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Luxton confident of Rangitata win

By Susan Sandys

“I’m part of a government that’s making good progress on the longterm issues facing New Zealand, but there is still more mahi to do here in Rangitata, and I’ll never lose sight of that,” she said.

Luxton dramatically slashed the National Party’s majority for the Rangitata seat at the last election in 2017, gaining 13,663 votes compared to Falloon’s 19,994. This 6331 majority compared to that achieved by Falloon’s predeces-

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Labour List MP Jo Luxton is not daunted by the National Party’s traditional stronghold on the Rangitata electorate.

In fact, she is confident of beating incumbent Andrew Falloon come election day in September.

“In terms of winning the Rangitata electorate, I feel very confident,” Luxton said yesterday.

sor Jo Goodhew in 2014, of 13,152, over then Labour candidate Steve Gibson.

At the same time, Luxton said she did not read much into polls following the good news for her party in the latest Newshub Reid Research poll.

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Minor parties eye up Rangitata

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lenge as well,” Ashton said.

Ashton said what he liked about the New Conservatives was where the party stood on how New Zealand used to be, with “good old-fashioned values”.

The country once led the world in income equality and did not have huge debt. He said the Colin Craig-founded party did not get a good rap with the media and public, with views including being opposed to the decriminalisation of euthanasia and abortion.

“We are not a popular party but we are standing up for what we believe is right,” he said.

While the New Conservatives wanted New Zealand to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord and ditch the Zero Carbon Bill, Ashton believed it was still imperative that New Zealand and the world reduced its greenhouse gas emissions in the face of climate change, along with addressing water quality, waste and pollution.

Meanwhile, the Green Party will announce its Rangitata candidate following a selection meeting on March 30. The only nominee at this stage is retired registered nurse Gerrie Ligtenberg of Temuka, who stood in the seat for the party in 2011.

The party did not stand a candidate in 2014, while Mojo Mathers

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Minor political parties are eyeing up the Rangitata seat, mainly for party votes, as they place candidates nationwide to represent them in electorates.

The New Conservative party is ahead of the game, already having named a candidate for Rangitata, following not standing anyone in the electorate at the last election in 2017.

Lachie Ashton, a land management advisor for Environment Canterbury, will stand for the party at this year’s General Election on September 19.

The 63-year-old has four children aged between 18 and 30, and lives at Mt Somers with wife Valerie.

The election will not be his first rodeo, having stood for the party in Clutha Southland at the last two elections.

Ashton was raised on a Waitahuna farm and helped out on the family property from an early age before heading off mustering on high-country stations.

He has a varied career background, having been a farm manger, head shepherd, fencing contractor, real estate agent and customer services manager.

He initially aimed to own his own

Lachie Ashton of Mt Somers is the Rangitata candidate for the New Conservative party.

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But a severe drought eventuated, one from which the area to this day

has not bounced back from, and after five years he managed to sell out and get back home.

“We have no regrets about it, it was a good experience, really enjoyed farming over there and really enjoyed the struggle and the chal-

stood in 2017.

Ligtenberg said if she was successful in gaining the candidacy, her main aim would be to get the party vote. She said she did not take too much from the recent Newshub Reid Research poll, which, if translated into votes, would see Labour and the Greens able to form a government.

“I think polls are a moment in time, and a lot can happen between now and the election so we tend not to take too much out of it,” Ligtenberg said.

New Zealand First, according to the poll, would be out of Parliament altogether if it did not win an electorate seat.

The party has not traditionally stood a candidate in Rangitata, but is not ruling out doing so at this election.

“Candidates for New Zealand First will be announced in a series of tranches beginning very soon.

As to individual electorates they will be specified alongside the tranche of announcements,” a party spokesperson said.

The Act party and The Opportunities Party (TOP) are currently seeking new Rangitata candidates following the ones who stood for them last election (Tom Corbett and Olly Wilson respectively) no longer being available.

Labour confident of winning Rangitata seat From P1 It showed Labour on 42.5 per cent, which would translate to 55 seats, and the Greens on 5.6 per cent, seven seats, meaning the two parties would be able to form a government with 62 seats between them. National was on 43.3 per cent, 56 seats, and Act 1.8

per cent, translating to two seats assuming it kept Epsom.

“I don’t read much into polls, instead I rely on the feedback I get from people in my electorate,” Luxton said.

“We’re confident that we have the right people and the right plan to continue making progress

running surpluses.

Falloon is on the same page as Luxton when it comes to the latest poll.

“I never read too much into individual polls,” he said.

However, he was hearing “a real mood for change” around the country.

on the long-term challenges facing New Zealand.”

Right now she was focused on continuing to get things done for Rangitata, and she touted her government’s achievements of lifting living standards and protecting the environment while upgrading infrastructure and

And in terms of his chances of once again standing for National and winning the Rangitata seat this coming election, he said he was not resting on his laurels.

“I don’t take anything for granted. I’ll continue working hard locally every day to do the job that people expect,” he said.

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Concerns over speed limit changes

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

Concerns around unnecessary proposed speed limit changes across the district have been raised at the Ashburton District Road Safety Co-ordinating Committee.

Both Mid-South Canterbuy Highway Patrol Sergeant Steve Burgerhout and Automobile Association Canterbury and West Coast council member John Skevington voiced their concerns at the meeting on Tuesday.

“I’ve been in contact with the ADC (Ashburton District Council) to request a drive over of the affected roads as a lot of the members of the (Canterbury and West Coast Automobile Association) council don’t know much about what is south of Rolleston,” Skevington said.

“Since these changes are also meant to be based around crashes so we have also requested the crash data for each area.”

The information will be used to allow the AA council to make a submission on the proposed changes, although Skevington already has his own views on certain proposed changes.

He said 30km/h limits were pointless as they were often ignored and very rarely policed, and that he would be more happy to see 40km/h speed limits.

He also voiced concerns around the proposal to increase the speed limit along Lake Hood Drive from 70km/h to 80km/h.

“Seventy kilometres per hour is just right and the cambers along there are all wrong for anything higher,” he said.

Skevington said many of proposed changes did not incorporate common sense, and that any changes need to be practical.

Burgerhout agreed with Skevington’s view that 30km/h speed

limits were not effective, though made it clear that the police’s role was enforcing speed limits set out by the controlling authority, in this case the Ashburton District Council.

“When looking at them there were a few I thought why?,” he said.

“Take Fairfield Road for example from State Highway 1 to the railway tracks it doesn’t look like a road that should be 60km/h.”

Burgerhout said it was common for roads to be designed overseas so that they can give the driver of a vehicle an idea what the speed limit will be if they have not seen speed limit signs.

“That of course costs a whole lot of money to do,” he said.

He also questioned the decision to drop the speed limit on the single lane bridge that crosses the Hinds River on Maronan Road.

“A slower speed across that single lane bridge doesn’t make a lot of sense when the two fatal crashes that have occurred there have been slow moving agricultural vehicles that fell off the side,” he said.

Burgerhout also said that while 30km/h speed limits made sense on some roads off Bridge Street that had been engineered with that speed limit in mind, others were less suited to that lower speed.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association representative and Longbeach School principal Neil Simons also voiced his school’s concerns around speed limits would not be heard during this round of reviews.

Simons said he first met with the council in 2009 to discuss the issue of speed around his school, and since then feels like he has been put round in circles since.

He was urged by deputy mayor Liz McMillan to make a submis-

sion on the matter along with all schools and their communities in the district to ensure that when the submissions were put

forward at the hearing on the matter councillors could be as informed as possible.

Submissions remain open

on the speed limit review until March 8, and more information can be found on www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/haveyoursay.

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Workplace death A person has died following a workplace incident in Te Kuiti yesterday. Police were called about 3.48pm to the incident on Waitete Rd / SH30. A St John spokesperson said two ambulances were called to the scene at 3.33pm, but no one was transported. Te Kuiti fire brigade also attended. WorkSafe has been notified. The matter has been referred to the coroner.

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Accused named Cheryl Dowler was shocked when her garden was named as having the best floral display.

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Gamblin believed the improved number was due to winners of last year’s competition telling their neighbours about it.

The word-of-mouth effect had resulted in a win-win situation for the society and the town.

As well as the Certificates of Merit, the society has also named a few select trophy winners – Best Street: Reighton Drive; Best Cul de Sac: Balmoral Place; Best Floral Display: 15 Balmoral Place; Best Lawn: 15 Balmoral Place;

Best Special Feature: Topiary garden at 87 Oak Grove.

A presentation for trophy winners will be held at the society’s monthly meeting on February 24.

Meanwhile, winners of the best floral display and best lawn at 15 Balmoral Place are Ed and Cheryl Dowler.

Cheryl said they were shocked to have won the awards, as it had been the worst season she had known for gardening.

Hail in November had turned some of the plants into coleslaw, and this was followed by wind.

“It was so disappointing, that’s when I nearly gave up,” she said.

But they persevered, and the annuals including impatiens, begonias, salvias and lobelia came away again, alongside perennials.

And Ed’s lawn flourished regardless, under his fastidious care, complemented with water from the property’s well.

CBD revitalisation presents issues for firefighters

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

Ashburton’s firefighters are having to use some lateral thinking when the siren sounds at the Ashburton Fire Station with roadworks causing issues with getting to the station.

“I guess in the most polite way I would say it is causing a bit of a challenge,” Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess said.

“We have had a couple of guys parking half-a-block away and running to the station.”

Correction A story in Tuesday’s Guardian incorrectly identified the email for community groups to contact if they were interested in taking part in Mike King’s Gumboot Friday Tractor Trek. The email address provided through a press release was incorrect, and should have instead been tractor.trek@ keytolife.org.nz.

By Susan Sandys

Ashburton Horticultural Society members are turning their green fingers to the task of writing as they prepare to congratulate hundreds of gardeners.

Members have been overwhelmed with a high number of outstanding gardens worthy of a Certificate of Merit following driving around and viewing more than 9000 home frontages in the town.

On Sunday they took their final drive, and decided that the residents of homes with gardens at 353 different places would receive one of the certificates.

Society president Trevor Gamblin joined with fellow members to write addresses onto the printed certificates, which will be hand delivered straight to recipients’ letterboxes early this week.

“We are presently having a working bee, churning them out,” Gamblin said by phone from his Ashburton home on Monday.

He said it was fantastic to be awarding such a high number of the certificates, following only 240 last year.

“We could see that things had improved from last year, hence the fact that we looked seriously at a lot more gardens,” Gamblin said.

Local members had joined with four judges from the Christchurch Beautifying Association to view finalists’ gardens on Sunday.

In brief

Roadworks along Cass Street that form part of the CBD revitalisation project have dropped the road down to one lane and have restricted vehicle access on to Burnett Street from Cass Street.

The roadworks also impact on appliances leaving the station, which generally travel west when leaving the station, which is straight towards the road works.

“It is just the way it is really, it is Burnett Street that is the problem, the other day traffic was able to turn down there and then at 2pm it was only allowed to go the

other way,” he said.

“With it also coming in so close to the station it reduces the car parking so one time you might be in the carpark next door then you might have to park in the yard itself.”

Burgess said it was good to see the progress already being made on the project, and that they will just have to deal with the challenges presented as it is completed over the next two years.

Firefighters were busy on Monday, attending a small grass fire on Stanley Road and a false alarm

in Tinwald.

Burgess said the grass fire had started just after 12.30pm from roadside mowing, but the people carrying out the work were prepared and had a water source with them and were able to extinguish the fire.

Later that day at around 7.15pm they were called to a false alarm in Tinwald, which was caused by smoke blowing in from a burn-off.

The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade were also called to a medical call just after 8.10pm that night.

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‘I am not involved’ NZ First Leader Winston Peters is adamant that any potential probe by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into the NZ First Foundation’s handling of donations will clear him, and his party. In fact, speaking to reporters before heading into the House yesterday, Peters predicted that the SFO won’t even need to talk to him. “Guess why?” he asked reporters before answering his own question: “I was not involved in any way, shape or form”. A spokesman for the SFO said it expected to receive a referral from police in relation to the New Zealand First Foundation and would be “assessing the matter”.

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Classmates reunite after 50 years Fifty years since they first started at Ashburton College as fresh-faced teenagers, the class of 3L reunited for a weekend of catching up and exploring how the district they had grown up in had changed.

“Everyone was so happy to reconnect. For many it had been 47 years or more as they had not met up since leaving school.

“As the weekend progressed it was just like old times,” Jane Hurley said.

3L was unique in that the pupils changed very little over the first three years and it was also the only 4th Form class that was shifted to the High School for the first term of the year in preparation for the move to the new Ashburton College.

Consequently 3L members were among the students who went to the brand new Ashburton College in 1971.

There were 31 students in the class and 22 attended the reunion.

Three came from Australia, and the rest from around New Zealand.

Only four still live locally. Four were unable to come due to illness, three have died and two were unable to be found.

The weekend commenced with a meet and greet, at The Somerset Grocer on Friday night, followed by a bus trip on Saturday – taking in the business park, explaining the town upgrade, a stop in to view the EA Networks Centre followed by morning tea at Nosh.

Next stop was a trip down memory lane at Ashburton College where many memories were shared, Hurley said.

Lunch was at Arabica in Methven followed by a visit to the Alpine and Agriculture Encounter and lastly to the Rakaia Gorge Lodge for further refreshments and chatter.

The last event of the weekend was dinner at Lake Hood which finished with the sharing of memories of events during high school years.

“It was great to catch up on where everyone’s lives had taken them,” she said.

“Now that the connection has been made a further reunion is planned for five years.”

Above – Members of Ashburton College’s 3L class at the weekend in the same positions as in their first school photo 50 years earlier.

Right – Members of Ashburton College’s 3L class in 1970.

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Lions swamped with garage sale items

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

All sorts of oddities and knick-knacks will be available once again as the Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club gear up for another fundraising garage sale.

Even without advertising the need for items, the club has already filled out a large shed with donated items ahead of the sale at the end of the month.

“We have got a terrific amount of stuff,” immediate past president Ron Patterson said.

“We have been collecting items since June. People have been ringing up offering things as they are downsizing house and they have no room for it or they are moving into a home (retirement village) and the family don’t want the stuff and the second hand dealers already have enough stuff.”

Patterson said the club have been fortunate enough to find a shed on Maronan Road where they have been able to store the donated goods ahead of the sale.

The Ashburton Racecourse will host the event, with the club working to fill it up with items from the beginning of the week up until the sale on February 29.

Last year an additional sale was required to help clear remaining items, and Patterson said it could almost be guaranteed that would be required again this year.

The sale is the biggest event for the club, and raised around $15,000 for the club last year.

“We are not as big a club in terms of fundraising as Methven or Mayfield so we like to spread what we do raise as far and wide as

Organisers are expecting the Ashburton Pakeke Lions Garage Sale to be overflowing with items this year.

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we can,” he said.

“We are a club of older members who can’t quite do as much to get out fundraising.”

Patterson said they were yet to decide where the funds raised from this year’s

event would be donated.

With ageing members, many of whom are in their 80s, Patterson said the club would be looking to arrange for a community group to assist with the labour in setting up

the event in return for a donation.

The event will run at the Ashburton Racecourse from 9am to 1pm on February 29.

If a further sale is required that will be advertised later.

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Gun ban appeal rejected

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The Supreme Court has dismissed efforts for a “leapfrog appeal” over a challenge to the ban of most military-style semi-automatic weapons after the Christchurch mosque attacks.

The Kiwi Party, formed after the March 15 attacks to protect free speech and individual rights, contested the validity of the Government’s gun law and the expedited process by which it was passed in the High Court last year.

It argued the right to bear arms should be protected as taonga under the Treaty of Waitangi, including “firearms of a nature” for self-defence and resistance.

It also asked the court to forbid the Government from acting on the law until six months after the 2020 election or until a referendum could be held.

The new gun law passed last April after a truncated select committee process, outlawed most military-style semi-automatic weapons and associated parts.

Justice Edwin Wylie tossed out the challenge of the parliamentary process and the validity of the Arms Amendment Act and also dismissed the efforts to prevent the implementation of the law.

He said it was “alarming” to claim that taonga included anything which could deliver a lethal force such as military-style semi-automatic firearms.

In June last year, the Kiwi Party, which is different to the party of the same name that broke away from United Future in

Former prime minister Mike Moore has been honoured as a giant on the world stage in a special tribute that has opened the year’s first sitting day in Parliament.

Moore died on February 2, aged 71. He was New Zealand’s 34th prime minister, serving for 59 days before the October 1990 general election.

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

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the House yesterday that she had the privilege of visiting Moore a few days before he died, and that Moore had used that visit to discuss the future of the country.

“Not one for small talk,” Ardern said.

Moore had been a “working-class” prime minister.

“Where he saw wrong, he tried to right it. He deeply believed politics was ultimately about improving people’s lives.”

Ardern said that Moore had first

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Senior Sergeant Paddy Hannon with some firearms that are now illegal under the gun law.

2007, appealed to the Court of Appeal.

Despite a hearing set to take place on March 3, the party, created by licensed firearms owners, applied last month to “leapfrog” the appeal directly to the Supreme Court.

But Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann and Justices Mark O’Regan and Susan Glazebrook have now dismissed the leapfrog bid and said they were not satisfied there were exceptional

circumstances warranting it.

“The Court of Appeal is seized of the matter, the hearing in that court is imminent and it should be permitted to continue the process of dealing with the appeal before it,” the judges said in a decision released yesterday.

“In the event that either party seeks leave to appeal to this court against the Court of Appeal’s decision, this court can consider the merits or otherwise of granting leave with the benefit

of the Court of Appeal’s views.”

Given the likelihood of a future appeal the Supreme Court justices “refrain from giving any indication of view on the merits of [Kiwi Party’s] case”.

They ordered the Kiwi Party to pay court costs of $2500 to the Government.

The Kiwi Party’s legal counsel, Graeme Minchin, has said the party would fight its case all the way to the Supreme Court if it had enough money to do so.

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joined the Labour Party when he was 15 and was a staunch union advocate.

“He taught everyone to aim for the start because that’s what he did via books. Mike left school at the age of 15 for a job in the freezing works, but he was an avid reader.

“That he made his way to Parliament just eight years later is a testament to his work ethic, his dedication and his intellect.”

Moore was first elected to the Auckland seat of Eden in 1972 when he was 23 years old.

Following his retirement from New Zealand politics, Moore was the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation from 1999 to 2002. He also held the post of New Zealand Ambassador to the United States from 2010 to 2015.

Ardern said Moore was emotive when discussing the history of New Zealand, and had said that a nation without history was like a man without a memory.

He had also cheekily tried to table a bill on constitutional change during his final speech to Parliament.

Ardern paid tribute to Moore’s tenure at the WTO.

“There aren’t many people who can say they led both New Zealand and the world, but Mike is of them ... he approached trade as a way to help those in need.

“He saw trade as an opportunity to lift people out of poverty and help developing countries to grow economically. It was a way to help the little guy.”

National Party leader Simon Bridges also praised Moore’s advocacy for free trade.

“It was Mike who first saw on the Labour side how free trade and being open to the world could benefit the working class – as he put it, how the workers could get their hands on the loot.

“He will be remembered for serving our country in the highest of international roles and putting our country on the map.

“He will be remembered for his belief in the potential of every New Zealander.”

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said that Moore had, as a young man, beaten cancer.

“He was given the gift of time and he used that gift to its fullest.

“Many New Zealanders will have fond memories of his political career – whether his champi-

oning of lamb burgers, his witty turn of phrase, his restless energy, or his passion for helping New Zealanders of all walks of life.

“I, for one, remember his cynical doubt about expert advice.

Mike would say, ‘Well we know it works in practice, let’s see if it works in theory.’”

Peters said that Moore was much more than his achievements.

“It is the warm, passionate, funny, mischievous man that we will miss.

“Let us also pay special tribute to Mike’s wife Yvonne and his family and send our thoughts and prayers to them.”

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson also referred to Yvonne in her tribute, saying that Moore had told his wife about his excitement when Ardern became Prime Minister because of what it would do for New Zealand’s standing on the world stage.

Act Party leader David Seymour said Moore was short in stature.

“But he was a giant on the world stage.”

Moore suffered a stroke in 2015 and had been in declining health in recent years.

A West Auckland family with a 2-week-old baby are praying for rain as their tank nears empty and they face nearly another month before it can be filled.

Auckland Council estimates there are about 50,000 households on rainwater tanks across the region, putting huge pressures on water cartage services after over a month without any decent rainfall – and none forecast for at least a week.

Watercare says despite record water usage the city supply, while below average levels for this time of year, is in good shape – topped up by other sources like the Waikato River – and no restrictions are required yet.

A West Auckland man said his family’s 25,000 litre tank was down to just a foot of water, and they would be waiting until early March at the minimum before it could be refilled.

To top it off, he and his wife had just had a baby boy two weeks ago – adding to their two other sons - making the water shortage all the more challenging.

“It is pretty tricky. With a newborn the washing basket is always full, and having two other boys means there is a lot of washing.”

They weren’t looking for sympathy though, and “really feel” for those living in more rural areas.

“Many people are far worse off than us. At least we have some water left in the tank and if we are ultra conservative with what’s left then we should be okay.”

But it was the stress of finding a water supplier, one who’d make the trip to the western side of the city, that made the situation more stressful, he said.

“It’s just the unknown. Not being able to get hold of any suppliers has been tough. And then when you do, they aren’t willing to make the trip out west as the demand in their own areas is so high. I feel for them as well. It’s not their fault.

“We now have a supplier pencilled in for early March which is great. Hopefully we can get some rain before then which will ease the situation a lot.”

They’d just moved into the three-year-old house in November, and were told the original owners opted for a tank rather than connecting to the city supply, which was estimated at around $12,500, compared to about $3500 for the tank.

“While expensive, we have that option available to us. I really feel for those living in the middle of nowhere, where a water tank is their only option.”

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Minor parties have a role to play too T

he emergence of another political contender in this neck of the woods only adds to the intrigue and possibilities as we begin to stare down the barrel of a general election later in the year and by all accounts, the latest addition might not be the last.

News that the New Conservative Party will stand Mt Somers resident, Lachie Ashton in the Rangitata electorate for this election should be met with welcome arms as his inclusion, and most certainly any others that come in the future, add further elements to what otherwise could have been a straightforward, head-tohead battle.

This early it would appear that

only a minor miracle will stop either Andrew Falloon or Jo Luxton from representing this region, but each little cog that’s added to the wheel brings a new challenge with the potential for party votes to be dragged in various directions and somewhat impact on the overall results.

So, if we add into the mix potentially an ACT candidate, someone to represent the Greens

and like a bolt from the blue perhaps, a New Zealand First representative, then all of a sudden this electorate becomes a whole lot more interesting.

Last election one of the highlights of the campaign was the Meet the Candidates evening at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre where all standing candidates made an appearance. It wasn’t so much about the familiar faces, but an intriguing and laid back way to get to know the others a little better and a few gems were discovered that night and each and everyone of them stood up and asked to be noticed.

And that made the whole process a lot more interesting, so let’s just hope that more names

come forward in the coming weeks and parties look to finalise their representation.

The more voices, the more debate and the more fireworks – and in the newspaper business, that’s golden stuff and we’re already starting to see that unfold, even if just in a small way.

It was refreshing to see current Labour List MP, Jo Luxton come out swinging by saying that’s she’s confident of a big result from the polling booths this year.

Traditionally, the seat has been a bit of a lay down misere, but fighting words like that and an air of confidence about the task at hand may well endear Luxton to some of those who sit on the peripheral.

Falloon isn’t one to stand back and wait for things to happen either, he’s a forward-thinker who will be cooking up his own campaign attack in a bid to ensure he gets a second term in parliament.

What happens nationally is important, but it’s more important to us here what happens in our own race. We’ll be trying to bring you as much of everything as we can during the lead-up to the election so that you get the best opportunity to know who you’re voting for and what they’re all about.

We’re three confirmed and potentially at least a couple more to come – so things are only just starting to heat up.

in Santa Rosa, California at age 77.

In 2003, the UN nuclear agency declared North Korea in violation of international treaties, sending the dispute to the Security Council.

In 2006, figure skater Michelle Kwan effectively retired from competition as she withdrew from the Turin Olympics due to injury (she was replaced on the US team by Emily Hughes).

Snowboarder Shaun White beat American teammate Danny Kass to win the Olympic gold medal.

In 2008, Uno became the first beagle named Westminster’s best in show.

Ten years ago: Three University of Alabama-Huntsville professors were gunned down during a faculty meeting; police charged neurobiologist Amy Bishop with capital murder. (Bishop later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.)

Five years ago: European leaders agreed on a truce to halt fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russianbacked separatist rebels.

One year ago: Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted in New York of running an industrial-scale smuggling

operation; a jury whose members’ identities were kept secret as a security measure had deliberated for six days. (Guzman is serving a life sentence at the federal supermax prison facility in Florence, Colorado.)

Today’s birthdays: Movie director Costa-Gavras is 87. Actor Joe Don Baker is 84. Author Judy Blume is 82. Actress Maud Adams is 75. Actor Cliff DeYoung is 74. Actor Michael Ironside is 70. Rock musician Steve Hackett is 70. Rock singer Michael McDonald is 68. Actress Joanna Kerns is 67. Actor Zach Grenier is 66. Actor-talk show host Arsenio Hall is 64. Actor John Michael

Higgins is 57. Actor Raphael Sbarge is 56. Actress Christine Elise is 55. Actor Josh Brolin is 52. Singer Chynna Phillips is 52.

Rock musician Jim Creeggan is 50. Rhythm-and-blues musician Keri Lewis is 49. Actor Jesse Spencer is 41. Rapper Gucci Mane is 40. Actress Sarah Lancaster is 40. Actress Christina Ricci is 40. Actress Jennifer Stone is 27. Actresses Baylie and Rylie Cregut are 10.

Thought for today: “Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.” — President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, February 12, the 43rd day of 2020. There are 323 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in a log cabin in Hardin (now LaRue) County, Kentucky.

On this date: In 1795, the University of North Carolina became the first US state university to admit students with the arrival of Hinton James.

In 1909, The Picton-Wellington ferry SS Penguin struck rocks in Cook Strait and sank in heavy seas off a rugged, isolated coast.

Only 30 of the 102 people on board survived.

In 1914, groundbreaking took place for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC (A year later on this date, the cornerstone was laid.)

In 1924, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue premiered in New York.

In 1959, the redesigned Lincoln penny — with an image of the Lincoln Memorial replacing two ears of wheat on the reverse side — went into circulation.

In 1973, Operation Homecoming began as the first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam conflict took place.

In 1980, the FBI announced that about $5800 of the $200,000 ransom paid to hijacker “D. B. Cooper” before he parachuted from a Northwest Orient jetliner in 1971 had been found by an 8-year-old boy on a riverbank of the Columbia River in Washington state.

In 1993, in a crime that shocked and outraged Britons, two 10-year-old boys lured 2-year-old James Bulger from his mother at a shopping mall near Liverpool, England, and beat him to death.

In 1999, the Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice.

In 2000, Charles M. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip, died

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We’re a bunch of namby-pambies

By Matt Heath

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ou are a useless coddled wimp and an insult to your ancestors. All of us are.

Our ancestors fought off packs of wild animals with rocks.

We get upset when someone says something nasty on social media.

Our ancestors bought down mammoth with pointy sticks. We order uber eats every night and get angry when it takes more than 25 minutes.

Hunting food with an app sitting on your couch. Gathering from your doorstep.

Losers.

Dr. Colin Shaw of the Cambridge University’s Phenotypic Evolution Research Group claimed in 2014 that “Even our most highly trained athletes pale in comparison to these ancestors of ours”.

He concluded: “People back then were monsters by comparison. What we are today is quite pathetic”.

I’m the worst of us.

I got a new iPhone the other day.

Instead of having to plug it in I just laid it on its charging pad. I was telling my boss about this at a performance review.

Ranting about how sick I was of plugging my phone in every night and how good it is not to have to go through that ordeal anymore.

He looked at me like I had soiled myself. “What have you become?!” he yelled. “Can’t be bothered plugging in your phone?

“You soft, whinging, loser, I hate you,”(or words not to that effect).

He was right.

I hate myself for what I have become. If you are like me I hope you hate yourself too.

We have to change. We need to be stronger. You need to do an audit of the technologies in your life. Work out what’s making you a weak waste of your genetic potential.

Robotic vacuum cleaner If you are able-bodied and running one of these – shame on you.

A normal vacuum cleaner too much work? That amazing invention that replaced the broom.

You can’t even be bothered plugging that in and rubbing it

The Labour Government has given us more good news this week.

Many of your readers will not

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gently across your soft comfortable carpets?

Smart Speakers Too lazy to use your hands you fork out money on a Google Home, Home Pod or Alexa?

God forbid your precious fingers get a keyboard callus.

The Tv remote You can’t even get up and walk the two metres to your TV? No wonder you’re overweight.

Those binge-watching on their laptops in bed are no better.

Laying down on a soft mattress only moving once every few hours to tell Netflix your eyes are still open.

Finger socialising “I only have Facebook and insta so I can keep up with family and friends.”

Rubbish.

Scrolling through pictures of other peoples fake lives isn’t keeping up. It isn’t socialising.

It’s nothing at all. It’s not even entertaining.

Too lazy to call or visit?

You can’t be bothered meeting the people you love for a meal once a year?.

Electric gate Are you really a homo sapien

if you are unwilling to get out of your car and pull a gate across?

You’re a slug.

Rolling couch You drive to the dairy one kilometre down the road to get chips, fizzy and white death. You wouldn’t want to get off a chair for five minutes.

Instead, you turn your car into a rolling junk food gathering couch.

If you’ve got legs use them.

Use them or lose them.

Escalators These amazing sets of moving stairs could get you up a level faster. But instead, you use them to take a rest. Walking might make you stronger. But – nah.

Take an unearned break.

The average hunter and gatherer was stronger than Tom Walsh, faster than Beauden Barrett and better looking than Art Green, (well maybe not the last one).

As Yuval Noah Harari wrote of hunters and gatherers in Sapiens: “Varied and constant use of their bodies made them as fit as marathon runners.

“They had physical dexterity that people today are unable to achieve after decades of practis-

ing yoga or t’ai chi.”

So why have we become so weak and pathetic?

Why do we get emotional about comments online?

Claim bullying when anyone tells you off or disagrees with you at work?

It’s probably because we are taking the easy options.

The solution is clear.

Throw your smart speaker, TV remote, vacuum cleaner, electric gate, car and Mark Zuckerberg over the fence into your neighbour’s yard.

Or, more practically, climb stairs, open gates, hand change channels, walk to the diary, manually vacuum floors and shun all unnecessarily technically enhanced laziness.

It’s about showing a little respect to your genetic potential.

The ancient strength that lies dormant within all of us.

If we could only listen to our souls, our mighty hunter-gatherer ancestors have something to say to us.

Dear future person, You are a useless, lazy, emotionally weak parody of humanity, sort yourself out.

Lot’s of love, Grunk.

know the previous government made an artificial ‘cap’ on the number of judges. When a judge retired, he or she was not replaced.

Naturally, the resulting short-

age of judges created increasing delay in the courts’ ability to deal with citizens’ legal matters.

This Government has appointed 20 new judges of the District Court, including one who is to

sit in Timaru, which will probably assist Ashburton residents deal with matters in the Family and District Court here.

As I say, more good news.

Jonathan Everist

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Coronavirus breakthrough?

NZME Scientists have successfully used an experimental drug on a single American coronavirus patient, who recovered, sparking hope as China battles the deadly epidemic.

Chinese health officials have announced that 103 more people died from coronavirus on Monday, bringing the total global death toll to 1013.

The health ministry in Hubei province also confirmed 2097 new cases of the disease, which has now sickened more than 42,000 people around the world, the majority in mainland China. More than 6000 remained in critical condition in the hospital, officials said.

About 4000 people have recovered from the illness.

The outbreak has claimed 974 lives in Hubei province, the epicentre of the public health crisis. A Japanese citizen and an American citizen were recorded dead in Wuhan over the weekend.

More than 25,000 people remained hospitalised in mainland China, and roughly 76,000 were under medical observation, according to Chinese officials.

In Japan, an additional 65 people on board a quarantined cruise ship have tested positive for the virus, according to Japan’s Health Ministry. Pressure is mounting to test everyone on the ship now docked in Yokohama, where 135 people are known to have been infected.

American officials confirmed that physicians in Wuhan, China, began testing an experimental drug called remdesivir

last week.

The drug, made by Gilead Sciences, was successfully used on the first US patient, a 35-year-old man in Snohomish County, Washington. He recovered, but a single case can’t determine the extent to which the drug may have contributed.

Although remdesivir failed an ebola clinical trial, it has shown promise in laboratory tests against other coronaviruses, including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).

Timothy Sheahan, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said that instead of developing a new drug for each emerging virus, the hope is that remdesivir could be broadly useful and work against multiple coronaviruses.

“I think starting a clinical tri-

al is essential for determining if this drug will work” against the coronavirus, Sheahan said.

One of the clinical studies will test remdesivir on infected patients who are in the hospital but do not have severe symptoms. The other will test it on people with severe infections, who are on supplemental oxygen or have other complications.

Gilead is providing the drug to Chinese researchers at no charge, according to spokeswoman Sonia Choi.

An advance team of World Health Organisation experts has arrived in China to help lay the groundwork for a larger team, officials from the organisation said Monday.

The team is led by Bruce Aylward, a Canadian physician and epidemiologist, who previously worked on the WHO’s response to the 2014 ebola outbreak in West Africa.

“Bruce and his colleagues

will be working with their Chinese counterparts to make sure we have the right expertise on the team to answer the right questions,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general, told reporters at a daily news conference.

Officials from the WHO declined to be drawn into specifics about what Aylward’s team would be doing in China, describing the members as medical professionals who would be given a large degree of autonomy to co-ordinate with local counterparts.

“The team is there first and foremost to learn,” said Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO health emergencies programme.

Tedros had made a trip to Beijing for preliminary talks with President Xi Jinping and Chinese officials in late January, during which it was agreed that an international mission would be sent, but subsequent deliberations over its format lasted weeks.

Some public health experts have criticised the Chinese government for initially misleading the world about the threat posed by the outbreak.

“We were deceived,” Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health law at Georgetown University who also provides technical assistance to the WHO, told The Washington Post.

A new disease-transmission model created by University of Toronto researchers suggests that the coronavirus epidemic started in November, one month earlier than commonly believed.

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Locust plague damage causing despair AP Uganda scrambled to respond to the arrival of the biggest locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in decades, while the United Nations warned that “we simply cannot afford another major shock” to an already vulnerable region.

An emergency government meeting hours after the locusts were spotted inside Uganda at the weekend decided to deploy military forces to help with ground-based pesticide spraying, while two planes for aerial spraying will arrive as soon as possible, a statement said.

Aerial spraying is considered the only effective control.

The swarms of billions of locusts have been destroying crops in Kenya, which hasn’t seen such an outbreak in 70 years, as well as Somalia and Ethiopia, which haven’t seen this in a quarter-century.

The insects have exploited favourable wet conditions after unusually heavy rains, and

experts say climate change is expected to bring more of the same.

Keith Cressman, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s senior locust forecasting officer, said Kenya has received “waves and waves of swarms” since the beginning of the year from the Horn of Africa, and “over the weekend they moved on the side of Mount Kilimanjaro across the border into Tanzania”.

“Also over the weekend they moved into northeastern Uganda,” he told a news conference at UN headquarters in New York.

“We’re expecting any day they will move across the border into the southeast corner of South Sudan,” where another several million people face hunger as the country struggles to emerge from civil war.

A medium-size swarm of locusts can eat the same amount of food as the entire population of Kenya, Cressman said, and “that swarm in one day can

eat the same amount of food as everybody here in the tri-state area, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. So not taking action in time – you can see the consequences”.

UN officials warn that immediate action is needed before more rainfall in the weeks ahead brings fresh vegetation to feed new generations of locusts. If left unchecked, their numbers could grow up to 500 times before drier weather arrives, they say.

“There is the risk of a catastrophe,” UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock told a briefing in New York, warning that 13 million people already face severe food insecurity – 10 million in places affected by locusts – and the region can’t afford another jolt.

Dominique Burgeon, the FAO’s emergency and resilience director, warned at the UN briefing that another 20 million people in the region are in danger of becoming food insecure.

Without enough aerial spraying to stop the swarms, the locust outbreak could turn into a plague, “and when you have a plague, it takes years to control,” Burgeon told The Associated Press last week.

The UN has asked for $76 million in immediate aid. So far just under $20 million is in hand, including $10 million released by Lowcock from the UN emergency relief fund and $3.8 million from FAO, officials said. The United States said it has released $800,000 and the European Union has released 1 million euros.

The locusts are eating the vegetation that supports vibrant herder communities in the region, and Kenyan Ambassador Lazarus Amayo warned of the “inherent risk of communal conflict over pastures”.

The outbreak is so severe it might even disrupt the planting of crops in the coming weeks, he said, adding that the locusts “do wanton damage”.

Ex Master Chef judge broke George Calombaris’ restaurant group, Made Establishment, has gone into voluntary administration following an ongoing underpayment scandal. A statement from advisory and investment firm KordaMentha confirmed 22 companies in the Made Establishment Group were affected, with 12 restaurants ceasing trading immediately. Restaurants affected include Hellenic Republic, Gazi, and several outlets of souvlaki chain Jimmy Grants. In a statement posted to his Instagram, Calombaris said he was “gutted” over the news. “On a personal note, the last few months have been the most challenging I have ever faced.”

‘Illness brought us closer’ Kelly Osbourne says her father Ozzy Osbourne’s Parkinson’s diagnosis has brought the two of them “closer” together. The 35-year-old television personality has always been close with her father, but has said his battle with the disease has made their bond even stronger, as the Black Sabbath rocker is now relying on his family more than ever. Speaking while at Sir Elton John’s Oscars after party, she said: “Everyone is acting like it’s doomsday but it’s not.

Life happens and everybody gets dealt a different set of cards, and it depends how you play it. We take every day as it comes and he is doing incredible.”

Oscar ratings slump The US live TV audience for the Oscars fell to an all-time low. Roughly 23.6 million viewers tuned into the awards ceremony, according to the US broadcaster ABC, citing Neilsen. The ratings fell sharply from last year when 29.5 million people watched, amid an industry-wide decline in linear TV viewing. South Korea’s Parasite made history, becoming the first non-English language film to win best picture since the awards began 92 years ago.

Despite the ratings slump, the Oscars, which had no host for the second year running, remains the most-watched awards show.

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Finance Minister: ‘Books in good shape’

By Victoria Young

The GST collection rose 5.9 per cent to $11.49 billion, which officials said was due to increased consumer spending.

Annual GST collection is expected to rise 4.9 per cent to $22.93 billion.

The government’s net debt of $64.46 billion, or 21 per cent of gross domestic product was close to expectations and the residual cash deficit of $7.7 billion was $400 million smaller than forecast.

The operating balance, which includes movements in the fair value of its investment portfolios and actuarial adjustments, was a surplus of $5.4 billion in the sixmonths, compared to a forecast deficit of $100 million. That was largely driven by changes in the value of ACC’s outstanding claims liability.

The government’s net worth of $144.5 billion, or 47.1 per cent of GDP, was $5.49 billion more than forecast, and 3.9 per cent higher than a year earlier.

Treasury will next release its interim financial statements for the seven months ended January 31 on February 28.

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largely reflected timing issues.

That figure was down 7.9 per cent from a year earlier.

The Treasury’s forecasts have been pushed around by the Inland Revenue Department’s new IT system, which recognises tax receipts more consistently throughout the year rather than relying on yearend assessments as in the past.

This is most evident in the fluctuation in the corporate tax take,

which was up 17 per cent at $5.29 billion in the six months compared to a year earlier, and 2.1 per cent lower than expected.

Personal income tax for the first half of the fiscal year was 1.3 per cent above forecast at $20.1 billion, and up from $18.83 billion a year earlier.

The annual personal income tax-take is forecast to rise 4.9 per cent to $40.6 billion this year.

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Scott Technology has won a multi-million-dollar contract to design and build an automated mine laboratory in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The world’s second-largest miner, Rio Tinto, hired the Dunedin-based company to build an end-to-end robotic sample preparation and analysis laboratory in the new Koodaideri Iron Ore project.

Scott Technology, which started in 1913 as a general engineering business, said the multi-million-dollar project is one of the largest the company had undertaken.

Chief executive John Kippenberger said the mining sector wants automation firms to provide real-time information on high vol-

RNZ backs down on decision NZME The RNZ board has backed down on the decision to take Concert off the FM transmission.

The move comes after widespread criticism from the arts community and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s announcement that the Government would free up unused FM broadband spectrum to keep the station where it is.

RNZ chairman Dr Jim Mather said the Government’s decision would enable RNZ Concert to stay on the FM network and allow the creation of the multi-media music brand.

“The board of RNZ takes seriously its Charter obligations to provide a public media service for all New Zealanders and, as

part of that, we remain committed to the new multi-media brand and its exciting range of innovative offerings beyond simply music targeting young people,” Mather said.

“The news that the Government is looking at granting us a third FM network changes the playing field.”

Mather also addressed the strong criticism RNZ had faced in response to its controversial move to take Concert off the FM frequency.

“We hear that passion for Concert and look forward to completing the consultation process to consider other possible improvements to that service now we have been given the potential of additional FM capacity.”

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have an annual capacity of 43 million tonnes per year, with a requirement to process 600 pit samples and 24 production samples per 24 hours.

Completely automating the laboratory part of the operation, which includes moving rock samples into crushing equipment and then moving samples into testing equipment for quality control analysis, will remove health and safety challenges, and provide real-time data feedback and continuous performance monitoring, Scott Technology said.

Peter McIntyre, an investment adviser at Craigs Investment Partners, said winning the contract from such a large company offered prestige as well underwriting future cashflow.

Shares in the company rose 4.8 per cent to $2.17 in early trading.

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umes of product, creating opportunities for companies.

The automation manufacturer diversified about six years ago when the peak in Australia’s mining sector saw investment growth slow.

Now, meat processing accounts for a bigger proportion and Scott Technology counts Brazilian meat company JBS as a cornerstone investor.

In November, Rio Tinto chief executive JS Jacques described the $US2.6 billion investment in the Koodaideri iron ore mine as a “game-changer”. It would be the most advanced mine ever built and set an industry benchmark in how automation and data use could improve safety and productivity, he said.

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land economy.”

The total tax take at $43.07 billion was up 7.7 per cent from a year earlier, and 0.6 per cent higher than forecast. The government said that was mainly due to higher than forecast tobacco duties of $1.7 billion, about $155 million more than expected.

Government spending was slightly below expectations at $45.6 billion, which Treasury said

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Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the latest government accounts are in good shape, however the outbreak of coronavirus is expected to knock the economy in coming months.

The government’s operating balance before gains and losses was a surplus of $400 million in the six months ended December 31, down from a $1.1 billion surplus in the same period a year earlier.

Still, that was an improvement on the $100 million deficit forecast in the December half-year economic and fiscal update.

“At the halfway point of the year, the books are in good shape.

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Middle Eastern cuisine The spices that combine to give Middle Eastern food its special flavour are readily available, and that makes it easy to ring the changes with everyday ingredients.

Unlike many Asian dishes, food from the Middle East is more about subtle blends of flavours rather than full-on spice and heat.

And often those spices can be bought in one convenient spice mix.

Moroccan chickpea salad

Spiced lamb with pasta 1T extra virgin olive oil 1 brown onion, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1T middle eastern spice mix 600g lean lamb mince 2/3 C (160ml) beef stock 500g farfalle pasta 1C flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped 1C mint leaves, chopped Finely grated rind of 1 lemon 1/2 C thick, plain yoghurt ■■ Heat oil in a large, non-stick frying pan on medium.

■■ Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes, until slightly softened.

■■ Increase heat to high.

■■ Add spice and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute, until fragrant.

■■ Add mince and cook, breaking up any lumps, until browned.

■■ Reduce heat to low. Add stock and simmer for 5 minutes.

■■ Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling water according to packet instructions.

■■ Drain, return to pan.

■■ Add mince mixture, parsley, mint and lemon rind to pan and toss to combine.

■■ Top with yoghurt and serve.

1T olive oil 2t ground cumin 1 x 400g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1/2 C orange juice 1C currants 2 carrots, shredded or coarsely grated 2 green onions (shallots), sliced diagonally 100g baby spinach leaves 1/2 C coriander leaves, chopped 1/4 C tahini 2T salad seeds (mix of sesame and sunflower seeds), toasted

Green pea falafel 1C frozen peas, thawed 3T oil 1 small brown onion, diced 1 garlic clove, crushed 425g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained 2 shallots, roughly chopped 1/4 C chopped parsley 1/4 C chopped mint 2t lemon zest 1/2 t salt 1/2 t ground coriander 1/4 t dried chilli flakes 2T plain flour 2T plain flour, extra ■■ Place frozen peas in a strainer and run hot water over them.

Stand.

■■ Heat a tablespoon of the oil in a frypan, add onion and garlic. Sauté until soft and remove from heat.

■■ Wrap peas in a clean, dry tea towel and rub gently to remove excess moisture.

■■ Place onion, garlic, peas and remaining ingredients into food processor, except extra oil and extra flour.

■■ Process until just combined.

■■ Using a spoon, form into balls and roll in extra flour. Makes 12 balls.

■■ Heat remaining oil in a frypan and fry, turning until golden brown on all sides.

■■ Heat oil in a medium non-stick frying pan, over medium heat.

■■ Add cumin, chickpeas and garlic.

■■ Cook, stirring often, for 3 minutes.

■■ Remove from heat.

■■ Combine orange juice and currants in a tea-cup.

■■ Microwave for 1 minute until hot.

Drain, reserve orange juice.

■■ Combine currants, chickpea mixture, carrots, onion, spinach and coriander in a large bowl.

■■ Dressing: combine tahini and reserved orange juice in a small bowl.

■■ Season to taste.

■■ Whisk to combine.

■■ Drizzle dressing over salad.

■■ Gently toss to combine.

■■ Sprinkle with salad seeds and serve.

Middle Eastern style beef pie

Feta and cauli fritters 1 medium head of cauliflower, divided into small florets 3T olive oil 2t sumac 3 eggs 1/2 C flour 4 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced 1T chopped mint 2T coriander, roughly chopped 200g feta, crumbled Extra coriander for garnish ■■ Preheat the oven to 200°C. ■■ Place the cauliflower in a single layer in a large roasting dish.

■■ Drizzle with olive oil and cook for 20 minutes until starting to colour on the edges.

■■ Sprinkle the cooked cauliflower with the sumac, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

■■ Allow to cool until just warm.

■■ Reduce the oven temperature to 180°C. ■■ Whisk the eggs in a large mixing bow. Combine with the cauliflower, flour, spring onion, mint, coriander and feta.

■■ Mix until just combined.

■■ Heat a good splash of oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat.

■■ Drop large spoonfuls of mixture into the pan and cook for a few minutes until the base is golden and then turning to cook the other side.

■■ Once fritters are golden and crisp place them in a single layer in an ovenproof dish and place in the oven while the remainder are cooking and to make sure the fritters are cooked through.

■■ Serve fritters with a spicy chutney and a simple green salad.

1T olive oil 1 onion, finely diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 celery stick, finely diced 1 carrot, grated 400g beef mince 1t cumin 1t paprika 1t ground ginger 1C tomato passata Salt and pepper, to season 8 sheets filo pastry Melted butter, for brushing 2T sesame seeds 1 broccoli, to serve 1/2 C natural yoghurt 1T chopped mint ■■ Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced).

■■ In a large frying pan, heat the oil.

■■ Add the onion, garlic, celery and carrot.

■■ Cook for 8 minutes, or until softened. Transfer vegetables into a medium bowl.

■■ Add the mince to the same frying pan.

■■ Cook for 10 minutes, or until browned, using a fork to break up any lumps, add the cumin, paprika, ginger and stir until combined ■■ Return the vegetables to the pan and mix to combine.

■■ Pour over the passata and 1/4 cup of water, stirring until combined and thickened.

■■ Season to taste. Remove from the heat and cool completely.

■■ To assemble the pies, brush 1 sheet of filo with the butter and top with another sheet of filo.

■■ Line each individual pie dishes with 2 sheets of filo, leaving enough to fold over the top.

■■ Fill the inside with the mince mixture.

■■ Fold the top of the filo over and twist the edges together to seal.

■■ Repeat for the 3 remaining pies.

■■ Brush the tops with butter and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

■■ Bake for 20 minutes, or until crisp and golden.

■■ Meanwhile, steam broccoli for 3-4 minutes or until just tender.

■■ In a small dish, mix together the yoghurt and mint.

■■ Serve pies with yoghurt and steamed broccoli on the side.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – For how long was Mike Moore Prime Minister of New Zealand? a. 59 days b. 10 months c. 2 years 2 – TV host Ellen De Generes originally found fame as a? a. TV comedian b. Basketball player c. Singer 3 – Who was chosen to write the title song for the 25th official James Bond film? a. Ed Sheeran b. Bic Runga c. Billie Eilish 4 – Which creature in Greek mythology had one eye? a. Cyclops b. Minotaur c. Argonaut 5 – In which language is ‘kapu’ the word for cup? a. Samoan b. Maori c. Japanese 6 – What is the home state of NFL team the Kansas City Chiefs? a. Kansas b. Missouri c. Oklahoma 7 – What is the official currency of Chile? a. Peso b. Dollar c. Dinar 8 – What time does RNZ’s Morning Report start in the morning? a. 6am b. 7am c. 8am

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BBQ chicken wraps 2 Farrah’s Chia & Quinoa Wraps 1 Waitoa free range chicken breast fillet Marinade 1/2 red capsicum 1/2 yellow capsicum 1/2 red onion 1 spring onion Mesclun Hummus Feta Salt and pepper ■■ Slice the chicken breast and coat in your favourite marinade – we used honey and soy sauce. Leave to sit for a couple of hours or so.

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■■ Tip: If a barbecue isn’t available, these wraps will taste just as great cooked in a grill pan or fry pan on your oven top.

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Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Team NZ out on the water.

■■YACHTING

Kiwis ‘team to beat’ Outspoken America’s Cup winner Jimmy Spithill claims Team New Zealand are “well ahead” of their international rivals heading into Auckland 2021.

Spithill, who won the Cup twice with Oracle Team USA in 2010 and 2013 before losing to the Kiwis at Bermuda 2017, has re-joined Italian Challenger of record Luna Rossa and is excited by the radical foiling monohulls now being sailed.

On a recent podcast the Australian said he had no doubts Team New Zealand were the team to beat as the four heavyweight syndicates get to grips with the revolutionary 75-foot boats.

“Right now I’d say the Kiwis are well ahead of the other teams,” Spithill told Shirley Robertson on her sailing podcast.

“You can’t deny that fact.

“They are on the race course, doing laps. Doing race laps and doing really good.”

RESULTS ■■ Bowls Allenton Bowling Club Allenton Friday Triples January 17 Sponsor: Patersons Funeral Services 1st B. White, N. woods, A. Reid; 2nd R. McGarry, M. Reid, D. Watson; 3rd B. Mayson, P. Collins, M. Foggo; 4th R. Bennett, G. Clarke S. Thomas; 5th G. Eder, M. Eder, W. Lee January 31 1st E. Maw, G. Brooker, A. Holmes; 2nd D. Kinvig, M. Quinn, G. Sparks 3rd P. Whinham, R. Tonks, V. Whinham; 4th G. Bishop L. Mills, J. Mills; 5th M. Anderson, J. Kewish, G. Crack Saturday Progressive Pairs January 4 Leads: 1st R. Smitheram, 2nd B. Molloy;

Spithill said Team New Zealand’s ablity to train and do their research and development in the waters that will be used for the America’s Cup was a big bonus.

He also felt Team New Zealand’s decision to build a test boat to operate while Te Aihe was in transit to and from Europe for world series buildup regattas was clever.

Spithill said he has been frustrated at the length of time it took to get the Luna Rossa boats on to the water and said the learning curve was now very steep.

“We’ve got a year to go and it feels like we are just starting to sail these boats properly now,” Spithill said.

“Until you line up, you don’t know the strengths and weaknesses.

“We have a new class with four completely different boats, completely different foils, control systems ... how will the crew sail it?

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“It’s such a fascinating period.”

Spithill said he had reservations about a return to monohulls and initially didn’t know whether he wanted to stay in the game.

“Competitively I wanted another shot, but another monohull … I don’t know.

“Then when I saw the first drawing come out, I wanted to be back in it, thinking that was really cool.”

He said this moment felt like San Francisco in 2013 when the decision was made to sail in 72foot catamarans.

“It is such a big step again,” Spithill told Robertson.

“The scale of the thing is big.

“When you go to a boat that has the loads like this, the big righting moment, the big arms with the big chunks of lead on the sides … it is incredible.

“The boats are really, really cool. The boats are very complex 1st G. Dowie, D. Watson; 2nd G. Bishop, J. Mitchell; 3rd R. Bennett, M. Quinn; 4th B. Hopwood, N. Sharplin; 5th G. Blackwell, M. Middleton February 28 Sponsor: Beehive Products, M & R. Johnston 1st M. Hill, A. McKenzie; 2nd R. Bennett, M. Quinn; 3rd D. McDonnell, B. Henderson; 4th G. Dowie, D. Watson; 5th J. Mill, L. Mills February 6 Waitangi Day Triples Sponsor: R. Kane 1st M. Buchanan, W. Lloyd, G. Harrison; 2nd S. Keith, R. Kane, B. Henderson; 3rd R. Gutberlet, J. Kevish, D. Gutberlet Congratulations go to Graeme Clarke and Mick Buchanan for their good win in the Sub Centre Pairs Final.

Congratulations also to Sandra Keith, Rosemary Bennett and Sandra Holdom for their very close 2nd in the Centre Triples Final.

The Greenkeepers Triples Tournament was held last Sunday 9 with 3 Allenton teams

but it is just an amazing time to be involved again because it’s so new and there is such a steep learning curve.

“You look forward to sailing every single day.”

The 40-year-old said revenge was a factor in driving his competitive spirit as he opened up on the emotions of watching Team New Zealand walk off with Cup. “First of all, you couldn’t help but respect and admire what Team New Zealand had done.

“You look at San Francisco and that was brutal, the way that loss went.

“The fact they were able to regroup, pull themselves together and come back and run a campaign like that – and it was a perfect campaign, you couldn’t help but admire that and respect it.

“For me … it’s hard to put into words ... but mostly you’d just let everyone down, that was the feeling.” finishing in the top 6:2nd B. White, N. Woods, A. Reid; 4th D. Hickman D. Thorne, D. McEvedy; 5th G. Bishop, A. Sargisson, J. Mitchell Congratulations and well done to Rodney Greaney who was placed first in the Christchurch Centre Triples Final, and was runner up in the 4s and Singles Finals.

He also won his Gold Star, which is a huge achievement.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club February 8 and 11 LGU Div 1: Alison Hewson 68, Marilyn Walker 72 on c/b; Div 2: Leigh Wackrow 69 on c/b, Bev Turton 69; Div 3 Lynn Small 71 Nearest the Pins: No 4 Gabites Leigh Wackrow, No 8 House of Travel Pauline Bell, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon Pauline Bell, No 14 Todds of Ashburton Marilyn Walker, No 18 2nd Shot Erin Porter

■■BASKETBALL

Magic bring down Hawks Aaron Gordon scored 26 points, Nikola Vucevic had 24 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, and the Orlando Magic surge past the Atlanta Hawks 135-126 yesterday.

Evan Fournier added 22 points and Terrence Ross had 21 for Orlando, which had an unusually good night shooting.

The Magic hit 52.6 per cent from the field, including a season-high 18 3-pointers, in their highest-scoring game this season.

Trae Young had 29 points and nine assists for Atlanta. John Collins scored 22 points and Dewayne Dedmon had 14 points and nine rebounds off the bench.

The Magic used a pair of 11-0 runs in the fourth quarter to get past an Atlanta team playing the second game of a back-to-back.

The Hawks needed two overtimes on Sunday to beat the New York Knicks.

Back-to-back dunks by James Ennis III finished off the first spurt early in the final period to put the Magic up 106-101 with just over 9 minutes left.

Young helped the Hawks close the gap to 116-115, but the Magic suddenly got hot from the perimeter and shot Atlanta out of the game. Fournier started the second 11-0 run with a 20-footer and Gordon finished it with a 3-pointer that gave Orlando a 127-115 lead with 3 1/2 minutes to go.

Atlanta never got closer than six the rest of the game.

Meanwhile Spencer Dinwiddie made a 21-foot jumper with five seconds left to give the Brooklyn Nets a 106-105 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Dinwiddie finished with 21 points.

The lead changed hands three times in the final 27 seconds and wasn’t decided until Malcolm Brogdon’s 3-pointer at the buzzer came up short.

Brooklyn has won two straight at Indianapolis for the first time since 2012-13.

Miles Bridges scored 18 points and the Charlotte Hornets ended a five-game losing streak with an 8776 victory over the Detroit Pistons.

The win was Charlotte’s 10th straight against Detroit, including two consecutive 4-0 season sweeps.

The Hornets are 13-36 against the rest of the league and had lost 13 of their previous 14 games.

■■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club February 9 At The Butts.

Seven shot match at 300, 500 and 600 yards.

TR, Martin Fleming 35.2, 35.5, 35.4, 105.11, Gareth Miller 35.2, 34.2, 35.5, 104.9, Allan White 35.5, 34.5, 33.2, 102.12, John Snowden 34.3, 34.3, 34.3, 102.9, John Miller 33.2, 34.2, 34.4, 101.8, John Fleming 35.3, 35.3, 31.0, 101.6, Mike Chui 32.2, 32.1, 31.2, 95.5, Charlie Ledbrook 29.2, 35.4, 28.1, 92.7.

FTR, Murray Cook 42.1, 42.3, 36.1, 120.5, Mark Alexander 37.0, 39.2, 36.0, 112.2, Coby Snowden 36.2, 40.3, 30.0, 106.5, Brian Graystone 34.0, 38.1, (ret) 72.1.

FO, Daniel Swaney 40.2, 40.2, 38.0, 118.4, Darren Swaney 39.0, 40.1, 35.0, 114.1, Lou Donaggio 36.0, 35.1, 38.1, 113.2, Phil Nicol 28.0, 31.0, 31.0, 90.0.

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■■RUGBY

No sign of Six Nations expansion Eddie Jones thinks it shouldn’t happen, New Zealand insists it cannot happen, and tournament organisers say there’s no sign of it happening.

The possibility of the Six Nations rugby tournament expanding to include world champion South Africa would be the most stunning development in the sport in years, a game-changer for both the northern and southern hemispheres.

The Daily Mail reported on Saturday that negotiations have taken place that will lead to the Springboks joining a new championship in 2024. It would contain seven nations, with England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy already competing.

It would also mean South Africa leaving the four-nation Rugby Championship in the southern hemisphere, which also includes New Zealand, Australia and Argentina.

World Rugby, the sport’s governing body, said it would not be commenting on the reports, but others are.

Mark Robinson, the recently hired chief executive of New Zealand Rugby, said the Springboks are committed to being part of

Sanzaar – the body that oversees the Rugby Championship and Super Rugby – until 2025 and they are “people that we trust”.

“We’re very comfortable in our relationship and South Africa’s relationship with Sanzaar,” Robinson was quoted as telling Radio Sport.

“Like us, they’ve signed agreements with their broadcasters through 2025 to be involved with Sanzaar.

“And as recently as this week, we were on calls talking about the future of our competitions at Super level and international level.

So Sanzaar and certainly South Africa were very engaged in those conversations.

“They are people that we trust, they are very honest and they’ve been great partners over the last 25 years.

“We would like to think that we would be privy to those sorts of comments or conversations if they had been had.”

Tournament organisers have also played down the reports, saying the Six Nations Council “has had no discussions regarding South Africa’s inclusion” in the competition.

Meanwhile, Jones, the Aus-

England and Scotland slug it out in the Six Nations. tralian-born England coach, has advised against any tinkering of the format of what he called “the greatest rugby tournament in the world”.

“Why would you want to add other teams that are going to decrease the level of competition?”

Jones said, using the expansion of Super Rugby from 12 teams to its current number of 15 as a cautionary tale.

“I can only talk from experience,” Jones added. “Super Rugby was the golden egg of rugby – brilliant, 12 teams, competitive.

Eddie opens up on trash-talking England coach Eddie Jones has revealed the reason behind his trash-talking tactics.

The controversial Australian-born coach is widely known for his pre-match psychological ploys.

Just last week, he was labelled arrogant after he talked up England’s physicality while questioning a young French team in the Six Nations.

“They can expect absolute brutality from England.

“We’re going out to make sure that they understand what test rugby is,” Jones fired.

During last year’s Rugby World Cup, Jones made claims his team were spied on during a training run ahead of their World Cup semi-final against the All Blacks in a drama-filled press conference.

Following England’s Six Nations win over Scotland at the weekend, Jones sat down with BBC Sports reporter Sonja Mclaughlan, who asked him straight why he says the things he does.

“Why do you say the things you say?”

Mclaughlan asked.

“Well, I’m happy not to. Ok, this is an easy interview,” replied Jones.

“No, no. I’m talking about, you know full well what I mean, in terms of some of the punchy quotes that you come out with.

“Why do you do that? Instead of just playing the straight bat, that you could play?”

Mclaughlan persisted.

“Well I’ll just play the straight bat now,” Jones said, giggling.

After a back and forth battle to unearth the truth, Jones finally opened up.

“I enjoy doing it,” he admitted.

“It’s easy not to say anything. But I think

England coach Eddie Jones. you’ve got a responsibility to create the theatre of the game, to paint a picture of how you want your players to play and sometimes to paint a picture to the opposition.

“Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.”

In the most recent case of his controversial pre-match talks, the later proved true.

England were humiliated 24-17 in the Six Nations opener against France in Paris.

France’s man of the match, Gregory Alldritt, said his team were actually determined by Jones’ comments.

“Eddie was saying that we couldn’t manage the brutality of the England team,” Alldritt said. “But when you are a winner, a competitor, you just want to show him that you can manage that.

“We were clearly going to put some fighting spirit out there.”

Only time will tell whether or not Jones has another crack at psyching out the competition, with England set to play Ireland later this month.

“As soon as it had gone to 14 and 15, it had lost its allure.”

Jones said what makes the Six Nations so special is “the history of the relationships between the nations”.

“Someone was giving me a history lesson on Scotland and the number of different things that have happened in the rivalry with England,” he said.

“So there’s a lot of meaning to a lot of people for a game like this.

“The competition is much harder contested than the World Cup. “It’s become a lot more physical

and it’s only going to get more so.”

The tournament started off as a championship between the “home nations” of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, before France was added to the competition.

The most recent expansion came when the addition of Italy turned the Five Nations to the Six Nations in 2000.

Six Nations members last year rejected a proposal for a new 12team World Rugby Nations Championship, which would initially have merged the Six Nations and the Rugby Championship – while adding Japan and the United States – and provided greater context to the international game.

The top European countries feared the potential economic impact of relegation from the league.

Playing in a northern-hemisphere competition would align South Africa with countries closer to its time zone.

Two South African club teams, the Cheetahs and the Southern Kings, already play in Europe.

They dropped out of Super Rugby in 2017 and joined an expanded Pro14 league, contested between teams from Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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Blues gird up for a backlash

Walking netball back on court It was friendly competition at the EA Networks Centre yesterday during a Walking Netball session. The Mid Canterbury Netball initiative returned to the courts a fortnight ago and the action was end to end with players of all ages involved in social games where running and jumping is prohibited. Helen Sullivan (above) readies herself for a shot at the net during a game yesterday.

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As a former Crusader and assistant coach at Super Rugby’s most successful franchise, Leon MacDonald knows better than most about the response that could greet his Blues at Eden Park on Friday.

After two rounds the Blues are above the three-time defending champions following a brilliantly composed performance in Newcastle which earned them a 32-12 victory over the Waratahs and an off-key Crusaders fell 25-15 to the Chiefs in Hamilton.

But MacDonald knows his side will have to lift again to face a different type of challenge, one which will almost certainly include the artistry of Richie Mo’unga after Scott Robertson elected to take a cautious approach to the recovery of the All Blacks and Crusaders No.10’s knee and groin strains.

The Crusaders will be working hard to fix the uncharacteristic errors which haunted them at Waikato Stadium.

Defeats are rare for Robertson, who has encountered only six during his three-and-a-bit seasons with the Crusaders, and they tend to provoke a response.

“That probably adds a bit of flavour,” MacDonald said of the upcoming derby.

“I know Razor will do a good job at finding some solutions and probably getting them on edge.

“They’ve always rebounded well after a loss, especially in Razor’s tenure. We always expect them to turn up with their best and that’s the way we’ve got to prepare.”

■■OPINION

Twisted thinking is killing rugby – but there is a fix

By Gregor Paul

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very day it seems rugby has another fire to put out, another mini-drama brews that is rated a threat to the existence of the sport as we know it.

Financial collapse is imminent in Australia; South Africa are plotting a shift of allegiance to Europe; more English clubs are about to be exposed as salary cap rorters and a generation of players could be facing a post-career life of health issues related to suffering repeated head knocks.

The list could go on and yet just as it seems there are hundreds of fires for rugby’s administrators to put out, maybe there is just one.

It is not a lack of money, or poor competition formats that is really killing the game at the moment.

It is a lack of space on the field and a chronic failure by officialdom to uphold the most fundamental tenet of the game, which is to enforce the offside line.

Defensive sides have risen up the world rankings in recent years not just because they have decided to spend thousands of hours working without the ball rather than with it.

The development of linespeed as a weapon has not in itself changed the nature of rugby and the world order as we once knew it.

What’s changed is that referees have given up ensuring defensive lines are onside.

They have decided that defensive linespeed is a skill that must be given a chance to flourish and that if teams are stealing a half metre or more to get in the face of the attacking team, then so be it.

Defence, after all, has become a legitimate form of attack, so the non-refereeing of the offside line can be justified in the name of entertainment.

Referees can say they are giving fans what they want – more attack and more collisions.

But this twisted thinking is failing to see that many tests for the

last few years have in fact been devoid of attacking creativity and that rugby has become one-dimensional as a result.

Its problems, the real ones, all stem from this.

Rugby was never imagined as a game where the defence would be handed the only set of the keys to the castle.

For the last few years, for test rugby to work as a genuine spectacle it has needed two teams to take the field with a similar attacking mind-set.

The All Blacks and Wallabies are easily the best example of what can be achieved if teams focus more on what they do with the ball and abide, mostly, with the principle that they owe it to the game to keep themselves onside.

Japan took a similar approach at the World Cup, which is why they are fast becoming the team everyone wants to watch.

These three sides, though, mostly stand alone and the prevailing view among the rest is to

exploit the weakness of officials and take, take, take so they can smother and hound attacking teams.

The Calcutta Cup game last weekend was, hopefully, the nadir.

Edinburgh’s weather threw its worst at Murrayfield and a swirling wind and driving rain made life just about impossible for both teams.

But even if the sun had weakly shone through Edinburgh’s hoppy-fug, the Scots never stood a chance of launching any kind of attack as England were camped at a record offside point for most of the game.

The fact that the BBC commentary – a paragon of impartiality – felt the need to suggest that the English were perhaps a metreand-a-half offside on occasion, says everything about what rugby needs to fix and fix fast.

And it’s not hard in practical terms to make the fix.

World Rugby vice chairman Agustin Pichot outlined a plan

during the World Cup – suggesting that defensive lines should be held five metres back from the tackled ball as they are from scrums.

Others have suggested that technology be introduced so a virtual offside line could be beamed across the field, which is fine, but for the fact this won’t be practical in the amateur game.

The first option has to be the way to go. An instant fix to the lack of space on the field and inevitably a five-metre gap will become four when the defensive side creeps, but four metres is a veritable acre and will provide all the space attacking teams need to flourish again.

So rugby doesn’t need to tear its hair out and lament all the mounting issues and fret from where its next dollar is coming.

Fix the policing of the offside line and they will fix everything, the money will flow and people will return to the empty stands, suddenly aware that what they are watching is worth paying for.

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■■CRICKET

Down to the nitty gritty The inaugural Mid Canterbury Cricket senior 18-over cricket competition is heading to the country for finals night tonight.

After 11 weeks of play between eight sides in a completely new look format for senior cricket in the district, following the decision not to hold a senior Saturday competition, the finalists have been found in both the top and bottom division of the competition.

The major final will be played at the picturesque Lauriston Oval, where Lauriston will host nearby neighbours, Methven in what promises to be an enthralling encounter.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the district the Coldstream Kings will play host to the Phat Duck Allenton side in the bottom division final.

With no results available from last week’s semi-final matches in the top section, deciding who just might be the form team heading into the match at Lauriston is a toss of the coin.

Both have produced some outstanding results during the competition and have been spearheaded by some key players who have driven them across the line when required.

Lauriston, you could argue, have been the more consistent of the two sides and with experienced shoulders like Nick Gilbert, Bevan Richan and Rob Hooper guiding the ship they’ll be expected to put forward a big showing.

Methven on the other hand came into the season with a bunch of comparative unknowns.

They have very much been the surprise package, but with a good bowling attack and some equally impressive batsmen who have posted some decent scores,

it’s no surprise they have found themselves at this point.

The Coldstream Kings, who will host the second section final, were unlucky to miss a spot in

the top four when the competition broke up into two divisions after Christmas and will be heavily favoured to account for the Allenton side tonight.

Nick Gilbert may have a big role to play for Lauriston in tonight’s 18-over cricket final at the Lauriston Oval.

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Warriors’ players to have greater input in 2020 Player-driven changes are creating an optimistic mood at the Warriors ahead of the new NRL rugby league season.

Teams have their first hit-out of the year this weekend at the annual NRL Nines competition in Perth.

After a long-awaited return to the playoffs in 2018 – the Warriors were again out of the mix last year, down in 13th.

Following their disappointing 2019 campaign the players took their thoughts to the coaching staff on what could change this year.

Young forward Isaiah Papali’i said the squad certainly felt like their views had been valued.

Tailoring the pre-season training to the squad’s strengths had pleased Papali’i.

“We’ve got a lot of skillful boys throughout the whole team so being able to mix in that skill with the conditioning has probably been

the most fun part, something as a footy player you always want to have a ball in hand.”

Papali’i hoped his selection as captain of the Warriors for the Nines might be a sign of things to come later in his rugby league career.

The 21-year-old is a surprise selection to lead at the pre-season event which has this year shifted from Auckland to Perth.

Papali’i is a former Junior Kiwis skipper and said he would love to be the captain of an NRL club one day.

“Just playing NRL is a dream come true but you always want to strive to be better and any opportunity that’s given to me I’ll happily take,” he said.

Papali’i goes into the Nines tournament with a career total of 48 NRL games after making his debut as an 18-year-old in 2017.

Warriors coach Stephen Kearney said the Nines tournament is as much about preparing for the new NRL season as it is about winning matches.

Just a handful of the Auckland club’s prominent first-grade players have been named to take part.

Kearney said the Warriors group taking part had been selected with dual purposes.

“Obviously we want to field a competitive team but it’s also an opportunity for some young guys that are new to our system and a couple of guys we’ve had in our system for a couple of years now,” Kearney said.

“It provides an opportunity to give those guys a bit of experience at that level.”

The Warriors open their Nines tournament against the Newcastle Knights on Friday and play the Sydney Roosters on Saturday.

Isaiah Papali’i

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Just cruisin’

John Morrison and the Terry and Glenys Chmiel-trained American Eyretime makes its way down to the line untouched at yesterday’s Ashburton Trotting Club workouts at the Ashburton Racecourse.

After finding the front early in the 2400m heat, Morrison was able to dictate his own terms and when he unleashed a 56-second last 800 metres, the remainder of the field was left gasping.

A three-year-old filly

by Tintin In America, American Eyretime has raced on three occasions for two placings with all three starts coming in Southland.

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Te Aroha gallops Today at Te Aroha Raceway

Racing Te Aroha Venue: Te Aroha Meeting Date: 12 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 1.09pm SUNLINE LODGE 1400 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1400m 1 50x Tarwyn (11) 58.5............ A Goindasamy (a2) 2 500x Golden Seed (12) 58.5............J Fawcett (a1) 3 069x Monbeau (2) 58.5........................ L Satherley 4 23 Landry 58...................................... Scratched 5 530x5 Qiji Spirit (3) 58..................................L Innes 6 9x432 Well Chosen (5) 58............................R Elliot 7 96302 Like A Boss (1) 58........................... A Calder 8 24 Paint Me Red (6) 58.......................J Waddell 9 6 Viking (7) 58..................................... R Oliver 10 Incompetent Unit (8) 58............... D Johnson 11 78 Royal Charm (4) 58..........................S Collett 12 23 Arya Stark (10) 56 13 9 La Velocita (9) 56........................M Coleman 2 1.45pm STEPHEN RALPH RACING STABLES 1400 $10,000, MDN F&M, 1400m 1 25372 Famous Belle (5) 57.5......M Hashizume (a3) 2 4x332 Its So Easy b (2) 57.5.............J Fawcett (a1) 3 32494 Jakama Krystal (8) 57.5.................. S McKay 4 0384x Rippedeedoodah (3) 57.5..............J Waddell

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Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 12 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.05pm (NZT) GARY ROSS DECORATORS C0 C0, 305m 1 33344 Big Time Kevin nwtd............................L Cole 2 48557 Free Thinker nwtd............................M Olden 3 F8 Oma Rapeti nwtd.............................C Morris 4 Lace Marjen nwtd...............................M Flipp 5 77737 Freckle nwtd...............................J McInerney 6 32234 Sedgebrook Comet nwtd.....................F Kite 7 Chic In Time nwtd....................... G Hodgson 8 54732 Sideline Sally nwtd.....................J McInerney 9 2F747 Ariana Sunset nwtd.....................B Goldsack 10 48658 Big Time Camila nwtd A &...............Williams 2 12.22pm PALMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C0 C0, 520m 1 3343 Big Time Roonie nwtd.........................L Cole 2 55566 Jack Marjen nwtd...............................M Flipp 3 Kay Tuesso nwtd K &.........................Phillips 4 77365 Goldstar Hadlee nwtd................. G Hodgson 5 Alamein Graeme nwtd K &.................Phillips 6 58555 Alfie Daman nwtd.............................. P Clark

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Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 12 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 1 3.10pm (NZT) ACCELL “LEADING THE WAY IN CANINE THERAPY” C1 C1, 520m 1 67454 True Testament 30.59...................B Hodgson 2 73348 Big Time Trae 30.59............................L Cole 3 23266 Big Time Mac nwtd..............................L Cole 4 32537 Cossie Cooper 30.35.......................M Olden 5 33321 Dapper Rapper nwtd........................B Marsh 6 18233 Big Time Eden 30.42...........................L Cole 7 24455 Bigtime Fred 30.29..............................L Cole 8 66686 Bigtime Dean nwtd A &....................Williams

5 23 Arya Stark (7) 57............................M McNab 6 42 Gitche Gumee (6) 57................... D Johnson 7 79x53 Madam Pompom (4) 57................... S Spratt 8 535 Qiji Olympia 57.............................. Scratched 9 Deferment (1) 57............................. A Calder 3 2.20pm BALLYMORE STABLES 1000 $10,000, MDN 2YO, 1000m 1 Lord Ardmore (3) 57.5......................S Collett 2 4x Only Words (5) 55.5....... A Goindasamy (a2) 3 245 Laced With Gold b (1) 55.5..........C Lammas 4 Telekinetic (2) 55.5 5 Chewy (7) 55.5...................................R Elliot 6 Clique (8) 55.5............................. D Johnson 7 Highborn (6) 55.5...........................M McNab 8 Nonaame (4) 55.5............................ S Spratt 4 2.55pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $10,000, MDN 3YOF, 1200m 1 252 Terracotta (10) 56.5 2 6933 Hibernia Sea b (8) 56.5................ D Johnson 3 37x9 Petite Rose (5) 56.5.....................C Lammas 4 75 Crimson Star (4) 56.5....... A Goindasamy (a) 5 66x Fonts de L’Algar (3) 56.5................J Waddell 6 Heart Shaped Box (2) 56.5..............S Collett 7 Midsummer (9) 56.5...........................R Elliot

8 Mini Mystic h (7) 56.5...................... R Kozaki 9 568x0 Shampagne Dancer (6) 56.5............ S Spratt 10 Truth Beknown (1) 56.5............... L Satherley 5 3.34pm STEPHEN MARSH RACING STABLES 1600 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 45x42 Sahar d (3) 59.5.............................O Bosson 2 x3650 Quantum m (8) 59.......... A Goindasamy (a2) 3 5x315 Operator (2) 58.5...............................R Elliot 4 37x75 My Zulu Warrior d (10) 58................S Collett 5 76x22 Cologne dm (9) 57.5........................ S Spratt 6 3x804 Our Wonderland d (1) 57.5..........C Lammas 7 59535 En Soie td (5) 57.......................... D Johnson 8 9x609 Qiji Swordsman 57........................ Scratched 9 x2194 Shanqueen (7) 56.5...........................L Innes 10 79804 Guillocharm d (6) 56.5................ L Satherley 11 20563 Bravissimo t (4) 56..................J Fawcett (a1) 12 09785 Lagertha h (11) 54............... T Yanagida (a2) 6 4.09pm WEXFORD STABLES 2200 $10,000, MDN, 2200m 1 27674 Master Herb (2) 58.5............ T Yanagida (a2) 2 005 Oak (5) 58.5.................................C Lammas 3 49065 Remember O’Reilly (1) 58.5........... S McKay 4 24776 Charred (3) 58.5.............................. A Calder 5 88542 Elle D’Berry (4) 56.5...... A Goindasamy (a2)

6 65033 Southern Vogue (9) 56.5.. M Hashizume (a3) 7 063 Commanding Annie (8) 56.5..... D Danis (a2) 8 57325 Shocking Penny (6) 56............J Fawcett (a1) 9 435 Savezar b (7) 56.................................R Elliot 10 098 Izzy Gee (10) 56.......................... D Johnson 7 4.44pm PIKE RACING 1200 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1200m 1 575x2 Empire Of Patch (11) 58.5... T Yanagida (a2) 2 20x Sahalainn (9) 58.5........................ D Johnson 3 46x27 Deshi (8) 58.5 4 00x55 Namjong Namjong (4) 58.5.....J Fawcett (a1) 5 4x332 Rakuten b (7) 58............................O Bosson 6 385x3 Divine Dive b (2) 58...........................R Elliot 7 3 Dragon Run (5) 58..........................V Colgan 8 4438x Our Fine Wine (13) 56.5 9 58 Seafolly (6) 56.5 10 0560x Blushing Heights (1) 56.5......T Newman (a3) 11 00x Super Grace (10) 56.5... A Goindasamy (a2) 12 252 Terracotta (12) 56...........................M McNab 13 6933 Hibernia Sea b (3) 56 8 5.19pm OFF THE RAILS PACKAGES 4 APR 1600 $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 02x23 Scutar (5) 58.5............................. D Johnson 2 05036 War Path (7) 58.5 -

3 77367 Hesagoodboy (6) 58.5... A Goindasamy (a2) 4 9 Heaps (4) 58.5................................. S Spratt 5 x88x3 Peerless Warrior (1) 58..................J Waddell 6 7 Under the Pump (11) 58................. A Calder 7 8 Winston Salem (9) 58......................S Collett 8 34544 Dawon h (8) 56.5................. T Yanagida (a2) 9 437 Melusina (2) 56.5.............M Hashizume (a3) 10 9 Nizona (3) 56.5...............................V Colgan 11 54 Jelina (10) 56.....................................R Elliot 12 x3989 Swiss Idol (12) 56....................... L Satherley Blinkers on: Namjong Namjong (R7), Winston Salem (R8) Blinkers off: Golden Seed (R1), Laced With Gold (R3), Charred (R6), Rakuten (R7) Winkers on: Viking (R1), Only Words (R3), Charred (R6), Empire Of Patch (R7) SELECTIONS

7 1.57pm WANGANUI TOYOTA C1 C1, 305m 1 75665 De Blonde 17.78................................ B Hunt 2 23533 Elouera Mist nwtd J &..........................D Bell 3 76656 Subway Kay 18.28......................B Goldsack 4 12883 Softy Burgess 17.78............................L Cole 5 56782 Eye Kno 17.77...............................W Woods 6 66373 Homebush Keasha nwtd............J McInerney 7 25564 Paradox Prince 18.43...................B Hodgson 8 15473 Big Time Ricky 18.10 A &................Williams 9 87558 Token Pick 18.15................................. N Udy 10 4F787 Auros Advantage 18.01................... T Pilcher 8 2.12pm ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS C1 C1, 305m 1 85576 Goldstar Auburn nwtd............... S Gommans 2 66622 Zara Fab 18.03.................................... N Udy 3 58858 Dottie Bell 18.09 J &............................D Bell 4 26856 Small Boy 18.32 A &........................Williams 5 73787 Homebush Maxi 17.89...............J McInerney 6 68663 Trajan nwtd.................................J McInerney 7 43235 Opehu Express 17.86.......................R Waite 8 86Fx4 Sahara Pippa 17.96...........................M Flipp 9 4F787 Auros Advantage 18.01................... T Pilcher 10 86777 Bigtime Wayno nwtd A &..................Williams 9 2.32pm LASER PLUMBING C1 C1, 305m 1 167F2 Sozin’s Delight nwtd...................J McInerney

2 75863 Smalltime Johnny 18.07 A &............Williams 3 31647 Memphis Jewel nwtd................. K Gommans 4 x7456 Jacks Point nwtd............................W Woods 5 33144 Choice Sister 18.01..........................C Morris 6 6255F Shamrock Green 17.88...............B Goldsack 7 57557 Rockoneva nwtd...........................B Hodgson 8 73756 Zara Daiken 17.93.............................. N Udy Emergencies: 9 67686 Jay Grim nwtd J &................................D Bell 10 46857 Here’s Hemi nwtd.......................J McInerney 10 2.47pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION FINAL 305 C1 C1f, 305m 1 12411 Allegro Will 17.74................................L Cole 2 32151 Allegro Lanie 17.80.............................L Cole 3 211 Allegro Fern 17.77..............................L Cole 4 23831 Ahuroa Prince 18.11.......................R Murray 5 17871 Idol Steffie 17.85................................M Flipp 6 62111 Life Is Good 17.92............................M Olden 7 18331 Allegro Lexxi 17.76.............................L Cole 8 45861 Big Time Tatum 17.86 A &................Williams 9 88222 Homebush Jennia nwtd.............J McInerney 10 66622 Zara Fab 18.03.................................... N Udy

4 4.13pm CPF INSURANCE C1 C1, 305m 1 25147 Big Time Lorna 18.16..........................L Cole 2 638x8 Idol Little Girl 18.13............................M Flipp 3 68437 Bright Concept 17.84........................... L Bell 4 52473 Bigtime Roll 17.65..................... S Gommans 5 44885 Bigtime Champ 17.66 A &................Williams 6 68382 Homebush Minnie 17.61............J McInerney 7 44437 Princess Pea 17.94...........................P Taylor 8 41677 Final Straw 18.10................................ N Udy Emergencies: 9 45878 Clansman Douglas 18.16............B Goldsack 10 67686 Jay Grim nwtd J &................................D Bell 5 4.36pm GUTHRIE BOWRON WANGANUI C2, 305m

1 41432 Dino The Fox 17.74................... K Gommans 2 75162 Zipping Luther nwtd J &.......................D Bell 3 14156 Waterloo Pink 17.90............................W Kite 4 73135 Bigtime Kate nwtd G &............ S Fredrickson 5 26247 Manimal 17.77.................................... N Udy 6 71356 Elsa Blueblood 18.06.................J McInerney 7 82412 My Pablo 17.92................................... N Udy 8 34172 Homebush Shea 17.91.................P Blanche Emergencies: 9 14244 Gotcha Marshall 17.96...............J McInerney 10 38261 Bigtime Hannah 17.80.............. S Gommans

Race 1: Arya Stark, Well Chosen, Qiji Spirit, Paint Me Red Race 2: Gitche Gumee, Arya Stark, Its So Easy, Madam Pompom Race 3: Laced With Gold, Telekinetic, Clique, Highborn Race 4: Truth Beknown, Terracotta, Fonts de L’Algar, Crimson Star Race 5: My Zulu Warrior, Cologne, En Soie, Quantum Race 6: Elle D’Berry, Southern Vogue, Commanding Annie Race 7: Sahalainn, Terracotta, Rakuten, Namjong Namjong Race 8: Jelina, Scutar, Melusina, Dawon, Peerless Warrior

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

7 86767 Telltale Signs nwtd...........................M Olden 8 35543 Derry Blues nwtd.............................. P Clark 3 12.40pm AON INSURANCE C0 C0, 305m 1 43644 Ahuroa Whizz nwtd.........................R Murray 2 75457 Allegro Kyle nwtd................................L Cole 3 F77 Sedgebrook Mini nwtd........................W Kite 4 2F524 Firecracker nwtd A &........................Williams 5 62 Big Time Joey nwtd.............................L Cole 6 Nellie Marjen nwtd.............................M Flipp 7 88666 Homebush Brave nwtd...............J McInerney 8 44423 Jamboree nwtd................................C Morris 9 6488 Blue Mowhawk nwtd..................... D Denbee 10 76F77 Zara Jewel nwtd............................P Blanche 4 12.57pm QUALITY INN COLLEGIATE WANGANUI C1 C1, 305m 1 54842 Monty 18.00........................................ N Udy 2 55635 I’ll Be Loyal 18.10.........................B Hodgson 3 75655 Hurricane Al 17.85...........................C Morris 4 62477 Idol Wilson 18.19................................M Flipp 5 65774 Bigtime Ava nwtd.............................. P Clark 6 53832 Nippa-A-Spot 17.82...................J McInerney 7 87x88 Opawa Henry nwtd J &........................D Bell 8 14657 Bigtime Kiowa 17.68 A &.................Williams 9 45786 Arm Turner 18.19.......................J McInerney

10 48787 Bigtime Kylie 17.82................... S Gommans 5 1.17pm HATRICK DASH C1 C1, 305m 1 65838 Blitzem Gem 18.03................... S Gommans 2 23357 Always Dizzy 18.07....................J McInerney 3 53476 Uno Eleven 17.75................................ N Udy 4 62547 Star Secret 18.26 A &......................Williams 5 55663 Dyna Bryleigh 18.15..........................M Flipp 6 42767 Dangerous Di 17.91............... L E Dunkerton 7 58655 White Comet 17.75........................ D Donlon 8 54622 Light Cruiser 17.93.........................G Atwood Emergencies: 9 46857 Here’s Hemi nwtd.......................J McInerney 10 68678 Cool Wolf 17.86.............................. D Donlon 6 1.35pm LASER PLUMBING C1 C1, 520m 1 67855 Midnight Molly 30.46....................B Hodgson 2 24543 Double What nwtd J &..........................D Bell 3 26512 Young Dumb Broke 31.12................M Olden 4 32446 Big Time Chad 30.88..........................L Cole 5 6x822 Mainline Lil 31.21.........................B Hodgson 6 22112 Fool’s Russian 30.87...........................L Cole 7 65756 Big Time Benny 30.70.........................L Cole 8 83774 Marley Farley 31.16 R &......................Voyce 9 75874 Chat Ya Later nwtd............................. I Howe 10 77866 Bigtime Rosie 31.03 G &......... S Fredrickson

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

9 77866 Bigtime Rosie 31.03 G &......... S Fredrickson 10 75874 Chat Ya Later nwtd............................. I Howe 2 3.27pm FIRST SECURITY C1 C1, 305m 1 73868 Go Stopper 17.95 A &......................Williams 2 64745 Double Change nwtd................ S Gommans 3 44535 Yarn Sister 18.11..............................C Morris 4 66524 Arthur’s Crown 17.82........................R Waite 5 13164 Sub Twenty Three 17.80.....................L Cole 6 47887 Queen Kong 17.77.....................J McInerney 7 1868 Watch Marjen 18.20...........................M Flipp 8 65784 Thrilling Ivy 18.10...................... K Gommans Emergencies: 9 77F87 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe

10 87558 Token Pick 18.15................................. N Udy 3 3.50pm BOOK YOUR FUNCTION@HATRICK C1 C1, 305m 1 46465 Lucy Lingers nwtd......................J McInerney 2 73777 Hypothetical 18.13...........................M Olden 3 76463 Naharis 17.73.....................................D Edlin 4 F2722 Articulator 17.88...........................B Hodgson 5 85875 Small Paige nwtd A &.......................Williams 6 44576 Duke Bruce 17.94............................... N Udy 7 48652 Leslie Albert 18.06......................B Goldsack 8 55331 Cawbourne Moss 17.66 J &.................D Bell 9 86777 Bigtime Wayno nwtd A &..................Williams 10 45786 Arm Turner 18.19.......................J McInerney

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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■■SYDNEY

Verry Elleegant to relish the wet The big wet in Sydney is certainly not dampening the spirits of the Kiwi connections of Group One mare Verry Elleegant, who will resume in Saturday’s Gr.2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

The daughter of Zed has proved adept in wet footing, relishing the conditions last autumn in her first campaign for Sydney trainer Chris Waller.

Former trainer Nick Bishara is looking forward to following the progress of the four-year-old, in which he retains a share, and is likely to make a few trips across the Tasman to cheer on the quality galloper once she reaches the pointy end of her campaign.

“Chris is a lot happier with her this preparation,” Bishara said.

“She was just not licking the bowl clean in the spring, but she still managed to win the Hill Stakes (Gr.2, 2000m) so that was pretty cool.

“She was off her game in the Cox Plate (Gr.1, 2040m) but I don’t think she would ever beat the Japanese horse (Lys Gracieux) anyway. She was very impressive and was the best-rated turf horse in the world.”

Randwick is currently rated a Heavy8 and given the volume of rain in Sydney, it is unlikely to improve any time soon.

“She has had two quiet trials and is a noted wet tracker,” Bishara said.

“It is shaping as a good field but I think she will appreciate the wet track, especially over a shorter distance like the 1400m of the Apollo.”

Verry Elleegant was undefeated in three starts in Sydney last autumn, winning the Gr.2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) before landing the

Verry Elleegant is heading across the Tasman.

Group One double of the Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) and the ATC Oaks (2400m).

The $4 million Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on April 11 is the ultimate aim for the New Zealand-bred mare.

“She will run in the Apollo, we will clash with Te Akau Shark in the Chipping Norton (Gr.1, 1600m), then go to the Ranvet (Gr.1, 2000m) and then to the Queen Elizabeth.

“That will be her prep this time unless things change, which they often do with horses and Chris will make those calls.

“She is nominated for the Australian Cup (Gr.1, 2000m) and for the All-Star Mile (1600m) but they seem unlikely, to be honest.

“I think she would prefer to stay in Sydney, especially with a bit of aqua around.”

Meanwhile, Bishara, who trains at Ardmore Lodge in Auckland,

is looking forward to a new campaign for Verry Elleegant’s brother Verry Flash, amongst a select team of horses.

“I’ve just started back with about 10 horses after avoiding the firmer ground over the last few months,” he said.

“We pulled the pin early.

“I have three to trial at Avondale at the end of this month but I don’t know if I will be trialling them up unless we get a bit of

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9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open every Thursday and Saturday with almost 1000 different toys to choose from for hire. 106 Victoria Street, The Triangle, Ashburton.

give in the track.”

Bishara is pleased with Verry Flash, with the five-year-old gelding likely to be aimed at winter targets at his favourite Rotorua track.

“He loves Rotorua,” Bishara said. “He would be unbeaten there but he was unlucky in the Staphanos Classic (Listed, 1950m) where he got caught up and never saw daylight, so the Rotorua Cup (Gr.3, 2200m) is his aim.”

February 12 & 13, 2020 Hall (excludes school holidays).

9.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercise, 48 Allens Rd, Allenton.

9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN OPPORTUNITY SHOP. Open daily from 9.30am - 4pm and Saturday 9.30am - 1pm. 129 Tancred St. 9.45am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton lounge, RSA Cox Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercises, ring Age Concern 308 6917. Buffalo Lodge hall, Cox Street.

10.30am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display.

Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Seated class for people with limited mobility. $3 per session. MSA Social Hall, Havelock St (excludes school holidays).

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

1.15pm (for draw) WAIREKA GOLF CROQUET. Golf Croquet doubles, new players welcome. Waireka, Philip Street.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercises, for more details phone, Age Concern 308-6917. Buffalo Lodge hall, Cox Street.

6.30pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS.

Beginners learn to line dance with instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813 131.

Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Opening night with a guest speaker.

Bring a friend. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

7.30pm - 9pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. Low intermediate level with instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813 131. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7pm - 9pm ASHBURTON UKELELE CLUB. Music group. Savage Club Hall, Cox St.

9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN OPPORTUNITY SHOP. Open daily from 9.30am - 4pm and Saturday 9.30am - 1pm. 129 Tancred St. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities to help with balance. $3 per session. MSA Social hall (excludes school holidays).

11am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO.

Gentle exercise, all abilities welcome, phone Age Concern 308 6817 for more information. Church of the Holy Spirit hall, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE SECTION. Club days Tuesday and Thursday.

Boules will be supplied, all welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercise, all abilities welcome, phone Age Concern 308 6817 for more information. St Peter’s Church, 93 Harrison Street, Allenton.

1.30pm LITTER FREE ASHBURTON VOLUNTEERS. Meet East Street chess board opposite Burnett Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercise, all abilities welcome, phone Age Concern 308 6817 for more information. Buffalo Lodge Hall. Cox Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display.

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Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERER’S GUILD. You are welcome to bring your embroidery and join an afternoon of stitching and friendship. Senior Centre, 206 Cameron Street, Ashburton.

5pm - 7pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Social Golf Croquet during our beautiful summer evenings, new players welcome to come and have a go!

Waireka, Philip Street.

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ISR IPS Ashburton He Waka Tapu

Accounts Administrator

Butcher’s Assistant

Full time

Do you have a passion for the meat industry?

Looking for an opportunity to progress.

Key duties:

The Ashburton Guardian is a long standing, family owned, community newspaper that has been an integral part of the Ashburton community for over 140 years.

• Making small goods • Preparing quantity and quality cuts of meat • Customer service

This role sits within a small, friendly, supportive team with extensive knowledge of the business and its operation.

Do you have experience in the meat industry and an understanding in the safe food practices?

If you are looking to keep busy with variety and the opportunity to progress this could be the role for you.

Do you have physical stamina and strength and able to work under pressure at a fast pace with high quality output?

Specific aspects of the role will include: • Accounts payable • Fortnightly payroll and associated HR tasks • Statutory IRD returns • Month end reconciliations

Are you proud of your trade and work?

- then we want to hear from you.

Shop Assistant

We are looking for a flexible and adaptable accounts-all-rounder that stands out from the crowd! This role reports directly to the General Manager/Financial Controller.

Due to an increase in demand for Netherby Meats quality products we are now seeking someone with exceptional customer service for front of house as well as packaging and making of orders.

Your skills and experience will include: • Minimum two years relevant work experience and familiarity with accounting packages • Advanced user of Microsoft Office suite • Self-managing with analytical and logical problem solving skills • Excellent oral and written communication skills To apply, please email your CV, cover letter and relevant work references to: barbara.a@theguardian.co.nz Please note only New Zealand residents will be considered for this role.

If you have excellent numeracy skills and can pay attention to detail we want to hear from you.

TRADES, SERVICES

HIRE GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Street. Open Monday-Friday 7am - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm. Phone 308 8061 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

He Waka Tapu offer: • Competitive remuneration • Strong management that provides coaching and support • Multiple professional development options • Opportunities for staff to contribute in their areas of strength Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

To apply include your CV and a cover letter.

If you have any questions contact: Beatrice Brown Whānau Manager on 022 043 5384

PUBLIC NOTICES

Compliance Manager The Advance Ashburton Leader’s Scholarship is now open

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Professional window tinting for cars, homes and offices. Providing privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety and security. Phone Craig Rogers 307 6347 or 0800 TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ. www.windowtinter.co.nz

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive person with an understanding of the concept of whānau ora. It is expected that the applicants will have: • Ability to work with Māori and within a kaupapa Māori environment.

• Ability to work effectively with Māori and Pasifika people.

• Ability to work alongside whaiora in family violence.

• Ability to write assessment write and implement intervention plans.

• Full drivers licence.

Please apply with your CV and cover letter to: info@netherbymeats.co.nz

Applications close Monday, February 17, 2020.

TRADES, SERVICES

Key responsibilities for the role include: • Working with whaiora who are effected by family harm • You need to ensure you maintain safety first and a child centered focus • Support and monitor safety and risk management plans • Able to goal set and build strong relationships with others • Will have experience working with people.

Are you commited to continuing your leadership growth? Do you care about our district and want to make a difference? Apply for the $10,000 Leader’s Scholarship.

For application and eligibility criteria go to www.advanceashburton.org.nz

ENTERTAINMENT

RURAL TRADING POST GARAGE SALES

Beckley Coachlines Programme

BUHLER farm king 10”x50’ CHARITY market and garage auger with sweep hopper. sale. Pakeke Lions Charitable Please phone 027 286 3697. Trust. 9am on Saturday, ◊ CHRISTCHURCH February 29, Ashburton REBUILD TOUR Racecourse.

Donations Sunday, February 23 of saleable household, MOTORING depart 9.30am. Tour WHEEL alignments at workshop and garden items includes city centre with great prices. Maximise the accepted. Collections from the Tram option and life of your tyres with an Wednesday, February 26.

Shirley Rebuilds with alignment from Neumanns lunch at The Garden Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills FOR SALE Hotel.

Street. Phone 308 6737. PEA STRAW - conventional bales $6 delivered. Pea Straw ◊ OPERATUNITY - medium square bales $45 February 19. “Tribute to delivered. Pea Vine Hay Glen Miller”.

Round bales $90 delivered.

Enquiries, please phone For bookings Andrew 020 402 33792. phone 308 7646 73St, Burnett Ashburton Members I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet Ltd. LevelSt, 2, 73 St,|Ashburton Members of NZBrokers I.B.A.N.Z & NZ Brokernet 2, 73 Level Burnett Ashburton | Members of|of I.B.A.N.Z & Level Level 2, 73 Burnett St,2, Ashburton |Burnett Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. NZ Ltd.

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Phone 021 046 4314.

The position of Compliance Manager has become available at Mountain River Processors Ltd. We are a privately owned processing plant, specialising in venison.

The ideal applicant will have experience in the meat and/or food industry and be familiar with HACCP and quality assurance systems. A background in Health and safety would also be an advantage.

The role will involve working closely with members of staff and the MPI verification agency vets that are based on plant.

Reporting to the General Manager you will be responsible for the following: ◊ Day to day management of the Company’s Risk Management Programme, including but not limited to the following: • Carrying out scheduled monthly audits, reviews and reality checks • Customer Audits • Equipment calibration • Staff training • Licensing requirements • Testing requirements • Document control • Liaising with MPI and other regulatory authorities when required ◊ Health and safety co-ordinator role ◊ Further development and implementation of systems to ensure continued compliance with legislation and overseas market requirements ◊ Resource consent monitoring Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

If you have the skills to succeed in this role please send your CV and covering letter to: The General Manager Mountain River Processors PO Box 15, Rakaia 7743 Or email to kerry.whiting@mountainriver.co.nz

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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): There are questions worth answering every day, and they will be answered in a new way, mostly with slight differences. Though you’re coming into a cycle in which differences will be more pronounced.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’re going to have to wake yourself in the name of motivation. The truth provides just the nudge. It’s time to lead yourself away from the things you’re doing that run counter to your own best interests.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): There are different theories about forgiveness. Some shun the idea completely. Some insist it’s the answer.

Either way, most would agree it’s a lighter way to go than carrying a grudge.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): To find out what your love language is, look at the last time you were hurt in love. Then look at how you expressed love to another person. These indicators point to the style you’d be most receptive to.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Children go to school and, hopefully, learn how to learn. What to learn is a different story, subject to debate. You’re convinced you don’t know the right things, but you know how to figure them out.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): If you believe you don’t know what you’re doing and then get evidence that supports that belief, frustration sets in. This is the point when many would give up. All of this can be figured out, if only you don’t quit.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): There are those you admire and doing so seems to feed you on some level.

Then there are others you admire that verges on upset. Don’t focus there. It helps nothing.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): It’s not that you want to move faster, it’s just that you need to get more done and that seems like the obvious way. Then again, you could add more people to the mix. That would be the fun way!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’ll be caught between wanting to give and realising the cost, which even the smallest interaction will have. Most of the expense will be worthwhile. Still, you can’t spend quality time with everyone.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Some topics go obviously with you. Anyone getting to know you will be moved to ask about them. Your discussion on these topics will be important to your business and to how you think about yourself.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Perhaps a part of you is afraid of another more aggressive part of you, and there’s been some you-on-you bullying. The good news is there’s also a mediator in there to work things out.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Sometimes people get to the top and forget the small steps it took to get there, encouraging with unhelpful platitudes.

You’ll provide more useful help by imparting smaller and more specific instruction.

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HARRIS, Russell Hames (OStJ) – Peacefully at Rosebank Rest Home, Ashburton on Tuesday, February 11, 2020.

Aged 68 years. Dearly loved husband of Raewyn, much loved father and father-in-law of Neil and Sarah (Woodend), Anna and Scott Wishart (Lincoln), and Martin and Jess (Christchurch), loved Grandad of Evie, and Pippa; Liam, Isla (deceased), and Zachary. Special thanks to Dr Wootton and Three Rivers Health, Palliative Care, and District Nurses for their care.

In lieu of flowers, donations to St John Ambulance, Ashburton would be appreciated and may be left at the service. Messages to: the Harris family, c/- PO Box 6035, Ashburton 7742. A service to celebrate Russell’s life will be held at the Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road, Ashburton on FRIDAY, February 14, at 1.00pm, followed by interment in the Ashburton Cemetery.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 17.3 19.3 Max to 4pm 7.5 Minimum 3.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.2 16hr to 4pm February to date 24.4 Avg Feb to date 19 2020 to date 31.2 77 Avg year to date Wind km/h SE 15 At 4pm Strongest gust SE 31 Time of gust 3:54pm

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Antonio Banderas, Olga Kurylenko. 11am Elvis Goes There – Ryan Coogler MC 2019 Documentary.

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10:20 Action Point 16VLSC 2018 Comedy.

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3:55 American Hustle ML 2013 Drama. Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams.

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6am The Breakdown 7am Super Rugby – Highlanders v Sharks (RPL) 9am Super Rugby – Chiefs v Crusaders (RPL) 11am Super Rugby – Waratahs v Blues (RPL) 1pm Super Rugby – Jaguares v Hurricanes (RPL) 3pm The Breakdown 4pm Rugby Nation 5pm Women’s Six Nations – France v Italy (HLS) 5:30 Women’s Six Nations – Scotland v England (HLS) 6pm Women’s Six Nations – Ireland v Wales (HLS) 6:30 The Breakdown 7:30 Six Nations – France v Italy (HLS) From the Stade de France, Paris.

8pm Six Nations – Ireland v Wales (HLS) From Aviva Stadium, Dublin.

8:30 Six Nations – Scotland v England (HLS) From Murrayfield, Edinburgh.

9pm Women’s Six Nations – France v Italy (HLS) From Stade Beaublanc, Limoges.

9:30 Women’s Six Nations – Scotland v England (HLS) 10pm Women’s Six Nations – Ireland v Wales (HLS) 10:30 The Breakdown 11:30 Rugby Nation

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5pm Simply Nigella 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 Jade Fever 7pm Jade Fever 7:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle Ben Fogle investigates people who have opted out of the daily grind to live in challenging and unlikely destinations.

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7am ICC U19 World Cup (HLS) Final – India v Bangladesh.

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5am L South Africa v England First T20.

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5:40 Railroad Australia PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Homestead Haul.

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SUN SHINES ON TENNIS REPS

By Adam Burns

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The sun shone on Mid Canterbury during representative tennis action over the weekend.

Reps from both the senior and junior levels took centre court at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre on Sunday.

Mid Canterbury’s seniors proved too good for the Hurunui/ Town side.

Later, the juniors maintained their unbeaten run as they defeated South Canterbury.

The seniors’ doubles teams got proceedings under way in the morning session.

They followed the seniors’

seven-matches-to-five win over South Canterbury on Friday.

Jason Feutz and Lee Gilbert were taken to a tiebreaker in their match but got home in the deciding exchanges.

Robbie Bennett and Phil Crozier won in straight sets, while Gary McCann and Dennis Taylor went down 4-6, 2-6 in their meeting.

The women’s doubles teams also enjoyed a two-games-to-one win over their opposition, courtesy of wins for Karen Tait and Erin Tasker and Sue Latham and Lynda Scott.

Town nabbed two wins in the mixed doubles, however Mid

Mid Canterbury 12s representative Ashleigh Houston in action during her straight sets win over Charlotte Munro on Sunday.

PHOTO ROBYN HOOD Canterbury dominated the remaining four fixtures in the category.

Robbie Bennett and Dianna Leonard, Crozier and Tasker, McCann and Latham and Dennis Taylor and Scott led the way in the mixed doubles, ensuring an eight-matches-to-four score line.

The junior reps continued on their merry way, hammering home the advantage against their South Canterbury counterparts.

The Mid Canterbury 12s did it comfortably, winning 13 matches to three.

Jake Parsons, Drew Gilbert, Ashton Cromie and Seb van Rooyen all won their singles encounters.

Things were more even on the girls’ side of the draw. Isabel Brook and Ashleigh Houston registered straight-set wins, but Ruby Giera and Kate Taylor went down in their fixtures. Drew Gilbert and Jake Parsons won their doubles match-up, as did Aston Cromie and Seb van Rooyen.

The mixed doubles teams hit top form to sweep their rivals four games to nil.

The local 10s exhibited a similar dominance against their southern rivals, winning 12 matches to four.

However, the hosts did not have it all their own way throughout the afternoon.

The Mid Canterbury 14s went down to their South Canterbury counterparts 11 matches to five in their respective categories, where the visitors tasted victory in each format, a contrast to what generally had been a profitable day for Mid Canterbury overall on court.

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