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Huge crowds flocked to Mt Hutt this week following nearly 40cm of new snow on Tuesday.

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Record numbers bode well for new facilities at Mt Hutt By Susan Sandys susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Record daily numbers on Mt Hutt bodes well for installation of new ski area facilities in future. Wednesday was one of the best days of the season so far, after 35 to 40 centimetres of new snow. Skiers came out in their droves, getting up at the crack of dawn to make sure they got to the top carpark. It has become a familiar pattern this season, when skier numbers have hit daily record levels, boding well for future investment. Previously, the ski area had mooted the prospect of improvements such as an eight-seater chairlift to replace the ageing quad, as well as extending the base lodge, sealing the access road and branching into new terrain on Mt Hutt’s western slopes. Manager James McKenzie said the average daily visits on open

days this year had been stronger than previous seasons. However, overall numbers would not hit a record high, due to opening later this season and for less days at the start due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “The days we have been open, more people on average come up on those days,” McKenzie said. “It supports some of the decisions we are able to make around future investment, which is great.” However, he would not be drawn on what investments might be able to become a reality in the near future. Altogether there has been about 2.7 metres of snowfall so far this season, which is below average and some way off the overall season average of four to five metres. Nevertheless, snow has fallen at the right time and in the right places, and combined with snowmaking, has meant good skiing both on- and off-trail

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most of the winter and all lifts remaining open. Just this week, after discussions between the ski industry and WorkSafe, skiers being required to wear masks had enabled higher numbers to access the skifield at Covid-19 Alert Level 2. McKenzie said this had meant the ski area could now fully load its chairlifts, rather than requiring spaces between bubbles. This had increased the overall mountain capacity, and meant the ski area could now open the Rakaia Saddle lower carpark on fine days. Previously at Level 2, the ski area had only allowed skiers who could make it to the top carpark as a way to keep a limit on numbers. “That’s changed the dynamic of the capacity we can work with,” McKenzie said. “At Level 2 we are definitely seeing people don’t want to miss out, now the Rakaia Saddle is back in use there’s less chance

for people to miss out, in fact nobody is going to miss out if they are prepared to shuttle from the lower car park.” And the ski area had this year brought in more “fire-power” for its shuttling facilities, with three 44-seater four-wheel-drive coaches which was an increase in resources on previous years. “We are pretty good at forecasting numbers now,” McKenzie said. The skifield’s goal was that even those arriving at 8.30am, for instance, and having to be shuttled from the Rakaia Saddle carpark, would still be on the skifield by the time lifts opened at 9am. And the skifield’s one-car-up, one-car-down policy worked well, with some of the earliest skiers heading home around midday. “You could argue the early bird catches the worm, but sometimes the later ones have a pretty easy ride through as well,” McKenzie said.

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Saturday, September 5, 2020 Ashburton Guardian ELECTION 2020

Delay opens up new voters By Susan Sandys susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Political parties have about 5000 more people to impress following the delay of General Election 2020. Seventeen-year-olds whose birthdays fall between the original election date of September 19 and the new polling day of October 17 can vote this year, if they enrol in time. One young adult who will not be passing up the opportunity is Penny Stilgoe of Ashburton. The 17-year-old said she had been following the news ever since a delayed election date was mooted, hoping any new date would be after her birthday of October 15, so she could vote. “I was sort of sitting there, in a way hoping it would be delayed, and then I was like ‘Yes!’,” she said. “I just feel like we have got the choice to do it, and we have the ability to have a say in how our country is run, so it sort of seems silly not to use that.” However, she was neutral when it came to the Make It 16 movement, and did not think

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and party votes, she was taking more than just the major parties of National and Labour into consideration. Penny would be watching policy announcements with

eager eyes leading up to polling day. “There’s no point voting for a party if they are a party you don’t like what they are going to do,” she said.

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A serious accident at the top of the Rakaia Gorge caused major traffic disruptions on the inland scenic route yesterday afternoon, with two people airlifted to hospital. Emergency services were called to the scene of an accident around 1.20pm yesterday at the intersection between Leaches Road and Rakaia Gorge Road near Windwhistle. Leaches Road is the road which leads to Terrace Downs Resort at the top of the gorge. It was initially believed that two people were critically injured in the crash – both were

Winter 2020 the warmest on record By Susan Sandys

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transported by helicopter to Christchurch Hospital where one patient was downgraded to being in a serious condition. Fire and Emergency NZ units from around the district attended and were at the scene for close to two hours. Leaving around the same time as the second helicopter departed at about 3.15pm. Traffic was brought to a standstill through the area with police stopping northbound traffic at the Mt Hutt Station intersection on the southern side of the Rakaia Gorge. The road was closed while emergency services worked at the scene and remained closed into the early hours of the evening.

Traffic through the Rakaia Gorge was brought to a standstill yesterday afternoon following a serious crash near Windwhistle. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

As the world reels from a deadly pandemic, New Zealanders have this winter been reminded of another threat to mankind, that of climate change. Winter 2020 was the country’s hottest on record, the nationwide average temperature 9.6 degrees, 1.1 above the 1982 to 2010 average. Seven of the 10 warmest winters have occurred since 2000. The season started and ended on a warm note with New Zealand’s fifth-warmest June, and fourth-warmest August on record, NIWA said in its annual winter seasonal climate summary. In addition, below normal rainfall, 50 to 79 per cent of the winter normal, was observed for most of the upper and eastern South Island. Ashburton made NIWA’s hall of fame, that is its table of record or near-record temperatures in the climate summary just released. Ashburton recorded its second-highest mean air temperature for winter of 7.6 degrees, since records began in 1927. That was 1.2 degrees above average. Ashburton also recorded its second-highest mean minimum air temperature of 2.4 degrees, and its third-highest daily maximum air temperature of 22.8 degrees, on August 30. August 2020 was notable for a relative lack of snow in the mountains, NIWA added. “Towards the end of August, snow depths were approximately half of usual for the time of year at several NIWA Snow and Ice Monitoring sites, including in Arthur’s Pass, Mt Cook and Fiordland. “Several ski areas were impacted by the lack of snow, including Temple Basin in Arthur’s Pass, which announced it wouldn’t open at all for the season,” NIWA said. However, a NIWA snow graph showed the Upper Rakaia, near Mt Hutt, was not faring badly, with levels at 95 per cent of normal.

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Grant to eliminate Saddle Hill gorse By Susan Sandys susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Cutting-edge photography Visitors to Ashburton Art Gallery will be drawn into new visual territory when North by Northwest opens on September 9. The exhibition features a cutting-edge approach to photography by Dr Mizuho Nishioka. Centring on the technological production of the image, Nishioka shows how amendment, alteration or disruption of photographic procedures can extend the possibilities of the medium. North by Northwest will include a number of works with images captured by the artist during a field trip to Mid Canterbury last summer, including Movement_96 (pictured). North by Northwest is Nishioka’s first exhibition in Canterbury. It will run to November 8. An artist talk at the gallery’s annual general meeting on September 17, from 5.30pm, will be followed by light refreshments. All are welcome. PHOTO MIZUHO NISHIOKA

Mt Somers Walkway Society members are pleased with a $14,000 grant to help with the control of a stubborn patch of gorse. Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage recently announced that 116 community conservation projects had been granted $5.44 million from DOC’s Community Fund/ Putea Tautiaki Hapori. “The fund is designed to support practical on-the-ground projects that give our native plants and wildlife a helping hand, and encourage people to get involved in conservation,” Sage said. Society president Charles Ross said the grant was a great reward for all the gorse and broom spraying members had done in the Stour River catchment. “We are really pleased to get it, because it gives us a chance to tidy up this really bad patch of gorse on Saddle Hill,” he said. Ross said members had sprayed a 50-square-kilometre outlying area on foot with knapsacks, but were unable to reach this last stubborn patch, which would have to be accessed by helicopter.

Kate’s special second helicopter trip By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

A Mid Canterbury family were the first people to touch-down on the new rooftop helipad at Christchurch Hospital Hagley – but this time no one was critically ill. The Murney family were emotional as they were the first guests to be flown on to the helipad, especially as they were greeted by Dr David Bowie. He was the Clinical Leader of the Canterbury Air Retrieval Service and the specialist who treated Kate Murney when she was flown to Christchurch Hospital, critically ill, back in December 2013. Almost seven years later, Kate was back in the chopper, but this time it was for the inaugural landing with her family on board. After two previous postponements, including on Tuesday, due to the weather, the Murneys touched down and toured the rooftop clinical support unit where patients can receive specialist emergency care on touchdown, before taking off again. Willie Murney won the right to be the first to land on the helipad at last year’s Maia Health Foundation Feast event, where the helipad landing was up for grabs as an auction prize. GCH Aviation supported the auction prize by arranging for the family’s flight to be taken in its

Tara Newston, Kate Murney, Jayne McLaren, Willie Murney and Michael Flatman on the new Christchurch Hospital helipad this week. PHOTO SUPPLIED new Airbus H145 rescue helicopter. Joining Willie on the flight is his mum Kate, for whom the landing will be an especially poignant moment. Kate was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital in December 2013 critically ill with acute septicaemia. Kate Murney said the landing on the rooftop helipad was a special moment.

“We have been supporters of Maia Health Foundation from the very beginning as we knew how important it was for our community to have this future-proofed helipad. “To have been part of the journey and now to be the first to land on it – it’s pretty cool,” she said. Murney was a key spokesperson for the Maia Health Foundation’s 13-Minute campaign, dur-

ing which $1.1 million was raised towards the helipad in just 13 weeks. Thirteen minutes is the average time it takes to transfer a patient from the existing helipad in Hagley Park to Christchurch Hospital. “Our family still vividly remember waiting at Christchurch Hospital for mum to be transferred from the helipad at Hagley Park to the hospital,” Willie Murney said.

“That was the longest 13 minutes ever – a simply excruciating wait. “We are so delighted that other families are going to be saved that precious time, and to have a clinical support unit right there when you get off the chopper – well that’s just an incredible bonus.” Maia Health Foundation raised $2 million to future-proof the helipad, making it 30 per cent bigger than initially planned. That means two helicopters can access the helipad at the same time and long-range aircraft can land, extending coverage across most of the South Island. The extra funding also provided upgraded helipad systems to ensure it can still operate even in adverse weather conditions and the building of a clinical support unit on top of the helipad to enable specialist treatment immediately upon touchdown. It is the only helipad in New Zealand to have such a unit. There are expected to be about 800 landings each year at the Christchurch Hospital Hagley helipad. “Canterbury now boasts the most advanced helipad in New Zealand and the country’s only roof-top clinical support unit,” Maia Health Foundation chief executive Michael Flatman said. “It’s a game-changer and really will ensure that emergency care at Christchurch Hospital is truly world-class.”

Saturday, September 5, 2020 Ashburton Guardian RECYCLING

Compliance on the improve By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

A heat pump is among items found in recycling bins as some residents struggle to adapt to stricter recycling rules in Mid Canterbury. The Ashburton District Council staff have been monitoring compliance after the changes to recycling came into effect on August 1. Since August 1, bottles and containers that are grades one, two, or five are the only plastic items allowed in recycling. All other plastic grades (3, 4, 6, and 7) go in the red bin along with soft plastics – like bread bags, cling wrap, chip packets and frozen vegetable bags while glass goes into the green crate. To encourage adoption of the changes the council is performing bin audits and educating residents. The council has staff checking recycling bins ahead of collection by the contractors and as well as finding incorrect plastics and glass they have discovered a heat pump, drier, oven, tool box, frying pan, stereo speaker, clothing, nappies and women’s pads. Ashburton District Council infrastructure services group manager, Neil McCann, said that since August 12 there have been 866 bins rejected at the point of collection. A further 1169 were partially rejected, where non-recycle items were taken out of the bin. McCann said that three types of letters have also been circulated. A well done for a collected bin, one advising items had been removed, and one advising rejected bins of incorrect materials and that the address was noted

In brief Rangiora show off The Northern A&P Show in Rangiora has this week announced it will no longer go ahead at Labour weekend 2020. The Ashburton A&P committee will be making a decision at the end of September which will follow the next review of alert levels on September 14 – just six weeks before the show date.

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Neil McCann for the next round of auditing. “Photos of each rejected bin, along with address and reasons for rejection are logged for auditing and tracking purposes. “Our sorting facility has advised there have been improvements from previous audits,

however, we are still at 20 per cent contamination.” The main issues include takeaway packages and lots of caps still on bottles, McCann said. Since the changes came into effect, no trucks have been clean enough to send to the sorting facility in Christchurch, McCann said. “Each load is being emptied on the pit floor here in Ashburton and assessed. “We have gone from an average of 30 per cent contamination during the first cycle of auditing down to about 12 per cent in the first two loads from the start of the second cycle of auditing. “If we keep tracking on this line of improvement, we anticipate we will have acceptable

loads when the third fortnightly cycle begins on September 14. If the council were to collect the loads and send them off to Christchurch, without checking the contents for contamination, the truck loads would have been rejected at the recycling facility and turned around to landfill – at the cost of $1064 per truckload on the ratepayers. McCann said auditing teams will continue their work through the third cycle of collection and a fourth cycle if needed. “The council will then follow up with a scaled back auditing programme to monitor and measure efforts. “The council will also be keeping track of those households who continue to not meet the new recycling standards.”

City Farmyard planned for show day Christchurch’s annual A&P Show might have been cancelled this year, but its organisers have decided the show will still go ahead – in a very modified form. With the impact of Covid-19 creating uncertainty over the viability of the show, its organ-

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isers decided to cut their losses and cancel. They mounted a Show Saviour campaign and donations flooded in and that saw $100,000 raised, enough to cover their financial shortfall. In addition there was a clear message from supporters that the show was important to the

community and that has seen a decision made to hold a number of smaller competitions for various sections on various dates, most based at the Canterbury Agricultural Park. The association is also be working with ChristchurchNZ to bring a little bank holiday fun

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to the CBD too, by hosting a City Farmyard on Gloucester Green on Friday, November 13. There will be live music on offer, alongside a ticketed farmyard, and the Smokin Que Crew will also be onsite serving up barbecue food and barbecue tips.

The Canterbury Mayoral Forum launched its Plan for Canterbury on Friday. The Plan sets out the Mayoral Forum’s vision for sustainable development in Canterbury – across all four aspects of wellbeing (environmental, economic, social and cultural). For the remainder of this local government term (2020–22), the forum will focus on five priorities where it can make a difference through leadership, advocacy and enabling partnerships. They are: Sustainable environmental management, shared economic prosperity, better freight transport options, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and three waters services. The Plan for Canterbury replaces the Canterbury Regional Economic Development Strategy (CREDS) led by the Forum since 2015.

CBD sealing Cass Street between Tancred Street and Burnett Street will be closed from Monday for a week with asphalting planned for Sunday, September 13. The work is part of the CBD streetscape upgrades.

Covid-19 death A man in his 50s linked to the Auckland cluster died at Middlemore Hospital yesterday, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. The death toll from Covid-19 in New Zealand is now 23. The man was a confirmed case of Covid-19 and was being cared for in intensive care at Middlemore. The ministry said his family were regularly updated, and his wife and son were able to visit him, using full PPE.

Five new cases There were five new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand yesterday – three in the community and two imported, Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield revealed. The three new community cases have all been linked to the Auckland cluster. The two new imported cases are children who came from India.

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World Travellers Ashburton owner Kevin Crequer has been busy getting refunds for clients since March, which means money going out the door and none coming in due to the borders being closed. PHOTO JONATHAN LEASK

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hen you are in the business of selling overseas travel, there is no business when the border has been shut since March. Any money travel agents had earned working to sell holidays for this year is now being refunded to clients as Covid-19 has shut down international travel. “We haven’t had any income from travel since March,” World Travellers Ashburton owner Kevin Crequer said. “We are actually probably busier unravelling people’s trips than we were putting them together.” Crequer has been in the travel business for 20 years, working as an agent before he and his wife Carolyn purchased the business, then known as Conway Travel, off Richard and Angela Conway when they retired in 2011. Things were ticking along and business was good. “Until about January and the wheels started to fall off. “That’s when people started bailing out. “People were nervous about going away and didn’t really know what was going on. “We initially thought it would be over in six months and then things fell apart in March.” A travel agent makes money from booking holidays, but with international travel on hold during the global pandemic, Crequer has spent the last seven months getting refunds on those bookings. “It’s not a viable thing long-term, but it’s not just me, it’s Lucy [Sewell] at Flight Centre and Maxine [Whiting] at House of Travel, they are all having the same issues.” He compared it to a restaurant only being able to sell coffee, “and couldn’t sell food and other stuff, and then had to give back all the money they earnt last year”. In the last two weeks, he has helped clients get around $200,000 back from cancelled bookings after many of the clients had held out hope of still being able

Travel agents are doing it tough with the borders closed during the Covid- 19 pandemic which is impacting local businesses. Reporter Jonathan Leask spoke to World Travellers Ashburton owner Kevin Crequer about the current situation and outlook in the travel industry. to go on their trips. “That was back when this whole thing was just a cough and people were still thinking they would go, but it turned out to be bigger than Texas, and the airlines have stopped flying. “The industry, as a whole, is trying to bring about $2 billion back into the country to be spent locally and that is what everyone is doing. “But no-one is doing domestic travel and you can’t with any certainty, and people tend to do [domestic travel] themselves.

into the country opening up destinations across the globe. “I can’t remember the last time we had as many airlines coming into the country prior to March and I don’t know if we will get those back – and if we do, what the price is going to be like. “It’s going to be suck it and see for the next couple of years.” The borders may be shut, but Crequer said clients still want to travel. “They just can’t, and I don’t think they will any time this year. “Until you can go overseas, and the Gov-

The industry (travel) will never be the same again. And nobody knows what it’s going to be like. – Kevin Crequer “They just hop in a car and go.” It is simply unprecedented times for the industry which is staring into the unknown. “The industry will never be the same again. “And nobody knows what it’s going to be like.” He said the travel industry in New Zealand had been enjoying a strong period, with a large number of carriers flying

ernment can guarantee it won’t lock the border behind you, I wouldn’t go.” That’s a rough outlook from someone in the business of getting people overseas. There had been some hope when the government announced the possibility of opening a bubble with the Cook Islands. “But then I thought if they do open up the bubble every man and his dog is going to want to go there so the accommodation and airfares will be up through the roof.

“Then, if they shut the borders you have people stuck in the Cook Islands.” Then there is the probability that any returnees would still have to spend 14 days in isolation. “So you might send someone to the Cook Islands for 10 days, but they spend 14 in a hotel in Auckland when they come back.” Those issues are yet to be dealt with as any decisions around an international bubble extension stopped with the second wave in Auckland – further halting any earning ability. “I don’t think we will have anything this side of Christmas and when we do, there has to be some connection between the governments as to how they will handle it.” The first round of the wage subsidy had kept the doors open, but World Travellers have gone from a staff of five down to one. Crequer is down to working three half days a week processing the last of the bookings and once they are done, he isn’t quite sure what will happen and is in the process of working out if he still qualifies for the wage subsidy. “I don’t not want to have a shopfront in town. “If you do that you are forgotten. “I’m confident travel is going to carry on, people still want to travel, and a lot of people do in this town, and I want to be here when it happens. “But I don’t know when it is going to happen.”

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Teresa, the one year volunteer who stayed for 35 I

f it’s happened in the Tinwald hall over the past 35 years, Teresa O’Connell was there. From a drunken student who found himself locked in the supper room overnight to dancers taking their first steps on stage and nationally recognised entertainers, Teresa reckons she’s seen it all. She’s just wrapped up 35 years on the hall committee, 34 of those as secretary, not bad for someone who said they’d only take on the job for one year. “I was pretty reluctant, but no-one else would do it. I found I loved it and I’d still be there if something in me hadn’t decided to retire,” she said. That something was a double whammy heart attack and stroke that with typical Teresa attitude she assumed would just go away. It didn’t and she was forced to take an ambulance ride to Ashburton, then Christchurch and finally Burwood Hospital. She might have recovered from what she describes lightly as an ‘event’, but admits her energy levels are not what they were and that’s meant the hall secretary’s job had to go. Over the years she’s been in charge of the hall’s bookings, Teresa said the building itself had changed and the events had changed, but what was unchanging was the friendship that came with working as part of a team. When she first joined the committee in 1985 a huge amount of effort went into fundraising. “Back then we had a ladies committee and my God, we raised some money. We did all sorts of things, catering for hall events, running old time dances. That fundraising became a time of real fellowship.” In its early years, the hall was the only large space available to the community and while the opening of the Ashburton Event Centre saw some of its regular users swap venues, new ones came its way. “It’s always been and it still is a very busy place. There’s someone using it nearly every day.” It’s impossible to list all the events the hall has hosted over Teresa’s years as secretary, but they include the New Zealand Ballet, South Island Bowls tournaments, touring singers and bands, school balls, dancing competitions, local art exhibitions, Bride of the Year competitions, countless weddings, the list is endless, she said. It now has a regular and very special booking on its calendar each year, the Community Christmas Lunch. In addition to the one or two night performance events or those that book out a weekend, there are dozens of community groups and organisations on the booking list. They came week after week, year after year and provide the hall with a regular income. The hall committee are a dedicated lot and whenever there’s a big event booked, someone is always on hand making sure things run smoothly. More often than not that person has been Teresa. She believes the hall still offers opportunities other venues do not – a very large stage and a very large floor area. Teresa’s health scare might have forced her to hand over the secretary’s job, but that doesn’t mean she’ll be walking away from the hall and its events. “I’m still really interested in the hall and the people and what’s going on there. I’ve met a lot of amazing people over the years through the hall, had a lot of contact with a lot of people.But it’s not just me, so many people have had a part to play in its

Sometimes the voluntary jobs you take on because no-one else will do them turn out to become an important part of your life. That happened to retired Tinwald Hall committee secretary Teresa O’Connell. She talks to reporter Sue Newman about the hall and the people who have been a large part of her life.

Teresa O’Connell wrapping up a 35 year stint as secretary of the Tinwald Hall Society. success over the years,” she said. Yes, involvement with the hall committee has taken a lot of her time over many years and yes the work is all voluntary, but the rewards are huge, Teresa said. “It’s the friendships you make and you see something for the work you do. I think that’s why people stay on the committee for so long.” The Tinwald Hall has been part of the Ashburton District’s life for many years. Its beginnings were humble, with its life beginning in 1880 as a small wooden building, built by the Independent Order

of the Good Templars. Ten years later it was sold to the Oddfellows Lodge. It spent the next 30 years as the Oddfellows Hall. When the lodge decided to sell its property it was bought by James Cow for 200 pounds. He gave the building to the Tinwald Town Board for use as a town hall. In 1932 the Town Board decided to start a building fund for a new town hall and in 1943 the site, alongside the old hall, was bought. A meeting was called in 1947 where the idea of building the new hall as a war memorial was discussed. The community agreed, but the new hall was

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not built until after Tinwald and Ashburton amalgamated. It opened in 1960, five years after Tinwald became part of the Ashburton borough. The new hall was vested in the borough council. It was extended in 1978 and that involved additional storage areas and a significant increase in the size of the stage. The larger stage meant the hall became a sought after venue for large scale national shows. And the large floor area meant it could also host major fairs, festivals and indoor sporting events.

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RAKAIA

New toilets near completion By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

The new toilet block in Rakaia is on track to open in two weeks. The temporary toilets that have been part of the landscape at the site since the demolition of the old block in mid-March will soon be removed with the completion of the new toilet block which features 10 single unisex cubicles, two of which are accessible for people with disabilities or special needs. The toilets, and their respective pathways, will be fully completed and operational by September 18, while some garden and planting work will still be under way as part of Rakaia’s salmon site redevelopment project. Ashburton District Council infrastructure services group manager, Neil McCann, said the project experienced some delay due to parts and materials being unavailable, pushing back the expected completion date by about six weeks – four weeks of the Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown and an additional two weeks waiting for suppliers to catch up on delivery of materials. “The overall design has been styled to fit in with the heritage qualities of the reserve,” McCann said. “The paint scheme reflects the heritage buildings on-site, the old railway bridgeman’s hut, and the historic jail. “The water features and lighting for the salmon statue will be controlled from the utility room built into the new facility. “The new toilets come with industry standard technology, including valves for instant flushing and door counters to keep track of usage.” The project has been funded by a combination of a grant from the Government’s Tourism Infrastructure Fund ($740,000), existing council budget ($198,000), and funds donated by the Rakaia Lions ($20,000). As well as the new toilets, landscaping upgrades, and the relocation of the historic jail, the project includes additional seating, concrete footpaths, Rakaia history signage, and additional playground equipment.

The new toilet block in Rakaia is near completion.

FROM THE BACK SEAT

Odd jottings from hospital charts By Bernard Egan FROM THE BACK SEAT

e have it on good authority the following are examples of actual entries on hospital charts. Let’s hope the people making these slips of the pen don’t handle scalpels too often! 1. The patient refused autopsy. Wonder why on earth the patient made that decision? And do they get many refusals? 2. The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor. So they’re no longer doing these on the ceiling. 3. Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital. So would that leave this hospital seeing red? 4. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year. Suppose it’s a bit too obvious to suggest lying on her right side for over a year may be the cure. 5. On the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared. Probably pays not to think of what other parts may have gone missing in the following days! 6. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed. Unfortunate situation – would one say it’s a crying shame. 7. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing be in 1993. And here we were thinking seeing a be would be a buzz. 8. Discharge status: Alive, but without permission. Naughty patient fancy taking the liberty of being alive without permission!

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The Kate and Hank Murney Room at the Ashburton Museum was opened in 2017. Hank and Kate are pictured with daughters Jayne and Tara, and son Willie. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

Kate Murney and daughter Jayne and son Willie reminisce on the beginnings of RX Plastics at Hank and Kate’s Ashburton home. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 280820-SS-311

Rags to riches: the T

he days were long when Hank Murney worked away making plastic products in a tin shed in Ashburton. He was there seven days a week, clocking in at 8am and often extending to graveyard hours, right through to 2am. They were lonely hours; he was the owner, operator, boss and sole employee after he and wife Kate took over the fledgling backyard plastics business in 1975. The couple had just moved to Ashburton with their first baby, Jayne. They had little money, but what they lacked in worldly possessions they made up for in determination and motivation.

Kate remembers her parents helped them out, sending the odd parcel of food and investing in a two-bar electric heater for the tin shed, located on Malcolm McDowell Road. Hank would lean over the heater as he worked away. He began by making bread-bag ties, before branching into other items such as planting pots and products for water transport and storage. They did not know it then, but over the coming decades the business would grow to become one of New Zealand’s largest manufacturers and distributors, with a focus on K-Line irrigation, pipes, fittings, water storage tanks

and effluent dispersal systems. Hank’s plastics story began in Waimate, where he worked for Roger Englefield who mentored Hank at his plumbing business. Englefield moved to Christchurch to start a plastics manufacturing company, making plumbing drain traps, in 1970, and Hank and Kate shifted with him. The products are manufactured using plastic granules imported from Israel. The granules are melted and mechanically pushed through a die for shaping, before going into a cooling system. Hank and Kate enjoyed Christchurch, but soon found themselves looking afield when Englefield sold the business.

That was when the opportunity presented itself in Ashburton, at a small operation called RX Plastics, founded by Don McKenzie. Hank bought shares in the company and took it over, relocating it from its backyard location to the tin shed. Among RX’s first customers was Producers in Ashburton, later ATS and now Rural Co. It began selling RX Plastics’ products and recommending them to farmers. By 1980 they were able to employ a factory worker and Hank’s job extended to include the role of salesman as he hit the road travelling around the South Island to try and secure more deals. The accommodation budget

for the fledgling business was zero, so Hank would sleep in his car, generally parked up under a bridge, near a river so he could clean his teeth. He was determined to expand the company’s horizons, although, as Kate and his children Jayne, Tara and Willie recount now, he never really set a goal for the business to become a huge success. Rather he saw opportunities, was tenacious on delivering much-needed industry solutions to clients, never went back on his word and looked after his staff. As such the business’s growth was always gradual and sustainable.

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Hank and Kate Murney are the faces behind the Ashburton RX Plastics success story. In a rags-to-riches tale, they tell Guardian reporter Susan Sandys about their unlikely journey.

Above – Factory foreman Hank Murney loads 120 coils of half-inch lateral piping, in 1975, onto a railway wagon destined for Hastings, where it was to be used for trickle irrigation in orchards. Right – The stunning new Murney Main building on the corner of East and Burnett streets.

Murney story Other companies to come on board in those early years included Fruit Fed, which supplied piping to horticulturalists, and Plumbing World, seeking efficiency and innovation as it extended its product range. “All business with Hank was done on a handshake, there were no contracts,” Willie said. “He saw opportunities, he filled voids, he was innovative,” Kate said. “His work ethics were so strong, he was committed to making this business work.” That simple way of doing business became a successful formula, and a turning point came in the early 1980s, when he shook

hands on a manufacturing deal to supply piping for a large reticulation scheme at Cave. The scheme involved about 250km of piping, and RX Plastics was to be responsible for the manufacturing of a large proportion of the network. Large coils of piping were soon leaving the factory floor day upon day, all tied with green binding twine, a signature mark of Hank’s which continued to be used for years to come. As staffing levels climbed, reaching about 40 in the business’ first 10 years, they outgrew the tin shed and Hank and Kate decided to create a purpose-built structure on West Street.

Concrete tilt panel was rare at the time, but they chose this as the main structural element, wanting the premises to be of high quality to enhance factory-floor efficiency and design. At the time they did not know it, but they were making a foray into a whole new world of opportunity, that of commercial building ownership and operation. RX Plastics continued to grow, and in 1997, Hank and Kate built again, this time on Maronan Road, where RX Plastics remains to this day. Six years later they built a second RX Plastics factory, near Hamilton. RX Plastics ultimately grew to employ 180 staff and became

well-known throughout New Zealand. It was recognised for its successful enterprise and innovative solutions, becoming a gold medallist at the New Zealand Plastics Industry Design Awards in 2004 and winning a Champion Canterbury Award in 2007. In 2008 the Murneys sold the business, retaining ownership of the land and buildings. Hank and Kate were aged in their 50s and could at last own their own home, as it had always previously been part of the collateral for the growing RX business. Today, son Willie is the main operator of the Murney Trust commercial property portfolio,

which encompasses buildings throughout New Zealand. Soon the trust moves into its brand new head office, Murney Main on the corner of East and Burnett streets in Ashburton’s CBD. The Murneys have done well in business, but have given back along the way, supporting community facilities in Ashburton and further afield. Facilities to have benefited from their generosity include the Ashburton Museum, where one of the main exhibition spaces is the Kate and Hank Murney Room, and St Patrick’s School in Waimate, where the school’s latest modern library is the Murney Room.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, September 5, 2020

Peter Gluyas might make his living wearing a suit, but he’s a man with a passion for tractors, very old tractors, and his pride and joy is his 1919 Fordson now stored at the Ashburton Vintage Machinery Museum. PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 020920-SN-001

When a passion for old tractors takes hold it’s pretty hard to shake. Ask Peter Gluyas. He’s got a shed full of tractors dating back to a 1919 model – and he’s still collecting. He shares with reporter Sue Newman the joy of having sheds filled with old things, all with their own story to tell.

eter Gluyas might make his living selling new cars, but ask him about old tractors and old cars and his eyes light up. He admits to a closet love affair with metal and motors and struggles to come up with the exact number of old things he has stored away in sheds around the district. This is a love affair that’s stood the test of time. He bought his first two tractors 33 years ago and that number has grown to nine, or is it 10? Add in a dozen or so old cars and Peter knows he’s got plenty of things to do in retirement, whenever that comes. He’s the third generation owner of Gluyas Motor Company and until last month he was also a tractor trader. He’s sold that arm of the business and says he had a tear in his eye when the deal was done. “I must admit I’m a bit sad not to be selling tractors anymore

because I do love them,” he said. He’s something of an accidental tractor collector. His dad John set up a branch of the business in Tinwald and for some reason there were a couple of old tractors on site. All Fords of course and one of those is now the star of his collection, a 1919 Fordson. “It was just lying out the back of our place in Tinwald and I got hold of it, but I was told by an old ploughman that it wasn’t an original, so I just put it in an old shed and forgot about it,” he said. When Peter decided to close the Tinwald branch and consolidate in new premises on the Kermode Street site, he was forced to do something with the old tractor. Seeing it again piqued his curiosity and rather than send it to the scrap yard, the tractor was loaded on to a truck deck and made the shift across town. Peter started asking a few old

tractor experts, dug into archives and realised he had something pretty special, the first Fordson tractor sold in Mid Canterbury. “I’ve got no evidence other than hearsay on that. And it must have been sold by another dealer because we didn’t sell tractors until 1954. “It’s a pretty cool machine and we’ve done it up. It’s not in working order because the block’s got a crack in it and that’s cost $5000 to fix.” The tractor is also missing a couple of gears, but Peter’s confident they’re lying in a box in the shed – somewhere. The old Fordson is a great example of an early tractor, complete with iron wheels, crank handle and a far from comfortable seat – no springs in those days. Today it lives at the vintage machinery museum, but Peter has another eight or so elderly

tractors in his shed he can take for a run when the mood takes. They range upwards in age from 1924 to around 1950. “I just seem to have acquired them over time and somehow I bought another two last week. They’ve all got good stories behind them,” he said. They’re all well loved and most have been restored – not by Peter. “Unfortunately I’m not a tinkerer. [An] A B. Com (Bachelor of Commerce degree) doesn’t help when it comes to fixing old tractors.” You have to love old tractors and old cars if you want to be in the restoration game, because the purchase price is nothing compared to the cost of restoration, Peter said. He might not know how to fix those tractors, but he’s happy to don his overalls and take them out for a spin to the odd rally or two. And he has no plans to sell. “They’re all too good to get rid

of really,” he said. The tractors vie for his time with the line-up of old Ford cars and Peter reckons he’s a member of every version of Ford car club that’s going. He’s done his time behind the wheel, working on a farm as a teenager and still recalls the pleasure of being out in the paddock, just him, the tractor and whatever he was towing. While he has good records for most of his tractors, there are plenty of gaps in the old Fordson’s past that he’d love to fill. “Its history, sadly, is a bit lost in time, but hopefully someone might know so we can complete its records,” he said. It’s been in his family since 1970, but there must be plenty of stories to tell over its 50-year working life before it went into retirement in the Gluyas back shed. And those are the stories Peter would love to hear.

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HERITAGE 13

An early image (1917-1920?) of the station showing ten vents along the roof line. (Image: Courtesy of the Ashburton Museum and Historical Society and the Ashburton Museum).

Venting Troup’s train station By Glenn Vallender

he Ashburton Railway station was once a social hub of the town: a place where goods and people moved from one place to another. There were two stations – the first was built in 1874, when it took 72 minutes to get from Christchurch to Rakaia, with the first load of grain taken to Christchurch in March. The second station was built in 1917 and opened in June of that year. It was designed by Sir George Alexander Troup of New Zealand Railways fame.

Troup’s train stations George Troup (1863 -1941) was an interesting man. He was born in London in 1863 but grew up in Aberdeen, Scotland and trained as an architect and engineer before coming to NZ in 1884. He designed the Dunedin railway station in 1906 and countless other smaller stations, bridges and viaducts. He designed railway stations of different classes: A, B and C. The Ashburton railway station was a class B station, also known as a Troup vintage station. The Oamaru railway station is identical. Troup was also the 23rd Mayor of Wellington and had the

nickname Gingerbread George, apparently because the Dunedin railway station looked like a gingerbread house and was based on the Flemish Renaissance style. Today there is no railway station with transport by car and truck, but interestingly there were ideas for an underground railway system put forward by Borough town planner Mac McPherson in 1964/5 and later revived as a possible centennial project in 1978 (Ashburton Guardian, September 16, 1980). New historical objects and archives are deposited daily at the museum and a recent acquisition was a red painted roof vent from the George Troup Ashburton railway station which was demolished in 2013. A very recent acquisition were the plans for the renovations of the station drawn up in January 1991. On these plans you can see that not all the vents were real, several of them were false, presumably for aesthetic reason.

Caring for your taonga You might be interested to know what happens when materials are brought into the museum for possible acquisition and accessioning. Here is a quick summary of the process.

Six easy steps for donations to the museum Bring your treasure(s) in and have a chat with us at the museum. If we are interested, we will accept your donation and get you to sign a form. You could also email a photograph and description of the items if that is more convenient. Museum staff will then research any other historical details about the object or archive to build context and assess the significance of the donation to the Ashburton District. Then, behind the scenes, the staff will have a meeting and discuss the recent donations and ask questions like whether to accept, decline or send them to another museum (if you agree to this). Donated items are then tagged with a unique accession number and each item is assigned an object identification number, which corresponds to the number in the museum’s catalogue system. Accepted donations are then stored in a controlled environment and made accessible for future use such as exhibition and research. Many accessioned donations are researched in consultation with the Ashburton Museum and Historical Society who are the owners and trustees of the collection in which they are placed.

Image of the one of the roof vents pictured in the photograph above. (Image: courtesy of the Ashburton Museum).

Section diagram from the renovation plans of January 1991 showing the position of a false vent.

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An early image (1917?) of the George Troup railway station entrance showing one of the vents on the roof. (Image: Courtesy of the Ashburton Museum and Historical Society and the Ashburton Museum).

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14 OUR SCHOOLS

Ashburton Guardian Saturday, September 5, 2020

Going yellow for Daffodil Day

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One hundred dollars and 10 cents is off to the Cancer Society thanks to Tiddlywinks Preschool Daffodil Day fundraiser. The day included fun things like colouring in, yellow balloons about the place, yellow fingernail painting and donning of daffodil tattoos. But Tiddlywinks Preschool owner Amanda Moore said the day had an emotional angle too. “Our centre has been touched by cancer deaths and illness, so we lit two candles to honour them, one for remembrance and one for hope.” The candles burned all day, with the one for hope struggling at times to keep going, which Moore said added significance.

“The flickering hope candle was representative of how people struggle with cancer.” Moore also made mention of how the supportive and helpful the local Cancer Society members are. “When we moved to our new premises they donated two trees for shade and have supplied us with lots of written material including two new no smoking and no vaping signs. “If we ever need to know something they will help directly or put us in touch with the right people. “This is such a valuable community resource,” she said.

Arts and crafts and all sorts

Our Lady of The Snows School celebrated Daffodil Day with Methven Preschool. The children made paper daffodils and then listened to a wonderful story called, That’s Not a Daffodil by Elizabeth Honey. The OLS student council had arranged various activities for the whole school to engage in. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Welcome spring

Colourful creations It was a snowy start to spring which meant a snow day at Mt Somers Springburn School this week.

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Hinds’ handy contribution

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Hinds School pupils (from left) Shikayla Blair, Emily Wilson, Islabelle Taylor, and teacher Amanda Ferguson handed over $1000 to Annie Bonifant and Mandy Casey of the Cancer Society on Monday. The school had raised the money at the student-led Daffodil Day event last week. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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16 OPINION

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OUR VIEW

Are we close to breaking point? By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

here’s always a breaking point with anything and for many, yesterday marked that occasion. When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stood in front of the country and announced that it had been decided that New Zealand would remain in Alert Level 2 for another 12 days, you could almost hear the collective groans echoing across the Canterbury Plains. It’s been a long process, this latest bout with Covid-19, probably not as long as what it’s been for those north of the Bombay Hills, but when you’re seeing no cases in the South Island out of managed facilities, it’s pretty arduous to comprehend. We’re Covid-19 free around these parts and coming into one of the best times of year to be able to get out and enjoy what our own backyard has to offer, yet there’s that sinking feeling of something that is holding us back. That would be the limitation of how many people we are allowed to be around and how we go about everyday life. Now, had there been active cases in the South Island, outside of a managed facility, then this would be a whole lot different. Yet despite some pretty clear misgivings, including the allowance for those at the epicentre of the latest outbreak to travel to the Mainland, we’ve managed to hold it off at the border so-tospeak and the logical step would have surely been to allow the South Island to return to some form of normality immediately. Instead, we must limit our numbers, ensure we sign in everywhere we go and just generally feel like we’re being held back from living our life to the fullest. While anything is better than having to shut the door and stay at home, it’s that little bit tougher to deal with when there’s no evidence of anything coming close to causing problems in the Mainland. And so it becomes hard not to ponder the prospect of ulterior motives for keeping the entire country on a leash. The cynic in anyone would certainly suggest so, that’s for sure. The bright spot though? At least we have no major events ahead in the next 12 days that people are set to miss out on because of these restrictions. Had there been, then perhaps a tipping point might have been reached and the reaction would have been a lot worse by far than it has been.

YOUR VIEW Visual arts As an art educator for 40 years, I have heard just about every disparaging comment ever made about the visual arts. The Guardian cartoonist (Friday, September 4) is not the first to tout their ignorance in making a comparison between the art of the impressionist movement of 150 years ago and bird guano, but it is still somewhat surprising from someone who apparently makes a living from creating visual images. However, the cheap comparison between bird excrement and the artwork exhibited inside Ashburton Art Gallery is particularly tedious. For 25 years this locally-run institution has built up a reputa-

tion as one of the finest provincial galleries in the country. It brings around 20 exhibitions a year to the people of our community, showcasing the work of local, national and international artists, and attracting around 20,000 visitors annually from both our district and further afield. Entrance to every exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery is free to all, and always has been. The Guardian cartoonist may have never visited (in which case the ignorance encapsulated in the cartoon is even deeper than the bird guano on the roof of the building), but the Guardian editorial staff are well aware of this fact. Once again, the responsible action to take on behalf of Ash-

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OPINION 17

The great immunisation debate Schools are not interested in being in the debate with parents of whether children should attend or not due to vaccination

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chools are not interested in being in the middle of an immunisation debate should a vaccine be developed for Covid. Right from the start the best policy our health advisers could develop is one that is clear, signals who is responsible and systems for accountability if a cluster emerges from a school. Whether you agree with vaccines or not, there will come a point as a parent where you need to make a decision about having your child at school once a vaccine for Covid is rolled out. The reason why you will have to make a decision is because we never have 100 per cent of people vaccinated for any virus. Our Government has signalled that compulsory vaccination is off the table, so it is certain that your child will be around un-vac-

By Peter Livingstone Out of school

cinated children. We currently have no knowledge of any successful vaccine and the independent Immunisation Advisory Centre does list current knowledge about the effectiveness of vaccines. Simply put, just because there is one, doesn’t mean it will be 100 per cent effective, especially in the young and old. This leaves parents in any of the following positions: 1. You trust vaccines and have all your children jabbed and happy to have them at school. 2. You trust vaccines and have all your children jabbed, but it really annoys you that other children aren’t and there is a risk that they transmit to your

family. 3. You don’t trust vaccines and believe there is no risk so are happy to have your child at school. 4. You don’t trust vaccines and believe there is no risk so are happy to have your child at school, but you know that you are judged by other parents if they find out you choose not to vaccinate your children. As schools, we have seen firsthand how quickly any illness can spread through classrooms. Already this year a local school took strong action to immediately deal with an illness in order to ensure everyone’s health. Schools are not interested in being in the debate with parents of whether children should attend or not due to vaccination. It is very typical, and good

practice, for a school to check immunisation records, however, a child is eligible to be enrolled if they have had no jabs at all. The frightening speed with which Covid can spread and the long period in which it stays undetected in a carrier, means large groups in a community can contract the virus before strong action is taken. As many people have already stated, this virus has no preference of whom it infects. It will be only a matter of time until we see another school at the centre of an outbreak. This is still possible even after a vaccine is available. When the meningococcal B vaccination programme rolled out in 2004, schools were ideally placed to be the provider of venues and student information. Schools have a range of com-

munication systems and know their families, making them again ideal environments for a Covid vaccine programme. My concern is that this vaccination has the potential to divide parents. If this plays out in a negative way, then schools will need to know that they have back-up from education and health officials. Making decisions now and signalling ahead of time, will be one tool that the Government could use to ensure a vaccine is widely adopted. Peter Livingstone is the principal of Tinwald School. The views expressed in this column are his and do not represent the views of his school, the Ashburton Guardian or the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association.

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Could the right advice please stand up

’m that person … you know the one. The one that wholeheartedly agrees with the philosophy of democracy and defends it smugly and serenly and then loses her shit when everyone puts their (what she considers) unintelligent opinions forward on social media – again and again and again. I’m completely over the wild accusations on Facebook over Covid … you know the ones – the Govt wants to take our rights away with the Covid tracing barcode, bats had sex with a fish and that’s how Covid came to be, the Chinese deliberately let the virus loose on the world, or, even bet-

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ter, the world’s governments are doing it as population control. It’s almost as bad as reading anything that Donald Trump said – ever. I’m not saying that any of these well-thought out and hysterical theories are wrong. Who am I to judge? I don’t know. I have no idea who or what to believe anymore. I’m just sick of the whole thing … do I trust our Government? Do I trust the conspiracy theorists? Or do I just wash my damn hands, cough into my elbow and

knock anyone out that coughs in my direction? Social media soaks into your psyche, it pervades your peace of mind and you end up twitching in a corner with an overload of “information”. And then there are the things I want to believe. Like “These pills, made from the poo of a hu-hu bug, will cure you”. I want to believe it’s that easy to be cured, lose weight, beat viruses and live forever, therefore, I find it easy to defend in my head. It sinks into my consciousness and the arguments put forward on that Facebook post seem so believable that I just have to buy it!

Then I go around spouting: “OMG, I found this stuff, do you know it can cure you of … blah blah, whatever it is?” I have just legitimised something that I have no idea about – no science, no studies, no proof and, worse, I have gone and “promoted” it to other people. So, while I love aspects of social media … I will go to my local health food shop for alternative therapies, I will double check on anything I read on social media before sharing or giving it a like and I will find the right information, or as close to the right as I can get ... whether that be a conspiracy theory or government released information.

Cause honestly, the problem with being a person who can hear two sides of an argument and believe aspects or all of both sides is that I just end up confused and frustrated and not sure where to go or who to listen to. The good news is I’m not buying anything online anymore. I’m entirely focused on buying local. Now that I can trust! The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof.

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NEW ZEALAND

Brilliant in Blenheim

Blenheim is not only a wine taster’s paradise, it is a paradise for wine growers as evidenced by the myriad of vineyards covering the district.

s New Zealand’s largest winegrowing region, revered for its globallyacclaimed Sauvignon Blanc, I pre-positioned myself in the thick embrace of Rapaura Road’s vines, checking in for a stay at Marlborough Vintners Hotel. Cradled in the heart of the wine country, in a luxury suite loaded with all of the contemporary creature comforts, it was such a thrill

Sun-drenched Blenheim might well be brilliant every day. Bluebird skies bathed my latest fling with the city, as the first hint of spring started to bud in languid, leafy Seymour Square, writes Mike Yardley. to awake to the carpet of vines reaching out across the celebrated landscape, as the sunshine illuminated the

Rows upon rows of full barrels at Blenheim’s Cloudy Bay vineyard.

Wairau Plain’s lofty bookends, the Richmond Ranges and the Wither Hills. I joined a Winter Warmer Wine

Tour with Sounds Connection, an outstanding way to immerse yourself in the magic of Marlborough, as they escort you to some hand-picked cellar doors. You do the tastings – they do the driving. I was particularly excited to encounter Rock Ferry, a stirring organic winery, recently scooping half a dozen gongs at the Organic Wine Awards. The 3rd Rock Sav Blanc 2019 is a cracker, with fruit from the Wairau Valley, exuding great freshness and balanced by crisp acidity. Sauvignon Blanc and oysters could there be a better pairing? I had my fill at Cloudy Bay’s Raw Bar, a very swish affair, swathed in well-groomed lawns and gardens, adorned in hanging egg chairs and oversized couches. It’s a glamorous cellar door, with grand views of the rows upon rows of wine oak barrels, in the cellar. On the opposite side of Jackson Road, pop into the boutique joy of Allan Scott Family Winemakers, where you can relax in the shaded courtyard while grazing on local produce. For a palate change, I also

ventured to one of the nation’s most decorated craft beer enterprises, Moa Brewery, the brainchild of Allan Scott’s son, Josh. Beyond the tasting room, their beer garden’s picnic tables and shady trees is a sparkling setting for chilled indulgence, particularly in the summer months. Blenheim’s bounty of hospo spots is beyond abundant, but you must not miss the Dodson Street Beer Garden. In 1858, Henry Dodson established a brewery and the malthouse was housed in the same building where you’ll find this venue. Originally home to the Wairau Brewery, the malthouse is still working today. It’s the oldest commercial building in Marlborough and Dodson Street Beer Garden proudly boasts one of the largest selection of craft beers and ciders on tap in New Zealand. Twenty-one at last count – including the onsite Renaissance Brewing Company. More key features are the authentic German cuisine and salivating pizza selection. I love the old-timey beer hall, the trove of memorabilia and the ebullient spirit which makes this spacious venue such a perennial crowd favourite.

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The tasting bar at one of the nation’s most decorated craft beer enterprises, Moa Brewery. The enterprising hands-on owner, Dietmar Schnarre, is an absolute delight. For a complete change of scenery, I swapped the wines for the wings, and the vintage aircraft displays at Omaka are absolutely next-level. The two exhibition halls dramatically showcase classic aircraft from the two world wars. The original Great War exhibition, Knights of the Sky, features Sir Peter Jackson’s personal collection of World War One aircraft and artifacts. Many planes are fully airworthy, and can be readily deciphered by whether a drip tray is situated under their belly. The magnificently theatrical dioramas and captivating scenes depict the aircraft in compelling context – some recreate actual incidents, like the plane that crash-landed into the only tree standing on Flanders. Beyond the flying machines, Sir Peter’s treasure chest of rare war memorabilia is incredibly compelling, including personal items belonging to the famous Red Baron himself. I was particularly struck by the display of artefacts

connected to Hermann Goering, including the cap he was wearing in 1945 when he was captured by the US Army. Dangerous Skies, the World War Two exhibition, opened four years ago and explores the stories of both male and female aviators and their tales of valour from the forests of Germany to the steaming jungles of the South Pacific. Iconic warbirds on display include a flyable Spitfire Mk XIV. A variety of aviators are lustily showcased like Russia’s famous female fighter pilot, Lydia Litvyak, the “White Lily of Stalingrad” as the Soviet press nicknamed her. The sheer scale of Russia’s losses in World War Two is soberly illustrated with great dramatic effect. Another favourite personal story is illustrated by the mannequin of a Kiwi pilot, James Hayter, who was shot down over England and parachuted to safety, dropping down in the middle of a garden party. The assembled lovelies promptly swooned over him and offered him a stiffener. Just imagine it – quite the floor show. The collection of

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Some of the treasures in John Smith’s shed, including a World War Two era Mosquito.

magnificent flying machines is indeed magnificent, but the personalised human dimension threaded throughout the exhibitions, and the storytelling prowess, packs a poignant punch. Last month the family of deceased aviation collector, John Smith, appointed the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre to work with them as guardians of his remarkable collection, to preserve and publicly display his trove of hero aircraft. John’s backyard shed in Mapua was the aviation equivalent of Aladdin’s Cave, fuselages lined up parallel to one another like sardines, symmetrically arranged either side of a fully assembled Mosquito. The Smith aircraft destined for display at Omaka include a complete de Havilland Mosquito, John’s own original Tiger Moth and New Zealand’s most famous P-40, Gloria Lyons. They will join the Lockheed Hudson, formerly gifted by John, on display at Omaka. Future fundraising efforts including any profits from next April’s Yealands Classic Fighters Air Show will be funnelled into this significant conservation project. www. MarlboroughNZ.com

The Dodson Street Beer Garden proudly boasts one of the largest selection of craft beers and ciders on tap in New Zealand.

Basking in brilliant sunshine is Blenheim’s Seymour Square.

Knights of the Sky, features Sir Peter Jackson’s personal collection of World War One aircraft The magnificently theatrical dioramas and captivating scenes depict the aircraft in compelling and artifacts. context – some recreate actual incidents.

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Nicolee Ayton joins Adi Advit this month as a Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network co-ordinator.

elcome to our first Saturday newsletter! For over two years we have been featured in the Monday Guardian issue, but with the change of publication schedule you’ll now get to read our newsletter on the first Saturday of the month. We wish to thank (again) the Guardian and Matt Markham (editor) for this ongoing co-operation. This month we are welcoming Nicolee Ayton, our new co-ordinator who will join (parttime) Adi and focus on our Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network programme, helping newcomers to the district with information, support and the creation of new social connections. We are also working hard on our Latino Fest on October 3 in the Tinwald War Memorial Hall, and it’s shaping up to be an awesome night of Latin live band music, dancing and great food from Chile, Argentina, Peru and Uruguay. While the event is free, it’s crucial, at these uncertain times, that we can limit the numbers (in case of a social distancing

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through the process of obtaining a new work visa which is very difficult now. Please encourage migrants in financial hardship you may know to apply to the Foreign Nationals Red Cross support programme to receive support, and if they struggle with the application (or anything else) our migrant centre is here to help. And, of course, you are all invited to our annual meeting, coming up on September 22, 2pm in the Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street, Ashburton. We’ll have Kathy Harrington-Watt, cultural anthropologist and Refugee Settlement Support Team Leader, as a guest speaker. The Hakatere Multi Cultural Council is a non-government organisation and is proudly sponsored by the Ashburton District Council, Advance Ashburton Community Foundation, the Tindall Foundation, MSD, COGS, The Lion Foundation, Community Trust Mid & South Canterbury and the Office of Ethnic Communities. Kia kaha, Adi Avnit, co-ordinator Hakatere Multi Cultural Council

Ratatouille

atatouille is a French Provençal stewed vegetable dish, originating in Nice. Recipes and cooking times differ widely, but common ingredients include tomato, garlic, onion, courgette (zucchini), aubergine (eggplant), bell pepper, and some combination of leafy green herbs common to the region. Besides being vegan and gluten-free it’s a beautiful dish to serve your guests. This is a recipe for a slightly different version, mostly yellow and orange-coloured components.

ia ora, I’m Nicolee Ayton, the new co-ordinator for the Hakatere Multi Cultural Council and I’ll be responsible for our Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network programme. I am 28 years old and live in Bankside. I am originally from Christchurch and moved to Ashburton at a young age where I grew up until I moved to Christchurch to study at Canterbury University. I recently moved with my partner to an 11-hectare lifestyle block in Bankside where we have my two horses and two dogs, George and Bob. We moved out to this area so that we could have some land to graze my horses on and so we had more space for the dogs to run. I am enjoying living in Bankside and having a lot of space around me; it is a very quiet area and it’s fantastic having my horses on the doorstep. The drive to Ashburton is about half an hour and it is nice being back in an office and working with a variety of people. This role will also allow me to interact with a large number of new people. I wanted a role that would allow me to work in the community and I am looking forward to helping people settle into the Mid Canterbury community and providing events and activities that will allow them to meet other newcomers and locals. Some challenges I think I will face are promoting and advertising the events and reaching the newcomers to the Ashburton District with information that will be relevant for them.

requirement) and for contact tracing. The event is planned to be held at Covid-19 Level 1 and if by that date we are still at Level 2 we’ll make a decision about if/ how to have it. Similarly, we have been supporting the Ashburton Indian Multicultural Charitable Trust with their annual Diwali event, currently planned for the night of October 24, also in the Tinwald hall. Another activity we have been working on, in conjunction with the Ashburton District Council, is Welcoming Week, a celebration and introduction of our lovely town to newcomers, by hosting a series of tours and activities for the week of September 14-19. The tours will take newcomers on guided tours around cultural facilities, the CBD and Hakatere Marae. As you are probably aware, businesses are still shutting down and some people are losing their jobs. The situation is worse for migrants holding temporary visas, as their visa binds them to a specific workplace and location, and when they lose it they need to go

I would like to help people that are new to Mid Canterbury fit into a new environment and have access to relevant information, I would also like to help them connect with people from their culture and hold events to highlight the different cultures in our district. The Hakatere Multi Cultural Council is a non-government organisation, but we co-operate with other services in town. I am working alongside Adi Advit (the other Hakatere Multi Cultural Council co-ordinator) and the Ashburton District Council to organise Welcoming Week, a series of events and activities for newcomers in town. Adi and I are also working to organise a Latino Fest evening which will be held at the Tinwald War Memorial Hall on October 3. I can be reached by email at nicolee.ayton@safermidcanterbury.org.nz or by phone 027 236-1114

Vegetables 2 potatoes 1 kumara 2 large carrots 3-4 portobello mushrooms 3 capsicums, preferably green or yellow Sauce 1 onion 1t soy sauce 2t crushed garlic 2T maple syrup (or golden syrup) 250g (half a jar) pasta sauce Garnish 4T olive oil 1t parsley 1t basil ■■ Slice potatoes, kumara, carrots and mushrooms to even slices, about 5mm thick. ■■ Use a pan to do a quick fry (few minutes) of the vegetable slices with a little oil (1-2T), and put

aside to cool. You’ll probably need to do several batches of frying. ■■ Cut the onion and one capsicum into small cubes. ■■ In a separate pan (or after you emptied the first one) fry the onion with a little oil until golden. ■■ Add about 100ml water and the capsicum cubes and fry for a few more minutes. ■■ Add the soy sauce, maple syrup, garlic and pasta sauce, stir and fry few more minutes, then let it cool down. ■■ Use a blender to puree the sauce. ■■ Pour the sauce to the bottom of heat-resistant round bowl or pan (about 30cm diameter). ■■ Slice the two remaining capsicums into about 5x5cm pieces and add to the rest of the sliced veges. ■■ Arrange the sliced veges over the sauce in circles. Try to have alternating colours. ■■ Drip the olive oil, parsley and basil on top, cover with aluminium foil, and bake on 200°C for half an hour. ■■ Remove the foil and serve in the bowl/pan.

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ello, I am Amanda and I moved to Ashburton in May this year. Born in Wellington, I was raised in Singapore but returned to New Zealand for my tertiary education. There, I graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from the University of Otago. I am a dentist at Dentistry on Parkside and I enjoy it. People here are very friendly and welcoming, from my colleagues to patients. Before moving to Ashburton, I was working in Balclutha. My practice owner was retiring and I thought it would be a good time to head north to a bigger town. I am grateful to have a position at Dentistry on Parkside – it is a well established, modern clinic and the genuine care to patients

and work culture here inspires and supports me to better myself. I have always wanted to work in Ashburton ever since I had a work experience opportunity for several months when I was in dental school. Ashburton is both close to nature and the city where I can have my shopping mall fix – to me it is the perfect balance. My sister, who is in Auckland, is a true city girl though, she will never experience the joys of having no traffic jams. On the drive to work every morning, I see the snow-capped mountains and it reminds me of how fortunate I am to be here. My parents are still in Singapore, although they previously lived in New Zealand for 10 years. I do miss them and my friends in Singapore, normally heading

Benefits all round to licensing scheme T he Mid Canterbury Rural Driver Licensing Scheme is not only about getting a driver’s licence. It’s also about changing lives, building new friendships and learning new skills. The benefits are as much for the volunteers as it is for the students. There is a great deal of satisfaction knowing you have made a positive difference to the life of a newcomer. Learning to drive can be a daunting experience for anyone, but when English is a second language and driving in New Zealand is different to your home country, you can be excused for thinking getting a licence is out of reach. And that is where we can help. We provide road code theory classes, one-on-one driving lessons and support to book the test. Our mentors are amazing people, they are kind, friendly,

no-fuss people who love to drive and love to teach. They are passionate about what they do and they provide a relaxed learning environment for their student. And in return, they make great friendships, learn about a different culture and even improve their own driving skills as well. But don’t just take our word for it, this is what our students and mentors have to say:

From the students: “I’d never driven before I came to New Zealand and was always nervous about starting. But through the rural driving scheme I’ve built up my confidence, practiced my driving and I’m no longer reliant on other people.” “Without this rural driver scheme I’d be sitting at home with my kids. Now with my full licence I can do so many things. I can now help other people.”

“When I came to NZ I didn’t know how to drive or anything about getting my licence. I was feeling very helpless and lonely on the farm. Now that I have my licence I am like a bird. I can go wherever I want and I am so excited. My kids are very happy too because when there is a school programme, I can go.

From the mentors: “We have a great time. We go driving and finish off with a walk in the domain or on one of the local tracks. We have similar interests and it’s lovely to be able to share this time together.” “The regular contact with my student and her family has meant we have become friends. It also has sharpened up my own driving skills. It’s a lot of fun.” “When Shonal and her family moved to our farm and Shonal was not able to drive, she was very isolated and lonely. Com-

pleting the driver training and achieving her licence has been life changing for her.” If you would like to join us, either as a student or a volunteer please get it touch with the co-ordinator, Wendy Hewitt, on 027 611-3301 or wendy.hewitt@ safermidcanterbury.org.nz or through our Facebook page, Mid Canterbury Rural Driver Licensing Scheme. The Mid Canterbury Rural Driver Licensing Scheme is a partnership between the Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust and Safer Mid Canterbury and proudly sponsored by The Lotteries Commission, Advance Ashburton, COGs, The Lion Foundation, The Four Winds Foundation, Ashburton District Council, The Ashburton Licensing Trust, and The Community Trust Mid & South Canterbury. Wendy Hewitt, Rural Licensing co-ordinator

back every year to visit. As you can imagine, Ashburton is very different to Singapore and it is hard to find the variety of tasty and spicy Asian cuisine and tropical fruits that are so readily available back there. Outside of dentistry, I enjoy baking and particularly like making specialty cakes for friends’ birthdays. I love travelling and nature, seeking out activities that allow me to appreciate NZ’s beauty. I had enjoyed exploring the Catlins and I look forward to visiting the lakes and mountains here! To date, I have been to 13 countries in Asia, Europe and Australasia. I hope to meet and make many more friends in Ashburton in the upcoming months and years. I think it is important to try to go through life with a smile – for others and yourself.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s quiz 1. In the movie franchise, Toy Story, the character Trixie is what? a) Tyrannosaurus Rex b) Triceratops c) Velociraptor 2. Before the Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl was drummer for what band? a) Pearl Jam b) Nirvana c) Linkin Park 3. Which Spanish dish traditionally contains seafood and rice? a) Paella b) Gazpacho c) Tortilla 4. Which English Football team’s home ground is Anfield? a) Manchester City b) Arsenal c) Liverpool 5. Ashburton Contracting Ltd have recently combined with which business? a) Gluyas Ford b) Smallbone c) Malcolm Lovett 6. A female rabbit is known by what name? a) Calf b) Mare c) Doe 7. The September 4, earthqauake at 4.35am measured what? a) 7.0 b) 7.1 c) 7.2 8. Who is the deputy leader of the Labour Party? a) Kelvin Davis b) Chris Hipkins c) Grant Robertson

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Mount Hutt College’s combined Y12/13 Geography field trip went to Aoraki Mt Cook National Park for three days, staying two nights at Unwin Lodge. Y12 students carried out fieldwork as a part of their Level 2 NCEA research into the natural environment particularly glacial processes, climate and vegetation zonation. Y13 students also conducted geographic research towards their Level 3 NCEA with a focus on understanding the cultural process of tourism and changes which have occurred to tourism at Aoraki Mt Cook National Park due to the Covid pandemic.

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Hearty Lamb and Rosemary Pie

To assemble 4-5 pre-rolled pastry sheets (or 2 x 400g blocks) 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon milk

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Lamb 800g Quality Mark diced lamb shoulder 25g butter 1 onion, finely chopped 2 sticks celery, chopped 1 red capsicum, chopped 2 medium orange kumara, peeled and diced 4 cloves garlic, chopped roughly 3 T fresh rosemary, chopped 2 C Campbell’s Real Stock - Beef ½ C tomato paste Zest of 1 lemon plus 1 tablespoon juice 2 anchovies, chopped (optional) 2 C chopped spinach 3 t cornflour mixed with 2 tablespoons water.

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Lamb ■■ Preheat the oven to 140°C conventional bake. ■■ Cut the lamb shoulder into large 5-6cm chunks. ■■ Heat a little oil in a large frying pan over a high heat. ■■ When hot, season the lamb with salt and pepper, then fry in 2-3 batches until browed all over. Transfer to a casserole dish. ■■ Reduce the heat to medium, add the butter and a splash of oil along with the onion, celery, capsicum and kumara. ■■ Cook, stirring, for about 10 minutes until everything is soft and starting to caramelise. ■■ Add the garlic and rosemary and cook for another couple of minutes. ■■ Add the stock, tomato paste, lemon juice and zest and anchovies (if using) and stir to combine. ■■ Pour over the lamb and mix gently to

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RUGBY

Raw Hammers licensed to thrill By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Low on experience, big on promise. That is the way Mid Canterbury coaching staff are viewing things as a fresh-faced Hammers outfit takes to the field in Timaru today for a short and sharp representative window. Several players will be earning their first caps for Mid Canterbury when they take on South Canterbury at Alpine Energy Stadium in the first of four Heartland hit-outs. “That’s the whole pretext of this competition, to get our local boys out and give them an opportunity to showcase what they can actually do,” Mid Canterbury coach Jason Rickard said. “While there’s a lot of new guys who haven’t worn the Mid Canterbury jersey, there’s a lot of guys with huge skillsets and we just want to see them play.” Which could make today’s clash an up-tempo affair, with Rickard and Co giving some of the side’s electric outside backs free license to “express themselves”. “You’ll definitely see a different brand.” However the squad is under no illusions of what is in store this afternoon against last year’s Lochore Cup winners. With South Canterbury Rugby senior club finals only being decided seven days ago and an inability to get a trial game under its belt, getting the playing group up to sufficient match fitness levels has been the biggest challenge for Mid Canterbury’s coaching team. “We’re really conscious that some of these guys haven’t physically had a game for four weeks,” Rickard said. “In saying that we’ve had some pretty intense trainings and we’re really enjoying the youthful enthusiasm of some of these younger guys.” Although the side was fairly green on the face of it, the likes of experienced campaigners Seta Koroitamana and halfback and captain Tyler Blackburn will be integral in leading the team around the park. “Those boys have been around a bit longer, so they can share that experience, and it sounds strange, but there are leaders all around the park. “There are guys who have come through as shining lights and they’ve taken on that responsibility and we’ve been encouraging that. “We’ve been really pleased with how they’ve responded.” It is set to be fierce month of rugby for the Hammers, with a showdown against Buller followed by consecutive clashes against North Otago. “It’s always the grudge matches, especially with South Canterbury and North Otago,” Rickard said. “With Hanan Shield also up for grabs, it just adds a bit more spice to it.”

MC TEAM v South Canterbury Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru Kick off: 2.30pm 1. Adam Williamson 2. Elama Touli 3. Hamish Allen 4. Matthew Stone 5. Iromi Dawai 6. Lote Nasiga 7. Luke Gilbert 8. Seta Koroitamana 9. Tyler Blackburn (captain) 10. Nathan McCloy 11. Tait Chisman 12. Paovale Sofai 13. Matthew Holmes 14. Raitube Vasurakuta 15. Inoke Tonga Reserves: Callum Burrell, Matthew Groom, Alipeti Polutele, Ashton McArthur, Harvey Blyth, Tim Lawn, Lepani Seitava

The Mid Canterbury squad get put through their paces in preparation for today’s game.

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It is all to play for in local golf pennants tomorrow. Finals day events tee off from Tinwald and Mayfield, where club bragging rights will also be at stake. Course know-how will be in the balance in the scratch final as the Turbos and Top Guns let rip at Tinwald. It will be a similar case in the ladies championship game at Mayfield as the Marvels and Maidens make use of familiar terrain. It will be a bustling day to cap the pennants event with several other compelling pairings. The championship match in the high handicap category takes on a Watters Cup-like shade with the Rakaia Click and Methven Maulers doing battle. The Mayfield Masters should be highly fancied in the low handicap finale where

they take on the Ashburton Battlers. “Thanks again for everyone’s input and enthusiasm this year, it has certainly been a lot of fun,” event spokesperson Paddy Bradford said. Sunday Finals Day Draw: Tee off at Tinwald, 11am 9th/10th playoff (High Handicap): Ashburton Bravehearts v Rakaia Rascals, 7th/8th: Rakaia Rebels v Tinwald Mud Dogs, 5th/6th: Tinwald Torpedoes v Tinwald Tasers, 3rd/4th: Tinwald Terriers v Mayfield Meerkats, Championship Game: Rakaia Click v Methven Maulers Tee off at Tinwald 11.30am Low handicap: Tinwald Trainwrecks v Ashburton Bangers, Mayfield Masters v Ashburton Battlers 3rd/4th playoff (Scratch): Ashburton Bullets v Methven Magics, Final: Tinwald Turbos v Tinwald Top Guns Tee off at Mayfield 11am 9th/10th playoff (Ladies): Ashburton Belles v Tinwald Tigers, 7th/8th: Tinwald Twinkles v Tinwald Treasures, 5th/6th: Tinwald Teasers v Methven Missys, 3rd/4th: Rakaia Rubies v Ashburton Birdies, Championship Game: Mayfield Marvels v Mayfield Maidens.

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NETBALL

The Mid Canterbury squad at training.

Strong squad for Hanan defence Mid Canterbury netball captain Leanne Clemens believes the squad which will defend the Hanan Shield on home turf this weekend is one of the strongest she has seen. The senior representative side take on South Canterbury and North Otago at the EA Network Centre in the triangular tournament where it will be vying for consecutive Shield triumphs. The Methven attacking exponent who led the Mid Canterbury team to a Hanan Shield win in Waimate last year said this year’s squad is possibly even stronger. “The skill level of the individuals is really really high,” Clemens said. “There’s a lot of leaders in this team.” The experience among the squad meant players had brought a significant level of detail and tactical nous to its practice runs, Clemens said. With the expectations which inevitably come as defending champions, the team captain was relishing the challenge. “I think it just makes it that much more exciting,” Clemens said. “I’m just really looking forward to defending the shield on home soil, it’s not often you get to do that.” Coach Claire Tappin, who is again at the helm, said a differing approach had been thrust onto management with limited preparation in the leadup. “Last year we had six training sessions so you can develop a season plan through that time, whereas this year with only having two trainings, it’s really been short and sharp. “To be honest most of what we’re doing is coming from the players, we’ve got such great experience that I think it would be very naive of me not to use that.” She added that this years team had big shoes to fill following on from last year but had every chance of being an unrelenting force come tomorrow. “Last year’s team pulled together one of the best I had ever seen a team do,” she said. “If this year’s team manage to do the same and bring the best out of one another, they are going to be unstoppable.”

Leanne Clemens (captain) Meg Ashworth Kelsey Bewley Alice Breading Alice Eddington

Poppy Kilworth Abi Lunn Charlotte Samson Hayley Tallentire Anita Watson

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NETBALL

FIRST FINALIST FOUND By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Hampstead have booked a top two finals spot with a game in hand after making it nine straight wins. The side again took care of business, accounting for United 46-32 in the final premier 1 game on court on Thursday. Who the team will face in the finals won’t be decided until the final week of round robin games, with Methven and Celtic A the most likely contenders. United still have a mathematical chance of snatching a finals berth, however with an unfavourable goal differential and needing to beat Methven by plenty next week, that likelihood appears remote. It was the third consecutive week of topflight netball with no spectators. Earlier, Celtic A kept their premier title hopes alive when beating Celtic B 40-26 in a scrappy club derby. However Methven looks to have the inside running for a finals meeting with Hampstead after producing a patient and polished performance in beating College A 47-36 in the first game on court. The AshColl girls got off to a flying start, draining four unanswered goals in quick time. A desperate College team needing to win defending grimly, with Sophie Adams ferocious at goal keep during the initial exchanges. College claimed an 8-6 lead after the first period, however the side fell away as Methven settled into a rhythm and fed off some sloppy mistakes when College was in possession, After the lead changed hands before halftime, Methven proceeded to capitalise

College A midcourter Taylah Burrowes sets herself for a pass during the side’s premier netball clash with Methven on Thursday. PHOTO ADAM BURNS 030920-AB-3989 on further unforced errors from College to open up a five goal buffer by the end of the third period. Methven continued to operate with greater control in the final quarter as their attacking combinations worked the ball into the circle consistently to cruise home by 11. The side holds onto second spot on the ladder, three points ahead of Celtic A and final round robin clash with United to come. Celtic is still in with a shot for topmost finals spot, however it has a rampant Hampstead side waiting next week. The second game on court was frantic and physical as the ball zigzagged across both edges of the court.

Although Celtic A were getting into red zone more frequently than their club counterparts, their shooters struggled to put them away during a frustrating first phase of the game for both sides. The game was bereft of structure, with possession constantly turned over in what was a combative tussle in most sections of the court. Celtic claimed an 18-11 lead at half time and with the Bs struggling to find any attacking consistency, the game seemed to run its course. No one could question the commitment from both teams, with several players dropping to the floor as Celtic A completed a 14 goal victory in one of the more frenzied games of the season.

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RUGBY

Spartans: still plenty to play for By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

An injury-ravaged Mid Canterbury Combined outfit will be hoping to muster its last scraps of energy with plenty still to play for in its final two games. Combined play their final home game today in Ashburton against St Bede’s College, who themselves have a lot at stake amid moving day in the UC Championship. The Christchurch school sits in sixth spot on the championship ladder after being held to a 27-all draw at Marlborough Boys’ College last week. The side is well placed to gun for a top four berth ahead of a final week meeting with Timaru Boys’ High and will be steeled for battle today. Mid Canterbury Combined meanwhile limp into this week off the back of a heavy injury toll, with some key personnel gone for the season, and an 80-point humbling at the hands of a ruthless Christchurch Boys’ High side. Avoiding the spoon will be an accomplishment for the young contingent, compared to the bigger and more experienced lineups it has squared off with this season. The MCC boys are two points

ahead of the bottom placed Lincoln Combined and on season form and considering Lincoln’s remaining opponents, it should be enough. Although it would be a massive ask and would probably require at least a bonus point today and again next week in Blenheim, catching Roncalli Aoraki Com-

bined on the ladder is a feasible objective, and one which gives the Spartans next two hitouts some purpose. Roncalli overtook Mid Canterbury on the ladder last week after picking up a bonus point when the side was pipped 27-26 by Waimea Combined. If Mid Canterbury Combined

were to somehow overtake Roncalli, it would put them in line for a UC Championship bowl final playoff. The Guardian understands however that in the midst of a largely makeshift rugby season. the need for playoff matches outside the top four is under review by Canterbury Rugby.

Above – Mid Canterbury Combined’s Charlie Brown remains a key figure for the Spartans in its remaining two games. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 220820-RH-060

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Saturday, September 5, 2020 Ashburton Guardian OPINION

Where do you draw that line in the sand By Steve Devereux

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saw a card dished out at a recent rugby game, and thought at the time it seemed harsh, and on reflection remembered other occasions when cards may or may not have been merited. To be fair, almost every time a card is shown, half the spectators think the perp should be jailed for the crime, while the other half are screaming for a good defence lawyer to right the obvious wrong that has been witnessed. This is most certainly not a ref-bashing rant; these guys have to be fitter than the players just to keep up with the action, and keeping an eye on all 30 players, for every second of the game is a ridiculous notion – generally they do incredibly well, and they can only rule on what they see in front of them. And even the related codes still have wildly differing views of what constitutes, say, a high tackle. The NRL is a fine case in point. It’s already poles apart from the game you would have watched back in the 70s and 80s, when straight-out violent thuggery was a normal part of the game, and some clubs were very familiar with gentlemen who

carried violin cases around, with no apparent orchestra anywhere near the clubrooms. But there’s still head-high tackles that, while they get a murmur of “That one seemed to have slipped up a bit” from the commentators and no action from the refs, would garner an immediate red card in the union ranks. There are so many variables involved in almost every fracas or altercation, to get the decisions exactly right every time, you’d need a judge and jury to make a cold, hard deliberation on every clash. Everyone has their own favourite ‘dirty player’, one they’ve watched for years and just know that he’s bad through and through. While some might be unfairly maligned, there’s also those serial offenders who just cannot help themselves when the red mist descends – although that red mist might even catch the agressor themselves by surprise sometimes. Remember Aussie Michael Brial? While certainly an abrasive player, no-one saw coming the violent assault, out in mid-field for all to see, on Frank Bunce, and it didn’t stop, the hooks and uppercuts, big ones, just kept on coming.

Bunce must have recovered though; he scored the winning try in that test. The Springboks have always been known as the brawnmeisters, the massive no-backward-steps monsters who would rough-and-tough it with anyone. But even they had a few who stood out. Johan Le Roux tops most polls; yes, the one who chomped down on Sean Fitzpatrick’s ear in the middle of a ruck at a wet and windy Athletic Park. Guilty as guilty can be, but – if you’d watched Fitzpatrick in action for the past few seasons, for Auckland mostly, you wouldn’t be at all surprised if Le Roux was finally reacting in the heat of the moment to a torrent of inflammatory actions, well-hidden from the ref, from the All Blacks hooker, a recognised master of the darkest arts. My own personal favourite bad guy was Uli Schmidt – every game he ever played he was an out-and-out thug, and often avoided the punishment he so justly deserved. Oddly, for one so obviously devoted to handing out hefty injury to anyone he met on the field of play, Schmidt was a doctor off it. In 2005, Tana Umaga and Keven Mealamu were involved in a spear tackle that ended the tour of Lions skipper and star

centre Brian O’Driscoll. Most of the rugby world labelled the two All Blacks hoodlums and bully boys, clearly intent on taking out a major rival. The home fans, unsurprisingly, saw it differently. Who was right? Sir Michael Jones was one of the best No. 7s ever; a true thorn in the side of every team he faced – but he was never accused of crossing that line. Jerome Kaino was even more explosive in his highly physical – and successful – efforts to dissuade anyone from attacking down his particular channel, but again the ‘dirty’ label didn’t apply. But a few years further back, Kevin Skinner was ‘allegedly’ brought into the All Blacks pack simply to counter the brute force of the Springboks front row – using his noted boxing prowess. And it was noted by most of the world that it worked pretty well. Treading very carefully here, I would think that, if he were magically transported on to today’s playing field, even our best ever, the mighty Pinetree, might have been urged to tone down his playing style just a wee bit. An opposing captain once put it extremely succintly when he appealed to the ref: “Please sir, could you count our players? I think Meads has eaten

RUGBY

BASKETBALL

Tough end to trophy bid By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

It might not have been the fairytale finish they were hoping for, but there were plenty of high points for the Ashburton College boys basketball side to take from their season as it concluded during the week. The team, who went on a hot run of form last week, winning three matches in as many days, took on the might of Christchurch Boys’ High School on Tuesday night in Christchurch and while beaten 88-70, they were far from disgraced in their final match of the Thomson Trophy. Coach Brian Kerr said that while losing this week was a tough way to put an end to the competition, the youthfulness of the side, and the efforts shown during the competition, were encouraging for the future. “Overall, this young College team has come a long way over the season, especially on the defensive aspect,” Kerr said. “They almost pulled off a massive upset against the top dogs, St Andrew’s College, as well as coming close on a number of occasions.” On Tuesday night, College started well against CBHS and both sides traded blows for the opening quarter, going basket for basket.

one of them”. I recall a player, who was in years gone by prominent in green-and-gold, relating the story of his first visit to The Room, in support/defence of one of his young coaching charges, with the young fella called to explain his on-field actions which met the displeasure of the man with the whistle. The visit was extraordinary on several levels, bringing with it a bucket-load of deja vu, seeing as how this now-coach had cause to visit The Room himself, on perhaps more than one occasion, in his own playing days. Thing is, he wasn’t known as dirty, just always played the game right to the limits, and on occasion the referee deemed that the imaginary line in the sand had been crossed. We send our best, fastest, strongest, testosterone-filled young men out to do battle on the field, belting the bejesus out of each other to the roars of the crowd, but expect them to be self-disciplined enough to always stop just short of THAT line. So next time you see a card brandished by the ref and you’re in full tut-tut mode over the handbags, pushing/shoving or, heaven-forbid-pass-the-smelling-salts, a punch, just remember that there might be two, or three, or six sides to the story.

Liam Sullivan top scored for College with 16 points on Tuesday night. In the second quarter it was the hosts who made the early play, but College negated their two-to-three zone play and started to string some plays together to stretch out to a five point lead. A couple of key turnovers through, turned things back around and the two sides went into the break at 42-all.

The third quarter was tough for the young College side. With CBHS readjusting their zone play and upping their intensity, scoring baskets became a real struggle and the visitors were forced into making shots while also being unable to secure the rebounds. This put CBHS on the front foot, and they used to it advan-

tage to stretch out to a 14-point lead. Things got worse as the College defence fell right away and by the end of the third, College were down by 22. In a not completely unfamiliar situation, College found themselves chasing the game heading into the final quarter, and initially they did very well. Switching to a full court manto-man approach they turned the ball over and got their shooting range in line and drew the game back to 14 points. But a timeout by their hosts steadied the ship, and they rounded out the game well winning comfortably. Liam Sullivan led the way for the College side with 16 points, including three from beyond the circle. Riley Sa was solid again with 14 points, considering he was given plenty of attention when he had the ball in hand, and Thomas Patterson, Jacob Swan and Kambell Stills all claimed 10 points. “They played well for periods, but were guilty of not boxing out when the shot went up,” Kerr said. “On the plus side they continued to fight hard and when they got things right, they looked good. “ Ultimately, Kerr said a six minute lapse in the third quarter left them with too much work to do.

Colts gunning for a big double By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Methven/Rakaia will be vying for silverware across consecutive weeks when it again locks horns today. The Mid Canterbury Combined Colts outfit takes on Christchurch High School Old Boys in Methven in the Bowl final. It comes seven days after it prevailed 25-13 over Celtic/Southern in Rakaia to win the Combined Colts Mid Canterbury Cup. Earlier in the week, there was some uncertainty as to whether there the side were able to field a full allocation of players. However coach Mark Smith confirmed on Thursday the team would be backing up again today. The Old Boys booked their spot when the team accounted for Celtic/Southern 24-14 a fortnight ago. Smith said the side had relished playing both town and country Colts teams throughout the season. “It’s been a very even comp,” he said. Kickoff today is 1.30pm from the Methven Domain.

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NETBALL

Tallentire flourishing as ringleader By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

At the start of the season, Hayley Tallentire had her sights set on a representative age grade netball bib. Tomorrow, the 17-year old will be part of the senior Mid Canterbury side who will vie to defend the Hanan Shield. Her place among the senior squad cannot be disputed following an outstanding season as the College A front-of-goal linchpin in premier 1 netball. “I was hoping to play under-18s, but when that got cancelled I decided to try for the seniors,” she said. Originally from Australia, the Ashburton College Year 13 pupil comes from strong netballing ties. Her mum, Joe Tallentire, is a local netball stalwart who has served as a rep manager and previously played for New South Wales. After impressing during Hanan Shield trials, the younger Tallentire got the nod from Mid Canterbury coach Claire Tappin, much to her surprise. “It was quite close between all

Hayley Tallentire training with the Mid Canterbury representative netball squad last weekend. four of our shooters so yeah I was quite happy.” She will be lining up among some classy attacking third exponents including captain Leanne Clemens and Hampstead sharp-

shooter Alice Eddington. She said her excitement in facing South Canterbury and North Otago outweighed a minor dose of nerves leading into tomorrow’s games.

PHOTO ADAM BURNS

Tallentire will also be joined on rep duty by her College A teammate Poppy Kilworth, who has been another instrumental force at the other end of the court on defence.

Although the young AshColl team haven’t reached the same heights as last year when the side went on a run to clinch the Mid Canterbury premier 1 title, Tallentire said it was about developing the skills of some of the younger players in the elite grade. “This year has been about developing some of the young ones coming through and building a strong team for next year.” It has not stopped Tallentire from commanding the front area of the court by exhibiting game awareness and shooting accuracy strengths. She said she embraced directing play in and around the circle. “I like being the leader in the circle and guiding the goal attack, or if I’m in goal attack then the goal shoot.” Tallentire is one of the three Year 13 players who will be moving on at the end of the season including Kilworth and goal shoot Sophie Adams. Next year she is relocating to Christchurch where she will set herself up for the next phase of a representative push through the Beko League and potentially the Tactix as she enjoys a gap year. “I’m hoping to one day play for the Tactix.”

RUGBY

Local faces in Mitre 10 Cup By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

A number of familiar faces to Mid Canterbury sporting fans will step out next week when this year’s Mitre 10 Cup kicks off. Of squads named already, with more teams due to be announced next week, already there are three players with strong ties to the Mid Canterbury region who feature already; Dallas McLeod (Canterbury), Adam Thomson (Waikato) and Tony Lamborn (Southland). Lamborn provided a minor surprise when he was named captain of the Stags team earlier this week. The former Ashburton College student first played for the Invercargill-based side in 2018, before missing last year due to his commitments with the United States side at the Rugby World Cup. He returned to New Zealand this year and stepped out for the Blues, with the 29-year-old impressing judges with his efforts around the paddock. Speaking to media earlier this week, Lamborn said after a couple of disappointing years the side was looking forward to the 2020 campaign. “We’ve been talking about creating our own legacy, something where the kids at school these days go, ‘what about the 2020 [Mitre 10] Cup Stags team’, that’s what we want.,” he said. Former Mount Hutt College head boy and rapid-riser through the Canterbury rugby ranks, Dal-

Ex-pat Mid Cantabrian Adam Thomson will turn out for Waikato this year. las McLeod will be set for a big season with the Canterbury side off the back of an impressive 2019 campaign and a taste of Super Rugby this year. The mid-fielder impressed in last week’s Ranfurly Shield challenge against North Otago when playing second-five, but yesterday wore the No.13 jersey when the red and blacks took on Crusader bedfellows, the Tasman Makos in their final hit-out before the competition begins next weekend. Canterbury won the encounter 19-17 in a physical match up between two very evenly matched sides. The third local face is former All Black and World Cup winner,

Adam Thomson. After a near death experience almost 18 months ago, the former Tinwald player was a surprise inclusion into the Waikato Chiefs squad this year for Super Rugby and then Super Rugby Aotearoa. A member of the All Blacks between 2008 and 2012 the rugged loose forward, who sometimes steps into the locking department has 31 test caps next to his name. While the Waikato squad is yet to be formally announced, they did release the signing of Thomson this week and also former Canterbury and Highlanders wing, Patrick Osborne. Thomson is no stranger to the provincial scene.

He’s played for 62 matches in the blue and gold of Otago and has also stepped out for the Highlanders, the Reds, The Rebels and the Chiefs in Super Rugby. Two other well-known names are also expected to feature when squads are announced next week. Ollie Sapsford should be a part of the Hawke’s Bay side for the season while Zane Kapelli is expected to again step out for Bay of Plenty. The Mitre 10 Cup begins for the year next Friday night when North Harbour host Canterbury at North Harbour Stadium – a match in which McLeod is expected to start. Lamborn will make his captaincy debut for Southland against Hawke’s Bay on home turf at Rugby Park in Invercargill, while Thomson and Waikato will host Wellington at FMG Stadium.

Dallas McLeod (above) keeps the red and black theme going this year, while Tony Lamborn (below) will captain the Stags.

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BASKETBALL

Ascendency hard-earned Brian Kerr offers his thoughts on the final night of pool play in Men’s A Grade basketball action on Wednesday night at the Oxford Street Stadium. The final two games of the final round were played at Oxford Street on Wednesday night. They determined the final standings for the beginning of the semi-finals to start next week, culminating in the final to be played on September 23. The first game was between Nomads and the improving Wildlife team. It was Nomads who started fastest out of the blocks as they got out to a 7-0 lead. Wildlife finally managed to get themselves sorted as they took a slender 15-14 lead in a scrappy first quarter. Nomads started off well again as they were able to find holes in the Wildlife defence, pushing the score out to double figures. Wildlife began to find their range from outside to draw themselves closer and only trail 37-30 at the break. The third quarter was a better start for Wildlife, as they chipped away at the lead whilst Nomads took time to resettle. It was another scrappy, low-scoring quarter but more importantly for Wildlife, they only were only three points down at 48-45 at the end of the quarter. The fourth quarter was where Wildlife made their run as they went on a 0-3 run to claim back the lead 54-51. A timeout by Nomads stopped the rot, then an absorbing last few minutes were played out as they battled it out, working hard to take the victory. It was Wildlife that made a couple of big plays by taking the ball

strongly to the hoop, and in turn were able to maintain the lead finally taking out the match 65-60 in a lphysical encounter. For Wildlife it was Emiliano Guerra leading the way with 21 points with another good display. He was hard to stop on the drive and was able to drop the shot when it was needed. Xavier Bartlett was good allround as he netted 15 points. Liam O’Connor continued on his good form with 12 points and Sean Hunter contributed 11, including a couple of big plays late in the fourth quarter. For Nomads, Kody Stuthridge had a good return with 25 points, while Tony Gilbert worked hard for his 11 points. The next game was a top-of-thetable clash between Newlands and MSA Team Donkey. It started pretty evenly until Team Donkey’s transition from defence to offence caught out the lax Newlands defence to take a 2112 lead. A timeout was required to rectify this, and Newlands trailed 29-23 at the end of the first quarter. Newlands started the second quarter well and started making inroads into the lead, however Team Donkey responded well and were able to maintain their six point margin at 52-46. The third quarter started fairly evenly, however Team Donkey matching up defensively caused problems for Newlands as they struggled offensively. On the flip side Team Donkey were able to find gaps in the Newlands defence, to extend their lead to 77-66.

The final quarter saw Team Donkey start positively stretching the lead out to 18 points with Newlands staring down the barrel of a blowout. Then came the Newlands fightback, as they started breaking down the Team Donkey defence to get on a roll and draw the score back to six points. It forced a timeout but still Newlands came back at them – back to a three-point difference. Team Donkey were able to maintain their lead as Newlands pressed full court, however Team Donkey were able to absorb the pressure and held out to win 95-91 in a top game of basketball. For Team Donkey, it was Pip Johnston back to his long-range best, scoring 38 points including eight three points, in a very good overall display. He was backed up by the hardworking Cam Butler, who scored 32 points and was deadly inside the paint. For Newlands, it was Ramil Ilumin leading the charge with 25 points. He was good at both ends securing a number of boards, and at times Team Donkey found him hard to contain on the offensive end. Randy Buenafe continued on his good form with 18 points, Marc Juntilla darting his way to 13 points and Marvin Agacer 11. This game showed the danger of Johnston and giving him a hint of space from three-point range. When he got a sniff, he buried it. A top match between the two top teams this season.

Pip Johnston found his long-range game on Wednesday night landing eight three pointers in a 36-point haul. STANDINGS Rank Games Won Lost Total Pts MSA Team Donkey 1 8 5 3 15 Newlands 2 8 5 3 15 Wildlife 3 8 4 4 12 AshColl 4 8 3 5 9 Nomads 5 8 3 5 9 Draw for next week: 6.00pm Newlands v Nomads 7.30pm College v Wildlife MSA Team Donkey Bye

FOOTBALL

United need to start again ahead of Waimak By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Forget last week and start anew. As the football season shifts into the business end, Mid Canterbury club sides will be needing to keep their spirits high so it avoids clocking off. Mid Canterbury United returns home today, however has another tough assignment in the form of Waimak United who sit in fourth spot. The Mid Cantabrians caught a Halswell team in one of those dominant moods last week in Christchurch as the club put half a dozen past the visitors. Waimak meanwhile shared the points after a goalless stalemate at home against Parklands. There is every chance for more attacking impetus today at the Ashburton Domain with a total of eight goals scored in the last meeting between the two clubs, with Waimak clinching a 5-3 win

back in July. The Reserves meanwhile are playing with more confidence each week and were gutsy against Halswell last time out despite a three goal defeat. Waimak again will offer another stern challenge for the young side, with the North Canterbury club side sitting in second spot on the CCL reserves ladder. Methven have a crucial game away at Parklands today in senior mens division two. Still wanting to keep in touch with Ferrymead Bays Baby Blues, the side will be eager to respond after being stunned last week by Ferrymead’s mid-table Keen Lads outfit. Mid Canterbury United’s division 4 team is also smarting from a previous weekend defeat as they look to navigate their way out of somewhat of a form slump after bossing the first part of the season. The team travels north to face Waimak in Kaiapoi today.

Methven take on Selwyn in senior division 7 at the Methven Domain, with the Mid Canterbury side hunting for its first

championship points.

Mid Canterbury United host Waimak United at the Ashburton Domain in the Canterbury Championship League today. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 220820-RH-134

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OPINION

Best horse debate rages on By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

he great thing about an opinion in racing is that there’s always someone sitting out there waiting to refute anything you might happen to say – and there’s no better proof than when talking about who the best horse going around is. For a few weeks now a battle has been raging on both sides of the Tasman as to who holds the crown as Australasia’s best horse. and just where you plonk your feet seems to be the determining factor in which side of the fence you sit on. Many Australian’s will tell you boom-pacer Ride High is the most exciting thing to have happened in the sport in a very long time. While over here, the often a little more measured Kiwis are throwing their weight behind horses like Self Assured, or in some quarters Copy That. In all reality, it’s actually a moot argument, because until they race against each other there’s no determined proof to categorically state who is the better animal. But that doesn’t stop the debate from raging on. It’s happened for decades, and will continue to happen for decades to come, and only when the subjects look each other in the

Self Assured eye in some of the biggest races on the calendar will we actually get a true indication of who should be at the top of the pile. Last week I engaged in a battle I really shouldn’t have. I’m all for a bit of good banter with friends across the ditch, but if they’re getting all sycophantic on things and speaking illogically then I can’t help myself. Ride High is an exciting horse, there’s no doubt about it. He’s running time too which is the main reason behind the hoopla surrounding him. But my big argument is that

he’s not beating anything of note. He’s racing horses that struggled to win a race at Forbury Park in the middle of winter here in New Zealand before they were sold to Australia. So, until he steps out and beats some of the best horses in Australia, names like Cash N Flow and Lochinvar Art, the judgement is well and truly reserved. On the other side of the coin, a horse like Self Assured is running just as quickly, but he’s doing things out of the ordinary. His performance last week to

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take the win at Addington was just freakish, and he ran past some very good horses in doing so too. And just perhaps, with Copy That proving to be every bit as exciting up in the North Island we’re about to get ready for a good old-fashioned rivalry. And by god, do we need one. For a few years now we’ve floated by on a bit of a whim and prayer, and it’s been the horse who gets the best run who generally wins the race, especially the big ones. And that’s across all codes.

Remember the monumental Bonecrusher and Waveley Star battle in the Cox Plate, or Christian Cullen and Iraklis turning for home in the New Zealand Trotting Cup – oh to have a rivalry to savour like either of those again. And maybe, when the borders open up and we can get some of our stars over to Australia – because we know they are too scared to come and take us on in the New Zealand Trotting Cup, Cruz Bromac the exception – we might actually start to see one develop.

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R9 IRT.FLYING HORSES SINCE 1972 HCP TROT $8,000 2600m 16:46 1 55160 Sods Law J B Geddes 2 89 Cabella Noir R D Close 3 0x528 Escargo S J Ottley 4 49qx0 Call This Fun Jason Ford 5 24743 Bright Glow I R Cameron 6 0x969 Chief Of Staff J R Dunn 7 50020 Jerry Garcia L F O’Reilly R J Butt 8 x5318 Gold Chain 9 20687 Tehoro Dazzle R D Holmes 10 50744 She’s Allthe Craze J J A Young G D O’Reilly 11 0x042 Girls Let Loose 12 75x45 Rum In The Sun K A Butt R10 IRT.#1 AIRFREIGHT COMPANY FOR STANDARDBREDS MOBILE PACE 7,500 2600m 17:19 1 x7000 Mustang Gt C D Thornley 2 57907 Pete’s Dash Denis O’connell 3 56x55 Minnelli Smile S J Ottley 4 40650 Paul’s Verdict John Morrison 5 32x00 Bonny’s Gem Alana Cameron 6 0x080 Crosso’s Cullect B N Orange 7 0600x Swap Over T M Williams 8 70999 Silent Rapture J J A Young 9 49000 Highland Reign 10 4582x Canardly Remember K Tomlinson K G Cameron 11 204x4 Been To Jenny’s 12 1x970 Tiger Moth J F Curtin

2 4314x Johnny Jones A Comignaghi (3) 60.5 3 x6124 Saber K Chowdhoory (14) (A2) 58.5 4 5x037 Shaara R D Beeharry (6) (A3) 57 5 1147x Quintuple Twins C W Johnson (13) 54 6 7455x Equinox S L Wynne (5) 54 7 x0852 Fortune Patch C R Barnes (8) 54 8 0x1 Club Spirit K Asano (15) (A1) 54 9 25x6x Deceptio Visus T R Moseley (1) 54 10 37x21 Beeslaststing C K Kwo (11) (A2) 54 11 99x36 Kitty Power Y Y Chew (12) (A4) 54 12 36846 Arnage Ms K Williams (7) 54 13 6098x Tarabeebee 54 14 x570x Cotes De Bourg G A Jogoo (9) 54 15 656x0 Riverfalls 54 R7 Pgg Wrightson R/E Otago Cup-82 $30,000 2200m Type:RST82 15:59 1 8x352 Gold’nguru S L Wynne (2) 62 2 3x180 Orepuki Lad J D Laking (11) 61.5 3 4x406 Riviera Rock J R Lowry (8) 61 4 0x708 Shakti G A Jogoo (12) 59.5 5 8x260 The Gordonian K Mudhoo (3) 59.5 6 3x311 Dr Velocious Rohan Mudhoo (5) (A2) 57 7 10x61 Slammer C A Campbell (7) (A1) 57 8 x7105 Hunua Hank Ms K Williams (10) 56 9 x0296 Standrews Masonic C W Johnson (9) 55

10 5x051 Midnite Kaos T R Moseley (4) 54.5 11 x8779 Shantav B M Murray (6) 54.5 12 8x031 Odysseus A Comignaghi (1) 54 R8 Wingatui Event Centre (Bm65) $22,500 1600m Type:BM65 16:34 1 5x251 Field Of Fire J D Laking (3) 59.5 2 3x318 Full Fury Y Y Chew (7) (A4) 59.5 3 1x800 Raise You Five J R Lowry (10) 59.5 4 6x613 Dough Boy T R Moseley (13) 58.5 5 9x821 Hey Mickey A Comignaghi (19) 58.5 6 42415 Keep Quiet K Asano (2) (A1) 58.5 7 508x1 Senor Moss G A Jogoo (8) 58.5 8 070x0 Choice Du Jeu D R Bothamley (6) 58 9 4641x Knutquacker K Mudhoo (5) 58 10 x9075 Montserrat C R Barnes (16) 58 11 436x1 Asathought C W Johnson (11) 57.5 12 8x341 Ringadingding Rohan Mudhoo (18) (A2) 57 13 74x22 Anjameme C Campbell (12) (A1) 56.5 14 x7225 Faux Pas S L Wynne (20) 56.5 15 x7026 Fulltothebrim B M Murray (17) 58 56 16 13x09 Reliable Belle 17 09x94 Heberite 58 18 0x005 Outram 57.5 19 x0508 Devil’s Staircase 54 20 475x0 Lady Davone 54

Tomorrow at Addington Raceway

R1 IRT.YOUR HORSE.OUR PASSION MOBILE PACE $7,500 1980m 12:20 1 0x359 Off The Edge A N Edge 2 800x0 Auchtercairn 3 96870 Loissonya J Buckland-Stevens 4 641 Susie Reignmaker S P Murtha 5 54258 Dreaminsover TWoodward 6 9x9x8 Refine G A Cook 7 36026 I’m Jimmy James A C White C P Negus 8 41363 Alexy 9 25322 Four Starzzz Shiraz N J H Munro 10 2262 Jimmy Cannon 11 0980x Yankee Diva W A Frost 12 00x84 P A Wallace Touche Sheryl Wigg 13 45459 Rake Blair Wilmott 14 84093 Jenabella R2 IRT.YOUR HORSE.OUR PASSION MOBILE PACE $10,000 1980m 12:45 1 Simply Shaz John Morrison 2 Valynda R D Close 3 5x Show Me Heaven C D Thornley 4 Shards In Manhattan B N Orange 5 33233 Deja Blue T S Chmiel 6 79804 Tara Bromac R J Butt 7 6384 With Grace J R Dunn M J Williamson 8 49445 Vindicate 9 Delight My Fire Sarah O’Reilly 10 2x282 Shanika T M Williams

11 36x Booraa K M Cox R3 IRT.FLYING YOUR HORSES TO THE CUP MOBILE TROT $8,000 1980m 13:20 1 7x724 Inherent Royal 2 9x Flyin Sid T S Chmiel 3 227x9 The Gardener’s Pride C D Thornley 4 64322 Royal Pride Sam Thornley 5 x5523 Trixton Time B N Orange The Good Doctor J W Cox 6 69656 7 83433 Luminosity J F Curtin R T May 8 57 Aristocrat A L Clark 9 800 Crown Range R4 IRT.SUPPORTERS OF HARNESS RACING MOBILE PACE $8,000 1980m 13:55 1 80x86 Ruby’s A Delight C D Thornley 2 24683 Kingsdown Atom G D O’Reilly 3 6x070 The West Wing M Williamson 4 527 Greenback Boogie S J Ottley 5 56422 Le Tissier S Iremonger 6 77603 Play By Ear J J A Young 7 8779x Die Standing J C Sheenan 8 0x462 Scotlynn Beach Boy R D Close 9 0x533 Midnight In Memphis J W Cox 10 34557 Mongolian Marshal Sh Tomlinson R T May 11 77777 Arnies Army J R Dunn 12 5475 Hayden Bromac 13 00x09 Christian Command B N Orange 14 699x0 Nicole B Williamson

15 000x6 Ringo’s A Star T M Williams R5 IRT.WORLD LEADERS IN EQUINE AIRFREIGHT MOBILE PACE $7,500 2600m 14:30 1 22481 Mighty Reactor K A Butt 2 25931 Magical Matty Sh Tomlinson 3 19318 Reflectionsofmylife T S Chmiel 4 25322 Four Starzzz Shiraz J J A Young 5 95625 Hes Fast And Furious B N Orange 6 486x1 Handsome Harry S R Mcnally 7 675x2 Malinka T J Walsh 8 6300 Spicy Girl Becqui M J Williamson 9 2804 S J Ottley Vintage Beach 10 800x0 Auchtercairn J W Cox R6 IRT.EXCELLENCE IN EQUINE AIRFREIGHT MOBILE TROT $7,500 1980m 15:06 1 x00x4 Unique Rose J F Curtin 2 56273 Rachmaninov T J Grant 3 60 Unique Marshall B N Orange 4 00x99 Listen Easy M Williamson 5 6x285 Majestic Sunset B C Hutton 6 19060 Majestic Rollon R H Jenkins 7 8737x Foreigner G W Hunt R D Holmes 8 20242 Sugarinspice 9 x9441 Faith No More Laura Mckay J R Dunn 10 180 Gotta Ticket 11 9241 Jaguar Bay B Williamson R7 IRT.YOUR TRUSTED AIRFREIGHT CO. HCP PACE $8,000 2600m 15:41

Today at Wingatui Raceway

R1 Wingatui Event Centre Hcp (62) $22,500 2200m Type:RST62 12:29 1 5x475 Pableau B M Murray (5) 59 2 7x621 Ying Resolute KChowdhoory (12) (A2) 59 3 52x54 Perfecto K Asano (1) (A1) 58.5 4 1x470 My Cashier A Comignaghi (8) 58 5 56x59 Our Boy Ritchie Y Y Chew (13) (A4) 58 6 57x93 Escapologist S L Wynne (14) 57 7 01x08 Jandles C W Johnson (4) 56.5 C A Campbell (7) (A1) 56.5 8 69107 Top Ghia 9 1x087 Chookie’s Girl C R Barnes (3) 56 10 550x7 Colour Me Red Ms K Williams (2) 56 11 69x50 Friday Knight R D Beeharry (10) (A3) 56 12 90x28 Countess Ruby R Mudhoo (6) (A2) 55.5 13 8x086 Fine Bouquet T R Moseley (11) 54 14 78x06 Pushyaluck G A Jogoo (9) 54 R2 Dunedin City Motors Mdn $10,000 1200m Type: MDN 13:04 1 6x833 I’m A Tiger K Asano (4) (A1) 58.5 2 2 Sutherland K Mudhoo (12) 58.5 3 070x Gingerrific R D Beeharry (8) (A3) 58.5 4 3x263 The Last Word C W Johnson (5) 56.5 5 30 Arroyo C R Barnes (3) 56.5 6 x5004 Pearl Davone KChowdhoory (2) (A2) 56.5 7 5 Lily Of The Valley A Comignaghi (7) 56.5

G A Jogoo (11) 56.5 8 9x557 Bella Eve 9 Avino C Campbell (10) (A1) 56.5 10 48 Pete The Driver Y Y Chew (1) (A4) 56 11 0 Megalomaniac K Selvan (9) 56 12 65 Zambezi Zipper Ms K Williams (6) 54 R3 Vault 21 Hcp (96) $30,000 1400m Type:RST96 13:39 1 0x84x Patrick Erin J R Lowry (9) 62 2 214x2 Shirley Maude K Asano (11) (A1) 55 3 48801 Flying Sardine Y Y Chew (2) (A4) 54 4 x6001 Our Teddy Boy C A Campbell (5) (A1) 54 5 x3071 Final Savings K Mudhoo (10) 54 6 7x456 Meara Mary K Chowdhoory (7) (A2) 54 7 05x80 He’s Got Power 54 C W Johnson (6) 54 8 x6149 Take A Risk 9 x9430 Leighton Warrior T R Moseley (1) 54 10 x0x45 Sounds Promising S L Wynne (4) 54 11 070x7 Park Ranger R D Beeharry (3) (A3) 54 R4 Prohibition Smoke House Hcp-93 $30,000 1600m Type:RST93 14:14 1 2x213 Nomen Ludi T R Moseley (5) 62 2 2091x Mr Intelligence C W Johnson (10) 57 3 x8473 Raise You Ten C A Campbell (7) (A1) 56.5 4 48801 Flying Sardine 54 5 2x216 City Slicker K Chowdhoory (1) (A2) 54 6 05x80 He’s Got Power K Asano (9) (A1) 54

7 17x01 Crispin C R Barnes (3) 54 R D Beeharry (4) (A3) 54 8 x8x04 Ringbolt 9 x8x99 Shanzino B M Murray (6) 54 10 x6747 Ruby Marie G A Jogoo (2) 54 R5 Cheveux Hair Mdn $10,000 1600m 14:49 1 32 Western Dream Rohan Mudhoo (4) (A2) 58.5 2 704 Burt The Squirt Y Y Chew (5) (A4) 58.5 3 x09x5 Shaker C Campbell (16) (A1) 58.5 4 9x8 Not Usual Wings G A Jogoo (10) 58.5 5 6x680 Dream Brave C R Barnes (9) 58.5 6 8x8 Last Try J R Lowry (17) 58.5 7 766x0 Mr Fahrenheit D R Bothamley (14) 58.5 8 0x900 Red Magician J D Laking (8) 58.5 9 6x356 Raise Your Sights C W Johnson (7) 56.5 10 45x76 Rox T R Moseley (1) 56.5 11 47x40 No Quantum K Mudhoo (15) 56.5 12 7 Float A Comignaghi (11) 56.5 13 90x78 Trekolure T Jonker (6) 56.5 14 x8970 Wondering L Callaway (12) 56.5 15 0 Middle Island 56.5 16 893 Turn Your Eyes 56.5 17 4452 Soviet Wonder K Chowdhoory (2) 58.5 R6 Meenans By Liquorland Hcp (93) $30,000 1200m Type:RST93 15:25 1 16306 Irish Excuse Rohan Mudhoo (4) (A2) 62

Puzzles and horoscopes Cryptic crossword 1

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Saturday, September 5, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

ACROSS 1. Momentum perhaps is met up with (7) 5. One of the data is given a line that’s on the level (5) 8. Somebody to play with and leave near a loss (7) 9. A stringed instrument coming into flower (5) 10. Changing gear, car is made into a train perhaps (9) 12. Woman can go either way for twenty-four hours before festival (3) 13. Catch-phrase that’s over-the-top in a medic (5) 17. Tease one as to a band that’s raised (3) 19. City’s seen to adapt to poverty (9) 21. Conservative leader got wicked return from him (5) 22. May have met nine that were prominent (7) 24. Waste time in doing everything in D-I-Y after one left (5) 25. Let confusion surround the others in support of the board (7) DOWN 1. Forceful meeting with one politician on a piece of legislation (6) 2. How to depict harbour, given a bit of light (7) 3. Can be of metal (3) 4. Might rush to finish praying and show indifference (5) 5. In the underworld, a dream of army units (9) 6. The ones there have a different ethos (5) 7. Sounded pained, and had beef (6) 11. How men smile about you initially in a very big way (9) 14. It is plain I had entered the horse competition (7) 15. Toned up pair of game shot on the day (6) 16. Fragrant shrub wanted: try lemon out, on quitting (6) 18. Fish it’s right to take into account (5) 20. Coffer may be the seat of trouble to cougher (5) 23. Keen resentment shown up in derision (3)

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Previous solution: arm, arms, mar, mars, moa, moas, mor, mors, mos, oar, oars, oms, ors, ram, rams, roam, roams, soar, soma, sora, som

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ACROSS 1. On land (6) 5. Renowned (6) 9. Entangle (6) 10. Hurry (6) 11. Daring (4) 12. Drink (8) 14. State categorically (6) 16. Loud, shrill laugh (6) 19. Bullfighter (8) 21. Close (4) 22. Actually (6) 23. Honestly (6) 24. Cease (6) 25. Divisions (6)

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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There’s at least one five-letter word. Good Verywords Good of 18 three Excellent 20 How 14 many or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginningsolution: with a capital are allowed. arm, arms, mar, Previous There’s at least five-letter word.oar, mars, moa, moas,one mor, mors, mos, oars, ors, ram, roam, roams, Goodoms, 14 Very Goodrams, 18 Excellent 20 soar, soma, sora, som

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DOWN 2. Curving, snake-like (7) 3. Not paid on time (7) 4. Showed (9) 6. Lessen (5) 7. Proceeding as planned (2,5) 8. Open and honest (7) 13. Indirect (9) 14. Changed (7) 15. Outdo (7) 17. Hide (7) 18. Pamphlet (7) 20. Geographical book (5)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Just when you think you know what you care about, you discover feelings you didn’t even know were there for people, places or things. In short, you’ll be amazed at your own passion. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): How do you care for a person who doesn’t need your care? That’s easy: You do what’s fun. As you follow your own curiosity and joy, it sparks the same in others. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Many will be attracted to your kindness, including orphans, strays, wounded souls and kindred spirits. You’ll be open to all types and learn a little something from each person you interact with. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You are inspired by encouragement and support. You’re also inspired by criticism and competition. Neither way is better than the other. Take motivation wherever you can get it, no judgment. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Some of your resources are not readily apparent. They are like underwater springs. Like the ancients who used a sacred stick to find water underground, apply your intuition to divine your way to the good stuff. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The flow of energy through a location matters even more than the location itself today. Bad organisation leads to unnecessary stress. Arrange things so you can easily move through. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Love isn’t always wise, but it is unwise indeed to shun love. Open yourself to love from wherever it may come, and accept as much of it as you are given. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Don’t hold out for magic. Make it happen. Align yourself with powerful forces to bring about a certain result, or learn the smoke-and-mirrors tricks that create an effect. Magic is within your ability. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): The last word goes to the one who is the most stubborn, not the most correct. Either way, it is a childish prize to fight for unless you are a parent teaching respect and manners to a child. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): In dedicating yourself to being more effective, you will have the bonus of being more powerful. With power comes responsibility. You’ll be deciding, realistically, if you really want it. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The new person entering your life is neither entirely familiar nor entirely strange. There is some old Karma to work out here. No need to ask too may questions, though... feel your way through it. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Much will be sorted out in 15 silent, thoughtful minutes. Those breaks during which you retreat to the sanctuary of your own mind will recharge you and open you to wonderful ideas.

Previous cryptic solution

Across: 1. Tuber 4. Mastiff 8. Ethos 9. Regnant 10. Ill 11. Desdemona 12. Sash 13. Used 18. Tightened 20. Art 21. Imagine 22. Piper 23. Guesses 24. Sands 1Morass 6 Down: 1. The first thing 2. Beholds 3. Reside 4. 5. Signet 6. Idaho 7. Fits and 1 starts 714.5Sharpen 9 3 15. Attics 16. Unless 17. Adopts 19. Grape

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papers 14. Lap 16. Groan 17. Lee 18. Transgressor 21. Drugs 22. Enclose 23. Abridged 8 524. Gene 1 7 Down: 1. Scribble 2. Annul 4. Egg 5. Independence 4 6. Apparel 7. Test 8. Disorganised 12. Prong 13. Reprieve 15. Pursuer 19. Stone 20. Idea 22. Ewe 6 4 1

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Neighbourhood Support Coordinator Neighbourhood Support is a community initiative working to: • Create safer more caring communities • Reduce the incidences and effects of criminal offending • Strengthening communities’ networks • Improve quality of life Due to our current coordinator retiring Ashburton District Neighbourhood Support is looking for an individual to continue to grow Neighbourhood Support across the Ashburton District. Although we currently have a good base to work from we are looking to further grow membership of Neighbourhood Support, particularly in rural areas of our district. As such we require someone with a proven track record in building relationships with individuals from a wide array of backgrounds and partnerships with various groups. The ideal candidate will be able to answer yes to the following questions: • Are you passionate about community safety and wellbeing? • Are you a skilled communicator with excellent relationship management? • Do you have excellent organisational and time management skills? • Do you have the ability to work in a flexible manner? Your role would be to maintain, grow, promote and coordinate Neighbourhood Support across the Ashburton District maintaining existing partnerships and seeking new opportunities to support this work. Part of the role is to also maintain our “Gets Ready” database (full training given). This position is for 22 hours per week. For an application pack please visit the careers section of our website www.safermidcanterbury.org.nz please follow all instructions on the application form.

Applications and inquires to mary@safermidcanterbury.org.nz 308 1395 ext 225 Applications close Thursday 17th September 2020

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Accounts & Office Administrator Mayfield Transport Limited Part-time position Mayfield Transport has serviced the transport needs of farmers across the Canterbury region for over 40 years. Today, Mayfield Transport operates a fleet of up to 20 trucks and under recent new ownership is striving to meet the everchanging needs of its clientele. The transport industry is fast paced and evolving. We are looking for an energetic and enthusiastic person to lead the administrative duties of the business in a part-time capacity. Accurate, timely and efficient administration is paramount to our business and we are looking for someone who will deliver on this. Liaising with customers, processing accounts, managing payroll, assisting with other HR functions, fleet management and preparing reports are just a few of the core tasks that will be required. The successful applicant must have the following qualities and skills: • Enthusiasm for their work and team success • Excellent communication • ‘Can do’ and adaptable attitude • Accounting or bookkeeping experience • Detail focussed, leaving no loose ends • Ability to work to deadlines The following attributes are preferred in this role: • Experience with Xero accounting package • Experience with processing payroll • Aptitude with Microsoft office suite We can offer you: • A supportive team to assist your transition into this role • Challenge and variety in your work • Fair remuneration that reflects skill level • Stable established and growing business If you know you have the above skills and are looking for an opportunity to be part of a diverse team of people, we would love to hear from you. A job description is available upon request.

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To apply please email your CV and covering letter to Tony Gilbert, Director, Mayfield Transport Ltd. Email: tony.gilbert@tricroft.co.nz Enquiries can be made to Tony on 027 299 4043. Applications close Monday 5th October 2020. We reserve the right to fill the position prior to the closing date. You must have the right to work in New Zealand to apply for this position.

Field Service Technician Due to increased workload a full-time opportunity has arisen for a Field Service Technician to join our innovative and experienced team. Applicant must have a good work ethic, a positive attitude and a high attention to detail. Skills or experience should include: • • • •

Mig and stick welding skills Full drivers licence Diagnostic and problem-solving ability Proven background in a maintenance, mechanical or engineering type role • High level of communication and interpersonal skills • Pump knowledge or understanding a bonus If this sounds like you, if you want a challenge, if you want to be a part of a forward thinking and positive team culture with room to move up the ladder please apply to admin@rainer.co.nz or phone 033079049. Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

Pivot Technician Due to increased workload a full-time opportunity has arisen for a Pivot Technician to join our innovative and experienced team. Applicant must have a good work ethic, a positive attitude and a high attention to detail. Skills or experience should include: • Full drivers licence • Diagnostic and problem-solving ability • Proven background in a maintenance, mechanical or engineering type role • High level of communication and interpersonal skills • Hydraulic and Electrical experience would also be desirable If this sounds like you, if you want a challenge, if you want to be a part of a forward thinking and positive team culture with room to move up the ladder please apply to admin@rainer.co.nz or phone 033079049. Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

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Daily Diary SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Toys to hire, the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street, look us up on facebook Ashburton toy library. 9am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Static displays with collections of up to

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Woodbury, all welcome, phone Jenny 308 6862. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West. 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Morning worship with Rev Heather Kennedy, Paterson’s Chapel, corner East and Cox Street. 10am

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.45am PLAINS LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting at the garden room, Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road. Note: new venue. 10am (start). ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF ASSOCIATION. Copland Trophy. Tinwald Golf Club, Frasers Road. 10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street. 10am - 4pm

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.30am MID CANTERBURY NETBALL. Walking netball is back, $2. E A Networks Centre, River Terrace. 9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. For men of all ages and abilities, join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street. 9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet handicap singles, new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club. Philip Street. 10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street. 10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Balmacaan Saddle, all welcome, phone Jenny 308 6862. 9am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road. 9.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. St Davids Union Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. For men of all ages and abilities, join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street.

2020 30 aircraft and memorabilia. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road. 10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven. 10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’

GUILD. Come and join a day of Stitching and Friendship. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street. 1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Opening day, Golf and Association Croquet. New players are welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning service led by Rev Helen Wallis, Covid 19 protocols will be in place. All welcome, Sinclair Centre, Park Street. 10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning worship, all welcome, 67 Cass Street. 10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, please note services are only being held at Tinwald on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. Thomson

Street, Tinwald. 10am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. Morning worship and spring flower service at Thomson Street led by Rev Johanna Warren. All welcome, 127 Thomson Street, Tinwald. 10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven. 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven. 10.30am COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP. Meet and walk from the Hockey pavilion, Walnut Avenue. 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road. 1pm - 4.30pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 1pm - 2pm. Beginners learn to Line Dance, following on to easy Intermediate 2.30pm - 3.30pm and Intermediate level from 3.30pm -

4.30pm. Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813131. Tinwald Hall, Grahams Street. 4pm - 7pm GIRL BRIGADE. For meeting enquiries please ring 308 5409. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cass Street. 1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street. 6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 7pm - 9.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Upper Improver/Intermediate weekly line dance class. Balmoral Hall, 240 Cameron Street.

GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven. 12pm - 2pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION. Signing service, no appointments necessary and no charge, available Tuesday and Fridays. Community House, 44 Cass Street. 1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Main Road, Rakaia. 1pm - 2.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Weekly beginner line dance class. M S A Social Hall, Havelock Street. 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and

memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road. 1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf croquet handicap range, 6 to 8 and 9 to 16 singles. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street. 3pm - 4.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Weekly intermediate line dance class. M S A Social Hall, Havelock Street. 3.30pm - 5pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Toys to hire, the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street, look us up on facebook Ashburton toy library. 7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. New players welcome, rackets available. E A Networks Stadium, River Terrace. 7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. All ages and abilities welcome each Tuesday, some bats available. M S A Havelock Street.

9.45am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting, Gallery Room, Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road. 10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 10am - 12pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, Tasmanian doubles, new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street. 10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street. 10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven. 10.15am ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet, Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street. 10.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

1pm - 4pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet doubles, new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street. 1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street. 1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles (30 minute games), new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street. 1.30pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street. 6.30pm - 9pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 6.30pm - 7.30pm Beginners learn to line dance following onto easy intermediate level, 7.30pm - 9pm. Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813 131. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. 7pm - 9pm ASHBURTON UKELELE CLUB. Weekly club night, Savage Club Hall, Cnr Cox streets and William Street.

Being a Candidate in the 2020 General Election Candidate nominations for the 2020 General Election opened on Monday 10 August. Nomination of Electorate Candidates There are two ways to nominate electorate candidates: • Bulk nominations, where the secretary of a registered party nominates all the party’s candidates through the Electoral Commission. • Individual nominations, where two enrolled electors of an electorate nominate a candidate through the Returning Officer for the electorate. Candidates for registered parties should check with their party secretary which method of nomination their party is using because candidates can only use the method chosen by the party secretary. Deadline for Nomination of Electorate Candidates Due to the 2020 General Election date changing to 17 October 2020, the deadlines for nominations have also changed. Any candidate who lodged their nomination form with the Electoral Commission prior to the change to the election date does not need to re-lodge their nomination form. Any candidate who would like to withdraw their candidate nomination should contact the Returning Officer for the electorate they are contesting. Bulk nominations by registered parties must now be lodged with the Electoral Commission in Wellington by noon Thursday 17 September 2020. Individual nominations must now be lodged with the Returning Officer for the electorate by noon Friday 18 September 2020. Parties, nominators and candidates are encouraged to ensure that all nomination requirements are completed as soon as possible as this deadline cannot be extended. Individual nominations must be on the Individual Candidate Nomination Form for the 2020 General Election and be accompanied by a $300 deposit in the form of money, bank draft or bank cheque made out to ‘Electoral Commission Trust Account’. Personal cheques cannot be accepted. Payments can also be made through direct credit – please see the Candidate Handbook for more details. For further information on candidate nominations, including the individual candidate nomination form and contact details for the Returning Officer for each electorate, go to www.vote.nz or freephone 0800 36 76 56. Authorised by Alicia Wright, Electoral Commissioner, Level 10, 34-42 Manners Street, Wellington.

Te tū hei Kaitono i te Pōtitanga Whānui 2020 I tuwhera ngā kōharinga Kaitono mō te Pōtitanga Whānui 2020 i te Mane 10 o Hereturikōkā. Te Kōharinga o ngā Kaitono Rohe Pōti E rua ngā huarahi kōhari i ngā kaitono rohe pōti: • Ngā kōharinga whakatōpū, ka kōhari te hekeretari o tētahi rōpū tōrangapū kua rēhitatia i ngā kaitono katoa o taua rōpū tōrangapū ki Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri. • Ngā kōharinga takitahi, ka kōharitia tētahi kaitono e ngā kaipōti e rua kua rēhitatia ki tētahi rohe pōti ki te Āpiha Whakahaere mō taua rohe poti. Me kōrero ngā kaitono a ngā rōpū rēhita ki te hekeretari o tō rātau rōpū ko tēhea te tikanga kōharinga kei te whakamahia e tō rātau rōpū, i te mea ko te tikanga e whakaaetia ana ko te tikanga i tohua e te hekeretari o te rōpū. Te Rā Kati mō te Kōharinga o ngā Kaitono Rohe Pōti I te mea kua panonitia te rā Pōtitanga Whānui 2020 ki te 17 o Whiringaā-nuku 2020, kua panoni hoki ngā rā kati mō ngā kōharinga. Ko ngā Kaitono i tuku kōharinga mai ki Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri i mua i te panonitanga o te rā pōti, kāore he take o te tuku mai anō i te tono kōrahinga. Mēnā e hiahia ana te Kaitono ki te tango i tana kōharinga, me whakapā atu ki te Āpiha Whakahaere mō te rohe e whakataetae nei ia. Me mātua tuku ngā kōharinga tōpū e ngā rōpū rēhita ki Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri i Te Whanganui-a-Tara i mua i te rānui o te Tāite, te 17 o Hereturikōkā 2020. Me mātua tuku ngā kōharinga takitahi ki te Āpiha Whakahere mō te rohe pōti i mua i te rānui o te Paraire, 18 o Hereturikōkā 2020. E whakatītinahia ana ngā rōpū tōrangapū, ngā kaikōhari me ngā kaitono kia wawe tonu te whakaoti i ngā whakaritenga kōharinga katoa i te mea kāore tēnei rā kati i te whakaroatia anō. Me tuhi ngā kōharinga takitahi ki te Puka Kōharinga Kaitono Takitahi mō te Pōtitanga Whānui 2020 me te tāpiri anō i te moni tāpui $300 ā-moni ukauka, pepa pēke, haki pēke rānei ki te ‘Electoral Commission Trust Account’. Kāore e whakaaetia ana ngā haki whaiaro. Ka taea anō ngā utunga te tuku mā te utu tōtika – tirohia te Aratohu mā Ngā Kaitono mō ētahi atu kōrero. Mō ētahi atu kōrero e pā ana ki ngā kōharinga kaitono, ngā puka kōharinga kaitono takitahi me ngā taipitopito whakapā mō te Kaiwhakahaere Pōti mō ia rohe pōti, haere ki www.vote.nz, waea koreutu rānei 0800 36 76 56. He mea whakamana e Alicia Wright, Kaikōmihina Take Pōti, Papa 10, 34-42 Manners Street, Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

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12:30 Expedition Unknown 1:30 Baggage Battles 2am Dirty Rotten Survival 3am M Chef ML 2014 Comedy Drama. Robert Downey jr, Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara. 5am Steve Backshall’s Extreme River Challenge

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6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 9am R&R With Eru And K’Lee 9:30 The Hui 0 10am NewsHub Nation 3 0 11am Classical Destinations 11:30 Vacation Creation Noon Wild Coasts With Craig Potton 0 1pm Motorsport – FIA Formula E Championship 2pm Muscle Garage 3 2:30 Motorsport – Jaguar I 3pm Motorsport – D1NZ National Drifting Championship 4pm Motorsport – British Touring-Car Championship 5pm The Fishing Show PG Matt teams up with a Kiwi crewman he met at the dock, and goes off the coast of Costa Rica, to fish for yellowfin tuna and billfish. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm F Australian Ninja Warrior 0 8pm M Independence Day – Resurgence MV 3 2016 Sci-fi Action. The aliens return to finish the job they started 20 years ago. Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman. 0 10:15 Chicago PD M The death of a judge’s daughter puts Intelligence on the track of a pill mill spreading into the suburbs of Chicago, and to the doctor enabling it; Voight discovers who has been leaking information from the 21st. 0 11:10 Hawaii Five-0 M 3 0 12:05 Infomercials 3

12:30 Bangers And Cash 1:30 Baggage Battles 2am Dirty Rotten Survival 3am People Magazine Investigates MCLSV 4am Lake Erie Murders MCLSV 5am Arctic Peril

6am Ben 10 3 0 6:50 Danny Phantom 3 0 7:40 Henry Danger 3 8:05 Teen Titans 3 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 0 9am Justice League PG 3 0 10am SmackDown PGV 3 11am Raw PGV 3 Noon NRL Try Time 1pm Pacific Brothers 2:05 American Restoration 3 2:30 L Farah Palmer Cup Counties Manukau v North Harbour. From Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe. 4:30 Hot Bench 3 5pm Addicted To Fishing 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Civilisations Simon Schama explores the depiction of nature, discovering that landscape painting is seldom a straightforward description of observed nature but, rather, a projection of dreams and idylls. 0 7pm WhichCar 0 7:30 Artefact PG 0 8:40 Peak Antibiotics PGC 3 9:40 F Unforgotten MVLSC 11:40 NXT PGV

Sunday

12:40 Cycling – Tour De France 1:10 Closedown

SKY Sport 1 6am Skipper Cup 6:30 L Guinness Pro14 Semi-final One – Leinster v Munster. From Aviva Stadium, Dublin. 8:35 Super Rugby Australia 9am GrassRoots Rugby 10am First XV Rugby Revision 10:30 Possibles v Probables 2004 12:30 Possibles v Probables 2005 2:30 L Farah Palmer Cup Counties Manukau v North Harbour. From Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe. 4:30 North v South 2012 6:30 L North v South From Sky Stadium, Wellington. 9:30 The 96 All Blacks Documentary 10:30 Pacific Brothers 11:25 L Gallagher Premiership Saracens v Wasps. From Allianz Park, London.

Sunday

1:30 Super Rugby Australia 1:55 L Gallagher Premiership 4am North v South 4:30 First XV Rugby 5am Super Rugby Australia 5:30 Super Rugby Australia

MAorI

6am Baggage Battles 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Leading The Way 7:30 Key Of David 8am Celebrity Motor Homes 8:30 Monty Don’s French Gardens 9:30 Cash Cowboys 10:30 Steve Backshall’s Extreme River Challenge 11:30 Arctic Peril 12:30 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand 1:30 Expedition Unknown 2:30 Jade Fever PGC 3pm Jade Fever PGC 3:30 Hope For Wildlife 4:30 Rick Stein’s India 5:30 Bangers And Cash 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle Ben travels to a remote stretch of Peruvian coastline, where the desert dunes of the Atacama desert abruptly meet the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean, to spend time with Britons Scott and Casey. 8:30 People Magazine Investigates MCLSV In 1992, a 19-year-old woman is assaulted outside Desert Hot Springs, California. She escapes, but lives in constant fear that he will find her again one day. 9:30 Lake Erie Murders MCLSV 10:30 Antiques Roadshow 11:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle

Monday

prIME

6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 Takoha 3 6:50 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Pukoro 2 7:50 Te Pou Herenga O Kia Aroha 8:20 Tamariki Haka 8:30 Pukana 3 2 9:30 Korero Mai Noon Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 3 1pm The Pits TV 3 2pm Poitukohu Kura Tuarua 3 3pm Touch Rugby – National Championships 3 4pm Waiata Nation 3 4:30 Fresh PG 5pm The Hui – Kaupeka Wha 5:30 Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 6:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 7pm Nga Whetu O Matariki 8:30 M The Wrestler 16VLS 2008 Drama Sport. A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring difficult and dispiriting. Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei. 10:30 Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 3 11pm The Puna 11:30 Closedown

prIME

6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 Takoha 6:50 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Pukoro 2 7:50 Te Pou Herenga O Kia Aroha 8:20 Tamariki Haka 8:30 Globe 9am Sisters 9:30 Waka Warriors 3 10am Whanau Bake Off 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke 3 11am Te Ao Tapatahi Noon Te Ao With Moana 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PG 1pm Touch Rugby – Junior National Championships 3 2pm Nga Whetu O Matariki 3 3:30 Terei Tonight 4:30 Tagata Pasifika 5pm Te Ao Toa 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7pm M Leitis In Waiting MC 3 2018 Documentary. 8:30 M In Bruges 16VL 2008 Thriller. Two hit men are sent to Bruges to lie low, but it does not take them long to find their own kind of trouble. Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson. 10:25 Timoti’s Travels 3 10:55 Te Matatini Ki Te Ao 3 11:25 Closedown

6am Religious Programming 7am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 7:30 Religious Programming 10am Golf – LPGA Event 11am L All Blacks Squad Announcement From NZRU headquarters in Wellington. Noon Rugby – North v South 2pm GrassRoots Rugby 3pm Happy Together PG 3 0 3:30 Judge Judy PG 4pm Hot Bench 3 4:30 Meghan & Harry – A Royal Baby Story PG 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Cruising With Jane McDonald PG 0 7pm Storage Wars PG 0 7:30 Outback Truckers PG 0 8:30 The 2000s PGC 3 0 9:30 F World’s Wildest Flights PGC 3 0 10:30 SmackDown PGV 11:30 60 Minutes PG

Monday

12:30 Cycling – Tour De France 1am Rugby League – NRL 3am Closedown

SKY Sport 1 6am North v South 6:30 L Guinness Pro14 Semi-final Two – Edinburgh v Ulster. From Murrayfield, Edinburgh. 8:35 Farah Palmer Cup 9:05 North v South 11am L All Blacks Announcement From NZRU headquarters, Wellington. Noon North v South 12:30 Super Rugby Australia Reds v Brumbies. 1pm Farah Palmer Cup 1:30 First XV Rugby 2pm North v South 2:30 Super Rugby Australia 3pm Super Rugby Australia 3:30 North v South 5:30 First XV Rugby 7:30 North v South 8pm All Blacks Announcement 9pm North v South 11pm First XV Rugby 11:30 Super Rugby Australia

Monday

Midnight Super Rugby Australia 1am Shute Shield 3am North v South 5am Super Rugby Australia 5:30 Super Rugby Australia

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over; PG Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits FM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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Time to bring an end to Criminal Minds

ither Criminal Minds (TV One, Mondays) has run out of murders or run out of viewers. It’s probably both. I’m sure every grotesque killing has featured in the 15 series so far and now its writers are repeating themselves. Finally, one of them had a bright idea; let’s kill off Criminal Minds instead. Good decision. Epic sicko, Everett Lynch, has eluded police but not veteran agent, David Rossi. He’s determined to bring him to justice. But first a deranged surgeon, who works at Baltimore County, is stabbing innocent hunks in the neck and peeling the skin off

By Malcolm Hopwood

their torso. Dr Hurst doesn’t like bubble wrap. Botox has failed him. Hurst has a disfigured chest and is taking his anger out on others. But Rossi grabs his needle and, before you can say cosmetic surgery, he sends another hoodlum to an early grave. Bravo. Meanwhile, Lynch stays on the run and seriously wounds Special Agent Jareau. It brings the team together, determined to catch him. Criminal Minds is a scary way to start the week. If there’s anything remotely fascinating about

the series, it’s the robotic mumbo jumbo they deliver. They take it in turn to spout psycho-babble about their cases and the number of deranged people in the US. Sadly, some of them are running for office. An old favourite has returned. Resident dragons from Dragon’s Den (UKTV, Sundays) are still offering advice and investment to candidates with epiphanic inventions. “Will their pitches turn to riches?” asks compere, Evan Davis. Richard Clark and Paul Briscoe excite the dragons with their booze-free booze. They have a drinks pedigree and provide the five squillionaires with free sam-

ples of beer, wine, cider and fruit drinks that have real taste. The idea of “all you can drink” without reaching the “pint” of no return, excites the dragons. New dragon, Sarah Davies, makes the best offer. She meets the asking price of 125,000 pounds for a seven and a half per cent share in the business. Time to raise your alcohol-free glass and celebrate. Another Clayton’s? Dragon’s Den is valuable and appreciated on two levels. It provides simple entertainment or can be a learning exercise for budding entrepreneurs. I’ve always enjoyed Ben Fogle. His understated docos have taken him around the world many

times. If our earth has corners, he’s been to them, even to south Westland in New Zealand. In a new series of Where The Wild Men Are (BBC Earth, Mondays) he visits a British couple in a primitive community in Peru. Scott and Casey backpacked around the globe for five years before setting up a kite-surfing school at Paracas, three hours drive from Lima. The British gringos live in a custom-built shack, love their life and teach tourists how to glide above the waves. Fogle tries it and comes “arse over kite”. Their kite. It could be where the expression comes from. Good series, interesting people.

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Ashburton Weather

Saturday: Fine with high cloud. Northerlies.

Midnight Saturday

Canterbury Plains

MAX

18 MIN 7

Saturday: Fine with high cloud. Northerlies. Sunday: Fine with high cloud at first. Rain spreading north in the afternoon with a southwest change, then a few showers. Monday: Morning cloud with a few showers about the coast north of Rangiora, clearing for a fine afternoon. Southwesterlies easing.

A ridge over the North Island gradually recedes northwards today, while a front makes its way up the South Island. The front moves over the North Island on Monday, followed by a ridge of high pressure. Northwesterlies strengthen over the South Island on Tuesday ahead of another front that reaches the South Island on Wednesday.

Around The Region Saturday

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Sunday

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Monday

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Sunday: Fine with high cloud at first. A period of afternoon rain with a southwest change, then a few showers. MAX

Canterbury High Country

14 MIN 4

Saturday: Rain about the divide, with heavy falls and snow to 1600m, clearing in the morning and becoming fine. Elsewhere, fine with high cloud. Wind at 1000m: Northwesterly easing to 50 km/h in the morning and to northwesterly 30 km/h in the evening. Wind at 2000m: Severe gale northwesterly 90 km/h, easing to gale northwesterly 75 km/h in the morning, and to 50 km/h in the evening. Freezing level: About 2000m. Sunday: West of the divide, rain with snow to 1600m, clearing in the afternoon. Elsewhere, mostly cloudy, a few spots of rain becoming widespread in the afternoon with snow lowering to 1000m. Wind at 1000m: Northwest 30 km/h changing southerly 30 km/h in the afternoon. Wind at 2000m: Northwest 50 km/h changing southerly 50 km/h in the afternoon. Freezing level: Lowering to 1300m. Monday: Morning cloud and isolated showers clearing to a fine afternoon. Southwesterlies easing.

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Monday: Morning cloud, then a fine afternoon. Southwesterlies.

Readings to 4pm Friday Temp °C Maximum Minimum Grass min 24hr Rain mm Month to date Wind km/h Strongest gust Sun hrs on Thu Month to date

Ashburton Airport 18.8 0.1 -3.4 0.0 17.4 NW 41 1:23pm 10.9 21.5

Methven 16.0 -1.1 – – – – – – –

Saturday

13 MIN 2

Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 17.5 17.0 -1.2 -2.7 -4.5 – 0.0 0.0 11.4 16.0 NE 20 NE 19 10:29am 3:34pm 10.8 – 19.7 –

Tides, Sun and Moon Ashburton Mouth Rakaia Mouth Rangitata Mouth

MAX

Sunday

Monday

H 5:37am 5:55pm 6:19am 6:35pm 7:04am 7:20pm L 11:48am 12:09am 12:30pm 12:51am 1:13pm H 5:47am 6:04pm 6:30am 6:47pm 7:14am 7:31pm L 11:54am 12:18am 12:36pm 1:00am 1:19pm H 5:21am 5:39pm 6:03am 6:19pm 6:48am 7:04pm L 11:32am 11:53pm 12:14pm 12:35am 12:57pm 6:52am 6:12pm 6:50am 6:13pm 6:48am 6:15pm 8:58pm 8:27am 9:58pm 8:48am 10:59pm 9:10am

last qtr Sep 10

new Sep 17

first qtr Sep 24

full Oct 2

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