Killed on way to his daughter's birthday

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Slow cancer Long walk to
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The Hastings Mail
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 and Havelock North
Killed on way to his
daughter’s birthday
MARTYSHARPE
RossHallgarthwasahumbleman
of humble means and humble
wants.
Helovedhisfivekids,heloved
trucks, and he loved his dog - a
diminutive‘bitser’namedArora.
Gazingoutthewindowbeside
thediningtableinthehousehe RossHallgarthand,left,
shared with his dad, eldest son hissonDaniel,theeldest
Danielsaiditstilldoesn’tfeellike ofhisfivechildren.
he’sgone. Below,thewreckageof
theSuzukiSwift
Hallgarth,54,lefthisFlaxmere
Hallgarthwasdriving.
houseearlyonSaturday,April29,
PHOTO:MARTYSHARPE
to go to his truck-driving job at
Phoenix Contracting. He’d
arranged to meet his kids at a
Hastings restaurant for birthday
lunchforhisonlydaughter,Kylie,
whowasturning25thenextday.
Buthedidn’tturnup.
‘‘We were wondering why he
wasn’t answering calls or texts,’’
Danielsaid
Hours later, after Daniel, 28,
and his brother Aidan had
returnedtothehouse,theywere
visited by a couple of police
officers.
‘‘Theysaiddadwasdeadand
askedifIcouldgotothemortuary
to confirm it was him,’’ Daniel
said.
Hallgarth had been in one of
twovehiclesthatcollidedhead-on
along York Road, just outside
Hastings,at11am. ‘‘We know nothing’s going to bring him ‘‘Istilldon’treallybelieveit’s hadtravelledalongFlaxmereAve
He had been returning home happened, but that’s how it is towards York Rd immediately
back, but I think the people in that car
from work in his little Suzuki now,’’Danielsaid. beforethecrash,andhadturned
Swiftwhenacarcamespeeding need to come forward.’’ Hesaidthefamilywashoping left from York Road on to
towards him in his own lane. It police find the occupants of the Maraekakaho Road, heading
DanielHallgarth,RossHallgarth’sson
appearsheswervedtotheleftto othercar. towardsHastings.
avoid a collision, before losing ‘‘We know nothing’s going to ‘‘Policewouldalsoliketohear
controlandshootingbackacross areajustbeforethecrash. lot,buthelikedhangingoutwith bring him back, but I think the from any residents of Flaxmere
the road, into the path of an Hallgarthhadlivedinthepink friendstoo.Hewaspartialtothe people in that car need to come Ave,YorkRdorMaraekakahoRd
oncomingToyotaHilux. houseattheendofasmallcul-de- oddpintandhelikedOasis‘‘and forward,’’hesaid. whomayhavecapturedfootageof
Hawke’sBaypoliceareappeal- sacsince1989.Initiallywithhis otherninetiesmusic’’. ‘‘Ithinktheywereprobablyso thiscar,’’hesaid.
ing for video from drivers and wifeandkids,butaloneformany ‘‘He was just a happy guy, a high they don’t remember it ❚Anyonewithinformationor
residents who may have filmed years after he and his wife family man. He liked to have a happening, or they just don’t video footage should contact
the other car, believed to have separatedinthenineties. joke, and he’d let you know his care.‘‘. Hastingspoliceon(06)8310700
been a dark green Honda four- Danielsaidhisdadwasahard opinion,buthewasquietmostof Senior Constable Tim Rowe orphoneCrimestoppersanony-
doorsedanseenspeedinginthe persontodescribe.Heworkeda thetime,’’hesaid. said it appeared that the Honda mouslyon0800555111.
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Hawke’s Bay as “yesterday’s problem” after
Do you trust your local water supply?
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died, during what was one of New Zealand’s
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Are you still buying water?
As a region, I believe, we need to support
our Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, which
Have you needed to replace your hot water cylinder?
despite last month being hopeful of financial
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now been turned down. Do you think water bottlers should get free water?
It is far too much for our community alone to
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What should be the priority for protecting fresh water?
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The health of Hawke’s Bay must come first and
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Bay among areas with
slow cancer treatment
STAFFREPORTER million in radiology staff and
infrastructure.
CancerpatientsinHawke’sBay Work to improve diagnosis
andWhanganuiweremorelikely includeda$1mhistologylabora-
to receive slower treatment than tory to examine specimen
patients in almost any other samplesandanew$11.6mendos-
regionaroundNewZealand. copysuitetospeedupbowelcan-
The Ministry of Health’s cer diagnosis which will be fin-
league tables, released on ishednextyear.
Tuesday,maptheperformanceof ‘‘Cancerdiagnosisiscomplex
the country’s 20 district health and a lot of time can be taken
boards in six key areas for the waitingfordiagnosticssowehave
firstthreemonthsof2017. invested a lot of money on
Hawke’s Bay District Health improving this,’’ Snee said.
Board ranked last equal with ‘‘Whilewewaitforsomeofthese DiscgolfaficionadoRyanKittogivesstudentssomepointersbeforetheytackle
Whanganui for providing faster ‘‘We know we are investments to come on-stream thenine-holecourse.
cancertreatment. we have also put in place more
improving.’’
The ministry’s target was 85 individualpatientcaremanage- Flaxmere disc golf set to fly
per cent of patients to receive Hawke'sBayDHBchiefexecutive ment, where patients are
their first round of treatment KevinSnee allocatedacancernursecoordi-
within62daysofbeingreferred natortomakesuretheyreceive
withahighsuspicionofcancer. isation’sperformancewereonthe timelytreatment.’’ Hawke’s Bay’s first disc golf Simon Nixon, to officially open
Hawke’s Bay was well below up.‘‘Thefiguresinthenational He said patient care was the coursehasopenedinFlaxmere. thecourse.
thistargetwith69percent,with health target are based on six board’sfocusandresultsforthe RyanKittodescribedthesport Yulehadago,butannounced
results covering patients who monthperformances,’’hesaid. nationalhealthtargetwouldfall as ‘‘very addictive, plus low he‘‘wasnotverygoodatit’’.
received their first treatment ‘‘The figures we have for the outofthat.‘‘Butfirstwehaveto impactandsuitableforallshapes, Kitto told both students and
betweenthestartofOctoberlast last three months indicate getitrightforourpatients.’’. sizesandages’’. councillors that practice made
yearandtheendofMarch. Hawke’sBayissittingat76.5per Theotherfivetargetsincluded Anumberofstudentshadago perfectwhenitcametodiscgolf.
This result was matched by centforthetarget,and11thover- shorter stays in emergency earlier in May when the course The course was another new
Whanganui,followedbyHuttVal- allnationally-soweknowweare departments, improved access to wasunveiledforthefirsttime. element for Flaxmere Park with
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met or exceeded by five boards, somebiginvestmentstospeedup toquitandrasinghealthykids. ‘‘baskets’’aroundaone-kilometre splash pad, ki-o-rahi field, and
with Waitemata the top cancerdiagnosisforpatients. Hawke’sBayrankedinthetop course. walksaroundthe16.8-hectares.
performingboardat92percent. Investments included better tier for immunisations and Hastings mayor Lawrence ThiswaspartofHastingsDis-
Hawke’sBayDHBchiefexecu- technology to track patients around the centre for the other Yule was joined by councillors trictCouncil’sgoalofbuildingup
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Doug Bracewell sentenced Water mains
replacement
less disruptive
MARTYSHARPE
STAFFREPORTER
Black Caps paceman Doug
Bracewellhasbeensentencedto Newwatermainsareabouttobe
100hourscommunityworkforhis laidundertworoadsinHastings,
thirddrink-drivingoffence. with the latest drilling
The Hawke’s Bay-based all- techniquesusedtokeepdisrup-
rounder appeared before Judge tiontoaminimum.
BridgetMackintoshinHastings TheprojectonHeretaungaSt
DistrictCourtonThursday. includes a new trunk water
Earlierthismonthheadmitted main, a renewal of an existing
achargeofdrivingonaHastings local water main and a sewer
roadwithabreathalcohollevelof renewalonGallianSt.
783 micrograms per litre of This work will take place
breath.Thelegallimitis250mcg. between the Stortford Lodge
It was his third drink driving roundaboutandNelsonSt.
offenceintenyears. Te Mata Rd in Havelock
Bracewell’s lawyer Ron North,fromKaranemaDriveto
Mansfield said Bracewell’s pre- Durham Drive, and Saint Hill
viouswerein2008and2010when Lanewillbegettinganewtrunk
hewasaged18and20. watermainandnewtrunksewer
Hewasnowconsiderablymore main.
mature. While the offending was Thiswillmeananembargoon
disappointingit‘‘doesn’treflecta buildinghomesintheareasouth
youngmanwhohadnotlearned BlackCapDougBracewellwithhislawyerRonMansfieldoutsideHastingsDistrictCourtafterthecricketerwassentenced ofTeMataRdcanbelifted.
from his previous errors, nor to100hourscommunityworkfordrink-driving. PHOTO:MARTYSHARPE/FAIRFAXNZ Both projects are in the
changed.Hehas,’’Mansfieldsaid Hastings District Council Long
Thelatestoffendingwas‘‘ahic- acquired cockatoo which had nificancetohispartnerandshe wouldsentencehimto100hours TermPlanfrom2015to2025.
cup’’,hesaid. been pounced on by dogs and wasquitedistraught,’’hesaid. communityworkanddisqualified TheTeMataRdprojectisnew
Bracewell acknowledged he killed. Heaskedthathebesentenced fromdrivingforayear. infrastructure, while the
hadletdownhimself,hisfamily MansfieldsaidBracewellhada toafine. Outside court Bracewell said HeretaungaStprojectreplacesa
andNZCricket,Mansfieldsaid. genuineconcernforhispartner JudgeMackintoshsaiditwasa thesentence‘‘wasprettyfair’’. 70-year-oldmodel.
Bracewell, 27, was caught whohadlostatreasuredpetandit ‘‘relatively high reading’’. She ‘‘I’m just looking forward to The pipe will be installed
drink-drivingonMarch18along wasnotamattertobemadelight said Bracewell was a talented moving on... and obviously not using the latest underground
EastRd,wherehelives,nearthe of. cricketer but had an issue with getting behind a wheel anytime drillingtechnique,whichmeans
Hawke’s Bay settlement of Thedogsthatkilledthecocka- drinkdriving. soonafterhavingafewdrinks,’’ theroaddoesnothavetobecut
Haumoana. too belonged to friends and Shesaidtherehadbeenacon- hesaid. openalongthefulllength.
He had responded to a pan- Bracewell and his partner had siderable gap between his ‘‘I’m disappointed in myself Physical work on both
ickedcallfromhispartnerabout been looking after them, offences, so while someone on but at the same time I’m just projects is due to start in mid-
an emergency. The emergency Mansfieldsaid. theirthirdoffencewouldusually wanting to move forward,’’ he Juneandbefinishedbytheend
involved the couple’s recently- ‘‘Thecockatoowasofsomesig- earn a sterner sentence, she said. ofNovember.
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Decorated pilot Noel Sutherland dies
MARTYSHARPE
When Noel Sutherland was
awarded France’s highest mili-
taryhonourin2015attheageof
94, he took it as a message of
‘‘thanks’’fromagenerationgrate-
fulforpeace.
Theformerflyingofficerwho
flewStirlingbombersinthewar
spentmostofhislifeinHawke’s
Bay.Hediedlastweekattheage
of96.
Sutherland,whospentmostof
hislifeinHawke’sBay,wasborn
inPalmerston,Otago.Hejoined
the air force in the early 1940s, FlyingofficerNoelSutherlandduring
trainedinCanadaandjoinedNo WorldWarII.
190 Squadron, which dropped
paratroopers and supply con- Honour,in2015.
tainers full of ammunition, fuel, France’s ambassador to New
explosives and weapons to sup- Zealand, Florence Jeanblanc-
portFrenchresistancefighters. Rislerawardedthemedaltothe
HissonRogersaidhisfather menwhoplayedasignificantrole
never spoke of his war in the liberation of occupied
experiences, until the last five FranceinWorldWarII.
yearsofhislife. Thehonourwasestablishedby
‘‘Thecrewwasveryloyaland Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 and
keptincontactwitheachother, seeks to reward both dis-
buthedidn’ttalktousaboutwhat tinguished military and civilian
they had endured until much servicesrenderedtoFrance. FormerflyingofficerNoelSutherlandreceivestheLegionofHonour,fromFrance’sambassadortoNewZealand,Florence
lateron,’’Rogersaid. After being given the award Jeanblanc-Risler. PHOTO:DAVIDMACKAY
‘‘Ijustthinkthat’swhatthey Sutherlandsaidhewasintrigued
did.Theymusthavegonethrough astowhyhehadreceiveditwhen ationisreallygivingthanksfor Heworkedinsoilconservation children,fivegrandchildrenand
someprettyawfulstuffandprob- so many others deserved it but thepeace,’’hesaid. and lived in Hawke’s Bay for sixgreat-grandchildren.
ablyfeltitwasbesttokeepitto neverreceivedit. ‘‘As far as I’m concerned, I many years before moving to A celebration of his life was
themselves,’’hesaid. ‘‘TheLegionIregardasavery sharethiswiththefamiliesofthe Aucklandtoretireandbecloseto heldinPapakura,Auckland,last
Sutherland was one of eight high honour. I regard myself restofthecrew.’’ hisfamily.Hespenthislastyears Friday.
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