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■■METHVEN ACCOMMODATORS

Negotiating Covid-19 storm

By Susan Sandys

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Operators at Methven’s large accommodation complexes are working their way forward as they negotiate through the Covid-19 storm.

Well used to surviving the odd poor snow year in the cosmopolitan tourist town, seasoned managers have never had to contend with a pandemic closing international borders.

Methven Resort opened for take-away and home delivery from its restaurant when the country moved to Alert Level 3.

Operator Ole Wallis was enjoying taking orders and serving the people of the town, but said ultimately he did not know whether the large resort would survive.

“I would like to think positive but I’m not 100 per cent confident on that,” he said.

Cancellations of bookings both before and after winter resulted in a loss of more than $150,000 in revenue, and it was a blow which had set the business behind by up to 24 months.

He and his business partner had been talking to their bank on their loan, in light of them not meeting criteria for the government’s support loan scheme. And as leaseholders of Methven Resort, they were in negotiations with their landlord, Maxim’s Fashions Limited, for an extension of rent relief.

They also hoped the Ashburton District Council would come to the party to help businesses out with a reduction in commercial rates, particularly during the time throughout which they had had to close.

Methven Resort paid more than $4000 quarterly in rates, not including water.

The council, however, told the Guardian it was already helping the district in this

Accommodation at Brinkley Resort is open, but the restaurant remains closed.

PHOTO SUPPLIED regard, having advised of a penalty writeoff for hardship for instalment four, as well as a reduction in next year’s rates increase from 4.88 per cent to 2.5 per cent.

Brinkley Resort owner-operator Paul Creswick said the 80-apartment complex was open for accommodation and had some guests, but the restaurant was closed for now.

The resort had lost all of its bookings for winter, however, these were group bookings and wholesale bookings.

He was not expecting Brinkley to lose the free independent traveller market, at least from New Zealand if not Australia, and these people generally tended to book later via online mediums.

And with about 52 per cent of the guests who occupied the resort in winter being New Zealanders, he not only planned to retain this market, but extend it further with more Kiwis set to holiday domestically.

Brinkley would be “geared up and ready to go” once Mt Hutt opened for the season.

“Everyone in New Zealand will be jumping out of their skin to do something,” he said.

Organisations which had pre-winter conferences planned had not cancelled these, just postponed them.

Methven was in a good place going forward, not only with Mt Hutt planning to open this winter, but the town’s hot pools construction project firing ahead, Creswick said.

On the bright side the lockdown had given time to re-strategise marketing campaigns and spruce up apartments. He also anticipated there would be high-quality employees looking for work, which would ease traditional skills shortages.

Southern Cross Lodge shareholder Dave Dynes was also confident in the future.

Business had been good during summer at the 50-room complex, and this had put it on the front foot leading into winter.

School groups made up the majority of the complex’s ski season bookings. These had cancelled for the first half of winter.

He was hopeful New Zealand-Australian borders would be open by the September school holidays.

“It’s really good seeing Mt Hutt pulling out all stops to get open,” Dynes said.

He believed honesty was the best policy for small businesses when it came to talking to their banks and their accountants, keeping them up-to-date and not hiding anything.

And in terms of support strategies from local and central government, these were all things that the country would have to pay in the long-term.

“It’s times like these you have to cut your cloth to suit what you have got,” Dynes said.

Ashburton district councillors call for pay freeze

By Sue Newman

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With unemployment rising and many people working reduced hours, Ashburton’s district councillors are pushing to bypass a pay rise next year.

Salaries for both councillors and mayor Neil Brown are set by the Remuneration Authority

and are increased annually.

Currently councils must allocate all of this money to elected members, however on behalf of his councillors, mayor Neil Brown is keen to see the salary pool of $377,856 a year frozen with no movement next year and has written to the Remuneration Authority with this request.

It was a view, however not necessarily shared by all councillors, Brown said.

Out of that pool the deputy mayor is paid $57,502, the five standing committee chairpeople, $43,000 each and three councillors without chairmanships, $35,118 each.

With pay rates for the next

year due to come into effect from July 1, Brown is one of several mayors who are suggesting pay rates should not increase because of the economic impact of Covid-19.

Because all of the allocated pool must be used, elected members do not have the option of taking a pay cut, however they

can give a portion of their salary to charity.

In Ashburton councillor John Falloon has elected to do this, giving 20 per cent of his salary to the IHC. The Remuneration Authority is yet to discuss the option of freezing pay rates for the next financial year.

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Council urged to spend money locally

By Sue Newman

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At a time when all businesses will struggle in the post Covid-19 era, the Ashburton District Council should be spending as much of its money as possible in the local community, says councillor Carolyn Cameron.

Earlier this month she pushed for the council to take a fresh look at its procurement policy, the document that spells out where it spends its money.

Cameron wanted this changed to put greater weight on buying local.

At Thursday’s Covid-19 Response Committee meeting councillors discussed a staff report that recommended the council shop local where possible for 12 months for purchases under $10,000. Cameron wanted it to go one step further, giving preference to local businesses or suppliers within a margin of 5 to 10 per cent of the best price offered across all levels of spending.

“I recommend we do the most we can in this time of economic uncertainty where there’s likely to be increased unemployment.

We need a policy that supports local industry and growth. Our

By Susan Sandys

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policy needs to focus on supporting our community,” she said.

It was easy for the council to talk up the need for people to support their own community, but it needed to be clear that it was also doing this itself, Cameron said.

“It’s essential we demonstrate more than tokenism in recognising our local businesses. It’s within our scope to support local business and our economy.

It may not be significant, but we

John Falloon said his impression was that as long as locals had an opportunity to tender for work or to supply goods they were happy.

Councillors voted to direct staff to shop local where possible for the next 12 months with a cost weighting of 5 per cent for purchases below $10,000.

The best deal for ratepayers would guide purchases between $10,000 and $75,000 and above that there would be no requirement to prefer a local supplier.

need to do it. Not to do something is disgraceful.”

Her fellow councillors were less enthusiastic about a stronger buy local weighting.

It was council’s responsibility to obtain the best value for ratepayers, Lynette Lovett said.

“Most ratepayers wouldn’t thank us for having to put rates up to support buying locally.

And what is local? A lot of big shops are not local and money goes out of town or out of the country,” she said.

Busy end to week for emergency services

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Firefighters have been kept busy attending a number of minor call-outs across the end of the working week, while one person was taken to hospital following a car crash on Wednesday.

Emergency services were called to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Elizabeth Street and Oak Grove at 11.50am on Wednesday.

St John spokesman Gerard Campbell said one person was transported to Ashburton Hospital with minor injuries.

The first fire call-out was on Wednesday when at 10.24am crews from the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to the Rosebank Resthome to a false alarm, a location they were also called to twice on Thursday evening for the same issue.

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that power was off in the town for about an hour, although there was nothing the fire crews could do.

“It is the first one (call-out) we’ve had since the lockdown began, so we’ve done very well and everyone is very well behaved up here,” he said.

On Thursday evening Ashburton were called out to another false alarm, this time at a commercial property in the Ashburton Business Estate.

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Also in the early hours of Thursday morning crews were called to Allenton after a collection of leaves in a gutter had been set on fire.

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Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon said he is bewildered as to why government this week in Parliament denied a request to table an MP pay reduction bill.

However, a spokesperson for the Minister of Finance Grant Robertson said it was denied because the government is working on its own bill.

Falloon said he was in favour of the bill proposed this week, by ACT leader David Seymour, set against the backdrop of Covid-19 and workers around the country having their pay cut and losing jobs.

“The wage subsidy has been good for those who’ve been able to access it, but for most employees it runs out in six or seven weeks. Treasury predictions for job losses beyond that are pretty dire,” Falloon said.

MPs taking pay cuts would not fix that, Falloon said.

“But I think there’s merit in making a gesture to those who through no fault of their own are struggling financially,” he said.

The bill would have cut the salaries of all MPs by 20 per cent for six months, differing from the bill being drafted by the government for only the Prime Minister, government ministers and public service chief executives to take the 20 per cent pay cut over the next six months.

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Jordan Williams said the veto of Seymour’s bill undermined the spirit of the Prime Minister’s earlier move to cut ministerial salaries.

He queried why back-bench MPs with few essential responsibilities should be protected.

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CanInspire wants jewellery With many people taking the Covid-19 crisis as an opportunity to spring-clean, clear cupboards, de-clutter and move on items that that no longer serve them, charity CanInspire is hoping to benefit.

The organisation is asking everyone to consider where these items would be most valuable, and whether they could help some of their programmes.

The CanInspire Charitable Trust runs free CanBead jewellery making workshops for those experiencing illness, trauma or personal loss.

They work alongside host agencies such as The Cancer Society, The Brain Injury Trust and many more, to provide a welcome distraction, connection to others experiencing similar situations and learning a new skill.

The bead stock is mostly comprised of deconstructed, broken or unwanted jewellery donated by the public.

Volunteers then wash, dismantle and put together bead packs for participants.

CanInspire is also in the process of setting up CanTackle, which is a workshop that teaches participants how to fly fish, with an expert tutor working through from tying your own flies, to casting a rod and what to do once you make that magic catch.

The charity is hoping people may find they have unwanted rods or fly-tying kits and feathers they would like to donate as well.

More information about the charity can be found on their website, www.caninspire.org.nz

Council business website a winner

By Sue Newman

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CanInspire is calling for donations of jewellery.

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The eyes of many local authorities around New Zealand are on Ashburton as its Mid Canterbury, Open for Business campaign gains momentum.

The Ashburton District Council initiative was launched ahead of the move from Covid-19 Alert Level 4 to Level 3 and it has proved a big hit with local businesses, says council chief executive Hamish Riach.

To provide a platform for local businesses to let the community know when they would reopen and how they would be trading, council staff developed a website that can be accessed by all businesses.

To be part of the promotion a business simply logs on and provides whatever information is needed to show the world they’re back in business, he said.

In the week since it was launched, the website already has more than 160 listings and is generating significant traffic from people wanting up-tothe-minute information, Riach said.

“We’re now hearing from other councils who are looking at this and wanting to know how they can do something similar.”

With the move to Level 3, Riach said there was talk that nationally 95 per cent of New Zealand businesses were back at work to some degree, and while they might only be generating around 70 per cent of normal economic activity across the country, it was a sign that some economic activity was happening.

“It’s a real sign economic activity is grinding back up but the trick now is to continue to be safe as we get economic activity,” he said.

Staying safe at Alert Level 3 Keeping your bubble small and making space around you are two important ways to keep yourself and the people in your household protected. They help keep other people safe too. Because the more contact you have with others, the more opportunity the virus has to spread.

Make the space

An important way to keep yourself and others safe is to ‘make the space’ by keeping a 2-metre distance from people who aren’t in your bubble, at all times.

Do I need to make space around me when picking-up takeaways?

Making space around you applies wherever you are, and particularly in places where people tend to gather, like the queue for picking up takeaways. While waiting, make sure you keep at least 2 metres apart from others at all times.

Can I enter the premises to pay or pick something up?

When you are collecting goods, including food, make sure this happens in a contactless way, from a separate area. You should not be entering the premises for any reason. This applies to businesses of any sort – such as clothing and electronics retailers – not just takeaways. The main exceptions to this are supermarkets, petrol stations and dairies (dairies must follow the ‘one-in, one-out’ rule).

How do I pay?

The best way to pay is to do so online or over the phone, and then have items delivered to your front door. If you have to pick-up goods, keep a 2-metre distance and do so in a contactless way. If you have to pay for goods at the store, use payWave where possible. Only use cash if you have no other option. Wash your hands after touching cash.

What do I do if I have symptoms?

Don’t leave the house if you’re sick or have symptoms. Contact your local GP or Healthline on 0800 358 5453 and they will advise you and arrange a safe way for you to be tested for COVID-19.

How to enjoy recreation safely You can visit parks and outdoor spaces, but be careful to not touch any surfaces with your hands, such as handrails or benches, etc.

Be sure to always make at least 2 metres of space around you.

Wash your hands thoroughly when you get home.

Activities that require experience You can do more activities at Alert Level 3, but only if you’re experienced and can do them safely. These activities include: Fishing – if you want to go fishing you can do so from a wharf or the shore, but don’t cast off the rocks. Boating is not allowed, including fishing from a boat.

Hunting – you can hunt on private land, but not on public conservation land. You need to stay within your region and stick to your bubble. Overnight trips are not allowed. You may only hunt on foot. That means using quad bikes, off-road bikes, helicopters and other motorised vehicles is not allowed.

Keep your bubble small

Keeping it small means restricting your bubble to your immediate household, and maybe extending it a small amount if you need to – perhaps by one or two people maximum.

This could mean reconnecting with close family, bringing in a caregiver, or supporting isolated an isolated person.

Can I visit my family if they are spread out across more than one other bubble?

You can’t join multiple family bubbles together. The way to stay safe is to limit your exposure to other people as much as possible, including family members. As mentioned, you can visit someone who is isolated or needs help. However, you should make sure you’re the only one joining their bubble.

Are neighbours allowed to merge bubbles?

Can I pop in and visit another bubble?

We know you’ve missed your friends and whānau, but now is not the time to pop in for a chat or to say ‘hi’. Stick to checking-in via a phone or video chat instead.

Can our flat extend our bubble to another flat?

At Alert Level 3 this is not allowed. It would open up the potential for the virus to spread. Remember, the more people in your bubble, the greater the risk.

Not for social reasons. Unfortunately, we all need to say ‘no’ to a beer with the neighbour until COVID-19 is under control. You can, however, support someone who is isolated and needs help.

Thank you New Zealanders Alert Level 3 is a big moment in our fight against COVID-19. Thanks to each and every one of you for putting your community first, and following the rules that keep us all safe.

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■■WAKANUI BEACH

In brief

Beach not a dumping ground

By Heather Mackenzie

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Wakanui Beach is not a dumping ground, that’s the message locals want to get across to those who think otherwise.

An Ashburton resident out for a refreshing beach walk on Tuesday was met with the ugly sight of a large pile of dumped Tegel chicken boxes and glass bottles.

He said it was clear that the beer bottles had been brought there with the express purpose of dumping and not just left behind.

“What was really strange was the glass had been sorted into colours, so they must have already been binned up somewhere, then brought here.”

He couldn’t understand why someone would go to all that effort when recycling starts again this week. Dumping it here is just lazy and dumb, he said.

Thankfully this local good Samaritan stepped up and took it all to the recycling station on Friday morning.

Shamefully the fly-tipping didn’t stop there, further along another pile of illegally dumped rubbish had been set on fire.

A local farmer rather suspected the fire was someone getting

The disheartening sight of dumped beer bottles and cardboard boxes that greeted a Wakauni Beach walker on Tuesday this week.

PHOTO SUPPLIED rid of car tyres as they could see the glow of the flames from their house.

He said throughout lockdown there had been around three or four cars at the beach at any one time, but on Tuesday when the move to Alert Level 3 was made, the increase in traffic was noticeable.

“It was just car after car, it was

certainly not the day to be shifting stock along the road.”

Busy with farming life, he said he had not been down to the beach recently, but he doesn’t have to travel far from home to come across the disheartening sight of rubbish like discarded fast food containers.

“After a feed of KFC everything just seems to go out the car win-

dow, it’s disgraceful. Some lazy person has even had the audacity to dump five or six car tyres at a nearby intersection and then casually drive off.

“The mentality of people who do it is completely beyond me, but unfortunately it’s just something we have to cope with down here.”

As a farmer, the irony of the situation is not lost on him either.

“We get accused of all sorts when it comes to pollution, but it’s certainly not us dumping harmful rubbish in the countryside.”

EnviroWaste operations manager, Shane Enright suggested members of the public contact the Ashburton District Council (ADC) if they come across illegal dumping.

A good way of letting ADC know is via the Snap Send Solve app.

“This allows members of the public to take snap-shots of any rubbish dumped and send the location through to ADC, then we get the notice and will send a team out to collect it.”

To download the app to your phone go to www.snapsendsolve.com

Cold snaps set to entice skiers to Mt Hutt

By Susan Sandys

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Powder-hungry skiers coming out of the lockdown and Alert Level 3 restrictions may get a good start to the ski season with cold snaps forecast.

Snow is set to fall on Mt Hutt on Monday, as northerlies turn to late rain with a strong southerly change.

In its seasonal outlook for May through to July, Niwa is forecasting the possibility of sharp cold snaps this month as fronts move onto the country from the Tasman Sea and Southern Ocean.

Principal scientist Chris Brandolino said while the outlook did not show a cold and wet

winter ahead, that did not rule out big snowfalls.

The outlook for the east coast of Canterbury is for average or below average precipitation and average or above average temperatures.

Brandolino said temperatures that had a warm lean and precipitation that had a dry lean defining a three-month period, did not mean that every week would be like that.

“It’s all about timing, the rest of the season could be so-so, but if they get a well-placed cold snap and snow event, it makes a huge difference,” Brandolino said.

Mt Hutt Ski Area manager

James McKenzie agreed, and said he did not read much into long range outlooks as they rarely panned out.

“We just need one strong southerly to set us up for several months,” McKenzie said.

There was 10 to 15 centimetres of snow forecast for this Monday, which could be the first of the snow to remain on the skifield leading into winter. The ideal would be a good half-metre snowfall prior to ski season.

Snowmaking was ready to go and would be likely to begin late May or early June. An opening date, which prior to the pandemic was June 5, had yet to be re-set.

This would not be done until the decision had been made about when New Zealand would go to Level 2, McKenzie said.

“We don’t want to get people excited until there’s something concrete we can work with,” he said.

NZSki management have previously said they will do everything they can to get their skifields open, and McKenzie added that if New Zealanders remained vigilant and kept the coronavirus at bay, things were looking good.

“Right now there’s a real sense of optimism for the winter season across all the ski areas,” he said.

Cat laws plea Hutt City Council is being encouraged not to create bylaws that would impose household cat limits and cat curfews. Council last year sought a report outlining options to deal with cats in Lower Hutt, including mandatory desexing and microchipping, and a rule that cats must wear collars with bells on them. The options also included limiting owners to three cats per home, and imposing a rule that cats in some areas be kept inside at night to protect local wildlife. But council officers are now recommending no new rules - NZME be put in place.

Rent backtrack Victoria University has backtracked on charging students $150 a week for rooms in halls of residence they can’t live in. Accommodation fees were waived to support students through the Covid-19 lockdown but they were told at the end of last week they would need to start paying up as the country moved to Alert Level 3. The move sparked a public backlash, uniting MPs and councillors across the political spectrum, and students who threatened a rent strike. But Victoria University has now updated its website saying it has extended the 100 per cent fee discount it offered in lockdown until May 11, the day the Government will decide whether to extend Alert Level 3 or move New Zealand to Alert Level 2. - NZME

Body found in park A body has been found in bush near a park in West Auckland.

Officers attended an area in Epping Road in Henderson yesterday, with some clad in white boiler suits and breathing apparatus. Police confirmed a body had been found at a location near Epping Esplanade.

Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Williams said the body was found yesterday afternoon. The discovery is believed to be connected to a missing person. Identification is expected to take some time, Williams said. Waitematā police said yesterday they had serious concerns for a Henderson man who had been missing for three months. Calvin Lindsay Wicksteed’s family last heard from him in January and recently reported him as missing. - NZME

My offices in Ashburton and Timaru are closed due to COVID-19 For any assistance you can still contact me by ringing 03 308 7510 or email me directly at: andrew.falloon@parliament.govt.nz Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 should phone their doctor or Healthline on 0800 358 5453

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ART AT HOME The Ashburton Art Gallery team are bringing art to you while our building is temporarily closed. We know how much the people of Mid-Canterbury appreciate a good landscape painting and so do we! This landscape was painted by local legend Austen Deans and was gifted to the Gallery by Heartland Bank Ashburton.

This image does a beautiful job of evoking the ever-changing weather and vast landscapes of the South Island. While it has been a strange and difficult time during the lockdown, we are thankful that our region has had some wonderful weather over the last few weeks. We look forward to the day that we can once again appreciate the world outside our bubbles in person. In the meantime, artworks like this one can remind us how lucky we are to live in Mid-Canterbury.

If you're looking for ideas and activities to keep busy throughout this time, visit us on Facebook or our website: www.ashburtonartgallery.org.nz Gallery staff are on the search for the mountain depicted in this painting. Please get in touch with us if you recognise it on info@ashburtonartgallery.org.nz Image credits: Austen Deans, Untitled, 1991, watercolour on paper, 790mm x 635mm . Collection of the Ashburton Art Gallery. Gifted to the Ashburton Art Gallery by Heartland Bank Ashburton.

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Methven photo tells huge cost of war

By Susan Sandys

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With lives full of promise and hearts full of hope, three Methven lads beam with pride as they plough a paddock.

But just a few years later, all three would be buried far from home.

A 1912 image from the archives of the Methven Historical Society shows John Polson, James Middleton and William Claude Gilham, on the Methven farm of Siberia.

The society has researched the faces behind the image and found all three men had enlisted in the armed forces for World War One by 1917.

Polson left New Zealand in February of that year. He was Private 40841, and served on the Western Front, and underwent intensive training by the New Zealand division prior to the Battle of Messines in June. He was killed in action on August 6 and now lays among the fallen at Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium along with 17 other New Zealand soldiers.

Middleton enrolled as a volunteer at Trentham and left New Zealand on January, 1917. He was Private 36466 and he arrived in France in May. Within just 16 days he received abdominal wounds, facial abrasions, and a fractured leg.

He was admitted to a casualty clearing station where he died.

He was buried in Trois Arbes Cemetery, Steenwerck, France along with 213 other New Zealand soldiers.

Gilham was Private 60931. He had his attestation at Ashburton on May 19, 1917, and left New Zealand October 13.

He saw active service on the Western Front, and was killed in action during the German Offensive.

He is buried in the AIF Burial Ground at Flers, France, along with 84 New Zealand soldiers.

The photo is of interest to many in Methven, with some of the town’s residents having family associations to the trio.

The photo has been part of Anzac Day displays at Methven House, where it has triggered many memories of the huge cost of war.

A 1912 image from the archives of the Methven Historical Society shows (from left) John Polson, James Middleton and William Claude Gilham, on the Methven farm of Siberia.

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Trev wins battle in cancer war W

hile working as a builder earlier this year, Trev Ponting all of a sudden went a little bit numb in his left hand and left foot, and at the same time felt hazy in his head.

He decided to sit down for five minutes and rest, whereupon he started to feel normal again and could then get back to work.

He thought it was strange, but dismissed that there would be anything seriously wrong. That was until about five days later, when the same thing happened.

At his winter job of snow clearing, he was lifting a snow-blower up onto a truck when the symptoms returned.

All at once, his left hand and left foot went numb and he felt hazy in his head.

This time he decided to get it checked out, and the next day at the doctor’s, some serious chats and an MRI scan resulted in him being told he had a suspected brain tumour.

There were more tests and within a couple of weeks a neurosurgeon confirmed the diagnosis, delivering the bad news that the tumour was at the cancerous stage of three to four.

It was a body blow to hear, but Trev’s practical side kicked in and he asked where he needed to be and what hospital he should go to.

He was told he was already in the right place. As it turned out, the Sapporo Hospital, a two-hour drive from his home in Niseko, is one of the best in the world for this type of cancer.

“I was very lucky everything was so quick,” he said.

Within three weeks of that first diagnosis he knew surgery was going to be his best option. It was at that point his surgeon very simply told him to pack his bags and move into the hospital, “and you don’t come out until I say you do”.

Trev abided by the request, but had one very important question once he got there.

“I asked – how long am I expected to live?

“He said he couldn’t give me a certain answer, maybe in the

Living in his wife’s home country of Japan, Methven’s Trev Ponting was able to work and support his family and spend his spare time doing the things he loved. But the keen snowboarder and skateboarder had a drastic change to his life earlier this year, when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Susan Sandys reports. next several months I could fall down dead any day, but hopefully by going down that road with him and having the surgery and treatment, I possibly might make a recovery or have a better chance,” he said.

Trev went into surgery in late January, just a few weeks after he felt the first symptoms.

A follow-up MRI showed the operation had succeeded and almost all of the tumour had been removed.

He suffered very little side-effects from the radiotherapy and chemotherapy which followed.

All in all, he was in hospital for 76 days, and came out in late March.

Prior to his release, Trev asked that same searching question again, of how long did he have to live.

The surgeon this time was not able to say, but was impressed with Trev’s recovery and overall general health, and said if he kept on the track he was, his lifespan could realistically extend into years.

“That was better than several months at the start, so we are making progress,” Trev said.

The surgeon had been particularly impressed at Trev’s commitment to good nutrition and exercise, and was in no doubt this was helping with his recovery.

Trev said he had cancelled all the hospital food and made his own breakfasts, lunches and dinners, helped by a friend who was a chef and would bring in salads.

And his exercise routine gave new meaning to the word “rehabilitation”. He walked up 350 steps in the hospital eight times per day, and did press-ups and sit-ups in his hospital room.

“Going into hospital and not being allowed out until doctors

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said, I was like – how can I make a negative situation positive? And the only way I knew was to eat well, work on my diet, work on my fitness, try and lose a little bit of weight and come out better than what I went in, basically.”

Now Trev’s plan is to get him and his family – wife Aiko, threeyear-old Mia and 10-month-old Toa through the worldwide pandemic safe and sound.

He came out of hospital in late March, into a whole new world of deserted public places as Japan advised residents to stay indoors as much as possible.

He is enjoying spending time recuperating, with very few sideeffects other than fatigue, and regularly visiting the hospital for tests and check-ups.

As a matter of fact, he has been feeling so good in recent weeks

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he was able to take a trek up from his picturesque snowy backyard and go for a snowboard in fresh powder.

It was a fleeting reminder of everything Trev loved about the outdoors, and of everything he still had to live for.

“You go from being super man and super dad, to not knowing what the future holds,” he said.

Trev is a familiar face among Methven’s snowboarding and skateboarding fraternity.

He has spent many winters in the town and established and ran the town’s former indoor skatepark, and was involved in mentoring the town’s young skateboarders and overseeing

construction of the Chambers Park skate ramp.

When international borders open, Trev and the family hope to come back to New Zealand after this winter, in time for his 46th birthday, and Christmas.

Trev said he was eternally grateful to his Kiwi friends and others in the country who had donated to his cause, raising almost $28,000 via Givealittle.

This would help the family throughout his recovery until he could hopefully start to work again.

He was remaining upbeat, knowing he had at least won his first battle, as he fought the longer-term cancer war.

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Table for four?

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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 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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his is a story Marlene saved from many years ago.

Remember when eating out was a relaxing experience?

Someone else cooked for you, served you and cleaned up after you.

All you had to do was chew, swallow and pay.

No longer though.

“Good evening,” said the maître d’, “table for four?”

“Yes, thank you.”

“Smoking or non?”

“Non-smoking.”

“Would you prefer to dine indoors or outdoors this evening?”

“I guess indoors would be good.”

“Very well sir,” he said, “would you like to be seated in the main dining room, the patio, or our lovely solarium?”

“Uh, let me see . . . uh . . . ” “I can give you a table with a lovely view in our lovely solarium.”

“I think the solarium would be lovely,” I said, and we followed him there.

“Now, would you prefer a view overlooking the golf course, the sunset on the lake, or magnificent mountains to the west?”

“Whatever you recommend,” I said, let him make a decision for a

broccoli, creamed corn, sautéed zucchini, diced carrots . . . ?”

That did it, I threw my serviette to the floor, stood up, put my face right up to his arrogant kisser and said, “How’d you like to settle this outside?”

“Fine with me sir, would you prefer the car park, the side alley or the street in front of the restaurant?”

“I prefer right here,” I said and sucker-punched him.

He ducked, then countered with a left hook under my right eye.

It was the first time all night he hadn’t offered me a selection.

I collapsed semi-conscious into my chair as someone in authority rushed over and berated Pauly.

I felt my tie being loosened, my collar unbuttoned, hands slapping my face.

When I regained my senses I saw a very concerned maître d’ right in front of my nose.

He apologised, offered to get me a drink, call a doctor – whatever I wanted.

“No, no,” I said, “I’ll be alright, just bring me a glass of water.”

“Yes sir, right away,” he said, “would you prefer imported mineral water, sparking water or club soda with a slice of lime?”

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change I thought.

He sat us by a window facing the golf course, the lake or the mountains, I couldn’t tell which because it was dark outside.

Then a young man, better dressed and better looking than any of us, presented himself.

“Good evening, my name is Paul and I’ll be your waiter for this evening, would you like a few minutes before I take your order?”

“No, I’m just a meat and potato guy, so I’ll have the fillet mignon and a baked potato.”

“Soup or salad?”

“Salad.”

“We have a mixed green salad, hearts of palm or a very fine endive salad with baby shrimp.”

“Just the mixed green salad, okay?”

“Whatever you say sir, dressing?”

I didn’t feel like making another decision, “whatever you’ve got will be fine”.

“We have creamy italian, blue cheese, vinaigrette, thousand island, dijon . . . ” “Surprise me.”

“Creamy italian is our house speciality, would that be alright sir?”

“Yeah,” I was curt I was done with civility.

“And your baked potato . . . ?”

I knew what was coming next – “I just want the baked potato dry, understand? I don’t want anything on it.”

“No butter, no sour cream?”

“No.”

“No chives?”

“No, don’t you understand English?” I shouted, “I don’t want anything on it, just bring me a baked potato and a steak.”

“Would you prefer the small, medium or large steak sir?”

“Whatever.”

“Would you like that rare, medium rare, medium, medium well or well done? Or if you prefer, we can butterfly it for you.”

“Pauly boy,” I said, “you are really starting to get me steamed.”

“Which brings us to the vegetables sir. Would you like steamed

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Are we to become a cashless society?

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omeone handed me some coins yesterday, what a foreign exchange that was.

For the past six weeks or so, the object that is money has been all but non-existent in a physical form.

Contactless payment has become the way of life. Be it at the supermarket, the petrol station, or even this week – getting a takeaway coffee.

I’ve surprised myself a bit because I’m a person who likes to carry cash. But I haven’t noticed, nor thought about it throughout the entire lockdown. Trusty bankcard at the ready has been all that’s been required.

There’s been murmurs for a long time now that we are advancing towards a society where the humble banknote and the rattling of coins in the pocket will become redundant and perhaps lockdown life has shown that it’s incredibly possible.

Yet, there’s something about having cash that will make me miss it, should we go that way.

Maybe it’s the more personal touch to purchasing something where you physically hand something to someone and they hand something back, or perhaps the fact that money held in cash is money you can physically see and not just a number on a screen in front of you when you check your balance.

I’m not really sure.

No doubt it would be easier for a number of businesses. Holding cash creates a whole myriad of problems and if it was widely known that no cash was held on premises then perhaps the temptation of burglary would be significantly less across the country.

Despite the rapid rise in the prospect of a cashless society over the past month and a bit, you’d imagine the day of cash becoming obsolete is still a long way away and perhaps outside of any timeframe that would see us being part of that society – but you never know.

It’s been an interesting wee taste test of what it might be like and as far as an entrée can go, there will be plenty excited about the prospect of the main course.

Thought of the Day: Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will never replace you as the driver.

YOUR VIEW

Our future in other hands

By Matthew Hooton

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here are early signs of megalomania in the Government’s economic response to Covid-19. It needs to be nipped in the bud.

In recent days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson have signalled that they don’t see their role as limited to providing a general economic framework and guaranteed family-income system from which the post-Covid economy will evolve. Instead, it seems they want to personally pick which industries are doomed and which are set to thrive.

Thus, the Wellington bureaucracy is working on a “sector by sector” approach for the post-lockdown recovery. Ardern wants there to be “specific” and “specially designed” initiatives for different industries. She says she is sure tourism and large-scale events like concerts and conventions are in big trouble but that the world will still want dairy powder and other food.

On the assumption she is right, Robertson is looking favourably at a Dairy NZ proposal to select 1000 tourism workers and retrain them for farm work. It’s a reversal from when agriculture and manufacturing leaders would grumble their workers were being asked to retrain as baristas.

The Dairy NZ proposal is just the first such programme being considered to switch workers from industries the Government judges have no future and invest in those it believes do. It is an invitation for capture by lobbyists from the established end of town.

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters is even bolder. He foresees “all sorts of unforeseen second-order disruption”. He believes the “fragility and the vulnerability in-

herent in the highly interconnected and networked global economy have been revealed”.

Henceforth, he says, “if we can grow it or make it at near competitive prices, then we will grow it or make it, use it or export it, rather than use valuable offshore funds importing it”.

As an autarkic taster, Peters mentions a domestic pharmaceutical industry as a priority, to compete with the vast resources of Roche, Pfizer and Bayer, and generic manufacturers in India, Israel and elsewhere.

We need to speak very plainly about this: these three career politicians have absolutely no idea what sectors of the economy are doomed, which have a future, and whether any particular commercial proposal makes sense. Add Economic Development Phil Twyford to the mix, and it risks the appearance of a circus run by clowns.

We need not mention Ardern, Robertson, Peters or Twyford’s CVs to prove this point, nor slag off politicians and bureaucrats generally. The truth, proven over and over again, is that no individual or committee ever has clarity on how technologies, societies and economies will evolve. Just about all of us are wrong about more or less everything, pretty much all the time.

The exceptions become household names, like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Graeme Hart.

But their insights are usually much more prosaic than the highfalutin’ visions of Wellington policy analysts or the Davos and TED-talk crowds. Hart’s great insight included that people would want more cardboard boxes. Had he outlined this to Helen Clark and John Hood’s Knowledge Wave conference in 2001, he would have been laughed from the room for his limited ambition. Just where is

the value-add?

But let us not be arrogant even in hindsight. Unless we have gone on to make several billions of dollars from our own investments, we would probably have been among those who were laughing too.

Under present circumstances, Ardern and Robertson’s initial cafe-to-cowshed assessment seems safe. But, then, the much more commercially savvy John Key and Steven Joyce spent much of the past decade utterly convinced taxpayers and others should invest hundreds of millions of dollars in convention centres. So passionate were they that they got the more sceptical Bill English and Gerry Brownlee to go along with it too.

Among thousands of its other Brezhnevian insights, the previous Government’s endless Business Growth Agendas and Regional Growth Programmes decreed there should be more honey in Northland and more chickens in the Manawatu. If either has eventuated, the one certainty is that such booklets had nothing to do with it.

Free-market capitalism works not because it is individualistic — although it is – but because it collectivises everyone’s best guesses and analysis. In contrast, collectivist economic systems reply on the brilliance of individuals or, worse, committees. Again, we should speak plainly: central planners are not just often wrong, but invariably wrong, just like most of us.

If Robertson truly believes he has special insight about which industries and companies should be mourned and which should be backed, the best thing he could do is take personal control of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.

The money he could make allocating an initial $44 billion in seed capital means all five million of us could look forward to prosperous futures, with or without Covid-19.

That is not some rhetorical flourish. It is the logical extension of any minister truly believing they can beat the market.

The explosion of the Wellington bureaucracy under Clark, Key and Ardern means many thousands of policy analysts are returning to their whiteboards to advise ministers on what should now be done in the particular area of the economy they believe they oversee.

Their advice should be welcomed if it is about protecting the border, maintaining law and order, regulating markets to be fair and efficient, providing cash support to help people through the severe economic adjustment ahead, upgrading basic infrastructure, improving the schools and hospitals, and even building the odd playground, art gallery or sports stadium.

But we must be extremely wary if anyone in Wellington plans to use Covid-19 as a pretext to start micromanaging the economy – or, even worse, to do so in “partnership” with the city’s industry lobbyists like Business NZ. In truth, none of us really knows even if tourism is doomed or if foreigners will keep wanting to buy our milk powder. A Covid-19 vaccine might be found in a few months. The rest of the world may join Peters in demanding self-sufficiency in food.

That the Prime Minister was right to tell us to be kind and wash our hands doesn’t mean she or anyone knows where our economy or any industry will be five years or even 12 months hence.

If she and her advisers base their economic recovery work on that assumption, they’ll stay on the right track.

Matthew Hooton is an Auckland-based PR consultant and lobbyist.

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I will bet my chocolate stash on it, that 80 per cent of you said: “NO”.

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Something that comes naturally?

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heavy-based saucepan over a medium-high heat. Add the beef mince and brown, stirring with a wooden spoon to break up the mince as it browns. Remove and set aside.

■■ Reduce the heat to low, add another dash of oil and cook the onion and garlic for at least 5 minutes until soft. Increase heat and add carrot and cook for a further 5 minutes. Pour in the wine if using, and bring to the boil. Return beef mince to the saucepan with Worcestershire sauce, tomatoes, tomato paste, stock and lentils. Season as required.

■■ Reduce heat, cover and cook mince mixture at a gentle simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until the sauce thickens. Five minutes before you take the mince off the heat add the spinach and chopped herbs and stir through.

1 5 6 Topping: ■■ Boil kumara in lightly salted water until tender. Drain and dry over the heat then mash well.

Using a fork, whip in the milk and butter.

To assemble: ■■ Spoon mince mixture into a large ovenproof dish (6 cup capacity), top with the kumara mash and sprinkle with grated cheese.

Place in the oven and cook for 30 minutes until hot and bubbling.

To serve: ■■ Serve cottage pie with your favourite seasonal greens.

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By Adam Burns

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Adapting to life in lockdown has reaped rewards for Tawny Wagstaff.

It has already been an eventful year for the Methven speedster, who clearly thrives at operating at a high octane rate.

Wagstaff was primed for action when he tripped to France for the FIS Speed Ski World Cup circuit in February.

However after three weeks of competition, the circuit was shut down as Covid-19 began to take a stranglehold on Europe.

“I didn’t even get a chance to race but I got a little bit of training time in,” Wagstaff said.

“I didn’t think it would get to that point.”

Even a snippet of time on the European slopes is of value to the Speed 1 racer where the environment was a big motivator.

“It was good to stay in the circle of it all and meet up with some of the other competitors and keep the mind on the game.

“I’m glad I went even though I didn’t get to race.”

He returned to New Zealand where he self-quarantined for about 10 days.

This period was then followed by the country’s escalation to an Alert Level 4 lockdown.

Having been in lockdown for nearly six weeks, Wagstaff, who also works as a stonemason, has used the time to his advantage by simply keeping busy “It was great, I had a really productive time.

“My dad and myself are building a house in Methven so we’ve just been building a stone spa and some stone steps and doing a bit of work on the house.”

In addition, he had channelled hundreds of hours into improving his speed ski equipment such as his helmet and skis.

“I’ve got it to a point where I’m very happy with it.

“I’ve been able to refine it so much in that period of time which I would never normally spend that amount of time on my gear to make it that good.”

Although there was nothing in New Zealand for speed skiing, he was aiming to spend winter training and equipment testing.

Beyond this, he was wanting to return to France in December for a few months to prepare for next season.

Wagstaff believes he is capable of clocking 230km/h but a marker of 250-plus km/h remained the long term pinnacle in the speed record attempts.

The Vars ski resort in France has a track record of producing blistering speeds, a trait which was hard to simulate in New Zealand.

“You can’t really train for it much here at speed, it’s just too dangerous,” Wagstaff said.

“You need a dedicated area where you’ve got no one on the slope ideally.

However he was able to focus on balance work, agility and more “traditional” ski training methods in the interim.

“Just enough to make it nimble enough to have good free actioning movements.”

He added his time in Europe has instilled him with confidence and momentum to keep getting faster.

Wagstaff has previously signaled his intention to become the fastest skier in the world.

“It’s feeling good.

“I’m feeling confident that given the right year and the right snow conditions we’ll get some pretty high speeds.

“If you stick at it long enough and refine your equipment long enough, and you get more and more experience, then the chances of getting a world record become higher.

“It takes a lot of things to come together.”

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Heaven is a round of solo golf Sue Newman

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y back lawn is pitted with holes, my garage window has a fearsome crack running across it and come spring, my neighbours will find golf balls buried in their back border.

That’s what happens when a golf addict can’t get a fix.

Level 4 lockdown on the golf front has been hell.

No other way to say it.

There are only so many times you can chip a ball around the back yard before you let one fly, hold your breath and wait for the tinkle of glass over the back fence.

That hasn’t happened, but I am ashamed to say, I did land a few on the neighbour’s roof.

This week things changed.

Level 4 became 3 and golf

Guardian reporter Sue Newman enjoyed being able to get back out onto the golf course this week.

courses opened for bubble buddies to play.

For me and the sprinkling of others spotted on course, that meant a solo game, but who

needs company when the sun’s shining and 18 holes are beckoning to be played?

It was a weird feeling walking on to a course sans flags, bunker

rakes, seats, rubbish bins and where water fountains were sealed off.

It felt familiar, but oh so different.

But it also felt like home.

The fairways were beautifully mown – no divots, the greens pristine – no pitch marks and there was just me, the birds, a gentle autumn breeze and sunshine.

However, there’s a certain kind of weirdness about chipping onto a green where the hole is marked by an upturned cup.

Solo golf is a reminder that the sport is actually a solitary one.

Yes, you have playing partners, but essentially it’s a game that’s just about you.

Playing alone is a great reminder of just how much of the quality of your game is ruled by your mind and your ability to focus.

It was great to find that even with a five-week layoff I could still hit a halfway decent ball, but it was disappointing to find that my short game was still just as fickle.

And that is now my Level 3 life, work till mid-afternoon and then spend the rest of the day chasing little white balls.

That’s my idea of heaven.

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Brutal discussions coming up around provincial rugby

By Phil Gifford

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uper Rugby tossed into the dustbin of history.

As many as eight professional New Zealand teams playing in a competition, that may nor may not involve Australia or Fiji, with a name that will be as far away from “Super Rugby” as possible.

No more long distance flights to play in Buenos Aires or Durban.

And a huge arm wrestle over provincial rugby.

That, according to reliable sources inside New Zealand Rugby, is the immediate future for the game in this country.

At the heart of the plans, to be thrashed out in a hurry in the hope of some rugby being played before the end of the year, is a determination to keep All Blacks playing in New Zealand.

“We don’t want the Brazil model,” an NZR official told me this week, “where all your top players are in clubs offshore. We’re determined to keep as many of our All Blacks here as we can.”

Super Rugby, it’s now conceded at NZR, has been a wounded, dying beast in this country since 2007, when our best 24 players were unavailable for the first two months of Super Rugby, but instead were working on All Blacks conditioning programmes.

Weird expansions, to Japan and Argentina, and contractions, like dumping the Western Force, have been singled out by some commentators as the causes of Super Rugby’s malaise.

But in New Zealand they were just distractions.

The fact is Super Rugby here

was screwed in 2007.

The withdrawal of the best All Blacks was not only a disaster on the field, where many of the returning players weren’t match hardened and suffered injuries, but also a slap in the face to fans, who had been told for 11 years they were watching the best club competition in the world, and now saw it used as just a feeder to test rugby.

The number of people watching Super Rugby on Sky television plummeted by a disastrous 29 per cent. In the key area of males aged 25 to 54, average viewing figures for the top 10 games dropped from 101,700 in 2006 to 68,800 in 2007. The number of fans lost has never been fully won back.

It’s taken a pandemic to set an upheaval in train, but there will be a new competition anchored on our five existing franchises, which could expand to be the Superb Six, the Magnificent Seven, or the Great Eight.

Hopefully some marketing gurus will find better names than mine.

The idea of strong New Zealand teams playing local derbies every weekend has an obvious appeal.

Would it be even stronger if the teams were based on rugby’s provinces, some of whom have been established and known for well over a century?

Probably, but the demands for a return to tribalism in our rugby seem to be heard mostly from Auckland critics, who were silent when, in the early days of Super Rugby, the Blues were filling up Eden Park and winning titles.

The worse the Blues got, the more tears started to be shed for

the good old days when Auckland made Eden Park a provincial fortress, and the players drove trucks and pushed pens in offices when they weren’t playing.

I hate to bring reality into the conversation, but those days went out the window when players started being paid, and that genie will never go back in the bottle.

In professional sport, which rugby has been for 24 years, fans around the world want winners, and they want stars, and they want success, more than they want geographical identification.

You’ve only got to look at America, still the world’s professional sport epicentre.

As just one example, the Dodgers baseball team had been the pride of Brooklyn for 75 years before being sold, moving to the opposite coast, and becoming the Los Angeles Dodgers, where, since 1958, they’ve been reinvented as the hometown team.

Still, the hardest call, and the most bitter discussions, in our rugby now will be over exactly what happens to what is currently the Mitre 10 Cup, which would continue to be played after the new top tier professional club competition was over.

“We can’t, and we won’t, turn provinces like Canterbury into fully amateur Heartland sides,” an NZR insider says.

“But we do need to work out just how many professional teams New Zealand can afford.”

Those discussions with the provinces are likely to be brutal, but, like so many of our businesses have found, ugly issues have to be addressed in a Covid-19 age.

Waving goodbye to All Blacks and wishing them well offshore, relying on old school loyalties to drag fans in, and expecting players to be happy if they only get petrol money, are as misguided as the idea that having 18 teams in Super Rugby would somehow make the competition more attractive.

Finding some middle ground between clubs, provinces, and the All Blacks, is the biggest challenge the game has faced here since Kerry Packer tried to buy southern hemisphere rugby in 1995.

Finding money of their own saved the All Blacks for the NZRU then. In 2020 the task is infinitely more complex, but it has to be tackled. What’s decided in the coming months will shape the structure and the soul of rugby here for the foreseeable future.

The great Australian comedic character Sir Les Patterson, the burping, boozing, groping, invention of the brilliant Barry Humphries, once said of a politician that he was “so low he could parachute out of a snake’s bum, and freefall before he hit the ground”.

Sir Les comes to mind when considering the tawdry treatment dished out to Raelene Castle, whose role as CEO of Rugby Australia was always under fire from the likes of Alan Jones, the king of Sydney talkback radio.

When Castle was appointed in 2017, Jones said, “Raelene Castle?

Give me a break. You can’t be serious about handing the game over to people like this.

“It’s nonsense”.

I’m guessing by “people like this” he meant: (a) Castle is a woman, a gender Jones has never

liked very much; (b) a New Zealander; and (c) a former administrator of rugby league.

Nick Farr-Jones was by far the most notable name in the group of former national captains who went public with a letter calling for change at Rugby Australia.

But the most significant name was actually Phil Kearns.

Self interest?

You be the judge. Kearns, who heads an insurance brokerage when he’s not expressing shock as a television commentator at every penalty that’s ever been awarded against an Australian team, was the other leading candidate when Castle was chosen for the CEO’s job three years ago.

Australian rugby at the top level, much like the game here, has an incestuous element (or, if you want to pretty it up, a family quality) to it.

What’s interesting now is whether the Australian rugby establishment will accept the lack of decency behind Castle’s exit, and look a lot further than one person being used as a scapegoat.

Talking with Castle on NewstalkZB last week, (only a few hours before she resigned), she reiterated to Simon Barnett and myself that “the board signs off the strategy and the structure and we work towards that.

“I’m not on my own.”

The huge question now in Australian rugby is that, with the game patently under enormous pressure that started to build long before Castle was on board, will there be the stomach for wholesale changes, not just the largely cosmetic move of appointing a new CEO?

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Junior rep tournaments postponed

By Adam Burns

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Two junior representative rugby league tournaments have been added to the Covid casualty list.

Southern Zone Rugby League made an announcement on Thursday after it was decided the South Island 13s Tournament and 15s/17s event, both to be played in Invercargill in early July, would be moved to next year.

“With decisions needing to be made and the current situation with funding from gaming trusts impacting districts’ ability to send teams even if government restrictions allowed, it was felt this decision needed to be made sooner rather than later,” a Southern Zone Rugby League spokesperson said.

Southern Zone Rugby League said it was a disappointing call to make but felt due to the implications of Covid-19, opportunities for more localised alternatives would be more cost-effective for all parties.

“Southern Zone is working on several alternatives that they will be consulting with districts on to provide viable alternatives for these age groups.

“The wider rugby league community throughout New Zealand, including Southern Zone and its six districts will continue to feel the financial fallout from this unprecedented event.”

The Southern zone has six districts comprising of Aoraki, Southland, Otago, Canterbury, West Coast and Tasman.

Both the 2020 South Island 19s tournament and South Island Premier Competition are still scheduled for The stars of the rugby league future go through their drills on the field. later in the year.

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Taylor claims NZ cricket’s top honour

Ross Taylor

Black Caps veteran batsman Ross Taylor has claimed the top award on the final day of the New Zealand Cricket Awards, winning the prestigious Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for the third time.

Bowler Tim Southee was named test player of the year.

For Taylor, it was a season of milestones as he helped guide the Black Caps ODI side to a second successive ICC Cricket World Cup Final; surpassed Stephen Fleming’s all-time test runs scoring record for New Zealand, and became the first cricketer to play 100 international games in each of the three formats.

The 36-year-old was once again the glue in the top-order, amassing 1389 runs across the three formats in a season in which he played in all but one of the Black Caps’ 32 internationals, from England to Sri Lanka, Australia and at home.

It’s the third time Taylor’s won the supreme award in its ten-year history.

“It’s been full of ups and downs.

“A World Cup Final – losing that final. The Boxing Day test, which was such a proud moment to be part of and to have so many Kiwis there supporting us was something I’ll never forget,” Taylor said.

“I was happy with the consistency this season and any time you can

contribute to the team performance and help get the team across the line is special.

Taylor reflected on the influence of the late Martin Crowe who was instrumental in developing the right hander’s test technique and helping him to set his goals.

“I’m sure he would be proud of this,” Taylor said.

“Marty was able to pass on a lot of his experience and wisdom, which has played a massive part in my career.

“It was always something that he always pushed me to do (break records).

“I think he would probably be surprised at how well I have done.

“But I’ve been fortunate to be helped by a lot of people over the years and I guess when you win awards like this it’s nice to be able to thank them.”

Tim Southee’s sublime season with the red ball in hand was underlined with his second award of the week, taking out the Test Player of the Year title to go with the Winsor Cup for first-class bowling.

The 31-year-old claimed 40 wickets from eight tests, including 14 in the two test wins against India, in Wellington and Christchurch.

A measure of his influence is that, in the four tests the Black Caps won during the judging period, he took 25

wickets at a Hadlee-esque 16.4 average.

“To perform in the format is very pleasing and the stats are nice, but at the end of the day there’s a lot of work from your team-mates that go into those numbers,” Southee said.

“The guys taking the catches, the guys bowling at the other end creating pressure – it’s a collective group effort and this award is a representation of that.”

Canterbury umpire Kim Cotton’s rise through the officiating ranks was recognised with the New Zealand Cricket Umpire of the Year award.

Cotton, who has just finished her tenth season of umpiring said her passion for officiating was as strong as ever.

“I’ve been doing it for a while, but I still absolutely love it.

“There’s something new every season.

“There’s always something exciting happening in various games whether at club or international level.

“I thought I had a good season this year and I think a lot of it comes down to constantly umpiring cricket.

“Through the Super Smash period I would be lucky to go four days without umpiring on the field.

“It kept my routine going and my eyes and ears focused.”

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Keen to get back on track Ashburton jockey Jason Laking’s Covid-19 lockdown experience was a lot different to many of his contemporaries around the country.

While many of New Zealand’s jockeys were confined to their own bubble for the past five weeks, unable to do much more than go on a daily run or walk to escape the confines of their house, it was nearly business as usual for Laking.

The 37-year-old rider is a common sight at race meetings in the South Island, but he also holds down a full-time job at feed company Midlands Seeds, a role which was deemed an essential service by the Government during Covid-19 Alert Level 4.

Laking admits he has missed riding on raceday, but said his daily routine had otherwise remained unchanged.

“I have been pretty lucky because I have got a full-time job as well,” he said.

“I press hemp and flax seed for oil at Midlands Seeds, which is owned by Chris Green, who has the Barneswood Farm racing banner.

“There are not a lot of us who work here, so it’s pretty easy to keep our distance.

“I have my end and they have got their end, so it has worked out pretty well.

“We have been going all the way through and it has gone pretty quickly to be honest.”

Trackwork was able to commence on Tuesday, with restrictions on training easing as New

Jason Laking says he is lucky to have a full-time job as well as his racing career.

Zealand entered Alert Level 3, and Laking said he was keen to get back to the track this weekend.

“I am going to head up to Riccarton on Saturday and slowly get into it because I haven’t ridden a horse in five weeks and the weight

has gone through the roof,” Laking said.

While weight has been a continual battle for Laking in his riding career, he said his job at Midlands was a godsend in being able to keep it in check over the lockdown

period and he has a few months to get down to riding weight before racing recommences in July.

“I haven’t gotten real heavy because I have had a job, but I haven’t missed a meal at all,” he said.

“We have got two months until

we start racing, so I have got a little bit of time to get it off.”

With two careers on the go Laking said it can make for some long days, but they can be rewarding.

“I travel to Riccarton from Ashburton on a Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday for gallop morning,” he said.

“On those days I am up at 3.30am and travel to Riccarton.

“I leave there at about 8.30am and then come and do a full day of work. They are long days, but I have a mortgage and a family to support, so I can’t complain.”

Laking said Chris and Sarah Green have been an integral part of him being able to continue his riding career.

“Without them I wouldn’t be able do it.

“They let me off so I can ride at some races during the week, they are brilliant.

“It’s a good balance between riding and my full-time job.

“When I am at work I am not worried about the riding and when I am at the races I am not worried about the full-time job.”

With 15 wins in the bag this term Laking was on track to comfortably beat last season’s tally of 19, but he said his main goal now is to get on top of his weight heading into the new season.

“I had a few problems with weight and had a few suspensions this season,” Laking said.

“But it was really starting to get going (before the lockdown).

“Next season I am going to try and get on top of my diet and give it a real chance.”

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Zayydani ready to step up for the Oaks David Hayes is warning the tote is not an accurate reflection of Zayydani’s chances in the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville today.

Zayydani, who races in the silks of breeders Brent and Cherry Taylor of Trelawney Stud, is rated a $41 prospect in a market headed

by Affair To Remember ($5).

Hayes, who trains in partnership with his son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig, has been pleased with Zayydani’s lead up form where she was a last start second at Sandown behind Naivasha who went on to win at Flemington last weekend.

“We couldn’t be happier with her going into this race.” Hayes said.

“Her lead up form is excellent and she should run a strong 2000m.”

Today’s test will be a big step up in class and distance for the daughter of Savabeel who is yet to be tried beyond a mile on raceday.

The lightly raced filly has had

four starts, all at 1600m, for two wins and will jump from barrier seven today with Paul Gatt onboard.

With the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic several fillies have travelled inter-state to chase a classic win resulting in a strong field assembling for today’s classic.

“She should get a good run from the gate, the odds are totally wrong,” Hayes said.

“There are so many good chances in the race today, Toffee Tongue looks pretty strong, as does Moonlight Maid and Vegas Jewel.

“We will let her balance and build up and hopefully have an uninterrupted run where she can come over the top of them.”

Zaydanni is out of Van Nistelrooy mare Ruqqaya, a halfsister to Ocean Park and the dam of dual Group One winner Grunt.

The Morphettville track is currently rated a Heavy9, with further showers forecast.

Zayydani will have the services of Paul Gatt when she jumps in the Australian Oaks today.

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NZ Rugby reveals new plans

By Dylan Cleaver and Liam Napier Plans are formulating to stage a one-off All Blacks trial between a rejigged Super Rugby and the Mitre 10 Cup this year.

While the rebirth of the classic All Blacks trial of yesteryear will provide a headline act, more fundamental work is understood to be taking place in the background that will supersede any short-term solutions for 2020, and trump anything the hastily-formed Aratipu Super Rugby committee might bring to the table.

One source described Aratipu – described this week as a review to grow, regenerate and invigorate Super Rugby – as a front to buy some time and stall licence renegotiations as the real work was done on reshaping New Zealand’s domestic rugby landscape.

Part of that is, as was highlighted by Phil Gifford’s column elsewhere, the idea of an eight-team professional round robin competition with two extra New Zealand professional franchises joining the five existing Super teams – and a Pasifika side possibly based in Suva.

The Herald has learned there is another option gaining traction, which would see that eight-team competition extended to 12 teams with the edition of four – preferably East Coast – Australian franchises or clubs, but that option is dependent on the health of Australian rugby in the post-Covid environment.

As one source said, it is not New

The All Blacks may yet be lining up to sing the national anthem sometime this year.

Zealand Rugby’s mandate to prop up Australia, so the trans-Tasman neighbours must bring broadcast and commercial dollars to the party.

While these are fascinating scenarios for the middle to long term, rugby’s resumption remains front of most fans’ minds.

This remains a fluid prospect due to the ever-evolving Covid-19 pandemic, but as the situation here rapidly improves, hope springs eternal that the proposed Super Rugby derby competition can start, possibly by mid-June, and be followed by an immediate All Blacks trial.

The mid-June resumption is

considered a best case scenario, and would require the continued progression from alert level 3 to 2 on May 12.

New Zealand teams would then need at least three weeks of contact conditioning training before launching into the 10-week derbies which will pit each side against their four local opponents on a home and away basis, with a first-past-the-post winner crowned.

With the All Blacks home tests against Wales and Scotland in July to be postponed within the next week, it was assumed the Mitre 10 Cup season would follow the franchise derbies.

Plans are in place, however, to first stage a one-off All Blacks trial before the provincial season kicks off.

This window for an All Blacks trial would reward performances during the Super derby competition.

Staging an All Blacks trial would allow Ian Foster’s new All Blacks coaching team the chance to interact with players and put plans in place for a potentially rapid return for a Bledisloe Cup series, as border restrictions with Australia are expected to ease before any others.

A trial would also give NZ Rugby’s commercial partners, who don’t

have certainty about how this season will play out, a much-needed chance for exposure.

The Mitre 10 provincial campaign is then scheduled to follow in its existing two-tiered format.

All parties have agreed this competition could run as late as December.

The longer Level 3 carries on, however, the more these plans will get squeezed – it is worth noting there has been doubt expressed within the rugby community as to how equipped many provincial unions are to ensure a safe reintroduction of rugby.

While there is much uncertainty around rugby’s resumption and the longer term plans, including the future of Sanzaar, there is a certainty: the shape of the season will look a lot different in 2021 than it did in 2019.

A potential four-week finals format that would involve teams qualifying from their respective domestic competitions for a European Heineken Cup style league is another touted concept.

NZ Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson said yesterday: “Everything is on the table but it is too early to commit to anything absolutely.

“We’ll need to work through this quickly because we know the horizon of next year is fast approaching.

“We’re in close dialogue with South Africa, Argentina and Australia on this.

“There’s nothing predetermined at the moment.”

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149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

Mail Closing Times ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

Information Centre Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL TE Methven - Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10am DA COVID-19 UP animal emergency service. To use this service please phone until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 isite@midcanterburynz.com ED CLorOS your vet as usual.

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Trainee/Qualified Pharmacy Technician An exciting opportunity exists for someone to join our team on a part time basis as a Trainee Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician.

Training will be provided to do both the dispensary and retail sides of the business.

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NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX

At close of trading on Friday, May 1, 2020

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents

p Rises 46

Company CODE

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Sell price

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Last sale

Daily Volume move ’000s

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q Falls 83

Top 10 NZX gainers Company

Tower Cannasouth AWF Madison Gr South Port NZ F&P Healthcare Marlin Global Steel & Tube Prop for Industry NZ ME Restaurant Brands

daily % rise

+5.00% +4.55% +4.05% +3.72% +3.50% +3.33% +3.13% +2.76% +2.38% +2.00%

Top 10 NZX decliners Company

Smartpay Holdings Burger Fuel Gr JPMorgan Global Aust Resources Serko Asset Plus Australian Top 20 V ista Gr Intl Aust Property Air NZ

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METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

1,703.35

London – $US/ounce

+11.8

+0.70%

p Silver London – $US/ounce

15.16

+0.02

+0.13%

p Copper London – $US/tonne

5,231.0

+47.0

+0.91%

NZ DoLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm May 1, 2020

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

TT sell

0.9605 0.924 0.8696 0.8367 4.3995 4.2011 0.5674 0.546 1.4014 1.3242 0.4944 0.4757 66.56 64.05 1.7447 1.5804 11.641 11.1708 20.19 19.41 0.621 0.5977

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6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 Shear Guts. 0 7am Rural Delivery 0 7:30 Infomercials 0 9am Healthy For Life 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am John And Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen 10:55 Nadia’s Comfort Kitchen 3 0 11:55 F A Place To Call Home PG 3 0 1:05 The Posh Frock Shop 3 0 1:35 Living With The Boss PG 3 0 2:30 Sarah Beeny’s Renovate Don’t Relocate 3:30 Embarrassing Pets 0 4pm Eat Well For Less NZ 3 Michael van de Elzen and Ganesh help a family where TV dinners rule. 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Extreme Cake Makers 0 7:25 N Britain’s Got Talent Talent contest judged by Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, David Walliams, and Alesha Dixon. 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 Britain’s Got Talent Continued. 0 8:45 N The Hotel Inspector 0 9:40 F The Victim MV 0 10:50 One Lane Bridge 16L 3 0

6am Maia The Brave 3 0 6:10 Thomas And Friends 0 6:20 Tinpo 0 6:35 Blaze And The Monster Machines 3 0 6:55 The Insectibles 3 0 7:05 Wacky Races 3 0 7:30 The Amazing World Of Gumball 0 7:55 Wallace And Gromit – A Matter Of Loaf And Death 3 0 8:25 Bakugan – Battle Planet 3 0 8:50 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 9:10 Marvel’s Avengers – Secret Wars 0 9:35 The Simpsons 3 0 10am Fresh 10:25 Mythbusters – The Search 0 11:25 8 Simple Rules 3 0 11:50 The 100 PGV 0 12:45 America’s Funniest Home Videos 0 1:05 M The Next Karate Kid 1994 Action.

3pm The Amazing Race Australia Omnibus 3 0 5:05 The Crystal Maze Celebrity 0 6:05 Nadia’s Comfort Kitchen 0 6:30 You Got This! 3 0

11:40 Doctor Doctor PG 3 Hugh faces problems at home and at work, with a mutiny on the farm and a pregnancy crisis with Hayley. 0 12:30 Coronation Street PG 3 0 2:35 Infomercials

11:15 M The Inbetweeners 2 16LS 2014 Comedy. 0 1am M Amateur Night 16LS 2016 Comedy. 2:30 Love Is… M 3 0 3:15 F Love Connection 3 0 4am Mike And Molly PG 3 0 5am F Regular Show 3 5:10 Fresh 3 5:35 Bizaardvark 3 0

Britain’s Got Talent 7:25pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Judge Jerry 3 10:25 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 11:25 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:25 Get A Room With Carson And Thom PG 3 1:20 Get A Room With Carson And Thom PG 3 2:15 Love It Or List It 3 3:15 Love It Or List It 3 4:15 Wahlburgers 3 4:45 Stop Search Seize 3 5:40 Hoarders 3 6:30 Revenge Body With Khloe Kardashian PG 7:30 Botched PG 3 8:30 Vanderpump Rules M Beau surprises Stassi by proposing to her; Lisa hosts a party to celebrate them, but Kristen is left out.

9:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey M 10:30 A Lie To Die For M 3 11:20 Love It Or List It 3

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6am Charles Stanley 3 6:30 Infomercials 9:30 NewsHub Nation An in-depth weekly current-affairs show. 0 10:30 The Taste USA 3 The theme is Street Food, and the dishes will be judged blind by chef Roy Choi.

11:30 Married At First Sight US – The First Year PG 3 12:25 America’s Next Top Model 3 0 1:20 Vet On The Hill 2:20 Fresh Off The Boat PG 2:50 The Goldbergs PG 0 3:20 Drop The Mic PG 3 3:45 N The Genius Of Nature 0 4:55 Grand Designs – The Street PG 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M Hotel Transylvania 7pm M Mamma Mia! Here 3 – Summer Vacation We Go Again PG 2018 PG 2018 Animated Comedy. 0 Comedy. As Sophie prepares 8:40 M Jerry Maguire for the reopening of Donna’s MLS 1996 Drama. hotel, she steps back in When a sports agent has a time and learns about her moral epiphany, and is fired mother’s complicated past. 0 for expressing it, he decides 9pm M Lady Bird M 2017 to test his new philosophy.

Drama. 0 10:45 M Stolen From Suburbia M 3 2015 Drama.

Jerry Maguire

8:40pm on TVNZ 2

Sky 5 6am Trucking Hell M 6:50 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 9:45 Trucking Hell M 10:35 Supernatural MVS 11:20 Nancy Drew M Noon SmackDown Live MVC 2:05 Main Event MV 2:50 Supergirl MVS 3:40 Ax Men ML 4:25 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 Trucking Hell M Jim deals with a 32-tonne truck that has slid down a dirt embankment and is lying on its side.

8:30 Lazy Boy Garage PG Jonny finds an Austrian Ford Cortina Mk4, known in Europe as the Taunus, but the Lazy Boys must decide whether to replace its rare engine.

9pm Ax Men ML Rygaard is a war zone as the contest between chasers threatens to fragment the crew.

9:50 Pawn Stars PG 10:35 Trucking Hell M 11:25 The Simpsons PG 11:50 The Simpsons PG

12:30 Infomercials 3 5am Hillsong 3 5:30 Charles Stanley 3

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6:25 The Sisters Brothers 16VLSC 2018 Drama.

John C Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix.

8:25 Chronicles Mysteries – Recovered PG 2019 Drama. Alison Sweeney, Benjamin Ayres.

9:50 Alita – Battle Angel MVLC 2019 Action. Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz. 11:50 Can You Ever Forgive Me? MLSC 2018 Drama. Melissa McCarthy, Richard E Grant.

1:40 Welcome To Marwen MV 2018 Drama. Steve Carell, Leslie Mann.

3:35 The Darkest Minds MV 2018 Action.

Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore.

5:20 The Oath 16VLSC 2018 Comedy. Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish.

6:55 The Old Man And The Gun ML 2018 Drama.

Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek.

8:30 Bohemian Rhapsody MLSC 2018 Drama. Film tracing the rise of rock band Queen, their music, and their lead singer, Freddie Mercury.

Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton.

10:45 Bad Times At The El Royale 16VL 2018 Drama.

Jeff Bridges, Chris Hemsworth.

6:40 Space Cowboys PGL 2000 Comedy.

Clint Eastwood, James Garner, Donald Sutherland, Tommy Lee Jones. 8:50 The Other Woman MLS 2014 Romantic Comedy.

Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton. 10:35 Beauty Shop MS 2005 Comedy.

Queen Latifah. 12:20 A Most Violent Year MVLC 2015 Action Crime.

Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo. 2:25 The Family Man MVL 2000 Comedy Drama. 4:30 The Great Gatsby MVS 2013 Drama Romance. 6:50 A History Of Violence 18VS 2005 Crime. Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt. 8:30 Shaun Of The Dead M 2004 Horror Comedy. A man must turn his moribund life around when his neighbourhood is overrun by zombies. Simon Pegg, Bill Nighy, Kate Ashfield.

10:10 Taking Lives 16VLS 2004 Crime Drama.

Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland.

11:55 The Great Gatsby MVS 2013 Drama Romance.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton.

Sunday 2:15 A History Of Violence 18VS 2005 Crime.

3:55 Shaun Of The Dead M 2004 Horror Comedy. 5:35 A Most Violent Year MVLC 2015 Action Crime.

Sunday

1:05 The Hate U Give MVLSC 2019 Drama. 3:15 The Darkest Minds MV 2018 Action. Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore. 5am The Oath 16VLSC 2018 Comedy.

Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish.

MAORI

CHOICE

6am Sand Masters 6:30 Auction 6am Ben 10 – Ultimate Alien 3 0 6:30 Tamariki Haka 6:40 My Packed 7:30 Animal Reunions Mokai 7:10 Huhu – Te 6:50 Hank Zipzer, The World’s 8:30 Mysteries At The Tunga Rakau 7:20 He Greatest Underachiever 3 0 Museum 9:30 Gardeners’ Rourou 3 7:30 Potae Pai 3 7:15 Henry Danger World 10:30 Fabulous Baker 7:40 Smooth 7:50 Polyfest 7:40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 0 8:05 Teen Titans 3 0 Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Haati Paati 3 Brothers 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Building The Dream 8:30 Pukana 3 2 9:30 Grid 3 8:30 Batman – The Animated 1:30 Escape To The Chateau 10am Swagger 10:30 Whanau Series 0 9am Samurai Jack – DIY 2:30 The Curse Of Oak Bake Off 3 11am Sidewalk PGR 0 10am SmackDown PGV 3 Island PGC 3:30 Great Blue Wild Karaoke 3 11:30 HakaNation 11am Raw PGV 3 Noon Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 4:30 Ainsley’s Caribbean Kitchen Noon Shearing Gang PG 3 0 Ainsley Harriott goes back to 1pm Haati Grassroots Rugby 3 1:30 Ultimate Fishing 3 0 his roots to learn the secrets of 2pm Poitukohu Kura Tuarua 3 2:30 Outback Opal Hunters Caribbean cooking.

3pm Touch Rugby – National PG 3 0 5:30 Mysteries At The Monument Championships 3 3:30 American Restoration 3 0 Don Wildman investigates the 4pm Waiata Nation 3 4:30 Hot Bench 3 world’s most impressive, and 4:30 Fresh 5pm ITM Fishing Classics 3 0 sometimes obscure, structures, 5pm The Hui – Kaupeka Wha 5:30 Prime News statues, and national parks to 6pm The Great British Bake Off – Maori current affairs hosted by discover tales hidden within them.

Mihingarangi Forbes.

An Extra Slice 0 6:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Food 5:30 Nga Tamariki O Te Kohu 3 Fight Club 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 7pm M The Croods 7:30 Restoration Home 7pm WhichCar 0 2013 Animated.

Calverton Manor in 7:30 The Seventies PG 3 0 The first modern family Buckinghamshire was 8:30 Blood And Thunder – The goes on a journey across a once home to a powerful Sound Of Alberts PG 3 0 landscape filled with fantastic businessman but, when 9:45 What’s My Name – creatures, fun surprises, and a David and Jeanette saw the Muhammad Ali PG 3 new world of adventure.

Grade II listed building, it was Chronicling the life of 8:45 M No Country For Old a rundown farmhouse. boxer Muhammad Ali, his Men 16CL 2007 Crime.

8:30 Antiques Roadshow challenges, confrontations, 9:30 Britain’s Ancient Tracks comebacks, and triumphs, With Tony Robinson featuring previously unseen 10:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls archival footage. 0 11:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

11:30 Great Blue Wild 11pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 PG Clive Anderson puts a team 12:30 Mysteries At The The latest news, with an inclusive of comedians through a series Monument 1:30 Sand approach to Maori news by of games to total the points and Masters 2am Raising Pompeii connecting directly with announce a winner.

3am Antiques Roadshow communities.

Midnight Ice Wars AO 3 4am Restoration Home 11:30 Closedown 1:15 Closedown 5am Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club

MOVIES ExtRA 7:15 6 Days 16VL 2017 Action.

Jamie Bell, Mark Strong.

8:50 Stuck MC 2017 Drama. Giancarlo Esposito, Ashanti. 10:15 Slender Man MLC 2018 Horror.

Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles.

11:50 Blame 16VLSC 2017 Drama. Quinn Shephard, Nadia Alexander.

1:30 Serious Laundry 16LC 2017 Comedy. Jason Zednick, Michele Richardson. 3pm The Devil’s Daughter 18VLC 2014 Horror. Paulie Rojas, Nancy Wolfe. 4:20 Burying Yasmeen MVLC 2019 Comedy.

Jason Lott, Mike Langer.

5:35 Woman On The Edge 16VC 2017 Thriller.

7:05 Helmet Heads MC 2018 Comedy. Arturo Pardo, Daniela Mora. 8:30 Canadian Strain 16LC 2019 Comedy.

When cannabis becomes legal in Canada, a boutique weed dealer goes to war with the biggest gang in town – the government. Jess Salgueiro, Colin Mochrie.

9:55 The Bachelor Next Door 16C 2017 Thriller.

Michael Welch, Haylie Duff.

11:24 The Mad Whale 16VLSC 2017 Drama. Camilla Belle, James Franco. Sunday 1:09 Messi And Maud 18SC 2017 Drama. 2:43 Serious Laundry 16LC 2017 Comedy.

4:13 Burying Yasmeen MVLC 2019 Comedy. 5:28 Woman On The Edge 16VC 2017 Thriller.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over; PG Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits FM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

UktV 6:20 Qi M 6:50 Qi M 7:20 Qi M 7:55 Would I Lie To You? PG 8:25 Would I Lie To You? PG 8:55 Would I Lie To You? PG 9:30 The Bill MVC 10:20 The Bill MVC 11:05 The Bill MVC 11:55 The Bill MVC 12:45 The Bill MVC 1:35 Casualty PG 2:25 Casualty MVC 3:20 Holby City MC 4:25 Inspector George Gently M 6:05 Qi MLSC 6:40 Ackley Bridge PG 7:35 Casualty MC Rash returns to the ED, and is immediately thrown into dealing with an attack at a market in Holby, while Ethan attends the scene; David’s son Ollie arrives at the ED out of the blue.

8:30 A Touch Of Frost M 10:20 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown MLS 11:10 Who Do You Think You Are? Australia PG Sunday 12:05 Who Do You Think You Are? Australia PG 1am Who Do You Think You Are? Australia PG 1:55 Who Do You Think You Are? Australia PG 2:50 Who Do You Think You Are? Australia PG 3:45 A Touch Of Frost M 5:35 Qi MLSC 2May20

DISCOVERy 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How It’s Made PG 7:30 Gold Rush – White Water PG Enter the Superclaw.

8:20 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 9:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10am Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Aussie Salvage Squad PG Christopher the Winch Beast. 12:30 Expedition Unknown PG The Fortune of the Buzzard. 1:20 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Elements of Survival.

2:10 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! PG Natural Born Thrillers.

3pm Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3:50 Expedition Unknown PG The Hunt for Our Ancient Ancestors. 4:45 Expedition Unknown PG Revealing Our Ancient Ancestors.

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Eddie Murphy, Steve Zahn, Anjelica Huston. 0 9pm M Into The Blue M 3 2005 Thriller. Young vacationers, expecting to have a memorable time diving, find themselves in trouble with a drug lord when they find the illicit cargo of a sunken plane.

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Imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, Thor must manage to return to Asgard in time to stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful and ruthless Hela. 0 9:25 M War For The Planet Of The Apes MVC 2017 Action.

6am Life TV 3 6:30 Brian Houston 3 7am Charles Stanley 3 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 3 9am R&R With Eru And K’Lee 9:30 The Hui 0 10am NewsHub Nation 3 0 11am Classical Destinations 11:30 Xscape 11:55 Mega Transports 1pm Muscle Garage 1:30 The Race All 3pm European Rally Championship 4pm Monster Jam – World Finals (HLS) 4:55 The Fishing Show Classics The best fishing action from around New Zealand and the world. 0 5:25 Fish Of The Day Clarke Gayford goes to Lake Taupo in search of rainbow trout. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm M Trolls PG 3 2016 Animated Adventure. After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy and Branch set off to rescue her friends, if they tolerate each other long enough to do the job. 0 8:40 M Ben Hur M 3 2016 Action, Adventure. 0 10:50 Blue Bloods M 0

6am Religious Programming 7am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 7:30 Religious Programming 10am 100 Day Bach 3 0 11am The Great Escapers 3 Noon Fishing Classics 3 0 1pm Ice Road Truckers PG 3 0 2pm Mad About You PG 3 2:30 IRT Deadliest Roads PG 3 3:30 Judge Judy PG 4pm Hot Bench 3 4:30 Hook Me Up! 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Cruising With Jane McDonald A trip down the Rhone from Lyon in Bordeaux to Arles in Provence shows Jane a France she has never seen before and, along the way, she manages to achieve several lifelong ambitions. 0 7pm Storage Wars PG 0 7:30 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip PG 0 8:30 The Chills – The Triumph And Tragedy Of Martin Phillipps ML 0 10:30 Shearing Gang PG 3

12:05 M Oculus 16 2013 Horror Mystery. Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites.

1:10 F The Originals MC 3 0 3:20 F America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 3:50 Infomercials 4:25 Mike And Molly PG 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:35 Magnum PI M 3 Magnum takes the case of a girl’s missing cat and, in the process, finds another cat’s murdered owner, who happens to be an FBI agent. 0 12:25 Infomercials

11:30 SmackDown PGV Programme with a blend of athleticism and entertainment, featuring the WWE SmackDown Live superstars.

12:30 60 Minutes PG 1:30 Closedown

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Sky 5 6am Lazy Boy Garage PG 6:25 Supergirl MVS 7:10 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders 16VS 7:55 Main Event MV 8:50 Survivor – Worlds Apart PG 9:35 Supergirl MVS 10:20 Pawn Stars PG 11:05 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders 16VS 11:50 Ax Men ML 12:40 Mountain Men PG 1:30 Lazy Boy Garage PG 2pm Ultimate Fishing PG 3pm Raw MVC 5:45 SmackDown MVC 7:30 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders 16VS 8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 NCIS MV 10:30 Chicago PD 16V 11:25 Survivor – Worlds Apart PG

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6:30 Tamariki Haka 6:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 7am Darwin + Newts 3 7:10 Huhu – Te Tunga Rakau 7:20 He Rourou 3 7:30 Potae Pai 3 7:40 Smooth 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Haati Paati 3 8:30 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 9am Globe 3 9:30 Swagger 10am Cam’s Kai 3 11am R&R With Eru And K’Lee 3 11:30 Te Ao With Moana 3 Noon Matau Bros Gone Fishing PGL 3 12:30 Piri’s Tiki Tour PGC 3 1pm Touch Rugby – Junior Championshps 3 1:45 M The Croods 2013 Animated. 3:30 Marae DIY 3 4:30 Tagata Pasifika 5pm Tamaki Paenga Hira 3 5:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News 7pm The Negotiators 3 7:30 F The New Zealand Wars 3 5/5.

8:30 M Mary Shelley 16CL 2017 Drama. The story of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, author of Frankenstein, and her fiery relationship with poet Percy Shelley.

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10:45 Kairakau 11:15 Te Ao – Maori News 3 The latest news, with an inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities.

11:45 Closedown

11:30 American Restoration 12:30 My Dream Home 1:30 Discovering... The Doors 2am Ewan And Colin McGregor – RAF Centenary 4am Rick Stein’s Long Weekends 5am Love Your Home And Garden

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MOVIES GREAtS

6:35 Bohemian Rhapsody MLSC 2018 Drama. Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton. 8:50 Bad Times At The El Royale 16VL 2018 Drama. Jeff Bridges, Chris Hemsworth. 11:10 The Hate U Give MVLSC 2019 Drama. Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall. 1:20 7 Days In Entebbe MVL 2018 Thriller.

Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl.

3:10 Slaughterhouse Rulez 16VSC 2018 Comedy.

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.

4:55 Boy Erased 16VLC 2018 Drama. Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe. 6:50 The Festival 16LSC 2019 Comedy.

Joe Thomas, Jemaine Clement.

8:30 Annabelle Comes Home 16C 2019 Horror. While babysitting the daughter of two demonologists, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll. Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson.

10:20 A Score To Settle 16VLSC 2019 Action.

Nicolas Cage, Benjamin Bratt.

Monday 12:05 The Favourite 16LSC 2019 Drama.

Olivia Colman, Emma Stone.

2am Slaughterhouse Rulez 16VSC 2018 Comedy. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost. 3:40 Boy Erased 16VLC 2018 Drama.

Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe.

5:35 Chronicles Mysteries – Recovered PG 2019 Drama. Alison Sweeney, Benjamin Ayres.

7:45 The Family Man MVL 2000 Comedy Drama.

Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle.

9:55 Taking Lives 16VLS 2004 Crime Drama.

Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland.

11:40 10 Things I Hate About You PGS 1999 Romantic Comedy. Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles.

1:25 The Dark Knight MV 2008 Action. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger.

3:55 Elysium 16VL 2013 Action Sci-fi. Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley.

5:50 Troy MV 2004 Action. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom.

8:30 The World’s End MVLS 2013 Comedy. Five friends reunite 20 years after a failed epic pub crawl, this time determined to reach the fabled final pub, The World’s End. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.

10:25 Last Vegas MLS 2013 Comedy. Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken.

6:58 Helmet Heads MC 2018 Comedy. Arturo Pardo, Daniela Mora. 8:23 Canadian Strain 16LC 2019 Comedy.

Jess Salgueiro, Colin Mochrie.

9:48 The Bachelor Next Door 16C 2017 Thriller.

Michael Welch, Haylie Duff.

11:15 The Mad Whale 16VLSC 2017 Drama. Camilla Belle, James Franco. 1pm The Work Wife 16VC 2018 Thriller.

Kevin Sizemore, Cerina Vincent.

2:25 Obey 16VLSC 2018 Drama. 4pm Dropping The Soap 16LS 2017 Comedy.

5:35 Entanglement MLC 2017 Comedy. 7pm Dear Dictator MLS 2017 Comedy.

Michael Caine, Katie Holmes.

8:30 Austin Found 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Hungry for fame and fortune, a woman conspires with a former boyfriend and a former convict to kidnap her 11-yearold daughter for publicity.

Linda Cardellini, Skeet Ulrich.

10:15 McKellen MLS 2018 Documentary.

11:45 Jellyfish 16LSC 2018 Drama. Liv Hill, Sinead Matthews.

6:05 Qi MLS 6:35 Holby City MC 7:35 EastEnders PG 8:05 EastEnders PG 8:35 Lewis MVC 10:10 Heartbeat MVC 11am The Jonathan Ross Show MLS 11:50 The Graham Norton Show MLS 12:40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown MLS 1:30 A Touch Of Frost M 3:20 Sanditon PG 4:15 Doc Martin PG 5:10 Heartbeat MVC 6:05 Would I Lie To You? PG 6:40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown MLS 7:35 Casualty PG Rash helps a patient through a serious loss; Ethan is brought a case by a friend from the past; Duffy deals with being left home alone while Charlie is at work.

8:30 Who Do You Think You Are? PG Sports broadcaster Clare Balding discovers an extraordinary American dynasty.

9:35 Inspector George Gently M 11:15 Sanditon PG

12:15 The Dark Knight MV 2008 Action. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger. 2:50 Elysium 16VL 2013 Action Sci-fi.

Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley. 4:45 10 Things I Hate About You PGS 1999 Romantic Comedy.

Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles.

1:25 Between Worlds 16VLSC 2018 Thriller. 2:55 Dropping The Soap 16LS 2017 Comedy.

4:30 John Ford – The Man Who Invented America MC 2018 Documentary.

5:24 Entanglement MLC 2017 Comedy.

12:05 Casualty MC 12:55 Casualty PG 1:45 Ackley Bridge PG 2:35 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:35 Inspector George Gently M 5:05 Doc Martin PG 5:50 The Coroner PG

Monday

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6am Key Of David 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Leading The Way 7:30 Ainsley’s Caribbean Kitchen 8:30 Martin Clunes – Islands Of Australia 9:30 Inside Ikea 10:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club 11:30 Love Your Home And Garden 12:30 Great Blue Wild 1:30 Mysteries At The Monument 2:30 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Inside The Vets 4:30 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends Rick Stein goes on a series of culinary long weekends to some favourite destinations.

5:30 My Dream Home Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott help couples find, buy, and transform extreme doer-uppers into ultimate dream homes.

6:30 American Restoration 7:30 Irish Pickers Ian Dowling and his Dublinbased team of pickers travel everywhere, from the shipyard that built the RMS Titanic to medieval castles, to discover remarkable and valuable finds.

8:30 The Cold Case Files MCV 9:30 Paranormal Survivor MCV 10:30 Irish Pickers

Monday

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DISCOVERy 6:35 How Do They Do It? PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Curse Of The Bermuda Triangle PG Aliens in the Triangle. 8:20 UFOs – The Lost Evidence PG 9:10 BattleBots PG 10am Aussie Mega Mechanics PG Off Track. 10:50 Alaskan Bush People PG Noah’s Animal Ark. 11:40 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Elements of Survival.

12:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 1:20 Gold Rush – White Water PG Enter the Superclaw.

2:10 What On Earth? PG 3pm What On Earth? PG 3:50 What On Earth? PG 4:45 What On Earth? PG 5:40 What On Earth? PG 6:35 What On Earth? PG 7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 8:30 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! PG Beyond Driven. 9:25 Curse Of The Bermuda Triangle PG Aliens in the Triangle.

10:15 Expedition Unknown PG The Fortune of the Buzzard.

11:05 Gold Rush – White Water PG Enter the Superclaw.

11:55 How It’s Made PG

Monday 12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Curse Of The Bermuda Triangle PG 1:35 Wheels That Fail PG 2am Wheels That Fail PG 2:25 Naked And Afraid M 3:15 Naked And Afraid M 4:05 Naked And Afraid M 4:55 Naked And Afraid M 5:45 Naked And Afraid M

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McKERCHAR – Charlie and Stacey along with big brothers Jack, Sam and Ben are pleased to announce the safe arrival of Millie Caroline McKerchar, born on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 8.46am, weighing 8lb 5oz. A special thanks to our awesome midwife Anna Campbell and the team at Christchurch Women’s Hospital.

TUTTY, Kevin Raymond – On April 28, 2020. Dearly loved husband and soul mate of Sandy, adored father, father-in-law, and Poppa of Katrina, David, and Mia; Nathan, Chin, Mikaylah, Lachlan, and Will; and fabulous Dad and best friend of Daniel. Loved brother and brother-in-law of Brian and Bernadette, and Peter and Elaine.

RIP our lovely man.

Many thanks to Radius Hawthorne for their love and care of Kevin over the past 12 months. Messages may be addressed to: the family of the late Kevin Tutty, c/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. Due to our present Covid-19 status, Kevin’s service will be private.

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Rain about the divide, spreading east during the afternoon and becoming heavy with possible thunderstorms about the divide.

Snow possibly lowering to 2000m in the south at night. Wind at 1000m: NW gale 65 km/h, rising to 80 km/h gusting severe gale 120 km/h in exposed places by midday.

Wind at 2000m: NW gale 80 km/h, rising to 120 km/h by midday.

TOMORROW Fine. Northerlies.

MONDAY High cloud increasing with northerlies. Rain developing late with a change to strong southerlies.

WEDNESDAY Fine. Southwesterlies dying out.

World Weather showers showers rain showers fine fine fine thunder windy thunder fine thunder rain fine cloudy

FZL: About 2400m

Frequent showers near the divide, with possible thunderstorms and snow showers to 1800m. Mainly fine further east.

Wind at 1000m: Gale NW 65 km/h, gusting to 80 km/h in exposed places.

Wind at 2000m: Severe gale NW 100 km/h.

Rain easing to a few showers, then clearing later. Strong southwesterlies easing.

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Rise 7:28 am Set 5:31 pm Good

Good fishing Set 1:25 am Rise 3:37 pm

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Rise 7:29 am Set 5:30 pm Good

Good fishing Set 2:41 am Rise 4:06 pm

New moon 23 May 5:40 am

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Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 3:03 pm, yesterday

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A northwest airflow strengthens over New Zealand today between a large high moving off to the east of the North Island and a deep low pressure system moving eastwards from Tasmania. A front moves onto the west of the South Island this afternoon and across the North Island during Sunday and Monday.

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 19.9 22.6 Max to 4pm 5.8 Minimum -0.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm May to date 0.0 Avg May to date 2 2020 to date 132.0 222 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 11 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 30 Time of gust 2:35pm

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Cryptic crossword

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

ACROSS 1. Like an apparition, Celts rap wildly (8) 4. So having been twisted into threads, is out to be unduly long (4) 8. Regret having to be in a cruel situation (3) 9. One to assess one as being angry (5) 10. Reputed to be less than one, and miserable about it (3) 11. Being drunk, must be kept in restraint (7) 12. Off which one is mad for the birds (5) 13. Like cricket, it needs green and a shaky container (11) 17. Something like a potato that could assume brute form (5) 18. A builder made it without one being meant to last (7) 20. It chops the wheel-pin that’s left out (3) 21. Chose the right moment to have seen how long it took (5) 22. Centre of our universe starts up between poles (3) 23. The impetuosity with which it can appear between words (4) 24. Is crazy, pulling them at Christmas (8) DOWN 1. Pro writer will prohibit it (6) 2. Sports item needing level track-top (5) 3. A prize draw given up after start of April (5) 5. Father’s hours are spent on his hobby (7) 6. One unsuited to being suited (6) 7. Get ready a motto for the scouts (2,8) 9. Provide pictures of sail turtle might use (10) 14. What grave thieves the Resurrectionists were (7) 15. Leave one high and dry but with a bit of rope (6) 16. Humans seen on a variety of binges (6) 18. Object: with rage it would be paid for detaining freight (5) 19. Put tacking stitches in a best adaptation of it (5)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The future that has seemed so hazy now comes into sharp focus. You’ll be approaching work in new ways. While some deals are stalled, other arrangements can be solidified as you wait.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Where would you be without silly, high-spirited behaviour and those who bring it so often into your realm? Celebrate these ones today and they’ll continue with the shenanigans you adore.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Though there’s plenty you can learn about yourself outside the context of a relationship, there are many things you figure out quickly by working and playing with others, like you will today.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Your elastic heart will expand to include more people, including complete strangers. In a related story, joy will double up inside your world – math that makes perfect sense.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): With all you’ve experienced, you could write a survival guide. You’ll be compelled to help, but you don’t really have to give any advice or instruction to do so.

Your example is enough.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Sometimes the bumpy roads lead to the most beautiful places. Other times it’s just more rock and dirt and jostling. Take an enjoyable path and the destination will just be a bonus.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There is no one better than another, and yet many make easier fits. Of course, fit isn’t everything. Sometimes what you have to grow into or figure out keeps you more interested.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): There are ways to live it up now and live it up tomorrow, too. Life doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing kind of party, and you’ll be excellent at finding the most enjoyable stride.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Your story isn’t one narrative. It’s an ever-evolving work of art that you might tell a totally different way one day to the next. This is one way you’ll exercise creative power over your destiny.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): If something doesn’t seem right for you, don’t let anyone strong-arm you into choosing it. Go with your comfort level today. When the correct decision is clear, you’ll choose it in a heartbeat.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You can direct loving feelings toward yourself and extend them outward or direct loving feelings toward another then soak them up. Either way, you’ll cultivate a warm, safe environment.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Life is not about stuff, and yet a few choice items can make your world a bit more fun, safe or smooth today. Figure out what you need. You might be able to trade someone for it.

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