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Renegades softballer Billy Tapurau in action last month.

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ECan investigates 100s of dead fish

By Susan Sandys

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Environment Canterbury (ECan) is investigating the death of several hundred fish in a stockwater race which runs through the village of Mt Somers.

The deaths have shocked residents, and ECan is appealing for information as to what may have contributed to contamination of the race.

Species including smelt, trout, native kokopu, koura, freshwater bully and tuna (eel) were discovered dead and dying in the race by an Ashburton District Council stockwater ranger.

The race runs along Ashburton Gorge Road, forming an idyllic feature along the frontage of many of the village’s

homes. It is a source of joy for residents, who like to watch the fish and koura (crayfish). And the race is visited by white-faced herons which feed there.

ECan zone delivery lead Ashburton Janine Holland said staff have been on site this week taking water samples from four points along the race.

“These have been sent away for testing,” Holland said.

“At this stage, we cannot speculate on the cause of the contamination. But we encourage people in the community who may have seen something that could have contributed to contamination of the stockwater race to contact Environment Canterbury,” she said.

“We will report back to the commu-

nity when we have more information.”

Council group manager service delivery Neil McCann said a member of the public notified the council stockwater ranger, who immediately contacted ECan. “It is hard to know what is likely to have caused the deaths,” he said.

A Mt Somers resident said she and her husband noticed the fish dead at the weekend, and it had been particularly upsetting for their young granddaughter to see all the fish floating belly-up.

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Softballer on mend following heart attack

By Adam Burns

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A Mid Canterbury softballer is recuperating after he suffered a heart attack mid-game at the weekend.

Renegades’ veteran Naave “Billy” Tapurau, 47, was out in the Argyle Park field for his club side who were taking on Fairfield in a senior softball semi-final on Saturday afternoon.

By the end of the game he was being airlifted to Christchurch Hospital after he discovered he was having a heart attack.

He was still recovering in hospital yesterday but was in high spirits.

Tapurau who doesn’t usually “run” when in bat, recalls feeling discomfort after scampering his way for third.

“I don’t run,” he said.

“I hit a good ball first bat and then I jogged to first, jogged to second and then I had to run.

“Then my chest started to get a bit tight, I thought it was indigestion.”

An accomplished player who has played here for many years, Tapurau represented Wellington earlier in his career.

He is a key figure in the Renegades outfit as the team’s number one pitcher.

He said he experienced a similar feeling the previous weekend, however he was only fielding during that particular game.

“Towards the end of the game it started to get tighter and tighter.

“I didn’t know I was having an attack.”

His Renegades team-mates who described their star pitcher as a “trooper” noticed he was turning pale.

Yesterday, Tapurau could see the funny side of the episode.

“They (team-mates) said to me they haven’t seen a Maori guy that white before,” he laughed.

Onlookers rung an ambulance.

Tapurau was then transported to Christchurch Hospital where he had minor surgery.

“They put something in my arm and everything was all good after that.”

Despite the incident, his team romped home to a 15-4 win over Fairfield and will play their senior club final on Saturday against the Hampstead Heat.

Tapurau who was hoping to be discharged from hospital yesterday said he would be a reluctant spectator at the weekend as his team contest a third consecutive senior club title.

“I’m out of action for the final because no-one will let me play.

“I’ll be there watching and cheering. I know my team is in the final but to me it’s all about having fun ... win or lose.”

He added that if others in a similar circumstance experience unexplained pain in their chest to ask others nearby for help immediately.

Mid Canterbury Softball spokesman Ritchie Johnstone said Tapurau’s mother was travelling down to look after her son.

It was a day of high drama on the softball diamond.

It is understood an under-16 Hampstead representative had bounced back after suffering a concussion earlier in the day.

St John spokesman Gerard Campbell confirmed a female was taken to Ashburton Hospital in a moderate condition after being notified at 12.37pm.

The Ashburton Gorge Road stockwater race at Mt Somers is full of dead fish.

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ECan investigates hundreds of dead fish From P1 The same thing had happened about 12 months ago, and they were shocked to see it happen again.

When it last happened, the water had been cloudy, ostensibly from someone who had dumped concrete upstream.

However, this time the water

remained clear and flowing as it always did, and it was a mystery as to what had caused the deaths.

“It’s taken all this time for the fish to come back, they have just come back and now they have all died again,” the resident said.

“It (the health of the race) is a testament to the wellness of the environment and the water.”

Paracetamol restrictions imposed because of Covid-19 Pharmac is placing temporary dispensing limits on Government-funded paracetamol from Monday due to the ongoing outbreak of Covid-19.

“With the outbreak of Covid-19, it’s inevitable that there will be disruptions to supply chains and the first we are seeing of this is paracetamol,” Pharmac’s director of operations Lisa Williams said.

Pharmac have been advised

that international manufacturing sites for the active raw material for paracetamol have been closed due to quarantine and other restrictions connected with Covid-19.

The main site for the raw materials for paracetamol is in China.

Pharmac is reducing the amount that can be dispensed per patient (except where needed for chronic use) and is putting in place monthly dispensing ar-

rangements (rather than three monthly) for funded paracetamol.

The temporary limits are for paracetamol prescribed to you by a health professional, they do not apply to paracetamol that you can purchase yourself without a prescription There is currently enough stock in New Zealand to meet four months of normal demand.

Williams said it is important

that access to the stock they have is carefully managed to ensure that all New Zealanders who need funded paracetamol over the coming months will have access to it.

The temporary dispensing limits will allow the contracted supplier, and potentially other suppliers if necessary, time to get additional stock, until normal supplies of the raw material resumes.

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Paracetamol is an important funded medicine for many people in New Zealand, over 365 million funded tablets are dispensed each year.

“Impacts to supply of paracetamol is a global issue and we don’t know yet when normal supply of this raw material will resume. The supplier will continue to update us regularly, and once supply resumes dispensing will return to normal,” she said.

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Students learn to lead through play

By Heather Mackenzie

Left – Nicole Purdom with senior school students from Wakanui and Lyndhurst Schools.

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About 140 Year 5 to 8 Mid Canterbury district primary school children got to be PALs yesterday at the EA Networks Centre.

PALs stands for Physical Activity Leaders, and it is a Canterbury Sportled initiative focusing on developing students’ abilities to lead through promoting play, sport and physical activity.

Mid Canterbury regional manager for Sport Canterbury Jan Cochrane said she was pleased to see everybody working together to develop self-confidence and self-assurance in participants.

A selection of coaches from a cross section of sporting codes were on hand to take the young leaders through their paces in the programme, now in its eighth year.

Cochrane pointed out that the purpose of the activities was not so much about teaching them how to play better netball or rugby, but rather how to adapt those basic skills in order to take them into the school playground for all ages to enjoy.

New to the line-up this year was Jess McJorrow from St John. McJorrow is the South Island community education manager and her station was all about being safe in the playground.

Images of different playground equipment were passed around and each group had to come up with a list of potential harm factors and then list ways to prevent injuries.

Community Sports advisor Tim Houghton was running a game of tag at his station.

Houghton took two teams through a game that had very few rules, which resulted in a pretty one-sided game.

That over, he called them back and asked the young players what ideas they could come up with to make it more even for both sides.

This was a very clever way of showing the older students how to adapt and change games in the playground so players did not feel excluded.

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Below – South Island community education manager for St John, Jess McJorrow listens to Brooke (left), and Summer’s ideas on how to keep their peers safe in the playground.

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year, but not new to school sports programmes generally, was Mid Canterbury Rugby schools’ development officer Nicole Purdom.

At her station communication was the order of the day. Four students had to tell the teams what they wanted them to do, for example, run to the first cone, do five star jumps and run backwards to your team.

Purdom then asked what key factors were important in order to get their game rules and requirements across.

They all agreed that a loud voice, clear instructions and a clear idea of what was needed were all important communication skills.

The day was to wrap up with discussions about who were the role models in their lives and why, along with funfilled conversations around leadership qualities and effective communication styles.

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Changes to where you can vote

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Portable Covid-19 isolation clinic on its way

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Methven Medical Centre is adding a portable building to its facilities in the fight to avoid Covid-19.

Methven is a ski town heading into its busy tourist season, and as such is perhaps more likely to have cases of the coronavirus illness arise.

Dr Gayle O’Duffy told the Guardian the portable building would arrive on site today.

“We have not yet had any suspected or confirmed cases, but we want to make sure we have systems in place before the first one calls,” she said.

Centre doctors informed patients of the building, to be accessed off the medical centre carpark, and other strategies on the centre’s Facebook page this week.

“It is in everyone’s best interests that we manage any possible infections outside the medical centre,” they said.

“As has been experienced in Auckland, it is difficult to know who has been exposed and who hasn’t. It is no longer enough to say that people haven’t been exposed because they haven’t travelled.”

As of now everyone who had respiratory symptoms, such as a cough, sore throat, runny nose or fever, would be triaged by phone. And if they needed to be seen, they would be seen in the new isolation clinic.

The centre would also be offering phone consults instead of face-toface appointments over the risk period, and it was planning to send repeat prescriptions straight to patients’

pharmacies.

There would no longer be books, magazines or toys in the waiting room, and patients were asked not to bring extra people along with them, and pay online so staff did not need to handle cash or cards.

Mid Canterbury GP spokesperson Eti Avnit said the Methven centre was being proactive in its approach to protecting patients and staff.

One of the main concerns in New Zealand was staff becoming potentially exposed to a suspect case and then having to be off duty for two weeks.

The district’s GPs were to have their regularly monthly meeting later this week, and would be discussing the protocols they should be following with regard to Covid-19.

People who find out on election day they are not on the electoral roll or their details are not up-to-date will now have their vote counted in a number of changes made in Parliament.

Last week Parliament passed the Electoral Amendment Bill which means the same rules applying during the advanced voting period will apply on election day.

Voters can enrol and cast a vote at the same time.

The Bill also allows for voting booths in supermarkets and malls on election day and for votes to be counted at a different place to the voting booth.

“We’ve made it easier for New Zealanders to exercise their democratic right to vote. Last election, around 19,000 potential voters were disenfranchised on voting day as they weren’t enrolled, and thousands more didn’t have their votes counted because their details weren’t up-to-date,” Minister of Justice Andrew Little said.

“That won’t be repeated this year.”

Rangitata-based Labour list MP Jo Luxton was happy to see the changes made.

“Anything that makes it easier for people to participate in democracy is a good thing for our country,” she said.

“I love the idea that people can have their say in the 2020 election while they’re doing their grocery shop.”

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon said there were positive changes in the legislation that he supported, but that there were others he did not.

“Unfortunately they’re also making enrolment changes which will delay reporting of final election results by a further 10 days, potentially resulting in even longer delays before we know who’ll form Government,” he said.

“The Government have breached constitutional convention by not consulting with the opposition over the changes, something that’s been in place since 1956, and they are set to do it again before the election.

“Cabinet have approved a plan to give prisoners the vote. If your crime is bad enough that you receive a prison sentence, then you lose some of your rights.

One of those rights is the right to vote.”

The Bill also means in the case of an emergency, the Electoral Commission will also be able to adjourn polling and use alternative voting processes if there is disruption on election day.

The Bill makes changes to special votes that will improve vote issuing and counting processes at the 2023 general election.

The Bill will be followed by changes to the Electoral Regulations to improve the efficiency and timeliness of overseas, postal and dictation vote issuing and processing.

More funding available for security fog cannons A crime prevention initiative to improve the safety of workers in small businesses like dairies, liquor stores and petrol stations is to be rolled out to hundreds more locations.

Police Minister Stuart Nash has announced new funding for fog cannons in retail premises where workers face a high risk of aggravated robbery.

“We are almost doubling the number of fog cannons to be installed thanks to extra funding,” he said.

“An estimated 470 extra retail premises will be eligible. Fog cannons have already been installed in 523 locations.

“Fog cannons have been activated by workers in 29 businesses and in all cases there were no injuries to staff and minimal property loss for business owners.

The fog cannon scheme has a

marked impact on the safety of workers in retail premises.

“Commercial aggravated robberies are at their lowest level in five years. We have experienced a significant decrease in the number of robberies. There were 21 robberies in December 2019, a fall of more than 70 per cent on the 78 robberies in April 2017.”

There was a 21 per cent reduction in aggravated robberies during 2019, compared to the previous year.

Since April 2017 police have identified and dealt with 1277 offenders.

“Many robberies are fuelled by a desire for a quick buck to feed a drug habit. Wastewater analysis indicates that methamphetamine use has fallen by 17 per cent in the first full year of nationwide testing.

It’s still early days but it’s headed in the right direction,” Nash said.

“Extra police resources have also enabled a new focus on aggravated robberies. This includes more detectives, more staff to work with youth, and police who work with small business owners and industry groups.

“Police are making it easier to report crime with the new 105 (tenfive) number. They urge the community to report people trying to sell bulk or discounted goods like cigarettes or alcohol, which have likely been stolen.

“Most of the fog cannons, around 82 per cent, have been installed in superettes and dairies.

Fifteen per cent are in petrol stations and three per cent in liquor stores.”

Police also provide other crime prevention advice to business owners.

This includes options like CCTV cameras, securing tobacco in a

lock box, bolting down cash registers, removing advertising posters which block windows, and adding mirrors to blind spots.

Almost half the fog cannons currently installed are in the police districts of Counties Manukau, Waikato, and Bay of Plenty, and others are distributed all over the country.

A number of fog cannons are installed at locations across the Ashburton District.

The $1.9 million additional funding is from the Proceeds of Crime Fund.

“Fog cannons emit a non-toxic cloud of vapour and a highpitched noise to deter offenders and minimise the risk of violence to workers. They effectively create a barrier and a no-go zone that confuses the offender and allows workers to escape,” he said.

“Not all businesses are eligible.

Owners apply to police who do an assessment based on risk, such as whether they have been robbed in the past and the number of police call-outs to incidents within 100 metres of the shop.

“We expanded support for atrisk businesses in 2018 after only three took advantage of an earlier scheme. That scheme required an up-front contribution of around $2000 and shop owners could not afford to take part. Under the new scheme, business owners pay no more than $250. Fog cannons cost around $4000.”

“The Coalition Government is also focused on other ways to improve community safety and prevent crime. We are training extra police, targeting organised crime such as gangs behind the methamphetamine trade, and tightening controls on firearms,” Nash said.

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‘Time to be even more vigilant’ NZME Almost 9000 New Zealanders or households have been self-isolating since the outbreak of the coronavirus – and health bosses say now is the time to be extra vigilant.

Once again, there were no new confirmed cases of coronavirus yesterday – and one of the two probable cases has been discharged from North Shore Hospital.

More than 50 North Shore staff were sent home to self-isolate after being exposed to the woman, in her 70s, who was in hospital for an unrelated condition.

She has now been sent home from hospital but remains a probable case, the Ministry of Health said in a statement yesterday.

Health authorities were in contact with her every day and are liaising with her family.

The woman had been on the Grand Princess cruise ship from February 11-21. A second passenger from the ship had tested negative for Covid-19 but remained in self-isolation as a precaution.

Meanwhile, some staff from North Shore Hospital who had self-isolated would return to work from today, the ministry said.

The remainder would all be back at work by March 16, assuming they remained well.

There had been no impact on clinical care from these stand-downs, and North Shore Hospital continued to provide all services as usual.

Almost 9000 people or households had

Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield. registered with Healthline to self-isolate, according to the ministry’s statement.

Currently 2334 people or households were registered for self-isolation while another 5929 had finished their self-isolation.

While there were still five confirmed cases and two probable cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, 47 cases were classified as

“under investigation”. Another 281 cases had tested negative for the virus.

The first confirmed case of Covid-19 in New Zealand was a person in their 60s who had just returned from Iran.

The New Zealand citizen was diagnosed with the virus on February 28 and is being treated at Auckland City Hospital. The Min-

istry of Health said planning continued for their discharge while none of the other four confirmed cases required hospital-level care.

A number of other New Zealanders are on cruise ships which are affected by the coronavirus outbreak. They include four on the Grand Princess and one on the quarantined Asara which is on a Nile River cruise. The ministry said there were no known health concerns for these people.

The New Zealand Embassy had also made enquiries about the MSC Opera and found rumours it had been quarantined were unfounded.

Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said protecting the health of New Zealanders was the number one priority.

“It’s good the key public health measures of strict border controls, self-isolation for people who have come from overseas hotspots or been in contact with local cases have had the desired impact so far,” Bloomfield said.

“Now is the time to be even more vigilant. Everyone can help by ensuring good health etiquette – washing hands for 20 seconds, sneezing into your arm and not touching your face. Fundamental to this is not putting yourself or others at risk if you are unwell – not going to work or being out in public if you are sick.

“All of us have a role to play in stopping further spread.”

Passenger kicked off Auckland bus for coughing NZME A bus driver who reportedly threw a passenger off an Auckland bus for coughing exhibited “unacceptable” behaviour, Auckland Transport says.

The man was unceremoniously told to “get off the bus” with a suggestion he had coronavirus, according to a passenger who witnessed the incident on Friday night.

The bus – an NX1 or NX2 to the North Shore – stopped near Victoria Park between 8pm and 9pm on Friday, she said. “[The bus driver] said ‘Who’s the person that keeps coughing?’ A guy raised his hand and he said ‘Get off my bus’,” she told the Herald.

“The bus driver said something about coronavirus and the guy said ‘I don’t have coronavirus’. He was just coughing.”

She did not believe the man was targeted for being Asian as the bus driver – also Asian – could not initially see who was coughing.

The passenger didn’t seem upset and had disembarked near Victoria Park.

“I felt so bad for him but I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to get kicked off the bus.”

None of the other 10-20 passengers had spoken up.

The young woman had not made a complaint and asked the Herald not to name her to avoid repercussions from the bus driver in future.

However she had called Auckland Transport to ask for their policy on Covid-19. She was told drivers had discretion to ask passengers to leave for any reason including if they were causing a disturbance.

Auckland Transport spokesman Mark Hannan said the behaviour described was “unacceptable” from a driver.

“Bus drivers may ask a passenger to get

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I felt so bad for him but I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to get kicked off the bus.

off the bus if their behaviour is threatening to the driver or other people on the bus, or if they’re causing a serious safety risk, or disturbing others.”

However AT could not look into the specific case because a ticket hadn’t been filed.

“In all cases, drivers should report any request to remove a customer. They should call their depot control room via radio and request assistance,” Hannan said.

AT’s bus operators and their unions are updated three times each week on the Covid-19 threat. Cleaning procedures on buses and trains had also been stepped up, Hannan said.

Frontline staff are being issued hand sanitisers and public hand sanitiser stands are being installed in 14 locations as well as toilets across AT’s network.

The latest update also reminds staff that discrimination against AT staff and customers is not tolerated.

“We are aware that there is a risk that some groups may be unfairly associated with Covid-19.”

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Pro-gun group hijacks name and logo of anti-gun group NZME A pro-gun group including a New Conservative Party member hijacked the name and logo from an anti-gun group for its Facebook page.

Gun Control NZ, an advocacy group pushing for tighter gun laws, is describing it as “dirty tricks” from the gun lobby and intellectual property theft.

Asked whether potential copyright theft was appropriate, New Conservative Party firearms spokeswoman Victoria O’Brien, who is one of the page’s admins, said: “You’re digging for a story that’s not there.”

It comes as lobbying from both sides of the gun debate intensifies, while progress on the Arms Legislation Bill stalls as talks between Labour and NZ First continue.

The bill would set up a national gun register and tighten the test for obtaining a firearms licence, and the Government had wanted it passed before Sunday’s one-year anniversary of the March 15 terror attacks.

Last week, the timeline was pushed to the end of next week, but that now seems unlikely unless there is a breakthrough soon.

The Facebook page imitating Gun Control NZ is still up, though Facebook has now removed the logo after Gun Control NZ alleged copyright infringement.

O’Brien told the Herald she didn’t know who had set up the page or why they had taken Gun Control NZ’s name and logo.

Asked whether she thought that was appropriate, she said:

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NZ First MP Ron Mark is leading the party’s negotiations about the proposed second tranche of gun law reforms, the progress of which has stalled.

“You’re digging for a story that’s not there.

“I didn’t set it up. It’s just a group. It’s coincidence that it’s got the same name.

“I just found myself added as an admin, and it’s like, ‘Yeah, okay, whatever’.”

Gun Control NZ spokeswoman Philippa Yasbek said the group owned the copyright on its logo.

“This group is deliberately impersonating Gun Control NZ to increase their profile and mislead the public, particularly supporters of gun control.”

The group was free to say what it wanted within the bounds of the law, she added.

“But free speech does not trump copyright law. It’s particularly ironic that the spokesperson for a political party that promotes the protection of private property rights is blatantly stealing someone else’s intellectual property.

“Unfortunately this behaviour is consistent with other dirty tricks used by the gun lobby to promote their messages.”

The passage of the second tranche of the Government’s gun law reforms hinges on NZ First, and NZ First MP Ron Mark has outlined the party’s concerns.

Those include whether an independent body – not police

– should administer firearms licences, and whether there should be more exemptions for the use of certain firearms for shooting competitions or for pest control on farms.

Questions remain, however, over whether widening exemptions is out of scope because it was part of the first tranche of gun law reforms, which NZ First supported.

Mark would not comment, saying only: “There’s a conversation to be had.”

He said the substance of the bill was more important than passing it in time for the March 15 anniversary.

Brothel homicide: Police try to ID dead man NZME A man found dead at a “gentleman’s club” in Epsom yesterday morning has still not been identified and police are looking for his family.

Acting Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin, of Auckland City Police, said enquiries were continuing after the man was found dead outside the Club 574 Gentlemen’s Club at 574 Manukau Road.

“Police were called to the premises just after midnight on Monday and while making enquiries at the address discovered the deceased man,” Baldwin said.

“Detectives have initiated a number of enquiries today as we seek to establish the circumstances which have led to this man’s death.”

A scene examination began yesterday morning and would continue for several days.

Officers would be going doorto-door in the area to seek more information, he said.

They would also be looking for

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The property at 574 Manukau Rd, Epsom, where a man was found dead just after midnight by a member of the public.

CCTV footage.

“The investigation is in its infancy and it is hoped that a post-mortem examination can be commenced today.

“We are still working to confirm the man’s identity and locate next-of-kin.”

A local business owner earlier said the house was reportedly

home to Auckland’s oldest brothel.

A worker who turned up for her shift yesterday morning arrived not knowing what had happened.

“I just got here – I usually have a 10am shift – and they said that there’s a homicide. I can’t go in now. I’m just waiting to see what happens ... don’t know what’s going on.”

The woman, who did not wish to be named, had worked at the parlour for about a year and, in that time, there had been “no drama” other than that between the girls themselves, she said.

The site did not have security. However, there were security cameras both on the inside of the property and outside.

She also said that there was always a manager on site who stepped in if a client was aggressive, for example.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the investigation team on 09 524 1921 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Farming leaders in Hawke’s Bay are going to the Government for drought relief as the big dry takes an even greater grip on the region.

The decision came yesterday at a Drought Committee meeting chaired by Hawke’s Bay Regional councillor and immediate past Federated Farmers provincial president Will Foley.

The meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, Federated Farmers, Civil Defence, the Rural Support Trust and other agencies is recommending to the Government that the region declare a medium-scale event under the Government’s Primary Sector Recovery Policy, to trigger welfare support and resources to adversely affected farmers and landowners.

The meeting was told most areas of Hawke’s Bay last month received less than 10 per cent of its usual February rainfall, after three months of below average rainfall, and that temperatures were on average 3 degrees Celsius hotter than the previously recorded February range.

The vast browning of the region, particularly from the Napier and Hastings area through to Wairarapa, is obvious and had already led to a medium-scale adverse event declaration in the Tararua District.

It highlights now severe difficulties in feeding and watering stock, with some farmers facing the heartbreaking sight of stock dying in muddy dam beds as they search desperately for the sustenance to survive.

Farmers have had to stride into the mud to rescue animals, but while some have been freed many have perished.

Omakere farmer John Kerr said he had lost about 10 which had been stranded, while he also faced not being able to send stock to the meatworks because of their deteriorating condition.

“I’ve got rid of what I can,” he said, but he said others had lost weight, and then were those caught in the dams.

“It’s a cruel death,” he said. “We do our best, but we can’t get to them all. It happens when they go looking for water.”

Foley said: “It’s getting dire south of Hastings and in Central Hawke’s Bay and has been heading in that direction for some time.

We also have issues other than climate playing out at the moment, such as beef and deer Tuberculosis movement controls and Coronavirus.

“We want farmers to know that they have our support and willingness to help,” he said.

Central Hawke’s Bay Mayor Alex Walker said: “We need to see this level of support from the Government now. I’m seeing people where normal access to water is just not there. They don’t have access to water from a tap. They can’t get water to their stock and there’s a level of need that is not being met.”

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All Blacks this that and everything T

he announcement that there would be a new high-level rugby team playing under the All Blacks moniker received mixed reactions earlier this week, with people saying it de-values the All Blacks name.

The All Blacks XV will undertake a mini tour of northern hemisphere venues this year.

The team will play three matches in the last weekend of October and the first two weekends of November.

Will we start to see the All Blacks golden oldies? The All Blacks under 85kgs?

Clearly many people believe that the special title of All Blacks should be solely for the team that plays test rugby with 15

men on the paddock.

I for one sit in the camp that they might as well call it whatever they like as long as it helps their brand.

It has already been happening for a while with the Maori All Blacks and the All Blacks Sevens, so what is wrong with having an All Blacks second team?

While the team might be selected from players who are from New Zealand (even that

is debatable), there is very little to separate our national rugby side from any other professional sporting team such as the Crusaders or Blues.

The teams are now incredibly money driven and focused on driving a product to the consumer base which is so much bigger than New Zealand, which is half of the reason this new team has been created.

This team can tour places like the United States and South America where people will pay hand over fist to see the “All Blacks” and it gives them a chance to blood players who look likely to play test rugby but aren’t quite ready to be thrown in at the deep end which can make or break a player (take

Brett Cameron or Josh Ioane for example).

Other professional sporting outfits don’t look to find a weak replacement name for their reserves’ teams just because they put so much value on the name of the first team.

And while people might sneer and complain that it is money-grabbing behaviour, money is something the NZRU need to be taking a serious look at as they attempt to save the game which appears to be crumbling from the bottom up.

Sporting organisations have launched new initiatives to help drive more youth engagement in their sports, and the NZRU have conducted a major review into what they can do different

to make sure the nation’s game does not die out.

Any extra money that could be generated through the introduction of a touring reserves team that will help develop the next generation of All Blacks, why not do it, whatever it is called.

Probably the only question I have is where it will leave the Maori All Blacks?

For a long time they have filled that role of reserves team, with many test All Blacks first cutting their teeth in that side in games that this new All Blacks XV will be playing.

Will there still be plenty of opportunities for this team to play its games or will it slowly be phased out and replaced by this All Blacks XV?

party, was named prime minister.

In 2004, ten bombs exploded in quick succession across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people in an attack linked to al-Qaida-inspired militants.

In 2005, a judge, court reporter and sheriff’s deputy were shot to death at an Atlanta courthouse; Brian Nichols, who killed them as well as a federal agent, surrendered a day later at the apartment of Ashley Smith, a woman he’d taken hostage.

(Nichols was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.)

Ten years ago: A federal appeals

court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on US currency.

Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as Chile’s new president on a day when the country was peppered with a dozen significant aftershocks from a February earthquake.

Five years ago: The police chief of the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson resigned in the wake of a scathing Justice Department report prompted by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer.

One year ago: Airlines in Ethiopia,

China, Indonesia and elsewhere grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner after the second devastating crash of one of the planes in five months; Boeing said it had no reason to pull the popular aircraft from the skies.

Today’s birthdays: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is 89. Rock singer-musician Mark Stein is 73. Singer Bobby McFerrin is 70.

Singer Cheryl Lynn is 69. Actress Susan Richardson is 68. Singer Nina Hagen is 65. Country singer Jimmy Fortune is 65. Actor Elias Koteas is 59. Actor-director Peter Berg is 58. Singer Mary Gauthier is 58. Actor Jeffrey Nordling is 58. Actress Alex Kingston is 57.

Country musician David Talbot is 57. Actor Wallace Langham is 55. Actor John Barrowman is 53.

Singer Lisa Loeb is 52. Neo-soul musician Al Gamble is 51. Singer Pete Droge is 51. Actor Terrence Howard is 51. Rock musician Rami Jaffee is 51. Actor Johnny Knoxville is 49. Rock singermusicians Benji and Joel Madden are 41. Actor David Anders is 39. Singer LeToya is 39. Actress Thora Birch is 38. Actor Rob Brown is 36. Actress Jodie Comer is 27.

Thought for Today: “It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.”

— Bertholt Brecht, German poet and dramatist (1898-1956). - AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, March 11, the 71st day of 2020. There are 295 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and severely damaging the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station.

On this date: In 1845, after hundreds of Ngāpuhi fighters led by Kawiti and Hōne Heke attacked Kororāreka (Russell), its inhabitants were evacuated by sea. For the fourth and last time, the flagstaff on Maiki Hill was cut down.

In 1884, forty delegates from six regional associations met in Dunedin to adopt a constitution and elect the first officeholders in the New Zealand Freethought Association.

In 1888, the Blizzard of ’88, also known as the “Great White Hurricane,” began inundating the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths.

In 1918, what are believed to be the first confirmed US cases of a deadly global flu pandemic were reported among US Army soldiers stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas; 46 would die. (The worldwide outbreak of influenza claimed an estimated 20 to 40 million lives.)

In 1942, as Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War Two, US Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia, where he vowed on March 20, “I shall return” — a promise he kept more than 2½ years later.

In 1977, more than 130 hostages held in Washington, DC, by Hanafi Muslims were freed after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined the negotiations.

In 1985, Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Konstantin U. Chernenko as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.

In 2003, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of Turkey’s governing

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he other night I went out to a restaurant.

Should I be worried that I breathed in coronavirus?

Or should I be more anxious about an even more menacing outbreak spreading contagion throughout the world – stupidity?

At the time of writing, more than 3800 people have died and almost 110,000 have been infected by Covid-19 in 81 countries, the vast majority in China, where the virus emerged late last year.

The World Health Organisation has so far stopped short of declaring a pandemic but that may be just a matter of time as the virus probably has yet to peak.

There are hotspots of Covid-19 in Italy, Iran and South Korea.

New Zealand is not immune, with three confirmed cases and a shocking and widespread outbreak of racism, xenophobia, doomsday predictions and panic buying. I couldn’t buy toilet paper or rice at my local supermarket for a day.

Like other countries, our share market has caught a cold, tertiary education, tourism and the hospitality sectors are badly affected and begging for a lifeline.

Our exporters, airlines and manufacturers are taking action to stimulate sales, mitigate exposure to their bottom lines and pressure on cash flows, and finding ways to work around disruption to supply chains which have become so dependent on China as well as deal with opportunistic price rises in components and stock from surgical masks and hand sanitisers to mobile phones.

Events and public gatherings are being hit too, from conference cancellations to Auckland’s much-loved Chinese Lantern

Festival.

And will the Olympics in Japan still proceed?

Are we going to close schools too like Italy and Japan?

Do I need to use an app or can we have street cameras so I can monitor if I was in proximity to a commuter who may, or may not, have coronavirus that I passed on the crossing?

Stop this right now.

Fear and anxiety spread fear and anxiety.

Headlines, exaggerated accounts, fake news, unabridged political criticism of the response to a national health crisis, tides of misinformation and scary social media chatter claiming imminent power cuts, contaminated water supplies and food shortages all skew our social and economic wellbeing.

They test our resilience and confidence, our self-help survival instincts, that will make us ready for recovery.

China watchers are forecasting that, under present circumstances, it is still likely that the Chinese economy will have recovered significantly by mid- to late-April, but as the virus spreads, it is hard to know what the state of other economies will be in by then.

And just as the world has been concerned that the damage to the Chinese economy would hurt global growth, the Chinese government is concerned that the spread of the virus around the world will impact China’s recovery.

Let’s get some perspective.

Yes, we have five confirmed cases of coronavirus but they are in the containment stage of a concerted national action plan.

We are asking people to voluntarily self-quarantine if they have returned to New Zealand from one of a list of travel-ban countries where the virus has erupted, carrying out testing on suspected cases, tracing people who may have been in contact with an ill person and given clear instructions to stay at home and call the helpline if you are feeling unwell and have flu-like symptoms such as a fever, cough or fatigue.

I don’t want to understate or misrepresent the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak, but common sense, listening to instructions, heeding Ministry of Health advice and taking preparatory steps to work through any potential disruptions to daily life and business will see us through in the short and long term.

Treasury is working on three scenarios, ranging from a shortterm impact through to a global recession, as the world economy plunges deeper into turmoil.

Affected businesses and their workforces are getting immediate help to tide them over. Banks, IRD and other agencies are being encouraged to also provide interim relief.

Businesses can also work around any need for isolation.

With the technology and connectivity available today, you don’t have to be in the office to be working.

But this is also a time to look at de-risking the enterprise from reliance on too few markets and too few suppliers. It’s also time to remember the big picture, the one you want to create when this crisis passes, and plan how you will kickstart business and re-build momentum.

Past experience with pandemics shows that economic recovery can be swift. You have to be ready to ride the upturn and surge in demand.

Life can go on and, despite the panic stories, people with coronavirus do not all die.

Many do recover.

Our challenge, as is that of every other country, is in managing uncertainty, preparing for recovery, and not giving in to fear of the virus’ unknown and unquantifiable consequences.

Michael Barnett is a New Zealand Herald columnist.

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Italy in total lockdown AP The battle to halt the coronavirus brought sweeping new restrictions, with Italy expanding a travel ban to the entire country, Israel ordering all visitors quarantined just weeks before Passover and Easter, and Spain closing all schools in and around its capital.

Even as workers in Beijing returned to their jobs and new infections in China continued to subside, Italians struggled to navigate the rapidly changing parameters of the nation’s self-imposed lockdown.

The fears fanned by the virus sent Wall Street stocks tumbling to their biggest drop since 2008.

Global oil prices suffered their worst percentage losses since the start of the 1991 Gulf War. “Now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries, the threat of a pandemic has become very real,” said World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

More than 113,000 people have been infected with the virus, and more than 3900 have died of the COVID-19 illness it causes. Most of the cases are in China, but its proportion is shrinking as the caseload grows elsewhere. More than 62,000 people have already recovered.

But Italy’s intensifying struggle to halt the virus’ spread emerged as a cautionary tale.

“There won’t be just a red zone,” Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said, in announcing that a lockdown covering about 16 million people in the north would be expanded to the entire country.

Italian doctors celebrated one small victory after the first patient diagnosed with the illness, a 38-year-old Unilever worker, was moved out of intensive care and began breathing on his own.

But the virus’ rapid spread was forcing them to operate like wartime medics, triaging patients to decide who get access to scarce ICU beds.

Travellers at Milan’s main train station had to sign police forms self-certifying that they are travelling for “proven work needs,’’ situations of necessity, health reasons or to return home.

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St Mark’s Square in Venice, Italy is almost empty after Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte said he was restricting travel nationwide to try to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.

PHOTO AP Italy’s 9172 cases and 463 deaths are the second-most in the world. China on Tuesday recorded just 19 new cases over the previous 24 hours, its lowest total since it began reporting national figures on January 20.

For most people, the new type of coronavirus, first detected in China in December, causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. It can progress to serious illness including pneumonia, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems.

China has registered 80,754 cases in total and 3136 deaths as of yesterday.

The apparent subsiding of its outbreak came only after Chinese authorities imposed massive quarantines, which are still largely in place. Other virus-hit countries are embracing less strict, but still aggressive measures.

Israel will quarantine anyone arriving from overseas for 14 days, a decision coming barely a month before Easter and Passover.

All St. Patrick’s Day parades were cancelled in Ireland, including one in Dublin that typically draws half a million to its streets.

All schools in and around

Madrid will close for two weeks.

The rising number of cases around Spain’s capital “imply a change for the worse,” the country’s Health Minister Salvador Illa said.

Trying to send a message of confidence in the economy, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife walked on Paris’ Champs-Elysees avenue. “I’m shaking hands using my heart,” he said as he waved to people while keeping a one metre distance from passersby.

In China, the slow emergence from its extreme quarantine measures spotlighted the virus’ continued economic impact.

“Our business is one-fifth of what it was before,” said Cheng Sheng, who helps run a stand in Beijing that sells sausages and noodles.

Infections were reported in more than half the world’s countries, and flashpoints were erupting around the globe.

“We are working for valuable time, time in which scientists can research medicines and a vaccine” and in which governments can help stock up on protective equipment, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country has reported over 1100 cases and its first two deaths.

Iranian state television reported another 43 deaths, pushing the official toll to 237, with 7161 confirmed cases. But many experts fear the scope of the illness in Iran is far wider than reported.

South Korea reported 35 more cases, bringing its total to 7513.

In the United States, where more than 600 infections and 26 deaths have been reported, the Grand Princess cruise ship docked in Oakland, California, after days idling at sea while dozens of those aboard were tested.

After earlier closing its land borders, Saudi Arabia cut off air and sea travel to and from Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, South Korea, Syria and the United Arab Emirates.

All Saudi schools and universities closed.

Qatar cut off travel to 15 countries and said it would shut down schools and universities.

Organisers of the annual Holocaust remembrance march in southern Poland postponed it this year due to coronavirus fears, and soccer authorities said at least four major matches – in France, Germany and Spain – would take place with no fans.

Gunmen kill 43 in Burkina Faso attacks AP Gunmen killed at least 43 people in attacks on two villages in northern Burkina Faso.

Armed men attacked Dinguila and Barga villages in Yatenga province, the government said in a statement.

The military was dispatched to secure the villages and at least six injured were taken to the central hospital in nearby Ouahigouya.

Government spokesman Remis Fulgance Dandjinou told The Associated Press he didn’t

know who was behind the violence.

The villages that were attacked, however, are known to be populated by Fulani herdsman who have been targeted by local defence groups and the army for their alleged affiliation with jihadists.

A resident from Ouahigouya, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of his safety, told the AP that the attacks occurred after jihadists sought shelter in the town of Dinguila.

Local defence groups followed the extremists to the

town and massacred people, he said.

Analysts say the attack signifies a worrying trend.

“This is also one of the areas where we have identified a significant risk of increased stigmatization against the Fulani,” said William Assanvo, senior researcher with the Institute for Security Studies. This is the first massacre of this scale in that area, he said.

This trend is also occurring in neighbouring Mali, said Christian Poonwah, director of an international security company

in Ouagadougou.

“This speaks to the wider trend of growing fault lines between local communities. This is further exacerbated by extremist groups capitalising on the inter-communal violence and attracting targeted communities to their side,” he said.

Attacks by militants linked to the Islamic State and al-Qaida have shaken the West African nation. Almost 2000 more fatalities were reported last year than in 2018 according to a report by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project.

Kaley Cuoco is going to have a brandnew roomate next month: her husband Karl Cook. The actress, who has been living in New York City filming her upcoming HBO Max series The Flight Attendant said that she and Cook are moving into their first home together in April. “We are built, we are so excited,” said Cuoco, 34. “We haven’t spent an evening in it yet. Actually Karl has been at home and I said ‘Why don’t you stay at the house?’ but he’s waiting for me to get there and have all the animals there.

When I wrap in April, that will be our first time in our new house,” she added.

Sussexes last royal job Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, made their final appearance as senior royals at Westminster Abbey, joining Queen Elizabeth II and other members of Britain’s royal family for an annual Commonwealth Day service. The televised event was expected to be the last time the couple works alongside the entire Windsor clan before Harry and Meghan fly off into self-imposed exile in North America. The service ended the two-month drama that began when the couple announced plans to walk away from their roles as senior members of the royal family and into a world where they will have to earn a living.

Corona virus halts tour Pearl Jam is postponing the North American leg of its Gigaton world tour because of concerns over the new coronavirus, the band announced.

Seventeen US and Canadian performances, beginning on March 18 in Toronto through April 19 in Oakland, California, were indefinitely postponed, according to the band’s website.

Pearl Jam said it was announcing the postponements “with deep frustration and regret”. “The levels of risk to our audience and their communities is simply too high for our comfort level,” a band statement said. New dates will be determined and current tickets will be honoured for those dates, the band said.

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attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York in 2001. That made it unusual, in the absence of war or some other “significant global event.”

But he said it was really a combination of three events: the demand impact from coronavirus; OPEC’s failure to achieve new production cuts; and Russia possibly trying to squeeze producers in the US. US crude oil production reached a record 12.2 million barrels a day in 2019, the country’s Energy De-

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Patronage of the country’s restaurants and cafes is well down with some reporting losses of up to 60 per cent, according to the Restaurant Association of New Zealand.

“We’ve fielded many calls from members saying they’ve noticed sharp declines,” association chief executive Marisa Bidois said.

Reports began almost immediately after the government’s February 3 ban on travellers from China, mostly from cafes and restaurants catering to Chinese tourists. They have since become much more widespread, Bidois said.

“It’s really grown week on week since then” and accelerated once the first person with Covid-19,was reported on February 28, she said.

Bidois’ comments confirm anecdotal accounts of once-busy cafes suddenly becoming empty. Last

week, financial adviser Chris Lee reported being at a Wellington Chinese restaurant that was deserted of its usual mostly Chinese customers, even though other nearby restaurants were still doing a roaring trade.

The virus originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December and there have been reports of a sharp upturn in anti-Chinese behaviour since then.

Bidois said some business owners are in desperate situations and she wished the government had acted sooner to put a support package together.

On Monday Finance Minister Grant Robertson said Cabinet had approved a number of measures including a targeted wage subsidy scheme for affected workers, and training and redeployment options for affected employees.

It is also working with banks on providing working capital to com-

Pharmaceutical sales boosted by virus fears

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AFT Pharmaceuticals is reporting brisk demand for its cold and influenza-related medicines amid the unfolding coronavirus crisis, although that may not be enough to fully offset the supply-chain disruptions it is grappling with.

“As news of the Covid-19 outbreak emerged at the start of this year, we moved quickly to significantly build stocks of our key medicines in Australasia and we have been rewarded for this foresight,” managing director Hartley Atkinson said in a statement.

The company said its over-

the-counter and hospital businesses have seen strong demand for its injectable antibiotics, analgesics including its patented Maxigesic pain relief products, and supplements such as vitamin C. Atkinson said because the sales uplift has come late in the financial year, he is maintaining guidance for operating profit for the year ending this month at between $18.8 million and $21.8 million.

On a day in which the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 Index is down 1.3 per cent, AFT shares rose 2.8 per cent to $3.70. They have gained more than 75 per cent in the past 12 months.

panies facing temporary credit constraints.

The government has also directed Treasury and the Inland Revenue Department to develop tax policy options with the goal of reducing the impact on affected businesses and helping them to remain operational.

“We’ve finally been heard. It would’ve been good to have had this a bit earlier, but we’re happy that the government is working on something,” Bidois said.

“We’re at the coalface. Hospitality is often the barometer for the economy.”

Last week, her organisation estimated its members were losing about $6 million a week in turnover and expected that to rise.

Bidois said her organisation, its members and other groups are looking at launching a dining out campaign to urge customers to return.

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That projection assumed demand in China – the biggest driver of global fuel demand growth – would return to normal in the second half of the year. In a pessimistic scenario, in which China’s recovery is slower and the virus spreads to more of Europe and Asia, daily demand could fall by 730,000 barrels a day, the agency said.

Bennetts said Monday’s crude price fall was the biggest since the 1991 Gulf War and just ahead of the fall in prices after the 9/11 terrorist

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Petrol prices are down across the country but Z Energy says it’s too soon to say whether yesterday’s plunge in crude oil prices has further to run or how long it may last.

Brent crude oil dropped more than 20 per cent yesterday after Saudi Arabia kicked off a price war with Russia in a market already contracting as coronavirus slashes demand for jet fuel and slows the world economy.

Z Energy, the country’s biggest fuel retailer, cut petrol prices by 7 cents a litre nationwide yesterday, having cut prices by between one and six cents at most outlets on Monday.

Chief executive Mike Bennetts said the roughly $US9 decline in oil prices yesterday was equivalent to about 14 cents a litre at the pump.

“There is a possibility that prices could fall into the mid US-$20s, but I think that is less than 50-50,” he told BusinessDesk.

“It could rebound a bit back into that $US40 range,” given Russia, and most Middle East producers other than Saudi Arabia, need a $US40-plus price.

“A lot of the world needs a price

partment said earlier this month.

Production has roughly doubled since 2010 as improved fracking and directional drilling has increased production from the country’s vast shale reserves, making the US a net exporter and leaving it vying with Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest producer.

Bennetts said how long prices remain low will depend how long Russia – the world’s third-largest producer – wants to “teach a lesson” to frackers in the US, who typically need a price of $US45 to U$55 a barrel to sustain production. How soon OPEC is able to set a new production target will also be key.

In the meantime, Bennetts said homes and businesses will benefit from lower fuel prices. Petrol prices in some areas are already below the $2 a litre mark that tends to be a psychological price point for many.

Z Energy’s average price in Auckland is $2.12, he said.

Bennetts noted that if current prices could be sustained for a year, that would save the country about $800 million across the economy.

About $360 million would be saved by households and small businesses on their fuel purchases at petrol stations, he said.

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May Brent crude was recently trading at about $US33.40 a barrel.

Prices were last at these levels in early 2016 – when rising US production created a global glut – and in 2009, in the depths of the global financial crisis.

Prices had already fallen about $US20 a barrel since the start of the year as the risk of coronavirus to the global economy became clear and then as doubts emerged that OPEC producers and Russia would be able to maintain the production discipline they had shown in recent years.

OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, had been seeking an additional 1.5 million barrel a day production cut, which was rejected by Russia. That also left a question mark over the current 2.1 million cut due to expire at the end of March.

In unlucky timing, the International Energy Agency overnight cut its 2020 oil demand projection by 1.1 million barrels a day due to the virus. That would mark the first annual demand reduction since 2009, and see average consumption fall by 90,000 barrels a day. The world uses about 100 million barrels a day.

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Sweetcorn – sublime autumn eating Sweetcorn is cheap in shops at the moment and ready to pick in home gardens.

While it can be bought in cans year round, nothing can beat a cob of corn picked, cooked and eaten within an hour – dripping with butter.

But corn cobs can also be used in plenty of other ways, often with the kernels stripped.

Corn and carrot fritters 1 1/2 C self-raising flour 1/2 C milk 2 eggs, lightly beaten 2C sweetcorn kernels, cut from corn 1 medium carrot, grated 1/2 C parsley, finely chopped 1/2 pack baby spinach 2T olive oil Salt and pepper to taste

Chicken and corn broth

Corn and salami pizza

1T vegetable oil 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 onion, chopped 1t ginger, finely grated 1lt chicken stock 2C water 1C corn kernels, stripped from cob 1x 420g can creamed corn 1/4 C spring onions, chopped 1 long red chilli, chopped 2C shredded chicken To serve – fresh coriander

3 thin crust pizza bases 2 corn cobs, peeled 150ml pre-made pizza sauce 1 red onion, peeled, cut into wedges 150g salami slices 100g cherry tomatoes, halved 1 cup sliced green olives, optional 150g fresh mozzarella balls, sliced 150g baby spinach leaves

■■ Heat the oil in a saucepan over high heat.

■■ Add the garlic, onion and ginger and cook for 2-3 minutes or until softened.

■■ Add the stock, water, corn kernels, creamed corn, spring onions, chilli and chicken and bring to the boil.

■■ Reduce heat to low and cook for 3-4 minutes.

■■ Top with coriander to serve.

■■ Peel the outer husks and silk from cobs.

■■ Heat a pot of water and steam or boil cobs until tender, about 15 minutes.

■■ Drain. Slice the kernels away from the cob using a sharp knife and set aside.

■■ Brush the top of the pizza bases with olive oil.

■■ Spread the pizza sauce over the bases evenly, covering the bottom.

■■ Arrange the toppings on top along with sweetcorn kernels.

■■ Top with the mozzarella cheese slices and season with freshly ground black pepper.

■■ Bake in oven for 25 minutes until cheese is bubbling and base is beginning to golden.

■■ Garnish with spinach leaves.

■■ Place the flour in a large bowl and make a well in the centre.

■■ Add the egg and milk and stir gently to make a smooth batter.

■■ Add more milk if required to make a runny consistency.

■■ Cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 30 minutes to rest.

■■ Add the corn, carrot, spinach and parsley to the batter and stir to combine.

■■ Season with a little salt and pepper.

■■ Heat a little of the olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat.

■■ Drop one spoonful of batter per fritter into the pan carefully.

■■ Leave space around each fritter for it to spread a bit.

■■ Cook for 1-2 minutes until about 10 bubbles have risen to the surface and popped and the fritter is golden underneath.

■■ Turn with a spatula and cook for a further 1-2 minutes or until cooked through. Transfer to a plate.

■■ Repeat in more batches with remaining batter and oil.

Corn cobs with flavoured butters 8-10 cobs of sweetcorn 1/4 C olive oil 2T sea salt ■■ Remove the husks and silk from the corn cobs.

■■ Blanch each cob in a boiling pot of water for 10 minutes.

Allow to drain.

■■ Preheat a BBQ grill plate or pan on a medium-high heat.

■■ Brush the corn cobs with a little oil and season with sea salt.

■■ Place the cobs on the hot grill and leave to cook for 2-3 minutes, before turning and leave for another 2-3 minutes.

■■ Cook for another 10 minutes, turning after every couple to cook each side.

■■ Serve hot with a selection of the flavoured butters.

Chilli, coriander and lemon butter 150g butter, room temperature 1 red chilli, deseeded and sliced 1/4 C coriander leaves 2t lemon zest Sundried tomato butter 150g butter 1/2 C sundried tomatoes, drained and roughly chopped 2T parsley leaves, roughly chopped Herb, caper and turmeric butter 150g butter 2t ground turmeric 1/4 C fresh herbs (like thyme, parsley, chervil, sage or dill), roughly chopped 2T capers, drained 2t crushed garlic Flavoured butters: ■■ Using a spoon, mix butter with respective ingredients.

■■ Roll each into a log shape and wrap in plastic wrap or wax paper.

■■ Refrigerate until firm, 2 to 3 hours.

■■ Soften to room temperature before serving.

Corn and black bean salad 2 ears sweetcorn 1 red onion, finely diced 3T red wine vinegar 1/2 t flaky sea salt 400g can cooked black beans, rinsed, drained 1 ripe avocado, peeled, diced 1 red capsicum, diced 3 handfuls coriander, leaves picked 3T extra virgin olive oil ■■ Preheat the oven to 200°C. ■■ Put the corn on an oven tray (unhusked) and bake for 15 minutes.

■■ Remove from the oven and set aside until cool enough to handle.

■■ While the corn is cooking, put the onion in a bowl.

■■ Sprinkle over the salt and add the vinegar.

■■ Stir well and leave to steep.

■■ When the corn has cooled down, peel off the husks and shave off the kernels.

■■ Add them to the onion, along with the beans, avocado, capsicum and coriander.

■■ Drizzle over the olive oil and stir together gently.

■■ Serve at room temperature, or store, covered, in the fridge for up to three days.

Corn salsa 4 corn cobs 1/4 C extra virgin olive oil 2T red wine vinegar 1t mustard seeds 1 red onion, medium, chopped 1/4 C fresh basil, chopped 1/4 C fresh coriander, chopped 1/2 red capsicum, finely chopped ■■ Brush corn cobs with a little oil and barbecue or grill over a high heat until they start to brown.

■■ Combine remaining oil with red wine vinegar and mustard.

■■ Using a sharp knife, remove kernels from the corn.

■■ Place corn kernels, red onion, basil, coriander and capsicum in a bowl.

■■ Drizzle with dressing.

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Veterans hit the hoops

The South Island Veterans’ Association Croquet Tournament was held at the ever-busy Waireka Croquet Club last week. The event was open to anyone over the age of 60 and comprised 13 participants including a competitor from across the ditch in what was an exciting coup for organisers. Barbara Field, of Allenton, contemplates her next move during Friday’s final day.

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Black Caps star rejects tokenism call Black Caps paceman Trent Boult has defended the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series after a former Australian captain called New Zealand’s upcoming matches across the Tasman “token”.

Former Aussie skipper Michael Clarke said on his radio show the cricket season had finished and predicted few fans would turn up to the three matches in Sydney and Hobart.

“Absolute token games of cricket,” commented Clarke on Big Sports Breakfast.

“To be honest, I can’t believe it.

“I’m a cricket fan through and through, but whoever has made the decision to put these three ODIs on, it’s footy season,” Clarke said.

“Cricket season is finished.

“What a great way to finish it with the women winning the World Cup as well.

“I’ll be very surprised if anybody turns up to watch those games,” Clarke added.

The Black Caps and Australia will contest for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy for the first time since 2017 with the opening game taking place in Sydney on Friday.

It’s been four years since New Zealand played a Chappell-Hadlee ODI in Australia.

Since the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy was introduced in 2004, Australia have won 15 matches and New Zealand 14 with two no results.

“Michael Clarke doesn’t sound too happy for some reason, I don’t know what’s got under his skin”, Boult said.

“I don’t know why the series is token.

“There’s a good trophy up for grabs between both teams and we can’t wait to hopefully lift it,” Boult said before the Black Caps flew out yesterday.

Australia’s home summer began in October with a three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka.

That was followed by three T20s and two tests against Pakistan and a 3-0 test series win over the Black Caps.

Since then they have also played a threematch ODI series in India and three T20s and three ODIs in South Africa.

Friday’s game sees Australia return to action on home soil for the first time since the final day of the third test win against the Black Caps on January 6.

The Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series finishes on March 20 with the last match played in Hobart.

But the summer of cricket won’t be over then.

Both sides then head to New Zealand to face off in three Twenty20 matches – Australia’s eighth different series of the summer season.

Trent Boult is looking forward to taking on the Aussies on their home grounds.

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■■ GOLF

Strong field at Rakaia Dozens of golfers showcased some deft form at the Rakaia Golf Club on Friday during the 9 Hole Tournament.

A strong field comprising 58 players from 13 different clubs from the Canterbury and Aorangi areas enjoyed superb conditions at the Rakaia Golf course and delivered some sharp showings, organisers said.

Methven’s Mike Markille hit the best gross round of the day with 46.

Best nett count went to Gordon Clinton, of Ashburton, who hit 31, followed by Charteris Bay’s Donald Neutze (33) who clinched the runner-up prize.

For putting, Alister Goodwill enjoyed a fruitful day on the green (15) and was closely tailed

by John Barwell (16).

Ashburton’s Paul Baird was closest to the pin on the 8th hole.

In the womens’ grade 1 category, Ashburton’s Tonee Hurley had the best gross score with 49.

Greendale’s Barbara May secured best nett performance with 35 with Ellesmere’s Gill Taylor three strokes back.

Sue Lamb, of Ashburton, registered 15 on the green followed

by Mayfield’s Jill Ludemann with 16.

Greendale’s Maaike Kikstra was closest to the pin on the eighth.

In grade 2 of the womens, Val Bell (Rakaia) hit 52 for the best gross.

Best nett was Adrienne Goodwill, of Methven, who scored 32 whilst hitting the best second shot to the pin on the 6th.

Rakaia’s Lillian O’Hanlon secured second with 36 and third placed Angela Williams, of Tai Tapu, one shot back.

Putting accolades went to Timaru’s Sharon Smith with 14.

In the third grade, Judith McDonald (Tai Tapu) scored 56 for best gross and fellow club-mate Susan Johnstone won best nett round (35).

Tai Tapu’s Beverley McHugh (35) was awarded nett runner-up, Tinwald’s Nancy Costin had the best putting tally with 14 and Diane Gebbie, of Tai Tapu, secured best second shot to the pin on the sixth.

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Above – Some shots are have a larger degree of difficulty than others on the golf course.

■■MOTOR RACING

Championship going right down to the wire Everything will be on the line at the fourth and final round of the 2020 New Zealand Motocross Championships in Taupo this weekend.

Just five points separate the top two riders in the premier MX1 class, and there are only seven points to separate the top three riders in the MX2 (250cc) class as the racers arrive at the popular Digger McEwen Motocross Park, on the outskirts of Taupo, for the final showdown in this Fox-sponsored series.

Mount Maunganui’s defending MX1 champion Cody Cooper has won four of the nine races in the three rounds thus far, while visiting Australian Kirk Gibbs has won five races and therefore it is the 31-year-old rider from the Sunshine Coast who enjoys a narrow lead.

However, with three MX1 races remaining on Sunday to wrap up the championships and 25 points available to the winner each time, with 22 points on offer for a runner-up finish, it’s still too close to call.

West Auckland’s Hamish Harwood is third in the MX1 standings, but 24 points behind Cooper.

In the MX2 class, Mangakino’s Maximus Purvis and Mount Maunganui’s Josiah Natzke are leading the way, Purvis marginally in front, and these two riders are locked in a fierce fight for the title, while Oparau’s James Scott is just seven points further back, so a complete reshuffle is still possible at Taupo.

Purvis and Scott are both soon to be heading overseas to race and Natzke has just returned from a season racing in the United Kingdom, so these Kiwi internationals will each be keen to impress

on Sunday. Another Kiwi international, Christchurch’s Dylan Walsh, and Australian trio Caleb Ward, Morgan Fogarty and Riley Ward are also perhaps within strike range of at least a podium finish, so the racing is guaranteed to be hot this weekend.

In the 125cc class, Tauranga’s Brodie Connolly has so far won a staggering eight out of the nine races at the first three rounds and he is a whopping 64 points in front at the top of the table, which means he has two races up his sleeve with only three to come at Taupo.

He will most likely wrap up the crown after the opening race at Taupo, but the question remains over who will take second and third.

There are just five points between Christchurch’s Marshall Phillips, Tauranga’s Madoc Dixon and Auckland-based former Rangiora rider Cobie Bourke.

Motorcycling New Zealand motocross commissioner Ray Broad said he was looking forward to “a thrilling finale for what has been a great championship series”.

“Cooper and Gibbs will again be taking their battle to the wire, just as they did in 2019, only this time it’s Cooper doing the chasing.

“Everything will be on the line at Taupo and the club there always steps up to perform on the big occasions like this.”

In addition to MX1, MX2 and 125cc class racing, the Yamaha YZ65 Cup is also on the programme for Taupo, just as it was at round one of the series at Balclutha, offering another opportunity for some of the nation’s youngest rising stars to show what they’re made of.

Mount Maunganui’s Cody Cooper is the defending MX1 champion.

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■■OPINION

What’s the deal with Captain Kane?

By Dylan Cleaver

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bout this time last week the test summer ended, the only part of the summer that really counts for cricket

purists.

A few chapters have been closed.

Cricket will now move from Sky to Spark; Radio Sport, a station that was founded off the back of cricket commentary, will no longer call the game.

A few chapters have opened too, including the start of the Kyle Jamieson era.

Actually, nobody is calling it that … yet.

It was a perfectly symmetrical test summer: three wins, three losses and a draw.

It feels about even too, with ostensibly excellent home series victories against England and India cancelled out by an epicfail. com of a tour to Australia.

That tour in particular, and the turnaround against India, has left questions ahead of New Zealand’s next test outing against Bangladesh.

Here are five of them.

1. What’s eating Williamson?

Kane Williamson’s test summer was insipid by his frighteningly high standards, and even his unbeaten century on the world’s flattest deck in Hamilton came with a year’s worth of fortune.

No matter what the numbers were, Williamson’s cricket didn’t pass the eye test for many and questions were raised by those around the team, including commentators like Simon Doull and Brendon McCullum, as to whether the skipper was enjoying his cricket.

It is safe to say that at times he probably wasn’t, but the chances are it was temporary.

The ODI World Cup and in particular its brutal denouement probably took more out of Williamson than anybody could anticipate.

The 29-year-old has always been excellent at compartmentalising his cricket life. The way the World Cup ended saw him carry baggage away from a game for the first time in years. He was still talking about it weeks after the event, which people who know him well will say is extremely rare.

There was no soft lead-in to the test summer either, with the team that “beat” New Zealand in the final arriving for a marquee series before a quick turnaround to Australia.

Williamson looked a little scratchy against England, but most batsmen would kill to be out of touch and add a fifty and an unbeaten century to your tally (though I suspect if he was to power rank his 100s, the most recent one would likely sit 20th or 21st out of 21).

Australia is famous for magnifying form issues and as captain you’re under tremendous scrutiny.

There have always been offfield elements of the captaincy that Williamson has failed to

Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson had a tough year with the bat, by his own lofty standards. embrace and these struggles would have been thrown into sharp relief.

Add to that the well-fuelled rumours that Williamson and coach Gary Stead weren’t viewing the intricacies of test cricket through the same lens and it was no surprise that when their game started drifting in Australia it then sank to the bottom pretty quickly.

When he fell to a duck off a dubious leg before in the second innings at the MCG, Williamson looked like he would rather be at the beach.

Getting sick and missing the shambolic test in Sydney was likely a physical manifestation of how he was feeling mentally.

Fast forward to the India series and he looked far more engaged.

He batted pleasantly enough on his way to a crucial 89 in the first test at Wellington, before failing twice in Christchurch, on a wicket that swung the balance wildly in favour of seam bowling.

Williamson is approaching 30.

He’s played a lot of cricket.

If New Zealand Cricket wants him playing to 35, which it surely does, his workload is going to have to be managed.

To go back to the original question: there’s probably nothing eating Williamson that can’t be fixed by a month or two without a Gray-Nicolls in sight.

2. Are they a better team than they were at the start of the season?

Probably not, but they are better selected.

Quite why they felt the need to select a squad for the opening two series of the summer was never well explained, but it ended up making life unnecessarily difficult for them.

As it turned out they made the trip across the Tasman with an opener who was desperately out of form and two spinners the skipper could neither rely on to take wickets nor plug up an end.

Obviously it was not the selec-

tors’ fault that their spearhead Trent Boult was either injured or ineffective, and that point-of-difference Lockie Ferguson broke down before he could make an impact, but there were avoidable mistakes that contributed to the worst New Zealand test series performance in living memory.

In contrast, it was impressive watching the seamers dismantle India, but it has to be noted that conditions could not have been more in their favour and, aside from Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli, the Indian batting lineup was nowhere near as vaunted as people like to make out.

The fact New Zealand used six overs of spin told the story of the series.

The quick bowlers ended the season looking machine-like, with Jamieson providing the fourth head of a devastating quadrumvirate. Often overlooked and out of luck, Colin de Grandhomme’s bowling has never been better either.

They ended the summer, however, with three key batsmen in poorer shape than they started: Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling and Williamson.

It was a weird test season: you can’t say the Black Caps treaded water; it was more that they thrashed away wildly but ended up in the same spot.

3. So, who is the country’s No. 1 long-form spinner?

It’s easier to do this as a process of elimination.

It’s not Mitchell Santner.

That much was obvious even when he was getting picked.

He only recently picked up his first four-wicket haul in the Plunket Shield, so he was always a cute pick that was based on his potential as a batsman as much as his mechanical bowling.

His average of 45 and strike rate of a wicket every 16 overs meant he was essentially being used to wheel through some work to get to the second new ball quicker.

It’s not Todd Astle.

Unlike Santner, he had a firstclass record that at least merited a look at test level, but there was always the sense that he was seen as a last resort, rather than a genuine wicket-taking option against good players. He got a farewell test at the SCG, took three wickets at a tick over 50 each, and promptly retired from red-ball cricket.

It’s not Ish Sodhi.

The leggie has not been unable to translate potential to performance. In spin-bowling terms Sodhi, 27, is just a kid, but the concerns about his red-ball game remain: he struggles to take wickets with his stock ball, the leg spinner, and he serves up too many boundary balls.

It’s not Ajaz Patel.

The 31-year-old left-armer has now been picked for three home tests and has taken … no wickets across 49 overs.

So by process of elimination we are back at where we started.

There is no spinner in New Zealand whose red-ball bona fides are compelling. Look at the pitches for the Indian series and that might offer a clue as to why.

4. Is Tom Blundell the answer at opener?

For now he is the answer to a really tricky question, but his future surely lies at No. 6 or 7 when BJ Watling retires. That might not be too far away, with Watling scoping a career in coaching.

Blundell has done everything asked from him at the top of the order but his technique projects as a wicketkeeper-batsman; punchier than Watling, but perhaps less pugnacious.

He’s done a fine job at the top of the order but as his predecessor Jeet Raval can tell him, it doesn’t take long for international new-ball attacks to home in on technical weaknesses.

What Blundell appears to have is a rock-solid temperament and the ability to counterpunch.

That elevates him above Raval, who is known as the nicest man in cricket, but by the end of the England series he looked like a wounded gazelle being circled by lions. Taking him to Australia made no sense and came with predictable consequences.

If Watling does retire imminently and Blundell slots into the middle order, who’s next?

The next two batting cabs off the ranks look like Will Young – desperately unlucky not to have played for his country by now – and Wellington run machine Devon Conway, who qualifies next summer.

Auckland’s Glenn Phillips jumped the queue to get a test in Sydney and used a number of lives to get a 50 on debut. He looks a more than useful depth piece but could probably use more first-class cricket to tighten up his red-ball game before he starts demanding inclusion.

Daryl Mitchell looked good at the crease against England, though it is unclear if he’s considered an out-and-out batsman.

If de Grandhomme is a bowling all-rounder who can score quick runs in the right conditions, Mitchell is definitely a batting all-rounder who can provide a few overs here and there.

5. What does the future look like?

There are multiple strands to this. For a start, there’s the fact that the Black Caps will move to Spark, with a splash of TVNZ thrown in. This is the easiest prediction to make: there’ll be howls of outrage and over-reported confusion (remember the Rugby World Cup), before everybody gets a collective grip.

We also await an announcement on the radio rights after NZME, the owners of Radio Sport (and publishers of the Herald) stopped negotiating with NZC. Spark has a lot riding on this play. They’ve made big plays in the international rights market with the Rugby World Cup, Premier League and Formula One, but this is their first crack at streaming high-profile local sport over a long period.

They have yet to announce their talent, but take it as read that Brendon McCullum will be at front and centre.

As for the team, there is a case to make for new blood to be introduced as many of the stalwarts are now approaching their mid-30s – Taylor (36), Wagner (34 on Friday), Watling (34) and de Grandhomme (33) are all closer to the finish line than the start.

While the replacements seem logical enough – Young/Conway, Jamieson, Blundell and Mitchell – it’s probably time to think about how to phase them into test cricket.

The team and NZC in general, were chastened by the happenings in Australia.

It would be no surprise to see a third voice added to the selection table alongside Stead and Gavin Larsen. The chances are they will still pay lip-service to the idea of genuine preparation in overseas conditions.

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Beaudie boosts the Blues

By Patrick McKendry Beauden Barrett has just added to a sense of wellbeing surrounding the Blues that hasn’t been present since they last made the playoffs almost a decade ago.

The former world player of the year began officially training with the team for the first time this week and yesterday spoke to the media with enthusiasm and honesty following his post-World Cup break, saying he hopes his Blues debut will be against his former Hurricanes team at Eden Park on April 11, a match he expects to be “heated” but nevertheless a conflict he is very much looking forward to.

He viewed the Blues’ historic victory over the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday on his phone while at a 60th birthday party and said he was hugely pleased with a 24-15 win which snapped an away-day derby drought stretching back to 2013.

The Blues are sixth on the table and currently on track for a playoff place.

It is difficult to imagine the 28-year-old first-five gaining too much weight over an off-season, but he looked trim and sharp while running with the Blues at their Alexandra Park headquarters and while his first game is several weeks away yet, his eagerness to get involved in what is an increasingly successful team who have won four games in five weeks was infectious.

That, and his desire to run out against his old franchise for what will be a hugely anticipated clash on Easter Saturday, should put the Blues and their supporters in good heart.

“That would be the dream wouldn’t it? It wouldn’t be a bad way to start,” Barrett said.

“But I’ve got to get where I need to be to earn a spot in this team.”

Asked whether he had considered playing against his former team for which he played more than 100 times and which includes great friends such as TJ Perenara and Dane Coles, Barrett said: “Well it’s going to happen one day isn’t it so of course I have.

“Whether it’s in four or five weeks’ time, I’m not too sure.

“It will be fun. It probably will be heated, but that’s footy and most games are.

“I feel really refreshed, particularly mentally. It’s been a good time away from the game and I’m really enjoying my first couple of days officially in camp. I’ve taken a lot of pleasure in recent weeks seeing them do well as well.

“It’s been a rare opportunity,”

RESULTS ■■ Football England Premier League Everton 1, Man United 1 Man City v Arsenal ppd.

Tottenham 2, Wolverhampton 3 Liverpool 2, Bournemouth 1 Arsenal 1, West Ham 0 Crystal Palace 1, Watford 0 Sheffield United 1, Norwich 0 Southampton 0, Newcastle 1 Wolverhampton 0, Brighton 0 Burnley 1, Tottenham 1 Chelsea 4, Everton 0 Man United 2, Man City 0 Leicester 4, Aston Villa 0

Bundesliga Dortmund 1, Freiburg 0, Hoffenheim 0, Bayern 6, Mainz 2, SC Paderborn 0, Augsburg 2, Moenchengladbach 3, Cologne 3, Schalke 0, Union Berlin 2, Wolfsburg 2 RB Leipzig 1, Leverkusen 1, Bremen v Eintracht ppd.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 7 and 10 - LGU Silver: Marilyn Walker 67; Bronze I: Robin Bennett 73; Bronze II: Brenda Fechney 74 Nearest the Pins: No 4 Gabites Vicki Moore, No 8 House of Travel Pauline Bell, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon Sally Lemon, No 14 Todds of Ashburton Jenny Williams, No 18 2nd Shot Not Struck Two’s: Vicki Moore, Wendy Parr No 4, Pauline Bell No 8, Nicky Gill No 14.

DRAWS ■■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club March 13 Toyota Friday Triples - kindly sponsored by: Toyota & Skip 2 it Xtra 12.30pm start - Whites or Club colours to be worn.

The following Skips have entered teams.

M Anderson, J Argyle, N Atkinson, T Blain, G Body, G Eder, G Eddington, H Goodall, D Gutberlet, B Harper, B Harrison, R Herriott, D Hickman, B Holdom, B Hopwood, T Inwood, T Johnson, D Kinvig, E Maw, D Muir, R McGarry, R Prendergast, M Quinn, M Reid, N Sharplin, M Skilling, J Smart, W. Suttie, GT, M Watson, B White, B Williams.

For information contact: G Eder 307 7498

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Beauden Barrett in action at practice with the Blues. he said of his break.

“I’ve been playing rugby in New Zealand professionally for 10 years. It’s a unique opportunity for me which I’m really grateful to New Zealand Rugby for.

“Just having extra time being able to do things I haven’t done before with my friends and my family has been really fun.”

Barrett said there was no set date for his return to the game, but that mid-April had been pencilled in with coach Leon MacDonald, who may suddenly have

a few selection dilemmas to face given Otere Black’s form.

“It’s always been up to Leon and I and how I feel I’m going.”

He confirmed he would probably need two games before a Super Rugby return – one of which would be for his Coastal club in Taranaki.

“It’s been 10 years,” he said. “It’s a club that I dearly love. I think it’s really important to connect with your club as much as possible. I’ll be playing with my brother Blake too, which will be fun.”

He said any criticism of his break by those who may have felt he should be playing had gone over his head.

Attending the Super Bowl and various tennis and golfing events are now behind him. It’s time to get back to work and for the No.10 that means taking control.

“Naturally I will lead and it’s my responsibility, particularly to drive the attack.

“I’m excited by that challenge and I know it will be a focal point.”

He’s not wrong.

Entire comp suspended after cocaine arrest The Japan Top League has been suspended for three weeks of action following the reported arrest of a player on suspicion of using cocaine.

Hino Red Dolphins forward Joel Everson, who previously played for the Canterbury and

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Southland provincial sides, was arrested after police saw him walking and behaving in an unusual manner about 4.30am Wednesday in the central Tokyo district Roppongi, the Japan Times reported.

Police made Everson give a

urine sample, after he initially refused, the Times said. He was found to have taken cocaine.

The Japan Rugby Football Union and Top League have since decided to suspend the entire next three rounds of the competition to carry out a full investiga-

tion. This comes on the back of a two-week break as a precaution over the coronavirus outbreak.

The Top League includes All Blacks Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock and former internationals Dan Carter, Liam Squire and Matt Todd.

March 14 Bowling Section Brian Scott half day triples - proudly sponsored by A.C.L - Joan Scott Start 9:00am - Location Hampstead green Skips: W. Kellett, B. Mayson, R. Anstiss, R. McGarry, S. Hyndman, G. Blackwell, M. Anderson, G. Clarke, C. Moore, G. Eder, T. Caldwell, M. Grice, R. Heads, D. Hopkins, A. Miller, B. White. Lunch will be provided.

■■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis March 14 Round 7 All games to start at 9am sharp Junior A Grade Southern Stars v Allenton Eagles at Allenton; Southern Strikers v Dorie A at ATTC; Methven Silver v Allenton Tigers at ATTC; Methven Bronze v Methven Gold at Methven Domain.

Junior B Grade Pool 1 Southern Shakers v Allenton Bears at Hinds, Hampstead Green v Hampstead Yellow at Hampstead; Dorie Hampstead - Bye. Junior B Grade Pool 2 Allenton Panthers v Methven White at Hampstead; Methven Black v Allenton Lions at ATTC; Southern Sharks – Bye. Junior C Allenton Falcons v Methven Red at Hampstead; Methven Blue v Southern Skyrockets at Mayfield; Southern Stormers v Dorie Methven at Longbeach.

Please phone any defaults through to Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis 308-3020 as soon as possible.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

■■BONECRUSHER

The horse of a lifetime It says much for the impact that champion galloper Bonecrusher had on his trainer Frank Ritchie and strapper (and Ritchie’s son) Shaune that the mere mention of his name still sends a collective shiver down their spines.

The athletic chestnut, affectionately known as Big Red came into their lives at a pivotal time for both men, with Frank trying to establish himself in the top echelon of trainers while Shaune was a fresh-faced sixteen-yearold, straight out of high school and determined to find his own path in the thoroughbred racing industry.

With the Cox Plate touring New Zealand this week ahead of its 100th running on October 24 this year, it has provided an opportunity to reflect on the horse that changed the lives of Ritchie senior and junior.

It was a special quirk of fate that saw owner Peter Mitchell purchase the seemingly unfashionably bred Pag Asa colt after listening to the advice of a self-styled breeding student at the annual yearling sales.

“We got him in 1982 when I had just started out on my own after training with my father for a few years,” Frank Ritchie said.

“I was battling away and although I had trained a Group winner in Australia it was when he arrived that it really changed my life.

“There was an old fellow named Harold Hampton who was a postmaster and he used to go around the sales with his theories on how you could find a good horse and so on.

“He was regarded as a bit of a joke but Peter felt that the theories that he had, potentially, had some merit.

“So, he said to the old bloke to find him a horse and it was Bonecrusher’s family he came up with.

“He had some caveats though i.e. it had to be a male, and it would be one of four that would be a very good horse and you had to keep buying the males until it worked out that way which could be a long and expensive process.

“His pedigree had no value to most onlookers and we bought the first one the year before Bonecrusher and called him Superbrat.

“He had a couple of runs and

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Bonecrusher and Waverley Star settle down to fight it out down the Moonee Valley straight. didn’t do a lot but we bought Bonecrusher next, before the first one had raced.”

Mitchell purchased Bonecrusher for $3200 from the Claudelands Yearling sale and he first hit the track in August of 1984, where he won three of his first five starts as a juvenile including one at Group Three level at Ellerslie, before embarking on an ill-fated three start campaign in Australia.

Brought home after three lacklustre runs over the ditch, he commenced his three-year-old campaign with four consecutive placings including finishing third behind Random Chance and Field Dancer in the 1985 Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton.

Ritchie is convinced that trip away was the making of the horse.

“He had hurt himself in an incident on the truck before he went to Christchurch and missed a lot of work,” he said.

“He went into the 2000 Guineas underdone and I thought at the time the race would either flatten him or bring him on and thankfully it was the latter.

“He won his next seven starts straight including the Bayer Clas-

sic (Gr.1, 1600m) and the New Zealand Derby (Gr.1, 2400m) before defeating the older horses in the New Zealand Stakes (Gr.1, 2000m) at Ellerslie.

“We went to Sydney and he won the Tancred Stakes (Gr.1, 2400m) and finished off with a win in the AJC Derby (Gr.1, 2400m).”

It was the spring of 1986 that saw Bonecrusher scale his greatest heights with his win in the Cox Plate over the Dave and Paul O’Sullivan trained Waverley Star, that has been dubbed the race of the century.

The two great horses went to war from the 600m mark, with Bonecrusher eventually prevailing in a titanic head-to-head struggle that caller Bill Collins summed up with the famous line “Bonecrusher races into equine immortality”.

Amongst the enthralled onlookers was strapper and now successful trainer in his own right, Shaune Ritchie, who struggled to take in the wild scenes in the aftermath that followed.

“I was sixteen and left school to go and look after the horse in Melbourne for that campaign,” Ritchie said.

“It was a pretty big thing as back then an OE (overseas experience) wasn’t a normal thing so just to go to Australia was a big trip.

“After the race it was just amazing and I still remember the way the crowd stayed on to greet him and watch the presentation after the race.

“Australians are punters and normally when a race is finished, they are off to the bookies to bet on the next race coming up.

“At Moonee Valley the bookies ring is out the back and you pass it on the way back to the stabling block.

“That day we went out the back and there was hardly a person there and you could have counted them on two hands as I think people were still out front watching on because they knew they had been a part of something very special.”

Ritchie will be forever grateful for the time he spent with Big Red and the influence it has had on his life.

“I think the key thing about his Cox Plate victory is that without Waverley Star there would have been no race of the century,” he said.

“A wonderful quote I heard was that a great horse won the race, but a great horse lost the race as well.

“The doors that it opened for me were amazing as straight after the horse was retired, I went to work for John Dunlop in England so it was quite remarkable.

“People still want to talk about him to this day and in a radio interview I did recently I think I spent three minutes talking about my runners in the Auckland Cup and the New Zealand Oaks and another 17 minutes on Bonecrusher, a horse that retired 30 years ago.

“He didn’t have the brilliance of Black Caviar or the dominance of Winx but why people loved him so much was his courage and when it looked like he couldn’t win, he would win.

“I doubt that there has been a story written about Dad or I that hasn’t included Bonecrusher somewhere in it and I have no problem with that as who doesn’t want to be associated with such a wonderful animal?

“The fact that every day you go to Ellerslie you see the magnificent statue there of him, that he is buried underneath, is very special and it is very nice to have.

“I guess the only negative is that I left school and I started at the very top with the best possible horse and there is only one way to go and it’s not up.”

Frank Ritchie also speaks with reverence regarding the influence that Bonecrusher had on his life during and after his successful racetrack career.

“It is astounding how much publicity he gets even 30 or 40 years later,” he said.

“He paved the way for me to get more work and better quality horses which helped to establish my training business and get me to where I am today.

“I think it is a wonderful tribute to the horse that they have at Ellerslie and when we had to put him down it was very emotional, but I think he deserves to have something special as he was such a special animal.”

Bonecrusher is buried next to the Ellerslie parade ring where his statue regularly attracts numerous visitors who are all eager to pay tribute to the legend that was Big Red.

South Waikato gallops Today at Matamata Raceway

South Waikato RC Venue Matamata Meeting Date 11 Mar 2020 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6 1 1.23pm TEAM WEALLEANS 1400 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 89x15 Valetti 59....................................... Scratched 2 172 Son Of Bielski dh (4) 58.5................ C Grylls 3 01675 Danger Dee dh (3) 58..................... A Calder 4 17263 Mannie’s Power td (1) 56.5..........T Thornton 5 2318x Ludus (2) 56................................. D Johnson 6 97046 Mighty Colombo d (6) 55.5.............. R Kozaki 7 00565 Dawn Jessie (5) 55......................... S McKay 2 1.58pm RETOX BAR & TOKOROA CLUB (INC) 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 62945 Kipchoge h (8) 58.5............... M Kareem (a4) 2 20x7 Sahalainn (11) 58.5...................... D Johnson 3 8456 Thunder h (7) 58.5..................J Fawcett (a1) 4 8x Super Sid 58................................. Scratched 5 5x8x2 The Last Word (3) 56.5....................S Collett

6 33942 Let Me Tell Ya h (10) 56.5............M Cameron 7 0 Blooming Rosie (9) 56.5............. L Satherley 8 560x8 Blushing Heights h (1) 56.5...T Newman (a3) 9 6933 Hibernia Sea bh (12) 56................... C Grylls 10 56x3x Get Hitched h (6) 56.......................O Bosson 11 Mai Tai h (4) 56 12 60 Fleur De Lys h (5) 56...................C Lammas 13 Greedy h (2) 56............................... R Kozaki 3 2.33pm TOKOROA COSMOPOLITAN CLUB (INC) & TREES TAVERN $10,000, MDN 2YO, 1200m 1 4645 Jack Of Hearts (4) 57.5........................C Dell 2 Bo Jackson (8) 57.5.....................T Thornton 3 Semper Fi (2) 57.5..........................V Colgan 4 9x Autobahn (5) 55.5........................C Lammas 5 Safe Passage (7) 55.5................M Cameron 6 Victorem (6) 55.5.............................S Collett 7 Oneroa (1) 55.5................................ C Grylls 8 True Blessing (3) 55.5........................R Elliot 4 3.08 TIRAU VETERINARY CENTRE 1200 $10,000,

MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 69622 I’m Buzz h (4) 57.5.......................... S McKay 2 Mr Fox (2) 57.5................................ A Calder 3 8x Super Sid bh (7) 57.5.....................O Bosson 4 2522 Terracotta h (10) 55.5................... D Johnson 5 66x2 Fonts de L’Algar bh (8) 55.5........M Coleman 6 56x3x Get Hitched h (1) 55.5 7 5x640 Shake That Tush h (9) 55.5..........C Lammas 8 Light Brocade h (6) 55.5.................. C Grylls 9 Mai Tai h (3) 55.5............................ R Kozaki 10 x59x7 Pokuru Grace (5) 55.5......................S Collett 11 60 Fleur De Lys 55.5.......................... Scratched 12 Greedy 55.5.................................. Scratched 5 3.43 HOLSTER ENGINEERING LALLY&SYMES STH WAIKATO CUP $20,000, R72 Benchmark, 2000m 1 51774 Master Painton tdh (8) 60...... M Kareem (a4) 2 x6613 Vichy th (7) 59.5............. A Goindasamy (a2) 3 24543 Scaglioni m (2) 59.......................M Coleman 4 x4212 Sahar b (5) 58.5.............................O Bosson

5 26642 Steven James (11) 58.5.............. L Satherley 6 50162 Hasabro (12) 58...............................S Collett 7 44711 Capellani d (6) 57.5............................R Elliot 8 36475 Joe Cargo tdh (3) 57.5.................C Lammas 9 58245 Thomas Aquinas (10) 56.5........... D Johnson 10 44321 Dam Reliable t (1) 55.5.................... C Grylls 11 24367 Sunburst tdh (9) 55.5 12 53564 Mighty Connor h (4) 55................... R Kozaki 6 4.18pm COX PLATE 100 NZ TOUR 1400 $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 750x5 Ipatch h (3) 58.5.............................. R Kozaki 2 23 Markus Aurelius bh (9) 58..............O Bosson 3 237 Landry b (7) 58...........................M Cameron 4 A’Nood Dude (8) 58..................... D Johnson 5 70 Under the Pump (6) 58................... A Calder 6 33254 Its So Easy h (2) 56.5.............J Fawcett (a1) 7 22 Aromatic h (10) 56 8 5 Catwalk Girl h (1) 56........................S Collett 9 Full Of Promise h (5) 56...............C Lammas

10 Lalone h (4) 56................................. C Grylls Blinkers on: Kipchoge (R2), Autobahn (R3), Fonts de L’Algar, Shake That Tush (R4) Blinkers off: Blooming Rosie (R2), Thomas Aquinas (R5), Under the Pump (R6) Winkers on: Blooming Rosie, Fleur De Lys (R2) Winkers off: Kipchoge (R2) LEGEND: Runner Form b - Beaten favourite at last start c - Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Son Of Bielski, Ludus, Mighty Colombo Race 2: Greedy, The Last Word, Get Hitched, Mai Tai Race 3: Safe Passage, Bo Jackson, Autobahn, Victorem Race 4: Terracotta, I’m Buzz, Mai Tai, Get Hitched Race 5: Vichy, Master Painton, Steven James, Sahar, Hasabro Race 6: Markus Aurelius, Its So Easy, Landry, Full Of Promise

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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

■■TE AKAU RACING

Hard work reaps rewards Jamie Richards was persuaded to take some very rare time out to celebrate his Ellerslie Group One double last Saturday night, but it wasn’t long until his constant lengthy routine kicked in the following day.

After Cool Aza Beel won the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) and Avantage took the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m), as well as two other stable winners on Saturday, Richards joined his Te Akau Racing Stables boss David Ellis and wife Karyn, along with owners and friends, to celebrate the feat over dinner in Auckland.

Though he admitted to feeling a bit dusty the next day, he wasted no time switching back into his daily routine.

“We usually don’t get time to celebrate at this time of year so it was an exception,” Richards said.

“It’s our busiest time with all the carnivals on.

“We usually leave it until winter when it’s quieter for any celebrations.”

On Sunday Richards was inspecting the horses who had run the previous day and getting further organised for the upcoming week, then on Monday it was the usual early morning trackwork followed by a weekly staff meeting and various other duties, including trot-ups.

It’s a never-ending treadmill that Richards is on, but he doesn’t see it as an ordeal.

It’s a career the 30-year-old has chosen and he considers himself extremely lucky.

Lucky to have been given the opportunity to train for such a high-profile stable established by David Ellis, lucky to have a team of so much quality, lucky to be enjoying so much success and lucky to have such good hard-working staff alongside him.

“There is nowhere else I would want to be,” he said.

“It’s a routine for sure and you get in the rhythm.

“This time of year is our harvest time when all the hard work Dave does buying these horses comes to fruition.

“It’s carnival time and we want

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 11 Mar 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.39pm (NZT) HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY LOU LOU C0 C0, 410m 1 66668 Homebush Brave nwtd...............J McInerney 2 84274 Big Time Lenny nwtd...........................L Cole 3 3x Yasawa Lights nwtd......................A Turnwald 4 1 Big Time Amber nwtd..........................L Cole 5 7 Boot Camp Tiara nwtd.................... L Pearce 6 8 Paving Way nwtd............................. L Pearce 7 38 Allegro Rory nwtd...............................L Cole 8 Wifi Wilbur nwtd G &............... S Fredrickson 2 12.57 “COMMENTATORS DAY OUT” HERE MARCH 16TH C1/C2 C1/2, 410m 1 86616 Bigtime Kate 23.38 G &.......... S Fredrickson 2 22152 Zara Fab nwtd..................................... N Udy 3 31778 Big Time Benny 23.74.........................L Cole 4 13858 Summer Glee nwtd....................J McInerney 5 86748 Big Time Vince nwtd............................L Cole 6 55768 White Comet 23.69........................ D Donlon 7 46471 Born Fab 23.73................................S Maher 8 87477 Chat Ya Later 23.72............................ I Howe 9 75887 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe 10 67877 Cool Wolf 23.70.............................. D Donlon 3 1.14pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C3, 410m 1 63534 Dyna Diode 23.53..................... K Gommans

The Shark Squad: Opie Bosson, Paul Gallen, Jamie Richards and Te Akau Shark in celebratory mode.

to be there with our best horses.

“At the moment we’re having a huge run and we’re doing our best to try and make it continue.”

Richards is currently 21 wins clear on top in the New Zealand Trainers Premiership with 92 wins.

He has 16 black type winners in New Zealand (more than double his nearest opposition) and also leads the prizemoney table in New Zealand ($3.65 million).

But even more importantly he has amazingly produced 11 Group One wins this season, seven of them this year, and those Group One triumphs include three in Australia.

The previous weekend before his Ellerslie double he did likewise on the high-profile Sydney stage with Probabeel and Te Akau Shark recording Group One wins, while a month earlier stablemates Cool Aza Beel and Probabeel completed the Karaka Million double with the latter becoming the first dual Karaka Million (2YO & 3YO) winner.

Richards has amassed a total of 31 Group One wins, 18 of which are since training solo, and it’s all come about in a training career which began less than five years ago.

“It all happened so quickly,” Richards said.

“I didn’t expect it.

“I was presented with a golden

opportunity and I was in the right place at the right time when Te Akau was restructuring and Steve (Autridge) was brought back in to train.

“Steve was a great teacher and is a wonderful horseman.

“He’s laid-back and he gave me a good grounding of what is needed with this amount of horses and staff.

“He was a great mentor and I still bounce ideas off him.”

Despite having a large team (100 horses) being worked each morning at the Matamata track, Richards is a hands-on trainer and likes to be involved in each of the three Te Akau barns, though each has its own foreman and assistant foreman.

He dismisses the long hours he puts in as just part and parcel of a successful stable determined to do better.

He is up each morning well before the stable lights go on at 3.30am and is down at the Matamata track when work begins an hour later.

“It’s a long day and I usually try to get to bed by 8pm to get six hours sleep,” he said.

Richards’ work ethic is not surprising.

It’s something instilled in him from a young age when brought up in Mosgiel by his parents, Paul (a highly successful jockey with over 1000 wins) and Leanne, who

became involved with racing administration and was later president of the Otago Racing Club.

“Dad was still riding when I was young and he was supplementing his income training a small team and breaking-in,” Richards said.

“I saw how much of a worker he was – and he still is.

“My sister, Libby, and I helped out around the stable when we could and I rode trackwork for Dad and some other trainers at Wingatui on weekends.

“We were lucky Mum and Dad sent us away on summer holidays.

“One of those holidays I spent with Steven Ramsay and I got to travel horses away for Mark Walker when he was training for Te Akau (and managing Pencarrow Racing). Another summer I spent with Mark Kavanagh at Flemington.

“When I was young I wanted to be a jockey more than a trainer.

“I was infatuated riding horses fast, but, with my mother tall and father short, I was in the middle in stature and soon became too big to be a jockey.

“I was lucky I had a good education to stand me in good stead.”

Now Richards is enjoying the highlights of training for Te Akau Racing.

“There’s a lot of things that drive me and the main one is being successful and doing the best with every horse for the owners,” he said. “Seeing the thrill Dave (Ellis) gets is really special. He’s enjoying it and it’s come from all the hard work he has put in to build it up over the years.”

Coming into this season the Te Akau Racing Stables team had set a couple of goals.

“We wanted to have horses to go over to Australia to compete at the top level and also to give the (New Zealand) Trainers Premiership a good crack and have a pretty good strike rate,” Richards said.

Richards and his team have achieved the first goal, are on target to also achieve the second one and have certainly maintained a good strike rate of 4.89 in New Zealand.

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■■CAULFIELD

Perfect draw for the Belle Jockey Opie Bosson has given All-Star Mile (1600m) contender Melody Belle the tick of approval following her gallop at Caulfield over 1200m yesterday morning.

Bosson made a special trip to Melbourne ahead of the $5 million race on Saturday to give the 10time Group One winner her final work out.

“Her work was outstanding this morning,” Bosson said.

“She has improved so much from that first up run. I couldn’t fault her work one bit.”

Melody Belle finished third in the Gr.1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) when resuming last month behind Streets of Avalon and Super Seth on a day which favoured on-speed runners.

The bonny mare drew perfectly in barrier five, the most successful gate at Caulfield over 1600m.

“I definitely didn’t want to be out too wide,” Bosson said.

“If there is no speed on it would be nice to just sit and get a nice track into the race.”

Bosson is looking forward to taking on boom three-year-old Alligator Blood but said there are numerous chances in the quality field.

“You can’t fault his (Alligator Blood’s) form,” Bosson said. “He is a real racehorse but there are a few nice horses in there.”

Bosson praised Melody Belle’s trainer, Jamie Richards, who has sent out the winners of 11 Group One races already this season.

“We’ve gone to another level this season. The horses are all firing and Jamie’s doing an amazing job with them. I’m very lucky to be stable rider,” Bosson said.

“He’s a really hands-on type of bloke and he’s so dedicated to his job. I think the world’s his oyster.”

Melody Belle is $4.80 second favourite for the All-Star Mile behind Alligator Blood ($2.80), who drew barrier 10, with likely pacemaker Streets Of Avalon ($41) in barrier 11.

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway 2 77364 Bigtime Puma 23.57............................L Cole 3 24372 Cawbourne Moss 23.75 J &.................D Bell 4 32268 Little Scamp 23.33........................ D Denbee 5 38732 Spring Fox 23.63............................M Gowan 6 71652 Barbarossa Boy 23.83................B Goldsack 7 74413 Zipping Luther 23.46 J &......................D Bell 8 31264 Hashtag Blessed 23.63....................... N Udy 9 74678 Giraffe Club 23.65...............................L Cole 10 47775 Big Time Dynasty 23.19......................L Cole 4 1.32pm VICTORIA SHAW (AUS) CALLING HERE MARCH 16TH C3/4 C3/4, 410m 1 36765 Bigtime Bee 23.51...............................L Cole 2 17661 Bigtime Emjay 23.44 G &........ S Fredrickson 3 33533 Keysile nwtd................................P Ferguson 4 25168 Fare Dodger nwtd.........................M Goodier 5 53732 Big Time Lebron 23.38........................L Cole 6 77257 Bigtime Leads 23.30...........................L Cole 7 43573 Bigtime Banjo 23.10............................L Cole 8 18x68 Bigtime Jetty 23.29.............................L Cole 9 73588 Dynamite Danger 23.55 G &... S Fredrickson 10 47775 Big Time Dynasty 23.19......................L Cole 5 1.49 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH C1 C1, 457m 1 12251 Nova Willow nwtd................................L Cole 2 65638 Big Time Roonie nwtd.........................L Cole 3 56447 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 4 56x78 Bigtime Chloe nwtd.......................M Goodier 5 656x5 Bill’s Barker 26.58............................S Maher 6 526x8 Opawa Lara nwtd................................ N Udy

7 58154 Big Time Angel nwtd...........................L Cole 8 35527 Big Time Mac nwtd..............................L Cole 9 74788 Three Of Hearts 26.46.................B Hodgson 10 55878 Midnight Molly 26.28....................B Hodgson 6 2.07pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C1/2, 457m 1 58746 Mainline Lil nwtd..........................B Hodgson 2 7F676 Nuclear Jewel nwtd..........................L Doody 3 87424 Big Time Trae 26.11............................L Cole 4 11566 Double That 26.35 G &........... S Fredrickson 5 48746 Big Time Frankie 26.00.......................L Cole 6 25724 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 7 36634 Meandering 26.34........................A Turnwald 8 32218 Woman No Cry 26.43..................A Turnwald 9 74788 Three Of Hearts 26.46.................B Hodgson 10 55878 Midnight Molly 26.28....................B Hodgson 7 2.24pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION TERMINATING PICK 6 C2/C3 C2/3, 457m 1 16216 Big Time Harley 26.24.........................L Cole 2 21241 Opala Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 3 23171 Broke Brad 26.27.........................A Turnwald 4 81663 Bigtime Diesel 26.18 G &........ S Fredrickson 5 48455 Dyna Monty nwtd..........................C Roberts 6 35335 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 7 51353 Big Time Anton 26.16..........................L Cole 8 67472 Bigtime Benji 25.74.............................L Cole 8 2.42pm CITY OF P/NORTH GOLDEN CHASE HERE MARCH 27TH C4 C4, 457m 1 73252 Electrical Storm 26.30...................M Goodier 2 72177 Dyna Varsity nwtd.........................C Roberts

3 65111 Silent Dismissal 26.11..................A Turnwald 4 75223 Robson 25.78..............................P Ferguson 5 32334 Ask King Jeff 25.78.............................L Cole 6 23225 Harpoon Harry nwtd.......................M Gowan 7 11564 Bigtime Bruno 26.19...........................L Cole 8 76252 Cheeseball 26.11................................L Cole 9 46666 Bigtime Bret 26.21..............................L Cole 10 37874 Bigtime Shadow 25.72........................L Cole 9 3.00 OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C4/5, 457m 1 35733 Diddilee 25.92..............................A Turnwald 2 11581 Rapid Fire 26.05 G &.............. S Fredrickson 3 32564 Big Time Seth 25.76............................L Cole 4 17843 Big Time Maple 26.45.........................L Cole 5 42422 Funky Facts nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 6 24121 Silenci nwtd.................................P Ferguson 7 31163 Oster Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 8 65245 Big Time Kobe 25.89...........................L Cole 9 46666 Bigtime Bret 26.21..............................L Cole 10 37874 Bigtime Shadow 25.72........................L Cole 10 3.17 PETER O’NEILL (AUS) CALLING HERE MARCH 16TH C1 C1, 410m 1 57684 Duke Bruce nwtd................................. N Udy 2 68763 Slam It 23.93..............................J McInerney 3 24367 Jacks Point nwtd............................W Woods 4 77426 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce 5 84645 Penny Mowhawk 23.76................. D Denbee 6 12315 Big Time Fairy 23.39...........................L Cole 7 64566 Morning Sun 23.62....................J McInerney 8 75587 Elouera Mist 23.90 J &.........................D Bell

9 75887 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe 10 67877 Cool Wolf 23.70.............................. D Donlon 11 3.32 COMMENTATORS LUNCHEON TICKETS@ THERACES.CO.NZ C1 C1, 410m 1 73218 Dangerous Di 23.52............... L E Dunkerton 2 82338 Big Time Eden nwtd............................L Cole 3 48672 Naharis nwtd......................................D Edlin 4 26683 I’ll Be Loyal nwtd..........................B Hodgson 5 84455 Black Mags nwtd...............................S Stone 6 46x8x Choice Lass 24.17...........................C Morris 7 86487 Arm Turner nwtd.........................J McInerney 8 54754 Punch On Ruby nwtd.................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 75887 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe 10 67877 Cool Wolf 23.70.............................. D Donlon 12 3.52pm $25K GUARANTEED TERM PICK 6 HERE MARCH 16TH C1 C1, 410m 1 35485 Opal Nora nwtd..........................J McInerney 2 54763 Retail Mayhem 23.85...................... L Pearce 3 35775 Bigtime Rosie nwtd G &.......... S Fredrickson 4 63684 Trajan nwtd.................................J McInerney 5 58575 Token Pick nwtd.................................. N Udy 6 46464 Paradox Prince nwtd....................B Hodgson 7 32211 Big Time Kevin nwtd............................L Cole 8 62844 Mickey Mowhawk 24.23................ D Denbee 9 75887 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe 10 67877 Cool Wolf 23.70.............................. D Donlon 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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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

TINWALD

FARM WORKER We are looking for a person to help on our dry land farm with tractor and sheep work as well as general farm maintenance.

Function Centre Ltd Part-time Positions We are on the hunt for confident and energetic staff for a new restaurant opening in Tinwald, Ashburton.

The work will be five days a week but hours can be flexible.

Positions available are: • Front of house • Duty managers • Kitchen hand • Sous chef (with 3-4 years’ experience)

Experience is essential.

Farm is near Hinds so own transport needed.

The ideal candidates will have: • A warm and relaxed manner with fantastic communication skills.

• An ambition to learn.

• A passion for outstanding food and beverage, and all things hospitality.

The person we require needs to be honest, capable and able to work independently.

These positions are part-time and include nights and weekends. Experience is an advantage but not essential.

May suit a semiretired person.

You will also support the conference and event side of the business with service, set up and pack down.

Call or text a message to 027 6891145.

If this sounds like you please forward a cover letter and CV to: office@tinwaldtavern.co.nz by the 16th March, 2020.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT LISA, Asian lady, size 8, 34D busty, 26 years old.

Good massage, excellent service.

In/out calls.

Phone 021 046 4314.

SONYA – Attractive, busty and appointments.

Genuine callers. Phone 021 027 59055. No texting.

MOTORING

PUBLIC NOTICES To be sold by auction

by Smallbone Limited 1977 Bedford Truck Registration IH5698 Chassis EJN3BFZ 7623745 Amount owed $1208.50 inc GST Tinwald Sale Yards March 27, 2020 – viewing from 10.30am Auctioneer – Carrfields “SUMMER SHOW” Ashburton Society of Arts.

Short Street Studio. Opening Sunday, February 23, 11am - 4pm. Guest Christine Lang and 15 local members.

Continuing Saturdays and Sundays, also Mondays and Wednesdays when sign is out, until March 22. Enquiries 308 4533 or 027 313 5178.

TRADES, SERVICES SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Professional window tinting for cars, homes and offices. Providing privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety and security. Phone Craig Rogers 307 6347 or 0800 TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ. www.windowtinter.co.nz

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the FOR SALE HIRE life of your tyres with an PEA STRAW - conventional GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, alignment from Neumanns bales $6 delivered. Pea Straw chainsaws, concrete Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills - medium square bales $452, 73 breakers, trailers, and more.

308-6737 73St, Burnett Ashburton Members I.B.A.N.Z & & Brokernet Ltd. Level St, St,|Ashburton Members of NZBrokers I.B.A.N.Z Street. & NZ Brokernet NZPhone Ltd. 2, 73 Level Burnett Ashburton | Members of |of I.B.A.N.Z Level Level 2, 73 Burnett St,2, Ashburton |Burnett Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet delivered. Pea Vine Hay - All your DIY / party hire, NZ Ltd. Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. Round bales $90 delivered. call and see Ashburton Enquiries, please phone U-Hire. 588 East Street. Call the Guardian today Andrew 020 402 33792. Open Monday-Fri day7am for your advertising - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am requirements.

5pm; Sunday 8.30am Guardian Classifieds 12.30pm - Ph: 308 8061 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz 307 7900

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For just $10!* Book your birthday greeting, including a photo, for just $10!

Ten words only.* (Under 12 children’s birthday greetings remain FREE) *Terms and conditions apply.

P: 03 307 7900 E: classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Level 3, Somerset House, 161 Burnett Street

Daily Dairy WEDNESDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in Hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Harts Creek, all welcome, phone Jenny 308 6862. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. For men of all ages, and all abilities. Join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street.

9am MSA TAI CHI. Men only exercises and Tai Chi (this is a new class). $3 per session. MSA Social Hall (excludes school holidays).

9.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercise, 48 Allens Road,

THURSDAY 8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. For men of all ages, and all abilities. Join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street.

9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Join our friendly group for fun exercise during school term time. Balmoral hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open every Thursday and Saturday with almost 1000 different toys to choose from for hire. 106 Victoria Street, The Triangle.

March 11 & 12, 2020 Allenton.

9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN OPPORTUNITY SHOP. Open daily from 9.30am - 4pm and Saturday 9.30am - 1pm. 129 Tancred Street.

9.45am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton lounge, RSA, Cox Street.

10.00am ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet, new members welcome, Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercises, ring Age Concern 308 6917. Buffalo Lodge hall, Cox Street.

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.

9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN OPPORTUNITY SHOP. Open daily from 9.30am - 4pm and Saturday 9.30am - 1pm. 129 Tancred Street.

10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for pre-schoolers and caregivers. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI.

Stretching exercises for all abilities to help with balance. $3 per session. MSA Social hall. (Excludes school holidays).

11am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercise, all abilities welcome, phone Age Concern 308 6817 for more information. Church of the Holy Spirit hall, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE SECTION. Club days Tuesday and Thursday.

Boules will be supplied, all welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercise, all abilities welcome, phone Age Concern 308 6817 for more information. St Peter’s Church, 93 Harrison Street, Allenton.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercise, all abilities welcome, phone Age Concern 308 6817 for more information. Buffalo Lodge Hall. Cox Street.

1pm - 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.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. You are welcome to bring your embroidery and join an afternoon of stitching and friendship. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

1.30am LITTER FREE ASHBURTON. Volunteers needed to help pick up litter.

Meet East Street Chessboard, opposite Burnett Street.

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Cryptic crossword

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): One thing you often provide without even thinking is reassurance. It’s in the way you calmly respond – a head nod, an encouraging word – as though you believe in the other person’s ultimate capability.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The sort of plans you’ll be making today will only work out if they have a date attached to them. Sixty days is a magic number. Figure out what you might be able to do in that time, and declare that the aim.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): As you prepare to present your work, don’t forget to prepare a defence of it, too. It’s an exercise that will strengthen your position. When you’re ready to fight for your cause, you probably won’t have to.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): The muses will speak to you – a gift from the mystic beyond. Of course this is not quite enough to make things happen in your world. It’s the start of something, a zephyr for your sail, and now you must steer.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You’re a creator. You make things – deals, scenes of life, expressions of your stance and of your feelings, and other things.

Hold yourself to a high standard of originality, and then give yourself credit for that.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): People around you are making decisions against their best interest. Since it is not technically your job to advise or educate them, if you are to assert yourself into the scenario, you must go diplomatically.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There are a few different aspects of the work you’ll be doing today. Success comes from focusing on the most mundane side of it: the craft, not the art, the cleanup and organisation. This will keep you grounded.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Smooth stones, storm clouds, the softness of an animal’s fur, the smell of damp earth... these are the sorts of observances that will involve you, lift you and send you far from the workaday world.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There are different things you need to do at different points in your life. You’re not where you used to be.

You have yet to give awareness to some of your requirements. It’s time to make the list.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Everyone has flaws, and all have the option of focusing there.

To attract more opportunity and create possibility for achievement, focus instead on your strengths and talents.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): How can you feel heard if you’re not in feeling range? Receptivity requires your message to land close to the ear or heart. Bring down the barriers.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): People’s attachments to things keep them from being completely honest. If you want the truth, ask someone who has nothing to gain and nothing to lose.

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Morning cloud, with isolated showers north of the Rangitata River, then fine. Cloud returns in the evening. Southwesterlies dying out at night.

Morning cloud, with isolated showers north of Arthur’s Pass, clearing to a fine afternoon and evening.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

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Becoming cloudy with a few showers.

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Rise 7:24 am Set 8:01 pm

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Bad fishing Set 9:57 am Rise 9:41 pm

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Rakaia coaching staff acknowledge it could be a long season if the side do not get it right from the outset.

The Mid Canterbury rugby club are preparing well ahead of the start of the Luisetti Combined Country Competition at the end of the month.

Last year, Rakaia finished fourth in the Luisetti Seeds Combined Division 1 standings with three wins and four losses.

Coach Kyle Gray is mostly

pleased with preparations for Rakaia’s 2020 campaign.

“We’re relatively happy,” he said.

“We’ve had a solid tidy pre-season and we’re working towards the first-up game.”

Rakaia host Southbridge in a tough season opener at the Rakaia Domain in just over a fortnight.

Ensuring the team perform straight off the bat is decisive for the team’s prospects to avoid playing catch-up in the coming weeks, Gray said.

“It’s quite a task to kick it off.

“The competition’s very much a sprint, not a marathon.

“If you don’t get it right straight away then you’re on the back foot.

“We’re just trying to get processes in place.”

Their week one opponents finished third in the Division 1 standings last year, one place above Rakaia.

The two teams squared off in the ninth to 12th play-offs for the Canterbury Rugby Supporters Club Trophy last season, where

Rakaia kick off their 2020 Lusetti Seeds Combined campaign in just over a fortnight against Southbridge.

Southbridge came out on top 3624.

Heading into this year, a key focus for the club was ensuring everybody was on the same page so the team could “have a decent crack”.

“We just have to make sure we have everything in place and we hit the ground running,” Gray said.

Rakaia were scheduled to have their first pre-season game on

Strong field tackles the Rakaia fairways

Friday, however due to various circumstances their opponents pulled out of the game.

“At this stage we’re only going in with one (pre-season game) which is a bit of a concern,” Gray said.

“You just got to deal with what’s put in front of you.”

The Rakaia side will face off against Temuka on Friday in their only pre-season hit-out this year.

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