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Jim Armstrong is looking forward to be being back in the MenzShed tomorrow.

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It’s back to the shed

By Heather Mackenzie

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Ashburton MenzShed members are delighted to be flicking on switches and picking up hammers on Tuesday after Covid-19 lockdown forced them to down-tools and go home.

President Jim Armstrong said when the committee met last week the decision was made to reopen in compliance with the level two rules.

Armstrong said he didn’t think keeping space between each other would be an issue. It’s a large space made up of many separate areas inside and out, he said.

“The shed is big so we will be able to

spread out without being too close to each other. If all our members turn up at once on Tuesday, that could be a bit tricky but we’ll deal with that if it happens.”

Although some of the members had been doing projects at home over the last couple of months, the group will have plenty to do from the get-go.

“We have some unfinished jobs to be getting on with and I will also be contacting people who had their projects put on hold.”

Also looking forward to getting back amongst the smell of wood and manly chit-chat are a couple of blokes from the Chris Ruth Centre, James and Lev-

on. Centre manager Sapphire Stanley said having a disability can be isolating in itself without Covid-19 lockdown disrupting daily routines and messing with weekly shed visits.

“Both James and Levon are really excited to be going back to the MenzShed.”

Levon, who has been a regular visitor over the past two years, can finally put the finishing touches on the tool shed he has been making.

Stanley said James is also ecstatic about getting back into the shed.

“He told me he was experiencing withdrawals from the shed banter and is missing his bloke time.”

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■■ METHVEN

Covid-19 taking its toll on venues

By Susan Sandys

He had contracted Covid-19 and was in a coma prior to succumbing to the virus.

Hasegawa last visited the resort with friends in February.

He was the sole shareholder and co-director of the company, after the Overseas Investment Office gave him the go-ahead to buy Cathedral Square Investments which owned the resort in 2012.

New Zealander Jonny Hendriksen is now the sole director of Cathedral Square Investments.

Hendriksen had not come back to the Guardian by deadline, so it is unknown when Terrace Downs will re-open.

While a notice on the resort’s website

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Doors remain closed at two of the Methven’s area’s iconic venues as the worldwide pandemic takes its toll.

Terrace Downs Resort and Golf Course has not yet re-opened following the lockdown, and its owner is reported to have passed away from Covid-19.

Meanwhile, the lessees at Methven Resort have put their company into liquidation, but they are counting their blessings and looking forward to a new venture.

Terrace Downs owner Hiroshi Hasegawa died in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 22, at the age of 59, Stuff has reported.

says it is closed until further notice, a Terrace Downs answering service spokesperson said she understood staff would be back on site and able to answer the phones this week.

Nearby hospitality operator Butch Stern, at Mt Hutt Lodge, said Terrace Downs was a fantastic asset to the region, but just when it was going to reopen was a mystery to surrounding businesses and residents.

“Everyone is in the same boat, wondering what’s going to happen with it,” he said.

Meanwhile, the company which owns the Methven Resort business has gone into liquidation.

However, owners Ole and Bruce Wal-

lis are keeping their chins up after having to close the doors permanently following bookings being decimated by Covid-19.

He said doors were closed for the foreseeable future.

The couple planned to remain in Methven and had something in the pipeline.

Considering the toll Covid-19 was talking worldwide, Ole said he and Bruce remained grateful, and he wanted to get the message out there for Mid Cantabrians to support their local businesses.

“There’s no point for us to focus on what we lost, in this case we only lost our business, but at least we still have each other,” Ole said.

■■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Man, 84, pleads guilty over driveway assault An 84-year-old man has plead guilty to one charge of common assault in the Ashburton District Court following an incident in a shared driveway in 2019.

Stanley Francis Crosswell initially appeared before Judge Dominic Dravitzki on Friday charged with assault with intent to injure and male assaults female. However, following negotiations between the defence and police, the male assaults female

charge was drawn by leave and the assault with intent to injure was reduced assaulting the named complainant.

Crosswell plead guilty through his lawyer Derick Lotz.

The summary of facts read to the court said that Crosswell and the complainant occupied flats on a shared driveway and were known to each other.

On August 17, 2019 Crosswell returned

home and attempted to drive up the driveway, but was blocked by the complainant’s car. He revved his engine and tooted the horn on the vehicle, and once the complainant came out of his property to investigate what was going on, Crosswell exited the vehicle and started to yell abuse at the complainant, before punching them in the head twice.

The second punch caused the complain-

ant to fall to the ground, causing them to hit their head on Crosswell’s vehicle.

The complainant’s glasses were broken in the incident, and they suffered cuts to the bridge of their nose, and to the side of their head.

Judge Dravitzki remanded the matter to June 15, and Lotz indicated that he would be making a section 106 application for a discharge without conviction.

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■■ HE WAKA TAPU

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Ahead of the long weekend, He Waka Tapu staff handed out boxes of Weetbix from their Tancred office on Friday.

He Waka Tapu whanau support kaimahi, Juanita Richards, said Friday’s giveaway was about more than just handing out cereal boxes. There are people in the community who need help but are too afraid to ask and this is a good way to get the ball rolling.

“We are connecting with the local community though kai, plus it’s a nice feel-good, social thing to be doing.”

Richards said He Waka Tapu were pleased to be topping up breakfast pantries going into the long weekend.

“This also provides us with the opportunity to have contact with the wider community, not just the families on our books.”

Organisation chief executive officer Jackie Burrows echoed Richards’s sentiments.

She said a five-minute conversation or the ability to put a face to a name is often the first step for those needing help to gain the confidence to reach out.

“We could have held onto the

Weetbix and handed them out over a period of time in our food parcels, but by doing this in Christchurch’s Eastern suburbs and now Ashburton, we are putting ourselves in front of lots of community members.”

The Weetbix came to them via Auckland organisation KiwiHarvest, who work with food businesses like supermarkets, wholesalers and other food produces to rescue the good food that cannot be sold and distribute it to service organisations like He Waka Tapu.

Burrows said they joined up with the registered charity during level four of lockdown as the two organisations are a perfect fit.

“KiwiHarvest are very supportive – they also sent down pallet loads of Easter eggs and milk for us to include in our Christchurch and Ashburton food parcels.”

Next Friday the Ashburton He Waka Tapu staff are taking their Weetbix giveaway project on the road.

Richards said they well be popping up in Methven, Rakaia, Hinds and Fairton. Exact details of times and locations are not yet finalised so she suggested those interested check in with the He Waka Tapu Facebook to find out more.

Ash and Makoi, 2, Davidson, Teina Whittaker, Gina Tomlinson and Ellise Smith with the Weetbix to be handed out.

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Budget service ready for a surge in clients

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton’s Budget Advice service is preparing for a surge in business, as lost jobs or reduced work hours start hammering household budgets.

Crunch time for budgets will come in the weeks ahead, Presbyterian Support’s Ashburton services manager Suz Hutchinson said, after government subsidies and assistance started to run out.

“We are starting to see referrals coming in now, but at this stage it’s been reasonably slow. It’s early days yet. Give it a couple of weeks. We haven’t yet had the influx that

some other services have had,” she said.

Budget Advice was not an immediate responder, rather it was something that people might need to access once they started adjusting to what might be a new set of financial circumstances, Hutchinson said.

The service anticipated demand would increase over the next two or three weeks. but it had a team of budget mentors on stream so it would be able to cope with this, she said.

“We’re preparing and getting ready across all our different services at Presbyterian Support to enable us to cope if we have an influx.”

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■■ TOWN CENTRE REVITALISATION

Signs spell out CBD work

By Sue Newman

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It’s a project that’s won the hearts of people around the Ashburton District, but it’s a project that’s been a long time in the making.

But this week, it was clear that the revitalisation of Ashburton’s town centre is about to begin with sign boards erected on the East Street green detailing the work and its timeframe.

The new infrastructure includes road and footpath surfaces, landscaping with rain gardens and trees, new lighting, new street furniture and work that is currently under way on the area’s wastewater and stormwater network.

The project comes with a $15 million price tag and is due for completion within two years.

Information boards will now be part of all major council projects as part of the council’s drive to ensure residents are well informed about work in the community. Additional and larger signage is also planned for the area.

The Covid-19 lockdown saw underground infrastructure work on Cass, Havelock, Burnett and Tancred streets called to a halt, but crews were back on the job at level 3 and are now playing catch-up, Ashburton District Council service delivery manager Neil McCann said.

Currently they are about one

Tinwald house fire The residents of an Ashburton home managed to escape unscathed yesterday after a fire destroyed a part of their house.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman Brent Dunn said five crews from Ashburton and Methven stations responded to the fire on Archibald Street, in Tinwald, about 5.45am yesterday.

The kitchen and rear section of the single-storey house were well ablaze when firefighters arrived. Dunn said the occupants of the house were home when the fire started, but were able to get outside safely. The fire was extinguished by 7.30am and crews had already begun mopping up.

No injuries were reported and no other properties affected.

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New signs erected at either end of Ashburton’s town centre detail work that will revitalise the central business area.

PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 280520-SN-0015 month behind schedule, but plan to bring in extra crews to make up the lost time, he said.

The project is otherwise running to schedule but yesterday brought a brief and unexpected

shower to anyone on the corner of Cass and Moore street when a water main burst.

Despite having maps detailing underground services, there are always surprises when you start

digging up a road, McCann said, particularly when there is old pipework involved.

Not all maps are accurate and occasionally there are missing details, he said.

■■ TALES FROM THE BACK SEAT

Don’t drink and drive, don’t even putt 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. Readers are invited to share tales with Bernard by emailing geegeeber@ gmail.com

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here are plenty of really great jokes about golf, many told by the legendary Bob Hope whose quotes included . . .

“The last time I played golf with President Ford he hit a birdie. And an eagle, a moose, an elk, an aardvark…”

“Arnold Palmer is the biggest crowd pleaser since the invention of the portable sanitary facility.”

“I’ll shoot my age if I have to live to be 105.”

“I tell jokes to pay my green fees.”

Now I can’t for the life of me think why this has happened but for some reason this brought to mind a story about a traffic officer who was on duty Christmas Eve. He noticed a driver trying to avoid him, the closer he got the faster the driver went.

Finally the driver realised the traffic officer wasn’t going to give up so he stopped.

The traffic officer approached and said, “I’m not sure why you were trying to get away from me

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but seeing it’s Christmas Eve and a time for giving, I’ll give you a chance to avoid a ticket”.

“That’s very kind of you,” said the driver, “what do I have to do?”

“Well,” said the traffic officer, “if you can give me a really good reason for your actions in the spirit of Christmas I’ll let you off with a warning”.

“Thing is,” said the motorist, “my wife ran off with a traffic officer and when I saw you following me I thought, oh no, he might be bringing her back!”

Best excuse that traffic officer had ever heard and he’d heard a few, hence no ticket issued, not even a warning.

Still trying to think of why Bob Hope’s golf jokes brought to mind traffic officers.

Anyway the young preacher, who we’ve mentioned in previous stories, decided to further his studies and joined a group of preachers who decided to consider the miracles mentioned in the Bible.

As logic would have it, they decided to start with the first recorded miracle which took place at a marriage celebration at Cana in Galilee.

The host was embarrassed because the wine ran out.

The Lord’s mother asked Him to help and He called the waiters to bring water which He turned into wine.

The host was complimented with the guests saying often the best wine is served first, but their host had saved the best for later.

As befitting the occasion, the preachers had some refreshments while discussing the miracle.

On the way home the young preacher was stopped at a booze

bus where a traffic officer recognised him and politely asked where he had been.

“At a study group,” replied the young preacher and he said how they been studying the first recorded miracle in the Bible.

The traffic officer knew about the miracle and referred to changing water into wine, then asked if he had consumed any.

“No, I’m sure we just had water,” said the young preacher.

The traffic officer said he wasn’t doubting that, but was obliged to do a breath test.

He then informed the preacher the test was within the limit, but it did indicate wine.

“My goodness, praise the Lord,” said the young preacher, “He’s done it again!”

And I’ve just realised what brought on an association with traffic officers – it was something Bob Hope’s mate Dean Martin said which was also a wise thought for the day once quoted

by Matt, our editor.

Good old Deano said, “If you drink, don’t drive. Don’t even try to putt”.

Another large quake has hit, this time near New Plymouth. A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has rocked the city. The 2.35pm quake struck just 10km deep, about 35km north of the city, GeoNet reports.

Some residents said the shake was strong enough to knock objects off the wall. New Plymouth-based Herald reporter Jamie Morton described the quake as a short, sharp and violent shake. “Rather than the rolling quakes we’ve had over the last week, emanating from the lower North Island, this one struck very strongly – we felt our house move.”

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No new Covid cases There were no new cases of Covid-19 yesterday, the ninth straight day of no new cases. The latest Ministry of Health update, released at 1pm, also confirmed there is still one active case in New Zealand. There are no Covid patients in hospital. The NZ Covid Tracer app has now recorded 468,000 registrations – an increase of 10,000 since this time on Saturday. The ministry said using the app would help to identify, trace, test and isolate any cases of Covid-19.

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Glider crash A glider has crashed near Taupō.

The accident at Mt Tauhara was reported around 2.45pm, police said. St John Ambulance was notified about the accident, but were not required, a spokeswoman said. Fire and emergency New Zealand directed all queries to police. - NZME

Crash in Christchurch A person has died after a cyclist and vehicle collided in Christchurch on Saturday afternoon. The crash occurred at an intersection along Hoon Hay Road in Christchurch around 1pm. The person was taken to Christchurch Hospital with moderate injuries, but their condition worsened and they later died. Police are making inquiries to establish the circumstances of the crash.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1964 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 2, 4, 12, 13, 15, 28.

Bonus number: 5.

Powerball winning number: 10.

Strike: 12, 2, 4, 28.

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OUR VIEW

Sue Newman

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Cut prices and keep cash coming in Q

ueen’s Birthday weekend, it’s the last long weekend before winter closes in and traditionally it’s been a weekend that’s seen Kiwis heading to holiday spots far from home.

This year it’s the same but different. People are still heading away, but for most it’ll be our first big road trip, the first time we’ve ventured outside home territory. We’ll be celebrating the good things in our Kiwi backyard.

Traditionally, unless you’re a snow fan, a winter holiday at home is something most Kiwis don’t want to do. This year, we’re locked in our own country and we’re out of options. It’s home patch or no patch.

Locked borders means no tourists and that equals no income for tourism businesses. This weekend will be an exception. We’ve booked accommodation, hired a camper van grabbed our eftpos card. We’re doing our bit to keep the wheels of the tourism sector ticking over.

Unfortunately a one-weekend influx of domestic tourists will not be enough. We all need some solid incentives to spend more time and money travelling and experiencing our own country. In the past the greatest disincentive has always been cost, prices that are geared for the international market, to tourists who’re on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. They’ll happily pay top dollar, most Kiwis won’t.

In this new environment, the savvy operators are out there doing deals. They’re dropping prices, providing incentives.They realise some money is better than no money., And the same goes for our national airline. Traditionally Air New Zealand has provided domestic ticket prices ranging from dirt cheap for the quick and the lucky to eye-watering for the rest.

They’ve now taken a huge hit and if they want to get us back in the air, they also need to be smart.

Bulk up direct regional flights, can the cheapies, but cut the high price tickets too and have a flat, value-for-money rate for each route. Enable the average Kiwi who’d love to go see nana to do so. Kiwis can fly, it’s just cost that keeps them grounded.

YOUR VIEW

Getting started on jobs F

ew countries have as upto-the-minute data as the United States. In recent months it’s meant we’ve seen the daily horror that is their response to Covid-19.

Deaths well in excess of 100,000 people, and yet others out in the streets protesting against lockdown measures, demanding their “freedom.”

It’s also given us a window into the economic impact, and where it falls, that we in New Zealand have not yet seen.

Figures released by the Ministry of Social Development show that since the beginning of our lockdown some 1000 people have gone on the Jobseeker benefit every day. Those figures hide the substantial number with partners in work who can’t access it.

The Government project growth in job losses will continue on for some months, with 160,000 more Kiwis expected to be out of work. But what we don’t yet know, beyond anecdote, is who those people are, and how well prepared they are for that shock to their personal finances.

Unfortunately this is where

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the US data is quite stark – the impact will be felt most by those least able to afford it. Research there shows that those in the bottom 20 per cent of income distribution (ie those paid least) are four times more likely to lose their job than those in the top 20 per cent.

What we also know from past shocks like the Global Financial Crisis is that it can be difficult to get people back into employment once they’ve been out of the workforce for some time.

The wage subsidy introduced by the Government, modelled on one used after the Kaikoura earthquakes, was a useful way of helping employers with some of their wage costs. It undoubtedly helped keep many Kiwis employed, but it had its limitations.

The wage subsidy was rightly passed from employer to

employee, and could not be used for any of the other substantial costs that businesses continued to incur. Many employers have struggled with ongoing rent throughout the lockdown, and now find themselves in a position of high debt.

With the wage subsidy coming to an end many are now looking at ways they can reduce their costs, and unfortunately for some that will involve job losses, as we’ve seen recently with a number of businesses in Ashburton like Bunnings.

What’s needed now is a strong economic plan to not only stem those job losses, but importantly, create jobs for those that have been lost.

On Friday National leader Todd Muller announced the JobStart scheme which will provide a $10,000 grant for businesses who take on a new employee in a permanent full-time role, helping create up to 50,000 new jobs across New Zealand.

It recognises the huge costs that many small businesses have incurred in recent months, and the ongoing economic uncertainty ahead of us.

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Some have suggested the cost is too high. JobStart equates to 33 weeks of unemployment benefit payments for those who’ve lost their jobs as a result of Covid-19.

Rather than having those people unemployed, it’s far better to have them working in real jobs in our community.

The cost of not doing so is enormous. People falling out of employment, going on the benefit for an extended period, making it so much harder to encourage them back into work in the future. Many of whom will have debts, families, and lifestyles that would struggle to be afforded without a regular pay packet. Small and medium businesses form part of the engine room of the New Zealand economy, it’s critical we give them the confidence to invest and grow new jobs for those who need them most.

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A multi-cultural town

eople from all over the world call Mid Canterbury their home, as we can see from the 2018 census. They come from nearly every continent (beside Antarctica). Over 18 per cent of the people living in the district during 2018 were born overseas.

The largest migrant groups are: ■■ Philippines - 1230 ■■ England - 1100 ■■ Australia - 474 ■■ Samoa - 360 ■■ South Africa - 306 ■■ Fiji - 261 ■■ India - 246 ■■ Scotland - 180 ■■ Tonga - 168 ■■ Cook Islands - 168 ■■ Netherlands - 120 ■■ Ireland – 120 We also have around 300 people from Latin and South America.

If we look into New Zealand wide immigration data, at the end of March this year we had 221,000 with work visas, 190,000 recent residents (less than five years in New Zealand) and 82,000 international students.

Obviously the numbers of international students and work visa holders is likely to change later this year.

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Building a socially inclusive Aotearoa New Zealand

nclusive Aotearoa Collective is a new collaboration of people across the country committed to building a socially inclusive Aotearoa New Zealand.

It was created following the March 15 terror attack, but it’s not just Kiwi Muslims who face hostility.

Maori, women, people with disabilities, transgender people, and many other groups do not

always experience Aotearoa New Zealand as their place to belong.

Its goal is to develop a comprehensive Strategy for Belonging and Inclusion would bring a more co-ordinated approach across communities, creating a living, growing network across Aotearoa New Zealand, allowing individuals, organisations and regions to learn from each other, and will strengthen work already being

done and highlight any gaps.

It was founded by Anjum Rahman, a founding member of the Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand, an organisation formed in 1990 to bring Muslim women together and represent their concerns, and of Shama (Hamilton Ethnic Women’s Centre), a social service organisation that provides support to ethnic women through its social work service, life-skills

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classes and community development.

She has also been an active member of the Waikato Interfaith Council for over a decade.

They would like to hear your thoughts about belonging and inclusion, with the goal of talking to people across the country, from all walks of life – to hear first-hand about their sense of belonging in Aotearoa.

They are asking people to join them online to talk about what belonging feels like, what hinders this and what has to change. This is an online conversation. Held using Zoom and running for 90 minutes, the online conversations are informal and interactive.

If you wish to join the conversation or learn more please go to https://www.inclusiveaotearoa. nz/events

Back on the road and in class

t’s nice to see life returning to nearly normal and we are so pleased to be back on the road and in class again.

We have our fifth group of learners studying the Road Code and we look forward to seeing them progress through to their test and then out with mentors.

It’s really exciting to have a few male participants in this class and it’s great to see them getting off farm and meeting new people.

This is a busy time in the dairy farming calendar, and a lot of our participants are from dairy farms, so it’s great that employers see the benefit in converting their international licence and becoming a safe and confident driver on our roads. To be giving them time off work to come to class at this time of year shows how much they are valued.

We have some more participants sitting their practical driving tests over the next couple of weeks. These were booked to happen in April, but of course were postponed. And we have a few new learner drivers out on the road with new their mentors. It’s always fun to see them driving around town.

What we love most about this programme is seeing new friendships develop, new skills being learnt and hearing of the

difference we are making to people’s lives.

And these two ladies sum it up beautifully, in their own words: “You can see what amount of happiness, along with confidence, once I got my learners license till my full license. Am thankful to the Rural driving scheme and the people who supported me from the beginning till I got my wings with full licence. It is quite unforgettable for me how driving gave me a big change in my life.”

Ramandeep, India “When I came to NZ I didn’t know how to drive or anything about getting my licence.

I was feeling very helpless and lonely on the farm. Now that I have my licence I am like a bird. I can go wherever I want and I am so excited. My kids are very happy too because when there is a school programme, I can Shonal, Fiji go.”

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Great month for online Zoom webinars

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e had several great online Zoom webinars this past month.

Two of them were with Lesley Ottey, Rethink Educator at Eco Educate. She gave a lot of information about what and how to recycle (we learned you don’t throw flat plastic/can lids into the recycle bin, as the sorting machine may mistake them for paper), about composting and how to start a worm farm.

The videos are still available on our Facebook page (Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network) and our YouTube channel (Hakatere Multi Cultural Council).

We also had a very good Maori cultural awareness webinar with Hakatere Marae Komiti chairperson Michelle Brett.

Michelle shared a lot of useful information about engaging and working with the Maori community.

Unfortunately, we had technical issue saving the recorded session, so it’s not available online.

We hope to record another one in the future.

We are continuing in our efforts to support the people in the migrant community who lost their jobs during the lockdown and couldn’t find a new job due to work visa restrictions.

Hopefully we’ll see Immigration NZ catching up and allowing change of visa conditions, thus allowing these migrants to find a new job while they are still here.

While citizens and residents get direct government support (such as Work and Income), international students, people with a working holiday visa and migrants with a work visa are not entitled to these benefits.

And their visa conditions can make it even harder. Unlike most Kiwis, they can’t simply change a job or move to a new region – that would require a change of visa conditions, which has to go through Immigration NZ, and the lockdown means processing of applications was halted. Some have moved or changed type of work just before the lockdown, submitted the request to change

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D their visa, and can’t work until their application is approved. In other cases, they are hosting visitors from overseas who are now stuck here with no way of getting back home (that applies also to some migrants facing hardships).

Some can’t work or look for a new job due to children being at home and in some cases the 80 per cent work subsidy helps, but not enough, as they can’t get additional financial support.

Through funding from MSD and recently Oranga Tamariki we have been providing unemployed migrants in Ashburton and Methven with local supermarket and dairy vouchers (including from a migrant-owned business), heating supplies and even some help with electricity and internet bills. We have also given some families cleaning and sanitation care packages donated by Waitaha Primary Health, and are working with Ashburton Rotary club to provide firewood for some of our clients.

Help is still available.

If you know migrants who are struggling due to Covid-19 please send them my way.

Here are some of the Also here are some responses we received: “Thank you so much for the voucher it’s really helpful to help us buying food thank a lot for your help”

“Thanks a lot for the help that we had last week.. we went to the supermarket to buy some food for my families!..we do appreciate all your help and support for us..

Lots of love” “Thank you so much for the food voucher. As I said to you before we are unable to work until our new visas come through (which hasn’t happened yet) and have spent a long time eating into our savings. Saving money on our groceries has been a huge help and we are both very grateful! It means a lot that you have thought about people stuck in our situation and hopefully everything will get sorted out in the near future.”

“Thanks for helping us. We also reached out to the council and they were able to give us a food parcel this month and were able to give us some advice.”

“The food vouchers helped us a lot, I have been laid off 3 times in the past year and had to get temporary work with minimum wage. My partner is in the process of switching her work visa and isn’t allowed to work with little insight from immigration when/if it will come through.

The food vouchers relieved some of the stress of having to worry about how to support our basic needs. Thank you” “Hi! Thank you so much for the

help during this difficult time.

The voucher that you sent helped me a lot to buy my son’s everyday lunch while I am still jobless now that he is back to school. More power to your team and may you be blessed abundantly.”

“Hi Adi, Good Afternoon, Thank you for your support on behalf of Hakatere Multicultural Centre. The food voucher really helped me immensely to cover my basic grocery expenses in this rare global pandemic Covid-19 scenario.

I could able to sustain a couple of weeks with the food voucher since I am jobless due to Covid-19. I would like to mention Adi’s prompt response to my situation and he personally came and spoke to me and handed over the food voucher to my home in Methven. Many thanks again and keep up the good work for us.”

The Hakatere Multi Cultural Council is proudly sponsored by the Advance Ashburton Community Foundation, the Tindall Foundation, COGS, Ashburton District Council, The Lion Foundation, Community Trust Mid & South Canterbury and Office of Ethnic Communities.

Kia kaha, Adi Avnit, co-ordinator Hakatere Multi Cultural Council

A taste of Middle Eastern food

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f you like Middle Eastern or Mediterranean food, you may be familiar with the pitta pocket, which differs from other flatbreads like tortilla or naan by having a “pocket” inside.

Pitta bread is a round bread with a pocket in the middle. Pitta bread must be cooked in ovens that can get extremely hot. The pocket in a pitta is made by steam, which puffs up the dough during the baking process. When the bread cools, it becomes flat again but a pocket is left in the middle of the bread.

The pockets in pitta bread make them perfect for making sandwiches, wraps, and other types of recipes you can hold in your hand. For example, pitta bread is used for popular Middle Eastern dishes, such as gyros and falafel.

Falafel is Israel’s most common (and affordable) street food. The pitta is served hot and filled to the brim with falafel balls, hot chips, salad, hummus and liquid tahini poured on top of everything. A good pitta will not leak even with all of this goodness inside!

Another way to eat pitta is by tearing pieces of it and scooping up various dips and sauces such as hummus. Unlike bread it’s not likely to leave crumbs in your dip.

3½ C flour 1 T yeast 2 T sugar ½ T salt 1/8 C vegetable oil 1½ C water (half boiled, half tap water) ■■ Preheat the oven to 250 °C ■■ Mix/knead the ingredients together until you get a dough.

■■ Cover and leave in warm place for 1-2 hours until doubled in size.

■■ Knead again, pulling the edges outwards and folding them back into the centre.

■■ Leave again to rise for 30 minutes.

■■ Make dough balls around 5cm in diameter.

■■ Cover balls with a towel and leave for another 15 minutes.

■■ Flatten dough balls until around 1cm high.

■■ Bake for 4 minutes, flip over and bake for another 4 minutes.

■■ Remove from oven, gently cut into edge with a sharp knife and stuff it with tasty fillings.

■■ You can also serve a fresh warm pita with dipping sauces

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uring the past couple of months, we have had a chance to be exposed to some content that wouldn’t be available without worldwide lockdowns.

Most initiatives also raise funds to support people in need from across the entertainment industry at all stages of their careers.

Here are some of the things you can watch online: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Universal have teamed up to launch a YouTube channel called The Shows Must Go On. On it, his beloved musicals (and others) are shown for free for 48 hours, starting with a premiere on Friday night (UK time, so Saturday morning here).

Fans already had a chance to watch Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies (Phantom’s sequel), Andrew Lloyd Webber Royal Albert Hall Celebration, By Jeeves, Cats, The Sound of Music and Hairspray.

The British National Theatre has launched their National Theatre Home, where full-length plays are made available on YouTube each week (and only for a week), with This House available this week and Shakespeare’s Coriolanus from June 4 (UK time).

American actor Josh Gad is hosting Reunited Apart on YouTube with movies casts reunion through video chat. So far he has done Back to the Future, Goonies and Splash.

Stars In The House, a daily talk show, is Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley, hosting people from theatre, musicals and TV. They had casts from Star Trek Voyager, CW’s The Flash, The Full Monty (Broadway), Melrose place, Taxi, China Beach, Les Misérables (original Broadway cast), Frasier and many more.

Lord of the Rings fans got a chance to hear Andy Serkis (Gollum) reading through all of The Hobbit.

The full recording is no longer available, but you can still hear him reading chapter five, “Riddles in the dark”, featuring (and doing the voice of) Gullum.

Fans of author Neil Gaiman’s (who has been in New Zealand during the lockdown) Good Omens can watch a short video called Good Omens: Lockdown recorded by the TV series’ Michael Sheen and David Tennant.

And our local geek convention Armageddon Expo has been sharing interviews/panels done remotely with various TV and movie stars on their Facebook page.

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The New Zealand Order of Merit

Mrs Beverley Ann May For services to cycling Dr Anthony John O’Brien For services to mental health nursing

DNZM To be Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

Dr Brian Thomas Pauling For services to broadcasting and education

Distinguished Professor Jane Elizabeth Harding, ONZM For services to neonatology and perinatology

Mr Murray Powell For services to wildlife conservation and the deer industry

Dr Karen Olive Poutasi, CNZM For services to education and the State Mrs Aroha Hohipera Reriti-Crofts, CBE, JP For services to Maori and the community

KNZM To be Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Professor Robert Bartlett Elliott, CNZM For services to medical research Professor Derek Arana Te Ahi Lardelli, ONZM For services to Maori art

CNZM To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Mr Turanga Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr For services to Maori and heritage commemoration Mr Michael Dennis Bush, MNZM For services to the New Zealand Police and the community Mrs Maureen Patricia Corby For services to early childhood education Dr Tessa Duder, OBE For services to literature Mr David Charles Ellis For services to the thoroughbred industry Ms Elizabeth Fiona Knox, ONZM For services to literature Mr Barry John Maister, ONZM For services to sport and the community Mr James Bruce McKenzie For services to the cattle industry Professor John Norman Nacey For services to health and education Mr George Ngaei, ONZM For services to health and the Pacific community Ms Rosslyn Joy Noonan For services to human rights Ms Justine Gay Bronwyn Smyth For services to governance and women

ONZM To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Ms Barbara Frances Ala’alatoa, MNZM For services to education Mrs Jeanne Lorraine Begej For services to ice figure skating

Dr Karen Olive Poutasi CNZE Mr Anthony André Bonne For services to local government and the community Mr Taika David Cohen (Taika Waititi) For services to film Distinguished Professor Marston Donald Edward Conder For services to mathematics Mr Derek Rex Crowther For services to the motor vehicle industry Ms Judith Ann Darragh For services to the arts Dr Daryle Elizabeth Anne Deering For services to nursing, particularly mental health and addiction nursing Mr James Edward Doherty, JP For services to Maori and conservation Adjunct Associate Professor Rosemary Ann Du Plessis For services to women and education Professor Alec Joseph Ekeroma For services to health and the Pacific community Dr Garry Vernon Forgeson For services to oncology Dr Jan Elizabeth Gregor For services to water safety and public health Mr James Arthur Griffin For services to the television and film industries Mrs Joan Frances Harnett-Kindley For services to netball and the real estate industry Ms Mary Helen Holm For services to financial literacy education Mr Terence John Kayes For services to the engineering industry Professor Ian David Lambie For services to clinical psychology Mr Anthony Bruce Lepper, JP For services to sports administration and local government Mr David Robert Maurice Ling For services to the publishing industry Ms Vicki Louise Masson For services to perinatal and maternal health

Mr Thomas Richard Barton Rainey For services to music and music education Mr Kieran James Read For services to rugby Ms Anne Lesley Richardson For services to wildlife conservation

All Blacks skipper Kieran Read and outdoor recreation Mr Joseph John Francis Davis For services to Maori and conservation

Mr Murray Ian Dawson For services to horticulture

Mr Alistair Norman Spierling For services to the State and the community

Ms Jacqueline Leigh Edmond For services to sexual and reproductive health

Mr James Ronald Tomlin For services to art education

Mr Iosefa Punefu Enari For services to Pacific dance

JP

Mrs Ani Patene Gazala Wainui,

For services to Maori language education Mrs Lisa Jacqueline Woolley For services to the community and governance Mr David John Zwartz For services to the Jewish and interfaith communities

MNZM To be Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Ms Donna Tusiata Avia For services to poetry and the arts Mr John Clinton Baddeley For services to local government and the community Ms Carol Bartle For services to health, particularly breastfeeding education Mr David Michael Benton For services to addiction support and treatment Ms Georgina Beyer, JP For services to LGBTIQA+ rights Mrs Marianne Bishop For services to the union movement and the community Mrs Patricia Gwenieth Broad, QSM For services to gymnastics Mr John McGregor Buchanan For services to music Mr Russell George Burt For services to primary education Mrs Lois Anne Chick For services to education Mr David Osborne Crerar For services to mountaineering

Mr Donald John MacLean For services to education

Mrs Pamela Josephine Nicol Dawkins For services to horticulture

Mrs Avis Janett Ann Rishworth For services to women

Dr Brian Lindsay Turner For services to literature and poetry

Mr Takapuna Eruete Whaipooti Mackey For services to martial arts and Maori

Miss Rhonda Renyl Nga-Tiawa Fraser For services to women and aviation Mrs Emily Sarah Gaddum For services to hockey Mr William Neil Graham For services to youth and the community Mr David Victor William Harvey For services to the New Zealand Police and the community Dr Jeremy Paul Hill For services to the dairy industry and scientific research Ms Elizabeth Hird For services to health Dr Roberta Kathleen Hunter For services to mathematics education Mr Graham Peter Jackson For services to the trades industry and business Mrs Sandra Jenkins For services to education Mrs Muriel Naomi TeHuikau Johnstone For services to Maori and conservation Ms Sharon Anne Kearney For services to physiotherapy and netball Dr Alison Margaret Keeling For services to gerontology

Ms Maureen Naomi McCleary For services to the arts Mr Donald Ellis McKay For services to seniors and the community Dr Priscilla Muriel McQueen For services as a poet Dr Beverley Ann Milne For services to education Mr Desmond Gerard Minehan For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand JP

Dr Arish Chakarvarthi Naresh,

For services to the community and dentistry Mrs Kiri Marie Nathan For services to Maori and the fashion industry Tofilau Bernadette Barbara Pereira For services to the Pacific community and women Dr Vincent James Peterson For services to the veterinary profession Mr Graham Carrick Preston For services to education Mr Peter Te Rangi Hiroa Ramsden For services to conservation Mrs Aseta Redican For services to health and Pacific peoples Mr William John Rickerby For services to conservation Mr Richard Steward Rudd For services to ceramic art Mr Noel John Henry Sheat For services to ploughing and the community

Dr Kevin Bartley Knight, JP For services to education

Ms Susan Mary Sherrard For services to people with disabilities

Dr Maureen Robin Lander For services to Maori art

Mr Peter Edward Smale For services to seniors, the community and horticulture

Dr Sarah Isabella Leberman For services to women, sport and tertiary education

Miss Dianne Judith Smeehuyzen, JP For services to brass bands

Mr Donald Stuart Long For services to literature and education, particularly Pacific language education

Ms Ramari Evelyn Sidonie Oliphant Stewart For services to Maori culture, wildlife conservation and research

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For services to stroke victims and the community Ms Donna Marie Kennedy For services to people with disabilities Mr John Charles Kennedy-Good For services to the community Mr Pravin Kumar, JP For services to the Indian community Mr Ronald John David Lamont For services to aviation Christopher Te’o

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Ms Lynette Harata Te Aika For services to Maori language education Mr Christopher Te’o For services to health, cycling and the Pacific community Mrs Mary Helen Thompson For services to netball administration Mrs Ngareta Timutimu For services to Maori and education Dr Janet Catherine Turnbull For services to health Mr Robert Lindsay Webb, QSM For services to wildlife conservation

Mrs Elizabeth Herrmann For services to the hospitality industry and philanthropy

The Queen’s Service Order QSO

To be a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order:

Mrs Emelita Rosita Selena Simeaanamulu Luisi For services to youth Mr Christopher John Marshall For services to music Mrs Gayle Patricia June Marshall For services to the community Mr Ewan Cameron Mason For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community

Ms Clare Elizabeth Wells For services to early childhood education

Mr Neil Malcolm McCorkindale, JP For services to hockey administration

The Queen’s Service Medal

Mr Morris Samuel McFall For services to the community and philanthropy

QSM

Jane Harding and the community

Miss Agnes Miller Anderson For services to choral music

Mr Terence John Roche For services to the community

Ms Edith Hazel Barnes, JP For services to local government and the community

Mr Richard Alexander Scadden For services to the community

Mr Ian Norman Walker For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand

Ms Gillian Clare Bishop For services to conservation Mrs Robyn Mary Bisset For services to the community

Mr Malcolm Alan Walker For services to sport and education

Mr Bevan Albert Bradding For services to the community Kayla Whitelock Mrs Kayla Marie Whitelock For services to hockey Mrs Joan Glanville Whittaker For services to heritage preservation and music education Mr Lloyd Murray Whittaker For services to heritage preservation and music education Mrs Maria Ruth McGredy Winder For services to music education Mrs Maureen Dawn Wood For services to people with disabilities

HONORARY

Ms Kay Michelle Brereton For services to the welfare of beneficiaries Dr David Jeffrey Butler For services to conservation Mr Allan John Cox For services to the community Mr Chandu Daji, JP For services to the Indian community and sport Mrs Priscilla Maree Dawson For services to refugees and the Burmese community Mrs Dawn Zeala Elliott For services to art education

To be Honorary Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

Mr Ian Harold Foster For services to the community

Ms Angelica Johanna Maria Edgley For services to forensic science

Mrs Audrey Coreen Gray For services to choral music

Ms Lita Foliaki For services to the Pacific community Dr Johan Hellemans

Mrs Ella Regina Hanify (Ella Buchanan Hanify) For services to music Mrs Eileen Margaret Holt

Mr Stuart John Lewis Thorne For services to conservation and search and rescue Mrs Myra Jill Tohill For services to the community

Mrs Rhys Bean For services to the community

Mrs Margaret Mary Bradding For services to the community

Mr Thomas James Thomas For services to victim support and the community

Mrs Margaret Mary Western For services to migrant and refugee communities

Trevor McGlinchey Mr Trevor John McGlinchey For services to Maori and the community Mr Robert Edward McGowan, JP For services to Maori and conservation Mrs Olga Patrina McKerras For services to the community Mr Suresh Chunilal Patel, JP For services to the community and sport Mrs Molima Molly Pihigia For services to Niuean art and the community Afamasaga Agnes Rasmussen For services to education and the Pacific community Mr Roy Reid For services to seniors Miss Melva Joy Robb For services to rural communities and women Mr Ian Arthur Robinson, JP For services to surf lifesaving

Afiff Shah JP Mr Afiff Shah, JP For services to the Muslim community and football Mr William Mitchell Sharp For services to youth Mrs Maher Angez Singh For services to seniors and the community Mr Barry John Smith For services to football and historical research Mrs Lynn Patricia Smith (Lynn Gilbert-Smith) For services to dance education Ms Marie Jane Taylor For services to horticulture and native revegetation Mr Neil Alexander Taylor For services to people with intellectual disabilities and the community

Mrs Alexa Learmonth Whaley For services to historical research and heritage preservation Mr Roger Lewis Williams For services to conservation Mr Gareth David Winter For services to historical research Ms Gwenyth Mary Wright For services to women and the community Mrs Diane Stretton Yalden For services to the community

The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration DSD Brigadier Michael John Shapland For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

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Netball offering umpire refresher

By Adam Burns

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Local netball umpires will have a chance to brush up on the rule book ahead of the season start.

Mid Canterbury Netball will hold a two hour refresher session for new and budding umpires next weekend at the EA Network Centre. “ We’ve had a few people ask if we can run a refresher for our newest umpires heading into the season,” a Mid Canterbury Netball spokesperson said.

“So we’re going to do just that.

“It doesn’t matter how old you are, if you’re new to umpiring or think you’d benefit from it, then come along.”

Umpire theory and practical sessions were held back in March.

Mid Canterbury Netball outlined plans for its season last week following talks with clubs in the district.

Various grades will start their respective competitions over the next two months including the senior and ACL Premier competitions which get under way on June 27 and July 2 respectively.

The umpire refresher session begins at 10 am on June 14.

If you are interested in attending email info@mcnetball.co.nz A pre-season refresher session for netball umpires will be held next weekend.

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New Zealand Rugby optimistic about player market

By Liam Napier For all the financial pain and mass redundancies New Zealand rugby continues to endure, the fraught global landscape could alter the player market and present the domestic scene in a much more attractive light.

No-one can yet predict the full toll the coronavirus pandemic will have on national unions, clubs and global player wages.

Already, though, the intent to reduce spending is emerging for all involved.

“There could be a bit of a rebasing of the player market about to go on,” NZR head of professional rugby Chris Lendrum says, tentatively.

“A lot of it will be determined by broadcasting ability to pay for rights. Talking to our colleagues up in the UK it sounds like both the [English] Premiership and Top 14 in France will seek to cut player wages across the board.

“How they reach an agreement on that remains to be seen.

“Everybody is trying to find a sustainable way forward here.

“If those markets rebase then ours has the potential to as well, but it’s so fluid at the moment it’s hard to say for sure.”

What we know for sure is New Zealand, as the first nation to resume rugby in two weeks, is better placed than any to position itself as a more attractive proposition than it has been viewed for some time.

So much of that pitch rides on

sorting out the mess that is the unsustainable domestic game – a yet-to-be-determined blueprint that encompasses the Mitre 10 Cup’s seemingly tenuous semi-professional status, and Super Rugby’s reshaped mid-to-long term future.

But as the Northern Hemisphere remains stuck in a panicked state of attempting to finish this season before the next is scheduled to start, New Zealand etches ever closer a local rebuild in the form of Super Rugby Aotearoa that will not only deliver compelling content over 10 weeks, but likely soon welcome back limited crowds.

“My overall sense is this presents positive opportunities for New Zealand,” Lendrum says.

“With the world in crisis this is a great time to be in New Zealand.

We’re a first world country tucked away in the corner of the planet with a strong health system – all of which makes people reflect how lucky they are to be here at the moment.

“That’s going to have an impact in terms of player decision-making.

“In a broader societal and rugby sense, as challenging as the financial climate is at the moment, I do feel we may have an opportunity to bounce out of this comparatively better than other nations.”

In essence from a New Zealand perspective, chaotic autonomy breeds opportunity.

As English and French clubs become more protectionist, lucra-

tive Euro contracts may dwindle.

Private owners in England are fast tiring of losing £7 million on average each season – the Herald understands one owner alone has shed £50m over several seasons, only to line his players’ pockets.

In one season the English clubs conspired to lose more than NZ Rugby’s cash reserves pre-Covid.

Such eradication of personal wealth on a yearly basis will not continue.

This is why the future of Wasps, London Irish, Worcester and Newcastle are shrouded in doubt and why Lord Meyers’ report recommends scrapping the marquee exemption that allows clubs to contract two players outside the bloated salary cap – a system that lured former All Blacks Steven Luatua, Charles Piutau and Lima Sopoaga, among others, in their prime.

“At this time you’ve got club owners who historically haven’t cared much about their ego investment in a rugby team running at a loss because the rest of their business interests have been highly profitable,” Lendrum says.

“Now that model is really challenged for them so their tolerance for their ego investment is far less.

“Reducing the marquee player allowance would have a big impact on the sort of contracts that have been offered to guys like Lima, Kurtley Beale before him at Wasps, Charles and so on.

“Sitting where we do I feel optimistic there could be some advantages out of this situation, provided we can sort our own backyard.

Chris Lendrum “If we see more players not taking contracts or there not being as many opportunities as there were overseas and the desire to travel for people with families is less then that might change our depth proposition in New Zealand. We’re watching with real interest.”

As the pandemic continues to severely impinge life freedoms in other rugby countries, high-profile former All Blacks and middle tier-talent have flooded home in their droves.

While many of these players remain under contract elsewhere and prohibitive insurance costs in the tens of thousands will prevent the likes of Ben Smith and Liam Squire suiting up, other free agents such as Julian Savea and Ma’a Nonu are expected to give this year’s Mitre 10 Cup a welcome shot in the arm.

Japan is one rugby market more insulated than most, but even Top League contracts are increasingly competitive as Australian, South African and Europeans seek ref-

uge from cutbacks in their backyards. As it stands, the Top League season is scheduled to restart in January; a timeframe that poses a recruitment threat to New Zealand’s elite talent.

Lendrum believes New Zealand will strengthen its alliance with Japan as the Brave Blossoms under Jamie Joseph eye inclusion in the Rugby Championship and the possibility of linking Top League teams in a southern hemisphere club competition gathers momentum.

“Obviously their competition running in the same window as us presents a challenge but it also presents an opportunity to align with the Japanese and continue the good work we’ve done with growing our relationship and presence there. Put it this way – if there was one market we’d prefer to be in competition with it would be the Japanese.”

From a pure scale of economy New Zealand sits at the shallow end of global rugby. but if – and it is a big if – NZ Rugby can map a sustainable structure that then attracts significant private investment, there appears hope Covid-19 can yet breed some good here.

“It’s certainly possible we could close the wage gap if we get competitions that fans engage with; players want to play in, coaches want to coach in and broadcasters want to pay for. It sounds simple but it’s not. Everybody is hurting, but we’ve also got to look at the opportunity in front of us.

“It’s massively exciting to be able to create our own future.”

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Eyes on the Cup Tim Trathen knows Dadndave isn’t your usual New Zealand Cup horse.

But that won’t stop him dreaming the dream of the second Tuesday in November after the four-year-old’s brave comeback win at Addington on Friday night.

The little pacer with the big heart combined gate speed and tenacity in the hands of Bob Butt to take out the feature pace of harness racing’s return weekend, beating favourite Nandolo for speed up the passing lane after sitting on him in the trail.

It was Dadndave’s seventh career win and while he will now continue down the unusual winter path we have all be sent on by Covid-19, trainer and co-owner Trathen has THAT race in the back of his mind.

“We’d like to think we could get him to the Cup,” says Trathen.

“He is a good stayer who likes it the further the races are and he is good from a standing start.

“So we might give him two or three more starts this time in, a short spell and set him down a Cup path.”

Trathen might only train eight horses, a number that close to doubles when he takes on other trainer’s young ones to break in or pre-train, but he knows a good horse and doesn’t aim his stable star at the Cup naively.

“I know how hard it will be but you don’t often get a horse good enough to start in the Cup.

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 9 868 Pascale Jewel nwtd.......................C Roberts 10 68x77 Smash Trust nwtd............................. M Grant 5 1.15pm CRATE & BARREL HOTEL MAIDEN FEATURE C0, 520m 1 47363 Slippery Suzie nwtd S &..................B Evans 2 4 Crystal Candy nwtd....................J McInerney 3 47742 Goldstar Aria nwtd S &.....................B Evans 4 55243 Angry Jane nwtd...........................M Roberts 5 7x352 Ohoka Megan nwtd....................... L Waretini 6 Seductive Kiwi nwtd............................C Weir 7 25 Opawa Girls Get nwtd......................R Wales 8 Opawa Gypsy nwtd..........................R Wales 9 F5645 Goldstar Darwin nwtd S &................B Evans 6 1.35 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C0, 520m 1 32 Opawa Boys Paid nwtd J &..............D Fahey 2 35536 Adelphi nwtd J M.............................. McCook 3 87757 My Bentley nwtd...............................R Wales 4 74 Homebush Carter nwtd..............J McInerney 5 Young Mase nwtd J M...................... McCook 6 67356 Princess Romaine nwtd................S Hindson 7 848 Opawa Rowdy nwtd.........................R Wales 8 56754 Adobe Girl nwtd............................M Roberts 9 67x86 Opawa Dawn nwtd...........................R Wales 7 1.52pm CULVIE BOY’S SYNDICATE DASH C0, 295m 1 485 Iylah Jewel nwtd............................C Roberts 2 74748 Homebush Sonja nwtd...............J McInerney 3 34544 Horse Range nwtd........................... M Grant 4 x2357 Marakesh Max nwtd...................J McInerney 5 55 Taieri Mellay nwtd............................R Casey 6 63326 Girl Midori nwtd..........................R Blackburn 7 Homebush Maple nwtd..............J McInerney 8 77664 Diller nwtd..................................J McInerney 9 868 Pascale Jewel nwtd.......................C Roberts 10 35786 Opawa Nash nwtd.............................. J Rush 8 2.10pm SPRINGSTON HOTEL DASH C0, 295m 1 8756x Duke Of Argyll nwtd....................H Anderton 2 6 Homebush Kian nwtd.................J McInerney 3 7 Impressive Jazz nwtd.................J McInerney 4 3 Homebush Sugar nwtd..............J McInerney 5 F5843 Cancun nwtd...............................N Wanhalla 6 73622 Button It nwtd J M............................ McCook 7 Maximus Speed nwtd....................C Roberts 8 222 Crystal Cilla nwtd.......................J McInerney 9 868 Pascale Jewel nwtd.......................C Roberts 10 68x77 Smash Trust nwtd............................. M Grant 9 2.27 MY REDEEMER DISTANCE FEATURE C0d, 645m

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“As everybody knows Dave McHugh from the Yaldy (Hotel) is in him and he would love to have a horse in the Cup and so would I. “The only sad part would be Dad not be here to enjoy it.”

Trathen’s father John passed away in February, so his mother Sue has now taken over that share in Dadndave.

While he was the pacing star of the night the trotting highlight came from a wildly different shaped horse in Matua Tana.

The big horse with the short attention span outlasted another quality animal in Cracker Hill in the main trot but considering the three-year-old gave his conqueror a 10m start the honours were probably shared.

Matua Tana has the motor to be an open class force and he suggested just that when he won at Addington last September by over seven lengths.

But trainers Greg and Nina has had their troubles with him since and all the way up the Addington straight punters who took the $6 about him would have been holding their breath.

He was aided by driver Gerard O’Reilly sitting quiet as a mouse in the sulky and while wouldn’t want your last dollar on him any time soon, if Matau Tana can continue to gain confidence he could join Dadndave in a mid-November group one of a different gait.

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ACROSS 1. With one warder on the prowl, must be crackers (1,5,5) 7. Dry hilt out in position ‘c’ (7) 9. Go one behind another to put the papers away (4) 11. It is more accurate to make return endlessly complicated (5) 12. The office desk (6) 14. Grim shapes may include nothing earthquakes are recorded on (11) 18. ET was perhaps born as one in France (6) 20. Various orgies one left for the furze (5) 22. Ring changes with hat taken in court (4) 23. Red unit that hasn’t been tested out (7) 24. Quietly taken in by a rogue, Leo is a wretch (11) DOWN 2. A sudden fit one might rue size of (7) 3. Methods one soundly puts in the balance (4) 4. Something prickly in the back of the book (5) 5. Affirm the condition of it (5) 6. Object to Monsieur being rude about it (5) 8. Rides around with no one up to mockery (8) 10. Is altogether abroad with the Tories (8) 13. With a catch in one’s breath say boss is not quite up to it (3) 15. Colonnade, or topic for revision (7) 16. Make the old boy tab an ecclesiastic (5) 17. Is thin and overgrown with plants one doesn’t want (5) 19. There’s more tear-jerking when about ten (5) 21. Before a young dog finds a chrysalis (4)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’ll know where you belong in the big picture, but it will be challenging to translate that into an action plan that makes sense for today. When in doubt, just do what makes you smile.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Sometimes, the difference between feeling like you’re accomplishing something and actually accomplishing something is hard to detect on your own.

Working in a diverse team solves this problem.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Don’t let the negative events of the past define how you feel about someone right now. Adjust. Think about what people are good at, and hang your mental frame around that.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Stay informed, but recognise when you’re getting too saturated with information to act out of clearheaded optimism. The truth will be intense, so try to take it in small doses.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Your personal boundaries come in many forms. You have your iron wall-type limits, and then you have softer lines. Today’s boundaries will be like doggy gates that can be moved as needed to make life easier.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Today is strange and wonderful because you choose to see it as such. Your attitude and curiosity will merge to lead you on a brief and inspired journey.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Not all your relationships are meant to float, but you try to lighten them up as much as possible. You overlook faults, forgive the little things and find humour where you can.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): It’s pretty easy to know when it’s time to do the right thing; it’s always now.

“He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.” – Horace SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Destiny definitely has played a strong supporting role in your life, but you are still the big star of the picture. You can counter any move destiny makes with an alternative timeline of your own creation.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Anger is more active than sadness. Fear can go a lot of different ways – paralysing, motivating, confusion, clarity.

The same goes for love. Don’t be afraid of any emotion. Let them power you.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You are kind, respectful and sensitive to the needs of others. You see problems as puzzles to be solved and setbacks as opportunities. Your leadership will be sought after.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): To be promoted, prioritised or generally sought out, you must demonstrate the kind of performance someone is looking for. It won’t be hard for you, once you know what’s expected. Research and ask.

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

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‘HALF A SEASON’

This year’s club rugby season is set to be cut in half in what is the latest Covid casualty for community rugby.

The Mid Canterbury Rugby Union (MCRU) said one round of Watters Cup fixtures had been confirmed.

However, the Luisetti Seeds Combined Country Competitions with North Canterbury and Ellesmere sub unions has been scrapped, with the season playing window closing rapidly.

The MCRU Rugby Administra-

tion Council met last week, where it was decided a round’s worth of games would be played.

However, MCRU chief executive Ian Patterson did not rule out a reconfigured second round of the competition if squads were able to commit.

“The plan is from there we’ll run a second round of competition on a format to be determined once we’ve locked down team entries and player availability through August,” he said. “That’s proved to be part of the problem.”

The annual senior club competition features Celtic, Hampstead, Methven, Rakaia, and Southern and traditionally follows the combined competition.

“It’s not ideal,” Patterson said.

“But with the late start to the competition, we’ve run into quite a lot of pushback around August, with farming basically.

“Some of the clubs would prefer a two round competition under the circumstances because of the reduced number of games overall.

“We’re working through part two of the competition and what it might look like so it’s meaningful and competitive.”

The MCRU was also weighing up other factors during its preparation for the season, including the prospect of players choosing not to get match fit for a scaled down competition.

“The risk is you go to a tworound competition and there’s a chance you only have three teams in round two, which is not very meaningful.

“Even referee availability comes into the equation.”

There have been a raft of issues that Mid Canterbury rugby administrators have been forced to consider.

The union also explored the option of holding a combined competition with only Ellesmere.

“That was viewed as being potentially too long and the same issues around player availability come into play.”

Community rugby is scheduled to start on June 20.

NZ Rugby optimistic about post-Covid player market

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