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Big win for Andre P2 St Joseph’s School pupils, front: Lulu, Maddy and Ruby, back: Ally, Cloe, Marielle and Pearl, were all pleased to be back at school yesterday.

Back to school

By Heather Mackenzie

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It was smiles all round at St Joseph’s Catholic School yesterday when the school year got under way again after lockdown.

School principal Cath Blacklow said she was really impressed with the lovely calm atmosphere throughout the school.

“We are loving being back.”

Other than a few children kept home for health reasons, Blacklow said all the children came through the gates yesterday.

“We plan to keep the workload light for a few days until the kids settle back into the school routine once more.”

The morning saw teachers talk to children about the importance of washing their hands thoroughly and being aware of what is referred to as moist breath distance.

Blacklow is aware that over stressing the new hygiene rules could scare the children, so a softer approach was adopted, including a morning song about moist breath distances.

“All the students have heard the message and now it is a matter of us keeping a watchful eye on them.”

The school has structured the learning day slightly differently in order to give students plenty of time to wash their hands and get themselves sorted during

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Ruby, who is in Year 7, said she was really happy to be back at school with her friends.

“Online learning was fun, but now I am back in the classroom with my teacher I can ask questions in person,” she said.

Blacklow said while there was a good level of distance learning engagement during lockdown, it is lovely for the teachers to be physically back in front of students.

“Online learning has a different vibe.

Nothing beats the feedback you get from kids when you are in the classroom, devices cannot replace that personal connection.”

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Jack Frost visits Mid Canty

Debbie and Andre van Rooyen, with puppy Codi, are pleased to leave a harrowing battle for drug-funding far behind.

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Perseverance pays off for Andre and Debbie

By Susan Sandys

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Hope, courage and perseverance have paid off for the van Rooyen family of Ashburton.

One year after dad Andre was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer, funding for a treatment medication has finally come through.

“We just had to never give up hope, and keep our faith,” Andre said yesterday.

Early in the tennis coach’s battle there was good news, that he was among just one per cent of patients who had the Ros1 mutation, meaning he could receive targeted treatment.

But this was immediately followed by bad news – the treatment was unfunded and would cost $10,000 per month.

Over the last 12 months the van Rooyen family have sent around 100 letters and emails as they lobbied government, Pharmac and drug company Pfizer in an effort to fund the treatment, in the form of the tumour-shrinking drug

Crizotinib. But as door after door closed in their faces, they faced skyrocketing bills, and courted desperation and despair.

“There was a lot of times I really ranted and raved,” said wife Debbie.

Yet they had two major things on their side.

The first was the generosity of the Mid Canterbury community.

It went all-out to fundraise and held event after event, ranging from an impromptu school cake stall to an auditorium concert featuring the town’s top talent.

People also gave donations through a givealittle campaign, and of the more than $100,000 the van Rooyens have spent on Crizotinib, only about $45,000 has had to come from their own pocket.

The second was a clued up and caring medical team at Christchurch Hospital, who urged the van Rooyens to keep lobbying in their pursuit of a funded drug.

It was at one of Andre’s ap-

pointments late last year that his oncologist Dr Raj Kumar told him and Debbie that pharmaceutical companies could sometimes need case information on new drugs, and patients should just keep reminding them about their situation as there could eventually be a suitable programme.

So they continued to write to Pfizer, and in February the global drugs giant offered some hope.

It said it would be interested in seeing if Andre would be a good clinical programme candidate for Lorlatinib, and if he was suitable, the drug would be funded.

Dr Kumar and nurses Catherine Smith and Belinda Egan launched into action, running all the required tests, scans and questionnaires to support Andre’s case.

Last Thursday came the news they had been waiting so long to hear.

It was already a momentous day for New Zealand, the first time the country went to Covid-19 Alert Level 2, and it was also

Debbie’s birthday.

During a 2pm phone consult with their oncology team, on speaker phone, the news was delivered – yes, the medication would be a good treatment option for Andre, and yes, Pfizer would fund it, on compassionate grounds.

“I burst into tears,” Debbie said.

Andre is now looking forward to a more relaxed life with Debbie and their children, Christine, 10, and Sebastian, 13.

There will be no more stress and battling for the most basic of rights, that of receiving a life-saving medication.

Andre said he had been heartened when learning prior to Christmas the benefits his medication had so far bestowed, showing his blood tests coming back to normal again, a moment which prompted a high-five with one of his medical team.

“Since then I have felt a huge difference, I can breathe again, I can really enjoy everyday life,” he said.

Jack Frost paid a visit to Mid Canterbury yesterday morning, sending the mercury plummeting to minus 5.4°C. The MetService said the grass minimum temperature measured at its Ashburton airport weather station was the coldest in the country.

It corresponded with an air temperature of -2.7°C and followed a frost of 3.5°C the day before, corresponding with an air temperature of -0.1°C. Slightly warmer conditions are on the horizon for the week, with air temperature minimums of 1 to 5°C, and Friday reaching a maximum of 18.

MetService meteorologist Tahlia Crabtree said a persistent ridge of high pressure was staying put over Aotearoa.

“It holds up a hand to incoming rainbringers, stopping them in their tracks, or steering them away.

“The next good rainfall is a while away yet,” Crabtree said.

When that rainfall does finally arrive, it will be much appreciated by farmers and gardeners, who are coping with dry conditions.

Ashburton is well behind in rainfall for the year, having received just 140.2 millimetres as of 4pm Sunday, compared to the long-term average of 254mm to the same date.

Mt Hutt skiers are also eagerly awaiting rainfall, as long as it falls as snow above the treeline.

The ski area announced an opening date of June 12 on Sunday, put back following the Covid-19 lockdown by just one week from the original opening date of June 5.

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RDR projects now seeking funds

By Heather Chalmers

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With two major construction projects worth more than $300 million in the pipeline, including one scheduled to begin in September, Rangitata Diversion Race Management is seeking shovel-ready project funding from the Government to assist with their progress.

RDRM chief executive Tony McCormick said it expected to go to tender in July and begin construction in September on a new fish screen near the Klondyke intake, expected to cost $15m to $17m and take 12 months to build.

The second project, a huge water storage facility at Klondyke, estimated to cost $300m, required further planning, with construction “at best” starting some time next year, McCormick said.

“Design, tendering and preparation means it does take a while before you have earthmovers on the ground.

“I thought it was appropriate, as government funding would certainly help get the project rolling.”

McCormick said that to date, he had received a greater response from government officials to the water storage facility project.

“I suppose it ticks more boxes as it is a bigger project and would employ more people during construction, even though it isn’t as advanced in terms of being shovel ready.”

Consents were gained in 2018 for the 53 million cubic metre water storage facility, although one consent was still under appeal.

“It does influence the project, but it doesn’t hold us up from moving ahead on a lot of the planning.”

RDRM owned 500 hectares of farmland adjacent to the Rangitata River near Ruapuna where the storage facility would be sited.

Government funding would help progress the project, McCormick said.

“We aren’t looking for equity as it will pay its own way, but a lot of the big water schemes need government assistance to get them under way.”

The 53 million cubic metres that had been consented was nine times the size of MHV Water’s Carew pond, but whether it would be built to the maximum size was still to be decided.

RDRM was currently working through a

The Rangitata Diversion Race. business case to determine questions such as “how big, who pays for it, how is it paid for and who owns it,” McCormick said.

The storage facility was to maintain and improve reliability of irrigation in the existing operation and to provide security against the effects of climate change, rather than being about extending irrigation.

It could also enhance availability of water for farms affected by moves to raise minimum flows in the Ashburton River.

“A lot of farmers along the Ashburton River aren’t part of the RDR, and totally reliant on the river for irrigation. If their supply is constrained, an enhanced RDR with increased storage may be an option for those farmers to maintain their businesses.”

While there was some suggestion initially of supplying farmers south of the Rangitata River in South Canterbury “the beam has been swung much more local now” with a focus on Mid Canterbury, McCormick said.

The new fish screen would replace an under-performing bio-acoustic fish fence.

The fish screen was designed so that fish that made their way into the intake were returned safely to the river.

Officially opened in 1945, the RDR is New Zealand’s largest irrigation scheme,

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comprising a 67km channel that diverts water from the Rangitata River for irrigation and two hydro-electricity power stations.

The Government’s Covid-19 Response and Recovery Fund has set aside $3 billion to fund infrastructure projects across the country.

Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development Shane Jones said a decision would be made within weeks regarding which projects to progress from the

1924 submissions with a combined value of $136b across 40 sectors including water, transport, housing, environment and health.

“The focus of the projects is three-fold – immediate job creation and income growth, construction activity that will be under way within the next 12 months and a high degree of visibility to provide Kiwis with confidence that our economic recovery is hitting the ground running,” Jones said.

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Man flown to hospital following crash

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

One person was flown to hospital in a serious condition following a crash between a car and a ute on Friday evening.

The crash occurred at the intersection of the Methven Highway and Tavendale Road at around 5.20pm.

The person travelling in the car was seriously injured and had to be extricated by firefighters from the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade and the Lauriston Voluntary Rural Fire Force.

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called and arrived at the scene at 6.01pm, said Garden City Helicopters general manager Simon Duncan.

“The 50-year-old male from Ashburton was trapped and had suffered multiple systems trauma from the crash and flown to Christchurch Hospital at 18:35, arriving at 19:02 hours,” he said.

Later that evening the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to a fence fire

in the Hampstead area.

Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess said it was an iron fence, and that the wooden supports had been burnt out and would need to be repaired.

“We are not quite sure what started it but we believe it may have started from some ashes that had been dumped,” he said.

“Over the years we’ve seen some ashes dumped in some strange places and in some strange items that cannot stand up to the heat.

“People need to remember that depending what has been burnt, ashes can stay warm for days.”

On Sunday members of the brigade were called out again, this time to an alarm activation at a substation in the Elgin area.

“There had been an external fire going in the nearby area and with temperatures cooling down the smoke tends to hang a lot lower so there is a chance it got in through a vent and set it off,” Burgess said.

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In brief

10 months’ jail for assault A man who who carried out a ‘sustained’ assault of his partner has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment.

Robert William Cropp was sentenced by Judge Dominic Dravitzki in the Ashburton District Court yesterday having been convicted following a guilty plea earlier this year.

Cropp was charged with assaulting with intent to injure following an incident where he punched his partner repeatedly in the stomach and head before making her fall to the ground before he stomped on her twice, finishing his assault by kicking her in the head.

The victim was left with bruises and abrasions on her head and arms.

When spoken to by police he denied assaulting the victim.

The judge gave an initial starting point of 14 months imprisonment, adding two months due to the violence of the incident, before reducing the sentence by 25 per cent due to his guilty plea and a further two months due to circumstances of Cropp’s upbringing, involving exposure to drug abuse and gangs from an early age, leaving him with a sentence of 10 months.

Judge Dravitzki made note of the sustained nature of the assault, the fact this was Cropp’s third conviction of this charge, although in different contexts to this incident, and the vulnerability of his victim compared to him, especially after she had fallen to the ground.

A man who verbally and physically abused his partner for more than two hours in a Methven hotel room has pleaded guilty in the Ashburton District Court.

Ariki Lopez Cleveland Kauri was staying with his partner at a Methven motel and woke on the morning of March 21 to her texting a mutual friend, according to the po-

lice’s summary of facts that was read to the court.

He took the phone and stood over his partner, yelling abuse at her for more than two hours and pouring cold water over her.

When she attempted to go to the shower to warm up, he threw shoes and other items at her.

Once she had showered fully clothed, he threw towels and more cold water at her.

He threw her car keys on the ground, breaking the remote control element of the keys.

She ran into the main street of the town and Kauri followed, yelling more abuse and threatening to damage her car as she hid behind members of the public.

His partner suffered bruising and cuts in the incident.

He was remanded for sentencing on July 13 and Judge Dravitzki ordered a restorative justice meeting be investigated.

A man has admitted to stealing a car and $10 in an opportunistic crime in Christchurch last year.

Cody Stuart Te Poono entered guilty to pleas to one charge of unlawfully taking a motor vehicle and theft of under $500 in court on Monday.

On November 30 last year dangerous driving was reported to police on State Highway 1.

Te Poono pulled the vehicle over, threw the car keys into a bush and attempted to hitchhike down the road, but was picked up by police 800 metres down the road.

He told police he had stolen the vehicle from Stanmore Road after he found it with the keys in. The vehicle was unable to be moved from where he left it as the motor had seized.

He has been remanded for sentencing on June 15.

Warrants to arrest were issued for Dale Hawai-Karangi Rimene, Amelia Van den Dorpe and Natasha Christine Ranson.

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Air New Zealand has told staff it plans to slash 300 engineering and maintenance jobs as part of downsizing, union E tu says.

Workers were told of the plans on Friday, the union says. In response, union members are calling for the company to bring back work sent offshore to Singapore in 2015 to protect jobs in New Zealand. The news follows plans to cut about 300 pilot roles, with the 900 remaining taking a 30 per cent pay cut for the next nine months.

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Attempted murder

■■ TALES FROM THE BACK SEAT

hen we’re looking for wit, wisdom and a bit of guidance it’s hard to look beyond the words of Winston (later Sir Winston) Churchill.

Although it’s now 55 years since Winston passed away so much of what he said is still relevant. Much is funny.

Originally the thought was this story would mention one or two examples of his humour and it will.

But delving a little deeper some words of wisdom were discovered which may be helpful in the times we are now living through.

So to begin: “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”

“Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.”

Winston married Clementine, but not before he proposed to three other ladies, all of whom turned him down but remained good friends.

Of his marriage he said: “My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.”

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Guardian motoring correspondent, Bernard Egan is well known around these parts. Over the next few weeks, he’s agreed to share with us some of his tales from yesteryear. Some will be his own telling while others will come directly, or indirectly from others. The whole truth of some, can be left for public opinion.

Readers are invited to share tales with Bernard by emailing geegeeber@gmail.com

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considering the many momentous decisions he made during his life.

On politics: “When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticise or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.”

“Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.”

Early in his long political career Winston, like the proverbial rat jumped ship, so to speak, left his party, joined another one, but later returned.

Criticised for these actions he said: “Anyone can rat, but it

takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat.”

US President Harry S Truman spoke to Winston about Clement Atlee who had succeeded Winston as PM. President Truman remarked: “Mr Atlee seems like a modest man” to which Winston agreed, saying “yes a modest man, who has much to be modest about”.

Of course Winston will be remembered for enjoying a drink.

Or several!

Questioned about this habit he replied: “All I can say is that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”

MP Bessie Braddock hit him with an insult saying: “Winston, you are drunk, and what’s more you are disgustingly drunk.”

Churchill fired back at her with an insult, too, saying: “Bessie, my dear, you are ugly, and what’s more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly.”

An exchange between Win-

ston and George Bernard Shaw is amusing.

Shaw to Churchill: I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend – if you have one.

Churchill: Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second – if there is one.

Nancy Astor, Titanic survivor and the first woman to sit in the House of Commons, did not like Winston and the feeling was mutual.

Lady Astor told him: “If I were your wife, I would poison your coffee.”

To which Sir Winston promptly replied: “And if I were your husband, I would drink it.”

As he approached the end of his incredible life someone asked how he felt.

“I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”

Winston’s last words were said to be: “I’m bored with it all and I want the world to be filled with white fluffy duckies.”

A Lower Hutt man has been charged with attempting to murder his mother during the lockdown. The Naenae resident, who has interim name suppression, appeared by audio visual link in the Hutt Valley District Court yesterday. The 24-year-old was earlier charged with wounding a female complainant with intent to cause grievous bodily harm on April 10. That charge has now been upgraded to attempted murder by stabbing or cutting. Both charges carry a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

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Auckland’s water woes Water-conscious Aucklanders have been keeping a close eye on the neighbours, with more than 100 tip-offs in the two days since restrictions came into force. Yet despite a small drop in usage, storage dam levels continue to fall following a dry weekend for the country’s largest city and no rain forecast all week. Water supplier Watercare said the weekend’s usage was down to 413 million litres a day (MLD), 8MLD less than the previous weekend’s average.

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Lockdown crackdown Up to $1.2 million in cash, class A drugs and firearms have been seized by Police in raids on gangs – as the country was under coronavirus lockdown. More than 100 search warrants around the country resulted in nearly 50 firearms being seized and more than 90 people being arrested in the last two months and over the period of Alert Levels 4 and 3. Gangs targeted in that time were the Comancheros, Mongrel Mob, Black Power, Nomads, Head Hunters, Rebels, King Cobras, Mongols and the Tribesmen.

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Funding boost Higher subsidies for preschools with 100 per cent qualified teachers have been restored for the first time in a decade. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Education Minister Chris Hipkins have announced a $278 million funding boost over the next four years for early childhood education (ECE) services with fully qualified staff. The long-awaited move, promised in Labour’s 2017 election manifesto, had been expected in last week’s Budget but was not mentioned in the Budget documents.

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LETTERS Racing reform Congratulations Matt Markham on an excellent summation of the Racing Reforms in Saturday’s Guardian, explaining that Harness Racing got virtually zilch of the seventy-two million dollars handout from the Government.

Fifty-two million is going to the TAB (RITA) mainly to bail them out after bad mismanagement and twenty million to build two synthetic race tracks for the thoroughbred code.

Two and a half million is to go to the Department of Internal Affairs for investigation into online gambling.

I would also like to thank Matt and his crew for keeping the Guardian going through the lockdown and keeping us informed of local news and international happenings.

I know it is not an easy task and theirs is one of the very few locally owned daily publications in New Zealand. Well done.

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Extending bubble paramount

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t would seem the next big step in our return to a sense of normal would be the extension of our bubble to include our Australian neighbours – a big, and brave step in the declaration of dominance over Covid-19.

News a few weeks back that talks were being held between leaders of our country and their Australian counterparts was welcomed – not only as a sense of freedom, but also as a way of opening up the economy further than up until that point has been possible.

But it even tracks deeper than that with the endless amount of opportunities.

Sport would be a big winner.

International matches in all forms of sport could be played between the two countries – renewing the proud sporting rivalry between us. All Blacks and Wallabies test matches are some of the most heavily anticipated of all time, and add to that netball clashes between the Silver Ferns and the Diamonds and even the Black Caps and the Baggy Greens and there’s something to get excited about.

International travel lines would reopen and those who enjoy spending our colder months in the warmer parts of Australia would still have that opportunity, just as those on the other side of the Tasman who enjoy the white powder we know as snow would be able to come and play on our slopes.

It’s the logical first step in opening up the borders and the sooner it can happen the better, but after some sweeping excitement when it was first mentioned, everything has gone a little bit cold since.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was coy on the subject yesterday when quizzed, which would lend itself to seeming as though she’s still not quite sure on the idea.

But pressure will mount as days go by and the chance to get on a plane and hop across the ditch is mounting – a call the government will eventually have to answer to.

Sooner, rather than later hopefully.

Thank you Jim and Alison Lawton would like to thank the wonderful Guardian reporters who pass on the news to your readers. This is a priority for Alison over breakfast time.

Jim and I would also like to thank Bernard Egan for the great articles he has been sharing with us in your paper of late, what a great man. Many thanks, Alison and Jim Lawton

Ratepayers paying the price

By Nigel Billings

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ate last year Federated Farmers published its annual comparison of council rate rises with the consumer price index. It wasn’t pretty for ratepayers.

A footnote pointed out that in the last 20 years local authority rates had risen on a percentage basis by more than alcohol and tobacco prices, which are subject to regular and heavy tax increases to discourage consumption.

Even without the Covid-19 pandemic, more pain was in store for ratepayers. As councils started to roll out their annual budgets just prior to lockdown some were forecasting rate increases above 10 per cent. The reasons on offer included rising construction costs and the need to comply with standards and regulations – on water in particular – imposed by the Crown. The exhaustion of all revenue streams other than rates was a common refrain.

These increases were already controversial prior to the Level 4 lockdown and its drastic economic effect. Since then pressure on councils to keep rate increases to zero has grown, leaving them in the invidious position of wanting to do more for their communities without the means to do so. Councils, as ever, wait in the hope of

Crown investment and support.

Added to that, a cratering on the revenue side of local authority finances is a certainty. Big reductions in income from fees and charges are forecast along with increases in delayed and unpaid rates.

Councils reliant on commercial rates from service industries such as retail and tourism will find the going particularly tough. Scenarios of annualised lost revenue for district councils range up to 25 per cent in a worst case; who or what will make up the difference is a question yet unanswered.

Altogether a mighty difficult decision-making scenario emerges for the local sector. The natural inclination for any government is to spend in a crisis like this, to stimulate local economies and assist communities back to their feet. Local government is, however, largely cut out of the picture on this and is relying on the Crown’s agenda and the funds it makes available, such as the enhanced infrastructure funding currently on offer.

Councils are used to jumping through hoops to get support from government, but they must be beyond frustrated with this situation.

The limitations of property value rates as their tax base and the inability of the Crown over the years

to reform this leaves them largely on the sidelines as far as proactively responding to this crisis.

Ratepayers will demand they perform their core functions efficiently and little else with less cash than ever, and as reality hits home at Treasury, central government money will become increasingly harder to get. Groups such as farmers and retirees, with a great deal of their capital tied up in property, won’t be eager to pay more than they already do and will be watching council budgets closely.

Sadly, it is a health crisis with a hefty economic cost that brings the hopelessness of local government’s financial situation to light. Bound to a narrow tax base set against property values, local government’s role seems largely consigned to service provision, as has been their traditional bailiwick, and recovering from the financial hit they are about to take.

For rural councils with smaller populations and towns, already facing big challenges with ageing infrastructure and broken balance sheets, the next year or two will demand much of their local representatives. Many had pinned their hopes on tourism as a way of reviving local economies and invested in destination marketing programmes that will need dramatic revision and they will

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desperately need to help if central government ploughs ahead with water and climate change reforms as they are likely to do.

Late last year the Productivity Commission ran a top to toe review of local funding and came to the main conclusion that property value rates are fit for purpose, brushing aside arguments that modern local government needs more than landowners as a revenue base.

The Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath highlights the central problem with the Commission’s finding – that rates are out of date and the tax base too narrow and distorted for councils to effectively act as anything more than a core service provider.

There’s still time for government to look at implementing some of the more specific recommendations to come from the Commission’s review. They found, for example, principled reasons for the Crown to share the cost of regulations it requires councils to implement and share some of the tax revenue from tourism – and that revenue will return – to help with growth.

That would offer some comfort to a local sector that must be feeling like a poor cousin right now.

Nigel Billings is Federated Farmers senior policy advisor.

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MARKET REPORT

By Guy Trafford

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return to normality is starting to occur with Alert Level 2 now in place.

Unfortunately, for most saleyards this has come too late in the week for companies to get into gear with only Feilding saleyards and Stortford open in the North Island and Temuka the first to open in the South Island on Monday this week, with the rest following on.

Perhaps what has been disappointing is the lack of visible communication from seemingly all the livestock companies about what is open and what is not.

Given the companies, and most saleyards, have an online presence a simple update of the status of yards would save having to hassle a lot of stock agents.

However, at least now we know and can begin to plan for winter stocking levels.

The grip of drought on Hawke’s Bay farmers seems relentless and the help being offered from other regions must help morale.

Whether saleyards being open will make a difference is unclear but at least it gives farms another option.

After this week is over it is going to be interesting to see how livestock prices compare to pre-lockdown prices.

In a normal season, by now, we would be seeing winter premiums starting to kick in.

This year who would know what to expect?

If rumours are correct, there is a dearth of lambs around with most in both islands going to processors earlier in the season and some trading has also taken place outside of the saleyards.

Apparently, the works are catching up to the mutton sup-

ply and there may be some demand for them coming through as well.

What could have been expected to be a casualty of the lockdown was the weaner cattle sales but even they may not be as grim as they might have been.

At least for the larger and better grown lines who by and large have found homes with purchasers from previous years.

As with all livestock lines it will be the lesser quality lines that would have found difficulty being sold.

The schedules again showed little movement, with what there was being a slight shift up for mutton and prime beef.

However, when it came to venison it was a different story, Silver Fern Farms have knocked $2 per kg off their schedule with the caveat that they may provide a top-up at the end of the season.

Alliance have trimmed another 50 cents off their meat price. This brings the average New Zealand price down to $5.25 per kg.

The collapse has been well signalled with the closure of northern hemisphere restaurants, the traditional outlet of most of New Zealand’s venison.

Most of the meat has already been sold for this season, however, as with dairy prices, it may be next season where the pain is really going to be felt.

In the USA, Trump twittered “Starting early next week, at my order, the USA will be purchasing, from our farmers, ranchers and specialty crop growers, 3 billion dollars worth of dairy, meat and produce for food lines & kitchens.”

Most commentators believe that this is part of the $US19 billion package announced earlier in April. However, the White

House is not commenting.

With foodbanks reportedly running out of staples there will be plenty of demand for government purchased produce.

Unfortunately, there have also been reports of pigs being euthanised due to the closure of processing plant and crops being ploughed in and destroyed due to the breakdown of supply chains.

The breakdown in the meat supply has led some economists to forecast that, by the end of May, a 30 per cent reduction of meat in supermarkets, and being sold at a 20 per cent premium.

In an irony that could only come out of the States, just when the USA is at most need of its own production the USDA have reported that over the same period as the plummeting production, exports to China were up 40 per cent.

The fact that Smithfield Foods, which is one of the largest pork processors, is owned by China’s WH Group, will not help the mood of the public and likely contribute to the call from many politicians to bring more manufacturing back to the US, and in this case, to remain in USA ownership.

In the EU food supply does not appear to be too much of a problem although issues of exporting between countries has emerged.

The major concern appears to be getting enough labour to harvest crops. This work traditionally has had a large migrant worker component and many of these people have returned to their home countries due to little financial support where they have been working.

The biggest issue for EU producers appears to be a drop off in demand as school food

programmes have closed and demand in general has dropped.

This has led to a fall in prices and the disrupted supply chains leading to a rise in costs.

To date not a lot of financial support has been forthcoming over the norm (which has still been considerable). The future 2021-27 EU agricultural budget vote, which is currently under negotiation, is likely to have the agricultural support budget (which makes up 40 per cent of the total budget) be linked to positive environmental outcomes (sounds familiar?).

EU farmers are vocal in the best of times and it is likely we will not have heard the last of this.

New Zealand’s attempt to get a free trade agreement with the EU has, not surprisingly, gone quiet and is likely to meet increased opposition from EU farmers if they are feeling under increased financial pressure.

With, hopefully, a return to some form of new normal for New Zealand, the next cab off the rank was the Budget announcement.

Already with another $NZ4 billion going into health plus the huge financial package to try and support the nation in general it was always unlikely that agriculture was to get much targeted funding.

One area that may start to achieve greater awareness and additional funding are controls at the border to keep out any number of alien threats.

The government, for now, has dodged a bullet in the case being brought against it by kiwifruit interests with the Court of Appeal ruling in favour of the government saying while MPI were negligent in allowing the infected

kiwifruit pollen into the country through providing the permits required to import it however Kiwifruit Claim chairman John Cameron said in a statement, “… they found the Government does not owe a duty of care to ordinary New Zealanders and can’t be held liable for its actions, simply because it’s the Government”.

“The decision by the Court of Appeal relied upon an interpretation of the Crown Proceedings Act that effectively means the Government can’t be held to account for any wrongdoing.”

It is likely the kiwifruit group will be seriously reviewing options to take their case to the Supreme Court. The case will prove to be of interest to many watchers as the Court of Appeals finding the Government does not owe a duty of care to ordinary New Zealanders will have raised a few eyebrows.

Markets

This is hopefully the last week of abbreviated market reports with all the saleyards starting to open, although wool may take a while to get rolling.

A lift in the SFF lamb schedule was matched by a fall in the Prime River Meats schedule from Southland.

Beef took a rise as well this week and so the gentle upward trend being seen recently continues except for venison as stated earlier.

You have to go back to 2007 to find similar prices for venison and farmers weren’t that happy then also.

Dairy Another GDT auction to be held this week is likely to be flat with any upsides likely to be driven by China who were a little quiet at the last sale.

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Coincidence? I think not!

By Connor Lysaght

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istory is full of small coincidences and connections, which is something the Ashburton Museum team encounters nearly every day.

Whether we are doing family research, planning for exhibitions, or undertaking conservation work, we often come across interesting facts and details that sometimes seem too good to be true.

During our regular work, we encounter historical details relating to the people of Ashburton

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and the places of Ashburton’s past that add interesting context to our ongoing projects or research.

One example of this phenomenon that we experienced a while ago was the discovery of the Ng King family images while we were in the process of developing the Glass Plate Negative Project.

Pleasant surprises This was an exciting discovery for us, as work surrounding the Allens Road Ng King Bros market garden site was accelerating and we were also planning an exhibition based on the family and site at the same time.

These photos, which included family members Charlie King and others, were an exciting and timely discovery which allowed us to peek into Ashburton’s past with more informed detail than before when it came to this area of our local history.

More recently, myself and senior curator Maryann Cowan have encountered some interesting coincidences while working under lockdown conditions.

After writing and researching our recent article on the life of J R Richardson, we came across his signature while accessing and photographing our collection of Billy Thomas building plans.

Considering that Richardson was borough engineer for a good portion of his time in Ashburton, this came as no revelation but rather a funny surprise considering we had just published the aforementioned article.

One more incident of this type occurred while I was conducting some family research regarding the site of Dr Ryburn’s house on the corner of Tancred and Cass Street.

Before Dr. Ryburn lived at this property, it was occupied by Dr Mullin, a practitioner from Ireland.

Even before Dr Mullin’s time, a very important figure in Ashburton’s early medical scene lived at that property – Dr Trevor, who it feels like we only just wrote about weeks ago.

Well worth the visit Last, but not least, I would like to share a slightly special surprise that befell myself and a researcher who came all the way from the United States just before lockdown to investigate her Friedlander heritage.

We had spent several hours going through photographs and records, and when it was time for her to leave we came across a rate roll book in a collection of backlog items which sparked our interest.

Upon opening the book, to our delight, the very first page we saw was filled with Friedlander family names!

This last surprise was very exciting for her, and drove home the prominence of the Friedlander family in Ashburton’s past.

This, as well as all the other events I have described, go to show that it is worth remembering that our past and our history is much more complex than meets the eye.

Family and local history extends beyond births, deaths, marriages, and important dates – our predecessors formed and interacted within interpersonal networks and left marks on the histories of others more often than their own.

When these unexpected bits of information rise to the surface, we are reminded more than ever that behind the photographs, roll book entries, and dates, there were interesting characters playing a part in Ashburton’s greater history.

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nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

2. Dr Trevor, predecessor to Drs. Mullin and Ryburn, who all lived on the corner of Tancred and Cass Street.

3. Glass plate negative photo of Charlie King, discovered among the negatives used in the Glass Plate Negative Project.

4. James Russell Richardson alongside his wife Meta.

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■■TOKYO 2021

Making the Olympics safe The head of the World Health Organisation said yesterday it will not be easy to make next year’s Tokyo Olympics a safe global gathering after the pandemic.

Speaking at a joint news conference with the IOC, the WHO’s director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for “national unity and global solidarity” to fight the coronavirus outbreak ahead of the Olympics.

The Games, postponed this year, should bring athletes from more than 200 countries to Japan.

The Olympic Games opening ceremony is now due on July 23, 2021, after the International Olympic Committee and organisers in Japan used WHO advice in March before agreeing a one-year delay.

“We hope Tokyo will be a place where humanity will gather with triumph against Covid,” Tedros said at WHO headquarters.

“It is in our hands, but it is not easy.

“If we do our best, especially with national unity and global solidarity, I think it’s possible,” he said.

Around 11,000 athletes from more than 200

teams are due to compete at the Tokyo Olympics.

Most would be joined by team officials staying in an athletes village complex of 5600 apartments at Tokyo Bay. Health experts, including in Japan, have questioned how the 33-sport Olympics can be run before an effective global vaccine programme is in place.

“Nobody can at this moment in time really give you a reliable answer on how the world will look like in July 2021,” IOC president Thomas Bach acknowledged.

“It is too early to start speculation on different scenarios and what it may need at the time to guarantee this safe environment for all participants.”

Tedros and Bach signed a renewed working agreement between the two organisations, which aims to help promote sport to governments as part of an active and healthy lifestyle.

“The Olympics or athletics or football is not just for the athletes only,” Tedros said.

“It has to be a culture for everybody and it has to be everybody’s responsibility.”

The Olympic torch for Tokyo in 2021.

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Michael Fatialofa - a remarkable story of survival

By Liam Napier Everyone is now acutely aware how one event irreversibly changes life in an instant.

Expand that same feeling out to a lifetime of change, and only then can you begin to grasp Michael Fatialofa’s daily struggles.

Through all the pain, the constant mental battles, loneliness and fear, Fatialofa’s positive progress from a freak rugby spinal injury continues to inspire; to show what is possible with faith and inner drive to improve each day.

He is proof that resilience alone can help overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

Some 133 days into his fight to regain the use of his limbs, a powerful lesson exists in Fatialofa’s willpower for us all.

Viral videos of Fatialofa’s recovery – dubbed a miracle by doctors – have uplifted the world during coronavirus-induced lockdowns.

Just this week he walked two kilometres – an impossible notion a matter of months ago.

In this revealing interview, Fatialofa details the successes and stark realities attached to his terrifying injury.

Four months ago, Fatialofa suffered a C4 vertebrae fracture and spinal contusion during a routine collision while carrying the ball into contact, one minute after coming onto the field in an English Premiership match between Worcester and Saracens.

The 27-year-old, Super Rugby title-winning lock with the Hurricanes in 2016, spent four weeks in London’s St Mary’s Hospital – three in intensive care.

Having signed with a Top 14 club for the following 2021/22 season, Fatialofa went from scheduling French lessons with newly-wed-

ded wife, Tatiana, to being told he was likely to be wheelchair-bound for life, such is the extreme nature of his injuries.

“I had just signed to play in France for the next few years.

“We thought we had everything planned but then this thing happened so there’s a lot of uncertainty in the future now,” Fatialofa says from the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital, a specialist spinal care unit.

“You hear about this stuff happening, but you never think it will happen to you. When it happened I was in total shock.”

Lying next to gunshot victims, some of whom Fatialofa heard take their last breaths, there were days in intensive care where he relived his plight all over again.

“I had really bad neuropathic pain and they would give me all these drugs so I would have a little sleep and I’d wake up and forget it had happened.

“I would go to move and I would start panicking.

“It’s taken some adjustment knowing that life is going to be different now.”

While in intensive care, Tatiana stayed by Fatialofa’s side. He enjoyed frequent visits from other family, friends and former teammates Sam Lousi, Loni Uhila, Victor Vito, Matt Proctor, Willis Halaholo and Worcester players among them.

Initially unable to move from the shoulders down, Fatialofa could not eat or talk as the invasive surgery went through his throat, damaging his vocal cords. He was told to eventually prepare for a raspy Darren Lockyer-like voice.

“The boys would come through and I couldn’t say anything.

“I was in pain so I would just lay there. They came around me and

Michael Fatialofa is taken from the field after suffering a spinal injury.

talked to each other so it was comforting hearing their voices.”

Post-surgery Fatialofa lost 12 kilograms – falling from 120 to 108kg. At that stage, he had to be hoisted everywhere.

“I couldn’t do anything for myself. I had an itch on my face and I’d want to scratch it but I couldn’t.

I had to have a one-on-one nurse for that month.

“Your pride takes a hit because you can’t do anything. That was bloody tough.”

A gaggle of 50-to-60-year-olds, many of whom are stroke patients, offer some light relief out-

side podcasts and music escapes.

“The crowd here is older. They all want to hear rugby stories and they share life lessons.

“There’s some funny yarns.

Some of them have led pretty cool lives.”

The inspiring part of Fatialofa’s recovery is his ability to walk again so soon – yet even that process requires the strength to rise from regular falls.

Balance and mobility have, however, improved more than medical professionals predicted it ever would.

“It’s getting better but a couple

of weeks ago a little gust of wind would have sent me over.”

Four hours of physio, occupational therapy and pool sessions each day takes its toll but these repeat, sustained efforts are, clearly, paying off as he seeks to gradually regain strength and endurance.

“I’m making lots of progress.

“I’m pretty much walking unassisted now. It was uncertain there for a while if I was going to be in a wheelchair for life so I’m grateful for that.

“I have my days where I don’t feel like doing it. Coming from a rugby background I know how to grind things out. I always turn up to my sessions and do my best even if I’m not really feeling it.

“I’m still pretty early in my recovery and I’ve achieved a lot but there’s still so much to go. I know it’s going to be a lifetime thing of constant rehab.

“It’s a tug of war every day in my mind, but I’ve got a good support crew.”

Through the dark moments, Fatialofa’s Christian faith pushes him to further defy the odds.

While proud of the remarkable steps he’s made, there is no overwhelming sense of achievement yet.

Fatialofa’s world shifted overnight from the rugby to the spinal community. Attention then turned to seeking advice from others in similar positions. Now he has regained the use of his right thumb, Fatialofa is intent on returning the favour.

“There’s a community of people with spinal injuries. They’re the only ones that really know what I’m going through.

“Now it’s happened I’ve been trying to use what I’ve learnt to help other people that are going through it.”

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■■ MOUNTAIN BIKING

Bikers tear up the track

A surge of mountain bikers have blazed the new Ashburton Bike Park downhill trail which was completed last week.

The revamped trails near the Ashburton/Hakatere River Trail ticked off another milestone which was now catering for record mountain biking numbers in the area.

Development of the track was due to the ongoing maintenance by the Ashburton District Council to the neighbouring landfill slopes.

Mountain Bike Ashburton committee president James Reid said the trails were much safer compared to how they fared in the past.

“One thing as a club that we’re pushing is keeping the bikers to the bike trail and the walkers to the walkway and keeping everyone safe,” he said.

“There’s been a lot of near misses.”

“Ninety-nine per cent are really good, it’s always that small percentage which ruin it for everyone.”

A separate walkway trekking up the middle of the trail was also in the works, which the club hoped would eventually run from Melrose Road to Trevors Road.

The swell of mountainbiking activity which included more than a thousand riders on a good week was another factor in splitting out walkers and runners as part of the ongoing project, Reid said.

“Because so many (cyclists) are coming past, we thought it was time to separate the walkers out and give them their own track just to avoid any collisions.”

Further signage had also been installed in the area for users and the trail provided both advanced and beginner routes.

Ironically, the lockdown had provided the club with unprece-

dented clout as locals probed for a physical outlet.

“With the restrictions lifting, we’ve probably seen record rider numbers down the track,” Reid said.

“There’s a lot of people who

probably haven’t used the river trail before and didn’t even know it was there, with people getting out of the house in Level 3.

“We’ve noticed a whole lot of people who are stopping and looking at the signs and working

out where to go, like first timers and that’s walkers, runners and bikers.”

He believed local bike shops were also seeing a rise in neglected bikes being restored during lockdown.

Mountain Bike Ashburton believe mountain biking activity had ramped up in recent times.

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Huge responsibility comes with the $$$ package

By Clay Wilson A massive boost.

That’s how many in sport have described the $265 million handed to the sector to aid their response to Covid-19.

Sport New Zealand boss Peter Miskimmin says an unprecedented injection means a similar level of responsibility.

“This money needs to be used incredibly wisely, to not only keep our sports going through this time but also to reimagine for the future.

“We need to work with the sector and the system to look at what we can do in the future to make sport more relevant and make sure that it’s fit for purpose and sustainable.”

The package includes $83 million in short-term support.

It’s hoped that will ensure clubs, regional and national bodies emerged out the other side of this crisis.

At that point the balance kicks in, with $104 million to rebuild after the pandemic and a further $78 million to then modernise the way the sector operated.

Sports Minister Grant Robertson said the level of funding was government recognition of the crucial role sport played in Kiwi society.

“As we emerge out of Covid-19 that role is even more important.

“We must have our sports clubs functioning within our communities, our professional sports teams operating and providing people with the entertainment and the source of pride that they do.”

Sport NZ and the government have until the start of the new fi-

nancial year on July 1, when the cash became available, to decide how it was dished out.

Robertson said a small amount will be available more quickly for professional competitions which are resuming.

However, he insisted the needs of grassroots sport were just as, if not more important.

Also not decided yet was what conditions would be attached to the money.

Robertson, though, wanted the package to put a focus on under-represented groups such as women, Maori, people with disabilities and those from low socio-economic environments.

Julyan Falloon is the chief executive at Sport Canterbury.

He said whether all clubs would survive remained to be seen, given the huge loss of revenue from

pokie machines, playing subs and sponsorships.

The Department of Internal Affairs were looking into alternative funding sources for sport.

Miskimmin said the answers weren’t obvious, but now was a good time for changes to the funding model to be explored.

“Clearly there’s a conversation that’s required to see whether there is opportunity to make any change at this time.

“I don’t want to pre-empt any of that but people have raised that question now because they understand the vulnerability of not only the sports sector, but the arts and other cultural activity, based on that funding.”

For now, though, for many it was simply about getting through these times.

All are eagerly awaiting news of

how they could get their hands on the funding, and Wayne Turner of Christchurch’s New Brighton Rugby Club had a clear message for those dishing out the dollars.

“Unless the clubs are strong, it will definitely have an impact through representative rugby beyond us and Super Rugby and All Blacks.

“That’s where all those players come from ultimately.

“Our most recent All Black, Ryan Crotty, came all the way through at Brighton.

“Players like him just don’t get the opportunity without having a solid base at the bottom ends and it’s so important that we keep that strong.”

With much promise of a new and improved future, sport’s response to Covid-19 has officially kicked off.

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■■JOINING FORCES

Partnership returns

By Michael Guerin One of the north’s more energetic training partnerships looks to be getting back together again.

Former northern trainer Simon McMullan is returning to Pukekohe and is likely to go back into partnership with Steven Reid after their successful association from 2014-17.

Back then the pair trained 73 winners without having huge numbers in work before McMullan moved to Canterbury for family reasons.

But he is back and Reid is looking forward to joining forces again.

“Initially we were going to work together but we have since discussed it and Simon is keen on partnering up again which suits me,” says Reid.

“It will be great to have him back again because he is a very good horseman and we are good friends too.”

McMullan will bring three horses and they will join the 15 Reid has in work with a few more to join the team.

The stable star will be Star Galleria who Reid is thrilled with even after just two weeks, with his body sound as he starts the road to what Reid hopes will be a busier northern open class season.

“I am hoping with all the good horses having been forced to have a spell then they will come back around the same time we have and then probably end up in the same races,” says Reid.

“So Telf (Steven Telfer) and Barry (Purdon) will have open class horses and we have Star Galleria and if a few more are around we could have some consistent open class racing.

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 19 May 2020 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.10pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR DASH C1, 295m 1 48555 Dyna Elliot 17.31...........................C Roberts 2 34327 Cold Affair 17.37........................... L Waretini 3 35721 Smooth Step nwtd............................ M Grant 4 55252 Call Me Joe 17.31..................... A Botherway 5 86836 Goldstar Vale nwtd S &....................B Evans 6 47875 Sozin’s Assassin 17.57..............J McInerney 7 46137 Mulberry Sox 17.38....................... K Cassidy 8 22332 Gracie Lee 17.30.......................J McInerney 9 86188 Miss Cowdrey nwtd....................J McInerney 10 7x448 Know Burden 17.48........................G Cleeve 2 12.28 CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ DASH C1 C1, 295m 1 72473 Ohoka Lacey 17.47....................... L Waretini 2 56243 Shanly Star 17.15......................J McInerney 3 667x3 Homebush Carl nwtd.................J McInerney 4 17x51 Sefton Double 17.39........................R Wales 5 147x3 Retallick 17.33 J M........................... McCook 6 4x468 Jingili Jill 17.42 M &............................. Smith 7 16486 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.24 S &..............B Evans 8 54167 Lakota Wichapi 17.59...................... H Cairns 9 65378 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 10 42688 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 3 12.46pm I PAVE CONCRETE SPRINT C1 C1, 295m 1 25254 Mulberry Rock 17.48..................... K Cassidy

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date 19 May 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.01pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY TUESDAY C0 C0, 410m 1 26263 Rich Lister nwtd.............................M Gowan 2 1 Big Time Rocket nwtd.........................L Cole 3 43536 Chic In Time nwtd....................... G Hodgson 4 63447 Wit And Wisdom nwtd................. G Hodgson 5 6255 Wifi Wilbur nwtd G &............... S Fredrickson 6 83268 Paving Way nwtd............................. L Pearce 7 2 Big Time Tommey nwtd.......................L Cole 8 1 Big Time Lantao nwtd.........................L Cole 9 4 Big Time Jewel nwtd...........................L Cole 10 7574 Boot Camp Tiara nwtd.................... L Pearce 2 12.19pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1/2, 410m 1 24588 Opawa June nwtd........................A Turnwald 2 68513 Morning Sun 23.62....................J McInerney 3 66873 Bigtime Chris 23.88 G &......... S Fredrickson 4 45138 Paris End 23.74..................................L Cole 5 51111 Big Time Angel 23.18..........................L Cole 6 33458 Big Time May 23.52..................... P B Briggs 7 44565 Dyna Diode 23.53..................... K Gommans 8 32527 Dino The Fox nwtd.................... K Gommans 9 26884 Little Scamp 23.33........................ D Denbee 10 47635 Born Fab 23.73................................S Maher 3 12.37pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESORIES C1/C2

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Steven Reid is looking forward to the partnership.

“But so far so good with him. He looks great.”

Reid and McMullan will be in the exciting position of having two genuine group grade three-year-olds to bring back into work in Mr Fantastic and Shes No Lady.

“It is a real bonus with that class of horse to have a lot of those two-year-old races we missed being scheduled for September and October.

“That gives us something to aim horses like these ones at.”

Reid says the Franklin Park track at Pukekohe has been extremely busy since it re-opened three weeks ago.

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 2 22256 Cash No Stash 17.85 S &................B Evans 3 42586 Smash Calling 17.34........................ M Grant 4 48358 Goldstar Rebel 17.81 S &................B Evans 5 881x7 Know Angel 17.96...........................G Cleeve 6 4211 Fast Angel 17.26.................................C Weir 7 71775 Nykara 17.49 J M............................. McCook 8 36843 Cosmic Marty 17.65...................J McInerney 9 86188 Miss Cowdrey nwtd....................J McInerney 10 77484 Paringi Pam 17.39 M &........................ Smith 4 1.04 KAISA EARTHWORKS PH 0272073323 DASH C1 C1, 295m 1 33175 Stylish Stepper 17.32....................... M Grant 2 35653 Homebush Ariana 17.59............J McInerney 3 48632 Mulberry Brit 17.43....................... K Cassidy 4 17538 Mitcham Nikorima nwtd..............J McInerney 5 22374 Knocka Know How 17.31................G Cleeve 6 25424 Goldstar Shiloah 17.40 S &..............B Evans 7 44338 Lakota Scout nwtd.......................... H Cairns 8 1x By Gum 17.85 J M........................... McCook 9 86188 Miss Cowdrey nwtd....................J McInerney 10 84775 Rosies Choice 17.81...................N Wanhalla 5 1.23pm KAIKANUI TAVERN STAKES C1 C1, 520m 1 22173 Homebush Barclay nwtd............J McInerney 2 56542 Goldstar Alaska 31.07 S &...............B Evans 3 57778 Tikao Jackie nwtd M &......................... Smith 4 61583 Beret Girl 30.27 J &..........................D Fahey 5 32441 Opawa Travis 30.24 J &...................D Fahey 6 x7637 Barrel Runner nwtd....................A Bradshaw 7 64568 Haze Adams 30.90 J M.................... McCook

8 28x46 Go Punter Go nwtd..........................R Wales 9 65x45 Know Anxiety 30.82........................G Cleeve 10 67575 Ohoka Kate nwtd.......................... L Waretini 6 1.42 A2C ASPHALT 2 CONCRETE PH 0800222583 DASH C1 C1, 295m 1 74243 Horse Range Gold 17.71................. M Grant 2 64627 Afridi nwtd........................................C Steele 3 33767 Nippa Enough 17.70..................J McInerney 4 52764 Goldstar Hurley 17.47................... L Waretini 5 41 Honey Lantree 17.49..........................C Weir 6 83788 Raquel Allen 17.47........................C Roberts 7 62631 Impressive Mood 17.59..............J McInerney 8 52577 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 9 86188 Miss Cowdrey nwtd....................J McInerney 10 46657 Mitcham Toddy 17.54.................A Bradshaw 7 2.01pm MURRAY & HANNAH @ RAY WHITE CASHMERE STAKES C1 C1, 520m 1 3F243 Meatloaf nwtd................................S Hindson 2 54562 Goldstar Montana 30.34 S &............B Evans 3 48562 My Rosie 30.51............................. L Waretini 4 72414 Mitcham Ryder nwtd..................J McInerney 5 62584 Big Tiny nwtd..............................J McInerney 6 x7876 Boss Cobra 30.28 J &......................D Fahey 7 5778x Jay Shirley 31.20..............................R Wales 8 613x2 Van Evie nwtd.....................................C Weir 9 63766 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 10 32786 Jinja Twinkle nwtd.............................A Joyce 8 2.18pm AVONHEAD TAVERN SPRINT C1 C1, 295m 1 43428 Justin Lincoln 17.46 S &..................B Evans

2 86437 Mulberry Will 17.71....................... K Cassidy 3 x8563 Don’t Cry Joni 17.62............................A Lee 4 88732 Homebush Mandy 17.82............J McInerney 5 53444 Pooran’s Jadeja 17.74 J M............... McCook 6 56641 Bound Up 17.58.........................J McInerney 7 7675x Go Ladybird nwtd.............................R Wales 8 484x7 Batty Who 17.73 M &........................... Smith 9 65378 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 10 45658 Goldstar Beau 17.71 S &.................B Evans 9 2.37 CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C1, 520m 1 14858 Black Stockings 30.73................A Bradshaw 2 46x1 Tom Fox 30.61 J M........................... McCook 3 88748 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 4 37644 Homebush Fudge nwtd..............J McInerney 5 43334 Lakota Micco nwtd.......................... H Cairns 6 76564 Sydneys Sox nwtd......................... L Waretini 7 1318x More Than That nwtd J &.................D Fahey 8 1x168 Punters Delight 30.82......................R Wales 9 65x45 Know Anxiety 30.82........................G Cleeve 10 57635 Kia Tere 30.48 S &...........................B Evans 10 2.55pm GREYHOUNDAUCTIONS.CO.NZ DASH C1 C1, 295m 1 53114 Carlos 17.28.....................................R Wales 2 884x2 High Sparrow nwtd.....................A Bradshaw 3 44665 Sozin’s Symphony 17.58............J McInerney 4 254x6 Mitcham Reado 17.24................J McInerney 5 35656 Goldstar Galaxie 17.40 S &.............B Evans 6 17x77 Ascott nwtd......................................C Steele 7 17472 Jaubert 17.66.............................R Blackburn

8 26445 Know Farewell 17.66.......................G Cleeve Emergencies: 9 65378 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 10 56657 Cool Beans nwtd........................J McInerney 11 3.15pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C1, 295m 1 761x5 Taunting Eyes nwtd............................J Dunn 2 57577 Homebush Rapper 17.47...........J McInerney 3 x4483 Epic Owen 17.48 J M....................... McCook 4 38834 Goldstar Power 17.49 S &................B Evans 5 84642 Tonkawa 17.42 M &.............................. Smith 6 86342 Jinja Cream Fizz 17.27.....................A Joyce 7 25255 Crushington 17.51......................J McInerney 8 74446 Yanira Bale 17.33..........................C Roberts Emergencies: 9 65378 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 10 58387 Sefton Force nwtd............................R Wales 12 3.32pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C1 C1, 295m 1 31288 Homebush Showoff 17.72..........J McInerney 2 44186 Sea Spray Ash 18.04...................B Freeman 3 33475 Andrea Said 18.14 J M.................... McCook 4 56281 Go Great 17.75................................R Wales 5 68443 Dapper Danny 17.56.................... J McMillan 6 21665 Goldstar Whitey 17.45 S &...............B Evans 7 475x6 Know Tactics 17.61.........................G Cleeve 8 53663 Yi Feng 17.28.............................J McInerney 9 65378 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 10 37746 Gotcha Pixie 17.55..........................J M Lane

3 86413 Meandering 26.34........................A Turnwald 4 35655 Bigtime Diesel 26.18 G &........ S Fredrickson 5 76656 Gray Bale nwtd..............................W Woods 6 47363 Big Time Mac 26.17............................L Cole 7 53554 Cavatate nwtd J &................................D Bell 8 62327 Double That 26.35 G &........... S Fredrickson Emergencies: 9 16576 Vibe 26.03....................................A Turnwald 10 76788 Bigtime Benji 25.74.............................L Cole 9 2.25pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C3, 457m 1 22211 Big Time Baby 26.06...........................L Cole 2 11513 Nova Willow 25.88..............................L Cole 3 13677 Tuff Knight 26.78............................B Mitchell 4 83151 Big Time Chad 26.50..........................L Cole 5 81324 Woman No Cry 26.43..................A Turnwald 6 41372 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 7 62474 Electrical Storm 26.30...................M Goodier 8 27537 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson Emergencies: 9 35683 Bigtime Tank 25.91..............................L Cole 10 63845 Big Time Trae 26.11............................L Cole 10 2.44 STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS’ C4, 457m 1 68221 Big Time Seth 25.76............................L Cole 2 251Fx Buddy Loaded 26.23................... G Hodgson 3 34242 Cheeseball 26.11................................L Cole 4 31283 Emgrand Rose 25.93...................A Turnwald 5 76515 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 6 13541 Broke Brad 23.03.........................A Turnwald 7 24655 Bigtime Archie 26.26...........................L Cole

8 53142 Big Time Anton 26.16..........................L Cole 9 66633 Bigtime Bret 26.21..............................L Cole 10 48636 Bigtime Bruno 26.19...........................L Cole 11 3.02 TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C4/5, 457m 1 32118 Big Time Brie nwtd..............................L Cole 2 11164 Melita Vella 25.92................................L Cole 3 42723 Emgrand Park 25.92....................A Turnwald 4 2F731 Bigtime Rod 26.04..............................L Cole 5 42417 Ask King Jeff 24.74.............................L Cole 6 13515 Big Time Maple 26.45.........................L Cole 7 67216 Big Time Jackson 26.13......................L Cole 8 73357 Diddilee 25.92..............................A Turnwald Emergencies: 9 86712 Big Time Kobe 25.89...........................L Cole 10 51688 Fare Dodger 26.01........................M Goodier 12 3.21pm PNGRC SECTIONAL TIMES @ PNGREYHOUNDS.KIWI C1 C1, 410m 1 26224 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce 2 75336 Bigtime Rosie nwtd G &.......... S Fredrickson 3 14585 Punch On Ruby 23.65................J McInerney 4 23282 Mother’s Touch 23.47 J &.....................D Bell 5 22572 Paradox Prince nwtd....................B Hodgson 6 32644 Summer Glee nwtd....................J McInerney 7 56523 Big Time Dusty 23.76..........................L Cole 8 3811 Allegro Rory 23.62..............................L Cole 9 37353 Double Change nwtd................ S Gommans 10 12585 Jacks Point nwtd............................W Woods

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

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway C1/2, 410m 1 23145 Eye Kno 23.65...............................W Woods 2 48518 Opal Nora 24.08.........................J McInerney 3 36167 I’ll Be Loyal nwtd..........................B Hodgson 4 85334 Millie Prince 23.29 J &.........................D Bell 5 74811 Big Time Vince 23.35..........................L Cole 6 83163 Belmonts 23.45...................................L Cole 7 653F4 Bigtime Roll nwtd...................... S Gommans 8 86861 Ohana Lad 23.59...................... K Gommans 9 26884 Little Scamp 23.33........................ D Denbee 10 47635 Born Fab 23.73................................S Maher 4 12.56pm CREATIVE CATERING C3 C3, 410m 1 23x12 Boys Get Paid 23.19....................A Turnwald 2 27551 Bigtime Bee 23.51...............................L Cole 3 21675 Allegro Kyle nwtd................................L Cole 4 33321 Allegro Lanie 23.57.............................L Cole 5 41183 Tuff Temptress 23.72......................B Mitchell 6 36246 Zipping Luther 23.46 J &......................D Bell 7 11116 Allegro Ella nwtd.................................L Cole 8 32262 Big Time Lebron 23.38........................L Cole 9 43478 Big Time Odette nwtd..........................L Cole 10 F4376 Bigtime Daisy 23.61............................L Cole 5 1.15 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH C4 C4, 410m 1 F3343 Bees And Birds 23.64.........................L Cole 2 32155 Giraffe Club 23.65...............................L Cole 3 21534 Big Time Kevin 23.34..........................L Cole 4 67221 Cheese And Chalk 23.44....................L Cole 5 11411 Big Time Fairy 23.13...........................L Cole

6 3F742 Toca Madera nwtd........................A Turnwald 7 52165 Bigtime Banjo 23.10............................L Cole 8 33257 Bigtime Leads 23.30...........................L Cole 9 45286 Allegro Lexxi nwtd...............................L Cole 10 64658 Big Time Spot 23.43............................L Cole 6 1.33pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C5, 410m 1 23325 Big Time Pluto 23.28...........................L Cole 2 13282 Bigtime Pearl nwtd..............................L Cole 3 42135 Funky Facts 23.27 G &........... S Fredrickson 4 21116 Allegro Curtis 23.27............................L Cole 5 33441 Big Time Gwyn 23.29..........................L Cole 6 11373 Allegro Will 23.37................................L Cole 7 P7124 Irish Rogue nwtd.................................L Cole 8 14217 Big Time Vegas 23.18.........................L Cole Emergencies: 9 117x8 All About Space 23.94........................L Cole 10 71664 Sub Twenty Three 23.48.....................L Cole 7 1.50pm DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C1 C1, 457m 1 24252 Big Time Eden nwtd............................L Cole 2 46642 Waitohi 26.05...............................A Turnwald 3 5x758 Rose And Crown nwtd..................M Goodier 4 55734 Bill’s Barker 26.58............................S Maher 5 88878 Bigtime Chloe nwtd.......................M Goodier 6 55623 Bigtime Alfie 26.25..............................L Cole 7 2647x Race Me Home 26.59..................B Hodgson 8 66762 Here’s Hemi 26.33.....................J McInerney 8 2.08pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION C2 C2, 457m 1 61142 Kamada Park 25.93.....................A Turnwald 2 66515 Big Time Frankie 26.00.......................L Cole

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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ACROSS 1. It is consistent with no vowel sound (9) 5. Was not happy to sack such a misfit (3) 7. Can’t feel a figure without hesitation (4) 8. Mad sounding animal tailless cat can be (8) 10. Be beneath rude line that’s written out (8) 11. Umpire’s instruction to start the drama (4) 13. Over there, rode around New York (6) 15. Involving singers in Bach or Alban Berg (6) 18. Parabolic reflector may be brought to table (4) 19. Bargain for a bond that may shrink (8) 22. One of the four points in a red-hat (8) 23. Devise a drawing for an architect (4) 24. Thrust a computer term at one (3) 25. Decorative inlaid work given a quarter-turn in my holding (9) DOWN 1. Batsman’s score is multiplied by five (7) 2. Is called mean perhaps on the day (5) 3. The language that’s used, by gum! (6) 4. Distance of race a horse will take in short, light steps (4) 5. Lay, as cruel as can be (7) 6. Pretty girl the old washerwoman took in hand (5) 9. Tidal estuary will make a sound like a rusty hinge (5) 12. Bloodless side that starts a game of chess (5) 14. Patent medicine of sort that three-quarters of 7 take (7) 16. Dormant state any Celt might get into (7) 17. Silky cloth or ham one uses to replace it (6) 18. Colour-scheme and furnishings form half the embellishment (5) 20. Has everything to put up and parcel out (5) 21. Prices rise slightly in this business (4)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Whatever emotion you’re experiencing, assume that it is valid. You don’t have to know why it’s showing up.

Sometimes, it’s enough to let a feeling run its course.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Reflect on recent visits and settle on a way of seeing things that helps you understand the benefit of the interaction.

Solitude gives meaning to your time with others.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’re not sure exactly what led you to this place. Maybe you didn’t come here on purpose, but you’re here nonetheless. Assume you belong and take advantage of the opportunities around you.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Production swings into high gear. You’ll have checked a dozen items off of your list by lunchtime. It’s not too early to feel proud and accomplished.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): What’s worth fighting for?

Playfulness itself. You’ll enjoy people who bring out your feistiness and have a stellar time sparring with a well-matched opponent.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You may not be ready to make changes just yet, but think about your options. This is the fun part. It’s like you’re shopping for your future. Don’t be too quick to invest. Try it on first.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Don’t get roped into thinking about the time periods over which you have no control, e.g., “back then” or “someday.”

When you concentrate on the here and now, your timing is sublime.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You speculate about experiences you want and don’t want but stay open-minded. The reality is that you never know how a thing will feel or how you’ll react until you are actually in the situation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): With your wonderfully ambitious mind and elastic imagination, it’s easy to get carried away with your own expectations. Say what you’re going to do, then cut that in half. Small goals are motivating.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Your sense of humour has you examining certain past decisions with an element of self-mockery. Luckily, this won’t prevent you from flinging yourself fully into a present extravagance.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Feelings are signals.

They’re like the teapot whistle that tells you the water is boiling. The signal itself isn’t bad or good; it’s your reaction to it that defines the feeling one way or the other.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): It is said that Brazil got its name from the nut and not the other way around. Similarly, you will relate a big event of your life after something small, thus mentally keeping it at level of significance that feels manageable.

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Wind at 1000m and 2000m: Light.

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Nelson

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Blenheim

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Greymouth

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Christchurch

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Timaru

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Queenstown

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NW 30 km/h developing in the evening.

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CAMPBELL, Tom (Beagle) – Passed away in Ashburton.

Dearly loved father of Jason and Andrew (Auckland), Wikitoria (Papakura) and Whare (Sydney) and their families in Ruatoria and Gisborne. His children want to sincerely thank his friends for taking care of him.

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Amazing story of recovery

Bikers tear up the track

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P11 The Canterbury Duathlon’s first race has been pushed back to June.

PHOTO CANTERBURY DUATHLON SERIES

Duathlon moved to June

By Adam Burns

Adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

The Canterbury Duathlon series has been pushed back a month, following what organisers described as “misleading” advice by the Government on gathering sizes.

The event, which was previously known as the Ashburton Duathlon, was set to hold its first race of three this weekend at

Rolleston’s Brookside Park.

However, it was announced last week by organisers that Race 1 had been moved to June 14.

The following two races are now scheduled for June 28 and July 12 respectively.

“With more changes having been made to Covid-19 Level 2 for crowd gatherings it is now to be only 10 people,” an event spokesperson said.

“This was contrary to what was announced earlier and somewhat misleading for everyone involved, and this has now been clarified at 10.”

The duathlon series is run by CMJ Events Ltd. The event comprises of a short course (2.5km run or walk, 14km bike and 1.25km run or walk) and a longer variant (5km run, 28km bike and a 2.5km run).

Entries would be limited to 100 in the interim, but organisers say the Government’s Alert Level 2 review announcement on May 25 would be a factor.

“At this stage we don’t know what will be announced and what we can plan for.

“We are positive that we will be staging events in the near future, with everyone’s health and safety top priority.”

The event spokesperson added that if entries sold out before the Government’s announcement it would set up a wait list.

It was undecided whether a prize-giving would be possible under Alert Level 2 protocols.

Spectators planning on watching the race are also being urged to register.

Enter at canterburyduathlon. co.nz

Making the Tokyo Olympics a safe place to compete

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