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Alexander welcomes $20.5m in safety fixes

By Susan Sandys

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Grieving Ashburton dad Jason Alexander is welcoming $20.5 million of safety improvements announced for Dyers Pass roads.

Alexander’s daughters, 17-year-old Tayla and 15-year-old Sunmara, were killed when the vehicle they were passengers in crashed off Summit Road on November 27.

Alexander presented a 6000-signature petition to the Christchurch City Council in January, calling on authorities to improve the safety of the Christchurch road.

He was happy to see the changes made to roads in the Dyers Pass area, and expected Summit Road changes would come on board at a later date considering the petition had been unanimously

received by councillors and was referred to the Urban Development and Transport Committee.

“Even (Mayor) Lianne (Dalziel) said this is not just about Summit Road, it’s about the whole broader situation,” Alexander said.

Alexander said he struggled every day with the tragedy of losing his daughters, and did not want to see any other families go through the same thing.

“When I’m at home, I’m just waiting for them to walk in the door and tell me about their day,” he said.

The council has announced $7.25 million of improvements along the busy Dyers Pass Road, including three kilometres of guardrails, and road width improvements for cyclists.

The NZ Transport Agency is going to

meet three-quarters of the cost as it has decided to include the project in its Safer Networks Programme.

The council’s transport planning and delivery manager Lynette Ellis said the council had increased the scope of the safety works so it could work with NZTA to take advantage of the higher-than-expected funding subsidy.

In addition, the council had decided to increase the scope of planned safety improvements along Evans Pass Road and Reserve Terrace, totalling $13.3 million, as the project could also be included in NZTA’s Safer Networks Programmes.

“Both the works on Dyers Pass Road and Evans Pass Road offer the opportunity to make significant safety improvements for all road users with only minimal impacts on rates,’’ Ellis said.

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ZAFAA winners announced

By Susan Sandys

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Christchurch sculptor Janna van Haselt spends her days amongst the disorder of caring for her two preschoolers.

“My days are spent with near-collapses, near failures, that sense of tension, what’s going to happen next, I can’t control it,” she said.

It was this state which inspired her work Totter, a glazed porcelain piece which won the prestigious Zonta Ashburton Female Art Awards (ZAFAA) 2020, announced at the awards’ exhibition opening on Friday night.

“I’m overwhelmed, I never really consider winning these things, it’s really wonderful to be recognised,” she said.

Her children are 18 months and four years old, and she manages to squeeze in some artwork to her schedule when her husband gives her a break in child-minding duties or when her parents help out.

“I have learned to adapt, you rush out there and make some work.”

The winner of the Young Generation category was Catherine Anderson, with her evocative photograph Power over Forest.

Ashburton Zonta Club president Judith Early said this was just the fourth year of ZAFAA, with the awards established following Zonta initially holding a youth art award.

The aim was to empower women through their art work, and it was wonderful to see many high quality art works at the exhibition representing a broad range of talent.

Janna van Haselt was honoured to be named the ZAFAA 2020 premier award winner.

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Togetherness Tour in lead-up to anniversary Mid Cantabrians are invited to hear international speaker John Fontain to be hosted by the Ashburton Muslim Association tomorrow night.

Fontain is speaking as part of the Togetherness Tour, Kotahitanga, which kicked off in Auckland on Feburary 29 and will finish in Christchurch on March 15, the anniversary of last year’s deadly terrorist attack.

Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network co-ordinator Adi Avnit said tomorrow night’s talk was an important event considering the country was nearing the anniversary.

“It’s also a wonderful opportunity to participate in a nation-wide tour, and hear from an international speaker,” he said.

“We definitely have some interest, but it’s not booked out yet.”

Anyone interested can contact him (027 220 8791 or (03)3081395 extension 239) or register online at eventbrite.co.nz Fontain was born in Manchester, UK, to a working class Christian family. He was a jazz singer and a successful diamond trader until he accepted Islam and dedicated his life to Da’wah.

Penfriends share 52 years of priceless memories

By Susan Sandys

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Ashburton’s Chrissie Stratford has a lifetime of shared experiences with friend Narelle Middleton, and it all started with a letter sent 52 years ago.

Today both aged 64, the New Zealander and Australian’s friendship began with a pen letter when they were 12.

Stratford was growing up in Southbridge when she spied a small ad in a New Zealand women’s magazine, from a girl in rural

New South Wales looking for a penfriend.

“It was just a one-off, I thought she sounded interesting,” Stratford said.

She wrote a bit about herself, and sent it off in the post, and waited.

Middleton said she remembered her classmate Lyndall coming to school with an abundance of pen letters from children in New Zealand. She lived in the small town of Clunes, where the primary school had about

40 pupils. “She must have got a heap of them, everyone was sort of saying ‘Here have one’,” she recalled.

It was the luck of the draw which saw Stratford’s letter land in Middleton’s hands, and she soon got writing.

There were letters sent in following years as Stratford told Middleton about her life in Southbridge, with her muchloved pony starring in many. And Middleton told Stratford about her life growing up with her three

brothers in Clunes, sending the odd photo along the way.

The pair finally got to meet for the first time when they were in their 20s, when Middleton was visiting Christchurch. They were able to catch up sporadically over the years as they raised children, sometimes having gaps up to 10 years between visits.

But the friendship blossomed regardless, and the pair have shared special times, including Narelle and husband Laurie being witnesses to Chrissie’s wed-

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ding to husband Gary by the lake in Te Anau in 2002.

Today the pair are both grandmothers, and find they have more time to enjoy their friendship.

Narelle and Laurie are keen campers and are currently on their first trip to New Zealand in 18 years. Chrissie and Gary have been enjoying hosting them in Ashburton and doing day trips together.

“They are very special people,” Stratford said.

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Biomass plant the ultimate green waste disposal unit

By Sue Newman

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It might look like an oversize container, but that container has the ability to change the way the Ashburton District disposes of waste materials, says contracting business owner Greg Donaldson.

He’s leading the charge for a new, environmentally sustainable and low carbon footprint way of dealing with Canterbury’s green waste and untreated timber. And in doing that, he’s using a piece of equipment sourced from the United States, equipment that not only generates its own power, but if sufficient material is burned, will see surplus energy fed into the national grid.

Donaldson has established his Eco Park on Cochrane’s road on a site once used as a shingle pit. It was established and trialled using the huge amounts of material his company generates when clearing large urban sites and demo sites, but it has the potential to deal with material from around Canterbury, he said.

In its simplest terms the biomass plant takes organic material, burns it at extremely high heat, in a controlled environment that creates its own energy.

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Greg Donaldson and Nicole Bennett at Ashburton’s Eco Park with the new biomass plant burner that creates an environmentally friendly way of dealing with waste. PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 040320-SN-0011 capable of burning 10 tonnes of green material per hour, generating only small amounts of residual ash. Its thermal walls mean it retains its heat. The internal temperature may reach up to 1500 degrees.

“In the past we used to use the resource recovery park in town or we’d burn stuff on farms. We were no different to everyone else, but we knew we needed to do some-

thing different. I found this plant and it’s designed to burn the stuff with the idea of generating power from it, and it’s so much better than what we were doing,” Donaldson said.

He’s been testing for 14 months but until this month it was only used to dispose of material from his own demolition and clearance projects.

“We needed to do this to see if it

was viable and it is so we decided to open the service to the public. If there’s enough support and enough material coming in to run a generating plant we’ll be able to put power back into the grid.”

To ensure a continuous supply of power to the grid, Donaldson said he needs to have a greenwaste supply of at least six months on hand at all times because of the rapid burning process.

“If this succeeds it should be burning 24 hours a day.”

While only one diesel powered plant is currently on site, if the public support the service, Donaldson plans to add more plants that will run on the energy they generate.

Greenwaste off-loaded at the Ashburton Recovery Park is no longer composted on site, rather it is transported to Christchurch’s Kate Valley.

Donaldson will be using the reverse process at his site, with material trucked from Christchurch.

This comes with a zero carbon footprint and uses this as a backload for trucks taking scrap to Christchurch.

He’s set fees at the lower end to encourage people to offload greenwaste at the site and those fees will drop as the amount of material increases and energy is generated.

The Eco Park will not accept household scraps, household goods or plastics.

Donaldson and his team will be on site at the park on Saturday, March 14 for an open day where the biomass burner will be running and staff will be available to explain the process.

The open day will run from 9am to 2pm.

Group formed to support dementia patient carers

By Sue Newman

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Caring for a family member with dementia can be one of the loneleist jobs around, says Princes Court resthome manager Lorraine Bryan.

She spends her working life as clinical manager at a facility specialising in caring for people with dementia and she sees first-hand the stress this places on people who may have for many years cared for a loved one at home before deciding they needed to pass

the provision of that care onto a professional.

Princes Court has 35 dementia beds and Bryan knows that there are people among her clients’ families who would benefit from being able to share their experiences and concerns with others in a similar situation.

To provide that help, she’s decided to establish a dementia support group as a forum where carers and family members can gather, talk, share experiences and gain support.

And while she knows the need is there, it’s not easy for people to admit they need help and support, she said.

“At the moment we don’t have huge interest but I’ve got three names of people who have said they need support and I know there are others who are caring for husbands or wives and who are struggling and I don’t think there is such a thing as too much help that you can give to these people because they often feel so isolated.”

People were often reluctant to ask for help, but if a support group was established, one that offered more of a social gathering than a formal meeting, then they would have an opportunity to talk with people sharing a similar experience, Bryan said.

“This will not be structured, it will just be a couple aof hours where people can sit and chat with people who are in the same situation.”

People caring at home for family members with dementia could

become exhausted but they battled on because they did not want to put the person in care.

Often they had to hit the wall before they did this but doing so often left them feeling guilty and struggling to cope. Sharing those feelings with others who had been through the same experience could be a significant help, she said.

She is waiting to have a meeting venue confirmed but hopes to have the group’s first meeting before the end of April.

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Farming for as long as time itself

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s the saying goes, the Chisnall family have been around for yonks. So long in fact Hinds farmer Evan Chisnall holds the title of fifth generation farmer for his branch of the family.

First family members to arrive in New Zealand from Suffolk England in 1850, were William Chisnall and his wife Sarah.

The couple travelled on the Phoebe Dunbar which berthed at Lyttelton Harbour on July 4, heading off the fabled first four ships’ passengers by five months, a claim to fame that Evan is quite proud of.

Evan said originally his great-great-grandfather William owned farming land that stretched from Christchurch’s Cathedral Square all the way to the Cashmere Hills and according to family legend Cashel Street goes the direction it does because that is the direction William used to plough the land.

Christchurch’s Chisnallwood Intermediate is also another connection to the Chisnall family.

Evan said William Chisnall and his and brother-in-law William Wood donated the land that the school stands on hence the name Chisnallwood.

William drowned in 1876 when he was crossing the Waimakariri River on horseback to get to Templar Island, land that he rented at the time.

Survived by his seven children the Chisnall name was well positioned to continue on for generations to come.

One of those seven children turned out to be Evan’s great-grandfather also called William and it was through him that Evan has become part of the long standing farming tradition in Hinds.

Evan said that in the early years collectively the Chisnall family owned 9000 acres (3650 hectares) in the Hinds area, but over time the land was split up between siblings.

“The generations before mine all had about 13 kids each, so the land amounts got split up between each of the family members, getting smaller each time.”

Evan’s father Keith owned 700 acres (238 hectares) of the original land, which Evan in turn bought off him in 1992 and has set about buying more land ever since.

As far as his buying land back again missions go Evan and his wife Maxine are doing rather well in achieving that goal. Starting with the 238 hectare purchase from his father, the couple can now lay claim to owning 1650 hectares across four farms in the Ashburton District.

Not bad for a boy from Ashburton College who, at the age of 16, was asked to leave school. Evan said he wasn’t asked to leave for any particular reason other than the powers that be at the time didn’t seem to hold high hopes for his future academic career.

Starting out as a sheep, beef and cropping farmer Evan resisted the call to dairy conversion for as long as he could.

However in 2006 it got the better of him and after a discussion with Maxine the couple decided dairying was the way forward from then on.

In a twist of fate Evan’s move into dairying mirrored his great-great grandfather William Chisnall’s career path.

William turned to dairy farming after he lost his job as a carpenter, shortly after his arrival in 1850.

Following that Evan’s ancestors drifted to arable farming and now five generations later the Chisnalls are back milking but on a much bigger scale than William

There are people from all walks of life, scattered across the Ashburton District. And we’re trying to tell their stories through this series, Everyday People, in which we get to know those out there in the community. Not necessarily because they have excelled or are doing something spectacular, but more just because they are here and a part of the landscape.

Evan Chisnall is a fifth generation farmer and is very proud of his family’s farming history.

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could have ever dreamed of.

“Currently on the farms we are milking 6000 cows. The only crop we have is 40 hectares of kale, we are only growing that because the paddock is too far away for the cows to walk to and from.”

Now called EK and MG Chisnall Dairies, the business employs 30 staff, living in 30 houses and can even lay claim to fielding its own basketball team.

“We sponsor a team who play in the local Filipino basketball league. All their shirts have EK and MG Chisnall Dairies printed on the back of them. Kind of cool to think we have our own basketball team.”

Evan said it can get a bit hectic at times, but putting contract milkers on the farms has halved his workload.

Lesser people would have sat back and enjoyed a slower pace of life, but not Evan. On top of running the farming business Evan is a director for MHV water limited.

However it is not all business and boardrooms, Evan and Maxine try to get away on an overseas holiday a couple of times a year.

It was on a long-haul flight from San Francisco to Sydney that Evan and Maxine met, over 30 years ago.

Evan remembers in those days you had one movie screen at the front of the plane, with the sound coming via individual headphones plugged into your seat.

“The headphones in our row weren’t working, so I got to chatting to the English girl sitting next to me, I must have done all right and my chatter during the eight-hour journey didn’t put her off me.”

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Hospital staff isolated after contact with ‘probable’ case NZME More than 50 health staff are in self-isolation after coming into contact with a “probable” coronavirus patient now in a North Shore hospital.

The number of coronavirus cases in New Zealand continues to be five – with two more “probable” cases, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said yesterday.

Of the two probable cases, one was a woman aged in her 70s who had been on the Grand Princess cruise ship and was now in North Shore hospital for an “unrelated condition”.

“We take the same precautionary actions for a probable case as we do for a positive case,” Bloomfield said.

“A number of North Shore hospital staff involved in the woman’s treatment during her earlier admission to hospital and regarded as close contacts have been stood down as a precaution for the balance of the 14 days since they were in contact.

“Waitemata DHB has reported to us today that the total number of staff stood down is 54. All would need to be well before they return to work.”

The second probable case is the father of the third person to be confirmed with coronavirus – the father recently returned from a trip to Iran.

Meanwhile, the only confirmed

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield.

New Zealand coronavirus patient admitted to hospital is nearly ready to be discharged.

Bloomfield confirmed there have been no additional confirmed or probable cases in New Zealand over the weekend.

“The confirmed cases so far fit a pattern of spread primarily within families. This is a pattern identified by the World Health Organization mission which identified that around 80 per cent of all human to human transmission occurred in families,” he said.

The first person diagnosed with coronavirus was still in Auckland City Hospital, but plans were under way for them to be discharged.

“Of the other cases, none require hospital-level care.”

Bloomfield said new laboratories in Auckland were to come online today, meaning the number of tests able to be carried out each day would jump from 60 to 750.

Combined with other laboratories around the country, health officials could now process more than 1000 tests a day if required.

Bloomfield also confirmed that the Government was looking into “drive-through” clinics allowing members of the public to be tested without getting out of their vehicle.

Asked when they would likely be up and running, Bloomfield

said it would depend on the situation.

He said the Government will be working through options at the moment – “all options are on the table”.

Bloomfield also updated the status of New Zealanders quarantined on the cruise ship, the Diamond Princess.

The five people were well and had passed the 14-day self-isolation period; of the two other passengers one test is negative, the other is still pending.

Four New Zealanders were also onboard the Grand Princess off the coast of San Francisco.

There were 14 people on the MS Opera off the coast of Greece.

The Ministry of Health was not aware of any health concerns in those cases.

Earlier yesterday district health board medical laboratory workers and NZ Blood Service employees who are members of the Apex union announced they would strike this Friday as part of a collective employment agreement dispute.

Bloomfield said he was aware of the threat but said it would not affect coronavirus testing.

He was disappointed that the union was using the current situation to threaten industrial action.

The number of confirmed cases around the world has reached almost 110,000 with 3800 reported deaths.

At least six shots fired in gang fight in Wairoa NZME Hawke’s Bay police have seized a range of weapons during a search of a Wairoa address, after six shots were fired during a gang-related incident in the town.

Wairoa Area Response Manager Senior Sergeant Tony Bates said a shotgun, ammunition and two molotov cocktails were seized

during the search of a Rata Street address on Thursday March 5.

The search was executed after police responded to multiple calls of gang disorder and reports that shots had been fired on Black Street at about 7.30am.

A short time later more shots were fired along Black Street, according to Bates.

He said at least six shots were

fired during the incident before the area was cordoned by police.

“This behaviour is completely unacceptable and has no place in our community,” Bates said. “An investigation into these incidents and the items recovered during the search is ongoing.

“Police are committed to holding those responsible to account and removing illegal weapons

from our streets.”

Bates added: “I would also like to reassure members of the public that this is believed to be an isolated event involving people known to each other.”

Anyone with information that can assist this investigation is encouraged to contact Police on 105 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

WorkSafe drop charges over patient’s fall NZME Charges laid against Hawke’s Bay District Health Board and air ambulance service Skyline Aviation over a patient’s fall during a transfer have been dropped by WorkSafe.

In May 2018 a 78-year-old man fell from a patient lifter while being transferred from an air ambulance, operated by Skyline Aviation, to a road ambulance after being flown back to Napier from surgery in Wellington.

He suffered facial and head injuries in the fall. He died in Wellington Hospital 10 days later from a respiratory infection.

A WorkSafe spokesperson said

the charges were withdrawn against Skyline, which had pleaded not guilty, last week.

A review by the Crown showed there was insufficient evidence to proceed further.

The charge against Hawke’s Bay DHB was withdrawn in January after WorkSafe accepted an “Enforceable Undertaking”, meaning the DHB would have to carry out activities and obligations to improve health and safety for its workers and the wider sector.

WorkSafe’s head of specialist interventions Simon Humphries said the DHB had proposed a series of commitments within its application that would help ensure the incident would not hap-

pen again, not just in Hawke’s Bay but New Zealand wide.

“The standard for acceptance is a high one. We need to be confident that the proposals offered support our key objectives, and provide sufficient benefit to cease the prosecution process.

“In this instance the DHB responded quickly with remedial action following the incident. An immediate ban was placed on the use of the lifter unless a patient was on a stretcher.”

“A number of initiatives were also created and prioritised to ensure a similar incident did not occur again including, risk management procedures, new flight nurse handbooks and training in

using the lifter for all staff.

“The DHB’s application for an EU was well considered. It was targeted towards the circumstances that led to the incident and it will provide real benefit to workers, industry and community.”

Hawke’s Bay DHB’s executive director people and quality, Kate Coley, said the district health board was committed to ensuring the safety of its patients and staff and had already made significant progress in addressing the commitments made.

Skyline Aviation pleaded not guilty to the charge last August and WorkSafe later withdrew the charge just last week.

Drugs in stuffed toys: 46kg of MDMA seized NZME Customs has seized 46kg of MDMA and other drugs which were imported in parcels including stuffed toys.

A 27-year-old Chinese national appeared in Manukau District Court yesterday after he was linked to the importation of at least 17 packages.

In total they contained around 46 kilograms of MDMA (also known as ecstasy), six kilograms of ephedrine, and one kilogram of methamphetamine, Customs says.

Some of the drugs were sent in giraffe, flamingo and hippo stuffed toys.

The man was arrested by Customs investigators last Friday, and currently faces 16 charges of importing a class B controlled drug and one charge of importing a class A controlled drug.

Customs say he was known to be using false identities to facilitate the smuggling, and further charges are likely.

A Customs investigation into MDMA seizures allegedly connected the man to several drugs packages that were seized by frontline officers between July 2019 and February this year.

Packages destined for east Auckland had been sent through the mail or air freight from various countries across Europe.

The drugs were hidden in an assortment of everyday items such as LED lights, clothing, ornaments, toys, cosmetics and thermos flasks.

Customs investigations manager Bruce Berry said the organisation had seen an unprecedented rise in MDMA seizures at the border, with a record 738kg intercepted in 2019, and 112kg seized in the first two months of this year.

That compared with 94kg of MDMA seized at the border in all of 2018.

“While methamphetamine remains the main type of drug seized at our border and Customs’ focus, we equally maintain an interest in catching those involved in smuggling MDMA. “We believe the man arrested had played a significant role in MDMA smuggling and distribution.”

Some of the drugs seized.

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Recession ‘probable’ – BNZ BNZ has become the first major bank to predict a recession, forecasting that the economy will shrink in the first half of the year.

The bank said yesterday that a “best-case scenario” was that the economy would grow “a smidgen above zero” but the downside risks were growing by the day.

“We are thus now formally forecasting at least two quarters of negative growth.”

BNZ is still expecting the recession to be a very short and shallow one, with growth resuming and continuing in the second half of the year.

“This downturn is fundamentally a supply shock which, in turn, is creating a demand shock.

“Its root cause is Covid-19 so how the behaviour of individuals, globally, to this shock evolves will ultimately determine the economic path from here on in. Policymakers can only hope to smooth the process,” BNZ head of research Stephen Toplis said yesterday.

The prediction came as other banks predicted interest rate cuts this month.

Kiwibank expects the Reserve Bank will cut the official cash rate by 50 basis points on March 25, which BNZ agreed was now likely.

ANZ, which predicted a 50 point cut a week ago hinted there was still a chance that the benchmark rate would be cut before March 25, suggesting the Reserve Bank may have an emergency meeting of the monetary policy committee.

ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner called for a swift response from the Government.

“The risk that unconventional monetary policy will be required is lifting.

“And it’s time for the Government to up the ante on fiscal policy. The good news is that there is plenty of firepower to do this.

“Scrapping this year’s minimum wage rise seems like a no-brainer given pressure on businesses, and there are plenty of other short‑ and long-term policy options that could help.”

Meanwhile, the flight to safety among investors continued, sending government bond rates tumbling.

The yield on 10-year New Zealand Government bonds plunged to an all-time low of 0.84 per cent yesterday.

“Investors are swarming to the safety of highly rated government bonds and central banks are pledging to use ‘all appropriate policy tools’ to support economic health,” Finance Minister Grant Robertson announcing more measures to assist businesses economists at Kiwibank said yesterday. hit by Covid-19, as economists issue grim warnings.

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the worst performers.

The moves in bond markets have been nothing short of spectacular. The 10-year US Treasury yield finished the week at 0.77 per cent, having declined to 0.66 per cent at one point.

That compares with 1.15 per cent just a week ago and 1.92 per cent at the end of last year.

Similarly, the New Zealand fiveyear swap rate ended last week at 0.77 per cent, well down from 1.45 per cent at the beginning of the year.

Gold had another strong week, rising 5.6 per cent to a seven-year high on the back of haven buying.

In contrast, oil prices fell 10 per cent on Friday after OPEC failed to agree on production cuts.

US crude has slumped 31.7 per cent so far this year, which has seen the energy sector in the US tumble 37.4 per cent from where it peaked in 2019.

Markets will continue to obsess over coronavirus headlines this week, although the ECB meeting on Thursday will also be a key event on the global economic calendar.

Markets will be watching to see if the Bank follows the lead of other central banks and provides some sort of economic stimulus.

ECB President Christine Lagarde said last week the ECB was ready

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797.6 5.3m 50.83 3.8m 780.0 3.7m 650.5 1.2m 153.7 1.4m 1.8m 417.8 180.6 1.2m 221.1 3.5m 777.0 379.5 80.22 382.5 2.0m 112.6 431.2 2.5m 2.6m 491.2 854.4 1.5m 235.2 4.9m 277.1 267.0 11.41 675.6 48.78 554.9 167.5 704.5 2.2m 3.3m 245.1 325.1 108.8 485.7 70.04 377.3 159.6 162.2 36.62 712.5

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 12130 11902 11674 11446 11218 10990

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to take “appropriate and targeted” measures.

However, those might not come primarily in the form of interest rates cuts. The ECB policy rate is already at -0.5 per cent, and although it might reduce that slightly further to -0.60 per cent, the ECB could be more inclined to use its long-term loan programme for banks to help support the economy.

Locally, the latest housing report will be released. The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand housing report for February is due near the end of the week, on either Thursday or Friday.

If the economy slows in the manner share prices are currently suggesting, the housing market will not be immune.

However, changes in housing market activity (or prices) tend to lag what we see in more liquid markets (like equities and bonds), so we are unlikely to see any impact yet.

The local market will also look towards the RBNZ’s release of details on its work on unconventional monetary policy this afternoon.

After rate cuts in Australia and the US last week, with the Fed’s move coming outside of the usual meeting schedule, markets have been speculating on what the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) might do and whether it will bring forward any action rather than wait for its March 25 meeting.

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he roller coaster ride for global financial markets continued last week.

Equities swung wildly between positive and negative territory and bond yields and interest rates collapsed to new record lows.

The S&P 500 in the US had an extremely volatile week, rallying by more than 4 per cent on Monday and Wednesday but suffering heavy losses on the other three days.

The index managed rally into Friday’s close, which saw it finish the week 0.6 per cent higher.

The last two weeks have provided a wild ride for investors, with US shares moving by more than 2 per cent (in either direction) in seven of the past ten trading days.

The S&P 500 index is now 12.2 per cent below its peak, although it remains 7.2 per cent higher than it was 12 months ago.

Smaller US companies have suffered sharper losses, with the Russell 2000 15.0 per cent below its peak and down 5.7 per cent compared with this time last year.

Australian shares were down 3.0 per cent last week, while the UK and Europe fell 1.6 per cent and 2.4 per cent respectively.

The local market has performed better, with the NZX 50 rising 1.5 per cent last week and the index just 5.4 per cent below its record high from two weeks ago.

The top NZX 50 movers last week were Chorus (+13.9 per cent), Spark (+8.7 per cent) and Skellerup (-7.8 per cent), while Kathmandu (-10.2 per cent), Air New Zealand (-9.3 per cent) and Refining NZ (-8.2 per cent) were

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NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

q S&P/NZX 50 Gross

11,091.81 –334.09 –2.92%

q S&P/NZX 20 index

7,445.52 –190.86 –2.5%

q S&P/NZX All Gross

11,975.82 –356.9 –2.89%

p Rises 16 q Falls 126 Top 5 NZX gainers Company

daily % rise

Cavalier Corp Smiths City F&P Healthcare Metro Perf Glass Precinct Properties

+6.52% +4.35% +4.16% +3.70% +1.57%

Top 5 NZX decliners Company

daily % fall

Burger Fuel Gr –20.00% JPMorgan Glo G&I –10.49% QEX Logistics –10.00% Aust Resources –9.93% AMP –9.64%

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

London – $US/ounce

1,683.65 +24.05 +1.45%

p Silver London – $US/ounce

17.48

+0.28

+1.63%

q Copper London – $US/tonne

5,624.0

–43.0

–0.76%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ As at 4pm March 9, 2020

Country

TT buy

Australia 0.9752 Canada 0.8808 China 4.6812 Euro 0.5723 Fiji 1.438 Great Britain 0.4944 Japan 67.62 Samoa 1.7945 South Africa 10.2149 Thailand 20.27 United States 0.6482

TT sell

0.9415 0.8477 4.1058 0.5471 1.3497 0.4767 64.72 1.5601 9.8397 19.28 0.6245

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Time for gender bias language to end W

ords are all around us. Sometimes I look around our office and see all the staff busy tapping away on their keyboards or conducting interviews over the phone and wonder how many words we all deal with in a single day, surely it must be in the thousands.

I find it amazing to think that the whole English language is made up of just 26 letters.

With the artful combination of those letters into words and then sentences, staff can paint vivid pictures for readers – mental

pictures of local happenings, weekend sports’ games or fastpaced breaking news.

Along with clearly crafted sentences, some individual words have the ability to convey a complete image all by themselves – stereotypical words. These are

the kind of words that encompass far more power and imagery than their mere number of letters would suggest they ever could.

Catherine Robertson, a guest on Radio New Zealand, gave a recent interview talking about a book written by American writer and linguist Amanda Montell.

The name of the book is not one that can be printed here, so you will have to Google it, however Robertson’s thoughts on Montell’s views made for really interesting listening.

Sunday was International Women’s Day, and it is clear that

since New Zealand women were the first in the world to be granted the vote in 1893, we women have progressed from the kitchen into all facets of the workplace at many levels, and that is something we should be proud of.

But has language kept up with this progression? The radio interview I heard would suggest not.

Words like “neurotic”, “high-maintenance”, “shrill” and that old favourite, “hormonal”, are still attributed to women. And yet men have worries, men have hormones.

And believe me, after spending

years working in the hospitality industry in my younger days, I remember working with quite a few high-maintenance male waiters, not to mention more than my share of neurotic male chefs.

The interesting thing is that we, as women, seem to accept this language bias as normal.

We don’t rise up and take to the streets protesting when a doctor is assumed to be male, unless the moniker has the word female in front, and CEO gets changed to the cringe-worthy SHE-EO. Who thinks up these things?

Chances are it wasn’t a female.

12 years in prison before being released in January 1993.)

In 1988, prior to the 50th anniversary of the Anschluss, Austrian President Kurt Waldheim apologised on his country’s behalf for atrocities committed by Austrian Nazis.

In 1995, The Auckland Warriors played their first match in the New South Wales Rugby League’s expanded Winfield Cup competition.

In 2000, Pope John Paul II approved sainthood for Katharine Drexel, a Philadelphia socialite who had taken a vow of poverty and devoted her fortune to helping poor blacks and American Indians. (Drexel, who died in 1955, was canonised in October 2000.)

In 2004, teenage sniper Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced in Chesapeake, Virginia, to life in prison for his role in the October 2002 killing rampage in the Washington, DC, area that left 10 people dead.

Ten years ago: About 200 women who’d flown airplanes during World War Two as Women Airforce Service Pilots were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

Five years ago: A US Army helicopter crashed in dense fog during a training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, killing seven elite Marines and four experienced soldiers.

One year ago: A Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after taking off

from the capital, Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Chuck Norris is 80. Playwright David Rabe is 80. Singer Dean Torrence is 80. Actress Katharine Houghton is 78. Actor Richard Gant is 76. Rock musician Tom Scholz is 73. Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell is 73. Actress Aloma Wright is 70.

Blues musician Ronnie Earl is 67.

Actress Shannon Tweed is 63.

Pop/jazz singer Jeanie Bryson is 62. Actress Sharon Stone is 62.

Rock musician Gail Greenwood is 60. Magician Lance Burton is 60. Actress Jasmine Guy is 58.

Rock musician Jeff Ament is 57.

Britain’s Prince Edward is 56.

Rock singer Edie Brickell is 54.

Actor Stephen Mailer is 54. Actor

Philip Anthony-Rodriguez is 52.

Actress Paget Brewster is 51.

Actor Jon Hamm is 49. Rapperproducer Timbaland is 48. Actor Cristian de la Fuente is 46. Rock musician Jerry Horton is 45.

Actor Jeff Branson is 43. Singer Robin Thicke is 43. Actress Bree Turner is 43. Actor Edi Gathegi is 41. Rock musician Matt Asti is 40. Actor Thomas Middleditch is 38. Country singer Carrie Underwood is 37. Actress Olivia Wilde is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Emeli Sande is 33. Country singer Rachel Reinert is 31.

Country musician Jared Hampton is 29. Actress Emily Osment is 28.

Thought for today: “He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.” — Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher. - AP

Heather Mackenzie REPORTER

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, March 10, the 70th day of 2020. There are 296 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On March 10, 1985, Konstantin U. Chernenko, who was the Soviet Union’s leader for 13 months, died at age 73; he was succeeded by Mikhail Gorbachev.

On this date: In 1496, Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he left Hispaniola for Spain.

In 1848, the US Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the MexicanAmerican War. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln assigned Ulysses S. Grant, who had just received his commission as lieutenant-general, to the command of the Armies of the United States.

In 1869, the New Zealand Cross was created. The medal was created because members of New Zealand’s colonial forces were not eligible for the Victoria Cross.

Only 23 were awarded, making it one of the world‘s rarest military honours in the world.

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory.

In 1906, about 1100 miners in northern France were killed by a coal-dust explosion.

In 1913, former slave, abolitionist and Underground Railroad “conductor” Harriet Tubman died in Auburn, New York; she was in her 90s.

In 1933, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake centered off Long Beach, California, resulted in 120 deaths.

In 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tennessee (on his 41st birthday) to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.)

In 1980, “Scarsdale Diet” author Dr Herman Tarnower was shot to death at his home in Purchase, New York. (Tarnower’s former lover, Jean Harris, was convicted of his murder; she served nearly

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hallenges lie ahead for small rural water supply schemes, with legislation creating a new national water authority presently working its way through parliament.

The Water Services Regulator Bill sets up the framework for nationally regulated drinking water standards.

Called Taumata Arowai, the new water authority will have oversight and enforcement powers over any drinking water supplier other than self-supplied households – say on rainwater tanks.

This is the first step in a series of reforms giving effect to government’s three waters review and the Havelock North inquiry.

The new framework for drink-

Nigel Billings FROM THE FARM

ing water standards will ultimately replace the present system run under part 2A of the Health Act. There is concern among farmers on localised and often remote water schemes – that provide mostly stock water but also have connected households – that one-size-fits-all regulation could be in the pipe that would render their water supplies unaffordable.

That is not to say the present system is working well.

It already requires high standards that are not necessarily logical and focus on water quality at the point of source, rather than filtration at the point at which it is supplied to a dwelling.

District councils generally manage these smaller schemes – nationwide there are hundreds of them – in consultation with a society of scheme users.

The prohibitive cost of implementing Ministry of Health approved water supply plans looms over many of them.

How a national water authority could govern all these schemes, along with the urban and city water supply challeng-

es, is an open question.

Small rural councils may also struggle to meet the price tag to comply with nationally enforced standards.

Whether government has a plan and funding for this is doubtful – but let us hope for some flexibility and pragmatism to keep affordable water flowing in our rural communities.

Nigel Billings is a senior policy advisor for Federated Farmers.

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Research to help disease eradication Animals from infected mycoplasma bovis herds will be studied by Massey University researchers to determine the direct impacts of the cattle disease as part of efforts to help accelerate its eradication.

“Massey University researchers will investigate the impact of M. bovis on individual animals and herds within farms known to be infected with the disease,” said Dr John Roche, Ministry for Primary Industries’ chief science advisor and chair of the M. bovis strategic science advisory group.

“They will measure how M. bovis affects infected animals and herds, including any physical signs, effects on milk yield and composition, and the duration of these effects.”

Roche said this would help accelerate eradication of the disease from New Zealand farms and minimise the negative impacts.

“The results of this project will contribute evidence to help in the detection of M. bovis, improve our surveillance tools, and increase our understanding of how the disease spreads under different New Zealand farming systems, which is key in terms of eradication.

“It will also help us to quantify the impacts, which supports some of the recommendations made in a recent technical advisory group report.”

To date, 238 properties have been confirmed with M. bovis, of which almost half were in Canterbury.

The study was expected to take one to two years. Only properties already known to be positive for M. bovis will be used. No cattle will be intentionally infected, and properties will only be stud-

ied until agreed dates for depopulation.

New Zealand was the first country in the world to attempt to eradicate M. bovis, a bacterial disease that can cause animal welfare and productivity issues, particularly in dairy cattle, including mastitis that doesn’t respond to treatment, severe lameness, and late-term abortions.

The M. bovis programme, which involves MPI, DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb, had allocated up to $30 million for M. bovis research projects.

While the programme expected to find most of the infected properties by the end of 2020, it anticipated a long period of surveillance to ensure the disease was eliminated. “It is important that we

keep developing the science to ensure we have all the tools we need in the long term,” Roche said.

To date, $263.3m had been spent on operational costs since the start of the response in July 2017.

This included the programme’s operational costs, including testing, on-farm operational costs, building leases, transport, and

capital expenditure, contractors (including AsureQuality), staff salaries, and technology and information management systems.

This also included $94.3m spent on the response prior to the decision to eradicate.

In addition, a further $135.4m in compensation has been paid to farmers to date, with 143,641 animals culled.

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By Guy Trafford The Global Dairy Trade auction seems to have sailed through the impacts of the Covid-19 relatively unscathed.

It does make you wonder what the prices may have been if the circumstances were more normal. Overall, there was a drop of 1.2 per cent with whole milk powder only dropping 0.5 per cent and butter having a 1 per cent lift.

Cheddar has come back to earth after the unexpected rise at the last auction. It may be that this is a reflection of the brakes that are being applied to that sector.

The drop in the New Zealand dollar by half a cent against the US dollar since the last auction late February has provided some relief.

Official result: WMP: -0.5 per cent at $US2952 SMP: -3.2 per cent at $US2747 Butter: +1.0 per cent at $US4131 Cheddar: -4.7 per cent at $US4,285

Latest Previous Auction (Feb 22) NZ$/tonne NZ$/tonne $4362

$4473

$4687

$4672

$6559

$6442

$6804

$7129

Full historical graphs can be seen at Dairy Commodities at interest.co.nz With the dairy season coming to a close in a couple of months farmers can be reasonably assured that the farmgate predictions are safe at around $7.20.

However, Westpac are reporting that the future prices for next season are not quite so rosy with $6.80/kgMS being predicted.

There is a lot of water to go under the bridge before then and much will depend upon whether the anticipated recovery in China occurs and their demand for milk powder kicks in at pre-Covid-19 levels.

A recent article out of China sheds some light on the demand for milk and quotes the Chinese “National Health Commission” recommending that the population consume at least 300grams of milk per day each as a means to help ward off the Covid-19 disease.

Closer to home, ASB are offering help to their farmer clients affected by drought.

The Government, through NZ First, has opened a $300 million new venture capital fund.

Announced in last year’s budget it is now “open for business”. Little detail is available but most of these initiatives seem to target growth into exports. Perhaps the funding is a spill over from Shane Jones’s billon dollar regional fund which seemed to be struggling to find a home.

Something the Government could do, which may help stimulate the economy, is to take a look at the rate of GST charged.

It could be changed to be a lot more simple than other taxes and it would also proportionately benefit those on lower incomes at a greater rate. It would make food products cheaper.

Currently, according to Wikipedia, New Zealand GST is not only one of the highest rates in the world but; “Because it is broad based, it collects 31.4 per cent of total taxation, making New Zealand the highest taxed country in the OECD in terms of sales tax as a proportion of GDP”.

Markets The meat schedule had a semblance of normality this week with most prices holding on to last week’s schedule with the main exception being venison which took another trim, but then that is almost normal also.

Coarser wools and lambs wool which are almost totally reliant on China purchasing struggled again with 22 per cent being passed in.

Sheep The recent rain appears to have helped provide a lift for the local saleyards with an improvement of up to $15 for lamb being reported. Ewes also managed a small lift although the wait for works space is certainly turning buyers away.

Wool While most grades are still in the doldrums, the limited amounts of fine merino wool sold achieved good prices. This is surprising given the state of Italy at the moment.

Beef While schedules held this week the saleyard prices are not showing any real life and only small numbers are coming forward.

Venison As stated earlier, prices fell again this week, this time likely around the slow-down of restaurant eating in both Europe and the US. Dairy Not such a bad industry to be in at the moment with it seemingly shrugging off the effects of Covid-19.

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for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural March 9, 2020 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 76 -98 Prime 108 -115 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 228.00 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 228 -232 This week

52 week high low 170 286

20 90

430

134

323

220

4 wks ago

3 mths ago

1 year ago

105 119 129 142 750

131 148 161 178 880

100 113 123 136 720

133 150 163 181 880

100 113 122 135 700

97

132

102

136

92

465

581

471

600

435

356

473

338

482

322

445

570

440

579

418

540

600

510

600

480

399 485 546

431 524 698

463 563 750

505 612 816

385 468 624

Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 843 998 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 290 328 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 259 267 Merino 2,550 2,070

1,038 365 314 2,114

Source: WSI, NZMerino 921 1,193 843 464 550 277 315 364 257 2,387 2,428 1,588

416 418 412

Source: Midlands Grain 422 440 300 420 435 280 417 430 290

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 102 17.5 kg YX SI 115 19.0 kg YX SI 125 21.0 kg YX SI 138 Local trade (c/kg) SI 700 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 92 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 435 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 322 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 418 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 480 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 385 AP Stag 60kg SI 468 AP Stag 80kg SI 624

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 412 416 Wheat, feed 411 417 Barley, feed 397 410

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index Feb-20 107.00 118.00 120.00

132.00

u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

6,899 3,937 4,710 5,814

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

6,431 4,759 4,681 7,159

6,587 4,630 4,708 6,684

6,044 4,547 4,957 6,035

2018/19 final $6.35 2018/19 final $0.00

0.6452 0.5847

Source: PF Olsen 138.00 107.00 8,696 4,864 5,242 7,316

5,755 3,599 4,530 5,512

2019/20 f'cast $7.00 - $7.60* 2019/20 $0.15 - $0.25 NZX FCG $3.89

* before retentions

u EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.6358 Euro 0.5629

52 week high low

0.6556 0.5921

0.6757 0.6038

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Brought up on a farm next door to the Mayfield A&P showgrounds, this year’s show president Rebecca Taylor remembers the thrill of the annual show when she was a child.

It is something she is keen to replicate at this year’s 95th Mayfield A&P Show on Saturday, March 14.

Along with the ever-popular pig racing, the show features a Clydesdale tug of war, pet tent, and children’s scavenger hunt as well as the traditional favourites of craft sites, trade displays, livestock judging, dog trials, produce shed, food and live entertainment.

“The pig racing is always a hit,” Taylor said. “We have big crowds at every race.”

This year there will be guest commentators for each of the seven races, including Lynda Topp, of the Topp Twins, as pigs run through tunnels and over an obstacle course to the finish line.

In the grand finale, the pigs, supplied by a local farmer, get a feast courtesy of Sim’s Bakery in Ashburton.

In a fundraising event for the Young Farmers Club, people can bet on which pig will win.

Taylor said the show would be a great community day out, with live entertainment on the village green, a great range of food sites and lots of activities for children. This included a pop-up playground, with carnival rides and a bouncy castle.

In a twist to the usual tugof-war competition, teams of children and adults will compete against clydesdale horses from the Dayboo Stud.

The size of the pet tent had again been increased, because of its popularity. “We have lots of animals for the children to look at and pet.

“It’s a community day out and a great opportunity for people to get off the farm, or away from what they do and catch up with their neighbours and other

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“It’s a fun day with the family.”

After a stint away, Taylor again lives next door to the showgrounds with her husband Ricky and two children, running the farm and a contracting business.

“A big part of why I am on the show committee is that I absolutely loved the Mayfield A&P Show when I was young and I really want to see it carry on for my children and other children in the community as it is such a wonderful day out,” Taylor said.

Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor had indicated he planned to attend, although this would not be confirmed until nearer the date.

Tractor pull convenor Tim Rowe said a new layout this year meant the tractor pull had been integrated into the showgrounds rather than an adjacent paddock.

The tractor pull will feature modified tractors from Southland to North Canterbury, as well as 35 to 40 agricultural tractors. “A lot of the big contractors take part.

“The noise always attracts a crowd.”

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – In 2019, New Zealand new car sales were? a. 74,479 b. 124,479 c. 154,479 2 – In what year was Greenpeace established? a. 1969 b. 1974 c. 1979 3 – Who does Sonny Bill Williams play rugby league for? a. Castleford Tigers b. Toronto Wolfpack c. Leeds Rhinos 4 – Which animal has the highest blood pressure? a. Giraffe b. Whale c. Elephant 5 – When did Henry VIII become King of England? a. 1509 b. 1609 c. 1709 6 – In cooking, what does ‘blanch’ mean? a. Boil then fry in oil b. Boil then batter c. Boil then put in ice water 7 – How many symphonies did Tchaikovsky compose? a. Three b. Five c. Seven 8 – The NZ Defence Force has a large military camp at? a. Wellsford b. Shelly Bay c. Linton

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Rafts away Nicky Mackenzie captured the scout groups racing their rafts to the other end of Lake Camp during a recent scouting camp. It was an amazing weekend, with the Methven scout group coming first, followed closely by Allenton, second, and Ashburton, third.

TAKEN SOME GREAT PHOTOS? Your Place is a great place to display the photos of your sports team, your pets, your school events, or just something ordinary from the present or days gone by.

Please send your photos to subs@theguardian.co.nz with the words YOUR PLACE in the subject line and we will run it in the Guardian or on our website www.guardianonline.co.nz

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Answers: 1. 154,479 2. 1969 3. Toronto Wolfpack 4. Giraffe 5. 1509 6.

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Twin squares through time

By Connor Lysaght

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t Ashburton Museum we are always eyes-deep in interesting photographs.

Many of these photographs are interesting because they are odd, rare, or unique.

Most of our photographs are interesting because they are so familiar yet different to what we see around town.

Ashburton has grown and developed into the town and district we know today, and we are always fascinated to see the things that have changed, and the things that have

stayed mostly the same.

Baring Square East and West represent parts of Ashburton that have changed a lot, while staying fundamentally the same.

Amongst the more than six million images that the Ashburton Museum team cares for, we have a pretty decent set of photographs of the two squares that show their transformation through the decades.

The focus is on these photos with this week’s heritage page, so please enjoy this selection of photos of Baring Square East and West, as well as their surrounds.

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2. The first County Council building at Baring Square East.

3. Courthouse from across Baring Square East, before the surrounding fence, which was posthumously donated by Captain Coleman in 1904, went to the cemetery.

4. Baring Square West, with the old post office looming in the background.

5. Baring Square West as seen from the post office, Borough Council and Masonic Lodge buildings in the background.

6. Band rotunda in Baring Square West, before it was moved to the Domain in the 1920s.

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■■SKIING

More gold for Sadowski-Synnott The second and final day of X Games Norway at Hafjell Alpinsenter was a Slopestyle showdown, featuring men’s and women’s ski and snowboard slopestyle competitions.

In X Games history, Norwegians have now collected 92 medals – 28 gold, 32 silver, 32 bronze. Johanne Killi remains the most-medaled Norwegian athlete in X Games history with seven.

But it was New Zealander Zoi Sadowski-Synnott who opened the day by winning her second

RESULTS ■■ Bowls MSA Bowling Club March 6 Friday Triples Sponsored by Skip2It Flooring Xtra 1st A Hill, N Atkinson, C Tubb 2½ wins 16 ends 32 points; 2nd D Hickman, G Clark, D McEvedy 2½ wins 15 ends 37 points; 3rd P Whinham, P Collins, G Sparks 2 wins 16 ends 18 points MSA Getaway Tournament March 8 Sponsored by Tara Family Trust, IDL Transport, Property Brokers, Heartland Bank 1st D Hopkins, L Ford, S Gamble, R Broker 4 wins; 2nd C Carter, R Fensom, B Redmond, W Carter 3½ wins; 3rd W Watson, R Bennett, S Holdom, R Tonks 3½ wins; 4th G Eder, M Eder, W Lee, B Donaldson 3 wins.

■■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers March 4 16 Riders. Frazers Rd 16km.

1st Ian Hobson CT.35.31. HT. 7m. RT. 28m 31s. 2nd Richard Begg CT.35.39. HT. 7m. RT. 28m 39s. 3rd Paul Hands CT.35.40. HT. Go. RT.35m 40s. 4th Nigel Chatterton CT.35.43.

HT.7m. RT.28m 43s. 5th Dave Shurrock CT.35.44. HT. 6m. RT. 29m 44s. 6th Brent Hudson CT.35.45. HT. 6m. RT.29m 45s. 7th Chris Reid CT.35.51. HT.11.30m. RT. 24m 51s.

8th Gerard Morrison CT.35.52. HT. 11.30m.

RT. 24m 52s. 9th Paul Chapman CT.35.55.

HT.10.30m. RT.25m 25s. 10th Jelle Hendriksen CT.35.55. HT. 10.30m. RT. 25m 25s. 11th Nick Grijns CT.35.55. HT. 10.30m.

RT. 25m25s. 12th Don Morrison CT.35.56.

HT.10.30m. RT. 25m 26s. 13th Oliver Davidson CT.37.24. HT.14m. RT. 23m24s.

F/T. 14th Tony Ward CT.37.28. Ht.14m. RT. 23m 28s. 2f/t. 15th Brad Hudson CT.37.28.

HT.14m. RT. 23m 28s. 3f/t. 16th Kevin Opele CT.37.29. HT.14m. RT. 23m 29s. 4f/t.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 5 Mixed 9 Hole Golf 37 players came along to play a stroke round. Nett Scores were used to determine winners.

It was a very close game with 3 players scoring 33 each, so a count back was

DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 14 The Don Houghton Memorial Trophy will be played, this is an Irish Stableford teams match.

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

X Games Snowboard Slopestyle gold medal.

She showed technical prowess in the rails at the top of the course with combos like her backside bluntside to backside 180 sameway and her boardslide pretzel, both in Run 1.

Her switch backside double cork 900 stalefish in Run 3 was the biggest trick of the contest.

She took an early lead in Run 1 and never gave it up, with top-tobottom runs in three of her four passes. needed.

Winner, $25 voucher Flowers @the Gate

by Tone’e: Helen Argyle 33, on count back; Runner Up, Peter Greening 33, won a club voucher; Second Runner Up, Eric Weir, also won a club voucher.

Golf balls from Smith & Church for Gobblers: Tong King, Allison Glossop, Colin Fleming and Gavin Johnston Golf ball from Smith & Church for Twos: Gavin Johnston on 14th hole.

Next Thursday we will play Round 2 Marion Marshall Trophy, Stroke and Round 2 Jean Drummond Trophy, Putting. Arrive by 9:15 for 9:30 tee off.

March 6 Midlands Seed Social Teams Top Team: Hunters & Collectors 94.5 Lou Soal, Barry Jury. Grant Smith, Denis Stoddart; Men: Henpecked 83.5, Burton Battlers 82.5; Women: Baby Boomers 86; Mixed: Gabites 89.5, Morning Wood 89; Top lady: Sharon Carlson 32.5; Top man: Steve Lee 37 Nearest the Pins: Colombus Coffee Pete Bruce; Mac & Maggies (now working from 7 Westcott Place) Barry Jury; Paul May Motors Gaby Jansen; Gabites Ltd Judy Fielder Twos: Barbara Williams Final night is Friday March 13 March 7 Pro Shop International Stableford Competition Winner: Josh Cochrane with 67 pts. Other winning scores: Noel Sutton 59; John Dudley 57; Shane Beavan and Ken Clucas 54; Chris Ralston 52; David Fisher, Charlie Alexander and Jordon Bird 48;John Richards 47, Royce Jamieson 46; Darren Peace 45; Sue Hastie, Blair Franklin and Jeff Williamson 42.

Twos: Chris Robertson, Shane Beavan, Josh Cochrane, Royce Jamieson, John Richards, Darren Peace and Jeff Hewitt.

Nearest The Pins: #4 Perry Hunt, #8 Jordon Bird, #12 Jeff Hewitt, #14 Sue Hastie.

The Pro’s Twos Jackpot was shared by Josh Cochrane and Darren Peace (#14).

Nine Hole Harvey Bakehouse Winner: Antony White 36 pts. Other winning scores: Muriel Morgan and Terry O’Reilly 27pts; Sam Prince 21pts.

Mayfield Golf Club Mid-Week Competition Stableford Charlie Rapsey, Andrew Peck and James Wright 20 stablefords; Mark Schrader 17 stablefords.

March 5 Stroke & 1st Stablefords Men: 1st Robert Schikker 65-27-38 22 Stablefords, 2nd Eddie Graham 49-14-25 21; Ladies: 1st Bernie Morrison 56-21-35 19 Stablefords, 2nd Jill Ludemann 58-18-40 17 Greg Sim Builders No 2: John Greenslade; Mayfield Transport No 5: Jill Ludemann March 7 Ruapuna Rosebowl 1st Round Winners: Mike Salversen, Gordon Duthie, John Sim, Wayne Blair, Charlie Rapsey, Andrew Lake, Jeff Mc Neilly, Roger Lake, Duncan Barr, John Low, Ian Beach, Paul Gardner.

Nearest Pins: No 2 Aon Insurance: Paul Gardner, No 11 Jon McAuliffe Bayleys: Wayne Blair, No 5 Campbell Contracting: Andrew Lake; No 14 ANZ Bank: Duncan Barr; 9&18 second shot: Mike Salversen Twos: Paul Gardner, Gordon Duthie Stableford Competition Winner: James

Japan’s Kokomo Murase bettered her Aspen 2020 bronze performance with a Slopestyle silver and Canada’s Brooke Voigt earned her first X Games medal with bronze.

In the most international field of the event, American Maggie Voisin took gold in Women’s Ski Slopestyle for her second medal at X Games Norway 2020.

After taking a silver in Saturday’s Big Air, Voisin slayed the rail section and threw down a switch left 270 on 270 out, a backside 270 Murdock 35 Stablefords Rosehope Romney Player of the Day: Charlie Rapsey 79-13-66

Methven Golf Club March 7 Coleridge Shield Winning Club: Methven 655pts, 2nd Greendale 631pts, 3rd Waimak 624pts, 4th Horoata 611pts.

Senior: Simon Johnstone 38pts, 2nd Duncan McKay 36pts. Intermediate: James Perkins 38pts, 2nd Alf Blatch 37pts by lot.

Junior: Geoff Rhodes 45pts, 2nd Bruce Dickson 40pts.

Ladies Heather Middleton 42pts, 2nd Liz Steele 35pts by lot.

President: Jum Morton 30pts,. Vice President: Brent Nahkies 38pts. Club Captain: Wayne Watson 39pts. Ladies Captain: Jan Lane 39pts.

Eagle: Michael Kemp no.10. Two’s Dayle Lucas. Longest Drive Mens: Garron Hawker, Ladies: Dale Macdonald.

Nearest the Pin No 4: Dayle Lucas. No6 Liz Scott. No13 Jimmy Anderson. No17 Karl Todd.

Next Week March 14: R.S.A trophy.

Rakaia Golf Club March 4 LGU, 1st round Championship Qualifying Freda Bierema 101-32-69, Sue Martin 10628-78 Jeanette Watts Trophy: Freda Bierema Railway Tavern 2nd shot no 3: Bev Sutherland; Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot no 6: Freda Bierema; V Bell Nearest Pin no 8: not struck; Chertsey Spraying 2nd shot no 15: Freda Bierema; S. Quinn 2nd shot no 17: Jill Burrowes March 6 9 hole tournament A strong field with 58 players from 13 different clubs (Canterbury and Aorangi golf) enjoyed a sunny day at the Rakaia Golf course and handed in some sharp scores.

Men Gross Mike Markillie (Methven) 46, Best Nett Gordon Clinton (Ashburton) 31, r/u Nett Donald Neutze (Charteris Bay) 33, Putting Alister Goodwin (Methven) 15, r/u putting John Barwell (Methven) 16 by lot from Paul Baird (Ashburton), closest to the pin #8 Paul Baird.

Ladies grade 1 Gross Tonee Hurley (Ashburton) 49, Best Nett Barbara May (Greendale) 35, r/u Nett Gill Taylor (Ellesmere) 38 by lot from Jill Ludemann (Mayfield), Putting Sue Lamb (Ashburton) 15 r/u putting Jill Ludemann 16, closest to the pin #8 Maaike Kikstra (Greendale) Ladies grade 2 Gross Val Bell (Rakaia) 52, Best Nett Adrienne Goodwin (Methven) 32, r/u Nett Lillian O’ Hanlon (Rakaia) 36, 3rd Nett Angela Williams (Tai Tapu) 37 by lot from Ann Fleming (Ashburton), Putting Sharon Smith (Timaru) 14, r/u putting Alycen Cournane (Pleasant Point) by lot from Jan Chisholm (Geraldine) and Avis Sutherland (Greendale), 2nd shot to the pin #6 Adrienne Goodwin.

Ladies grade 3 Gross Judith McDonald (Tai Tapu) 56, Best Nett Susan Johnstone (Tai Tapu) 35, r/u Nett Beverley McHugh (Tai Tapu) 35, Putting Nancy Costin (Tinwald) 14, 2nd shot to the pin #6 Diane Gebbie (Tai Tapu)

Tinwald Golf Club March 5

left disaster on down-flat-down, left 270 on 270 off.

Canadians Max Parrot and Mark McMorris battled it out once more in Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle, where Big Air silver medalist, Parrot, came out on top. Max Parrot came into Slopestyle on a mission, determined to make a role reversal. Mission accomplished: his Cab triple cork 1620 from Run 1 and frontside bluntslide to 450 out from Run 2 were two of the biggest tricks of the contest.

Twilight Stableford Leading scores in the twilight stableford round: -6; Tim Bain 21, Steve McCloy 20, Andy Peck 20. 7-10: Wayne Mellish 23, Paul Hefford 21, Pete Trembath 20, Nick Wilson, Jim Hylands, Matt Stoddart 19.

11 plus: Peter Guiney 24, Dan Dwyer 23, Roger Bruce 22, Alex Bec, Vic Hylands, Mark Schrader 19.

Women: 0-14: Kendall Lee 21, Barb Cochrane 19.

15 plus: Karen Young 18.

Non-Handicap; Sam Whiting net 33.

Nearest the pin: # 2 Wayne Mellish, # 16 Selwyn Munro.

Two’s; Wayne Mellish, Selwyn Munro. Radio Hokonui hacker; Lawrence McCormick with 9 points.

March 7 Stroke Leading scores in the 3rd round of the Smitheram (gross) and Grant (net) Trophies played on Saturday.

- 12; Brent Smith 68, Raui Tare 70. 13-18; Percy Kelsall 69 c/b Ray Wards 69, Muri Ngutu 71.19 plus; Graham Hortin 67, Nigel King, Selwyn Munro 69.

Women; Sue Newman 67.

Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Neil Rayner. Gluyas Ford # 6; Ben Busch.

House of Travel # 12; Graham Hortin. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Neil Connelly. G & R Seeds 2nd shot #11; Jeff Naish.

Two’s; Ton Kittikote, Neil Connelly, Gordon Rennie, Bill Mason, Ben Busch. Net Eagle; # 2 not struck.

■■ Squash Celtic Squash Club March 2 Team 2 drew with Team 6 8-8: John McDonnell 3 Ron Carlson 0, Phil Andrew 1 Blair Horrell 2, Kirsty Clay 0 Rebecca Abernethy 3, Jan Lee 1 Guy Stanway 3, Sian Hurley 3 Jane Kingan 0.

Team 4 lost to Team 1 6-10: Chris O’Reilly 0 Billy Nolan 3, Chris Thompson 2 Melissa Wilson 1, Neil Keenan 0 Hamish Trott 3, Hayden Robinson 1 Mike Keen 3, Sarah Forbes 3 Hannah O’Reilly 0.

Team 5 lost to Team 3 8-9: Ben Kruger 2 Scott Broker 3, Chris Lima 2 Rob Giles 1, Nicky Dryland 1 Jade Coley 2, Amy Muckle 3 Riley Broker 0, Tate Dryland 0 Jayden Adam 3.

Team 7 beat Team 10 12-8: Chris O’Reilly 1 Paul Cousins 3, Wouter Myburgh 3 Ian Dolden 2, James Bowker 3 Steve Devereux 1, Hamish O’Reilly 2 Hayden Robinson 1, Megan Bell 3 Maggie Clark 1.

Team 8 beat Team 9 9-5: James McCloy 2 Jimmy Hunn 2, Jordy Hooper 1 Brendan Clark 3, Sam Kuipers 3 Lucas Raphold 0, Chrissie Stratford 3 Kate Williams 0.

■■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis March 4 Twilight Tridents 17 v Famous Grouse 16, Let’s Play 14 v We Are Stihl Suzuki 19, Out of Service 16 v What’s the Score 17, Hackers 19 v Council Crew 14, Grand Slammers 18 v Mighty Meerkats 15, Courtiers 15 v The Raqueteers 18, Family Affair 20 v The Aces 13.

March 5 Sunset Doubles

Zoi Sadoski-Synnott Division 1: Heineken Openers 3 v Croziers Turkeys 3, AFC 4½ v Lakers 1½, Cates Grain & Seed 2 v Coasters 4 Division 2: Geraldine 3½ v Double Faults 2½, Ball Wackers 2 v Ruapuna 4, Carrfields 2½ v Court Nite 3½ Division 2A: Cream of the Crop 2½ v Winchmore 3½, Agitated Panda 3½ v New Boys 2½, B Team 4½ v 1½ Division 3: Rough Enough 2½ v Backspin 3½, 4 Aces 1½ v I’d Hit That – PB 4½, Willies Wonkers 1½ v Farm & Kitchen 4½, Read Revellers 5½ v Miss Hits½, The Young & the Rest of Us 4½ v RMF Silva – Great Sets 1½, Wanna Bees 5 v The ladies 1.

March 7 Open Grade Fairton beat Methven 5 matches to 4 D. Quispe-Kim & C. Brosnahan beat C. McCracken & T. Leonard 6-4, 6-1, P. Crozier & D. Scott lost to A. Watt & N. Alombro 5-7, 5-7, J. Leslie & A. Spooner beat V. Talbot & T. Ellis 6-1, 6-2, D. Quispe-Kim beat C. McCracken 6-2, 6-2, C. Brosnahan lost to T. Leonard 6-4, 2-6, 0-1 (6-10), P. Crozier lost to A. Watt 3-6, 1-6, D. Scott lost to N. Alombro 0-6, 3-6, A. Spooner beat V. Talbot 6-4, 6-1, J. Leslie beat T. Ellis 6-0, 6-1.

Southern beat Dorie 5 matches to 4 S. Bubb & G. Evans beat P. Leonard & J. Cromie 6-2, 6-2, T. Parsons & A. McKeown lost to R. Breen & T. Opie 4-6, 5-7, I. Adam & J. Adam beat G. Austin & J. Ellis 6-4, 6-1, S. Bubb beat P. Leonard 6-4, 6-4, G. Evans beat J. Cromie 6-4, 6-4, J. Adam lost to R. Breen 0-6, 1-6, A. McKeown lost to T. Opie 6-2, 0-6, 0-1 (9-11), I. Adam beat G. Austin 6-0, 6-2.

Hampstead beat Allenton 7 matches to 2 P. Kirwan & B. Looij beat J. Parsons & B. Adam 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7), M Hopkins & N. Maarka beat M. Lucas & L. Adam 6-1, 7-5, M. Lui & A. Cromie beat H. Feutz & A. Parsons 6-1, 6-3, P. Kirwan lost to J. Parsons 4-6, 1-6, B. Looij beat B. Adam 6-1, 6-4, N. Maarka beat M. Lucas 6-2, 6-1, M. Hopkins lost to L. Adam 5-7, 6-1, 0-1 (5-10), M. Lui beat H. Feutz 6-1, 6-2, A. Cromie beat A. Parsons 6-0, 6-0.

Junior A Dorie A beat Southern Stars 5 matches to 1 S. Kingsbury & E. Bessai beat I. Brook& L. Jones 7-5, O. Jackways & L. Williams beat S. Wilson & T. Brook 6-1, S. Kingsbury lost to I. Brook 2-9, O. Jackway beat L. Jones 9-3, L. Williams beat S. Wilson 9-2, E. Bessai beat T. Brook 9-2.

Allenton Eagles beat Methven Bronze 32 games to 25 J. Gilbert & A. Cromie beat D. McBain & L. Farrell 6-0, A. Parsons & T. Harrison lost to C. Wareing & A. Armour 0-6, J. Gilbert beat D. McBain 9-0, A. Cromie beat L. Farrell 9-1, A. Parsons lost to C. Wareing 3-9, T. Harrison lost to A. Armour 5-9.

Junior B Methven Black beat Southern Sharks 4 matches to 2 N. Cavanagh & P. Humm beat G. Greenslade & I. Carr 6-4, O. Glass & Z. Butterick beat F. Ellis & M. Trounson 6-2, N. Cavanagh beat G. Greenslade 6-2, P. Humm beat I. Carr 6-5, O. Glass lost to F. Ellis 3-6, Z. Butterick lost to M. Trounson 5-6.

Junior C Allenton Falcons beat Southern Sky Rockets 5 matches to 1 A. Mitchell & P. Williams beat M. Doyle & L. Greenslade 6-3, A. Brook & L. Parsons beat M. Doyle & H. Phillips 6-2, A. Mitchell beat M. Doyle 6-4, A. Brook beat L. Greenslade 6-3, P. Williams beat M. Doyle 6-2, L. Parsons lost to H. Phillips 5-6.

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■■ CRICKET

AshColl declare in strong position

By Adam Burns

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Ashburton College find themselves in the box seat with a day to play in their two-day game against Christchurch Boys’ High School’s 3rd XI. The Mid Cantabrians took day one honours on Saturday and head into this weekend with a 59-run lead and one more Boys’ High wicket needed.

AshColl declared on 219/7 in its first innings after winning the toss.

Isaac Bazley’s superb 82 put his team into a healthy position, alongside Angus Jemmett (40) who also played a pivotal role at the top of the order.

Christchurch Boys are looking down the barrel of a first innings deficit as they finished the day on 160/9 in reply.

The match resumes on Saturday.

Right – Ashburton College’s Isaac Bazley moves to the pitch of the ball during his knock of 82 during the first day of their match against Christchurch Boys’ High School’s 3rd XI. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 070320-RH-005

McMillan wreaks havoc against the Lions Seb McMillan (pictured) caused all sorts of carnage on Saturday for Ashburton College’s combined 2nd XI against the Selwyn Lions.

The young medium pacer produced a devastating spell, running through the Lions batting with absurd figures of 7-8 as AshColl romped to a 9-wicket win.

McMillan’s 5.2 overs also included three maidens as Selwyn were dismissed for 40.

AshColl cruised to the target, losing one wicket with Gus Casey-Solly (14 not out) hitting the winning runs for the competition leaders.

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Styris rubbished by the fans for ‘Nigerian’ comment Former Black Cap Scott Styris has been slammed by fans after taking a swipe at Kiwi UFC superstar Israel Adesanya.

Adesanya defended his middleweight title against Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Sunday, claiming a victory by unanimous decision in Las Vegas.

The recently named New Zealand Halberg Sportsman of the

Year, who was born in Nigeria, is shown to be fighting under the Nigerian flag, with the UFC often classifying fighters by their country of birth, rather than country of residence.

Adesanya has always proudly draped the New Zealand flag over his shoulders in the octagon and although he has spoken about his desire to take a fight back to Africa,

he has always made it clear that he sees himself as “a New Zealand middleweight champion”.

However, Australian-born Styris, who represented New Zealand 248 times, appeared to see things differently.

“Cant [sic] wait to watch Nigerian Israel Adesanya fight tonight #Halbergs” Styris posted to twitter ahead of the fight.

Adesanya was born in Lagos but moved to New Zealand with his family at the age of 10.

Styris’ post wasn’t received well on Twitter.

Fans and journalists were quick to point out to Styris that other leading New Zealand sportsmen, including Danny Lee, Scott Dixon, and, well, Styris himself, were also born overseas.

Last month Adesanya was named Sportsman of the Year at the Halberg Awards, beating out the likes of Scott McLaughlin and Kane Williamson to become the first combat sport athlete to win the top gong since 1953.

In a powerful acceptance speech, Adesanya called for an end to “tall poppy” syndrome in New Zealand society.

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■■ CYCLING

Chapman wins penultimate race

Paul Chapman was the pick of the bunch at Wakanui on the weekend as the Tinwald cycling season heads towards the pointy end.

In a good hit-out before next week’s season summit, the Mid Canterbury Championships, it was Chapman who showed plenty of kick in the bunch as he sprinted to the line to take victory at the Wakanui-Hakatere course.

Paul Macfie, who is coming into some good form, was in the thick of the final stages to finish second.

Neil Wylie illustrated his prospects for next week with a solid performance earning him the final podium spot.

Next best was Nick Grijns, who has recaptured some vintage form this season, as he placed fourth.

Marty Hyde and Michelle Davidson rounded out the top six.

Scratch marker Steve Hands’ time of 97mins 44secs sealed fastest time honours of the day.

Co-markers Tony Ward and Kristine Marriott held the second and third best times respectively.

In the 16km handicap event contested by the juniors and division 2, Holly Crawford-Douglas came out on top followed closely by Tim Reid.

The pair, riding off the front marker, proved too strong for the rest of the field.

Sarah Gould pulled out a top drawer performance to secure third spot.

The gutsy Penny Marriott produced a trademark ride to take fourth place and was also rewarded with fastest time honours (35mins 9secs).

Little sister Tegan Marriott gave nothing away to secure fifth place followed by James Reid in sixth.

Debbie Skinner secured division 2 bragging rights from Sue Templeton and Hillary Singlewood, while Kenny Johnston took fastest time.

Next week Mid Canterbury Championships titles will go on the line in a 64km handicap event around the Wakanui Beach block.

Paul Chapman (white helmet, blue shirt) stormed to victory in Tinwald Cycling Club’s 65km handicap event around the Wakanui-Hakatere course.

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Victory in Vancouver Two second-half yellow cards proved massively expensive for Australia as New Zealand’s men fought back to win a dramatic Vancouver Sevens final yesterday.

It was New Zealand’s third series title of the sevens season, but the Kiwis certainly benefited from Australia’s ill-discipline before barely hanging on for a 17-14 victory in the Canadian decider.

Joe Ravouvou’s second try gave New Zealand the lead with four minutes left when Australia were briefly down to five men because of Maurice Longbottom and Lachie Miller’s yellow cards.

But the Australians, playing their first final this season, then almost snatched the trophy when Sam Dickson was sinbinned, leaving the Kiwis with six players against Australia’s restored full complement for the last two minutes.

The tables had turned, though Australia couldn’t take advantage when New Zealand’s defence was stretched.

A forward pass was called when Australia were virtually celebrating the match-winning try and New Zealand could blow a huge sigh of relief.

Clark Laidlaw’s side survived the final minute before booting the ball triumphantly into the stands and the victory in Vancouver extends their lead on top of the series standings to 11 points with four legs to go.

It was an identical scoreline to New Zealand’s semi-fi-

nal win over Australia in Hamilton in January.

A yellow card then to Aussie paceman Longbottom also hurt their chances of upsetting their trans-Tasman neighbours.

In Vancouver, the Kiwis didn’t touch the ball in the opening five minutes with Australia opting for a patient game but they managed to score only once through Lachie Anderson. New Zealand hit back from their first attack when Ravouvou went over, although Australia increased their half-time lead to 14-5 with Longbottom’s breakaway try after the hooter.

An Australian mistake from the second-half restart gave New Zealand possession and Longbottom then went from hero to zero. He was sinbinned for a cynical infringement while defending his own line and Andrew Knewstubb’s try reduced the deficit to two points.

It was a heated second stanza and Miller was then yellow-carded as players from both sides clashed over a late tackle.

With Australia down to five men, New Zealand took full advantage with Ravouvou scoring the match winner before surviving the late Australian onslaught.

Cup quarter-finals: South Africa 26-10 United States, New Zealand 17-5 Fiji, Australia 31-12 England, Canada 21-0 Spain.

Semi-finals: New Zealand 27-15 South Africa, Australia 19-14 Canada. Final: New Zealand 17-14 Australia

Etene Nanai-Seturo is tackled by South Africa’s Cecil Africa in their quarter-final clash in the Canadian Sevens.

PHOTO AP

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Purdons still find winners’ circle It was a rare Miracle Mile night without much All Stars flavour, but they still found a way to snare a win.

The emerging Im Anothermasterpiece, who had no luck in a Miracle Mile qualifier the week before, did a power of work and was simply too strong and classy in a free-for-all.

And the time was brilliant, a 1min53.3sec mile rate for the long 2400m trip.

“It was a really good effort because I had to make my run a long way from home and the leader was going quick, but his owners are over here and it’s great to win for them on a night like this,” co-trainer and driver Mark Purdon said.

Barry Purdon won the feature mares’ race on Miracle Mile night, but just not with the mare most expected.

Havtime, regarded as a stable

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thurst yearling sales.

The Frisby family’s pride and joy surged past $600,000 in career earnings when he successfully defended the Group 1 free-for-all title he won last year at Menangle on Saturday night.

It was a fitting reward after an NZ campaign last year which was littered with bad luck, poor draws and a dislike for the reverse way of going in Auckland.

Driver and co-trainer Anthony Frisby won the race when he attacked successfully for the lead from Galactic Star mid-race then dictated terms with splits of 29.2 (1200-800m) and 29.1 (800-400m).

Our Uncle Sam ripped home in 26.1sec and fought-off a challenge from The Black Prince by 1.4m with Kiwi pacer Mach Shard making late ground from three pegs for third.

“We never have much luck with draws, but we did this time and

second-stringer to glamour mare Belle Of Montana, produced a career-best 1min50sec flat mile to upstage a crack field.

It was a confident front-running drive from Robbie Morris, copping pressure through a 54.2sec first half, but pinching a break on his key rivals around the home bend.

Our Princess Tiffany, who did some early and mid-race work, ran on strongly along with Belle Of Montana, but they never looked like catching the leader.

Havtime won by 4.4m over Our Princess Tiffany with Belle Of Montana another metre away in third spot.

“I wanted to hold the front provided they didn’t go crazy.

“She’s been going so well and it’s great to get this win for Barry,” Morris said.

It’s amazing to think Our Uncle Sam cost just $3000 at the Ba-

Trainer Barry Purdon made the most of it,” Frisby said.

“We were a bit lucky because we got things our own way once we got to the front, but he still sprinted home really well.”

Big Jack Hammer joined Our Uncle Sam as a back-to-back win-

ner with his victory in the Group 1 Aquagait Trotters’ Mile at Menangle.

It was a fantastic trainer performance from David Aiken to rebuild Big Jack Hammer’s confidence and target the race after an Auckland Inter Dominion campaign where he was never comfortable the other direction of racing.

And Josh Aiken, David’s son, kept it in the family with a superb drive, summing it up well early by dropping in behind the leader, Tough Monarch, “Gee I was confident in the run.

It was the perfect trip for him and he felt so good,” Josh said.

“It’s extra special to win this one tonight because it’s Dad’s birthday too.”

The two Kiwi runners, Temporale and Massive Metro, were below their best in eighth and sixth spots respectively.

Wanganui harness Today at Manawatu Raceway

Wanganui Trotting Club Inc Venue Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 10 Mar 2020 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 3.11pm (NZT) TERRY BROTHERS HANDICAP TROT $7500, non-winners & up-r57 discrhcp, stand, 2500m 1 808 Haka Pride (1) fr................................A Pyers 2 55324 Leesa Castleton (1) 40M.................S Phelan 3 07786 Mackali (U1) 40M....................... J Abernethy 4 69x75 Helga’s Monarch (U2) 40M...............J Curtin 5 74546 Caitlin’s Surprise (1) 55M.............. P Fleming 6 74366 Belmont’s Greatest (2) 55M.......... D Butcher 7 6502D Mekong Princess (U1) 55M...........B Orange 2 3.36pm WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB MOBILE PACE $7250, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2000m 1 28754 Trooper Cooper (1) fr................. J Abernethy 2 63532 Jetson Hunter (2) fr...........................J Curtin 3 82 Quarterback (3) fr..........................B Butcher 4 988 Katching Stars (4) fr..........................A Pyers 5 72409 Moana (5) fr.................................. D Butcher 6 P8553 Betancourt (6) fr.............................B Orange

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7 60853 Downtown Babe (7) fr............. A Harrison (J) 8 70857 Nicky Jay (21) fr..........................P Ferguson 3 4.01 WANGANUI TROTTING CLUB 130 YEARS YOUNG MBL PACE $7250, non-winners, mobile, 2500m 1 53468 Carse O Fern Cully (1) fr....... D Ferguson (J) 2 87226 Hey Good Lookin (2) fr.................. D Butcher 3 Hopeing For Glory (3) fr.................B Orange 4 43694 Lady Ameera (4) fr..................... J Abernethy 5 75626 With Revenge (5) fr.....................P Ferguson 6 65346 Drum Beat (6) fr...................... A Harrison (J) 7 27745 Tommy Tahi (7) fr............................S Phelan 8 69562 Sunhi Magic (U1) fr...........................J Curtin 4 4.26pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION MOBILE PACE $7250, r49., mobile, 2500m 1 31342 Jive (1) fr........................................B Butcher 2 89008 Molly Dooker (2) fr.................. A Harrison (J) 3 64365 Sonny Reactor (3) fr....................P Ferguson 4 Px900 Mustang GT (4) fr............................S Phelan 5 38362 Magic Blaze (5) fr...........................B Orange 6 78677 Emmi Rose (6) fr...............................J Curtin

Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 10 Mar 2020 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 1 3.04pm (NZT) DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 390m 1 25853 Yi Feng nwtd..............................J McInerney 2 43677 Miss Nina 22.68............................. B Conner 3 67245 Homebush Fairy nwtd................J McInerney 4 13433 Homebush Ariana nwtd..............J McInerney 5 48574 Brut Magic nwtd..............................C Healey 6 77368 Cosmic Marty 22.96...................J McInerney 7 75562 Homebush Barclay 22.82...........J McInerney 8 42561 Mitcham Nikorima 23.70............J McInerney 9 88456 Bound Up 23.14.........................J McInerney

7 90161 Natural Fire (7) fr 8 17861 Port Delight (21) fr................... A Harrison (J) 9 33614 Lavazza (22) fr.............................. D Butcher 10 33359 Frankie Jones (23) fr...................P Ferguson 7 5.42 TARANAKI KIDZ KARTZ SUPPORTERS MOBILE PACE $7250, 3yo+ r50-r54., mobile, 2000m 1 54893 Captain Max (1) fr..........................B Butcher 2 58684 Lincoln Moment (2) fr................. J Abernethy 3 13528 Play Ball (3) fr................................B Orange 4 64416 Uncle Drew (4) fr..................... A Harrison (J) 5 72956 Golden Lace (5) fr.............................J Curtin 6 21809 Den’s Legacy (6) fr................ D Ferguson (J) 7 36969 Classey Robin (7) fr....................P Ferguson 8 64461 Hold Thumbs (21) fr...................... D Butcher 9 70766 Vanhalem (22) fr.............................S Phelan 8 6.08pm MANAWATU CUP ON THURSDAY MOBILE PACE $7250, 3yo+ r40-r49., mobile, 2000m 1 62422 Final Delight (1) fr..........................B Orange 2 06639 Beaudiene Emerald (2) fr........ A Harrison (J) 3 16979 Ripsnorter (3) fr.................................J Curtin

4 9009P Dametoro (4) fr.............................. D Butcher 5 66783 Waingaro Mara (5) fr.......................S Phelan 6 25538 Matai Minky (6) fr........................P Ferguson 7 71099 She’s A Dagg (7) fr................ D Ferguson (J) 8 80046 Lincoln Lovely (21) fr..................... P Fleming 9 75989 Sarandon (22) fr.............................B Butcher 10 53667 Zip Code (23) fr.......................... J Abernethy SELECTIONS

7 25444 Chasing Fame nwtd...........................S Keen 8 54535 Know Refusal nwtd.........................G Cleeve Emergencies: 9 37664 Know Betrayal 26.51.......................G Cleeve 10 75865 Opawa Lawsey 25.87.......................R Wales 8 2.06pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C3, 390m 1 42532 Machine Gunn 22.98......................R Adcock 2 11662 Homebush Aimee nwtd..............J McInerney 3 14341 Opawa Di 23.27...............................R Wales 4 71173 Zefside 22.57.............................J McInerney 5 62356 Cosmic Jase 22.65....................J McInerney 6 12587 Sonja 22.87........................................D Lane 7 17617 Homebush Zack 22.76...............J McInerney 8 15817 Homebush Bomber 23.25..........J McInerney Emergencies: 9 65284 Homebush Sayer 22.53.............J McInerney 10 78728 Starr Blueblood 22.79................J McInerney 9 2.23pm WWW.GREYHOUNDAUCTIONS.CO.NZ C1, 390m 1 72654 Opawa Waihemo 22.66....................R Wales 2 88223 Gracie Lee 22.85.......................J McInerney 3 34388 Homebush Mandy nwtd.............J McInerney 4 63853 My Girl Sofia 22.84.........................B Healey 5 17221 Homebush Stasser 22.86..........J McInerney 6 68642 C’Mon Benny Boy 22.89.................J Guthrie 7 64466 Sozin’s Symphony 22.74............J McInerney 8 65667 Mitcham Ryder nwtd..................J McInerney

9 88456 Bound Up 23.14.........................J McInerney 10 86777 Homebush Reed nwtd...............J McInerney 10 2.45pm ASCOT PARK DASH C1, 390m 1 63586 Koputai nwtd...................................J Guthrie 2 75684 Long Live Love nwtd...... M P Hamilton-Dyett 3 64664 Homebush Maycee 22.64..........J McInerney 4 22662 Homebush Rehaina 23.16.........J McInerney 5 33875 Prince Rohit 22.71.....................J McInerney 6 56414 Impressive Gift 23.59.................J McInerney 7 17427 Denuto nwtd...................................R Adcock 8 66423 Homebush Fudge nwtd..............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 88456 Bound Up 23.14.........................J McInerney 10 85765 Mick The Mouse nwtd................J McInerney SELECTIONS

2 42143 Opal Hunter 26.80......................J McInerney 3 58566 Joe Bonanza 26.33....................J McInerney 4 17277 Mitcham Trudy nwtd...................J McInerney 5 45415 Mitcham Manering 26.58...........J McInerney 6 18257 Mick The Mower 26.29...............J McInerney 7 68478 Sozin’s Assassin 26.90..............J McInerney 8 28222 Punch On Buzz nwtd.................J McInerney 5 4.35pm RACING AGAIN 24TH MARCH R/A, 390m 1 83128 Homebush Alexei 22.60.............J McInerney 2 2118x Homebush Liam 22.90...............J McInerney 3 66743 Souffle Sue nwtd........................J McInerney 4 65612 Homebush Boots 23.07.............J McInerney 5 35513 Homebush Caesar 22.67...........J McInerney 6 43152 Amuri George 22.99...................J McInerney

7 4774F Amuri Magic nwtd......................J McInerney 8 53256 Sozin’s Empire 22.79.................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 18682 Maffra Daisy nwtd......................J McInerney 10 65284 Homebush Sayer 22.53.............J McInerney

Race 1: Mekong Princess, Leesa Castleton, Belmont’s Greatest Race 2: Betancourt, Quarterback, Jetson Hunter, Moana Race 3: Hopeing For Glory, Sunhi Magic, With Revenge Race 4: Magic Blaze, Jive, Opawa Mach, Lynton Creek Race 5: Thunderfromthethrone, Santanna Mach, Stinger Lindenny Race 6: Lavazza, Absolut Russian, Frankie Jones Race 7: Captain Max, Den’s Legacy, Play Ball, Classey Robin Race 8: Final Delight, Sarandon, She’s A Dagg, Matai Minky LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue Ascot Park Race- 10 6678x Mitcham Treasure nwtd..............J McInerney way Meeting Date: 10 Mar 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Dou- 3 12.38pm TONI@BODYAUDITSOUTH PH021657001 bles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, C1, 457m 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 76868 Rocky Vincitore nwtd...............D J MacMillan 1 12.03pm (NZT) WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. 2 56622 Bartholomew Cub 26.54....................B Eade 3 77658 Melting World nwtd..........................J Guthrie CO.NZ C0, 390m 1 72366 Miss June nwtd..........................J McInerney 4 54863 Nippa Enough 26.31..................J McInerney 2 22552 Homebush Gambler nwtd..........J McInerney 5 86587 Homebush Boden 26.24............J McInerney 3 77F5 Homebush Ivy nwtd...................J McInerney 6 74527 Blazing Banjo 26.53...................J McInerney 4 Mitcham Liam nwtd....................J McInerney 7 42774 Baldrick nwtd..............................J McInerney 5 75258 Homebush Showoff nwtd...........J McInerney 8 31145 Volcanic Whisper nwtd........................J Allen 6 65852 Impressive Mood nwtd...............J McInerney 9 87878 Black Dan 26.48.........................J McInerney 7 86 Miss Cowdrey nwtd....................J McInerney 4 12.56pm ORETI BEACH RUN C1, 457m 8 58532 Homebush Murdock nwtd..........J McInerney 1 13672 Homebush Bede nwtd................J McInerney 9 7F865 Mitcham Queen nwtd.................J McInerney 2 24448 Take A Hint nwtd........................J McInerney 10 88747 Homebush Durant nwtd.............J McInerney 3 45337 Father Leo nwtd.........................J McInerney 2 12.21pm FIND US ON TWITTER@SGRCINFO C0, 4 25217 Kipjo nwtd...........................................J Allen 5 75353 Dusty’s Ink nwtd..............................B Healey 390m 1 88733 Homebush Jozie nwtd................J McInerney 6 43432 Crushington nwtd.......................J McInerney 2 67241 Mitcham Rob nwtd.....................J McInerney 7 11377 Auto Speed nwtd............................R Adcock 3 857 Double Queenie nwtd................J McInerney 8 45156 Opawa Jaws nwtd............................R Wales 4 75 Princely Castle nwtd..................J McInerney 9 66423 Homebush Fudge nwtd..............J McInerney 5 7463 Tides End nwtd...................................J Allen 10 64664 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 6 xF345 Homebush Hans nwtd................J McInerney 5 1.13pm ADDED ENERGY STAKES C1, 457m 7 Diller nwtd..................................J McInerney 1 62654 Silouette Jet 26.41..............................J Allen 8 8F Homebush Sonja nwtd...............J McInerney 2 4811x Punters Delight 26.49......................R Wales 9 8x558 Homebush Captain nwtd............J McInerney 3 13866 Big Tiny 27.27............................J McInerney

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7 93871 Opawa Mach (7) fr................ D Ferguson (J) 8 53922 Lynton Creek (21) fr...................... D Butcher 5 4.51 AG CHALLENGE LTD WANGANUI CUP MOBILE PACE $8000, 4yo+ r57-r72., mobile, 2000m 1 62001 Fletch (1) fr......................................S Phelan 2 33031 Milner (2) fr........................................J Curtin 3 69625 Mister Harris (3) fr.......................P Ferguson 4 91681 Stinger Lindenny (4) fr.......... D Ferguson (J) 5 34910 The Kapiti Express (5) fr............ J Abernethy 6 15334 Thunderfromthethrone (6) fr...........B Butcher 7 41171 Santanna Mach (7) fr.....................B Orange 8 41412 The Bandit Queen (21) fr.............. D Butcher 6 5.16pm DONOGHUE FAMILY/WANGANUI MARIST RUGBY MBL PACE $7250, r52-r56,r57 w/c., 2000m 1 87506 Our Wicklow (1) fr...........................S Phelan 2 15517 Absolut Russian (2) fr....................B Orange 3 26018 Hilarious Prince (3) fr............ D Ferguson (J) 4 34283 Onedin Punter (4) fr................... J Abernethy 5 60526 Sweet Maggie Ryan (5) fr.................J Curtin 6 74150 Starry Star (6) fr.............................B Butcher

4 58877 Astro Tipple nwtd....................D J MacMillan 5 22131 Homebush Fonzie nwtd.............J McInerney 6 53588 Punch On Woody 26.57.............J McInerney 7 62863 Bruiser’s Day 26.37........................ B Conner 8 768x5 Galifianakis 26.16..............................B Eade 9 87878 Black Dan 26.48.........................J McInerney 6 1.31pm MARK TURNER PAINTER PH 021737111 C3/4, 390m 1 51211 Homebush Velma 22.47.............J McInerney 2 13726 Know Majority nwtd.........................G Cleeve 3 57513 It’s A Joke 22.49.........................J McInerney 4 61273 Know Baby nwtd.............................G Cleeve 5 62124 Amuri Liv 22.71..........................J McInerney 6 51456 Nikko Baxter 22.88.....................J McInerney 7 27144 Know Charisma nwtd......................G Cleeve 8 12537 Sozin’s Azure nwtd.....................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 76834 Opawa Lacy 22.86...........................R Wales 10 65284 Homebush Sayer 22.53.............J McInerney 7 1.48 CONGRATULATIONS HELGA HUFFLEPUFF C3/4, 457m 1 65271 Know Denying nwtd........................G Cleeve 2 12634 Classy Witch nwtd...........................G Cleeve 3 63118 Electric Silk 26.26 J &......................D Fahey 4 72233 Opawa May 26.29............................R Wales 5 15644 Double Speed 25.98......................R Adcock 6 33156 Know Conclusion 26.27..................G Cleeve

Race 1: Homebush Gambler, Impressive Mood, Homebush Murdock Race 2: Mitcham Rob, Tides End, Homebush Jozie, Diller Race 3: Bartholomew Cub, Nippa Enough, Homebush Boden Race 4: Dusty’s Ink, Auto Speed, Kipjo, Homebush Bede Race 5: Punters Delight, Silouette Jet, Galifianakis, Bruiser’s Day Race 6: Homebush Velma, Know Baby, Amuri Liv, Opawa Lacy Race 7: Double Speed, Classy Witch, Opawa Lawsey, Know Refusal Race 8: Opawa Di, Homebush Bomber, Homebush Aimee Race 9: Homebush Stasser, Sozin’s Symphony, My Girl Sofia Race 10: Prince Rohit, Long Live Love, Homebush Maycee LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway 10 66875 Punch On Rex 22.74..................J McInerney 2 3.21 SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C1/2, 390m 1 11112 Mitcham Usain 23.07.................J McInerney 2 x3682 Regal Jock 22.88.......................J McInerney 3 43365 Cool Beans 22.74......................J McInerney 4 28281 Homebush Jordie 22.98.............J McInerney 5 58881 Homebush Comet 22.84............J McInerney 6 74766 Mega Dream nwtd..........................R Adcock 7 14F61 Impressive High 23.27...............J McInerney 8 46586 Pretty Keen 22.98..............................S Keen Emergencies: 9 85765 Mick The Mouse nwtd................J McInerney 10 86777 Homebush Reed nwtd...............J McInerney

3 3.44 GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1/2, 390m 1 32323 Ezra Blueblood 22.72.................J McInerney 2 53751 Macey Baxter 22.97...................J McInerney 3 17281 Southern Angel 22.85..................R Hamilton 4 65617 Impressive Flash 22.96..............J McInerney 5 17668 Punch On Scooby 22.83............J McInerney 6 88677 Homebush George nwtd............J McInerney 7 87884 Chicago Head 22.63..................J McInerney 8 45548 Reign Of Fire 22.49....................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 66875 Punch On Rex 22.74..................J McInerney 10 86777 Homebush Reed nwtd...............J McInerney 4 4.09 BODYAUDITSOUTH@GMAIL.COM C2, 457m 1 72434 Bashful Buffy 26.04....................J McInerney

SELECTIONS Race 1: Yi Feng, Miss Nina, Homebush Barclay, Homebush Fairy Race 2: Mitcham Usain, Regal Jock, Cool Beans, Mega Dream Race 3: Ezra Blueblood, Macey Baxter, Impressive Flash Race 4: Punch On Buzz, Opal Hunter, Mitcham Manering Race 5: Homebush Caesar, Souffle Sue, Amuri Magic

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

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10.30am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Seated class for people with limited mobility. $3 per session. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (excludes school holidays).

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

1.15pm (for draw) WAIREKA GOLF CROQUET. Golf Croquet doubles, new players welcome. Waireka, Philip Street.

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Assn Croquet, new members welcome, Allenton Sports

Club, Cavendish Street.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercises, for more details phone, Age Concern 308 6917. Buffalo Lodge hall, Cox Street.

6.30pm - 9pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 6.30pm to 7.30pm, beginners learn to line dance following onto easy Intermediate Level, 7.30 - 9pm. Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813 131. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7pm - 9pm ASHBURTON UKELELE CLUB. Music group. Savage Club Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Fun, fitness and friendship.

Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Practical night in Ashburton Domain, bring a camera and tripod. Meet domain car park by children’s playground. If wet at the Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

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Cryptic crossword

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The day will be moulded by one of two types of discomfort, the discomfort of doing a thing and of not doing a thing.

Choose the first type because the discomfort will be brief and lighter than expected.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Rainmakers exist, i.e., people with enough knowledge, experience and luck to open the sky and let the results pour. They usually charge a lot of money. It’s a good thing rainmaking can also be learned.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): If you’re thinking something that limits your belief in yourself or future, it’s a dumpy thought. Dumpy thoughts belong in dumpsters, not recycling bins from which they can come back to haunt you.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’re in the mood to strike out independently, and this is the mode that will allow you to socialise freely, network with impunity and find opportunities that seem custom-made for you.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Language allows you to live in a symbolic world. Every word you hear, read or say links your brain to something. It is possible to travel to a moment of joy or trouble in the split second it takes to say a word.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Avoid answering questions you weren’t asked or explaining yourself before you have to. These moves will weaken your stance. Keep things brief, and let them unfold in a give-and-take rhythm.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You sometimes feel like you don’t know what you’re doing when, in fact, there are many ways of “knowing” that you’re discounting. Hush your inner doubts; trust yourself; and keep going.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Romantic love is a dance that, like the tango or the fox trot, requires a certain amount of space and tension between partners. Be mindful of this. Stay strong and aware as you move.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Any song you listen to a hundred times in a row will get on your nerves, even if it started off as your favourite song. There’s a point when even the most joyful repetitions need to be interrupted.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You don’t need approval to move forward. It’s too early for others to get what you’re doing anyway, so don’t give them the chance to stop you. As long as you know what you’re doing, that’s what matters.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): It seems the one getting special treatment is the most powerful person in the room, but it’s not really. The controls are being moved at a lower and less visible level.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Your way of seeing is valuable.

When you share this with someone who could use a few different perspectives, you are giving a gift. When you take time to carefully present your views, that’s pretty wrapping paper.

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DEATHS

DEATHS

GRIMES, Gladys Jean (Jean, nee Finlayson) – 19.06.1919 – 08.03.2020 At Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton. Dearly loved wife of the late Ron Grimes. Loved special aunt Canterbury owned, and friend of Margaret Lovett, locally operated Alison Armstrong, Raeline Patersons Savage, and Peter Allan and their families. Loved by all her Funeral Services other nephews and nieces. and Ashburton Loved sister of Verna Adam, and the late Alex Finlayson, Crematorium Ltd Hec Finlayson, Clarice Lovett, Office and Chapel May Cloughley, Ken Finlayson, and Alma Allan. Corner East & Cox Messages to the Grimes Streets, Ashburton family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Jean’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East Please note all late death and Cox streets, Ashburton notices or notices sent TOMORROW Wednesday, outside ordinary office March 11, commencing at hours must be emailed to: 2.30pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication.

Crematorium.

To place a notice during office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 for more information.

Any queries please contact 0800 ASHBURTON (0800-274-287) STUART, Fiona Jane (nee Tonks) – At Ashburton Hospital on FUNERAL March 5, 2020, in the arms of her loving husband, friend FURNISHERS and soul mate Doug. After an MASTER extremely brave 4½ year MONUMENTAL MASON battle with cancer. Aged 55 E.B. CARTER LTD years. Dearly loved step Mum For all your memorial and step grandmother of requirements Andrew, Becky and Ben New headstones and designs (Rangiora), Phillip, Nasrina, Renovations, William and Isla (Zanzibar), Additional inscriptions, and Michael, Amy, Lizzie and Cleaning and Concrete work Jimmy (Christchurch). Much Carried out by qualified loved daughter of Keith and tradesmen. the late Joan Tonks and 620 East Street Ashburton younger sister and sister-in- Ph/Fax 308 5369 law of Robert and Sharyn, or 0274 357 974 Alistair and Madeleine, and ebcarter@xtra.co.nz sister-in-law of Murray Stuart, NZMMMA Member Alistair and Linda Stuart, Elizabeth and John Parsons, For all subscriber the late Mary, and Murray enquiries, Campbell and Cynthia and missed deliveries, Eric Reay. Messages to the Stuart family, PO Box 472, new subscriptions, Ashburton 7740. Special temporary stops. thanks to Dr Penny Holdaway Please and the District Nurses for Text 021 271 3399 their love and care of Fiona.

A celebration of Fiona’s life Phone will be held at the Hotel 0800 274 287 Ashburton, Racecourse Road TOMORROW Wednesday, Email March 11, commencing at circulation@ 2.00pm.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton theguardian.co.nz New Lawn Cemetery.

DOODY, Maverick – 18/07/1948 – 08/03/2020 It is with great sadness that the team at Rakaia Engineering Ltd have lost a very valued work mate and friend. Mav you were a real character and you will be really missed. You will be thought of often and will be in our hearts forever.

Rest in Peace, you’ve earnt it.

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Cloudy, with rain about the divide, easing to a few showers in the afternoon. Rain developing elsewhere during the morning.

Wind at 1000m: SW 30 km/h, rising to 55 km/h in the far E for a time in the afternoon and evening. Wind at 2000m: Light, rising to S 40 km/h in the morning.

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Fine, but morning cloud about the coast.

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DOODY, Bernard James (Maverick) – 18.07.1948 – 08.03.2020 Suddenly at Ashburton Hospital, after a short illness.

Dearly loved husband of Jeanette and much loved Dad of Leanne and awesome Grandad of Ryan. Loved son of the late Bernie and Monica, and stepson of the late Joe Johnston. Loved son-in-law of Eric and the late June Gardiner.

Brother and brother-in-law of the late Denis, the late Denise, the late Michael, and Pauline, Gavin and Diane, John and Caroline, Kathy and Jon, Alan and Sally, Stephen and Nikki, Carol and Russell and Liz and Warren. Brother-in-law of Colleen and the late Donald Dunlea. Loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews.

Messages to 110 Elizabeth Avenue, Rakaia 7710. A graveside service for Maverick will be held at the Rakaia Cemetery, Baker Road, Rakaia on SATURDAY, March 14, commencing at 11am.

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6:35 Disobedience 16SC 2018 Drama. Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams. 8:30 The Padre MVL 2018 Drama.

Tim Roth, Nick Nolte.

10:05 Forever My Girl PGC 2018 Drama. Alex Roe, Jessica Rothe. 11:50 The Domestics 16VLC 2018 Thriller. Sonoya Mizuno, Tyler Hoechlin. 1:30 Wild Rose MLS 2019 Drama.

Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters.

3:10 Disobedience 16SC 2018 Drama. 5:05 Sicario – Day Of The Soldado 16VLSC 2018 Action. 7:10 Sharon 1.2.3 MSC 2018 Comedy.

A gawky man is living the dream – being in a relationship with two beautiful woman named Sharon. Things get considerably harder when he falls for a new Sharon.

Matt Bush, Gina Rodriguez.

8:30 Class Rank MLC 2017 Comedy. Two high-school outsiders attempt to overtake the local school board, entering the world of politics and also learning about love.

Olivia Holt, Skyler Gisondo.

10:15 Fantastic Beasts – The Crimes Of Grindelwald MV 2018 Adventure. Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp.

6:35 We’re The Millers 16VLS 2013 Comedy. Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston. 8:25 Million Dollar Baby MC 2004 Drama. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman.

10:35 Charlie’s Angels – Full Throttle MV 2003 Action Adventure. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu. 12:25 Memoirs Of A Geisha MS 2005 Drama. Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe. 2:50 Captain Phillips MV 2013 Drama.

Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi.

5:05 This Is The End 16VLS 2013 Comedy. James Franco, Jonah Hill. 6:50 Wild Hogs MV 2007 Action.

Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence. 8:30 Rush Hour 3 MVS 2007 Action. After an attempted assassination on an ambassador, a wisecracking cop and a Chinese chief inspector must protect a crucial witness from the Triad responsible. Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan.

10:05 The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou ML 2004 Comedy. Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Owen Wilson.

Wednesday

12:25 Peppermint 16VL 2018 Action. 2:05 Degenerates 16VLSC 2018 Drama. 3:45 A Nasty Piece Of Work 18VLSC 2019 Horror. 5:05 Sicario – Day Of The Soldado 16VLSC 2018 Action.

MAORI

6am Ben 10 – Alien Force 3 0 6:25 The Powerpuff Girls 3 0 6:50 Endangered Species 3 0 7:15 Danny Phantom 7:40 The Fairly OddParents 3 0 8:05 The Thundermans 3 0 8:30 The Moe Show 3 0 9am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 3 10am The Doctors PGR 11am The Chase Australia 3 0 Noon Everybody Loves Raymond 3 0 12:30 Chicago Justice PGR 3 0 1:30 Frasier 3 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm A Place In The Sun 5pm 3rd Rock From The Sun 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Netball – Premiership 2020 Season Preview 6:30 Sky Sport News 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Great Australian Bake Off During spice week, the remaining bakers must consider their flavours as they tackle maamoul biscuits and a baklava tower. 0 8:35 Carol’s Second Act PGR 0 9:05 The Unicorn PGR 0 9:35 Qi PGR Christmas Special.

10:55 The Breakdown

Wednesday

12:05 Jumper MVL 2008 Adventure. Samuel L Jackson, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson. 1:35 Captain Phillips MV 2013 Drama. Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi. 3:45 Frida 16VLS 2002 Biography.

Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas. 5:44 Wild Hogs MV 2007 Action.

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6:30 Paia 6:40 My Mokai 7:10 He Rourou 3 7:20 E Kori 3 7:25 E Ki E Ki 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Tamariki Haka 7:50 Huritua 8am Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 9am Best Of Kai Time On The Road 3 9:30 Opaki 3 10am Celebrity Playlist 3 10:30 Morena 3 11am Matangi Rau 3 Noon Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 12:30 What’s Up With The Tumoanas? PGR 3 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 1:30 Ako 3 2 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 3:30 Playlist 4pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 4:30 Pukana 3 2 5pm Paia 5:10 My Mokai 5:40 He Rourou 3 5:50 E Kori 3 5:55 E Ki E Ki 6pm Haati Paati 3 6:10 Tamariki Haka 6:20 Huritua 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

6am Animal Park 7am River Cottage Autumn 8am Hope For Wildlife 9am Cheese Slices 9:30 Brother v Brother 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum 11:30 Salvage Hunters 12:30 Turkey With Simon Reeve 1:30 From Russia To Iran 2:30 New Zealand From Above 3:30 My Family And The Galapagos 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Jamie shows how to make spinachand-feta filo pie, cucumber salad, tomato salad, and coated ice cream, all in 30 minutes.

5pm Gourmet Farmer Afloat 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers

7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 Moosemeat And Marmalade PGR 3 8pm Ahikaroa AO 3 8:30 F Wild Kai Legends AO 3 9:30 Hunt With Me AO 3 10pm Waka Ama Sprints

7:30 Location, Location, Location 8:30 My Dream Home 9:30 Help! My House Is Falling Down 10:30 American Pickers

11pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 The latest news, with an inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities.

11:30 Closedown

11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 1am Gourmet Farmer Afloat 1:30 Carver Kings 2am Cash Cowboys 3am My Family And The Galapagos 4am Help! My House Is Falling Down 5am Mysteries At The Museum

SKY SPORT 1

SKY SPORT 2

6am Sevens – World Series (RPL) Vancouver – Day One. From BC Place Stadium, Vancouver.

4pm Japan Top League (HLS) Jubilo v Sungoliath.

From Shizuoka Stadium.

4:30 Super Rugby – Crusaders v Reds (HLS) From Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch.

5pm Super Rugby – Waratahs v Chiefs (HLS) From WIN Stadium, Wollongong.

5:30 Super Rugby – Hurricanes v Blues (HLS) From Sky Stadium, Wellington.

6pm Super Rugby – Bulls v Highlanders (HLS) From Loftus Versfield, Durban.

6:30 Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

7:30 Six Nations Review Show 8:30 The Breakdown A panel of former players and experts discuss a number of games.

9:30 Super Rugby – Hurricanes v Blues (HLS) From Sky Stadium, Wellington.

10pm Six Nations Review Show 11pm The Breakdown A panel of former players and experts discuss a number of games.

6am Women’s T20 World Cup (HLS) Australia v India.

6:30 Women’s T20 World Cup (HLS) Second Semi-final – Australia v South Africa.

7am Women’s T20 World Cup (HLS) Final – Australia v India. 7:30 South Africa v Australia (HLS) First ODI. 8:30 South Africa v Australia (HLS) Second ODI. 9:30 South Africa v Australia (HLS) Third ODI. 10:30 Blackcaps v India (HLS) First Test Wrap.

12:30 Blackcaps v India (HLS) Second Test Wrap.

2pm Women’s T20 World Cup (HLS) White Ferns v India.

2:30 Women’s T20 World Cup (HLS) 3pm Women’s T20 World Cup (HLS) Second Semi-final – Australia v South Africa.

3:30 Women’s T20 World Cup (RPL) Final – Australia v India.

7:30 Chappell-Hadlee Series 2006/07 (HLS) Blackcaps v Australia – Second ODI. 9pm Women’s T20 World Cup (HLS) Final – Australia v India.

9:30 South Africa v Australia (HLS) Third ODI. From Senwes Park, Potchefstroom.

10:30 Pakistan Super League (RPL) Lahore v Karachi.

Midnight Six Nations – Ireland v Italy (RPL) 2am Six Nations – England v Wales (RPL) 4am Six Nations – Scotland v France (RPL)

2am South Africa v England (HLS) Second T20.

3am L Pakistan Super League Lahore Qalanders v Peshawar Zalmi.

From Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Wednesday

Wednesday

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10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Swamp Murders M Secret Rendezvous.

12:30 Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen MVC Forever Missing. 1:20 Web Of Lies M Partners in Crime.

2:10 Top Gear 3pm Bering Sea Gold PG Second Wind.

3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Winter’s Curse. 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG Fleetline Superflip Frenzy.

5:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 6:35 Outback Opal Hunters PG 7:30 BattleBots PG 8:30 Expedition Unknown PG Italy’s Barbarian Booty.

9:25 Unexplained And Unexplored PG Hunt for the Ark of the Covenant.

10:15 Man v Bear PG Bart’s First Defeat.

11:05 Naked And Afraid PG Fan Down.

11:55 How It’s Made PG

Wednesday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 1:35 Deadliest Catch PG 2:25 Bering Sea Gold PG 3:15 Bering Sea Gold PG 4:05 What On Earth? PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid PG 5:45 Deadliest Catch PG

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Mid Canterbury rugby bosses were involved in a NZ Rugby consultation workshop last week.

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REVIEW ‘ENCOURAGING’

By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury rugby bosses are confident NZ Rugby’s (NZR) review is heading in the right direction.

NZR have begun talks with provincial unions and Super Rugby franchises.

The Mid Canterbury Rugby Union (MCRU) were involved in a NZR workshop on Thursday as the governing body begins to gather views from the regions.

A review of rugby, identifying key areas to “grow and sustain” the game has been conducted by independent consultancy McKinsey, which has identified inefficiencies in NZ Rugby operations that could allow for reinvestment into the game.

In their announcement made a fortnight ago, NZR confirmed up to $30 million could be reinvested into the sport and consultation with unions was to commence immediately.

MCRU chief executive Ian Patterson said it was a positive process which had commenced.

“It’s been extremely positive so far with people being prepared to work collaboratively to find solutions with the challenges that we face.

Five major points had been outlined in the McKinsey review as areas for NZR to focus on which could generate revenue comprising of a high performance pathway, expenditure optimisation,

resourcing, domestic competitions and revenue growth opportunities.

NZR have forecast financial losses of $30 million over the next five years at its most recent annual meeting.

Last year, Deloitte issued a report which stated that NZ Rugby had reported a net loss of $17 million in 2018 following a $30m profit generated the year before.

Patterson said the domestic

competition work stream was a “no-brainer”.

“Something’s got to change around Mitre 10 Cup to reduce the cost of it, because it’s crippling the Mitre 10 unions.

“They believe they need to invest more into community rugby level.

“The really pleasing thing is there is a genuine will to work together by all parties and everyone is committed to doing what’s the best for the game overall.”

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