over the remainder of the year.

The United States-based company says its next launch from the complex at Onenui Station will be a rideshare mission to low Earth orbit for Planet and Spaceflight Inc’s customer Canon Electronics.

The mission, named In Focus, is a nod to the Earth-imaging satellites on board and will lift off next month to deploy 10 satellites to precise and individual orbits.

The mission will be Rocket Lab’s 15th launch overall and fifth mission of 2020, making Electron the second-most frequently-launched United States orbital rocket this year.

Earth-imaging company Planet has

nine of its latest generation SuperDove satellites booked on the mission for deployment to a 500km morning-crossing Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).

Planet’s Flock 4e’ of SuperDoves will join the company’s constellation of Earth-observation satellites already on orbit providing medium-resolution global coverage and near-daily revisit.

The 10th and final payload aboard this mission, Canon Electronics Inc’s CE-SAT-IIB, was arranged by satellite rideshare and mission management provider Spaceflight Inc and is a demonstration micro-satellite developed by Canon Electronics Inc.

It has a middle-size telescope equipped with an ultra-high sensitivity camera to take night images of the Earth and small size telescopes suitable for CubeSat use.

“With Electron, we designed a launch system that makes access to space easy and puts our customers in the driver’s seat of their missions, and we’re proud to be delivering on that even through times of global disruption,” Rocket Lab founder and chief executive Peter Beck said.

Rocket Lab has multiple missions scheduled for the remainder of 2020, including an upcoming launch earmarked for the company’s first Electron first stage recovery attempt.

The Electron’s first stage will be equipped with new hardware, including a reaction control system and an in-house designed parachute system, to orient the booster during its re-entry descent and slow down the first stage before a soft landing in the ocean, where it will be collected by a ship.

Rocket Lab in focus for 15th launch from Mahia

NGATI Porou representatives confirmed to the New Zealand Geographic Board in May this year that either Ruatoria or Ruatorea spellings are acceptable.

“They further advised that the board should use Ruatoria with the macron in the instances of the two undersea features, Ruatoria Re-entrant and Ruatoria Scarp,” said Wendy Shaw, secretary of Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board.

“The board has not received any proposal to officially name the town,” she said.

“Despite the board having consulted with mana whenua on the three other names, if the board agrees with other iwi that the name of the town should be spelled differently, then the three other names can be corrected to match,” Ms Shaw said.

The land-based Ruatoria Forest was processed at the same time because of its association. “The town’s name was excluded because it needs to go through a process that includes public consultation.

She said the board welcomed all feedback on official place names.

Due to the large number of unofficial place names, NZGB has a fast track process to make existing names official. This process includes standardising the orthography (or spelling) of Maori names with macrons where appropriate.

“Although the process does not include public notification, it does include consultation with mana whenua and councils,” Ms Shaw said.

NZGB welcomes feedback on these decisions via [email protected] iwi, or any other person, wishes to make a place name proposal, the details can be found at https://bit.ly/32Ne4EI.

Ngati Porou happy with either spelling

CONTRACTORS have finished repairs to a large section of Mata Rd and resident and Mangatarata Station fencer Haz McClutchie thinks they are the “the best yet”.

Fulton Hogan and Blackbee Contracting have completed works on the lower section of the coast road, stabilising over 36,000 square metres of the worst affected areas and improving roadside drainage. More than 420 truck and trailer loads of metal (11,500 tonnes) have been used so far on the upgrade.

Mr McClutchie has lived and worked on Mata Road since 2014.

“From someone who drives this road multiple times every day, it’s great to finally see investment and quality work being done here,” he said.

“It’s hard to believe that only two months ago, we couldn’t even get to work after the flooding and huge dropouts.

“I applaud the awesome mahi contractors have done up here so far. It’s the best I’ve seen.

“It makes the road so much safer for all road users, especially the Mata School bus.”

Ernslaw One regional manager Iain McInnes

also welcomed the upgrade and said the damage to Mata Road during the July floods significantly impacted forestry operations.

“Mata Road is the main access route to Ernslaw forests. Having the road in good condition is essential to connect our product to market, and is vital for the safety of our staff, contractors and all road users,” he said.

A total of $3m of work will be completed on Mata Road, part of the $40m Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) and Tairawhiti Reployment Package (TRP) programme of works being managed by Gisborne District Council and set to be finished before the end of the year. Both investment programmes have recruited and redeployed over 250 people into new jobs so far this year.

Work will now continue on the upper section of the road for another two weeks with a further 9000 tonnes of metal and 34,000 square metres of stabilising works to be done, a council statement said.

Major culvert repairs will then take place closer to the state highway, before seal repairs are completed in December.

Mata Rd upgrades completed

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HOORAY: Resident Haz McClutchie celebrates the upgrade of Mata Road. Picture supplied

by Murray Robertson

ENTRIES close today for the equestrian competition at the annual Spring Show next month and entries look impressive this year.

There will be 23 horses and riders in the Horse Grand Prix on the Saturday of the Show, the highest number for many years.

“Dressage entries are up, show hunter are on par with 2019, showing classes are well supported, including the new in-hand section,” said equestrian secretary Claire Moss.

“There are big entries in the Tomorrow’s Stars, 10 years and under section.”

Entries in the Carriage Driving class have been slightly down compared to 2019, she said.

“We have riders coming from Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland.”

The entries in other classes of the Show have been very solid too.

Dog trials 239, dairy goats 65, home industries 1820, national dancing 215, shearing entries so far 39 , with most entering on the day.

“We have a few available sites for trade exhibitors, and overall good support for the trades,” said Show general manager Erica McNeil.

“That part of the Show is slightly down on 2019, but still awesome considering the Covid disruptions.

“We are getting calls ever day with people enquiring about exhibiting.”

The Show will be on October 16 and 17.

Equestrian entries ‘impressive’

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, September 30, 20204 NEWS

by Clive Bibby

I AM very concerned about the way our council is handling the threats to our existence.

Inexplicably, it appears unable to identify the issues that need immediate attention and as such, should be top of the list of projects on the Long Term Plan (LTP).

Unfortunately, apart from a few obvious maintenance projects, the real work in defence against the threat of climate change and sub- regional dependency remains as “someone else’s problem”.

We can’t continue in this manner.

My recommendations for immediate action are simple.

As a matter of urgency, we need to establish a strategic economic development plan that will include a transfer of our current dependency on hill country livestock production to a new multi-faceted economy that is supported by a fully

developed and irrigated Poverty Bay Flats.

This “must have” project should have the highest priority rating on any LTP because it is the only project that has the capacity to protect us from the impending ravages associated with climate change.

It will need to include the construction of new fresh-water reservoirs with the capacity to provide enough reliable

fresh water to service a fully developed Poverty Bay Flats that could be transformed into the nation’s largest single producer of high-end export crops.

Any new water storage facility must also be big enough to accommodate existing and future requirements from an expanding urban sector — a growing workforce with attending demands for housing etc.

This project will require huge amounts of Government financial support if it is to have any hope of becoming a permanent fixture of our landscape.

Similarly, we need to dramatically change our attitude to offers of central government support.

We can’t afford a repetition of the recent irresponsible rejection of government funds that would have helped remove the Northern Tairawhiti sub-region from a state of dependency.

Bibby wants action on ‘threats to existence’

CLIVE BIBBY

by Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp

DECIDING to run for the GDC by-election was a decision that I did not make lightly.

I needed to consider whether I have the passion, vision, energy, tenacity and time to dedicate to this important role should I be successful.

I believe that being selected by fellow citizens to represent their interests and concerns would be an honour that I take very seriously.

The performance of councillors matters, as they have a significant impact on all levels of prosperity for our Tairawhiti region.

We are living in uncertain times with Covid-19 hanging over our heads. We must guide the transformation of our communities so that we are best placed to meet the many emerging challenges of the 21st century while building strong local economies and vibrant, resilient, multicultural communities.

I’m a motivated self-starter with an established track record in governance roles on community trusts, organisations and businesses.

I’m currently a director/trustee of four trusts, three businesses and a member on two health board committees.

My parents were Maori and English, allowing me a balanced view of our community’s needs and priorities.

I hold a Bachelor of Health Studies degree (BHS) — studies focused on environmental, recreational health and holistic community wellbeing.

I have a strong background of initiating and completing community projects, developing them from conception to the completed product.

The Floating Classroom (Waka Hourua) project for Tairawhiti is a current example.

This was a 27-year project for me which has been completed and is now operating as envisaged.

I have an interest in projects that enhance the unique nature and history of Tairawhiti.

I enjoy a challenge where I can fully utilise my experiences, knowledge and skills to serve our community.

If elected, I believe I can make a positive contribution to Gisborne District Council.

Guiding transformation of our communities key

TE ATURANGI NEPIA-CLAMP

GISBORNE District Council’s city ward by-election will be by postal vote with an election day of Thursday, November 19.

The postal ballot for the approximately 25,000 electors of the ward starts on Wednesday, October 28 with the delivery of voting documents.

Voting documents can be returned by post or hand-delivered to Gisborne District Council’s main office, 15 Fitzherbert Street, Gisborne.

All votes must be received by the electoral officer or an electoral official by midday on

Thursday, November 19.A person can apply to enrol as either a

residential or ratepayer elector up to and including Wednesday, November 18, the day before voting closes.

Today The Herald publishes introductory articles by four of the eight candidates. The other four candidates are Sydney Clarke, Athena Emmerson, Frank Murphy and Nick Tupara.

■ GDC has confirmed today that running the by-election will cost $54,000 plus GST.

GDC by-election details

by Isaac Hughes

KO Marotori te maunga, Ko Kaiawha te awa, Ko Ngati Pakeha te iwi. Tatou tatou.

I was fortunate to grow up in the best of both worlds. Raised in Ruatorea, Waipiro Bay and Tokomaru Bay, I moved to Gisborne to complete a business degree at EIT Tairawhiti.

This year I received my chartered accountant designation.

Through spending my formative years on the East Coast and moving to the city later in life, I gained a unique, local perspective.

I was surrounded by te reo speakers within a vibrant Maori community.

My skills include:•Financialexperience(accounting/

audit roles for past the eight years, currently audit senior at BDO Gisborne)

•Governanceexperience(GisborneDistrict Youth Council Chairperson 2014/15, current Swim For Life Tairawhiti chairperson, various treasurer roles, current and past)

•Communityandleadershipskills(Poverty Bay Rugby referee, Gisborne Indoor Football founder, HSOB

Presidents Cricket captain, EIT Valedictorian)

•TeReoMaorimeanatikanga

My core principles as councillor will be:

•Transparency—everydecision made and vote cast will be communicated. It is important you are aware of decisions made on your behalf.

•Efficiency—thecouncilis a vehicle, a means to an end. Rates are paid to receive core services. It is vital these services are prioritised and provided

efficiently.•Sustainability—ournatural

environment is a key selling point in this region for both residents and tourists.

We should ensure this environment is protected and nurtured for future enjoyment.

I have been a ratepayer in Gisborne for the past five years and plan to be for the rest of my life.

I have a vested interest in our rates being spent wisely and efficiently.

A councillor is a representative of their electors. I would love to hear your ideas or concerns.

I can be contacted through:www.isaachughes.co.nz

Core principles drive Hughes’ bid for seat

ISAAC HUGHES

by Peter Jones

THE term conspiracy theorist is used as a weapon to shame and discourage people from critical thinking, where a conspiracy is a group of people who are secretly planning evil intent on another group of people.

I will challenge the socialist agenda being thrust upon us via Sustainable Tairawhiti and Trust Tairawhiti and work for the people to resist the green new deal that our council and community “trustees” are rolling out.

Our small country sits at the southern end of the globe with a tiny carbon footprint and one has to free oneself from the illusion that the United Nations’ climate directives from the Convention on Bio-diversity are scientifically correct, because government responses globally, nationally and locally will lead to massive destruction of wealth, wellbeing and work.

I will support innovative growth that brings sustainable wealth to the local

people without sacrificing individual autonomy as a basic human right, and do my best to ensure that the council budget is spent with a holistic approach to cost-benefit analysis, keeping local jobs, transport availability and local industry squarely at the centre of my decision-making.

The ten-year plan is a brazen attempt to bankrupt the local economy by investing in white elephant projects that have little economic value to achieve the goals of Agenda 21, which

include no private property, no rural roads, no private cars, no organic produce, no meat, no guns and no cash.

The only agriculture allowed will be industrialised, corporate agriculture featuring produce grown using cheap foreign labour, chemical fertilisers, pesticides and contaminated waste water from the recharged aquifers which we will have to pay for.

If you are not happy with the 10-year plans being thrust upon us by un-elected bureaucracy, vote Jones to hold them accountable at every turn.

Time to hold ‘unelected bureaucracy’ to account

PETER JONES

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, September 30, 2020 NEWS 5

by Derek Cheng, NZ Herald

WELLINGTON — NZ First’s efforts to gag the Serious Fraud Office until after the election was struck down because transparency outweighed the “inconvenience of the announcement” to the party.

Nor was there any evidence of the SFO following an improper process, according to Justice Matthew Palmer in the Auckland High Court, who struck down NZ First’s judicial review.

“There is no evidence before me that the (SFO) director’s decision to issue the public statement was influenced by political considerations, or that the time frame she announced for the investigation’s completion was set because of the election,” Justice Palmer said.

He conceded there could be a negative impact on NZ First’s electoral prospects.

“However, I consider there is a significant public interest in the New Zealand voting public being informed during an election campaign about criminal charges of serious fraud against people or organisations related to political parties.

“Ultimately, I consider the public interest in transparency outweighs the inconvenience of the announcement to NZ First.”

Yesterday, the SFO announced it had filed a charge a week ago of “Obtaining by Deception” against two people following its probe into the NZ First Foundation.

The defendants have interim name suppression and cannot be identified at this time, but the SFO said they weren’t a NZ First Minister, sitting MP or candidate in the upcoming election, or a member of staff of a current party member.

NZ First leader Winston Peters told Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB this morning that he didn’t agree with Justice Palmer’s decision and there appeared to be “one law for NZ First and there’s different applications of law for everyone else”.

He also clarified that they sought an injunction as they had been contacted by the SFO that a press statement was imminent but it didn’t

tell them what it was going to say.“That’s why we went for an

injunction — we wanted to know how on earth are you going to properly do this without even telling us what you’re going to say.

“And, what it said they were going to say was, we’re going to lay these two charges and leave it up in the air for you to work out who it’s going to be.

“We’ve proven our point, we took them to court and they were forced to change their press statement to exonerate the party and make it clear that every member of the party and MP and everybody in the establishment was exonerated.”

When asked by Hosking if there was any recourse

if the two people were found not guilty but NZ First had already lost the election, Peters said there wasn’t.

“That’s the problem, that’s unfortunately how our laws differ to other country’s laws . . . I want New Zealanders to know before the election that it is just designed

where malice is behind it and the difference in treatment between me and my party and the other parties.”

It comes a day after NZ First polled at 1 percent in the latest 1 News Colmar Brunton poll, well below the 5 percent needed to return to Parliament without an electorate seat.

Peters lashed out at the timing of the announcement — one day before the start of overseas voting, four days before advanced voting, and less than three weeks until election day.

He compared it to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and James Comey, who reopened the FBI investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server two weeks before the presidential election.

“The timing of its decision to lay charges against the foundation constitutes a James Comey-level error of judgement,” Peters said.

“It’s an appalling intrusion in a period when the people begin to think seriously about the shape of their next government.”

He called the SFO announcement an exoneration of the party, and would not be drawn on whether he knew the defendants or if they were former party members, saying the matter was now before the court.

He compared the treatment of

his party with the SFO investigation into two $100,000 donations to the National Party — where four people including Jami-Lee Ross have been charged.

“We know they were provided significantly more serious information about the pernicious foreign influence campaign that penetrated the National Party. Yet only a portion of those electoral breaches resulted in charges. Why?”

He also compared the SFO’s timeline with its ongoing probes into donations to the Labour Party in 2017, announced in July, and to the mayoral campaigns of former Labour MPs Phil Goff in Auckland and Lianne Dalziel in Christchurch, announced in March.

“How is that fair? It is not.”The party’s lawyers would now

pursue a declaration in the High Court that the SFO had abused its statutory powers and had acted unreasonably, Peters said.

“Unreasonable” and accusations of unfavourable treatment compared to other parties were also part of NZ First’s failed legal case to gag the SFO from announcing the charges.

The SFO had wanted to make the announcement on September 23, but this was delayed after NZ First’s judicial review, and then its appeal of Palmer’s decision.

The application was granted, but the party dropped the appeal yesterday.

Scrutiny of the foundation has centred over whether it had loaned or provided money to the party for purposes that benefited the party and its MPs, and if so, whether they had been properly declared.

According to documents reviewed by RNZ, donors contributed about $500,000 to the foundation between April 2017 and August 2019.

During that period, the foundation reportedly spent more than $425,000 on campaign advertising expenses, political consultants’ fees, renting and setting up a campaign HQ in Wellington, and running the party’s website.

The party’s returns show that the foundation was listed as having made a loan of $73,000 to NZ First for 2017, $76,622 for 2018 and $44,923 for 2019.

In February, the Electoral Commission said it believed the foundation “has received donations which should have been treated as party donations for the New Zealand First Party”.

The matter was referred to police, and then the SFO.

‘Malice behind it’NZ First’s failed attempt to gag the SFO

TRANSPARENCY OVER INCONVENIENCE: A High Court decision said the public interest in the SFO charges relating to the NZ First Foundation outweighed any potentially negative impact on the NZ First party. NZ Herald picture

NAPIER — A former Napier City councillor who was convicted of drowning his second wife in a Canadian lake has had his murder conviction overturned and may go to trial for a third time.

Kiwi Peter Beckett is facing the prospect of a new trial after the British Columbia Court of Appeal yesterday found the presiding justice and Crown prosecutors made mistakes during his second trial which found him guilty of killing Laura Letts-Beckett, according to west Canadian news site, Castanet.

The elementary school teacher died more than 10 years ago while the couple were out fishing one evening in a small inflatable

boat in a lake northeast of Vancouver.

Her death was initially reported as a drowning, Beckett claiming she accidentally fell from the boat, but he was arrested a year after she died and charged with her murder.

During the 2017 trial the former Napier man was accused of pushing his wife into the water and leaving her to drown to cash in on a $200,000 accidental-death insurance policy the couple had bought just two months prior to the water tragedy.

He was found guilty of first degree murder for drowning his wife after an earlier trial ended in a hung jury. He was sentenced

to 25 years’ imprisonment without possibility of parole.

Beckett had appealed his murder conviction and lengthy jail term, hoping to have a full acquittal and walk away a free man.

Instead, the murder charge still remains and it is now up to the Crown to see if Beckett will take the stand for a third time.

Castanet said in her decision Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon ruled the presiding judge incorrectly instructed the jury they could rely on evidence that Beckett had fabricated his story to police as evidence of his “after-the-fact consciousness of guilt”, without independent evidence Beckett’s story had been fabricated.

She had also erred in admitting certain evidence during the trial, including “inherently unreliable demeanour evidence” — how an accused acted during an event. This had “invited the jury to engage in improper speculation”, reported Castanet.

“Before the Crown can invite the jury to use their disbelief of the statement as evidence against the accused, it must show by way of a different body of evidence that the statement was intentionally concocted by the accused,” Justice Fenlon said.

The Crown had told the jury that Beckett’s statement to police was “the most important

piece of evidence in the case”.Castanet reported the Court

of Appeal also found the Crown’s closing submissions to the jury included “unproven facts”.

Justice Fenlon called the Crown’s case against Beckett “not strong” but added the jury’s verdict was not unreasonable. Therefore, a new trial has been ordered by the Court of Appeal, rather than the full acquittal that Beckett was seeking.

Beckett served one term on the Hawke’s Bay local council between 1998 and 2000.

He previously ran a tour business taking groups from Napier to Cape Kidnappers when he was elected to council.

— NZ Herald

Alleged wife-killer, former councillor, has conviction overturned

The SFO announced yesterday that it had filed a charge of ‘Obtaining by Deception’ against two people following its probe into the NZ First Foundation.

WELLINGTON — National Party leader Judith Collins says cutting benefits is not on the table if it were to enter into a coalition agreement with the ACT Party.

Collins told Morning Report she would not agree to austerity measures promoted by ACT.

The continuous rise of the ACT Party is not worrying Collins.

“ACT . . . they’re polling significantly lower than us. We’re not going down a cutting of benefits for people who can’t put food on the table, we’re not going to go down that mine.

“But there’s been a few good things we can agree on, particularly around RMA reforms, around freeing up housing, getting people into houses in the first place by allowing the private sector to do its job, but also ... don’t worry about these things, these are coalition discussions, there’s a long way to go.”

She said ACT had been careful about not making foolish bottom lines on policies like the Greens did on the wealth tax.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw said his senior MP misspoke under pressure when she said a wealth tax was one of the party’s bottom lines.

She said NZ First leader Winston Peters was on his “last leg when it comes to politics”.

The National caucus made it clear they did not want a bar of him, she said. “At the last election he chose to go with Labour and the Greens — it’s his choice — but ultimately he is someone who I think his time in politics has come to an end.”

Collins also wanted to remind people that at the last 2017 general election National got more votes than Labour.

“With MMP (Mixed Member Proportional) you just never know what’s going to happen. In MMP, as we saw last time, the losing party ended up forming the government because of what Mr Peters and the Greens did.”

She dismissed the question about National’s economic policy not adding up. “There is no fiscal plan at all from the Labour Party so it is very easy to criticise National because we actually have put out a plan.”

Collins defended National finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith saying at least he had a plan and acknowledged the errors.

“Grant Robertson’s got no plan except to criticise Paul Goldsmith, that is ridiculous — you can’t have the finance minister of the governing Labour Party going into a debate and election with no fiscal plan at all . . . where is his plan?” — RNZ

Cutting benefits off the table in ACT coalition: Judith Collins

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DUNEDIN — New Zealand should implement a wastewater monitoring system to boost protection against hidden Covid-19 clusters and asymptomatic carriers, a University of Otago academic says.

Professor Neil Gemmell, a geneticist at the University of Otago, is part of a national group, led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR).

The group is sampling wastewater, with a view to detecting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. ESR recently received $1.65million in Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment funding to undertake wastewater-related viral detection research.

Gemmell’s research group had already detected coronavirus in wastewater at Dunedin’s Tahuna Wastewater Treatment Plant in late March and April, he said. Big overseas developments in the field showed the required technology was established and effective.

The Washington Post reported late last month the University of Arizona had undertaken periodic screenings of wastewater for coronavirus on its campus, and had detected two asymptomatic students at a dormitory, preventing a sizeable outbreak.

Gemmell was keen to see wastewater monitoring implemented at the country’s international airports and ports to detect any “hot spots” of new infection.

This approach could also be deployed regionally to provide monitoring of specific regions, such as Auckland, he said.

“With Subscribe to Premium“Covid-19 cases re-emerging, albeit currently

contained in quarantine facilities, the ability to test sewage at facility, local and regional scales could well be an important part of New Zealand’s surveillance safety net.”

This approach could also be used to identify “virus circulating in asymptomatic carriers”, potentially preventing community outbreaks, he said. — RNZ

Test wastewater to track virus carriers: professor

AUCKLAND — New Zealand’s only remaining cluster of Covid-19 cases looks to have been stamped out after having just one new case linked to it in two weeks.

Its origin remains unknown but Alert Level 1 beckons for Auckland.

Health and data researchers say we’re looking good, but Alert Level 1 should come with strings attached.

In the last two weeks there have been eight community cases, and none in any of the last four days.

Public health professor Nick Wilson said the drop in cases was a success story for health authorities and the New Zealand public.

“The situation is looking very good for Auckland. It’s looking like there’ll be downward adjustments to alert levels when they’re next reviewed,” Wilson said.

“We really are heading strongly back to the whole country being Covid free.”

He said the Auckland cluster was all but wrapped up, with just one new case in the last two weeks.

“It’s really looking like it’s tied up and that’s fantastic. There’s always a small chance that the next week may see a case but I’d say that’s looking pretty unlikely now.”

He said more positive tests could come from a separate

outbreak originating on a charter flight that has spawned six cases so far, but he’s also confident that’s been well contained.

The main Auckland cluster, with 179 cases, was easily the biggest the country’s faced, almost twice as big as any other.

Three people died — former Cook Islands Prime Minister and prominent doctor Joe Williams and brothers Alan and Nigel Te Hiko — and most cases were in the Pacific community.

Dr Collin Tukuitonga of Auckland University said the fact it didn’t spread further was a triumph of teamwork.

“Pacific church leaders, Pacific community leaders, healthcare providers, social support providers, Pacific radio networks all came together and did a good job to try to limit the spread to not only protect the Pacific community but protect everyone,” Tukuitonga said.

Auckland University data modeller Shaun Hendy said he worries that Alert Level 1

isn’t strong enough to prevent another outbreak of Covid.

“I think we can certainly think about reducing alert levels, but I think I’m still uncomfortable about Alert Level 1 in the long run, because we see these cases making it through the border a couple of times a month. That puts us at risk of another Auckland-like cluster,” Hendy said.

“I think in the long-term we need to be slightly more cautious than Alert Level 1.”

He’s after a Level 1 point something — a stance Dr Nick Wilson thinks would be prudent, at least short term.

“Some upper limits on indoor event sizes — maybe a 200 limit for another few weeks to be absolutely sure — and probably continuing with mask use on public transport.”

Wilson said the country’s digital technology to help with contact tracing — such as Bluetooth or using telecoms data — was still way behind other countries. He said improving tracing technology could help avoid a future lockdown.

The government will make a decision about Auckland moving to Alert Level 1 on Monday.

If it goes ahead with an easing of restrictions, it would take effect from next Thursday morning. — RNZ

NZ’s last cluster ‘tied up’

SITUATION LOOKS GOOD: Public health professor Nick Wilson said the drop in cases was a success story for health authorities and the New Zealand public. RNZ picture

Is it enough for Auckland to move to Level 1?: Researchers

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CLOSURE FOR STRUT REFIT: The Auckland Harbour Bridge that was damaged after powerful winds toppled a truck will partially close for the repair work this weekend. A timeframe for re-opening all eight lanes on the bridge is still not known. RNZ picture

AUCKLAND — Permanent repairs to Auckland’s Harbour Bridge are expected to begin this weekend, closing all southbound lanes into the city over Saturday night.

Waka Kotahi, the transport agency, said all going to plan, a new 22.7 metre strut will be installed on Saturday night.

Its general manager transport services, Brett Gliddon, said it is the first stage of the bridge’s permanent repair and will involve bridge engineers removing the temporary bridge strut and replacing it with the new permanent strut.

“This is great news for Aucklanders, but it is just the first step of a multi-staged process to repair the Bridge, with several key checks and hurdles to be completed.”

He said a timeframe for re-opening all eight lanes on the bridge is still not known.

The agency will close all

southbound lanes of the Auckland Harbour Bridge into the city from 9pm Saturday until mid-morning on Sunday, from Takapuna’s Esmonde Road.

One lane in either direction over the bridge will also close from 5pm - 9pm on Saturday to prepare the site.

Waka Kotahi is advising people to follow the signposted detour routes and allow extra travel time from the North Shore to the city centre.

Gliddon said the second and most challenging stage of work will happen off-site, and involves in-depth calculations to confirm what’s required to put tension back into the bridge.

“Engineers need to reinstate the load-carrying capacity of the bridge, which will involve it being jacked to the required level so tension can be re-distributed throughout the structure allowing all lanes to re-open with the new bridge

strut in place. This jacking process is another complex procedure which will require another overnight closure,” he said.

“We’re extremely pleased with the progress to get us to this point. We know the lane closures on the harbour bridge are causing frustration and we’re working as hard as we can to reopen the bridge as soon as possible.”

He said the team had made faster than expected progress so far. Wind speeds on the bridge have now reduced from earlier today when gusts reached 98kmh, closing all lanes over the harbour bridge for just over an hour.

Ongoing wind gusts have been a concern since the weekend and Waka Kotahi’s bridge team has been continually measuring wind levels. It is vital we protect this critical piece of infrastructure

for the medium and long term. If another incident were to occur because of high winds the bridge could be damaged even more which would cause longer-term disruption.

The bridge and the clip-on lanes are safe to use, however, since the superstructure was damaged due to high winds on 18 September, the bridge will remain compromised until a permanent repair can be made.

Double-decker buses make around 330 return trips across the bridge each day but had to take a detour for a short time this morning due to severe gusts.

Auckland Transport said its double-decker buses do not travel across the bridge when gusts are forecast above 100kmh.

It said tilt tests have shown Auckland’s double-deckers can sustain crosswinds of at least 130kmh. — RNZ

DUNEDIN — The University of Otago looks set to bin a document that suggested changes to the way students from minority backgrounds are given priority in selection to its medical school.

The university is also expected to apologise to students.

University leaders have not confirmed a change of tack, but several student leaders say they have been told a discussion document that suggested caps on preferential pathways will be withdrawn.

Students also say the university has assured them that if changes such as caps were proposed in future, Maori and Pacific leaders would be involved in discussions from the outset.

The revelations follow a meeting yesterday involving vice-chancellor Harlene Hayne, health sciences pro-vice-chancellor Paul Brunton, Maori development director Tuari Potiki, Pacific development director Tasileta Teevale and leaders of some student associations.

Student leaders had written an open letter calling for the meeting because, as future

health professionals, they were worried about suggested changes to medical school admissions.

Students from minority backgrounds — Maori, Pasifika, rural, low socio-economic and refugee — are given priority entry to health professional programmes at Otago as part of a drive to generate a health workforce more reflective of New Zealand society’s make-up.

The scheme, known as the Mirror on Society policy, is due for review next year.

Competition for medical school places is especially intense and the system has been under scrutiny amid a legal challenge and

a suggestion emerged the priority pathways should be capped.

University leaders had struggled to outline why changes to the medical admissions system had been suggested or explain a lack of involvement from Maori and Pacific leaders in the initial stages of change being pondered.

They had conceded there were problems with the way they had run the process suggesting changes but, prior to yesterday, stopped short of apologising for mishandling the situation.

Otago University Medical Students’ Association president Anu Kaw said yesterday’s

meeting was productive.“We were extremely grateful

for the opportunity to meet with the university’s senior leadership team and to have the platform to voice our concerns directly to those that influence changes within the university,” Kaw said.

University leaders acknowledged their processes had led to distress, she said.

Students had been assured any future proposal for change would start from scratch, she said.

Te Oranga ki Otakou president Isaac Smiler said he was pleased with the meeting outcomes.

University leaders had acknowledged the “Maori voice wasn’t included in early stages” of presenting the discussion document and that this had caused hurt, he said.

“I’m happy it has been taken off the table. We begin again at point zero.” A comprehensive consultation process was put forward for the future, he said.

A university spokeswoman said Hayne believed the meeting was positive but declined to comment further about a discussion not held in public. — NZ Herald

Otago Uni to withdraw selection proposal

CONSULTATION TO OCCUR: Any review of the priority selection scheme will have wide-input. File picture

All southbound lanes will remain closed

Bridge repairs to begin

WELLINGTON — The Defence Force is to help with efforts to enforce the country’s Covid-19 border restrictions at sea.

The crew of a German yacht was detained at the weekend after arriving in the Bay of Islands, in breach of current restrictions and have been jailed until they board a flight home on Thursday.

Hundreds of foreign yachts have already been denied entry to the country, after wanting to escape the Pacific cyclone season. They have been critical of New Zealand’s stance, which was defended last week by Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield.

Australia has taken a similar stance but was allowing applications for exemptions.

Bloomfield said claims by foreign yacht owners their uninsured vessels would be damaged in a cyclone did not constitute humanitarian grounds for their entry to New Zealand.

He added they had had months to prepare alternative arrangements.

The Ocean Cruising Clubs’ roving rear commodore Guy Chester, who has been trying to get exemptions for the hundreds of yachties in the South Pacific, wrote to the government in April, seeking a solution.

“We were told by letter at the end of June that there would be an exemption process on a compelling and humanitarian need. We waited until the end of July for the forms and the availability to be filled out for that. We were patient about that. And then on the website it said cyclone refuge is not a compelling reason.”

The Defence Force said it was working with Customs officials to implement the Covid-19 public health response at the maritime borders.

A spokesperson said ships and aircraft would carry out surveillance patrols within New Zealand’s economic zone and beyond into international waters.

Defence personnel will also help Customs officers at ports around the country, an activity to be co-ordinated through the National Maritime Co-ordination Centre.

“The NZDF continues to play our part in the All of Government Covid-19 response while maintaining our normal responsibilities and operational commitments,” the spokesperson said. — Radio New Zealand

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AUCKLAND — A clip on a popular pornography website is likely to be viewed nearly 200 times more than an average one on internet giant YouTube, a new Kiwi study has found.

The University of Auckland scientists behind the just-published insights, revealing the surprising level of engagement that porn streaming sites get, say there’s now need to learn more about the potential dangers.

Video streaming accounts for about 60 percent of internet traffic — and one study estimates porn accounts for about 27 percent of streaming.

According to traffic and statistics site Similarweb, x-rated websites PornHub, xnxx, xvideos and xHamster were respectively the 12th, 15th, 16th and 45th most visited in New Zealand as of last month — compared with the eighth, 13th, 12th and 29th in the US.

YouTube still remained New Zealand’s second most popular website — only behind

Google — with the other global streaming titan, Netflix, 10th. The UK has responded by blocking porn unless people “opt in”, while in New Zealand, the Government has been considering a range of options after the recent internet-safety campaign, “Keeping it real online”.

Yet little research has been done on porn sites that compares them directly to major streaming sites such as Netflix and YouTube.

“Pornography online has been with us since the fledgling days of the internet but research into online pornography has been, and continues to be, very limited,” University of Auckland computer scientist Dr Aniket Mahanti said.

In their study, Mahanti and data analyst Cameron Wong analysed a number of metrics on popular pornography website xHamster and then

compared those to mainstream video streaming services such as YouTube.

They collected global data on the number of videos, views of each video, video duration, tags and use of a site’s social features such as the “like” feature. They found xHamster was nowhere near as large as YouTube — the latter was

hosting five billion videos when the data was

gathered in 2018, with an estimated 500 hours of video uploaded per minute.

Meanwhile, xHamster typically

had 2000 videos uploaded in one

24-hour period and had just under four million videos.

But a comparison on the number of views of each video showed a significant difference between the two sites.

On average, a YouTube video received 5500 views whereas xHamster’s individual videos were viewed 63,000 times on

average. Looking at the median length of time videos were watched, the difference was stark: the median number of views of an xHamster video was 17,000, while the number for a YouTube video was 89.

“Put simply, this means xHamster videos are likely to get almost 200 times the number of views a YouTube video will get,” Mahanti said.

“And that’s not just about the number of videos available, it means that users are continuing to watch whatever is posted to xHamster, which in turn is evidence that there is very strong demand for this content.”

The xHamster videos were also generally shorter than those on YouTube.

Shorter videos appeared to be more likely to have been uploaded by amateur uploaders rather than paid video studios.

The average number of comments on an xHamster video was seven, while on YouTube the number was 475, as at 2010. — NZ Herald

Kiwis embrace porn sites with passion: research

by Nikki Preston, NZ Herald

AUCKLAND — The crew of a German yacht who sailed into New Zealand breaking the country’s Covid-19 border restrictions are still being held in police custody while they wait for a flight home.

A Warrant of Commitment hearing took place yesterday with the court granting Immigration New Zealand permission to detain the crew until Friday.

The crew, aged in their late twenties to early thirties, were intercepted by New Zealand Customs on Friday afternoon as they headed into Opua.

New Zealand Customs had been alerted that the boat was still planning to breach New Zealand’s border restrictions after being denied exemption visas by the Ministry of Health.

Immigration NZ national manager border and visa operations Peter Elms said the German nationals were taken to Auckland where they are being detained in police custody. Arrangements were under way to send them home but the limited flights out of New Zealand due to Covid-19 meant it could take a few days for the trio to depart, he said.

The 16-metre vessel called Anita was moved on Friday from the Quarantine Dock to another berth at the Opua Marina where it remains while an investigation is carried out by New Zealand Customs.

A Customs spokesperson said the vessel was liable for seizure and duty liability under the Customs and Excise Act and was being held in Customs’ control pending further investigation and evaluation. The timeframe for the investigation was unknown at this stage.

The arrival of the yacht caused a stir in the sleepy Bay of Islands town. Residents in homes overlooking the bay spotted the yacht coming in on Friday afternoon with a yellow flag on its mast indicating it was from overseas.

The Ministry of Health confirmed at the weekend that all three had returned negative Covid tests and had been isolating on the boat for more than 14 days.

German yacht crew in custody

AUCKLAND — New Zealand cheerleading is in turmoil after a high level review found a gym owner had likely “covered up” a convicted paedophile’s background so the sex predator could secure work filming young athletes.

The review was commissioned by the New Zealand Cheer Union (NZCU) after the New Zealand Herald revealed the organisation had hired disgraced coach Nikola Michael Marinovich as a freelance cameraman at two national competitions after his release from prison.

The review recommends sweeping changes to the sport’s fragmented hierarchy to protect children and identifies an “individual” as responsible for engaging Marinovich and “likely covering up the extent of his previous offending”.

But the individual, Cheer Dynamix owner Andrei Coman, has hit back. He denies covering anything up and blames the union for not doing its own due diligence. “I am in no way

responsible for Marinovich’s actions or his employment by NZCU.”

The report has also been labelled a whitewash by rival cheerleading body the New Zealand Cheerleading Association (NZCA), which accuses union officials of minimising their own culpability.

Marinovich, 34, was jailed this month for three and a half years after admitting possessing, making and distributing thousands of graphic child sex image and video files. He was also jailed in 2013 for sexually abusing three underage girls he met through his now defunct West Auckland gym Total Cheerleading.

Though Marinovich’s background was well known to many in the sport, he was hired by the NZCU to film two national competitions — once while on bail for the child exploitation charges.

Union chair Selena Duncan admits she was aware Marinovich had been to prison, but is adamant she did not know the extent of his offending until alerted by the Herald earlier this

year.Duncan commissioned lawyer

Michael Smyth to investigate how a paedophile was able to gain further access to young cheerleaders as a freelance videographer.

She emailed a summary to the Herald. It found fragmentation from two national bodies had resulted in a lack of proper functioning, with no uniform rules for affiliated gyms. It said NZCU did not have adequate child protection or vetting policies in place.

“An individual has been identified as not only being responsible for engaging Marinovich but likely covering up the extent of his previous offending, so he could work at New Zealand cheerleading events.

“The individual also did not warn NZCU of (Marinovich’s) 2019 charges. NZCU has chosen not to release the name of the event company or individual as it is considering what action it may take.”

Coman an old friend of Marinovich, admitted hiring his

friend as a freelancer at six events run through Coman’s company Cheer-Sport NZ between 2016 and 2018, despite knowing about the child sex convictions. Coman later apologised, saying this was wrong, and that athlete safety should be the priority. In a written statement, he said he had not seen the full Smyth report, but the summary contained “several concerning and misleading inaccuracies”.

Coman stressed Marinovich was never employed as a coach at Cheer Dynamix or videographer at CheerSport NZ events. He denied covering up for Marinovich and said the union should have done its due diligence. He questioned the report’s independence given it was commissioned and paid for by NZCU.

Coman said he had “re-evaluated” his policies and procedures following the Marinovich scandal and implemented “stringent parameters around the people we employ, including freelance contractors”. — NZ Herald

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CHRISTCHURCH — The fishing season kicks off this week and some professional guides who would normally be turning clients away have no bookings due to the border closure.

Martin Langland has been a fishing guide for 30 years, taking people out to high country lakes and to the braided rivers of Canterbury.

His business, Troutlands, has a few bookings for this season but is only running at about 5 percent.

“It’s pretty grim to be honest, a little bit heartbreaking for me and others in my industry. Obviously with the borders closed there’s not a lot of business around so it’s frightening.

“It’s just one of those life situations. There’s not a lot we can do so we just need to go into survival mode a little bit,” Langland said.

His season usually consists of tours five days a week and is busy until it ends in April.

“This season I’ve only got about 5 percent of what I would normally do — I mean I just have to adjust. I’m marketing towards Kiwi’s a bit more, which I’ve always done, but I need to push it a bit more now.

“I’m lucky that I do other things and that I’ve been in the business a while. I make fishing flys which I sell in the New Zealand market and overseas so they’ve been doing well,” he said.

Serge Bonnafoux, a fishing guide out of Hanmer and the president of The Fishing Guides’ Association, said at this time of the year he would be turning customers away because he

was so busy — but not this year.“I have zero days booked for this season.”A survey of guides in May found that 93

percent of business comes from overseas he said.

“The percentage of clients we will get from the domestic market will be about 2 to 3 percent. We are advertising a lot but it is typical for Kiwi anglers to do it themselves.”

“It’s really tough going at the moment. Lots of our guides have young families to support.”

Bonnafoux said many guides tried to get jobs for The Department of Conservation when they were launched to create opportunities for those out of work.

He even wrote to the minister but was told that they were all already taken — so guides have had to look elsewhere.

“Some of them are working in their local Mitre-10, some of them are driving tractors, some have gone back to their previous careers. I was talking to one the other day who has gone back to marketing.”

In the North Island things were a little more positive.

Johnny Gummer, who runs Altitude Fly Fishing in Palmerston North, said in a typical season he works 80 to 100 days and is hopeful to get around half that this season.

“I’ve got a good domestic client base and I specialise in instruction and specialist techniques so I’m doing more coaching now

rather than guided fishing tours.”Gummer said he’s had a lot of sleepless nights

but has been lucky he can work as a builder and painter on the side.

But with Kiwis unable to travel overseas he’s hopeful more will look at exploring their own backyard and going fishing. — RNZ

GRIM SITUATION: Martin Langland has been a fishing guide for 30 years, taking people out to high country lakes and to the braided rivers of Canterbury. RNZ picture

WELLINGTON — Opponents to cannabis legalisation say the amount people could buy each day would make those with heavy addictions worse.

But those who support it say buying up to 14 grams of dried weed would be just like any other shopping trip, and would not be used all at once.

It is one of the key areas of debate for those weighing up the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill ahead of next month’s referendum.

The bill that has been put forward is a guide for how legalisation might work, and suggests a daily purchase limit of 14 grams dried cannabis or the equivalent of that.

According to research in the United States, that would equal roughly 42 joints. But if you talk to regular users in New Zealand, they suggest 14 grams would be more like 20 to 25 joints, if that is the way you consume your weed.

Aaron Ironside, who leads the Say Nope to Dope campaign, said that limit would make it easy for heavy users to keep up their habit.

“We try to help people not develop cannabis addiction, so giving them access to much more than they could hope to use in a day does nothing to help people with problem behaviour,” Ironside said.

“The point in Uruguay was that they wanted to make people have to turn up to the shop, not just to do that, but also because then they would be logged as someone who was using regularly and that would help assist that person if their behaviour was getting out of control.”

In Uruguay the purchase limit is 40 grams a month, or 10 grams per week.

The drug is far more restricted in Uruguay than it would be if

legalised here, or compared to other countries with legalised recreational cannabis use.

But does that mean Uruguay is preventing heavy cannabis use that Ironside is concerned about? No.

“I think that’s the whole point of why it is we oppose this bill,” Ironside said.

“It is the pretence of control, and ultimately trying to control it through these artificial mechanisms does nothing to actually help people with problematic behaviour.

“The answer is in strengthening our health and education

approach. That doesn’t require you to set up a cannabis shop.”

The regular users RNZ has spoken to say it is possible to go through 14 grams of cannabis in a day, as some opponents to the referendum suggest would happen, but it is

highly unlikely.They say 14 grams would

usually last between two to four weeks, while some less regular users could take six months to get through that much.

Ironside compared the purchase of 14 grams of cannabis to being able to buy three bottles of vodka in one day.

But under New Zealand law, there is no limit on alcohol sale,

and consuming that much vodka in a day would cause serious alcohol poisoning and possibly death.

Consuming 14 grams of weed in a day would have varying effects, but death is not one of them.

Ross Bell, the head of the Drug Foundation, compared the 14 gram limit to a weekly supermarket visit. You are not necessarily going to consume everything you bought in one go.

“When we do our supermarket shopping we will buy enough household goods for that week,” Bell said.

“We’re not going to be using all of our toilet paper in one go, so when someone buys 14 grams of cannabis, that actually might last the average user two, three weeks.”

Bell said it is important that people who are heavy users and rely on cannabis are given easier access to the drug, along with greater supports promised with the introduction of the bill.

“I think people who have cannabis dependency who are using really heavily need to be provided help.

“We need to, one, provide that treatment, make sure that treatment is available, and two, remove that barrier of fear. Keeping something illegal makes it really scary for someone to admit that they need some help.”

Ironside said those supports can be put in place for heavy users without legalising recreational cannabis. — RNZ

Proposed cannabis limit too high: critics

REFERENDUM DEBATE: The bill that has been put forward is a guide for how legalisation might work, and suggests a daily purchase limit of 14g of dried cannabis or the equivalent of that. Picture supplied

Fishing guides enter season with next to no clients

Consuming 14 grams of weed in a day would have varying effects, but death is not one of them.

AUCKLAND — Two of the country’s biggest mobile networks have joined forces for a social media takedown of customers criticising their moves to embrace te reo Maori.

Vodafone changed its network name from VF New Zealand to VF Aotearoa at the end of Maori language week as part of its ongoing support for te reo.

While many have welcomed the move to embrace the indigenous name for the country, some have taken to social media to express their disdain.

One user called it a ‘woke virtue-signal’ and tweeted an image of the new network name, stating: “Don’t appreciate this, thanks.

“My country is called New Zealand.

“I don’t want it on my phone.

“Change it now, or else I’ll switch providers.”

Vodafone New Zealand tweeted back the recent network name change to VF Aotearoa was “simply to celebrate one of the three beautiful official languages we have here in New Zealand/Aotearoa”.

“There are no plans to change it at this stage.”

The exchange drew a strong reaction from social media users, and soon fellow mobile network 2degrees joined the action with a big “Kia ora!”

Its social media guru followed up with a: “Kei te pehea koe?”, or, “How are you?”.

“Hmmm, better not switch to us. We love celebrating te reo Maori too! Nice work @vodafoneNZ,” they said.

Spark also responded to a commenter saying Maori Language Week was over,

saying te reo was a “normal part of our country”.

“We will continue to encourage and give tools to those who wish to expand their knowledge and cultural understanding.”

Vodafone New Zealand head of Maori development Kirstin Te Wao said it was really encouraging to see competitors publicly support them in the kaupapa online, even in the face of criticism.

“We’re proud to be part of the community here in Aotearoa and we’re fortunate to use our voice and platforms to positively support the Maori culture and language.

“The network carrier message is an integral part of Vodafone, as a mobile provider, so including Aotearoa there felt like a natural and authentic initiative to take.”

Overall they’d mostly had “fantastic support” from the majority of followers and the public, including competitors.

“Hopefully in time, the dissenting voices become quieter as more New Zealanders embrace te reo.”

A spokeswoman for 2degrees said the company celebrated all cultures and beliefs, and “takes real pride in our diverse and multicultural workforce and nation”.

“We support all three official languages in New Zealand though it’s fair to say we’re very early on in our te reo journey,” she said.

“It’s something that we’re encouraging with our people to get amongst a bit more in the workplace and at home.”

“We don’t have any immediate plans to alter our network name though that may change in the future.” — NZ Herald

Vodafone, 2degrees take on social media criticism of te reo Maori


WELLINGTON — Leading stock a2 Milk, caught with an earnings downgrade, hogged the limelight again and dragged the New Zealand sharemarket down for the second day in a row.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 60.19 points, or 0.51 percent, to 11,742.09, after reaching an intraday high of 11,876.67.

There were 80 gainers and 60 decliners over the whole market, with trade reaching 48.75 million shares worth $192.83 million.

After falling nearly 10 percent the day before, a2 Milk lost another 81c or 4.86 percent to $15.84 on trade worth $37.7m — and the move made up a third of the index’s decline.

Synlait Milk, which supplies a2 Milk, was down 19c or 3.39 percent to $5.41.

The milk marketer has now fallen nearly 35 percent from its high of $21.50 posted on August 18.

It is not how a2 Milk would like to be seen on the centre stage — it was also the leading

decliner on the steady S&P/ASX 50 Index.Before mid-August, a2 Milk was on a

magnificent 50 percent gain after starting its rise at $14.56 on January 15 and had reached $20.33 by April 28.

It is still more than 28 percent up over the last 12 months.

It all came unstuck when a2 Milk reported that first half revenue for the 2021 financial year will drop because of lower demand from Chinese resellers in Australia.

The Melbourne lockdown had affected the daigou sales, which represent a significant proportion of its infant formula business.

Analysts said the new forecast for first half revenue was 11 percent lower than expectations, even though the full-year outlook was still better than last year’s result.

Jeremy Sullivan, investment advisor with Hamilton Hindin Greene, said there had been some broker downgrades in Australia and when their market opened the selling in a2 Milk

continued.“When you get a stock that has risen so

quickly, investors will look for any reason to sell it. The daigou sales channel was more profitable for a2 Milk but it was not without risk.

“However, I’m sure the demand will come back post-Covid,” Sullivan said.

While a2 Milk dominated proceedings, the rest of the market was more or less in a holding pattern with very few big movers.

The other heavyweight Fisher & Paykel Healthcare lent a hand in pulling the market down, falling 19c to $33.50.

Network operator Chorus recovered some ground, rising 21c or 2.47 percent to $8.72, and retailer Briscoe Group gained 8c or 2.04 percent to $4.01.

Software firm Gentrack fell 7c or 5.11 percent to $1.30.

The retirement village stocks are having a bit of a revival, with Ryman Healthcare gaining 27c to $14.09 and Oceania Healthcare increasing 1c to $1.12, having increased nearly 10 percent in the past week.

After all the excitement and rises of the

day before — with the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter likely to extend its stay in Southland — the energy stocks settled and then most of them fell a cent or two, except Meridian which was up 2.2c to $4.865.

Mercury was down 6c to $5.03.At its annual meeting, Air New Zealand

told shareholders it has tapped into $110m of the $900m Government loan, and given the uncertainty surrounding travel restrictions it is not able to provide specific 2021 earnings guidance.

Air New Zealand’s available liquidity is about $1 billion, comprising $215m of cash on hand and $790m remaining on the Crown standby loan facility.

The airline’s share price was up 1.5c to $1.38 with investors looking forward to a transtasman travel bubble.

Auckland International Airport gained 5c to $7.23 and SkyCity was up 1c to $2.89 — two other stocks that would benefit from the resumption of travel between New Zealand and selected Australian states.

— The New Zealand Herald

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY

by Aimee Shaw, The New Zealand Herald

AUCKLAND — Online spending surged last month almost immediately after Auckland moved back into Alert Level 3 while the rest of the country was at Level 2.

Spending in Auckland grew five times faster than the rest of the country in the month of August — a 70 percent increase on the same time last year. Transactions from the Auckland region made up 43 percent of every dollar spent online last month.

New figures from NZ Post show online sales rose significantly in August while transactions from physical shopping declined, in line with the trend seen under Alert Level 3 in May.

Auckland’s 70 percent growth in online shopping in August was slightly above the highest point of 68 percent experienced during the first lockdown period.

The state-owned enterprise said the rise in Covid-19 alert levels drove an overall spike in online shopping — but not to the dizzy heights of April and May, when the country went under its first coronavirus lockdown.

More than $511 million was spent online in August, 31 percent more than the same time last year.

This was a significant increase on July, which was up 18 percent

on 2019.While August

numbers were big, the impact of the pandemic’s restrictions on shopping behaviours was less extreme than the first time the country moved into lockdown, NZ Post’s latest

eCommerce Spotlight report outlined.

In April, the online spend increased by 56 percent on the previous year, compared with 31 percent in August.

Chris Wong, NZ Post general manager of business marketing, said 71 percent of online orders

in August were with a domestic retailer, a continuing trend seen since the end of March.

“What we also saw was the shopping habits of New Zealanders; people choosing to buy the same things online — food and groceries and homewares and electronics were two categories that continued to grow strongly across the month,” Wong said.

“Spending over the second lockdown period was lower than what we saw in the first lockdown period.

“We did not have an Alert Level 4, which caused pent-up demand and a big spike in volumes that we saw in the first Covid lockdown.

There was a difference, we grew 31 percent in August whereas if you look at May the online spend grew 56 percent.

“Auckland’s online spending growing 70 percent was a big surprise to us.

“Being 70 percent up on the same time last year was good to see, and there was parallels with what we saw in the first coronavirus lockdown.”

Around 1.3 million New Zealanders shopped online in

August — one of the highest numbers in a single month NZ Post has seen this year.

Of those 24,000 were shopping online for the first time.

“Of all the demographics everything increased, but similar to the first lockdown we saw the fastest-growing group were those aged over 75,” Wong said.

In 2019, online shopping grew about 13 percent, accounting for about 9.8 percent of all retail spending in this country.

In the past eight months of 2020, online shopping has accounted for 11.8 percent of all retail spending.

NZ Post is the largest delivery business for online shopping in New Zealand.

Wong said it was hard to know how the economic downturn would affect online spending in New Zealand in the lead-up to Christmas.

“March signalled the beginning of one of the most unpredictable and rapid-growing periods for online shopping and that’s been driven by Covid-19 and the ongoing pandemic.”

S&P Global said NZ Post’s surge in parcel volumes following New Zealand’s

heightened lockdown status had increased delivery costs and required additional investment to cater for growth.

The financial research company said even though this weighed on NZ Post’s operating performance in the second-half ending on June 30, “the company’s relatively strong trading performance in the first-half propelled a return to profit for fiscal year 2020, compared with a loss in fiscal 2019”.

S&P expected the e-commerce boom to propel parcel volumes, but it said more investment in its infrastructure and distribution network was required to meet rising demand.

“Based on its current scale and run rate, we do not expect the group to generate sufficient operating cash flows amid declining letter volumes and to fund required infrastructure investment, absent of Government support.

“We view long-term Government support as necessary to cover NZ Post’s shortfalls in free operating cash flows to maintain balance-sheet liquidity and prevent leverage from increasing.”

Kiwis’ online spend soars

‘ Auckland’s online spending growing 70 percent was a big surprise to us ’ —Chris Wong, NZ Post general manager of

business marketing

Auckland accounts for 43pct of lockdown e-commerce rise

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, September 30, 2020 BUSINESS 11

In regard to the poll on the proposed sports hub and one voter’s comment that the Park Golf Club is “very underutilised”. As a resident who lives next to the course and sees the daily activity, I totally disagree.

BARB WOODS

Busy course

Hard work, a will to succeed and solid values influence young farmers to continue their desire for land ownership. Committed ownership through experience, knowledge, safety and enthusiasm brings a high level of economic, community, social and sustainable environmental outcomes for many future years.

New Zealand primary industries, especially agriculture and horticulture, are of great economic importance to our economy, well proven during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Modern farming brings a raft of challenges including high in-going capital costs, environmental and safety issues, infrastructure and administration costs, interest, transport, fuel and many more costs. This is all compounded by the high value of land, inflated by forestry companies, corporate and foreign investment.

I believe from a personal, health and community perspective that New Zealand

needs farmers producing produce off the land that is beneficial to our food source.

Forestry needs zoning to land that is unsuitable for livestock before more of our community-based districts and rural towns disband. There needs to be practical, achievable actions which benefit those involved today for the future generations.

Negative discussion achieves little. Positive remedy to remodel past mistakes and for future betterment, with all parties involved, may form a solution.

In our present economic and environmental situation, New Zealand primary producers need a Government encouraging productivity and reform.

The wealth of a lot of overseas countries has been impacted by the Covid virus.

Export without greed. Wealth encourages spending and productivity. High taxes bring doom and gloom. Incentives and encouragement bring hope.

BRETT LOFFLER

Reform, encouragement for NZ primary producers

Re: Housing crisis solution, September 24 article.

On Saturday, a mother of six became homeless after her landlord wanted to renovate the house. This mother has been working with many government agencies to find a house over the last seven months. Not surprisingly there are no rentals or any govt houses available. She was also told that she could only request emergency housing one week before she became homeless.

This mother and four of her children (her two teenagers are now staying with family) are staying with me. I believe the Lord has placed this family and their experiences in my hands so I may bring to light the present and past governments’ housing failures. I have had enough of the left and right blaming our housing crisis on each other. Instead of spending their energy bickering about who created the crisis, they should be using that energy to FIX THE PROBLEM!

Homelessness and child poverty are still on the rise and our people are suffering. We have families living out of their vehicles, sheds, tents and already overcrowded housing.

My view is that we need papakainga-type housing arrangements which would support Joe’s initiative. We want to bring communities back together, not separate them and send them to other cities. Papakainga living ensures that everyone is cared for and supported. The Scottish lived similarly with their clans. Elderly share their knowledge and wisdom, which gets handed down through the generations. Children are well looked after, and parents have more freedom to pursue their goals.

How do you create a society dependent on the system? You slowly erode all knowledge and practices that our people have relied upon for thousands of years.

It seems the people/public now share the load because this Govt cannot keep on top of the numbers of homeless! They have failed us.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Vote differently this year. Vote for the people’s party. Vote AdvanceNZ!

JENNIE BROWNEast Coast candidate for Advance NZ Public Party

Papakainga way to go

EDITORIAL

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS

The East Coast has been a reliably blue electorate since 2005 when Anne Tolley defeated Moana Mackey, daughter of the previous MP Janet Mackey who had kept Gisborne’s boundary-morphing seat (named Gisborne, then Mahia, then East Coast) in Labour hands for 12 years.

With Tolley retiring and the National Party having slumped in the polls this year, the East Coast contest within next month’s general election is an interesting one. That became especially so when National eventually — after lockdown delays — selected a promising candidate in Tania Tapsell to take on Labour’s Kiri Allan, who has been an effective first-term list MP and representative in Government for this region.

We now have a poll of the electorate, commissioned by the local branch of the Labour Party, which has found that not only is the East Coast party vote going solidly to Labour — which is no surprise considering its leader’s nationwide popularity — but that Allan is ahead for the candidate vote by 40.5 percent to 35 percent for Tapsell (with 9.9 percent “unsure”).

This result should serve to galvanise supporters of both women and their parties as it confirms that we have a real contest here in the race to be our next electorate MP.

Party vote intentions among the 831 people surveyed by Community Engagement from September 22-24 (with a +/-3.39 percent margin of error) are similar to national polling, with 46.9 percent opting for Labour and 28.6 percent for National. Interestingly NZ First is doing better here, on 4.2 percent, no doubt earning Provincial Growth Fund gratitude. “Unsure” only registered 6.9 percent, against 11 percent in the latest Colmar Brunton poll conducted from September 23-27.

While Tolley kept a firm grip on the electorate — with a winning margin of 4807 over Allan in 2017, and a 4774 then 7934 margin over Mackey in 2011 and 2014 — the party vote here mirrored the nationwide result in 2017 and was only marginally more blue the two previous elections.

In 2017 East Coast voters recorded a 44.2 percent party vote for National and 36.8 percent for Labour, when nationally the party vote was 44.4 percent National and 36.9 percent Labour. In 2014 East Coast went 48.6 percent National and 22.7 percent Labour in the party vote, when nationwide it was 47.4 percent National, 25.1 percent Labour. In 2011 East Coast went 49.8 percent National and 23.9 percent Labour for the party vote, against 47.3 percent National and 27.5 percent Labour nationally.

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Poll suggests new hue for electorate

Re: On ownership, the election — September 29.

Spoiler alert . . . Jennie Brown won’t make it to Parliament. I was relieved to see ANZPP polling at less than 1 percent. Maybe it wasn’t mentioned because it didn’t really feature in the polls?

AIMEE MILNE

Spoiler alert

Last year the head of GDC Community Lifelines David Wilson and two councillors involved in roading, including Graeme Thomson, agreed that the best route for logging trucks to reach Awapuni Road/State Highway 35 was via Bushmere Road.

The original idea was to use King Road so it was upgraded and also with an expensive new bridge to handle the logging trucks. The main problem using this route was it passes Makauri School and once on Matawai Road, there was no suitable turn off to Bushmere Road to bypass Makaraka and the school there.

The same goes for Harper Road, which

the council has put forward as the most suitable solution to cross from Waimata Valley Road to Matawai Road/SH2. The trucks still have to go through Makaraka while taking this route. They also must travel over a single-lane bridge which is raised and has a very bad blind spot. Our family alone have been involved in several close calls at that bridge due to it being blind. Additionally, all of Harper Road requires a major upgrade and a new bridge as it is not suitable to be supporting this many logging trucks.

Using the original main road idea involved an extra 3km and Bushmere becoming the State Highway. At

Bushmere Arms, the original State Highway to Makaraka would have a “give way” on to the junction with Bushmere.

There are only two short sections of Bushmere Road that need an upgrade to the State Highway standard. Some forestry interests thought the 3km extra was justified once they started using the Hokoroa Road which is mainly downhill and joins on to the upper Waimata.

The road from Makaraka to Awapuni would have to give way at Bushmere junction where it would join the main State Highway.

PATRICK BARNS-GRAHAM

Bushmere Rd should become State Highway

Re: ‘It’s a jungle out there’, September 29 story.

No good, the Government should stop these landlords from putting rents up that high. Yes, they need to pay their mortgage, but hey, make a little bit of a profit to cover that and your other overheads.

Come on, get real and not

greedy. A lot of people are trying to save to buy their own house like you but can’t because they can’t get an affordable house to rent and save at the same time.

Where have all the good folks gone, aye? Peace out.

PANI FOX

Rents can’t jump that high

Re: Divers rescued, September 28 story.

Why would you even go out in that weather on Sunday? Pure stupidity is all I can say.

Thank you rescue services. Maybe instead of buying a Lotto ticket, a donation to the rescue organisations that were involved would be more appreciated.

No haters about my

comment please as you didn’t have to be Einstein on Sunday to know the risks.

Come on people, you were very lucky Tangaroa gave you back to your whanau.

GEENA

What a great result. Congratulations to everyone involved.

M. HOWARD, Bay of Islands

Lucky Tangaroa gave back

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, September 30, 202012 OPINION

SAN FRANCISCO — Easing winds gave California firefighters a break on Tuesday (local time) as they battled a destructive wildfire that was driven by strong winds through wine country north of San Francisco and another rural blaze that killed three people.

Breezes replaced the powerful gusts that sent the Glass Fire raging through Napa and Sonoma counties on Sunday and Monday, scorching more than 170 square kilometres.

At least 95 buildings have burned in wine country, including homes and winery installations.

A wildfire burning further north in rural Shasta County has destroyed another 146 buildings.

The fire in wine country pushed through brush that had not burned for a century, even though surrounding areas had been incinerated in a series of blazes in recent years.

As the winds eased on Monday evening, firefighters were feeling “much more confident”, said Ben Nicholls, a division chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection — known as Cal Fire.

“We don’t have those critical burning conditions that we were experiencing over the past two nights,” he said.

The Glass Fire in wine country is one of nearly 30 wildfires currently burning around California.

The National Weather Service warned that hot, dry conditions with strong Santa Ana winds could continue posing a fire danger in Southern California through until Tuesday afternoon.

In a forested far-northern part of the state, more than 1200

people were evacuated in Shasta County due to the so-called Zogg Fire, which has burned at least 160 square kilometres so far.

Three people have died in the fire, Shasta County Sheriff Eric Magrini said on Monday.

He gave no further details but urged people who received evacuation orders not to wait, but to leave quickly.

Numerous studies in recent years have linked bigger wildfires in America to climate change from the burning of coal, oil and gas.

Scientists say climate change has made California much drier, meaning trees and other plants are more flammable.

Residences are widely

scattered in Shasta County, which was torched just two years ago by the deadly Carr Fire — infamously remembered for producing a huge tornado-like fire whirl.

The Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) utility had cut power to more than 100,000 customers in advance of gusty winds and in areas with active fire zones.

The utility’s equipment had caused previous disasters, including the 2018 Camp Fire that killed 85 people and devastated the town of Paradise in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

By Monday night, the utility said it had restored electricity to essentially all of those 100,000 customers.

PG&E said about 24,000 people remained without power in areas affected by two fires in Napa, Sonoma, Shasta and Tehama counties.

So far in this year’s historic

fire season, more than 8100 California wildfires have killed 29 people, scorched 14,970 square kilometres and destroyed more than 7000 buildings.

— AP

TREES UNDER SIEGE IN THE ‘GLASS FIRE’: Embers fly from a palm tree as the Glass Fire burns in St. Helena, in California, on Sunday (local time). The massive wildfires the state of California has been experiencing are threatening ecosystems and wildlife — not to mention people’s homes and lives.

Easing winds offer a reprieve in raging California fires

RESCUED FROM THE ‘ZOGG FIRE’: A firefighter holds an injured kitten while his colleague looks on, at the Zogg Fire near Ono, California on Sunday (local time). However, the fire has unfortunately claimed the lives of three people in Shasta County. AP pictures

YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia says one of its fighter jets has been shot down by a Turkish jet, in a major escalation of the conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The Armenian foreign ministry said the pilot of the Soviet-made SU-25 died after being hit by the Turkish F-16 in Armenian air space.

Turkey, which is backing Azerbaijan in the conflict, and Azerbaijan itself have both denied the claims.

Azerbaijani officials called it “another fantasy of the Armenian military propaganda machine”.

Nearly 100 people, including civilians, have died in the three days of fighting over the disputed mountainous region.

The enclave is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, but has been run by ethnic Armenians since a 1988-94 war between the two former Soviet republics.

Azerbaijan has repeatedly stated that its air force does not have F-16 fighter jets. However, Turkey does.

The fighting that started three days ago now appears to be spilling out of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenia and Azerbaijan — which have already mobilised more soldiers and declared martial law in some areas — blame each other for starting the fighting.

While Turkey is openly backing Azerbaijan, Russia — which has a military base in Armenia — has called for an immediate ceasefire.

Armenian Defence Ministry spokeswoman, Shushan Stepanyan, said the Armenian SU-25 was shot down on Tuesday morning (local time) and the pilot had “died heroically”.

In a Facebook post, she said the Turkish F-16 was 60km deep into Armenian air space.

Turkey immediately denied the claim as “absolutely untrue”.

“Armenia should withdraw from the territories under its occupation instead of resorting to cheap propaganda tricks,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s aide Fahrettin Altun said.

■ In 1988, towards the end of Soviet rule, Azerbaijani troops and Armenian secessionists began a bloody war that left Nagorno-Karabakh in the hands of ethnic Armenians when a truce was signed in 1994.

Tens of thousands died in the fighting, and many ethnic Azerbaijanis were forced to flee their homes.

It is now a de-facto independent region, relying heavily on support from Armenia.

But it is not recognised by any UN member, including Armenia.

— BBC story via RNZ

Armenia, Azerbaijan conflict escalates

FIGHTING CONTINUES: An Armenian soldier fires an artillery piece during fighting with Azerbaijan forces. AP picture

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would have to be “almost dying” to get out of arguably the most notorious prison in the United States if convicted of espionage charges and sent there, a court at London’s Old Bailey has heard.

Assange, who is fighting an extradition request from the US, would likely be sent to the federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, if convicted, according to Maureen Baird, a former warden at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York.

US prosecutors have indicted the 49-year-old Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of secret American military documents a decade ago.

The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison.

Assange’s defence team says he is entitled to First Amendment protections for the publication of leaked documents that exposed US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan. They have also said he is suffering from wide-ranging mental health issues, including suicidal tendencies, that could be exacerbated if he ends up in inhospitable prison conditions in the US.

Baird said Assange would likely face the most onerous prison conditions that the US can impose, conditions that she has seen lead to an array of mental health issues. — AP

Assange ‘may end up in notorious US jail’: UK court

Julian Assange

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, September 30, 2020 WORLD 13

LOUISVILLE, KY — Kentucky’s attorney general has acknowledged that he never recommended homicide charges against any of the police officers conducting the drug raid that led to Breonna Taylor’s fatal shooting.

Amid outrage over the jury’s decision last week not to charge any of the officers for Taylor’s fatal shooting, Attorney General Daniel Cameron said on Monday (local time) that he did not object to a judge’s order to publicly release the grand jury’s deliberations.

“We have no concerns with grand jurors sharing their thoughts on our presentation because we are confident in the case we presented,” Cameron said in a written statement.

A judge ordered the record released during the arraignment hearing for Officer Brett Hankison, the lone officer indicted by the grand jury.

Cameron said the grand jury is meant to be a “secretive body”, but “it’s apparent that the public interest in this case isn’t going to allow that to happen”.

The attorney general said a record of the proceedings would be released on Wednesday, and that the public “will see that over

the course of two-and-a-half days, our team presented a thorough and complete case to the grand jury.”

An attorney for Taylor’s family reiterated the need to release the complete record.

“Since the grand-jury decision was announced, we’ve been saying that Daniel Cameron clearly failed to present a comprehensive case that supported justice for Breonna,” attorney Ben Crump said in a news release on Tuesday.

In his statement on Monday, Cameron also revealed that the only charge he recommended to the jury was wanton endangerment.

He had previously declined to say what charges he had recommended.

The public also deserved to know if any other criminal charges were explored by the grand jury aside from that recommendation, said attorney Kevin Glogower, who is representing a grand juror who sued on Monday to have the recordings released and to allow the panel’s members to talk publicly about their experiences.

Cameron has “yet to answer what was actually presented as far as the charges and the individual they were directed to,” Glogower said to reporters on Tuesday. “I think that’s

important to know and my client feels the same.”

The motion filed by the grand juror to release the panel’s proceedings accused Cameron of “using the grand jury to deflect accountability and responsibility for (the indictment) decisions”.

The grand jury charged Hankison with three counts of wanton endangerment for firing through Taylor’s apartment into an adjacent unit with people inside. No one in the adjacent unit was injured. Hankison, who

was fired from the force for his actions during the raid, pleaded not guilty on Monday.

None of the officers were indicted in the killing of Taylor, who was shot five times after they knocked down her door to serve a narcotics warrant on March 13.

Cameron said at a news conference last week that prosecutors “walked them (the grand jury) through every homicide offence and also presented all of the information that was available to the grand jury”. — AP

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron

US court to release grand jury record in Breonna Taylor case

WASHINGTON, DC — After preying heavily on the elderly in the first wave of Covid-19 in the US, the coronavirus is now increasingly infecting American children and teenagers in a trend authorities say appears to have been sparked by school reopenings and the resumption of sports, playdates and other activities.

Children of all ages now make up 10 percent of all US cases — up from 2 percent in April, the American Academy of Paediatrics reported on Tuesday (local time). And the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday that the incidence of Covid-19 in school-aged children began rising in early September as many youngsters returned to their classrooms.

About twice as many teenagers were being infected than younger children, the CDC report said. Most infected children have mild cases; hospitalisations and death rates were much lower than in adults.

Dr Sally Goza, president of the American Academy of Paediatrics, said the rising numbers were a big concern and underscored the importance of wearing face masks, hand-washing, social distancing and other precautions.

“While children generally don’t get as sick with the coronavirus as adults, they are not immune from this virus, and there is much to learn about how easily they can transmit it to others,’’ she said in a statement.

The CDC report did not indicate where or how the children had become infected.

Public health experts said the uptick in cases probably reflected the increasing spread of the virus in the larger community. While many districts required masks and other precautions, some spread in schools was thought to be occurring, too. — AP

Covid cases rising in

US children as

schools reopen and

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CLEVELAND, OH — This afternoon (NZT), the first of three presidential debates will take place in Cleveland, Ohio.

US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, will meet on the debate stage on Tuesday night (local time).

Millions of voters will get their first opportunity to compare the candidates’ policies and personalities side by side on national television for 90 minutes, just five weeks before Election Day and as early voting is already unfolding in some states.

In his first formal debate since taking office, Trump has a lot to answer for.

More than 200,000 Americans have been killed by Covid-19 under his watch — the highest death toll of any country in the world.

Tens of millions of people are still out of work.

The country’s cultural and political divisions are widening. And nobody can forget the weekend revelations that Trump has paid less federal income taxes than most working-class Americans for years.

Moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News and Biden will no doubt press Trump on those facts.

Trump seems to revel in hand-to-hand combat, and history suggests that neither facts nor any code of conduct will prevent

him from saying whatever he needs to in order to change the subject.

He can pivot to more friendly issues such as the US Supreme Court confirmation fight or “law and order” — or he can jump into the mud by going after Biden’s mental and physical strength or his family.

Such personal attacks worked for Trump four years ago.

However, now that he is the man in charge of the country, it is unclear if voters will be as willing to accept the brash outsider act.

It is difficult to keep up with

Trump’s campaign messages, but one line of attack has risen above the rest over the past year — that the 77-year-old Biden, or “Sleepy Joe” as Trump calls him, is not physically or even mentally fit to be president.

Therefore, perhaps nothing would matter more to Biden on Tuesday night than his ability to convince the United States that he has the strength to manage the world’s most important job.

Given Trump’s persistent attacks, Biden faces a low bar in proving his stamina.

But it is worth asking whether that is the measure for success

that voters should use. After nearly a half century

in politics, Biden is a far more experienced debater than Trump, and he has a much better grasp of foreign and domestic policy.

On paper, at least, Biden has the advantage.

Yet the former vice president’s uneven performances in the primary debates offer plenty of reasons for Democrats to be worried.

Trump and his Republican allies have been trying to brand Biden as a socialist since he emerged as the Democratic

nominee from a pack of primary candidates that featured a self-described democratic socialist (not Biden). And Biden and his allies have been calling Trump a racist since Biden launched his campaign.

On Tuesday, each candidate will have a prime-time opportunity to debate the policies and rhetoric underlying each argument.

Biden, who has long positioned himself to the centre of his party’s most liberal positions, has embraced plans to enlarge the government’s role in healthcare, education and the environment.

Such policies are hardly socialist, but they would represent a significant shift to the left and require tax increases.

Trump has a well-established pattern of using racist rhetoric and talking about policies that disproportionately favour white people. For example, Trump has used the power of his office to crack down on Black Lives Matter protesters who have been fighting for civil rights, calling them “terrorists” and warning that violent mobs of such protesters are invading largely white suburbs.

While the candidates’ personalities may draw more attention than their policies, it is their policies that will touch the lives of virtually every American voter. — AP

Biden, Trump set to square off

SHOWDOWN: US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will shortly (this afternoon NZ time) meet on stage in Cleveland, Ohio. AFP picture collage

First of three presidential debates about to get under way in Cleveland, Ohio

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FOCUSED: Blake Marshall and Nathan Proctor look as though they mean business as they head into the Campion College cross-country.

WOODLAND: Aliyah Lardelli and Isobel Arthur run through the bush path heading into Nelson Park in the Campion College cross-country.

SPLAT: Tirzah Andriana and Maria Bast launched themselves into the mudpool. TOO MUDDY: to be identified, these two Campion lads took to the mucky stuff with glee.

TUTU POWER: Jessica Hayes, Ava Ciochetto and Babara Paraguassu-Cury took the chance to dress up for the Campion College cross-country.

NEARLY THERE: King Maxwell, Jack Willock and Lachie Falloon close in on the highest point of the GBHS cross-country course.

STILL SMILING: Keith Donaldson had plenty of puff left as he ran along the ridge of the Gisborne Boys’ High School cross-country course at Sponge Bay. Matthew Ney (left) on his way to winning the Cooper Cup, the trophy for the Intermediate section. He covered the 3.4km course in 16 minutes 5 seconds. Matthew’s older brother Caleb won the senior trophy, the Miller Cup, in a time of 22:1sec over a 4.6km course. Callum Hawkins won the Jowett Cup in the junior section, setting a new record over the 2.9km course of 13:32 sec. The cross-country was held in the last week of the school term.

LICKETY-SPLIT: Te Ahi Maxwell-Dewes makes short work of the mud run, a compulsory section of the GBHS cross-country.

These and other photos are available for sale at The Gisborne Herald or online www.gisborneherald.co.nz/photos

Pictures by Liam Clayton

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.

Forbury harness at Forbury Thursday Jetbet 7 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 Ricoh Trot 5.05$7000, non-winners stand, 2200m

1 9s908 Halfway There (Fr) 1 C McDowell 2 7059s Bonnies Delight (Fr) 2 M Hurrell (J) 3 360s0 Random Spur (Fr) 3 J Morrison (J) 4 Zealous Spur (Fr) 4 N Williamson 5 Pearlspur (Fr) 5 C Thornley 6 090s0 Nordic Prince (Fr) 6 R McIlwrick 7 88000 Whangamata (Fr) 7 B Barclay 8 Emdeegee (Fr) 8 M Williamson 9 Bill (Fr) 9 B Norman 10 458s4 Dem Bones Dem Bones (Fr) 10 K Tomlinson (J) 11 96302 Maranatha Atlas (Fr) U1 B Orange 12 96566 The Good Doctor (Fr) U2 S Ottley

2 Dunedin City Motors Pace 5.30$7000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m. mobile, 1700m

1 s5047 Betancourt (Fr) 1 S O’Reilly (J) 2 90 Expressive Love (Fr) 2 S Tomlinson (J) 3 s0408 Itz The Con Artist (Fr) 3 S Ottley 4 8 Lady Brae (Fr) 4 K Tomlinson (J) 5 Ontherocks (Fr) 5 B Orange 6 5 Adhara (Fr) 6 M Williamson 7 s7388 Santeria (Fr) 7 R McIlwrick 8 s70s9 Dream On Jaffa (Fr) 8 9 76 Sneak A Peek (Fr) 21 K Butt 10 08 Charlie’s Ace (Fr) 22 (J) 11 708 Money Honey (Fr) 23 T Dewe (J) 12 s7880 Sweet Chilli (Fr) 24 E Barron (J) 13 40748 Betterthanraza (Fr) 25 M Hurrell (J)

3 South Coast Building 5.55$7000, non-winners 3yo+ stand, 2700m

1 00sP0 Boulton Home (Fr) 1 M Hurrell (J) 2 07056 The West Wing (Fr) 2 M Williamson 3 Change At The Top (Fr) 3 S Tomlinson (J) 4 DPs80 Bono Brown (Fr) 4 K Tomlinson (J) 5 s3448 Mongolian Conqueror (Fr) 5 B Orange 6 — Captain Confetti SCRATCHED

7 Morrissey (Fr) 7 C Thornley 8 3s Marie Long (Fr) 8 J Morrison (J) 9 05854 Aveross Spitfire (Fr) U1 N Williamson 10 70s98 Starkers (Fr) U2 B Barclay

4 Hampden Takeaways Pace 6.20$7150, r40-r44,r45 w/c. mobile, 2200m

1 5880s Tin Roof Blues (Fr) 1 C McDowell 2 55776 Playboy Prince (Fr) 2 M Love 3 98600 Lady’s Lass (Fr) 3 T Robertson 4 12470 To Ri Caitlin (Fr) 4 M Hurrell (J) 5 8s007 My Nikayla (Fr) 5 R McIlwrick

6 70080 Mack Sheer (Fr) 6 N Williamson 7 85506 Ellnbac (Fr) 7 B Barclay 8 0s00s It’s All Over Now (Fr) 8 T Dewe (J) 9 76090 Tetrick (Fr) 21 M Williamson 10 50s00 Astuto (Fr) 22 J Morrison (J) 11 6s774 Bonnie Boy (Fr) 23 S Ottley 12 92750 Matrika (Fr) 24 S O’Reilly (J) 13 03837 Franco Sherborne (Fr) 25 (J) 14 50848 It’s Me (Fr) 26 B Orange

5 Brett Reid Electrical Pace 6.45$7000, non-winners 3yo+. mobile, 2200m

1 8s503 Ticking Over (Fr) 1 K Tomlinson (J) 2 s70s9 Dream On Jaffa (Em2) (Fr) 2 3 s7880 Sweet Chilli (Em1) (Fr) 3 E Barron (J) 4 9690s Real Change (Fr) 4 J Morrison (J) 5 54529 Leconte (Fr) 5 S Tomlinson (J) 6 57978 Boilover (Fr) 6 S Ottley 7 646s5 Clifton Jessie (Fr) 7 N Williamson 8 0s283 Petrea Bromac (Fr) 8 M Love 9 45578 Mongolian Marshal (Fr) 21 B Orange 10 s0047 Mach O’Melley (Fr) 22 R McIlwrick 11 Warepa Princess (Fr) 23 C Thornley 12 Life Of Art (Fr) 24 M Williamson 13 0s9s6 Mickey Fitz (Fr) 25 J Campbell (J) 14 6677 Bombolla (Fr) 26 K Butt 15 s3275 Shards Fury (Fr) 27 B Barclay 16 75 Regal Mach (Fr) 28 M Hurrell (J)

6 Alexy’s Favourite Track Pace 7.11$7000, 4yo+ r40-r50,r51-r55 w/c. jun.d mobile, 2200m

1 86813 The Conqueror (Fr) 1 K Tomlinson (J) 2 49120 Who’s Smokin (Fr) 2 E Barron (J) 3 23223 American Eyretime (Fr) 3 (J) 4 98440 Changearound (Fr) 4 S O’Reilly (J) 5 37s75 Makasar Boy (Fr) 5 (J)

6 81329 Brightest Moment (Fr) 6 M Hurrell (J) 7 07666 Pete’s Dash (Fr) 7 J Campbell (J) 8 — Johnny Mac SCRATCHED

9 0s412 Mr Clooney (Fr) 21 (J) 10 24252 Stavros The Terror (Fr) 22 S Tomlinson (J) 11 32286 Four Starzzz Shiraz (Fr) 23 (J)

7 Icon Int. Construction Trot 7.38$7150, r40-r50,r51-r55 w/c stand, 2200m

1 6048s Barham Belle (Fr) 1 K Tomlinson (J) 2 34613 Cody Banner (Fr) 2 B Barclay 3 50608 Don’t Look Back (Em2) (Fr) 3 4 — Ayutthaya SCRATCHED

5 3s60P Pat The Monkey (Fr) 5 B Orange 6 33276 The Peaky Blinder (Fr) 6 S Ottley 7 05679 Cuddly Trouble (Fr) 7 J Morrison (J) 8 85667 Miss Jessica (Fr) 8 T Robertson 9 24650 Maudarchy (Fr) 9 S Tomlinson (J) 10 4190s Bev K’s One (Fr) 10 M Williamson 11 32285 Sunnivue Phileah (Fr) 11 C Thornley 12 00996 Listen Easy (Fr) 12 S O’Reilly (J) 13 — Smudgee SCRATCHED

14 — Miss Moppet SCRATCHED

15 300s7 Jaccka Jeorge (Fr) U1 N Williamson 16 97671 American Viking (Fr) U2 C Butt 17 000s9 Majestic Rose (Fr) U3 L Dobbs

8 Aburns Glass Pace 8.06$7500, 3yo+ r53-r65. mobile, 2200m

1 — Dont Lie To Me SCRATCHED

2 65616 Jody Direen (Fr) 2 B Orange 3 5800s Idealistic Lass (Fr) 3 T Dewe (J) 4 02s80 Rah De Rah (Fr) 4 R McIlwrick 5 166P5 Sheeza Sport (Fr) 5 M Hurrell (J) 6 1s111 American Lightning (Fr) 6 M Williamson 7 60000 Santanna Mach (Fr) 7 S Ottley 8 88s86 Sagwitch (Fr) 8 B Barclay

9 23213 The Maroon Marauder (Fr) 21 K Butt

10 s6687 Wolfenstein (Fr) 22 K Tomlinson (J)

11 36967 Shillelagh (Fr) 23 S O’Reilly (J)

9 NZ Horse Transport Trot 8.30$7500, r48-r65 discretionary handicap stand, 2700m

1 50608 Don’t Look Back (Fr) 1 K Tomlinson (J)

2 40013 Ardee Trouble (Fr) 2 M Williamson

3 53262 Count Eyre (Fr) 3 B Barclay

4 — Miss Moppet SCRATCHED

5 10658 Top Pocket Chance (10) 1 C Buchan

6 66418 Zoned Scarlett (10) 2 B Orange

7 2s809 Playboy’s Brother (10) 3 S Ottley

8 P8485 Whatwillbeewillbee (10) U1 B Norman

9 12132 Rydgemont Milly (20) 1 J Morrison (J)

10 0847s Sam Galleon (20) 2 N Williamson

11 6060s Riteur (20) 3 P Williamson

10 Chilli Dhaba Indian Pace 8.55$7150, 3yo+ r45-r51. mobile, 2200m

1 13477 Star Of Timpany (Fr) 1 S O’Reilly (J)

2 2P574 Annie Fitz (Fr) 2 M Hurrell (J)

3 08633 Glenthorne (Fr) 3 K Tomlinson (J)

4 0000s Rainy River (Fr) 4 C McDowell

5 s2993 Ripsnorter (Fr) 5 B Barclay

6 67008 Franco June (Fr) 6 R McIlwrick

7 74s08 Ohoka Chopper (Fr) 7 J Morrison (J)

8 36348 Alexy (Fr) 8 D O’Connell

9 s4467 Ultimate Sassenach (Fr) 21 N Williamson

10 10276 Dodgethebullet (Fr) 22 B Orange

11 25s98 Play Ball (Fr) 23

12 s2354 Jacks N Jazz (Fr) 24 M Williamson

13 95500 Miss Paddy Wagon (Fr) 25 C Thornley

14 06623 Opawa Mach (Fr) 26 S Ottley

SelectionsRace 1: MARANATHA ATLAS, DEM BONES DEM BONES,

THE GOOD DOCTOR

Race 2: ITZ THE CON ARTIST, ADHARA, CHARLIE’S ACE

Race 3: MONGOLIAN CONQUEROR, STARKERS, MARIE LONG

Race 4: IT’S ME, LADY’S LASS, MACK SHEER

Race 5: LECONTE, PETREA BROMAC, MONGOLIAN MARSHAL

Race 6: AMERICAN EYRETIME, STAVROS THE TERROR,

THE CONQUEROR

Race 7: BEV K’S ONE, MISS JESSICA, THE PEAKY BLINDER

Race 8: AMERICAN LIGHTNING, JODY DIREEN,

SANTANNA MACH

Race 9: COUNT EYRE, ZONED SCARLETT,

TOP POCKET CHANCE

Race 10: STAR OF TIMPANY, OHOKA CHOPPER,

DODGETHEBULLET

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

1 The Fitz Sports Bar Sprint 3.51 $2035, C3, 295m

1 27255 Goldstar Flora 17.33 S & B Evans 2 84162 Crystal Cindi 17.47 John McInerney 3 58345 Homebush Liam 17.22 John McInerney 4 14787 Mitcham Sam 17.28 John McInerney 5 141s4 Opawa Pink 17.31 Robin Wales 6 53315 Taieri Terra 17.31 Ray Casey 7 23135 Moany Maloney 17.23 Ashley Bradshaw 8 23727 Nassor 17.31 Bruce DannEMERGENCIES: 9 15746 Mega Dream 17.20 Lisa Waretini 10 37882 Opa’s Mate 17.41 Ray Casey

2 kiwikiwihounds.co.nz Adop. 4.09 $2390, C3/4, 295m

1 66844 Little Krakatoa 17.09 Ashley Bradshaw 2 11316 Opawa Dan 17.08 J M McCook 3 14566 Special As 17.21 J M McCook 4 74732 Chanyaka 17.20 Bruce Dann 5 13233 Frizzled 17.17 Matt Roberts 6 47535 Beck Eleven 17.04 Lisa Waretini 7 52174 Penny Jane 17.37 Hart & Taylor 8 77322 Our Dazzel 17.00 Robin WalesEMERGENCIES: 9 15746 Mega Dream 17.20 Lisa Waretini 10 37882 Opa’s Mate 17.41 Ray Casey

3 Swimming Goat At Stud 4.27 $2035, C3, 295m

1 66171 Opawa Rowdy 17.31 Robin Wales 2 54362 Crystal Candy 17.49 John McInerney 3 34236 Jackie 17.39 Lisa Waretini 4 21588 Pooran’s Jadeja 17.35 J M McCook 5 23754 Know Charisma 17.19 Garry Cleeve 6 21325 Goldstar Willa 17.39 S & B Evans 7 53826 Homebush Gambler 17.19 John McInerney 8 71682 Tabby 17.32 Sharon HindsonEMERGENCIES: 9 15746 Mega Dream 17.20 Lisa Waretini 10 37882 Opa’s Mate 17.41 Ray Casey

4 Hart Family G'hound Racing 4.55 $2390, C3/4, 295m

1 21235 Taieri Missile 17.20 Ray Casey 2 15651 Man Of Letters 17.19 Alison Lee 3 31544 Squillionaire 17.25 Calum Weir 4 35136 Shaw Winner 17.33 J M McCook 5 48531 Homebush Monkey 17.35 John McInerney 6 31362 Opawa Jaws 17.07 Robin Wales 7 22834 Alexia 17.40 Daniel Lane 8 45225 King Toliman 17.06 Daniel Roberts

EMERGENCIES: 9 15746 Mega Dream 17.20 Lisa Waretini 10 37882 Opa’s Mate 17.41 Ray Casey

5 Thursday Place Pick Stakes 5.20 $3325, C3, 520m

1 35367 Famous Lee 30.22 S & B Evans 2 55s22 Dyna Varsity 30.11 Craig Roberts 3 14523 Van Nindi 30.29 Calum Weir 4 43444 Double Speed 30.11 Daniel Lane 5 6s233 Max Dancer 29.94 J & D Fahey 6 13463 Opawa Lyn 30.17 J & D Fahey 7 71351 My Rosie 30.21 Lisa Waretini 8 25257 Troublesome Kev 30.34 J M McCookEMERGENCIES: 9 54136 Longshanks 30.34 Ashley Bradshaw 10 67886 Xabil Bale 30.03 Craig Roberts

6 Addington Events Centre 5.46 $2035, C3, 295m

1 51114 Taieri Taylee 17.00 Ray Casey 2 41154 Knocka Know How 17.31 Garry Cleeve 3 46527 Amuri Magic 17.28 John McInerney 4 76661 Cawbourne Cruz 17.37 B J Middlewood 5 81315 Precious Payton 17.17 S & B Evans 6 28444 No Kissy Missy 17.20 Ashley Bradshaw 7 43316 Punters Last 17.19 Robin Wales 8 84658 Homebush Ariana 17.21 John McInerneyEMERGENCIES: 9 15746 Mega Dream 17.20 Lisa Waretini 10 37882 Opa’s Mate 17.41 Ray Casey

7 Springston Hotel Dash 6.10 $2035, C3, 295m

1 62688 M’lady Sadie 17.15 Ashley Bradshaw 2 52317 Amuri Liv 17.16 John McInerney 3 12477 Homebush Aimee 17.26 John McInerney 4 15433 Know Crime 17.51 Garry Cleeve

5 37281 Go Great 17.40 Robin Wales 6 64174 Ohoka Lacey 17.24 Lisa Waretini 7 35144 Ulyssa Bale 17.30 Craig Roberts 8 12156 Marakesh Max 17.56 John McInerneyEMERGENCIES: 9 15746 Mega Dream 17.20 Lisa Waretini 10 37882 Opa’s Mate 17.41 Ray Casey

8 Zambora Brockie @ Stud 6.37 $4800, C2, distance, 645m

1 3s132 Student Loan 38.15 J & D Fahey 2 56632 Goldstar Truman 37.81 S & B Evans 3 34316 Goldstar Darwin nwtd S & B Evans 4 21124 Black Stockings 37.92 Ashley Bradshaw 5 s1554 Tradition 38.29 J & D Fahey 6 21731 Uthor Bale 37.57 Craig Roberts 7 13241 Mr Blackjack 37.92 J & D Fahey 8 16753 Goldstar Sydney 37.97 S & B Evans

9 Active Electrical C'church 6.54 $2860, C5, 295m

1 26124 Tucker 17.28 Daniel Lane 2 18346 Lisa’s Boy 17.24 Ray Casey 3 17528 Mohican Run 17.13 Corey Steele 4 22128 Canya Oscar nwtd J & D Fahey 5 22374 Homebush Boots 17.20 John McInerney 6 21355 Ever Rested 17.01 Ashley Bradshaw 7 13181 Select Trick 16.93 Calum Weir 8 62F35 Mitcham Usain 17.21 John McInerneyEMERGENCIES: 9 17316 Memoir 17.26 Dylan Voyce 10 58172 Flora Dora 17.06 Daniel Lane

10 Christchurch Casino Stakes 7.20 $4030, C3/4, 520m

1 26153 Opawa Nova 30.35 J & D Fahey 2 15243 Goldstar Yankee 30.22 S & B Evans 3 36766 Opawa Hilary 30.07 J & D Fahey

4 61843 Goldstar Mauney 30.00 S & B Evans

5 78111 Van Evie 29.93 Calum Weir

6 41467 Know State 30.01 Garry Cleeve

7 45564 Opawa Nat 30.01 J & D Fahey

8 11132 Yoel Bale nwtd Craig Roberts

EMERGENCIES:

9 73776 Opawa Slick 30.17 J & D Fahey

10 54136 Longshanks 30.34 Ashley Bradshaw

11 Kolorful Kanvas Dash 7.48 $2860, C5, 295m

1 62228 Wildebeest 17.07 Ashley Bradshaw

2 72156 Calm Inferno 17.19 Bruce Dann

3 28223 Ezra Blueblood 17.31 John McInerney

4 43216 Mitcham Magic 17.23 John McInerney

5 11111 Bolty 16.69 Daniel Lane

6 21442 Goldstar Major 17.24 S & B Evans

7 43415 Hankenstein 17.14 Ashley Bradshaw

8 26177 Archie John Hill 16.99 J & D Fahey

EMERGENCIES:

9 17316 Memoir 17.26 Dylan Voyce

10 58172 Flora Dora 17.06 Daniel Lane

12 Livamol Sprint 8.16 $2390, C3/4, 295m

1 81363 Mr Muppet 17.18 Robin Wales

2 47317 Hendrix Bale 17.32 Craig Roberts

3 84474 Know Baby 17.27 Garry Cleeve

4 77616 Sozin’s Symphony 17.18 John McInerney

5 31767 Kiwi Gunn 17.22 Daniel Lane

6 42872 Smash Wild 17.07 Malcolm Grant

7 22143 Golden Bay 17.13 J M McCook

8 1F873 Honey Lantree 17.24 Calum Weir

EMERGENCIES:

9 15746 Mega Dream 17.20 Lisa Waretini

10 37882 Opa’s Mate 17.41 Ray Casey

SelectionsRace 1: MOANY MALONEY, NASSOR, CRYSTAL CINDI

Race 2: OPAWA DAN, OUR DAZZEL, CHANYAKA

Race 3: OPAWA ROWDY, CRYSTAL CANDY, JACKIE

Race 4: SQUILLIONAIRE, TAIERI MISSILE, OPAWA JAWS

Race 5: DYNA VARSITY, VAN NINDI, MAX DANCER

Race 6: TAIERI TAYLEE, NO KISSY MISSY,

KNOCKA KNOW HOW

Race 7: HOMEBUSH AIMEE, AMURI LIV, M’LADY SADIE

Race 8: UTHOR BALE, MR BLACKJACK, STUDENT LOAN

Race 9: SELECT TRICK, CANYA OSCAR, TUCKER

Race 10: KNOW STATE, OPAWA NAT, YOEL BALE

Race 11: GOLDSTAR MAJOR, HANKENSTEIN,

ARCHIE JOHN HILL

Race 12: SMASH WILD, GOLDEN BAY, HONEY LANTREE

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

1 Cookies Kitchen Sprint 12.10 $1365, C0, 375m

1 56745 My Bro Jet nwtd Thayne Green 2 26835 Clever Harper nwtd W & T Steele 3 45232 Margaux nwtd K R Toomer 4 77676 Idol Reign nwtd David Ray 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a 6 68655 Ruby Express nwtd Marsha Black 7 85778 Loudred nwtd R & L Udy 8 878 Tarewa Kid nwtd Sean Codlin

2 Farmlands Coprice Sprint 12.27 $1685, C2, 375m

1 66836 Our Hotrod 21.56 Udy & Cottam 2 13257 El Narco 21.32 Phil Green 3 12443 Sheriff Lee 21.31 M Henley 4 32222 Thrilling Dora 21.07 Emma Potts 5 21221 Thrilling Hamish 21.17 Karen Walsh 6 78546 Jinja Murphy 21.23 W & T Steele 7 52781 Tap Out Reg 21.55 Sean Codlin 8 63128 Medusa Who 21.37 M Prangley

3 Mayhounds Retirement 12.45 $1450, C1, 375m

1 88562 Flying Huey 21.37 Marsha Black 2 57211 Serbian Ace nwtd Tracey & Lisa Craik 3 37388 React Respond nwtd R & L Udy 4 58335 Waiterimu Ripper 21.28 R & L Udy 5 16314 Alpino 21.49 Arch Lawrence 6 25622 My Bro Bobby nwtd M Prangley 7 32345 Bugsy Brown nwtd W & T Steele 8 77645 Lionel Keeping nwtd Sean CodlinEMERGENCIES: 9 24655 Jinja Lad 21.72 Raewyn McPhee 10 26657 Ascott nwtd W & T Steele

4 The Clubhouse Sports Bar 1.02 $1685, C2, 375m

1 48261 Stay Rich 21.46 M & J Smith

2 12112 Spring Bubbles 21.13 Emma Potts

3 35816 My Snuggles 21.72 Marsha Black

4 74842 Jinja Might 21.04 Udy & Cottam

5 52147 Ford Man 21.53 R & L Udy

6 87574 Kai Nan 21.43 Glennis Farrell

7 32736 Quara’s Yoshi nwtd Paul Cleaver

8 43446 Zoro 21.35 Arch Lawrence

5 Garrards Horse & Hound 1.20 $1450, C1, 375m

1 23555 Kapai Stewie 21.29 W & T Steele

2 57374 Mobility Scooter 21.20 Marsha Black

3 87288 Carl Spackler nwtd R & L Udy

4 31 Federer nwtd Tracey & Lisa Craik

5 14345 Sir Yens 21.77 K T Herbert

6 57778 Party Every Day 21.50 R & L Udy

7 44363 Thea Who 21.51 M Prangley

8 131 Thrilling Norman 21.12 Karen Walsh

EMERGENCIES: 9 86456 Attila’s Arrow 21.88 Howard Scott 10 25857 Snoopy’s Hero 21.31 David Ray

6 Farmlands Virkon Sprint 1.37 $2390, C4, 375m

1 37s63 Tap Out Bill 21.20 Udy & Cottam 2 46637 Grunt 21.18 W & T Steele 3 28568 Bigtime Daisy nwtd Lisa Cole 4 84727 Call Me Leo 21.11 Thayne Green 5 72625 Botany Thommo 21.10 Phil Green 6 58671 Botany Wayne 21.22 Phil Green 7 62535 Thrilling Bruce 21.02 Karen Walsh 8 71387 Big Time Amie nwtd Lisa Cole

7 Superior Chunky Dog Rolls 1.55 $2860, C4/5, 375m

1 21562 Sports Mode 20.94 Peter Ferguson 2 31333 Highland Vintage 20.90 Peter Ferguson 3 48146 Our Hemi 21.15 Udy & Cottam 4 51367 Bigtime Puma nwtd Lisa Cole 5 43611 Captain Kev 20.98 W & T Steele 6 75374 Bigtime Ziggy nwtd Lisa Cole 7 4687s Gao Gao 21.50 Glennis Farrell 8 76614 Big Time Maple nwtd Lisa Cole

8 Affordable Pet Accessories 2.12 $2035, C2/3, 375m

1 16413 Hot Little Nancy 21.10 Sam Lozell

2 42864 Allegro Curtis nwtd Lisa Cole

3 13337 Thrilling Peggy 21.27 Karen Walsh

4 65756 Jinja Jay 21.26 W & T Steele

5 21331 Beau Beau 21.10 Sam Lozell

6 66234 Prerogative 21.14 Udy & Cottam

7 81853 Portland Ecklund 21.22 Tracey & Lisa Craik

8 75852 Ti Amo 21.20 Tracey & Lisa Craik

9 Mike Stent Decorators Ltd 2.30 $4030, C4, 457m

1 11155 Amaro 25.52 Arch Lawrence

2 12112 Portland Berty 25.60 Tracey & Lisa Craik

3 36467 Big Time Kobe nwtd Lisa Cole

4 44641 Sakichi 25.38 Peter Ferguson

5 77175 Spring Queen 25.61 Emma Potts

6 36545 Big Time Seth 25.74 Lisa Cole

7 87863 Big Time Mac 25.79 Lisa Cole

8 31564 Dobby Who 26.03 M Prangley

SelectionsRace 1: MY BRO JET, CLEVER HARPER, MARGAUX

Race 2: OUR HOTROD, EL NARCO, THRILLING DORA

Race 3: SERBIAN ACE, ALPINO, BUGSY BROWN

Race 4: STAY RICH, SPRING BUBBLES, JINJA MIGHT

Race 5: THRILLING NORMAN, KAPAI STEWIE, FEDERER

Race 6: GRUNT, BOTANY THOMMO, BOTANY WAYNE

Race 7: HIGHLAND VINTAGE, CAPTAIN KEV, BIGTIME ZIGGY

Race 8: THRILLING PEGGY, BEAU BEAU, PREROGATIVE

Race 9: AMARO, SAKICHI, SPRING QUEEN

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MARKET REPORT Week beginning September 28

THE total number of sheep in New Zealand dropped 2.3 percent over the past year to 26.21 million, according to Beef and Lamb New Zealand’s annual stock number survey.

Supplementary feed usage increased accordingly, as farmers used expensive feed in order to maintain the condition of their livestock.

Covid-19 also reduced demand for stock as international trade was

disrupted, saleyards were unable to operate, and processing capacity was restricted under social distancing requirements, causing delays of up to six weeks. “The lamb crop looks set to be around 4.2 percent lower nationally,” said B+LNZ Economic Service Chief Economist Andrew Burtt.

“The drought meant that farmers decided to have fewer hoggets, weaner cattle,

and cows mated, which will have impacts on future stock numbers.

“The impact of the combined decisions to destock younger animals this year will be fewer stock in future years,” Mr Burtt said.

“Capital breeding stock may have been retained this year, but the effects of the disruption in 2019-20 will be felt for at least a couple of years.”

Drought hits sheep flock

LAMB

Despite Europe and the UK being engaged in a second wave of Covid-19, NZ exporters are reporting that enquiry is lifting from a low base in both places. However, buyers are slow to confirm sales for the usually lucrative Christmas chilled lamb which shows uncertainty. Exporters are expecting an uptick in buying from China in a few weeks’ time as per usual seasonal trends. The premium shipping window which lands lamb in China in time for Chinese New Year processing is usually hotly contested during October. Although, this year’s Chinese New Year buying is likely to be much more subdued than last year. In contrast to beef, there are few competitors for lamb in the Chinese markets. Particularly with Australian supply constricted. This bodes well for flaps, forequarters and other processing cuts in the Chinese markets which will help support farmgate lamb prices. But, a recovery in the higher valued cuts such as French racks is still sorely needed before lamb slaughter values can show significant improvement.

BEEF

Looking at NZ’s tiny grain-fed beef industry, there were some signs of stress last week. Some NZ processors were turning away grain-finished cattle despite strong procurement pressure for grass-fed cattle. However, NZ’s largest feedlot was active in this week’s South Island sales so it seems that longer-term confidence remains intact. This season’s softer store cattle market will be helping to maintain feedlot trading margins. Also, NZ grain-fed beef may be protected from a huge upset because its niche supply is likely to be sold via programmes rather than on the spot market. However, if the larger feedlots come under pressure then we could see some easing in the store cattle market, particularly for Angus and Angus-cross 18-month steers.

VENISON

Venison prices are maintaining an upward trajectory after the lows of $5.40/kg earlier this year. Processors have managed to lift prices by over a dollar and the NZ average price is now $6.48/kg. However, this is still well off the $9.23/kg averaged this time last year. The price will come down once the chilled season finishes. This has seen an increase in deer at the processors compared to last September, as farmers are choosing to cull at a lighter weight, knowing a heavier carcass later in the year may not be enough to offset the coming drop in price. The European chilled venison programme is now well under way, but there is concern as to what demand will be available once the orders arrive. Cooler weather in the Northern Hemisphere will further limit restaurant seating capacity. This will put further pressure on an already struggling industry and could impact the demand seen for venison and further build-up of inventories in the US, who are still making their way through pre-Covid orders.

THE Strong Wool Action Group has made rapid progress with the appointment of an experienced executive officer and a first meeting with the wider wool sector to lay out its vision for strong wool.

International wool industry marketer Andy Caughey has been appointed as the EO for the group.

Mr Caughey has been involved in the wool sector in New Zealand and internationally since 1988.

In 2011 he founded Armadillo Merino, a global company specialising in advanced next-to-skin clothing for tactical operators and professionals operating in high risk environments.

The group’s chair Rob Hewett said Mr Caughey’s deep understanding of the wool market and business track record was a significant asset for the group.

“Andy brings commercial skills and experience to the group.

“In Andy we have a leader that

spans consumer branding and innovation as well as knowledge of what lies behind the farm gate. It’s an ideal mix of skills and experience relevant to what we need.”

The Group also held its first meeting with interested processors and exporters in the wool sector.

“It was a chance to take others through what we see as an opportunity to help galvanise the strong wool sector,” Mr Hewett said.

“We covered how we intend to approach the recommendations in the Wool Industry Project Action Group report.

“Collaboration and alignment with a

wider vision for the food and fibre sector will be central to the Group’s success and we talked through how we plan to align with the Primary Sector Council’s Te Taiao vision for the sector as well.”

He said getting in front of people invested in the sector, to lay out the group’s intentions at this stage was important.

“We want to take as many people as possible along with us so that we can create sustainable value for the

strong wool sector, but we also need to move quickly.

“The strong wool industry is in a state of disarray and in need of consumer-focused change at scale.”

SPECTACULAR: Gizzy Shrek has made national and international news since Rob Faulkner found her in one of his back paddocks on Wairakaia Station at Muriwai last week. Plans are afoot to display the spectacular ewe at the Spring Show next month. Sponsorship details for competitions to guess her overall weight and the weight of her fleece once she’s shorn, are still being finalised. What a sight she makes with all her wool on. Picture by Liam Clayton

Andy Caughey

‘ The drought meant that farmers decided to have fewer hoggets, weaner cattle, and cows mated, which will have impacts on future stock numbers. ’ —Andrew Burtt

Strong Wool Action Group appoints EO

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Technology is rapidly changing the way things are done in the forest industry.

Technology not only increases efficiency, it reduces waste and the need for people in high-risk roles and therefore improves safety.

Technology is being increasingly used across the industry — from planting, forest planning/mapping GIS technology, measuring, mechanised harvesting, health and safety inductions and audits using an iPad or tablet, sending information in real time to the “cloud”, automated log tagging, through to robotic wood processing.

Global trends in technology, sustainable development and a movement towards the bio-economy are driving a change in demand for the types of timber-derived and wood waste-derived products. This has led to innovation in cutting-edge technology and engineering design.

What technology means for the forest industry is the need for a different set of skills and forestry workers.

DronesSwarms of drones are used to plant seeds, and

can plant at a speed six times that of a human, and are able to cover tight and tough terrain that may not be safe for a person to plant.

It is not only a way to plant in challenging

areas but is also a way to address the seasonal labour shortages that silviculture contractors face every year.

Drones can be used to map forests in preparing harvest plans, evaluate forestry operations, and monitoring, particularly after significant weather events. They can send real-time images back to the office.

Forest Mensuration “Plotting” — measuring the trees

Measuring tapes and notebooks have been replaced by technology, with most plotters using Transponders and Vertex to measure the heights of the trees and the plot radius.

This specialised equipment takes the manual maths out of the job and gives a more accurate reading. Mensuration, or plotting is carried out over the life of a tree.

The Vertex is used to measure tree heights with accuracy and speed. The ultrasound-measuring technology can be operated in areas with dense terrain and thick undergrowth, where conventional methods such as measuring tapes, laser instruments and mechanical height measurers are difficult to use.

The next stage is measuring the shape for spot spraying and identifying the quality of the spraying operations. At this stage, the plotter will do a mortality count, which records the numbers of tree that have survived.

The pruning and thinning phase measures the quality of the trees to be pruned and thinned. Mid Rotational Inventory (MRI) is carried out when the trees are about 15 to 18 years old.

Pre Harvesting Inventory (PHI), generates the log grades for harvesting and determines the value of the forest for the owner. This is generally carried out when the logs are 20 to 22 years old.

The strong move in recent years towards mechanised harvesting has meant a change in how people are trained. The Waratah training simulator provides Generation Programme trainees with the opportunity to build their skills in a safe and controlled learning environment.

New Tech & Mech in the Forest IndustryAn exciting innovation development

programme called “Te Mahi Ngahere i te Ao Hurihuri: Forestry Work in the Modern Age” has been running for over a year at Forest Growers Research Ltd (FGR), the forest industry’s R&D company.

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Exploring technology in the forest industry

Forestry for life Technology &

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A drone checks out the mechanised harvesting operation.

Above, Kimberly Contractors Nopera Haenga waits for Alan Paulson to complete the company’s Safetree audit.

Caitlyn Mackie (Generation Programme #2) learns how to use the plotting equipment alongside Hannah Ormond.

Right, Brooke McEwan tests out the Waratah Training simulator.

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Twenty-five years on it is now a multi-faceted service provider, supplying innovative stevedoring, marshalling, warehousing, IT and total supply-chain solutions to port industries throughout New Zealand and Australia, and also software solutions in North and South America. ISO is a Qube Holdings Limited Company.

As a port logistics company, ISO is dedicated to identifying, eliminating and/or minimising risk and is committed towards driving efficiencies.

ISO’s introduction of the robotic scaling machine (RSM)

reduces potential hazards by moving personnel into a safer environment as well as increasing the measurement performance and accuracy of scaling logs. This allows personnel to move into higher-skilled roles.

It began with an idea in 2017, moved to a prototype within 12 months, and by September 2018, the first RSM was installed into ISO’s operations in Mount Maunganui.

Over the past two years, ISO has rolled out nine RSMs nationwide with three in Mount Maunganui, three in Gisborne, two in Napier and one in Bluff.

By the end of September 2020, two more RSMs would have been installed into its Marsden Point operations.

Since 2018, nine of the RSMs combined volume scanned have measured over 5m JAS m3. Of that, the Gisborne RSMs have measured 1.6m JAS m3 in just under a year.

An RSM uses lasers and cameras for measurement. The laser will scan the profile of a loaded truck to determine the length of each log. The camera system then moves along the end and photographs all ends of the pieces. From the data, the computer can calculate a 3D image of the loaded truck.

A carrier with logs going through the RSM only has to wait three to four minutes to be scaled before moving to unload on the port, reducing turnaround time of trucks in ports.

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The programme’s goals are as follows:

• To improve labour productivity and alleviate shortages of labour through enabling smaller harvesting crews with less equipment on the log landing by using automation.

• Further improve worker safety by taking people away from hazardous manual tasks.

• Enhancing environmental sustainability through reduced landing size, improved residue management and less chemical fumigation through debarking more logs.

• Reducing the cost of harvesting and transporting logs along the forestry value chain, and improve the economics of harvesting marginal forests.

• Grow the forestry machinery manufacturing sector by commercialising new automated technology.

“No worker on the ground, no hand on the log”, is the vision

behind the programme. The current in-forest harvest

process will change as new technology is introduced, such as a semi-autonomous hauler and grapple to extract logs faster and easier, a log processor that debarks and tags logs with a unique LogID, and an automated log residue chipper/mulcher to handle all the harvesting residues.

The LogID system will mean no manual log stocktaking, no log branding and no tagging of export logs with paper tags.

In Sweden they are trialling remote operation of forest machines, and here in New Zealand we are looking at fully-automated forestry operations.

Not sure what to think of that?

While it reduces health and safety risks, it also reduces the number of jobs . . . let’s focus on the need for people with innovative ideas, and strong technological skills, good hand-eye co-ordination and critical-thinking skills. The new harvest process results in less machinery and safer jobs through mechanisation and new technology.

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commencing at 10amCopies of the Agendahave been posted tothose shareholderswhose addresses areheld.Copies of the Agendaare avaialble to share-holders from the officeof Agfirst, 6 ReadsQuay, Level 1 MarinaView, Gisborne

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UNITED MAHAKI MANDATEINTERIM RESULTS & EXTENSION OF VOTING

TO 31 OCTOBER 2020E nga uri o Mahaki, Te Whanau a Kai me Nga Uri o RawiriTamanui - tena koutou. Thank you to those whanau who votedon the Mahaki Forest Land Settlement Trust and related matters.The interim results are that over 90% of the people voted infavour of what we have proposed. This includes:

• 1374 voters indicated that they belonged to Te Aitanga a Mahaki.

• 446 voters indicated that they belonged to Te Whanau a Kai.• 232 voters indicated that they belonged to Nga Uri o Tamanui.The United Mahaki voting process will be extended to 31October 2020, to align with the voting by Te Whanau a Kai Trustand Nga Uri o Tamanui.

We encourage you to participate as we need your vote. In orderto do so, we recommend you register first via www.mahaki.comand then vote in favour of the 6 United Mahaki Mandateresolutions. All voting will be done online throughwww.mahaki.com

Te Whanau a Kai Trust Voters Supporting a United Mahaki.For those voters who identified as Te Whanau a Kai, you willneed to register with the Te Whanau a Kai Trust. If you have notregistered with the Te Whanau a Kai Trust please register assoon as possible, preferably online via www.tewhanauakai.com

Once registered with the Te Whanau a Kai Trust, you will need tovote before 30 October 2020 and we recommend you voteagainst the Te Whanau a Kai Trust mandate and the 90% of thesettlement being sought by this Trust. This step is important tovalidate your support for the United Mahaki Mandate as TeWhanau a Kai.

Nga Uri o Tamanui Voters Supporting a United Mahaki.For those voters who identified as Nga Uri o Tamanui (NUOT),you need to register with the NUOT Trust, preferably online viawww.nuot.co.nz. If you have not registered with the NUOTTrust please register as soon as possible. Nga Uri o Tamanui willbe running a three step process:

a) Register.b) Nominate trustees by 8 October 2020.c) Vote for the NUOT Entity with the trustees in place by 13

November 2020.Once registered with the NUOT Trust, you will need to votebefore 13 November 2020, and we recommend you vote againstthe mandate for the NUOT Trust seeking 45% of the settlement.This step is important to validate your support for the UnitedMahaki Mandate as Nga Uri o Tamanui.

For any queries please contact [email protected] ortext 021 768 462.

Pehimana Brown Alan Haronga Jnr Wirangi PeraChair Chair, Wipere Trust ChairTe Aitanga a Chair, Mangatu Inc Claims CommitteeMahaki Trust

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WHENUA MAORI PROJECTMEETING OF OWNERS

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meeting)Pakirikiri Marae: Establish a trust;appoint trustees; receive land use report& feasibility process.9am: Tokomaru K6A (Te Riu Raihania)9.10am: Tokomaru K7A (Te Riu Raihania)9.20am: Waihoa 1A (Te Aotaki Horomona Paku Pewhairangi)

Te Kiekie Marae: Establish a trust andappoint trustees; receive land use report;discuss next steps.10.20am: Akuaku A4G1B (Frances Tibble Cutter)10.30am: Akuaku A6B2 (Francis Tibble Cutter)10.40am: Akuaku A7A3 (David Donnelly)10.50am: Ohineakai A4C3 (Dawn Brooking)11am: Waipiro A42A2 (Ritchie Harrison)11.10am: Waipiro Maori Townships 1-3 Blk V (Barbara Wharehinga)

Penu Marae: Establish a trust; appointtrustees; receive land use report &feasibility process.1pm: Ahiateatua A11B2 (Liz Ngarimu)1.10pm: Kopuatarakihi 2B2 & 2C (Liz Ngarimu)1.20pm: Totaranui A34 & A4 (Arthur & Christine Baker) - Set aside land as a Maori Reservation.1.30pm: Matarau B7 (Ritchie Harrison) Liz Ngarimu called the following meetings:1.40pm: Mangahauini 10B1.50pm: Waitangi Y2B12pm: Ngamoe A8C2.10pm: Maungawaru 42.20pm: Waipaoa 1A22.30pm: Discuss feasibility report process with these blocks & Waitakaro C; Puhunga A12A; Mangatuna 18-20; Tapuaeroa C/ Hukanui; Mangarara 2A5A2.

Hinerupe Marae: Receive land use report;discuss feasibility report process and nextsteps.4pm: Whetumatarau B22 (Joe Kiwara) & Whetumatarau B5 (John Brooking).

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NEW Zealand are eyeing a golden opportunity to move closer to a place in the maiden Test Championship final, with home series against West Indies and Pakistan this summer.

NZ Cricket announced its 2020-21 international schedule on Tuesday, a run that includes five home T20 matches with Australia in February and March. Before that come the visits of West Indies and Pakistan, both sides ranked below Gary Stead’s men.

A long Covid-19 induced drought from international action will end on November 27 with a T20 clash at Eden Park in Auckland against the West Indies.

The Black Caps go on to host the West Indies at Hamilton (Dec 3-7) and at Wellington (Dec 11-15) and Pakistan in Tauranga (Dec 26-30) and Christchurch (Jan 3-7).

NZ Cricket got confirmation from the Government last week to replicate a quarantine model for international sporting teams, first used by the Wallabies for the two Bledisloe tests next month.

The sport’s governing body will foot the bill for visiting teams’ mandatory 14-day isolation, though hopes are high for quarantine-free travel across the Tasman before Australia arrives in February.

New Zealand are now ranked fourth in the inaugural Test Championship, having beaten

heavyweights India at home, drawn to Sri Lanka away and lost to Australia last summer.

The four tests are sandwiched among 17 short-form matches to be played at seven different grounds. New Zealand is also hosting the West Indies and Pakistan for three-match T20 series leading into their tests.

After the five-game series with Australia, the beaten World Cup finalists will play three one-day internationals and three T20 matches with Bangladesh to wrap up their summer.

NZ’s women, the White Ferns, will also host England — and subject to confirmation Australia — with dates yet to be finalised.

— AAP

NZ Black Caps to host four tours this summer

RUGBY

ALL Blacks coach Ian Foster says Rugby Championship organisers need to move quickly to change the tournament’s schedule and allow his team to spend Christmas with family rather than in quarantine in New Zealand.

The All Blacks are scheduled to play Australia in Sydney on December 12 and would have to spend two weeks in isolation when they return home as part of Covid-19 protocols.

The schedule has angered New Zealand Rugby and Foster said SANZAAR, which organises the Rugby Championship, had “reneged” on a deal that would have allowed the All Blacks to finish the tournament a week earlier.

“It needs to be sorted — today would be great, but we’ll accept tomorrow,” he told New Zealand media.

“There was a deal based on the fifth (of December), we feel that SANZAAR has reneged on that, so we’ve put some solutions (forward), so we’ll wait and see.

“There has been set expectations and they haven’t been delivered on, so that’s up to the game and SANZAAR to sort out.”

Foster stopped short of suggesting the All Blacks could boycott the final match if SANZAAR would not change the schedule.

“I don’t want to talk about that now,” he said. “That’s a headline that I don’t want to put out there. But we’re bitterly disappointed that what was proposed got changed.”

The All Blacks will play their first test match of the year against Australia in Wellington on October 11, with a second Bledisloe Cup test at Eden Park a week later before the Rugby Championship starts in Australia in November. — AAP

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also fit the large grid

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European tour (4) 9. Designed for the

altar? (8) 11. A chess match, for

example? (5,7) 13. A character in

literature? (6) 14. Too many flourishes

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- and he’s responsible (12)

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21. It’s used in making a toast in wine (4)

22. High points of religious architecture (8)

23. Flowery greetings from simple islanders (4)

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4. Lingerie that is not here to stay (6)

5. Not as inert as loud (10) 6. Stick-at-home

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front (4) 10. Groundless rumour that

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15. Its rate is adjusted for a professional performer (7)

16. Be agreeable to a sleep, perhaps (6)

18. Do impressive work as a huntsman? (5)

19. Legislative measures followed by the Romans (4)

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RESULTS from the Gisborne Pony Club Sports held at Showgrounds Park on Saturday (competitors from Gisborne unless otherwise stated) —

HORSE SHOWING EVENTSHack/hunter unity class: Ayla

McIntosh, When in Rome, 1.Park hack over 148cm and not

exceeding 158cm: Ayla McIntosh, When in Rome, 1; Jade Gunness, Amaretto Cruze, 2.

Novice saddle hunter: Shelagh Nolan, Zee Metallic, 1; Megan Kanz, Master Paint NZ, 2; Kirsty Harnett, Ngahiwi Prince, 3; Sarah Frank, Autumn Dreams, 4.

Lightweight saddle hunter: Shelagh Nolan, Zee Metallic, 1; Megan Kanz, Master Paint NZ, 2; Kirsty Harnett, Ngahiwi Prince, 3.

Heavyweight saddle hunter: Shelagh Nolan, Mackpherson, 1; Sarah Frank, Autumn Dreams, 2.

Ladies’ hack or hunter: Sarah Frank, Autumn Dreams, 1; Shelagh Nolan, Mackpherson, 2; Megan Kanz, Master Paint NZ, 3; Ayla McIntosh, When in Rome, 4.

Novice paced and mannered hack or hunter: Jade Gunness, Amaretto Cruze, 1; Shelagh Nolan, Zee Metallic, 2; Megan Kanz, Master Paint NZ, 3; Sarah Frank, Autumn Dreams, 4.

Open paced and mannered hack or hunter: Shelagh Nolan, Mackpherson, 1; Ayla McIntosh, When in Rome, 2; Jade Gunness, Amaretto Cruze, 3.

Open rider – may not compete in junior rider classes: Jade Gunness, Amaretto Cruze, 1.

Recreational pleasure – best presented: Greer Newman (Motu) Muffin, 1; Zara Trafford, Pebbles, 2; Ashley Brown, Teekay’s On Edge, 3; Jess Herries, Moon, 4.

Recreational pleasure – best walking: Jess Herries, Moon, 1; Greer Newman (Motu) Muffin, 2; Amelia Samuels, Celestial Solar Star, 3; Zara Trafford, Pebbles, 4.

Recreational pleasure – best trotting: Amelia Samuels, Celestial Solar Star, 1; Greer Newman (Motu) Muffin, 2; Pippa Helm, Just My Ice Block, 3; Jess Herries, Moon, 4.

Recreational pleasure – paced and mannered: Amelia Samuels, Celestial Solar Star, 1; Jess Herries, Moon, 2; Pippa Helm, Just My Ice Block, 3; Greer Newman (Motu) Muffin, 4.

Recreational pleasure – most suited for farm hack: Amelia Samuels, Celestial Solar Star, 1; Zara Trafford, Pebbles, 2; Jess Herries, Moon, 3; Greer Newman (Motu) Muffin, 4.

Recreational pleasure – rider (rider may enter junior rider classes): Jess Herries, Moon, 1; Greer Newman (Motu) Muffin, 2; Amelia Samuels, Celestial Solar Star, 3; Pippa Helm, Just My Ice Block, 4.

Hack champion/reserve: Jade Gunness, Amaretto Cruze, 1; Ayla McIntosh, When in Rome, 2.

Recreational pleasure horse champion/reserve: Amelia Samuels, Celestial Solar Star, 1; Jess Herries, Moon, 2.

Horse saddle hunter champion/reserve: Shelagh Nolan, Mackpherson, 1; Shelagh Nolan, Zee Metallic, 2.

Horse working hunter champion/reserve: Megan Kanz, Master Paint NZ, 1; Kirsty harnett, Ngahiwi Prince, 2.

INTERMEDIATE RINGCombined novelty/intermediate rider

11yrs and over: Brooke Baty, Cherry Pie, 1; Tilly Alexander (Nuhaka) Wilbur, 2; Harry Newman (Motu) Blue, 3.

Combined novelty/intermediate led best trotting: Briar Herries, Valrose Indian Summer, 1; Annie Speirs, Little Bear, 2; Olivia Rau, Glenbrook Barney, 3.

Combined novelty/intermediate best trotting: Lucy Briant, Bonnie, 1; Brooke Baty, Cherry Pie, 2; Elliott Swanson, Davlin Sharboo, 3; Tilly Alexander (Nuhaka) Wilbur, 4.

Combined novelty/intermediate best combination: Brooke Baty: Cherry Pie, 1; Elliott Swanson, Davlin Sharboo, 2; Lucy Briant, Bonnie, 3; Harry Newman (Motu) Blue, 4; Tilly Alexander (Nuhaka) Wilbur, 5.

Combined novelty/intermediate led

best combination: Briar Herries, Valrosa Indian Summer, 1; Annie Speirs, Little Bear, 2; Olivia Rau, Glenbrook Barney, 3.

Combined novelty/intermediate led best paced and mannered: Briar Herries, Valrosa Indian Summer, 1; Annie Speirs, Little Bear, 2; Sophie Trafford, Tinkerbell, 3; Olivia Rau, Glenbrook Barney, 4.

Combined novelty/intermediate best paced and mannered: Elliott Swanson, Davlin Sharboo, 1; Brooke Baty, Cherry Pie, 2; Tilly Alexander (Nuhaka) Wilbur, 3; Lucy Briant, Bonnie, 4; Harry Newman (Motu) Blue, 5; Lucy Moylan, DC Myteee Atlas, 6.

Combined novelty/intermediate mount most suited to a beginner, led: Briar Herries, Valrosa Indian Summer, 1; Sophie Trafford, Tinkerbell, 2; Annie Speirs, Little Bear, 2; Olivia Rau, Glenbrook Barney, 3.

Combined novelty/intermediate mount most suited to a beginner: Lucy Briant, Bonnie, 1; Brooke Baty, Cherry Pie, 2; Elliott Swanson, Davlin Sharboo, 3; Harry Newman (Motu) Blue, 4.

Combined novelty/intermediate rider under 10 years: Elliott Swanson, Davlin Sharboo, 1; Brooke Baty, Cherry Pie 2; Lucy Briant, Bonnie, 3; Tilly Alexander (Nuhaka) Wilbur, 4.

Combined novelty/intermediate best presented: Lucy Briant, Bonnie, 1.

Combined novelty/intermediate best walking pony, led: Olivia Rau, Glenbrook Barney, 1; Briar Herries, Valrosa Indian Summer, 2; Annie Speirs, Little Bear, 2.

Combined novelty/intermediate best walking pony: Harry Newman (Motu) Blue, 1; Brooke Baty, Cherry Pie, 2; Elliott Swanson, Davlin Sharboo, 3; Tilly Alexander (Nuhaka) Wilbur, 4; Lucy Briant, Bonnie, 5.

PONY SHOWING EVENTSPony unity class (turnout 20%, rider

ability 40%, P and M 40%): Olivia Briant, Jubilee Silver Wings, 1; Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 2; Lily Beaufoy, Storytime, 3; Anna Spence, Brecon Bach Seal, 4.

Novice pony (0-2wins): Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 1; Molly McEwan, Pied Piper Alize, 2; Zoe McNaught, Mr Riley, 3; Maisey Alexander (Nuhaka) Showtym Mamma Mia, 4.

Open pony 138cm and under: Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 1; Anna Spence, Brecon Bach Seal, 2; Zoe McNaught, Mr Riley, 3; China Gunness, Kaycee Montego Bay, 4.

Open pony over 138cm and not exceeding 148cm: Olivia Briant, Jubilee Silver Wings, 1; Maisey Alexander (Nuhaka) Showtym Mamma Mia, 2; Ella Watson, Tallyho Reuben James, 3; Charlotte Buchanan, Sight Of Day, 4; Chloe Cook, Miss Ngahuia, 4.

Novice paced and mannered pony (0-2 wins): Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 1; Molly McEwan, Pied Piper Alize, 2; Zoe McNaught, Mr Riley, 3; Anna Spence, Brecon Bach Seal, 4.

Open paced and mannered pony 138cm and under: Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 1; Zoe McNaught, Mr Riley, 2; China Gunness, Kaycee Montego Bay, 3; Molly McEwan, Pied Piper Alize, 4.

Open paced and mannered pony over 138cm and not exceeding 148cm: Lily Beaufoy, Storytime, 1; Olivia Briant, Jubilee Silver Wings, 2; Ella Watson, Tallyho Reuben James, 3; Charlotte Buchanan, Sight Of Day, 4.

Novice junior rider 12 years and under (0-2 wins): Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 1; Georgie Coop, Billy the Kid, 2; Anna Spence, Brecon Bach Seal, 3; Olivia Fay Briant, Olly, 4.

Novice junior rider 13-17 years (0-2 wins): Ella Watson, Tallyho Reuben James, 1; Maggie Mackintosh, Prince George, 2.

Open junior rider 12 years and under: Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 1; Anna Spence, Brecon Bach Seal, 2; Molly McEwan, Pied Piper Alize, 3; Emily Petro, Wainui Soda Pops, 4.

Open junior rider 13-17 years: Charlotte Buchanan, Sight Of Day, 1; Ella Watson, Tallyho Reuben James, 2; Olivia Briant, Jubilee Silver Wings, 3; Chloe Cook, Miss Ngahuia, 4.

Gisborne Pony Club rider – must be

a current member of GPC: Ella Watson, Tallyho Reuben James 1.

GPC mount (horse or pony) ridden by current GPC member: Zoe McNaught, Mr Riley, 1.

Junior rider – champion/reserve: Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 1; Charlotte Buchanan, Sight Of Day, 2.

Open pony (flat) champion/reserve: Olivia Briant, Jubilee Silver Wings, 1; Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 2.

Pony working hunter: Lily Beaufoy, Storytime, 1; Lily Beaufoy, Jakaranda, 2.

Show hunter: Toby Lane, Lysnar Valley Lilly, 1; Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 2; Ella Rouse, Welldun Daisy, 3; Ella Rouse, Ruby Tunes, 4; Amelia Samuels, Celestial Solar Star, 5; Rangihou Mcclutchie (Hicks Bay) Midnight Blue Belle, 6; Ella Watson, Tallyho Reuben James, 7; Maisey Alexander (Nuhaka) Showtym Mamma Mia, 7; Zoe Newman (Motu) Peanut, 7; Emily Petro, Wainui Soda Pops, 7; Molly McEwan, Pied Piper Alize, 7; Maggie Mackintosh, Prince George, 7; Sam Brooks, Goldenwillow Romeo, 7; Sam Brooks, Kingslea Chat Up, 7; Zoe McNaught, Mr Riley, 7; Kaylee Doole Baker, Watch Waffle Work; 7; Charli Robinson (Whakatane) Black Shadow, 17; Crystal-Jaz Hudson (Opotiki) Costiera Amalfi, 17; Ella-Rose Hockey, Eskada, 17.

Combined C, B, A Cat C 80cm HOYQ: Ella Rouse, Ruby Tunes, 1; Emily Petro, Wainui Soda Pops, 2; Toby Lane, Lysnar Valley Lilly, 3; Ella Watson, Tallyho Reuben James, 4; Charli Robinson (Whakatane) Black Shadow, 5; Isobel Jayne Bevitt (Ngatapa) Buffalo Man, 6; Molly McEwan, Pied Piper Alize, 7; Amelia Samuels, Celestial Solar Star, 8; Kaylee Doole Baker, Watch Waffle Work, 9; Stellar Aulding, Hololio Sparkling Rose, 9; Lily Carr, Ricky Baker, 11; Maggie Mackintosh, Prince George, 12; Sam Brooks, Kingslea Chat Up, 12; Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 12, Zoe McNaught, Mr Riley, 12; Ella Rouse, Welldun Daisy, 12; Rangihou Mcclutchie (Hicks Bay) Midnight Blue Bells, 12; Zoe Newman(Motu) Peanut 12, Crystal-Jaz Hudson (Opotiki) Costiera Amalfi, 12; Sam Brooks, Goldenwillow Romeo, 20.

Pony rider equitation 80cm: Charli Robinson (Whakatane) Black Shadow, 1; Crystal-Jaz Hudson (Opotiki) Costiera Amalfi, 2; Ella Watson, Tallyho Reuben James, 3.

Cat C 90cm: Charli Robinson (Whakatane) Black Shadow, 1; Crystal-Jaz Hudson (Opotiki) Costiera Amalfi, 2; Kaylee Doole Baker, Watch Waffle Work, 3; Ella Watson, Tallyho Reuben James, 4.

Cat B 80cm HOYQ: Ella Rouse, Ruby Tunes, 1; Toby Lane, Lysnar Valley Lilly, 2; Rangihou McClutchie (Hicks Bay) Midnight

Blue Belle, 3.Pony rider equitation 12 yrs and

under 60cm: Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 1; Zoe McNaught, Mr Riley, 2; Isobel Jayne Bevitt (Ngatapa) Buffalo Man, 3; Sam Brooks, Kingslea Chat Up, 4; Zoe Newman (Motu) Peanut, 5; Stellar Aulding, Hololio Sparkling Rose, 6; Amelia Samuels, Celestial Solar Star, 6; Georgie Coop, Billy The Kid, 6.

Cat A HOYQ 70cm: Isobel Jayne Bevitt (Ngatapa) Buffalo Man, 1; Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 2; Molly McEwan, Pied Piper Alize, 3; Stellar Aulding, Hololio Sparkling Rose, 4; Amelia Samuels, Celestial Solar Star, 5; Emily Petro, Wainui Soda Pops, 6; Zoe McNaught, Mr Riley, 6; Sam Brooks, Kingslea Chat Up, 6.

LP introductory 70cm: Caroline Coop, Central City, 1; Sarah Frank, Autumn Dreams, 2; Kelly Couper, Ulysses, 3; Nikki McHugh, Elite Spirit, 4; Karma Matenga, Pepper, 5; Tanya Hawthorne, Dun Believable, 5; Anna Johnston, Mr Creme Brulee, 5; Jane Rau, Correlli, 5; Ayla McIntosh, When in Rome, 5; Sarah Kapene (Matawhero) Ataahua Pearl, 5.

LP introductory 80cm: Caroline Coop, Central City, 1; Paula Newman (Motu) Tessa, 2; Anna Johnston, Mr Creme Brulee, 3; Oliver Bevitt (Ngatapa) Showtym Black List, 4; Sarah Kapene (Matawhero) Ataahua Pearl, 4; Karma Matenga, Pepper, 4; Nikki McHugh, Elite Spirit, 4; Tanya Hawthorne, Dun Believable, 4; Shelagh Nolan, Zee Metallic, 4.

Open Horse HOYQ 90cm: Merran Hain, Untouchable, 1; Angela Morison, Gracious Lady, 2; Shelly Watts, Craighaven French Made, 3; Shelagh Nolan, Zee Metallic, 4; June Berrington (Whakatane) Kiwi Iron Mark, 5.

HOYQ restricted to junior and amateurs 90cm: June Berrington (Whakatane) Kiwi Iron Mark, 1; Paula Newman (Motu) Tessa, 2; Oliver Bevitt (Ngatapa) Showtym Black List, 3; Shelley Watts, Craighaven French Made, 4.

Rider equitation 90cm: June Berrington (Whakatane) Kiwi Iron Mark, 1; Oliver Bevitt (Ngatapa) Showtym Black List, 2.

Open Horse HOYQ 95cm: Angela Morison, Gracious Lady, 1; Oliver Bevitt (Ngatapa) Showtym Black List, 2; Sarah Kapene (Matawhero) Te Matrix, 3; Merran Hain, Untouchable, 4.

Open horse HOYQ 1.00m: June Berrington (Whakatane) Kiwi Iron Mark, 1; Angela Morison, Gracious Lady, 2; Merran Hain, Untouchable, 3; Sarah Kapene (Matawhero) Te Matrix, 4.

Open horse HOYQ 1.05m: Merran Hain, Untouchable, 1; Shelagh Nolan, Ngahiwi Eyeza Blue, 2; Sarah Kapene (Matawhero) Te Matrix, 3.

SHOW JUMPING50cm pony club jump A1: Zara

Trafford, Pebbles, 1; Greer Newman (Motu) Muffin, 1; Maggie Mackintosh, Prince George, 1; Anna Spence, Brecon Bach Seal, 1; Rangihou Mcclutchie (Hicks Bay) RMC Low Key, 1; Elliott Swanson, Davlin Sharboo, 1.

60cm pony club jump A1: Maggie Mackintosh, Prince George, 1; Greer Newman (Motu) Muffin, 1; Emily Petro, Wainui Soda Pops, 1.

Pony introductory A1 Art 238.11 70-75cm: Emily Petro, Wainui Soda Pops, 1; Georgie Coop, Billy The Kid, 1; Georgia Hulme-Moir, Cara, 1; Molly McEwan, Pied Piper Alize, 1; Crystal-Jaz Hudson (Opotiki) Costiera Amalfi, 1; Iyve Speirs, Miss Candy Floss, 1.

Pony AM5 Art 238 2.2 85cm: Toby Lane, Lysnar Valley Lilly, 1; Ella Rouse, Ruby Tunes, 2; Ella-Rose Hockey, Eskada, 3; Lily Carr, Ricky Baker, 4.

Pony AM5 Art 238 2.2 90cm: Jessica McCann, Galaxy Knight In, 1; Kaylee Doole Baker, Watch Waffle Work, 2; Yasmin Coombe, Gone Girl, 3; Ella Rouse, Ruby Tunes, 4.

Pony AM5 Art 238 2.2 95cm-1m: Lily Beaufoy, Jakaranda 1; Lily Beaufoy, Storytime, 2; Isobel Jayne Bevitt (Ngatapa) Fire Bandit, 3; Jessica McCann, Galaxy Knight In, 4.

Pony AM5 Art 238 2.2 1.05-1.1m: Lily Beaufoy, Jakaranda, 1.

Horse introductory A1 Art 238 1.1 70cm: Karma Matenga, Pepper, 1; Kim Leckner, Sassafras, 1; Nikki McHugh, Elite Sport, 1.

Horse introductory A1 Art 238 1.1 80cm: Robyn Wilkie, Iron Maiden, 1; Sarah Kapene (Matawhero) Ataahua Pearl, 1; Tanya Hawthorne, Dun Believable 1; Sarah Frank, Teppanyaki, 1.

Horse introductory A1 Art 238 1.1 90cm: Angela Morison, Gracious Lady, 1; Matenga Parata (Te Kaha) South Pacific Comet, 1; Brooke McEwan, Uptown Boy, 1; Megan Kanz, Master Paint NZ, 1; Paula Newman (Motu) Tessa, 1.

Horse AM5 Art 238 2.2 1.00m: Sarah Kapene (Matawhero) Te Matrix, 1; Fuatino Jahnke, Twinkle, 2; Harriet Savage, Peggy Blue, 3; Megan Kanz, Master Paint NZ, 4.

Horse AM5 Art 238 2.2 1.05m: Fuatino Jahnke, Twinkle, 1; Harriet Savage, Peggy Blue, 2; Sarah Kapene (Matawhero) Te Matrix, 3; Kirsty Harnett, Ngahiwi Prince, 4.

WORKING HUNTER RINGPony hunter eye-opener jump: Lily

Beaufoy, Storytime, 1; Ella-Rose Hockey, Eskada, 2; Ella Watson, Tallyho Reuben James, 3; Sam Brooks, Kingslea Chat Up, 4.

Pony hunter novice jump (0-2 wins): Georgie Coop, Billy The Kid, 1; Zoe McNaught, Mr Riley, 2; Sam Brooks, Kingslea Chat Up, 3; Sam Brooks, Goldenwillow Romeo, 4.

Pony hunter open jump: Sam Brooks, Kingslea Chat Up, 1; Toby Lane, Lysnar Valley Lilly, 2; Zoe McNaught, Mr Riley, 3; Ella-Rose, Eskada, 4.

Pony/horse handy hunter jump 12yrs and under (horse or pony): Georgie Coop, Billy The Kid, 1; Toby Lane, Lysnar Valley Lilly, 2; Sam Brooks, Kingslea Chat Up, 3; Zoe McNaught, Mr Riley, 4; Sam Brooks, Goldenwillow Romeo, 4.

Pony/horse handy hunter jump 13-17yrs (horse or pony): Lily Beaufoy, Storytime, 1; Lily Beaufoy, Jakaranda, 2.

Horse eye-opener jump: Oliver Bevitt (Ngatapa), Showtym Black List, 1; Kirsty Harnett, Ngahiwi Prince, 2; Megan Kanz, Master Paint NZ, 3; Tanya Hawthorne, Dun Believable, 4.

Horse novice jump (0-2 wins): Megan Kanz, Master Paint NZ, 1; Tanya Hawthorne, Dun Believable, 2; Tori Kirk, Teekays Valet, 3; Oliver Bevitt (Ngatapa) Showtym Black List, 4.

Horse handy hunter: Megan Kanz, Master Paint NZ, 1; Karma Matenga, Pepper, 2; Tanya Hawthorne, Dun Believable, 3; Kirsty Harnett, Ngahiwi Prince, 4.

Open jump: Megan Kanz, Master Paint NZ, 1; Kirsty Harnett, Ngahiwi Prince, 2; Oliver Bevitt (Ngatapa) Showtym Black List, 3; Tanya Hawthorne, Dun Believable, 4.

Gisborne Pony Club Sports

LOOKING AHEAD: Ella-Rose Hockey, on Eskada, looks ahead in the Pony AM5 85-centimetre jump. She finished third.

Picture by Paul Rickard

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, September 30, 2020 SPORT 25

FootballEastern League 1, SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Lytton,

Lytton High School v Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks.

2.30pm: Rectory, Gisborne Boys’ High School v Carpet Court Thistle Massive; Childers Road Reserve 1, Thistle Reserves v Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United.

Eastern League 2, SATURDAY, 12.30pm: CRR 2, ITM Thistle v Wairoa Athletic; Anzac Park, Gisborne Pro Roofing Bohemians v Campion; Nelson Park 1, Smash Palace Shockers v Thistle Vintage; Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Services United (3) v Coates Associates Wainui Demons.

2.30pm: Anzac Park, Tatapouri Bohemians v Wainui Reserves.

Women’s Eastern League, SUNDAY, 10.30am: HBR 1, Gisborne Laundry Services Riverina v Heavy Equipment Services United; Anzac Park, Bohemians v Campion; Rectory, Gisborne Girls’ High School v Tatapouri Marist Thistle.

DRAWS

RUGBY by Gerald Imray, AP

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The South African Rugby Union decided Tuesday to pull its top club teams out of Super Rugby in favour of playing in Europe’s PRO14 league, and blamed New Zealand for the sudden break-up of the Southern Hemisphere competition.

The decision was made after a vote of SARU’s provincial unions and the defection could come into effect as soon as next year if an agreement is reached with PRO Rugby Championship, which runs the PRO14. It would mean the top four teams in South Africa — the Bulls, Stormers, Sharks and Lions — will play their domestic rugby against clubs from Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Italy instead of their traditional rivals in New Zealand and Australia.

South Africa’s top teams have only ever played club rugby against fellow Southern Hemisphere opposition and have been part of Super Rugby since the tournament’s inception in the early 1990s, when rugby was still an amateur sport.

The world champion Springboks would

still play tests against New Zealand, Australia and Argentina in the four-nation Rugby Championship, SARU said. Realistically, however, South Africa’s participation in that championship might also be reconsidered once its top domestic teams’ seasons align with the Northern Hemisphere.

SARU called Tuesday’s move a vote for a “Northern Hemisphere future.”

SARU also said it was forced by New Zealand’s “unilateral” decision to organise its own domestic competition, or possibly a transtasman competition involving Australian and other teams for next year. That appeared to be because of uncertainty over whether a traditional Super Rugby tournament could go ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Still, SARU said it considered it a slight to not be consulted.

“Our members are excited about the prospect of closer alignment with PRO Rugby Championship and seeking a Northern Hemisphere future, but we would not have been taking this decision but for actions elsewhere,” SARU chief executive Jurie Roux said.

“We will advise our SANZAAR partners

of the general meeting’s decision.”Despite Roux’s comments blaming

New Zealand, there have been strong rumours for years that South Africa was seeking to leave its Southern Hemisphere partnership and play in European competitions. There are seemingly two clear advantages for South African rugby: similar time zones that would lessen the impact of travelling and, perhaps crucially, access to a much richer television market.

South Africa may still have one team in a reduced future Super Rugby tournament, it said. SARU would negotiate with SANZAAR, the body that runs Super Rugby, to put the Bloemfontein-based Cheetahs in any new version of the tournament. The Cheetahs have been part of the PRO14 since 2017 after being cut from Super Rugby but will go the other way and rejoin Super Rugby if an agreement is reached between SARU and SANZAAR.

The departure of the top four South African teams is a body blow for Super Rugby and SANZAAR. South Africa, with a population of 58 million, is by far the biggest television audience for Super

Rugby, leading some to conclude it is the most important member of the Southern Hemisphere partnership despite the fact that New Zealand teams have dominated on the field.

In recent years, Super Rugby has added teams from Argentina and Japan in an attempt to increase its reach, with very limited success. The Japanese team was dropped this year.

There will now likely be a frosty atmosphere between the countries when — or rather if — this year’s virus-delayed Rugby Championship is held in November and December in Australia.

New Zealand has rejected the new schedule for the tournament because it would likely mean its players have to be in quarantine at Christmas when they return home. South Africa, the defending champion, is yet to confirm its participation because its virus lockdown meant its players only returned to action this weekend. They might not be ready to play international rugby. Argentina also has significant organisational problems, including numerous players contracting Covid-19.

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SA pulls out of Super Rugby

Djokovic back on trackNOVAK Djokovic got his quest for an 18th grand

slam tennis title back on track as he started his French Open campaign with a drama-free 6-0 6-2 6-3 victory over Mikael Ymer.

A little over three weeks since Djokovic was defaulted in the US Open fourth round for hitting a line judge with a ball, the Serb was as cool as a cucumber as he outclassed the young Swede.

Only a smattering of fans were inside Philippe Chatrier Court as Djokovic won the opening set in 20 minutes.

Djokovic did drop serve early in the second set when an attempted drop shot fell short but there was no angry response, just an ironic chuckle.

The 33-year-old then led the applause for Ymer when he played a sensational between-the-legs winner Nick Kyrgios would have been proud of in the sixth game.

But it was one-way traffic as Djokovic polished off the second set with his trademark clean hitting, and won the third with little drama. — AAP

Pliskova finds a waySECOND-SEEDED Karolina Pliskova has

managed to rein in her errors to find a way past battling qualifier Mayar Sherif in the opening round of the French Open women’s tournament.

Former world No.1 Pliskova, who retired in the final in Rome with injury before coming to Paris, prevailed 6-7 (7-9) 6-2 6-4 today.

Pliskova had 27 unforced errors and hit six double faults in the first set under the open roof of Court Philippe Chatrier as the 24-year-old Sherif saved eight set points to win the opener in the tiebreaker. — AAP

SPORTS BRIEFS

FOOTBALL

LONDON — Tottenham staged a second-half comeback before eliminating Chelsea on penalties to reach the quarterfinals of English football’s League Cup today.

The first nine penalties were all successfully converted before Chelsea’s Mason Mount missed the target to ensure Tottenham advanced 5-4 in the shootout after the game ended 1-1.

Tottenham, playing its second of three games in a four-day span, was completely overwhelmed by Chelsea in a first half when Timo Werner scored his first goal for the west London club.

Sergio Reguilón gave the ball away on his Tottenham debut at leftback before Werner scored in the 19th minute. But the recruit from Real Madrid made amends in the second half when Jose Mourinho’s side was transformed, showing the threat missing before the break.

Reguilón chipped the ball over for Erik Lamela, who got ahead of Emerson Palmieri to net the equaliser in the 83rd minute past goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, who was making his debut in the Chelsea goal.

No extra time is played in the League Cup, so the game went straight to penalties and Tottenham scored all its spot kicks in a shootout without the usual pressure coming from the stands. Games are being played in empty stadiums still due to the pandemic.

“We fought until the end and got the draw to go ahead with the penalties,” Lamela said.

“This team really wanted to win and now I want to enjoy it. We’re very happy to win the game, it means a lot and every day we need to play like this.

“The first half was difficult, they had a lot of possession and we tried to press but it was difficult. In the second half we pressed higher and started to play like

we wanted.”Tottenham, which was held to a draw

by Newcastle in the Premier League on Sunday, returns to action in its stadium on Thursday to play Maccabi Haifa in the Europa League qualifying playoffs and then plays at Manchester United on Sunday.

“The football authorities, with so many rules which are in place, should be forbidding a player to play two matches in 48 hours,” Mourinho said.

One Tottenham player had to briefly duck out of the game.

Eric Dier rushed off the pitch for a toilet break in the second half, with an angry Mourinho chasing after him down the tunnel.

“After playing on Sunday and tonight it wasn’t easy,” Dier said. “Maybe that’s one of the reasons I had to run off the pitch in the second half. He (Mourinho) wasn’t happy but there was nothing I could do about it, nature was calling.” — AP

Chelsea beaten on penalties

TIGHT CONTEST: Tottenham’s Japhet Tanganga (left) and Chelsea’s Timo Werner battle for the ball during the English League Cup fourth round football match between Tottenham and Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Tottenham equalised in the second half, 1-1, and went on to win the penalty shootout 5-4. AP picture

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NETBALL by Jack Malcolm

SOME of the region’s top young netballers have made it on to the first rung of the ladder to professional netball.

They travelled to Whakatane for a roadshow run by Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty.

There they had the opportunity to impress selectors and earn places in the zone high-performance squads for 2020/21.

Six local players were named and invited to two squad training days with specialist coaching and resources to improve their game.

Players also have the opportunity to be selected in either the under-16 or u18 zone teams for ongoing development.

Players have been given a fitness schedule. Their first training camp is in two weeks; the second is in February.

Freya Wilson, who was selected for the u16 squad, said it was an excellent opportunity to improve her game, and it was good to see her hard work and talent rewarded.

“It doesn’t come just like that . . .especially representing Gisborne, because it’s quite a small region,” she said.

“Thanks to everyone who supports us — our families and our coaches.”

The players selected for the u16 squad are Te Riringa Babbington-Parata (Lytton High School), Judaea Keelan-Phillips (Gisborne Girls’ High School), Jasmine Sparks and Freya Wilson (both Campion College).

Chance for further development

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Six Gisborne netballers have been selected to be Waikato Bay of Plenty development squad members. They are (from left): Jasmine Sparks (Campion College), Summer Marama-Kingi (Lytton High School), Judaea Keelan-Phillips (Gisborne Girls’ High School), Freya Wilson (Campion) and (inset pictures from top) Te Aria Henwood and Te Riringa Babbington-Parata (both Lytton High). Group picture by Liam Clayton

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NETBALL INSIDEFOOTBALL

SQUASH

TWO national titles and a second placing from five teams at national tournaments — that’s the return that has Gisborne’s Surf City Squash Club members buzzing.

The titles were won at National SuperChamps tournaments around the country last week.

Club president Daniel Newman said the Surf City C Grade women’s team won the club’s first women’s title since 2010 and the F Grade men’s team won the first men’s title since 2002 and the first ever men’s title in that division.

The Surf City C Grade men’s team also had a strong week, finishing runners-up.

Napier was the venue for the C Grade men’s and women’s tournaments. The Surf City women were seeded sixth and had a slow start. Third-seeded Devoy Squash Rackets of Bay of Plenty beat them 3-2 in the first round of pool play.

In Round 2, the Surf City women rebounded well to beat second-seeded Te Awamutu, of Waikato, 4-1.

Needing to win their final game in pool play to advance, the team showed no signs of nerves as they beat seventh-seeded Red Star, of Wellington, 4-1.

The work done in training over the past three months showed in the team’s performances as the tournament progressed, Newman said.

Semifinal wins to Catherine Harbott, Casey Miller and Kate Muir propelled Surf City to a 3-2 victory and a place in the final.

Their opponents in the decider were top seeds Mount Maunganui. Wins to Aana Donnelly and Miller set the scene for the decisive fifth match.

In five close sets, Muir played excellent squash to clinch the national C Grade women’s championship for Surf City.

“It was an amazing achievement,” Newman said.

“Avon Moleta has done an outstanding job coaching the team since June and deserves a massive amount of credit for getting the girls home.”

The Surf City F Grade men were seeded fifth for their tournament in Morrinsville.

In going through their round robin unbeaten, they won Surf City’s first men’s F Grade title. The team — Jereme Taylor, Jarrod Carter, Simon Bunyan, Connor Fahey and Ky Bartlett — won all five of their matches.

They were well led by their No.1 and

No.2 players Taylor and Carter, who won all their games. But the team needed everyone’s input, and every member contributed to the tally of wins.

Fourteen-year-old Ky Bartlett gave perhaps the performance of the tournament in pulling out a 3-0 win in the fifth match to secure a 3-2 victory over Ohakune in Round 2.

“It is a great achievement for the club as all of the team have just started playing squash in the past 18 months,” Newman said.

“Connor Fahey did a great job

managing the team as well as playing.” The Surf City C Grade men were

seeded third and had good results throughout pool play.

They beat Matamata (Waikato) 4-1, Kawaroa Park (Central) 4-1 and Khandallah (Wellington) 3-2 to finish top of their group.

Matt Tietjen provided an unexpected clutch win at No.1 to topple the No.2 seeds Khandallah.

In the semifinals, Surf City beat Auckland club Royal Oak 3-2, earning the right to face a young Whangarei team in the final. They were unable to achieve a C Grade Surf City double, losing 4-1 to Whangarei, but Newman said it was a great effort to have a Surf City team in both the men’s and women’s finals.

The F Grade women’s team competing in Morrinsville improved on their seeding by one in finishing fourth.

The team, coached and managed by Willie Donnelly, comprised four juniors who improved rapidly throughout the week and gained a great deal of experience, club president Newman said.

“Again, all of these players have only just started playing squash in the past 18 months and it is great to see them as part of a team representing Squash Eastern and Surf City,” he said.

The Surf City B Grade men’s team had a challenging week in Palmerston North.

Seeded seventh, the team had close 3-2 losses to Kawaroa Park (Central) and Christchurch, and finished 10th.

The lack of any reserve players made things hard for the team, and they were unable to manage a win through the week.

Newman thanked playing-shirt sponsor Property Brokers and all those who supported the club during the week.

“Gaining exposure for the club at a national level is important,” Newman said. “I believe Surf City Squash did themselves proud.”

FIVE TEAMS, TWO TITLES

CHAMPIONS, TOO: The Surf City Squash Club’s F Grade men’s team won their national tournament in Morrinsville last week to become national champions in their division. They are (from left): Jereme Taylor, Jarrod Carter, Connor Fahey, Simon Bunyan and, in front, Ky Bartlett (holding the Cashmere Club Trophy presented to F Grade men’s national title winners). Picture supplied

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: The Surf City Squash Club’s C Grade women’s team are national champions in their division. They won their National SuperChamps tournament in Napier last week. They are (from left): Avon Moleta (coach), Catherine Harbott, Casey Miller, Raewyn Ross (holding the Hawke’s Bay Shield presented to C Grade women’s national title winners), Kate Muir, Paige Bentley and Aana Donnelly.

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