Ashburton Guardian, Monday, February 3, 2020

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The Ashburton District sizzled yesterday as temperatures climbed to the mid-30s, increasing the fire risk and sending people diving for pools and air conditioned rooms.

The MetService forecast Ashburton to reach 35 degrees yesterday, with the town reaching 33.1 degrees at 11am, and around 34 degrees at midday.

The warm weather is expected to continue today, with a forecast high of 32 along with gusty nor’westerlies.

The fire risk for the Ashburton District yesterday varied between high and very high, with extreme risk in the high country, and is expected to be similar today.

Firefighters were called to a small grass fire in the Chertsey area yesterday at around 7.45am.

Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Tyrone Burrowes said the

fire was only minor and had been extinguished with a garden hose by the time firefighters arrived and they only needed to dampen in down.

“The comms team are not taking any risks today, any grass fires that look like they could be a risk they are adding extra resources to,” he said.

The Rakaia brigade were also called to a medical assist on Saturday night after someone suffered an allergic reaction.

Deputy Rural Fire Officer Don Geddes urged people to ensure they have properly extinguished past fires and to keep activities that could produce sparks to a minimum with firefighting resources in the Mid/South Canterbury area stretched.

A number of units from Mid Canterbury are assisting with fighting a large vegetation fire in the Burkes Pass area.

“A lot of our resources are occupied, this morning there was a fire in Chert-

sey that had to attended by Hinds as the Lauriston truck and the Ashburton Rural truck were out on a four-wheel driving course,” Geddes said.

“I’m just sitting here with my fingers crossed that we have nothing else happen.”

Geddes said many of the senior leadership staff from the area were either assisting with the Burkes Pass fire or on deployment in Australia.

Anyone planning of carrying out any activities that could result in sparks should look to do them at times of lowest risk such as early in the morning or not at all, and should always have a fire extinguisher available.

“We have arable farmers that have trailers with water ready to go when they are stubble burning but don’t have anything while cultivating, it is easy to have it just sitting in the corner of the paddock but unfortunately not enough people do it,” he said.

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The different eras of rollers but all doing the same job, a 1924 steam roller (left) a 1960s Avelin Bradford roller and a modern Sakai roller were given a run along Fords Road by ACL staff on Wednesday.

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■■ ROADING

Rollers of roads, old and new

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

The way roads are built might have changed a lot since the Marshall S-Type 12-and-a-half tonne roller first rolled in to New Zealand in the 1920s, but rollers still play a key part in the construction of roads across the district.

Ashburton Contracting Limited decide to test out old against new last week, running a 1924 steam roller, a 1960s Avelin Bradford roller and a modern Sakai roller

along a stretch of Fords Road they are currently tasked with building.

ACL civil operations manager Steve Adam had suggested the concept to the Cullimores, who own the Marshall roller, first built in 1924, and they were eager to take part.

The roller was built in the United Kingdom in 1924 and was purchased by the Dunedin City Company, and arrived in the city in 1925.

There it worked through to the 1970s, with its steam boiler replaced by an engine.

When it came in to the Cullimore’s possession it was heavily damaged and required thousands of man hours to get it back up and running.

“Basically everything from the front roller back we have had to build,” he said.

Casting and forging parts off the original design drawings, they were eventually able to return the

steam roller to its original condition. Cullimore said it had taken 4500 hours of work to complete, setting aside 10 hours a week to work on the project and making the most of a quiet workshop over the Christmas break to put in additional hours.

ACL construction manager Doug McTague said it was interesting to see how the three different rollers compared, saying that heavier rollers are not always better, sometimes compressing

the road too much and making it difficult to grade afterwards.

The modern roller also offered more comforts for the driver, including air conditioning and a radio, something definitely not available on the roller from the 1960s or the 1924 steam roller.

He said one of the biggest dangers that would be presented by the steam roller on a modern worksite would be that it is too quiet and would be hard for people to hear you coming.

■■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

High cost to protect indigenous biodiversity

By Sue Newman

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The high cost and tight timeframes around a national bio-diversity policy has Ashburton’s district councillors worried.

At Thursday’s council community services committee meeting, they took a close look at the council’s submission on the government’s national policy statement for indigenous biodiversity and while they agreed with its intent, they signalled concern about the practicality of what was proposed, its resourcing implications and its cost.

The cost of implementing and resourcing the policy was estimated to range between $590,000 and $1.095 million spread over five years. It would also require a district plan change for the council which could cost up to $247,000. Because the district is large and some areas that would need to be reviewed were remote, council staff believe costs will be at the higher end.

When the council last reviewed the district plan it cost $2.28 million. This is being paid back over a 15-year period, ending in 2027.

The next district plan review will

start next year and there are concerns the costs of doing this is not sustainable, particularly for smaller councils.

“It is respectfully suggested that the government will need to provide funding to cover the cost of the work required to implement the national policy statement,” its submission said.

In addition to the cost there was the issue of resourcing and council staff have made it clear they do not have the capacity to do this in-house.

Councillors believed the timeframe that required the identifi-

cation and mapping of significant areas within five years and their scheduling within six years was unachieveable as was the two yearly review and update. Its submission suggested a more realistic timeframe for mapping and scheduling would be 10-12 years with updating every eight years.

In its submission the council said its experience in identifying and protecting indigenous biodiversity, especially on private land, could be contentious and an issue that needed to be handled carefully. There were fears that a lack of compensation for land-

owners could lead to advance destruction of the biodiversity the national policy statement sought to protect. Councillors were concerned that landowners could feel dis-incentivised when it came to protecting biodiversity.

The councillors made it clear they supported in principal the intentions and aims of the national policy statement but wanted to make it clear they had concerns, particularly around cost.

“It won’t necessarily be government paying for this, it’ll be the ratepayers,” committee chairman Angus McKay said.

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■■ ASHBURTON COLLECTOR

Russell mad about bottles

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

Self-confessed hoarder Russell Smith with the pride of his bottle collection a W.H Darda stone bottle.

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Private Sale Russell Smith’s collection of Ashburton bottles extends well in to the hundreds.

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An avid collector of items other than bottles, Smith also has collections of pottery, music boxes and clocks and all things dedicated to the history of Ashburton. He has a water filter that was built locally by W.H Rule of Ashburton for all the local schools, which he says is as rare as hen’s teeth.

He also breeds and shows bantams all over the country, and has bees’ nests across the district.

“The whole collection will be going to the Ashburton Museum when I fall off my perch, I want them to stay in the district,” he said.

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Digging up old dumps and long drops might not sound like the dream weekend activity for most people, but for Russell Smith and his love of old Ashburton bottles, it is all just part of the fun.

Smith, a self-proclaimed hoarder, has a collection of hundreds of bottles used in the local Ashburton drinks trade between the 1880s and 1930s and 40s.

“It all started when I was digging up fence posts on a property on Cameron Street and when I pulled one out this bottle came out and I fell in love and I have had the bug ever since,” he said.

“There was a large bottle club in the 80s and 90s but most people’s collections got knocked over in the Christchurch earthquake.”

In the 50 years since he caught the collecting bug, Smith has dug for bottles under houses, through old dumps and even long drops, where people used to throw their used bottles.

“I used to send my daughter under houses with a flashlight cause she was a skinny little thing and she would bring them out, but one day she came face-to-face with a rat and didn’t do it again after that,” he said.

Former long drops proved to be good hunting grounds for old bottles as bottles were often thrown down them and they would not break, with the waste products in there breaking down by the time Smith would go digging for bottles.

Smith said he and a group of friends also spent several years every weekend digging through the Ashburton dump in search of bottles to add to his collection.

“We thoroughly enjoyed it,” he said.

The majority of the glass ‘torpedo’ bottles were made in England and shipped out to New Zealand where they were used by drinks companies based in Ashburton.

One of the businesses was run by W.H Dardis, who established what is now the Devon Tavern after previously owning Ashburton Aerated Water and Cordial Factory, where one of the most prized bottles in Smith’s collection was found in the wall by a builder.

Another one of Smith’s most prized bottles was given to him when he was visiting a garage sale on Cameron Street.

“She said to me I’ve got this bottle for you and she handed me a bag and I opened it and just about fell over backwards,” he said.

Smith said it was becoming more difficult to dig at properties over 100 years old due to

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■■ HEALTH BATTLE

Mentor faces huge battle

By Susan Sandys

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Methven’s Trev Ponting faces a huge battle ahead as he recovers from major brain surgery.

Now living in Japan, the dad of two began to suffer confusion and strange sensations in his limbs just a few weeks ago.

Early doctors’ visits did not pick up anything unusual, but upon returning to the doctor and getting a scan, three cancerous lesions were discovered on his brain.

Just last week, Ponting has had surgery at Sapporo Hospital near Niseko, and has a long road of recovery ahead.

Ponting has been a familiar face among Methven’s snowboarding and skateboarding fraternity over the years.

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.

Family friend Niels Ijpelaar has started a Givealittle page for the sponsored snowboarder and landscaper, who hopes to return to New Zealand with wife Aiko and their two preschool-age children once he is well enough.

Ijpelaar said his long-time buddy of 30 years was always full of energy, always helping others and making the most of every opportunity in life.

Former New Zealand prime minister Mike Moore passed away yesterday aged 71.

Moore was at his home in Auckland when he died, his wife Yvonne said.

Moore, who was the country’s 34th prime minister, suffered a stroke in 2015 when he was New Zealand’s ambassador in Washington DC and had been in declining health in recent years.

Mrs Moore said her husband had numerous health issues since his stroke.

A restaurant in Darfield, Canterbury, has been destroyed by fire. Emergency services were called to Woodley’s Restaurant and Wine Bar on West Coast Road just before 1am yesterday. A Fire and Emergency spokeswoman said the blaze was well involved when crews arrived. The cause of the fire is not yet known.

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A person has died in a workplace accident at a Marlborough property. Police attended the event after 8pm on Saturday off State Highway 6, Okaramio – about 20km outside Blenheim.

It is understood the accident occurred on a farm. An individual was injured and subsequently died, police confirmed. WorkSafe has been notified.

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Bodies recovered

Trev Ponting, pictured in 2015 constructing the Chambers Park skate ramp, has a long association with Methven as a skateboarding mentor and sponsored snowboarder.

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“Surgery went well and the surgeon is positive that they managed to remove all growth, but will need to wait for another scan for final results,” Ijpelaar said.

He said Ponting and Aiko wanted to return to family members in Christchurch, and any funds raised would go towards

his recovery, alternative medication, family living costs and to help pay for travel back to New Zealand.

Ijpelaar was grateful to the 86 people who had donated in less than 24 hours by Friday afternoon, totalling $6610.

At the time of publishing this story, the page had raised more

than $14,000.

Ponting expressed his gratitude for the support he had received in a video from his hospital bed on social media on Saturday night.

“Thank you all so much, it’s so awesome, can’t wait to be there with yous all, I’m coming home,” he said.

“Mike was born in Whakatane but grew up in Kawakawa and Moerewa in the Far North and wanted to spend his final months in the place that gave him his drive, spirit and courage,” she said.

“Mike wanted to be in Northland one last time so he spent much of summer in Matauri Bay and only came back to Auckland in recent weeks because of his health.

“Northland made him the battler and fighter for ordinary Kiwis he was throughout his life and career, and that was what drove

him to become a member of the New Zealand Labour Party at 16 years old. He was stubborn, optimistic, generous and kind.”

Mike Moore became the prime minister for 59 days before the October 1990 general election.

Following Labour’s defeat in that election, Moore served as Leader of the Opposition until the 1993 election, after which Helen Clark successfully challenged him for the Labour Party leadership.

Mike Moore was a member of the “fish and chip brigade” made famous in a photograph by Her-

ald photographer Geoff Dale of Labour plotters Roger Douglas, Mike Moore, Michael Bassett and David Lange, who brought down leader Bill Rowling in 1983.

Following his retirement from New Zealand politics, Moore was the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation from 1999 to 2002.

He has also held the post of New Zealand Ambassador to the United States from 2010 to 2015.

Moore was first elected to the Auckland seat of Eden in 1972, the youngest MP at just 23 years old.

■■ COUNCIL GRANTS

Ashburton council grants policy spelled out Over the coming year community groups in the Ashburton District will have an opportunity to vie for a share of more than $293,000 from an Ashburton District Council grants pool.

The majority of that, $100,000, has been tagged for community development for community projects and agencies.

Of the remaining pool, $8500 is available for community libraries, $20,000 for community

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events, $15,000 for biodiversity, $60,000 for community infrastructure, $10,000 for heritage, $5000 for school holiday programmes and $60,000 for sport development. A further $15,000 is set aside for discretionary grants.

On top of that the council will give $385,000 to the Ashburton Art Gallery, $176,806 to Safer Ashburton, $298,860 to the Ashburton Trust Event Centre and

for this year only, $35,000 to Safe Communities.

The council has reviewed its community grants policy and this now spells out clearly the projects, events and groups that will not qualify.

Education centres will not qualify because they receive funding from central government and neither will religious groups where the grant is sought to further the individual belief of

that group. Church groups applying for a grant to hold a holiday programme, however will still be eligible.

All applications for a community grand and funding must demonstrate an identifiable project or need and the benefit to the community, show they can plan and administer the project or initiative and must show the impact on the wellbeing of the community.

Two climbers have died in Fiordland National Park. The two men were reported missing on Thursday but police were unable to fly into the area because of bad weather. Detective Sergeant Dave Kennelly said a helicopter and members of the Alpine Rescue Team teams found their bodies near Mt Sabre in the Darran Mountains on Friday. A helicopter and search teams reached the spot around 8am, and carried out a scene examination to determine how they died.

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Dogs die Two dogs have died after eating toxic algae from a Wairarapa river.

The Greater Wellington regional council has been warning people about the presence of toxic algae in Masterton’s Waipoua River and put up signs along the river. It says once dogs sense the musty odour of the algae, they go straight for it. That means it’s important dog owners learn how to recognise it and check the status of rivers before they venture out. There are warnings out for a number of other rivers in the Wellington region. The Waipoua River has been found to be the worst affected in the area, passing the 50 per cent alert level, which means swimming is banned.

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Travellers blocked New Zealand will block travellers who have been through mainland China in a bid to stop the deadly coronavirus reaching our shores.

The Government announced the drastic decision yesterday.

It is placing temporary entry restrictions into New Zealand on all foreign nationals travelling from, or transiting through, mainland China to assist with the containment of the novel coronavirus and to protect New Zealand and the Pacific Islands from the disease.

This will take effect from Monday and will remain in place for up to 14 days. The position will be reviewed every 48 hours. - NZME

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Winning numbers (in ascending order): 16, 20, 22, 24, 30, 32.

Bonus number: 6.

Powerball winning number: 7.

Strike: 30, 20, 22, 24.

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Death toll rises to 304 AP The Philippines has reported the first death related to a new virus outside of China.

The Department of Health says a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan was admitted on January 25 after experiencing fever, cough, and sore throat. He developed severe pneumonia, and in his last few days, “the patient was stable and showed signs of improvement, however, the condition of the patient deteriorated within his last 24 hours resulting in his demise,” the health department said.

The death toll from a new virus increased to 304 yesterday amid warnings from the World Health Organisation that other countries need to prepare in the event the disease spreads among their populations as more nations report local infections.

Meanwhile, six officials in the city of Huanggang, neighboring the epicentre of Wuhan in Hubei province, have been fired over “poor performance” in handling the outbreak, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

It cited the mayor as saying the city’s “capabilities to treat the patients remained inadequate and there is a severe shortage in medical supplies such as protective suits and medical masks.”

Figures from the National Health Commission showed an increase of 45 in the death toll and 2590 in the number of cases for a total of 14,380, well above the number of those infected in in the 2002-03 outbreak of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, which broke out in southern China before spreading worldwide.

With the outbreak showing little sign of abating, authorities in Hubei and elsewhere have extended the Lunar New Year holiday, due to end this week, well into February.

The annual travel crunch of millions of people returning from their hometowns to the cities is thought to pose a major threat of secondary infection at a time when authorities are encouraging people to avoid public gatherings.

All Hubei schools will postpone the opening of the new semester until further notice and students from elsewhere who visited over the holiday will also be excused from classes. Far away on China’s southeast coast, the manufacturing hub of Wenzhou put off the opening of government offices until February 9, private businesses until Febuary 17 and schools until March 1.

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12 days of marriage After only getting married less that two weeks ago, Pamela Anderson has already called it quits with movie producer Jon Peters. According to a statement Anderson released to The Hollywood Reporter, the newlyweds have decided to “take some time apart to re-evaluate what [they] want from life and from one another”. As they only wed 12 days ago, they don’t yet have a marriage certificate so have put the proceedings on hold. The pair – who first dated over 30 years ago – romantically reunited a few months ago and tied the knot in a secret ceremony in - AP Malibu last month.

A woman wearing a protective mask walks outside a church in Mandaluyong, east of Manila, Philippines.

PHOTO AP With nearly 10 million people, Wenzhou has reported 241 confirmed cases of the virus, accounting for one of the highest levels outside Hubei.

Similar measures have been announced in the provinces and cities of Heilongjiang, Shandong, Guizhou, Hebei and Hunan, while the major cities of Shanghai and Beijing were on indefinite leave pending developments.

Despite imposing drastic travel restrictions at home, China has chafed at those imposed by foreign governments, criticising Washington’s order barring entry to most non-citizens who visited China in the past two weeks.

Apart from dinging China’s international reputation, such steps could worsen a domestic economic already growing at its lowest rate in decades. The crisis is just the latest to confront Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who has been beset by months of anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese city of Hong Kong, the reelection of Taiwan’s pro-independence president and criticism over human rights

violations in the traditionally Muslim northwestern territory of Xinjiang.

Economically, Xi faces lagging demand and dramatically slower growth at home while the tariff war with the US remains largely unresolved. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced similar travel measures Saturday, following Japan and Singapore.

New Zealand has announced a restriction for travellers from mainland China.

South Korea and India flew hundreds of their citizens out of Wuhan, the city at the centre of an area where some 50 million people are prevented from leaving in a sweeping anti-virus effort. The evacuees went into a two-week quarantine.

Indonesia also sent a plane. South Korea yesterday reported three more cases for a total of 15. They include an evacuee, a Chinese relative of a man who tested positive and a man who returned from Wuhan.

The virus’ rapid spread in two months prompted the World Health Organisation on Thursday to declare it a global emergency.

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Kiwis take over Superbowl It’s all on at half time at the Super Bowl in Miami today when Jennifer Lopez and Shakira take to the stage with their dancing troupes. Superstar Kiwi Parris Goebel is choreographing the show and the New Zealand flag will be flying high with other Kiwis in the dancing squad including the talented Kaea Pearce.

Pearce, who has also danced back-up for Justin Bieber, Rihanna and The Weeknd, has been enjoying the build-up to the big day, rehearsing with J.Lo and the rest of the dancers. When not rehearsing, the dancers have partied on Miami-sized speed boats and have hung out in the city’s top spots, being treated like stars.

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■■AUSTRALIA

Driver charged after four children killed AP An alleged drunk driver has been charged with 20 offences related to the horror smash in Sydney which left four children dead and three others injured.

Samuel William Davidson, 29-year-old, was allegedly behind the wheel of the outof-control 4WD which ploughed into the group walking along Bettington Road in Oatlands, near Parramatta, on Saturday about 8pm.

The man, who was uninjured, was breath-tested following the incident and returned a reading of 0.150, three times above the legal limit.

Davidson’s case was heard yesterday at the Parramatta Bail Court, but he did not appear and did not apply for bail, which

was formally refused by magistrate John McIntosh.

His long list of charges include four counts of manslaughter, four counts of dangerous driving occasioning death as well as grievous bodily harm, drink driving, and driving through a red traffic light.

Daniel Abdallah’s three children were killed in the horrific incident and yesterday morning he fronted cameras and pleaded with drivers to be more careful.

“Yesterday, I lost three of my children,” the tearful father of six said.

“I had a cousin, Bridget, she lost her daughter as well. I don’t know what to say.

I’m numb, probably that’s how I feel at the moment.

“All I just want to say is please, drivers, be careful. These kids were just walking in-

nocently, enjoying each others’ company, and this morning I woke up – I have lost three kids.”

“Please, just, make sure you love your loved ones, your kids especially.”

Mr Abdallah’s wife, Leila, was pictured at the scene yesterday, tearfully paying tribute to her children.

The 29-year-old alleged driver was taken into custody at the scene on Saturday night where he was subjected to a breath analysis.

He was then taken to Westmead Hospital for further testing and was yesterday charged with multiple offences related to the incident.

NSW Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Jason Joyce said at the scene the families were “obviously very distraught”.

Barbie more diverse The company that has introduced millions of Barbie dolls to children across generations has unveiled new versions that look more like the children who play with them. Mattel is now claiming to be the most diverse doll line, with its recent launch of dolls that have vitiligo, a prosthetic leg and a bald head. Even Ken, Barbie’s companion throughout the decades, has a new look with longer hair that stops just below his shoulders. The new era of Barbies is a far cry from the milky-colored doll that made her first appearance at the American Toy Fair in New York City nearly 61 years ago. - AP

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umusta, I am Jeffrey D. Sostinto, working as a dairy farm worker and second in charge (2Ic) in Clearbrook farm LTD, which is located in Lowcliffe.

I am from Cagayan de Oro city in the Philippines. I have been here in New Zealand about 10 years already, since August 12, 2009. I came to New Zealand for work and decided to come here because Ashburton is a nice place to live.

What do I miss? I miss my home country, especially my parents and relatives.

During my first year in New Zealand I had difficulty with work, not being used to the New Zealand climate, and I got homesick. We used to live close with our neighbours in a crowded city.

Stores were open until 10pm, chemist open 24 hours. Here, especially on farms, our neighbours are far away from us. It’s very different back in our country. But I got used to the calmness here.

What I like most about Ashburton is that it’s peaceful. People here are friendly and I have made lots of friends. My hobby is mountaineering; I would like to explore New Zealand mountains.

I am very happy to have a supportive

employer, Campbell and Martine Tait, in my curricular activities.

I love spending time with my family and serving the community. My wife, Jacqueline Muncal, works at Rosebank as a carer.

We have been married for two years and been living together here in Ashburton for eight years now. My stepson Kyle is studying at Ashburton College and my adorable daughter Chloe Jayden is two years old.

I overcame the challenges I faced here by doing some community service, joining organization like the Freemasonry in Ashburton, the Hinds Rural Fire brigade and Rescue and technical Support (RATS) which is based in Christchurch, and is a part of the Canterbury Civil Defence Emergency Management and response group.

I also helped with responding to some emergency calls with the Hinds rural fire brigade.

In rescue and technical support, I helped in the Kaikoura/Hurunui earthquake in 2016. We responded with my team in assessing damages and making homes temporarily safe.

I also helped with the Port Hills fire in 2017 at the fire safe forward drive.

And I have been with my R.A.T.S team

to provide support following the 2019 mosque attack in Christchurch.

I have been a Master of the Lodge in Freemason (lodge Erewhon) in particular.

We did some projects here in Ashburton: 1.) Rubbish clean-up drive (annual) 2.) Blood donation at NZ Blood (annual) 3.) Book donation to St Joseph school 4.) Food donation at Salvation Army food bank 5.) Stuffed toy donation at Ashburton maternity We also have annual tramping activity with my fellow Filipino friends. This year on January 19 we had our fourth annual tramping activity. We call our group “Pasakay mountaineers”. We practice safe activity at all times while at the same time enjoying the nature and preserving it.

The next goal is for me to become a citizen in New Zealand. It would be the greatest achievement, so that I can continue to serve the community.

All I can say is you should think positive all the time in order to achieve your goals in life. Be kind and humble to others and be a good citizen in the community.

Jeffrey Sostinto

English mentors needed

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e are looking for native speakers who are willing to spend about an hour each week mentoring a migrant on English language and New Zealand culture.

A new programme by the Hakatere Multi Cultural Council aims to pair up migrants and English speakers to help migrants become more fluent both in English and in knowing the Kiwi culture.

Mentors and students will meet together and work through a series of lessons (provided) on these topics in a supportive environment.

The sessions will be weekly or bi-weekly and will be held at night (after working hours) in a central location like Community House.

If you can help please send your details to adi.avnit@safermidcanterbury.org. nz , call/txt 027 220 8791 or call 03 308 1395 ext 239

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A busy time in Mid Canterbury

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e had fun at our board games club this month, playing a worldwide version of Ticket to Ride which had New Zealand on its map and Christchurch marked on it.

I also had some interesting insights this past December, as a newcomers and migrant myself. Participating in the great quiz night organised for White Ribbon, I was completely stumped at the nursery rhymes part, and my team-mates were surprised by that. People don’t give it a thought, but for people who didn’t grow up in an English-based culture, Mary Had a Little Lamb is something you would only know from movies!

Another thing that I learned about New Zealand was about sealing of roads. I was surprised by all the loose gravel left after the re-sealing of Beach Road, and kept expecting to see another layer of asphalt put on top of it. But it turns out that asphalt sealing of roads is a lot more expensive than tar, especially for a district like ours with so many stretches of roads. So the finish is done by laying gravel on top of the tar and letting it sink into it over time, with the side effect of having some loose gravel during that time.

On a different note, I also went this past month to an event showcasing a different culture, but one which is not only distant geographically, but also historically – the Canterbury Faire. It’s a meeting of enthusiasts and artisans dressing up and immersing themselves in medieval culture. It is a private event, not public facing. Guests and day visitors (there is a cost to participate) are most welcome as long as they observe the customs and wear medieval costume while attending.

Everyone must make a reasonable attempt at

pre-1600 clothing and everyone should “act as a lady or gentleman”, trying, in part, to recreate the ideals of chivalry and courtesy exemplified in “the better parts of the Middle Ages”. You get to practice archery, see knights fighting in full armour, and learn a wide variety of “olden” crafts, from making yarn through carving wooden spoons, silver smiting, leatherworking and armour creation.

January 27 was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an international memorial day on commemorating the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during World War Two. It remembers the genocide that resulted in the deaths of six million Jews and 11 million others, by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp, was liberated by the Red Army. The Holocaust remains the worst genocide in modern history and is a reminder of what unchecked hatred and racism can lead to. We had a reminder of that last March as well.

This February the Ashburton Museum will be hosting the Children’s Holocaust Memorial,

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his last December I was fortunate to be invited to Auckland for “Community Leaders Connect Aotearoa”, an event organised by Facebook. They invited those who use their platforms and technology to foster inclusion and social cohesion in Aotearoa. This was an opportunity to hear from thought leaders about what it means to build safe and supportive communities, learn about new tools and skills, and connect with other community leaders. They invited people running various Facebook groups and pages to the event.

The main panel of speaker was composed of Meng Foon, New Zealand’s race relations commissioner, Precious Clark (Ngati Whatua arakei iwi), Rach Lewis (“She Owns It”, promoting women in business) and Anjum Rahman (Islamic Women’s Council). We also got to have some skills workshops and hear from Mia Garlick, director of Facebook’s Policy Australia and New Zealand. Some of the participants I have spoken with wondered if the conference was formed due to the criticism Facebook is facing for not doing enough to curb hate speech on its platforms.

We also got to work together with other community leaders on focus groups, try-

ing to imagine people from different demographics and wondering how will their lives look like in five years’ time, what challenges they’ll face and how technology can help them facing these challenges.

While the stories the focus groups created for their imaginary characters were quite different, it was interesting to see how many imagined their characters as having a non-binary gender, favouring vegan or vegetarian diet, and being passionate and active in regards to the environment.

Facebook followed up with announcing, together with Good2Give, a new fund giving away grants of $500-$5000 to Facebook group Admins to support the purpose, facilitation and ongoing activities of their Facebook to fund a variety of events, resources, tools and access that empower face-to-face or in-person (“offline”) activities of Facebook groups and their members. The focus was on groups that build social inclusivity and support, support communities from diverse backgrounds, bridge the divide for remote and regional communities and build connections through sport and recreation. The fund’s submission date has passed since then, and I hope local community groups applied successfully for it.

which provides an enduring lesson for New Zealanders: the importance of standing up to discrimination and prejudice and the violation of human rights… in essence, being prepared to be an upstander, not a bystander.

The memorial honours the 1.5 million children killed during the Holocaust (including children related to New Zealand’s own Holocaust survivors and refugees). I recommend going to the exhibition while it is in Ashburton.

Another important date was January 25, the first day of the Chinese lunar year, introducing the year of the Rat. The Rat is the first of the 12 Zodiac animals.

According to one myth, the Jade Emperor said the order would be decided by the order in which they arrived to his party.

The Rat tricked the Ox into giving him a ride.

Then, just as they arrived at the finish line, Rat jumped down and landed ahead of Ox, becoming first.

In Chinese culture, rats were seen as a sign of wealth and surplus, and the year of the rat is associated with various beliefs about prognostications for the upcoming year, lucky numbers, lucky colors and auspicious romantic connections.

Looking forward to February, which is going to be chock-full of cultural and ethnic events.

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

Ma te wa, Adi Avnit, co-ordinator Hakatere Multi Cultural Council

WHAT’S ON ■■ February 6 10am-2pm - Multi Cultural Bite - East Street Ashburton ■■ February 6 4pm - Waitangi Day at the Marae - Hakatere Marae ■■ February 8 6pm - FDWNZ Volley Ball Liga opening Oxford Gym ■■ February 14 6:30pm - Van Gogh & Japan Film Fundraiser - Ashburton Art Gallery (25$ ticket) ■■ February 15 11am-3pm - Holi Festival of Colours - Ashburton Domain ■■ February 15 6pm - Dance night for volcano eruption evacuees in the Philippines - Tinwald Memorial Hall (10$ entrance fee) ■■ February 16 3pm-5pm Christchurch Chinese New Year Parade - Bridge of Rememberance to Cathedral Square, Christchurch ■■ February 20 - Children’s Holocaust Memorial exhibit opens at the Ashburton Museum ■■ March 1 9:30am-4:30pm Japan Day - Riccarton Racecourse, Christchurch

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Making a splash Temperatures soared around the Ashburton District yesterday with the mercury climbing in to the mid-30s.

The Ashburton Domain paddling pool proved a popular option to cool down, and Guardian photographer Heather Mackenzie caught up with some youngsters making a splash.

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High calibre for awards The Ashburton Art Gallery has announced finalists for the Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award 2020 (ZAFAA20).

With 84 entries, judges had a tough decision as they faced a high calibre of artists throughout Canterbury, but in the end selected 41 pieces to be included in the awards exhibition.

Twenty-six qualify for the Premier Award, with an additional 15 eligible for the Young Generation Award for 16 to 20 year olds.

Premier Award finalists are Sarah Anderson (Lincoln), Audrey Baldwin (Christchurch), Sharnaé Beardsley (Christchurch), Jen Bowmast (Christchurch), Coral Broughton (Rangiora), Sarah Brown (Christchurch), Olivia Chamberlain (Christchurch), Edwards and Johann (Christchurch), Polly Gilroy (Christchurch), Jacquelyn Greenbank (Christchurch), Janna van Hasselt (Christchurch), Lee Harper (Christchurch), Kim Hennessy (Lyttelton), Ella Hickford (Christchurch), Phoebe Hinchliff (Christchurch), Mi Kyung Jang (Christchurch), Ina Johann (Christchurch), Orissa Keane (Christchurch), Gala Kirke (Timaru), Glenys Parry (Timaru), Lisa Patterson (Lyttelton), Hannah Phillips (Christchurch), Rebecca Smallridge (Christchurch), Susanne van Tuinen (Christchurch), Emma Wallbanks (Lyttelton) and Jenny Wilson (Christchurch).

Young Generation Award finalists areCatherine Anderson (Christchurch), Abby Baillie (Christchurch), Eva Baillie-Gee (Christchurch), Sophie Boswell (Oxford), Rosetta Brown (Christchurch), Kyra Elliot (Christchurch), Kaitlin Fitzgibbon (Kaiapoi), Brietta Freeman (Christchurch), Jordan Garth (Christchurch), Emma Kim (Christchurch), Monica Koster (Christchurch), Yixuan Li (Timaru), Rilee McGlynn (Christchurch), Mila Rollo (Timaru) and Ruby Young (Timaru).

Award winners for ZAFAA20 will be announced at the exhibition opening March 6 at 7pm, and the exhibition itself will be open to the public for viewing March 7 to April 12.

In addition to the main awards, a People’s Choice Award will give visitors the opportunity to vote for their favourite work throughout the duration of the exhibition.

Judges were Lydia Baxendell, curator, Kaitiaki Taonga Toi, Art Collections at the University of Canterbury, Cheryl Lucas, senior practicing artist and 2019 Creative New Zealand craft/ object fellow and Sarah McClintock, curator and collection manager at the Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson.

Alongside will be the opening of a solo exhibition by last year’s Premier Award winner, as is held each year. This is Melissa Macleod, and her exhibition will run to April 19.

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ARTS DIARY ■■ February 7 – Bec Sandys Comedy ‘Role Model’ WIP, Ashburton MSA Club, 7pm–9.30pm.

Bec Sandys is hitting the global stage this year with two, one-hour comedy shows. This is your chance to see her first show ‘Role Model’ performed for the first time ever, before it’s debut at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in March.

■■ February 14 – Ashburton Art Gallery film fundraiser, screening documentary Van Gogh and Japan. Tickets $25, with complementary glass of bubbles.

■■ February 15 – Ashburton Society of Arts Jacky Pearson workshop, watercolours, to February 17.

■■ To February 20 – David Rickard’s exhibition Echoes from the Sound Barrier at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

■■ To February 23 - The Small Print 2019, Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand travelling exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery.

■■ February 29 – Mickey & Michelle Tramping/Music Tour, Methven Memorial Hall, from 7pm–9pm. Harpist Michelle Doyle and violinist/vocalist Michael O’Donnell are set to embark on an epic 3000km tour of New Zealand’s ‘Te Araroa’ trail. They are also bringing their instruments with them to perform a series of concerts along the way.

■■ March 6 – Zonta Ashburton Female Arts Awards 2020 opening and presentation at the Ashburton Art Gallery at 7pm.

■■ March 7 - Zonta Ashburton Female Arts Awards 2020 exhibition open for public viewing to April 12. Pop along and see the high calibre of works and vote for the People’s Choice Award.

■■ To March 8 – Drawn to Sound exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

■■ March 13 – Brendan Dooley – Comedy Magician at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 4.30pm.

■■ April 5 – Mid Canterbury Choir presents Messiah, 2pm, St Stephens Church.

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am sure come six months’ time when I am freezing my behind off walking to work that I will be wishing this warm weather could return, but for the sake of our firefighters, a break in this hot weather would be much appreciated.

January was an incredibly dry month for the district, and with dry, hot windy days bringing an end to last week, we saw our firefighting resources stretched to the max, and it does not look like they will be getting a break any time soon.

On Wednesday it all started with a roadside vegetation fire in the Eiffelton area, which was followed by another roadside fire along State Highway 1 on Thurs-

day afternoon, which required firefighters to return a number of times overnight to dampen down hotspots that had flared up in gusty winds that night.

Firefighters were also called to vegetation fires in Mayfield, Lauriston and Alford within the next 24 hours, stretching out

resources to the max.

Speaking to firefighters that day, they were tired and expecting to remain tired with conditions not set to improve.

They got through scorching temperatures yesterday without having to do much work, which is fortunate given that local resources have been required to assist with a large vegetation fire in the Burkes Pass area and will likely still be needed over the next couple of days.

It reached the point where all those in charge of firefighters around the district could sit back and cross their fingers that no other fires break out.

There is only so much our dedicated firefighters can take, and

everyone needs to ensure they do their bit to ensure that they don’t make that load any bigger for them with the district drying out.

If you are going to mow the lawns, use a chainsaw or carry out any sort of activity that could create a spark, avoid it, or do it at a time when that spark would be less likely to start a fire, such as in the morning.

If you have carried out any fires, even in the past couple of months, ensure they are properly extinguished as they can remain hot for months in certain conditions.

They might seem like obvious things to be doing, but people aren’t and it is causing fire.

Many people take to the

Facebook comments to scream why are we not in prohibited fire season, but as Deputy Principal Rural Fire Officer Don Geddes said to me last week, the fires that have kept firefighters busy would have happened whether we were in a restricted fire season or not, and that very few vegetation fires actually start from permitted fires spreading.

The responsibility falls back on everyone to ensure their actions aren’t creating any unnecessary risk.

The best way to stop a fire is before it has even started, and if everyone just puts a bit more thought in to what they are doing, we can avoid more unnecessary work for our firefighters.

whole thing was a stunt for his TV show.)

In 1994, the space shuttle Discovery lifted off, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard a US spacecraft.

In 1998, a US Marine plane sliced through the cable of a ski gondola in Italy, causing the car to plunge hundreds of feet, killing all 20 people inside.

Ten years ago: Motivational speaker James Arthur Ray was arrested on manslaughter charges after three people died following a northern Arizona sweat lodge ceremony he’d led in October

2009. (Ray was convicted of three counts of negligent homicide and spent nearly two years in prison.)

Five years ago: A rush-hour commuter train with 750 people aboard slammed into a SUV at a crossing in Valhalla, New York, killing the vehicle’s driver and six people on the train.

One year ago: Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage was arrested in Georgia by immigration authorities, who said it was a targeted operation over his expired visa; the rapper is a British citizen who moved to the US when he was 7. The wreckage

of the plane carrying soccer player Emiliano Sala was located two weeks after it disappeared from radar over the English Channel; Sala and the pilot were both killed.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Bridget Hanley is 79. Actress Blythe Danner is 77. Singerguitarist Dave Davies is 73.

Singer Melanie is 73. Actress Morgan Fairchild is 70. Actress Pamela Franklin is 70. Actor Nathan Lane is 64. Rock musician Lee Ranaldo is 64.

Actor Thomas Calabro is 61. Rock musician/author Lol Tolhurst is 61. Actor-director Keith Gordon

is 59. Actress Michele Greene is 58. Country singer Matraca Berg is 56. Actress Maura Tierney is 55. Actor Warwick Davis is 50. Actress Elisa Donovan is 49. Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 44. Actress Isla Fisher is 44. Musician Grant Barry is 43. Human rights activist Amal Clooney is 42. Singer-songwriter Jessica Harp is 38. Actor Matthew Moy is 36. Rapper Sean Kingston is 30. Actor Brandon Micheal (cq) Hall is 27.

Thought for Today: “Your friend will argue with you.” — Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer (1918-2008).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, February 3, the 34th day of 2020. There are 332 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On February 3, 1943, during World War Two, the US transport ship SS Dorchester, which was carrying troops to Greenland, sank after being hit by a German torpedo in the Labrador Sea; of the more than 900 men aboard, only some 230 survived.

On this date: In 1690, the first paper money in America was issued by the Massachusetts Bay Colony to finance a military expedition to Canada.

In 1868, a killer storm sweeps New Zealand. A cyclone swept south across the country from Saturday 1st. By the time it moved away on Tuesday 4th, more than 40 people had died.

In 1877, the song Chopsticks, written by 16-year-old Euphemia Allen under the pseudonym Arthur de Lulli, was deposited at the British Museum under the title The Celebrated Chop Waltz.

In 1917, the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, the same day an American cargo ship, the SS Housatonic, was sunk by a U-boat off Britain after the crew was allowed to board lifeboats.

In 1931, when the deadly earthquake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, struck at 10.47am, many buildings in central Napier and Hastings collapsed immediately.

In 1959, rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

In 1966, the Soviet probe Luna 9 became the first man-made object to make a soft landing on the moon.

In 1969, Candid Camera creator Allen Funt and his family were aboard an Eastern Airlines flight that was hijacked to Cuba. (Fellow passengers who recognised Funt thought the

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acinda Ardern might have been Labour’s hero at the last election, but if they win the government benches this time around it’ll be largely thanks to Grant Robertson.

The Finance Minister has just pulled a trick that might be enough to save Labour from two years of poor performance.

Forget all the failures. Forget KiwiBuild and the Year of Delivery that delivered almost nothing. Forget the Most Transparent Government that is really as opaque as a glass of milk. Forget the PM completely fluffing her handling of the sex assault allegations. None of that will matter if Labour can do just one thing right: get these roads built.

With Robertson in charge that’s entirely possible.

Robertson’s played last week’s infrastructure announcement like a symphony. He’s mostly got everything right.

He teased out the announcement for maximum positive coverage.

First, he let us know there was $12 billion coming. That got good headlines. Then he announced the projects. More good headlines. And then he only spent $8 billion. That means he kept at least $4 billion in the kitty for another round (or even rounds) of project an-

Heather du Plessis-Allan nouncements. Expect more good headlines.

He’s snookered National and its plans to go hard on roads at the election.

It was obvious that was the game plan from all the billboards National had erected up and down the country reminding commuters that their planned roads had been binned by the Coalition Government. As of this week the opposite is true. The roads are back.

No one cares if Labour stole National’s ideas. Mostly, no one cares if Labour wasted two years.

What matters much more is what Labour now will do, and

if Labour can prove it’ll deliver these roads, that’s enough for voters.

But can Labour deliver? That’ll be their biggest test.

They’ve got eight months to get shovels in the ground or they’re stuffed.

KiwiBuild was a great idea but they didn’t pull it off and it blew up in their faces. But then, Phil Twyford was in charge of that.

Twyford might be Transport Minister but he’s not in charge of this. Robertson is. All the ministers involved in this infrastructure plan report to Robertson. He’s clearly not taking any chances on some other schmuck stuffing this up, which shows you Labour knows how important this is to re-election.

Robertson is one of the safest pairs of hands in this Government.

He’s hardworking, intelligent and immensely likeable. He stood for the Labour leadership in 2014, lost by a hair’s breadth to Andrew Little thanks to Little’s union backing, and then graciously sucked it up publicly. He put his hand up for the opposition finance job, hit the books, got to know the detail and has proved himself to be as conservative as you’d expect from a Labour finance minister trying to disprove the old tax-and-spend tag.

Robertson deserves a lot more

credit than he gets from the wider public. He’s kept a reasonably low profile most of this term. It might be deliberate because he believes Ardern is the government’s real star. It might also be inadvertent because he’s too busy working.

But he might just be as much of a star as Ardern. While she is often called one of the most gifted communicators of her generation, he is not too bad at that himself.

In some ways Robertson actually performs better. Under pressure, he’s unflappable.

Where Ardern has a tendency to condescension, Robertson is measured and rational. Where she occasionally takes the bait and sounds piqued, he is unfailingly polite.

It’s often the case that the star PM has a details guy backing them up. John Key had his Bill English. David Lange had his Roger Douglas. And so, Jacinda Ardern has her Grant Robertson.

But he might just be the details guy worth trotting out publicly a bit more often.

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t is 7.09pm and my husband and I are climbing into bed. I am by no means a night owl, yet even for me, this is absurdly early.

Out here though, on North Stradbroke Island (or Minjerribah, as the island’s sizeable Quandamooka indigenous population knows the place) it feels perfectly natural.

The sun has set, the stars have sprayed across the sky, the campground is quiet. There are momentary feelings of guilt – shouldn’t we be stargazing?

Drinking wine? Playing cards? – until we remember that this is precisely what we came here for.

To reset our natural body clocks. To restore our balance with nature. To try to find some empty space, a rest in the chaotic symphony that is our lives.

To be clear, the tent we’re in at Adder Rock Camping Ground on the north of the island is not your regular nylon one.

We haven’t had to lug any camping equipment with us and there’s no chance of waking up with a bad back atop a leaking inflatable mattress.

We are inside a stylish bell tent, set beneath eucalypts and paperbark trees, on a comfortable queen-size bed set on wooden pallets.

There are bamboo deckchairs, chic throw cushions and textiles surrounding us, and a cosy rope lamp to read by. Not that we read for long.

Soon the roar of the sea, behind the native tea tree and pandanus forests that separate us from the beach, lulls us to sleep.

Next morning we awake with the sun and the eerie shrieks of the bush stone-curlew birds that populate the island.

We slurp fresh mangoes and coffee under the paperbarks, then pull on our togs and walk barefoot to the beach. An empty white arc of sand awaits, fringed by turquoise ocean and bookmarked by the ochre-coloured slice of Adder Rock.

We wile away the entire morning at the beach, dipping in and out of the ocean, lying in the sun as the salt crusts our skin and stiffens our hair and letting the rest of the world fall away.

It isn’t until late afternoon that we remember we need food.

We shuck our bodies off the beach to drive five minutes down the road to the organic grocer, The Green Room.

Minjerribah, or Straddie as many locals call it, feels like a step back in time. It’s populated mainly with fishing shacks, many of which are painted unironic shades of turquoise, and only a handful of places to eat and drink. Which is precisely what makes it so appealing for anyone seeking escape.

Nature takes centre stage here, and picnics are usually the best dinner option.

On weekends there’s a woodfired pizza van that pulls up on one of the beaches, and there are

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IF YOU GO ■■ GETTING THERE: Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia and Qantas fly daily from Auckland to Brisbane. From there it’s a 40-minute drive to Cleveland, where ferries depart 11 times a day to Minjerribah. The 45-minute ferry rides are from about $70, one way, and include a vehicle. stradbrokeferries.com.au ■■ STAYING THERE: Minjerribah Camping at Adder Rock offers powered and unpowered tent and van sites, twin and double glamping tents, eco island tents and two-bedroom cabins, from about $33 a night. minjerribahcamping.com.au

fishermen’s shacks dotting the island from which to buy fish, prawns and oysters caught that day.

We keep things simple and grab local cheeses, dips, crackers and rosé, then hurry back to Adder Rock for a sunset picnic.

We sit on the headland for hours, snacking and talking and watching surfers dance over the last waves of the day, as the colour drains from the sky.

It has been said that as citizens of the modern world, we consume as much information each day as Shakespeare did over a lifetime - a terrifying thought.

Being somewhere as naturally abundant as Minjerribah, however, the mental whir we experience as a side effect of mental overconsumption quickly fades away.

About 50 per cent of the island is protected as Naree Budjong Djara National Park, and it is surrounded by beautiful hikes.

There’s the North Gorge Walk, which weaves along the coastline and sees us passing sandstone cliffs, spotting pods of surfing dolphins and the occasional turtle battling its way through the waves.

There are strings of perfect beaches with earthy names like Deadmans, Frenchmans and Cylinder – some of which, with a permit, visitors can explore by 4WD, in search of the perfect spot for a dip or to drop a fishing line.

There isn’t much else, really, which suits us just fine. And it gives us the perfect excuse every night we’re there to jump into bed no later than 8pm.

Adder Rock Beach, on Stradbroke Island.

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Groundhog Day for the Blues

By Patrick McKendry As the Blues bumbled their way to their loss to the Chiefs at Eden Park, it became increasingly clear that for all of Aaron Cruden’s coolness and Anton Lienert-Brown’s midfield power which sparked the visitors’ comeback what Leon MacDonald’s men are lacking most of all is leadership.

They have lost a lot of experience in the departures of Sonny Bill Williams (who admittedly played only a dozen games for them over the last two seasons), Ma’a Nonu and even Melani Nanai, but contrast their lack of direction with the way new Crusaders’ players constantly perform with poise and intelligence despite their relative youth.

The Crusaders made their bonus point victory over the Waratahs in Nelson appear so easy at times it was similarly easy to forget they were playing without Owen Franks, Sam Whitelock, Matt Todd, Kieran Read, Jordan Taufua and Ryan Crotty.

The defending champions again looked so enthusiastic with and without the ball that their supporters might again be looking towards the final in June with a good degree of comfort but, perhaps more crucially, they all seem to have the ability to weigh up options and generally execute the right one with a speed and accuracy that few can muster at the Blues, regardless of experience.

That comes from good coaching off the pitch but also certain expectations from those on it.

For the Blues on Friday night, flanker Tony Lamborn had a night to remember before he was replaced and wings Rieko Ioane and Mark Telea and second-five TJ Faiane showed skill on attack but the Blues aren’t lacking for power or pace – they very rarely are.

What they desperately need are strong leaders, particularly in the backline, who have the requisite decision-making and influence to help them close out games.

The Blues lost several close matches last season on their way to a 13th-placed finish and on the evidence of round one it doesn’t

Blues coach Leon MacDonald has plenty to think about after Super Rugby’s round one. appear like a lot has changed.

It’s clear that Beauden Barrett’s arrival – slated for mid-April – can’t come quickly enough.

“It’s disappointing given the position that we played our way into,” MacDonald said afterwards in a masterclass of understatement.

So while there was a Groundhog Day element to it all – a relatively close loss after getting into a promising position, another milestone (Rieko Ioane’s 50th match) marked by a speech on fulltime in

front of a rapidly dwindling and mostly glum and resigned crowd, and MacDonald’s attempts to find the positives all over again, it was a very different story for Cruden, the returning 31-year-old firstfive, and coach Warren Gatland, last seen in these parts wearing a clown nose.

It appears that Gatland’s arrival has imbued the Chiefs with a resolve and confidence not seen since the days of Dave Rennie in the championship years of 2012 and 2013.

It’s also pretty clear that while Cruden didn’t do anything overly special once he ran on after halftime, he didn’t need to.

He simply took the right options and executed well.

So Blues fans will be disappointed but perhaps not to the same extent as supporters of the Hurricanes, whose team failed to fire a shot against the Stormers in Cape Town.

Jason Holland’s men didn’t have a clue in the crushing 27-0 defeat and it has highlighted by a

lack of discipline which saw Billy Proctor and Vaea Fifita both sinbinned in the second half and complaints of foul play around a late tackle on Stormers and Springboks captain Siya Kolisi, after which he left the field with a knee injury.

With no obvious leader in their backline, and Ardie Savea out for another couple of months due to a knee injury, Holland’s men are set to struggle this season.

In fact, they may win fewer matches than the Blues.

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Johnny Sexton starred on his first outing as permanent Ireland captain as Andy Farrell’s tenure as head coach began with an unconvincing 19-12 victory over Scotland yesterday.

Match-winner Sexton scored and converted the hosts’ opening try of the Six Nations clash in Dublin before adding four penalties.

The match was far from the one-sided encounter many predicted and the outcome could have been completely different had new Scotland skipper Stuart Hogg not cost his side a second-half score with a bizarre fumble.

Adam Hastings, in at stand-off for the Scots owing to the ill-discipline of star man Finn Russell, kept Gregor Townsend’s visitors in contention until the final whistle with four penalties of his own.

But, despite a largely positive display, the unfancied visitors paid for their lack of clinical edge as their abysmal away record in this competition continued.

Meanwhile, Farrell, who stepped up to replace Joe Schmidt after the World Cup, has plenty to ponder following a disjointed performance which was compounded by debutant Caelan Doris leaving the field injured inside five minutes.

Scotland arrived at the Aviva Stadium as rank outsiders, priced at 7/1 for victory with some bookmakers, and on the back of dismal trip to Japan at the back end of last year.

Ireland, meanwhile, were forced into a premature reshuffle as the maiden test for 21-year-old Doris was agonisingly cut short, with the experienced Peter O’Mahony brought on his place.

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Crusaders set the pace

By Christopher Reive Normal service has resumed in the South, and those who thought losing veterans across the park would slow the Crusaders down early in the new Super Rugby season were quickly proved wrong.

The three-time defending champions handily saw off the visiting Waratahs in Nelson on Saturday night, running away with an impressive 43-25 victory.

“It was a good way to start the season with a win.

“The boys turned up and the backs scored some nice tries,” Crusaders captain Scott Barrett said.

“We wanted to start well by setting the pace of this competition.

“We showed plenty of attacking endeavour there but, like the first game of the season, there were plenty of errors from both sides.”

The Waratahs had their opportunities dispersed throughout the match, but were only able to cross the stripe through a terrific second-half finish from 19-yearold winger Mark Nawaqanitawase on debut.

He bagged his second just moments later, streaking away after picking off a Whetukamokamo Douglas pass.

Fellow winger Alex Newsome added one at the final whistle, but by that time the Crusaders had the win well locked away.

For most of the match though, the Waratahs were unable to find the final piece to a play when they threatened the Crusaders line.

The only other occasion they looked as though they had done so, which saw fullback Kurtley Beale dot down, was ruled back due to a forward pass.

At times, the Waratahs caused their own problems with the tryline in sight, as they were prone to making the wrong decision in scoring position.

The Crusaders, on the other hand, looked dangerous from the opening whistle when winger Will Jordan almost produced a bit of magic with a chip and chase play down the sideline.

Jordan and fellow winger Leicester Fainga’anuku impressed deputising for All Blacks

Will Jordan was just one of the Crusaders backs to shine at Trafalgar Park. wingers Sevu Reece and George Bridge in the starting side, both scoring first-half tries and threatening throughout the contest.

Both Jordan and centre Braydon Ennor got across the stripe twice in the game, making the most their opportunities in space.

With the season starting in the heat of summer, the expectation was that teams would look to keep the ball in their hands and run.

That proved to be the case, with the Crusaders carrying the ball for more than 650m on

129 carries, while the Waratahs chalked up more than 430m from 107 runs.

The hosts made the most of their time with the ball and proved to be hard to bring down, breaking the line 10 times and beating defenders across the park, with the Waratahs missing 33 tackles on the night.

Turnovers were an issue for the visitors – the Waratahs turned the ball over 22 times, gifting the Crusaders possession and often paying for it – a flaw captain Rob Simmons lamented after the match.

“We created a lot of things but we just couldn’t capitalise and they punished us on the turnovers.”

With a bonus point win to start the season, the Crusaders will turn their attention to a new Zealand derby in Hamilton against the Chiefs next weekend, while the Waratahs return home to welcome the Blues.

Crusaders 43 (Will Jordan 2, Braydon Ennor 2, Leicester Fainga’anuku, Luke Romano tries; David Havili 5 cons, pen) Waratahs 25 (Mark Nawaqanitawase 2, Alex Newsome tries; Will Harrison 2 con, 2 pens). HT: 24-6

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Pivac gets the start he wanted The post-Warren Gatland era got into full swing for Wales with a 42-0 win over Italy that started its Six Nations title defence in impressive fashion and featured one shining example of the attacking play desired by new coach Wayne Pivac.

There was a look of contentment on Pivac’s face after one of the five tries scored by his team, in particular, when flyhalf Dan Biggar threw a flat pass between his legs – while looking the wrong way near Italy’s line – to send winger Josh Adams over in the left corner.

“Wayne’s World” – as some are labelling Pivac’s Wales tenure – certainly looked a fun place to be as his team powered into a 21-0 lead after 31 minutes against an opponent also under a new coach in South African Franco Smith.

Capping a dominant display was the sight of George North burrowing his way over the line with three minutes left for his 40th international try to clinch the attacking bonus point, which is commonplace against the Italians these days.

Adams added the last try in stoppage time to clinch his hat-trick, and Nick Tompkins claimed the other after coming off the bench for his debut.

Pivac will also be delighted with keeping Italy scoreless, as the Welsh maintained the strong defense which served them so well under Gatland in his 12-year reign that ended after the recent Rugby World Cup in Japan.

“It was a pretty good performance,” Pivac said. “We got the five points we were after but it wasn’t easy, we had to work hard for it.

“I’m very pleased to have held them scoreless.

“That doesn’t happen often at this level of the game.”

Adams completed his hat trick to make it 10 tries in his last eight international appearances.

“He was a top try scorer on the biggest stage so he’s got to be right up there, that has to speak for itself really,” Pivac said when asked where he rated Adams in world terms.

Sunwolves provide the upset in Super Rugby first round Japan’s Sunwolves, who are set to be dropped from the competition after this season, threw up a big shock in their opening Super Rugby game to beat Australia’s Melbourne Rebels 36-27.

The Stormers’ Rugby World Cup-winning Springboks featured prominently in a 27-0 shutout of the Hurricanes in Cape Town.

Scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies scored one try and set up another, and prop Steven Kitshoff and flyhalf Damian Willemse also went over to trounce the Wellington-based Hurricanes.

Jantjies and Kitshoff played in South Africa’s win over England in

the Rugby World Cup final in November and Willemse was in the Springboks squad in Japan.

In the final game of the opening round, the Jaguares, last season’s losing finalists, mauled the Lions 38-8.

The Sunwolves began their final season in Super Rugby with a defiant statement, outscoring the Rebels five tries to four in Fukuoka.

They led 22-13 at halftime with tries to captain Keisuke Moriya, prop Jarred Adams, and flying winger Tautalatasi Tasi, then added tries to fullback James Dargaville and flyhalf Garth April to

lead 36-13 midway through the second half.

April added four conversions and a penalty for 16 individual points.

The Sunwolves spent most of the last quarter in defence as the Rebels rallied with tries to Andrew Kellaway and Andrew Deegan.

The Stormers missed the playoffs completely last season but promised a much-improved challenge in 2020 when they overwhelmed the Hurricanes, who won the title in 2016 and have been semi-finalists the last three years.

Jantjies had already made two

dangerous snipes from the base of the ruck in the early skirmishes when he put a cross-kick into the right corner for wing Sergeal Petersen to score in the eighth minute.

Kitshoff drove over and Jantjies scored his try by pouncing on a loose Hurricanes pass – one of many errors from the visitors – to scamper nearly half the length of the field for a breakaway.

The Stormers didn’t get their fourth try until the final minutes despite the Hurricanes losing center Billy Proctor and replacement forward Vaea Fifita to yellow cards in the second half.

Willemse put the seal on it by intercepting a pass meant for powerful Hurricanes centre Ngani Laumape close to the Stormers’ line and running 90 metres to score with three minutes to go.

In Buenos Aires, the Jaguares were held to a 10-8 halftime lead, but then sprang into life in the game’s second half to score four converted tries and earn a bonus point as the Lions defence crumbled.

Centre Matias Moroni had a brace of tries and replacement flyhalf Domingo Miotti scored 18 points, including the opening try of the match.

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It’s Mahomes v Sherman Of all the scenarios that could play out in this, the most even of Super Bowl matchups, it just might come down to this.

Patrick Mahomes against Richard Sherman, game on the line in the final seconds.

Who you got?

San Francisco defensive end DeForest Buckner thinks he knows.

“Anything you want to call it, you name it.

“I mean he’s got it,” Buckner said of Sherman, his team-mate on the vaunted 49ers defence.

“I’m just glad he’s on our team.”

Correction, if you will.

Sherman isn’t just on the team.

He’s the undisputed face of the team.

That was clear from the moment the 49ers landed in Miami, with their leader front and centre, dreadlocks flowing over his sweats and trademark slippers.

The days leading up to the Super Bowl are reserved for talking, and Sherman has never been shy when he sees a microphone in front of him.

He mourned Kobe Bryant, saying just the right things when it mattered most.

He talked about appreciating his third Super Bowl the most because in the back of his mind he knows it might be his last.

And he definitely got a smile on his face when he told the story of his son being born just days after his second Super Bowl in 2015, and how it means so much to

have him here at the game.

“You just pray that one day you can play well enough and have your son see you play at a high level,” Sherman said.

“And that’s the biggest blessing of this season is my son’s going to see me play every game and understand and recognise what I’m doing.”

All, though, is not so rosy in Sherman’s world as the game approaches.

It never is with the Stanford grad, who seems to need to hold a grudge against somebody or something to play better.

So he had a few words about the Seahawks for letting him go.

He blasted the NFL for not caring about player safety and told reporters they were complicit by only writing the company line.

He also took time to remind team-mates who might otherwise be overwhelmed by everything that happens in a Super Bowl week not to let the moment get to them.

“This is a football game.

“The rules are the same. The game is the same,” he said.

“At the end of the day you look on the field and there’s 22 people on the field going at it.”

Left unsaid is that two of those most important people will be on opposite sides of the ball.

And how Sherman affects the unpredictable nature of Mahomes and the Kansas City passing game could decide whether he adds a

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) talks to a coach during practice on Friday.

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second ring to his collection in his third Super Bowl.

Mahomes is well aware of what he has to deal with in the 6-foot3 corner who often turns up in spots a quarterback least expects.

“Obviously he’s physically extremely gifted,” Mahomes said.

“It’s a lot of size and speed.

“He has great technique. But I think the biggest thing is how smart he is and how he’s able to really understand the whole scheme and not just his position.”

Understanding the entire game is one thing that separates Sherman from most cornerbacks.

He was converted from wide receiver at Stanford (he’s still not on speaking terms with former coach Jim Harbaugh) and quickly developed a reputation as a pro in Seattle as a defender to stay away from.

After a tentative first season back from an Achilles tear in San Francisco he dominated again this year, leading the 49ers with three interceptions and 11 pass break-ups even while opposing quarterbacks tended to throw to

the other side of the field.

The biggest stat, though, might be that he’s 10-4 in playoff games in his career, with interceptions in both playoff games this year.

If not for an ill-advised decision to pass the ball on the goal line in Seattle’s 2015 loss to New England, he would be going for this third Super Bowl ring in Miami.

Not that it necessarily matters, Sherman explained to the media which seemed as overwhelmed as an opposing offensive co-ordinator with his volume of words for the week.

It was Sherman being Sherman, and notebooks were filling up fast.

“I’m one of those people who doesn’t really subscribe to the notion that playing in a Super Bowl really helps you in the next one,” he said.

“Once you kick off and all the cameras flash one time, it ends up just being football.

“When we won our first Super Bowl (Seattle’s 43-8 win over Denver) we didn’t have any experience.

“Nobody had been there. No-

body had played there. And we won by almost 40 points.”

Sherman played a big role in shutting down Peyton Manning in that game, and a year later was almost as good against Tom Brady in a heartbreaking loss.

Now he’s got another generational quarterback to deal with in Mahomes, with the Super Bowl on the line once again.

If the regular season is any indication he’ll be out to Mahomes’ right on almost every play, an intimidating presence on that side of the field.

He’s pushing 32, an advanced age for an NFL cornerback, but Sherman plays with a fierceness of a player a decade younger.

So far this week he’s used everything but the players on the other side of the ball to motivate him for the game.

That figures to change when the ball is kicked off, the cameras flash, and another big game begins.

Then it might just become Mahomes against Sherman, the game we all want to see.

Going to Super Bowl? Bring money.

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman answers questions during a media session last week.

The old adage: “Money can’t buy everything” may be true.

But you’ll certainly need lots of it if you want to visit Miami, Florida, during the NFL Super Bowl weekend – regardless of whether or not you’ve already forked out thousands of dollars to attend the game on Sunday.

The NFL is one of the most popular professional sports in America, and with the Kansas

City Chiefs facing off against the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, the highly anticipated game has sent match ticket prices soaring.

The grand final, played at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens is now tracking to be the most expensive Super Bowl in history.

The average cost of a ticket to the game is currently $US8517

($12,670), according to SeatGeek.

Want the best available seat?

That’ll be $US47,000 ($69,919), thanks.

If you want to go with a group of friends, an 18-person suite will set you back about $US439,000.

Or for something more private, you can get a box for two people located on the 35-yard line, in the 72 Club living room section, for $US60,000 ($89.259).

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Fairton teen Diego Quispe-Kim was in dazzling form during club tennis action on Saturday.

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There was a suggestion Fairton whiz Diego Quispe-Kim would be fired up for his return battle with Cameron McCracken.

However, few would have anticipated such a landslide victory in Mid Canterbury A club tennis on Saturday.

Methven’s McCracken may have caused an upset in November, however he simply had no answer this time round as Quispe-Kim buried his opponent 6-0, 6-0 in their singles encounter.

McCracken has been in im-

pressive form in recent times, but this was a deflating defeat for the Methven top seed.

It capped off a commanding day out for Quispe-Kim and co.

Earlier in the day, Quispe-Kim, alongside Connor Brosnahan, trounced McCracken and Tyler Leonard in doubles action 6-2, 6-2.

Elsewhere, Jade Brosnahan and Mike Kerr beat Aidan and Ryan Watt 5-2, 7-6.

Fairton pair Phil Crozier and Dallas Scott also defeated Neil Alombro and Victoria Talbot, whilst Mike Kerr put away Aidan

Watt in straight sets during their singles matchup. Methven’s only victory came way of Brosnahan’s singles win over Leonard following a third set tie-breaker.

Other club meetings included Southern and Allenton where there were further dominant performances.

Southern’s Sam Bubb hammered Jason Feutz 6-1, 6-2 in their singles match and Lachlan Adam was similarly overwhelmed

by Jacob Adam 6-0, 6-2.

Like Quispe-Kim, Brendon Adam put together a flawless singles performance in his 6-0, 6-0

demolition of Mathieu Lucas.

Southern did not have it all their own way throughout the afternoon.

Lucas and Jake Parsons had a comfortable doubles win over Jess Aldrige and Angel Spooner, and Lee Gilbert prevailed over Gareth Evans 6-1, 6-3.

Parsons also won over Alridge in singles action to ensure Allenton had something to crow about.

Bragging rights remained in the balance during Hampstead’s clash with Dorie.

The doubles duel between Hampstead’s Peter Leonard and

Bryn Looij and Dorie’s Rhys Cromie went to a tie-breaker in the final set, with Leonard and Looij coming out on top.

Dorie duo Riley Breen and Tim Groves returned fire, beating Josh Gilbert and Josh Jones.

Later, Matt Hopkins and Mia Lui did it easy against Grace Austin and Holly Jane 6-1, 6-1 as Hampstead took honours on the doubles court.

Both clubs enjoyed three wins apiece in the singles matches as players fought hard to secure the advantage and competition points.

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Fernandes impresses but can’t secure Man U victory Bruno Fernandes was unable to inspire Manchester United to victory on a promising debut as the English Premier League match against Wolverhampton ended 0-0 and without a widely discussed protest at Old Trafford yesterday.

It has been a turbulent week for United, whose English League

Cup win – but ultimate exit – at Manchester City in the semi-finals came in between fans attacking executive vice chairman Ed Woodward’s house and some much-needed transfer business.

Woodward was not in attendance for Fernandes’ impressive first game when a planned 68th-minute protest against the own-

ing Glazer family failed to come to fruition.

Barely anyone left Old Trafford during the walkout, nor was there anywhere near the same level of vitriol heard at recent matches.

Instead, fans appeared to focus on the past and the present.

United great Bobby Charlton was among those in attendance as

the club remembered the victims of the 1958 Munich air disaster ahead of a match that Fernandes looked most dangerous in.

The 25-year-old playmaker, who arrived from Sporting Lisbon on Thursday to much fanfare, was not overawed by his new surroundings and had chances to fire United to victory.

Wolves were also a threat, with Adama Traore typically a handful despite dislocating his left shoulder during the game, but neither side could find a breakthrough as they failed to capitalise on Chelsea’s draw at Leicester earlier.

United and Wolves slipped below Sheffield United to sixth and seventh place, respectively.

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Tactix dish out some top tips Mainland Tactix star Erikana Pedersen guides some local netballers through a drill during a Train with the Tactix session on Saturday. Dozens of young netballers got the chance to run through several training drills with both Pedersen and Tactix shooter Jess Prosser. The sessions were catered for senior players and later junior up-and-comers. The Tactix kick off their ANZ Premiership campaign on March 15 when they line up against the Central Pulse in Blenheim.

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Kenin: ‘I’m living the American Dream’

Back in 1987, 11 years before new Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin was born, her parents left Moscow for New York City, eager to escape the Soviet Union and live in the United States because, as her father, Alex, put it: “You want to see the world. You want a better future for your kids.”

Alex took English classes and attended computer school during the day; he drove for a car service at night, straining to understand the dispatcher’s instructions.

“It was very tough,” he says now, “but it’s amazing the things you do when you need to survive.”

Just before Sofia was born, the family briefly returned to Russia so Grandma and other relatives could help with the baby.

A few months later, the Kenins went back to New York.

Eventually, they settled in Pembroke Pines, Florida, and it was in the driveway of their home there that Sofia, at age 3½, found her calling.

“I wasn’t into any other toys. I

always liked to play with balls and with a racket.

“So my dad said, ‘Let’s go try it and play.’

“Obviously I had great hand-eye co-ordination. I saw I was really different than other players,” she said, a Champagne flute an arm’s length away as she spoke with a small group of reporters after Saturday had turned to Sunday at Melbourne Park.

“And people said, ‘You know she’s really special. Something about her.’ ... And look where I am.”

Indeed, look at where, and who, she is: owner of a Grand Slam trophy and expected to be No. 7 – the highest US woman currently – when the WTA rankings are released today.

Kenin won the last four games of the final at Melbourne Park with some gutsy play at the most crucial moments, beating twotime major winner Garbiñe Muguruza 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

One key sequence really decid-

ed the outcome. Kenin faced three break points while serving at 2-all, love-40 in the third set.

All she did was conjure up an ace and four point-ending groundstrokes on exchanges that all lasted 11 shots or more.

“She pulled out something unbelievable,” said Alex Kenin, who is his daughter’s coach and calls her Sonya, the Russian nickname for Sofia.

In all, Kenin converted five of six break points and erased 10 of Muguruza’s 12.

“Especially in the important moments, I think,” Muguruza said, “she came out with winners.”

Muguruza said she thought Kenin handled the emotions of a major final debut well and didn’t seem to show any jitters.

Alex Kenin, though, said he could tell earlier in the day his child was nervous because he saw “tears in her eyes” and she was “trying to hold it back.”

The victory made Kenin the youngest Australian Open cham-

pion since 2008, when Maria Sharapova – someone else with Russian roots whose game was grown on the courts of Florida – was 20.

Kenin also will be the youngest American to make her top-10 rankings debut since Serena Williams was 20 in 2002.

She won her first three tour-level titles last season and cracked the top 20.

This, though, is whole new territory.

Kenin may have been overlooked by some before, when younger Americans such as 15-yearold Coco Gauff and 18-year-old Amanda Anisimova were making deep runs at majors and gaining all the attention.

But other players knew what Kenin could do.

And so, certainly, did she.

She proved it to the world by coming back from a set down to eliminate Gauff in the fourth round this week; by erasing a total of four set points while getting

past current No. 1 Ash Barty in the semi-finals; by ignoring the fact that she was “absolutely devastated” after losing the opening set against Muguruza, a former No. 1.

Her forehands and backhands are reliable, her drop shots and lobs are terrific, her ball-retrieval is top-class.

But Kenin also says she “copied a few people” for various aspects of her playing style.

“I’ve looked up to Maria Sharapova, Anna Kournikova.

“I followed their matches when I was little.

“I feel like I got the ‘feisty.’ I saw what it’s like,” Kenin said.

“Yeah, I feel like that definitely helped me.

“I have part of the Russian stuff inside me, (the) fight and fierce that I have.

“Trying just to be confident, do what I do best,” she said, before adding: “And thank you to my parents for giving me the American dream.”

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Sitarist overcomes a scare

Prise De Fer makes it five straight

After a touch-and-go few days, emerging staying mare Sitarist headed to Wingatui and was part of a super Saturday for trainers John and Karen Parsons and jockey Tina Comignaghi.

The daughter of Road To Rock prevailed in a thrilling finish to the Listed Fire & Mechanical Contracting Ltd Dunedin Gold Cup (2400m), which was part of a clean sweep of the day’s three black-type races for the trainer-jockey combination.

Bit Sitarist’s feature staying win was very nearly derailed by a setback.

“She was lucky to make it to the race,” Karen Parsons said.

“She’d been battling a foot infection, and it was only on Thursday that the blacksmith gave her the green light to run.”

Sitarist was the middle leg of the big black-type treble for Comignaghi and the Parsons.

El Gladiador had previously scored an upset win in the Listed Mediaworks Dunedin Guineas (1500m), while Killarney later added the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge WFA (1600m).

The spectacular Saturday continued a golden run for the Parsons stable, which has struck black-type gold in the North Island in recent weeks with Kiwi Ida in the Gr.2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) and Gr.2 Westbury Classic (1400m), and with Camino Rocoso in the Gr.3 Trentham Stakes (2100m).

“We’re having a pretty amazing run,” Karen Parsons said.

“We had four wins today, and it probably should have been five – Johnny Jones was very unlucky not to win the open sprint. But anyway.

“We’re thrilled for Tina, who

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 03 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.47pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY MONDAY C1/C2 C1/2, 410m 1 12257 Big Time May 23.52............................L Cole 2 73245 Double What 23.73 J &........................D Bell 3 71118 Belmonts 23.45...................................L Cole 4 14366 Big Time Pluto 23.82...........................L Cole 5 1476x Van Jack nwtd............................... D Denbee 6 64344 Mother’s Touch 23.47 J &.....................D Bell 7 83524 Tuff Temptress 23.72......................B Mitchell 8 67776 Dyna Lenny nwtd...................... K Gommans 9 66575 Big Time Benny 23.74.........................L Cole 10 78668 Black Mags nwtd...............................S Stone 2 1.05pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C2/C3 C2/3, 410m 1 56644 Born Fab 23.83................................S Maher 2 67516 Zipping Luther 23.46 J &......................D Bell 3 37265 Tazia 23.53.................................... D Denbee 4 76471 Bigtime Puma 23.57............................L Cole 5 67838 Bigtime Leads 23.30...........................L Cole 6 62783 Mahala Bay nwtd...........................W Woods 7 87757 Magic Flynn 23.38 G &........... S Fredrickson

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Tina Comignaghi and Sitarist pick up another one for the Parsons stable on Saturday. rode really well in all of those black-type wins. She did such a great job for us today.”

Before Saturday, Comignaghi had only two black-type wins to her name in her career.

That number has now swelled to five after excellent rides on El Gladiador, Sitarist and Killarney, who all collected their first wins at stakes level.

El Gladiador and Killarney both led all the way in dominant front-running performances, while Sitarist settled in fifth place as last-start winner Mr Intelligence set the pace.

That runner still had plenty to offer in the straight, but Comignaghi brought Sitarist with a well-timed finish down the out-

side and snatched victory by a nose right on the finish line.

Skilfully handled by the Parsons team, the Sitarist story has been one of massive progress over the last 12 months.

At this time last year, she was racing in Rating 65 grade.

But she won a Rating 72 at Riccarton on May 31, then won in open class at Ashburton just over a month later. She won again on the opening day of Riccarton’s New Zealand Cup carnival in November, then placed in the Cromwell Cup (2030m) and Gore Cup (2000m) before Saturday’s black-type victory.

“She’s come a long way in the last year or so,” Parsons said.

“She stays really well, so we

were always confident she’d get up to this sort of level.

“If Camino Rocoso had been running in that race today, he would have been favourite.

“She’d run second to him only a few weeks ago (in the Cromwell Cup), so that gave us a bit of confidence that she’d be right up to this.”

Meanwhile, Parsons reported that both Camino Rocoso and Kiwi Ida are on track for next Saturday’s big meeting at Te Rapa, where they will tackle the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) and Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) respectively.

“They’re both well and everything’s on track for Te Rapa next weekend,” Parsons said.

Exciting up-and-comer Prise De Fer extended his winning sequence to five with another supreme performance in Saturday’s Gr.3 Powerworx Taranaki Cup (1800m) at New Plymouth.

Not far away in elite three-yearold company last season, the son of Savabeel has gone to a new level since turning four. He has been unbeaten since the beginning of October, when he won in Rating 72 grade at Te Teko.

Prise De Fer progressed to stakes class on New Year’s Day with a big win in the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie, and Saturday’s $80,000 feature was more of the same.

Ridden by Opie Bosson, Prise De Fer settled in the second half of the field as Jessiegee worked forward out wide to take the lead leaving the straight on the first occasion.

Bosson bided his time until the home turn, when he let his mount rip.

Prise De Fer quickly bounded up alongside Jessiegee and Guillada, who looked set to fight out the finish between them.

Prise De Fer took the lead inside the last 200 metres and pulled clear to win by three-quarters of a length.

“He’s a promising horse,” trainer Jamie Richards said.

“It takes a fairly good animal to put five together, and he’s certainly getting through the grades really nicely.”

Richards is now pointing Prise De Fer towards the Gr.1 Haunui Farm WFA Classic (at Otaki on February 22.

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway 8 666x8 All Black Star 23.75........................M Gowan 9 66575 Big Time Benny 23.74.........................L Cole 3 1.22 “COMMENTATORS DAY OUT” HERE MARCH 16TH C2/C3 C2/3, 410m 1 26274 Bigtime Sheer nwtd.............................L Cole 2 84356 Johny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee 3 11852 Bigtime Daisy 23.61............................L Cole 4 31112 Big Time Gwyn 23.29..........................L Cole 5 64312 Big Time Dusty 23.76..........................L Cole 6 513x4 Bavaro nwtd G &..................... S Fredrickson 7 13131 Paris End nwtd....................................L Cole 8 38234 Big Time Elsa nwtd.............................L Cole 9 66575 Big Time Benny 23.74.........................L Cole 4 1.40 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESORIES C4, 410m 1 45136 Bigtime Kiss 23.08..............................L Cole 2 34237 Billy’s Churn 23.50...................... G Hodgson 3 65735 Big Time Lebron 23.38........................L Cole 4 87654 Fare Dodger nwtd.........................M Goodier 5 x7156 Bigtime Bee 23.51...............................L Cole 6 38858 Big Time Maple 23.90.........................L Cole 7 27882 Dynamite Danger 23.55 G &... S Fredrickson 8 82231 Big Time Tina 23.42............................L Cole 9 12778 Bigtime Thor 23.13..............................L Cole 10 17665 Bees And Birds 23.64.........................L Cole

5 1.57 TIM NEWBOLD (AUS) CALLING HERE MARCH 16TH C4 C4, 410m 1 11767 Bigtime Molly 23.81.............................L Cole 2 34254 Bigtime Bronx nwtd G &.......... S Fredrickson 3 35681 Big Time Amie 23.17...........................L Cole 4 57253 Bigtime Bret 23.42..............................L Cole 5 14342 Big Time Clare 23.90..........................L Cole 6 37544 Big Time Chance nwtd........................L Cole 7 13172 Electrical Storm 23.35...................M Goodier 8 15385 Millie Prince 23.29 J &.........................D Bell Emergencies: 9 12778 Bigtime Thor 23.13..............................L Cole 10 17665 Bees And Birds 23.64.........................L Cole 6 2.14pm J P PRINT, PETONE C4/C5 C4/5, 410m 1 15311 Trojan Hoarse 23.26............................L Cole 2 61746 Bigtime Lizzy 23.43.............................L Cole 3 61841 Big Time Spot 23.43............................L Cole 4 83121 Bigtime Banjo 23.10............................L Cole 5 84123 Trophy Trophy 23.32.....................A Turnwald 6 16187 Big Time Dynasty 23.19......................L Cole 7 58671 Big Time Billie 23.47...........................L Cole 8 23254 Funky Facts 23.27 G &........... S Fredrickson 9 17628 Bigtime Stella 23.51............................L Cole 10 12778 Bigtime Thor 23.13..............................L Cole

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C1 C1, 457m 1 56232 Woman No Cry 26.43..................A Turnwald 2 71658 Big Time Harper nwtd.........................L Cole 3 24667 Diamond Geezer 26.91................ P B Briggs 4 46421 Bigtime Bailey nwtd.............................L Cole 5 21115 Big Time Harley 26.24.........................L Cole 6 44276 Dangerous Di nwtd................ L E Dunkerton 7 62324 Big Time Chad 26.50..........................L Cole 8 63263 Double That 26.35 G &........... S Fredrickson 9 66785 Midnight Molly 26.28....................B Hodgson 10 8768F Lady Jellybean nwtd.....................M Goodier 8 2.49pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C1, 457m 1 53244 Bigtime Fred 26.04..............................L Cole 2 32112 Thrilling Baxter 26.87....................... K Walsh 3 68733 Big Time Trae 26.11............................L Cole 4 64654 Broke Brad 26.31.........................A Turnwald 5 42545 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 6 23266 Big Time Mac nwtd..............................L Cole 7 17368 Slam It 26.64..............................J McInerney 8 14182 Big Time Eden nwtd............................L Cole 9 66785 Midnight Molly 26.28....................B Hodgson 10 8768F Lady Jellybean nwtd.....................M Goodier 9 3.07 OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1/2, 457m

1 88366 Tuff Treasure 26.52........................B Mitchell 2 11114 Thrilling Brax 26.39.......................... K Walsh 3 35255 Cavatate nwtd J &................................D Bell 4 87782 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 5 71134 Big Time Frankie 26.00.......................L Cole 6 51183 My Khloe nwtd...................................M Flipp 7 81133 Allegro Curtis 26.10............................L Cole 8 25112 Big Time Baby 26.19...........................L Cole 9 66785 Midnight Molly 26.28....................B Hodgson 10 8768F Lady Jellybean nwtd.....................M Goodier 10 3.34pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION TERMINATING PICK 6 C3 C3, 457m 1 88182 Big Time Gina 26.11...........................L Cole 2 3211x Thrilling Audrey nwtd....................... K Walsh 3 42623 Thrilling Massey 26.29.............. K Gommans 4 87285 Kamada Park 25.93.....................A Turnwald 5 57226 Bigtime Forest 25.97...........................L Cole 6 13411 Tuff Knight 26.78............................B Mitchell 7 12281 Rapid Fire nwtd G &................ S Fredrickson 8 52443 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 9 31867 Bigtime Diesel 26.18 G &........ S Fredrickson 10 37558 Bigtime Alfie 26.25..............................L Cole LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporat- 8 31114 Big Time Jackson 26.13......................L Cole 9 27615 Simply Smooth 26.06..........................L Cole 10 8768F Lady Jellybean 24.04....................M Goodier 5 5.12pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C1 C1, 410m ed Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 03 Feb 2020 9 27615 Simply Smooth 26.06..........................L Cole 10 57146 Djay Dynamix 25.79............................L Cole 4 4.54 DARRYL ROBINSON CALLING HERE MARCH 1 33235 Elouera Mist 23.90 J &.........................D Bell NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 10 57146 Djay Dynamix 25.79............................L Cole 3 4.37pm PNGRC SECTIONAL TIMES @ PNGREY- 16TH C1 C1, 410m 2 46857 Here’s Hemi 23.62.....................J McInerney 3, 4 and 5 2 4.19pm CITY OF PALMERSTON NORTH GOLDEN HOUNDS.KIWI C1 C1, 410m 1 68572 Tuff Jewel nwtd..............................B Mitchell 3 85322 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce

1 3.54pm (NZT) DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C4 C4, 457m 1 21567 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 2 15451 Bigtime Benji 25.74.............................L Cole 3 34315 Bigtime Acacia 26.09..........................L Cole 4 27334 Bigtime Archie 26.36...........................L Cole 5 36648 Ask King Jeff 25.78.............................L Cole 6 44258 Bigtime Tank 25.91..............................L Cole 7 72315 Big Time Kobe 26.02...........................L Cole

CHASE HERE MARCH C4/5, 457m 1 15216 Bigtime Rod 26.04..............................L Cole 2 21138 Bigtime Brody 25.64............................L Cole 3 42123 Emgrand Park 25.92....................A Turnwald 4 17626 Big Time Seth 25.76............................L Cole 5 25357 Cheeseball 26.11................................L Cole 6 68616 Big Time Ocean 26.02........................L Cole 7 82641 Bigtime Shadow 25.72........................L Cole 8 13161 Bigtime Annie 25.92............................L Cole

1 43x74 Jacks Point nwtd............................W Woods 2 56555 Three Amigos 23.65 J &......................D Bell 3 58686 Trajan nwtd.................................J McInerney 4 14167 Thrilling Hudson 23.89..................... K Walsh 5 16511 Big Time Anton 23.68..........................L Cole 6 36183 Allegro Lexxi nwtd...............................L Cole 7 56578 Thrilling Ivy nwtd....................... K Gommans 8 53778 Gunnar Blueblood 23.84............J McInerney 9 877F8 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe

2 53787 Penny Mowhawk 23.76................. D Denbee 3 22785 Punch On Ruby nwtd.................J McInerney 4 28251 Born Quick nwtd.................................M Flipp 5 75124 Allegro Will nwtd..................................L Cole 6 66758 Chat Ya Later 23.72............................ I Howe 7 32211 Fool’s Russian 23.33...........................L Cole 8 36645 Morning Sun 23.62....................J McInerney 9 8768F Lady Jellybean 24.04....................M Goodier 10 78668 Black Mags nwtd...............................S Stone

4 51641 Big Time Abbi 23.34............................L Cole 5 35678 Eye Kno 23.65...............................W Woods 6 68321 Allegro Lanie nwtd..............................L Cole 7 32857 Big Time Miley nwtd............................L Cole 8 77764 Naharis nwtd......................................D Edlin 9 78668 Black Mags nwtd...............................S Stone 10 877F8 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe

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Top season rolls on Back-to-back wins at his home track on Saturday continued a remarkable season for New Plymouth trainer Robbie Patterson.

The first leg of the double came from Aridity, who scored the sixth win of her 24-start career in the Thrifty Car Rental 1600.

It was her fourth win from just eight appearances this season.

Just 35 minutes later, the highly promising Coventina Bay was too good for her opposition in the Energy Vets Taranaki 1200.

From just five career starts, the daughter of Shamexpress has now won four races.

“It was another great day yesterday and we’re having a boomer of a season,” said Patterson, who has won 17 races from 50 starts in 2019-20.

He is rapidly closing in on his career-best total of 20 wins from 128 runners in the 2013-14 season.

“We’ve had a really good strike rate this year.

“I think the main difference has been that normally all of my best horses are sold – that’s just the nature of the beast.

“But most of my top performers this year have been mares, and I’m lucky enough that the owners have turned down offers to buy them and have decided to keep racing them themselves.

“I’m very grateful for the opportunity to keep training these horses – they look like real black-type contenders, so it’s exciting.”

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Sudoku

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Previous solution: ace, aces, ape, apes, apse, asp, cap, cape, capes, caps, case, cep, ceps, pace, paces, pas, pea, peas, pec, pecs, sac, sap, scape, sea, sec, spa, space, spae, spec

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

There’s at least one five-letter word.

Good Very Good How 5many words 8ofExcellent three or9 more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once?

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DEATHS SMITH, Kevin Ross (Reg no C043771) – On January 23, 2020, as a result of illness in Vachira hospital in Phuket, Thailand surrounded by family and friends.

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Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday Waitaki Kurow at 3:03 pm, yesterday

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Rain about and just east of the divide, with some heavy falls. Mainly fine further east.

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Wind at 2000m: NW severe gale 120 km/h, easing to 100 km/h in the afternoon.

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MATTHEWS, Julia Gwendoline (Judy) (née Weissen) – Passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, at Ultimate Care Bishop Selwyn, Christchurch, on Monday, January 27, 2020.

Aged 91½ years. Beloved wife and soul mate of the late John Clement William (Bill) Matthews. Daughter of the late Alphonse Otto Weissen and the late Gwendoline Ellen May Weissen (née McCarthy). Dearly loved mother of Mary (Pearson) and Helen (Saunders). Adored grandma of Tora, Amy, Mia, Ella and Ben. A very special mother-in-law to Byron and Mark. Loved sister of the late John Weissen, loved aunt and great aunt to her family in the UK and USA. A very special and loved person to all the children she looked after in the UK over the years as a nanny and childminder.

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24 Ashburton Guardian

Crusade off on the right note

Kenin scores a big one

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Tech Stags machine rolls on

By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

The song remained the same in club cricket action over the weekend.

The Technical Stags once again were unperturbed as they clobbered Weedons for the third time this summer.

Weedons have failed to get past

57 against the Stags in their previous two encounters.

It was a blink-and-you’ll-missit cricket match as Weedons were dismissed for 52, making it a hattrick of batting catastrophes amid a clinical Tech outfit.

The wickets were shared around the Stags’ attack, led by a three-for from Alex Beade and

two each for Jay Houston and Richard Print.

In response, Technical blasted the required runs in 6.5 overs, losing two wickets in what finished as another glaringly lopsided outing at the Ashburton Domain.

There was more cricket played at Greendale as the visiting Peninsula side got home by five wick-

ets. Greendale scrapped their way to 144 all out in the 39th.

Peninsula’s Kawal Singh and Mohd Zakir both secured three wicket bags as Greendale struggled to thwart the visitors attack.

In reply, Peninsula lost five wickets but got home with 10 overs to spare, led by contributions from Brett Gillan (31), Leighton McEw-

It’s Mahomes v Sherman in the Super Bowl

en (25) and Andy Nicholls (22no).

In the cross-over side of the draw, Oxford were unable to field enough for a team, handing Allenton the win by default.

Proceedings resume on February 15 as Weedons host Greendale while Allenton have the unenviable task of meeting a rampaging Stags side.

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