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Hampstead school councillors (from left) Brooklyn Wilson, Willow Mata, Otis Scarlett, Thomas Stephens-Tahuri, Brooklyn Aberhart, Lesteena Cosingan and Jacob Cooper are proposing that Fonterra replace their carton milk that comes with straws with containers that can be torn open to form a cup. PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 221119-JPM-016

Students take up issue with straws Hampstead School students love the milk they get from Fonterra, but not the straws on the individual serve boxes it arrives in. They will be writing to the milk company to suggest a “cup-like” container that opens to a spout and can be used without a straw. Fonterra is surveying all Canterbury schools that take part in its Milk for Schools programme to see how they feel about ditching plastic straws. Hampstead School principal Peter Melrose said the school council was aware of other schools suggesting options to straws, like using jugs and cups

that would need to be washed. He said the council would write to Fonterra to suggest a “cup-like” container that could be used without a straw. Washing 150 cups every day was less appealing for time-strapped teachers. The student council said they wanted Fonterra to get rid of the straws as they could not be recycled and were filling up landfills and could be damaging to marine life such as turtles. Eighteen Mid Canterbury schools are part of the programme and all are being surveyed by Fonterra. The company offers milk every school day.

Fonterra’s director of sustainability Carolyn Mortland said the company recognised the growing concern around plastic packaging. “While our plastic straws and wrappers on our milk packs are recyclable, we appreciate some plastic straws don’t always end up in the recycling bins and are at risk of ending up as litter in the ocean,” she said.

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■■ASHBURTON ART GALLERY

Artist’s mind-blowing exhibition By Susan Sandys

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There is some mind-blowing concepts behind an exhibition being installed at the Ashburton Art Gallery. London-based artist David Rickard has returned to his home town for Echoes From The Sound Barrier, and he will open it with a floor talk tomorrow evening. Installations explore concepts of place and perception, and include a range of items and photos taken at corresponding latitudes from around the world, as well as an onto-the-wall projection of all the dates that have been previously forecast as when the world will end. The 44-year-old artist was brought up on a Wakanui farm and attended Wakanui School and Ashburton College. He headed off to the Auckland School of Architecture, and while completing his degree there found himself across the road at Elam School of Fine Arts, extending his architectural studies with artistic interests. He headed off to Milan in Italy to study art, and ended up completing a Master of Fine Art in London at Central Saint Martins. He has temporarily returned to his hometown to install the exhibition at the invitation of curator Shirin Khosraviani. Echoes From The Sound Barrier will explore concepts of place and perception, and Rickard has used the Mid Canterbury environment in its creation. “It was wonderful making these works, because it’s places

David Rickard prepares to open Echoes From The Sound Barrier. I’m so familiar with, it’s good to be back and make it work locally,” he said. One of his works was a metal lattice sphere with a camera at its centre. He took it to the top of a hill at high country Erewhon, and then let it roll to the bottom. The consequent footage will be displayed in slow motion, reflect-

ing on the unseen reality of the earth’s rotation while forcing the viewer to see the landscape from an alternating perspective. “The landscape we are looking at is always revolving, but we don’t see it. Here we are forming our own new centre,” Rickard said. The sphere is now dented and

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damaged from its rocky downhill journey, so has its own mark of the landscape in that the mountains have helped form its current shape. Another installation is to comprise concrete blocks, and Rickard would be weighing them out to ensure in total they reached 780 kilograms, which was the

same weight as the air in the gallery room. “We can’t feel it, we think it’s unknown, it’s a weight, it’s just that we are used to it,” he said. Another installation comprises four photos taken at the same latitude south of the equator, and all within 90 degrees longitude of each other. Using the internet and telephone, he managed to get a resident in each of the locations to get a one-metre long stick and take a photo of it, placed upright in the soil, amidst the surrounding landscape, at the particular GPS co-ordinates he provided. So it was that a bishop in Brazil trudged into the outdoors with the locally-sourced stick and a camera, alongside a dive instructor in French Polynesia, a medic in Mozambique, and a farmer in Western Australia. Another installation will feature two rocks, one from Kaikoura and one from Greymouth, hanging from the ceiling alongside audio of them knocking against each other. The two locations are at the same altitude, where the speed of the earth’s rotation matches the speed of sound. Perhaps the most thought-provoking of all installations is one called The End. It is a collection of endings, in a book and projected onto the gallery wall. There have been many times humans have believed the end is nigh, and the book details a range of dates from 635 BC to 22 billion years from now, with accompanying text on who made the forecast.

Students take up issue with straws From P1 “That’s why we’re offering schools across Canterbury the opportunity to move to a more sustainable packaging as part of our efforts to reduce waste going to landfill. “One solution we’ve been explor-

ing to help schools reduce waste is to move away from the small 200ml single-serve milk packs towards a 1-litre format, which is a really sustainable packaging choice.” The option to shift to the more sustainable packaging is being offered to all 134 Canterbury schools

who participate in Fonterra Milk for Schools. The 1-litre pack does not use straws or plastic wrapping, and also allows schools to minimise milk wastage, by having more control over serving size. Every 1-litre pack removes the

need for five single-serve packs, which means fewer straws and less plastic and packaging. Fonterra farmer Thomas Irving from Hororata in Canterbury welcomed the move. “As a dairy farmer, I’m proud to share our milk with kids to give

them a healthy start to every school day. I’m also proud of our land and recognise the need to show care for the environment, so it’s good to hear our co-op is supporting schools to be more sustainable and a steps to reduce waste by givtaking ing them strawless options.”

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■■WHITE RIBBON DAY

Positive impact from events By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Once again the Ashburton community has thrown its support behind a number of white ribbon events in the past five days. White Ribbon Day, which was officially recognised yesterday, is an internationally recognised event, when people wear a white ribbon to show that they do not condone violence towards women. A number of different events were held across the district over the weekend to acknowledge and raise awareness for the concept. On Friday night the annual white ribbon quiz was held at the Hotel Ashburton, and was another success, Ashburton’s family violence co-ordinator Anna Arrowsmith said. Around 200 people attended the quiz which raised just over $3000. A pledge was available to be signed at the event which was also at a family event held in the Ashburton Domain on Saturday morning. “We had lots of people come over and sign the pledge and we had some really good conversations with people,” Arrowsmith said “The rapid relief team were there running a sausage sizzle which was great and it was just a shame it wasn’t warmer for the water fight. “We are really happy with how

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Jump rope was one of the many fun games on offer at the white ribbon family fund day at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 231119-RH-032 all the events ran.” The pledge, which is a large banner of a white ribbon, will be used on a white ribbon float in the Christmas parade. Arrowsmith said it was an important event to remind people about domestic violence messages as there is an increase of domestic violence cases around the festive season locally and nationally due to increased stress.

Last Thursday the white ribbon team were out on the streets of Ashburton delivering 60 morning tea packs to male dominated businesses. These were filled with information around family violence such as where to seek help. A few morning tea treats were included. On Friday the White Ribbon Riders cruised in to town as part

of their South Island tour, stopping at a number of schools and events throughout the South Island over a nine-day period. After stopping for lunch at the Holy Name Catholic Church Parish Centre, the riders visited St Joseph’s School. Arrowsmith said the riders had been really well received by the students and that they had received really positive feedback.

The Methven Community Board could be restored to its full five members as early as next month. Nominations for the fifth position on the board opened yesterday, and will close at midday on December 23. If there is just one eligible candidate nomination, a by-election will be avoided, and the candidate will be declared elected on that day. However, if there is more than one, a by-election will be held on February 18. The board is minus one candidate following not having enough people standing at the triennial local body elections in October. This meant an election did not have to be held, and the four candidates standing were all elected unopposed. New member Kelvin Holmes joined current members Sonia McAlpine, Dan McLaughlin and Ron Smith. Chairman Dan McLaughlin said yesterday he had been disappointed at the lack of nominations at election time, and the consequent need for a by-election now. He believed there was interest from some in the extraordinary vacancy, and he urged those people to get their forms in. “It’s democracy, it’s very good for Methven to have a community board,” McLaughlin said.

End of an era at Cameron Courts Cameron Courts, a property that has provided hundreds of the Ashburton District’s elderly with care in their twilight years, is about to go under the auctioneer’s hammer in a mortgagee sale. The property will be sold in two lots – the 31 room resthome on a 2752 square metre section and a 758 square metre vacant lot. Since the resthome closed in March, owners Laureen and

Ashwin Mani have tried to sell the property and explored a number of options for its future use. The nine independent living units to the north of the resthome were sold several months ago to an Ashburton housing trust. Auctioneer Tristan Harcourt said the two Philip Street properties will be sold individually with the auction to be held in Harcourts Grenadier Real Estate’s rooms in Christchurch on

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December 11. Cameron Courts started its life as Eventide Home, a retirement home for women. In its early days it was a large private residence that had been turned into a resthome, but an additional wing was added later. Right – Cameron Courts once a thriving resthome, but today it stands empty, up for a mortgagee sale. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

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■■TWILIGHT IN THE VINES

Crowd in high spirits at vineyard By Heather Mackenzie

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Cooler temperatures did nothing to dampen the spirits of those attending CharRees Vineyard Twilight in the Vines on Saturday. The numbers were up on last year and vineyard owner Charlie Hill attributes this to the rain staying away. “Last year it rained on the night, but this time even though the sun wasn’t out we had a nice crowd of over 150 people enjoying themselves.” If wine wasn’t quite your thing, then the choice of two craft beers on tap from the Valley Brewing Company based just out of Geraldine, or the non-alcoholic option of Jinja Beer were bound to please. Along with cheese platters, additional food options were provided in the form of Yes Chef’s food truck and 24 Catering were offering tasty treats. Music provided by local duo Copy Cats proved to be a success with many of the guests getting up to dance, Charlie and his wife Esme included. Hill was pleased with how it all went. “The comments on our face-

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A bit of a miscalculation is thought to be behind firefighters being called to assist a person who became stuck in a swing in the Ashburton Domain on Sunday. Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Alan Burgess said firefighters had to dismantle a swing seat at the Ashburton Domain after someone miscalculated and became stuck in the seat. It was one of the more interesting call-outs for the year for firefighters who can never be entirely sure what

PM recovering Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is at home recovering from her wisdom tooth operation and is understood to have significant swelling on the right side of her jaw. “The Prime Minister is working from home for now but is doing fine,” a spokeswoman told the Herald. Ardern had an operation on an impacted wisdom tooth on Friday night and missed yesterday’s Cabinet meeting. But she is still hoping to attend a Council of Trade Unions event in Auckland - NZME tonight.

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Charlie and Esme Hill (centre) with daughters, Charlotte (left) and Sheree (right) at Saturday night’s Twilight in the Vines. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 321119-RH-058 book page have all been positive.” Great wine, food and music was the common theme, along with pleasing comments about the welcoming, relaxed atmosphere. The Rollin’ Pedaler 1920s vintage styled ice-cream tricycle was a new addition to the food options and those wanting to enjoy a couple of wines and not worry

about the drive back to Ashburton the courtesy coach option proved popular. “We had a few cars left here over night, plus a couple of campervans parked up, which meant they could set off in their own good time the next day,” Hill said. The next twilight event is planned for February 22 next year

and will run along the same lines as the last four have. “It’s a matter of keeping with what suits the space we have here. There will be small changes in February, like we’ll have a different band and because the weather is warmer then we have pushed the finishing time out from 8.30pm to 9pm.”

Miscalculation leads Violence against to swing predicament women not on – Zonta By Jaime Pitt-MacKay

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to expect to find when they leave the doors of the station with siren sounding and lights flashing. Burgess said odd call-outs can often come and go, with some years seeing multiple calls to people who have gotten stuck in odd places to a year where nothing of the sort happens. “There is no real rhyme or reason for it,” he said. “With the fine weather coming in people might just be getting out and about more and having a good time. “As long as nobody is getting seriously injured it is okay.”

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For 16 days Zonta Ashburton will be championing the message of their Zonta Says No campaign. The campaign, which began yesterday, is focused on saying no to violence against women and girls worldwide. Co-convenor of the campaign in Ashburton Elizabeth Stuckey said they have multiple plans to spread the campaign around Ashburton. A number of businesses in the Ashburton CBD have agreed to install window displays for the duration of the campaign. “Members of the group will also

be volunteering at the Light Up the Night event and we will have a stall set up there,” Stuckey said. The campaign will run from November 25 to December 10, and in that time the Ashburton District Council has agreed to light up the clocktower orange, the colour of the campaign. Stuckey said it was unfortunate that the campaign clashed with the white ribbon campaign but that it was important the anti-violence messages were getting out to the public. Launched in 2012, the campaign is a call to action to end violence against women and girls in communities around the world.

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Sir John Key has joined the campaign to free up the prime real estate on Auckland’s waterfront. He has joined forces with fellow former Prime Minister Helen Clark to call for the port to be relocated to Whangarei. It is the first time the three-term leaders have publicly lined up on an issue since leaving Parliament. Key told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking it made no sense to keep the port in the CBD, when there are other good ports not far away. He said Tauranga’s port was rapidly growing and Northport could handle the extra load. - NZME

Burnt man stable A man badly burnt in a Taradale garage fire is now in a critical but stable condition in hospital. The fire, in King Street, was reported at 2.11pm on Saturday, and according to witnesses the fleeing man was finally subdued in Meeanee Road, near Windsor Avenue. The man, aged in his 30s, was rushed to Hawke’s Bay Hospital in Hastings before being flown to Middlemore Hospital in Auckland where he remained, understood to be with extensive burns and shock. - NZME

Burial site desecrated Auckland Council is investigating after a woman who visited Papakura Cemetery discovered the children’s burial site had been desecrated. Last Saturday at noon, Papakura resident Korenna Buchanan went to the cemetery with her son to place flowers on a relative’s grave. But as the visitors reached the baby section, they were shocked to find damaged mementos, shredded flowers and broken crosses strewn across the grass. - NZME

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■■ASHBURTON MUSEUM

Topp Twins exhibition coming to town Ashburton will have the chance to celebrate the unique contributions of two of New Zealand best-loved entertainers, Lynda and Jools Topp, at an exhibition coming to the Ashburton Museum on November 30. The Topp Twins: An Exhibition of New Zealand explores the ways the creative duo have helped to shape New Zealand’s social, cultural and political landscape over the more than 40 years they’ve spent entertaining. The Ashburton Museum is the only South Island venue set to host the exhibition from the Te Manawa Museum in Palmerston North, and Museum director Tanya Robinson says the team are thrilled to have the exhibition in Ashburton. “Lynda and Jools Topp are synonymous with New Zealand’s rural roots and that classic Kiwi can-do attitude. Through their characters and appeals to fairness, they’ve captured the values and qualities our country takes pride

in,” she said. “As much as the exhibition tells their story, their lives also tell us our collective story, which is why the exhibition will resonate with so many people. “We are honoured to welcome The Topp Twins exhibition to Ashburton.” The Topp Twins are regarded as a cultural touchstone, delighting audiences with their suite of comedic characters including Camp Mother and Camp Leader, the Gingham Sisters, Westie girls Raylene and Brenda, Prue and Dilly and the much loved Kiwi blokes Ken and Ken. They have used their platform as performers to champion many causes including LGBT rights, feminism and gender equality, Bastion Point and Nuclear Free New Zealand. The Topp Twins: An Exhibition of New Zealand will be available at the Ashburton Museum from November 30 to February 9, 2020.

Right – An exhibition celebrating the career of Lynda and Jools Topp will be coming to the Ashburton Museum at the end of the month. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

Man shot dead by police ‘trying to turn his life around’

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The man shot dead by police in Tauranga was “trying to turn his life around”, a neighbour says. Two young children were carried to safety by armed police moments after a man who had been holding them hostage inside a Bellevue house was shot dead. The children, aged 4 and 6, were taken out the front door and rushed to an ambulance following a 15-hour ordeal which began in the early hours of Sunday morning when the man threatened his partner with a knife. Dramatic images of the children being rescued from the house emerged yesterday. A neighbour said the children at the centre of the hostage situation went to school with her children. She used to see the man walking his children to school at the same time she did. She said her friend who used to live next door to the man knew him well and he had reached out to her just last week. “She said he had previously got out of jail and was trying to turn his life around. She is really devastated at the moment.” The neighbour, who had lived on Oriana Crescent for about 12 years, said the man’s family has lived at the address for a while. But she said the man had only come up to live at the address in the last year. “Otherwise I haven’t seen him around before. It’s sad because he was trying to do a good thing with his kids.” The neighbour said she was stuck inside her home on Sunday during the 15-hour hostage situation. She said at about 3pm she heard what sounded like a “bomb and then a whole lot of glass shattering”. The street at which the 15-hour hostage

situation unfolded on Sunday, culminating in a man being shot dead by police, was eerily quiet yesterday. The roadblock had been removed and residents were going about their everyday lives. Mothers were dropping off their children to daycare and to school. One neighbour said it was surprising the atmosphere in the street on Sunday considering there were policemen with their guns. She praised the police for keeping everybody safe. Another neighbour was thankful that the children were out safely. She described seeing the man involved in Sunday’s hostage as “rough-looking”. Marsh Holloway said he lived four houses down from the property. Holloway said there was a strong police presence in the area and he said he saw armed police heading in and out of the property throughout the day. At about 2.30pm, he said police started flying drones over the property and there was “a lot more movement from officers”. “We had only heard rumours of what was going on and when we found out kids were involved it became quite terrifying. I also have small children and I had seen these kids before.” Holloway said just after 3pm he saw the armed police head back around the property, followed by the sound of smashing glass and then gunfire. “My wife and kids started crying as no one knew what had happened to the children,” he said. “Soon after we saw two officers come out with the kids and they were put straight into an ambulance.” Holloway said neighbours were relieved to see the children were safe.

Christmas Wishes FOR THE ELDERLY

A little smile, a word of cheer A bit of love from someone near A little gift from one held dear Best wishes for the coming year These make a Merry Christmas!

The Ashburton Guardian wants to make the festive season a little brighter for our districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elderly by having their Christmas wishes granted by our supportive community. Help us make someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christmas extra special.

We would like to invite our older residents to send us their wishes. It could be help with your garden, a coffee date or some fresh home baking.* Then we will ask people in the community to volunteer to make these wishes come true.

Send us your Christmas Wish by Friday, December 6, 2019 Email circulation@theguardian.co.nz | Or post to Ashburton Guardian, PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740 Terms and conditions apply

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OUR VIEW

All about the giving with Christmas Wishes I

t’s not something a lot of people would like to admit, but the cold hard facts are that at this time of the year there are people out there in our community who could do with a little help. And considering this country seems to have descended into premature celebrations of the Christmas period this year, we’re joining in on the fun too by launching our annual Christmas Wishes campaign in the hope that we can make the next month a little easier for some people out there in our community. If you’ve never heard of or seen Christmas Wishes, it’s our

way of trying to help as many people as we can. The call goes out for people who might be in need of a little helping hand whether it be a spot of gardening around the home, some home baking or even a trip out to Lake Hood for a bit of a look around. There really is no limit. On one hand it’s incredibly sad that there are people out there in

our community who need a bit of a helping hand at this time of the year but on the other hand it’s quite remarkable that there are people out there who are equally as willing to help those same people out. Each year we get inundated with requests for a little help. Some jobs are big, some are small but it’s always been our goal to try and achieve them all. Once we’ve created a bit of a job list, then it’s up to you all to put your hands up to tackle some of the tasks and we’ll do the same here within the office – after a few years we’re starting to get quite good at pulling out weeds. And we’re hoping that this year

will be exactly the same. The call has gone out in the past week for people who might appreciate or need a little boost for the Christmas period this year. Not everyone feels comfortable asking, so there are often occasions where people will ask on their behalf and that’s more than fine too. There isn’t really any limit to what can be asked for either. As mentioned above, things like gardening and baking are always popular, but through some good contacts within the community we’ve been able to organise a number of different things to happen over the years, each to the delight of the

recipient. And that’s the best part of it all. There’s something quite powerful about being able to help reduce stress for someone at this time of the year and seeing the joy and happiness in their faces when their wish is granted is something quite special to be a part of. So, if you, or someone you know could do with a little early and extra Christmas cheer this year then please don’t hesitate to get in touch. It would be great to get a good strong list of wishes together so we can then come back and ask you, the giving people of this community, to help grant them.

Watergate tape. In 1986, President Ronald Reagan appointed a commission headed by former Senator John Tower to investigate his National Security Council staff in the wake of the Iran-Contra affair. In 2007, Vice President Dick Cheney experienced an irregular heartbeat and was taken to George Washington University Hospital for evaluation. In 2008, teams of heavily armed gunmen, allegedly from Pakistan, stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in Mumbai, India, leaving at least 166 people dead in a rampage lasting some 60 hours. A Missouri mother on trial in a landmark cyberbullying case was convicted by a federal

jury in Los Angeles of three minor offenses for her role in a mean-spirited Internet hoax that apparently drove a 13-year-old girl, Megan Meier, to suicide. (However, Lori Drew’s convictions were later thrown out.) Ten years ago: An investigation ordered by Ireland’s government found that Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin had spent decades sheltering childabusing priests from the law and that most fellow clerics had turned a blind eye. John Jones, a 26-year-old medical student stuck upside-down in a cave in Utah for more than a day, died despite the efforts of dozens of rescuers to extract him. Five years ago: US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had

a heart stent implanted, reviving talk about how long the 81-yearold liberal jurist would be staying on the court. One year ago: A NASA spacecraft designed to drill down into Mars’ interior landed on the planet; it was the first successful landing on Mars in six years.. Today’s birthdays: Impressionist Rich Little is 81. Singer Tina Turner is 80. Singer Jean Terrell is 75. Pop musician John McVie is 74. Actress Marianne Muellerleile is 71. Actor Scott Jacoby is 63. Actress Jamie Rose is 60. Country singer Linda Davis is 57. Actor Scott Adsit is 54. Blues singer-musician Bernard Allison is 54. Country singer-musician Steve Grisaffe is 54. Actress Kristin Bauer is 53. Actor Peter

Facinelli is 46. Actress Tammy Lynn Michaels Etheridge is 45. Actress Maia Campbell is 43. Country singer Joe Nichols is 43. Contemporary Christian musicians Anthony and Randy Armstrong are 41. Actress Jessica Bowman is 39. Pop singer Natasha Bedingfield is 38. Actress Jessica Camacho is 37. Country singer-musician Mike Gossin is 35. Rock musician Ben Wysocki is 35. Singer Lil Fizz is 34. Singer Aubrey Collins is 32. Actresssinger-TV personality Rita Ora is 29. Thought for today: “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey. – AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, November 26, the 330th day of 2019. There are 35 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On November 26, 2000, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush the winner over Al Gore in the state’s presidential balloting by a 537-vote margin. On this date: In 1789, Americans observed a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to mark the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. In 1842, the founders of the University of Notre Dame arrived at the school’s present-day site near South Bend, Indiana. In 1883, former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth died in Battle Creek, Michigan. In 1903, Timaru boxer Bob Fitzsimmons became the first man to have won world professional boxing titles in three weight divisions. In 1941, US Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a note to Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura, setting forth US demands for “lasting and extensive peace throughout the Pacific area”. The same day, a Japanese naval task force consisting of six aircraft carriers left the Kuril Islands, headed toward Hawaii. In 1942, the Warner Bros motion picture Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, had its world première at the Hollywood Theatre in New York. In 1943, during World War Two, the HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying American soldiers, was hit by a German missile off Algeria; 1138 men were killed. In 1950, China entered the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the US and South Korea. In 1973, President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she’d accidentally caused part of the 18-1/2-minute gap in a key

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Flying blind on environmental priorities T

he criticisms of the state of New Zealand’s environmental information keep coming. In September, the Auditor-General reported to Parliament his concern that there is not enough information on water quality at a national level to prioritise efforts: “… decision makers do not have the information they need to prepare a national approach or long-term strategy”. His staff were unable to obtain a detailed national picture of state and trends, notwithstanding that the Ministry for the Environment and StatisticsNZ had published Environment Aotearoa 2019 just a few months before. Earlier this month the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) voiced similar concerns about the state of the underlying evidence base: “… the absence of comprehensive and authoritative environmental data stands in the way of making good links between the state of the environment and wellbeing”. He also said the “blind spots” in our environmental reporting system mean we are “flying blind”, which could be “costing us dearly in terms of poorly designed policies”. Last week the Resource Management Review Panel joined the fray, bemoaning the insufficiency of information on the state of the environment and on the performance of the resource management system: “This poor evidence base, and lack of use of the data that does exist, affects the ability to make robust decisions, and to improve the performance of the system.’’ This is damning commentary. It comes at a time when central government is hell-bent on improving the environment. But apparently without the evidence

A $50 thousand car for the mayor, which can be used privately, I consider excessive. The last mayor used her own car and only got paid for council travel. She was never asked to transport visitors while being very active in the community so what is changing? A new turbo car, with

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base to prioritise where improvements are needed and how best to achieve them. In the absence of authoritative evidence, the default position is often to rely on slogans. The Essential Freshwater package was predicated on the belief that “freshwater quality has deteriorated seriously over recent decades”. The upcoming NZ Biodiversity Strategy is predicated on the belief that “biodiversity continues to decline”. The upcoming review of the RMA (Resource Management Act) proceeds from the assumption that “New Zealand’s natural environment is now significantly more degraded than it was when the RMA was developed in 1991”. If these statements are true, they are also damning. But, if everyone agrees on the paucity of evidence, what evidence do they rely on? The answers are not to be found in the Essential Freshwater discussion document from MfE, nor in the Biodiversity Strategy discussion document from DOC, nor in the Issues and Options paper from the Resource Management Review Panel (RMRP). Instead they all start and stop with one-liners telling us everything is going backwards. That seems to leave us in an impasse. How can we get past arguments about whether things are better, worse or broadly stable if no-one has the data one way or the other?

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Email us! More importantly, how can we craft good policy and prioritise investments if we don’t have that data? Part of the answer lies in the PCE recommendation to prioritise the data gaps and put serious investment into bridging them. And part of the answer comes from the Resource Management Review Panel, who point to lack of use of the data that does exist. For example, a wealth of data can be found in the data tables behind Environment Aotearoa 2019. On the biodiversity front, these data tables show that from just under 8000 native species whose conservation status is known, just under 99 per cent had no change in conservation status recorded in the most recent 15 year period, 0.3 per cent recorded improved status, and 1 per cent recorded worse status. That 1 per cent should be to the forefront in the upcoming Biodiversity Strategy. Other data tables show that from a total area in indigenous land cover in excess of 10 million hectares, the most recent data (2008-2012) showed a reduction of 0.2 per cent.

That 0.2 per cent should also be to the forefront in the upcoming Biodiversity Strategy. Even better, let’s not develop a Biodiversity Strategy based on data that is seven years old. That would play straight to the PCE criticism of merely cobbling together what is handy, and not prioritising what is needed. Our national ambitions and strategies should and must be based on a much higher level of authoritative data, not one-line slogans. Otherwise the greatest risk to the Wellbeing framework and ministers aspirations for environmental improvements is not “out there”, but much closer to home with those ministries and advisory groups who acknowledge the gaps, but then default to the slogans to justify the solutions. Elizabeth McGruddy is Federated Farmers senior policy adviser. 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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Growing confidence in milling wheat

■■RURAL REAL ESTATE

Plantings of milling wheat are up 20 per cent on last season, but demand for feed barley is relatively flat, according to the latest cropping survey. Milling wheat options have been taken up, with the mills responding well to calls from Federated Farmers and others in the industry to release forward contracts early to provide market signals. “It’s given some confidence to growers,” Federated Farmers’ grains spokesman and Dromore farmer Brian Leadley said. The Arable Industry Marketing Initiative (AIMI) survey showed that the area sown plus intended to be sown in wheat, barley or oats, as at October 10, was estimated to be 5 per cent down (5300ha) on the area harvested in 2018. Over the last two years, the feed barley area has fallen 18 per cent and feed wheat was largely unchanged (down 2 per cent), but milling wheat was up 27 per cent and malted barley up 16 per cent. “When there’s lesser demand for feed grains, the lift for milling wheat fits in well. It also has a bigger window for planting. To achieve good feed wheat yields it has to be planted early, whereas with some of the milling varieties you can get them in a bit later. “That can work with the farming rotation. A lot of arable farmers have a livestock grazing system within their operation, and with good returns for red meat in particular, it supports that later planting, possible with milling varieties. “On the whole, the trend is promising for the drive by the Arable Food Industry Council for New Zealand to be self-sufficient in milling wheat by 2025,” Leadley said. Unsold stocks of cereal grain, over

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Federated Farmers’ grains spokesman and Dromore farmer Brian Leadley. PHOTO SUPPLIED the six crops surveyed, reduced by 44 per cent between July and October. “That’s a good sign, even if deliveries hadn’t happened by the time of the October survey, that people have been meeting the market and getting product sold,” Leadley said. Total production from the 2019 harvest (wheat, barley and oats) was 799,900 tonnes, about 25,000t up on the 2018 harvest. While unsold stocks across the six crops surveyed were up by 95 per cent (or 52,700 tonnes) compared with October last year, people shouldn’t read too much into that, Leadley said.

“This time last year there was very little left about. “When you look at it on a five to 10-year rolling average, stocks still on hand from the 2109 harvest (108,492t unsold, 227,747t sold and stored on farm) are not that massive. “There’s a bit of concern about the feed barley market, which is a bit flat. We’d like to see that move a bit.” Overall, Leadley described the situation as stable. “Prices aren’t bad, but not a lot has moved. It reflects the mood in agriculture. Feed grains are being bought when it’s actually needed rather than being bought and stockpiled or bought in preparation.”

Farm sales down by nine per cent A total of 1336 farms changed hands for the year to October 2019, down more than 9 per cent on 2018 figures, according to latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ). The decline was most marked in dairy, as 36 per cent less dairy farms sold across the 12 months, compared with the previous year. There were also fewer finishing and grazing farms sold nationally. Sales of arable farms increased by 7 per cent over the period. For specialists in farming real estate, sales figures for the past quarter in Southland made for depressing reading, as the biggest decline in sales (13) came in the province. Waikato also fared poorly, having seven fewer sales. REINZ rural spokesman Brian Peacocke said while dairy, and finishing properties were down considerably, the standout category was arable, which was “comfortably ahead” of two years ago and almost double compared with the equivalent period in 2018 at 28 versus 15 confirmed sales. Despite the decline in overall numbers, the median sales price for dairy to $41,204 per hectare for the quarter, an increase of 44 per cent from the previous year, while the average price for a finishing farm came in at $34,554, a nominal 4.8 per cent increase over the 12 months. By contrast the average sale price for a horticulture farm – 44 of which went under the hammer for the period – was at $216,383 per hectare, a 9 per cent increase on the previous year. “The banking industry, which surprisingly in view of low interest rates, is less than subtly erecting barriers to frustrate rural borrowers and in the process, risking a potential major drop in farm values as increasing numbers of landowners seek to exit the industry,” Peacocke said. He said the South Island, in particular, had been “very quiet”, particularly in dairy, although there had been a continuation of steady sales of smaller grazing units in Central Otago. “At the same time, there was a reasonably steady level of sales of dairy support, grazing and arable properties in Southland”. PGG Wrightson Real Estate Alexandra branch manager Mike Direen confirmed the market in his area had been “well down” on prior years, although there had been positive demand for sheep and beef farms. “Traditional demand has been from dairy farms looking for run-on blocks, but that market has pretty much stopped in this area, with banks unwilling to back buyers.”

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MARKET REPORT By Guy Trafford

n interesting bit of information came out of China last week with news of the New Zealand Business Roundtable in China (NZBRiC) and the China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products (CFNA) signing a strategic co-operation agreement. The agreement aims to build a China -New Zealand Food and Agricultural Product Trade Service Platform no doubt building upon the recent success of the RCEP. The New Zealand BRiC is made up of several notable food exporting companies including – Fonterra, Silver Fern Farms Zespri and Primary Collaboration NZ. That is a Chinese based company with New Zealand shareholders who are currently Sealord, Silver Fern Farms, Synlait Milk, Villa Maria Estate and Pacific Pace. The advantages to the NZBRiC are fairly obvious with China being our largest trade partner. The benefits to China on the surface are less obvious but we need to remember that New Zealand is among the top five largest food suppliers into China and so value of this trade cannot be underestimated. If the report is accurate, last year (2018) New Zealand jumped from third to first in food supply with 8.76 per cent of the trade while Australia are second with 8.72 per cent and the US third at 7.6 per cent. Making sure we can hold onto these gains will be key to how successful this period is seen in the future. At the moment, all of New Zealand red meat and dairy producers are reaping benefits from China’s protein deficiency with seemingly one exception; venison, which has been going backwards. It is now within a stone throw of being caught by lamb as the most valuable red meat. Given the heady heights venison achieved last season, the slump this season is a little surprising. The US pet food industry was in part responsible for the lifts last season with much of the schedule being attributed to it. However, this market won’t have vanished totally. Logs and wool have experienced the downsides of China’s slowing economy and while they have both firmed recently, are not anywhere near achieving the heights of the past.

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A2 Milk is taking an optimistic and aggressive approach to its US and Chinese markets and is planning on spending “a couple of $100 million on advertising”. Despite the recent rises in the GDT, Westpac are still picking the season’s Fonterra farm gate milk price to be $7.10 and $7.30 for the following year. Most other commentators have been closer to $7.50 for this season. Overall Westpac are picking that the New Zealand economy is coming out of the doldrums and the internal economy should start to perk up.

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The trend that has been going for a couple of months has continued this week, largely driven by the Chinese need to replace the gap that African Swine Fever has made in their meat supplies. Sheep Saleyard prices for mature sheep, both ewes and wethers, has been strong with a notable sale of a pen of wethers sold at Coalgate saleyards going for $373. Even light ewes are well above the $100 mark. The schedule was relatively subdued for lamb but mutton experienced another lift. Wool Only coarse grades of wool were sold at the Napier sale last week with prices close to par with previous weeks. Beef It was the manufacturing grades (cow and bull) that experienced lifts in schedules but prime grades had another strong week at saleyards with the average price per kg LW for prime steer around the $3.21 mark. You have to go back to October 2015 to find similar prices. Venison Venison continues its decline with little obvious reasons as to why. Dairy A positive note for dairy with the Global Dairy Trade auction results up yet again. Overall the lift was 1.7 per cent with whole milk powder up by 2.2 per cent and cheddar cheese which had been on a downward trend making a small comeback with a 2.5 per cent lift. Butter was the only major product with a negative result, down by -1.3 per cent. Volumes were down on previous auction and this had a large part to play in the lift. The $7.50 farm gate price is looking more likely as the season progresses.

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Farm gate price watch … for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural November 25, 2019 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 86 - 140 Prime 150 -244 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 295 - 325 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 320 -323 This week Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 133.00 17.5 kg YX SI 150.00 19.0 kg YX SI 163.00 21.0 kg YX SI 181.00 Local trade (c/kg) SI 880 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 136.00 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 595.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 480 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 575 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 600 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 441 AP Stag 60kg SI 536 AP Stag 80kg SI 714

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Lithium/geothermal fluid discovery NZME Taupo company Geo40 says it has cracked a chemical process to produce lithium at “near battery grade” from geothermal fluid discharged from central North Island power stations. It says its potentially world-leading discovery is at the low end of the international production costs for the silvery-white alkali metal that is the main component of the batteries required for the burgeoning global electric vehicle market. The company is understood to be raising $10-$15 million in new capital, assisted by broking house Jarden, to build a pilot plant to extract lithium carbonate from geothermal fluid that has already been piped through Contact Energy’s Ohaaki power station to produce electricity. Six weeks ago, Geo40 began building a commercial scale silica extraction plant using Ohaaki geothermal fluid, with lithium always the “symbiotic” second mineral the company intended targeting once its commercial silica extraction plans were under way.

The silica plant is being funded by a combination of private investors and a $15 million loan from the Provincial Growth Fund. Chief executive John Worth told BusinessDesk the company believes it can achieve “fantastic scale” in New Zealand for both silica and lithium without running out of access to geothermal fluid. However, the biggest opportunity is offshore, where lithium concentrations in geothermal fluid can be 10 times the average 10-to-20 parts per million found in New Zealand geothermal fluid. “If we can prove the technology here, it will be sunk capital but 10 times the return” if applied to more lithium-rich resources, said Worth. An initial public offering is on the cards “in the not too distant future,” although the former chief executive at NZX-listed minnow NZ Windfarms says listing is “not a slam-dunk”. While the company was aware of other attempts around the world to find a commercially viable extraction processes for lithium from geothermal fluid, he believed Geo40 was the first to have done so. Crucial to the potential

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high Andes salt plains production in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, where so-called ‘salar’ production occurs by evaporating mineral-rich brines to produce lithium. “We’re at the lower end of the cost curve against Argentina and Chile,” said Worth of work with in-house chemists, engineering firms Beca and Jacobs, GNS Science and mining engineers based

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of the technology is its promise as a relatively low cost extraction method. While Australia is the largest lithium producer, it does so by mining hard rock ‘spodumene’, which has around 6 per cent lithium content and involves the highest cost extraction. For New Zealand geothermal producers, the relevant benchmark is the

at the University of Canterbury. The principal relationship was with Contact Energy, which had given Geo40 early access to fluid and said: “give it a go, make a mess,” said Worth. Although Contact is not an equity investor in the venture “we would like them to be at some stage,” he said. Three of the company’s five directors are Australian-based, with well-known Perth-based mining figure Bill Turner as chairman. Companies Office records show Geo40’s largest shareholders are its founder and chief operating officer, Mike O’Sullivan and Sarah O’Sullivan, at 12.96 per cent, followed by WA-based director Peter Bradford and Vicki Bradford, at 12.13 per cent. Auckland-based tech incubator The Ice House holds 2.97 per cent. The global price of lithium has been volatile, halving since 2018 to around $US10,000 per tonne in recent times, reflecting reduced EV production in China, the largest market for cars that are expected to progressively replace vehicles using greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels over coming decades.

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NZME Numerous iPhone users reported receiving a dubious text message yesterday asking them to verify their details. Coming from the number 365, the message tells the user they’ve been locked out of their Apple ID and then asks them to verify their details. The tell-tale sign in the scam is that the word “Apple” is misspelled “appl” in the url featuring in the text message. It appears to be a classic example of a phishing ruse designed to acquire login and credit card details. This comes only a day after it was revealed that Russian scammers have created many fake NZ Herald websites selling iPhones for $1. The clone websites were also designed to capture users’ personal financial details. This matter was reported to international IT security agency

WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE BEEN SCAMMED ■■ Contact your bank as soon as possible. ■■ Report it to the police and, if it is an online scam, report it to Netsafe who will give advice on what to do. ■■ Hang up on cold callers trying to sell you investment products. FraudWatch, which then proceeded to take down fake websites, articles and online profiles. Last week, NZ Police and ANZ told media there has been a big increase in scamming in the past year, with global scam artists seeing New Zealand as an easy target. ANZ’s Natasha McFlinn, a senior fraud manager at the bank, said she believed the problem is only going to continue to grow. McFlinn said banks and other corporates had tightened their security in recent years to shore up their defences against fraudsters. The scammers are now turning their attention to consumers, who

don’t have as well-established defences. “It is really hard to get into their systems and for fraudsters to do unauthorised things. So they are starting to move more and more into just attacking customers directly because tricking somebody into making a payment is a lot easier and it is harder to detect.” This issue is particularly pronounced when scammers know that consumers are likely to be looking for online deals. With Black Friday, Christmas and Boxing Day, the next month will certainly serve up a few legitimate deals – but also the odd scam.

■■TOURISM

Korean demand leads to increased flights By Pattrick Smellie NZME

Two days after Air New Zealand relaunched direct flights between Auckland and Seoul for the first time in two decades, a rival has appeared in the form of Korean Air, offering a direct charter service over the summer months between Christchurch and the South Korean capital. Korean Air will operate 10 return services from December 27 in response to Korean tourist demand. The Air NZ service also aims primarily at the tourism market,

although Trade Minister David Parker is in South Korea this week, promoting trade and investment opportunities. That includes the government’s aspirations to create a ‘green’ hydrogen industry, using renewably generated electricity to produce a fuel attracting increasing interest for industrial heat and heavy transport. “This charter service is seen as a trial, which may lead to more flights the following year,” Christchurch Airport chief aeronautical and commercial officer,

Justin Watson, said. It is part of a strategy devised by the airport company, Tourism New Zealand – which has increased its ad spend in Korea to stimulate demand – other government agencies, and South Korean travel sellers. Korean visitor arrivals into Christchurch have risen 39 per cent over five years, said Watson. The trial charter will operate with Boeing 777-ER planes, carrying 291 passengers in three classes and will land for the first time on Christmas Eve.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - Approximately how many cars were manufactured around the world in 2018? a. 48 million b. 70 million c. 92 million 2 - Which famous explorer gives his name to a holiday held in the US on October 12 each year? a. Christopher Columbus b. Vasco de Gama c. James Cook 3 - Produced by George Harrison, which other Beatle’s first solo single was It Don’t Come Easy? a. Ringo Starr b. Paul McCartney c. John Lennon 4 - In which city are the headquarters of the airline Air Asia? a. Kuala Lumpur b. Bangkok c. Tokyo 5 - Which country’s capital city lies on the Potomac river? a. Canada b. US c. South Africa 6 - What was the name of Adolf Hitler’s autobiography? a. Meine Welt b. Mein Leben c. Mein Kampf 7 - Which Italian composer wrote the opera William Tell? a. Rossini b. Puccini c. Vivaldi 8 - During play, how many players are on the ice in an ice hockey team? a. Four b. Five c. Six

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Maria Chamberlain of the Ashburton Photographic Society captured this photo while at the You are Us – Aroha Nui charity concert in Christchurch. A fan had put their arm up in solidarity just as Shapeshifter’s vocalist P Digsss took to the stage. The placement of the arm and singer made this image more powerful and earned Maria an honours in the photojournalism competition.

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QUICK RECIPE Moroccan carrot salad with chicken breast and feta dressing Serves 3-4

2 Waitoa boneless skinless chicken breasts 1t + 1t ground cumin 1t + 1t ground coriander Olivado olive oil 4 medium carrots, peeled and grated 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced 2T currants or sultanas 1/4 C chopped flat-leaf parsley 1/3 C lemon juice 1t honey 50g feta cheese 1C Greek yoghurt ■■ Butterfly the chicken breasts, then place in a dish with 1t cumin and 1t ground coriander, seasoning and a drizzle of olive oil. Coat the chicken evenly in the spices and set aside. ■■ Toss the carrots, red onion, sultanas and parsley in a bowl, then make the dressing by whisking

together the lemon juice, honey, remaining cumin and coriander and 1-2T olive oil. Pour over the salad and toss to coat. ■■ Pan-fry the chicken breasts until golden and cooked through. ■■ To make the feta dressing, simply crumble the feta into the

Greek yoghurt, season well and stir to combine. ■■ Serve the chicken alongside the dressed salad and drizzle over the feta dressing as desired. Recipe courtesy of Waitoa Free Range Chicken www.waitoafreerange.co.nz

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Why we love home By Max Reeves

t the heart of any museum is its collections. Ashburton Museum is no different, with our vast archive and diverse object store. But, while physical things are relatively easy to collect, the really difficulty thing to do is to collect experiences. Diaries, for example, are a great source of experiences, but are all too rare. The few diaries that museums do receive tend to be donated upon the death of the owner. They can sometimes also be hard to put on exhibition, as the more loved and used an object is, the more worn and, therefore, delicate it is by the time it is donated. Photos are another example of how we can contain experiences. For example, in the photos we have of the Radiant Hall, it is easy to see familiar emotions of joy and concentration in the eyes and expressions of dancers. Yet, seeing and understanding these experiences requires interpretation. You don’t get the true experience straight from the person’s mouth, so something can be lost in translation. Is that look of concentration due to fun or wishful thinking hoping that someone else would ask them to dance? Recently, the exhibition Ashburton: Feels Like Home gave us a chance to overcome this difficulty. In the exhibition, we asked our visitors to tell us, in their own words, what makes them know they are home? With nothing more than a few one-word prompts, visitors left us with an amazing variety of responses, some of which are described below. According to these museum visitors, the most common thing that makes a place feel like home is friends and family. Many people left comments about their family as a whole. Responding to the question “I know I’m home when …” with ‘I am with whanau’, ‘I’m with the people who love me’ and ‘I am happy and with my friends’. Some chose to comment on a specific person, usually mum and dad. Siblings rarely got a mention although we presume Anna is a sister when the answer is ‘When Anna annoys me’. For others it was when ‘I see the house’, ‘I see the cats’ or ‘When I see the pool’. There were a few that mentioned just mum as that feeling of home. Some were very sweet, such as ‘snuggling mum’ and ‘Mum is there’, whereas others were not so positive or weirdly funny: ‘When Mum get’s grumpy that I say EYEBALL!’ or ‘My mum tells me to do the dishes …’ After friends and family, pets were the most common thing that lets Ashburtonians know they are home. Many people will relate to knowing they are home when ‘My dog starts barking by our gate’, and some lucky people when ‘The lambs are annoying me’. One of my personal favourites is one about pet fish because it also evokes a sound that could be easily taken for granted, feeling

CONTACT Material for this page is co-ordinated by the Ashburton Museum. Articles from other organisations are welcomed, as is any feedback on what appears. Email museum@adc.govt.nz, mail to PO Box 94 Ashburton 7740 or phone 307-7891. Copies of many of the photos on this page are available for purchase from the Ashburton Museum

Above – Going on picnics and adventures with your friends and family in an experience that feels just like home away from home. Right – Home is where the heart is, as demonstrated by the Vucetich family here. Below – Dancers at the Radiant Hall full of expressions to be interpreted.

Attending the circus and seeing the elephant is an experience many will recall in Ashburton.

A young John Carter and Billy the goat at Elgin.

at home when ‘I hear the filter for my fish tank going’ is something that is so familiar but could easily escape attention. I can imagine how many hours have been spent watching the fish and how the steady hum would be a reminder of that. My dad is a school teacher and he used to have a tank with axolotls in his classroom. The hum of a fish tank always meant school holidays to me, a memory I had forgotten until reading that visitor’s comment.

And this is exactly why we want to collect experiences. Like objects, experiences are a way that communities can connect. The better we can vocalise our experiences, the more people are likely to understand our perspective, the easier it is to communicate and find shared experiences that help make Ashburton feel like home for so many people. We hope today’s images also spark a memory or experience and are reminders of home.

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RESULTS ■■ Bowls MSA Bowling Club Friday Triples November 22 Sponsored by Skip2It Flooring Xtra 1st R Harrison, D Thorne, M Watson 3 wins 16 ends 30 points; 2nd E Maw, G Turnbull, A Holmes 3 wins 15 ends 35 points; 3rd D Hickman, G Clark, D McEvedy 3 wins 15 ends 32 points

■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club November 18 2 rds dup N/S 1st Bruce & Heather Sim, 2nd Amanda Watson & Dee Murdoch, 3rd Hilda Blee & Sheryl Reid E/W 1st Ruth Logan & Maryke Blignault, 2nd Jan McClelland & Fiona Williamson, 3rd Wendy & Eric Parr November 19 2 rds, Diff ptr N/S 1st =John Fechney & John McDonald and David Sewell & Trish Downward, 2nd Edna Segers & Rosemary McLaughlin, 3rd Mary Buckland & Bev Turton E/W 1st Pat Jordan & Bill Kolkman, 2nd Maree Moore & Linda Baker, 3rd Sue Rosevear & Bev Macaulay November 20 2 rds dup 1st Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 2nd Elaine Lattimore & Shirley Lattimore, 3rd Peter & Trish Downward November 21 2rds dup N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Trish Downward, 2nd Judith Edmond & Maree Moore, 3rd Audrey Rooney & Linda Baker E/W 1st Sue Rosevear & Maryke Blignault, 2nd Rewa Kyle & Trish Small, 3rd Betty Hawthorne & Shirley Harris

■■ Croquet Waireka Croquet Club November 18 Interclub Advanced Grade: Waireka v Geraldine: Singles: Logan McCorkindale 7 v Brent Cleveland 1; Bill Allnutt 7 v Sue Cleveland 2; Sue Lamb 5 v Jack Ellery 7; Bev Blair v Sue Hutchins 5; Logan McCorkindale 7 v Sue Cleveland 2; Bill Allnutt 7 v Brent Cleveland 4; Sue Lamb 5 v Sue Hutchins 7; Bev Blair 4 v Jack Ellery 7; Doubles: Logan McCorkindale and Bill All-

nutt 7 v Brent Cleveland and Sue Cleveland 2; Sue Lamb and Bev Blair 7 v Jack Ellery and Sue Hutchins 5; Total games won: Waireka 7 v Geraldine 3; Total hoops won: Waireka 63 v Geraldine 42 Intermediate Grade: Waireka Red v Waireka White: Singles: Audrey Leath 7 v Bruce Leath 4; Janice Murta 7 v Rod Webb 6; Gail Benseman 7 v Eva Kircher 3; Phyllis Reith 7 v Shelagh Field 2; Audrey Leath 4 v Rod Webb 7; Janice Murta 6 v Bruce Leath 7; Gail Benseman 7 v Shelagh Field 4; Phyllis Reith 7 v Eva Kircher 3; Doubles: Audrey Leath and Janice Murta 7 v Bruce Leath and Rod Webb 4; Gail Benseman and Phyllis Reith 7 v Eva Kircher and Shelagh Field 4; Total games won: Waireka Red 8 v Waireka White 2; Total hoops won: Waireka Red 66 v Waireka White 44;

■■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers November 20 Wednesday Night McGee and Social Wheelers Cups and Trophies Races. 13 riders. 1st. Anna Summerfield CT.32.09. HT. Go. RT. 32m 09s. 2nd. Brent Hudson CT.32.15. HT.Go. RT. 32m 15s. 3rd. Glen Beeman CT. 32.14. HT. Go. RT. 32m 14s. 4th. Paul Hands CT.32.14. HT. Go. RT. 32m 14s. 5th. Jake Beeman CT.35.33. HT. 9.20m. RT. 26m 13s. 6th. Flynn Beeman CT.35.39. HT. 9.20m. RT. 26m 19s. 7th. Paul Summerfield CT.35.39. HT.9.00m. RT. 26m 39s. 8th. Mark Summerfield CT.35.43. HT.11.20m. RT. 24m 23s F/T. 9th. Paul Sinclair CT.35.43. HT. 11.20m. RT. 24m 23s 2f/t. 10th. Gerrard Morrison CT.35.43. HT. 11.20m. RT.24m 23s 3f/t. 11th. Tony Ward CT.35.44. HT. 11.20m. RT. 24m 24s. 4f/t. 12th. Nick Grijns CT. 35.54. HT. 9.00m. RT. 26m 54s. 13th. Nigel Chatterton CT. 37.07. HT. 9.00m. RT. 28m 07s.

■■ Golf Ashburton Ladies County Vets Golf November 22 Stroke round played at Ashburton June Bruhns 68, Barb Harris 71,Sue Graham 72 on c/b. Nearest the pins #4 Barb Harris, #8 and #12 Christine Ross, #14 June Bruhns. Twos Judith Webb. 9 holes Fairlie Matsinger 35.

Ashburton Golf Club November 22 Midlands Seed Social Teams

DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club December 30 This is Club closing day with a Mixed Canadian Foursome for the Smallbone Trophy. Starting Times: Morning start at 8.00am; Afternoon report at 11.00 for an 11.30pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 12.00 for a 12.30pm start.(NB Earlier start times due to the Presentation evening to follow from 6pm)

■■ Softball Mid Canterbury Softball November 27 M.S.A. Fastpitch Challenge: 6.30pm D.1: Devon Tavern Hampstead Hawks v Retread Diamonds; 6.30pm D.2: Rusty Demons v Rainers Renegades November 29 Devon Tavern Hampstead Slow Pitch: 6.00pm Devon Tavern D.1: Reigning Champs v Lion Brown Club; 7.10pm Devon Tavern D.1: Demolition v Lion Brown Club; 6.30pm Laser Electrical D.2: Laser Attack v S & Giggles; 6.30pm First National Real Estate D.3: Marines & Angels v As Good As It Gets; 6.30pm Dell Phillips Landscaping D.4: Hawkies Hawks v More Beer Than Gear November 30 Mid Canterbury Softball Association: Under 13s: 9.45am D.3: (Umpire: Heat) Rakaia v Fairfield, Regent Cinema Hampstead Braves Bye

Under 16s: 11.00am D.3: (Umpire: Fairfield) Subway Hampstead All Stars v Demons Fairfield Bye Senior Mixed: 1.00pm D.4: (Umpire: Renegades), Demons Rebels v Devon Tavern Hampstead Inferno; 3.00pm D.4: (Umpire: Inferno) Demons Rebels v Devon Tavern Hampstead Heat; 3.00pm D.2: (Umpire: Inferno) Fairfield v Demons Renegades

■■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis November 30 Round 6 All games to start at 9am sharp Junior A Grade – Duty Team Methven Bronze Methven Gold v Methven Silver at Methven Domain; Allenton Eagles v Methven Bronze at ATTC; Allenton Tigers v Southern Strikers at Allenton; Dorie A v Southern Stars at ATTC. Junior B Grade Hampstead Yellow v Allenton Bears at Hampstead; Southern Shakers v Hampstead Green at Hinds; Methven Black v Allenton Panthers at ATTC; Methven White v Dorie Hampstead at ATTC. Junior C All games for Junior C this week are at ATTC –Southern Stormers v Methven Blue; Methven Red v Southern Sharks; Allenton Falcons v Allenton Lions Please phone any defaults through to Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis 308 3020 as soon as possible.

Tuesday, November 26, 2019 Top Team: The Inconsistents 93 Blair Snowball, Daniel Snowball, Isaac Robertson, Jake Sherratt; Men: Read Rebels 92, I P Knightly 89.5, Trying 89; Women: Blondinis 85.5, Business Birdies 84; Mixed: Howz My Driving 91, Tee Partee 88.5, The Cruisers 86.5; Top lady: Rhonda Gallagher 32; Top man: Alex Bec, Isaac Robertson, Kelvin Woods 33 Nearest the Pins: Columbus Coffee Di Engelbrecht, Mac & Maggies Bev Chinn, Paul May Motor Royce Jamieson, Gabites Ltd Gaby Jansen Twos: Bev Chinn #12, Charlie Alexander #12, Royce Jamieson #14, Emma Silva #4 November 23 The Radius Care winner of the day and the Santa Maria Cup: Richard McKernan with a score of 74-11=63 nett. Other winning scores: Dave Morrison 64; Noel Sutton, Logan Tasker and Ryan Stoddart 65; Tom Blacklow 66; Charlie Alexander, Terry Kingsbury Derek Prebble and Greg Fleming 67; Josh Cochrane, Paul MacFie, Barry Jury, Tufuga Sa, Greig Sparrow and Bruce Day 68. Twos: Chris Ralston, Dave Morrison, Paul MacFie, Charlie Alexander, Paddy Bradford, Bruce Day and Richard McKernan (2). Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Derek Prebble; Rothbury Insurance: Chris Ralston; Value Plus Processing: Barry Jury; South Island Seeds: Charlie Alexander: Property Brokers #6: Ryan Stoddart; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Paddy Bradford; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: Jason Overend. Birdy Jackpot: #17; Net Eagles Jackpot: #8 Nine Holes The Harvey Bakehouse Player of the day was Gordon Clinton with 21pts. Other winners were: Sam Prince 20; Wendy Hopwood and Chris Anderson 19; Peter Wright 18.

Mayfield Golf Club November 23 Irish Stableford round Winners Andrew Lake 89 Dave Morrow 88 John Low 84 Wayne Vessey and Kerry Read 83 Nearest Pins: No 2 Aon Insurance: not struck; No 11 Jon McAuliffe Bayleys: Wayne Vessey; No 5 Campbell Contracting: Gordon Duthie; No 14 ANZ Bank: Andrew Lake; 9&18 second shot: Dave Morrow Twos: Gordon Duthie Kerry Read Andrew Lake Rosehope Rommey Player of the Day: Andrew Lake 72.9.63

Tinwald Golf Club November 21 Twilight Stroke Leading scores in the twilight stroke round off alternate tees with hybrids and irons only: -6; Phill Hooper 31, Robin Simms 32, Andy Peck 33.7-10: Chris Hart 32, Kieron Gray, Mitch VanderKrogt 33, Wayne Mellish 34, Gordon Rennie 35. 11 plus: Murray Beach 29, Selwyn Munro 31, Mark Williams 32, Ryan Jamison, Ray Wards 33. Women: 0-14: Christine Ross, Barb MacGregor 36. 15 plus: Carol Shanks, Shirley Young 29. Non-Handicap; Ryan Bell 30, Sam Whiting 34. Nearest the pin: # 2 John Schofield. # 12 Linda McClea. Two’s; Nigel Heney, Phill Hooper, Andy Peck, Murray Beach, John Schofield. Radio Hokonui hacker; Ben Stoddart net 45. November 23 Irish stableford Leading teams in the Irish stableford. Linda McClea, Gordon Rennie, Cawte Whiting, Ray Wards 105, Paul Hefford, Rod Harris, John Harris, Des Green 99. Nearest the Pin; Tinwald Liquorland # 2 Gordon Rennie. Gluyas Ford # 6; Snow Pierce. House of Travel # 12; Leen Bell. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Lindsay Jackson. Two’s; Paul Hefford, Lindsay Jackson, Ross Preece, Ray Wards, Snow Pierce. Net Ea-

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■■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club November 24 At 700 yards. TR, John Snowden 49.1, 49.3, 98.4, Martin Fleming 46.3, 46.4, 92.7, John Miller 44.1, 47.4, 91.5, John Fleming 36.1, 47.3, 83.4, Brian Hawksby 41.0, 41.2, 82.2. FTR, Brian Graystone 49.1, 53.4, 102.5, Mark Alexander 52.2, 46.0, 98.2, Coby Snowden 46.0, 39.1, 85.2, George Cuthbert 47.1.

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Devon Tavern Hampstead Slow Pitch: Marines & Angels 24-17 More Beer Than Gear, Shits & Giggles 28-7 As Good As It Gets , Lion Brown Club 14-7 Laser Attack, Hawkies Hawks 16-7 Reigning Champs, Demolition 19-2 As Good As It Gets Mid Canterbury Softball Association: Under 13s: Fairfield 13-4 Regent Cinema Hampstead Braves; Under 16s: Fairfield 7-0 Demons Cardinals; Senior Mixed: Devon Tavern Hampstead Heat 17-2 Fairfield, Demons Rebels 21-3 Devon Tavern Hampstead Inferno

■■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league competition: Team 7 lost to Team 5 3-10: Paul Cousins 2 Chris O’Reilly 1, James Bowker 1 Chris Lima 3, Nicky Dryland 0 Neil Keenan 3, Tate Dryland 0 Hamish O’Reilly 3. Team 3 beat Team 9 8-5: Billy Nolan 3 James McCloy 1, Rob Giles 1 Phil Andrew 2, Hamish Trott 3 Brendon Clark 0, Jonny Stanway 1 Jane Kingan 2 Team 8 beat Team 4 5-4: Harry Stanway 2 Mick Hooper 1, Rob Giles 3 Ian Dolden 0, Chrissie Stratford 0 Guy Stanway 3. Team 1 beat Team 6 9-6: Nick Marshall 3 Julie Smith 1, Phil Andrew 1 Julie Smith 3, Amy Muckle 3 Hayden Robinson 1, Megan Bell 2 Sarah Forbes 1. Team 2 lost to Team 10 6-9: Adam Clement 1 Ben Kruger 3, Melissa Wilson 1 Jordy Hooper 2, Rebecca Abernethy 1 Steve Devereux 3, Jan Lee 3 Kate Williams 1.

■■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis November 20 Twilight Council Crew 17 v Famous Grouse 15, Hackers 17 v We Are Stihl Suzuki 17, Let’s Play 15 v What’s The Score 19, Out of Service 15 v Tridents 18, Grand Slammers 18 v Courtiers 15, Mighty Meerkats 17 v Family Affair 17, The Racqueteers 16 v The Aces 17. November 21 Sunset Division 1: Lakers 0 v Croziers Turkeys 6, Cates Grain & Seed 6 v Double Faults 0, Coasters 4½ v AFC 1½, Heineken Openers 5½ v Geraldine ½. Division 2: Agitated Panda 4 v B Team 2, New Boys 1 v Cream of the Crop 5, Faultless 0 v Carrfields 6, Ball Wackers 6 v Ruapuna 0, Winchmore 2 v Court Nite 4. Division 3: I’d Hit That – PB 2 v Read Revellers 4, Miss Hits 3 v Willies Wonkers 3, Farming Kitchen 4 v The Young & the Rest of Us 2, Rough Enough 2½ v 4 Aces 3½, In with a Shot 3 v RMF Silva – Great Sets 3, Wanna Bees 6 v The Ladies 0. November 23 Open Grade

Ashburton Guardian 15 Fairton beat Hampstead 7 matches to 2 D. Quipse-Kim & C. Brosnahan beat P. Leonard & P. Kirwan 6-1, 6-1, M. Kerr & P. Crozier beat J. Jones & M. Hopkins 6-3, 6-2, J. Leslie & A. Spooner beat M. Liu & A. Cromie 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, D. Quispe-Kim beat P. Leonard 6-1, 6-1, C. Brosnahan beat P. Kirwan 6-0, 7-6 (7-3), M. Kerr beat J. Jones 6-1, 6-2, P. Crozier beat M. Hopkins 6-2, 6-4, J. Leslie lost to M. Liu 2-6, 2-6, A. Spooner lost to A. Cromie 5-7, 1-6. Dorie beat Southern 5 matches to 4 R. Cromie & J. Cromie lost to S. Bubb & H. Ross 1-6, 2-6, R. Breen & T. Groves beat O. Bubb & E. Connelly-Whyte 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 1-0 (10-4), I. Brook & T. Parsons lost to J. Aldridge & J. Barry 2-6, 4-6, R. Cromie lost to S. Bubb 3-6, 1-6, J. Cromie beat O. Bubb 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-4), R. Breen beat H. Ross 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7), T. Groves beat J. Aldridge 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-6), B. Adam beat J. Barry 6-0, 6-1, I. Brook lost to E. Connelly-Whyte 1-6, 1-6. Methven lost to Allenton 6 matches to 3 C. McCracken & A. Watt lost to T. Leonard & L. Gilbert 2-6, 3-6, R. Watt & N. Alombro lost to J. Parsons & M. Lucas 0-6, 5-7, D. Gilbert & V. Talbot lost to L. Adam & S. Holland 4-6, 4-6, C. McCracken beat T. Leonard 6-1, 6-1, A. Watt lost to L. Gilbert 5-7, 3-6, R. Watt lost to J. Parsons 3-6, 3-6, N. Alombro beat M. Lucas 6-2, 6-2, D. Gilbert lost to L. Adam 0-6, 4-6, V. Talbot beat S. Holland 6-2, 6-1. Junior A Southern Strikers beat Methven Gold 4 matches to 2 J. Ellis & T. Ellis beat J. King & H. Redfern 6-2, J. Johnson & L. O’Connell lost to J. Jimenez & Z. Jimenez 2-6, J. Ellis beat J. King 9-5, T. Ellis beat Z. Jimenez 9-8, J. Johnson lost to J. Jimenez 2-9, L. O’Connell beat H. Redfern 9-8. Allenton Tigers beat Southern Stars 4 matches to 2 D. Gilbert & L. Taylor lost to I. Brook & A. Whittaker 4-6, J. King & A. Ciora beat L. Jones & S. Wilson 6-0, D. Gilbert lost to I. Brook 4-9, J. King beat A. Whittaker 9-4, L. Taylor beat L. Jones 9-2, A. Ciora beat S. Wilson 9-5. Junior B Methven White lost to Southern Shakers 6 matches to 0 K. Furndorfler & A. King lost to I. Adam & F. Fulton 1-6, P. Redfern & J. Oates lost to R. Kidd & P. Humm 1-6, K. Furndorfler lost to I. Adam 1-6, A. King lost to F. Fulton 1-6, P. Redfern lost to R. Kidd 2-6, J. Oates lost to P. Humm 1-6. Dorie/Hampstead beat Methven Black 28 games to 22 M. Keller & C. Heneghan lost to K. Cavanagh & C. Robinson 1-6, T. Patterson & R. Kingsbury beat O. Glass & Z. Butterick 6-1, M. Keller lost to K. Cavanagh 5-6, C. Heneghan lost to C. Robinson 4-6, T. Patterson beat O. Glass 6-2, R. Kingsbury beat Z. Butterick 6-1. Hampstead Green beat Allenton Bears 5 matches to 1 T. Thomson-Hart & T. Harrison lost to P. Soshnikov 2-6, O. Prince & T. Amos lost to J. Bruce & B. McRae 3-6, T. Thomson-Hart lost to P. Soshnikov 4-6, O. Prince lost to J. Bruce 2-6, T. Amos lost to D. Soshnikov 0-6, T. Harrison beat B. McRae 6-5. Junior C Allenton Lions beat Southern Stormers 6 matches to 0: S. Thompson-Hart & L. Kilworth beat M. Trounson & E. White 6-3, G. Cushen & A. Saluja beat H. Trounson & H. O’Connell 6-0, S. Thompson-Hart beat M. Trounson 6-4, L. Kilworth beat E. White 6-2, G. Cushen beat H. Trounson 6-0, H. Saluja beat H. O’Connell 6-0. Grade Unknown Methven Red beat Methven Blue 29 games to 26 R. Humm & B. Glass beat K. Oates & S. Robertson 6-4, M. Glass & J. Ensor lost to L. Honeywell & I. Giera 5-6, R. Humm lost to K. Oates 4-6, B Glass beat S. Robertson 6-4, M. Glass beat L. Honeywell 6-0, J. Ensor lost to I. Giera 2-6.

Wilder stuns Ortiz Deontay Wilder looked down and out nearing the end of the seventh round of his WBC Heavyweight World Title defence against Luiz Ortiz. Ortiz had dominated throughout the fight and looked to be cruising towards a huge points victory. But one punch can change everything and this fight was no different, with Wilder dropping Ortiz with a savage right hand that floored Ortiz.

The punch was so savage, it left the referee with no choice but to call off the fight. Wilder was gracious in victory and paid tribute to his opponent. “You can see why no other heavyweight wants to fight Ortiz,” Wilder said. Wilder confirmed the sequel fight with Tyson Fury in February and is then looking for a unification bout.

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Puckett set to start Mid Canterbury girl Mel Puckett is set to make her first starting appearance at the Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship in Fiji today. Puckett has been named to start at halfback against Papua New Guinea after making two appearances off the bench against Fiji and Australia A. Grace Brooker will captain the side at fullback, with usual skipper and Counties Manukau halfback Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu being rested. Puckett will be pairing with Wellington’s Amanda Rasch at number 10 – who has also made the move from reserves. Auckland’s Saphire Abraham was named as hooker, alongside Eilis Doyle from Otago at loosehead prop, and both have made the starting 15 for the first time after impressing off the reserves bench. The development side has two wins from two matches, beating Fiji in their opening match 53-0, and Australia A 50-0 last week. Development XV head coach Wayne Maxwell said he felt his side’s defence had ratcheted up a notch against Australia A. “I was particularly proud of our

defensive effort in the last quarter. “Australia had us on our goal line, continually attacking, but we managed to make sure they came away with no points,” he said. “We will be looking to repeat that level of play against Paupa New Guinea. “So far this tour we’ve seen some outstanding talent emerge. “Some of them have played a full 80 minutes in really hot conditions. “They have stepped up and stood out. “This week our plan is to give some of the players who have had fewer minutes more game time and the opportunity to show us what they can do. “We’ve recovered well in a short space of time and we’re ready to finish this tournament the same way we started.” It is the first time a Black Ferns Development XV side has taken part in the Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship which includes Fiji, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Australia A. The Black Ferns and Australia have qualified for 2021 Rugby World Cup and will play in pool matches only.

Mel Puckett is set to start her first game for the Black Ferns Development XV against Papua New Guinea today. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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McLaughlin joins elite Supercars ranks New Zealand driver Scott McLaughlin hoisted the Supercars Championship trophy following Sunday’s final race of 2019 at the Coates Hire Newcastle 500. The 26-year old claimed his place in history as a two-time Australia Supercars Champion. He becomes just the tenth driver to join the elite group of back-to-back title winners in Australasia’s toughest racing category, following a dominant 2019 in which the Shell V-Power Mustang driver recorded 18 Championship race victories, 15 pole positions, and a Bathurst 1000 win. It was an emotional day for McLaughlin who had plenty of highs and lows in 2019, before he was able to skid across the scenic Newcastle street circuit and celebrate this year’s title victory in front of thousands of fans. The race was won by Jamie Whincup, the 118th of his career with Fabian Coulthard second and Tim Slade third. The result sealed another victory for McLaughlin and his Ford team-mate Fabian Coulthard – the coveted 2019 Teams Championship. That means the pair will start from the critical position of front of pit lane in 2020. The result meant Shane van Gisbergen finished Championship runner-up to McLaughlin for the second year in a row, while Whincup was third and Coulthard finished fourth. Chaz Mostert and David Reynolds were

next and finished in front of the Tickford Mustang trio of Cam Waters, Will Davison and Lee Holdsworth while Nick Percat equalled his career-best finish of 10th place. McLaughlin says it’s been a draining year. “I’m so glad to finally be able to celebrate. “We won the teams’ championship, too – that’s bloody awesome,” McLaughlin said. “I’m just glad it’s all done and we can party now. “I can’t wait to have a few beers tonight. “Any time an organisation can win 18 wins in a single car (is great) but then 20 wins as an organisation is pretty impressive. “Those results come from all the people who put the work in behind the scenes. “When the chips are down, we come back. “We don’t care what’s been said – we just get on with it.” McLaughlin dominated 2019 with 18 wins from 32 races, including his maiden Bathurst 1000 crown, to take the crown by 562 points.

FINAL STANDINGS 1. Scott McLaughlin 3872 points, 18 wins, champion 2. Shane van Gisbergen 3310 points, 5 wins 3. Jamie Whincup 3208 points, 5 wins 4. Fabian Coulthard 3058 points, 2 wins 5. Chaz Mostert 2879 points, 1 win

Scott McLaughlin celebrates following the final race of the 2019 Supercars.

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

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Longbeach attracts the big numbers By Matt Markham

Riders make their way through the early stages of the mountain bike event at the Longbeach Coastal Challenge on Sunday.

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Organisers of the annual Longbeach Coastal Challenge are hailing the 13th edition of the fundraising event a success after more than 750 people took to the course on Sunday morning in all variations of competition. With perfect conditions and spectacular views, including a pod of dolphins making their way along the coastline while competitors were working their way through the course, the big numbers who took part walked away at the end of the day having played a big part in helping a small community continue to prosper. Matt Galbraith, who was chairman of the organising committee said the day went off without a hitch. “Everything went smoothly, the weather, the track and even the dolphins showed up,” he said. “We have to say a big thank you to all of our sponsors and we must acknowledge the Thomas and MacKenzie families who for 13 years now have opened their farm gates for us to run this community fundraiser. “We’re already looking forward to being back in 2020 and also announcing how much has been raised this year.” Galbraith and his team said the event wouldn’t be possible without the almost 100 volunteers who helped make the day run smoothly. On the course some very fast times were set across all categories throughout the day, with the near perfect weather conditions providing the perfect platform for competitors to get around the course. In the off-road half marathon, Daniele Danesin took out the male event with a time of one hour and 25 minutes, just clear of James Faulkner and George Guerin. In the female event, Megan Ryan’s time of one hour and 43 minutes was more than two minutes clear of her closest rival, Lindy Millar, with Iva Prazakova finishing in third. In the recreational 12-kilometre run, Luke Glendining was first past the post in the male event with a time of 56 minutes and 50 seconds, with Lachlan Coutts and Tim Stoddart in second and third respectively, while Natasha Wad-

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del took out the women’s event ahead of Leanne Allnutt. Darryn Harris won the male 12-kilometre walk ahead of Dave Strong and Paul Sererins, while Patrice Ansell, Lyn George and Deborah Fisher were the first three past the post in the female section. The male five kilometre event went the way of chairman, Matt Galbraith, ahead of Harry Trott and Henry Halliday while Sophie Lampe won the female event from Krissy Lee and Kayla Allington. On the bike in the moutain bike challenge, the 35-kilometre event was won by Jacob Turner from Steve Roberts and Oliver Davidson, while Amy Hollamby finished ahead of Annabel Bligh and Kirstine Marriott in the female section. In the 23-kilometre recreational event, Larry Neal won the male section from Tony Geddes and Ricki Brown and Caitlin Titheridge was first past the post ahead of Bronwyn Walsh and Scarlett Naylor in the female section. In the 12-kilometre family ride Mitchell Turner took out honours narrowly from William Studholme and Cody Warren, while Charlotte Roberts was first home in the female section from Bridget Carter and Caitlin Muckle. The 23-kilometre team challenge, in which the Longbeach Gate Trophy was awarded, went to the Big Al’s Methven side while the 35-kilometre event was taken out by BNZ One. Special awards for the day, went to Jacob Turner who won the Anton Cooper Up and Coming Male rider, while Annabel Bligh was awarded the Anton Cooper Up and Coming female rider. Major spot prize winners for the event, went to Ann-Marie Blair who won a night for two at Te Wepu Intrepid Pod retreat and the 24-inch mountain bike went to Kayla Allington. Organisers will now be turning their heads towards the 2020 event with the date confirmed to be Sunday, November 27 with entries set to open in July next year.

Jacob (front) and Ben Hallenstein on the course.

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Archie Bowan (112) and Blake Velenski (96) make Hamish Pottinger from Scotland took part in the 5km walk. their way through the family mountain bike ride. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 241119-RH-030

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Casey-Solly notches winning ton An unbeaten 102 from Gus Casey-Solly led the Ashburton College Combined Second XI to a commanding eight wicket victory on Saturday when they took on Shirley Boys’ High School. The Mid Canterbury lads won the toss and elected to bowl first and managed to bowl out their rivals for 172 with Mickey Young and Jack Middleton leading the charge. Young took 2-4 off two overs while Middleton claimed 1-1 off four. In reply, the combined side made short work of the required total, hitting the winning runs with only two batsmen back in the sheds. Casey-Solly, who hit the winning runs, was able to carry his bat with his 102 not out, while Sam Cuttle chipped in with a valuable 51.

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Stunning win for Black Caps over England NZME

Another test match, another bag of records, and another challenger vanquished – the Black Caps roll on, and it’s going to take a terrific team to halt their record run. It’s now 32 months since the Black Caps last lost a test series, and England won’t be the team to end that streak, after the Black Caps wrapped up a storming victory by an innings and 65 runs in Mount Maunganui yesterday afternoon. The win gives New Zealand an unassailable 1-0 series lead ahead of the series finale in Hamilton on Friday, and continued England’s Kiwi drought – having now suffered through six tests without a victory in New Zealand, and not having won a series since 2008. Also extended is the Black Caps’ incredible recent record at home. Of their last 16 tests, the Black Caps have lost just one, and they’ve won seven of their last nine. Extend their record to include away tests, and it is now seven test series unbeaten – a record streak that will be put to the test against Australia next month. Based on recent triumphs, only top-tier teams like Australia – or India, who visit early next year – will be able to overcome New Zealand’s fighting qualities, which were on full display at Bay Oval. Needing to take seven wickets on the final day, on a pitch that looked lifeless 24 hours earlier, the Black Caps’ chances dimmed

And that’s that. Neil Wagner celebrates as he knocks over Stuart Broad, the last England wicket. PHOTO AP

when their frontline seamer Trent Boult exited after just one over, with rib pain which has put him in doubt for the second test. However, those attributes which had shone through in the partnership between BJ Watling and Mitchell Santner the day before were ever-present, as Colin de Grandhomme and Tim Southee claimed the early inroads and

Neil Wagner, as he’s done so many times before, finished it off. These Black Caps have few weak spots, and at the moment, any weaknesses they do possess are swiftly covered up by their wide-ranging strengths. In this test, when their senior top-order struggled, their middle order stood up, and when their usual strike weapon couldn’t

bowl, his battery mates picked up the slack. Given an extra workload after Boult’s departure, Wagner unsurprisingly had no issues carrying the burden, removing Joe Denly, Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler in the span of four overs to turn what looked a fierce battle into a march to victory. Denly was sent packing after 142 balls of toil by a short ball

that brushed the glove, and Buttler went scoreless for 18 balls before deciding to leave a yorker which crashed into off stump. An unwise decision, one might offer, but perhaps he was just following the lead of Ollie Pope, whose prayers went unanswered when playing a horrendous shot to a wide 108km/h knuckleball full toss. He barely reached the ball – at this stage, it’s worth remembering that England trailed by 129 runs and had no earthly need to play attacking shots – and ended up slicing it to short cover, where Santner flew to his right, stuck out a paw, and reeled in a sensational catch. After his day in the sun on Sunday, Santner would be fine with his role as yesterday’s unsung hero. As his team-mates took the early wickets – de Grandhomme removing Joe Root with a short ball which he steered to Tom Latham in the gully, and Southee ending Ben Stokes’ 84-ball stay as he chopped on – Santner held up an end, tying down the English batsmen, and being desperately unlucky not to add to his career-best return of 40-19-53-3. Hands were often on head as England survived until tea, and Jofra Archer and Sam Curran briefly frustrated the Kiwi bowlers with a frisky 59-run partnership. However, Wagner removed Archer, and then a ball later did the same to Stuart Broad – securing a five-wicket bag, and yet another Black Caps test victory.

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A mare with serious attitude NZME This top mare can be a horse’s backside in work, trainer admits. If you like your race mares to have a touch of attitude then Yearn is the girl for you. Because trainer Karen Fursdon admits Saturday’s $100,000 Dunstan Feeds Breeders Stakes winner at Pukekohe is hardly the easiest mare to train. And the same toughness that makes her a pain in the butt at track work may just win her a major mile race this summer. Yearn wore down last season’s 1000 Guineas winner Media Sensation over 1400m on Saturday, no small feat considering the last 600m off the front took just 34.2 seconds and Yearn had been three wide the trip from her wide gate. The toughness didn’t surprise Fursdon. “She is very tough but some-

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 26 Nov 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 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 3.13pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 7564 Frosty Kate nwtd........................ M Dempsey 2 557 Yes Yes No nwtd...................................A Lee 3 5567 Sweet Mary Ann nwtd................R Blackburn 4 28TF Know Tactics nwtd...........................G Cleeve 5 74668 Homebush Maree nwtd..............J McInerney 6 8388 Ginger Cracker nwtd.................. M Dempsey 7 73774 Goldstar Perrie nwtd S &.................B Evans 8 5272 Book Of Dreams nwtd................R Blackburn Emergencies: 9 88888 Homebush Odette nwtd.............J McInerney 2 3.29 KAISA EARTHWORKS PH 0272073323 DASH C0, 295m 1 54273 Goldstar McQueen nwtd S &...........B Evans 2 27766 Goldstar Spook nwtd S &.................B Evans 3 7886 Homebush Marissa nwtd...........J McInerney 4 8 Sweet Dreaming nwtd................R Blackburn 5 43 Horse Range Jim nwtd..................... M Grant 6 573F4 Shoelace Jack nwtd................... M Dempsey 7 53352 Homebush Liz nwtd...................J McInerney 8 87 White Roxy nwtd........................ M Dempsey 9 88888 Homebush Odette nwtd.............J McInerney 3 3.46 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLAN VOYCE C1, 295m 1 57758 Little Lottie 17.47 M &.......................... Smith 2 415 Curly Bill 17.59........................... M Dempsey 3 22344 Know Baby 17.37............................G Cleeve

Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 26 Nov 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.05pm (NZT) WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. CO.NZ C0, 457m 1 55481 Punters Delight nwtd........................R Wales 2 6 Volcanic Whisper nwtd........................J Allen 3 33255 Goldstar Dawson nwtd S &..............B Evans 4 64 Auto Speed nwtd............................R Adcock 5 63456 Max Volume nwtd.......................A Bradshaw 6 Lethal Lettie nwtd.......................A Bradshaw 7 Tidal Tapestry nwtd.............................J Allen 8 63653 Goldstar Smithie nwtd S &...............B Evans 9 65562 Jinja Twinkle nwtd.............................A Joyce 10 56773 Haze Adams nwtd J M..................... McCook 2 12.22pm CONGRATULATIONS MR ZIM C2, 390m 1 16241 Punch On Buzz 22.60................J McInerney 2 22756 Blazing Banjo 23.00...................J McInerney 3 41551 Nikko Baxter 22.88.....................J McInerney 4 32636 Jinja Cream Fizz nwtd.......................A Joyce 5 27326 Ezra Blueblood 22.72.................J McInerney 6 22282 Homebush Finn 22.58................J McInerney 7 71622 Shanly Star 22.61......................J McInerney 8 41233 Homebush Reed nwtd...............J McInerney 9 64515 Rum Gin Mixer 23.07........................A Joyce 10 61455 Homebush Velma 22.47.............J McInerney 3 12.40pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTY C1, 457m 1 545x6 Queena Bale nwtd........................C Roberts 2 25463 Kia Tere 26.07 S &...........................B Evans 3 185 Longshanks nwtd.......................A Bradshaw 4 43456 Mick The Mower 26.60...............J McInerney 5 55752 Bartholomew Cub 26.54....................B Eade 6 46558 Astro Tipple nwtd....................D J MacMillan 7 32433 Lakota Micco nwtd.......................... H Cairns 8 34247 Chunk 26.28...............................J McInerney 9 64876 Homebush Carl 26.71................J McInerney

“We even extended her out to 2000m but that was at the end of a campaign.” Fursdon is no newcomer to the big time, it has just been a while since she had this level of success on the grandest stage. Her career zenith so far has been winning the 2004 Auckland Cup with Upsetthym, who went on to finish third in a Brisbane Cup and 15th in Makybe Diva’s Melbourne Cup of that year. “Obviously she was a great mare for us but we don’t get these type of wins very often so Saturday was a big deal for us,” says Fursdon. Yearn was the first leg of a feature race double for jockey Sam Spratt and the other leg also suggested she has a role to play in the Ellerslie group ones over summer. Its Destinys Child overpowered leader Speedy Meady in the $50,000 Counties Bowl, with the pair scooting the last 600m in 33.2

times she can be a handful,” she explains. “She just wants to get on with it all the time and she can pull very, very hard in track work. “She doesn’t have any dirt in her, she is a really nice mare, but she just loves running. So she isn’t easy.” Plenty of trainers subscribe to the theory a bit of attitude can go a long way in mares and it will prove useful as Yearn heads into the rugged school of mile racing against the boys over the summer. While Saturday’s placegetters Media Sensation and Princess Kereru will drop back in distance to 1200m for the Railway as their next main target, Yearn is more likely to look at races such as the Rich Hill Mile or even Thorndon Mile. “I think that is the next logical step for her because she was good over a mile last year.

Trainer Karen Fursdon seconds to give those back in the field no chance. Its Destinys Child shortened from $41 to $18 for the $200,000 Sistema Railway on January 1. Equal-second favourite Julius ($8) did enough when fourth fresh up behind Its Destinys on Saturday to suggest a Railway is with-

in his scope but Bostonian, who shares that second line of betting, is not guaranteed to go to the Railway, with the weight-for-age conditions of the Telegraph probably more suitable. The Telegraph could also be the target for Avantage, who opened as the Railway favourite on Wednesday but trainer Jamie Richards admits is also not a certainty to make it to Ellerslie. So like many of the Ellerslie glamour races in the next six weeks there are too many moving parts at the moment for punters to be getting too involved. That could also be the case with Saturday’s Counties Cup winner In A Twinkling, who is now favourite for the City Of Auckland Cup on New Year’s Day. He could undoubtedly win that race but it also wouldn’t surprise to see him take the weight-forage path and end up in the Zabeel Classic on Boxing Day instead.

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

4 44177 Second Summer 17.46........................A Lee 5 57778 Cosmic Ruben 17.23.................J McInerney 6 88465 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 7 42566 Goldstar Clover 18.20 S &...............B Evans 8 5Fx21 Azkadellia 18.02.........................R Blackburn 9 37878 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey 4 4.04pm CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO STKS C1, 520m 1 53286 Goldstar Chief 30.83 S &.................B Evans 2 15x61 Student Loan 30.32 J &...................D Fahey 3 47774 Tucker 30.63....................................D J Lane 4 77685 Smash McDougal 30.95...............D Kingston 5 45354 Goldstar Truman 30.85 S &..............B Evans 6 43557 Replica Rango 30.55......................B Pringle 7 73363 Dream Kay 30.29.............................R Wales 8 78654 Bossy Affair 30.29......................... L Waretini Emergencies: 9 77577 Jay Shirley 31.20..............................R Wales 10 18748 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 5 4.21pm SWIMMING GOAT@STUD DASH C1, 295m 1 35721 Homebush Alexei 17.41.............J McInerney 2 18767 Sydneys Sox 17.72....................... L Waretini 3 677x3 Gorm The Great 17.62.................D Kingston 4 767x4 Dagny 17.38 J M.............................. McCook 5 34415 Absent nwtd....................................G Cleeve 6 77787 Smash Surprise 17.49..................... M Grant 7 12252 Opawa Di 17.10 J &.........................D Fahey 8 23268 Just William 17.68 M &.....................P Binnie Emergencies: 9 37878 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey 6 4.38 SPECTATOR’S BAR & BISTRO DASH C1, 295m

1 73378 Epic Mate 17.41 J M........................ McCook 2 17375 Souffle Sue 17.25......................J McInerney 3 15833 Mulberry Brit 17.60....................... K Cassidy 4 46758 Goldstar Rebel 17.81 S &................B Evans 5 35741 Pierre 17.91...............................R Blackburn 6 34488 Smash Dragon 17.63....................... M Grant 7 68373 Impressive Flash 17.53..............J McInerney 8 75636 Know Dollars 17.51.........................G Cleeve 9 37878 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey 7 4.55pm GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND SPRINT C1, 295m 1 33688 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 2 x6287 Smash Ocean 17.50....................D Kingston 3 38476 Right On Time 17.52...................H Anderton 4 88787 Tearaway Tara 17.43 J M................. McCook 5 57166 Fernando Bill 17.90.................... M Dempsey 6 34384 Homebush Scorpio 17.38..........J McInerney 7 75465 Jingili Jill 17.42 M &............................. Smith 8 83688 Precious Payton 17.49 S &..............B Evans 9 37878 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey 8 5.13pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C1, 295m 1 74377 Tonkawa 17.62 M &.............................. Smith 2 47744 Know Burden 17.48........................G Cleeve 3 7668x Evie Rose 17.49 J M........................ McCook 4 4F788 Mulberry Sox 17.87....................... K Cassidy 5 17846 Ohoka Kate 17.37......................... L Waretini 6 66667 Goldstar Power 17.49 S &................B Evans 7 25472 Twizel Storm 17.55........................... M Grant 8 85762 Amuri Magic 17.44.....................J McInerney

9 37878 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey

8 11277 Miss Honey 30.61 J &......................D Fahey 9 77577 Jay Shirley 31.20..............................R Wales 1 43365 Venetia 17.46................................ K Cassidy 10 18748 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 2 34472 Goldstar Montana 17.47 S &............B Evans 12 6.23pm RE-ENERGISE DASH C1, 295m 3 36464 Elite Blueblood 17.69.................J McInerney 1 56873 Sozin’s Symphony 17.58............J McInerney 4 18665 Know Majority 17.44.......................G Cleeve 2 21512 Know Debt 17.42............................G Cleeve 5 14342 Calm Inferno 17.97........................... B Dann 3 74434 Goldstar Hurley nwtd.................... L Waretini 6 31236 Horse Range Gold 17.71................. M Grant 4 38127 Gadzooks 17.44................................ B Dann 7 858x8 Just James 17.43........................H Anderton 5 85538 Mulberry Will 17.71....................... K Cassidy 8 65458 Batty Who 17.73 M &........................... Smith 6 38583 Macey Baxter 17.22...................J McInerney 9 37878 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey 7 34558 Giancana 17.36.............................S Hindson 10 5.46pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH 8 23624 Jinja Liv nwtd J M............................. McCook Emergencies: C1, 295m 1 74526 Yi Feng 17.28.............................J McInerney 9 37878 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey 2 44654 Goldstar Charger 17.72 S &.............B Evans SELECTIONS 3 64683 Big Cod 17.73 J M........................... McCook 4 27682 Homebush Flynn 17.30..............J McInerney Race 1: Book Of Dreams, Yes Yes No, Frosty Kate, Goldstar Perrie 5 57255 Jay Spencer 17.57........................ L Waretini Race 2: Horse Range Jim, Goldstar Spook, Sweet Dreaming 6 37772 Dapper Danny 17.56.................... J McMillan Race 3: Know Baby, Azkadellia, Curly Bill, Cosmic Ruben 7 45845 Heidi Hates Rap 18.06..................S Hindson Race 4: Student Loan, Tucker, Dream Kay, Goldstar Chief 8 21315 Alexia 17.69....................................D J Lane Race 5: Opawa Di, Sydneys Sox, Gorm The Great, Dagny 9 37878 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey Race 6: Souffle Sue, Impressive Flash, Smash Dragon 7: Know Legend, Jingili Jill, Right On Time, Precious Payton 11 6.05pm KAIKANUI TAVERN STAKES C1, 520m Race Race 8: Amuri Magic, Twizel Storm, Ohoka Kate, Tonkawa 1 46671 Goldstar Mauney 31.04 S &.............B Evans Race 9: Calm Inferno, Know Majority, Venetia, Horse Range Gold 2 22552 Gracias Maestro 30.42..................... M Grant Race 10: Alexia, Yi Feng, Big Cod, Homebush Flynn 3 12122 Seve 30.75......................................D J Lane Race 11: Seve, Miss Honey, Goldstar Mauney, Boyka 4 76485 My Kirsty 31.03 H &.............................Taylor Race 12: Know Debt, Gadzooks, Giancana, Goldstar Hurley 5 556x4 Boyka nwtd J &................................D Fahey 6 63276 Goldstar Scooby 30.65 S &..............B Evans LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 7 7x563 Archie’s Ranger 30.52 J M............... McCook - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

9 5.29pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C1, 295m

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway 10 65768 Rocky Vincitore nwtd...............D J MacMillan 12.57pm TONI@BODYAUDITSOUTH PH021657001 C2, 457m 1 16521 Goldstar Willa nwtd S &...................B Evans 2 66333 Goldstar Ashton nwtd S &................B Evans 3 52442 Bashful Buffy 26.40....................J McInerney 4 75426 Opawa Jumper 26.30.......................R Wales 5 67361 Cosmic Stu 26.29.......................J McInerney 6 55238 Lakota Kohana 26.68...................... H Cairns 7 54747 Dream Runner nwtd J M.................. McCook 8 34441 Orina Allen nwtd............................C Roberts 9 26817 Shift The Blame 25.94................J McInerney 10 74676 Galifianakis 26.16..............................B Eade 5 1.15pm SGRC MAIDEN DISTANCE C0d, 630m 1 53325 Shermo Bale nwtd........................C Roberts 2 23386 Barrel Runner nwtd....................A Bradshaw 3 x3541 Gem nwtd J &..................................D Fahey 4 74758 Opawa Silver nwtd...........................R Wales 5 26387 Opawa Sweet nwtd..........................R Wales 6 53676 Meka nwtd.....................................D Roberts 7 78878 Bruiser’s Day nwtd......................... B Conner 8 47215 Our Jolene nwtd...............................R Wales 9 63456 Max Volume nwtd.......................A Bradshaw 10 56773 Haze Adams nwtd J M..................... McCook 6 1.32pm TOP CLASS RUN C5, 457m 1 11112 Bolty nwtd.......................................D J Lane 2 32218 Double Speed 26.24......................R Adcock 3 142x8 Bertie Allen 26.11.........................C Roberts 4 64336 Jinja Ellie nwtd..................................A Joyce 5 68518 Thrilling Watch 26.52....................D Roberts 6 56511 Shaw Lee 26.29 J M........................ McCook 7 51357 Egomaniacal 26.06.......................D Roberts 8 62x87 Ophelia Allen nwtd........................D Roberts 7 1.50pm ORETI BEACH RUN C1, 457m 1 27633 Goldstar Wynter nwtd S &................B Evans 2 83523 Punch On Scooby nwtd.............J McInerney 3 38262 Khatia nwtd................................J McInerney 4 14812 Jinja Dylan nwtd................................A Joyce

5 64145 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney 6 64634 Nippa Enough nwtd....................J McInerney 7 22534 Andrea Said nwtd J M...................... McCook 8 12252 Sozin’s Azure nwtd.....................J McInerney 9 53368 Punters Kirsty nwtd..........................R Wales 10 57574 Take A Hint nwtd........................J McInerney 8 2.07pm MERVYN EADE MEMORIAL ROOKIE RUN FINAL C0f, 457m 1 2 Pretty Busy nwtd J &........................D Fahey 2 2551 Go Rap 26.61...................................R Wales 3 38361 Denuto nwtd...................................R Adcock 4 71 Pepper Chimes 26.00.........................J Allen 5 4x713 Go Great nwtd..................................R Wales 6 845 Jinja Toni nwtd...................................A Joyce 7 324 Mr Blackjack nwtd J &......................D Fahey 8 4 Silouette Jet nwtd................................J Allen 9 33255 Goldstar Dawson nwtd S &..............B Evans 10 63456 Max Volume nwtd.......................A Bradshaw 9 2.25pm GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C4, 390m 1 781F6 Special As nwtd J M......................... McCook 2 3855F Chasing Fame 22.37..........................S Keen 3 71747 Reign Of Fire 22.49....................J McInerney 4 44423 Platinum Marshal 22.48................C Roberts 5 42127 Kiwi Gunn 22.58.............................R Adcock 6 11654 Homebush Sayer 22.53.............J McInerney 7 35466 Goldstar Major nwtd S &..................B Evans 8 12855 Dyna Quark 22.97.........................C Roberts 9 67551 Wildebeest nwtd.........................A Bradshaw 10 87878 Raptor Attack nwtd.....................A Bradshaw 10 2.45pm MARK TURNER PAINTER PH021737111 C1, 457m 1 53435 Black Stockings nwtd.................A Bradshaw 2 38515 Mitcham Manering 26.68...........J McInerney 3 55647 Goldstar Vale nwtd S &....................B Evans 4 63673 Zefside nwtd...............................J McInerney 5 16582 Haidee Bale 26.51........................D Roberts 6 17445 Miss Nina 26.42............................. B Conner 7 45264 Black Dan 26.48.........................J McInerney

8 42183 Aussie Muscle nwtd J &...................D Fahey 9 64876 Homebush Carl 26.71................J McInerney 10 66767 Long Live Love 26.17..... M P Hamilton-Dyett 11 3.04pm ADDED ENERGY STAKES C3/4, 457m 1 63688 Dyna Elliot 25.96...........................C Roberts 2 31422 Rivalries nwtd J &............................D Fahey 3 12582 Opawa Oscar 26.42.........................R Wales 4 63555 Famous Lee 26.55 S &....................B Evans 5 53152 Darla Bale nwtd.............................C Roberts 6 75874 Must Be Rusty 25.85..................J McInerney 7 83317 Opawa Roy 26.14............................R Wales 8 42636 Eyrewell Turbo 25.92....................... H Cairns 9 75673 Joe Bonanza 26.33....................J McInerney 12 3.22pm SOUTHERN LIGHTS AT STUD C3, 390m 1 12118 Homebush Liam 22.90...............J McInerney 2 88114 Pretty Keen 22.98..............................S Keen 3 32436 Little Krakatoa nwtd...................A Bradshaw 4 54343 Sozin’s Noir 22.36......................J McInerney 5 46225 Mitcham Reado nwtd.................J McInerney 6 61148 Punch On Jessie nwtd...............J McInerney 7 41344 Mitcham Trudy 22.75..................J McInerney 8 11511 King Toliman nwtd.........................C Roberts 9 31561 Homebush Aimee nwtd..............J McInerney 10 52732 Starr Blueblood 22.81................J McInerney 13 3.39pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C0, 390m 1 62362 King Theoden nwtd.......................D Roberts 2 3 Maffra Daisy nwtd......................J McInerney 3 521 Mitcham Pru nwtd......................A Bradshaw 4 52x21 Cadillac Mack nwtd....................J McInerney 5 62633 Sonja nwtd......................................D J Lane 6 436 Homebush Fudge nwtd..............J McInerney 7 27251 Opal Hunter nwtd.......................J McInerney 8 26 Homebush Susan nwtd..............J McInerney 9 32675 Citizen Zagreb nwtd...................J McInerney 10 5637 Homebush Showoff nwtd...........J McInerney 14 3.56pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C1, 390m 1 22246 Homebush Jordie 22.98.............J McInerney

2 67535 Southern Angel 23.09..................R Hamilton 3 14644 Sozin’s Assassin nwtd................J McInerney 4 41667 Cool Beans 23.48......................J McInerney 5 23113 Homebush Caesar 22.73...........J McInerney 6 67218 Homebush Jennia nwtd.............J McInerney 7 68443 Pacemaker nwtd........................A Bradshaw 8 63575 Homebush Comet nwtd.............J McInerney 9 44485 Homebush Hundy 22.87............J McInerney 10 76638 C’Mon Benny Boy 22.89.................J Guthrie 15 4.13 RACING AGAIN 10TH DECEMBER C1, 390m 1 68343 Gracie Lee 23.28.......................J McInerney 2 5431F Eric Blueblood nwtd...................J McInerney 3 34672 Mitcham Ryder nwtd..................J McInerney 4 167x7 Sozin’s Treasure nwtd................J McInerney 5 25881 Homebush Monkey nwtd............J McInerney 6 34337 Eyrewell Tango nwtd....................... H Cairns 7 61666 Homebush Dolphy nwtd.............J McInerney 8 73568 Homebush George nwtd............J McInerney 9 68825 Homebush Maycee 22.64..........J McInerney 10 76638 C’Mon Benny Boy 22.89.................J Guthrie SELECTIONS

Race 1: Punters Delight, Tidal Tapestry, Goldstar Dawson Race 2: Shanly Star, Nikko Baxter, Homebush Finn, Blazing Banjo Race 3: Kia Tere, Bartholomew Cub, Longshanks, Chunk Race 4: Bashful Buffy, Goldstar Ashton, Goldstar Willa Race 5: Gem, Opawa Sweet, Our Jolene, Shermo Bale Race 6: Bolty, Double Speed, Egomaniacal, Ophelia Allen Race 7: Goldstar Wynter, Khatia, Jinja Dylan, Sozin’s Azure Race 8: Pepper Chimes, Mr Blackjack, Go Rap, Denuto Race 9: Chasing Fame, Kiwi Gunn, Dyna Quark, Wildebeest Race 10: Aussie Muscle, Black Stockings, Mitcham Manering Race 11: Rivalries, Dyna Elliot, Opawa Oscar, Must Be Rusty Race 12: Homebush Aimee, Little Krakatoa, Pretty Keen Race 13: Mitcham Pru, Sonja, Opal Hunter, King Theoden Race 14: Homebush Caesar, Homebush Jordie, Homebush Hundy Race 15: Homebush Monkey, Eric Blueblood, Eyrewell Tango LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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10:08 4:21 10:28 4:49 11:01 5:11 11:20 5:41 11:54 6:01 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

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fine

Hamilton

fine

Napier

fine

Wellington

fine

Nelson

fine

Blenheim

fine

Greymouth

fine

Christchurch

fine

Timaru

fine

Queenstown

fine

Dunedin

mainly fine

Invercargill

late showers

Bad fishing Rise 5:37 am Set 8:12 pm

Rise 5:48 am Set 8:53 pm Bad

Bad fishing Rise 6:13 am Set 9:23 pm

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Rise 5:47 am Set 8:54 pm Bad

Bad fishing Rise 6:54 am Set 10:30 pm

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7 10 16 24 10 8 2 24 3 21 17 18 10 -1 6

23 25 24 24 19 22 28 17 27 25 22 24 23

River Levels

14 11 14 11 13 13 13 12 13 12 12 12 11

cumecs

1.92 nc

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 385.0 Nth Ashburton at 8:00 am, yesterday

13.3 nc

Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

12.1

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:00 pm, yesterday

149.9

Waitaki Kurow at 3:02 pm, yesterday

375.6

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Palmerston North fine

High cloud and rain about the divide, and scattered rain further east. Wind at 1000m: NW gale 75 km/h. Wind at 2000m: NW severe gale 90 km/h rising to 120 km/h for a time.

Mainly fine with high cloud. Light winds.

fine rain fine cloudy fine fine fine fine thunder thunder thunder drizzle fine rain cloudy

FZL: Above 3000m

A fine day with some high cloud. Cloud increasing about the divide towards evening. Wind at 1000m: NW 45 km/h, rising to 65 km/h from afternoon. Wind at 2000m: NW 50 km/h, but gale 65 km/h for a time.

Fine and warm with some high cloud. Northerlies tending northwest from evening.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 18.9 19.5 Max to 4pm 5.0 Minimum 1.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm November to date 61.4 Avg Nov to date 54 2019 to date 689.4 626 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 20 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 37 Time of gust 12:53am

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Methven annual tourney a winner By Matt Markham

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Some inclement weather might have tested the golfing prowess of the 180 players who took to the Methven Golf Course on the weekend for their annual sponsored two-day tournament, but many of those who attended walked away vowing to be back again next year. The popular tournament, which draws players to Methven from all across the South Island and even further afield was met with a drizzling and damp morning on Saturday for the two-ball best ball stage of play on the first day before changing conditions on Sunday in the individual competition. However, despite the challenges, Methven Golf Club co-ordinator, Bruce Dickson said everyone appeared to have enjoyed their weekend. “We’ve had some really good feedback,” he said. “A lot of people have indicated they’ll be back again next year to compete which is great to hear.” Geoff Rhodes and James Bell emerged on top of a very strong field at the end of the two days’ play to take out the men’s competition with a score of 199, while Sharon Burrell-Smith and Sandra Marr were the leading ladies with a score of 209. Dickson said the wind changing at multiple points during Sunday’s play and a sustained period of very warm weather saw some scores changing rapidly throughout the day. “It was a tricky day because the wind changed a couple of times.” Ryan Cockburn and Jordan Bird finished second in the men’s competition with 201 while Steve Schwass and Les Linton were third with 205. In the women’s event, Heather Middleton and Margaret Kelk finished second with 215 while Sharyn Bree and Lynn Worsfold were third with 219. With players coming from far and wide for the tournament, the Methven club added two new prizes to the swathe that already sat on the prizes table. The prize for the best visiting club with more than two pairs entered went to Rakaia while Weedons took out the overall visitors prize for the best finish from a visiting club. Dickson said that a particular highlight of the weekend was a hole-in-one effort from Richard Maw who achieved the feat on the sixth hole – a 159 metre par three. Left – Lyn Worsfold lines up a tee shot in the Methven Golf Club’s sponsored two-day tournament on the weekend. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 231119-RH-001

Black Caps seal a stunning victory over England

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