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Kiwis love their meat pies, especially in a crisis.

Bread at Ashburton New World is in high demand.

Rice was also in short supply.

How tricky is a trip to the supermarket?

By Susan Sandys

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Keep calm and do not stockpile!

That’s the message from supermarket chains, but it does not seem to be working.

A trip to Ashburton New World on Thursday afternoon to get groceries by this reporter was interesting to say the least.

First of all, walking in about 2pm, well before the usual postschool rush, the supermarket was positively bustling and there were none of the smaller trolleys available.

Taking one of the larger trolleys instead, I found the fruit and vege section fully laden. It was great to see – plenty of fresh produce to boost our immune systems and keep us healthy in the face of Covid-19.

But then swinging around to the rest of the supermarket, one is confronted with Mid Canterbury’s own version of pandemic pandemonium.

We do not have queues out the door, as witnessed in some supermarkets around the country, but throughout are signs limiting shoppers on various items.

Most of these are A4 pages stuck to the shelves, looking quite forlorn with rows of empty shelves behind them.

“Dear valued customer, we are currently experiencing increased demand for all bread. To make sure we have enough to go around, we have a limit of four loaves per customer.”

The yawning gaps in the bread

The shelves were bare in the UHT cows’ milk department. aisle are reflective of what is happening around the district and the rest of the country. It was the same in the rice section, with a limit of two bags, flour, with a limit of two, UHT milk, with a limit of three, and disinfectant wipes, with a limit of two.

The supermarket was overall well stocked and appears to be keeping up with demand. But the staff are just very busy, bringing out loads upon loads of items to restock shelves.

In the flour section as an as-

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sistant placed bags onto empty shelves, she answered in the affirmative to a female shopper saying “Can I take two?”. The shopper added “I’m not panicking. Just in case, just in case!” as she put them into her trolley.

Other items in short supply were meat pies in the chiller section. The peculiars that people all of a sudden seem to buy defy reason, although one would have to say meat pies make more sense than toilet paper.

Another gap opening up was

in the section for cat biscuits. I guess as we shoppers get told off for being greedy and stockpiling, we can at least can take comfort in the fact we care about our cats.

Managers at Foodstuffs, which owns New World and Pak’n Save, told the Guardian despite the increased pressure the supply chain was robust and appealed to people to shop normally.

Countdown managers, in a media release, have also appealed to people’s common sense.

“Kiwis are all about fairness,” they said.

“We’re big believers that a little kindness goes a long way, and we want to make sure that there are food and groceries available for everyone, and especially those who might be unable, or find it hard to go into a store.”

Their words draw up the heart-breaking image from England which went viral this week, of an elderly man staring down at his shopping list in Surrey, surrounded by empty supermarket shelves.

The Countdown managers said demand was unprecedented and for some products they were selling triple the amount they would normally sell.

“And while we make things like toilet paper right here in New Zealand, we simply can’t get it on our shelves quick enough if everyone is going to continue to buy like they are currently.”

The store was asking customers to think about how much food and other essentials they really needed.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has also told people not to panic buy, while across the Tasman her compatriot Scott Morrison has been even sterner, telling Australians it has been one of the most disappointing responses to the pandemic.

It seems times of crisis bring out the best and the worst in people. We all need to try and not be part of the problem, and stop stockpiling.

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Formula overbuying creates anxiety for mums

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Some lines of baby formula have been snapped up from supermarket shelves, creating uncertainty for families with infants and toddlers.

Ashburton mum Jess Crotty said she and her husband had scouted Ashburton’s three main supermarkets last week and found there was none of the Karicare 6 to 12 months they needed for their nine-monthold son Leo. They then went to The Warehouse and got the last tin.

“We have been keeping an eye out on the shelves, there’s just been nothing,” Crotty said.

She and her family lived from one weekly pay packet to the next, and could not afford to buy in bulk.

She put a post on an Ashburton community Facebook page this week to report the apparent shortage, and an Ashburton woman who was in Christchurch got a tin for her from a Christchurch supermarket.

When she popped into Ashburton New World yesterday she was pleased to see it back on shelves, with a two-per-person limit.

Nevertheless, the situation had been unsettling for her and her

By Sue Newman

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Jess Crotty and son Leo are urging families not to stockpile infant formula. family, especially on top of the anxiety around the Covid-19 outbreak.

She worked in retail with members of the public and was worried her son was vulnerable, just like all babies would be as their immune systems were still developing.

“A little frightened,” was how she

described she felt.

Ashburton’s The Stork Network has appealed to families to be wise and thoughtful in their purchase of formula. In the case of under six-month-olds who could not be breastfed, it was their only source of nutrition.

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“If anyone has excess formula that they don’t need and would be willing to pass on, please make it known as I’m sure there will be a mother close by who’s struggling to find even one tin when her baby’s life depends on it,” the network said on Facebook.

More than tourism will be hurt by Covid-19

By Sue Newman

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The impact of Covid-19 will be felt long after the crisis is over, says Experience Mid Canterbury chairman James Urquhart.

While the frontline impact of the virtual closure of New Zealand’s borders was felt across tourist operators and the hospitality sector, there would be ongoing effects that would be felt across the Ashburton District’s economy, he said.

“Sixty per cent of business on the main street could be gone in six months. We’re in an incredibly challenging situation.”

While Experience Mid Canterbury (EMC) was making sure it was in a position to kickstart the promotion of the district as soon as the borders opened again, Urqhuart said the organisation might have to look at how it shaped itself and who its partners might be in the future.

“If we’re still around, like a lot of businesses in six months’ time, these are the discussions we’ll be having.”

Because there were directives from government to cease tourism promotion, EMC manager Bruce Moffat said his team had been spending time with opera-

tors and what he was seeing was that life was far from shiny and glossy.

“Approximately $500,000 in forward bookings have been cancelled in the last couple of weeks, it’s an incredibly scary time for those businesses in the tourism industry,” he said.

They also painted a grim picture of business at the Methven i-SITE, which had its worst summer on record.

Councillor John Falloon took exception to Urquhart’s statement that businesses in town would close because of Covid-19.

“I don’t agree this district will

suffer. The rural sector and manufacturing are very strong and we may well come out of this stronger,” he said.

Yes, tourism was taking a hiding, mayor Neil Brown said, but the rural sector was in a positive position.

“We are positioned to get through this pandemic and come out the other side one of the better districts in this country. We need to shop locally, use our cafes and bars as the tourists would use them. We need to support our local people at this time and we’ll come out of this together,” he said.

As part of its preparedness for continuing the business of the Ashburton District during the Covid-19 pandemic, district councillors yesterday cleared the way for council meetings to be held by audio visual links.

Under its standing orders all councillors must attend meetings, but concerns that some may either be unwell or unwilling to attend meetings over the coming weeks, they decided to change their standing orders to allow audio visual attendance.

While all councillors were happy to have the option of remote meeting attendance, Stuart Wilson did not want it to remain a long term option.

“Further down the track I don’t want to think that a councillor might say they won’t come to meetings, by choice.

“I think we should still have to attend meeting unless it’s imperative we do not,” he said.

Obtaining a quorum for a meeting might also be difficult if councillors could opt to attend remotely and a quorum required physical attendance, Wilson said.

Standing orders aside, chief executive Hamish Riach said the practice of remote attendance at meetings was now common, but + if councillors wanted a safeguard built in this could be + done by putting a time limit on the remote attendance option, he said.

Councillors voted to allow remote meeting attendance until October 1 and for the same period they voted to reduce the quorum for both standing and sub-committees by one.

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The battle of the quinces

By Sue Newman

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There’s an elderly quince tree growing on Hanrahan Street that has become a victim in a tug of ownership war.

The tree is growing on Ashburton District Council land and for many years has been cared for by its neighbours, firstly Jack Ross, who lived across Mill Creek and for the past four years by Russell Anstiss.

In return its caretakers have enjoyed bags full of ripe fruit, with plenty left over for others to gather and enjoy.

Each year close to harvest time, Anstiss places a note on the tree asking that in return for his caretaking efforts he has the first shot at collecting ripe fruit.

Not too much to ask for a tree that no one else seems to value, he thought.

But it seems someone is not happy with that arrangement.

A letter was dropped in Anstiss’ mailbox making it clear the tree belonged to the council and that meant the fruit also belonged to the council. He was incensed, but he was also puzzled.

While the letter was written on

Russell Anstiss, collecting ripe quince from a tree growing on Ashburton District Council land.

PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 180320-SN-0016 council letterhead paper, it was unsigned. And that started alarm bells ringing.

Had the council started a new practice, sending anonymous letters to residents, he wondered.

Council service delivery manager Neil McCann confirmed what Anstiss suspected – the

letter did not originate from the council office.

No letter would be sent from council unsigned and impersonating the council was an offence, he said.

And that’s got Anstiss wondering. Is it a disgruntled neighbour who wants the fruit for

themselves? But if that’s the case there’s more than enough to share, he said.

His response to the anonymous letter was made in a note he attached to the tree.

“We respect that this tree is on council property but you don’t nurture it, we do. We are only asking to harvest some of the fruit when it’s ripe, given there will be plenty for you – even though you have not nurtured it.”

Anstiss acknowledges the tree belongs to the community, the fruit is there for the taking but no one seems to take it, he said.

The tree is not young. It was growing alongside Mill Creek when the area was farmland.

When the diggers moved in to start carving out roads for the Lochlea subdivision, the elderly quince was about to fall, but a heartfelt plea by its neighbour Jack Ross, saw it spared. He’d been caring for the tree and was rewarded each year with a bountiful harvest of quince.

The digger driver listened and the tree stayed under Ross’ caretaking for many years, before the mantle passed to Anstiss.

Busy end to week for local firefighters

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

Firefighters have had a busy end to the working week with a number of vegetation fires causing issues in all corners of the district.

Hinds Rural Voluntary Fire Force were the first unit called the fire on Windermere Road.

Chief Fire Officer Dave Kingsbury said it started off as a stubble burn that escalated.

“It was another one of those ones that somehow managed to get over the fire break and in to older trees and with those older trees there is often a layer of pine needles at the bottom,” he said.

“With the vortex from the fire they can get airborne and they did and ended up in some long grass and a bit of baleage on the other side of the road on a neighbouring property.

“It is just one of those things that happens.”

Firefighter from Hinds, Ashburton, Willowby and Mayfield all attended the fire.

Firefighters were also called to a second vegetation fire in the Hinds area shortly after 4pm that day as well.

On Wednesday evening the Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to the upper reaches of the Rakaia Gorge to a vegetation fire in a shelter belt.

Deputy Chief Fire Officer Dave McLeod said the fire had burnt through around 20 to 30 metres of vegetation under the trees.

The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to a medical assist 8.57am on Thursday morning, while the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to two medical assists on Wednesday evening.

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Te Papa closes Te Papa closed its doors to the public from 6pm yesterday for at least two weeks due to concerns over Covid-19. The museum’s board chair Dame Fran Wilde said the decision was made after careful consideration. “We are not able to enforce social distancing within the museum, and we want to protect our community and support the efforts of all of New Zealand to reduce the risk of Covid-19, she said. “The health of our visitors, our staff and our community is of paramount importance.” Staff would continue to work from their offices and there were plans in place to care for collections and provide online access to more museum resources, she said. “We will be creating some fantastic opportunities for people to visit Te Papa from their own living room,” - NZME Wilde said.

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Creating movement with movement On the banks of the Rakaia River, near the longest bridge in New Zealand, is a little country town called Rakaia.

In the first story of a series about the people and community groups behind this busy rural centre, Susan Sandys talks to fitness instructor Sonita Fawcett

Mum Sonita Fawcett is creating a movement through movement in Rakaia.

Being a keen horse-rider with a passion for fitness, the mumof-two decided to establish her own exercise classes in 2013. She had previously worked as a playcentre supervisor and pharmacy technician.

To start with, a small group of women came along with their children. It was a once-per-week morning circuit class with attendees revolving around stations set up with exercise equipment.

“We all wanted a local exercise class that was child friendly,” Fawcett said.

Since then, the classes have increased, and so have the numbers coming along.

Today, at her Feel Good Fitness For You programme, she runs two night circuit classes and a morning dance fitness class at the St Andrew’s Church hall on State Highway 1, and one gentle dance fitness class at Dunsandel.

Her pupils are men and women of all ages, ranging up to their 80s, and up to 15 attend each class.

Fawcett said alongside building the number of classes and

Sonita Fawcett runs circuit and NIA classes at Rakaia.

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attendance, she has undertaken professional development and her own journey of personal growth.

Along the way she has discovered the holistic practice of NIA, which forms the basis of the dance fitness classes as well interval sessions in

the circuit classes.

NIA employs 52 precision movements and combines elements of martial arts, dance and mindful movement in time to music.

Fawcett discovered NIA in 2017, when she decided to go along to a class in Christchurch.

The class happened to be taken

by NIA founder Debbie Rosas, who developed the alternative aerobic and strength training exercise method in America after suffering sports injuries.

Initially, NIA stood for non-impact aerobics, but it has since evolved to include neurological integrative practices.

“I love fitness so I thought I would go and have a look, it blew me away,” Fawcett said.

“The movements we did appeared to be so easy, I didn’t feel like I was working out, but I found that I was sweating and I definitely was working out, it was so much fun,” she said.

Fawcett passes her enthusiasm onto her pupils, who come not just for the fitness aspect, but also the fun they have in getting their bodies moving. And the classes include stretches at the end to wind everyone down, with aspects of relaxation and meditation.

Fawcett is a certified fitness instructor and registered exercise professional, and her NIA journey has involved her travelling to Australia for workshops as she moves towards gaining her black belt in the practice.

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Anzac Day will be recognised in some way

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

There might not be any large scale events, but local Returned and Services Association (RSA) members will still ensure that the fallen are remembered this Anzac Day. All Anzac Day services were cancelled following a nationwide directive on Thursday, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, while Poppy Day has been postponed.

The decision means it will be the first time Anzac Day services have been cancelled since they were started in 1915.

It is the first time Poppy Day has been postponed since 1922.

Ashburton RSA president Merv Brenton said they would still do something small as a way to remember the fallen.

“We will go and lay a few wreaths and put up a few cross-

es,” he said.

“There have been a few ideas suggested, maybe dressing up mailboxes in red, as something we could do but it is going to be sad that we can’t hold a full service.”

Brenton said government regulations banning events of more than 100 people indoors had already had an impact on the club on Cox Street with a number of events being cancelled.

“Things are changing all the time, the rules could have changed again in two hours,” he said.

“It has certainly affected functions, we had hired rooms for functions that have been cancelled.”

Thursday night is club night for the local RSA, which regularly draws more than 100 people along but was well down on numbers this week.

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“There were a few that kept away,” he said.

“We have to be quite careful with the group that we have, being an older group.

“At the end of the day we will be guided by what instructions come from down the road.”

Following that announcement, national RSA president BJ Clark said: “We need to consider the demographic we have in our RSA and that would be attending Anzac Day parades.”

“It’s our responsibility to remember and acknowledge those

that have served but also to ensure our members and the public are kept safe.”

Clark described the virus as a “powerful and dangerous foe”.

“RSAs, and the communities they are part of, all over New Zealand, must fight hard to protect our whanau and kaumatua from the transmission of this virus in keeping our proud memories of service and sacrifice.

For this reason, RSA has decided that it is in the best interests of all New Zealanders to make these decisions.”

Catholic bishops suspend celebrations of mass New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have announced the suspension of all celebrations of mass, until further notice, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic Bishop of Auckland Patrick Dunn, president of the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, said the bishops met on Friday morning to carefully consider what needed to be done with mass and other public liturgical gatherings.

“We decided that all masses must cease until further notice,” Dunn said.

“The bishops are acutely aware of the seriousness of the measures taken by the Government and health authorities in recent days to try to stop Covid-19 from

spreading in the New Zealand community.”

Dunn said churches have been told they may stay open for parishioners to visit for private prayer and reflection, but in very small numbers; those attending must follow Ministry of Health social-distancing guidelines and stay at least two metres apart.

“Funeral services may continue but they must be brief, with only small numbers of close family and friends allowed. Those attending must also follow the guidelines for social distancing,” he said.

Baptisms, weddings and other public liturgical gatherings already planned will be allowed

to proceed, but again, only with very small numbers of close family and friends present, and following the social-distancing guidelines.

Similar services not already scheduled must be postponed.

“While some of our parishioners, priests and lay-mass helpers will be disappointed by this announcement, others will welcome it, because of the growing community concern about the pandemic and the need, particularly, to protect those most vulnerable,” he said.

“This also follows similar moves by Catholic bishops in many other countries. Pope Francis is himself setting the interna-

tional church example by not celebrating public masses, instead live-streaming his daily private mass in the Vatican. The New Zealand church is moving quickly to provide live-streaming here.

“The primary concern of the church is the welfare of the public and the safety of all our parishioners, clergy, families, friends, staff and visitors.

“We have again today emphasised to all parishioners the importance of good practices of hygiene, including regular washing of hands, covering coughs and sneezes with elbows, not hands, staying at home if sick, and keeping a reasonable distance from other people when in public.”

Variety Theatre Ashburton has announced that they have postponed this year’s first show – It’s Only Rock N Roll Baby.

In a statement released to the Guardian yesterday, the organisation said that the decision was not one they took lightly but in the face of the difficult challenge that is Covid-19 it was regrettably the only decision to make in the circumstances.

The cast and production crew were told the news officially yesterday after more than a month’s worth of rehearsals.

“While this has been an easy decision to make given the circumstances, the committee, production team and cast wish to be mindful of the health and well-being of the community, both on and off the stage.”

Anyone who has purchased a ticket for the show online or through the Ticket Rocket call centre will have their ticket refunded within 60 business days and Variety Theatre Ashburton wished to express to the community that there is no need to contact Ticket Rocket as the process has already begun.

Anyone who purchased their ticket from the Ashburton Trust Event Centre or via their outlet will need to email support@ticketrocket.co.nz with the following details; name used to purchase ticket, event ticket purchased for, a bank account name and number for a manual bank transfer to be processed to.

Anyone wishing to know more information is urged to contact the Ashburton Trust Event Centre for further advice.

No potential new dates have been decided.

While this show has been postponed, work has already begun by the group on their second planned show of 2020, Jersey Girls.

The show will hit the stage in Ashburton November 5-7 and further information will be provided on that show in due course.

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Giving normality to kids’ focus for Scouts

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

Keeping normality and giving children a break from a stressful time is one reason local scouts are pressing on, even if it means meeting online.

Mania-o-roto scout zone leader Michelle Brown said that at the moment scouts groups would continue to meet as normal, but should schools shut or it be required, gatherings can be held online.

“There are plans to keep the kids getting educated, it will just be online,” she said.

“There would be a group of leaders and they would just get the parents to Skype in to a room if they could.”

Activity sheets would also be sent out weekly to the kids that they could complete if they wished, and can video themselves completing activities and send them in to leaders for assessment.

“It is important for the kids to have some normality in the next few months and if they can’t get out and hang out with friends they will still have this,” she said.

Currently there are one group of scouts heading out on a trip this weekend, but there are no further events planned after that said Brown, and it is likely they would be put on the backburner if they were.

“It is probably quite fortunate we are heading in to winter and not summer as there is more on in the summer,” she said.

The Ashburton Gorge Road stockwater race at Mt Somers was full of dead fish last week.

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Scouts are prepared to move their gatherings online should the Covid-19 pandemic worsen.

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Fire season moves to open season The fire season has now changed in the Mid South Canterbury area, including the Ashburton District and the high country.

This means that a permit is no longer required to light a fire in open air in the high country zone, Ashburton coastal, Timaru coastal and Waimate coastal zones.

A restricted fire season will remain for the Geraldine and Waimate Forest zones, permits will continue to be required for

those areas.

Principal Rural Fire Officer Rob Hands says the changes have been made after the fire danger indices dropped for the area.

The area moved to a restricted fire season in late January, requiring anyone planning on lighting an open air fire to first obtain a permit.

Last week Fire and Emergency New Zealand deputy principal rural fire of-

ficer Don Geddes told the Guardian they were disappointed there had been more fire escapes this fire season than in previous years.

Unlike many areas in Canterbury north of the Rakaia River the area never moved in to a prohibited fire season.

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Environment Canterbury is making progress on its investigation into contamination of a stockwater race in Mt Somers, which killed hundreds of fish last week.

ECan zone delivery lead Ashburton Janine Holland said multiple parties of interest were assisting the regional council with its enquiries.

However, it was still awaiting the results of water sampling tests so could not yet confirm what had affected the race, which runs along Ashburton Gorge Road through the village of Mt Somers.

“We ask residents not to speculate about the causes or parties involved in this situation, as it is may impede the investigation’s progress. Environment Canterbury thanks residents who have willingly shared information with us in the last fortnight,” Holland said.

She encouraged the community to continue to avoid the race and not allow animals to enter the water.

“We have signs along the race and this advice remains in place until we have further information. Ashburton District Council will talk directly with stockwater race users about their access to, and use of, the race.”

ECan launched the investigation following hundreds of smelt, trout, native kokopu, koura, freshwater bully and tuna (eel) were discovered dead and dying.

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Vegetable seedlings latest panic buying target NZME Garden supplies and vegetable seedlings are the latest target for panic buying and people in isolation keeping busy, as concerns about the Covid-19 coronavirus grow.

First it was supermarkets being cleaned out of toilet paper and hand sanitiser, but now it seems spooked shoppers have home-grown vegetables in their sights.

Garden centres say seedling sales have gone through the roof while nurseries are scrambling to meet demand. in MasterGardenBarn ton sold out of seedlings on Wednesday.

Located near New Plymouth and Waitara, Big Jim’s Garden Centre manager Chantel Bell said the last week had been bedlam.

“Veggie seedlings are flying out the door. We have doubled what we would normally order so we order twice a week but we are doubling what comes through the door in regards to veggie seedlings.

“All brassicas. The caulis, the broccolis, lettuces. Anything like that.”

Bell said first-time gardeners and green-thumbed veterans alike were talking about Covid-19.

“They’re just getting ready just in case there’s a shortage of veggies on the market, that sort of thing ... if they’re in isolation it’s something to do in their garden all those sorts of things and panic buying maybe.”

Bell said the seedlings on offer were less well developed.

Leslie Lewis, who was shopping at Palmers Garden Centre in New Plymouth, had certainly noticed.

“We need to get some silverbeet in and some spinach, but unfortunately it looks like they’ve been well cleared out and there’s just punnets ... little tiny ones which is not really good to me.”

Over the road at Mitre 10 Mega, Mike Anderson was also stocking up, and reckoned seedling supplies were dwindling.

“I’ve always had a garden and I suppose I’m prompted to increase it slightly at the moment in order to be self-sufficient.

“I think I’ve got enough fresh vegetables in my garden to keep me going for about two weeks for me and my family.”

Across town at Fairfields Garden Centre, Ari Whakaari was shopping with her partner and young baby, preparing to put in their very first veggie garden.

“I’ve just come to get some vegetables so I can plant them and make my own vegetable garden.

“It’s because of the virus because the supermarkets are getting cleared out so I thought if I had a back up that would be great.”

Whakaari was not doing things by halves.

“I’ve got some broccoli, kale, lettuce, beetroot, beans, parsley, spinach and leeks but there wasn’t actually much here – quite a lot of it had already been taken.”

Dogs have a ball in the Hinds Pool Dogs of all shapes and sizes got to enjoy a splash in the Hinds Pool last Sunday to mark the end of the pool’s opening season. Pool treasurer Cindy Wilkins said she saw a video of the Waltham pool from last year and thought it looked like a lot of fun so put it to the committee for this year.

“We think there were around 20 dogs throughout the day. I was surprised at the variety but loved seeing so many enjoy the water,” she said. “I had no idea what to expect for this area but we were very happy with the outcome and will now make it an annual thing when we close the pool for the season.”

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Blood donors in short supply NZME New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is asking eligible, fit and healthy New Zealanders to book an appointment to donate blood.

The service has had up to a 30 per cent increase in the number of cancellations and ‘no-shows’ in the past week which is possibly because of Covid-19 concerns amongst donors.

“We are asking all eligible healthy blood donors to book an appointment, and keep commitments to donate blood,” said Asuka Burge, national manager marketing and communications, New Zealand Blood Service.

“NZBS needs to collect 3500 donations every week to keep up with demand across the country, and we are seeing an increasing

number of cancellations and empty chairs in our donor centres.

“Our donor centres are safe places to visit, and we are taking all necessary steps to ensure this stays that way.”

NZBS has strict blood donor screening measures in place, which include travel deferrals, to ensure individuals who are unwell, or have recently travelled to high-risk countries are deferred from donating.

“Absolutely, if a donor is feeling unwell, they should reschedule or cancel their appointment, but please let us know. Every noshow or cancelled appointment impacts the blood supply and the availability of blood to treat patients in hospitals.

“If we know someone is not coming, we can try to fill their

appointment space,” says Asuka.

“Unlike toilet paper, blood cannot be stockpiled. Whole blood has a shelf life of just 35 days, which means we must ensure we can continue to meet demand on a weekly basis.

“Our current concern is that without a steady number of donations, the blood supply may run into critical levels. This is why we need fit, healthy, eligible Kiwis to book appointments and continue to donate.”

To book an appointment to donate visit www.nzblood.co.nz or call 0800 448 325.

NZBS has a dedicated working group of experts that includes medical staff and donor care teams to closely monitoring global developments in relation to Covid-19 and advising on any specific actions required.

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Factors that will close schools By: Natalie Akoorie NZME

All schools and early childhood centres in New Zealand will close if community transmission of Covid-19 is confirmed.

The criteria for nationwide school closures developed by the Ministry of Education was released yesterday.

And in Parliament on Thursday night Minister of Education Chris Hipkins said bringing forward the Easter school holidays was an option being considered.

In the trigger document, an all-school-and-education-centre-closure is ranked level five, the highest risk.

Blanket closures would go ahead when there is community transmission of the coronavirus on a national level, according to the document.

Schools and centres would initially close for 14 days. That would be reviewed thereafter until public health authorities determine it is safe to reopen.

It comes as the Government was on Thursday poised to provide home internet and laptop or tablet devices for about 70,000 schoolchildren in the event that

Minister of Education Chris Hipkins said current public health advice was schools and early learning centres were still safe places for young people. schools have to close.

The Government is developing a behind-the-scenes plan for the emergency rollout and had this week surveyed all schools about whether teachers can provide online learning from home, and how many students need devices at home.

The early learning and school responses to Covid-19 criteria ranks situations from risk levels 1 to 5. They are: ■■ Level 1: When a student or staff member has no symptoms but close contact with a confirmed case – track and trace.

Three cases on cruise ship NZME Three people on a cruise ship that visited New Zealand before returning to Sydney have tested positive for Covid-19.

Close to 4000 passengers and crew were on board the Ruby Princess before it docked in Sydney and passengers were allowed to disembark.

The Princess Cruises-operated Ruby Princess ship completed a relatively short cruise around the Pacific to New Zealand.

The Ruby Princess departed from Sydney on March 8. According to cruisemapper. com, the ship was scheduled to visit Fiordland, Dunedin, Akaroa, Wellington, Napier, Tauranga, Auckland and Bay of Islands before returning to Sydney on March 21.

The cruise ship returned to Sydney on Thursday after cutting its itinerary short.

Just over 1100 crew and close to 2700 pas-

sengers were on board.

Doctors tested 13 unwell patients and three found to have the virus.

One person who tested positive was a crew member.

“Two of the three positive results were people who were passengers on board the ship,” NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard told reporters on Friday.

“One of those passengers was not at all well, and was taken off the ship and has been taken to a hospital here in Sydney, and is being cared for. That particular passenger, now patient, is not particularly well.”

On board there were some people on board the cruise ship who presented with flu-like symptoms,” Hazzard said.

The ship has already left Sydney and is currently at sea, off the New South Wales coast, somewhere between Sydney and Wollongong.

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■■ Level 2: When a student or staff member has symptoms and close contact with a confirmed case or tests positive – close school temporarily or for at least 72 hours.

■■ Level 3: When there are cases from multiple families in the same school that could be community transmission – 14 day closure.

■■ Level 4: When there is confirmed community transmission but contained to a geographical area – close all schools and centres in that location for 14 days.

■■ Level 5: Community transmission on a national level – close all schools and centres for at least 14 days.

Hipkins said in Parliament current public health advice was schools and early learning centres were still safe places for young people.

However, under questioning by National education spokeswoman Nikki Kaye, Hipkins said officials would consider bringing the April school holidays forward.

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tion and if the public advice is that’s useful, that’s certainly one of the options on the table they can draw on.”

The April school holidays start on Good Friday, April 10, and run until Sunday, April 26.

“It is a rapidly evolving situation and advice is being updated and changing,” Hipkins said.

“Health officials and education officials are working together to keep people safe.

“They have agreed protocol which they are implementing which takes into account a whole variety of different scenarios and situations.

“The approach is currently a targeted one because there is no community transmission at this point.

“The health, safety and wellbeing of New Zealanders is of utmost importance and as situations change we will take action.”

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arch is Endometriosis Awareness Month and if Eartha Scott had her way she would be shouting about it from rooftops up and down the country.

Endometriosis occurs when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus (endometrium) is found in places outside the uterus.

This tissue can form nodules, that in turn causes the surrounding organs to stick unnaturally together and that means pain and lots of it.

Scott has suffered the full blast of the condition over the past nine years. She cannot understand how a condition that affects up to one in 10 women and girls in New Zealand goes undiagnosed by so many for so long.

Trips to the GP started for Scott when she was around 13 years old.

She remembers going with her mother to the doctor time and time again trying to convey to them the excruciating pain that overtook her life every month, only to be repeatedly told that what she was experiencing was normal period pain and to hear the all-too-familiar line – “go home and take some pain relief or a wheat bag may help”.

Not at all helpful when the pain associated with this condition has been likened, by some women, to the pain levels associated with labour, or, as others put it, standard period pain times 50.

“Who would offer a woman in labour over-the-counter pain relief? Nobody, because that would be silly,” Scott said.

One of the symptoms of endometriosis can be bowel problems, which led to a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome for Scott and off to the dietitian she went.

“I did everything the dietitian told me to do and I ate all the right foods.

“But it didn’t make any difference and why would it? That was not what I had.”

Years of having the contraceptive injection Depo Provera did provide some respite as during that time her periods stopped completely.

After six years of injections Scott decided enough was enough and she took herself off that treatment in the hope her body had managed

to sort itself out and she could lead a normal pain-free life.

Wrong, along with the return of her menstrual cycle, came the intense pain and resulting low energy levels.

It was at this time Scott picked up her laptop and went searching the internet for answers and she found them on a Facebook page called All about Annie’s Endometriosis.

Here Scott read of women and girls telling their stories, many with the same symptoms as her.

To Scott it was a lightbulb moment and it felt like she had just taken a big step forward in her journey of finding out why her body was behaving this way.

Armed with information gleaned from Annie’s Facebook page and from some other internet stops she had made, Scott went back to her doctor and asked about endometriosis.

Scott was floored when the doctor said he had heard of the condition and yet he still hadn’t suggested to her that is what it could be. Until Scott mentioned it herself the word had never been so much as mentioned in nine years.

Due to her medical insurance Scott was able to avoid the incredibly long public waiting list to see a surgeon.

Finally some action. Scott was elated when her surgeon agreed to perform a laparoscopic investigation as this is the only way to fully diagnose endometriosis. The surgery took 45 minutes and the diagnosis was confirmed as being endometriosis.

“It took him only 45 minutes and yet it took me nine years to get to him. That’s appalling.”

Diagnosis achieved, Scott could then get on with her life dealing with her condition – wrong, a very big wrong.

Three days after the surgery Scott collapsed at home. It turns out that she had suffered an undetected perforated bowel during surgery and was in a bad way, suffering from septic shock.

Scott was grateful she wasn’t home alone at the time because any delay in getting her to hospital could have proved fatal for her.

Ashburton Hospital took one look at her and sent her straight up to Christchurch, where the

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Eartha Scott has been to hell and back with endometriosis. Reporter Heather Mackenzie spoke to Eartha about her nine-year journey of pain, frustration and a near-death experience.

Eartha Scott knows that taking the time to stop and smell the flowers is vital to her mental well-being. surgeon said if he didn’t operate straight away she could very well die, so into the operating theatre for the second time in three days she went.

Waking up after the surgery Scott’s world came crashing down again.

Yes she was alive and grateful for that, but the twenty-two-year-old was left with tubes sticking out of her stomach – a stoma with colos-

tomy bag attached.

Scott spoke about having this “thing” connected to her 24/7, how she was afraid and felt like her whole life had been taken away.

“For seven months I had to cope with this noisy, sometimes leaking bag attached to me. There I was, a young 22-year-old, left feeling very self-conscious and afraid to go out.”

Exercise for Eartha is not as easy as it used to be, so getting out in the fresh air with her friend’s dogs Bry and Jett brings a smile to her face.

After spending nine days in hospital, five of them not being able to move at all, she was sent home, with a body that was still playing tricks on her.

Because of the time of inactivity Scott had to remind her legs how to work.

She said strong support from her family and friends during that time was a major factor in getting her back on her feet and feeling

slightly more positive about the future.

“Support is vital in dealing with this condition, be it family, friends or your partner, everyone needs somebody to believe what they are experiencing is real and not all in their head.”

In the past eight months Scott has undergone a total of six surgeries, one of them was to remove the dreaded colostomy bag and

stoma. Glad to see that gone Scott said she is not out of the woods yet.

“There is no cure for endometritis, only ways to manage the symptoms. I have to make sure I get enough sleep, as fatigue is a huge problem for me and I am still living with lots of pain.”

Scott said she is lucky to have an understanding employer and feels for women affected by this condition who don’t.

She pointed out that not many employers would be happy for their staff to have a week off every month.

Ideally Scott would like to see GPs have a greater understanding of what endometriosis is and what the symptoms are. The good news is there has been some movement from the Ministry of Heath on advising GPs and other health professionals on what to look for.

On March 2 this year the ministry released a 15-page document for health professionals outlining the diagnosis and management of endometriosis in New Zealand.

The ministry’s aim is to improve the diagnosis and management in primary and secondary health care through early recognition of suspected symptoms, empowering primary healthcare practitioners to make a suspected diagnosis and begin management, appropriate training for secondary and tertiary caregivers and improved equity of access and health outcomes for patients.

Scott wants to encourage all women to speak out if they think this is what they may be suffering from.

“Just keep asking your GP to investigate further and don’t be afraid to keep asking.

“Just because they have a certificate on their wall it doesn’t mean they know more about your body than you do.”

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Aussie death toll rises The Australian death toll from coronavirus has risen to seven after an 81-yearold woman died in hospital on Thursday night, following a record surge in new cases.

Meanwhile, bars, cafes and restaurants are bracing for new restrictions on indoor gatherings after the most dramatic day of the outbreak so far, when the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the country would be closing its borders and Tasmania effectively shut itself off from the rest of the country.

It came as new restrictions were placed on medicine purchases, the Aussie dollar fell to a 17-year low of 55 US cents, the RBA announced an emergency rate cut and national carrier Qantas stood down 20,000 employees amid what CEO Alan Joyce described as a crisis “worse than the GFC”.

Australia now has 756 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 353 in New South Wales, 150 in Victoria, 144 in Queensland, 42 in South Australia, 52 in Western Australia, 10 in Tasmania, four in the Australian Capital Territory and one in the Northern Territory.

Seven people have died – one in Western Australia and six in New South Wales – and 43 have recovered.

Calling on Kylie for help The Covid-19-era world is seeing some strange things, like toilet paper wars, empty bars – and the Surgeon General asking Kylie Jenner to tell her fans to go home. As global health authorities continue to urge young people to take it seriously, Surgeon General Jerome Adams resorted to calling on influencers to play a role in keeping the community safe. “I have a 15 and 14-year-old and the more I tell them not to do something, the more they want to do it,” Dr Adams said. “We need to get Kylie Jenner and social media influencers out there, in helping folks understand: this is serious – people are dying out there,” Dr Adams said. He said images of kids on spring break partying at the beach dismayed many Americans who are self-isolating in their homes.

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Cautious optimism on the floor Stocks capped a wobbly day on Wall Street with solid gains yesterday, reflecting cautious optimism among investors that emergency action by the US government and central banks will cushion the global economy from a looming recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The swings in the market were markedly less volatile than recent days.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained almost 200 points, or 0.9 per cent.

The S&P 500 rose 0.5 per cent after bouncing between a gain of 2.9 per cent and a loss of 3.3 per cent early. That would be a notable change in normal times, but the index has had eight straight days where it bounced up or down between 4.9 per cent and 12 per cent.

In another sign that shellshocked investors were becoming a little more willing to hold riskier assets, stocks of smaller companies rose far more than the rest of the market.

Those stocks had taken some of the heaviest losses since the sell-off began in early March.

Markets have been so volatile because investors are weighing the increasing likelihood of a recession on one hand against huge, emergency efforts to prop up the economy on the other.

Markets got more of each yesterday.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment bene-

fits jumped by 70,000 last week, more than economists expected, in one of the first signs of layoffs sweeping across the country.

Wide swaths of the economy are grinding closer to a standstill, from the travel industry to restaurants, as authorities ask Americans to stay home to slow the spread of the virus.

Another weak manufacturing report, this time in the mid-Atlantic region, added to the worries.

But the world’s largest central banks announced their latest efforts to support financial markets and the economy.

The European Central Bank launched an expanded programme to buy up to 750 billion euros ($820 billion) in bonds, and the Bank of Eng-

land cut its key interest rate to a record low of 0.1 per cent.

The Federal Reserve unveiled measures to support money-market funds and the borrowing of dollars as investors in markets worldwide hurry to build up dollars and cash.

The dash for cash has strained markets, and sellers of even high-quality bonds say they’re having difficulty finding buyers at reasonable prices.

Many of the Fed’s moves, which are getting revived after being used in the 2008 financial crisis, are aimed at smoothing out operations in such markets.

Investors also appeared encouraged by reports that China is set to ramp up stimulus spending after the province where the virus first emerged

showed no new infections on Wednesday.

The price of US crude oil notched its biggest one-day jump on record yesterday, climbing nearly 24 per cent.

With the gain, oil recouped nearly all its losses from the day before.

Still, the market will likely remain volatile until investors see more economic data that shows just how badly the outbreak is hurting the economy.

The Nasdaq, which is dominated by tech giants such as Apple, gained 2.3 per cent.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller company stocks surged 6.8 per cent.

The S&P 500, which drives movements for most 401(k) accounts more than other indexes, is down roughly 29 per cent since its record exactly a month ago and close to its lowest point since late 2018.

European stocks swung from gains to losses and back to gains.

Asian markets dropped following the brutal 5.1 per cent loss for US stocks the prior day.

Ultimately, investors say they need to see the number of new infections stop accelerating for the market’s extreme volatility to ease.

The total number of known infections has topped 220,000 worldwide, including nearly 85,000 people who had recovered.

The death toll has crept toward 10,000.

Shorters doing their bit As a response to Covid-19, Shortland Street will not air on Fridays from March 27. “This scheduling change allows the cast and crew some buffer room in their delivery of the show to TVNZ. It also prioritises everyone’s safety and wellbeing,” a spokesperson for South Pacific Pictures said in a statement. “This move is in line with productions around the world who are making small changes to ensure they can keep their shows on air, even if filming needs to stop temporarily.”

Meghan back and sparkly We all knew it: Meghan’s first appearance back on British soil after the couple’s announcement to leave their position as senior royals was always going to be a talking point. How would she act?

What would she wear, and what – if any – would be the hidden messages behind her outfits? But it was the makeup that did it. Since her and Harry’s announcement to step down, Meghan has been keeping a low profile. But now its bucket-loads of glamour and a healthy dose of Hollywood sparkle. We’re seeing a return to the makeup she’d wear preHarry: bronzed cheeks, smokey eyes and a full, glossy brick-red lips.

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ime for a bit of reflection, I think.

This week has been, quite simply, nuts.

I realise there is probably a small portion of our community who have been through something like this before, but for the majority of us it’s uncharted territory. We’re very much diving into the unknown here and hoping that, at some point, we will surface.

And that’s probably the most important thing to remember.

Yes, there’s a lot of bad stuff out there about what might be sitting just around the corner and as businesses wonder what just awaits for them it’s hard to see the positives.

But we will emerge from the murk at some point.

There will come a time when this virus has disappeared and becomes nothing more than a part of our history.

And, just like those who have been before us and faced similar situations, there is opportunity at every turn as well.

Something that it could pay to remember.

I’ve noticed over the course of the week a few things that make

me think this district is coming to the realisation that things aren’t that far away from us. It’s been noticeably more quiet in and around the Ashburton CBD. Coffee shops aren’t quite the bustling hives of activity they usually are, shops are seeing their doors stay closed a little longer each time between customers and the streets don’t feel quite as cluttered with people around every turn.

That’s concerning.

No one knows how exactly to act in this situation, or what the right thing to do is, but one thing we must do as a community is ensure that we support our local businesses as much as we possibly can, and to do so for as long as we

possibly can.

Safely, of course.

There’s been a lot of correspondence about issues at supermarkets and panic-buying which is a real shame.

Our first thought in such situations should be for the vulnerable.

Most importantly, the elderly and the young.

Some supermarkets have introduced special shopping times so certain people can visit and go about their shop without all the other hoopla but it’s never going to work for everyone.

It doesn’t take that much to show a bit of courtesy and lend a hand, or ensuring that someone in greater need is afforded an opportunity, ahead of yourself.

Hearing stories of young families arriving to stock up on essentials, like nappies and baby formula, only to find the shelves empty, is heart breaking and a bit of a blight on us as a community.

We can be better than that, we know we can, it’s just a case of doing it.

By the time we get to Monday morning next week, who knows what sort of place we will find ourselves in. These are new waters for everyone and we’re still figuring out just how much we have to tread to stay afloat.

Stay safe, be healthy and look out for others is the best approach to the next few days.

And of course, remember to wash your hands.

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In 2007, former Vice President Al Gore made an emotional return to Congress as he pleaded with House and Senate committees to fight global warming.

Ten years ago: Frustrated with the pace of action to overhaul the country’s immigration system, thousands of immigrant rights supporters descended on the nation’s capital, waving American flags and holding homemade signs in English and Spanish.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama, in an interview with The Huffington Post, said he took Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “at his word” for saying an independent

Palestinian state would never co-exist with Israel as long as he was in office, yet another sign of the strained relations between longtime allies. A super tide turned France’s famed Mount Saint-Michel into an island and then retreated out of sight, delighting thousands of visitors who had come to see the rare phenomenon.

One year ago: President Donald Trump abruptly declared that the US would recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, a major shift in American policy. Facebook acknowledged that it had left hundreds of millions of user passwords readable by its

employees for years, storing them in readable plain text.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Kathleen Widdoes is 81.

Songwriter Chip Taylor is 80.

Folk-pop singer-musician Keith Potger is 79. Actress Marie-Christine Barrault is 76.

Singer-musician Rose Stone is 75. Actor Timothy Dalton is 74.

Singer Ray Dorset is 74. Rock singer-musician Roger Hodgson is 70. Rock musician Conrad Lozano is 69. Rhythm-and-blues singer Russell Thompkins Jr is 69. Comedy writer-performer Brad Hall is 62. Actress Sabrina LeBeauf is 62. Actor Gary Oldman is 62. Actress Kassie Depaiva is 59. Actor Matthew

Broderick is 58. Comedianactress Rosie O’Donnell is 58.

Actress Cynthia Geary is 55.

Hip-hop DJ Premier is 54. Rock musician Jonas “Joker” Berggren is 53. Rock MC Maxim is 53. Rock musician Andrew Copeland is 52. Actress Laura Allen is 46.

Rapper-TV personality Kevin Federline is 42. Actress Sonequa Martin-Green is 35. Actor Scott Eastwood is 34. Tennis player Karolina Pliskova is 28. Actress Jasmin Savoy Brown is 26. Actor Forrest Wheeler is 16.

Thought for today: “Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.” — Gertrude Stein, American writer (18741946).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, March 21, the 81st day of 2020. There are 285 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On March 21, 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany.

On this date: In 1871, journalist Henry M Stanley began his famous expedition in Africa to locate the missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone.

In 1918, during World War One, Germany launched its Spring Offensive on the Western Front, hoping to break through the Allied lines before American reinforcements could arrive.

In 1945, during World War Two, Allied bombers began four days of raids over Germany.

In 1963, the Alcatraz federal prison island in San Francisco Bay was emptied of its last inmates and closed at the order of Attorney General Robert F Kennedy.

In 1981, Michael Donald, a black teenager in Mobile, Alabama, was abducted, tortured and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

In 1990, Namibia became an independent nation as the former colony marked the end of 75 years of South African rule.

In 1994. Eleven-year-old Anna Paquin became the first New Zealander to win an Academy Award for acting when she picked up the best supporting actress award for her role as Flora McGrath in the acclaimed historical drama The Piano.

In 1997, President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin wrapped up their summit in Helsinki, Finland, still deadlocked over NATO expansion, but able to agree on slashing nuclear weapons arsenals.

In 2003, Race Relations Day was first formally celebrated in 2003 in New Zealand, with the theme, ‘Hands Up for Kiwis of Every Race and Place’.

In 2006, the social media website Twitter was established with the sending of the first “tweet” by co-founder Jack Dorsey, who

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dversity brings out basic human behaviour. Let’s face it, there are a range of behaviours we all display when under stress, and the stress is mounting.

We have the ability to regulate our response, so it has been fascinating to watch human behaviour at the very beginning of what will be a prolonged period of adversity.

If society behaviour could ever have two distinct responses from leaders, then this has never been more apparent than this week.

Our PM announces an economic response to what is a global event no-one has ever been through in living memory.

Our opposition leader says he would have done better and quicker.

Don’t credit me with this next statement, but unless you have led a country through the horror of March 15, then the devastation of the White Island eruption and now the beginnings of the most stressful event for everyone, shut up Simon Bridges.

His leadership style in adversity is to automatically respond with a typical National Party tactic – criticise and divide. In education Hekia Parata used this to brutally squash any opposition to her national standards, as well as push for charter schools in a bid to divide education.

In classic Jacinda style, our PM responded by simply saying now is the time for unity, not political point scoring.

I doubt we would have seen such profound leadership that is

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concerned for New Zealanders, from any other recent prime minister.

Perhaps local shoppers could look to embrace the community well-being approach being demonstrated by Jacinda Ardern.

The behaviour to buy more than needed and hoard is simply selfish. It says, I want for me, and all others come second.

Yet the people who take part in this hysteria have forgotten how they come to be able to be in a position to buy in bulk.

Human society is interdependent.

No amount of retreating from the world will enable us to survive.

How do the night shift workers who process our meat and vegetables feel when they finally get to the supermarket, to discover the growing number of empty shelves?

Or the farming families, who rely on coming in only so often to stock up, all the while stressing about keeping their farm going to produce the basic commodities for us?

How about the multiple groups of lower wage

earners who can only shop after pay day?

They may be the person that cleans your workplace and prevent the rapid spread of the virus, yet affluent citizens treat them as lower class.

Have we forgotten already that we did not achieve the level of society we enjoy in the last few years?

We have succeeded because those before us sacrificed and endured, and now, as elderly, they are brutally brushed aside so that entitled households have extra beans. Luckily, they have also purchased the paper to deal with said beans.

Then, to the utterly thoughtless who have already put our health system and local medical centres on semi-lockdown, wow, your inconsiderate behaviour is to be celebrated, like getting news that petrol is doubling in price.

As a family who has to have regular and, at times, immediate contact with health

professionals, we were disgusted at the disregard for medical centre rules that left them no choice but to virtually shut up shop.

Thanks for unnecessarily putting our frontline health workers own health at risk.

I hope you needed all the extra tissues you bought for that cold sore you so desperately wanted someone to look at.

So, a bit of a whinge and now, for something I’m truly grateful for.

Thank you to the big guy in the sky that at least our country is not being led by the most incompetent leader in the world.

In true stupid style, Trump released this statement on March 18, “people are dying who have never died before”.

Now that is viral behaviour I never want to see spread.

Peter Livingstone is the principal of Tinwald School. The views expressed in this column are his and do not represent the views of his school, the Ashburton Guardian or the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association.

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Coming together in our diversity and in our need T his month, one year on from the tragic killings on March 15, 2019, I received an invitation to keep alive the beautiful intentions that we saw last year to be as one, to come together in our diversity and to support all those in need.

The Muslim writers brought treasure out of their faith tradition: a mandate to feed

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the hungry, to rebuild kinship ties, to be peacemakers.

This resonates beautifully with the words and life of Jesus who fed the hungry, blessed the peacemakers and said everyone who loves my

Father in heaven is my brother or sister or mother.

Our Muslim brothers and sisters remind us to hold to this standard, feeding and caring for all our neighbours, now and always, rather than only when tragedy jolts us out into the community.

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YOUR VIEW Water meters So now the council is trying to pull the wool over our eyes by saying they are going to spend $5 million on water meter installation, for monitoring only.

I will put something on a block that, soon enough, we will be paying for water.

We pay for water already why do this?

I say don’t spend $5 million of my money.

If you want to monitor water usage put one meter in each area.

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the worker said.

“The Government needs to order the temporary closure of non-essential businesses that have faceto-face contact with the public.”

A spokeswoman for Scentre Group, which owns Westfield in New Zealand and Australia, said concerns from any retailers should be raised with centre management.

“We are engaging directly with retailers on a case-by-case basis as they manage their business through this volatile period,” the spokeswoman said.

“We encourage our retailers to keep talking to us directly about their specific needs.

“If retailers are in doubt as to who to speak to, contact your local Westfield centre management in the first instance.”

The Scentre spokeswoman said health and safety were paramount and stores had comprehensive cleaning systems in place.

“It’s important to give retailers the opportunity to trade and engage with customers throughout this period, especially given shopping centres are regarded as ‘essential activities’,” she said.

Malls had increased the routine cleaning of frequently touched hard surfaces, including in car parks.

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by health authorities.

This had some store owners worried.

“We obviously want to stay open but we need to know our rights if we don’t have the staff or if there are no customers,” one store owner said.

And some retail workers expressed concern for their own health if customers kept coming in.

“We have to be there because our employers want to stay in business, but it’s putting us at risk,”

Air New Zealand boss Greg Foran warned yesterday that the airline industry would be changed by the impact of coronavirus.

“Not all airlines are going to survive this,” he told media.

His comments follow an announcement by the Government that it will open a $900 million loan facility to the airline.

Foran said that the $900m figure was the amount the airline requested and that he was confident that it would be enough to see the airline through a few tough months.

He would not, however, speculate on how long this would last the airline or how long coronavirus would impact the industry.

Foran said that Air New Zealand has already seen an 85 per cent reduction in revenue from international flights and as much as 70 per cent on the domestic front. He said overall flight numbers had decreased from 3600 a week to under 1500.

“You can’t take costs out of your business quickly enough to counter that,” he said.

Air New Zealand had suggested earlier that it was looking to cut as much as a third of its staff and Foran confirmed there would still be job cuts.

He would not go into details on these cuts but said it was necessary to make changes across the business to ensure Air New Zealand was in a good position to recover once the pandemic subsides.

Is the bailout enough?

Air New Zealand shares sank by more than a third as investors judged the government’s $900m bailout to be too small.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the government loan would keep the airline afloat, but

that it is at the cost of any future dividend payments while any debt is outstanding.

The shares resumed trading yesterday after being halted this week while the airline and government finalised the deal. They tumbled 38.8 per cent to 95 cents at 12.40pm, wiping out more than $660m of shareholder value and valuing the airline at just $1.07 billion. The airline started the year at $2.93 a share for a market value of $3.29b.

Rickey Ward, New Zealand equity manager at JBWere, said the size of the loan was too small given there was speculation that $2b-to-$3b was needed.

The loan will come in two tranches – $600m at an effective interest rate expected to be between 7 and 8 per cent, followed by $300m at a rate of 9 per cent As part of the deal, Air New Zealand cancelled its upcoming dividend payment of 11 cents per share, or $123.5m. The company also agreed not to pay dividends while the loan is outstanding.

The government can seek repayment through a capital raising after six months, or converting the debt to equity.

Robertson told media that the support was chosen for speed, with a risk of a shutdown a real possibility.

He said the airline was confident the loan would get it through the current crisis.

Robertson said he didn’t want to discuss the conditions of the financing, but did say the airline has to supply the government with business plans and deal with “various regulatory matters”.

Grant Williamson, a director at Hamilton Hindin Greene, said the bailout was just the start, and that the market’s reaction showed in-

vestors didn’t think it was enough.

“The government will do as much as they possibly can in order to save the company,” he said.

“Air New Zealand is definitely required in New Zealand.”

Robertson said the government’s 52 per cent stake could rise if the loan was converted to equity, but that the airline believed it was in a strong enough position to keep going.

The government is currently of the view that the airline will repay the two-year loan, but Robertson noted the situation was “very fluid”.

Williamson said travel patterns are going to change as a result of the outbreak, especially as companies get used to using teleconferencing, and the future for airlines around the world had become increasingly murky.

The government last bailed out the national carrier in 2001 when Air New Zealand’s purchase of Ansett turned out to be a dud. The government of the time injected $885m of new equity into the airline to prop it up rather than let it collapse.

Separately, the government is working with the airline to ensure key services are maintained, including repatriation flights and critical cargo lines. Redeployed airline staff could also assist the government’s health response.

The government announced on Thursday $270m of support for aviation services, largely covering government fees and keeping air traffic services operating. It signalled a $600m package to support the aviation sector.

Robertson said the government wants to keep major existing routes open, such as Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and North America.

Yesterday’s loan also safeguard the domestic network, he said.

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wage subsidies provides some reassurance for the short term, but many of these businesses face significant uncertainty over the coming months,” she said.

“We expect that stores in malls and hospitality businesses will need to consider whether it remains viable to operate in this environment.”

Westfield confirmed yesterday all 42 of its centres in New Zealand and Australia will remain open unless instructed to do otherwise

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pose penalties if they close their doors.”

Holland urged landlords and tenants to check documents to work out how the pandemic affected key clauses such as the payment of rent.

Liz Coats, from Bell Gully, said the firm had received a number of calls from clients whose employees could not work from home – including retail and hospitality.

“The Government’s announcement regarding Covid-19 leave and

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Owners of stores within New Zealand shopping malls have been urged to check contracts to see if they are allowed to close because of Covid-19.

Individual stores may legally have to remain open and could face penalties if the rest of the mall is trading.

As shopping malls around the world face closure because of lockdowns, New Zealand malls remain open.

In America and France, hundreds of malls are closed until at least the end of March to stop the spread of Covid-19.

Estimates from GlobalData Retail revealed about 11.4 per cent of all shops in the US are closed or will close.

Pharmacies and supermarkets remain open.

A property and leasing lawyer at New Zealand firm Bell Gully said retailers needed to check their agreements before closing doors.

“The situation will be more complex for retailers in shopping centres who will probably also have lease obligations,” Jane Holland said.

“These could require them to keep trading and which may im-

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Source: BNZ As at 4pm March 20, 2020

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Rice, bean and sweet corn salad 1C brown rice 2C water 400g can kidney beans, drained and rinsed 1 1/2 C fresh or frozen New Zealand sweet corn kernels, cooked 1/2 C chopped coriander 1 telegraph cucumber, diced 1/4 C white vinegar 2T canola oil ■■ Rinse rice under cold running water for 1-2 minutes.

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Sports Awards evening canned, awards to proceed Mid Canterbury’s premier sporting night, the Mid Canterbury Sports Awards, is the latest big ticket event to be cancelled this week but the actual awards will still continue – just in a different format.

Sport Canterbury’s regional manager, Jan Cochrane, said in a statement late this week that it was disappointing to have to withdraw the one night of the year where all sports came together to celebrate the successes of the past 12 months, but there was no other choice.

“The awards recognise and celebrate the success of our elite athletes,” Cochrane said.

“We are disappointed to make this decision but with the challenging times ahead for our communities, it made sense.

“We are following the Ministry of Health criteria for events asking to avoid non-essential events which may facilitate the spread of Covid-19.”

But while the actual awards ceremony won’t go ahead, Cochrane said it was critical that the region still acknowledged the efforts of those who had performed outstandingly during the judging period and thus the awards won’t be lost.

The Mid Canterbury office of Sport Canterbury will continue to accept nominations for all awards up to the closing date of Thursday, April 9, 2020.

Nominees will still be judged and all sports and nominees will be advised on the next steps following that process to ensure recipients are honoured appropriately.

“We are working through ideas to just how this will happen,’’ Cochrane said.

“We will continue to accept nominations up to the close-off day and then judging will take place and later recipients will be honoured.

“As a community, we rely on this annual celebration of sporting dedication, to recognise Mid Canterbury athletes, coaches, administrators and officials, from the grass roots to elite levels of performance. It is a special opportunity each year to celebrate

the best of the best.”

Cochrane urged sporting organisations across the district to keep the entries coming in for the various categories that form the awards and anyone wishing to know more information could contact her directly.

While there will not be any awards evening, judging will still take place for this year’s Mid Canterbury Sports Awards.

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More codes bail out

By Adam Burns

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There are few sporting codes (if any) still standing as more organisations put competition plans on ice.

The Government’s response to the escalating coronavirus pandemic has forced most sporting governing bodies to defer current and upcoming competitions and events.

On Thursday, Squash New Zealand announced all national and district run competitions, events and training programmes until May 1 had been suspended, effective immediately.

The Ashburton Squash Club confirmed its summer league, interclub competition and organised coaching sessions had been postponed.

“This is incredibly disappointing for us but not unexpected given all other sports have also done something similar,” a club spokesperson said.

A Celtic Squash Club spokesperson said it was a hard decision to make with “mixed responses from everyone”.

“At the end of the day, our health is more important than squash.”

The Fight Night South event which was to be held in June and feature heavyweight boxer Shane Cameron has been postponed.

“It’s obviously not the outcome we wanted, but we need to keep everyone’s health and safety in mind during this time,” an event spokesperson said.

The South Island Golf Croquet teams event which was to be held at Waireka today has also been cancelled.

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Tennis competitions, prize-giving called off

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The local tennis season has come to an abrupt end due to the Covid-19 crisis.

Mid Canterbury Tennis confirmed, in a post on their Facebook page yesterday, all remaining junior and open grade interclub tennis had been cancelled.

Next weekend’s Mid Canterbury Seniors Championships have been called off as a result.

Organisers are hoping to reschedule the event for later in the year.

A prize-giving event which was to occur at the conclusion of junior club tennis today has also been abandoned.

A Mid Canterbury Tennis spokesperson said all prize winners would be notified this week.

The decision – like several other codes in the district – follows directives from its governing body Tennis NZ. The national body issued a statement on Thursday about all organised competitions until at least 2 May 2020.

“Tennis NZ and its regions recommend all tennis associations, afiliates and clubs adopt this position and cancel all or-

ganised tennis competitions under their mandate until 2 May.” This includes all interclub

competitions, organised club tournaments and events, midweek competitons and organised club nights.

Mid Canterbury Tennis has been forced to cancel all remaining club competition matches and events.

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Pay cuts likely for rugby stars The hits keep coming for rugby as a large contingent of New Zealand players in England prepare for potential pay cuts in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak which threatens to cripple the global game.

Reports from England, in both the Telegraph and Daily Mail, suggest up to seven Premiership clubs will this week ask players to take a 25 per cent pay cut after the competition was suspended until at least April 24.

With Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday suggesting the UK may need three months to get ahead of the coronavirus curve, the chances of rugby resuming at any level next month appears remote.

The prospect of no games and no gate takings, which for some English teams contribute 30 per cent of revenue, has clearly spooked professional clubs, many of whom now fear they may go under in the current climate.

Cutting wages would be a breach of contract, and so players would have to agree to the proposal.

The players’ union and association are expected to step in to assist with negotiations.

Wasps are one club mentioned and they have high-profile New Zealanders including Lima Sopoaga, Brad Shields, Malakai Fekitoa, Jeff Toomaga-Allen and Jimmy Gopperth on their books.

Jacob Umaga, the nephew of Tana, is also on the roster.

Former All Blacks midfielder Francis Saili plays for Harlequins, another club reportedly keen to cut wages.

Unlike New Zealand, where the national body pays the players, clubs in England are privately run.

New Zealand Rugby hasn’t ruled out asking its players to take a pay cut and this may, in fact, be entirely likely with wages directly linked to around 36.5 per cent of the national body’s income.

New Zealand player wages may, therefore, hinge on plans to stage local derby matches while Super Rugby is suspended – plans that become more challenging with each day and new government protection measures.

News of potential pay cuts in England comes as the Pro14, which features teams from Ireland, Wales, Scotland, South Africa and Italy, opt to suspend their season indefinitely, going as far as to cancel their final which was set to take place in Cardiff on June 20.

Such a decision was not totally unexpected, but it may have major ramifications for the July tests when Wales and Scotland are scheduled to face the All Blacks, and Ireland are supposed to visit Australia.

While those countries are locked out of not just competitive matches but training for the foreseeable future, the July tests become increasingly tenuous. That prospect further threatens New Zealand Rugby’s bottom line.

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3500 tournament going ahead

By Adam Burns

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Organisers of the Tinwald Golf Club’s 3500 tournament have decided to proceed with plans to host the event next weekend.

It was decided following a meeting among the management committee members to forge ahead with the tournament.

However the club has not ruled out discontinuing its plans should further developments around Covid-19 occur.

Tinwald Golf Club men’s club captain Bruce Collins said about 170 golfers and support staff were expected for the tournament.

“Golf is an outdoor sport and you’re not in close contact.

“We’re nowhere near that 500 mark.

“We’re just going to have to manage the after-match function.”

When asked if the post-event function was also outdoors, Collins said the majority of it was.

“It is something we’ll have to monitor.”

The Government announced stiffer mass gathering regulations on Thursday where gatherings of more than 100 people at indoor events were banned.

It followed an announcement by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday where a blanket restriction on indoor and outdoor gatherings of 500 or more people was moved.

Any players who have been overseas or in self-isolation will be prohibited from the tournament.

Entries to the event were still flowing in over the past few days, Collins said.

“If things change over the next few days we may reverse our decision.”

The Rakaia Golf Club cancelled two of its scheduled events due to Covid-19 concerns.

There have been mass cancellations and postponements of community sporting competitions and events in response to the evolving crisis.

The Tinwald Golf Club’s 3500 tournament next weekend is going ahead despite the Covid-19 crisis.

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■■RUGBY LEAGUE

Warriors commit to the NRL ‘indefinitely’ The Warriors have committed to staying in the NRL amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Soon after the Australian and New Zealand governments had announced they would close their borders, CEO Cameron George said the Warriors had met to confirm their desire to remain after spending this week in camp in Kingscliff in northern New South Wales ahead of their second-round game against the Canberra Raiders in Robina tonight.

They’ll now follow their ‘home’ game at Cbus Super Stadium with a trip to Sydney to face the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at Lottoland on Friday, March 27.

George said it was a testing time but the group had decided to stay in the competition.

“The entire squad is locked in and ready to go,” said George.

“They understand the issues that different individuals got on the table. But they’re sticking together ... [The NRL] have called on us and we’ve stepped up to the task.”

“If we were told to leave your

family and live in another country for an indefinite period, not many would ... we’re very proud of the players.

“The deciding factor was that it’s our time to be leaders in the community and rugby league ... we’re gonna stand tall and be leaders and take it on.

“These guys aren’t falling away from the challenge ahead.”

Players had to borrow gear and adapt.

“Our players have been asked to relocate to another country – unplanned – and continue to play in the competition, away from their families. If that is the case, then we need to make sure they have everything that their normal lives provide them, as much as is possible.”

That includes time with wives, partners and children, and George indicated that “a number” of families had indicated they would like to make the trip.

“But who pays, where do they go, where do they stay ... that all needs to be sorted out, in terms of logistics,” said George.

The Warriors intend to take a full part in the 2020 NRL competition.

Wives, partners and children would be required to be in isolation for 14 days on arrival in Australia, and wouldn’t be able to stay near the team’s Kingscliff base in northern NSW for that reason.

After that fortnight, they could relocate to the same area.

Meanwhile, the Warriors say

they are close to locking down some loan players, who could be added as early as next week.

There are 23 players in Australia at coach Stephen Kearney’s disposal (four are on development contracts) with another four sent over on Wednesday, although they won’t be available until ear-

ly April (due to isolation requirements).

“There is certainly a chance it [loan players] could happen next week ... it’s not unrealistic,” Warriors recruitment boss Peter O’Sullivan told the Herald.

“We need to re-calibrate after injuries and other things we can’t foresee [this weekend].

“We have some balls being juggled in the air and soon we will be clearer about what we need in the next few weeks and beyond.”

O’Sullivan has spoken to most clubs – “apart from the ones who are in dire straits with injuries themselves” – and believes Wednesday’s cancellation of the second tier state Cup competitions could also change the dynamic.

“If they can’t play reserve grade, the best way to get a run could be giving them a couple of weeks with us,” said O’Sullivan.

“If players are coming back from injury, they might need a gallop.”

Round two of the NRL was planned to go ahead this weekend.

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Saturday, March 21, 2020

Ashburton Guardian 21

■■BASKETBALL

NBL in a good place – Nelson

The Ashburton Swim Team at the end of the New Zealand Junior Festival Makos Zone Event last weekend.

Back row: Pip White (coach), Phoebe McKenzie, Isabella Carr, Lucie Hood, Harrison Doak, Finn Veix, Liam Chalke, Jasmine Chalke, Bailey Tait (manager). Front row: Ella McDowell, Cooper Ward, Eliza McKenzie, Emily Carr, Chloe Lowe, Charlotte Doak and Nina McKenzie (manager).

■■ SWIMMING

PBs by the dozen The talented young Ashburton Swim Team produced exceptional returns in Timaru last weekend.

More than 80 personal bests were recorded by the 13-person

team at the New Zealand Junior Festival Makos Zone Event.

Chloe Lowe and Emily Carr also earned podium finishes during the competition.

Lowe finished second in

the 50m and 200m breastroke events.

Carr notched a third place in the 50m freestyle.

A number of top 10 placings were also recorded by the team

during the meet.

About 285 swimmers up to the age of 12 were in action at the three-day event, which finished on Sunday. Participants came from around the South Island.

General manager Justin Nelson has no doubts the men’s National Basketball League will survive the coronavirus.

The League has postponed the start of the 2020 season and they’re now considering the feasibility of a modified competition that could potentially start in either late May or June.

The league, which was meant to start in April, has been through some tough financially times in recent years.

The Franklin Bulls were named to debut this season, replacing the Supercity Rangers, who breached their Participation Agreement last year.

Nelson says the clubs and the league are in a lot healthier situation now.

“I think in the last 12 months we’ve really shored up our business, our projected revenue at the moment is three-times higher than what it was 12 to 18 months ago.”

“We’ve been working very hard with our teams for the last 18 months on the health and sustainability of their business so I’m confident that with the right decisions in what are unprecedented times, we can survive it as a business, absolutely.”

Nelson says they’re working on a modified competition with broadcast partners Sky Sport, all eight NBL men’s teams and key stake holders.

A modified 2020 competition could only commence, at the earliest, in May or June.

“We are dealing with an unprecedented moment in our lives and while it comes with a level of uncertainty, the NBL Men’s Board is working diligently to ensure the health and sustainability of the teams, the integrity of the competition and the well-being of players, coaches and employees is at the forefront of every decision.”

■■NETBALL

Players’ association supports NZ Netball decision Netball New Zealand has made the decision to postpone the 2020 ANZ Premiership for two weeks due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The decision was made following the New Zealand Government’s announcement on Thursday regarding indoor mass gatherings.

The postponement will take effect immediately for the scheduled games in round 2 and round 3 that were due to be played on March 22/23 and 28/29/30.

Chief executive Jennie Wyllie said the decision had been made due to uncertainty in a rapidly changing environment and their desire to protect the well-being of players, staff and volunteers.

“Protecting the health of our netball players, officials, volunteers and staff is our number one priority, and that means we need to consider their welfare and well-being alongside the advice of Ministry of Health and government,” she said.

“We will continue to monitor the situation in New Zealand and follow the information and consultation with the appropriate channels.

“We understand it is disappointing for all of those involved and our fans, but safety is our top priority.”

The announcement also affects the Beko Netball League, which sits directly below the ANZ Premiership, with Netball NZ opt-

ing to suspend the competition at this time.

New Zealand Netball Players’ Association executive manager Steph Bond supported the decision.

“We are all in this together –

Netball NZ, players and Netball staff across the country along with stakeholders and partners of the game. We fully support Netball NZ’s people first strategy and the need to align this with the advice of the government.

“While there is no play at the moment, when the players do get the opportunity to get back on court they will be looking forward to netball, playing a part in supporting the country recover from the impacts of the virus.”

The ANZ Premiership completed its opening round in Dunedin on Monday night when the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel and Splice Construction Magic’s match was closed to the public.

The decision to return to play will be reviewed in just over a week and Netball NZ remains in close consultation with ANZ Premiership teams regarding the season ahead.

The 2020 season is planned to recommence from round 4.

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Saturday, March 21, 2020

■■GETTING BACK ON TRACK

Barron still in recovery mode M7

Trainer Ken Barrron

Today at Central Southland Raceway 4 81700 Indulgence (4) fr....................... S O’Reilly (J) 5 62603 Better Galleon (5) fr...................E Barron (J) 6 36080 Tact Eze (6) fr.......................... J Morrison (J) 7 62795 Major Menace (7) fr.................. N Williamson 8 22385 Melton Mafia (8) fr................................G Lee 9 37414 The Optimist (21) fr........................ K Barclay 10 09831 Carlo Gambino (22) fr........................A Beck 11 03000 Magnetic Watch (23) fr................R McIlwrick 4 1.55pm OTAUTAU VETS LTD MOBILE TROT $9000, 3yo+ r40-r55., mobile, 1609m 1 24008 Miss Bamboocha (1) fr...............M Hurrell (J) 2 47342 Christmas Babe (2) fr................B Williamson 3 76443 Miss Jessica (3) fr..................... T Robertson 4 08675 Tweedledee (4) fr...........................B Orange 5 15864 Tolkien (5) fr...............................T Larsen (J) 6 1P620 Kiwitrix (6) fr............................. N Williamson 7 42307 Abby May (7) fr............................C Ferguson 8 60470 Lisa Marie P (8) fr.................... M Williamson 9 59575 Rydgemont Milly (21) fr......................A Beck 5 2.32pm SSBA/VET STH EQUINE SOUTH’N BELLE (HT4) MBL PACE $10,000, w/c., mobile, 1609m 1 xD222 Might Be Me (1) fr...................A Beck 2 36437 Lucys Delight (2) fr.......................B McLellan 3 58528 Bunter’s Dream (3) fr................ S O’Reilly (J) 4 16661 Kickupyaheels (4) fr................ J Morrison (J) 5 45135 Amore Lancome (5) fr.................... K Barclay 6 07520 Major Sass (6) fr............................ B Barclay 7 x0947 Nimah Franco (7) fr.........................T Chmiel 8 51046 Dachy (8) fr.............................. N Williamson

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3.07pm DRAKE PLUMBING & DRAINLAYING LTD F&M MBL PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m., mobile, 1609m 1 98807 Bub’s VC (1) fr................................ A Armour 2 Who Made Who (2) fr..................... B Barclay 3 5030 Sherwood Maggie (3) fr..............C Ferguson 4 Dress Code (4) fr...........................B Orange 5 9 Flight Crew fr................................. Scratched 6 0x468 Miss Ivy (5) fr............................B Williamson 7 73703 Von Art (6) fr............................. M Williamson 8 6x332 American Eyretime (7) fr.................T Chmiel 9 8x769 Change Up Dulc (21) fr......................A Beck 10 70880 Classie Princess (22) fr...............R McIlwrick 11 8x Wattlebank Lass (23) fr................... P Hunter 12 30 Omaggio (U1) fr.........................E Barron (J) 7 3.42 WESTERN ELECTRICAL LTD MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ r50-r52., mobile, 1609m 1 6200x Duke Of Dundee (1) fr................T Larsen (J) 2 88377 Makara (2) fr......................................A Beck 3 26103 I’m Watching You (3) fr............. M Williamson 4 73186 Targaryen (4) fr...............................K Larsen 5 17640 Ideal Glacier (5) fr.......................... A Armour 6 55343 Franco Huntington (6) fr.......... J Morrison (J) 7 16358 The Night Watchman (7) fr..........R McIlwrick 8 31498 Lilac Becky (8) fr........................E Barron (J) 9 73092 Airwaves (21) fr................................. A Milne 10 61227 Tulsa Jaccka (22) fr........................ B Barclay 11 18200 Major Watson (23) fr................ N Williamson 12 05307 Miss Paddy Wagon (24) fr.........B Williamson

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4.22pm EARL DRAKE BUILDER MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r53-r59., mobile, 1609m 1 55860 My Georgie Boy (1) fr...................... P Hunter 2 2130 Seamark (2) fr...................................R Close 3 05213 The Interceptor (3) fr................ N Williamson 4 41x22 Slate (4) fr..........................................A Beck 5 23243 See Ya Write (5) fr................... J Morrison (J) 6 33160 Lite Percussion (6) fr...................... K Barclay 7 55x21 Pocket Watch (7) fr.........................B Orange 8 16422 Stingray Tara (8) fr.................... M Williamson 9 43477 Mach’s Back (21) fr........................ B Barclay 9 5.02pm DT KINGS TRANSPORT LTD MOBILE PACE $15,000, 3yo+ r60-r80., mobile, 1609m 1 07119 Mistacullect (1) fr............................ A Armour 2 20501 Bella Sara (2) fr.............................. K Barclay 3 28712 Gemma Mac (3) fr..........................B Orange 4 12116 Sugar Loaf (4) fr................................R Close 5 47415 Parama (5) fr......................................A Beck 6 61704 Stun Gun (6) fr........................K Newman (J) 7 12P12 Spirit Of St Louis (7) fr............. M Williamson 8 95660 Robyns Playboy (8) fr..................C Ferguson 9 15x74 Born To Boogie (21) fr.................... B Barclay 10 5.35 WINTON’S TOP PUB & GARDEN BAR MOBILE PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+., mbl, 1609m 1 335 Mach Quillan (1) fr....................B Williamson 2 96080 Mr Jingles (2) fr 3 42522 Longueval (3) fr........................ N Williamson 4 7 Major Fernco (4) fr................... M Williamson 5 344 The Big Yin (5) fr............................ B Barclay

6 65966 Art Profile (6) fr..........................M Hurrell (J) 7 06x Beez Neez (7) fr..............................T Chmiel 8 703 Onedin Hurricane (8) fr..............E Barron (J) 9 96087 Saint Tropez (21) fr.............................A Beck 10 78685 Racing Minister (22) fr............. J Morrison (J) 11 24444 Forsure (23) fr................................B Orange 12 00x6 Hokonui Sam (24) fr....................... K Barclay 13 202P7 Scotlynn Beach Boy (25) fr...............R Close 14 44305 Delight N Gold (26) fr....................... E Swain 15 032 Peroni fr......................................... Scratched Emergencies: Mr Jingles, Hokonui Sam Pacifiers on: Omaggio (R6) Pacifiers off: Tweedledee (R4) SELECTIONS

Race 1: American Lightning, The Bounty Hunter, Boyzhavtime Race 2: Afterburner, Robo Trouble, Brandy And Dry Race 3: The White Rabbit, The Optimist, Swift Robyn, Tact Eze Race 4: Christmas Babe, Kiwitrix, Rydgemont Milly, Tolkien Race 5: Might Be Me, Amore Lancome, Dachy, Kickupyaheels Race 6: Who Made Who, American Eyretime, Omaggio Race 7: Targaryen, Major Watson, Makara, I’m Watching You Race 8: Slate, Stingray Tara, See Ya Write, Seamark Race 9: Spirit Of St Louis, Gemma Mac, Born To Boogie Race 10: Forsure, Longueval, Mach Quillan, The Big Yin LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Canterbury gallops Today at Riccarton Park Raceway

Canterbury Racing-Hororata Venue: Riccarton Park Meeting Date: 21 Mar 2020 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.02pm COCHRANES FARM MACHINERY $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1400m 1 1463x Lord Beaver tdm (4) 63.5...........B Hong (a3) 2 21223 I Am A Rock td (6) 62.......................J Laking 3 92312 Final Savings td (1) 61.....................G Jogoo 4 7x123 Manhattan Flame dm (3) 60.5.......K Williams 5 50392 Clooney t (5) 60........................... C Johnson 6 611x3 Whale Song dh (8) 60.... K Chowdhoory (a2) 7 x70x2 Jessie Janet dh (7) 58.............T Comignaghi 8 191x4 I Got A Rock dbh (2) 57.5...............S Wynne 2 12.37 SELWYN RAKAIA VET SERVICES $25,000, 3YO SW+P, 1400m 1 35717 El Gladiador b (9) 60.5............T Comignaghi 2 02032 All About Magic th (10) 59.5 Chowdhoory (a2) 3 26182 Poniard (2) 59.5...............................J Laking 4 90646 Charlie Awesome bh (5) 59.5.........B Murray 5 66104 Blackbook td (4) 57.5......................S Wynne 6 32712 Our Rosette th (3) 57.5.................K Williams 7 15574 Sanctify dmh (1) 57.5............... K Asano (a1) 8 00399 Far Site mh (7) 57.5......................T Moseley 9 90x38 Papagena tmh (6) 57.5.......... S Toolooa (a3) 10 049 Madam Sequoia (11) 56..............K Kwo (a3) 11 6 Vardon Road h (8) 56................... C Johnson 3 1.12 PETERSENS JEWELLERS LADIES BRACELET $22,500, 2YO SW+P, 1000m 1 5 Koputaroa (8) 59.......................... C Johnson

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Barron will be out of action for 6-8 weeks while he recuperates, but he’s obviously really looking forward to being able to freely move around without the pain.

Majestic Hurricane hasn’t been completely out of form in the past year, managing the odd placing, such as a distant but credible third at the Jewels behind Sundees Son and Winterfell and ahead of Majestic Man.

Wairio harness

Wairio Trotting Club Venue: Central Southland Raceway Meeting Date: 21 Mar 2020 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.10pm TRANSPORT SERVICES LTD 2YO MOBILE PACE $10,000, 2yo., mobile, 1609m 1 6 Oneloveonelife (1) fr........................K Larsen 2 34 Boyzhavtime (2) fr.......................... K Barclay 3 The Bounty Hunter (3) fr....................A Beck 4 Best Trio (4) fr........................... S O’Reilly (J) 5 7 Yorokobi (5) fr........................... N Williamson 6 3 American Lightning (6) fr.......... M Williamson 2 12.45 FORDE’S PETFOOD MOBILE TROT $10,000, non-winners & up-r44 w/c., mobile, 1609m 1 85425 Whangamata (1) fr.......................B McLellan 2 35364 Brandy And Dry (2) fr............... M Williamson 3 49883 Robo Trouble (3) fr.............................A Beck 4 Px9 Superfast Kiwi (4) fr................. N Williamson 5 Afterburner (5) fr............................ B Barclay 6 26606 Sage Trouble (6) fr......................R McIlwrick 7 20705 Helluva Way (7) fr........................... K Barclay 8 00000 Lady Zara (8) fr................................... A Kyle 9 06067 Cuddly Trouble (21) fr.....................B Orange 10 950P8 It’s Summertime (U1) fr................. J Douglas 3 1.20 SOUTHLAND VEHICLE SALES MOBILE PACE $8000, r40-r49., mobile, 1609m 1 23472 The White Rabbit (1) fr....................K Larsen 2 23096 Swift Robyn (2) fr........................C Ferguson 3 90951 Tactical Change (3) fr............... M Williamson

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ing a drought which stretches back to winning twice in a week at Addington early last year.

But a bigger boost came recently when Barron learned he was finally getting the operation he needs, which happened in Christchurch on Wednesday.

“You just have to wait in a queue with no date or end in sight and hope there’s a cancellation or something.”

and I was driving at the races until recently – it’s just the walking around that’s a problem, and that’s a pretty big one,” said Barron.

Barron had horses engaged at Addington and Motukarara last weekend and wasn’t present at either meeting due to “feeling pretty sore”.

It was thus a rather timely boost when Majestic Hurricane regained winning form at Addington, end-

Many would have noticed Ken Barron literally hobbling around in recent months.

This is the legacy of a smash at the Ashburton workouts back in 2002 which led to a hip replacement a few years later.

Then last year Barron was trampled by a young horse and “the bone broke away from the rod inside the leg”.

“I can still drive the horses okay

2 Ceddy Smith h (7) 59.............. W Papier (a4) 3 Tavilight h (11) 59........... K Chowdhoory (a2) 4 2612 Chokito t (9) 58.5............................S Wynne 5 23 Pikey Princess (1) 57..................... C Barnes 6 Chamonix (4) 57.....................T Comignaghi 7 Miss Chaplin h (10) 57..................T Moseley 8 Stella Creek h (5) 57.....................K Williams 9 Miss Penvose h (6) 57....................B Murray 10 Sister Sarah h (2) 57.............. S Toolooa (a3) 11 Stranger Things h (3) 57.......... K Asano (a1) 4 1.47pm YALDHURST WOOLS & NZWTA $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 2000m 1 22111 Capodanno th (12) 62...................K Williams 2 47301 Cinto Bay tdh (10) 60.5....................J Laking 3 04024 The Lustre td (3) 58.5...................T Moseley 4 31644 Splendior (8) 58.................. C Campbell (a1) 5 28411 Succoso Segreto tdh (1) 57.5...........J Lowry 6 15183 Too Ferlaxed t (6) 57.5............. K Asano (a1) 7 37458 Head Office (5) 57............................G Jogoo 8 3x512 Baby Menaka tdm (9) 56.5........... C Johnson 9 69x01 Sulu Sea th (7) 56...................T Comignaghi 10 07340 Rainman b (11) 56........................K Mudhoo 11 69336 Shaz The Bank h (4) 56 12 07730 Ferocious tdh (2) 56.............. R Mudhoo (a2) 5 2.21pm R REDPATH LTD $22,500, Rating 65&JMPS Benchmark*, 1800m 1 x5135 Flickitova (8) 61................... C Campbell (a1) 2 6551 Jessie’s Rock (11) 61.......................J Laking 3 6x313 Lord Zacford (12) 61.........................J Lowry 4 85480 Smiling Assassin tmh (14) 61 -

5 53104 Jack Be Quick (13) 60...................K Mudhoo 6 84174 Panzer tbh (10) 60..................T Comignaghi 7 56160 Oceans Away (3) 60....................... C Barnes 8 32133 Scandalous b (4) 58.5.................. C Johnson 9 4x455 Coup Dreamwood h (1) 58.5Chowdhoory (a2) 10 371x0 Rumour Has It h (16) 58.......... K Asano (a1) 11 87362 Larippa (2) 57.5.............................T Moseley 12 61803 Shock And Awe (6) 57.5.................S Wynne 13 8x755 Mamba h (7) 57..........................B Hong (a3) 14 37366 Fine Bouquet m (15) 56.5.............K Williams 15 00269 Sure Is (9) 56 16 69336 Shaz The Bank h (5) 56......... S Toolooa (a3) Emergencies: Sure Is, Shaz The Bank 6 2.56pm SEATON FAMILY MEMORIAL HORORATA GOLD CUP $35,000, OPN HCP, 1800m 1 0x174 Who Dares Wins tdm (11) 64.....B Hong (a3) 2 600x8 Patrick Erin t (3) 61.5........................J Lowry 3 10110 Camino Rocoso (5) 61................. C Johnson 4 04011 Owen Patrick td (12) 58.5........ K Asano (a1) 5 44104 Diorissimo tm (4) 56............ C Campbell (a1) 6 22517 Neeson t (10) 56.............................S Wynne 7 72520 Shezatoucha tdm (6) 56..........T Comignaghi 8 66520 Anythingcouldhappn td (9) 56.........B Murray 9 14119 El Bee Jack td (2) 56.....................K Williams 10 64517 The Growler th (1) 56...................L Callaway 11 33104 Forged tmh (8) 56................. R Mudhoo (a2) 12 33322 Pinup Coup tbh (7) 56.... K Chowdhoory (a2) 7 3.35 SONIA & GARRY THOMPSON $35,000, OPEN HANDICAP, 1200m 1 71867 Don Carlo td (9) 62.......................K Williams

2 14982 Outram (11) 62..................................J Lowry 3 76245 All Black Magic tdm (12) 61.5.T Comignaghi 4 9x467 O’Guy dh (4) 61.5.................... K Asano (a1) 5 x2541 Just Tickety Boo t (3) 61...............K Kwo (a3) 6 10523 Admiral Rous td (14) 60.5.............T Moseley 7 66054 Taponisme tdm (8) 60.5...... C Campbell (a1) 8 20814 Why Me tdbh (5) 60.5.................. C Johnson 9 12975 Severine tdh (9) 60..........................S Wynne 10 37734 Alonzo tbh (13) 60.......... K Chowdhoory (a2) 11 4x198 Tap ‘n’ Go 59.5.............................. Scratched 12 10432 Shock Prospect dh (15) 58.5........K Williams 8 4.15pm VALACHI DOWNS SOUTH ISLAND THOR- 13 48778 Perfidia 58..................................... Scratched OUGHBRED BREEDERS $80,000, F&M SW+P, 1600m 14 219x9 Wanderin Over td (1) 57.5................J Laking 1 17222 Ticket To Ride tdmh (6) 58............K Williams 15 1378x Grant b (10) 59.5..............................G Jogoo 2 31026 The Precious One tm (1) 57.5.........B Murray 16 01000 Moreira td (6) 59 3 24331 Belle Fascino tmh (9) 57.................S Wynne 17 0x980 Malawi d (7) 57.5 4 44223 Monza Circuito tdmbh (4) 57... R Mudhoo (a) Emergencies: Grant, Moreira, Malawi 5 56556 Xcuses Xcuses (7) 57.............T Comignaghi Blinkers on: Pinup Coup (R6), Moreira (R9) Winkers off : 6 11114 Quintuple Twins tdb (10) 57......... C Johnson Shock And Awe (R5), Pinup Coup (R6) 7 78103 Zabay (12) 57........................ C Campbell (a) SELECTIONS 8 04403 Monrecour h (11) 57.................. K Asano (a) Race 1: Manhattan Flame, I Got A Rock, Whale Song, Clooney 9 45617 Excelleration (13) 57.........................J Lowry Race 2: Sanctify, El Gladiador, Charlie Awesome, Poniard 10 15171 Out Of The Park d (2) 57...............K Mudhoo Race 3: Chokito, Chamonix, Ceddy Smith, Koputaroa 11 22342 Beneficial t (8) 57.............................J Laking Race 4: Too Ferlaxed, Cinto Bay, Baby Menaka, Splendior 12 x4142 Skaaboom td (5) 57......................T Moseley Race 5: Panzer, Jessie’s Rock, Scandalous, Flickitova 13 52456 Upscale tdbh (3) 57........................ C Barnes Race 6: Camino Rocoso, Patrick Erin, Shezatoucha, Neeson 2 16414 Rocanto dmh (8) 62................. K Asano (a1) 3 84995 He Kin Fly tdh (11) 61...................T Moseley 4 02431 Johnny Jones td (2) 61...........T Comignaghi 5 68206 Pippi Rea tdb (5) 60......................K Mudhoo 6 6x111 Windsor tdh (1) 60....................... C Johnson 7 41248 Darci Mac dmh (7) 59......................J Laking 8 367x2 Dynamic tdmh (3) 58.5... K Chowdhoory (a2) 9 12906 El Bee Darci tdm (12) 57.5.... R Mudhoo (a2) 10 66x12 Turncoat tdmh (4) 57............... W Papier (a4) 11 83646 Stradivarius dm (10) 56...................S Wynne 12 82811 Khimar War tdh (6) 56......... C Campbell (a1)

9 4.55pm PAT REARDON FAMILY & HORORATA SUP- Race 7: Turncoat, Johnny Jones, Don Carlo, Pippi Rea Race 8: Quintuple Twins, Zabay, Belle Fascino, Ticket To Ride PORTERS $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 02322 Augustace tdh (2) 62.............. S Toolooa (a3) Race 9: Alonzo, Why Me, Augustace, Severine

Tauranga gallops Today at Tauranga Raceway

Racing Tauranga Venue: Tauranga Meeting Date: 21 Mar 2020 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.55pm BAYLEYS COUNTRY HANDICAP $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 72333 Looks Like (2) 61.5.........................V Colgan 2 73244 Spondulix dm (9) 61...........................L Innes 3 78145 Royal Charm (7) 60.5..................M Coleman 4 24367 Sunburst td (5) 60..................... D Danis (a2) 5 x00x3 Alaskan Gold m (8) 60..................... S Spratt 6 95355 En Soie d (10) 59.............................S Collett 7 25514 Endean Lass d (3) 58.5.......S Weatherley (a) 8 35221 Kiwianna (1) 58.5......................... D Johnson 9 9150 Bad ‘n’ Bouj t (6) 58......................... S McKay 10 10 Miss Miller (11) 58............................J Riddell 11 17709 Triomphe d (4) 58...............................R Elliot 2 1.30pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $30,000, R82 Benchmark Fillies and Mares, 1300m 1 109x0 Aretha (5) 61....................................J Riddell 2 63210 Salt Bay t (4) 61.................................R Elliot 3 x5488 Honneur Noir d (3) 60.................M Cameron

4 23552 Showoroses 59.5.......................... Scratched 5 7000x La Mia Stella (1) 59.5...................T Thornton 6 139x1 Walkin’ By (7) 59.......................... D Johnson 7 6104x Cherry Lane m (2) 58.5................... A Calder 8 93x28 Veine D’Or td (6) 58......................... S Spratt 9 05x45 Tutta La Classe m (8) 56..................S Collett 3 2.05pm TRITON PACIFIC OWENS PLATE $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1200m 1 63184 Bevan Street d (3) 64.5....M Hashizume (a3) 2 16237 Saignon dm (5) 61.............................R Elliot 3 32137 Virtuoso Lad d (1) 60.5.......S Weatherley (a) 4 3x28x Blood Warrior dmbh (8) 60.............. S McKay 5 579x0 Florence Jean (6) 59........................S Collett 6 x4214 Je Suis Tiger tdb (4) 58.5........J Fawcett (a1) 7 27136 Pimms ‘N’ Pearls d (2) 57.5................L Innes 8 22066 Tia Celeste 57.5............................ Scratched 9 1575x Regent Street dm (9) 57..............T Thornton 10 12232 Call Me Evie tdb (10) 56.5A Goindasamy (a2) 11 x6388 The Dom d (7) 56......................... D Johnson 4 2.40 BAYLEYS RESIDENTIAL HANDICAP $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m

1 01752 Vedo Rosso (4) 61...........M Hashizume (a3) 2 55651 Ohthoserussians td (6) 60.5Goindasamy (a2) 3 x7527 My Zulu Warrior (1) 60.....................S Collett 4 51509 Dangerman d (2) 59.5...........T Newman (a3) 5 23421 Dawnlight (7) 58.5.......................M Cameron 6 51382 Moiras Town (10) 58.5...................... S Spratt 7 06326 Petrabella (9) 58.................................L Innes 8 76084 Gabriel d (8) 58............................... A Calder 9 04396 Our Wonderland (3) 58......................R Elliot 10 22857 Avoca Willow (5) 57................... D Danis (a2) 5 3.18pm J SWAP CONTRACTORS BAY OF PLENTY CUP $30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 2100m 1 43625 Mongolianconqueror t (5) 62............ C Grylls 2 15840 Bully Boy dm (6) 61.5.......M Hashizume (a3) 3 50437 All In Vogue d (11) 60...................... S McKay 4 73105 Starrybeel d (3) 60.............................L Innes 5 47226 Swing Note m (9) 59.5.................... R Kozaki 6 62660 Redcayenne (2) 58.5..........................R Elliot 7 14311 London Banker td (1) 57.5..........M Coleman 8 97795 Lady Shabeel tdm (10) 57...S Weatherley (a) 9 23540 Tibetan (4) 56.5...........................M Cameron

10 21392 Swords Drawn b (7) 56.5............. D Johnson 11 31160 Justa Boy Bullseye td (8) 56............ S Spratt 6 3.56 ULTIMATE MAZDA JAPAN TROPHY $100,000, OPN-SW&P, 1600m 1 04128 The Mitigator d (4) 60...................... S McKay 2 76P8x Zacada (5) 58................................... C Grylls 3 0684x Vin De Dance m (2) 57.5............M Cameron 4 115x1 Go Nicholas td (6) 57..................M Coleman 5 37340 Scott Base dm (1) 57................... D Johnson 6 84074 Watch This Space tdm (10) 57.........S Collett 7 04811 Ocean Billy td (8) 57.................J Fawcett (a) 8 13x65 Polly Grey dm (7) 55.5........S Weatherley (a) 9 25025 Inscription td (3) 55......................T Thornton 10 02516 Nasha Riva tdmh (9) 55.............. L Satherley 7 4.36 BAYLEYS COMMERCIAL HANDICAP $25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 6x310 Fabulous Flight d (10) 62................ R Kozaki 2 11293 Leaderboard d (9) 62 3 1538x Mazzuro (7) 61............................. D Johnson 4 01414 Hunter Villain d (8) 60......M Hashizume (a3) 5 2439x Katie Perrie td (4) 59.5..................... R Jones

6 6x370 Amazing Az 59.5........................... Scratched 7 x01x1 Birdsong (1) 59................................S Collett 8 72589 Incantesimo d (3) 57.5..................... C Grylls 9 631x9 Kinshasa d (2) 57.5.....................M Coleman 10 01147 Gravitelle b (6) 57..............................L Innes 11 24367 Sunburst td (5) 56.5 Blinkers on: Looks Like (R1), Florence Jean (R3), Scott Base (R6), Leaderboard (R7) Winkers off: Leaderboard (R7) SELECTIONS Race 1: Looks Like, Sunburst, Bad ‘n’ Bouj, Kiwianna Race 2: Salt Bay, Walkin’ By, Aretha, Veine D’Or, La Mia Stella Race 3: Blood Warrior, Call Me Evie, Pimms ‘N’ Pearls, The Dom Race 4: Vedo Rosso, Ohthoserussians, Dawnlight, Our Wonderland Race 5: London Banker, All In Vogue, Mongolianconqueror Race 6: The Mitigator, Inscription, Watch This Space, Nasha Riva Race 7: Birdsong, Leaderboard, Kinshasa, Katie Perrie

LEGEND: Runner Form - b - Beaten favourite at last start c Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months

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Waimate harness Tomorrow at Waimate Racecourse

Waimate Trotting Club Inc Venue: Waimate Racecourse Meeting Date: 22 Mar 2020 NZ Meeting number: 8 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 11.40am ROYAL TAVERN AMATEUR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ r40-r55, up-r69 +claimers., mobile, 1700m 1 00480 Auchtercairn (1) fr........................M Stratford 2 70496 Stetson (2) fr................................M McIntyre 3 86076 Franco Sherborne (3) fr.................. A Hutton 4 00280 Pete’s Dash (4) fr....................... N Chalmers 5 10006 Refine (5) fr.....................................R Reekie 6 76091 Caesar’s Quest (6) fr......................... G Cook 7 46020 Playboy Prince fr........................... Scratched 8 05763 Allandale (7) fr........................... G Sinnamon 9 59260 Machs Mareta (21) fr...................... B Wilmott 10 11128 Nui Ba Den (22) fr 11 00679 Flamboyant (23) fr..............................P Cook 12 70870 Alexy (24) fr........................................ W Low 13 61871 Bobby T (25) fr.............................D Reardon 14 04308 Highland Reign (26) fr........................C Wigg 15 66695 Four Starzzz Shiraz (27) fr.............. C Negus Emergency: Playboy Prince 2 12.05 FARMLANDS WAIMATE & MCMILLIAN EQUINE FEEDS TROT $8000, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2000m 1 08 Sonny Lachlan (1) fr.......................R Holmes 2 08383 Line A Love (2) fr........................ J Patterson 3 09340 It Wasn’t Me (3) fr.........................C DeFilippi 4 7 Masterofthemanor (4) fr.......................B Butt 5 x085P Dreamsinthe Mist (5) fr..................B Orange 6 44080 Little Miss fr................................... Scratched 7 39464 Appearance (6) fr.............................. J Smith 8 466 Fast Whispering (7) fr............... M Williamson 9 Summars (8) fr..................................R Close 10 57344 Hashtag Faye (9) fr.................J Young-Grant 11 07036 Maranatha Atlas (10) fr.....................S Ottley 12 58946 Go Marg (11) fr...............................G Archer 13 00050 Majestic Jag (12) fr...........................G Telfer 14 80260 Make My Sundon (U1) fr..................M Jones 15 90057 Goose Healy (U2) fr........................N Burton 16 00705 Build A Bridge (U3) fr.....................J Geddes 17 0x60L Jaguar Bay (U4) fr.............. P Wakelin 18 44000 Ilsas Son (U5) fr......................... R Anderson Emergencies: Little Miss, Goose Healy, Jaguar Bay, Ilsas Son 3 12.32pm KIRK IRRIGATION MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m., mobile, 1700m 1 66930 Rocknroll Mama (1) fr................ R Anderson 2 0 Dashing Art (2) fr.................... J Morrison (J) 3 8070x I Miss Mum (3) fr..................................K Cox 4 25283 Krystal Delight (4) fr..................... B Hope (J) 5 4667x Lottie Moon (5) fr........................... G O’Reilly 6 56680 Ever So Bettor (6) fr 7 9x73 Annie Richter (7) fr..........................T Chmiel

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Saturday, March 21, 2020

8 64782 Fraud (8) fr............................... M Williamson 9 77908 Social Media (21) fr 10 60x9 Abby Golightly fr............................ Scratched 11 400 Atarah (22) fr.................................... G Smith 12 0P930 Millwood Cleopatra (23) fr..............B Orange 13 09600 Lucy P (24) fr..................................G Archer 14 8 Doubt I’m Dreaming fr................... Scratched 15 47500 Comfortably Numb (25) fr.................R Close 16 24249 Bring Back Leah (26) fr.....................S Ottley Emergencies: Abby Golightly, Lucy P 4 12.59 IRT PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2000m 1 36223 Buckskin (1) fr.......................... S O’Reilly (J) 2 00089 Maximilian (2) fr...................... J Morrison (J) 3 06037 Evidently (3) fr............................... G O’Reilly 4 96648 Handsome Harry (4) fr.................T McMillan 5 3 Loch Ness Franco (5) fr......... G Thornley (J) 6 Lizzie Richter (6) fr..........................T Chmiel 7 2 Uber Express (7) fr............................S Ottley 8 356 Daggy Lamb (8) fr..........................L O’Reilly 9 Kiwi X Factor (9) fr........................... G Smith 10 00078 Santeria (10) fr 11 7840x Conquer Me (11) fr.........................R Holmes 12 What The Hell (12) fr....................C DeFilippi 13 x0687 Living Fantasy (13) fr................B Williamson 14 08706 Genelis (14) fr............................ C McDowell 15 70302 Iron Woman (15) fr................K Tomlinson (J) 16 08500 Emma G (16) fr...............................G Archer 17 2409L Jake (17) fr........................................R Close 18 27322 Mongolian Conqueror (18) fr..........B Orange Emergencies: Maximilian, Santeria, Living Fantasy, Emma G 5 1.34pm AON INSURANCE MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 2yo+ c,g&e., mobile, 1700m 1 4853P Mossman (1) fr 2 0x002 Manon The Run (2) fr................. R Needham 3 The Flying Fijian (3) fr 4 24434 Reattore (4) fr................................ S McNally 5 64 Friendly Eyre (5) fr..................J Young-Grant 6 52 Bettor Grunter (6) fr........................B Orange 7 24790 Silent Shadow fr............................ Scratched 8 08830 Beeps (7) fr....................................L O’Reilly 9 65646 Ticking Over (21) fr........................R Holmes 10 Helluva (22) fr.................................. G Smith 11 34x8 Jimmy D (23) fr.................................R Close 12 53068 Mach O’Melley (24) fr............K Tomlinson (J) 13 08946 President Pat (25) fr........................N Burton 14 P Jez’s Mate fr.................................. Scratched 15 9235 Striking Gladiator (26) fr........... S O’Reilly (J) 16 0x0x0 Wecandream fr............................. Scratched Emergencies: Silent Shadow, Jez’s Mate 6 2.09WAIMATE FLOORING & CUNNINGHAM PLUMBING TROT $9000, r40-r52, stand, 2600m 1 4449D Sunnivue Phileah (1) fr..................B Orange

2 30040 Tequila Sunset (2) fr 3 47037 Rusty I Am (3) fr............................ P Wakelin 4 10449 Call This Fun (4) fr.............................. J Ford 5 03569 One Over Dover (5) fr............. J Morrison (J) 6 77873 Foreigner (6) fr...................................G Hunt 7 77206 BJ Lindenny (7) fr........................ K Cameron 8 00908 Dora Explorer (8) fr.............. D D McCormick 9 03737 Emma Frost (9) fr..................... M Williamson 10 54171 Superfast Lad (10) fr.........................S Ottley 11 8677x Neverneverland (U1) fr.................C DeFilippi 12 70580 Some Time (U2) fr............................. J Smith 13 20252 Sioux Princess (U3) fr.............. S O’Reilly (J) 14 7009x Missalyssa (U4) fr........................... A Faulks 15 45P00 Majestic Rose (U5) fr.......................L Dobbs 16 93007 Amulet (U6) fr................................... G Smith 17 P6000 Mickey Jay (U7) fr Emergencies: Tequila Sunset, Rusty I Am, Mickey Jay 7 2.44pm ROBERT ALEXANDER SPRAYING MOBILE PACE $9000, r40-r43., mobile, 1700m 1 00048 Baker Creek (1) fr..........................L O’Reilly 2 43458 Canardly Remember (2) fr....K Tomlinson (J) 3 03981 Szybka Lane (3) fr.........................T Williams 4 05560 Get It On (4) fr.......................... M Williamson 5 93346 Geoff’s Legacy (5) fr.................B Williamson 6 84079 Dalness Arizona (6) fr.................M Lewis (J) 7 46020 Playboy Prince (7) fr................. S O’Reilly (J) 8 75207 Markham Eyre (8) fr..........................R Close 9 05603 Loissonya (21) fr.....................J Young-Grant 10 45620 Been To Jenny’s (22) fr............... K Cameron 11 00584 Madame Frost (23) fr.....................R Holmes 12 07030 Arma Twospoons (U1) fr......... J Morrison (J) 8 3.19 WAIMATE TOWN & COUNTRY MOBILE PACE $9000, r44-r46,r47 w/c., mobile, 1700m 1 31065 Minnelli Smile (1) fr...........................S Ottley 2 09000 Rainy River (2) fr........................ C McDowell 3 21299 Uno Mia (3) fr........................S Tomlinson (J) 4 00246 Omar Sharif (4) fr..................K Tomlinson (J) 5 0P063 Bonny’s Gem (5) fr.................A Cameron (J) 6 59188 Rozzano (6) fr............................A Tomlinson 7 00050 Pocket Call (7) fr..............................L Dobbs 8 39635 Magicol Ideal (8) fr................... S O’Reilly (J) 9 15000 Pat Campbell (21) fr.......................B Orange 10 55296 Hands Up Jack (22) fr..........................K Butt 11 56551 Senorita Margarita (23) fr........J Young-Grant 12 52051 Already Gone (24) fr................ M Williamson 13 39897 Leading The Way (25) fr.......... J Morrison (J) 14 64840 Vigoroso (26) fr..........................D O’Connell 9 3.54pm WHITESTONE LIVESTOCK WAIMATE CUP HCAP PACE $13,000, 3yo+ r56+ discrhcp, stand, 2600m 1 12157 Lilac Star (1) fr......................... S O’Reilly (J) 2 71303 Gabby’s Star (2) fr.....................B Williamson 3 60x11 Vulcan Star (3) fr...............................R Close 4 56611 Gilligans Island (4) fr 5 21540 Franco Garrett (5) fr.....................C DeFilippi

12 56532 Doctor Tim (23) fr O Thornley (J,..............Cl) 5.04pm STALLION STATIONS HANDICAP TROT $9500, r53-r75 discrhcp, stand, 2600m 1 70223 Playboy’s Brother (1) fr......................S Ottley 2 68351 Sods Law (2) fr...............................J Geddes 3 94030 BK Dawn (3) fr.............................. P Wakelin 4 89507 Alvira Hest (4) fr......................J Young-Grant 5 33400 Full Of Hope (5) fr.............................R Close 6 36051 Don’t Look Back (6) fr...................... G Smith 7 31555 Sun Swinger (7) fr.................... M Williamson 8 0x090 Breenys Cullen (8) fr......................B Orange 9 8114P Navara (9) fr........................................ J Ford 10 85P92 Ali Lindenny (10) fr 11 x9377 Red Hot Poker (1) 10M.................T Williams 12 x29x8 Valmagne (2) 10M..........................L O’Reilly 13 19287 Rocknpop (3) 10M................S Tomlinson (J) 14 09633 Medusa (4) 10M.......................... K Cameron 15 29178 Rebel Kibbybones (U1) 10M................ J Hay 16 33041 Humble Ladd (U1) 20M.............B Williamson 12 5.34 THE TYRE GENERAL MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ r47-r52., mobile, 1700m 1 07668 Fun In The Dark (1) fr.......................R Close 2 03804 Vinnie Rulz (2) fr.......................... B Hope (J) 3 61674 Barkley (3) fr..................................L O’Reilly 4 50554 Dynamite (4) fr.....................................K Butt 5 9x900 Paul’s Verdict (5) fr.................. J Morrison (J) 6 17549 I’ll Write The Story (6) fr.......................K Cox 7 74772 Mordecai (7) fr.......................K Tomlinson (J) 8 96265 Look Sharp (8) fr...................... S O’Reilly (J) 9 72063 Katchalight (21) fr 10 83972 Yoha (22) fr 11 x9221 Sister’s Delight (23) fr........................S Ottley 12 98623 Distinguished Taste (24) fr.............B Orange 13 00664 Essence Of Easton (25) fr........ M Williamson 14 73267 Malinka (26) fr..............................C DeFilippi

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John Morrison drives Di Caprio, off the 20 metre mark, in the Waimate Cup at tomorrow’s meeting.

6 09224 Fynn Frost (6) fr.......................... K Cameron 7 74433 Johnny Eyre (7) fr...................J Young-Grant 8 98731 Chiller Bay (8) fr............................T Williams 9 x7151 Rocknroll King (1) 10M.................... G Smith 10 31431 Shadow Minister (2) 10M...............L O’Reilly 11 21076 Norman Richards (3) 10M.................... I Lee 12 42421 One Direction (4) 10M..........................K Butt 13 x076x Nearis Green (5) 10M.......................... J Hay 14 1114x Di Caprio (1) 20M.................... J Morrison (J) 15 22162 Bettathanfast (1) 30M....................B Orange 10 4.29pm STHFUELS KEEP PRIMARY INDUSTRIES MOVING MBL PACE $9500, 3yo+ r54-r55,r56-r60 w/c., mobile, 1700m 1 0014 Duastar (1) fr.....................................R Close 2 410 Mick Beth (2) fr............................. B Hope (J) 3 22314 Hells Shadow (3) fr..............................B Butt 4 2716x Alta Endeavour (4) fr................ S O’Reilly (J) 5 0D030 Glen Elgin Tomson (5) fr.................B Orange 6 30x13 Prodigal Guinness (6) fr................T Williams 7 10901 Terror The Christian (7) fr 8 22105 Martin John (8) fr L McKay (J,...................Cl) 9 76171 Touche (21) fr K Tomlinson (J,...................Cl) 10 5x441 Pilch fr........................................... Scratched 11 81309 Mr Midnight (22) fr M Lewis (J,..................Cl)

Pacifiers on: Some Time (R6) Pacifiers off: Missalyssa (R6)

SELECTIONS Race 1: Nui Ba Den, Bobby T, Stetson, Machs Mareta, Refine Race 2: Dreamsinthe Mist, Build A Bridge, Hashtag Faye Race 3: Bring Back Leah, Krystal Delight, Lottie Moon Race 4: Uber Express, Mongolian Conqueror, Loch Ness Franco Race 5: Bettor Grunter, Mossman, Helluva, Friendly Eyre Race 6: Call This Fun, Superfast Lad, Sioux Princess, Emma Frost Race 7: Szybka Lane, Markham Eyre, Geoff’s Legacy Race 8: Already Gone, Hands Up Jack, Magicol Ideal, Rozzano Race 9: Vulcan Star, Bettathanfast, Rocknroll King, Di Caprio Race 10: Duastar, Doctor Tim, Alta Endeavour, Prodigal Guinness Race 11: Humble Ladd, Sods Law, Navara, Rocknpop Race 12: Distinguished Taste, Dynamite, Vinnie Rulz, Look Sharp

LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Masterton gallops Tomorrow at Tauherenikau Raceway

Masterton RC Venue: Tauherenikau Meeting Date: 22 Mar 2020 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.42pm EQUIVETNZ/FASTTRACK INSURANCE 1000M $12,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1000m 1 3074x Awatane d (5) 61............................H Andrew 2 08770 Hugo The Boss td (3) 60.5........... R Hannam 3 5x382 Grand Mayson m (2) 59.5..............L Allpress 4 25514 Maria Dior (4) 57.5...........................S Collett 5 7x20x Miss Labasa tb (1) 57.5.................. J Parkes 2 1.17pm LJ HOOKER & MCHATTIE REALTY MAIDEN 1000M $10,000, MDN 2YO, 1000m 1 654 Just Ben (5) 59.5............................L Allpress 2 Bradman (4) 59.5............................ J Parkes 3 3 Balalaika (3) 57.5.............................R Myers 4 45 Mongolian Princess (1) 57.5..........H Andrew 5 Bold Iris (2) 57.5........................... R Hannam 3 1.52pm FAGAN MOTORS MAIDEN 1000M $10,000, MDN, 1000m 1 4372x Albaron (8) 60.5.....................S Macnab (a2) 2 2 Runthiefrun (2) 60.5..................... R Hannam

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Tokoroa Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 22 Mar 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 1.26pm TOKOROA GRC WELCOMES YOU C1, 375m 1 24712 Kapai Stewie nwtd W &....................T Steele 2 33777 Agbeze nwtd.....................................M Black 3 77252 Fall Gracefully nwtd..................... M Prangley 4 46735 Winbourn Freddy nwtd.....................S Codlin 5 72641 Always Dreaming 21.40.................. G Farrell 6 72475 Magic Eight Ball nwtd R &............N O’Regan 7 63563 Ford Man nwtd R &..............................L Udy 8 78643 Digger Ace nwtd U &..........................Cottam 9 676F7 Pam Arising nwtd............................ S O’Neill 10 84887 Tilly’s Silly 21.55 R &............................L Udy 2 1.43pm WAIKATO KIDZ KARTZ SPRINT C0, 375m 1 3F473 Forego nwtd................................ G Pomeroy 2 Sheriff Lee nwtd..............................C Henley 3 78562 Indi Shae nwtd................................ S O’Neill 4 64421 Thea Who 21.51......................... M Prangley 5 488x5 Chong Lai nwtd.............................R McPhee 6 35656 Clever Harper nwtd W &..................T Steele 7 7734 Fernando Charm nwtd..................... T Green 8 3 Electric Shock nwtd............. A J Christiansen 9 42 Nana Molly nwtd U &.........................Cottam 10 46854 Xena Poppy nwtd R &..........................L Udy 3 2.01pm METRO URGENT COURIERS SPRINT C4, 375m 1 87134 See Eye Be 21.04....................... M Prangley

3 357x Tumbril (3) 60.5................................D Turner 4 9836x Fagiolo Majico (5) 58.5...................L Allpress 5 8x Megapower (6) 58.5...............M Hudson (a3) 6 Miss Falvelon (1) 58........................ J Parkes 7 Spydapus (7) 58.............................H Andrew 8 86777 Thousandkissesdeep (4) 58...............L Hemi 4 2.27pm SOUTHEY SAYER MAIDEN 2200M $10,000, MDN, 2200m 1 533 Cage Phyta b (8) 60.5..................... J Parkes 2 39034 Abe Lincoln (7) 60.5...........................L Hemi 3 87207 Ammons (2) 60.5................. C O’Beirne (a2) 4 95596 Double Act (4) 60.5...................... R Hannam 5 8006P Opal Crusher 60.5......................... Scratched 6 870x7 Royal Inn (1) 60.5...........................L Allpress 7 83588 Violet Belle (5) 58.5..........................D Turner 8 0700 Sweetchildofmine (6) 58.5.............H Andrew 9 26462 Sovereign Express b (3) 58..............S Collett 5 3.02pm LVN WOOLBUYERS 1400M $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 0490x Kahu Rock dm (8) 62.......................S Collett 2 92447 One Prize One Goal dm (3) 62..........L Hemi

3 138x7 Castani d (4) 61.....................M Hudson (a3) 4 6x512 Princess Ani (6) 59...........................R Myers 5 251 Carlingford Bay d (7) 58.5..............L Allpress 6 08481 Happy Tav d (2) 58.5............... T Taiaroa (a3) 7 90290 Platinum Wild Card d (5) 58.5...... R Hannam 8 8000x Miss Interpreted dm (1) 56.............D Bradley 6 3.37 KURIPUNI SPORTS BAR & TAB MASTERTON CUP 2200M $25,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 2200m 1 15x67 Zentangle dm (5) 64.5............S Macnab (a2) 2 07331 Bronsteel (2) 60.............................H Andrew 3 x0x63 Italian Lover d (6) 57......................L Allpress 4 24157 Awesome Al t (1) 56.5......................S Collett 5 05226 Trending d (8) 56.5....................... R Hannam 6 222x3 Mondorani (7) 56..............................R Myers 7 00492 Flying Meg td (4) 56...........................L Hemi 8 65360 Em Kay Pops mh (3) 56...................D Turner 7 4.12 JOHN GRIFFITH MEMORIAL MAIDEN 1400M $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 4325x Greystone b (3) 60.5........................S Collett 2 x0392 Tormund (9) 60 3 4 Dance Fer Us (10) 60.......... C O’Beirne (a2)

4 Husk (1) 60....................................H Andrew 5 Trosettee (4) 60..................................L Hemi 6 52x5 Jane O’ (2) 58.5.............................. J Parkes 7 3456x Berry Delightful (8) 58.5.................L Allpress 8 987x3 Amazing Team (6) 58.....................D Bradley 9 48x6 Bella Sorella (7) 58...................... R Hannam 10 Amathusia (5) 58..............................D Turner 11 5 Canucia (11) 58...............................R Myers Blinkers on: Thousandkissesdeep (R3), Princess Ani (R5), Awesome Al (R6) SELECTIONS

Race 1: Maria Dior, Miss Labasa, Awatane, Hugo The Boss Race 2: Bold Iris, Balalaika, Bradman, Mongolian Princess Race 3: Runthiefrun, Spydapus, Fagiolo Majico, Albaron Race 4: Cage Phyta, Double Act, Abe Lincoln, Ammons Race 5: One Prize One Goal, Castani, Carlingford Bay, Kahu Rock Race 6: Bronsteel, Mondorani, Awesome Al, Trending Race 7: Canucia, Dance Fer Us, Amazing Team, Jane O’ LEGEND: Runner Form - b - Beaten favourite at last start c Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months

Rosie Myers is aboard Mondorani in the Masterton Cup.

Tokoroa dogs

Tomorrow at Cambridge Raceway 2 31546 Stay Rich 21.46 M &......................... J Smith 3 64633 Fantastic Amy nwtd...........................S Lozell 4 382x1 Iron Eyes nwtd...................................E Potts 5 54241 Our Hemi 21.15 U &...........................Cottam 6 66237 Native Scout 21.34...........................P Green 7 62165 Monsoon Malabar 21.53 U &.............Cottam 8 66823 Suspicious Minds 20.89.....................B Craik 9 12256 Sophia Noir 21.18...................... A Lawrence 10 32568 Does He Exist 21.33........................R Roper 4 2.18pm MAYHOUNDS RACING RETIREMENT PROJECT SPRINT C1, 375m 1 86588 Rion King nwtd R &..............................L Udy 2 33473 Jinja Lad 21.72..............................R McPhee 3 15435 Big Time Angel nwtd...........................L Cole 4 76568 Aleng nwtd......................................S E Hunt 5 35838 Little Mermaid nwtd W &..................T Steele 6 74831 Opawa Gonzo nwtd......................... G Farrell 7 55824 Fancy 21.71................................ M Prangley 8 54637 Black Bridge 21.72...........................R Roper 9 58766 Talkabout Sophie 21.54....................M Black 10 84887 Tilly’s Silly 21.55 R &............................L Udy 5 2.36pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR STAKES C1, 457m 1 63571 Boyka nwtd..................................... G Farrell 2 47725 Crackling Gal 26.08 U &....................Cottam 3 54443 Zipping Monty nwtd.........................C Henley 4 62144 Little Teegs 25.80....................... A Lawrence 5 11311 Thrilling Razor 25.67........................ K Walsh 6 57211 Amaro nwtd................................ A Lawrence

7 43453 Opawa Big nwtd.............................. G Farrell 8 32713 Baileys Nice 25.94..................... A Lawrence 9 77265 Opawa Lola nwtd............................ G Farrell 10 14344 Bugsy Brown nwtd W &....................T Steele 6 2.53 TOKOROA & DISTRICTS VETERINARY SERVICES SPRINT C3, 375m 1 32783 Go Falcon 21.39 W &.......................T Steele 2 66134 Zugzwang 21.20............................. S O’Neill 3 12311 Thrilling Hudson 21.13..................... K Walsh 4 66342 Jinja Murphy nwtd W &....................T Steele 5 61522 Night Ace nwtd............................ G Pomeroy 6 62125 Madam Bucks 21.37................... G Pomeroy 7 83257 Go All Lin 21.54.............................. S O’Neill 8 33284 Botany Wayne 21.22........................P Green 9 17684 Noah Who 21.03......................... M Prangley 7 3.11pm $10,000 GUARANTEED PICK6 SPRINT C2, 375m 1 64447 Tommy The Jett nwtd........................M Black 2 45742 Bigtime Jacob 21.24..........................B Craik 3 22157 Asserting Power 21.62.................... S O’Neill 4 43276 Gain Capital 21.22.............................B Craik 5 32142 Ma Chere nwtd................................ S O’Neill 6 72173 Paddy Fast 21.35 M &....................... J Smith 7 1758x Opawa Roy nwtd............................. G Farrell 8 66583 Blocker 21.67 R &........................N O’Regan 9 46774 Flying Huey 21.37.............................M Black 10 38877 Bear Claws 21.63 W &.....................T Steele 8 3.28 MAX MATTHEWS MEMORIAL STAKES C3/4, 457m

1 11113 Big Time Brie nwtd..............................L Cole 2 33521 Keysile 25.56...............................P Ferguson 3 41475 Grunt nwtd W &................................T Steele 4 73475 Our Rick 25.62...................................E Potts 5 61276 Frosty Blaze 26.16........................... T Green 6 23342 Ask King Jeff 26.02.............................L Cole 7 72725 Zoro 25.81.................................. A Lawrence 8 11411 Thrilling Brax 25.60.......................... K Walsh Emergencies: 9 51353 Big Time Anton nwtd...........................L Cole 10 84114 Opawa Light 25.75.............................E Potts 9 3.46pm STIHL SHOP TOKOROA SPRINT C1, 375m 1 23258 Ginny Weasley nwtd...........................E Potts 2 42566 Smash Burton nwtd R &......................L Udy 3 74362 Smoochie 21.37......................... A Lawrence 4 66786 Opawa Queen nwtd W &..................T Steele 5 54342 Tamantha nwtd...................................B Bond 6 76534 Medusa Who nwtd...................... M Prangley 7 25843 Bigtime Gal nwtd R &...................N O’Regan 8 58462 Nexus 21.86.................................... G Farrell 9 57587 Just Maddie 21.72.............................M Black 10 84887 Tilly’s Silly 21.55 R &............................L Udy 10 4.03pm SOUTH WAIKATO CUP C5, 457m 1 38837 Odnoc Ankie 25.69.....................P Ferguson 2 81456 Prerogative 26.72 U &........................Cottam 3 13511 Melita Vella 25.37................................L Cole 4 48124 Bigtime Archie nwtd............................L Cole 5 72441 Spring Mechanic nwtd R &...................L Udy 6 7317x Isn’t She Sassy 25.73.....................P Henley

7 3153x Trojan’s Magic 25.84...................P Ferguson 8 17236 Stefano 25.57............................. A Lawrence 9 73475 Our Rick 25.62...................................E Potts 11 4.21pm HOLSTERS TOKOROA SPRINT C5, 375m 1 51721 Thrilling Bruce 21.02........................ K Walsh 2 27347 Ashen nwtd........................................B Bond 3 24681 Charlow 21.12 R &.......................N O’Regan 4 66614 Zipping Buddy 21.30..........................B Craik 5 18177 Highland Vintage nwtd................P Ferguson 6 67318 Big Time Amie nwtd............................L Cole 7 81872 Relevance 21.20 R &...........................L Udy 8 21112 Buddy Boom 20.86 U &.....................Cottam Emergencies: 9 81456 Prerogative 21.14 U &........................Cottam 10 382x1 Iron Eyes nwtd...................................E Potts 12 4.38 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES STAKES C1/2, 457m 1 32125 Opawa Nemo nwtd W &...................T Steele 2 45745 Eddie Hemi nwtd W &......................T Steele 3 31283 Big Time Chad nwtd............................L Cole 4 13327 Looby’s Story 26.21................... A Lawrence 5 21615 Fear The Fur nwtd........................... S O’Neill 6 65576 Sefton Stan 26.03............................P Green 7 64463 Dig Dig Dig nwtd............................. S O’Neill 8 52434 Enjoy The Perks 26.13........ A J Christiansen 9 36464 My Kirsty nwtd U &.............................Cottam 10 25566 Cointreau Time 26.09................. A Lawrence 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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Saturday, March 21, 2020

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

Have your

Say! Ashburton Domain Development Plan Our Place : Our Domain

We are developing a 30-year plan for our Domain to ensure it is future-proofed for the years to come. We want to know what you think of our ideas - this is your chance to shape what the Domain will look like.

Full maps and information on the proposed plans, along with a form to provide your feedback can be found at

ashburtondc.govt.nz/haveyoursay

We are accepting feedback until 5 pm, Sunday 5 April 2020.

Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Consultations will be by appointment only. To make a booking please phone 0800 700 155.

Weekend Services

Medical ServiceS

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

For all other medical assistance outside of normal hours, please phone your General Practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care If you don’t have a regular General Practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free telephone health advice.

DUTY DOCTORS Moore Street Medical Centre, Moore Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Saturday until 8am Sunday. To make an appointment call your regular GP. Ashburton Health First, Havelock Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday. To make an appointment call your regular GP. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID.

Methven & Rakaia Area

For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the after-hours service each weekend.

Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential.

Pharmacies

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency Lifeline

Ashburton Rest Homes

Art Gallery

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm, Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

Emergency Dentist

Ashburton Museum

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

Helpline ServiceS Alcoholics Anonymous

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Ask for the Crisis Team.

Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis

Support. Phone 03 364 8791

Victims Support Group

24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846).

Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm, outside of these hours leave a message.

Alcohol Drug Help Line

Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Toll-free: 0800 353 353.

Bus Departures

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and from 5pm - 7pm both evenings.

coMMunity ServiceS

Ashburton Public Library

aniMal ServiceS Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter

EA Networks Centre - Pools

Veterinarians

Contact - President 021 1356 969.

20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

Mail Closing Times ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Maisie Fleming.

Information Centre Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL Methven - Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10am until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

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Saturday, March 21, 2020

RAFFLES

FOR SALE

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Raffle Results Drawn under Police Supervision

CLEARING SALE Account:

Friday 27th March 2020 Commencing 1pm We have been favoured with instructions from our vendor to hold a clearing sale of their livestock, surplus farming plant & sundries at the above time & date.

Capital Stock 20 R2 Friesian X Bulls 15 R2 Jersey Bulls 10 R2 Hereford X Bulls 10 R2 Hereford Heifers 14 Mixed Sex Sheep 14 Ducks - Indian Runners + White Pekins 9 Geese Entries include: Ford 6600 Tractor (Loader & Cab), Tandem Axle Trailer, International 440 Conv Baler, 2003 Nissan 2WD Ute, Horse Float, Stallion 50 Teat Tandem Feeder, PZ Mower, Cattle Weigh System, True-Test Tag Reader, 700Ltr Milk Tank, Titan 1" Pump & Pipes, Gas Calf Dehorners, Calf Feeders (from 9-20 Teat), 1000Ltr Milk Stirrer, 350Ltr Dairy Cylinder, 50Ltr Bertolini Sprayer, Dog Motel, Dog Kennel, Motorbike Trailer, Harrows, Calf Meal Troughs, 3000Ltr Milk Vat, PTO Concrete Mixer, Calf Head Bail, Calf Feeder (45 Teat), 70 Bales of Baleage + numerous sundries.

Signposted from Mayfield. Payment by Cash, Cheque, EFTPOS or Charge by prior arrangement. No Credit Cards. This sale will be conducted GST exclusive. Outside entries will be accepted. Please visit our website www.peterwalsh.co.nz to view full list of items and photos.

PETER WALSH & ASSOCIATES LT D www.peterwalsh.co.nz

Daily Dairy SATURDAY 9am ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Local fresh produce, hot drinks and more. North end West Street, car park.

9am - 12pm CRAFT MARKET. Woodwork, jewellery, Rawleighs products, clothing and much more.

West Street, car park.

9.30am - 12.30pm

SUNDAY 8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH. Mass, Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am

MONDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

9.45am PLAINS LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Annual General Meeting, Doris Linton Lounge. RSA, Cox Street.

2nd - 76 6th - 12 10th - 17 14th - 116

3rd - 314 7th - 26 11th - 353 15th - 380

4th - 402 8th - 19 12th - 308 16th - 540

All winners have been notified Many thanks for all your support

MI & MA Johnston 481 Moorhouse Road RD 8 ASHBURTON 7778

For further information: Don Borlase • 027 561 4025

1st - 533 5th - 112 9th - 502 13th - 544

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TRADES, SERVICES

MOTORING

COMPUTER PROBLEMS??

For professional computer servicing and laser engraving, see Kelvin at KJB Systems, 4 Ascot Place. Phone 308 8989. Locally owned and serving Ashburton for 30 years. Same day service if possible.

Supergold discount card welcomed..

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308 6737.

MEETINGS, EVENTS Tinwald Garden Club

RURAL TRADING POST PEASTRAW $5. 124 Single Tree Road, 2.3k past airport.

Saturday mornings 9am to 12 noon. Phone or text 027 734 6005 for week night deliveries in Ashburton.

60th Anniversary Luncheon on Thursday, March 26 is cancelled.

PUBLIC NOTICES

GREEN old man pine $170, 3.6m³. Phone Shane James Firewood 027 611 3334.

PEA straw - conventional bales $6 delivered. Pea straw – medium square bales $45 delivered. Pea vine hay – round bales $90 delivered.

Enquiries, please phone Andrew 020 402 33792.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT NEW to town. Two beautiful Asian ladies. Model figure, size10, 34DD, excellent service.

In/out calls.

Phone 021 046 4314.

SONIA – Attractive, busty and appointments.

Genuine callers. Phone 021 027 59055. No texting.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL WANTED to rent three bedroom house with garage and good sized garden.

We have references.

We can pay $330 per week. Please ring Pauline and Harry on 308 6387.

HIRE

SCVCC Annual Swap Meet Winchester Domain SH1, April 4, gates open 7.30am.

All makes car Display Something for everyone. on ap Meet will be, 20 Sw Sites –, Michelle Munro21 27 rch Ma ay rd tu Sa Phone 03 686 vid-19 4824 because of theakCo re .

Ortbemail ou scvccswapmeet@hotmail.com No dogs allowed.

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

Cancellation

GRAZING GRAZING required for store lambs, all feed types considered. Phone Mitch 027 313 1320.

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For all subscriber enquiries, missed deliveries, new subscriptions, temporary stops.

Please

Text 021 271 3399 Phone 0800 274 287 Email circulation@ theguardian.co.nz

We Help Save Lives We help save lives every day through the research and development of improved diagnosis, better prediction and treatment of heart disease in our hospital and community.

Find out how you can help by visiting: www.otago.ac.nz/chchheart A University of Otago Centre of Research Excellence

These events are subjects to change

March 21, 22 & 23, 2020

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

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL.

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

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

10am - 12pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB MUSEUM AND PARTS SHED.

Open to the public. Maronan road, Tinwald.

10am ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet, new members welcome, Allenton Sports Club Cavendish Street.

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

Open daily with extended hours on a

Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

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

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, new members welcome. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Morning worship with Rev Heather Kennedy, Paterson’s Chapel, corner East and Cox Street.

10am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. Morning Worship service led by Rev Helen Wallis, all welcome. 127 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship and service led by Rev Eric Mattock, all welcome. Sinclair

Centre, Park Street.

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

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning service, all welcome. 67 Cass Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Thomson Street.

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

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

1pm - 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.

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

7pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School hall).

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

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.

10.30am COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP. Hockey Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

12pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Weekly lunch, available at Baptist Church, Cass Street.

1pm - 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.

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

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Assn Croquet, New members welcome, Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

4.30pm - 7pm GIRLS BRIGADE. Any enquiries please phone Rachel on 0211 1226 063. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cass Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48

Allens Road, Allenton.

6.30pm - 9pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Easy Intermediate following onto Intermediate level from 7.30pm to 9pm. Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813131. Tinwald Hall, Grahams Street.

7pm - 9.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Beginners/Intermediate weekly line dance class. Enquiries Rayma 0274 867 504. Balmoral Hall, 240 Cameron Street.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Two Positions

MidOne Canterbury – Co-ordinator One Fulltime and Part-Time (20 hours per week)

Checkout Supervisor Fulltime

Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Mid Canterbury – Co-ordinator

This a exciting new position Mitre 10 MEGA has vacancy for a will be part of establishing a new Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) service for the people Mid Canterbury, to be based at Community House Mid Canterbury.

Checkout Supervisor.

This ofposition is (20 hours per week) fulltime, 40 hours per week with a Tuesday the CAB has established, the Co-ordinator will be responsible for the day to day – Saturday roster aOnce combination ofbeen early This exciting new position will be part of establishing a new Citizens Advice management of the CAB service in accordance with CAB NZ requirements, meeting the needs of and late shifts.

Bureau (CAB) service for the people of Mid Canterbury, to be based at clients through managing and supporting an effective volunteer workforce.

The successful applicant will require the Community House Mid Canterbury. following skills: Key elements of the role include: Once the CAB has been established, the co-ordinator will be responsible for • Must be customer focused theCommunity day to dayHouse management of the in accordance with CAB NZ • Ability to manage staff and lead by Working with CABNZ and the to establish the CAB CAB –service volunteer requirements, meeting thedevelopment needs of clients through managing and supporting an example recruitment and training; set up of physical premises; of administrative, effective volunteer workforce.

• Motivated and positive attitude financial and health and safety processes; promotion of the new service; reporting to • Previous experience would be and governance bodies; Key elements the role include: funders seeking of funding preferred.

• operation Working with and thevolunteer Community House to establish the  Once established, day to day of theCABNZ CAB, including recruitment, – volunteer recruitment andproviding training;administration, set up of physical premises; supporting volunteer teams toCAB provide training and mentoring; Accounts Receivablefinance and planning; maintaining development of administrative, financial and health and safety service quality; reporting; seeking funding; promotion of processes; promotion of the new service; reporting to funders and governance bodies; theAssistant service Administrator/Payroll

Part-time

seeking funding

Experience and skills sought for the•role are: established, day to day operation of the CAB, including volunteer Once

supporting volunteer teams to provide training and mentoring; Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton has a vacancy  Leadership; role modelling therecruitment, aims and values of the CAB for an Accounts Receivable Administrator/ administration, finance planning; maintaining service quality;  Client focussed – ensuring theproviding service provided is welcoming andand non-judgemental Payroll Assistant in our busy office. This reporting; seeking funding; promotion of the service  Demonstrates a high level of empathy, confidentiality, and professionalism position is 23 hours per week, Monday – Experience and skills sought for the role are:  Experience managing and mentoring volunteers and fostering a sense of team Friday with daily hours to be agreed with • experience Leadership; role modelling the aims and values of the CAB successful applicant.  Administrative and financial • Client focussed – ensuring the service provided is welcoming and nonExcellent verbal To be successful, you will require theand written skills, including data analysis and report writing judgemental  Able to plan and organise own work and use time effectively following skills: Experience in promotion • Demonstrates a high level of empathy, confidentiality, and professionalism • Credit checks for new debtor account • Experience managing and mentoring volunteers and fostering a sense of applicants and opening accounts  new Presentation skills team • Maintain and monitor debtor accounts Cultural awareness • Confident with both Word and Excel • Administrative and financial experience programs • Excellent verbal and written skills, including data analysis and report writing • Other general office duties A full Position Profile, application form and to further information role is available • Able plan and organiseabout own the work and use timeby effectively • Assist payroll – cover for sick leave/ contacting John Driscoll, Manager, •Community House Mid Canterbury, Experience in promotion holidays etc. supervisor@communityhousemc.co.nz; phone 03 308 • Presentation skills1237 • Must be able to work as part of a team • Cultural awareness as well as independently.

To apply, please provide your CV, cover letter and completed application form via email to A full position profile, application form and further information about the role is supervisor@communityhousemc.co.nz Please send your CV and covering letter available by contacting: to: HR.Ashburton@mitre10.co.nz John Driscoll, Manager, Community House Mid Canterbury, Applications close on phone 03 308 1237 Applications close 5 pm on Thursday thesupervisor@communityhousemc.co.nz 9th of April 2020.

Friday, March 27, 2020.

To apply, please provide your CV, cover letter and completed application form via email to: supervisor@communityhousemc.co.nz Applications close 5pm on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

Needing a new staff member?

Call the Guardian today for your situation vacant advertising requirements.

307 7900 REAL ESTATE

ORS Teacher Aide

Position One: 20 hours per week Position Two: Relief hours Experience with high needs learning support preferable.

Expressions of interest and names of two referees in writing to: Rebekah Clement Principal principal@wakanui. school.nz

Refugee Settlement Support Team: Job Vacancies As part of the Government’s decision to increase the annual refugee quota it identified Ashburton as one of five new settlement locations. Contract funding was made available for the development of a new Refugee Settlement Service for Ashburton. Safer Mid Canterbury was successful in its bid to develop and run this service for Ashburton.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the new Refugee Settlement Support Team, working directly with refugees as they embark on their new life settling into a new country and community. All positions are part time and will require family engagement, casework, direct support for the refugee families and collaboration with other support agencies.

The ideal candidates will have the following key attributes: » Willingness to embrace, seek and understand specific cultural knowledge » Enthusiasm and commitment to work as a team member » Excellent oral, listening and written communication skills » Past experience working with refugees and/or minority or diverse populations would be an advantage We are now seeking to fill the following four settlement team job vacancies: Caseworker/Youth: Must be a qualified and registered Social Worker with experience in working with Youth.

Caseworker/Housing: Must have experience knowledge of Housing and Tenancy sector.

and

Caseworker/Volunteer Coordinator: Experience in coordinating and managing volunteer services.

Caseworker/Cultural Navigator: Seeking a person who is fluent in Dari or a similar language (i.e. Farsi).

These positions are all part time (24 hours per week) with some flexibility required around when the hours will be worked. In return we offer a supportive and flexible family friendly work environment. If this sounds like you then we would love to hear from you.

To apply, please go to our website career section to download an application form. and view the position description. Please follow all instructions on the form.

You can call us on 03 308 1395 if you require further information www.safermidcanterbury.org.nz Applications close Monday, April 6, 2020, at 4pm.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Fishing And Adventure 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 9am Whanau Living 3 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 10am The Family Chase 3 0 11:15 John And Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen 12:20 A Place To Call Home PGR 3 0 1:20 Your Home Made Perfect 3 0 2:25 The Hotel Inspector Returns 3 0 3:20 Sarah Beeny’s Renovate Don’t Relocate 4:20 Motoka Andy Ellis, Hayden Paddon, and Kris Green travel the length of the country in search of the quintessential Kiwi motorcar. 0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 0 8pm L Lotto 8:05 Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Continued.

0 8:30 Best Home Cook The cooks are challenged to produce their ultimate birthday cake. 0 9:30 Manifest AO 0 10:25 The Bad Seed AO 0

6am Takaro Tribe 3 0 6:10 Thomas And Friends 0 6:20 Tinpo 0 6:30 Blaze And The Monster Machines 3 0 6:50 The Insectibles 3 0 7:05 Thunderbirds Are Go! 0 7:25 The Amazing World Of Gumball 0 7:50 Beyblade Burst Rise 0 8:15 Ninjago 0 8:40 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 9am Regular Show 0 9:10 Walk The Prank 0 9:35 The Simpsons PGR 3 0 10am Fresh 10:30 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 10:55 Black-Ish 3 0 11:25 8 Simple Rules 3 0 11:55 The 100 PGR 0 12:55 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 1:25 Monkeys Make You Laugh Out Loud 3 0 2:25 The Bachelorette NZ 3 0 6pm Friends 3 0 7pm M A Cinderella Story PGR 2004 Family Comedy.

A downtrodden girl’s luck may be about to change when she has the chance to meet her internet beau at the school’s Halloween dance. 0 8:50 M The Ugly Truth AO 2009 Romantic Comedy. 0 10:45 M Midnight Special AO 2016 Sci-fi Thriller. 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Infomercials 9:30 NewsHub Nation 0 10:30 The Taste USA 3 11:30 Married At First Sight US – The First Year PGR 3 12:25 Face Off PGR 3 1:20 Michael McIntyre’s Big Show PGR 3 0 2:30 Fresh Off The Boat PGR 3pm The Goldbergs PGR 0 3:30 Survivor – David v Goliath 0 4:30 New Zealand Rural Games 2020 From sheep shearing and speed fencing to wood chopping, the New Zealand Rural Games attract top competitors from New Zealand, Australia, and Europe. 0 5:30 HelloWorld An Australian travel and lifestyle television programme exploring destinations around the world.

6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Ben 10 – Alien Force 3 0 6:25 The Powerpuff Girls 3 0 6:50 The Loud House 3 0 7:15 Henry Danger 7:40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 0 8:05 Teen Titans 3 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 0 9am Samurai Jack PGR 0 10am SmackDown PGR 11am Raw PGR 3 Noon Best Of Piha Rescue PGR 3 0 1pm NRL Try Time 2pm American Restoration 3 0 2:30 Outback Opal Hunters PGR 3:30 Outback Truckers PGR 4:30 Hot Bench 3 5pm Addicted To Fishing 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Homes By The Med 0

6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 My Mokai 7:10 Huhu – Te Tunga Rakau 7:20 He Rourou 3 7:30 Potae Pai 3 7:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Haati Paati 3 8:30 Pukana 3 2 10am Swagger 10:30 Whanau Bake Off 3 11am Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11:30 HakaNation Noon Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 1pm Haati Grassroots Rugby 3 2pm Schick Poitukohu Kura Tuarua 3 3pm Total Combat PGR 3 4pm Tangaroa With Pio 4:30 Fresh 5pm The Hui – Kaupeka Wha Maori current affairs hosted by Mihingarangi Forbes.

5:30 Nga Tamariki O Te Kohu 3 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

6am Sand Masters 6:30 Auctioneers And Dealers 7:30 Baby Animals And Friends 8:30 Mysteries At The Museum 9:30 Gardeners’ World 10:30 Culinary Genius 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Building The Dream 1:30 Escape To The Chateau – DIY 2:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 3:30 Hugh’s Wild West 4:30 Healthy Food Guide 5pm Paul Hollywood – A Baker’s Life 5:30 Lonely Planet – Roads Less Travelled 6:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club

7pm F America’s Got Talent – The Champions After last week’s performances, a panel of American citizens choose who will win the title. 0 8:55 M Allied AO 3 2017 Drama. Romance and loyalties between a Canadian intelligence officer and a French Resistance fighter are tested by the pressures of the Second World War. 0

7pm WhichCar 0 7:30 The Sixties PGR 3 0 8:30 F Hellfire Heroes PGR Firefighters and survivors share stories of heroism and heartbreak; experts look at the increasing intensity, speed, and frequency of wildfires. 0 9:30 M Dirty Grandpa AO 2016 Comedy.

7pm M Sinbad – Legend Of The Seven Seas PGR 2003 Animated. When a sailor is framed for the theft of the Book of Peace, he must go to the end of the world to retrieve it and save his friend.

8:30 M The Godfather Part III AO 1990 Crime.

7:30 Restoration Home 8:30 Antiques Roadshow 9:30 M The Two Faces Of January AO 2014 Thriller.

Two wealthy American tourists become embroiled in a murder scandal after befriending an expat con man. Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen.

11:25 Doctor Doctor AO 3 Things become complicated for Penny when she is left to care for a teenager with Down syndrome; Charlie gets into trouble when she pushes the school boundaries and is fired. 0 12:25 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2:30 Infomercials

12:50 M American History X AO 1998 Drama. A former neo-Nazi skinhead must stop his younger brother from following in his footsteps. Edward Furlong, Edward Norton, Beverly D’Angelo.

2:55 Love Is… PGR 3 3:40 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 5:05 Fresh 3 5:30 Religious Infomercials

11:15 M Sleepwalker AO 2017 Thriller. 0 1:05 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

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BRAVO 10am Judge Jerry 3 10:30 The Kelly Clarkson Show 3 11:30 The Kelly Clarkson Show 3 12:30 Hoarders 3 1:30 Hoarders 3 2:30 Love It Or List It 3 3:30 Love It Or List It 3 4:30 Undercover Boss 3 5:30 Undercover Boss 3 0 6:30 Undercover Boss 3 7:30 Botched PGR 3 8:30 Vanderpump Rules AO As Jax and Brittany marry, Stassi wonders if Beau will ever propose to her; Lisa criticises Katie and Schwartz for not making their marriage official; Kristen and Carter argue about the future of their relationship; at SUR, Danica must talk Dayna out of giving Max another chance.

9:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey AO 10:30 A Lie To Die For AO 3 11:30 Love It Or List It 3

Sunday

12:20 Infomercials 3 5am How Do I Look? 3

A Cinderella Story 7pm on TVNZ 2

SKY 5 6am Trucking Hell M 6:50 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 9:35 Trucking Hell M 10:35 Supernatural MVS 11:25 Curfew MVC 12:15 Supergirl MVS 1pm SmackDown MVC 3:05 Main Event MVC 3:55 Ax Men ML 4:35 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7:30 Trucking Hell M Jim and Jack are called to help a large truck that has had a puncture on a busy motorway, but the job is not as simple as they first thought.

8:30 Lazy Boy Garage PG 9pm Ax Men ML 10pm Classic Pawn Stars PG 10:30 Trucking Hell M 11:20 The Simpsons PG 11:45 The Simpsons PG Sunday 12:15 The Simpsons Super Sunday PG 2:10 Lazy Boy Garage PG 2:35 Supergirl MVS 3:20 Main Event MV 4:05 Classic Pawn Stars PG 4:30 Ax Men ML 5:15 Chicago PD 16V

11:45 Clash Of The Collectables In Port Macquarie, Eric and Alan find treasures hidden in a secret storage unit; Eric picks up a mystery cat painting, and visits the famous ‘Big Banana’.

12:45 NRL – Warriors v Raiders (DLY) 2:30 Closedown

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MOVIES GREATS

6:50 All I See Is You 16LS 2017 Drama. Blake Lively, Jason Clarke. 8:37 Sicario – Day Of The Soldado 16VLSC 2018 Action. Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin. 10:37 The Leisure Seeker MVLSC 2018 Adventure. Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland.

12:27 Hearts Beat Loud MC 2018 Drama. Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons. 2:02 Paris Can Wait PG 2016 Comedy.

Diane Lane. 3:32 The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir ML 2018 Comedy.

5:05 Sweetheart Con MVLC 2017 Thriller. 6:30 The Equalizer 2 16VLC 2018 Action. Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal.

8:30 Crawl 16VLC 2019 Action.

During a hurricane, a girl and her father become trapped in a flooded house, but they face an even bigger threat lurking below the surface.

Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper.

10pm First Reformed 16VSC 2018 Drama. Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried.

11:55 American Hangman 16VLS 2019 Thriller. Donald Sutherland, Vincent Kartheiser.

Sunday 1:35 A Nasty Piece Of Work 18VLSC 2019 Horror. 2:55 The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir ML 2018 Comedy.

4:28 Sweetheart Con MVLC 2017 Thriller. 5:53 The Equalizer 2 16VLC 2018 Action.

6:35 War Horse MV 2011 Drama. Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson. 9am Frida 16VLS 2002 Biography.

Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas.

11am Ocean’s 13 PGV 2007 Crime Thriller.

Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon. 1pm Lords Of Dogtown MS 2005 Action.

Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, Rebecca De Mornay.

2:45 Parental Guidance PG 2012 Comedy. Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei.

4:30 X-Men MV 2000 Action.

Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin. 6:15 X2 MV 2003 Action. Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin, Halle Berry.

8:30 X-Men – The Last Stand MVL 2006 Fantasy Adventure. An all-out war is threatened when the discovery of a cure for mutations draws a line between the followers of Charles Xavier and those of Magneto. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry.

10:15 Million Dollar Baby MC 2004 Drama. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman.

Sunday 12:25 Riding Giants ML 2004 Documentary.

Jeff Clark, Darrick Doerner.

2:05 Lords Of Dogtown MS 2005 Action. 3:50 Parental Guidance PG 2012 Comedy.

5:35 X-Men MV 2000 Action.

11pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 The latest news, with an inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities.

11:30 Closedown

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11:20 Hugh’s Wild West 12:20 Lonely Planet – Roads Less Travelled 1:20 Sand Masters 1:50 Bear’s Mission With Warwick Davis PGR 2:50 M The Spongebob Squarepants Movie PGR 2004 Animated Adventure.

4:30 Paul Hollywood – A Baker’s Life 5am Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club

SKY SPORT 2

6am Super Rugby – Sunwolves v Rebels (RPL) From the opening round of the 2020 season, played at Level Five Stadium in Fukuoka.

8am Codes Of Auckland 8:30 Super Rugby – Crusaders v Hurricanes (RPL) A panel of experts relive the classic moments from the last 25 years of the Crusaders versus the Hurricanes.

10:30 The Breakdown 11:30 Super Rugby – Blues v Lions (RPL) 1:30 The Breakdown 2:30 Super Rugby – Crusaders v Hurricanes (HLS) 4:30 Codes Of Auckland 5pm Super Rugby – Highlanders v Lions (RPL) From Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin.

7pm Super Rugby – Blues v Brumbies (RPL) From Eden Park in Auckland.

9pm Super Rugby – Waratahs v Bulls (RPL) From Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney.

11pm Super Rugby – Highlanders v Lions (RPL) From Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin.

6am Blackcaps v Australia – 2007 (HLS) Third ODI. 7:30 Pakistan Super League (HLS) Semi-final Two – Karachi v Lahore. 8am Blackcaps v Australia – 2007 (HLS) First ODI. 8:30 Chats – The Ewen Chatfield Story 9am Blackcaps v England (HLS) First T20.

10am Blackcaps v England (HLS) Second T20.

11am Blackcaps v England (HLS) Third T20.

Noon Blackcaps v England (HLS) Fourth T20.

1pm Blackcaps v England (HLS) Fifth T20.

2pm Blackcaps v England – 2010 (HLS) Fourth ODI. 3pm Blackcaps v Australia – 2007 (HLS) Second ODI. 4:30 Chats – The Ewen Chatfield Story 5pm Pakistan Super League (HLS) Semi-final Two – Karachi v Lahore.

5:30 Pakistan Super League (RPL) Final.

9pm Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) Third ODI. From Blundstone Arena, Hobart.

10pm Blackcaps v Pakistan – 2010 (RPL) First T20.

1am Super 12 – Sharks v Chiefs (RPL) 3am Super Rugby – Blues v Brumbies (RPL) 5am Super Rugby – Waratahs v Bulls (RPL)

1:30 Women’s T20 World Cup (HLS) Final – Australia v India. 2am Pakistan Super League (HLS) Semifinal Two – Karachi v Lahore.

2:30 Pakistan Super League (RPL) Final.

Sunday

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG 8:45 Gold Rush – The Dirt PG 9:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10am Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 12:30 Expedition Unknown PG India’s Atlantis. 1:20 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Kilchers on the Move. 2:10 Guardians Of The Glades PG Land of Monsters. 3pm Outback Opal Hunters PG 3:50 Alaskan Bush People PG Fowl Weather Friends. 4:45 Alaskan Bush People PG The Chaos Before the Storm.

5:40 Alaskan Bush People PG The Big Push.

6:35 BattleBots PG 7:30 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG 8:30 Gold Rush PG 9:50 Gold Rush – The Dirt PG 10:15 The Day I Ran China PG Grand Finale.

11:05 Undercover Billionaire PG Trial by Fire.

11:55 How It’s Made PG Sunday 12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 BattleBots PG 1:35 World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 2:25 The Perfect Murder M 3:15 Web Of Lies M 4:05 People Magazine Investigates PG 4:55 The Coroner – I Speak For The Dead M 5:45 The 1980s – The Deadliest Decade M

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6am Tales From The Coast With Robson Green 3 6:50 Tiny House Nation 3 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 3 8am Praise Be 3 8:30 F Off The Grid With Pio 0 9am Q+A With Jack Tame 0 10am Marae PGR 2 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Attitude 3 0 11:30 Fair Go 3 0 11:55 Sunday 3 0 12:55 Location, Location, Location 3 0 1:55 Building Giants 0 2:50 Chasing Monsters 3 3:50 Blue Planet Revisited 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

6am Paw Patrol 0 6:20 Thomas And Friends 0 6:35 New Looney Tunes 3 0 6:55 Masha And The Bear 3 0 7am Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz 0 7:25 Elena Of Avalor 3 0 7:45 Tales Of Nai Nai 0 8am What Now? 10am Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon M Rumour Has It AO 2005 Comedy. Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine. 0 1:45 Grown-ish 3 0 2:10 Home And Away Omnibus 3 0 4:10 The Bachelor Madison seizes an opportunity to talk to Peter before the fantasy suites; the final three women live together in one hotel suite. 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 The Simpsons When Bart bonds with Ned Flanders, Homer is jealous, and retaliates. 0 7pm The Bachelorette NZ 7pm Country Calendar 0 The Bachelorettes have 7:30 Sunday 0 serious doubts about two of 8:30 Gold Digger AO Julia goes the bachelors as they go into on a quest to find the truth. 0 a rose ceremony. 0 9:45 Autopsy – Kurt Cobain AO 8:30 M Rough Night AO On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain 2017 Comedy. Five college was found dead in his Seattle friends unite after 10 years home. 0 for a weekend of hen’s-night 10:40 F Ramy AO debauchery, but things go Ramy takes a trip to Egypt, badly wron. 0 where he hopes to find 10:35 M Alien 3 AO 1992 Sci-fi. 0 himself.

11:50 When We Rise AO 3 Cleve creates the Aids quilt to get the President’s attention; Diane’s daughter Annie deals with her identity as the child of a lesbian couple and a gay man. 0 12:45 Hillary PGR 3 0 1:40 Coronation Street 3 0 3:35 Infomercials

12:45 The Walking Dead 3 0 1:35 Krypton AO 3 0 2:20 The Exorcist AO 3 0 3am Dumb Builders Make You LOL PGR 3 0 3:50 Infomercials 4:25 Religious Infomercials 4:50 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

THREE

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BRAVO 6am How Do I Look? 3 6:45 How Do I Look? 3 7:35 How Do I Look? 3 8:20 How Do I Look? 3 9:10 Love It Or List It 3 10am Love It Or List It 3 10:50 Botched PGR 3 11:40 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:30 Hoarders 3 1:25 Hoarders 3 2:20 Hoarders 3 3:15 Judge Jerry 3 3:40 Judge Jerry 3 4:05 Judge Jerry 3 4:30 Judge Jerry 3 5pm Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry 3 6pm Love It Or List It – Vancouver 7pm M The Mummy – Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor PGR 2008 Action. Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, Michelle Yeoh. 0 9:20 M Ted AO 3 2012 Comedy. 0 11:35 Very Cavallari AO 12:25 Infomercials 3

The Bachelorette NZ 7pm on TVNZ 2

SKY 5 6am Lazy Boy Garage PG 6:25 Supergirl MVS 7:10 NCIS – New Orleans MV 7:55 Main Event MV 8:45 The Amazing Race PG 9:35 Supergirl MVS 10:25 Classic Pawn Stars PG 10:55 NCIS – New Orleans MV 11:45 Ax Men ML 12:40 Mountain Men PG 1:30 Lazy Boy Garage PG 2pm The Amazing Race PG 3pm Raw MVC 5:45 SmackDown MVC 7:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV The team investigates a fatal bombing at a military museum event with over 1,000 people in attendance.

8:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 10:30 Chicago PD 16V 11:25 The Amazing Race PG

Monday

12:15 SmackDown MVC 1:55 Chicago PD 16V 2:45 NCIS – New Orleans MV 3:35 The Amazing Race PG 4:25 Criminal Minds 16VS 5:10 Criminal Minds 16VS

MAORI

6am Religious Programming 7am Nella The Princess Knight 3 0 7:30 Religious Programming 10am Great Rail Restorations 3 11am 100 Day Renovation (Starting Today) 3 Noon Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip New Zealand 3 0 1pm Massive Engineering Mistakes PGR 3 2pm Mad About You PGR 3 2:30 Ice Road Truckers Deadliest Roads PGR 3 3:30 Judge Judy PGR 4pm Hot Bench 3 4:30 Hook Me Up! 5:30 Prime News 6pm Netball – ANZ Premiership (RPL) Tactix v Pulse.

From Stadium 2000, Blenheim.

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6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 Tamariki Haka 6:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 7am Darwin + Newts 3 7:10 Huhu – Te Tunga Rakau 7:20 He Rourou 3 7:30 Potae Pai 3 7:40 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 7:50 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 8:20 Haati Paati 3 8:30 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals 9am Globe 3 9:30 Swagger 10am Easy Eats 3 11am R&R With Eru And K’Lee 3 11:30 Te Ao With Moana 3 Noon Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 12:30 Taha Tauiwi 3 1pm Touch Rugby – Junior Championships 2pm M Sinbad – Legend Of The Seven Seas PGR 2003 Animated. 3:30 Marae DIY 3 4:30 Tagata Pasifika 5pm Tamaki Paenga Hira 3 5:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6pm Waka Huia 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

6am Sand Masters 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick 7am Leading The Way 7:30 Healthy Food Guide 8am Paul Hollywood – A Baker’s Life 8:30 Animal Park 9:30 Storage Hoarders 10:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club 11:30 Stars In Their Cars Noon Home Of The Year 12:30 Hugh’s Wild West 1:30 Lonely Planet – Roads Less Travelled 2:30 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Inside The Vets 4:30 Rick Stein – Venice To Istanbul 5:30 My Dream Home 6:30 American Restoration – Truck Edition

7pm Married At First Sight 7:30 North America With Simon Australia PGR 0 Reeve PGR 0 8:30 M Jurassic World 8:30 Brian Johnson’s A Life On AO 3 2015 Action. Tourists The Road AO 0 face a prehistoric assault 9:30 Shearing Gang PGR 0 10:30 SmackDown PGR when a genetically engineered dinosaur escapes from Jurassic World luxury resort. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard. 0 10:55 Talking Married AO 0

7:30 Guy Martin’s WW1 Tank 7pm Aotearoa 8:30 M The Cobbler 7:30 Rise PGR 3 AO 2014 Comedy. When a 8:30 M Blackfellas AO 1993 jaded cobbler wishes for Drama. When a 19-year-old a different life, he literally Aboriginal gets out of gaol, learns what it means to walk he has plans for a crime-free, in another’s shoes. Adam trouble-free future, but his Sandler, Steve Buscemi. best friend has different ideas.

10:20 Rick Stein – Venice To John Moore, David Istanbul Ngoombujarra, Jaylene Riley.

10:30 Kairakau

11:05 Blue Bloods AO Danny and Baez investigate the murder of a man who killed a mother and son years ago while driving drunk; Anthony must make a decision when Erin asks him to wear a wire to incriminate a friend. 0 Midnight Magnum PI AO 3 S1 Ep1. 0 12:55 Infomercials

11pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 The latest news, with an inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities.

11:30 Closedown

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6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston 7am Charles Stanley 8am Life TV 3 8:30 Turning Point 3 9am R&R With Eru And K’Lee 9:30 The Hui 0 10am NewsHub Nation 3 0 11:05 Classical Destinations 11:35 Xscape 3 Noon Ocean Bounty 3 0 1pm Motorsport – Formula E Street Racers 1:30 Motorsport – The Grid 2pm Motorsport – Ben Nevis Station Golden 1200 Hillclimb (HLS) 2:30 Motorsport – Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars 3:30 Motorsport – US Formula Drift 4pm Motorsport – Monster Jam 4:55 F Wild Weather With Richard Hammond 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

11:30 60 Minutes PGR 1:30 Closedown

MOVIES GREATS

7:20 X2 MV 2003 Action.

Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin, Halle Berry. 9:30 X-Men – The Last Stand MV 2006 Fantasy Adventure.

Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry. 11:15 Million Dollar Baby MC 2004 Drama.

Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman. 1:30 Deuce Bigalow – European Gigolo 16LS 2005 Comedy.

Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin.

2:55 Rush Hour 3 MVS 2007 Action. Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan. 4:30 Our Idiot Brother MLS 2011 Comedy.

6:05 The Hobbit – The Battle Of The Five Armies MV 2015 Adventure. Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman. 8:30 About Time MLS 2013 Fantasy Romance. At 21, a man discovers he can time travel, and change what happens and has happened in his life, but his decision to make his world better by getting a girlfriend is not as easy as it seems. Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams.

10:35 Real Steel MV 2011 Monday 12:40 Beirut MVL 2018 Action. Action. Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo.

Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike.

2:30 New Year, New Monday You 18VLSC 2018 Horror.

12:45 Dogtown And Z Suki Waterhouse, Carly Chaikin. -Boys ML 2001 Documentary.

3:52 The Padre MVL 2018 2:15 The Hobbit – The Drama. Tim Roth, Nick Nolte.

Battle Of The Five Armies MV 5:25 Adrift ML 2018 Drama.

2015 Adventure. 4:35 Rush Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin. Hour 3 MVS 2007 Action.

7:53 Crawl 16VLC 2019 Action.

Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper.

9:19 First Reformed 16VSC 2018 Drama. Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried.

11:10 American Hangman 16VLS 2019 Thriller. Donald Sutherland, Vincent Kartheiser.

12:50 The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir ML 2018 Comedy. Dhanush, Erin Moriarty.

2:25 Crawl 16VLC 2019 Action.

Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper.

3:50 The Padre MVL 2018 Drama. Tim Roth, Nick Nolte.

5:25 Adrift ML 2018 Drama.

Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin.

7pm Finding Steve McQueen MLS 2018 Drama.

Travis Fimmel, Rachael Taylor.

8:30 Fast And Furious – Hobbs And Shaw MVL 2019 Action. Sworn enemies Hobbs and Shaw join forces to take down an anarchist who plans to genetically alter humanity. Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham.

10:50 Gotti 16VL 2018 Drama.

John Travolta, Kelly Preston.

SKY SPORT 1 Schedules for Sky Sport 1 are not available at the time of going to print, due to the Covid-19 outbreak causing major disruptions to rugby tournaments around the world.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

11:20 American Restoration – Truck Edition 12:20 My Dream Home 1:20 Sand Masters 1:50 Bear Grylls Mission Survive PGR 2:50 M The Cobbler AO 2014 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi. 4:20 Cook The Books 4:30 Guy Martin’s WW1 Tank 5:30 Stars In Their Cars

SKY SPORT 2 Schedules for Sky Sport 2 are not available at the time of going to print, due to the Covid-19 outbreak causing major disruptions to cricket tournaments around the world.

22Mar20

DISCOVERY 6:35 How It’s Made PG 7:05 How Do They Do It? PG 7:30 UFOs – The Lost Evidence PG Pilots and Astronauts.

8:20 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG 9:10 BattleBots PG 10am Undercover Billionaire PG Trial by Fire. 10:50 Alaskan Bush People PG Wind and Water.

11:40 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Kilchers on the Move. 12:30 Gold Rush PG 1:45 Gold Rush – The Dirt PG 2:10 Undercover Billionaire PG Million Dollar Bet. 3pm Undercover Billionaire PG Start Up or Die Trying. 3:50 Undercover Billionaire PG Take the Bull by the Horns. 4:45 Undercover Billionaire PG House of Cards. 5:40 Undercover Billionaire PG No Pain No Gain.

6:35 Undercover Billionaire PG Exposed. 7:30 Blowing Up History PG 8:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 9:25 Undercover Billionaire PG 10:15 Unexplained And Unexplored PG 11:05 Expedition Unknown PG 11:55 How It’s Made PG Monday 12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Man v Bear PG 1:35 World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 2:25 Naked And Afraid MLC 3:15 Naked And Afraid MC 4:55 Naked And Afraid MLC 5:45 Naked And Afraid M

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DOIG, Neil Joseph – Passed away in Christchurch on Saturday, March 14, 2020, after a long, courageous battle with leukaemia. Aged 60 years. Dearly loved husband of Yanin, loved stepfather of Kanta and Hang, adored and loving grandfather of Reggie. Much loved brother, brother-in-law and uncle of Rosemary (Neil's twin) and Grant Brown, Jessica and Orin Tapp, Hayley and Milo Klaus; Laurel and David Allan, Larissa and Connor; Sandra and Brent Clarke, Sam, Georgia, and Rebecca. A loved son of Stuart and Nancy Doig (both deceased). Special thanks to the staff at the Christchurch Hospital Bone Marrow Transplant unit. Messages may be emailed to: laurel7710@gmail.com At Neil’s request a private family service has been held.

McLACHLAN, Trevor Murray (Trev) – On March 19, 2020, passed away peacefully at his home (Christchurch). Aged 66 years. Dearly loved husband of Jackie. Father and fatherin-law of Audrey and Heath Cater, grandad of Tyla, Xanthe, and Nevaeh. Loved stepfather of Andrew and Rosie and Poppa Trev of Bailee, and Kymzara. Loved son of the late Beverley and Murray and brother and brother-in-law of Ken and Polly Darrell, Betsy and David Tipple, and Jason and Kimberlee. A loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews.

Messages to, c/- 2/351 Lincoln Rolleston Road, Rolleston 7678. At Trev’s request a private cremation has been held.

Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to:

LEVERTON, Leonard deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz (Len) – to ensure publication.

On Thursday, March 19, To place a notice during 2020, peacefully at Mary Shapley Care Home, office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 Whakatane. Dearly loved for more information. husband of the late Daphne.

Cherished father and fatherAny queries please in-law of Andrew and Gaye. contact 0800 Very proud granddad of ASHBURTON Harriet and Ruby. Loved (0800-274-287) brother and brother-in-law of Rosemary and Robin Smith (UK). A funeral service for Len will be held in the Whakatane Crematorium Chapel, Ohope Road, Whakatane on MONDAY, March 23, at 11am, followed by burial in the Hillcrest Canterbury owned, locally operated Cemetery. Communications please to the Leverton family, Patersons c/- PO Box 2070, Whakatane Funeral Services 3159.

DEAKER, William Graham – Shona, Kelvin and Meghan, Blair and Jo and their families thank you for the love and support given to us at the sad loss of Graham. Your cards, phone calls, flowers, baking and visits have been greatly appreciated.

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NEWTON, June – Dianne and Angela and families wish to sincerely thank all those who in any way acknowledged the sad loss of their cherished mother, mother-in-law, nana and great nana. We appreciated your love and support. Thank you to those who attended the service and to the church ladies for their catering. Special thanks to Wendy Millichamp for officiating and to Rochelle, Polly and Barry from Paterson's for their help and care. A gracious, gentle and patient lady now at rest. So sadly missed. Please accept this as our personal acknowledgement.

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Wind at 2000m: NW gale 70 km/h, gradually easing and becoming light by evening.

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Rise 7:36 am Set 7:43 pm Fair

Fair fishing Rise 3:55 am Set 6:42 pm

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A ridge weakens over the North Island today as a broad low with several fronts moves onto the South Island, then the North Island tomorrow. An active trough moves onto the country on Monday, then moves away on Tuesday, leaving an unsettled southwesterly flow.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BLAIR, Bill (William Lewis) – 14-01-1933 – 20-02-2020 The family of the late Bill wish to sincerely thank relatives and friends for their support in the sad loss of a loving father, father-in-law and grandfather (Pop). Special thank you to Dr Penny Holdaway and staff at Terrace View Rest Home for their devoted care. Thank you to Heather McKimmie, Tina and Paterson's Funeral Services for such a wonderful service for Dad. Thank you to the ladies who served afternoon tea, all who attended the service, brought baking, made phone calls, sent cards, letters and flowers. Also to those who made a donation to St John, our grateful thanks. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement as a lot of addresses are unknown.

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TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Most voting doesn’t happen on a ballot, rather it occurs in moments of social validation through the investment of attention, interest and time. You’ll get many votes today.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Your belief about what things mean will add dimension to this year’s passions and quests. Loved ones will accept your help and act on your advice.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): When you get something new, your first assignment is usually figuring out where to put it. Everything needs a place.

Things have to have their place for you to know how you’re going to use them.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You started a venture charitably, giving attention and money without expecting something in return. Now, something different must happen for this trade of time and resources to be equitable.

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Things that fit together in physical space will fit together in other ways, too. The rhythm of the day will be dictated by such logistics.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Social media has made professional and social outreach much more accessible. There was a time in which it wasn’t so easy to find people as it is now. Today, you’ll utilise this to fill a position or need.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): When you get good advice, you’ll pass it on, but maybe you won’t take it. You’re holding out for something that resonates on many levels, something that makes both poetic and logical sense.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Sound rules environments, often uncomfortably. Consider who is talking more or generating noise otherwise. The noisiest one is the one who is in charge.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Not getting what you want comes with problems that you know about. Getting what you want comes with a whole set of new and different problems.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Imagine bigger – not because bigger is better but because it’s empowering to understand the edges of scale. Smaller living can feel enormous but only when you know the full range.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Social influence has your eye adjusting to new trends. Fashions change, and you change right along with them. Soon, you’ll lead instead of following this tide.

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