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Litigation wraps up By Sue Newman

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Eight years after work started on the construction of Ashburton’s art and heritage centre, settlement has been reached on a repair project that could finally make the West Street building fit for purpose. The complex has been plagued by a raft of issues including

weather tightness and temperature control from day one, and while the council has undertaken several expensive fixes, the problems have continued. While it continued to undertake repair work as needed, as the building’s owner, the Ashburton District Council commissioned a Christchurch company to investigate the building’s problems to

provide an indepth understanding of the remedial work required. At that time the extent of the repair work was estimated at well over $1.5 million. In October 2018 the council confirmed that it was involved in a court case over the ongoing issues and proceedings were issued against parties involved in the design and construction of the West

Street building. The council has now confirmed that the ongoing litigation arising from the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre project has been resolved. While the settlement terms were confidential to those parties, council chief executive Hamish Riach said the council was now in a position to complete the neces-

sary works relating to the building and mechanical services. It is working with relevant experts to resolve the condensation and circulation problems that have been experienced in the building.

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■■ REAL ESTATE

■■HERITAGE CENTRE

House sales bouncing back

Litigation wraps up on heritage, art centre

By Sue Newman

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When Covid-19 closed New Zealand’s doors on March 26, it stopped house sales dead in their tracks. Sales data for April was released last week by REINZ and the numbers told a story of a real estate industry turned on its head, just eight houses sold during the month, compared to 54 in April 2019. The massive drop in sales in April in the Ashburton District, down 85.2 per cent was greater than the national average decline, 78.5 per cent. Nationally just 1305 homes were sold in

April. Numbers may have gone into free-fall, but the median sales price did not, well up on April last year and only marginally below March’s median at $377,000. In spite of a stagnant April, as the alert levels moved through 3 to 2, Ray White licensee salesperson Kim Miller said there had been a rapid bounce back. “The market seems to have come back really strongly and we have a good pool of buyers. Listings might be a bit tight but at the weekend we had two contracts with multiple offers.” That demand meant there was a shortage of properties in

the ‘bread and butter’ market of $280,000 to $420,000, Miller said. There appeared to a good number of potential buyers, people with secure employment who were in the market and keen to buy. Interest rates were low and LVR limits had lifted, leading to good inquiry from first home buyers, but bank lending criteria would be pretty strict, she said. The Canterbury market, REINZ chief executive Bindi Norwell believes, is better placed than many to rebound from the April sales trough because it had greater resilience than many areas after coming through the Canterbury earthquakes. And that meant

their could be less caution and concern in the market going forward. With Canterbury having less reliance on tourism than some parts of New Zealand, the impact of Covid-19 on values could be less, she said. The lockdown has had a massive impact on South Island’s tourism hot spot, Queenstown Lakes, with just seven properties sold, down from 63 in April last year. Unlike many parts of New Zealand where the median house selling price has remained relatively steady, in this area it dropped from $1.070 milion in March to $850,000 in April.

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Three becomes one in Ashburton Arcade By Sue Newman

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When they were forced to close the doors on their three Ashburton Arcade businesses during the Covid-19 level 4 lockdown, the Redmond family got busy. For some time they’d been thinking about relocating The China Shop and the Swarovski Shop to the southern end of the Ashburton Arcade, where they would become neighbours of Kitchen Kapers. The Covid-19 lockdown gave them the planning time they needed to complete that project. The carpet layers have been at work, a hole has been opened in the Kitchen Kapers wall and Chris and Barry Redmond were decked out in overalls, paintbrush in hand carrying out a DIY paint job. The amalgamation of the three shops is Rachel Redmond’s brainchild and it’s one she said staff and customers were pretty excited about. For customers it made sense to have the three shops located in one place, she said. The new shop would allow customers to walk easily between shops and while each would retain its own identity, there would be some merging of stock, Redmond said. “The shops will retain their own names in the short term at least, particularly the China Shop, because we have a real emotional attachment to that. What it’s called will become clear once we start working together.” She’s anticipating it will take about two weeks to complete the relocation. “This will be something really great for the people of Ashburton and we believe it will invigorate retail in town,” she said. Having something positive happening in terms of a retail development was a great way to celebrate life returning to the centre of town, Redmond said.

Rachel Redmond starting the big task of amalgamating The China Shop and the Swarovski Shop into one large walk-through shop adjoining Kitchen Kapers in the Ashburton Arcade. PHOTO JAIME PITT-MCKAY 150520- JPM-0003

From P1 The council acknowledged Bradford Building Limited, the head contractor on the original construction project, and its approach in response to this litigation, the company had been instrumental in helping secure a resolution with other parties involved in this litigation, Riach said. “Both parties will seek to maintain their established working relationship for this building and other buildings they are jointly involved with,” he said. While there are no details available around the outcome of litigation, the council had previously already incurred significant costs in repair work as well as facing a $65,000 bill for detailed designs on remedial work required. In its construction stage, the complex came with a budget blowout of $3 million, pushing the build cost to $6.3 million. Work started on the gallery and museum building in mid-2012 but was delayed on several occasions while changes were made to several aspects of the design to appease neighbours and to save costs. The building was finally completed in 2014 with the final building code of compliance signed off by the council in August that year. The council then identified there were a number of issues around the procurement process, decision making process, project management and delivery and financial budgets and reporting of this project. An independent report was commissioned from Morrison Low on procurement, planning and construction processes and recommendations from this have since been implemented in several other council projects.

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■■ TOURISM INDUSTRY

Extended wage subsidy huge boost By Sue Newman

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Bruce Moffat While all operators had been hit and hit hard, accommodators were in the worst shape because even though their beds were empty, their costs continued, he said. “We’ve been talking to our operators all the way through and we’ve changed our focus for the moment from promotions to providing them with business solutions. We’ve kept everyone up to date with a really collaborative approach.” The situation right now might be dire for many in the tourism sector, Moffat said, but he’s positive about the future, saying there were some good initiatives under way that were designed to boost the local economy through do-

■■ POLITICS

Campaign-bribe claim ‘cynical politics’ - PM By Susan Sandys

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The amount of debt Government is taking on to fund initiatives in this year’s Budget is “eye-watering”, says Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon. However, his and fellow National Party MPs’ criticism of the Budget has been called “cynical politics” by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Falloon said the Government was talking about increasing New Zealand’s level of borrowing from $58 billion to $200 billion. “An extra $142 billion in debt equates to $80,000 for every household. It’s a second mortgage for New Zealanders,” Falloon said. He criticised the Budget for not incentivising job creation when more than 1000 people each day were going on Jobseeker Support. “It’s a debt strategy, not a growth strategy.” Nevertheless, Falloon welcomed the initiative of continuing the wage subsidy. “I’ve been seeking clarity from the Government over continuation of the wage subsidy for some weeks, so it’s positive they’ve now given certainty on that,” he said. “As we’ve seen with Bunnings, it won’t save every job. But it will give some employers the confidence to keep more people on, at least for an extra couple of months.” Falloon echoed his party’s criticism of the $20 billion the Government left unallocated in the Budget, saying it looked like “a pretty cynical election-year spend-up

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tourism dollars coming into the district – $191 million this year was domestic spend, and that meant it was ahead of district’s where the tourism spend was largely international, he said. The key in securing a large slice of domestic tourism was in having activities and accommodation that was accessible and affordable, Moffat said, and that included airfares. “If we all get behind this domestic tourism campaign it will create a really big economy within our own country. I’m not of the opinion we need to open our borders too soon because if we do and something goes wrong, we’re the industry that’ll get the flak.” Tourism as an industry had ridden out many low patches, but the Covid-19 one had really bitten hard, and that meant a change in psyches around what people were prepared to pay for the class experience many tourism operators offered, he said. “You just can’t get that at a bargain price. People need to understand that most operators are paying upwards of 47 per cent of their overall pricing in compliance costs, so that’s gone before they even open the door.”

around Canterbury. The Christchurch airport code, CHC, was chosen to acknowledge that the airport would be the arrival point for many domestic tourists coming into Canterbury. Funds from the $400 million the budget earmarked for a targeted Tourism Recovery fund was likely to come into play with this campaign as Tourism New Zealand would match funding put into the campaign by the Canterbury groups, Moffat said. “But it takes time to ramp up and that’s why we have some interim projects in place to keep our name uppermost.” For local operators, knowing there were plans under way that would give them every chance to get their business back on track was important, he said. “We can’t give them definitive dates, but what this does show them is that there’s something in the pipeline, that we will be ready to go. It’s all about giving them hope, that there’s something happening. We have to look after our operators. If we don’t have a product, then we don’t have anything to sell.” The Ashburton District was fortunate in that 89 per cent of the

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Extending the wage subsidy scheme for qualifying businesses for an additional eight weeks will be the difference between surviving or folding for some tourism operators. Experience Mid Canterbury manager Bruce Moffat said that virtually every tourism operator or accommodator in the Ashburton District would probably meet the qualifying criteria of having an income that was more than 50 per cent lower than pre-Covid 19. Moffat said he knew of at least five businesses around the district that would not survive beyond mid June without the wage subsidy extension. “Eight weeks is not huge, but it’s still a boost. My concern, however, is what happens after the extra eight weeks if we don’t get the market coming back. The great thing we have is a mountain and that could be our survival, it could be our saviour,” he said. Currently Methven businesses associated with tourism weren’t in great shape, but with Mt Hutt committed to opening in June, they had some light on the horizon, Moffat said.

mestic tourism. The first of those had started at absolute grassroots level with a campaign to encourage locals to support local businesses, to spend their money locally. It was important to look at tourism from a different angle at this time, to think about visitors, people who came to visit people in the district, he said. From there the recovery in tourism would move into a regional phase with a four-month long campaign on You Tube focused on domestic visitors experiencing South Island attractions. “We’ve been working on these videos since lockdown and we’re putting aside our own patch to make a combined pitch for domestic tourists. We know there will be huge competition so we’ve got in there in front of the pack.” In four months’ time Moffat believes the more cautious travellers will be starting to venture out and will be looking to explore their own backyard. The third arm of the tourism recovery package for Mid Canterbury would be the huge Explore CHC campaign that was developed with the combined efforts of the five tourism organisations

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■■ MID CANTERBURY MUSIC

Music is Wayne’s world By Heather Mackenzie

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From the moment Wayne Pannett picked up a guitar and microphone with brother Chris in 1988, the musician has left no musical stone unturned. He’s a talented musician for sure, all his years of playing in bands, high level involvement with different musical theatre companies and a long list of teaching accomplishments, can easily attest to that, but what makes Pannett a standout is his grasp of music’s ability to improve the individual and collective wellbeing. As Pannett sees it we need music or some kind of musical involvement right now more than ever. Covid-19 has left many feeling disjointed and buffeted but getting involved in a musical or going out and listening to a live band, when rules allow, will be a great way to lift spirits and regain our sense of community, he said.

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reached our shores. Wayne’s School of Rock started in 2007 and with teaching around 40 students a week since then, he has been a positive influence in countess young lives in his own understated and quiet way. For Pannett the goal is not to produce the next big thing in music circles, for him it is about helping his students grow. “I try to instill confidence in my students as well as turning out good musicians.” A good way to do this is for him to organise his better musicians into school bands, where they can develop further as a group and, with his help, try their hand at songwriting. “If songwriting is a goer then they can go to the Rock Quest or Band Quest.” Pannett likes the formats of Rock Quest for his older students and Band Quest for his youngsters. He pointed out there are winners on the night but there is never a big thing made over it, the point is to experience being on-stage and performing in front of a live audience. Performing in front of live audiences is something Pannett is well versed in. The number of bands he has been involved with since 1988 is too numerous to name here, other than to say he has successfully teamed up with just about every fellow musician Methven has had to offer over the years. Pannett’s current 5-piece covers band, Awesome Source have been together since 2014 and describe themselves as a classic rock band playing real instruments, with real harmonies. The way his own voice combines with lead singer Joe Morgan is something Pannett is particularly proud of. Morgan is cable of reaching higher notes than Pannett, so together they produce some amazing harmonies, he said. “Joe is a great frontman for the band, we are lucky to have him.” It is not only the two front voices that combine well, the band itself has a special bond that includes wives and girlfriends too. “We all genuinely like each other and always have a great time when we play, plus make it a priority to engage with the crowd at each gig, so that always makes for a fun night.” Again, the power of music comes into play when engaging with the audience. Pannett said the classic rock songs they

choose are the ones the younger members in the crowd can relate to as well. “The songs many have been written long before they were born, but they remember their parents belting them out on home stereos when they were growing up and that makes for powerful memories,” he said. Even though the band play together regularly in Christchurch and Mid Canterbury, rehearsals prove a little tricky as only Pannett and Ashburton drummer Brent Smith live within cooee of one other, Joe Morgan lives in Christchurch while lead guitarist Russell Laughton and bass player Dean O’Leary live in Wellington. “We manage, on average, one rehearsal a year,” Pannett said. He went on to point out the geographical distance between the band members doesn’t make the slightest bit of difference come performance time. “We are all very accomplished artists who can practice individually and then play as one on stage.” Proof of Awesome Sources’ ability to play separately but come together as a group popped up on their Facebook page during Covid-19’s Alert Level 4. Joe Morgan wrote the lyrics to their own lockdown tune called Isolated on the Couch, which some could say sounds a bit like Dancing in the Dark. “Joe owns a TV production company in Christchurch, so him and Russell worked together and produced the video.” The song proved a hit with over 186 people sharing the video throughout Facebook pages. Music is vital to Pannett and his band mates, on their Facebook page – Awesome Source – there is this post: “Guitars are vital for survival, dinosaurs didn’t have them and look how that turned out.”

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■■ COMMUNITY HOUSE

Community House back By Heather Mackenzie

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Reopening Community House after lockdown has thrown up a variety of unknowns, said manager John Driscoll. “It is a matter of working within the government safety guidelines and sorting out inhouse issues as they come up.” First on the agenda was keeping contact tracing records, they settled on a computer spreadsheet system, over pen and paper. “Names and phone numbers will be entered into the computer by our receptionists, which will be destroyed when no longer needed,” said Driscoll. Social distancing in the vibrant, busy space also called for some lateral thinking. Thankfully the hallways and waiting areas are spacious enough to enable people to move around without clinging to the walls. Meeting room numbers will be limited too; 10 in the larger room and three in the smaller Rangitata space. Times will also be spread throughout the day to allow for a thorough clean-down in between. Driscoll said Community House staff will provide sanitation stations in communal spaces, but it is up to the individual tenants to take care of their own office areas. “With up to 50 people in the building at any one time, we create a lot of rubbish and recycling. We don’t want all those people separately touching the wheelie bins, so we will have to set some rules around that,” said Driscoll.

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In brief Parasail crashes Emergency services yesterday responded to a parasail accident into Lake Brunner. Fire and Emergency Southern shift manager Daniel Reilly said the Moana volunteer firefighters were called to the lake near Moana in Grey District at 3.35pm and were assisting police and St John. Coastguard were also at the scene. A St John spokesperson said the rescue helicopter was called and assessed the person, who did not - NZME require treatment.

Police chase A man and woman have been arrested after a dramatic police chase that began in Rotorua and ended near Tokoroa. A police spokeswoman confirmed officers pursued a vehicle continuously late Saturday night as it fled from Rotorua and eventually stopped in Kinleith, 54 kilometres away. The spokeswoman said a vehicle had been seen driving in a dangerous manner in the Rotorua area about - NZME 11.45pm.

Lotto results Lunch times will also take on a different look. Workers may have to resort to bringing their own Thermos and sandwich as the coffee machine and kitchen area are off limits. At this point all of the services operating

out of Community House are planning to return. Driscoll said he had heard a whisper that some of the larger services could be re-thinking the advantages of having a presence in Ashburton, but nothing concrete yet, he said.

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■■DESTINY CHURCH

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NZME Destiny Church in Auckland held a service yesterday for the first time since the lockdown – and its pastor, Bishop Brian Tamaki, says it was an act of “civil disobedience”. There’s a 10-person cap on religious gatherings in alert level 2, which the Government says is necessary to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Many leaders, including Tamaki, have expressed their frustration at the limit, saying churches could easily comply with social distancing rules. No level 2 restrictions appear to have been flouted at the service in South Auckland yesterday, despite Tamaki suggesting he had broken the law by opening the church doors and was willing to be arrested. Police confirmed to the Herald they hadn’t been at the service because they had already talked with the church about how to comply with level 2 restrictions. Tamaki billed yesterday’s service as taking a stand for the rights of everyone in New Zealand, including the right to reli-

Destiny Church’s Bishop Brian Tamaki delivers his sermon yesterday. PHOTO NZ HERALD gious freedom. “Fundamentally I believe the church has been discriminated against,” he said. “Everybody else from strip clubs to rugby matches and malls ... restaurants are all open but the church was restricted with a thumb down on it to 10 people.” Destiny spokeswoman Anne Williamson said yesterday was

about taking a stand and showing the churches of New Zealand could be trusted. Only 10 people were allowed into the church auditorium, Williamson said. A separate small group was doing contact tracing work at the church entrance and another group was working in an upstairs video editing suite. Neither had more than 10 people

and everyone in the building had been tested for Covid-19. The remainder of Tamaki’s flock attended a drive-in service, watching the proceedings on big screens set up in the carpark. People were asked to keep their car windows up and were not allowed to get out of their cars. Marshalls were patrolling to make sure people complied. A police spokeswoman said police had been in contact with church officials all week “to help them understand how they can operate within the parameters of alert level 2 restrictions”. “As a result of those discussions police have not been in attendance.” Level 2 restrictions were there for the safety of the community and to protect the gains made in levels 3 and 4, she said. “Police will continue to investigate any reports of suspected breaches including religious services using our graduated response model of engage, educate, encourage and enforce.” By one count there were more than 500 cars at the Destiny venue, including those that had spilled out onto Druces Road.

■■ TALES FROM THE BACK SEAT

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

he proceedings have resumed, Judge Fudge Gavel presiding, so expect a little more disorder in court. We’ll start with some questions which were not dignified with answers. Q: Now doctor, isn’t it true when a man dies in his sleep he doesn’t know about it until the next morning? Which of course makes one wonder does the lawyer who asked that question think it’s the same for a lady. Q: Your youngest son, the 22-year-old, how old is he now? Q: Were you present when your picture was taken? Q: Was it you or your younger brother who died in the war? Q: How far apart were the vehicles at the time of impact? Q: Did he kill you? Q: You were there until the time you left, is that true? Thinking a witness was not shot during a brawl, a lawyer probably ended up with an unexpected answer. Lawyer: You were not shot in the fracas? Witness: No I was shot midway between the fracas and the navel. Wherever that might be! The line of inquiry certainly presents problems after an ex-

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change like this. Lawyer: How old is your son? The one living with you? Answer: Thirty-eight or 39, I can’t remember. Lawyer: How long has he lived with you? Answer: Forty-five years. Uh? Describing an alleged offender got a bit interesting in this instance. Lawyer: Can you describe the individual? Witness: He was about medium height and had a beard. Lawyer: Was this a male of a female? No doubt the witness was tempted to say maybe it was the bearded lady doing a runner from the circus. We all have our ups and downs as was obvious in this line of questioning. Prosecutor: You say the stairs went down to the basement.

Accused: Yes. Prosecutor: These stairs, did they go up? Suppose it depends upon your standing on the matter. Maybe they took the lift. Of course it’s important to determine gender. Lawyer: She had three children, correct? Witness: Yes Lawyer: How many were boys? Witness: None Lawyer: Where there any girls? Paternity sometimes becomes an issue. Question: So the date of conception was of the child was August 8? Answer: Yes. Question: And what were you doing at the time? Winston Churchill had a brilliant answer for a similar question. He was his parents’ first child and born during a puritanical age. A political opponent who discovered Winston may arrived less than nine months after his parents’ marriage decided to embarrass Winston by raising the issue in Parliament. So he questioned the great man about his arrival in the world. Winston’s responded along

these lines – while I was present when I was born on November 30, 1874 I know nothing of the events leading up to that momentous occasion. And just before we finish, sometimes witnesses become understandably frustrated, especially well qualified professionals being asked dumb questions which can lead to wonderful retorts. For example. Prosecutor: Doctor before you performed the autopsy did you check for a pulse? Doctor: No Prosecutor: Did you check for blood pressure? Doctor: No Prosecutor: Did you check for breathing? Doctor: No Prosecutor: So then it is possible the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? Doctor: No Prosecutor: But how can you be so sure? Doctor: Because his brain was in a jar sitting on my desk. Prosecutor: But could the patient still be alive nevertheless? Doctor: Thinking about it I guess it is possible he could be alive and practicing law somewhere! We rest our case.

NZME New Zealand’s latest confirmed case of Covid-19 is a preschool-aged child from Canterbury. There was one new case of Covid-19 yesterday. The case is linked to Christchurch’s Rosewood rest home cluster as a household contact of an earlier case. Information released on the Ministry of Health’s website shows the person is a boy aged between 1 and 4. This brings the new total to 1499 and 96 per cent of those are now recovered. There are no additional deaths. The latest case marks only the sixth instance of a child under the age of 4 testing positive for Covid-19, among 1153 confirmed cases since late February. They included three girls aged between one and four, recorded in late March, and another boy in the same age bracket, recorded in Auckland on April 16. New Zealand’s youngest case of confirmed Covid-19 to date was a baby boy, aged under one, recorded in Waikato on April 11. The regions which still have active cases are Waitemata, Auckland, Manukau, Waikato, Hawke’s Bay, Mid-Central, Nelson Marlborough, Canterbury and Southern. Last week, New Zealand has had just five new cases of Covid-19, with three last Monday and one on Friday. On Saturday, 4211 tests were completed, bringing the total number of tests conducted to 228,148 meaning 4.6 per cent of New Zealand’s population has now been tested. The country is heading into its first full week at alert level 2. The Ministry of Health said in a statement yesterday that as more people go back to school and work today, many will be looking forward to being around people again, but that might also make some people feel strange and anxious. The last confirmed case was a “weak positive” from the Marist College cluster but was not considered infectious. The person was sick with symptoms in late March. They had previously tested negative but their infection only came to light after the entire school was recently re-tested. The school said in a statement the new case didn’t signal any further spread of Covid-19, “rather that the test can detect viral genetic material weeks after a person has recovered”. “Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) confirm it is unlikely there is still virus circulating in the Marist community.”

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Roundabout rules Mr McGuire complains that “approaching the roundabout . . . cars drove straight through”. I am a great fan of these roundabouts for their ability to help the orderly passage of traffic particularly at peak times. That requires confident, careful driving, not timidity; when there is space available to me on these things I move into that space ideally slowing only enough to ensure steady traffic flow. Once one is on the roundabout one has the right-of-way, not prior to then, eg. approaching the scene. I got tooted at by an impatient driver who was not “on” the roundabout recently and I was quite aware of his position. I would not have interfered with his rhythm only using the space available to me. One assumes if there was a real problem the police would see the need to actively supervise and instruct the public occasionally with this. Edgar W. Smith

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A lifeline for an industry on its knees

he eight-week wage subsidy extension announced by government last week has come as a welcome relief for many businesses across the country – but few will welcome in more than the embattled tourism sector which largely still remains stagnant. With much of life returning to normal last week when New Zealand moved into Alert Level 2, the tourism industry remained seated – waiting further advice on when and how they might be able to operate, post lockdown. And for Mid Canterbury, it’s been a bitter pill to swallow. Visitor numbers to our region usually skyrocket at this time of the year, largely through the opening of Mt Hutt during the colder months, but also through an influx of people looking for a stopover on their way through the region to other areas. Accommodation venues are some of the hardest hit – with an inability to offer anything other than their core business and news of an extension will have been music to their ears to allow a little more breathing space until things get back up and running. And that’s going to be the next most critical question to be answered. We’ve seen an opening date for Mt Hutt, potentially, but it’s just a small part of the makeup of the tourism sector in this country. Sure, the opening will help many businessess, but we’ll need everything back up and running to get the real benefit of it all. The lack of overseas visitors will be the biggest challenge and the emphasis and shopping and enjoying local will be stronger than ever. A survey done last year suggested that many people from Mid Canterbury had never been big fans of the mountain and skiing, with a big number having never been up the access road. 2020 will be the year to change that. Without the usual hustle and bustle we have an opportunity greater than ever to enjoy what’s on our own back doorstep and there’s a strong hope out there that community will rally behind the tourism sector and make the most of it.

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n my column a couple of weeks ago I outlined some of the steps the Government would need to take to begin to rebuild a shattered economy. Last Thursday they delivered the Budget, their spending and economic plan for the coming financial year. Having had a hand in putting together several when I worked for the last Government I can say that any Budget is challenging. There are a range of competing interests and proposals, and never enough money to fulfil them all. Hard decisions must be made, judgements about best bang for buck. Budget 2020 is all the more challenging for a reason that is apparent to all of us. Covid-19 has put huge pressure on almost every facet of Government; demand for services has exploded, and revenue has been slashed. The numbers are grim. Tens of thousands of people have gone onto the Jobseeker benefit, and the Government are projecting around 160,000 Kiwis will lose their jobs. The knock-on effects throughout the economy are substantial. 160,000 fewer pay packets a week will suppress spending, an effect

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that comes on top of a closed border and no international tourists. Growth in GDP, the value of what we collectively produce, usually sits at between 0.5 and 1 per cent per quarter. In the three months to June a 21.4 per cent drop is expected, and in the following quarter a further drop of 23.8 per cent. Quite literally, wiping out any gains in economic growth in recent years. Faced with so bleak an outlook taking on additional debt is the only responsible course of action available, as it was following the Global Financial Crisis and the Canterbury earthquakes. Government debt is projected to explode, from around $58 billion prior to the arrival of Covid-19, to $200 billion in 2024. More than $140 billion in new debt, equivalent to $80,000 for every household in New Zealand.

Some of that debt is absolutely required. For some weeks I’ve been asking the Government to provide certainty around the wage subsidy, due to run out in just a few weeks. During the lockdown some 1.6 million New Zealanders were supported by the wage subsidy, a critical part of keeping people employed. Although some criticisms have been made of the validity of some businesses claiming the subsidy, the Government were right to move quickly and get money into the hands of employers and their staff as quickly as possible. With many businesses now back operating under Level 2, I suggested the next iteration of the wage subsidy be better targeted to those businesses and industries most in need. I’m pleased that the Government have renewed the wage subsidy for an additional eight weeks, and gone some way to better targeting it. But what concerns me most about the Budget isn’t the spending. Despite the name, a Budget isn’t just a set of spending initiatives, it’s meant to be an economic programme. And in

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this, one of the most difficult times our nation has ever faced, a clear strategy for job creation is at its most needed. Yet there’s an absence. In the days after the Budget, when typically a Government imposes an urgency motion to pass important measures to assist in economic growth, our Parliament was instead instructed to debate a ban on putting cigarettes in the post and legislation to provide a compulsory register of forest advisers. They may both be worthy ideas (and I voted for them both), but they’re hardly going to put in place the conditions where 160,000 new jobs can be created to replace those that have been lost. It’s a lost opportunity, and one I hope the Government will rectify soon. With the level of debt we’re taking on, we don’t have the time to wait. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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Fire, explosion in LA AP An explosion at a hash oil manufacturer in downtown Los Angeles injured 11 firefighters who had gone inside the building after an initial report of a fire. Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Erik Scott said “one significant explosion” shook the neighbourhood around 6.30pm, and as first responders arrived they saw firefighters emerge from the building with burns and other injuries. He did not provide conditions on the injured. He described the business as a maker of “butane honey oil.” Butane is an odourless gas that easily ignites. The process of making the oil in-

volves extracting the high-inducing chemical THC from cannabis plants to create a highly potent concentrate also known as hash oil. The oil can be used in vape pens, edibles, waxes and other products. Firefighters were initially called to 327 East Boyd Street in the city’s Toy District for a report of a fire at a one-storey commercial building. Firefighters entered the building, and there was nothing unusual until the explosion occurred. More than 200 firefighters rushed to the scene and dozens of engines, trucks and rescue vehicles clogged the streets. The fire spread to several nearby buildings, but firefighters were able to douse it in about an hour.

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Virus ‘didn’t come from animals’ AP China’s claims that the pandemic emerged from a wild animal market in Wuhan last December have been challenged by a landmark scientific study. The Mail on Sunday revealed that analysis of the coronavirus by specialist biologists suggests that all available data shows it was taken into the market by someone already carrying the disease. They say they were “surprised” to find the virus was “already pre-adapted to human transmission”, contrasting it to another coronavirus that evolved rapidly as it spread around the planet in a previous epidemic. The explosive claims come as Beijing thwarts global efforts to establish the source of the virus. The news will fuel concerns over the Communist regime’s cover-up since the disease emerged last year in the central Chinese city. The new research is clear in its finding. “The publicly available genetic data does not point to cross-species transmission of the virus at the market,” said Alina Chan, a molecular biologist, and Shing Zhan, an evolutionary biologist. Their paper insists all routes for “zoonotic” (animal to human) transmission – in this case from bats – must be examined. It says: “The possibility that a non-genetically engineered precursor could have adapted to humans while being studied in a laboratory should be considered.” The revelations add to the growing clamour for an international inquiry into the outbreak.

“We need to get to the bottom of many things in relation to Covid-19,” said Tory MP Bob Seely, a member of the Commons’ Foreign Affairs Select Committee. “We need to know where this virus began, why we were told at one time there was no human transmission, and what was the role of the Chinese Communist Party.” Sourcing the virus is key to understanding the disease, developing vaccines and stopping fresh outbreaks. But the issue has become fraught after US President Donald Trump claimed it emerged from a Wuhan laboratory working on bat-borne diseases and China responded by blaming American soldiers at a sports contest. Beijing health authorities have insisted the virus almost certainly came from an animal in Huanan market in Wuhan. They said it was “only a matter of time” before they identified the crossover species behind transmission from bats to humans. The World Health Organisation quickly backed its claims. “The evidence is highly suggestive that the outbreak is associated with exposures in one seafood market in Wuhan,” it said. Officials closed the market the day after notifying the WHO and sent in teams with strong disinfectants. Samples from animals were taken but, four months later, the results have not been shared with foreign scientists. The actions led to claims that they were deliberately wiping away crucial traces. “The crime scene was completely gone,” said Guan Yi, a University of Hong Kong expert. “How can we solve a case without evidence?”

The new study into Sars-CoV-2 – the strain of coronavirus that causes disease – examines genetic samples from patients along with those taken during the 2002-04 epidemic of Sars, a coronavirus transmitted from bats to humans through the handling and eating of civet cats. The paper is by Chan and Ben Deverman, scientists at the Broad Institute, a research unit affiliated to Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Zhan, from the University of British Columbia. It says they were surprised to discover the new coronavirus has remained so stable rather than adapting rapidly to humans. This resembles the earlier virus, they say, during the later stages of epidemic after it “had developed several advantageous adaptations for human transmission”. This was evident from a sample taken from a patient in Wuhan last December. They point to “multiple branches of evolution in humans and animals in the 200204 epidemic”, adding: “In contrast, SarsCoV-2 appeared without peer in late 2019, suggesting there was a single introduction of the human-adapted form of the virus into the human population.” Significantly, the study says genetic examination of four samples containing the virus from the seafood market to those taken from the Wuhan patient are “99.9 per cent” identical. This suggests it came from infected visitors or vendors, indicating “Sars-CoV-2 had been imported into the market by humans”. The authors confirmed to the Mail on Sunday they had found no evidence “of cross-species transmission” at the market.

■■UNITED STATES

A California-based biotech company claims it has found an antibody that completely blocks the new coronavirus. Sorrento Therapeutics said its STI-1499 antibody stopped Covid-19 from entering 100 per cent of healthy human cells in their experiments, Fox News reports. The antibody is one of several the biotech company is planning to combine for a collaboration with Mt Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Sorrento said in a press release it could

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Fred Willard dead at 86 Fred Willard, beloved actor and comedian, has died, aged 86. “My father passed away very peacefully last night at the fantastic age of 86 years old,” his daughter Hope Mulbarger said. “He kept moving, working and making us happy until the very end. We loved him so very much! We will miss him forever.” Colleagues and friends of the actor have been sharing tributes online and mourning the loss together. Willard’s career included more than 300 projects, and he was perhaps mostly known for his roles in Best in Show and A Mighty Wind. - AP

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Five Kiwi actors were particularly excited about the premiere of The Luminaries on TVNZ 1 last night. The epic six-part miniseries based on Eleanor Catton’s 2013 Man Booker Prize-winning novel, and adapted for the screen by Catton herself, premiered last night. “It feels right to me that Aotearoa gets the premiere, and that our people see this story on the big screen first,” says actor Richard Te Are. Set in New Zealand’s Hokitika in the South Island during the 19th-century gold rush, the story follows a large cast of characters including Erik Thomson, who plays Dick Mannering, Richard Te Are as Te Rau Tauwhare, Joel Tobeck as Benjamin Lowenthal, Mark Mitchinson as Thomas Balfour and Yoson An who plays Sook Yongsheng. - NZME

produce up to 200,000 doses of the antibody in a month – a timeline that would see the drug available before a Covid-19 vaccine is expected to be out. Sorrento has filed for emergency FDA approval in the US but is yet to receive green light from the agency. Following the announcement, Sorrento’s stocks shot up by nearly 220 per cent. “We want to emphasise there is a cure,’ Sorrento’s CEO, Dr Henry Ji, said. “There is a solution that works 100 per cent. If we have the neutralising antibody in your body, you don’t need the social distancing.

You can open up a society without fear.” The company has, however, only managed to test the antibody in lab tests on human cells so it cannot say it has blocked the infections in the human body. The company claims the antibody blocks the virus from its primary doorway, a receptor on the surface of human cells: the ACE2 receptor. “This puts its arms around the virus. It wraps around the virus and moves them out of the body,” Ji told Fox. “When the antibody prevents a virus from entering a human cell, the virus cannot survive.

The ad that never aired Kylie Minogue was paid nearly $1 million for the Matesong tourism campaign to attract British tourists to Australia before it was “paused” after just 10 days on-air. New contract details obtained by news.com.au reveal the pop singer pocketed $935,000 (NZ$1m) in “talent fees” for the now-redundant tourism advertisement. But with international travel now suspended until a Covid-19 vaccine is found, there’s little prospect the three-minute music video featuring koalas, quokkas, Uluru, skinny dipping beachgoers and cricketer Shane Warne, will air again anytime soon. - AP

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■■FOOTBALL

Early June on the agenda By Adam Burns

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Community football is set to return to the pitch as soon as the first weekend of June. Season start dates were announced at the weekend by Mainland Football with an extended winter season set to run until September 26. However, football bosses say the Government will have the final say on the matter, with any moves dependent on an Alert Level 2 review announcement to be made in seven days time. Chief executive Julian Bowden said, in a Mainland Facebook post, that it was confident grounds would be ready to go by June 6, following positive discussions with the various councils in the region. “This will of course, be dependent on the weather and we will re-assess as we get closer to this date, but it now gives us a date to be working from,” he said. “This gives us a 17-week window with which to run competitions which is a great result all around, we are also considering other ave-

nues to fit in an extra game or two to bring us up to an ‘ordinary’ season.” Mainland did not rule out extending the season beyond September for certain competitions. An increase of current Alert Level 2 protocols around gathering sizes of no more than 10 will be central to planned restarts at community sport level. In order for football to commence, the limit would have to rise to a minimum of 50, Bowden said. “Current thinking is that if we continue to trend as we are with our Covid cases, that the number of people allowed in any ‘group’ will increase to 100 as was initially included on Level 2 documentation,” he said. “We understand there is a lot of work to be done in the three weeks from now until then and so we wanted to get this memo out to give you as much time as possible to plan and prepare to play.” Mid Canterbury United Football Club committee chairman Neil Simons said it was meeting tomorrow night to discuss the local season and when it may be able to begin. Footballers may be back on the park in early June.

■■RUGBY LEAGUE

Ah Mau a massive injury blow for the Warriors First-choice prop Leeson Ah Mau, who has made 205 first grade appearances, will be sidelined for up to four months after scans confirmed he ruptured a pectoral muscle at training in Tamworth on Friday. Ah Mau will stay in Australia for his operation this week before returning home, and is unlikely to play any part in the restarted NRL season. The former St George Illawarra Dragons front-rower hadn’t missed a game for the Warriors since returning to Mt Smart. Ah Mau was the only player to appear in each of the Warriors’ 24 games last season, and he also started the first two this year against Newcastle and Canberra.

It further dents the Warriors’ front-rower stocks, with fellow frontline prop Bunty Afoa and up-and-comer Jackson Frei already sidelined for the remainder of the year with serious knee injuries. The squad has been bolstered by lock Jazz Tevaga, hooker Nathaniel Roache and centre Gerard Beale, who all missed the start of the season in March. The Warriors have been training in Tamworth for the past fortnight in preparation for their first match back against the St George Illawarra Dragons on Saturday, 30 May. They will visit the Penrith Panthers the following week, with the rest of the draw yet to be revealed.

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Rugby league has lost a true icon of the game with the passing of former player and one face of the NRL premiership trophy Arthur Summons. Summons passed away overnight at the age of 84, NRL.com reports. A bronzed Summons looking up to Norm Proven makes up the premiership trophy after a famous photo was taken of the duo caked in mud at the end of the 1963 grand final between St George and Wests. Summons first played rugby for Australia before switching codes and playing five seasons for the Wests Magpies and then nine tests for the Australian league team, becoming a duel international. He is a member of the NRL hall of fame. “Arthur epitomised everything that rugby league stands for – he was a talented player,

a fierce competitor, a wonderful character and extremely popular with everyone,” ARL chairman Peter V’landys said in a statement. “His importance to the game continued – and was immortalised – after his retirement as a player when he became the face of our Premiership, along with Norm Provan, and he embraced the responsibility which came with that. “Arthur’s memory and legacy will live on in bronze for all of us to celebrate. “This is a sad day for rugby league, but it’s also an opportunity for us to celebrate what makes Arthur Summons such a wonderful part of our history. “Arthur was famously relatively small in stature, but he was still an absolute giant of our game. He will be greatly missed.”

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■■AFTER COVID

■■TENNIS

$265m lifeline for sport

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By Amelia Wade The decimated sports industry has been thrown a $265 million lifeline to help it survive the fallout from the Covid-19 crisis. The focus of the package is to help the sector survive the initial impact of the pandemic which saw every sport cancelled and funding dry up, rebuild with new models and more collaboration and modernise to survive into the future. In a post-Budget announcement yesterday, Sports Minister Grant Robertson said the package would support sports at all levels to “remain viable, get stronger and adapt”. The sports and recreation sector contributed about $5 billion a year to New Zealand’s GDP and employed more than 53,000 people, Robertson said. The $265 million package over the next four years will be broken into: Robertson said Covid-19 meant much of the sector’s funding had dried up and put sports under “immense strain”, particularly at a community level. Professional sports and athletes weren’t immune to the fallout. Competitions across the board had been cancelled or postponed because of social distancing restrictions and closed borders internationally. At a hearing of the Epidemic Response Committee this month, various sports bodies expressed concern that women’s leagues and community sport would be the first to go. Netball NZ chief executive

The rebuild means an opportunity to address funding of women’s sport, says Netball NZ CEO Jennie Wyllie. Jennie Wyllie said the rebuild provided the opportunity to address the “systemic underinvestment” worth hundreds of millions of dollars in women’s sport and reset the funding model which depends on gambling proceeds. “New Zealand should not squander this chance to address the systemic inequities across sport,” Wyllie said.

Robertson said yesterday funding would be provided across all three focus areas to support women’s sport and groups currently underrepresented in sport, like people with disabilities, Maori and those from low socioeconomic groups. Sport New Zealand and High Performance Sport New Zealand would work closely with sport organisations and professional

teams and clubs to ensure the new funding was allocated “fairly and appropriately across the system”, Robertson said. “We want New Zealanders to be able to get back to sport, recreation and play as soon as possible. “This funding will get sports from community clubs to elite level athletes back up and running.”

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Supercars aiming for late June restart A new 12-round series calendar has been unveiled, with the championship having been on hold since the Covid-19 lockdown began in March. Sydney Motorsport Park will host the first round back on June 27-28, with a further 10 events to follow through to the new season finale at Mount Panorama in February. The Auckland event, which was originally scheduled to be held over ANZAC weekend this year, will now take place as the penultimate round in the second weekend of January. “There is a clear priority to get that border open again and to work as trans-Tasman partners, and that flows through to the event date,” Supercars CEO Sean Seamer said. “We’re confident that based on all the advice we’re getting right now that the date will be achievable.” All events bar the cancelled Albert Park Formula 1 Grand Prix and the street circuits of Gold

Coast and Newcastle have been retained. Other than Bathurst – which will retain its four-day layout for the 1000, and three days for the finale – all rounds are currently scheduled as two-day events. Race formats are yet to be announced. Seamer was pleased to deliver the news to fans, but stressed

all details are subject to change given the nature of the Covid-19 situation. “This is a fixed stake in the ground that we can now move forward on, and we all need to be flexible on how much racing we can and can’t do over the coming eight months,” he said. Seamer said all options were considered, including re-visit-

ing circuits such as Queensland Raceway and Phillip Island or even doubling up at a venue like Sydney Motorsport Park. “We looked at everything. “We looked at bubble concepts, we looked at back-to-back rounds,” he explained. “But the calendar has been formulated in such a way that we have been able to maintain the proper spacing between the rounds, for both medical and cost reasons. “We believe it allows us to maintain our national footprint, which is really important to us.” Revised 2020 Australia Supercars Championship: June 27-28: Sydney Motorsport Park July 18-19: Winton August 8-9: Darwin Triple Crown August 29-30: Townsville September 19-20: The Bend October 8-11: Bathurst 1000 October 31-November 1: Perth November 21-22: Tasmania December 12-13: Sandown January 9-10: Auckland February 5-7: Bathurst

Andy Murray endured a drunken love-bombing on Saturday from his friend Nick Kyrgios, in the latest example of the increasingly bizarre trend for celebrity chats on Instagram Live. While Novak Djokovic continues to use the platform to propound pseudo-scientific theories, Murray has generally stuck to more orthodox tennis matters. But he looked embarrassed on Saturday when a well-oiled Kyrgios started telling him he was “better than the Big Three”. “I think you should have one of the best careers ever,” said Kyrgios, who admitted that he had drunk around half-a-dozen glasses of wine already. “I said that to you many times. “I think you are better than Djokovic. “Djokovic was playing dodgeball on my serve and you were slapping it for a winner. “He was trying to dodge it, you were on it like a light.” In typically deadpan fashion, Murray waited for the tirade to finish, and then replied “Results would suggest otherwise.” Kyrgios then tried to convince Murray that they should play doubles together, as and when the professional tour finally resumes. In the process, however, Kyrgios seemed to become confused about Murray’s nationality. “I like to get up and about with the boys,” Kyrgios said. “Aussies and people from England, we are the same. “Do you think me and Dominic Thiem [the world No 3 from Austria] would vibe? No. I’m more invested in maybe like a nice cocktail. “But my boy Dominic Thiem would be like ‘I want to see this paint dry.’” In among Kyrgios’s ramblings, there was time for Murray – who returned to the practice court on Friday alongside his coach Jamie Delgado and brother Jamie – to offer a brief but encouraging update on his troublesome right hip. “I was doing well before the injury at the Davis Cup,” said Murray, who was forced to sit out most of Great Britain’s matches at that team event in November by a pelvic bone-bruise. “I think when things get back to normal, I will be alright.”

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Cup berth for Oceanex Oceanex has upset a betting plunge on favourite King Of Leogrance to book a place in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) with victory in Listed The Andrew Ramsden (2800m) at Flemington. Success in Saturday’s 2800m race affords Oceanex a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup in November. The Andrew Ramsden was shortened from 3200m last year with the Victoria Racing Club granting a ballot exemption for the first time which Steel Prince claimed in a nail-biting finish from Surprise Baby. Steel Prince finished ninth in last year’s Cup. The daughter of Ocean Park is prepared by Mick Price and Mick Kent Jr and she will be their first Cup runner. Price, who has been training since the early 1990s, has previously had two Cup runners saddling Toll Bell, 21st in 1994 and Umbula, 20th behind Makybe Diva, in 2005.

Given a perfect ride by Mark Zahra, Oceanex ($6.50) scored by three quarters of a length from the $1.80 favourite King Of Leogrance with Super Girl ($26) 1-1/4 lengths away third. Price said Melbourne Cup horses were not a part of his business model, but is more than happy to make the exception this year. “There’ll be a bit of nerves now,” Price said. “These owners, they’re like mums and dads, the Bon Beach footy club boys are in it. “It’s going to be a sensational story.” With the majority of the Price and Kent Jr horses in the sprinter-miler mould, Price said he has not given a lot of thought how Oceanex will get to the Melbourne Cup. “I’ll have to think about it now, the pressure is on,” Price said. Oceanex was purchased out of Milan Park’s 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling draft by Price for $70,000.

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Addington Raceway Date: 18 May 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 12.06pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 2658x Homebush Susan nwtd..............J McInerney 2 Rita Jewel nwtd.............................C Roberts 3 532 Dorothy Be Good nwtd...................... B Dann 4 85F58 Cancun nwtd...............................N Wanhalla 5 47468 Homebush Ivy nwtd...................J McInerney 6 28x23 Marakesh Max nwtd...................J McInerney 7 46576 Mulberry Tip nwtd......................... K Cassidy 8 86663 Sweet Mary Ann nwtd................R Blackburn 9 668x7 Smash Trust nwtd............................. M Grant 10 8888 Lady Sobers nwtd......................J McInerney 2 12.26 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES DASH C0, 295m 1 Taieri Mist nwtd................................R Casey 2 44473 Slippery Suzie nwtd S &..................B Evans 3 25673 Bees Are Buzzing nwtd J M............. McCook 4 Zola Black nwtd.............................C Roberts 5 F345x Homebush Hans nwtd................J McInerney 6 53365 Miss June nwtd..........................J McInerney 7 53 Opawa Stubborn nwtd...............J McInerney 8 8x633 Girl Midori nwtd..........................R Blackburn Emergencies: 9 668x7 Smash Trust nwtd............................. M Grant 10 8888 Lady Sobers nwtd......................J McInerney 3 12.46pm FLAIR STAKES C0, 520m 1 44355 Adelphi nwtd J M.............................. McCook 2 5F7x3 Ohoka Megan nwtd....................... L Waretini 3 All Unite nwtd J &.............................D Fahey 4 8x22 Opawa Nova nwtd............................R Wales 5 5676 Mayhem Made nwtd...................A Bradshaw 6 Opawa Girls Get nwtd......................R Wales 7 64x43 Opawa Hannah nwtd.......................R Wales 8 84 Opawa Rowdy nwtd.........................R Wales 9 67x8 Opawa Dawn nwtd...........................R Wales

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1 35477 Goldstar Aria nwtd S &.....................B Evans 2 Taieri Mellay nwtd............................R Casey 3 2 Crystal Cilla nwtd.......................J McInerney 4 64676 Homebush Murdock nwtd..........J McInerney 5 67477 Yappy Yap nwtd................................R Wales 6 243 Mine Hunter nwtd J M...................... McCook 7 8 Pascale Jewel nwtd.......................C Roberts 8 Whitman nwtd............................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 38885 Homebush Captain nwtd............J McInerney 10 67687 Just Peaches nwtd......................H Anderton 10 3.11 CRATE & BARREL HOTEL STAKES C1, 520m 1 24222 Go Diego 30.38 J &..........................D Fahey 2 37371 Opawa Dan 30.37 J M..................... McCook 3 22115 Usain Bale 30.64...........................C Roberts 4 22386 Homebush Bede nwtd................J McInerney 5 165x3 Bye Bye Punter 30.96......................R Wales 6 23226 Lethal Lettie 30.92.....................A Bradshaw 7 36352 Hustle Ace 30.54.........................N Wanhalla 8 556x3 Haidee Bale 30.44........................D Roberts 9 48562 My Rosie 30.51............................. L Waretini 10 4x763 Barrel Runner nwtd....................A Bradshaw 11 3.28 SWIMMING GOAT@STUD DASH C1, 295m 1 312 Rocco Jewel 17.62........................C Roberts 2 888x6 Homebush Hotshot 17.46..........J McInerney 3 17784 Khatia 17.50...............................J McInerney 4 14776 Impressive Gift nwtd..................J McInerney 5 61223 So Flossy 17.25................................ B Dann 6 16477 Sass ‘Em Up 17.31..........................C Steele 7 73225 Billy Ray nwtd.............................N Wanhalla 8 1182 Moany Maloney 17.53................A Bradshaw Emergencies: 9 55252 Call Me Joe 17.31..................... A Botherway 10 147x3 Retallick 17.33 J M........................... McCook 12 3.46pm RE-ENERGISE DASH C1, 295m 1 65341 Mitcham Sam 17.47...................J McInerney 2 24153 Hendrix Bale 17.35.......................C Roberts 3 87222 Know Crime nwtd........................... G Cleeve 4 3x152 Mr Muppet 17.18..............................R Wales 5 82261 Culvie Numb Boy 17.86 H &................Taylor 6 84487 Chicago Head 17.40..................J McInerney 7 34432 Maybe Right 17.59 J M.................... McCook 8 31787 Homebush Jozie nwtd................J McInerney 9 55252 Call Me Joe 17.31..................... A Botherway 10 147x3 Retallick 17.33 J M........................... McCook 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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ACROSS 1. Pattern one will have it in mind to make (6) 4. The barest minimum of clothing is painful to one running (6) 9. Being in a huff about one’s family, might slug it out (7) 10. Last round in the soccer organisation: nil result (5) 11. It is mean to change it, so let it be (4) 12. He deceives one about the air the Left might assume (4) 13. A grey sort of tree (3) 15. Rome’s river has no heart to row (4) 16. An opinion on how to watch television (4) 19. Banker knows about AC (3) 21. Computer symbol is one to study (4) 22. What hitchhiker wants to steal (4) 24. The chosen type size for a typewriter (5) 25. Outraged at being stacked in sheaves (7) 26. Negotiation for art yet to be resolved (6) 27. Annual at end of February is ahead of its time (6) DOWN 1. The belittling of parent is game daughter plays (13) 2. Can pay everything one owes for adhesive (7) 3. Profit from 8 losing leader (4) 5. It runs round the stern flat, fair as can be (8) 6. Carriage not going up to Georgia (5) 7. With little enthusiasm, father had yell about it (4-9) 8. A gin cocktail with a repeat order (5) 14. He may be sorry he confessed (8) 17. By which one may win a hair’s-breadth (7) 18. An increase in supply Wellington made around the South (5) 20. It will cut fine possibly imposed on first killer (5) 23. Traditional learning has its role to play (4)

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ACROSS 1. Waistband (4) 3. Destroying (8) 9. Wearing away (7) 10. Speak (5) 11. Agonising (12) 14. Pompous fool (3) 16. Belonging to them (5) 17. Perceive (3) 18. Stop making progress (5,2,1,4) 21. Proportion (5) 22. Customers (7) 23. Unity (8) 24. Daze (4)

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Across: 1. Document 7. Place 8. Comment 9. Torpedo 10. Ills 12. Radical 14. Fantasy 17. Scan 18. Scalpel 21. Literal 22. Ebony 23. Swansong 8 4. Natter15. Fate 2 4 Down: 1. Deceit 2. Complain 3. Mien 6. Recoil 7. Paradox 11. Charpoy 13. Concerto 9 14. Fasten 6 15. Yellow 16. Unplug 19. Ahoy 20. Stun

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Previous solution: bel, bels, belt, belts, best, bet, bets, blest, est, lest, let, lets, set

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Managing your emotions is a skill you’re determined to master. It helps you to move more easily through life. Anything you can understand and handle in yourself, you can understand and handle in others. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Smart people gather information everywhere they look. This is you. You don’t have to be presented with the lesson. You figure it out on your own and apply it immediately. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): It takes time to grow into relationships. Even if things click right away, you still need at least 10 good hours with a person (not in a row!) to get a sense of what it will be like. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Vocabulary is fashion. Behaviour is fashion. Fashion is fashion. People make a statement with these things often unwittingly. Not you. You’ll consider your style choices and what they mean. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): This isn’t a zero-sum game where your wins and losses are precisely balanced by the wins and losses of others. This is the sort of game you all can succeed in together. Today brings a collective big win. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Building your team means sharing a worldview that intrigues people. When you see the world as a beautiful place filled with magical potential, many will want to be a part of your world. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There’s nothing worth rushing for today. Let go of any frustration tied to a timeline. The timing of what’s happening is pristine. You only need to trust it. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Fear is just an idea crying out to be acknowledged. You can calm fear by listening to it, giving it a good face-to-face look and telling it: “I hear you. You make good points that I will take under advisement.” SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): This activity, which is so emotionally rewarding, fun and which doesn’t feel at all like work, will net you a pretty penny. How fantastic for everyone involved. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): At the root of the word “sorcery” is “sors,” the Latin word for fate. As you apply your determined will to affect fate today, you’ll be accused of a magic touch. If only they knew how hard you’ve worked! AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): There’s always room for more, but with social-distancing practices in place, you’ll have to get creative about how you make that room, be it with methods digital, spiritual or physical. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): They’ll want to know if you can make money doing a thing, and you’ll want to know why that should be a primary concern. Assure them of this; values will be reciprocated.

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. Good Verywords Good of 13 three Excellent 15 How 11 many 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 atsolution: least one five-letter Previous bel, bels, word. belt, belts, bet, Good bets, 13 blest, est, lest, Goodbest, 11 Very Excellent 15 let, lets, set

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Cloudy with remaining drizzle clearing in the morning. Fine spells increasing in the afternoon. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: Light.

Fine with early frosts. Northerlies.

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Areas of morning and evening cloud or fog in valleys, otherwise fine. Northwesterlies developing.

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 122.7 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

65.7 313.8

Waitaki Kurow at 3:01 pm, yesterday Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 13.7 14.2 Max to 4pm -0.1 Minimum -3.9 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.2 16hr to 4pm May to date 8.2 Avg May to date 34 2020 to date 140.2 254 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 7 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 24 Time of gust 2:07pm

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6am Ben 10 – Ultimate Alien 3 0 6:50 Endangered Species 3 0 7:15 Trulli Tales 3 0 7:30 Atomic Puppet 3 0 7:40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 0 8:05 The Thundermans 3 0 8:30 Game Shakers 3 0 9am Antiques Road Trip 3 10am The Doctors PG 11am The Chase Australia 3 0 Noon Everybody Loves Raymond 3 0 12:30 Bull PG 3 0 1:30 Married... With Children PG 3 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm A Place In The Sun – Winter Sun 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Pawn Stars 3 6:30 Pawn Stars

7pm Shortland Street PGS 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules – The Rivals PG Pete Evans, Manu Feildel, and Colin Fassnidge take part in the fiercest competition yet! 0 9:05 Booze Patrol PG 0 10pm Grey’s Anatomy M 0 10:55 Mom PGC 3 0

7pm The Project 7:30 Lego Masters Australia PG 0 8:40 The Rookie M 0 9:35 SVU 16 A father takes matters into his own hands in the case against his daughter’s rapist. 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 The Hui 3 0

11:20 Whiskey Cavalier MV3 0 12:10 The Resident PG 3 0 12:55 Cougar Town PG 3 1:15 Shortland Street PGS 3 0 1:40 Infomercials 2:45 Scandal MV 3 3:30 Desperate Housewives M 3 0 4:15 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 3 4:40 Emmerdale PG 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:30 NewsHub Nation 3 An in-depth weekly current-affairs show. 0 12:40 Infomercials

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7:30 Aussie Pickers 0 8:30 M Marauders 16VL 2016 Action Crime. When a bank is robbed, all evidence points to the owner and his clients but, as FBI agents investigate, and the robberies continue, it becomes clear a larger conspiracy is at play. 0 10:45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 11:45 Love Island UK 16LS The Islanders must choose which couple to save. 12:45 Closedown

My Kitchen Rules – The Rivals, 7:30pm on TVNZ 2

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:45 The Simpsons PG 7:10 Parking Wars PGL 8am Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 8:25 Storage Wars PG 9:15 Hardcore Pawn PG 9:40 Hawaii Five-0 MV 10:25 SVU MV 11:10 Parking Wars PGL Noon Jeopardy! 12:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:50 NCIS MV 1:40 NCIS MV 2:25 Hawaii Five-0 MV 3:10 Parking Wars PGL 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Hardcore Pawn PG 6pm Storage Wars PG 7pm Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 7:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 8:30 Demolition NZ M 9pm The Loggers PG 9:30 A1 – Highway Patrol MVLC 10:30 SVU MV 11:15 Storage Wars PG

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12:05 Parking Wars PGL 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:20 Jeopardy! 1:40 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 2:05 A1 – Highway Patrol MVLC 2:50 Demolition NZ M 3:15 The Loggers PG 3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Hardcore Pawn PG 4:50 Hawaii Five-0 MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

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MOVIES GREAtS

6:20 The Wife MLS 2018 Drama. Glenn Close, Jonathan Price. 8am Top-End Wedding ML 2019 Comedy. Miranda Tapsell, Gwilym Lee. 9:40 Angel Has Fallen 16VL 2019 Action. Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman. 11:40 Welcome To Marwen MV 2018 Drama. Steve Carell, Leslie Mann. 1:35 The Hate U Give MVLSC 2019 Drama. Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall. 3:45 The Miseducation Of Cameron Post MVLSC 2018 Drama. Chloe Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane. 5:20 Teen Spirit PGL 2019 Drama. Elle Fanning, Zlatko Buric. 6:55 The Nun 16VC 2018 Horror. Demian Bichir, Taissa Farmiga. 8:30 The Favourite 16LSC 2019 Drama. While a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, her friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country. When a new servant arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Olivia Colman, Emma Stone. 10:30 Killers Anonymous 16VLS 2019 Action. Gary Oldman, Jessica Alba.

6:48 The HundredFoot Journey PGL 2014 Drama. Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal. 8:48 Star Trek – Into Darkness MV 2013 Sci-fi Action. Chris Pine, Benedict Cumberbatch. 10:56 The Fault In Our Stars ML 2014 Drama. Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff. 12:58 After Earth MV 2013 Sci-fi. Will Smith, Jaden Smith. 2:35 Elysium 16VL 2013 Action Sci-fi. Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley. 4:22 The Family Man MVL 2000 Comedy Drama. Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle. 6:25 Mortal Instruments – City Of Bones MV 2013 Adventure. Lily Collins, Jaime Campbell Bower. 8:30 10 Cloverfield Lane MVC 2016 Thriller Horror. After a serious car accident, a woman wakes up in a bunker with two men who warn her of an apocalyptic attack above ground. John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher jr. 10:20 50/50 16LS 2011 Comedy Drama. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen.

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12:10 Unbroken – Path To Redemption PGV 2018 Drama. Samuel Hunt, Merritt Patterson. 1:50 Chronicles Mysteries – Vines That Bind PG 2019 Drama. Alison Sweeney, Benjamin Ayres. 3:15 The Miseducation Of Cameron Post MVLSC 2018 Drama. Chloe Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane. 4:50 Teen Spirit PGL 2019 Drama.

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Midnight Beauty Shop MS 2005 Comedy. Queen Latifah. 1:45 After Earth MV 2013 Sci-fi. Will Smith, Jaden Smith. 3:24 Elysium 16VL 2013 Action Sci-fi. 5:12 The Family Man MVL 2000 Comedy Drama.

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6am My Family And The 6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 Te Galapagos 7am Secret Mana Kuratahi 7:10 Tamariki Cities 8am Inside The Haka 7:20 E Kori 3 7:25 Pipi Vets 9am Tom Kerridge’s Ma 7:30 ZooMoo 7:40 Te Fresh Start 9:30 Money For Nutube 7:50 Darwin + Newts 3 Nothing 10:30 American 8am Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 Restoration 11am American 8:30 Paki Vault 3 9am Native Restoration 11:30 Irish Pickers Kitchen 3 9:30 Opaki 3 12:30 Paranormal Survivor 10am Wairua 10:30 Tapatahi MCV 1:30 My Dream Home 11:15 Nga Tangata Taumata 2:30 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends Rau 3 12:30 It’s In The Bag 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te 3:30 Hope For Wildlife Motu 3 1:30 Ako 3 2 2pm Toku 4:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things 5pm Rachel Allen – All Things Reo 3 2 3pm Nga Kapa Haka Sweet Rachel is at home in Ireland, Kura Tuarua 3 3:30 Playlist indulging in her passion for all 4pm Swagger 4:30 Pukana 2 things sweet. From rich desserts 5pm Waiata Mai 5:10 Te Mana to afternoon tea, children’s treats Kuratahi 3 5:40 Tamariki Haka to that dinner-party ‘wow factor’, 5:50 E Kori 3 5:55 Pipi Ma Rachel has it covered. 6pm ZooMoo 6:10 Te Nutube 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:20 Darwin + Newts 3 6:30 Te 6:30 Salvage Hunters Ao – Maori News 7:30 World’s Greatest Hotels 7pm Whanau Living 3 A look behind the doors of 7:30 On Country Kitchen some of the world’s most 8pm Te Ao With Moana famous and amazing hotels. 8:30 M Favela Rising 16VLC 8:30 Alexandria 2005 Documentary. A man 9:30 Joanna Lumley’s India emerges from the slums of 10:30 Salvage Hunters Rio to lead the non-violent cultural movement known as Afro-reggae. 10pm #whiuatepatai ML 10:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 11pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 12:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things The latest news, with an inclusive 1am Rachel Allen – All Things approach to Maori news by Sweet connecting directly with 1:30 Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start communities. 2am Bear Grylls – Mission Survive 11:30 Closedown PG 3am Alexandria 4am Joanna Lumley’s India 5am Mysteries At The Museum

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6:56 Josie 16VLS 2018 Drama. Dylan McDermott, Sophie Turner. 8:21 Tyson 16VLS 2007 Documentary. Mike Tyson. 9:49 Phoenix, Oregon 16L 2019 Comedy. James Le Gros, Jesse Borrego. 11:34 Helmet Heads MC 2018 Comedy. Arturo Pardo, Daniela Mora. 12:56 Holy Lands ML 2019 Drama. 2:36 6 Days 16VL 2017 Action. 4:08 Blame 16VLSC 2017 Drama. 5:44 Entanglement MLC 2017 Comedy. 7:07 The Possession Of Hannah Grace 16VC 2018 Horror. Recently out of rehab, a former police officer takes the graveyard shift in a morgue, where she faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an unnatural entity. Stana Katic, Shay Mitchell. 8:30 An Affair To Die For 16VLS 2018 Thriller. An adulterous couple are forced to play a twisted game of survival with their psychotic captor to prevent their families from being murdered. Claire Forlani, Jake Abel. 9:54 Canadian Strain 16LC 2019 Comedy. Jess Salgueiro, Colin Mochrie. 11:10 1 ML 2013 Documentary. Michael Fassbender, Lewis Hamilton, Niki Lauda.

7:25 The Graham Norton Show M 8:15 The Bill MVC 9:05 Inspector George Gently M 10:35 Grantchester M 11:25 Doc Martin PG 12:15 Midsomer Murders MVC 1:55 The Bill MVC 2:45 Lewis M 4:20 The Graham Norton Show MLS 5:15 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 6:20 Qi PG 6:55 EastEnders PG 7:30 Qi M With Clive Anderson, Jo Brand, Phill Jupitus, and Alan Davies. 8pm Would I Lie To You? PG Rob Brydon, Lee Mack, and David Mitchell return with unseen material from the panel show. 8:35 Doc Martin PG Louisa has surprising news for Martin; Mike has a shady revelation from his past. 9:30 Sanditon PG As the Sanditon summer regatta approaches, Sidney deals with his feelings towards an old flame, and Young Stringer reveals his feelings to Charlotte. 10:25 Prime Suspect MVLC

12:58 Lasso 16VLC 2017 Horror. 2:32 6 Days 16VL 2017 Action. 4:04 The Possession Of Hannah Grace 16VC 2018 Horror. 5:27 Blame 16VLSC 2017 Drama.

12:10 Midsomer Murders MVC 1:50 Qi PG 2:20 Qi M 2:50 Would I Lie To You? PG 3:25 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 4:25 Doc Martin PG 5:15 Sanditon PG

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Gold Rush – White Water PG The Gold Cave. 7:30 What On Earth? PG The Minotaur’s Lair. 8:20 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! PG Invisible Worlds. 9:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Strange Evidence PG Lake of the Dead. 11:40 Aussie Lobster Men PG 12:30 Swamp Murders M A Dark Place to Die. 1:20 American Monster M Shooting Phoenix. 2:10 Top Gear 3pm Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG Revving Up a 1969 Riviera. 5:40 Aussie Lobster Men PG 6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 Top Gear PG 8:30 Richard Hammond’s Big PG Tallest Building On Earth. 9:25 Jay Leno’s Garage PG Size Matters. 10:15 Surveillance Oz – Dashcam PG 10:40 Surveillance Oz – Dashcam PG 11:05 What On Earth? PG Temple of Blood. 11:55 How It’s Made PG

Tuesday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Naked And Afraid XL PG 1:35 Gold Rush PG 2:25 Moonshiners M 3:15 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 4:05 Strange Evidence PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid XL PG 5:45 Gold Rush PG

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16 Ashburton Guardian

Massive loss for Warriors

V8s back in late June

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College rugby has always been a path to higher honours.

No dates for college rugby By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Dates for the start of secondary school rugby competitions remain undecided as local schools consider different scenarios. New Zealand Rugby (NZR) have etched out a course for the provincial unions to follow before competition games can commence. NZR head of participation Steve Lancaster last week confirmed secondary school rugby would follow the three-phased process

and that schools would be required to work within government guidelines for the education sector. Pre-season training can begin no earlier than May 25. Ashburton College’s 1st XV comprise of a 30-player squad, which means trainings would need to be split out under current Alert Level 2 guidelines. It is understood the UC Championship committee are working through a series of options with schools around how the season

will be structured including a regionalised 10-week competition. Some schools are believed to have ruled out travelling. Canterbury Rugby Union community operations manager Fiona Smith did not respond to requests for comment. AshColl 1st XV head coach Shane Enright said if the season started in late-June there may be some consideration in deferring pre-season training regardless. It was announced on Friday that September’s Barbarian Na-

tional Secondary School 1st XV Rugby Championships, also known as the Top Four, had been cancelled. The Championships involve secondary school teams who qualify through their respective regions and was set to be played in Palmerston North during the September winter tournament week. New Zealand Schools Rugby Union chairman Garry Chronican said the early decision meant schools and organising commit-

tees can now prioritise running local competitions. “The Top Four championships have traditionally been the culmination of the secondary school rugby year, he said. “We’ve seen the start of school rugby disrupted already and now local secondary competitions can plan for a full season. “Ultimately, young people can hopefully now enjoy an uninterrupted season. “That means more rugby for them and that’s a real positive.”

Early June on the agenda for community football

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