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A new investigation into the unsolved murder of Ashburton teenager Kirsty Bentley in 1998 has revealed new details and information around one of New Zealand’s most prolific cold case murders. Released on news website Stuff at the weekend, the investigation, dubbed Killer Blow, was undertaken by Fairfax investigative journalists Blair Ensor and Martin van Beynen and was the result of months of interviews, research and in depth analysis of a case which has perplexed a district, and in so many ways a country for more than two decades. Beginning late last year, the pair set to work scouring over every piece of in-

formation available to them and going that step further as well to ensure they gained as bigger picture as possible for the investigation. “The problem with the Kirsty Bentley case is that it’s been pretty well raked over, so finding that point of difference was always going to be the key for us,” Ensor told the Guardian yesterday. “We spent a fair amount of time initially just going over all the Fairfax news stories on the case and from that we felt like we had enough information for a really strong story, but we wanted more.” The pair conducted multiple trips to Ashburton and spent many hours walking the streets and talking to locals on properties around South Street and Chalmers Ave, near the house which

Kirsty grew up in. Also, along with Detective Inspector, Greg Murton, who was handed the Bentley file in 2014, they walked the same track Bentley had near the Ashburton River and visited the site in the Rakaia Gorge where her body was discovered two weeks after she went missing. “That was really important for us, to be down in Ashburton and seeing such significant areas in the case in real life and not trying to do it all from the comfort of the office in Christchurch. “We needed to be there to get a better picture of these places.”

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New investigation into cold case From P1 Like so many investigations before them, the pair naturally found their attention gravitating towards Bentley’s father, Sid and her brother John who were the subject intense police investigation. Gaining further information than has been made public before on the movements of the pair during the early hours of the search for Kirsty and further detail on the changes to Sid’s story from what he initially told Police was a key find in their search for further information. “It was a whole heap of little things, maybe not really obvious stuff when you first glance over it, but little bits of information that when all pieced together make a slightly bigger picture. “Things like the scrunchy on Kirsty’s hand, further information about Sid and John’s movements that night during the search and even images of the dog being tied to the tree. “Seeing the dog, as it was found by police is hugely important as it really paints the picture.” The investigation also speaks with a number of friends of Kirsty and reveals further sightings of her in the hours leading up to her disappearance. Killer Blow wasn’t a new venture for Ensor and van Beynen either. Van Beynen produced the hugely successful podcast Black Hands – a 10-part series about the Bain family murders while the pair worked collaboratively on Heavy Metal, an investigation into the death of Christchurch scrap metal dealer, John Reynolds. Ensor also produced Dark Secret, an investi-

gation into the then 24-year long murder case of pregnant 21-year-old mother Angela Blackmoore. Ensor’s work grew in prominence recently when Jeremy Powell was arrested for the murder following the investigation which unveiled new information and led police to offer a $100,000 reward for further information. A tip-off to detectives led to Powell becoming a suspect and then ultimately being arrested 24 years after Blackmoore’s death. “After the Reynolds and Blackmoore investigations, Kirsty Bentley was a natural progression for us.” So, after months of poring over information and finding and releasing new details to the public, does Ensor believed the murder of Kirsty Bentley back in 1998 will ever be solved? Best answer is that’s he’s keeping his cards close to his chest. “Kirsty’s case is not as simple as say the Blackmoore or the Reynolds cases, there’s very little evidence for a start, especially nothing definitive. “A lot of the police investigation focused on Sid and John and if you talk to Greg Williams who was the former head of the case you get the picture that he’s pretty confident they were involved. “John’s the only one with the answers to that possibility now. “If it’s stranger abduction, then it’s only going to take that one little piece of information to put them on the right track. “There’s always hope.” Killer Blow can be found at www.stuff.co.nz

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Man arrested A man who filmed himself coughing and sneezing on supermarket shoppers in Christchurch has been arrested and charged. A police spokesman said a 38-year-old man was arrested in Christchurch on Saturday after he was seen on video online coughing at people in a supermarket. “The man has been charged with endangering life by criminal nuisance and obstruction of a medical officer of health.” He is due to appear at Christchurch District Court today. - NZME

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It is a bonus to have a pet to hang out with during lockdown, and one special pet celebrated an important birthday recently. Just over six years ago the Lill family’s cat Siren came to them in special circumstances. Firefighters were called to extinguish a fire on a late March morning, in a 25-metre section of hedge on a Highbank Cairnbrae Road property. The hedge was fully involved in flames, and firefighters had to spend about an hour at the scene. One of the members, Gavin Lill, said he noticed a small creature following another firefighter out of the scene, and initially thought it was a hedgehog. “He was kicking around in the grass, I picked him up. His whiskers were singed off,” he said at the time. The orphaned kitten was obviously feral and “pretty hissy”. He also had a bit of a “gammy leg” leading to a slower-than-usual walk. He tucked him away in the pocket of his jacket and took him home. A Facebook poll fittingly named him Siren, although he is now more known as ‘big cat’ having grown quite a lot from the small singed cat that first arrived at their home.

Police in isolation Hundreds of New Zealand’s police – about 5 per cent of the organisation – are in selfisolation. The Police Association has reported that there are 664 sworn and non-sworn staff off work. Of that number 381 are front line staff and 283 are non-sworn. Association president Chris Cahill said they had managed to move a lot of staff around, so overall it had not affected services. - NZME

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has launched the helpline to assist vulnerable people access the essentials such as While it is business as usufood and medication. al, albeit from a home office, Ashburton Mayor Neil for many Ashburton District Brown says the service will Council staff, there are also particularly assist the eldermany who are unable to work ly, those with disabilities and during the Covid-19 lockdown. people who are unable to acBut those council employees cess adequate transport suphave found new work, as part port. of the district’s community re“This new service is being lief project, with the district’s provided in addition to othcivil defence team, people and er support measures already capability manager Sarah MoNeil Brown operating in the community. sely said. It will help those in need to “We’ve got 130 staff logging on remotely, but obviously there are some access things like food, water, clothing and of our staff who cannot perform their nor- medication as well as baby needs and pet mal jobs and we’re redeploying them in needs. “If you are able to provide for yourself meaningful ways to help the community during this time, please help keep this seron essential jobs,” she said. Some were working at the coronavirus vice effective by keeping the lines free for assessment centre doing clerical or clean- those who need urgent assistance.” Staff are contacting tenants in its eldering work, a number are delivering essential items and prescriptions to vulnerable peo- ly persons housing units to check on their ple and looking ahead, council staff would welfare and that contact would be ongoalso be seconded onto Meals on Wheels ing, Mosely said. “We expect our redeployment efforts to shifts. Staff would continue to be redeployed increase as time goes on. It’s a watching into essential work for the duration of the brief, a moving target and our staff are willing and able to help the community.” lockdown, she said. Staff who were working from home were A call centre had been established for people who needed assistance and this putting in a huge effort to keep the busiwould be available from 7am to 7pm, Mon- ness of the district running, chief executive day to Friday. Anyone needing assistance Hamish Riach said. “Their capacity to have great ideas to can call 0800 242411. Canterbury Civil Defence Emergency keep the community ticking over has been Management (CDEM), in partnership with astronomical and we’re being very, very all Canterbury district and city councils, well served by people across the council.” sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

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Life’s a beach for Murray When you’ve spent more than half a century in one industry, leaving’s always a wrench but Murray Beach tells reporter Sue Newman that he’s not retiring, he’s simply becoming a fulltime fisherman and golfer.

here’s not much Murray Beach doesn’t know about life as a meat worker. He’s just wrapped up 54 years in the industry and reckons he’s seen it all – the good, the bad and the most often, enjoyable. With his 74th birthday done and dusted, he’s opted for a retirement bookended by golf and fishing. Covid-19, however, has meant packing up and hitting the road has had to be put on hold. Murray’s philosophical. The fish will still be there and so will the golf courses. For now he’s happy to catch up on jobs around home and spending uninterrupted time with wife Brenda who has also called time on the workforce. Murray spent a year after leaving school, as many of his school mates did, working at transport company Burnetts Motors, but when an opportunity came up to join the Fairton freezing works workforce he grabbed it. Back then jobs at Fairton were jobs for life. The pay was good and while the season was relatively short, the company took on the challenge of helping its staff find off-season jobs. He recalls working on the removal of the Rakaia to Methven railway line, at the woollen mills and on forestry projects when the killing season ended. “It gave you a wee break away because, when you’re fulltime at the meat works it becomes a real grind.” In his early years he did a couple of stints on the beef chain in Rockhampton, Australia during the off-season, but never considered crossing the Tasman permanently.

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Murray counts himself lucky to have landed a job on the bagging chain. It was contract work and that meant the harder you worked the more you got paid. It’s work he stuck with for most of his career. “There were eight of us baggies on contract doing about 1200 a day each. Over the years it changed a bit and for different markets you had to put up to three bags on – at an increased rate of course,” he said. Looking back, Murray said, he realises how tough the working conditions were for baggies. “We were bagging in minus 20 to 25°C. It was bloody cold. When you’re in that blast freezer you’re standing on ice, 8-9 inches thick and we’d go in for a while and come out so our hands could warm up again.” He looks back at those Fairton years and compares meat plants today to those of the past, and says there’s light years of difference. “And the values were different then too. Then we looked up to a lot of the people we worked with. They’d come back from the war. Those guys were very good to us young fellows and we learned a lot from them. I miss a lot of those people,” he said. The years ticked by and the Fortex Seafield plant opened. Murray decided to take a chance on a job at the new place. And while he worked in the bagging area there, he also had the opportunity to work on a range of different jobs. Fortex was a very different place and, in many ways, was well ahead of its time, Murray said. “Fortex set the benchmark, for

what the industry is today, with its shifts.” It was the first company to run its chains 24 hours a day. The company might eventually have collapsed, but Murray believes boss Graham Thompson was a good man and a good bloke to work for. “He just got greedy.” When the company collapsed, Murray became part of the new workforce at CMP and later at ANZCO. The workplace was very different under both owners, more corporate and a different culture, with “harder men” at the top, he said. He’s seen strike action at both plants, recalling one at Fairton that involved all meat plants nationally, and another at Fortex that ran for many days. “I’ve always been a union man but we’d never have needed unions if everyone was fair,” he said. He reckons the Kiwi workplace is going back to where it was before the days of unions, when the boss got richer and the workers stayed the same. When he looks at the mothballed Fairton, Murray said he has a sense of loss. “That plant served the district for 125 years and a lot of families went through the Fairton system. When my dad retired, I even got him a job out there for five years.” In its hey day Fairton had a boarding house for workers and it had a sports complex. In many ways, working at the plant became a whole life thing, he said. With the downturn in sheep numbers, change at the plant was inevitable, he said.

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Given that some of the plant is very old, it’s hard to predict its future, Murray said, but he anticipates someone will buy it for its water consents. Fifty-four years might seem a long time to work in one industry, but Murray’s been happy. He’s never considered leaving. “I think that a lot of people in Ashburton have done the same

as me, gone down the same path, and I was lucky with the people who taught me.” He credits his father for his work ethic. His parents lived through two world wars and the depression and when his mum died when he was just four, his father and his grandma took on the job of raising the three Beach children. After years of working on a job that meant his arms were raised most of the day, Murray said he was starting to get a few niggles in his shoulders and that signalled it was time to retire. “Everyone knows when it’s time to move on and now I’m not answerable to anyone but Brenda. I’m on another of life’s wee journeys. I’d had enough and I wanted to do more fishing. We were just about to hit the road for six months and now we’re not allowed to.” Brenda and Murray had booked a cruise for January, but Murray reckons getting away on that will be a long shot. Looking back, Murray counts himself a lucky man to have had a solid job for 54 years and over those years he said he’s always lived by one motto – “I always say I’m no better than anyone else but I’m just as bloody good.” Left – Early days of success with the fishing rod.

Living at Alert Level 4 Monday 6 April Update Our lives depend on us all staying home. Here are answers to some of our most frequently asked questions: FOR EVERYONE: How can I purchase essential, non-food items that I need for winter? Only businesses who have registered to sell essential, non-food items with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) can do so. All stores selling these essential items must adhere to strict guidelines to avoid the spread of COVID-19. This includes limiting sales to items that keep people warm, replace key household appliances, or maintain people’s health, eg: blankets, heaters, kitchenware and appliances, whiteware, computer equipment, and mobile phones.

Where can I purchase essential, non-food items? Stores that are open for essential, non-food items include Noel Leeming, The Warehouse, Harvey Norman, Briscoes and Farmers. If you need to order, do so responsibly, only purchasing items that are absolutely necessary to help your household safely isolate, stay connected to work, or study from home while we all unite against COVID-19.

Will supermarkets be open over Easter weekend? As with previous years, supermarkets and other essential businesses that are usually required to close on Good Friday (10 April), will still do so. Trading for essential services business can resume on Saturday 11 March and remain open on Easter Sunday (12 April).

Where can I seek help if I’m feeling stressed or anxious? If you feel you are not coping, it’s important to seek help and professional support. Your family doctor is a good starting point. For support with grief, anxiety, distress or mental wellbeing, you can also call or text the ‘Need to talk?’ service on 1737. This service is free, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and gives you the chance to talk it through with a trained counsellor.

How can I keep myself safe if I live in an apartment building? • Keep a 2-metre distance from people who are not part of your household. • Wash your hands before you leave home and as soon as you get back. Use hand sanitiser, if available, as you enter and exit the common areas of the building. • Gyms, swimming pools, and other gathering areas should be closed. • If you need to touch a frequently used surface in a common area (such as a door handle, stair rail or lift button) use your elbow instead of fingers or use disinfectant hand wipes after contact. • If you need to use a lift, wait until it is empty and only use with people from your household. • Ask for deliveries to be left at the apartment building entrance for your collection.

Who can I contact if I see people not following the rules on self-isolation? You can tell the Police by completing the online form at 105.police.govt.nz. Where possible, try to keep the phones free for those that need them in an emergency.

FOR BUSINESSES AND WORKERS: How do I find out more information on essential businesses and what they cover? Essential businesses, and those that support them, will continue to provide the necessities of life for everyone in New Zealand. This means food, medicine, healthcare, energy, fuel, waste-removal, internet and financial support will continue to be available. If you have any queries about what an essential service is and if it applies to your business sector, you can get in touch with general enquiries at 0800 22 66 57 or email essential@mbie.govt.nz for advice regarding your specific business.

Thank you New Zealand If we all do our bit, we’ll get through this. Thank you for working together and staying home. We can and must stick with it.

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Community spirit applauded By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Police have been tasked with enforcing the Covid-19 alert level four lockdown restrictions, and have so far reported people in the Ashburton District have generally been complying with the restrictions. One person has been arrested for breaching their bail conditions, and police are investigating an alleged assault at a supermarket last week. The public have reported mixed sightings of police, with some saying they have not seen any while carrying out essential travel, while some have seen more than ever when asked on the Guardian’s Facebook page. The community spirit of police officers was praised last week when one officer made the day for a group of children stuck in lockdown. “One of our local police officers made my children’s week when he reversed out of his driveway onto the road and gave his sirens and lights a quick blast while waving out the window to the kids. You couldn’t wipe the smiles off the three of them,” one parent said. However, not all feedback was positive and some questioned just how much enforcement was actually taking place. “I have seen more cops in the last week than I’ve ever seen on the road but not one has been seen pulling people over, campervans and Jucy rental vans driving straight past, even people towing boats and nothing happening, but happily sitting in the shade trying to catch people speeding,” one person said. One person said they were disgusted when they travelled into town to collect medication

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Covid-19 cases climb past 1000 Ashburton police are maintaining a strong presence around the Ashburton district during the lockdown. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN and did not see one police officer but saw people using the skatepark and the Ashburton Domain. Some essential workers said they were yet to see any police at all, while one person reported seeing six while out walking. Ashburton Sub-Area Supervisor Senior Ser-

geant Leigh Jenkins has consistently urged people to stay at home unless they need to, and that police will be carrying out reassurance patrols at hot spots like supermarkets, pharmacies and the hospital, and that in the early stages of the lockdown police would be focusing on “education conversations”.

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Fond memories of motoring in a Skoda Guardian motoring correspondent, Bernard Egan is well known around these parts. Over the next few weeks, he’s agreed to share with us some of his tales of from yesteryear. Some will be his own telling while others will come directly, or indirectly from others. The whole truth of some, can be left for public opinion. Readers are invited to share tales with Bernard by emailing geegeeber@ gmail.com

decided it was time to get any readers another car and having seen a will remember Renault advertised in WaiFather Rick mate, he invited a parishioner Loughnan who served to accompany him on a trip to locally at Holy Name Bernard Egan look at that car. Church. TALES FROM On the way south they Years before they THE BACK SEAT noticed a lovely newer, very became upmarket cars, smart looking Skoda parked Father Rick knew Skodas outside a house in Temuka. were good. Father Rick remarked he At one stage at the would like a model like that. same time he owned three of them, one The Renault was test driven but as nice as it bought brand new. was, it wasn’t quite right for Father Rick. Before buying the third one, Father Rick So his companion said “if that Skoda is still parked in Temuka how about I go in and ask about it”. So this is what happened. Knocked on the door, asked politely is the Skoda yours, answer yes, hope you don’t mind being asked but are you interested in selling it? Response “yes and in fact I’m just writing out an advertisement for it”. Amazing! Fast forward, no advertisement needed, a deal was done and Father Rick acquired his third Skoda. Tune on the net and Of course he then had to do something about the other two. listen to it anytime, anywhere. One he gave to his family for a farm hack. FOR LOCALS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. The other he offered for sale in this very newspaper in a brilliant advertisement stating “For sale Skoda one careful owner. Religiously YOU CAN NOW maintained”. It sold! Well, with an advert like that, it would SNAP CHAT wouldn’t it! WITH HOOPS! Father Rick answered a call to the religious life and countless parishioners, fellow clergy and many others are grateful he did. But had he not he could well have become an advertising guru.

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NZME Two new significant clusters of coronavirus have been announced, in Auckland and Christchurch – and it’s not clear where the original infections came from. The Auckland cluster has 13 cases – four of them confirmed in the past day. Ten people are in the Christchurch cluster. Both are of “unknown origin”, according to the Ministry of Health’s website. Only information about “significant” clusters of 10 or more people is being published. There are 12 such clusters in New Zealand. They may not be new or recent cases, but have been linked because they have been in the same place. The country’s biggest cluster is linked to Marist College, an Auckland girls’ high school. That cluster has 66 cases, up six from Saturday. The next-biggest is linked to a wedding in Bluff, and has three new cases since Saturday. There are now 58 cases associated with the March 21 wedding, held before large gatherings were banned. And 56 cases are associated with a St Patrick’s Day celebration at the Redoubt Bar in Matamata, Waikato. Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield yesterday announced 89 new cases of Covid-19, with 48 confirmed and 41 probable. That brings New Zealand’s total cases to 1039. However 156 of those people have recovered. Fifteen people are in hospital, including three in intensive care, and two are in a critical condition. He said only about 1 per cent of cases were confirmed as coming from community transmission but 18 per cent were still being investigated – many of those may end up being via community transmission as well. Cases are still not increasing exponentially, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday described as “a good thing” although she did not want to draw conclusions too soon.

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Letters with love I woke up this morning with a real fright, I thought a strange man had got into bed with me, then I realised it was just your father with 10 days’ growth on his face. I’m not sure how much longer this “not shaving, I’m on holiday” routine is going to last. I had to go to the supermarket today – wow, people are certainly getting “experimental” in their attire, people getting round in the weirdest of get ups from disposable raincoats with the hood up, multi layered ensembles combining face mask, gloves, track pants and cut away flouro tops and heavy work boots, and that’s inside the shop too …………….. at least the pyjamas in supermarket trend seems to have died off. Regards, Love Mother and Father

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A new look at old ground I nvestigations into cold case killings in New Zealand come and go a bit like the wind. Every now and then they’ll resurface and someone, or some organisation, will claim to have new information which could lead to the case being solved. Operative word being, could. One case touches this district more than ever though and is has done for more than 20 years. And any time it steps back out into the public sphere, the Ashburton District sits up and takes notice. The murder of Kirsty Bentley back in 1998 will forever remain, until it’s solved, as one of the most perplexing and confusing cases and there have been literally hundreds who have done their best to unravel the case over the past two and a bit decades. We take extra notice because the place they are mentioning is home. We walk the same streets Kirsty did, we visit the same spots where she was both last seen and, sadly found. It’s our place and so we feel invested in knowing what might be unearthed in any new mention of the case. Killer Blow by Blair Ensor and Martin van Beynen doesn’t portray itself as being able to solve the cold case but it does bring new things to light and back to relevance which is important every now and then just to see if it might jog the odd memory. I’ve worked with both Ensor and van Beynen and they are both incredible operators. Thorough, meticulous and they leave no stone unturned. It might not really be our place to spruik an opposition media outlet, but I recommend jumping online and having a read of their work. It might not lead to anything, just like many before it, but considering that the pair have had some form of success with the cases of both John Reynolds and Angela Blackmoore, perhaps as Ensor says, there is some hope. Thought of the Day: If money doesn’t grow on trees, why do banks have branches?

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here’s a saying among epidemiologists and others involved in epidemic response that everything we do before a pandemic will seem alarmist, and everything we do after a pandemic will seem inadequate. It’s a challenge for any Government – how far and how quickly to respond – and around the world we’ve seen examples of both. South Korea, one of the first countries to be hit by Covid-19 back in January, went on the front foot early with testing. More than 400,000 tests have since been carried out, and they’re well on top of the virus compared to other nations who were impacted early. In the United States the response has been slower. President Donald Trump, who has compared Covid-19 to the flu, on January 22 announced “we have it totally under control”. He followed up on February 26 optimistically projecting “the 15 cases within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero”. At the time of writing the United States now has 300,000 confirmed cases and more than 8200 dead. Just a few days ago in an address to the nation President Trump soberly delivered new projections that between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans will die even if measures like physical distancing and isolation are from now on adhered to. New Zealand’s response has differed from both, and it’s too soon to know how our measures to combat the virus will compare

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to others internationally. But I’ve often believed in the maxim that you can only control what you can control, and it’s a useful thing to bear in mind in times like these. Despite some of the noise, particularly online, about what should or could have been done more quickly, what’s happened in past weeks and months we can’t change. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t ask questions. Of course we can, and we should. But my focus is on looking at our current and future challenges, of which we have plenty. Parliament, despite being suspended under Level 4 measures, is doing the same. Both Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges agreed to the establishment of the Epidemic Response Committee. Chaired by Bridges, it has the power to compel witnesses and hear testimony from ministers, health officials, scientists and others involved in the response. It has forced some important and constructive changes in the first week. The criteria for testing have been changed, following confirmation that referrals from GPs

were being turned away at testing stations. The Health Minister David Clark has accepted that more must be done to source Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) after reports of dwindling stocks. That’s a positive change, as those concerns have been expressed locally too. My office is closed but with the phone line redirected I’ve taken a large number of calls over the past week from people employed in aged care, homecare and other facilities complaining of shortages. The Ministry of Health have published guidelines directing hospice and aged care workers to not wear masks, despite regular close contact with people most vulnerable to the virus.

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In Auckland a surgeon at Middlemore Hospital has been reprimanded and told she may be suspended from her job if she continues to wear PPE despite similar directions. There’ll be time once this crisis is over to look back at the things that might have been done better. For now we have many challenges still ahead of us to deal with constructively, things still in our control, but which won’t be forever. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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A pioneer in the world of vaccinations

magine you created a Covid-19 vaccine, but no one would use it or give you a chance to prove it works. Your only choice is to test this vaccine on yourself, inject yourself with weakend viruses, suffer unknown side effects and hope for the best. Would you do that? Mordechai Wolff Haffkine has done exactly that, not once but twice, and not with Covid-19, but with far deadlier plagues. Mordechai Wolff Haffkine was a bacteriologist from Ukraine, born on 1860. In 1888 Haffkine was allowed to emigrate to Switzerland and began his work at the University of Geneva. In 1889 he joined Mechnikov and Louis Pasteur in Paris at the newly established Pasteur Institute where he took up the only available post of a librarian. At the time, one of the five great cholera pandemics of the 19th Century ravaged Asia and Europe. Deaths in India between 1817 and 1860, in the first three pandemics of the 19th Century, are estimated to have exceeded 15 million people. Another 23 million died between 1865 and 1917, during the next three pandemics. Cholera deaths in the Russian Empire during a similar time period exceeded two million. Haffkine focused his research on developing a cholera vaccine and produced an attenuated form of the bacterium. It was not widely accepted by his senior colleagues, including both Mechnikov and Pasteur,

Mordechai Wolff Haffkine

nor by European official medical establishment in France, Germany and Russia. Risking his own life, on July 18, 1892, Haffkine performed the first human test on himself and reported his findings on July 30 to the Biological Society. Haffkine considered India, where hundreds of thousands died from ongoing epidemics, as the best place to test his vaccine. Through the influence of Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, who was in Paris as the British Ambassador, he was allowed to demonstrate his ideas in England. He proceeded to India in 1893 and established a laboratory at Byculla in 1896 which moved to Parel and was later called the Haffkine Institute. Haffkine worked on the plague and by 1902–3 half a million were inoculated. In October 1896, an epidemic of bubonic plague (the cause of “the Black Death”) struck Mumbai and the government asked Haffkine to help. He embarked upon the development of a vaccine in a makeshift laboratory in a corridor of Grant Medical College. In three months of persistent work (one of his assistants experienced a nervous breakdown; two others quit), a form for human trials was ready and on January 10, 1897 Haffkine tested it on himself. Haffkine’s vaccine used a small amount of the bacteria to produce an immune reaction. Like others of these early vac-

cines, the Haffkine formulation had nasty side effects, and did not provide complete protection, though it was said to have reduced risk by up to 50 per cent. By the turn of the 20th Century, the number of inoculees in India alone reached four million and Haffkine was appointed the Director of the Plague Laboratory in Mumbai. In 1902, 19 Indian villagers (inoculated from a single bottle of vaccine) died of tetanus. An inquiry commission indicted Haffkine, and he was relieved of his position and returned to England. The report was unofficially known as the “Little Dreyfus affair”, as a reminder of Haffkine’s Jewish background and religion. The Lister Institute re-investigated the claim and over-ruled the verdict: it was discovered that an assistant used a dirty bottle cap without sterilising it. In July 1907, a letter published in The Times called the case against Haffkine “distinctly disproven”. Since Haffkine’s post in Mumbai was already occupied, he moved to Calcutta and worked there until his retirement in 1914. Professor Haffkine returned to France and later moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, where he spent the last years of his life. Haffkine received numerous honours and awards. In 1925, the Plague Laboratory in Mumbai, Maharashtra was renamed the Haffkine Institute.

Jewish people ready to celebrate Passover

hile many of us will be celebrating Easter with the other people in our “bubble”, traditional Jews will be celebrating Passover, or Pesach. It is a major Jewish holiday and one of the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays. In the Old Testament Book of Exodus, the Israelites were enslaved in ancient Egypt. God helped the Israelites escape from slavery in ancient Egypt by inflicting 10 plagues upon the Egyptians before the Pharaoh would release the Israelite slaves. The holiday celebrates the release of the Israelites (or the Jewish people) from slavery. In Israel, Passover is a seven-day holiday with the first and last days celebrated as legal holidays and as holy days involving holiday meals (especially the first day). The intervening days are known as Chol HaMoed (“Weekdays [of] the Festival”). The Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan, which typically falls in March or April of the Gregorian calendar. The 15th day begins in the evening, after the 14th day, and the seder meal is eaten that evening. Passover is a spring festival, so the 15th day of Nisan typically begins on the night of a full moon. Leaven, in Hebrew chametz, is made from one of five types of grains combined with water and left to stand for more than eighteen minutes. The consumption, keeping, and owning of chametz is forbidden during Passover by tradition. As story goes, when the Jews left Egypt, their freedom granted to them hurriedly by the frightened Egyptians, they had no time to leaven their bread (as at the time of the exodus cultured yeast didn’t exist, and sourdough bread took time to rise). Therefore traditional Jews refrain during these seven days from bread, cakes and most pastries. One of the traditional holiday foods is a Matza, an unleavened flatbread (similar to

The Passover holiday (seder dinner at the White House) in the United States.

unflavoured crackers). Passover Seder is a ritual feast that marks the beginning of the holiday. The Seder is a ritual performed by a community or by multiple generations of an extended family getting together (although this won’t be happening this year due to Covid-19), involving a shared retelling of the story of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. Seder customs include telling the story (the Haggadah), discussing the story, drinking four cups of wine, eating matza, partaking of symbolic foods placed on the Passover Seder Plate, and reclining in

celebration of freedom. Since the retelling of the Exodus to one’s child is the object of the Seder experience, much effort is made to arouse the interest and curiosity of the children and keep them awake during the meal. To that end, questions and answers are a central device in the Seder ritual. By encouraging children to ask questions, they will be more open to hearing the answers. The most famous question which the youngest child asks at the Seder is the “Ma Nishtana” – ‘Why is this night different from all other nights?’ After the asking of this questions, the main portion of the

Seder, Magid, discusses the answers in the form of a historical review. The afikoman (a piece of a Matza), which is hidden away for the “dessert” after the meal, is another device used to encourage children’s participation. In some families, the leader of the Seder hides the afikoman and the children must find it, whereupon they receive a prize or reward. In other homes, the children hide the afikoman and a parent must look for it; when the parents give up, the children demand a prize (often money) for revealing its location.

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PROFILE - Zeira Khan

awubona! I’m Zeira, a family orientated individual. I’m very focused with any type of task presented before me. Passionate about what I do and a go getter with a ‘can do’ attitude. I am from South Africa, born and raised in Durban. Durban is the third most populous city in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town. Durban is ethnically diverse, with a cultural richness of mixed beliefs and traditions. While Zulus form the largest single ethnic group, it has a large number of people of British and Indian descent. The influence of Indians in Durban has been significant, bringing with them a variety of cuisine, culture and religion. I came to New Zealand when my husband decided to explore his expertise overseas and felt like he needed a change. Thereafter he secured employment in New Zealand and we relocated to Ashburton on August 1, 2019. South Africa will always have a special place in my heart, especially when it comes to my relatives whom I miss during festivities. Technical improvements such as Facetime help with better communication amongst loved ones, however, as we all know, it is never the same as physically being there. I love Ashburton as it is a beautiful small town with a tight knit community. It is a wonderful place to raise a family as there are plenty of family-friendly facilities. I have made friends easily as I have a bubbly personality. I am thankful for meeting Gordon and Bianca Manley as they have assisted us wholeheartedly from the time we arrived in Ashburton. Moving here I faced the challenge of securing a registered kitchen to conduct my food business. Having previously owned a successful food business in South Africa and having a good hand when it comes to following my passion, I decided to continue my business in New Zealand, which is

Driving success

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our new home. Thankfully with the help of Adi (from the Mid Canterbury Migrant Centre and Newcomers’ Network) and the Senior Citizens’ Centre I overcame this challenge and continued with my passion for cooking. I have successfully opened up my own food trading business – MZ Indian Cuisine specialising in Authentic Durban style curries. I am hopeful this venture will be as successful as it was back home. MZ Indian Cuisine specializes in authentic Durban Style curries, bunny chows (curry filled in hollow bread), biriyani, butter chicken, samosas and spring rolls. Traditional South African Indian cuisine at its best, prepared with a blend aromatic spices and love which gives you taste beyond boundaries, so if you have not tried

a traditional South African milk tart or bunny chows then give us a call (after the lockdown) and give yourself a treat. I would love to take part in events and markets around Canterbury, using this as a platform to introduce my food to people. Surely they will be hooked until the last bite. As a long-term goal I would like to open up my own restaurant and introduce new flavours to the Ashburton community. Whatever hardship you face in life, always fight with a smile. A quote that I live by: “Bad chapters can still create great stories, wrong paths can still lead to right places, failed dreams can still create successful people, sometimes it takes losing yourself to find yourself.” - Qari Raees

Zeira’s chicken curry recipe 1kg chicken but into pieces 2-3 potatoes, peeled and cut into halves ¼ C frozen peas (optional) 1 small tomato chopped 1 small onion or half onion sliced 3 T oil 3 T masala ½ t ground ginger and garlic 1 stem curry leaf 1 sprig of coriander 2 cinnamon sticks some salt, according to your taste ■■ In a saucer add cut up tomato, curry leaf, ground ginger and garlic and masala. ■■ In a large cooking pot add oil, onions and two cinnamon sticks and fry until onions are lightly brown. ■■ Next add tomato mixture and then chicken. Add enough salt to taste. ■■ Let simmer on high for about five minutes. ■■ Now add potatoes and peas and a little more water and allow to cook until potatoes are soft and tender, adding a little more water to form a thick gravy. ■■ Lastly sprinkle cut up coriander. ■■ Serve with rice or bread or make a bunny chow and any salad - either beetroot, carrot, French salad or any other salad of your choice.

hat a month March was for us here on the Mid Canterbury Rural Driver Licensing Scheme. We have had driving tests, mentor training, new mentor/student teams out on the road, a new group of learners starting classes and Covid-19 lockdown to keep us on our toes. At least lockdown gives us a chance to catch our breath and focus on what matters, that is keeping everyone healthy and beating this bug. It gives us an opportunity to find new ways to support each other and to connect in a different way. We are so proud to see the first two of our ladies complete the whole journey from never having driven to gaining a full NZ driver’s licence. Congratulations to Shonal Chand and Ramandeep Kaur who have shown us what you can do with a bit of help from your friends. Both ladies had never driven before joining our programme. Their mentors Mandy Burrows and Freya Ahrendt have done an amazing job. We are so grateful to our mentors for their dedication, generosity, friendship and just for being all-round good sorts. We can’t do it without you. Two more wonderful ladies have passed their driving tests this month, with another two booked but now cancelled due to lockdown. We look forward to getting their tests completed once lockdown is over. We also started another group on their learner licence classes, but they too are on hold for now. At least they can study from home with the new Road Code books we purchased with funding from the Lion Foundation. We are grateful to Advance Ashburton for supporting us for another year of the programme. We are so lucky to have such wonderful organisations in our community who see the difference we are making and put their support behind us. Thank you Advance Ashburton. March also saw the launch of the Salvation Army Community Driver Mentoring Programme in Ashburton. Ashburton is so lucky to have these programmes available to the community and we look forward to working with them to get people on the road. It’s nice that there are two similar but different programmes on offer. We focus on rural people and cover learners licence right through to full licence. We aim to prevent isolation, develop social networks and encourage community integration. And we love what we do, and we are making a difference. Here is what Shonal has to say: “When I came to NZ I didn’t know how to drive or anything about getting my licence. I was feeling very helpless and lonely on the farm. Now that I have my licence I am like a bird. I can go wherever I want and I am so excited. My kids are very happy too because when there is a school programme, I can go. Thank you very much to Wendy for helping to get my licence. And especially thanks to Mandy for teaching me to drive and helping me.” The Mid Canterbury Rural Driver Licensing Scheme is proudly sponsored by The Lotteries Commission, Advance Ashburton, COGs, The Lion Foundation, The Four Winds Foundation, The Ashburton Licensing Trust, Community Trust Mid & South Canterbury, Ashburton District Road Safety Council and The Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust. Follow us on Facebook to keep up to date with our achievements. Wendy Hewitt Rural Licensing Co-Ordinator

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Long-term future for NZ rugby By Liam Napier

Gray nabs Black Sticks prize An up-and-coming hockey player received a dose of good fortune last week when she won a hockey challenge prize helmed by a member of the Black Sticks. Anna Gray (pictured above in purple) completed a dribbling challenge on Instagram, organised by Black Sticks vice-captain Shea McAlesse. The Ashburton teen was drawn out from the group of challengers, where she won some Black Sticks merchandise including a signed shirt. The Ashburton College pupil was a Mid Canterbury under-15 representative last year. “Little challenges with people having a go have been quite fun and quite entertaining in the house to take a bit of the boredom away,” father and rep coach Brent Gray said. Mid Canterbury Hockey continue to share home training drills on its Facebook page as the Covid-19 lockdown remains in place.

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Langer looking for the silver linings Australia coach Justin Langer supports the idea of playing cricket behind closed doors when safe to do so, as it will have “great value” to the public. Langer’s side beat New Zealand at an empty Sydney Cricket Ground on March 13 before the coronavirus pandemic halted the series and cricket worldwide. And he would be happy to play in an empty stadium again. “When you started off playing underage cricket, there’s no crowds there,” Langer said. “Maybe your mum and dad came and watched, or your brother and sister were bored and playing on the swings somewhere else. “You played it because you loved playing the game, you loved playing with your mates and you loved playing the game. “The Australian cricket team are so fortunate to play in front of big crowds every time we play. “But for the love of the game, and for still being able to entertain people through TV sets or radio, then there’s value in that. “Yes it’s different, but we’ll never, ever, ever

Australian cricket coach Justin Langer. take for granted how lucky we are, ever again. “We are so lucky in what we do.” The series against New Zealand was called off after the first one-day international in Sydney, and Langer acknowledged that it has been a new experience getting used to

having time off with his family. “I say this with absolute respect and compassion for everyone who’s suffering at the moment, but it’s a bit like nirvana for me,” he said. “I’m at home with the family. “I get home-cooked dinners, I sleep in my own bed, I can go into my own garden, I see my kids every single day, and usually in my life, I’m away 10 months of the year. “Frankly, I hope it makes a change to our whole society. “We’ve got so busy, haven’t we? We’ve got so many incidents of mental health problems in Australia now. “We’ve got drug misuse, we’ve got domestic violence, we’ve got all sorts of things that go on. “Hopefully this is a time for everyone to stop and take a breath and find some balance – not just in the life of a sportsperson, but in every sector in the world. “So hopefully we’ll all find a bit of balance, and there’ll be some silver linings that come out of this terrible crisis that’s affecting everyone in the world at the moment.”

In times of despair, New Zealand Rugby must find hope. Rugby, as with all sport, will eventually play a positive role in leading the country and communities out of the coronavirus crisis. To do so it must first endure shortterm pain to ensure its long-term future, and find a way to come together as the ethos of the game expects from all levels. The chance to resume playing may be three months from now. Whenever it arrives, rugby must be ready and united in its approach to maximise opportunities to start the immediate and far-reaching rebuild. Few insiders expect the July tests, when Wales and Scotland are scheduled to play the All Blacks, to proceed as planned. That will necessitate the focus on a domestic resumption. What exact form that takes is already creating tension, however, given the competing vested interests of the provincial unions and Super Rugby bases. The proposed 10-week Super Rugby derbies, expected to involve the five franchises starting their seasons again and playing eight games each, is one touted option for a re-start. All Blacks returning to their provincial homes over a prolonged period is another enticing prospect. NZR chief executive Mark Robinson confirmed reviving the North versus South fixture, potentially in a State of Origin style format that could double as an All Blacks trial, is also being seriously considered. “Those things you’ve mentioned are on the table and there’s probably others as well. “Our team is excited about some of the opportunities and we think fans could be too,” Robinson said. “If we’re able to play domestic rugby without any international touring then we could play for much longer than a traditional season and that opens up all sorts of opportunities for what rugby might look like in New Zealand. “If we have a limited window to play in – from the middle of the year or whenever the time is, there’s a whole range of opportunities. Some of the options could really capture the imagination of the rugby public, players and our partners.” The Herald has, however, spoken to several well-placed sources who suggested forging alignment and selling the pathway of the greater good would not be straightforward. Robinson confirmed those challenges. “We are asking everyone to take a view of what’s best for New Zealand rugby and that’s hard sometimes because depending on where people fit within that ecosystem they might have very strong views in certain directions,” he said. “We’re really committed to not leave anyone behind in terms of their financial positions. We’ve got to make sure whatever gets played at the end of the year everyone is in a position to benefit from that.”

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With no live sport to watch, things are grim. We won’t hide from that. But, to create some debate and discussion, members of the Guardian’s sporting nuts club Matt Markham Versatility was the key here for me, finding five people who excelled in multiple sports and were also good enough to wear the Silver Fern in at least two different arenas. So, not necessarily the greatest in their chosen sport, but perhaps the greatest in terms of being good enough to represent New Zealand in different variations of sport. Jeff Wilson is an easy include. Perhaps his selection is largely spawned by the fact I watched a video the other day of his cricketing heroics when smashing an unbeaten 44 against Australia in 1993 to lead New Zealand to an ODI victory against the old foe, but then further enhanced by a 10 minutes of his best stuff on a rugby field in the very next clip. Add to that his skill on the basketball court and his potential on the athletics field and he is, in my humble opinion, our greatest ever sportsperson. Sonny Bill Williams, I can hear the groans now. Think what you like, but here’s a guy who’s won multiple World Cups, played for his country in rugby,

Jaime Pitt-MacKay Comparing athletes across sports is always going to be a challenge, but there are few that have had such as big an impact on New Zealand as our best ever player of the nation’s favourite sport, Richie McCaw. While batsmen will always be more glamourous than bowlers and Kane Williamson or Martin Crowe could easily take Hadlee’s spot in my team, but I don’t think there has been a New Zealand cricketer who at the peak of their powers was as unstoppable as that famous moustache. The same applies for Valerie Adams who at her incredibly long peak was just about untouchable without the assistance of performance-enhancing drugs. Peter Snell will remain our best Olympian for a while yet and was another who was untouchable at his peak. My football fan rose-tinted glasses come through with the fifth selection of Wynton Rufer. However,

Steve Devereux In our little country that continues to punch way above its weight in so many sporting spheres, it’s still impossible to go past Richie as the best of the best. In the toughest position longevity-wise in a tough game, he also skippered the best team in the world in 110 test matches, and won two Rugby World Cups – in fact the feats, accolades and awards are nearly endless. No contest. If there was someone to get anyBruce where near Richie it would of course McLaren be Baz. Remembered by many for one ball he faced among tens of thousands (in a loss that should have been far more embarrassing for all his team-mates – could they really, really not muster just a little something between the whole lot of them??) Brendon McCullum did it all on the cricket pitch. Scored the most triple centuries in tests (oh, that’s right, nobody else has got one), first batsman to score two tons in T20Is, and everything

winning four major titles in a top flight European football league Wynton and even top Rufer scoring in the champions league is an outrageous achievement that is unlikely to be matched by another Kiwi for a long time, and he was rightly named Oceania footballer of the century. 1. Richie McCaw 2. Richard Hadlee 3. Valerie Adams 4. Peter Snell 5. Wynton Rufer

in between. His captaincy was more a blast than a breath of fresh air, and influenced almost every other national team on the planet. Bruce McLaren’s name lives on with his all-conquering team, and it all started with him; before his untimely death he won a mass of races behind the wheel, including the Le Mans 24 Hours and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Jonah was Jonah. Lydia Ko seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth, but in her day she was supreme. Youngest woman to win a major. Youngest of either gender to be No. 1. More than $10m in prize money. A zillion other stunning stats. Yeah, she’s on the list. 1. Richie McCaw 2. Brendon McCullum 3. Bruce McLaren 4. Jonah Lomu 5. Lydia Ko

have decided to undertake a series of sporting discussions, which will run for as long as there are topics to list. Today we take a look at the best of the best, top-of-the-tree Kiwi sportspersons.

rugby league and sevens and carved out a decent enough boxing career too. He deserves a spot. Sophie Devine will be forever regarded as one of our greatest female cricketers, but it shouldn’t be underplayed just how good she was on a hockey turf as well. A White Fern and a Black Sticks Women representative, she’s a deserved placeholder in this top five. Same for Donna Wilkins, or Loffhagen, a brilliant netballer she transferred that ability onto the basketball court where she represented her country in both fields and did so with very good success. The last spot has a local connection in Hamish Bond – one half of the greatest rowing combination potentially ever seen in his combo with Eric Murray, Bond has taken that drive and applied it to the bike where he has become an excellent cyclist with multiple national successes and a bronze medal at the Oceania Championships. 1. Jeff Wilson 2. Sonny Bill Williams 3. Sophie Devine 4. Donna Wilkins (Loffhagen) 5. Hamish Bond

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Jonathan Leask Picking New Zealand’s top sports people is like comparing the best apples, oranges and bananas. Snell won three Olympic gold medals during his glittering career, first winning the 800m at the 1960 games in Rome, before defending his title in Tokyo four years later and also adding the 1500m crown. He also had Commonwealth Games glory winning two gold medals at the 1962 Games in Perth. McCaw put his body on the line for 148 test matches to be the most capped player of all time, leading New Zealand to two World Cup victories during his 110 tests as captain. Adams was so dominant for so long. As well as two Olympic golds, in which her main rival became drugs cheat to best her, she is a four-time world champion, four-time world indoor champion, two-time Olympic, threetime Commonwealth Games champion. Some list. Drysdale was an equally dominant force on the water as a five-time world champion in

Adam Burns Sheesh where do you start. So deep and broad the notion of comparing sportspeople and how significant their respective achievements are and reducing it down to a mere five? Ian Ferguson needs to be there as our most successful Olympian. His gold medal haul at the 1984 Olympics across the K1, K2 and K4 was immense and backed it up with a further gold in silver in Seoul. It’s an imposing benchmark. Probably the greatest of the lot is Peter Snell. In a four-year period, Snell dominated his sport on the biggest stage in a way never seen before in this country. His exploits at the Tokyo Games which followed his first Olympic gold in Rome four years prior still stands as a staggering touchstone in middle distance running as the last athlete to win both the 800 and 1500m events at the same games – a feat only achieved in 1920. Valerie Adams has commanded her sport for many years and has built a glittering resume of achievements including a mind-boggling 15 shot put titles for New Zealand including gold medals at Beijing and London. She has also won the New Zealand sportswoman of the Year award at the Halbergs seven consecutive times between 2006

Mahe Drysdale the single sculls and winning Olympic gold twice in London and Rio. Number five on the list proved quite the conundrum, with plenty of names pencilled in before I went with Dixon. The Kiwi driver cracked the big time of American Indycars, winning the championship five times and his 46 wins make him the third highest winner.

1: Peter Snell 2: Richie McCaw 3: Valerie Adams 4: Mahe Drysdale 5: Scott Dixon

and 2012. The All Blacks are one of our biggest global brands and Richie McCaw is synonymous with that brand for a reason. Led us to two consecutive Rugby World Cup wins (including one on a broken foot), is the most capped player of all time and across a 14-year career set the standard for openside play. Not only did Yvette Williams lay the foundation for the superb Kiwi sportswomen which followed but was doing deeds never before seen in long jump. She was the first Kiwi woman to win an Olympic gold at the 1952 Helsinki games, setting a new Olympic record. Broke a world record two years later, leaping 6.28 metres – inspirational. 1. Ian Ferguson 2. Peter Snell 3. Valerie Adams 4. Richie McCaw 5. Yvette Williams

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Learn a new language: French Les formes et couleurs (une forme et une couleur) Shapes and colours (shape and colour) un carré blanc a white square

un losange vert a green diamond

un polygone orange an orange polygone

un rectangle noir a black rectangle

un cynlindre violet a purple cylinder

un cercle bleu a blue circle

un cube marron a brown cube

un ovale rose a pink oval

un triangle gris a grey triangle

une étoile jaune a yellow star

un coeur rouge a red heart

Jeu (Game): Retrouvez les couleurs et les formes qui manquent (Find the missing colours and shapes) 1. Le rectangle est .................

5. Le coeur est ...................

2. Le ................... est orange.

6. Le ................... est bleu.

3. Le cylindre est ...................

7. Le carré est ...................

4. L’................... est rose.

8. L’................... est jaune. Réponse (answer): 1. noir - 2. polygone - 3. violet - 4. ovale - 5. rouge - 6. cercle - 7. blanc - 8. étoile

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ACROSS 1. A frolic round the park with national leader (5) 4. How might one catch nothing, being in a hopeless mess? (7) 8. A small flame for one of 5 (5) 9. From elbow to wrist it is far more flexible (7) 10. Very chilly starts in cold years (3) 11. A disembodied spirit that lent me ale for brewing (9) 12. Pan and Mercury were in the gallery (4) 13. Must otherwise be unfermented grape-juice (4) 18. Tried cute form of proper conduct (9) 20. An eternity it takes to finish lunch (3) 21. Héloïse’s love led Arab astray (7) 22. Mother swallowed meat without a starter of snake (5) 23. Say how it is pixel needs an adjustment (7) 24. A hold-up for 24 hours around American railroad (5) DOWN 1. Cap person I peg out where batsman plays (7-6) 2. Mixed with old Yale characters (7) 3. Pocket violin Edward could make, given the equipment (6) 4. The chest of one hacking, one is told (6) 5. 8s remain in difficulties (6) 6. A characteristic one may be sour about (5) 7. Alternative medicine men partly come round to (13) 14. Rising air current to warm her malt with (7) 15. Calcium and acid might make it chirpy (6) 16. Abrupt as such death is, it will settle a tie (6) 17. It is called out to meet doctor (6) 19. Chirpy sound coming from a chincharinchee perhaps (5)

Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

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Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or Previous solution: VERTEBRA anticlockwise. Previous solution: VERTEBRA

ACROSS 1. Jumped (6) 5. Accumulated knowledge (6) 9. Views (6) 10. Distant friend (3,3) 11. Actual (4) 12. Shut in (8) 14. Layers of rock (6) 16. Strategy (6) 19. Weaker party (8) 21. Trick (4) 22. Close at hand (6) 23. Idolise (6) 24. Hate (6) 25. Stroke (6)

757

Previous cryptic solution

Across: 1. Liberty-boat 8. Gorse 9. Kestrel 10. Trammel 11. Oddly 12. Runway 14. Heated 18. Debit 19. Yelling 21. Confide 23. Sauce 24. Wallflowers 1 4 Down: 1. Lighter 2. Bargain 3. Rheum84. Yokels 5. Onshore 6. Tar 7. Bully 13.7Anthill 1 15. Tribute 4 8 16. Digress 17. Myself 18. Dicky 20. Lasso 22. Now

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DOWN 2. Apparent (7) 3. Kneecap (7) 4. Ignore (9) 6. Perfect (5) 7. Partial payment (7) 8. Musical (7) 13. Absolute or definite (9) 14. Ostracised (7) 15. Shining (7) 17. Corpse (7) 18. Communicates (7) 20. Gowns (5)

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Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

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8 5

7 9

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6 4 1 9

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1 4 5 6 2 8 9 3 7

7 6 8 9 3 5 4 2 1

3 5 6 8 4 2 1 7 9

8 2 7 1 9 3 6 5 4

4 1 9 5 6 7 2 8 3

5 3 4 2 7 9 8 1 6

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6 1 7 8 2 9 3 4 5

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7 6 8 4 3 1 9 5 2

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2 110. Tempo 5 Across: 1. Fare 3. Absconds 9.9Contain 11. Discouraging 14. Win 16. 8 Rigor 17. Law 18. Stuffed shirt 21. Taboo 22. Beneath 23. Preceded 24. News 4 1 3 Down: 1. Face down 2. Rends 4. Ban 5. Categorising 7 6. Nominal 7. Slow 8. Labour of love 12. Rogue 13. Swatches 15. Notable 19. Inane 520.9Step 22. Bee2 8

Previous solution: devi, die, dies, dis, dive, dives, ide, ides, ids, sei, side, vide, vie, vied, vies

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’ll become aware of a desire that you may not have been fully conscious of until now. The part of you that wants will go on in kind until it gets what it longs for. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You are slow to anger, but you are also slow to let anger go. For this reason, you’ll do what you can to turn the heat down on potentially incendiary situations. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Despite your brave face, people know you are sensitive. They can tell in the tiny reactions that flicker across your being and the way you follow up with questions and care. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Like a pearl, you’ll turn irritations into things of beauty. Do this, not through rejecting the problem but embracing it until it becomes smooth and lovely. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Just because you happen to be self-sufficient doesn’t mean you shouldn’t ask for and accept help from others. Working together, you’ll strengthen the team while keeping things interesting. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Change doesn’t have to be such a serious matter. You’ll take a playful approach, experimenting to find the behaviours, people and environments that feel like a natural fit. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): People show and interpret feelings differently. What some people do because they like you won’t automatically register as affection to you. You’ll need to learn one another’s language for this to work. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Life without dreams is a mundane existence. If you can’t remember your dreams at night, be sure to do some dreaming during the day. Mentally send yourself to places that delight you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): It seems you’re rating yourself on a value scale you’ve outgrown. What once seemed important is now less so, and new matters take precedence. Perhaps it’s best not to rate yourself at all. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You sense you’ve gotten all you can out of a situation. You can continue doing what you know or risk a new experience. The unknown is scary, but that’s where the opportunity to grow exists. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): There are certain people who seem to bring out the strong emotions in you, and conflicting ones at that. You needn’t sort through it all at once, but there is a karmic bond here to untangle over time. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): If you were to only accept your strengths, you’d be missing out on your chance to connect with others, which usually occurs around weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

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BULLING Mavis Louisa – On April 4, 2020. Passed away peacefully at home, Ashburton, aged 86 years. Beloved wife of the late Ian (Tim) Bulling and the late Ted Bulling. Dearly loved mother and mother in law of Christine and Chris Munro, Janice and Syd Taylor, Glenda and Graeme Erskine, and Robert and Maureen Bulling, and a much loved Nana, great Nana, and great great Nana. Messages to 14a Graham Street, Ashburton 7700. A special thank you to the District Nurses and the Palliative Care Team for their help and support. A private cremation will be held.

KEENAN Hazel (nee Watts) – Passed away peacefully at Radius Millstream, Ashburton on April 4, 2020, aged 99 years. Loved wife of the late James Joseph Keenan. Dearly loved mother of Tony and Gwenda, Leslie and Colleen, Frank and Ainslee, Marion and David Oakley, and Heather and George Nimmo. Also a treasured Nana of 13 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Messages to 106 Johnstone Street, Ashburton 7774. The family wish to thank Dr Sparks and the Radius Millstream staff for their devoted care of our mother. “Treasured memories always, she will be sadly missed.” Due to Covid-19 a private burial will take place.

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7:58 2:07 8:20 2:38 8:46 2:59 9:12 3:29 9:37 3:51 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

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Sport

16 Ashburton Guardian

Anna takes the challenge

Who is the best of all?

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Wimbledon still on the radar By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

An Ashburton woman is confident her Wimbledon trip of a lifetime will occur next year. A dream came true for Miranda Smith when she obtained exclusive tickets to this year’s Wimbledon tournament earlier this year. Tickets to the tennis grand slam are generally made available by a ballot where applicants are se-

lected at random. Smith had been in the UK during last year’s tournament. “I registered on the Wimbledon website. “You can line up on the day but the lines are out of control.” After she was entered into the public ballot, she was notified in January that she was able to secure two centre court tickets around the quarter-final and

semi-final stage of the prestigious event. “I thought stuff it, I have to go.” However as the sporting events the world over have been cancelled or faced an uncertain footing recently due to the coronavirus pandemic, doubts began to hang over the 143-year-old tournament. Last week the All England Club announced the tournament,

which was scheduled to begin on June 29, had been cancelled. It is the first time The Championships have been called off since World War 2. Much to her relief, Smith discovered soon after the cancellation that ticket holders would be reimbursed with an offer for equivalent tickets to be made available next year. “It was a great relief,” she said.

“It’s just the matter of having to wait another year and a bit. “I thought, what’s the chance of your name coming out two years in a row?” She was hoping she would be able to be reimbursed for her flights or be able to transfer them to the corresponding time next year. “It’s not much you can do about it, it’s just one of those things.”

Liquidition devastating, but Tactix will survive

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