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The 2020 Canterbury-North Otago share farmers of the year Ralph and Fleur Tompsett are equity partners in an Eiffelton dairy farm milking 1130 cows. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Four Covid-19 cases in Mid Canterbury Mid Canterbury GPs understand there are four cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the district. However, none are thought to be new cases, and whether community transmission is under way here is unknown. Getting data specifically for the district is difficult, with the Ministry of Health only providing a regional breakdown. There are now 589 cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, announced yesterday, up by 75 cases from the 24 hours previous. Forty-nine of these are in the expansive Canterbury District Health Board region, with Auckland (91), Southern (83), Waitemata (78), Waikato (76), Capital and Coast (57) having higher numbers.

There are 12 people in hospitals spread throughout the country, but none are in Christchurch Hospital. Director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said in his daily media update yesterday that about 10 of all the cases in the country were known to be from community transmission. The remainder were linked to overseas travel or confirmed cases. Ashburton GP spokesperson Emma Andrew said the district was going well, and she was not aware of any new cases. “And for privacy reasons the Ministry is now being careful about releasing any positive case details even to us,” she said. “Apparently four cases are in the Mid Canterbury district, I know no further

detail than that.” The Guardian has previously been aware of just one case in Mid Canterbury, in a man aged in his 50s, who is part of the cluster of 19 confirmed and probable cases from the World Hereford Conference in Queenstown this month. Mid Canterbury has two testing stations for Covid-19 – one at an isolation unit at the Methven Medical Centre, and the Community Based Assessment Clinic (CBAC) based at Ashburton Hospital. Only patients referred by their GP are seen.

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■■DAIRY INDUSTRY AWARDS

Many opportunities to grow The major winners in the 2020 Canterbury-North Otago Dairy Industry Awards, Mid Canterbury couple Ralph and Fleur Tompsett say the industry has provided them with fantastic opportunities. The Tompsetts were winners of the region’s share farmer of the year category. Other winners were Stephen Overend, of Hororata, who was named the 2020 Canterbury-North Otago dairy manager of the year, and Lucy Morgan, North Otago, the dairy trainee of the year. The Tompsetts said they wanted to continue to grow and develop their business. “It’s a goal of ours to bring great people along with us to share and enjoy the growth opportunities which our dairy industry provides.” The couple are equity partners and 50 per cent sharemilking 1130 cows for Craig and Susan, Karyn and Grant Fleming on their 297ha Eiffelton farm. They won $10,250 in prizes plus one merit award. Ralph, 34, holds PrimaryITO Level 4 dairy farming and Fleur, 37, holds Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Arts and has completed the governance essentials course through the Institute of Directors. “Dairy farming has provided fantastic opportunities for us to grow,” Ralph Tompsett said. “I love the technical side of the farm and the variety of skills I can apply to my role. “Farming allows us to live rurally with plenty of space and a great community.” The first-time entrants were encouraged to enter the awards by one of their rural professionals and saw the process as an opportunity to better understand their business and benchmark against the wider industry. The Tompsetts have learned to

The 2020 Canterbury-North Otago share farmers of the year Ralph and Fleur Tompsett are equity partners in an Eiffelton dairy farm milking 1130 cows. PHOTO SUPPLIED

wear many different hats and to develop competence in a wide range of subjects. “Beginning our sharemilking journey in a low pay-out season was a challenge. However, it taught us to focus on what we could influence rather than what we couldn’t.” The Tompsetts have achieved a low staff turnover they are proud of, with core staff members with them for an average of three years. “This has enabled us to develop a family culture on the farm, which in turn has helped us to drive productivity and herd per-

formance.” Future farming goals include farm ownership and developing their current skills within the industry. “We both enjoy understanding and using data to drive decision making. This enables us to identify areas of improvement and track progress.” Dairy manager of the year Stephen Overend is farm manager on Theland Farm Group’s 266ha, 930-cow property at Hororata. The first-time entrant was encouraged to enter the awards by previous entrants. “My wife pushed me along as this is some-

thing that is very much out of my comfort zone.” Overend, 36, entered the dairy industry five years ago and has worked for the past-two-and-ahalf years as a manager. Dairy trainee of the year winner Lucy Morgan, 21, is herd manager on Phillip and Becky Wilson’s 800-cow, 216ha North Otago property. The first-time entrant grew up on a 400-cow farm in England where she worked on weekends and in school holidays. “My family have been farming for generations. It’s in my blood,” Morgan said.

Four Covid-19 cases in Mid Canty From P1 Dr Gayle O’Duffy at the Methven Medical Centre said some tests had been carried out at the new unit, but she could not comment on whether any had come back positive. “Most of the tests have actually been done in their car, but the isolation unit enables us to keep the whole process separate from the medical centre itself,” O’Duffy said. Patients referred for testing by the centre would either be using the unit or the Ashburton CBAC, depending on the situation. Meanwhile, medical centres in Mid Canterbury remain open, but everybody must phone in first for queries or to book appointments. Most appointments are virtual. Dr Andrew said patients are seen in person if the nurse or doctor determined that needed to happen. “Vaccinations are still going forwards. This process seems to be working very well.” Dr O’Duffy said both clinicians and patients at the Methven Medical Centre were starting to get the hang of the “virtual consult path”. And the centre yesterday further refined its system of having patients phone from their car when they got to the medical centre, and then wait to be called in. “Whereby we will talk to the patients and get the history while they are still in the car, then they come in for the physical examination, then return to the car for the rest of the consultation,” Dr O’Duffy said. “This further reduces physical contact between our staff and the patients, for everyone’s safety,” she said.

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Annelise plays waiting game in America By Susan Sandys

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Ashburton’s Annelise Diamond is playing a waiting game in America as she works out when she might be able to get home. The 21-year-old was caught out this month as countries around the world rapidly responded to Covid-19 erupting into a deadly pandemic. Diamond had been living the Kiwi OE dream, working as a character performer in the entertainment department at Walt Disney World, Florida. It was a job she loved, getting to hang out with the likes of Mickey Mouse and Goofy, making the dreams of children and adults alike come true as they interacted with the characters they idolised. That was until March 14, when she and fellow workers got an email saying the parks were closing. There had been whispers just an hour or so prior, but Diamond was not sure whether to believe them. She was among about 8000 workers from overseas and interstate on an internship-style “college programme” who got the email, giving them just two days’ notice. They would then have a further two days to get out of their accommodation complexes provided as part of the programme. “My whole world came crashing down,” she said. Diamond considered coming home, but with not enough funds to immediately book an airfare and a fear she could somehow have picked up the virus from her job and then be a risk to others, she decided to stay put for at least a few days. But then New Zealand shut its borders, making Diamond one of what is believed to be thousands of Kiwis sheltering overseas. She plans to come home as soon as she can, but in the meantime she is grateful to be staying with boyfriend James and his family in Kentucky. She has study planned for the

University of Canterbury beginning in July, undertaking a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Music and Maori and minoring in history. If she can not get back prior to that, she hopes she can study long-distance. Diamond is in America on a J1 cultural exchange visa, which means she can work while reporting on a cultural activity she undertakes. But losing her job means she has lost her J1 status, and legally she shoud only be in the country for 30 days from when she was last working. She has been in touch with consulate and immigration departments and is in the process of applying for an extension to her visa, knowing she will not be able to leave the country even if she doesn’t get it. James is also planning on studying in New Zealand, and the couple hope they can somehow get back here by July. “Once we get into New Zealand we are a hell of a lot safer than we are here,” Diamond said. She said it was frustrating in America where the country had not taken the strong leadership which had been shown in New Zealand. The way president Donald Trump had handled the pandemic crisis made her feel unsafe, although the states, of which Kentucky was one of the better ones, were doing what they could. The advice was to stay at home if you can and practise social distancing. “Which nobody is doing,” she said. She had recently gone to the hardware store to buy paint brushes for painting a room. However, only a handful of people there in the checkout queue were obeying signs to stand two metres apart. The tough lockdown procedures introduced in New Zealand were a far more effective way to deal with it. “It’s made me so proud to be where I’m from,” she said.

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■■BACK TO BASICS EXPO

From small beginnings . . . By Heather Mackenzie

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The year was 2014 and Julia Crosson was at a seminar on how to cope in a financial crisis. During the day she got chatting to fellow delegate Katie Esler about how homesteading could go a long way to helping people, not only in a time of crisis but in their everyday lives as well, and what would be the best way to approach getting the word out. As it turns out Elser was the perfect person for her to be talking to, as the pair just clicked straight away. Elser’s get in and get it done attitude, complemented Crosson’s quiet and thoughtful manner perfectly, and the first Back to Basics Expo was born. “In no time at all we had a name, Back to Basics Expo, a venue thanks to Ashburton New Life Church and through modern social media platforms, we quickly amassed a list of willing participants who were happy to pass on their growing, making and preserving skills to others,” Crosson said. That was seven years ago and the Back to Basics Expo has proudly run every year since. The expo consistently has over 50 sites, teaching practical living

Julia Crosson organiser of Back to Basics Expo with stallholder Julia Paulus. PHOTO SUPPLIED by way of reducing the amount of sugar and processed food in modern-day diets, with the aim of moving towards a more natural and savvy way of living. Online there is a mass of articles and videos on homesteading practices for those wishing to know more about natural living, but to Crosson there is nothing like getting person-to-person tips

and tricks from local growers and suppliers, about creating their own healthy and cost-effective lifestyles. Crosson is realistic about how Back to Basics Expo works, as she realises that it is not possible to change everybody’s habits and practices in one fell swoop. She describes the expo as more of an educate and release situa-

tion. “The move to this style of living for some, may take a few years to achieve. Initially they think it is a nice idea and one day they will give it a go, so by holding Back to Basics each year, we keep the natural living conversation going. Learn, do, teach.” In the past few years members of Ashburton’s Timebank have joined in too and in Crosson’s opinion have added another dimension to the event. As Crosson points out, we seem to have lost the art of growing our own food and living simply in just one generation. “We have lost that way of life, but it is not too late to resurrect it.” One of the keys in achieving this, in Crosson’s mind, is to get back to preserving and squirelling supplies away for later in the year. She also acknowledges the value of looking into your pantry and seeing jars of preserves and pickles, etc, all lined up, it gives you a feeling of accomplishment and self-worth she said. “Now is the time to get out all those recipes you collected at the expo and give them a go.” Their facebook page Ashburton back to basics expo is full of useful information.

Driver education critical for youth By Sue Newman

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As part of a drive to keep local school leavers living and working locally, an innovative new programme is about to be launched in the Ashburton District. My Next Move, is designed to educate young people about opportunities in the local job market and is part of the Ashburton District Council’s economic development package. And one of the critical elements in helping students transition from secondary school to employment is seen as obtaining a driver’s licence, mayor Neil Brown says. While there are several organisations already offering assistance to young people to pass driving tests, there are still too

many students leaving school without a licence and that often limits their job options, he said. To help students obtain a licence, the council has stepped in and set aside almost $40,000 for a youth driver’s licence co-ordinator. This person will assess what is already available and where the gaps are in providing assistance for students. The money has come from the now defunct Access Trust account. In talking to staff at both Ashburton College and Mount Hutt College, Brown said it was clear there were many reasons students did not obtain a licence before they left school. Some of those were financial or because there wasn’t a family car available, some were because families

did not have the time to help their teenager learn to drive and some were because students “did not get around to it”. Whatever the reason, Brown said, there were too many young people leaving school, unable to drive and therefore limiting their job opportunities. Driver education was already provided by groups such as the Salvation Army and the YMCA but not every student qualified for those programmes. “The principals of both schools are on board with this and through the co-ordinator, we’ll be able to find out what’s available now and what’s not, where the gaps are,” Brown said. Both principals said they were aware of students who were driving, but who did not have a li-

cence. A licence was critical for many jobs and employers were unlikely to want to employ someone and then have to wait while they went through the license process before they could meet their job requirements, he said. “We have no public transport so being able to drive is important.” The youth driver’s licence project fitted in well with My Next Move in that they were both designed to ensure the best possible outcomes for the district’s school leavers, Brown said. Once a clear picture of what was available, how it was accessed and where the gaps were, the next steps would involve filling those gaps with a new programme and creating student awareness of what was available.

■■ TALES FROM THE BACK SEAT

When back seat drivers come in handy Guardian motoring correspondent, Bernard Egan is well known around these parts. Over the next few weeks, he’s agreed to share with us some of his tales of from yesteryear. Some will be his own telling while others will come directly, or indirectly from others. The whole truth of some, can be left for public opinion.

story published some time ago continues to fascinate many people, especially Judy Swaney. Judy, who feels humour is a good tonic at times like this, has in her typically caring way asked us to repeat it. Over 50 years ago six friends headed to a party in Methven in a blue 1961 Morris Minor. Now you may be wondering how six adults managed to fit in the car. Here’s how they did it.

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TALES FROM THE BACK SEAT

Two occupied the front bucket seats. The back of the rear seat was removed, which meant two passengers could sit facing forward and two could sit with

their feet in the boot. The Morris purred along and everyone was comfortable. It was only when they got to Methven they realised they had a slight problem – the only person who knew where they were going was facing backwards. What did they do? Ingenious! The driver did a U-turn, put the car in reverse and drove backwards following directions given by the navigator looking out the back window.

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‘So far, so good’ for lockdown behaviour By Jaime Pitt-MacKay & NZME Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

It might be ‘so far, so good’ for people meeting lockdown requirements in the Ashburton District but police are urging people to continue to stay at home unless absolutely necessary. Ashburton Sub-Area Supervisor Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins said things have been so far, so good for police in our area. “Teams are focusing on reassurance patrols and regular visits to in demand sites, supermarkets, pharmacies, hospitals, services station etc,” he said. Three people have been arrested nationwide for regularly flaunting lockdown restrictions, but none of them have been in the Ashburton District. In a press conference on Monday Police Commissioner Mike Bush said two were taken into custody and released later. One was still in custody, mainly because of other “outstanding matters”. One arrest was made locally over the weekend on a matter not relating to lockdown restrictions. On Saturday the 35-year old male who is on active charges for motor vehicle thefts was arrested for breaching his bail and has been remanded in custody. “Police will be taking a strong interest in people who are flouting their bail conditions and moving between addresses,” Jenkins said. Nationally police have received 4200 reports of people allegedly flouting lockdown rules. He said 1000 of the reports of non-compliance related to business, others were more general such as reports of a lot of people gathering in a particular area. Bush said at the moment, it was better to get out and advise of the rules. He emphasised that people who were tourists should not be moving around the country. “I appeal to those tourists, stay where you are.” If there were persistent breaches, action would be taken.

How to live at Alert Level 4 Tuesday 31 March Update The information we all need to know about living at Alert Level 4 will change over time, based on how our collective response to the pandemic is progressing. Below are some updated answers to the latest FAQs: Why do we need to stay home?

What can I do to shop safely?

This saves lives by slowing down the spread of the virus. It breaks the chain of transmission. By doing this now, we can avoid getting into a worse situation, where our hospitals could be overwhelmed.

• be aware that shops will limit numbers to help you keep 2 metres away from others

You should avoid driving out of your neighbourhood. For example, don’t drive for 20 minutes to take your dog for a walk in the park. Try walking around the block instead.

Which types of exercise are okay? Going for a walk, run or bike ride is good for your mental health. Just remember to:

• stay close to home. Enjoy your neighbourhood, but go no further. For example, if you live near a beach, you can go for a walk along the waterfront. But you shouldn’t drive to another suburb to go to the beach. • keep a 2 metre distance from others.

Which types of exercise should we avoid? Don’t do anything that could lead to you getting lost or hurting yourself and end up requiring the help of the emergency services. Try to avoid places that could get crowded.

Why should I shop in-store instead of getting food delivered? If you’re healthy and under 70, you should go to the supermarket instead of shopping online. This leaves delivery slots free for the people who need them most.

• be kind to essential workers, and others you’re sharing the shop with • come with a list so you can get in and out as quickly as possible • send one person from your ‘bubble’ to do the whole shop • only touch what you want to buy • if you like, take a soapy towel in a small container to wipe down trolley or basket handles etc • keep 2 metres away from others, including staff. They need to keep safe too! • use payWave if you can, not cash • bag groceries away from others if you can • take out produce when you get home, and rinse first in soapy water to protect against the virus, then in water to remove any soap residue • wipe down packaged goods with a soapy clean towel, then dry • wash your hands before and after you shop.

What can I do to help 70+ or vulnerable people? Call, video chat or text them to see how they are. You can also offer to pick up food or supplies for them. Just make sure you keep 2 metres away, and leave supplies at their front door instead of going inside.

Who can I contact if I see people not following the rules on self-isolation? You can complete the online form at 105.police.govt.nz

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Coffee! oh how I miss the lattes, everything here comes in a tin or a packet. With so much time and so little to do I’ve decided multi-tasking is not my friend. Your father thinks next holiday we should do a cruise and has been looking them up, now we are inundated with bargin cruising options all over the world. “Doing your best for the time you’re in” – that’s been the advice I gave you children growing up, although not something I am necessarily good at myself, but I see many of my fellow “Covid Islanders” certainly are. On my early morning walks I can see flowers and positive messages chalked on the footpath, teddy bears smiling warmly at me from many windows, the occasional passer-by almost falling over themselves to give a hearty wave of solidarity. I’ve had to recharge my cellphone battery more often now though with all the calls, texts, snap chats and skyping – but it’s great, all the loving and caring. Love Mother and Father

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Taking the good with the bad I

t’s nice to be able to start telling stories again that aren’t Covid-19 relatable. Stories of everyday people out there in the community who are doing incredible things. There’s a couple of great examples today. Julia Crosson’s efforts with Back to Basics need little introduction and the success of Eiffelton dairy farmers, Ralph and Fleur Tompsett. The world around us might be on the go slow, but that doesn’t mean the wheel stops turning completely either. And to be fair, while not involving Covid-19, one of those stories has come about because of the pandemic and the search for stories to tell about people who are doing good things out there in the bigger bubble that encases all of our little bubbles. We’d like to tell more too. So, don’t hesitate to let us know. I’m trying to think of some different things to talk about in this space too, so if you’ve got a topic that you’re hot under the collar about, don’t be afraid to let me know and we’ll put it out for the public to debate. We are getting a lot of messages, emails and phone calls each day asking pertinent and important questions about life in general at the moment. And there’s a real concern for the number of people who seem to be going about their everyday life as if nothing is happening. In a 10-minute walk down East Street yesterday to get a spot of fresh air, 27 cars went past me – enhanced only by the fact that one car went past me four times. Some appeared to be trade service vehicles and essential workers, but I saw families, couples and people obviously just out for a drive. When they say to stay at home, they mean stay at home. Thought for the day: You never really realise what you have until it’s gone. Toilet paper being the prime example.

Brief relief I’m full of awe and praise for those, when special news is breaking. To understand the hand shorthand, and the difference it is making, to those with loss of hearing, to get the news first-hand, and watch the story that unfolds, by the hard of hearing band. Well done. Yesss

Staying connected in isolation S

ticking in our own bubble has never been as important as it is now. With New Zealand currently at Alert Level 4, everyone except those providing essential services must stay at home and self-isolate. Some farmers may feel that this is a continuation of their business as usual, because sometimes it can be a couple of days before we see anyone else.   Even though we must self-isolate, there are some steps that we can take to ensure that we are still virtually connected to the communities around us, be it all the farming families along the shingle road or just your immediate neighbours.   There are numerous examples of video calling technologies out there which we can use to stay connected, including WhatsApp, Facebook messenger and FaceTime.  They’re pretty easy to use. WhatsApp and Facebook messenger can be downloaded from the iTunes store or through Google Play.   About 15 years ago I set up

Karen WIlliams FROM THE FARM

a neighbourhood email contact list which includes about 60 residents’ contact details along our road. I did this because of a burglary that I thought neighbours should know about and also a desire to make sure our community of farmers and lifestyle block owners stayed connected. It’s worked well, with many social occasions having sprung out of the initiative, and more recently it enabled the kick-start of our Community Catchment Group. Little did I know however that this email network would form the basis of our community connections during a pandemic! I used the email list to confirm everyone’s mobile phone numbers and we established a

WhatsApp group. A WhatsApp group can be really useful if you don’t have access to reliable internet services. Even the most technologically inept have joined the group, and I can tell from their comments on the chat, they are feeling pretty chuffed with themselves. Since establishing this chat, the kind offers and gestures have been heart-warming. Neighbours have been offering to get groceries, farm supplies and prescriptions for others, particularly those who were already self-isolating from recent overseas travel and others with compromised immunity. This approach of working together also restricts the number of trips that anyone and everyone takes into town, which of course reduces the risk of contracting and spreading Covid-19.   We have recently started a family Facebook messenger group. Last night we did a group video call to make sure everyone was coping.

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It was also great to see and hear everyone although I think we may need to appoint a chairperson to control the everyone talking at once challenge! Access to video calling over these platforms is obviously predicated on reasonable access to the internet, which can be problematic in rural areas.   By staying virtually connected, we can make this period of self-isolation a little bit easier for everyone, particularly those people who live alone or need a little extra care. And if technology fails us, don’t forget the faithful old landline, for those of us who have retained it! Karen Williams is the Federated Farmers arable chairperson 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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MARKET REPORT By Guy Trafford A few days into the lockdown and on the farm what do we know? Well, there are still some stock movements occurring, as the neighbouring farm had a truckload of lambs arrive this morning. Having spoken to a couple of stock agents their thinking was that within a couple of days there will be some new protocols developed to take into account the new paradigm we are in. The couple of staff we employ have been told to stay home for at least a week. We, as a food producer, presumably could still operate however again, we are working on letting any bugs caught pre-lockdown show themselves. Hopefully the risk of contracting any illness after a week of lockdown will be less and if Covid-19 is spreading widely then that will become more obvious and we can continue with the current policy. To date one application for a staff member’s wage subsidy has gone into the bank and awaiting the second. Much has been made about the banks coming to the party. Really! From where I stand, they look like they may be delaying some short-term income for more longer term. For us all we have received is a passing on of the reduced OCR and our floating rate has dropped to 4.69 per cent (Doesn’t start until April) and the fixed rate is left unchanged. Any future risks they may have appear to be large-

ly avoided by the underwriting by the Government. The logic no doubt is Government wants to avoid any runs on the bank and keep the public reassured. It is early days yet and all we know is the ‘world’ will look different coming out the other side of this. New Zealand may weather the storm reasonably well, we hope, but we already know that parts of Europe, and looking more likely the USA, there are going to be major problems ahead. Heaven knows how the poor buggers in the less-developed parts of the world are going to go through this. In the meantime, much needed rain has arrived but the sheep need their baleage – and later the hedges might finally get tidied up. Market A very abbreviated report here. The good news is that sheep and beef schedules have remain unchanged. Given the $NZ has had a lift, this is good news as the processors could have used that to their advantage. Unfortunately, venison still continues its downward slide with another 30 cents taken off by SFF. Apart from a couple of sales at the start of last week there is little happening. No wool sales occurred last week so nought to report. Fonterra has reported a -2 per cent drop in volumes which normally should mean some upward pressure on the GDT. However, this season it is anyone’s guess.

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Farm gate price watch … for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural March 30, 2020 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 85 -106 Prime 120 - 162 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 160 -185 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 205 -230 This week

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Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 805 842 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 278 277 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 251 257 Merino 2,550 2,550

1,019 377 289 2,114

Source: WSI, NZMerino 921 1,193 805 467 550 277 307 364 251 2,387 2,428 1,588

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■■OLYMPICS

■■FOOTBALL

New date set for Tokyo Reports suggest the new opening date for the Tokyo Olympics is likely to be July 23, 2021, after it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The date, which will be exactly one year on from its original schedule, will be the International Olympic Committee’s target for the opening ceremony according to reports from the New York Times and Japanese state broadcaster NHK. Tokyo Olympic organisers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in the spring of 2021. More and more the signs point toward the summer of 2021. Organising committee president Yoshiro Mori suggested there would be no major change from 2020. “The games are meant to be in summer, so we should be thinking of a time between June and September,” Japanese news agency Kyodo reported Mori saying on Sunday. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach, after the postponement was announced in Switzerland on Tuesday, left open the possibility of spring dates. The postponed games were to have opened on July 23 and closed on August 8. Mori suggested some decisions could be made as early as this week when the organising committee’s executive board meets. Any final decision will be made by local organisers and the IOC, and hundreds of sponsors, sports federations and broadcasters. Athletes have been left in limbo by the postponement. Many have been forced to stop training because of the spreading coronavirus. Even those who can train have no idea about how to schedule training to reach peak fitness at the right time.

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The Olympic rings can be seen behind the cherry blossoms in Tokyo. Mori and organising committee CEO Toshiro Muto have both said the added cost of rescheduling will be “enormous.” Early estimates put those costs at between $2 billion-$3 billion with the several levels of Japanese governments likely to foot most of the bills.

Tokyo organisers say they are spending $12.6 billion to stage the games. However, a government audit report said it will cost at least twice that much. All but $5.6 billion is public money. The Switzerland-based Inter-

national Olympic Committee has contributed $1.3 billion to organise the Tokyo Olympics, according to local organising committee documents. It has a reserve fund of about $2 billion for such emergencies and also has some insurance coverage.

The last league standing Football fans looking for their weekly fix have turned to the Belarusian Premier League, the last European football league still standing amid the coronavirus pandemic. The league, previously one of Europe’s least glamorous competitions, is now drawing foreign fans and a stack of new broadcast deals. The league says it has no intention of postponing or cancelling the season, which began earlier this month. The decision to play on has led to a string of broadcasting deals for the Belarus Football Federation, with deals from sports networks in 10 countries including Russia, Israel and India. Belarus has so far reported 94 cases of Covid-19 but has taken no measure to attempt to limit the outbreak. The country’s president Alexander Lukashenko has downplayed the need for social distancing and has even bragged about continuing to play ice hockey and embracing fellow players. “It’s better to die standing than to live on your knees,” Lukashenko told local television on Sunday after a hockey game. “There are no viruses here (at the rink) ... I don’t see them.” The growing viewing figures has helped boost the social media profile of clubs like Dinamo Minsk, especially among English speakers. “We hope it will improve the level of the game because the players may get more responsible,” Minsk club spokesperson Alexander Strok told Reuters. Many hope that the surge of the country’s football league would help develop the sport and open doors for Belarusian players to move to bigger clubs in Europe.

■■OPINION

Good communication key; rugby leading the way By Patrick McKendry

early a week into New Zealand’s coronavirus lockdown and it’s clear that difficult times can be made easier to accept with good leadership and communication – kudos, then, in particular to the increasingly impressive Jacinda Ardern and her Government. All of us know what we need to do to attempt to contain the pandemic and while staring at a limited variety of four walls is challenging, the clarity of thought from Prime Minister Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson et al helps immensely. Ardern was asked a few days ago whether she was scared. “No, because we have a plan,” she replied.

The alternative – an information vacuum and so-called leaders going AWOL – is unsettling. Fortunately, a similar style of leadership and organisation is being shown by New Zealand Rugby, the controller of our national game, which is being forced to make some difficult decisions as it mitigates against the ongoing financial ramifications of the virus which has stopped sport nearly everywhere. Chief among those are pay cuts for our professional coaches – including All Blacks coach Ian Foster and his team – and our professional players. This is in line with what is happening around the world, including in the United Kingdom, where Premiership players are being asked to go without 25 per cent of their salaries.

But whereas New Zealand’s players, including high-profile playmaker Beauden Barrett and hooker Dane Coles, say they are happy to do their bit, the reaction from some of their counterparts in the UK is very different, and a legal battle may be brewing. There are differences between the countries in terms of how players are contracted – New Zealand Rugby has a huge advantage in terms of being a central contractor with an excellent relationship with the New Zealand Rugby Players’ Association. But there must be something to be said for communication too, and the way Foster, Barrett and Coles have reacted in public will be not only comforting to NZ Rugby but also, to a lesser extent, New Zealand itself.

The goodwill on both sides is plain to see and all of the country’s employers and businesses should take note because those putting their faith in their people will likely recover quicker from a financial viewpoint than those that don’t. “There’s a real willingness of those involved in the game to get behind to do whatever it takes to make sure it survives,” Foster said to Martin Devlin. “As an employee of New Zealand Rugby, we’re all facing some tough times,” Barrett said. “We’re all in it together.” Barrett said he would even be prepared to reveal the extent of his pay cut. Yes, they are very well paid individuals earning six-figure salaries, but they aren’t immune – excuse

the pun – to the uncertainty that we are all going through. They have bills to pay too, and if anyone is going to find an unknown period of what is effectively home detention challenging, it is a professional athlete who thrives on competition and physical activity and who knows his window for earning is limited and closing by the week. NZ Rugby haven’t always been known as impeccable communicators, but new chief executive Mark Robinson appears born to the role and Foster, Barrett and Coles are fortunate to be under his leadership. In these extremely challenging times, hopefully the example set by our government, national rugby body and players is contagious.

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With no live sport to watch, things are grim. We won’t hide from that. But, to create some debate and discussion, members of the Guardian’s sporting nuts club have decided to undertake a series of sporting discussions, which will run for as long as there are topics to list. Today here’s our Black Caps test XI from during our lifetime. Matt Markham There’s a distinct amount of similarity in my test side to yesterday’s ODI XI, but positional changes for the longer format of the game came right into play. The left-hand, right-hand option of Flem and Astle at the top of the order gives good clarity early on in a test match when the most logical option is to bat for extended periods of time. Same can be said about the middle order, whose career statistics mean they were automatically included from three through to five. Then there’s the bash brothers. McCullum gets the nod as keeper, captain and first chief destroyer who needs no introduction, while Ryder might again be a surprise selection. He played 18 test matches and scored 1300 runs at an average of just over 40. He offers a staunch defending notion but cna also add that spark if the run rate needs to be lifted at any point in an innings. Bowling-wise, Ryder and Astle provide the backup roles with the heavy hitters of Boult, Hadlee and Southee along with Vettori. Those three seamers, with the ball moving in the air would be enough to trouble most batting line-ups.

Jaime Pitt-MacKay My greatest New Zealand test team from my time alive sees a few tweaks but the same core six players of McCullum, Williamson, Taylor, Southee, Boult and Bond as the ODI team. This time Watling picks up the wicketkeeping gloves, an ever-reliable keeper and a brilliant test batsman. Fleming opens alongside Latham, once again highlighting NZ’s lack of world class openers

Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming Nathan Astle Kane Williamson Ross Taylor Martin Crowe Brendon McCullum © (wk)

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Jesse Ryder Dan Vettori Tim Southee Richard Hadlee Trent Boult

Nathan Astle

through the years. McCullum drops down to a middle order position, which suits him better in test matches. Vettori takes the spinning/all-rounder option, leaving us with four seamers as has become the norm for test matches played in New Zealand. The core three are joined by Neil Wagner, who for the past couple of seasons has been one of the best test bowlers in the world, and whose energy and stamina are unrivalled. Picking a captain was tricky with five test captains (not counting Latham with his sickness-enforced captaincy) in the side. Fleming and McCullum were great leaders, but nothing can match Williamson’s record for test victories. Both Fleming and McCullum won around 35 per cent of their test matches, while Williamson has won around 56 per cent from one more game than McCullum. Stephen Fleming Tom Latham Kane Williamson © Ross Taylor Brendon McCullum BJ Watling (wk)

Daniel Vettori Tim Southee Neil Wagner Trent Boult Shane Bond

Steve Devereux In 20 years’ time, I suspect that Tom Latham’s name will be on everybody’s list to open for this team – but not quite yet. And I really wanted to put Andrew Jones at first drop, but you just cannot ignore the numbers beside Kane’s name. Despite the disasters-in-waiting with their between-wicket running, the Roscoe-Kane combo has to stay, then a powerhouse middle order, that actually goes right to the end of the page.

Glenn Turner Mark Richardson Kane Williamson Ross Taylor Martin Crowe Brendon McCullum (c) Nathan Astle Daniel Vettori Chris Cairns Richard Hadlee Shane Bond

Shane Bond

Sutcliffe averaged 40.10 and provides the left-hand right-hand combination with Turner – getting the in ahead of Stephen Fleming and John Wright waiting in the wings. The middle order of Williamson, Crowe and Taylor was a simple selection, and I’ve gone with Brendon McCullum in the gloves and to be the floating power hitter. John Reid is the batting all-rounder at seven providing a deep batting line-up. Boult, Hadlee and Vettori were also simple selections. That opened the conundrum of looking for the third seaming option and whether it needed to be an all-rounder. It was between Chris Cairns and Shane Bond until I decided to take a look and found Jack Cowie.

He may have only played nine tests, either side of World War Two, but claimed 45 wickets at an average of 21. Following the 1937 tour of England, the Wisden cricket almanack said “Had he been an Australian, he might have been termed a wonder of the age.” In Don Bradman’s only innings against New Zealand, Cowie had him caught behind for 11 early in the day while hundreds were still queuing to see Bradman bat and instead went home after hearing of his dismissal. Enough to earn the number 11 spot. Bert Sutcliffe Glenn Turner Kane Williamson Martin Crowe Ross Taylor Brendon McCullum

John Reid Daniel Vettori Richard Hadlee Trent Boult Jack Cowie

Daniel Vettori

Adam Burns One thing which is striking is how much of the current crop have hustled their way into greatest-ever territory. Of course Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor have been in the conversation for a while but now the likes of Tom Latham, Trent Boult and Neil Wagner are in the mix. New Zealand has not exactly been a factory for opening batsmen, possibly why we held the likes of Mark Richardson in such high esteem. Across 52 test matches, Latham has carved out 11 tons at 42.34 and has developed into a gritty gem at the top in recent times. Glenn Turner is of course one of our best ever, and a key luminary during NZ Cricket’s coming of age with an average in the mid-40s. Sorry Rigger. Our three greatest ever batsmen come in next, even though Kane Williamson has been in patchy form of late, he is still the only player with an average above 50 for New Zealand. Brendon McCullum comes in at six as our only triple centurion and also takes the gloves. Baz is one of a few to don the silver fern who kept top quality bowling attacks on edge. Another is Chris Cairns who

beats out Bruce Taylor for the all-rounder spot, courtesy of 218 test wickets and five test hundreds. Just don’t sit him next to McCullum on the team bus. Sir Richard, of course, takes the new ball and offers some hitting ability coming in at eight. Daniel Vettori is our greatest ever spinner by some distance with 362 test wickets to his name. The herculean Neil Wagner completes the fourpronged pace attack, his statistical output confirms he is on track in becoming one of our greatest ever bowlers. Trent Boult edges his new ball partner Tim Southee for the other seamer spot. Tom Latham Chris Cairns Glenn Turner (c) Richard Hadlee Kane Williamson Daniel Vettori Martin Crowe Neil Wagner Ross Taylor Trent Boult Brendon McCullum (wk)

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■■NETBALL

MC Netball start online game By Adam Burns

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The local netballing community are using social media to keep followers engaged in the sport. In what is becoming a default setting for many sporting organisations during the lockdown period, Mid Canterbury Netball (MCN) have begun an online game. Players are asked to video themselves with introductions as to who they are and what club they play for before nominating other people to “pass the ball onto”.

Each video finishes with a player passing a netball out of shot. A MCN spokesperson on its Facebook page urged players to be creative with their clips. “Feel free to post from unusual places, wear crazy outfits and if you don’t have a netball, use your imagination and use something else. “Enjoy the game but watch your distance.” Videos had been posted by a handful of players since Friday and all of them have incorporated differing netball drills.

■■RUGBY

Castle under attack over pay cut standoff Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle has come under fire from the players’ union over the governing body’s handling of the sport amid the coronavirus pandemic. Castle and RA chairman Paul McLean were expected to announce widespread pay cuts and staff layoffs at its annual general meeting last night. However, player pay cuts have been deferred to later this week after RA failed to hold any discussions with the Rugby Union Players’ Association (RUPA). The union claims there has been a lack of clarity on the financial future of the organisation for the country’s 192 professional players, and says it has been “locked out” of the process after RA postponed a meeting and refused to answer multiple requests for information about the governing body’s financial future. “Rugby Australia and the Rugby Union Players’ Association should be partners in this process to navigate their way together through this crisis,” chief executive Justin Harrison said in a statement. “RUPA members and the game’s stakeholders are frustrated. “There is a vacuum of information. “While our colleagues in the other major football codes across Australia have been meeting with their governing bodies for weeks RA has refused to share any information about the future financial direction of the game. “Are the players about to be presented with a fait accompli – the future of the game decided without any consultation?” The current standoff also increases uncertainty for RA and its ability to survive the

worldwide sporting shutdown. Any announcement at the AGM will be overshadowed with player salaries still up in the air. Player pay accounts for $40 million – around 40 per cent – of RA’s annual operating expenditure. RA has also raised eyebrows over its failure to lodge its 2019 financial results with the corporate regulator, after not getting a sign-off from auditors KPMG. McClean told Super Rugby chairs that RA needed more time to attest to its solvency, reports the Sydney Morning Herald’s Georgina Robinson. Robinson wrote: “In any audited financial report there is a clause covering ‘events subsequent to reporting date’. In RA’s case, the 2018 clause read: ‘In the interval between the end of the financial year [Dec 31 2019] and the date of this report [April 2020), no item, transaction or event of a material and unusual event or nature has arisen ... to affect significantly the operations of the company, the results of those operations, or the state of affairs of the company in future financial years.’ “This was clearly a clause that might have prevented the completion of KPMG’s audit of RA’s finances last year. “A spokesman said unaudited financials would be presented at the AGM, but no report would be lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. “Nevertheless, RUPA and some of the Super Rugby chairs were incredulous that no financial information had been shared ahead of the meeting, particularly given the enormity of the problem facing the New Zealander Raelene Castle is under increasing pressure as Rugby Australia boss. game.”

■■OLYMPICS

Waddell praises athletes over Olympic delays New Zealand Team Chef de Mission Rob Waddell has praised the reaction of athletes following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Last Wednesday the International Olympic Committee confirmed the Games will be postponed to 2021. The move was supported by the NZOC and New Zealand’s Olympic athletes.

“I’m very proud of the way the New Zealand team has reacted to this decision,” Waddell said. “Changing the date of the Olympic Games is hugely challenging and will affect different athletes in different ways. Our athletes have been extremely understanding and we want to thank them for working with us on this process. “We would also like to acknowledge that adapting to this change

isn’t going to be easy for everyone and we will be working to support athletes as they alter their preparation plans.” With New Zealand going into lockdown last week athletes have been forced to become creative with their training methods. All training centres have closed, meaning most athletes are training from makeshift setups at home.

“Our athletes are all used to training at high-performance centres week-in week-out, so it’s a tricky situation for them but we’ve been really inspired by the resilience they’re showing and the way they’re adapting to the situation. “We’ve seen canoe slalom athlete Luuka Jones using cans of food as weights, and many of our athletes have converted their

garages into home gyms as they work to stay in peak physical condition.” Trampolinist Dylan Schmidt is one of those training from home. The Rio Olympian has a trampoline he’s using in his yard, with a weights setup indoors. “It’s very different to how I normally train but it’s a bit of a novelty and I’m loving not having to commute,” Schmidt said.

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Another top Derby chance OTI Racing have already won one Derby with Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman and they will be hoping to secure another this weekend with exciting three-year-old Quick Thinker. The owner-trainer partnership united to win the 2018 Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) with Vin De Dance, and they look to have another strong Derby contender in Quick Thinker, who took out Saturday’s Gr.2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill. The son of So You Think is set to back up in Saturday’s Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick and OTI Racing Principal Terry Henderson is hopeful of another good showing. “He has become a much stronger horse this prep. He has strengthened up and his win was very good on Saturday,” Henderson said. “I think from that we can go into the Derby with some confidence, especially with a little bit of give in the ground.

“It will be an interesting Derby. “What Castelvecchio does I think will be interesting because if they wait for the Queen Elizabeth (Gr.1) we would be delighted, but that is probably unlikely.” Melbourne-based Henderson is a strong advocate for New Zealand racing and believes preparing horses in New Zealand is a cost-effective option for Australian owners. “I thoroughly enjoy our Kiwi connections,” he said. “We have got horses with Murray, Roger (James and Robert Wellwood), and down south with Michael (and Matthew) Pitman. “If you have good horses, the economics of having them trained in New Zealand and brought to Australia is quite good.” Henderson is also looking forward to potentially backing up the Chris Waller-trained Night’s Watch in Saturday’s Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) after his victory in the Gr.3 Neville Sellwood Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on the weekend.

Quick Thinker takes out the Tulloch Stakes at Rosehill. “That win was very welcome. “He was starting to become a bit frustrating, that horse,” Henderson said. “He ran second in the Toorak (Gr.1, 1600m) at Caulfield last

prep, but he’s a horse that has been consistently slow out of the gates and has proved to be quite frustrating because he then relies on luck, which he did get his share of on Saturday.

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■■VERRY ELLEEGANT

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Zed’s stocks keep on rising Verry Elleegant has been the flagbearer for her sire Zed in recent times and she further enhanced his profile on Saturday when winning the Gr.1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill. A son of legendary sire Zabeel, Zed has sired two individual Group One winners, with 2013 Gr.1 Makfi Challenge Stakes (1400m) winner Survived and now the triple Group One winning mare. Verry Elleegant had been in good form heading into Saturday, finishing fourth in the Gr.2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) before runner-up performances in the Gr.1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) and Gr.1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m). She showed her class when distancing her rivals in the straight on Saturday to win by 4.3 lengths over Mustajeer, with Avilius finishing third. Grangewilliam Stud principal Mark Corcoran, who stands Zed, was delighted with the win in what has been a trying few weeks. “It was a huge result, she won pretty impressively,” he said. “She is just settling so much better now. “She has been a bit tricky, but it looks like they might have got to the bottom of her now, which is great. “Zed’s are generally pretty slow-maturing horses and she is getting stronger and bigger all the time, so I think next season she is going to get even better. “I hope she gets a run in the Queen Elizabeth (Gr.1, 2000m), but who knows what is going to happen with racing over there.” While Zed served 63 mares last breeding season at $6,000+GST, 18 less than the season prior, Corcoran said the influence of Verry Elleegant’s success can be seen in the increased Australian interest at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale earlier this year. The full-brother to Verry Elleegant was one of those, with Western Australian bloodstock agent John Chalmers going to $140,000 to secure the colt presented by Grangewilliam Stud. “Zed had a bit more Australian interest in him. “He served 60-odd mares last season and it’s good to see him getting supported. “Not a lot of Zed horses go through the yearling

“He has been racing well, but when they give the others a start it is always going to be difficult. “We have got him in the Doncaster and Queen Elizabeth (Gr.1, 2000m). “The Queen Elizabeth I think will be far too tough, but the Doncaster is a possibility. We could miss both of those and go to a Group Three the following week. “We will just see how he pulls up, but my gut feeling is I wouldn’t mind seeing him in the Doncaster.” While New Zealand racing has temporarily ceased as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Henderson has been pleased racing has continued in Australia. “I think our industry have been extremely responsible,” he said. “We were on the front foot very early, putting measures in place to protect people. “But we are hanging on a shoestring here, going day-to-day and hoping not to get any bad news. “If we did get some, we would be up against it to retain it (racing).”

Grangewilliam Stud principal Mark Corcoran. sale, but all but two of them were sold to Australia this year. “It certainly makes a big difference at that end.” “They sprint, they stay, they run on top of the ground and on the wet, and they jump. “They are versatile horses and they just keep going. “What she has done has certainly helped and it’s great seeing more go over to Australia. “That’s only going to help him further.” While he was pleased with the weekend’s success Corcoran is busy taking every measure possible during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure the safety of his family and staff, and said it was great having the assistance of his children during this time. “We have just got to carry on,” he said. “We run a skeleton crew, you have just got to keep moving. “The feed suppliers are still dropping feed off. “We are still getting fuel and feed, so we are all right. “At this stage it is myself, one worker, my wife, and a couple of kids. “They are a great help.”

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Daily Volume move ’000s

1692 1693 1692 +46 1.1m 89.5 90.5 90 – 4.5m 1630 1680 1630 –15 79.05 84 87 86.5 +1.5 732.9 122 125 123 +1 418.1 515 530 524 –29.5 3.6m 659.5 673 673 +18 238.0 537 565 564 +17 1.2m 2190 2192 2192 –48 71.17 3000 3035 3035 +188 1.1m 312 322 320 –8 2.8m 382 390 385 –3 131.2 540 580 540 –30 99.65 235 241 241 +9 315.9 102 110 100 – 138.7 205 215 214 – 1.7m 100 103 100 –1 373.3 392 395.5 393 –7 316.1 162 177 162 –2 291.4 99 104 102 +16 876.4 85 90 88 –2 1.9m 3308 3369 3340 +39 189.9 416 435 424 –1 848.2 400 408 403 +12.1 1.9m 372 404 373 –12 299.3 69 70 69 +7 253.1 103 109 109 +4 130.6 61 62 62 +3 1.3m 582 586 586 –19 322.9 163 167 167 –2.5 4.4m 201.5 206 202 –5 213.0 322 330 325 –4 1.8m 790 810 809 +4 52.87 1000 1027 1023 +3 563.4 621 670 640 –4 26.03 415 432 427 +7 41.11 158 172 165 –12 136.0 28.5 30 29 –1 4.0m 172 178 173 –5 1.5m 406.5 414 408 –6 3.1m 133 134 133 –6 1.1m 509 520 519 –16 248.3 567 585 575 +23 50.79 104 108 108 –12 401.5 605 617 606 +11 38.08 327 333 328 –3 40.72 119 130 120 –10 193.0 230 260 238 +3 288.3 1580 1605 1591 +21 43.30 272 274 274 –1 526.5

p Rises 48

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daily % rise

Kathmandu Hldgs +18.60% King Salmon +12.88% Burger Fuel Gr +11.67% NZ Refining +11.29% Delegat Gr +9.21% Geneva Finance +7.89% F&P Healthcare +6.60% QEX Logistics +5.66% Oceania Healthcare +5.08% JPMorgan Global +4.53%

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Abano Healthcare –22.08% Emerging Mkts –11.22% Tourism Holdings –10.00% Plexure Gr –9.26% Augusta Capital –8.20% Emerging Mkts Eq –7.93% V ista Gr Intl –7.69% Colonial Motor –7.69% Total World –7.31% Napier Port –6.90%

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1,614.30

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14.31

London – $US/ounce

–20.5

–1.25%

London – $US/ounce

–0.1

–0.66%

q Copper London – $US/tonne

4,774.0

–1.5

–0.03%

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ACROSS 1. Filming a top-line player with a heavenly body (8,4) 8. Events I’d organised had money put into them (8) 9. May get such a test about a civic leader (4) 11. Say one will be in harmony (5) 12. Paper modelling of perfect butterfly holding one right back (7) 13. Quietly drive home with the push-chair (4) 15. After tin, silver may be an obstacle (4) 19. Rock-forming mineral might live on one like this (7) 20. Restrict it, after putting most of the milk back (5) 22. A pupil penetrates Erse endlessly (4) 23. Get manic about it having such drawing ability (8) 24. Fruit and veg provide energy food retailer is into (12) DOWN 2. Possess the right to talk nonsense (5) 3. Pearl’s provider is a secretive person (6) 4. It freezes diamonds on television (6) 5. Field of operations in art the Engineers organise (7) 6. Going over and over what one has in store of railway vehicles (7,5) 7. Without approbation of a Pop’s driving about (12) 10. Scold one for a cover-up job on top (3) 14. Dye first-class linen like this (7) 16. 1,009 to mingle (3) 17. Be on one’s way to mend it (6) 18. Treatment centre put up in bivouac in Ilchester (6) 21. It measures the rhythm of poetry for an American (5)

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ACROSS 1. Matured (4) 3. Formally reprimanded (8) 9. Escape (7) 10. Proprietor (5) 11. Intentionally (12) 13. Loosens (6) 15. Acerbic (6) 17. Pleasant to see (4,2,3,3) 20. Number game (5) 21. Gave up (7) 22. Henchman (8) 23. Tense, nervous (4)

DOWN 1. Splendour (8) 2. Artist’s frame (5) 4. Suffer patiently (6) 5. Lacking imagination (5-7) 6. Curl (7) 7. Challenge (4) 8. Unintelligible language (12) 12. Well-disposed (8) 14. Taught (7) 16. Occurring in harmony (2,4) 18. Finished (5) 19. Recedes (4)

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): With fondness, you’ll look back on what you said goodbye to long ago. The nostalgia may have you thinking, if only for a second, “Should I try that again?” Probably not. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): If you can avoid interruption, you’ll be twice as productive. The two biggest contributing factors to distraction will be your location and internet use. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Anyone who’s loved a television character or been devastated by the plotline of a book knows the power of alternative realities. Today, you’ll use this principle to your advantage. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): The difference between a genuine smile and a forced or insincere one is registered, at least on a subconscious level, by most humans. Real smiles send real joy. This will be your contribution to an improved world today. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): To do your best work, you must concentrate. To concentrate, you must be free of worry. To be free of worry, you must get resolution. You will do your best work once you’ve resolved the issue on your mind. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The child climbing the monkey bars on the playground is not thinking about tests of balance or growing motor skills. It just seems like a fun thing to do. Similarly, whatever you think might be fun now will also be a chance for unexpected growth. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): If you can whip up some joy for yourself and live inside that, you’ll have accomplished the mission of your spirit. Just be careful not to confuse joy with pleasure, its brother from another mother. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Life is full of surprises and today brings one of your favourite kinds -the kind where you surprise yourself. You’re deeper, stronger, more talented and more interesting than even you knew. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’re not concerned with getting ahead, staying ahead or anything that has to do with being out in front. You want to enjoy your route, do justice to your role and learn something along the way. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Wanting something to be finished will not make it so, organising thought causes you to make a list of steps and start methodically getting this thing on the rails. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): As self-motivated as you are, it is not always easy to keep yourself accountable to the things you say you want to do. You need other people. Need a game changer? Join a group. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Can you be too rational? Of course! It’s every bit as precarious as being too irrational. When logic dulls the senses, let poetry bring them back.

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Wind km/h less than 30 fine

30 to 59 fog

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Tuesday, 31 March 2020

A trough of low pressure affects the east coast of the North Island. A ridge of high pressure lies over the South Island from a large high to the southeast of New Zealand. Another slow-moving trough in the Tasman Sea weakens tomorrow as the ridge spreads over the rest of New Zealand, and remains through to Friday.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

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Canterbury High Country

TODAY

Morning low cloud and patchy drizzle. Fine spells developing towards midday, but isolated afternoon showers near the foothills. Northeasterlies.

NZ Today

overnight max low

Auckland

fine

Morning cloud, then becoming mainly fine. Isolated afternoon showers. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: Light.

Hamilton

fine

Napier

rain

TOMORROW

Wellington

few showers

Low cloud morning and night, otherwise mainly fine. Light winds.

Fine apart from areas of low cloud or fog. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: Light.

Nelson

fine

Blenheim

clearing

THURSDAY

Greymouth

fine

Cloudy periods. Light winds.

Christchurch

clearing

FRIDAY

Timaru

clearing

Cloudy periods. Northeasterlies developing.

Morning cloud, then fine spells. Light winds.

Queenstown

fine

SATURDAY

Dunedin

drizzle

Morning cloud then fine. Northeasterlies.

Fine. North to northwesterlies developing.

Invercargill

fine

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Rise 7:48 am Set 7:25 pm Fair

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:05 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 125.8 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

8.55 nc

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

63.7 nc

Waitaki Kurow at 3:02 pm, yesterday

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Canterbury Readings

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 14.1 14.1 Max to 4pm 9.1 Minimum 9.5 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 19.0 16hr to 4pm March to date 52.4 Avg Mar to date 59 2020 to date 110.6 167 Avg year to date Wind km/h E6 At 4pm Strongest gust SW 33 Time of gust 3:16am

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Creativity in the gym

By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Trainers are working hard through online channels to keep gym-goers active while in self-isolation. As gyms around the country shut their doors last week as New Zealand went into Covid-19 Alert Stage 4, programmes have been launched to keep members engaged and active at home. Online tips and live-streamed workouts have been adopted by establishments in the Mid Canterbury region. F45 Ashburton’s Stacey McKerchar had already started preparations for alternative workout initiatives prior to the studio closure on Monday, offering an “at home workout” online in the week prior. “People were a bit apprehen-

sive about still coming in in the week before,” she said. “F45 HQ designed an online workout which members could access and log into each day. “Quite a few of our members have opted to do that.” The 45-minute workouts replicated what members would do at the gym, initially focusing on cardio and body weight sessions. “We’re talking burpees, press ups, frog squats, a real mix of body weight stuff that doesn’t require any equipment. “We are planning on developing it to make it a mix of body weight, strength and a little bit of a hybrid of both.” Trainers were also offering tips of the day and stretch sessions. Methven’s Garage Gym has also been forced to think outside the

box. The gym was posting a workout every week on its Facebook page with members sharing their home workout experiences. In addition it had opened a Covid-19 Save the Business page, which offered members a more extensive range of sessions for $10 per week, trainer Anna Johnson said. “It’s a bit more intense, we have a timetable, we do Zoom workouts, we have speakers coming in like Braden Currie and Hollie Woodhouse.” Physiotherapists and nutritionists would also be offering input over the coming weeks for members. The Methven gym has only been open for four months now and Johnson said that members had been really supportive dur-

Garage Gym’s Anna Johnson said they really had to think about how to challenge those taking online fitness classes. PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE

ing the first few days. “People want to keep fit and active, but also we’re a pretty small community and I’m a born and bred local so they want to make sure I’m supported and the business survives.” She said one silver lining was that it made gym trainers look outside the four corners due to the limitations of working out at home. “We don’t have all the equipment or the sound effects or the space, so we’re really having to think on how we challenge our members and to keep them active and interested.” Johnson advised people need-

ed to link up via social media to ensure motivation remained high, as the novelty of self-isolation would begin to wear off by the second and third weeks of the lockdown. Snap Fitness Ashburton was also offering members access to a curated library of at-home workouts over the next three months as well as an app with home workouts and nutritional advice. Two live-streamed workouts per day were also being offered on the Snap Fitness Facebook page. Figure Fitness Ashburton was also offering online classes and virtual personal training sessions.

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