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Mt Hutt on track for opening

By Susan Sandys

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Mt Hutt operators are “stoked” with the newly-announced parameters around Level 2, and hope to open the ski area in mid-June.

NZSki CEO Paul Anderson said it was good to hear that “safe travel” within New Zealand would be allowed, different to the previous definition of only essential travel being allowed.

“In practical terms for people coming to Mt Hutt, you can travel from anywhere around New Zealand to get to Mt Hutt and enjoy the mountain,” Anderson said.

Having large areas to operate across, at all of NZSki’s three ski areas, he expected they would sit alongside golf courses in coming under “special circumstances” and not be limited to 100 people.

“Most ski areas are twice the size as the Wellington CBD, so we have plenty of space to manage social distancing and use the ticketing system for contact tracing,” he said.

Changes would be made to ensure social distancing in lift

By Susan Sandys

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Mt Hutt is aiming for a mid-June opening for the ski season. queues and other areas of congregation.

At the Sky High Café and Huber’s Hut Restaurant, there would be no more going to the counter cabinets to get and order food, skiers would be seated and have a sole staff mem-

ber waiting on them.

“Because we are expecting lower numbers of visitors, we will be able to manage it,” Anderson said.

Visitation levels at Mt Hutt may be just 50 per cent of a normal year, however with

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domestic travel now being allowed it was hoped that would be higher.

Prior to the pandemic, Mt Hutt Ski Area was to open June 5, and is now looking at the possibility of a mid-June opening.

Schools to reopen under a new norm

By Sue Newman

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Opening school gates again will see hand sanitiser and soap become the two must-have items on every campus.

Anticipating the lowering of the Covid-19 Alert Level to 2 next week, and schools reopening on May 18, Ashburton District school principals are keeping a close eye on Ministry of Education guidelines to ensure their campus ticks every safety box, says Ashburton Intermediate principal Brent Gray.

Containers of hand santisier will be at the entrance to every classroom and in every classroom and there will be plenty of soap in toilet areas, he said.

On the grounds of practicality, social distancing will not be an issue for schools, but Gray

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said the message he will be hammering home to staff and school families is that no-one should be at school if they are at all unwell.

“We’ve all been away from one another for so long that any bugs that are brought in will just go through the school like wildfire,” he said.

For teachers there would be a period of adjustment with their classes as they assessed where students were at academically after so many weeks of distance learning, Gray said.

Ashburton College is likely to bring its students back in two waves, when the all-clear is given – Year 9 and 13 on day one and the remainder of the student body the following day.

“While Year 11 and 12 students can catch up, for Year

13, this year is it. We need to find out where they’re at. A lot of those students are anxious they’re behind and staff are anxious because their students could be behind,” he said.

There was likely to be a wide variation in the amount of work students had done through distance learning, Preece said.

“We don’t know what’s gone on at home over the last seven weeks, so let’s start again. We have to accept where our students are at and move forward from there.”

Hand sanitiser and soap would be the order of the day for everyone on campus and cleaners would be undertaking a round of door handle and toilet block cleaning during the school day, he said.

The college will be delivering

a strong message to both students and staff that anyone who was unwell must not come to school.

Life will be pretty much back to normal for students at Allenton School, apart from the presence of hand sanitiser containers, soap and staggered break times, said principal Bruce Tilby.

“Our preparations right now are all around health and safety.

You have to be a bit pragmatic, however, about things like physical distancing in schools.

For us it’ll be about children not touching one another and not being within breathing distance.”

When students returned, the key issue initially would be ensuring everyone on campus was comfortable and happy, he said.

The peaceful pastime of reading a magazine in a doctor’s waiting room is to remain a distant memory under Alert Level 2.

Mid Canterbury GP spokesperson Emma Andrew said waiting rooms would become busier, but not as busy as they used to be, and with no magazines or toys.

She acknowledged magazines and toys were a welcome diversion to patients waiting for their consultations, and said they would most likely return one day. However, she believed this would not be until the Covid-19 pandemic was well and truly over.

This was because such items could become transmission surfaces for the virus, as they were handled by many people.

Dr Andrew said the main change of going to Level 2 would be more people in doctors’ clinics in the district.

GPs would still focus on virtual consultations and these could make up half of all appointments, but things such as screenings, blood tests for chronic issues, and before-school checks would return.

Each practice would configure things differently, but generally well people would be allowed in the waiting room, with social distancing measures. Practices would still operate with closed-door policies, where patients had to make an appointment and follow procedures such as putting on a supplied face mask and using hand sanitiser.

“It’s nice to get back to feeling a bit normal, not quite normal, but it’s getting there,” Dr Andrew said.

She said a person’s GP remained the first port of call. For flu injections, while distribution had been patchy, she expected there would be enough for everyone who required it.

Her practice at Tinwald was still working through its lists of vulnerable patients. She expected within the next couple of weeks, remaining patients would be able to phone and make an appointment to get their flu jab.

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Tough challenges for hospitality

By Sue Newman and Heather Mackenzie When Tinwald Tavern owner Greg King opens his doors again, it will be in a far from normal trading environment.

With his 250-person capacity bar the heart of his business, the Covid-19 Level 2 trading rules will mean dramatic changes to the way his business is run and that puts a huge question mark over whether he’ll turn a profit, King said.

“It’ll just be slowing down the amount of money I’m losing. It’ll cost me to have staff doing table service because my prices are set for people to come up to the bar to buy their drinks and we’ll have to provide a service we’re not set up to do,” he said.

King is now trying to work through how to turn his public bar into a table service bar, but said the one thing that stands out is that there’ll be higher running costs and lower profits.

He’s comfortable with the 100 person limit on patron numbers but said that limit means his traditionally big Thursday to Saturday nights, his profit makers over the winter, won’t be happening.

He believes the Level 2 trading regulations could be the tipping point for some bars to decide whether or not it was worth re-opening.

“We just all need some certainty. It was easy to get into this, but it’s much harder getting out. Limiting us to 100 people is fine, I can operate easily enough with that but it’s the table service for us that will be the killer,” he said.

Prior to the Level 4 lockdown, King had closed the tavern’s restaurant for refurbishment. Contractors are now back on site, but that’s an area of the business that is currently a cost rather than income generator, he said.

His complex also includes motels and while the odd truck driver had been overnighting, that area had also been hard hit.

King said that while Level 2 trading would be testing and might be about providing a service rather than making any money, it was a positive that a slow return to business was about to start.

The hospitality industry is facing some tough challenges re-opening under Alert Level 2.

For Phat Duck owner, Amanda Joyce, opening for business will be far from normal.

While the table service only requirement will make little difference in the restaurant area, it will be a huge change for bar patrons, she said.

“Our bar customers love coming up to have a chat and while we’ve got the staff to do this, it’ll be challenging. But at least we’ll be open.”

All business owners were very aware that being able to open again, however, would come with no guarantees that customers would return in large numbers and that cash would start flowing again, she said.

During Level 3, Joyce said they had been well supported with people buying takeaway or freezer-ready meals. That had kept the business afloat, but like everyone in the hospitality industry she and husband Nigel had been forced to dip into savings.

“And it’s not over for any of us.

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We’ve been absolutely honest with staff, we haven’t sugar-coated anything,” she said.

“It’s all trial and error, it’s like we’re starting out again really.

No-one is safe. We’re all in different boats, but we’re riding out the same storm in different ways.”

In Methven, Ski Time owner Pete Wood is looking forward to getting back to what they do best when the restaurant opens under Level 2.

Monday saw him and wife Suzie working on the logistics of reopening under the government’s new three Ss rules – seated, separated and each table must have one server.

Wood said he is happy that the amount of floor space in their restaurant means that social distancing and the other two Ss will not be an issue.

By way of making sure there are enough bookings for all, the restaurants in Methven are looking at opening on different nights, where possible.

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we’ll plan to reduce our previous seven nights to four at this stage.

Together Methven restaurants we will have all seven nights covered.”

Meanwhile, café owners are looking at life under Covid-19 Alert Level 2 and wondering how they’ll manage takeaway orders under the requirement for table service only.

With cafes and restaurants able to open when the Alert Level drops to 2, that re-opening comes with a requirement for table service only putting a big question mark over how takeaway food and coffee orders will be handled, says Taste Café owner Kim Baynes.

During Level 3 she has been open for contactless takeaway food and coffee sales and said she’s happy with the table service option for in-house dining. With just one entranceway to her café, however, she’s wondering how to manage the large takeaway side of her business.

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while taking orders from tables rather than the counter will take more staff time, if that’s what’s needed to get back to full business, she’s happy with that option.

She’s waiting for clarification from the Restaurant Association on the takeaway option.

Nicky Milmine from The Somerset Grocer said she was well down the track in planning to fully open the café she and husband Mark run.

Their café has two entrances, During Level 3 they have been serving coffee and takeaways from their alleyway side door and plan to continue this at Level 2, effectively creating two businesses that won’t interact.

Milmine said she has already rearranged tables in the café, using deli display units as space dividers to comply with distancing requirements.

Daily menus will be written and placed on each table and for her team the major change will be in the way staff work.

“Instead of standing at the till and food cabinet they’ll now be taking orders at tables. There’ll just need to be a bit more communication between ourselves,” she said.

“We’re well down the track with planning and I think we’re one step ahead towards being fully open.”

In Methven, plans are well under way at Topp Café to meet the new guidelines, ahead of their opening under Level 2.

Level 2 will see patrons allowed into the café for the first time since lockdown began and that has owners Donna and Dame Lynda Topp excited.

Thankfully, due to the shape of the café, Donna said only one large table had to be replaced with a smaller one to meet the social distancing requirements.

“We are a very social café. People like to come here for a coffee and a catch-up with other tables, under these new rules that can’t happen.

“We are creating a welcoming and comfortable atmosphere for our customers, one where they feel safe to come into and take a seat.”

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Two new cases, zero in Canty

A police dog was called in while police investigated an item that looked like an explosive device on Friday morning.

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Bomb scare closes streets

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

Several Ashburton streets were blocked off by police on Friday morning after a device that looked like an explosive was found in a yard at a South Street property.

Police were called to the scene at 10.10am after someone working at the property found the item.

A police spokesperson said it appeared to resemble an explosive device, but was in fact harmless.

The roads were closed for just over an hour as police carried out their enquiries.

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Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess said they were not needed, but were notified about what was happening due to the road closures.

One of Ashburton’s most memorable recent bomb scares was in February 2017 when two bags marked ‘explosives’ had been left on the footpath in the Ashburton Business Estate.

Staff from three nearby businesses were evacuated while a New Zealand Defence Force bomb squad were called to remove the packages.

A diagnostic test on the substance inside the bags was carried out and it was

found to be inert sand.

In 2008 the Ashburton Police Station was evacuated after a suspicious package was brought to the station that turned out to be an empty suitcase.

The suitcase, in a carry bag, was taken to the police station by staff from a local business who had discovered the suitcase and became suspicious of its contents and its origin.

A New Zealand Defence Force bomb disposal team was called and the police station was evacuated and the road was closed off so the team’s robotic wheelbarrow device could diffuse the package.

There are two new Covid-19 cases, one of which is an Auckland nurse who has tested positive for coronavirus.

The nurse is linked to St Margaret’s resthome and is being cared for at North Shore Hospital. She has been in self-isolation, director of public health Caroline McElnay said.

The other confirmed case is a probable case that has since been confirmed.

New Zealand’s combined total of confirmed and probable Covid-19 cases is 1490, an increase of one.

There are 1141 confirmed cases in all and 1347 people with Covid-19 have recovered – 90 per cent of all confirmed and probable cases.

There are three people in hospital. None are in ICU. There are 16 significant clusters, four of which are now closed.

McElnay said people with any symptoms needed to continue to be tested at Level 3 as well as throughout Level 2, whenever the country moves into that alert level She said people needed to remember that the country was still in Level 3.

“Play it safe. We don’t want a second wave,” she sad.

Yesterday was day 11 of Alert Level 3, and with the lag time involved in Covid-19 infections, any spread of Covid-19 because of the easing from Level 4 to Level 3 should start to be reflected in the case numbers.

McElnay said the low case numbers were “a very good sign”, but wouldn’t be drawn on whether they were a reflection of how New Zealanders had handled the easier restrictions of Level 3.

Cabinet will meet on Monday to determine when New Zealand can move to Alert Level 2.

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ART AT HOME The Ashburton Art Gallery team are bringing art to you while our building is temporarily closed. With the hopes that level 2 will bring more faces into our lives, we thought you might appreciate this portrait by Geraldine artist John Badcock.

The subject of portraiture is one that Badcock has frequented throughout his career which spans more than 30 years. His abstracted forms and loose brushstrokes not only capture the likeness of someone, but the atmosphere, emotions and mood of the subject too.

The textures and heavy use of paint give a sculptural feel to the work, making the experience of looking at this painting rather exciting.

If you're looking for ideas and activities to keep busy throughout this time, visit us on Facebook or our website: www.ashburtonartgallery.org.nz Image credits: John Badcock, 28/6/08-14/9/15, oil on canvas, 2015, 930mm x 720mm. Collection of the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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Paying homage to art at home susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Missing her colourful workplace, Simone Barnsdale decided to pay homage to one of the Ashburton Art Gallery’s prominent artworks while at home.

“Like many, I have found comfort in creativity during this time,” she said.

“Stumbling across cheerful chalk drawings and creations in windows always brings me such joy.”

Barnsdale was thus inspired to make a mock stained glass window, based on the gallery’s Trusttum Window.

The Trusttum Window was an Ashburton signature project 20 years ago, when the gallery’s committee commissioned Canterbury-based Philip Trusttum to design a window for the Baring Square building where the gallery was based.

The result was a 15-panel creation with stylised lettering, reading - ASHBURTON est 1876.

Today it features above the main entrance of the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, and is one of only two pieces in the gallery’s collection that people can enjoy while the gallery is closed in the Covid-19 restrictions.

The other piece is Love Me Tender, a sculpture by Llew Summers located in Baring Square East across the road from the old gallery.

Ashburton residents can still see these works if a stroll in their bubbles takes in the town centre.

Barnsdale said she created her mock stained glass window using Reeve’s water-soluble wax pastels, but washable paints, markers, cellophane or tissue paper would also work.

She mapped out the design on a piece of paper to start with, and used painter’s tape to mask out the design.

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Right – Simone Barnsdale (left) and colleague Nicole Bourke admire the Trusttum Window prior to the gallery being temporarily closed during Covid-19 restrictions.

PHOTO SUPPLIED Inset: A decorated window at Simone Barnsdale’s house pays homage to the Trusttum Window.

Council may step into social support arena sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

While rapid economic recovery is critical for the Ashburton District, so too is social recovery for a community that has been living a far from normal life for many weeks, says mayor Neil Brown.

As the Ashburton District Council makes plans to ensure the district recovers as quickly as possible from a stalled economy during the Covid-19 lockdown, Brown said the social well-being cost of the pandemic had to be acknowledged and dealt with too.

At yesterday’s Covid-19 response committee meeting, Brown commended the establishment of a council-led economic recovery group but questioned whether a second group to deal with social issues should also be formed.

Locally and on a national level councils were giving that issue plenty of thought and it was creating plenty of debate, chief executive Hamish Riach said.

“We’re asking, do councils have an ongoing role in social well-being of their community over the next few years, rather than just an economic role? How

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could a council be involved in helping its community – if at all?”

Nationally there was no real clarity on this, nor any consensus on whether such a response should be managed and controlled nationally or at a regional or district level, he said.

Riach believes, however, that the time is right to get people together locally to gather information on the wide range of social issues from unemployment and financial stress to mental health issues that will come after so many weeks of disrupted life.

“I believe it’s horses for courses, one size won’t fit all, councils

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will need to look at how their own community support might look long term,” he said.

Rather than establishing a new group, councillor Liz McMillan said Safer Ashburton was already working in the social support area and its members represented a wide range of community groups.

“With a bit of tweaking this could work for this role,” she said.

A report on how council’s social support for the community could look will be prepared for next week’s Covid-19 response committee meeting.

Justice officials feared children would be increasingly subjected to internet predators during lockdown, as a result of spending more time online. Documents released yesterday by the Joint Venture on Family Violence and Sexual Violence (JV) say “additional risks” also included young people accessing or viewing inappropriate content such as online pornography. To try and combat such abuse, the Government put an increased focus on prevention and early intervention.

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Memories of lockdowns gone by T

o many of us the lockdown is a new experience being unable to do the things that we regard as normal life activities.

Looking back over my life we have had lockdowns before, some personal, some local in our district and some internationally.

The first International lockdown that I can recall was World War Two where the whole world was fighting to escape the tyranny of dictators who desired to take away our freedom.

This lockdown occurred when I was in my formative years, so my memories are vague. Our citizens endured extreme hardship, many died by starvation and fighting.

After five years we did overcome this lockdown by the oppression of our enemies.

My second international lockdown was the polio epidemic (infantile paralysis) in 1947/48 where schools were closed in the New Year; opening after Easter.

Students received their lessons three days a week via the rural mailman in special canvas satchels. Public movement in the communities was restricted.

The world moved on from this lockdown leaving many disfigured and dead. It was halted years later with the Salk polio vaccine which was compulsory for all school children.

There have also been local

Ashburton Guardian reader, Noel Lowe shares his memories and experiences of previous occasions where normal life hasn’t been able to happen.

Noel Lowe lockdowns caused by floods, windstorms, snowstorms, and earthquakes. All of these caught us unaware, yet we managed to survive and grow stronger from those experiences.

My first experience of a local lockdown was the 1945 snow

storm. I remember waking up and looking out the window to see the snow level with the windowsill.

It was three feet deep. It lay on the ground for over four weeks.

Roads were closed (and schools), power poles were down and there

were no telephones. Survival consisted of bringing in water in a cream can from a spring creek half a mile away. The coal range was the only means of heating and cooking. The old homestead had no insulation, so ice formed on the inside of the windows. The eggs froze in the cupboard as did the milk in the jug.

There was very little hay for stock in those days, so the sheep survived on the green pine needles from the fallen trees. My first school days started with a lockdown.

Since then there has been many snow and windstorms that created havoc in our district, especially Ashburton Forks where I spent 62 years of my life.

The Covid-19 pandemic will go down in history where the world was caught un-prepared. So few thought it would ever happen in a technological world of science and medicine..

We have learned much from this experience; where we go for daily walks or bike rides and greet strangers with a friendly hello as we continue on our way.

The grocery store will be there tomorrow and the next day full of

food we need.

The power keeps flowing in the grid and we can keep in touch with Face Time and Zoom. newspapers and TV keep us informed on happenings, local and overseas.

In 1945 the only link was the mailman who managed to make it up the road from Ashburton after a grader had cleared a one-way track. He supplied us with newspapers, mail and fresh bread.

Now we are in debt to younger family members (and community people) who have stepped up to help the challenged age group (ourselves) by getting our groceries and doing those small chores.

We thank them for their wonderful efforts.

Our citizens will emerge stronger from this experience, unfortunately our businesses will suffer from the monetary inactivity and some of them will fail and fall by the wayside.

Emerging from this lockdown will change everything we do forever.

On May 6th 1940 there were floods and the main Hinds River Bridge was washed away moments after my father crossed taking my mother to the old Malvern Maternity Home.

I started life with a local lockdown. Old age is a privilege.

New group targeting organised crime welcomed

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

Local police have welcomed the decision to establish a branch of the National Organised Crime Group in the South Island, based out of Christchurch.

Ashburton sub-area supervisor Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins said this new resource is a welcome addition to the Canterbury and wider South Island police.

“The new team provides a tiered approach, with the NOCG focused on transnational and organised crime and working closely with the district teams focusing

at a local level, and the Southern Asset Recovery Team,” he said.

“It will be supporting and enhanced by the national NOCG resource, alongside key national and international partners and local communities to prevent, disrupt and deter organised crime and the harm it causes.”

Police say in recent years they have seen an expansion of organised crime activity across the South Island which includes North Island gangs such as the Mongrel Mob, Barbarians and the recent formed Mongols.

“They have added to what is al-

ready a crowded gang landscape,” Jenkins said.

“In addition recent successful NOCG jobs have identified the Comancheros are looking to increase their market share of the illicit drug supply into South Island markets.

“Operation Maddale, that terminated mid-last year, saw a number of Comanchero associated offenders being charged with drug dealing offences across the country.

“Recently the Mid Canterbury police have targeted and held a number of gang associates to ac-

count by way of prosecution currently before the court.”

Transnational crime groups are intent importing illicit drugs through both sea and airports into New Zealand and this includes the South Island.

Police say that gangs are sophisticated in their methods and take specific actions to avoid coming to police attention.

“Their activity and actions cause significant harm to our communities. Police do not tolerate gang activity and will continue to disrupt those individuals and groups involved in serious organ-

ised crime to protect our communities and reduce harm caused by their offending,” he said.

“Gangs continue to adjust and broaden their methods for recruitment and marketing, and for funnelling their illegal activity.

“The recent arrivals of organised crime offenders deported from Australia have changed the gang landscape in recent years with increased professionalism and use of encrypted devices.

Regardless of this, a number of high-profile and senior members of gangs have been held accountable for their criminal offending.”

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Mother’s Day with a difference

$8 million drug bust NZME Two men have been arrested after the suitcase of a man flying into New Zealand was found to contain 20 kilograms of methamphetamine – with an estimated street value of about $8 million – inside, Customs says.

The drug bust at Auckland Airport on Thursday occurred after a 26-year-old “person of interest” was risk-profiled by Customs after he left New Zealand for the United States last Saturday and returned from Los Angeles five days later, Customs investigations manager Bruce Berry said.

“A search of his small suitcase located 20kg of methamphetamine, worth an estimated street value of around $NZ8m. He faces life imprisonment for the importation and possession of a class A controlled drug.”

Customs investigators, with help from police, carried out several search warrants in Auckland on Thursday and yesterday, resulting in the arrest of a 44-year-old man whom subsequent investigations had linked to the case, Berry said.

The man faces a charge for the importation of a class A controlled drug.

Both men are New Zealanders.

Resthomes are generally busy places come Mother’s Day, as sons, daughters and countless grandchildren visit.

Not so this year, as a global pandemic separates families and reduces hugs and cups of tea to phone calls and video chats.

Residents at Rosebank Resthome and Hospital are among those who have been learning to adapt, including Betty Read, (left) with diversional therapist Debra Shore, talking to her son Murray and her grandchildren.

Manager Sue Prowse said residents had been getting their heads around new technology faster than ever as they relied on it to see their loved ones.

“It’s lovely to see the animation on their faces when they see how it works, it’s just priceless,” Prowse said.

She expected devices would be in high use tomorrow for Mother’s Day, as would the home’s new Skype booth.

She was looking forward to a loosening of restrictions under Level 2, but yesterday was still finding out what these would be, although expected some visitation could begin.

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omorrow we celebrate, albeit probably less traditionally than in previous years, Mother’s Day. Who amongst us could be more deserving of a day set aside in their honour?

While the celebration of Mother’s Day as we know it is a relatively modern tradition mothers have always been recognised.

The tradition of Mother’s Day can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and Romans.

Ancient Greeks held a festival to honour Rhea, wife of Cronus and the mother of many deities of Greek mythology.

The ancient Romans honoured Cybele, a mother goddess.

Mother’s Day, as we know it, came about after the lobbying of many American women, notably Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis.

On May 9, 1914, in a Presidential proclamation, US President Woodrow Wilson officially established the second Sunday in May annually for the celebration of motherhood.

With Mother’s Day approaching, my sister Judy and I have been sharing some memories of our mother Rita who, from an early age, was profoundly deaf.

In her younger days Rita was apparently a bit of a “tom-boy” she had a delightful sense of humour, enjoyed having fun and was very good at helping others enjoy life.

She never let her deafness get her down, there were never any “why me?” comments and in fact we’ve been thinking because she

Guardian motoring correspondent, Bernard Egan is well known around these parts. Over the next few weeks, he’s agreed to share with us some of his tales from yesteryear. Some will be his own telling while others will come directly, or indirectly from others. The whole truth of some, can be left for public opinion. Readers are invited to share tales with Bernard by emailing geegeeber@gmail.com

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knew how to cope within herself Rita would have dealt with lockdown in her stride.

With someone like Rita life certainly had its funny side and an incident we often laugh about involved an appeal collection.

Our mother would regularly send donations by mail, but never heard the door when collectors called.

Nevertheless an envelope with money in it was always at hand.

Once, while visiting, I opened her door to a collector so I asked Rita if she had an envelope and was given it to pass on.

After handing it over Rita berated me for giving it away.

Apparently because mum never heard the door the money in it had been circulating from envelope to envelope for around three years and I had just upset the system!

Of course she was kidding me and the next envelope was soon filled.

Rita Egan really was deaf!

This was brought home to us when the local Hearing Association therapist carried out a test and informed us Rita and one other member were vying for the dubious distinction of having scored the worst test recorded.

Typically of our mother and the other member, a friend of mum’s who was blessed with a similar sense of humour, would jokingly dispute each other’s claim to fame for the remainder of their

lives.

Their competition wasn’t about whose test was best, rather whose was worse.

Ultimately they agreed it was a draw and both families thought what an attitude, how cool is that.

By using two hearing aids Mum’s friend had reasonable hearing.

She once told us a chap didn’t believe she was deaf so she told

him she was wearing two aids.

He couldn’t see them and asked where she wore them.

Her response – “It was a stupid question, so I gave him a stupid answer and said ‘well where do you think’?”

But before he could answer, she said: “They’re in my bloomers!”

Rita and her friend were wonderful mothers, each had a great outlook on life and both were an inspiration to us all.

Just recently a family friend spoke about visiting Rita when she was elderly.

Our friend asked Rita how she was getting on and became concerned by her reply.

Rita in unusually subdued tones said: “Well these days I find I’m spending a lot of time thinking about the hereafter”.

This wasn’t the Rita we knew, it was out of character and our friend wondered if she should contact us but she knew Rita well enough to enquire further.

Rita said: “Well sometimes I think I’ll get something from another room but by the time I get there I’m thinking ‘what I am here after’?”

Followed of course with a big grin and laughs all round.

Always a bit of a tom-boy also a bit of a prankster.

Mother’s Day is a celebration of motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.

We hope all Mothers will enjoy tomorrow knowing Mother’s Day is for them.

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Single source of Covid There are now almost 1.3 million cases of the coronavirus across the United States.

More than half of them have been traced back to one source.

A huge percentage of the United States’ coronavirus infections can be traced back to people travelling from New York City before it went into lockdown, according to new research from the Yale School of Public Health.

The analysis, whose conclusions are outlined in The New York Times newspaper, shows New York was the “primary gateway” through which the virus spread to the rest of the country.

Experts say it shows officials at all levels of government in the US “missed the boat” by waiting too long to halt domestic travel and impose social distancing rules.

As the virus spreads, it gains mutations, which subtly change its genetic “signature”.

Scientists can use that signature to distinguish between different lines of the disease and, in this case, determine where they came from.

The two earliest known outbreaks in the United States were in the state of Washington, on the country’s west coast, and then New York on the east coast. Cases linked to Washington have a slightly different signature than the ones connected to New York.

After analysing thousands of samples from infected people across the US, Yale found that a majority of the cases bore mutations that could be traced back to the New York outbreak.

That was even true in a number of western states geographically closer to Washington.

In California, for example, 50 per cent of the samples analysed were linked to New York, compared to 32 per cent that were linked to Washington.

“We now have enough data to feel pretty confident that New York was the primary gateway for the rest of the country,” epidemiologist Nathan Grubaugh told The Times.

Grubaugh estimated that the spread of infections from New York accounted for “60 to 65 per cent of the sequenced viruses” in the US.

Kristin boots Cutler Kristin Cavallari is reportedly divorcing Jay Cutler because she’s tired of him lying around the house. The Very Cavallari star split from her husband last month and it’s been claimed one of the reasons they drifted apart is she initially thought that the former NFL player was destined for a career in sports broadcasting – but after those ambitions fell through, she’s found Jay to be “unmotivated” and “lazy”.

People wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus as they stand on line to grocery shop in the New York borough of Queens.

“It looks like most of the domestic spread is basically people travelling out from New York,” confirmed Kari Stefansson, who is the CEO and founder of a genome analysis company.

There have been 1.29 million confirmed cases of the virus in the US, and 76,844 deaths.

According to immunology professor Kristian Andersen, Yale’s research is proof that the scale of the problem is America’s “own fault”.

“It means that we missed the boat early on, and the vast majority in this country is coming from domestic spread,” Andersen told The Times.

In other words, officials were too slow to implement measures to contain the virus.

President Donald Trump restricted some travel from China at the start of February, but waited until March 11 to ban travel from Europe.

It turns out most of the infections in New York came via Europe, rather than straight from China.

Mid-March was also when the White House finally issued a set of social distancing guidelines as part of its plan to “slow the spread”.

By then, it was already too late.

In the fortnight after Trump announced the Europe travel ban, the official tally of cases skyrocketed from fewer than 2000 infections, largely limited to Washington and New York, to more than 68,000, spread across the entire country.

But the federal government was not the only one at fault.

Authorities in New York also failed to act swiftly.

The state’s first confirmed case came on March 1, though research has suggested that by that point there were actually 10,000 undetected infections there.

Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency on March 7.

He did not implement a full lockdown until almost two weeks after that, on March 20.

Again, we now know that was too late.

For weeks, thousands upon thousands of people continued to travel in and out of New York City, quietly spreading the virus to all corners of the US. In recent weeks, Trump has sought to shift blame for the pandemic onto China, where the virus originated.

Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo publicly claimed there was “enormous evidence” the dis-

ease had come from a laboratory in the city of Wuhan.

“There’s enormous evidence that this is where this began,” Pompeo told ABC News.

“China has a history of infecting the world.

“And they have a history of running substandard laboratories. These are not the first times that we’ve had a world exposed to viruses as the result of failures in a Chinese lab.

“So while the intelligence committee continues to do its work – they should continue to do that and verify so that we are certain – I can tell you that there is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory in Wuhan.”

He declined to describe the evidence in any more detail.

Pompeo tied the laboratory theory into a broader critique of China for initially seeking to cover up the outbreak.

“The Chinese Communist Party had the opportunity to prevent all the calamity that has befallen the world,” he said.

“This is an enormous crisis, created by the fact that the Chinese Communist Party reverted to form, reverted to the kinds of disinformation and concealment that authoritarian regimes do.”

MasterChef Australia, lift your game.

While the current Aussie season of the show has viewers arguing about whether we’re seeing too much of Poh or that Laura’s a bit too fond of making pasta, over in Spain a contestant just got booted from their version of MasterChef for serving up a whole dead bird to the judges. Season eight MasterChef Spain contestant Saray presented the show’s judges with an unplucked, uncooked partridge. 27-year-old social worker Saray, already upset with previous harsh critiques she’d received from the judges, she instead decided to present the partridge, uh, al dente.

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Claims Kim Jong-un using a stunt double Over the years we’ve seen claims Elvis Presley, Tupac and Adolf Hitler were all still alive and in hiding.

But recently people are divided over North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the theory he is using stunt doubles.

Rumours have swirled re-

How was your partridge?

garding the leader’s health after he went weeks without being seen in public, including missing birthday celebrations and important national events.

After a great deal of speculation that he was in a vegetative state or possibly even dead fol-

lowing surgery, a photograph and video of Kim Jong-un attending the opening ceremony of a fertiliser factory on May 1 emerged.

But eagle-eyed observers have questioned the authenticity of the image, pointing out differences in an offi-

cial photo of North Korea’s “Supreme Leader” and that which emerged from the May 1 event.

A number of people claim Kim Jong-un looks different compared to older photos, pointing out change in his teeth structure and ear lobes.

Bruce Willis has reunited with his wife – but is still quarantining with former spouse Demi Moore. The Die Hard actor has been in Idaho with the Ghost actress and their children, Rumer, 31, Scout, 28, and Talluhah, 26, for the past few weeks while Emma Heming stayed in Los Angeles with their daughters Mabel, eight, and six-year-old Evelyn, but his wife and younger kids have now left California to join them. Emma has shared videos on Instagram of Bruce, 65, playing fetch with their dogs and trying his hand at archery, and also posted photos of him playing with their daughters.

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Holes were smashed in the walls of the property along with the floors and windows.

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For two years the Smiths’ (name has been changed) tenant at their rental property had been exemplary, paying their rent on time and causing no issues.

Within 18 months they had contaminated the house with high levels of methamphetamine and had caused more than $30,000 dollars’ worth of damage, Jaime Pitt-MacKay reports.

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n mid-to-late 2017 the Smith family decided to purchase another home in Ashburton and rent out their previous house as a rental.

For two years things were fine, until word started to get back to the Smiths that police had been visiting the house, looking for people.

After receiving a tip-off that methamphetamine was being used in the house, they decided to carry out an inspection to see what condition the property was in.

Upon inspection they discovered the house was a mess, with holes smashed in windows, the walls and floors of most rooms in the house.

After seeing that, they handed the tenants their notice and decided to repair the property and sell it, but with the insurance company refusing to assess the damage until the house had been tested for methamphetamine and cleaned, a large bill awaited

the Smiths.

“We were lucky, we had $30,000 in tenants insurance,” Smith said.

“For the testing and cleaning alone that cost $10,000.”

The process involved getting the house tested by a Christchurch company, which revealed contamination throughout the house, even nearing the levels in some areas where you would expect to see methamphetamine had been manufactured.

This meant a full cleaning of the house was required, involving removal of all soft furnishings and washing of exposed wood and painted areas or removing it.

Once the cleaning process had been completed, re-testing revealed levels were still above the desired standards, requiring further cleaning and re-testing to give the house the all-clear.

“It had to be fully cleaned before the inspector would come onsite and once he

had done his assessment it was clear it was going to exceed the $20,000 we had remaining from the insurance, so we were fortunate we were able to do most of the (repair) work ourselves apart from the electrical and plumbing work,” Smith said.

Despite that it has been a 12-month process to get the house back to a liveable state, requiring holes in the walls and floors to be fixed, the house to be painted and carpet laid.

“The worst thing was it was our family home for 15 years and we had raised our family there,” Smith said.

“To know that that was happening inside our home was horrible and knowing that they were a nuisance to our neighbours as well, who are friends.”

Around a month after the tenants were evicted from the property, police raided the empty house searching for a male who had warrants for his arrest that involved the

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by P contamination street the property was on being cordoned off as police swarmed the street and entered the house.

Using, possessing, selling and manufacturing meth are offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. Tenants who smoke, sell or manufacture meth in a rental property are using the property for an unlawful purpose. This is a breach of the Residential Tenancies Act. Tenants who cause meth contamination are also breaching their obligation to not intentionally or carelessly damage the property. In most cases, tenants will be found liable for damage from meth contamination caused by them or their guests.

The Tenancy Tribunal may order tenants who have used a rental property for an unlawful purpose to pay a penalty of up to $1000.

What defines methamphetamine contamination?

While the issue of methamphetamine caused headaches and heartache for the Smith family, there is still no national guideline under the Residential Tenancy Act for what the acceptable level of contamination in a rental property.

A report released in May, 2018, by the Government’s then chief science adviser Sir Peter Gluckman saying that there was no evidence of risk to people from third-hand exposure to methamphetamine, and that there was merit in a much less stringent standard of 15ug/100cm2, compared to the 1.5ug/100cm2 standard introduced in 2017 that is used by many insurance companies.

The national standard compares to a maximum health intervention level of 0.5ug/100cm2 in Australia, and 0.1ug/100cm2 in most states in the US. The Gluckman report said there was “merit” in applying a much less stringent standard of 15ug/100cm2, 10-times that of

the current one.

When the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2019 was passed on July 30 it outlined that new regulations will be developed to prescribe the acceptable level for methamphetamine contamination, processes for testing (including when to test) and decontamination of rental properties.

The regulations were set down to be developed over the next year following that and have still not been released.

The Residential Tenancies Act does not state what level of meth contamination is acceptable for health reasons in a rental property.

There are two sources of information which have different views about what level of contamination creates a health risk, which are the Gluckman report (15ug/100cm2), or the New Zealand standard (1.5ug/100cm2).

Both of these can be used as guidance to

assist landlords and tenants according to the tenancy services website.

Landlords are now able to test for methamphetamine in rental premises while tenants are living there.

They must provide 48 hours’ notice to tenants before entering the property, or for boarding house tenants they must provide 24 hours’ notice before entering the boarding house room.

Landlords will have to tell the tenant what contaminant they are testing for, and share the test results (in writing) with the tenant within seven days of receiving them.

Once relevant regulations are in place, landlords will not be able to knowingly rent premises that are contaminated above the prescribed level (as set out in the regulations), without decontaminating in accordance with the regulations.

They will be liable for a financial penalty of up to $4000 if they do so.

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Banks offer record low home loan rate

By Tamsyn Parker NZME

Two major banks have cut their home loan rates to below 3 per cent – a new record low for major banks in New Zealand.

But the move will be cold comfort for the thousands of Kiwis who have deferred payments on their mortgages because they can’t afford them at the moment.

State-owned Kiwibank announced late Thursday it would be cutting its one year fixed term rate from Monday to 2.99 per cent, down from 3.09 per cent.

In a statement, the bank said it was its first ever sub 3 per cent home loan interest rate.

Kiwibank general manager of product Nicole Pervan said the move was about providing value to customers.

“Customers with a fixed interest rate expiring within the next month are likely to roll onto a new interest rate 1 per cent lower than their current rate.

“On an average-sized loan this will reduce repayments [by] $50 to $70 which will go a long way at this time. Customers have the flexibility to pay off their loan faster or keep that money in their back pocket for a rainy day.”

That move has been followed

by ASB which has cut its two-year fixed term rate to 2.99 per cent, down from 3.49 per cent, effective from yesterday.

Craig Sims, ASB executive general manager retail banking, said the reduced rate would help Kiwis manage their home loans during what has been a challenging period, as well as support others into home ownership.

“This has been a difficult time for a lot of our customers. While we have put in place a number of support options, including mortgage repayment deferrals and interest-only payments, we’re continually evolving what we are doing to help Kiwis get through the impact of Covid-19. Offering this two-year special rate is part of that.”

ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley said lower home loan rates would help boost the economy as it gets back up and running, following lockdown.

“The Reserve Bank has taken concerted actions to push interest rates down, and these are clearly bearing fruit by enabling mortgage rates to fall to even lower levels,” Tuffley said.

Lower interest rates would put cash into people’s pockets helping

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The bank interest rate cuts come ahead of the Reserve Bank’s official cash rate review next Wednesday.

The OCR is already at a record low of 0.25 per cent with the central bank locking that rate in for at least 12 months.

But some economists are predicting the rate will be cut again this year and could go into negative territory.

A survey of financial experts by Finder found 45 per cent predict another cut this year although just 15 per cent expected it next week.

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to stimulate and restart the economy, he added.

“Lower borrowing rates will also help to further alleviate any financial worries that borrowers may have.”

But the rate cuts will do little to help those who have had to defer payments on their home loans.

As of an update posted yesterday on the New Zealand Bankers Association website 105,035 loans had been reduced or payments deferred on them totalling loans worth $36.9 billion.

Oliver Hartwich, executive director of economic think tank the NZ Initiative, said: “a rate cut should be expected given New Zealand’s rapidly deteriorating economic circumstances”.

Brad Olsen, a senior economist at Infometrics, said that emerging pandemic developments mean the Reserve Bank may reverse its decision to hold the cash rate for an extended period.

Property prices are also expected to fall with the experts predicting an 8 per cent slump in Auckland and 7 per cent fall in Christchurch.

Despite the predicted house price slump the majority of experts surveyed did not think it was a good time to buy property.

Kevin McHugh, Finder’s publisher in New Zealand, said job security remained key for first home buyers eager to pounce while prices were down.

“First home buyers with a secure job are being presented with a unique opportunity to enter the market sooner than expected,” he said.

“But the combination of a looming recession, job cuts and no vaccine as of yet means it’s shaky territory on the employment front.”

As at 4pm May 8, 2020

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NZME Britain could take a year to return to normal after plunging into its deepest recession for more than three centuries as the coronavirus pandemic stops households from spending, forces businesses to shut and brings the property market to a crashing halt, the Bank of England has warned.

The economy will sink by as much as 25 per cent in the three months to June – the steepest drop since 1706 – before recovering “relatively rapidly” in the summer and into autumn as social distancing measures are eased, the bank said.

A crash on this scale could drag down house prices by as much as 16 per cent, the Bank estimates – plunging thousands of mortgage holders into negative equity.

The grim scenario would mean GDP falls by 14 per cent this year compared to last year before bouncing back by 15 per cent in 2021, its biggest annual gain since 1704, as the economy returns to something like normal.

It is likely to take as much as a year before shoppers and businesses do return to normal, however, because they are likely to remain cautious even after the formal distancing rules are scrapped.

In its Monetary Policy Report, the bank said: “Households are likely to maintain some social distancing voluntarily even after official measures are eased. That is consistent with early evidence from countries in which there have been fewer enforced measures and those in which the relaxation of measures is already under way”.

“In the scenario, voluntary social distancing is assumed to unwind only gradually over the next year.

That is broadly consistent with the experience of Hong Kong following the SARS outbreak.”

Officials expect unemployment to jump from 4 per cent to 9 per cent, the highest rate since 1994. It will then gradually fall back to current levels in 2022. This would mean more than three million people are on the dole at peak – on top of the six million workers paid through the taxpayer-funded furlough scheme.

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and his colleagues on the Monetary Policy Committee kept interest rates on hold at 0.1 per cent.

Even this brutal scenario could be too optimistic if the Government insists on social distancing for many months, crippling businesses’ ability to operate.

Policymakers said: “The timing of the recovery will depend in large part on how long social distancing and support measures are in place.

“The speed of the recovery will also be affected by how households and businesses respond once measures are lifted,” as consumers could continue to practice social distancing even after the formal rules are relaxed, they said.

Under the bank’s assumptions, the economic damage will be even worse if restrictions remain in place longer than expected.

Every extra fortnight of lockdown and support measures in the UK and around the world costs 1.25 per cent of GDP, although this will have little effect on how much output has been recovered in three years’ time.

Extra saving by households could also cut growth by one percentage point, while permanently higher unemployment could hit GDP by more than 1 per cent over the longer term if job creation suffers. The bank’s scenario also takes no account of the potential for a second wave of coronavirus infection, which could strike the economy all over again.

Officials have left room to ease monetary policy further if they see

a need to do more to support the economy.

The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) expects banks to lose £80bn from bad loans during this recession, wiping out almost half of their financial buffers.

Around half of these losses will come from domestic customers, while the rest is made up of overseas loans going unpaid as the pandemic devastates economies across the globe. The bank expects world GDP to fall by 12 per cent this year.

Of the £41bn expected losses from UK loans, £19bn come from businesses failing to pay what they owe.

Another £18bn hit is from consumer credit, for instance on cards and car finance, while the last £4bn is from unpaid mortgages as households’ finances are hammered.

Officials have subjected banks to “stress tests” for several years to ensure they are strong enough to survive a serious recession.

The pace of this economic crash is steeper than those hypothetical stresses considered in previous years, but banks are expected to remain strong enough to keep on lending in part because of the expected quick recovery but also because the job retention scheme means millions of workers have been furloughed, retaining most of their incomes instead of losing their jobs.

The bank added that it is watching for risks when measures to ease the pressure such as mortgage payment holidays come to an end.

Despite the scale of the anticipated losses, the financial policy committee told lenders it is in their collective interest to keep doling out credit as this supports growth, boosts the economy and ultimately results in fewer losses for banks.

It noted that major banks cut business lending by £3bn last year but have already increased it by £20bn so far this year.

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Mid Canty ready to rock and roll I

t’s been a big week. A week of questions being answered, but not really answered and any uncertainty that might have been there on Monday morning, is most likely still there now.

As people who enjoy freedom and the little things in life like being able to have a coffee with our best mate, we’re ready to move to Alert Level 2 and ease some of the constraints of Covid-19.

But as a society – perhaps we’re not quite there yet – which is frustrating considering the dire nature of the situation for so many people and businesses within our district. We need businesses to be able to open their doors to us, but not as desperately as they need to open them.

When they do, it’s going to be tough – a whole new world, by the looks of it.

Hopping down to the local for a cold one on a Friday night will be unlike anything you’ve seen before and for many it will come as a shock at just how far these places are having to go to just be open again.

So support will be key. As will patience and understanding while new systems and whole new ways of operating are tested out.

When that might be, who knows?

Maybe Thursday morning, maybe the following Monday – it really is anyone’s guess.

The good thing is it appears as though this district is ready to rock an roll.

Sporting codes are getting set, restaurants and cafes are almost all already functioning in some capacity and life is about to be breathed back into the heart of the district.

We’re just waiting for the green light.

Finally, Happy Mothers’ Day to all the super mums out there.

You’re all awesome.

Hopefully there’s breakfast in bed and a nice day with the ones you love.

Thought of the Day: A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place noone else can take.

YOUR VIEW

Police lockdown response raises even more questions

By Barry Soper NZME

T

he Beehive was spinning hard on Thursday night over leaked Crown Law advice to police over the lawfulness of the lockdown. The fact that it’s in draft form is to me irrelevant.

Police seemingly accepted the advice, agreed with the advice, and then used the advice to inform its response.

The draft advice was read by Police in-house lawyer Bill Peoples who then forwarded it to Police Commissioner Andy Coster, Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement and Chief Advisor to the Commissioner Travis Mills on the morning of Saturday, March 28, saying “this is consistent with our internal advice”.

Within 90 minutes, Clement summarises it, saying “Police do not have the power to detain individuals, stop vehicles, enter property, search individuals or property, or conduct surveillance over individuals or property in order to enforce the isolation campaign”.

That email was sent to Police Area Commanders and to Coster

and Mills. Clement describes the advice as “CL (Crown Law) advice to police about legal powers”.

There is no mention he or Peoples consider the draft nature to be a concern.

That there was a problem with enforcement was no surprise to Professor Andrew Geddis, who after seeing some of the leaked advice, surmised police didn’t have the power to enforce the lockdown in the way they were.

Enter a man who I believed was clearly panicked – Attorney-General David Parker – on Thursday night. He says the Crown Law advice is in draft form, despite evidence the police treated it as anything but.

He issued a statement that said the documents were not the “considered advice” of Crown Law: “Recent speculation that the Government’s legal advice had thrown doubt on the police enforcement powers under Level 4 is wrong,” he said.

“That speculation is based on draft views provided to agencies for feedback. That was not the considered advice of Crown Law,

which was that there was no gap in enforcement powers.”

Parker, and the rest of the Government including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, have steadfastly refused to release the Crown Law view.

But, in a sudden twist, Parker has revealed he will introduce legislation to Parliament to cover off Level 2 of the lockdown next week.

He was offered the same course of action by the National Party for Levels 4 and 3, but declined the offer.

One has to wonder: If the legal case was watertight why would he need to legislate for the much more relaxed level?

For the public this may mean little.

So what if Crown Law told the Government what it was doing wasn’t by the book?

The public complied with the rhetoric, stayed inside and avoided each other, hardly anyone ended up in hospital and 89 per cent of those who caught the virus have recovered.

The fearful public had been repeatedly told by the Prime

Minister to treat everyone as though they had Covid 19.

So what if the law didn’t support what have been the most draconian regulations ever imposed on New Zealanders?

Well, if we accept we are required to live by the rule of law it’s vitally important.

The rules can’t be used to instil fear with threats of arrests that may not be lawful.

There was ample time and opportunity for the Government to prepare the necessary paperwork.

If they failed to do so, it raises questions of why not. Is it arrogance or sloppiness?

Either way, if they have done it properly – through proper rule of law – is to take this country to a place that none of us would want.

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isclaimer: I’m NOT a doctor!

But. I like my ducks in a row. I like knowing that when I see white that it is in fact white.

Black is black, grey is grey and pink is a reddy colour with a bit of white thrown in.

In this new reality, where nothing quite seems as it should, with people shopping together at the supermarket but not able to enter a regular store, it all seems, well, peculiar.

Where picking up a dozen beer and some mixed vegetables is okay but being with a dying relative isn’t.

Remember Alice in Wonderland? I do,vaguely, but it was a long time ago.

From memory it was a trip through a mythical looking glass into a world that was . . . um . . . batshit crazy.

That’s what this world feels like right now.

The fact that the enemy is invisible stands this apart from many (but not all) of the planet’s previous major crises.

But the one thing that has totally done my limited capacity

Peter Mac

PETE’S PERSPECTIVE

head in through all this is not the self-isolating. Not the lockdown.

Not the implosion of businesses and jobs, as gutturally cruel and tragic as they are.

It’s when “officialdom” tells us we’ve “eliminated” Covid-19, when clearly their definition of the word is manifestly different from yours and my definition of the word.

Please, let me check my dictionary again, just to be sure.

Eliminate:- transitive verb.

To put an end to or get rid of.

To remove from further consideration. To eradicate or kill. To eliminate the enemy.

Except, apparently in medical terms it means none of the aforementioned.

What nonsense.

One word, “why?”

When your job as the Director General of Health is to articulate

the moving situation to a mass population on a daily basis, why on earth would you use misleading terminology to communicate a situation?

Look this is not a blanket dismissal of the DGOH’s or the PM’s efforts.

Both have a very difficult job and as far as I’m concerned they’ve by and large nailed it.

My sole beef is with this crazy definition.

I made the fatal mistake of taking to social media earlier in the week with a comparison to the fake news scenarios we’ve come to expect on a daily basis from the big US of A. One of my friends suggested in horror, “surely you’re not comparing our PM to Trump?”

Not at all, but the way we are expected to accept this alternate “definition” of a word we also accept as meaning total eradication is, for this writer, a bridge too far.

It’s the Alice In Wonderland/ POTUS sort of stuff that does our collective heads in.

What’s wrong with something like, “we have it under control?”, or,“we have a handle on it, but

there’s still work to do?”

Worse, it sends out precisely the wrong message to the populace.

My Facebook friend came back a day or two later and stated, “after the attempt from the Beehive to further clarify the situation at 1pm yesterday, I must admit I’m now more confused than I was.”

See. I knew it wasn’t just me.

But for the record, seeing this is the way of the world now, I’m changing a few things up.

If you hear me refer to bananas in future, you need to know what I really mean is oranges.

If I tell you I am heading off to the Gold Coast what I really mean is we are out of bread and I’m going to the supermarket.

I have a raft of others as well, . . . you’ll get the hang of it eventually.

Or, I could just tell it as it is.

Broadcaster Peter Mac is Ashburton born and bred and the afternoon host on the Hokonui Radio Network.

The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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Ashlee going Stateside

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Ashlee Strawbridge’s ascent to the top has continued this week and she is now set for her next big move.

The Ashburton basketballer has taken up a scholarship at The College of Idaho, beginning next year.

This week she signed her letter of intent to attend the Caldwell college in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

The 18-year-old said she only came to the decision on Tuesday, after a lengthy process where she considered other educational offers.

“I had a couple lined up,” she said.

“It was up to me and when I signed the letter of intent I was like ‘oh cool’.”

It has been an eventful few days for Strawbridge.

Last week the small forward was selected in the Junior Tall Ferns squad, despite the possibility she might not don the black singlet this year due to Covid-19.

Her basketballing prowess was clearly in hot demand as she weighed several other schooling options, including colleges in Texas, North Dakota and Colorado.

However she felt she just “clicked” with representatives at Idaho.

Her decision was made easier after she engaged with a fellow player she knew in the States who began in New Zealand.

“I also spoke to one of the international students to get a player’s perspective which really got me going.”

This led to a discussion with the basketball coach at Idaho.

“Everything just felt right,” she said.

“I was like this is the place for me.”

It has been a steady rise through the ranks for the Rangi Ruru alumni.

Last year she was part of the New Zealand under-18 women’s 3×3 outfit which won the silver medal at the FIBA Under 18 3×3 World Cup in Mongolia.

She also made the Canterbury Wildcats’ wider training squad, however the team pulled out of the 2020 season back in March.

Strawbridge was also one of two Mid Cantabrians nominated for Outstanding Young Sportswoman of the Year at the Canterbury Sports Awards, alongside triathlete Brea Roderick.

In terms of her recent run of success, she credited the people she had been around which had propelled her game to another level, alongside training stints with the Canterbury Wildcats.

She hoped the situation with Covid-19 had settled down by next year.

“Yeah I’m really hopeful. Like if the borders don’t open I don’t go, so as soon as they open I’m hoping to get over there as soon as possible.”

Ashlee Strawbridge has taken up a scholarship at The College of Idaho.

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Kate’s UK plans in tatters

By Adam Burns

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It has been a cruel comedown for Kate Lloyd, after her UK excursion was dealt a sudden setback earlier this year.

The Ashburton netballer and former Tactix defender was set to represent the London Pulse in this year’s Netball Superleague.

It was an exciting opportunity for the 23-year-old when she was handpicked by head coach Sam Bird, after Lloyd had missed out on a 2020 ANZ Premiership contract with the Mainland squad.

“I thought it would be good to go over there and experience something different,” she said.

However, there was a bump in the road at that juncture in the form of Covid-19, when the situation in Britain deteriorated rapidly.

It meant her initial UK stint came to an end after less than two months.

“When we were over there it wasn’t really a big thing,” she said.

“The week leading up to me coming home, it just got worse and worse.”

Lloyd was one of two Kiwi recruits within the Pulse squad.

It was decided by coaching staff that it was best the pair return home, amid a volatile climate.

It was a tough break for Lloyd,

“I was gutted I had to come home. I want to finish what I started.

who had plans to travel through Europe following the netball season.

“It was pretty hard.

“A couple of my friends were going to come over and visit and we were going to do the whole Europe summer and festivals.

“I didn’t get to see much when I was there because I was holding off until they got here.

“It was hard coming home and not having that many photos or memories to share.”

She remained in regular contact with the playing squad and coaches online during a tricky lockdown period.

It was a strange experience for

Lloyd upon her return home.

“It was kinda hard coming home and seeing mum and dad at the airport and not being able to hug them, and then having to quarantine in my room by myself and not really have that much contact.”

Although isolation had been difficult, she had managed to keep up her training routine due to a bit of Kiwi ingenuity.

“My dad is quite creative.

“He has made a few homemade barbells and a few weights.”

As far as the future outlook playing-wise, she said there had been talks about resuming the competition in July, albeit without

the international recruits.

However an option for a superclub-like tournament had also been floated, Lloyd said.

She added that coaches had suggested if that option materialised it may not be worth the journey, given the self-quarantining protocols required and physical toll a lack of match fitness could have.

Lloyd remained determined to return to the UK if and when it is safe to do so.

“I was gutted I had to come home.

“I want to finish what I started.

“But who knows how this plays out.”

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Codes caught on the hop

By Adam Burns

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The return of community sport under Alert Level 2 appears anything but straightforward.

Local sporting organisations have started preparing for a return under Level 2 following announcements by the Government on Thursday.

However many associations in Mid Canterbury are seeking further advice up the food chain after many administrators believed the move was unexpected.

Discussions began ramping up yesterday between local sporting bosses and their respective governing organisations around the logistics of community sport under Alert Level 2, particularly around such issues as contact tracing.

Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson announced that both professional and local sport could return to play under Covid-19 Alert Level 2 guidelines, with key public health measures put in place.

“Some sports will be able to return to play more quickly than others while the necessary health requirements, modifications and restrictions on non-essential inter-regional travel are worked through,” he said.

“Sports bodies are putting in a lot of work to get the pro-sport leagues going.

“But let me be clear that competitions will only start when all the public health guidelines are met, so we will continue to support these sports as they work through the necessary requirements to resume play safely.”

He told sports not to rush their return to activity at yesterday’s Covid-19 parliamentary briefing.

Mid Canterbury Rugby Union (MCRU) board chairman Gerard Rushton said the announcement had caught him and New Zealand Rugby (NZR) by surprise.

“New Zealand Rugby are work-

Netball administrators are looking for a bit more clarity about a return to the courts, while footballers are happy there’s a pathway back to the playing fields, although there is still plenty to consider.

ing through a plan.

“There’ll be a reasonable leadin time still to be determined be-

fore any actual rugby activity can start.

“There’ll be considerable work

around the challenges in providing contact tracing.”

He added that clubs would not be able to start rugby activity including training procedures until it had been approved by the MCRU. Mid Canterbury Netball president Karla Newlands said further clarity was required as to what the return would look like.

“There’s probably more questions than answers before we can get any competition up and running,” she said.

“Teams will need a few more weeks to prepare.”

She added the return of community sport under Alert Level 2 was a complete surprise.

“From the last advice we had was that training could take place but non-contact training.

“It felt like a big turnaround.”

Mainland Football chief executive Julian Bowden said it was

positive that there was a pathway back for play.

“There’s things we will have to consider around whether we’ve got tracing in place, whether councils have fields ready and whether people are fit enough to go back,” he said.

“I was hopeful, but everything was pointing towards sport not being back.”

Canterbury Rugby League chief executive Duane Fyfe said it was great news for all the sporting codes.

“It’s great to hear that we’ll have a season or part of a season of sorts this year.

“There’s obviously quite a bit more required before we can take the field in regards to contact tracing and stricter hygiene regulations.

“New Zealand Rugby League will determine when a start to the season is possible.”

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New Zealand Rugby laying off half their staff Last week New Zealand Rugby announced a $7.5 million loss for 2019 and forecast a $120 million decline in revenue for the current financial year.

Yesterday, Radio New Zealand eported that staff have been told half of the 180 fulltime jobs at the organisation will be axed and that others will have to reapply for their roles.

“We’re working through consultation with our people at the moment on that and it’s obviously a challenging time for rugby so we are taking all steps to make sure we communicate directly with our staff,” said chief executive Mark Robinson.

Robinson wouldn’t confirm the numbers to RNZ. “It’s an incredibly challenging time with Covid with what we’re dealing with right around the country, we’re seeing situations where businesses are in challenging positions and we’re no different with the significant reduction of revenue

we’re seeing through the course of the year.”

Robinson says they’ve been going through the staff process for some time.

“We’ve been in dialogue with them for the last week or two.

“We’re dealing directly with our staff on this.

“It’s a very challenging time for New Zealand Rugby.”

Early on in the lockdown a 20 per cent pay cut was imposed on all staff.

In February, prior to the country going into Alert Level 4, Robinson had indicated the possibility of job losses in the wake of an independent review into the state of the game, as New Zealand Rugby looked to identify inefficiencies in the organisation and the opportunity for revenue growth.

Robinson says that when rugby gets back under way in New Zealand, players will be frequently tested for Covid-19.

New Zealand Rugby CEO Mark Robinson.

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Tent fights for Parker?

New Zealand heavyweight Joseph Parker is set to become the first high-profile boxer to reignite his career post-Covid-19 – and the fight could take place in a tent.

Parker’s ambitious plan to restart boxing was announced yesterday and like all good ringmasters it was touted as a promotion like nothing seen before.

The former WBO heavyweight world champion and his manager David Higgins have been given the all-clear by promoters Matchroom to try to stage the first professional, globally broadcast boxing card following the pandemic.

The event could be staged as early as August, Higgins said.

The most likely opponents for Parker are Australians Lucas ‘Big Daddy’ Browne who has previously been talked up as a potential opponent, or his countryman Dempsey McKean, a southpaw who has won his first 18 fights.

Higgins said they had been in “loose talks” with Browne’s camp but the unbeaten and ambitious McKean had actually approached them to be involved.

Junior Fa would undoubtedly be the most saleable opponent and has not been ruled out, but Higgins said they haven’t been able to get close to a consensus on the purse to make that fight happen.

“Joseph will be taking a lot less than he would usually demand for this fight but he’s a realist,” Higgins said.

“He’s coming off three good wins and is in great shape and wants to fight again.

“Fighters want to fight.”

It is not the opponent that is of most interest on this occasion however, as it is the occasion itself.

Higgins wants to make history and in the process hopefully kickstart the events sector again.

Never known for thinking small, he believes it could be a boon for the country just when it needs it the most.

“We’re obviously living in an apocalyptic time for the events industry,” he said.

“Events are very tricky to put on, even at lockdown Level 2 where you’re not allowed gatherings of more than 100 people.

Joseph Parker in action against Shawndell Winters earlier this year.

“At Duco I’ve had to let about a quarter of my staff go and the rest are on reduced wages.

“We have two choices: we can batten down the hatches and ride it out, or we can be bold and innovative.”

Higgins prefers the latter choice so he has been in consultation about staging a “trans-Tasman bubble” series of fights, with Parker the headline act.

Matchroom CEO Frank Smith yesterday gave him the all-clear to progress the idea beyond the concept stage.

“I see it as an exciting chance to make history,” Higgins said, “but the safety aspect will obviously be paramount in our thinking.”

The promoter said the fact there

would be only 100 people on site, including broadcasters and staff, actually created opportunities for staging a unique event.

“We could stage it in a marquee on somebody’s lawn if they want to ‘buy’ the fight,” he said, “or we could have it in the foyer of a museum or another iconic building.

“There will be logistics to work through in terms of social distancing and what that means for catering and such but I envisage a scenario where you have 60 paying guests at a once-in-a-lifetime event.”

Higgins said there was an element of realism required for the event to succeed.

The sponsorship market will be tough but on the other hand

broadcasters are crying out for sports content, which is why Matchroom is keen for the concept to work.

Higgins said he could see a global audience of close to a billion if New Zealand was first to market with this concept.

By definition, the event would be exclusive.

“With fewer tickets than usual, there would obviously be a premium price.

“You can’t get around that.”

Asked about the possibly jarring sight of the wealthy gathering for a card of fights when thousands have lost jobs and the economy is tanking, Higgins was unrepentant.

“There will be critics but the

simple fact is this will help keep people in jobs.

“At some point we have to start the economy again.

“The events industry is important to this country and has a large supply chain that affects a lot of people.

“We want to be a part of boosting that as well as providing hope and entertainment.

“The upsides of this would far outweigh any downsides.”

Higgins added there would be a significant charity element to the evening, with money raised for The Rising Foundation, which works with at-risk youth across the country, and in particular Parker’s South Auckland neighbourhoods.

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Carter ‘hid behind the big Island boys’ during the haka Dan Carter has revealed a hilarious story about his evolution of performing the All Blacks haka, saying he used to hide behind team-mates in fear of making a mistake.

Speaking on his Facebook page along with former team-mate Richie McCaw and journalist Lee McKenzie, Carter spoke about how his emotions about the haka changed throughout his career.

“We’re proud Kiwis and it’s a big part of our history and culture,” Carter said.

“My emotions probably changed through my career.

“When I first performed it, I was so nervous and absolutely s***ing myself not to stuff it up. I quickly rushed to the back of the haka and kind of hid behind the big Island boys to try and hide the many mistakes that I might make.

“Obviously I grew in confidence with performing the haka and ended up pretty close to the front by the end of my career and managed to not stuff it up too many times, which was good.”

During the wide-ranging discussion between the two All Black greats, McCaw also spoke about how he managed to fill “a big hole” after retiring from professional rugby.

“It’s not like I wanted to still play but I knew there was going to be a big hole left,” McCaw said.

“And the big one was that feeling as you stand on the start-line of a big test match … that anticipation, that feeling. How do you get that again?

“The other one was the chal-

lenge of learning something you’re not sure if you’re going to figure out how to get it right … and the team element and that feeling of sitting in the changing-room afterwards with the team, having had a good performance.

“That’s what you live for, and where the enjoyment comes from.

“None of it was to do with running around and getting knocked over and throwing the ball around.

They weren’t the bits I was going to miss.”

He said becoming a helicopter

pilot as well as being able to stay fit through adventure racing has helped him quench the thirst he still sometimes feels for professional sport.

“Flying was a great way of filling some of that, especially the learning and the challenge.

“I also got involved in adventure racing a bit by chance. I just didn’t know if I’d be able to handle that sort of stuff and that anticipation of a race that goes for seven days.

“That certainly was a similar feeling to before a test match.”

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■■HARNESS RACING

Top trotter on the move Group One-winning trotter Lemond is heading south to Canterbury to join Paul Nairn’s Leeston barn.

Lemond has been recovering from a stress fracture to his tibia he sustained late last year and former trainer Ross Paynter said it made sense to send Lemond south ahead of his major target of the year, the Gr.1 Dominion Trot (3200m) at Addington in November.

“His rehab has been coming along really well.

“He has just been out in a paddock, but we x-rayed him a couple of months ago and everything looked perfect,” Paynter said.

“He is well and truly ready to start doing a little bit of work down there.

“Charlie (Hunter, owner) is going to send him down to Paul Nairn to train, just so he’s not off too big of a handicap like he is up here.

Having guided the stellar careers of the likes of Stig and Call Me Now, Nairn is considered a master trainer of trotters.

Lemond’s departure is a big loss for the northern trotting ranks, though Paynter was philosophical about the move.

“It’s a bit of a shame to lose him, but it is probably the best thing for the horse.

“It probably fits in a lot better down there the way he can come up for the Cup meeting with the Banks Peninsula Trotting Cup and the Ashburton Trotters Flying Mile.

Paynter has a close association with Lemond, having bred the son of Love You. Hunter purchased him as a yearling and entrusted him to the care of Paynter, who trained with Sean McCaffrey at the time.

He had 56 starts for Paynter for 15 wins and 15 placings, the highlight being his victory in the Gr.1 Anzac Cup at Alexandra Park (2200m).

While Lemond is a big loss to the stable, Paynter is glad to be back training at Cambridge Raceway after a five-week hiatus as a

Lemond has found a new home, with trotting maestro Paul Nairn. result of the Covid-19 Level 4 restrictions.

“It’s good to get some of the horses back in and going again,” Paynter said.

“We are working about 14, the numbers are down a bit.

“We had about 20-odd in work prior to the lockdown.

“We have got a few that will stay out and see how we go.

“It’s not going to be easy going forward.

“The owners are probably going to find it a little bit tough.

“We are doing a lot of work with our yearling trotters at the moment.

“We have got a nice Muscle Hill filly that we haven’t done too much with, but she is pretty well bred being out of Iwi Alex.

“She has got a bit of promise.”

Paynter has earmarked July as a realistic

timeframe to get his first runners back to the races and he is particularly looking forward to the return of lightly-raced trotter Molly Bones.

“I’m looking at about July roughly,” Paynter said.

“They have had the five weeks out now.

“We fast-worked them (our racing team) the day before lockdown so they shouldn’t take too long to get back racing.

“Molly Bones was racing really well before lockdown.

“We will just press on with her and see what happens.

“Majestic Sunrise won just before lockdown.

“We have him under offer at the moment to the States, so we will just see what eventuates there.”

■■SYDNEY

Lees cautious about Kinloch’s city debut Not even a maiden performance that had to be seen to be believed can tempt Kris Lees into talking up one of his horses.

The laid-back trainer prefers to keep a lid on his untapped youngsters, and he is typically measured when it comes to two-yearold Kinloch.

Raced by a syndicate which includes a number of prominent New Zealand owners

M3

Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 10 May 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 12.01pm WELCOME TO THE MANUKAU SPORTSBOWL SPRINT C1, 318m 1 74863 Dignity Dented nwtd......................... T Green 2 58384 Little Mermaid 18.97 W &.................T Steele 3 36476 Bailey And Cream 18.96 R &...............L Udy 4 88777 Unconscionable 18.61 R &..................L Udy 5 34535 Opawa Big 18.87............................ G Farrell 6 47725 Crackling Gal nwtd U &......................Cottam 7 58242 Fancy 19.00................................ M Prangley 8 47558 Our Scarlett nwtd............................ G Farrell 9 57788 Yella Ella 18.58 R &.............................L Udy 10 25668 Smash Burton 19.12 R &.....................L Udy 2 12.18pm TROPHIES PLUS SPRINT C0, 318m 1 77346 Fernando Charm nwtd..................... T Green 2 78886 Rowdy Ratbag nwtd..........................M Black 3 78562 Indi Shae nwtd................................ S O’Neill 4 5367F Loudred nwtd.............................. M Prangley 5 46854 Xena Poppy nwtd R &..........................L Udy 6 88 Wild Kiwi nwtd U &.............................Cottam 7 2652x Grindelwald nwtd...............................E Potts 8 76475 Riccitelli nwtd....................................M Black 3 12.36pm JO’S WHOLESALE & SPORTS BAR TAIPA TAVERN SPRINT C1, 318m 1 57587 Just Maddie nwtd..............................M Black

and breeders, including Waikato Stud’s Garry and Mark Chittick, Kinloch created a big impression on debut at Newcastle, coming from a seemingly impossible position and producing a dazzling turn of foot to score convincingly. Even Lees had to admit it was an eye-catching debut.

“I could see he was going to be a good run but he surprised me to win from where he

was,” Lees said. “He had shown us a bit, so it wasn’t a total surprise but it was a very impressive win nonetheless.”

Kinloch did enough in the 900m win to earn a trip to Sydney but Lees cautioned the youngster would need to go to another level today. The two-year-old racing in Sydney continues to be strong and the Central Coast Mariners 2YO Handicap is no different.

Auckland dogs Tomorrow at Manukau Stadium 2 65358 My Bro Bobby 18.80................... M Prangley 3 48316 Opawa Gonzo 18.78....................... G Farrell 4 76454 Choo Choo 18.65............................ G Farrell 5 152Tx Thrilling Dora nwtd........................... K Walsh 6 58322 Tribal Conquest 18.80 R &...................L Udy 7 53783 Little Moo 18.57 U &..........................Cottam 8 34576 Pacemaker nwtd............................. S O’Neill 9 25668 Smash Burton 19.12 R &.....................L Udy 10 86588 Rion King nwtd R &..............................L Udy 4 12.53pm PUMP & ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD SPRINT C2, 318m 1 43363 Noise Maker 18.70...........................P Green 2 21422 Ma Chere 18.67.............................. S O’Neill 3 82477 Bigtime Thor nwtd R &.................N O’Regan 4 72641 Always Dreaming 18.58.................. G Farrell 5 Vacant Box Five n & a 6 64447 Tommy The Jett nwtd........................M Black 7 21737 Paddy Fast 18.76 M &....................... J Smith 8 62657 Rod’s Girl 18.70 U &..........................Cottam 5 1.12pm TERMINATING PICK6 SPRINT C1, 318m 1 11556 Go Kiki nwtd.................................... G Farrell 2 16547 Smash Out 18.94 R &..........................L Udy 3 53521 Botany Sandy 18.86.........................P Green 4 43468 Kapai Tahi 19.25 R &...........................L Udy 5 72524 Fall Gracefully 18.88................... M Prangley 6 36464 My Kirsty nwtd U &.............................Cottam 7 58435 Bigtime Gal 18.92 R &.................N O’Regan 8 43423 Tamantha 19.04.................................B Bond

9 86588 Rion King nwtd R &..............................L Udy 10 48878 Tilly’s Silly 18.95 R &............................L Udy 6 1.28pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C2, 318m 1 21573 Asserting Power 18.68.................... S O’Neill 2 758x6 Opawa Roy nwtd............................. G Farrell 3 84621 Nexus 18.60.................................... G Farrell 4 55522 Audrette 18.45...................................B Bond 5 65838 Blocker 18.52 R &........................N O’Regan 6 41451 Our Hotrod 18.72 U &........................Cottam 7 46774 Flying Huey nwtd..............................M Black 8 73683 Botany Thommo 18.60.....................P Green 7 1.46 CAROL’S TAB TAIPA TAV SPRINT C4, 318m 1 36445 Electric Dancer 18.48 W &...............T Steele 2 84613 Kiwi Gal nwtd U &..............................Cottam 3 11588 Manila Bala 18.24 R &.................N O’Regan 4 73474 Ashen 18.42.......................................B Bond 5 23678 Miss Claude 18.53 U &......................Cottam 6 53462 Djay Dynamix nwtd..................... M Prangley 7 4276x Thrilling Peta 18.75.......................... K Walsh 8 25686 Does He Exist 18.53........................R Roper 8 2.03pm MT WELLINGTON TAB SPRINT C3, 318m 1 15467 Stay Rich 18.55 M &......................... J Smith 2 3887x Jinja Might 18.61 U &.........................Cottam 3 66134 Zugzwang 18.54............................. S O’Neill 4 41877 Kuridrani 18.49..................................M Black 5 12767 Frosty Blaze nwtd............................. T Green 6 32573 Go All Lin 18.56.............................. S O’Neill 7 78145 Jinja Bailey 18.75 U &........................Cottam

8 71811 Botany Rifles 18.71..........................P Green 9 76845 Noah Who 18.36......................... M Prangley 9 2.21 QUALIFIED PET SERVICES SPRINT C5, 318m 1 35715 Express Emporium 18.46 W &.........T Steele 2 54241 Our Hemi nwtd U &............................Cottam 3 21651 Monsoon Malabar 19.22 U &.............Cottam 4 32117 Franky The Jett 18.44........................E Potts 5 18111 Carbon Tiger 18.35 W &..................T Steele 6 15533 Jinja Mongo 18.34 W &....................T Steele 7 82x11 Iron Eyes 18.41..................................E Potts 8 24418 Spring Mechanic nwtd R &...................L Udy Emergencies: 9 11125 Buddy Boom 18.26 U &.....................Cottam 10 18727 Relevance 18.35 R &...........................L Udy 10 2.38 JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS C1, 318m 1 21247 Get Me Home 18.86 U &....................Cottam 2 35636 Ford Man 18.90 R &.............................L Udy 3 3775x Tango Miss 18.73............................. T Green 4 16828 My Snuggles 18.93......................... G Farrell 5 32582 Ginny Weasley nwtd...........................E Potts 6 44214 Thea Who nwtd........................... M Prangley 7 37777 Agbeze 18.98....................................M Black 8 24758 Magic Eight Ball 18.96 R &..........N O’Regan Emergencies: 9 48878 Tilly’s Silly 18.95 R &............................L Udy 10 57788 Yella Ella 18.58 R &.............................L Udy LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

TURBO PICK6 Terminating Turbo Gallops Pick6 Venue: Pick6 Meeting Date: 9 May 2020 NZ Meeting number: 20

1 Doomben (R) 5.45pm (NZT) TAB BRC SPRINT (G3)

$A136,000, hcp, no allowances, 1200m 1 27X33 Kementari d (8) 61.0.................... R Maloney 2 14X2X Victorem tdmb (1) 58.5..................B Stewart 3 64367 Tyzone tdm (5) 58.0......................... R Fradd 4 6X612 Bandipur db (4) 57.0........................ M Cahill 5 211X4 Vega One tm (10) 57.0...........B Nothdurft (a) 6 115X8 Deep Image td (7) 56.5.......... S Thornton (a) 7 6300X Sesar dm (2) 56.5........J Guthmann-Chester 8 1281X Outback Barbie td (3) 56.0................ J Byrne 9 13X42 Tambo’s Mate tdmb (9) 54.0....M McGillivray 10 30X16 Mishani Hustler td (6) 54.0......... M D Plessis 2 Morphettville (R) 5.51pm CELEBRATION OF KANGAROO ISLAND $A48,900, handicp, allowances, 1200m 1 48X37 Terbium db (2) 59.0...........K Crowther (a1.5) 2 0X05X Victory Downs tdm (7) 59.0.................J Allen 3 31300 Beautiful Flyer tdm (4) 58.5............... J Potter 4 42643 Easy Beast tdm (8) 57.5......D Caboche (a2) 5 400X7 Vieira tdm (15) 57.5...............C Jones (a1.5) 6 0X604 Arkham Knight tdm (1) 57.0......S Logan (a3) 7 51526 Beauty d (6) 57.0............................B Vorster 8 78X00 Benz tdm (12) 57.0...........................S Cahill 9 953X5 Debt Collector td (5) 55.5...... L Neindorf (a2) 10 X1447 Tequila Time td (14) 55.5.................J Holder 11 144X3 Magna Bella td (13) 55.0..............D Tourneur 12 52090 Miss Mandito (16) 55.0.....................Z Spain 13 229X9 Flop td (9) 55.0...............................J Toeroek 14 33860 Miss Jane td (10) 55.0..........T Voorham (a3) 15 97580 Proud Wolf tdm (17) 55.0 16 00X81 Simply Dreaming d (11) 55.0.Cartwright (a2) 17 31X13 Bar Gem d (3) 55.0............................E Boyd 3 Randwick (R) 6.00 DEBORTOLI WINES TAKEOVER TARGET STAKES 3yo & up, hcp, no allowances, 1200m 1 20841 Tactical Advantage tdm (9) 60.0..H Bowman 2 4X546 Deprive tdmb (7) 59.5................ J McDonald 3 1X141 Greyworm tdm (8) 59.5..................... T Berry 4 X568X Crack Me Up td (6) 58.0................... J Collett 5 0327X Redouble td (10) 56.5...................N Rawiller 6 13340 All Too Royal d (4) 54.5......................G Boss 7 515X0 Signore Fox td (2) 54.0.................. B Avdulla 8 311X1 Snitz td (5) 54.0..................................T Clark 9 129X9 Murillo (3) 54.0.............................. K McEvoy 10 4457X Chauffeur (1) 53.0.......................R Dolan (a) 4 Caulfield (R) 6.15pm LAMARO’S HOTEL SOUTH MELBOURNE HCAP $A109,000, hcp, allowances, 1100m 1 65337 Crystal Dreamer td (19) 62.0.T Stockdale (a3) 2 X37X0 Eduardo tdm (5) 60.5................H Grace (a3) 3 X7051 William Thomas td (10) 60.0...............M Dee 4 3147X Rich Itch d (11) 58.0.......................... D Dunn 5 23541 Vainstream td (7) 58.0.....................N Callow 6 13249 Ashlor tdm (15) 57.5...............D Stackhouse 7 168X5 Tavisan (6) 56.0................................... J Kah 8 3X713 Coruscate d (3) 56.0.................... C Williams 9 11265 News Girl td (8) 56.0..............L German (a3) 10 0406X Safin (16) 56.0................................. D Oliver 11 48X37 Terbium tdb (9) 56.0..........................L Nolen 12 262X5 Esperance dm (2) 56.0....................J McNeil 13 95X50 Music Addition d (1) 56.0..................J Childs 14 456X0 Catch Me t (14) 56.0.....................B Mertens 15 38900 Our Luca (13) 56.0 16 7724X Never Again (4) 56.0........................ D Oliver 17 27646 Pravro tdm (20) 56.0 18 65X60 Redcore d (17) 56.0 19 X9X80 Pick Me Up (18) 56.0..................... R Bayliss 20 X2127 Montenegro Man tb (12) 56.0......J Bowditch 5 Morphettville (R) 6.31pm TAB SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DERBY (G1) $A435,000, 3yo, sw, 2500m 1 55511 Dalasan t (9) 56.5............................J Holder 2 75563 Warning d (3) 56.5...................... D Thornton 3 X1532 Themoonlitegambler (1) 56.5.........D Holland 4 12X41 Russian Camelot (7) 56.5...................J Allen 5 51201 Miyake (14) 56.5............................ T Pannell 6 X9172 Saint Eustace (6) 56.5......................Z Spain 7 47213 Rising Archie (12) 56.5....................E Brown 8 7315 Rock Steady (13) 56.5...........D Caboche (a) 9 18240 St Arnicca (5) 56.5......................C Jones (a) 10 53826 Exalted Ambition (8) 56.5................ R Hurdle 11 63858 Sowpods (4) 56.5..............................S Cahill 12 3X652 Moonlight Maid m (10) 54.5...........J Toeroek 13 9X410 Silent Sovereign t (11) 54.5.............B Vorster 14 1X627 Zayydani (2) 54.5.........................D Tourneur 6 Randwick (R) 6.40pm KENTAN MACHINERY HANDICAP $A109,000, 3yo & up, hcp, allowances, 1600m 1 0X463 Dealmaker td (7) 61.0............R Dolan (a1.5) 2 60X55 Articus tm (6) 60.5..................... J McDonald 3 640X0 Tangled (11) 60.0.......................... K McEvoy 4 85X72 Rapido Chaparro d (14) 58.5..A Hyeronimus 5 647X9 Zourkhan tdm (3) 58.5...................B Spriggs 6 3633X Masaff d (8) 58.0..........................H Bowman 7 5X080 Purple Sector (5) 57.5........................T Clark 8 7X150 Top Prospect d (4) 57.0.......................R King 9 82600 Valentino Rossa td (1) 56.5............... T Berry 10 33514 White Boots dm (10) 56.5....................J Parr 11 X1141 Grand Piano m (9) 56.0................N Rawiller 12 29030 Insensata dm (12) 55.5.................... J Collett 13 22231 Costello d (13) 55.5............................G Boss 14 4X237 Nordicus t (2) 53.0....... J V Overmeire (a1.5)

Kiwi ace James McDonald rides Articus in the last leg of today’s Pick6.

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■■RUGBY

Afternoon games back on the radar

By Jamie Wall And on the seventh day the Lord said let there be rugby.

Yes, you read that right – one of the longest standing criticisms of national game is finally being addressed, with kickoff times for the makeshift Super Rugby Aotearoa being moved to Sunday afternoons.

It’s understood that the two games to be held every weekend will kickoff at 5pm Saturday and 3pm Sunday, albeit in front of empty stands as we move into Alert Level 2 of the nationwide lockdown.

Apparently it won’t be the only change either, with the door open for pretty much anything as the competition is not bound

by Sanzaar rules.

So there’s one for every pundit out there who has been banging on about returning to the glory days of provincial rugby.

Games have traditionally kicked off at 7.35pm on Friday and Saturday nights ever since all the major grounds were fitted with lights, with the decision made back in the late 1990s for that time as it would avoid clashing with the Holmes show and Shortland Street (with the extra five minutes presumably so fans could make a cup of tea or go to the loo).

Ever since, there’s been constant calls to get top level games back in the afternoon, and not without merit given that games often finishing at 9.30pm is far too late to engage impressionable young fans that are missing out on a chance to see their heroes.

The evidence of that was extremely apparent in last year’s World Cup warm up match in Hamilton when the All Blacks played Tonga, which had a 3pm kickoff.

The number of families and children was far higher than any other test in recent memory, and feedback from the players was that the day out in the sun was warmly received.

This is, of course, all hinging on whether the government will give a final green light to rugby’s return in just over four week’s time.

As we’ve seen so often during this crisis, it’s hard to plan more than a few days ahead, let alone a month. But here we are.

This is the most positive sign since Super Rugby became essentially the first public business casualty of Covid-19 in New Zealand back in mid-March, however there’s

still a few things to iron out if rugby is to get out the other side of this with a clean bill of health.

Thursday’s press conference with New Zealand Rugby (NZR) chief executive Mark Robinson yielded little in the way of definitive answers about the immediate future of the game (this in stark comparison to the NRL, who have ploughed on publicly with every every possible scenario to make sure league is back on TV as soon as possible).

As per usual though, it’s the levels below Super Rugby that look like they will take a serious hit.

NZR’s press release critically stated that in regards to the Mitre 10 and Farah Palmer Cup they would ‘look to preserve the integrity of those competitions where they could’, which is hardly promising for the men’s and women’s provincial competitions – especially since the second tier Heartland Championship has already been canned.

Below that, there’s the almost lifeless corpse of club rugby, which needed a significant investment to keep it sustainable and running even without the Covid-19 situation.

Women’s rugby in particular looks set to suffer badly, if the Farah Palmer Cup is indeed called off then that will leave probably nothing in the way of top level women’s rugby one year out from New Zealand hosting the World Cup. Planned tours by France and England, the two strongest opponents the Black Ferns have, will almost certainly be cancelled given the border restrictions likely to be in place for the foreseeable future.

The only glimmer of hope is another potential two test series against Australia later in the year, however, the Wallaroos have proven to be a hopelessly outmatched opposition over the past two seasons and will likely be even worse this time around given the perilous state of the game across the Tasman.

But for now, at least, we can look forward to seeing the All Blacks back on the park in their Super Rugby colours.

For one, it’ll be a milestone with Beauden Barrett finally making his debut for the Blues. After their promising start to the season though, the team’s back office must be tearing their hair out at the fact that he’ll do so in front of an empty Eden Park.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 Round the Mulberry Bush. 0 7am Rural Delivery 0 7:30 Infomercials 0 9am Healthy For Life 3 0 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am The Family Chase 3 0 11am Nadia’s Comfort Kitchen 3 0 11:55 Shop Well For Less 3 0 1:10 The Posh Frock Shop 3 0 1:40 Living With The Boss PG 3 0 2:35 Sarah Beeny’s Renovate Don’t Relocate 3:30 Embarrassing Pets 0 4pm Eat Well For Less NZ 3 A family whose spending on snacks, takeaways, and soft drinks has become completely out of hand, and Michael and Ganesh set out to transform their health and wealth. 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Maia The Brave 3 0 6:10 Thomas And Friends 0 6:20 Tinpo 0 6:30 Blaze And The Monster Machines 3 0 6:50 The Insectibles 3 0 7am Wacky Races 3 0 7:25 The Amazing World Of Gumball 0 7:50 Beyblade Burst Rise PG 0 8:15 Bakugan – Battle Planet 3 0 8:35 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 9am Regular Show 0 9:10 Marvel’s Avengers – Secret Wars 0 9:35 The Simpsons 3 0 10am Fresh PG 10:30 Mythbusters – The Search 0 11:30 8 Simple Rules 3 0 11:55 The Mayor 12:20 The 100 PG 0 1:15 M Yes, I Do 2018 Romance. 2:55 The Amazing Race Australia Omnibus PG 3 0 5pm The Crystal Maze Celebrity 0 6pm Nadia’s Comfort Kitchen 3 0 6:30 You Got This! 3 0

6am Charles Stanley 3 6:30 Infomercials 9:30 NewsHub Nation An in-depth weekly current-affairs show. 0 10:30 The Taste USA 3 In the individual challenge, the chefs must make something they love to eat on the street.

11:30 Married At First Sight US – The First Year PG 3 12:30 America’s Next Top Model 3 0 1:25 N MasterChef UK PG 2:45 The Goldbergs PG 0 3:15 Drop The Mic PG 3 3:45 The Genius Of Nature 0 4:55 Grand Designs – The Street PG 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm Jamie – Keep Cooking And Carry On 0 7:30 Britain’s Got Talent PG 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 Britain’s Got Talent PG 0 8:45 The Hotel Inspector 0 9:40 The Victim M 0 10:50 One Lane Bridge 16L 3 0

7pm M The Emoji Movie PG 2017 Animated Adventure.

A multi-expressional emoji sets out to become a normal emoji. 0 8:30 M Wedding Crashers 16LS 2005 Comedy.

10:40 M Wild Card MC 2014 Drama.

7pm M Evan Almighty PG 3 2007 Comedy. A man is selected by God to perform a holy mission. 0 8:45 M Get Out 16VLC 3 2017 Thriller. An African American man goes with his girlfriend to meet her parents but, as the weekend progresses, secrets come to light. 0 10:40 M BlacKKKlansman M 2018 Biography. 0

11:40 Doctor, Doctor PG 3 The opening of Hugh’s new cardiac clinic is upset by news from his former wife; Charlie’s life is upset when her father makes a surprise visit. 0 12:40 Coronation Street 3 0 1:50 Infomercials

12:25 M Triple 9 18VLS 2016 1:10 Infomercials Crime. A rookie police officer 5am Hillsong 3 threatens the uneasy alliance 5:30 Charles Stanley 3 between a Russian gang and a group of crooked officers. Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie.

2:25 Love Is… M 3 0 3:10 Mike And Molly PG 3 0 5am Regular Show PG 3 5:10 Fresh 3 5:35 Bizaardvark 0

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BRAVO 10am Judge Jerry 3 10:25 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 11:25 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:25 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 1:20 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 2:15 Love It Or List It 3 3:15 Love It Or List It 3 4:15 Wahlburgers 3 4:40 Stop Search Seize 3 5:40 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 6:30 Revenge Body With Khloe Kardashian PG 7:30 Botched PG 3 8:30 Vanderpump Rules M 9:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey M Joe Gorga reveals what he really knew about the Joe Giudice cheating allegations; surprising revelations leave Margaret and Teresa’s friendship in doubt; Danielle must shut down the reunion filming.

10:30 A Lie To Die For M 3 11:20 Love It Or List It 3

Sunday

12:10 Infomercials 5am How Do I Look? 3

Living with Tourette’s 8:30pm on Prime

Sky 5 6am Trucking Hell M 6:50 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 9:35 Trucking Hell M 10:25 Marvel’s Runaways 11:15 Nancy Drew M Noon SmackDown Live MVC 2:05 Main Event MV 2:50 Supergirl MVS 3:45 Ax Men ML 4:45 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 Trucking Hell M 8:30 Ronnie’s Redneck Roadtrip MVL 9pm Ax Men ML 10pm Pawn Stars PG 10:30 Trucking Hell M 11:20 The Simpsons PG (Part 2) 11:45 The Simpsons PG Sunday 12:15 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG 2:10 Ronnie’s Redneck Roadtrip MVL 2:35 Supergirl MVS 3:20 Main Event MV 4:05 Classic Pawn Stars PG 4:30 Ax Men ML 5:15 Chicago PD 16V

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6am Ben 10 – Ultimate Alien 3 0 6:50 Endangered Species 3 0 7:15 Henry Danger 7:40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 0 8:05 Teen Titans 3 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 0 9am Samurai Jack PGR 0 10am SmackDown PGV 3 11am Raw PGV 3 Noon Shearing Gang PGR 3 0 1:30 Ultimate Fishing 3 0 2:30 Outback Opal Hunters PGR 3 0 3:30 American Restoration 3 0 4:30 Hot Bench 3 5pm ITM Fishing Classics 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Great British Bake Off – An Extra Slice Jo is joined by Tez Ilyas, Hugh Dennis, and Natasia Demetriou to discuss the latest news and gossip.

Tom Allen eats cake. 0 7pm WhichCar 0 7:30 The Seventies PGR 3 0 8:30 Living With Tourette’s M 3 Documentary series revealing the realities of living with Tourette’s Syndrome, through the lens of six young Kiwis living with the neurological disorder. 0 9:30 What’s My Name – Muhammad Ali PGR 3 0

6:30 Tamariki Haka 6:40 My 6am Sand Masters 6:30 Hoard Mokai 7:10 Huhu – Te Hunters 7:30 Wild Animal Tunga Rakau 7:20 He Reunions 8:30 Mysteries At Rourou 3 7:30 Potae Pai 3 The Museum 9:25 Gardeners’ 7:40 Smooth 7:50 Polyfest World 10:30 Fabulous Baker Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Haati Paati 3 Brothers 11:30 American 8:30 Pukana 3 2 9:30 Grid 3 Pickers 12:30 Building The 10am Swagger 10:30 Whanau Dream 1:30 Escape To The Bake Off 3 11am Sidewalk Chateau 2:30 The Curse Of Oak Karaoke 3 11:30 HakaNation Island PGC 3:30 Great Blue Wild Noon Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 4:30 Ainsley’s Caribbean Kitchen 1pm Haati Grassroots Rugby 3 Ainsley Harriott goes back to his 2pm Poitukohu Kura Tuarua roots to discover the best-kept 3pm Touch Rugby – National secrets of Caribbean cooking.

Championships 5:30 Mysteries At The Monument 4pm Waiata Nation 3 Don Wildman investigates the world’s 4:30 Fresh most impressive, and sometimes 5pm The Hui – Kaupeka Wha obscure, structures, statues, and Maori current affairs hosted by national parks to discover the tales Mihingarangi Forbes. hidden within them.

5:30 Nga Tamariki O Te Kohu 6:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Food 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News Fight Club 7pm M The Secret Of The 7:30 How To Deep Clean Your Sword 1985 Animated House PGC Adventure. Prince Adam is 8:30 Antiques Roadshow sent to the world of Etheria 9:30 Britain’s Ancient Tracks to find his abducted sister, With Tony Robinson Adora, and awaken her to her 10:30 Running Wild With Bear destiny.

Grylls 8:40 M Revolutionary Road 16LS 2008 Drama.

10:50 Te Ao – Maori News

11:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

PG Clive Anderson puts comedians through a series of games to total the points and announce a winner.

11:40 Ice Wars M 3 12:50 Closedown

11:20 Closedown

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MOVIES GREAtS

6:30 Chronicles Mysteries – The Wrong Man PG 2019 Drama. Alison Sweeney, Benjamin Ayres. 7:55 The Wife MLS 2018 Drama.

Glenn Close, Jonathan Price.

9:35 Venom MVL 2018 Action.

Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams.

11:25 Welcome Home MVLS 2018 Thriller. Aaron Paul, Emily Ratajkowski. 1:05 The Oath 16VLSC 2018 Comedy.

Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish.

2:40 Blinded By The Light ML 2019 Musical.

Viveik Kalra, DeanCharles Chapman. 4:35 The Children Act ML 2018 Drama. Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci. 6:20 Shazam!

MV 2019 Action.

Zachary Levi, Mark Strong.

8:30 Midsommar – Director’s Cut 18VLSC 2019 Horror. What begins as a carefree holiday in Sweden takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers become more and more disturbing. Suicide and cult themes. Jack Reynor, Florence Pugh.

11:20 Stuber 16LS 2019 Action. Kumail Nanjiani, Dave Bautista. Sunday 12:50 Alita – Battle Angel MVLC 2019 Action.

Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz.

2:50 Blinded By The Light ML 2019 Musical. Viveik Kalra, Dean-Charles Chapman.

4:45 Chronicles Mysteries – Vines That Bind PG 2019 Drama.

6:45 The Man From UNCLE MV 2015 Action. Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer. 8:40 Pitch Perfect 2 MS 2015 Comedy.

Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick.

10:30 A Most Violent Year MVLC 2015 Action Crime.

Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo. 12:35 Troy MV 2004 Action. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom.

3:15 The Other Woman MLS 2014 Romantic Comedy. Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton.

5:05 Last Vegas MLS 2013 Comedy. Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken.

6:50 Mean Girls MC 2004 Comedy. Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Rachel McAdams.

8:30 Jurassic World MV 2015 Action. Tourists face a prehistoric assault when a genetically engineered dinosaur escapes from Jurassic World luxury resort. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard.

10:40 The Ninth Gate 16VS 1999 Thriller. James Russo, Johnny Depp.

Sunday 12:55 50/50 16LS 2011 Comedy Drama.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen. 2:40 Troy MV 2004 Action. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom.

5:25 Last Vegas MLS 2013 Comedy.

MOVIES ExtRA 6:28 Holy Lands ML 2019 Drama. James Caan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

8:08 The Possession Of Hannah Grace 16VC 2018 Horror. Stana Katic, Shay Mitchell. 9:33 A Little Something For Your Birthday MLS 2017 Romantic Comedy. 11:06 Phoenix, Oregon 16L 2019 Comedy.

12:52 The Mad Whale 16VLSC 2017 Drama. 2:34 This Teacher 16VC 2018 Drama.

4:07 Burying Yasmeen MVLC 2019 Comedy.

5:21 Entanglement MLC 2017 Comedy. 6:46 Wildlife MLSC 2018 Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan. 8:30 The New Romantic MLS 2018 Comedy. Frustrated with the lack of chivalrous boys her own age, a college senior gives up on dating for love to date an older man in exchange for gifts. Jessica Barden, Hayley Law. 9:55 Camp Cold Brook MVLC 2018 Horror.

Chad Michael Murray, Danielle Harris.

11:25 Madeline’s Madeline MLS 2018 Drama. Helena Howard, Molly Parker. Sunday 12:59 Treehouse 18VLSC 2018 Horror. 2:29 This Teacher 16VC 2018 Drama.

4:02 Burying Yasmeen MVLC 2019 Comedy.

5:16 Entanglement MLC 2017 Comedy.

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

11:30 Great Blue Wild 12:30 Mysteries At The Monument 1:30 Sand Masters 2am Bear’s Wild Weekend With Stephen Fry PG 3am Antiques Roadshow 4am How To Deep Clean Your House PGC 5am Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club

UktV 6:15 Qi M 6:45 Qi M 7:15 Qi M 7:50 Would I Lie To You? PG 8:20 Would I Lie To You? PG 8:50 Would I Lie To You? PG 9:25 The Bill MVC 10:15 The Bill MVC 11:05 The Bill MVC 11:55 The Bill MVC 12:45 The Bill MVC 1:35 Casualty PG 2:25 Casualty PG 3:20 Holby City MC 4:25 Inspector George Gently M 6:05 Qi MLSC 6:40 Ackley Bridge PG 7:35 Casualty PG An accident brings David and Ollie closer together; Duffy learns how overlooked some care-home residents can be.

8:30 A Touch Of Frost M The star player of Denton Athletic collapses at a press conference due to overdosing on drugs, but was it deliberate?

10:20 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown MLS 11:15 Who Do You Think You Are? Australia MLC

Sunday

12:10 Who Do You Think You Are? Australia PG 1:05 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 2:05 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:05 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 4:05 A Touch Of Frost M 5:55 Grantchester M 9May20

DISCOVERy 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7am How It’s Made PG 7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 8:20 Aussie Salvage Squad PG The Storm is Coming.

9:10 Aussie Salvage Squad PG You Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours. 10am Aussie Salvage Squad PG The Tide is King. 10:50 Aussie Salvage Squad PG Man’s Best Friend.

11:40 Aussie Salvage Squad PG Family And Friendship.

12:30 The Hunt PG In Search of Australia’s Big Cats.

1:20 Expedition Unknown 2:10 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! PG Beyond Driven.

3pm Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3:50 Unexplained And Unexplored PG Ghost Ship of the Damned.

4:45 Unexplained And Unexplored PG 5:40 Unexplained And Unexplored PG 6:35 Curse Of The Bermuda Triangle PG 7:30 Curse Of The Bermuda Triangle PG 8:30 UFOs – The Lost Evidence PG 9:25 Gold Rush – White Water PG 10:15 Childhood In China PG 11:05 Expedition Unknown 11:55 How It’s Made PG Sunday 12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 The Hunt PG 1:35 What On Earth? PG 2:25 Expedition Unknown PG 3:15 Expedition Unknown PG 4:05 Expedition Unknown PG 4:55 Strange Evidence PG 5:45 Strange Evidence PG

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6am Rural Delivery 0 6:25 Country Calendar PG 3 0 6:45 Tiny House Nation 3 7:30 Tagata Pasifika 3 7:55 Praise Be 3 0 8:25 Karena And Kasey’s Kitchen Diplomacy 3 0 8:45 Topp Country 3 0 9:10 20/20 3 0 10am Marae 2 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Attitude 0 11:30 F Casketeers 3 0 Noon Sunday 0 1pm Location, Location, Location 3 0 2:05 Adventure All Stars PG 0 3pm F Biggest And Baddest PG 0 4:05 F Coast New Zealand 3 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Country Calendar Counting Sheep. 0 7:30 Sunday 0 8:30 F Flesh And Blood 16LS As doubts about Mark seep into Vivien’s mind, and her children’s chaotic lives become out of control, family tension reaches boiling point on the night of Vivien’s 70th birthday party. 0 10:20 The Bay 16L 3 0

6am Paw Patrol 3 0 6:20 Thomas And Friends 0 6:30 New Looney Tunes 3 0 6:55 Powerpuff Girls 3 0 7:05 Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 3 0 7:25 Littlest Pet Shop 0 7:50 Kai Five 0 7:55 The Drawing Show 0 8am What Now? 10am Young And Hungry PG 3 10:50 Shortland Street Omnibus PG 3 0 12:05 The Bachelorette PG 0 1:50 Little Big Shots 0 2:50 Home And Away Omnibus 3 0 4:45 Ellen’s Game Of Games 3 0 5:45 The Voice UK PG Tom Jones, will.i.am, Olly Murs, and Meghan Trainor search for the UK’s best talent. 0 7pm M Wonder Woman MV 2017 Action. When an American pilot crash lands on her island and warns of a global conflict, Diana sets out to stop the threat while discovering her true destiny as Wonder Woman.

9:30 M Mad Max – Fury Road 16VC 2015 Action.

11:15 Butterfly 16 3 The war between Vicky and Stephen over Maxine’s future reaches new heights. Can they put aside their differences, or will they both risk losing their child? 0 12:10 The Case Against Adnan Syed M 1:20 Infomercials

11:40 M Knock Knock 16LSV 2015 Horror. Alone for the weekend, a man offers two women shelter from a stormy night, but comes to regret it. 1:25 F The Originals M 3 0 2:10 The New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 3:40 Regular Show 3 3:55 Infomercials 4:30 Mike And Molly PG 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

Flesh and Blood

8:30pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 6am How Do I Look? Omnibus 3 9:10 Love It Or List It 3 10am Love It Or List It 3 10:50 Botched 3 11:40 Masters Of Flip 3 12:35 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 1:30 Hoarders 3 2:20 Hoarders 3 3:15 Judge Jerry 3 3:40 Judge Jerry 3 4:10 Judge Jerry 3 4:35 Judge Jerry 3 5:05 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 6pm Masters Of Flip 7pm M The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants PG 3 2005 Drama. Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel. 0 9:20 M I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry M 3 2007 Comedy.

Two straight, single New York firefighters pretend to be a gay couple to receive domestic-partner benefits so Larry’s children can inherit his pension. Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel. 0 11:30 Shahs Of Sunset M 12:20 Infomercials

Kung Fu Panda 3 7pm on Three

Sky 5 6am Ronnie’s Redneck Roadtrip MVL 6:25 Supergirl MVS 7:10 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders 16VS 7:55 Main Event MV 8:50 Survivor – Worlds Apart PG 9:40 Supergirl MVS 10:25 Pawn Stars PG 10:55 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders 16VS 11:45 Ax Men ML 12:40 Mountain Men PG 1:30 Ronnie’s Redneck Roadtrip MVL 2pm Ultimate Fishing PG 3pm Raw MVC 5:45 SmackDown MVC 7:30 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders 16VS 8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 NCIS MV 10:30 Chicago PD 16V 11:25 Survivor – Worlds Apart PG

Monday

12:15 SmackDown MVC 1:55 Chicago PD 16V 2:45 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders 16VS 3:35 Survivor – Worlds Apart PG 4:25 NCIS MV 5:10 NCIS MV

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6:30 Tamariki Haka 6:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 7am Darwin + Newts 3 7:10 Huhu – Te Tunga Rakau 7:20 He Rourou 3 7:30 Potae Pai 3 7:40 Smooth 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Haati Paati 3 8:30 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 9am Globe 3 9:30 Swagger 10am Cam’s Kai 3 11am Tapatahi 11:30 Te Ao With Moana Noon Matau Bros Gone Fishing PGR 3 12:30 Piri’s Tiki Tour PGC 1pm Touch Rugby – Junior Championships 3 1:45 M The Secret Of The Sword 1985 Animated Adventure. 3:30 Marae DIY 3 4:30 Tagata Pasifika 5pm Tamaki Paenga Hira 3 5:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 3 7am Charles Stanley 3 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 3 9am R&R With Eru And K’Lee 9:30 The Hui 0 10am NewsHub Nation 3 0 11am Classical Destinations 11:30 Xscape 11:55 Mega Transports 1pm Muscle Garage 1:30 Formula E Sim Racing Championship 2pm European Rally Championship 3pm British Superbikes 4pm SuperCars Super 2 3 Round One – Adelaide.

4:55 Fishing Show Classics Matt begins in Ahipara with a solid snapper session before going out to catch kingfish. 0 5:25 Fish Of The Day 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Religious Programming 7am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 7:30 Religious Programming 10am 100 Day Bach 3 0 11am The Great Escapers 3 Noon L UFC 249 Prelims 0 2pm Mad About You PGR 3 2:30 IRT Deadliest Roads PGR 3 3:30 Judge Judy PG 4pm Hot Bench 3 4:30 Hook Me Up! 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Cruising With Jane McDonald Beginning and ending in Havana, Jane sets sail on a cruise around Cuba. Because of the Castro regime, Cuba has remained relatively untouched by the tourism industry. 0

7pm M Kung Fu Panda 3 PG 3 2016 Animated Adventure. 0 8:40 M The Breaker Upperers MLS 3 2017 Comedy. Two women cynical about love set up an agency to break couples up as a way to avoid letting go and moving on with their lives. 0 10:10 Blue Bloods M 0

7pm Rise Of The Wahine 7pm Storage Wars PG 0 7:30 Griff’s Great Australian Rail 8:30 M The Second Mother 16CL 2017 Comedy Drama.

Trip PG 0 When the estranged 8:30 McMillion$ M 1/6. daughter of a hard-working The story of a police officer live-in housekeeper suddenly turned security auditor appears, the unspoken class who rigged the McDonald’s barriers that exist within the Monopoly game, stealing home are affected. millions and building a vast Regina Casé, Helena network of co-conspirators. 0 Albergaria, Michel Joelsas.

9:40 White Dragon 16VLS 10:35 Te Ao – Maori News 3 10:40 Shearing Gang PGR 3 11:40 SmackDown PGV 11:05 Closedown Programme with a blend of athleticism and entertainment, featuring the WWE SmackDown Live superstars.

12:40 60 Minutes PG 1:40 Closedown

11pm Magnum PI M 3 When a dying man hires Magnum to find his estranged bone marrowcompatible brother, the case brings back memories of a past Seal team mission that went wrong. 0 11:45 Infomercials 5:30 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6:10 The Children Act ML 2018 Drama.

Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci. 7:55 Family 16LC 2018 Drama.

Taylor Schilling, Kate McKinnon.

9:20 Shazam! MV 2019 Action. Zachary Levi, Mark Strong. 11:30 Stuber 16LS 2019 Action.

Kumail Nanjiani, Dave Bautista.

1pm Alita – Battle Angel MVLC 2019 Action. Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz. 3pm Juliet, Naked ML 2018 Comedy.

Chris O’Dowd, Rose Byrne.

4:35 The Front Runner ML 2018 Drama. Hugh Jackman, JK Simmons.

6:30 Cold Pursuit 16VLSC 2019 Action. Liam Neeson, Laura Dern. 8:30 Late Night MLS 2019 Comedy. A legendary late-night talk-show host’s world is changed when she hires a female staff writer to smooth over diversity concerns. Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling.

10:15 Creed II MV 2018 Action. Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone.

7:15 The Other Woman MLS 2014 Romantic Comedy. Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton.

9:10 Jurassic World MV 2015 Action. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard.

11:20 The Family Man MVL 2000 Comedy Drama.

Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle. 1:30 Bad Neighbours 16LSC 2014 Comedy. Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne.

3:10 The Lord Of The Rings – The Two Towers MV 2002 Fantasy. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen.

6:10 American Hustle ML 2013 Drama. Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams.

8:30 The Wolverine MVL 2013 Action. The mutant known as Wolverine is summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance and becomes embroiled in a battle against a shadowy society of Samurai. Hugh Jackman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto.

10:40 Shaun Of The Dead M 2004 Horror Comedy.

Simon Pegg, Bill Nighy, Kate Ashfield.

Monday 12:20 RIPD MV 2013 Action. Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges. 2am Bad Neighbours 16LSC 2014 Comedy. 3:40 The Family Man MVL 2000 Comedy Drama. 5:50 American Hustle ML 2013 Drama.

Monday

12:25 Mid90s 16VLSC 2018 Comedy. Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterson. 1:50 The Wedding Do Over MC 2017 Drama. Nicole Anderson.

3:15 Juliet, Naked ML 2018 Comedy. Chris O’Dowd, Rose Byrne. 4:50 The Front Runner ML 2018 Drama.

Hugh Jackman, JK Simmons.

MOVIES ExtRA 6:41 Wildlife MLSC 2018 Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan. 8:25 The New Romantic MLS 2018 Comedy. Jessica Barden, Hayley Law. 9:49 John Ford – The Man Who Invented America MC 2018 Documentary. 10:44 Camp Cold Brook MVLC 2018 Horror. Chad Michael Murray, Danielle Harris.

12:14 Madeline’s Madeline MLS 2018 Drama.

1:49 Spitfire PGL 2018 Documentary. 3:30 The Forgiven 16VLSC 2017 Thriller. 5:30 Daughter Of The Wolf 16V 2019 Action.

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RANKIN, Lawrence John (Laurie) – Passed away on May 1, 2020 at Ashburton Hospital. Loved eldest son of the late Pom and Laurie. Father and fatherin-law of Vanessa, Vaughan and Nicola, and grandfather of Mali and Jake. Loved brother of Kevin (deceased), Lyn, Ray, Jimmy, Jude, and their families. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Please email vjrankin@icloud.com if you wish to be advised when service details are available.

Well done Mum and Grandma.

We are so looking forward to being able to visit.

Keep safe and take care.

All our love, Ian, Kay, Hannah and Ben.

DEATHS HOUSTON, Valerie Constance – On May 4, 2020 at Ernest Rutherford Retirement Village, Nelson. Aged 95.

Dearly loved wife of the late Henry. Adored mother and mother-in-law of Anne and the late Malcolm Trappitt; Leigh and Murray Wackrow; and Gaye (deceased) and Malcolm Mackenzie.

Treasured Oohoo of Kirsty, Helen and Juliet; Todd, Julia and Blair; Sarah, Scott and David and her 19 great grandchildren. Loved sister and sister-in-law of Owen and Lesley Amos, Joan and Dick Parkinson (both deceased), Keith and Morris Amos (both deceased). Special thanks to Dr Hamish Neil and the staff at Ernest Rutherford Retirement Village for their loving care. A celebration of Val's life was held at Hope Gardens of Remembrance, Nelson on THURSDAY, May 7, 2020 at 11am.

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First quarter 30 May 3:31 pm

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Northeasterlies developing from afternoon.

Last quarter

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TOMORROW: Fine.

Northeasterlies.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 11.0 15.1 Max to 4pm 7.6 Minimum 2.6 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm May to date 7.2 Avg May to date 16 2020 to date 139.2 236 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 13 At 4pm Strongest gust NW 31 Time of gust 6:07am

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ACROSS 1. Part of flower that can be made into a pelt (5) 4. How could it stand being so remote? (7) 8. Bribes cover us in order to make too many bids for shares (13) 10. Register one for part of the Lenten term (5) 11. One without words may be Mendelssohn’s or a bird’s (4) 12. Miraculous token to put one’s name to (4) 16. Place of special attraction, or the end of the hadj (5) 17. He needs another mouthpiece, in a manner of speaking (13) 19. Reparation will allow one to get into another set of clothes (7) 20. Gravel ridge that appears in a marine skerry (5) DOWN 1. A sheriff’s officer from reserve corps around the South (7-6) 2. It’s a bind, having it around one’s neck (3) 3. Pay attention to silent adaptation of it (6) 4. A discussion about bed at beginning of evening (6) 5. Get hold of it to make it fast (6) 6. Strong dislike of main toy is wrong (9) 7. Floating upright, wading, retreat like this (8,5) 9. Taking active interest in the business editor is after (9) 13. Come out with possible germ in eye, which is heartless (6) 14. What fish has is balance (6) 15. Make of car one could try with decorative woodwork (6) 18. One right the king has to annoy one (3)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): If you were so strong in yourself that no one else’s opinion could possibly deter you or rock your confidence, you would also be out of touch. So, right now, don’t worry so much about being strong; just be you.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Your confidence comes from a wellspring of integrity. You know what you’ve done, what you have and who you are. You don’t require constant reminders of your greatness or tons of reinforcement to feel good.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): “The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses,” said the poet E.E. Cummings. Your heart will interpret this voice when you look into the eyes of another and you will understand all its sad, sweet messages.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Love is complex and yet you can’t sort it out with logical thought processes.

Overthinking leads to error. Get your head out of it, and let your heart do the work.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You appreciate when people are friendly and helpful, especially when you already know them. Otherwise, you wonder they’re up to something. Your mood: quietly on guard.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You can safely assume everyone and everything has something to teach you and go from there. By the end of the day, you’ll be like a student coming out of a very long lecture, ready to blow off some steam.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’ll be delighted by the success of unplanned events. Just don’t let that deter you from making plans.

Spontaneous twists usually work out best when there was a plan to veer from.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Pain is a signal. It is possible to feel pain and not be hurt by it. For example, endurance sports enthusiasts may experience this as they push through a workout. Pain is part of the process. Hurt is a judgment.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You know your limits and your triggers, which makes you more powerful, not less. But take into account that things like that change. You get stronger and braver. Test and push yourself today.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You will tend to your many responsibilities, pay what needs paying and fix what needs fixing. If it were also your job to have fun, what would you do then?

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You think about things in a certain way that you may not even be aware of until you express what you’re thinking to a friend. The act of articulating yourself brings about new insights.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): There’s no easier way, no shortcut available, no hack or guide that will provide the answer. You just have to find it as you go along. Luckily, this hard way is also the fun way.

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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

There’s at least one five-letter word.

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