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WASHED AWAY: A four-metre section of road on the Mangahauini Bridge on State Highway 35 at Tokomaru Bay was washed away.

Picture by Jack Takurua Junior

by Herald reporters

A STATE of Civil Defence emergency was declared for Tairāwhiti this morning as unrelenting rain caused mass flooding, which cut off roads, washed out a State Highway 35 bridge and forced evacuations and rescues.

“We expect it to get worse before it gets better,” East Coast MP Kiri Allan said this morning.

Record rain fell in places overnight, particularly the central section of the East Coast, including more than 300mm at Te Puia Springs.

MetService has forecast more heavy rain for the region up to Monday, with a change to south-easterlies today.

Severe flooding hit the East Coast north of Tolaga Bay, up past Tokomaru Bay, and people were evacuated and rescued.

Tairāwhiti Civil Defence group controller David Wilson, who declared the state of emergency at 6.30am, urged people to stay off the roads and call in damage and flooding to the council’s 0800 653 800 number.

“Have a plan in case you need to evacuate and check on whānau and neighbours. Let us know if anyone needs help,” he said.

People were evacuated from their homes at Mangatuna, Uawa, Anaura Bay, Kaiaua, Tokomaru Bay

and Tolaga Bay, with some self-evacuating.

“They have been heading to whānau, marae and the local fire station,” Mr Wilson said.

“CDEM (Civil Defence Emergency Management) community link volunteers went door-to-door in the early hours in some areas to alert families.”

Some of the rainfall figures have exceeded the one-in-100-year levels, with Te Puia copping 23mm between 6pm and midnight.

The upper Hikuwai River received 234mm over the past 24 hours, with Mata, at the headwaters of the Waiapu, also getting 234mm and the Hikuwai at Willowflat 222mm.

“The Hikuwai River peaked at 12.8m and while it is dropping more rain is expected from later tonight,” Mr Wilson said.

A woman was rescued from the roof of her partially submerged car early this morning after the vehicle was caught in floodwaters near Tokomaru Bay, just north of Kaiawha Road.

A four-wheel-drive fire appliance from the FENZ Tokomaru Bay volunteers, driven by senior firefighter John Kopua, got her out safely at around 2am.

“She was pretty relieved to see us,” he said. “It took a while to get to her because we had to wait for the Kaiawha River to drop a bit before we could drive across. Logs in

the floodwaters hit the fire truck as we went across.

“I reckon she was trapped on the car’s roof for about 45 minutes.”

At about the same this morning the Tokomaru Bay crew got a father, four children and a dog out of a house alongside SH35 near the bay.

“A slip came down at the back of their house and they needed to be evacuated,” senior firefighter Kopua said. “That was done safely and they were taken back to our fire station.”

In another incident on the Coast highway this morning, a power pole came down on to a passing car. There were no reports of injuries.

The Trust Tairawhiti Rescue Helicopter and Character Roofing surf lifesaving emergency callout squad (with IRBs) were mobilised after two road workers were trapped at around 5am near the Anaura Bay turnoff.

“The men, with a digger and a ute, were trying to clear slips when the floodwaters trapped them,” an emergency services spokesman said.

The chopper was able to land near them and the two men were airlifted back along the highway towards Tolaga Bay to a staging point.

The chopper was held on standby in Tolaga Bay and other helicopter operators were called in.

Country Helicopters checked powerlines, with Ashworth Helicopters assisting.

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WATCH OUT: Two young locals found this warning sign, washed down from a hillside on to Anaura Bay Road in the overnight downpour. Picture by Michelle Parsons

FLOOD DAMAGE: A house at Waipiro Bay slipped into a creek during last night’s torrential rain. Picture by Len Walker

LIFEGUARDS: The Character Roofing surf life saving emergency callout squad from Gisborne joined the rescue and evacuation efforts in the Mangatuna area north of Tolaga Bay where they assisted police and Civil Defence. Picture by UawaLive

by Roger Handford

METSERVICE this morning upgraded its “orange warning” to “red” and says the weather has “the potential of an extreme event”.

It warned the district could expect a further 150 to 200 millimetres of rain on top of what had already fallen.

The deluge that has already hit the East Coast will have brought memories of 1988’s Cyclone Bola flooding back for many residents, especially those at Tolaga Bay.

As in 1988, there is a sub-tropical low sitting off the North Island, hosing a stream of dense moisture on to the district from the northeast.

At Tolaga, heavy downpours over the past

48 hours swamped the Uawa-Hikuwai River catchment, dumping especially hard on the coast-facing river valleys.

Large rainfall totals were recorded from the top of East Cape and Waikura Valley, through Ruatoria, Te Puia Springs, Tokomaru Bay and Tolaga Bay.

While the downpours were nowhere near the peak of Cyclone Bola — over 900mm recorded in the hill country between Gisborne and Tolaga — that was a full three-day event.

Even so, Te Puia Springs township recorded 314.5mm over the 24 hours up to 7am today and 423mm for the past seven days, virtually all of which fell over 48 hours.

Ruatoria township had 154mm in the 24 hours to 7am today, with just over 238mm

over the rain event.The two gauges on the Hikuwai River

recorded 220-230mm over the 24 hours to 7am and over 300mm in the rain period.

Over most of the Raukumara hill country, stations generally recorded 170 to 180mm.

The rain reached lesser, normal autumn amounts around Gisborne and further south, ranging from 30mm to some over 100mm.

The rivers of the top part of the district all came up rapidly with big hourly totals in the early part of this morning.

At Te Puia, over 57mm fell in just one hour between midnight and 1am this morning.

On the Hikuwai River, 130mm fell in six hours from 9pm last night to 2am this morning, with almost half of that between

1am and 2am.As a result the river rose alarmingly, from

around 10.5 metres just after 1am, to a near-record peak of 12.84m at Willowflat at 5.15am this morning.

The highest the Hikuwai has been seems to have been on March 7, 1988, during Cyclone Bola, when a peak of 14.37m was recorded.

Other 12m-plus events have occurred, mostly in the past 10 or so years, although there was one big flood event in 1916 which swept a span of the Uawa River bridge away.

In the north, the Waiapu River peaked at 6.7m at 3.30am while the Waimata River at the Monowai Bridge hit 4.2m and the Waingaromia River at Terrace Station peaked at almost 4.8m.

Echoes of Bola, with more rain to come

DEBRIS: Beach Road at Tokomaru Bay was littered this morning with rocks, washed up in the overnight storm. Picture by LilyBeth Houia-Raroa

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FOUR people remain in hospital, one in the intensive care unit, as 338 new cases of Covid-19 were registered today.

“Over 4000 of us have had Covid-19 and we’re learning the recovery can take time,” Hauora Tairawhiti said in a statement.

“A lot of people are reporting that it’s taking a while to feel 100 percent well again. This is also where Covid is much more serious than a normal flu. It takes a lot out of us.”

Research shows that 20 to 30 percent of people continue to experience at least one symptom a month after recovering.

“We can’t be too hard on ourselves or our children to return to our full workout, mood

or energy levels. Our bodies will take as much time as they need to recover and we can’t rush it. We need to pace ourselves after Covid.”

Hauora Tairawhiti advised that boosting a recovery from Covid-19 would take good healthy kai, plenty of fluids, plenty of rest and limited alcohol.

They advised a good site for healthy kai options is www.5aday.co.nz/

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MAkARIkA local Ian Logan woke up in the early hours of this morning to his whāre being flooded by the torrential rain.

Mr Logan, partner Cally Mullany and five-year-old son Brodie James live near the Makarika School and at 1.30am he woke up to find water in the house up to his shin level.

He and Ms Mullany got up, got dressed, grabbed Brodie and tried to make it to their truck.

It wasn’t working so he contacted his father, John, who lives 100 metres up the road to bring the tractor down to help them.

When his father arrived, they were a bit disorientated because of the weather, narrow roads and a “lake” that was forming because of the stopbanks around their house and the school.

They managed to get themselves and their dogs on to the tractor and to safety.

“It looks like a big lake. It has receded a bit but the stopbank is actually holding the water in.” Mr Logan told The Herald this morning.

He was hoping to break the stopbank today to release some of the water.

“It wasn’t a nice feeling waking up to it. We knew we had to try to keep calm for our young fella and just keep our heads and make sure we did everything we needed to do,” Mr Logan said.

He had spoken with Civil Defence and they were assessing the damage and figuring out a plan of attack.

They could not access the main road to get out of Makarika.

“The house isn’t too bad but you can see discolouration of where the water went up to. “We probably have lost everything but we can get it back.”

Father to the rescue of whanau, dogs at Makarika

NEW ‘LAKE’: Makarika School and Ian Logan’s house were flooded by what he described as a “lake” formed by stopbanks. Picture supplied by Ian Logan

by Matthew Rosenberg, LDR reporter

Civil Defence in Tolaga Bay described rainfall overnight as “unrelenting” as Tairāwhiti entered a state of emergency caused by severe flooding.

Images of State Highway 35 north of Tolaga Bay show a total washout this morning while in Tokomaru Bay the Mangahauini Bridge was split in two.

Over 700 people in the region were without power this morning and more heavy rain is expected tonight.

“That was a pretty impressive spectacle by anybody’s weather standards really. It was just unrelenting,” Tolaga Bay Civil Defece officer Nori Parata said.

“Torrential rain and unrelenting lightning and thunder made the building vibrate. It was like the gods were angry for some reason.”

Ms Parata said the torrential rain began at 9pm last night, right when it was forecast to, and didn’t let up all night.

While there had been some reprieve this morning, parts of the town were still without power.

People were staying strong, she said. “it’s a resilient community and it’s also a

community, particularly in those areas that are prone to floods, that understand the drill and is very well prepared in these situations.

“And this one last night and this morning was no exception to them. I’m talking about the people at Mangatuna and Anaura Bay. They have their safety plans. They know when it’s time for them to self-evacuate or contact us.”

Ms Parata said some people had been trapped before they had the opportunity to evacuate but were now safe. Civil Defence was busy checking on househods in the area.

A major concern was the height of the Uawa and Hikuwai rivers, the latter reaching 12.8 metres this morning.

‘It was like the gods were angry’

ReSIDenTS in the Mangatuna area were evacuated from their homes early this morning when the Hikuwai River reached the evacuation level. “Fortunately the rain eased off at just the right time,” a Civil Defence spokesman said. “We had people going door-to-door in that area to advise residents of the situation and get them out.”

THe approaches on one side of the main State Highway 2 bridge in Tokomaru Bay were badly impacted. A hole measuring three-to-four metres wide and six metres deep across the road opened up on the approaches on the southern side and the bridge was closed. It was caused by floodwaters from the Mangahauini River.

WAkA kotahi nZ Transport Agency advised this morning that State Highway 35 was closed between Okitu at Wainui and Potaka at the top of east Cape after the heavy rain resulted in slips and flooding along the route. “There is a detour in place using State Highway 2 and people are asked to allow extra time for their journeys,” the nZTA said. “Contractors are out surveying the damage and we expect to provide further updates during the day.”

MICHeLLe Parsons, a manager at Anaura Station, said last night was nothing like she had experienced before.

“It was a sleepless night. The lightning and rain was full on. I’ve never heard thunder and rain like that before. It was just beating at our windows. The lightning lit up the whole house, the whole sky.”

At 10am this morning, people in Anaura

Bay could not leave.“We can’t get out at the moment due

to a slip on our road. There’s also surface flooding over the hill, which no four-wheel-drive can get through. Lockwood Road has been blocked off as well due to a slip. They took a beating last night.”

A local whānau had to evacuate their house last night due to a torrent of water racing straight for their house, Ms Parsons said. The family were put up at Anaura Station.

“It’s looking Ok at the moment, but if the weather was to change again tonight, which I think it’s meant to, the whānau will be returning back up to our house again.”

THe city wastewater system has been flooded, with large amounts of rainwater draining from residential properties.

“To prevent sewage from overflowing back into homes and onto roads, causing a significant potential health risk on properties in the city, the council has opened the emergency sewer valve into the Turanganui River,” a council spokesman said.

The valve was opened at around 5.40pm last night.

“Contact with the waterways is likely to pose a risk to health and we have notified the Hauora Tairāwhiti Medical Officer of Health, water user and sports groups.”

Temporary warning signs will be installed at swimming and recreation sites.

“We will notify the public when the discharge has stopped. Any updates will also be posted on our website and Facebook page.”

THe rain caused power outages for

around 755 customers in the Tokomaru Bay area, Tolaga Bay, Tapuaeroa, Mata, Makarika.

“More than 650 of them are still without power, and our crews are being hampered by the access issues,” an eastland network spokeswoman said. “But we’re working to find alternative ways to reach and fix the faults safely. We’re starting to make some progress, and have just restored power south of Tokomaru, including Arthur Street. “Falling trees and floodwaters have caused a number of poles and lines to come down. So please watch out and treat all lines as live at all times.

“With the roads closed one of our faultmen walked four kilometres in the rain to check the Tokomaru sub-station, and is patrolling Tokomaru Bay on foot.

“We’re sending a couple of our team up in a helicopter. They will land in Toko to try to get power back on there, then meet a crew on the other side of the washed-out bridge.

“We’re also seeing whether faults crews can drive into the worst-affected areas via alternative road routes,” she said.

“We’ll keep you updated but in the meantime, please stay safe everyone. If you need to report any issues with your power, call our faults line on 0800 206 207.”

SPARk lost coverage to five linked cell towers — Te Puia Springs, Hicks Bay, Tutara, Hikurangi Spur and Tokomaru Bay.

“Te Puia Spings has been impacted by the weather and relays coverage to the other four,” a Spark spokesperson said. “We cannot currently access the site for health and safety reasons but will obviously do so as soon as feasible.”

A night like no other

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The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, March 23, 2022 NEWS 3

GISBORNE’S Enterprise Cars Swim Centre is saying goodbye to draughty, broken windows in its changing rooms.

The centre has received a grant from the New Zealand Community Trust for $13,788 to fill the gaps.

“Our building was built back in 1985 and the windows in the changing rooms are now broken beyond repair, unsafe, and insecure, with several break-ins recently,” said Enterprise Aquatic Swim team head coach and club president Gary Martin.

“Due to their being over 38

years old, they were well past their use-by date.

“We had already screwed three of them closed permanently as the hinges had broken and they were so old we couldn’t get replacements for them.

“Many of the others had broken catches and the safety locks were also failing. Getting new windows will bring our changing rooms back to an acceptable standard for our building’s warrant of fitness.”

Mr Martin said the pool was built to FINA (international swimming federation) and

Swimming NZ specifications so national records could be broken in it and it was built with products the club could afford at the time.

“The club has continued to fundraise for the past 38 years and continually upgraded parts of the structure,” he said.

“The club was formed in 1963 as the McGlashen Swim Club.

“In 1984, after a five-year period of intense fundraising and securing a major sponsorship from the Enterprise Motor Group, our name was changed to the Enterprise Aquatic Swim Team

and we built our present facility in Riverdale, Gisborne.

“The pool is available for public use nine hours a day, five days a week. Another 24 hours a week is for club use for Learn to Swim and junior and senior Squads.

“The facility is also hired out to organisations on weekends,” Mr Martin said.

“We have a proud history of having broken over 200 New Zealand age and open records, as well as having 17 of our members representing New Zealand in national age and open teams.”

Keeping draughts out and the champions in

by Avneesh Vincent

VARROA is taking hold in our district, and untreated, is playing havoc with bee colonies.

“We really need to up our ante to address the issues,” says Gisborne beekeeper and chair of New Zealand’s Science and Focus Group Barry Foster.

Latest survey results on the varroa mite show Gisborne suffers the country’s highest bee colony losses, which Mr Foster calls a “worrying trend”.

Varroa is an external parasite that attacks and feeds on honey bees, spreading a disease called Varroosis.

The New Zealand Colony Loss survey has been conducted annually by Manaaki Whenua since 2015 and is funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries, and the 2021 survey found the mid-north island region, including Gisborne, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Hawke’s Bay, recorded the country’s highest colony loss rate with 8.6 percent of all colonies lost to the disease.

In previous surveys, colony losses were most often attributed to “queen problems” in hives, but last year marked a change as the parasite was responsible for nearly 40 percent of all losses.

Mr Foster said the mite first appeared in New Zealand 22 years ago when it was discovered at Pukekohe, South Auckland.

“It’s likely it was a swarm of bees that’s come in on a shipping container, as in the past we did have live bees come from Asia that way,” Mr Foster said.

The problem starts when the mite hitchhikes on bees — particularly male drones — when they go from one hive to another.

“Over the years the virus probably got a bit more virulent and all the bees have become immune-compromised, hence the rising trend.

“You can imagine varroa is like a dirty parasite on eight legs running around and stabbing a bee,” he said.

Varroa losses came from treating the hives at the wrong time, ineffective dosage, reinvasion post-treatment and no treatment at all.

It was worrying that about 4 percent of beekeepers surveyed did not treat for varroa at all during the 2020/2021 season,

and about a quarter of beekeepers surveyed did not monitor the success of their treatments, he said.

“Treating is only the first part of varroa management; you have to monitor to make sure those treatments have worked — otherwise you are leaving your hives, and the hives of others, at real risk.”

Monitoring methods include a “sugar shake” and an “alcohol wash” which may kill the bees, but does kill the parasites in the process, and helps give the beekeeper an idea of the health of the hive.

It was always good practice to carry out monitoring before treatment, as timing was critical.

“For example, most beekeepers would have harvested their honey by now, and if they leave their treatment to now they are probably getting too many mites in their hives and their hives may not survive winter.”

With treatment usually carried out in September and October, delaying action gives time for varroa to multiply to damaging levels, he said.

As a winter inspection could accidentally kill the queen, the survey is usually carried out through August to October every year.

Unlike most other primary industries that have an industry levy which helps decide on its future and growth, the bee industry has none.

“I guess it requires a commitment to invest and research in education, especially since we have a formidable pest like varroa.”

‘Worrying trend’ of bee colony losses

DRUGS and gang association played a large part in offending by a man who faced his 10th and 11th driving disqualifications in Gisborne District Court.

Warren Jacques Tarawa pleaded guilty to failing to stop, dangerous driving and two charges of driving while disqualified.

He had been in custody for close to six months and was sentenced to time served and released from prison, but disqualified from driving until August 2024.

Counsel Heather Vaughn told the court Tarawa had written a letter indicating he was hoping to move forward from his offending, that he was seeking employment, held a certificate in forestry and that employment had been made available to him.

“He wants to let the court know he is willing to make amends and move forward,” she said.

Reading from the facts of Tarawa’s case, Judge Warren Cathcart noted that Tarawa said he wanted to reform.

“I’m concerned he is trying to pull the wool over my eyes,” the judge said.

“He was released from prison on serious charges, then is driving while disqualified, then speeds away from police officers.

“I am a little cautious about accepting statements from you. You are trying to persuade me you have turned a corner, but there is a pattern in your conduct that continuously repeats.”

On July 27, last year, Tarawa was pulled over by police in Glasgow Crescent. Initially he said

he had a licence but then admitted he did not.The court heard that on September 1 he was

again driving, this time on Wainui Road and at high speed.

He stopped briefly when a police pursuit was initiated, then drove on the wrong side of the road and turned a blind corner into Wainui Road.

“I’m trying to find out what motivated you to drive away from the police,” the judge said.

“I have no evidence you had drugs or paraphernalia in the car, and I am sentencing you on that basis. Because these are your 10th and 11th driving while disqualified offences, there has to be a substantial starting point.

“You are getting close, because of the number of your previous convictions in that

area, to getting the maximum penalty, which is two years in prison.

“You strike me as an intelligent man, and I’ve said that before, but intelligent people can be crafty.

“I consider there probably is a true motivation for change and it lies in the fact you want to spend time with your very young child.

“I therefore accept these statements in your letter are genuine. Getting rid of the gang association and drugs is up to you.

“You need to reflect on your role as a father . . . only you can lead by the right example.”

Tarawa was given a 20 percent sentence discount for his guilty pleas, and a notional end sentence of 13 months allowed the judge to convert it to one of time served.

Judge gives repeat offender benefit of the doubt

‘ The windows were well past their use-by date. ’ —Gary Martin

LETHAL: The varroa mite, seen through a microscope, attacks its honey bee host.

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by Murray Robertson

THE petition in opposition to the impending sales to forestry of the iconic Huiarua Station and neighbouring Matanui has now approached 4500 signatures.

Eastland Oil and Engineering now have copy of the petition on the premises, along with Larsen Sawmilling.

“I am also hoping to get a copy up to the Lotto shop in Tolaga Bay so our people on the coast can sign the paper version,” said Federated Farmers provincial president Toby Williams.

“If there is anyone else who would like to host a copy please contact me at pihitia@gisborne.net.nz and I can email one out.”

Former All Black captain Ian Kirkpatrick said, in support of the petition, “For many on the East Coast, if these farms go into forestry, it will not only be the loss of productive farmland but also the community that goes with it.

“These communities are the lifeblood of our region. Losing them will slowly kill off the region and the diversity that it brings to our nation,” he said.

Mr Williams said they have gained traction with politicians on the issue.

“There is some interest at this stage and we will be looking to present the petition to them the week before Easter.

“For the Overseas Investment Office we will send what we have to them on Monday and we are hoping to get to 5000 signatures by then.”

Petition about sale of farmsgains traction

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by Akula Sharma

Kāinga Ora will soon start work on 21 new homes on adjoining sections on gladstone Road and Mill Road in Te Hapara.

Resource consent has been granted and work has begun on deconstructing one house and the relocation of two others.

Construction is scheduled to start in September.

Kāinga Ora East north island regional director naomi Whitewood says it is great news for whānau in desperate need of a suitable, warm and dry home.

“There have been numerous heartbreaking stories in the media about whānau who have been living in motels or just have nowhere to live,” Mrs Whitewood said. They are exactly why Kāinga Ora is working at pace to build more social housing in Tairāwhiti.”

as of September 2021, 549 whānau were on the social housing register in Tairāwhiti, and others were living in crowded or unsuitable housing, hence the need was great, she said.

“There are just not enough houses available. These 21 high-quality and healthy homes will make a huge difference for whānau most affected by the urgent need for more housing.”

The new build will comprise 11 two-bedroom homes, six three-bedroom homes, three four-bedroom homes and a six-bedroom home, Mrs Whitewood said.

“We expect these homes to be ready for whānau to move in by mid-2024.”

The agency’s goal is to build 170

new homes for Tairāwhiti whānau by 2024, she said.

“To achieve this we must make the best use of land we already own.

“The gladstone Road/Mill Road site is a large piece of land, close to schools, shops and transport routes. it’s an ideal position for many whānau.

“While the development will see more people living closer together than what we are used to in gisborne, this is a model that has worked well around the world to build supportive communities.”

Mrs Whitewood said in 2020 and 2021, the agency asked for feedback from the Te Hapara community on proposed concept

designs for the development.

“We received a range of views about the proposed development, all of which have been considered.

“While there was support for the

development, concerns about the height of the three-storey building and the density of the housing was the most common feedback.

“it helped us refine our designs both to ensure we meet the pressing need for more housing in gisborne while building homes that fit in with the neighbourhood.

“Our plans changed to provide 21 instead of 22 homes. Other changes include installing solid timber acoustic fencing to help reduce noise, using privacy screens on the eastern balconies of the three-storey building and designing site-specific planting to screen neighbours and residents.

“We thank all those who made contributions to the consultation process.”

Te Hapara build gets green light

way of the housing future: An artist’s impression of the public housing development in Gladstone Road/Mill Road. Construction of the 21-home, multi-storey development starts next month and is scheduled for completion by mid-2024.

‘These 21 high-quality and healthy homes will make a huge difference for whanau most affected by the urgent need for more housing’

Kāinga Ora placement adviser Vicky ngata says multi-storey developments are “a game-changer” when it comes to the social housing crisis.

The gisborne-born, former gisborne girls’ High student has been working for Housing new Zealand then Kāinga Ora in the Bay of Plenty and gisborne regions for over 30 years.

“i am a grassroots person who values the rapport i have with people who live in our homes,” she says. “i understand the gisborne culture and what our people need.

“When i heard that we were going to build a three-storey building to house our customers i was apprehensive.

“i have since travelled to other

districts to see how the multi-storey developments work. i’m now convinced they are a game-changer and will be perfect for many of our whānau.”

Ms ngata says there is an opportunity to build a community around the new homes by including playgrounds and other common spaces.

“This is important for many of our whānau. The homes have small or no grounds and not everyone wants to mow lawns or look after gardens.

“a more compact lifestyle means less to do and therefore more time to enjoy other things in life. it’s time now to learn from our urban cousins.”

Ms ngata’s team will match the

new homes in the Te Hapara housing development to people according to priority level, size and location.

“We will also give consideration to whānau who have an existing connection to the Te Hapara community and who will be a good fit with the neighbours. These homes are just across the road from Te Hapara School so that will be an important consideration.

“When whānau move we always help them to settle into their new home and community.

“Part of that is making sure they understand their responsibilities. “That includes being good neighbours and connecting with their communities.”

UNDER WAY: Work has begun on deconstructing a house in Mill Road to make way for a 21-unit social housing development on adjoining sections on Mill Road and Gladstone Road. Pictured at the site this morning were Naomi Whitewood (left), Kainga Ora regional director and Lawrence Tangaere, Kainga Ora regional placement manager. Picture by Paul Rickard

‘ This is a model that has worked well around the world to build supportive communities ’

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by Rowan Quinn, RNZ

HAMILTON — The Omicron outbreak is like a Mexican wave moving away from Auckland through the rest of the country, a leading rural GP says.

Health authorities said the outbreak had peaked in Auckland but was still growing nearly everywhere else.

Pinnacle Midlands Health Network has 85 practices across the middle of the North Island and medical director Jo Scott-Jones said some were seeing huge numbers of patients with the virus.

There were surges in Taranaki, Tairawhiti, Lakes and Waikato DHB areas, Dr Scott-Jones said.

“What we’re seeing is being described as a Mexican wave, sort of travelling down the country,” he said.

Many practices were so busy with cases and staff absences they were having to stop routine appointments to focus on urgent and Covid-19 care.

Some were able to get around the problem to a degree by caring for patients over

computers or the phone, he said.Director-General of Health

Ashley Bloomfield said there were encouraging signs the outbreak was about to peak in Wellington and the central North Island but was still on the rise in other places, particularly

the South Island, he said.Auckland emergency specialist

Dr Kate Allan warned the outbreak was not over for the city despite the peak.

“There is a very long tail to this and the daily presentation numbers will continue to be

high,” she said.“Even though we’ve reached

the peak, my understanding from an epidemiological point of view is that we still have half the cases ahead of us.”

Figures from the city’s DHBs show the number of people turning up to most emergency departments with the virus this week had halved from previous highs.

Despite that a quarter of children at Middlemore’s Kidz First ED still had the virus, and a fifth of children at Starship’s ED.

In adult emergency departments, a fifth of people presenting to Middlemore were Covid-19 positive, 17 percent at Auckland City Hospital, and 13 percent each at North Shore and Waitakere.

The daily average number of people in the city’s hospitals was about 200, with little change over the past few days.

Dr Allan said because the hospital wards were so full, the emergency departments remained busy.

Patients were often queued up, waiting for a ward bed to become

available, a problem that had existed long before Covid-19, she said.

She said not many staff were off sick with Covid-19 but still enough to create difficulties, especially because of existing shortages.

The spike had been very tough but it would have been much worse without the high vaccination rate and the huge work done by health staff in the community including Maori and Pasifika health providers, GP clinics, Healthline and Whanau HQ.

“Those people have really borne the brunt of this surge and protected emergency departments,” she said.

Dr Scott-Jones said it was nurses who were busiest in many rural practices, working hard to check in on patients.

Most people were managing well at home and but some were very anxious, he said.

Both doctors said health services would need to work out how to keep managing throughout the year when Covid-19 would remain in the community.

Omicron outbreak: NZ not out of woods yet

OUTBREAK ‘LIKE A MEXICAN WAVE’: The Omicron outbreak seems to have peaked in Auckland, and it is now moving down the rest of the country, an expert says. RNZ picture by Jimmy Ellingham

PM reveals Covid rule changesby Michael Neilson, The New Zealand Herald

WELLINGTON — The Government unveiled changes to the red traffic-light setting this morning, and has decided to remove all limits on outdoor gatherings.

The number of people allowed to gather inside has increased from 100 to 200 under the red setting.

Masks would continue to be used, but today’s move meant outdoor concerts, sports and other outdoor events would be able to resume under the red setting.

The changes would kick in from March 25, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

In making the announcement, Ardern was joined by Associate Health Minister, Dr Ayesha Verrall.

At the orange setting, more gathering guidance would be coming.

Close contact was a high risk, so larger events of more than 500 people would be encouraged to provide more capacity or seating.

On vaccine passes, Ardern said Omicron had changed things since vaccine passes were first introduced.

From 11.59pm on Monday, April 4, vaccine passes would no longer be required to be used.

Some venues and events might still wish to use them, but they would no longer be mandated. That could change, however, if a new variant meant they were needed again.

The 180,000 unvaccinated Kiwis appeared likely to catch Covid at some point, she said, meaning a much higher level of population immunity beyond those who were vaccinated.

“We may need (passes) again, but for post-peak, that will no

longer be the case.”On QR codes and scanning,

Ardern said there was less need to contact trace as widely as NZ had been.

From this weekend, Kiwis would no longer be required to scan wherever they went.

However, she said if a new variant did come along and contact tracing was needed, she asked people to be ready to adopt it again.

On vaccine mandates, she said Cabinet had always been cautious about their use.

As vaccination rates increased, they asked David Skegg for advice — that advice was that the case for and against was more finely balanced with high rates of vaccination against the virus.

The Government would not require mandates in education, the police or the NZ Defence Force and those workplaces using them from Monday, April 4.

Those workforces could choose to require Covid vaccinations if they wanted to.

They would continue to be used for health, aged care and border and MIQ workers — because they either dealt with the more vulnerable or on the front lines so they were at higher risk of new variants.

The Ministry of Health had been asked to assess whether the use of the mandates in the health sector could be narrowed.

Ardern said being highly vaccinated would continue to be critical.

“Two years ago, we had very few tools. Now, we have plenty, But we cannot do it alone, and it wouldn’t work if we did.”

Two years of Covid in NZ

Ardern said it was easy to lose sight of how far New Zealand had come — two years ago today there were 36 new cases of Covid-19 and we could only contact trace 50 cases a day.

She said she would always remember one of the community cases on that day — the Wairarapa case — because they could not find a link to any border cases.

“It was the first sign we had community transmission. Within days, we were in a nationwide lockdown.”

She said, in her mind, that lockdown was not a hard decision — there was no vaccine, no anti-virals.

“We built our own defences. But those defences were blunt, they were tired and they were temporary.”

She said the transition had not been easy, but it had been effective.

“Our actions saved thousands of lives.”

Economically New Zealand was also holding up, “but while we have been successful, it has also been bloody hard”.

She said some people had had to give up more than others and most families had confronted difficult discussions about vaccines, mandates or other Covid-19 response elements.

Ardern believed New Zealand was “tired” of the pandemic, but were still “together”.

She said the next steps were designed through keeping in mind that Covid was here to stay.

For most in the Omicron outbreak, symptoms were mild. Experts believed we had peaked in Auckland now, and that would be reflected in hospitalisations soon. The rest of the country would follow, given Auckland was the first place to get the outbreak.

The ongoing presence of Covid in the community for the foreseeable future meant tools were still needed to protect the most vulnerable and to try to slow the spread.

That meant keeping the traffic-light system in place.

Sir John Key blasts Govt’s ‘dog and pony’ show

Cabinet made the decisions on changing the Covid-response rules on Monday, but Ardern said at the time more work was needed on them before they could be unveiled. She also said they would not take effect immediately.

Earlier today, former Prime Minister Sir John Key criticised the Government’s “dog and pony show”, in the way it was drawing out critical announcements on the future of New Zealand’s Covid response.

Sir John described the Government’s motives as trying to “get the maximum theatre” by announcing its Cabinet decisions two days later —

“as if it’s like completely independent to the lives of New Zealanders”.

Earlier today, Ardern told Newstalk ZB there was nothing untoward in the delay, and it was simply because Cabinet often took different decisions than advised and so needed to check there would not be any “unintended consequences”.

Regulations also needed to be redrafted and they had to ensure helplines and other assistance was ready.

Ardern said Covid was “here to stay”, with continuing impacts on the health system, so that needed to be managed, while allowing hospitals to resume doing what they needed to do.

15 deaths yesterday, 20,907 cases reported

There were 15 deaths, 1016 people in hospital and 20,907 community Covid cases reported yesterday, with the Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield saying case numbers had peaked in Auckland.

With high vaccination rates and many of the unvaccinated now having had Covid, Ardern said that the Government could look to safely scale back some of the requirements around vaccine passes and mandates and overall settings.

National and Act had both been pushing the Government to go harder with loosening Covid restrictions.

National last week called on the Government to immediately drop all scanning requirements for businesses and to scrap vaccine passes for all but large indoor events.

The National Party also wanted to get rid of all vaccine mandates for young people aged under 18, and move to a five-day isolation period.

CHANGES TO VACCINE PASS MANDATE: From 11.59pm on Monday, April 4, vaccine passes will no longer be required to be used. File picture

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WELLINGTON — Wet weather and a dramatic thunderstorm tore through the capital last night, causing surface flooding outside Parliament and even a leak at the prime minister’s residence.

The prime minister posted a photo on her Instagram account last night, showing water being cleared from inside Premier House after a “fairly major leak”.

A picture posted to her account showed her partner, Clarke Gayford, mopping up water from the floor, accompanied by their daughter Neve.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms moved through the capital at about 8pm last night, and a severe thunderstorm warning was in place for the Wellington area until 9pm.

Surface-level flooding was also reported outside Parliament, disrupting fresh soil that had been laid on the front lawn following the end of the protest earlier this month.

It came as wild weather and heavy rain continued to batter much of the North Island overnight, with severe weather warnings and watches in effect for the Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, Taupo and western Tasman areas.

A state of emergency had been declared for the entire Tairawhiti region, large parts of which had been swamped by torrential rain.

Evacuations were under way this morning after what had been described as “biblical” weather in the region, causing

severe flooding in the Tolaga Bay and Tokomaru Bay areas.

The main East Coast highway, SH35 between Gisborne and Opotiki, was closed due to slips.

Power outages were reported for hundreds of customers between the Tolaga Bay and Tokomaru Bay areas.

The bridge at Tokomaru Bay was also washed out last night, and Waitangi Street there was closed.

Rain was also falling in the Bay of Plenty, with large downpours causing some flooding overnight.

A heavy rain warning remained in place for that region until 10pm tonight.

A MetService spokesperson said Rotorua had 54mm of rainfall as of 7am with 21mm recorded at Tauranga Airport.

A total of 4.2mm of rain had been recorded earlier this morning at Whakatane Airport.

There had been several reports of surface flooding in the Rotorua district.

Rotorua resident Josh Te Kowhai said Tarewa Road was “like driving through a river” this morning, with no visibility in the torrential downpour.

Bay of Plenty Civil Defence Emergency Management Group spokesperson Lisa Glass told RNZ this morning two of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s seven rivers had reached their normal maximum capacity.

Ms Glass urged people to check the Waka Kotahi NZTA website for the conditions of the roads. —NZ Herald/RNZ

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IN OVERNIGHT DELUGESurface flooding outside Parliament, and even a leak at the PM’s house

LEAK AT PM’S HOUSE: The prime minister posted last night about a ‘fairly major’ leak at Premier House. Above, the PM’s partner, Clarke Gayford, mopping up water from the floor, accompanied by their daughter, Neve. Wet weather and an intense thunderstorm tore through the capital last night as the wild weather continued to batter much of the North Island, with severe weather warnings and watches in effect for Bay of Plenty, Tairawhiti, Hawke’s Bay, and Taupo. Homes were evacuated and roads closed in Tairawhiti. Picture via Instagram

WELLINGTON — Health Minister Andrew Little has defended the Government after a report found no change in access to acute and specialist mental health services — despite a $1.9 billion funding boost.

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission yesterday released its new report for 2022, which assessed what was working well, and what was not, in the mental health and addiction sector.

It found no change in access to specialist mental health services in five years, despite the Government’s huge cash injection in 2019.

The review found that one-in-five people in New Zealand were not followed up on after discharge from acute inpatient mental health units, and one in six were re-admitted to hospital within 28 days of being discharged.

It also found there was a lack of data on mental health and addiction needs, and wait times for young people to access specialist services continued to be high. Maori were also experiencing disproportionately higher rates of community treatment orders and solitary confinement, and the number of community treatment orders had increased at the same rate as specialist mental health service use over the past five years . In fact, there had been an overall increase in the use of solitary confinement from 2016 to 2020.

National hit out at the Government over the report, with mental health spokesperson Matt Doocey questioning where the money had gone. Doocey claimed workers on the front line had not seen any of the money and nothing had changed.

But speaking with AM this morning, Andrew Little said that was “simply not correct”.

“Matt Doocey and the National Party have a lot to answer for because of their nine years of neglect (of) the mental health system.”

Little said the money was being spent and it was making a difference. “Of the $1.9bn, about $800m of it went to a variety of other Government departments — Corrections, Education, and the Ministry of Social Development to do a range of mental health things for their area.

“For the Ministry of Health, the $1.1bn they’ve got, over a four-year period, nearly half a billion dollars is going into what we call the Access and Choice programme. Two years into that programme, we’ve added 850 full-time equivalent roles or people to the front line of mental health. It is simply not correct for people like Matt Doocey and others to say the money is going nowhere. It is going all over the place and it is making a difference.”

Little said the total package was about addressing mental health across the board, including people in prison and the education system, which was why Corrections and Education were receiving funding.

When asked why only five new acute mental health beds had been added despite the huge cash boost, Little said they were “in the process” of rebuilding facilities, which would mean new beds in the long run. He highlighted Hillmorton Hospital, which was under construction, and a large project in Waikato which is in the final design stage. — Newshub

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NORTH CAPE — Family and friends have been left devastated after their husbands, fathers and mates died on a charter fishing trip off North Cape.

Among the dead are Richard Bright, 63, Mike Lovett, 72, and Mark Sanders, 43. The final missing body was found yesterday.

Long-time friend Rick Williams caught up with Mr Bright for a beer at his pub, the Group One Turf Bar, last Tuesday night just before he headed off for Mangonui. He had also just seen Mr Lovett who worked at his thoroughbred stud farm near Cambridge.

“They had been to the Three Kings islands once and it was Richard’s wish to hook a marlin. He hadn’t got one. He had caught every other form of fish, so this is why he went again this year to go and get a marlin,” Mr Williams said.

But he was unsure whether Mr Bright and Mr Lovett had fulfilled their dream before a large wave apparently broke the bridge of the boat they were on.

The group had been planning the five-day fishing charter trip to the Three Kings for months.

Ten people were on board when the Enchanter sank amid rough seas near Murimotu Island at about 11pm on Sunday.

Five, including skipper Lance Goodhew and Piarere local Ben Stinson, were among those saved by the Northland emergency rescue helicopter.

Four bodies were recovered on Monday, with a large-scale air and water search continuing yesterday until the fifth body was found.

It is understood the fifth person was found inside the hull, which dive-squad members had been assessing yesterday afternoon after the wreck was found on Monday.

Mr Bright’s daughter, Jess Short, told Newshub her father was “one of a kind”.

“Our hearts go out to everyone that has survived — they have lived through it.”

Mr Bright’s wife Brenda said she had been overwhelmed by the community’s support for her and her “larger-than-life character of a husband”.

“He loved ribbing people and

they loved it and he was generous to the core. . . he would give you the shirt off his back. He had a lot of hobbies,” she told Newshub.

“We were getting to the time of life where we wanted to do things for ourselves.”

Donna Bennett, who had worked at the turf bar for 12 years, said Mr Bright “was the best boss you could ever ask for”. She said he held an annual fundraiser for the local fire brigade.

“Richard was just a humble guy, and he didn’t want any publicity about it — he just wanted to give back to the community,” she said, adding he had gifted her a trip to Rarotonga as a bonus.

Mr Bright had owned the bar in the centre of Cambridge for 21 years.

“He’s going to be so missed here. He was a really good guy. So humble. Would help anyone,” Ms Bennett said.

Mr Sanders, a father-of-three and a Te Awamutu builder, was also a victim to the sea.

Speaking to 1News, Mr Sanders’ son Ali was sad his father was gone but glad he was “doing something he loved” at the time.

Daughter Reese Sanders told Newshub her father had been talking about the trip for months.

Mark’s father Graeme said: “(We are) relieved they found him — that’s some consolation.”

Gael Sanders, Mark’s mum, said on Monday that he was having the time of his life on the trip.

Mr Sanders loved fishing and often went out with his dad in Kawhia Harbour, Gael said.

“The only nice thing is . . . that they’ve actually found his body. That’s special. I’d hate to think of him out there on his own . . . ”

Search efforts, led by the Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Maritime NZ, had concluded after

Enchanter first sent its distress signal just after 8pm on Sunday.

Westpac Rescue Helicopter staff Aaron Knight and Casey Drum were among those scouring the ocean yesterday. Mr Knight, a co-pilot, left Auckland early on Monday morning, flying up through Auckland’s torrential rain before spending hours looking for the Encharter’s hull, where it was believed one of the bodies might still be inside.

Throughout Monday, Mr Knight and his crew recovered two bodies, winching them up from the Navy vessel that picked them up from the local boatie who found them.

Mr Knight said the discovery of the hull yesterday by a Skyworks chopper was a relief.

Yesterday, strong winds made visibility poor as any objects in the water were masked by white caps. Those conditions meant search and rescue crews were forced to locate the hull again after it had blown about 15 kilometres south of its position the day before. Across the two days, Knight had seen the trail of destruction left by the Enchanter.

“We saw everything yesterday, from structures of the boat to small pieces of life rings, the occasional lifejacket, shopping bags, even a packet of chicken chips.”

Despite the grief attached to such a job, Mr Knight said he was glad to have given families some closure. “For me, it’s knowing that you’ve managed to get someone back to their family, that’s the positive.”

He sent his deepest condolences to the families involved and also to the Northland community, who he felt would take time to recover.

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has launched an inquiry into the sinking.

Fifth body found in fishing trip disaster

AUCKLAND — National’s leader Christopher Luxon is defending his party’s policies aimed at reducing rents, despite not being able to reveal what impact they could actually have.

National has relentlessly attacked the Government over the increasing cost of living, specifically for renters.

The party had blamed Labour’s extension to the Brightline test and the removal of interest deductibility as reasons for the cost of rents increasing.

Luxon has committed to removing the Brightline test extension and reintroducing interest deductibility on rental properties to reduce rents.

However, when questioned on AM how much rents would actually drop as a result, Luxon said he could not say at the moment.

“I can’t tell you that, but what I can tell you is that we have to work much harder at getting rent down and it’s about rental supply and a whole bunch of things,” Luxon told AM.

“What I am saying to you is that essentials across NZ — whether it’s power, food rent — everything is going up and through the roof and it’s because the Government has let inflation take root in this economy.”

However, when pushed on how much his policies would reduce rents, Luxon doubled down, saying he just “couldn’t” say.

AM co-host Ryan Bridge also asked how much National’s interest deductibility rules alone would shave off rents.

But Luxon would not answer that either.

— Newshub.

Luxon commits to reducing the cost of rentalsRELIEVED

TO HAVE AT LEAST FOUND FIFTH BODY: Paramedic Casey Drum (left) and pilot Aaron Knight joined the search for the victims and survivors. Picture by Adam Pearse

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HEALTH authorities are hoping to apply lessons learnt during the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out to boost the country’s faltering childhood immunisation programme.

Rates have been on the decline since 2017 in this country, and taken have taken a further hit during the pandemic.

The Ministry of Health aims for 95 percent of children to be fully vaccinated at the milestone ages of eight months, 24 months and five-years-old.

However, since December, 2019, the rate at eight months, for example, had dropped from just over 90 percent (90.3) to

87.1 percent, and at 24 months it had dropped from almost 91 percent (90.8) percent to 85.2 percent.

Immunisation Advisory Centre director Nikki Turner said it was important children got their shots when they were due.

“If they don’t get them on time then they are at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases and we are particularly concerned about whooping cough, which does resurge. The second big challenge we’ve got is measles coverage.”

Dr Turner said Covid-19 had disrupted the childhood immunisation programme, but also offered clues about how to make up that ground.

“We’ve learned a lot from Covid around engaging local services that work with local communities.

“We need to take these learnings forward and work closely with our communities and our primary care services to make sure children and pregnant women are enrolled in primary care (and) that people know about them. We need to offer them these services and reach out to them through our communities when they are late or getting lost (in the system).”

Taranaki iwi health provider Tui Ora clinical nurse leader, Robyn Taylor, works on the vaccine front line.

“We are getting some children

coming in, but it’s nowhere near like it used to be, so there’s a lot more overdue children, which is a concern once the borders open, and we’re going to have a measles outbreak, which is almost (a case of) ‘not if but when’.”

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the rate for Taranaki Maori infants being fully immunised at eight months had dropped from 80 percent to 69 percent. The rate for the general population had declined three percent, to 89 percent.

Ms Taylor said Covid-19 explained the slide. “When we were in lockdowns . . . obviously people weren’t going anywhere.

“I think there’s been a huge

focus on Covid and I think it’s just people not wanting to take their children out and about, especially at the moment while there is Omicron everywhere.”

She said, in response to that situation, Tui Ora was now offering childhood vaccines alongside the Pfizer jab.

Taranaki Covid vaccine roll-out boss Bevan Clayton-Smith said collaboration between agencies had been key to the province achieving 93 percent double-dose coverage against Covid, and that strategy now needed to be adopted across the board. The lessons learnt through vaccinating against Covid could be applied to other diseases from now on.

Covid lessons applied in childhood jab programme

by Kirsty Frame, RNZ

RUAPEHU — Locals living near Mt Ruapehu appear mostly unfazed by the signs of elevated volcanic unrest, despite the recent strong tremors and the lake heating up.

The volcanic alert level at Mt Ruapehu was raised to Level 2 on Monday.

So far, people living in other parts of the country did not appear to be rushing to cancel their planned trips to the picturesque centre of the North Island, either.

However, Ruapehu’s mayor Don Cameron was wanting to reassure visitors by saying he had his eye on the mountain.

“Don’t worry — I’m checking to make sure there’s no smoke coming out of the crater . . . because we’re right underneath it!”

It was not the first time, and it definitely would not be the last time, that locals were experiencing the volcano heating up, he said.

Mt Ruapehu erupted significantly over the course of 1995 and 1996.

Mayor Cameron said those blasts forced an economic reset for many areas as visitors stayed away in droves.

However, after Mt Ruapehu’s most recent eruption — 15 years ago — there was not much of an economic effect at all.

“From 2007, when we had an eruption, it really had no economic effect at all, other than having to strengthen the bridge across Whangaehu River, which needed to be done anyway.”

And there had been an influx of visitors to the area to “see what was going on”, he added.

Mayor Cameron said the region’s civil defence was up to an incredibly high standard.

“The alerts go to our Civil Defence people as well, and they get in touch with GNS. Between them, they decide then if we may need to take some action, and it’s more around making sure people are out of the line of a possible eruption,” he said.

Locals did not seem too worried about the increased volcanic alert level — yet.

And the Tukino Mountain Clubs Association, nestled on the eastern slopes of Mt Ruapehu, were also not too worried at this stage, although it would concern them if the volcano stayed at Level 2 for some time.

Its safety services manager Bruce McGregor was unfazed for now.

“I mean, we’re living next to the mountain every day of the year, and occasionally it does its thing,” he said.

“It’s like living anywhere in New Zealand. We’re on the ring of fire, you know, we could have a major earthquake anywhere.” — RNZ

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WELLINGTON — The New Zealand sharemarket settled back into a watching brief following the rapid-fire price movements on Friday — with Auckland International Airport and some of the property stocks returning to earth.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index finished flat on 12,177.75, just 1.89 points or 0.02 percent ahead after reaching an intraday high of 12,195.27 and low of 12,093. There were 86 gainers and 54 decliners over the whole market, with 39.38 million shares worth $172.1 million changing hands.

Matt Goodson, managing director of Salt Funds Management, said there were some extraordinary moves on Friday because of the rebalancing of the FTSE Russell global and real estate, ASX and NZX indices.

“The growth in the passive investment funds

means they can have a greater presence in the market than the active investor and when the index changes happen on the same day they are required to buy and sell at whatever price,” he said.

“We saw some quite staggering rises, and the market has returned to normality — it did have a strong lead from the United States over the weekend. Some stocks gave back a lot of what they gained on Friday.” The next review involves the MSCI indices in May, and Goodson said Ryman Healthcare will struggle to stay in the large cap index on current pricing.

He said the market is waiting to see the details of the Government’s latest move on vaccine mandates, certificates and traffic light system, and the make-up of the Air New Zealand capital raise which is expected to be announced by the

end of the month.Auckland International Airport fell 31.5c or

3.97 percent to $7.615 after rising 5.95 percent on Friday. Amongst the property stocks, Investore was down 3c to $1.76 after gaining 5.92 percent; Precinct Properties declined 2.5c to $1.57 after climbing 3.57 percent; and Property for Industry fell 6.5c or 2.33 percent to $2.72 following Friday’s 3.15 percent rise. Kiwi Property was down 2.5c or 2.28 percent to $1.07, and Vital Healthcare Property Trust decreased 3.5c to $3.22.

Mainfreight shed 60c to $80.40; Skellerup Holdings declined 12c or 2.01 percent to $5.84; and Summerset Group Holdings fell 22c or 1.83 percent to $11.78. But fellow retirement village operator Arvida was up 7c or 4.43 percent to $1.65.

Other decliners were Serko down 10c or 2.17 percent to $4.50; DGL Group shedding 9c or 2.78 percent to $3.15; Vulcan Steel decreasing

14c to $9.35; Scales Corporation losing 19c or 3.69 percent to $4.96; and Green Cross Health down 4c or 3.01 percent to $1.29. Energy stocks Mercury was down 9.5c to $5.705; Genesis declined 4.5c to $2.835; while Contact gained 7c to $7.87 and Trustpower was up 5c to $6.79.

EBOS Group rose 85c or 2.27 percent to $38.31. Market leader Fisher & Paykel Healthcare gained 33c to $27.93; Fletcher Building increased 8c to $6.40; Infratil was up 9c to $7.92; and a2 Milk collected 7c to $5.85.

Cinema software firm Vista Group increased 5c or 2.78 percent to $1.85; Hallenstein Glasson rose 23c or 3.76 percent to $6.35; MHM Automation was up 3c or 5.26 percent to 60c; and Chatham Rock Phosphate gained 2.5c or 10.87 percent to 25.5c. Meal kit company My Food Bag fell 4c or 4.26 percent to a near low of 90c. Goodson said My Food Bag is now facing increased costs with labour, transport and ingredients. — NZ Herald

SHAREMARKET YESTERDAY

by Matt Nippert, NZ Herald

WELLINGTON — The Government’s announcement that companies will have to disclose their beneficial owners — the biggest shake-up of the companies register in decades — is flagged by officials as posing privacy risks and potentially costing businesses hundreds of millions of dollars in compliance.

Commerce Minister David Clark yesterday announced legislation would be introduced this year requiring companies and limited partnerships to identify who exercised practical control and ownership, with this information to be integrated and made public on the register of companies.

“We’re striking a balance between the ease of doing business, and protecting against illegal activities,” Clark told The New Zealand Herald yesterday, noting such a register was now required by the Financial Action Taskforce to better combat international money-laundering, terrorism financing and financial crime.

Cabinet papers from December underpinning Clark’s announcement show ministers

had over-ridden Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) officials and opted to make the register publicly searchable, that they creatively funded the $7 million in government cost of the scheme by using proceeds of crime seized by police, and quantify the policy as likely to impose $310m in up-front compliance costs on businesses.

Barrister Gary Hughes, chairman of the International Bar Association’s anti-money laundering and sanctions committee, said the move was a long time coming — with consultation on the register having been undertaken in 2018 — but its passage would likely come with thorny debates.

“A beneficial ownership register is an idea whose time is nigh, after years of mounting pressure. But New Zealand needs to be careful and measured in how we do this. The risk of unintended consequences is high,” he said.

Hughes also noted the elephant in the room — New Zealand’s sprawling local and foreign trusts sector — wasn’t covered by the proposals and appeared to have been put in the “too hard basket”.

Cabinet documents show MBIE officials were initially torn between having a public register or one accessible only by law enforcement officials, but opted for the latter in what they described as a “conservative” approach that left the option open of later transitioning to public.

Clark said in Cabinet papers opting for a register that would

make beneficial owners public was a “finely balanced decision”.

“There is merit in having the transparency of sunlight and the ability of the Fourth Estate and others to dig into things. It means there’s more eyes on this, and I think that’s a good thing. Cabinet has decided to err on the side of more transparency than less,” he said.

Clark said while trusts were not covered, those that owned shares in companies would be captured by the register.

He also said the proposals included provisions to allow directors and beneficial owners to provide addresses for service, rather than residential addresses, if they had “legitimate reasons” for wanting anonymity.

Hughes said plans in the European Union to establish a public register had become bogged down in legal challenges over privacy concerns and similar issues were at play in New Zealand.

The regulatory impact statement said all 693,000 companies registered in New Zealand, and another 3300 limited partnerships, would face around eight hours initially and two hours of annual work to comply.

This burden was estimated by officials to equate to $310m in compliance costs in the first year and another $78m per annum.

Clark said although the move would add compliance costs, it would also help weed out bad actors in the corporate sector who could cost their victims a lot more than a few hours of paperwork.

Privacy fears over ownership registerBusinesses warn shake-up will lead to massive compliance costs

WELLINGTON — The Government looks set to put in place a more rigid debt target for the first time in two years, as the economy slowly returns to post-pandemic “normal”.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the Government is “committed to setting new fiscal targets”, which includes a debt target, at Budget 2022.

Under the Public Finance Act, a Government is legally required to publish a fiscal strategy, outlining its approach to managing key fiscal objectives, which include the level of debt, the level of surplus, the level of expenses, the burden of taxes and net worth.

Usually, this involves setting a debt target as a percentage of GDP, telling voters and markets the Government will reduce debt levels to a certain percentage of GDP by a certain date. However, a target does not necessarily have to include a specific number.

The Public Finance Act requires debt levels to be reduced to “prudent” levels and to stay there.

A Government can wriggle out of a strict debt and surplus target if it needs to during a crisis. The Government is allowed to let debt rise in the short term, with a goal to reduce levels back to normal in the long term.

National made use of this during the financial crisis a decade ago and Labour has used it since the 2020 Budget, the first since the pandemic took hold.

The current debt strategy is to allow “the level of net core Crown debt to rise in the short term to fight Covid-19, cushion its impact and position New Zealand for recovery”.

The long-term strategy is to “reduce (debt) as conditions permit” in the second half of the decade.

In December last year, Robertson announced the change in the Government’s Budget Policy Statement, saying there was an “expectation” the “global economic outlook and conditions will stabilise”.

Robertson told the Herald he was “ committed to setting new fiscal targets at Budget 2022”.

Robertson would not say what those targets would be.

“In deciding the form of the targets for debt, OBEGAL (operating balance before gains and losses) and the other fiscal indicators, it is important to balance flexibility with credibility and allow for the right balance of prudent debt and investment levels to ensure the long-term sustainability of the economy,” said Robertson.

National’s finance spokeswoman Nicola Willis said debt targets had moved around a lot during the past five years because of external shocks.

“It’s clear we could only borrow as much as we did during Covid because the last National government got the books into fantastic shape,” Willis said.

National went to the 2017 election promising to reduce net core Crown debt to 10-15 percent of GDP by 2025, Labour promised to reduce it to 20 percent of GDP by 2021/22.

“What I would say is important is we would like to see the Government committing to reducing net core Crown debt over time, and more importantly what we will be looking for in the Budget is a recommitment to fiscal discipline,” Willis said.

“We don’t think it’s a time to abandon the shackles.”

Willis would not give a National alternative debt target, saying there were many forecasts to go before the election.

The Greens’ finance spokeswoman Chlöe Swarbrick said the Greens did “not support the setting of an arbitrary debt target, because it’s exactly that: arbitrary”.

“We’ve seen the consequences of such targets before. The National Government’s point target for debt and deadline on getting back into surplus led to deferring critical investment in infrastructure, and social and environmental wellbeing in the 2010s,” Swarbrick said.

“Were this Government to make a similar mistake, it once again decides, arbitrarily, not to meet our communities’ collective needs within the boundaries of our living planet.”

Labour and National went to the last election with promises to eventually reduce debt levels, but an optimistic economic outlook has meant those promises are now out of date and easily within reach of the current Government.

At the election, National pledged to cut debt to 35 percent of GDP by 2034 — a target that was adjusted upwards after the party’s first fiscal error was discovered.

Labour pledged to get net debt to 48 percent of GDP or just over 45 percent if the Government’s Covid fund was not spent.

Much stronger than expected economic and fiscal results in the intervening two years have meant that on the latest forecasts, Treasury expects net core Crown debt to peak at 40 percent in 2023, falling to 30 percent by 2026, and down to 20 percent by 2035. — NZ Herald

New debt target coming at Budget — RobertsonAUCKLAND — After 24 years at the

forefront of private equity investment in New Zealand, Gavin Lonergan knows a thing or two about markets.

And what he knows right now is that his world is heading into a difficult period.

The Direct Capital director rattles off the list of all the things making headlines — widespread inflation, rising interest rates, damaged supply chains, labour shortages, Covid still and now war in Ukraine — and it’s all pretty negative. But, he says, we have had variations of these events before — the oil shocks of the 1970s, for example — and they tend to melt into the history of the “ups and downs”.

“Maybe that should be the comforting perspective,” Lonergan says in the latest

episode of Continuous Disclosure, a new podcast hosted by the Herald’s business reporters, with support from Fisher Funds.

“Life is volatile, business is volatile, but we get through these periods.”

While the current environment doesn’t necessarily have much effect on a private equity company’s day-to-day thinking, it is a big factor for the firms

and people they invest in. “Our basic approach hasn’t really

changed at all,” Lonergan says.“Covid has been a fascinating period

to go through. In our portfolio, we had one company that we thought would be very negatively impacted but in the two years since it has nearly doubled its business.”

Lonergan is not keen on making predictions but he does think the economy is in for a difficult year ahead. “Battling inflation with quite high levels of gross debt and in particular household debt . . . that becomes very challenging.

“So without saying we’re going to go into a recession, I think the risks are reasonably high and it’s a time to be cautious.” — NZ Herald

Rocky road but also an opportunity

Gavin Lonergan

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, March 23, 2022 BUSINESS 11

I note that changes to rural-urban representation have gone to the Local Government Commission.

An interesting read is to Google Ārewa ake te Kaupapa — Raising the platform.

This would suggest that changes in local governance are only starting from the Government’s perspective.

Ron TayloR

New platform

Re: Opting out of WASTE, March 19 letter.

Tautoko this Gavin.We need political bravery

to have fundamental change in the way we think about work. Tinkering around the edges of tax is not a solution. TOP is the only party with a UBI policy, unfortunately the wasted vote rhetoric is strong.

RUSSELL McLEOD

Opportunity

Scene 1: Kyiv Railway Station . . . a family, Mum, Dad, 12’ish year old boy and wee chubby girl dressed for the freezing cold. Dad bundles them quickly into a railway carriage. Wee girl’s hand pressed against window, Dad on platform with hand pressed against hers. Train starts rolling away . . . Dad weeping.

Scene 2: A bomb shelter somewhere else in war-torn Ukraine. . . dozens of people, parents, grandparents, children, babies (could be us Kiwis) hunkered down

waiting for the next blast. Small girl, 6’ish, stands up and starts singing . . . hauntingly, sweetly, innocently, hopefully?? Everybody listening, numb, quiet, shell-shocked. A cry from a small baby disturbs the singing. Life does go on, somehow.

God willing, we shall never see these scenes play out in New Zealand. But it is happening right now in our small fragile world.

Lest we forget !

PAT McGUINNESS

Snapshots from Ukraine

EDITORIAL

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ONLINE COMMENTS

Torrential rain has hammered the East Coast, triggering evacuations and rescues overnight and leading to a state of emergency being declared for the whole region early this morning, as more evacuations were ordered due to rising river levels and with more rain expected.

The MetService has upgraded its weather warning for the district to red, reserved for only the most extreme events, because of the potential impacts of more heavy rain forecast for this afternoon and tonight through to 7am tomorrow.

Our emergency services and Civil Defence responders on the East Coast did what they do best overnight, likewise residents in flood-prone areas, as the rain hosed in from a subtropical low heavier and earlier than had been predicted.

Many roads are closed today including much of State Highway 35, with multiple slips, flooding and washouts — the most dramatic a section of the road washed away at the southern entrance to the main bridge at Tokomaru Bay.

A woman trapped in her car in floodwaters near Tokomaru Bay was rescued at 2.30am, another person was rescued after a power pole came down on their vehicle on Waiapu Road and two contractors trying to clear a slip 12km north of Tolaga Bay were rescued by helicopter several hours after their digger and ute were surrounded by floodwaters at about 5am.

Emergency Management Minister and East Coast MP Kiri Allan said this morning that 150 people had been evacuated and 750 homes were without power.

MetService this morning said the situation was complex and uncertain, and urged people to keep up to date with the latest weather announcements. Another 150-200mm of rain is forecast — coming on top of the 300mm-400mm that has fallen in the past 48 hours on the worst-hit central section of the East Coast.

Tairawhiti Civil Defence is asking people to stay off the roads and urging people to call in damage and flooding to the council’s 0800 653 800 number.

Here in Gisborne the rainfall yesterday and overnight was much less extreme but it was enough to flood the city’s wastewater system. The emergency sewer valve was opened into the Turanganui River at about 5.40pm yesterday, to prevent sewage overflowing back into homes and on to roads in the Kaiti area.

A lull in the rain this morning has helped residents and the authorities to assess and begin remedying damage, and to prepare for what comes over the next 24 hours.

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East Coast in the weather firing line

Re: Not for the unborn child, March 21 letter.

Are you kidding? If anything was going to make me change my mind it certainly wouldn’t be a bunch of judgmental zealots yelling at me as I walked into a clinic. I hope you weren’t counselling women into making decisions based on your own moral high ground or religious beliefs, because that’s hardly ethical.

Why don’t you protest all of the sperm being wasted? Only one sperm fertilises the egg and all the other little sperm lives are lost! Think of all the lives you’ll save. And the responsibility for contraception and reproductive rights will be on men for a change.

AIMEE VICKERS

Do not be ridiculous, Sally. And do not assume that New Zealanders outside the anti-abortion movement do not remember their ambiguous commitment to peaceful protest. I would refer you to the O’Neill, Wilcox and Bayer cases in the nineties when Operation Rescue thought it could intimidate New Zealand abortion providers and women who needed abortion access out of the procedure through deliberate trespass at abortion facilities. Or, for that matter, anti-abortion terrorism in the United States, Canada and even Australia.

The fact of the matter is, the anti-abortion movement brought

this on itself and it has to accept the consequences of its actions. Anti-abortionists do not have the right to force their particular sectarian religious views about abortion forcibly on those who do not share them.

As matters stand, though, they will be able to do so at a decent distance from medical practitioners and women engaged in a private medical procedure that is nobody’s business but their own.

CRAIG YOUNGPalmerston North

Holy shit, it’s 2022. Are there really people with these views still around?

Crazy thought Sally, don’t yell at random people. If you need a law to tell you that then I weep for your “soul”.

JAMIE PEMBERTON

Re: Aim to normalise, demonise — March 18 letter.

Mr Orr appears to have forgotten the outcome of the 2020 New Zealand election, in which the Ardern government was re-elected with an absolute majority and several hardcore National Party anti-abortion MPs lost their list seats. And frankly, it’s high time the New Zealand anti-abortion movement lost its last disproportionate toehold on Aotearoa/New Zealand’s political process, given the steep and precipitous decline in Christian religious observance caused by the dysfunctional radicalism of the “Christian” Right.

CRAIG YOUNG

Not for society nowRe: This job sucks, March 19

story.In TGH 20 March 2021 it

was reported the new Dredge Albatros “. . . will be working along the shipping channel, turning basin, wharf 7 and wharf 8 to ensure it is the correct depth for ships to transit to the port safely”.

The existing but long expired GDC dredging

consents do not extend to wharf 8 and the “correct depth” for ships was set years ago. It would be reassuring to know that our consent checkers at GDC and the tangata whenua appointed by The Environment Court are checking the rock (Te Toka) is not being impacted.

WINSTON MORETON

Te Toka won’t be impacted?

Re: Gisborne council goes to hearing over representation arrangements, March 21 story.

Of concern here is the statement by Selwyn Parata that there be eight general and five Maori councillors voted at large, and that at-large must represent everyone, regardless. That means then that voters who vote in the general section

and cannot vote in the Maori-only section because of what race they are must accept a united representation, even if the Maori councillors do not want a bar of it. Now, just who wants their bread buttered on both sides? This is race-based which is wrong and can only force division. Sad but true.

KEN OVENDEN

Buttered both sides . . .

At least one contributor to your columns has stated that councils are first and foremost responsible to property and business owners, and by inference, certainly not to those who are homeless or sleep “rough”.

Some locals will accuse me of sacrilege for suggesting otherwise. Even aside from the property boom of the past few years, it is clear that ownership of property is an investment which gives returns above most other businesses, and certainly well above the meagre wage and salary increases.

Central government has at long last recognised the need to give tax cuts and bridle the galloping inflation that the present “perfect storm” of Covid and housing shortages is causing.

If the Government is sincere in this regard it must also put a mandated rates freeze into law so that councils are forced to concentrate on maintaining core facilities, and abandon empire

building and frippery to await better times to implement.

While there will be those who deliver “sermons” on everyone taking up a fair share of the rates burden, our societies — including our own — will have a few members falling out of home ownership and joining the Covid poor, even at current rating levels. How many more will join them if they have to find the money for even moderate rates increases this time around?

I wonder how the council’s appeal to the courts to charge kiwifruit orchardists’ rates against the licences they have had to purchase to grow their products, even with no guarantee of profit, is proceeding. That move was apparently “mandated” by council without a vote by councillors. For shame! What sort of democracy are we said to be living under? Certainly not a fair and caring one.

DENNIS PENNEFATHER

Mandate a rates freeze

Re: Shop windows a mess, March 22 letter.

Shame on you Bruce – coming into our beautiful city and putting shame to it all over the paper. The only thing that needs a wash is your mouth. Don’t come back to Gisborne. Shame, shame, shame on you Bruce Ingram.

BERNIE KAA

Yes Bernie how dare he! Don’t come back Bruce or anyone else for that matter. Don’t shop in the CBD and certainly don’t spend any money. That will fix you and your observations.

Like Bernie says, we don’t need your money for our businesses — we run on air and aroha.

SHAUN MOULD

Two views on windows

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, March 23, 202212 OPINION

KYIV — Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defence so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia’s Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights.

“Putin’s back is against the wall,” said US President Joe Biden, who is heading to Europe this week to meet with allies. “And the more his back is against the wall, the greater the severity of the tactics he may employ.”

Biden reiterated accusations that Putin is considering resorting to using chemical or biological weapons, although Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the US has seen no evidence to suggest that such an escalation is imminent.

The warnings came as attacks continued in and around Kyiv and Mariupol, and people escaped the battered and besieged port city.

The hands of one exhausted Mariupol survivor were shaking as she arrived by train in the western city of Lviv.

“There’s no connection with the world. We couldn’t ask for help,” said Julia Krytska, who was helped by volunteers to make it out with her husband and son. “People don’t even have water there.”

Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and heavy artillery fire could be heard from the northwest, where Russia has sought to encircle and capture several of the capital’s suburban areas.

Early on Tuesday, Ukrainian troops drove Russian forces from the Kyiv suburb of Makariv after a fierce battle, Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said. The regained territory allowed Ukrainian forces to retake control of a key highway and block Russian troops from surrounding Kyiv from the northwest.

Still, the Defence Ministry said Russian forces partially took other northwest suburbs, Bucha, Hostomel and Irpin, some of which have been under attack since Russia invaded nearly a month ago.

A Western official, speaking on

condition of anonymity to discuss military assessments, said Ukrainian resistance has brought much of Russia’s advance to a halt but has not sent Moscow’s forces into retreat.

Western officials say Russian forces are facing serious shortages of food, fuel and cold weather gear, leaving some soldiers suffering from frostbite. Ukrainians have reported hungry soldiers looting stores and homes for food.

The invasion has driven more than 10 million people from their homes, almost a quarter of Ukraine’s population, according to the United Nations.

Thousands of civilians are believed to have died. Estimates of Russian military casualties vary widely, but even conservative figures by Western officials are in the low thousands.

On Monday, Russia’s pro-Kremlin Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, citing

the Defence Ministry, reported that almost 10,000 Russian soldiers had been killed.

The report was quickly removed, and the newspaper blamed hackers. The Kremlin refused to comment. The Western official said the figure is “a reasonable estimate”.

Facing unexpectedly stiff resistance that has left the bulk of Moscow’s ground forces miles from the centre of Kyiv, Putin’s troops are increasingly concentrating their air power and artillery on Ukraine’s cities and civilians.

Talks to end the fighting have continued by video. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he would be prepared to consider waiving any bid by Ukraine to join Nato — a key Russian demand — in exchange for a ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian troops and a guarantee of Ukraine’s security.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he saw progress in the talks.

“From my outreach with various actors, elements of diplomatic progress are coming into view on several key issues,” and the gains are enough to end hostilities now, he said. He gave no details.

The Western official, though, said that there were no signs Moscow was ready to compromise.

In the last update from Mariupol officials, they said on March 15 that at least 2300 people had died in the siege. But there are fears the toll could be much higher. Airstrikes over the past week devastated a theatre and an art school where many civilians were taking shelter.

Thousands have managed to flee Mariupol, where the bombardment has cut off electricity, water and food supplies and severed communication with the outside world. The city council said on Tuesday that more than 1100 people who had escaped the siege were in a convoy of buses heading to a city northwest of Mariupol.

But the Red Cross said a humanitarian aid convoy trying to reach the city with desperately needed supplies still had not been able to enter.

Perched on the Sea of Azov, Mariupol is a crucial port for Ukraine and lies along a stretch of territory between Russia and Crimea. The siege has cut the city off from the sea and allowed Russia to establish a land corridor to Crimea.

But it’s not clear how much of the city Russia holds, with fleeing residents saying fighting continues street by street.

Those who have made it out of Mariupol told of a devastated city.

“They bombed us for the past 20 days,” said 39-year-old Viktoria Totsen, who fled into Poland. “During the last five days the planes were flying over us every five seconds and dropped bombs everywhere — on residential buildings, kindergartens, art schools, everywhere.”

Beyond the terrible human toll, the war has shaken the post-Cold War global security consensus, imperiled the world supply of key crops, and raised worries it could set off a nuclear accident. — AP

Battle for Mariupol rages

WAR ESCALATing: Attacks from land, air and sea continue in and around Kyiv and Mariupol, as people escape the battered and besieged cities. � AP picture

fAmiLiES ToRn ApART: Displaced Ukrainians on a Poland-bound train bid farewell in Lviv, western Ukraine. AP picture

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, March 23, 2022 WORLD 13

THE New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB) now oversees $2.3 billion of red meat exports to the quota markets of the European Union, United Kingdom and United States, meaning tariff savings of $839 million a year for the sector, farmers were told at the board’s annual meeting.

Andrew Morrison, chairman of the NZMB, said the board’s effective quota management role continues to help underpin the sector’s success as it marks 100 years since the first board meeting convened in March 1922.

“The NZMB now manages two new quotas following the withdrawal of the UK from the EU in 2020 — UK Sheepmeat and Goatmeat and UK High Quality Beef,” Mr Morrison said.

“This is in addition to the existing EU Sheepmeat and Goatmeat, EU High Quality Beef and the United States Beef and Veal quotas.

“However, the board’s duties will grow further with NZMB taking on responsibility for the administration of the transitional Free Trade Agreement quotas between the UK and New Zealand once the deal is ratified by both countries.”

New Zealand trade has been resilient in the face of the UK’s exit from the EU, said Mr Morrison, who hosted the online meeting last Tuesday alongside NZMB CEO Sam McIvor.

“The UK and EU proceeded with their plan to split the quota between the markets. Negotiations around the quota splits with both the UK and the EU27 are ongoing.

“However, we anticipate that a nominally greater share than the originally proposed quota split will be allocated to the EU27 to reflect the market access outcomes of the New Zealand-UK FTA.

“We are working closely with the New Zealand Government to ensure negotiation outcomes are implemented alongside the UK FTA outcomes,” Mr Morrison said.

“It is critically important that we keep quota administration in New Zealand to maintain the quality of our quota access and give certainty to companies in export planning.”

The NZMB also has responsibility for $82.2 million of farmer reserves with $61m of a contingency fund including $2.7m for quota market contingencies and a remaining $21m of general reserves.

“This provides crucial funding to

assist in a major industry crisis to re-open export markets, maintain prudent level of net assets to avoid jeopardising quota markets and the integrity of quota management systems, and deliver funding for industry-good activities such as genetics,” Mr Morrison said.

Mr McIvor said the board performed well in the face of disruption caused by Covid.

“The NZMB was prepared. We pivoted quickly to work remotely and benefited from an intensive programme of staff support, resourcing and resilience tools.”

The board also carried out a review of the cost of operating the NZMB to ensure the fees are sufficient to meet the delivery requirements, he said.

A statutory audit of NZMB’s quota management systems by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) concluded the NZMB complied with the Meat Board Act.

The board is recommending it invests up to $1 million a year in the ground-breaking Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) genetics programme, which is focused on increasing the uptake of the use of genetics in the beef industry.

“The decision would see the NZMB joining MPI and Beef + Lamb New Zealand in supporting the seven-year Sustainable Food & Fibre Futures partnership, which aims to boost the sector’s profits by $460m over the next 25 years.”

The NZMB has been working through feedback from farmers on the proposal.

The board reported a surplus of $5.8 million from reserves and quota management.

Quota management activities recorded a deficit of $331,000 with quota management reserves drawn upon as the NZMB worked through Brexit issues.

A surplus of $6.1 million was reported from reserves management, which includes investment gains of $5.9 million. The investment fund returned 10.2 percent after fees and taxes compared to 2.91 percent in the 2020 year.

Highlighting meat sector’s resilience

LAMBAlready significantly behind this season, lamb

slaughter rates in the North Island won’t be catching up any time soon.

Staff absenteeism due to isolation requirements and a general lack of staff remains a major problem keeping plants running at much lower capacities.

Typically, lamb farmgate prices reach their low in March and begin to track upwards again. However, with a large number of lambs still remaining on farm and yet to be killed, the remainder of the season could look different to the normal autumn/winter trends.

Prior to the Omicron chaos, the lamb kill was significantly behind due to the hard conditions lambs have been through this season and it is showing in February’s lamb carcase weights.

BEEFUS imported beef prices have slowed a little.

Prices for imported 95CL fell back to where they were in early January at US$3.14lb.

Unfortunately, the current higher NZD has shaved even more off returns compared to January.

A fall in imported prices isn’t unusual at this time of the year. Taking a breather now will allow demand to naturally rebuild as the peak grilling season fires up from late April.

Inflationary concerns in the US and lower domestic beef supplies have market participants worried of a correction to beef prices, especially if these concerns translate into restricted discretionary spending.

But with the US cow kill set to slump and grilling demand on the way up, US imported beef prices are expected to lift.

Any resurgence in demand from China for New Zealand manufacturing beef could result in stronger upside in imported prices.

VENISONThe venison industry has been dealing with

processing disruption as Omicron pushes increasing numbers of staff into at-home isolation.

However, the situation hasn’t been as problematic as with sheep and beef, helped by the fact that the kill typically slows from April.

In fact processors have made further increases to schedules and it appears as though the market will hold around $8kg in the short-term.

Prices are around $2.70kg more than a year ago and 40ckg more than this point in 2020, when the market started to crumble.

Schedule increases follow positive signals out of key export markets during what is normally a weaker part of the trading season.

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TWO TO GO: The Covid-disrupted dog trial season in the region resumes on April 1-2 with the Tolaga Bay event, and then on April 8-9 the season concludes locally with the Waingake trial. Confirmation came last week that the North and South Island championships would proceed. The South Island champs commence on May 2 in North Otago, and the North Island and New Zealand championships commence on May 30. Laurence Rau and Hogan were pictured in action in the zig zag hunt at the Whatatutu Club trial earlier this month. Picture by Donna Halley

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BEEF and Lamb New Zealand will hold their 2022 Annual Meeting virtually, with the shift to an online event due to the current Covid situation.

The AGM commences at 3.30pm tomorrow.

Levy payers have been encouraged to register to attend the meeting.

They will hear from B+LNZ’s chairman Andrew Morrison and chief executive Sam McIvor about B+LNZ’s key achievements and activities in the last year and priorities ahead.

Chief operating officer Cros Spooner will also provide a financial update.

“We will also go through a number of resolutions and a remit from Tom Mandeno, and at the end of the formal meeting there will be an opportunity for a Q&A session with the chairman and CEO,” a B+LNZ spokesman said.

A recording of the Annual Meeting will be available following the meeting.

B+LNZ to set out priorities at virtual AGM

A NEW project manager has been appointed to the Ovis Management programme, which works to promote control of C.ovis — or sheep measles — across New Zealand.

Michelle Simpson has taken over from Dan Lynch, who has retired after heading the programme for 28 years.

Michelle, who lives in Halcombe in the Manawatu, has a background in laboratory science and was formerly manager of the large animal department for Southern Rangitikei Veterinary Services.

She is married to a sheep and beef farmer and is also a volunteer firefighter.

“Sheep measles pose no risk to human health but cause blemishes in sheep meat, which is undesirable for consumers and particularly for the export market,” Michelle said.

“It costs farmers a lot of money due to condemned stock, so it is an important issue for the primary sector.”

C.ovis is caused by the Taenia ovis tapeworm.

Dogs can become infected by eating untreated meat or offal, infected with live cysts, and

then spread to sheep through tapeworm eggs in dog faeces left in grazing areas.

Eggs can also be spread from dog faeces over large areas, predominantly by flies.

The best practice for dog health and sheep measles is for all farm dogs to be treated monthly with cestocidal (tapeworm) drugs containing the ingredient Praziquantel — a cheap and effective treatment — and an All Wormer every three months.

“A frequent issue with Ovis is that if a farmer is not sending in lambs for processing, they may not know that they are passing the problem on,” Michelle said.

“Then, when a farmer ends up with issues with their product, they don’t know who to turn to.

“I see an important part of my role as helping those farmers to spread the word. Everyone has a part to play in protecting the sheep meat market,” she said.

“It is important to get the message out there that all dog

owners who take their dogs near farmland, or where sheep graze, must dose their dogs every month.

“That is essential because the tapeworm has a short life cycle and dosing three-monthly is not enough to stop the parasite from spreading.

“Farmers and landowners can control who is coming on to their property with their dogs. It’s your land, your livelihood, and your rules and if a dog does not need to come on to the property, then it is best not to have it there.”

Michelle has been working with urban vet clinics, as well as rural ones, to further raise awareness of the importance of dosing dogs before they go into rural areas.

“With Covid-19, more people are having New Zealand ‘staycations’ and may be doing more travelling into rural areas with their dogs or walking Department of Conservation tracks near grazing sheep.

“Most urban dog owners are unlikely to know about the risk of Ovis, so it is about getting the message out that we all have a part to play.”

Spreading the word

NEW OVIS MANAGER: Michelle Simpson is the new project manager of the New Zealand Ovis Management programme. Picture supplied

InternatIonal Day of Forests, which was held on Monday, was a great opportunity to reflect on the critical role forests play in the lives of new Zealanders across the country.

the day celebrated and raised awareness of the importance of all of new Zealand’s 9.7 million hectares of forests — exotic and native — covering 38 percent of the land.

“trees are part of peoples’ everyday lives, whether they live in rural or suburban areas or city centres,” said alex Wilson, grants and partnerships director, Forest Development, at te Uru Rākau.

“Forests provide people with goods such as timber, fuel, food and fodder, help combat climate change, protect and enhance biodiversity, soils, rivers, and reservoirs, and serve as areas where people can get close to nature.”

Since 2018, Te Uru Rākau — New Zealand Forest Service has supported planting of nearly 350 million native and exotic trees.

“I’m proud of the work being done to enable and support tree planting projects all over the

country. It’s also worth noting these projects are not just confined to rural and provincial areas, but urban and inner city too,” Ms Wilson said.

“Te Uru Rākau has supported conservation volunteers to plant urban forests, for example through the Forests in the Heart of Wellington project on Mt Victoria, which over the last three years has resulted in 45,000 native trees being planted by the community.

“Another project in the capital, at Ōwhiro Bay, starts this year with planting of a further 20,000 native trees.

“these forests are really important spaces for cities.

“among other things, they provide important habitat for wildlife and opportunity for urban residents to spend time enjoying nature.”

At the other end of Te Ika-a-Māui, the North Island, Forward Whangārei has planted more than 80,000 trees at multiple sites across the northland region over two years. this highly motivated group is planting another 50,000 trees at various sites.

Planting kicked off in 2021 and is continuing

through 2022. “Forward Whangārei is a great example of

a volunteer organisation doing extraordinary work for their community that will leave a lasting legacy for generations to come,” Ms Wilson said.

Te Uru Rākau remains committed to investing in tree planting, and funding options include the Hill County Erosion and Matariki Tu Rākau.

the Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund is another investment tool available via the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

The Matariki Tu Rākau fund is also now open for applications for less than one hectare of commemorative planting on marae and public land.

“Forests play a key role in many priority areas. they enhance regional development, enable strong partnerships with Māori to realise the potential of their land, improve water quality, enhance new Zealand’s biodiversity, and reduce erosion as well as carbon emissions.

“These are all part of MPI’s Fit for a Better World roadmap and building a stronger aotearoa.”

International Day of Forests worthy of celebration

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MOSCOW — A Russian court on Tuesday convicted top opposition leader Alexei Navalny of fraud and contempt of court, sentencing him to nine more years in prison.

The move was seen as an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin’s biggest foe behind bars for as long as possible.

The new sentence follows a year-long crackdown by Putin on Navalny’s supporters, other opposition activists and independent journalists in which authorities appear eager to stifle all dissent.

Navalny’s close associates have faced criminal charges and left the country, and his group’s political infrastructure — an anti-corruption foundation and a nationwide network of regional offices — has been destroyed after being labelled an extremist organisation.

The 45-year-old Navalny, who in 2020 survived a poisoning with a nerve agent that he blames on the Kremlin, is already serving 2½ years in a penal colony east of Moscow for a parole violation. The new trial was

held in a makeshift courtroom at the facility.In a Facebook post by his team shortly

after the sentence, the usually sardonic Navalny said: “My space flight is taking a bit longer than expected.”

He added that neither he nor his comrades “will simply wait”, announcing that his Anti-Corruption Foundation will become an international organisation that will “fight (Putin) until we win”.

“We will find all of their mansions in Monaco, their villas in Miami, their riches everywhere — and when we do, we will take everything from the criminal Russian elite,” the foundation’s new website said.

His new conviction is on charges of embezzling money that he and his foundation raised over the years and of insulting a judge during a previous trial. Navalny, who will appeal the ruling, has rejected the allegations as politically motivated.

Germany condemned the verdict, with its Foreign Ministry calling it “part of the systematic instrumentalisation of the

Russian judicial system against dissidents and the political opposition”.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether Navalny must serve the new nine-year sentence in addition to the 2½ years, or

where he will serve it. Prosecutors originally asked for a 13-year sentence. The judge also imposed a fine of 1.2 million rubles (about NZ$16,500).

Navalny’s Twitter account responded to the nine-year sentence by citing “The Wire” television series: “Well, as the characters of my favourite TV series ‘The Wire’ used to say: ‘You only do two days. That’s the day you go in and the day you come out.’ I even had a T-shirt with this slogan, but the prison authorities confiscated it, considering the print extremist.”

Even his lawyers, Olga Mikhailova and Vadim Kobzev, were detained shortly after they commented to reporters on the ruling, although Mikhailova told the Medizona news outlet that the police let them go without any charges.

Navalny’s supporters criticised the decision to move the trial, which opened about a month ago, to the prison, instead of holding it in Moscow. They said it effectively limited access to the proceedings for the media and supporters. — AP

Putin critic sentenced to nine more years in prison

ALEXEI NAVALNY

BEIJING — Rescuers have found no survivors so far from a jet carrying 132 people which crashed in hills in southern China.

Crash investigators also had no information on why China Eastern flight MU5735 plummeted out of the sky on Monday.

Recovery work at the site of the Boeing 737-800 crash in Guangxi province is being hampered by difficult terrain.

There has been an outpouring of grief in China, where families of passengers and crew are waiting for news.

Hundreds of responders have been scouring the steeply forested slopes in Wuzhou where debris from the plane was strewn after it broke apart and set fire to the hillside.

There had been no official word on casualties until China’s Civil Aviation Administration held its news briefing, some 36 hours after the disaster.

“Up to now, search and rescue work has not found any survivors,” Zhu Tao, aviation safety office director at the CAA, told reporters. “Given the information currently available, we still do not have a clear assessment of the cause for the crash.”

Air controllers had repeatedly called the aircraft during its descent but had received no response, he added.

Rescuers have so far found parts of the 737’s burnt wreckage. State broadcasters showed images of the charred remains of letters, bags, wallets and identity cards belonging to those on board.

Meanwhile, the families and friends of the 123 passengers and nine crew gathered at each end of the flight — with relatives visiting China Eastern’s offices in Yunnan province and waiting at Guangzhou International Airport.

The China Eastern Airlines flight from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan, had been due to land in Guangzhou on Monday afternoon.

China Eastern has grounded all its Boeing 737-800s and set up a hotline for people seeking information on those on board.

Authorities have yet to identify passengers and crew members, but some relatives have spoken to local media or shared their grief online.

One woman reported the loss of her newlywed husband on her WeChat account. Her earlier posts included videos of the couple’s holiday trips.

Other passengers included a group of six

people, one of them a teenager, who were on their way to Guangzhou to attend a funeral, a local newspaper reported.

Another woman interviewed said her sister and close friends were part of that group, adding that she had also been booked on the flight, but ended up switching to an earlier plane.

“I feel very anguished,” she told Jiemian News.

Reuters quoted a man at the airport who said he was the colleague of a passenger named Mr Tan.

After confirming that Mr Tan was on board, he had to break the news to Mr Tan’s family.

“They were sobbing. His mother couldn’t believe this had happened,” he told the news agency. “Her boy was only 29 years old.”

He added that arrangements were being made by the airline to bring families to the crash site in Wuzhou.

Pictures show distraught families waiting in a cordoned-off area at Guangzhou airport, being assisted by airline staff.

One unverified clip circulating widely on Chinese social media shows a man slumped in his seat crying and lamenting the loss of

his three children who were on the flight.Flight MU5735 had been in the air for

more than an hour and was nearing its destination when it suddenly plummeted from its cruising height.

Chinese state TV outlets have broadcast footage which appears to show a jet in a near nosedive to the ground. The footage was captured by a car’s dashcam.

Flight tracker data showed the Boeing 737-800 jet dropped thousands of feet in under three minutes.

According to FlightRadar24, the plane was cruising at 29,100 feet, but two minutes and 15 seconds later it was recorded at 9075ft. The last sourced information on the flight showed it ended at 2.22pm local time, at an altitude of 3225ft.

Aviation experts say the Boeing 737-800 model has a strong safety record, with thousands in service around the world. The aircraft that crashed was less than seven years old.

Investigators are expected to look at several possible causes — including deliberate action, pilot error, or technical issues such as a structural failure or mid-air collision. — AP

No sign of survivorsCause of Chinese plane crash still unclear

recovery work: In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers conduct search operations at the site of a plane crash in Tengxian County in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Picture supplied via AP

MALMO — Two teachers were killed by a student at a high school in southern Sweden, police said on Tuesday.

The 18-year-old student was arrested at the scene on Monday in Malmo, Sweden’s third-largest city. The victims were two women in their 50s, police said.

The suspect wasn’t previously known to the police and had no criminal record, and police didn’t disclose how the teachers were killed. A motive has not been established.

“For now it is far too early to comment on that,” Malmo Police Chief Petra Stenkula told a news conference.

She said officers arrived and found the suspect and two victims on the third floor of the downtown Malmo Latin School 10 minutes after they were alerted, adding that the situation was then “under control”.

Stenkula didn’t confirm a report by the Aftonbladet newspaper, saying the male student himself called authorities to say he had killed two people, had put down his weapons and was on the third floor.

Police made “seizures” and a forensic examination “will allow us to better understand what happened”, Stenkula said, adding authorities have no information of any further injuries.

Police said they were called at 5.12pm on Monday. Scores of ambulances and patrol cars rushed to the school and armed police were seen entering the building, which was cordoned off.

Students at the school, which has about 1100 students, had gathered to work on a musical and students locked themselves inside classrooms.

Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said she reacted “with sadness and dismay” to the killings, according to the Swedish news agency TT.

The killings took place in a modern annex of the school, which was founded in 1406 when the pope issued a letter of privilege allowing for its construction and operation. It was originally meant to educate local youth on Christian doctrine and the Latin language. — AP

Two teachers killed in attack at Swedish high school

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Whangārei — a mystery new Zealand backpacker who died in South africa 48 years ago has been identified.

a South african expatriate who witnessed his death at his Johannesburg home made a public appeal through The new Zealand herald this week to find the man, known only as “red”.

Family and friends have contacted the herald to say the man was Peter Kelly, from Whangārei.

“it was quite emotional,” said Kelly’s sister Colleen Wech, of the moment she read the article in the northern advocate. her voice quivering, she said she immediately recognised the man as her brother.

Kelly died after accidentally falling seven storeys from a balcony in hillbrow, Johannesburg in 1974.

The last man to see him alive, Tony Brebner*, said he had been haunted by his death ever since and had unsuccessfully tried to track down his family for decades. he had only met him days earlier and did not know his full name or any other details.

Wech said the family never had closure after her brother’s death. While new Zealand maintained diplomatic ties with South africa during apartheid, communication was strained and it was difficult to get any information out of the country.

The family were already grieving the loss of Peter’s older brother, Mike, a medical student who is believed to have drowned in the Whanganui hospital swimming pool four years earlier, aged 21.

South african Police eventually contacted their new Zealand counterparts after Kelly’s death, and Colleen recalls a late-night visit from police officers to their Whangārei home to break the news to the parents.

The police recommended that Kelly be buried in Johannesburg. his body would have to return as cargo and there were few flights between new Zealand and South africa, meaning it could be two weeks before his body came back.

Kelly was buried in a Johannesburg cemetery, and Brebner said he was the only person at the graveside who was not an official. a service was also held in Whangārei, without a body and without much knowledge of how Kelly died.

“it was the most peculiar feeling,” said Wech.“it was an awful time. i remember a year

passed and my dad saying ‘i would just love to know what really happened’.”

Their father died in 1975, and their mother died in 2004. a year later, Wech went to Johannesburg to trace her brothers’ last moments and said Mass at his graveside.

an article from the time of his death said Kelly was a keen sportsman, representing auckland schoolboys in cricket and the hikurangi rugby club.

ray Tewake, from Whangarei, worked with him as a linesman at the post office in Whangārei before Kelly went overseas.

“he was a hard case, great sense of humour, great to have a beer with. and he was the only one i trusted to drive my car, a Zephyr i think it was.”

in a letter sent home to family, Kelly spoke about the unfairness of apartheid in South africa, saying black South africans were “despised” and treated “pretty poorly”.

he wrote that he gave a black man a ride home to Soweto and that he was appalled by the poverty and cramped living. he finished the letter saying he was flying to england soon and would send his new address to the family. he never made it to england, dying a few days later.

Brebner, now living in australia, planned to speak to Colleen Wech this week. he said it would bring him great peace after 45 years to tell red’s story.

“i can’t believe how long i have held on to this.”

*Brebner previously used the pseudonym Brett — nZ herald

Mystery solvedNZ backpacker who died 48 years ago identified by family

EVENTUALLY FOUND: Peter Kelly, from Whangarei, died in South Africa in 1974. The last person to see him alive has been searching for his family since — and found them this week. Picture supplied

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

1 Check Out CR Hire Equip. Trot 5.08$9000, non-winners 3yo+ stand, 2200m

1 85564 Debbie Lee Galleon (Fr) 1 O Gillies

2 49354 Storms Acoming (Fr) 2 B Towers 3 97D07 Vivid Night (Fr) 3 J Abernethy 4 40s76 Voronov (Fr) 4 L Chin 5 Tourminator (Fr) 5 A Poutama 6 s4742 Slippery Mistress (Fr) 6 (J) 7 2P488 Maria Theresa (Fr) 7 D Butcher 8 Trixton Belle (Fr) 8 D McGowan 9 Ngauruhoe (Fr) 9 R Paynter 10 Library Lady (Fr) 10 J Robinson 11 Itaintnecessarilyso (Fr) 11 M W White 12 6s87s Keystone Comet (Em1) (Fr) 12 Z Butcher 13 224F6 Cyclone Lebron (Fr) U1 P Ferguson 14 65655 Mont Blanc (Fr) U2 K Marshall 15 77723 Presidents Topshot (Fr) U3 F Schumacher

2 NZMCA Parking On Site Trot 5.31$9000, 3yo+ r55. mobile, 2200m

1 95306 My Hope (Fr) 1 (J) 2 67310 Get On The Sauce (Fr) 2 A Poutama 3 3206D Flying Scotsman (Fr) 3 K Marshall 4 43013 Bro Fawkes S (Fr) 4 T Macfarlane 5 98324 Winners Time (Fr) 5 L Neal 6 89206 Berrylicious Babe (Fr) 6 T Mitchell 7 P6060 Crazy (Fr) 7 Z Butcher 8 88333 The Hulk (Fr) 8 J Abernethy 9 4s821 Con Grazia Love (Fr) 21 S McCaffrey

3 Tote Burger ‘Best Bet For Burgers’ 5.56$9000, 4yo+ r54, w/c. jun.d mobile, 2200m

1 93713 Sharkine (Fr) 1 (J) 2 24446 Cotton Socks (Fr) 2 (J) 3 1322s Fernleigh Cash (Fr) 3 E Barron (J)

4 70s92 Lord Verde (Fr) 4 (J) 5 42243 Sky Delight (Fr) 5 J Crawford (J) 6 97212 Glenthorne (Fr) 6 (J) 7 6s733 Jack Tar (Fr) 7 N Delany (J)

4 ‘The Race’ 14th April Pace 6.21$9000, 3yo+ r48. mobile, 1700m

1 s8679 Imelda May (Fr) 1 D Ferguson 2 0s760 Forwardy (Fr) 2 K Marshall 3 00510 Still Trying (Fr) 3 T Mitchell 4 76417 Claude (Fr) 4 A Poutama 5 45526 Ideal Tomado (Fr) 5 N Chilcott 6 10377 Heza Player (Fr) 6 J Robinson 7 22104 Bet On The Tiger (Fr) 7 Z Butcher 8 71s82 Mo Szyslak (Fr) 8 P Ferguson 9 0P920 Berani (Fr) 21 S McCaffrey 10 91678 Pacing Hope (Fr) 22 D Butcher 11 04109 Destiny’s Child (Fr) U1 B Butcher 12 38s55 Jimmy Fox (Fr) U2 B Mangos

5 Black Dog Furniture Trot 6.46$9000, r42-r46 w/c stand, 2200m

1 76504 Grey Stoke (Fr) 1 Z Butcher 2 58276 Pearlspur (Fr) 2 T Mitchell 3 6s87s Keystone Comet (Fr) 3 A Poutama 4 58607 Yea You (Fr) 4 D Ferguson 5 77s77 Mi Anna (Fr) 5 N Delany (J) 6 31807 Mums Jewel (Fr) 6 T Cameron 7 27028 Shiffty (Fr) 7 P Ferguson 8 4324D Prince Envy (Fr) U1 N Chilcott 9 62373 Sly Punter (Fr) U2 B Butcher 10 s0043 Sir Henry Castleton (Fr) U3 D Butcher

11 006P0 B K Merlot (Fr) U4 C Jamieson

6 Barrett Homes Pace 7.11$9000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m. mobile, 2200m

1 9 Arty Tart (Fr) 1 T Macfarlane 2 6s American Maid (Fr) 2 B Mangos 3 323 Katies Princess (Fr) 3 N Chilcott 4 930 Mahia Dreamin (Fr) 4 D Ferguson 5 4587s Lil Ripper (Fr) 5 P Ferguson 6 Hunua’s Angel (Fr) 6 T Mitchell 7 97 Lady Noeleen (Fr) 7 D Butcher 8 Miss Lippie (Fr) 8 M W White

7 Dunstan Horsefeeds Pace 7.38$9000, 3yo+ r50-r60. mobile, 1700m

1 1 Cyclone Charlotte (Fr) 1 T Cameron 2 2124 Crusader (Fr) 2 D Butcher 3 17667 Bodrum Boy (Fr) 3 S McCaffrey 4 37321 Dalvey Robyn (Fr) 4 P Ferguson 5 28843 High Point (Fr) 5 D Ferguson 6 15221 The Sportsman (Fr) 6 E Barron (J) 7 09097 Ace Strike (Fr) 7 Z Butcher 8 17881 Wild Card (Fr) 8 T Mitchell 9 37141 Supersede (Fr) 21 B Butcher 10 13442 Ideal Prince (Fr) 22 N Munro

8 Cambridge Homes Trot 8.07$9000, r50-r60 discretionary handicap stand, 2200m

1 91648 Highview Rockn Roll (Fr) 1 S McCaffrey

2 64371 Reign (Fr) U1 N Chilcott

3 4565s Aldebaran Flame (Fr) U2 (J)

4 s9641 Romeo Foxtrot (10) 1 M W White

5 01642 Kristofferson (10) 2 A Poutama

6 P6060 Crazy (10) U1 Z Butcher

7 72318 Agostini (10) U2 P Ferguson

8 61512 Aflyin Spur (20) U1 T Mitchell

9 Clubhouse - UFC April 10th 8.38$9000, non-winners 3yo+ g&e. mobile, 2200m

1 265s4 Harry Kane (Fr) 1 Z Butcher

2 2 Falcons Watch (Fr) 2 N Chilcott

3 Boris Yeltsin (Fr) 3 B Mangos

4 87829 Jono B (Fr) 4 J Abernethy

5 86423 The Only Decision (Fr) 5 M W White

6 2s Fletch Maguire (Fr) 6 T Mitchell

7 265s6 Cya Doit (Fr) 7 B Butcher

8 99 Tugawar (Fr) 8 T Macfarlane

10 Hire A Venue At Cambridge 9.03$7000, r50. mobile, 2200m

1 0s980 Comedy Act (Fr) 1

2 — Imelda May SCRATCHED

3 75568 Watch And Learn (Fr) 2 W Rich

4 45973 Play Ball (Fr) 3 J Brownlee

5 73757 Comic Book Hero (Fr) 4 L Darby

6 35647 Meetmeinsorrento (Fr) 5 M Northcott

7 53330 Mr Wonderful (Fr) 6 F Phelan

8 56771 Voodoo Prince (Fr) 7 C Sharpe

9 34666 Chris Kyle (Fr) 21 J Darby

SelectionsRace 1: CYCLONE LEBRON, SLIPPERY MISTRESS,

TOURMINATOR

Race 2: WINNERS TIME, BRO FAWKES S, THE HULK

Race 3: FERNLEIGH CASH, GLENTHORNE, JACK TAR

Race 4: CLAUDE, MO SZYSLAK, IDEAL TOMADO

Race 5: MUMS JEWEL, PRINCE ENVY,

SIR HENRY CASTLETON

Race 6: LIL RIPPER, KATIES PRINCESS, AMERICAN MAID

Race 7: CRUSADER, HIGH POINT, WILD CARD

Race 8: ALDEBARAN FLAME, AGOSTINI, AFLYIN SPUR

Race 9: CYA DOIT, FALCONS WATCH, HARRY KANE

Race 10: MR WONDERFUL, CHRIS KYLE,

MEETMEINSORRENTO

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

Waikato greys at Cambridge Raceway Thursday 3 TAB D. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 T. 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 Q. 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 PL6 7-12

1 Greyhounds North 12.11 $4000, C0, distance, 650m

1 52522 Nana Molly nwtd Udy & Cottam

2 32454 Dublin Express nwtd Udy & Cottam

3 Vacant Box Three - n & a

4 32343 Portia nwtd Arch Lawrence

5 Vacant Box Five - n & a

6 72334 Get Me Home nwtd Udy & Cottam

7 Vacant Box Seven - n & a

8 37242 Jam Packed nwtd Udy & Cottam

2 Follow Waikato Greys On Fbk 12.28 $2000, C0, 375m

1 Thrilling Brodie nwtd Karen Walsh

2 66621 Bundee Bomber nwtd Phil Green

3 57265 Smash Vision nwtd P M Heterick

4 32542 Fill’s Folly nwtd Phil Green

5 2 Portland Opal nwtd T & L Craik

6 37 Portland Ethan nwtd T & L Craik

7 44324 Lochness Brae nwtd Thayne Green

8 22664 Donning nwtd Glennis Farrell

EMERGENCIES:

9 75 Kettle Pot nwtd T & L Craik

10 6s Flammable nwtd D M Elder

3 Coprice Working Dog Chicken 12.46 $2100, C1, 375m

1 58311 Who I Am nwtd M Prangley

2 56658 Smash Zone 21.69 R & L Udy

3 8s287 Battle Cruiser nwtd R & N O’Regan

4 67232 Homebush Luther 21.44 M J McPhee

5 24355 Opawa Trump nwtd Marsha Black

6 13764 Overtaking 21.14 W & T Steele

7 15441 Hurricane Bob 21.56 Thayne Green

8 68654 Hardcore Brute 21.50 Marsha Black

EMERGENCIES:

9 85563 Knuckles Nugget 21.46 Mullane & Potts

10 51667 Teeing Off nwtd Mullane & Potts

4 Farmlands Virkon Distance 1.03 $5500, C1/2, distance, 650m

1 33545 Boring 38.20 W & T Steele

2 74355 Bronski Beat 37.99 Lisa Cole

3 Vacant Box Three - n & a

4 63F61 Shanmaria 37.88 Arch Lawrence 5 33453 Little Teegs 37.85 Arch Lawrence 6 Vacant Box Six - n & a 7 52152 Nangar Ridge 37.93 Lisa Cole 8 54382 Shayanna 38.39 Arch Lawrence

5 Nightrave Rehoming For Greys 1.21 $2100, C1, 375m

1 55442 Ruby Express 21.45 Marsha Black 2 25456 Waiterimu Ripper 21.28 R & L Udy 3 62737 Apollo Tom nwtd L M Laing 4 73674 Bailey And Cream nwtd R & L Udy 5 76747 Ramblin’ Edge 21.76 W & T Steele 6 1F Hedge Hunter 21.81 Robert Roper 7 78763 Margaux 21.23 Phil Green 8 52144 Ginny Gin 21.69 M PrangleyEMERGENCIES: 9 34567 Rain And Shine nwtd R & N O’Regan 10 51667 Teeing Off nwtd Mullane & Potts

6 Affordable Pet Accessories 1.38 $4000, C3, 457m

1 55116 Big Time Boston nwtd Lisa Cole 2 2s111 Hint Of Mint nwtd G & S Fredrickson 3 Vacant Box Three - n & a 4 25552 Opawa Sandridge 25.91 W & T Steele 5 47824 Opawa Rowan nwtd T & L Craik 6 Vacant Box Six - n & a 7 31123 Big Time Reward nwtd Lisa Cole 8 33163 Angelica 25.73 Arch Lawrence

7 Garrards Horse & Hound 1.54 $2200, C2, 375m

1 26621 Zipping Panther 21.44 Glennis Farrell

2 41244 Ford Man 21.53 R & L Udy

3 83167 Diamond Tiger 21.74 W & T Steele

4 62321 Just Nia 21.66 Marsha Black

5 75226 Triggered 21.52 W & T Steele

6 17213 Thrilling Temper 21.37 Mullane & Potts

7 6171F Opawa Meg 21.60 Corey Steele

8 23185 Spring Forward 21.41 W & T Steele

EMERGENCIES:

9 53765 Big Time Kobe 21.30 R & N O’Regan

10 45767 Who Is Cooper 21.20 M Prangley

8 Vetora Cambridge Sprint 2.16 $3600, C5, 375m

1 41313 Typhoon Tim 20.79 Lisa Cole

2 61624 Wheels On Fire 21.05 T & L Craik

3 Vacant Box Three - n & a

4 21661 Calf King 20.83 Phil Green

5 Vacant Box Five - n & a

6 44411 Opawa Boys Paid 20.98 Corey Steele

7 Vacant Box Seven - n & a

8 15422 Zipping Aubry 21.37 Glennis Farrell

9 Farmlands Coprice Stakes 2.35 $3600, C1/2, 457m

1 s1741 Loyal Redeemer nwtd Thayne Green

2 52474 Antonio 25.82 Arch Lawrence

3 13276 Soldier Blue nwtd Thomas Patton

4 24675 Rhodes Worthy nwtd Maree Gowan

5 62121 Opawa Andy 26.09 Corey Steele

6 23542 Highview Sammy nwtd G & S Fredrickson

7 84523 Let Em Talk nwtd S O’Neill

8 34412 Isn’t She Bliss nwtd Peter Henley

EMERGENCY:

9 54866 Chase Me Down 25.64 Peter Ferguson

10 Mayhounds Rehoming Group 2.55 $2400, C3, 375m

1 71132 Dark Hazard 21.29 W & T Steele 2 2262F Smash Misfit 21.57 R & L Udy 3 84211 Rocked It 21.25 W & T Steele 4 76613 Opawa Bailey 21.43 Corey Steele 5 28113 Georgia’s Girl 21.39 T & L Craik 6 54231 Allegro Maddie nwtd Lisa Cole 7 55733 Federer 21.32 T & L Craik 8 42532 Big Time Gwyn 21.13 Lisa ColeEMERGENCY: 9 56228 Call Me Leo 21.11 Thayne Green

11 The Clubhouse Cambridge 3.13 $2700, C4, 375m

1 22177 Spring Cesc 21.18 Mullane & Potts 2 2115s Zipping Lockett 21.30 Glennis Farrell 3 45168 Opawa Cameron 21.16 W & T Steele 4 52674 Thrilling Tessa 21.17 Sean Codlin 5 Vacant Box Five - n & a 6 66225 Opawa Phil 20.83 W & T Steele 7 77354 Pan Edition 21.37 Peter Ferguson 8 44131 Kea Viking 21.24 W & T Steele

12 Mike Stent Decorators Ltd 3.33 $5500, C4/5, 457m

1 16421 Pedro Lee 25.33 Peter Ferguson 2 52114 Lucca 25.66 Arch Lawrence 3 Vacant Box Three - n & a 4 21132 Boy Keidis 25.29 Arch Lawrence 5 73725 Entree Only nwtd Maree Gowan 6 Vacant Box Six - n & a 7 17781 Big Time Ripper nwtd Lisa Cole 8 71221 Ramblin’ Andre 25.54 W & T Steele

SelectionsRace 1: DUBLIN EXPRESS, NANA MOLLY, PORTIA

Race 2: THRILLING BRODIE, BUNDEE BOMBER,

FILL’S FOLLY

Race 3: WHO I AM, SMASH ZONE, HOMEBUSH LUTHER

Race 4: NANGAR RIDGE, BRONSKI BEAT, LITTLE TEEGS

Race 5: RUBY EXPRESS, MARGAUX, GINNY GIN

Race 6: HINT OF MINT, BIG TIME REWARD,

BIG TIME BOSTON

Race 7: SPRING FORWARD, ZIPPING PANTHER, FORD MAN

Race 8: TYPHOON TIM, WHEELS ON FIRE, CALF KING

Race 9: LOYAL REDEEMER, ISN’T SHE BLISS,

HIGHVIEW SAMMY

Race 10: BIG TIME GWYN, DARK HAZARD, ROCKED IT

Race 11: ZIPPING LOCKETT, KEA VIKING, OPAWA PHIL

Race 12: LUCCA, PEDRO LEE, BOY KEIDIS

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

1 The Fitz Sports Bar Sprint 4.11 $2400, C3, 295m

1 86233 Onesie 17.10 Lisa Waretini 2 38153 Elsa Blueblood 17.50 John McInerney 3 78866 Penny Jane 17.30 Anthony Hart 4 24467 Ginger Shaw 17.25 Janine McCook 5 48372 Homebush Sparkle 17.42 John McInerney 6 42334 Denarau Delight 17.33 Malcolm Grant 7 11633 Nighthawk Jink 17.14 Matt Roberts 8 13114 Caesar Lies 17.21 Ashley BradshawEMERGENCIES: 9 34446 Souffle Sue 17.19 John McInerney 10 65466 Goldstar Wynter 17.20 Riley Evans

2 mayhounds.org.nz Group 4.28 $2400, C3, 295m

1 1F845 Free For All 17.44 Malcolm Grant

2 217F7 Mitcham Greg nwtd Ashley Bradshaw

3 72112 Homebush Peach 17.15 John McInerney

4 3615s Minter Rise nwtd Janine McCook

5 25254 Smash Shadow 17.28 Malcolm Grant

6 25714 Rebel Boom 17.29 Daniel Roberts

7 66461 Know Hinder 17.20 Garry Cleeve

8 33555 Reddy Moth 17.21 Anthony Hart

EMERGENCIES:

9 34446 Souffle Sue 17.19 John McInerney

10 65466 Goldstar Wynter 17.20 Riley Evans

3 S Anngow Drapes 0272719588 4.46 $4000, C3, 520m

1 23522 Diamond Warrior 30.48 Malcolm Grant

2 62125 Mandy Jewel 30.27 Craig Roberts

3 64385 Longshanks 30.12 Ashley Bradshaw

4 22113 Not So Simple 30.02 Garry Cleeve

5 s5472 Peponi Bale nwtd Craig Roberts

6 73223 Calculated Risk 30.33 Ashley Bradshaw

7 13835 Opawa Pip 30.07 Lisa Waretini

8 76247 Goldstar Mauney 30.00 Riley Evans

EMERGENCY:

9 7686s Oberon Bale nwtd Craig Roberts

4 Geoff Bate Punter Book 5.03 $2700, C3/4, 295m

1 21217 Nighthawk Swift 17.10 Matt Roberts

2 42735 Goldstar Flora 17.10 Riley Evans

3 35237 Coffee Biscuit 17.27 Janine McCook

4 6s888 Homebush Monkey 17.23 John McInerney

5 86161 Money Bags 17.25 John McInerney

6 22257 Taieri Taylee 16.86 Ray Casey

7 3487s Mitcham Ivan 17.17 Ashley Bradshaw

8 24622 Smash Ready 17.23 Malcolm Grant

EMERGENCIES:

9 34446 Souffle Sue 17.19 John McInerney

10 65466 Goldstar Wynter 17.20 Riley Evans

5 Thursday Place Pick Dash 5.21 $2400, C3, 295m

1 58231 Opa’s Joy 17.23 Ray Casey

2 64337 Bees Are Buzzing 17.28 Janine McCook

3 52223 Tiggerlong Demon 17.22 Daniel Roberts

4 11485 Razor Rufus 17.25 Ashley Bradshaw

5 11684 Goldstar Tookie 17.21 Riley Evans

6 35716 Smash Grenade 17.38 Malcolm Grant

7 55512 Know Ratio 17.14 Garry Cleeve

8 25323 Amuri Batman 17.30 John McInerney

EMERGENCIES:

9 34446 Souffle Sue 17.19 John McInerney

10 65466 Goldstar Wynter 17.20 Riley Evans

6 Balcairn Stockfoods & Coprice 5.46 $3600, C5, 295m

1 87512 Opawa Oscar 17.10 Robin Wales

2 58334 Smooth Step 17.23 Malcolm Grant

3 22368 Romeo 17.19 John McInerney

4 42155 Goldstar Shaggy 17.04 Riley Evans

5 14571 Homebush Archie 17.27 John McInerney

6 31355 Homebush Glitch 17.15 John McInerney

7 1s883 Little Kid 17.21 Janine McCook

8 64771 Taieri Missile 17.02 Ray Casey

EMERGENCY:

9 57717 Mustang Megan 17.16 Anthony Hart

7 Selwyn-rakaia Vet Services 6.12 $5500, C4/5, 520m

1 25533 Goldstar Yankee 30.22 Riley Evans

2 31332 Dembe 30.09 J & D Fahey

3 23162 Epic Cruze 30.19 Janine McCook

4 11111 Opawa Superstar 29.80 J & D Fahey

5 Vacant Box Five - n & a

6 14184 Opawa Star 30.00 J & D Fahey

7 14171 Carlos Jewel 29.96 Craig Roberts

8 46627 Dalisha Bale 30.02 Craig Roberts

8 Active Electrical Christchurch 6.36 $2700, C3/4, 295m

1 26741 Thunder Hallows 17.11 Ashley Bradshaw

2 12236 Goldstar Harper 17.31 Riley Evans

3 38123 Amuri Patti 17.35 John McInerney

4 67686 Ghost Mode 17.28 Anthony Hart

5 52276 Simon The Pieman 17.20 Alison Lee

6 67615 Impressive Sonic 17.36 John McInerney

7 14837 Bushvale Briley 17.33 Janine McCook

8 14587 Curve Crusher 17.22 Ashley Bradshaw

EMERGENCIES:

9 34446 Souffle Sue 17.19 John McInerney

10 65466 Goldstar Wynter 17.20 Riley Evans

9 Camside Stud Distance 7.03 $5500, C2, distance, 645m

1 64354 Know Account 38.29 Garry Cleeve

2 55651 Know Grizzles 38.02 Garry Cleeve

3 Vacant Box Three - n & a

4 42223 Ripslinger Roxy nwtd Ashley Bradshaw

5 12344 Opawa Harper 37.69 Robin Wales

6 Vacant Box Six - n & a

7 11241 Know Keeper 37.57 Garry Cleeve

8 33651 Black Stockings 37.92 Ashley Bradshaw

10 Flair Sprint 7.21 $3600, C5, 295m

1 26116 Goldstar Nolan 16.93 Riley Evans

2 54161 Homebush Honey 17.23 John McInerney

3 34612 Thrilling Millie 17.17 Calum Weir

4 21515 Goldstar Ange 17.27 Riley Evans

5 43153 Jocelyn 17.18 Janine McCook

6 41773 Nova Rapide 17.17 Ashley Bradshaw

7 66814 Diamond Harmony 17.10 Malcolm Grant

8 25426 Miss Adobe 17.11 Matt Roberts

EMERGENCY:

9 57717 Mustang Megan 17.16 Anthony Hart

11 Suck It Up Ltd Sprint 7.52

$3600, C5, 295m

1 11116 Goldstar Portia 17.05 Riley Evans

2 82612 Mitcham Magic 17.03 John McInerney

3 12178 Tweet About It 17.25 Anthony Hart

4 62564 Homebush Chloe 17.15 John McInerney

5 36328 Hilton Hope 17.06 Bruce Dann

6 34652 Amuri Andy 17.21 John McInerney

7 21377 Monty Mad Hammer 17.00 Ashley Bradshaw

8 44316 Barber Cubed 17.06 Janine McCook

EMERGENCY:

9 57717 Mustang Megan 17.16 Anthony Hart

12 Racing Again 25 March @ 12.02pm 8.19

$2700, C3/4, 295m

1 66618 Lady Sobers 17.26 John McInerney

2 1F451 Sozin’s Queen 17.24 John McInerney

3 65618 Suck It Up 17.34 Anthony Hart

4 63527 Kikau 17.35 Daniel Roberts

5 58137 Mable Jewel 17.06 Craig Roberts

6 11321 Goldstar Gigi 17.05 Riley Evans

7 55574 Notorious Heist 17.10 Ashley Bradshaw

8 24133 Young Mase 17.33 Janine McCook

EMERGENCIES:

9 34446 Souffle Sue 17.19 John McInerney

10 65466 Goldstar Wynter 17.20 Riley Evans

SelectionsRace 1: ONESIE, CAESAR LIES, NIGHTHAWK JINK

Race 2: HOMEBUSH PEACH, MINTER RISE, MITCHAM GREG

Race 3: NOT SO SIMPLE, PEPONI BALE, DIAMOND WARRIOR

Race 4: MITCHAM IVAN, NIGHTHAWK SWIFT, MONEY BAGS

Race 5: GOLDSTAR TOOKIE, TIGGERLONG DEMON,

RAZOR RUFUS

Race 6: OPAWA OSCAR, GOLDSTAR SHAGGY, SMOOTH STEP

Race 7: OPAWA SUPERSTAR, DEMBE, EPIC CRUZE

Race 8: THUNDER HALLOWS, GOLDSTAR HARPER,

CURVE CRUSHER

Race 9: KNOW KEEPER, KNOW GRIZZLES, RIPSLINGER ROXY

Race 10: GOLDSTAR NOLAN, THRILLING MILLIE,

HOMEBUSH HONEY

Race 11: GOLDSTAR PORTIA, MITCHAM MAGIC,

MONTY MAD HAMMER

Race 12: GOLDSTAR GIGI, KIKAU, NOTORIOUS HEIST

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, March 23, 2022 RACING 23

NETBALL

THE Northern Mystics have beaten the Southern Steel for the first time in ANZ Premiership history with a 70-50 victory in Invercargill.

The Northerners dominated at both ends of the court as they registered their second win from three games this season. After allowing the Mystics a 10-goal advantage in the first quarter, the Steel couldn’t pull it back despite some hard graft through the court in the middle two quarters.

Led by internationals Sulu Fitzpatrick and Michaela Sokolich-Beatson, the visiting side went into overdrive in the final 15 minutes.

The last time the Mystics were successful in the Steel’s home city was 2015 in the transtasman league.

This game marked the return of Phoenix Karaka in the Mystics defence, and she and Fitzpatrick instantly made the impact they are internationally renowned for.

With George Fisher on the Steel bench for the first quarter, nursing a knee injury, the Mystics defence dominated the young Steel shooters Saviour Tui and Georgia Heffernan.

It was a different looking Steel attack, with captain Shannon Saunders beginning at centre, and Ali Wilshier at wing attack — as Renee Savai’inaea was out of contention this week with a hamstring problem.

Grace Nweke was cleverly fed by her attacking trio, and in spite of the gutsy efforts of Steel goal defence Kate Burley — using her insider knowledge from last season with the Mystics — the visitors established a six-goal lead halfway through the quarter, which extended to 10 goals, 19-9, at the first break.

Monica Falkner is finding her feet in the Mystics shooting line-up, using her speed in and out of the circle and putting up some perfect long-range shots.

Fisher came on for the second quarter, and immediately made a difference. Tui moving to goal attack gave her confidence too.

While the Mystics grew their lead to 15 at one point in the second spell, the Steel reeled it back to draw the quarter, trailing 32-22 at halftime.

Peta Toeava was injected into the game at wing attack to start the third quarter, with Filda Vui replacing

Falkner (who’d shot 10 from 11) at goal attack.

It was a much more decisive Steel who returned to the court, and with Burley switching with Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit to sit back on Nweke at goal keep, they closed the gap to six.

Karaka was in and out of the game after a heavy fall, with young defender Carys Stythe given an opportunity to show her skills in the Mystics defence. But there was no doubting the strength of Karaka and Fitzpatrick, teaming up with Sokolich-Beatson at wing defence, and how quickly the score would swing back in the Mystics favour when they were together.

It was reflected on the scoreboard at the end of the third quarter, the Mystics back in control up 47-35.

Toeava’s incredible range of skills were on show, and her understanding with Nweke is unrivalled; the goal shoot sinking 50 from 52 attempts. Sokolich-Beatson was a critical cog in the Mystics machine, and with some trademark intercepts from Fitzpatrick, the score difference was pushed well outside the Steel’s reach. — RNZ

Mystics outplay Steel EQUESTRIAN

SIR Mark Todd will face a disciplinary hearing in Britain this week after a video on social media showed him hitting a horse with a branch.

The former Olympic equestrian champion turned racehorse trainer was given an interim suspension last month.

The 65-year-old New Zealander has apologised for his actions.

An independent panel of the British Horseracing Authority will consider whether his conduct was prejudicial to racing’s reputation.

Todd, who trains in Wiltshire, is accused of striking a horse multiple times with a tree branch on 29 August, 2020.

The video shows Todd hitting the horse while attempting to coax it towards the water jump in a cross-country schooling session.

He is unable to race horses while the interim suspension is in place.

Todd won individual eventing golds at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and Seoul in 1988 — and earned a knighthood for his equestrian achievements in 2013.

He became a racehorse trainer in 2019 after retiring from three-day eventing. — BBC

Todd facesBHA panel

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, March 23, 202224 SPORT

Thursday, March 24, 2022

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BOXING

AFL legend Barry Hall’s camp believe they have rattled a “nervous” Sonny Bill Williams ahead of their heavyweight bout in Sydney on Wednesday night.

Things heated up during the pre-fight weigh-ins at Sydney’s Darling Harbour when Hall appeared to headbutt Williams as tensions threatened to spill over ahead of their clash in the ring.

Williams, the former All Blacks and NRL superstar, appeared stunned by Hall’s aggressive move, and the Australian’s camp took notice.

“Sonny didn’t know what to do,” a member of Hall’s team was heard saying after the “headbutt”.

After getting briefly separated, the duo calmed down and resumed their staredown before shaking hands.

Williams, who dabbled in a few boxing fights during his code-hopping career, goes in as the slight bookies favourite against the older, lighter Hall.

The 45-year-old Hall weighed in at

97.8kg, giving away more than 11kg to Williams at 109.1kg.

Despite his underdog status, at least on the weighing scale, Hall said he was embracing the “Barry against the world” mindset.

“The press conference yesterday, there was an illustrious line-up, all the names written down, I had two people with me,” Hall was quoted as saying on Fox Sports Australia.

“There’s a lot of people that don’t want me to win this fight, I understand that. There’s a lot of money lost if he loses, I understand that also. That’s why I need to win by knockout and why I’m going to.”

Williams, who is 8-0 in his boxing career, has now dedicated himself to boxing in a final sporting push after retiring from rugby and league.

The 36-year-old enlisted the help of some of the fight world’s big names in preparation for his return to the ring, including a six-week training camp in the UK with world heavyweight champ Tyson Fury, Kiwi star Joseph Parker

and European champion Tommy McCarthy.

He will also have former WBO middleweight champion and renowned trainer Andy Lee in his corner for the fight.

Williams admitted he was “nervous” ahead of his ninth professional fight “but for me it’s a sign that I’m ready to go”.

“I’ve got a lot of respect for Barry, I know he’s put himself through the wringer this prep, I don’t know too much about his prep but I think he knows all about my prep,” Williams said at Monday’s press conference.

“I wish we were fighting tonight to tell you the truth but I’ve got no ill will towards Barry. I hope he goes home to his beautiful wife, beautiful children but I want to smash his face plain and simple.

“There’s no glory without putting yourself out there and I’m looking forward to getting out there and just being in the ring with Barry because I know we’re going to put on a good show.” — NZ Herald

SBW cops headbutt at weigh-in SPORT BRIEFS

Burgess in extended squadGEORGE Burgess could still be free to run out

in the NRL for St George Illawarra on Thursday night despite facing a charge of sexual touching without consent. The Dragons have named Burgess outside of their 17 but he remains in an extended 24-man squad to take on Cronulla as both the club and the NRL await further details from police. It comes as the NRL weighs up whether to use discretionary powers to invoke a no-fault stand-down policy on the 29-year-old after he was charged on Monday.

A decision is not expected until Wednesday or Thursday, potentially creating an unwanted distraction on game day or match eve for the Dragons after Burgess played in their last-start loss to Penrith. — AAP

Replacement ‘full-team’ jobREPLACING departing hooker Josh Hodgson

will be a “full-team job”, says Canberra utility Corey Harawira-Naera. With Hodgson ruled out for the season due to a knee reconstruction, filling a gaping hole in the team’s spine is top of the Raiders’ to-do list heading into an important round-three clash with Gold Coast. At times the Raiders looked uncompetitive in the 26-6 defeat to North Queensland and given the 32-year-old has signed for Parramatta next season, Harawira-Naera said it would require a big team effort to replace his energy. “We obviously missed him on the weekend, just his composure and holding the ruck down,” — AAP

Smith, Coates become forceWITH a combined weight of 210kg and both

standing at about 195cm, Reimis Smith and his new Storm wingman Xavier Coates are looking to cause big trouble for rival NRL teams. The pair loomed large in Melbourne’s golden point win over South Sydney last round, with ex-Bronco Coates scoring his second try in two games with his new club. Smith said Coates, who turned 21 earlier this month, hadn’t missed a beat since arriving in Melbourne. “He’s a big kid with a big future ahead of him,” Smith told AAP. “He switched to the right side (after injury to George Jennings) in round two and fitted straight into how we defend and attack so I thought he was unreal. — AAP

Isaako heading to TitansJAMAYNE Isaako is heading to the Gold Coast

after being granted an early release from his Brisbane NRL contact. The 25-year-old fullback has signed with new NRL club the Dolphins from next season, but will spend the remainder of the year with the Titans where he adds depth at the back for the emerging side. Titans’ coach Justin Holbrook said Isaako’s experience at NRL and international level made him a huge addition. “He adds great depth to our outside backs and provides us with coverage across both the fullback and wing positions,” he said. “We’ve got strong competition across a number of positions and adding Jamayne gives us another exciting option to choose from in our backline. — AAP

Mills, Durant spark over JazzPATTY Mills has provided a spark for the

Brooklyn Nets off the bench while Kevin Durant had a game-high 37 points in 114-106 NBA win over the Utah Jazz.

The Nets have won six of their past seven games to maintain their push for a direct place in eastern conference playoffs, and avoiding the play-in tournament. While Durant top-scored and was ably assisted by 22 points from Bruce Brown, Mills showcased his talents as one of the league’s best sixth man – having spent much of the season in the starting five. The Boomers star contributed 13 points in 31 minutes as the hosts began taking control shortly after Seth Curry exited the game with a left ankle sprain during the second quarter. — AAP

Mitchells grudge matchDAMIEN Cook has warned the Sydney Roosters

that any attempt to rattle South Sydney superstar Latrell Mitchell will be a pointless exercise in Friday night’s NRL grudge match. Mitchell’s rematch with his old club remains one of the most-anticipated regular season games of the NRL in years, after his high shot on Joey Manu last August. The Roosters have been at pains to stress this week they won’t make a point to go after Mitchell, having taken too much emotion into an early-season clash with Souths last year and been beaten. But there is still a feeling the game could explode at some point, after a bitter fallout last season left Mitchell widely condemned and banned for six games while Manu was hospitalised. — AAP

FOOTBALL

IN the early days of his international career, Chris Wood sometimes wondered where his first goal was coming from.

It’s hard to imagine now, as Wood has set a new all-time scoring mark for the All Whites, eclipsing Vaughan Coveny’s national record of 29 after notching two goals in the 4-0 win over Fiji on Tuesday.

But it wasn’t plain sailing at the beginning, as Wood didn’t find the net for the All Whites until his 13th match.

Granted, most of those appearance had come off the bench, but the run of matches without a goal played on the mind of the ambitious teenager, who was thrilled to finally open his account against Honduras in October 2010.

“It was an extremely happy moment, it took me 13 games to get that first one,” Wood told The NZ Herald last year. “So it took a while, even though most of my time was off the bench and that was probably one of my first few starts. But it was good to get off the mark.”

Wood made his debut against Tanzania in June 2009 as a 17-year-old and quickly became established in the squad.

There were appearances in both playoff games with Bahrain in 2009 and the teenager took the field in all three FIFA World Cup games in South Africa, with his longest stint (27 minutes) against Italy, which included a memorable attempt that slid just wide of the post.

By 2012 he was established as New Zealand’s first-choice striker, with five goals in five games in the ill-fated Nations Cup campaign in Honiara.

Wood has been prolific against the Island nations (17 goals) but has also scored readily outside that sphere and is so often the man for the big occasion.

Since 2014 the All Whites have found the net 21 times against non-Oceania opposition, with Wood scoring 10 of those goals (the ratio becomes 10/16 if the four games he didn’t feature in are excluded).

That tally includes New Zealand’s only goal at the 2017 Confederations Cup (against Mexico) and important strikes

against China and Oman.When asked on Tuesday about his

favourite goals, he nominated the brace against Japan in Tokyo in May 2014 in front of almost 50,000 people.

“They always stick in my mind, even though it was a 4-2 drubbing. But to be honest, I love all of my goals. I don’t care if they are tap-ins. I take them as they come and I really enjoy them.”

His commitment to the national cause has become legendary, almost never missing a game despite high pressure club roles in England, particularly with Leeds, Burnley and now Newcastle.

Despite arriving in Qatar only a few days before the Fiji match after a tough

match against Everton at Goodison park, Wood never considered missing the game.

“Definitely not. You know what I am like, I want to be there, I want to be playing every game I can.”

Coach Danny Hay said he tried to persuade Wood to ease his way into the tournament.

“He has to try to hold me back at times,” Wood said. “I love playing for my national team but I could be a bit more sensible now I’m getting to an older age.”

Coveny was thrilled for Wood.“He deserves everything he gets. I

was the first one to message him to congratulate him and I hope he goes on and scores many more.” — NZ Herald

Record books rewritten

30 AND COUNTING: All White striker Chris Wood scored two goals against Fiji yesterday to become the country’s most prolific international goal-scorer, surpassing Vaughan Coveny’s 29. NZ Herald picture

TENNIS

LONDON — Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal could be out of action until May after suffering a stress fracture of a rib.

Nadal reached the final at the latest Indian Wells tournament but needed treatment during his

semifinal victory over Carlos Alcaraz, and was clearly hampered in a straight-sets defeat by Taylor Fritz on Sunday, his first loss of the season.

Writing on Twitter, Nadal said: “Hello everyone, I wanted to announce that I have returned to Spain and I immediately went to

visit my medical team to do the tests after the Indian Wells final that I played with discomfort.

“As it turns out, I have a stress crack in one of my ribs and will be out for four to six weeks.

“This is not good news and I did not expect this.”

The Spaniard will almost certainly

miss the Monte-Carlo Masters and the Barcelona Open — tournaments he has won 11 and 12 times respectively — and he could also be forced to sit out the Madrid Open at the beginning of May.

The French Open, which Nadal has won 13 times, opens on May 22. — PA

Rib fracture sidelines Nadal for several weeks

Double lifts Wood to top of All Whites list

The Gisborne Herald • Wednesday, March 23, 2022 SPORT 25

CRICKET

LAHORE — In-form opening batter Abdullah Shafique and veteran Azhar Ali led Pakistan to 90-1 after Australia was bowled out for 391 on the second day of the third and final test on Tuesday.

Sedate half-centuries by Cameron Green and Alex Carey earned them Australia’s highest sixth-wicket stand in Pakistan, worth 135. But they were broken up after lunch and Australia was all out on the strike of tea.

Recalled 19-year-old fast bowler Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi share eight wickets as Pakistan took Australia’s last five wickets for 50 runs.

“You have to be patient on such wickets where you have to wait for the ball to get old for reverse swing and get results,” Afridi said.

“You have to give them (Green and Carey) credit for batting very well in the first session, but that’s the beauty of test cricket, you win some sessions, you lose some sessions.”

Australia could snare the wicket of only Imam-ul-Haq for 11 on the slow pitch before Shafique and Azhar shared a gritty 70-run stand in two hours. Shafique made an unbeaten 45 and Azhar reached 30 until play was called off due to bad light five overs before the scheduled end.

Pakistan trailed by 301 runs in the series-deciding test.

Captain Pat Cummins had Imam trapped off his first delivery from round the wicket when he switched bowling ends after Pakistan crawled to 20 runs in the first 12 overs.

Shafique scored his maiden test

hundred in the drawn first test and followed with 96 in the epic drawn second test.

Earlier, allrounder Green made 79 in his 12th test match and Carey scored 67 in nearly three hours against the persistent reverse swing from Naseem, who took 4-58, and Shaheen, who picked 4-79.

Naseem bowled his heart out in 31 overs of relentless pace and reverse swing in hot conditions as he and Afridi wrapped up Australia’s tailenders.

“He (Naseem) bowled really well all day, he was getting the ball to reverse pretty largely both ways,” Green said.

“Unfortunately, just a lack of concentration (by me) when you’ve been batting out there for a while. I thought I saw the ball go away from me but it came back in. That’s kind of what you face over here.”

Green and Carey came together late on Monday. With Australia on 232-5, they added 88 runs on Tuesday in the first session, when both reached their fifties.

Left-hander Carey successfully overturned a controversial caught behind decision. Umpire Aleem Dar adjudged Carey out on 27 off Hasan Ali’s full-pitched delivery, but video suggested the ball missed Carey’s bat and might have clipped the off stump as wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan caught the bumped ball.

Carey raised his second half-century on the tour off 73 balls when he smashed two successive boundaries in offspinner Sajid Khan’s one over before pushing the ball to wide mid-on for a single.

Green, resuming on 20, reached his half-century off 117 balls when he drove

past a diving Sajid for two runs.Pakistan broke them up in the fourth

over after lunch.Left-arm spinner Nauman Ali ended

their stand when Carey was plumb leg before wicket as the batter tried to play across the line and was hit on the front pad. Carey faced 105 balls and dominated the spinners with his reverse sweep shots.

Green showed lots of patience and used

his feet well against the spinners during his 163-ball knock that spanned well over 3 1/2 hours.

Naseem, who replaced allrounder Faheem Ashraf in the only change to Pakistan from the second test, denied Green his maiden test hundred when he clean bowled the tall right-hander off a delivery which shaped into the batter and hit the stumps through a big gap between bat and pad. — AP

Pakistan down by 301 runs

NOT OVER YET: Pakistan’s Imam-ul-Haq (centre) walks back to the pavilion while Australian players celebrate his dismissal on the second day of the third test match between Pakistan and Australia at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, on Tuesday. Australia lead by 301 runs. AP picture

CRICKET

AUSTRALIA’S relentless march through the Women’s World Cup continued with captain Meg Lanning thrashing an unbeaten century as the tournament favourites dealt South Africa a humbling five-wicket defeat in Wellington.

Having made a World Cup record chase to reel in India’s 277 for seven in Auckland on Saturday, undefeated Australia made light work of South Africa’s 271 for five, ticking off the winning runs with nearly five overs to spare.

Lanning smashed 135 off 130 balls as Australia won their sixth straight match, the star skipper scooping another player-of-the-match award after hammering 97 against India.

“We thought (270) was par and the track got better towards the end of South African innings,” said Lanning.

“It was a new wicket, so the longer the sun beat on it, the better it got.”

As did Lanning.Australia lost openers Rachael Haynes

(17) and Alyssa Healy (5) cheaply but Lanning steadied the ship before going on the offensive in partnerships with Beth Mooney (21) and Tahlia McGrath (32).

Unbeaten coming into the match, Sune Luus’s South Africa were buoyed by 90 runs from opener Laura Wolvaardt but rued a dreadful day in the field.

They blew a chance to dismiss Lanning for seven when wicketkeeper Trisha Chetty failed to dive for an edge.

McGrath and Ashleigh Gardener (22) were also reprieved as a slew of catches went to grass.

Australia were much sharper, as shown by Gardner, who flew backwards for a stunning one-handed catch on the boundary to dismiss Mignon Du Preez for 14.

“We just lost it a bit on the field, probably lost a bit of focus,” said Luus.

“We will discuss it after the game and won’t repeat it.”

Australia have now won 18 successive matches when chasing in ODIs.

Already qualified for the semi-finals, they head into their final group match against Bangladesh on Friday with only one concern, a back injury for Ellyse Perry that saw the all-rounder spared her usual top order batting.

South Africa play India on Sunday.India kept their play-off hopes alive

with a 110-run win over Bangladesh in Hamilton.

Yastika Bhatia’s half-century was the standout knock in India’s 229 for seven, though Ritu Moni’s three for 37 — including two in two balls — gave Bangladesh hopes of a famous win.

Bangladesh were eventually all out for 119 in the 41st over.

Australia have 12 points, South Africa 8, India and West Indies 6, England and New Zealand 4. — RNZ

Australia win again

RUGBY LEAGUE

THE Warriors have again changed up their halves combination as they try to get on the board in the 2022 NRL season.

With Ash Taylor joining Shaun Johnson on the injured list, Kodi Nikorima has been named to return and partner Chanel Harris-Tavita for Friday night’s match against the Tigers. Apart

from the enforced change at halfback, coach Nathan Brown had opted for the same 17 used in last week’s loss to the Gold Coast Titans. Taylor and Harris-Tavita teamed up in that match, while Johnson was paired with Nikorima in the opening round defeat to the Dragons. The Tigers have also struggled to start the season. They followed up a 26-16 loss to Melbourne with a 26-4 defeat against Newcastle last Sunday. — RNZ

Changes at the halves

CRICKET

HAMILTON — India have kept their Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 semi-final hopes alive with a comfortable 110-run victory over Bangladesh in Hamilton.

Yastika Bhatia’s half-century was the standout knock in India’s 7-229, though Ritu Moni’s 3-37 — including two in two balls — gave Bangladesh a glimmer of hope.

But Sneh Rana (4-30) and Rajeshwari Gayakwad (1-15 from 10 overs) left the Tigresses in a spin and they never recovered from a slow start despite the best efforts of Salma Khatun, who made a brisk 32, to be all out for 119.

Mithali Raj opted to bat upon winning the toss and India made a strong start, Smriti Mandhana getting the scoreboard moving with back-to-back boundaries to conclude the second over.

Her opening partner Shafali Verma went one better in the ninth, striking Nahida Akter for what would turn out to be the only six of the innings over long-

on, and three boundaries in the following over saw India end the powerplay well set on 0-52.

Bangladesh got their first wicket when Mandhana picked out Fargana Hoque at square leg to fall for 30 and end the opening partnership on 74.

One became three in the blink of an eye, Moni accounting for Verma and Raj in consecutive deliveries in the next over as a jubilant Bangladesh checked India’s momentum.

Bhatia and Harmanpreet Kaur were tasked with the rebuilding job and the pair proceeded cautiously before Kaur was dismissed for 14 courtesy of a direct hit from Fargana at mid-on.

Bhatia brought up a patient 79-ball half-century but fell to the next delivery, leaving India 6-176, but useful late cameos from Pooja Vastrakar (30 not out) and Rana (27 from 23) pushed them above 200.

Bangladesh in return were 2-19 at the 10-over mark and never really recovered to mount any challenge. — AAP

India romp to World Cup win

CYCLING

KADEN Groves has claimed his his first career WorldTour victory, following fellow Australian Michael Matthews to success in the Volta a Catalunya.

Groves took the second stage on Tuesday after Matthews won Monday’s first.

He followed his BikeExchange-Jayco colleague on the tarmac too, Matthews leading Groves into the final bend before peeling away to allow the younger rider to take the

stage.Groves showed maturity in the

climax. German Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) had muscled between the Aussie pair on that final bend, so Groves shouted ‘go go go’ to Matthews to drop off early, enabling him to ride Bauhaus’ wheel before slipping past to take the stage by less than half a wheel’s width.

“I’ve waited a long time for this,” said the 23-year-old. “I feel pretty amazing. I picked this stage out to get the victory and can’t believe I got it.” — AAP

Matthews leads Groves into debut stage win

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Bale still putting Wales firstFOOTBALL by Steve Douglas, AP

MORE than two years have passed since a grinning Gareth Bale, celebrating a big win for his national team, held up a Welsh flag with the words “Wales. Golf. Madrid. In That Order” written on it.

At least in his football career, it appears little has changed.

A day after missing one of the world’s biggest club matches — the “clasico” between Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Spanish league — because, according to Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, “he wasn’t up to playing”, Bale joined up with the Wales squad on Monday ahead of a World Cup qualifying playoff against Austria.

The Welsh are expecting Bale to play a part in Thursday’s game. Of course they are, for nothing motivates Bale — at one time the most expensive player in history — more than playing for his country.

Especially with Wales’ first appearance at a World Cup in 64 years on the line.

Bale linked up with his Wales teammates having only played around 80 minutes of club football since featuring against Real Betis on August 28.

Indeed, since that game,

Bale has made twice as many appearances for Wales (four) as he has for Madrid, for whom his most recent outing was as a late substitute in a Champions League match at Paris Saint-Germain on February 18.

He didn’t make Madrid’s 23-man squad for the 4-0 loss to Barcelona on Sunday, reportedly because of back pain.

“He didn’t feel well yesterday after training. He tried this morning but he wasn’t up to playing,” Ancelotti said after the game.

“He’s now going to join up with his national team and they’ll decide whether he plays or not.”

While Bale may lack the motivation to play for Madrid in what is his ninth — and likely last — season at the Spanish club, he is always ready to go to great lengths to play for Wales.

He now has 100 international caps after playing a World Cup qualifier in November against Belarus, the same country against whom he scored a hat trick in September. On 36 goals, he is Wales’ record scorer and the player the team look to for inspiration.

He will be far from 100 percent fit for the Austria game, but that is unlikely to stop Wales

coach Robert Page from starting Bale in search of a victory that would advance the team to a match against either Ukraine or Scotland in June, for the right to play at the tournament in Qatar over November and December.

Who knows which club Bale will be playing for then. Surely it won’t be Madrid, the club he joined from Tottenham in 2013 for a world-record fee of 100 million euros and won a raft of trophies — including the Champions League four times.

Injuries and a breakdown in his relationship with former coach Zinedine Zidane led to Bale becoming a peripheral figure at Madrid, and the winger joined Tottenham on a season-long loan for the 2020-21 campaign.

Bale seemed to enjoy his football more back in the Premier League but he returned to Madrid for this season and has gone back into the shadows.

Will he want to secure one last move in his club career during the offseason? Is he thinking of quitting? No one really knows, and it might yet depend on whether Wales qualify for the World Cup.

That should be plenty enough motivation to play against Austria in Cardiff on Thursday, whether he is fit or not.

COUNTRY CALLS: Wales’ Gareth Bale in action during the Euro 2020 football championships in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in June 2021. Bale has linked up with Wales’ national team ahead of their World Cup qualifying playoff against Austria. That’s despite missing Real Madrid’s match against fierce rivals Barcelona in the Spanish league on Sunday because he wasn’t ready to play, according to Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. File picture by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Pool via AP

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Australia lead by 301 runsRecord books rewritten by WoodPAGE 26PAGE 25

CRICKET INSIDEFOOTBALL

FOOTBALL by John Gillies

A GISBORNE Thistle team made up largely of Gisborne Boys’ High School players will compete in football’s Pacific Premiership against Hawke’s Bay club teams.

Last year Gisborne United won the premiership by a point but they have decided not to field a team in the competition this year.

Gisborne Thistle’s first team will play in the Central Federation League, the next step up from the Pacific Premiership and one below the Central League, which contributes its top three teams to the season-ending National League Championship.

Thistle Reserves will contest the eight-team Pacific Premiership against Port Hill United, Western Rangers, Taradale, Maycenvale United and the reserve teams of Napier City Rovers, Havelock North Wanderers and Napier Marist.

Those club reserve teams are stacked with some of the best young football talent in Hawke’s Bay. Many of the players are still at school, competing in secondary schoolboy competitions as well as the premiership, and training perhaps four times a week at sessions split between school and club.

Sebastian Itman, Gisborne Boys’ High School teacher in charge of football, says Gisborne teams have been at a disadvantage in secondary school football tournaments because too few of the players have had experience in leagues that stretch them in terms of skill and competitive intensity.

“We are a small town,” he said.“We can’t compete against teams from

the big cities because we don’t get the competition. We need to get our boys playing against the best, regularly.”

In the Super 8 secondary schools competition, Gisborne Boys’ High had finished fourth once, in 1999. Since then, Gisborne had finished fifth twice and, in most of the other years, seventh or eighth.

This year he would take a Year 10 football class within school hours, year-round. These students would form the core of his Junior A team and be the foundation of the first 11 in future.

He would urge those in contention for places in this year’s first 11 to be part of the Thistle Reserves side taking part in the Pacific Premiership. Players in this group would likely have two school training sessions with him and two with Thistle, and two games at the weekend.

Thistle’s first Pacific Premiership game is away, against Port Hill United,

on April 2.Thistle head coach Garrett Blair

said he and Itman were running a football academy through Boys’ High on Wednesday afternoons to foster the development of up-and-coming players.

Craig Stirton would coach the Reserves, and former first-team players Davie Ure and Reece Brew had indicated they would be available to give onfield guidance.

Thistle’s first team start their Central Federation League campaign on April 9, away to Whanganui Athletic.

Blair said training sessions, while affected by Covid-enforced absences, had been well attended and preparations were going well.

Thistle had lost strikers Jimmy Somerton and Oli Davies, and rightback Brandon Josling to Hawke’s Bay clubs, but had gained defensive midfielder Kieran Venema, midfielder Matt McVey and, from about mid-April, 19-year-old striker Ash Parslow, a Pulse Academy trainee who hailed from London.

Blair said McVey had been unable to play serious football last year because of work commitments with the police, but arrangements had been made this year enabling him to train and play for Thistle.

Parslow was of a similar build to

Somerton and, from the footage Blair had seen, looked to have excellent control and a good shot.

Venema, player-coach of Gisborne United’s Pacific Premiership-winning team last year, said he couldn’t get the playing numbers required for United to contest the premiership this year.

“At the end of last season we had only 13 players, and it was a struggle getting a travelling squad together,” he said last night.

“We were lucky we had Stu Cranswick and Aaron Graham we could call on if we were short.

“I asked players around town if they were interested in joining us but apart from a few who said ‘maybe’, the answer was ‘no’.”

On that basis, United decided to stick to local football this year.

“Garrett approached me about joining Thistle,” Venema said.

“I’m 29 now and the body is not holding up the way it did in my youth. It’s now or never for me. If I go back to local league football, I’ll never have another chance (of playing at a higher standard). And I like what Garrett is doing in terms of trying to push Gisborne football as far as we can.”

A rundown on Eastern League football will follow.

FROM OPPONENTS TO TEAMMATES: Kieran Venema, on the ball for Gisborne United, shields the ball from Thistle midfielder Nicky Land. Venema has joined Thistle for their Central Federation League campaign, which starts in Whanganui on April 9. Picture by Paul Rickard

Thistle Reserves in Pacific Premiership

Changes afoot in local game