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By Sue Newman

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The fallout from the Covid-19 lockdown will be approaching the economic chaos that followed the great depression of the 1930s, economist Brad Olsen says.

The Infometrics senior economist spoke with Ashburton District councillors yesterday and said the impact of the lockdown would be felt for at least the next 18 months.

“There will be significant shocks to the economy and the next few months will be quite hard. New Zealand will be in a state of flexibility and flux for the next few years and it’s about finding new ways to operate in the lull,” he said.

He expects unemployment to hit 10 per cent, close to the level it reached during the late 80s and early 90s, but significantly higher than the figure of 6.7 per cent dur-

ing the global financial crisis.

The government’s wage subsidy would help businesses and save jobs in the short term, but longer term there would inevitably be job losses, Olsen said.

Even in a district such as Ashburton with a primary industry base, it was likely to be more than three years before the economy was at the same level it was before Covid-19, he said.

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The economic hit would be broad-based across the district, Olsen said, but there would be sectors such as tourism that would be incredibly hard hit. While domestic tourism had been Ashburton’s bigger sector, the loss of international tourists would still carve $64 million out of the economy, he said.

“There is significant strength in the local economy. Ashburton

is in a better position than other regions economically to weather this storm but everyone needs to be aware that once we come out of lockdown, life won’t just spring back to normal. It will be a very different economic landscape.”

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What life will be out of lockdown NZME Just when New Zealand might move out of Level 4 lockdown still remains unclear, but yesterday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern painted the picture of what life will look like for the country when the alert level is reduced to three.

PARTIAL SCHOOL OPENINGS When New Zealand moves to Alert Level 3, there would be a partial opening of schools for students up to Year 10 only and attendance isn’t mandatory, Ardern said.

Students who can remain home and do distance learning will be encouraged to do so.

Children at school would be kept in the same groups each day and it would be down to each school to work out how to do that, Ardern said.

SHOPS, BARS, CAFES TO STAY SHUT Public-facing bars and cafes, malls and retail stores have too much contact with the public so they will remain closed.

But food deliveries and e-commerce could re-open, she said.

Drive-through services at restaurants are also allowed.

TRAVEL RULES FOR ALERT LEVEL 3 Travel restrictions will remain under Alert Level 3.

But the advice has changed from “keep it local” to “keep it regional” and travel should be restricted as much as possible.

Ardern said the different Covid-19 levels allow different levels of contact between people.

Level 3 is about “restrict” as there was a risk the virus could “bounce back”, she said.

SWIMMING AND FISHING ALLOWED, BOATING BANNED Boating and jetskis are still banned because they can be prone to breakdown.

But you can swim, surf and fish from the shore.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has laid out what life would be like after the lockdown was lifted.

Don’t start a new activity that you haven’t done before, the PM said.

If there are signs of congregation, this rule will be reconsidered so Kiwis shouldn’t consider it a time to catch-up with all their swimming buddies, Ardern said.

EXPANDING YOUR BUBBLE People should keep their bubble at Level 3 but can expand it “a small amount”, she said.

Those who need carers, have shared custody, or want to see their family could do so.

“Keep it exclusive, keep it small,” she said.

For bubbles which included older people or with pre-existing conditions, those people should still be kept safe.

“People need to really use their judgment,” Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said.

If there was a child in that bubble, it would be advised to keep

the child home from school if possible.

Even though the bubbles were being slightly expanded, Kiwis should try to keep them as limited as possible.

GOING TO WORK UNDER ALERT LEVEL 3 If you are able to work from home, you must, Ardern said.

But if that is impossible to do so, for example if you work as a plumber, you can do so but you have to maintain social distancing.

MBIE advised the Government the numbers of people who could work under Level 3 doubled from Level 4, Ardern said.

RULES FOR WEDDINGS, FUNERALS AND TANGI Funerals and tangi can go ahead but only 10 people can attend.

Weddings are also restricted to 10 people and only services can take place – there can’t be any

meals or receptions.

One metre is the new distance you should keep to but you have to be able to contact-trace.

Keep a note of where you’ve been, when and who you saw, she said.

WHY NZ STILL HAS RESTRICTIONS Ardern said there were still restrictions because the end goal was elimination.

“When we get there, we want to stay there.”

New Zealand will need a team of five million to achieve the goal of elimination, she said.

On the voluntary return to schools, Ardern said that was because other parents would be returning to the workforce instead of just essential workers.

The reason for allowing up to and including Year 10 covered children under 14 who legally couldn’t stay home alone so par-

ents returning to work could have childcare.

Lockdown was easier to enforce as it was “black and white” and so at Alert Level 3, that would be harder to police.

Ardern said she was relying on New Zealanders to be responsible.

Businesses wanting to trade are expected to put hygiene and social distancing measures in place and more details about MBIE’s accreditation scheme would be released next week.

WILL SOME REGIONS COME OUT OF LOCKDOWN EARLY? On whether some regions would come out of Level 4 before others, Ardern said they would factor in whether that was workable as there were concerns about that.

Kiwis shouldn’t push “to the maximum” of how far they could go and should stay within their regions.

About the West Coast and whether it could be lifted out soon, Ardern said no decision had been made about any part of the country coming out of lockdown.

Ardern once again referred to Level 3 as a waiting room and said this was because “we have to wait and see if what we’ve done has worked”.

Ardern told reporters that the indications of the actions taken against Covid-19 were “promising”.

“We should not confuse the success of our actions with overreaction,” the PM said.

The actions were about protecting people’s livelihoods as well as fighting the virus, she said.

Ardern said revealing the alert level rules “in no way” foreshadows whether the lockdown will be lifted next week.

She said the last thing the Government wanted was to “give away” the gains New Zealand had made under the lockdown.

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Friday, April 17, 2020

Dose of fresh air leads to rare discovery on beach

By Matt Markham

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Life in lockdown is throwing up plenty of curve balls for many families around the Ashburton District, but the Hourston-Hancox family might just take the cake with the significant event that occurred for them earlier this week.

In lockdown at the Rangitata Huts, on the northern side of the Rangitata River, Keri Hourston and her family were out for the daily dose of fresh air on Wednesday afternoon when they discovered a whale that had beached during the king tide.

The whale was still alive, but with a broken fin, one side of its tail broken as well as several cuts from the gravel on the beach.

Sadly though, after spending over an hour an a half by its side trying to make it as comfortable as possible, the whale passed away in front of the family’s eyes.

“It was really sad, but also a true privilege for us to be there with it,” Hourston said.

With minimal cellphone reception available at the huts, the family contacted the Department of Conservation and advised them of their finding but all attempts to try and save the whale were sadly futile.

While an emotional situation, Hourston said she was incredibly proud of the way that her three children; Rueben, Toby and Maisie handled themselves throughout the entire situation and the knowledge they showed of whales.

“I was really impressed with them, they were incredible,” she said.

“There were plenty of questions, but also plenty of answers and I think they took a bit of solace in the fact that he wasn’t alone

Rueben, Maisie and Toby Hourston-Hancox at the Rangitata River mouth where they found a stranded whale on Wednesday afternoon.

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“Maisie named him Wallace the Whale.”

Hourston said they had concerns that overnight the whale might be dragged back out to sea or pushed further up the beach and into the nearby lagoon and when they returned on Thursday morning, they found him in the latter.

“We found him again this morning (Thursday) and he was in the lagoon.

“DOC have been great they’ve kept us right up to date with what’s happening and have just generally been really good to deal

with. “There’s been a lot of doom and gloom around at the moment with the lockdown and while this was a really sad moment, it was also quite special for us that we were able to be there for such a significant experience for us all.”

Hourston said her children had detailed their experience in their Hut Book, a diary which is being used to write about their time during lockdown.

“It will be something to look back on for sure.”

Yesterday afternoon the Department of Conservation were able to confirm that Wallace was a Minke whale.

A member of the baleen whale family, Minkes are the smallest of the great whales or rorquals and can grow to between six and seven metres and weigh between five to seven tonnes.

Their population numbers are reasonably abundant compared to other species of whales.

DOC were still working through the next stages of the process for a burial of the whale and were working closely with Environment Canterbury and also Te Runanga o Arowhenua.

It was hoped they would be able to release further information today.

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Facing a changed world From P1 People would be less likely to spend on non-essentials and they would be more savings focused because of uncertainty over jobs, Olsen said.

“There will be an increased focus on buying local in the new norm but there will also be changes in how we purchase goods.

There will be a big change in how consumers purchase things. I see that adding an online element to their business will be critical.”

And there would also be changes in the way people worked, the jobs they did and in the need for some people to retrain or work in new ways as jobs were lost, he said Over the next year or two residential and commercial building was likely to slow down and that would see the industry more focused on civil construction projects And that could create opportunities for unemployed people to upskill in that area, Olsen said.

Looking ahead it was vital in education that there was co-ordination between trainers and industries to ensure there were clear pathways between skill training and employment, and job creation and retraining would be critical, to ensure people who were willing to work were not left sitting around idle, he said.

“There is an opportunity through this that we could see an increase in the levels of volunteering in the community. It would keep people in a routine and keep them job-ready.”

Many companies had tested working remotely for staff during the lockdown and that could create opportunities for areas like Ashburton with a great lifestyle, to attract families where a commute to a Christchurch office might only be needed once or twice a week, he said.

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Friday, April 17, 2020

Off to school, but staying at home

By Susan Sandys

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Wednesday was Alissa Grieve’s first-ever day of school, but she had to be happy with online classes and a practice run down the driveway.

Methven mum Suzie said her daughter had enjoyed school visits last term, prior to turning five on Good Friday.

“And she was really looking forward to starting school and seeing all her friends from preschool who were already there,” Suzie said.

Alissa is happy Term 2 has started earlier than usual after the school holidays were brought forward, but not so happy that she can not actually go to classes at Methven Primary School.

With New Zealand in Covid-19 lockdown, the country’s school campuses are closed.

Nevertheless, Alissa has taken the news well.

“She understands it pretty well, they talked to her at preschool about coronavirus, she understands she can’t go to school at the moment, but she will get to go to school,” Suzie said.

Suzie has been teaching her daughter, and the first official school lesson comprised drawing a picture and writing a story underneath it.

In addition, Alissa’s new entrant teacher leads a video chat class where pupils can

Alissa Grieve has turned five and is chomping at the bit to get to school, but does not mind waiting just a little bit longer.

PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 160420-SS-002 not only see the teacher, but also everyone else in their class.

“They take a roll and talk to the kids about what they have been doing. All the kids get to talk to the teacher and to each

other,” Suzie said.

And pupils take photos of any work completed and this can be uploaded to the teacher group chat page.

Suzie said she kept a routine for Alissa

and her older school-age siblings, one in Year 3 and one in Year 12, with breakfast and getting dressed for the day before lessons begin.

They factor in the nationwide television-based lessons as well, catching the odd programme here and there between book work.

The at-home classes had not been without their challenges. Suzie had found the technology side of things difficult, with both younger children on one older tablet which did not have enough storage space for all the downloading required.

Alissa said the main thing she was missing about attending school with her friends was being able to play on the monkey bars.

But she has enjoyed being a bit of a television star, with a Newshub crew visiting for a story it did on going back to school this week.

And she has not let lockdown stop her trying on her school uniform and getting her backpack ready, something she was more than happy to do for a Guardian photo at the end of her driveway.

Suzie said despite her children looking forward to getting back to school, the family had enjoyed the slower pace of life in lockdown.

“The kids are looking forward to seeing their friends, but it’s quite nice having them at home and spending a bit of time with them,” she said.

District’s schools settle in to distance learning

By Sue Newman

Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

School is in across the Ashburton District as term two gets under way, but for students and staff that means working from the comfort of their dining room table.

With schools closed while Covid-19 level four restrictions remain in place, teachers have spent their school holidays preparing for the new distance learning environment, and that’s required plenty of work and plenty of creativity, says Ashburton Intermediate principal Brent Gray.

Most of the school’s 430 students were able to work on home computers, but about 15 per cent either did not have a device at home or did not have an internet connection, he said.

Where possible the school had delivered stocks of its Chromebooks to students without devices, but that still left a small number who could not access online lessons.

Two days in, and the new system was going well, Gray said.

“We’ve certainly had some pretty positive enthusiasm from kids wanting to get online and back in contact.”

Each day starts with students and their teacher in a virtual classroom session and Gray said he logs in to each of those to ensure he has a good handle on any issues that might arise.

“For me this is about making sure all of our students are okay.”

Inevitably there would be students who would struggle with

distance learning for a variety of reasons, and he had made it clear to both staff and school families that they should do what they could, but should not get too stressed about the process, Gray said.

“And certainly some of the things I see families doing on Facebook are awesome, there’s a lot of good stuff going on out there.”

Once students returned to school it would become clear what had been lost or gained during the lockdown in terms of learning and it could mean in some cases classes would need to take a step back and start the school year again, Gray said.

Hampstead principal Peter Melrose said staff had organised

suggested schedules for home learning and would be communicating with school families through ClassDojo and Facebook.

Through ClassDojo teachers were able to set schedules, post photos and ideas and generally keep in touch with students and their families.

The children were likewise able to post what they have been doing back to us, he said.

“We acknowledge that home is not school and there are many other things happening in households.”

These can be tough times for a lot of people – the learning we suggest will hopefully bind families together and help us all when our bubbles disappear. What is important is the quality of inter-

action at home,” Melrose said.

Nigel Latta’s advice that a few weeks without school would not overly harm a child’s education if home activities continued, was very sound, he said.

For many Ashburton College students some element of distance learning was the norm, principal Ross Preece said and that meant the transition to distance learning for the full school had been reasonably smooth.

There were however, 100 students who did not have a device at home and the school had requested supplies from the Ministry of Education.

There were also 10 students who did not have internet access at home and they would have hard copy material delivered, he said.

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Living at Alert Level 4 Friday 17 April Update Yesterday, the Prime Minister provided more information about what living at Alert Level 3 will look like.

But remember, we are still at Alert Level 4.

When will we be moving to Alert Level 3?

Can I share and trade goods in my community?

On Monday 20 April, the Prime Minister will announce if New Zealand will move to a different level or stay at Alert Level 4. Until a decision is announced, with a date confirmed, we remain at Alert Level 4.

This means everyone must stay home.

We’re avoiding all non-essential travel and face-to-face contact while we protect our bubbles. That means we can’t post items, we shouldn’t meet up to trade items, and we should stay home.

To help prepare for living at Alert Level 3 and other levels, information can be found at Covid19.govt.nz

What can I do if I can’t leave home to get food or essential items?

If you can’t get online delivery, family or friends can’t help, and you’re not eligible for support from Work and Income, help is available.

Contact your local Civil Defence Emergency Management group.

Go to Covid19.govt.nz and click ‘Help for people who can’t get essential supplies’.

Where can I purchase essential, non-food items?

Stores open for essential, non-food items include Noel Leeming, The Warehouse, Harvey Norman, Briscoes and Farmers. If you need to order, do so responsibly. Only purchase items that are absolutely necessary. Necessary items help your household isolate safely, connect to work, or study from home while we all unite against COVID-19.

Can I get firewood delivered?

Firewood delivery for home heating is an essential service. You can arrange to have firewood delivered to your house. You do need to ask them to take sensible precautions. Let them know you’ll avoid any physical interaction with the delivery person. Ask them to keep a distance of 2 metres. This will protect you and the delivery person from exposure to COVID-19.

Please avoid sharing and swapping items with neighbours. This can increase the risk of spreading COVID-19 by contact with other people or surfaces.

Alert Level 4 is a great time for a clean out. But please don’t leave your unwanted furniture or clothes on the street or outside charity shops that are closed. Put them to one side until charity shops open again.

What can I do if I know someone who is experiencing violence at home?

Tell them it’s okay to leave their bubble for help. Know that it’s okay for you to help them. Have them call 111 as soon as they can. If you have concerns about a young person, call 0508 FAMILY (0508 326 459).

Is there somewhere I can access tools to help me through feelings of anxiety?

We have free tools and apps to help you through. Find them by going to Covid19.govt.nz and searching for ‘your mental wellbeing’.

They include tips for parents or caregivers who want to discuss mental health and wellbeing with primary-school aged children.

Who can I contact if I see people not following the rules on self-isolation?

You can tell the Police by completing the online form at 105.police.govt.nz. Where possible, try to keep the phones free for those that need them in an emergency.

Thank you friends and community organisers Staying social while we’re at Alert Level 4 is important. Thank you to everyone who has organised virtual meetups with friends, families, neighbours and work mates.

Got questions?

Find the answers faster at Covid19.govt.nz

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Curious case of a single-father cat

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

What seemed to be a regular rescue of seven dumped kittens and a mother cat turned out to be a unique experience for SPCA staff when the mother cat was actually revealed to be a male.

Ashburton SPCA Centre manager Rebecca Dobson said Zeus and seven kittens were found together on a rural property earlier this month after potentially being dumped.

“The people that found them called us and rushed them to a vet. The vet did a wonderful job of looking after them and even gave them all a bath as a number of them had diarrhoea,” she said.

“They were then taken by our team to Christchurch SPCA for further care as the Ashburton centre is closed.”

It was at the Christchurch SPCA Centre where staff noticed, after further examination, that the kittens “mother” was not their mother, and was

actually a male.

“This is the first time I have ever seen this,” Dobson said.

“I have heard rare stories of male cats in a foster home showing interest in foster kittens, but never of a male cat coming in and being so relaxed and loving towards the kittens that he was mistaken for the mother.”

Dobson said the kittens were still in reasonably good condition so suspected they had been abandoned, and could not be sure whether Zeus was the father of the kittens, or possibly an older sibling.

She said he had been amazing with the kittens even letting them eat first.

“They have all been fleaed and wormed and the Christchurch team are doing an amazing job looking after this unique wee family,” she said.

“We can’t say for sure what happened to Zeus and his kittens, but what we do know

is that this lovely boy stayed with these kittens when they were all alone, loved them and protected them.”

While times are tough during the Covid-19 lockdown, Dobson urged anyone struggling to look after their animals to contact them.

“We can offer food or advice and can even take animals on though, due to the lockdown, we are being more selective,” she said.

“We are classed as an essential service, to keep working during the lockdown, to take sick and vulnerable animals into our care.”

The lockdown has placed financial strain on the SPCA, with an estimated reduction in income over the period of more than $1 million.

Seven kittens and an adult cat, Zeus, were rescued from a rural property earlier this month.

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Zeus (at back) watches on as the seven kittens enjoy a meal.

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Ashburton Trust Roger Farr Event Centre manager We know them largely for their roles within our community but for many at the moment those roles are on hold. So, in the spirit of getting to know a little bit more about some of the frequent faces of the Ashburton District, we’re putting the spotlight on and digging a little deeper.

3: What’s your go to relaxation away from work?

Relaxing in a spa pool and boating.

7: What’s the best piece of advice you’ve heard or had given to you?

Don’t sweat the small stuff.

4: What’s the one thing you couldn’t live without?

8: If you could do another job for just one day, what would it be?

Steak and mushroom sauce.

Work in a West End theatre.

1: What’s something you’ve never tried, but have always wanted to?

5: What are three things you wouldn’t miss if you were stranded on a desert island?

Skydiving.

Phone, traffic and Donald Trump.

2: Which three celebrities would you invite to dinner?

6: What’s the best book you’ve ever read?

Bob Geldof, Ritchie McCaw, Billy Connolly.

Dan Brown’s DaVinci Code or Neil Armstrong’s One Small Step.

9: What is the one thing you cannot resist?

Liquorice Allsorts.

10: Tell us something about you that might surprise us?

I’m a twin.

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White Ribbon campaign moves online White Ribbon is releasing an online campaign to help prevent family violence and encourage New Zealanders to practise respectful relationships with the concern lockdown conditions could see a spike in domestic violence.

“In an unprecedented national emergency, everyone in New Zealand has found themselves cooped up inside for the Covid-19 lockdown period.

“In any household, ‘cabin fever’ creates tension – but it becomes a huge risk for families with a history of domestic violence, and organisations such as Women’s Refuge and the New Zealand Police are concerned,” White Ribbon manager Rob McCann said.

“To continue our messaging about Respectful Relationships, we have come up with #ourhouserules – simple behaviours to create a safe and happy lockdown for everyone. It creates a platform to talk about positive behaviours in the home, and helps us reach out to vulnerable families.”

Local White Ribbon ambassador Evans Chibanguza said unfortunately it was likely the Ashburton District was the same as

the rest of the country in seeing a spike in family violence at this time.

He said stress levels would be increased at this time, combined with the inability to get out of the house and being in each other’s faces 24/7 is always going to make situations worse.

There are three sets of images to convey the house rules messages to families that would be shared locally and nationally on social media.

“As local ambassadors we have been asked to pass the messages on to our communities,” he said.

“We will spread them through Facebook and through our contacts and ask them to share it on and we will also share it through Safer Ashburton to get it out as far as possible.”

Chibanguza said the most important thing for people to do is to reach out if things are not going okay.

“It is the same message we share all the time, be mindful of your situation and encouraging people to talk and reach out if needed.

“If you see things that are maybe not okay with your neighbours don’t be afraid to say something.”

White Ribbon ambassador Evans Chibanguza.

Police notice spike in thefts of items from cars Canterbury Police are reminding people to keep security top of mind, after a number of reports of items being stolen from unlocked vehicles recently.

Detective Senior Sergeant Damon Wells of Canterbury CIB says there’s been an increase in unlocked cars being targeted, and wallets and other valuables stolen.

“It might be easy to think that because most of us are at home all the time right now, that your vehicle won’t get targeted in your driveway,” he said.

“But the reality is, there are still people out there who will take advantage of lax security.

“We’re encouraging you to not to get complacent – take simple steps to make it harder for crim-

inals. It’s a matter of making sure you lock your doors every time you leave your vehicle, and take any valuables inside with you.”

Wells said the recent move to increase the limit on Paywave transactions is another very good reason to be especially vigilant around wallets.

“With the Paywave limit being increased to $200 for many

cards, it means it’s easier for criminals to access more of your hard-earned cash if they get hold of your cards,” he said.

“So please, take these simple steps to protect your property and vehicles.”

Anyone wanting to report a theft from a vehicle can now do so online, or phone police on 105.

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The lovely wee yellow Mini O

ne of our readers, who, for the purpose of this story, we’ll call Barbara, has shared the story of her family’s Mini.

We’ll refer to Barbara’s husband as Mac. Barbara says their lovely wee yellow Mini did the Kindy Run to Allenton as part of a fiveweek roster.

There were often six kids on board.

There’d be four in the back, two on the front seat and, of course, Barbara behind the wheel.

One of Barbara’s children wasn’t going to Kindy, so five were dropped off and one came home.

Four other mothers were on the roster, five mums took it in turn, so there was often more than six kids in other cars.

The route traversed Burnett, Havelock, Wills and Baker Streets and, of course, there were two trips – delivery and

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pick-up – each day.

Barbara says they couldn’t do that today and added it was always a very noisy run.

But looking back she remembered what fun it was.

The little yellow Mini was not only used around town.

Barbara and Mac, along with their children, often went further afield.

On one occasion they went on holiday to Queenstown and from there did a day trip to Milford Sound.

Barbara recalled on their way back, on the lovely shingle road, they had to move over to let a bus pass and ‘bang’ they hit a rock.

That punctured the fuel line.

There were no mobile phones back then so they were hoping someone would come along, but there weren’t a lot of tourists or other traffic in those days.

They sat on the side of the road for what seemed like forever holding the fuel line together to avoid losing petrol and got cold hands.

Then as Barbara put it: “one of us had a light-bulb moment, number one son was chewing gum so it was quickly put over the leak and guess what, it stopped dripping, what a relief!”

They proceeded to Te Anau, where, fortunately, the garage

was still open.

The mechanic wrapped wire around the fuel line and said that would be okay until they came home to Ashburton.

He wasn’t wrong!

The wire was still very securely holding everything together a couple of years later when the family sadly sold the Mini.

After the repairs were done, they left Te Anau as it got dark, but that wasn’t bad, in fact it was good because under a full moon and with starry skies reflecting in the lake, Barbara said “it was magical, just beautiful, one of the things you never forget”.

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In brief Tractor fire Firefighters were called to a second tractor fire in the Ashburton District in less than a week on Wednesday. Crews from Rakaia and Lauriston were called to a Mitcham property on Monday around lunchtime to reports of a tractor fire. Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Tyrone Burrowes said crews using breathing apparatus and hoses extinguished the fire which was fully involved when they arrived, with crews remaining on scene for around half-an-hour.

Virtual concert Husband and wife Kiwi musical duo Charles and Emily Looker will present a concert for Mid Cantabrians tonight. Aro will feature songs celebrating New Zealand’s natural heritage and wildlife in a mix of jazz, pop and taonga pūrou, written and sung in both English and Te Reo Māori. The Arts on Tour New Zealand (AOTNZ) concert is on a virtual tour, and will stream on Facebook Live for a Mid Canterbury audience at 8pm https://www.facebook.com/ events/217781852890120/

Police cars damaged An investigation is under way after two objects were lit and thrown into the yard at the Palmerston North Police Station overnight Wednesday. The impact caused minor damage to two vehicles.

Police say this will not affect resourcing or deployment in the area. “The investigation team is reviewing CCTV footage and police ask anyone with information about this incident to call 105 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111,” a spokesperson said.

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Now isn’t the time to become complacent

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esterday’s announcement of what Alert Level 3 might look like once Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes that call, marked a significant milestone in New Zealand’s battle to fight off Covid-19.

It’s that glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel we have all been looking for and finally it’s there.

Tantalisingly close, but still just that little far out of reach for us to grab with both hands.

It’s good news. It shows we are getting ready to end this incredible period of our lives and slowly, but surely, try and return to a normal sort of life where we are not restricted to our homes and kept away from the things we love.

But the key message is we are not there yet.

And when we do get there, life just doesn’t become a free-forall once again.

The last thing I’m sure anyone wants to see is us going backwards and forwards between alert levels. Ensuring that we give ourselves the best possible chance to rid New Zealand of this.

It will cause frustration, without a doubt.

Any loosening of the reins is always going to do that, especially when some are allowed to return to something like the normal and others aren’t. But it’s done with the best intentions and requires the greatest attention from us.

We’ve done a good job as a country in fighting this. We really have, although the impacts of it will be felt for a long time, it’s hard to put a price on someone’s life.

And we should be proud of that and remember that we have done something incredibly significant for our country and our communities by sticking to the restrictions in place.

But we don’t want to spoil that.

Now is not the time for us to go dropping the ball. The end goal is right there, we just need to take the cautious approach to ensure we reach it in the best possible manner.

Thought of the Day: He who is content with what has been done is an obstacle in the path of progress.

YOUR VIEW

The view from the street “C

larkgate” is now old hat, but before it passes into political, idiosyncratic history, I’d like to touch on one matter arising.

Before Dr Clark, the Minister of Health, began on his madcap, lockdown-breaking escapades, 90 plus per cent of the population would have assumed, as he was a “doctor”, he was, therefore, understandably, well qualified to be the Health Minister, which would have been why Jacinda gave him the job in the first place.

Not so; Dr Clark’s doctorate is of Theology, which would not, necessarily prepare him for presiding over the current Covid-19 crisis, or any other sickness issue.

So my point is the tag “Dr” should be more specifically designated. Thus, “Dr” would, exclusively, indicate the bearer as a doctor of medicine. Other such tags should have added letters, to make clear the particular branch of learning the holder of the title has studied.

So “Dr-dd” might be, Doctor of Divinity, “Dr-econ”, Economics, “Dr-ml” of Modern Languages, etc. In this way, misunderstanding of the relevance of the title would be greatly minimised.

Lumping all such graduates under the generic, “Dr” has always seemed to me an often misleading indication of the

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status of the person involved.

In my world, the moniker “Dr” would only ever mean someone I could confidently ask to study in depth some part of my anatomy that was causing discomfort and/or pain. In those circumstances, a Doctor of Law, for example, would be of little use.

The fact that Dr Clark appears to have been suffering from a brand of brainstorm, for which he clearly required a medically trained doctor, was an unlucky twist of fate for our still youthful, ultra active, PM. Meanwhile, the splendid isolation continues, with varying degrees of frustration but also, seemingly, a wide acceptance of its necessity. With 978 deaths in the UK on Wednesday and the life of Prime Minister Boris Johnson saved from death, it seems, by the dedicated care of nurse Jenny McGee of Invercargill – and isn’t Mayor Tim over the moon about that – the pandemic appears to have life (and death) in it still.

Perhaps we should prepare ourselves for an extension of the lockdown and a renewal of em-

phasis on social distancing, both of which seem to have been effective so far in keeping our casualty figures to a minimum.

As one would expect, in the USA, where the fatality figures are downright dreadful, Trump has taken to his favourite defence, insult and blame.

His latest target is the World Health Organisation(WHO) which he accuses of a number of failings to explain those phenomenal death rates in his own country which, but for his criminal inertia in the early stages of the crisis, would never have reached the tragic heights they now have.

When in doubt, blame, blame and exonerate yourself from any responsibility. The cry has now gone up “Trump, the worst president ever”. It would surely be impossible to find even a close competitor for that title.

And yet . . . it’s hard to see Biden beating him to the White House in November. Too many Americans apparently prefer bluster and b..ls..t to reason and integrity.

As I posited in an earlier article, it’s still possible the heroic, Covid-19 fighting Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, could be drafted in as the Democratic candidate for the presidency provided he is not, himself, felled by the virus before July.

We must hope he fights it off and, thus invigorated, then

drives the conscienceless Trump from his temporary home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He has already resided there almost four years too long.

Back here, Simon Bridges is being gratuitously pilloried by some of the radio, self-appointed inquisitors for commuting from Tauranga to Wellington to chair the important Epidemic Response Committee, even being compared to the errant Dr Clark. There seems to be an element of political tit-for-tat here, with Labour vilifying Bridges for doing the same as Clark. That is clearly ridiculous.

Bridges is chairing an important committee in Wellington, Clark went for a bike ride and to the beach. Once again the political presence, with the prospect of an election ahead, rears its ugly head. Need I say more?

Yes, I do. The medics at all levels of intensity and involvement fighting Covid-19 are doing a superhuman job.

We are much in your debt.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield – we are reliably informed – has become a cult figure. He deserves to be.

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wanted to pass on a very important tip for this changed world we are living in today.

We all know it’s very important to stay in touch with family and friends even in lockdown. Clearly the safest way of doing that is online.

We have done that at our place.

My in-laws usually all congregate for a Saturday morning catch-up. As well as cleaning out the biscuit tin we all attempt the Guardian quizzes from the week past.

Obviously we haven’t been able to do this the past few Saturday mornings in person, but we have online.

It’s a wee bit awkward for the first few minutes and then the convo flows.

We have stepped up from Messenger to House Party.

House Party is great!

Once we have finished the Guardian quizzes, the app has trivia quizzes and games like Pictionary, that we play for a wee bit.

Just a head’s-up, make sure you lock your room or all of a sudden you can have one of your contacts pop up on screen – out of nowhere.

The worst thing about the physical distancing on a Saturday morning is the lack of biscuit supply, Manda has now discovered a very unhealthy addiction.

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Baking!

This has led me to a very unhealthy addiction.

Eating!

But I can proudly say, it has been two days now and I haven’t touched a Hokey Pokey biscuit.

This is a perfect segue to my important tip that I mentioned at the start of the column.

Not only have we been staying connected at home online but we have also done the same at work with some Zoom meetings.

This is where the tip is more directed at.

Luckily our Zoom meetings have been very short and to the point but some Zooms can be long, so you gotta come prepared.

After all, you don’t want to get a case of the hangries in the middle of an all-staff meeting, right?

Which is why Zoom pros, people who’ve been Zooming from home or work for weeks now, recommend you come

prepared with a Znack.

The key, according to veteran Zoomers, is to prepare ahead of time a snack which can be popped in your mouth as you lean off-camera for about a second.

Think grapes, M&Ms, or a sandwich that’s been cut into tiny, bite-sized pieces.

I have been caught out recently.

My two brothers have also downloaded House Party and we have had some online catch- ups. When I say catchups, a more apt description would be verbal sparring matches.

I prepared well with some Znacks but let myself down badly with the execution.

Munchos!

A perfect bite-sized Znack I thought! I forgot how delicious they are.

I think I remembered to lean off camera three times before forgetting and stuffing a handful in the gob on camera.

As you can imagine, this

opened the door to a barrage of Fat Phill jokes. Luckily I have thick skin as well as the abundance of fat.

House Party is not the only app I’ve downloaded lately, the other is Stream Yard.

This one allows you to have a House Party/Zoom meeting and broadcast it live on Facebook.

I call it Friday Night Drinks with invited guests.

Keep an eye on HoopsOnAir Facebook page tonight and join us for a beverage.

Don’t forget your Znacks!

Till next week, Hoo Roo Phill Hooper Znacker and Recovering Hokey Pokey Biscuit addict Phill Hooper is the breakfast host of Ashburton’s Hokonui radio station. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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YOUR VIEW Treasured memories After 25 years in aged care I too have some wonderful stories to tell.

On my first day, I took the morning tea trolley into a lady’s room, asked her what she preferred, she said, “you have a kind face dear, just like a cow!”

I was horrified and told the other kitchen staff when I went back after my round, and they said, “that’s a compliment she loves cows!”

I learnt something new everyday there.

One dear lady asked me to take her shopping at the Sallies, so I arranged to do it the next afternoon.

When we met up she had asked another two residents along, We got to the shop, two ladies happy shopping, one very elegant lady, who had obviously never been there before, said in a loud voice, “Judy do we have an account here?”

Treasured memories of some very special people.

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Letters with Love We’ve had another bit of misfortune. It’s a long story but it all starts with a bee.

So, I was sitting on the lounger in the sun, enjoying soaking up the

rays when a bee came and stung my little toe.

So I yell to your father, “is there any vinegar here? Have you seen any?”

So we both rush into the kitchen and start looking – your father grabs the handle of the cupboard on the wall and yanks it open – and there is a deafening noise – like I have never heard before – it’s as if time stood still. And I look round and there he is with the cupboard door handle still in his hand and the cupboard hanging on the wall by one screw. There on the floor is every bit of crockery that the place had, most of it in more than one piece.

Suddenly the bee sting doesn’t seem such a big issue.

Now, your father has always been good at fixing things because, let’s face it, he has had a lot of practice, but how on earth are we going to fix this one?

Love Mother and Father

Brief Relief He kissed her and let down her hair.

Un-be-known and un-a-ware.

For there she was bald.

Wore a wig it was called.

‘Twas the end of their short love affair.

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oodwood Circuit, England, Easter 1962.

The teams, the drivers, the spectators are enjoying the racing as top driver compete for the Glover Trophy.

That was all changed in an instant by a horrendous crash.

The driver is extracted from his Lotus his injuries are severe, the prognosis is far from good, his chances of survival slim.

But he does survive and is in a coma for a month.

He overcomes the injuries, but has to accept his racing days are over.

And for a gentleman who was born to be a racing driver, that must have been particularly hard.

Not only did he face physical injuries, but emotional and psychological ones too.

His talent was huge, as was the respect in which he was held by his fellow drivers, and his rise to the top had been stellar.

If the story had ended there it would be still be legendary.

But Stirling (later Sir Stirling) Moss’ story didn’t end there, and it became even more iconic.

Life for Stirling Moss pre-crash had been spectacular, his achievements great.

And being the man he was, life for Stirling Moss took on a whole new perspective post-crash.

The moment Stirling Moss climbed into and got behind the wheel of a racing car his destiny was set.

Sir Jackie Stewart, one of the all-time great Grand Prix drivers, puts it this way.

“He walked like a racing driver, he talked like a racing driver and he looked like a racing driver.”

With the full support of his family, Stirling Moss began competing in 500cc Cooper cars.

He soon showed those who doubted the value of these small cars that in the right hands they were competitive.

His were the right hands.

He upped the engine size and gained success in European races.

Once asked why he kept driving these “small” cars Stirling Moss said “because I like it”.

Renowned for his tactics, he perfected the often hair-raising practice of keeping on the tails of leaders by slip-streaming them.

As English as they come, Stirling Moss for many years refused to drive anything but British cars.

Commentators have said this patriotism cost him, because at the time the Italians and the Germans were building more powerful racing cars.

That’s not to say success had eluded him.

He won a myriad of events, including international rallies and trials as well as hill climbs.

He won Italy’s famous Mille Miglia endurance road race.

Ultimately he realised he would have to get into a continental car if he was to achieve his aims, and he

began with a private-entry Maserati.

He still drove British cars, once achieving the fastest lap driving a Jaguar at Le Mans, where another year he drove an Aston Martin.

He became just the second Englishman invited to drive for Mercedes.

Sir Stirling was always recognised a driver who understood and became as one with the cars that he drove, always getting the best performance without breaking them.

Ultimately Stirling Moss won 16 Formula One Grands Prix.

He was runner-up in the World Drivers’ Championship four years in succession, from 1955 to 1958, and third in each of the next three years.

Stirling Moss won the New Zealand Grand Prix three times – in 1956 driving a Maserati 250F, he won again in 1959 in a Cooper Climax and then in 1962 in Lotus 21 Climax.

His third NZGP win was not long before the crash that changed everything.

Stirling Moss’s sporting attitude cost him the 1958 Formula One World Championship.

When rival Mike Hawthorn was threatened with a penalty after the Portuguese Grand Prix, Moss defended him.

Hawthorn was accused of reversing on the track after spinning and stalling his car on an uphill section.

Moss had shouted advice to Hawthorn to steer downhill, against traffic, to bumpstart the car.

This quick thinking, and his defence of Hawthorn before the stewards, preserved Hawthorn’s six points for finishing second.

Hawthorn went on to beat Moss for the championship title by one point.

When he crashed at Goodwood, ironically in a British car, Moss was 32 years old.

He had been hugely successful during a relatively short career, so he had plenty of glory to bask in.

But that’s not what

he did – that wasn’t his way.

Instead he set off on a new path, and for the next 58 years he supported motor sport and encouraged drivers.

At times he made comebacks.

Throughout his retirement he raced in historic vehicle events, driving on behalf of and at the invitation of others, as well as campaigning his own cars.

He shared a Volkswagen Golf GTI with Denny Hulme in the 1979 Benson & Hedges 500 at Pukekohe.

Asked what was needed to be a good driver Moss replied “absolute faith in your own ability”.

On June 9, 2011 during qualifying for the Le Mans Legends race, Moss announced he had finally retired from racing, saying that he had scared himself that afternoon.

Typically he practised what he preached!

He was 81.

Those 58 years, beginning after the Easter 1962 crash, came to their end this Easter when Sir Stirling Moss died, aged 90.

Remembering his all-time hero, motor racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart says “he just did the right thing, the right way, and carried the sport and Britain in a very majestic fashion”.

That majestic fashion was reflected the way he lived and in the sense of style for which he was renowned.

He designed his own home and many of his clothes.

Stories of the lifelong exploits of Sir Stirling Moss and the thought of him being a talisman for drivers will always be an enduring memory of the greatest driver never to win the World Championship, and of a true gentleman and sportsman.

The Ashburton Guardian Motoring Team record both their admiration for Sir Stirling Moss and their sorrow at his passing.

- By the Ashburton Guardian Motoring Team

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or many years during and after his career, the rhetorical question “Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?” was supposedly the standard question all British policemen asked speeding motorists.

Stirling Moss was himself was once stopped for speeding, and asked just that; he said the traffic officer had some difficulty believing him.

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ocal motoring enthusiast Ron Winchester has two personal memories relating to Stirling Moss.

Ron was in England at the time of the 1962 crash, and like others felt stunned when he heard the news.

But on a brighter note Ron noticed what he still describes as one of the most stylish cars ever made – a Facel Vega.

As he looked at this car the owner – none other than Stirling Moss himself – came along.

Given his sense of style, probably not surprising that he owned it.

Renowned for being personable and as a people person, Stirling Moss took the time to stop and have a chat with Ron.

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Challenge for club rugby coaches Club rugby coaches in Mid Canterbury are being encouraged to stay active whilst in lockdown. The Mid Canterbury Rugby Union (MCRU) have put the call out to local club coaches to complete the “bronco” challenge. The bronco test comprises of five sets of 20, 40 and 60 metre shuttle runs. “Whilst the interweb is full of everyone creating challenges and new content for players, we as coaches also need to take this time to refresh and recharge the batteries, as when we do get the go ahead to play again (using positive thinking here) it’ll be all go,” said a MCRU spokesperson on its Facebook page this week. The MCRU said it will be adding further challenges over the remainder of the lockdown courtesy of former and current players and coaches.

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All Blacks eyeing provincial duties

By Tom Vinicombe While it will still be some time before we know what the rugby calendar will look like in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, there have been suggestions aplenty regarding what we could expect from the compacted season.

One such suggestion would see New Zealand’s provincial competition again take pride of place in the rugby year.

The Mitre 10 Cup has fallen in prominence over the last decade, typically competing for the spotlight with test rugby due to the congested calendar.

In 2019, six rounds of action were completed before the Rugby World Cup took over the airwaves, but there were also various international warm-ups taking place throughout those first weeks.

2018 was a similar story, with the Rugby Championship and the Mitre 10 Cup kicking off on the same weekend.

While this naturally has a direct impact on the viewership of the Mitre 10 Cup, the arguably bigger issue is that All Blacks are almost entirely absent from New Zealand’s oldest nationwide rugby competition.

Last year, Brad Weber, Liam Coltman, Atu Moli and Rieko Ioane were the only All Backs who travelled to the World Cup who notched up any game time for their provinces.

You have to look back to 2006 for the last time that All Blacks played any sort of meaningful role in what was then called the Air New Zealand Cup. In that year, the likes of Mils Muliaina, Sitiveni Sivivatu, Byron Kelleher and Keith Robinson faced up against Tana Umaga, Conrad Smith and Piri Weepu in the competition’s final.

This was only possible as the Super Rugby season was considerably shorter (16 weeks instead of 21), allowing the slightly more

compact Tri-Nations (10 weeks instead of 14) to finish up with six rounds of action still go to in the Air New Zealand Cup. It’s gotten to the point where many All Blacks’ provincial teams are token alliances, used almost exclusively for marketing.

It was trumpeted as a fairly big deal when Kieran Read changed provinces from Canterbury to his native Counties Manukau back in 2017 but the All Blacks captain never donned Counties colours for anything other than promotional purposes.

Super Rugby could still take place in some form this year but at best we’re likely to see a New Zealand-only competition.

The alternative is to kick off the Mitre 10 Cup a little earlier in the year, whenever professional sports becomes viable once more, and welcome New Zealand’s top talent back into the provincial fold.

Yes, it’s only 30-odd extra play-

ers being added to a competition which sees upwards of 400 players already taking part, but it’s 30-odd of the best players – men who could not only lift their sides’ performances but also help mentor the many rookies in the early stages of their careers.

The fact that the All Blacks are relatively evenly distributed amongst the provinces compared to 20 years ago would also mean that the likes of Canterbury, Auckland and Wellington wouldn’t simply be injected with all the talent.

Last year, Taranaki finished fifth in the Championship division – effectively ranking them as the 12th strongest province in New Zealand.

It would take a brave man to suggest that Taranaki wouldn’t challenge for the overall title if they had all their All Blacks on deck, however. Simply adding the three Barrett brothers, Beauden, Scott and Jordie, to a side already well supported by Super Rugby

players, would help take the 2014 champions’ game to another level.

The other team that might significantly benefit from having all their All Blacks fit and available for selection is Waikato, who weren’t far off making the finals in last year’s Premiership.

Their backline would suddenly be teeming with X-factor in the form of Damian McKenzie, Anton Lienert-Brown and Sevu Reece.

Could Kieran Read run out for the Counties Manukau Steelers after all?

Back in the real world, the extra time allotted to the Mitre 10 Cup could also allow for a full round robin instead of the contracted season and Premiership/Championship split that fans have had to put up with for the last few years.

The whole season could be capped off with the fabled North Island v South Island match, selecting players based on their performances from throughout the Mitre 10 Cup.

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NRL plans on hold

Archbold on lockdown in Spain

The Warriors’ plans to fly into Australia in time for the start of NRL pre-season training has been quashed, putting the league’s May 28 resumption date in serious doubt.

Warriors chief executive Cameron George, chairman Rob Croot and head coach Stephen Kearney met with NRL bosses on Wednesday to discuss the details around the New Zealand club’s involvement in the NRL’s plans to resume the season.

A frustrated George told the Herald earlier in the week that the club was seeking urgent clarification on a number of issues, including travel restriction, self-isolation plans and question about families of players.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Warriors pushed hard for answers around several issues about the resumption of the season and some progress was made.

However, the Warriors are reportedly not expected to travel to Australia until meeting the NRL again on Monday, which is when the New Zealand Government makes further announcements about travel restrictions and lockdown measures.

The Warriors’ delayed departure puts the NRL’s targeted restart date of May 28 in doubt, with all 16 NRL clubs slated to start pre-season training on May 4.

If the Warriors miss out on pre-season training, due to their delayed arrival and forced self-isolation measures, they could be handed a serious blow to their season after already struggling in their first two weeks before it was suspended.

“We want the Warriors to be part of the 2020 season and we are doing everything we can to

Warriors players have every reason to look unhappy about the 2020 season. not only make that happen but provide the support they need at a family level,” ARLC chairman Peter V’landys told the Sydney Morning Herald.

“It’s important to understand that our aim to restart the competition on May 28 is still six weeks away.

“We’re not proposing to start the competition next week.

“Accordingly we have ample time to analyse the data and ensure the infection rate is at such a low level there is minimal risk to our players or the community.

“It also gives us time to make all the necessary arrangements for the Warriors.”

Meanwhile, Kearney put further doubt into his side’s involvement in the resumption of the league, saying he couldn’t guar-

antee if every Warriors player will be willing to upend their life and leave their family behind to be based in Australia.

Committing to the NRL’s proposed season on Australian soil could see players spend up to six months offshore away from their families and loved ones, during what is already a stressful time.

Kearney said the ability to accommodate families in Australia during the NRL season is the biggest question among many of his players.

“For the players, it’s really important,” Kearney told AAP. “There’s not a CEO in the world at the moment who will expect his employees to spend five months overseas, away from their families in the current climate.

“They’ve all been really good up until now but the reality of the situation is that I can’t give them any information about what they’re going into.

“We’re trying to keep their spirits up.”

Kearney said he and his coaching staff planned on checking in on players and assess the situation.

“I know we’re not the only ones who are inconvenienced in the competition but it’s a pretty significant one in terms of being three hours in a plane away from families,” Kearney said.

“And if something happens to a family member back here, you can’t get back and see them straight away.

“It’s something for everyone to think about.”

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NZRPA agrees to payment freeze New Zealand Rugby is freezing $25 million, or 50 per cent, of forecasted player payments for 2020.

NZR and the New Zealand Rugby Players’ Association (NZRPA) has agreed to change the payments of players that play at Super Rugby level, including All Blacks, the national sevens programme and Black Ferns.

The freeze covers the base salary of players, assembly payments and other incentives, as well as reductions in player-funded welfare and development activities.

The maximum retainer for a top Super Rugby player is $195,000, the minimum is $75,000.

NZR Chief Executive Mark Robinson said looking after his staff remains his number one priority.

“We wanted to come up with solutions that worked for all our players and ensured that all sec-

tors of our game were sharing in the financial pain we are currently enduring.”

NZRPA chief executive Rob Nichol said the players are committed to playing their part in ensuring the long-term future of the sport and to ensure the game best manages the financial implications of Covid-19.

“In contemplating a scenario based on no professional rugby in 2020, NZR and the NZRPA together recognised the need to act now to prepare the game and the players for this, even if there is every intention of doing all we can to avoid it.

“In the event that this financial scenario eventuates, the frozen payments and benefits would become waived permanently.

“Alternatively, if professional rugby can resume and the financial outlook improves, then some

of the frozen payments and benefits could be reinstated,” Nichol said.

NZR Head of Professional Rugby Chris Lendrum added: “Our payment model is complex and it has taken time to determine a model that treats all players equitably.

“The model we have agreed protects those on retainers of less than $50,000. While not all players are being treated exactly the same, we felt these changes were the fairest way to address player payments and benefits, considering all the different ways our players are remunerated.”

Nichol said in addition to consulting with players they have also ensured players have access to quality advice and support so they can act now to best manage the implications of these changes.

Nichol said they were still working with NZR and Provincial Unions on what would happen with Provincial Union contracts.

The key changes: Freezing team assembly and tournament fees for all national teams, excluding the Black Ferns Freezing contributions to the player savings scheme, but retaining KiwiSaver Freezing promotional payments and the vast majority of player performance incentives From 1 May, freezing 15 per cent of the players’ 2020 base retainers for those paid more than $50,000 per year, with this rising to 30 per cent in September Reductions in funding for other initiatives for players that are funded by the Player Payment Pool while still maintaining insurance cover and key player wellbeing, development and support initiatives.

Shane Archbold understands the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic better than most.

The Timaru cyclist, who rides for Belgian outfit Deceuninck – Quick Step, was forced into quarantine at an Abu Dhabi hotel after the UAE Tour was halted in late February due to two members of one of the teams on tour testing positive for the virus.

Two riders who tested positive for Covid-19 afterwards were released from hospital just over two weeks ago and allowed to return home.

Archbold is now in isolation in Spain while the season is on hold.

He says after realising how long the pair were kept in hospital, he is lucky it wasn’t him.

“They were in hospital for pretty much five weeks, that’s when I started counting the days and comparing when I’d left the UAE after my close-to 70-hour stint in lockdown, in a five-star hotel which at the time was a horrendous situation to be in, but now I’m starting to think it actually wasn’t too bad.

“It was pretty cruisy there, room service getting delivered to us and a big flat screen TV and comfortable beds and robes to walk around in.

“I guess there’s always someone else out there with a far worse situation than yourself.”

Archbold says nobody had reliable information when he was in the UAE and they weren’t told anything while in quarantine.

“We thought ‘okay this is absolutely ridiculous, this doesn’t happen in the current world we live in and you just can’t hold 450-odd people in a hotel’,” he says.

Adding to the situation, there were a number of bizarre occurrences while he was in quarantine, with guests still checking in and out of the hotel while those involved in the tour were stuck inside.

“They weren’t giving us the information probably that we deserved or that they should’ve.

“But at the time they had to do what they did, because now it’s clear that if the situation was as bad as it could’ve been then we could’ve been 450 people going out into the world and introducing coronavirus in a lot of areas that didn’t currently have it and been a part of the spread.

“Now that it’s been close to two months since the UAE, it’s been a whirlwind few weeks that’s for sure.

“Obviously I’m just trying to stay here in Spain now and keep my head down and out of trouble and stay within the apartment’s four walls.”

Archbold isn’t the only Kiwi cyclist in lockdown in Spain.

Sam Bewley, Jack Bauer and Dion Smith are based around Girona, while George Bennett and Tom Scully are just over two hours away in Andorra.

Patrick Bevin managed to sneak back to New Zealand before lockdown was enforced.

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ACROSS 1. If him and her should be given to church music (6) 8. Not kind of vintage the French can return to (5) 9. Space for pins in the car perhaps (3-4) 11. Repeatedly one is enjoined not to forget 5th November (8) 12. A recurring number of years it can be ridden (5) 15. Sound of approval from crowd to right man in the boat (4) 16. Settle how to let the rope out (3) 17. There: it’s a cry one may hear at sea (4) 19. Animal contrasted with beauty in the nursery (5) 21. Speed with which one puts it inside stick one can eat (8) 24. Nero, guy who could have been not so advanced (7) 25. Reasoning it to be partly psychological (5) 26. Like Left and Right to produce a murderous person (6) DOWN 2. Impoverished, could deny including the East in it (5) 3. The science of blazoning is hardly re-assembled (8) 4. A Mauretanian tie-up (4) 5. Warder is frequently given a turn (5) 6. Something necessary to torch one may put in bed (4) 7. Legato effect in music may damage one’s reputation (4) 10. Many cited incorrectly for lying (9) 12. Just the place for the floating population of Ireland? (4) 13. Like mother man later turned to (8) 14. Baglike structure fashioned in fancy stitching (4) 18. Before dinner it may be said to be Euphrosyne (5) 20. Next to a Norwegian, he may get planted out (5) 21. Is nowhere near finding such steel as the sword represents (4) 22. Stays at the tail-end as one protects pipes from frost (4) 23. Surrounded by albumen, it’s yellow (4)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’ve been thinking about how to get what you want, and it’s clear you’ll need to make a special request. Timing is everything. It will be better to ask after nightfall or tomorrow.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You are mysterious and all the more attractive for your secrets. You’ll be nudged, and downright bothered, to reveal them. Resist. There’s more power in keeping them to yourself.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’ll have a heightened awareness of what arises from your subconscious, whether it be in the form of dreams, creativity or the assimilation of subtle clues you’ve picked up along the way.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Life has its own set of navigational rules. To understand it, you have to look backward; to live it, you can only go forward. Also, you can only feel what it’s like to be inside it when you’re standing still.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There was a time you didn’t believe that you could actually change your circumstances by merely observing them differently. Now you believe it, and you do it on a daily basis. Today brings proof.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The messiness of life is the best part. Maybe it won’t make the edit for social media, and that’s why the insider’s view is always the best. Intimacy is about knowing another person’s mess.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It’s like you’re trying to move a couch into a room with a small door.

Once inside, everything will work out nicely.

What needs to be released in order to move forward?

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Visualising alone can’t make things true, but it can motivate action that feels natural and familiar instead of laboured and difficult. As you visualise the future, you lay its groundwork.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): The ancients believed that the soul resides in the area between the heart and the solar plexus. The soulfire in you radiates a sense of warmth and anticipation from this space today.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’ve been generous and that generosity boomerangs back to you today in the form of unexpected help that allows you to accomplish more than you thought possible.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Why return to projects that were not enormously successful the first time around? You’d rather move on, and move on you will, after a brief bit of business is handled. Dive in and get it done.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Just because something goes unspoken doesn’t mean it’s unspeakable.

Words will be like the keys to a cage. You’ll communicate and free yourself.

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

There’s at least one five-letter word.

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ACROSS 1. Experts (3,5) 7. Happen (5) 8. Ill-shapen (9) 9. Mythical bird (3) 10. Breach (4) 11. Harmony (6) 13. Imaginary observer (1,3,2,3,4) 15. Naked (6) 16. Thought (4) 18. Choose (3) 20. Barren (9) 21. Throw out (5) 22. Discard (8)

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Wind at 1000m: NW gale 70 km/h, rising to severe gale NW 100 km/h at times in exposed places.

Wind at 2000m: Severe gale NW 90 km/h, rising to severe gale NW 120 km/h at night.

Mainly fine. Northwesterlies, strong and gusty in exposed places for a time.

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Wind at 2000m: W gale 80 km/h, easing to gale 65 km/h in the morning.

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Graeme Bishop on his beloved Allenton bowling green.

Maintenance vital on the greens

By Matt Markham

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

It might have been right at the pointy end of the bowling season, but the allowance this week for greenkeepers to get back onto their playing surfaces on Tuesday was one which was welcomed with open arms here in Mid Canterbury.

Up until Tuesday, like those who tend to golf courses and croquet greens, no maintenance was allowed on bowling greens – a dangerous prospect for patches of turf that require a significant amount of investment throughout the year to ensure they are at

their optimum during the summer months when in full use.

But while it was tough sitting at home and not being able to do anything with his green at the Allenton Bowling Club, Graeme Bishop said he felt more for those involved in the sport of golf.

“We probably weren’t too bad, we’re just dealing with one patch of grass,” he said.

“But those golf clubs, they have acres and acres of space so I didn’t think that was the right decision initially.”

Bishop rolled the sleeves back up on Tuesday and got back into his role as green-

keeper at Allenton and was off to give their grass turf a mow yesterday afternoon.

Allenton also has an artificial green which requires minimal maintenance.

“The main green has actually done quite well, we’ve done a lot of work on it in the past six months so I was more concerned about all that work being undone to be honest.

“I was walking down there and checking on it as often as I could, but when I got there on Tuesday there was a bit of slime on the top so we got that off quickly and it’s in good nick.

“I think we’re going to be in a really good position for next season.”

Around the corner at the Ashburton Bowling in the Ashburton Domain, Roger Gutberlet said their two greens were doing OK. “We kept a pretty close eye on things, just to ensure everything was as it should be.”

Mid Canterbury has seven bowling greens within the district; Methven, Rakaia, Ashburton MSA (Racecourse Road), Ashburton (Domain), Hampstead, Allenton and Hinds and each is managed by its own greenkeeper.

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