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Fires spark debate . . . again

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

A permitted fire has once again sparked intense debate on social media about burn-offs and displayed confusion about what the current fire season is.

Currently the entire Ashburton District is in a restricted fire season, which means people need a permit to light an outdoor fire.

People can check if they need a permit and can apply for it online at www.checkitsalright.nz.

A post on a local Facebook group on Monday evening questioned why a stubble burn-off had taken place when they believed it was a total fire ban.

Firefighters received two calls about the fire in the same location just after 7pm on Monday

evening. Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess said the fire was fully permitted and that there were no issues.

Deputy Principal Rural Fire Officer Don Geddes said there were plenty of ways for people to find out what the current fire season was.

“If you aren’t getting a permit

you can still use www.checkitsalright.nz to check what the fire season is and there are 10 fire danger indicator boards across the district that also say what the fire season is,” he said.

“You can also use the FENZ (Fire and Emergency New Zealand) website and it will be able to direct you where to find what the season is.”

In late January FENZ declared that Canterbury which is the Selwyn, Waimakariri, Christchurch and Hurunui Districts would move to a prohibited fire season, meaning no fires could be lit.

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Exploding numbers of pigeons descend upon Ashburton

By Susan Sandys

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Pigeons are becoming a growing issue in Ashburton, and the problem is only set to get worse.

It is possible the recent demolition of buildings such as the MSA frontage and former Ashburton County Council building has resulted in flocks taking up residence on nearby structures, while it is predicted that the demolition of Christchurch buildings will drive flocks here.

Flick Christchurch branch manager Mark Tomlinson undertakes pest control in Ashburton. He said the pigeon population was set to “explode” in the town.

He said there was a natural air current from Christchurch Airport to Sumner and from Sumner to Ashburton, and then from Ashburton back through to Christchurch.

“This is something that has been monitored for years, and often with tagged birds, when doing field studies the same bird has been caught in cages from Christchurch and again in Ashburton, showing that the birds will travel quite freely and at ease between the two areas.

“You might find that the birds are feeding in Christchurch only to roost at night in Ashburton, or vice-versa,” Tomlinson said.

He said a number of condemned buildings in Christchurch were set to be demolished or rebuilt, including the Christchurch Cathedral. This would mean the thousands of birds living in these buildings would be looking for other areas

A feathered visitor to the top floor of Somerset House.

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to live.

With regard to control, spikes and electrowires merely relocated the birds from one building to another.

“The only real solution to gain control on this situation is to cull out the pigeons rapidly,” Tomlinson said.

This was done with overnight shooting operations in the dark, targeting the birds as they roosted, or by enticing the birds into a cage from where they were humanely destroyed.

Meanwhile, Ashburton Trust is investigating additional ways of control as the birds descend

upon its town centre buildings such as Somerset House and Speight’s Alehouse.

General manager Rob Reid said the trust was looking at gels and spikes, and was talking to a pest controller.

“We are just trying to find the best solution,” Reid said.

Currently the trust used some spikes, but was considering increasing these, while introducing gels as well. Gels were similar to a silicone which irritated the birds’ feet, discouraging them from roosting.

With regard to the pest controller, he said “we will see what they come back with, we will just keep an open mind”.

He believed there needed to be a co-ordinated effort to get on top of what was a chronic issue, going back many years.

“Somehow we need to find a way to reduce the number of them in town, who is responsible I’m not sure, but there’s far too many of them in the town,” Reid said.

At Ashburton Trust Event Centre, the number of pigeons congregating on the roof has reduced due to sustained control measures.

Manager Roger Farr estimated about 50 of the birds roosted on the top of the building, but this had reduced from about 150 three years ago.

The centre had put netting over the plant deck where the air-conditioning units resided to stop the birds nesting there, while it had engaged a pest controller who used cages to trap the birds, which it then euthanised.

“It’s the only thing that really seems to manage the numbers, otherwise they just keep accumulating,” Farr said.

“It’s still an issue, but it’s a manageable one,” Farr said.

He estimated the centre spent about $3000 per year on pest control and cleaning the roof.

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It’s time to Discover Mt Hutt It’s time to spruce up the suspension on your downhill mountain bike and dust off your tramping shoes – Discover Mt Hutt will be held on February 29.

Between 10am and 4pm visitors will be able to experience New Zealand’s best ski resort in a summer setting with hiking, mountain biking and helicopter rides.

Mt Hutt Ski Area manager James McKenzie said the day raised more than $40,000 for local charities last year, and organisations set to benefit this year included the Ashburton Cancer Society.

Ski area staff, who volunteered for the day, and Methven Lions, were hoping to hit a similar figure this year.

“It’s always an awesome day with live music, barbecues, and lots of activities, my personal favourite being the giant slip and slide,” McKenzie said.

The Summit Six chairlift will take walkers, cyclists and their bikes to near the top of the 2190-metre peak, where they can take in the spectacular views across the Southern Alps and out to the expansive eastern coastline.

Visitors will be able to bike, walk or catch a ride on the chairlift down, and there will also be a downhill mountain-biking enduro event run by Bike Methven and

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For those wanting a more personal touch, Mt Hutt staff will be on hand to guide guests around the mountain in a four-

kenzie and Ashburton Districts that all make up the Mid/South Canterbury area are on a restricted fire season.

The post in the Facebook group received more than 100 com-

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wheel-drive experience, while Christchurch Helicopters will be on site running scenic flights.

Entry on the day is $20 for walkers/hikers and $30 for bikers, with

tickets providing unlimited access to the chairlift. Kids aged 10 and under are free of charge, while the four-wheel-drive tours and helicopter rides are additional.

ments, with many people voicing their support for burn-offs, while others made their case for them being banned.

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Richard Owen has won the Methven Community Board by-election by a wide margin.

Owen received 354 votes, with fellow candidates Tammy Dickson and Leonie Campbell receiving 158 and 53 votes respectively.

Owen was declared elected following the final result confirmation yesterday afternoon, and will join fellow board members Dan McLaughlin, Sonia McAlpine, Kelvin Holmes and Ron Smith.

The voter return was 567 votes, 48.84 per cent, with two blank voting papers returned.

The council was forced to hold the by-election following just four nominations being received for five available board seats in the local body elections in October.

Having three candidates standing for the single vacancy necessitated the election process, which is estimated to cost about $14,000.

Congratulations poured in to Owen on Facebook pages announcing the result yesterday, however, Owen himself is believed to be holidaying in Japan and was not contactable.

The Mt Hutt Ski Area sales and marketing co-ordinator lives in the Methven area with wife Lana and they have two sons who attend Lauriston School.

His job has recently expanded to incorporate the role of operations manager for the Coast to Coast. He also instructs at the local gym and volunteers in a coaching capacity at the local rugby club.

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Facing Crohn’s challenge head-on

By Heather Mackenzie

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n the surface Isabel Andrew is just like any other smiling 11-year-old girl, full of chat and laughter, but look a little closer and you will see her smile is not quite as bright as it could be.

This positive, energetic child is living with the inflammatory bowel disorder Crohn’s Disease and to say it takes its toll on her life would be an understatement.

For Isabel having a good week is having only one day off school, it’s a week where she can sleep through the night without waking up screaming in agony, one where the thousands of ulcers in her small bowel don’t give her too much grief or one in which her Crohn’s induced arthritis doesn’t make all her major joints feel like they are full of broken glass.

Even though Isabel is living with all of this she refuses to let it get her down, she remains as positive as possible and has chosen to go through her life with as much zest and energy as she can muster.

Another choice Isabel has been forced to make is to avoid sleepovers away from home. She worries her unpredictable digestive system could choose that particular night to flare up and she doesn’t want her friends to see her in so much pain.

“It’s heart-breaking to know that Isabel had to make that decision at her age,” her mother Gemma Andrew said.

But the family work around it and friends come to her and hang out at her house instead.

Another saviour in the staying-awayfrom-home dilemma is her annual trip to Camp Purple Live – a camp where everybody either have or have extensive knowledge of Crohn’s.

Camp Purple is fully funded by the Freemasons, apart from a $50 administration cost everything else is covered, including return flights from anywhere in New Zealand.

The camp rotates yearly between Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington.

For 2020 it was the turn of El Rancho on Wellington’s Kapiti Coast to host the 70 youngsters aged between nine to seventeen years from January 14 to 19.

Camp Purple is the ideal place for parents Gemma and her husband Nic to send Isabel.

“It’s such a relief for us to know she’ll be happy, safe, well supported and surrounded by children just like her who understand exactly what she is going through,” Gemma said.

Also a relief for the pair is the knowledge that if something does go wrong there are plenty of fully versed medical staff on hand

Isabel Andrew, 11, enjoying the sunshine with her pet chicken Patricia. to help. This is the second year Isabel has attended the camp. For her it is a chance to catch up with friends and to enjoy not being the odd one out for a change.

On offer at the camp were activities like a carnival day, complete with candyfloss that made Isabel feel sick, for no other reason than she ate too much of it, kayaking, rafting and a surprise trip to Wellington Zoo. Isabel also got to experience a smallscale wilderness survival course, where she and her 10 team-mates had to build a hut, strong enough to survive a storm and build a fire.

“My favourite parts of the camp were the dunking station and the water-balloon fight,” Isabel said.

She was particularly proud of how she managed to stay relatively dry during the water fight.

“Everybody else got wet, but not me.”

The camp not only provides a brilliant fun-filled few days for Isabel, but it also gives her parents and 12-year-old brother James, a well-earned break from the daily Crohn’s routine.

“With Isabel away we get to spend more one-on-one time with James, which is nice,” Gemma said.

On top of Crohn’s and arthritis, Isabel is profoundly deaf in her left ear and deaf in her right.

It’s another complication attributed to Crohn’s, which means another set of specialists and even more trips to Christchurch for medical appointments.

With the cost of all these trips to Christchurch mounting up a dual income is a must. But due to Isabel’s illness it is impossible for Gemma to work during the day.

“When Isabel’s condition flares up, I am often up all night with her and then looking after her at home the next day when she is off school recovering.

“It’s normal for her to have one or two days off school a week due to pain and lack of sleep, so a day job is just not possible.”

The answer is for Nic to work during the day and Gemma to work nights.

This arrangement means the pair are like ships passing in the late afternoon, one is

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literally walking in the door as the other is walking out.

“In a way this is good thing as Isabel was getting really dependent on me, so this way Nic and I both get the chance to look after her.”

Due to her sensitive digestive system pain relief is an ongoing issue for Isabel.

Which meant when a spider bite from the long-awaited Australian holiday became infected and needed surgical attention Isabel was left with no choice other than to go with the no pain relief option.

A plastic surgeon had to cut the wound open and syringe the infected material out.

“It must have hurt like nothing on earth, but Isabel didn’t really flinch. She’s such a trooper, I was so proud of her. I was the one with tears on my cheeks not her.”

“Mum was squeezing my hand harder than I was holding hers,” Isabel added.

Gemma said the takeaway message out of all of this is for the family to get out and enjoy life, taking as many family holidays as they can, minus spiders.

“I try and look at the positives of it all.”

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New school community officer

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

It might be one of the most high-profile roles for a police officer in Mid Canterbury, and Sean Patterson is eager to get started as Mid Canterbury’s new school community officer.

The role will see him travelling to primary and secondary schools across the district, delivering programmes to children about how to stay safe on the roads and in general.

Patterson has been a police officer for more than 20 years, with the majority of that time spent in the Ashburton District.

After growing up in Waimate, he graduated from Police College in 1997 and was first assigned to Christchurch before moving to Ashburton.

The role has recently been filled for many years by the duo of Chris Wiltshire and Pup Chamberlain, and Patterson said he was looking forward to being able to carry on their great work.

The role focuses on working with kids on road safety and how to keep themselves safe.

Patterson will spend time going from school to school running courses on bus and cycle safety,

and crossings for the schools that have them.

“Road safety is always a huge focus,” he said.

He is due to attend Police College to get up to speed with programmes he will be delivering, but for now he is getting his feet under the desk.

After 20-plus years as a frontline officer, Patterson said it felt like the right time for a new challenge.

Having worked all the different challenges that come with working as a frontline officer in metro and rural areas such as attending car crashes and family harm incidents, the time was right for the change.

Patterson said getting the chance to work with children and to build relationships within the school community was something he was looking forward to.

“Hopefully I will have a positive effect,” he said.

Right – Sean Patterson is taking over one of the most well known roles in Mid Canterbury Policing, the school community officer role.

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■■NZTA

In brief

Help to fund flood repairs The Timaru District Council has received $2 million from the New Zealand Transport Agency to pay for repairs following flooding in December last year.

The funding accounts for approximately 57 per cent of the total cost associated with the flooding event, including the initial response during the event and the recovery repairs after the event.

The remaining 43 per cent will be funded from the Council Disaster Relief Fund.

Council Land Transport Manager Andrew Dixon says that the funding will significantly help repair and improve the long term resilience of the affected roads.

“Although we managed to get traffic flowing again reasonably quickly, we still have to deal with the extensive damage on roads and bridge abutments from the river breakout flows,” he said.

“Council has been conducting repairs since the event, which enabled the roads to be passable. However, many are temporary in nature and further work is required to achieve a long term solution. This means that a complete rebuild of some sections of the affected roads is required.

“As there is no insurance cover for road infrastructure, funding from the transport agency becomes critical to enabling us to fix the road damage properly.

“The funding may also help

The NZTA has provided $2 million to the Timaru District Council to assist with repairs to roads following flooding in December.

PHOTO SAM ANDERSON repair and renew some of our local roads which were used as the State Highway 1 bypass during the flooding event.

“The significantly increased

traffic volumes during the event resulted in deterioration of some roads and contributed to the shortening of their usual expected life span.”

Works on the majority of the affected roads are expected to be complete in six months, with some to be completed by the end of this year.

Three TB cases already notified for 2020 susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

A third case of tuberculosis (TB) in Mid Canterbury is unrelated to two cases already notified for this year, says the Canterbury District Health Board.

One case of TB in Ashburton District was notified for the week ending February 14, following one case notified for the week ending

A Wellington woman who was reported missing has been “located safely”. Karina Bradnam, 29, was reported missing on Saturday evening from Titahi Bay. Police confirmed that she had been “located safely” in nearby Porirua yesterday. She called her mum on Monday afternoon to say she was safe – much to the relief of worried friends and family.

However, it’s understood she wouldn’t say where she has been and police wanted to talk to her in person to confirm she was safe.

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January 17 and one for the week ending January 3. The first two cases were also not linked to each other.

Medical Officer of Health Dr Cheryl Brunton said health authorities were not concerned specifically about the incidence of TB in Ashburton, as numbers can vary widely each year in a small district.

The average in Ashburton Dis-

trict is zero to one cases per year.

There were four cases last year.

“If you think you may have TB, it’s important to see your doctor as TB is a serious illness,” Dr Brunton said.

The Immunisation Advisory Centre says TB notification rates in New Zealand are around seven to 10 per 100,000 per year, which is a higher rate of disease when com-

pared to many other developed countries.

This may be attributed to socio-economic deprivation, and immigration from high-incidence countries, the centre says on its website. The bacteria are passed by inhaling droplets from an infected person and overcrowded housing and poverty increases the spread.

A young man who pleaded guilty to assaulting two others at a drunken Labour Party summer camp argues his identity should be kept forever hidden. The High Court judge considering the case has also contemplated suppressing his name until after this year’s general election as the case is kicked about like a political football. The now 22-year-old was discharged without conviction but also declined permanent name suppression by Judge Russell Collins at his sentencing last November. His lawyer Emma Priest yesterday appealed the decision in the High Court at Auckland before Justice Christian Whata. Justice Whata reserved his decision on suppression and said he couldn’t promise a result in the near future as he “gave it careful - NZME consideration”.

Tenant photographed A woman whose landlord photographed her as she slept in her bed says she cried in court when she found out what he had done to her. Harman Sonia, from Christchurch, said she did not know she had been photographed by landlord Harinder Khinda Khinda until she saw the photograph as part of a Tenancy Tribunal hearing. “I cried in court when I saw the photo,” she said.

Khinda was ordered to pay the Christchurch woman just over $600 for his “cavalier” disregard to her rights. Under the Residential Tenancies Act 1986, a landlord must not enter a premises without either the consent of the tenant or lawful authority, the tribunal noted.

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Busy first night for Eagle helicopter The first night of the Canterbury Eagle trial proved to be a busy one, but it is yet to be needed in the Ashburton District.

Police said in a media release that they would like to thank the community of New Brighton/ Wainoni, for their patience as Eagle assisted with a number of events in the area.

These included assisting ground staff to locate an offender who was wanted for assault, locating a person in mental distress, and assisting in the search for a victim.

All were safely located.

To minimise noise disruption, Eagle remained at a height of over 1500 metres from the ground.

The Eagle was also lasered twice during the night, including during the search for the victim.

The lasering of aircraft is an offence under the Crimes Act and carries a possible sentence of up to 14 years’ imprisonment.

“The Eagle crew are working hard to keep the communities of Christchurch safe and it is disappointing that some members of the public have chosen to endanger the lives of those on board,” the statement said.

Enquiries remain ongoing.

The decision to trial the Eagle helicopter in Canterbury was a very welcome one, said Ashburton’s top cop Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins.

“I started policing in South Auckland and had use of Eagle early on in my career,” he said following the announcement it would be trialled on Monday. “(It is) the most effective tool for monitoring fleeing drivers, armed offender situations, search and rescue jobs, etc.

“Mid Canterbury is a large geographical area, Eagle will be an enormous benefit due to the ground it can cover in a timely manner.”

‘I don’t remember almost dying’ NZME

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Teen paralysed in swim tragedy wakes up, mouths first words NZME The Christchurch teen recovering in ICU after a spinal injury has woken with his first thoughts turning to his mates and asking if he could buy them a thank you present for saving his life.

Enzo Halliburton, 16, remains in Christchurch Hospital’s intensive care unit after injuring his spine while diving from a sand island in the middle of an estuary in Christchurch’s Moncks Bay at the end of January.

He was unable to use his legs to push himself out of the water and nearly drowned.

But his group of friends realised he hadn’t come up for air and dragged him out of the water and preformed CPR while they waited for emergency services to arrive.

His mother Christine Waterman said Enzo was making steady progress and had woken up.

“He remains on respiratory support, but is now awake.”

He could still not talk, but was communicating by mouthing words to his family.

“My plucky boy is giving us all fast track teaching in lip reading and is doing his best to communicate.

“True to the boy he is, one of his early concerns has been his friends and I managed to lip-read: ‘how are my friends, can we buy them a thank you present’.”

Waterman said they were still taking things one day at a time and Enzo needed to be breathing independently – or close to it – before he could be transferred to Burwood Spinal Unit to begin his spinal rehabilitation.

He has suffered a C5-C7 spinal injury that has left him a tetraplegic.

“It is the beginning of a slow and challenging road and we and his friends are with him 120 per cent of the way,” Waterman said.

The family’s dog Luna had also been into visit him in hospital.

A Givealittle page has set up to raise funds for his treatment and education has already raised more than $25,000 in four days.

Waterman said they had been humbled by the support from the community, New Zealand and the world.

A Whakaari/White Island survivor who suffered severe burns in the volcanic eruption says she burst into tears when she saw that thousands of dollars had been donated towards her recovery.

“I cried my eyes out when I saw it,” survivor Kelsey Waghorn told The Rock.

“And I read it as nine grand and it was 94 [grand].”

Her givealittle page now tops $110,000.

The White Island tour guide said she awoke in hospital to the news that she’d been in a coma for five days.

“I skipped through all of that. I don’t remember all the really gnarly stuff. I don’t remember almost dying several times in surgery and being on life support.”

The 25-year-old sustained full thickness burns to 45 per cent of her body when the active volcano blew on December 9.

Twenty-one lives were lost in the disaster.

“My family, they didn’t have that luxury of being doped up to the eyeballs for the first 10 days,” she told The Rock.

Waghorn remains in Hutt Valley Hospital.

In December, she had skin grafts to her arms, legs, hands and lower back, with some touch ups on her upper arms.

Kelsey Waghorn The marine scientist has undergone more than a dozen surgeries since the volcano blew.

“So there was a lot of blood, sweat and tears put into getting me where I am today after my final graftings,” she said in a recent update to her givealittle page.

Waghorn told The Rock she’s had skin grafts described as a “big biological plaster.”

“So I’ll never sweat, I won’t grow hair from there, my body won’t exude oil through my skin normally.”

But learning to walk again was a mission in itself, she said.

“For the next two years [I’m] going to have to do rehab and physio and obviously watch what I knock into and stuff like that, because my skin’s very thin.”

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Age-old debate steps out once again I

t would be nice to think it was just a puff of smoke that would blow away with the breeze, but the raging debate about stubble and paddock burn-offs has kicked into gear again for another summer.

As the mercury rises and the harvesters go at a ten-fold sort of pace we’re starting to see more and more paddocks go up just as quickly as farmers look to maximise their return by preparing the paddock for the next crop in an incredibly sustainable manner.

But not everyone likes it. We know this, because it’s been that way for many years and those who speak out against the age-old tradition tend to make themselves quite well known.

It’s not a case of those people’s opinions don’t matter either, nor is it a dismissal of any potential environmental impacts that might be caused, but more the lack of knowledge and understanding that seems to come with it that tends to get a rise out of those in the rural corners of the community.

But, to be completely honest, it doesn’t really matter what side of the fence you sit on for this

seemingly quite contentious issue, because at the end of the day, unless laws are being broken, there’s not much to debate as it’s perfectly legal and above board.

You’ll get the odd rogue, you do in anything – but the huge majority are doing it by the books and doing it properly, because just as much might choose not to believe the equally as much don’t want to be responsible for anything getting out of control and doing damage.

A lot of the misunderstanding seems to come from misinformation that’s out there in the public arena for consumption and, unfortunately, I’ve got to say that the media has a bit of responsibility to own up to here.

A couple of weeks ago, when those on the other side of the Rakaia River shifted into a total fire ban, some media agencies headlined their news by saying that Canterbury was in a total fire ban, when in fact the limitations only reached the northern side of the Rakaia River, with Mid Canterbury and further south remaining in a restricted fire season.

Little things like that really don’t help.

Things are only going to get bigger in the coming weeks as many start the downhill slide towards the end of their harvest and the need to get new crops into paddocks will force plenty of farmers in the coming weeks, to have paddocks burned off to give

them the best possible chance for the next 12 months.

So, don’t be surprised to see huge plumes of smoke billowing up into the sky.

It is quite normal for this time of the year and, provided that the farmer has the correct permits and has put the usual measures in place to protect themselves, and those around them, then everything should be fine.

It’s all part of life in an area like this and while everyone is entitled to an opinion, the way things go around here they’d better also have a solid argument against it if taking on paddock burn-offs is a path they wish to walk down, taking into account some of the stuff I’ve recently read.

crashed in southeastern Iran, killing all on board.

In 2006, Israel halted the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax money to the Palestinians after Hamas took control of the Palestinian parliament.

In 2008, an ailing Fidel Castro resigned the Cuban presidency after nearly a half-century in power; his brother Raul was later named to succeed him.

Ten years ago: In a televised 13-minute statement, golfer Tiger Woods admitted infidelity and acknowledged receiving therapy. The FBI concluded that Army scientist Bruce

Ivins acted alone in the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people, and formally closed the case. Pope Benedict XVI approved sainthood for Mother Mary MacKillop, who became Australia’s first saint.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama urged delegates from 63 countries at a summit on violent extremism to “confront the warped ideology” espoused by terror groups, particularly using Islam to justify violence.

One year ago: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said he would again seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

Designer Karl Lagerfeld, whose creations at Chanel and Fendi had an unprecedented impact on the entire fashion industry, died in Paris.

Today’s birthdays: Singer Smokey Robinson is 80. Actress Carlin Glynn is 80. Singer Lou Christie is 77. Actor Michael Nader is 75. Rock musician Tony Iommi is 72. Actor Stephen Nichols is 69. Author Amy Tan is 68. Actor Jeff Daniels is 65. Rock singer-musician Dave Wakeling is 64. Actor Ray Winstone is 63.

Actor Leslie David Baker is 62.

Britain’s Prince Andrew is 60.

Singer Seal is 57. Actress Jessica

Tuck is 57. Rock musician Jon Fishman is 55. Actress Justine Bateman is 54. Actor Benicio Del Toro is 53. Actress Bellamy Young is 50. Rock musician Daniel Adair is 45. Pop singeractress Haylie Duff is 35. Actress Arielle Kebbel is 35. Christian rock musician Seth Morrison is 32. Actor Luke Pasqualino is 30. Actress Victoria Justice is 27. Actor David Mazouz is 19.

Actress Millie Bobby Brown is 16.

Thought for today: “Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason.” — John Wesley, English theologian (1703-1791).

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Matt Markham

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, February 19, the 50th day of 2020. There are 316 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On February 19, 1945, Operation Detachment began during World War Two as some 30,000 US Marines began landing on Iwo Jima, where they commenced a successful monthlong battle to seize control of the island from Japanese forces.

On this date: In 1803, Congress voted to accept Ohio’s borders and constitution.

In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr, accused of treason, was arrested in the Mississippi Territory, in present-day Alabama. (Burr was acquitted at trial.)

In 1878, Thomas Edison received a US patent for “an improvement in phonograph or speaking machines”.

In 1934, the US Army Air Corps began delivering mail after President Franklin D. Roosevelt cancelled private contracts that had come under suspicion. (The hastily arranged, ill-equipped military flights claimed the lives of a dozen pilots, sparking a public outcry before they were dropped several months later.)

In 1938, Kopuawhara flood killed 21. Twenty men and one woman drowned when a cloudburst sent a wall of water surging through a public works camp in the Kopuawhara Valley, near Māhia.

In 1942, Imperial Japanese warplanes raided the Australian city of Darwin; at least 243 people were killed.

In 1986, the US Senate approved, 83-11, the Genocide Convention, an international treaty outlawing “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group,” nearly 37 years after the pact was first submitted for ratification.

In 2003, an Iranian military plane carrying 275 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards

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Big changes happening in Ashburton CBD T

ake a walk into the Ashburton CBD these days and it’s clear the area is quickly transforming before our eyes.

There are several brand new buildings that are in various stages of construction or have been completed.

I was pleased to hear the new Ministry of Social Development building has opened, Sealy Street Medical’s new Eastfield Health facility is well on the way, the Murney building on East Street seems to make more progress every week, and the Ashburton Club & MSA construction work looks to be coming along too.

It is even more satisfying for our district to have these developments take shape when you consider the work we are doing to rebuild and revitalise the CBD streetscape.

Cass Street is the first cab off the ranks for this important work, and residents have been very understanding of the disruption this is having in the area.

They’ve been quick to adapt to the one-way road restrictions in place as the construction has been under way.

Currently, TruLine Civil are digging up the road to install new water pipes, and are progressively filling in the trench as they go before shifting further along the street. One side of Cass Street is now completed, and they have now begun installing the pipe along the other side of the road. When this is done, they

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will then reseal the road and start renewing the waste and stormwater infrastructure in the area.

They are also extending the new water pipe up Burnett Street to the William Street intersection.

TruLine Civil and the coun-

cil have been working hard to ensure neighbouring properties and affected residents are kept well informed of the work going on, and we will continue to keep communicating throughout this entire two-year project.

Lots of residents have already signed up to our free text alert system to receive ongoing updates about the CBD revitalisation. You can too; just text #CBD to 4196.

Alternatively, you can receive our e-newsletter with these updates by signing up at ashburtondc.govt.nz/stayinformed With new buildings, businesses and organisations and a

revamped streetscape all under way, it is clear the Ashburton CBD has some great things going on.

I’m looking forward to seeing these changes continue over the coming months.

Hamish Riach is the chief executive officer for the Ashburton District Council.

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■■UNITED STATES

Amazon founder commits $US10b to climate change AP Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change.

Bezos, the world’s richest person, said in an Instagram post that he’ll start giving grants this summer to scientists, activists and non-profits working to protect Earth.

“I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change,” Bezos said in the post.

Amazon, the company Bezos runs, has an enormous carbon footprint.

Last year, Amazon officials said the company would work to have 100 per cent of its energy use come from solar panels and other renewable energy by 2030.

The online retailer relies on fossil fuels to power planes, trucks and vans in order to ship billions of items all around the world.

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has committed $US10 billion to help fight climate change.

PHOTO AP attle headquarters have been vocal in criticising some of the company’s practices, pushing it to do more to combat climate change.

Bezos said in the post that he will call his new initiative the Bezos Earth Fund.

An Amazon spokesman confirmed that Bezos will be

using his own money for the fund.

Despite being among the richest people in the world, Bezos only recently became active in donating money to causes as other billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have done.

In 2018, Bezos started an-

other fund, committing $2 billion of his own money to open preschools in low-income neighbourhoods and give money to non-profits that help homeless families.

Bezos, who founded Amazon 25 years ago, has a stake in the company that is worth more than $100 billion.

UK to EU – ‘we won’t accept supervision’ AP Britain’s chief negotiator set out a clashing course in trade talks with the European Union, saying the 27-nation bloc has totally missed the point of Brexit if it thinks it will retain some supervision over UK actions.

The EU has said it wants the best possible trade relationship with the UK but only if there is a level playing field for businesses on anything from state subsidies to environmental standards, and is insisting on clear checks to enforce it.

UK negotiator David Frost said, according to extracts from the released speech, that “to think that we might accept EU supervision on so-called level playing field issues simply fails to see the point of what we are doing”.

In a major speech at the

UK negotiator David Frost ULB Brussels university, he said that rejecting any EU meddling on rules and regulations “is the point of the whole project” of leaving the bloc after 47 years.

And he further stressed that

there was no way that Britain would seek a longer transition period than 11 months to clinch a deal, a timespan considered next to impossible for a trade agreement between such commercial juggernauts.

On January 1, 2021, he said, “we recover our political and economic independence in full – why would we want to postpone it?”

With such comments, Frost gave indications that Britain might be willing to walk away without an agreement rather than compromise on key issues.

The European Union also made it clear that rough times lay ahead when French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said over the weekend that “we’ll be seriously at each other’s throats” during the negotiations.

The EU raised the ire of the UK by making a clear link be-

tween close commercial relations and the demand to adhere to EU rules. Frost made it clear that setting its own rules clearly trumps a cozy deal with the EU. “It is central to our vision that we must have the ability to set laws that suit us – to claim the right that every other non-EU country in the world has,” Frost said.

The EU has insisted that it has no problems with that, but that the further removed those laws and rules are, the less advantageous the trade deal.

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier was equally emphatic that the EU’s 27 remaining nations wouldn’t agree to any British trade deal just to avoid a costly, chaotic “no-deal” at the start of 2021.

The negotiations are to start at the beginning of next month.

■■CHINA

Beijing auto show is latest event delayed by virus AP China’s biennial auto show, one of the industry’s biggest international events, is being postponed in response to the continuing spread of a new virus.

The organisers of Auto China 2020 said in a statement that

the sprawling event originally scheduled for April 21-30 in Beijing would be moved to an undetermined date.

The Auto China show has taken on increasingly heft as global manufacturers seek to grow their sales in China’s massive, but recently slowing, market for cars, trucks, vans

and luxury vehicles.

That makes it the latest major event in China and other nations to be cancelled or postponed out of virus fears, including the Shanghai Forumula 1 Grand Prix, other sports events, a major art festival in Hong Kong and a key telecoms conference in Spain.

Thanks to modern technology and some expert detective work, a nearly 400-year-old painting that had long been attributed to an unknown artist in Rembrandt’s workshop has now been judged to have been a work of the Dutch master himself. For decades, the Allentown Art Museum displayed an oil-on-oak panel painting called Portrait of a Young Woman and credited it to Studio of Rembrandt. Two years ago, the painting was sent to New York University for conservation and cleaning. Outside experts who examined the 1632 painting after the completion of its two-year restoration concurred with an assessment that it was an authentic Rembrandt.

China is also considering whether to postpone the meeting in March of its ceremonial parliament, the most important political event of the year for the authoritarian Communist government increasingly criticised for an initially slow response to the outbreak and tight controls on information.

Tim Allen mulls revival Tim Allen‘s grunting days may not be over: The Last Man Standing star says that he remains open to a Home Improvement revival. “I always think about it, because I still talk to everybody involved,” Allen told media. “The question I had was, ‘Is it still relevant?

Is Tim Taylor relevant in the Mike Baxter world?’ Because Mike Baxter is like a real version of Tim Taylor; he’s not such a joke. And the [Outdoor Man] vlogs are like Mike’s version of Tool Time done as a web series.” As for how he’d like to see Home Improvement return? “I like the idea of doing it as a one-off, like a onehour movie [versus a full-fledged revival series],” Allen said. “I like the idea of finding out where the boys are now, and where … Tool Time would be in today’s world. I just think it’s a marvellous idea.”

New album for Adele?

Adele teased new music and wowed wedding guests at a friend’s wedding in London. The superstar performed at her friend Laura Dockrill and Maccabees musician Hugo White’s wedding. She sang her hits Rolling In The Deep, Spice Up Your Life by The Spice Girls, Crazy In Love by Beyonce and Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton, it was reported.

She also confirmed the news fans have been waiting for: new Adele music is on its way.“Expect my album in September!” she was heard to say.

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China urges NZ to lift travel ban

Wu said the bans have already had an impact on bilateral co-operation, with 40 per cent of Chinese students who study in New Zealand now stuck in China.

“We have been asking the New Zealand side to make proper arrangements for those students so their legitimate rights will be ensured and so that their normal study will not be disrupted because of the travel limit,” she said.

How Scentre Group malls fared in 2018

By Anne Gibson NZME

Retailers in New Zealand’s biggest group of shopping centres got nearly 40 million customer visits in the year December 31, 2019.

Scentre Group, which owns 51 per cent of five New Zealand malls in a venture with Singapore’s GIC, posted a full-year net profit of $A1.18 billion ($NZ1.23b), down 48.4 per cent from a year ago after costs, including property revaluations, hit the bottom line.

However, the company’s funds from operations came in at $A1.344b, up 0.4 per cent on 2018 and operating earnings were up 3.6 per cent to $A1.2b.

In Australia and New Zealand, it recorded 548 million customer visits and made total annual retail sales of $A25b, up $1b in the year.

Scentre’s presentation to the ASX as part of its annual result showed shopper visitor numbers and trading numbers for Westfields at Albany, Manukau, Newmarket, Riccarton and St Lukes.

The most popular and profitable New Zealand mall is Christchurch’s 55,333qm Westfield Riccarton.

That got 12.6 million annual shopper visits, more than any other owned by Scentre and GIC here.

Christchurch retailers in that mall made $531m total annual sales, down slightly on 2018s $536m. Average household income in that area is $85,322 and the mall has 193 retailers and 2400 carparks.

The area that is home to the Christchurch mall has a 1.6 per cent annual expected population growth projection.

Farmers takes 12.8 per cent by area, trading from 7097sqm of space, followed by Kmart, Pak N Save and the cinemas.

The 20.8ha site of Westfield Albany on Auckland’s North Shore has

a 53,326sqm mall, but Scentre has announced plans to spend about $600m there, building towers which could be for residential, commercial and hotel accommodation.

Albany, with 145 retailers, got 8.3m annual visits and had total retail sales of $417m, down on last year’s $423m.

The population is expected to grow 2 per cent per annum and average household incomes are $92,856, Scentre’s presentation showed.

The 45,236sqm Westfield Manukau on its 11.9ha site got 8.1m annual shopper visits.

Sales were up from 2018s $293m to $309m. Average household income was $84,702.

That mall has 187 retailers and 2113 carparks. Farmers leases the biggest area, at 7958sqm or 17 per cent of the centre, Scentre said.

The 88,150sqm Westfield Newmarket, with its $790m expansion and upgrade, got 3.6m annual

shopper visits but only opened from the spring so no full annual figures were available. It was shut for about 18 months.

Average household incomes in the trade area is $95,441.

The lifestyle centre, as Scentre calls it, has 258 retailers and 2504 car parking spaces. But the area it stands on is far smaller than many other Scentre malls here at only 3ha.

The new multiplex in the Newmarket centre is due to open soon but has been delayed by the internal fit-out taking longer than expected.

No retail sales were declared by that centre for 2018 or 2019 – only $135m for 2017, which was the last full year it traded before being shut.

The 39,743sqm Westfield St Lukes with 171 retailers got 7 million annual customer visits and made sales of $359m, down on 2018s $363m. Average household incomes there are $92,092.

The new Westfield Newmarket shopping mall.

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than a half per cent excluding the city of Wuhan or Hubei province, she said.

Wu noted that in 2009, when China had an H1N1, or swine flu, outbreak, there were far more infections and deaths, yet the New Zealand government didn’t impose any travel limits.

“With a lesser risk, why should tougher measures be imposed in this case?” she asked.

Wu said that some students already in New Zealand have reported feeling discriminated against.

“We need to look at why we have seen some discrimination or xenophobia and I think part of the reason is maybe a lack of accurate information so that is why I wanted to have a press briefing,” she said.

“We are from China. We are at the centre-front of the battle against the epidemic, so I feel it is necessary for you to hear from somebody directly from China,” she said.

Trade between the two nations is also being impacted, she said.

“I hope this will be short term instead of medium term or long term,” she said.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the coronavirus outbreak is provisionally forecast to knock between 0.2 per cent and 0.3 per cent off New Zealand’s economic growth rate this year.

Ardern said the Treasury now expects economic growth of between 2 per cent and 2.5 per cent this year.

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China says the coronavirus outbreak there is generally under control and New Zealand should lift the ban on foreign nationals travelling from or through China.

China’s ambassador to New Zealand, Wu Xi, said the New Zealand government’s travel ban is at odds with World Health Organisation guidelines and past practice during previous outbreaks.

“The question for me is not to renew or extend,” she told journalists in Wellington.

“The question to me is should the travel limit be imposed in the first place?”

At the end of January, the World Health Organisation declared the covid-19 virus a “public health emergency of international concern” and said all countries should be prepared for containment and prevention.

However, it emphasised that it was not recommending “any travel or trade restriction based on the current information available”.

New Zealand, however, followed countries such as the US,

Australia and Japan in restricting entry by foreign nationals arriving from mainland China for 14 days.

Over the weekend, Health Minister David Clark extended the ban for a further eight days and said that would be reviewed every 48 hours.

“The WHO has clearly indicated there is no need for limit on travel and trade,” Wu said at a press conference.

“As member states of the WHO we need to respect and follow their recommendations.”

The Chinese ambassador reiterated several times that the number of newly confirmed cases had been declining and “that means the epidemic is generally under control”.

According to Wu, the number of confirmed cases has been dropping for a consecutive 13 days outside Hubei province and the number of recovered patients has increased rapidly. More than 10,000 patients have been cured and discharged from hospital, she said.

The national mortality rate is controlled at 2.2 per cent and less

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Harvesting summer’s bounty Late summer is prime harvest time if you have a home vegetable garden or orchard.

And if you don’t, with a bit of canny shopping or some good friends or neighbours, you’ll still be able to find an abundance of fruits and vegetables just waiting to be turned into chutney or sauce for the winter.

Beetroot chutney 1T olive oil 1 brown onion, finely chopped 2 long red chillies, deseeded, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, crushed 3cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, finely grated 3t cumin seeds 2t ground coriander 2t salt 1t garam masala 1kg beetroot, washed, coarsely grated 1C apple cider vinegar 500g jam setting sugar

Piccalili 1kg mixed vegetables, eg onion, green tomatoes, beans, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, carrots 2T salt 500ml vinegar 250g white sugar 1 1/2 T mustard powder 2t turmeric 1/2 t mixed spice 1/2 t spicy curry powder 1/8 t ground red pepper, cayenne 2T cornflour ■■ Prepare vegetables and chop into bite-sized pieces.

■■ Place in a large earthenware or stainless steel bowl, sprinkle with salt and cover with water.

■■ Allow to stand for 24 hours, then drain well.

■■ Place vegetables in a pan.

■■ Combine all dry ingredients and blend with a little vinegar to a smooth paste.

■■ Gradually add the remaining vinegar, stir until smooth.

■■ Pour this mixture over the vegetables, stir until boiling.

■■ Remove from heat and bottle.

■■ Cool and seal. Store in a cool, dry place.

Pickled onions 1.5kg pickling onions 1/2 C salt Water to cover 3 dried chillies, approximately 6 peppercorns, approximately Malt or white vinegar ■■ Peel the onions by putting them into a large bowl and covering with boiling water.

■■ Leave for just 20 seconds, then drain and cover with cold water.

■■ Peel away the skins.

■■ Put the onions in a non-metallic bowl and sprinkle with the salt.

■■ Add cold water to cover and let stand for 24 hours.

■■ Drain the onions and rinse them in cold water then pack them into sterilised jars.

■■ Add 1 chilli and 2 peppercorns to each jar, then pour in enough vinegar to cover the onions.

■■ Seal with non-metallic lids and keep for 4–6 weeks before using.

Spiced peach chutney 750g peaches, washed, pitted, and coarsely diced 2 medium red onions, diced 1 green capsicum, seeded and diced 4 red cayenne and 1 birds eye chilli, diced.

2 cloves garlic, crushed A thumb-size piece of ginger, peeled and grated 1t ground cloves 2t cinnamon 1t black pepper 1t salt 3 bay leaves 6 cardamom pods 2C soft brown sugar 1 1/2 C apple cider vinegar ■■ Gently sauté the onion, capsicum, garlic, ginger and chilli in the oil with the spices until the onion is translucent.

■■ Add the sugar and vinegar and bring to the boil.

■■ Add the peaches and return to the boil.

■■ Cook for an hour, over a reduced heat, until thick.

■■ Transfer with care to sterilised jars.

■■ Store in the pantry and in the fridge after opening.

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■■ Heat oil in a large deep saucepan over a medium heat.

■■ Add onion, chilli, garlic and ginger and stir until well combined.

■■ Cook for 8 minutes or until onion mixture is softened ■■ Stir in cumin seeds, coriander, salt and garam masala.

■■ Cook for two minutes or until aromatic.

■■ Add beetroot and vinegar.

■■ Stir until combined and mixture comes to the boil.

■■ Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes or until beetroot is tender.

■■ Add sugar and bring mixture to the boil.

■■ Increase heat to high and simmer for 10 minutes or until mixture thickens.

■■ Spoon into sterilised jars.

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Plum sauce 2 3/4kg plums, halved, stoned 1.5l malt vinegar 3C brown sugar 50g garlic, peeled 2t ground black pepper 2t ground cloves 2t ground ginger 1t ground mace 1/2 t cayenne pepper 1T salt ■■ Put all the ingredients into a preserving pan and bring slowly to the boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved.

■■ Boil steadily until the mixture is pulpy.

■■ Purée in a blender or food processor.

■■ Return the sauce to the pan and bring back to the boil.

■■ Simmer for 2–3 minutes.

■■ Pour into sterilised bottles and seal.

■■ Keep for at least 2 weeks before using.

Tomato chilli chutney 500g red onions, finely sliced 1kg fresh tomatoes, chopped 4 garlic cloves, finely sliced 8 - 12 fresh red chillies, roughly chopped A thumb-size piece of ginger, peeled and chopped 250g brown sugar 150ml red wine vinegar 5 cardamom seeds 1/2 T paprika ■■ Place all of your ingredients into a large, heavy-based pan.

■■ Bring to a gentle simmer, stirring occasionally.

■■ Simmer for one hour.

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■■RUGBY

■■RUGBY

Tackle earns three-week ban

Maori to play the Lions?

The Highlanders will be without Sio Tomkinson for the next three weeks.

The hard-hitting back was given a three-week suspension yesterday morning, following a tackle in which he made contact with the head against the Brumbies in Canberra on Saturday.

Tomkinson, who was yellow carded at the time, pleaded guilty to the incident.

Foul Play Review Committee Chairman Adam Casselden SC said that early plea had helped reduce the suspension from six weeks to three.

“Having conducted a detailed review of all the available evidence, including all camera angles and additional evidence, including from the player and submissions from his legal representative, Aaron Lloyd, the

RESULTS ■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club February 10 2 rds, duplicate N/S 1st Paul Leadley & David Fisher, 2nd Hilda Blee & Colin Clemens, 3rd Averil Leckey & Georgina Black E/W 1st Pat Wise & Joyce Johnson, 2nd Bernie Jopson & Dee Murdoch, 3rd Noel & Gladys Baker February 11 2 rds, duplicate 1st Judith Edmond & Maree Moore, 2nd Mike Holmes & Jan de Jong, 3rd Rewa Kyle & Mary Buckland February 12 2 rds, diff ptr N/S 1st Trish & Peter Downward, 2nd Kay Robb & Judith Edmond , 3rd David Wilkinson & Rona Brownlie E/W 1st Rewa Kyle & Mary Buckland, 2nd Debbie Seddon-Sewell & David Sewell,

Foul Play Review Committee upheld the citing under Law 9.13.

“With respect to any sanction the Foul Play Review Committee deemed that the act of foul play merited a mid-range entry point of six weeks due to the World Rugby instructions that dictate any incident of foul play involving contact with the head must start at a mid-range level.

“However, taking into account mitigating factors including the player’s clean judicial record and the fact the player has pleaded guilty at the first available opportunity, the Foul Play Review Committee then reduced the suspension to three weeks.”

The Highlanders play the Crusaders in Christchurch on Friday and will name their team tomorrow.

3rd Beth McIlraith & Shirley Harris February 13 Mary Mulligan Trophy N/S 1st Val Ferrier & Trish Downward, 2nd John Knight & Mary Buckland, 3rd Rona Brownlie & John McDonald E/W 1st John Shearer & Bill Kolkman, 2nd Peter Downward & Carolyn King, 3rd Val Palmer & Pat Jordan

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club February 15 Rnd 1 Bonnington: Nicky Gill 71; February 18 Rnd 1 Longbeach Cup: Jenny Williams 69, Hilary Ward 70, Bev Turton 71 on c/b Nearest the Pins: No 4 Gabites Hilary Lovett; No 8 House of Travel Trish Cates; No 12 Lynn’s small Salon Hilary Ward; No 14 Todds of Ashburton Barb Williams; No 18 2nd Shot Erin Porter Twos: Barb Williams, Pauline Bell

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Sio Tompkinson February 17 2nd Rd Heartland Championship 1st equal Robin Stevenson and Merv Green 43, Dave Hewitt 42, Charlie Alexander 41, Graeme Munro, Kevin McStay, John Dudley 40, Trevor Kerr, Derek Prebble, Malcolm Fechney, Dave Tilson, Robert Pawsey, George Cartney and George Brown 39.

Twos: Alan Smith, Mike Gray, Brent MacGregor and Charlie Alexander (2) Next Round March 2 at Methven.

Mayfield Golf Club February 15 Stableford Winners: Bernie Doyle 42; Rob Pryde 40; Steve King, Ali McLeod, Tom Bell 39; Gordon Duthie 38; Dave Morrow, Bill Allan 36 Nearest Pins: No 2 Aon Insurance: Steve King, No 11 Jon McAuliffe Bayleys: Gordon Duthie, No 5 Campbell Contracting Tom Bell, No 14 ANZ Bank Ian Beach, 9&18 second shot: Ali McLeod Twos: Bill Allan, Dave Morrow, Steve King Rosehope Rommey Player of Day Bernie Doyle 104.38.66

■■ Slowpitch Hampstead Slow Pitch February 14 - Laser Attack 15-10 Hawkies Hawks, Demolition 9-6 As Good As It Gets, Demolition 18-5 Lion Brown Club, Shits & Giggles 24-14 Marines & Angels, Reigning Champs 13-3 More Beer Than Gear

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Coach Warren Gatland has revealed the British and Irish Lions may take on the Maori All Blacks next year.

The Chiefs coach will take time off from his Super Rugby job next year to coach the Lions when they tour South Africa.

Following the Chiefs’ win over the Sunwolves in Tokyo on Saturday, Gatland revealed the Lions were in talks with a number of teams around a warm-up game, including the Japan national side.

“The Lions are planning a warmup game somewhere in the UK in either London, Wales or Edinburgh,” he said.

“There are two or three parties we are talking to, the Barbarians, New Zealand Maori and Japan.

“So yes, Japan is potentially an option.”

The Lions and Maori All Blacks have met nine times previously with their last meeting a 32-10 win to the visitors in the 2017 tour.

The Maori All Blacks’ only win was a 19-13 victory in 2005.

■■ Slowpitch Hampstead Slow Pitch February 21 Semi-Finals: Section 1: 6.30pm: Devon Tavern D.1: Demolition v Marines & Angels; 6.30pm: First National Real Estate D.3: Shits & Giggles v As Good As It Gets Semi-Finals: Section 2: 6.30pm: Laser Electrical D.2: Laser Attack v Hawkies Hawks; 6.30pm: Dell Phillips Landscaping D.4: Lion Brown Club v Reigning Champs, More Beer Than Gear Bye

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■■OPINION

The red mist that still descends for Dane Coles

By Gregor Paul

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here’s long been an assumption that Dane Coles didn’t make it on to the All Blacks’ radar in his first years as a professional because back then he didn’t have the size to be an international hooker.

Coles was mobile, he was quick, he was tough and even in his first years with the Hurricanes where he mostly played off the bench behind test veteran Andrew Hore, it was obvious he had the range of skills the All Blacks wanted.

But at just 100kg, Coles looked like a twig in a game where everyone else was a branch and it was only when he built himself up to a more robust and sustainable 108kg that he became an All Blacks regular.

So the assumption was made that it was his lack of size that delayed his entry into the test fold – that he would have been picked earlier than 2012 had he been bigger in his early 20s.

That’s only half the story, though. If that.

The bigger impediment was his lack of discipline – the inability to control and use his natural aggression effectively.

The selectors saw a young player with incredible potential, but also with a self-destruct button that was too prone to being pushed.

There was so much to like, so much to be excited by but so too was there a sense that Coles didn’t have the requisite self-control.

There was too much red mist in his early years.

Physicality lacked definition in his mind.

Was there really a difference between a well-timed tackle that drove a ball carrier behind the gainline and a bit of push and shove to get in an opponent’s face after the whistle had been blown?

The point, as he understood it, was that both acts were designed to gain domination.

Both were physical confron-

tations that could help assert control of the game.

It was only when Coles learned to see the difference between the two that he became an All Black.

When he showed a greater degree of control with his aggression he became a better player.

And for a period between 2014 and 2016 he became a great player. Coles used his natural combativeness to dominate opponents.

He was aggressive, but disciplined. He was physical, but not wild.

There was an edge to him but he recognised the difference between legal and illegal and for those three years, he was the undisputed best hooker in the world.

He’s been plagued by injury since 2017 and there will be those who say that the damage he has incurred and his age will combine now to prevent him from becoming the player he was in his golden period.

Maybe, but just as his lack of

size wasn’t the real problem in his earlier career, the impact of injury and miles on his clock are not the roadblock to greatness now.

A lack of discipline has resurfaced and Coles has regressed, lost sight of what constitutes effective physicality and what is ill-disciplined aggression that endangers his team.

Against the Sharks last week he was fortunate not to have been yellow carded, or even sent off, for diving into Sanele Nohamba who was on the ground at the time.

Social media can’t decide whether it was cheap or reckless, but the label doesn’t matter – it was ill-disciplined and a failure to impose himself in the way the All Blacks’ coaching team want.

And what will be of particular concern is that there were signs last year that the old problem was resurfacing within Coles.

Against Australia at Eden Park, after the All Blacks had been hammered the week before in

Perth where Scott Barrett had been red carded, the need for control and discipline was emphasised in the build-up.

Yet 10 minutes before half-time, Coles was sin-binned for a judo throw on Wallabies halfback Nic White off the ball.

“How disappointed?,” said All Blacks coach Steve Hansen when asked about Coles’ act.

“Very. We’ll deal with that behind closed doors and move on.

“It’s a constant work-on for Colesy and it’s a good reminder for him. You’re going to get moments when he does something you’d classify as dumb.”

Coles is a ferocious competitor, which is an incredible quality that his teams want to harness.

He has an intensity of desire that few can match.

He’s never needed help to get himself mentally aroused, but he has needed help to stop himself becoming overly aroused and it would seem he needs that help now.

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■■LAUREUS AWARDS

Hamilton, Messi share top gong Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi were declared joint winners of the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award in Berlin, with the voting tied for the first time in the awards’ 20-year history.

Mercedes driver Hamilton won his sixth world championship in 2019, with 11 race wins and 17 podium finishes, while Messi was crowned the world’s best player for a record sixth time when he won the Ballon d’Or. American gymnast Simone Biles, who became the most decorated gymnast in world championship history when she won her 25th medal last year, won her third Sportswoman of the Year gong after winning the award in 2017 and 2019.

The South African rugby team, which won the World Cup in Japan last year for the third time in history, were crowned the Team of the Year, beating European soccer champions Liverpool and women’s soccer World Cup winners United States.

German NBA superstar Dirk

all time in international cricket, had the support of a cricket-crazy nation to win a fan vote for the award for the best Sporting Moment from the last two decades.

In his sixth and final one-day international World Cup in 2011, Tendulkar finally got his hands on the title as India won on home soil and he was carried on his teammates’ shoulders for a lap of honour.

Lewis Hamilton Nowitzki, who retired last year after a 21-year career in the NBA with the Mavericks, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to basketball.

Meanwhile, the Spanish Basketball Federation was recognised

with the Exceptional Achievement Award after the men’s World Cup triumph last year while the women have won three of the last four EuroBasket titles.

German Formula Three driver Sophia Floersch, who fractured her spine in a spectacular aerial

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Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, the highest run scorer of

List of winners: Sportsman of the Year: Lewis Hamilton and Lionel Messi Sportswoman of the Year: Simone Biles Team of the Year: South Africa Men’s Rugby Team Breakthrough of the Year: Egan Bernal Comeback of the Year: Sophia Floersch Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Oksana Masters Action Sportsperson of the Year: Chloe Kim Best Sporting Moment: ‘Carried on the shoulders of a nation’ Sachin Tendulkar Lifetime Achievement Award: Dirk Nowitzki Laureus Academy Exceptional Achievement Award: Spanish Basketball Federation Laureus Sport for Good Award: South Bronx United

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■■SKIING

Big plans ahead for NZ’s latest ski star

Kyle Jamieson may well be making his test debut for the Black Caps in Wellington on Friday.

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Criticism surprises Stead Black Caps coach Gary Stead has responded to criticism of his break from coaching duties during the ODI series against India, saying he was surprised by the vitriol his absence produced.

Stead missed the 3-0 ODI series victory over India in order to take a planned break to manage his workload during a busy year for the Black Caps, but that decision – as well as the poor timing and communication of it – caused a firestorm.

Former Black Caps skipper and current Radio Sport commentator Jeremy Coney was one of the most vocal critics of Stead’s brief holiday, calling it “ridiculous” and suggesting that if his workload was too much, he could “go and get a job in a hardware store”.

But when quizzed on Coney’s comments in his first interview since the break was revealed, Stead brushed it aside.

“Everyone’s entitled to their opinion.

“What Jeremy Coney says about me doesn’t necessarily have relevance to the way we go about things,” Stead responded.

“It was good to have time with the family.

“I had four to five days off and I’ve been back at work planning for this test series now.”

Stead is back in charge for the two tests against India, starting on Friday, and acknowledged he didn’t expect his time off to be quite so controversial.

“I was really surprised.

“New Zealand Cricket and I have talked about this for a long time, looking after our staff and our players.

“We did that, and I know New Zealand Cricket are doing what we think is right for all of us as people.”

After the Black Caps were swept 5-0 by India in the Twenty20 series, bowling coach Shane Jurgensen successfully deputised for the ODI series, and Stead was delighted with how the side bounced back.

“I was really pleased with the way Shane and the team went about their business, they played with confidence – it was great to see.”

Now, a different challenge – the most difficult of them all – awaits, with India having won their last seven tests, all by massive margins.

Stead hopes any potential dramas have been quelled, and that his side can be at their best when going up against the world No. 1 test side.

“They’re distractions that don’t need to be there, but we have to move on and look ahead to the India test series.

“This is as good as we’re going to face out there – they’re going to be a heck of a team to play against.”

Meanwhile, making his mental health a priority has been key to the rise of Auckland pace bowler Kyle Jamieson on the international cricket scene.

The two-metre tall 25-year-

Gary Stead old has been named in the Black Caps test squad to play India, putting him in line to make his test debut on Friday in the first match at the Basin Reserve.

Jamieson shone during New Zealand’s recent one-day series win over India and was called up for, but didn’t play in, the final two tests of the 3-0 series drubbing in Australia after an injury to Aces team-mate Lockie Ferguson.

His elevation to the Black Caps set-up comes after he decided to move home to Auckland after several years playing in Canterbury.

Jamieson said he realised he had reached a point where things needed to change.

“I was just at a place with my cricket where I wasn’t enjoying it

and wasn’t really like the person I was on the field.

“It was just a shift I needed to make and I thought that most importantly I needed to be happy and enjoy my cricket.

“It’s certainly paid off for me and I’m very happy at the moment.”

Becoming injury free has also helped Jamieson a lot.

But he said other factors certainly played a big part, including his fiery and aggressive onfield manner. “[That] just sort of came out in ways that I didn’t really like. I do it and then post-game I’d be like ‘well, what am I doing that for’.

“There was a bit of negativity surrounding myself in that environment that was coming out in my behaviour on the field.

“I had to look at that and say right, I want to be happy off the field and getting better every day and be comfortable with myself.”

To achieve that, Jamieson hasn’t been afraid to seek help.

He said professionals in that area, including NZ Cricket mental skills expert Pete Sanford, had been pivotal.

“I’m always in contact with different people and that mental space is such an important part of life, not just as a cricketer.

“That’s something I’m always tapping into, just to keep things in check.”

Jamieson and the rest of the Black Caps squad begin their test series with India in Wellington on Friday.

Having conquered the world’s best giant slalom skiers with an explosive performance in Slovenia over the weekend, Alice Robinson could add another discipline to her repertoire next season.

The 18-year-old has taken the alpine skiing world by storm, winning two of the six women’s giant slalom world cup races, including last weekend’s event in Kransjka Gora.

Robinson was lightning fast out of the start gate and performed at a different level to her rivals.

She was described by one commentator as “an atomic bomb with propulsion never seen in giant slalom”.

The young Kiwi is a speed skier and has made no secret of the fact she won’t be lining up in slalom races any time soon.

Her future lies with giant slalom, Super G and, possibly, downhill.

“She just embraces the speed and never backs off from the speed unless you tell her she needs to in a situation. That is a special young talent and something very exciting to have,” Robinson’s coach Chris Knight said.

Being a speed skier, Knight says, opens up the possibility of Robinson trying her hand at the blue riband event in the downhill discipline next season.

“Not yet.

“She hasn’t even got a pair of downhill skis, but that is the plan this summer to bring downhill in and if she picks it up as quickly as she picked up Super G last summer I imagine she will be trying a few downhills next year.

“That’s where her talent lies – on the speed side, definitely not on the slalom side and that’s what we are targeting over the next few years, the building up of two new disciplines.”

Robinson sits fifth in the World Cup giant slalom standings with three races remaining in the season including the World Cup Finals in Italy next month.

She is just 33 points off reigning World Champion Petra Vlhova in second, and is an outside chance of winning the season title.

The most aggressive skier on the circuit, Robinson is renowned for her speed and explosive turns.

She has tried her hand at super giant slalom fleetingly this season without a lot of luck.

In her first World Cup race in Germany earlier this month, the binding popped off her ski and she recorded a DNF. But her team feels she is destined to achieve similar Super G success in time.

Robinson will compete in a Europa Cup Super G race in Italy this weekend in a bid to gain valuable points for the World Cup circuit.

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Maria Hala in full flight as she slings a discus throw.

Fun and games in da house Ashburton College was infused with a dash of sporting colour on Monday for the AshColl Athletic Prelims.

The event, which had been postponed from Friday due to rain, was met with sweltering conditions of about 31degC. Pupils, all sporting their respective house colours, were involved in several events throughout the day including high jump, long jump, discus, javelin and a relay which capped the afternoon off.

The finals are to be held at the Ashburton Domain oval on February 27.

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Left – William Joyce scissors over the bar during the high jump event.

Below – Rose Stevens exhibits her house colours as she winds up the javelin.

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Celts hit the fairways A strong field of golfers played the annual Celtic Golf Tournament on Sunday. The “emerald” tournament, held at the Tinwald Golf Club, attracted a packed field of more than 150 participants amid warm but windy conditions. The event, which raised more than $15,000 for the Celtic Rugby Club, was won by Brent Green, Steve Thomas, Mike Thomas and Matt Stoddard. Andrew Robins (above) tees off at the tournament.

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Ko setting sights on Tokyo Olympics with new coach Struggling for form in recent times, Lydia Ko has looked to a new coach to try and find the answers.

Ko, who spent time working with David Whelan last year after parting ways with former coach Ted Oh, has now enlisted the help of tutor Jorge Parada.

“I haven’t been working with David for some time now,” Ko confirmed yesterday.

“I’ve been working with Jorge Parada for quite some time now.”

Parada is Ko’s fifth swing coach since she decided to join the professional ranks in late 2013, following David Leadbetter, Gary Gilchrist, Oh and Whelan.

Ko found plenty of success early in her professional career, ending the year as world No.1 in 2015 and 2016.

She slid to No. 9 in 2017, before falling outside of the top 10 in 2018.

In 2019, Ko finished the year ranked No. 40 in the world, a far cry from her days at the top of the pack, while her 2020 campaign got off to a dismal start as she failed to make the cut at the Australian Open last week.

Having enlisted the help of Parada, who has worked with a number of golfers on the LPGA and PGA tours, Ko said she was looking to get back to basics in a way with her sights set on qualifying, and peaking, for the Tokyo Olympics.

“We’re trying to simplify things and trying to go, I guess, back to more of the swing I had when I was an amateur.

“So using some footage of my swings from then and just trying to simplify things.

“We’re working towards making sure it can work in a pressure situation and that it’s repeatable and a swing I feel comfortable doing.

“I think we’re moving in the right direction.”

She said improving on her greens-in-regulation and fairway percentages would go a long way to help her reach her goals for the year.

“Naturally if those two aspects improve the scoring average is going to improve,” Ko said.

“At the end of the day all I can do is be the best version of myself today.

“I’ve just got to stay focused, believe in myself, keep working hard and see where it takes me.”

Former world No. 1 Lydia Ko has employed yet another coach.

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■■SAUDI ARABIA

Taking on the best in the world

Rock On Wood

■■ELLERSLIE

Group One on the radar There would be few horses in the country more consistent than Rock On Wood, and trainer Leanne Elliot is hoping the reliable gelding can turn that form into Group One glory next month.

The Horowhenua galloper is earmarked to head north to Ellerslie on March 7 where he will compete in the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m).

The son of Redwood takes some strong form into the race,

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having won six of his 13 career starts and placing on three other occasions.

He recorded his first win at stakes level last year in the Listed Anzac Mile (1600m) at Awapuni and he has placed twice at Group level, including a last start third in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa.

“He is very consistent and he likes what he is doing at the moment,” Elliot said.

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 19 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 1 3.10pm (NZT) AON INSURANCE C1 C1, 305m 1 32356 Opehu Express 17.86.......................R Waite 2 37567 Zara Daiken 17.93.............................. N Udy 3 15777 Zipping Romeo 17.99 J &....................D Bell 4 85571 Free Thinker 17.87...........................M Olden 5 55646 Paradox Prince 18.43...................B Hodgson 6 21142 Allegro Fern 17.77..............................L Cole 7 65757 Bigtime Kiowa 17.68 A &.................Williams 8 64673 Gemmas Dilemma 18.16...........J McInerney 9 37875 Homebush Maxi 17.89...............J McInerney

ing to see how he goes.”

In a bid to lessen the impact of the long trip north to Auckland from her Levin base, Elliot said she would likely split the trip and stay with her son’s, jockey Ryan Elliot, mentor Graeme Rogerson in Hamilton.

“Graeme Rogerson has been very helpful and we usually stay up there when we are travelling north. He is very accommodating,” she said.

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway 8 73653 Goldstar Hadlee nwtd................. G Hodgson Meeting Date: 19 Feb 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 9 65443 Rich Lister nwtd............................. M Gowan 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 10 7x8x8 Ostapenko nwtd.............................. L A Hunt 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 3 12.41pm LASER PLUMBING C0 C0, 305m 1 12.05pm (NZT) MOTOR TRADE ASSOCIATION C0 1 F7475 Ariana Sunset nwtd.....................B Goldsack

2 623 Big Time Joey nwtd.............................L Cole C0, 305m 1 55566 My Emmett nwtd................................M Flipp 3 Allegro Olive nwtd...............................L Cole 2 75455 That’s Frank nwtd.......................J McInerney 4 36445 Ahuroa Whizz nwtd.........................R Murray 5 Idol Lucy nwtd....................................M Flipp 3 85555 Alfie Daman nwtd.............................. P Clark 5 4 54572 Allegro Kyle nwtd................................L Cole 6 Garrera nwtd K &...............................Phillips

7 F86 Oma Rapeti nwtd.............................C Morris 5 Alamein Pudly nwtd K &.....................Phillips 6 8 Nellie Marjen nwtd.............................M Flipp 8 54473 Citizen Zagreb nwtd...................J McInerney 7 33442 Big Time Kevin nwtd............................L Cole 9 F777 Sedgebrook Mini nwtd........................W Kite 8 Allegro Ella nwtd.................................L Cole 10 76F77 Zara Jewel nwtd............................P Blanche 9 6488 Blue Mowhawk nwtd..................... D Denbee 4 12.59pm BOOK YOUR FUNCTION @ HATRICK C1 10 67677 Telltale Signs nwtd...........................M Olden C1, 305m 1 46383 Naharis 17.73.....................................D Edlin 2 12.23pm ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS C0 C0, 520m 1 Alamein Graeme nwtd K &.................Phillips 2 44377 Princess Pea 17.94...........................P Taylor 2 Big Time Fairy nwtd............................L Cole 3 23531 Black Widow Baby 18.07 A &...........Williams 3 22343 Sedgebrook Comet nwtd.....................F Kite 4 7x486 Kirkham Coby 17.41........................C Morris 4 Big Time Lenny nwtd...........................L Cole 5 48423 Monty 18.00........................................ N Udy 5 Big Time Amber nwtd..........................L Cole 6 33573 Always Dizzy 18.07....................J McInerney 6 55662 Jack Marjen nwtd...............................M Flipp 7 78437 Thrilling Ivy 18.10...................... K Gommans 7 55434 Derry Blues nwtd.............................. P Clark 8 57864 Arm Turner 18.19.......................J McInerney

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“It was a good run in the Herbie Dyke, I was very pleased.

“He’s been good since that run and he has been working well.”

It will be Rock On Wood’s first time racing at Ellerslie and Elliot said it will be interesting to see how he handles the trip.

“It will be a bit further away from home and it is a different way of going around,” she said.

“He has raced that way around before, but it will still be interest-

There will be a touch of New Zealand flavour in Saudi Arabia ahead of next month’s $20million Saudi Cup, the world’s newly established richest horse race.

Last season’s New Zealand Premiership-winning jockey Lisa Allpress has been invited to compete in the inaugural Kingdom Day Jockey Challenge.

While she is looking forward to the new experience, it won’t be the first time she has represented her country internationally.

“I was lucky enough when I was an apprentice to go to Macau to represent New Zealand,” Allpress said.

“I would have been 23 and I loved it. I had a second-placing in Macau, it was my first time riding on the dirt, it was great.”

Allpress will once again be met by the dirt surface in Saudi Arabia and while there is no dirt racing in New Zealand, she said she has become familiar with the surface from several other international forays.

“This will be my third time at a major international competition, I am really looking forward to it,” she said.

“Riding against world-class jockeys is something that everyone aspires to do, so you have just got to go there and enjoy it.

“The competition includes four races on the dirt, ranging from 1200m to 1600m.

“I am lucky in that I have ridden in Singapore on the sand tracks and I have also ridden in Japan on the dirt, so it is not a foreign thing to me.”

9 58785 Clansman Douglas 18.16............B Goldsack 10 68678 Cool Wolf 17.86.............................. D Donlon 5 1.17pm FIRST SECURITY C1 C1, 305m 1 68574 Here’s Hemi nwtd.......................J McInerney 2 16422 Sub Twenty Three 17.80.....................L Cole 3 45683 Jacks Point nwtd............................W Woods 4 38x86 Idol Little Girl 18.13............................M Flipp 5 75574 Rockoneva nwtd...........................B Hodgson 6 57254 Retail Mayhem 18.03...................... L Pearce 7 47324 Big Time Ricky 18.10 A &................Williams 8 24858 Cadillac Mack nwtd....................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 4F787 Auros Advantage 18.01................... T Pilcher 10 38684 Go Stopper 17.95 A &......................Williams 6 1.35pm ACCELL “LEADING THE WAY IN CANINE THERAPY” C1 C1, 520m 1 36876 Slam It 31.26..............................J McInerney 2 54426 Cavatate 31.36 J &...............................D Bell 3 Fx448 Sahara Pippa 30.98...........................M Flipp 4 16111 Big Time Brie 30.30............................L Cole 5 33431 Big Time Roonie 30.63........................L Cole 6 65121 Young Dumb Broke 30.63................M Olden 7 78558 Midnight Molly 30.46....................B Hodgson 8 32662 Big Time Mac nwtd..............................L Cole

9 8768F Lady Jellybean 30.51....................M Goodier 7 1.56pm GUTHRIE BOWRON WANGANUI C1, 305m 1 64732 Memphis Jewel nwtd................. K Gommans 2 65246 Arthur’s Crown 17.82........................R Waite 3 31445 Choice Sister 18.01..........................C Morris 4 34765 Uno Eleven 17.75................................ N Udy 5 66567 Subway Kay 18.28......................B Goldsack 6 66456 Morning Sun 18.00....................J McInerney 7 17888 Big Time Rose 17.94 A &.................Williams 8 868x8 Big Time Ivy 18.00 A &.....................Williams Emergencies: 9 48787 Bigtime Kylie 17.82................... S Gommans 10 37875 Homebush Maxi 17.89...............J McInerney

8 2.12pm HATRICK DASH C1 C1, 305m 1 37385 Homebush Keasha nwtd............J McInerney 2 28224 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce 3 62477 Manimal 17.77.................................... N Udy 4 67F26 Sozin’s Delight nwtd...................J McInerney 5 85634 Small Boy 18.32 A &........................Williams 6 6756F Euphamistic 18.26.......................B Hodgson 7 45351 Yarn Sister 18.01..............................C Morris 8 86557 White Comet 17.75........................ D Donlon 9 F8758 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe 10 48787 Bigtime Kylie 17.82................... S Gommans

9 2.32pm WANGANUI TOYOTA C1 C1, 305m 1 86524 Leslie Albert 18.06......................B Goldsack 2 56558 Hurricane Al 17.85...........................C Morris 3 87528 Small Paige nwtd A &.......................Williams 4 55762 Goldstar Auburn nwtd............... S Gommans 5 24776 Idol Wilson 18.19................................M Flipp 6 78224 Eye Kno 17.77...............................W Woods 7 82221 Homebush Jennia 17.92............J McInerney 8 64656 Lucy Lingers nwtd......................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 68678 Cool Wolf 17.86.............................. D Donlon 10 4F787 Auros Advantage 18.01................... T Pilcher 10 2.47pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION C1 C1, 520m 1 37747 Marley Farley 31.16 R &......................Voyce 2 45523 Bigtime Fred 30.29..............................L Cole 3 12151 Big Time Vegas nwtd...........................L Cole 4 82258 Mainline Lil 31.21.........................B Hodgson 5 44653 Big Time Chad 30.88..........................L Cole 6 11212 Fool’s Russian 30.87...........................L Cole 7 35743 Bigtime Maci 30.53..............................S Kite 8 86865 Watch Marjen nwtd............................M Flipp 9 8768F Lady Jellybean 30.51....................M Goodier LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

10 58785 Clansman Douglas 18.16............B Goldsack 2 3.27pm PALMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C1 C1, 305m 1 67777 Bigtime Wayno nwtd A &..................Williams 2 85475 Punch On Ruby 17.78................J McInerney 3 47453 Double Change nwtd................ S Gommans 4 46226 Light Cruiser 17.93.........................G Atwood 5 44231 Jamboree 18.02...............................C Morris 6 56653 De Blonde 17.78................................ B Hunt 7 83824 Homebush Minnie 17.61............J McInerney 8 16772 Final Straw 18.10................................ N Udy Emergencies: 9 38684 Go Stopper 17.95 A &......................Williams

10 F8758 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe

3 3.50pm GARY ROSS DECORATORS C1/2, 305m

1 87558 Token Pick 18.15................................. N Udy 2 66748 Bigtime Mike nwtd A &.....................Williams 3 77546 Big Time Rusty 18.13 A &................Williams 4 87182 Idol Steffie 17.85................................M Flipp 5 17788 Mitcham Doug 17.95..................J McInerney 6 67386 Homebush Yuri 17.96.................J McInerney 7 86156 Big Time Tatum 17.86 A &................Williams 8 47825 Cockney Rip Off 17.72.....................M Olden Emergencies: 9 4F787 Auros Advantage 18.01................... T Pilcher 10 38684 Go Stopper 17.95 A &......................Williams

4 4.09 QUALITY INN COLLEGIATE WANGANUI C1/ C2 C1/2, 305m 1 21112 Life Is Good 17.92............................M Olden 2 33151 Cawbourne Moss 17.66 J &.................D Bell 3 47314 Bigtime Roll 17.65..................... S Gommans 4 36683 Bigtime Coco 17.72..................... D P Symes 5 35626 Elsa Blueblood 18.06.................J McInerney 6 58381 Blitzem Gem 17.96................... S Gommans 7 54366 Sedgebrook Sally 17.90.......................F Kite 8 27221 Articulator 17.88...........................B Hodgson 9 F8758 Bigtime Ronnie nwtd.......................... I Howe 10 68678 Cool Wolf 17.86.............................. D Donlon 5 4.27pm CPF INSURANCE C1/C2 C1/2, 305m

1 82228 Shadow Girl 17.75...........................C Morris 2 82614 Bigtime Hannah 17.80.............. S Gommans 3 37631 Hashtag Blessed 17.81....................... N Udy 4 1225F Big Time May 17.87............................L Cole 5 73523 Breed Apart 17.75............................M Olden 6 43567 Johny Mowhawk 18.03.................. D Denbee 7 53351 Elouera Mist 18.11 J &.........................D Bell 8 72888 Luke Skywalker 17.79..................... L A Hunt Emergencies: 9 37875 Homebush Maxi 17.89...............J McInerney 10 58785 Clansman Douglas 18.16............B Goldsack LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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General Manager We are looking for an experienced General Manager with compassion and entrepreneurial spirit who is eager to join a very special organisation.

Hospice Mid Canterbury supports individuals and families throughout the Ashburton district who are dealing with a life-limiting illness.

We are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our clients and their families, ensuring that those we support are being given the opportunity to ‘live every moment’.

The General Manager oversees volunteer services, contracted service provision, Hospice Mid Canterbury shop, funding and events, promotion, and education.

The person we are seeking will have proven leadership and financial skills, strong communication skills and the ability to find solutions through lateral thinking.

This is a wonderful opportunity to make a positive difference in our community.

15 – 20 hours per week.

Please contact: Jane, admin@hospicemc.nz for further information or to request a job description.

Applications close Sunday, March 1, 2020.

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Inline Process Operator Full Time Position Who we are?

NZDCL is a small new innovative canning facility based in the Industrial area on the outskirts of Ashburton.

The role: We are looking for an Inline Process Operator to join our friendly team based in Ashburton.

We are looking for the right person with an excellent attitude we can train in all aspects of the position. If you are super reliable, honest, hardworking and want to learn, please contact us today.

In this role you would be responsible for: • Completing inline process testing for the canning line • Assisting the manufacturing team with the canning of product • Help with environmental testing To be considered for this role you are someone who has: • High standard of hygiene • Ability to follow instructions • Can work well within a team Remuneration is negotiable depending on experience If this sounds like you and you want to be part of a dynamic team then e-mail your CV and cover letter to: shyla.ray@nzdcl.com

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Join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street.

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9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN OPPORTUNITY SHOP. Open daily from 9.30am - 4pm and Saturday 9.30am - 1pm. 129 Tancred Street.

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Join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street.

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

9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN OPPORTUNITY SHOP. Open daily from 9.30am - 4pm and Saturday 9.30am - 1pm. 129 Tancred Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL.

February 19 & 20, 2020 Methven.

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

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

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10.30am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP.

Open for research, visitors welcome.

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

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

1.30pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercises, for more details phone, Age Concern 308 6917.

Buffalo Lodge hall, Cox Street.

NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities to help with balance. $3 per session.

MSA Social hall (excludes school holidays).

11am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON STEADY AS YOU GO. Gentle exercise, all abilities welcome, phone Age Concern 308 6817 for more information. Church of the Holy Spirit hall, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

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

Boules will be supplied, all welcome.

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

7.30pm ASHBURTON TRAVEL CLUB. Monthly meeting, speaker Robert King. St David’s Church Lounge.

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Expressions of interest - building removal The Ashburton District Council invites expressions of interest from interested parties for the purchase and removal of the former Ashburton Information Centre building.

The building is situated on the East Street green immediately north of the chess board in the town centre.

All queries are to be directed to: David.Hampton@adc.govt.nz Expressions of interest close at 4pm, Monday 9 March 2020.

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Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD TOUR

Sunday, February 23 depart 9.30am. Tour includes city centre with the Tram option and Shirley Rebuilds with lunch at The Garden Hotel.

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February 19. “Tribute to Glen Miller”.

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Cryptic crossword

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars

ACROSS 1. Part of dress old boy returns to chop up (6) 4. Yacht may be under what painter is working on (6) 9. Fish any church can get half-over (7) 10. It was a swain with a hey-nonny of fifty and more (5) 11. At ten cents for a dozen, it’s commonplace (4) 12. It takes courage to grind one’s teeth (4) 13. Brown will go after those who owe money (3) 15. Vegetable on sheltered side at top of kitchen-garden (4) 16. Claim Vera could make it (4) 19. Particle that’s charged in with nothing in the middle (3) 21. They slither out of the creel, sometimes (4) 22. At this time the match is over and one can take no more (4) 24. It’s alternative to a part of a path in space (5) 25. Make one happy to put it on in the valley (7) 26. One increases the ranks of the dandies (6) 27. Interfere with a gong, by the sound of it (6) DOWN 1. With these, the mark of the beast is imposed (8-5) 2. System of counting mice lad worked out (7) 3. Rider may take one in hand for a close cut (4) 5. Grammatical case got from table, via alteration (8) 6. Six repeatedly find the day brilliant (5) 7. When a young man’s fancy turns to poise, it weighs (6,7) 8. Third gift my king takes with right hand (5) 14. Base on which one may be idolised (8) 17. Curvaceous as nude can be in a perch (7) 18. Gets weary of irises (5) 20. An old coin for the lofty-minded (5) 23. Cost of travel (and food) (4)

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DOWN 1. Show reluctance (5) 2. Breaks up (13) 3. Coming from (9) 4. Sailing vessels (6) 5. Sicken (3) 6. New (2-2-3-6) 7. Conclusions (7) 11. Of rounded appearance (4-5) 12. Naval flags (7) 14. Force (6) 17. All square (5) 19. Animal feed (3)

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Good Very Good How 8many words 11 of Excellent three or 12 more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The first secret to being a conversationalist is to choose a topic that will bear fruit. What would they love to talk about? Get good at learning what people want to talk about and you’re golden.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Know who has your back, and who will go out of the way to promote and help you. Rule out anyone too jealous to be truly supportive. Seek alliances with people who have complementary strengths.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’re so often controlled and careful about giving the thing that’s appropriate and necessary to the moment.

That’s why when you do give a show of emotion, it’s totally irresistible.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): People like people who they are like. Can they be blamed? Who doesn’t want their opinions validated with living proof such as another nodding head can provide?

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Your life is filled with story lines, and you know where you are in each one.

Certain things feel like the start; others feel like the beginning of an end. A lagging middle could use an enlivening dance number.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): To take them seriously, listen closely to nuances, and act accordingly – this is a gift from you to them. Later you’ll realise it’s also a gift from you to you, an attention investment that can’t help but pay off.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): The stumbling, bumbling, dropping and spilling – that’s the way of the living. It’s foolish to worry or be embarrassed by the knock around and knock it over; this is the privilege of life.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): There are things in life that are not about the context in which they live – most things, actually. The ability to extract yourself from context will make you the sovereign of your own attitude.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): A family matter will settle favourably. When things go this smoothly in the personal realm, everything else feels good to you – simply breathing, for instance.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Here you are making money, teaching what you know and being a person of influence. This is what you’ve been headed toward for a very long time, so pause and let yourself really feel what’s going on.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): This is the moment of production you’ve been waiting for. Once you start, you will quickly fall into a rhythm and make excellent use of a stretch of uninterrupted flow.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Maybe you’ll call out the untruth when you hear it -- you always hear it. And then again, you might let it slide.

People need their defences. The lie is so small next to your big heart.

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WILKINSON, Margaret Josephine – On February 16, 2020.

Margaret peacefully passed away at Mayfair Rest Home surrounded by her loving family. In her 84th year. So very loved and adored by Alan, her soulmate of 62 years. Cherished mother and mother-in-law of Dave and Jacqui, Joy and Rob, Murray and Anita, treasured grandma of Joseph, Matthew, Sarah, Lydia, Ruby and Eli. Margaret’s family would like to acknowledge the staff at Mayfair Rest Home for the loving care and support they gave Margaret and her family over the last two months.

Margaret’s memorial service will be held at Hope Presbyterian Church, 27b Amyes Road, Hornby, Christchurch on FRIDAY, February 21, 2020 at 2pm.

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TITHERIDGE, Elva Janette – On February 17, 2020 at Ashburton. Aged 92 years.

The dearly loved wife of the late Albert Noel Titheridge.

Cherished mother and mother-in-law of David and Jae-Eun, John and Odette, Jane and Brian Franks, and Paul and Kara. Much loved Nana of Fiona and Sarah, Troy, Courtney, Tara-Mae and Tane. Arohanui. Loved sister and sister-in-law of the late Fay Dellow and Noel, and Doris and the late Ross Titheridge.

A dear soul whose heart and humanity will remain with us, long after her passing.

Her family acknowledge Elva was blessed to have the care and compassion of the lovely staff of Tuarangi Home in her final years. Messages to the Titheridge family, c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Elva’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton, on SATURDAY, February 22, commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by private cremation.

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Action from last year’s Mid Canterbury premier one final between College and Celtic.

Mid Canterbury Netball is preparing to introduce a brand new grade in 2020.

The addition of a premier three grade is about both boosting Mid Canterbury Netball’s Thursday night premier competition, and creating more space in the popular Wednesday night social competition.

Last year the Wednesday night competition was at capacity, so Mid Canterbury Netball centre manager Erin Tasker said the Mid Canterbury Netball Board decided something had to change in order to make sure everyone who wanted to play netball in Mid Canterbury got the chance to do just that.

For the 2020 season, a premier three grade has been added to Thursday nights and it is hoped that some of the stronger teams that have been playing in the social competition may opt to play in the new grade this season.

Tasker said one of the main

things holding some people back from playing on a Thursday night in the past had been the threat of relegation to Saturdays.

Until now, Thursday night’s competition has been made up of the top ACL premier one grade, and premier two.

Both grades consist of six teams and they play three rounds during the season, with automatic promotion and relegation for the top and bottom teams at the end of round one, and a promotion/relegation game played at the end of round two to decide which teams play where in the third and final championship round.

For the bottom-placed team in premier two, relegation has meant having to move to the Saturday competition, and a lot of people didn’t like having to change playing days mid-season.

Tasker said that was understandable.

“If you’re a mum who has got

kids playing sport on a Saturday afternoon, suddenly finding your own Thursday night netball is now Saturday afternoon netball, isn’t ideal,” she said.

Promotion and relegation will remain the same for other grades, with the removal of promotion and relegation between Thursdays and Saturdays the only change.

Social netball is played on a Wednesday night all winter long, with no threat of relegation to another day, and that’s why in the past many people opted for that instead.

“We’ve had some really strong teams playing on Wednesday nights, and some of them would have been more than at home playing on a Thursday night, so now that the threat of moving to a Saturday is gone we’re hoping they might make that move.

“If they do it will make our Thursday night competitions even stronger than they already

are, which would be awesome,” Tasker said.

While the new premier three grade is being mainly targeted at teams from Wednesday nights, some teams that have been playing Saturdays may also want to move to mid-week, either giving premier three a go or taking one of the spaces hopefully freed up by social teams moving to Thursday nights.

The season may still be a couple of months away, but Tasker said now is when players and clubs need to be thinking about where they see themselves in 2020.

Most Mid Canterbury clubs are holding their trials over the next couple of weeks, with Hampstead and Rakaia having got the ball rolling with their senior trials last week.

Clubs have until March 25 to enter teams for the winter, with the social competition set to get under way on April 29, followed by the premier grades on April

30, and Saturday grades on May 2.

In the meantime, to help give players a boost heading into the season Mid Canterbury Netball is offering a Player Development Programme (PDP) starting on February 27.

It will also run a Fast Five competition beginning on March 4, running over four weeks, to give players the opportunity to get some court time during the pre-season.

Mid Canterbury Netball first ran a Fast Five competition in late 2019 which proved both popular and highly entertaining, with its power plays and long-range three-point goal options.

For juniors Mid Canterbury Netball will host a have-a-go day for kids aged Year 3 to 7 on March 21, and a fun tournament for Year 5 to Year 8 teams on March 28.

Registrations for all will be on the Mid Canterbury Netball website, www.mcnetball.co.nz.

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