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Mid Canterbury; it’s the place to be

By Susan Sandys

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Winter prep P3

Ski workers from around the world who would normally work in Methven each year are adjusting to a new normal in the Covid-19 pandemic and preparing for a winter without time in Mid Canterbury.

Among them is English ski instructor Danny McGuire, 29.

“Methven in winter is the place to be, I find,” the 29-year-old said.

He has worked on Mt Hutt for the last five years, and this year would have been his sixth in a row.

McGuire was working as a ski in-

structor in Japan for the northern hemisphere winter, but customers dropped away in February when Covid-19 hit and sent the world travel industry into freefall.

“I decided to get home early rather than risk getting caught up in any more complications. Obviously there was a financial incentive to head home as instructors only get paid for the instructing hours - no clients, no money,” McGuire said.

“As me and another instructor started to head home we heard about the rapid spread across the globe. He was struggling to get flights home to Sin-

gapore. I managed to get home fine, that’s when I heard about New Zealand.”

His sister living in Mid Canterbury was able to keep him updated about the situation here, and until the country went into lockdown McGuire had been hopeful he might still be able to get back to Methven for the winter.

“So things changed pretty quick here, plans altered,” he said.

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Leading by example

By Heather Chalmers

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Mid Canterbury dairy farmer Tania Burrows likes to lead by example when it comes to maintaining a work-life balance and building a positive workplace both for her staff and the wider dairy industry.

She is one of four Dairy Women’s Network 2020 regional leader of the year finalists selected from throughout New Zealand.

The winner will be announced in an online awards ceremony tomorrow evening.

Tania and her husband Johno Burrows are lower order sharemilkers, milking 1000 cows at Valetta. They are in their second season at Valetta, after previously working for the same farm owner on a smaller property at Carew.

The couple have farmed together for nine seasons in Canterbury and North Otago.

Tania Burrows earlier trained as an early childhood teacher, progressing to management roles. At Geraldine Kindergarten she was responsible for up to 150 children and a team of seven teaching staff.

Now a mother to three girls, she is involved full-time in the dairy business.

Aware of the importance of maintaining a work-life balance for staff, the operation employs four full-time staff year-round and an additional two staff during the busy months between July and January.

“For us it is important as a dairy farm and as an industry that we are aiming to reduce our hours of work. Workloads need to be sustainable and realistic.

We want to ensure our team does not get burnt out.”

To make hours comparable with other jobs, the Burrows operate a six days on, two days off roster.

“We have a policy of no more than two hours milking at any one time. Once you’ve been in the shed for more than two hours you start to lose focus.

“We want our team to enjoy what they do and want to come

Mid Canterbury lower order sharemilker Tania Burrows is one of four finalists in the Dairy Women’s Network 2020 regional leader of the year award.

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“We find our team are more productive because they are not tired and are more focused on their work. We have no health and safety issues and it is rare for staff to have sick days.

“Farming is a great way of life.

It is important we ensure people have enough time off to enjoy time with their families, pastimes and be active in their community. Wellness of our people is paramount.”

Burrows, who has volunteered as a Mid Canterbury regional leader for the Dairy Women’s Network for the last four years, said it was an honour to be one of four finalists.

“There are more than 70 volunteer regional leaders nationally and they are all very inspiring and capable women.”

Women’s Network Dairy helped rural women to get offfarm and connect with each other, by running social events two or three times a year in Mid Canterbury.

Learning workshops were also

run in conjunction with network partners.

“A lot of the ideas for workshops came from us as regional leaders as we are on the ground as farmers.

“There is a lot of personal development as you learn a lot of skills through being involved with Dairy Women’s Network such as public speaking, arranging events, sponsorship, as well as making a lot of great networks for yourself personally as well.”

While initially focused on the leadership and growth of women in the dairy industry, the organisation had since expanded to include men and other farming sectors such as rural professionals, graziers and sheep and beef farmers.

Burrows said she also did some work as a personal development coach as she was passionate about helping farmers to be strong people leaders who build positive team culture on their farms.

“In the dairy industry a lot of people are great farmers, but

they often haven’t been exposed to the leadership training or personal development that is available in other industries.

“A lot of farmers farm first and build qualifications as they go.

“Building positive workplaces is a key to our industry being sustainable and successful in the future,” Burrows said.

The other three finalists are: Rebecca Green, who contract milks 780 cows with her husband Blair at Cheviot, in North Canterbury. Jessica Goodwright is a 50-50 sharemilker with her husband Lyall at Drummond, in Southland as well as being equity partners in another dairy farm. Sue Skelton farms southwest of Whangarei near Waiotira, in Northland. Skelton and her husband Pete own two dairy farms with a total of 500 cows.

The 2020 Dairy Women’s Network regional leader of the year award winner will attend the New Zealand Women’s Leadership symposium in Auckland in late September, including two mentoring sessions.

Let’s keep it that way NZME There are no new cases of coronavirus in New Zealand and Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says he wants to keep it that way.

It is the first time in close to six weeks that testing has not uncovered a single case across a 24 hour period.

There are no additional deaths to report and the death toll remains at 20. The total number of cases is 1487. One probable case had since been upgraded to confirmed but that does not change the total number of cases. There are four people in hospital.

“Clearly these are encouraging figures today but it is just one moment in time,” Bloomfield said at yesterday’s press conference.

But the true test will come later in the week after the incubation period.

New Zealand cannot afford to squander the hard work and the advantage we’ve “worked so hard for”, said Bloomfield.

He now needed to be certain there was no community transmission so it was important continued to follow the Level 3 rules as later this week they would truly know whether there were other infections due to the incubation period of Covid-19.

It was a risk that people now get complacent and celebrate zero cases so it was “very important” people stuck to the rules.

It is cause for celebration and it reflected the collective effort, Bloomfield said.

“This is the first day of zero new cases and we want to keep it that way.”

Despite calls from some regions like the West Coast (which has recorded no new cases in two weeks) to move out of Alert Level 3 early, Bloomfield said New Zealand was maintaining a single national approach.

It’s the right decision currently to keep everyone under Alert Level 3, he said but regional variations might be looked at in the future New Zealand doesn’t need a contact-tracing app in order to go into Alert Level 2.

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Cold wet spell short-lived

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By Susan Sandys

Mid Canterbury; it’s the place to be

According to the MetService, much-needed rain was set to fall in Mid Canterbury last night and this morning.

And Mt Hutt was in line for snow, providing the first “nod towards winter”, meteorologist Tui McInnes said.

It has been a dry 2020 so far, with just 132 millimetres of rain falling in Ashburton, compared to the long-term average of 226 millimetres.

McInnes said a general ball-park estimation of how much rain Ashburton could get overnight was 10 millimetres.

“It could see up to 15 millimetres, depending on how persistent the showers are (today),” McInnes said.

A cold southerly front was to move up the South Island bringing rain mid to late evening yesterday, being most persistent in the higher areas of the district around the foothills.

Mt Hutt was in line for at least 10 centimetres of snow.

The front would clear overnight, while today

From P1 McGuire lives in the large commuter town of Warrington in the north of England.

“There’s no snow, but plenty of rain,” he said.

But there was plenty of work, and he managed to get a job at Amazon.

“Which was amazing, because I count as a key worker and so I could go to work,” he said.

Amazon had been a fantastic employer, paying a bonus over the peak virus period and guaranteeing their employees’ wages in the case of them having to self-isolate for two weeks.

As it turned out, this was something McGuire had had to do.

“I’m having to live with my parents as I hadn’t intended to stay very long in the UK. My mum got sick, luckily not with coronavirus, but there’s such a paranoia of any sickness, that it led to all of us isolating for two to three weeks,” he said.

McGuire said he was going to miss New Zealand, Mid Canterbury, Methven and Mt Hutt immensely for 2020, both from an emotional and professional perspective.

For the latter, his livelihood as a ski instructor was tied to working seasons in the southern hemisphere, so it was a step backwards to be out of action for the winter.

“I am coming back next year, as much as immigration and my own fitness allows me,” he said.

“I’ve got new skis waiting for me down at Alpine Sports, the Blue Pub quiz is the favourite place for me to go to on a Sunday.”

He would especially miss friends he skied with, and knew now he would not see them for almost two years by the time he got back next year. He would also miss the Methven community.

“Also New Zealand pies . . . we got good pies here, but still.”

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Mt Hutt staff members, including Mike Hall (left) and Wes Wright, are back at work as they prepare for winter.

PHOTO SUPPLIED would be mainly fine with a few showers.

Ski area management are optimistic they can operate at Covid-19 Alert Level

2, and plan to set an opening date once the country moves to this level.

After cool temperatures today, Mid Canterbury is set

to bounce back to relatively warm and dry conditions this week, with highs of around 20 degrees Celsius forecast for the weekend.

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Setting the fashion standard

By Heather Mackenzie

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For some Lockdown Alert Level 4 may have provided the perfect opportunity to dress casually and catch up on the odd day-time telly show, but Irene Duff was having none of it.

From day one of lockdown, Duff has been setting the standard in nail and accessory fashion from her Methven home.

Every day on social media Duff would post a picture of her latest nail and scarf combination and it didn’t take long for her to build up a steady following of viewers, so much so if she didn’t post something for a couple days people would message her asking why.

“It all started as a bit of fun really.

Covid-19 is a serious thing, but by doing this it was a great way to keep myself and others entertained.”

It didn’t take long for Duff to exhaust her supply of scarves and hats to match her nail colours, so she turned to her other passion knitting, to make up the shortfall.

Knitting is often a family tradition and so it was in the O’Reilly household when she was growing up.

Duff said her mother was an amazing knitter, the kind who could watch TV and knit a complicated pattern at the same time

without ever dropping a stitch.

After finishing a few scarves and a couple of hats, Duff cast her eye over her mother’s old knitting patterns and came across one for a child’s tunic top.

“The pattern must be at least 40 years old; I remember Mum knitting if for me when I was a kid.

“I posted a picture of the finished tunic on the Perriam New Zealand knitting family page and everybody wanted a copy of the pattern, some things never go out of style.”

The return to knitting has not only provided Duff with much need accessories, she has found it therapeutic as well. To her it is satisfying seeing a garment grow, knowing she has knitted every single stitch herself.

“At night when I am curled up on the sofa with my knitting, I think I’ll just do a few more rows and before I know it half the jumper is done.”

Not content with fashion postings, cooking up a storm, and her knitting projects, Duff also includes physical exercise on her daily planner.

Since lockdown began on March 25, Duff has walked and biked but mainly walked, a total of 338kms around Methven. To put that in perspective, she has covered the equivalent distance of Methven to

Murchison and said she is hoping to get to ‘Nelson’ before lockdown finishes.

“I have kept track of the kilometres I have been covering and Googling how far that would have got me heading north.”

When lockdown was first announced Duff said she knew in order to maintain her mental wellbeing it was vital to have structure and purpose in her day.

However not all her days run to a strict timetable, family is equally as important to Duff. Even though husband Philip is classed as an essential worker, and a Methven volunteer firefighter, the couple have made teenage sons Reilly and Patrick a priority.

“We have spent time playing card games, Phase 10 is a big hit in our house, or watching movies together.”

To Duff one of the life lessons we should all take away from this, is to slow down, communicate with each other face-to-face and where possible stop rushing everywhere.

“If you want a coffee take the time to actually go into the café, sit down drink it out of a real cup and eat your slice off a real plate, don’t just rush in and rush out again, filling your car up with discarded takeaway cups and plastic wrappers as a result.”

Irene and Philip Duff all dressed up to walk to the end of their drive on Anzac Day. Macduff the dog is wearing the Macduff tartan to celebrate his fifth birthday on April 25.

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OUR VIEW

Matt Markham

EDITOR

Zilch, nothing, nought, nil, zero

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ever has a zero looked so good and never has a simple circle on a screen in front of oneself looked as impressive.

Zilch, nothing, nought, nil.

That was the word we’ve all been waiting to hear from Dr Ashley Bloomfield. Confirmation of no new cases being confirmed in New Zealand for Covid-19.

A reason to celebrate, a reason to give ourselves a pat on the back and a reason to take a measured look at what has been achieved in the last month and a half.

Life could have been very different.

A deceased list which features too many names as it is, could have featured a whole lot more but instead, we tackled it headon. Took the bull by the horns and went in to battle.

And although we’re not there yet. In fact there’s still a long way to go, yesterday’s announcement suggests that New Zealand – a team of more than 5 million – are getting their noses in front and winning.

It’s a wonderful feeling and one we should all be very proud of reaching – but it’s by no means a reason to head out into the street and hug the first stranger you find. As Dr Bloomfield said, there will be more cases, sadly it’s likely there could be more deaths too – but a win is a win and in this environment, we’ll take it, I’m sure.

Level 3 has been in operation for longer than a week now. It’s been interesting to say the least. New Zealand has been complacent and we can’t afford to let that get worse with news like that which was communicated yesterday.

The prospect of a further drop to Alert Level 2 beckons but you can’t imagine those in charge will be too keen to go too quickly considering how we’ve reacted in the past seven days.

Be patient, we’ve got this. Almost completely.

Thought of the day: Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

YOUR VIEW

What has Covid-19 taught us?

By Chris Lewis

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ack in 2008/2009 the global financial crisis hit businesses hard and forced us to change some things we did pre-GFC. Is the current Covid-19 crisis going to do the same for businesses, farmers and the general public?

I can’t get all the discussion points arising out of that question into 600 words, but let’s take a stab at key issues.

Back in GFC times, we had low pay-outs and commodity prices that created a lot of tension on farm, with deficits being run and capitalised into loans. Banks stopped doing budgets for clients, and encouraged farmers to do their own. We saw interest-only loans, tough access to capital … many of you will remember the struggles and stresses.

It hit people in different ways but everyone has a story of hurdles to overcome – and the same is true for Covid-19. Future tales told around the dinner table or down at the pub will probably start with “Remember that lockdown, when we all had to be at home for more than five weeks . . .”

But New Zealanders adapted to what Alert Level 4 demanded of us, no less so than the modern farmer and his/her family members, who learned new ways of doing things,

or fine-tuned old practices.

Online conferencing and catchups with suppliers, advisors, mates and family members became second nature. This has been essential for communications, mental wellness and keeping the morale going strong, especially in the first few weeks.

Turning up the dial on this sort of technology has been on steroids for me in terms of Federated Farmers duties. Fortunately, Feds had decided to make the big change to Microsoft Teams last year. Our accounts team changed to a Cloudbased solution.

We had to make changes during the Christmas period and there were some other speed bumps, but it has proved a real blessing in lockdown, with all staff able to keep working from home, and barely a pause on most of our advocacy and caseload fronts.

These are similar changes to those that farmers have been doing in the last few years. I’ve changed to Cloud-based payroll with PaySauce, Feds employment contracts, an accounting package, herd recording . . . the list goes on. I’ve had internet at my shed for 10 years for staff to use technology, Viber team chats, and so on. Recruiting for and interviewing of staff has gone online, like so many other functions that underpin modern farming.

All of this hinges on internet and cellphone connectivity, and if it’s to be achieved without driving farming families to distraction, with decent download and upload speeds.

Results of our recent survey of members shows just how poor connectivity is out there: ■■ Download speeds have tanked with 76 per cent in the 0-20Mbps range. Within that, around 32 per cent of respondents are enduring 0-5Mbps and around 50 per cent of respondents in the 0-10Mbps bracket. Those responses are from those respondents that had internet connections reliable enough to complete the speed test (some indicated in the comments their connections weren’t good enough to oblige with download and upload speeds).

■■ Upload speeds are slightly better with around a third enduring 0-2MBps upload speeds, and 45 per cent in the 0-4Mbps bracket.

■■ In terms of the comments, slow speeds and unreliable connections take the top two spots.

■■ General business advice is for 1.5mbs per employee, so for a farming family with one partner doing the farm cloud computing, the other partner working off farm, and three kids doing school work is roughly

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7.5mbs, so the majority of survey respondents under 5mbs are struggling to compete standard tasks. One Netflix stream needs between 3-5mbs, if you are watching on two devices then you need 10mbs.

Also in the last few weeks we’ve had to prioritise Health and Safety of our workforce and thankfully Feds and industry groups have stepped up with good resources.

Then we had to prioritise our work and contractors’ work, with social distancing being the new golden rule.

We’ve had to make contingency plans for the worst-case scenario, engaging with multiple stakeholders. I’ve had more than 100 emails from businesses I deal with, for example.

As we go down the Alert Levels, we still need to plan ahead and prepare for any changes, as this virus knows no boundaries or follows some rule book of experts.

Going forward we need to work out our own strategies; let’s not make this hard – key priorities should be covered in a one-pager.

I’ve always focused on a clear purpose for our farm, with 5+ key values that has helped me plan ahead. But I’ve never lost sight of our vision! That approach is not a bad template for the agriculture sector as a whole.

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MARKET REPORT

By Guy Trafford

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t seemed slightly bizarre that the biggest news to come out of going from Alert Level 4 to 3 was the queues at the takeaway fast food outlets and cafes – even to the point where police had to instigate traffic controls.

There must be a lot of very poor cooks and coffee makers out there.

What I had been hoping to see happen, along with many others, was the instigation of saleyard sales.

For our region, and I imagine the rest of the country is the same, it is now six weeks since stock last went through the saleyards. So the news that we could be in Alert Level 3 for potentially three more weeks came as a bit of a shock.

I do have a bias around this situation as we have several hundred sheep on farm that we hadn’t planned to have by now.

Ewes were booked into the works over six weeks ago and show no sign of moving and, with the lambs, are about to make serious inroads into saved winter pasture.

However, I know other farmers are in a similar situation and this is being repeated up and down the country.

This is being severely compounded by what has now become a very dry autumn.

We have neighbours around on the Central Plains Water Scheme who are still irrigating.

Admittedly, if they were having to pay for pumping, they would probably be thinking twice.

However, it does illustrate the dry situation of the soil.

Talking with our local stock agent he mentioned that they are having a conference call soon to

discuss the situation and his tone sounded distinctly stressed.

Given the ‘rules’ do allow for livestock selling, it is looking that there has been a lack of imagination or leadership somewhere to have let things progress this far.

I just wonder, given the lack of decent transportable feed around the country, how the powers that be think farmers are going to keep stock fed, especially as they seem to think agriculture is going to achieve greater importance in helping to get New Zealand out of this economic bind we are heading into.

What bugs me is that this should have been a very predictable situation and someone should have acted.

I believe it should have been industry as we have been shown plenty of times in the past that MPI do not have the expertise to act promptly in situations of urgency and don’t seem to be well connected to grassroots.

It would have been nice to think a positive spin-off from the M. bovis eradication programme would have been a better understanding of farming systems.

This may be happening at the farm level but whether it is working its way up the chain seems doubtful.

Beef+Lamb, along with DairyNZ, sent out a joint press release providing advice to sheep and dairy alike.

However, given that they recognise that there is already a problem here I wonder why there has not been a greater emphasis before now on getting yards working.

Given the potential space and controls that could have been put in place, a workable solution should have been put in place before now.

The options for stock feed are now starting to be limited to PKE (sheep are not a fan of this in my limited experience) and grains.

Both of these are expensive options when it comes to looking at maintenance diets and unfortunately, although the schedules held this week (even venison which still has a $7 in front of it, despite my gloomy predictions), prices have been falling and so even if farmers can hold condition on stock their values are not going to be increasing.

And the reality is – most stock will be losing condition.

With the ‘works’ way behind catching up to demand, yards closed and what feed available being expensive at best, and inappropriate at worst, farmers have very limited options.

The one redeeming feature at present is, despite things being dry, at least the temperatures are still very mild for the time of year and at least some grass growth may persist for longer than would be normally expected.

The news that the Government is to invest a further $15 million

into upgrading rural broadband is welcomed.

Up to this point in recent years communications has been an area where the rich have been getting richer. The deficiency in coverage has been highlighted by some rural families being unable to utilise the online teaching services.

Markets Red Meat

The good news is that there is (almost) no news. Very little movement has occurred on schedules with lamb, bull, cow and venison all unchanged. Mutton managed a small lift as did prime beef, both with compliments of Alliance.

In the USA, still more slaughterhouses are closing down as staff are staying at home to avoid being infected. This is despite Trump sending out an edict stating that meat processors must remain open.

Over the last two months US pork production has dropped by 25 per cent and beef 10 per cent.

This at a time when demand for

meat has increased.

Whether there is a direct opportunity for New Zealand meat companies is unsure however, the USA was the leading exporter of pork into China for the latter part of 2019 and early months of 2020 and this trade is likely to be heavily reduced.

The EU is also operating under similar constraints and is quoted at being more than 20 per cent down from their exports of late last year and it is likely more updated figures will reveal even greater drops.

So, with China still short of meat protein as a result of their own pig herd being decimated

by African swine fever, there may as yet be more demand for New Zealand meat products.

Dairy

If evidence was required of the demand China has for dairy products, the news coming out of there recently should dispel any doubts.

Holstein type cows (many sourced from New Zealand and Australia) are reported to be selling in China for up to $US3250 each. And Yili, the Chinese shareholder of Oceania and Westland Dairy, is reported to be investing into two large farms; one, a 100,000 cow farm in Inner Mongolia and the second, a 50,000 cow farm which is a joint investment with Ningxia State Farm.

Despite coronavirus (or perhaps because of?) the fresh milk market has revived from the collapse in prices in 2014.

The Yili investment is said to be at over $NZ940 million, and with over a third of liquid milk still being imported into China, they obviously believe the demand will maintain profitable prices.

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Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 805 805 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 278 286 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 251 251 Merino 2,550 2,550

1,019 352 277 2,114

Source: WSI, NZMerino 1,025 1,193 805 484 550 277 331 364 251 2,291 2,550 1,588

440 390 375

Source: Midlands Grain 438 440 410 410 435 410 385 417 390

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 425 430 Wheat, feed 370 380 Barley, feed 355 365

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index Mar-20 106.00 115.00 120.00

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u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

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Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

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t the Ashburton Museum, when it comes to fulfilling research requests for the public, we are often just as excited as you are when we come across some interesting information about a certain person.

A few weeks ago, we learned from Maurice Otley’s History of Medicine about Dr Trevor, a prominent figure from Ashburton’s past with many talents.

Dr. Trevor, alongside numerous vocations, acted as coroner and deputy mayor in Ashburton for many years, having left behind a storied legacy which still interests us 150 years later.

While conducting some research for a member of the public, senior curator Maryann Cowan discovered the exciting legacy of yet another interesting Ashburtonian – that of James Russell Richardson.

The flying teacher J R Richardson signed up to train as a pilot during World War One at age 19, travelling from the North Island to train at Sockburn.

His parents, James Russell and Frances Maud Richardson, signed a consent letter to allow their son to join the Expeditionary Force on July 16, 1918.

According to a document from the Canterbury Aviation Co Ltd, Richardson entered aviation school on August 24, 1918.

On November 11, 1918, Richardson left New Zealand for England as a Royal Air Force cadet on the HMNZ Transport No. 112, the RMS Iconic.

Surprisingly, though the war was just drawing to a close, the boat he was on did not turn around and carried on to England regardless.

Richardson arrived at the cadet distribution depot in London on January 1, 1919, embarked to return to New Zealand in March, and arrived home in May. Apparently Richardson had fallen ill for a time in England, and stayed in hospital, which explains why he did not immediately return to New Zealand.

This extended absence was noticed by his

father, F W Richardson, who wrote a letter to the director of base records in Wellington on April 24, 1919 asking where his son had gone.

Eventually Richardson ended up back in Ashburton, lodging at Park House around 1928.

A year prior, Richardson sent a letter to the general secretary of the RSA asking whether he was entitled to a soldier’s medal, which he wrote on official Borough Inspector stationery.

While in Ashburton, the roles he undertook included sanitary inspector for the Borough Council, municipal engineer, and health inspector.

His run as health inspector lasted over fifteen years, and he was recognised as a qualified sanitary inspector by the Royal Sanitary Institute, London.

Richardson also taught at Ashburton Technical School, worked at Burnetts, and also became a Borough councillor on the back of the Ashburton Ratepayers Association.

On top of all this, he was also a founding member of the Ashburton Airport/Aero Club.

In the papers Being able to single out a figure in our past and study their life in the public eye is a privilege we can now freely enjoy thanks to archives, and the digitisation of archives.

The National Library Paperspast website offers issues of the Ashburton Guardian and Herald up until the middle of the 21st century, which allows us to take a look at how Richardson was perceived and how his career was discussed in the local papers.

In 1945, Richardson unfortunately had to resign from his position as Borough engineer due to a policy change by government, which stated that those who held engineering positions, such as Richardson’s, had to be fully and officially qualified, which Richardson was not.

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upon his resignation from the role of Borough engineer, Richardson stated that he had not received any annual leave for three years running, and it was agreed that he was to be paid three months’ salary following his resignation to make up for it.

On the eve of his retirement, Richardson was entertained at a social in the Hampstead Hall, where about 60 to 70 people attended and saw him off.

One article from August 1953 details that Richardson asked to be allowed to run for mayor of Ashburton.

This article goes on to explain that Richardson was elected to council at a by-election in 1946, and was chairman of the bylaws committee of the council for six years, having also been a staff member at the council for 22 years at that point.

Additionally, Richardson had been borough engineer for six and a half years.

In a later article, Richardson is quoted to have said that he is “a staunch advocate of reasonable and wise spending”, and that he has a “comprehensive knowledge of local body administration”.

It is said that Richardson “saved the ratepayers thousands of pounds in strict sealing, average water extension and borough yard reconstruction”.

Remembering past figures It is thanks to the hard work of museums and archives staff across the country that such details regarding the lives of

many ordinary people have been preserved in various forms for us to discover and research.

Furthermore, the work of historians, biographers, and hobbyists is equally important in preserving past lives as evidenced

by Maurice Otley’s histories, which gave us some great insights into the life of Dr Trevor a few weeks back.

Such stories help us to understand that many people can go through numerous career changes and work many different jobs during their lives, while many others are just as content sticking to one vocation.

If there is one thing that can be taken away from this, it is this: Whether you decide to bounce from role to role, or if you are content with just one thing, you will still be remembered and you will leave your mark regardless.

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1. Line of dignitaries for the opening of Hampstead Swimming Baths, February 11, 1922, including J R Richardson, second from right.

2. The Ashburton Borough Council in 1927, including Richardson sitting just to the right of Mayor Robert Galbraith at the head of the table.

3. Meta and James Russell Richardson, happily married with big smiles to show it.

4. Richardson’s decorated float for Gala Day. 5. Ashburton airport, not too long after it was established. This photograph was taken a while after the airport opened, since when it opened they did not have a windsock.

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Squash is non-existent on local courts right now, but it will return, and there’s now a challenge for players to get up off the couch.

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A 50km distance challenge to raise funds for local squash clubs is being set into motion this week.

Squash Midlands announced the initiative last week, where squash players and supporters could take up the challenge, which involved running or walk-

ing the allotted distance.

The challenge started yesterday and runs until May 13.

“With Level 2 around the corner, and the possibility of some squash, it’s time to get off the couch and get some kilometres on the legs while supporting your local club,” it said on Squash Midlands’ event poster.

Profits from the $20 entry fees would go to nominated squash clubs within the Midlands area.

Participants would have to prove their distance via a tracking app which would be added to their designated squash club’s overall tally.

“The club with the most kilometres completed and averaged

across their total entries will be awarded the overall Level 3 Distance Challenge Trophy at the 2020 Squash Midlands Awards’ Night,” a Squash Midlands spokesperson said. “Get your members and supporters motivated to raise some funds for your club.”

Running challenges have been a popular alternative in the region.

Ashburton’s CMJ Events Ltd launched a virtual events intiative prior to Level 4 lockdown which included 5km, 10km and 21km running events alongside mountain biking and road bike challenges.

All squash clubs within the Midlands district remain closed under Alert Level 3.

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Covid claims New Zealand’s rallying showpiece The 2020 New Zealand Rally Championship has been cancelled with MotorSport New Zealand and the championship promoters opting to future-proof the sport in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The first two rounds of the championship at Otago and Whangarei were already postponed because of the virus and the government-imposed isolation rules while the remaining

events are unlikely to be sustainable.

Long lead-in times needed to organise events coupled with the need for the country to tighten its belts due to the economic impact of Covid-19 means entry numbers cannot be guaranteed.

After robust discussions the regrettable decision was made to indefinitely postpone the New Zealand Rally Championship so that the sport can reset and be in a bet-

ter position to return to normal in 2021 rather than risk incurring a financial hit that could carry on into the future.

Championship title sponsor Brian Green Property has recommitted for the 2021 season in a major show of faith that the sport will be able to bounce back quickly from Covid-19.

That support is a major step to ensure a competitive championship awaits next year.

“It was a really difficult call to make but one we know is best for the long-term health of our sport,” NZRC co-ordinator Blair Bartels said.

“We love rallying; it is something we are super passionate about and it is really hard to make a call that means there will be less of it this year but we have to be pragmatic through these unprecedented times.

“The economic fallout will

be significant, and it is just not practical to think entry numbers will be strong enough this season to make events sustainable at a national championship level, especially with so many of our competitors being small business owners.

“There will still be club events and there may be an appetite for a couple of one-off events and that opens up some exciting possibilities.”

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Bill Beaumont: The Six Nations tournament appears to be untouchable. the intention currently.

“The Six Nations is owned by the Six Nations. What we will try and do is bring in a new competition that still keeps the Six Nations as a stand-alone competition.

“There could be an appetite to put the windows together and there are currently representatives from both northern and southern hemispheres doing that.

“What has stimulated the debate is the position regarding this (Covid-19) year when we don’t know when any games will take place, so would it be better putting two windows together?

“So the North go South in one month. Then immediately after, the South go North the next month.

“But we have to take all stakeholders with us – in the North we have to take the club game, the European game, so we are in dialogue with all these stakeholders.

“But you could have a com-

petition in between with all the countries that play in those two windows.

“Sitting below that you could have a subsidiary competition that involves all the emerging nations, and you could well have promotion and relegation into that.

“My job is to get consensus from everybody in the game. I do think there is an appetite from the Six Nations to look at a Nations Cup.” Beaumont did refer to the Six Nations as a ‘a six-week tournament,’ when in fact it takes place over seven weekends.

It was seemingly a slip of the tongue, although the concept of compressing it has been a talking point but yet to have traction.

Covid-19 has triggered a need for every union and all professional outfits at club and regional level to consider several contingency scenarios, one of which is for international rugby to fill the October and November slot, al-

beit European Cup officials have earmarked those weeks for their held-over tournament.

The re-start for rugby is very much an issue for the government in each territory, although Beaumont did say quite categorically that World Rugby has not been debating any law changes with a view to reducing contact at the scrum or in the tackle, scrummaging or spitting/saliva issues, so as to speed up any return.

“No, there hasn’t been any talk about changing the laws,” said Beaumont who did have one definite announcement to make in that BOA chairman, Sir Hugh Robertson, will oversee a Governance commission at World Rugby to make sure best standards are being met.

There is also a push to amend Regulation 8 so that a Pacific Island player, for example, who has represented New Zealand or Australia, might be able to play for a Fiji or a Samoa in the latter stages of their career.

Nelsen a big player in basketball and rugby Last year former All Whites captain Ryan Nelsen found himself in a meeting with some of Nike’s top lawyers.

Nelsen was with the sports apparel giant to discuss their interest in “.basketball”, the top level domain name acquired by Nelsen’s company Roar Domains, in conjunction with Basketball’s world governing body FIBA. The domain extension has been embraced by more than 50 of FIBA’s member nations, including 2004 Olympic champions Argentina, former European champions Slovenia, Australia and New Zealand.

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Global tourney back on Re-elected World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont has revealed plans for a new global tournament which could lead to two consecutive months of international action.

Beaumont is keen to resurrect plans for an annual competition which were dropped last year.

World Rugby is in discussions to see if a 12-country Nations Cup can be revived as a concept in which the Six Nations countries have an annual league structure of matches against the southern hemisphere.

There is a possibility that there might be a back-to-back test window of October and November in the future, rather than the current July and November, when home and away matches could be played.

Such discussions are only at an embryonic talking point stage and would only progress once clubs and players had been more closely consulted.

The push towards finalising a global season was also a big part of the manifesto of Agustin Pichot, who ceded the election on Sunday to Beaumont by a margin of 28 votes to 23, a narrow victory in that if only one of the major European countries, who had three votes, had opted the other way, then the Argentinian would have won.

Beaumont acknowledged that the game is ‘at a crossroads,’ but stressed that one of the consequences of the pandemic is that ‘there is a real desire from the north and south to reunite,’ the sport.

It was felt that any restructuring of the calendar would see the Six Nations move further into the year, perhaps to take place in April and May. Beaumont dismissed that notion.

“Why would you move the Six Nations?” said Beaumont.

“It is not affecting anyone else’s window on the global calendar.

“It’s been played in February and March since I was a lad.

“Nobody has ever mentioned to me that the Six Nations would move its timescale.

“Certainly that would not be

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The Breakers were also early adopters, with RJ Hampton one of the first professional players to secure a personalised domain.

So surely Nike, with their massive basketball heritage and huge influence in the market, would be interested?

“They said they were interested in Nike.basketball, Converse.basketball, 23.basketball and some others,” Nelsen said.

“That was great, so I asked what they planned to do with them.

They didn’t know, and I said we would need to know.”

The discussion ended in a polite stalemate. Nike wanted to

know the price to get the domain names into their portfolio, Nelsen and his company wanted to know the purpose before settling on a fee.

“It’s probably the first time that they have said ‘we will write you a cheque’, and someone has ignored them,” laughed Nelsen.

“We might live to regret that.”

It’s a fascinating episode, but also an illustrative tale.

It shows the rarefied world that Nelsen and business partner Hamish Miller are operating in, since their audacious and hardwon bid for the generic top level domain names (gTLDs) .basket-

ball and .rugby.

They’ve had discussions with the NBA and successful negotiations with some of the biggest rugby brands, including the Springboks, Wallabies, All Blacks and England rugby, as well as Sanzaar and World Rugby.

But they have also taken their stewardship role seriously; they entered partnerships with World Rugby and FIBA, and want to ensure that the domain names are used by the sporting community.

“You can have it, but need to use it,” said Nelsen of their approach.

Phoenix believe in themselves “How does it feel to be the captain of the worst Wellington Phoenix side in their history?”

That was the question posed to skipper Steven Taylor by one journalist after his side slumped to a fourth straight loss to start the 2019/20 A-League campaign.

“For me to see him in the tunnel after we played Victory (a 3-0 win in their last game) was a bit of satisfaction for me,” says Taylor, now the leader of what many regard as the best squad to represent Wellington in the A-League.

When the season was called to a premature halt in late March, the Phoenix were third on the ladder and in line for their best regular season finish.

The win over Victory was their fourth on the bounce and they’d lost just two of their last fifteen games.

But it’s the manner of the wins which has also caught the eye.

“How good is it to watch?” asks Taylor.

“We are literally [sic] dismantling teams at home and away. We have no fear and we go into games believing we can win.

“We had some very good individual players that won us games last year, whereas (this season) the collective performances week in, week out and the standards that we’ve set mean the boys just keep going and believing.”

Football Federation Australia will make an announcement this month about when and if onfield action can resume, with CEO James Johnson expressing confidence the current season can be completed, and reports out of Australia suggesting players could be back in training on July 1, with the remainder of the season to commence on August 1.

Taylor believes it won’t take long for the Phoenix squad to be matchready.

“We’ve got very naturally fit players, so if you give the lads a hard three weeks, especially the way we train, we’re going to be running on adrenaline from where we left off.

“They’re still going to need some game time, so a few little practice games.

“The boys are frustrated because they want to finish the league and create a bit of history here.

“It’s exciting hearing the fans say it’s one of the best Phoenix sides we’ve had and it’s the one time they believe we can actually win something.

“We believe it ourselves as well.”

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A look at Tamworth Not that the quarantined Warriors will get to enjoy the sights.

But here’s a quick look at their temporary home in Tamworth New South Wales, a place with a few quirky New Zealand connections.

And if a few prominent locals have their way, that connection will include an enduring friendship with the Warriors.

1) Tamworth is the biggest place in north-west New South Wales, population nearly 50,000. It was the first place in Australia to get street lights, in 1888.

2) Notable sports people from Tamworth include former Kiwi league hooker Richard Swain, and Aussie fast bowler Josh Hazlewood.

Swain, who made his name at the Melbourne Storm, qualified for New Zealand because his mother is a Kiwi.

3) Tamworth also produced a far more controversial figure than Swain who had dual status.

Former deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce was rule ineligible for the Australian parliament a couple of years ago because he was a New Zealand citizen.

4) MP Kevin Anderson is the man who got the Warriors to Tamworth.

As the Covid-19 crisis hit sport and threatened the Warriors ability to play in the NRL, he texted the club and NRL offering the city as a base.

Anderson believes it will boost Tamworth’s image as a “can-do” city, and hopes the Warriors will return to actually play a game there one day.

Tamworth already has a close association with the Wests Tigers, who were due to play Canberra at Scully Park this week.

5) Revamped Scully Park – the Warriors training

Kiwi Richard Swain was born in Tamworth. ground during a two-week quarantine period – is a boutique ground, with an 11,000 capacity, and small 700 set covered grandstand.

6) Tamworth is synonymous with country music, its 10-day festival in January second only to the famous Nashville event. Forbes has rated it at number eight in the ‘World’s Coolest Music Festivals’.

An appearance there is said to have helped launch Kiwi-Aussie Keith Urban’s rise to world stardom.

7) Tamworth was declared a disaster zone in 2004 when flash floods caused the Peel River to break its bank and cut the city in half as one report put it … during the music festival. About 3000 people camping on the river banks and hundreds of residents were evacuated.

8) The city boasts a 12m high Golden Guitar, which was unveiled by Aussie country music star Slim Dusty over three decades ago. Gore is a sister city.

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An exciting season ahead Valachi Downs’ trainer Stephen Autridge welcomed back 30 horses to his Matamata barn last week and he is excited about the future with his young team.

Autridge has posted 15 wins this term and was looking to adding to that tally, however, the Covid-19 restrictions put a stop a halt to those ambitions.

“I was working on getting 20, and thought we may have gone close, but we will never know,” he said.

While Autridge admitted to being a little bit frustrated during the Alert Level 4 lockdown period, he said he was grateful to have his rural property to help keep him busy.

“We struggled a bit, but we are lucky that we have a 20 acre property to look after with six spellers, a couple of broodmares, and 20 head of cattle, so that has kept us on the move,” he said.

“It was great getting back to the stables last week, I was really looking forward to it.

“We worked 30 this morning and we are probably going to work about 40.”

Autridge said he and his team benefited from the break, particularly ahead of the cold winter months.

“We have been spoilt with the good weather, but I guess we have got a long winter to still get through, so it’s just as well we had that break,” he said.

Reflecting on the season-to-date, Autridge said there were many highlights, headed by Communique and Karalino taking out the quinella in the Gr.3 Sunline Vase (2100m) at Ellerslie in February.

“The quinella in the Sunline Vase was one of the season’s highlights, but I got a lot of enjoyment winning some of those good races down in Christchurch in front of (Valachi Downs principals) Kevin and Jo Hickman,” he said.

While satisfied with the stable’s results this term, Autridge said he is looking forward to next season even more.

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Don’t look back. Instead, move on to what’s next – wiggling out, probably by changing your outlook.

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LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There are judgment calls to be made in the realm of communication, and they have to do with tact, manners and honesty. Be strategic. Not everyone needs to know all there is to know.

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AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’ll be asked to do things you cannot yet do. But just because demand exceeds your skill doesn’t mean you should turn down the challenge. This is an opportunity to find out how quickly you can grow.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’re in a sort of race. The winners will be the ones who refuse to quit.

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10:16 Spitfire PGL 2018 Documentary.

11:55 After MS 2019 Drama. Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin.

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DEVASTATED “It sucks for all athletes in spring sport, especially with rowing because it’s a sport where you train all year round for.”

PHOTO STEVE MCARTHUR

By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

It was over before it had even begun.

Ashburton’s Veronica Wall had her rowing programme turned upside down when Covid-19 began to envelop the globe.

The 20-year-old Ivy League student was in the final week of Spring Break and had travelled to Tennessee for her first rowing meet of the season.

In a whirlwind few days she would soon find herself back on a plane to New Zealand, with her rowing season canned and schooling year left in a shroud of doubt.

The national rowing champion, who attends Yale University, has been in lockdown with her family in Mid Canterbury for the past six weeks.

“It all happened really fast,” she said.

“Over that (final week of Spring Break) there had been murmurings of other schools starting to close down and not let other students back after Spring Break and

moving to online classes.

“The day we got to Tennessee we found that Yale had gone to online classes and they were advising all of the people who had left campus for Spring Break shouldn’t come back.”

By March 12, The Ivy League had cancelled all spring sport due to concerns around Covid-19.

“By that stage, we had no reason to be at school anymore,” she said.

“It was pretty devastating.

“We had gone down for our first race of the season when it all got cancelled.”

This effectively meant months of training and preparation for Wall and her teammates had come to nothing.

“It sucks for all athletes in spring sport, especially with rowing because it’s a sport where you train all year round for.”

Wall was then left three days to pack up her things and leave campus after Yale issued an exit notice to remaining students.

“It was insane,” she said.

With the United States now representing the hotbed of the pandemic, Wall’s return to school remained unclear amid an ever-changing saga.

“I’ve been talking to some of the girls who are over in the States.

“I think it’s very mixed, because it’s a situation that continues to change all the time, the universities don’t really know where they stand on what’s going to happen when people come back to campus and when people are going to come back to campus.”

Further announcements are expected to be made by the Ivy League in July, Wall said.

“There’s every possibility that we might not be back when the fourth semester starts.

“It’s such a strange situation.”

Although it had been a long two months for the star rower, she has channelled her energies into her online classes, rowing machine workouts and weight training.

Rowing was permitted under Alert Level 3, although restrictions around shared equipment and facilities were still in place.

Wall has dozens of national rowing titles to her name and has been an integral part of New Zealand’s under-23 setup, however she had taken the year off from trialling for the under-23 squad.

She said she was somewhat lucky that no other noteworthy events had been impacted by Covid-19.

“I was kinda lucky in that respect that I had already decided I didn’t want to trial for the under-23 team.

“I just wanted to take a year out of international competition and have a break just to reset.”

All of Rowing New Zealand’s international events this year have been cancelled.

The 2024 Olympics in Paris was an aspiration for Wall, however as Covid-19 has taught her, life can throw up the occasional curveball.

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