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Rally against changes

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

Protestors used themselves, placards, banners and even a tank to voice their concerns over proposed changes to firearms legislation in Ashburton on Saturday morning.

Hundreds of protestors gathered to march from the Ashburton RSA to West Street on Saturday, and while the crowd was not as large as their first rally held on the same day as the santa parade last year, organiser Bob McDonald was still pleased with the turnout.

“It was a good crowd, probably not as big as the last one but everyone was really involved with the messages we were trying to get across,” he said.

National MP and police spokesman Brett Hudson attended the event in place of the absent Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon who had another engagement, and spoke to the crowd for nearly half an hour, which was well received, said McDonald.

“He was really well received and probably spoke for 25 to 30 minutes and was talking about the things that people wanted to hear,” he said.

“It was just a shame there weren’t any other political parties there to make their case.”

The event was also attended by both major television news stations.

McDonald said while they are a group of ordinary kiwis with firearms licences, he said the tank was brought along to hopefully draw more attention to what they were doing, which worked, with some people stopping to see what was happening.

“There are 250,000 licensed firearms owners in the country but 90 per cent of them are not paying attention on this issue whatsoever and we need to get their attention,” he said.

McDonald said it was a good mix of people who attended including women and a large number of children under the age of 15 making up about one-third of the attendees.

Signs and placards carried by protestors included messages like “we want democracy, not a police state”, “not make NZ safer” and “target criminals, not us. he does the crime, we do the time” referencing the March 15 terror attack that triggered large changes to firearm legislation including a mass buy-back of weapons made prohibited by the Government.

The main issues licence holders have with the legislation is around the introduction of a firearms register and not allowing people to shoot targets on private land that is not a firing range.

“There is not data out there to prove that a registration system works,” he said.

McDonald said it has been a rushed and poorly written piece of legislation that needs more work, and that they would continue to protest it going forward.

Protestors of all ages showed up to the rally to protest against proposed firearms law changes.

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■■ ASHBURTON ART GALLERY

Gallery fundraising hampered

By Sue Newman

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Resource consents are hampering the Ashburton Art Gallery’s ability to attract people into the doors.

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■■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

Tight resource consent conditions are hampering Ashburton’s Art Gallery in its efforts to raise money and become more self-supporting, says its manager-curator.

The Ashburton District Council provides the gallery with $395,000 a year, with other income from shop sales, general fundraising, exhibition rental and donations. The potential is there, Shirin Khosraviani says, both to better promote the gallery visually and to hold more fund raising events, but both activities are severely limited by terms in its resource consent.

In her six-monthly report to Ashburton District councillors, Khosrviani said she was often told by visitors that they had driven past the gallery, unaware it existed because of poor signage. The resource consent, however, made it clear that only one sandwich board could be placed on the pavement and that was often missed by motorists, she said.

“If we had really effective signage, we’d double our visitor numbers,” she said.

Under the resource consent additional signs, banners, flags or advertising devices, whether fixed to the exterior of the building or free standing, are listed as banned.

That restrictive consent, signed in 2011, also dictates the events that can be held in the gallery. It limits these to no more than 18 in the gallery and six in the ground floor museum. In addition no more than three of these can generate more than 100 visitors to the

site In addition there are tight rules around the times these can be held.

When councillors asked Khosraviani about other funding sources such as hosting events in the gallery space, she said she had no option but to comply with the terms of the resource consent.

“It’s worded very clearly about what we are allowed to do and what we are not, but the events we have held have been very successful. People have a lot of good ideas for fundraising and they feel a sense of frustration when we can’t do them,” she said.

The inability to fundraise also meant she had difficulty in paying her staff appropriately, Khosraviani said.

“Our challenge is in being able to generate our own income.”

With the support of the council, a living wage was now paid to gallery staff, but there was a significant gap between what they could earn at other similar sized galleries and what they were earning in Ashburton, she said.

“These are all professional people with degrees and it makes it hard to retain staff.”

The terms of the art gallery and museum’s resource consent were driven by a group of neighbours who took the council to the Environment Court over the project.

The consent cannot be amended without the prior written approval of those neighbours until the expiry of a 10 year period after the building opened its doors. This occured in February 2014.

Ashburton College dux in top 3% in country Ashburton College’s Dux of 2019 has ranked in the top 3 per cent nationwide for his areas of study last year.

Ben Holland passed his physics scholarship exam, and has been named as a 2019 Outstanding Scholar Award winner for accounting and economics.

Most notably, he achieved the Top Subject Scholarship Award for economics.

In addition to achieving a Level 3 Excellence endorsement in his five NCEA subjects, Ben sat scholarship exams in accounting, economics and physics.

These results place him in about the top 3 per cent of Year 13 students in the country who studied these subjects, and will see him attend the Top Scholar Award Ceremony which will be hosted at Parliament in May. NZQA Deputy Chief Executive Assessment, Kristine Kilkelly, says that the New Zealand scholarship is regarded as the most prestigious secondary school award in the country.

“It is designed to challenge the very best students and offers financial rewards for those going on to full time tertiary study in New Zealand,” she said.

For his efforts, Holland will receive a scholarship of $5000 each year for up to three years of his tertiary study.

He is enrolled at Canterbury University to study a bachelor of commerce, majoring in accounting and finance, and has commenced his studies.

In achieving this success, Holland said would like to acknowledge the assistance he received from Ashburton College teachers Bryan Bell (physics), Clair Bedward (accounting), and Ange Mitchell (economics).

In turn, Ashburton College acknowledges Ben’s stellar academic career at college and the input of the teaching staff which enabled extension to this exceptionally high level.

A top result in New Zealand exceeds the word ‘impressive!’ the school newsletter said.

Right - Ashburton College’s top student for 2019, dux Ben Holland (left) has been recognised as the national outstanding scholar award winner for accounting and economics.

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■■ DUCK RACE

Duck race draws big crowds

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

The weather might have been better suited to actual ducks, but that did nothing to dampen the spirits of a big crowd at the 13th annual Phat Duck Hokonui Duck Race.

Held in drizzly conditions at the Phat Duck on Friday night, the large crowds still lined Mill Creek to watch the rubber ducks take to the water, much to the surprise of organisers.

Hokonui’s Carol Johns said they had wondered if the crowds may not be as strong as previous years.

“We had a huge turnout once again and the weather certainly didn’t curb any enthusiasm,” she said.

Johns said the crowd was similar if not bigger than last year’s event, with people coming from outside the district to attend.

“There was a woman there from Christchurch who had won a duck and won a prize from the Ashburton Trust Event Centre and she was saying she will have to come back down to watch the show she won tickets to,” she

said. With the event continually growing each year, Johns put the success down to the event being about so much more than just a number of rubber ducks racing down Mill Creek.

“It has become a real social event where people catch-up each year, almost like it has replaced the Boxing Day Races,” she said.

“Everyone comes down to catch-up each year and there are really good prizes available as well for free.”

The town goes duck crazy in the build-up to the event, with Hokonui staff unable go out without someone mentioning to them how they need to win a duck.

This was done either by successfully phoning in to radio announcers Phill Hooper or Peter Mac at the right time, or being the lucky person selected from hundreds commenting on social media.

From the time Hooper gets into work each morning at 4.30am, his phone would be ringing with hopeful duck race contenders, and he will get more than 300 submissions for each duck draw.

Crowds watch on as the ducks make their way down Mill Creek in the 13th annual Phat Duck Hokonui Duck Race on Friday night.

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In brief Restoration work Flood protection restoration may cost in the order of $1 million at the Rangitata River following the December flood. Environment Canterbury has reported that the work of reinstating banks and vegetated berms, which are crucial for erosion reduction and overflow protection, was under discussion by varied agencies. The flood disconnected State Highway One for three days in early December after six days of heavy rain in the river’s catchment and three high-river flows. During the third high flow on December 8, the flow stayed over 2000 cumecs for 10 hours, an extremely intense flow for the river. The flood protection scheme is designed to withstand about 1500 cumecs.

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The Dubliner owner/operator Gary Manning with his latest toilet redesign.

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■■ THE DUBLINER

Trump returns to Methven After making an infamous debut in a Methven pub, the President of the United States Donald Trump has made a return as the centre of attention in The Dubliner Irish Bar and Restaurant’s restroom facilities.

In February 2019, a giant decal image of US President Donald Trump was unceremoniously ripped from the men’s toilet urinal at The Dubliner Bar & Restaurant located in Methven, Mt Hutt. The key suspects at the time were two disgruntled elder-

ly American gentlemen. Local police were notified however were unable to apprehend the culprits who were believe to be walking the Te Araroa track.

Given that the president is currently running for a second term in the oval office, owner operators Gary and Karen Manning decided it was time to reinstate him at The Dubliner.

“The Dubliner has had so many requests from customers, we’ve decided to give Donald a second term. We’d like to in-

vite anybody to come along and spend a penny. This time we’ve extended things into our female toilets,” the Mannings said.

The original decal became the centre of national media attention after it was ripped off the wall by an unknown assailant.

The vandalism was reported to the local police who confirmed they had been made aware of the incident but could offer no further information.

Manning did some sleuthing of his own and was reasonably

certain he found out who was responsible.

“We had two elderly American gentlemen in here on Friday night and one of them was seen acting a bit suspiciously around the toilet area,” he said at the time.

“I’ve since been able to find out that they are walking through the South Island and that they stayed the night at a local accommodation venue and were heard to be boasting about doing something at the Dubliner.”

■■DOUBLE HOMICIDE

Police seek sightings of car linked to homicide NZME Police have released a photo of a car believed to be linked to Tuesday’s double homicide in Tauranga, which has been followed by two more deaths.

The shootings at McLaren Falls left two men, aged 43 and 32, dead.

A suspect in the double shooting was then shot dead by police on Thursday night after firing at officers up to 20 times.

On Saturday a woman’s body was discovered in a house in Lynwood, and police said they believe her death is linked to the shootings.

Police are now appealing for sightings of a vehicle – a blue Ford Territory Ghia AWD, with the registration plate CDE931 – which may be linked to the deaths at McLaren Falls.

They believe the car may be in Auckland but say it could be anywhere.

Anyone with information is asked to call 105, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, and quote file number 200211/5109.

A 25-year-old Bay of Plenty man appeared in court in Christchurch on Saturday charged with double murder. Name suppression was given to him and the victims.

Saturday night’s big Powerball prize has eluded players and jackpots again to Wednesday night’s draw when it will be worth $30 million. One Saturday Lotto ticket is worth $1 million – winning Division One. That winning ticket was bought from Village Post Temuka. Also jackpotting to Wednesday night: Strike Four, which will be worth $600,000 after nobody struck it on Saturday night. If it is struck on Wednesday, it would be the equal third biggest Powerball win from a single ticket.

Previously a $30m jackpot was claimed in September 2017.

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Scholarship launched The family of the teenager who died after being crushed at a student party are opening a scholarship in her name. The Sophia Michelle McMillan Crestani Scholarship fund reached its target of $50,000 just before Christmas.

Sophia’s mother, Elspeth McMillan, told the Herald on Sunday she was overwhelmed and wanted to thank everyone who kindly donated. Sophia Crestani, 19, was in her second year at the university when she died on October 5 last year in a Dundas St flat known as “The Manor”, a 114-year-old villa notorious for hosting student - NZME parties.

Students in limbo Thousands of students aren’t sure if they will make it to class on time because of travel restrictions in response to the coronavirus, and universities and polytechnics stand to lose more than $100 million if the restrictions continue, a sector spokesmperson warns. Health minister David Clark has extended a ban on foreigners entering the country if they are coming from or through mainland China, until February 24. Though this is being reviewed every two days.

The travel ban will throw many students’ plans into disarray. Some polytech courses have already begun, and some universities start their first semester today.

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Lotto results

Police are seeking sightings of a blue Ford Territory Ghia AWD with the registration CDE931, as part of their investigation into a Tauranga double homicide.

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Official Lotto results for draw number 1934 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 2, 4, 10, 17, 29, 31.

Bonus number: 5.

Powerball winning number: 1.

Strike: 31, 10, 4, 17.

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■■ FIRE AND EMERGENCY

■■INJURED WELDER

Firefighters crack 800 calls

Outpouring of support for welder and family

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

Mid Canterbury’s firefighters have once again cracked 800 call outs for a year, attending 802 in 2019.

The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade led the number of callouts, attending 333, according to statistics released to the Ashburton Guardian under the Official Information Act. While the Ashburton brigade attended the most call-outs in the district, the Lake Clearwater Voluntary Rural Fire Force was the quietest in the district, attending two call-outs, one in April and one in December.

The majority of the the district’s voluntary rural fire forces attended more call-outs in 2019 than they did in the year before.

The Hinds Voluntary Rural Fire Force increased from 35 call-outs in 2018 to 42 in 2019, while the Lauriston Voluntary Rural Fire Force had the biggest jump from 24 in 2018 to 39 in 2019.

Hinds Voluntary Rural Fire Force Chief Fire Officer Dave Kingsbury said the numbers could show big increases and decreases year-by-year.

“The most important thing is that we have got the equipment and are here to protect our community,” he said.

Kingsbury said he would be more than happy to never have had to attend a call-out in a year, but unfortunately that will never

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Firefighters attended more than 800 call-outs in 2019. happen.

“There are some jobs you go out, have a look at and drive back or you can be out for a couple of hours,” he said.

The busiest month of the year in the district for call-outs in 2019 was February, with firefighters called out a total of 112 times.

The quietest came in August, where firefighters attended 42 call-outs.

Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade 2018:175 2019:172 Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade 2018:76 2019: 84 Hinds Voluntary Rural Fire Force 2018:35 2019: 42

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Lauriston Voluntary Rural Fire Force 2018:24 2019: 39 Mayfield Voluntary Rural Fire Force 2018: 23 2019: 29 Pendarves Voluntary Rural Fire Force 2018: 23 2019: 31 Willowby Voluntary Rural Fire Force 2018: 22 2019: 20 Mount Somers Voluntary Rural Fire Force 2018: 11 2019: 19

■■GANG BRAWL

One person injured following mob fight NZME Police and St John ambulance yesterday responded to reports of a large mob fight between a group of 15 to 20 Mongrel Mob

gang members in Maraenui, Napier.

Initial reports suggested the brawl occurred between rival gangs but police later said it was members of just one gang fight-

ing themselves.

Hawke’s Bay Today understands Mongrel Mob members were involved in the brawl which occurred in Percy Spiller Avenue, just off Masefield Avenue yester-

The Mongrel Mob gang pad on Percy Spiller Aveue in Napier where the brawl broke out.

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day. Police Minister and Napier MP Stuart Nash said the violence was “totally unacceptable”.

“It is one of the reasons why I set up a gang focus unit, which has made more than a hundred gang-related arrests.”

Nash said the incident will attract the full force of police but that the public need to come forward with information to help them.

“I urge anyone with information about gangs, firearms or drugs to contact police immediately, anonymously if necessary, to help police in their work to prevent offending,” he said.

“Police cannot do this on their own and it needs a whole of community response.”

He said in just six months the gang unit seized dozens of illegal firearms, more than a kilo of methamphetamine, more than $250,000 in cash, dozens of vehicles and tens of thousands of dollars in other assets as police go after the proceeds of crime.

Police were notified about the incident at 12.03pm.

One man received moderate injuries as a result of the brawl and was transported to the Hawke’s Bay Hospital.

It is understood baseball bats were used in the brawl.

The family members of a young Wairarapa man who was seriously injured in a workplace accident are overwhelmed by the outpouring of support they have received from their local community—and from people around the world.

Twenty-year-old welder Aiden Sawyer was knocked on both sides of his head after a truck tray he was working on at his Masterton workplace tipped.

He was knocked unconscious and placed in an induced coma.

He was flown by helicopter to Wellington Hospital where he remains in a coma in critical condition.

Sawyer’s aunt Koren Sutherland set up a givealittle page to raise funds for his recovery—and the page has been flooded with 232 donations, totalling almost $14,101, in just three days.

“I’ve never seen anything quite like it,” she said.

“People have obviously really appreciated [him] because the whole community in Wairarapa and beyond, and around the world, have rallied around him.”

Support for the beloved welder has come in from as far as the US, England and Finland, where Sayer is said to have chatted to other car and motorbike fanatics over Facebook. “[These are] people who’ve never met him but realise he is such a neat guy,” she added.

Sawyer is known for offering a helping hand to whoever needs it, including offering up his mechanical skills – and now, as he is the one in need, it’s clear his “helping hand” mentality is being reciprocated.

Sutherland said similar stories are likely to be told about Sawyer’s mother Vania and stepfather Craig, who operate Showcase Jewellers in Masterton.

Sutherland said the local business owners are known for “bending over backwards” for people.

In the aftermath of Sawyer’s accident, stories about his character started coming in. Sutherland describes how she heard from people who only knew him because he had visited their store to get lunch or buy something.

They told her “we just love him to pieces”.

She added: “He’s made an impression on people’s heart.”

At 20 years old, Sawyer is an anomaly, having just bought his first home last year, and chipping away at renovations ever since.

As well as his adeptness working on cars, he has an “amazing skill” with the camera, his givealittle page states.

Sawyer’s family is taking his recovery day-by-day and focusing on the positives with “lots of laughter”.

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Busy two months for Timaru pilot Timaru’s Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) NH90 pilot Flight Lieutenant Andrew Stewart has had a frenetic two months.

First he was involved in a challenging search and rescue mission, then provided air support for the Australian bushfires and last week flew elderly rest home residents to safety during the Southland floods.

Flight Lieutenant Stewart, 28, a member of No. 3 Squadron at Base Ohakea in Manawatu, said the work was exactly why he joined the RNZAF 12 years ago.

“It was to do these sorts of operations and help people in times of need.”

Flight Lieutenant Stewart grew up in Timaru and joined the RNZAF shortly after turning 17.

“Being a pilot is what I always wanted to do,” he said.

On December 30, about 1.30am, Flight Lieutenant Stewart and an NH90 crew flew to the Hutt River Gorge in Upper Hutt, where a man and five children were stranded.

A police search and rescue team had reached them, but the group was exhausted and wet, so was unable to walk out.

With low cloud, rain and strong wind in the narrow gorge the conditions could not have been worse, Flight Lieutenant Stewart said.

“But we train for these situations, and that training kicked in.”

A medic was lowered to the group and she was able to get

FLTLT Andrew Stewart has had a busy start to the year. He was involved with the White Island explosion, the Australian bush fires, and now the floods in Southland.

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them winched into the helicopter and flown to nearby Kaitoke Campground, where the group was staying.

Last month Flight Lieutenant Stewart was deployed to Australia to help in the bushfire efforts.

He flew rescue fire service workers around high-risk areas, looking for smoke and fires that had flared up. He also transported Australian fire and rescue service members and Australian Army soldiers around the area.

“The hardest thing for me to comprehend was the scale of the fires,” he said. They were massive, and they were happening across such large areas across a lot of the country, stretching the country’s resources thin.

“It was great to help our Australian friends on such a big operation.”

The biggest challenge as a pilot was the reduced visibility in the smoke, he said. Trapped by inversion, the smoke could be up to 200 kilometres from the fire itself, with visibility down to one to two kilometres.

“The unpredictability of the smoke was also a challenge, plus around the fires themselves there were extra hazards of other fire-bombing and spotting aircraft. I’ve never worked on anything on this scale.”

Shortly after returning from Australia, Flight Lieutenant Stewart was sent to Southland after the recent flooding.

“We evacuated 20 residents of a rest home in Wyndham and took them to Invercargill Hospital. The oldest we had on board was 102,” he said.

“We also delivered food and water to where it was needed and flew some reconnaissance with the Civil Defence Emergency Management team. The following day we flew the Minister of Civil Defence around the area.”

Seeing the scale of the flooding across farmland was distressing to see, he said.

“It was tough seeing how difficult it will be for the farmers in the months ahead, with land covered in water and baleage that had floated away. There were also bridges that had been taken out by the floods. It was quite a sight.”

■■GREAT WALK TRACKS

Track closures could cost DOC over $1 million NZME The Department of Conservation could lose over a million dollars in refunds for hikers after storm damage forced the closure of two hugely popular Great Walk tracks.

And economic impacts to the local tourism industry are also still being assessed, with private guiding companies, transport operators and accommodation providers affected.

DOC announced the world famous Routeburn Track will be closed for the “foreseeable future” and Milford Track until at least the end of February, following the devastating storm that saw over a metre of rain fall in parts of Fiordland in just over a 60-hour period causing major flooding and landslides, trapping hundreds of tourists and trampers.

Great Walks the Routeburn and Milford suffered major damage, with dozens of visitors needing to be evacuated by helicopter.

On the Routeburn, a landslide crashed through Howden Hut, with a hiker – one of 31 seeking shelter inside – telling the Herald it was lucky nobody was killed.

DOC announced last week the Routeburn would not reopen for the rest of the season – which ends on April 30 – and remain closed for the “foreseeable future”.

Howden Hut after a landslide swept through part of it on the Routeburn Track.

PHOTO NZME Both the Milford and Routeburn are incredibly popular, recording nearly 50,000 bednights between them last season raking in close to $4m in revenue for DOC. The Milford, which generally takes three nights to complete, is completely sold out for the full season from October 29 to April 30, with huts costing $70 a night for New Zealand citizens and $140 for international visitors.

The Routeburn, which is generally completed over two or three

nights, is full over most of the holiday and peak summer periods, but is largely booked out for the season. Huts there cost $65 a night for New Zealand citizens and $130 for international visitors.

Following the closures, DOC is offering refunds for 11,704 bednights on the Routeburn, worth $913,510, to the end of the season, and 3161 bednights on the Milford, worth $335,300, through to February 29.

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erations director Aaron Fleming said they were still assessing the extent of the track and infrastructure damage, and were hoping to open some sections of the tracks this season.

Parts of the Milford could be reopened once the Southland Civil Defence State of Emergency was lifted, and a decision was expected early this week, Fleming said.

Meanwhile, the Routeburn has sustained “very significant damage”, with landslides cutting off tracks and bridges and partially destroying Howden Hut. “Whatever we are able to open up won’t be the exact experience, so whoever would like a refund for those periods is able to get one.”

Last season DOC’s Great Walks pulled in over $9m in revenue – up $2.4m from the previous year, largely due to introducing differential pricing where international guests paid twice the hut rate for New Zealanders.

The losses from this season’s closures were yet to be quantified, but Fleming said “any loss of revenue” would impact their ability to run operations.

With climate change forecast to bring more severe weather to the region, Fleming said making sure infrastructure was in the right place and more resilient to weather events was a focus of their re-

build efforts.

“This has given us the opportunity to rethink some of the infrastructure out there and maybe do things differently, whether that is location of the huts or design of bridges.”

There were also plenty of other options in the area that not been closed following the storm, and Fleming encouraged those with travel plans not to cancel.

The Kepler Great Walk – DOC’s most valuable during the 2018/2019 summer season bringing in $2.17m revenue – remained open and operational although due to its popularity space was limited.

The Hump Ridge Track in southern Fiordland and Rakiura on Stewart Island were other Great Walk options, along with dozens of short hikes and day trips.

Southland District Mayor Gary Tong said the closures would impact on the guiding industry and other businesses associated with the great walks.

The district was still under a state of emergency following the flooding, with major repairs needed to the road network including the highway to Milford Sound, which is expected to cost millions.

However, he too encouraged tourists and New Zealanders alike not to cancel any travel plans.

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Policemen wearing face masks wait to direct traffic along a street during a snowfall in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province, yesterday.

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Famed anonymous street artist Banksy gained a collaborator when crude Valentine’s Day themed graffiti was added to his latest art piece. The stencilbased art appeared mid-week in the English city of Bristol, and showed a young girl firing flowers which explode in a manner similar to fireworks. The new additions to the work appear to be a pink spray painted heart and obscene slur aimed at the Bristol city council.

Kelly Woodruff, whose father owns the building the art appeared on, told the BBC her family is devastated by the vandalism, and that flowers which had been placed on the street sign have been - AP taken.

Dip in new cases AP China reported 143 virus deaths and a dip in new cases yesterday while the head of the World Health Organisation praised the country’s efforts to contain the new disease, saying they have “bought the world time” and that other nations must make the most of it.

France, meanwhile, reported Europe’s first death from the new virus, a Chinese tourist from Hubei province, where the disease emerged in December. The United States was preparing to fly home American passengers quarantined aboard a cruise ship in Japan.

China reported 2641 new cases in the 24 hours through midnight Friday, raising its total to 66,492. Mainland China’s death toll rose to 1523.

The number of new cases was down from the 5090 in the previous 24-hour period after authorities changed the basis for counting patients. Numbers of new cases have fluctuated, fueling both optimism the disease might be under control and warnings that such hopes are premature.

The UN health agency’s director-gener-

al, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urged governments to step up their efforts to prepare for the virus, saying “it’s impossible to predict which direction this epidemic will take”.

Tedros told a gathering of international foreign and security policy leaders in Germany on Saturday that WHO is encouraged there has not yet been widespread transmission outside China and that “the steps China has taken to contain the outbreak at its source appear to have bought the world time”.

“We’re encouraged that an international team of experts is now on the ground working closely with Chinese counterparts to understand the outbreak,” Tedros told the Munich Security Conference.

But he said the agency is “concerned by the continued increase in the number of cases in China,” and by reports about the number of health workers who have been infected or died.

“We’re concerned by the lack of urgency in funding the response from the international community,” Tedros said.

“We must use the window of opportunity we have to intensify our preparedness,”

he added. “China has bought the world time. We don’t know how much time.”

China’s government suspended most access to Wuhan, the city at the center of the outbreak, on January 23. Restrictions have expanded to cities with a total of 60 million people in the broadest anti-disease measures ever imposed. Restaurants, shops and other businesses nationwide were ordered to close.

The Lunar New Year holiday was extended to keep factories and offices closed, but now officials have been ordered to revive business activity as economic losses mount.

Authorities have announced measures to try to curb new infections as millions of workers crowd into planes, trains and buses to return to densely populated cities.

Under the new measures, people returning to Beijing will have to isolate themselves at home for 14 days, according to a notice. It said people who fail to comply will face legal consequences but gave no details.

COVID-19, a disease stemming from a new form of coronavirus, has spread to more than two dozen countries.

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Love Island tragedy UK TV presenter Caroline Flack has been found dead at her London flat, just one day after the boyfriend who she is alleged to have assaulted reached out to her on Instagram. Her family said in a statement today: ‘We can confirm that our Caroline passed away today on the 15th February. “We would ask that the press both respect the privacy of the family at this difficult time.” Flack was best known for previously fronting the hugely popular show Love Island UK, which has now been rocked by the third death of one of its former stars.

Contestants Mike Thalassitis and Sophie Graydon took their own lives following their appearances on the dating programme, throwing the show’s future into question.

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Prince linked to tycoon in new scandal AP A tycoon with links to Prince Andrew has been accused of raping teenagers he lured to his Bahamas mansion.

Peter Nygard, 78, allegedly told girls as young as 14 he could make them models before raping them and forcing them into performing “deviant acts”.

Andrew visited Nygard at his lavish estate in 2000, after the Canadian fashion designer had agreed out-of-court settlements with three employees who accused him of sexual harassment.

The prince and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson stayed at Nygard Cay, near Nassau, with daughters Beatrice and Eugenie.

The new case threatens further embarrassment for Andrew, who stepped back from public life last year following a backlash over his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

According to a 99-page lawsuit filed against him in New York, Nygard used his ten-bedroom mansion to host “pamper parties” for teenage girls recruited at shopping malls and fashion events.

He and his employees told the girls they could be fashion models, but then plied them with wine and drugs before Nygard allegedly raped them.

Three alleged victims were 14-year-old virgins and said they felt scared and humiliated by the attacks, which left one

needing medical treatment. The case has been brought on behalf of ten women who allege they were raped by Nygard.

Eight were teenage girls and two were adult employees on the Nassau estate.

Lawyers said Nygard ran a “decades-long sex trafficking scheme” that destroyed innocent lives.

They said he used his company’s private jet, dubbed “N-Force”, to take his victims with him on visits to London, Germany, Italy and China, and treated them as his “personal servants”.

Two yachts were allegedy used to transport drugs and liquor for the parties and Nygard was said to keep a database of 7500 potential victims.

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Five extra bachelors Producers are having a ball mixing it up on The Bachelorette and tonight they are throwing five extra bachelors into the carefully choreographed mix of matchmaking. Among the new suitors who arrive in Argentina is returning suspect Wanaka painter Elliott Gilchrist, who was the first bachelor to be eliminated, only to have Bachelorette No 1 Lesina Nakhid-Schuster secondguessing herself. There may be competition between the Bachelorettes, as No 2 Lily McManus tells Spy that Nakhid-Schuster thought he might be someone she would appreciate.

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A festival of colour Clouds of colour rained down at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday as a large crowd turned out for the Ashburton Indian Multicultural Charitable Trust’s Holi Festival of Colours. The colour festival is one of India’s most loved and most spectacular. It is also known as the festival of love. Traditionally Holi is a Hindu spring festival, and Heather Mackenzie was there to capture all of the colourful action.

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Hot off the heels of an appearance in Hollywood, New Zealand comedy magician Brendan Dooley is on his way to Vegas.

That is Ashvegas of course, as part of an Arts on Tour New Zealand itinerary taking him around venues throughout the country in March.

The 23-year-old is on his way to becoming one of the world’s top young magicians, and last month headlined the World Famous Magic Castle in Hollywood. It is a private club considered the number one place in the world for a magician to perform and the number one place for people to see the world’s best magic.

“It has been nothing short of mind blowing with the people I have been surrounded with and who have seen my show,” he posted on Facebook at the time.

“Been an intimidating feeling as I am very much the baby here, being younger by 15 to 20 years, but stoked to say the show has been amazingly well received.

“The first show was nerve wracking but solid, and got me in the flow with the second show receiving an unexpected standing ovation. Was a phenomenal 29 shows this week.”

In addition, the Christchurch-based entertainer was recently the recipient of New Zealand’s Top Comedy Magician Award, making him the youngest ever to receive it. He regularly travels around New Zealand, Australia and Asia appearing at high-end corporate events, conferences, festivals, private events and on touring shows.

Considered a master of non-traditional magic, stunts, original quick-witted comedy and cheeky pick-pocketing, Dooley is fast becoming a favourite with thousands worldwide.

He said the January 2020 stint at the World Famous Magic Castle was leading to even more tricks up his sleeve, and he could not wait to go back on tour again next month.

He will be presenting two shows all around New Zealand in March with Arts on Tour – MAYHEM! described as the ultimate kids’ show, and Cheeky, Quirky and Classy, a family show.

Both events will be open hat at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on March 13, with MAYHEM! at 4.30pm, and Cheeky, Quirky and Classy at 6.30pm.

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

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

■■ February 29 – Mickey & Michelle Tramping/Music Tour, Methven Memorial Hall, from 7pm–9pm. Harpist Michelle Doyle and violinist/vocalist Michael O’Donnell are set to embark on an epic 3000km tour of New Zealand’s ‘Te Araroa’ trail.

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male Arts Awards 2020 opening and presentation at the Ashburton Art Gallery at 7pm.

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

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

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

■■ April 5 – Mid Canterbury Choir presents Messiah, 2pm, St Stephen’s Church.

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RNZ concert controversy a mess from start to finish W

ho would have thought a business proposal to shut down a radio station could’ve resulted in protests, petitions and a former prime minister weighing on the debate.

Well that is what happened when Radio New Zealand proposed removing their concert channel and putting on an AM station in favour of a channel targeted at youth.

The proposal led to widespread outrage, with even former Prime Minister Helen Clark rolling up the legs on her business trousers and wading in to the cesspit of online debate that is Twitter.

As someone who might get described as a youth by most

people, the idea simply stunk from start to finish.

The notion that anything can be defined as ‘youth’ from the outset is silly, only overshadowed by the idea that whatever type of station they are able to roll out might be able to tackle the might of commercial radio stations targeted at the 18-25 demographic like ZM and The Edge.

Those stations do play the

latest pop songs and tug on the small throwback strings of that demographic, but they offer so much more than just music.

Their hosts have personality, the big time slots of breakfast and drive shows don’t have trendy names, they just chuck the hosts name’s together.

People tune in to hear their voicebreaks, they become emotionally invested in their lives.

They are stars of the reality television generation, except over the airwaves.

Commercial stations also have the ability to run big money promotions funded by advertising which pulls in listeners, with NZME and Mediaworks stations duking it out to see who can

come up with the most extravagant promotion possible.

It is hard to see how a publicly funded non-for-profit radio station that can’t carry advertising would have been able to compete with that.

One of the main complaints about the proposal is that it would result in more than 10 job cuts and would reduce the exposure given to New Zealand composers and musicians, which is a good point.

While I have never listened to the concert channel and doubt I ever will, it is obvious it plays an important role in many people’s lives across New Zealand.

What remains as a sticking point for me is the notion that

something can be specifically targeted at youth. Just because someone is born after 1998, does not mean they are locked in to liking one particular thing.

There are plenty of ‘young’ people who have a passion for classic cars or classical music.

If Radio New Zealand want to appeal in their roll as the state radio broadcaster, they should be broadcasting kiwi music of all genres. Be that classical, rock, pop or anything else, that should be the focus.

There are commercial radio stations and student radio stations that do this well, but to see a nationwide, dedicated station to New Zealand music would be the best move going forward.

captors).

In 1996, world chess champion Garry Kasparov beat IBM supercomputer Deep Blue, winning a six-game match in Philadelphia (however, Kasparov lost to Deep Blue in a rematch in 1997).

In 2006, ten US service members died when a pair of Marine Corps helicopters crashed off the coast of Africa.

Ten years ago: Eight American missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti were released after nearly three weeks in a Haitian jail. Americans Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso captured gold and silver in the women’s

Olympic downhill in Vancouver.

Five years ago: Vice President Joe Biden opened a White House summit on countering extremism and radicalisation, saying the United States needed to ensure that immigrants were fully included in the fabric of American society to prevent violent ideologies from taking root at home.

One year ago: In an interview airing on CBS’ 60 Minutes, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said a “crime may have been committed” when President Donald Trump fired the head of the FBI and tried to publicly undermine an investigation into

his campaign’s ties to Russia.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Hal Holbrook is 95. Actor-comedian Barry Humphries (aka Dame Edna) is 86. Country singersongwriter Johnny Bush is 85.

Actress Christina Pickles is 85.

Actress Brenda Fricker is 75.

Actress Becky Ann Baker is 67.

Actress Rene Russo is 66. Actor Richard Karn is 64. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is 58. Movie director Michael Bay is 56.

Singer Chante Moore is 53. Rock musician Timothy J. Mahoney is 50. Actor Dominic Purcell is 50.

Actress Denise Richards is 49.

Rock singer-musician Billie Joe Armstrong is 48. Rock musician

Taylor Hawkins is 48. Actor Jerry O’Connell is 46. Country singer Bryan White is 46. Actress Kelly Carlson is 44. Actor Ashton Holmes is 42. Actor Conrad Ricamora is 41. Actor Jason Ritter is 40. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is 39. Actor Chord Overstreet is 31. Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is 29. Actress Sasha Pieterse is 24.

Thought for today: “Wounded vanity knows when it is mortally hurt; and limps off the field, piteous, all disguises thrown away. But pride carries its banner to the last; and fast as it is driven from one field unfurls it in another.” — Helen Hunt Jackson, American author (1831-1885). - AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, February 17, the 48th day of 2020. There are 318 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On February 17, 1801, the US House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president; Burr became vice president.

On this date: In 1815, the United States and Britain exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.

In 1863, the International Red Cross was founded in Geneva.

In 1864, during the Civil War, the Union ship USS Housatonic was rammed and sunk in Charleston Harbour, South Carolina, by the Confederate hand-cranked submarine HL Hunley in the first naval attack of its kind; the Hunley also sank.

In 1873, Aucklanders awoke to the alarming news that a Russian warship had entered Auckland Harbour undetected and landed troops.

In 1933, Newsweek magazine was first published under the title News-Week.

In 1944, during World War Two, US forces invaded Eniwetok Atoll, encountering little initial resistance from Imperial Japanese troops. (The Americans secured the atoll less than a week later.)

In 1965, comedian Joan Rivers made her first appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon departed the White House with his wife, Pat, on a historic trip to China.

In 1986, Johnson & Johnson announced it would no longer sell over-the-counter medications in capsule form, following the death of a woman who had taken a cyanide-laced Tylenol capsule.

In 1988, Lt. Col. William Higgins, a Marine Corps officer serving with a United Nations truce monitoring group, was kidnapped in southern Lebanon by Iranian-backed terrorists (he was later slain by his

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Unfortunately with so many media reports on the topic and an evolving situation, confusion and misinformation can take hold.

For this reason it is very important to be guided by official advice from the Ministry of Health, which is the lead agency on such matters.

At the time of writing this column, there were no reported cases of Covid-19 here but New Zealanders travelling on a cruise ship had been infected and were receiving treatment.

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Watching the rapid spread of this particular virus serves as a reminder to us all of the threat of new bugs globally and the importance of proper hygiene such as hand-washing, avoiding touching your mouth, nose or eyes with unwashed hands, and covering your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.

It is important that New Zealand takes precautions to minimise the risk of the disease arriving in or spreading in New Zealand.

It is equally important, however, that we do not succumb to fear-based actions and that we look to sources such as the Ministry of Health for good information.

There have been anecdotal reports of people using the coronavirus outbreak as justification for making racist comments.

There is absolutely no excuse for such behaviour and I encourage anyone who hears such comments to shut them down immediately.

Some unscrupulous individuals based overseas have also apparently been using this situation as an opportunity to try and create division within our communities by sending scam emails alleging racist interchanges that have in fact never occurred.

In addition to the health and social impacts of this disease outbreak, Covid-19 is undoubtedly going to have serious impacts on our economy, particularly on our tourism and export industries.

All of these impacts will need to be carefully managed.

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The Dead Sea in Jordan is 420 metres below sea level.

Dead Sea a loving cocoon

By Juliette Sivertsen

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’m alone in the sea and I can’t touch the bottom.

I lean a little to the left and suddenly tip over on to my belly, flapping my arms and stretching my neck, desperate to keep my face out of the water. I quickly do a sideways wriggle on to my back to stabilise, and giggle to myself at the absurd sensation.

There’s no one around. I let out a guffaw.

The dawn light radiates a faint cotton-candy glow in the sky above the Dead Sea. In a few hours, there’ll be barely room to move.

Hordes of tourists staying at fancy resorts on the banks, will be posing and snapping their cameras for the obligatory floating pictures. The cordoned-off area in the water will be squished with buoyant bodies, voices marvelling and laughing at the bizarre sensation of bobbing in water that is 10 times saltier than the ocean.

We’d driven past sea level the previous day. Now, in this landlocked body of water, I’m 420 metres below. The lowest point on earth.

Nothing of size can survive in this liquid environment - which fluctuates around 31 per cent salinity - apart from bacteria, some algae and micro-organisms.

The salt water is hailed for its therapeutic properties and tourists flock to the area and its stifling heat every day for a dip in nature’s spa pool. We’d arrived

too late to swim the night before, as patrols close the area each evening, but at 6.30am, the earliest time guests are allowed to enter each day, I’m the only one here under the dusky pink skies.

There are no ripples in the water. Just stillness. The bathlike temperature makes it hard to determine which parts of my skin are underwater and which are warmed by the air. The water feels like a motherly cocoon - as though Jordan is showing me her love and affection.

I switch between a semi-prone position on my back with my knees and feet poking through the surface of the water, and floating cross-legged, using my arms for balance.

But trying to move into any other position takes a lot of effort.

It’s a bit like trying to swim forward while wearing a scuba diving buoyancy vest.

Any attempts at breaststroke risk a mild back injury because of how floaty all your limbs suddenly become. My spine is not bendy enough to achieve the required banana position of both head and legs at the surface to float on my stomach - at least, not without enduring the searing stinging pain of extreme salt water in my eyes.

After a few attempts to find the perfect Dead Sea paddle, I discover the optimal way to manoeuvre through the water is on my back, gently flapping my arms like a turtle.

My skin feels buttery in the

Floating in the Dead Sea is akin to swimming in a scuba diving buoyancy vest. water, as though I’ve slathered myself with baby oil before entering the sea. My forehead remains glowing with sweat from the walk down from the resort. I wonder how long I can safely stay in the water before the salt has depleted my own water stores.

If anything, there are therapeutic properties in simply floating, breathing, and taking in the brightening morning skies.

Over the next 30 minutes, small figures in the distance grow larger and the sun loungers begin to fill up with towels and

possessions. The water becomes busier and the stillness I had experienced at dawn has faded; the softness in the sky becomes harsher as the sun rises above the hills.

Tourists’ bodies bob in the water, then become blackened with mud as they cover themselves head to toe in the allegedly therapeutic sludge, letting it dry on their skin before washing off to reveal a silky glow underneath.

Later I do the same, with members of my group who have also arrived to test the waters.

We share laughs and photo-

graphs with one another, posing next to each other in our muddied suits, pretending to wrestle.

I’m thirsty now.

I need to wash off the mud and salt, and down copious amounts of water to replenish whatever has been sucked away in the sea.

Once rinsed off my skin feels soft, but in need of a thorough moisturise.

From the balcony from my room, I look beyond the tourists out to the stretch of sea, which remains quiet and unmoving.

Jordan’s loving cocoon, embracing all those who enter.

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Kobe casts big shadow

Hampstead too hot It was a softballing extravaganza at Argyle Park on Saturday. Not only was there club softball but a Have a Go day was held for Under-11 tee ball and slowpitch which included drills and a game for the budding players. In senior club results, Hampstead Heat trounced the Demon Renegades 17-2 in a one-sided affair. The Renegades were without injured star Billy Tapurau for the encounter. Fairfield beat Hampstead Inferno by default with the Inferno unable to field two women for the game. With two round robin games remaining, Fairfield top the standings, followed by the Hampstead Heat. The Renegades, Rebels and Inferno make up the remaining three spots. Fairfield Under-13 player Emily Meadows (above) in position and ready to swing during junior club softball.

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Kobe Bryant always seemed to be in top form when he stepped onto the court for the NBA All-Star Game.

The league’s current best will try to match his effort when Team LeBron and Team Giannis meet today.

The All-Star festivities returned to Chicago for the first time since 1988 when Michael Jordan beat Dominique Wilkins in a slam dunk contest that remains the standard and scored 40 points to lead the East over the West.

But Bryant is casting a huge shadow over the events this weekend, just weeks after he and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were among nine people killed when their helicopter crashed into the side of a mountain near Los Angeles.

Commissioner Adam Silver has announced that the All-Star Game MVP award has been renamed in Bryant’s memory.

“We know that he’s watching over us,” the Lakers’ LeBron James said.

“It’s our responsibility to just represent the purple and gold not only for him but for all the greats, everybody that’s ever come through the Lake Show.

“I really don’t want to sit up here and talk about it too much. It’s a very, very sensitive subject, but he’s with us every day.”

Bryant played on five NBA championship teams, won a league MVP award and two scoring titles in a career that spanned 20 seasons and has him poised to enter the Hall of Fame after he was announced Friday as one of eight finalists.

He was the youngest All-Star in league history, ranks second with 18 selections and took game MVP honours a record-tying four times, including on his home court in 2011 when he dazzled with 37 points and 14 rebounds. Bryant scored 20 or more seven times.

“The whole thing of paying respect to Kobe is awesome, so I think it’s going to be fun,” said Toronto’s Kyle Lowry. “I’m hoping it’s really, really intense. Hopefully, we’ll give the fans one of the best All-Star Games ever.”

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Needing to beat the Cairns Taipans by noon, where a Phoenix win would have given the Breakers a play33 points to move past the off berth.

Breakers into the fourth But, that was assumand final playoff spot, the ing the Bullets wouldn’t Brisbane Bullets claimed a do the unthinkable, and remarkable 124-88 victory instead, they pulled out a to ensure that the Breakludicrous victory. ers were knocked out of It was aided by the fact playoff contention.

Cairns had nothing to The fact that the Breakplay for and thusly gave ers have missed the playtheir imports minimal offs is no surprise, but minutes once the margin the team who eventually was out of hand. sealed their exit was quite Tom Abercrombie The win saw the Bullets the shock.

With the Bullets needing such an un- move to a 15-13 record - the same at the likely win over the third-placed Taipans, Breakers, but with a superior points pereyes had turned towards Melbourne centage tiebreaker.

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Another big win for Robinson

Lisa Carrington was pushed hard by her rivals on the water, but once again proved her champion status.

■■ROWING

Double for Carrington World and Olympic champion Lisa Carrington has completed the double at the National Canoe Sprint Championship on Lake Karapiro.

Carrington won the K1 500 title yesterday to add to the K1 200 title she claimed on Friday.

In near perfect conditions, Carrington was pushed every inch of the way by her fellow New Zealand squad members Caitlin Ryan and Aimee Fisher in the 500 metre race, clocking an impres-

sive mark of 1.48.23 – a little under two seconds shy of the world best time – to retain her national crown.

In an impressive demonstration of the depth in New Zealand female paddling, Ryan earned silver in 1:50.42 with Fisher (1:52.54) completing the podium positions.

Kayla Imrie, the other member of last year’s World Cup gold medal-winning K4 500m crew, placed fourth in 1:56.37.

Carrington, who was competing in a first regatta of the year on the road to the Tokyo Olympics, said of winning the national K1 500m title: “It is never easy.

“The 500m is always a tough race.

“You have to be okay with the hurt and try to hang in there. It is nice to able to do what I’ve done in training.”

She was also delighted at the depth of New Zealand women’s elite squad.

“It is amazing,” she added.

“Having such strong paddlers definitely makes these events much harder.

“I can’t just turn up and produce a sub-par performance.

“I needed to come here and race my best.

“It is fantastic to have such good quality out there on the water and ultimately it is good practise for competing at World Championships and Olympic Games.”

New Zealand alpine ski racer Alice Robinson has claimed the second World Cup win of her young career.

Just two days after winning the emerging talent award at the Halbergs, the 18-year-old has skied to Giant Slalom victory in Slovenia.

Fourth out of the start gate on run one, Robinson laid down a blistering run which put her in to second place just 0.24s behind Petra Vlhova (Slovakia).

With the start order reversed for the top 30 for run two, Robinson was second last to race.

“I was just thinking, you know what you’re doing, trust yourself and give it everything you’ve got,” she explained.

A blistering second run gave her the lead ahead of Slovenia’s Meta Hrovat and Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener who would finish their day in joint third place.

Petra Vlhova was last to race but couldn’t match Robinson’s pace and finished in second place, 0.34s behind the young Kiwi.

“The second run was definitely on the limit.

“I just was pushing as much as I could and definitely had a couple of fumbles but I kept the speed going so I’m really happy.”

Alice Robinson won the FIS Alpine World Cup Tour season opener in Soelden, Austria in October 2019 and has earned three top-10 finishes since then.

Alice Robinson

■■CRICKET

Boult suits up – for the Element IMF Cadets Imagine you show up for club cricket on a Saturday and when you look over at the opposition you see a star Black Cap warming up.

That was the case for Generation Homes Lake Taupo on Saturday when they travelled to play Element IMF Cadets who boasted the number one ranked ODI bowler Trent Boult in their line-up.

Boult hasn’t played since he broke his hand in the Boxing Day test against Australia but is set to return for the Black Caps in the first test against India on Friday.

“I always love coming back to the club and whenever I do get an opportunity I like to turn out and give back to the club in a way, it’s nice to be here this afternoon,” Boult said.

Cadets batted first and scored 175 runs.

While Boult only managed a couple himself, he did get to bat with his brother and captain Jono Boult, something the Trent Boult heading out to bat – but not for NZ. pair did plenty of growing up.

“It’s nice to be here with my older brother, I’ve been here ever since he has and it’s great to be able to put the pads on and get out there with him as well. He’s a big club man and definitely very passionate about the club.

“I’ve played here since I was about 14 years old and I’ve played a game every year since then.

“I’m very passionate about the club and it’s great coming back each year to see new faces as well as the old faces I’ve played with since I was a young kid.”

Trent did make his mark with ball however, taking four wickets for just 19 runs.

Jono chimed in with 3/21 as the pair led Cadets to a comfortable 109-run victory.

“You never want to be off the field for too long but I guess with a broken hand – you never really know how much you use your hand until you break it.

“It’s healed really well. It’s just the catching is the hardest bit and that’s probably

80 per cent of my job. It’s coming along really nicely and I’m looking forward to getting back out there.”

His time on the sidelines was made easier by the fact his Black Caps team-mates got the job done without him, sweeping the One Day series against India 3-0.

“The boys did exceptionally well to bounce back from the T20 series and they’ve been playing some good cricket.

“The test championship is a big focus for a lot of the sides and the test series is really going to be an interesting one to watch, especially from where we’ve been in Australia and how we’ve been playing at home.

“The first luxury is it’s in home conditions where we know how to play and we’ve been delivering a style of play for the last few seasons.

“To have India here is always exciting but they’re a quality test side and it will be a big series.”

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Blues ‘have gone backwards’ Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has offered his frank assessment on the Blues after his side handed the Auckland franchise their second loss of the year on Friday night.

The Blues were once again outclassed by the defending champions, falling to a 25-8 thrashing at Eden Park – their 26th loss in their last 29 Kiwi derbies and 11th straight defeat to the Crusaders.

Speaking to Newstalk ZB’s Martin Devlin, Robertson admitted that the Blues weren’t as “tough” as they were when the two sides met at the start of last season, when Leon MacDonald first took over as head coach of the Blues.

“I’m sure he (MacDonald) would have hoped to have a better start to the season because our game that we played them in round one last year, we felt they were a lot tougher in a lot of areas,” Robertson said.

“But he’s a great coach, he’ll get them better and better. What he’ll be disappointed with is the ability not to execute at lineouts and key scrum times. He’s got enough firepower, and it showed last week when they get those right and are patient enough they can execute.

“I think he’ll be disappointed because they made so much progress and there were a lot of games last year that they didn’t quite get.

“So a lot of leadership work and belief in their group is the next step for him.”

The Crusaders looked better in almost every department, dominating the set pieces, defending with typical resilience and clinically taking their chances, while the Blues squandered theirs.

After the game, MacDonald was quick to admit that there was a lot of work to do this season.

“It won’t be pretty watching [the Crusaders performance] on the video, but we’re going to have to suck this one up,” MacDonald said.

“Two weeks together in South Africa will be good.

“We can spend a lot more time than we probably can at home looking at these things.”

MacDonald even conceded that his side may have taken a step backwards since their bonus point victory over the Waratahs in round two.

“It is a little bit [of a step backwards],” he said.

“We felt we had some good momentum in our training week, good energy, and we probably didn’t reflect it on the grass.

“The boys are feeling it in the changing-sheds … we just need to get that winning feeling back again.”

Crusaders coach Scott Robertson: Blues not as tough as they were last year.

■■OPINION

Fozzie should enjoy the honeymoon while he can

By Hamish Bidwell

Y

ou might have noticed that the new All Blacks coach has been doing the rounds.

It’s purely promotional stuff, as trusted and respected media types furiously pat ‘Fozzie’s’ back and he does his best to appear statesmanlike and charming in return.

Worthless barely begins to describe the exchanges.

The test of any public figure isn’t the honeymoon period, but the moments when their authority or competence are called into question.

Foster’s predecessor Steve Hansen was very good in those situations.

Just when you expected the worst of him, Hansen would be considered and conciliatory.

Still, one thing stood out from Foster’s media offensive.

He talked about the “success” of Beauden Barrett and Richie

Mo’unga’s playmaking partnership last year and suggested it might remain a staple of the side.

We all wait a little nervously to see what the All Blacks are like, now Foster’s been promoted from assistant to head coach.

The team were increasingly found out during the final three seasons of Hansen and Foster’s tenure and a bit of change – subtle or otherwise – is required if the All Blacks are to continue being an elite international team.

Sadly, talk of retaining the Barrett-Mo’unga combination only confirmed people’s fears Foster’s just fine with the status quo.

If only that were good enough.

Unfortunately it’s far from it, in this era where so much has been sacrificed in the name of All Blacks success.

We need the team to win, and win well, otherwise there’s really no point to what New Zealand Rugby (NZR) have done to the game.

Before long we will have First XV rugby – at least in those schools that can afford a rugby programme – and the All Blacks, with next to nothing in between.

Junior club grades are now going 10 a-side.

That includes those that were previously 15 a-side, but have been reduced because clubs simply don’t have the numbers.

Talk is that adult club rugby will go the same way, given the difficulties in finding 22 or 23 players for every team, every week.

You go 10 a-side and that’s the end of ‘The Game For All New Zealand’ as rugby once declared itself.

No matter what your background, or your size and weight, rugby once had a place for you.

Not any more, now we’re going to glorified Sevens.

Clubs are dying and face merging, or winding up entirely, unless things change.

But the death of those institutions means the death of the

game and, without getting too corny, a way of life.

Rugby clubs have genuinely brought communities together and given a sense of belonging to so many immigrant families from places such as the Pacific and South Africa.

Hopefully the junior clubs can survive – if only to service First XVs – but increasingly the model is that elite schoolboy players are contracted direct to Super Rugby franchises, without having played any club or provincial footy.

We know adult club and Mitre 10 Cup rugby aren’t what they were, but now the Super stuff might be in peril too.

South Africa television network Supersport effectively underwrites rugby in this country.

But, if the rumours are true, South Africa Rugby are planning to leave Sanzaar – and existing partners New Zealand, Australia and Argentina – in favour of competitions in Europe.

Already NZR have forecast a deficit of $30 million over the next five years.

Lose Supersport, who pay the lion’s share of the Sanzaar broadcast deal, and NZR are in real strife.

The game has to be about more than just the All Blacks, and the players’ huge salaries, otherwise there won’t be a game at all.

Challenges abound at every level of rugby in this country.

Player numbers are dropping, revenue (beyond broadcast deals) is very hard to generate and fans are hardly flocking to games either.

You hope NZR have plans in place to help the game prosper, or at least survive should South Africa leave us to it.

But then these are the same folk who decided Ian Foster would bring innovation and renewal to the All Blacks.

Judging by Foster’s first media foray, we’re all in a heap of trouble.

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Chiefs claim top spot All Blacks playmaker Damian McKenzie had a major role as the Chiefs continued their unbeaten start to the Super Rugby season on Saturday and took over top spot on points difference from the Stormers.

Both have three wins from three and are the only unbeaten teams left after three rounds.

The Hamilton-based Chiefs won 43-17 over the Sunwolves in Tokyo among three victories in three matches by New Zealand sides.

The Cape Town-based Stormers conceded their first points of the season and were trailing the Lions 30-26 nearly two minutes after the final hooter in their South African derby in Johannesburg.

The Stormers kept the ball alive and worked an opportunity for centre Ruhan Nel to score a dramatic match-winning try in the last play of the game.

The 33-30 win was the Stormers’ first in Johannesburg in five years.

The Chiefs’ McKenzie missed last year’s World Cup and most of the 2019 season with a knee injury but has made a strong return over the last two weeks after sitting out the opening round of Super Rugby.

The Sunwolves scored first with a try to flyhalf Garth April after strong running from former England center Ben Te’o.

McKenzie featured as the Chiefs struck back with tries on both flanks, using the width of the field to score through wingers Solomon Alaimalo and Shaun Stevenson.

The Sunwolves missed a vital chance to score in the 17th minute when McKenzie tackled Jarred Adams inches from the line.

McKenzie then made a second try for Alaimalo which gave the Chiefs a 24-7 lead.

The Sunwolves had to score next and did so when Georgia hooker Jaba Bregvadze wrestled the ball over the line from a maul just before halftime.

The Chiefs made the game safe when flanker Lachlan Boshier scored within three minutes of the restart, pouncing on a Sunwolves turnover.

The last hope of a Sunwolves rally was snuffed out by a try-saving tackle by Chiefs scrumhalf Brad Weber on Sunwolves center Shogo Nakano, though Nakano did score in the 73rd minute.

Wes Goosen touches down for the Hurricanes against the Sharks in the weekend’s round of Super Rugby.

The Chiefs punished a tiring Sunwolves team with late tries to Quinn Tupaea and Kaleb Trask.

The Durban-based Sharks lost their unbeaten record when they went down 38-22 to the Hurricanes in Wellington in a match of spectacular long-range tries.

The Sharks set the ball rolling in the 13th minute with an 80-metre intercept try involving captain Lukhanyo Am and winger Madosh Tambwe.

After Wes Goosen scored for the Hurricanes and Tyler Paul for the Sharks, All Blacks centre Ngani Laumapi scored a superb try for the Hurricanes from a cross-kick

by Jordie Barrett.

Winger Ben Lam struck twice from distance to give the Hurricanes a 29-17 lead after 51 min-

utes and All Blacks hooker Dane Coles, who came off the bench for his first appearance of the season, scored from a lineout drive to put the home team ahead 38-17.

A late try to replacement Mzamo Majola wasn’t enough to bridge the gap and the Sharks and Hurricanes now share 2-1 records.

Like the Stormers, the New Zealand-based Highlanders scored a converted try way after the final hooter to claim a 23-22 win over the ACT Brumbies.

The 84th-minute score ended the Brumbies’ 11-game winning streak at home, while the Highlanders made it five straight victories against the Australian team.

ACT hooker Folau Faingaa scored a hat-trick of rolling maul

tries but it wasn’t enough as the hosts failed to take advantage of a yellow card in the second half.

Highlanders winger Patelesio Tomkinson was lucky to avoid being sent off after making no attempt to wrap his arms as his shoulder made contact with Tom Banks’ head in a tackle.

Referee Nic Berry deemed the initial contact shoulder to shoulder and only opted for the sin bin in the 45th minute.

The Highlanders hung tough before Teariki Ben-Nicholas crashed over next to the posts way after the final siren and Josh Ioane slotted the match-sealing conversion.

“This is a tough place to come to.

“There was a lot of courage

showed in that last five or six minutes,” Highlanders coach Aaron Mauger said.

“I’m really proud of the way we fought back and gave ourselves an opportunity to win it.

“We train for those scenarios and I thought the guys executed their plan very well.”

Hooker Julian Montoya scored three tries as Argentina’s Jaguares rallied from 24-12 down at halftime to over-run the Queensland Reds 43-27 in Buenos Aires.

Replacement hooker Santiago Socino also scored a try as the Jaguares demolished the Reds pack through a series of powerful lineout drives.

The Reds scored four tries in the first half but managed only three points in the second.

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Champions numbers not affected by Manchester City ban England is still due to retain four Champions League participants next season regardless of Manchester City’s ban.

City is second in the Premier League but the Abu Dhabi-owned club was barred from European competition for two seasons by UEFA on Friday for masking money flows in an attempt to comply

with Financial Fair Play rules.

The Premier League’s top four finishers are guaranteed automatic qualification places for the Champions League group stage that begins in September.

But City being banned does not prevent England taking up its full allocation of places for the elite competition. A country only loses

a European spot when it is rejected by an eligible team.

“If a club refuses to enter the competition, having qualified for it on sporting merit and obtained a licence from the competent national body, no other club from the same association may be entered in its place,” the UEFA regulations state.

But if a club is either excluded or not allowed into the competition

by UEFA, then the place goes to the next in line from that country.

That is what happened in Italy this season after AC Milan’s decision to voluntarily remove itself from the Europa League to pay for UEFA FFP breaches.

Milan finished fifth in Serie A

last season, missing out on the Champions League places by one point.

It opened the way for Roma to enter the group phase of the Europa League after finishing sixth in Serie A, rather than having to go through qualifying. Torino, which finished seventh, took Roma’s spot in the qualifying rounds.

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Southern’s Ollie Bubb lets go a backhand during Mid Canterbury club tennis on Saturday.

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■■ CLUB TENNIS

Dorie pushed all the way

By Adam Burns

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It was a close run thing but Dorie’s players were made to work hard for the points during Mid Canterbury club tennis on Saturday.

Brendon Adam’s comprehensive win over Jim Barry proved to be the difference as Dorie pipped Southern five matches to four to take the spoils in their interclub duel.

It had been vigorous competition up to that point between the two clubs, as the majority of games were hard-fought slugfests with several tiebreakers needed.

From the outset it was neck and

neck, beginning on the doubles court as Southern’s Sam Bubb and Gareth Evans were taken to the brink against Rhys and Jayden Cromie, eventually prevailing 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (5-7), 10-5 in an enthralling affair.

Oliver Bubb and Henry Ross also registered a win for Southern, defeating Riley Breen and Tim Groves 7-5, 6-4.

However, Dorie hit back when Brendon and Jacob Adam outgunned Jess Aldridge and Jim Barry in a dominant display 6-1, 6-2.

After Bubb and Rhys Cromie had battled it out in their doubles

matchups, the former marched to an emphatic win in their singles encounter 6-1, 6-1.

Dorie hauled themselves back into the club tie, winning the next three singles matches.

Jayden Cromie beat Gareth Evans in three sets, Riley Breen outlasted Ollie Bubb and Tim Groves notched up a victory over Henry Ross.

Southern’s Aldridge then knocked over Jacob Adam 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) to make it four matches apiece before Brendon Adam overwhelmed Jim Barry 6-1, 6-0 to hand the Dorie club the win.

Hampstead bossed proceed-

ings on the singles court, ensuring a comfortable 7-2 win over Fairton, who were without Diego Quispe-Kim. Hampstead won two of their three doubles matches over their Fairton counterparts.

Peter Kirwan, Josh Jones, Nishitha Maarka, Matt Hopkins and Ashton Cromie all secured singles wins for Hampstead to complete the win for the club.

Methven got over Allenton 5-4, although Allenton were aided by some absent players in the opposition.

Methven pair Cameron McCracken and Tyler Leonard won

out over Jason Feutz and Jake Parsons 6-4, 6-4 in the doubles.

Allenton’s Lachlan Adam and Mattieu Lucas came from behind to beat Aiden Watt and Victoria Talbot in a three-set epic.

In the singles, McCracken beat Feutz, Leonard defeated Parsons, Aiden Watt cleaned up Lucas and Isaac Adam was too good for Sam Holland.

For Allenton, Adam beat Victoria Talbot and Holly Feutz won by default.

There is no club tennis next weekend with the Browning Shield to be contested at Christchurch’s Wilding Park.

Archbold runs down Bennett to take road title The New Zealand national champion jersey is set to be on display at some of Europe’s biggest cycling races, after Shane Archbold claimed an emotional victory in the men’s road race in Cambridge yesterday.

Archbold hunted down fellow World Tour rider George Bennett

in a stunning finish, with Bennett’s attempted 80 kilometre escape being caught by a rampaging Archbold in the final kilometres, and the powerful Archbold comfortably winning the sprint finish.

For the 31-year-old, his first national title was an incredibly emotional victory, having spent nearly

a year out of the sport in 2017, and dropping out of the World Tour after a torrid time with injuries.

“It hurt me to ride him down, but after the last three years I’ve had I really needed this,” said a teary Archbold after the victory.

“I reckon 200 people have told me in the past few days ‘The

course is pretty hard Shane – the course is pretty hard’.

“I guess they were referring to my stature, my size, but the only thing I was thinking was ‘put me in the race, give me a bit of luck and anything’s possible’.”

Anything’s possible – except the chances of a climber winning on

the Cambridge course, according to Bennett.

With nine kilometres remaining, and as Archbold attacked away from fellow chasers Dylan Kennett and Aaron Gate, Bennett ran out of power.

“In the end, it just wasn’t good enough,” reflected Bennett.

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Lightning strikes in Guineas Promising three-year-old Lightning Jack made it back-to-back victories at stakes level when he produced a gritty effort to take out the Listed ILT Ascot Park Hotel Southland Guineas (1600m) at Invercargill.

The Per Incanto gelding had broken his maiden status at Riverton over 1400m two starts back and then scored in a blanket finish to the Listed Gore Guineas (1335m) at his most recent run.

Trainers Kelvin and Aimee Tyler launched a three-pronged attack on Saturday’s Invercargill feature with punters declaring Lightning Jack the best of their chances and he didn’t disappoint his supporters as he dug deep in the closing stages to take out the contest.

Rider Kylie Williams was happy to sit back off a solid pace before looping the field with 600m to run.

Sent four wide on the point of the home turn, Lightning Jack produced a similar finish that carried him to victory at Gore as he stretched late to collar Poniard in the shadows of the post with local runner Asathought closing off nicely for third.

Kelvin Tyler has made no secret of the high regard he holds Lightning Jack in and his opinion was franked again with Saturday’s

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Lightning Jack winning performance.

“I’ve said all along he is a good horse and without being over-confident we had expected him to do that again today,” he said.

“She (Williams) rode him like the best horse in the field and when he got to the outside turning for home, I knew just what a turn of foot he has so I was thinking then he was going to be hard to beat.

“He just keeps improving and he liked the step up in distance so hopefully there is plenty more in store for him yet.”

While Tyler hasn’t mapped out a set programme for the horse, a trip to Wellington next month is on the cards as the stable looks towards two of the feature races at Trentham on March 14.

“We are looking at taking Feel The Rush to Trentham for the Oaks (Gr.1, 2400m) next month

so this guy could be going with her as a travelling companion,” he said.

“A race like the Wellington Guineas (Gr.2, 1400m) appeals as I think the big roomy track there would suit him perfectly.

“He can handle some cut in the ground as well so if they got any rain that wouldn’t worry him.

“We will just see how he comes through today but that looks like a good target for him.”

Polzeath upsets top Cup field Twenty-six years on from her famous Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) victory with Solvit, Moira Murdoch’s beach training regime is continuing to pay dividends.

Now training in partnership with her daughter Kieran, Murdoch sprung a $32 upset with Polzeath in Saturday’s Gr.2 Joe McDonald Avondale Cup (2400m) at Ellerslie.

“It was very exciting and a great performance by the horse,” Murdoch said.

“We thought he was nicely placed in the race. He had a good form line, and he’s been racing really well all season. He got into the race with a lovely light weight, and Jasmine (Fawcett) gave him a lovely ride and he delivered.”

While the Avondale Cup is renowned as the key lead-up to the Gr.1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) three weeks later, Polzeath is not nominated for the $500,000 Ellerslie staying showpiece and Murdoch has reservations about making a late payment.

“We haven’t decided what to do with him next, and we’ll have to think about it over the next few days,” Murdoch said.

Southland gallops Today at Ascot Park Raceway

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13 x600x Rockin Robin (7) 56..................... C Johnson 14 Ruby Royale (13) 56 15 7599 Goodthingstaketime (3) 56.5 Emergency: Goodthingstaketime

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3.15pm MCKNIGHT & BROWN MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 2200m 1 58324 Port Stephens h (11) 58.5...............S Wynne 2 25548 Power Punch (3) 58.5 3 2.05 SOUTH PORT MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1600m 3 74620 My Cashier (13) 58.5..............T Comignaghi 1 25548 Power Punch (7) 58.5.......................J Lowry 4 00379 Senor Moss (4) 58.5............... B Murray (a2) 5 050 Pablo Picasso (1) 58.5..................T Moseley 2 82073 Aristotle (1) 58.5 6 870 Heinback Erebus h (6) 58.5...............L Hemi 3 02x90 Benlachie (2) 58.5 4 96576 Picture This (4) 58.5...........................L Hemi 7 55263 Raise Ya Cards (7) 56.5 5 22740 Buck Shellfish h (8) 58................. C Johnson 8 x0730 Jandles (8) 56.5........................... C Johnson 9 x0075 Reliably Perky (2) 56.5 6 42879 Belle South h (9) 56.5............. B Murray (a2) 10 48068 Last Letter (12) 56.5.........................A Balloo 7 25538 Rosie Mae h (5) 56.5 11 7607 Magical Mystery (10) 56.5............. C Barnes 8 x4030 I Remember You (6) 56.5 12 70x70 Opal Fire (5) 56.5 9 67850 Sandy Cool h (3) 56 13 x7x08 Platinum Touch (9) 56........... R Mudhoo (a2) 4 2.40pm MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING CO. HANDI- 6 3.50pm ILT FOUNDATION HANDICAP $10,000, RatCAP $11,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1600m ing 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 1 30354 The Bumper tdm (5) 60 1 48486 He Ain’t Heavy tm (4) 60 2 40272 What’s Up Alf tdm (6) 57 2 02955 Colour Me Red tm (12) 57..............S Wynne 3 76379 Bakela dm (2) 54.5....................... C Johnson 3 x0050 Perfecto th (7) 57 4 31514 Fly Without Wings tdm (9) 54.5 4 67686 Bridget Town dm (3) 56.5.....R Beeharry (a3) 5 08065 Francis Drake d (8) 54.......... R Mudhoo (a2) 5 63213 Scandalous d (11) 56.5...........T Comignaghi 6 73170 Rosie Glow m (3) 54 6 55x10 Transcendent (6) 56.5 7 00966 Taponisme tm (4) 54........... C Campbell (a1) 7 x7390 Prince Of Brooks (9) 56.5.................J Lowry 8 04430 Our Boy Baz td (7) 54 8 51300 Top Ghia (2) 55.5 9 0600x Odysseus m (10) 54......................T Moseley 9 8x009 Countess Ruby tm (1) 55.5.......... C Johnson 10 60x00 Ruakiwi Blaze (1) 54............... B Murray (a2) 10 9x873 Larippa (13) 55 -

11 10x00 Never Quitz (5) 55 12 50250 Stellacanto m (10) 54.5......... R Mudhoo (a2) 13 x8978 Chookie’s Girl dm (8) 54 7 4.33pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES MAIDEN RACE $10,000, MDN F&M, 1400m 1 3x922 Index (3) 57.5 2 26424 Love To Dream h (13) 57.5......T Comignaghi 3 8x250 Reliable Belle (7) 57.5.................. C Johnson 4 208x No Quantum h (8) 57.5 5 58 Sugar For My Honey (1) 57.5 6 00x60 Doona’s Sister h (14) 57.5 7 0 Drumcastle h (4) 57.5 8 060 G’day Gorgeous h (2) 57.5 9 7599 Goodthingstaketime (11) 57.5 10 500x0 Miss Atomic Bomb (5) 57.5...........T Moseley 11 x0x23 Fairway Flight (9) 57...................... C Barnes 12 0837 Mint Julep (10) 57................... B Murray (a2) 13 9x8 Just Henri h (12) 57.....................K Kwo (a3) 14 09 Perceive (6) 57 8 5.08pm SEE YOU AT ILT PUB PUNT DAY MARCH 29 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 08x10 Gelibolu (5) 59..............................T Moseley 2 56167 Milano h (9) 59 3 47212 Expedition d (3) 58................ R Mudhoo (a2) 4 30742 Sweet Oak th (2) 58 5 17x4x City Slicker tb (13) 57.5 6 53916 Garment dm (15) 57.5.............Z Bholah (a3)

7 32636 Drumstorm mh (8) 57 8 10x00 The Flagon dm (6) 57..........R Beeharry (a3) 9 61594 Kate The Great d (10) 56.5.....T Comignaghi 10 96109 Neruda (1) 56.5.............................. C Barnes 11 05100 Fire Katyusha d (14) 56...............K Kwo (a3) 12 0x098 Qashqai (7) 56...................................L Hemi 13 x3084 Fox In Socks dh (11) 55.5 14 4x458 Cocee (12) 54.5.................. C Campbell (a1) 15 70380 Fazioli h (4) 55.5 Emergency: Fazioli Blinkers on: I Remember You (R3), Taponisme (R4), Pablo Picasso (R5), Never Quitz (R6), Reliable Belle, Perceive (R7), Cocee (R8) Blinkers off: Rockin Robin (R2), Buck Shellfish (R3), Love To Dream, Miss Atomic Bomb (R7) Winkers on: Buck Shellfish (R3), Love To Dream, Sugar For My Honey (R7) Winkers off: I Remember You (R3), Reliable Belle (R7)

2 31117 Thrilling Rosa nwtd.......................... K Walsh 3 11141 Thrilling Brax 25.78.......................... K Walsh 4 73138 Summer Glee 26.45...................J McInerney 5 45332 Fare Dodger 26.01........................M Goodier 6 16213 Zipping Luther nwtd J &.......................D Bell 7 35154 Vibe 26.03....................................A Turnwald 8 62323 Thrilling Massey 26.29.............. K Gommans 9 86781 Bigtime Diesel 26.18 G &........ S Fredrickson 10 53838 Big Time Rhino 26.30..........................L Cole 9 2.28pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C3/C4 C3/4, 457m 1 71364 Bigtime Puma nwtd.............................L Cole 2 72327 Electrical Storm 26.30...................M Goodier 3 14334 Big Time Jackson 26.13......................L Cole 4 26716 Bigtime Forest 25.97...........................L Cole 5 35762 Cheeseball 26.11................................L Cole 6 48243 Ask King Jeff 25.78.............................L Cole 7 28115 Rapid Fire 26.05 G &.............. S Fredrickson 8 21567 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 9 15782 Simply Smooth 26.06..........................L Cole 10 86781 Bigtime Diesel 26.18 G &........ S Fredrickson 10 2.48pm 25K GUARANTEED TERMINATING PICK 6 HERE 16/03C1 C1, 410m 1 45683 Jacks Point nwtd............................W Woods 2 31213 Portland Ecklund nwtd.......................B Craik 3 46383 Naharis nwtd......................................D Edlin 4 57762 Mickey Mowhawk 24.23................ D Denbee 5 68574 Here’s Hemi 23.62.....................J McInerney 6 32277 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce 7 88315 Softy Burgess 23.65............................L Cole

8 16111 Big Time Brie nwtd..............................L Cole Emergencies: 9 36876 Slam It 23.93..............................J McInerney 10 F8758 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe 11 3.03 MARK ROSANOWSKI CALLING HERE MARCH 16TH C1 C1, 410m 1 64673 Gemmas Dilemma nwtd.............J McInerney 2 87477 Chat Ya Later 23.72............................ I Howe 3 33573 Always Dizzy nwtd.....................J McInerney 4 33171 Allegro Lexxi nwtd...............................L Cole 5 75664 Big Time Benny 23.74.........................L Cole 6 78437 Thrilling Ivy nwtd....................... K Gommans 7 23112 Portland Wonder nwtd........................B Craik 8 16422 Sub Twenty Three 23.97.....................L Cole 9 78784 Penny Mowhawk 23.76................. D Denbee 10 36876 Slam It 23.93..............................J McInerney 12 3.26pm CITY OF PALMERSTON NORTH GOLDEN CHASE HERE 27/03 C1, 410m 1 11212 Fool’s Russian 23.33...........................L Cole 2 56352 I’ll Be Loyal nwtd..........................B Hodgson 3 86635 Bigtime Rosie nwtd G &.......... S Fredrickson 4 57864 Arm Turner nwtd.........................J McInerney 5 64732 Memphis Jewel nwtd................. K Gommans 6 12151 Big Time Vegas 23.35.........................L Cole 7 78224 Eye Kno 23.65...............................W Woods 8 66844 Black Mags nwtd...............................S Stone 9 F8758 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe 10 78784 Penny Mowhawk 23.76................. D Denbee

SELECTIONS Race 1: Expressive, Promising, Bluey’s Chance, Opio Rose Race 2: The Selection, Up My Sleeve, The Ace, Tapdog Race 3: Aristotle, Belle South, Rosie Mae, Picture This Race 4: What’s Up Alf, The Bumper, Taponisme, Our Boy Baz Race 5: Raise Ya Cards, Reliably Perky, Power Punch, Senor Moss Race 6: Scandalous, Larippa, Chookie’s Girl, Stellacanto Race 7: Index, Fairway Flight, Mint Julep, Reliable Belle Race 8: Sweet Oak, Expedition, Kate The Great, Fox In Socks

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway FEB C3/C4 C3/4, 410m 1 71685 Big Time Billie 23.47...........................L Cole 2 14884 Giraffe Club 23.65...............................L Cole 3 11664 Bigtime Banjo 23.10............................L Cole 4 16547 Big Time Spot 23.43............................L Cole 5 51212 Harpoon Harry 23.91..................... M Gowan 6 38137 Bigtime Leads 23.30...........................L Cole 7 67356 Bigtime Lizzy 23.43.............................L Cole 8 21321 Big Time Gwyn 23.29..........................L Cole 9 55322 Little Scamp 23.33........................ D Denbee 10 54472 Bigtime Bronx nwtd G &.......... S Fredrickson 4 1.04pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C3/4, 410m 1 87574 Big Time Dynasty 23.19......................L Cole 2 23356 Big Time Clare 23.90..........................L Cole 3 54247 Big Time Lebron 23.38........................L Cole 4 42376 Billy’s Churn 23.50...................... G Hodgson 5 62855 Bigtime Stella 23.51............................L Cole 6 65614 Bees And Birds 23.64.........................L Cole 7 66111 Big Time Pluto 23.28...........................L Cole 8 22573 Dynamite Danger 23.55 G &... S Fredrickson 9 55322 Little Scamp 23.33........................ D Denbee 10 24368 Ohana Lad nwtd........................ K Gommans 5 1.21 “COMMENTATORS DAY OUT” HERE MARCH 16TH C1 C1, 457m 1 67835 Diamond Geezer 26.91................ P B Briggs 2 33638 Classic Rapper nwtd............................S Kite 3 32662 Big Time Mac nwtd..............................L Cole 4 65423 Broke Brad 26.31.........................A Turnwald 5 25456 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 6 33216 Dapper Rapper nwtd........................B Marsh

7 x8225 Mainline Lil nwtd..........................B Hodgson 8 45523 Bigtime Fred 26.04..............................L Cole Emergencies: 9 78558 Midnight Molly 26.28....................B Hodgson 10 36667 Tuff Treasure 26.52........................B Mitchell 6 1.39pm COMMENTATORS LUNCHEON TICKETS @ THERACES.CO.NZ C1/2d, 660m 1 61127 Hot Platter 38.72..........................A Turnwald 2 54352 Bigtime Acacia nwtd............................L Cole 3 Vacant Box Three n & a 4 26311 Double That 38.85 G &........... S Fredrickson 5 28545 Kamada Park 38.53.....................A Turnwald 6 Vacant Box Six.............................. Scratched 7 46534 Djay Dynamix nwtd.............................L Cole 8 73311 Emgrand Rose nwtd....................A Turnwald 7 1.56pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION TERMINATING PICK 6 C1/C2 C1/2, 457m 1 55864 Bigtime Alfie 26.25..............................L Cole 2 21373 Bigtime Bailey nwtd.............................L Cole 3 11213 Thrilling Baxter 26.02....................... K Walsh 4 22112 Thrilling Morris nwtd......................... K Walsh 5 1F265 Big Time Odette 26.16........................L Cole 6 82565 Big Time Gina 26.11...........................L Cole 7 15611 Big Time Harley 26.24.........................L Cole 8 32444 Allegro Curtis 26.10............................L Cole 9 46366 Meandering 26.34........................A Turnwald 10 78558 Midnight Molly 26.28....................B Hodgson 8 2.13pm AUCKLAND CUP HEATS 23RD FEBRUARY C3 C3, 457m 1 41137 Tuff Knight 26.78............................B Mitchell

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): This day, this opportunity, is one to be played with. The experimental approach will open up your world for a different kind of tomorrow than you’d have if you never took a chance.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): There are no dead ends on this journey, though there are some roads that don’t continue on pavement. You have to get out and be on foot, which will be both more work and more fun.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Self-improvement step? Try this easy one: Stop saying you “have to” do things. When you say you “get to” or “want to” or “choose to” you’ll feel more empowered and excited.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’ll be thinking about temperature today – not just the one outside but the one in you and the one in the heart of everyone you meet. The essence of humanity is warmth.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Children take for granted everything up to the point of their existence, and this is how it should be. An appreciation would be nice, but it’s not what’s necessary to forward the movement.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): This is a time to limit your exposure. Think of yourself as a brilliant torch. While you give your light, you also burn it away. Show yourself less and be more esteemed.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Of course, it’s an entitled and inherently privileged point of view, but it does seem like, at times, there is nothing good out there to enjoy. Pleasure will be had by going through the old stuff again.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You don’t have to be in a hurry to see the benefit of cutting to the quick. Honesty is the direct route to what’s next. Speak your mind and set the stage for future communication.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): It takes courage to deal head-on with the problem that’s been plaguing you, and, good news, you have plenty of courage today to donate to the cause.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): What can you take away that leaves you still appreciating the essence of what was? Brevity won’t be the first choice. Efficiency and elegance is found after the realisation of what’s essential.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): We live in an age when it’s unlikely you’ll be looted by actual pirates.

The real pirates will be subtle distractions that steal your hours and give precious little back. On guard!

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Wonderment over an experience is usually because you’ve not done a thing like it. Today, you’ll wonder about a thing you’ve done hundreds of times.

You’ve changed, so has your perspective.

ACROSS 7. How can lot be great fun if it can’t be put out of mind? (13) 8. Give one false expectations of star longing for a change (6,5) 12. Mean wound given by last fly (6) 14. Being so modest might make me rude (6) 16. Getting into vestments may bring nothing about (6) 18. Initial scent may linger on such a night (6) 19. In a last-ditch way Peter delays it (11) 23. There are no ifs to such surrender (13) DOWN 1. Needlessly hurrying, having them in one’s pants (4) 2. Number taken in hand by a coach (4) 3. The instrumentality of a recruitment business (6) 4. Leave one helpless along the shore (6) 5. It has almost half the ring (of sanctity) (4) 6. A mention on air for a sparking device (4) 9. Finger-cover rigged by sleight-of-hand (7) 10. Is not fighting, having gears disengaged (7) 11. Say one didn’t turn up in Tyne deliberately (4) 12. Is angry, having an ulcer (4) 13. Mother’s ruin may be a trap (3) 15. Consume afternoon meal head-to-tail (3) 17. Wanting a lot of guts to be a glutton (6) 18. Somewhat crazy feline put in a pen for pigs (6) 19. Mainly eat and end up swallowing one (4) 20. Et cetera and, shortly, this (4) 21. Love god to be upset by Rose (4) 22. How long it takes a rye to circulate (4)

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DEATHS PROCTOR, Laken – “Gone but never forgotten Dad, our hero our king.”

Love Liam and Charlotte

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PROCTOR, Laken – “The skies may stop turning blue but I will never stop loving you.

The sun may stop shining one fine day but I will always keep your troubles at bay.

The earth may stop rotating on its axis but I will never let a day pass without giving you a kiss.

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FZL: Above 3000m

Occasional rain developing from morning about the divide. Fine at first in the east, then scattered afternoon showers.

Wind at 1000m: NW 30 km/h, rising to 55 km/h late evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW 35 km/h, rising to gale 65 km/h late evening.

A few spots early rain, then mainly fine.

Northerlies dying out.

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FZL: Above 3000m

Morning rain about the divide, clearing from the south although persisting about Arthur’s Pass. Mainly fine in the E, but isolated afternoon showers S of Methven.

Wind at 1000m: NW gale 80 km/h, easing to 50 km/h in the morning and becoming light by evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW severe gale 95 km/h, easing to 65 km/h in the morning and to 30 km/h by evening.

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PROCTOR, Laken Mark Christopher – Unexpectedly at Christchurch Hospital, on February 14, 2020 surrounded by family and friends. Aged 25 years.

Deeply loved fiancé of Jessica Ryan. Loving Dad to Liam and Charlotte. Much loved son of Mark Boswell and Jo Proctor.

Dearly loved of grandson of Dan and Joy Cavill and Caroline and the late Robert Boswell. Loved and adored big brother of Taylah and Maddie. Cherished nephew and uncle to Sophia, Hunter and Ivy and a friend to many.

“You will be missed so dearly our fighter, always in our hearts forever 25” Messages to Jess and Family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. No flowers by request.

Donations to the North Canterbury Dirt Riders Club would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Laken’s life will be held at our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton, on Thursday February 20, commencing at 2pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Guy Pearce. 4:20 7 Days In Entebbe MVL 2018 Thriller.

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Queen on the water

Razor disses the Blues

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Allenton upset Stags

Allenton captain Karamjeet Singh (left) punches gloves with his batting partner Harvinder Singh during their Combined Country Cricket encounter with Technical Stags on Saturday.

By Adam Burns

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The form book was turned on its head on Saturday as Allenton brought the Stags’ march to a halt.

Allenton pulled off a massive upset in the Combined Country Cricket competition to beat Technical by 21 runs as the competition leaders remarkably succumbed to their first loss of the season at the Ashburton Domain.

Whether it was complacency in the Stags outfit, no one could deny Allenton’s moment in the sun.

Captain Karmjeet Singh said it was a “special day”.

“All the players did brilliantly, both with the bowling and attacking fielding.

“It was a memorable match for us and all the players are in full energy for the rest of the competition.”

Their win was built off a suffocating bowling performance, as they were able to courageously defend their total of 146.

Technical won the toss and inserted Allenton, and they were in trouble early when losing opener Daljinder Singh in the fourth over with only two runs on the board.

Harvinder Singh and captain Karmjeet Singh then knuckled

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down and got Allenton out of trouble, adding 50 runs between them.

It was be shortlived as Technical’s Alex Veint ran through Allenton’s top order to leave them struggling at 4/69 by the 17th.

It was then left to the Satveer Singh, who fought hard for his side as he curbed his usual aggression, getting his side better placed at 4/111.

However the side then collapsed losing their last six wickets for 35 runs as Allenton were bowled out for 146 in the 37th over.

Alongside Veint, Jay Houston was the pick of the bowlers – his

3-30 ensuring Allenton’s lower order were kept in check.

Playing in a more measured manner than usual, Satveer’s unbeaten 43 off 55 balls was the saving grace, leaving his side with a fighting total.

In reply, Technical struggled to gather any momentum, losing regular wickets as they slumped to 5/59 and then 7/77 as the hosts found themselves in uncharted waters – under pressure for the first time this season.

A late cameo from Bevan Ravenscroft (22) afforded some resistance despite Technical being eight wickets down.

The pivotal moment came

Dorie pushed all the way on the courts

when he fell with a further 29 runs still required.

No. 11 Matt Pawsey hit a four proving he was up for a late fight, but he was last man out, falling to Satveer, as Technical were mopped up for 125 in the 38th over.

It was apt that it was Satveer who had the last say.

The man of the match added 2-11 off 6.4 overs to go along with his crucial knock earlier in the day.

Elsewhere, Manpreet Singh (3-19) and Daljinder (3-30) were heroic with the ball, stifling Technical’s ability to build any significant partnerships.

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