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• Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air If drivers aren’t prepared to slow down and keep a safe atandputtingdistance,followingthey’reroaduserstheworkersrisk. Bruce Pauling Seven crashes in 11 days involving 15 cars were reported near roadworks on SH2.

Fire strike Masterton’s professional ÿ reÿ ghters will leave the station tomorrow as industrial strike action escalates nationwide. The strike action will see unionised sta° walk o° the job from 11am-noon. It includes sta° at career ÿ reÿ ghting stations, training centres, and 111 ÿ re communication centres. Although professional ÿ reÿ ghters will not attend emergencies during this time, a volunteer crew is on standby to respond to calls. The union plans to strike again at the same time next Friday, if Fire and Emergency does not meet its demands.

“We are making this investment to better utilise the space for our customers and staﬀ Our current lease runs for another two years.”

“These kinds of scams run constantly and while most people will not respond or buy into them, some people are more vulnerable.”

“Some drivers use it to pass slower vehicles, but there are others who use it to speed for the sake of speeding and getting to a locationHowever,quicker.”Pauling said road users should also be held accountable.“Drivers that are travelling northbound in the morning should be aware of the roadworks and the fact they should be slowing down,” he said. “No matter how much signage and warning there is if drivers aren’t prepared to slow down and keep a safe following distance, they’re putting road users and the workers at risk.” He said he saw many cars on the road failing to follow the basics.“Ifyou hold a New Zealand driving license, you should know to keep a two-second distance between the car in front and a four-second distance in wet weather. No matter how good your breaks are or how new your car is, you should be prepared to stop at any time.”

NZTA infrastructure delivery regional manager Jetesh Bhula said the new measures and implementation time delayed the roadworks by a week but said it would not significantly affect the project’s overall schedule. “It is important to note this project is about improving safety on SH2 in Wairarapa and reducing the risks faced by road users. However, drivers and road crews must be kept safe while this work is done. Their safety is a priority.”Hesaid the safety measures were not expected to affect journey times significantly.

A driver was hospitalised after crashing into a bank on Remutaka Hill Rd yesterday afternoon. Emergency services responded to the single-vehicle crash shortly before 2pm, which closed the west-bound lane for a short time. Wellington Free Ambulance conÿ rmed one person was taken to Hutt Hospital in a moderate condition. Police said the crashed vehicle was towed, and the road cleared by 3.15pm. Rain warning A heavy rain warning is in place for the Tararua Range from noon today until tomorrow afternoon. Metservice forecast between 120-180mm rainfall over the next two days in Tararua, Wairarapa, Wellington, and Kapiti Horowhenua regions. It said peak rainfall could reach 10-15 mm per hour. Wellington Region Emergency Management warned heavy rain could cause streams and rivers to rise rapidly, as well as surface ˛ ooding, slips, and hazardous driving conditions. Nine in hospital Wairarapa recorded 52 new covid-19 cases and nine people in hospital yesterday. There were no further covid-related deaths, with the total remaining at 35. The region has 302 active cases, and 16,089 cases have since recovered. Water loss Masterton is losing about a third of its water through the network, a recent report to the council shows. It has reduced year on year, with 34 per cent of water lost last year, compared to 32.5 per cent this year. The reduction is attributed to ÿ xing leaks identiÿ ed since water meters were installed. Once water meter charging is implemented, it is expected that the percentage of water loss will reduce even further.

“The scams where people lose the most money are usually romance, investment, and invoice scams.” Netsafe chief operating officer Andrea Leask said the reports, however, were just the tip of the “Thereiceberg.isquite a lot of shame attached to scams, which means they are significantly under-reported.”InMarch,New Zealand police issued a warning about WhatsApp-specific scams advising people to be wary of scammers impersonating familyPolicemembers.saidfraudsters had evolved from impersonating authority figures, with victims instead receiving a message from an unknown number, claiming to be a loved one who had just lost their phone. “The scammer then attempts to obtain the victim’s credit card information.” A police spokesperson said Wairarapa-specific scam statistics were not available.

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“Most of this cost is extending cabling for IT to the new customer services desk/front counter, improving privacy and security – security cameras, window frosting, and a glass screen for the counter – and closing oﬀ some currently open oﬃces spaces to make smaller private meeting rooms for customers to meet with our building and planning areas.

An NZTA spokesperson said the speed limit updates were in addition to safety measures implemented last week, which included variable messaging signs at either end of the roadworks and closing the northbound and southbound passingWairarapalanes.

A witness to the crashes described the section of SH2 as a death waiting to happen. NZTA said the closure would allow a review of the traﬃc management plan.

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The new safety measures, approved on Tuesday, included a 70kmh speed limit along the length of the highway where roadworks were planned and localised speed limits of 50kmh and 30kmh in speciﬁc areas.

• The installation of three roundabouts on SH2 is expected to complete in August next year.

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A breakdown of the costs, provided by MDC, showed the biggest cost was extending IT capabilities to the new front counter [$17,294 plus GST]. The next highest cost was installing door frames and doors for two meeting rooms [$8,371.00 plus GST], followed by a front desk glass safety screen [$3900 plus GST]. MDC phone services are operating as normal.

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Masterton District Council [MDC] is spending $36,000 to refurbish the Queen St office it leases. The office is expected to be closed for at least three weeks and in the meantime, people are asked to go to Waiata House on Lincoln Rd for usual in-person services.Thework includes an internal refit and floorplan change and is largely being funded by the landlord.AnMDC spokesperson said the total cost to the council for the building changes was $36,265 plus GST.

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HELEN helen.holt@age.co.nzHOLT Large-scale roadworks will resume tonight on State Highway 2 after multiple crashes forced contractors to pause work for a safetyWakareview.Kotahi NZTA closed the roadworks between Clareville and Waingawa on August 9 after a seventh car crash in eleven days at the site.

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“They could have done better at the start. I raised concerns to Waka Kotahi last week when I found out about the crashes along that stretch. I said there needed to be an advanced warning of the roadworks.” He said he advised NZTA to close the passing lanes, which were a known high-risk area.

• People can report issues via the free Antenno app, on the website, or by purchasedmdc@mstn.govt.nz.emailingRubbishbagscanbefromthelibrary.–NZLDR

Road Safety manager Bruce Pauling said concerns should have been addressed earlier, and safety was the responsibility of NZTA, contractors, and traﬃc management.

MARY mary.argue@age.co.nzARGUE “Hi mum, it’s me. This is my new number, my phone just broke.“So you can delete that number and save this one.” Smiley-faced emoji. Many mothers would recognise that message, and perhaps pause to appreciate their child’s thoughtfulness. But for one Masterton mum, she had just unwittingly entered a conversation with a scammer.“Which one of my children is this?”Thereply: your oldest and cutest.“Ithought that was a bit odd. My oldest son is 50, but I replied.”Aseemingly benign back and forth followed. How did the phone break? It was dropped. Hopefully, insurance will cover it. Then the mother tried to call. Unsurprisingly her “son” did not answer, and next came the kicker. “Are you busy now? I’ve got another problem.” Her “son” had two bills that needed urgent paying, however, he could not get into his bank account because it was registered to his old number. “Can you send your card so I can pay them,” the scammer asked.“I’m a little nervous about that I need to speak with you ﬁrst!” “The messages stopped after that.”The Masterton woman contacted her eldest son by another means, and he conﬁrmed it was indeed a scam. “So I called Netsafe, and the police, but there isn’t much they can do. “I just thought other people should be made aware.” She, however, was one of the luckyNetsafe,ones. New Zealand’s digital harm agency, said Kiwis were losing millions of dollars to scammers every year, receiving on average of 11,000 reports annually. The most reported scams were technical support, event ticket, and cold calling scams.

“This project will get cars off the road and make roads quieter – so it’s good for drivers as Beyondwell.”plans to replace and improve existing rail stock and lines, plans to expand the network and offer extensive interregional travel were on the cards in the coming decades.

Transparency, Honesty and Trust.

I am standing for the Mayor of Masterton and it is these three qualities I will bring to our new council.

“The Crown just spent $1.5 billion for a short section of State Highway 1, which will be used by a much smaller number of people.

I bring governance and business acumen to the council, not only from my role on the National Council of the New Zealand Automobile Association, being an associate member of the Institute of Directors, but also from owning businesses over the last 35 years.

Weassets.need to focus on the core business of council and then ask what does the community want.

Green MPs Julie Anne Genter and Teanau Tuiono and Greater Wellington Regional councillor Thomas Nash would host Masterton’s public meeting, where the future of regional rail across New Zealand and specifically Wairarapa would be front and centre.Genter, deputy chair of the Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee, said the money needed for the project was there but there lacked the willpower to spend it.

TRANSPORT george.shiers@age.co.nzSHIERSGEORGE TOGETHER WE CAN DO BETTER Vote Craig

Green MPs Teanau Tuiono and Julie Anne Genter campaigned on increasing passenger trains.

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Green MP Julie Anne Genter said the party had campaigned on increasing passenger rail over the next few years and decades.“[The proposed upgrades] are very popular and we have a huge number of signatures including from local mayors across the Greater Wellington region.”The party launched its campaign in an open letter to finance minister Grant Robertson last month. The letter, which has already received more than 4000 signatures, warns that Wairarapa’s line would exceed capacity demand by 2025, and the Manawatu line would follow soon after.

With Wairarapa’s train carriages shuddering and shaking ever closer to death, an urgent public meeting in Masterton could be the rail network’s saviour. In response to the failing equipment, The Green Party has announced a public meeting later this month, hoping to apply pressure on a government it says has failed to front the money for muchneeded rail network upgrades.

Vote Craig Bowyer for Mayor/Council.

“Horizons Regional Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, and Waka Kotahi NZTA have already put together a business case for 22 new commuter trains, and have already committed over half the money required for this $762 million investment by themselves,” it said. “By replacing these 50-yearold trains with new hybridelectric trains, and improving the train infrastructure, we can quadruple the services to Manawatu, and double the services to Wairarapa.”

• Splash pad at QE11 park?

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– Green MP Julie Anne Genter training in to Masterton

“So the money is there but it is being spent on programmes that are going to increase carbonGenteremissions.”saidshebelieved the project to be hugely popular and said the money could have been funded using lost money from the fuel excise duty cut. “In all, through until January, the government will spend $1b making petrol temporarily cheaper; I just think they’re focused on immediate problems and offering short-term solutions.

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I already sit on the Councils Strategic Aerodrome Committee, along with the Remutaka Transport Group and the Masterton Road Safety Council.

• The meeting will take place at the Copthorne Hotel at 7pm on August 29, and is open to all members of the public.

“They [the government] are not as active about climate change as the Greens would like them to be.

I believe we should build our new Town Hall on the existing site and extend the Library on the land we already own. Lets make better use of existing council

• Safer rural roads?

Authorised by Craig Bowyer, 28 Wycliffe Place, Solway Masterton

Masterton District has been my family’s home now for over 20 years, I went to Wairarapa College as did my children. It is a great place to live and work. Its time for a fresh perspective, new ideas and a different approach — to get Masterton the way you want it.

• Dog Park at Henley Lake?

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• More mobility parking in the CBD?

– NZLDR • Public throughJournalismInterestfundedNZOnAir Climate submissions run hot Survey tsunamipredictsresponse One submitter on MDC’s climate action plan advocated converting more farmland to forestry blocks. PHOTO/STOCK.ADOBE.COM OUTSIDER CLEARSPAN OUTDOOR SCREENS FOLDING ARM AWNINGS Mention this ad for a factory rebate

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There was no shortage of opinions on Masterton District Council’s [MDC] climate action plan, with 23 people presenting to the council last week. In total, 87 written submissions were received with ideas ranging from making water storage tanks mandatory for new builds to not doing anything at all. The climate action plan outlined 118 actions the district should take to mitigate the impact of climate change and included MDC installing solar or wind energy generation infrastructure on council-owned buildings, supporting residents to convert to energyeﬃcient products, and promoting alternative energy development in the hadappearedMurphy,lastregenerativehomemitigation,coastalalsoRecommendationsregion.discussedwereerosionpromotingcomposting,andagriculture.AmongthesubmittersweekwasThomaswhosaiditthecouncilnotdoneanycostbeneﬁt analysis on the proposed activity. He said about 80 per cent of Wairarapa’s emissions were from the agriculture industry, and yet there was little mention of remediation in the“Theplan.proposed plan seems to dance around agriculture and doesn’t really propose talking about it or doing anything about it,” he said.

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GNS Science principal scientist, and project co-lead, Dr Graham Leonard said the research was integral to ﬁnding how well New Zealanders responded to a real tsunami warning. “It’s crucial we gain feedback from real-life events like March 5, 2021, to help tell future tsunami response and evacuations, especially as we know that all New Zealand’s coastline is at risk of Universitytsunamis.” of Canterbury co-lead researcher and senior lecturer in disaster risk and resilience, Dr Sarah Beaven, said the research of response at the community level was of international interest.“It has been exciting to be part of such a broad management.growthwillonlineevents.”planningtsunamicommunitiesprovidedtopractitionerspartneringcollaboration,nationalwiththewhohopeusetheknowledgebycoastaltotellevacuationforfutureThesurvey,availableinafewweeks,contributetotheoftsunamirisk

He said he and his son were ﬁfth- and sixth-generation sheep and beef farmers in the Blairlogie area. “Our property and many others in the district are carbon positive,” he said. Luke said, over many years, his family had planted thousands of trees for erosion control, stock shelter, and to enhance biodiversity on theHisfarm.

grandfather had also established a 6-hectare QEII trust area on the property to protect native bush for future SeptembertoAugustthewouldofFairbrotherscarbon“Helpgenerations.farmsbecomeneutral,”therequestedthecouncil.Mastertoncouncillorsdeliberateon87submissionson24andweresetadopttheplanon14.

“It really does seem to be a bit of a cup game where we talk about everything and everyone gets a participation trophy, but we won’t actually talk about making any meaningful change.”Hesuggested more sheep and beef farmers move to forestry and that farmers avoid overfertilisation of land. On the other side of the coin, sheep and beef farmer Rico Fairbrother and his school-aged son Luke spoke about the importance of the agricultural“Mastertonsector.is a service town, and its prosperity relies on a thriving primary sector,” Rico“Councilsaid. should be doing everything to help the sector, not hinder it.”

Wairarapa’s coastal residents will help shape tsunami evacuation strategies after an unprecedented number of earthquakes rocked the North Island lastGNSyear. Science and University Canterbury researchers said they were seeking feedback from Riversdale and 5,wavestriggeredearthquakesthecommunitiesCastlepointinwakeofthreethattsunamionMarch2021.Theearthquakes centred oﬀ the east coast of the North Island and near the Kermadec Islands. The coastal communities who felt the quakes, or were asked to evacuate, have been sent a survey requesting a rundown of their “immediate responses, evacuation decisions, and hazard awareness” before the March “tsunami day”.

Meanwhile, our dogs urgently need a pound that meets government animal welfare requirements. We have land at Featherston Golf Course we can use and with inflation sending the cost of materials into overdrive, we are worried that these costs will rise even further if we continue to delay. We will keep you informed on our progress. We want to commend the Martinborough Pump Track Project, a community-led project which is now fundraising to build a visionary facility in Considine Park. Council will work with the project as it proceeds. By the time you read this, it’s likely election campaigning for the local body elections will have begun in earnest. Postal voting papers will go out in mid-September and close at noon on 8 October. South Wairarapa has a very active ratepayer base and I hope everyone will take time to vote. It matters! Keep warm and well.

Three Waters funding represents an opportunity to get behind projects that reconnect people and strengthen the health of our communities. The Council still requires approval from the Department of Internal Affairs for its application and if successful, we will be working closely with mana whenua, community groups and Councillors to ensure the funding is equitably and constructively used. Accepting the funding does not inhibit the Council from expressing its independent view on the merits of the proposed Three Waters reforms. A further tranche of Three Waters Better Off funding may be available to Councils in July 2024. Funding

GRANTS SUBCOMMITTEE Wednesday, 7 September at 9.00am. Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas St, Martinborough GRANTS SUBCOMMITTEE (reserve day if required) Thursday, 8 September at 9.00am Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas St, Martinborough MĀORI STANDING COMMITTEE Tuesday, 13 September at 6.00pm Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas St, Martinborough

Get ready to take a moment for nature. Council is supporting Conservation Week from 5 to 11 September 2022. Last year, COVID-19 put a dampener on the week but this year organisers are looking forward to repeating the success of 2020’s activities. The programme is still being finalised but there will be something for everyone, including a talk on sustainable food production hosted by locals with proven success. For further information, keep an eye on our climate change page, Wairarapachannels,community/climate-change/https://swdc.govt.nz/andonourFacebookClimateChangeWairarapaandSouthDistrictCouncil. weekConservationisback!

Have you ever had difficulty finding a loved one’s resting place at a cemetery? We have installed a new service on our website that will direct you straight there. Plotbox is a managementcemeterysystem used by many Councils here and overseas. Click on the Plotbox link on our cemetery page at www.swdc.govt. nz to easily search for the location of a loved one and be guided to it on the map provided.

The Creative Communities Scheme supports and encourages local communities to create and present diverse opportunities for accessing and participating in arts activities. Applications for the August funding round close Wednesday 31 August 2022. Further rounds for 2022/23 will be held in February and May. We are also seeking nominations for community representatives to sit on the assessment group that allocates funding. Forms and guidance are available from the Council libraries, Council reception in Martinborough or on the website at www.swdc.govt.nz/grants

NOTICE OF MEETINGS

Meeting agendas are available for inspection at least two days before the meeting at the district libraries, Council offices and at Publicwww.swdc.govt.nz.participation is welcome. If you wish to speak during the public participation session at any of the below meetings, please phone 06 306 9611 at least 24 hours prior to the meeting or email enquiries@swdc.govt.nz Masks are required for those in attendance and physical distancing is recommended at all times. If you have cold and flu symptoms, please stay at Thehome.meetings will be livestreamed on YouTube Channel, where possible.

FINANCE, AUDIT & RISK COMMITTEE Wednesday, 14 September at 10.00am Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas St, Martinborough CEO REVIEW COMMITTEE Wednesday, 14 September at 1.00pm Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas St, Martinborough GREYTOWN COMMUNITY BOARD Wednesday, 14 September at 6.00pm Greytown WBS Room, Greytown Town Centre, Main Street, Greytown WAIRARAPA COMBINED DISTRICT PLAN JOINT Thursday,COMMITTEE15September at 10.00am Hurunui o Rangi Meeting Room, Carterton Events Centre COUNCIL Wednesday, 21 September at 10.00am Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas St, Martinborough MARTINBOROUGH COMMUNITY BOARD Thursday, 22 September at 6.30pm Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas St, Martinborough FEATHERSTON COMMUNITY BOARD Thursday, 29 September at 7.00pm Kiwi Hall, 62 Bell Street, Featherston Harry Wilson CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER enquiries@swdc.govt.nz 0R 06 306 9611 swdc.govt.nz

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EXTRAORDINARY MEETING COUNCIL Wednesday, 24 August at 9.00am Supper Room, Waihinga Centre, Texas St, Martinborough SEPTEMBER MEETINGS

Plotbox has also allowed the Council to upgrade its cemetery management systems and digitise the original plot records, many of which are quite historic. South Wairarapa District Council operates four cemeteries - Featherston, Greytown, Martinborough and the closed Waihinga cemetery. Council staff spent many months painstakingly going through often decadesold records to check the names, details and other information associated with the plots and loading them into the Plotbox

Thedatabase.Council’s Group Manager of Partnerships and Operations, Stefan Corbett, said Plotbox was part of an ongoing modernisation of the Council’s IT systems to provide more responsive services to the South Wairarapa “Itcommunity.willalsomake it easier and faster for people to explore the process of reserving a plot,” he added.

The Council has agreed to apply for the first tranche of Three Waters ‘Better Off’ Funding and use it to create a ‘South Wairarapa Community Wellbeing Fund’.

It has also been a wet winter with many communities feeling the impact of flooding, closed roads, and weather damage. Economic conditions in our communities are also tough at the moment, with interest rates, food costs, rents, petrol, and building costs all on the Therise.

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The Fund will be available to support community projects and to accelerate projects with a strong wellbeing dimension that are already approved in the South Wairarapa Long Term Plan. In agreeing to apply for the $1.88m of funding, the Council recognised that the South Wairarapa community is under significant pressure at the moment. We are aware our community is feeling the detrimental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some people are feeling isolated and disconnected and the pandemic has created fear and anxiety, particularly among some of the elderly and vulnerable.

It would be fair to say the weather gods have not been kind to our district this winter. I want to commend our roading staff and contractors, who have already been under pressure because of winter illnesses and have battled on regardless. When a big event such as this happens, information filters into our offices from all quarters. Our staff hit the roads to assess the damage, then direct contractors to wherever they are most needed, and our frontline team hit social media and the website. We feed back information as soon as we can. We are often asked about Martinborough’s Waihenga Bridge, which is controlled by Waka Kotahi (NZTA). If the bridge is closed, its status will be on the Waka Kotahi Questionswebsite.have been raised recently about our decision to build a new dog pound. Councillors recently voted for extra funding for the project and many people have asked why the pound costs what it does or why we cannot go in with another council. The fact is, there have been extensive talks with other Councils which remain inconclusive, although discussions have resumed on some form of shared service with Carterton.

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Ian McDonald is a Greytown-based board member of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.

“I was 55 when I applied, but it’s open to anyone. A lot of teenagers apply. “I was able to bring that knowledge from New York and apply it to New Zealand Baseball and the Auckland Tuataras. It was a great help to the local baseball scene.” McDonald said he used the skills he learned until he left Baseball New Zealand and bought the Greyfriars Motel in Greytown “I learnt about building trust with media organisations. I also brought back knowledge about marketing ticket sales and who to market to. “You can use it to upskill in anything. It could be the journey of the feijoa from South America to New Zealand or learning about setting up housing in impoverished areas.”McDonald’s advice to applicants was to give as much information as possible and “be passionate”. This year, the trust will oﬀer two fellowships, the Winston Churchill Fellowship and the Winston Churchill McNeish Writer’s Fellowship.TheMcNeish Writer’s Fellowship was aimed at encouraging young and emerging writers and journalists to immerse themselves in another culture.The trust said the fellowship would enable writers from New Zealand to travel and shift their horizons and “on returning, look at their homeland with fresh eyes”.

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A fellowship touting overseas travel and learning opportunities is now open for applicants. The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust gives funding to New Zealanders hoping to study abroad and bring expertise back home.

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Ian McDonald, a former recipient of the fellowship, said his time with US-based baseball teams in 2018 was “crazy” but invaluable. The Greytown-based baseball uber-fan spent three weeks studying major-league baseball communications in New York. He said the innerworkings of baseball management were eyeopening, “like going back 15 years”, and downtown Manhattan was an experience itself. “There is the same number of people on the street at midnight as midday.”McDonald said the fellowship motivated him to become a trust board member. “I emailed them about a year ago to say I was interested, purely because of what I got out of the fellowship.”Hewas appointed and is now advocating for others to take the same opportunity and said people of all ages and interests could apply.

Board chair Joy Tracey said the trust welcomed applications from people from all walks of life who come from diﬀerent professions, industries, regions, ethnicities, cultures, and backgrounds.

“When developing proposals and itineraries, applicants should consider the immense learning potential from cultures and experiences in the Paciﬁc and Asia region as well as Europe, North America, and the United Kingdom”.

• Applications for the 2022 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowships will close on August 24. You can use it to upskill in anything. I learnt about building trust with organisations.media – Ian McDonald

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Interesting. In the past quarter alone, Netsafe received 593 reports claiming a total of $5.9 million had been lost. The average loss per scam was $9955. It is big money, and the sad thing is that Netsafe knows this is only the tip of theTheiceberg.majority of scams are never reported, especially love scams.The shame and stigma attached to being duped silences most.The Masterton resident who reported the attempted scam did everything right. She tried to call her “son” and when that failed, she hesitated in giving over her credit card details, She used another method to contact her son and reported the incident to police and Netsafe. Despite the pressure, she resisted, and her scepticism meant she kept her cards close to her chest.

SHAUN YEO’S VIEW CONTACT US EDITORIAL LETTERS f COMMENT And the scams keep coming Complacency

Karen Percy Masterton

Wellington

Almost nothing is standing between the ocean and people’s homes, yet beachfront property remains desirable. I doubt the people buying these homes are doing so while accepting the trade-offs. The reality is they might only be able to enjoy the house for a finite time before it starts getting swamped. I wonder if they realise the city council has drawn up new flood risk maps, outlining a proposal of where new housing development will not be allowed in the Newfuture.housing will be allowed in lower-risk areas but must include mitigation measures such as raised floor levels, relocatable buildings, and private pump systems for basement car parks. The thing about Wellington is that nothing terrible has happened in recent memory. Buildings were demolished as a result of the Kaikoura earthquake, but it still wasn’t our event and it didn’t really affect the suburbs — unlike Christchurch, where I started university the year after the city experienced a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in 2011. I was insulated from the aftermath of that event being a student living in Ilam. But I have a clear memory of venturing into the CBD, which was entirely fenced off, and watching the traffic lights flash meaninglessly to the sound of demolition.Wealsodrove out to Sumner quite a lot, and I’ll never forget the houses hanging off the cliffs on the way there. When you see those things for yourself, in the place where you live, it changes your perspective. I wonder whether Wellingtonians have grasped the fact they should be prepared to manage their own toilet waste for a month or more after a majorExpertsearthquake.expectthe capital will experience a significant seismic event in our lifetime. Does that phrase sound familiar? That’s because it is. Niwa experts say it’s a matter of when, not if, New Zealand will experience the same sweltering conditions described as “absolute hell” in parts of Britain earlier thisAyear.“major incident” was declared with several large fires raging across London as 34 weather stations in the country recorded their highest everDespitetemperatures.this long list of looming resilience issues, I would be the last person to suggest that we up sticks and move Wellington elsewhere. We can live with these risks so long as we meaningfully acknowledge them. The images of slips tumbling down across the city and several houses being evacuated should serve as a wake-upAdmittedly,call. after seeing the landslide on The Terrace, I snooped around our own property to see how close the fence line was to any steep drops. We need to understand and recognise resilience risks so we don’t make the situation any worse, so that future generations don’t have to needlessly deal with properties developed in high-risk hazardous areas and resilience is built into other parts of the city through mitigation measures. It’s time we fronted up to Wellington’s inconvenient truths.

Chocolate makers Whittaker’s have created a bit of a furore by giving a bar of chocolate a Maori name [pictured]. I say well done. That hurts no one and gives recognition to one of our three main languages. Perhaps a good marketing ploy as well.Tothose who feel aggrieved by the name change, don’t put your hand in your wallet. But it made me think. When you take off the wrapping, what do you have? Simply a bar of chocolate.Ashumans, the same applies. It’s the wrapping that some judge us on. But underneath, we are all the same creation. It’s what the quality is that we should be judged on. Whittaker’s may just have provided a few with an answer. I say well done. Simplistic I know, but if we can look inside who knows we may find that while we all differ, we in fact are the same. Richard Dahlberg Masterton Democracy important I read Masterton councillor Tina Nixon’s advertisement in your paper at the weekend, and good on her for standing up for local democracy. Local democracy is hugely important. But to be honest, if our water infrastructure is to be publicly owned [as it should be], I don’t care whether management of the assets is in the hands of the local council or a new bigger entity. The idea that public assets are being “stolen”, to quote Nixon, is just nonsense. Where is the theft if the public owns them now and owns them under the newWhenstructure?it comes to local democracy, I am far more worried about a secretive very much opposed. Nixon is the main driving force behind this vanity project. I hope her next full-page ad sets out why she thinks this immensely expensive project is in the town’s best interests. I suspect, however, she won’tshe will be praying voters forget.

- NZME • • Georgina Campbell is NZ Herald’s senior Wellington journalist.

I’m always shocked when I see school children walking to school drinking from a two-litre bottle of brightly-hued, sugar-infused, carbonated “beverage”. To be fair, the whole bottle probably lasts them through the morning. I can’t imagine what they have for lunch but I fear it might involve vibrant colours. Let’s admit adults do not always set the best example, and there are plenty of grown-up symbols of ill-health, obesity, and high-fat or high-sugar diets. I’d like to focus on two which I can, hand on heart, say I have never eaten. I know that, in times of need, people have had to resort to the likes of bread and dripping, something else I have never had to consume. But these other two are not born of need; people eat them on purpose. Okay, I admit I eat fish and chips at times and I don’t think they can compete with my two targets. The first celebrates an overload of carbohydrates and fat without the addition of any redeeming element, such as a sprinkling of chopped parsley. No, it is all pure artery clogger. I talk, of course, of the chip butty. The Brits are to blame. To make one, lavishly butter two slices of bread and use them to encase a good handful of thickcut chips [matchstick fries don’t cut the mustard here]. It is acceptable to add a condiment [brown sauce, ketchup, mayonnaise, malt vinegar] but definitely nothing green. How could such a creation have come about? There is even a variant in the north of England called the scallop butty. No, molluscs are not involved. A scallop is a thin slice of potato which is battered then deep-fried in fat and used in place of the chips. Plenty of salt is calledRecipe:for. Take some thinlysliced carbohydrate, dip it in batter, deep-fry it in fat and serve between two slices of bread lavished with a spread of more fat. Sprinkle with far too much salt. It seems the Scots are to blame for the other one, and if you’ve been wondering what’s hidden under their kilts, the answer is possibly a deep-fried Mars Bar. Yes, a delicious sugary treat is not enough; it needs to be dipped in batter and then immersed in a vat of hot fat. Fatty, sweet, possibly deadly. But I feel they haven’t perfected it yet. Why, immediately after frying, couldn’t they roll it in refined caster sugar then drizzle fat over it and sprinkle it with hundreds and thousands? The success of the deep-fried Mars Bar even led to the deepfrying of other confections; creme eggs, Snickers, Bounty Bars [thank Nigella Lawson for that one]. In New Zealand, you can find deep-fried Moro Bars. Thankfully, I have not come across them. I obviously go to the wrong venues or need to get out more. I know this isn’t just a modern problem. I went to an all-boys secondary school in the 60s and a typical lunch order in the tuck shop was “two meat pies, a caramel milkshake and six banana bikes” [being little yellow chewy cubes flavoured with artificial banana essence]. To their credit, banana bikes were not battered and deepfried.Isuppose, if you are a bit worried about your own dietary choices, you could always offset your carb-sugar-cholesterol overload by drinking a “diet” soft drink.All this has got me wondering whether, to get financially ahead in life, I could find a way of battering and deep-frying candy floss. I realise I would need to serve it with chocolate sauce and a side of fries.

A large slip threatening houses on and above Woodhouse Av in Karori, Wellington. PHOTOS/NZME Lowry Bay, Eastbourne being battered in a storm.

GEORGINA CAMPBELL In Wellington, we knowingly build and buy houses on fault lines, precarious hillsides, and next to the shoreline, despite the knowledge that sea levels areIrising.saywe knowingly do this because the risks of doing so have been well publicised, yet I think many of us would rather maintain a willful ignorance. Burying one’s head in the sand becomes somewhat more complicated when photographs emerge of houses inches away from massive landslides. Over the past few miserable, soggy weeks in the capital, there have been almost 500 slips. Some have been minor, a few have closed roads, while others have threatened people’s homes. It felt like the city is falling to pieces.These slips have been caused by a long period of wet weather. In July, nearly 300mm of rain was recorded at Kelburn suburb, which is almost double the average amount for that month based on recordings from the past 30 years. GNS Science experts say it doesn’t take as much for a one-off storm to cause landslides when there have been long periods of rain like this saturating the soil. Big cuts have also been made in these slopes to build houses and roads on. Some of this engineering is more than 100 years old and has drastically modified the natural form of the hills over time. Throw in climate change and a future with more storm events, and it’s clear there will be more slips in the capital. We’ve also seen the sea wash onto the road in Eastbourne suburb and Wellington’s southThecoast.beaches and streets seemingly became one in areas with no seawalls or dunes.

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But I do appreciate, amid the travesty of that sentence, that ‘you’re’ is, at least, spelt correctly. Nothing aggravates me more than a misused you’re or your. There were a couple of months this year when these messages had my phone pinging persistently. I couldn’t escape them. ‘Parc el is at our office - come and pi ck up ! rttrading. biz/lc-s/!tY?vfq, Bi g pa ck age to col lect. Don ‘t miss ou t ! rttrading.biz/jkH6/.hdsTheywerelaughably obvious, but there was a time when I was waiting for a parcel, and I’d be lying if the URL didn’t pique my interest just a bit — I still wonder where it would take me if I clicked on it. And while a scam so spectacularly red flagged is funny at best, annoying at worst, we should remain wary of these infiltrating techniques. Today’s front page is troubling — a scam so insidious because it’s so plausible. Like a Trojan horse, you don’t realise the danger until it’s too late. I can see my parents walking straight into it. All four of their kids have put out an SOS at least once in recent years. Scammers are the quintessential entrepreneurs of the digital age, developing ever more sophisticated techniques to swindle people. If it weren’t so illegal, and unethical, I’d be impressed by their creativity. They have their finger on the pulse. You would be hard pressed to meet someone without a scamming tale in New Zealand — the parent of a friend who parted with thousands of dollars in a love scam or a grandparent tricked into handing over their banking password.Orthe30-year-old who bought something from Instagram for $5 only to find $90 had been siphoned out of their account. In case you were wondering, the product never arrived. Netsafe’s January-March 2022 quarterly report was clear — scammers are in full swing. Interim chief executive Andrea Leask said it was Netsafe’s second busiest quarter since the Harmful Digital Communications Act came into effect in 2016. Scams that took advantage of remote working featured prominently, with bogus parcel delivery scams, tech support scams, and phishing emails among the most reported. Fake “sextortion” email scams were also up on the year before, Netsafe said. “Scammers are likely taking advantage of the changing habits of people who are more regularly homebound.”

• Wyn Drabble is a teacher of English, a writer, public speaker and musician.

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• Richard Prebble is a former leader of the Act Party and a former member of the Labour Party. in handling scandal

What is it with National Party leaders destroying their own MPs’Nowcareers?Christopher Luxon has thrown his new MP under a bus. I wrote last week that this election is Luxon’s to lose. I pointed to his lack of experience. He does not know the rules of Tammany Hall. Rule number one: “For my friends, anything. For my enemies, an inquiry”. Never call for an inquiry into yourself. The Uffindell affair could have been a one-day issue. All Luxon had to say was, “the people of Tauranga have elected Sam Uffindell. In the next 16 months the MP has to face reselection and re-election. If the party or voters want to hold him accountable for things that may have happened years ago, they can. My task as leader is to hold Uffindell accountable for his actions as an MP, which have been exemplary.”

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A chief executive may be able to shift an issue off to the lawyers. But in politics, the buck stops with the leader. Luxon has lost control of the issue. It is now a scandal that could roll on and on. If Luxon is lucky and the QC running the inquiry is sensible, she has already written her report. It could say there is a reason for the statute of limitations. After such a time, no one’s memory is reliable. The only thing that has been alleged is bad behaviour, something not uncommon among students. The QC could recommend Uffindell be Butreinstated.shecould just as easily take weeks. There have been other QCs’ opinions that were supposed to take days, have taken months. No law is involved, it is just her opinion, and she might write a damming report. Then Luxon would be in a real fix. Tauranga expects their MP to be in the National caucus. It is a constitutional outrage to expel a properly elected MP based on the opinion of a lawyer. Only a vote of the whole House can expel an MP from Parliament. And Parliament would never vote to expel someone for alleged misbehaviour when they wereWhatyoung.did Luxon do at university? Did he not observe that students who had been living for five years under the discipline of boarding school often go a bit overboard in the freedom of university? These students grow up, have families and become responsible citizens. Many have distinguished careers and some even become MPs. If MPs are to be vetted for youthful indiscretions, Parliament will no longer be a house of representatives. No one has told Uffindell the Tammany Hall rules either. Rule number two: “Never apologise, never explain and never, never resign”. Getting Uffindell to give press conferences to explain his actions did him no favours. Uffindell should have issued a statement saying that he never asked anyone to vote for him because of what he did as a schoolboy or as a student. He campaigned on his ability to represent Tauranga, and that is hisInsteadfocus. of holding an inquiry into Uffindell’s past actions, National should be focused on the Reserve Bank’s actions. Labour is showing how to handle a scandal. The former Labour whip has not given any explanation for the explosive claims by the Labour MP for Hamilton West that the whip was a bully. Dr Gaurav Sharma will regret calling for an inquiry. Instead of an inquiry, he was suspended from caucus because his actions as an MP were caused by his inflated sense of entitlement. Labour’s real scandal will be forgotten while National’s manufactured scandal rolls on. – NZME

The party didn’t last long for National’s freshly minted Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell, right, and party leader Christopher Luxon.

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100 years ago

1910 - Former top cyclist Dick Arnst had become world sculling champion in 1908. After two successful title defences at home, the muscular Arnst raced in a more exotic setting — on the Zambezi River. 1914 - Belgian army withdraws to Antwerp. 1917 - The Queen’s Hospital opens to provide pioneering plastic surgery for World War I soldiers, led by Harold Gillies in Sidcup, England. 1940 - Battle of Britain: The air battle known as “The Hardest Day” occurs; Luftwaffe lose approximately 69 aircraft and the RAF lose 68 in one of the largest ever air battle.

Birthdays Bill Merritt, NZ cricketer [1908-1977]; Puti Watene, NZ rugby league player/politician [1910-1967]; Sir Howard Morrison, NZ entertainer [1935-2009]; Andrew Bennie, NZ equestrian [1956-]; Kate De Goldi, NZ writer [1959]; Paula Morris, NZ writer [1965-]; Jonathan Winter, Masterton-born NZ swimmer [1971-]; Michael Boxall, NZ footballer [1988-].

1971 - Prime Minister Keith Holyoake’s statement in Parliament that New Zealand’s combat force would be withdrawn from Vietnam before the end of the year coincided with a similar announcement by the Australian government. 1987 - Philip Rush sets record for triple crossing English Channel, his time 28 hours 21minutes — 10 hours faster than first man to do it.

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There appears to be a mild attempt in the Wairarapa to do something in the direction of having dairy cows tested. Periodically there occurs a wave of enthusiasm among a section of Wairarapa farmers in this direction, but unfortunately in the past it has always died away. For a period the “scrubber” cow is subject to severe culling in some herds, and just as there appears to be a likelihood of the dairy cow standard being improved, the enthusiasm cools off. Some years ago the farmers of Dalefield adopted a system of cow testing and culling combined with the importation of dairy stock, mostly Friesians, from the United States of America. This policy was in operation for some time, and the herds of Dalefield and the surrounding district were considerably improved thereby. – Supplied by the Wairarapa Archive Today Historyin

293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded, starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica [grape harvest festival]. 1201 - The city of Riga is founded. 1838 - United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica. 1868 - French Astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse. 1892 - Soon after the development of the modern bicycle, Australasia’s first women’s cycling club opened in Christchurch.

1955 - Edward Te Whiu was one of the last four people executed in New Zealand. He admitted to killing 75-yearold widow Florence Smith, but his ofquestionmentalbackgroundunderprivilegedandchildlikestateledsometotheappropriatenessthedeathpenalty.

Nicholas Evans, the British author of the bestselling novel “The Horse Whisperer,” has died at 72, his representatives said on Tuesday.United Agents said Evans died “suddenly” on August 9 after a heartPublishedattack. in 1995, “The Horse Whisperer” was Evans’ debut novel and sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. The story of a trainer hired to help an injured teenager and her horse back to health was adapted into a Hollywood movie starring Robert Redford as the title character and Scarlett Johansson playing young rider Grace MacLean in her breakout role. Born in 1950 in Worcestershire, England, Evans studied law at Oxford University and worked as a journalist in the 1970s.He worked as a screenwriter and television documentary producer before beginning work on his debut novel. His other books include “The Loop”, “The Smoke Jumper”, “The Divide” and “The Brave”. In 2008, Evans became seriously ill after cooking and eating poisonous mushrooms picked in Scottish forests. He and his family were hospitalised and had to undergo kidney treatments. – AP Author Nicholas Evans poses in New York in 2005. PHOTO/AP

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Shesaidshehadbeenclearthat Monday’slatenightmeetingwould notpre-determinetheresultafter Sharma’sseriousmisconductand wasaplaceforMPstospeaktheir mind.Shesaidnoissuesregarding bullyinghadbeenraisedduringthat meeting.

Academicsayslocalelectionhopefulsfailingtobeupfrontposesthreattodemocracy C andidatesfailingtotell votersaboutlinkstoahighprofiledisinformationgroup couldbe“introducingacancerthatisgoingtounderminedemocracy”,aDunedinacademicsays. Severalcandidatesaroundthe Southareeitherdirectlyaffiliated withthegroupVoicesforFreedom (VFF),orhavesharedtheirsupport onlineforit.Buttheyhavebeenurged tokeepthoselinksquiet.

munitywillbeinagoodpositionto gainsupportfromtheirlocalVFF community,”theemailstated. VFFaffiliates,GillBoothand JaspreetBoparai,werestandingfor theTeviotValleyCommunityBoard, andtheSouthlandDistrictCouncil andTuatapereTeWaewaeCommunityBoardrespectively. Boothdeclinedtocommentwhen contactedonTuesday,whileBoparai couldnotbereachedforcomment. VFFhasbeenasignificant spreaderofmisinformationandinflammatoryrhetoric. Thegroup,foundedbyLibbyJohnson,AliaBlandandClaireDeeks,was alsoaleadingplayerinorganisingthe WellingtonParliamentoccupation earlierintheyear.

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TheSharmasagabeganon Thursdaylastweekwhenhepublishedacolumninthe NZHerald alleging“rampant”bullyingwithinthe LabourPartyandParliament,alongsideotherclaims. AformerstafferofSharma’sthen spokeoutaboutanallegedcultureof bullyingthatexistedinhisoffice. —NZHerald

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PMdefends waySharma dealtwith PrimeMinisterJacindaArdernsaid shehadnotspokentoGauravSharma sinceannouncinghissuspension fromcaucus.

TheGovernment’shealthyschool lunchesprogrammehasturned2. Itprovidesschoollunchesto childrenfromdisadvantaged backgrounds,andreachesmore than200,000kidsin950schools. PrimeMinisterJacindaArdern saysweknowafullstomach makesabigdifferencetoachild’s learning. Cathedralentered PeopleenteredChristchurch’s earthquake-damagedCathedral yesterday,thefirsthumanentry since2011.Workersforthe CathedralReinstatementteam wentinsideforonly10minutes,to properlyassessrisk—andlookat furtherstabilisation.Project directorKeithPatersonsaysthey werehappywithwhattheysaw inside.

Dunedinhusbandandwife WatsonandTraceyPitawerethe Dunedinco-ordinatorsforthegroup untilrecently. Theywerebothstandingforelection,WatsonPitafortheOtagoRegionalCouncilandTraceyPitaforthe DunedinCityCouncilandSaddleHill CommunityBoard. TraceyPitasaidthepairwereopen abouttheirpastlinkswiththegroup. AphotoonWaihopaiToetoeCommunityBoardcandidateJudyLeith’s FacebookpageshowsherwithaVFF placardinWellingtoninMarch. AskedTuesdayifshewasamemberofthegroup,shesaid:“Idon’t actuallyknowifIwanttohavethis conversation.” Shedidnotcommentfurther.

Ardernfacedquestionsasshe attendedaschoolopeninginAucklandyesterday.

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InanAugust9emailseenbythe OtagoDailyTimes,VFFco-founder ClaireDeeksencouragedcandidates nottodisclosetheiraffiliationwith thegroup,whichhasalsourgedfollowerstomakeNewZealand“ungovernable”.

UniversityofOtagoresearcherand TheDisinformationProjectresearch leadDrSanjanaHattotuwasaidthere wasnothingwrongwithpeoplewantingtostandforelectionsandengage withdemocracy. Butpeoplewerenotbeingupfront withwhattheystoodforandbelieved in,whichwasmakingNewZealand “ungovernable”. “You’reintroducingacancerthat isgoingtounderminedemocracy. “Youstartlocalandyouinvariably impactthedemocraticframework andfirmamentofanentirecountry.” Therearealsoseveralcandidates standingforcouncilandcommunity boardrolesacrosstheSouthwho haveshareddisinformationorantivaccinationviewsonline. —NZHerald

PhotoNZME Updateonsuitcasehomicidemystery Policehaveprovidedanupdateon theManurewasuitcasehomicide mystery,acknowledginghow“incrediblyunsettling”theeventhas beenforthecommunity,butthey stillrefusetoconfirmfurtherdetails. DetectiveInspectorTofilau FaamanuiaVaaeluasaidtheinvestigationintothediscoveryofhuman remainsinapropertyonMoncrieff AveonThursday,August11,was ongoing. ThepeoplelivingattheMoncrieff Avehousebrought“unownedpropertytotheiraddress”,accordingto police.“Aswehavesaidpreviously, theoccupantsoftheaddressarenot involvedintheincident,”Vaaelua said. Itisunderstoodthefamilypurchasedthecontentsofastorage lockeraspartofanonlineauction, accordingtoaNewshubreport. Butpolicewouldstillnotconfirm ifthereweremultiplebodiesinthe find,ashasbeenreported,orcommentontheconditionoftheremains. Repeatedquestionstopolice havebeenmadebutnoclarityhas beenprovided,despiteinternational interestinthecase.“Ourpriority remainsonconfirmingtheidentificationofthedeceasedandresults offurtherexaminationsandtests arestillpending,”Vaaeluasaid. “Weappreciatethereareanumberofquestionssurroundingthe circumstancesofwhathasoccurred andpolicecanreassurethepublic thatourinvestigationiscontinuing topiecetogetherthefacts.However, theverynatureofthisdiscovery meansthisisacomplexinvestigation–anditwilltaketime.”

OnTuesdaysheannounced Sharma,MPforHamiltonWest,had beensuspendedfromLabour’s caucusafterrepeatedbreachesof trustthatinvolvedSharmapublishing detailsaboutpartymattersinthe publicarena—contrarytopartyrules. Onwhytherewouldn’tbean independentreviewintoSharma’s claims,Ardernsaidmanyfactsofthe situationweren’tdisputed,onlythe wayinterventionswithhisemploymentmattersweredone.Shestood bythoseinterventions. Shesaidthecaucushadsenta messagetoSharmasayingthey neededtorebuildtrust.

Butwithoutanationwideinfection prevalencesurvey—soontobe launchedbytheMinistryofHealth —itremainsunclearjusthowmany Kiwishavebeenexposed.Asatyesterday,theofficialcasetallystoodat 1,696,239—athirdofourresident population—ofwhichjust28,775 wereprobablereinfections.

Casestrending downwards DrAndrewOld,deputydirector generaloftheMinistryofHealth, yesterdayannounced4489new communitycasesofCovidand496 hospitalisations. OldsaidhehopedNewZealand hadturnedacornerwiththevirus ascommunitycasenumberswere broadlytrendingdownwards. Therewere13peopleinICUand 16newCovid-relateddeaths. “Pleasinglythecasenumbersin over65s...hasalsodroppedfor thefourthweekrunning,”hesaid. “Wearecontinuingtotrackat thelowerofwhatmodelling suggestedthiswinter.”

14 NATION Thursday, August 18, 2022 Wairarapa Times-Age PART OF OUR appropriateprovidetooffamiliesWemostitselfcommunitybeenWairarapaSINCECOMMUNITY1938FuneralServiceshaspartoftheMastertonsince1938andpridesonbeingoneofthearea'sestablishedbusinesses.fullyunderstandtheneedsofgoingthroughthestressbereavement.Wepromiselistentoyourneedsandthefuneralservicethatisandmeaningful.WeofferacompleteChapel&CremationPackagePre-payandpre-planningoptionsavailable.35-37LincolnRd,Mastertonwww.wairarapafunerals.co.nzPh3701110Locally Owned – Local people looking after local families 7E:CONTACT:service@motorworksmasterton.co.nzRussellStreet,Masterton|Ph:063789998 • Motorhome & Caravan electrical, servicing & general repairs • Auto electrical & Diagnostics • Air conditioning • Mechanical servicing, repairs & batteries • WOF, tyres, alignmentswheel&more Icons of the Christian Orthodox World ĦEAVENLY �EINGS Until Sun 18 Sep Mother of God and Child Crete, 17th century Private collection, Canberra Finalmonth! Thursday,August18,2022 www.whanganuichronicle.co.nz News7 Covid-dodgersarenowaminority It’shardtoknow howmanyhave avoidedinfection JamieMorton Anationwideinfectionprevalence surveyissoontobelaunchedbythe MinistryofHealth. Photo/AlexBurton MichaelPlank O neyearonfromtheday NewZealandforeverleft theCovid-freecomfortof Level1,amodellersays Kiwiswhohaven’tyetcaughtthe virusarenowaminority.

Ontheotherhand,hesaid,the reportedinfectionratewastypically lessthan65percentoftheinfection rateinroutinelytestedcohortssuch asborderworkers.“Thismeansit’s likelythatatleasthalfofNewZealandershavehadCovid-19,although thosethathaven’tprobablystillrepresentasignificantminority.”

Ifsomeone’sinitialinfectionwasn’t recordedasaconfirmedcase,then theirsecondwouldn’tbeclassifiedas areinfection— meaningwe couldbeunderestimating reinfections,or evenovercountingthe numberofindividualswho’vehadthevirus.That hadclearimplicationsfordisease modelling,asuncertaintyabouta population’simmunityhistorymade ittoughertosayjusthowsusceptible itmightbetofutureinfection.

ButasProfessorMichaelPlank,of Covid-19ModellingAotearoa,pointed out,thesewereonlythosecasesthat hadbeennotifiedafterpeoplereportedtheirtestresults.“Theproportionofinfectionsthatarereported isprobablysomewherebetween40 percentand65percent.It’sunlikely tobemuchlessthan40percent becauseatleast40percentofall20to25-year-oldshavealreadyreported acase.”

Afterthecountry’swinter Omicronwavepeakedatlowernumbersthanworst-casescenariosearlier modelled,forinstance,O’Nealeand otherexpertssurmisedthesurgehad metahigherlevelofimmunitythan thought.Thatwaslikelybecause morepeoplethanthoughtwere infectedinthefirst,BA.2-fuelledwave —butalsobecausethere’dbeen greater“immunitytransfer”fromBA.2 toBA.5thaninitiallyestimated. Therewereotherreasonsfor infectionsbeingunder-reported. “Estimatesarethatasmanyas40per centofinfectionsmaybe asymptomatic,”O’Nealesaid. “Unlessthesepeopleknowthat theyhavebeenincontactwitha confirmedcase—forexample,a familymemberwhohastestedpositive—orunlesstheyaretesting independentlyofsymptoms,these peoplemayneverhavehadareason totestduringtheirinfection.” Sohowcouldwegetabetter handleonthings?Asidefromgenome sequencingandcasereporting,New Zealandnowhasoneoftheworld’s bestsystemsforCovid-19wastewater surveillance.Thiscouldtellusmuch aboutwhatvariantswerecirculating butalsowhethertheratioofthe numberofinfectionsinthecommunitytothatof“confirmed”cases— knownasthecaseascertainment rate,orCAR—inagivenregionwas changing.Still,itcouldn’trevealjust howmanyinfectionstherewere. Expertshopeaninfectionprevalencesurveyregularlysamplinga sub-setofthepopulation,andwhich theministryhasbeendevelopingfor months,willfinallygivethemmuch ofthatfine-graindata.“Onceunder way,thiswillgiveextremelyuseful informationaboutinfectionsinthe communityandhowtheyaredistributed,”O’Nealesaid. Tryingtodeterminehowvulnerableorresilientwe’dbetothenext Covid-19wavewastricky.Wehadto considernotjustourlevelofimmunityfromvaccinesandinfection,but ourbehaviour,thebenefitsofnew shotsandtreatments,andslippery newvariants.ESRprincipalscientist ProfessorMichaelBuncesaid:“Taken together,thisshoppinglistoffactors paintsapictureofwhyitisdifficult topredicthowprotectedorvulnerableNewZealandersmightbe”.

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GoldenBaydairyfarmerWayne Langfordco-foundedMeattheNeed withMotuekaValley-basedsharemilkerSiobhanO’Malley. Langfordsaidtheyhadexpected thehighdemandfordonatedmeat todropovertimebutithadnot.

“We’renotseeingthedropaway wewerehopingtoseeafterthe Covid-19lockdowns,sowe’reclearly goingtogothroughquiteachallengingtime,”hesaid. “MeattheNeed,intermsofmince andlivestockdonationsfrom farmers,isgoinggreatguns.

“We’regrowingmorethan10per centeveryyearonourdonations, whichisgreat.” Hesaidthecharitysignedupwith FonterratojoinitsMirakamilkcompanypartnershipandsupplymilkto foodbanksacrossthecountryaswell. “That’sprettyincredibleworkand prettyhumbling,amazingdonations fromfarmerscomingin.” Langfordsaidthat,despiteefforts, itwas“definitelynot”abletomeetthe hugedemandfordonations. “It’satoughplacetobe. “Weproduceamassiveamountof foodinNewZealand,andwe’vegot notroubleprocessingordeliveringit tothosethatneedit. “Wejustneedtoconnectthedots andmakeithappen.” —RNZ Rotorua’sJohn Patersonis takinghis detainment bundtrialtothe SouthIsland. Photo/Shawn McAvinue

www.age.co.nz Thursday, August 18, 2022 THE COUNTRY 17166 www.northernadvocate.co.nz Friday,August4,2023DPA018Newshole1 www.thecountry.co.nz Foodbanksare strugglingto meetdemand. Photo/123RF CHARITY: Farmersare donatingmoremeatbutstill notenoughtomeetdemand

Aprojectbeingcarriedtrialling detainmentbundstoremovephosphorusandsedimentfromstormwateronfarmsisheadingSouth. PhosphorusMitigationProjectInc projectmanagerJohnPaterson, speakingatthefielddayofSouthland BallanceFarmEnvironmentAwards supremewinnerKevinHallin Waimahaka,saidhisprojectinvolved agroupoffarmerswantingtobe proactiveaboutremovingcontaminants,suchasphosphorusandsediment,fromstormwater. Paterson,whonowlivesinRotoruabutwasbornandraisedinEast Chatton,northofGore,saidtheprojectwas“awonderfulopportunityto interceptandstripout”someofthe phosphorusandsedimentfrom stormwaterbeforeitleftafarm. Theincorporatedsociety launcheditsfirstresearchproject— a“master’sthesis”onstormwater containment,ledbyMasseyUniversity—aboutsixyearsago. Theresearchhadshown“good gains”ontheremovalofphosphorus andsedimentfromstormwater. “Wecantakeout60percentof phosphorusandsedimentthatwould normallyhaverushedoffintothe waterways.” About30detainmentbundswere beingtrialledin“freedrainingsoils” inRotorua. Thegrouprecentlyreceived fundingtotakeitstrialnationwide, includingtoOtagoandSouthland. “Ourfocusnowistogotodifferent soiltypes.” Heexpectedthebundstoperform differentlyonheaviersoiltypes. Anaimofthegroupwastotarget capturingsignificantvolumesof wateronpasturewithoutaffecting theproductivityofafarm. ■ —OtagoDailyTimes

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GRACE grace.prior@age.co.nzPRIOR Wairarapa’s rural industry members are concerned about recent flooding and its flowon effects on productivity thisTheseason.Wairarapa Rural Industry [WRI] group met last Thursday to discuss the challenges and needs of the rural community in light of the ongoing wet weather.

Flooding on the outskirts of Martinborough.

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“The alternative time limits apply only to those people in charge of animals with NAIT animals located within Wairarapa, including Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Area aﬀected by adverse weather events.”Now, people in charge of animals must register them, declare animal movements, tag animals, and make any animal exit declarations within three weeks of August 12. The group said farmers should keep reviewing and making weather-based decisions. “Generally speaking, a decision is better than no decision.”Itsaid dairy farmers should use the DairyNZ spring rotation planner to protect their and advised moving stock as much as possible. “Think about standing cows oﬀ after four hours if you have somewhere“Remember,suitable.there is an option of selling store cattle early to lighten the load since prices are holding currently.”

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– Wairarapa Rural Industry Despite the inundation in July, Wairarapa recorded below-normal rainfall.

“The potential for more frequent onshore winds during spring could lead to more wet days. Sub-tropical low-pressure systems may occasionally track toward the region, increasing the risk for heavy rain, particularly in the northern part of the region, such as NiwaGisborne.”saidsoil moisture levels and river flows were most likely to be near normal. The Wairarapa Rural Industry group said there were still positives this season, including a good store market for cattle. It said movementandAnimalrecordingoffsaidgood”.“generallyconditionsandpercentagesscanningstockwereprettyThegroupOsprihaderedflexibilityforNationalIdentificationTracing[NAIT]intheregion.Osprisaiditextended the timeframes for updating NAIT to help ease pressure on farmers in Wairarapa.

Rural Support Trust said it was available to help anyone who had been affected by the recent flooding and offered help in planning for the coming months.Thetrust said to contact its area coordinator Sarah Donaldson for assistance. The Wairarapa Rural Industry group will meet again on September 8 to monitor conditions and assess the Multiple heavy rain and wind events with the andfurtherweekfloodingunpredictedlatestlastiscausingdamageconcern.

The group said many farmers were worried about the damage to pastures and grazing blocks, indicating there was signiﬁcant concern about reduced feed and challenges for the next rotation round. It said some farms were still only getting 50 per cent of intended feed utilisation. Recent ﬂooding had also caused slips, restricting farmers’ access to stock and damaging buildings and fences.

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WRI said flooding and ongoing labour shortages during farmers’ busiest time of year, were increasing fatigue and the risk of accidents. It said farmers’ morale was low.“Multiple heavy rain and wind events with the latest unpredicted flooding last week is causing further damage and concern, especially those hit hardest in the south-eastern districts with over 200mms [of rain] recorded in several areas.” It said damage to Hinekura Rd added more pressure to a community already battling isolation issues with its main access route estimated to be closed for “Althoughmonths.more rain is forecast the next front may miss most of Wairarapa, fingers crossed,” the group said. National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research [Niwa] said despite July’s flooding, Wairarapa was an exception last month with most of the nation experiencing record-breaking rainfall. Niwa said it had been an extraordinarily wet month, and nationally it was the wettest July on record -- but Wairarapa was an exception, experiencing below-normalWairarapa’srainfall.rainfall was between 50 and 79 per cent of what it would usually experience in July. Wairarapa came close to other records, however, with Castlepoint recording its fourth highest peak wind gust, with an extreme gust of 143kmh recorded on July 13. The seasonal climate outlook for August to October forecast above-average temperatures for Wairarapa with high confidence.Niwasaid it had low-tomedium confidence that Biblical flooding causing concern rainfall would be normal.

Cows stood in sodden paddocks during July’s ooding.PHOTOS/FILE

20 THE COUNTRY Thursday, August 18, 2022 Wairarapa Times-AgeFriday,August4,2023 www.northernadvocate.co.nz 167 hbt,bop,rot,nad, wang www.thecountry.co.nz Weneedtobackoursuccessstories

eoffandJustineRoss,the LakeHaweacouplewho featuredinacontroversial CountryCalendar episode, areright.Peoplepayforthestory. Theyweresuccessfulwithvodka, andnowwiththeirenterpriseatLake HaweaStation,they'veshownhowto getthestoryoutthere. Brandingiseverything,apicture paintsathousandwords,and Country Calendar didagreatjobincreating discussionaroundthebusiness.

Thequestionremainswhetherthe samesuccesscanbeachievedwith food. Thisisnotanewgoal;NewZealand hasbeentryingtocreateitsfoodstory formorethanone-hundredyears (thinkCanterburyLamb). Sadlythemaindetractorsseemto beNewZealanderstearingdownthe aspiration(whichwasfortourism)of 100%PureNZ,aswellasmaking constantnegativestatementsabout thegreenhousegasemissions associatedwiththeprimaryproductionsector. Thisisdisappointingasiterodes thepotentialtocreateaddedvalue forthebenefitofNewZealandersas awhole. Whatnaysayersignoreiswhatthe alternativesmightbe. NewZealandfarmers,creatingproteinforfeweremissionsthanother countriescanachieve,dosofrom pasturethatisnotediblebyhumans, andisgrownwherecropscan'tbe. Theanimalscreateessential aminoacidsinproteininaformthat humanscandigestanduse.Theyalso providedietaryenergyandminerals, suchasironandcalcium,aswellas manyvitamins.Thereisresearchon it.

Despitethis,NewZealandersin generalandfarmers,inparticular,are beingbombardedwithmoreand moreideasaboutwhatelsewe shoulddo–plant-based,regenerative, organic—allofwhicharegetting awayfromNewZealand'scomparative,andnowcompetitive,sustainabilityadvantage. Atthesametimethegovernment ispouringdollarsintoresearchto investigatethesealternatives,even thoughatleastsomeofthescience hasalreadybeendoneandindeed, providedthefoundationforadvances.

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Thequestionmustbeaskedifthe investmentinalternativeproduction systemsisattheexpenseoffinetuningwhatwehavealready achievedandthenenablinguptake ofadvances?

Sixcheesesandwichesmeetdaily essentialaminoacid,energyandfibre needsatabouthalfthecostofthe cheapestalternative—andthecalculationwasdoneforNewZealand supermarketsusingthepriceof kilogramsofcheese,butterandbread (notingthat“mild”givesasmany essentialaminoacidsperbiteas “tasty”).

co-authorsandpublishedin2016. DrColesmakesitclearthatdairy farmingcanfeedmorepeoplewith alowerimpactthananyotherfood system.Andmorecheaply.

COMMENT: Theuproar overaTVshowhighlights abiggerproblem,writes JacquelineRowarth DrJacqueline Rowarth,Adjunct ProfessorLincoln University,isa farmer-elected directorofDairyNZ andRavensdown,and aproducer-appointed directorofDeer IndustryNZ.The analysisand conclusionsaboveare herown. jsrowarth@gmail.com

Geoffand JustineRoss, whoappeared on Country Calendar episode,were criticisedfor beingunrealistic butIthink they’reright.

Onmuchofthelanddevotedto pasture,growinganythingelsewill createenvironmentalimpact througherosion,lossofsoilcarbon, andincreasedneedforinputssuch asfertiliserandirrigation. EvenontheCanterburyPlains, whichoftenfeatureinthenewsbecauseofconcernsaboutagriculture, dairyproductioncreateslowernitrogenlosses,lowersoilcarbonlossand muchmoreproteinforhumansthan cropping.

CalculationsweredonebynutritionscientistDrGraemeColesand

GiventhereliancethatNewZealandershaveontheexporteconomy fornewmoney(theothersourceis governmentborrowing),the81.8per centthattheprimarysectorcontributesshouldbevalued.

Thebusinessisfashion,justlike IcebreakerandAllbirds.Peoplepay forfashionaspartofpersonal brandingandstatus.Withthezerocarbonstamp,virtuesignallingisalso involved.

Pennysaiddespitehigher farmgateprices,farmersweredealing withinflationandhigherinputcosts.

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“Andlastly,wealsodon’tknow howbadtheglobaleconomyisgoing toget.Sothereareuncertainties, whichmeansthere’sawiderrange aroundourforecaststhannormal.” “Butputtingthatallaside,we’restill prettybullish,andwethinkit’sgoing tobeagoodseasononthepriceside farmers.”

Westpachademphasisedinits reportthatuncertaintywasstillakey themeofallthesemarkets,including meat,hesaid. Therefore,themarketoutlook wasn’tasclearasitwasaboutsix monthsagoandtherewasawider rangeofpossibilitiesthantherewere backthenaswell,hesaid.

Senioragri-economistNathan Pennysaiddespiteglobaluncertainty intheredmeatmarket,withmajor destockingintheUS,strictCovid-19 measuresinChinaandthewarin Ukraine—thingswerestilllookingup forfarmershere.

REDMEAT: Westpacisfairly bullishinitsforecastforbeef andmuttonpricesbutitdoes comewithcaveats R ed-meatfarmersaresetto getgoodreturnsthisyear, asbeefandlambmarkets remainstrongamidglobal uncertainty.

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“That’sthefirstthing.Thesecond thingisthatwe’reseeingfallingshippingcostsglobally,andthat’shelping meatcompaniesgettheirproductto marketmuchcheaperthanitwas earlierintheyear.

“Whenyoucutthroughallthat noise,themainthingsthatwe’re focusingonisthatmeatprocessing capacityisgettingbacktocloserto normalaftertheCovid-19outbreak, ortheOmicronoutbreakthatwehad earlierintheyear,thatwasputting thesqueezeonprocessingcapacity withlotsofworkersaway.

Pennysaidredmeatprices typicallypeakedinOctober.

“Whatcouldhappenandwhat couldkeeppriceslowerthanwe expect,wellthedroughtintheUnited States,andtheveryhighlevelsof destockingthat’sgoingonasfarmers, essentially,aren’tmakingmuch money,sothey’rehavingtoslaughter theircapitalstock,ortheirbreeding stock. “Butalso,wedon’tknowforsure thatChinaisgoingtocomeoutofits Covidlockdownsandwedon’tknow forsurethatCovidrestrictionswill easeandthatChinawillreboundin thesecondhalfofthisyear.

Westpacisforecastingfarmgate beefandmuttonpricestohit$7/kg andthefarmgatelambpricetoexceed$10/kgthisseason.

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Thereare uncertainties, whichmeans there’sawider rangearoundour forecaststhan normal. —NathanPenny, Westpac

AlowerNZ dollarishelping sheepandbeef farmers.

“AndthelastthingistheNew Zealanddollarisplayingball.It’s weak,andthat’ssupportingfarmgate pricesaswell. “Sothosethingscomingtogether, wethinkthey’rethekeythingsover thenextfewmonthsthatshould underpin,orevenboost,farmgate prices.”

Ladbrooks School, with its 150 pupils, sits in the centre of a semirural area with an increasing number of lifestyle blocks. It also sits in the middle of a cellphone black spot. Ladbrooks School principal Margaret Dodds said the lack of cellphone coverage was much more than an inconvenience.

TheCountry teamreceivesanabundanceofemailsandinvitationsalertingus tothehappeningsoftheruralworldand mostofthemarethoroughlyworthyof exposureandfurtherdiscussion.However,agreatdealofthemareso convoluteditbringsonamildheadache tryingtodecipherwhoisholdingthe event,whothesponsoris,whatindustry isinvolvedandwhataspectofthe industryisbeingcelebratedordiscussed. Forexample,youmayreceivesomethingthatsaysyou’reinvitedtothe GlobalConglomeratePacificRegion PrimaryProducersStageFourPortfolio OpportunityFirstQuarterOpeningCeremony.Okay,sothatmaybeanextreme, fictitioustitle,buttherealityisit’snotfar removed.Whenyoureceivemultiple suchmissivesonaweeklybasis,the naturalinclinationistoshyawayandgo forsomethingthatsaystheAnnualFarm Awards. thelengthofatitle. Thereisagenuinedesireforcertain sectorsoftheruralcommunitytobe takenseriouslybytheirurban counterparts;tobreakdownstereotypes andnothavetodefendthemselvesfor someperceivednotionthey’rethesole sourceofenvironmentalpollutants. Manyhaveidentifiedthemainstream mediaasawayofdoingthisandperhaps gettingasmuchcoverageasanimals rightsgroups,forexample.Assomeone who’sworkedinthemainstreammediaI cantellyoutheshorter,pithierandmore

Residents in Ladbrooks, a sevenminute drive from the edge of suburban Christchurch, say living in a cellphone coverage blackspot is annoying and dangerous.

cuttingthegreaterchanceofhavingyour voiceheard.Thereisaveritabledeluge ofruralawardsandceremoniesthat, whileallworthy,areconfusingtoanyone outsidetheindustry. Therearecertainawardsandevents thatdomakeittothemainstreamand, whenyoulookatit,there’snoreal surprise.TheNZDairyIndustryAwards issimpleandself-explanatory.They glitzeduptheevent,gotapersonalityto hostitinMikeMcRobertsand— whaddyaknow?—itgetsmainstream coverage.Iunderstandnoteveryevent canattractstarpower,justasnotevery sectorcanaffordRichieMcCawtofront theiradcampaigns,buttherearesome stepsthatcanbeputinplaceto‘sexy-up’ agriculture.TheYoungFarmers,despite differingsponsorsthroughtheages,is anothergoodexample.It’seasyto understand,aqualitycompetitionand hasmadeitswayontotelevision screens.Uncomplicated. Otherscouldstartbytakingaleafout

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Brislen said he would like to see local councils requiring developers to include digital infrastructure along with more traditional infrastructure. The Rural Connectivity Group (RCG) is also working to increase cell coverage with around 400 new cell sites to be built across rural New Zealand by December 2022.Ladbrooks is not on RCG’s list, but it said communities that wanted to go on the list should contact Crown Infrastructure Partners which is gathering information for the any future government programmes. rnz.co.nz the lack of cellphone coverage in their area. PHOTO/rnz.co.nz

Spark said it does intend to build a new site in the northern area of Lincoln, but the location and timing have yet to be confirmed. It said residents could also look at getting a Cell-Fi booster which could help with reception. Very expensive to roll out technologyPaulBrislen, the chief executive of the Telecommunications Forum, the industry association, said the mobile network now covers 99.8 percent of the country’s population, but that doesn’t mean it covers 99 percent of the country.

DOMINICGEORGE Iunderstandnotevery power,justasnotevery sectorcanaffordRichie McCawtofronttheirad ‘sexy-up’agriculture.

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“There are still large tracts of New Zealand that don’t have cellphone coverage, primarily because it is a very expensive thing to roll out and the population density simply isn’t there to support it.” He said areas like Ladbrooks were still very rural, with what were previously farms being split into lifestyle “Developersblocks.areusually trying to reduce their costs as much as possible. They will put in water or power where they are required, but when it comes to broadband services, whether it is mobile or fixed, there tends to be a reluctance to support those.”

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“Its impossible to get calls in and out unless you are standing out in the middle of the front lawn,” Hurst said. “Where it really comes to the fore in an emergency situation, you are then relying on the landline to get that call out and as we know the landlines are being phased out. The copper network is ageing and the maintenance is just not being done.”

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Two Degrees said it was continuing to roll out new sites, but the economics needed to stack up against any investment.

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“If you have a look through the data that’s in there, people say our cellphone coverage used to be good and now it’s not. So this is not a problem where we’ve moved into an area and we’re complaining because we’ve got no cellphone coverage. It was good when we got here and now it’s rubbish.”Spark, Two Degrees and Vodafone said they were continuously improving their cellphoneVodafonecoverage.saidit has a number of cell sites in the south and southwest of Christchurch, but they were focused on the areas with higher population density.

“There was concern about getting access to that in an emergency situation. Leaving it unlocked left it open to vandalism, so the process is to call 111 to get access to the defibrillator, but of course getting that phone call out to call 111 with our coverage is often not Nearbypossible.”West Melton has similarGerardissues.Gibb, who lives halfway between West Melton and Rolleston, said his telecommunications provider told him it was just a localised problem for him, but a survey on his local community Facebook page found more than 400 people with similar complaints.

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Hurst also oversees the local community hall, where a defibrillator was recently set up for use in an emergency.

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“Fire drills, bomb threats, any evacuation procedures that we have to make,” said Dodds. “Even during lockdowns we cannot use our cellphones to communicate building to building, because there is no cell phone coverage.”

Local resident Karl Hurst said with many people now working from home the lack of cellphone reception was becoming an increasing problem.

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THEagricultureindustrydoes manythingswell,butonethingit coulddobetterisshortenthe lengthofitsceremonialand awardtitles.Someofthemaresolong theyborderontheridiculous.Asa quotientofindustryinsidersdecrythe lackofexposureinthemainstream media,itwouldbeadvisabletostartwith afewquickfixes.

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“It’s the coat that makes the meat great too, without that double coat you wouldn’t get the marbling.”Whencattle are ready to be slaughtered, they are trucked to Ashburton then brought back to the farm, stamped and ready for butchering.Thebutchery is based in three Ministry for Primary Industries approved containers. In one of them, several carcasses hang beside hand-made sausages. Being a whole beef butchery, Eddie said they could supply customers with a lot more than just the standard cuts. “Tongues and cheeks are quite popular,” he said. “You’d be surprised at what people want.”Chopped butchery meat products are sold at farmers markets in Waimate and Oamaru and via the brother’s online“Mostshop.of their customers want to know where the meat comes from,” Eddie said. When they started, he expected most customers would be from Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown, but he has been pleasantly surprised. “People from Waimate and our locals have got behind us and have supported us really well, so we’re really thankful for that.”Adam reacted modestly when Country Life suggested their own story added value and accountability to the products they“Wellsell. it’s just two brothers really, one a farmer and one a butcher on a bit of land with a container and some animals, it’s not rocket science.” Come summer, the Rivett brothers expect to be butchering three cattle a week. – rnz.co.nz

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“The amount of work involved in that for the return wasn’t really wonderful so that’s why we tried doing something else,” Adam said. The shaggy coated cattle graze on the slopes of the family farm just north of the Waitaki River.“We’ve got a small White Galloway herd and a Belted herd, so the Belted herd are more the commercial breed that we’re using for the butchery,” AdamWhensaid.Country Life visited the farm, it was wet, windy and cold, but the herd did not seem to mind thanks to their double coat which provides excellent protection.

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TheCountry anceofemailsandinvitationsalertingus tothehappeningsoftheruralworldand mostofthemarethoroughlyworthyof exposureandfurtherdiscussion.However,agreatdealofthemareso convoluteditbringsonamildheadache tryingtodecipherwhoisholdingthe event,whothesponsoris,whatindustry isinvolvedandwhataspectofthe industryisbeingcelebratedordiscussed. Forexample,youmayreceivesomethingthatsaysyou’reinvitedtothe GlobalConglomeratePacificRegion PrimaryProducersStageFourPortfolio OpportunityFirstQuarterOpeningCeremony.Okay,sothatmaybeanextreme, fictitioustitle,buttherealityisit’snotfar removed.Whenyoureceivemultiple suchmissivesonaweeklybasis,the naturalinclinationistoshyawayandgo forsomethingthatsaystheAnnualFarm theiradcampaigns,buttherearesome stepsthatcanbeputinplaceto‘sexy-up’ agriculture.TheYoungFarmers,despite differingsponsorsthroughtheages,is anothergoodexample.It’seasyto understand,aqualitycompetitionand hasmadeitswayontotelevision screens.Uncomplicated. Otherscouldstartbytakingaleafout

Two brothers have combined their skills to launch a paddock to plate business selling purebred Galloway meat products. Chopped Butchery is based on a farm at Morven in South Canterbury. The cattle are reared by farmer Adam and butchered by Eddie. “We’d be the only butchery in New Zealand we know of that specialises in Galloway beef,” AdamThesaid.Rivett brothers have not been farming Galloways for long. Up until the middle of last year, they were rearing al ot of beef-cross dairy calves.

Friday,March23,2018 NorthernAdvocate 161 DOMINICGEORGE Keepitshort,simpleandsexy Convuluted namesforrural awardsdon’t getthe message across Iunderstandnotevery eventcanattractstar power,justasnotevery sectorcanaffordRichie COMMENTwith

—AndrewHoggard, FederatedFarmers I nJanuaryfarmerconfidence wasatthelowestlevelrecorded inbiannualsurveysthat FederatedFarmershasbeen runningsince2009. Lastmonth'ssurveyfoundithad droppedevenfurther. Morethan1200farmersfrom aroundNewZealandrespondedto theJulysurvey,FederatedFarmers said. Anet80.9percentofrespondents expectgeneraleconomicconditions toworsenoverthenext12months, up16.9pointsontheJanuarysurvey. Andanet47.8percentoffarmers consideredcurrenteconomic conditionstobebad,alsodownfrom January. “That'sahugedropinsixmonths,” FederatedFarmerspresidentand trade/economyspokesmanAndrew Hoggardsaid. “Obviouslyinflationandsupply chaindisruption,falloutfromCovid

What'salsoworryingisthatforthefirsttimein oursurvey'shistorywe'verecordedanet negativescoreforproductionexpectations.

Anet55percentofrespondents

saidtheyaremakingaprofit—six pointsdownontheJanuarysurvey. Lookingoutoverthenext12 months,anet53.1percentof respondentsexpecttheirprofitability todecline,up11.9pointsonthe January2022survey,whenanet41.2 percentexpectedittodecline. Thiswasperhapstobeexpected giventhesqueezefromhigherinput costsandhighcommodityprices retreating,Hoggardsaid.

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SURVEY: AFederatedFarmers surveypointstowidespread ‘uncertaintyandgloom’among thefarmerrespondents

Farmersidentifiedtheirtopconcernsas: ■ Climatechangepolicyandthe EmissionsTradingScheme ■ Regulationandcompliancecosts ■ Inputcosts ■ Debt,interest,banks. Raisedawarenessoffootand mouthdiseaseinIndonesiaand Malaysiameantbiosecurityhad rocketedupthelistoftopconcerns thatfarmerswanttheGovernmentto confront,withtheothersbeingfiscal policy;economyandbusinessenvironment;regulationandcompliancecosts. Despitetheslideinconfidence, farmers'profitabilityexpectations haven'ttakenasbigahitasmight havebeenindicated.

“What'salsoworryingisthatforthe firsttimeinoursurvey'shistorywe've recordedanetnegativescorefor productionexpectations. “Anet0.5percentoffarmerswho answeredourquestionsexpecttheir productiontodeclineoverthenext 12months,down2.3pointsonthe Januaryresult.”

andRussia'sinvasionofUkraineare partofit,butcontinuedconcernover thepaceanddirectionofgovernment reformandregulation,nottomention staffshortages,arealsocontributing touncertaintyandgloom,”hesaid. Hoggardsaidthefigureswerenot inconsistentwiththeresultsfrom otherbusinessconfidencesurveys.

Anet54.6percentofrespondents expecttheirspendingtoincrease overthenext12months,slightlyup onJanuary“butthiswillbedueto inflationofinputpricesratherthan spendingonmoregoodsand services”,Hoggardsaid. Withfarmers—likeotherKiwis— havingtopaymoreinterest,anet15.3 percentofsurveyrespondentsexpecttheirdebttoreduceoverthe next12months,down15.6pointsfrom theJanuarysurveywhenthefigure was30.9percent. TheFedssurveyindicatedaslight easinginthelabourmarket“butit's stillverytight”,Hoggardsaid. Anet44.3percentofrespondents reportedithasbeenhardertorecruit skilledandmotivatedstaffoverthe pastsixmonths,down4.3pointson theJanuarysurvey.

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A three-yearstudyintothe perceptionsofwoolhas foundeffortstobuildthe industry’ssustainability credentialsaretransforminghowmillennialconsumersperceivethefibre. Industryexpertssaytheperceptualchangeisremovingsignificant barrierstothegrowthofthedomestic andexportwoolmarkets.

Now,forthefirsttime,thelocal industrywasfacedwithbuilding awarenessofwoolcarpetacrossa segmentofmillennialhomeowners whohadnotgrownupwithit,hesaid.

Thecompanyhadalsoincreased itslocalemploymentlevelsby4per centoverthepastyear,thenew businessmodelshowinganeconomicupsidetobecomingmore sustainable.

Bremworth’s GregSmithpulls astringof positivesfrom thestudy.

ThenationwideBremworthstudy, whichhastrackedchangesinattitudesoverthepastthreeyears,also showstheperceptionofwoolcarpet ashavingahighercost—when comparedwithsyntheticalternatives —isbecominglessofabarrierfor mostconsumers.

Otherfindings

Asaresult,Bremworthnowfocusedonexportingahigh-value,highqualityproducttotargetthetopend oftheinternationalresidentialpropertymarket,Smithsaid.

Thestudyfoundwoolisincreasingly recognisedasenvironmentally friendlybyoverthreequarters(77per cent)ofthosesurveyedand sustainablebymorethantwo-thirds (69percent)ofrespondents. Italsofoundhealthandsafetyof homeflooringisnowakeydriverof purchaseforconsumerswithalmost athird(31percent)ofthoseKiwi householdssurveyedlivingwith someonewithallergies. Woolisseenashealthier(66per cent),morefire-resistant(60percent) andmoreallergy-friendly(45per cent)thansyntheticalternatives.

lookingtowoolforarangeofreasons thatweren’tprioritiesforthegenerationsthatprecededthem,Smithsaid. “Wealsoknowmillennialsspend timeresearchingproductsbefore buyingandchoosebrandsthatalign withtheirethicalbeliefsandvalues.” Thelengthoflifeofaproduct, sustainabilityandenvironmentalimpactwerealsofactorsmillennials tookintoconsiderationbeforemakingapurchase,Smithsaid. “Wealsorecognisethatifwecan’t effectivelyeducatedomestic consumersonthebenefitsofwoolin acountrywhereitisproduced,we willhavelittlechanceofgrowingour offshoremarkets—theresearchhas shownusthattheindustryismaking significantadvancesonthisfront everyyear.”

“Whatweknowfromtheresearch isthathalfofthoseinthemarketfor renovatingorrefurbishingtheir homearenowinthatagebracket.”

RESEARCH: Anewstudyhas foundyoungerpeopleperceive woolinaprofoundlydifferent waytotheiroldercounterparts

Whilewoolwasonceubiquitous onthefloorsofKiwihomes,synthetic flooringbecamedominatedthemarketoverthepasttwodecades, BremworthCEOGregSmithsaid.

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Historically,costwasakeyfactor inthelocalmarketbeforethewidespreadrecognitionoftheenvironmentalimpactofsyntheticorplastic products,Smithsaid. “Wecanseethatoverthepastyear thefocusonpricehasdroppedsignificantlyandisnowonlyabarrier forlessthanaquarter[23percent] ofconsumers.”

Thestudyillustratedtheneedto buildgreaterawarenessofwool,with 27percentofrespondentsunaware ofwhatsyntheticcarpetismadefrom —whichcanbenylon,polyesterand polypropylene,hesaid. Lessons ThelessonsBremworthlearnedfrom thefirst12monthsofmovingtowoolonlycarpetshadwiderrepercussions forotherKiwimanufacturersand exporters,Smithsaid. Bremworthnowfocusedonpositioningwoolasapremiumofferingin overseasmarkets,ratherthansecuringlarge-scalecommercialcontracts whichwereheavilyprice-driven. “Workingwithwoolisasignificantlydifferentproducttosyntheticsasitrequiresconstantadaptationbyskilledartisanstoallowfor thenaturalvariationsinthecolour ofrawmaterial—whicharedriven byseasonalweatherpatternsand otherfactors.”

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FederatedFarmersSouthlandArablechairwomanSoniaDillonsaid that,despiteSouthlandfarmersgrowingmorewheatforstock,therewas stillashortageofwheat,drivingstock foodpricesmuchhigherthanusual.

Southlandoverallbecauseofthe droughtwehad,sothecupboards wereprettymuchemptyatharvest lastyear,”shesaid. Wheatshortageswerehavinga significantimpactonbothmilled wheatforhumanfoodproductsand onstockfoodpricesinNewZealand. DillonsaidSouthlandwheatwas mainlyusedforstockfeed.Butifport orrailoptionsweremadeavailable, transportcostswouldbereducedand Southlandcouldpotentiallybecome amillingwheatproducerreducing relianceonoverseaswheat. Dillonthoughtitwouldbeadvantageousforfarmersandtheregionif amillingsolutionwasprovided locally.

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Atpresentgraintransportbetween SouthlandandCanterburycosts about$100atonne. “Themillsjustaren’tpaying enoughtojustifythetransportprice.” Farmersfeelingtheimpactof increasedfertiliserandstockfood priceswouldtrytoridethestormand tightenspending. “There’snotacentspentwhere theredoesn’tneedtobe,”Dillonsaid. “Everythinghasgoneupso,somuch. Thechemicalshavestartedtakingbig jumpsaswell.There’sanactualrisk farmerswillbeworseoffthiscoming seasonthantheseasonbefore,with allthesepricerises—whichisfrightening.” ChampionFlouractingCEOSteve Morgansaidthecompany’swheat supplyhadbeenhitbyatripleprongedproblemofwar,highimport costsandpoorweather. “It’sbeenanabsolutenightmare thisyear...roughly30percentof theworld’swheatsupplycomesfrom theBlackSearegion,butChampion Flourimportsabout70percentof itsgrainfromAustralia.” Constraintsongettinggrainoutof Ukrainehadputstrainsonworld suppliesandincreasedprices. Compoundingthat,Australiahad apoorcropseasonsoitscommodity exchangewheatprice“hasblownout ofthewateratthemoment”. than$85atonne,alongside70-80per centoftheSouthIsland’sharvest furtherimpactedwheatprices. 01/06/22 –31/08/22, orwhile The offer isbased on4.99% interest rate over 24months and anup-front ($4,724 INC fee and $10.35 PPSR; afurther payment ofone third tobepaid in12months ($5,165.83 INC GST); and afinal payment ofone third in24months ($5,165.83 INC GST). Total amount payable $15,055.66INC GST. Normal UDC lending and credit criteria apply.Excludes demo units and all other promotion. Free Whitesheated grips and Whites 48L front box limited to the first 100 customers.

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Commodityimportpriceshad beenaffectedbywarsbefore,butnot atthesametimethemarketwas copingwithitsowninternalshortages,Wilkinssaid.

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There is a lack understandingofof what biodiversity is in a land management sense, and how it rates in importance for either potential proÿ ts or other beneÿ ts.

FORESTRY IN WAIRARAPA

- is forestry ready for this huge emerging market? involved in log harvesting and transport that the demand for alternatives to fossil fuels has the potential to transform the forestry sector. Biofuels, bioenergy and a range of renewable increasinglybioproductsarebeingadded to the industry’s more traditional wood products. The economics of better-utilising forest residues, bin wood, o˝ cuts left on landings, short length or malformed logs that won’t meet MDF, pulp-mill or chip export log speciÿ cations and sawmill residues are ÿ nally starting to stack up. Low emissions energy to replace fossil fuels with electricity or solid biofuels is top of the Government’s agenda. Large industrial-scale heat and energy users throughout the country are ÿ rmly following the Government’s lead. The move to transition from fossil fuels is already well underway. Signiÿ cant conversions have been made across the country with major announcements on new investments being made now almost every month. This changing landscape means that forest owners, those involved in logging operations and those with surplus waste from sawmilling and wood manufacturing operations are looking at satisfying this current and projected future demand. Is the forestry sector in a position to Sourcesupply?FridayO˝ cuts.com

Birds do not much care what habitat you provide but would prefer a closed canopy forest in 15 years rather than 50, and this is how long many planted natives will take to catch up with pine, with the issue of no timber crop at the end. Most forest owners in New Zealand are registered and must comply with the rules governing the FSC system. (Forest Stewardship Council) This rigorous international organization gives our New Zealand timber an endorsement that it is produced from forests meeting many measured criteria, and biodiversity levels is one of them. To meet FSC standards there are regular audits, and most forestry companies now hire dedicated sta˝ to keep track of the huge number of requirements for this process in order to keep their accreditation as many markets now demand this overseas.

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Some landowners rate it highly but for di˝ erent reasons, and we seem to have no understandingcommonofwhy it matters or how to achieve it in New Zealand under our di˝ ering land uses. Biodiversity is just a fancy term for variety. And the more variety we have in plants and animal species, then the better o˝ we are. These ecosystems ensure natural sustainability for all life forms. This diversity of systems gives all land users more ˛ exibility and adaptive responses to challenges such as climate change, or disease, or where markets have suddenly Forestchanged.ecosystems are worth far more than just the value of their wood. Their biodiversity and forest ecosystems are increasingly recognised in New Zealand for providing services that include climate change mitigation, habitats for native species, recreation, improved water quality, Pinecontrol.sedimentationavoidedand˛oodforestsaremeasured with far more biodiversity than either pasture or horticultural land with the added beneÿ t of doing it fast.

REPLACING FOSSIL FUELS

The announcement that Fonterra is taking another step in its transition to low carbon production with replacement of a coal boiler at its Waitoa site in the Waikato with a 30 MW wood biomass boiler builds on the trend of food processors to adopt processingforfrommakingMrtosupplier,asWoodfacilitatedresiduesthethisresiduesresidues,ofproducebiomasssaidofBrianAssociation.solutionsbioenergysaystheBioenergyCox,executiveo˜certheBioenergyAssociationthat“theuseofrenewabletoreplacecoaltoheatarisesbecausetheincreaseduseofforestinsteadofleavingtheintheforesttorot.IninvestmentbyFonterrasupplyofbiomassfromasfuelhasbeenwiththeentryofEnergyNewZealand,anaccreditedwoodfuelintotheNorthIslandsupplythefueltoFonterra.Coxsaidthat“WithFonterrathisfourthtransitionfossiltobiomassfuelproducingheatatitsmilkfacilities,theyare providing signiÿ cant leadership and demonstration on how easy it is to move from coal to biomass fuels. Such investments however need to be well planned and undertaken in partnership with their wood fuel suppliers. The transitions can’t be done overnight which demonstrates that reduction in our greenhouse gas emissions will take time.”

BIOFUELS

For forestry, biodiversity is not just a “nice to have”, it’s a necessity to meet market requirements and a longstudied mechanism in pine forests that have been around in New Zealand for nearly 180 years, so we care very much as this measurable can mean the stamp of approval for our timber and hence, more proÿ t, at the top of the list of beneÿ ts that production forests will leave long-term for the landscape.

Mr Cox said that “at forestgrowingattendance350amazingConferenceResidues2RevenuesthatZealand,supplier,betweenofoneachneedandfromavailableforthateventResidues2Revenuesthe2022lastweekitwasoutlinedwehavethepotentialadequatebiomasstobefortransitioningfossilfuels,butheatusersbiomassfuelsupplierstotalktogethersothathasgoodinformationthedemandandsupplybioenergy.ThepartnershipFonterraandtheirfuelWoodEnergyNewisagoodexampleofinaction.”2022inRotoruasawanturnoutofwelloverdelegates.Thiswasarecordandre˛ectstherecognitionamongstownersandthose

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The underlying economics of the Chinese construction industry are about as shaky as Robertsons ‘cost of living payment’ and the news seemingly keeps getting worse. The mortgage boycott by owners of uncompleted apartments in the Evergrande debarkle has sent shockwaves through the China Communist Party (CCP). The issue has been the cessation of construction work on these projects as the Evergrande company wades its way through ÿ nancial turmoil. Mortgage holders have joined forces in protesting local and central governments which has resulted in the president’s o° ce calling on local o° cials to ensure these projects are completed and pressure going on State owned banks to ÿ nance the completion.

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unstable situation. The old theory that ‘if you are going to kick a tiger in the backside, you’d better have a good plan for dealing with its teeth’ comes to mind here and I’m not sure Pelosi, the third most powerful politician in the US, had completely ÿ gured out the teeth plan. Anything that increases tensions between China and the West is not likely to be positive for our exports in the medium term. On the positive side, the log inventory position is slowly reducing in China as supply drops out of NZ, demand is stable but not yet increasing and global supply is almost non-existent. One of the bigger issues in recent months has been vessel wait times in NZ ports which has added as much as $NZ18/m3 in cost. As supply drops and covid absenteeism tails o˝ in port operations, vessels are getting turned around faster resulting in lower freight rates and, in turn, increased at wharf gate (AWG) prices. There seems to be a reasonable amount of optimism amongst exporters in terms of pricing for the next quarter, which is encouraging, however we are unlikely to see a repeat of 2021 price spike. NZ supply isn’t likely to swing back into action for a while yet as the current A grade price of around $125/m3 isn’t going really going to set a forest owners’ pants on ÿ re, especially with the additional cost of fuel still taking a large bite out of the net return cake. And it’s wet, really wet. Winter is always a good excuse to complain about the weather, but this winter has been especially bad. It was perversely encouraging to hear the media report that we have just had the wettest July on record which made us feel better that our

So, all in all, August is a bit more positive than July – not that that would be hard. Summer is creeping closer by the day and markets are looking less negative. The light at the end of the tunnel is still shining, lets hope its Jennifer Anniston with a spotlight not Nancy Pelosi with a lit stick of dynamite.

movements not seen before, roads blown out and continual ˛ ooding and slips from land that is now super-saturated. In many of these forests we are having to completely change our way of thinking in terms of managing for 50-year rain events once a month. Carbon prices jumped back up over $80/NZU in mid-July following the governments’ proposed changes to the NZU auction price parameters. At the $80/NZU level, this gives around $2,200/ha/year in revenue on a carbon regime which gives some signiÿ cant optionality to farmers who have areas of marginal land. James Shaw has buckled under pressure from Iwi groups around the inclusion of exotics in the permanent carbon scheme and now radiata is back on the table as a permanent carbon species. Maybe the reality has set in that trying to establish native carbon forests at large scale in place of exotics is about as easy as holding onto the green party Domesticleadership.demand for pruned and unpruned sawlogs remains buoyant. Several mills, especially those that rely heavily on private supply, are sailing close to the wind in terms of log supply. This isn’t a factor of the logs being exported, moreover a result of the signiÿ cant drop in harvest levels. Demand for framing lumber continues to be very strong around the country, however, pruned mills are signaling a reasonable reduction in clearwood demand, speciÿ cally from the states, which supports the media reports of a sharp slowdown in residential construction in the USA due to spiraling construction costs (sound familiar?).

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In addition, a report by S&P Global Ratings highlights the expectation that China house prices will fall as much as 7% and sales will drop by 28 to 33 percent in 2022. This is all a bit untidy with the Communist Party elections in coming months but does show the level of pressure that homeowners are feeling in China at present. Throw into the mix the US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi’s one-woman crusade to Taiwan last week to basically ick the bird at Beijing on behalf of Uncle Sam and the CCP is probably losing its sense of humour. This is very unlikely to do anything but further destabilise an already very Outlook better... not great for log exports.

Last month I made the comment that there was some light at the end of the tunnel regarding increases in export log pricing. It appears that the tunnel is quite long and, although we have had a modest lift in pricing of around $10/JAS on average, and we are reasonably conÿ dent that the light isn’t a train, we’re not yet sure exactly what the light is.

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Footagesharedonsocialmedia showedahugefireballattheammunitiondepotand,laterintheday, plumesofsmokewereseenbillowing fromaRussianmilitaryairbasenear GvardeyskoyeincentralCrimea.

Withoutthekeyrailway connections,Russianforcesfacea four-hourroadtripfromtheirMaiske basetothecityofKherson—akey targetfortheanticipatedUkrainian counter-offensive. Kyivstoppedshortofpublicly claimingresponsibilityfortheblasts buttheapparentraidsarelikelyto fuelconcernsoverRussia’sabilityto defendCrimea,whichtheKremlin illegallyannexedin2014.

JamesRushton,amilitaryanalyst said:“It’sacontinuationofUkraine’s ongoingstrategytotargetRussian logisticscentres.It’salsoclearthere’s apsychologicalelementaswell— they’rehittingtheRussiansinareas theypreviouslythoughtweresafe.” Russianmediasourcesreported thatsabotagewasthelikelycauseof theblastsattheGvardeyskoyeair basewhichishometoSu-24M bomberjetsandSu-25SMwarplanes. Itisbelievedsmalldronescould havebeenusedforbothattacks.

“ThecontributionsfromtheUSto greenhousegasemissionsarehuge,” saidPrincetonUniversityclimate scientistGabrielVecchi.“Soreducing thatisdefinitelygoingtohaveaglobal impact.”

EliteUkraine unit‘behind explosions inCrimea’

Theattackcameaweekafter Moscow’sSakiairbasewasdevastatedbyaseriesofblaststhatdestroyedatleastadozenwarplanes. MykhailoPodolyak,anadviserto PresidentVolodymyrZelenskyy,said yesterday’sstrikeattheRussianmilitarybasewas“demilitarisationin action”.

WithUkrainianofficialshintingat specialforcesteamsoperatingdeep behindenemylines,theattacksshow theunconventionaltacticsbeing usedbyKyivtoleveltheplayingfield againstRussia.

USPresidentJoeBidensignsthe Democrats’landmarkclimate changeandhealthcarebill. Photo/AP

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2005levels,whichisstillshortofthe country’sgoalofcuttingemissionsin half.Analystsatthethink-tankRhodiumGroupcalculatedpollutioncuts of31percentto44percentfromthe newlaw. Otheranalystsandscientistssaid theClimateActionTrackernumbers makessense.

Theonlydirectrailwaylinefrom RussiatoCrimearunsthrough Azovske,whichwaslikelytohave beenusedasaloadingpointby Russianforces. ChrisOwen,amilitaryexpert,said: “It’sthereforepossiblethisexplosion severedoneofRussia’smainroutes intoCrimeaandsouthernUkraine.It willbeparticularlydifficulttofixit ifthereisscatteredunexplodedordnanceoverawidearea.”

SamanthaGross,directorofclimateandenergyattheBrookingsInstitution,calledthenewlawadown paymentonUSemissionreductions. “Nowthatthisisdone,theUScan celebratealittle,thenfocusonimplementationandwhatneedstohappennext,”Grosssaid. —AP

Massiveincentivesforcleanenergy intheUnitedStateslawsignedyesterdaybyPresidentJoeBidenshould reducefutureglobalwarming“nota lot,butnotinsignificantlyeither”,accordingtoaclimatescientistwholed anindependentanalysisofthepackage. EvenwithnearlyUS$375billion ($591b)intaxcreditsandotherfinancialenticementsforrenewableenergyinthelaw,theUSstillisn’tdoing itssharetohelptheworldstaywithin anotherfewtenthsofadegreeof warming,anewanalysisbyClimate ActionTrackersays.Thegroupof scientistsexaminesandrateseach country’sclimategoalsandactions. ItstillratesAmericanactionas“insufficient”buthailedsomeprogress. “Thisisthebiggestthingtohappen totheUSonclimatepolicy,”saidBill Hare,theAustralia-baseddirectorof ClimateAnalyticswhichputsoutthe tracker.“Whenyouthinkbackover thelastdecades,youknow,notwantingtobeimpolite,there’salotoftalk, butnotmuchaction.” Thisisaction,hesaid.Notasmuch asinEurope,andAmericansstill spewtwiceasmuchheat-trapping gasesperpersonasEuropeans,Hare said.TheUShasalsoputmoreheattrappinggasintotheairovertime thananyothernation. Beforethelaw,ClimateAction Trackercalculatedthatifeveryother nationmadeeffortssimilartothose oftheUS,itwouldleadtoaworld withcatastrophicwarming—3Cto4C abovepre-industrialtimes.Nowin thebestcasescenario,whichHare saidisreasonableandlikely,US actions,ifmimicked,wouldleadto only2Cofwarming.Ifthingsdon’t workquiteasoptimisticallyasHare thinks,itwouldbe3Cofwarming,the analysissaid. Eventhatbestcasescenariofalls shortoftheoverarchinginternationallyacceptedgoaloflimiting warmingto1.5Csincepre-industrial times.Andtheworldhasalready warmed1.1Csincethemid-19thcentury. Othernations“whoweknowhave beenholdingbackoncomingforwardwithmoreambitiouspolicies andtargets”arenowmorelikelyto takeactionina“significantspillover effectglobally”,Haresaid.Hesaid officialsfromChileandafew SoutheastAsiancountries,whichhe wouldnotname,toldhimthissummerthattheywerewaitingforUS actionfirst. AndChina“won’tsaythisoutloud, butIthinkwillseetheUSmoveas somethingtheyneedtomatch”,Hare said. ScientistsattheClimateAction Trackercalculatedthatwithoutany othernewclimatepolicies,UScarbon dioxideemissionsin2030willshrink to26percentto42percentbelow

Earlierthismonth,theKremlinwas forcedtomoveitsammunition dumpsdeeperintoCrimeaafter UkraineusedaUS-madeHimars rocketsystemtodestroya 40-carriagetraincarryingtroopsand weaponsasitarrivedinthesouthern Khersonregion. Thedepottargetedyesterday,in thevillageofMaiske,wasoutsidethe 80kmrangeoftheHimarssystem andRussiaprobablyconsidereditto beasafelocationforitscacheof weapons,expertssaid.

SmokerisesoverthesiteofanexplosionataRussianammunitionstoragefacilitynearMayskoye,Crimea.

Multipleblastsa ‘massiveblowto Russianlogistics’

“Areminder:Crimeaasanormal countryisabouttheBlackSea, mountains,recreationandtourism, butCrimeaoccupiedbyRussiansis aboutwarehouses,explosionsand highriskofdeathforinvadersand thieves,”hetweetedaftertheblasts. AndriyYermak,Zelenskyy’schief ofstaff,alsohintedatUkrainianinvolvementwithoutgivingconcrete confirmation.

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“Thearmedforceswillcontinue untilthecompletedeoccuptationof Ukrainianterritories...Crimeais Ukraine,”hewroteontheTelegram messagingapp. SergeiAksyonov,aleading RussianofficialinCrimea,saidabout 2000residentshadtofleefromthe villagenearthemunitionsdump wheretwopeoplehadbeeninjured.

NewUSclimatelegislationinsufficientbutprogress,scientistssay

Moscow’sDefenceMinistry claimedthefireatitsmilitarywarehousewastheresultofan“actof sabotage”. Russianstatemediareportedthat 10kmofrailwaylineandtwonearby stations—AzovskeandRozizd—were alsodamagedfollowingtheexplosion.

Photo/AP U krainianSpecialforces wereyesterdayreportedto beresponsibleforaseries ofexplosionsbehind RussianlinesinoccupiedCrimea. Blastsatanopen-airammunition dumpandanelectricalsub-stationin thenorthoftheoccupiedpeninsula weretheworkofanelitemilitaryunit, accordingtoaUkrainianofficialwho didnotwishtobenamed.

Westernanalystsdescribedthe blastsasa“massiveblowtoRussian logistics”asthesiteswerelinkedto arailwayusedbyMoscowto resupplyitsforcesinsouthern Ukraine.Kyivhasbeenhopingto changethedynamicofthewarby pushingRussiaontothebackfoot interritoryitconsideredsafeenough toencourage“patriotic”tourism.

Twolawyersandtwojournalistsare suingtheCIA,sayingtheagency violatedtheirconstitutionalrights whenitobtainedcopiesofthe contentsoftheirelectronicdevices andhelpedenabletherecordingof theirmeetingswithWikiLeaks founderJulianAssangeduringthe latterpartofhisseven-yearstayat theEcuadorianEmbassyinLondon. Theplaintiffsseekcompensatoryand punitivedamagesinalawsuitfiled onTuesdayinManhattanfederal court.NewYorklawyersMargaret RatnerKunstlerandDeborahHrbek, alongwithjournalistsJohnGoetz, wholivesinGermany,andCharles Glass,wholivesinEngland,alleged thattheCIAgottheinformation throughadealwithUCGlobal,a privatesecuritycompanythatwas basedinSpainandprovidedsecurity attheembassy.Theysaidtheillegal spyingmayhaveviolatedtherights ofover100Americanswhovisited Assangeattheembassy.TheCIA declinedtocomment.

Thefivechildren,aged4to16,had gatheredinthelocalcemetery,one ofthefewopenspacesinthe crowdedJebaliyarefugeecamp,on August7,hoursbeforeanEgyptianbrokeredceasefireendedthreedays ofheavyfighting.

theYuanWang-classshipsare operatedbytheStrategicSupport ForceofthePeople’sLiberation Army,andinrecentweekstheIndian mediahascalledthevessela“dualusespyship”. Beijingwasreportedlyangrythat theSriLankanForeignMinistry initiallygrantedpermissionforthe shiptodockbutthenaskedChinato “defer”thevisitinresponsetoIndian andUSobjections. Accordingtothe NikkeiAsia newspaper,Beijingallegedlywarned behindcloseddoorsofpossible economicramificationslinkedtothe restructuringofSriLanka’sdebt,as wellasongoingtalksforaUS$4billion ($6.3b)aidpackage.

Thecountryhasfacedeconomic andpoliticalcollapseinrecent monthsandisheavilydependenton bothChinaandIndiaforfinancialaid. Itgavethegreenlighttothesurvey vesselonSunday,reportedlyon conditionitwouldnotcarryout researchinSriLankanwaters. Indiahasrejectedclaimsit pressuredSriLankatodenythe vesselpermissiontodock,butNew DelhiisconcernedaboutChina’s growingfootprintontheisland, whichisheavilyindebtedtoBeijing’s BeltandRoadInitiative,inparticular overloansitincurredbuildingthe Hambantotaport.India’sfearsthat Chinacouldusetheport,nearthe mainAsia-Europeshippingroute,as amilitarybase,aresharedbytheUS anditsallies.

Reports:IsraelbehindGazastrike

A Palestinianhumanrights groupandanIsraelinewspaperreportedyesterday thatanexplosioninacemeterythatkilledfivePalestinianchildrenduringthelatestflare-upinGaza wascausedbyanIsraeliairstrikeand notanerrantPalestinianrocket. Itwasoneofanumberofblasts duringthefightingthatdidnotbear thetell-talesignsofanIsraeliF-16or dronestrike,andwhichtheIsraeli militarysaidmighthavebeencaused byrocketsmisfiredbythePalestinian IslamicJihadmilitantgroup.

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JillBidenhasCovid FirstladyJillBidenhastestedpositive forCovid-19andwasexperiencing “mildsymptoms,”theWhiteHouse announcedyesterday.UnitedStates PresidentJoeBidencontinuestotest negativeafterrecentlyrecovering fromthevirusbutwillwearamask indoorsfor10daysasaprecaution. TheBidenshavebeenonholidayin SouthCarolinasinceAugust10,and the71-year-oldfirstladybegan experiencingsymptomsonTuesday. JillBiden,likeherhusband,hasbeen twice-vaccinatedandtwice-boosted withthePfizer/BioNTechCovid-19 vaccine.Shehasbeenprescribedthe antiviraldrugPaxlovidandwill isolateforatleastfivedays.

IsraelimilitaryandPalestiniansourcessay childrenwerenotkilledbyerrantrocket

ChineseresearchshiptheYuanWang5arrivesinHambantotaInternationalPortinSriLanka. Ahigh-techChinesesurveillance vesseldockedinSriLankaon TuesdaydespiteconcernsfromIndia thattheshipcouldbeusedtospy onitsportsandmilitarybases. ThearrivaloftheYuanWang5,an advancedsatellite-trackingvessel,for anexpectedweek-longstayinthe Chinese-builtportofHambantotahas raisedtensionsinthearea.Indiaand Chinaarefightingforinfluencein bankruptSriLanka,whilefriction betweenWashingtonandBeijing continuesoverChineseclaimsto democraticallyruledTaiwan. Foreignsecurityanalystshave describedtheYuanWang5asone ofChina’smostadvancedspacetrackingships,usedtomonitor missilelaunches.ThePentagonsaid

MonkeypoxinIran Iranianauthoritiesyesterday announcedthefirstcaseof monkeypoxinthecountry,the officialIRNAnewsagencyreported. Thereportsaidhealthauthorities quarantineda34-year-oldwoman livinginthesouthwesterncityof Ahvaz.PedramPakaeen,Health Ministryspokesperson,saidthe patientandherfamilymembers informeddoctorsaftershedeveloped symptomsontheskinofherhands. Monkeypoxspreadswhenpeople haveclose,physicalcontactwithan infectedperson’slesions,their clothingorbedsheets.Mostpeople recoverfrommonkeypoxwithout needingtreatment,butthelesions canbeextremelypainful.More severecasescanresultin complicationsincludingbrain inflammationanddeath.Globally, therehavebeenmorethan31,000 casesofmonkeypoxreportedin nearly90countries.Lastmonth,the WorldHealthOrganisationdeclared theoutbreaktobeaglobal emergency. Infectionsinpets Healthofficialsarewarningpeople whoareinfectedwithmonkeypoxto stayawayfromhouseholdpets,since theanimalscouldbeatriskof catchingthevirus.TheCentresfor DiseaseControlandPreventionfor monthshashadtheadviceinplace asmonkeypoxspreadsintheUS.But itgainednewattentionafterareport fromFrance,publishedlastweekin themedicaljournal Lancet,aboutan Italiangreyhoundthatcaughtthe virus.Thedogbelongstoacouple whosaidtheysleepalongsidethe animal.Monkeypoxinfectionshave beendetectedinrodentsandother wildanimals,whichcanspreadthe virustohumans.Buttheauthors calleditthefirstreportofmonkeypox infectioninadomesticatedanimal likeadogorcat.Petsthatcomein closecontactwithasymptomatic personshouldbekeptathomeand awayfromotheranimalsandpeople for21daysafterthemostrecent contact,theCDCadvises.

Chinese‘spyship’docks inSriLankanport

Residentssaidaprojectilefellfrom theairandexplodedinthecemetery. WhenAPvisitedthesite,itsawnone oftheusualsignsofanairstrikeby anIsraeliF-16ordrone,addingto suspicionstheblastwascausedby anerrantrocket.BoththeIsraeli militaryandPalestinianrightsgroups saidatthetimethattheywerestill investigatingtheblast. Yesterday,theGaza-basedPalestinianCentreforHumanRightssaid itsinvestigationofshrapnelandother evidenceledittoconcludetheblast wascausedbyanIsraeliairstrike. “Thiswasamissilefiredfroman Israeliaircraft,”saidRajiSourani,the directorofthegroup,ashedisplayed picturesofwhathesaidwasafragmentshowingthemissile’sserial number. Israel’s Haaretz newspaper,meanwhile,citedunnamedIsraelidefence officialsassayingthemilitary’sinvestigationhadconcludedthatthefive werekilledbyanIsraelistrike.Asked aboutthe Haaretz story,themilitary saiditwasstillexaminingtheevent. Itsaidthatthroughoutthethelatest roundoffighting,ithadtargeted militantinfrastructureand“made everyfeasibleefforttominimise,as muchaspossible,harmtocivilians andcivilianproperty”. ThelatestfightinginGazabegan withawaveofIsraeliairstrikeson August5thatkilledaseniorIslamic Jihadcommanderaswellasseveral civilians.Israelsaiditwasresponding toanimminentthreatdaysafterthe arrestofaseniorIslamicJihadleader intheoccupiedWestBank. Overthenextthreedays,Israel carriedoutdozensofairstrikes. IslamicJihadfiredabout1100rockets atIsrael. Hamas,alargerandmoremilitarily advancedgroupthathasruledGaza since2007,satoutthisroundof fightingapparentlyinordertomaintainunderstandingswithIsraelthat haveledtoaneasingofablockade imposedbyIsraelandEgypt.Israel andHamashavefoughtfourwars andseveralsmallerskirmishesover thepast15years. Atotalof49Palestinianswere killedinthelatestfighting,including 17children.Palestinianrightsgroups sayatleast36werekilledinIsraeli airstrikes,withinvestigationsstill underwayintothedeathsof13others. NoIsraeliswerekilledorseriously wounded. TheIsraelimilitarysaidearly estimatesshowedthatatleast20of thosekilledweremilitants,andthat 14peoplewerekilledbyerrant IslamicJihadrocketfire.Thatcount didnotincludethefivekilledinthe Jebaliyacemetery.

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Turkeyairstrike Turkeycarriedoutanairstrikein northernSyrianearitsborder yesterdaykillingatleast11people, includingSyriangovernment soldiers,anoppositionwarmonitor andaKurdishmediaoutletsaid.The attackhappenedjustwestofthe northerntownofKobaniandcomes amidtensionsinnorthernSyria betweenUS-backedKurdishfighters andTurkey-backedopposition gunmen.Syrianstatemediaquoted anunnamedmilitaryofficialas sayingthattheTurkishairstrikes killedthreesoldiersandwoundedsix. TheofficialsaidSyriantroops retaliatedbytargetingTurkishArmy positionsandthoseofTurkey-backed oppositionfighters.HawarNews,the newsagencyforthesemiautonomousKurdishareasinSyria, reportedthat16Syriansoldierswere killed,whileanotherKurdishnews agency,NorthPressAgency,said22 soldierswerekilled.Discrepanciesin casualtyfiguresimmediatelyafter attacksarenotuncommoninSyria. Assangelawsuit

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These have become more popular, with some intriguingly coloured forms with dark, fern-like foliage coming from New Zealand breeder Keith Hammett. There are a couple of slight variations on the single form - anemone centred types with quilled petaloid stamen in the centre of each flower usually in a contrasting colour. For example, red petals around the outside set off by bright golden center. The collarette type is slightly different - the stamen are surrounded by small flat ray of petals, again mainly of a contrasting colour. Cactus dahlias are also very popular, with fully doubled flowers, each petal being very narrow and often curving inwards. These range in size from moderately small right through to giant exhibition size. These are very good garden flowers and perform well in the vase.Perhaps the strangest of the forms is the orchid dahlia, which has a low number of narrow petals surrounding the central boss of stamen. I have seen brightly coloured forms, which look very natural and attractive, but there are also some very oddlooking extremely dark types too. Not the sort for everyone. As the wild species all these plants descend from comes from Central America, it will come as no surprise as to what conditions they will thrive under. They prefer full sun, well-drained soil, and good fertility as well. The usual method of propagation is division of the tubers over winter. The ideal time to plant out is the start of spring so perhaps about Labour Weekend in our conditions.

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Gardening is like any other human pursuit - it is subject to trends. The recent fashion for native plants has meant that many gardens no longer have extensive flower beds. That has meant that plants once ubiquitous have become less popular overtime. There was a time when every garden had either a pathway lined with standard roses or a bed especially dedicated to the cultivation of what was then called the “Queen of flowers”. That is no longer the case. That is especially true for once popular perennial plants that had enthusiastic societies of supporters. Now of course it’s daffodils that are in the forefront of our mind. I can easily remember when there were large numbers of exhibitors in the spring flower shop, and rows and rows of golden daffodils. That’s a distant memory now. The same applies to other oncepopular perennials including irises and chrysanthemums.Butoneperennial [strictly speaking it’s a tuber] is making a bit of a comeback - the dahlia. Once one of the most popular of flowers for summer borders, and a very popular show flower, the dahlia slipped away and out of favour. That has all changed and there there’s a noticeable upswing in the number of people looking to plant this summer flowering daisy, both for its use in the garden but also for its value as a cut flower for the house. There very many kinds of dahlia. There are very large decorative blooms that are largely grown for exhibition, the flowers sometimes larger than a dinner plate. The biggest are not so popular for use in the garden, but the smaller varieties are among the most popular in the garden, their double flowers with broad petals making them very appealing. Waterlily types are similar, except they are not so fully doubled, and the flowers appear to be flatter. At the other end of the scale there are tiny pom pom flowers no more than about 40 centimetres across shaped like a perfect ball of quilled petals. Those with a similar shape but a little bigger are called ball dahlias. There are many other forms, starting with single flowered types which look much like the original wild species from Central America.

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I like to leave ours in the soil, which means they tend to flower a little earlier, but you can expect flowers from about Christmas to Anzac Day. This year’s weather had meant the flowers lasted a lot longer than usual. I have been out in the garden digging up some tubers at the request of my son and his wife. She photographed the flowers she was interested in over summer, then showed them to me. It included a special variety I got from Dr Hammett a few years ago - it bears my son’s name. Her list also included an odd variety that popped up as a seedling in our garden, with a strange mix of salmon and mauve flowers, as well as a dark red and a single from Hammett. If you are keen, you can take cuttings from dahlias when they are growing strongly over summer. It is a good way to quickly increase any varieties you are especially keen on and want to bulk up.

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FLASHBACK: England’s Ben Stokes, centre, celebrates New Zealand Ross Taylor’s runout during a group match of the 2019 World Cup at Chester-le-Street, England.

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Former Black Caps captain Ross Taylor has revealed that New Zealand Cricket missed a chance to recruit a teenage Ben Stokes after Taylor spotted his raw talent while playing county cricket. Taylor, writing in his new book, Ross Taylor: Black & White, recalls playing with the future England superstar at Durham in 2010 and trying to facilitate a shift back to his country of birth. Stokes, England’s current test captain and long-rated as one of the best all-rounders in world cricket, was raised in New Zealand before moving to Britain aged 12 to settle in Cumbria where his father was offered a job as a rugby league coach. Taylor believes there was a window of opportunity to poach Stokes while his New Zealand roots were still laid bare.“He was 18 or 19 and very much a “OverKiwi.aGuinness, I asked him if he wanted to come and play in New Zealand. He was keen, so I sent a message to New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan, saying this guy Stokes was a really good young cricketer and interested in playing for NewTaylorZealand.”goes on to say that Vaughan might not have held the young Stokes in as high regard as himself and made no major moves to secure him.“Vaughan replied along the lines that he could start playing domestic cricket and we would see where it went. “I went back saying we would have to offer him more than that because he wouldn’t be interested if it meant starting on the bottom rung of the ladder. “Obviously it didn’t come to anything.“Benwas sincere about playing for New Zealand but NZC would had to have acted swiftly and decisively and given him some pretty solid assurances, which Vaughan clearly wasn’t prepared to do.”At the end of what was an impressive debut season for Durham in 2010, Stokes was selected for England’s Performance Programme — a pathway to international cricket for promising young players — and made his ODI debut in August 2011 as a 20-year-old.The2019 ODI World Cup became the most poignant reminder of this missed opportunity as Stokes produced a manof-the-match performance to help England claim the tournament trophy, and break the hearts of scores of Black Caps fans. Just months later, Stokes was officially nominated for the New Zealander of the Year awards — another slap in the face for cricket-loving Kiwis — though it seemed he retained the humility of his Cantabrian roots as he swiftly turned it down and withdrew from the voting process.Finally, in April this year, Stokes achieved a first for the England test team that still looks like a faraway prospect on home shores — he became the side’s first Maori captain. While most Black Caps fans have only been able to dream of the idea of Stokes batting and bowling alongside the likes of Kane Williamson, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Vettori, Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor did more than that, but was left with the empty idea of what could have been. – NZME

FLASHBACK: NZ-born Ben Stokes batting for the England Lions in a oneday match against Sri Lanka A in 2011 at Northampton.

The PGA Tour has replaced three LIV Golf defectors with four players on the Players Advisory Council, the 16-player — now 17-player — panel that advises the policy board on tour issues. Graeme McDowell, Brooks Koepka, and Paul Casey have all signed with LIV Golf and were suspended by the PGA Tour. Max Homa and Brandt Snedeker replaced McDowell and Koepka. In a separate election, Keith Mitchell and Kevin Streelman tied. Both were added to the StreelmanPAC.is the only one of the four with previous PAC experience. He was a co-chair in 2016 and then spent the following three years on the board as a player-director. There are 11 oﬃcial tournaments remaining on the PGA Tour schedule this year. BMW on the move

The BMW Championship has the distinction as the only FedEx Cup playoﬀ event that moves around. The host Western Golf Association is going to some familiar spots. WGA oﬃcials announced Tuesday that it will return to Caves Valley outside Baltimore in 2025, and then return to Bellerive outside St. Louis in 2026.Next year it goes back to Olympia Fields south of Chicago, followed by Castle Pines in the Denver area in 2024. Bellerive most recently hosted the PGA Championship in 2018 won by Brooks Koepka. - AP

GOLF ROUND˜UP Irish player Rory McIlroy doesn’t watch a lot of video highlights of himself, even in good tournaments. He does more inspecting than reviewing. McIlroy was asked last week how much he uses video on the internet as a teaching tool, and he said he has gotten away from it. He would watch Tiger Woods from the early 2000s, but that was of little value because their bodies, the length of their arms, everything is diﬀerent. “I don’t like looking at my swing too much, either, because I’ll just start picking it apart, and I’ll be too perfectionist with it,” McIlroy“Honestly,said. I don’t even like watching my highlights anymore because I’ll start picking my swing apart. I don’t think it does me any good. “So I’ve tried to steer away from looking at a lot of swings on video.”

McIlroy: Too many swing thoughts won’t do the trick

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Masterton KIRSTEN HEWITT Thursday, August 11: Competition stableford: 1 Nuki Gordon 42, 2 Ash Peterson 39, 3 Hugh Blundell 36, 4 Brad Chittick 36, 5 Geoff Masters 35. Saturday, August 13: Club Day, par round: 1 Mike Falloon +5, 2 John Dalziell +3, 3 Pete Jackson +1, 4 Sean Rudman +1, 5 Lorraine Inglis +1, 6 James CrawleyMonday,+1. August 15: Vets stableford: 1 Phillip Ferguson 19, 2 Ross Dymond 19, 3 Murray Schofield 19, 4 Isobelle Weaver 17, 5 James Brunton 17, 6 Larry Ashmore 16, 7 Tony Roseingrave 16.Tuesday, August 16: Competition Home Pennants, stableford: 1 Jenni Johnston 40, 2 Nicky Davidson 37, 3 Jo Philips 37, 4 Anne Smith 36, 5 Lorraine Inglis 36, 6 Lorraine Stewart 36 7 Elizabeth Brown 36. Marquis Shield report for final round 2022 Pahiatua Golf Club presented a perfect course for the final round of the Marquis Shield last Sunday where Masterton were up against Martinborough who came into the round in first-equal place with Eketahuna and Pahiatua. Martinborough needed points and Masterton were set on denying them. Sam Forrester, Luke Lange, Carl Backhouse, Ray Verhaart and Matt Sale had singles wins and Tony Rowntree and Gordon Crawley halved their matches. That gave the teams six points apiece. But in the fourball matches we went down 2-4 with the pairings of Harry Quinn with Gordon Crawley and Ray Verhaart with Benny Marriot recording the only victories. That gave Martinborough 10 points in the season long race for the Marquis Shield and gave them the victory by half a point over Pahiatua who gathered 9.5 points. in their clash with Eketahuna. That half-point winning margin is the closest in decades and with four of the other five clubs being within seven points of the winner, it highlighted how eagerly contested this competition is. “Off the Stick” we had four wins to Sam, Carl, Ray and Matt with Tony and Reece Hannam halving their matches. All was not lost though. The Intermediate Team has performed very consistently all season and that consistency gave us an outright win of the Intermediate Cup, a division where we had tied for first last year.Other trophies were won by Eketahuna – the 4 Ball Competition. Carterton won the Senior division and Martinborough won the Sutherland Trophy for Junior divisionCovidcompetition.andpoor weather meant the 2022 season was drawn out but the 72nd playing of the Marquis Shield tournament ended on a brilliant day at a well-presented course. We did not bring home the bacon but neither did we bring home the spoon – that rests with Mahunga. – Harry Quinn, coordinator.

Golfers visit Carterton course

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Carterton NATASHA KYD Our 13 Friday Elevenses had a nice day out. Results: Ron O’Neal 22 points, Murray Smith 21, Peter Bain 21, Ian Brinkworth 20, Don Kinnell 20. Saturday’s club day welcomed many visitors again. The 18hole women played a par round. Results: Lesly Sadler -3, Val Edwards -5, and Jenny Harris -8. Nearest the pin: Lesley Sadler. The 18-hole men played a nett round. Results: Lance Sayer 69 on countback from Nic Craig, Don Kinnell 70, Mark Bebbington 70, Ross Collings 71. Best gross: Ross Collings 72. Nearest the pin: Stu Oliver. Twos: Tam Slaven, David Wills and James O’Connor. Ants Gibbons also shot an eagle. The nine-holers played a stableford round over the front nine. Results: Andy Gibson 20 points, Wayne Buck 17, Bev Todd 16, Craige Burt 16, Megan Gibson 12. On Sunday, it was the ﬁnal round of the 2022 Marquis Shield played at Pahiatua Golf Club. Leading into Sunday, our senior team had a 1½ point advantage for the Workman Cup and the club sat in sixth place. Coming out of the ﬁnal round, we placed fourth overall and the seniors got a 3-1 win over Mahunga to lift the cup for our 14th time. Well done to all of those who were part of the team this season.

Rory McIlroy doesn’t like to clutter his mind.

“Ihadtheprivilegeofmovingto Irelandasasupportiverugbywife andIneverexpectedyearslaterto bearugbyinternational. “IdrovetoDublinfromGalway threetimesaweekeveryweekjust togototraining. “Tofinallyachievemyfirstcapin 15sinFlorenceandthenthesame yeartoachievemysevenscap,I wouldn’thavegotthereifIdidn’t havethatdrive. “Youwouldwanttobeagood personbeforetheplayer.Iwould wanttoberememberedassomeone whonevergaveup.

SeneNaoupu shiftedto Irelandto supporther husbandand endedup playing48tests forheradopted nation. Photo/Photosport

Shemadehertestdebutin2015, winningtheSixNationswithIreland, wasnamedRugbyWritersPlayerof theYearandtheRugbyPlayers IrelandPlayeroftheYearin2016,and playedatthe2017WorldCup. Naoupu,whoselasttestwas againstScotlandintheSixNations earlierthisyear,alsogottocaptain IrelandatTwickenhamin2018. “Unfortunately,itwasbecauseour captain[CiaraGriffin]wasinjuredso Isteppedin.It’sprobablyoneofmy favouritegamestodate. “Wedidn’twinitbutthewaywe cametogetherandtheopportunityI

—ODT Fozzforforeseeablefuture

FormerIrelandcoachnowAll BlacksselectorandanalystJoe Schmidtwillbegivenanexpanded rolewiththeteam.

IanFosterwillremainasAllBlacksheadcoachintherunuptothe2023RugbyWorldCup.

Accidentalinternationalendshersurprisetestrugbycareer

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HesaidhehadhiseyesonSchmidt forsometime,andithadnowbeen decidedtomovehim“outofthe computerroomandactuallyputhim ontheparkabitmore”. Fostersaiditwasaprivilegetobe inthejobanditwasneversomething hetookforgranted. “Wealsoknowyou’vegottobein thehereandnowandourgoalisto workonperformanceand improvement.” Hesaidhedidnotthinkhewas hungouttodry,butsomeofthe issueswereself-inflictedbecausethe teamhewascoachingdidn’tgetsome ofthewinstheywerehopingto. “WeliveintherealworldandI’m underpressuretoperform,so,Idon’t mindthat.” —RNZ

hadtoremindthegirlsbeforethe gamethatworld-classathleticism wasinourDNA,wehadwhatittakes toplayagainstthebest...thatgame confirmedthat. “Iwasgoingtoholdonandtryto earntwomoreforthe50[cap milestone]butIwouldhavedoneit forthewrongreasons.That’swhyI’m atpeacetogonow. “Liketheothergirls,I’vededicated myheartandsoultoservetheteam inthegreenjerseyandIconsiderit aprivilegethatIgettoretireonmy ownterms.” Naoupu,whohaspreviously spokenaboutherbattlewith anorexiaasayoungwoman,has becomeaninfluentialfigureinher sport. Shehasbeenaprominentvoice fortheprogressofwomen’srugby,in particular. AnappointmenttoWorldRugby’s women’sadvisorycommitteelast yearwasfollowedbyherbeing namedheadofstrategicprojectsand researchfortheInternationalRugby Playersgroup. Ifthatisnotenough,Naoupuhas alsobeenadirectorforBodyWhys, acharityestablishedtohelppeople witheatingdisorders,andhasbeen undertakingdoctorateresearchat DublinCityUniversity.

However,Foster’sjobhadcome underscrutinyfollowingarunoffive defeatsfromtheirlastsevengames, withNZRbossMarkRobinson refusingtobackFosteraftertheAll BlacksvictoryinJohannesburg. Atyesterday’spressconference NZRBoardchairStewartMitchellsaid theAllBlackswinonSaturdaywas “magnificent“. Performancewasanongoing conversationanditwasagreedwith Fosteratthebeginningoftheyearto doathoroughdebriefatthistime, Mitchellsaid. “Doingthisagainstthebackdropof theresultsandthemediascrutiny, overlayingwithpeople’s employmentbeingmanagedinreal time,however,hasbeenhugely challenging.”

Photos/JedBradley Schmidtelevatedas AllBlackstweak theircoachingtrio

“Itwasnevertoolatetoachieve thedream.ImovedovertoIreland asarugbywifebutIknewIwasn’t done[playing]butIwasn’t guaranteedtomakeit.” Naoupu(neeFanene)grewupin Oamaruandcutherrugbyteethwith OtagoUniversityandtheOtagoSpirit. Themidfielderdreamedofbeing aBlackFernbutswitchedher allegianceaftermovingtoIreland.

AnOamarurugbyidentityturned belovedIrishplayerishangingupthe boots. SeneNaoupuhasannouncedher retirementfromtheinternational gameafter48appearancesinthe greenjersey. Theeffervescent38-year-old movedtoIrelandwithherhusband, formerHighlanderslooseforward GeorgeNaoupu,in2009. “Itissurreal,”shesaidina statement.

TheAllBlacksproducedoneofthe bestperformancesinrecenttimesto upsettheSpringboksatEllisParklast Sunday.

Fosterprovidedmanagementwith hisownrecommendationsaboutthe coachingstaff,hesaid,andtheboard hadunanimouslyagreedFosterand thiscoachinggroupweretheright peopletotaketheAllBlacksthrough totheWorldCupnextyear. Thedecisionhadalsobeen privatelyandpubliclyvalidatedwith theplayers,hesaid. Schmidt’sexpandedrolecomesas aresultofhispositiveimpactover thepasttwoweeks,hesaid. ForwardscoachJasonRyanalso hadasimilarlypositiveimpactin SouthAfricainhistwoweeksinthe role,Mitchellsaid.

A llBlackscoachIanFoster willtaketheAllBlacks throughtothe2023Rugby WorldCup,theNZRugby Boardhasannouncedafterareview ofperformance.

“We’reveryexcitedaboutthe potentialofthisincredible,capable andexperiencedcoachingtriogoing forward.” Thefeverpitchtheconversation hadreachedattimesputunfair pressureonbothFosterand Robinson,hesaid. “Havewegoteverythingright? Possiblynot,butit’snotthrougha lackofcare...wewilltakeany learningswithus,weknowweneed toholdourselvestothesame standardsaswedoourteamsin black.” Robinsonsaidtherewereafew thingsthatcouldhavebeendone betterinrecentweeks,but“Idon’t thinkanyonecandoubtthepower ofthisorganisationandteamwhen wewitnessaresultlikewedidin Johannesburgovertheweekend. “Toseethemfightthewaythey didisjustsomethingwe’re magnificentlyproudof.” Despitespeculationinthemedia andelsewhere,thedebriefyesterday hadbeensetdownforsometime,he said. “Iguesstherealityoftheother situationwe’refacingiswe’retwo weeksintothissetupofnew coaches.” Schmidtwasaworld-classcoach andtheteambelievedhewouldbring enormousvalue,Robinsonsaid. “Atnostagedoweeverlosecare forourpeopledespitesomeofthe commentarygoingon,weneverlost sightofthecareforthegamewehave andresponsibilitywehavetomaking suretheAllBlacksarethebest possibleteamtheycanbeand ultimatelywherewewantthemtobe isthebestteamintheworld.” Fostersaidhewasdelightedto havethesupportoftheboard. “Iexpecttobegrilledinthatspace andsooverthelastmonthwe’vehad alotofconversationsabouthowwe cangrowourorganisationsandget theperformancethatwewantonthe park. “Wehavemadesomechangesand we’recontinuingtokeepevaluating inourgroup...andreallydelighted withwherewe’vegottofromtoday onwards.”

RUGBY NZRchiefMarkRobinson

OfallthelossesEvertonhave suffered,thedepartureofGordon wouldstingthemost—hencethe club’srefusaltoentertainthe£45 millionbidthatwaslodgedby Chelseathisweek.

“Hehasfireinhisbelly,”Everton’s under-21coach,PaulTait,told TelegraphSport lastmonth,observing theirrepressibleriseofhisformer chargeandexcitedbywhatcomes next. “Anthonyhasalwayswantedthat kindofresponsibility.”

“Whathewasmissinginhisteens wasthepowerandsize,”Tait,who hascoachedGordonsincehewasat under-15,added. “Hewasalatedeveloper.Weknew wehadtowaitforhimphysically.But Ithinkthathashelped.Hehadto workextrahardtohaveanimpact andsurviveingames. “Evenintheagegroupsof15and 16,someladsarelikemen—welldevelopedphysically.Itcanbehard forthelatedeveloper. “SomeplayersgettothatPremier Leaguelevelat17or18,andforothers itneedsacoupleofloanspellsand theyarereadyat22or23.

Does any club want Ronaldo?

icharlisonisgone,Dominic Calvert-Lewinisoutuntil October,andnowAnthony

“WhenRossBarkleywascoming throughhere,hehadthephysical developmentearly. “Hewasrunningthroughpeople aged14.Anthonyhadthetechnical abilitybutcouldnotdothat,soother partsofhisgamedeveloped. “Everyoneattheclubknewthe typeofplayerAnthonycouldbe.It wasamatterofpatience.The messagewas,‘Lethimgrowandlet himmature’.

EriktenHagwillallowCristiano RonaldotoleaveManchesterUnited thissummer,butonlyiftheforward canfindaclubtobuyhim. TheUnitedmanagerwillnotstand inRonaldo’swayashetriestoforce hiswayoutofOldTrafford,although nooffershavebeenreceivedforthe Portuguesestrikerdespitehisagent, JorgeMendes,tryingtointerest ChampionsLeagueclubsaround Europe. Unitedaregrowingincreasingly exasperatedbythesituationgiven thatRonaldocannotgounlessthere isabuyer.Thereisasensethatthe

AnthonyGordon’sframehascaughtupwithhisgame,makinghimhot

—TelegraphGroupUK

Target of death threats wants league and Instagram to step up

propertyforEverton. Photo/Photosport

TenHag’spositionhasbeen consistentsincehetookoverat United:hehaswantedRonaldoto stay,reasoningthatitwasdifficultto replacehisgoalthreatinateamwho needimprovinginotherareas,while makingitclearthattheforwardhad tofitintohisstyleofplayandaccept thathemightnotalwaysbeselected, givenhisage.However,TenHag wouldnotblockasuitabledeal. ThereisdismayatRonaldo’s behavioursincehereturnedtothe squad,havingbeengrantedtimeoff forpersonalreasons,whichmeanthe missedUnited’spre-seasontour. Ronaldohasmadenosecretofthe factthathewantstoleave,andafter suchapoorstarttotheseasonand withtheclubunderpressure,thatis nothelpingmorale. Earlierinthesummer,Mendes heldtalkswithChelseaco-ownerand actingsportingdirectorToddBoehly, buttheLondonclubdidnotpursue adeal,withheadcoachThomas Tuchelinsistentthattheyshould focusonothertargets.Mendesalso spoketoGermanchampionsBayern Munich—whosimilarlydecided againstmakingamove—anda numberofotherleadingclubs. Unitedarealsowaitingtosee whetherParisSt-Germainfollowup talkslastweekwithMarcus Rashford’sbrotherDwaine,whoalso representshim,withaformaloffer. However,theydonotintendtolet the24-year-oldleave.

“Whenhewascominghereasa schoolboy,hewouldnevermiss training,nomatterhowbigthe commitmentofgettingheresixdays aweek. “Hismumwasunbelievably supportiveandyouknewAnthony wouldalwaysbethere,wantingtoget better.” Taitthinksoneofthereasons Gordonseizedhischancelastyear isbecausethepathtostardomhas notbeenwithoutsetbacks, establishinghisfirst-teamstatus takinglongerthananticipated. “HehasalwayshadPremier League-qualityattributes—the acceleration,themovementandhigh technicallevel.

Gordon,afterall,hasgonefrom wannabestartertoEverton’stalisman inlessthanayear,thegreatScouse hopechargedwithensuringtheclub avoidanotherseasonofstruggle.The earlysignshavebeenominous,with twodefeatsfromtwo,butGordon— abornandbredBlue—willnotshirk theburdenofexpectation.

FrankLampardisdesperatefor Gordontostay,andseesalittleof himselfinayoungwingerwhotreats everytrainingsessionlikehisand Everton’sfutureisatstake.

FOOTBALL Jason Burt of the Telegraph

“Hehasshownalotofresilience dealingwiththeupsanddownsthe gamethrowsatyou.Itisnotalways asmoothcareer.Anthonywasflying asafirst-yearscholar,scoring20 goalsasa16-year-old.Herealisedhe wasagoodplayer.So,thequestion was,‘What’snext?’Whenhewenton loantoPreston,itwasnotasuccess. Hewouldhaveexpectedtowalkinto theteam.Itdidn’thappen,butit helpedhimgrowonandoffthepitch. Itputevenmorefireinhisbelly.Now hehasthephysicalstature,thepace standsoutmost.Hisspeedlastseason wasfrightening.” Taitalsonotedanotherkey developmentinGordon’sgame. “Therehasbeenapsychological change,”hesaid.“Anthonycouldbe atypicalteenager—quitemoodyand gettingthehumpifthingsdidn’tgo hisway.Buthehasbeenguidedin therightway.Thewayheapplies himselfonandofftheparkisofan elitelevel.Therewasagameat Tottenhamawaylastseasonwhenhe sprintedbackintohisownpenalty areatoregainpossession. “Hewasnotdoingthatat15.He wasthinkingsolelyasafrontplayer. Hehasmaturedsomuchand embracedwhatthegameisabout.” Now21,Gordonisnolongeran academygraduatefindinghisway. Instead,hehasbeenaskedtolead fromthefrontasEvertontrytoavoid anotherrelegationbattle. Hehasstartedbothoftheirgames thisseason—theopeningdaydefeat byChelsea,andthe2-1reverseat AstonVillalastweekend—asa notionalcentre-forward,butclearly haslicencetoroam. Eitherway,Gordonwillthriveon theresponsibility—andagoodjob, givenathirddefeatbyNottingham ForestonSundayreallywouldsend tremorsofapprehensionthrough GoodisonPark. “Localladsusuallyfindsomething within,”Taitsaid.“I’maGeordie,but Icanseeitisdefinitelyculturalwithin theLiverpoolmentality.Iseeitin Anthony,andIcallitScousepower.”

Manchester Unitedare willingtolet Cristiano Ronaldoleave —butnotfor free. Photo/AP

www.age.co.nz Thursday, August 18, 2022 SPORT/WEATHER 43 WAIRARAPA WEATHER high low warm cold occluded stationary H L metservice.com For the latest weather information, including Weather Warnings • CASTLEPOINT • CAPE PALLISER MASTERTON WIND km/h<3030-5960+ CASTLEPOINT TI D ES + SU N , M OON & FIS H IN G TARARUA FOREST PARK Dannevirke Palmerston North ParaparaumuWellington Featherston R EA D IN GS AT 6 PM Y ESTERRainfallDAY mm Wind km/h ET NgawiCastlepointMasterton Av. past 7 days Gust to 6pmmaxmin grassmin -1m210 Tides: © Copyright OceanFun Publishing, Ltd Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa www.ofu.co.nz am pm369369noon Aug Saturday20 am pm369369noon Aug Friday19 am pm369369noon Aug Thursday18 -1MRESTE012 LakeCastlepointRiversdaleFerry LakeCastlepointRiversdaleFerry LakeCastlepointRiversdaleFerryLH 10:11am10:39pm4:02am4:25pm LH 10:14am10:44pm4:04am4:28pm LH 10:06am10:34pm3:57am4:20pm LH 11:02am11:30pm4:51am5:18pm LH 11:06am11:36pm4:54am5:23pm LH 10:57am11:25pm4:46am5:13pm LH 11:53am5:40am 6:12pm LH 11:58am5:44am 6:17pm LH 11:48am5:35am 6:07pm BadGoodGood Set 11:11 am Rise 1:40 am Set 10:40 am Rise 12:35 amSet 10:13 am Set 5:41 pm Rise 7:01 am Set 5:40 pm Rise 7:02 am Set 5:39 pm Rise 7:04 am Sun - Moon - Tides - Fishing Castlepoint tide height and movement ©Copyright OceanFun Publishing Ltd www.ofu.co.nz Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa am pm369369noon Aug Saturday20 am pm369369noon Aug Friday19 am pm369369noon Aug Thursday18 21MRESTE BadGoodGood Set 11:11 am Rise 1:40 am Set 10:40 am Rise 12:35 amSet 10:13 am Set 5:41 pm Rise 7:01 am Set 5:40 pm Rise 7:02 am Set 5:39 pm Rise 7:04 am Sun - Moon - Tides - Fishing Castlepoint tide height and movement TO D AY AU G 18 TOMORROW AU G 19 SAT UR D AY, AU G 20 fine mainlyfine fog cloudy showersfew drizzle showers rain isolatedthunderclearingdrizzle thunderhailflurriessnow snow today’smax 15 overnightmin 6 swell (m) eg: SW 1m 1 TO DAY max 19 Occasional rain. Northerlies. TO DAY AT A G LANCE Occasional rain.Northerlies.morningmin14 max 20SAT morning min 10 max 18 Partly Northwesterlies.chancecloudy,shower. SUN TH E S ITUATION A warm moist north to northeasterly flow, with embedded fronts, covers New Zealand. Today: Occasional rain, more persistent about the ranges. Northerlies. Tomorrow: Occasional rain, persistent and heavy about the ranges until afternoon. Northerlies. Saturday: Occasional rain. Northerlies. Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with isolated showers. Northwesterlies, becoming fresh. WAIRARAPA REG IONAL FORECAST N EW Z EALAN D TODAY Auckland rain1815 Hamilton rain1815 Tauranga rain1815 Gisborne showers1915 New Plymouth rain1714 Blenheim rain1712 Christchurch rain14 8 Timaru rain13 5 Queenstown rain13 3 Dunedin rain14 8 time wind/gustsea swell 9am NE 19/24ktmoderateNE 1.2m 3pm NE 19ktmoderateNE 1.4m 9pm NE 20/25ktmoderateNE 1.4m 3amN 13ktslightNE 1.4m 9amNW 18/27ktmoderateNE 1.3m 3pmNE 6ktslightNE 1.0m 9pmNE 6ktslightNE 0.8m CASTLEPOINT COAST FORECAST SwellMap.co.nz Today Tomorrow time wind/gustsea swell 9am E 13ktslightSE 0.8m 3pm E 11ktslightE 0.8m 9pm E 9ktslightE 0.8m 3amNW 16/25ktmoderateW 0.8m 9amNW 6ktslightNW 0.8m 3pmNW 14ktslightW 0.6m 9pmN 16/25ktmoderateW 0.5m PALLISER COAST FORECAST SwellMap.co.nz Today Tomorrow 1.5 1 1.5 1 © Meteorological Service of NZ Limited 2022 Tomorrow Mountain weather hazards: Rain, Wind. Rain, with heavy falls until afternoon. Wind 1000m and above: NW severe gale 110 km/h easing to gale 75 km/h in the morning. Freezing level: Above 3000m. Today Mountain weather hazards: Rain, Wind. Heavy rain. Wind 1000m and above: NW severe gale 120 km/h. Freezing level: Above 3000m. 16 14 19 15 18161513 19 13 Masterton 19 14 Occasional rain. Light winds. morning min 14 max 20FRI Aug to date Av. for Augto6pm24hrs Temperature ºC on Wednesday 0.0 899.481.1 N 461.562.819.111.39.5 0.2 714.0 N 78123.219.514.6 0.0 918.8 N 4860.814.911.9 Year to date MI DDAY TO DAY MI D NI GHT TONI GHT 306 www.northernadvocate.co.nz Thursday, August 18, 2022 Everton winger a wanted man FOOTBALL Chris Bascombe of the Telegraph

Evertonwillbehopingtochannel thatenergyforsometimetocome.

“Thereisakindredspiritthere. Anthonyrespondstohavinganarm putaroundhim,”Taitsaid. “YouhearFranktalkaboutthe youngplayersandabigpartofwhat heislookingforischaracter.He wantsplayerswhoareatiteveryday, fittingintothatenvironmentthatthe managerwasaccustomedtoasa player.Itisnotaneasystepfor everyone.Anthonyhasshownthe way.

R Gordoniswantedby Chelsea.

—TelegraphGroupUK

ThepriorityforUnitedissignings, withTenHagpushingforatleast three—twomidfieldersanda forward.Theclubhavebeenlinked witha£42.5millionmoveforAtletico MadridforwardMatheusCunhabut itisbelievedadealfortheBrazilian isunlikely.

FOOTBALL Mike McGrath of the Telegraph

37-year-oldishopingtheclubmight tearupthefinalyearofhiscontract andallowhimtobecomeafreeagent. Unitedinsistthatwillnothappen but,despitetheirpublicstancethat Ronaldoisnotforsale,itis understoodtheywouldconsiderany offerbeforethetransferwindow closesonSept1.

Liverpool’sDarwinNuneztakeshisred-cardwalk. Photo/AP Iunderstandyou supportateambut havesomerespect andstopact[ing]tough online. Joachim Andersen CrystalPalacecentre-backJoachim AndersenhascalledforthePremier LeagueandInstagramtoactafter receivingdeaththreatsfollowinghis clashwithDarwinNunez. TheDenmarkinternational,26, wasengagedinarunningbattlewith Liverpool’sNunezonTuesday,and theUruguayanstrikerwas eventuallysentoffforheadbutting hisopponentinthesecondhalf. Andersenrevealedhereceived between300and400abusive messagesafterthe1-1draw,and someofthemthreatenedtokillhis familyandtobreakhisnoseorjaw. “Gotmaybe3-400ofthese messageslastnight,Iunderstand yousupportateambuthavesome respectandstopact[ing]tough online,”hewroteonInstagram,with screenshotsofselectedmessages. “HopeInstagramandthePremier Leaguedosomethingaboutthis.” TheProfessionalFootballers’ Associationhaspreviouslyleda socialmediablackoutbyits members,tohighlighttheissueof abuse. Andersen’sabusersalsosaidthey “wishtheplanecrashesontheway backtoLondon”and“hopeyousnap yerankles”duringaseriesof threateningmessages. LiverpoolmanagerJurgenKlopp saidafterthematchthatNunez deservedtobesentoff,butthathe wasprovokedbyAndersen. “Ofcourse,itwasared,hewas provoked,butthatisnothowhe shouldbehave,”Kloppsaid. Nunez,whowasmakinghis Anfielddebutfollowinghis£85 million($162million)movefrom Benfica,nowfacesathree-match banforhisstraightredcard. HewillnotreturntotheLiverpool teamuntilSeptember,missing matchesagainstManchesterUnited, BournemouthandNewcastle United. —TelegraphGroupUK

SPORTS SchoolsSecondaryROUND-UPRugby Wairarapa College took bragging rights over Rathkeale College by winning their traditional First XV clash on Tuesday 41-17. Waicol scored five converted tries to two in a dominantStandoutsperformance.for the winners were talented first-five Cohen Scott, loose forward Cyrus Wilson, lock Rhemus Hullett, and Charlie Carroll, who started on the wing and moved into the midfield in the second half. Openside flanker Wiremu Bartlett and captain and second-five Will Cole impressed for the outplayed Rathkeale side. Waicol will next play in the Captain’s Trophy quadrangular tournament involving Hutt Valley High School, Dannevirke High School, and Paraparaumu College at the end of the month before finishing the season with the final of the Hurricanes Co-Ed Cup against the winner of the Upper Hutt CollegeWhanganui Collegiate game. SchoolsSecondaryHockey St Matthew’s and Wairarapa College will meet in a blockbuster semifinal tonight in the Manawatu intercity secondary schoolgirls championship. St Matt’s finished top qualifiers with a 2-0 win over Palmerston North Girls’ High School in last week’s final round of matches, and Waicol slipped to fourth with their 1-0 loss to Feilding HighTheSchool.two teams fought out a scoreless draw in the Dunce Cup game two weeks ago, and another close game is expected. It hits off at Clareville at 6.45pm.Fourth-placed Rathkeale face a daunting task in the boys’ semifinal against the unbeaten Palmerston North Boys’ High School First XI after going down 2-0 to the combined Levin team last week. Waicol beat Feilding High School 4-3 and meet Levin in their semifinal in Palmerston North.

Wairarapa Hockey Comvita Kia Kaha suffered their first loss of the season after losing 0-1 to defending champions Gladstone Bulls in the final round of the Wairarapa men’sThird-placedchampionship.Tremains Red Star thumped JNL 131, and Carterton Vets edged Dalefield Dodgers 2-1 to finish as fourth qualifiers. In women’s division one, Dalefield are top qualifiers after their 2-0 defeat of Tremain’s Red Star, while Gladstone Gold finished second with their 3-2 win over third-placed Comvita Kia EketahunaKaha.Tuis play Gladstone Grenades, and Tumu take on Coasties in the semifinals in women’s division two. Tuis thrashed Featherston Force 7-1, Gladstone got the better of Wairarapa Mitsubishi 5-3, Tumu and Coasties had a 1-1 draw, and Martinborough beat Featherston Foxies in the last round of matches last weekend.

– CHRIS COGDALE

Above: Wairarapa College with the trophy for beating Rathkeale. Left: Lock Rhemus Hullett smiles as he dives over for one of Waicol’s five tries.

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Football Carterton Redbacks’ chances of completing the Waairarapa football double are still alive after a nailbiting penalty shoot victory over Douglas Villa Skulls in the quarterfinals of the Wairarapa Cup. The scores were tied 2-2 at fulltime, with the division one champions prevailing 6-5 in the penalty shootout. In the semifinals, Redbacks will meet division two winners Property Brokers Greytown, who beat Douglas Drake 2-1. Tremain’s Greytown had a 4-0 win over Masterton McAuley’s to set up a semifinal with Masterton Ziggy’s Glass Presidents, who were 4-1 victors over CartertonRathkealeReapers.will meet Paraparaumu College in the bottom four playoffs in the Wellington secondary schools premier championship.

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