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Council mulls rates options

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton District ratepayers could be in for a two-pronged form of rates relief to help them balance their budgets during the Covid-19 lockdown.

A report is being prepared by council staff on rating options that could potentially include a reduction or cancellation of the

the pain they’re going through,” he said.

The likely reduction in next year’s rate increase, however, would come with some consequences, Brown said.

“Whatever we do, if we reduce the increase in rates we will have to reduce our levels of service and we’ll have to weigh up the sustainability of this.”

penalty for unpaid rates in the May quarter and a reduction in the 4.8 per cent rate increase for next year.

Mayor Neil Brown said the relief options would be discussed at Thursday’s council meeting and he’s anticipating a positive outcome.

“Let’s hope there is something that will please people and ease

In terms of next quarter’s rates, the council couldn’t simply wipe these as that would effectively mean it had to borrow $8 million to cover the lost income as rates contribute around $35 million to the council’s income for the year, he said.

“We have to look at this and ask ourselves if we can do anything and it may be that we opt for no

penalties.”

If that was what councillors decided then it would mean that quarter’s rates would not be forgone, rather they could be deferred.

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Put your fridge on lockdown Methven nutritionist Vera Prazak recommends keeping eating habits similar to what they were when we had our normal routines.

“If you find it hard to keep up with morning fasting, then allow yourself to have a substantial and balanced breakfast. If you are a breakfast eater, make time for yourself and eat it in a calm state,” Prazak said.

“If lunch is still far away, fit in a healthy piece of fruit or some yoghurt and nuts mid-morning.

Do not skip lunch or afternoon tea. Choose foods that are well balanced and filling. Add complex carbohydrates to each meal to help stabilise your blood sugar which prevents uncontrollable cravings,” she said.

“Allow yourself something sweet alongside a piece of fruit or protein to control your needs of visiting the pantry later on. For example, I would have a piece of homemade baking for either mid-morning or afternoon tea served with sliced up orange, apple or servings of natural yoghurt.”

Prazak said dinners were generally an easy choice for many families, being the basic meat and

Are you finding yourself endlessly gazing into the refrigerator, and then grazing throughout the day on all the yummy stuff that has little nutritional value? The lockdown has thrown our normal routines out the window, but do not despair. Reporter Susan Sandys talks to Methven holistic nutritionist Vera Prazak to get some valuable tips. three vegetables.

However, she wanted to appeal to Mid Cantabrians to lighten up their dinners a little, by changing the ratio on the plate to at least half being non-starchy vegetables compared to the rest of your plate.

“We have limited movement at this time and our bodies need nourishing rather than filling up with high-calorie and difficult-to-digest meals at night time,” Prazak said.

Increasing the vegetable proportion would leave room for a mini-dessert for those so inclined, as well as help keep weight under control and improve sleep.

In terms of dessert, Prazak said her personal go-to was chocolate chia seed pudding with natural yoghurt, fresh fruit and nuts.

She said being confined at home could throw routines out of

kilter. However, someone thinking they had little self-control over their eating could just have a case of the body trying to make up for many years of dieting and restrictions.

The average woman has been on some sort of diet or restriction for many months or years, she said.

“Now you are home, locked in with kids, hubby and all the food you stockpiled, and you cannot stop yourself from snacking,” she said.

In this case, she recommended finding a new routine that fitted the new situation.

“Don’t let yourself slack on your goals and needs, keep the motivation high with creating a routine for yourself and your whole family. But be realistic. You will be locked down with them for some time.”

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Council mulls options

By Susan Sandys

From P1 Or councillors may decide that the penalty for unpaid rates for the next quarter, currently 10 per cent, should be reduced, he said.

It was unlikely the council would opt for a rates relief package on a case-by-case basis, because of the logistics around managing this.

Many local authorities around New Zealand are looking at options for ratepayer relief but some have already made it clear relief is not an option. Queenstown Lakes is one that has taken a hard line, saying its planned rate hike will continue unchanged.

Selwyn District Council is looking at options that could include lower penalties for late

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Mid Canterbury doctors say there could be a hidden reality of growing Covid-19 cases in the district, masked by a lack of testing.

Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced 89 new cases in the last 24 hours at his daily media briefing yesterday, taking the nationwide total to 797.

The worst affected district health board areas have been Southern (118), Waikato (117), Auckland (116) and Waitemata (108).

Out of a total of 20 district health board areas, Canterbury has the seventh highest number of cases, with 53, including just one case added over the last two days.

However, Mid Canterbury GP

spokesperson Emma Andrew said there was no room for complacency, and the small increase in Canterbury could be due to a lack of testing.

“I think that’s only because we have been stuck with the criteria being very strict. It will be interesting to see over the next week what unfolds,” Dr Andrew said.

Doctors welcomed the criteria opening up this week to encompass anyone with respiratory symptoms, when previously patients generally needed to have a link to overseas travel or to a confirmed case.

To date the Community Based Assessment Clinic (CBAC) set up at Ashburton Hospital to undertake Covid-19 tests had been doing three to four tests per day.

But the capacity was 40 to 90 per

day, and this could be increased if needed.

Dr Andrew believed the CBAC could now reach capacity as doctors in the district referred more of their patients.

At Tinwald Medical Centre where she is based, doctors yesterday referred a couple of patients, and in hindsight there would be other patients not previously meeting the test criteria that they would be chasing up.

Dr Andrew said there was no evidence of community transmission in Mid Canterbury, however doctors would not be surprised if it was happening.

At the same time, among those referred for testing under the new criteria could be people suffering normal colds and flus and not necessarily have Covid-19.

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payments or a rates deferral scheme, while Waitaki District Council has agreed to work towards a zero rates increase for next year.

Both Christchurch City and Environment Canterbury met yesterday to discuss their options for ratepayers.

The tax and ratepayers’ watchdog, the Taxpayers’ Union has set up a dashboard that spells out what each council proposes to do with planned rate increases for the coming year and whether any are planning a rates holiday.

Ashburton will remain marked ‘no indication’ until after next week’s meeting.

Log on to www.taxpayers.org. nz to see how individual councils are handling the appeal for rates relief.

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Tourists stuck in their own bubbles

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

Ever since the nation went into lockdown ‘bubbles’ have been popping up across the country, including three bubbles of stranded tourists at the Mt Somers Holiday Park.

Two couples and a sole traveller have been isolated at the holiday park after getting caught out by the lockdown last week.

Holiday park owners Peter Peilua and Georgie McLeod have had to adapt the park to accommodate guests and themselves not being allowed within two metres of each other.

To ensure that each bubble has access to proper facilities like toilets and a shower, one couple from the United Kingdom are staying in a cabin with an en-suite while the two other bubbles are staying in camper vans, with one couple from Alaska using the men’s communal facilities, while the sole woman is from Ireland and is using the female communal facilities which have been closed off from the public.

Peilua said the couple from the UK had attempted to get home, but are now stuck in place.

“They were able to get a flight from Auckland back home but weren’t able to get a flight there

Guests at the Mt Somers Holiday Park are sticking to their bubbles throughout the lockdown.

PHOTO SUPPLIED from Christchurch or on the ferry so they are stuck,” he said.

“There is another couple who are from Alaska and they are in the same boat.”

With Mt Somers already being reasonably isolated, sourcing food and supplies had thrown up a few challenges.

“It has been a bit tricky but we

have been able to get them all registered with online shopping and there have been some trips to the supermarket,” he said.

“The couple in the campervan

are in a big four-berth campervan so everyone looks at them suspiciously and they were actually at Countdown packing their groceries away and security called the police and they came and asked them what their isolation plans were and things like that which was not a fun experience for them.”

The Mt Somers General Store is still open, and Peilua said it was handy to be able to pop in to grab the essentials when needed.

The rest of the Mt Somers community has also chipped in to help, with one person dropping off a batch of home-cooked soup and another person dropping off a stack of puzzles, McLeod said.

A WhatsApp group has been set up to link the bubbles online, and Peilua said they like to do the rounds each morning to catch-up with the guests, keeping a safe distance away of course.

The couple took over the park last October and never expected to have a global pandemic interrupt business, but Peilua is pragmatic about the situation.

“You’ve just got to roll with the flow on these things, we’d sooner be here than cooped up in what was our home in Wellington with a little section, we’ve got a lot of space here and the kids can run around,” he said.

Jobs in food production sector looking for takers

By Sue Newman

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As the reality of the Covid-19 lockdown bites, many people around the Ashburton District may be looking at weeks without work, however, one company is desperate for staff.

Agstaff owner Matt Jones has essential jobs in the food production sector he’s desperate to fill and he’s hoping that employees from non-essential businesses who are currently out of work might be keen to help fill those gaps.

“I’m dealing with two lots of chaos. From a Canstaff point of view things are very quiet be-

cause most of our work has dried up but with Agstaff we can’t keep up. It’s going gangbusters in the food sector and we need more people, more staff,” he said.

Where possible he’s redeployed staff from Canstaff, but even with those on board, there are yawning gaps in his employment ranks.

The new protocols in place under Covid-19 Alert Level 4 have created a new and challenging environment for those working in the food sector, Jones said.

Travel restrictions meant he was unable to redeploy staff from the North Island who were out of work and that put additional pressure on the local job market.

“We have to look very hard at people’s living situations and how they’re staying in their bubble. If they’re working for us, they can’t go to the supermarket and where we used to have six to 10 people in one van going to a job, now we can have only two in a vehicle.

There are very strict protocols and we’ve taken them even further because we don’t want to be the company that spreads Covid-19.”

Personal protection equipment was standard for staff and both the company and its clients were monitoring every situation carefully to ensure everyone played by the rules, he said.

“But we have to be able to trust our people too, trust that they’re doing the right thing when they’re not at work.”

He’s keen to talk to anyone looking for work, but said they needed to be honest, trustworthy and must pass a drug test before sign on.

People can sign on as temporary workers while their normal employment is closed.

“There’s a lot of demand out there for staff because some people are scared and not going to work even if they have jobs and of course that’s creating more gaps.

There’s work there if people want it.”

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Police acquire extra facilities

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

In a move to avoid bringing outside people into the Ashburton Police Station as much as possible, local police have been given access to the Balmoral Hall.

The hall, which is just around the corner from the police station, can be used by police if required, Ashburton Sub-Area Supervisor Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins said.

“The intention is to avoid bringing any person into the police station unless absolutely necessary,” he said.

Jenkins contacted Mayor Neil Brown asking if there was a property that could be used for this purpose.

Police are not paying for use of the building.

Jenkins said they do not have any premises for this purpose in Methven or Rakaia where the district’s other police stations are, but that it is still under consideration.

Police have still been busy during the lockdown, carrying out reassurance patrols and regular visits to in-demand sites like supermarkets, pharmacies, hospitals and service stations.

A 35-year-old male who is on active charges for motor vehicle thefts and was arrested on Saturday for breaching his bail, has been remanded in custody.

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Methven’s hot pools project is tracking along as engineers and designers work behind the scenes, firmly ensconced in their home offices.

Methven Adventures director James McKenzie said despite the Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown, management and consultants were being proactive in getting things ready for construction to begin on Opuke Thermal Pools and Spa. Construction of the main building was initially scheduled

Dramatic turn An afternoon stroll with the dog took a dramatic turn for one Auckland woman who had to be rescued from Takapuna rocks as the tide came in. She found herself stuck on the rocks near Narrow neck between a cliff and the fast approaching tide, a police spokeswoman said. “The woman was walking her dog but misjudged the speed of the tide coming in.” Emergency services were called to rescue her at around 2.20pm on Thursday, with police officers, the police Maritime Unit and Fire and Emergency New Zealand working to free her. The Police Maritime Unit boat Deodar rescued the woman and her dog before she was taken home “safe and well”.

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The Balmoral Hall is now a temporary isolation addition to the Ashburton Police Station during the Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown. interest in people who are flouting their bail conditions and moving between addresses,” Jenkins said.

Police are also investigating following an alleged assault out-

side a supermarket on Wednesday afternoon.

Two males argued with a security guard at Countdown on East Street.

Jenkins said it appears there

was an issue around how they were to queue.

One of the party allegedly assaulted the security guard.

Both males had left the scene prior to police arrival.

Hot pools tracking along behind the scenes

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In brief

for this month, with that date potentially pushing out to May awaiting building consent.

Methven Adventures has applied to the Ashburton District Council for building consent, lodging the application about three weeks ago.

“Even during this lockdown there’s still a reasonably busy team working on various parts of the project,” McKenzie said.

In fact, the lockdown had provided a rare window to make ongoing refinements and improvements, potentially saving time later on.

Council was operating with staff working from home so were able to continue processing the consent. And all of the project’s consultants, engineers and designers were set up to work from home so were able to respond to any questions the council might present around the consent.

He was expecting some knock-on effect from the lockdown, and construction would be more likely to be July onwards.

Methven Adventures would have to review the building

programme with Bradfords, as well as take into consideration any global supply chain issues with some items coming from the likes of China, America and Europe.

The picturesque mountain-view site on Mt Hutt Station Road near Mt Harding Racecourse has been excavated, marked out and surveyed.

The construction project will comprise a 260 square metres pump house, followed by the main building and pools throughout the site, as well as a large area of solar panels.

An Auckland man accused of spitting on three police officers and claiming he had Covid-19 has tested negative for the infectious virus. Superintendent Naila Hassan confirmed yesterday that the 30-year-old man does not have coronavirus. If the alleged offender had tested positive to the virus responsible for a global pandemic he could have faced a charge of infecting with disease, which under the Crimes Act carries a maximum penalty of 14 years imprisonment.

He has been charged with assault with intent to injure and resisting police and is due in court again next week.

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FOR BUSINESS AND WORKERS:

Should I be using the supermarket delivery system?

Can my business sell essential non-food items?

If you’re healthy and under 70, you should go to the supermarket instead of shopping online. This leaves delivery slots free for the people who need them most. The 70+, and those with pre-existing conditions, are the most at-risk of developing serious complications after contracting the virus. Staying home could literally save their lives.

How can I safely deliver supplies to people who can’t currently shop for themselves?

Call, video chat, text or knock on the door to ask if they need you to pick up food or supplies. Keep a 2 metre distance.

Drop off supplies at the front door instead of going inside.

How can I purchase essential, non-food items that I need for winter?

Only businesses who have registered to sell essential, non-food items with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment can do so.

All stores selling these essential items must adhere to strict guidelines to avoid the spread of COVID-19. This includes limiting sales to items that keep people warm, replace key household appliances, or maintain people’s health, eg: blankets, heaters, kitchenware and appliances, whiteware, computer equipment, and mobile phones.

Where can I purchase essential, non-food items?

Stores that are open for essential, non-food items only include Noel Leeming, The Warehouse, Harvey Norman, Briscoes and Farmers.

If you need to order, do so responsibly, only purchasing items that are absolutely necessary to help your household safely isolate, stay connected to work, or study from home while we all unite against COVID-19.

Businesses that wish to sell essential non-food items must first register with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

They can only sell essential, non-food items. (See list above for items they can sell.)

What precautions do businesses selling essential, non-food items need to take?

Your business must take all appropriate public health measures to avoid spreading COVID-19. This includes only taking online or phone orders. The orders must be delivered without making physical contact with the public. Storefronts must not be open, and the public cannot visit stores to select or collect goods.

Who can get the Wage Subsidy?

All New Zealand employers who have been adversely affected

by COVID-19 are eligible to apply. This includes:

• registered charities • non-government organisations (NGOs) • the self-employed and sole traders • contractors • incorporated societies • post-settlement governance entities.

How quickly does the subsidy come into effect?

Work and Income are working to pay the Wage Subsidy as quickly as they can. They need to check the information you’ve given them is the same as what’s held by Inland Revenue. If it isn’t, there could be a delay.

Who can I contact if I see people not following the rules on self-isolation?

You can tell the Police by completing the online form at 105.police.govt.nz Where possible, try to keep the phones free for those that need them in an emergency.

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■■ KERBSIDE COLLECTION

Bins okay for glass, for the time being sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

Neil McCann Bins should be put out away from parked cars and power poles and should be spaced one metre apart.

For people who did not receive a kerbside collection, the Resource Recovery Park is open for bagged rubbish, recycling and glass, but all items would be treated as rubbish and should be left at the tip-face, McCann said.

This service will be available between 1pm and 5pm Monday to Friday.

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When two plus two doesn’t add up to six Guardian motoring correspondent, Bernard Egan is well known around these parts. Over the next few weeks, he’s agreed to share with us some of his tales of from yesteryear. Some will be his own telling while others will come directly, or indirectly from others. The whole truth of some, can be left for public opinion. Readers are invited to share tales with Bernard by emailing geegeeber@gmail.com e just have to share this story which came from Michael and Annette, who live in Nelson.

A secondary school teacher was arrested at London’s Heathrow International Airport as he attempted to board an international flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a pair of compasses, a slide-rule and a calculator.

At a press conference, a border control spokesman said he believes the man is a member of the notorious extremist Al-Gebra movement.

He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the police with carrying weapons of maths instruction.

“Al-Gebra is a problem for us”, the spokesman said. “They derive solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of absolute values.”

They use secret code names like “X” and “Y” and refer to

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themselves as “unknowns”; but we have determined that they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with co-ordinates in every country.

As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, “There are three sides to every triangle”.

Meanwhile, in Washington, when asked to comment on the arrest the President said, “If God had wanted us to have better weapons of maths instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes”.

White House Officials told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by the president.

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A reduced kerbside collection service in Ashburton during the Covid-19 lockdown has created a new problem – glass bottles being dumped on footpaths and beside public rubbish bins.

With glass recyclers closed nationally, the Ashburton District Council had opted to put a halt to kerbside green glass crate collections, but this had created an unexpected problem.

People were dumping bottles around town rather than stockpiling them at home, council service delivery manager Neil McCann said.

And this has forced the council to rethink its policy.

From Monday, while glass crates will still not be collected, glass can be put in either yellow recycling bins or in red rubbish bins.

“Unfortunately that means the glass will have to go to landfill because during lockdown it can’t be sorted and people still have the option of stockpiling their bottles,” he said.

Once self-isolation restrictions were eased and it was safe to do so, the council would revert to its usual collection system, McCann said.

With more vehicles than usual parked outside properties, the Envirowaste collectors were finding it difficult to access some bins, he said.

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Smith & Church are able to supply Essential Goods from stock, and are only allowed to supply Essential Goods as listed above. We are strictly following all protocols as required in the update given by Prime Minister Jacinda Adern on the 30-3-2020.

1 – Orders can only be taken by phone, and payment can only be made by Credit / ATS or Farmlands Cards, we cannot accept Cash. Our store is not allowed to open to the public, so you are not able to collect goods from the store.

2 – When staff are fulfilling orders we will take all appropriate health measures – physical distancing, and hygiene basics will be followed, and appropriate personal protective equipment will be worn.

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Hands off, don’t touch that dog Phishing scam warning

By Sue Newman

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One of the biggest beneficiaries of the Covid-19 lockdown is likely to be the family dog.

Walking has become the new must-do activity around the country and Ashburton is no exception. Any hour of the day footpaths are busier than roads and many of those using the road are accompanied by the family dog.

But a dog’s coat is also listed as one of the potential carriers of the Covid-19 virus and they should be treated as part of an individual or family bubble.

And that means all dogs should be on a leash when they’re out in public, says Ashburton District Council chief executive Hamish Riach.

Dogs should not mix with other people or pets and that includes in designated dog exercise areas, he said.

“People are correctly restricting their interactions to only those that they are living with at the moment, and it’s vital that this also includes their dogs.

“If someone were to pat someone else’s dog or that dog was in close contact with other pets, there is a risk that Covid-19 could be transmitted.

“We want to keep that from

happening.”

To lessen the chance of transmission of the virus, the council has left all gates to its fenced dog exercise areas open in Ashburton and Methven.

Signs have been placed at the

entrance to dog parks to remind dog owners to keep their pets leashed.

Health advisories make it clear that dogs are part of their owner’s bubble and therefore the two metre rule applies to

them also.

That means avoiding close contact with other dogs and dog owners. Patting a dog could also create an avenue for the transmission of the virus via the dog’s coat.

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is advising people to delete widely distributed ‘phishing scam’ emails which direct recipients to a counterfeit website to renew their vehicle licence (rego).

“These emails are not from the NZ Transport Agency. They are part of a phishing scam which leads people to a counterfeit website. If you receive one of these messages you should delete it immediately,” NZTA spokesperson Andy Knackstedt said.

Since NZTA first issued warnings about a similar phishing scam in late 2019, several new versions of the original phishing e-mail have appeared.

An email genuinely sent from the NZ Transport Agency will include your specific vehicle details (eg your plate number, vehicle make and the licence expiry date on the rego label on your vehicle).

If you receive an email doesn’t include your specific vehicle details, or you think there’s anything suspicious or incorrect, do not complete the online renewal transaction the email links you to.

If you think you’ve received a scam email, or you’re unsure about anything, please email NZTA at info@ nzta.govt.nz

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s you read this, in better, Covid-19 free times, eighteen yellow shirted ‘classic aged’ blokes of the Summer Wine cycling group would have been setting off on the final leg – Hyde to Middlemarch – of the Otago Central Rail Trail.

This was to mark the ten-year anniversary since the group last rode it and had involved, especially given the group numbers, very extensive planning by group commandant Merv Gray.

All of which I’m glad to say is just on hold, and hopefully should be able to put in place later in the year.

Now one of the vehicles that was to be heading south, complete with trailer and bikes was a 2-litre Mitsubishi ASX, courtesy of Paul Sankey, Esquire.

While not one of the very latest face-lifted models, it is the last of the previous popular models and has pretty much the same engine/gearbox and cabin as the new ones.

So I was looking forward, as co-driver, to checking it out over the trip.

Of course that’s on hold, so lets take a look at what’s happened with the latest ASX range.

For a start they are more noticeable thanks to a now quite aggressive looking front end, right from the windscreen forward.

There’s different tail-lights and rear bumper as well.

Gone are the diesel four-wheel-drive

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models with all ASXs, including the top of the line VRX, which now has the same 2.4-litre four cylinder petrol engine as can be had in the Outlander, are front-wheeldrive.

Those looking for a similarly sized vehicle with more off-road performance now need to consider the latest Eclipse Cross, or the said Outlander, both of which have versions with enhanced 4WD systems.

All three versions of the still nicely-compact sized ASX come with 18” alloys, LED headlights and daylight running lights.

As well all have automatic rain-sensing wipers and dusk-sensing headlights.

The test VRX with its Sunshine Orange paintwork was not just easily spotted, but because of its large windows was also easy to see out of.

Inside, subtle but important changes have been made, not just to freshen its appearance but technology as well.

This includes a larger more intuitive 8-inch infotainment screen complete with Apple and Android connectivity.

For those in the front access is easy and the more sculpted shape of the leather furnished, heated front seats proved both suitably comfortable and supportive.

It also easy to set up a comfortable driving position.

Then for taller people getting into the rear seats, they may find the door opening a bit restrictive, but once seated will be happy with the space, including the foot space under the front seats.

They don’t get separate air vents though.

Luggage space is 393 litres and the rear seats split/fold 60/40.

There’s a temporary spare under the boot floor.

The combination of the well-proven 2.4litre four-cylinder petrol engine with its strong mid-range torque and intuitive CVT transmission means it’s very easy to drive with smooth, responsive performance for most driving situations, and doing so with fuel consumption well in keeping with the claimed figure.

Even over bumps, a well-controlled and comfortable ride is delivered, while the handling is safe and predictable and body roll, when hurried through corners is also well-controlled.

The VRX (as does the mid-range XLS) comes with lots of safety features including lane departure/blind spot warning, rear cross traffic alert and forward collision mitigation.

While the LS misses out on these extras it has an five-star ANCAP safety rating.

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Matt Markham

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How are you eating under lockdown?

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f you’re anything like me then trips to the fridge or pantry over the past week have been more about comfort than they have hunger.

Those moments of insanity, when lockdown has you worn to the ground, are often met with the need for something to comfort the soul and, in so many cases, that’s food.

I’m sure there are others who can confirm they’ve gone to a food storage facility within their homes recently and taken out something for no other reason than to give themselves something to do.

It might be chocolate, a random bowl of cereal, a pack of two-minute noodles or even the previous night’s dinner leftovers – there is no real rhyme, nor reason, to it.

Normally those moments, for me anyway, would be more about the healthy stuff.

Fruit, a glass of water or some other kind of healthy option.

Now, it’s whatever I can get my hands on first, really.

That doesn’t bode well for the end of this whole situation though so I’m worried.

Nutritionist Vera Prazak probably hits the nail right on the head when she suggests we should stick to our normal eating habits during this lockdown period, but in so many ways, that’s easier said than done for a lot of people.

Add to it all the abundance of baking that seems to be about the place and the challenge gets even harder.

In fact it sounds like, for a lot of people out there, that there seems to be something fresh from the oven on the bench each and every day.

It’s not the worst situation to be in right now, there are in fact a lot worse things to do than just eating a little more loosely than what you normally might – but it is good food for thought, excuse the pun.

Thought of the day: We can’t change the cards we are dealt, only how we play that hand.

Taking lockdown seriously

By Heather du Plessis-Allan

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an people getting angry at others during this lockdown please settle down?

While I was out running today, a woman tried to hit me.

Yes, you read that right.

A woman tried to hit a complete stranger running past.

I’m guessing that was because she thought I’d got too close.

That is complete overreaction and actually really unfair, because I couldn’t help it.

She was walking towards me on one side of the footpath. I started crossing over to the other side of the footpath to give her space, but right then, suddenly, a runner appeared on that side, coming towards me.

So, I had two options: I could either stop dead in my tracks or run through the middle of them.

Either way, it wouldn’t have made a difference, because I would’ve ended up between them in both cases.

I’m guessing that the woman who tried to hit me didn’t see the runner on her other side, because that person was slightly behind her.

So, she just assumed I was being selfish and thus felt entitled to swipe at me as I ran past.

This woman should’ve known better. She was well dressed, in a nice part of town and probably in her early sixties.

Earlier this week a cyclist spat at a colleague of mine for exactly the same reason: getting too close.

A friend’s fiancé got yelled at for

failing to spot the red line in the supermarket queue.

Angry online posts complain aggressively about people walking around outdoors.

I’m so disappointed by this that it’s actually changed my mind about dobbing people in.

At the outset, I thought it was fair enough to get on that police website and dob in others we might see breaking the lockdown.

Now, I’m more worried that

our collective sense of needing to police each other is resulting in some nasty behaviour.

Actually this is not our job is it?

It’s not my job or your job to make sure everyone’s abiding by the rules.

It’s the job of the police.

If they’re not policing this lockdown – and they clearly aren’t to the full extent of their capabilities – then I’m not going to do it for them.

Heather du Plessis-Allan is the drive host for Newstalk ZB and a columnist for the Herald on Sunday.

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omebody, much wiser than I, once told me – 90 per cent of what you worry about never actually happens.

I am leaning very heavily on that quote this week.

I was initially stunned when I heard that Radio Sport was pulling the plug, for the foreseeable future, earlier in the week.

As I stopped, in my tracks and chanting under my breath like some sort of Buddhist monk, “We are next, We are next” and took a few deep breaths and actually thought about the move, I relaxed a bit.

I know radio and I’m guessing all media has taken a huge hit as far as revenue from advertising goes and Radio Sport will not have been exempt from that.

It must have been getting tougher and tougher to talk about sport when we have NO sport on to talk about.

Add to that (out of lockdown) the cost of having staff at all the first class cricket games to give their reports for example and the increasing cost of

broadcasting rights from sports bodies.

A lot of really talented people will have just lost their jobs.

Let’s hope it returns in some form once we are on the other side of this beast.

I was heartened on Wednesday to receive the news that our music brands all seemed to be travelling on full steam ahead and the proposed changes were still on track.

Join Jono and Ben who have pressed ‘snooze’ on the Breakfast alarm and will be rolling out of bed for a new pop-up show on The Hits, starting midday on April 6, ahead of their scheduled breakfast show which kicks off April 20.

The midday Iso-Luncheon is an hour of radio for all Kiwis,

featuring Kiwis (the famous and the not-so-famous) who are staying home, doing their bit for the country.

The boys have described it as an hour of radio aimed to help, during these anxious times, by raising your spirits without actually hitting the spirits.

So, round up your bubble and tune in to Jono and Ben, before they move to their new home on The Hits Breakfast (6am to 9am) weekday mornings.’

I absolutely love my job in radio, but due to the nature of most positions in media, I made the decision a long time to turn up and do each show like it’s my last because, the way things can change in this industry, it very well could be.

So for now I’ll keep the 4am alarm activated and try and churn out the most essential local radio show I can.

Thanks for all the messages of support; I got a huge buzz to receive these over the last week.

“You’re doing a great job Hoops, keeping the community connected.”

“Hi Hoops. You are doing a great job of keeping normality in our home. Thank you for your efforts.”

“Morning Hoops . . . you awesome guy!

“I wonder if you have any idea just how comforting and informative it is to have that familiar voice in our homes each day. We even went out and purchased a portable radio especially to have your company! Anyway . . . take care of you and yours too.”

For the record, none of the people who sent those are related to me.

Till next week, hoo roo Phill Hooper Essentially employed and grateful for that.

But feeling for those not so lucky!

Then we had to sit at the airport for five hours because we couldn’t lug our bags around Sydney.

Well this time it was the tea pot – Lord alone knows why he was fiddling with it, but you know what he’s like – so now it’s missing a leg.

So, off I head to town to buy

another one – but the strangest thing.

All the shops are shut and it’s only about 10am so I guess I’ll leave it a day or two and try again.

Have you noticed that, although we are heading towards the shortest day now, our days seem to be getting longer?

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YOUR VIEW Letters with Love Well your father has done it again – remember the time in Sydney when he jumped on the bed and broke the side of it?

We had to prop it up with phone books and check out real early and hope they didn’t find it before we got to the airport.

They married and shifted to Devon.

Childhood sweethearts were Josie and Kevin.

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Massive blow for Federer Wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since World War Two due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The world-famous tennis tournament was due to begin on June 29, but now won’t take place until next year, organisers said in a statement yesterday.

The official announcement came after weeks of speculation the game’s most iconic tournament would have to be postponed indefinitely.

The German Tennis Federation even jumped the gun by declaring earlier this week that the All England Tennis Club would have to shut down.

Despite all the warning signs, the tennis world wasn’t ready to lose its most prestigious event.

Roger Federer was among the first to react to the crushing blow, which leaves the 38-year-old facing the reality that he may never play at Wimbledon again.

Federer has won a record eight Wimbledon titles, and came desperately close to adding a ninth – and his 21st Grand Slam title – last year, but lost an epic fifth set 13-12 to Novak Djokovic in an incredible final.

The Swiss maestro would have been a contender once more this year, but with the tournament now cancelled, Federer would be pushing 40 by the time he has a chance to add another

Wimbledon title to his resume.

Such a feat would be unprecedented, and while Federer has been overcoming the odds for years now, for even he, the prospect of another Grand Slam title is looking increasingly unlikely.

Federer wasn’t the only one ruing missing out on his chance to play at Wimbledon.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova also expressed how much she would miss competing at the “special” tournament.

“Definitely a tough one to take, with the announcement of the cancellation of Wimbledon this year,” she said on Twitter.

“Not only is it a special tournament to me, but it’s a tournament that has been part of history for so long that it will leave a big hole in the calendar.

“I will miss playing on the beautiful grass and wearing my whites, but of course we know it will be back better than ever next year.

“And maybe we will all appreciate it even more! Stay safe and stay inside.”

Serena Williams wrote simply on Twitter: “I’m shocked”.

She was far from alone.

Pat Cash, a former Wimbledon champion, said he was “heartbroken”.

“Obviously heartbroken losing the championships at Wimbledon this

year. I’m saddened as the club supports hundreds of desperate local charities with the profits,” Cash posted on Twitter.

“Players are adaptable that’s a strength as pros it’s the small people on the fringes who are really hurting now.”

American legend Billie Jean King, a six-time singles champion at Wimbledon, said the cancellation was the right decision.

“I fully understand and support the decision of the committee and it is vital we keep our focus on those most impacted by this pandemic.

“I have been fortunate to go to Wimbledon every year since 1961 and I am certainly going to miss it this year,” she said.

“Right now, we need to make sure we are taking good care of ourselves and our loved ones.

“These are challenging times for all of us and now is the time for us to do what is right for our world and what works for our sport.”

Members of the public who have already paid for tickets will be refunded and offered the chance to purchase tickets for next year’s tournament, organisers said.

This year’s French Open has also been postponed from May 24 to SepRoger Federer: Will be pushing 40 at Wimbledon. tember 20.

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ZL1 – simply outrageous W

hen Holden announced it would stop making cars in Australia from 2017, it seemed that Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) was doomed.

If there were no Aussie Commodores, surely there couldn’t be any HSVs? Fast forward to 2020 and we’re all still absorbing the news that the Holden brand will be retired for good this year – but HSV is still standing.

Doing long, leery skids, even.

It’s had a go at a supertricked-up pickup based on the Holden Colorado, the Sportscat; although that can’t continue now that Colorado is on notice.

In the meantime, HSV has also been sharpening its skills at turning left-hand drive Chevrolet products into right-hand drive models for Australia and New Zealand.

And that’s where the future lies: you’ll have heard plenty of talk about a possible GM Special Vehicles (GMSV) presence here post-Holden.

And while there’s nothing official yet, you can bet HSV will be at the centre of it.

HSV has just launched the Silverado 1500 pickup truck in RHD, but its glamour model is still the Camaro coupe – especially the

flagship ZL1.

The ZL1 is an outrageous machine, as it should be, because it comes at an outrageous price: $173,990 in manual form or $175,990 with a 10-speed automatic.

The supercharged LT4 V8 makes 477kW/881Nm and of course it’s rear-drive.

Just double-checked and yes, that’s correct.

Nearly as much grunt as a V8 Supercar racer. Gulp.

For those with less extreme tastes, there’s still the Camaro 2SS ($105,990), packing

339kW/617Nm from its naturally aspirated LT1 V8.

And even that’s a mean machine.

HSV production of the RHD 2SS has finished for now, but it’s still very much in stock for NZ through 2020.

Expect more news of this and other models when that whole GMSV thing is sorted.

But back to the ZL1.

It’s a model that comes with a fearsome reputation, partly from the on-paper stats (massive outputs, rear-drive, it’s American) and partly based on war stories from those

who’ve had little moments in the wet.

And some large moments.

No denying any of the above, but after a day on track at Hampton Downs in the ZL1, the thing that stuck most of all was the sheer sophistication of this big Camaro.

Yes, it packs a huge wallop and the adrenaline kicks in a lot sooner than with most fast cars.

But the 10-speed automatic gearbox is incredibly slick, the chassis communicative and (most importantly) the traction/stability control is highly adept at giving you just enough rope to enjoy yourself without interrupting the flow of any given corner.

Which is just as well, because you get the impression it’s working all the time.

The Camaro ZL1 is a loud American muscle car in exactly the way you’d expect and hope.

It’s just that it’s a smart one as well.

You could argue that if you’re not in the know, the Camaro ZL1 doesn’t look anything near $176k worth.

It’s not going to wow the neighbours.

But nothing off the showroom floor in NZ matches this Chevrolet’s configuration and courageous performance/RWD handling package.

It’s an awesome thing.

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With no live sport to watch, things are grim. We won’t hide from that.

But, to create some debate and discussion, members of the Guardian’s sporting nuts club have decided to undertake a Matt Markham This was tricky. I’ve watched plenty of netball in my time and even covered a Tactix season one year, although that was a little bit depressing to be honest.

Tricky not for the fact of unfamiliarity, but tricky for the fact that remembering some of the players from earlier years wasn’t an easy task. So, I adopted a simple approach to get this side named. I filled in the players I wanted in the positions that I wanted and then looked to fill the gaps.

The world told me I needed Sandra Edge and I had a vacancy at Wing Defence, a position she played occasionally, so in she went.

The absolute firepower of Temepara Bailey and Laura Langman in the mid-court excited me and then to have two players like Irene van Dyk and Maria Folau making it

rain from within the circle seemed relatively obvious.

Defensively, I haven’t seen many better than a full-flight Casey Kopua, that girl is is a freak of nature and Bernice Mene, well, she was the face of netball in my younger years and her and Kopua protecting the net seemed pretty formidable.

Goal Defence: Bernice Mene Goal Keep: Casey Kopua Wing Defence: Sandra Edge Centre: Temepara Bailey Wing Attack: Laura Langman Goal Shoot: Irene Van Dyk Goal Attack: Maria Folau

Jaime Pitt-MacKay If I was picking this team 24 months ago it would have been hard to have had many players from that team in this team, but oh, how fortunes changed with that World Cup win, cementing the legend status of a couple of players in this team.

As soon as NZ Netball pulled their heads out of the sand to let Laura Langman play for the Silver Ferns again the team’s quality increased greatly.

Bringing back Casey Kopua was a stroke of genius from Janine Southby.

Maria Folau’s last year or two might have been clouded by her husband’s conduct, but there are few better long-range shooters of a netball.

For some reason whenever I think of the Silver Ferns it is South African Irene van

Steve Devereux My team might have that, er, mature look about it, but I’m working on the premise that you can only play what’s in front of you, and most of this lot were absolute world-beaters in their day.

If they had access to all the training facilities, more match opportunities and the notion of some actual remuneration for the job they were doing, they would be head and shoulders above the current lot.

Irene van Dyk would, of course, be the first name on everybody’s list, a feat even more remarkable considering she would have made that list, in another country, even before she ever pulled on the black dress.

Wai Taumaunu has proved she’s got the smarts to be one of those super-players who can go on to be a super-coach; how many All Blacks have failed that particular test? In tandem with Tracey Fear, opposition attacks will not so much, be stifled, as want to just go home imme-

Dyk who first comes to mind and has to be occupying the space under the goal.

Katrina Rore is most definitely my most out-there selection, and if I was doing this list prior to the World Cup she would not be there, but with the weight of captaincy lifted from her shoulders she grew back into the player that earned her ANZ premiership player of the year in 2018 and more than 130 caps for New Zealand.

Goal Shoot: Irene van Dyk Goal Attack: Maria Folau Wing Attack: Temepara Bailey Centre: Laura Langman Wing Defence: Lesley Rumball Goal Defence: Katrina Rore Goal Keep: Casey Kopua

diately. Lesley Rumball (Nicol) was a terror on defence; think Jerome Kaino.

Sandra Edge makes most people’s list as the queen of centres, which means Laura Langman gets bumped, but only as far as wing attack, where she has proven herself at every level as well.

Joan Harnett was named in one public survey (a while ago) as the ‘dream’ player of the previous 75 years. She was credited with changing the perception of netball, from the game played by petite little girls to the dynamic, physical game it is now. If she kitted up today, she would rival Richie.

Goal Defence: Wai Taumaunu Goal Keep: Tracey Fear Wing Defence: Lesley Rumball Centre: Sandra Edge Wing Attack: Laura Langman Goal Shoot: Irene van Dyk Goal Attack: Joan Harnett

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series of sporting discussions, which will run for as long as there are topics to list. Today we take a look at the best netballers our country has produced.

Jonathan Leask A shooting duo that played together but when one was a fading star and the other rising.

Irene van Dyk was deadly accurate near the post and Maria Folau always confident she could nail a long shot.

The feisty Temepara Bailey gets the nod at WA to work in tandem with arguably New Zealand’s best ever netballer Sandra Edge at C. Lesley Rumball was a great mid-court defender and equally adept at moving the ball through the court.

At the defensive end I went with a premier pair of Bernice Mene and Casey Kopua, who bring height and agility to form what would be a formidable defensive duo.

Goal Shoot - Irene van Dyk Goal Attack - Maria Folau Wing Attack - Temepara Bailey Centre – Sandra Edge Wing Defence - Lesley Rumball Goal Defence - Casey Kopua Goal Keep - Bernice Mene

Adam Burns Could not do myself or the Kiwi netballing legends of yesteryear justice by going back too far.

Sandra Edge is the first Silver Fern I recall as a youngster, and for me her name was as emblematic with netball as Buck Shelford was with the All Blacks.

Many midcourters made compelling cases for the centre position – would have loved to have slotted Julie Seymour in there – but could not deny hall-of-famer Edge.

First name on the tin though was Irene van Dyk, a wonderful asset to the national team and one of the most dominant players of all time inside the circle.

Laura Langman is a high-octane presence in mid-court and gets the nod on longevity alone.

Maria Folau joins van Dyk in front of goal, the only other shooter to have notched up over 100 caps for New Zealand.

Lesley Rumball (nee Nicol) secures a spot at WD, a menace on D and a super-consistent performer during her tenure at the top.

Bernice Mene was one of the more imposing defenders at the back and is partnered by tough-nut centurion Casey Kopua.

Goal Shoot: Irene van Dyk Goal Attack: Maria Folau Wing Attack: Laura Langman Wing Defence: Lesley Rumball Centre: Sandra Edge (captain) Goal Keep: Bernice Mene Goal Defence: Casey Williams

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Dark days for Aussie rugby Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle is bunkering down as the storm builds around her after another day of damaging headlines for the struggling football code.

On the same day Wallabies great Rod Kafer delivered a scathing assessment of Castle and her executive team’s performance at this week’s disastrous annual general meeting, a report has emerged of Castle’s less-than-convincing performance during Rugby Australia’s announcement that 75 per cent of employees would be stood down.

The decision to leave 75 per cent of staff without regular income was described as the darkest day in the code’s history by some rugby commentators.

It was also revealed at the time that Castle is taking a 50 per cent pay cut on her reported $800,000 salary while the coronavirus continues to leave rugby shut down indefinitely.

The Australian now reports Castle’s handling of the game’s darkest day has been described by an insider as an “appalling corporate cluster f***”.

The report claims a person present at the meeting on Tuesday – where Castle dropped the bomb on staff – described the chief executive’s staff address as the “most appalling cor-

state of rugby in Australia.

Rugby Australia’s financial modelling estimates the game will suffer a $120 million loss from match day and broadcast revenue if rugby union does not go ahead this season.

However, the sport’s financial situation was in dire straits well before the virus wreaked havoc – RA announced a loss of $9.4 million for 2019 at its AGM this week.

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The performance of Australian rugby teams has also dwindled sigRaelene Castle is under even more pressure after the AGM. nificantly – only the Brumbies have porate cluster f*** I have witnessed in Kearns – who have all in some capac- shown any resilience in Super Rugby ity called for changes to be made at over the past three years, while the a long time”.

It came in the same week where the top of the Rugby Australia exec- Wallabies suffered a quarter-final exit at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Castle is reported to have told her utive team.

Australia fell to their lowest posistaff and stakeholders not to listen The report also claims rugby critto the doom and gloom warnings ics continue to be concerned that tion on the World Rugby rankings last from Kafer and fellow Wallaby greats, the former Canterbury Bulldogs year, at one stage slipping below Jaincluding George Gregan and Phil CEO “seems blind” to the imperilled pan.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 17.3 17.3 Max to 4pm 9.6 Minimum 10.7 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.2 16hr to 4pm April to date 0.6 Avg Apr to date 3 2020 to date 114.0 172 Avg year to date Wind km/h E6 At 4pm Strongest gust E 17 Time of gust 3:04pm

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On track Hard work and dedication to the bike has paid off for Ashburton teen Maddi Lowry. Donning the red and black for Canterbury, the track cycling star in the making has recently earned a slew of medals including a national title.

Adam Burns spoke to the AshColl pupil about what it takes to bag the rewards.

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Training between six to seven times a week, Maddi Lowry has undeniably dug it in for the spoils on the bike.

The 15-year-old track cyclist has enjoyed a slew of top-notch results in recent times, capped off by a superb all-round showing at the Age Group Track National Championships in Invercargill last month.

Representing Canterbury, Lowry returned from the fourday event with gold, silver and bronze medals completing a profitable weekend of results for the Ashburton College pupil.

“I just wanted to do the best that I could do. I just really wanted to perform,” she said.

The milestones began when she triumphed in the under-17 girls’ points race final as she completed a 10-point haul across the 7500m distance to win gold.

The newly minted national champion added to this achievement by securing silver in the team pursuit as part of a Canterbury quartet which were unlucky to be pipped by a national record-breaking display by their Auckland counterparts.

“Winning the gold was great but being in the team environment with all the Canterbury girls and all of the Canterbury team was really good,” she said.

Also on the final day, Lowry clinched a bronze medal alongside Samantha Walker in the uber-technical under-17 girls’ madison event, which was the highlight for father Doug Lowry.

“They rode out of their skins,” he said.

Lowry added the madison format always required thinking on your feet.

“You really have to be thinking when you’re racing because it’s against the rules to go under someone when they’re slinging, you always have to go around.

“We thought about everything.”

But it does not come easy.

Lowry was put to the test with a stringent training schedule, helmed by coach Christchurch’s Terry Gyde who has mentored the likes of Sarah Ulmer, Greg Henderson and Darren Shea.

The young Mid Canterbury talent could be in worse hands.

A hectic training programme during the month leading up to the March 5-8 nationals included numerous trips to Christchurch and regular speedwork and motor pacing and expanded to two training sessions a day.

As a result it instilled confidence in Lowry as she gunned for success at the nationals championships.

With 6am breakfasts, monitoring her nutrition and eating well was also key, Lowry said.

“I just had to keep healthy, make sure I had enough energy.”

It comes to the finer details when you are taking on the best around the country.

Although she was now donning the red and black of Canterbury and making waves on the track, Lowry first started on the road at the Tinwald Cycling Club about five years ago.

Although she had proven to be a dynamo within the velodrome, she is also a proven star on the road.

Two years ago, she won the Cycling NZ Schools Under-15 South Island Road Championships.

Road cycling now serves as preparation for the track season which is scheduled to kick off in October.

Moving forward, being integrated into the Cycling NZ High Performance Hub remained an aspiration to foster her abilities.

Following the nationals, Lowry has spent three weeks off the bike.

Of course with winter cycling dates facing postponements or possible cancellations due to the Covid-19 lockdown, Lowry’s winter, like everyone else’s, is up in the air.

In the interim, she is focusing on her fitness at home.

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