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HOW MUCH WILL WE GET? What will sports boost mean? By Adam Burns
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Time will tell as to how much of the multi-million dollar sporting pie will surface in Mid Canterbury. Financial reprieve began flowing last week for local organisations before the Government announced a further recovery package for sport, one of many sectors significantly thwarted by Covid-19. Sport and Recreation Minister
Grant Robertson announced a $265 million cash injection into sport and recreation over the next four years as part of the Covid-19 response funded by last week’s Budget. The announcement at the weekend follows the $25 million community relief fund set up by Sport New Zealand earlier this month for under-siege community sport clubs and associations. Robertson said the sport and recreation sector contributed
about $5 billion a year to New Zealand’s GDP and employs more than 53,000 people. “Sport plays a significant role in bringing our communities together. Our success on the world stage also brings inspiration and pride to our country,” he said. “Covid-19 has seen much of the sector’s funding dry up and put sports, particularly at a community level, under immense strain. We are providing the support needed to sports at all levels to
remain viable, get stronger and adapt.” Sport Canterbury chief executive Julyan Falloon told the Guardian that more than $400,000 of an available $1.7 million had already been paid to organisations in Canterbury and the West Coast regions. “A number of organisations in Mid Canterbury have been applying for that,” he said. However he said it was too early to establish how much of the lat-
est fiscal boost will be allocated to Mid Canterbury or the greater region. “Other than what we’re doing around the community resilience fund and what it’s done for Mid Canterbury, I can’t tell you how that will be distributed or what the impact will be in the community setting,” he said.
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Gallery team excited to be back By Susan Sandys
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Ashburton Art Gallery staff are excited to be back, but face the challenge of bringing visitation levels back to pre-lockdown levels. Curator Shirin Khosraviani said it felt “marvellous” to open the facility on Monday, after it had been closed since March 24. None of the exhibitions have had to be cancelled, and it was now a matter of rescheduling to new postponement dates. “It’s kind of surreal, you suddenly have a gap of 50 days essentially,” Khosraviani said. Staff were just about to hang works for the exhibition of The Creators’ Room when they had to shut up shop, but returned to doing the job once the country went to Level 2. Initially set to open on April 4, The Creators’ Room instead opened this week, becoming the first post-lockdown opening of an exhibition at the gallery. The Creators’ Room initiative was launched by Ashburton’s Charlotte Sherratt and her friend, Christchurch’s Sophie Paterson, to inspire secondary school pupils, while the exhibition features contributors’ top works.
Ashburton Art Gallery curator Shirin Khosraviani prepares The Creators’ Room works as the gallery re-opens this week. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 180520-SS-010 Meanwhile, other exhibitions under way when the gallery shut, ZAFAA20 and The Trappings of Ghosts, resumed when doors opened, and the gallery’s future calendar is set to fall into place in
coming days as artists and the gallery work out new dates. “Our artists have been very kind and patient, we are just working within our programme. There’s not been any major disruptions, it’s
just time frames that have moved around a little bit,” Khosraviani said. Among rescheduled exhibitions will be the major calendar highlight of the Ashburton Society of
Arts’ annual show, which was initially set for July but will now be some time later in the year. Khosraviani said the gallery’s team of five had had plenty to do while based at home during lockdown, including work on the collection database clearing an administration backlog. And they continued to engage and inspire Mid Cantabrians via local media and social media pages, with activities and artist profiles. Gallery education and artist talk programmes are on hold for now, while a deep clean of the gallery has been conducted and now it is back to a new reality approaching a post-Covid world. The gallery, however, has the benefit of being a large building with plenty of space to allow social distancing. “The nice thing about the art gallery is by its very nature you don’t touch things,” Khosraviani said. The main challenge would be getting visitation back to normal levels, as locals and Kiwis get the confidence to visit public spaces again, and following the closure of international borders cancelling out tourists popping in as they travelled down State Highway One.
What will sports boost mean for Mid Canty? From P1 “It’s too early at this stage.” The Government confirmed the $265 million investment will target three keys areas. A total of $83 million will be set aside for short-term support to help sport and recreation organisations at all levels get through the initial impact of Covid-19. A further $104 million has been
allocated to help the sector rebuild in the medium term including so national and regional sports organisations can make changes in order to “operate successfully in the post-pandemic environment”. “It’s about getting the system of sport to run better and more efficiently, to be less reliant on vulnerable funding sources like gaming,” Falloon said.
Another $78 million will target innovative approaches to delivering sport and recreation in the future which would utilise new technologies and research in the rebuild from Covid-19 to modernise the sporting sector. “Falloon said the three different components could be best summarised as “reset and rebuild”, “strengthen and adapt” and “differ-
ent and better”. Sport Canterbury have made two presentations to Mid Canterbury sporting organisations over the past fortnight. Falloon said they will be running drop-in sessions over Zoom this week around the community resilience fund and what it can offer local groups. Mid Canterbury clubs and associations can apply
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Former local man arrested in Bali By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz
A former Ashburton man has been arrested in Bali after being found in possession of methamphetamine. Balinese media are reporting that Andrew Ivan Dolan, 53, from New Zealand was found with evidence of 0.51 grams of methamphetamine at the end of February this year. The Guardian understands that Dolan is a former Ashburton resident, and was a director and shareholder of a number of Ashburton based companies. Dolan had reportedly been living in Bali since 2015 [and] claims to have been using drugs for the past five years because he is addicted and for pleasure, said Denpasar Police head Ruddi Setiawan through a statement. He added that Dolan is currently in Indonesia on a tourist visa and was using drugs when police arrived at his boarding house to make the arrest. Dolan has been charged with Article 112 on possession of drugs
under Indonesia’s drug laws, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment and a maximum fine of IDR8 billion ($US562,390). Indonesia is famed for its incredibly strict drug laws, with a comparative charge of possession of a class A drug in New Zealand like methamphetamine carrying a maximum sentence of six months’ imprisonment and/or a $1000 fine. Travel website Lonely Planet says if caught with drugs in Indonesia, you may have to wait for up to six months in jail before trial. As seen in high-profile cases involving foreigners, multi-year prison terms are common for people caught with illegal drugs, including marijuana. Those found guilty of dealing can be subject to the death penalty. In 2017 a New Zealand woman, who had been living in Australia, was sentenced to two and a half years’ jail after a plastic sachet containing 0.43 grams of methamphetamine fell out of her pocket at Bali’s Ngurah Rai airport.
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Labour list MP Luxton set to benefit from ‘halo effect’ By Susan Sandys
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The glow of popularity surrounding the Labour Party will likely translate to more votes for Rangitata candidate Jo Luxton at election time. So says University of Auckland lecturer in New Zealand politics and public policy Dr Lara Greaves. The National Party has plummeted to 30.6 per cent in the first public poll since the Covid-19 crisis took hold. The latest Newshub Reid Research poll shows Labour rocketing up to 56.5 per cent under
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s leadership through the Covid-19 crisis. Ardern is the most popular leader of the country in a century, with 59.5 per cent of those polled naming her their preferred PM. Leader Simon Bridges’ popularity has crashed to 4.5 per cent, down by 6.1 percentage points from the last poll in February. Dr Greaves said if an election was held tomorrow, the nationwide boost to Labour would rub off at an electorate level around the country. Many voters did not comprehend the difference between the party vote and candidate vote,
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majority. And the “urban-rural effect”, comprising rural voters remaining loyal to National, would likely remain. For these reasons, if an election were held tomorrow, Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon would still be likely to win over his rival Luxton. Both Luxton and Falloon would not be drawn on the question of whether they thought the recent poll results would translate to a local effect. Asked whether she expected to get more votes due to Labour’s popularity, Luxton said she tried not to “crystal-ball gaze”. “Right now my focus is on
supporting our families and businesses to recover from the lockdown, and ensuring they are aware of all the support made available through Budget 2020,” she said. Falloon said he did not read too much into individual polls. “My focus is on serving people in the district and ensuring our region is well placed to help lead the post-Covid economic recovery. I’ve never taken anything for granted and ultimately people will make their own decision in September,” he said. Election day will be September 19.
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Autumn tree clean-up for Methven
Port Hills crash A motorist is dead after their vehicle plunged off a bank on Christchurch’s Port Hills yesterday. It is understood the driver was an elderly man. Police said the person killed was the vehicle’s sole occupant. Police and Fire and Emergency NZ were called at 10.40am after reports that a vehicle had gone off a bank on Sumner’s Summit Rd – a notorious crash area. The accident happened about 1km from Evan’s Pass Road, heading towards Godley Head. - NZME
By Susan Sandys
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May has been the month for clearing out old trees in Methven. Earlier in the month the Ashburton District Council cut down ash trees along Morgan Street, while this week staff are taking the chainsaws to prunus trees on McMillan Street. And in the council’s sights for later this month is a long line of 60-year-old tall pinus radiata trees at the eastern edge of the Methven Cemetery. Methven Community Board chairman Dan McLaughlin said the ash and prunus trees were old and needed replacing, and it would be good to see some new trees planted in their place. The project generally had the support of residents, although he was aware the planned removal of the pines at the cemetery had caused some controversy. Comments on a Methven community Facebook page revealed concerns around losing the trees as they were considered to provide privacy and contribute to a peaceful atmosphere. However, McLaughlin said the removal would allow two other rows of specimen trees planted along the trees to flourish. “It’s about enhancing the cemetery,” he said. McLaughlin was pleased to
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Philip Leak of Ashburton District Council Parks and Reserves deals to old prunus trees on McMillan Street, Methven. PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 190520-HM-0007 see Spark’s fibre optic cable project resume following the lockdown. Once the installation was finished, footpath renewal work would be able to resume. “Because we have been waiting for them to do it for two years, we haven’t done any footpath renewal in Methven. Once they have finished that, we can get back into our normal cycle of renewal of footpaths, which is good.”
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There has, however, been the installation of about 135 metres of new kerb, channel and footpath get under way since lockdown, along Methven Chertsey Road from the rugby grounds to the cemetery entrance. McLaughlin was also looking forward to an update on the council’s cleaning programme of the Methven town centre paving stones. Adequate cleaning of the stones mitigates the risk of them
becoming slippery and dangerous. McLaughlin said when the council’s contractor cleaned them this time last year they did a good job, but another clean in October was poor. Consequently, it was a perennial issue for the community board to deal with, and keep on the council’s back about. “We shouldn’t have to, but we do,” McLaughlin said.
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Guilty plea to drugs, weapon charges A man whose house was the subject of two police search warrants pleaded guilty to a number of charges in the Ashburton District Court in front of Judge Dominic Dravitzki on Monday. Warwick Graeme King admitted to a representative charge of taking or obtaining a bank or credit card for a pecuniary advantage, possession of methamphetamine and possession of ammunition and firearms. According to the police’s summary of facts, on January 29 of this year police carried out a search warrant at a property where King was the tenant. After searching the property they located three point bags containing a total of 1.6 grams of methamphetamine and a variety of ammunition. He admitted the methamphetamine was for his own personal use and that he did not have a firearms’ licence and knew that he should not have the ammunition. On February 12 police carried out a second search warrant at the address, this time locating more ammunition and a number of parts from firearms. He denied owning the firearms
fine after being convicted on his second drink driving offence. Jake Te Wairua Thomson appeared before Judge Dravitzki on one charge of driving with excess breath alcohol. On March 12, 2020 he was stopped by police on Forest Drive in Methven and recorded a breath alcohol test of 775mcg. Judge Dravitzki fined him $1000, disqualified him from driving for nine months and warned him that more serious repercussions would follow should he appear before the court on similar charges in the future.
parts and bullets and said he had never seen them in his life. Overnight January 12, King stole a bank card from a vehicle and used it to purchase cigarettes and pre-paid cards from service stations in Ashburton, before it failed when he attempted to make another purchase from a different service station. When spoken to by police, King
told them he had found the card in the McDonald’s car park and wanted to see if he could buy anything with it. Judge Dravitzki remanded King on bail for sentencing and ordered the destruction of the drugs and firearms parts and ammunition. A man will have to pay a $1000
Sentencing for Patrick Hohepa Marshall has had to be pushed back and another pre-sentence report prepared after he was arrested and charged with multiple offences following a crime spree on March 28. Marshall was due to be sentenced in the Ashburton District Court on Monday, but instead appeared by audio visual link from Christchurch Men’s Prison. Marshall entered guilty pleas to the number of charges that arose from a number of incidents that began with him stealing a vehicle from Queens Park Drive in
Christchurch on March 28. He was then spotted in a stolen Suzuki on Wairaki Road by police who signalled for him to stop. He instead fled police, accelerating to speeds of up to 100km/h in a 50km/h zone and drove dangerously, leading to police abandoning the chase due to the nature of the driving. He parked the car down a long driveway of a property in Islington, and opened the rear sliding door of a property and entered, grabbing an Acer laptop and USB drive. The occupant of the house was disturbed by the noise and interrupted Marshall and, as he tried to run out of the property, dropped the laptop. The occupant confronted Marshall and after a discussion, managed to retrieve the items. Marshall then left and went to a property on another road in the area, accessing a garage and stole medication before being stopped by police at another address on the same street. Marshall was remanded in custody for sentencing on those charges and the charges he had previously been convicted for having pleaded guilty.
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Fitness fanatics back in action at the gyms By Heather Mackenzie
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After owning Curves Gym for 14 years owner Viv Williams thought she has seen it all, Covid-19 soon changed that. The Level 4 lockdown meant Williams had to quickly work out how to remotely inspire her customers to exercise and to look after their mental wellbeing. First off Williams took to Facebook and posted at-home workout videos for her clients to follow along with. That done she picked up the phone and checked in with everybody. Her phone calls were a success, everybody loved them, especially those who lived alone, she said. “The lockdown affected all of us in different ways and at different times, so I felt it was important to keep in regular contact with everybody.” Opening again at 6am on Monday was an exciting time for Williams. “We had a great day. The online videos were well received, but there is nothing like the real deal of being at the gym and working out on the machines.” “It was heart-warming to see them all come back through the doors, chatting and catching up with each other.” Williams says they are following the stringent health guidelines set out by the government. “We have a timer that goes off at regular intervals to remind us to clean the machines, and there are hand sanitation stations set up throughout the gym. “In order to maintain the 2m distancing rules the tables and chairs are gone and we have moved the machines further apart, but we didn’t have to take any out which is good.” Tape on the floor makes sure customers are moving in the right directions and don’t bump into each other. Williams said it was lovely to see so many people and families out walking and biking during lockdown. “Exercise has a proven positive effect on
As well as keeping Covid-19 in check, New Zealand’s lockdown limited opportunities for the spread of sexually transmitted infections. Medical Officer of Health Dr Ramon Pink said now was a unique opportunity for Mid Cantabrians to have their sexual health checked before they broke out of their bubbles. Mid Cantabrians can phone their general practice team and ask for a sexual health check. In some practices this can be carried out by a nurse. If you’re under 18, sexual health consults will be free and low-cost consults are available for adults with a Community Services Card in most practices. And whatever your age you can have a sexual health check at the Canterbury District Health Board’s Sexual Health Service in Christchurch. These check-ups are free, and free condoms are also available. Dr Pink said now was the perfect time for people to get a check-up and make sure they did not start their own chain of “community transmission”. “We want to save our contact tracing efforts for Covid-19,” he said. “If hooking up with someone is on your mind, do the right thing and get yourself checked to avoid giving them more than you mean to,” he said. It was important to remember that not all infections were itchy, sore or had spots, and it was not just young people who needed to get checked. “Untreated sexually transmitted infections can cause all sorts of problems for all sorts of people.” Further information on what is involved in a sexual health check is available at healthinfo.org.nz
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Curves Gym owner Viv Williams is pleased to be welcoming customers back through the door again. PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 180520-HM-0203 the immune system, and helps fight bugs. Let’s hope the lockdown exercise habit continues and leads to more gym memberships.” New kids on the block Garage Gym in Methven are also loving having the doors open again. Owner Anna Johnson said they have had strong numbers at classes and on the gym floor since reopening. Even more pleasing is the new members who signed up. Three new members in three
days is pretty good going, she said. “Some people are waiting a bit before hitting the weights again and I have had a couple of membership cancellations due to people having to leave town. But overall I’m really happy.” Johnson is grateful to have received the wage subsidy first time round, as it has helped cover class instructor wages. “Due to social distancing requirements we are keeping our classes small and holding them more often.”
■■ TALES FROM THE BACK SEAT
Been there, done that and have wonderful memories
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tories often lead to memories of the events mentioned or similar ones. After reading Grahame Kelly’s account of bringing a possum home in the boot of his Standard 8, one of our readers has been in touch about an incident he had in a similar car. The Standard 8 is a great car but it’s a small car and as Grahame pointed out, so is the boot. Just room for the possum and not much else in there. Anyway our reader recalls being a passenger in a Standard 8 on a trip to Christchurch and back with three others. On the return journey they were stopped at a police road block which had been set up because a prisoner had escaped. A policeman glanced inside the car and asked the driver if he had the escapee on board. To which the driver jokingly
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said: ”Yes, he’s in the boot”. Knowing the size of the car and obviously deciding the passengers were all of good standing, or rather at the time sitting, the Police officer saw the funny side and suggested in equally amusing terms (so to speak) that they keep going. Apparently sitting in the boot of a car – often a small car – wasn’t as uncommon as one may
think. A motoring enthusiast has told us that he and three others got a bit upset when the admission fee for a particular car race meeting was increased significantly. So in protest – well we’ll call it that – two of the passengers got into the boot and two paid. So they effectively halved the admission fee, getting it back to an acceptable level. They were in a Morris Minor! Couldn’t resist mentioning this to another motoring enthusiast who said: “Yep, been there, done that!” Our friend, who was in the Standard 8, also mentioned memories of a little van which was used by a local wool classer.
The van was a Bradford, probably sold by Sid Protheroe who had the agency for Jowett vehicles. Made by Jowett, Bradfords were commercial vehicles which featured a range of body styles. Power came from a two cylinder, horizontally opposed 4 stroke motor which, because of its putt, putt sound, was sometimes confused as 2 stroke. The motor had a small capacity and was not particularly powerful,but it did the trick. The fact a wool classer could carry all his gear and make journeys to woolsheds in the high country proves Bradfords really did do the trick. Our motoring writer Roger
Hart has fond memories of a particular Bradford van. It was the runabout or fetch and go vehicle for Bray’s Cordials – a wonderful local business from times past. Roger’s friend, Chris Bray, often drove the van, especially at weekends and Roger particularly remembers Chris’ trick of making the little vehicle do a dance when he arrived at the Hart residence which had a shingle driveway. Chris had a unique ability to somehow, while heading forward, change into reverse which put the Bradford into a pirouette or tailspin or made it look like it was playing hop-scotch. Given Chris was approaching at speed, the manoeuvre probably saved the Harts’ garage doors! The cars mentioned are small but the memories are great.
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More public holidays? Wait – maybe not
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s an increase in the number of public holidays really the answer to helping lift the tourism industry out of the post Covid-19 doldrums? It was announced yesterday that the government is giving active consideration to adding additional holidays to the calendar to allow Kiwis to visit tourism operations in New Zealand. On face value it’s a great idea, who doesn’t love a long weekend? But, when it’s broken down, it really does become a double-edged sword with some pretty sharp points to it. This country is set to face some of its toughest financial times, expendable income for most of the population isn’t going to be as bountiful as normal and the prospect of travelling away for a weekend to enjoy a tourism activity could well be a cost that most households won’t be able to afford. Add in accommodation, food and the cost of the product and it’s an expensive little excursion, no matter what way you look at it, but it could be even worse for tourism operators. They will naturally welcome any new business to their companies, without a doubt – but is there any rock-hard evidence that would show that, by adding further public holidays to the calendar, they would see an increase in patronage that covers the extra penal rates required to operate on such days? Time-and-a-half and a day in lieu for anyone who works a public holiday can be a massive expense for any business and often those days run at a huge loss because of the extra costs. That’s not to say there isn’t merit in the idea, but it needs some very careful consideration and some serious number crunching just to see it become a viable option. However, what is encouraging is the active pursuit being made, to try and think outside the square, to give businesses like the tourism sector a fighting chance. This is the kind of thinking we need to give this country a huge chance of recovering from the Covid-19 blues. More of the same please, but perhaps not quite so pie-in-thesky.
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In difficult times don’t panic T
he trick in difficult times is not to panic. The Newshub poll on Monday night ran with a commentary that suggested panic in National, and if there wasn’t any, there should be. We heard phrases like “Simon Bridges is a dead man walking”. Is he? Based on what? A Government that happened to be in power when a crisis struck reacted well, and handed out free money, the likes of which we have never seen. That’s automatic popularity and has nothing to do with the performance of the party on the other side of the Parliament. We are seeing the same results all over the world. Boris Johnson is absurdly popular and yet is running a Covid-19 response that looks shambolic. It involves numbers in cases and deaths as bad as anywhere in Europe. US President Donald Trump has a higher support number now than ever, and yet it’s a mess in the US. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison just has numbers well into the 60s and he is actually making a decent job of it.
State-wise in Australia, people such as Premier Daniel Andrews in Victoria, who’s holding the place in a very conservative sort of lockdown compared to other parts of the country, is in the 70s. Gladys Berejiklian in New South Wales is in the high 70s. Being popular, when trouble strikes is par for the course. Sir John Key post Christchurch, any leader in wartime, Bush post Kuwait was in the 90s. So what we saw in the poll fits with what you would expect, and what the so-called leaked polls we’ve seen these past few weeks confirm. Given that, why are we looking to blame a leader of the Opposition who cannot do a thing about it? If National are stupid enough to try and roll him, or fuel rumours about unrest and dissatisfaction, they deserve everything that’s coming to them. Panic is the weak man’s game, and the election which is what they should be facing up to, is four full months away. This health crisis isn’t even two
months old, and look what’s happened in that time. Labour deserve to be popular. The lockdown was right and worked. The Prime Minister is good with the simplistic verbal accoutrements which appease and encourage the casual observer of the political game. But the end goal is September, not May. Like all elections, they are fought on back-pocket issues like jobs, money, security, health and happiness. The contest has barely begun. Holding your nerve is a skill. If National panic now, they’ll have four months and three years to think through the wisdom of why they didn’t back themselves better. Mike Hosking hosts a week day breakfast show on Newstalk ZB. 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
Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre Some of Sue Newman’s figures need to be put more clearly. First the council staff put forward the build could be completed for $6.3 million, and some councillors agreed. The build cost ended at $9.3 million, for a bare shell, since then remedial work has been needed and now another $2 million is in the budget to hopefully complete to a satisfactory standard. Three issues should have been looked at before starting. Someone passed the design as acceptable. Someone passed all the stages of the build as being up to scratch. A question for all concerned, how to build that many square metres of purpose-built building for that small amount of dollars. Therefore there are some disappointments with some councillors and staff over these issues. The resource consent restrictions are because this building was built on residential land so has residential restrictions. Peter Reveley
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■■BANK RATINGS
Fitch downgrade to have little impact By Jenny Ruth NZME
SBS Bank and Co-operative Bank expect little immediate impact from Fitch Ratings downgrading their subordinated debt to below investment grade. Fitch affirmed both banks’ main “BBB” ratings although it changed the outlook to negative because of the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis. It also downgraded both banks’ subordinated debt from “BBB-” to “BB+”. Co-operative has $45 million in subordinated debt on issue, $15 million of that being a retail issue listed on NZX and the rest wholesale. SBS has $104 million comprised of two wholesale issues, one domestic and the other in Australia, and $44 million sold to customers as SBS capital bonds. SBS chief financial officer Tim Loan said the downgrade of his bank’s subordinated debt had been on the cards before coronavirus because Fitch had adopted a more conservative framework. Unlikely disadvantaged
Fitch had consulted SBS back in November and December on the issue, he said. But the Reserve Bank’s review of bank capital requirements had already meant SBS had shelved any plans for further subordinated issues. The RBNZ had made it clear it didn’t like subordinated issues contributing to bank capital — they mostly behave like debt but can be converted to equity if a bank gets into trouble. However, after the coronavirus crisis hit, RBNZ postponed new capital requirements by a year to July 2021. Loan said he would be surprised if any of the holders of his bank’s wholesale capital instruments were disadvantaged by the Fitch downgrade. While many fund managers have mandates limiting their investments to instruments with investment-grade ratings, they would be unlikely to buy “BBB-” rated instruments for such funds because that would leave them without any buffer. “I would be surprised if they
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had put it into mandates that require an investment-grade rating,” Loan said, adding that he isn’t aware of any investors with significant holdings. Temporary measure
the market in March that a downgrade was on the cards. His bank’s subordinated instruments are callable – meaning Co-operative can redeem them – in July 2021 in the case of the retail issue and December for the wholesale issue – with the Reserve Bank’s permission. The RBNZ has put a ban on any such redemptions because of the coronavirus crisis and its wish that banks conserve capital at the same time as supporting the economy through their lending practices. But the ban is expected to be a temporary measure only. “We will be looking at our options in the context of our funding needs and the capital management plan in the period when those first become callable,” Miller said. given the Unsurprisingly, small size of the issue, Co-operative’s NZX-listed debt, which has a coupon of 6 per cent, last traded on May 7 at a yield of 5.75 per cent, or $100.66 per $100 of face value. However, the yield did go as high as 6.5 per cent in April.
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ost equity markets were down last week, with the S&P 500 in the US falling 2.3 per cent. UK shares declined by a similar degree, while European shares finished the week down 3.7 per cent. In contrast, the ASX 200 and the NZX 50 managed very small gains. Last week’s top NZX 50 movers were Vista (up 16 per cent), NZX (up 9.4 per cent) and Sky TV (9.4 per cent), while Tourism Holdings (down 10 per cent), Refining NZ (down 9.2 per cent) and Z Energy (down 4.5 per cent) were weakest. After a strong April, markets have been more cautious this month, with weak economic reports and rising US/China tensions contributing to the nervousness. The Trump administration moved to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei, while reports out of China suggest retaliatory actions could include restrictions on some American companies including Qualcomm, Cisco Systems and Apple. The NZ dollar was down sharply, falling 1.5 per cent last week on a trade weighted basis, while declining more than 3 per cent against the US dollar and the euro. This weakness came after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand doubled the size of its quantitative easing programme and signalled a willingness to take further action if necessary. Turning to the week ahead, investors will continue to monitor the reopening of economies and lifting of lockdowns in various places. The National People’s Congress takes place in China. The World
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Health Organisation’s governing body also meets on Monday, for the first time since COVID-19 emerged. This could see China’s handling of the virus challenged, in the wake of difficult questions from the US, the European Union and Australia, and it represents another potential source of geopolitical risk and volatility. May flash PMIs (due tomorrow) will be a highlight of the global economic calendar this week, as one of the first indicators we will see covering this month. Investors will be very keen to gauge whether there are any emerging signs of restarting economic activity, and if business sentiment has improved at all from April levels. Last month, the Japanese flash Composite PMI slumped to 27.8, reflecting the largest decline in activity on record. It was an even more discouraging picture in Europe, with the Composite PMI plummeting to a record low of 13.5, the weakest seen in more than two decades of data collection (and well below the GFC low of 36.2 from 2009). In the US, the Composite PMI fell to 27.4, signalling the fastest reduction in private sector output since the series began in late2009. The Federal Reserve releas-
es the minutes from its latest meeting, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Argentina’s bondholders have until the end of this week to approve the latest restructuring offer, otherwise the country will default for the ninth time in the last 200 years. The US retail sector will also be in focus, with a slew of consumer businesses due to announce results, including Home Depot, Kohl’s, Walmart and Target. Chinese heavyweights Baidu and Alibaba are also set to report, as is US chipmaker Nvidia. Locally, investors will look towards the latest global dairy trade (GDT) auction, with results due for release earlier this morning. Prices fell slightly at the last auction, but not nearly as much as had been expected. The GDT index declined 0.9 per cent, while milk powder posted a very marginal increase of 0.1 per cent. Despite an 11.7 per cent decline this year, most economists expect a Fonterra payout for this season of slightly more than $7, in line with Fonterra’s forecast range of $7-7.60. The latest retail sales report will also be in focus domestically, while a handful of Australasian companies are reporting earnings or holding annual meetings. Jeremy Flood works for Craigs Investment Partners. This article should not be deemed as advice. Disclosure statement available free of charge and on request.
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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – Morgan Street is in? a. Rakaia b. Methven c. Hinds 2 – Complete the film/ novel title: The Unbearable Lightness of? a. Moonlight b. Being c. Laughter 3 – Who won NZ cricket’s 2020 Redpath Cup for batting? a. Kane Williamson b. Ross Taylor c. Tom Latham 4 – How many NZ Navy personnel have won a Victoria Cross? a. One b. Three c. Five 5 – Who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates? a. Tim Cook b. Paul Allen c. Larry Ellison 6 – What kind of verb is ‘was being given’? a. Past perfect b. Past perfect continuous c. Past continuous passive 7 – Wimbledon is in which part of London? a. North-west b. South-west c. South-east 8 – How much did the NZ Government allocate in June 2019 for an arms buy-back? a. $108 million b. $208 million c. $308 million
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Squash club hits the court running By Adam Burns
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The Ashburton Squash Club are delighted with the bounce back from its members as activity reconvened last week. Squash was one of the few sporting codes which could operate within Alert Level 2 guidelines with many team codes forced to take a considered approach in its return to play. Ashburton Squash Club president Phil Pavleitch said many players were “champing at the bit” after weeks of being stuck at home. “Everyone was really keen to get back on the court and get a bit of a sweat up,” he said. “They’ve been sitting on the couch for too long to be honest.” There were some initial concerns that the implications of Covid-19 may have resulted in the club losing some of its 120-plus membership. “There’s a few financial pressures out there in the community,” Pavleitch said. “Really pleased to hear that we’ve lost none of our members and everyone’s coming back, raring to go for a squash season. We’ve been really lucky actually.” The club reopened its doors to members last Thursday, although were implementing Level 2 protocols around hygiene and equipment use. “We’re not encouraging players to be mingling around afterwards for a beer. “It’s very much, come down, have a hit and take off again.” Members can book courts on-
line which was aiding the club with its contact tracing requirements, Pavleitch said. “The first few days, every evening was fully booked by our club members who were coming down for a casual hit with friends or family.
“We’ve had some really good uptake with people back on the court utilising the facilities which is really cool.” Next step for the club was figuring out how it can get a competition up and running. However, the current restric-
tions on gathering sizes of no more than 10 people meant the club would need to wait until the limit increased. “Anything above 50 would be fantastic,” Pavleitch said. The club was hoping to begin its winter league by May 28.
The Ashburton Squash Club has been buoyed by the response from its members, as play is set to resume following the lockdown.
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Milner-Skudder emerges from ‘dark places’ Former All Blacks winger Nehe Milner-Skudder is champing at the bit to reboot his rugby career with the Highlanders after going through “dark places” with injury. Milner-Skudder signed with the Dunedin-based side last week and hopes to return to action in a domestic tournament featuring New Zealand’s five Super Rugby teams when it starts next month. He joined the club at the weekend and they came together for the first time on Monday following the break for the Covid-19 pandemic. The Highlanders move gives the 29-year-old a fresh start after a serious shoulder injury prevented him from playing a single game for Toulon after signing a threeyear deal with the French club at the end of 2018. “I’m really stoked. “The ‘Landers club have an amazing culture and awesome set-up for me with where I’m at in my career and what’s happened over the last couple of years,” Milner-Skudder said in a podcast hosted by All Blacks loose forward Ardie Savea. “I’m just champing at the bit to
Nehe Milner-Skudder can’t wait to resume his rugby career, at Forsyth-Barr Stadium.
get out there and get stuck in.” The jet-heeled Milner-Skudder appeared set for a long and successful All Blacks career after his brilliant break-out season in 2015, capped by a try in the World
Cup final win over Australia. But injuries have restricted him to 13 tests and he has not played a game since the All Blacks’ win over Japan in November 2018. “I had my first shoulder recon-
struction back in 2016. The last four or five years have been up and down with injury and setback after setback,” he said. “At the same time, the adversity you go through and all the
struggles allow you to grow as a person. “I’m not saying it doesn’t suck and I wasn’t in some dark places, but I’ve come through all these tough times with a better understanding of myself and it’s put things into perspective.” Milner-Skudder played all his Super Rugby for the Hurricanes, and was a member of the side that were beaten by the Highlanders in the 2015 final. “That 2015 year still stings a little bit and the fact that the ‘Landers beat us in that final will create a few conversation starters going down to Dunedin,” he said. “But that said, I feel like I can move with some relationships in a good space and catch some old foes and friends.” He said playing under the roof at the Highlanders’ home Forsyth-Barr stadium was another thing to look forward to. “People say you can’t beat Wellington on a good day, but when it comes to playing at the Cake Tin in all the wind and what-not, it will be a nice feeling not to have to check the weather forecast before games.”
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Mid Canterbury racing set to prosper By Matt Markham
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t’s a tough pill to swallow for most, this racing malarkey that’s unfolding at the moment, but locally, we should count ourselves pretty damn lucky, on the face of it. Clubs around the country are facing uncertain times, as they’ve seen a proposal which sees their normal racing dates either shifted to other venues or wiped from the racing landscape for the next 12 months – but Mid Canterbury has held its head above water. If anything, in fact, it’s set to prosper, more than anywhere else in the country. Which is quite remarkable. Methven and the two Ashburton clubs, racing and trotting, have dodged the swinging axe, and will now face an increased responsibility to help drive an industry which is on its knees through a period of uncertainty like no other in history. The respective codes have come to the district and asked for help, and it looks like we’re ready to answer the plea.
When racing returns to Mid Canterbury, the pressure will be on clubs more than ever to deliver a racegoer worthy experience. Sure, we might never get back to the heydays of racing in this region where there was standing room only at so many of the meetings. But there’s a blueprint there that our three local clubs will be keen to build on. However, it’s a blueprint that
requires a marketing spin. No longer can it be taken for granted that people will just walk through the gates and spend a day sitting in the sun watching horses running in circles. There is a requirement for some up-to-date street smarts. Ploys, plans and tactics to
engage with the community and encourage them that coming to the races is so much more than just throwing down a few dollars on a horse that has a cool name, or a driver or jockey that’s wearing pretty colours. That’s where the industry has failed over the past decade.
But there’s hope. As there is with anything and done right perhaps, Winston Peters’ catch-phrase of we will make racing great again may not have been so far off the mark as first thought. Next weekend, harness racing returns for the first time since lockdown – thoroughbred racing isn’t set to return for a while yet – but bubbling away under the surface has been this hive of activity that will see the industry perhaps inundated with more horses than they could have ever expected. Close to 150 horses are set to compete at today’s trials at Addington, many hailing from this region. That’s enough to hold a race meeting straight off the bat, with even more set to arrive in the coming 10 days. So we’re close and we have an opportunity. It’s now ours to grab and run with, to ensure that the beating heart of Mid Canterbury racing returns stronger than it has ever been before.
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Nandolo already eyeing up a shot at the Cup By Jonny Turner The Covid-19 pandemic has set up an old school New Zealand Cup preparation for last year’s seventh placegetter, Nandolo. The 5-year-old showed he was ready to rumble when racing resumes at Addington next week with a comfortable trial win on the same track, last week. Trainer John Howe had Nandolo ready for a run at the South Island’s late season open class features before the Covid pandemic put racing on hold. The current situation has led to Nandolo now working towards a New Zealand Cup preparation that adheres to the previously long held notion that a cup contender must be racing by the
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National Meeting (in August) to be fit enough to win in November. “We had him ready for the good races at the end of the season, like the Rangiora Classic, before everything stopped,” Howe said. “He had three weeks off and we thought we would carry on and just see what races they would have for horses like him.” “I spoke to the handicappers and he will get five points for every win.” “So, we will try to win a couple of races and that would have him rated 95 [points].” “He races those top horses anyway, so it should work out pretty good for him.” Nandolo emerged with one of the several hard luck stories in last year’s
New Zealand Cup when badly held up on the home turn. Howe is hopeful the pacer will return a better prospect after a season of clashing with some of the country’s best horses. “He should be a little bit better this year. He is a big horse and he has been getting better every season.” Clearly, modern training techniques and the refinement of today’s standardbred mean Nandolo will not be as busy as the cup horses of the 1970s and 1980s, who raced through winter. Howe, stable reinsman Jonny Cox and breeder-owners, Phil and Christine Smith, doubled up at last week’s Addington trials when winning both the fast class 2600m trot and pace.
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9 454x7 True Testament 30.59...................B Hodgson 10 77756 Jay Mike 30.43.................................... N Udy 6 1.39 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH C1 C1, 305m 1 72435 Always Dizzy 18.07....................J McInerney 2 36x53 Star Way 18.11.................................C Morris 3 85872 Sedgebrook Saint 17.78..................L Doody 4 46422 Cockney Rip Off 17.72.....................M Olden 5 2266x Pick A Pascal 18.11 G &......... S Fredrickson 6 82686 Bigtime Dean 18.06 A &...................Williams 7 11321 Idol Meghan 17.60.............................M Flipp 8 55683 Checkpoint 17.95...............................M Flipp 9 25566 Poppy Rocket 17.96...................... M S Clark 10 24568 Homebush Minnie 17.61............J McInerney 7 1.58pm GUTHRIE BOWRON C1 C1, 305m 1 478x5 Star Secret 18.26 A &......................Williams 2 223F4 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce 3 37353 Double Change nwtd................ S Gommans 4 33886 Bigtime Coco 17.72............................. N Udy 5 x6522 Opawa Jody nwtd..............................M Flipp 6 74564 Ahuroa Prince 18.11.......................R Murray 7 875F5 Shrewdy 18.14....................... L E Dunkerton 8 25F16 Sideline Sally 18.25...................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 48285 Leslie Albert 18.06......................B Goldsack 10 54x58 Mister Booze 18.09......................J McArthur 8 2.18 ACCELL LEADING THE WAY IN CANINE THERAPY C1 C1, 305m 1 84173 Alamein Graeme 18.03 K &...............Phillips
2 8315x Softy Burgess 17.78............................L Cole 3 x8x46 Choice Lass 17.94...........................C Morris 4 52568 Zara Fab 18.03.................................... N Udy 5 F7852 Idol Ziggy nwtd...................................M Flipp 6 22351 Wifi Robyn 17.79 G &............. S Fredrickson 7 73543 Gemmas Dilemma 18.16...........J McInerney 8 87786 Bigtime Kylie 17.82................... S Gommans Emergencies: 9 45854 Mickey Mowhawk 17.96................ D Denbee 10 86388 Smalltime Johnny 18.07 A &............Williams 9 2.35pm FIRST SECURITY C1 C1, 305m 1 57351 Watch Marjen 18.20...........................M Flipp 2 45344 Bigtime Fred 17.67 A &....................Williams 3 76436 Johny Mowhawk 18.03.................. D Denbee 4 74412 Big Time Lenny 18.29.........................L Cole 5 87265 Bright Concept 17.84........................... L Bell 6 64427 Elsa Blueblood 18.06.................J McInerney 7 63648 Retail Mayhem 18.03...................... L Pearce 8 34256 Idol Jan 17.80....................................M Flipp 9 3F845 Taranaki Brie 18.16.......................... C Brider 10 48836 Bigtime Hannah 17.80.............. S Gommans 10 2.56pm LASER PLUMBING C1 C1, 520m 1 36434 Young Dumb Broke 30.63................M Olden 2 52342 Bigtime Maci 30.53..............................S Kite 3 54754 Bigtime Ava 30.70............................. P Clark 4 x8446 Opawa Lara nwtd................................ N Udy 5 86824 Big Time Roonie 30.63........................L Cole 6 53244 Bigtime Bailey 30.49...........................L Cole 7 83678 My Khloe 30.40..................................M Flipp
8 8888x Opawa Tai 30.66................................. N Udy 9 663x7 Dyna Bryleigh 30.76..........................M Flipp 10 88x77 Rambo nwtd...................................W Woods 11 3.13pm ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS C1 C1, 305m 1 51338 Wifi Bolt 17.86 G &.................. S Fredrickson 2 86354 Hurricane Al 17.85...........................C Morris 3 76645 Nuclear Jewel 17.90........................L Doody 4 47862 Homebush Keasha nwtd............J McInerney 5 42364 Big Time Rose 17.94 A &.................Williams 6 64364 Idol Little Girl 18.13............................M Flipp 7 26152 Sedgebrook Comet 17.80....................F Kite 8 12585 Jacks Point 17.97...........................W Woods Emergencies: 9 86647 Cadillac Mack nwtd....................J McInerney 10 64F68 Black Widow Baby 18.07 A &...........Williams 12 3.32pm CPF INSURANCE C2 C2, 305m 1 54331 Uno Eleven 17.75................................ N Udy 2 76687 Justa Gift 17.62 J &..............................D Bell 3 14358 Final Straw 18.06................................ N Udy 4 12233 Free Thinker 17.84...........................M Olden 5 26475 Hashtag Blessed 17.81....................... N Udy 6 44212 Sedgebrook Sally 17.90.......................F Kite 7 14336 Lucy Lingers 18.02.....................J McInerney 8 74331 Cookie Biscuit 17.73..........................M Flipp Emergencies: 9 62318 Waterloo Pink 17.90............................W Kite 10 32514 Lucky Scar 17.88................................ N Udy 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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Hurricanes coach Jason Holland says there’s a “good chance” star loose forward Ardie Savea would be ready for his rugby return against the Blues, but is taking a cautious approach with his players as they gear up for the start of next month’s Super Rugby Aotearoa. Savea has been recovering from knee surgery after suffering an injury in the All Blacks’ World Cup semi-final loss to England last year – and has been slowly working his way back to fitness since. Savea’s rehab schedule has been interrupted by weeks of lockdown, but Holland says he is optimistic that the 26-year-old will be back for the Hurricanes’ return to the field against the Blues on June 14. “It’s a good chance,” Holland said after the team’s first full training on Monday. “Although with Ards, it’s not massively important if it doesn’t happen if it’s not the absolute right thing for him to do. “He was due to be back by now, if we didn’t have Covid, around that bye week which was couple of weeks ago. “Obviously he’s missed a lot of work in the meantime.” Like Savea, Holland said the rest of the squad will also be managed closely, with training intensity and contact to be built up slowly to avoid injuries after the prolonged break. “With everyone, we’ve got four weeks. “So we’ll take our time with Ards and in two weeks’ time we’ll have a better idea whether he’s ready to go. “But he had a smile on his face out there and he was doing everything with the boys. “The boys were in great form when they came in. “The banter is flowing. Everyone is just relieved and grateful that we have the op-
portunity to come back in and do what we love.” Savea was a revelation for the All Blacks last year – showcasing his dominance in the ruck and rampaging running power from all three loose forward positions. However, Holland believes Savea is best suited as a No. 8, which may very well be where he starts under new All Blacks coach Ian Foster, with Sam Cane likely securing the No. 7 jersey as newly announced captain. “Personally I’m a big fan of Ardie as an eight,” Holland said. “I think it suits his game, he can get his hands on the ball a lot more, being the massive carrier he is. “By the same token, with the way we approached the first part of the year with our 9s and 10s, we want a bit of flexibility to start and finish games in a certain way. “That’ll be no different with Ards and his ability to play eight and seven is going to be massive for us.” Another possible returning player to the Hurricanes squad could be Ardie’s older brother Julian Savea, who expressed interest in joining his old side after ending his time with Toulon in France. While there isn’t any scope for the Hurricanes to add Julian to their squad right now, Holland said he’ll be keeping in touch with the former All Blacks winger over the next few weeks. “I’ve had a quick chat to Jules just as a mate really and said good day and found out what he’s up to. “We’ll keep talking around that but at the moment we’ve got no injuries. So there’s no scope as far as I’m aware unless you’ve got injuries. It’ll be interesting to have some conversations in the next few weeks.”
At our recent Executive Committee meeting it was unanimously decided owing to the current extraordinary situation of Covid-19 and with the restraints placed on us by the Government the recommendation was that the 2019 Annual General Meeting which was to have been held on March 29, 2020 to be cancelled and rolled until March 2021. Signed on Behalf of the Ashburton RSA Executive Committee Merv Brenton, President
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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You are willing to feel an unpleasant thing if it’s what’s necessary to obtain a benefit far more important. This doesn’t make you a martyr; it makes you an adult. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The difference between a competent performance and a struggle is often the attitude one launches from. Believe you’ll succeed. If you can’t believe, pretend to believe until one day you do. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): There is always a chance of thinking more clearly and perceiving things differently, because the human brain is capable of rewiring itself. Adaptation is the natural tendency. Let this work for you. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You can’t really solve an emotional problem with logic. It’s the wrong tool, and no matter how many ways you turn it, it won’t work. Feelings need to be felt, worked through, experienced. There’s no shortcut. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): However massive a project or problem may be, it’s doable when you break it down into small enough steps. Repeat the action until it is easy for you, and then build on that. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): While it’s nice to get the feedback you desire, you won’t get it every time. No one does. You don’t need approval when you already approve of yourself. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Often what we think will be the solution to the problem is only a different side of it. Hint: The root of the problem, by definition, is the part that no one sees. It’s in the ground, the psyche, the heart. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You might feel a little uneasy about a new course of action, but that only means you’re the brave sort who is always moving forward. You’ll get more confident in your skills every time you use them. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Do what you can to set yourself up for inevitable success. It’s usually something so small that the only reason you don’t do it is you think it’s not enough. Untrue! Momentum builds. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Have you ever packed bags, arrived at your destination and wished you’d packed more? Likely no. In the same way that packing less makes for a lighter journey, saying less makes for lighter emotions. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Self-esteem is irrelevant to your success today. Once you get into action, you won’t even be listening to your own opinions of yourself, so they don’t matter. Action is what matters. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): When you’re doing what you’re good at, you do without much doubt. Stretch into the some-doubt zone. You can take it. Doubt is uncomfortable, but it’s a necessary part of growth.
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6:30 Rescue Bots Academy 3 0 6:50 Bluey 0 7am The Jungle Bunch To The Rescue! 0 7:25 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 7:50 Unikitty! 3 0 8:15 Moon And Me 3 0 8:35 Mission Force One 0 9am Infomercials 10am Neighbours 3 0 10:30 Mike And Molly PG 3 0 11:15 Army Wives PG 3 0 12:05 Selling Houses Abroad 1:10 Judge Rinder PG 3 2:10 Cougar Town PG 3 0 2:35 Home And Away 3 0 3:05 Shortland Street PGS 3 0 3:35 Bluey 0 3:45 Get Clever 0 4:10 Holly Hobbie 0 4:35 Friends 3 0 5:05 The Simpsons PG 3 0 5:30 Home And Away PG 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory PG 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0
6am The AM Show 9am The Café PG 10am Infomercials 11:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 12:20 Face The Truth PG Is a judgemental mother fuelling her daughter’s drinking problem? 12:45 Dr Phil PG 1:50 The House That £100k Built 2:55 Restoration Man PG 0 4pm Travels With The Bondi Vet Chris visits monkeys in Japan, seeks out the five largest creatures of the deep on an Australian sea safari, and takes a tour of his Australian home. 4:30 NewsHub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm
7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 F Kirstie And Phil’s Love It Or List It 0 8:20 L Lotto 8:25 Kirstie And Phil’s Love It Or List It 0 8:30 The British Tribe Next Door M0 9:30 Coronation Street PGC 0 10pm Episodes 16LS 0 10:35 1 News Tonight 0
7pm Shortland Street PG 0 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown ML 3 0 8:30 Have You Been Paying Attention? 0 9:25 Selling Houses Australia 0 10:25 Two And A Half Men PGC 3 0 10:50 Mom PG 3 0
7pm The Project 7:30 Bondi Rescue PG 0 8pm Bondi Rescue 0 8:30 9-1-1 M 0 9:20 Hawaii Five-0 M 0 10:15 NewsHub Late 10:45 Designated Survivor M 0
11pm Criminal Minds 16C 3 The BAU travels to Chicago to investigate a killer who leaves red roses on each victim; Rossi has an unexpected visit from his former wife. 0 12:40 Emmerdale PGV 3 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 1:30 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2
11:15 Fresh Eggs 16VL (Starting Today) 3 0 12:05 Step Dave M 3 0 12:55 Cougar Town PG 3 1:15 Shortland Street PG 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
11:35 Infomercials
The British Tribe Next Door Hawaii Five-0 8:30pm on TVNZ 1
BRAVO 10am Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 10:55 Snapped PG 3 11:50 The Kelly Clarkson Show 12:50 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills M 3 1:45 Below Deck PG 3 2:45 Keeping Up With The Kardashians PG 3 3:45 Mom’s A Medium 3 4:15 Dance Moms 3 5:10 Judge Jerry 5:40 Hoarders 3 6:30 Love It Or List It 7:30 Stop Search Seize Ollie the dog discovers drugs in the post office; Ken finds three million illegal cigarettes in Dublin Port; Bruce faces a passenger whose bags read for high levels of cocaine. 8:30 999 – What’s Your Emergency? M Over the last decade, incidents of violence by young men have risen by 22%, and police officers and paramedics in Wiltshire must deal with the consequences. 9:30 Young, Dumb, And Banged Up In The Sun M 10:30 Snapped PG 3 11:20 Killer Couples M 12:10 Infomercials
9:20pm on Three
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 Trucking Hell M 1:40 Outback Truckers M 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 6:30 Storage Wars PG 7pm Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 7:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 8:30 FBI MV 9:30 Shades Of Blue MVLSC 10:30 SVU MV 11:15 Storage Wars PG 11:40 Storage Wars PG
Thursday
12:05 Parking Wars PGL 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:20 Jeopardy! 1:40 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 2:05 Shades Of Blue MVLSC 2:50 FBI MV 3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Hardcore Pawn PG 4:50 Hawaii Five-0 MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG
CHOICE
6am My Family And The 6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 Te Mana Galapagos 7am Jamie’s Kuratahi 3 7:10 Tamariki 30-Minute Meals Haka 7:20 E Kori 3 7:25 Pipi 7:30 Choccywoccydoodah Ma 7:30 ZooMoo 7:40 Te 8am Big Cat Country Nutube 7:50 Darwin + Newts 3 9am Tom Kerridge’s Fresh 8am Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 Start 9:30 Money For Nothing 8:30 Paki Vault 3 9am Native 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum Kitchen 3 9:30 Opaki 3 11:30 American Pickers 10am Wairua 10:30 Tapatahi 12:30 George Clarke’s Old 11:15 Nga Tangata Taumata House New Home 1:30 Finest Rau 3 12:30 It’s In The Bag 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Interiors 2:30 Restoration Motu 3 1:30 Ako 3 2 2pm Toku Man 3:30 Equator From The Air 4:30 Gino’s Italian Escape – Reo 3 2 3pm Nga Kapa Haka Islands In The Sun Kura Tuarua 3 3:30 Playlist Having made Sardinia his home, 4pm Swagger Gino is keen to explore the island, 5pm Waiata Mai 5:10 Te Mana and learns about the national dish, Kuratahi 3 5:40 Tamariki Haka roasted suckling pig, and hosts a 5:50 E Kori 3 5:55 Pipi Ma traditional Italian Festa for his friends. 6pm ZooMoo 6:10 Te Nutube 5pm Flour Power 5:30 Mysteries 6:20 Darwin + Newts 3 At The Museum 6:30 Gem Hunt 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 7pm The Casketeers PGC 7:30 The Curse Of Oak Island PGC 7:30 Kai Safari 3 Following a childhood dream, 8pm Ahikaroa M brothers Rick and Marty Friends and flatmates Lagina set out to find treasure Smooch, Geo, and Hemi on Oak Island, off the south create a place for themselves shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. as rangatahi in a new world 8:30 Bear’s Mission With David chasing their dream. Walliams 8:30 Marae DIY 9:30 Alone PGC 9:30 Haka At Home 10:30 Gem Hunt 10:30 Te Matatini Ki Te Ao 3
11:30 Love Island UK 16LS Siannise and Luke T experience being in love; the Islanders’ families visit the villa. 12:30 Closedown
11pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 The latest news, with an inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities. 11:30 Closedown
MOVIES PREMIERE
MOVIES GREAtS 6:19 Donnie Brasco 16VL 1997 Drama. Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen. 8:25 A Most Violent Year MVLC 2015 Action Crime. Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo. 10:30 Jack The Giant Slayer MV 2013 Adventure. Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor. 12:30 Jurassic World MV 2015 Action. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard. 2:40 Derailed 16VLS 2005 Drama. Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston. 4:25 Eastern Promises 18VS 2007 Drama. Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen. 6:05 Blood Diamond 16V 2006 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou. 8:30 Trainwreck 16LSC 2015 Comedy. A commitmentshy career woman may have to face her fears when she finally meets a good man. Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson. 10:40 Gangs Of New York 16VLS 2002 Historical Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel DayLewis, Cameron Diaz.
1:45 Chronicles Mysteries – Recovered PG 2019 Drama. Alison Sweeney, Benjamin Ayres. 3:10 Cold Pursuit 16VLSC 2019 Action. Liam Neeson, Laura Dern. 5:05 The Public MLSC 2019 Drama. Alec Baldwin, Taylor Schilling.
1:25 Eastern Promises 18VS 2007 Drama. Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen. 3:05 Blood Diamond 16V 2006 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou. 5:30 Trainwreck 16LSC 2015 Comedy. Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson.
Thursday
MAORI
6am Ben 10 – Ultimate Alien 3 0 6:50 Henry Danger 3 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 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7:30 Traffic Cops PG 0 8:30 Weather Gone Viral PG 0 9:30 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords M 0 10:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG
7:25 Us 16VLC 2019 Horror. Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke. 9:25 Humor Me MLSC 2018 Comedy. Jemaine Clement, Elliott Gould. 11am Blinded By The Light ML 2019 Musical. Viveik Kalra, DeanCharles Chapman. 12:55 Ben Is Back MLC 2019 Drama. Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges. 2:40 7 Days In Entebbe MVL 2018 Thriller. Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl. 4:30 Cold Pursuit 16VLSC 2019 Action. Liam Neeson, Laura Dern. 6:30 The Public MLSC 2019 Drama. Alec Baldwin, Taylor Schilling. 8:30 The Catcher Was A Spy MVLS 2018 Drama. Based on a true story, a former major-league baseball player goes undercover in Second World War Europe to prevent the Germans from building an atomic bomb. Paul Rudd, Mark Strong. 10:10 Annabelle Comes Home 16C 2019 Horror. Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson. 11:55 Can You Ever Forgive Me? MLSC 2018 Drama. Melissa McCarthy, Richard E Grant.
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MOVIES ExtRA 7:06 Madeline’s Madeline MLS 2018 Drama. Helena Howard, Molly Parker. 8:36 Momentum Generation ML 2018 Documentary. 10:18 Midsommar Directors Cut 18VLSC 2019 Horror. Jack Reynor, Florence Pugh. 1:02 The New Romantic MLS 2018 Comedy. Jessica Barden, Hayley Law. 2:21 This Teacher 16VC 2018 Drama. Hafsia Herzi, Lucy Walters. 3:52 Wildlife MLSC 2018 Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan. 5:34 The Last Witness MV 2018 Thriller. Alex Pettyfer, Michael Gambon. 7:04 Camp Cold Brook MVLC 2018 Horror. A paranormal team checks out the abandoned Camp Cold Brook, where a mass murder took place decades earlier. Chad Michael Murray, Danielle Harris. 8:30 Support The Girls MLSC 2018 Comedy. The manager of a sports bar with curves has her faith, in her girls, her customers and herself, tested over the course of one trying day. Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson. 10:02 The Bachelor Next Door 16C 2017 Thriller. Michael Welch, Haylie Duff. 11:27 McKellen MLS 2018 Documentary.
Thursday
12:56 Jellyfish 16LSC 2018 Drama. 2:34 This Teacher 16VC 2018 Drama. 4:06 Wildlife MLSC 2018 Drama. 5:48 The Last Witness MV 2018 Thriller.
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11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Gino’s Italian Escape – Islands In The Sun 1am Flour Power 1:30 Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start 2am Bear Grylls – Mission Survive PG 3am Equator From The Air 4am Alone PGC 5am Mysteries At The Museum
UKtV 6:05 Sanditon PG 6:55 Insert Name Here MLS 7:25 The Graham Norton Show M 8:15 The Bill MVC 9:05 Inspector George Gently M 10:35 Grantchester MLC 11:25 Father Brown MV 12:15 Midsomer Murders MVC 1:55 The Bill MVC 2:45 Lewis MVSC 4:20 The Graham Norton Show PG 5:15 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 6:20 Qi M 6:55 Insert Name Here MLS 7:30 Qi M With Jo Brand, Jimmy Carr, Sean Lock, and Alan Davies. 8pm Would I Lie To You? PG With Mel Giedroyc, David Haye, Martin Kemp, and Romesh Ranganathan. 8:35 The Coroner PG Jane is reconnected with an old friend when she tries to find out who left a girl to die. 9:30 Holby City MC Will Jac finally acknowledge her feelings for Matteo, or will she revert to type? 10:35 Keeping Up Appearances PG 11:10 Midsomer Murders MVC
Thursday
12:50 Qi M 1:20 Qi M 1:50 Would I Lie To You? PG 2:25 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:25 The Coroner PG 4:10 Holby City MC 5:10 Keeping Up Appearances PG 5:40 Qi M 20May20
DISCOVERY 6:35 Fast N’ Loud PG This is So Farfegnugen. 7:30 What On Earth? PG North Korea’s Forbidden Islands. 8:20 BattleBots PG 9:10 Legends Of The Wild PG South American Slasher. 10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Strange Evidence PG Vampire Down Under. 11:40 Aussie Lobster Men PG 12:30 Swamp Murders M In Too Deep. 1:20 American Monster M Wave to Daddy. 2:10 Top Gear 3pm Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG Germany Meet America. 5:40 Aussie Lobster Men PG 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG 8:30 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 9:25 Bering Sea Gold PG Double Down. 10:15 Moonshiners MLC Busted by the Law. 11:05 What On Earth? PG Cannibals in the Ghost City. 11:55 How It’s Made PG Thursday 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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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Sport
16 Ashburton Guardian
Racing here set to prosper P11
A DATE ON COURT
By Adam Burns
adam.b@theguardian.co.nz
Community netball is set to commence competition games next month after administrators confirmed dates yesterday. Similar to many other sporting codes, netball was adopting a three-phased course for a return to the courts. Netball New Zealand (NNZ) confirmed netball activity, including trainings and workshops, will begin no earlier than May 29. A return to play could occur by June 19, NNZ said. Centres are able to open during an initial two week phase which began on Fri-
day, however no netball activity could take place. NNZ said this period was for the centres to prepare and ensure that all the government health and safety measures and contract tracing protocols were in place prior to venues and facilities opening for trainings. Netball New Zealand chief executive Jennie Wyllie (right) said the priority for netball was to ensure that centres took the time to ensure they understand that they can confidently and safely implement government guidelines. “Netball plays such a key role in the lives of thousands of Kiwis and we’re delighted
that training, and eventually games, will be beginning to take place around New Zealand in the coming weeks,” she said. “We’ve been focused on ensuring that any return to play is safe and in line with Covid-19 government restrictions and that centres, clubs and schools across the country feel well supported as they start to return to the courts. “We all have a role to play in ensuring we limit the spread of Covid-19 as we return to sport, and these guidelines provide a solid framework for our members.” Mid Canterbury Netball said it will be in touch with clubs over the coming days to discuss plans.
Ashburton squash players set to hit the courts again
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