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Pursuits abandoned

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Two-thirds of all fleeing driver incidents in the Ashburton District since January 2014 have resulted in the pursuits being abandoned, and the number of pursuits happening in the district is climbing.

Figures released to the Ashburton Guardian through an Official Information Act request show that Police based out of the Ashburton, Methven and Rakaia police stations have engaged in 57 pursuits since

the start of 2014.

Of those 57 pursuits, 38 were abandoned.

The decision to abandon a pursuit lay in the hands of the officer driving or the communication centre supervisor.

In the past six years the number of pursuits have jumped across the district, which Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins says is disappointing to see.

A total of six pursuits were engaged in throughout 2014, while as of October 2019 there had been 12 pursuits.

2018 represents the worst year for pursuits, with a total of 15 taking place.

“What we want every driver or rider to understand is that we can always talk things over at the road side. Fleeing from Police is never worth it,” he said.

“Once a driver chooses to flee, what could have been resolved at the roadside by way of education, alternative action, or an enforcement action, is now considered a serious criminal offence.

“Not only does it mean you’ve just bro-

ken the law and could now face a criminal charge, you are also risking your life, any passenger’s lives, and the lives of people on the road around you. Just pull over and stop.”

Jenkins said everyone should stop when signalled by police.

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■■ GUN LAWS

Call for gun law commonsense

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton’s firearms owners are calling for a dose of commonsense to be added to the Government’s proposed gun law changes. On Saturday about 300 people marched down Ashburton’s East Street waving placards that made their concerns clear.

While no-one disagreed with the first tranche of the legislation that aimed to get military-style semi automatic weapons and assault rifles out of private hands,

people were worried about the impact of tranche two, one of the rally organisers, Bob McDonald, said.

The second tranche of the proposed gun law changes will include a firearms register and a tighter licencing system. It will also make it clear that owning a gun was a privilege that came with obligations. Included in tranche two will be a licensing system for shooting clubs and ranges and a requirement for all target shooting to be on licensed

ranges only, not on farms or in uncontrolled open spaces.

And it is those regulations that have gun owners worried, McDonald said.

“People are slowly starting to wake up and realise that some of these laws are ridiculous.”

Guns were very much a part of the Kiwi psyche and the vast majority of private gun owners were responsible and took the ownership of a firearm seriously, he said.

“We’re the ordinary recreation-

al Kiwi users for shooting sports and hunting. We’re not gun-toting idiots, we’re ordinary Kiwis.”

Things such as pest control that private gun owners had been happy to undertake at their own expense could be under threat and while a specific licence could be applied for, the process would be arduous and complicated and they simply wouldn’t bother. That change could see a swap from shooting pests to increased use of 1080, McDonald said.

There were no arguments with

the drive to get semi automatic and military weapons out of private hands, but other changes should not be considered until the Royal Commission inquiry was completed, he said.

Change is planned to come over seven tranches, and after seeing what was in the first two, firearms owners were very concerned over what might be coming. Those law changes would hit responsible gun owners, but it was likely the criminal element would simply go underground, McDonald said.

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Ashburton Trust Event Centre this week, keep an ear out for the hard-working vocal chords of 149 Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School (MCSSS) students.

The group launched into a week of practice yesterday before they bring a musical theatre production to the stage on Friday and Saturday.

It’s the biggest production yet for the MCSSS, which has been operating each January for 18 years and is musically helmed

by Ashburton singing tutor Jo Castelow.

“We now have people from all over, from as far as Timaru and Christchurch, and each time brings a new mix of voices,” said Castelow.

Some singers have been involved in the week-long course for more than 10 years, she said,

to 21 years and includes members of NAZDA and first-year university students.

This year’s production is themed Time Travellers and will cover musical theatre and tunes from across the ages – from My Fair Lady and Bing Crosby to recent hits like Hamilton and Moana, along with everything in between, Castelow said. “Among the juniors everyone knows the songs from Moana, but they find that they love singing the older ones just as much,” she said.

And not only does the theme provide something for everyone in the audience, she said, but gives the young singers the opportunity to learn about various musicals. The group received their music a month ago, and auditioned for solo positions on unSunday. They are currently un dergoing two days of musical

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A number of older buildings around the Ashburton District will shortly be sporting signs that spell out how they rank against new building standards.

As part of the on-going drive to ensure all buildings will be earthquake safe, the Ashburton District Council will be sending signs to owners of buildings built prior to 1976 and will be asking them to display those signs prominently on the outside of their property.

The public notification is part of the council’s drive to ensure every older building has been inspected by engineers and that where required, strengthen-

ing work is either carried out or planned in the future.

It’s been a long process getting to this point, council building services manager Michael Wong said, but the placard templates had now arrived and these would be sent to property owners over the next month.

The placards would serve a two fold purpose – making the public aware of a building’s compliance level and encouraging owners to carry out necessary strengthening work.

Wong anticipates there will be about 150 sent out in February to owners of non-compliant buildings.

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already assessed. Then we’ll do another desk top review and pick up the ones we may have missed and we’ll work with them,” he said.

Buildings that have not been assessed will be given the lowest rating until an assessment is done, Wong said.

There had been a proposal to change the rules so the cut-off date for engineering assessment would have moved forward to cover all buildings built before 2004 and that would have seen hundreds of buildings around the district bearing stickers, he said.

The consultation process ensured there was no date change

and that dramatically reduced the number of buildings coming into the net locally.

If a building is required to have THE a placard displayed it will contain information on the percentage it complies with building standards and the year with which it will need to be strengthened to come up to code, Wong said.

Older buildings that have been assessed and found to be up to strength or that have already been strengthened will not need to display placards.

Details on the placard-bearing buildings will be held on a public register with the Ministry of Building and this is accessible to anyone.

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Ski town turns into trail town

Getting pitch perfect for their production later this week are Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School students (from left): Lucy Clough, EJ Stockman, Emily-Jane Farr and Annah Casey-Solly. practice, before director Alice Sollis steps in to help with the actions from Wednesday onwards.

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Around half had been in prison before and one-third had at least one previous conviction for fleeing police.

noon and Saturday night at the Event Centre, with tickets now available from Ticket Direct.

Honesty boxes targeted From P1 Near Methven, Lucy Raisbeck’s free range egg stall was also burgled on Sunday night.

While taking out the bins yesterday morning, she said she noticed that the security camera had been taken and the padlock had been cut off from her honesty box.

All money had been cleared from the box before the theft, but Raisbeck said she was still gutted to discover the break-in, which she presumes is the work of people “who don’t care about other people”.

However, with new security methods for Raisbeck and an ultra-secure honesty box for Billie, both stalls are continuing to operate.

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Te Araroa walkers are on the rise, benefiting the summer tourism industry in Methven.

Many who do the 3000-kilometre trail, which runs the length of New Zealand, end up in the ski town, as it is a natural resting point near the uncrossable Rakaia River.

Methven i-SITE consultant Lyndsay Agnew said December to February was peak season for trail walkers, and she was assisting about half a dozen per week.

“Most of them are doing the whole trail or the whole South Island, depending on how much time they have got,” she said.

“They are really interesting people, you have to be a certain breed to want to go and walk 3000 kilometres.”

They mostly came from Europe and North America, and walked north to south, hitch-hiking into Methven from above Lake Coleridge. They generally stayed in the campground or backpacker lodges in Methven.

“It’s nice to have them here and they spread the word when they go back,” she said.

Walkers rejoin the trail on Blackford Road in the Rakaia Gorge, and Methven Travel provides transport on the “empty” section of its school bus run, and operates an on-demand shuttle service in school holidays.

The Te Araroa section through Mid Canterbury goes from here to the Hakatere Heron Road, taking a public access easement over Glenariffe Station, then crossing the 60,000-hectare Hakatere Conservation Park.

Among those undertaking Te Araroa is American Clayton Beckett. His trail name is Chef, he has a travel blog at chefspecial5.com and is from Connecticut.

The 26-year-old is walking the South Island section, south to north, and was in Methven at the weekend. He said he ended up staying two nights instead of one at Snow Denn Lodge because he needed the rest, and the fact it of-

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“My feet were pretty banged up, so I decided to hang out for just one more day,” Beckett said.

He flew into Auckland in midDecember, and had his cellphone stolen in his first two days. He flew to Queenstown and shuttled to the southern end of Te Araroa at Bluff, and walked 555 kilometres north to Twizel over the next fortnight, staying in high country huts and his tent. With last week’s storm system forecast he decided to skip the next section and he

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hitchhiked to Methven, and left at the weekend aiming to hitch to north of Lake Coleridge to resume the trail.

Beckett said the trail to date had had many river crossings, and some mountainous terrain, as well as farm tracks and dirt roads.

Besides the road walks, which he did not like as they lacked the wilderness appeal of true trail walking, and a lack of markers in some areas, he was enjoying the scenery and meeting lots of people.

Of the few fellow hikers he had met, most were walking north to

south. “A lot of Kiwis don’t even know about the trail,” Beckett said.

He was not worried about being without a cellphone.

“If you don’t have service it’s not going to help you and you are not going to get that in the mountains,” he said.

He was confident enough from previous trail walking in Chile and America not to worry about an emergency locator beacon.

In the 12 months to July last year, 550 people walked the full length from Cape Reinga to Bluff,

compared to 350 in 201 and 210 the year before.

Te Araroa Trust chairma vid McGregor said the trail, takes five months to com and officially opened in 201 attracting people from all w life.

“From students and youn ple taking a gap year to r and workers taking an ext holiday.

“It’s a great way to conne New Zealand and to really know the landscapes, peop climate,” McGregor said.

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■■ SPEED LIMITS

Call to enforce speed limits

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

An avid campaigner for having speed limits reduced outside Lagmhor School is pleased the Government is acknowledging the issue of speeds around schools, but is questioning if those limits will be enforced.

Bus driver Yvonne Liemburg campaigned avidly in 2017 to have the speed limit outside the school dropped to 40km/h after witnessing the speed and volume of traffic that travels along Tinwald Westerfield Mayfield Road.

On Thursday morning associate transport minister Julie Anne Genter announced that the Government would be reducing speed limits to a maximum of 40m/h around urban schools and 60km/h around rural schools.

“Yes I am pleased to see it but it would like to know if it is going to be enforced,” she said.

“It is a good thing and it looks like they are finally doing something about it but I still wonder if it will work.

“It is a move forward without and kids having to lose their lives which is a good thing.”

Liemburg retired in 2017,

something she attributes to the frustration around the lack of progress on the issue, but is now back doing relief driving, including three weeks on the Lagmhor School route.

“Nothing has changed, the cars are still speeding past,” she said.

“The only thing that has changed is now there is off-road parking which is good but there are still some parents dropping their kids out in front of the school.”

Genter said children should have the freedom to walk and cycle to school and feel safe doing so.

“Many parents would like their kids to get to school independently, but are understandably concerned about fast moving traffic near their school,” she said.

“Safer speeds around schools is proven to make streets safer, more attractive and more accessible for children to walk and cycle.

“In rural areas, a 60km/h limit outside schools will make it safer for parents and kids walking and driving in and out of the school gate.”

Bus driver Yvonne Liemburg has campaigned to see speed limits reduced outside the Lagmhor School site and is hoping to see new rules proposed by the Government enforced.

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■■DUMP FEES

Upping dump costs an incentive to recycle

By Sue Newman

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New Zealand has a problem with the amount of material off-loaded into landfill sites, but fixing that problem could ultimately come at a cost to every ratepayer and resource recovery park user.

Currently the Ashburton District Council is charged $10 a tonne for material it trucks to Canterbury’s landfill site in Kate Valley, but that could rise to $50 or $60 within three years if a Government waste reduction plan is

given the green light.

And ultimately that could see fees rise at resource recovery parks along with the need for an increased contribution from rates, said council service delivery manager Neil McCann.

Currently rubbish and recycling in the district is funded through a mix of general rates and uniform annual general charges and by fees charged at the resource recovery park.

“But at the end of the day, the council would have no option but

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to up dump fees,” McCann said.

The council receives back half of the fee it is charged for using the Kate Valley site to use towards improving the district’s waste minimisation activities.

New Zealand lagged behind many countries in its reuse and recycling rates and was now putting increasing amounts into landfill sites, McCann said.

As a comparison, where New Zealand charged $10 a tonne for material off-loaded in landfill sites, Australia’s fee was $100.

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And there was also limited data on waste and recycling in New Zealand and that made it difficult to reduce waste or identify opportunities to do so, he said.

The increased fees were about creating a disincentive to produce and dispose of waste, and to create a financial incentive to sort household rubbish and to recycle or reuse.

The increased fees would still see 50 per cent returned to councils to increase data collection on overall waste quantities and ma-

terials. Money would also be used for investment in waste minimisation and developing local infrastructure for reprocessing of materials.

It is proposed to phase the increased charges in from the middle of next year until the middle of 2023.

It is open for submissions until February with final policy decisions made by mid May. Full details of what is proposed are available on the Ministry for the Environment website.

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■■ METHVEN SKATEPARK

Skatepark taking shape

By Susan Sandys

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Something amazing is emerging from the ground in Methven.

What looked like a pile of bulldozed dirt just a few weeks ago is now taking shape as the town’s skatepark nears completion.

Llama Consulting director Sam Kircher and Civil Concrete director Josh Horn have been working on the project, located on council land in the town centre, and are excited about how well it is progressing.

The first concrete will be poured next week, and opening date is set for December 21.

“It’s a little bit of a dream come true really,” Kircher said.

Both he and Horn grew up as keen skatepark visitors, Horn with his skateboard and Kircher on his BMX bike.

Today they are both Methven residents and dads, and know just how much the skatepark will mean to the town’s children.

The pair came on board to the Kidzmethven project a couple of years ago, and are pleased to see just how much community support it has received.

EA Networks installed four LED street lights for free, while a range of other companies have made donations of their time and materials.

“It would have been at least another year of hard-out fundraising to pay full price for everything,” Kircher said.

Shaky start to Sunday People living in the Methven Alford Forest area had a shaky start to Sunday when a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck just before 4am. It was followed by a second shake of 2.4 magnitude at 4.35am and another of 3.1 magnitude at 9am. The first quake was registered at 7 kilometres depth and was centered 5km west of Methven. One woman living west of Methven was standing in her kitchen when the quake hit.

She said it was preceded by a ‘roaring’ noise. The house creaked and then moved in one direction before settling back again. No-one in her house woke up, but when she checked social media, the woman said there were several people posting that they too had felt the quake. It was listed as moderate by Geonet and reports of damage came from around the wider Methven area.

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Methven skatepark developers Josh Horn and Sam Kircher are pleased with how the facility is progressing.

PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 281119-SS-0051 The pair have spent many hours in their offices, designing and conceptualising, as well as many hours on site.

The latter has involved crawling around, with tape measure and laser level in hand, to ensure the gradient of the park’s many

slopes will be just right.

“I think we have measured everything about 50 times at least, just in the layout of it all to make sure nothing has moved,” Kircher said.

Concrete pouring will begin in the street section, before moving

onto the main ramps.

Last but not least will be the skatepark’s bowl, and depending how quickly this is completed it may open a little later, at the start of the New Year.

The estimated cost of the project is about $150,000.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has unveiled a bumper $400 million infrastructure spending plan which she says will benefit almost every school in New Zealand.

The overall funding package, which is the largest spend on school infrastructure in 25 years, works out to be roughly $700 per student and will benefit more than 2000 schools across the country.

The sizable spending package comes after Finance Minister Grant Robertson on Saturday announced the Government’s plans to borrow more money to spend on infrastructure upgrades.

The amount of money a school will receive varies. The funding is only available to schools opened before 2015.

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Teachers explore primary sector job opportunities

By Sue Newman

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A group of Canterbury secondary teachers now have a much better understanding of the career opportunities available in the primary sector after visiting several agricultural businesses in the Ashburton District.

The event was organised by Young Farmers and was part of a nationwide drive to encourage more school leavers to consider careers in the primary sector.

Included in the Ashburton tour were the NZ Dairy Collaborative, Chris and Anne-Marie Allen’s sheep and beef farm, Bowan’s potato farm and Barkers of Geraldine.

YFC school engagement manager Mary Blain said the event was held across New Zealand each year and its objective was to make teachers aware of the huge range of opportunities available for school leavers.

“We recognise the huge influences teachers have and by raising awarenss they can promote the industry to their students as a viable career option,” Blain said.

The visit to the NZ Dairy Collaborative plan coincided with the first full packaging run to come off the production line.

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Auckland woman Claire Szabo has been elected the new president of the Labour Party after beating two other candidates in a contest at the party’s conference in Whanganui. She is the chief executive of Habitat for Humanity, a charity which builds houses for people on low incomes. She beat Tane Phillip, the party’s senior Māori vice-president, and Lorna Crane of the Westport branch.

The vacancy was created after the resignation of Nigel Haworth in September.

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NZ Dairy Collaborative general manager Brad Harden takes one of the first guided tour through the company’s Ashburton plant, a group of Canterbury secondary school teachers.

A ham radio tower has reportedly collapsed in the north King Country town of Otorohanga. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) spokesman said they were called to reports that a person was trapped under a ham radio tower at 12.55pm. Police and four fire engines attended the scene on Te Kawa Rd, between Otorohanga Rd and Hinewai Rd. However, by the time firefighters arrived, the person was free, the Fenz spokesman said. The patient had moderate injuries.

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The group had the honour of being the first large group to tour the plant.

General manager Brad Harden said the plant was dedicated to packaging milk powder as infant formula and talked through the process of blending the powder with vitamins and minerals ac-

cording to individual client’s requirements.

The plant worked solely with milk powder rather than fresh milk and Harden said a rigorous compliance process had been worked through to reach production stage.

Currently it is producing

tinned infant formula on contract. Smaller plants such as the Ashburton one had developed as one of the world’s major infant formula markets, China, changed its requirements.

It now will only accept up to three brands of infant formula from any one plant, he said.

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Speakers at last week’s Advance Ashburton end of year celebration (from left) Dr Jared Corbett a former Advance Ashburton scholarship winner, Ashburton College principal Ross Preece and Professor Paul Spoonley.

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■■ADVANCE ASHBURTON

Preparing for a very different tomorrow

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton has become a national leader in finding solutions to a chronic shortage of workers, says researcher and university professor Paul Spoonley.

He was guest speaker at Advance Ashburton’s end of year celebration event last week and talked about the impact of an ageing population, the loss of job skills and the changing workforce on the regions.

The district, Spoonley said, was ahead of the game, having recognised early on that it needed to take a new approach to finding the workers it needed. And that meant it made an early move into welcoming immigrants into its community.

“Ashburton is a leading light in what you can do in this area. The regions will face quite difficult challenges around population in the future as two-thirds will see population stagnation or decline.”

In welcoming migrants, many of whom came with families, the district was seeing a boost in numbers attending schools, churches and using health services and that strengthened a community and its services, he said.

“You are exceptional, I can’t think of any other area your size doing this.”

While the district had come up with a strategy for filling its labour force shortages, there were major challenges ahead as the nature of work changed, Spoonley said.

“We anticipate that 40 per cent of all jobs will have disappeared in 10 years’ time, to be replaced by others, but how are we preparing for this new future?”

The way people were educated and trained had to change and the challenge for places like Ashburton was to have very creative, forward thinking people as community leaders, Spoonley said.

“I’m a real fan of Ashburton, it’s an icebreaker, it’s showing the way, but you’re going to have to keep being innovative, keep

focusing on what’s new, being bold, and saying we can’t halt change.”

The need to focus on a very different future was supported by fellow speaker, Ashburton College principal Ross Preece.

“We need to prepare our students for a very different future. Global changes are looming for secondary education,” he said.

There would always be a need for a certain level of literacy and numeracy, however, students needed to have skills and dispositions that included creative problem solving, the ability to communicate, to collaborate and to have resiliency; the soft skills that could not be replicated by robots, Preece said.

Testing and rote learning were the way of the past. For many that was a way of learning they were comfortable with but this would not cut it in a future where many jobs were being replaced by technology, he said.

In the future students will have global teachers who could be working simultaneously with students around the world.

“This would mean if you were taking a specific course, the best and most interesting teachers would be available to you.”

An example of the way younger people were driving their own future came with the event’s third speaker ex-Ashburton College student Dr Jared Corbett.

He was a recipient of an Advance Ashburton scholarship in 2015 and has now completed his medical training and registration. He currently works as a locum junior doctor while undertaking a new course of study, a post graduate diploma in conducting. He also performs regularly in the chamber choir Voices New Zealand and the University of Auckland Chamber Choir.

Music is his passion and his future plan is to complete his training as a general practitioner to ensure he can continue to work part-time in medicine while continuing to pursue his involvement in music.

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■■ SANTA PARADE

Parade bigger, better than ever

By Sue Newman

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The countdown to Christmas might just be beginning, but for Ashburton’s unofficial Mother Christmas Carol Johns, the hard work has already been done.

She’s the driving force behind the town’s annual Christmas parade and when the last float rolled into Mona Square on Saturday at the end of its journey through town, Johns was able to heave a sigh of relief – event done and dusted for another year.

For her the Christmas parade is a labour of love. It’s something she’s being pulling together for a number of years and this year, Johns said, was the best event yet.

“For the first time in the history of the parade, every single costume was used as so many people turned up to take part,” she said.

Since August she’s has been working on her parade plan, making phone calls, checking to make sure her regulars – and plenty of new entries – were signed on for the event.

This year’s parade starred a new float for Santa, but as well it starred hundreds of people who dressed in festive style and either

rode on floats or in vehicles. It was all about turning on a Christmas spectacle, and thanks to both the participants and the huge numbers lining the street, Santa Parade 2019 was a big winner, Johns said.

The parade has now grown in size to a point where the first floats to leave Mona Square on their out and return journey to the town centre clock tower, have returned to home base before the last float leaves on its journey.

What was months in the making was packed away in less than a day, with costumes washed and Santa’s sleigh in storage. The big stock of costumes, however, will have another outing next weekend, at Geraldine’s Christmas parade.

“Those costumes belong to the community and it’s great they get a second outing.”

While Johns is the parade’s driving force, a financial helping hand is provided by Hyundai, Ray White Real Estate and a grant from the Ashburton Trust towards storage containers. On the day, there were plenty of businesses that donated vehicles and services that all helped make the day run smoothly, she said.

Crowds flocked to Ashburton’s annual Santa Parade on Saturday.

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The Christmas countdown officially began in Ashburton on Saturday when Santa arrived in town. East Street was packed with families who watched the annual Christmas parade wind its way through town.

Guardian photographer Robyn Hood was there to capture the excitement.

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Will laws bite recreational shooters?

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ixing New Zealand’s wild west gun laws was a no brainer, but with the first and most pressing step taken, is it time to pause, take a breath and ask how far is too far when it comes to keeping Kiwis safe.

Absolutely no question our gun laws were lax. Weapons of a kind that had no place in private hands were readily available – if you knew where to go, who to ask. We already knew that prior to the March 15 Christchurch mosque massacre.

To the Government’s credit, they acted swiftly in the aftermath to start the ball rolling on a massive overhaul of New Zealand’s gun laws. The first wave of change is in place and proving successful.

Military assault and semi automatic weapons have no place in the hands of non-military

personnel and a well publicised amnesty and a buy-back scheme have seen many, many thousands of those surrendered.

One could hazard a guess, however, that there will still be thousands of those weapons out there in the hands of criminals because any amnesty is only as successful as the willingness of those firearms owners to surrender said weapons.

That amnesty on prohibited firearms, parts and magazines runs out on December 20. So too

does the buy-back scheme.

And that’s just the start. More powers will be given to police, ostensibly to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, gangs and high risk offenders, but the ordinary Kiwi gun owner – quite rightly – fears that those powers will also curtail their recreational or sporting activities.

To be fair, those changes are not being blown in without a pause, with a discussion document released to get public input that is apparently to help shape the rules.

The question that must be asked is where the line should be drawn between human rights and community safety, how far should the ownership of gun regulation and use actually go.

Law abiding gun owners will always be the ones to do what’s required, whether they agree

or not, but what about the rest?

Firearms are stock in trade for criminals and gangs and with the best will in the world by lawmakers, will that change?

The new laws are coming in seven stages or tranches. We’re now at tranche two and firearms owners are sounding alarm bells.

They’re concerned that what’s proposed will make serious inroads into their sport. If the changes are this punitive at tranche two, what will happen by tranche seven?

A firearms register is proposed, but gun owners say this has been a failure in any country where it’s been tried.

Tracking and monitoring every firearm in the country will only ever touch the law abiding and the responsible.

Those gun owners say they’re not rednecks, they’re just ordi-

nary Kiwis wanting to continue as responsible sport shooters.

No question our Firearms Act needed overhauling. It’s more than 25 years old and we’ve moved a long way since then as a country – what was acceptable back then is most likely not acceptable today.

But one thing that hasn’t changed is the value we place on personal freedom.

Yes, change is needed, no question, but that change needs to be something we can all live with.

And just how far off the mark some of those proposed changes might be was demonstrated in Ashburton on Saturday when around 300 people marched to show their concerns over a raft of new rules they say will impact significantly on every recreational and sport shooter in New Zealand.

churchwomen were raped and murdered in El Salvador.

(Five national guardsmen were convicted in the killings.)

In 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Centre implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Dr Barney Clark, who lived 112 days with the device.

In 1993, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot to death by security forces in Medellin.

In 2015, a couple loyal to Islamic State opened fire at a holiday

banquet for public employees in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding 21 others before dying in a shootout with police.

Ten years ago: Tiger Woods issued a statement saying he’d let his family down with “transgressions” that he regretted “with all of my heart,” and that he would deal with his personal life behind closed doors.

Five years ago: Israel’s divided government fell apart as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

fired two rebellious Cabinet ministers and called for a new election more than two years ahead of schedule.

One year ago: Israeli police recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery charges, adding to a growing collection of legal troubles for the longtime leader.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Cathy Lee Crosby is 75. Actor Ron Raines is 70. Actor Steven Bauer is 63. Country singer Joe Henry is 59. Rock musician Rick Savage is 59. Actor Brendan

Coyle is 56. Rock musician Nate Mendel is 51. Rock singer Jimi HaHa is 51. Actress Lucy Liu is 51. Rapper Treach is 49. Actor Joe Lo Truglio is 49. Tennis star Monica Seles is 46. Singer Nelly Furtado is 41. Pop singer Britney Spears is 38. Actress-singer Jana Kramer is 36. Actress Yvonne Orji is 36. Actress Daniela Ruah is 36.

Singer Charlie Puth is 28.

Thought for today: “When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.” — Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist (18821967).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, December 2, the 336th day of 2019. There are 29 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On December 2, 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry the previous October.

On this date: In 1816, the first savings bank in the United States, the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, opened for business.

In 1917, six pm closing of pubs was introduced as a ‘temporary’ wartime measure. It ushered in what became known as the ‘six o’clock swill’, in which patrons drank their fill before closing time. The practice was to last for 50 years.

In 1928, the first Bishop of Aotearoa consecrated. Frederick Bennett, who had a Ngāti Whakaue mother and an Irish father, was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1897. He spent 13 years as superintendent of the Māori mission in Rotorua before moving to Hastings for mission work in Hawke’s Bay. In 1954, the US Senate passed, 6722, a resolution condemning Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, saying he had “acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring the Senate into dishonour and disrepute.”

In 1957, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first full-scale commercial nuclear facility in the US, began operations. (The reactor ceased operating in 1982.)

In 1969, the Boeing 747 jumbo jet got its first public preview as 191 people, most of them reporters and photographers, flew from Seattle to New York City.

In 1970, the newly created Environmental Protection Agency opened its doors under its first director, William D. Ruckelshaus.

In 1980, four American

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here’s a common belief amongst many politicians that simply throwing more money at a problem will fix it.

In some cases it’s true. More funding for Pharmac means they can buy more life-saving drugs which in too many cases they presently can’t.

In other cases it’s not. Ask any farmer who’s been through Mycoplasma bovis in the last two years if they think doubling the budget at MPI would have made much of a difference to how they were treated.

Promising to spend more money is often the easiest thing a politician can do, and the logic process is remarkably quick.

Public identifies a problem, public demand change, politician promises to fix it with more money.

Instead of looking at the difficult and often systemic flaws, money is papered over the cracks in an attempt to make it look like something has been done. Usually it doesn’t make the problem go away, and sometimes makes it worse.

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compensation in response to implementing policy that is far worse.

It’s a tactic that’s on full display at present. Following the decision to end offshore oil and gas consenting in Taranaki, the Government have come in and offered tens of millions through the Provincial Growth Fund for other industries.

That level of funding might sound impressive until you consider in Taranaki alone the oil and gas sector was worth $1.5 billion and employed more than 7,000 people. It’s estimated that one decision, made in the hours before Jacinda Ardern flew out for Paris, will cost the Taranaki economy $40 billion by 2050.

Then there’s the West Coast.

Where they’ve seen what the Government have done to oil and gas and are now terrified the same will happen to their coal,

used not in electricity generation, but typically in lower emission steel production. Where Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage has passed legislation that allow Government to close the West Coast whitebait fishery on a whim. Where Environment Minister David Parker has declined a small hydro scheme which would have reduced our reliance on imported Indonesian coal, and made electricity cheaper on the Coast.

It’s no wonder that 4,500 Coasters turned out to a protest in Greymouth a few weeks ago, but they’re not the only ones upset.

Higher taxes, making it harder and more expensive to take on new employees, the huge uncertainty over water reforms; it’s no wonder confidence right across the country is low and economic growth is a shadow of what it once was. Unemployment in Ashburton is now up, and more people are on the Jobseekers Benefit.

Whenever these issues are raised with the Government their response has been disappointingly predictable. In an absence of good policy to

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encourage growth, simply more money being sprinkled around in the form of the Provincial Growth Fund.

The Government have made much of the fact that of the total $3 billion available, $2.5 billion of it has now been allocated. A whopping $400 million has been earmarked for Northland, and just $21 million for all of Canterbury.

But worse is how much money has actually been received by applicants. Recently in a Parliamentary Select Committee the Provincial Development Unit, the Government agency tasked with its administration, confirmed to me it’s just $246 million. Less than ten per cent of what’s been allocated from the Provincial Growth Fund in two years has actually been paid out.

Perhaps some more money will help?

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Afghanistan multicultural and multi-ethnic

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fghanistan is a mountainous country in Asia, more than twice the size of New Zealand. It is landlocked and bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north, and China to the northeast.

The word “Afghan” historically has been used to designate the members of an ethnic group also called the Pashtuns, but Afghanistan is multicultural and multi-ethnic. The population is 32 million, mostly composed of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks.

Kabul, the capital, is the largest city of Afghanistan with population of 4,273,200.

Dari (a variety of Persian) and Pashto are the official languages of Afghanistan. Its GDP per capita is $3147 (the New Zealand GDP per capita is over $NZ66,000).

Agricultural production is the backbone of Afghanistan’s economy. The country is known for producing pomegranates, grapes, apricots, melons and several other fresh and dry fruits.

The country’s highest point is 7492m above sea level, the lowest being 258m above sea level. Afghanistan has a continental climate with harsh winters in the central highlands where the average temperature in January is below −15°C, and hot summers in the low-lying areas, where temperatures average over 35°C in July.

Despite having numerous rivers and reservoirs, large parts of the country are dry. Afghanistan receives snow during the winter in the Hindu Kush and Pamir Mountains, and the melting snow in the spring season enters the rivers, lakes, and streams.

However, two-thirds of the country’s water flows into the neighbouring countries of Iran, Pakistan and Turkmenistan.

The northeastern Hindu Kush mountain range, in and around the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan, is in a geologically active area where earthquakes may occur almost every year. The last strong earthquakes were in 1998, which killed about 6000 people. This was followed by the 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes in which over 150 people were killed and over 1000 injured. A 2010 earthquake left 11 Afghans dead, over 70 injured, and more than 2000 houses destroyed.

Human habitation in Afghanistan dates back tens of thousands years ago. The country’s strategic location along the Silk Road connected it to the cultures of the Middle East and other parts of Asia and it has witnessed numerous military campaigns. In the late 19th Century, Afghanistan became a buffer state in the “Great

Game” between British India and the Russian Empire. It fought for independence from Britain and won it on 1919, eventually becoming a monarchy until 1973, when it became a republic.

The 1930s saw the development of roads, infrastructure, the founding of a national bank, and increased education.

Road links in the north played a large part in a growing cotton and textile industry.

The country built close relationships with the Axis powers, with Germany having the largest share in Afghan development at the time. However, Afghanistan remained neutral and was neither a participant in World War Two nor aligned with either power bloc in the Cold War thereafter.

However, it was a beneficiary of the latter rivalry as both Cold War players vied for influence by building Afghanistan’s main highways, airports, and other vital infrastructure.

In 1978 a coup by the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) led to Afghanistan first becoming a socialist state and then, in 1979, a Soviet protectorate, following a period of internal instability. A contributing factors to this instability and later a war, was the Cold war with one major power supporting the existing regime and the other supporting rebel forces. The war lasted until 1989. Between 562,000 and two million Afghans were killed and about six million people displaced, fleeing Afghanistan mainly to Pakistan and Iran.

The Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989, with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991 ending the Cold war. This created a power vacuum in Afghanistan, leading to the Taliban becoming the dominant power and proclaiming the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in 1996. During their rule, the Taliban and their allies committed massacres against Afghan civilians, denied UN food supplies to 160,000 starving civilians and conducted a policy of scorched earth, burning vast areas of fertile land and destroying tens of thousands of homes. From 1996 to 2001, the al-Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri was also operating inside Afghanistan. Around 400,000 Afghans died in internal conflicts between 1990 and 2001.

Following the September 11 attacks against the US a Northern Alliance removed the Taliban from power. In December 2001, after the Taliban government was overthrown, the Afghan Interim Administration under Hamid Karzai was formed. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was established by the UN Security Council to help assist the Karzai administration and provide basic security. In September 2014 Ashraf Ghani became president after the 2014 presidential election where for the first time in Afghanistan’s history power was democratically transferred. On December 28 2014, NATO formally ended ISAF combat

operations in Afghanistan and transferred full security responsibility to the Afghan government. Thousands of NATO troops remained in the country to train and advise Afghan government forces and continue their fight against the Taliban. It was estimated in 2015 that “about 147,000 people have been killed in the Afghanistan war since 2001. More than 38,000 of those killed have been civilians”. A report titled Body Count concluded that 106,000–170,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the fighting in Afghanistan at the hands of all parties to the conflict. According to the Human Rights Watch, more than 10,000 civilians were killed or wounded during 2018, out of which one third were children. On September 17, 2019 suicide bombers attacks killed 48 people and wounded 80.

A total of 6.3 million Afghan refugees were hosted in Pakistan and Iran by 1990. As of 2013, Afghanistan was the largest refugee-producing country in the world, a title held for 32 years. Afghans are currently the second largest refugee group after Syrian refugees. The majority of Afghan refugees (95 per cent) are located in Iran and Pakistan.

Cricket and football are the two most popular sports in the country. Afghanistan’s sports teams are increasingly celebrating titles at international events. Its basketball team won the first team sports title at the 2010 South Asian Games. Later that year, the country’s cricket team followed as it won the 2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup. In 2012, the country’s 3x3 basketball team won the gold medal at the 2012 Asian Beach Games. In 2013, Afghanistan’s football team followed as it won the SAFF Championship.

Rohullah Nikpai, an Afghan taekwondo practitioner, won two Olympic bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic games.

Classic Persian and Pashto poetry are a cherished part of Afghan culture. Thursdays are traditionally “poetry night” in the city of Herat when men, women and children gather and recite both ancient and modern poems.

Hospitality is a strong cultural value.

When food is served, the host waits until the guests have started eating. On special occasions, pilau rice is served with meat, carrots, raisin, pistachios, or peas. The preferred meat is mutton, but chicken, beef, and camel also are consumed. Kebabs, fried crepes filled with leeks, ravioli, and noodle soup also are prepared. Vegetables include spinach, zucchini, turnip, eggplant, peas and beans, cucumber, and tomatoes. Fresh fruits are eaten during the day or as a dessert.

In formal gatherings, men and women are separated. Dinners start by drinking tea and nibbling on pistachios or chickpeas; food is served late in the evening on dishes that are placed on a cloth on the floor. Eating abundantly demonstrates one’s enjoyment.

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Scheme gets great results

T Looking to the future Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad, Buon Natale, Frohe Weinachten, Craciun fericit, God Jul, Hag Sameach, 3id Milad Majid, Chunjié kuàilè, Maligayang Pasko, Shiawasena kyujitsu, Shubh Avkaash, schastlivogo Rozhdestva.

(That’s “merry Christmas” or “happy holidays” in other languages) Last Thursday we had the privilege of being invited to Advance Ashburton Community Foundation’s celebration of philanthropy event.

One of the speakers was Professor Paul Spoonley, one of New Zealand’s leading academics from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey university.

Prof Spoonley spoke about the challenges and opportunities our district and New Zealand are facing looking toward the future.

In 10 years there will be more people aged over 65 in NZ than 0-15 years. The current median age in Ashburton is 38.6 to 40.8. With ageing population and 1.7 births per woman, fewer people will enter the workforce.

Two third of regions in NZ will experience population stagnation or decline.

Looking forward, immigration is the most important source of population growth and workforce, and a source of innovation and a way into international markets.

Attracting migrants depends on the approach of our community and employers to migrants and diversity. Prof Spoonley praised our district for steps taken so far in this regard, but obviously we need to continue to encourage diversity and welcome migrants.

Immigration New Zealand recently announced changes to the temporary work visas, due to go in effect on 2021, and they recognised Canterbury as a lower labour supply region, making easier for employers here to recruit migrant workers.

Our Multicultural Advisory Committee has been meeting and identified Eng-

lish as a big issue for migrants holding a temporary visa, as it affects their quality of life, safety and working conditions. We will try to run programmes to answer this next year. We also had a guest speaker, Jacob Kambuta, who is a lecturer at Lincoln university who came from Zambia and worked for several years on New Zealand dairy farms and is doing a research on migrant dairy workers.

We are still running a language exchange.

It’s a Facebook group/board aimed to pair people interested in learning other (non-English) language with migrants who wish to converse to improve their English, so they can both teach each other new language skills. They set the time and location (which could also be online through voice/video calls). Interested? Go to www.facebook.com/groups/NewZealandLanguageExchange We are currently running a women’s group, a morning mothers and toddlers group (with Plunket), a board games club and occasionally other activities.

We are always looking for volunteers to run more social activities. If you are passionate about book clubs, crafts or anything else and would like to organise a group for like-minded people with the full back and support of the Newcomers network (location, logistics, limited funding) – contact us at newcomers@saferashburton.org.nz or 027 220 8791.

As our next newsletter will be coming out on 2020 we wish all of our readers joyful holidays and a happy new year.

The Hakatere Multi Cultural Council is proudly sponsored by the Advance Ashburton Community Foundation, the Tindall Foundation, COGS, Ashburton District Council, The Lion Foundation, Community Trust Mid & South Canterbury.

Ma te wa, Adi Avnit, co-ordinator Hakatere Multi Cultural Council

he Rural Driver Licensing Scheme is nearing the end of the second year and it’s amazing how quick time has gone by, and what we have achieved so far.

Over the two years we put 48 participants through the learner’s licence course and have had some great results – above national average pass rate. Of these, 48 we are pleased to see 32 participants working or completed towards their restricted licence, with the remainder due to start lessons once they have passed the learner’s test. It’s really rewarding to catch up with our ladies who are now licenced drivers and hearing of the positive impact being able to drive has had on their lives.

Again, we can’t do this without our wonderful sponsors, volunteer mentors, child minders and drivers, our tutor from the Ashburton Learning Centre and instructors from Driver Training in Ashburton. It’s a team effort to get our ladies on the road to independence. So thank you to all who are involved.

It’s so interesting to meet women from different countries, and we have had quite a few different cultures represented – Philippines, Indo-Fijian, South Africa, Ukraine, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Samoa, Kenya, Columbia, Egypt and New Zealand. And that is just our participants.

Our wonderful volunteers come from Germany, Philippines, China, Equador, England and New Zealand. What a multi-cultural bunch we are!

If you would like to join us either as a participant, driving mentor or child minder, please call the coordinator, Wendy

on 027 611 3301 or email wendy.hewitt@ safermidcanterbury.org.nz . We are taking registrations for the next learners class which will start in the new year, as soon as we have 12 participants. So let me know if you, or someone you know would like to join this group. We are also looking for more volunteer mentors, so if this interests you, please give me a call.

The Mid Canterbury Rural Driver Licensing Scheme is proudly sponsored

by The Lotteries Commission, Ashburton District Council, Advance Ashburton, COGs, The Lion Foundation, The Ashburton Licensing Trust, Community Trust Mid & South Canterbury and The Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust.

Wendy Hewitt, Rural Licensing Co-Ordinator

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Suiting up for show time

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Less than a week out from hitting the stage, the boys behind the show Cabarnet aren’t just fine-tuning their sound, but also their style.

The show, which features six of Mid Canterbury’s best known performers, opens at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on Friday night and then returns again on Saturday night and, after weeks of rehearsal, the group stepped out of the studio and into fashion alley last week.

For a show based on classy vocal performances in a polished and impressive manner, there was also the need to look the way they intend to sound.

Enter Richard Wilson of Sparrows, who has hooked the group up with suits for the show.

“What these guys are doing is awesome, and we’re just rapt to be able to help them out in some small way,” he said.

Cabarnet consists of a sextet of well known current and former local performers; Heath Walters, Chris Woods, Tony Kelly, Luke Glendining and Daniel Wilson.

Joining them, and returning back to the Ashburton stage, will be Tainui Kuru who will make an appearance before moving overseas early in 2020.

The opportunity came about when the Red Hot Nana’s show, Yes, That’s What Music Is All About finished last year, which some of the group were involved in, and the ladies in charge said they didn’t have anything planned for 2019.

After putting their heads together for a while, Walters and Woods came up with the idea

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and recruited a few more names to come on board and help them out and now they’re here, entering show week and looking forward to putting on a memorable performance.

Five of the lads have been rehearsing for the past two and a half months with Kuru joining them yesterday for the first time to help put the show together in full.

“Things are coming together really nice,” Walters said.

“It took a bit of time, but some of the songs have really fallen into place beautifully and are sounding even better than I think we might have thought they would.”

Featuring music across a whole heap of different genres and styles, Walters said the hope is that there is something there

for everyone with a real focus on the vocal side of things while also highlighting some of instrumental skills of the group members as well.

The show opens at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on Friday night with a second performance on Saturday night.

Tickets available at Ticket Rocket or from the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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Choir eagerly awaits Kuru’s return Tainui Kuru will be returning to where it all began when he is guest artist for the Mid Canterbury Choir Christmas Concerts this month.

Choir manager Carol Gunn recalls with pride that it was the choir which gave him his first musical opportunity, when he sang the part of Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors in 2004.

“Tainui was just 11 years old,” Gunn said.

“The choir has watched his career blossom and were absolutely thrilled when he agreed to sing with us at all three of our Christmas concerts this year.”

Kuru would be singing O Holy Night with the choir, plus three of his own Christmas songs.

The choir would also be welcoming clarinet player Greta Calvert from Geraldine High School to play Clear Was the Night at the concerts, while the musical director is Jocelyn Jones of Geraldine, and accompanist is Deborah Sloper of Ashburton.

Currently based in Auckland, Kuru

works as a freelance actor, singer and dancer for entertainment venues and companies including Skycity Casino, Operatunity and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.

He is a member of the Modern Maori Quartet and has travelled throughout the world with the group, which has recently returned from a five-week tour of Korea, China and Japan.

Next year, Kuru has plans to move to Vancouver to work for a few years and pursue performing opportunities abroad.

Mid Canterbury Choir Christmas Concert will be this Friday in Ashburton at St Stephen’s Church Ashburton midday and 5pm, and then on Sunday at St Andrew’s Church, 10 Cox Street, Geraldine, at 4pm.

Admission is $5 at the door plus a gift of food for the foodbank.

“We hope folk will take time out from their busy Christmas preparations to enjoy one of our concerts, it’s a way to remember the true meaning of Christmas,” Gunn said.

Tainui Kuru.

ARTS DIARY ■■ December 3-4 – Zirka Circus, Ashburton Domain, Tuesday, December 3 at 6.30pm and Wednesday December 4 at 6.30pm. Award-winning acts from international circus competitions make this show something not to be missed.

■■ December 4 – Drawn to Sound exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery, runs three days to December 6, with Dunedin artists Jane Venis and Hannah Joynt.

Venis will play a range of instruments while Joynt interprets the music into large scale drawings.

■■ December 6 – Buskers’ Night, Baring Square East from 6.30pm and Friday, December 20 from 6.30pm.

■■ December 6 – Mid Canterbury Choir Christmas Concert midday and 5pm at Ashburton, St Stephen’s Church. Admission $5 at the door plus a gift of food for the foodbank. Guest Tainui Koru, musical director Jocelyn Jones, accompanist Deborah Sloper.

■■ December 6 – Cabarnet at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, a fun-filled night raising funds for Variety Theatre Ashburton, with songs from The Bee Gees, The Beatles, Coldplay, Queen and many more.

■■ December 7 – Mitre 10 Mega Christmas in the Park, 7pm, Ashburton Domain Oval, featuring the Topp Twins, Zirka Circus, LDA Dance and lots of local superstars.

■■ December 8 – Mid Canterbury Choir Christmas Concert 4pm at Geraldine, St Andrew’s Church. Admission $5 at the door plus a gift of food for the foodbank. Guest Tainui Koru, musical director Jocelyn Jones, accompanist Deborah Sloper.

■■ December 13 – Movie Night, Baring Square East, from 6pm9.30pm. Get the family together for a special outdoor screening of the 2003 Christmas classic, Elf starring Will Ferrell.

■■ December 20 – I Belong by Valeria Sobredo, book signing and discussion about the issues portrayed in this book, Ashburton Trust Event Centre 5.30pm to 7.30pm, free.

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Spreading a little Christmas cheer Ashburton’s East Street was packed with families on Saturday for the annual Christmas parade.

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■■AUSTRALIA

The festival comes alive at night.

Tasting South Australia’s finest I

’m ashamed to admit that before the Tasting Australia Festival, my knowledge of Adelaide’s food scene was limited.

Despite awareness of South Australia’s excellent wine regions and abundance of luscious produce, I was still guilty of seeing Sydney and Melbourne as the goto places for world-class cuisine in Australia.

But after six days of embarrassingly excessive consumption, I can safely say I’m an Adelaide convert.

Tasting Australia is an annual celebration of South Australia’s food and drink. Over 10 days, the 2019 festival hosted 100 events, meals and tasting classes both in Adelaide itself and around South Australia.

There are several talented people behind this fantastic event; perhaps the best known is Jock Zonfrillo, owner and head chef at Restaurant Orana, (named Australia’s best restaurant in the Good Food Guide awards 2019) – and one of the new Masterchef Australia judges.

Though a visit to Orana (I was lucky enough to experience its 17-course degustation focused on Australian indigenous food – it definitely deserves the awards) would make you think Zonfrillo might curate an exclusively highend festival, one of the things I loved the most about Tasting Australia was its accessibility.

My apartment, the Adina Adelaide Treasury, was on Victoria Square – festival central – and every night I meandered back there through live music, deli-

A trip to Adelaide uncovers hidden, delicious delights, writes Alexia Santamaria.

South Australia is right up there with the best culinary destinations in Australia. cious smells, lights and sounds of all sorts of people having a great time. Entry to the square was free, and the street food very affordable.

American barbecue with its smoky aroma nestled in next to Instagram-worthy desserts from Shibui dessert bar; Modern Taiwainese cosied up to Sri Lankan curries and – perhaps my favourite – mouthwatering prawn tacos from La Popular Taqueria, with tortillas made fresh on site.

Of course there were high-end experiences too and I loved my

indulgent lunch at Sunset Food and Wine on Kangaroo Island, with a fascinating tasting at the award-winning Kangaroo Island Gin distillery afterwards.

The Glasshouse dinner, cooked by some of Australia’s finest chefs – including David Thompson from Long Chim and Fico’s Federica Andrissani (as well as some local Adelaide legends) – was amazing too. But there was something for everyone in the programme, including fun events where top chefs cooked everyday crowd favourites like pizza and

schnitzel.

Even outside of the festival, Adelaide is a wonderful place to eat, from the giddy culinary heights of Orana to hearty cheap eats in Chinatown.

One of my highlights was exploring the Adelaide Central market with Food Tours Australia. An iconic foodie destination since 1869, it’s everything you want: the banter, the irresistible smells of freshly cooked pasta, freshly baked bread, and cheese and charcuterie you’d sell your grandmother for.

Two of my favourites were a Turkish delight stand with jewel-like sweet treats I’d never seen before and the fascinating Something Wild which specialises in indigenous Australian ingredients.

My guide Cheryl had organised a taster platter of venison salami, finger limes, karkalla and muntries. I’m still dreaming about the finger limes and their little caviar-like pearls bursting with fresh citrus flavour – and how perfect they would be in my Friday night GnT. Many an ex-Australian Masterchef contestant has set up shop in Adelaide too – Po Ling Yeow has Jamface in the market itself, Jessie Spiby has My Grandma Ben, Callum Hann has Sprout Cooking School and Andre Ursini has Andre’s Cucina.

And then, of course, there’s the wine – perhaps what Adelaide is best known for. Between the four regions of The Barossa, Clare Valley, Fleurieu Peninsula and Adelaide Hills there is plenty to choose from.

I only had time to visit Adelaide Hills, and can highly recommend the wares of Golding Wines and Barristers Block and recent opening, Lot 100, a very cool option with a brewery and distillery on site.

The scales and my clothes probably disagree, but I felt I only scratched the surface of all the great food and wine in this charming, easy-to-navigate city – and the surrounding region.

Book Tasting Australia 2020 into your travel diary – but maybe eat salad for a week before you go.

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■■OPINION

What’s in a name?

By Olivia Caldwell

T

he Crusaders and New Zealand Rugby just spent eight months coming up with nothing.

Not since former Prime Minister John Key’s national flag referendum have we seen such an expensive process turn to mud.

At least Key involved the public, however.

Not NZR. Cantabrians weren’t asked for input on the new Crusaders’ logo.

The responsibility was given to an outside design agency and the final word was down to the Crusaders and NZR boards.

Who from the outset, were never changing the Crusaders’ name.

NZR chairman Brent Impey said there was “no intention and never has been any intention, that the Crusaders name would change in 2020.”

Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge reiterated that.

His statement on Friday when they announced the ‘no name’ change said “While the main focus of the brand review was not the club’s name .

“It was decided that no name better represented the Crusader club’s commitment to living its values.

“Crusading for social improvement and inclusiveness, and crusading with heart for our community and for each other.”

So, the logo has changed and the Crusaders name will stay.

A halfway move pleasing absolutely no one.

Rugby has sat on the fence and disappointed those they were trying to appease – New Zealanders.

In taking that approach they have sorely missed the point.

When the March 15 Christchurch mosque attacks killed 51 Muslim worshippers in prayer, the Crusaders name was highlighted as being the wrong one for a sports team in a region struck with terror.

Any sports team for that matter.

NZR had the opportunity to change the name referencing religious war between Muslims and Christians in the 11th century, and make one powerful statement for New Zealanders in the process.

Like it or not, rugby has the ability to change Kiwi attitudes and New Zealand culture.

We have seen it with All Black

Sonny Bill Williams, who visited the March 15 mosque attack victims, we have seen it with both Brad Weber and TJ Perenara’s stance on homophobia in sport, and there is hope we continue to see it.

But there was little change on Friday and the name has stuck, and so, the awful divide between the Crusaders’ faithful and those wanting change continues.

There should be no divide.

Rugby fans are advocates for change, just like many great people want to keep the Crusaders’ name.

Rugby is a game for everyone, and equally it is okay if you don’t like rugby.

Catch the drift.

However the Crusaders’ name has somehow created a ‘you’re either with us or you aren’t’ feel-

ing across the country.

Those who have dared to speak up and say it is time to remove the Crusaders’ name have received abuse and threats.

I’ve had colleagues receive threats to them, their families and their safety.

I am one of those who love rugby and like the Crusaders’ style of rugby.

As a Southlander growing up, I wore a Crusaders jersey, brandished with a sword.

The 10-year-old me loved the horse and sword act around the field at Jade Stadium.

I had no idea what it all meant, but I knew it wasn’t peace, love and happy days.

As an adult, I know what the sword, horse and Crusader stands for.

It isn’t rugby either.

I don’t need an emblem with a sword on my chest or a name behind me to feel a part of a team, in fact I find it odd an adult rugby fan does.

If my last name stood for hate, I’d change it.

The Crusaders’ name should have gone with the horse and sword.

Because it is so much more than just a name.

A name change would have stood against those who think it is okay to be racist, and those who think it is okay to hate the religious.

The Crusaders’ brand means so much to so many people.

A name change could have symbolised a progressive, understanding and inclusive region, rather than a ‘you’re with us or you aren’t’ rugby state.

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■■RUGBY

Reality check for Folau Israel Folau says he has teammates who will support him in his $14 million fight against Rugby Australia (RA) but one former colleague has given him a reality check.

David Pocock has called out Folau previously for his anti-gay comments and also believes the ex-fullback is off the mark by suggesting he was in line to captain the Wallabies.

Earlier last week Folau increased his compensation demands from $10 million to $14 million as he continues his legal fight against RA for what he believes was wrongful termination after being sacked for saying on Instagram “hell awaits” gay people.

In an updated statement of claim lodged with the Federal Circuit Court this week, Folau is partly justifying his demand for more money by saying he will now miss out on extra earnings that come with being skipper of the national side.

But Pocock says he doesn’t know why Folau thinks he would oust captain Michael Hooper.

“I think Michael Hooper has been doing a great job and he’s contracted to the next World Cup so I’m not sure where Izzy’s getting that from,” Pocock said.

Hooper, 28, is two years younger than Folau, making it more implausible the former rugby league and AFL star would be thrust into the top job.

Pocock’s comments come after former Wallaby Peter FitzSimons labelled Folau’s captaincy claim “absurd”, particularly given that he was never even named as a vice-captain.

“It just gets ever more absurd,” FitzSimons told TVNZ. “From a distance, I just thought, ‘What? Captain?’ … but Michael Cheika, who was the Wallabies coach of course, he moved through seven vice-captains.

“Now, if Michael Cheika had seven vice-captains and Israel Folau wasn’t one of them, I think by definition he was a very unlikely man to be captain.

“The last time Australian rugby had a fullback as captain was in 1980.

“It was Paul McLean, it was one test, and after that the theory in Australian rugby was that fullback was too far from the main game to be the captain, so the tradition in Australian rugby is we don’t have a fullback as a captain.

“I find the claim absolutely absurd.”

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■■CRICKET

Big wins highlight weekend cricket

By Matt Markham

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The Tech Stags might have continued their domination of the Canterbury Country Combined Cricket competition on Saturday but it was their Mid Canterbury bedfellows, Allenton, who made the biggest statement.

The two local sides both produced comprehensive victories in their matches and did so in contrasting style, Tech doing the damage with the ball and Allenton setting their victory up with the bat.

At Brookside Park, Allenton lost the toss and were sent into bat – an outcome which would have had them worried when after just two deliveries one of their openers were back in the sheds.

The crossover match had been delayed starting due to Ohoka being late to arrive to the ground and they may have wished they’d stayed away after that early wicket and Allenton began to pile on the runs.

An 83 from Karmjeet Singh set the tone for the match and when he became the fourth wicket to fall the visitors would have fancied scoring around the 250 mark with their score at 4-146 half way through the innings.

But two more significant contributions enhanced that figure considerably.

Sukhjeet Singh came to the crease and set about building an innings with a solid strike rate.

He and Ranpreet Singh added 54 for the fifth wicket to see Allenton through to 200 after 28 overs and then Manpreet Singh came to the crease – and things stepped up another notch.

In just under 10 overs, the pair added 131 with Manpreet blasting his way to a rapid fire 67 off 29 balls, in an inning which included seven sixes and five fours.

At the other end Sukhjeet chipped away and was the final wicket to fall, out for 97 with a century well within grasp.

That saw Allenton through to an imposing 348 from their 40 overs, leaving their rivals the arduous task of having to chase them down.

To their credit, Ohoka knuckled down to the task at hand but were

Tech wicket keeper Callum Gallagher gloves the ball after a Weedons player plays and misses in their match at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 301119-RH-024 unable to get their innings going despite a number of starts, with the Allenton bowlers eventually rolling their hosts for 207.

Manpreet and Mana Singh were the pick of the bowlers, claiming two wickets each.

Back in Ashburton, Tech hosted Weedons, who defaulted to Allenton the week prior, and only managed to bring a squad of nine

for Saturday’s match.

The day didn’t get any better for them either with the Tech quick bowlers ripping through their batting line-up with ease to have them all out for 57 within the first 20 overs of the innings.

Harry Jones took on the role of chief destroyer, claiming 4-16 off just over four overs, while Richard Print chipped in with three wick-

ets for 11 runs off his seven-over spell.

In reply, Tech chased the target down with three batsmen back in the sheds.

Bevan Richan was 12 not out and the end of the match, while Will McKee finished 20 not out in an innings that featured just five scoring shots, all of which were fours.

Next weekend the two Mid Canterbury-based sides will lock horns with each other for the second time this season. When they first met, six weeks ago, Allenton were all out for 128 when batting first and Tech breezed to victory, but current form might suggest that this weekend’s fixture could be a far closer battle between two in-form sides.

Warner in record-breaking form at Adelaide David Warner walked off the Adelaide Oval with his bat held aloft in one hand and his helmet in the other, forming the shape of a big V for victory.

He’d already taken a theatrical bow after reaching a triple-century for the first time, and had leaped in his customary celebration of every 100.

Former test captain Mark Taylor and tens of thousands of fans stood and applauded his unbeaten 335 against Pakistan in the second test on Saturday.

Warner, who missed the last southern summer while serving a

12-month ban and entered the series against Pakistan after a poor Ashes return in England, beat the great Donald Bradman’s record of 299 – set against South Africa in 1931-32 – for the highest test score at the Adelaide Oval.

The 33-year-old left-hander opener is putting runs on the board, physically and metaphorically, in his rehabilitation with the Australian public.

Warner overhauled Bradman’s highest test score of 334 with a single before his captain Tim Paine declared Australia’s first innings at 589-3 on Saturday evening to

give the bowlers a chance to get wickets before the main interval on day two of the match.

It worked in favor of the team, with Australia’s pacemen having Pakistan reeling at 96-6 at stumps on day two.

There was a strategic time limit for the declaration, Warner knew, so he wasn’t upset at all at not getting the chance to take on Brian Lara’s world record of 400 not out.

Regardless, Warner’s score is the 10th-highest in test cricket and second only to Matt Hayden, who scored 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003, among Australian batsmen.

That was a position previously shared by Bradman and Taylor, who declared when he was on 334 against Pakistan at Peshawar in 1998.

Taylor was in a broadcasting box on Saturday when Warner surpassed his record. He applauded Warner, saying he had no problem with the Aussie opener taking a chance to surpass 334 runs.

Bradman died in 2001 but his legacy lives on at his long-time home ground.

Warner knew the key numbers, “100 percent I was aware of it,” he said. “You grow up knowing what

those milestones are.

“You look at the history books and say, ‘How did they get there?’

It’s a long time in the middle. It takes a lot of patience, which I surprised myself.”

Warner walked through a guard of honor his team-mates formed on the boundary as he went back to the dressing rooms for a well-deserved break.

Warner’s innings lasted 418 balls and contained 39 fours and one six – which he whacked on 302 to surpass Pakistan skipper’ Azhar Ali’s record for the biggest innings in a day-night test.

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■■SEVENS RUGBY

Tough day for sevens sides

By Matt Markham

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England’s Rory Burns defied the Black Caps bowling attack to notch up a fine century yesterday.

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England fight back - finally It took them long enough, but England have finally produced a dominant day of test cricket in New Zealand.

Such days have been few and far between for the visitors in this two-test series – indeed since England last won a test in this country, back in 2008. But, after centuries from Rory Burns and Joe Root progressed the visitors from 39-2 to 269-5 at stumps on day three of the second test in Hamilton, they could be well pleased with their efforts.

It ultimately might not produce many rewards – their bowlers will have to shine for this result to be anything but a draw, especially after rain ended play an hour early – but England have at least warded off some of the doom and gloom surrounding their performances, and assured a competitive ending to the test.

Their path to victory relies on their middle and lower batsmen standing up and offering support to Root, who delivered a captain’s knock just when it was richly re-

quired, finishing the day unbeaten on 114, and looking impressive throughout.

He was aided by a Seddon Park wicket that didn’t offer much to the New Zealand bowling attack, and is probably the biggest factor in the likely draw that awaits come Tuesday.

England’s current deficit – still trailing by 106 runs – is also a significant factor, though.

Bat all day today, and they could graft a lead to give their bowlers a crack on the final day.

Collapse, and the Black Caps could have enough time to set a tricky chase come day five.

Anything else, and a draw is in store, which would give the Black Caps yet another series win, but it would also leave them stuck on 99 test wins ahead of their daunting three-test series of Australia.

Burns and Root assured there wouldn’t be any early success for the bowlers, as they soaked up 383 balls as part of a 177-run third wicket partnership

A countback on points has ultimately led to Mid Canterbury missing out on a chance to qualify for the New Zealand’s sevens rugby championships.

Playing in Timaru on Saturday, Mid Canterbury went south with high hopes after some good training sessions and some exciting new faces coming into the mix as well.

But it wasn’t to be.

With one win for the day, the green and golds found themselves in a position from which to qualify, with five of the six teams competing gaining an entry.

Instead, a last-round loss to close neighbours South Canterbury left them at the bottom of the points table alongside South Canterbury and also Southland with Mid Canterbury’s points differential the worst of the three – kicking them out of a qualification spot.

After starting the day with a massive loss to a Canterbury side, which featured well-known Mid Canterbury names, Dan Fransen and Brian Matomarusha, Mid Canterbury bounced back to get a result with a 17-12 win over Southland.

Losses to Otago and Tasman followed, but heading into that last match against South Canterbury they had a shot.

But it wasn’t to be and for the second year in a row, the Mid Canterbury side returned home without achieving what they’d hope to achieve.

Mid Canterbury were also at the tournament with a women’s side, but from their four matches they were unable to get a win on the board.

Canterbury went on to win the men’s side of the competition while they also claimed the top spot in the women’s competition as well, advancing through to the National final alongside Tasman and Otago.

■■FOOTBALL

Draw hurts Manchester City’s title hopes AP Kevin De Bruyne’s breathtaking long-range strike proved to be in vain for Manchester City as the defending English Premier League champions twice squandered the lead in a 2-2 draw at Newcastle, further damaging their hopes of reeling in Liverpool in the title race.

Hours later, Liverpool beat Brighton 2-1 to move 11 points clear of City – the biggest gap between the sides this season.

De Bruyne chested down a headed clearance about five meters outside the penalty area, let the ball bounce, and let fly with a fierce shot that flew in off the crossbar in the 82nd minute, regaining the lead for City at 2-1 at St. James’ Park.

However, from a free kick to the right of the penalty area in the 88th, the ball was played across to Jonjo Shelvey, whose first-time shot from outside the box found the bottom corner of the net.

Shelvey used to play for Liver-

pool and it could prove to be his most important goal for the Reds.

“I might be a hero in Liverpool now,” Shelvey said, “but we need to get as many points on the board as quickly as possible.”

While the draw moved Newcastle a further point clear of the relegation zone, it dealt a huge blow to City’s ambitions of winning a third straight league title.

Raheem Sterling’s 21st-minute goal put City ahead, only for Newcastle left back Jetro Willems to equalise four minutes later from

a cut-back by Miguel Almiron, who registered his first assist in 24 games since joining from Major League Soccer.

City failed to win at St. James’ Park for the second straight season. Pep Guardiola’s side lost 2-1 in January, which sparked a 14-match winning run that took City to the title – a point ahead of Liverpool.

City might have to go unbeaten for the rest of this season to even get close to threatening Liverpool’s bid to win a first league title in 30 years.

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■■INTER DOMINIONS

A G’s White Socks ‘can win final’

By Garrick Knight It’s not often two veterans Maurice McKendry and Barry Purdon combine in victory these days.

And it’s even less so that either really talks up a horse.

But in the case of A G’s White Socks, upset winner of the second pacing heat at the Auckland Inter Dominions, both trends were bucked.

Purdon was quick to shift the praise for the win, modestly pointing out that usual trainers Greg and Nina Hope had the horse this time last week.

“I’ve only had him a few days, really. So that’s all down to Greg and Nina; they’ve done all the work on him.

“Greg said he was rapt with the way he worked before he left and that’s why he put him on the plane north.”

Purdon worked the horse on Wednesday and liked what he felt.

Really liked.

“He worked really good. He’s just such a lovely horse with really high speed.

So, does he think he can win a final in 14 days’ time?

“Absolutely I do.”

McKendry was actually offered the horse to look after for the series, but after recently selling his property on the Pukekohe track’s perimeter, it wasn’t going to be a suitable arrangement.

“Greg rung me up and asked if I could look after him but I had just shifted away from the track and Greg felt that probably wasn’t going to suit the big horse, being trucked in every morning.

“So, he sent him to Barry and I thought that was the end of it.

“I assumed Ricky May was going to come up and drive him.“ But May stayed home so McKendry got the call up and didn’t disappoint.

With Australian favourite Bling It On in front and New Zealand Cup winner Cruz Bromac parked, McKendry didn’t fancy his chases from three back on the outer.

“He was just flopping along in behind, nice and relaxed but I thought the horses up front would be hard to beat.

A G’s White Socks goes ‘swish’ and rockets past the best pacers in the land on Friday night.

“Then when I came out and he balanced up, he just went ‘swish’.

“It was terrific speed. He’s a really lovely horse.”

New Zealand Cup winner Cruz Bromac was brave in running second for Mark Purdon after sitting parked for the last lap while stablemate Thefixer flashed through for third.

Meanwhile Luke McCarthy is not making excuses, but simply turning the page on Bling It On’s horror start to the Inter Dominion.

And getting over became a little easier when the draws came out for tomorrow night’s 1700m second of heats.

“Drawing inside the back, behind the likely leader San Carlo, is just perfect,” McCarthy said.

“He’s eaten up well this morning and seems great, so I’ve just put last night behind me.

“I don’t want to make excuses, but of course you think about what went wrong. He got too keen in front and hitting a wheel a couple of times didn’t help.

“He hasn’t been in front for a long, long time in a race and he wanted to go and go.

“He went from cruising to gone in a couple of strides and that’s just not him, never has been.”

Veteran Victorian San Carlo, who was a sound fifth after sitting parked on opening night, should have the speed to lead and show whether he’s a genuine factor in the series over 1700m on Tuesday.

It’s a strong heat thought with

two of the All Stars’ big guns, final favourite Ultimate Sniper (seven) and Cruz Bromac (eight), facing big tasks from those wide draws over the sprint trip.

The other two Aussies, outsiders Conviction (gate two) and Our Uncle Sam (four), have drawn well, but would need to improve sharply on night one to stay in contention for a final berth.

Opening night eye-catcher Colt Thirty One gets a slightly better draw (gate five) on Tuesday, but it’s still a big challenge with Chase Auckland (one) and A G’s White Socks (three) drawn better.

Victorian My Kiwi Mate was just fair after a good trail on night one, but inside the back (nine), behind Chase Auckland, gives him every chance to get some serious points

if he’s good enough.

The other Aussies Atomic Red (six) and Sicario (10) have only drawn fairly and would need to lift on their night one form.

In the trotting series, McLovin will have back row draw to overcome if he rejoins the series after missing opening night with a minor health setback.

Trainer Andy Gath said things look good at this stage.

“He missed two days work, but he will have a bit of a workout Monday morning and that’ll be when we make the final call on whether he’s right to race Tuesday or not,” he said.

He’s drawn to follow out high-profile first night flop Habibi Inta, who absolutely walked out of the gate in that first heat.

■■FAMILY FEUD

Butcher boys do best in Oamaru driving series

By Jonny Turner Brothers Zachary and Benjamin Butcher proved consistency counts when winning the Family Feud Driving Series at Oamaru on Saturday.

The northern reinsmen beat out the five other sets of siblings in the competition to win without taking out any of the four series heats.

The Butchers’ win came in the first running of the siblings series, which was changed after formerly being run as the Brothers In Arms Drivers Series.

Their tally of 65 points saw them beat sisters, Sheree and Kerryn Tomlinson, who were second with 61 points.

Brothers Matthew and Brad Williamson

were third with 60 points.

The Butchers’ best results in the competition came when they produced three placings.

Benjamin drove Refine in to second placing behind Futura Easton, who scored a front-running win for Matthew Williamson.

Zachary was seventh in heat one behind Betstars Blue Jean.

Williamson also took out heat two of the competition with Only One Way. The Butchers were both out of the placings with Zachary finishing fifth with Sugar Can and Benjamin finishing seventh with Moniburns.

The brothers picked up more points when Zachary finished second with Markham Eyre and Benjamin finished third with

Goodthingstaketime in heat three.

The race was won by Gotta Party Doll for fellow northern driver Sailesh Abernethy, who teamed with brother, Jay. The Butchers sealed their victory when Zachary and Donegal Gilbert finished fourth and Benjamin finished ninth with Sheeza Sport in heat four.

The race was taken out by Three Ideas and Craig Thornley, who competed alongside brother, Chris.

Final points tally: Zachary and Benjamin Butcher - 65 Sheree and Kerryn Tomlinson - 61 Matthew and Brad Williamson - 60 Jay and Sailesh Abernethy - 50 Gerard and Leo O’Reilly - 41 Zac Butcher, with brother Ben, took out Craig and Chris Thornley - 35 the Family Feud Driving Series.

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Favourite too good for rivals If you’re good enough to claim a Listed once, you’re good enough to do it again, as the 2018 NZ Oaks winner Sentimental Miss from Awapuni claimed a very competitive Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup at the racecourse on Saturday.

Fourth favourite in the 14-horse field after not much success since the Oaks win as a 3-year-old, jockey Kozzi Asano picked the right line for a field that spread out nearly rail-to-rail after the final turn in the 2040m feature of Christmas at the Races.

Coming into the event, Foxton favourite Red Sierra (Rosie Myers) and last year’s cup runner-up Hunta Pence (Chris Johnson) of Hastings had been looking like the prize bets, plus the hope that Sergeant Blast (Leah Hemi) might be able to pull off a headline-grabbing Waverley-Wanganui Cup double.

Portland Jimmy, who took the early lead followed by Sergeant Blast who had previously led the Waverley Cup from start to finish.

But the chasing pack also wanted a say and coming to the final straight the field had spread out by 6-7 horses across, opening up the chance for a bolter to make their way through.

That was all Sentimental Miss needed, as she came charging through the middle to get up by 2/3 of a length from Hunta Pence, who had earned the rail but had to settle for runnerup for the second year in a row.

Camino Rocoso and Chris Johnson

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Camino Rocoso claims Cup Enigmatic former North Island galloper Camino Rocoso put his best foot forward yesterday when he gave a dashing display of front-running to take out the feature event at Cromwell, the No Limits Interiors Cromwell Cup (2030m).

The annual Cromwell Christmas meeting attracts huge crowds each year and there was a noticeable cacophony of noise as Camino Rocoso injected plenty of excitement into the contest as he strung the field out from barrier rise.

Rider Chris Johnson had his hands full when the Shocking

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 02 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 1.40pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY MONDAY C0 C0, 410m 1 2332 Paris End nwtd....................................L Cole 2 53688 Homebush Brave nwtd...............J McInerney 3 77567 Dewie nwtd............................... S Gommans 4 241 Thrilling Dora nwtd........................... K Walsh 5 22441 Gemmas Dilemma nwtd.............J McInerney 6 24 Bigtime Bailey nwtd.............................L Cole 7 Big Time Jonie nwtd............................L Cole 8 386 Giraffe Club nwtd................................L Cole 2 1.57pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 410m 1 67624 Retail Mayhem 23.85...................... L Pearce 2 46318 Waitohi nwtd.................................A Turnwald 3 32511 Big Time Spot 23.69............................L Cole 4 77762 Nuclear Jewel 24.34........................L Doody 5 82424 I’ll Be Loyal nwtd..........................B Hodgson 6 76346 Lucy Lingers nwtd......................J McInerney 7 72145 Idol Wilson nwtd.................................M Flipp

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 02 Dec 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6 1 4.42pm (NZT) KERNOW CONSTRUCTION TERMINATING PICK 6 C4/C5 C4/5, 457m 1 21374 Tommy The Jett 26.09..................A Turnwald 2 53354 Arden Emgrand 25.93..................A Turnwald 3 85642 Ask King Jeff 25.78.............................L Cole 4 13262 Cheeseball 26.11................................L Cole 5 33351 Bigtime Alfie 26.25..............................L Cole 6 61283 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 7 177x6 Thrilling Trev 26.10.................... K Gommans 8 15385 Fare Dodger 26.01........................M Goodier 9 35544 Turanza’s Terror 25.98..................A Turnwald

six-year-old took off in the mid stages, putting up a six-length lead approaching the home turn.

Johnson nursed his charge into the home straight where he maintained his momentum to score convincingly from stablemate Sitarist, who had tracked him throughout.

Co-trainer Karen Parsons, who prepares Camino Rocoso with husband John from their Balcairn base, had been supremely confident of a winning performance with the horse stepping up in distance from his recent starts.

“His best efforts have been once he has got up to 2000m and

further as he is bred to stay,” Parsons said.

“I thought he was spot on for the race and, on his exposed form, he definitely looked the winner on paper.

“I did say to his owners that I thought he would win with a leg in the air and thankfully he did pretty much that or I might have been eating a bit of humble pie.”

Parsons wasn’t surprised to see Johnson and Camino Rocoso adopt the front-running tactics as the horse was at his best when left to his own devices.

“Chris is the boss and he knows what is best for the horse so when

he was in front, I was happy with that,” she said. “He travelled beautifully and had the others in trouble a long way out.

“We haven’t really thought too much about what we will do with him next but there are some nice middle-distance races coming up over the next few months so he should be well placed in those now he has hit form.”

Camino Rocoso has won three times since transferring into the care of the Parsons stable after doing his early racing for the Cambridge-based partnership of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman where he won four times.

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway 8 87545 Arm Turner nwtd.........................J McInerney 9 87565 Opawa Flash nwtd.............................. N Udy 10 86758 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce 3 2.15pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESORIES C1, 410m 1 76333 Jay Wendy nwtd.................................. N Udy 2 185 Bees And Birds nwtd...........................L Cole 3 28438 Brazil Cambara nwtd G &....... S Fredrickson 4 25666 Opehu Express nwtd.........................R Waite 5 2544x Triple What nwtd..........................A Turnwald 6 55377 Gunnar Blueblood 23.84............J McInerney 7 32633 Goldstar Auburn nwtd............... S Gommans 8 75325 Zipping Luther nwtd J &.......................D Bell 9 87565 Opawa Flash nwtd.............................. N Udy 10 86758 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce 4 2.32pm CREATIVE CATERING C1/C2 C1/2, 410m 1 82826 Cawbourne Ridge 23.56 J &................D Bell 2 72358 Bigtime Jamie nwtd.............................L Cole 3 52482 Punch On Ruby nwtd.................J McInerney 4 87645 Dyna Diode nwtd...........................M Roberts 5 31332 Gotcha Marshall nwtd................J McInerney 6 25664 Born Fab 23.83................................S Maher 7 34565 Bigtime Cutie 23.66.............................L Cole

8 15532 Lady Jellybean 24.04....................M Goodier Emergencies: 9 67685 Cool Wolf 23.70.............................. D Donlon 10 878x8 White Comet 23.69........................ D Donlon 5 2.50pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1/C2 C1/2, 410m 1 25761 Elouera Mist 24.01 J &.........................D Bell 2 76817 Homebush Maxi nwtd................J McInerney 3 58637 Big Time Trae nwtd..............................L Cole 4 73424 Barbarossa Boy 23.98................B Goldsack 5 13866 Tuff Treasure nwtd..........................B Mitchell 6 35582 Big Time Tatum 24.32.........................L Cole 7 41423 Eye Kno 23.65...............................W Woods 8 51283 Mitcham Doug nwtd...................J McInerney 9 77858 Jetlag Jag nwtd..........................J McInerney 10 878x8 White Comet 23.69........................ D Donlon 6 3.12pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C3, 410m 1 12112 Thrilling Peta 23.83.......................... K Walsh 2 17721 Hashtag Blessed 23.63....................... N Udy 3 54385 Arthur’s Crown nwtd..........................R Waite 4 31726 Big Time Nash 23.39...........................L Cole 5 157x5 Bigtime Bret nwtd................................L Cole 6 11315 Johny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee

7 33822 Big Time Dusty 23.76..........................L Cole 8 48x36 Limpy Jackson 23.72 J &.....................D Bell 9 88775 Magic Flynn 23.38...............................L Cole 7 3.32pm 5K BONUS PLACE6@HATRICK FRIDAY C3 C3, 410m 1 86533 Bigtime Caleb 23.56............................L Cole 2 34187 Light Cruiser nwtd..........................G Atwood 3 65115 Tuff Temptress 23.72......................B Mitchell 4 12611 Big Time May 23.52............................L Cole 5 86672 Bigtime Thor 23.38..............................L Cole 6 85664 Millie Prince 23.29 J &.........................D Bell 7 41554 Idol Duke 23.53..................................M Flipp 8 21655 Little Scamp 23.33........................ D Denbee 9 88775 Magic Flynn 23.38...............................L Cole 8 3.47pm MONSTER FISH AT STUD C0 C0, 457m 1 2 Big Time Harley nwtd..........................L Cole 2 83 Big Time Chad nwtd............................L Cole 3 48742 Penny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee 4 44 Life Is Good nwtd.............................M Olden 5 62 Thrilling Murphy nwtd....................... K Walsh 6 72545 Trudy Remarkable nwtd...................C Morris 7 53 Big Time Jackson nwtd.......................L Cole

8 78682 That’s Frank nwtd.......................J McInerney

9 4.07pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C0, 457m

1 7368 Free Thinker nwtd............................M Olden 2 5 Big Time Gwyn nwtd...........................L Cole 3 267 Big Time Pluto nwtd............................L Cole 4 64535 Spring Comet nwtd D &..............J MacAuley 5 6 Big Time Vegas nwtd...........................L Cole 6 32648 Stormin’ Home nwtd S &............C Blackburn 7 1 Big Time Odette nwtd..........................L Cole 8 64 Thrilling Hudson nwtd...................... K Walsh 10 4.27pm DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C1 C1, 457m 1 74622 Tuff Mr. Tee 26.54...................... S Gommans 2 68875 Three Of Hearts 26.46.................B Hodgson 3 213F3 Woman No Cry 26.43..................A Turnwald 4 43525 Here’s Hemi 26.33.....................J McInerney 5 88756 Toki Girl 26.45............................... D Denbee 6 84846 Tap Out Reg 26.35.......................A Turnwald 7 67533 Electrical Storm nwtd....................M Goodier 8 33336 Zipping Romeo 26.61 J &....................D Bell 9 77858 Jetlag Jag nwtd..........................J McInerney

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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5.02pm PNGRC SECTIONAL TIMES @ PNGREYHOUNDS.KIWI C1 C1, 457m 1 67865 Bill’s Barker 26.58............................S Maher 2 16 Silent Dismissal nwtd...................A Turnwald 3 43233 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 4 23358 Grunty Mama 26.80 S &............C Blackburn 5 5784x Goldstar Sawyer nwtd.......................S Stone 6 88767 It’s Timmy 27.02.........................J McInerney 7 x6584 Tuff Jewel nwtd..............................B Mitchell 8 13647 Bigtime Fred 26.04..............................L Cole 9 77858 Jetlag Jag nwtd..........................J McInerney 3 5.17pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C2 C2, 457m 1 44112 My Khloe nwtd...................................M Flipp 2 14431 Flying Huey 26.19..................... K Gommans 3 34445 Running Freer nwtd..........................M Olden

4 36124 Diamond Geezer 26.93.................M Goodier 5 72435 Tuff Knight 26.78............................B Mitchell 6 11118 Big Time Vince 26.40..........................L Cole 7 43213 Meandering 26.34........................A Turnwald 8 12146 Broke Brad 26.31.........................A Turnwald 9 47477 Bigtime Benji 26.11.............................L Cole 10 45328 Big Time Kobe 26.78...........................L Cole 4 5.41pm DASH FOR CASH FINAL @ HATRICK FRIDAY C4/C5 C4/5, 410m 1 53312 Dynamite Danger 23.55 G &... S Fredrickson 2 14244 Bigtime Jasmine 23.51........................L Cole 3 16344 Big Time Billie 23.47...........................L Cole 4 22186 Bigtime Stella 23.62............................L Cole 5 68151 Big Time Lebron 23.38........................L Cole 6 64711 Bigtime Jetty 23.29.............................L Cole

7 45254 Funky Facts 23.27 G &........... S Fredrickson 8 13513 Big Time Frosty 23.37.........................L Cole 9 63568 Bigtime Lizzy 23.43.............................L Cole 10 16735 Hot Chilli nwtd..................................... N Udy 5 6.01pm SPION ROSE FINAL @ HATRICK FRIDAY C2/C3 C2/3, 457m 1 66666 Gray Bale nwtd.............................M Roberts 2 726x5 Irish Rogue nwtd.................................L Cole 3 25272 Bigtime Forest 25.97...........................L Cole 4 37684 Thrilling Massey 26.29.............. K Gommans 5 26783 Bigtime Leads 26.03...........................L Cole 6 76757 Vibe nwtd.....................................A Turnwald 7 67143 Bigtime Tank 26.25..............................L Cole 8 7x711 Double What nwtd........................A Turnwald 9 18647 Big Time Benny 26.58.........................L Cole

10 47477 Bigtime Benji 26.11.............................L Cole 6 6.20pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE (C0-C1) FINAL NZRSf, 457m 1 84232 Jay Mike 26.28.................................... N Udy 2 36672 Slam It 26.64..............................J McInerney 3 34741 Summer Glee 26.45...................J McInerney 4 87711 Big Time Dynasty 26.16......................L Cole 5 24F51 Morning Sun 26.37....................J McInerney 6 32322 Born Ellie nwtd.................................... N Udy 7 84215 Bigtime Diesel 26.18 G &........ S Fredrickson 8 27261 Big Time Elsa 26.33............................L Cole 9 74622 Tuff Mr. Tee 26.54...................... S Gommans 10 78682 That’s Frank nwtd.......................J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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MANSON, Mabel Isabel– On Thursday November 28, Please note all late death 2019, at Waterlea Lifecare, notices or notices sent Blenheim. Aged 89 years. outside ordinary office Dearly loved wife of the late hours must be emailed to: Bob. Loved mother and mother-in-law of Dianne and deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Martin, John and Val, Anne to ensure publication. and Brian, Peter, Lorraine, To place a notice during Lynda, Garry, Janine and Alan, and the late Graham office hours please contact and Wayne. Loved Nana to us on 03 307 7900 for more all her grand and great information. grandchildren and great-great Any queries please grandchild. Messages may be sent to 7A Oudenarde Street, contact 0800 Renwick 7204. A private ASHBURTON family farewell has been held.

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Wind at 2000m: NW 55 km/h, rising to gale 80 km/h from afternoon, and to severe gale 120 km/h in the evening.

Mainly fine. Northerlies.

TOMORROW FZL: Lowering to 2200m by evening

THURSDAY

Occasional rain, but persistent about the divide with some heavy falls until midafternoon. Rain easing from evening.

Wind at 1000m: NW severe gale 100 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: NW severe gale 130 km/h, easing to 110 km/h in the evening.

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Cloudy periods and a few showers.

Strong northeasterlies easing and tending northwesterly from afternoon.

Morning cloud and isolated showers, then becoming fine. Northwesterly breezes.

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FREWEN, Francis James Patrick: SBStJ – On November 30, 2019 peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton. Aged 81 years.

Much loved husband of the late Joy. Treasured and loved Dad of Valda and partner Grant, and Patricia and the late Brent. Loved grandad of Aidan, Monique; and Holly.

Messages to PO Box 2572, Wakatipu, Queenstown, 9349. No flowers by request please but donations to St John, Twizel would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Francis’s life will be held at the Church of the Holy Name, Sealy Street, Ashburton on Wednesday, December 4, commencing at 11am. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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ALEXANDER, Tayla Bray – Tragically as the result of an accident in Christchurch on November 27, 2019 aged 17 years. Cherished and much loved daughter of Jason, and dearly loved sister and best friend of Sunmara, and Dallas.

A loved granddaughter, niece and friend. Messages to: The Alexander Family, c/- PO Box 6035, Ashburton 7742. A service to celebrate Tayla’s life will be held at the Hampstead Rugby and All Sports Club, 44 Bridge Street, Ashburton on Thursday, December 5, at 1.30pm. Followed by interment at the Ashburton Cemetery.

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Burns notches up a ton P17

Another one bites the dust

FULL STORY P16 The Tech Stags gather to celebrate another Weedons wicket. An under-strength Weedons side were no match for the in-form Stags, and the other local side Allenton also took home the chocolates.

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Aorangi golfers fall short in interprovincial champs

By Matt Markham

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

The Aorangi men’s golf team have claimed a top eight finish at the 2019 Men’s Interprovincial Golf Championships which culminated on the weekend.

The team of five; Tim Leonard, Josh Smith, Cameron Grant, Jeff Hewitt and Daniel Perham went

within reach of making the serious end of the competition, but two drawn matches during the early stages of the competition ultimately left them just a little short when it came to semi-finals time.

The week-long tournament, held at the Hastings Golf Club in the North Island, began well for

the group with a strong win over Poverty Bay East Coast 4-1 and then a hard-fought draw with a strong Waikato side.

They then carried that form through and were too good for Wellington, winning 3-2.

Otago provided the side with their first loss of the tournament where they lost 2-3 before Auck-

land proved too slick late last week and handed the Aorangi side their biggest defeat of the week 1-4 and then they rounded out the week with a drawn match between Southland.

Smith ended up the best of the Aorangi players for the week with four individual match up wins from six fixtures.

Perham had a handy week on the course, winning three and finishing up all square in another match.

Auckland went on to produce a standout performance in the final to beat Otago 5-0 to claim the overall title with the Aorangi lads ending the tournament in eighth spot.

Camino Rocoso storms to Cromwell Cup victory

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