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Matt Body, with fiance Charmaine Holmes and labrador Gus in the background, is recovering after a major stroke.

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Ashburton father-to-be Matt Body never knew he had a hole in his heart until he suffered a catastrophic stroke that left him blind for a week.

The 26-year-old builder, who prior to having the stroke was “extremely healthy”, is sharing his terrifying ordeal to encourage New Zealanders to get their hearts checked.

“I just instantly lost my vision, completely, and got an instant migraine, the worst I’ve ever had in my life.

He said the stroke, which happened on December 12, was on both sides of his brain.

“The doctor told me that I was lucky to be alive.”

Body is now waiting for an internal

ultrasound which will tell doctors how big the hole in his heart is.

A device will then be inserted, which will act like an umbrella and plug the hole, preventing another stroke or further heart problems.

Other than broken bones from a lifetime of rugby, Body said he’s always been active and healthy.

“I’m always either at the gym, or fishing or riding motorbikes, stuff like that.”

Body was on the mend after a workplace accident left him needing a disc in his spine surgically replaced in September.

Two weeks before Christmas, he took codeine to relieve his back pain and found himself struggling with the constipating effects of the medication.

“I pushed as hard as I could, and the

next minute I’d blacked out, lost my vision and had the worst migraine of my life.”

His fiancé Charmaine Holmes called an ambulance, who rushed him to nearby Ashburton Hospital where he received treatment and spent the night.

The next day, he was transferred to Christchurch Hospital’s Neurology Ward, where he had an MRI and was told he’d had a major stroke.

Doctors later discovered a hole in his heart, through which a blood clot had passed, before it travelled up to his brain, resulting in a severe bleed.

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$200,000 for Ashburton state houses Kainga Ora is investing nearly $200,000 into maintaining and making improvements for its tenants and their whanau in Ashburton this financial year.

Area manager Gill Brown said in a press release that the spending was all part of the organisation’s focus on improving the quality of its homes for families.

Kainga Ora – formed in October by pulling together the three existing agencies of Housing New Zealand, its subsidiary HLC and KiwiBuild – owns 192 homes in the Ashburton District.

The $200,000 investment includes more than $14,000 on fencing improvements, about $87,000 on painting, more than $104,000 on roofing and over $4500 on a further driveway safety improvement.

Brown said Kainga Ora was committed to ensuring the health and safety of its tenants, and investing in the maintenance of its homes played a big role in that.

“It’s great to see this money being spent on our homes in Ashburton. These improvements will help keep our homes in good con-

dition and provide a safe warm environment for tenants and their whanau,” she said.

The Driveway Safety programme began in 2013 and aimed to reduce the risk of children being run over in the driveways of state homes, by installing fencing, self-closing gates with child-resistant latches, speed restriction signs, speed humps and convex mirrors where appropriate.

The programme had already seen improvements made to several Ashburton properties and focused on separating play areas from driveways, as well as ensuring play areas were directly visible and accessible from main living areas.

This programme and its values have been warmly supported and commended by Safekids Aotearoa.

Each year Kainga Ora spends about half a billion dollars on maintaining and improving its homes across New Zealand.

“That is a massive financial commitment and one we’re proud of. I’m especially thrilled to see that money being spent on our Ashburton homes.’’

Ricky May home soon

By Susan Sandys

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“He’s just the good old Ricky May that we all know and respect,” said Craig Wiggins as he gave an update on the star harness racer yesterday.

The 61-year-old Methven resident left the racing industry in shock last week when he fell backwards and then onto the track while competing, after suffering a medical incident at the Central Otago Cup at Omakau.

He has since made a remarkable recovery in Dunedin Hospital, and according to Wiggins he will be making his way to Christchurch Hospital in the next couple of days for a minor operation. All going well he will be back on his Methven farm where he lives with wife Judy, and his harness racing identity father Terry, by early

next week to continue his recovery. As it had turned out the complaint from which May had suffered was quite a common one, and treatable.

Ever since he had been sitting up in his hospital bed and chatting to family, there had been huge relief among everyone who knew him.

“Everybody is just so happy, he’s such a kind generous man,” said Wiggins, who is clerk of the course at Harness Racing New Zealand and a friend of the May family.

“We are all just 100 per cent behind his recovery now and we just want to see him back enjoying what he’s good at.”

Later in the day he said on Facebook, where he has been updating the public on May’s recovery, that May and Judy and family were eternally grateful for the support they had received.

Builder faces a long recovery from stroke From P1 “The doctor told me that when I was pushing so hard, there was a blood clot that passed through one side of my heart into the other.

“It passed through this hole in my heart into the other side of my heart and travelled up through to the back of my brain and split off onto either side.

“I’m very lucky that I didn’t lose all motor function to my body.”

Body and Holmes are just three weeks away from the birth of their first child. He is grateful he can walk, talk and feed himself just fine, but the life-changing event has severely affected his peripheral vision and memory, and returning to work is out of the question for the foreseeable future.

The long-term effects of Body’s stroke are unknown and doctors have said it was difficult to predict what his recovery would be like.

Body said he doesn’t want anybody to go through what he has in the past month.

“If it can happen that easily ...

I’m a builder, I could have been on a roof, or I could have been driving.

“I want to get the word out to people to go get their tickers checked.”

With a baby boy on the way and Holmes starting her maternity leave early to help look after him, the couple’s finances were looking increasingly uncertain.

“I feel so bad, I’m supposed to be running around after her, and

she’s running around after me with this big baby bump, three weeks to go.”

A Givealittle page https:// givealittle.co.nz/cause/a-strokeof-bad-luck has been set up by a family friend to ease the financial load, and has so far received over $8000 in donations in just over a week.

“I’m just so, so appreciative and thankful for all the people out there,” Body said.

“Friends, family, sending me lovely, kind messages, even people I don’t know, strangers reaching out to me.”

The money will go towards food, transport, mortgage repayments, bills and the endless costs of a new baby.

“It could’ve been so much worse. It’s made me not only physically look through different eyes but I look at life so much differently now.”

University of Auckland’s Professor Cathy Stinear, who specialises in stroke recovery and rehabilitation, said it was “very uncommon” for someone to suffer a stroke to both sides of their brain, as a stroke normally affects one side.

“He’s been very unlucky and he’s done nothing wrong to get to this place,” she said.

Two-thirds of stroke victims are aged 65 and over, with their stroke usually linked to modifiable factors such as smoking, high blood pressure or cholesterol, all which usually take time to create issues,

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Professor Stinear said.

“There’s lots of different causes for stroke and not all of them are under our control, or foreseeable or predictable, some people are just extremely unlucky.”

But Body’s youth was in his favour, Professor Stinear said.

“Sometimes younger people seem to have a bit more reserve, a bit more to draw from, which may aid their recovery.

“And it’s still early days. Most people make most of their recovery over the first few months.”

Professor Stinear said an estimated 20 per cent of the general population have a patent foramen ovale, or a hole in their heart, and some go their whole lives without it affecting them.

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Navy boosts Leanne’s coffers

By Heather Mackenzie

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Leanne Walsh is heading off to Canterbury University $5000 better off, thanks to the New Zealand Royal Navy awarding her the HMNZS Canterbury scholarship in December last year.

Started in 2005 to commemorate the decommissioning of the frigate HMNZS Canterbury, the scholarship is awarded to one school leaver per year who will be attending Canterbury University, to help with their first year study costs.

In order to receive the scholarship, Walsh had to submit a 500-word personal statement to show that she not only possessed strong leadership skills, but she also embodied the four core values of the Royal New Zealand Navy – courage, commitment, comradeship and integrity.

A committed Ashburton College student, Welsh had plenty to write about in her scholarship submission.

She gained an overall excellence in NCEA Level Two, and was presented with top scholar awards in chemistry, biology and music, she was also the top overall student enrolled in the three sciences.

Alongside her academic achievements Welsh is also heavily involved with the Jion International Karate Dojo Ashburton club.

She has been studying and teaching younger club members for over half of her life.

Competition success is something Welsh is also known for having received many top three competition placings over the years.

In December last year she advanced to first senior dan black belt level.

Her leadership skills go well beyond those she shows at karate. Welsh also impressed with her willingness to take on mentoring and coaching roles within her school environment.

Taking on the roles of student welfare committee member, peer support leader and vol-

unteer student librarian saw her interact successfully with a wide variety of the student body.

“It is nice to have all the effort I have put in to study and the karate club to be recognised, I don’t do it for the recognition, but it is nice all the same.”

A passion for sciences has made for a natural progression to engineering at Canterbury University.

On completing her degree the talented student is looking to move into the field of electrical engineering.

She she hopes to make a difference to the over one billion people globally living without electricity, via developing ways to change this without impacting adversely on the environment.

Having the financial pressure taken off her for the first year of her engineering studies, not only frees her from first year money worries, it also means Welsh is able to continue with her much loved karate.

“Karate can be an expensive sport.”

The cost of training and travelling to all the competitions adds up, so the scholarship will allow her to carry on with the sport that means so much to her.

Welsh, and mum Tracey, travelled to Auckland’s Devonport Navy Base to officially receive her scholarship certificate. It was an experience that neither of them will ever forget.

“Knowing that the Navy believe in me was a real confidence boost,” Welsh said. “And knowing that Mum is proud of me means a lot too.”

While they were there the pair got to have a good look around the base, meet the staff and hear about what engineering opportunities the Royal Navy has to offer.

Accompanying her scholarship certificate was a cover letter from the Royal Navy. In it they describe Welsh as a “well rounded, incredibly humble young woman with a bright future”.

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Decades of service to St John S

ince he first started with St John in 1973, there are not many hats John Tyrrell has not worn for the emergency service.

Tyrrell has taught first aid courses, served on the frontline as a volunteer ambulance officer, has held a local governance role and more recently has helped make sure the medical alarm section in the district is ticking over.

“Like so many people who join St John I came across a situation on the road and I thought I can’t handle this so I did a first aid class in 1972 and another in 1973 and I was part of it from then,” he said.

“It is not uncommon for a lot of people to start that way, we have one person that started doing a first aid course and is now a senior paramedic.

“But there are also others that didn’t last.”

While he has now taken a step back from being involved with St John as much, he still provides assistance where needed with the medical alarm side of the organisation.

“With the work we do there is a real sense of purpose,” he said.

Tyrrell said that when he

John Tyrrell has been giving his time to St John since 1973. first started out as a volunteer paramedic they were just trained in first aid and not to the level that current ambulance staff are.

“It is amazing the amount of training the ambulance officers

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have to do these days,” he said.

While ambulance staff are often the face of St John and who the public think of when they think of St John, there is a lot more that goes in to the

organisation to keep it running.

Tyrrell said the area committee are vital in ensuring that the organisation has the funding it is required to keep operating.

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He was made a life member of the area committee last year and said it was probably the most memorable thing for him out of his time with St John.

“There are a lot of things that are memorable, as an ambulance officer there are things you go to but you can’t really talk about those so getting that (the life membership) is probably the most memorable thing,” he said.

Despite only being around on a casual basis, Tyrrell is still a familiar face to those out in the community like those who he has taken through first aid courses or ambulance officers ‘out the back’ of the station.

“Sometimes walking down the street I still get people asking how the first aid stuff is going,” he said.

“And when I wander out the back most of them (the ambulance officers) still recognise me, I guess when they don’t it is probably time to go.”

Tyrrell said he will continue with St John as long as he’s needed.

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The best gift you can give is kindness Thanks to a kind-hearted Sheena, Jen Coutts was given a lovely care package to enjoy on Christmas day and beyond.

Jen has always been the kind of person to be first in line to

help others out, so it is a nice change for her to be on the receiving end.

The day after receiving her care package, Jen was going to her daughter’s wedding in Ger-

aldine.

She excitedly showed off her new dress and matching shoes to the Guardian staff member who delivered her Christmas wish goodies.

Left – Jen Coutts and her lovely care package put together by Sheena.

Margaret Hydes with Steve.

Untamed garden now under control Steve’s been kept busy Heather Stewart’s vegetable garden getting away from her is what prompted her sister to put Heather’s name down for

a Christmas wish.

Ross Donaldson and his son Blair answered the call.

By the time they left the pre-

viously untamed garden was looking shipshape, ready for her to plant whatever takes her fancy.

cleaning windows

Ashburton Guardian staff member Steve had a busy week granting window cleaning wishes and chatting to people along the way.

Iris Taylor was delighted to see him turn up at her flat with his bucket and squeegee. While Steve cleaned the windows they chatted about Christmas and the perils of posting gifts to her family in Auckland.

Next on his window cleaning route was Margaret Hydes.

Looking after a large garden, housing some very tasty looking strawber-

ries, leaves Margaret with very little time to clean the windows.

Steve was a welcome sight when he rang the doorbell, bucket in hand and a smile on his face, ready to clean the outsides for her. Forever the committed wish granter, Steve is returning to clean the insides as well.

Becoming quite the expert and this window cleaning lark by now, Steve soon had Bob Sullivan’s windows looking cleaner than clean too.

Bob and his black Labrador Maisy kept Steve company while he worked.

Sarah Naylor (left) stepped up to the mark when the Leaks wanted their windows cleaned.

Leaks’ windows left sparkling clean Sarah Naylor was a welcome sight when Mrs and Mrs Leak opened their front door just before Christmas.

Travelling into town especially, Sarah and new baby

Ruby were there to clean the Leaks’ windows.

It was a Christmas miracle that Sarah managed to find the time to do it at all. The new mum also has three oth-

er children at home to keep her on her toes and she runs a wedding florist business.

Proving that old adage “If you want something done ask a busy person.”

Steve is busy at work while Bob Sullivan and Maisy supervise.

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Happy New Year from the Hakatere Multi Cultural Council We are looking for community leaders who would like to run an interest group.

It could be a book club, sports team, crafts group, walking/tramping group or anything else people are interested in and would like to share with others.

We’ll provide you with support – location, logistics, covering some basic costs, promotion and everything else required to run your activities.

Sounds interesting? Contact us at newcomers@saferashburton.org.nz or call/txt 027 220 8791 So what have we been up to in December? Mostly wrapping up some paperwork for 2019, as most of our groups went on a break until the middle or the end of January 2020.

Our board games club kept meeting, playing Ticket to Ride, DragonFire, Settlers of Catan and Dixit, and we said goodbye to one of our members, Lewis, an avid board-gamer, who is returning to Devon, UK. Follow his board games podcasts on https://www.devondice.co.uk/ category/lewiss-blog. We also decided to try to see if we could design a Monopoly board based on the Ashburton district.

Obviously we don’t have railway stations, so we chose pubs instead.

What do you think of our Ashburton Monopoly? How would you design one?

The board games club will be back on Sunday, January 12, at 6pm.

Our morning group at Plunket will resume on January 22 and we are considering moving our ladies’ night from Friday to another day of the week. What do you think?

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

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

How would you design Ashburton’s Monopoly board?

Looking back on another successful driver licensing year What a fantastic year 2019 was. We ran another two road code courses and had a number of successful learners, restricted and full licences completed.

It has been so satisfying to be making headway towards our goal of reducing isolation, increasing community involvement and building social networks for our newcomers and migrants in rural Mid Canterbury.

By gaining a driver’s licence, our participants have been able to take up employment, joined clubs, driven their children to school and generally become more integrated into the community, making their lives far more enjoyable.

The benefits are not only enjoyed by the participants but myself and our volunteers have had an opportunity to meet some amazing people who are so interesting, so friendly and just so grateful of the

help they are receiving. It’s a win/ win situation all round.

I thought I would share some of the feedback we have received from our participants: “This brings a change and got confidence so that not feeling isolated I could travel to my friends once I get the license. It’s actually a good n easy option to change the life as driving is the basic need he re.”

- Ramandeep, India “For my life, my daughter, my husband, to many gaining because I feel so much confident myself.

I studied more the English, learn about Road Code from New Zealand and know other cultures. Just thanks, God blessings to everyone who volunteers in the programme.

Excellent.”

- Sandra, Columbia “At this programme I’ve learned a

lot and they provide us every tools that we need, also get the support to past the test. And I gain new friends, see new faces and I’m in town once a week, which is new for me. We are so lucky to be part of this lovely programme.”

- Randell, Philippines And we have many more wonderful comments from some truly inspiring people, who just make this programme so worthwhile.

We are starting another learners’ group in March 2020, so if you, or someone you know is keen to get started on the road to becoming a safe and confident driver, lives in rural Mid Canterbury and needs a learner’s licence please get in touch, as are taking registrations now: please call the co-ordinator, Wendy on 027 611 3301 or email wendy. hewitt@safermidcanterbury.org.nz.

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On the wrong side of a protest barrier

By Selwyn Price On March 15, 2019, a date which will live in infamy in New Zealand, a wave of political protests was sparked in Hong Kong. Since then, they have grown in size, scope and violence to this day.

They are thought to be the largest political protest movement in Hong Kong’s history, with organisers claiming more than one million Hong Kong residents, out of a total population of around 7.5 million.

Little did I know then, but we were destined to get caught up in these protests five months later, and find ourselves on the wrong side of a pro-democracy barrier.

The background to these protests is complex, and goes back to the 19th century Opium Wars, when the British created a drug crisis in order to secure Chinese commodities such as tea, silk and porcelain, resulting in China ceding Hong Kong to the UK. When the British handed Hong Kong back to the Chinese in 1997, it was on condition that no changes would be made to the basic law for the next 50 years, and the Chinese accepted a “one country, two systems” principle would apply.

A quick online search will fill out the details on this period of Hong Kong history.

Delays by Beijing in granting the long-promised universal suffrage (in this case the right to elect Hong Kong leaders through general elections under universal suffrage with no curtailment from the central government of China.

Full universal suffrage was never granted by the British to its colony before the handover in 1997), and the pre-screening of nominees for the Chief Executive position (the highest political office in Hong Kong), triggered the Umbrella Movement, which occupied key districts on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon for the last four months of 2014.

While Beijing blamed these protests on “foreign interference”, many gweilos (Cantonese slang for Caucasians, used by many expatriates to jokingly refer to themselves) living in Hong Kong, ourselves included, stayed well clear of these protests, not wanting to provide fodder for propaganda.

As a consequence of those protests, numerous political and student leaders received lengthy prison terms, having been convicted of

“unlawful assembly”.

These included the Umbrella Nine, sentenced in April 2019, with two professors and a Baptist minister receiving 16 months’ imprisonment each, for conspiracy to commit public nuisance.

A Hong Kong-based researcher at Human Rights Watch said the sentences sent “a chilling warning to all that there will be serious consequences for advocating for democracy”.

Protests erupted again in June 2019, in response to a proposed extradition amendment bill permitting the extradition of fugitives to mainland China. The concern around, and widespread criticism of, this bill was based on a loophole that would allow China to arrest voices of political dissent in Hong Kong.

In the final months of British rule, Hong Kong passed laws barring extradition to mainland China, so this bill would have been a significant affront to the basic law agreed to at that time.

There had also been a spate of booksellers, stockists of locally-produced books critical of Beijing, allegedly being kidnapped and taken over the border to mainland China.

Many Hong Kongers became suspicious of China’s involvement in Hong Kong law and politics.

The push for the extradition amendment bill came in early 2018, after a Hong Kong resident killed his pregnant girlfriend in Taiwan, then returned to Hong Kong.

He admitted the crime to Hong Kong police, but they were unable to charge him for murder or extradite him to Taiwan because no agreement was in place.

The Hong Kong government’s proposed changes, establishing a mechanism for case-by-case trans-

fers of fugitives, by the Chief Executive, to any jurisdiction with which the city lacks a formal extradition treaty, was publicly supported by several prominent Chinese politicians.

While pro-democracy lawmakers attempted to block the passing of the bill using political procedures in the Legislative Council, the pro-Beijing majority were able to side-line their concerns.

Attempts to hold meetings between lawmakers descended into chaos, and violence marred debate between the different lawmaker factions.

A huge protest rally in front of government headquarters descended into clashes between protesters (whom organisers numbered at more than one million) and police.

On June 12, the day the second reading of the bill was due, a general strike was called, and sit-ins formed (protesters sitting in one place, refusing to move unless their demands were met).

The government announced that the extradition bill “had been postponed indefinitely”, but in the afternoon riot police, who hid their identifying numbers, were deployed. They fired tear gas and shot rubber bullets at protestors, and later fired more tear gas canisters into a trapped crowd, fuelling panic at an approved gathering.

The Commissioner of Police declared the clashes a “riot” and condemned the protesters’ behaviour, while that declaration and police behaviour gave rise to new demands in later protests.

The term ‘riot’ is significant, because a person charged with rioting will be dealt with far more harshly than someone protesting, which is legal in Hong Kong.

On July 9, the Chief Executive,

Carrie Lam, announced that the controversial bill “is dead”, but still refused to meet protesters’ demands to officially withdraw it, along with their demands regarding alleged police misconducts and universal suffrage.

The confrontations between the protesters and the police continued to escalate.

By the end of July, when my wife and I returned to Hong Kong for a reunion at the school we had previously worked at, protests and general strikes were being organised across Hong Kong.

The sites of proposed protests were communicated in advance by organisers using social media to co-ordinate their response, but they were careful to ensure noone was identified as a leader, given their previous experience with leaders being imprisoned.

This led to protests popping up randomly, often resulting in violent clashes with police. Accusations of infiltration by police, the Chinese army, and others from mainland China left everyone in a state of concern and agitation.

I spoke with two people actively involved in the protests. One is a former colleague, who helped map the route the protesters were following, and the other a former student, who helped clean up after the protesters had moved on.

Both were nervous about what might happen to them personally, but were also of an age where they recognised that they were going to have to live with whatever political landscape prevailed after 2047.

From their perspective, it was worth fighting for democracy in Hong Kong now, as a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

This is where we found ourselves on the wrong side of that pro-democracy barrier.

As we headed out to catch our flight home, protesters called an impromptu sit-in at Hong Kong International Airport, to inform tourists of what was going on. We checked in, but before we made it to security and immigration, thousands of protesters filled the checkin hall and blocked all entrances to the boarding gates.

While the protests were orderly and the protesters polite, even apologising to passengers, we missed boarding our flight by a mere 10 minutes.

The next day we tried again,

but our route to security and immigration was now blocked by barricades, consisting of masses of luggage carts and manned by protesters. Both sides tried to persuade the other that they were being unreasonable, and a few skirmishes ensued, before the protesters abruptly dismantled the barriers on the news that the airport had suspended all flights, for the second consecutive day.

We eventually landed at Christchurch airport exactly four days after we first checked in at Hong Kong airport, but the inconvenience for us was nothing compared to the ongoing disruption for the people of Hong Kong.

Since protests began in March, two protesters have died, more than 2600 have been injured, and 6000 arrested in Hong Kong.

On October 23, the government officially withdrew the extradition bill.

The other demands of the protesters – the retraction of the characterisation of the June 12, 2019 protests as “riots”, the release and exoneration of arrested protesters, the establishment of an independent commission of inquiry into police behaviour, universal suffrage for Legislative Council and Chief Executive elections, and the resignation of the current Chief Executive – remain unaddressed.

Many people fear the creation of a police state, and many, especially those who returned from abroad after 1997, are considering emigrating.

Hong Kong society has become polarised, but the protesters seem to be more cohesive than before.

The November 24 District Council election, considered a referendum on the government and protests, saw the pro-democracy camp win an electoral landslide, and the pro-Beijing camp suffer their biggest electoral defeat in Hong Kong history.

International reaction, from governments, organisations and individuals, has been relatively lame – the US passed an Act, for example, alongside a companion bill restricting exports of crowd control devices to the Hong Kong police forces – and seems to be characterised by fear of reprisals from China, in terms of trade or other commercial transactions.

In the meantime, the city that we called home for eight years continues to suffer.

Star HD 137388 finally gets a Maori moniker Karaka and Kereru are the new names for the star formerly known as HD 137388 and its orbiting planet in the constellation Apus.

Karaka is an orange star slightly smaller than our sun. Karaka’s distance from us is 132 light-years, or 1250 trillion kilometres.

Karaka is the word in the Maori language for an evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand that produces a bright orange, fleshy uit.

It’s also the Maori word for the colour orange.

Kereru is the word in the Maori language for a large bush pigeon native to New Zealand, also known as New Zealand pigeon.

The names were proposed by Hugh Williams and Jaime Anderson for the International Astronomical Union’s 100th anniversary commemorations.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) was founded in 1919.

Its mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects, including research, communication, education and development, through international co-operation.

On December 17, 2019 the names of 112 sets of exoplanets (planets outside our solar system) and host stars named in the IAU100 NameExoWorlds cam-

paign were announced. This is only the second time in history that a campaign has led to the naming of stars and exoplanets. Overall, 360,000 proposals for names were received from 112 countries.

The National Committee in each country reduced their proposals to a shortlist of national candidates, which were presented to the public for their votes. A total of 420,000 people voted around the world for their preferred candidates.

The Australian star is called Bubup, the Boonwurrung word for child, and its planet is called YanYan, the Boonwurrung word for boy. Boonwurrung is the lan-

guage used by indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation.

The Cook Islands star is named Poerava, the word in the Maori language for a large mystical black pearl of utter beauty and perfection.

The Philippines’ star is called Aman Sinaya, one of the two trinity deities of the Philippine’s Tagalog mythology, and is the primordial deity of the ocean and protector of fisherman.

Its star is called Haik, the successor of the primordial Aman Sinaya as the God of the Sea of the Philippine’s Tagalog mythology.

Israel’s star is called Alef, the

first letter in the Hebrew alphabet. People in the UK named their star Gloas, which in Manx Gaelic means to shine (like a star). The UK planet is called Cruinlagh, which means to orbit.

The Irish star is called Tuiren, which was the aunt of the hunter-warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill of Irish legend, who was turned into a hound by the jealous fairy Uchtdealbh.

The planet is called Bran, after Tuiren’s son. Hong Kong chose more mundane names – Lionrock and Victoriapeak, two well-known peaks and cultural symbols in Hong Kong.

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Canberra in lockdown NZME Thick bushfire smoke is blanketing Canberra, shutting down shops, restaurants, museums and government departments.

Even the department responsible for co-ordinating Australia’s response to disasters and emergency management has closed its doors due to poor air quality.

The Department of Home Affairs has told staff to stay home as thick bushfire smoke blankets Canberra.

Staff have been told to stay away from Canberra headquarters for 48 hours, but some essential employees will work from other locations.

The capital’s air quality was the worst of any major city in the world yesterday, as winds carried in smoke from bushfires in NSW. The Department of Health relocated staff in Canberra to other offices in the city due to the smoke but otherwise operated as normal.

Canberra childcare centres also closed due to the poor air quality in the capital.

YWCA Canberra said the decision to close all its centres in the capital was to protect staff and children from the hazardous air.

Shops, museums and recreational facilities all shut their doors across the capital as air quality deteriorated.

The National Gallery of Aus-

‘No shouting’ Sir Elton John won’t shout at his children.

The 72-year-old singer prefers to “discipline” Zachary, nine, and six-yearold Elijah – his kids with husband David Furnish – with calm discussions as he doesn’t want them to have a “fearful” childhood like his own. Elton admitted his distant father, Stanley’s explosive relationship with his mother Sheila left him “walking on eggshells” and he didn’t want that for his own sons. “I was determined I was not going to hit them, I was determined I was not going to shout at them. They were going to be disciplined, but in a way where we talked about things.

The air quality in Canberra has deteriorated to such an extent that many businesses and government departments have had to close due to the risk to staff. tralia said closing its doors allowed it protect staff and patrons, but also the art on display.

The gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of Matisse and Picasso works.

All Qantas flights at Canberra Airport were cancelled on Sunday due to the smoke.

Australia Post also cancelled deliveries in the capital, citing worker safety, leaving the local State Emergency Service

to deliver particulate-filter masks to shops with depleted stocks.

The ACT government is warning residents to stay indoors, with windows and doors closed.

■■UNITED STATES

Trump returns to face a pair of challenges AP His 17-day holiday stay at his Florida resort over, President Donald Trump has returned to the White House facing twin challenges: the fallout from the strike he ordered to kill an Iranian general and his looming impeachment trial in the Senate.

The duelling images – one of potential chaos in the Middle East, the other a politicised ritual occurring for only the third time in the nation’s history – will shape a defining month of Trump’s presidency, one that comes just before the first votes of the 2020 campaign are cast.

Even before Air Force One touched down outside the divided nation’s capital, Trump faced growing questions from Democrats fearful that the killing of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani endangered Americans in the region and may have been an effort to distract from the president’s political crisis back home.

“Next week, the president of the United States could be facing an impeachment trial

President Donald Trump speaks during an Evangelicals for Trump Coalition Launch at King Jesus International Ministry.

PHOTO AP in the Senate. We know he’s deeply upset about that. And I think people are reasonably asking, ‘Why this moment?’”

Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat running for president, said on CNN’s State of the Union.

“Why does he pick now to take this highly inflammatory, highly dangerous action that

moves us closer to war?” the Massachusetts senator said.

In the hours before Trump’s return, tensions simmered half a world away as hundreds of thousands flooded streets in Iran to walk alongside a casket carrying the remains of Soleimani while Iraq’s parliament voted in favour of a

resolution calling for an end of the foreign military presence in their nation, an effort aimed at expelling the 5000 US troops stationed there over the war against the Islamic State group.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the strike, which killed Soleimani at the Baghdad airport, as part of a deterrence “strategy to convince the Iranian regime to behave like a normal nation”.

“The American people should know that we will not waver. We will be bold in protecting American interests and we will do so in a way that is consistent with the rule of law,” Pompeo told CNN. But even as Trump held meetings at Mar-a-Lago about the trial and his upcoming re-election campaign the Iran matter moved to the forefront.

Tensions between the nations erupted after an attack killed an American contractor at a joint US-Iraqi base. And after days of deliberations with his inner circle of national security advisers, Trump opted for the most dramatic response, the drone strike that killed Soleimani.

Kidman upset Nicole Kidman has become the latest celebrity to dig deep to aid in the Australian bushfire fight. The star has said she and husband Keith Urban will donate $500,000 to volunteer firefighters.

Kidman was visibly upset and in tears while speaking about the disaster at a Golden Globes event. The actor stopped red carpet interviews and said: “I’m so sorry. I’m so distracted right now with everything that’s happening in Australia.”

An insider said the star had just found out her country home was in danger. “She just found out and got off a plane right before coming here,” the insider said.

Stripping considered Jennifer Lopez considered stripping in the early days of her career. The 50-yearold singer and actress stars as a stripper named Ramona in Hustlers, but has now said she very nearly followed the career path in real life, as her early days as a dancer left her desperate for more cash to make ends meet. When asked if she ever considered stripping, she said: “I did. There was a moment in my life when my friends, who were also dancers, told me about making thousands of dollars at clubs in New Jersey. They said, ‘You won’t need to be topless’. It sounded awfully good when I was broke and eating pizza every day, but I never did it.”

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OUR VIEW

National’s therapy dog idea not so crazy W

ho let the dogs out?

That was the response of the Taxpayers’ Union to a National Party press release in the New Year.

The suggestion that New Zealand Courts should have therapy dogs funded by government was “summer exuberance” and “woke dog thinking”, according to the union.

The Taxpayers’ Union is an independent organisation which campaigns for a fair and efficient tax system. It takes an anti-tax stance, in so far as believing that new taxes should only be introduced when there are equal decreases in existing taxes.

But is the suggestion from the National Party that doggone crazy?

National’s courts spokesperson Chris Penk was the one who

made the suggestion, putting out a press release on January 3.

He said it can often be a traumatic experience for victims, particularly children and vulnerable people, participating in the courts system.

“In some cases they are facing someone who committed crimes against them, in other cases it can be parents fighting for custody over children. These can be stressful and emotional situations,” Penk said.

“We should be supporting vic-

tims and others who are participating in the court system, often through no fault of their own, by providing trained therapy dogs to make their experience more comfortable and less re-traumatising.

“Trained therapy dogs make the court experience easier, particularly for children and victims of violent and sexual offending.”

He included a photo, of the recently departed Louie, with party leader Simon Bridges and MP Amy Adams.

Before passing away last year, Louie had been the Tauranga District Court dog.

He had been a much loved and hardworking court therapy dog, and many people had appreciated having him there.

“I want to see dogs like Louie supporting children and victims

across New Zealand,” Penk said.

“National recently released its Law and Order Discussion Document. This is one part of our plan to put victims at the heart of our justice system.

“It’s time the Government committed to every court having dogs like Louie available.”

Having covered court from time to time for the Guardian, I find it hard to disagree with Penk’s suggestion.

It can be heart breaking seeing situations where children have to testify as to how an adult has either sexually or physically abused them, with the alleged offender there in the courtroom.

And then to see them grilled by the defence, who more or less tells them they are lying, is awful.

A therapy dog based at the Ashburton District Court would

be called on only from time to time, it certainly wouldn’t be a full-time job. Regular list days at the Ashburton District Court are held every fortnight, with hearings scheduled around those dates.

Maybe a dog therapy programme could be set up with voluntary input so the cost to taxpayers would be minimal.

Animals have a unique way of providing comfort and happiness, and there is sure to be many a person needing this in any given courthouse on any given day.

It’s easy to be cynical, like the Taxpayers’ Union is being in this case.

However, maybe the National Party is onto something here, and it could just be a doggone good idea.

history, an impeached American president went on trial before the Senate. President Bill Clinton faced charges of perjury and obstruction of justice; he was acquitted.

In 2002, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and nine US senators swept into Bargam Air Base in Afghanistan for an unannounced visit and promised Afghan leaders their full support in rebuilding the shattered country.

In 2006, Jill Carroll, a freelance journalist for The Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped and her translator shot dead in Baghdad. (Carroll was freed almost three months later.)

Ten years ago: Thousands of Egyptian Christians went on a rampage after six members of their community were gunned down as they left midnight Mass for Coptic Christians in the southern Egyptian town of Nag Hamadi.

Five years ago: Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French newspaper that had caricatured the Prophet Mohammad, methodically killing 12 people, including the editor, before escaping in a car. (Two suspects were killed two days later.)

One year ago: Actor Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty in Nantucket,

Massachusetts, to groping an 18-year-old busboy in 2016 in the first criminal case brought against Spacey following a string of sexual misconduct allegations.

Today’s birthdays: Singer Kenny Loggins is 72. Singersongwriter Marshall Chapman is 71. Actress Erin Gray is 70. Actor Sammo Hung is 68. Actress Jodi Long is 66. Actor David Caruso is 64. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 61. Rock musician Kathy Valentine is 61. Actor David Marciano is 60. Actress Hallie Todd is 58. Actor Nicolas Cage is 56. Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik is 55. Actor Rex Lee is 51. Actor Doug E. Doug is 50.

Actor Kevin Rahm is 49. Actor Jeremy Renner is 49. Country singer-musician John Rich is 46. Actor Dustin Diamond is 43.

Actor Reggie Austin is 41. Singerrapper Aloe Blacc is 41. Actress Lauren Cohan is 38. Actor Brett Dalton is 37. Actor Robert Richard is 37. Actress Lyndsy Fonseca is 33. Actor Liam Aiken is 30. Actress Camryn Grimes is 30. Actor Max Morrow is 29.

Actor Marcus Scribner is 20.

Thought for today: “One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.” — Golda Meir, Israeli prime minister (18981978).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, January 7, the seventh day of 2020.

There are 359 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On January 7, 2004, President George W. Bush proposed legal status, at least temporarily, for millions of immigrants improperly working in the US. On this date: In 1789, America held its first presidential election as voters chose electors who, a month later, selected George Washington to be the nation’s first chief executive.

In 1904, the Marconi International Marine Communication Company of London announced that the telegraphed letters “CQD” would serve as a maritime distress call (it was later replaced with “SOS”).

In 1927, commercial transAtlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.

In 1931, Australian Guy Menzies’ flight from Sydney ended awkwardly when he crash-landed in a swamp at Harihari on the West Coast.

In 1953, President Truman announced in his State of the Union message to Congress that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.

In 1959, the United States recognised the new government of Cuba, six days after Fidel Castro led the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.

In 1972, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.

In 1989, Emperor Hirohito of Japan died in Tokyo at age 87; he was succeeded by his son, Crown Prince Akihito.

In 1999, for the second time in

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Mathers FAR Researcher of the Year A Foundation for Arable Research manager who was instrumental in developing a farm environment plan template for cropping farmers has been named its Researcher of the Year.

The 2019 award was won by Diana Mathers, who, since joining FAR as cropping systems research manager in 2010, has worked to support cropping farmers in the areas of economic and environmental sustainability.

FAR chief executive Alison Stewart said Mathers’ award recognised the significant impact she has had in these areas.

“This award is fitting recognition of Diana’s empathy with growers and her determination to help them understand and negotiate the increasingly complicated issues associated with on-farm environmental management.”

Working with growers around the adoption of new technologies was a current focus for Mathers, who helped to test and calibrate DIY Quick N testing kits as part of the Nitrogen - Measure it and Manage it project. The results of this project confirmed that Quick N testing strips were an efficient and inexpensive tool to help growers understand exactly how much nitrogen was available to their crops at any given time, and therefore, how much they need to apply to reach target yields.

In FAR’s award citation, it said Mathers was actively involved in national and regional research projects, which focused on ensuring high quality information was made available to farmers in a format that was easy to understand and apply.

She has led a number of environmental and biodiversity projects such as the good management practices for winter dairy grazing on arable cropping land, the building better biodiversity on arable farms and the Trees for Bees projects.

Foundation for Arable Research manager Diana Mathers has been named its Researcher of the Year.

Mathers was instrumental in developing a farm environment plan template for cropping farms which was released in 2015 and has been extremely well received by growers and regional councils.

Its success came from Mathers’ determination that it should able to be completed easily by the landowner and form a valuable information base for the farm business.

The farm environment plan

was being delivered to farmers through an on-going series of workshops and would become an increasingly more important tool for growers as the government increased its environmental compliance requirements.

Mathers also had significant involvement in benchmarking Overseer for crop farms and delivering information on nutrient management on crop farms to arable and vegetable crop farmers

through a series of nutrient management workshops across New Zealand.

Mathers had also been involved in regional projects such as those assessing crop options for the Ruataniwha, and the Matrix for Good Management in Canterbury.

In all these projects she focused on using data collected on farm and farmers’ own records to inform improved on-farm decision making.

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Mathers provided valuable input to a number of regional council groups throughout New Zealand where she helped to ensure policy was practically aligned with farm practices, particularly in relation to nutrient management.

She was a strong advocate for the implementation of good farm management practices and worked closely with growers to support their adoption and uptake, the citation said.

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The export/import balance

By Simon Davies

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s a country if we don’t want to lose half our shirt we need to ensure we are earning at least what we are spending, writes Otago Federated Farmers President Simon Davies.

I’ve heard several people of late, including a current labour MP, question the need for our farmers to produce more food than New Zealand needs for its own consumption.

It got me thinking ...

When I was at high school, which was more than a couple of decades ago, one of my elective courses was economics. At the time, commerce and accountancy were popular choices for careers. I realised after a time, that this was probably not the case for me. However, the course did teach me a few home truths about business.

The big take home message was that to remain in business one can only spend as much as one earns.

Ideally you want to earn more than you spend, so you can put some “savings” away for a rainy day.

Moving forward I have run several different businesses and a couple of farming operations, a food manufacturing and consulting business. I’ve found that basic tenet of economics and trade has very much run true.

Most of those businesses were successful, but one was not. The simple truth with the failed venture was that I was spending more than I was earning. As a result, I lost “half my shirt”. This is economics 101.

Currently New Zealand earns money overseas by selling goods and services (exports) and selling New Zealand dollars to visitors to spend in this country (international tourism).

In the same way New Zealand spends money buying goods and services from overseas (imports).

For New Zealand to remain “in business” we need to ensure that our exports and international tourism is greater than our imports.

If this is not the case, we must either earn (export) more or spend (import) less.

Pastoral agriculture is the largest export earner for New Zealand. Currently there is considerable pressure on the agricultural sector to reduce production.

The consequence of this will be less exports and less dollars earned. To balance this New Zealand will either have to earn more from other exports or international tourism or spend less on imports (more directly controllable).

Spending less means not buying so much.

In very basic terms the annual production of one sheep is approx. 1.3 lambs, and 4kg of wool.

Each lamb is worth about $165 and the wool is worth about $2/kg or $8 per sheep.

So, for each 1000 sheep removed from production NZ exports drop by about $222,500 every year – that’s a whole lot of iPhones or imported pharmaceuticals.

In terms of dairy, each cow returns about $2700 of returns for milk solids to the farmer each year, never mind the value our processing companies get from adding value and never mind the value of her calves (a grown 300kg bull is worth about $1860 in meat).

You don’t even need to get out your calculator to recognise how quickly export returns mount up at scale.

The recent carbon bill wants to see methane reductions of between 22 and 47 per cent.

For its submission on the Zero Carbon Bill Federated Farmers calculated, based on current tools available to farmers, that quantum of reduction represents a loss in processing factory gate income from the dairy and red meat industries by 2050 of $14 billion per annum and climbing.

Keep in mind NZ exports 95 per cent of the milk products we produce here, 94 per cent of lamb products and 88 per cent of beef and veal.

To ensure the country stays in business, New Zealand must reduce imports by the same amount.

So, for those of you who change your iPhone (or any phone for that matter) regularly you need to remember that as our exports fall, the ability to import those phones for you to buy also falls.

Perhaps it is worth remembering that all actions result in additional actions and consequences.

One consequence for our aspirational goal of zero carbon is the reduced availability/ affordability of everyday items – from iPhones to pharmaceuticals, bananas to batteries.

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Ben Walling is waiting for the test results of his replacement cattle

Farmer fears M. bovis is back

By RNZ A Southland farmer is concerned the Mycoplasma bovis disease could be back on his farm, 18 months after his previous cattle herd had to be culled.

The disease can cause mastitis, pneumonia, arthritis, and late-term abortions.

Ben Walling and Sarah Flintoft had 1700 cattle culled after M. bovis was discovered on their farm which was later declared disease-free.

Afterwards, they told RNZ they hoped they would never have to go through such an ordeal again.

But now the Ministry of Primary Industries is back on their farm, and hundreds of cattle are having to be blood tested for the disease.

Walling said some of the animals under suspicion are replacements for the cattle which had to be culled originally. They are Friesian bulls born in 2016 and bought last year.

“We ended up with a lot of feed left over that we needed to be eaten ... rather than putting a claim in for the feed and ploughing it under and wasting it we went out and bought bulls and restocked ourselves and [they] ate the leftover feed on that property,” he told Summer Report.

He said $300,000 worth of feed would have had to be ploughed under if the couple had not re-stocked.

“These animals turned out to have trace animals in them from another infected property that has recently been found.”

Trace animals are those which have had some contact somewhere along the line with an infected animal.

Two hundred and fifty cattle have had their blood tested and the final results are due in the next few weeks.

He was hopeful the results would come back clear.

“If the blood testing is more than 3 percent antibody infections we will immediately go into an infected property.”

Almost two dozen properties under quarantine As of late December, there were 23 active properties with M. bovis – all of which are under quarantine.

A lot of resources have gone into animal tracking since the outbreak – and the system that does the tracking work, the National Animal Identification and Tracing programme, or NAIT. Legislation rushed through in 2018 strengthened the Ministry of Primary Industry’s search powers under NAIT, requiring all animal movements to be registered within the system and ensured farmers who flouted the rules would be held to account.

This came as the government decided to attempt to eradicate the disease, rather than adopt farming practices that could live with it.

Walling said, in his experience, many farmers are not properly registering their animal movements.

MPI doing as much as it can – director of response MPI’s director of response Geoff Gwynne told Summer Report he sympathised with the couple but MPI had been involved with over 1400 properties and there were fewer that 20 farms that had to be revisited.

He’s running 2700 bulls bought and traded over the last couple of years and NAIT was coming back to him on a weekly basis about cattle having the incorrect number or cattle that should be in their name listed with another farmer because of incorrect transfers.

He agreed that NAIT was “not as good as it could be”, however, it was being improved by a variety of people.

The database was owned by not-for-profit OSPREY, that consisted of farming organisations such as Beef + Lamb and Dairy NZ. “So it’s a farmer problem being resolved by farmer organisations.”

He said farmers on the ground could drive compliance by not accepting animals on their property they had any concerns about or not buying cattle that were not NAIT-compliant.

He was confident MPI was doing as much as it could to enforce the NAIT regulations.

It had carried out 2400 on-farm checks in the last 12 months, issued 200 notices of direction and 691 infringements. It had taken one prosecution and he anticipated there would be more especially as a result of a targeted campaign due to get under way this month.

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Life insurance reforms – still waiting

By Jenny Ruth NZME

Will 2020 be the year New Zealand’s life insurance industry calls time on policy churn and excessive broker commissions?

Despite the Financial Markets Authority and Reserve Bank’s efforts over the past 18 months and Commerce Minister Kris Faafoi introducing the Financial Markets (Conduct of Institutions) Amendment Bill into Parliament in December, the short answer is – probably not.

The industry’s economic significance is far from small: there are about four million life insurance policies in force with annual premiums totalling $2.57 billion.

The FMA and RBNZ exposed the industry’s degree of dysfunction through their conduct and culture review and highlighted that, not only are commissions way out of whack with international comparisons, but churn is endemic.

The FMA has said only 2 per cent of sales of life insurance policies are genuinely new, rather than just churn, or switching customers between policies to generate income for life insurance agents.

The industry disputes this figure.

Naomi Ballantyne, founder and

managing director of Partners Life, for example, has said about 60 per cent of her company’s sales are new policies.

The industry also argues that there are many legitimate reasons for changing policies, especially if the customer’s circumstances have changed.

However, any long-time observer of the life insurance industry would know how obsessed it is with figures showing new sales. Little interest is shown in other statistics, such as how much existing business each firm has in place.

That’s because churn actually is the name of the game.

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least $1.4 million.

The problems the regulators identified ranged from selling policies to people who were ineligible to ever make claims, overcharging and incorrectly recording basic details such as date of birth to continuing to charge premiums on policies that had been cancelled.

They found limited evidence of products being designed and sold with good customer outcomes in mind, that some insurers did little or nothing to assess a product’s ongoing suitability for customers and that companies were slow to respond to or remediate complaints.

The FMA has said it wants the

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Reserve Bank figures show commissions in New Zealand amount to about 25 per cent of total premiums paid each year, far higher than in other countries.

Upfront commissions on new policies can range from about 170to-210 per cent of the first year’s premiums.

In September, the two regulators expressed their disappointment with the industry’s response to their review and said there is significant work to done before they will be satisfied.

The lack of action was despite 16 life insurers identifying more than 75,000 customer problems worth at

government to give it more powers to prevent problems before they happen and that is what is supposed to be addressed by the legislation Faafoi has been working on.

The bill will introduce a licensing regime, require all financial institutions and intermediaries, such as insurance brokers, to comply with fair conduct principles and regulate how salespeople are paid, including banning volume-based incentives or volume targets.

But the bill hasn’t even had its first reading yet, so it’s anybody’s guess on how long it will be before it goes through the select committee and public consultation stages, and its second and third readings, before it finally becomes an act.

Law firm Chapman Tripp describes the bill as “largely framework legislation, with the ‘meat’ to come later. The timeframes for introduction of the requirements can be measured in years rather than months.”

A number of details won’t be in the bill but in the accompanying regulations and “often the devil is in the detail,” Chapman Tripp noted.

Another law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, said the bill needs refining to assess how it will operate in practice.

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NZME Thinking of switching your power or broadband provider in 2020?

Here are Consumer NZ’s top tips.

Electricity and broadband costs can eat up a big chunk of your household budget. But there are simple ways to slash hundreds off your bills.

1. Don’t pay a “loyalty” premium Like many people, you’ve probably been with the same power company and broadband provider for years. Prices keep going up and you keep paying, even if it’s through gritted teeth.

But loyalty doesn’t pay. Chances are you’re paying much more than you need to and failing to get the best bang for your buck What to do? Switch.

Power and broadband companies don’t make it easy to compare prices – it’s not in their interests to do so. Customers who stick around because it’s too hard to shop around are steady business for them.

That’s where we come in. You can easily compare power prices on powerswitch.org.nz, our free energy-comparison website. And the savings you could make by switching aren’t to be sniffed at.

Comparing the cheapest and most expensive power plans in the three main centres, we found savings of $500 a year for a three- to four-person household. That’s a tidy sum to buy yourself a treat or put towards something you really need.

You can take the same approach with broadband, using consumer.broadbandcompare.co.nz. The site lets you run price comparisons for most telco plans to see what’s available at your home.

2. Don’t be afraid to haggle The advertised price doesn’t have

to be the price you pay. It’s worth haggling. Ask companies what else they might throw in to sweeten the deal. If a provider wants your custom, it may be prepared to knock off a bit more of the price to get you over the line.

3. Watch out for fixed-term fishhooks Many power and broadband retailers entice customers with “special” deals. To get these offers, you often need to sign a contract for a fixed term, typically 12 or 24 months.

But before signing, work out whether it’s really a better deal. Ask the company what the total cost of the plan will be (get it in writing) and compare it with what you already pay each year.

Factor in the cost of any early termination fee. These fees can be $300 or more and may quickly wipe out any discount you get when you sign up to a new provider.

Retailers should be telling you about these fees upfront. If you’re not told, the company risks misleading you about the terms of the deal and breaching the Fair Trading Act. 4. Check your bills Billing mistakes happen, more often than you might think. One in eight consumers in our latest electricity survey reported a problem with their power bill in the past year. Problems are even more common among broadband customers; one in four have a billing dispute with their provider.

Check your bills to see what you’re paying and make sure there are no unexpected charges.

When moving house, take a reading of the electricity meter at your property on the day you move out and read the meter at the new property on the day you move in.

Give these readings to your provid-

er. It’s a good idea to take a photo of the meter showing the reading.

When the bills arrive, make sure the readings match the information you provided to the company.

You should only pay for the power you use, not what someone else has used.

5. Don’t put up with poor service You don’t have to put up with a service that’s not up to scratch.

The Consumer Guarantees Act give you rights to products of a decent standard. The act applies to power companies and broadband providers.

If you’re not getting the service you were promised or there’s a mistake with your bill, your first step is to contact the company and ask for the problem to be fixed.

If that doesn’t solve things?

When the problem is with your power company, you can take the matter to Utilities Disputes. It deals with disputes between consumers and electricity and gas companies.

It’s free to use and all power companies must belong. Last year, the most common complaints with which it dealt were about billing, customer service and meters.

If the problem is with your broadband provider, you can go to the Telecommunications Dispute Resolution (TDR) scheme. Like Utilities Disputes, it’s free for consumers to use. Billing and customer service also top its list of complaints.

It’s not compulsory for broadband providers to belong to the TDR scheme but most do.

Both the TDR and Utilities Disputes can order companies that have messed up to refund customers. The TDR can deal with claims for compensation up to $15,000 while Utilities Disputes can look at claims up to $50,000 (or $100,000 if the company agrees).

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Dog Stream waterfall

TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz

Located near Hanmer Springs is the 41 metre Dog Stream waterfall. The track is approximately an hour and a half walk (return) to the waterfall (photographed at Labour weekend 2019 by Hamish Allot) and then continues on to the summit of Mt Isobel.

1 - What is marzipan primarily made from? a. Hazelnuts b. Cocoa beans c. Almonds 2 - To what family of animals does the gnu belong? a. Antelope b. Goat c. Horse 3 - What name is given to a positive electrode? a. Diode b. Anode c. Cathode 4 - In which continent would you find the Limpopo river? a. Asia b. Europe c. Africa 5 - To what part of the body does the prefix ‘derm’ belong? a. Hair b. Skin c. Nails 6 - What, usually, is the colour of the rind of a Camembert cheese? a. White b. Blue c. Black 7 - In which country was the Lada motor car first made? a. Italy b. Russia c. Spain 8 - How long does a game of field hockey last? a. 60 minutes b. 70 minutes c. 80 minutes

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Celebrating a New Year

By Tanya Robinson

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ew Year’s is a tradition that was introduced to New Zealand by Scottish settlers.

Because they were Scots Presbyterian they did not celebrate Christmas, Good Friday or Easter Sunday, like the English Methodist, Anglican and Irish Catholic settlers.

The Scots called New Year’s Eve Hogmanay, and although customs vary, gift-giving and visiting the homes of friends and neighbours are usually included.

New Year’s Eve was a time for festivity, as well as feasting and drinking, especially for the Scots in Otago and Southland, which contrasted to the solemn Watch Night services held by Anglicans and Methodists.

Alongside the customs of gift-giving and visiting, first footing, which was the attempt to be the first to enter neighbours’ houses in the New Year, was practised in New Zealand until the late 20th century.

Bonfires, fireworks, heavy drinking and singing Auld lang syne became popular, especially in port towns where ships used their signalling flares to create displays that lit up the sky.

New Year’s Day was spent picnicking, with sporting features like cricket and races being held, these customs continue in the 2000s.

Maori New Year While many of us view New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day the way that the Scots imported here, Maori also celebrated New Year’s in a different way before settlers arrived and after.

Matariki is the Maori name for the small cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters, in the Taurus constellation.

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Traditionally, Matariki was a time to remember those who had died in the last year, yet it was also a happy event as crops had been harvested, while seafood and birds had been collected, also being a time for singing, dancing and feasting.

From the 1940s the celebration became less widespread, only being revived in 2000, where now there is the special feature of flying kites which, according to ancient custom, flutter close to the stars.

While Matariki is celebrated by many tribes at varying times, some Maori tribes believed that it was the rising of the star Puanga (Rigel in Orion) which heralded in the New Year, rather than Matariki.

Being a mid-winter celebration, it’s a reminder of what New Year’s Day would have been like for those who settled in Aotearoa New Zealand, having originated in the northern hemisphere.

Ashburton celebrates New Year’s Day in Ashburton is another day off from work and a chance to catch up with friends and family, starting off the New Year with springs in your steps.

Looking through the Ashburton Museum catalogue there are many photos of what some

Ashburtonians got up to on New Year’s Days of the past.

The Coronation Holiday Park was packed with people in 1975, with swimming the most popular activity!

This is another positive of living in New Zealand, as well as being the first to see in the New Year, we also get to enjoy New Year’s outdoors, due to it being right in the middle of summer.

One photo shows a New Year’s BBQ, which I’m sure is still a popular activity for New Year’s festivities, and a link back to the feasting originally introduced by the Scots.

Contrast to this, another photo shows a group hiking on New Year’s Day at McLennan’s Bush, and I must say I’m questioning their fashion choices for a bush walk!

New Year’s Eve in Ashburton used to be a lively one, with an annual street party, which was organised by the Ashburton District Council, taking place since the start of the new millennium.

East Street became a lively hub with bands, food stalls and thousands of people gathering to celebrate the start of the New Year.

The event ran until 2008.

In its gap the Lake Clearwater party was popular, but with excess drinking and rubbish, this event also come to a close.

In 2015 there was talk of reviving the event as many who travelled to Timaru or out of the district for events were keen to have it locally, but nothing came to fruition.

This means that making your own tradition is important, even if that was watching the countdown on TV and then going to bed!

And, of course, New Year’s Day is probably spent making resolutions for the year to come.

1. Coronation Holiday Park swimming pool at New Year’s, 1975.

2. New Year’s BBQ in Ashburton.

3. New Year’s Day, 1984, McLennan’s Bush walk.

4. New Year’s Eve, 1977.

5. New Year’s Eve street party 2007, I myself enjoyed this evening, even making it into the paper, left-hand side in the white t-shirt and blue baggy jeans, a very 2007 fashion!

6. New Year’s baby, 1975.

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■■CRICKET

■■TENNIS

Taylor now top-scorer

Kuznetsova latest to withdraw from Classic

By Niall Anderson In a career laden with records, Ross Taylor has just claimed the most significant of them all – but he would have preferred it to have arrived in much rosier circumstances.

Taylor has become New Zealand’s all-time leading test runscorer, moving past Stephen Fleming when he reached 21 in the Black Caps’ second innings against Australia at the SCG. The 35-year-old reached the milestone in his 99th match and 175th innings, and brought it up by hitting Nathan Lyon over mid-on for three.

However, he brought up the record with his side in a remarkably grim position – sitting at 35-4 in their chase of 416 for victory, and heading towards another heavy defeat, and was out three balls later, bowled by a superb delivery by Pat Cummins.

While Taylor has struggled this series – he could have brought up the milestone in Melbourne, but compiled only six runs – he is still New Zealand’s second-top runscorer on the tour, and his career record is unquestionable.

Taylor has recorded 19 test centuries in his career – the second most by a New Zealander – and has an average over 46, also the second highest amongst New Zealanders with more than 1000 test runs.

In February, Taylor also moved past Fleming for the most ODI runs by a New Zealand, and has the most runs in all international formats for New Zealand, passing 17,250 international runs in this innings, which includes 39 centuries and 88 half-centuries.

He has also played 474 innings in all international formats, tying Brendon McCullum for the most international innings by a New Zealander.

Taylor turns 36 in March, but speaking when he claimed the

ODI runs record earlier this year, he said retirement is still ideally a few years away.

“You’ve got to be smarter in the way you go about your training.

“You’ve just got to be a lot more disciplined, and you’ve got to enjoy yourself as well.

“You’ve always got to think

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about retirement after cricket, and trying to sort yourself out there.

“You’ve still got to earn the right to play for the team and be good enough, but as I stand now, I’m still really enjoying my cricket and hopefully I’ve still got a couple of good years left in me.”

RESULTS

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Ashburton Bowling Club

Hampstead Bowling Club

2-4-2 Pairs Kindly sponsored by: Milestone Financial Services Wednesday 8th January -12.30pm start Whites or Club colours to be worn.

The following Skips have entered teams.

M Anderson, G Bishop, T Blain, J Bruce, G Clarke, P Collins, C Dennis, G Eder, Mark Flaus, R Gutberlet, R Herriott, M Hill, B Holdom, R Keeling, D Kinvig, Mike Martin, B Mayson, R McGarry, M Middleton, J Mills, B Molloy, I Moore, D Muir, B Osbourne, M Quinn, P Quinn, J Ryk, N Sharplin, J Smart, G Taylor, B White, B Williams.

For information contact: G Eder 307 7498

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Saturday 11 January The Summer Stableford rounds continue and the final qualifying round for the Property Brokers shootout will be held. Mixed days over summer.

Starting Times: Morning start at 8.00am; Afternoon report at 12noon for a 12.30pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 1.00 for a 1.30pm start.

Ross Taylor picks up another couple of runs against the Australians yesterday, on his way to becoming New Zealand’s highest run-scorer in tests.

The women’s ASB Classic has been hit by another withdrawal, with Svetlana Kuznetsova pulling out yesterday due to a viral illness.

The Russian was due to play Serena Williams today, in a highly anticipated match-up between two former Grand Slam champions.

But the former world No 2 advised tournament organisers yesterday afternoon that she wouldn’t be able to take the court after failing to recover from the bug.

Her absence follows the exit of former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, who officially withdrew on Sunday night, due to “personal reasons”.

And 2019 ASB Classic runnerup Bianca Andreescu was another casualty last month, due to injury.

Kuznetsova’s withdrawal is not necessarily good news for Williams.

The Russian, who won the US Open in 2004 and the French Open five years later, will now be replaced in the first round by qualifier Camila Giorgi.

While Kuznetsova had three career victories over Williams and her consistency could have been tough, especially in the first match of the year, Giorgi won’t be easy.

The world No. 99 has a style that can trouble the American legend, and took a set off her in their last encounter, at Wimbledon two years ago, though Williams eventually prevailed 3-6 6-3 6-4.

The Italian also has the advantage of having come through three matches to make the first round, which can be a vital edge at this time of year.

But Williams leads their head-tohead clashes 4-0 and will still be the favourite.

Friday Half Day Triples results Proudly Sponsored by the Devon Tavern 03rd January 2020 1st: M. Anderson, Jim, George.

2nd: J. Moffett, J. Argyle, C. Dennis 3 Wins, 16 Ends 38 Points.

3rd: M. Quinn, J. Drayton, W. Watson.

3 Wins,15 Ends, 36 Points.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Saturday January 4 The winner of the Radius Care Player of the day was Terry Kingsbury 72-8=64nett and 44 pts.

Other winning scores were: Murray Wackrow, Richard McKernan and Jeff Williamson 43; Brian Wilson and Gordon Crawford 42; Ryan Stoddart 40; Grant Hastie, Tim Newton, Barry Jury, Kevin Smith, Dave Hewitt, Murray Morehead and Royce Jamieson 39; Sheryl Reid 38 on c/b.

Twos: Peter Morrison, Alan White, Ivan Blain, Kevin Smith(2) and Terry Kingsbury (2).

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Tonee Hurley; Rothbury Insurance: Peter Morrison; Value Plus Processing: Terry Kingsbury;

South Island Seeds: James Walker: Property Brokers #6: Gaby Jansen Charming Thai Longest Putt: Jamie Stone; Tinwald Tavern Lucky Prize: Murray Morehead.

Birdie Jackpot: # 4 Nett Eagles Jackpot: #4 Nine Hole Results The Harvey Bakehouse player of the day was Hughie Murchie with 19pts.

Other winning scores were: Peter Stretchman 18; Dick Hansen and Peter Wright 17; Gordon Clinton 16.

Tinwald Golf Club Results January 2 2020 New Year Tournament – Stableford Senior – 0-16: Pete Trembath 42, Paul Boon 41, Simon Ross 40. Pete Summerfield, Chris Hart 39, Josh Smith, Andrew Peck 38 c/b.

Junior – 17 Plus: John Fechney 42, Warren Scott 41, Alan Banks 40. Neil Connelly, Richie Watson 39, Dave Allan 38.

Women: Maree Moore 41, Margaret Kelk 39, Sue Gutsell, Barb MacGregor 37, Christine Ross, Ina Divers 35.

Non-Handicap – Net; Henry Ross.

Twos: John Smitheram (2), Pete Trembath, Josh Smith, Paul Boon, Walker Lin, Ross Pamment, Clarrie Whiting, Richie Watson, Jenny Harrex.

The day was highlighted with an exceptional hole in one on the 311 metre par 4 15th by Greg Hubbard.

Tinwald Golf Club Saturday January 4th, Stableford Best scores in the 2nd round of the LJP Trophy stableford competition played on Saturday.

Men; -18; Dave Cockburn 46, Struan Scott 42, Dave Rush, Trevor Taylor 41, Josh Smith, Kevin Bishop 40. 19 plus; Wayne Ross 37, Lindsay Jackson 36, Dave Horrell, Mark Williams 35 b/l. Women; Jenny Harrex 41, Elizabeth Collins 40. Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Steve Kircher. Gluyas Ford # 6; Jenny Harrex. House of Travel # 12 Paul Hefford, Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Paul Hefford.

Twos; Struan Scott, Jeff Naish, Jenny Harrex, Paul Hefford (2), Christine Kinita, Pete Summerfield, Bill Mason.

Net Eagle; # 2 Not struck.

■■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club January 5, 300 yards at The Butts.

John Snowden 48.3, 50.6, 98.9, John Miller 47.2, 49.2, 96.4, Martin Fleming 47.4, 48.3, 95.7, Charlie Ledbrook 46.1, 42.2, 88.3, John Fleming 43.3, 42.1, 85.4, Brian Hawksby 44.2, Mike Chui 41.1.

FTR, Mark Alexander 59.5, 56.2, 115.7, Murray Cook 50.2, 56.2, 106.2, Brian Graystone 58.2, 46.2, 104.4, Zane White 52.1, 44.2, 96.3, Graham Ritchie 42.0, 39.0, 81.1, Taniya White 53.2.

FO, Bob McDonald 54.3, 54.2, 108.5, Lou Donaggio 52.0, 55.3, 107.3, Daniel Swaney 56.3, 45.2, 101.5, Mike Chui 56.3.

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■■FOOTBALL

Phoenix sign Aussie bad boy

Waireka Croquet club member Gail Benseman was awarded runner-up over the weekend.

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Fordyce claims prestigious medal The Waireka Croquet Club was a busy place at the weekend.

Local association croquet players got to strut their stuff, competing in the Canterbury Arthur Ross Association tournament.

The two-day match saw local competitors battle it out against players from Timaru and Oamaru clubs.

The 12 players were divided into two blocks, with each playing five games.

Waireka’s Gail Benseman was runner-up in block A, with fellow club member Carolyn Fordyce taking out top honours in block B. Fordyce also earned herself a Croquet NZ Bronze Medal for

achieving a break of 12 hoops using three bisques.

The win sees Fordyce progress through to play in the CNZ Arthur Ross Memorial Event, which will be held in Otago next month.

The Wellington Phoenix have signed an Australian footballer banned from internationals for inappropriate behaviour involving a woman.

Brandon Wilson, who captained Australia’s under-23 side last year, was suspended along with three other junior internationals for “unprofessional conduct” involving the woman in Cambodia.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that one of the Olyroo players contacted her through Tinder and gave her tickets to an Asian Championship qualifying match in March.

She was later invited to the team hotel and had consensual sex with the quartet.

While no assault occurred, the woman was upset by the way she was treated, the newspaper reported.

The 22-year-old Wilson last week left the Perth Glory, where he has played 45 matches since 2016.

The Glory said his departure during the January transfer window was not related to the incident. He has played just once for the Glory this season.

After a seven-month independent investigation, Wilson was banned by Football Federation Australia until August 10 which puts him out of the Tokyo Olympics if Australia qualifies.

The ban does not include club football.

Wilson is a midfielder who can also provide direct cover for injured right-back Louis Fenton, who is sidelined for the rest of the A-league season.

He has signed for 18 months.

Wilson was born in Botswana, and was at Burnley for three years.

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Teenager, veteran take centre stage

Curtis Jones and Wayne Rooney, Liverpudlians at opposite ends of their soccer careers, played starring roles in the FA Cup yesterday.

Jones, a highly rated 18-year-old winger, scored a goal he may never better to earn Liverpool a 1-0 win over Everton in a Merseyside derby that had a familiar result at Anfield.

Collecting the ball outside the area on the left, Jones bent a shot into the far corner off the underside of the crossbar.

“The ball came to me and I only had one thing in mind – to shoot,” said Jones, who joined Liverpool at the age of six and was one of a slew of youth players in an inexperienced team selected by Jurgen Klopp.

“Luckily enough it led to the matchwinner and a great goal.”

It was a strike that evoked memories of one scored by Rooney, for Everton against Arsenal in 2002 as

a 16-year-old, that also flew in off the bar and rocketed him to overnight stardom.

Eighteen years on, and now a deep-lying midfielder in the twilight of his career, the 34-year-old Rooney is still proving his worth on the soccer field.

The former Manchester United and England striker played with authority and discipline as second-tier Derby’s captain to inspire his new team to a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace, which became the third Premier League team to lose to lower-league opposition at the third-round stage this season.

“He influenced the game a lot because you could see his experience,” Derby manager Phillip Cocu said of Rooney, who had 77 touches of the ball – more than any other Derby player.

“He knows when to receive the ball and has great delivery when he gives it.

“The other players know he will give the pass so they will make the runs.”

Rooney played the full 90 minutes in his second game for Derby since his return to English soccer after a spell in the United States with DC United.

The game was otherwise memorable for the rare use of a pitchside monitor in English soccer as referee Michael Oliver checked an incident, following a VAR review, that led to Palace captain Luka Milivojevic being sent off after a tussle with Derby midfielder Tom Huddlestone.

As for Everton, the team has yet to win at Anfield this century – its last victory at the home of its neighbor across Stanley Park came in 1999 – and hasn’t won a derby match in any competition, anywhere, since 2010.

Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti fielded a strong lineup, a rare

Curtis Jones move by a Premier League manager in the FA Cup these days, but wasn’t rewarded despite his team creating three great first-half chances that were hit straight at Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian.

Tottenham’s honeymoon peri-

od under Jose Mourinho looks to be over. After a strong start under the self-styled Special One, it’s now just one win in the last five games for Tottenham, which had to come from a goal down to draw 1-1 at second-tier Middlesbrough.

Lucas Moura headed in Tottenham’s equaliser in the 61st to rescue Tottenham, which was poor and one-paced in the first half against Middlesbrough and fell behind to Ashley Fletcher’s goal in the 50th.

Mourinho said his team missed the presence of Harry Kane, who is out with a hamstring injury which his coach said “is not a small injury.”

“In this moment, it is not going to be, ‘Harry, Harry, Harry, Harry,’” Mourinho said. “We have what we have and we stick with them. You cannot transform Lucas or Son (Heung-min) into a No. 9 like Harry Kane.”

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■■RUGBY

Looking into rugby’s crystal ball

The Telegraph’s Mick Cleary looks ahead at a new decade in rugby.

Star power Much as England fans were dismayed at their team’s loss to South Africa in the men’s World Cup final, few of them would begrudge Siya Kolisi his time in the global spotlight.

The image of the Springbok captain holding aloft the Webb Ellis Cup in Yokohama was a picture that went round the world, the first black captain in 128 years of rugby in the Afrikaner-dominated sport in his country, a totem of hope and possibility in fractured times as the hundreds of thousands who turned out to greet Kolisi and his team back home illustrated.

There is a sense of transition in the men’s game as well as in the world order.

There are not as many box-office names to garner headlines as once the likes of All Blacks, Dan Carter and Richie McCaw, did.

Perhaps it is no coincidence that New Zealand themselves have slipped from their once seemingly unassailable perch.

The jockeying for top spot will intensify across the year.

There are names out there, such as a Maro Itoje or Kyle Sinckler on English soil, part of an unprecedentedly diverse team (32 per cent BAME) that must look to grow from the disappointment of that losing final to deliver across the coming year.

We shall soon be seeing more of exhilarating Fiji wing, Semi Radradra, when he joins Bristol Bears while the likes of the excellent Japan hooker, Shota Horie and wing, Kenki Fukuoka, can only hope to build on the record TV audiences (53.7 million for match against Scotland) they drew in the World Cup to truly establish rugby in that county.

The women’s game has its own stars to cherish from Black Ferns’ Portia Woodman, equally adept at Sevens as she is as 15s, to Niall Williams, sister of Sonny Bill and an accomplished athlete in her own right.

As the first country in the world to give women the vote, New Zealand has long made a point of giving profile to females in sport.

In fact, it is considered not exceptional to do so.

Elsewhere in the world it is a

concern in the women’s game, the lack of resource in a world in which England and New Zealand are the only countries with up-front full-time contracts for women.

France has a workable system but until the sport is fully professionalised there will be worries about the depth of talent coming through. The pathways are tangled and overgrown.

The rise in popularity of women’ football has also had an adverse knock-on effect in participation numbers in women’s rugby.

The Sevens circuit is in better health with countries such as China, Canada, the USA and Fiji benefiting from Olympic funding.

There is a much greater spread of talent as a result.

Biggest off-field headache The biggest off-field headache remains a literal one, that of concussion.

Even though great strides have Left – Siya Kolisi holds the Rugby World Cup aloft. He is the first black captain in 128 years of South African rugby.

Below – Chelsea Alley in full flight for the Black Ferns. constant battle for limelight.

Strength in depth The 2019 Rugby World Cup delivered record numbers across the board, be it in mainstream media or via social networks, all of which indicates that the sport has an appeal round the globe.

Japan’s quarter-final against South Africa had a 41.6 per cent share of the TV audience in a population of 125 million.

And yet there is disquiet about the commercial viability of the game, particularly in the southern hemisphere which is falling ever further behind its friends in the north in terms of being able to pay the market rate for homegrown talent in order to keep its stars in Super Rugby.

If that disparity of revenue is not corrected – and Gus Pichot’s aborted League of Nations competition format was an attempt to put into place something that might address those issues – then participation numbers could shrink, particularly in Australia where rugby league and Australian rules dominate the sporting agenda.

There is a different reason for

been made in recent years in the detection as well as treatment of head injuries, the game cannot afford to be complacent in believing that it has got on top of the issue.

The in-game medical protocols, the Head Injury Assessments (HIA), have now become common practice with spotters looking for any signs of contact to the head, particularly those not picked up by officials at the time.

But there is still more to do, especially in educating all involved as the outcry over penalising high tackles that erupted at the start of the 2019 Rugby World Cup indicated. The complaints eased, the tackles came in lower but the situation still needs forensic monitoring.

That much is true also in the women’s game where the safer, more readily accessible sport of football has attracted some of those athletes who might have taken up rugby.

Hottest ticket in 2020 The Tokyo 2020 Sevens.

The year following a World Cup is invariably a fallow one in the men’s XVs game, which is why Sevens has a chance to shine on centre stage in Japan. Certainly Fiji’s gold medal success in Rio was one of the great stories of that Games as the seven-a-side team, coached by Englishman Ben Ryan, beat Great Britain in the final to claim a first ever gold medal for the country in any sport.

Great Britain will have to up its performance levels in both the men’s and women’s game if it is to challenge for the podium in Tokyo.

One prediction for 2020 The renaissance of France.

Les Bleus have been on their uppers for far too long, a feckless, uninspiring lot who have not troubled the Six Nations’ trophy engravers in a decade.

Yet in their usual cavalier manner, they showed tantalising glimpses at RWC2019 of just what they are capable of with a scintillating first half against Argentina followed by an impressive start against Wales in the quarter-final, only for a rush of blood to the head (and elbow) of lock Sebastien Vahaamahina in the quarter-final against Wales that saw him dismissed, to turn France’s hopes to dust.

■■MOTOR RACING

Top American driver confirmed for Castrol Toyota series American F1600 sensation and former karting standout Spike Kohlbecker is the latest driver to be confirmed for the 2020 Castrol Toyota Racing Series and will join Kiwi Motorsport for his first championship challenge in a wings and slicks formula.

The St. Louis, Missouri native who just recently turned 17 years old, has amassed a huge amount

of F1600 experience over the past 18 months competing in the Toyo Tires series in Canada where he took two wins and eight podiums on his way to third place overall in his first full championship campaign.

He followed that up with a season in the New Zealand F1600 championship, notable for seven podium finishes across 11 races.

Kohlbecker then headed to the United Kingdom to compete in the highly competitive 2019 UK BRSCC Avon Tyres National FF1600 Championship where his run of success continued with four wins, 11 podium finishes including impressive wins at the legendary Brands Hatch circuit on his way finishing as series Vice Champion.

Kohlbecker’s challenging path, dedication and performance have further confirmed his place as one of the best up and coming racers in the world.

Kohlbecker’s New Zealand experience will stand him in good stead ahead of his step up to the all-new Toyota FT-60 that will be introduced for the 2020 Castrol TRS season and he is looking for-

ward to returning to the country’s top motorsport championship and its challenging tracks.

“I’m excited to take the next step in my career in this series,” he said.

“No doubt it will be a challenge, but that’s exactly what I want. The tracks, the New Zealand race fans and the TRS programme are all world class and will serve as a great foundation for my next steps.”

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■■OSCAR BONAVENA

Battle of titans looming Andy Gath is excited about taking on buzz Kiwi Oscar Bonavena with his stable stars Tornado Valley and McLovin.

As much as Gath respects the potential of NZ’s most exciting trotter, he’s certainly not afraid of Oscar Bonavena.

“You’re in the game to run in the best races, against the best horses.

“I can’t wait to see our two against him,” he said.

“Maybe he’ll be too good for us, who knows, but I’m not afraid of him.

“I respect him for sure, but I’m not afraid of him.

“I’m looking forward to the challenge, especially now we’ve got both our horses right back to their best.”

Gath said he “took some heart” from Oscar Bonavena’s last-start defeat in the Group 1 National Trot on New Year’s Eve. “On one hand it showed he’s not invincible, but, on the other hand, he did the work and was beaten by two proven, older stars who raced on the marker pegs.

“It was a mighty run by Oscar,” he said.

Tornado Valley used a gun draw (gate three) to lead, dictate and easily win his sixth Group 1 race in the Maori Mile at Bendigo last Friday night.

And McLovin, robbed of an Auckland Inter Dominion tilt by untimely health issues, will resume at Shepparton this Saturday night.

“He’s working really well. He’s right back on song and is raring to go,” he said.

Oscar Bonavena will be heading into an ambush across the Tasman in a couple of weeks.

“He’ll go to Shepparton then probably to Melton on the 25th (of January), Group 1 Dullard Cup. “I really can’t split he and Tornado Valley, but they won’t clash until the Great Southern Star (February 1, Melton).”

Gath conceded that niggling problems have been plaguing Tornado Valley since he dominated the 2018 Melbourne Inter

Dominion series.

“It’s only just now, these past three runs, where he’s shown us he’s right back to his very best.

“He’s been hassle-free for a while and it’s great timing.

“This is the first time in more than a year I’d say he’s right at his absolute top.”

It looks likely Tornado Valley and Oscar Bonavena will clash in the $30,000 Group 2 EB Cochran

Trotters’ Cup (2200m) at Ballarat on January 18.

“You always hope he draws well.

“He’s unbeaten in front and it’ll take a special horse to change that.

“I’d say McLovin and Oscar Bonavena would be the only trotters around who could possibly do it, so we’re in for some great racing,” Gath said.

Fine line to NZ Derby for stablemates Stablemates The Chosen One, Long Jack and Quick Thinker are back in work after Australian spring campaigns with the latter pair walking a fine line to get to Ellerslie late next month for another Group One target.

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winner of the Gr.2 Herbert Power (2400m) at Caulfield last October was put aside for a well-earned rest after finishing unplaced in both the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) and Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m).

“He’s been back in about a

month,” co-trainer Andrew Forsman said. “He looks really well and, though he’s a bull (stallion), he hasn’t got too heavy.

“He’s had a few gallops and we’ll just keep him ticking over.

“There are no firm plans as yet, but he’ll more than likely

be aimed at the Sydney Autumn Carnival.”

The Chosen One campaigned in Sydney last autumn and finished an unlucky fourth in the Gr.1 ATC Derby (2400m) and won the Gr.3 Frank Packer Plate (2000m).

■■CAMBRIDGE

Drivers in hospital after crash Harness racing’s shocking on-track start to the new year continued with a four-horse race smash at Cambridge on Sunday that could have been much worse.

Four drivers were dislodged and three horses fell when the leader galloped into the first bend and those behind it were unable to avoid it soon after the start of race eight.

The resulting check caused Af-ortunado (Jay Abernethy) to fall to the track and into the path of Mach Little Soaky (Matthew White), Comic Book Hero (Todd MacFarlane) and Racketeers Boy (David Butcher).

Butcher and Abernethy were initially able to walk away from the incident but MacFarlane and White both lay on the track for a few minutes before being able to walk to one of the three ambulances which attended the scene.

“All four have been taken to hospital,” confirmed stipendiary steward John Muirhead.

“They are all conscious and able to walk but Todd MacFarlane has a suspected arm injury and possible concussion, Matthew White has grazing and will be checked for concussion, Jay Abernethy a possible wrist injury and David Butcher appears to only have bruising.”

The race was abandoned but the remaining two races on the card were able to be held, albeit delayed.

The smash came three days after Ricky May stunned the racing industry when collapsing in the sulky when driving leader A G’s White Socks in the Central Otago Cup at Omakau.

May was flown to Dunedin Hospital but has so far made a remarkable recovery and was yesterday able to sit up in a chair in his hospital room and talk to his family, with his memory of the race day starting to return.

“He was even back to one of his old vices, eating chocolate, which is a really good sign,” said close friend Laurence Hanrahan.

Timaru harness Today at Phar Lap Raceway

Timaru Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Phar Lap Raceway Meeting Date: 07 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 1.54pm GEORGE SHAND MEMORIAL TROT $7500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2600m 1 47835 Superfast Lad (1) fr....................... G O’Reilly 2 5837 Go Marg (2) fr............................... A Lethaby 3 08 Makura (3) fr.....................................R Close 4 P5600 Ken’s Dream (4) fr.......................M Lewis (J) 5 04057 Hashtag Faye (5) fr.................J Young-Grant 6 Majestic Jag (6) fr.........................T Williams 7 00 Line A Love (7) fr........................ J Patterson 8 746x7 Cosmic Sun (8) fr..................S Tomlinson (J) 9 4 Trixton Time (9) fr...........................B Orange 10 62466 Pastrana (10) fr................................J W Cox 11 x0238 Rites Of Zhou (U1) fr............................K Cox 12 7x005 KD Hawk (U2) fr............................ S McNally 13 97x94 Lane’s Ace (U3) fr.............................S Ottley 2 2.28pm MORRISONS SADDLERY & FEED MOBILE PACE $7500, non-winners mr40 to mr42., 2000m 1 53895 Jaffa (1) fr....................................C Markham 2 66709 Boilover (2) fr..................................B Orange 3 58620 Fraud (3) fr.......................................J W Cox 4 98000 American Flyer (4) fr................ M Williamson 5 90800 Onedin Smiler (5) fr......................... G Shand 6 09007 Don’t Tell Ange (6) fr................A Mugford (J) 7 09857 Iron Woman (7) fr.................... J Morrison (J) 8 00659 Shadow Aveross (8) fr.............J Young-Grant 9 47860 Social Media (9) fr........................T McMillan

5 47860 Social Media (5) fr........................T McMillan 6 45x Rocknroll Max (6) fr........................B Orange 7 6 Auchtercairn (7) fr...................J Young-Grant TROT $8000, r40-r52., mobile, 2000m 1 07236 DD’s Super Stuart (1) fr.............. J Markham 8 4x978 Art Collector (8) fr......................... G O’Reilly 2 42431 Lisa Marie P (2) fr.................... M Williamson 9 23044 Missmollygoodgolly (9) fr......... L McCormick 3 0P60P Deborahs Gem (3) fr..................M Hurrell (J) 10 809x9 K Mach fr....................................... Scratched 4 43663 Clyde (4) fr............................... C D Thornley 11 80093 Huckabee (10) fr...................... M Williamson 5 x9930 Rocknpop (5) fr.....................K Tomlinson (J) 12 Bruce (11) fr..........................K Tomlinson (J) 6 23273 One Over Da Son (6) fr..................B Orange 13 247x Strong Enough (12) fr................... S McNally 7 00000 Crown Range (U1) fr......................... A Clark 14 02400 Gottagettabeer (13) fr............. J Morrison (J) 8 00618 Jaw D Nancy (U2) fr...................... S McNally 15 760 Buckskin fr.................................... Scratched 00402 Unico Gem (14) fr.............................R Close 4 3.38 PORT BLAKELY MOBILE PACE $7500, non-win- 16 17 7 Royal Xchange (15) fr......................J W Cox ners 3yo+ mr43 to mr50., mobile, 2000m 18 0 Dash For Cash (U1) fr...................... G Smith 1 Alonso (1) fr....................................T Chmiel 19 68380 El Chapo (U2) fr................................S Ottley 2 465x2 Reattore (2) fr................................ S McNally Emergencies: Onedin Smiler, Social Media, K Mach, 3 5x2 Oliver North (3) fr..................... M Williamson Buckskin 4 48 Lucy P (4) fr.................................. A Lethaby 5 760 Buckskin (5) fr............................... G O’Reilly 6 4.47pm MORE FM MOBILE TROT $8500, r53-r63., 6 87 Heartburn (6) fr..............................B Orange mobile, 2000m 7 7x377 Smooth Debate (7) fr........................R Close 1 38865 She’s Allthe Craze (1) fr..........J Young-Grant 8 60930 Kastell Briant fr.............................. Scratched 2 34175 Mdina (2) fr.......................................... C Butt 9 70x37 Peraki Reactor (8) fr......................T Williams 3 6xP16 Jimmy Carter (3) fr................... M Williamson 10 05745 Ever So Bettor (21) fr.......................J W Cox 4 03813 Justan’s Sister (4) fr..............S Tomlinson (J) 11 809x9 K Mach (22) fr.......................K Tomlinson (J) 5 325x9 Mystical Star (5) fr......................... S McNally 5 4.13pm NIGHT ‘N DAY PARK PACE $7500, non-win- 6 64526 Monrika (6) fr...................................T Chmiel 7 03187 Alvira Hest (7) fr.............................B Orange ners, stand, 2600m 1 x3055 Nadira Franco (1) fr......................... H Clarke 8 22601 Missie Castleton (8) fr.................C Markham 2 Rolling On (2) fr.............................T Williams 9 83044 Jerry Garcia (U1) fr........................L O’Reilly 3 09668 Maldito (3) fr............................. S O’Reilly (J) 7 5.21pm NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY 15 JANUARY 4 90800 Onedin Smiler (4) fr......................... G Shand HCAP PACE $8000, r40-r60 spechcp, stand, 2600m 10 80008 Emma G (21) fr............................. A Lethaby

3 3.03pm EQUINE VETERINARY SERVICES MOBILE

1 07509 Rainy River (1) fr........................ C McDowell 2 30704 Tin Roof Blues (2) fr...................... G O’Reilly 3 47730 Bound To Impress (3) fr.................J Versteeg 4 21808 Darryl Kerrigan (1) 10M.................L O’Reilly 5 66060 Linton Shard (2) 10M............K Tomlinson (J) 6 7x435 Ava Adore (3) 10M...............................K Cox 7 97705 Precious Sara (4) 10M............. C D Thornley 8 2845x Ultimate Rocker (5) 10M............... S McNally 9 75x00 Fear Rockn (6) 10M................J Young-Grant 10 56x74 Jenora (U1) 10M.............................T Chmiel 11 53x46 Secret Bet (1) 20M.........................B Orange 8 5.51 LASER ELECTRICAL TIMARU MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ r53-r63,r64-r70 w/c., mobile, 2000m 1 53377 Delightful Tanner (1) fr..........................K Cox 2 8x1x Arden’s Sweetheart (2) fr...............B Orange 3 x7x26 Flame Lady (3) fr 4 07650 Aveross Rustler (4) fr........................R Close 5 11090 Overarm (5) fr S O’Reilly (J,......................Cl) 6 7F511 Tall Poppy (6) fr L McKay (J,.....................Cl) 7 x0140 Eureka (7) fr M Lewis (J,...........................Cl) 8 26340 Sweet Mary (8) fr K Tomlinson (J,.............Cl) 9 6.21pm CHAMPIONS OF SEADOWN MOBILE PACE $8500, r47-r51., mobile, 2000m 1 01422 Night Lights (1) fr.....................A Mugford (J) 2 x0738 Goodthingstaketime (2) fr............... G Shand 3 67280 Shot In The Dark (3) fr.................... A Faulks 4 33757 Invisible Girl (4) fr..................... S O’Reilly (J) 5 010x7 Katchalight (5) fr................................R Close 6 827x6 Sagano (6) fr........................................K Butt 7 97010 Magical Mellissa (7) fr....................B Orange

8 03000 Pocket Call (8) fr...................... C D Thornley 9 36858 Essence Of Easton (9) fr.......... M Williamson 10 6139x Pembrook Legacy (U1) fr.............. S McNally 10 6.51pm BROSNAN TRANSPORT PASSING LANE MOBILE PACE $8000, r40-r46., mobile, 2000m 1 03558 Shardan Suzie (1) fr...................... G O’Reilly 2 99600 Chaaat (2) fr............................. L McCormick 3 x0900 Geoff’s Legacy (3) fr..................M Hurrell (J) 4 8370P My Nikayla (4) fr....................K Tomlinson (J) 5 9x469 Playboy Prince (5) fr................. M Williamson 6 0x089 Chief Kapai (6) fr...............................S Ottley 7 61603 Szybka Lane (7) fr.........................T Williams 8 69x86 Ohoka Chopper (8) fr.............. J Morrison (J) 9 03633 Highland Reign (9) fr...............J Young-Grant 10 x0980 Get It On (21) fr..............................B Orange SELECTIONS

Race 1: Rites Of Zhou, KD Hawk, Lane’s Ace, Pastrana Race 2: Fraud, Shadow Aveross, Jaffa, Emma G Race 3: One Over Da Son, DD’S Super Stuart, Rocknpop, Clyde Race 4: Smooth Debate, Reattore, Oliver North, Ever So Bettor Race 5: Rocknroll Max, Missmollygoodgolly, Auchtercairn Race 6: Justan’s Sister, Missie Castleton, Jerry Garcia, Alvira Hest Race 7: Ava Adore, Secret Bet, Bound To Impress, Darryl Kerrigan Race 8: Tall Poppy, Sweet Mary, Eureka, Delightful Tanner Race 9: Night Lights, Katchalight, Essence Of Easton, Sagano Race 10: Szybka Lane, Highland Reign, Shardan Suzie, Chaat LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

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■■MATAMATA

Catalyst to step out at the trials Top three-year-old Catalyst will make his first public appearance since Group One success at Riccarton when he competes at the Matamata trials next week.

The son of Darci Brahma lived right up to expectations when registering his fifth win from six starts with a dominant display in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas at the New Zealand Cup meeting on November 9 and he has thrived during his recent spell.

“He had three weeks off when he came back from Christchurch and put on 23kgs in the 21 days he was out at The Oaks,” trainer Clayton Chipperfield said.

“He didn’t lose a lot of fitness and when I weighed him the other day he was 473kg and he last raced at 460kg.

“He’s put on a bit more muscle and is more solid. He looks great.

“He’s had a few run-alongs and he did a bit more in his work last Saturday.

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“He’s all set to go to the Matamata trials (on Tuesday week) and Troy (Harris) is coming over to ride him in work beforehand.”

Harris has been Catalyst’s regular rider in his last four starts, which include impressive wins in the Gr.3 Northland Breeders Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka and the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Hastings.

Catalyst did put a scare through his camp before his New Zealand 2000 Guineas triumph.

“He stood on a nail after doing an exhibition gallop at Te Aroha about 10 days before the 2000 Guineas,” Chipperfield said.

“He was never lame, but I was cautious of infection.”

Catalyst will resume in the Gr.3 Mr Tiz Trophy (1200m) at Ellerslie’s Karaka Millions meeting on January 25 and provided he passes the test he will then head to Melbourne.

“There’s also the BCD Sprint (Gr.1, 1400m) at Te Rapa if he needs another run here, but it’s more than likely

he’ll go straight to Australia after the Mr Tiz,” Chipperfield said.

The Gr.3 C.S. Hayes (1400m) at Flemington on February 15 is pencilled-in as Catalyst’s Australian debut with his next mission, the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) on the same track on February 29.

Catalyst is also in contention for the $A5 million All Star Mile at Caulfield on March 14 with nominations closing on Thursday.

Voting for runners to get into the field is this year open to New Zealand voters and Chipperfield hopes that will help Catalyst’s case.

Voting begins on January 19 (six days after nominations close) and ends on February 16, three days before the 10 vote-getters are announced.

The four wildcards for the All Star Mile are finalised on March 2.

“He’s got a big following and hopefully he will go well in his first run in Australia to get more voters to swing his way,” Chipperfield said.

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Today at Matamata Raceway

Racing Matamata Venue Matamata Meeting Date 7 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 1.02pm VDS FARRIERS/CAMBRIDGE EQUINE DENTAL SERVICES $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m 1 93985 Mighty Connor h (8) 59.................... C Grylls 2 57762 Hattie Bee (7) 56.5.......................C Lammas 3 51238 Rip Em Up (3) 56.5........................J Waddell 4 x7803 Capellani d (2) 56.5............................R Elliot 5 00958 Felix Faure (9) 55.................. M Kareem (a4) 6 P4668 Te Waewae Bay (1) 55.....................S Collett 7 05039 Anna Cecelia (4) 54........................ S McKay 8 x9508 Morris Lass (5) 54................................C Dell 9 000x0 Gorgeous In Gold (6) 54..........E McCall (a3) 2 1.37pm KB BLOODSTOCK MAIDEN 1100 $10,000, MDN 2YO, 1100m 1 Mongolian Condor (5) 57.5............O Bosson 2 2 Tokorangi h (1) 55.5.....................C Lammas 3 Angelina Lauro (4) 55.5...................S Collett 4 Perfectionist h (2) 55.5......... T Yanagida (a2) 5 Scala Sancta h (3) 55.5................... C Grylls

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Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 07 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.00pm (NZT) WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. CO.NZ C0 C0, 390m 1 2658 Homebush Susan nwtd..............J McInerney 2 xF345 Homebush Hans nwtd................J McInerney 3 2 Homebush Stasser nwtd............J McInerney 4 62428 Marakesh Max nwtd...................J McInerney 5 6 Knocka Know How nwtd.................G Cleeve 6 33673 Impressive Gift nwtd..................J McInerney 7 52 Homebush Bomber nwtd...........J McInerney 8 2 Homebush Barclay nwtd............J McInerney 9 Homebush Bede nwtd................J McInerney 10 87236 Blushing Pete nwtd..........................R Wales 2 12.18pm FIND US ON TWITTER@SGRCINFO C0 C0, 457m 1 27 Savage Knight nwtd........................ H Cairns 2 61 Beret Girl nwtd J &...........................D Fahey 3 Adelphi nwtd J M.............................. McCook 4 62566 Volcanic Whisper nwtd........................J Allen 5 422 Pebble Beach nwtd............................D Lane 6 57222 Punters Choice nwtd........................R Wales 7 83364 Chelsea Smile nwtd......................C Roberts 8 6 Know Angel nwtd............................G Cleeve

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Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 07 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 1 2.56pm MARK TURNER PAINTER PH 021737111 C4/5 C4/5, 390m 1 63312 Amuri Magic nwtd......................J McInerney 2 85128 Homebush Finn 22.58................J McInerney 3 53186 Magic Jess Lass 22.62...................C Healey 4 16351 Sozin’s Empire 22.79.................J McInerney 5 22452 Tee An’ Cee 22.50.......................... B Conner 6 16614 Shaw Lee 22.40 J M........................ McCook 7 35366 Nippa Martino 22.47..................J McInerney 8 14111 Eyrewell Turbo nwtd........................ H Cairns 9 87245 Goldstar Willa nwtd S &...................B Evans

3 2.12pm TREVOR DA CRUZ RACING MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 46x27 Deshi (5) 58.5................................J Waddell 2 6x Snakeye 58.5................................ Scratched 3 2530x Qiji Spirit (3) 57..................................L Innes 4 Phantom Witness h (10) 57............O Bosson 5 He’s The Man (6) 57....................M Coleman 6 3x24x Irish Heart bh (11) 56.5 7 0x Lady De Vere h (4) 56.5................... R Jones 8 2 Arya Stark h (2) 55.........................M McNab 9 37x Petite Rose h (7) 55............. T Yanagida (a2) 10 8x Midnight Magic (1) 55 11 8x Vicenza h (9) 55.................................R Elliot 12 Chasing Waterfalls h (8) 55.............. C Grylls 4 2.47pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1400m 1 41352 Simona (5) 59.5.................................R Elliot 2 x0420 Bravissimo h (3) 58.5................J Fawcett (a) 3 94x72 Kainui Rose tdh (4) 58.5...........C Burdan (a) 4 x1985 Kylie Bax h (7) 58...........................J Waddell 5 99233 Lady Lira mb (2) 58.......................... C Grylls

6 06844 No Finer Pins th (11) 58...............C Lammas 7 7441 Blindspott th (8) 57.5.......................V Colgan 8 551 Combat Queen h (1) 57.5..............O Bosson 9 515 Lavaglo (10) 57.5...........................M McNab 10 79x83 Avoca Willow th (6) 57.5.............. D Danis (a) 11 08235 Mannie’s Power t (9) 57...............T Thornton 5 3.22 CASEY FINLAY EQUINE MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1400m 1 55x02 The Garrison h (6) 58.5............. D Danis (a2) 2 304x3 Rocking Along 58.5....................... Scratched 3 369x5 Castle Black (12) 58.5........................R Elliot 4 09x06 Balega (2) 58.5............................T Thornton 5 2 Osaka b (7) 57...............................J Waddell 6 73 Intelligent Patch h (3) 57................O Bosson 7 9 Perfect Dimension (10) 57 8 363x4 If At First bh (9) 56.5....................C Lammas 9 5 Gracies Gold (11) 56.5.....................S Collett 10 5 Seafolly h (8) 56.5.......................M Coleman 11 0 Grand Spirit h (1) 55........................ R Oliver 12 Lapaglia h (5) 55.............................. C Grylls 13 Spacek (4) 55 -

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72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 3x597 Starrybeel d (2) 61.5............ T Yanagida (a2) 2 1x411 Leaderboard d (6) 60.5...........C Burdan (a3) 3 77325 Tweedledee tdmh (7) 60.5.J Kamaruddin (a4) 4 x3633 Roll The Gold h (4) 58 5 19217 Sagunto h (8) 57.5..........................S McKay 6 10208 Ladylax (3) 55.5............................... C Grylls 7 9x438 Khorabella h (5) 54................... D Danis (a2) 8 x9603 Garados h (1) 54..............................S Collett 7 4.37 KARAPIRO FARM AGISTMENT & PRE-TRAINING MDN 2000 $10,000, MDN, 2000m 1 52226 Piggy Malone (4) 58.5.....................V Colgan 2 96258 Blizzing Away h (14) 58.5....S Weatherley (a) 3 56294 Kipchoge h (1) 58.5.......................... C Grylls 4 08358 Hosel Rocket 58.5......................... Scratched 5 x3038 Stratius (8) 58.5............................... R Oliver 6 0x055 Heza Big Hope (7) 58.5...................S Collett 7 46049 Overthemark (6) 58.5 8 682 Captain Newzealand b (5) 57........J Waddell 9 78253 Famous Belle (11) 56.5................T Thornton

10 6x553 Henley Road (10) 56.5.................... S McKay 11 05065 Southern Vogue (13) 56.5..............M McNab 12 x98x7 Annalone h (9) 56.5............. T Yanagida (a2) 13 x4362 Meghan (3) 55....................................L Innes 14 87464 Atomic Kitten h (2) 55 15 9006 Parkview (12) 58.5 16 x9090 Rocco Valenti 58.5........................ Scratched Emergencies: Parkview, Rocco Valenti Blinkers on: Vicenza (R3), Heza Big Hope (R7) Blinkers off: Te Waewae Bay, Anna Cecelia (R1), Blizzing Away, Kipchoge (R7) Winkers on: Felix Faure, Te Waewae Bay, Gorgeous In Gold (R1), Kipchoge (R7) SELECTIONS Race 1: Hattie Bee, Rip Em Up, Anna Cecelia, Capellani Race 2: Tokorangi, Angelina Lauro, Scala Sancta, Perfectionist Race 3: Arya Stark, Qiji Spirit, Phantom Witness, Deshi Race 4: Combat Queen, Lady Lira, Kylie Bax, Bravissimo Race 5: The Garrison, If At First, Intelligent Patch, Seafolly Race 6: Leaderboard, Starrybeel, Tweedledee, Roll The Gold Race 7: Piggy Malone, Captain Newzealand, Stratius, Kipchoge

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway 9 8463 Tidal Tapestry nwtd.............................J Allen 10 36588 Goldstar Smithie nwtd S &...............B Evans 3 12.36pm SOUTHERN LIGHTS AT STUD C1, 457m 1 87x46 Dyna Wink nwtd............................C Roberts 2 51465 Mitcham Manering 26.68...........J McInerney 3 5335F Shermo Bale nwtd........................C Roberts 4 38263 Mick The Mower 26.60...............J McInerney 5 55224 Goldstar Whitey nwtd S &................B Evans 6 13123 Pretty Busy nwtd J &........................D Fahey 7 45825 Goldstar Charger nwtd S &..............B Evans 8 81546 Koputai nwtd...................................J Guthrie 9 72488 Miss Honey 26.10............................R Wales 10 75655 Cool Beans nwtd........................J McInerney 4 12.53pm ADDED ENERGY STAKES C1 C1, 457m 1 52348 Bartholomew Cub 26.54....................B Eade 2 27647 Goldstar Scooby 26.57 S &..............B Evans 3 5357x Opawa Slick 26.31...........................R Wales 4 34653 Lakota Micco nwtd.......................... H Cairns 5 x4122 Punters A Hero 25.98 J &................D Fahey 6 45241 Goldstar Truman nwtd S &...............B Evans 7 46362 Queena Bale 26.36.......................C Roberts 8 27344 Zefside nwtd...............................J McInerney 9 72488 Miss Honey 26.10............................R Wales 10 75655 Cool Beans nwtd........................J McInerney 5 1.11pm ASCOT PARK DISTANCE C2D C2d, 630m 1 14222 Classy Witch nwtd...........................G Cleeve

2 54664 Goldstar Alaska nwtd S &................B Evans 3 45442 Orina Allen nwtd............................C Roberts 4 64512 Alotta Talk nwtd J &..........................D Fahey 5 46256 Go Belle nwtd...................................R Wales 6 38135 Goldstar Sydney nwtd S &...............B Evans 7 62174 Mighty Muscle nwtd J &...................D Fahey 8 13143 Gem 37.36 J &.................................D Fahey 9 78577 Bruiser’s Day nwtd......................... B Conner 6 1.28 CONGRATULATIONS “THE DEVIL” C2, 390m 1 72826 Eyrewell Bentley 22.74.................... H Cairns 2 36631 Memphis Jewel nwtd.....................C Roberts 3 57612 Dusty’s Ink 22.90.............................B Healey 4 33728 Homebush Reed nwtd...............J McInerney 5 65462 Reign Of Fire 22.49....................J McInerney 6 573x5 Lucky Scar nwtd...............................R Wales 7 71754 Sozin’s Blue 22.68.....................J McInerney 8 53371 Homebush Velma 22.47.............J McInerney 9 376x5 Opawa Waihemo 22.66....................R Wales 10 43657 Mitcham Reado nwtd.................J McInerney 7 1.46pm CONGRATULATIONS “JAPE” C2 C2, 457m 1 165x5 Eddie Hemi 26.39............................R Wales 2 61837 Shift The Blame 25.94................J McInerney 3 77246 Goldstar Yankee nwtd S &................B Evans 4 62167 Baldrick nwtd..............................J McInerney 5 36153 Haidee Bale 26.51........................D Roberts 6 51132 Punters Last 26.13...........................R Wales

7 81624 Our Anna nwtd.................................R Wales 8 45438 Must Be Rusty 25.85..................J McInerney 9 38751 Lakota Kohana 26.31...................... H Cairns 10 77467 Cosmic Stu 26.29.......................J McInerney 8 2.03pm TONI@BODYAUDITSOUTH PH021657001 C3 C3, 390m 1 16324 Know Debt nwtd..............................G Cleeve 2 61547 Dyna Quark 22.97.........................C Roberts 3 13736 Machine Gunn 22.98......................R Adcock 4 15851 Go Gunna 22.70..............................R Wales 5 14374 Mega Dream nwtd..........................R Adcock 6 45712 Amuri Liv 22.71..........................J McInerney 7 83218 Homebush Caesar 22.69...........J McInerney 8 21422 Go Mufasa 23.08.............................R Wales 9 36175 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney 10 17733 Sozin’s Azure nwtd.....................J McInerney 9 2.20pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C2/3 C2/3, 457m 1 63346 Opawa Sweet nwtd..........................R Wales 2 11313 Know Baby 26.31............................G Cleeve 3 51554 Know Shame 26.09.........................G Cleeve 4 78887 Viktoria Vikkers 26.57...................C Roberts 5 457x2 Know Conclusion 26.27..................G Cleeve 6 25555 Know Denying nwtd........................G Cleeve 7 45311 Khatia 26.74...............................J McInerney 8 64253 Bashful Buffy 26.04....................J McInerney 9 38751 Lakota Kohana 26.31...................... H Cairns

10 77467 Cosmic Stu 26.29.......................J McInerney 2.38pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C4 C4, 390m 1 51824 Souffle Sue nwtd........................J McInerney 2 1146x Dyna Eva nwtd..............................C Roberts 3 53144 Starr Blueblood 22.79................J McInerney 4 51673 Citizen Aguero nwtd...................J McInerney 5 12661 Homebush Alexei 23.38.............J McInerney 6 61725 Homebush Tesan 22.54.............J McInerney 7 56F31 King Toliman nwtd.........................C Roberts 8 21565 Sozin’s Symphony 22.74............J McInerney 9 87245 Goldstar Willa nwtd S &...................B Evans 10 81774 Dyna Elliot 22.54...........................C Roberts SELECTIONS

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Race 1: Knocka Know How, Homebush Bomber, Homebush Hans Race 2: Beret Girl, Punters Choice, Adelphi, Savage Knight Race 3: Pretty Busy, Mitcham Manering, Miss Honey Race 4: Punters A Hero, Opawa Slick, Bartholomew Cub Race 5: Gem, Alotta Talk, Mighty Muscle, Goldstar Sydney Race 6: Dusty’s Ink, Reign Of Fire, Lucky Scar, Opawa Waihemo Race 7: Punters Last, Our Anna, Eddie Hemi, Goldstar Yankee Race 8: Know Debt, Dyna Quark, Machine Gunn, Amuri Liv Race 9: Know Shame, Know Baby, Khatia, Know Denying Race 10: Dyna Eva, Souffle Sue, King Toliman, Starr Blueblood LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway 10 81774 Dyna Elliot 22.54...........................C Roberts 2 3.13pm ORETI BEACH RUN C1 C1, 457m 1 43213 Sozin’s Assassin nwtd................J McInerney 2 52231 Cisco Reign nwtd..........................D Roberts 3 27142 Opal Hunter nwtd.......................J McInerney 4 23724 Homebush Monkey nwtd............J McInerney 5 12344 Goldstar Perrie nwtd S &.................B Evans 6 52F12 ST Andrews nwtd...............................D Lane 7 47133 Opa’s Dream nwtd...........................R Casey 8 52172 Southern Angel nwtd...................R Hamilton 9 34281 Goldstar Galaxie nwtd S &...............B Evans 10 81546 Koputai nwtd...................................J Guthrie 3 3.31pm GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1, 390m 1 252F5 Homebush George nwtd............J McInerney

2 36444 Macey Baxter 22.97...................J McInerney 3 23234 Impressive High nwtd.................J McInerney 4 45254 Jinja Liv nwtd J M............................. McCook 5 52675 Sass ‘Em Up nwtd J M..................... McCook 6 31385 Homebush Fudge nwtd..............J McInerney 7 34281 Goldstar Galaxie 23.38 S &.............B Evans 8 75178 Chicago Head 23.14..................J McInerney 9 63566 Opa’s Joy nwtd.................................R Casey 10 57167 Bound Up 23.14.........................J McInerney 4 3.50pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1 C1, 390m 1 F1477 Punch On Scooby 22.89............J McInerney 2 77217 Homebush Maree nwtd..............J McInerney 3 x6184 Goldstar Flora nwtd S &...................B Evans

4 23243 Homebush Rehaina 23.16.........J McInerney 5 32365 Pooran’s Jadeja nwtd J M................ McCook 6 37433 Eyrewell Tango nwtd....................... H Cairns 7 52167 Big Tiny 23.07............................J McInerney 8 82554 Sozin’s Noir 22.36......................J McInerney 9 63566 Opa’s Joy nwtd.................................R Casey 10 64574 Yi Feng nwtd..............................J McInerney 5 4.06pm RACING AGAIN 21ST JANUARY C1, 390m 1 54553 Homebush Maycee 22.64..........J McInerney 2 32117 Carl Spackler nwtd.........................R Adcock 3 25128 Father Leo nwtd.........................J McInerney 4 3311 Maffra Daisy nwtd......................J McInerney 5 41485 Shanly Star 22.61......................J McInerney 6 32648 Miss Nina 22.68............................. B Conner

7 47227 Dream Runner 22.67 J M................. McCook 8 35533 Homebush Comet nwtd.............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 63566 Opa’s Joy nwtd.................................R Casey 10 67653 Lakota Scout 23.09......................... H Cairns SELECTIONS Race 1: Eyrewell Turbo, Shaw Lee, Sozin’s Empire, Tee An’ Cee Race 2: Cisco Reign, Opal Hunter, Southern Angel, ST Andrews Race 3: Goldstar Galaxie, Macey Baxter, Homebush George Race 4: Goldstar Flora, Eyrewell Tango, Punch On Scooby Race 5: Dream Runner, Carl Spackler, Shanly Star, Maffra Daisy

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

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Heat run over Blazers James Johnson scored on his first possession in more than a month.

Goran Dragic either scored or got somebody else points pretty much every time the ball was in his hands.

As often is the case for Miami, bench guys came up big.

Dragic had 29 points and 13 assists, Bam Adebayo added 20 points on 9-for-10 shooting and the Heat – without Jimmy Butler – never trailed in a 122-111 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers yesterday.

“It doesn’t matter for us who’s playing or not,” Dragic said.

“We don’t use excuses.”

Dragic tied a career best with seven 3-pointers.

Derrick Jones Jr. scored 19 points for the Heat, who got 14 from Kendrick Nunn and 12 in 22 minutes from little-used Johnson – who was called upon largely because Miami was without Butler.

It was Johnson’s first minutes since November 27.

“I’ve been in every situation that this league can offer, honestly,” Johnson said.

“I know for sure it can be worse.”

Tyler Herro scored 11 points for Miami, as did Meyers Leonard in his first game against his former team.

Damian Lillard led Portland with 34 points and 12 assists.

Former Heat center Hassan Whiteside, booed almost every time he touched the ball, finished with 21 points and 18 rebounds for Portland.

“It felt weird at first,” Whiteside said of playing against his former club.

“But a lot of them guys I haven’t played with. There were a few guys out there that I actually knew.”

Both teams were missing starters unexpectedly.

Miami was without Butler, ruled out because of back soreness.

Portland played without the services of CJ McCollum for the first time this season; he was out with an upper-respiratory infection.

“Any time one of your best players is not on the floor you’re going to be less of a team,” Lillard said.

“We’re professionals and that’s when you turn to the next guy.

“It’s tough not having him but they didn’t have their best player.

Anfernee Simons scored 19 points off the bench for Portland, which cut a 24-point deficit to nine

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BLOCK LETTERS PLEASE Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic (7) goes up for a shot against Portland Trail Blazers center Hassan Whiteside (21) during the second half of yesterday’s game. in the third quarter but no closer.

“Whatever word you want to use, we didn’t compete hard enough in the first half,” Portland coach Terry Stotts said.

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Perspective is impermanent.

You want it to change fast? Move. That’s the quickest way. Time – you have to wait for.

Colours – you impose with a lens. To keep a perspective as long as possible, stand still.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You like yourself better around certain people. You may not be aware of the reason yet. What if you made it a rule that you only pursue relationships with people you feel good around?

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Your attention needs are versatile. You can operate beautifully as a selfcontained business of one, and you can also be a cog in the wheel of a large organisation.

You’ll do both before the day is done.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You don’t have to do anything.

All the things you feel you’re being forced to do are actually optional. All the things you tell yourself you must do are also optional. Take the pressure off. See your options.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): As the sign that rules the heart, Leos connect in a network of hearts and send love through invisible cords that extend throughout humanity. Healing is taking place between friends and strangers.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Babies throw tantrums when they don’t get what they want. Your mature way is more fun and creative, and that’s why you’ll choose it. You’ll keep your wits about you and look for new opportunities.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): A person who is very concerned about pleasing another will have a hard time establishing a unique and independent voice and view. Forget the rest for a minute. Do a deep dive into your own perspective.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The prevalent “cult of the individual” values self-reliance in an essentially eusocial species; it’s easy to see the clash.

Today’s problems melt away as you see yourself as interdependent instead of isolated.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You don’t have to sacrifice anything as an incentive for love to stay with you. It doesn’t work like that and neither should your professional life, family relationships or friendships.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Keep looking for an excellent fit for what it is you want to do.

You don’t have to already be doing your side perfectly. The right team members will help to figure out the vision along the way.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Part of learning how to be happy is learning about unhappiness. When the joy is cut off, it’s a chance to see why and make a plan of action for keeping it flowing.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Healthy relationships are good for other healthy relationships. The positivity you generate with one person spills over to your relationship with another.

Quality exchanges only add value all around.

ACROSS 1. Order one to take cord around (5) 4. Old woman to give one a thousand dollars before midday (7) 8. One at pains, one hears, to see what’s for sale (6,7) 10. It is the end of craft that is austere (5) 11. Starts guzzling beer when the wind is up (4) 12. Group of pilots will be victorious at Gateshead (4) 16. Something taking place during one’s seventies (5) 17. The barring of a fellow-fighter is unusually seen (13) 19. Aptitudes for making money, in biblical times (7) 20. So clear off, in a downright way (5) DOWN 1. Deserting town like this, where a premier is concerned (7,6) 2. Will be fast – but not if it’s colour that does! (3) 3. Pick hose company produces (6) 4. Well, it could be one is over-effusive (6) 5. Decks the Navy with soda perhaps (6) 6. Dying to hold Pole like this when strategically placing men (9) 7. Mr Parry, gone in for making matins (7,6) 9. One Capitol tail-ender may be to do with government (9) 13. East End physical education may get more profound (6) 14. Misers get upset by what is slack (6) 15. Pelts one in the streets (6) 18. Remain as a statement that’s not true (3)

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ACROSS 1. Discard (4) 3. Accustomed (8) 9. At greater distance (7) 10. Minor disagreements (5) 11. Modern (12) 13. Fugitive (6) 15. Overeat (colloq) (3,3) 17. Unsuited (12) 20. Food fragment (5) 21. Went out of control (3,4) 22. Writer (8) 23. Gloomy (4)

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Across: 1. Sibyl 4. Palermo 8. Nostalgia 9. Mug 10. Article 12. Sign 14. Gunboat 17. Heel 18. Whitsun 20. Own 21. Syncopate 23. Salient 24. Dolls 4 8 6 Down: 1. Sunday schools 2. Besets 3. Loan club 4. Peg 5 6 1 5. Leap 6. Remain 7. Organ-grinders 11. Elbow 13. Manifold 1 15. Kernel 16. Assail 19. Esse 22. NUT 2 4

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DOWN 1. Turncoat (8) 2. Imbecile (5) 4. Sudden (6) 5. Occasional (12) 6. Conflagration (7) 7. Peril (4) 8. Had a fit of anger (5,1,6) 12. Naked runner (8) 14. Languages (7) 16. Rejects (6) 18. Attractive, empty-headed woman (5) 19. Dull pain (4)

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DEATHS THYNE, Barbara Mary (Barb) (nee Andrews) – On January 6, 2020.

Peacefully at Ashburton Hospital. In her 89th year.

Loved wife of the late John (Jack) Thyne. Loved and adored mother of Mary-Anne and son-in-law of A J Kerr.

Loved sister and sister-in-law of the late Kaycey, the late Phyllis Andrews, the late Betty and Graham Roberts, Joan and the late Jim Owens and the late Brian (Gina) and Shirley Mansfield. Messages to 56 Beach Road, Hampstead, Ashburton 7700.

A memorial service for Barbara will be held at 56 Beach Road, Ashburton on FRIDAY, January 10, commencing at 4.00pm.

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Cloudy periods and a few showers.

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LINTON, Alexander Kenneth (Ken) Reg No: 442198 LAC WWII – On January 3, 2020, at McKenzie HealthCare, Geraldine, aged 94 years.

Dearly loved husband for 69 years of June. Loved father and father-in-law of Marie and Malcolm Lill, Graeme and Sue, Sandra Totty and Peter Stephenson, Rodger and Sheryn. Loved Grandad and Great Grandad Ken of his seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

A memorial service to celebrate Ken’s life will be held at St Andrew’s Church, Cox Street, Geraldine on MONDAY, January 13, 2020 commencing at 2.30pm. In lieu of flowers donations to St John Geraldine would be appreciated and maybe left at the service.

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7am Married At First Sight USA 3 The time has come for the married couples to meet with the experts and make their final decisions.

8:05 The Biggest Loser Australia 3 In Last Chance training, the Orange team have the 1kg advantage from yesterday’s challenge, but Libby will not let this go to her team’s head.

9am House Rules PGR 3 0 10:10 Infomercials 11:35 Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 12:35 Face The Truth PGR 1:05 Olivia Newton John – Hopelessly Devoted To You PGR 3 (Mini-series) (Part 2) 3pm American Ninja Warrior 3 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

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11:30 Fail Army AO 3 Series with pranks and compilations featuring the web’s biggest failures.

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BRAVO 10am Mom’s A Medium 3 10:30 Dance Moms 3 11:25 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:25 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PGR 3 1:20 Below Deck – Mediterranean PGR 2:30 Four Weddings UK 3 3:30 The People’s Court 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:30 Dress To Impress 3 7:30 Snapped PGR 3 An investigation into the murder of a small-town bus driver exposes secrets behind closed doors.

8:30 Body Fixers PGR 3 9:30 Botched AO Mexican top model Carmen Campuzano visits the doctors hoping they can restore her nose, and career; a discharged soldier wants to mend her damaged breasts.

10:30 Snapped PGR 11:25 Snapped – She Made Me Do It AO 3 12:15 Infomercials 3

6:10 Lake Placid – Legacy 16VC 2018 Horror.

Katherine Barrell, Tim Rozon.

7:45 Daughter Of The Wolf 16V 2019 Action. Gina Carano, Richard Dreyfuss. 9:15 The Golem 16VC 2018 Horror.

Die Hard with a Vengeance Hani Furstenberg, Ishai Golan.

10:50 Unbroken – Path To 8:35pm on TVNZ 2 Redemption PGV 2018 Drama.

Samuel Hunt, Merritt Patterson.

SKY 5 12:30 Lake Placid – 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Legacy 16VC 2018 Horror.

Of Fortune PG Katherine Barrell, Tim Rozon.

6:50 The Simpsons PG 2:05 Daughter Of The Wolf 7:15 Charmed M 8am Border 16V 2019 Action. Gina Carano, Security – Australia’s Frontline Richard Dreyfuss. 3:35 Close M 8:25 Highway Thru Hell PG Up – Christoph Waltz PG 9:15 Storage Wars – Texas PG 4:05 Burying Yasmeen MVLC 9:40 CSI MV 10:25 SVU MV 2019 Comedy. Jason Lott, 11:10 Charmed Mike Langer. 5:20 ColdM 11:55 Jeopardy! PG Blood Legacy 16VLC 2019 12:20 Wheel Of Fortune PG Action. 6:50 The Sun Is 12:45 A1 – Highway Patrol Also A Star MVLS 2019 Drama.

MVLC 1:35 The Simpsons PG 2pm Raw Live MVC 5:05 Wheel Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton.

8:30 Nobody’s Fool 16LSC Of Fortune PG 2018 Comedy. After a woman 5:30 Storage Wars – Texas PG is released from prison, she 6pm Highway Thru Hell PG discovers her sister is in an 7pm Border Security – online relationship with a Australia’s Frontline M man who may not be what 7:30 CSI MV 8:30 World’s he seems. Tiffany Haddish, Wildest Weather PGV Tika Sumpter.

9:30 Combat Dealers PG 10:25 Jellyfish 16LSC 10:30 SVU MV 2018 Drama. Liv Hill, 11:15 Highway Thru Hell PG Sinead Matthews.

Wednesday 12:05 Charmed M 12:50 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:15 Jeopardy! PG 1:40 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 2:05 Combat Dealers PG 2:50 World’s Wildest Weather PGV 3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Storage Wars – Texas PG 4:50 CSI MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

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12:05 This Teacher 16VC 2018 Drama. 1:40 Ties That Bind M 2010 Thriller. 3:07 Burying Yasmeen MVLC 2019 Comedy.

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11:30 Closedown

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4:40 A Most Violent Year MVLC 2015 Action Crime.

Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo.

6:45 Love, Rosie MLS 2014 Romantic Comedy. Lily Collins, Sam Claflin.

8:30 Spider-Man 3 MV 2007 Action. Peter Parker must contend with two new villains threatening the world while dealing with his inner demons.

Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst.

10:50 The Family Man MVL 2000 Comedy Drama.

Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle.

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2:34 A Most Violent Year MVLC 2015 Action Crime.

Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo. 4:35 Love, Rosie MLS 2014 Romantic Comedy. Lily Collins, Sam Claflin.

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SKY SPORT 1 6am Pro14 Weekly Highlights Show 7am Gallagher Premiership Highlights Show 8am French Top 14 (RPL) 10am French Top 14 (RPL) Noon French Top 14 (RPL) 2pm French Top 14 (RPL) 4pm French Top 14 Highlights A wrap up of all the tries and main talking points from every game of the round.

4:30 Maori All Blacks v Fiji (HLS) From Rotorua.

5pm Pro14 Weekly Highlights Show 6pm Gallagher Premiership Highlights Show 7pm French Top 14 Highlights A wrap up of all the tries and main talking points from every game of the round.

7:30 European Game Of The Week 8pm Sevens – Ignite7 Behind-the-scenes of the New Zealand Sevens Development Camp.

9pm European Game Of The Week 9:30 French Top 14 Highlights A wrap up of all the tries and main talking points from every game of the round.

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5pm Rachel Khoo – My Swedish Kitchen 5:30 Flipping Bangers 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Location, Location, Location Two pairs of buyers ask Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer to help them find their ideal properties in southeast London.

8:30 My Dream Home 9:30 Designing Paradise 10pm My Floating Home 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Flipping Bangers 12:30 Baby Animals 1am Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 1:30 Rachel Khoo – My Swedish Kitchen 2am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3am Wildlife Icons 4am Designing Paradise 4:30 My Floating Home 5am Flipping Bangers

SKY SPORT 2 6am Super Smash (HLS) 6:30 Australia v Blackcaps (RPL) Third Test.

From the SCG, Sydney.

8:30 Big Bash League (HLS) 9am Super Smash (HLS) 9:30 Super Smash (HLS) 10am Big Bash League (HLS) 10:30 Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) Third Test.

11:30 L Australia v Blackcaps Third Test – Day Five.

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8pm Super Smash (HLS) 8:30 Big Bash League (HLS) 9:05 L Big Bash League Renegades v Scorchers.

Coverage from Kardinia Park, South Geelong.

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5:58 L West Indies v Ireland First ODI. From Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.

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11:05 Naked And Afraid MLC Fear the Unknown.

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The first outing for the Ashburton County Veterans got off to a good start at the Rakaia course yesterday.

Around 40 golfers from local clubs and as far afield as Ellesmere signed up for the eighteen-hole Ambrose tournament. Rakaia golfer Kevin Sisson said the first order of the day was to pick teams of three out of a hat. “By doing that, nobody knows who they will be playing with. It’s a great way to make it a social tournament.”

The winning team, with a score of 66, were Mike McGuire, Mike Holmes and Alan Dixon. In second place were Kevin Sisson, Graham McEvoy and Dave Tilson. Rounding out the top three were Murray Beach, George Brown and John McArthur.

The next outing for the vet golfers is on January 20 in Methven.

Trevor Watson on the putting green with Ambrose team members Dave Horrell and Murray Moorhead looking on.

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