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AUTUMN GLORY: Visitors enjoying the changing colours at Eastwoodhill National Arboretum have been kept warm and fed with new offerings at the re-opened cafe. Arboretum curator Martin Weaver said the timing could not have been better, after finding a new cafe manager in nearby resident Sally Gaddum, just before Easter. “We finally found the right person to run our existing commercial kitchen,” he said. “The café has had a remarkable first four weeks with well over 600 individual transactions and at least 1200 patrons served. Sally Gaddum has brought her own style of classic, hearty and delicious homemade soups, scones, cakes and many different offerings. All have been so well received.” Mr Weaver said the arboretum had been lucky to dodge all the recent ex-cyclones. The colours were at their best “right now”, he said. “So get out this weekend, be amazed by the beautiful autumn colours and enjoy some great food, whatever the weather.” Inset, Mr Weaver with Sally Gaddum, and some of the treats in store at the cafe. Pictures by Rebecca Grunwell

by Thomas CoughlanSenior political reporter, NZ Herald

THE Government will forge ahead with its Three Waters reforms, with the most controversial aspects to the reforms’ co-governance proposals largely intact, Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced this morning.

Ministers appear keen to shift the controversy over the reforms from co-governance fears to fears of privatisation.

The Government has said it is seeking the support of other parties to prohibit the privatisation of the entities without a 75 percent majority in Parliament — but doing so would require Three Waters reform sceptic National to back an amendment in Parliament, something the party is likely to be reluctant to do.

Mahuta said it was time to forge ahead with the reforms, which have been in the pipes since the Havelock North drinking water scandal of 2016.

“We are now at a point where the case for change is well made and the policy has been robustly tested and improved.

We have listened to concerns and now it is time to move forward with these reforms,” Mahuta said.

Ministers have adopted most of the recommendations from a working group which was formed to smooth over the

most controversial aspects of the Three Waters reforms. Councils will now have a shareholding in the new water entities.

Mahuta said she acknowledged the “anxiety around change, but ratepayers and local communities cannot keep paying more and more for services that have been underinvested in for too long, and now put their health at risk”.

The Government plans to roll water services, currently owned and largely delivered by 67 councils, into four massive water entities.

These reforms have been controversial because, while councils will still own a stake in whatever water company ends up owning their pipes and reservoirs, they will lose effective control over how they deliver water services. Instead, the entities will be controlled by boards which are appointed by a panel, which is appointed equally by councils and mana whenua.

This complicated structure has dragged Three Waters reforms into the wider debate over co-governance.

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Three Waters: next stepsby Matthew Rosenberg

GISBORNE Mayor Rehette Stolz says she is pleased to see the Government has listened to the recommendations made by the working party over Three Waters reforms, but remains concerned about the imminent changes.

The Government confirmed this morning that local councils would retain ownership of water entities under the reforms, while detailing how many shares each council would get.

Under Entity C, which stretches to the top of the South Island, Gisborne District Council would obtain two of a total 36 shares.

“Our concern is still that our local voice will be minimised, and that there will be very little, if no, local accountability,” Stoltz said.

“We still support the need for change but our issue that we’ve had right from the beginning is the scale of what’s being proposed, and us

losing our local voice, input and accountability.”

Stoltz added that there was little in the announcement that the council was not already aware of, including the Better Off packages and the money the council would receive.

Down the road in Wairoa, Craig Little didn’t pull any punches over the situation, fearing his small region would be left behind at the expense of

bigger players in the entity. “This Government hasn’t listened, it has

bulldozed this process through, and the sad thing is that the community doesn’t know what’s going on,” said the Wairoa mayor.

“They’ve got to do more to convince us.”

Mayors remain unconvinced

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TOMORROW

FOCUS ON THE LAND

• Prices and comment from the weekly sheep sale at Matawhero today — about 4800 head on offer.

• Pictures from the East Coast Angus Bull Walk’s high quality lineup set to go under the auctioneers hammer in late June.

• A spray-free orchards project has won $7.4 million in Government funding.

by Renae Lolohea

School holiday programmes can give parents a break but they can also give children lifelong benefits.

In the 1980s Gisborne’s YMcA had one of the first holiday programmes in the region.

The cost to attend was less than a dollar a day.

Albeey Te-Maari was a YMcA attendee when he was 10 and never expected it would lead to a job.

“When I came to the programme I made lifelong friends. We were all either ex-members of the YMcA holiday programme or grew up in it,” he said.

“We started a youth group. Then from that, I got a job opportunity.

“It really does build friendships — that whakawhanaungatanga that is really important.”

After being a team leader and working in the programme for seven years, Te-Maari sees the benefit of the service for both parents and tamariki.

“I think it is a really important service, especially in this time when parents have just come out of covid and they need to go to work to start earning again,” he said.

“They can get to their jobs and not worry about their kids, because they are doing fun activities.”

After spending a decade working in the technology industry, Shanon o’connor retrained as a primary school teacher and worked at Te Wharau School for three years.

She is now combining both her passions as director of Tōnui collab.

“Tōnui collab is committed to creating equitable opportunities to see more Māori

and Pacifika across the STEMM fields — science, technology, engineering and maths — and we are committed to that through a matauranga lens,” she said.

“So we create these experiences where tamariki and rangatahi can experience STEMM through the exploration of pūrākau Māori (Maori legends).”

The organisation is running a holiday programme at Rangiwaho Marae in the foothills of the Whareratas.

“Tamariki are getting exposed to virtual reality. They are getting an opportunity to explore the taiao out here at Rangiwaho, and then take that learning and create their virtual world experiences.”

o’connor’s aspiration is that tamariki will see technology as a potential pathway.

“They might consider exploring technology at secondary school, then they may take on apprenticeships, or enter university in the tech fields. (The idea is) that they see themselves as creators and not just consumers of tech and they ultimately see an opportunity to create technology through an indigenous lens.”

Gisborne gymnastics coach Nicola ludwig enjoys the holidays because it gives her a chance to come up with innovative things for children to enjoy.

“What I love about the holidays is we can be really creative, try new things, and adapt to the times with what kids really want.”

ludwig moved to Gisborne from Germany in 1999.

“My dream was always to become a coach. I wanted to be like my coach back in Germany, being a mother to all the kids coming through the door and helping them fulfil their dreams.”

The club has seen a big resurgence under ludwig’s watch with now more than 40 classes a week — from the under-2s tiny tumblers class through to senior and competitive gymnastics.

“We’ve got some quite talented kids in our gym and we hope to bring them all the way to senior level, and maybe all the way to step 10, which is the highest in New Zealand,” she said.

Gisborne’s childers Road Reserve has hosted a multitude of football matches over the years, local, national and international.

During the school holidays it hosts the central Football holiday programme where football fanatics sharpen their skills.

central Football community development officer lee Smith said the holiday

programme covered “the recreation side of things”.

“We do like to offer a mixed programme that has a lot of player development, that can build their skills up, and it has to be fun as well.”

Smith relocated his family to Gisborne when he took up the role nine months ago and said he is pleased more girls are playing football.

“We’ve got three or four schools who are entering all-girls teams into the junior competition this year.

“We have a record number of girls playing in Super league which is fantastic, and all it really needs is for somebody to show some enthusiasm.”

With so many great options for tamariki in Gisborne during the holidays, the dilemma for parents isn’t finding something to do but deciding which they should choose.

tecH treatS: Tawhio Kingi Ferris getting a taste of virtual reality as part of Tōnui Collab’s holiday workshop at Rangiwahi Marae.

All pictures by Renae Lolohea

HaPPY tIMeS: Siblings Twiggy, Pop and Goldie loved the equipment tag game at the Gymnastic Club holiday programme.

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POLICE made two arrests yesterday afternoon in the central city following an incident that involved shots from a pellet gun.

It happened at around 1.50pm at the intersection of Gladstone Rd and Peel Street.

“It appears one person was hit by pellets; however, there were no

reports of injuries,” police said.“One young person and a 19-year-

old man have both been arrested for disorder but not charged at this stage.”

St John ambulance were not required.

Police have not released any further information about the incident.

Arrests after shots fired

by Jack Marshall

A fundRAISER is on this weekend but you’d better be fast. The folk from Alan Berry Motors are going head to head with Commonwealth Games triathlete Tayler Reid for charity, with the proceeds raised going to Gisborne’s Sunrise foundation.

for every second that Tayler beats the Alan Berry Motors team, Alan will donate $1 to The Sunrise foundation, a local community foundation that distributes grants to charities and community organisations in Tairāwhiti-Gisborne.

Tayler can run 10km in 34 minutes. Your average runner would take about an hour.

The youngest on the team is 18 and the

oldest is 61.“The difficult thing here, usually when he

comes to do his 10km run he’s already done 4km swimming and a 40km bike ride,” said Alan.

“He’s coming into this fresh so we’re going to have our work cut out.”

Alan said been down to the track — the run will be at Gisborne Boys’ High Rectory field — and the results were a little scary.

“I went out and had a little trial, put my stopwatch on and all that, and I thought ‘Oh my goodness gracious me’.”

Alan and Suzuki new Zealand have sponsored Tayler for the year and this was another way to give back to the community, Alan said.

Since launching in 2014, The Sunrise

foundation has awarded grants with a total value of $752,000 to groups across the arts, education, environment, health, social services and sports causes within the region.

Some local legends are donating their legs for a lap or two, including Mayor Rehette Stoltz, radio host Bevan Chapman, councillor and Sport Gisborne Taupua Coordinator Isaac Hughes, Bayleys real estate agent Simon Bousfield, Matai Medical Research Centre physician dr Samantha Holdsworth and The Gisborne Herald’s Ander Batarrita.

Members of the public who donate to the cause can test their legs and run a lap (or two) against the Commonwealth Games medal winner.

The run is on Sunday at the Rectory field starting at 1.30pm.

Tayler will run 25 laps of the 400m track (10km) and Alan and his team will run a relay, passing a baton from one runner to the next to clock up the 10km between them.

There was a correlation between achieving and hard work and Tayler was doing the mahi, Alan said.

People who took on an individual sport and put the hours of training in by themselves deserved to be supported.

“He’s from Gisborne and is from Gisborne Boys’ High so I think he’s worth sponsoring.”

“If anyone wants to come and support you’re more than welcome,” said Alan.

fit folk wanting to donate and see how their time stacks up against Tayler’s can pre-register by emailing janine@sunrisefoundation.org.nz

So you think you can run? Try to beat Tayler

RACE ON: Tayler Reid (left) is going up against an elite team of athletes from Alan Berry Motors in the name of charity. His opponents (right) are, from left, Alan Berry, James Forey, Matthew McIntosh, Nico Sannevigo and Alani Dunn. Picture by Liam Clayton

THERE are 68 new cases of Covid-19 in Tairāwhiti today, down from 139 yesterday.

“We’ll be monitoring our case numbers closely next week if the bump in case numbers has been due to our long weekends,” a Hauora Tairāwhiti spokesman said.

There are now 585 active cases in the community and 10,547 people have officially recovered from Covid.

Ministry of Health data, analysed and reported by the nZ Herald today, shows Tairāwhiti has gone from being the least infected region before the Omicron outbreak to the most infected.

Before Omicron, just 0.01 percent of Tairāwhiti’s population of 49,755 was reported as infected or recovered. The most infected

region was Counties Manukau which had 0.9 percent of its much larger population of 578,650 infected.

However, by Anzac day Tairāwhiti had leapfrogged Manukau to be become the most infected region with 21.9 percent of its population reported to have had Covid-19 and six reported deaths, compared with Manukau’s rate of 21.4 percent and 102 deaths.

Earlier this week Hauora Tairāwhiti chief executive Jim Green said the region’s actual infection rate was even higher because only 20 percent of Tairāwhiti residents had recorded themselves as having tested positive for Covid.

The real rate was more likely to be about 40 percent.

Bump in numbers may be related to long weekends

by Wynsley Wrigley

RURAL Gisborne district councillors may have lost their wards, but they have been urged to seek re-election in October’s election.

Councillor Larry Foster made the plea yesterday as councillors, sitting as Sustainable Tairāwhiti, formally received the Local Government Commission representations review determination.

This set the electoral model for this year’s election and that of 2025 and abolished rural wards favoured by council.

Instead there will be the mayor, eight councillors elected by the electors of the Tairāwhiti General Ward and five councillors elected by the electors of the Tairāwhiti Māori Ward.

Cr Foster said he had always favoured the model adopted by the commission, but hoped it would encourage rural councillors to stand for re-election.

There were long-standing rural councillors — councillors Bill Burdett and Pat Seymour, and one-term councillors in Kerry Worsnop and Sandra Faulkner — who now had important experience.

Most city residents realised the importance of rural representation.

Rural councillors had done their areas proud in the past three years.

Cr Foster said he applauded their efforts.

“I hope you will stand again.”Cr Bill Burdett, a councillor since

1998, announced he would not seek re-election when he was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal in 2021.

The Herald believes he is far from being the only incumbent who will not stand in October.

Cr Burdett is not happy with the Local Government Commission decision.

He told his fellow councillors yesterday, “I know how valuable the rural sector is to the wider

district.” It was disappointing that he saw

only Cr Seymour and the mayor during recent flooding at Tolaga Bay and Tokomaru Bay.

“My time is up, I’m quite happy to go.

“I’ve enjoyed being here.”He was hoping for the best for

rural areas — “fingers crossed”.Cr Tony Robinson said the

commission’s decision was the appropriate outcome.

Cr Meredith Akuhata-Brown said the model made councillors accountable to the entire region “because we are district councillors”.

Cr Shannon Dowsing said receiving the review determination from the commission was not a moment to be celebrated.

The council had twice put in representation submissions which had not been accepted by the commission.

“It shows that we, around the table, aren’t doing a good enough job at finding a consensus.”

Seek re-election rural reps urgedNew council make-up formalised

The Gisborne Herald • Friday, April 29, 2022 NEWS 3

by Doug Laing, Hawkes Bay Today

REPAIRS to Wairoa district roads and bridges after three successive storms is expected to be more than the district’s annual roading spend.

Wairoa Mayor Craig Little said Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency told him the roughly $25 million estimate this week in a visit to the district where multiple issues remain a month after the heaviest and near non-stop rain, between March 11 and March 21.

“That’s $25-30 million — plus the bridge,” said Little. He highlighted the priority of reopening Te Reinga Bridge, about half-an-hour’s drive north of Wairoa. Both it and the isolated 24 Ruakituri Valley farms damage is now thought to be worse than the 1988 Cyclone Bola.

Properties such as the award-winning Mangaroa Station, farmed by Bart and Nukuhia Hadfield, recorded over 1000 millimetres of rain from March 21-31.

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council figures show rainfall for Ruakituri in February was one-and-a-half times the February average, and in March it was four times the March average. Mayor Little says the land and infrastructure could not take any more.

On April 5 the council announced the closure of the 100-metre long Te Reinga Bridge, on Ruakituri Rd and off the Tiniroto Rd inland route from Wairoa to Gisborne. The subsidence of two piers compromised its structural integrity.

Since then, two 40-tonne bulldozers have been parked at one end chained to the piers to prevent the bridge succumbing, which was feared while forecasters tracked Cyclone Fili.

For those in the valley and the hills to the west, at least an hour has been added to the trip to Wairoa or Gisborne on a torturous mainly-gravel route through Erepiti and Ohuka

roads. Those roads have needed work to cope with the extra use, from one or two trucks a day to as many as 15 or 16.

Little said it may seem not a lot is happening, but behind the scenes much is being done to make pedestrian access across the bridge available as soon as possible, possibly by late next month. By the end of winter it will be bridge-as-usual, from family cars to stock and forestry trucks.

Mayor Little revising his own view of the national agency, conceding he hasn’t always had the kindest words to say about the NZTA but that he can’t fault them on the latest mission.

It’s day-by-day for the people of Ruakituri Valley, but with the ingenuity and enterprise that comes with a bit of back country resilience in times of need. Nuku Hadfield said there were times when no one else could help and the locals had to get on with it the best they could.

There was a sign of return to some normality last Thursday, when she and her husband, 2015 winners of the Ahuwhenua Trophy for Maori Excellence in sheep and cattle farming, loaded 230 calves on to two Kiwi Transport truck-and-trailer units, made possible with access through Mangaroa Rd restored

the previous day.“When they got to the Erepeti

Rd one truck had to pull the other up due to it being greasy and wet,” she said.

“The Kiwi Transport drivers know the road, but it just shows how precarious our access situation is. It’s not a road that just any truckie can drive.

“The trip to Gisborne in a truck used to take two hours, and it’s now taking four hours, so a lot of added time and stress.”

Had Mangaroa Rd not been accessible they would have driven the stock on foot to be trucked out from a neighbouring property, something another farmer did a few days earlier over17km.

It’s part of neighbour-helping-neighbour, with no one in the area spared by the bridge closure.

Logging trucks continue to need to operate and of course machinery and crews need access to repair the damage.

Two school buses would normally use the bridge twice a day, and teenagers are starting out in agriculture careers and need to travel to Growing Future Farmers courses in Gisborne.

“We’ve got people who work in town the cost of fuel has trebled,” Hadfield said.

A community Messenger page has helped with car pooling, and Kiwi Transport advises when trucks are in and out and if there is room for more stock.

Hadfield said once people were able to walk across the bridge there would be cars parked on either side as people tried to get their trips to town back to a more manageable time.

“So it really is about sharing,” she said.

“There is a real collaborative spirit. A manaaki.”

UNITED FRONT: Two 40-tonne bulldozers anchor Te Reinga Bridge pending repairs. Work continues to enable pedestrian access by the end of next month and vehicles by the end of winter. Photo supplied

Wairoa bill hits $25m

OPEN ROAD: Tory Puncheon of Kiwi Transport loads weaner steers from Mangaroa Station, which is now open to stock trucks after four weeks of closure. Photo supplied

Storm-pummelled and isolated community pulls together

STATE Highway 35 will be closed between Tokomaru Bay and Te Puia Springs for a few hours on Monday, Wednesday and Friday next week.

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency National Journey Manager Helen Harris said the closures were required for repairs to the large sheet-pile wall damaged in the March storm.

“A large amount of concrete is required to sure up the footings, and the concrete pump is too wide to allow vehicles past it safely,” Ms Harris said.

The closures will be in place Monday, 8.30am to 1pm, Wednesday, 10am to 12 noon, and Friday, 9am to 1pm

People are asked to plan their travel outside these times or to use an alternative route.

“While we have been able to reopen State Highway 35, there is still a lot of work to be done. Disruptions such as this are likely to be part of life for those who travel regularly on State Highway 35 for quite some time,” Ms Harris said.

“We will continue to work closely with mana whenua, the local communities and council partners on the long-term repair and recovery plans for Tairāwhiti.”

Planned repairs to close SH35

by Andrew Ashton

WITH bad weather pushing out Rocket Lab’s next mission to tomorrow, the company is preparing for its quickest ever launch turnaround.

The latest mission ‘There and Back Again’ is scheduled to launch from Mahia at 10.35am tomorrow morning, following several days’ delay due to bad weather. The mission will attempt to recover the Electron vehicle’s first stage after it returns from orbit.

The delay means the United States-based company could be launching its first mission to the Moon just three days later, should the weather hold.

The mission, named CAPSTONE, will be Rocket

Lab’s first launch to the Moon, and will be a precursor to returning humans to the Moon.

Rocket Lab has set a launch window of between May 3 and May 15, with launch most likely toward the end of the window.

“Our team and facilities in Auckland and at Launch Complex 1 have always been designed to support multiple concurrent launch campaigns,” Rocket Lab communications director Morgan Bailey said.

“It requires well planned scheduling for critical tests and operations to make sure the missions progress simultaneously. Our previous record for fastest turnaround between missions is 19 days but we’ve designed our launch systems in such a way that we can support an even

faster turn than this.”CAPSTONE (the Cislunar

Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) is part of NASA’s Artemis program, which includes landing the first woman and the first person of colour on the moon and establishing a long-term presence there.

Described by NASA as a “microwave oven–sized” 25kg satellite created by Advanced Space, CAPSTONE will be launched on an Electron launch vehicle and then deployed from Rocket Lab’s Photon spacecraft platform.

Following a three-month journey to the Moon, the satellite will test a unique, elliptical lunar orbit.

Weekend rocket launches prepare for Moon mission

FLY ME TO THE MOON: Rocket Lab’s latest Electron rocket awaiting launch. This one will not be going to the Moon, but plans are for the one after it to head Moon-side. The red detailing on this rocket denotes it is part of a recovery mission. Picture by Rocket Lab

MANUEL, Watene. —On 28th April 2022,peacefully, at Te PuiaHospital. Beloved sonof the late Tungake andWeti Manuel. A lovedbrother, brother-in-lawand uncle of all hisnieces and nephews.Aged 80 years. The funeral servicewill be held atWaiparapara Marae,Tokomaru Bay at 11am,Saturday 30th April.- Evans FuneralServices Ltd. FDANZwww.evansfuneral.co.nz

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would be that you werestill here with us today.If we had one memory

of you, it would bewhat an amazing father,

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If we are thankful forone thing, it is the time

we had with you.We miss you every day.

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The Gisborne Herald • Friday, April 29, 20224 NEWS

A JUDGE in Gisborne District Court faced what he called “a strange event” when, only a few minutes from the end of a judge-alone trial, the defendant failed to return after the lunch break.

However, Judge Brian Callaghan did not consider it would be “contrary to the interests of justice to proceed”, and directed the trial to continue with the defendant absent.

If Mana Wimutu had been found guilty of assault in a family relationship, police could have sought a warrant for his arrest. As it was, Judge Callaghan dismissed the charge against Wimutu, as there was doubt in his mind about what had taken place.

Wimutu also appeared on a charge of failing to answer bail. On that charge he was convicted and discharged.

The court was told that on the afternoon of June 18, 2020, the complainant went to Wimutu’s house with their baby. They had

been in a relationship for two years and had separated only a few days before. It was the baby’s birthday and she wanted to discuss medication that had been prescribed for the baby. She and Wimutu started arguing.

The argument escalated and the complainant alleged that Wimutu punched her in the back of the head and kicked her in the stomach. He denied any violence had taken place.

Wimutu’s counsel Mark Sceats put it to her that Wimutu did not punch her and she did not get out of a car, as she had said.

“That’s incorrect,” she replied.“And then you described that he

came running back and he kicked you in the stomach, and you felt you were ‘going to spew’,” Mr Sceats said.

“You told the constable that you hadn’t lost consciousness but things became blurry – that the constable was concerned you might have concussion.”

The constable inspected the complainant’s stomach but saw no signs of injury. She also inspected the complainant’s head and did not see any visible signs of injury. The complainant initially denied she went to the hospital, but Mr Sceats presented a hospital discharge summary showing she was seen by a doctor that evening. The complainant had forgotten.

“One would have thought going to hospital and seeing a doctor is something you wouldn’t forget,” Mr Sceats said.

He read from the summary, which said she had suffered no visible injuries.

“None of (what you alleged) is borne out in the constable’s evidence or by a doctor who examined you after that. I put it to you that it is because it didn’t happen,” Mr Sceats said.

“That’s incorrect,” the complainant said.

Police prosecutor Sergeant

Carl Neustroski told the court the complainant had reported a “throbbing headache”.

“It’s not unusual for no injuries to appear, and that doesn’t mean an assault did not occur,” he said.

In a video statement, Wimutu said he was having beers with friends and the complainant arrived at his house “randomly”. He told her to leave. He also recorded some of the interaction with her on his phone.

“I recorded her, asking what was she doing here. She was asking permission for medicine her son needs,” he said.

“I got in the back seat and was talking to my boy telling him how much I love him. She was trying to speak to me and I told her not to.

“I said ‘what are you doing here, can you please leave?’ There was nothing physical, we didn’t even touch.”

When asked if he had punched her he said “No that is such a lie”.

Asked if he kicked her in the stomach, he said “I never touched her. That is way off the charts.”

There were no marks or bruising on his hands.

“So it’s effectively her word against his,” the judge said.

“The complainant seemed to me to be truthful, although on one occasion she did talk about having memory issues.

“Having seen the complainant, I’m inclined to the view that she is saying what occurred, but I have to be sure beyond reasonable doubt.

“Given the defendant denies any physical contact, he doesn’t have to prove or disprove anything. At the end of the day, there is enough of a doubt in my mind that the conclusion I reach is that I have to dismiss the main charge.”

“There is no point in issuing a warrant,” he said.

“I’d take it as a sign of discourtesy at the very least that he didn’t turn up.”

Defendant decamps before end of trial

by Akula Sharma

ADDRESSING health inequities for whānau on the East Coast is the first task for newly appointed practice lead of Te Ao Hou Trust and Healthy Families East Cape, Tomairangi Higgins. She is a Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Uepohatu and Ngai Tai wahine, born and bred on “State Highway 35 to paradise”.

“Brought up in the Nāti world under the maunga of Hikurangi, I learned through mōteatea and storytelling about my whakapapa,” Mrs Higgins says.

“We knew who we were before we could even talk . . . we were ingrained in mātauranga and te ao Māori.”

Still commonly known by her maiden name Chaffey-Aupouri, Tomairangi lived in Ruatoria and Tokomaru Bay where she attended Whakarua Kohanga Reo and Te Kura Kaupapa o Te Waiū o Ngāti Porou.

Later she studied at Tūranga wāhine/Gisborne Girls High School.

“Our kura was very passionate about making sure we had the right education to be able to work and walk in Te Ao Māori and Te Ao Tauiwi.

“Going to Girls High helped me learn how to transform and live in a world we have not necessarily known how to.”

Mrs Higgins’ mother is a rural health nurse for Ngāti Porou Hauora and her father was a rugby development officer for Ngāti Porou East Coast Rugby Union.

“My dad was the one who would pick me up after school,” she said.

Mrs Higgins lost her father when she was 18 years old.

The first time she realised she was different was at age five, when she started swimming at Comet swimming club.

“Coming from Ruatoria I was very fortunate to have the means to pursue swimming. My parents would drive me three times a week to Comet swimming club.

“This taught me a lot of things about being a Māori living in a world with others.

“In Ruatoria we were all cousins, we were part of the whānau, we all looked the same, we all spoke the same language and we weren’t different.

“At the club I learned that there were other people in this world besides Ruatoria. I learned how to build relationships outside of home, and networking.

“I had to find where I sit in the world outside of Ruatoria. I had to find where my strengths were at a very young age.”

Before this Mrs Higgins did not know what

racism or inequity looked like.“I did not know that other people who did

not know me or weren’t the same colour as me would look at me differently.

“I also did not know why my winning was a huge problem.

At the time it was not common for a young wahine Māori to be a successful swimming athlete.

Mrs Higgins said she learned to find a way around facing those challenges.

“I drew strength from what I was taught at Kura Kaupapa and Kohanga reo — ‘who I am is okay’.

“I am happy with who I am and where I come from, I know the mountains (maunga) I relate to.

“I have swum in the rivers that my tīpuna have swum in and I know who my whānau are.

“Knowing my tuakiritanga (inner being), identity, whakapapa and worth strengthened me.”

Mrs Higgins was brought up in Hauora, not only the clinical side but importantly, knowing what well-being looked like for her and her whānau.

“I strongly believe if you know what well-being means for you then that’s the only way you are going to be able to comprehend what

well-being looks like for your whānau, hapū and iwi.

“I used to accompany my mother on her home visits with the kaumātua. They would tell me stories about war, and what they did to be able to look after themselves and live this long.

“Their teachings about protection of our taiao and whenua helped me be where I am today.

“I have been really fortunate for the way I was brought up, in a kaupapa Māori environment.

“Mātauranga Māori was the vehicle to my success in hauora — my mother, kaumātua, and wider whānau in the community.

“They give us these opportunities to take on such prestigious roles in our careers.”

Before joining Healthy Families East Cape, Mrs Higgins was working with Hauora Tairāwhiti as a health promotion advisor.

“My mum works for Ngāti Porou Hauora (NGO), so I have always seen health from that lens. I have seen it at its worst and I have seen what has worked for our communities.

“I had strong ngāti/Nāti wāhine around me who gave me the foundations.

“I want to make sure agencies understand that each community on the East Coast/East Cape has different needs, so we don’t generalise health for our people, because whānau in Ruatoria have different needs than whānau in Tokomaru Bay.

“I want to be able to address these health inequities within the East Coast-East Cape communities.”

East Coast health journey

WhAnAu support: Tomairangi is pictured on her wedding day in January this year. Left to right, her mother Gina Chaffey-Aupouri, Tomairangi, her husband James Higgins, and grandmother, Te Riu Chaffey. In the photo frames left to right are her father Jimmy Aupouri and Papa Raymond Chaffey. Picture by Oriwia Soutar Photography

proud of her roots: Ngāti Porou Wahine Tomairangi Higgins is the new practice lead for Healthy Families East Cape and Te Ao Hou Trust. Picture supplied

Tomairangi Higgins takes up new role in Te Ao Trust and Healthy Families

The Gisborne Herald • Friday, April 29, 2022 NEWS 5

AUCKLAND — Yet another Auckland store has been targeted by ram raiders, with thieves breaking into two premises overnight, including a Post Office.

Police said they were investigating two burglaries that occurred in Auckland City’s East area in the early hours of this morning.

A spokesperson said at 5am, police were notified about an earlier incident where a vehicle had been used to force entry to a shop on Sylvia Park Road, Mt Wellington.

This followed an earlier

incident of a burglary at a Post Office on Station Road, in Penrose, at about 11.30pm.

A spokesperson said offenders gained entry using tools to force their way into the store.

They then fled the area in a stolen vehicle.

Police would be reviewing any available CCTV footage of the burglary as well as conducting forensic enquiries at the store, said the spokesperson.

Officers would also be following up with the business that was ram-raided to

establish what items had been taken and for any available security footage.

It was the third burglary in the area in just days, after nearby Sylvia Park shopping complex was ram-raided this week.

Police were investigating after an attempt to burgle the megacomplex in Auckland’s Mt Wellington early yesterday morning.

A glass door was smashed, with the would-be robbers entering the complex in an effort to steal jewellery.

However, the heist was

thwarted by security measures.

The attempted robbery followed a brazen ram-raid a day earlier with three cars driven through Ormiston Town Centre shopping centre.

Around 17 youths entered three stores in the Flat Bush complex about 1.10am, taking a number of electronic items and clothing.

Police were still to make arrests in relation to that incident.

— The New Zealand Herald

See also page 7

Ram-raiders strike again in Auckland

BRIEFS

Rotorua police investigating child’s unexplained death

ROTORUA — Police have taped off a property on Brookland Road in Western Heights while investigating the unexplained death of a child yesterday.

In an earlier statement, police said the child and a sibling were taken to Rotorua Hospital late yesterday morning.

The younger child died in hospital and the sibling was currently in a serious condition.

This morning, a police team could be seen conducting the investigation at the property outside by children’s play equipment.

Across the road from the property, neighbour Te Aroha Hapi told the Rotorua Daily Post that when she heard there was something going on, she was confused.

“It’s just such a tight-knit community.”She said the incident began early yesterday

morning.She said the neighbours had heard screaming.Police earlier said investigators were speaking

with family members to establish what had happened.

In a statement today, a spokesperson said there were no updates on the investigation.

“Police inquiries are continuing to get an understanding of the events leading up to the incident.” — Rotorua Daily Post

Truck catches fire in ChchCHRISTCHURCH — A truck caught fire in

Christchurch this morning, partially closing a main road. Fire crews were called to Anzac Drive after a logging truck caught fire at 9.40am — smoke could be seen billowing from the vehicle.

Waka Kotahi/NZ Transport Agency said Anzac Drive (on SH74) was initially closed between Travis and New Brighton Roads.

It has since reopened one way to northbound traffic but remains closed southbound between Travis and New Brighton Rds.

The fire had been put out. — NZ Herald

Funeral for third crash victimINVERCARGILL — The funeral for 16-year-old

Kyah Kennedy who died in a crash in Invercargill was being held today.

Kennedy and three friends, O Maruhuatau Otuwhare Tawhai, 17, Konnor Steele, 16, and Indaka Rouse, 16, died in a head-on collision with a concrete truck on Queens Drive, Invercargill, on April 22.

Today, friends and family gathered for his funeral at the Te Rau Aroha Marae in Bluff.

Before the service began, a slideshow of photos of Kennedy was played. His family could be seen sitting on the floor of the marae next to the slideshow. The mood was solemn, with a large crowd in attendance.

A eulogy was read by the host of the service on behalf of Kennedy’s family.

“Kyah was a young man who loved to succeed and loved knowing. He made everyone proud.

Kyah was a sore loser, just like his dad. He was very competitive at everything he was our little book of knowledge,” he read.

After the service, Kennedy’s body would be transported to the cemetery.

A tangi for him was held on Tuesday this week.It came after funerals were held yesterday for

two other teenagers killed in the crash.The first was for O Maruhuatau Otuwhare

Tawhai, known as Maru to those close to him, at the Nga Hau E Wha marae in Invercargill.

A funeral for Konnor Steele was also held yesterday. His coffin was brought across the Bluff Rugby club field on the back of a ute with his brother and dad sitting in the open air with him.

— The New Zealand Herald

Draft plan for virus resurgenceWELLINGTON — Health officials are drafting a

plan on how the country will cope if it is hit with a new Covid-19 variant that is more infectious or severe than Omicron.

The plan could see the reintroduction of vaccine passes and QR scanning, but it also came with a warning that public compliance could wane because of pandemic fatigue.

While the Government had eased Covid-19 restrictions for now, it was keeping QR scanning and vaccine passes in reserve.

With the threat of future variants looming, health officials had been told to come up with a plan.

Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall told RNZ it would outline how the Government should respond if the virus mutated into something more infectious or dangerous than Omicron that was likely to put more people in hospital. — RNZ

One share per 50,000 people in district

by Veronica Schmidt, RNZ

WELLINGTON — Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) is facing an independent review following years of bullying and sexual harassment complaints.

The Public Service Commission announced this morning it had appointed Belinda Clark, QSO, to lead a review to assess what changes had been made since Fenz was found by an independent judge to have a culture of bullying and harassment.

In 2018, Judge Coral Shaw reviewed the organisation and, as well as finding a culture of bullying and harassment, reported there were unacceptable levels of sexism, racism and homophobia.

Judge Shaw described an environment in which people who bullied or harassed went unchallenged.

“The review heard of examples where bullying behaviour has been overlooked, downplayed or excused by Fenz because the perpetrator is perceived to be a “hero firefighter”, an important manager, a long-service volunteer with

deep connections into the local community, or a union member.”

She also found the majority of people who went through the organisation’s complaints process found it to be a negative experience.

Deputy Public Service Commissioner Helene Quilter

QSO said today that the new review would assess whether recommendations from the Shaw report had been implemented and whether things at FENZ had changed.

In the years since the Shaw report, a number of firefighters have accused Fire and Emergency of failing

to properly deal with their complaints of sexual assault, harassment or bullying.

Earlier this year, RNZ revealed a volunteer firefighter who had been convicted of sexually abusing his son was allowed to remain on his brigade.

He was only discharged after he was sentenced.

The victim’s mother met with Fenz staff, asked for a written apology for her son and was told she would be kept informed of what actions would be taken with the brigade.

However, she heard nothing more from them until RNZ contacted FENZ.

Sexual violence survivor advocate Louise Nicholas said then that there should “absolutely” have been improvement in FENZ’s complaints process as it had been years since the judge’s review.

At that time, chief executive Rhys Jones insisted that Fenz had made improvements since 2018.

“Fire and Emergency is committed to building a respectful and positive workplace culture,” he said.

FENZ faces review after years of complaints

YEARS OF BULLYING, SEX HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS: Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) is facing an independent review into the workplace culture. RNZ picture by Nate McKinnon

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The Government has now agreed to give councils “shares” in the new water entities with each council getting one share per 50,000 people in its district, which will be rounded up to make sure that each council has at least one share.

Councils cannot sell their stakes without the approval of all other councils in their entity and 75 percent of residents in the area.

The Government has also agreed to allow the regional representative groups, to whom the board will be accountable, to have mana whenua and council co-chairs and consensus decision-making.

Mahuta announced her plan to amalgamate water services last year along with a controversial decision to force councils into the reforms without the ability to opt in or out.

The ensuing controversy forced the Government to commission a working group of councils and mana whenua to

review some of the most controversial proposals. However changes to co-governance and compulsion were excluded from the review.

The working group published its recommendations in March and failed to assuage the controversy around the reforms, particularly because co-governance aspects were left in place.

The Government appears keen to shift the debate to concerns over privatisation, by entrenching a provision in the legislation that would mean the water entities could only be privatised if 75 percent of MPs agreed, or the Government of the day violated political noms by repealing the entrenching provision. This was a recommendation of the working group.

But this would require the support of 75 percent of the current Parliament to get over the line, meaning anti-reform National would need to back it.

This is not unthinkable. National leader Christopher Luxon has

previously told the Herald he did not favour privatisation of water assets. However, whipping National MPs to vote on such a change would require the party to give this commitment some legislative substance, and to vote in support of a Government amendment to a bill the party fundamentally disagrees with.

Other unknowns, like how the water entities will finance their operation — possibly by water charges on residents — have yet to be decided.

Robertson said that, in the long run, the changes will save people money.

“Fundamentally these reforms are about delivering clean and safe drinking water at an affordable price for New Zealanders. Without reform, households are facing water costs of up to $9000 per year, or the prospect of services that fail to meet their needs,” Robertson said.

The Government intends to pass legislation giving effect to the reforms in the current term of Parliament.

The Gisborne Herald • Friday, April 29, 20226 NATIONAL NEWS

by Emily Moorhouse, The Star

CHRISTCHURCH — Early-morning bakery workers managed to thwart ram-raiders after they struck at a nearby Christchurch liquor store mid-week.

Una Bakery owner Murray Eden was working a morning shift with his apprentice when they heard a loud crash at about 2.15am on Wednesday morning in Centaurus Road, in Huntsbury.

Initially Eden thought it might have been a car crash, but when he ran outside to investigate, he saw a car reversing out of Thirsty Liquor.

“I think they got a fright that someone was actually here,” Eden said.

Thirsty Liquor owner Gagan Deep was shocked to wake up to a call from police saying his store had been the target of a ram-raid.

He was at the scene within 20 minutes to find glass and bottles everywhere, and he estimated the total cost just from the liquor lost alone was around $20,000.

“I was shocked and kind of p*ssed off because that’s not what you want first thing in the morning,” Deep said.

CCTV footage shows the car with two occupants hitting the store before reversing and ramming into it a second time, fully crashing through the store.

They were unable to take anything as the bakery workers had run out of the bakery to see what the noise was soon afterwards. But the ram-raiders had just enough time to reverse and drive away.

Deep said he suspected the occupants of the car were copying the ram-raids that had occurred this week in Auckland.

Two days ago, ram-raiders broke their way into an Auckland shopping centre, before driving through the mall and smashing into Postie and Noel Leeming stores, stealing clothing and electrical goods.

CCTV footage from a store inside the centre shows about 12 people running through the mall and three cars speeding past shops.

Deep said it seemed as though they were “playing GTA” (Grand Theft Auto) and suspected that they were doing it more to show off rather than to actually steal as the CCTV footage shows the passenger filming the crash from their seat.

He said while the ram-raid was disheartening, especially after Covid, the locals had been very supportive, stopping by to offer food or coffee.

Ram-raiders

thwarted in

Christchurch

by Rowan Quinn, RNZ

WHANGAREI — Wearing glasses or getting a runny nose is enough to qualify for a mask exemption under current Ministry of Health criteria, and a doctor is therefore calling for tougher rules.

Hearing aids, hayfever or a tendency to get dry eyes are also reasons to request the legally-binding card that states you do not need to wear a mask when normally required to under Covid-19 rules.

Some doctors say the reasons are far too loose, with people simply needing to tick just one of the symptoms on the Ministry’s website list to get an exemption card sent to them.

Northland medicine specialist Gary Payinda said the card was a great idea for people who had legitimate reasons for not wearing masks.

However, the current list of criteria was so wide it was absurd — almost everyone in the country could qualify, he said.

“If we’ve made it so easy that literally anyone can click a box and say I have a ‘condition’, then we really have to ask ‘is it still a public health measure?’”

With so many other measures having been relaxed, masks were one of the last lines of defence against the coronavirus, and so everyone who could wear one, should be wearing one, he said.

He told RNZ’s Morning Report that compromising one of the most effective public health measures was not doing the community a good service.

“We want the right people to be protected by this law and we want masks to still be a meaningful way of reducing the burden of Covid in the community.

“If we make an exemption process so easy to get that it’s meaningless, we’re shooting ourselves in the foot.

“I want masks to be legitimate and used and trusted, and that will not be the case if anyone can literally tick the box and say, ‘face coverings give me a runny nose’ and that’s enough to get a mask exemption.”

The criteria had come under scrutiny since the Government changed the process for getting a mask-exemption card.

Until now, cards were issued by the Disabled Persons Assembly but the new ones are issued by the Ministry of Health and have legal standing.

They were intended for people to be able to show to shop staff or to staff at other businesses so they did not have to explain potentially-sensitive reasons why they might have received

the exemption.The ministry said it had tried to

make the process for applying for the card uncomplicated to avoid marginalising vulnerable communities.

The vast majority of New Zealanders had shown they wanted to do the right thing to protect their communities and only a small minority had tried to misuse the system, it said.

A spokesperson indicated the criteria may be changed as the new card came into effect, but was not able to respond with more details before RNZ’s deadline.

Existing cards, issued with the current criteria, could still be used when the new ones came into effect.

The Disabled Persons Assembly, meanwhile, had welcomed the new mask exemption card system, telling Midday Report the old system had been causing distress for some in the disabled community.

Prudence Walker said people had not been believed, refused service or had the police called on them.

She hoped the new card would improve things.

Dr Payinda said there were many good reasons — because of both physical and mental health — that people could not wear masks and he supported them doing that but the current list was open to abuse.

The current criteria for requesting a card according to the Ministry of Health website include having the following conditions if they make wearing a mask difficult: asthma; sensitive skin or a skin condition such as eczema; wearing hearing aids; getting migraines, having glasses, dry eyes or contact lenses; hay fever; difficulty breathing; dizziness, headaches, nausea or tiredness; a runny nose from wearing a face covering; a physical or mental illness, condition or disability.

Needing to communicate with someone who was deaf or hard of hearing was also one of the criteria.

Mask exemption rules too lax, claims doctor

COSTLY MESS: Thirsty Liquor owner Gagan Deep was “shocked” to see his store had been the target of a ram raid.

A WASTE: Thirsty Liquor owner Gagan Deep estimates the total cost of liquor lost is around $20,000. Pictures by Mark Sinclair

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CHRISTCHURCH — Councillors at Christchurch City Council sat through a morning of fiery presentations yesterday made by residents at their wits end with putrid smells from council facilities.

Bromley residents have had to put up with the horrendous stench of the city’s compost plant and fire-damaged wastewater plant.

Resident Vickie Walker broke down when she spoke of how the smell has affected her.

“I can’t work effectively or efficiently in my business and neither can my husband. We don’t get our sleep and we don’t relax. There are thousands like me suffering here,” she sobbed.

“I won’t and can’t wait for this toxic stench to be remedied. You’ve wasted precious time already, nearly six months has passed (since the fire broke out). I deserve my human right to fresh air. Do your job — make our health paramount.”

A fire destroyed the trickling filters, which process the waste, in November 2021.

Another local, Katinka Visser, said the smell was so bad, it had given her flu-like symptoms.

“The stench invades everything — it gets right inside my house. I can taste it when I’m talking — it’s revolting,” she explained.

“I suffer from sore throats, sore eyes, headaches, shortness of breath . . . and I miss all my friends. No one wants to come to Bromley anymore!”

Dealing with the smell had become overwhelming, Visser said, and it was impacting heavily on the physical and mental wellbeing of many residents.

On top of that smell, Bromley residents had also had to deal with the disgusting smell of decaying food waste from the city’s compost plant, for the past 13 years.

Since the plant was opened

in 2009, residents had repeatedly asked for it to be moved or shut down.

Resident Bruce King told the council yesterday that the plant did not meet its resource consent.

“Clauses 3.9, one, two, three and four state all aspects of the composting operation to be under negative pressure, in other words, enclosed. It has never been enclosed,” he said.

Local MP Tracey McLellan also made a submission on both of the smells.

“When I’m out and about in Woolston and Bromley, it comes up every time — almost without exception. Every time, people talk about the effects (they are experiencing due to) these unpleasant smells.

“And it’s not just unpleasant smells. It’s not just the fact that you can’t have your windows open, or that you can’t dry your washing on the line . . .

“It’s about feeling trapped in your own home.”

McLellan told RNZ’s Checkpoint that it had taken an “awfully long time” for the residents to be listened to, but congratulated Christchurch City Council for pledging

action.“For the council to make a

decision today — in principle, but a decision nevertheless — that they will move this organics plant because it should not be in a residential area (is a start).

“It has taken an awfully long time for the residents to be listened to and be taken seriously. And credit where credit is due, this council has at least heard them and they have made a decision to move it.

“It is a first step.“It certainly won’t be moved

overnight, but . . . our job is to be vigilant and to put the council on notice. They’re on the clock, and we’re going to keep watching until this plant is moved.”

The council has been working to fix the fire-damaged sewerage plant but it had neglected to fix the odour.

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel told Checkpoint the issue of the organics plant was brought to the attention of the council in 2015 or 2016.

“In order for us to act, we needed to have what the regulator — Environment Canterbury (ECan) — has

finally done this year, and that was to issue an abatement notice. All of the advice we recieved from ECan at that time suggested that there were multiple sorces of the odours that were occurring in the Bromley area and they did not nail it down to Living Earth.”

Dalziel said having heard from the residents, she wanted to tell them there was now a very clear acceptance of the need for change.

In terms of the wastewater treatment plant, the council was working to clean this up as soon as possible, she said.

The contractor, who was on board with the need for urgency, would be announced next week, she said.

To solve the smell, all the fire-damaged materials had to be removed — a process expected to be finished in December.

Extra chemicals had been added to the raw waste, and a specialist air-quality team had been flown in from Hamilton to sample the air in and around the plant.

Christchurch City Council expected the first results back next week and councillors had requested fortnightly updates until it was resolved.

Canterbury District Health Board advised there was no health risk associated with the odour.

If residents were experiencing issues, council staff recommended they get in contact with their personal GP.

In June of last year, Living Earth, who operate the compost plant, created a plan to reduce the odour.

Since then, all maturing compost had been removed from the site, a biofilter had improved airflow rates, a new roof cover was installed on the screening shed, and a probiotic had been added to the compost to accelerate the process.

Councillors were also looking at further mental health supports for the Bromley community and were still considering alternative sites for the composting plant.

Bromley locals call on council to fix stench

EMITTING A BAD ODOUR: The fire-damaged Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant at Bromley. Picture via The New Zealand Herald

by Nick James, Newstalk ZB

WELLINGTON — Just one month after Transmission Gully was opened to traffic, nearby residents were complaining of “disruptive” and “ridiculous” road noise from a major bridge.

The $1.25 billion road north of Wellington was opened to traffic at the end of March, after years of budget blowouts and delays.

The opening of the four-lane motorway had largely gone smoothly, but residents living in Takapu Valley had since been left less than impressed.

Nature photographer Rob Suisted lived in the valley and he said they had expected a little bit more road noise when the motorway opened, but they did not expect to hear “loud clunking” from the joints on Te Ara Toa (bridge 20). Te Ara Toa was the largest structure on Transmission Gully, standing 60 metres above Cannons Creek and stretching 230m in length.

Suisted said the noise the new bridge made was incredibly disruptive.

“Road noise becomes like white noise, you kind of get used to it, but the problem with the clunking of the road joints is you just never do. It’s just a random clunking and it echoes.”

He said others living in the Takapu Valley community were frustrated by the noise, too.

“Also, this is in Belmont Regional Park, so anyone using the park is going to be subjected to noise — and it’s unnecessary.

“I mean, they’ve won awards for this bridge, it’s New Zealand’s second-biggest viaduct, so it’s had a massive amount of engineering expertise put into it and yet they (could not) even make it quiet. It just seems ridiculous.”

Suisted said they had been in touch with a Transmission Gully stakeholder manager but that contact had not proven particularly helpful.

“It just sounds like a fob off to us — he basically said ‘if the joints are installed properly, then tough luck’.”

Ventia was the company tasked with maintaining and operating the road and it said the noise coming from the bridge was within acceptable levels. “While we sympathise with the residents who are finding this change in their environment challenging, the noise levels recorded to date are not excessive as per the NZ noise standard for residential areas near new motorways.”

A spokesperson said Te Ara Toa in particular had joints at each end to allow for expansion of the steel structure. “This can result in a sound as vehicles pass over the joint.”

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After an 11-week hearing in 2021, the case is part of a seven-year legal battle by ngāti Whātua Ōrākei to assert its exclusive legal rights as mana whenua.

ngāti Whātua Ōrākei were also seeking declarations about the legal obligations of the crown in relation to their mana whenua, however, the crown opposes those.

In a lengthy and somewhat irregular sitting yesterday, Justice Palmer delivered an oral summation of his judgement in the High court in Auckland.

central to the case is a challenge to the crown’s proposal to offer land parcels within Auckland central to the Hauraki-Marutūahu collective redress.

Many filed in to the court room as hundreds gathered outside the High court in Auckland to hear the long awaited judgement which the judge described as a ground breaking hearing.

The judge ruled ngāti Whātua Ōrākei has mana whenua in accordance with their own tikanga — but their tikanga did not extend to other iwi in the region seeking rights of recognition.

He determined that the claim of mana whenua over the land was disputed by other iwi, and therefore declined to make a declaration of ngāti Whātua Ōrākei’s sole mana whenua and ahi kā.

“The application of tikanga including the nature and extent of mana whenua in Tāmaki Makaurau is contested between different iwi, given that making the declaration sought by ngāti Whātua Ōrākei would provide a misleading impression of what the court considers as a proper understanding of tikanga in Tāmaki Makaurau or the implications of tikanga for treaty settlements in Tāmaki Makaurau.

“I also find tikanga does not legally bind the crown in itself so it follows that I do not consider the declaration sought by ngāti Whātua Ōrākei regarding the obligations of the crown will be accurate statements of the law, but parties may consider my judgement gives rise to alternative declarations that should be made. I decline to make the declaration as sought by ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.”

Justice Palmer encouraged the parties to resolve disputes utilising tikanga Māori efforts as opposed to relying on the courts to determine who has legal rights and to where.

“Whether ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Marutūāhu rōpū other than ngāti Paoa, ngai Tai ki Tamaki, Te Ākitai Waiohua

wish to reconcile their tribal history and traditions, and whether it consists in a tikanga consistent manner is up to them. It seems to me to be better explored on a marae than by a court. I do not attempt to reconcile the different historical narratives and traditions in the judgement.”

Marutūāhu and other responding iwi, including Te Ākitai Waiohua, disputed the claim that mana whenua status was solely held by ngāti Whātua Ōrākei (nWO).

“Ms coates submits the effect of the declaration sought by nWO would be to expunge the mana whenua into other iwi including Te Aki Tai from the face of the Tamaki ishtmus. Te Ākitai Waiohua say that rights and interests in Tāmaki are more complex than one hapū being able

to lay an impenetrable blanket with fixed absolute boundaries of mana whenua and ahikā over a vast area that has the effect of subordinating and/or ousting the customary interest and Treaty settlement opportunities of other iwi and hapū,” Justice Palmer ruled.

However, he continued that the court was inclined not to make declarations about the crown’s obligations, but it invited submissions about whether it should make declarations along the lines that the duties of active protection of tikanga, and of acting reasonably and in good faith, with mutual cooperation and trust in relation to tikanga, would bear on crown decisions affecting tikanga interests in a Treaty settlement context.

“Accordingly, depending on the context, the crown will need to take reasonable steps to understand, recognise and respect the tikanga of iwi and hapū, and the crown will need to actively protect the ability of iwi and hapū to exercise their tikanga.

“There may be circumstances in which the balance of treaty considerations means the crown has to make a decision in relation to treaty settlement that is inconsistent with tikanga of one iwi or another,” Justice Palmer told the court.

lawyer acting for Marutūāhu, Paul Majurey, says it’s an important day and a significant, lengthy decision that they’re still digesting.

“The court has emphasised the importance of tikanga of all iwi, ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Te Ākitai, ngai Tai ki Tāmaki and Marutūāhu and that’s very important.

“There are some technical aspects that we need to work our way through. The judge has made a number of recommendations,” Marjurey said.

Parties have been given three months to file submissions in response to Justice Palmer’s decision. — RnZ

High Court rules against NWO

TIKANGA MAORI EFFORTS: Justice Palmer encouraged the parties to resolve disputes utilising tikanga Māori efforts as opposed to relying on the courts to determine who has legal rights and to where. Picture supplied

Other iwi dispute claim of mana whenua over Tāmaki Makaurau

AUCKLAND — New Zealand Post is investigating a fraudulent scheme involves dozens of customers’ parcels being redirected to different addresses.

A spokesperson for the company told Newshub it had launched a probe into who was redirecting the parcels, and how they were doing it.

“New Zealand Post is currently investigating some fraudulent activity

that involves unauthorised re-direction of customer parcels by an external party.”

The spokesperson said so far, it knows of 30 people’s packages having been intercepted this way.

It’s not yet known how many people are involved in the scheme.

“We are currently investigating how the fraud offender may have accessed

these tracking numbers,” New Zealand Post said.

A person posted to Facebook sharing that eight of their parcels had been fraudulently redirected to a Countdown pick-up point across Auckland.

“This is going to cost me a fortune that right now I could do without.”

New Zealand Post is encouraging anyone who is expecting a parcel that

has not arrived to check their tracking number online. If a redirection notice is on the item, they encourage people to get in touch with them.

The New Zealand Post contact centre can be contacted on 0800 501 501 or emailed at help@nzpost.co.nz

Cyber security experts at CertNZ have been approached for comment.

— Newshub

NZ Post investigating fraud scheme

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‘STOP THE AGGRESSION’: KIWIS Nearly 10,000 New Zealanders sign petition condemning Russia’s war on Ukraine

WELLINGTON — Amnesty International has handed the Russian Embassy a petition of nearly 10,000 signatures condemning the war on Ukraine.

The petition is calling on the Russian government to respect international law, protect civilians and stop its aggression.

Amnesty International campaigns director Lisa Woods said “New Zealanders have made their voices loud and clear”.

More than 9622 signatures have been added from around the country.

People, many of whom were wearing the colours of Ukraine, gathered outside the Russian Embassy on Wednesday afternoon to present the petition.

Woods said Russia’s aggression was a crime under international law and human rights had been violated.

“Amnesty International has researchers on the ground who have documented strikes on hospitals and schools, the use of indiscriminate weapons like ballistic missiles and banned weapons like cluster bombs,” Woods said.

“We have seen time and again the power that millions of people around the world taking action together can have. We are showing Russian decision-makers the scale of opposition to their actions.”

— RNZ

KIWIS HAVE ‘MADE THEIR VOICES LOUD AND CLEAR’: Above, Amnesty International and protesters hand over a petition to the Russian Embassy, calling for the Russian government to stop its aggression. RNZ picture by Angus Dreaver

WELLINGTON — Kiwis keen to travel overseas are being warned they may have to wait roughly three times as long as normal for passports to be processed.

More than half a million passports expired while the Covid pandemic restricted travel.

The Department of Internal Affairs confirmed the processing time had shifted from 10 to 22 working days — the equivalent to 32 calendar days — plus postage time.

Service delivery and operations deputy chief executive Maria Robertson told Nine to Noon there had not been a backlog like this since 1992.

“It’s demand and it’s the unplanned absences around Omicron. At times over the last couple of months, we’ve had 40 percent of our staff absent due to either being unwell themselves, looking after family members or having to isolate, and when you’re a production organisation like ours, that has a massive impact on your ability to serve

your customer.”For peace of mind, people should now allow

five to six weeks, she said.“The demand that we’ve got at the moment is

not unprecedented. We’re talking about 30,000 to 35,000, maybe 40,000 passports in a month.

“At our peak, well before Omicron, well before Covid, well before borders (closures), and all of that stuff, in around March 2019, we were issuing 60,000 passports in a month. But our workforce looked very different then and it was built around that kind of demand level.”

They had to rapidly shift their workforce when Covid-19 cut demand, and then ramp back up when the borders started to reopen, she said.

Robertson recommended travellers check any passport expiry requirements of the country they plan to visit and whether their passports had the necessary amount of time needed before their expiry date. — RNZ

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WELLINGTON — The New Zealand sharemarket rebounded strongly with a gain of more than 1 percent, supported by retirement village, energy and property stocks — but there are still grey skies out there.

The S&P/NZX 50 rose sharply in the last half-hour matching session and bounced off its 19-month low, closing up 1.28 percent.

Volume was strong with 64.13 million share transactions worth $269.56 million, and there were 98 gainers and 37 decliners across the whole market.

Dan Stratful, investment adviser with Forsyth Barr, said the macro-economic picture was still pretty muddy. “The latest talk is Beijing going into lockdown and how the Chinese Covid restrictions will impact the global economy.

“New Zealand wholesale interest rates keep going up and hitting new highs all the time. They are pricing in more official cash rate rises we know are coming.

“There is also talk of a mild recession in the United States. It’s just one bad thing after another. Earnings in the current US reporting season need to hold up, and so far so good. If they don’t hold up, my gosh, we could be

looking at another leg down,” said Stratful.Ryman Healthcare had its own rebound from

the recent sharp sell-offs, rising 40c or 4.49 percent to $9.30. Summerset Group Holdings was up 23c or 2.02 percent to $11.63.

Property companies had a positive day. Investore rose 5c or 3.03 percent to $1.70. Kiwi Property was up 2.5c or 2.36 percent to $1.085. Stride lifted 7c or 3.68 percent to $1.97. Goodman Property Trust gained 5c or 2.22 percent to $2.30.

Precinct Properties, up 4.5c or 2.97 percent to $1.56, is offering a $125m six-year green bond with the ability to accept another $50m in oversubscriptions.

Vital Healthcare Property Trust is launching a $200m capital raise at $2.95 per unit to help fund $225m of acquisitions and developments. Vital’s share price stayed at $3.12.

Among the energy stocks, Mercury increased 19c or 3.25 percent to $6.03; Meridian collected 11c or 2.34 percent to $4.81; and Genesis was up 7c or 2.51 percent to $2.86.

Vector, up 19c or 4.5 percent to $4.41, reported it had increased electricity connections by 1.5 percent to 596,685 and gas connections

1.4 percent to 117,658 during the nine months ending March.

The advanced meter fleet, which is under review, grew 7.1 percent to 1.95m, with more than 468,000 meters installed in Australia.

Restaurant Brands rose 69c or 5.57 percent to $13.08 after reporting a 6 percent increase in total sales to $275.4m for the first quarter ending March compared with the same period last year. The number of fast food outlets in New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii and California increased by 11 to 364.

The Warehouse Group gained a further 17c or 5.07 percent to $3.52 after entering the NZX 50 Index, replacing Z Energy.

Stratful said The Warehouse was lucky with its inclusion, but it’s a cash cow with a big dividend.

Scales Corporation gained 16c or 3.4 percent to $4.87 after declaring a final dividend of 9.5c a share payable on July 8 — taking the annual dividend to 19c a share.

Tourism Holdings rose 15c or 5.26 percent to $3 after saying the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s decision on the proposed merger with Apollo Tourism and Leisure will be known on July 21.

Mainfreight rose $2.25 or 2.85 percent to $81.10. Chorus was up 12c to $7.40. Port of

Tauranga improved 15c or 2.36 percent to $6.50. Freightways collected 40c or 3.36 percent to $12.30. Fletcher Building increased 10c to $6.15. Skellerup Holdings was up 24c or 4.3 percent to $5.82.

Among other gainers were Synlait Milk, up 10c or 2.99 percent to $3.45. Vista Group increased 10c or 5.59 percent to $1.89. Eroad collected 9c or 3 percent to $3.09. Bremworth gained 3c or 4.29 percent to 67c. SkyCity Entertainment improved 6c or 2.14 percent to $2.87. Market leader Fisher & Paykel Healthcare drifted further, falling 41c or 1.89 percent to $21.24, and investors will be watching the latest financial result from its competitor ResMed in Australia as Covid hospitalisation rates continue to fall.

Workforce provider Accordant Group fell 7c or 3.41 percent to $1.98, and Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund was down 9c or 2.95 percent to $2.96.

Channel Infrastructure (formerly Refining NZ) is offering $100m worth of five-year, fixed-rate bonds, with the ability to accept a further $25m in over-subscriptions.

Channel’s share price was unchanged at $1.07. Good Spirits Hospitality has pulled out of buying The Nourish Group, and its share price was unchanged at 7.5c. — NZ Herald

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY

by Kate MacNamara, NZ Herald comment

AUCKLAND — A second court ruling has struck at the legality of our long-running, but now largely dismantled, managed isolation and quarantine system.

Grounded Kiwis this week won their case against the government: elements of MIQ were illegal.

The suit presented a litany of misery in the prevention of Kiwis looking to return home. They were on expired visas, without funds for healthcare during high-risk pregnancies, desperate to attend the funerals of dead relatives, and kept away from home while the lottery system shut them out.

To the degree MIQ failed to adequately weigh Kiwis’ individual circumstances, particularly emergency circumstances, it was an unjustified limit on their right to enter the country.

But Justice Jillian Mallon also spelled out her view that while the system failed many individuals, she did not reject it as a broad public health measure for avoiding and minimising sickness in a pandemic.

This has allowed Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins to sound a triumphant note in his response to the Grounded Kiwis’ case.

The Government appears to be considering whether to appeal the ruling. But in the meantime, Hipkins crowed: “We welcome the court’s determination that the requirement to undergo MIQ was lawful and was not an unjustified infringement of New Zealanders’ right to come home.

“The court also ruled that the requirement for people entering the country to isolate was lawful and was reasonable and proportionate even when, from mid-October 2021, those in the community who had the virus and their close contacts were able to self-isolate at home.”

Hipkins implies a very sweeping vindication. But Grounded Kiwis brought a case that tested only specific aspects of MIQ. Many more remain untested.

And it is conceivable, perhaps likely, that more elements of the system might be found illegal, if other cases are brought. Take the question of proportionality, for example.

Should self-isolation have been an option, offered earlier than 2022, to accommodate returning Kiwis. In October, a court found businessman Murray Bolton’s self-isolation plan for avoiding MIQ should not have been dismissed. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment had to reconsider his application against the court’s broad criteria, and it was approved.

The judge in the case considered proportionality an important factor when he ruled in Bolton’s favour. The health benefits of denying Bolton’s self-isolation plan needed to be proportionate to overriding his rights, and it was pertinent hundreds of community cases were self-isolating at home in Auckland at the time.

The Bolton ruling clearly prompted key officials Caroline McElnay and Ashley Bloomfield, in November, to revise their view that all incoming international travellers should be subject to MIQ.

Ultimately Bloomfield, and several other health experts, advised the

Government to make a slow transition away from MIQ. And in the Grounded Kiwis case, Justice Mallon accepted that this advice meant that greater haste was not required, but with one very considerable caveat.

“I accept therefore that MIQ continued to be justified on public health grounds (after self-isolating positive cases were widespread in Auckland) at least for arrivals who would not be self-isolating in Auckland,” Mallon wrote.

In other words, the absence of the option for travellers to self-isolate in Auckland, where the virus was circulating and hundreds of positive cases were self-isolating at home, might well have been unlawful. But this wasn’t a question that Justice Mallon was asked to consider.

Neither have the courts tested when this question of proportionality in Auckland might have shifted as a result of self-isolation of positive cases in that community.

Both Hipkins and the Grounded Kiwis case refer to mid-October, 2021 as the time those in Auckland with the virus and their close contacts were able to self-isolate at home.

That’s when the health order was amended to allow for such self-isolation,

but the practice began three weeks earlier, on September 25, when the Northern Region Health Communication Centre said the first exemption to allow a positive case to home isolate was given.

The change in policy appears to flow directly from an MIQ system, already overwhelmed a month earlier. On August 29, over 400 community cases and contacts were filling MIQ to near capacity.

“MBIE is expecting that available MIQ quarantine capacity will be exhausted by the afternoon of Tuesday, August 31,” an urgent briefing, released under the OIA, warned Hipkins.

It asked the Minister to note that “MBIE considers that the current practice of accommodating all positive cases in MIQ facilities, even with strong IPC (infection prevention and control) measures and ventilation remediation work, carries increased risk to the MIQ workforce and the wider New Zealand public.

Earlier briefings to Hipkins reveal a largely failed scramble by the department to expand MIQ capacity as the Delta outbreak spread in August. It had sought to convert more hotels into quarantine facilities, but their owners balked at the stigma. It ran preliminary numbers on the likely cost and time entailed in buying hotels to retrofit for MIQ, and to build new facilities from scratch — it would have taken years, the costs were redacted. It weighed raising the cost of MIQ, preventing repeated use, and cancelling vouchers already issued. The issuance of new vouchers for returnees was “paused”.

In the end, on August 29, officials asked Hipkins to “agree to commission an All of Government response to identify an alternative to the sole use of MIQ quarantine facilities for the current community outbreak”. Hipkins agreed.

Legal challenges typically cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to mount, and since MIQ is yesterday’s story we’re unlikely to see other cases brought to test its legality. That doesn’t mean we know the extent of its failures.

Full extent of MIQ’s failures unknown

LITANY OF MISERY: Aspects of the Government’s MIQ system have been found to

NAPIER — Re-Leased, a property management software startup with staff in Auckland and Hawke’s Bay, has raised US$15 million ($22.5m) in a round led by JLL Spark, the venture capital arm of London-based real estate multinational Jones Lang LaSalle.

The round follows an earlier $2.3m seed raise in 2018, which was backed by investors including Ezibuy founder Gerard Gillespie. Chief executive Tom Wallace says Re-Leased has raised a total of $12.5m through a series of private investments. The JLL deal is its first institutional raise.

Founded by Wallace, Re-Leased makes cloud-based software for commercial property managers and landlords to manage workflow, keep an eye on their portfolio and collect rent. It integrates with Xero and a number of other cloud-based accounting programs — which Wallace sees as a point of difference with older incumbents that integrate with larger, more complicated ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems.

The privately held firm hasn’t released financials, but Wallace says it is now used to manage some 50,000 properties and 100,000

leases across New Zealand, Australia, the US, the UK and elsewhere.

The UK is now Re-Leased’s largest market, followed by Australia.

Wallace won’t comment on revenue, but says his firm now processes more than US$10 billion in rent per year.

The chief executive says the new capital will be used to accelerate its global expansion.

It will also bankroll the launch of a series of new payment, insurance and data services for the commercial property sector.

Re-Leased already has data services, which helped balance its business during the pandemic as rents swooned, but demand increased for information on a suddenly volatile market.

The firm has 150 staff today, including 50 hired over the past year. Wallace says some of the new funds will be used to recruit another 50 this year, with some of the new hires focused on expanding Re-Leased’s business in North America, the UK and around the Asia-Pacific. Wallace declined to give a post-money valuation, but confirmed he retains a majority shareholding. — NZ Herald

HB property management software startup raises $23m

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EDITORIAL

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS

In an editorial last week we said large increases in government expenditure had contributed to the high inflation we now face, as had the Reserve Bank’s vast government bond purchases ($53 billion-worth) twinned with record low interest rates that arguably went on too long. University of Auckland professor of macroeconomics Robert MacCulloch prosecuted the case for the latter forcefully in a column in the NZ Herald this week which concluded, “our RBNZ Governor and Finance Minister have driven a truck through the single most important agreement underpinning our economic security since 1989”.

At the RBNZ’s last Monetary Policy Committee meeting members said they expected infation to peak around 7 percent in the first half of this year, pointed to “ongoing inflation pressures” and acknowledged the Official Cash Rate “is stimulatory at its current level”.

So not only had the Governor’s and Finance Minister’s signed agreement to keep inflation in the range of 1-3 percent been ignored, they were “still pouring gasoline on the fire”.

MacCulloch noted the “Taylor Rule”, a simple formula for how a central bank can quell an inflationary shock that had proved to be a robust guideline: it states that an increase in the OCR of more than 1 percentage point is needed when inflation increases by 1 percentage point (to ensure real interest rates go up, to reduce borrowing).

In New Zealand annual inflation had gone from 1.5 percent as measured at March 2021, to 6.9 percent as at March 2022 — a more than five percentage point increase.

Over the same time the RBNZ had ony increased the OCR by 1.25 points, sending short-term real rates deeply negative. This was “powerful evidence that there has been no intention, whatsoever, of our authorities to meet their obligation of keeping inflation on target”.

MacCulloch said sharply increasing unemployment would have been a justification to hold back on steep hikes in the OCR to contain inflation, but we had record low unemployment of 3.2 percent.

So what had been driving OCR decisions? “Populism,” said MacCulloch, adding that those having trouble paying back their mortgage in the next few years could blame the RBNZ Governor and Finance Minister. “They encouraged a borrowing binge to buy houses at wildly inflated prices, financed by dirt cheap credit, turning a blind eye to the breach of the target to which they mutually agreed and not learning the lessons of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008.”

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Maree Conaglen is advocating 50-50 Tauiwi-Iwi representation on the council.

This despite the fact that only 32 percent of electors are registered on the Maori roll as at 2018. I note the attorney general has suggested a local body bill introduced for Rotorua is discriminatory and is currently being reassessed.

I love the cavalier way she is prepared to dramatically alter a system which functions in many countries of the world.

I think one thing that will make a difference is STV voting. In the past it caused all sorts of wasted votes when we had District Council using FPP and the DHB using STV. What happens to health

services with DHBs about to be disbanded is anyone’s guess at the moment. Let’s hope STV’s complexity is not its Achilles’ heel?

Apparently olds like me vote in greater numbers than other demographic groups and end up with what they want in terms of candidates. I note that demographic voter groups with a lower voting turnout, don’t get fair representation. I wonder whose fault that is?

As usual in life, things are more complicated than they appear. A read of the latest report by councillor Larry Foster highlights the complexity and multifaceted things the council is involved in.

RON TAYLOR

As usual, it’s complicated

Re: Erosion, trees and carbon farming — April 27 column.

I agree with Kees that puriri grow spectacularly well in our region. So do totara, titoki and many other native species.

The least expensive and most effective way to get native forest established on steep, eroding hillsides is by a combination of natural regeneration and enrichment plantings with pest and weed

control. This works incredibly well.

The land at Waikereru, just outside of Gisborne, is classic Bola country, steep and very erodible. This approach, described in an article published by Pure Advantage — headlined: Restoration need not cost the Earth — has seen the bush regenerating at high speed, just 10 years after the stock were taken off the hills.

ANNE SALMOND

Proven approach to fast regeneration of natives

The Kaoss Price shooting by police has similarities to the police shooting of Steven Wallace some 22 years ago. I hope the system serves the public and the late Kaoss Price more fairly than it did Steven Wallace.

In Steven’s case I noticed how the justice system seemed to bend over backwards to prevent the private prosecution against the policeman who shot him from succeeding.

Just some of those factors were the use of relatively inexperienced justices of the peace rushing in after hearing the depositions with an incredible finding that the policeman was “not guilty”, when their brief was only to establish if the shooter had a case to answer or not. In examining that finding, the chief justice of the time (now Dame) Sian Elias declared there was ample evidence to the contrary.

When the matter came to the High Court, the judge “suggested” to the prosecutor that he remove the alternative charge of manslaughter, which he did reluctantly. Although the jury was advised it could find the shooter guilty of manslaughter if they did not find that murder had been proven, the removal of that charge meant the jury did not

have to consider the elements of the evidence specifically against the wording of the manslaughter charge, which was in my opinion the more likely to have been proven by the available evidence given.

There were many other “inconsistencies”, the most glaring of which was the fact police at the scene would not allow the medical help which was available to assist the late Mr Wallace for at least 18 minutes, even though he was unarmed and obviously dying from at least three serious bullet wounds.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority report actually stated they took no exception to that police conduct because the autopsy report proved that no amount of first aid would have saved Steven’s life. Wow!

Let us hope the report of the current IPCA will be more thorough and fair on how the system handles the death of Mr Price. With a hopefully more open press and intense public scrutiny, all investigating members and the IPCA will need to tread carefully.

DENNIS PENNEFATHEREx-police member and original

witness in the Steven Wallace case

Intense scrutiny required

Re: Erosion, trees and carbon farming — April 27.

Great comment from someone living the reality. We need more active and thoughtful people like Kees.

HOWARD MOOREWellington

Yes Kees, great article, from one who has successfully tried alternative species, and managed them. Insightful comment about puriri. Should be a native planted more for long-term high-quality timber.

EWAN McGREGOR, Waipawa

Great informed comment

by Gwynne Dyer

TWO months ago, when Russian tanks first rolled into Ukraine, every message from Washington or NATO about the invasion included a prominent passage saying what the western alliance would not do.

It would not send NATO troops to help Ukraine. It would give Ukraine some “defensive” weapons but no “offensive” ones — eg, anti-tank missiles but no tanks. It would, in other words, allow Ukraine to lose, but only slowly.

How things have changed! In the past two weeks the United States has declared that some $2 billion worth of state-of-the-art weapons are on the way to Ukraine, including combat drones and self-propelled howitzers. Even Germany (which originally offered Ukraine just 5000 helmets) is sending modern anti-aircraft guns.

In a press briefing at the Polish border on Monday after a quick visit to Kyiv, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said: “We want to see Russia weakened to the point where it can’t do things like invade Ukraine.”

This presupposes, of course, that Russia has already suffered a decisive defeat at the hands

of the Ukrainian army in the current war. It also implicitly assumes that the devastating economic sanctions that NATO and other countries have placed on Russia will continue after the war ends.

What has given them the confidence to move the goal-posts so dramatically? Not the military situation, certainly.

Ukraine has successfully seen off the initial Russian attack, which was a simultaneous offensive on far too many different fronts with inadequate numbers on each of them. But the war is far from over — the second round is starting and it will be more difficult.

The Russians are now mostly concentrated on a single front in eastern Ukraine, which allows their traditional, methodical tactics, depending on bigger numbers and superior firepower, to function as designed.

There is still political interference driven by Putin’s impatience — Russian troops withdrawn from the abandoned Kyiv front are being thrown back into combat in the east with no time to rest and regroup — but they are slowly gaining ground.

They will continue to advance for at least some weeks to come. There are more and better weapons on their way to the Ukrainians, but it will take time to match the weapons with crews

and get them to the front. It’s now unlikely, but Ukraine could still lose this war.

The rival scenario, in which the Ukrainians eventually stop the Russian advance and then drive them back, is more likely, but it would bring its own difficult and dangerous choices.

If the Ukrainians start taking territory back, where do they stop? On the line where the war started, leaving Crimea and some of Donetsk and Luhansk provinces in Russia’s hands. That would make sense, but it would be hard to convince bitter and vengeful Ukrainians to stop short of their pre-2014 border.

It would also be hard to persuade the Washington crew to stop there at the moment, but they need to be persuaded. The alternative is a new Cold War with Russia that could extend even beyond this decade.

Far better to stop at the 2022 border, declare a unilateral ceasefire, and leave Putin to twist in the wind. The Russians would get rid of him eventually, and then you could end sanctions in return for reparations for Ukraine.

To reach that highly desirable outcome, the Ukrainians first have to win their war. And then their friends will have to convince them that stopping short of total victory is in their own long-term interest. Not an easy sell.

Ukraine: the reversal of expectationsThe Gisborne Herald • Friday, April 29, 202212 OPINION

KYIV— Russia pounded targets from practically one end of Ukraine to the other on Thursday, including Kyiv, bombarding the city while the head of the United Nations was visiting in the boldest attack on the capital since Moscow’s forces retreated weeks ago.

At least one person was killed and several were injured in the attack on Kyiv, including some who were trapped in the rubble when two buildings were hit, rescue officials said.

The bombardment came barely an hour after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a news conference with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who said Ukraine has become “an epicentre of unbearable heartache and pain”. A spokesperson said Guterres and his team were safe.

Meanwhile, explosions were reported across the country, in Polonne in the west, Chernihiv near the border with Belarus, and Fastiv, a large railway hub southwest of the capital. The mayor of Odesa in southern Ukraine said rockets were intercepted by air defences.

Ukrainian authorities also reported intense Russian fire in the Donbas — the eastern industrial heartland that the Kremlin says is its main objective — and near Kharkiv, a northeastern city outside the Donbas that is seen as key to the offensive.

In the ruined southern port city of Mariupol, Ukrainian fighters holed up in the steel plant that represents the last pocket of resistance said concentrated bombing overnight killed and wounded more people. And authorities warned that a lack of safe drinking water inside the city could lead to outbreaks of deadly diseases such as cholera and dysentery.

In Zaporizhzhia, a crucial way station for tens of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing Mariupol, an 11-year-old boy was among at least three people wounded in a rocket attack that authorities said was the first to hit a residential area in the southern city since the war began. Shards of glass cut the boy’s leg to the bone.

Vadym Vodostoyev, the boy’s father, said, “It just takes one second and you’re left with nothing.”

The fresh attacks came as Guterres surveyed the destruction in small towns outside the capital that saw some of the worst horrors of the first onslaught of the war. He condemned the atrocities committed in towns like Bucha, where

evidence of mass killings of civilians was found after Russia withdrew in early April in the face of unexpectedly stiff resistance.

“Wherever there is a war, the highest price is paid by civilians,” the UN chief lamented.

Separately, Ukraine’s prosecutor accused 10 Russian soldiers of being “involved in the torture of peaceful people” in Bucha. Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova did not say her office had filed criminal charges, and she appealed to the public for help in gathering evidence. Russia denies it targets civilians.

In the attack on Kyiv, explosions shook the city and flames poured out of windows in at least two buildings — including one residential one — in the capital, which has been relatively unscathed in recent weeks. Plumes of smoke could be seen over the city.

The explosions in northwest Kyiv’s Shevchenkivsky district came as residents have been increasingly returning to the city. Cafes and other businesses have reopened, and a growing number of people have been out and about, enjoying the spring weather.

It was not immediately clear how far away the attack was from Guterres.

“I was shocked to be informed that two rockets have exploded in the city where I am,” the UN chief was quoted as telling the BBC. “So this is a dramatic war, and we absolutely need to end this war and we absolutely need to have a solution for this war”.

Getting a full picture of the unfolding battle in the east has been difficult because airstrikes and artillery barrages have made it extremely dangerous for reporters to move around. Several journalists have been killed in the war, now in its third month.

Also, both Ukraine and the Moscow-backed rebels fighting in the east have introduced tight restrictions on reporting from the combat zone.

Western officials say the Kremlin’s apparent goal is to take the Donbas by encircling and crushing Ukrainian forces from the north, south and east.

But so far, Russia’s troops and their allied separatist forces appear to have made only minor gains, taking several small towns as they try to advance in relatively small groups against staunch Ukrainian resistance.

Russian military units were mauled in the abortive bid to storm Kyiv and had

to regroup and refit. Some analysts say the delay in launching a fully-fledged offensive may reflect a decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin to wait until his forces are ready for a decisive battle, instead of rushing in and risking another failure that could shake his rule amid worsening economic conditions at home because of Western sanctions.

Many observers suspect Putin wants to be able to claim a big victory in the east by Victory Day, on May 9, one of the proudest holidays on the Russian calendar, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War 2.

As Russia presses its offensive, civilians again bear the brunt.

“It’s not just scary. It’s when your stomach contracts from pain,” said Kharkiv resident Tatiana Pirogova.

Ukraine’s military said that Russian troops were subjecting several places in the Donbas to “intense fire” and that over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces had repelled six attacks in the region.

Four civilians were killed in heavy shelling of residential areas in the Luhansk region of the Donbas, according to the regional governor.

Columns of smoke could be seen rising at different points across the Donetsk region of the Donbas, and artillery and sirens were heard on and off.

In Mariupol, a video posted online by Ukraine’s Azov Regiment inside the steel plant showed people combing through the rubble to remove the dead and help the wounded. The regiment said the Russians hit an improvised underground hospital and its surgery room, killing an unspecified number of people. The video couldn’t be independently verified.

An estimated 100,000 people remained trapped in Mariupol.

“Deadly epidemics may break out in the city due to the lack of centralised water supply and sewers,” the city council said on the messaging app Telegram. It reported bodies decaying under the rubble and a “catastrophic” shortage of drinking water and food.

Loud bangs were also reported in Russia’s Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, but there was no immediate explanation. Ukraine has urged its allies to send even more military equipment to fend off the Russians.

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden asked Congress for an additional $33 billion to help Ukraine. — AP

‘Epicentre of heartache’Explosions rock Kyiv again as Russians rain fire on Ukraine

CATASTROPHIC: Firefighters put out a fire after a Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine on Thursday. Russia mounted attacks across a wide area of Ukraine, bombarding Kyiv during a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. AP picture

UNITED NATIONS — For the first time, key players seeking accountability for atrocities during the Ukraine war have come together at an informal meeting of the UN Security Council to spur investigations into abuses that many Western countries blame on Russia.

The session included the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, the chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry, Ukraine’s top prosecutor and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, who has opened over 8000 investigations into alleged violations of the laws and customs of war, said that “Russia’s actions amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes” and the pattern “resembles the crime of genocide”.

Albanian Foreign Minister Olta Xhacka, who co-sponsored and chaired the meeting, said that as a veto-holding member of the Security Council, Russia is supposed to be a guardian of international peace but has “embarked on a war of choice against a neighbour committing immeasurable crimes in the process”.

France’s deputy UN ambassador, Nathalie Broadhurst, the other co-sponsor, said the images of atrocities in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha and other areas after Russian forces withdrew “are unbearable” and may amount to war crimes.

Beth Van Schaack, the US ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice, said the United States has concluded Russia committed war crimes, pointing to credible reports of individuals killed execution-style, bodies showing signs of torture and “horrific accounts of sexual violence against women and girls.” She said Russia’s political and military leadership and rank and file will be held accountable.

The legal chief at Russia’s UN Mission, Sergey Leonidchenko, dismissed their statements, saying, “What we heard today was another portion of unsubstantiated claims and even fakes seasoned with lies, hypocrisy and pompous rhetoric.”

Russia has denied responsibility for any atrocities and repeatedly blamed Ukrainian nationalists and “neo-Nazis”.

Leonidchenko said Ukrainians responsible for all these “heinous crimes will be brought to justice”. He said Russia is collecting witness statements and evidence across Ukraine, including in the besieged city of Mariupol. He said Russia plans to hold an informal council meeting on May 6 to present what he claimed will be “facts not fakes”.

Other council members — Mexico, Gabon, Ghana, Brazil, India, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates — didn’t seek to lay any blame. They said

investigations need to establish the facts behind the killings and attacks.

China, which is close to Russia, said the cause of civilian deaths should be established and verified. “Any accusations should be based on facts before the full picture is clear,” Chinese diplomat Huang Lijin said.

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said a record 43 countries have referred the Ukraine situation to the court, which is responsible for prosecuting war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. He opened an investigation on March 2, and said nine other European nations are also conducting probes. He said the ICC signed an agreement for the first time for a joint investigative team with Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania.

“This is a time when we need to mobilise the law and send it into battle, not on the side of Ukraine against the Russian Federation or on the side of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, but on the side of humanity to protect, to preserve, to shield people . . . who have certain basic rights,” Khan said.

Calling this “a critical juncture,” he said it was time to uphold the law and move quickly on collecting evidence. He said he deployed a team to the region immediately after announcing the investigation and has visited Ukraine twice and

will do so again.Khan told the council he sent three

communications to Russia and had not received a reply, and he welcomed Leonidchenko’s presence before the Russian spoke. “My door is open,” Khan told him.

Leonidchenko was critical of the ICC, claiming the court is not impartial. Khan told reporters afterward that he is not for or against Russia or Ukraine, saying the court is interested only in upholding the law.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced strong support for the ICC after seeing the devastation in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha on Thursday and appealed to Russia to cooperate with the court. He said the “horrendous” scene in Bucha, where tortured bodies and mass graves were found after Russian troops withdrew, made him feel how important it is to have “a thorough investigation and accountability”.

British Ambassador Barbara Woodward said the UK “is supporting international efforts to see justice delivered” and will provide $1.25 million in additional funding to the ICC.

France’s Broadhurst said her government has sent two judges and 10 investigators to join the ICC team in Ukraine and made an additional $525,000 contribution to support its work. — AP

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LONDON — Prince Andrew has lost another ceremonial honour as groups throughout Britain cut ties to the royal disgraced by allegations of sexual misconduct.

The council in the northern city of York on Wednesday night voted unanimously to withdraw the prince’s “freedom of the city’’. The honour was awarded to Andrew in 1987 after The Queen made him the Duke of York.

Andrew is the first person to be stripped of the status, a purely ceremonial honour that dates back to medieval times when “freemen’’ enjoyed special privileges. Honorees include the actress Dame Judi Dench and Princess Anne, Andrew’s sister.

Andrew was stripped of his honorary military

roles in January amid the furore surrounding a lawsuit alleging he had sex with a 17-year-old girl and fears that the scandal would taint the House of Windsor.

The Queen also removed his honorary leadership of various charities, known as royal patronages, and barred him from using the title “his royal highness” in official settings.

Andrew later settled the lawsuit, agreed to pay his accuser an undisclosed sum that the British media has suggested could be as much as $15 million. He denies the allegations.

York City Councilor Darryl Smalley said the city was just following the example set by the queen in removing Andrew’s titles.

“She saw that it was doing serious

reputational damage to those military institutions and charities and so stepped in to remove him from those positions,” Smalley told ITV News.

“We believe very strongly, and many residents agree with us, that we should be removing all links between our city and Prince Andrew.”

Smalley and other local leaders have argued that Andrew should also lose the title of Duke of York.

“York has a fantastic relationship with the monarchy going back hundreds of years. It’s something we cherish,” he said.

“We can’t cherish it whilst we have Prince Andrew as our most senior royal.”

A representative for Andrew declined to comment on Thursday. — AP

Prince Andrew stripped of York honours

COLOMBO — Businesses were closed, teachers absent and public transportation interrupted as Sri Lankans heeded a call for a general strike on Thursday to pressure the president to step down over a growing economic and political crisis.

Bankers, teachers and other professionals held parades and joined the main protest site opposite the president’s office where demonstrators have gathered for weeks. Doctors and nurses said they would support the strike with demonstrations during their lunch break.

Workers on vital tea and rubber plantations and in garment factories also protested.

Sherry Fonseka joined millions in 2019 in electing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a military strategist whose brutal campaign helped end Sri Lanka’s 30-year civil war 10 years earlier.

Now he is one of thousands who, for weeks, have protested outside the president’s office, calling on Rajapaksa and his brother, Mahinda, who is prime minister, to resign for leading the country into its worst economic crisis.

With the island teetering near bankruptcy, Fonseka, who owns a small garment business in the capital, Colombo, has resorted to spending his own savings to pay the salaries of his 30 employees. But he knows he will soon have to let them go and is clear about who is to blame.

“All of us thought we made the correct decision (to elect Rajapaksa), but we’ve realised we were wrong. We should have the backbone to tell people, and the world, that we made a mistake,” he said.

In recent weeks, protests have erupted across the country demanding that Rajapaksa quit.

The protests highlight the dramatic fall of the Rajapaksas from Sri Lanka’s most powerful political dynasty in decades to a family grasping to retain power. Despite accusations of atrocities during the civil war, Gotabaya and Mahinda, who was previously president, remained heroes to many of the island’s Buddhist-Sinhalese

majority and were firmly entrenched at the top of Sri Lankan politics before the revolt by previous supporters like Fonseka.

“The pendulum has swung from ‘it’s all about the Rajapaksas, they are the people who saved this country,’ to ‘it is because of the Rajapaksas that the country is now ruined,’” said Harsha de Silva, an economist and opposition lawmaker.

The unravelling of Sri Lanka’s economy has been swift and painful. Imports of everything from milk to fuel have plunged, spawning dire food shortages and rolling power cuts. People have been forced to queue for hours every day to buy essentials. Doctors have warned of a crippling shortage of life-saving drugs in hospitals, and the government has suspended payments on $7 billion in foreign debts due this year alone.

“The Rajapaksas, like an octopus, have held on to every aspect of public life in Sri Lanka,” de Silva said. “They have been running it as if it was their kingdom. They wished and they did — that’s how it was and people were with them.”

President Rajapaksa has defended his government, partly blaming the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine. “This crisis was not created by me,” he said in a speech last month, adding that his government was working hard on solutions.

But as protesters seethed, the president and prime minister have changed tack in recent weeks. They have admitted to mistakes they made that exacerbated the crisis, such as implementing a short-lived ban last year on importing chemical fertilizers that badly hurt farmers and conceding that they should have sought a bailout sooner.

Influential Buddhist monks have urged Rajapaksa to form an interim government under a new prime minister, signalling a further decline in the family’s image as protectors of the country’s 70 percent Buddhist-Sinhalese majority. Some observers say it’s too soon to measure how much support for the Rajapaksas has

fallen among their hardcore base, but for many their response has been too little and too late.

“There is now recognition across the government of several missteps, but it’s one that’s come at a huge cost to the people,” said Bhavani Fonseka, a senior researcher at the Colombo-based Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Analysts say the Rajapaksas’ response to the economic challenges underscored the limitations of their strongman politics and their family’s near-monopoly on decision making, heavily relying on the military to enforce policy and passing laws to weaken independent institutions.

Three other Rajapaksa family members were in the Cabinet until early April, when the Cabinet resigned en masse in response to the protests.

“Their entire political ideology and credibility is in serious crisis,” said Jayadeva Uyangoda, a veteran political scientist.

But many fear that things will only get worse before improving. A divided and weak opposition without a majority in Parliament has kept the Rajapaksas in power. An IMF bailout could see austere measures intensifying hardships for people before there is relief.

Meanwhile, the focus remains on the protests, which are drawing people across ethnicities, religion and class. For the first time, middle-class Sri Lankans have taken to the streets in large numbers, Uyangoda said.

They include Wijaya Nanda Chandradewa, a retired government employee, who joined the crowd outside the president’s office on Saturday. Chandradewa said he fell for Rajapaksa’s promise to rebuild a Sri Lanka scarred by the 2019 bombings.

“He said there will be one country and one law — now there is neither the law nor the country,” Chandradewa said, adding that the only option now is for Rajapaksa to quit.

“He showed us a fairyland and cheated us and misled us,” he said. — AP

A political reckoning in Sri Lanka as crisis grows

SEOUL — A South Korean activist on Thursday said he has launched a million propaganda leaflets by balloon into North Korea this week, while standing trial for past leafleting under a contentious new law that criminalises such actions.

On Monday and Tuesday, his group floated 20 huge balloons carrying leaflets critical of North Korea’s nuclear programme and the Kim

family’s hereditary rule across the tense Korean border, Park said.

The law that took effect in March 2021 and punishes anti-Pyongyang leafleters with up to three years in prison has been hotly debated in South Korea, with critics saying Seoul’s liberal government was sacrificing freedom of speech to improve ties with neighbour North Korea.

Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector-turned-

activist, said he resumed his leafleting campaign after halting such activities during a police investigation and trial for sending balloons across the border last year.

The trial is continuing and no verdict has been issued. — AP

Activist flies leaflets to North on a balloon

ANTI-NORTH LEAFLETS BALLOON: Park Sang-hak prepares to release a balloon with leaflets in South Korea. AP picture

BRIEFS

Biden to make first Asia tripWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will travel

next month to South Korea and Japan, his first trip to Asia since taking office last year, to consult with allies on growing threats from China and North Korea.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the May 20-24 trip. Both allies host significant US military contingents, and the trip comes as North Korea has escalated its nuclear missile testing and China has grown more assertive in the region. Biden will meet separately with newly elected President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, Psaki said. In Tokyo, Biden will also meet with the so-called “Quad” — which also includes Australia, Japan and India. — AP

Taiwan faces Covid outbreakTAIPEI — Taiwan, which had been living mostly

free of Covid-19, is now facing its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic with over 11,000 new cases reported on Thursday.

Cases have been on the upswing since late March. In April, the island’s central authorities announced that they would no longer maintain a “zero-Covid” policy like the Chinese government’s in which they would centrally quarantine positive cases. Instead, the government is asking people to quarantine at home if they test positive, unless they show moderate to severe symptoms.

Chen Shih-chung, the island’s health minister, announced Thursday they had found 11,353 new cases, along with two deaths. — AP

Beijing tightens virus rulesBEIJING — Beijing is closing all city schools in

a further tightening of Covid-19 restrictions, as China’s capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak.

The city of 21 million has already ordered three rounds of mass testing this week, with the third coming on Friday (local time).

On Thursday, the city’s Education Bureau ordered all schools to end classes from Friday and said it hadn’t determined when they would resume. It also wasn’t clear whether schools would be able to offer classes online or allow students facing crucial exams to return to class.

Beijing announced 50 new cases on Thursday, two of them asymptomatic, bringing its total in the latest wave of infections to around 150. — AP

Senate bans ransom paymentsANAMBRA — Nigerian lawmakers have

taken steps to bar the payment of ransoms to kidnappers at a time when thousands are in captivity, including passengers kidnapped during a train attack in late March near the nation’s capital.

Nigeria’s Senate has passed a bill amending the country’s Terrorism Prevention Act to bar the ransom payments. It said the amendment will “prevent terrorist groups from laundering money”.

However, the legislation could cause more harm to kidnap victims and their families if the bill is signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, activists and Amnesty International’s Nigeria office said on Thursday. — AP

Cases surge in South Africa JOHANNESBURG — South Africa is seeing a

rapid rise in Covid-19 cases driven by yet another version of the coronavirus, health experts say.

Cases had been dropping in the country since February. But a new omicron subvariant that scientists call BA.4 began pushing up cases last week and they have risen rapidly since, said Salim Abdool Karim, who previously advised the government on its Covid-19 response.

So far, there has been only a slight rise in hospitalisations and no increase in deaths, said Karim. South Africa is recording just over 6000 cases a day, up from a few hundred just a few weeks ago. The proportion of positive tests jumped from 4 percent in mid-April to 19 percent Thursday, according to official figures. — AP

Africa sees rise in measlesKAMPALA — Africa is seeing a surge of

outbreaks of preventable diseases as a result of disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday.

The continent recorded a 400 percent increase in measles, to more than 17,000 cases between January and March, compared to the same period last year, Dr Benido Impouma, a WHO expert in Africa, told a press briefing.

Two years of disruptions by the coronavirus pandemic have had “major effects on the provision of routine health services, with immunisation being seriously affected” in many countries, he said. — AP

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WASHINGTON — Even the king cobra is “vulnerable”. More than one in five species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to a comprehensive new assessment of thousands of species published in the journal Nature.

Of 10,196 reptile species analysed, 21 percent were classified as endangered, critically endangered or vulnerable to extinction — including the iconic hooded snakes of South and Southeast Asia.

“This work is a very significant achievement — it adds to our knowledge of where threatened species are, and where we must work to protect them,” said Duke University ecologist Stuart Pimm, who was not involved in the study.

Similar prior assessments had been conducted for mammals, birds and amphibians, informing government decisions about how to draw boundaries of national parks and allocate environmental funds.

Work on the reptile study — which involved nearly 1000 scientists and 52 co-authors — started in 2005. The project was slowed by challenges in fundraising, said co-author Bruce Young, a zoologist at the non-profit science organisation NatureServe. “There’s a lot more focus on furrier, feathery species of vertebrates for conservation,” Young said, lamenting the perceived charisma gap. But reptiles are also fascinating and essential to ecosystems, he said.

The Galapagos marine iguana, the world’s only lizard adapted to marine life, is classified as “vulnerable” to extinction, said co-author Blair Hedges, a biologist at Temple University.

It took five million years for the lizard to adapt to foraging in the sea, he said, lamenting “how much evolutionary history can be lost if this single species” goes extinct.

Six of the world’s species of sea turtles are threatened. The seventh is likely also in trouble, but scientists lack data to make a classification.

Worldwide, the greatest threat to reptile life is habitat destruction. Hunting, invasive

species and climate change also pose threats, said co-author Neil Cox, a manager at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s biodiversity assessment unit.

Reptiles that live in forest areas, such as the king cobra, are more likely to be threatened with extinction than desert-dwellers, in part because forests face greater human disruptions, the study found. — AP

One-fifth of reptiles worldwide face extinction

VULNERABLE TO EXTINCTION: A dead green sea turtle washes up on the beach in the Khor Kalba Conservation Reserve, in the city of Kalba, UAE. According to a comprehensive new assessment of thousands of species, more than one in five species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with risk of extinction. AP picture

King cobra

Marine iguana

CLIMATE change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that’s likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, according to a new study.

This is especially true for Africa and Asia, continents that have been hotspots for deadly disease spread from humans to animals or vice versa over the last several decades, including the flu, HIV, Ebola and coronavirus.

Researchers, who published their findings on Thursday in the journal Nature, used a model to examine how over 3000 mammal species might migrate and and share viruses over the next 50 years if the world warms by 2 degrees Celsius, which recent research shows is possible.

They found that cross-species virus spread

will happen over 4000 times among mammals alone. Birds and marine animals weren’t included in the study.

Researchers said not all viruses will spread to humans or become pandemics on the scale of the coronavirus but the number of cross-species viruses increases the risk of spread to humans.

The study highlights two global crises — climate change and infectious disease spread — as the world grapples with what to do about both.

Previous research has looked at how deforestation and extinction and wildlife trade lead to animal-human disease spread, but there’s less research about how climate change could influence this type of disease transmission, the researchers said at a media briefing.

“We don’t talk about climate a lot in the

context of zoonoses” — diseases that can spread from animals to people, said study co-author Colin Carlson, an assistant professor of biology at Georgetown University. “Our study . . . brings together the two most pressing global crises we have.”

Daniel R. Brooks, a biologist at University of Nebraska State Museum and co-author of the book “The Stockholm Paradigm: Climate Change and Emerging Disease,” said the study acknowledges the threat posed by climate change in terms of increasing risk of infectious diseases.

Aaron Bernstein, a paediatrician and interim director of The Centre for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, said the study confirms long-

held suspicions about the impact of warming on infectious disease emergence.

“Of particular note is that the study indicates that these encounters may already be happening with greater frequency and in places near where many people live,” Bernstein said.

Study co-author Gregory Albery, a disease ecologist at Georgetown University, said that because climate-driven infectious disease emergence is likely already happening, the world should be doing more to learn about and prepare for it.

Carlson, who was also an author on the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said we must cut greenhouse gas and phase out fossil fuels to reduce the risk of infectious disease spread. — AP

Climate change may increase risk of new infectious diseases

TEL AVIV — Sirens blared across Israel early on Thursday as the country came to a standstill in an annual ritual honouring the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.

People halted where they were walking, and drivers stopped their cars to get out of the vehicles as people bowed their heads in memory of the victims of the Nazi genocide. Ceremonies were planned throughout the day at Israel’s national Holocaust memorial, parliament and elsewhere.

Israel was founded in 1948 as a sanctuary for Jews in the wake of the Holocaust. About 165,000 survivors live in Israel, a dwindling population that is widely honoured but struggling with poverty.

Ushering in Holocaust memorial day at Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett late on Wednesday called on the world to stop comparing the Holocaust to other events in history. He spoke after the presidents of both Ukraine and Russia drew parallels between their ongoing war and the genocide during World War 2.

“As the years go by, there is more and more discourse in the world that compares other difficult events to the Holocaust. But no,” he said. “No event in history, cruel as it may have been, is comparable to the extermination of Europe’s Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators.” — AP

Israel honours Jews murdered in Holocaust

TEHRAN — Executions in Iran rose alarmingly by 25 percent last year and surged after hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi was elected president, two campaign groups say.

At least 333 people were put to death, according to Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and France’s Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM).

The number of executions for drug-related offences — 126 — was five times higher than in 2020, their report says.

The figures are based both on official announcements and sources inside Iran.

In October, a UN human rights expert warned that almost all executions in Iran were “an arbitrary deprivation of life” and urged the country to end the imposition of the death penalty where it is in violation of international law.

Under Iran’s penal code, people can be executed for crimes that are not considered among “the most serious” under international law, such as drug trafficking.

The UN expert said vague charges, such as “enmity against God” and “corruption on Earth”, were meanwhile used to sentence individuals to death for participation in protests, for other forms of dissent or where there was a lack of

evidence for the accusations.Judges trying capital and other cases

also relied heavily on forced confessions extracted through torture and other forms of duress to prove guilt, he added.

According to the report published on Thursday by IHR and ECPM, only 16.5 percent of the 333 executions the groups believe took place in Iran last year were announced by official sources.

Authorities did not report any of the drug-related executions, whose sharp rise marked a major reversal of a trend seen since Iran amended its anti-narcotics law in 2017, the report says.

July, the month after President Raisi’s election victory, saw the most executions — 51 — followed by September and December, report adds.

At least 17 women were executed in total, eight more than in 2020, it

adds. They included Zahra Esmaili and Maryam Karimi, who were convicted of murdering abusive husbands. Esmaili’s lawyer is cited as saying that she suffered a heart attack as she watched several men being executed in front of her, and that officials still hanged her lifeless body.

Two men convicted of crimes committed when they were children were also put to death, according to the report.

One of them, Arman Abdolali, found guilty of murdering his girlfriend in 2013 when he was 17, was taken to the gallows seven times in the months prior to his execution, it says.

The report also expresses alarm at what it calls the “disproportionate number of ethnic minority executions”.

Baluchis accounted for 21 percent of those executed in 2021, although they only represent 2-6 percent of the population, it says.

The directors of IHR and ECPM, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam and Raphael Chenuil-Hazan, called on Western powers to address Iran’s death penalty record and other human rights violations as part of their negotiations on an agreement to revive the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal. — BBC

Executions in Iran see ‘alarming rise’ in 2021

According to Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and France’s Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), at least 333 people were put to death.

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SEA OF TRANQUILITYby Emily St. John Mandelpublished by Picador

Station Eleven is one of the better known recent novels by Emily St. John Mandel.

This was her novel released back in 2014 about a pandemic that swept the world, killing millions. This new novel is set in the same universe, and that prior pandemic pops into this new story as well.

There is even a small appearance of a character from her Glass House novel. You don’t need to have read either to enjoy this new novel, however.

Sea of Tranquility sweeps across centuries involving time travel and an anomaly in time that could threaten the future.

It begins in 1912 when the third son of an English aristocratic family is exiled to Canada.

On a remote beach on the western coast of Vancouver Island he is momentarily caught in an unexplained place where he hears a violin playing. This is just the beginning.

It’s fabulously clever, and will sweep the reader on a remarkable journey, from England to Vancouver Island in 1912, New York in 2020, across America on a book tour in 2230, and between colonies on the moon in 2401.

Although much of this novel is set in the future, the characters are all linked and there are unusual coincidences, a familiar face appearing at odd times centuries apart.

It is a mystery, a fast-paced piece of speculative fiction with a most satisfying ending.

To give a review with more content than this could spoil this fabulous read. — KP

Intriguing anomaly in timeGROUNDSKEEPINGby Lee Colepublished by Faber & Faber

Lee Cole’s debut novel Groundskeeping is a coming-of-age love story set in

the run-up to the 2016 United States elections. Full of observations about contemporary America, its political, religious and class divides, we follow a blossoming relationship between two young writers who come from very different backgrounds.

Owen Callahan has been struggling; in his 20s, recently off drugs and on an aimless trajectory, he’s just started a new job as a groundskeeper at a university in Kentucky.

Owen wants to be a writer. He records his observations in notebooks, and as a perk of the job is able to begin taking a writing course at the university for free.

He lives rent-free in his grandfather’s basement and regularly gets into political arguments with his unemployed uncle Cort, who also

lives there. In the opening pages Owen is at

a party and meets a young woman, Alma.

Unlike Owen who grew up in Kentucky where everything always

felt small and repetitive, Alma is a Bosnian Muslim, born in Sarajevo, who immigrated with her parents to Washington DC, attended Princeton, and is now at age 26 already a published and successful novelist.

The two begin seeing each other, and as they become more entwined as a pair, their different upbringings start to create cracks in what is already a precarious relationship.

Groundskeeping is a thoughtful novel about contemporary

life and culture, art, love, and family. Like his main character, Lee Cole grew up in Kentucky and worked as a groundskeeper before being accepted to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

The way he writes Owen’s notes about the world around him are perceptive and engaging; it’s a great debut. One for fans of Sally Rooney and Anne Tyler. — CP

Culture, art, love and family

MEMPHISby Tara M. Stringfellowpublished by John Murray Press

Memphis is the bold debut novel by poet Tara M. Stringfellow about three generations of

Black Southern women. When Joan is ten-years-old her mother, Miriam, packs up the car with Joan, her younger sister Mya, and their dog Wolf, fleeing her husband and going back to where she grew up in Memphis.

When Joan arrives at the house where they will live with her Aunt August and cousin Derek, she is assaulted by a horrific memory from the past.

Refusing to speak to Derek, and constantly disappearing into her sketchbook, Joan begins to draw the women of Memphis, as a way of telling their stories, as well as her own. For Joan comes from a long line of resilient women, and this is their story.

Fifty years earlier her grandmother Hazel was awaiting the birth of her first child when she got the news her husband, the first Black detective in Memphis, had been lynched.

In her grief she opened her home as a haven to those who needed a place

to voice their opinions and organise their rallies.

Through Hazel’s love story, we meet her daughters Miriam and August and follow them as they navigate being solo mothers to their children, with help from some incredible neighbours and friends.

Heartbreaking and hopeful, Stringfellow’s talent as a poet truly shines in this powerful novel.

Hazel, Miriam, August, Joan and Mya are all unforgettable characters, strong-willed and devoted to one another Memphis

is about the bonds that tie family, forgiveness, and love. — CP

Unforgettable women over three generations

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Another wellness book from New Zealand’s natural health guru, focusing on looking after yourself, others and your garden naturally, with many new tips and recipes to try.

Companion Piece

by Ali Smith

Following on from her astonishing Seasonal Quartet, Ali Smith again lights a way for us through the nightmarish now.

by Jordan Bond, RNZ

WARNING: This story discusses addiction and suicide.

WHANGAREI — A former methamphetamine (meth) addict who is now clean says recovery is possible.

She now feels “happy” — something she never thought possible.

She has detailed her experience as calls are made for an expedited roll-out of a successful meth rehab programme from Te Tai Tokerau (Northland) after police wastewater testing found meth use spiked in the second half of last year.

Holly Beckham (Ngapuhi, Ngati Rangi) spent 19 years taking all sorts of drugs, including meth, after a difficult childhood.

She was not surprised the use of meth went up during the lockdowns, with not much to do and nowhere to go.

“If you’re sitting with trauma and you’re sitting with emotions that you don’t know how to control, it’s really intolerable.

“Reaching for the (meth) pipe or for any other drugs is just a way of being able to cope, I guess. It eases the pain — the suffering.”

Beckham witnessed her father die in a horrible way as a child and had other traumatic experiences in her early life.

She used meth to cope with her own trauma and to numb the pain.

Holly started using alcohol at 12 and then taking other drugs, and over 19 years of addiction, they nearly ruined her life.

She lost her job and her marriage and felt like she was living in a sort of constant insanity.

“I’m Maori and I was never really connected to my culture either. There was just so much disconnection . . . and my whole life had been about looking for connection. I thought I’d found that connection through drugs.

“But I realised ‘this can’t be life’. I looked around and I saw other people and I thought ‘they’ve got hope, they’re happy — I want that’.”

She got help and went to rehab, and while it was difficult for her, she has been clean for

three years.Beckham is aiming to

make a documentary about other wahine Maori who have recovered from drug addiction.

She is trying to come up with the money for t he doco which will be titled Mana over Meth.

Beckham said her documentary about a recovering user would be punctuated by hope — showing that it was possible to recover.

She wished she had seen something like that when she was in the throes of addiction.

“I think, at the time, I would have been like, ‘hey, there’s this thing called recovery’, which I didn’t realise . . . There is a better way of living life. It probably would have saved me several . . . ” she trailed off, before continuing.

“I tried killing myself so many times.”

Now, she is a completely different wahine.

“I feel amazing. I feel happy, and I’m comfortable with who I am, which I never thought was possible either.”

Meanwhile, the Drug Foundation is advocating strongly for help rather than punishment for drug addicts.

Deputy Director Ben Birks Ang is pushing for one initiative in Northland —Te Ara Oranga — to be rolled out more widely.

“What we have here is an excellent initiative that has been trialled over the past few years and evaluated. It shows

a partnership between local communities, police and health services that is resulting in a 34 percent reduction in harm from criminal offending and a return on investment of $3 to $7 for every dollar invested,” Birks Ang said.

The programme offers early help to users and links them with ongoing support, including housing and employment if needed.

“It is something that the current Government has said they would like to roll out into other places.

“It’s a matter of time, I think, before we see this. But we’re calling on the Government to increase that investment and to be able to speed things up.”

The Government said it was still committed to rolling out Te Ara Oranga more widely before the end of the parliamentary term, which would likely be in October of next year.

Te Ara Oranga is a partnership approach between Northland District Health Board, three non-profit organisations (Salvation Army, Odyssey House and Ngati Hine Health Trust), and Northland Police.

“Its aim is to respond to the harm caused by methamphetamine in the community, by supporting the person and their whanau with a health response as opposed to treating this as a criminal issue,” a spokesperson said.

“Its intent is to provide a

rapid response to referrals, which come from a number of sources, including the police, (the addict) themselves, whanau and other providers.

“The independent evaluation of the service has demonstrated its success and it is providing positive outcomes for people and their whanau and reducing the harm caused by methamphetamine in the community.”

■ Holly Beckham has a website people can go to for more information — hollybeckham.com — and if people would like to donate to help her make her documentary, they can do so via the website boosted.org.nz/projects/mana-over-meth

Where to get help:

■ Need to Talk? Free call or text 1737 any time to speak to a trained counsellor, for any reason.

■ Lifeline: 0800 543 354 or text HELP to 4357.

■ Suicide Crisis Helpline: 0508 828 865 / 0508 TAUTOKO (24/7). This is a service for people who may be thinking about suicide, or those who are concerned about family or friends.

■ Depression helpline: 0800 111 757 (24/7) or text 4202.

■ Samaritans: 0800 726 666 (24/7).

■ Youthline: 0800 376 633 (24/7) or free text 234 (8am-12am), or email talk@youthline.co.nz

■ What’s Up: online chat (3pm-10pm) or 0800 WHATSUP / 0800 9428 787 helpline (12pm-10pm weekdays, 3pm-11pm weekends).

■ Asian Family Services: 0800 862 342 Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm or text 832 Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. Languages spoken: Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and English.

■ Rural Support Trust Helpline: 0800 787 254.

■ Healthline: 0800 611 116.■ Rainbow Youth: (09) 376

4155.■ OUTLine: 0800 688 5463

(6pm-9pm).■ If it is an emergency and

you feel like you or someone else is at risk, call 111.

Former meth user aims to make doco on her journey Three years clean and hoping to help others into recovery amid spike in its use

HAPPY NOW: Former methamphetamine addict Holly Beckham has been clean for three years and says she is in a good space finally. She is now trying to make a documentary to show others that recovery is possible. Picture supplied

HAMILTON — Hamilton police found four children, aged seven, 10, 11 and 12, holding stolen toys at the scene of a break-in at a shopping centre on Wednesday night, with one of the children injuring themselves in an attempt to get away.

Hamilton City Area Commander Inspector Andrea McBeth said multiple alarms alerted police to the break-in at Chartwell at about 1am.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found the four children holding stolen toys and other goods.

Insp McBeth said the 11-year-old ran off after seeing police, but was not chased by the officers who stayed with the other three remaining youths.

However, while fleeing, the boy fell about 8 metres to the ground, injuring his arm.

He was soon found by police and taken to hospital in an ambulance.

Insp McBeth said the children had been referred to Youth Aid Services.

“It is important to note that resolving this type of youth offending

is an issue that does not fall solely on police,” said Insp McBeth.

“This is a social and community issue, and parents have a responsibility to know where their children are and to ensure they are safe.

“We need our communities to work alongside us and partner agencies to support and steer young people down a better path.”

She said a detective was investigating the full circumstances of this latest matter.

Girl, 12, caught behind wheel after dairy robbery

Meanwhile, a 12-year-old girl who was driving a getaway vehicle was one of five people taken into custody after a dairy in Auckland’s Grey Lynn was robbed on Sunday night.

Police patrolling in the area noticed the front door of a dairy on Williamson Avenue was damaged just after 11pm. Three people were then seen running out of the store holding hammers and getting into a

waiting vehicle, allegedly driven by the 12-year-old child.

The Police Eagle helicopter followed the vehicle until it left the Southern Motorway at Mt Wellington, where the driver lost control in the wet conditions and the vehicle slid into a tree. Nobody was injured and all five occupants were taken into custody. Police said a large amount of stolen property was recovered from the vehicle, including a duffle bag full of cigarettes. Three youths had been referred to Youth Aid. — RNZ

Children caught breaking into shopping centre, one as young as seven

WELLINGTON — Thirteen more people died with Covid-19 and there were another 9047 new community cases of the virus reported, the Ministry of Health said yesterday.

Yesterday’s seven-day rolling average of case numbers was 7705, which was down from 7935 last week.

There were 484 people in hospital with the coronavirus, with 15 in intensive care.

The 13 deaths reported yesterday included people who had died over the previous nine days — apart from two deaths on April 4.

The Ministry of Health said 723 people with Covid-19 had now died in New Zealand.

Two of yesterday’s deaths were from the Auckland region, three from Bay of Plenty, two from Waikato, one from Taranaki, one from MidCentral, one from Hawke’s Bay, and three from Canterbury.

Two were in their 50s, two in their 60s, one in their 70s, three in their 80s, and five were over 90.

Five were women and eight were men.

Yesterday’s new cases were in Northland (276), Auckland (2519), Waikato (550), Bay of Plenty (335), Lakes (129), Hawke’s Bay (281), MidCentral (344), Whanganui (108), Taranaki (215), Tairawhiti (137), Wairarapa (95), Capital and Coast (589), Hutt Valley (236), Nelson Marlborough (358), Canterbury (1505), South Canterbury (185), Southern (1065), and West Coast (113) district health boards.

There were also 80 new cases of Covid-19 detected at the border.

New Zealand had now recorded a total of 912,490 cases of Covid-19.

— RNZ

NZ’s Covid-19 toll:

9047 new cases,

13 more deaths

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$26,490AFTER DISCOUNTRoof racks, towbar, tints, alloys, Bluetooth, wagon

2013 SUBARU FORESTER

$18,490AFTER DISCOUNTRoomy SUV, AWD, auto, alloys, petrol

2012 MAZDA CX-5

$18,490AFTER DISCOUNT2 litre, auto, economical, popular good looking SUV

2016 TOYOTA HILUX

$38,490AFTER DISCOUNT4WD, 2.8 litre diesel, canopy, tints, Bluetooth

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$40,490AFTER DISCOUNT4WD, auto, tints, Bluetooth, suicide doors, a real head turner

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$33,490AFTER DISCOUNTLow kms, canopy, tints, running boardsWKLY $205

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$11,490AFTER DISCOUNT1.3 litre petrol, late model hatch

2016 SUZUKI SWIFT

WKLY $80

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2016 MAZDA AXELA

$15,490AFTER DISCOUNT

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WKLY $105

2016 FORD RANGER XLT

$38,490AFTER DISCOUNT3.2 diesel, 4WD, autoWKLY $235

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$20,490AFTER DISCOUNTTowbar, airbags, steering wheel controls

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2014 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE

$9490AFTER DISCOUNTVery economical, great little hatch

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$12,490AFTER DISCOUNT2.4 litre petrol, 4WD, tints, alloys

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WKLY $90

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2014 TOYOTA AQUALow kms, 7 seater great value

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2008 TOYOTA MARK XVery economical Hybrid Hatch

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$9,990

2007 SUZUKI SWIFT SPORT1.6L, auto, very sporty hatch

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$9,990+ ORC

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2006 SUZUKI SX42L, auto, 4WD, compact SUV

WKLY$80

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$24,990

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Cambridge JC races at Te Rapa Saturday Meeting 2 TAB Doubles 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Trebles 2-3-4, 6-7-8 Quaddies 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 Place6 3-8

1 Aon Insurance Brokers 12.36 $30,000, 3yo sw+p, 1600m

1 17s25 Ziegfeld (1) 57.5 72 C Grylls 2 841 Double O’ Seven (3) 57.5 63 L Innes 3 201 Poster Boy (9) 57.5 63 A Goindasamy (a) 4 17772 Reverberations (2) 57.5 62 M Hashizume (a2) 5 24s21 Dubai Diva (8) 55.5 64 M McNab 6 42176 Canadian Girl (6) 55.5 62 (a1)

7 08138 Carte Blanche (4) 55.5 62 T Newman 8 99516 With You (7) 55.5 62 J Fawcett 9 602 Maria (5) 54 52 T Thornton

2 Cambridge Raceway 1.09 $35,000, open handicap, 1400m

1 90948 Raposa Rapida (3) 60 89 A Calder 2 16030 Summer Monsoon (1) 59.5 88 O Bosson 3 51073 Time To Celebrate (8) 58.5 86 J Riddell 4 06611 Tightlign (6) 57.5 84 C M Lindsay (a4) 5 46555 New York Jazz (4) 54.5 78 T Newman 6 34752 Thunder (5) 54.5 78 M Hashizume (a2) 7 878s6 Dawn Parade (2) 54 74 W Pinn (a1) 8 s1118 Saint Alice (7) 54 73 A Goindasamy (a)

3 Decise Electrical 1.42 $30,000, 2yo sw+p, 1200m

1 3231 Charmario (2) 57.5 64 R Elliot 2 210s Lord Cosmos (12) 57.5 63 O Bosson 3 73 Hardcore Henry (10) 56 51 4 376 Ala Di Vespa (11) 56 50 A Calder 5 The Statesman (7) 56 47 M McNab 6 Channel Surfer (8) 56 45 C Burdan (a2) 7 7s Dear John Lincoln (3) 56 45 M Cameron 8 Fernandez (1) 54 47 M Hashizume (a2) 9 Shanghai Tang (4) 54 47 (a1) 10 6 Leica Model (9) 54 46 A Goindasamy (a) 11 Complicate (5) 54 45 C Grylls 12 Miss Nico Belle (6) 54 45 W Pinn (a1)

4 Hutton Contracting 2.14 $30,000, rating 74 benchmark, 2400m

1 62159 Amano (4) 61 76 M Hashizume (a2) 2 76251 Lincoln Star (1) 59.5 73 W Pinn (a1) 3 22212 The Fearless One (9) 59.5 73 C Grylls 4 P5s05 Tommyra (10) 59.5 73 T Yanagida 5 35138 Super Sid (5) 58.5 71 D Danis 6 00106 Wheao (7) 57.5 69 L Satherley 7 s1014 Brookbourne (2) 56.5 67 (a3) 8 507s5 Peecee Pussycat (6) 56.5 67 (a1) 9 22771 Aloft (8) 55.5 69 A Calder 10 490s2 Curious George (3) 54 59 T Thornton

5 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes 2.47 $80,000, 3yo Group 3 SW, 1200m

1 1121 Cote De Beaune (5) 57 71 O Bosson 2 4s436 Mercurial (7) 57 69 W Pinn (a) 3 0s117 Ragamuffin (15) 57 68 J Laking 4 2119 Roconono (6) 57 68 A Goindasamy (a) 5 1313s Wewillrock (20) 57 68 J Riddell 6 4144 Wairau Cove (4) 57 65 (a) 7 s1513 Bonny Lass (19) 55 80 C Grylls 8 230s5 Shepherd’s Delight (11) 55 75 A Calder 9 43s12 La Bella Beals (10) 55 74 M McNab 10 17141 Cool Change (13) 55 73 M Hashizume (a) 11 03278 Sassy Merlot (1) 55 73 T Yanagida 12 s112s Art De Triomphe (2) 55 72 R Elliot 13 11352 Beldarra (17) 55 69 L Innes

14 s013s Synchronize (12) 55 68 M Cameron EMERGENCIES: 15 3s221 Pisco Sour (16) 55 64 16 2179s Laneway Flirting (3) 55 63 17 30s1 Jimmy Kirk (8) 57 63 18 60310 Amoramio (18) 55 62 19 99516 With You (9) 55 62 20 21740 Horace (14) 57 62

6 Cambridge Equine Hospital 3.22 $30,000, rating 74 benchmark, 1200m

1 2438s Challa (14) 61 76 Y Kumagai (a4) 2 s222s Aromatic (13) 60.5 79 O Bosson 3 s6s28 Je Suis Tiger (2) 59.5 77 M J Sanson (a4) 4 9796s Tabata (8) 59 76 M McNab 5 60983 Mr Universe (15) 57.5 69 R Elliot 6 430s4 Packing Noblesse (7) 57 68 W Pinn (a1) 7 4137s Swiss Kitty (3) 57 68 C Grylls 8 14518 Lingjun Hero (12) 56.5 68 T Yanagida 9 88331 Montana Mist (4) 55.5 69 J Fawcett 10 24103 North Of Havana (9) 55.5 69 C Burdan (a2) 11 2173s Pretty Rossa (10) 55.5 69 M Cameron 12 54222 Wild West (1) 55.5 65 M Hashizume (a2) 13 12412 Highborn (11) 55 68 (a1) 14 37185 So Surreal (5) 55 68 T Thornton EMERGENCY: 15 01786 Seafoam (6) 54 61

7 Travis Stakes 3.57 $110,000, wfa f&m Group 2, 2000m

1 13633 Two Illicit (6) 57 104 M McNab 2 41712 Sinarahma (4) 57 94 M Cameron 3 32517 Zola Express (2) 57 92 C Dell 4 00s81 Charms Star (3) 57 87 W Pinn (a) 5 26244 Les Crayeres (9) 57 83 J Riddell 6 28s66 Lily D’Or (8) 57 74 A Calder 7 14322 Blue Moon (7) 57 70 L Innes 8 49026 Sanibel (5) 57 64 R Elliot 9 670s7 Rip Em Up (1) 57 63 C Grylls

8 Maneline Cambridge Mile 4.34 $30,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1600m

1 s5022 Navalha (7) 60 65 O Bosson 2 70456 Sonofabutcher (14) 60 65 Y Kumagai (a4) 3 70070 Angaria (10) 59 63 L Satherley 4 s4162 Thelongerulook (4) 59 63 J Riddell 5 11440 Camarosa (6) 58 65 C Grylls 6 72157 Flat Track Bully (15) 58 61 L Innes 7 s8552 Catwalk Girl (1) 57.5 64 M McNab 8 1400s Drakkar (5) 57.5 60 D Danis 9 63s55 Secret Show (12) 57.5 60 M Cameron 10 08138 Carte Blanche (13) 56 62 11 5183 Cullinan (9) 56 62 W Pinn (a1) 12 45466 Bunkers (2) 55 59 A Goindasamy (a) 13 s8s85 Jack The Lass (8) 55 59 T Yanagida 14 03604 El Coolio (11) 55 55 T Thornton 15 646s0 Alexandrite (3) 54.5 58 (a1)

SelectionsRace 1: DOUBLE O’ SEVEN, ZIEGFELD, DUBAI DIVA

Race 2: DAWN PARADE, TIME TO CELEBRATE,

RAPOSA RAPIDA

Race 3: CHARMARIO, SHANGHAI TANG, LORD COSMOS

Race 4: THE FEARLESS ONE, BROOKBOURNE,

LINCOLN STAR

Race 5: COTE DE BEAUNE, BONNY LASS, WAIRAU COVE

Race 6: WILD WEST, CHALLA, SWISS KITTY

Race 7: TWO ILLICIT, SINARAHMA, ZOLA EXPRESS

Race 8: NAVALHA, CAMAROSA, THELONGERULOOK

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.

Wanganui JC races at Wanganui Saturday Meeting 4 TAB Doubles 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Trebles 2-3-4, 6-7-8 Quaddies 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 Place6 3-8

1 Wanganui Owners Assoc. 12.18 $30,000, 2yo sw+p, 1200m

1 54 Zaci (10) 57 50 S O’Malley 2 45s Valinor (8) 57 47 J Parkes 3 Duncan Creek (5) 57 45 4 Elcheikhali (9) 55 47 L Allpress 5 Prowess (4) 55 47 B Grylls 6 43s86 Tap Dancer (3) 55 47 E Nicholas (a3) 7 5 Tivaci Princess (7) 55 47 (a3) 8 Baileys On Rocks (1) 55 45 T Taiaroa (a2) 9 Media Miss (6) 55 45 R Hannam 10 94s5 Miss Lilly (2) 55 45 Ashvin Mudhoo (a2)

2 Thank You To Iain & Helen 12.54 $30,000, rating 74 benchmark, 1200m

1 10151 Ifndoubtgetout (12) 62 78 J Mudhoo (a4) 2 60227 Kapinos (3) 60.5 75 3 s14s7 Lincoln Falls (9) 60 74 D Turner 4 1260s Durham Lad (4) 59.5 73 F Lazet (a3) 5 1226s Bold Mac (2) 59 72 J Parkes 6 s2945 Seaaprince (1) 58.5 71 L Sutherland (a4) 7 1050s Bellacontte (8) 57.5 74 T Taiaroa (a2) 8 10s41 Meglio Di Falcrest (11) 57 72 M K Hudson 9 9166s Iconic Lass (10) 54.5 67 Ashvin Mudhoo (a2) 10 43436 Mi Carol (5) 54.5 67 R Hannam 11 71533 Raffle (6) 54.5 67 B Grylls 12 31616 Gucci Belt (7) 54 67 L Allpress

3 Wanganui Ins. Brokers 1.32 $15,000, maiden 3yo, 1360m

1 2s Choisia Prince (5) 57.5 54 J Parkes 2 — Louisiana Man SCRATCHED

3 737 High Choice (6) 57.5 50 (a3) 4 049s4 Karehana Bay (2) 57.5 50 F Lazet (a3) 5 47904 Silky Red Fox (1) 57.5 50 S O’Malley 6 Kronenbourg (7) 57.5 47 D Turner 7 Gino (9) 57.5 45 L Allpress 8 Never Fear (10) 57.5 45 Ashvin Mudhoo (a2) 9 86023 Martina Diva (3) 55.5 53 T Taiaroa (a2) 10 0s Fablue (8) 55.5 47

11 0708 Com Si Com Sa (4) 55.5 46 E Nicholas (a3)

4 Sportz Bar 2.06 $30,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 1360m

1 35423 Bradman (16) 60 65 L Douglas (a3) 2 56040 Kick Start (12) 60 65 M Singh 3 3353s Hey Hey Hey (13) 59.5 64 J Mudhoo (a4) 4 813s Absolutely Maybe (19) 59 63 S O’Malley 5 0240s Hooks (10) 59 63 L Sutherland (a4) 6 021 Phinston (17) 59 63 7 3735s Venato (1) 59 63 Ashvin Mudhoo (a2) 8 69s7s Western Springs (7) 58 62 S McKay 9 67392 Podkast (9) 58 61 T Taiaroa (a2) 10 120s2 Aris Aris (2) 57.5 65 B Grylls 11 1520s Little Wing (18) 57 63 J Parkes 12 5162s This Lady Rocks (4) 57 63 (a3) 13 s2Ls1 Miss Sailor (5) 56.5 63 E Nicholas (a3) 14 25013 Winnie Rose (14) 56.5 62 L Allpress EMERGENCIES: 15 31665 Korubela Miss (8) 55.5 61 D Turner 16 33108 Oceanides (15) 55.5 60 17 s4723 Happy Tav (6) 55.5 60 18 55109 Truly (3) 55.5 60 19 00692 Gurtlyn (11) 55 59

5 G Bristol & Sons 2.38 $35,000, open handicap, 1360m

1 8217s Justaskme (8) 62 100 E Nicholas (a3) 2 11855 Stumpy (4) 57.5 91 L Sutherland (a4) 3 3546s Colorado Star (11) 56 88 F Lazet (a3) 4 3246s Times Ticking (2) 55.5 87 D Turner

5 21129 Love For All (7) 54 86 6 s18s8 Stand Tall (9) 54 81 K L Chung (a4) 7 s310s Secret Amour (10) 54 79 R Hannam 8 66s0s Cruz Ramirez (3) 54 78 B Grylls 9 60227 Kapinos (6) 54 75 (a3) 10 22402 Lincoln’s Kruz (5) 54 75 M Singh 11 19702 Tamahine (1) 54 75 T Taiaroa (a2) 12 120s2 Old Town Road (12) 54 74 L Allpress

6 Tribute To Stu McGrail 3.13 $30,000, rating 74 benchmark, 1600m

1 29411 Tavattack (13) 60.5 75 E Nicholas (a3) 2 754s0 Father Lenihan (3) 60 74 R Hannam 3 23s55 Kick On (8) 59.5 73 S O’Malley 4 11399 Geezas George (15) 58.5 71 L Douglas (a3) 5 609s3 Skarloey (5) 58.5 71 Ashvin Mudhoo (a2) 6 50133 Flying Surf (10) 57.5 73 F Lazet (a3) 7 03691 Champagne Sunday (11) 57.5 69 8 35031 Putorino (7) 57.5 69 L Allpress 9 s6551 Way Above (6) 57.5 69 L Sutherland (a4) 10 08s50 Cross Roads (1) 57 68 J Parkes 11 12928 One Dream One Soul (4) 55.5 70 12 60657 Mahoe (14) 55.5 65 B Grylls 13 62814 Du’blues (2) 54.5 67 (a3) 14 355s1 St Nancy (12) 54.5 67 D Turner EMERGENCY: 15 19702 Tamahine (9) 58.5 75

7 Floyd & Toy R/E Brokers 3.48 $35,000, open handicap, 2060m

1 4180s Big Mike (3) 62 102 E Nicholas (a3)

2 10456 Hunta Pence (1) 57 92 T Taiaroa (a2)

3 15075 Our Hail Mary (2) 55.5 93 R Hannam

4 54730 Sir Nate (7) 54 81 D Bradley

5 9Fs76 No Loitering (5) 54 80 (a3)

6 88547 Pep Torque (8) 54 76

7 5990s Prince Leo (9) 54 73 Ashvin Mudhoo (a2)

8 17365 Kelly Coe (6) 54 72 M K Hudson

9 30065 Because (10) 54 69 L Allpress

10 88322 Flying Meg (4) 54 65 B Grylls

11 — Bruno Magile SCRATCHED

8 Balance Accounting 4.25 $30,000, rating 65 benchmark*, 2060m

1 21630 Justfixit Wuldya (9) 60 65 S O’Malley

2 57224 Lochwinnoch (14) 60 65 L Allpress

3 74252 Maduro (3) 59.5 64 T Taiaroa (a2)

4 05067 Peerless Warrior (2) 58 61 (a3)

5 35452 Platinum Road (10) 57.5 60 M Singh

6 44372 Amathusia (4) 57 63 J Parkes

7 38633 All In Blackberry (7) 56.5 62

M K Hudson

8 76215 Buritz (13) 56.5 62 R Hannam

9 77s31 Enchanted Elle (8) 56.5 62

E Nicholas (a3)

10 78314 Illusion Of Paris (12) 56.5 62

11 73862 Tramore (6) 56 61 Ashvin Mudhoo (a2)

12 34Ps5 Phelan Foxy (11) 56 57 L Douglas (a3)

13 59s96 Greystone (5) 55.5 56 B Grylls

14 011s8 Magic Wonder (1) 54 55

L Sutherland (a4)

SelectionsRace 1: PROWESS, TIVACI PRINCESS, ELCHEIKHALI

Race 2: BOLD MAC, MEGLIO DI FALCREST, LINCOLN FALLS

Race 3: FABLUE, KRONENBOURG, CHOISIA PRINCE

Race 4: WESTERN SPRINGS, ARIS ARIS, KICK START

Race 5: LOVE FOR ALL, STUMPY, JUSTASKME

Race 6: TAVATTACK, KICK ON, GEEZAS GEORGE

Race 7: HUNTA PENCE, BIG MIKE, OUR HAIL MARY

Race 8: JUSTFIXIT WULDYA, TRAMORE, ILLUSION OF PARIS

New South Wales races at Hawkesbury Saturday

1 Clarendon Stakes 1.20 $130,000, 2yo, 1400m

1 11 Green Shadows dw (3) 59 93 S Clipperton 2 7s91 Master Showman tw (6) 57 95 B Avdulla 3 2 Basquiat (4) 56.5 100 J Mc Donald 4 1 Owen County dw (7) 56.5 91 T Clark 5 4 Burgunder (13) 56 94 J Parr 6 26 Cadetship (2) 56 94 J Bowman 7 Makalu (9) 56 84 C Schofield 8 2 Political Debate (11) 56 90 J Ford 9 5 Awesome John (10) 55.5 85 W Pike 10 4s9 Californiachoicest (12) 55.5 67 T Berry 11 5522 Invasive (8) 55.5 85 B Loy 12 0s7 Field Commander (1) 54 87 T Sherry (a1.5) 13 Whisker To Whisker (5) 54 86 R Bayliss

2 TAB Highway Handicap 1.55 $100,000, 3yo & up Class 2, 1100m

1 6212s Reveal The Magic w (8) 61 86 Ms R King 2 s633s Velorum dwn (19) 59 85 B Avdulla 3 211s I’m Not Slew d (17) 58.5 90 T Sherry (a1.5)

4 7213s Extravagent Lad dw (4) 57.5 90 N Heywood 5 812s1 Who But Roo (12) 57.5 91 T Clark 6 16s42 Hardware Lane w (9) 57 100 J Mc Donald 7 32s21 Trumped Up (7) 57 96 W Pike 8 721s1 Proverbial dw (2) 56.5 93 C Schofield 9 s6231 Bleue’s Choice w (16) 56.5 94 Ms A Mc Lucas (a3) 10 54131 Driving Force d (11) 56.5 90 S Clipperton 11 1616s Vascotto dw (20) 56 88 G Buckley 12 7s365 Emerald Bay w (15) 54.5 88 J Innes Jnr 13 31s22 Brief Statement w (1) 54 100 T Schiller (a2) 14 1277s Our Baez (3) 54 89 Ms W Costin EMERGENCIES: 15 13s31 Overextend dw (5) 55.5 98 J Parr 16 9110s Shemakesastatement w (6) 54 94 R Jones (a2) 17 465s2 Mittata w (18) 54.5 91 18 s9041 Surprise Factor (13) 54 88 Ms A Collett 19 1 Tai Lung w (10) 54 93 T Berry 20 s2153 Wilful Spirit (14) 54 85

3 Midway Handicap 2.30 $100,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 72, 1500m

1 86s91 French Bonnet w (17) 60.5 90 J Parr 2 270s0 Jazzland dw (6) 60.5 83 J Innes Jnr 3 47530 Above And Beyond tdwn (15) 59.5 84 R Jones (a2) 4 5s104 Highly Desired wh (13) 59 82 D Gibbons (a3) 5 8s747 Knight wh (3) 59 85 K S Latham 6 30s97 Margie Bee w (2) 58.5 86 Ms M Derrick (a2) 7 016s8 Bluff ‘n’ Bluster dw (7) 58.5 88 W Pike 8 02234 Momack dwh (4) 57.5 92 T Clark 9 6s498 Reformist h (9) 57 83 T Berry 10 2s803 Harvey’s Way w (11) 56 89 J Bowman 11 55s40 Big Surprise w (14) 56 87 12 387s7 Our Bambino tw (1) 56 84 Ms R King 13 23267 Savvy Legend dw (5) 55.5 92 C Schofield 14 s7194 Achira dw (8) 54 87 R Dolan 15 41s56 Obvious Step tw (10) 54 81 T Sherry (a1.5) 16 12319 Short Shorts twh (16) 53.5 100 Ms A Collett EMERGENCY: 17 24s52 Divine Breath w (12) 59 88

4 Blakes Marine Handicap 3.05 $130,000, 3yo & up Benchmark 78, 1800m

1 142s1 Kalapour tw (8) 62.5 100 D Gibbons (a3) 2 60s30 Arapaho w (1) 61 87 T Sherry (a1.5) 3 5s717 Mr Gee tdwn (13) 61 91 R Jones (a2) 4 12s03 Shibli dw (6) 61 96 T Schiller (a2) 5 s4611 Deepstrike dwn (12) 59.5 91 J Bowman 6 — Born A King SCRATCHED

7 5s914 Major Artie wn (3) 58.5 94 T Berry 8 6s422 Get The Idea twb (5) 57.5 91 B Avdulla 9 12s77 Mission Phoenix t (4) 55.5 90 J Parr 10 s0403 Always Sure (7) 54.5 89 T Clark 11 9s511 Global Ausbred wh (2) 53.5 94 W Pike 12 13585 Fill Of Fun wn (9) 52.5 90 Ms A Collett 13 s4035 Just A Brother twh (11) 52 86 Ms R King

5 Living Turf Handicap 3.40 $130,000, Benchmark 78, 1100m

1 0459s Mamaragan (16) 60.5 84 R Bayliss 2 1332s Rainbow Connection (11) 60 92 J Bowman 3 0075s Lashes cdw (3) 59 87 T Schiller (a2) 4 1312s Queen Bellissimo dwh (14) 58.5 90 Ms A Collett 5 59320 Lancaster Bomber dwn (12) 58.5 89 R Jones (a2) 6 62s38 A Very Fine Red cw (15) 58 100 J Parr 7 s4223 Salina Dreaming dwb (2) 58 93 T Sherry (a1.5) 8 9112s Authentic Jewel dwh (4) 57.5 93 J Ford 9 000s1 Najmaty d (7) 57 95 T Berry 10 1280s Selburose dwn (9) 57 92 J Mc Donald 11 2s303 Fox Fighter c (10) 56.5 92 S Clipperton 12 12521 Embeller cdw (5) 55 89 B Avdulla 13 5435s Oh Please Dianna dw (1) 54.5 91 T Clark 14 — Kir Royale SCRATCHED

EMERGENCIES: 15 2466s Sonnet Star dw (18) 54 92 16 11s9s Billiondollarbaby dwb (13) 54 86 W Pike 17 125s3 Sacrimony wn (6) 54 96 18 3928s Blow Dart dw (17) 54 90

6 XXXX Gold Rush 4.15 $140,000, Quality Listed, 1100m

1 4181s Eleven Eleven wn (5) 61 95 J Bowman 2 25410 Malkovich tdwn (3) 57.5 97 J Parr 3 s7s07 Trumbull dw (4) 57.5 92 J Ford

4 6s405 Fituese dwn (6) 55 92 B Avdulla 5 s4426 Marboosha dw (9) 54 100 T Berry 6 2122s Tycoonist wn (7) 54 92 C Schofield 7 5744s Surreal Step wh (8) 53.5 93 W Pike 8 066s2 Our Bellagio Miss dw (1) 53 94 Ms R King 9 40313 Magic Talent dwh (2) 53 81 T Schiller (a)

7 H’bury Guineas 4.50 $200,000, 3yo SW+P Group 3, 1400m

1 s7811 Mr Mozart dw (5) 59 100 W Pike 2 — Coastwatch SCRATCHED

3 0s500 Subterranean w (9) 58 81 C Schofield 4 19161 Flying Crazy dw (6) 57 94 K S Latham 5 21s11 Vilana dw (12) 57 95 S Clipperton 6 7s112 Loch Eagle dwb (10) 56 90 J Bowman 7 110s4 I Am Lethal d (8) 56 84 T Berry 8 47s44 Cotehele (11) 56 89 T Clark 9 — Minsk Moment SCRATCHED

10 s2211 Devil’s Throat twn (1) 56 90 J Parr 11 4s652 Party For One wn (7) 54 87 R Bayliss 12 28s5s Anagain h (2) 54 77 G Buckley 13 40164 Sebrenco w (14) 54 83 Ms K O’Hara 14 31475 Dalchini dw (13) 54 84 J Ford

8 Hawkesbury Crown 5.30 $175,000, 3yo & up F&M SW+P Group 3, 1300m

1 6230s Nudge b (9) 58 95 T Berry 2 s5626 Mirra Vision w (1) 58 100 S Clipperton 3 07164 Wandabaa w (8) 58 100 J Parr 4 s0s66 Matchmaker w (13) 58 88 J Ford 5 s9380 Jamaea (14) 57 94 6 0s998 More Prophets w (3) 57 91 R Bayliss 7 50Ps4 Cliff’s Art (5) 57 92 T Clark 8 89211 She’s The Gift dw (6) 57 91 C Schofield 9 31450 Bring The Ransom w (7) 56 91 K S Latham 10 2124s Brookspire wb (10) 56 97 J Mc Donald 11 3611s Fashchanel cw (2) 56 95 B Avdulla 12 s3316 Never Talk wb (15) 56 98 J Bowman 13 12s68 Ruby Tuesday tdw (16) 56 90 14 — Robodira SCRATCHED

EMERGENCIES: 15 11s14 Jump The Broom wbn (18) 56 95 W Pike 16 128s3 Exotic Ruby t (11) 56 91 Ms R King 17 5s310 Pippali dw (4) 56 87 18 6775s Air To Air (12) 56 86

9 H’bury Gold Cup 6.10 $200,000, Group 3, 1600m

1 80s60 Olmedo dw (8) 59 90 B Loy 2 1104s Berdibek cw (13) 58.5 87 J Bowman 3 5171s So You Win w (17) 58.5 88 C Schofield 4 — Aramayo SCRATCHED

5 24505 Brutality dw (12) 56 94 R Bayliss 6 07s09 Archedemus cdw (15) 55.5 96 W Pike 7 660s0 Imaging dw (5) 55.5 94 J Mc Donald 8 911s5 Kirwan’s Lane dw (10) 55 94 T Sherry (a) 9 832s0 Criaderas w (18) 54.5 89 S Clipperton 10 00s6P Atishu dw (9) 54 60 J Ford 11 90s32 Art Cadeau w (14) 54 100 T Berry 12 1s087 Fourhometwo dw (11) 54 88 R Dolan 13 16s40 The Frontman dw (2) 54 96 B Avdulla 14 — Our Intrigue SCRATCHED

15 1173s Hopeful w (6) 53 91 Ms R King 16 89s08 Thorin dw (19) 53 87 Ms A Collett EMERGENCIES: 17 44126 Wairere Falls tdw (1) 54 96 T Clark 18 31142 Marnix w (16) 54 87 19 12s68 Ruby Tuesday tdw (3) 54 90

10 Voir Grand Classic 6.45 $130,000, Benchmark 78, 1300m

1 9s018 Impasse c (19) 62 89 T Schiller (a2) 2 7324s Night Of Power dwn (16) 60.5 89 J Parr 3 111s1 Norwegian Bliss tdw (12) 59.5 99 J Mc Donald 4 4221s Francesco Guardi (20) 59.5 92 B Avdulla 5 5076s Luvoir tcw (7) 59.5 89 K S Latham 6 046s5 Ventura Ocean (8) 59.5 93 7 25s17 Samoot wn (1) 59 100 D Gibbons (a3) 8 2151s Sibaaq (13) 59 91 T Berry 9 1238s Suave cw (6) 59 93 S Clipperton 10 5s731 Vreneli wn (5) 59 98 T Clark 11 1131s Oceanic Flash w (3) 58.5 87 T Sherry (a1.5) 12 13s20 Grande Rumore w (11) 57 96 J Bowman 13 0s855 Latino Blend w (10) 56.5 96 R Dolan 14 4s555 Hasstobegood (2) 56.5 95 W Pike EMERGENCIES: 15 24s52 Divine Breath w (4) 56 96 16 31124 Mosht Up dwn (15) 55 91 17 43247 Astero cdw (9) 56.5 91 18 s1235 Sindacato w (18) 56 89 C Schofield 19 63222 Two Up w (14) 56 92 20 4211s Finepoint n (17) 54 90 J Ford

SelectionsRace 1: GREEN SHADOWS, MAKALU, MASTER SHOWMAN

Race 2: I’M NOT SLEW, HARDWARE LANE,

EXTRAVAGENT LAD

Race 3: FRENCH BONNET, JAZZLAND, DIVINE BREATH

Race 4: DEEPSTRIKE, KALAPOUR, MAJOR ARTIE

Race 5: NAJMATY, A VERY FINE RED, EMBELLER

Race 6: MALKOVICH, ELEVEN ELEVEN, TYCOONIST

Race 7: LOCH EAGLE, MR MOZART, VILANA

Race 8: BROOKSPIRE, NEVER TALK, FASHCHANEL

Race 9: CRIADERAS, KIRWAN’S LANE, ART CADEAU

Race 10: FRANCESCO GUARDI, NIGHT OF POWER,

NORWEGIAN BLISS

The Gisborne Herald • Friday, April 29, 202222 RACING

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

Queensland races at Eagle Farm Saturday

South Australian races at Morphettville Saturday

1 Treasury Brisbane Handicap 1.28 $75,000, Open, 1825m

1 71093 Star Of Michelin tw (8) 59 89 R Maloney 2 31238 Smart Meteor twh (5) 58.5 89 B Thompson 3 132s9 Our Intrigue w (2) 58 85 K Mc Evoy 4 60531 Trevelyan twh (7) 56.5 93 Ms S Thornton

5 — Casino Mondial SCRATCHED

6 3s798 Honorable Spirit tdw (3) 55.5 88 Jaden Lloyd (a2)

7 — Brilliant Concept SCRATCHED

8 — Hostage Of War SCRATCHED

9 s8940 Pleased w (4) 54 86 B Ryan 10 5s914 Major Artie wn (6) 52 100 M R Du Plessis

2 Treasury Brisbane 2.03 $75,000, Benchmark 75, 1825m

1 s0608 Casino Mondial dw (1) 62.5 95 Ms W Peel (a3) 2 4s172 Hostage Of War dwn (7) 60 96

Jaden Lloyd (a2) 3 s9130 Brilliant Concept dw (6) 58.5 97 A Thompson (a2) 4 960s7 Savvy Lad wn (3) 57.5 94 B Stewart 5 25s11 He Is (2) 56.5 97 Ms S Collett 6 22473 Octavian dwn (8) 56.5 97 K Wilson-Taylor (a1.5) 7 78331 Vitesse Francais h (5) 56 97 R Maloney 8 s3168 Command King twh (11) 55.5 100 L V Cassidy 9 6s117 Roller Coaster tb (9) 54 96 J Byrne 10 0s674 Go Darcy dw (10) 54 98 T Marshall 11 7s886 Three Wise Men (4) 54 96 B Thompson

3 Treasury Brisbane Quality 2.38 $105,000, 3yo Quality, 1300m

1 540s0 Robodira (8) 58 84 K Mc Evoy 2 35036 Release The Beans tbh (1) 57 100 J Orman 3 — Cape Breton SCRATCHED

4 37s56 Minsk Moment wn (3) 55.5 96 J Byrne 5 2113s Kir Royale dbn (2) 54 91 Ms S Collett 6 — Whitewater SCRATCHED

7 44s12 Zavaboom thn (4) 54 99 B Thompson 8 41 Ready For Better h (6) 54 88 K Wilson-Taylor (a) 9 5203s Our Red Planet wh (10) 54 88 L V Cassidy 10 2s661 Hamlet Von Snitzel h (9) 53.5 90 Jaden Lloyd (a) 11 1319s Bulloo w (5) 52.5 91 M R Du Plessis

4 Treasury Brisbane 3.13 $75,000, Benchmark 85, 1600m

1 — Trevelyan SCRATCHED

2 03311 Wham dwn (8) 59 92 B Stewart 3 — Honorable Spirit SCRATCHED

4 26201 Enterprise Prince t (9) 57 91 K Wilson-Taylor (a1.5) 5 27171 Gave Us Up tcwh (5) 56.5 100 Jaden Lloyd (a2) 6 51331 General Dubai twh (7) 56 96 J Orman 7 640s3 Spencer dw (10) 56 85 C Robertson

8 534s7 Zoffany’s Lad dw (2) 55.5 88 M Hellyer 9 56s01 Factory Warrior dwn (6) 55 88 Ms L Kilner (a2) 10 s0804 Lunakorn dwn (11) 55 90 A Mallyon 11 140s9 Top Order twh (3) 54.5 85 T Marshall

5 Dalrello Stakes 3.48 $140,000, 2yo SW Listed, 1000m

1 1165s Mishani Warfare tdhn (4) 57 94 B Thornton 2 214s Brereton db (3) 57 97 J Orman 3 116s Palazzo Spirit ch (6) 57 90 B Thompson 4 2350s Heroic Son wh (10) 57 91 A Thompson (a) 5 113 Jemeldi dw (16) 57 92 B Stewart 6 1 Steady Ready w (2) 57 100 L Tarrant 7 1116s Exo Lady cwh (5) 55 92 J Byrne 8 126s Soaring Ambition (14) 55 92 Ms S Thornton 9 17s Plymstock dw (7) 55 94 K Mc Evoy 10 2120s Minks Star dh (13) 55 89 K Wilson-Taylor (a) 11 1s Menari Magic dh (17) 55 87 M R Du Plessis 12 4s122 Al Pal’s Gal w (1) 55 90 Ms S Collett EMERGENCIES: 13 144 Glamborgini wbh (11) 55 93 14 11 Chinny Boom d (9) 55 96 Justin P Stanley 15 1s Midnight In Tokyo dw (8) 55 91 16 16 Under The Covers b (12) 57 83 17 54s Honey Pot h (15) 55 88

6 Treasury Brisbane Plate 4.23 $75,000, Class 3 SW, 1200m

1 40s35 Dalaalaat db (16) 59 90 2 — Kavak SCRATCHED

3 42231 Palladas twh (19) 59 97 J Byrne 4 — Hamlet Von Snitzel SCRATCHED

5 63280 Loch Lomond dw (9) 57.5 88 A Mallyon 6 110s0 Pascal dw (6) 57.5 80 B Ryan 7 s545s Whozyadeeler cwb (1) 57.5 89 Ms S Collett

8 13575 Bad Barista cdw (5) 57 95 B Thompson 9 21241 Maybe The Best dw (15) 57 97 K Wilson-Taylor (a1.5) 10 — Nimbostratus SCRATCHED

11 — Zoukina SCRATCHED

12 s5625 Park Avenue w (7) 56.5 100 R Maloney 13 78847 Glorious Ruby tdbh (22) 56 93 L Tarrant 14 27s1 Arentee h (3) 55 100 K Mc Evoy 15 s6765 Fumiko d (4) 54.5 91 T Marshall 16 — Kir Royale SCRATCHED

EMERGENCIES: 17 s1145 One Shy Ruby wh (17) 57 92 Ms S Thornton 18 s4715 Torun dwb (10) 57.5 91 B Stewart 19 3127s Seduction Queen wh (8) 57 87 Jaden Lloyd (a2) 20 39212 Titanium tch (13) 57.5 89 21 42211 Maxcalemma dw (12) 59 95 22 s0473 Mister Larrabee dbn (2) 56.5 90 23 4s064 Kudu cdwh (14) 59 85 24 5448s Our Fraulein h (21) 55.5 83

7 Treasury Qld Guineas 5.02 $350,000, 3yo SW Group 2, 1600m

1 4s177 Coastwatch w (9) 57 98 M R Du Plessis 2 s1310 Character dw (1) 57 100 J Orman 3 15053 Bend The Knee (2) 57 91 K Mc Evoy 4 511s7 Dark Destroyer dw (4) 57 89 S R Weatherley 5 7s154 Cape Breton w (7) 57 90 L R Dittman 6 77132 Red Wave d (5) 57 82 A Mallyon 7 3s161 Southern Stock twh (11) 57 89 L V Cassidy 8 s1123 Menazzi tn (14) 57 86 Ms T Brooker 9 124s1 Whitewater w (10) 57 88 B Thornton 10 — Green Belt SCRATCHED

11 — Three Wise Men SCRATCHED

12 313s5 Ashgrove dwh (6) 57 92 R Maloney 13 270s1 Antonio Giovanni w (12) 57 84 Ms S Collett 14 46s33 Kipling’s Journey wh (16) 57 78 R Wiggins 15 113s4 Festival Dancer dw (15) 55 90

B Thompson

16 13s2 Sea Ripple h (3) 55 83 M R Du Plessis

8 TAB Victory Stakes 5.42 $250,000, WFA Group 2, 1200m

1 2412s Vega One twbh (10) 58.5 95 B Thompson

2 1s002 Count De Rupee dw (1) 58.5 100 B Ryan

3 4s47s Rothfire tcdwh (11) 58.5 98 J Orman

4 0s798 Wild Planet dw (2) 58.5 95 J Byrne

5 3244s Niccanova tcdw (12) 58.5 95 A Allen

6 3220s Baller cdwh (6) 58.5 98 R Maloney

7 2s61s Scallopini tcdwh (3) 58.5 97 B Thornton

8 11s68 It’s Me dw (9) 56.5 95 B Stewart

9 5796s Shaquero d (4) 56.5 94 L R Dittman

10 5s240 Ranch Hand w (8) 56.5 95 Ms S Collett

11 0s362 Startantes cdwh (5) 54.5 96 T Marshall

12 s9380 Jamaea d (7) 54.5 96 K Mc Evoy

9 Treasury Brisbane Plate 6.18 $75,000, Class 6 SW, 1400m

1 — General Dubai SCRATCHED

2 72126 Starvirgo dwh (14) 59 93

Jaden Lloyd (a2)

3 s1405 Avowal cdn (8) 57.5 93 B Stewart

4 s6514 Fifteen Rounds twh (13) 57.5 92

K Wilson-Taylor (a1.5)

5 11s12 Go Wandji cwb (12) 57.5 100 L V Cassidy

6 046s5 Ventura Ocean tcd (3) 57.5 97 A Mallyon

7 s1950 Zac Attack tw (1) 57 91 Ms T Brooker

8 4388s Blondeau dw (16) 56 95 J Byrne

9 0s513 Bullfinch cd (2) 56 97 J Orman

10 327s3 Casino Seventeen dw (9) 56 99

Ms L Kilner (a2)

11 4s765 New Arrangement w (7) 56 96

K Mc Evoy

12 1414s Our Rebel cwb (5) 56 92 M Hellyer

13 1s856 Lasting Kiss w (6) 55.5 94 B Ryan

14 7988s Prompt Prodigy w (11) 54.5 88

B Thompson

15 8s223 Aidensfield wh (15) 52.5 94 Ms S Collett

16 s2120 Zoukina dw (4) 52.5 100 Ms S Thornton

1 G.H. Mumm 2.22 $44,750, Benchmark 68, 1400m

1 s8515 Yulong Patrol tdw (9) 61 96 J B Opperman (a2) 2 69310 Drop The Mic d (5) 60.5 89 J Hill 3 s4531 Metro Legend dw (12) 60.5 94 Ms A Jordsjo 4 s8577 Mr Marathon Man w (10) 60.5 87 B Price (a2) 5 39s04 Going Gaga cdw (7) 60 89 Ms M Collett (a3) 6 18141 Rialtor tdw (6) 60 100 A Chung (a3) 7 32511 Chill With Teejay (8) 59.5 96 L Neindorf (a2) 8 3143s Blood Sweat Tears dwb (3) 59 92 B Vorster 9 11365 Lianne w (13) 56.5 92 Ms E Boyd

10 610s7 Manasa w (2) 56.5 93 D Moor 11 113 Mr Metrics h (11) 56.5 98 C Williams 12 4s008 Marina tw (1) 54 80 J Maund 13 8s897 Staying Strong h (4) 54 74 D Caboche

2 PFD Foods 2.57 $40,250, Benchmark 60, 1250m

1 s454s Miroku h (6) 61.5 87 B Price (a2) 2 61176 Danish Fortune w (14) 61 93 G Schofield 3 56s59 Outpost wh (12) 61 91 J Allen 4 11167 Miss Langtry (10) 60 88 L Neindorf (a2) 5 70s1 Warminster (13) 60 89 A Chung (a3) 6 83361 Rivaldo w (9) 59.5 92 J Mott 7 1691s Bon Pegasus w (8) 59 88 Ms K Crowther 8 31s1 She’s A Toff w (4) 59 96 Ms S Logan (a2) 9 — Black Zous SCRATCHED

10 8120 Last Girl Love (1) 57.5 100 Ms J Kah 11 68152 L’il Piper h (3) 57 89 R Hurdle 12 53s19 True Aim wh (11) 56 88 J B Opperman (a2) 13 3240s Free Of Sin wh (5) 55.5 88 D Tourneur 14 s7639 Garrire twh (7) 54 91 P Gatt

3 SA Sprint Series 3.32 $54,750, Benchmark 78 Heat, 1000m

1 6s430 Star Hills cdw (6) 61.5 97 A Chung (a3) 2 11249 Heka Express cdn (13) 61 97 Ms S Logan (a2) 3 s5122 Irish Mint cdw (1) 59 94 L Neindorf (a2) 4 2s97s Niewand dwh (8) 58.5 91 R Hurdle 5 9454s Meteorite dwn (7) 58 95 Ms J Kah 6 61410 Centrefield d (2) 57 93 B Price (a2) 7 6134s Diamonds whn (3) 57 99 D Tourneur 8 0s612 Gaze Grise cdn (11) 56.5 100 Ms K Crowther 9 1214s Full Probe tbh (9) 56 97 J Toeroek 10 0s355 Madame Bolli dw (4) 54 95 C Williams 11 49614 Tanja’s Dream cw (12) 54 95 J Potter 12 241s3 I’m A Legend twh (14) 54 96 B Vorster 13 365s9 Ashady Past w (10) 54 84 J Maund 14 52109 Maid In Milan tdw (5) 54 86 P Gatt

4 H C Nitschke Stakes 4.07 $107,250, 3yo SW+P Listed, 1400m

1 4s232 Hopon Harry th (5) 56 90 D Oliver 2 1 Illation dn (1) 56 94 M Zahra 3 0s539 Knightstown twh (13) 56 91 R Hurdle 4 33461 Prince Jofra dw (12) 56 81 J Allen 5 s2112 Asymmetrical dwn (6) 54 96 D Moor 6 125s3 Star Of Chaos t (9) 54 97 C Williams 7 50s36 Libiamo (10) 54 98 Ms K Crowther 8 21s02 Perceptive (3) 54 99 Ms J Kah 9 s7310 Somewatt Fabulous twh (11) 54 93 J Toeroek 10 5s211 Defining dw (4) 54 100 B Vorster 11 91331 Disagreeable Miss d (7) 54 89 Ms J Eaton 12 137s Zourisky d (8) 54 85 D Thornton 13 21540 Starsongari th (2) 54 89 P Gatt

5 Breeders’ Stakes 4.42 $127,250, 2yo SW Group 3, 1200m

1 1 Twin Stars d (6) 57.5 95 B Vorster 2 2 Eye Of The Eagle (2) 57.5 94 J Mott 3 5s3 Spencer’s Spirit h (4) 57.5 79 P Gatt 4 4 Sir Grumpy (8) 57.5 79 D Caboche 5 1s31 See You In Heaven twh (9) 55.5 100 J Toeroek 6 9s61 Street Delight w (1) 55.5 89 D Oliver 7 21 Hope At Hand th (3) 55.5 85 C Williams 8 52 Lalaguna (5) 55.5 89 Ms J Kah 9 0 Motitsi (7) 55.5 82 J Allen

6 Chairman’s Stakes 5.22 $127,250, 3yo SW Group 3, 2000m

1 33s80 Teewaters d (5) 57.5 97 D Bates 2 0s116 Gundec w (11) 57.5 97 J Bowditch 3 30s19 Jungle Magnate (12) 57.5 100 D Oliver 4 25211 Harleymoven tw (15) 57.5 99 R Hurdle 5 21511 Son Of Emperor wn (14) 57.5 96 Ms J Kah 6 — Riddlero SCRATCHED

7 7s818 Saint Tropez wn (10) 57.5 94 D Moor 8 52224 Ashy Boy (20) 57.5 87 Ms J Eaton 9 91241 Yaphet (6) 57.5 94 M Zahra 10 333s1 Phere The Ex n (3) 57.5 86 J Mott 11 22142 Palani w (1) 57.5 94 J Allen 12 s2520 Residue tw (18) 57.5 90 B Vorster 13 21344 Boolcunda King h (8) 57.5 89 D Tourneur

14 — Bundle Of Fun SCRATCHED

15 s3138 The Map t (9) 55.5 91 B Price (a) 16 s8321 Tavisteel (2) 55.5 87 D Thornton EMERGENCIES: 17 s0441 Seasons In De Sun d (13) 55.5 88 J Noonan 18 6s104 Pudding h (4) 57.5 87 P Gatt 19 5s514 Flight Deck (17) 57.5 78 L Neindorf (a) 20 66262 Alpine Beau b (7) 57.5 85 J Maund

7 Australasian Oaks 6.02 $502,250, 3yo Fillies SW Group 1, 2000m

1 — El Patroness SCRATCHED

2 s1120 Barb Raider w (14) 56 95 C Williams 3 5s413 Daisies dwbn (17) 56 97 M Zahra 4 65322 Bon’s A Pearla (5) 56 97 J Hill 5 2s030 Douceur w (15) 56 93 M Dee 6 s1111 My Whisper t (3) 56 95 Ms J Kah 7 9s113 Mac ‘n’ Cheese twb (18) 56 94 B Vorster 8 51231 Mamounia d (20) 56 87 D Oliver 9 s4144 Fortunate Kiss (4) 56 94 H Coffey 10 7s123 Glint Of Hope bn (2) 56 90 D Moor 11 22315 Lady Chant (12) 56 89 G Schofield 12 13197 Ancient Girl t (1) 56 92 E Brown 13 81110 Pretty Amazing wn (19) 56 93 D Thornton 14 1462 So You See bn (10) 56 92 J Mott 15 14905 Stray (13) 56 87 J Toeroek 16 46s17 Morrissette w (7) 56 87 Ms K Crowther EMERGENCIES: 17 13315 Bundle Of Fun wn (6) 56 87 J Allen 18 3s165 Roots w (9) 56 88 19 s3138 The Map t (16) 56 85 20 90s15 Blackcomb n (11) 56 81

8 City Of Adelaide Handicap 6.37 $107,250, Quality Listed, 1400m

1 70s54 Sansom dwhn (5) 60 94 D Moor 2 0s540 Groundswell cdwn (7) 59.5 98 M Zahra 3 s4233 Morvada cdh (8) 58 91 Ms J Kah 4 9567s Countofmontecristo dn (12) 57 85 D Tourneur 5 14022 Royal Mile tdwb (3) 55 96 J B Opperman (a) 6 280s5 Magna Bella tw (10) 54 89 D Thornton 7 90s90 Bold Star twhn (6) 54 88 L Neindorf (a) 8 0s311 Zoist cdw (11) 54 100 B Vorster 9 s5184 One More Jack tdw (1) 54 91 J Potter 10 s1136 Struck By tdb (9) 54 95 P Gatt 11 41441 My Mate Sonny d (2) 54 92 Ms C Jones 12 12452 Point Blaze wb (4) 54 92 Ms K Crowther

9 Autumn Series 7.10 $54,750, Benchmark 78 Heat, 1300m

1 026s7 Noir De Rue wh (13) 63 90 B Price (a2) 2 — Ashlor SCRATCHED

3 70s80 Extra Time twh (5) 61 100 Ms T Voorham (a2) 4 418s3 Left Hand Man tcwhn (3) 61 97 A Chung (a3) 5 7s322 Arkham Knight tw (4) 60 91 P Gatt 6 0160s Jaguary tw (1) 59 92 D Tourneur 7 2110s My Boy Birmingham (6) 58.5 95 Ms J Kah 8 08s05 Trip tcd (12) 58.5 93 Ms S Logan (a2) 9 92410 Call Me Shamus twhn (2) 58 91 Ms K Crowther 10 200s5 France’s Boy tw (8) 58 89 J Maund 11 44s57 Gigglon tdw (11) 58 91 Ms M Collett (a3) 12 s090s Yabadabadoo n (10) 57.5 82 B Vorster 13 s6612 Aiguilette tcw (16) 57 92 D Oliver 14 4664s Skilled Bunch tcw (14) 55 92 Ms J Eaton EMERGENCIES: 15 78s15 Tubby Two Tracks twh (7) 54 94 C Murray 16 2142s Wild Imagination bh (9) 54 89 J Toeroek

SelectionsRace 1: TREVELYAN, STAR OF MICHELIN, MAJOR ARTIE

Race 2: VITESSE FRANCAIS, HE IS, OCTAVIAN

Race 3: ZAVABOOM, KIR ROYALE, RELEASE THE BEANS

Race 4: GAVE US UP, WHAM, ENTERPRISE PRINCE

Race 5: STEADY READY, BRERETON, MISHANI WARFARE

Race 6: PALLADAS, ARENTEE, MAYBE THE BEST

Race 7: BEND THE KNEE, ASHGROVE, RED WAVE

Race 8: STARTANTES, COUNT DE RUPEE, SCALLOPINI

Race 9: BULLFINCH, AVOWAL, GO WANDJI

SelectionsRace 1: BLOOD SWEAT TEARS, CHILL WITH TEEJAY,

RIALTOR

Race 2: LAST GIRL LOVE, SHE’S A TOFF, L’IL PIPER

Race 3: MADAME BOLLI, METEORITE, DIAMONDS

Race 4: DEFINING, ILLATION, PERCEPTIVE

Race 5: EYE OF THE EAGLE, TWIN STARS,

SEE YOU IN HEAVEN

Race 6: PALANI, HARLEYMOVEN, GUNDEC

Race 7: MY WHISPER, DAISIES, BON’S A PEARLA

Race 8: ZOIST, ROYAL MILE, MORVADA

Race 9: ARKHAM KNIGHT, WILD IMAGINATION,

MY BOY BIRMINGHAM

Invercargill HRC harness at Ascot Park Saturday Meeting 7 TAB D. 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 T. 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 Q. 2-3-4-5, 8-9-10-11 PL6 6-11

1 C Heyrick At Harcourts 11.45 $18,000, R56+ discretionary handicap stand, 2700m

1 1s1s5 Simone Lindenny (Fr) 56 B Williamson

2 214s3 Love N The Port (10) 62 M Williamson

3 12348 Peregrine (10) 65 B Barclay

4 0s021 Only One Way (10) 64 M Hurrell (J)

5 44916 Miss Crazed (10) 67 J Cox

6 2P093 Jimmy Carter (10) 62 B Orange

7 32759 Andy Hall (20) 72 N Williamson

8 — Springbank Mason SCRATCHED

2 Coats & Schuck Jewellers 12.08 $13,000, Non-Winners 3yo+ F&M. mobile, 2200m

1 000 Chogi (Fr) 47 R McIlwrick

2 9s67 Moonlite Dream (Fr) 47 R Close

3 00720 Celtic Abbey (Fr) 40 M Williamson 4 76 R U Watching Me (Fr) 48 M Hurrell (J) 5 83 Courage Reactor (Fr) 49 S Ottley 6 74534 Hey Miki Denario (Fr) 48 B Barclay 7 35773 You Said It (Fr) 44 B Orange 8 70405 Major Fire (Fr) 44 T Williams 9 54466 Princess Popsicle (Fr) 47 10 30327 Sherwood Maggie (Fr) 41 J Cox 11 4 Who’s Bettor (Fr) 50 N Williamson 12 083s0 Tsunami (Fr) 47 B Williamson 13 P0068 Tashs Bad Girl (Fr) 40 A Kyle 14 Everywhere (Fr) 50 C Ferguson 15 — Bettor Back Off SCRATCHED

16 23088 Threetimesbetter (Fr) 40 P Hunter

3 Peninsular Resort 12.31 $13,000, Non-Winners 3yo+. mobile, 2200m

1 242s2 Van Liberty (Fr) 50 B Orange 2 3533 Wattlebank Arnie (Fr) 49 T Williams 3 9 Macandrew Navigator (Fr) 49 4 7s059 Boo (Fr) 41 5 Art Lincoln (Fr) 50 M Williamson 6 744 He’s A Meister (Fr) 49 R McIlwrick 7 59350 Rocknroll Lover (Fr) 45 J Cox 8 Always B There (Fr) 50 C Ferguson 9 90 Cosmic Aurum (Fr) 48 J Morrison 10 0s235 Bubba Scrub (Fr) 46 R Close 11 4 Foveaux Strait (Fr) 50 N Williamson 12 8s77 Olly (Fr) 47 E Barron (J) 13 7 My Pleasure (Fr) 49 M Hurrell (J) 14 4s003 Rockmyster (Fr) 46 S Ottley 15 38768 Foxfire Easton (Fr) 43 S O’Reilly (J) 16 50684 Sir Lancelot (Fr) 43 (J)

4 Betavet Pace 12.58 $13,000, 3yo+ r40-r42,r43-r49 w/c. mobile, 2200m

1 69543 Swedish Starlet (Fr) 42 N Williamson 2 09770 So Art I (Fr) 40 S Ottley

3 87s1 Sweet Revenge (Fr) 48 C Ferguson 4 46300 Tisbury Rocks (Fr) 45 K Barclay 5 19269 The Big Lebowski (Fr) 44 R Swain 6 36536 Mossdale Terry (Fr) 45 B Hope (J) 7 84915 Henry Maguire (Fr) 45 P Hunter 8 50052 Mr McLaren (Fr) 42 K Larsen 9 04034 Vintage Rose (Fr) 39 M Williamson 10 23321 Rightazz (Fr) 49 B Williamson 11 68420 Changearound (Fr) 42 S O’Reilly (J) 12 36681 Marshmellow Millie (Fr) 46 J Morrison 13 01974 Jabali (Fr) 43 B Orange 14 51395 The Mighty Mondo (Fr) 40 B Barclay EMERGENCY: 15 00608 White Diamond Gold (Fr) 35

5 Caduceus Club Of Southland Trot 1.22 $15,000, 3yo+ r35-r55 special handicap stand, 2700m

1 20034 Dwindle Star (Fr) 46 P Williamson 2 24855 Miss Bamboocha (Fr) 35 R McIlwrick 3 62662 Unique Marshall (Fr) 41 S O’Reilly (J) 4 010s2 Pyramid Mystic (Fr) 47 B Williamson 5 12242 Port Pegasus (Fr) 49 N Williamson 6 5s080 Dreamsinthe Mist (Fr) 42 B Orange 7 74464 Cody Banner (Fr) 42 M Hurrell (J) 8 86822 Winning Bones (Fr) 50 J Cox 9 60466 Danangus Fella (Fr) 35 C Ferguson 10 30578 Andiamo (Fr) 38 K Larsen 11 66311 King Of The North (15) 51 (J) 12 29831 Jordan Anne (15) 51 M Williamson 13 10006 Top Pocket Chance (15) 51 R Close 14 93140 Afterburner (15) 54 B Barclay

6 Foveaux Communications 1.53 $14,000, r43-r51. mobile, 2200m

1 74509 Mucho Macho Man (Fr) 51 R Close 2 65757 Wrecking Ball (Fr) 48 A Milne 3 53682 Nyla (Fr) 45 M Williamson 4 8s800 Sagwitch (Fr) 51 M Hurrell (J)

5 37732 Franco Huntington (Fr) 43 J Morrison 6 26181 Friendly Eyre (Fr) 46 N Williamson 7 33366 Wavethebill (Fr) 50 S O’Reilly (J) 8 76080 Melton Mafia (Fr) 48 C Ferguson 9 98007 Emerald Abbey (Fr) 46 P Hunter 10 05704 Insarchatwist (Fr) 50 K Barclay 11 01134 Carrera Dance (Fr) 49 B Barclay 12 69091 Brigadiers Son (Fr) 48 B Williamson 13 63216 Archaic Lustre (Fr) 49 B Orange 14 — White Diamond Gold SCRATCHED

15 77s06 Vin Scully (Fr) 47 J Cox

7 Alabar Southern Supremacy 2.21 $50,000, 3yo C&G Group 2 mobile, 2700m

1 15163 With A Bang (Fr) 58 C Ferguson 2 25144 Sonny Maguire (Fr) 54 B Williamson 3 — Beach Ball SCRATCHED

4 11113 Sand Wave (Fr) 72 N Williamson 5 12312 Matt Major (Fr) 59 T Williams 6 70325 Hurricane Hendrix (Fr) 47 M Williamson 7 11223 Mossdale Ben (Fr) 62 B Hope (J)

8 Diamond Creek Farm 2.56 $60,000, 2yo Group 2. mobile, 2200m

1 5 Classic Mission (Fr) 50 M Williamson 2 3 Ok Boomer (Fr) 50 J Cox 3 2 Da Vinci (Fr) 50 C Ferguson 4 7 Tabasco (Fr) 49 B Williamson 5 Vinke B (Fr) 50 B Orange 6 8 A Major Starr (Fr) 49 B Barclay 7 4 The Black Flash (Fr) 50 N Williamson 8 1 Don’t Stop Dreaming (Fr) 55 O Thornley (J)

9 Southern Cups Hcp 3.31 $30,000, r60+ discretionary handicap stand Final, 2700m

1 54866 Kerri Maguire (Fr) 60 E Barron (J) 2 55353 Doctor Tim (Fr) 59 B Orange

3 32244 Idealism (Fr) 63 B Williamson 4 31350 Tairlaw Toll (10) 70 M Williamson 5 92212 Love On The Rocks (10) 73 M Hurrell (J) 6 16312 Peroni (10) 67 R McIlwrick 7 99885 Memphis Tennessee (10) 70 J Morrison 8 70041 Warloch (20) 76 S Ottley 9 11670 Macandrew Aviator (20) 75 C Ferguson

10 Southern Oaks 4.06 $50,000, 3yo Fillies Group 2. mobile, 2700m

1 15796 Mighthavtime (Fr) 46 K Barclay 2 11211 Aardie’s Express (Fr) 66 T Williams 3 35518 Mary Austin (Fr) 42 J Morrison 4 9s232 Monaco Grace (Fr) 49 S Ottley 5 35053 Snow Robyn (Fr) 50 N Williamson 6 71655 Always B My Honey (Fr) 45 B Barclay 7 21105 Joes Rock (Fr) 54 B Orange 8 14312 Play Philly (Fr) 60 R Close 9 P21 Aint No Angel (Fr) 49 B Williamson 10 22054 Dannemora (Fr) 46 M Williamson 11 18324 Feelthejoy (Fr) 52 E Barron (J)

11 Olphert Contracting Pace 4.41 $15,000, R52-r70. mobile, 2200m

1 88926 I’m Trouble (Fr) 52 (J)

2 — Dangerous SCRATCHED

3 13401 Meohmymartini (Fr) 53 N Williamson 4 60365 Santanna Mach (Fr) 54 S O’Reilly (J) 5 21734 Classy Dancer (Fr) 55 J Morrison 6 4s621 Braeview Kelly (Fr) 58 B Orange 7 74075 Mogul (Fr) 66 R Close 8 26133 Tommy Waterhouse (Fr) 70 K Barclay 9 04258 Beta Than Love (Fr) 57 S Ottley 10 00770 Airwaves (Fr) 55 R McIlwrick 11 78484 Whata Razzle Dazzle (Fr) 56 J Cox 12 72213 Quaddie VC (Fr) 60 B Barclay 13 13611 Mach Quillan (Fr) 63 B Williamson 14 96734 Boarding Call (Fr) 55 M Williamson

SelectionsRace 1: ONLY ONE WAY, LOVE N THE PORT, JIMMY CARTER

Race 2: COURAGE REACTOR, WHO’S BETTOR, YOU SAID IT

Race 3: VAN LIBERTY, WATTLEBANK ARNIE, HE’S A MEISTER

Race 4: RIGHTAZZ, MARSHMELLOW MILLIE,

SWEET REVENGE

Race 5: KING OF THE NORTH, WINNING BONES,

UNIQUE MARSHALL

Race 6: FRIENDLY EYRE, FRANCO HUNTINGTON, NYLA

Race 7: SAND WAVE, WITH A BANG, MATT MAJOR

Race 8: OK BOOMER, DA VINCI, DON’T STOP DREAMING

Race 9: LOVE ON THE ROCKS, PERONI, WARLOCH

Race 10: AARDIE’S EXPRESS, PLAY PHILLY, AINT NO ANGEL

Race 11: MEOHMYMARTINI, BRAEVIEW KELLY,

TOMMY WATERHOUSE

The Gisborne Herald • Friday, April 29, 2022 RACING 23

FOOTBALL

GISBORNE Thistle have been granted a Covid-caused deferral of their Central Federation League football game against Massey University.

The match was to be played at Massey in Palmerston North tomorrow, but ALH Thistle have seven first-team squad members isolating with Covid-19.

Head coach Garrett Blair said most of the players affected should be out of isolation by Tuesday, and most of the rest of the squad had already had Covid.

Nevertheless, the club would assess the situation week by week.

Blair said first-team squad members Travis White, Oska Smith and Ander Batarrita would be available for Thistle Reserves, who play Napier Marist Premiers at Childers Road Reserve at 2.30pm tomorrow.

Jags’ game deferred CRICKET

NEW Zealand-born Ben Stokes was appointed as captain of England’s test cricket team yesterday, taking on the high-pressure role just a few months after returning from a long spell away from the game to protect his mental health.

The all-rounder was the only credible option to replace Joe Root, who quit his position — which he had held for five years — two weeks ago with England having only won one of its last 17 test matches.

It is the first big decision by Rob Key, the former England batsman who was recently hired as managing director of men’s cricket in England in a turbulent period for the national team that is currently without a head coach.

Key said he was sure Stokes was ready to shoulder the burden of the captaincy despite missing most of 2021 to focus on his well-being and also recover from two finger operations. It could mean Stokes plays fewer one-day and Twenty20 internationals, though.

“It’s just something we’ve got to do — we’ve got to manage that load, we have to prioritise at times where we think he needs to be playing. At the moment, that’s going to be test cricket,” Key said.

“I don’t think we have to overthink this. We have to make sure he is in a good frame of mind,

his body is in good shape, and then we can plan accordingly.”

While announcing Stokes’ new role, Key also said veteran fast bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad — the top two wicket-takers in England’s test history — would also be available again after being controversially left out of the recent West Indies tour.

England plays test series against New Zealand and South Africa this summer, and also completes the series against India that was cut short last year with India 2-1 ahead with one test remaining.

“Before it got announced I was doing this job, I rang them up and said, ‘In my opinion you’re both available for selection’,” Key said of the 35-year-old Broad and the 39-year-old Anderson. “I can’t promise you you’re going to play but you are just available for selection.

“Ben Stokes was very clear on the fact that he wants Jimmy and Broady to come back in. It will purely be done on what’s the best XI to win that first test match. Nothing more, nothing less. If they are in that, which there’s every chance they will be because they are two great bowlers, then they play.”

Key said new head coaches would soon be hired to lead the men’s test and limited-overs teams, insisting the same person cannot handle both jobs.

“It’s just become a job that has become near-

impossible for one coach to do,” Key said. “The amount of cricket we play, with all the Covid catch-up, all that stuff, you’re going to have times where you literally would be jumping on a plane to the other side of the world to coach a different format.”

Getting rid of Covid bubbles for teams is expected to further ease the mental burden on players and coach staff.

That should help Stokes, one of the world’s best cricketers in all formats, as he settles back into the swing of a hectic cricket schedule.

“He cares about the people around him, he has understanding for why people struggle, he has understanding for why people might not be feeling right,” Key said. “All those traits, along with a very good cricket brain, make him the standout choice.”

Stokes said Root will “continue to be a key ally for me” as he takes on the captaincy.

“I want to thank Joe for everything he has done for English cricket and for always being a great ambassador for the sport all across the world,” Stokes said. “He has been a massive part of my development as a leader in the dressing room.”

Stokes was born in Christchurch, the son of former Kiwis rugby league player Gerard Stokes, and moved to the north of England aged 12 when his father was appointed coach of a domestic rugby league team there. — NZ Herald

Stokes England’s first Kiwi captain

The Gisborne Herald • Friday, April 29, 202224 SPORT

Remains from a fire (5)butterfly (9)

15. Nil (4)17. Large kind of vase (3)

Previous solution

Across: 6. California, 8. Egypt, 10. Opera, 13. Immediately, 14. Inner, 17. Blade, 19. Underneath. Down: 1. Baby, 2. Lift, 3. Solo, 4. Knee, 5. Paralysed, 7. Delicious, 9. Piece, 11. Petal, 12. Win, 15. Nude, 16. Rare, 17. Beer, 18. Ants.

JUNIOR CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS

Saturday, April 30, 2022

THE LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY:Kunal Nayyar, 41; Dianna Agron, 36; Kirsten Dunst, 40; Johnny Galecki, 47.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19):The work you put in will pay off. Don't give up on something or someone you love. Look at situations you face from the inside out, and you'll find a way to convert them to fit your needs. Go with the flow. 3 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):You know how to play the game. The rules are in place, and the outcome is clear. Place your feet firmly on the ground, and proceed with strength and courage. You are in control, and the decisions you make will determine your success. 3 stars

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CANCER (June 21-July 22):Take whatever you pursue up a notch. Be creative and demonstrate your passion for excelling. An energetic schedule will prompt you to look and feel your best. Make a good impression, and an opportunity will transpire. Romance is on the rise. 4 stars

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):Prioritize money, health and contracts. Organize documents and ease your mind. Talk to an expert if something perplexes you. A course that helps revamp how you handle your money will bring about lifestyle changes to fit your budget. 3 stars

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STAR RATINGSFIVE STARS: Nothing can stop you now. Go for the gold.

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TWO STARS: You can accomplish a lot, but don’t rely on others for help. ONE STAR: It’s best to avoid conflicts. Work behind the scenes or read a good book.

DOUBLE CROSSWORD No.11,578

ACROSS

CRYPTIC CLUES

QUICK CLUES

DOWN

7. Tremble (5)

8. Cell (7)

9. Entail (7)

10. Consumed (5)

12. Unhurried (10)

15. Cheek (10)

18. Heat unit (5)

19. Tumult (7)

21. Omit (7)

22. Clipped (5)

1. Corresponding

(10)

2. Bisect (5)

3. Hades (4)

4. Stick (6)

5. Forefather (8)

6. Relate (7)

11. Casual (10)

13. Huge (8)

14. Insult (7)

16. Rock (6)

17. Automaton (5)

20. Danger (4)

DOWNACROSS

QUICKAcross: 1 Starboard; 8 Ova; 9 Obstruct ion; 11 Dungeon; 12 Blear; 13 Flinch; 15 Sequel; 1 7 C h i d e ; 1 8 H o r r i f y ; 2 0 I m p r o v i d e n t ; 2 2 N e t ; 23 Redundant. Down: 2 Tub; 3 Barge; 4 Accent; 5 Dribble; 6 Consecut ive; 7 Natural ly; 10 Sensit ivi ty; 11 Deficient; 1 4 C h e a p e r ; 1 6 S h r o u d ; 19 Reign; 21 Nun.CRYPTICAcross: 1 Take steps; 8 Ape; 9 Second class; 11 Dampens; 12 Pried; 13 Scotch; 15 Tongue; 1 7 P a s t e ; 1 8 T e d i o u s ; 2 0 N o n e t h e l e s s ; 2 2 A s s ; 23 Resultant. Down: 2 Ace; 3 Sense; 4 Excess; 5 Shampoo; 6 Casting vote; 7 Headdress; 1 0 C o m m o n s e n s e ; 11 D isappear ; 14 C leaner ; 16 Status; 19 Dwell; 21 Son.

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RUGBY

ALL Blacks great Ben Smith can feel the clock ticking.

Smith has confirmed he is weighing up retirement — but is not discounting the possibility of squeezing a few more games out of his body — as he completes his final contract with Japanese club Kobe.

The 84-test All Black will see out the Japan Rugby League One season with the Steelers then return to wife Katie and three children in Dunedin before making any decisions.

"In another couple of weeks, I will sort of weigh it up, and retirement could definitely be on the cards," Smith said from Japan.

"I've had a pretty good run. So that could be it.

"This is a hard game to give up, and to say 'that's me, I'm done' is something that is still a hard one to get across in my own head.

"At the same time, I'm looking forward to the challenge of whatever might come next, and getting a real job for a change."

Smith said he was open to opportunities when the boots were stashed away. He did some landscaping work last year and fancies getting into something that keeps him active.

Smith, who turns 36 in June, feels

physically fine after a long career that included 153 games for the Highlanders, 44 games for Otago, 50 games for Green Island and stints in France and Japan.

But he also knows it is time he spent more time as a dad than as a fullback or winger.

Annabelle, Walter and baby Vinnie will be able to enjoy the YouTube clips and the tributes that will flow when their father calls time on a great playing career.

"The family will definitely be the big factor in whatever I decide to do.

"I'm quite keen to coach a bit of their rugby and follow them round. I had a wee taste of that last year, and getting your weekends back and being able to do stuff with the family would be great.

"Physically, my body actually feels pretty good, because I haven't played a lot of rugby lately."

One of the reasons Smith has only made a cameo appearance for Kobe this season was Covid, as he has just recovered from a bout of the virus.

"I really wasn't too bad, compared to some. I had the sore throat and the nose was running and things like that, but I didn't have the fever.

"My family back in New Zealand all had it. All the kids and Katie and Katie's mum all

sort of got it at the same time, so that was a bit brutal compared to me just getting it in an apartment by myself."

The Kobe club is still mourning the recent death of assistant coach Steve Cumberland.

Smith, along with fellow former Highlanders Richard Buckman, Hayden Parker and Tom Franklin, had a lot of time for the former Otago prop turned coach.

"Cumby was a top man, like family for us over here.

"It's still hard to believe. He's going to be sorely missed, and we're all thinking of Pam and his family."

The death of Cumberland has put the travails of the struggling Highlanders into perspective.

Smith still follows his old team closely and, while he does not like seeing the points table, he believes the Highlanders are better than their record suggests.

"I feel like they've been right in the hunt in so many of these games.

"They haven't been able to get as many wins as they would like and I really feel for them, because they're giving it a good crack.

"They're still in the hunt for the playoffs and they've got good coaches, so I'm sure they're going to come home strong this season." — NZ Herald

Smith considers retirement

RUGBY by Fraser Ruru

DEFENDING premier club rugby champions Waikohu left a 43-0 calling card with High School Old Boys at the Oval last Saturday.

Tomorrow, GT Shearing Waikohu are at home to Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates.

For Waikohu player-coach Kelvin Smith, nothing less than a win will do, to maintain momentum.

His skipper, halfback Mario Counsell, while happy with the weekend win and the character the players showed, acknowledges they have room to improve.

“We left a few points out there due to handling errors.”

They would want to strengthen their structure and pattern, Counsell said.

Pirates captain Bernard Nepe says morale is still high in his team, despite their 53-10 loss to East Coast Farm Vets YMP.

“The boys are looking forward to having a crack this weekend,” Nepe said.

“We have been working on simplifying our game plan, tidying up around our ruck — especially on attack — and holding on to the ball and stringing some phases together.

“Last week, we defended for the majority of the game. We can’t expect to win games that way.”

He said Pirates would look to contain the Waikohu backs and big ball-carrying forwards, put pressure on the Waikohu lineout and hold their own at scrum time.

Jackson Reuben-Swinton will be the match referee. Both captains offered their condolences to the YMP club for the loss of Maude Brown. The match starts at 2.45pm at Te Karaka Domain.

KEVIN HOLLIS GLASS PIRATES:

Jody Tuhaka, Rob Broughton, Axel Campbell, Bernard Nepe (c), Kyah Hollis, Kauri Waitoa, Paora Mullany, Will Bolingford, CJ Fox-Campbell, Jokatama Cewa, Solomoni Rasari, Alifereti Senivau, Te Hau Tangira, Kairos McClutchie, Mosese Bulicakau. Reserves: TBC.

GT SHEARING WAIKOHU: Toru Noanoa, Matekairoa McGuire,

Jarryd Broughton, James Rutene, Tulsa Kaui, Adrian Wyrill, Kupu Lloyd, Tristan Morten, Mario Counsell (c), Kelvin Smith, Seremaia Bavai, Jacob Leaf, Tane McGuire, KC Wilson, Roy Horo. R: Geoff Pari, Mike Tane, TK Tane, Shannon Cameron, Punch Noanoa.

Pirates hoping to answer call

ATTACKING THE LINE: Pirates prop Moui Paonga makes a move towards the try-line but YMP defence came to the fore-front and stopped the attack. Pirates have another tough match on Saturday but are ready for the challenge. Picture by Paul Rickard

GOLF by Chris Taewa

ELECTRINET Park (1) were the big movers on a congested table in rounds 3 and 4 of the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants last weekend.

Patutahi hosted both rounds and by the end of the day an already hot race for semifinal spots had only increased in temperature.

Seven points separate the first and last of the seven competing teams and the difference between first and fourth is only four.

Patutahi (2) lead on 17 points, with Tolaga Bay and Park (1) second-equal on 16 apiece and Te Puia Springs fourth on 13.

It should be noted, however, that Patutahi (2) and Tolaga each have a bye in store.

Park (1), led by Tairawhiti Golf Association president Anaru Reedy, racked up 12 points from a 4-4 draw with Patutahi (2) and 8-0 whitewash of their Park (2) clubmates.

Teams get two points for an individual win and one for a half.

Reedy, at No.1, had to work hard to remain unbeaten in his three matches of the series so far. He defeated Eddie Brown Jnr (Pat 2) 1-up and Sel Peneha (Park 2) 2 and 1.

Park No.4 Peter Stewart also has a perfect record of three from three. He added Dean

Pohatu (Pat 2) and Zach Rolls (Park 2) to his scalp list on Saturday.

Shayde Skudder once again showed his versatility as he made it three from three as Patutahi (2) shared the honours with Park (1).

Skudder, at No.2, disposed of Daniel Collier 3 and 2, then headed to Gisborne to lead YMP to a resounding victory over Pirates in the opening day of Poverty Bay premier club rugby.

Patutahi (2) got by without him in a 5-3 afternoon defeat of Te Puia Springs.

Hukanui Brown followed up his 4 and 3 morning win against Tony Akroyd (Park 1) with a 1-up defeat of Andrew Higham (Te Puia) in one of the matches of the day.

Brown Jnr — Hukanui’s elder brother — bounced back from his morning defeat with an impressive 2 and 1 victory over Springs No.1 William Brown.

Te Puia No.3 Thomas Donovan stayed in the perfect record group with a 4 and 3 defeat of Skudder’s replacement Tini Hawea.

Te Puia had the morning bye.Tolaga Bay No.1 Neil Hansen had a successful

day. He beat Peneha in his side’s 6-2 morning triumph over Park (2) and pipped Dwayne Russell on the 18th in a 6-2 afternoon loss to Patutahi (1).

Jace Brown was on fire as Patutahi (1) and

defending champions Poverty Bay split the points 4-apiece in the morning.

No.3 Brown threw an eagle and birdies at Poverty Bay’s Mark Jefferson in a 6 and 5 romp and had a 2 and 1 win against Tolaga Bay’s Dion Milner in Round 4.

Poverty Bay No.4 Nick Richardson produced his third consecutive win — 2-up over Chris Beattie of Patutahi (1) — while Oligoi veteran Simon Jeune answered an SOS for PB after Jack Lewis was unable to make his debut.

Jeune, in his first match of this pennants series, beat Regan Hindmarsh 3 and 2.

Poverty Bay had the afternoon bye.Rounds 5 and 6 were to be held at Te Puia

on Sunday but have been postponed following the passing of long-time Patutahi member and Manutuke kuia Maude Brown this week.

“Nanny” Maude’s tangi is tomorrow and members of both Patutahi teams will be attending.

An alternative date of May 7 for rounds 5 and 6 is to be confirmed.

Oligoi Jug pennants results, Round 3 —Patutahi (1) 4 Poverty Bay 4 (Patutahi names

first): Dwayne Russell def Glenn Morley 3 and

2, Regan Hindmarsh lost to Simon Jeune 3 and 2, Jace Brown def Mark Jefferson 6 and 5, Chris Beattie lost to Nick Richardson 2-down.

Patutahi (2) 4 Electrinet Park (1) 4 (Patutahi names first): Eddie Brown Jnr lost to Anaru Reedy 1-down, Shayde Skudder def Daniel Collier 3 and 2, Hukanui Brown def Tony Akroyd 4 and 3, Dean Pohatu lost to Peter Stewart 5 and 4.

Tolaga Bay 6 Electrinet Park (2) 2 (Tolaga Bay names first): Neil Hansen def Selwyn Peneha 2 and 1, Bruce Yates lost to Rod Moore 4 and 3, Dion Milner def Matt Henwood 7 and 6, Taine Lincoln def Zach Rolls 4 and 2.

Round 4 —Patutahi (2) 5 Te Puia Springs 3: E Brown Jnr

def William Brown 2 and 1, H Brown def Andrew Higham 1-up, Tini Hawea lost to Thomas Donovan 4 and 3, Pohatu halved with Jason Devery.

Patutahi (1) 6 Tolaga Bay 2: Russell lost to Hansen 1-down, Hindmarsh def Yates 2 and 1, J Brown def Milner 2 and 1, Beattie def Lincoln 2 and 1.

Park (1) 8 Park (2) 0: Reedy def Peneha 2 and 1, Collier def Anthony Pahina 3 and 2, Akroyd def Henwood 6 and 5, Stewart def Rolls 2 and 1.

Overall points after four rounds: Patutahi (2), 17, Tolaga Bay 16, Park (1) 16, Te Puia Springs 13, Patutahi (1) 12, Poverty Bay 12, Park (2) 10.

Oligoi Jug rounds hotly contested

RUGBY LEAGUE

THERE’S a certain symmetry about Isaiah Tass making his NRL starting debut when superstar teammate Cody Walker notches up his 150th game for South Sydney.

Tass will have the luxury of being directly outside Walker on the Rabbitohs’ deadly left edge when the 22-year-old plays in the centres against Manly on Friday night in Gosford.

It shapes as a dream

introduction to the big time for the Mackay-born talent after an impressive 15-minute cameo off the bench against Canterbury two weeks ago.

“You’re playing outside Cody Walker, it’s pretty exciting for any centre,” said Souths coach Jason Demetriou.

“We know what he can do, he’s done it in reserve grade, he’s had a great start to his NRL career and he’s earned the right to start in that position. — AAP

Dream NRL

start for Tass in

Walker’s 150th

The Gisborne Herald • Friday, April 29, 2022 SPORT 25

RUGBY by Ben O’Brien-Leaf

GOOD teams from great clubs get up for big games.

The rivalry between Enterprise Cars OBM and High School Old Boys has produced many memorable clashes in the 26 years since the union of Old Boys and Marist, and OBM will host the Danny Boyle/Wayne Ensor-coached HSOB in Week 2 of Civil Project Solutions premier grade rugby.

On Tiny White Opening Day last weekend, OBM retained the McFarlane Cup 16-0 against Larsawn Ngatapa. Tomorrow OBM will defend the Peter Martin Cup against the blue-and-whites. On the occasion of OBM fullback and 10-year man Scott McKinley’s 131st and last game for the club, OBM have sufficient motivation.

Tomorrow all three games in the grade have a 2.45pm start, with Les Thomas in charge of OBM-HSOB on ground 1 at the Oval, Mark Greene overseeing East Coast Farm Vets YMP versus Larsawn Ngatapa on ground 1 at Barry Park and Jackson Reuben-Swinton in the middle as GT Shearing Waikohu play host to Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates at Te Karaka Domain.

OBM have made six changes to last week’s starting line-up: Myles Muir-Lardelli-Tawa is at tighthead prop for Juston Allen, Blake Beard is the new No.6 for George Whakatope, De-Villa Pirihi-Coutts moves from centre to first five-eighth for Braedyn Grant (with Dillon Dolman-Tuhou now at 13), Blake Crosby replaces Rangi Hinaki on the left wing, and Livinia Drakula is on the right wing in place of Jale Tiko.

Six OBM players are set to make their debut off the reserves bench: Te Aho Morice, Shaquaid Hihi, Jordan Kingi, Josh Talaese, Rico Te Kani and Manny-Patrick Crawford. Changes in personnel often reflect the vitality of a club and in terms of quality, Morice — Ngati Porou

East Coast representative No.1168 — debuted for the Sky Blues in 2018 and is an elusive speedster.

OBM head coach Clint Pirihi is enjoying his role: “I’m excited about the young guys we have coming through, as I’ve yet to see what they can do, and guys impressing me at the moment are tomorrow’s starting front row of Myles, Lance Dickson and Ngahiwi Manuel, but I can’t go past Keanu Taumata (fetcher) and our captain No.8 Rikki Terekia. Leroy, De-Villa and our young halfback Cruz Hinaki — they’re all putting their hands up.”

HSOB will field no debutants in Week 2. As a unit, they have discussed improving on and off the field of play and with setting a good example in mind, Danny Boyle said: “In this starting line-up, we’ve gone for experience in the forwards — we want them to lay a stable platform on which our backs can express themselves.”

That HSOB conceded only two

second-half tries against the defending champions Waikohu last week — that juggernaut having led their hosts on Oval 2 by 31-0 at halftime — may be taken as a character reference. It is easy to throw the hands up, scatter or flee against opponents like Waikohu. HSOB did none of those things, although the final score was 43-0.

A hard-earned win or good competitive showing can turn a club’s prospects and outlook around. Both HSOB and OBM have the pedigree and ability to play excellent rugby. OBM fetcher Keanu Taumata and HSOB skipper and No.8 Tamanui Hill are both coming off Taste One Most Valuable Player award-winning performances. YMP No.8 Stuart Leach undoubtedly was a worthy recipient of the 2022 Tiny White Medal as the best player on Opening Day, but Taumata and Hill were in the reckoning.

Their clubs will want that same effort again and then some, one side having held their opposition scoreless, the other yet to score. They’ll have equal opportunity under Les Thomas, a mature official who last Saturday controlled a Senior 1 then Premier game back to back.

Whether the easterly wind or rain forecast for tomorrow do eventuate, Thomas and his fellow referees deserve and do appreciate good behaviour from the rugby community.

The feeling between YMP and Ngatapa is the stuff of club rugby legend.

That was proven on the game’s greatest stage at Rugby Park in 2005, when right wing Blake Charteris scored all 18 of Ngatapa’s points in their 18-15 win against YMP in the grand final. It was the first time the green and whites had won the Premier Grade in 22 years.

A year later, Paul Nepe scored the try and Kahu Tamatea kicked the conversion and penalty goal that gave YMP a 10-7 win — and the Lee Bros Shield.

Tamatea, in his role as head coach of YMP, now as then sees the big pictue but keeps things as simple as possible for his hard-working East Coast Farm Vets YMP crew.

“We simply want to build phases, keep our discipline and have fun,” he said.

“As for players to keep an eye out for tomorrow, Xavier Bartlett — who’s moved up from Christchurch — has got a great skill-set and can play anywhere in the backline.”

Bartlett will again play on the left wing, but YMP — coming as they are off a 53-10 win against Pirates — are also happy with where they are up front.

Loosehead prop Nehe Papuni got a well-deserved try last week, captain hooker Shayde Skudder is as industrious as he is focused and they have ball-winners of the calibre of Willis Tamatea at lock, not to mention 2022 Tiny White medallist No.8 Leach.

Former Waikohu Lee Bros Shield-winning player-coach Ra Broughton at

halfback gives his new club the same passion and, with the likes of right wing Te Peehi Fairlie — who scored the Senior 1 YMP Bumbles’ last try to earn a 22-22 draw last Saturday — and 2019 Tiny White medallist Andrew Tauatevalu at fullback, there is black-and-white firepower.

The front-row battle, in terms of a contest, should be a great one at Barry Park. It is a home game for YMP, but Ngatapa loosehead prop Campbell Chrisp thrives on contact. He led the great country club to Lee Bros Shield glory in 2013 as he did the Campion College first 15, alongside the Broadhurst brothers (lock and loose-forward Michael, who scored seven tries for Japan, and All Black test lock James) under legendary coach John McInnes at u19 level in 2004.

Larsawn Ngatapa pushed, prodded and poked OBM first-up at the Oval but could not break through. That said, they are honest toilers, none more so than captain and blindside flanker Dan Law.

“Hopefully we got all the rust out last weekend, because I think YMP look like a hard, fast team again this year,” Law said.

“Tomorrow will be a tough battle, but the boys have dusted themselves off and are keen to go again.”

Ngatapa coaches Heith Hawea and Matt Evans have given the upcoming contest just as much thought.

“Last night we had a clarity session,” Hawea said.

“We need to be accurate and get good ruck-ball, so we can control the tempo of the game.

“They came on Tuesday to fix what needed to be addressed from Saturday. They want to improve and we know that we can play better.”

ENTERPRISE CARS OBM: Lance Dickson, Ngahiwi Manuel, Myles Lardelli-Muir-Tawa, Harawira Kahukura, Duran Smith, Blake Beard, Keanu Taumata, Rikki Terekia (c), Cruz Hinaki, De-Villa Pirihi-Coutts, Blake Crosby, Leroy Taiapa, Dillon Dolman-Tuhou, Livinia Drakula, Scott McKinley. R: Te Aho Morice, Shaquaid Hihi, Jordan Kingi, Josh Talaese, Gabe Te Kani, Rico Te Kani, Juston Allen, Manny-Patrick Crawford.

HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS: James Jenkins, Michael Watterson, Salesi Niuvao, Fletcher Scammell, Daniel Tamanui, Viliami Kavai, Trent Proffit, Tamanui Hill (c), Scott Tallott, Marshall Jones, Isaiah Lemua, Matt Naden, Von Huata, Ioane Tupai, Cory Reihana. R: Phillipus Coetze, Tanielu Misikosi, Zane Boyle, Kini Raimou, Korey Love.

EAST COAST FARM VETS YMP: Nehe Papuni, Shayde Skudder (c), Dylan Williams, Rapata Monika, Willis Tamatea, Isaiah Leach, Kesomi Lauti, Stuart Leach, Rawiri Broughton, Siosaia Fililava, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Purvis, Taine Aupouri-Kaiwai, Te Peehi Fairlie, Andrew Tauatevalu. R: Hayze Nepia, Parekura Brown, Jess Kapene, Seth Lundon, Malachi Montgomery, Kayleb Te Whare, Ethine Reeves, Brian Whaitiri.

LARSAWN NGATAPA: Campbell Chrisp, Jack Westenra, Sam Hudson, Grant Law, Jack Twigley, Jack Fuller, Jacob Samuel, Dan Law (c), Michael Livingston, Jake Malbon, Peter Livingston, Ricardo Patricio, Nashwen Mouton, Cameron Rowden, Matt Raleigh. R: Nick Cave, James Higgins, Taylor Howatson, James Law, Thor Crombie, Taku Hall, Te Pirihi Puke-Riki.

CIVIL PROJECT SOLUTIONS PREMIER RUGBY Week 22.45pm kick-off in all games, at all venues —Oval 1, Enterprise Cars OBM v HSOB - referee

Les Thomas. Barry Park 1, East Coast Farm Vets YMP v

Larsawn Ngatapa - Mark Greene. Te Karaka Domain, GT Shearing Waikohu v Kevin

Hollis Glass Pirates - referee Jackson Reuben-Swinton.

CIVIL PROJECT SOLUTIONS SENIOR 1 RUGBY Week 212.45pm: Barry Park 1, YMP v Harvest/

Matawhero Transport Ngatapa - referee Troy Para.12.45pm: Gisborne Oval 2, Kevin Hollis Glass

Pirates v Nuhaka - referee Aaron Brown. 1.30pm: Athletic Park, Charteris Choppers Wairoa

Athletic v Roseland Tavern Tapuae - referee Matt Smith.

OBM and High School Old Boys going at it again

Another page in old rivalry

COMING THROUGH: YMP back Jesse Kapene attempts to break through the Pirate defence. YMP to face Ngatapa this weekend at the Oval on Saturday. Picture by Paul Rickard

The Gisborne Herald • Friday, April 29, 202226 SPORT

GLADIATORS ACTION: The Gisborne Gladiators stock car team will go head to head with two teams from the Meeanee Track in Hawke’s Bay tomorrow night. Trevor McArthur (128G), Nigel Hazelton (54G), Bruce Harding (8G), David Downs (9G) and James Clarke (29G) will use the meeting as a warm-up for a much bigger teams event at the same track in mid-May. McArthur, pictured in action, centre, said — “We’re a new team so we’ll see how we go.” The May 13-14 meeting at Meeanee will involve eight teams from across the North Island. File picture

FOOTBALL by Renae Lolohea

A GOAL five minutes from time gave Wainui Riverina a 2-1 victory over Campion College in women’s Eastern League football on Sunday.

Campion came into the match with the confidence provided by an excellent win against a strong United side the week before.

Gisborne Laundry Services Wainui Riverina dominated possession early in the only women’s fixture to go ahead last weekend. The other games were postponed because of Covid cases.

Campion’s penalty area was under siege in the first 20 minutes but goalkeeper Jasmine Sparks made light work of it, showing a safe pair of hands.

With 10 minutes to go in the first half, Campion’s Grace Levy dribbled past three Wainui players to score in the top left corner and give her side a 1-0 lead at half-time.

Wainui equalised 30 minutes into the second half, when a shot from Larisa Allan was deflected into the path of striker Katerina Ngarimu, who finished well.

Campion had a chance to regain the lead when Taylor Broughton ran on to a through ball played in between her and Wainui keeper Kristy Roa, in action again after a two-year layoff due to a back injury.

The two clashed heavily. Broughton went down, winded, and Roa emerged with the ball.

With five minutes to go, Rosa Evans scored a superb goal from the edge of the penalty area to put Wainui 2-1 up.

Both teams battled hard to the final whistle.

The Wainui player-of-the-match accolade went to skipper Lily Hall-Auckram, who covered well in defence.

Wainui and Campion in close contest

FOOTBALL

CRISTIANO Ronaldo scored an excellent equaliser to spare Manchester United a third successive Premier League defeat as they drew 1-1 at home to Chelsea.

Ralf Rangnick’s side lost their previous two games to Liverpool and Arsenal by an aggregate

score of 7-1 and, while the performance on their return to Old Trafford was by no means impressive, they at least avoided another loss on Thursday.

Despite a dismal first-half showing in which their midfield was routinely cut open, United somehow made it until the break without conceding, though Chelsea’s deserved

breakthrough did arrive via Marcos Alonso with an hour played.

But Ronaldo — who has been responsible for five of their six Premier League goals this month — swiftly restored parity against the run of play, lashing home a 62nd-minute equaliser in front of the Stretford End, and Thomas Tuchel’s men failed to regain the lead. — AAP

Ronaldo spares tame United against Chelsea

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SPEEDWAY INSIDERUGBY

NETBALL by Sherrill Beale and Murray Robertson

PRE-SEASON tournament winners Waikohu (1) come up against Whangara Old Girls in the opening games of premier grade netball tomorrow, and going on last season it could be a close battle.

The Pak’nSave-sponsored competition starts for all senior teams from 9am to 1.45pm at the Victoria Domain courts.

The first round of the competition will be a grading round as usual.

Claydens Waikohu (1) and Whangara will take the YMCA court at 12 midday.

This will be Whangara’s first game of the season.

Waikohu (1) made a good start by winning the Kathleen Henderson Memorial Tournament and will want to maintain the impetus.

These teams had some close, competitive games against each other last year so the same can be expected tomorrow.

It is always interesting at the start of the netball season to see the make-up of teams — to see who has stayed put, who has returned after a break, who has changed teams, and who is new to the district.

It all adds to the interesting, competitive nature of netball.

In the other premier game tomorrow, at 11am, also in the YMCA, F45 High School Old Girls will play Horouta Gold.

Reigning 2021 premier champions HSOG did not take part in the Kathleen Henderson tournament, but a HSOG mixed team won the tournament’s B Grade.

Horouta Gold had some good results in that tournament., losing to eventual winners Waikohu (1) and runners-up

YMP Whanau by only five and four goals respectively.

Centre manager Allisa Hall said the netball fraternity was excited to start their games in the YMCA so early this season.

“Premier grade usually starts indoors in Round 2, but with our

season starting later and having two less teams starting in the grade, we have been able to play most of the Round 1 games indoors on Wednesday evenings, and the extra games for the round on the Saturdays out on Court 2 at Victoria Domain.

“Mark it in your calendars and

get into the ‘Y’ to support your favourite team when that starts on Wednesday,” Hall said.

The two teams not returning to premiers this year include the Tapuae team from Wairoa, and Waikohu have consolidated their two teams from last year into one this season.

Play starts for all senior teams tomorrow.

It is always hard to make predictions early in the season.

However, netballers and their supporters will be pleased to be back on the courts, and there will be plenty of good games to view.

BIG GUNS SET TO FIREWaikohu and Whangara clash in first round

MIDCOURT ACTION: Te Ohomauri King gathers in the ball for Waikohu (1) as Horouta Gold centre Lexi Rutene (left) and wing defence Paare Ahuriri Leach make things uncomfortable for her in the Kathleen Henderson Memorial Tournament this month. Both teams are in action tomorrow, Waikohu (1) against Whangara Old Girls and Horouta Gold against High School Old Girls. Picture by Paul Rickard

RUGBY LEAGUE

The Kiwis are coming home, with a blockbuster clash against Tonga in June.

The New Zealand Rugby League confirmed the mid-year match, after reports had first surfaced last month of the plans.

The Kiwis test will take place on Saturday 25 June at Mt Smart Stadium, with the Kiwi Ferns to face the Tonga women’s team on the same night.

The Kiwis haven’t been sighted for more than two years, with their last game against Great Britain in Christchurch on November 9, 2019.

The double header in Auckland will be staged eight days before the Warriors’ long-awaited homecoming, with their match against the Tigers on July 3.

Privately, the NRL club aren’t thrilled with the scenario — as it will take some focus away from their marketing and promotional efforts — but overall it will be a big boost for the game.

The Kiwis desperately need time in camp together, ahead

of the Rugby League World Cup later this year.There is still hope they can have some sort of preparation

game before they fly to england but that won’t be easy to arrange, with just over two weeks between the NRL grand final (October 2) and the start of the World Cup (October 15).

It will also be a chance to continue a burgeoning rivalry against the Pacific team. The men in red famously upset the Kiwis 28-22 in hamilton at the 2017 World Cup, before the Kiwis gained a 34-14 revenge win in June 2019.

The league spectacle in Auckland coincides with Matariki — the Māori New Year — and falls on the inaugural public holiday weekend.

There will also be Pacific tests across the Tasman on the same night, with Samoa facing the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea up against Fiji at Campbelltown stadium.

NZRL CeO Greg Peters said they had worked with the NRL “for some time” to get the two Auckland matches across the line.

“What a great feeling to finally have our Ferns and Kiwis back on the park, and even better at home,” said Peters.

“To celebrate Matariki weekend with an international test double header that unites our fans and communities in celebration is special.”

he added that the NZRL aims to achieve a new world record crowd attendance for a women’s rugby league match, which currently sits at 18,000.

The game is also a fillip for Tonga, after they achieved victories over Great Britain and Australia when they last assembled in November 2019.

“This opportunity has been a long time coming, so we can’t wait to face the Kiwis again,” said Tonga coach Kristian Woolf. “This will be an important match for us as we look to reunite the team and also give some of our young players a chance to represent their country ahead of the World Cup.”

The Kiwi Ferns haven’t faced hakula Tonga since the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, where the New Zealand team enjoyed a comprehensive win. The Ferns’ last match was a 28-8 win over Fetu Samoa in 2020, with hakula Tonga trouncing the small nation of Niue 66-8 in the same year. — NZ herald

Double header confirmed for June in Auckland