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Guardian plans major changes The Ashburton Guardian, which began publishing over 140 years ago, is set to become a community newspaper.

Owner and publisher, Bruce Bell announced a restructure of the business to staff yesterday, proposing to publish the Mid Canterbury-based publication three days a week as opposed to its current six-day-a-week news cycle.

One of the last remaining independent and privately owned daily newspapers in New Zealand, the Ashburton Guardian has been owned by the Bell

family for five generations since Robert Bell purchased a financial interest in the newspaper in the year 1900.

Bell says the proposal to reduce the number of issues will secure the Guardian into the future.

“The media has been under severe pressure in recent years, including the Ashburton Guardian, and the proposed model will stimulate the economic viability of the newspaper,” he said.

While reducing the number of edi-

tions printed each week, the proposed restructure will see the newspaper able to increase its pages, enabling editorial staff to further focus on local stories, profiles and opinions while also providing more space and scope for local advertisers.

Yesterday, Bell sought feedback from staff and now from the wider Mid Canterbury community and if his proposal moves forward, a restructured Ashburton Guardian will be implemented within two months.

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Matariki celebrations forge ahead

By Heather Mackenzie

Left– Hakatere Marae co-ordinator Lara Reihana

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Hakatere Marae is once again holding Matariki (Maori New Year) celebrations this weekend.

“All cultures are welcome. This is a day for whanau to come together and enjoy a shared togetherness,” said marae co-ordinator Lara Reihana.

The move to Level 1 could not have come at a better time for organisers. Under Level 2 the marae was faced with restricting numbers, but now more people can come on Saturday, Reihana said.

“We will be following the rules, but being in Level 1 has certainly taken the pressure off.”

Festivities begin at 10am with a free kapa haka wananga, organised by the Te Huka Tai Trust.

Event leader, Whaea Tihi Puanaki, and her team from Christchurch will be teaching waiata, haka, poi and rakau, with short and long sticks. Beginners and experienced performers are all invited to go along and learn.

The kapa haka wananga will wrap up at 4pm. After that the marae will host their own Matariki celebrations lasting until 7pm.

A powhiri at 4.30pm will welcome everybody to the marae, followed by a sausage sizzle. Reihana

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said people are also welcome to bring their own food if they would prefer.

Stars will be heavily represented in the evening activities. Starshaped biscuits, baked by Reihana

herself, will be there to decorate. If biscuit decorating is not your thing, there are stars to write a message or memory on and hang in the wishing tree.

Talks about Matariki and what it

means to Maori culture, will be led by marae members, with Kaumatua Club members also present to fill in any gaps.

“There will be a lot going on, but then that is what we want. A casual

post lockdown get together celebrating Matariki, and our tikanga (customs and traditional values).”

Music and dance has always been a strong part of Maori culture and, keeping with that tradition, local band Pacific Tribal have offered their services free of charge. Reihana is also hoping the kapa haka group will give a performance and showcase what they have learnt during the day, as long as they are not too nervous, she said.

Matariki is the Maori name for the Pleaides star cluster, it rises after the first crescent moon in June and marks the start of the growing season and disappears the following year in April/May, signalling it is time to preserve crops for winter.

Reihana said if the Matariki stars rise bright and clear it will be good growing year and if they are dull, it means work harder as it is not going to be a good year for crops.

If you are wanting to attend the kapa haka wananga and Matariki celebrations it would be helpful for the organisers if you register through the Eventbrite link on the Hakatere Marae Facebook page.

Army reserves looking for more members

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

With dwindling numbers nearly dropping to single figures, members of Mid/South Canterbury’s army reserves are urging people to look at taking up a role with the organisation.

The army reserves are a paid part of the New Zealand Defence Force, expected to train and be deployed if required on top of their existing employment or study.

For Private Charlie Auty, being an army reservist for the past 15 years has been a great opportunity, but he is devastated that their numbers have continued to dwindle in the past 10 years to a point where there are only 10 members in the Mid/South Canterbury area.

“We’ve basically got 10 people on the books in Mid/South Canterbury and in a catchment of 100,000 people that’s really bad,” he said.

“We have two guys lined up in the recruitment process which is going to dramatically increase our numbers.”

Being part of the reserves involves completing basic training, and then spending approximately 20 days a year undergoing military training in a wide range of areas.

“On Wednesdays there are night parades, which are four hours long or day parades on Saturdays, which are eight-hour-long courses,” he said.

“In a couple of weeks I’m going on a four-wheel driving course,

which is all paid for by the defence force and you can do medical courses, radio courses, anything the army offers, it just comes down to what time you can get off your employer.”

While most of their time is spent focusing on training, in times of need they can be deployed, helping out in times of emergency such as during the Christchurch earthquakes or the Port Hills fires.

“Some of the older guys have been overseas on deployments to the Solomons for four months and I’ve been to Timor,” he said.

“There are plenty of other good opportunities as well, a lot of the guys have got their class two licences and there are plenty of shooting courses.

“If you are the kind of person that likes to get out into the bush and get walking around the hills, it is perfect.”

Auty said around 10 years ago the group’s membership was up around 35 people, but had dropped off over the years without more people joining to replace them.

“There were half-a-dozen mates who all joined and they networked and brought in their mates but they started dropping off, they at least stuck around for six or seven years,” he said.

“Now it’s just us old buggers staying around but we need a bit of young blood coming through.”

Auty said being part of the reserves is a fantastic way to spend

your weekends, with the bonus of being paid to take part instead of having to pay for activities like hunting, with food, clothing, equipment and a place to sleep all provided away at training exercises.

“I’ve been doing this for 15 years and I think I’ll be doing it for another five years before I’m too old,” he said.

“I’ve made some great friends over the years and there are guys all over the country I did my basic training with 15 years ago that I still catch up with when I get the chance.”

More information about joining the army reserves can be found on www.defencecareers.mil.nz/defence-careers/careers/reserves/

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One injured in West St crash One person was taken to hospital with moderate injuries following a crash on West Street on Wednesday morning.

The crash, which occurred at around 8.50am, involved three vehicles. St John spokesman Gerard Campbell said they sent one ambulance to the crash, which took one patient to Ashburton Hospital with moderate injuries.

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Calls to scrap teacher registration fees

By Sue Newman

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The proposed doubling of teacher registration fees is a rort, one that is about creating income for the Teachers’ Council rather than benefiting grassroots teachers a long serving teacher says.

Currently teachers pay $220 for registration that runs for three years but, from July 1, this will jump to $175 a year, an increase that will come with absolutely no benefits for teachers, Hampstead School principal Peter Melrose said.

He’s not arguing with the need for teachers to complete a regular registration process, as that came with mandatory police and fitness to teach checks, his argument was with the fee rise for a process that had become easier with online processing. Most of the work in the registration process was undertaken by principals, rather than the council, Melrose said.

While he has no argument with the need for a fee of some kind, there needed to be a clear link between what was charged and what teachers got in return, he said.

“The council had a role to play in ensuring professional standards through a professional body similar to lawyers and accountants, but most teachers will see very little for their fee other than getting their registration.”

Melrose said the fee hike appeared to be part of a drive to create additional work for the council, but that work was already being done by other organisations in the sector.

“This will be like adding another layer.”

Shane Stockdill has children in the education system, friends who are teachers and he’s on the Mount Hutt College board, but speaking as an individual, he said the fee rise was blatantly unfair.

“I hate unfairness. I take up issues like this on principle. There’s no value here for teachers’ money,” he said.

Teachers should be registered, he said, but this function could easily be carried out by the Ministry of Education rather than a separate body funded by the government and teachers.

“Yes, a lot of professions have to be registered, no problem with that, but

they can usually on-charge the fee to clients. A teacher’s wage is set. They can’t recoup the money. But this is not about the money, really it’s about the principle. Teachers will get nothing more for this increase.”

Determined to do his bit to fight the fee increase, Stockdill contacted Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon, who said opposition to the fee rise was one of the key components of National’s education policy ahead of this year’s election.

It proposes to scrap registration fees and to directly government fund the teaching council.

Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye said this proposal was in line with its drive to reduce teacher costs and lift teacher supply and retention.

Direct funding to the council would come at around $16 million a year.

“New Zealand is facing a significant economic recovery and our education system and teachers will continue to play a crucial role in helping our country get through this.

“It’s important we reduce costs particularly when we are heading into a recession,” she said.

Thank you for your part in keeping our community safe There’s still a lot of challenges ahead of us. Local businesses need our support to recover. Some in our community will be left feeling vulnerable or isolated and it’s important we look out for one another.

As we’ve moved through this difficult time it’s been a privilege to serve you as your local MP. If you, your neighbour, friends or family need help, please get in touch.

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Writing competition entries flow in Adults and children alike are putting pen to paper for this year’s Ashburton Writers’ Group short story competition.

Generally held only for children, the competition for 2020 has dropped the poetry category and instead added an adult category to its short story section.

Spokesperson Rae Magson said she had just sent a reminder out to schools, and expected, as usual, the majority of entries would flood in in the last week of the school term.

However, entries were already starting to come in, from people of all ages.

The Ashburton Writer’s Group Paper Plus Short Story Competition has the age groups of 10 and under (maximum 400 word story), 11 to 13 years (maximum 500 words), 14 to 18 years (maximum 750 words), and adults (maximum 1500 words).

The story must be original and not previously published. Entrants may choose any topic.

Prizes are book vouchers donated by Ashburton Paper Plus.

Entry forms are available from Magson at raejohn@xtra.co.nz Entries close July 3.

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New venture for Ole and Jan

By Susan Sandys

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Ole Wallis and his family are staying in Methven and are determined not to be beaten by Covid-19.

They will, today, embark on a new venture, as owners of Aqua Japanese Restaurant.

Wallis has gone into partnership with his sister Jan Termnuwong, buying the business from Yuki Matsuda.

The pair are very much looking forward to keeping on all the popular dishes the restaurant is known for, such as tuna carpaccio and JFC (Japanese Fried Chicken). In addition, they plan to open for lunch, and sell sushi.

Wallis had been looking for a new enterprise after he, and husband Bruce, had to close Methven Resort as Covid-19 decimated the country’s tourism industry, and their company went into liquidation.

“Just because the virus kicked us out of one building, it doesn’t mean it’s going to kick us out of town, we still have faith and everything in the town,” Bruce said.

Not only were the couple wanting to commit to Methven, where they are living, they wanted to provide work and opportunity for two of their previous Methven Resort staff members.

They are Termnuwong, who was administration, head of housekeeping and health and

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The move to Level 1 has meant a return to freedom for how many groups operate, but it will be a slow and steady return to normality for local scout groups.

“Some groups are going to stay how they were operating at Level 2, some are going to wait for term three until they come back and some are already back in to the swing of it,” Mania-o-roto scout zone leader Michelle

Rangitata intersection The New Zealand Transport Agency will be installing an intersection speed zone at the intersection of SH1 and SH79 to help prevent deaths and serious injuries at the crash hot-spot.

The intersection speed zone will use electronic signs to detect when someone is turning into or out of SH79 and will temporarily reduce the speed limit on SH1 from 100km/h to 60km/h. “By slowing down oncoming traffic, an intersection speed zone helps prevent crashes and reduces the risk of someone being killed or seriously injured if a crash does happen,” director of regional relationships Jim Harland said.

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Ole Wallis (right), with his sister Jan Termnuwong at Aqua. safety, as well as one of their chefs from Malaysia. Both Termnuwong, from Thailand, and the chef were on working visas and needed further employment to ensure they remained on track to getting their residency visas.

Wallis said Aqua seemed the perfect continuation of their roles, with the resort having also offered sushi.

“It just seemed to be a no-brainer to us,” Wallis said.

And of course, Wallis and Bruce wanted to continue their association with Methven. They were pleased they had been able to keep ownership of Aqua local after having competed with other potential buyers from Auckland and Queenstown.

At the same time, they are happy to be taking a bit of a break from the business world when it comes to the day-to-day operation of a premises.

“Really, for the last 15 years

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we haven’t had a weekend off,” Bruce said.

They took over the resort in 2019, coming from Oamaru where they operated a successful motel. This followed building a small food operation into a series of premises which they sold off eight years later.

The couple own a launch in the Marlborough Sounds, but have had little time to use it, so hope they will now get more time to do that.

Scouts working in to Level 1 life

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay

In brief

Brown said.

“It is up to the leaders and parents to determine what they feel safest with.

“But it is nice to be back to normal scouting in what is the new normal.”

Scout groups were able to return under Level 2, first having to get a Covid safety plan signed off and ensuring that contact tracing measures were in place.

Area events were also put on hold, but Brown said with the

move to Level 1 they can start to plan some once again, likely beginning in term three.

“It isn’t going to be anything extravagant, but we can start having them again,” she said.

Brown said the kids seemed happy to be back at school and back seeing their friends.

“I think for once they are actually looking forward to being away from their computer screens, and I think the same applies for a lot of our leaders as

well,” she said.

Plans are in place if the country does move back through the alert levels, with guidelines now set out for how they would operate under each of the alert levels.

National events, such as the jamboree, had been postponed for a year, with the main issue being around funding, with many fundraising activities unable to go ahead, and not a lot of funding being out in the community due to the lockdown.

A man who bludgeoned and stabbed a young Christchurch mum to death 25 years ago in a “dreadful and monstrous killing” has been jailed for at least 10 years. Jeremy Powell, 45, was sentenced at the High Court in Christchurch yesterday to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 10 years.

He had pleaded guilty to killing Angela Blackmoore, who was 10 weeks’ pregnant, on August 17, 1995, while her 2-year-old son Dillon slept in the next room.

Powell, then aged 20, has told the court he used a knife and a bat to beat her to death in her Wainoni home. He claims he was offered $10,000 to do so.

– NZME

Whale Watch gets funds The government has given up to $1.5 million to help an awardwinning South Island tourism business recover post Covid-19.

Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis announced the funding for Whale Watch Kaikōura during a visit to the region with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday. It is part of the government’s Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme from its recovery plan. Kelvin Davis said Whale Watch is a major drawcard to the region, supporting hundreds of jobs and other sectors. Whale Watch Kaikōura was founded in 1987 to create employment and an economic base for local Māori, it is one of the region’s largest locally owned employers and has won multiple tourism awards.

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MAJOR CHANGE PROPOSED FOR ASHBURTON GUARDIAN Yesterday, I shared with my staff a proposal to restructure the Ashburton Guardian.

It is now important I share the proposal with you, our valued and loyal readers and advertisers.

You are key stakeholders in the newspaper and have been for more than 140 years.

The proposal is to reshape the Ashburton Guardian as a community publication and publish it three days a week, probably on a Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

One of the main reasons for the proposal is to maintain the Guardian’s viability. The media, in general, including newspapers, have been under severe pressure over the last few years and the Guardian, like many before it, is at a crossroads. Its format needs to be replenished to face the future with confidence.

The Ashburton Guardian is one of the last remaining independent and privately owned daily newspapers in New Zealand. It has resisted takeover and mergers. The newspaper has been an integral part of the Mid Canterbury community since 1879. That’s a proud record.

Five generations of the Bell family have served the paper since 1900. We want to see it continue.

The proposal, which I have shared with my staff and you, the reader, is to ensure its future.

Should the newspaper not find a sustainable operational model, it will likely cease publishing and the business will close. I’m sure none of us want that to happen.

Instead I want the newspaper to continue its role as the backbone of local journalism, the voice of our people, recording community achievements and events, engaging with and

bringing Mid Canterbury people together, facilitating and being a pillar of the democratic process.

We can only do that within a model that is robust and viable.

On the surface, the proposal recommends reducing the number of weekly issues. That is true.

But it also has many advantages and exciting opportunities. Pages will increase, enabling our editorial staff to focus further on community stories, profiles and opinion pieces and providing more space and scope for local advertisers.

With reduced national and international coverage, the Guardian can showcase Mid Canterbury, be the pre-eminent provider of your local news and advertising and an indispensable part of your life.

I am seeking feedback to the proposal from staff and would value ideas and suggestions from you. I will communicate again shortly about the direction the Guardian is taking and, by then, be able to present to you a new subscription package which will also address changes in payment for advanced subscribers.

I am looking at the new community Guardian as a wonderful challenge and a huge opportunity to continue serving the Mid Canterbury people.

Yours sincerely, Bruce Bell Owner Ashburton Guardian.

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UN chief warns of global food emergency AP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for immediate action to avoid a “global food emergency,” saying more than 820 million people are hungry, some 144 million children under 5-years-old are stunted, and the Covid-19 pandemic is making things worse.

He said there is more than enough food to feed the world’s 7.8 billion people but “our food systems are failing”.

The UN chief launched a policy briefing on the Impact of Covid-19 on Food Security and Nutrition which said before the pandemic more than 820 million people were “chronically food insecure,” with 135 million at crisis levels or worse.

“That number could nearly double before the end of the year due to the impacts of Covid-19,” the briefing said.

And Guterres said some 49 million extra people may fall into extreme poverty due to the pandemic and its impact.

Noting forecasts of a global economic downturn this year, he warned that every percentage point drop in global GDP means an additional 700,000 stunted children.

According to the briefing, measures to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic are affecting global food supply chains.

“Border restrictions and lockdowns are, for example, slowing harvests in some parts

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of the world, leaving millions of seasonal workers without livelihoods, while also constraining transport of food to markets,” the UN briefing said.

It pointed to the forced closure of meat processing plants and food markets in many locations because of serious Covid-19 outbreaks.

Agnes Kalibata, the UN special envoy to a Food Systems Summit scheduled in 2021, said “from the US to India, produce is rotting in the fields as lockdowns keep people from harvesting and planting crops.”

“That means less income for desperately hungry people to buy food and less food available, at higher prices,” she said in a statement.

“And this is happening across the world.”

Kalibata also said millions of litres of milk are being dumped in the United Kingdom for lack of buyers “while in Colombia families hang red flags outside their windows to indicate they are hungry.”

The briefing said high levels of unemployment, loss of income, and rising food costs are also making access to food difficult.

To address food security during the pandemic, Guterres said food and nutrition services must be designated as essential, and food workers must be protected.

He said countries must ensure access for the most vulnerable “to safe, nutritious foods, particularly for young children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, older people and other at-risk groups.”

And he urged investment in food systems that better address the needs of food producers and workers and provide “more inclusive access to healthy and nutritious food so we can eradicate hunger.”

Guterres also called for re-balancing the relationship between food systems and the environment.

“We cannot forget that food systems contribute up to 29 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, including 44 per cent of methane, and are having a negative impact on biodiversity,” he said.

Kalibata, the UN envoy, said “countries face an agonising trade-off between saving lives or livelihoods or, in a worstcase scenario, saving people from Covid-19 to have them die from hunger.”

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African Swine Fever taking hold in PNG Highlands RNZ Test results are expected to confirm that African Swine Fever is spreading in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands.

The deadly porcine virus was detected in March in Southern Highlands province, where up to three thousand pigs are estimated to have died.

The National Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Authority (NAQIA) has deployed teams to stop people moving pigs from infected areas, and to test animals in neighbouring provinces, including Hela and Enga which have already been declared disease areas.

NAQIA epidemiologist Andy Yombo, who is co-ordinating the field work, said it was likely the virus had spread.

“We are doing field tests and we got some positive samples from the field. The samples are now in Port Moresby… we will do some tests here and then probably send them to the Australian laboratory,” Yombo said.

“I think they will be positive.

The signs and symptoms we have seen so far are consistent with what we have seen in the Mendi-Munihu district. We expect to get positive results.”

Describing the Southern Highlands’ Mendi-Munihu district as, “the main infection site or epicentre,” Yombo said the disease was likely to have spread there from nearby Nipa-Kutubu. It was there that pig deaths were first reported in early 2019 and a NAQIA team was sent to investigate.

Unable to detect swine fever, it was suggested the deaths were caused by Anthrax.

But the pig deaths continued, reaching Mendi by Christmas.

More samples were collected early this year and lab tests in Australia confirmed the Swine Fever.

Armed with the positive result, NAQIA’s response turned to containment.

The checkpoints, however, have not stopped people from trying to move their pigs, a pre-

cious commodity in PNG both monetarily and culturally.

One pig in the Highlands can be worth as much as $NZ9000, according to Yombo, where pigs themselves are a currency when it comes to paying dowries and compensation for settling tribal disputes.

To help people understand the risks, Yombo said donor countries Australia and New Zealand were helping through the agricultural aid programme PHAMA Plus.

“I take my hat off to this project …They have given us the resources that we need to mobilise technical people, risk communications experts and some veterinarians. They’ve printed a lot of awareness material that we’ve given to the provinces and the message is getting there.

“We’ve got people on the ground. We’re working with provincial colleagues, working closely with them, doing a lot of awareness. We’ve done good so far but there are still areas

that we need to cover. There are some very, very remote districts we still need to go.”

More money is needed, however, as noted by NAQIA managing director Joel Alu. In mid-May, Alu revealed that NAQIA had already spent more than $NZ765,000 fighting the disease, and that a further $NZ1,00.00, approved by cabinet in early April, was yet to be released.

Yombo said the worst case scenario for PNG, would be for the disease to infect animals in commercial piggeries near cities Lae and Port Moresby.

But an even worse problem could be the infection of wild pigs.

“Currently the area that we are working on – it is very unlikely that there are wild pigs in that area. But if it does get into some of the coastal provinces or the remote districts where there are wild pigs then this disease it not something we can think of getting rid of in the near future.

It is here to stay”.

The Chase star Shaun The Dark Destroyer Wallace has revealed he’s been stopped by police “numerous times”. Wallace was discussing George Floyd’s death and the subsequent Black Lives Matters protests on UK TV when he told interviewers that he’d been racially profiled several times by police.

Wallace, who works as a barrister, said police tried to take him in for a robbery that had happened just nearby to a court where he’d been working in the UK. Wallace said plain clothes police officers also tried to arrest him at a station in the north of England when he was waiting for a train.

James Bond’s a dad?

From now on, in James Bond’s household, it’s the Calpol that will be shaken but not stirred. Reports have suggested that in the forthcoming Bond movie No Time to Die, the 25th entry in the franchise, Daniel Craig’s secret agent will be retired from MI6 and have a fiveyear-old daughter. No doubt Q has been busy baby-proofing the Aston Martin. But it seems a safe bet that the film will see Papa Bond rapidly swap domestic bliss for deadly peril. Is Jane Bond the future?

This may be the perfect compromise for our equal-opportunities age.

Cancer scare for Cleese Former Monty Python star John Cleese has had a cancerous “bit” cut out of his leg. Cleese revealed to his Twitter followers the news of the operation. “Had a minor operation on Friday. A surgeon cut a small cancerous bit out of my leg.

Very minor. At my age this sort of thing happens about once a week,” Cleese said. The “‘tis but a scratch” line is one of the most famous lines from comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, when the Black Knight is attacked and has his arm cut off. Cleese has had a cancer scare in the past. Back in 1996, the actor had a prostate cancer scare, which left him vowing to “live on the basis that I might at any given moment fall under a bus”.

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OUR VIEW

Matt Markham

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When the newsmakers are the news

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o one ever wanted it to have to get to this point. No one.

If you’ve got to this part of today’s edition of the Guardian, you’ll be well aware of how the very newspaper that brings you the news, is today part of the news.

We are proposing a new direction, a change in habit and a whole new look Ashburton Guardian.

But just because we’re proposing to do it, it certainly doesn’t mean that it’s been an easy road to get to this point.

We’re conscious of the impact it’s going to have on you, our readers and the wider community – we’re conscious of what it means for those out there who advertise with us and use us to get their message out in the public and we’re incredibly conscious of the impact this decision is going to have on our loyal and amazing band of staff members.

But the short and tall of it is that we can’t continue doing what we’ve been doing.

This district has been blessed to have had the Bell family in control of the independent voice of the district.

While other papers of similar ilk have fallen on their own swords over the years, Bruce, and his relatives before him, have ensured that the news can still get out to the community in a timely fashion.

Without that passion and love for the business and this district, who knows where this newspaper would be now.

But the good news is that all is not lost. That passion and dedication is still there, we’re just proposing to tweak things a little and do things a little bit differently to what we have for so long so as to ensure that there is still a strong presence of news.

The important questions will still be asked just as much as the important stories will be told.

We’re just suggesting we do it less frequently but better than we ever had before.

And our hope is that you – the loyal members of the Ashburton District – will see our reasoning and stick with us for a while yet.

We’d love your feedback on the proposed changes.

Victory!

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hat well-known double act, “Cindy and Ash” have done it! High-fives and a standing ovation to them. For many weeks now they have kept Kiwis constantly informed and their hopes high.

Now, we are told, the Covid beast has been squashed, its threat punctured, its death assured. Cindy told us from the start, “We must go early and we must go hard” and, by golly, that’s just what we’ve done!

Cindy has flashed her scintillating smile while Ash has done the numbers and provided us with the stats and the facts. It has been a winning combination.

Some chronically grumpy citizens, such as the permanently cantankerous Winston Peters, have done their best to undermine our two heroes but, despite these pathetic attacks, virtue has triumphed, huge numbers of Kiwi lives saved.

Those who have moaned about their “loss of freedom” during the various stages of the lockdown can thank the pair for their right to do so, even while they have been doing their best to save lives, not least those of the moaners.

Yes, of course, the economy has been hammered and there’s

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much rebuilding ahead before we can talk of the post Covid experience. We should, though, remember, that thanks to the steadfast resilience of Jacinda Ardern and Dr. Ashley Broomfield, and the phenomenal efforts of brave nurses in every part of the country, there have been very few Kiwi coffins passing in the street or muffled church bells tolling.

“Arise Sir Ashley”; “God Bless, Dame Jacinda”!

So, here we are, the decks clearing for the election, now only weeks away. Jacinda remains out of sight in the preferred Prime Minister stakes, and I’m willing to bet that from now on any loss of sleep in the home of the PM, will be caused by a nocturnal disturbance in Neve’s nursery rather than by anxiety over the “threat” posed by National’s new leader, Todd Muller.

He seems to exude a certain plastic confidence, which may

not be able to resist the breaking strain as the election furnace hots up. His best hope of making a decent showing on September 19 would be by listening carefully to the advice given him by his multi-talented, deputy, Nikki, and then carrying out to the letter, every last policy she suggests.

Muller should take full advantage of having by his side an MP of rare talent and rich experience – including her famous victory over Jacinda in Auckland Central in 2011. Some deputies are mere fill-ins; but not Nicola Laura Kaye.

She’s the real deal!

Now and then Jacinda and Ashley have sounded positively Churchillian in their opposition to the virus. If they had launched into that famous WSC speech, “We shall fight them – the insidious virus droplets – on the beaches and in the air. We shall never surrender”, no one would have been that surprised.

That was the sort of inspiration they supplied and to which we Kiwis responded with trust and enthusiasm. (except, of course, from “our” Winston.)

Being ashamed of himself is not a characteristic for which Winston Peters is much known – in fact, not at all – but in the euphoria of the hour, Ardern, may still find it

The ball is in your court!

possible to forgive the bogey man of New Zealand politics, as long, that is, he now promises not to sabotage Labour’s best efforts to get re-elected in September.

Elsewhere, Covid-19 continues to ravage the world, not least in the United States, where Trump remains the lethal elephant in every American room. Now has come his hopeless/appalling reaction to the televised murder of George Floyd, the volcanic surge of outrage following that event, and Trump’s “handling” of it.

America is drifting towards some dreadful form of anarchical chaos leading to dictatorship over which Trump will have minimal control.

Despite all that and his four disastrous years in the White House, Joe Biden may yet have great difficulty unseating Trump.

Of course, the fact that anyone might actually want to become President of the United States of America in mid-January, 2021 is, in itself, a mystery.

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Support for NZ-grown required

By Heather Chalmers

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Growing of alternative grains and pulses would be more commercially viable if consumers supported New Zealand-grown over cheaper imported product, says Methven quinoa grower Andrew Currie.

A new report lists quinoa, along with soy, hemp, chickpeas, oats and buckwheat, as six “star” crops identified as having the most potential for New Zealand farmers.

Currie said imported product was cheaper, “and that is the case with many of these things”.

It was also difficult to accurately know the size of markets.

An ancient South American grain, quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) has been grown and marketed by Currie for several years. Known as a super-food, its popularity was increasing because of its nutrition-dense, gluten-free seed, which contained high levels of protein, vitamins, minerals and fibre.

Currie said his quinoa was not heat treated, unlike imported product.

“I would be one of the first to encourage the Ministry for Primary Industries to be much harder on letting in any imported seeds that we know we can grow ourselves. Once again, we must support New Zealand-grown and made products, and the country will be better off for it,” Currie said.

In the Speciality Grains and Pulses Report produced by an Our Land and Water National Science Challenge research programme, Next Generation Systems, researchers looked at the opportunities presented by new and different plant crops in the grain and pulses families. From a list

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The goal was to expand the diversity of crops among the Leftfield grower group, on the way to an ultimate vision of 100,000 hectares of sustainable land use opportunities all over the country.

Since the report was released, Leftfield Innovation has been working on next steps with growers, including a trial growing of buckwheat in Canterbury for the Japanese market; trials with GE-free soybeans; and trials and attribute testing of chickpeas. A similar project to identify opportunities for farmers in the Wairarapa was starting this year.

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The researchers then looked at the grains and pulses imported now and asked: is there an opportunity to replace these with New Zealand-grown alternatives? They looked at the risks to both biosecurity and food safety posed by importing these grains and pulses; the existing processing capability and knowledge; and environmental impact.

The six crops identified as having the highest potential for New Zealand farmers were all foods for which there was strong demand from both consumers and manufacturers, as well as existing capability or strong potential for developing them into food products. They all have minimal environmental impacts, and in some cases environmental benefits.

Goodfellow said the way these crops fit into future farms could be as part of sustainable, mixed farming systems that also include some animals.

“In a way it’s harking back to the old days, where farms had a mix of plants and animals. It’s not about plants versus animals. It’s bringing plants into animal-based systems.”

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - What is the highest amount of snowfall recorded in Ashburton in one day? a. 40cm b. 50cm c. 60cm 2 - Which of these is located nearest to Miami, Florida? a. Cuba b. Jamaica c. The Bahamas 3 - In what year did Pierce Brosnan first appear in a James Bond film? a. 1991 b. 1995 c. 1997 4 - What word is used to describe your smallest finger or toe? a. Minimus b. Menial c. Minutae 5 - Which of the following was not named after a New Zealand Prime Minister? a. Mt McKenzie b. Mt Ward c. Mt Walter 6 - What year did the second moon landing take place? a. 1968 b. 1969 c. 1970 7 - With which of these bands would you associate drummer Ginger Baker? a. Rush b. Cream c. Led Zeppelin 8 - The drink Snakebite is made from one part beer and one part...? a. Cider b. Vodka c. Rum

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Rugby opener worth celebrating S

uper Rugby is back this weekend.

Like the Prime Minister, I too am doing a little dance in anticipation.

There is an undeniable feeling of vim and vigor permeating Super Rugby Aotearoa, a sensation that hasn’t been felt around Super Rugby since, well . . . years.

The move to Alert Level 1 this week was the cherry on top, meaning crowds could move through the turnstiles this week.

It follows last week’s mild mania around Dan Carter – the 38-year-old lacing up the boots for the old enemy and his former Crusaders and All Black teammate Leon MacDonald at the Blues.

The Carter coup was PR windfall for the Super Rugby’s perennial underachievers and for NZ Rugby in general.

Now the Auckland franchise have two World Rugby Players of

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the Year in their current ranks.

Throw in the fact that All Black first five Beauden Barrett’s debut for his new franchise is, conveniently, against his old franchise.

Eden Park should be packed to the rafters on Sunday afternoon with a crowd of about 35,000 a possibility.

Add in that kids are free and able to infiltrate the turf following the final whistle.

It could resemble a scene from the good old days.

There’s been little spoken of the actual prospects on the park for the four teams in action this weekend, or even the seven

weeks of Super Rugby prior to Covid-19 which feels like a lifetime ago.

The opening round, at the very least, has the sense of a festival of rugby, a time to celebrate.

The fat of the standard international competition has been carved off with meaningless dud games against mediocre Australian teams, or disposable games in South Africa during dodgy broadcast windows.

NZ Rugby who are still facing a multi-million dollar deficit should take every and any opportunity to cash in, especially during these initial bursts where it will all feel very novel and exciting.

Even us cynical journalists have been caught up.

Even though the majority of our readers should align themselves fiercely with the red and black of the Crusaders, we put the call to see if there were any

Highlanders fans floating about that were making the trip down to Dunedin for what is surely to be a momentous occasion, albeit to no avail.

Saturday night’s Highlanders v Chiefs showdown will be the first professional sporting event post-Covid-19 to be played in front of a crowd.

Highlanders chief executive Roger Clark and Forsyth Barr Stadium boss Terry Davies have swiftly unveiled the marketing catchphrase #WorldFirstDunedin to thrust the buildup.

Although there is an argument, especially for the Guardian’s editor and racing adherent Matt Markham, that the world first will be at the Cambridge Raceway for the harness racing tonight.

The last minute changes to kick-off times, as I mentioned last week, was the first stumble from a public relations perspective in the leadup.

There are valid arguments as to why 7pm kick-offs are essential from a business perspective (maximising revenue from overseas broadcast partners, community sport, etc).

However, there are worthwhile arguments for earlier kick-offs, in light of an overall product perspective and the public.

Obviously, playing at Forsyth Barr after 7pm is not hampered by the dewy Southern winter clime.

But in general, I believe 5pm kick-offs strike the balance perfectly.

However, I would not be surprised if they revert to Friday and Saturday night games in the next few weeks.

All that aside, this weekend’s double-header is all about celebration, a unique opportunity born out of extraordinary circumstances.

Bring it on.

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Chiefs savaged by injuries NZME The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Although the Chiefs will be taking part in the brand new Super Rugby Aotearoa competition for the remainder of the season, their growing injury toll remains consistent with the problems they’ve faced since Super Rugby’s inception may back in 1996.

In the front end of this year’s regular competition, men like Angus Ta’avao, Atu Moli and Damian McKenzie spent time on the sidelines though injury while Nathan Harris was ruled out for the year before the first match even kicked off.

On Wednesday, it was announced that new All Blacks captain Sam Cane will also miss the opening match of the Aotearoa competition.

Now, the Chiefs have confirmed that Moli – as well as locks Michael Allardice and Laghlan McWhannell and outside back Sam McNicol will all be out of action for the remainder of the season.

With Brodie Retallick on a sabbatical, Allardice has carried a heavy load for the Chiefs in 2020 and was the only experienced out-and-out lock in the squad, with Tyler Ardron also spending much of the season in the second row despite typically playing the loose forwards. Allardice has undergone shoulder reconstruction surgery.

McWhannell, meanwhile, is in his second season with the Chiefs but is still yet to earn any minutes due to a torrid run of injuries – the latest re-

Laser beams suggestion A former Wallaby says rugby is investigating whether laser beams could be the answer to difficulties in policing the offside line.

Brett Robinson (below), who is Australia’s representative on World Rugby’s executive committee, has backed England coach Eddie Jones’ complaints about the stopstart nature of the test game.

Robinson said rugby also needed to push defensive lines back with rigorous enforcement, to ease the war of attrition on the gain line “I know there have been all sorts of trials about having the defensive line set a metre behind the last player’s foot in the ruck,” the Sydney Telegraph reported him saying.

“We have even been pursuing whether technology could be more aggressive around managing the offside line.

“Laser beams, in other words. It’s all the levers you can look at to use to create more space in the game – fatigue, managing the offside line, ball in play time.

“Giving forwards (too much) recovery time simply reinforces the power element.”

While a few teams like the All Blacks have tried to play an attacking style, much of international rugby has become trench warfare.

World Rugby has introduced trial law amendments including a 50/22 kick designed to push wingers back in defence, and a goal line drop out to the defending team when an opponent is held up in goal.

Atu Moli will be out of action for the remainder of the season. quiring a patellar tendon debridement.

Taranaki secYoung ond-rower Tupou Vaa’i, who was a member of last year’s New Zealand Under 20 squad, has now officially joined the side and will back-up the likes of Ardron and his Under 20s teammate Naitoa Ah Kuoi.

No replacements have been

made for Moli (who will undergo FAI surgery on both left and right hips due to chronic hip dysfunction) or McNicol (ankle surgery) who are both in the final years of their contracts with the Chiefs and New Zealand Rugby.

McNicol has fought his way back from many an injury since his Super Rugby debut

for the Hurricanes back in 2015 but the latest set-back will be even more frustrating for the talent utility, given he is potentially fighting for a contract for next season.

The Chiefs kick-off their Super Rugby Aotearoa campaign against the Highlanders in Dunedin on Saturday evening.

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TAB backdown – common sense rules

By Michael Guerin TAB operators will be a part of most New Zealand racing for at least another year after something resembling common sense prevailed in the great Kiwi betting debate.

The TAB has partially backed down on a plan that could have seen human betting operators for all but the biggest meetings re-

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placed by self-service terminals, machines that allow punters to place bets but that many do not know how to use.

The migration of on-course punters to betting either on their phones or using the machines will still continue but will be slowed to ensure a longer transition period.

That will come as a relief to racing clubs who originally thought that they may not have to confront

the problems for months but will do so today as the first horse racing meeting with crowds allowed will be held by Cambridge harness.

“We are relieved to hear we will be allowed operators on track so our customers can bet that way as that is what they want,” says Cambridge boss David Branch.

The plan to move away from having human betting staff on track makes economic sense as

the TAB goes through drastic and much-needed cost-cutting measures but it will still be jarring for many older or infrequent race-goers.

So the agreement to allow betting operators on track for the rest of this season and next year, apart from smaller mid-week industry meetings, is a fair compromise.

The smaller mid-week meetings that will be without betting op-

erators from next season tend to attract mainly regular horse racing participants so won’t have the same walk-up crowds who are less likely to have the TAB app on their phone.

The TAB has agreed to work with clubs hosting larger meetings, like some of Ellerslie and Addington’s glamour days, on bigger temporary totes to cater for casual race-goers.

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295m 1 82542 Super Over Drama 17.12 S &..........B Evans 2 12117 Ezra Blueblood 17.31.................J McInerney 3 42131 Select Trick 16.93................................C Weir 4 31184 Man Of Letters 17.19...........................A Lee 5 55231 Seve 16.93.........................................D Lane 6 47313 Opawa Di 17.10...............................R Wales 7 x1x45 All Consuming 17.30 J &..................D Fahey 8 11167 Speedy Boss 17.05 J &....................D Fahey 9 18751 Homebush Velma 17.24.............J McInerney 10 24828 Just Izzy 17.19.................................. B Dann 9 7.26pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH STAKES C3/4, 520m 1 22141 Viking Mafia 30.08 J &.....................D Fahey 2 63823 Longshanks 30.34......................A Bradshaw 3 51424 Ophelia Allen 30.09.......................D Roberts 4 16872 Opawa Cutie 30.29 J &....................D Fahey 5 x3665 Darla Bale 30.24...........................C Roberts 6 34233 Opawa Toddy 30.18 J &...................D Fahey 7 56832 Thrilling Watch 30.60....................D Roberts 8 75677 Goldstar Mauney 30.06 S &.............B Evans 9 77877 Know Equal 30.45...........................G Cleeve 10 43627 Know Conclusion 30.31..................G Cleeve 10 7.52pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C5, 520m 1 31176 Punters A Hero 30.19 J &................D Fahey 2 22411 Opawa Slick 30.17 J &.....................D Fahey 3 12243 Uthor Bale 30.00...........................C Roberts 4 51816 Know State 30.01............................G Cleeve 5 11325 Spring Falcon 29.93 J &...................D Fahey

6 56152 Ringside 29.84...............................R Adcock 7 5x271 Opawa Hop 30.01 J &......................D Fahey 8 11112 Ozzie 30.01........................................D Lane 9 4x434 Opawa Deal 29.98 J &.....................D Fahey 10 26561 Double Speed 30.11......................R Adcock 11 8.14pm FLAIR CANNONBALL SPRINT FINAL C5, 295m 1 42134 Little Krakatoa 17.09..................A Bradshaw 2 14613 Jinja Dylan 17.18..............................A Joyce 3 25164 Frizzled 17.17...............................M Roberts 4 55212 Wildebeest 17.20.......................A Bradshaw 5 11411 Bolty 16.69.........................................D Lane 6 27372 Hankenstein 17.19.....................A Bradshaw 7 13643 Culvie Ness 17.22 H &.........................Taylor 8 81121 Ever Rested 17.07.....................A Bradshaw 9 22215 Archie John Hill 17.01 J &................D Fahey 10 33575 Memoir 17.30................................... D Voyce 12 8.38pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C5, 295m 1 22215 Archie John Hill 17.01 J &................D Fahey 2 12117 Tricky 17.03........................................D Lane 3 17741 Homebush Boots 17.20.............J McInerney 4 34156 Oakmont 17.04..................................D Lane 5 31153 Hilton Forabet 17.01......................... B Dann 6 54355 Pita Ramos 17.14..............................J Dunn 7 38721 Opawa May 17.40............................R Wales 8 16823 Mustang Tully 17.00............................C Weir 9 18751 Homebush Velma 17.24.............J McInerney 10 57347 Shaw Lee 17.10 J M........................ McCook Race 12: Archie John Hill, Tricky, Mustang Tully, Homebush Boots, Oakmont

SPRINT C1/2, 318m 1 76786 Waiterimu Ripper 18.51 R &............... L Udy 2 53644 Sovereign Pride nwtd.......................S Ross 3 58x66 Opawa Roy nwtd............................G Farrell 4 14815 Portland Art 18.70............................B Craik 5 57356 Rod’s Girl 18.70 U &.........................Cottam 6 74217 Thrilling Arnold 18.70.....................S Codlin 7 6588x Bigtime Otis nwtd R &................N O’Regan 8 45233 Ma Chere 18.67..............................S O’Neill 9 66677 React Respond 19.04..................... R Roper 10 65887 Rion King nwtd R &............................ L Udy 9 2.40pm CAROL’S TAB TAIPA TAVERN STAKES C1/2, 527m 1 24313 Thrilling Dora nwtd........................... E Potts 2 44253 Go Angel 30.70..............................G Farrell 3 23342 Our Hotrod 30.84 U &.......................Cottam 4 62733 Crackling Gal 30.49 U &...................Cottam 5 11172 Thrilling Izzy 31.10......................... K Walsh 6 35112 Thea Who 31.34........................ M Prangley 7 57641 Dignity Dented 30.96...................... T Green 8 8x764 Happy Medium 30.69 R &..........N O’Regan 9 44676 Looking Snatched 30.82...................B Craik 10 F7586 Pam Arising 30.74..........................S O’Neill 10 2.58pm QUALIFIED PET SERVICES SPRINT C4/5, 318m 1 71145 Botany Rifles 18.69........................ P Green 2 21111 Buddy Boom 18.26 U &....................Cottam 3 78271 Tuff’s My Mum nwtd..........................S Ross 4 32112 Artic Miss 18.42..........................G Pomeroy

5 42231 Kiwi Gal 18.41 U &...........................Cottam 6 71783 Relevance 18.35 R &......................... L Udy 7 23143 Athenais nwtd...................................S Ross 8 F2271 Iron Eyes 18.41................................ E Potts 9 81254 Typical nwtd......................................S Ross 10 77x78 Ti Amo 18.53....................................B Craik 11 3.15pm JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS STAKES C3/4, 527m 1 86838 Spring Mechanic 30.70 R &............... L Udy 2 31521 Dobby Who 30.82...................... M Prangley 3 82262 Opawa Delight 30.59........................B Craik 4 56868 Prerogative 30.92 U &......................Cottam 5 42655 Zipping Buddy nwtd..........................B Craik 6 116x1 Thrilling Roar 31.11........................ K Walsh 7 33576 Our Hemi nwtd U &..........................Cottam 8 85543 Charlow 30.77 R &.....................N O’Regan 9 13313 Thrilling Razor 30.68...................... K Walsh 10 53537 Jinja Babe 31.03............................. P Green 12 3.36pm MT WELLINGTON TAB SPRINT C3, 318m 1 87744 Kuridrani 18.49................................M Black 2 38714 Botany Thommo 18.60................... P Green 3 35671 Frosty Blaze 18.71.......................... T Green 4 87445 Manila Bala 18.24 R &................N O’Regan 5 22222 Go All Lin 18.56..............................S O’Neill 6 31411 Portland Wonder 18.39.....................B Craik 7 16323 Gain Capital 18.53............................B Craik 8 54343 Does He Exist 18.53....................... R Roper 9 15227 Night Ace 18.53..........................G Pomeroy 10 31176 Choo Choo 18.65...........................G Farrell

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 295m 1 53871 Jaded Affair 17.23......................... L Waretini 2 33575 Memoir 17.30................................... D Voyce 3 37874 Homebush Caesar nwtd............J McInerney 4 86657 Disobedience 17.19 S &..................B Evans 5 6F216 Mitcham Usain 17.21.................J McInerney 6 85175 Black Rounder 16.99.........................J Dunn 7 21622 Machine Gunn 17.27......................R Adcock 8 41361 Starburst George 17.21................... M Grant 9 36578 Oster Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 10 66887 Go Gunna 17.25..............................R Wales 4 5.20pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT HEAT 2 C4q, 295m 1 33566 Chanyaka 17.20................................ B Dann 2 11542 Smash Over 17.26........................... M Grant 3 23278 Souffle Sue 17.19......................J McInerney 4 55181 Homebush Aimee 17.26............J McInerney 5 35x78 Opawa Vinny 16.98..........................R Wales 6 33621 Mitcham Becky 17.22.......................C Steele 7 x6477 Goldstar Trooper 17.01 S &..............B Evans 8 52165 Major Storm 17.29........................C Roberts 9 76667 Forehand Raid 17.19.........................J Dunn 10 668x8 Kiwi Gunn 17.22.............................R Adcock 5 5.43pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK STAKES C3, 520m 1 55131 Pretty Busy 30.17 J &......................D Fahey 2 75586 Start The Show 30.02....................R Adcock 3 51274 Creme Brulee 30.26...................... L Waretini 4 33173 Ophira Bale nwtd..........................M Roberts 5 43568 Ulyssa Bale nwtd..........................C Roberts

6 24334 Opawa Hilary 30.07 J &...................D Fahey 7 77421 Punters Bolt 30.17...........................R Wales 8 78545 Translation 30.33 J &.......................D Fahey 9 43627 Know Conclusion 30.31..................G Cleeve 10 256x2 Max Dancer 29.94 J &.....................D Fahey 6 6.09pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT HEAT 3 C4q, 295m 1 75747 Fired Up Jed 17.21........................... B Dann 2 65651 Alexia 17.40.......................................D Lane 3 x2657 Country Gent 17.28................... A Bradshaw 4 75233 Special As 17.30 J M....................... McCook 5 7428x Hear This 17.30................................ M Grant 6 14584 Opawa Oscar 17.10.........................R Wales 7 34231 Jax Jewel 17.35............................D Roberts 8 86353 Homebush Alexei 17.14.............J McInerney 9 76667 Forehand Raid 17.19.........................J Dunn 10 668x8 Kiwi Gunn 17.22.............................R Adcock 7 6.35pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT HEAT 4 C4q, 295m 1 51768 Amuri Liv 17.16..........................J McInerney 2 73882 Know Baby 17.27............................G Cleeve 3 x1383 Loco Lola 17.18.........................A Bradshaw 4 11771 Goldstar Perrie 17.27 S &................B Evans 5 26238 Sozin’s Empire 17.26.................J McInerney 6 85134 Fidgety Feet 17.21 J M.................... McCook 7 12651 Sonja 17.06........................................D Lane 8 46144 King Toliman 17.06........................D Roberts 9 36578 Oster Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 10 66887 Go Gunna 17.25..............................R Wales 8 7.00pm GARRARD’S HORSE & HOUND DASH C5,

Auckland dogs Today at Manukau Stadium 2 75476 Firefly Laffey 18.68.........................S Codlin 3 78254 Hands Of Steel nwtd...................... T Green 4 33344 Bigtime Jacob 18.70.........................B Craik 5 84548 Noah Who 18.36....................... M Prangley 6 21312 Marked Man 18.46 W &.................. T Steele 7 32638 Asserting Power 18.68...................S O’Neill 8 66847 Not Shackley 18.79.......................... J Black 9 65477 Smash Out 18.94 R &........................ L Udy 10 77787 Agbeze 18.98..................................M Black 4 1.09pm JO’S WHOLESALE & SPORTS BAR TAIPA TAVERN SPRINT C1, 318m 1 42875 Pliskova 18.78..................................S Clark 2 82874 My Snuggles 18.93.........................G Farrell 3 1 It’s A Laugh 18.92...........................S Lozell 4 43285 My Bro Bobby 18.80.................. M Prangley 5 36427 Ford Man 18.90 R &........................... L Udy 6 21653 Botany Sandy 18.86....................... P Green 7 22216 Nana Molly 18.74 U &......................Cottam 8 13543 Forego 18.92..............................G Pomeroy 9 77666 Just Nia 18.80.................................M Black 10 78586 Fear The Fur nwtd..........................S O’Neill 5 1.27pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C4, 318m 1 4325x Call Me Leo 18.69.......................... T Green 2 12742 Paddy Fast 18.76 M &......................J Smith 3 6728x Opawa Viking 18.51.......................S Codlin 4 8188x Bigtime Hearty 18.61........................B Craik 5 52154 Native Scout 18.60......................... P Green 6 78653 Miss Claude 18.53 U &.....................Cottam

7 13146 Blocker 18.52 R &......................N O’Regan 8 54412 Thank You Next 18.60......................B Craik 9 1x254 Idol Ajay 18.49 W &........................ T Steele 10 51676 Monsoon Malabar 19.22 U &............Cottam 6 1.45pm PUMP & ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD STAKES C1, 527m 1 46854 Opawa Gonzo nwtd........................G Farrell 2 5x248 Dundee Spectre nwtd..................... R Roper 3 84435 Boyka 30.33...................................G Farrell 4 13221 Kapai Chris 31.05 W &................... T Steele 5 74x51 Portland Dream nwtd........................B Craik 6 46455 My Kirsty nwtd U &...........................Cottam 7 x1413 Shaynee 30.82................................S Lozell 8 72222 Bugsy Brown nwtd W &.................. T Steele 9 87555 Our Scarlett nwtd...........................G Farrell 10 15685 In Focus nwtd...............................P Cleaver 7 2.03pm MAYHOUNDS RACING RETIREMENT PROJECT SPRINT C1, 318m 1 36674 Rainy River 18.81.......................... S E Hunt 2 87x21 Jilliby Litsa 18.79..............................S Clark 3 72445 Nexus 18.60...................................G Farrell 4 15543 Mobility Scooter 18.65.....................M Black 5 78626 Bigtime Thor nwtd R &...............N O’Regan 6 84534 Fancy 19.00............................... M Prangley 7 28428 Tribal Conquest 18.80 R &................. L Udy 8 61x16 Little Leaf 18.66................................ E Potts 9 45556 Tango Miss 18.73........................... T Green 10 25867 Stellar Babe nwtd.........................P Cleaver 8 2.21pm SPORTSBOWL FUNCTION CENTRE

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No spit-shine for ball Several other interim measures designed to ensure the safety of players and match officials have been ratified by the ICC Chief Executives Committee – including allowing home umpires in international series.

International cricket will resume next month when West Indies face England in a threematch test series.

The tourists arrived in Manchester yesterday and will go into quarantine before the first game scheduled for July 8.

The series will take place without fans and with strict health protocols, including a ban on wiping saliva on the ball – a method employed to help impart swing.

“If a player does apply saliva to the ball, the umpires will manage the situation with some leniency during an initial period of adjustment for the players, but subsequent instances will result in the team receiving a warning,” the ICC said.

Two warnings will result in a five-run penalty to the batting side.

If saliva is applied to the ball, the umpires will be instructed to clean it before play recommences, although no details were provided as to how that would be done.

Other interim measures ratified by the ICC include replacing a player displaying Covid-19 symptoms during a test match.

Any replacement must be likefor-like switch and approved by the match referee. Replacements will only be allowed in test matches and not be applicable to ODIs and T20Is. With experienced overseas umpires unable to stand in the forthcoming series between England and West Indies, teams

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Warren Gatland has been voted the greatest ever rugby coach, according to readers of Rugby World magazine.

The popular British rugby magazine created a voting bracket pitting 32 of the best coaches in the sport’s history against each other, where readers on Twitter voted on each round.

Gatland, who is currently preparing for the start of Super Rugby Aotearoa as coach of the Chiefs, won the most votes in the final to beat Ian McGeechan.

The 56-year-old Kiwi coach also beat All Blacks legend Graham Henry and Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus in the bracket.

Gatland has had an impressive CV over the years.

He has won three Six Nations Grand Slams as Wales coach; took out a series win with the British and Irish Lions against Australia in 2013, as well as a drawn series against the All Blacks in 2017.

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Challenge Cup. The poll, however, wasn’t received well by some fans, who claimed other coaches like Graham Henry deserved the title.

“Seriously. That’s the final? Give your heads a wobble whoever voted,” one fan said on Twitter.

“I’d say Graham Henry is better than both of those to start with.”

Gatland will next year take charge of the Lions as they travel to face world champions South Africa.

Speaking to Rugby World, Gatland looked ahead to the Lions tour and said England lock Maro Itoje is in contention to captain his side.

“There are some pretty good second-rows around,” Gatland said. “You have Courtney Lawes and George Kruis. How’s Alun Wyn Jones going at that time?

There’s James Ryan.

“There’s no doubt about Itoje’s quality. He’s an intelligent player and an intelligent man and has been incredibly successful in his career. He would definitely be in contention as one of the possibilities as captain.”

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will be allowed one extra unsuccessful DRS review in each innings, up from the usual two to three.

Meanwhile Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar and former Australia speedster Brett Lee have backed the idea of using wax as an alternative to saliva to shine the ball.

While cricketers can still use sweat to shine the ball, Tendulkar said players hardly perspired in countries with cooler climates, such as England and New Zealand.

“If you’re not going to allow saliva, and there are places where you don’t sweat, why not use wax or some external substance?”

Tendulkar said during his chat with Lee. Teams could be given a “quota” of wax per innings, the former India captain recommended.

Australian cricket-ball manufacturer Kookaburra said last month it had developed a wax applicator to enhance shine and aid swing.

Lee said denying the bowlers an alternative would be “unfair”.

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Cryptic crossword

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The more honest you are, the better you know yourself. And the better you know yourself, the easier it is to choose your next transformation.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Today’s luck and bounty will make you smile. Even so, it’s not why the day is great. Your perfect day will always involve giving to others and helping without expectation of something in return.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Love is a superpower you were born with and you use without thinking, just like you use your sense of touch or smell. You’re most aware of your gift to love when something is standing in the way of it.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Looking for signs to point you to your next move? They will be ever-present.

In fact, you will find them wherever your eyes land. Of course, it’s the interpretation that matters. Trust your inner knowing.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The whole world is interesting to you, and your curiosity about it makes you brave and unselfconscious – a powerful combination and, arguably, your most natural state.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): There aren’t a lot of award ceremonies in superhero movies because heroes don’t need accolades. You should know.

You’re the hero of the day, at least to yourself, and likely to the one that you lift and love.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It will be lucky to ponder your relationship with food and make some experimental adjustments. It’s not just about what you eat; the why and how matter, too, especially the role of emotion.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You seek deals that are mutually satisfying, but different things satisfy different people. To make the most appropriate and effective bid, first find out what others desire.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Children play makebelieve games all the time to try out different roles. You pretend, too. Instead of thinking of pretence as false, think of it as the early stages of becoming.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): There’s a great deal of satisfaction on offer today, mainly because you feel good about what you’ve done so far.

In short, you keep showing up to fulfil your own plans. It’s working for you.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Breath cleanses. Water cleanses. Loving feelings cleanse. Just as you wash your hands to prevent the spread of germs, you wash your spirit so that you may share only the highest and best of yourself.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): It is possible to busy oneself with tasks and still have a million left. For just a moment, slip into the sublime state in which there is nothing to do and no one to be. When you come back, ask: What is necessary here?

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DEATHS MARTIN, Yvette Patricia – Passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, aged 57 years. Legendary mother of Sean, Riki and Charlotte, Leigh and William, Kim and Tomo, and beloved Yaya of Jack, Ava, and Eddie.

Messages to: The Martin family, c/- PO Box 6035, Ashburton 7742. In lieu of flowers donations to Hospice Mid Canterbury would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Yvette’s life will be held at Ashburton New Life Church, 58 Melcombe Street, Tinwald, Ashburton on SATURDAY, June 13, at 2.00pm followed by private cremation.

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Fine then clouding over around midday.

Northwesterlies picking up in the evening.

Cloudy. Scattered rain and light snow to 1400m possible about the divide overnight.

Wind at 1000m: NW gale 75 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: NW gale 75 km/h, rising to NW severe gale 100 km/h S of Arthur’s Pass from afternoon.

TOMORROW Mostly cloudy with isolated showers clearing late afternoon. Southerlies, strong around midday.

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Wind at 1000m: Gale NW 65 km/h easing to light around midday.

Wind at 2000m: Severe gale NW 100 km/h easing to gale SW 65 km/h in the morning then easing to light in the afternoon.

SUNDAY Fine with morning frosts. Northeasterlies developing.

MONDAY Fine with morning frosts. Northerlies strengthening.

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A ridge over New Zealand recedes to the North Island today, while a front moves onto southern New Zealand at night. The front is expected to move north over central New Zealand tomorrow and slowly over the upper North Island during Saturday, before weakening away on Sunday.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 15.6 17.2 Max to 4pm 2.4 Minimum -0.8 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm June to date 22.6 Avg Jun to date 21 2020 to date 176.0 303 Avg year to date Wind km/h N 17 At 4pm Strongest gust NW 30 Time of gust 8:32am

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McCORMICK, Mark Graham – On June 5, 2020, peacefully at Christchurch Hospital, surrounded by his family, aged 62 years. Much loved son of Shirley and the late Doug. Dearly loved brother and brother-in-law of Sue and Wayne Roulston, David and Eliz, and Bryan. Loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews. Messages to the McCormick family, c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service for Mark will be held in our Chapel, corner of East and Cox streets, Ashburton TODAY, THURSDAY, June 11, commencing at 2.30pm followed by cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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12:25 Rugby League – NRL (DLY) Warriors v Cowboys.

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Thursday, June 11, 2020

Sport

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Squash Midlands believes funding models for the sport needs to be looked at.

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Calls for better funding

By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

There is frustration among local squash leaders around the nature of funding for the struggling sport.

Squash Midlands says the biggest ongoing challenge facing the code is how it is financed at the lower levels.

It follows similar concerns raised last week by Kiwi squash immortal Dame Susan Devoy when discussing the state of the New Zealand game.

Other sporting administrators have taken the opportunity to campaign for fairer funding models as Covid-19 gripped the sector including Netball New Zealand

chief executive Jennie Wyllie.

Squash Midlands board president Vicki Rae said there remained extensive costs to run programmes before the organisation was able to pay staff.

“I definitely think it’s a worry around junior programmes and representative events,” she said.

“The clubs themselves rely on funding to get coaches in, if they’ve got roof problems for example. most of the clubs aren’t in a financial situation to pay for those things themselves.”

Last year Squash Midlands received $20,000 worth of affiliation fees from clubs.

A further $60,000 was generated from grants.

Rae said it was concerning for the future.

“I personally think squash is under-funded in New Zealand.

“We get less than bowls, less than bmx riding, and that’s considering we have Paul Coll and Joelle King who are in the world top 10, a male and a female. Compare that with tennis and what they get in funding compared to us.

“And I know I shouldn’t look over the fence, but I feel squash is ticking all the boxes and the districts are working really hard.”

Dame Susan Devoy also shared her concerns on the state of New Zealand squash during an interview with Tony Johnson on Sky Sport’s The Pod.

The four-time World Open and eight-time British Open champion questioned whether the division of funding for sport in New Zealand was fair – with little money going to help develop athletes on the verge of achieving success.

“Most of the high performance funding squash gets goes to Joelle and Paul. There’s nothing there to develop the rest of our players,” she said.

Rae said she has no issue with Sport New Zealand’s “targeted” funding allocations towards the likes of Coll and King.

“It costs them a fortune to live and train overseas, but it leaves a very small amount going to the

national body,” she said.

“I guess until it’s an Olympic sport, I obviously have a bit of frustration in that area as to what we receive.”

Last month, Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson announced a $265 million investment into the sport and recreation sector as part of this year’s budget.

“I’m hopeful it might be looked at, as money is coming from Sport New Zealand, they’ve talked about it getting to grassroots and I think that’s absolutely essential and for people’s wellbeing,” Rae said.

“I live and hope, but I don’t hold my breath.”

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